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In playwright David Hare's own estimation, A Map of the World is "a play which argues with itself, a play full of worry and confusion." At first it struck me, in a generic way, as a play of ideas; but now that I've wrestled with it, I take it more personally, as a play of beliefs. Because as the arguments posed by its characters ravel and unravel, I feel that the playwright, the characters, and especially the audience question what we believe. That is, are we simply creatures of argument, poseurs? Do we even know what we believe? And if we do, do we have the conviction to act on those beliefs?
But before this gets too abstract, let's bring it down to earth. The play is set in Bombay at a 1978 UNESCO conference on world poverty. One of the principal speakers is Victor Mehta, a satirical novelist who is highly critical of the United Nations, or, as he calls it, the "palace of lies." Mehta himself was born in poverty in India but was educated in England. He returns now to Bombay, his reputation preceding him, in a state of elitist zeal. He is there to expose UNESCO and, in general, to vent his outrage against the absurdly patronizing attitude the West has taken toward the third world. What upsets him most--far more than poverty itself--is the hypocrisy and self-deception of a liberal bureaucracy. For example, "Instead of sending the third world doctors and mechanics, we now send them hippies and Marxist thinkers and animal conservationists and ecologists and wandering fake Zen Buddhist students, who hasten to reassure the illiterate that theirs is a superior life to that of the West." So much for UNESCO, the Peace Corps, and Dian Fossey.
Yet before Mehta reaches the podium, he's cut off in the lobby. He's asked--actually it's more of a demand--to preface his speech with an introduction that identifies him as a writer of fiction, which, "by its very nature, must always be different from fact." The author of this introduction is Stephen Andrews, a young reporter for a left-wing English magazine. Further complicating matters is an attractive, semieducated globetrotter from Westchester named Peggy Whitton, who has an affair with Mehta. Whitton, an inexplicable sort of free spirit, arranges a private debate to settle the dispute between Mehta and Andrews, promising to sleep with the winner.
As you can imagine, this is a complex play, and you have to race to keep up with it. Notice, for instance, that we've already left the issue of poverty behind. Everything happens in the wings, off the UNESCO stage, which is itself pathetically remote from the starving people in the streets of Bombay. And with Whitton's intervention, the debate between Mehta and Andrews becomes a sexual contest. Nevertheless, Mehta, a profoundly funny satirist, launches into the debate with his characteristic reductio ad absurdum argument. And Andrews, suddenly discovering the conviction of his beliefs, retaliates with an ad hominem attack on Mehta, accusing him of putting his "individual integrity" above the suffering of the poor. But really, it's not world poverty that's the issue here, but rather the more personal issue of how we draw, and color in, our map of the world. The truth, it seems, is a matter of perspective.
To further this point, Hare restlessly shifts the perspective of his play. In the second scene a film crew appears, and we discover that what we witnessed in the first scene, in Bombay, is a movie. Not only that, the movie is loosely based on a novel by Victor Mehta, which is based on real people and events surrounding Mehta's visit to the UNESCO conference back in 1978. So, is it live, or is it Memorex? Hare leaves this point deliberately obscure, and plays upon it. For instance, in various scenes, Mehta and Whitton visit the film set and dispute the way their characters are being portrayed, which adds yet another level of argument to this story within a movie within a novel within a play.
What happens, or happened, therefore, is less important than what it means. So, what Hare does is worry and confuse the audience to the point where we say fuck it and concentrate on what these people are saying. It's an effective strategy, maybe not in the dramatic sense, but it did get me to wonder if my politics and values and beliefs are just excuses or whether they really mean something. I'm left with that. I can't say I understand the conclusion of the play, but I'm provoked by the problem the play sets before me. And it's exhilarating to be challenged in the theater to think for a change, instead of being told what to think.
But don't get the impression that A Map of the World is an SAT for the ideologically confused. It's painless and brilliantly funny, particularly when people argue. Even the film actors argue: one actor, working on a crossword puzzle, asks for a seven-letter word for "plague of the earth" beginning with a "Z," and another actor suggests "Zionism." But the moral outrage erupting from this can of worms is rendered ridiculously moot when a third actor discovers a misspelled entry in the puzzle. The word actually starts with an "S." Not exactly Laurel and Hardy, but the weird sort of humor that elicits gutsy blurts of laughter from isolated pockets in the audience.
The production itself is surprisingly clean and professional. Surprising, because Interplay is a new company and this is their first production. Surprising also, because it takes crisp direction and ensemble acting to flush the living beast from the thicket of this philodrama. Bruce Burgun, as Victor Mehta, is sharp, confident, and amusingly overbearing. And it's Burgun's strong performance that anchors the whole play. Mark Mysliwiec is an excellent foil as Stephen Andrews, a nerd savant with the mannerisms of an English twit. Jan Lucas is less than believable as Peggy Whitton, the temptress from Westchester--a difficult role to get a handle on in any case. Overall, the supporting cast varies from marginally competent to inspired, and, thanks to David Perkovich's direction, they react rather than act, making scenes instead of torturing the audience with vain performances.
I like this play, although I have to agree with Hare that he "was trying to do too many things at once." I'm not that familiar with his work, except for his films, Wetherby (which I also highly recommend) and Plenty. But I sense a fidgety quality in his writing, a cynical yet not quite hopeless search for meaning in life. As Mehta says, "The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe." He makes me feel that if I sat down and drew my own map of the world, I might find my place in it.
I can't say I'm a big fan of Moliere's plays. They just don't appeal to my sense of humor. I can see what other people see in them--sort of tutti frutti comedies of manners that, depending on the production, may or may not have some contemporary relevance. Also, there's the matter of Moliere's verse, which can be fun in a twisted Hallmark card way, yet is almost always ruined in translation. So, I'm not going to slobber all over the great Moliere, but at least I respect him, from a distance anyway.
Which is more than I can say about this production of Scapin. It's one thing to update a play, and I have no problem with setting Scapin on an ocean liner in the 20s. Fine. It's a stupid idea, like most modern-dress classics, but so what? Still it's an entirely different thing when it comes to following through on the adaptation. There's more to it than dressing up like a flapper and delivering lines like, "Kiddo, how'd you like to be a mobster?" You'd have to, it would seem, have some sense of the style of an era. I mean why update a play three centuries if you don't know anything more about the 20s than you do about the court of Louis XIV?
So--the hell with Moliere--what is this turkey anyway? It's a community theater/community college type of production. Call it stylized, or declamatory camp, or a farce of a farce, or amateur night, or whatever you want. Mainly, it's a bunch of performers, whose incipient talents range from stillborn to not-yet-ready-to-merit-a-paycheck, who attempt to re-create stereotypes drawn from vague memories of old movies: a gum-chewing chorus girl, a rich dragon lady, some impossibly pure young lovers, and a few more. These stereotypes are badly drawn, even though they're all too familiar, and a drunk at a costume party could do a better job of it.
There are a few sunny touches, not enough to salvage the production, but surely worth mentioning. Hyacinthe's entrance is hysterical. She glides blissfully through the audience, consorts with imaginary sparrows, and rushes sexlessly to her young lover's embrace like Snow White on Valium. A great entrance, but Rhonda Muzak (as Hyacinthe) has nowhere to go with it. There are some funny lines, too, like Scapin's "If life's a roller coaster, I want to ride in the front car." But that's about it, folks. The rest is your basic commedia dell'arte adapted to French farce and mangled into its present shape. At which point it's impossible to take joy in the reunion of broken families, the triumph of love, or the larceny of the wily servant. Tant pis. Quel dommage.
