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Even in ordinary circumstances, the failure of France’s “Of Gods and Men” to make the Oscar shortlist for best-foreign language film announced Wednesday would have been controversial, especially in France. The film received rapturous reviews there, was a box office success and has won numerous awards, including that of best foreign-language film of 2010 as voted by the National Board of Review in the United States. “Grand prize winner at the last Cannes festival, Xavier Beauvois’s ‘Of Gods and Men’ doesn’t even qualify for the preliminary list,” was the incredulous reaction of the magazine Paris Match on its Web site.
But that snub was accompanied by another Academy decision that, from a certain French point of view, seems to be even more outrageous and certain to continue a long-running polemic: the inclusion of “Outside the Law,” the submission of Algeria, a former colony of France that became independent only after a long and bloody struggle. The film deals directly with that subject, portraying French colonists and soldiers as greedy, murderous thugs, and it has been attacked by members of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s political party as “anti-French” and suggests that the Algerian cause was as noble as the French resistance to Nazi rule during World War II.
“The errors and anachronisms are so many and so gross that they can be identified by any historian,” the French Ministry of Defense’s historian’s office complained even before the film’s debut last year at Cannes, where hundreds of demonstrators protested and police had to be called out to maintain order. “The numerous improbabilities present in the screenplay show that the writing of the latter was not preceded by a serious historical study.”
“Of Gods and Men” is also about a French presence in Algeria, but is told from a very different point of view and deals with a later period. Its main characters are Trappist monks, living in a monastery in the Atlas Mountains and dedicated to a life of service and religious contemplation, who struggle to carry on their work and uphold their Christian faith amidst the rise of Islamic radicalism in Algeria in the 1990s. The film is based on the story of a group of monks who were abducted, apparently by the Armed Islamic Group, held hostage and eventually beheaded.
To make matters even worse, “Outside the Law” is in many respects a French, rather than Algerian, film. The director, Rachid Bouchareb, who co-wrote the screenplay, is a French citizen of Algerian descent, born outside Paris and trained at French state television. And as the conservative daily Le Figaro noted, the bulk of the budget of “Outside the Law” was supplied by French taxpayers through government entities, including “bizarrely, the National Agency for Social Cohesion and Equality of Opportunity.” No wonder then, that Yahoo’s French-language Web site Wednesday described “Outside the Law” as “a French film competing under a banner that is…Algerian!”
With a Gallic shrug, some commentators have simply chosen to view the snub to “Of Gods and Men” as one more expression of the peculiarities and unpredictability of Hollywood taste, noting that “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,” which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes last year and was Thailand’s submission for the Oscar, was also eliminated. Others pointed to earlier snubs of highly praised works like the animated French film “Persepolis” and the Romanian “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.” And a few indicated that, apparently out of a sense of Francophone solidarity, they would now be rooting for “Incendies,” from Canada, also about interactions between the Western and Islamic worlds and the only French-language film still in the running.
“Amour propre” is a French concept, of course, and the elimination of “Of Gods and Men” and embrace of “Outside the Law” seem to have had a negative impact on French self-esteem (at least in some circles). And though the Oscar committees that eventually winnow the dozens of submissions down to five finalists say the process is conducted purely on the basis of cinematic quality, with politics excluded, that explanation is unlikely to be accepted, at least by French conservatives, political and cultural.
“What a contrast!” one Roman Catholic blog in France wrote last fall, at the height of the dispute between the French and Algerian films. “A film that oozes hatred of France and is full of all-out historical disinformation to vindicate the FLN,” or National Liberation Front, which led the struggle to topple French colonialism, “against a work perfectly bright and decidedly non-hagiographic, about men who simply sacrifice their lives in the land of Islam without giving up their inner freedom or abandoning their Algerian brothers-in-arms.” The post concluded that “the jurors in Hollywood will have to choose their side,” clearly expecting a different outcome. | <urn:uuid:0c303681-4890-4fdc-9ab0-649c7e79cae2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/french-fury-over-academy-shortlist/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00051-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974175 | 1,090 | 1.9375 | 2 |
Urinary Tract Infections in Women
Three Types of UTIs
Cystitis:A bladder infection (cystitis) is the most common UTI in women. You may have urgent or frequent urination. You may also have fever, pain, burning when you urinate, and bloody urine.
Urethritis: This is an inflamed urethra. You may have lower stomach or back pain. You may also have urgent or frequent urination.
Pyelonephritis:This is a kidney infection. If not treated, it can be serious and damage your kidneys. In severe cases, you may be hospitalized. You may have a fever and upper back pain.
Medications to Treat a UTI
Most UTIs are treated with antibiotics. These kill the bacteria. The length of time you need to take them depends on the type of infection. It may be as short as 3 days. If you have repeated UTIs, a low-dose antibiotic may be needed for several months. Take antibiotics exactly as directed. Don’t stop taking them until all of the medication is gone. If you stop, the infection may not go away, This can make it much harder to treat.
Lifestyle Changes to Treat and Prevent UTIs
The lifestyle changes below will help get rid of your UTI. They may also help prevent future UTIs.
Drink plenty of fluids. This includes water, juice, or other caffeine-free drinks. Fluids help flush bacteria out of your body. Cranberry juice (or tablets) may help keep an infection from coming back.
Empty your bladder.Always empty your bladder when you feel the urge to urinate. And always urinate before going to sleep. Urine that stays in your bladder can lead to infection. Try to urinate before and after sex as well.
Practice good personal hygiene.Wipe yourself from front to back after using the toilet. Avoid bubble baths and scented or colored toilet paper. And use condoms during sex. They help prevent UTIs caused by sexually transmitted bacteria.
Keep follow-up appointments with your healthcare provider. He or she can check that the bacteria are gone. And new treatment can be started if problems happen again. | <urn:uuid:de630730-df27-4568-be11-ede60290730e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mountnittany.org/articles/healthsheets/6958/eurl.axd/49919dc99c418e448f38d0af2e3f7841 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00053-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927886 | 457 | 2.34375 | 2 |
An exoplanet has been discovered by Kepler using a strange quirk of relativity. Continue reading →
The odds are miserable and massively against the detection techno-aliens in the newly discovered Kepler-62 system. But like lottery players, we're going to try anyway. Continue reading →
The recent Kepler-62 discovery is like "exoplanetary gold" for SETI scientists who are on the hunt for extraterrestrial intelligences. ->
NASA has selected a $200 million mission to carry out a full-sky survey for exoplanets orbiting nearby stars. The space observatory, called the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), is scheduled for a 2017 launch. ->
The Kepler space telescope's prime objective is to hunt for small worlds orbiting distant stars, but that doesn't mean it's not going to detect some extreme relativistic phenomena along the way. ->
Although there appears to be a mysterious dearth of exoplanets smaller than Earth, data from NASA's Kepler space telescope suggest that nearly a quarter of all sun-like stars in our galaxy play host to worlds 1-3 times the size of our planet. ->
New research from the planet-hunting Kepler space telescope shows Earth-sized planets may be widespread in the Milky Way.
A planet about 1.6 times the radius of Earth has been found closely circling the sun-like star Kepler-21, one of the 100,000 stars under scrutiny by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope.
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- All students in grades 2-8 who are at grade level in reading will make one or more years growth each year as measured by district assessments.
- All students in grades 2-8 who are at grade level in mathematics will make one or more years growth each year as measured by district assessments.
- 90% of the students below grade level in reading will reach grade level within three years as measured by district assessments.
- 90% of the students below grade level in mathematics will reach grade level within three years as measured by district assessments.
1. Staff will consistently and effectively implement inclusionary practices that will encourage ALL students to reach their full potential by:
- developing a sense of belonging and creating positive relationships.
- using data analysis to design differentiated instruction.
- creating engaging environments that include a broad range of learning experiences.
- collaborating to ensure a continuum of services is accessible to students and families.
- communicating student progress with the student, colleagues, and the student's family.
- fostering student independence in all settings.
2. Staff will consistently and effectively implement Learning21 Principles in order to meet the critical learning needs of students by:
- ensuring that curriculum is relevant and applicable to the world beyond school.
- engaging students in the assessment process so they become owners of their own learning.
- providing opportunities for social and emotional connections to new learning.
- increasing access to tools and resources.
- establishing a culture of creativity and innovation with real purposes for real audiences.
3. Staff will consistently and effectively dedicate themselves as individuals and team members to the PLC Collective Commitments by:
- reflecting individually and collaboratively.
- engaging in purposeful assessment, planning, preparation, and instruction.
- creating positive and productive classroom environments.
- increasing our multicultural awareness and empathizing within and beyond the district.
