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PHIL-302 Philosophy in the Wake of the Holocaust
This course examines the validity of certain traditional philosophical assumptions in the aftermath of the Nazi genocide. In this effort the class will read texts by scholars in a variety of fields who throw doubt on the moral value of rational thought, the teleological worldview, the Western conception of "human nature," and the legacy of the Enlightenment through an analysis of the Holocaust and other genocides in the 20th and 21st centuries. Same as JWST-302. Prerequisite: Junior standing. 4 SH. CC: Ethics Intensive, Interdisciplinary.


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The Wescone version of the HP-WCSA is the perfect machine for weighing, crushing and splitting. Due to its modular design it can be easily combined with other components. The fully automatic machine was specially designed for the requirements of the handling of large samples of iron ore applications in particular.
Using the building block principle, this modular machine contains a weighing device, a sample lift, a Wescone crusher, a linear splitter with a variable splitting ratio based on current ISO norms. The linear splitter in the HP-WCSA complies with the ISO standards for representative splitting. The software controls allows completely flexible splitting of aliquot portions. Automatic feed and discharge magazines significantly increase the sample output and manpower efficiency.
Large coarse sample received in the laboratory are manually loaded into the sample containers of the feed magazine. The operating parameters are preselected at the integrated control panel and the automatic weighing, crushing and splitting cycle starts in the following sequence:
This machine will always produce the predetermined final sample weights independent of the weight of the incoming sample, due to a variable splitting ratio, which is automatically adjusted depending on the weight of the incoming sample. The machine is totally enclosed and sound insulated. Safety switches automatically deactivate the machine in case of operational malfunctions, which are displayed at the integrated control panel.
The machine is equipped with integrated pneumatic and electrical control cabinets and PLC controls. This allows the machine to run individually or in combination with any other modular machine. The HP-WCSA can easily be combined with other modular IMP machines such as feed and discharge magazines, an automatic pulverizing mill, and where applicable with an automatic pellet press or an automatic fusion machine.
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP works in more than 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. We help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results.
World leaders have pledged to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, including the overarching goal of cutting poverty in half by 2015. UNDP's network links and coordinates global and national efforts to reach these Goals, and to strengthen post-2015 frameworks for development, disaster risk reduction and climate change as they help shape global sustainable development for the next 15 years.
We focus on helping countries build and share solutions in three main areas:
In all our activities, we encourage the protection of human rights and the empowerment of women, minorities and the poorest and most vulnerable.
The annual Human Development Report, commissioned by UNDP, focuses the global debate on key development issues, providing new measurement tools, innovative analysis and often controversial policy proposals. The global Report's analytical framework and inclusive approach carry over into regional, national and local Human Development Reports, also supported by UNDP.
In each country office, the UNDP Resident Representative normally also serves as the Resident Coordinator of development activities for the United Nations system as a whole. Through such coordination, UNDP seeks to ensure the most effective use of UN and international aid resources.
UNDP also administers the UN Capital Development Fund, that helps developing countries grow their economies by supplementing existing sources of capital assistance by means of grants and loans; and UN Volunteers, which fields over 6,000 volunteers from 160 countries in support of peace and development through volunteerism worldwide.
Improving efficiency and effectiveness
2015 is a critical year for the world. At UNDP, we see 2015 as a huge opportunity to advance the global sustainable development agenda. The Millennium Development Goals are set to expire at the end of this year. UN Member States will meet in September to agree on the newSustainable Development Goals, which will guide global development priorities for the next 15 years.
The next generation of development goals will need fresh vision and new ways of doing business. UNDP is well positioned for both. UNDP is fully committed to playing its part in making 2015 a launch pad for stepped up efforts to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality and exclusion. In 2014, the first year of our new 2014-2017 Strategic Plan, UNDP took important steps to streamline operations and use resources more effectively, with an emphasis on lasting and measurable development impact.
As a result of those changes, UNDP is now more:
Focused: UNDP's Strategic Plan 2014-17 — centred on 7 sets of outcomes, compared to the previous 35 — presents a unifying vision to better help countries achieve the simultaneous eradication of poverty and reduction of inequality and exclusion. Our work is focused on helping countries build and share solutions in three critical, interconnected priorities for development action – sustainability, democratic governance, and climate and disaster resilience – rather than thematically and bureaucratically separated 'practice areas.'
Results-oriented: Our new Integrated Results and Resources Framework clearly shows the allocation of resources and results achieved, allowing stakeholders to easily monitor performance, learn lessons, and hold the organization accountable for the funds entrusted to it. Key development and institutional results can be seen at "Results at a glance."
Data-centric: UNDP is a producer and consumer of data for all aspects of its work. We have put in place an open data platform that enables wide global usage of data. Around 185,000 websites currently embed the UNDP Human Development Report data sets or country profiles. UNDP is also using mobile technologies to connect users to real-time information on disasters. For example, in Uzbekistan, UNDP helped create a mobile app in Uzbek and Russian that can transmit emergency information from the Ministry of Emergency Situations to at-risk communities.
Efficient: UNDP is today a leaner and more efficient organization, operating even closer to the field. UNDP's new structure reflects a staff reduction of 10% at headquarters and regional levels. We have also moved a further 20% of staff from New York to regional hubs to strengthen our support to country offices.
Accountable: After reviewing our business processes to identify how UNDP teams could work more efficiently, UNDP adopted a new internal accountability framework to reduce duplication and improve efficiency. In addition, UNDP has been awarded an "unqualified" (i.e., clean) audit opinion by the United Nations Board of Auditors for the period ending 31 December 2013. This milestone represents nearly a decade of clean audit opinions for our organization.
Transparent: In 2014, UNDP was ranked as the most transparent development aid organization in the world, according to the Aid Transparency Index. Information and data about UNDP's activities, funding, results and stories are more accessible now than ever. Our public disclosure of internal audit reports also ensures that UNDP's work is subject to rigorous and independent scrutiny.
Innovative: UNDP's Strategic Plan 2014-17 emphasizes the need to identify, explore, test, evaluate and scale up innovative approaches to development in order to help UNDP work more creatively and ultimately more effectively. In response, we are increasingly tapping into the experience and expertise of local communities or entrepreneurs to help identify problems and implement solutions, using different problem-solving approaches. Some of these include innovation camps and crowdsourced development solutions.
Socially and environmentally responsible: As of 1 January 2015, UNDP adopted mandatory Social and Environmental Standards for all of its projects and programmes. These standards will strengthen UNDP's efforts for increased quality in its programmes and ensure social and environmental benefits for the people we serve.
Green: In 2013, UNDP's carbon footprint went from 85,142 tons CO2 equivalent to 69,896 tons CO2 equivalent. For 2017, UNDP set a more ambitious target of 63,792 tons CO2 equivalent.
Diverse: As an organization focused primarily on the developing world, UNDP enjoys a healthy representation from both developed and developing countries among its staff. UNDP's new structure has contributed to increased diversity. Fifty-four percent of our headquarters staff come from developing countries today, compared to fifty-two percent in 2013.


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Volstead Cocktail
1/4 Lime Juice. (1/2 oz Lime Juice)
3/4 Orange Juice. (1 1/2 oz Orange Juice)
1 Dash of Hercules. (Dash Campari)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Crap! I was out of my home made Hercules when this puppy rolled around.
Anyway, I believe the whole point of this cocktail is that it is non-alcoholic, except for a little bit of potable bitters, so I went with Campari instead. Quite tart!
Interestingly, Harry McElhone's "ABC of Cocktails", contains a cocktail with the same name and completely different ingredients: 1/3 Rye Whiskey; 1/3 Swedish Punsch; 1/6 Orange Juice; 1/6 Syrup Framboise; 1 dash of anisette Marie Brizard.
About his nominally more appealing version of the Volstead, McElhone opines:
This cocktail was invented at the Harry's New York Bar, Paris, in honor of Mr. Andrew J. Volstead, who brought out the Dry Act in U.S.A. and was the means of sending to Europe such large numbers of Americans to quench their thirst.
Not just to Europe, but Mexico, Canada, and Cuba all had their tourism industries jump started by Prohibition and American's thirst for the hard stuff.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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Budget ESL in the Philippines
Summary: There have been a number of articles about the growth of ESL teaching in the Philippines like this, but some of what they are stating don't strike me as right. The Philippines does have potential and in the drive to reduce costs, it is clearly a place to watch out for.
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At the request of the Lynchburg School Board, a study was conducted to monitor pedestrian crossings on Memorial Avenue and Langhorne Road near the high school. The results of the study met the criteria for lowering the speed limit.
For information, contact Don DeBerry, Public Works Department, Engineering at 455-3935.


