Academic literature on the topic 'Bangor (Me.)'

Temos pensado que a repetição da errância e da marginalidade na trajetória escolar de meninos e meninas que chegam à socioeducação acaba colocando a escola em um lugar complicado, um real não simbolizado em suas vidas. Ao não estarem incluídos nos sonhos e nas utopias educativas de nosso país, ao não serem sonhados como sujeitos educáveis e escolarizáveis, lhes apresentamos, enquanto sociedade, o que eles verbalizam: suas vidas se reduzem a matar ou morrer, ou seja, se encontram com o real da morte. Nesse contexto, abrimos algumas questões que irão nortear este artigo: o que se passa com esses adolescentes que migram da instituição escolar para a socioeducativa? O que temos feito, ou deixado de fazer, para que esses jovens não colem na escola e não se interessem pelo crime? Por que acabam por fazer suas trajetórias de vida junto ao tráfico e não nos bancos escolares? Qual a transmissão que aí não se faz? Que jovens a escola brasileira considera como “seus”?

Here I'll be reporting on my visit to Komatsu's Tochigi Prefecture Oyama Plant on November 20, 2008, where General Manager Seiji Bandou showed me around the diesel engine machining and assembly shops at the engine manufacturing department of the Engines and Hydraulics Business Division. This visit and my interview with General Manager Bandou were made possible through the kind offices of Vice President Noriyoshi Yanase of the Institution of Tochigi Professional Engineers and a former senior Oyama Plant employee.

"Começo este editorial com uma história real e antiga, dessas que lembramos com carinho e ficam na memória emocional. Eu havia me formado e foi o primeiro ano em que, na Odontologia, um recém-formado poderia partir diretamente para a pós-graduação. Antes disso, os odontólogos eram obrigados a esperar dois anos para fazer qualquer especialização. Eis que abriu o concurso para Dentística Restauradora, que era meu foco, e perguntei ao meu pai: “Como não tenho dinheiro algum, você teria condições de bancar uma pós-graduação?”. Ele me respondeu: “Sim, pode fazer. Aliás, você tem que fazer”. [...]

Abstract Abstract 3805 Background: Detection of aberrant antigen expression by multiparameter flow cytometry (MFC) is increasingly used in the diagnostic work-up of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Myeloid nuclear differentiation antigen (MNDA) has been described to be strongly expressed in mature myeloid cells while myeloid progenitor cells show a weak expression only. MNDA has been suggested to be aberrantly expressed in MDS and therefore may improve the diagnostic capabilities of MFC. Aim: To analyze differences in the expression of MNDA between non-MDS cytopenias, MDS, and AML. Patients and methods: Bone marrow samples from a total of 269 patients with cytopenias and suspected MDS were analyzed by cytomorphology and MFC in parallel for diagnostic purposes. MNDA expression was determined by MFC in granulocytes, monocytes, and myeloid progenitor cells using the antibody clone 3C1 (provided by Trillium Diagnostics, Bangor, ME). MNDA expression was compared between patients grouped according to cytomorphology as: no MDS (n=103), MDS (n=85), CMML (n=9), AML (n=19), and possible MDS (n=53, based on cytomorphologic features of dysplasia but not sufficient to diagnose MDS). In addition, MNDA expression was compared between patients with aberrant and normal karyotype (cytogenetics was available in 238/269 patients, an aberrant karyotype was present in 59 patients). Results: A higher percentage of granulocytes (G) and monocytes (M) with weak expression of MNDA (%dimG and %dimM) was consistently found in MDS/AML samples as compared to samples without MDS. In detail, %dimG (mean±SD, 20±20% vs. 8±10%, p<0.001) and %dimM (31±24% vs. 16±11%, p<0.001) were significantly higher in cases with MDS as compared to those without. Furthermore, in patients with MDS, as compared to those without, the mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of MNDA expression was found to be lower in monocytes (mean MFI, 71±36 vs. 85±27, p=0.004) as well as in myeloid progenitor cells with bright (67±24 vs. 86±66, p=0.007) or dim (2.5±0.9 vs. 2.8±1.2, p=0.037) expression of MNDA. In AML cases, as compared to cases with no MDS, similar figures were observed with higher values for %dimG (27±27% vs. 8±10%, p=0.007) and for %dimM (45±31% vs. 16±11%, p=0.001). In addition, in AML cases MFI of MNDA expression was lower in monocytes (55±39 vs. 85±27, p<0.001). Considering the diagnostically challenging cases with dysplastic features by cytomorphology but not sufficient to diagnose MDS similar although smaller differences were seen as compared to cases with no MDS with higher values for both %dimG (15±22% vs. 8±10%, p=0.026) and %dimM (25±19% vs. 16±11%, p=0.002) as well as a lower MFI of MNDA expression in monocytes (73±26 vs. 85±27, p=0.010). Interestingly, in CMML cases no reduced expression of MNDA could be found in any of the cell lines analyzed which might argue in favour of regarding CMML as myeloproliferative rather than myelodysplastic disease. From the cytogenetic point of view cases with an aberrant karyotype had higher values for both %dimG (22±20% vs. 12±18%, p=0.001) and %dimM (33±24% vs. 23±21%, p=0.004) as compared to those with a normal karyotype. Conclusions: These data suggests that MDS, as compared to non-MDS bone marrow, is associated with a reduced expression of MNDA in different cell lines which in part also applies to AML. Further analyses should define the potential of MNDA assessment to improve the MFC-based approach to diagnose MDS. Disclosures: Kern: MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory: Employment, Equity Ownership. Bellos:MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory: Employment. Alpermann:MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory: Employment. Haferlach:MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory: Employment, Equity Ownership. Schnittger:MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory: Employment, Equity Ownership. Haferlach:MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory: Employment, Equity Ownership.