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Panaji, Feb 16 (IANS): Mining in Goa should be continued, even if excavation operations are carried out below the water table, the Goa government has said in its affidavit before the Supreme Court.
The apex court is hearing a public interest litigation on rampant illegal mining in the state filed by a local green NGO and activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan.
The affidavit responds to the findings of the Supreme Court's central empowered committee (CEC), which recommended that mining below the water table should be allowed only in "exceptional circumstances and with adequate checks and balances".
"It would be unfair to state that mining in Goa should be restricted to a depth that does not go below water table; it would be an impossible condition and would amount to indirectly banning all mining in Goa," the state's Principal Secretary (Mines) Rajani Kant Varma has said in his affidavit, filed before the apex court Friday.
Varma also told the court that Goa's "peculiar geological condition, heavy monsoon, high rate of percolation" and also environment clearance issued by the union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), mandatory for mining operations, does not bar mining companies from extracting ore below the water table.
"The environment clearance (EC) issued for carrying out mining operations does not impose any restriction of not going beyond water table or fix any depth below which mining should not be carried out," Rajani Kant said.
The official however said that the state government had resolved to appoint an expert agency to undertake detailed EIA (Environment Impact Assessment) of mining operations in Goa and assess the "damage of aquifers and impact on water table and water recharge, the quality of surface and ground water besides compliance and identify leases that have violated conditions of the no-objection certificate by pollution control board or EC".
The hard-hitting CEC report had taken a stern view of rampant mining below Goa's water table, which the CEC report said was already "affecting the water availability in nearby areas."
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Gene name - Casein kinase II (alpha subunit and beta subunit )
Synonyms - CK2, Ck-2
Cytological map positions - 80A1--80A4 and 10E1--10E2
Function - Kinase
Keywords - Signal transduction protein
Symbol - CkIIalpha and CkIIbeta
Genetic map positions - 3-. and 1-.
Classification - Casein kinase II catalytic and regulatory subunits
Cellular location - presumed to be nuclear and cytoplasmic
Casein kinase II (CkII) is a heterotetramer composed of two types of subunits: an alpha subunit that is catalytically active and a beta subunit that serves as a regulatory subunit. In many species, including higher vertebrates, the alpha subunit consists of two forms: alpha and alpha1. Alpha1 subunits have not been detected in either Drosophila or Xenopus. The beta subunit is inactive by itself but it stimulates the catalytic activity of alpha 5 to 10 fold. In addition, beta causes stabilization of alpha against heat denaturation and proteolysis and can change the specificity of alpha for its interaction with substrates and inhibitors. CkII can be moderately activated by polyamines such as spermine, spermidine and by polylysine. The most potent inhibitor is heparin. CkII can use either ATP or GTP, and the enzyme targets serines and threonines immersed in acidic motifs of proteins and peptides (Allende, 1995).
The list of CkII's targets is long and varied (Allende, 1995). It includes
The regulation of CkII is enigmatic; CkII does not seem to be regulated by many of the well-known second messenger molecules. Nevertheless, CkII activity is often increased in cells that are actively proliferating and embryonic tissues or organs contain higher concentrations of CkII than do their adult counterparts. It has also been shown that CkIIalpha is phosphorylated by cdc2 kinase in cells arrested in mitosis and that p24cdc2 kinase can be phosphorylated by CkII during G1. This suggests that the cell cycle is regulates and is regulated by CkII. The biological function served by the beta subunit in the regulation of the alpha subunit activity is unknown (Allende, 1995).
One example of the role of CkII in modification of a Drosophila protein is found in the interaction of CkII with Antennapedia. The in vivo activity of this HOX protein is modified by phosphorylation due to CkII. Antp has four putative CkII target sites. Sites 1 and 2 are found in the amino-terminal portion of the protein, whereas sites 3 and 4 are clustered close to the homeodomain in the C-terminal tail. Antp with alanine substitutions at its CkII target sites produces altered thoracic and abdominal development. Ubiquitous expression of Antp in flies produces an inhibition of head involution, the elimination of dorsal head structures, a transformation of T1 into a second thoracic segment (T2), and the appearance of one to two partial T2 denticle belts in the head segment. Embryos that express Antp with altered CkII target sites (alanine replacing serine or threonine) exhibit additional phenotypes including an absence of Keilin's organs, shortened denticle belts, and a failure of germ-band retraction. Embryos that express altered Antp show a disorganized CNS with irregularly spaced or fused horizonal commissures and gaps in the longitudinal commissures. CkII sites 1 and 4 appear to be the most important in terms of the altered phenotypes produced (Jaffe, 1997).
The novel functions that result from mutationally removing CkII sites suggest that altered Antp is not suppressed phenotypically by the more posterior homeotic proteins. In contrast, the in vivo activity of a form of Antp that contains acidic amino acid substitutions at its CkII target sites is greatly reduced, mimicking a constitutively phosphorylated Antp protein. This hypoactive form of Antp, but not the alanine-substituted form, is also reduced in its ability to bind to DNA cooperatively with the homeodomain protein Extradenticle. These results suggest that phosphorylation of Antp by CkII is important for preventing inappropriate activities of this homeotic protein during embryogenesis. The information provided however does not address the mechanism by which phosphorylation alters Antp's properties. Thus phosphorylation appears to modulate Antp's properties, restricting its activity to an appropriate level (Jaffe, 1997).
Dishevelled protein is also targeted by CkII. Immunoprecipitated Dsh protein is associated with Casein Kinase II. Tryptic phosphopeptide mapping indicates that identical peptides are phosphorylated by CkII in vitro and in vivo, suggesting that CkII is at least one of the kinases that phosphorylates Dsh. Overexpression of frizzled2, a Wingless receptor, also stimulates phosphorylation of Dsh, Dsh-associated kinase activity, and association of CkII with Dsh. It is not known whether association of CkII with unphosphorylated Dsh occurs first, or whether phosphorylation of Dsh promotes association with CkII. Unphosphorylated Dsh clearly has some affinity for CkII, however, in vivo phosphorylated Dsh is associated with more CkII than is underphosphorylated Dsh. This suggests a model in which CkII can bind with low affinity to underphosphorylated Dsh and effect its phosphorylation. The phosphorylated Dsh then has a higher affinity for CkII, leading to an increase in the amount of Dsh-CkII complex. Phosphorylation of Dsh in response to the Wg signal, leads to the phosphorylation of Dsh but this is insufficient for the transduction of the Wg signal to Armadillo. Thus the function of the phosphorylation of Dsh by CkII is unknown (Willert, 1997).
Clearly CkII plays an important metabolic role in the regulation of enzyme activity, perhaps linked to the cell cycle. Nevertheless, an understanding of the regulatory inputs into CkII and an understanding of the global role of CkII in regulation of cell function awaits future work, especially the induction of CkII mutation.
Cloned cDNAs encoding both subunits of Drosophila Casein kinase II have been isolated by immunological screening of lambda gt11 expression libraries, and the complete amino acid sequence of both polypeptides has been deduced by DNA sequencing. The alpha cDNA contains an open reading frame of 336 amino acid residues, yielding a predicted molecular weight for the alpha polypeptide of 39,833. The alpha sequence contains the expected semi-invariant residues present in the catalytic domain of previously sequenced protein kinases, confirming that it is the catalytic subunit of the enzyme. Pairwise homology comparisons between the alpha sequence and the sequences of a variety of vertebrate protein kinase suggest that Casein kinase II is a distantly related member of the protein kinase family. The beta subunit is derived from an open reading frame of 215 amino acid residues and is predicted to have a molecular weight of 24,700. The beta subunit exhibits no extensive homology to other proteins whose sequences are currently known (Saxena, 1987).
There are several notable aspects to CkII structure. Conserved region I is involved in the binding of ATP. A basic stretch is present between conserved regions II and III, which has a high affinity for heparin and possesses a nuclear localization region. Atypical amino acids in conserved regions II and VII differ from those found in more than 95% of other known protein kinases. These regions have both been implicated in the interaction of kinases with ATP. A region in CkII contains putative sites for p24cdc2 phosphorylation. CkII can autophosphorylate the catalytic subunit in a reaction enhanced by the beta subunit. The beta subunit is also autophosphorylated. Deletion of the last 44 amino acids of the C-terminal end of beta eliminates the capacity of truncated beta to form tetramers with alpha and to stimulate alpha activity, but deletion of the last 34 amino acids yield an active beta subunit that has a lower affinity for CkIIalpha. Acidic residues from amino acids 55 to 70 are involved in the interaction of beta with alpha and in the modulation of alpha activity. The beta subunit contains four cysteins that may form a metal binding finger. A 'destruction box' is present in the beta subunit (Allende, 1995).