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Hardware The physical parts of a computer system
Hardware The physical parts of a computer system
Hardware Computers based on: Vacuum tube based - c1940s
Transistor based - late 50s; low cost and reliable transistors available Integrated Circuit (IC) based - mid 60s Large Scale Integrated (LSI) circuit based - c80s; These have up to 100,000 transistors on a single chip Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) circuit based - c90s; These have >100,000 transistors on a single chip.
Types of Computers Small (Microcomputers or Personal computers) $500 - $7,000 Desktop Computers and Workstations Laptop Computers Notebook Computers Palmtop Computers
Personal Digital Assistant
Known as handheld computers PDAs are portable computers taken further Pocket sized designed for use on the move Use a pen as input (write directly to screen) Software 'attempts' to translate handwriting by reference to stored prototypes
Types of Computers (contd.)
Medium-sized computers (minicomputers) - $50,000 - $200, times faster than a PC - Scaled down mainframe - Designed to meet the computing needs of a department or small company. Typically concurrent users. - Can support a number of concurrent applications and often uses a time-sharing operation system that aims to keep the users busy.
Types of Computers (contd.)
Large or Mainframe Computers - $100,000 - $2,000, times faster than a PC - A multi-user computer designed to meet the computing needs of a large organization - Generally refers to computers of the 50s and 60s - Large number of dumb terminals were used for input/output and it had a large number of peripherals attached - Can process a number of applications concurrently. This is known as multi-processing which aims to keep the CPU as busy as possible - Usually housed in special rooms.
Types of Computers (contd.)
Superlarge or Supercomputers -$2 million - $20 million ,000 times faster than a PC - A large number of processors interconnected by a network. - Break up gigantic scientific problems into manageable parallel tasks - Used to simulate nuclear explosions, ocean flow, to track the trajectories of astronomic bodies.
Computer Operations Input – entering data into the computer;
Processing – performing operations on the data; Output – presenting results; Storage – saving data, programs, or output for future use; Communications – sending or retrieving data via the Internet, etc.
Hardware Devices
Data Data consists of raw unprocessed facts.
The applications and users handle them to turn into Information. Information is structured, ordered and analyzed data useful for decision making. Data is stored in files of different types (documents, spreadsheets, databases, pictures,…)
Data Representation Digital data - is a discrete representation, breaking the information up into separate elements (digits, that is 0 and 1) Bit
How Information Is Stored
Bit is the smallest unit of data, which denotes the binary value of 1 or 0, On/Off, Magnetic/Not Byte is the ordered collection of bits (eight bits grouped together) - EBCDIC - Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (8 bits per byte) - ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Exchange (7 or 8 bits per byte) Parity bit is the extra bit added to each byte to help detect errors Example: "HI" = (using binary code)
The Computing Systems Store, Present, and Help Us Modify:
Text Audio Images & graphics Video
System Unit Houses the processing hardware for computer Contains:
- CPU - Memory (several types) - Interfaces to connect external peripheral devices ( such as printer, etc.)
Computer Components CPU INPUT DEVICES SECONDARY STORAGE PRIMARY STORAGE BUSES OUTPUT DEVICES COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES
Motherboard The main circuit board, containing computer chips and other electronic components, inside the system unit to which all computer system components connect
CPU – Central Processing Unit
The chip located on the motherboard of a computer that performs the processing for a computer
Multi-core CPUs Contain the processing components or cores of multiple independent processors on a single CPU (allow computers to work simultaneously on more tha one task at a time)
Types of CPU Desktop c. – Intel Core i7 - AMD PhenomII (2-4 cores)
Workstation, server – Intel Xeon - AMD Opteron (2,4,6 cores) Notebook, Tablet PC - Intel Core 2 - AMD Turion X2 (1, 2,4 cores)
Computer Time # PER COMPARED NAME LENGTH SECOND TO 1 SECOND Millisecond second thousand min 40 sec Microsecond millisecond million days Nanosecond microsecond billion years Picosecond nanosecond trillion ,700 years * Computer Frequency inversely proportional to computer time
Processing Speed CPU clock speed – measurement of the processing speed, which is rated in megahertz (MHz) or gigahertz (GHz) Highter CPU clock speed more instractions can be processed per second Example: Core i7 3.2 Ghz faster than Core i GHz
Memory Chip-based storage
- primary - amount of the computer's main memory (random access memory or RAM) - secondary - amount of long-term storage available to a computer (computer's hard drive or removable storage media)
Types of Memory Cache memory and register – volatite, means that their content is rased when power to the memory ceases (like RAM) Read-only memory (ROM) and flash memory - nonvolatite
MEMORY SIZE KILOBYTE (K): 210 bytes... 1024 bytes
MEGABYTE (MB): 210 KB... "million" bytes GIGABYTE (GB): MB... "billion" bytes TERABYTE (TB): 210 GB... "trillion" bytes *
RAM (Random Access Memory)
Temporary storage for data, programs and the operating system while you are using the PC It is volatile, meaning that the contents of memory are lost forever when the computer is shut off.
RAM (contd.) Capacity measured in bytes
Type of RAM that can be installed depends on - CPU (32-bit CPU – up to 3 GB of RAM, 64-bit – more than 3 GB) - Operating system (64-bit version of Windows Vista – up to 8 GB, up to 16 or more than 128 GB, depending on the edition)
ROM (Read-Only Memory)
Consists of non-erasable hardware modules that store program instructions It is non-volatile (that is "read only")
Ports and Connectors Connectors located on the exterior of the system unit that are used to connect external hardware devicrs Each port attached to the appropriate bus on the motherboard
Storage System Storage medium is the hardware where data is actually stored (CD, flash memory card) Storage device is the type of drive by which storage media is read - internal (inside the CPU) - external (plugged into external port) - remote (located on another computer)
Access Methods Random (direct) access, means that data can be retrieved directly from any location on the storage medium, in any order Sequential access, means that the data can be retrieved in the order in which it is physically stored on the medium
Hard Drive Primary storage system used to store most programs and data used with a computer
Types of Hard Drives - Magnetic hard drive – a hard drive, consisting of one or more metal magnetic disks permanently sealed with an access mechanism and read/write heads, inside its drive
Types of Hard Drives Solid-state drive (SSD) – a hard drive that uses flash memory instead of metal magnetic hard disks.
Disc Access Time The total time that it takes for a hard drive to read/write data Include three steps: - seek time - rotational delay - data movement time Typically it is around 8.5.milliseconds
Optical Disks A type of storage medium read from and written to using a laser beam (Example: CD, DVD) Advantages: large capacity - durability Disadvantages: - fragile
Optical Drive A drive used with optical discs (CD disc, DVD disc)
Optical Discs Read-Only optical disc (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, BD-ROM)
Recordable optical disc (CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, BD-R) Rewritable optical disc (CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, BD-Re)
Optical Disks (contd.) 1) CD-ROM MB (0.7 GB), single layer, red laser, cheap, outdated. For delivering music, software, storing data. 2) DVD+-R/RW (Digital Vesatile Disk), 4.7 GB (DVD-5) (single-layer), 8.5 GB (DVD-9) (dual-layer), 9.4 GB (double-sided disk), red laser, current, cheap. For software, movies, data. 3) Blu-Ray, 25 GB (single layer), 50 GB (double-layer), may support up to 6-8 layers in the future, blue laser, quite expensive. For high-definition movies, HDTV, data. 4) HVD (Holographic Vesatile Disk) TB, 2 lasers, very expensive, emerging.