SMKK BPK Penabur Bandar Lampung merupakan salah satu sekolah yang telah memanfaatkan teknologi informasi yaitu penggunaan sistem DAPODIK. Penggunaan sistem DAPODIK pada SMKK BPK Penabur Bandar Lampung merupakan pendukung kinerja bagi penggunanya, namun hal tersebut belum menjamin bahwa SMKK BPK Penabur Bandar Lampung tersebut sudah betul-betul menerapkan teknologi informasi dengan baik. Untuk mengantisipasi terjadinya pengolahan data yang tidak diinginkan atau tidak sesuai dengan data yang diinputkan, serta adanya penyalahgunaan data, kecurangan dalam pengolahan data, maka harus dilakukan audit sistem informasi. Audit sistem informasi dilakukan untuk memberikan informasi yang diperlukan oleh SMKK BPK Penabur Bandar Lampung dalam mencapai tujuannya. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan cara menyebarkan kuesioner, wawancara, dokumentasi dan observasi secara langsung. Hasil pengumpulan data digunakan untuk mengetahui kelemahan-kelemahan sistem pada SMKK BPK Penabur Bandar Lampung. Audit sistem informasi ini menggunakan framework COBIT 4.1 sebagai metode penelitian karena model-model lain tidak mempunyai cakupan seluas keempat domain COBIT 4.1, domain yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah domain DS (Delivery and Support) dan ME (Monitor and Evaluate) terdiri dari 10 proses yang bertujuan mengetahui sejauh mana SMKK BPK Penabur Bandar Lampung telah menerapkan teknologi informasi dengan baik. Hasil evaluasi audit sistem informasi pengolahan data pada SMKK BPK Penabur Bandar Lampung menunjukkan temuan masalah pada DS (Delivery and Support) adalah DS12 (Mengelola Lingkungan Fisik) masalah pada bagian ini adalah ketidaksesuaian terhadap data yang diinputkan dengan output yang dibutuhkan oleh pengguna dan sistem DAPODIK belum memiliki tindakan keamanan akses fisik yang baik serta belum adanya perlindungan terhadap keamanan fisik sistem DAPODIK.

This classroom action research is aimed at seeing causes of socio economy factors and cognitive competence as seen on students’ achievement. Data are collected using process approach which are based upon questionnaire and observatiom guide. The subjects are the 30 of the IX grade students of SMPN 10 Bandar Lampung. The study runs for three cycles conducted from July to September 2008 involving four teachers as collaborators. The learning method using ”KISS ME MY DARLING” can improve and motivate learning activities and the achievement.