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Man's Best Friend Lives Up to His Name
The reputation of the dog as "mans best friend" is being put to the test by "Pups for Peace". This organization, founded by U.S. Jews and the Israeli-based Golan Fund to help Israel defend itself against terrorist attacks, plans to provide a thousand trained dogs capable of detecting explosives.
The first 60 dogs underwent a two-month bomb detection course given by 20 Israeli trainers at a facility in Los Angeles before being shipped to Israel for an additional month-long course in the Golan Heights. The thousand mark will be reached by 2004 if the Israeli police and IDF still need them.
The idea is to deploy these trained pups in supermarkets, sports events and other public places throughout the country. They are capable of smelling an explosives source and indicating its location to their handlers. Although they are not trained to actually attack a suspected bomber, the information they provide in this way can save lives by alerting the military or police to the danger and thus preventing an explosion.
At a fundraising luncheon recently held in New York for this project, Governor George Pataki, who chaired the affair, was thrilled when a four-year old Labrador was named George. (It will actually be called by the Hebracized version of Gershon.) "I am delighted that this pup that will help ensure peace in Israel," said the Governor, "has been named after me."


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Margaux Lynn Moran and William Booth Filippo were united in marriage Sept. 5. She is the daughter of Yolanda Rosario of Stamford and Manuel Moran of Stamford, and he is the son of the late Barbara Booth Filippo and Frank Filippo.
The ceremony was performed by Monsignor Edward Surwilo at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church in Stamford. A reception followed at the Woodwinds in Branford.
The bride wore a mantilla style veil in recognition of her Latino heritage. The bridegroom wore a silver tie clip with a lobster on it, a private joke the couple share in reference to the character Phoebe on the TV sitcom "Friends."
Bridesmaids were Kristie Moran of Stamford, the bride's sister; Nicole Filippo of Greensboro, N.C., the bridegroom's sister; and Jennifer Sexton and Taryn Greenberg, both of Stamford.
Ushers were Peter LaBella of Port Chester., N.Y., Brent Castagna of Elmsford, N.Y., and Jason Spencer of Mount Kisco, N.Y.
The bride graduated from Westhill High School in Stamford and earned a bachelor's degree in communications and human services from the University of Connecticut. She is a senior digital media planner and buyer at Media Networks Inc. in Stamford.
The bridegroom graduated from Port Chester High School and earned a bachelor's degree in corporate and organizational studies from the University of Connecticut. He is a senior infrastructure support and information technology engineer at Diamondback Capital in Stamford.
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1. Learn about state health reform: There will be a KanCare Information and Medicaid Services meeting from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at The Cedars HCC Training Room, McPherson.
Representatives from the Kansas Department on Aging and Disabilities Services will present an informational meeting on KanCare and Medicaid Services. This is free and open to the public. Anyone who may have questions concerning Medicaid services is encouraged to attend.
2. Join YP Mac for Lunch & Learn: YP MAC will have its quarterly Lunch & Learn from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Farmers Alliance Wellness Center, 1122 N. Main St. YP MAC attorneys and tax professionals will speak on the importance of writing wills and establishing tax plans now. There is a $10 charge, and lunch will be provided. RSVPs are required. RSVP to ypmac.ks@
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Also join YP MAC for its monthly mingle from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Block 32, 128 S. Christian Ave., Moundridge.
3. Learn history of All Schools Day: The McPherson County Historical Society will meet at 2 p.m. in the city commission room of the McPherson Municipal Center, 400 E. Kansas Ave. to hear the presentation titled "Touching Hearts for 100 Years" — All Schools Day history of the annual tradition that began in 1914 in McPherson. Mike Rausch and Larry Sigle will present a Power Point presentation. For more information, call 620-241-0604.
4. Learn more about the time of Jesus: Jonathan Reed, professor of religion at the University of La Verne in California, will give a speech titled "Death, Disease, and Demographics in Jesus' Galilee — A New Look at the First Christians" as a part of McPherson College's Religious Heritage Lecture at 4 p.m. Sunday at the McPherson Church of the Brethren.
5. Check out a new, young artist at Opera House: Darrelle London will be in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at the McPherson Opera House, 219 S. Main St.
London is young singer-songwriter whose wry lyrics and catchy tunes nail the soul of the 20-to-30-something crowd, a news release said. For ticket information, call 241-1952 or visit www.mcphersonoperahouse.org.


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Apple's iPad has dominated the tablet market for quite a few years now. Nonetheless, many Android tablets have taken a shot at the iPad, and according to recent stats, they are succeeding. The tablet space is finally seeing some fair competition, now that Android tablets have captured 20% of the tablet market. Now, a new player has entered the tablet space. Aaron Seigo has revealed a new tablet called Spark, based on the KDE Plasma Active interface.
The biggest complain that open-source advocates have against Android, is that all the Android development done by handset manufacturers happens behind closed doors. This goes against the true philosophy of Open Source. This Plasma Active based tablet, developed by Aaron Seigo and team, aims to change this scenario. This tablet will be unlocked, and will sport a Linux stack, making it open in every possible form. The hardware specs of Spark are given as
The hardware is modest but compelling: 1 GHz AMLogic ARM processor, Mali-400 GPU, 512 MB RAM, 4GB internal storage plus SD card slot, a 7″ capacitive multi-touch screen and wifi connectivity.
Moreover, the price of the tablet is 200 euros or a decent $260, which is acceptable for the features it has to offer. The Spark tablet has big ambitions for the future.
The people who get to use these tablets will have in their hands a device that is more than an application bucket that sees them as a consumer. They will have a device that places value on who they are and what they are doing. This lies at the heart of Activities in Plasma Active and the open software stack will drive that trend further.
Let us see if it is able to capture the interest of the regular tablet consumer and the open source enthusiast.


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Unhappy with your current instant messaging tool? Then don't just put up with it. There are alternatives - and Miranda IM is one of the best.
The program supports all the main protocols, for instance: AIM (AOL Instant Messenger), Facebook, Gadu-Gadu, IAX, ICQ, IRC, Jabber, MSN, Netsend, Tlen, Yahoo! and more. And so there's no need to install multiple tools, as Miranda IM lets you chat with friends on all these networks from one simple interface.
Chatting is fun and easy with an attractive interface. If you don't like some aspect of the program, though, the chances are it can be changed (this is one of the most configurable chat tools around). And a full message archive lets you recall any particular conversation whenever you like.
These are just the start of Miranda's abilities, though. A clever plugin framework has encouraged developers to produce a range of add-ons, and there are now more than 350 available. Browse the list and you'll find tools to encrypt your messages, display up-to-date weather information, extend your contacts list, send SMS messages, play games and more, all for free.
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As the Seahawks prepare to take on the Broncos, a couple of retired defensive players continue to square off via the media.
Hall of Fame defensive tackle Warren Sapp got it rolling earlier this week, reiterating his belief that former Giants defensive end Michael Strahan doesn't belong in the Hall of Fame. Strahan replied, calling Sapp a coward for not addressing the situation directly with Strahan.
Now, Sapp has chimed in, again.
"I can't make a man respect me, but I will stop him from disrespecting me — I tell you that," Sapp told Newsday on Wednesday evening. "It was about his resume; I wasn't talking about the man. . . . I don't understand. He still can't rush that right end. Three years, 12 sacks!"
Sapp reiterated his position that he didn't make it personal about Straham in comments to Jim Rome. By of course making it personal.
"He took it to a level that it didn't need to be," Sapp told Rome. "I was just talking about his resume. I didn't say anything about his gap tooth or his 'S' words or his 'F' words that I don't understand. What the hell he is saying? So if he wants to go personal we can go personal, but I was just stacking his resume against the class."
Sapp also took offense with the notion that he's a coward.
"Pick the spot and I'll come see you and you can have a dose of it," Sapp said. "If you think that's what it is, pick the spot and I'll come see you."
Others have given Sapp a dose of it. Former Giants and current Falcons defensive end Osi Umenyiora called Sapp an "idiot." Retired NFL quarterback and current broadcaster Boomer Esiason called Sapp an "embarrassment."
In the end, Sapp remains a Jekyll-and-Hyde personality who can turn on the charm and then, often without warning, turn on a dime and become a bully.