A useful analogy can be made tetrameric CkII and the heterodimeric cyclin/cyclin dependent kinases (See CyclinA). The beta subunit of CkII contains a 'destruction' box similar to that of cyclins. One caveat to this analogy is the finding that the beta subunit is synthesized in large excess to alpha (Allende, 1995 and references).
The relationship between the structure and the activity of Casein kinase II was examined with regard to its previously reported property to self-aggregate in vitro. Sedimentation velocity and electron microscopy studies show that the purified kinase exhibits four major different oligomeric forms in aqueous solution. This self-polymerization is a reproducible and fully reversible process, highly dependent upon the ionic strength of the medium, suggesting that electrostatic interactions are mostly involved. At high salt concentrations (e.g. 0.5 M NaCl), CkII appears as spherical moieties with a 18.7 +/- 1.6 nm average diameter, roughly corresponding to the alpha 2 beta 2 protomer, as deduced by measurements of the Stokes radius and by light scattering studies. At lower ionic strength (e.g. 0.2 M NaCl), the protomers associate to form ring-like structures with a diameter (averaging 36.6 +/- 2.1 nm) and Stokes radius indicating that they are most likely made of four circularly associated alpha 2 beta 2 protomers. At 0.1 M NaCl, two additional polymeric structures are visualized: thin filaments (16.4 +/- 1.4 nm average), as long as 1 to 5 microns, and thicker and shorter filaments (28.5 +/- 1.6 nm average). Examination of the molecular organization of CkII under different catalytic conditions reveal that the ring-like structure is the favored conformation adopted by the enzyme in the presence of saturating concentrations of substrates and cofactors. During catalysis, well-known cofactors like MgCl2 or spermine are the main factors governing the stabilization of the active ring-like structure. In contrast, inhibitory high salt concentrations promote the dissociation of the active ring-like structure into protomers. Such observations suggest a strong correlation between the ring-like conformation of the enzyme and optimal specific activity. Thus, CkII may be considered as an associating-dissociating enzyme, and this remarkable property supports the hypothesis of a cooperative and allosteric regulation of the kinase in response to appropriate regulatory ligands possibly taking place in intact cells (Valero, 1995).
The noncatalytic beta-subunit of protein kinase CkII has been shown to display various and in some respects antagonistic effects on the catalytic alpha-subunit. The ability of peptides encompassing the N- and C-terminal regions of the beta-subunit [beta(1-77) and beta(155-215)] to mimic the functions of the whole-length beta-subunit were examined. Peptide beta(155-215) possesses only the positive features of the beta-subunit in that it prevents thermal inactivation and stimulates basal activity of the alpha-subunit, while it does not inhibit but rather stimulates calmodulin phosphorylation. In sharp contrast, peptide beta(1-77) neither protects the alpha-subunit nor stimulates its basal activity, while acting as a powerful and specific inhibitor of calmodulin phosphorylation. Peptide beta(155-215), but not peptide beta(1-77), stably interacts with alpha-subunit and also displays remarkable self-associating properties. A shorter derivative of beta(155-215), beta(170-215), displaying weaker stimulatory properties and fails to stably interact with the alpha-subunit and to give rise to dimeric/multimeric forms. These data show that the elements responsible for the negative regulation are concentrated in the N-terminal moiety of the beta-subunit, whereas the C-terminal region retains the beneficial properties of the beta-subunit and is capable of self-association and binding of the alpha-subunit. Residues between 155 and 170 are necessary for the latter functions (Marin, 1997).
Casein kinase II is one of only a few protein kinases that effectively utilize ATP and GTP in the phosphotransferase reaction. Two residues conserved in the ATP binding domain of other protein kinases are unique to the catalytic (alpha) subunit of Casein kinase II. Val-66 is present in subdomain II and Trp-176 in subdomain VII, while greater than 95% of the other protein kinases contain alanine and phenylalanine, respectively, in their subdomains. The residues in the alpha subunit of Casein kinase II were changed to the conserved residues via single and double mutations by site-directed mutagenesis. These mutations enhance the utilization of ATP over GTP by altering the K(m) values of the alpha subunit for ATP and GTP. Following reconstitution of the catalytic subunit with the regulatory (beta) subunit, both the K(m) and Vmax values of the reconstituted alpha 2 beta 2 holoenzyme are altered. Interestingly, the mutations also reduce or eliminate the 4- to 5-fold increase in catalytic activity observed with the holoenzyme over that of the alpha subunit alone. This is due to changes in secondary structure of the holoenzyme as shown by UV circular dichroism spectroscopy. Taken together, the data indicate that utilization of both ATP and GTP can be directly correlated with stimulation of catalytic activity by the regulatory subunit and suggest a co-evolution of these separate functions (Jakobi, 1995a).
Two residues unique to the catalytic subunit of Casein kinase II, Val66 and Trp176, were mutated to the conserved residues, Ala66 and Phe176, respectively. In this study, the mutations have been shown to affect the catalytic activity of the reconstituted holoenzyme by changing both Km and Vmax values. The Vmax for ATP is reduced by the mutation of Trp176 to phenylalanine, but no change is observed with GTP. The Val66 to alanine and Val66/Trp176 to alanine/phenylalanine mutations reduce the Vmax values for ATP and GTP to levels comparable to those of the catalytic subunits alone, indicating that changes in the stimulation of activity by the beta subunit are due to changes in Vmax. Structural studies using ultraviolet CD spectroscopy show that changes in stimulation of Vmax by the beta subunit are correlated with changes in the secondary structure; the extent of these changes is reduced by both mutations. Correlation of changes in secondary structure and stimulation of activity by the beta subunit indicate that the formation of the wild-type holoenzyme causes conformational changes in the active site, leading to an increased rate of reaction. As shown by the mutations, Val66 and Trp176 are involved both in the conformational changes and in the selectivity of ATP and GTP (Jakobi, 1995b).
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Foo given an old
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don't want to do.
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Foo, which has a
Bar. If you ask
Foo to clone itself and you have a
Foo will do all the
But if you use this copy constructor mechanism and you tell
Foo to create
Foo and pass in the old
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Foo instead of a
Bar. You lose the bottom of the type.
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This is a guest post from @1916Centenary.
Our thanks to him/her and hope it does challenge you all!
1916 in 2016- a challenge for unionism.
Much thanks to Open Unionism for its invitation to post on this forum.
The 1916 Centenary twitter account was established in order to encourage some intelligent reflection on the 1916 rising and the factors, cultural, political and military, which coalesced to inspire a rebellion in Dublin city (and one or two other provincial centres) in 1916, at a time when Britain was engaged in a war. We seek to inspire those not sympathetic to 1916 to reflection, and sometimes to provoke those who revere it with unsettling questions.
There is little doubt that anniversaries/centenaries such as this one have the potential either to create greater mutual understanding or to further bitterness and division, depending on which side one’s ancestors took in the past or one’s contemporary national allegiance. Former Taoiseach Brian Cowen, in May 2010, pledged the Dublin Government to mark the centenary of the Somme and the heroism of those who fought and died there, Protestant and Catholic, and stated that he also expected that the events of Easter 1916 will be commemorated with respect and dignity in every part of this island. “That, I respectfully submit, is a challenge that must be considered by the leaders of Unionism.”
Responding to this, then Culture Minister in the Northern Ireland executive, Nelson McCausland, warned about the legacy of 1916 and the potential that “veneration” could encourage and assist dissident republicans who want to “indoctrinate another generation of young men to pursue the nihilistic path of violence”.
Is it indeed a bridge too far? Is it too much to expect that political unionism, representing a community many of whose young men, policemen and soldiery, were deliberately targeted for killing during the 25 years of troubles, not to mention many innocent civilians, would bring themselves to lay a wreath and observe silence in memory of those claimed as heroes by some of the paramilitary organisations which waged that campaign?
What can one say? There seems little value in “whataboutery”. Both communities did suffer greatly. The 1916 leaders never envisaged 1969-1994. They prayed in the Proclamation that “no one who serves that cause will dishonour it by cowardice, inhumanity, or rapine”. It seems pertinent to point out that the Republic proclaimed in 1916 expressly dedicated itself to pursuing “the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation and of all its parts, cherishing all the children of the nation equally”. This phrase directly refers to the Unionist and Orange traditions- the Republic would be “oblivious of the differences carefully fostered by an alien [read: British] government, which have divided a [unionist] minority from the [nationalist] majority in the past”. The civil and religious liberty pledged in the Proclamation finds its resonances in the ideals of the Glorious Revolution and the Orange Order.