El título original de este trabajo, según figuraba en el programa del Curso de Verano que la Universidad de Oviedo dedicó el pasado año a la conmemoración del veinte aniversario de la publicación de la obra España hace un siglo: una economía dual, del profesor Sánchez-Albornoz, era el de «Bancos y Banqueros en la España del siglo XIX», pero para expresar de una manera más gráfica mi modesto homenaje particular al autor y a su obra, me voy a permitir alterarlo tomando como método de análisis, o mejor dicho, de ruptura, el lema de la obra que es objeto de conmemoración.

Machado, Wilson Pantoja. (2018). Superendividamento: a responsabilidade pré-contratual do credor. Rio de Janeiro: Lumen Juris. El libro del investigador brasileño Wilson Machado me llamó la atención por su amplio abordaje del fenómeno del sobreendeudamiento. Este fenómeno tiene una influencia directa en la organización y desorganización de los territorios, ya sea a escala local, regional o global. Los estudios sobre la globalización, con carácter crítico, muestran que los grupos económicos (empresas, bancos, países centrales) y los grandes empresarios dominan el territorio en detrimento de la quiebra moral y económica de los Estados. Sin embargo, es difícil describir todo el proceso por el cual un territorio se endeuda. Machado señala algunos caminos que nos permiten entender el sobreendeudamiento a través de las acciones de los acreedores. El libro se dedica a mejorar el papel del acreedor frente a un proceso de sobreendeudamiento individual o familiar, no obstante, al leerlo me di cuenta de que su contenido podría utilizarse para explicar el dinamismo de un territorio. De ahí mi interés, como geógrafo, por entender cómo un acreedor, estatal o privado, puede influir en la dinámica de los territorios.

Sentral Me Laundry is one of the service services businesses established in 2016 and has 2 employees having their address at Jalan pulau Ambon, Sukarame, Bandar Lampung. The development of laundry services in the middle of the city community indicates that laundry businesses can still develop and can achieve optimal profits. The purpose of this study was to find the optimal benefits obtained by the Sentral Me Laundry business. Errors in planning a laundry business result in a maximum profit. To prevent mistakes in planning a laundry business, it is necessary to use the right method. Banch And Bound Method (Integer Linear Programming) is a method that can be used to optimize laundry business by looking at the limited resources of the business. In the linear program method the decision variable can be a real number. While the optimization of laundry business that will be done requires a solution in the form of an integer called Integer. To help resolve cases of optimizing the benefits of laundry businesses using a computer program, QM For Windows. Calculations from the QM For Windows program produce 53 Kg of Badcover, 188 Kg of Doll, 1350 Kg of Clothing, 101 Kg of Blanket.. Keywords: Branch and Bound; Optimization; QM For Windows