Other Types of Storage System
Flash memory – a chip-based storage medium that store data using electrons Flash memory card – a small , rectangular flash memory medium (such as CompactFlash)
Other Types of Storage System (contd.)
Holographic storage – the type of three dimension (3D) storage system that uses multiple blue laser beams to store data in three dimensions Advantages: - speed - capability - convenient for rarely changed data
Other Types of Storage System (contd.)
Magnetic tape – storage media consisting of plastic tape with a magnetizable surface that store data as a series of magnetic spot Advantages: - low cost per megabyte
Other Types of Storage System (contd.)
RAID (redundant arrays of independent disks) a storage method that uses several hard rives working together Purpose: - to increase perfomance - to protect critical data on storage server (to increase fault tolerance) Techniques: - disc stripping - disc mirroring
Bus Electronic path over which data can travel
Bus width is the number of wires in the bus over which data can travel, affects the number of bits being transmitted at one time Throughput or bandwidth is the amount of data that can be transferred via the bus in a given time period
Input Devices
Keyboards An input device containing numerous keys that can be used to input letters, numbers, and other symbols
Pointing and Touch Devices
An input device that moves an on-screen pointer to allow the user to select objects on the screen Types: - mouse - pen/styluses - touch screens
Scanners An input device that reads printed text and graphics and transfers them to a computer in digital form
Speech Recognition System
Speech recognition systems Music input systems
Music Input System Used to input music into a computer
Output Devices
Printers Quality mesured by dots per inch (dpi)
Speed measured in pages per minute (ppm) Types: - laser printers (use toner powder) - ink-jet printers (use liquid ink) - special purposes printers (photoprinter, 3D printer)
3D Printing
Display Devices (Monitor, Display Screen)
CRT monitors Flat-panel displays: - liquid crystal displays (LCD) - plasma displays Organic light emmiting diode (OLED) displays
Display Devices (contd.)
Pixels – the smallest colorable area in an electronic image Screen resolution affects the amount of information (in pixels) displayed on the screen
Video Card Installed inside computer or directly into the motherboard (in graphic processing unit GPU) Detrmins the graphic capabilities of the computer
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Visitors to the opera building in Ghent are often amazed by the sumptuous interior – the sparkling chandelier, the horseshoe-shaped theatre hall and the three richly appointed salons (unmatched even in Versailles!) bespeak a distinctive grandeur. At the Antwerp Opera, it's the beautiful ceiling paintings, the exceptional acoustics and the magnificent side stage that tend to impress.
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Lithic Manufacturing in a Northwest Coast Shellmidden: the Grain-Size Evidence
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Lithic Manufacturing in a Northwest Coast Shellmidden: the Grain-Size Evidence. Mark E. Madsen. Presented at 41st Annual Northwest Anthropological Conference, Tacoma, WA. 1988 ( tDAR id: 142097)
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min long: -123.274; min lat: 48.284 ; max long: -122.693; max lat: 48.831 ;
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Construction is now complete and the Elizabethtown location for Hardees is now open. The restaurant, located at 215 S. Poplar Street, opened for business at 5 a.m. Monday and Bladen County residents braved the rain to try the new eatery. While Hardees is not new to Bladen County, there has been a Hardees located in Bladenboro for many years, it has been some times since one was operated in Elizabethtown.
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Covered in an earlier article in paultan.org under the name RMK E2, the Finnish electric motorcycle (e-bike) firm has undergone a name change to Verge. Similarly updated, Verge now offers the TS, a development of the earlier E2 and was supposed to have been named the E3 before going on public sale.
Claiming an astounding 1000 Nm of torque from the 80 kW integrated rim motor – most e-bikes carry a separate motor with belt-drive to the wheel like the Harley-Davidson Livewire or hub-mounted motor – the Verge TSis claimed to do the 0-100 km/h sprint in under four seconds. Considering that for e-bikes all the available torque is available from zero rpm, this will make for exciting traffic light drag races.
The rim electric motor was developed in-house by Verge during its former iteration as RMK and is the work of Teemu Saukkio, lead designer and Verge's chief technology officer (CTO). Verge claims the TS is good to a top speed of 180 km/h and range is touted at 300 km in the city and 200 km at highway speeds.
While no figures have been published for weight, Verge says the overall weight of the TS is kept low with the use of a lightweight aluminium alloy frame. Charging time for the TS is listed at 100 % in 4 hours and with DC fast charging, 45-50 minutes, using the onboard charger.
Equipment fit out will be familiar to many riders, with brakes from Brembo, suspension by Ohlins and Pirelli Rosso Corsa II rubber. Pre-orders with a 2,000 euro (RM9,394) deposit are being taken for the 2020 Verge TS, priced at 24,990 euro (RM117,382), which compares to the Harley-Davidson Livewire with its website price of 29,799 USD (RM129,648).


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God made me unique. He formed me in my mother's womb and fashioned me with great love and joy.
God made me wholesome but not beautiful, because He knows beauty will make me vain. Instead, He gives me a sensitive heart that leans on Him so that He can work inside my heart to reflect His beauty for the world to draw Him in.
God made me a little shy to teach me humility and depend on Him for confidence, instead of trusting in my ability alone.
God made me lonesome at times so I would turn to Him in my aloneness.
God made me smile and laugh at times but not all the time to remind me that weeping may last through the night, but joy comes in the morning.
God didn't make me rich, but always there to provide my needs. He knows that if I'm wealthy, I will be proud and boast about it and will forget about Him, my real Master. He gave me just enough to share with those in need.
God gave me talents and gifts that I can share, yet He gave me just the right measure of faith in myself, so I won't boast of my abilities, instead boast of what God has done in my life
God gave me my family just the way they are so that it will remind me that in this world, no matter how imperfect we maybe, we need relationship and each other. He reminded me that I am not a perfect parent so I will depend on my Perfect Heavenly Father.
Many times I've stumbled and fallen, first, because I had not taken His hand. So many lessons I've learned the hard way, just because I failed to listen to His voice. Yet, so many times God watched me go my way alone, only to watch me return to His arms again, and He never get tired welcoming me back making me whole again.
God sees me beautiful inside and out because He created me in His image. How I reflect His beauty is up to me.
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Psalm 139:14
Gloria Tiquia
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This is truly beautiful and something we should all have in front of us every day!
Dear Gloria... What wonderful words of inspiration and wisdom! This statement speaks for so many of us and you've written it so well: "What you Many times I've stumbled and fallen, first, because I had not taken His hand. So many lessons I've learned the hard way, just because I failed to listen to His voice. Yet, so many times God watched me go my way alone, only to watch me return to His arms again, and He never get tired welcoming me back making me whole again." AMEN, Gloria! Love, always... SiS Peggy
Yes, Gloria, God sees you beautiful. I can tell you are beautiful by the things you write. I can tell you are beautiful by the caring attitude that shines through your writing. That's how God sees you and that's how your readers see you...Helen
Yes Gloria, you are indeed fearfully and wonderfully made for YOU are made in His image for you look and act so much like your Heavenly Father. I love you, Sharon
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A Jamaican-born musician was sentenced to eight years in prison without parole for transporting marijuana he says he obtained legally.