The Rising is still seen as the decisive event which led to an independent state in the south, running from the reaction to the executions of the rebels, through the (old) Sinn Féin electoral successes in 1917 and 1918, the establishment of the First Dáil, the War of Independence and the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Despite many disappointments and failings revealed over recent years concerning politicians and some southern institutions, and a process of self-interrogation in relation to a failure of inclusivity, citizens of the Republic remain in the main proud of their state and its achievements . Many families have relatives who took part in the Rising and War of Independence for the highest ideals, and they hold their memory in reverence. The ideals promoted by the leaders of the Rebellion and War of Independence also attracted a number of Protestants. It will be the cultural and intellectual strands in 1916- rather than militarism-which will best serve as a focus for remembrance today. Fortunately, there is a rich store there.
It might be worth considering the following:
- Queen Elizabeth, whose family suffered huge personal loss with the assassination of Lord Mountbatten by the IRA in 1979, stood in the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin during her state visit in 2011, laid a wreath and respectfully bowed her head in acknowledgement of those who had fought for Irish freedom.
- Nationalism has engaged in much self criticism since the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Easter Rising in 1966, beginning with the critical article published in Studies by Fr Shaw. Official 1916 commemorations were quietly dropped lest they be seemed to give succour to nihilistic elements. It was not until the peace process was firmly embedded that some in the Republic’s government gave voice to a growing unease that nationalism was being expected to “almost apologise for its patriot dead” in the interests of generosity and peacemaking. Bertie Ahern reinstated the parade in 2006, the 90th anniversary of the rising. The parade was attended by the British ambassador to the Republic.
- There is a far greater willingness now in the Republic and among mainstream nationalism to acknowledge errors of the past; sectarian incidents in places during the War of Independence which betrayed the non-sectarian ethos of the revolutionaries but which contributed to many Protestants departing the new state and a monocultural Roman Catholic ethos which pervaded many aspects of Irish society after independence (although there would be an element of “pendulum swing” operating here, as the new state sought to define itself pretty sharply against the parent country from which it saw itself as having been liberated, and its values).
- the development of a more inclusive and pluralist society in the Republic since 1966 as the state emerged from rebellious adolescence into greater maturity
- increasing acknowledgement and respect shown by the Republic to those who had been airbrushed from the national narrative for several decades-those Irish, nationalist or unionist, who fought in both the Great War and World War II. This has been evidenced by the Republic’s Government’s organisation of a commemoration of the Battle of the Somme in 2006, the attendance of Irish Government representatives and diplomats at War commemorations at cenotaphs in Belfast and London, the restoration of the War Memorial Gardens at Islandbridge, Dublin and the annual attendance of the President and Government representatives at Remembrance day ceremonies in St Patrick’s Cathedral
- the establishment of the visitor centre at the Boyne battlefield site, a place sacred to Unionist memory
The two traditions on the island cannot pass each other like ships in the night. There is much pain. Unionists bowing to 1916 means in no sense being bound by it- as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth said in Dublin Castle. Bowing to 1916 in 2016 will in reality be unionists acknowledging that many who fought in the rebellion were inspired by high ideals, albeit not ones they would share. Acknowledging that Northern Ireland shares the island with an independent state and to attend, in effect, its independence celebrations, would be a mark of good neighbourliness. One suspects it would be far easier for unionism to do this in Dublin where the Rising is directly linked to the mainstream nationalist tradition, than in Belfast where is more closely aligned in the eyes of many with Sinn Fein and the troubles.
Orange Order Grand Secretary Drew Nelson, in his recent address to Seanad Éireann, stated:
“The 1916 Proclamation of the Republic declares its resolve to cherish “all the children of the nation equally”.
I have to say frankly that our experience of Republicanism does not reflect that ideal. Both historically and in the recent past the Protestant community have been on the receiving end of a sectarian campaign carried out in the name of Irish Republicanism.
But circumstances are always changing and three things in particular on this side of the border have, I believe, created a very positive climate which set a good foundation for working towards that normalisation of relationships, namely:
1. The development of the visitors centre at the Boyne Battlefield site.
2. The funding of CADOLEMO, our community development and capacity building organisation in the Republic, by the Irish Government.
3. The Queen’s visit.
I believe that these three things were all done in the spirit of cherishing “all of the children of the nation equally”
We are all challenged to step out of our comfort zones. Unionism present at the GPO will force nationalism and republicanism in a very visible way to recognise the orange strand in the flag they cherish. In bowing in 2016 to noble ideals in the 1916 Proclamation, unionism can turn around and challenge nationalism to live up to its own deepest ideals. In a mode of respect, more likely to be heard.
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The United States is one of the richest and most powerful nations in the world. What can our country do for the good of the planet with this role?
One thing the U.S. federal government does every few years is engage hundreds of experts to evaluate the impacts of climate change, now and in the future. The resulting National Climate Assessment report, which was recently released, showed that America's current efforts to reduce carbon pollution are too little to avoid dangerous climate change. Last year President Obama announced new CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards for cars and light trucks such as minivans and sport utility vehicles. Let’s build on this historic progress to limit carbon emissions. There are several ways that the president and federal government can make a real difference in the fight against global warming.
The Clean Air Act is a powerful tool that our nation’s leaders could be leveraging more fully. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is charged with using the Clean Air Act to issue rules to reduce greenhouse pollution. This farsighted law has reduced damaging air pollution for forty years, saving many lives. The EPA has already used it to protect public health and welfare from six extensive and harmful pollutants including: ozone, particulate matter, sulfur and nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and lead. Now is the time to lower atmospheric carbon dioxide levels by setting a national pollution cap for greenhouse gases.
Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA has also proposed higher emission standards on coal-fired power plants. These standards need to be fortified, finalized and implemented posthaste. Why stop with power plants? There are other places where higher greenhouse gas emission standards can be successfully applied to help save our planet such as oil refineries, cement plants, and even the airline industry.
Another way to help the environment would be for President Obama and the State Department to decline approval on the Keystone XL pipeline, which proposes moving oil down from Canada through the western United States to refineries along the Gulf Coast. There are no guarantees that the pipeline won’t spring leaks. Furthermore, there is evidence that extracting oil from the sands are increasing levels of cancer-causing compounds in surrounding lakes far beyond natural levels. Denying approval would show that America is committed to transitioning away from a dependence on fossil fuels.
Of course, it’s not all up to the federal government. We can all do our parts to speed the transition to a clean energy future. First we can encourage our elected officials to take the climate change actions recommended above. Second we can reduce our own carbon footprints. Consider lowering the heat or air conditioning depending on the season, using a clothesline, rake, hand mower and other manpowered devices, composting, forgoing meat at least one day a week and riding a bicycle. Lastly, we can all find simple ways to be part of the solution such as planting trees and offsetting remaining carbon emissions.
The Earth cannot use words to speak for itself, but if it could what would be on its climate wishlist this holiday season?
Environmental activists and climate scientists have done a good job of communicating the risks of climate change. Part of the issue is that it’s a delicate balance between scaring people so thoroughly that they don’t think there is anything they can do about global warming and encouraging people to make any changes that positively impact the environment, even small ones to start. Perhaps we’ve also underestimated the importance of personal experience.
The facts on climate change alone are not enough. We’ve had solid, scientific evidence for many years that global warming is man-made and happening right now. However, many people need to experience the effects for themselves in order for the light bulb to go off in their heads. Hurricane Sandy and other extreme weather events are helping people to connect the dots, but now that process has begun the question then becomes, “What next?”
We have a responsibility to be good stewards of the planet. That is what the climate needs and wants this holiday season. There are two main changes that we can undertake to fulfill the planet’s climate wishlist. The first is to lower our carbon footprints. Ask yourself, do I really need to leave my lights on all day at home when I am not there? Can I combine trips in the car to drive less or take public transportation instead? What simple steps can I take to save energy and myself some money as well?
The second change is to offset the rest of your carbon footprint. There are many affordable options to make this holiday season a reality, not just for the planet, but for future generations also. Any positive steps you take are welcome and really do make a difference. Although the planet cannot use words to thank you, reducing what you can and offsetting the rest is a beautiful gift and a wonderful place to start this holiday season.
In a telling and ironic move, coal industry giant BHP-Billiton, is replacing one of its coal export facilities in Queensland, Australia because of its vulnerability to increasingly frequent hurricanes from global warming. BHP-Billiton is an Australian coal company that produces one-fifth of globally traded coal for steel making and is the largest mining company on Earth. The upgrade represents a major investment in planning for climate change. In fact, the company’s coal operations are led by Marcus Randolph, who confirmed they are planning, “to rebuild the facility to be more durable to climate change.”