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More and more industries are using multicopters to inspect wind parks, buildings, airplanes or large sites. Lufthansa Aerial Services is taking off in this market
The swarm is about to attack – or at least that's what it sounds like. The buzzing high over our heads resembles a squadron of irate hornets. An anxious glance upwards provides reassurance: No, we are not about to be dive-bombed by insects. Instead, hovering above us is a black, cross-shaped device with four blades, each tipped with a rotor, and with a camera mounted below. It is a quadcopter, aka a drone. The intensity of the humming increases and it ascends – are we really safe? David vs. Goliath. The small drone, roughly an arm's length in diameter, against the gigantic wind turbine that soars into the cloudy sky in Germany's Eiffel region? Not quite. The man with the mirrored shades and bulky remote controller at the foot of the wind turbine is no modern-day Don Quixote. The task of Michael Reitz (38) is to check how well the wind turbine's rotor blades still work. What is still a challenging job for a steeplejack is performed here by Lufthansa Aerial Services (LAS) from the air with the aid of a drone.
Operating a drone requires a high level of flying skill
Drone pilot Reitz tilts his head back and guides his device along one of the rotor blades. "Today's conditions are very dicey," he says. The top wind speed is roughly 30 kilometers an hour, which is well within range for the device. The problem is the sharp gusts of wind that buffet the drone. "If you don't watch out, that's it," says Reitz, who relies to a great extent on his experience, too.
Reitz has been steering remotely controlled air vehicles for 30 years and twice won the world championships as part of a team; the man is a veritable RC virtuoso. He is accustomed to flying at shows with masses of spectators, but his sole audience today is a couple of cows grazing on the neighboring field.
Standing next to him is his colleague, also holding a remote control. Tobias Wentzler, 27, an economic engineer, is in charge of the photos and his gaze is locked to the iPad in the controller that displays the live feed from the drone camera. He reads the data out loud for the pilot: "50 meters, 51, 52. Good, stay right there. A little closer." Wentzler taps the touchscreen. A click and the photo is saved. "Now, go back down again, one meter per second." Reitz lets the drone sink, while Wentzler snaps series of photos like a sports photographer at the finishing line. The men's mission: to photograph every square centimeter of the rotor blade and generate a full digital image. The resulting data will be used by Nordex, one of the leading makers of wind energy generators, to determine whether the blade needs to undergo any repairs. Rotor blades like this can be hit by lightning. They are also often exposed to strong winds (up to 300 kilometers per hour at the tip) and centrifugal forces, so they are also susceptible to erosion. Even small patches can rapidly deteriorate, for instance in the winter when water gets in and freezes.
Early detection is crucial and just like aircraft, wind turbines undergo regular checks. Sometimes an inspection with binoculars is sufficient, but from time to time it is necessary to take close-up photos. Until now, this job was done by a pair of steeplejacks who would ascend the tower, abseil and take photos of the rotor blade. In Germany, there are around 26 000 wind turbines, with new ones going up every day. The first generation are now in need of more inspection and maintenance.
To tap into this market, Lufthansa Consulting launched a new unit: Lufthansa Aerial Services, which set up a close development partnership with Nordex to roll out the drone inspection service. "The demand for commercial drone services is rising steeply in many industries," says Benjamin Löhr, 36, Business Development Manager at LAS. "However, operating these devices calls for great flying skills and regulations are likely to be tightened considerably in the near future." For most businesses, setting up their own drone unit makes no economic sense and they are more likely to contract drone inspection services out to the experts. LAS offers sensor technology, hardware, software and data processing services: from 3-D models, digital elevation profiles, large bird's eye views – the sky's the limit when it comes to potential applications. "Drone technology is evolving at an incredible speed," says Tobias Wentzler.
To develop its multicopters, LAS has signed a deal with Chinese enterprise DJI, the world's leading commercial drone builder. Together, the partners are developing drones for commercial applications. LAS will be offering customized inspection and measuring solutions, and DJI will be providing support for technical implementation. Within the year, the LAS fleet will be expanded to include fixed-wing drones, which will increasingly allow for drone applications beyond visual range.
Today, pilot Michael Reitz is flying a Matrice 100 quadcopter manufactured by DJI. The price tag is around 3600 euros for the basic retail version; cameras and extras can soon inflate the price to 8000 euros. Reitz gently lands the drone on a rubber mat. The battery is empty, time for a short breather and a review. Tobias Wentzler looks at the photos on his laptop. "These images aren't sharp enough, we'll have to redo them," he says. The wind and the weather seem to be in collusion to make their work as s difficult as possible. The sky is the same shade of gray-white as the rotor blades and there is little contrast, which the autofocus function depends on for good images. The men had planned 20 flights for today, but thanks to the autofocus issues and the wind they will need a few more. This means additional physical work for Michael Reitz. "Spending hours with your head tilted back is tough," he says. At around 1 pm he brings the drone down for the last time. Instead of dropping it vertically, the RC master lets it roll a wide curve around the field in a brief display of playfulness which finally triggers a reaction from the cows in the next field, who raise their limpid eyes and watch as it touches down safely.