<p class="Body">Bandar Lampung merupakan ibu kota Provinsi Lampung yang terletak di ujung pulau Sumatera. Berbeda dengan beberapa Kabupaten di Provinsi Lampung yang memiliki banyak potensi wisata alam, Bandar Lampung sebagai pusat kota tidak banyak memiliki potensi wisata alam. Namun, kota Bandar Lampung masih memiliki potensi untuk mengembangkan wisata kulinernya. Untuk menangkap peluang ekonomi dari wisata kuliner, salah satu caranya adalah dengan membuat pemetaan lokasi-lokasi wisata kuliner strategis yang telah dan berpotensi untuk berkembang, serta membuat perencanaan dan program pengembangan wisata kuliner beserta dengan promosinya yang efektif dan optimal. Sebelum hal tersebut dilakukan, tentunya dibutuhkan informasi terkait kondisi wisata kuliner yang ada saat ini, seperti berapa jumlah wisata kuliner dan letak persebaran lokasinya. Sayangnya, informasi tersebut belum diakomodasi oleh pemerintah kota Bandar Lampung. Informasi terkait kuliner di Bandar Lampung justru tersedia di berbagai <em>website</em> dan media sosial lainnya, mengingat saat ini orang senang berbagi informasi melalui internet. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengumpulkan informasi kuliner di Bandar Lampung yang tersebar di <em>web. </em>Untuk mencapai tujuan tersebut,<em> </em>dilakukan penggalian <em>web</em> (<em>web mining</em>) untuk mendapatkan informasi terkait wisata kuliner di Bandar Lampung dengan metode <em>web crawling</em>. Hasil <em>web crawling</em> dari<em> website</em> TripAdvisor, didapatkan berbagai macam informasi seperti nama restoran, alamat, nomor telepon, <em>rating</em> serta jumlah orang yang me-<em>review</em> kuliner tersebut. Informasi yang telah dikumpulkan tersebut dapat dianalisis lebih lanjut untuk berbagai kebutuhan, seperti analisis spasial persebaran objek wisata kuliner, analisis rasio perkembangan jumlah wisata kuliner terhadap jumlah wisatawan yang datang, perencanaan pengembangan wisata kuliner di suatu wilayah secara spesifik maupun komprehensif, serta lokasi dan jenis kuliner yang paling diminati.</p><p class="Abstrak"> </p><p class="Abstrak"><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong></p><p class="Body"><em>Bandar Lampung is the capital city of Lampung Province which is located on the edge of the Sumatera island. Unlike some regencies in Lampung Province which have a lot of potential natural tourism, Bandar Lampung as a capital city does not have much. However, Bandar Lampung city still has the potential to develop its culinary tourism. To capture the economic opportunities of culinary tourism, one of the way is to map strategic culinary tourism locations that have developed and potentially develop, and create a comprehensive planning and programs for culinary tourism development along with effective and optimal promotion. But before that, information regarding the current conditions of culinary tourism is needed; for instance, how many and where the location of the culinary tourism are in Bandar Lampung area. Unfortunately, this information has not accomodate yet by the municipility government. Culinary information in Bandar Lampung is actually available on various websites and other social media, considering that currently people like to share information via the internet. So, this study aim is to collect culinary tourism information in Bandar Lampung that sprawl in web. In accomplishing the goal, this research conducts web mining to get information related to culinary tourism in Bandar Lampung by web crawling method. The results of web crawling from the TripAdvisor website such as restaurant name, address, telephone number, rating and the number of people who reviewed the culinary. The result of this research can be use for further analysis with difference approach and goals, such as spatial analysis of culinary tourism sprawl, analysis the impact of culinary tourism development to the number of tourists coming, culinary tourism development and planning in certain region, as well as the type and location of favorable culinary in Bandar Lampung.</em></p>