Patrick Beadle, 46, was sentenced Wednesday by Madison County Circuit Judge William Chapman after a jury in July convicted him of drug trafficking, the Mississippi Clarion Ledger reported.
He had 2.89 pounds of marijuana in his vehicle when he was stopped by a Madison County deputy in March 2017.
Beadle, who has a medical marijuana card, said he obtained the marijuana in Oregon, where medical marijuana was legalized in 1998.
He says he uses the drug to treat chronic pain in both knees where his cartilage is worn down after years of competitive basketball.
Recreational marijuana was approved in Oregon in 2014.
The musician, known as BlackFire, had no large sums of money, measuring scale or other drug paraphernalia that would suggest he was a drug trafficker on him when he was arrested, according to the report.
Beadle was stopped for allegedly crossing over a fog line — a claim he disputes.
Beadle was travelling through Mississippi — to explore its music heritage — after having visited in 8-year-old son in Ohio.
He believes he his dreadlocks made him a racial profiling target.
His mother, Tommy Beadle, said Jamaicans sometimes wash themselves in marijuana for therapeutic purposes.
She begged Chapman not to sentence her son to prison.
"Judge, I'm asking for mercy for my son," she said. "I wouldn't stand here before you if my son was trafficking in drugs. As a mother, I'm asking you to please don't lock him up behind bars," she said, according to the report.
Chapman said he would not reduce Beadle's charge to simple possession because he'd been convicted by a jury under the state's drug trafficking law.


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The world of education has become more competitive than ever before. Employers today look for fresh graduates who can 'gel in' well within an organization. While screening for candidates, they browse through the resume trying to look for various things that an applicant can offer to the organization.
If we go one level down into the academic race, graduate schools all over the world look for undergraduate students who can contribute something to the classrooms. Undergraduate colleges, when admitting students, consider what extracurricular activities their potential candidates have been a part of. Taking part in academic competitions is thus strongly recommended by experts to students who wish to become a part of a prestigious institute in the future.
One of the best ways to showcase your talent to your interviewer is to talk about how many academic or extracurricular competitions you have been a part of and what you learned from them. This helps a recruiter understand that you have the ambition and drive they are looking for in a potential candidate. One myth that plagues the academic world is that if you lose a competition, you lose the chance for an interview. That is not quite true.
In fact, if you can convince your interviewer that you learned from all the competitions you have taken part in, then you have a good chance to land your dream job.
Tips for winning students arm race
Here are some useful tips to win student competitions and prepare a portfolio of successful competitions for your next academic or professional interviewer.
Start preparing ahead of time
In order to come out as a winner in any type of academic competition, you need to start preparing yourself ahead of time. The sooner you start for the competition, the more time you will have to get a grip on the subject.
What judges usually look for when you enter the competition is how well you have prepared for the subject and how well you apply your knowledge to the practical world. When you start preparing ahead of time, you can carry out thorough research on the internet and scour through many different books and resources, click resource.
Manage time effectively
Since the internet is accessible to virtually everyone on the planet, competitions today usually take place over the internet. This means that you might be competing with thousands of students from all over the world.
All of them would have access to the same material over the internet as you do. Some might even be more equipped than you, but what will set you apart from the rest of the crowd is time management. Prepare a daily schedule based on how much time you want to dedicate to your competition, how much time you want to allocate to your homework, and how much time you need to relax.
Look for mentors
Did you know that some of the most successful people in any field have always had a mentor who guided them to success? Hence, in order to achieve success, you need to find someone who has already treaded your path and achieved success.
A mentor helps you see things from multiple perspectives and guides you on how to become a better person and being more competitive than you currently are.
Once you have started to manage your time more effectively and have someone to guide you at every step of the way, you should start practicing for the contest. Look for sample questions or case scenarios that will prepare you for the big day.
Solve as many questions, quizzes, or practical case scenarios as you can. As you start solving more and more quizzes or tests, you will feel more confident and competitive than before. It does not matter if you win a competition or not as long as you learn from the experience.
Never give up
Losing a competition is not the end of the world. When you sit in front of an interviewer, they might be looking for a person who has the courage to learn from failures and look ahead for more challenges. Hence, you should never stop taking part in competitions as each test prepares you for the next one.
As you start taking part in more competitions, try to make a story out of your journey that you can share with your interviewer. If the person who is interviewing you is impressed by your dedication and persistent attitude, they might choose you even if you have never won a single competition!
Things that you should never do to win an 'arm race'
There are a few things that you should never do no matter what in an arm race. You should never lie or cheat because that will always go against you in the long run. Never lose your nerve during the competition.
You should always try to remain calm and take a deep breath if there is too much pressure on you. If you are working in a team, try to listen to everyone's point of view before you give your own verdict. Being a good listener is one of the best qualitiesyou can have to be a winner in every walk of life!
Competitions are a great way to develop your experience and prepare a story that you can tell your interviewer at any stage of your academic and professional career. If you prepare hard and keep yourself open to learn with every passing competition, you should be able to succeed in every walk of life!


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"You, Lord, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm." Isa 26:3 GNT
Your life is like a camera; you've got to focus it right, to get the right results. Having the right focus brings four results: (1) It simplifies things. When you're not clear as to your purpose, you try to do too much—and that causes stress, inner conflict and confusion. You have only enough time and energy to do God's will. Not getting everything done may be an indicator that you're doing far more than God ever intended. Focus leads to a simpler lifestyle and a saner schedule. Only when you keep your focus can you keep your peace: "You, Lord, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm." (2) It gives you direction. If you want your life to have impact, consult God, then do what He tells you. Don't confuse activity with productivity. Diffused light has limited impact, but when light is focused like a laser it can cut through steel. (3) It energizes you. It's meaningless work, not overwork, that wears you down. George Bernard Shaw wrote: "This is the true joy of life: being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of a selfish little clot of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy." (4) It determines your legacy. When people recall your name, what will they associate with it? "A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold" (Pr 22:1 NIV). Ultimately, what matters isn't what others say about you, but what God says. So focus on the end game.
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Tecmo Releases Trailers for Dead or Alive 5: Last Round and Bladestorm: Nightmare
Koei Tecmo has released trailers for a pair of their upcoming multiplatform titles: fighter Dead or Alive 5: Last Round and action game Bladestorm: Nightmare.
The new trailer for Dead or Alive 5: Last Round shows off the returning fighter Raidou, who fans will recognize from past entries in the series. He looks pretty cool in this game! The Bladestorm: Nightmare trailer shows intertwined clips of story scenes and game-play in a rather sporadic way.
Dead or Alive 5: Last Round will be available for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One in February. Bladestorm: Nightmare launches in early 2015 for the PS4, PS3 and Xbox One.


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Speed of cars
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Speed of cars
I need to know if with this tools I can generate a program that calculates the speed of a vehicle in a video in real time. Thank you very much!
Re: Speed of cars
Of course there is not function like GetCarSpeed( videoFeed ), but there are image processing tools, which may help in this task. I would suggest you to take a look at Motion Detection sample application provided with AForge.NET framework. This may be used as a startup/idea in your development. The idea is that you need to detect moving object/car first and than by tracking it in video feed you may try calculating object's speed.
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I think it also really depends on your input videos... Are the cars filmed from above, from a side, at an angle ?