Readers of this blog already know that increasingly extreme weather events are the result of climate change in addition to the fact that many businesses are planning now for climate change’s effects. Why not a coal company too? The announcement makes it obvious that BHP-Billiton understands that climate change is real and the time is now to begin making changes even if the manufacture of their product contributes to the issue.
Randolph has even warned investors about the implications of remaining dependent on the non-renewable resources of fossil fuels by saying, “In a carbon constrained world where energy coal is the biggest contributor to a carbon problem, how do you think this is going to evolve over a 30- to 40-year time horizon? You'd have to look at that and say on balance, I suspect, the usage of thermal coal is going to decline. And frankly it should.”
When a company that mines and exports coal starts planning for climate change it means the writing is on the wall. Businesses and individuals alike should all be working to decrease carbon footprints and offset the remaining carbon emissions. Let’s give the planet a holiday present and start doing all we can this season to embrace a cleaner energy future.
Online shopping has exploded in recent years and has rapidly become the norm in many countries. According to a recent report by U.K.-based Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG), global business-to-consumer e-commerce sales will pass the $1.25 trillion mark by 2013, up 30% over total 2011 online retail shopping sales.
While studies have shown that online shopping may reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 35 percent compared to traditional retail shopping, many forward-thinking online retailers recognize that “green shoppers” expect even more in environmental sustainability.
New CarbonFree® Business Partner Tradewinds Imports, offering modern bathroom vanities and contemporary bathroom furnishings only through its online store, made the decision to neutralize its annual operational emissions by supporting Carbonfund.org’s global forestry projects. In addition, many of their vanities and bathroom furnishings are made from 100% reclaimed, recycled or sustainably forested hardwoods. Most of their vanities are hand-hewn, rather than machine-made, reducing carbon emissions during the manufacturing process.
“The global environment and the health of our forests is of the utmost importance to Tradewinds Imports, and we are immensely proud to announce our work with Carbonfund.org to help offset carbon emissions and repopulate the trees of our earth,” states Todd Harmon, CEO of Tradewinds Imports. “Carbonfund.org is a fantastic organization and we are very excited to aid them in their carbon reduction efforts. Being good custodians of our forests is vital to our lives as well as our business, so we are delighted to help Carbonfund.org meet their reforestation and avoided de-forestation goals.”
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For Michigan’s political class, it’s a concept — ignoring “political parties (and) ideological beliefs” while “accepting the responsibility to govern while facing reality,” as Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger of Marshall put it in a statement.
Bolger struck a welcome tone of putting good governance ahead of partisan politics in talking about an online health insurance marketplace for state residents that should help thousands of people buy the health insurance individuals will have to carry starting in 2014. Some may even receive income-based federal aid to help pay their premiums.
This is largely for people who don’t have health care through their employers, a group that has for decades been most at risk of financial ruin because of illness.
Last Thursday the Republican-led Michigan House voted 78-31 to spend a $31 million federal grant to participate in the exchange. The federal government will run a website and call center, while the state will handle some customer service and oversee insurers with health plans on the exchange. The online health insurance marketplace was part of the federal health care law, commonly known as Obamacare.
The House vote clears the way for the Senate to vote this week.
Sixteen states plan to set up their own websites — which Republican Gov. Rick Snyder wanted to do until being blocked by House Republicans last year — while 24 states will give the federal government full control. Snyder had argued that it even if politicians didn’t like Obamacare, it would be better for state residents to have an exchange run by Lansing than Washington.
While House Republicans blocked Snyder’s effort last year and conservatives linked to a national group fought the move this time, Bolger and the House put citizens first, despite the pressure.
Americans for Prosperity, a conservative group adamantly opposed to Obamacare, said “Unscrupulous lawmakers have made it clear that their weakness for federal tax dollars surpasses their commitment to reducing federal spending and debt.”
That doesn’t have anything to do with individuals and families getting the health care they need, of course; it was rewarding to see so many House members put state residents ahead of ideology over federal spending. People matter, and the people who elected Michigan lawmakers expect them to put state interests first. If that’s being unscrupulous, we need more of it.
That doesn’t mean lawmakers have to put aside their convictions about spending, debt and Obamacare. It does mean the needs of Michigan residents must be fairly addressed and that reality counts.
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New Energy Future
Since first becoming human, we have been burning things to harness energy. To become fully human we’ll have to come out of the cave, quench the fires, and harness non-burning energy.
The opportunities abound for us to continue to accomplish things as tremendous and evolved as space flight, the Internet, and literature. But we’ll need to power our grand civilization in a far more sustainable and cleaner manner than the status quo.
As we build this new energy future, there is a problem with the current system: burning things—like coal, gas, oil, and wood—releases carbon dioxide and other pollutants. At the current rate of consumption and burning, we are undermining our health, the health of future generations, and the health of the planet–including the beautiful and bountiful oceans.
We can continue to burn things to make energy or we can support innovation and tap into natural sources of power such as the sun, wind, and tides. We can make the way we use the power much smarter and efficient, too.
These are not even all the options. Compared to the possible oceans of improvements, humanity is still dog-paddling in the shallow end of the kiddie pool. Sometimes we seem determined to drown there just because we won’t stand up.
This is the new energy future. Stand up and embrace it. You can be a part.
3 things you can do to embrace the new energy future:
1. Conserve energy at home and at work.
2. Switch to renewable energy when and wherever possible.
3. Change your driving habits to conserve fuel – walk, ride a bike or carpool.
Other great ways you can make a difference.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines renewable energy as “fuel sources that restore themselves over a short period of time and do not diminish.” By contrast, we mainly use fossil fuels like coal, gas, and oil, whose ancient energy stores, locked away in the earth for millions of years, we mine and deplete. Even atomic
Energy efficiency means doing the same job with less energy. Potential savings from energy efficiency number in the trillions of dollars, and would cut air pollution by 1.1 gigatons by 2020, the same amount produced annually by the entire US fleet of passenger vehicles and light trucks. The idea of a smart grid promises to
Cost vs Price
The price of electricity from wind and solar is currently higher in most places in the world than electricity generated by fossil fuels. But the true cost of fossil fuels is unsustainable—and hidden. Fossil fuels cost trillions of dollars in health care, resource security, subsidies, and lost ecosystem services through environmental degradation. According to the
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- Number 306 |
- March 1, 2010
Probing life’s extremes in Yellowstone
INL biologist Frank Roberto's
research interests include
Yellowstone hot pool viruses,
bison bacteria and mussel
Idaho National Laboratory biologist Frank Roberto squats on a gravelly patch of ground in Yellowstone National Park. At his feet, scalding water churns in a mustard-yellow pool the size of a wheelbarrow. Roberto reaches in with a plastic vial and scoops up a half-cup.
“That’s a good sample,” he says. “We should get something out of this one.”
Every one of Yellowstone’s 10,000 hot springs is a distinct ecosystem, and for two decades Roberto has been trying to figure out how they all work. How, for example, do microbes and viruses survive such extreme conditions (some pools are boiling-hot with the pH of stomach acid)? How do these organisms interact with each other and the landscape?
Roberto and his colleagues have made a series of intriguing discoveries over the years. They’ve found many new virus species, one of which may give scientists a fresh perspective on the origins of life on Earth. And they’ve isolated virus DNA from the vapor wafting off some pools, suggesting viruses are hopping from spring to spring on flying carpets of steam.
On this warm, cloudy day in early August, Roberto is more interested in bacteria than viruses. He’s hoping to collect several different strains of one particular species, with the aim of finding a strain whose DNA he can tweak. He wants to genetically manipulate the microbe into helping with biofuel and bioplastic production.
Many other projects have kept Roberto busy over the years. For example, he has studied the feasibility of using thermal-pool bacteria to separate valuable metals from ore. He helped develop a quick, easy-to-use method to identify brucellosis infections in animals. And Roberto has worked to put mussels’ powerful, waterproof adhesive to work for humans. He has identified several of the mollusks’ key glue proteins and goosed microbes into producing them, a process for which he holds multiple patents with fellow INL biologist Heather Silverman.
Roberto also puts a lot of himself into mentoring students, four of whom are on this Yellowstone trip; DOE’s Office of Science gave him its Outstanding Mentor Award this year. Yet Roberto still finds time to teach aikido and hike, raft and canoe through the wilds of the northern Rockies. He’s a fairly serious climber, too, having summited Wyoming’s steep, craggy Grand Teton.
The research trips to Yellowstone allow Roberto to indulge his passions for science, wildlife and the out-of-doors.“It’s never the same,” Roberto says, smiling as he watches a big bull bison amble across the steaming earth. “Every time you come out here, there’s some new adventure.”