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Gregorio Luke knows that he can't beat Hollywood. So, in a sense, he's going to join it.
During his years as director of the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, the Mexican-born cultural impresario was forever trying to bring high culture to the broadest possible audience. Perhaps his most notable endeavor was his annual "Murals Under the Stars" presentations, big-screen outdoor multimedia shows that highlighted the giants of 20th century Mexican art, such as Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros.
Using enormous projections while he lectured through a microphone, sometimes accompanied by live music, Luke commandeered the museum's parking lot and for a few hours every summer turned it into an impromptu cultural space.
Luke's populist approach fits with his oft-stated belief that audiences are starved for enriching artistic experiences and fed up with a steady diet of pop culture. His show, he said, "appeals to the natural curiosity of people that has been dumbed down too long."
"We can make learning fun again, but we have to get ahead of the technology curve."
As if to illustrate his point, this summer Luke is moving his show close to the heart of Hollywood: the 1,200-seat John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, on the edge of Universal Studios, for three performances. The first, on Sunday, was devoted to Rivera, specifically the great mural paintings that adorn museums and government palaces in Mexico City, Detroit and other metropolises. A July 12 show will pay homage to painter Rufino Tamayo, and the work of painter and caricaturist Miguel Covarrubias will be examined Aug. 16.
Among those who attended Sunday's spectacle was the artist's daughter, Guadalupe Rivera Marin, an accomplished art historian and author. In an interview before the show, Rivera said she thought that her father would heartily approve of Luke's attempt to make art and art history broadly accessible. After all, she said, that's what her father and his fellow muralists were trying to do by painting monumental wall works that frequently conveyed highly detailed narratives of Mexican history and politics.
"He thought that this was the most practical form to show the world the themes and stories that were most important to the people," Rivera said, speaking in Spanish. "In Mexico, artists form part of the daily life of the people, and the people see themselves in the work of the artists."
The show's L.A. setting also was appropriate, she said, because her father befriended a number of Hollywood stars such as Edward G. Robinson and the Mexican actress Dolores Del Rio, and mixed socially with cinematic authors such as the Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa and the Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein. Fascinated by machines, Rivera believed in harnessing technology as an engine of communication.
"It's a magnificent spectacle," Rivera said of Luke's mural series. "All the work that Gregorio does is done with great enthusiasm."
Luke probably would cop to being not merely enthusiastic, but fanatical, in promoting art to a wide populace.
Since he stepped down as MOLAA's director, he has reinvented himself as a radio pundit, discussing immigration reform and a slew of other issues both on Spanish- and English-language radio and television. He lectures widely and has taken his art-show talks, which typically use between 200 and 300 images, as far afield as Italy.
When the subject is culture, politics or most anything else, he speaks in machine-gun cadences, gesticulating and switching instantly from Spanish to English.
"I'm like Pinocchio. He wants to be a real boy. I want to be a real entertainer," Luke said. "I'm also a student of great orators. I used to mimic Martin Luther King speeches and Churchill speeches."
Yet behind Luke's song and dance, there's a serious scholarly intent.
Luke said he got the idea of showing art on a big screen while serving as cultural attache at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C. in the late 1980s. When protesters succeeded in canceling a scheduled exhibition by photographer Robert Mapplethorpe at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, supporters of the work got together and screened the banned images on the gallery's outer walls. Luke figured he would try the same thing with Mexican artworks.
For the current series' Covarrubias finale, Luke plans to add Balinese dragons (the artist had a fascination with the Asian island), live jazz and modern dancers from his choreographer-mother's Mexican company, who'll interpret a ballet for which Covarrubias designed the costumes and scenery.
"Forever there's been this stereotype that the audience is stupid, that you have to give the audience the most simple and most processed information," Luke said. Quality, he insists, can be popular as well. "We have to learn the lesson of Bob Dylan."


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Xenonauts dev promises 'proper remake' of XCOM
Goldhawk lead Chris England talks about his reaction to the news of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and how he feels Xenonauts still has a place in the market next to the strategy remake.
Xenonauts was a game born of adversity, a direct response to the first-person shooter XCOM. Developer Goldhawk Interactive wanted to craft its own re-imagining for fans of the original strategy game. But Firaxis has since announced its own official strategy XCOM, Enemy Unknown. It seems the two would butt heads, but Goldhawk lead Chris England sees a clear difference between these offerings.
"Nobody's really done a proper remake of XCOM without changing the fundamentals, I don't think even Firaxis are doing it."
"It's quite good from our point of view, they're not treading on our territory too much with that," England told Rock, Paper, Shotgun, "they're making a much more progressive remake of XCOM and we're making a much more faithful remake." He says his "only concern" is that the changes don't make Enemy Unknown fail to feel like XCOM.
"A lot of the features we add in or things we change aren't going to be a big headline because they are basically incremental improvements, but I think that's the way we have to do it," he said.
That's not to say that the news of Enemy Unknown was entirely welcome. England says he saw the news and thought, "oh, brilliant." But the silver lining has been increased exposure for Xenonauts. "All of the discussion and coverage of their game has also led to a lot of coverage of us, and our pre-order sales have gone through the roof since they were announced."
Goldhawk is hoping to share similar success by being part of the conversation close to launch. "We'd like to have the game out slightly before their game comes out, ideally, whether or not it happens is to be seen yet," England said. "But the reason for that is not that we don't think we can compete with them, but that we'd like to piggyback off their coverage as we have over the last month or so. When all the reviews of XCOM appear and say 'this is a great game', if we are mentioned in the comment thread then we'll get a lot of attention off the back of that."
A date hasn't been set for Xenonauts, but pre-orders are now open. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is scheduled for this fall.
Steve Watts posted a new article, Xenonauts dev promises 'proper remake' of XCOM.
Goldhawk lead Chris England talks about his reaction to the news of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and how he feels Xenonauts still has a place in the market next to the strategy remake.


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RedHawks win seventh straight behind Dinges' two goals, Zakrzewski's game-winner
OXFORD, Ohio – Sophomore Kelsey Dinges scored two goals and junior Kayla Zakrzewski broke a tie game late to lead the Miami University women's soccer team to a 4-3 victory over Eastern Michigan Sunday at Miami Soccer Field on Senior Day. The victory extended Miami's win streak to seven games, the RedHawks' (12-2-0, 6-0-0 Mid-American Conference) longest since a seven-game win streak in 2002.
Miami remained perfect in the MAC and sits alone in first place with 18 points, three ahead of Central Michigan and eight clear of Kent State in the East Division. By earning a win against Eastern Michigan, the RedHawks have now tied their best MAC start in school history, also doing so in 2002 when the team started 6-0. Eastern Michigan fell to 7-5-1 overall and 4-2-0 in MAC play with the loss.
The RedHawks found themselves behind for the first time in MAC play this season when Angela Vultaggio received a strong pass from teammate Cara Cutaia in the 14th minute and laid the ball into the far corner of the net, passed redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Allison Norenberg (Palatine, Ill.), to take a 1-0 lead over Miami.
The Eagles were able to hold off the RedHawks for no more than six minutes. Freshman Haley Walter (Cincinnati, Ohio) used her speed to carry the ball down the right side of the field before centering it to senior Jess Kodiak (Naperville, Ill.) in the box. Under pressure from the Eagles' defense, Kodiak passed back to Dinges (Smithton, Ill.), who blasted a shot past goalkeeper Jenna O'Dell to level the game 1-1.
Kodiak and Dinges paired up for a second time in the 27th minute, putting pressure on EMU's defense once again. Dancing past the Eagle defenders, Kodiak set up Dinges with a tight pass that she booted over the goalkeeper's hands from just inside the 18-yard box, giving Miami a 2-1 lead. Dinges now has eight goals on the year, tying Kodiak for the team lead, while Kodiak holds a team-high 22 points with six assists.
Despite two more shots taken by Eastern Michigan late in the half, Miami held on to its 2-1 lead going into the break, while compiling a 6-3 advantage in shots.
Miami kept its momentum going at the start of the second half, scoring a third goal in the 52nd minute. Freshman Morgan Beck (Cincinnati, Ohio) dribbled down the right side of the field into the corner of the box. Fighting off a defender, Beck managed a short pass into the center of box where junior Katy Dolesh (Chardon, Ohio) was able to tap the ball into the net past the unsuspecting goalkeeper. It was Dolesh's fifth tally of the year.
Despite holding a two-goal advantage, Miami was unable to keep the Eagles off the board for long. In the 67th minute, EMU's Megan Trapp maneuvered around a RedHawk defender and ripped a shot from inside the box that just slipped past Norenberg's grasp, making it a one-goal game.
The Eagles struck again in the 84th minute to tie the game. A mix of RedHawks and Eagles rapidly fought to win the ball within Miami's box. The RedHawks were unable to clear it from their side of the field however, allowing the ball to slip to the feet of Martha Stevens. With a light tap from Stevens, the ball trickled into the left corner of the net, tying the contest at 3-3 with six minutes to go in regulation.
The RedHawks retaliated quickly, moving the ball into Eastern Michigan territory off the ensuing kickoff. Quiet for most the match, Zakrzewski (London, Ont.) cleaned up the rebound of a shot by freshman Jess Bronke (Downers Grove, Ill.) and drilled the game-winning goal past the Eagles' goalkeeper just 42 seconds after Eastern Michigan drew even. Zakrzewski 's sixth goal of the year with 5:24 remaining sealed the 4-3 victory.
The RedHawks finished with a 12-6 shot advantage and finished with a 6-4 edge in corner kicks, including the only two of the second half. Both keepers totaled three saves in the contest while Dinges took a game-high four shots, all of which were on goal.
Prior to the game, Kodiak and fellow senior Kelly Sullivan (Wilton, Conn.) were honored as part of Senior Day.
Looking to extend its win streak and keep its flawless MAC record, Miami will travel to DeKalb, Ill. to take on Northern Illinois Friday Oct. 12. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. ET.