Then if you want to compute real speed, you'll need a way to translate from pixel distances to real worl units distances. This may prove a hard part if you don't have some kind of references frame within the video or don't know the internal parameters of the camera. (If filmed at an angle, perspective will be a tough problem)
Before programming it, how do you do it manually ? Do you have some specific lines of known spacing on the ground between which the cars speed are measured ?
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|Beginners Budget Monitoring for Kent Schools - using the Budget Planning Software (BPS) 2020-21
(Demonstration, Questions and Answers) and workshop
9.30 - 16.30
Please arrive in time to ensure that your laptop is set up and internet access available by 9.15
This full day session is for individuals who have not previously set a monitored a local authority school budget using the Budget Planning Software (BPS) and produced reports for strategic stakeholders.
The assumption will be that those attending will finance staff who use FMS6 and have purchased the core finance package which includes the Budget Planning Software.
Delegates are required to bring along the following -
• Their letter of confirmation from CPD, to confirm that a place has been booked, for that day
• Delegates are required to bring along their own laptop and power pack
• Logon details must be available on the day to log in to your computer as well as BPS
• The BPS will be web based therefore access to the internet will be required. Please note the venue will have wireless internet in the room. Without internet access you will not be able to access your school's BPS
• Candidates should bring a memory stick with them if they do not wish to bring hard copies
• Please complete the Budget Monitoring Preparation Checklist which also provides details of information which you should bring along to the training session.
If you do not have all the necessary information on the day and are unable to stay for the whole session a half day charge may apply
Who should attend?
Finance staff and other school staff who will be involved in making strategic decisions about the way forward for the school
Please note that we cannot accommodate more than 2 delegates per school with one laptop between them
There will be a charge of £100 per person for non-attendance if Schools Financial Services is not informed of a cancellation within the required time stated on CPD Online
Please note that we cannot accommodate more than 2 delegates per school.
|Training objectives
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• How to use the Payroll Reconciliation function for validating payroll costs on a monthly basis
• How to import data from FMS6 to create initial figures for monitoring the schools budgets and making adjustments to inform the year end forecast amounts.
• Delegates will be aware of how some funding templates can be updated to assist with year-end forecast amounts
• Delegates will be aware of how to use the Budget Planning Software to generate both cost centre and ledger code reports suitable for various parties e.g. Head teachers and Governors
• How to recalculate a 3 year plan using the updated year end figures produced by the budget monitoring
• Time will also be dedicated to a workshop session where each school will be able to work using their own information (note: There may not be sufficient time to complete a full monitoring report on the day).
• Questions will be taken
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Finance Officer
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MIDAS Centre - Meadowfield School, Meadowfield School, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4NL
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Joanne Clark / Debra Endcott / Sue Lindgren
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Report: Taylor brings swift end to Kennedy romance
Country singer blames demands of new album
After an intense couple months of dating, Taylor Swift, 22, and Conor Kennedy, 18, have called it quits.
A close friend of the country singer confirmed the break up to US Weekly magazine.
"They quietly parted ways a while ago," the friend told the entertainment magazine. "It was just a distance thing. No hard feelings. They're fine."
First spotted with the six-time Grammy winner at the Kennedy family compound in Hyannisport, in July, Conor is the son of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the late Mary Kennedy.
"It's been over a month since they've even seen each other," the friend told US Weekly. "With her promotion for her new album, 'Red,' she has no time off until the end of the year."
Swift appeared on "Good Morning America" Monday to discuss her new album but was tight-lipped about her romance with Kennedy.
"I don't really talk about my love life. I sing about it a lot because I think it sounds more poetic and romantic," Swift said.
Swift had reportedly bought a mansion next door to the Kennedy's famous Cape Cod compound. TMZ reported that the country star spent $4.5 million on the Hyannis Port mansion.
Swift's new album "Red" was released Monday. She said the word "conflicted" could describe a lot of the reasons why she wrote the songs on her new album. She said they deal with a couple of "tumultuous relationships."
Swift said she realized with her first single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," that once she put it out there, there was no going back. She wrote 10 tracks by herself and six with other top songwriters.


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In this tutorial, you will learn how to brush and curl your hair using only a brush.
Greetings. I'm Maryam Ebrahimpour. I'm a hairstyle and formula expert and instructor. I'm here with a tutorial on hair brushing and styling.
To brush our hair, we have to choose our brush first. The brush we choose should be based on the hair layer we choose to brush. To straighten the hair, we choose a big brush and to curl the hair we use a medium sized brush. I want to use this brush to straighten the hair and form it a bit.
If you want to add a bit of volume to the hair while brushing it, put your brush under the hair layer and pull your brush up a bit while brushing. This will help add a bit of volume to the root of the hair. If you want the tip of the hair layer to have a bit of curl or to form the tip of the layer, you can twist the hair with your brush and leave the brush in the hair and use another brush to work with the rest of the hair. You can use smaller brushes for finger wave curls and the like instead of medium or big brushes.
I'm going to use two different brush sizes to form the hair so you can see. One with a small brush and another with a bigger one. To form the hair using a small brush, first use your medium or big brush to straighten the hair, and then use your small brush to form the hair the way you want. Twist the hair around your finger. Leave the hair when it's a bit colder.
Therefore, we can add volume to the hair and form it using a brush. Using a hair curler or curling iron usually reduces the volume of hair but brushing the hair can form, curl, and add volume to the hair at the same time. I repeated the brushing and curling process for all hair layers. The hair on the front and the bangs depends on the client. They either want a split section in the middle or on the side.
If you're doing a split section in the middle, then brush and curl the layer on the left to the left side and the layer on the right to the right side. Here we want to do a split section on the side. So split the hair on the side and continue brushing and forming the hair like before.
This concludes our tutorial. I hope you have enjoyed this video. To join our classes, please contact us at the numbers provided in the description.


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This easy recipe for chocolate mint crackle cookies has all the delicious tastes of the holidays. Powdered sugar sets off the fun crackle design!
This recipe for chocolate mint crackle cookies has been a long time coming to the blog, because I wrote it up in the midst of LAST year's holiday season, but by the time I had it all figured out my blog schedule was already full of other holiday recipes, with no room to squeeze in these cookies. As a result, the Southern daughter (who is perfectly happy to bake holiday goodies all year round) has asked me about one billion times for the recipe. Which I keep sending her, but now here it is for posterity…for her and anyone else who likes a little peppermint in their chocolate cookie. Ready for some sweet deliciousness? Let's make them!
First of all, a word about crackle cookies. They are called crackle cookies because as they bake they develop little nooks and crannies and cracks. Which works out perfectly for these babies, because we are going to dust them with powdered sugar which is going to make the prettiest of pretty designs!
It also works out well for these babies…
…that's right, my adorable Southern daughter and her sweet fiance are coming up for the holidays, and we are planning lots of cookie baking and holiday celebrating and WEDDING PLANNING. I can't decide which thing I am most excited about.
And speaking of exciting, I am excited to tell you that the peppermint plate that these sweet little chocolate mint crackle cookies are sitting on is 1) made of real peppermint and 2) super easy to make – here's the link to that recipe.
I honestly don't see how things could get much merrier around here. And with that, I will see you again after Christmas, and in between I hope you have a delicious, happy, peaceful holiday, with lots of love from me and my family to yours!Print
Chocolate Mint Crackle Cookies
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 11 minutes
- Total Time: 31 minutes
- Yield: 24 cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Microwave and Oven
- Cuisine: American
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped into very small pieces
- 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
- Put chopped chocolate, butter and salt in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 1 minute. Stir, and if the chocolate is not completely melted microwave again for another 30 seconds to a minute. Stir again until everything is smooth.