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In just one day, Governor Bill Ritter reversed his plans to cut money from efforts to curb drunken driving and says he will look elsewhere to address the state's cash-strapped budget. You might be able to thank moms for that---specifically, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, which protested the move. As MADD's Emily Tompkins tells CBS4, "Alcohol-related crashes could go up, preventable deaths and injuries could go up, and I think Governor Ritter will have to answer to that if that happens." It is unclear, however, if the governor really changed his mind due to MADD's concerns. Ritter's spokesman, Evan Dryer, tells The Denver Post only that "the governor was concerned about it. He has directed that the campaigns remain fully funded for the rest of this year." The cut to the program would have reaped $1.3 million for the state, which has a budget gap of roughly $320 million. The state's massive "Heat Is On" campaign will continue at least until the end of the year, with heightened awareness around holidays such as this Labor Day weekend. During the 2009 Memorial Day weekend alone, Colorado's "100 Days of Heat"---a campaign to save lives from drinking-involved accidents between Memorial Day and Labor Day---reaped 599 arrests, according to a press release.
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I've worked for numerous fortune 500 companies, Illustrated 2 games for Hasbro, big publishers like Random House & Simon Schuster, hundreds of consumer magazines, been included in the Society of Illustrators, taught high school art, teach at two Universities, published ebooks and apps, started my own online video tutorial company, an online live class, and become an avid blogger. So my question is this: How can someone who regularly received below 2.0 GPA's in Jr high and high school achieve as much as I have in the past 20 years? According to my schools I was a failure - even though I was regularly cranking out artwork and excelling at playing the Cello.
I've been told by some that the reason I did so poorly in public school is that I was lazy. I can assure you I have never been lazy. Uninspired? -guilty. Bored? -guilty. -but never lazy.
I write about this on my blog because I feel that this is an issue we must come to terms with if we are ever going to truly support artists. I write about this to continue my healing process and to hopefully help those who find themselves in the same situation I was in - unwanted. Our current system selects for a few skills (reading & math) while discarding everyone else.
Everything we aspire to buy or experience like cars, phones, and movies has a creative component yet we do not teach creativity in school. The Washington Post reports that 54% of young people want to start a business yet we teach no entrepreneurial skills in public school. To become a master at anything we must fail over and over to improve yet our public schools do not embrace a failing forward approach - rewarding those who memorize the right answers.
I think of the poor souls like me who might have turned to substances or other means of coping with the feelings of their perceived inadequacies. I'm one of the lucky ones because I had parents who supported my desires to pursue illustration. I'm lucky because they had the means to send me to school. I'm lucky because I happened to attend a university with a great illustration program. I'm lucky because I married a woman who supported my crazy dream to become an illustrator. I'm lucky because every one of the 2,000 plus commissions I've received over the years has been a pat on the back.
I write this for my son Aaron - who's self portrait was graded with a BIG red "F" by his 4th grade teacher 9 years ago - all because he drew extra personality traits into his picture...because he didn't want his art to look like everyone Else's - apparently he understood art much better than his teacher.
Some have questioned my sanity in criticizing the very system that employs teachers and librarians who make up a large portion of my children's book audience. That I might be black listed for school visits - a substantial boost to author/illustrator incomes and book promotion. (Isn't it ironic that the very people I feared in school have become a large portion of my audience?) Am I really going to bite the hand that feeds me? If you abuse a dog and it bites you back should you get mad at the dog or realize your mistake and change?
I could sit back and keep my mouth shut in hopes of earning extra income provided by the very system that ignored me -OR- I could do what I feel is right and speak up for the innocent children we feed to that machine every year. I've met parents with kids just like me who ask, "what should I do with my child who just wants to draw?" Should I turn my back on them in hopes of booking more school visits? I tell them to celebrate those passions that their children exhibit! Help nurture those skills and understand that the world may one day value their contributions much higher than the school system is allowed to for the moment.
I love presenting in schools because I feel that I might actually be able to make a difference in some of the budding artists in the crowd. My feelings towards the broken system do not prevent me from working within it's framework - just like many of the committed teachers who get up every day trying to make a difference in spite of having to teach in handcuffs. I hope anyone reading this will understand that I'm passionate about illustrating children's books, teaching, and helping people realize their potential in unlocking their talents and inspiring them to work hard to achieve their dreams.
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Bear Pepper Spray Video Transcript
Henry David Thoreau claimed that in wildness lies the preservation of man, the preservation of the wild spirit in us all. Many people agree and visit America’s wildlands often. From hikers to hunters to outfitters, almost every year statistics show that visitation is increasing to our wildlands, especially in parks and forests.
When we visit wild country, we often visit bear country. In some areas bears, even grizzly bears, are increasing in number and as more people visit bear habitat, the greater the chance of an encounter with a bear. Occasionally these encounters lead to injury or even death, both to people and to bears. Bears and people and our wilderness experience can best be preserved by properly preparing for bear country.
When bear encounters do occur, one response has been effective in consistently reducing the number of bear attacks with severe outcomes, the use of bear pepper spray. More and more people carry bear pepper spray in the field, professionals, outfitters, and everyday hikers and campers. Many can testify to the effectiveness of bear pepper spray as a bear deterrent, from bear specialists to outfitters, guides, and hunters.
But what exactly is bear pepper spray and what makes for a good choice. Be certain you are purchasing bear pepper spray, not personal defense or law enforcement spray. Bear pepper spray is clearly identified on the label. All bear pepper spray is required by the Environmental Protection Agency to show at least one of the following: “bear deterrent” or “to deter bears from attacking humans”. The label will clearly identify the proper ingredients such as “Capsaisan and related Capsaisinoids” or “derived from Oleoresin of Capsicum”. The active ingredient content should fall between 1 and 2 percent. All bear pepper spray must be registered with the environmental protection agency and the label will clearly show the following: EPA Registration Number, EPA Establishment Number, and state where manufactured. Canister minimum size requirements are 225 grams or 7.9 ounces of net weight. Read the label thoroughly for the following: detailed precautions, directions for use, and storage and disposal instructions listed on the canister.
When purchasing bear pepper spray take into consideration the following: you may have more than one encounter with a bear, you may have more than one bear charging you simultaneously, you will need sufficient spray for the hike out. Small personal-size canisters may be effective against humans, but are not effective against bears and they often emit a stream of liquid difficult to aim. If you come across a store selling an unregistered product as bear pepper spray, please help by notifying the Environmental Protection Agency.
A good bear pepper spray will have a safety clip on the trigger. This prevents accidental discharge. Never carry bear pepper spray in your pack. The time it takes to remove it can make the difference between being charged by a bear and being mauled by one. Two basic holsters allow for quick and easy access to the spray; the hip holster, and the chest strap holster.
It is recommended that each person should have their own canister both for their own protection and to back up others. Under no circumstances should you use the spray as an insecticide. Do not spray a tent or equipment. Never spray a person or clothing. The spray will not repel a bear from later curiosity or aggression. Bear pepper spray is only effective when the aerosol mist is directly inhaled or sprayed into the bears face.
In terms of human health and safety, there are a few things to remember. Asthmatics should avoid inhaling the spray. Contact lenses may be permanently damaged by exposure. If skin or eyes come in contact with the spray, flush with plenty of water. If you inhale the spray, move to an area of fresh air. The effects of the spray will wear off after about an hour.
Bear pepper spray should be transported in the trunk or back of the vehicle in a sealed bag or canister. Avoid handling in the car. Avoid storing in direct sunlight or in temperatures above 120 degrees F. Avoid risk of puncturing the canister.
Certain weather and habitat conditions may effect the use of bear pepper spray. With wind there are two concerns: speed and direction. A strong side wind will blow the mist of spray to the side. A strong head wind will blow the spray back at you. Even a mild head wind may eventually expose you to spray if you do not leave the area. Rain may dilute some of the spray on wet bear fur. A heavy rain may wash out some of the mist from the air. Extreme heat or cold may reduce effectiveness.
Remember, anything standing between you and a bear, such as thick vegetation, may represent a partial barrier to the spray. Be extra alert in limited sight areas. Bear pepper spray is non-lethal to bears and causes them to experience the following: eye irritation, choking, coughing, nausea, reduced breathing, and inflammation of the skin – all distracting a bear from its charge.
If you are new to bear pepper spray, practice spraying a couple of times. Also it is recommended to test fire each new canister to make sure it works properly. Always test outside, with any wind at your back. First, flip off the safety clip. Make sure the nozzle is aimed away from you. Press the trigger with a short test burst.
If you surprise a bear at close range, especially a grizzly bear, and especially a bear with cubs, know that they will usually leave, but be prepared to spray. There are many times when using bear pepper spray is not appropriate. If a bear is in the distance, do not approach or attempt to spray them. If a bear is nearby but not being aggressive or coming toward you, be prepared to spray, but try to leave the area first.