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Resumo: Esta pesquisa teve por escopo verificar a hipótese de que o desenvolvimento sustentável está sendo utilizado como estratégia para a reprodução do modo de produção capitalista. Para esta verificação elencamos como objeto de estudo uma política pública implementada no estado de São Paulo com o objetivo de realizar ações de promoção do desenvolvimento territorial rural sustentável - o Programa Estadual de Microbacias Hidrográficas (PEMH). Esta política pública foi financiada pelo Grupo Banco Mundial, um dos articuladores do processo de reprodução do modo de produção capitalista em escala global. Para averiguarmos a hipótese, contrapomos a concomitância entre o desenvolvimento do PEMH ao intenso processo de expansão do setor sucroenergético no estado de São Paulo, significando profunda contradição. Utilizamos procedimentos metodológicos que permitiram averiguar a materialidade do desenvolvimento sustentável e também aspectos imateriais, especialmente a prática discursiva e ideológica que permitiu que o desenvolvimento sustentável fosse amplamente aceito sem maiores questionamentos. Implementar ações que utilizam a ideia de desenvolvimento sustentável se tornou uma prática comum articulada à normatização, monopolização do território e territorialização das relações sociais de produção capitalista. Assim, o território se apresenta como lócus dos conflitos em torno da posse, do uso e do controle de recursos naturais enquanto mercadoria essencial para a reprodução do modo de produção... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Resumen: Esta investigación se propuso de verificar la hipótesis de que el desarrollo sostenible está siendo utilizado como una estrategia para la reproducción del modo de producción capitalista. Para verificar la hipótesis hemos seleccionado como objeto de estudio una política pública implementada en el estado de São Paulo con el fin de llevar a cabo acciones para promover el desarrollo territorial rural sostenible - el Programa Estadual de Microbacias Hidrográficas (PEMH). Esta política pública fue financiada por el Grupo Banco Mundial, uno de los articuladores del proceso de reproducción del modo de producción capitalista a escala global. Para averiguarmos la hipótesis frente a la simultaneidad del desarrollo de PEMH el intenso proceso de expansión de la industria de la caña de azúcar en el estado de São Paulo, lo que significa profunda contradicción. Utilizamos procedimientos metodológicos que permitieron examinar la materialidad del desarrollo sostenible y también aspectos inmateriales, en especial la práctica discursiva e ideológica, lo que permitió que el desarrollo sostenible en general fuese aceptado sin más cuestiones. Implementar acciones que utilizan la idea de desarrollo sostenible se ha convertido en una práctica común articulada a la uniformidad del territorio y de los procesos territoriales y la monopolización del território. Por lo tanto, el territorio se presenta como lócus de conflicto por la propiedad, uso y control de los recursos naturales como mercancia esencial... (Resumen completo clicar acceso eletrônico abajo)
Abstract: The research had the scope to verify the hypothesis that sustainable development is being used as analternative for the reproduction of the capitalist means of production. To check this we have listed as an object of study an implemented public policy in the State of São Paulo in order to carry out actions that provide sustainable rural territorial development, the "Programa Estadual de Microbacias Hidrográficas" (State Program of Watersheds). A public policy funded by the"Grupo Banco Mundial" (World Bank Group), articulator of the reproduction of the capitalist mode of production process.To find this hypothesis out, we remitted to methodological procedures that allowed us to determine the materiality of sustainable development also seeking to understand immaterial aspects, the ideological discursive practice that allowed sustainable development was widely accepted without further questioning, that is, we left the appearance and sought the essence of the same. Implementing actions that make use of sustainable development Idea hás become a common practice articulated to the standardization of the territory and the territorial processes and monopolization of the territory. Thus, the territory is presented as the lócus of conflict over the ownership, use and control of natural resources as na essential commodity for the reproduction of the capitalist means of production. Although the program has brought positive punctual results in relation to the protection of water sources, fo... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Esta pesquisa teve por escopo verificar a hipótese de que o desenvolvimento sustentável está sendo utilizado como estratégia para a reprodução do modo de produção capitalista. Para esta verificação elencamos como objeto de estudo uma política pública implementada no estado de São Paulo com o objetivo de realizar ações de promoção do desenvolvimento territorial rural sustentável - o Programa Estadual de Microbacias Hidrográficas (PEMH). Esta política pública foi financiada pelo Grupo Banco Mundial, um dos articuladores do processo de reprodução do modo de produção capitalista em escala global. Para averiguarmos a hipótese, contrapomos a concomitância entre o desenvolvimento do PEMH ao intenso processo de expansão do setor sucroenergético no estado de São Paulo, significando profunda contradição. Utilizamos procedimentos metodológicos que permitiram averiguar a materialidade do desenvolvimento sustentável e também aspectos imateriais, especialmente a prática discursiva e ideológica que permitiu que o desenvolvimento sustentável fosse amplamente aceito sem maiores questionamentos. Implementar ações que utilizam a ideia de desenvolvimento sustentável se tornou uma prática comum articulada à normatização, monopolização do território e territorialização das relações sociais de produção capitalista. Assim, o território se apresenta como lócus dos conflitos em torno da posse, do uso e do controle de recursos naturais enquanto mercadoria essencial para a reprodução do modo de produção capitalista. No caso estudado nesta tese, apesar de o PEMH trazer resultados pontuais positivos em relação à proteção de mananciais, por exemplo, se analisada a questão em uma perspectiva escalar e estrutural que considere o agronegócio sucroenergético como uma das formas mais expressivas do capital no campo e o Grupo Banco Mundial como agente articulador da reprodução capitalista em escala global e que propõe políticas públicas baseadas um modelo de desenvolvimento sustentável local, o desenvolvimento sustentável em nada altera a lógica predatória e insustentável do modo de produção capitalista.
The research had the scope to verify the hypothesis that sustainable development is being used as analternative for the reproduction of the capitalist means of production. To check this we have listed as an object of study an implemented public policy in the State of São Paulo in order to carry out actions that provide sustainable rural territorial development, the “Programa Estadual de Microbacias Hidrográficas” (State Program of Watersheds). A public policy funded by the“Grupo Banco Mundial” (World Bank Group), articulator of the reproduction of the capitalist mode of production process.To find this hypothesis out, we remitted to methodological procedures that allowed us to determine the materiality of sustainable development also seeking to understand immaterial aspects, the ideological discursive practice that allowed sustainable development was widely accepted without further questioning, that is, we left the appearance and sought the essence of the same. Implementing actions that make use of sustainable development Idea hás become a common practice articulated to the standardization of the territory and the territorial processes and monopolization of the territory. Thus, the territory is presented as the lócus of conflict over the ownership, use and control of natural resources as na essential commodity for the reproduction of the capitalist means of production. Although the program has brought positive punctual results in relation to the protection of water sources, for example, on a scale perspective that considers the “Grupo Banco Mundial” as a coordinating agent of capitalist reproduction on a global scale, public policies, proposing a local model of sustainable development,in no way alters the predatory and unsustainable logic of the capitalist mode of production.
Esta investigación se propuso de verificar la hipótesis de que el desarrollo sostenible está siendo utilizado como una estrategia para la reproducción del modo de producción capitalista. Para verificar la hipótesis hemos seleccionado como objeto de estudio una política pública implementada en el estado de São Paulo con el fin de llevar a cabo acciones para promover el desarrollo territorial rural sostenible – el Programa Estadual de Microbacias Hidrográficas (PEMH). Esta política pública fue financiada por el Grupo Banco Mundial, uno de los articuladores del proceso de reproducción del modo de producción capitalista a escala global. Para averiguarmos la hipótesis frente a la simultaneidad del desarrollo de PEMH el intenso proceso de expansión de la industria de la caña de azúcar en el estado de São Paulo, lo que significa profunda contradicción. Utilizamos procedimientos metodológicos que permitieron examinar la materialidad del desarrollo sostenible y también aspectos inmateriales, en especial la práctica discursiva e ideológica, lo que permitió que el desarrollo sostenible en general fuese aceptado sin más cuestiones. Implementar acciones que utilizan la idea de desarrollo sostenible se ha convertido en una práctica común articulada a la uniformidad del territorio y de los procesos territoriales y la monopolización del território. Por lo tanto, el territorio se presenta como lócus de conflicto por la propiedad, uso y control de los recursos naturales como mercancia esencial para la reproducción del modo de producción capitalista. En el caso estudiado en esta tesis, aunque lo PEMH traer resultados puntuales positivos en relación a la protección de las fuentes de agua, por ejemplo, si analizamos la cuestión en una escala y estructura desde la perspectiva de considerar la agroindustria de caña de azúcar como una de las formas más expresivas de capital en el país y el Grupo Banco Mundial como agente coordinador de la reproducción capitalista a escala global y proponer políticas públicas basado en un modelo de desarrollo sostenible, el desarrollo sostenible local no altera la lógica depredadora e insostenible del modo de producción capitalista.