- Add extract, eggs and sugar to the chocolate mixture and stir until combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together cocoa powder, flour and baking powder.
- Add the flour mixture to the chocolate mixture and stir until well combined. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 3 hours – this dough will hold up to 4 days in your fridge before baking if needed!
- Preheat oven to 350 and line cookie sheets with parchment or silicone baking mats. Scoop out tablespoons of dough and roll in the confectioner's sugar until completely coated. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets and bake for 10 minutes. The cookies will spread a little bit so that "crackles" appear.
- Cool for 10 minutes on the cookie sheets, then transfer to wire cooling racks and cool completely.
Hi there! I'm Kate, and I'm a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover. I started Framed Cooks in 2009, and my mission is to create and share family-friendly recipes that make cooking both easy and fun…yes, I said FUN! My kitchen is my happy place, and I want yours to be that place too. And if you make this recipe, I would love you to tag @FramedCooks on Instagram so I can see the deliciousness!


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The validation of the training program is granted after an a review of the operators': training procedure manual, lesson plan, course material, evaluation and assessment, and instructional personnel, and found to meet the program's criteria.
The process to achieve certification and to maintain it includes four phases:
- Assessment: carry out a gap analysis of the training program against the Training Program Audit Checklist to determine whether the requirements are being met and, if not, what steps should be taken to ensure they are met successfully.
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Moncler Starts 2019 with Bubble Sneakers and Craig Green Fashion
In late 2018, Italian fashion/sportswear label Moncler disrupted the traditional rhythm of fashion shows, by showcasing 8 different collections all at once with the aim of rolling out one each month. The new project is named Moncler Genius, designed as an ongoing strategy to keep the brand's unique heritage and traditions alive, while having a clear vision of the future that speaks through different voices, in a progressive, even pioneering way.
The collection that launched for January 2019 comes from London-born designer Craig Green, who explores clothing concepts as wearable habitats inspired by tents and kites. Green's clothing is represented by strong use of bold, hi-contrast hues and sturdy materials.
One of Craig Green's Wearable Habitats
Green's jackets, blousons, fishtail parkas, work shirts and trousers come in a hi-impact palette of solid bright greens, yellows, oranges and cobalt blues. Print and intarsia are a further homage to sports kites. The idea of extreme protection is captured in the hood, a detail that recurs throughout, which offers a shield against the elements and a place of seclusion.
"I have always explored ideas of protection and functionality within my work, something that is also at the core of Moncler's heritage," says Craig Green. "I thought it would be interesting for these ideas to be pushed further, interpreting Moncler's performance based history, and developing designs with their years of technical knowledge and expertise."
In other Moncler news, the fashion house has launched a new Bubble Sneaker. The footwear features a lightweight sole articulated in the form of bubbles which support the sole with individual islands of ultra-soft rubber arranged to follow the shape of the foot. A knitted sock is available in different colours and it forms the shoe's upper. Colours include white with the colours of the flag and black with a contrasting white sole, or navy blue with a turquoise sole.
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How did you set about going through your collection?
Were you able to select all the tracks you wanted?
Well I didn't do it alone - thanks Kris! (Kris Flowers) and went straight for the stuff that can't be found anywhere else, even on bootleg. My main priority was to play full versions of tracks synonymous with the club, and yes there were a couple we couldn't use - 'Voodoo Ray' was one and the B52s 'Mesopotamia' another. We wanted to show the versatility of Zanzibar - first of all people thought it was a black gay club and as you can hear it's a lot of things to a lot of people.
'The Colour Of My Skin' was an emotive choice. It was, and some people were afraid of playing it cos it made you question yourself, your position in life - just listen to the lyrics, 'is it the way we're living, is it the colour of my skin'. It opened a whole can of worms.
So was this something you saw yourself doing when you were working at the New York Daily News?
No, it was a great inside thing there. We went on strike as part of a union there, and I ended up with David Rodriguez in Downstairs Records, and he was doing work on the Candido album for Salsoul so I got to see Yvonne Turner, Loleatta Holloway, Benji Turner, all sorts of influential people. Then I had the chance to work at El Morago, and the opportunity to work on radio with Shep Pettibone, who taught me how to edit. Then the union said I could accept a drop down in pay or some severance pay, so guess what? I was out of there.
Is it a DJ's dream, to choose a couple of CDs like this?
Not really, it's a business thing. I could have put out a different theme, but Azuli approached me and I figured it was time to make a little history, the first one in the series to be synonymous with a particular place. The ones before are good though. It's like, Danny (Tenaglia) played that? Revealing stuff.
How did you feel when house music began to take off, because it was a genre you played a big part in creating.
It was more a continuation of the style and flavour. A DJ is defined by his personality, his taste and his background. Larry (Levan) brought lots of colours to soul and Latin, whereas at Zanzibar it was a slower bpm and more of a gospel vibe.
Where do you see house music progressing?
My theory is there's always gonna be some place where people wanna have a good time at the weekend, and so there'll always be good dance music, as long as there's good R&B that is - the best music sounds closest to its origins.
Interesting to see a Cher record included!
You only have to look at the title ('Take Me Home') to see how that came about. If I'd end the night without playing it loads of girls would come up to the box and say 'the night's not over yet, you haven't played it!', and so it was the big pick up tune at the end of the night.
Where have you enjoyed playing other than Zanzibar?
I'm not giving out any endorsements! I've been lucky though, done some great nights and openings, for Ministry, Fabric in London and recently one in Cardiff, Wales. I still get the same buzz I've always had.
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The life and struggles of King Hussein of Jordan, from the assassination of his grandfather to the rise of the PLO.
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Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships first started becoming legal at the turn of the 21st century but weren't made universally legal in the United States until 2015. Many same-sex couples lived in domestic partnerships, cohabitating arrangements, or marriages that took place in other states before their state began recognizing and performing same-sex marriages.
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iOS 7 Will Be Doing The Physics For You!by QArea Expert on August 22, 2014
That looks like alive!
Any android application development company will now be endangered with what iOS 7 has to offer. The Android versus iOS rival is engaging with new strength now that iOS and its new Dynamic API the looks and functionality of apps can now be influenced with actual live gravity.
Physics engines are not new to game designers. To get the proper parabola of a bird launched for all-pig mayhem feel right and accurate developers do not write the Newton's motion laws into the app manually. Special engines are used instead. Now designers will have some of those.
Thus the new UI Kit features are presented. The dynamics behavior may now be integrated into your app without the need for you to learn how to properly program a game engine. Your app can now have some actual gravity with all that cool bounciness and acceleration and stuff. But, as one weird looking superhero always said "with great power comes great responsibility". Thus if you use these new features wisely you will have an even better looking and intuitive application. Such effect will be achieved due to the fact that users will be able to interact with your app like with a real live object.
Where to use it?
Well, every animation may be appropriate if you really want to see your app a bit like the iOS 7-native ones. You will see the new feature all over the pre-installed apps. They actually may give you a couple of ideas. I could bet that if you already have an app it is using some parallel animations that have overlapping timelines which are triggers that start others to proceed. If you do, than you have done something the new dynamics might have done for you automatically.