If you spot or suspect a bear to be in the area, don’t spray, but be prepared by: removing the can from the holster and removing the safety clip. When spraying a charging bear, especially shooting from the holster, you may not have time to aim. Try to spray early enough so the bear, if charging, runs into the widest bear pepper spray cloud.
If a bear begins to charge, spray when the bear is within 30 to 40 feet. Remember a bear can run up to 35 miles per hour. When spraying the bear, aim for the face but slightly downward for the spray will billow upwards a bit. Give a second shot if the first shot doesn’t immediately stop the bear’s charge. If the bear continues to charge, empty the can. Leave the area immediately after shooting the spray.
Bear pepper spray is recommended by professionals for prevention and defense against bear attacks. The cone of the spray allows for less precise aim. A bullet that only wounds a bear, produces a dangerous bear. Just as important, bear pepper spray is non-lethal. It may save you and the bear.
When you are in bear country the best defense is to follow basic safety techniques. Bear pepper spray is no substitute for planning. It won’t prevent encounters. Bear pepper spray is meant as a last course of action. It is no replacement for common sense. Every bear is different and each encounter is also unique. Visit your local wildlife agency to learn more about bears before entering bear country.
Today’s wilderness experience may often include bears. As you hike, camp, and hunt in bear country take care for the preservation of yourself and for bears.
Did You Know?
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ODESSA — Forget what you think you know about Walker Middle School.
That's what students and staff are saying, nearly a year after four students were arrested on felony charges related to a series of alleged locker room rapes.
On Wednesday, the school held an assembly to launch a comprehensive anti-bullying program. Teachers have been fully trained, and students led classroom presentations to raise awareness of the issue.
"We have started a very positive tone," said new principal Joseph Brown. "This is a new day."
Officials describe the new program, Olweus Bullying Prevention, as a research-based approach to transforming school climate.
"So every kid has a voice and every kid feels protected," Brown said. "That's what today's program is about, and that's what Olweus is about."
Since the incidents last spring, the Hillsborough County School District has unveiled a new anti-bullying policy. It launched a Web site for reporting potential incidents and tightened up its supervision policies.
Students are no longer allowed into locker rooms if they can't be supervised, Brown said.
And schools are adopting research-based programs to reinforce the message. Olweus is being launched at several schools, including those serving Walker families, Hammond Elementary and Sickles High.
The program, developed in Norway, focuses on educating students about what bullying is and helping them to report incidents to adults.
"The Olweus program is really designed to affect the bystander," Brown said. "Let's tell the bully to stop. Let's tell an adult."
Such prevention efforts can help, but they're of little use if students don't feel safe confiding in adults when there's a problem, said Dorothy Espelage, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Illinois and co-author of Bullying Prevention and Intervention.
And schools need to offer more intensive counseling for at-risk students, she told the Times last spring.
"Without some pull-out programs, we're going to miss the kids at both ends of the spectrum, the chronic bullies and victims," Espelage said.
During the assembly at Walker, PE teacher Selina Perez told students about common types of bullying. It's not just about punching people, she said. Name calling, texting, or excluding others is bullying, too.
"We're going to come together as a school," she said, inviting students to sign an anti-bullying pledge.
Students said they were shocked by the national attention the incidents drew upon their school last spring, and have been working since then to repair the damage.
"We have a great school with a lot of great students and teachers," said eighth-grader Caroline Koch, president of the student council.
She said students have embraced the program's emphasis on talking about bullying and speaking up when they see problems.
"I think it's opened our eyes a lot," said Koch, 14.
Prosecutors have offered a plea deal — felony battery charges with juvenile sanctions — to the four boys who were accused of sexually assaulting a classmate with a broomstick and hockey stick. One has accepted, and attorneys are working out details with the others.
But students at Walker say they have moved on, and are focused on making their school safe for everyone.
Eighth-grader Haley Richardson said she's more aware of how students treat each other. On Wednesday morning, she heard two kids shouting at another.
"I thought to myself, 'Don't you think you could have handled that differently?' " she said.
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Monty Hall Game
I was just recently introduced to the Monty Hall Game paradox by my friend Andrew Penry. When he first proposed the game to me I thought it was simply absurd—and my intuitive thinking process would not allow me to accept the statistical conclusions that the game entails.
The game is simple. A dealer puts out three cards, one of which is a winning card. The player may choose a card at random but may not see the card. The dealer then shows the player a losing card that the player did not choose… and the player is given the choice to keep his first choice or switch to the remaining card.
Intuitively, it seems like this is a game of fifty-fifty odds—that you can flip a coin and make a good statistical decision. But that is actually not the case. Empirical statistics prove that you are twice as likely to win when you switch cards than if you keep your original choice.
The reason for the mental block is that our brains are psychologically unable to see pure statistics. We assume that because the choice comes to a fifty-fifty decision, it really is fifty-fifty. But Andrew set me straight by explaining something to me.
Assume that the dealer does not show you the one losing card. In that case, the dealer is saying to you, "Keep your card or choose the other two cards.” Even though you know it can’t be both of those cards, you know there is a 66 percent chance that you will win by switching.
It’s crazy, it hurts your head… but over the long run you are always better off by switching your choice.
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The Met in New York has a new acquisition. It is a splendid painting by Perino del Vaga, a student of Raphael, who was very active in Rome and Genoa.
The painting was recently cleaned.
From another era and place, here is a variation on a theme, but still involving the Infant clutching a bird and the motif of Blood.
The bird is a symbol of the soul seeking salvation through Lord’s shedding of His Blood, and is also perhaps a soul already saved and taken flight, ad it were.
In another Christological Goldfinch sighting, we go to Siena, where apparently lots of finches used to hang out.
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McCabe, Emma Louise (2011)
M.Res. thesis, University of Birmingham.
Sulphation is a crucial modification which is required for normal growth and development. Sulphation reactions are mediated through the universal sulphate donor 3’-phosphoadenosinse 5-phosphosulfate (PAPS). PAPS is synthesised in a two step process by the bi-functional enzyme 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate synthase (PAPSS), which contains both APS kinase and ATP sulphurylase. There are two forms of PAPSS, PAPSS1 and PAPSS2. PAPSS2 is important for normal skeletal development and has two different isoforms, PAPSS2a and PAPSS2b. It was hypothesised that knock-downs of the PAPSS2a and PAPSS2b genes would lead to alterations in the phenotype of developing zebrafish embryos.
In Situ hybridisations were undertaken on zebrafish embryos at days 1, 2 and 3 using anti-sense probes for PAPSS2b. This allowed for confirmation of the expression of PAPSS2b within the zebrafish and also to locate the areas where it is expressed. Once expression of PAPSS2b had been confirmed within the zebrafish morpholino knock-downs were also undertaken for both the PAPSS2a and PAPSS2b genes. Four separate concentrations were used for the morpholino knock-downs (10μM, 30μM, 100μM, and 300μM). Splice site and translational blocking morpholinos were used to induce the gene knock-down and a scramble morpholino control was used. Successful knock-down of PAPSS2b was recorded using PCR when 100μM and 300μM concentrations of the morphlolino were used, the development of the embryo were monitored for the first four days of development and those which had the morpholino knock-down of PAPSS2b had a different phenotype to the controls by which their head was slightly smaller. For PAPSS2a the knock-down of the gene was unable to be confirmed due to the PCR not detecting any gene product in any of the injected zebrafish.
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Get in shape for your camping adventure. Whether your camping vacation involves a wilderness hike, a month on the road in your RV, or just a family camping road trip, get fitness advice to get and stay in shape. Being fit and healthy makes camping and outdoor activities more enjoyable. Get tips for making fitness fun.
Humans were made for walking. With our upright posture, agile joints, and strong leg muscles, our bodies were literally designed with walking in mind -- which is what makes it such perfect exercise. It's kind to our bodies and great for our waistlines. And best of all, it's a great way to see new things and meet new people!
This month, why not focus on walking with a purpose? Wherever you are, in the city or at the campground, you'll find plenty of walking going on. Studies have shown that taking a walk every day significantly reduces your risk for heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure, and it even lowers stress levels. Recently, science has been uncovering a link between walking and a lower risk of dementia and Alzheimer's, proving that walking is even good for your brain. And as if you needed another reason to get out a walk, it's also a terrific way to get fit and to stay in great shape. Maybe you already love to walk, but you're getting tired of tracing your same old route day after day -- or maybe you're new to walking and aren't sure how to get started. Either way, it's time to embrace the idea of walking with a purpose.