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PARIS—A 65-year-old Frenchman is hospitalized after contracting France's first case of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, and French health authorities said Wednesday they are trying to find anyone who might have been in contact with him to prevent it from spreading.
Saudi Arabia has 13 cases of coronavirus
It's unclear how or where the man was infected with the novel coronavirus, which has killed 18 people and raised new public health concerns since being identified last year in the Middle East. It can cause acute pneumonia and kidney failure.
The patient fell ill after returning from a nine-day vacation in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates as part of a package tour, the Health Ministry said. Jean-Yves Grall, the French government health director, said the patient is in "worrying condition" under isolation and medical surveillance, receiving respiratory assistance and blood transfusions.
The man, whose identity was not released, returned from Dubai on April 17. He was hospitalized with respiratory problems in the northern French city of Valenciennes on April 23, and transferred to a more advanced facility in Douai on April 29, Grall told a news conference Wednesday.
Paris' Pasteur Institute analyzed the man's virus and confirmed Tuesday that it is a novel coronavirus.
Since September 2012, the World Health Organization has been informed of 30 confirmed cases of the virus, and 18 of the patients have died. Cases have emerged in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UAE, Qatar, Britain and Germany, and health officials say the virus has likely already spread from person to person in some circumstances.
Since the virus emerged last year, European authorities have put in place monitoring measures. In France, 20 people were examined for suspected cases of the virus, and the other 19 turned up negative, Health Minister Marisol Touraine said.
The patient who travelled to Dubai is the only positive case. His family members have been tested and are not infected, the Health Ministry said, and the other travellers in his tour group and health care workers who had contact with him are also being tested.
Authorities are trying to reach anyone else who was in contact with the patient before he was hospitalized, and a national hotline was established Wednesday for the public to call about the virus.
WHO has advised countries to test any people with unexplained pneumonia.
"Any virus that has the potential to develop into something that is highly transmissible between people, including the coronavirus, is a major concern," WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said.
"We need to follow up on all possible routes of infection, i.e. animal to human, whether it's being spread in hospitals or from human-to-human," he said.
Health authorities are trying to determine how humans are contracting and spreading the virus and how best to treat it. It does not appear to be as contagious as SARS or the flu, but it seems to have spread among family members in Britain and in health workers in Jordan who were caring for patients, for example.
The new coronavirus is most closely related to a bat virus and scientists are considering whether bats or other animals like goats or camels are a possible source of infection.
Hartl said it's unclear whether there is something specific in the environment in the Middle Eastern countries where cases have been confirmed.
SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, killed some 800 people in a 2003 epidemic.
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UK Care home under investigation for inviting in prostitutes for residents
PROSTITUTES have been invited to a care home to have sex with disabled residents — sparking an investigation by the council.
Hookers regularly go for "special visits" at Chaseley nursing home in Eastbourne, Sussex.
They meet residents in a special room and a red sock is put on the door handle so staff know not to disturb them.
Bosses say many physically and mentally disabled people have no other sexual outlet – and become so frustrated they often resort to GROPING staff.
Care workers say the "sex surrogates" are "therapeutic" and experts claim they are a "basic human right".
But East Sussex County Council has launched an urgent investigation into possible "exploitation and abuse" of vulnerable people.
Sue Wyatt, Chaseley's manager, has confirmed prostitutes are welcomed at the home and said they are ordered by a "third party consultant".
Mrs Wyatt said: "People have needs, so sometimes we might need to set up a room in a certain way.
We are there to help. "We use a private consultant who arranges everything. They are an independent person who works in the home. She puts people in touch with people. "We respect our residents as individuals so that's why we help this to happen."
The practice at the home was revealed by its former manager Helena Barrow. She said: "The fact is sex workers are allowed by law to sexually enable people but care workers are not. "So, if someone asked, we would often call in a professional, someone trained to do that. It's known as the resident's 'special visit'."If you have a resident who is groping staff, one way of resolving that problem is to get a sex worker in who is trained to deal with that situation. But most of the time, these are people who feel frustrated by a primeval need they cannot fulfil."So we would help them with the phone, dial the number, or use the computer to contact someone who could help."If we refused, we would not be delivering a holistic level of care."
Mrs Barrow, who now manages another care home in St Leonards, Sussex, insisted residents always paid for the call girls themselves. Staff would then put a "special red sock" on the door handle to make sure the couple were not disturbed before checking on them every 15 minutes. On one occasion, local strippers were invited into the home to perform a "special show" for residents.
Chaseley is an ex-military nursing home which now houses a mix of residents whose places are funded by private arrangements or by social services.
A spokesman for East Sussex County Council said the local authority had been unaware of Chaseley's policy of inviting prostitutes on site and "did not welcome" the idea.
He said: "We will examine our concerns through the Pan-Sussex Multi-Agency Policy and Procedures for Safeguarding Adults at Risk.
"This has the potential to place vulnerable East Sussex residents at risk of exploitation and abuse.
The Sun