So except for animations you have pan gestures. The ones you use to manipulate views with screen transactions. The camera icon situated on your lock-screen is a splendid example. Once you've tapped it an impulse force that comes from the button has been created. And gravity eventually overcomes that impulse. You may also see the elastic bottom when it bounces from it after being dropped. And users may even give all that some extra velocity by simply slamming it down. That can look awesome on your app, right?
I can do all that with Core!
You are right. You can. Core Animation is powerful, yet all that fun will require tons of work, while the Dynamics System makes all that easier. With Dynamics you will be able of expressing your desires with in terms of all those physical attributes. Thus you will be capable of layering more complex behavior as well as playing with it.
The power and responsibility part
Look at your app. Have a nice look of it. Which parts would you like to improve? A great way to start with the Dynamics features would be with the transaction from a screen to a screen. If you are currently using the swipe gesture a splendid thing to do will be replacing it with the pan gesture that is attached to the view. Thus you will allow your users to directly manipulate it. In other words allow them to throw it away by tossing rather than common swiping and object in order to bring up the menu that includes the delete feature.
And, on the other hand, too much is too much. Don't catch yourself adding dynamics just for the sake of it. Don't be a show off. When all is used correctly you will get an awesome looking app full of dynamics and playfulness. But if these things will be overused the app will just look like a bunch of fancy looking stuff gathered in one place. That is quite a crucial mistake. Such an appearance will only be causing negative vibes from your users.


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Lauren Book grew up in what looked like a stable upper class home. But over six years, Lauren was sexually and physically abused by the family's female nanny. Her memoir It's OK to Tell challenges commonly held ideas about sexual abuse, and she speaks with host Michel Martin. (Advisory: This segment may not be suitable for all audiences.)
I'm Michel Martin, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Coming up, we'll check out more of your tweets. That's our "Muses and Metaphor" series for National Poetry Month. But first, we want to go "Behind Closed Doors." That's the part of the program where we talk about issues that many people often only talk about in private. And sexual abuse, especially of children, is certainly one of those issues. But the issue is coming into the light again.
But the issue is coming into the light again. Now, one reason might be the ongoing case against the former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, who is accused of molesting a number of boys over a long period of time. Just last week, Sandusky appeared in a Pennsylvania court, where his lawyer's motion to dismiss charges was denied. It's a reminder that trusted people in positions of power can also be abusers.
And this is where our next guest comes in. Lauren Book was 11 years old when a new nanny moved into the family home. Within a matter of months, this woman began physically and sexually abusing Lauren, something that would continue for the next six years.
Today, Lauren runs an organization called Lauren's Kids. She hopes to prevent sexual abuse and help survivors heal, and she tells the story in a memoir called "It's OK to Tell." Throughout the book, Lauren challenges many myths about sexual abuse, including the idea that affluent children are not targets; or that men are the only perpetrators.
She's with us from Tallahassee, Florida, to tell us more. Lauren, welcome. Thank you so much for speaking with us.
LAUREN BOOK: Thank you so much for having me.
MARTIN: And, of course, this is a sensitive subject. This might not be appropriate for everyone listening right now. We just think it's important to mention that because we'd like to give Lauren the freedom to tell the story in whatever way she feels is appropriate.
So Lauren, I just want to remind people who may remember your name, that you were with us a while ago, when the allegations against Jerry Sandusky first emerged, to tell us your story. When this issue surfaces again in the news, is that a good thing - in a sense that you think it gives people the space to talk more about it - or, in a way, is it traumatizing again; does it bring the whole thing up again for you?
BOOK: Well, for me, you know, I've done a great deal of healing and, you know, I'm a thriving survivor, I like to say. So I just look at it as an opportunity to discuss the issue of childhood sexual abuse . And I think it's an important one.
MARTIN: I appreciate that, and so thank you for that. Lauren, I don't want to imply in any way that - I mean, obviously, this should never have happened, and I hope that is very clear. But I do think it would be helpful if you would describe - briefly, if you would - what do you think the circumstances were, that made you vulnerable to this abuse?
BOOK: You know, I think that for me and my family - you know, my mother had a mental illness. There was a lot of secrecy in my family. I can remember one instance, in general, my dad - as a lobbyist here in the State of Florida, and a prominent one - and he said, we don't talk about the things that happen in this house. And I remember that, and that has stuck with me always. I mean, I think those are two really big things that made me vulnerable, too, while these - advances, and preying upon me as a child.
MARTIN: You talk in the book very clearly and explicitly about how it is that your former nanny, Waldy, started to groom you to accept this abuse. You know, obviously, you talk about this is great detail, which we don't have time for. Can you just give us a little bit of a sense of what happened, and what would you like to have known then that you know now?
BOOK: Sure. The grooming process is one in which a predator works to build trust, not just with the child that they're about to abuse, but for the family. And so my mom, like we discussed before, was mentally ill. My dad was working a lot. So for us, the grooming process was, I got to stay up late; and I got attention; and I didn't have to make dinner, make sure the kids got their homework done. So she was building up that trust with me while building up trust with my parents. And so I wanted her around. I was happy that she was there.
I wish I knew now to second-guess, you know, some of those things that she had done - the hand-holding, maybe; the hand on the knee for extended periods of time. And I wish that my parents had a greater knowledge base of the issue of childhood sexual abuse, and what perpetrators often do to begin the abuse cycle. And I think those things would have been important.
MARTIN: Well, that's one of the things I wanted to ask you about because by definition, a lot of this behavior took place when you were alone with her, or there were other kids around. Like, for example, in one instance, she kissed you inappropriately, and then tried to tell you why; you know, she was teaching you something that you needed to know. Is there something that outsiders could have seen, that would have made it OK for you to tell?
BOOK: You know, I think that - I would sit on her lap as a 12-, 13-, 14-year-old young lady; sitting on a woman's lap. That's something that I would, if I saw that, say - you know - this isn't quite right, and try and discuss it with that child.
One of the things is that I called Waldy "baby," and she called me "baby." As somebody now, looking back, I would have hoped that somebody would have caught on to that. We were always holding hands - and always together. I had no friends my own age. And that's something that my parents did pick up on. But knowing that they could trust Waldy, instead of kind of talking to me first, they spoke to her about it.
MARTIN: The title of your book is "It's OK to Tell." And I hope it's OK that we're skipping past some of the behavior itself, because I do think it's important for people to understand that there's nothing ambiguous about her conduct. Is it OK for me to sort of put it that way?
BOOK: Absolutely.
MARTIN: In every respect, her behavior toward you was abusive. It was sexually abusive. It was entirely inappropriate. And the law recognized that, you know, ultimately, because she was convicted of abusing you, and is serving a prison sentence. But the title of your book is "It's OK to Tell." What finally made it OK to tell?
BOOK: It was, I think, a long time of being inside of a very, very sexually abusive relationship; physically abusive, and emotionally abusive. And I had a young man who became my boyfriend, who started to ask questions: Why do you have a bruise on your lower back? You know, what is this from? You can tell me. You can talk to me. It's OK. Feeling that I had somebody that I could share this with, and that I could trust, made it OK to tell him. And in telling him, I grew the courage and the strength to then go to my father.
MARTIN: We're talking with Lauren Book about her experience as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Her book is called "It's OK to Tell," and this is probably a good place to repeat that this is a sensitive topic. It may not be appropriate for everyone, but we feel that Lauren should have the opportunity to be as explicit as she needs to be, to describe what happened and what needs to be done about it.