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Strap communicates to me a conquest he had made on a chandler’s widow—finds himself miserably mistaken——I go to the opera——admire Melinda——am cautioned by Banter——go to the assembly at Hampstead——dance with that young lady—receive an insolent message from Bragwell, whose mettle is soon cooled——am in favour...

He walks down the hall toward you. You are the only two in the hallway. You look at him, ready to smile and offer a cheery “Good morning!” With eyes downcast, he walks by you as if you are not there. What is your reaction? • Indignation. “Who does he think he is, not bothering to even look at me?” • Irritation. “Why can’t he make the effort to say a simple hello?” • Superiority. “With such poor social skills, he shouldn’t even be a teacher.” • Meanness. Silently you smirk at his indifference, eager to tell co- workers about this perceived slight. • Affirmation. “I knew he didn’t like me, and since no one is around, he doesn’t even pretend!” • Anger. “How dare he act so superior!” It may be a challenge to interpret this scene as anything but snob­bery or poor manners. Yet the same curiosity and compassion that help us determine what our students need in order to learn can serve us well with other adults. The illusion in this scenario is our belief that we know the reason for another’s behaviors. The pitfall of this conclusion is the missed opportunity to wonder with good intentions. The risk to professional relationships is the narrow labeling of another’s behaviors and personalizing their intent. Asking ourselves “What else could it be?” implies that we have the power and presence of mind to press the pause button to offer a broader palette of possibilities. • Is he preoccupied with an upcoming meeting? • Is he concerned about a loved one? • Is he mentally preparing for his first class? • Is he an introvert who is much more comfortable keeping to himself than offering easy banter or automatic greetings? Why not be your best by offering a warm greeting to him with no expectation for receiving one in return? When faced with puzzling behaviors, we can avoid jumping to conclusions. We can take a moment, have a second thought. This opening of possibility offers a moment of grace to ourselves and our co- workers. We choose to suspend judgment for the good of the moment and for nourishing goodwill in schools.

“Don't pick the hard stories, sweetheart,” an editor told me long, long ago. “Those are the ones that will break your heart.” Nonsense, I thought. I was young and ambitious and eager to chase a story through multiple all-nighters. He was old and wily and appreciated those stories that would glide through the copy desk and get him home in time for a glass of scotch and dinner with the family. Now, more than 20 years after getting that good advice, I too appreciate the easy stories. But I'm still trying for the hard ones. Every few years, if I'm lucky, I manage to pull one off. When I do, the small, secret joy of having done so sustains me through months of too-short deadlines and too-tight space. In thinking about what elevates a story from okay to prizewinner, from another day at the office to the top of the clip file, I think again about that long-ago editor, a grizzled veteran of the Saturday Evening Post. Don't try to be different, he said. Write about what everyone else is writing about. Those are the big stories, the ones that matter. And he was right. In covering science and medicine, we're blessed with big stories galore. Cloning, cancer, Mars exploration, anthrax, the Big Bang, climate change, nanotechnology, heart disease—it's birth, death, creation, the meaning of life. If that can't get you on page Ai, what can? But that very abundance, and the flood of data that bears those stories along, make it all too tempting to settle for the easy get—to write off the journals, take your lead from the New York Times, and get by. A great story demands more. I like to think of journalism as bricklaying—a noble craft, but a craft all the same. To build a wall, I need bricks. To build a noble wall, I need the best bricks ever. Facts are the bricks of a story, and finding the right bricks requires serious reporting. I can't say that exhaustive research and reporting will guarantee a great story, but I've never been able to pull one off without it.

In this chapter, we will create a program that randomly generates pitches at a specified tempo. The program will have the ability to change a number of musical variables including timbre, velocity, and tempo. We will also write a program that allows your MIDI keyboard to function as a synthesizer. These two programs will be the basis of future projects related to composition and performance. Since you’ve already learned a number of objects in the previous chapter, let’s agree that when you’re asked to create an object that you already know, like button, for example, it will be sufficient for me to say “create a button” instead of repeating the process of creating a new object box and typing in the word button. Combining steps in this way will help us to get through the instructions with greater speed while reinforcing your understanding of how certain objects work. In this way, the instruction “create a message box containing the numbers 41 and 38” actually combines several smaller, and hopefully intuitive, instructions into a single step. I will slowly stop mentioning key commands and other shortcuts for objects and tasks that I’ve already introduced. Create a new patch and 1. Create a new object (press n) called random The random object takes a number as its only argument and randomly generates a number between 0 and one less than the argument when it receives a bang in its inlet. 2. Give this random object the argument 128 (Note: if you already clicked away from the object, double click it in order to, once again, enable typing within the object box) Be sure to put a space between the word random and the argument 128 or else Max will look for an object called random128 that does not exist. 3. Create a new button (press b) 4. Connect the outlet of button to the first inlet of random 128 5. Create a number box (press i) 6. Connect the outlet of random 128 to the inlet of the number box