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Zoning Code Update Packet #132
Contents of Update Packet #132 (effective 5/27/09)
This Code update is the result of Ordinance No. 182810, passed 05/20/09, which extends for a limited period the expiration date for approved land use decisions and related land use actions.
Code Update Packet: 132
Effective Date: May 27, 2009
Contact: Douglas Hardy, 503-823-7816
Substantive Changes:
Amends Title 33, Planning and Zoning, Chapters 33.730.050, 33.730.130 and 33.663.110.
Title 33 specifies expiration dates for approved land use decisions, preliminary plan approvals for land divisions, final plat applications, and pre-application conferences. The expiration periods are tied to the issuance of building permits or submittal of subsequent land use review applications. In the current economic climate, many applicants are not pursuing or have delayed submitting applications for building permits and land use reviews. The amendments to Title 33 will extend timelines for land use approvals and related actions for a limited period of time to enable projects to reach completion once the economy recovers.
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Looking for Interpreter Zero: The Ancient World I – Cicero and Caesar on Interpreters
Interpreters are rarely mentioned in sources on Ancient Rome, but they were certainly needed. Rare references to interpreters appear in Cicero's letters and in Julius Caesar's 'The Conquest of Gaul'
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If the gods send us these unintelligible and inexplicable dream-messages they are acting as Carthaginians and Spaniards would if they were to address our Senate in their own vernacular without the aid of an interpreter. Cicero [1]
The use of interpreters by the Romans must have been very common from the earliest times, since Rome in her early days was surrounded by peoples which spoke languages and dialects different from Latin; and as her power extended, she was constantly brought into contact with nations speaking foreign tongues. J.C. Rolfe [2]
The problem of interpreters in the ancient historical sources – and, indeed, inscriptions and papyri – is that they are too often invisible, mentioned only under exceptional circumstances. R Mairs [3]
It is a commonplace in the working life of interpreters today that they are behind the scenes, most successful when unnoticed. That invisibility can characterise the historical record too: the interpreters who are known to us are the exceptions; the others are an assumed presence. That is certainly true of Ancient Rome. Interpreters are rarely mentioned in documentary or epigraphic sources for a number of reasons. Their role in everyday transactions was not often recognised; record-keepers may have been reluctant to digress in order to acknowledge their role, or their presence was simply taken for granted.[4] There was clearly a need for interpreters, not just to enable communication but because Romans in official positions preferred to work through interpreters - even if they did master their interlocutors' languages - in order to mark the prestige of Latin.
Ambassadors addressing the Senate would have needed interpreters
We have very little information on how these intermediaries worked. That is why references to interpreters in Cicero's letters and in Julius Caesar's The Conquest of Gaul in the 50s BCE are valuable. Cicero (106 BCE – 43 BCE), the Roman orator, philosopher, lawyer and stateman, had dealings with interpreters both as a senator and as a lawyer. His references to interpreters in the Senate – which he entered in 74 BCE - give some substance to the sense many scholars have that senators did use intermediaries when foreign envoys, say, took the floor. In addition to the mention of Carthaginians and Spaniards above, he intimated in De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum that interpreters appeared regularly:
Thus just as in the senate there is always someone who demands an interpreter, so we must use an interpreter when we give audience to your school. [5]
Ambassadors addressing the Senate would have needed interpreters. In Cicero's time, those who travelled to Rome from all over the Mediterranean would not have been able to address that august body in Latin strong enough to make any impression.
Hence, there must have been an interpreter corps in the service of the Roman state, made up of trustworthy persons who had a good command of one or several foreign languages. [6]
Cicero's writings also seem to indicate that the use of interpreters was well-established by the time he was in the Senate. He refers to one Publicius Menander "from the time of our ancestors" who was to accompany an embassy to Greece,[7] and tells the rather compelling story of the senator Acilius who in 155 BCE volunteered to interpret three eloquent Greek philosophers - Carneades of the Academy, Diogenes the Stoic, and Critolaus the Peripatetic -sent to appeal to the Senate to write off a fine imposed on the Athenians for the sack of Oropos.[8]
Cicero had other occasions to deal with interpreters. As the prosecutor in the case against the corrupt Governor of Sicily, Verres, in 70 BCE. He had occasion to point out one of Verres's interpreters at the trial:
Do you see that man there? – with curly hair, dark complexioned, the one who's looking at us as if he thinks himself very clever. The one who's holding writing-tablets, who's writing, who's prompting him, who's right next to him. That's Claudius, who in Sicily was counted as [Verres'] agent, his interpreter, the one who transacted all his business for him … [9]
Messenger, mediator, envoy or military adjutant
This description brings up yet another difficulty in understanding the role of interpreters in Ancient Rome when the context is other than formal meetings and oratory The term interpres covered many sorts of intermediary roles: it could mean messenger, mediator, envoy or military adjutant. Claudius may have helped Verres communicate with people, but he could also have played a role in his plunder of Sicily. Whatever his responsibilities, he did not impress Cicero.
It could be that Cicero's disregard for one interpreter informed his admiration for another. In a letter of 50 BCE, he sings the praises of Marcilius, his interpreter when he was proconsul of the province of Cicilia (on the Mediterranean coast of modern Turkey). He was writing to recommend Marcilius's son describing the young man's father as:
amici atque interpretis mei … quod in longa apparitione singularem et prope incredibilem patris Marcilii fidem, abstinentiam modestiamque cognovit. ("my friend and interpreter … in a long course of his service as apparitor, I have found his father Marcilius peculiarly and almost incredibly trustworthy, disinterested, and scrupulous.") [10]
Marcilius appears to have had occasion to work as an interpreter in the strict sense of the term: longa apparition is a reference to his long-held position as attendant or interpreter. In Cicilia, he may have helped Cicero through his command of the dialects of the province as well as being able to interpret Cicero into Greek, so he could stick to Latin as required.
Reliability, objectivity and confidentiality
Cicero set great store by reliability, objectivity and confidentiality – and clearly felt that his long acquaintance with Marcilius made a difference. Julius Caesar showed similar priorities in his occasional references to the interpreters who served him during his conquest of Gaul. The first occasion involves the Adeui people (in the area of modern Burgundy) when Caesar had dealings with two brothers, Dumnorix – who was showing signs of ambition and disloyalty and Diviciacus, who was "an enthusiastic supporter of Roman interests", but understandably reluctant to see his brother executed.[11]
Accordingly, before taking any action, he sent for Diviacus, and dismission the ordinary interpreters talked to him with the assistance of Gaius Valeruis Trucillus, a prominent man in the Province of Gaul and an intimate friend of his own, in whom he had entire confidence. [12]
After discussing the case with Diviciacus, Caesar summoned Dumnorix and simply cautioned him – and kept him under surveillance.
A man who could be trusted
The second time Caesar used an interpreter occurred during his negotiations with the German king, Ariovistus. The two leaders had met (in what is now Alsace) to negotiate over Ariovistus's ceasing hostilities against the Adeui or their allies, restoring their hostages and deterring more Germans from crossing the Rhine. Discussions were interrupted when Caesar heard that his men were being taunted by Avriosus's horsemen; when it was suggested that talks resume, he decided not to expose a Roman officer to any risk from those "savages" but to send Gaius Valerius Procillus[13], whose father had been granted Roman citizenship.
Procillus was a man who could be trusted. His knowledge of the Gallic language would be useful, since by long practice Ariovistus had learnt to speak it fluently; and in his case the Germans would have no cause for foul play. [14]
Caesar was wrong. Ariovistus did have cause for foul play as he assumed the Latin-speaking Gaul was an enemy. Procillus was accused of spying and put in chains. It was Caesar himself who rescued him during the battle that ensued: he was with his cavalry when he came upon Procillus being dragged along by his guards. He rejoiced at having saved the "worthiest man in whole Province" who was luckier than his patron realised:
Procillus recounted how, before his very eyes, the Germans had three times cast lots to decide whether he should be burnt to death at once or reserved for execution later, and how he owed his life to the way the lots had fallen. [15]
These middlemen were usually unmentioned
Caesar's reference to 'ordinary interpreters' implies that he used them regularly. This is borne out by a later reference to interpreters when his men Sabinus and Cotta were engaged in a bloody battle with the Eburones, settled "between the Meuse and the Rhine" [16] when
Sabinus was so much alarmed by these events that on catching sight of Ambiorix, who was addressing his troops at some distance, he sent his interpreter Gnaeius Pompeius to ask for some quarter for himself and his soldiers. [17]
In this instance, the interpreter was named but these middlemen were usually unmentioned and assumed to have been present: even Goscinny and Uderzo included a hapless interpreter, Rhetoric, in Asterix and the Goths [18]. Scholars who have combed through the record have concluded as much for the all of Ancient Rome. We also have to bear in mind while some of the sources are lost to us, there are some stories that were never written down.
It is not just that we are dealing here with part of the submerged illiterate majority of the ancient world; but many of these native languages would have had no written form at all and could not have made it to the written record. [19]
The examples we have from Cicero and Julius Caesar are of particular interest not just because of their scarcity value but because of the way they highlight the strong emphasis on trust. It is not just that Cicero admired Marcilius for his loyalty, or that Caesar entrusted sensitive missions to respected friends like Trucillus and Procillus; their accounts also reveal how easy it was to cast aspersions on the middleman's honesty. Sometimes this may have been tactical: it may have suited Cicero's argument in court to denounce Claudius. At other times those intermediaries could pay a heavy price if they were deemed untrustworthy by one side.
Thus the expression "Traduttore, Traditore" includes oral translation too. This view has a long history which – in Europe - goes back at least to accounts of Themistocles's treatment of an interpreter for a Persian embassy to Athens in 491 BCE, to be covered in my next piece.
You can find all chapters of Looking for Interpreter Zero here.
[1] Cicero De div ii.64.131
[2] Rolfe, J.C. 1911 Did Liscus Speak Latin? The Classical Journal, Vol 7. No. 3. pp 126-129, p. 127
[3] Mairs, R. Translator, Traditor: The Interpreter As Traitor in Classical Tradition. Greece & Rome, Second Series, Vol 58, No 1 (April 2011) pp. 64-81. p 66
[4] Mairs ibid
[5] Cicero De fin v 29 89
[6] Pina Polo, F. 2013 Foreign Eloquence in the Roman Senate in Steel, C Steel & van der Blom, H eds Community and Communication: Oratory and Politics in Republican Rome. pp. 247-266 p. 253
[7] Cicero Pro Balb II.28
[8] Cicero Gell. VI.14.1
[9] Cicero Verr II.2.108
[10] Cicero Fam XIII.54
[11] Gardner, J.F. ed. 1982 Caesar, The Conquest of Gaul. Penguin, London. p. 37
[12] ibid p. 38
[13] Some scholars believe Trucillus and Procillus to be one person. Mairs, ibid p. p. 73 FN 18.
[14] Gardner p. 54
[15] ibid p. 56
[16] ibid p. 115
[17] ibid p. 121
[18] https://bit.ly/2DwoNYy
[19] Beard, M. 2014. Confronting the Classics. London. Profile Books. p. 214.
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DETROIT – Guy is happy to be celebrating his first decade with Local 4 News and his 29th year in Detroit TV.
He's covered many of the biggest stories affecting Metro Detroit and its residents including cross-country coverage of Pope John Paul II, Nelson Mandela, as well as Detroit's downtown stadiums, and the Chrysler/GM bankruptcies. The North American International Auto Show is still his favorite time of year.
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When John Spomar III signed a lease for the photo studio of his dreams, located in a Chicago business incubator, the commercial photographer wasn't exactly sure what to expect.
"All I knew was, I was tired of working from my parents' house and telling clients that they couldn't come to my `studio,' because we would have been meeting in my bedroom," says Spomar. "I needed some respectability, and the price was right."
After signing the lease the day before his 24th birthday, Spomar could now access a studio to die for. The 1,600-square-foot office even included a real darkroom--a definite step up from developing pictures in his parents' laundry room.
That was five years ago. Today Spomar, 29, is three months shy of graduating from the Chicago Southland Enterprise Center. With incubator experience in his arsenal, he feels well-equipped to leave the nest--and find success in the commercial photography business.
"Thanks to the incubator, I've been able to completely devote the past five years to building my business, and it's really paid off," says Spomar, whose company, John Spomar Productions Inc., is making a name for itself in the Chicago area. "I've increased my sales by 20 percent each year. Without the incubator, I wouldn't have come this far."
Spomar is part of a growing number of young entrepreneurs taking advantage of the incubators sprouting up all over the country. In many ways, such establishments are similar to their namesake. Within a protected, safe environment, start-up entrepreneurs get a cost-effective place to nurse their fledgling businesses until they're mature enough to take flight on their own.
While incubating their businesses, tenants have access to a number of benefits, including such services as secretarial and receptionist help, business and technical expertise, and assistance seeking financing. They also enjoy perks not available to bigger businesses, including office space at below-market rates, flexible lease agreements and opportunities to network with a variety of start-up entrepreneurs.
Julie Bawden Davis (email@example.com.) specializes in homebased and small-business issues. She wishes there were an incubator for freelance writers so she'd have someone besides her cat to talk to all day.
Multiplying Like Fruit Flies
Incubators aren't new by any means, but the concept has taken years to finally catch on. Although the first incubator opened in 1959 in New York, by 1980, only 12 existed.
Today those numbers have skyrocketed: "There are 600 incubators in North America alone, and it's estimated there are 2,500 in the world," says Dinah Adkins, executive director of the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA). "North American incubators have created nearly 19,000 companies still in business, and more than 245,000 jobs. It's a real positive, considering [large] corporations have been downsizing every year for the last 10 years."
Except for restaurant and retail operations, most start-up businesses are well-suited for an incubator, says Adkins. "The main areas [incubators] cover include research and development, manufacturing and service."
Entrepreneurs can find support in one of three main types of incubators. NBIA statistics show that most incubators are mixed-use, meaning they serve a variety of industries. Technology incubators, which target clients involved in creating and commercializing new technologies, are another major category. Generally, these two types of incubators aim to bring outside investments into a particular geographic area to expand the tax base.
The third type involves a smaller number of incubators (only 5 percent), but it appears to be a fast-growing segment. Known as empowerment incubators, these mixed-use facilities focus on clients considered underprivileged and underserved, such as minorities and women. Such empowerment incubators are often situated in economically distressed areas in hopes of revitalizing the regions.
Incubators provide a win-win situation for both the entrepreneur and the community, says Sandy Bourne, president of the Pasadena Enterprise Center in Pasadena, California, a mixed-use, private, nonprofit incubator. The center is located in an urban area targeted for revitalization and helps local minority- and women-owned businesses.
"Not only do incubators provide entrepreneurs with critical expert help during their start-up phase, they also tend to produce companies that survive," says Bourne. "NBIA statistics show that more than 87 percent of incubator businesses are still open five years [after leaving the incubator]. The supportive environment and accessible expert services really give [entrepreneurs] the edge needed to thrive."
Marisol Barrios-Jordan is a case in point. She feels she owes much of her rapid success to her incubator experience at the Pasadena Enterprise Center. In less than a year, the 26-year-old publisher of Latina Bride Magazine has built her publication's circulation to 50,000.
"The incubator experience has been invaluable for us," says Barrios-Jordan, who started the magazine in December 1997. She and her partner, Michelle Nordblom Hottya, also 26, came up with the idea after planning their own weddings and discovering a lack of wedding information for Latina brides.
"We've taken advantage of the many consultants available at the incubator, whose services we wouldn't be able to afford on our own," Barrios-Jordan says. "We were even able to connect with a printer, who extended us credit for the first and second issues of the magazine."
We Are Family
Perhaps one of the biggest benefits of incubators is being part of what is essentially an entire entrepreneurial community, says Joel Wiggins, assistant director for the Austin Technology Incubator in Austin, Texas. "There's a synergy that develops within incubators. Everyone celebrates when someone gets a contract."
Barrios-Jordan has found the camaraderie at her incubator priceless. "Being with other minority business owners is wonderful, because we feed off each other and help each other through similar experiences," she explains. "We have monthly roundtable meetings, and we've even formed our own informal board of directors. We meet once a month to brainstorm."
It's this type of "doorway consulting" that makes incubators so valuable, says Sam Pruett, executive director of the Genesis Technology Incubator in Fayetteville, Arkansas. "Our experience has been that there is a huge feeling of isolation for many start-up businesses," he says. "The incubator keeps them connected to other entrepreneurs in similar situations."
Too Much Of A Good Thing?
Although the drawbacks to incubator life are minimal, as you might have guessed, there are a few. Perhaps the biggest is that you're expected to participate in various communal incubator events, which, though helpful, will take you away from your business. You must also be willing to accept help.
"You can't go in thinking you just want reduced rent and you don't need any assistance," says Bourne at the Pasadena Enterprise Center. "Regular meetings [on technical assistance and business counseling] are generally required."
The acceptance policy varies among incubators, but in general, they're looking for business ideas with potential and entrepreneurs who can make their visions realities. This often includes writing a solid business plan and submitting a personal financial statement.
Most incubators require tenants to graduate and move out after a specified period of time, usually after four or five years. Being booted from the nest may seem harsh, but if you've used your time there to the fullest, your business will be more than ready to spread its wings and fly unassisted to even greater heights.
The Choice Is Yours
Just as no two entrepreneurs are the same, no two incubators are alike, either. To choose the right home for your budding business, get answers to these questions:
- What is the incubator's mission? Is management interested in revitalizing a certain area of the community, or do they want more out-of-state and international action? If import/export is your business, the latter incubator would be your best bet.
- What experiences have other tenants had? Talk to other tenants about what it's like in the incubator. Their stories will speak volumes.
- What's the incubator's track record? Ask for statistics. How many jobs has the incubator created? How many companies have survived outside the incubator's walls, and how well have they done over the long haul?
- What are its policies and procedures? Are some services free of charge? How long can you stay? Is there a graduated rent structure as your firm matures? Does the incubator take royalties on ownership rights? If your business goes belly-up, can you leave easily?
- Do you like the facilities? Do the office suites and amenities meet your needs? Are there regular seminars and business training programs?
Smart Move
Speak your mind.
To get the most from your incubator experience, keep the following in mind:
- Don't be afraid to admit your goofs.
- Ask a lot of questions.
- Network with other incubator clients.
Write Away
For information about incubators near you, send an SASE to the NBIA, 20 E. Circle Dr., #190, Athens, OH 45701, or visit http://www.nbia.org.
Contact Sources
Austin Technology Incubator, (512) 305-0000, http://www.utexas.edu/depts/ic2/c2e/ati
Genesis Technology Incubator, (501) 575-7227, http://genesis.uark.edu
John Spomar Productions Inc., 1655 Union Ave., Chicago Heights, IL 60411, (708) 755-5510
Latina Bride Magazine, (626) 296-1249, http://www.latinabride.com
Pasadena Enterprise Center, pasentctr@ earthlink.net, http://www.pec-sbi.org