What about at school? Were there any teachers, or any trusted adults, that you had access to? Did you ever consider trying to tell somebody, or is it just that Waldy made herself so important to you, you were afraid to lose that?
BOOK: I think it's a two-tiered kind of a thing. She was so important that I was afraid - because of the mental instability of my mom. And everybody knew that - around us. So when Waldy came, she was like the savior, if you will, to the Book kids. She was the person who was going to save us from our mentally ill mom, and be there for us when our dad couldn't be there. So nobody thought to question her.
She would come to school during the day and see who I was hanging around. Yes, she was a nanny, but she wasn't my legal guardian. She would come on school grounds, and nobody ever questioned her. The other thing is, sexual abuse happens across all cultural, socioeconomic backgrounds, religion; it matters not. It happens in your church. It happens in your temple. It happens in your mosque. It happens at the school that your kids go to; and in your neighborhoods, in your gated communities. Wherever your children are, they are at risk. And that's why it's important to learn all you can about, you know, tricks predators set; who your children are around; and having that open and honest communication with your children.
MARTIN: Well, I think what you're saying is very alarming to people. And there are some people who would say well, how do you know when the interest that someone else is showing in the child has crossed the line, or should raise a red flag?
BOOK: Absolutely.
MARTIN: How do you know when it crosses the line?
BOOK: And there are individuals that are very beneficial in our children's lives. And we don't just want to do, you know, an all-out witch hunt; that everybody is out to hurt your kids. But what's important is to know who's around your children; to have open and honest communication with that person; to have open and honest communication with your children. Notice how your children are interacting with that individual. How are they acting with that individual, and when that individual leaves? And I think the other important thing is to remember that you can't just close your eyes and think it's not going to happen. And it's not about scaring everybody - that it could be anybody, and it could be somebody in the house right now. But it is about setting up checks and balances to keep your kids safe.
MARTIN: I mentioned earlier that your former nanny, Waldy, was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison. But her sentence was actually extended to 25 years because she broke a stipulation of her sentencing that required her not to have contact with you. What happened there?
BOOK: Mm-hmm. Well - and, you know, I go through this in the book. When I saw Waldy the day that she was sentenced, I had seen her for the first time since she had actually fled to Oklahoma and was arrested. She was a very large woman when she was living in our home. And when I saw her in that courtroom, she had lost a significant amount of weight. She didn't look like herself.
And to kind of set the stage for those who had - maybe have not read the book, I was down to 70 pounds; anorexic. I was, you know, self-mutilating. I was in a very difficult place with my sexual abuse counseling. And I saw her, and I felt so guilty that I sent the one person who loved to me to prison - how I could do that. And when I saw her in court that day, she started mouthing words to me. She said, I love you; it's OK; it's not your fault; wait for me.
So I thought, as I walked out of the courtroom that day, I have got to get in contact with her. I'm so sorry. I just don't want her to be mad at me. And so we started a letter-writing campaign back and forth. And in the first letter I wrote to her, I said, I know you can't write me, but I will do this for however long it takes till you get out. I'll wait for you. To my surprise, you know, right after that - it was in December - I got a letter from her. And during that - those letter writings back and forth, she would ask me to get the governor to try and get her out of prison. She would ask for money. And still, in these letters - it's evidence that I could see at that time, that she was still trying to manipulate me, and get what she needed and wanted from me.
MARTIN: The letters that you actually put in the book are very hard to read, knowing what happened. I do think it's important to point out that your recovery period was very difficult, too. So the thought that - that just because someone does tell, that the next chapter - you know, might be equally difficult. Can you talk a little bit about that, if you would?
BOOK: Absolutely. You know, I always say that true surviving does not begin until the perpetrator is out of the survivor's life. That's when true healing and the work really, really begins. And my process was not an easy one. You know, I was in - I went to several private sector counselors before I got help at the Broward County Sexual Assault Treatment Center, which was a free agency. You know, they saved my life, literally, in all sense of the word.
I was very, very thin at that point - you know, 65, 70 pounds; organs shut down. You know, I was in the hospital, in a rehab facility for anorexia. I was burning my skin. You know, I was in a very, very dark place. And it took a very, very long time for me to actually sit down and do the work, to go through that process.
And I think, you know, while it's so scary - and I come in contact with all these different survivors, and they're sharing their stories with me; you know, women, men who try and numb all that pain with drugs and alcohol because they just don't want to feel what's really there. And I think for me, I felt that at that point, I had no other option. I needed to save my life. I needed to pick myself up and keep going, and that I could make a difference out there for other survivors.
And I met a young lady at the Broward County Sexual Assault Treatment Center, and we kind of did some things together. But it was one night with my mom, actually, and she said to me - and I was crying, crying, crying, crying in my bed because of what had happened, because of where I was. And she said, you know what, Lauren? You've got to stop crying. This happened to me, and look at me - I'm fine. And those who have read the book know that my mom is far from fine. And it was at that point that I said, I will not end up like my mom. I will do the right things; to do the things I needed to do, to heal. And that was really a turning point for me.
MARTIN: I just want to end where we started - with your work. And you are working now very hard to educate the public; and to tell people what they need to know to educate themselves, to arm themselves. You testified before Congress about the need for mandatory reporting in the wake of that Penn State football scandal. Just some final thoughts, if you would, about - what other wisdom do you have for people who are hearing this, who are trying, perhaps, to - struggle with this issue right now; or for the rest of us? And what else do we need to hear?
BOOK: Well, I think parents need to realize - and really become educated - in the issue of sexual abuse; know the statistics. One in three young girls will be sexually abused before they're 18, and one in five young boys will be sexually assaulted before they're 18. And children with disabilities are at a 90 percent greater risk of being sexually assaulted in their lifetime. These are staggering numbers, and I don't say them lightly. But I think it's important for people to realize, this is a true epidemic.
But there are things that we can do about them. Parents need to become educated; read on our website - which is www.laurenskids.org. We have a parent interactive tool kit that they can go through with their children. In the State of Florida, we've created a kindergarten curriculum that will be in over 11,000 kindergarten classrooms, that educates children, teachers and parents. And I think that's a very important piece of it.
I think on the second part of it, we need to look at survivors. And survivors need to know that there are people out there that love them and care about them; that they don't need to numb the pain that they're feeling - and the things that have happened to them - with drugs or alcohol, or any other vices that come along the way; that they can become true, thriving survivors and heal; and that we at Lauren's Kids love and care about them. And we're there - we're here for them, as a resource. Our hotline is 1-877-LKIDS-01. And we can provide crisis intervention, crisis management, and referrals to sexual assault treatment centers throughout the country.
I think that also, as we look at this situation with Penn State, it's an opportunity to look at the issues of childhood sexual abuse; and really pay attention to what we need to do, to make our children safer throughout the country. And we need to look at mandated reporting; we need to look at those who are required to report. And we need to put tougher penalties in place for institutions that look to hide behind an institution instead of protecting our children.
And those are some of the things that we're doing in the State of Florida this year, during the legislative session. And those are some of the things that we talked about when we were in Washington - and continue to work with our senators, and congressmen and women, to protect our children.
MARTIN: Lauren Book is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. She details her story in her memoir, "It's OK to Tell." She also runs Lauren's Kids. That's an organization to educate the public, and help survivors of sexual abuse. She was with us from member station WFSU in Tallahassee, Florida.
Lauren, thanks so much for joining us once again.
BOOK: Thank you so much for having me.
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