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Mike Marbach's two and a half year old improv and variety comedy showcase The Sideshow is moving from The Arts Parlor on Broad Street to the new permanent Phit location at the Adrienne Theater.
Writes Mike Marbach on his website, "Two of the reasons I started Sideshow are now no longer relevant. The first is Beirdo has scattered to the ends of the Earth with occasional (and awesome) shows. The other is that starting later in January 2014 The Philly Improv Theater will have a permanent home at the Adrienne Theater with shows 52 weeks a year! So the need for The Sideshow to fill in the gaps of PHIT weeks will no longer be there and as [Philly Improv Theater's] Education Director I didn't want to be running a "competing" effort. So, after some talks- The Sideshow is moving to PHIT starting January 23rd!" (You can read the full article at MikeMarbach.com).
Meanwhile, The Sideshow's space and time will be filled at the Arts Parlor with a new showcase called The Brewery (visit the facebook event page here).
The Brewery will be run by a local improv group called Bill Parks, which is comprised of current PHIT students (Erin Coffey, Erica Paradisi, Adam Perkins, Sofya Piro, Stacy Sanseverino, Rajiv Sharma, Adam Steiger, Sean Sullivan, Joe Tuzzi) and directed by Alex J. Gross.
Members of Bill Parks told Marbach, "Our view of the show is that it will emulate a brewery in more than name alone. Experiment, collaborate and enjoy the results. In general, the show will be similar to the Sideshow. Established comedic talents and budding new acts will take to the stage, bringing a consistently great show to the Arts Parlor twice a month."
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With Help from IMLS Tate Geological Museum Helps Keep Fossil Treasures "At Home" in Wyoming
Accidental Treasure
In March 2006, backhoe operator Dee Zimmerscheid uncovered huge bones as he prepared an oil well site on the Allemand Ranch outside Glenrock, Wyoming. Given Wyoming's exceptional fossil history, Dee and site supervisor Bill Allen realized the find could be significant. They contacted the landowners, who brought in the Tate Geological Museum's curator, Dr. Kent Sundell. Dr. Sundell identified the remains as mammoth bones. The oil companies involved moved the well to allow excavation and the landowners generously donated the skeleton to the museum. The mammoth was named Dee, in honor of his discoverer, Mr. Zimmerscheid.
Adopting Dee
The museum soon realized the mammoth was exceptionally complete, unusually large, and remarkably old. About 14 feet high at the shoulder, Dee is the largest Columbian mammoth mounted in North America. Most mammoths found are young to middle-aged, while Dee is geriatric. But preserving the remains and developing an exhibit around the huge treasure required major funding and enormous volunteer support.
In 2009, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded the Tate Geological Museum a grant to develop a major Ice Age exhibit and an associated K-14 educational program. IMLS funding, along with publicity on the remarkable specimen, helped the museum galvanize community interest and involvement. People across the state quickly developed a sense of pride and ownership for Dee.
Donations poured in, from children's pennies and nickels to two $100,000 business donations to fund skeletal reconstruction. The Natrona County Recreation Joint Powers Board grant helped the Tate Geological Museum hire an Education Specialist to develop K-14 materials. The local Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) funded a weather station exhibit. The community "adopted" 300 mammoth bones, donating $2.00 to $10,000.00 per bone. The museum sponsored a Mammoth Ball fundraiser, sold Dee-themed apparel and statues, and published an imaginative educational children's book, Dee and the Mammoth, written and illustrated by a well-known Wyoming artist.
The community also provided abundant volunteer labor. About 1,000 Casper College staff, students, and volunteers completed an arduous multiyear excavation, primarily through hand digging. The Tate's prep lab cleaned, prepared, and preserved the bones, also with volunteer support. Thanks to community funding, the Black Hills Institute of Geologic Research reconstructed and mounted the mammoth for display.
A Mammoth Educational Exhibit
IMLS support let the Tate Geological Museum hire an Exhibit Specialist to develop a master plan for the Ice Age exhibits. Dee was installed in March 2010 as the centerpiece of a diorama exhibit that includes eight learning centers with interactive and hands-on activities and information on weather/climate, glacial geomorphology, evolution, Ice Age ecology, and the college's partnership with the oil industry.
Through fall 2012, nearly 6,000 children visited the exhibit during school enrichment programs, and 237 participated in field trips or prep lab experiences. General museum attendance soared, tripling to 20,000 visitors the year the exhibit opened, and averaging 18,000 annually since. The museum shared information through more than 50 publications, numerous media interviews, educational outreach activities, conference presentations, website content, and a Facebook page for Dee. National and international interest and visitors have followed.
A Model for Keeping Wyoming's Fossils "Home"
The exhibit is extremely valuable as an educational forum. Yet Dee's most significant impact is increasing public awareness of the value of fossils. Wyoming has long been recognized as an exceptional fossil locale. Since the 1800s, thousands of significant Wyoming fossils have gone to museums, researchers, and private collections across the nation and around the world. Thanks to Dee, residents understand the importance of retaining new fossil finds in Wyoming, where learners and researchers can explore the interrelationships of fossils, local geology and ecology, and the early history of the region.
Excavating and preserving Dee taught the museum how to work effectively with landowners and large businesses. This experience helped the museum negotiate with local landowners to recover a fossil Tyrannosaurus rex found in 2011 – one of only 50 ever discovered, and among the most complete. Lee Rex, named for the excavation site's landowner, will eventually join Dee as a new exhibit. The museum is establishing important agreements for fossil collection across the state. Most recently, it gained exclusive rights to explore for fossils in the Como Bluff region, famed for major dinosaur discoveries, as well as numerous mammal, amphibian, and fish fossils. Thanks to Dee, learners and researchers will be able to visit and learn from countless new fossil finds, within the context of their geological and historical settings.


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Nightly News | November 18, 2013
>>> finally here tonight let's go back to the midwest where, as we said, a lot of good people are coming forward tonight in a very bad situation. some of them happen to be players and coaches helping out where the immediate is greatest. kate snow has our report from washington , illinois.
>>> washington community high's varsity football players were supposed to have workouts this week, but not like this. instead of running offensive drills, coach darrell crouch was helping his players sift through the devastation of their town. it was just saturday when the panthers took their record to 12-0, a victory that would send them to the illinois state semifinals.
>> you are riding on top of the world .
>> pretty much so. our town, we get back to the semifinals for the first time since, like, 1985 , so very huge day that day, and then by 11:00 the next day, just this.
>> reporter: one assistant coach and at least eight of his players have lost their homes, including his starting quarterback. casey danly is the star running back. this afternoon he was helping a thankful homeowner recover clothing.
>> everyone comes to the games. they're always packed.
>> now you're coming out for them.
>> we're coming out for them now. it's the right thing to do.
>> this is your house?
>> this was our house, yes.
>> reporter: jeff hid in the basement with his wife, 3-year-old and 9-month-old.
>> it's sad. we'll rebuild, but we got the biggest thing, which was my family, so we'll take care of the rest.
>> reporter: the players were here to help him uncover buried keep sakes.
>> howure going to handle things when you are difficult, how you're going to handle things when you think something say major disaster. we have one now, and they're all -- we talk about leaders step up, and they did.
>> tomorrow they'll start practicing again, preparing for saturday's big game . a reason to cheer for this battered town. kate snow , nbc news, washington , illinois.


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