To get started, sit down with a map and make a plan. Ask yourself, what do you want to get out of walking aside from the health benefits? Do you want to meet other people? See new places? Get out into the wilderness or explore a city? Knowing your priorities will help you decide on the type of walk you want to do.
If making friends and socializing is your goal, call up your friends and schedule walks with them. Ask your friends where they like to walk and go there, since this will introduce you to new places and trails. Go online and look up your local mall or shopping center. Many malls have groups that come every day, or every weekend, to "walk the mall." These groups are always happy to include one more walker!
By the same token, you might find open groups of dog walkers at your local park. Your RV park might conduct group walks and hikes or your campground personnel might know about fun local walking groups your can join. And be sure to stay on the lookout for charity walks. In cities large and small all over the country, walks are going on almost every weekend in support of cancer research, diabetes research, and other humanitarian causes.
If solitary walks are what you're after, ask about local hikes that get you out of town and into the wilderness or countryside. Folks who are touring in an RV or car can stop at the local ranger's station or tourist bureau to ask about scenic trails that will get them away from it all. This might be just the way to find that perfect trail, getting you off the beaten path. Many large cities have incredible gardens and parks that include groomed walking trails. There are meditation walks, where you can trace a labyrinth pattern, and arboretum trails, garden walks, and sculpture parks. Thanks to the Rails to Trails program, railways across the country are being transformed into scenic walking and biking paths that are a perfect way to explore new territory.
Headed to a new city? Then tie on your walking shoes and prepare to get to know the place from the ground up! Many of our great historic cities offer detailed and well-planned walking tours. You can follow the famous painted red stripe through Boston's historic landmarks or walk your way through the sites of Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia. Nearly any city you can think of offers a walking tour with maps, provided by the tourist bureau. And small towns generally have a scenic route that will carry you past its best boutiques, shops, and cafes.
From the benefits to your heart to your overall happiness, walking is just plain good for you. This month, pick up a map and start walking. (Just don't forget the sunscreen, hat, second layer, and plenty of water.) It's a fabulous way to get to know a place, propelled by the power of your own two feet.
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One of the disappointments of Margaret Thatcher's reign as Prime Minister, was undoubtedly the day it was announced that her son and heir, Mark Thatcher had been found after several hours of being lost in some desert or other. Whilst Margaret showed a rare compassion and was seen to cry before he was found, the public whooped with laughter and joy at his disappearance. He was seen as rude and arrogant then and today, even worse, as a crooked sleaze bag, mixed up in arms deals and coups. He is said to be extremely rich as a result of his business activities, but there are countries, like the USA and Monaco, who refuse to allow him residence.
Margaret Thatcher may have preached values and standards, but alas, she failed to pass them on to her beloved son. But then, in private, she always did have a soft spot for the rogue and cheat. Some of her favourite ministers may have preached family values, but certainly didn't practise them. Just like her son.
It is said that Mark was up to his neck in the 2004 attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea, but it was others who were caught and went to jail. One, Simon Mann, was set free last week and is said to be gunning for Thatcher, who disowned him during his jail plight.
Surely the British Intelligence Services knew of Mark's dealings back then? Were they ever discussed with his mother? I wonder how many, if any, letters or telephone calls of introduction did she make on his behalf over the years?
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As Anglican Christians we celebrate the Mystery of God in Word and Sacrament. We are inheritors of the Catholic and Reformed traditions of the Western Church. We believe that God the Father has revealed himself in the person of his Son, Jesus Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Trinity reveals himself in the life of the Church in the following ways:
- The Historic Faith of the early and undivided Church as expressed in the Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds, as recited in the public Liturgy of the Church.
- The Holy Scriptures are the foundational source of our corporate and individual identity, perspective and vision. The Revised Common Lectionary provides a systematic means whereby nearly the whole Bible is read publically in the Liturgy over a three-year cycle.
- The Seven Sacraments are means of grace established by Jesus Christ and his Apostles to be administered by His Church.
- Holy Baptism is administered publically at scheduled times throughout the year (outside the season of Lent, and especially during Eastertide). “For this reason we baptize children, although they have no sins…in order to confer upon them sanctification, adoption, inheritance…that they may be members of Christ and become the abode of the Holy Spirit.” – St. John Chrysostom
- The Holy Eucharist is celebrated at Grace every Sunday at 8 and 10 a.m. and on Thursdays at 10 a.m. “Through the Holy Eucharist the faithful eat and drink the life of Christ.” – St. Augustine
- Confirmation (the Laying on of Hands by the bishop) is available for those seeking to confess and affirm the faith of their baptism. “Those baptized in the Church are sealed by the Seal of the Lord after the example of the baptized Samaritans who were received by the Apostles Peter and John through the laying-on-of-hands and prayer.” – St. Cyprian
- Marriage is the solemn public commitment of a man and a woman to love honour and support one another in family life. “We do not deny that marriage has been sanctified by Christ since the Divine Word says, ‘The two shall become one flesh and one spirit’”. – St. Ambrose
- Penance (confession of sins to a priest) is available to those who bear particular burdens and desire God’s forgiveness. “Enter into the Church and wash away your sins. For there is a hospital for sinners and not a court of law.” – St. John Chrysostom
- Holy Unction (anointing with Holy Oil by a priest) is available for the ministry to the sick. “Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven. “ – James 5.14-15
- Ordination (the laying on of Hands by the bishop for deacons, and by the bishop and priests for priests) is the means by which suitably called and trained persons are made deacons, and later priests of the Church. Bishops are ordained by at least three duly consecrated bishops. “The priesthood is performed on earth but it possesses heavenly things.” – St. John Chrysostom
- The Liturgical Tradition of Common Prayer wherein the laity fully participate in public worship. The authorized book used in this parish is The Book of Alternative Services (Canada 1985), supplemented by material from The Book of Common Prayer and other authorized liturgical resources.
- Preaching provides an exposition of the Bible and the teaching of the Church, relating to our contemporary situation. An archive of recordings of sermons recently given at Grace may be found here.
We believe that through these gifts God transforms our lives and equips us to serve the wider community.
The first building on this site was a white frame church with a steeple built in 1851. It is still standing as part of the parish hall. The current limestone structure was constructed in 1895. The stained glass windows tell the story of Christ, beginning at the back entrance and moving clockwise around the church. The oldest windows date to 1895; the newest was installed in 2000.
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The Tuning Nunatak, pt. 1
Today was the first day of fieldwork – essentially a shakedown for testing our equipment, and become familiar with sampling. It took us a while to get ready this morning… I arose and got the water piping hot for drinks and oatmeal, and the rest shortly followed as the sounds of my clanging must’ve indicated the availability of warmth and sustenance. The weather was perfect, with temperatures just around freezing, no wind, few clouds, and perfect visibility and surface definition. We set out westward toward the large bluffs of Darling Ridge, and a small speck on the horizon known as the ‘Tuning Nunatak.’
The going is slow over the snow, as the wind-scoured, sastrugi-laden surface produces countless obstacles to navigate in the rather light Tundra II ski-doos. Laying out the flag route, it took us a while to approach the bluffs – enhancing our already eager anticipation of what geological clues they might provide. We finally arrived at the ‘wind-scoop,’ which is a deep mote carved out of the ice by wind and radiant heat from the rocks of the underlying mountain. This one was approximately 15 meters high, and the blue-ice below the large escarpment was concentration glacial erratics into a significant ice-cored lateral moraine. The ice cliffs underfoot, the moraine below, the towering granite cliffs soaring high above, and the impressive network of crevasses propagating through the ice were all such an impressive sight!
We drove a bit further to scout out a route into the moraine for future use, but were diverted by a series of large crevasses. Following the north-south trending crescentic crevasses, we wound our way to Tuning Nunatak, a structure worthy of exploration on such a perfect day. We all got ready, and as I went to reach for my bag of mountaineering gear, with crampons and a harness, and I was shocked to find that it wasn’t on the sled! The true meaning of ‘shakedown’ reared its ugly head, and I had to scold myself for such ineptitude on the first day! This, of course, presented an obstacle for me, since I had to cross a ridged, heavily crevassed region of blue ice to gain access to the Nunatak. I was certainly kicking myself for forgetting the bag, and the thing I had looked forward to the most, walking over glacial ice, was now something I could not easily accomplish – and had to admit to my superiors.
Luckily, I had earlier taken the precaution, and placed an alternate pair of ice-gripping wire that could be stretched around the bunny boots. This gave me a surprising amount of traction, and I ended up getting by just fine even on the steep ice. However, I was very lucky, and definitely learned a lesson for the future – don’t forget anything!!
However, ironically, those who were responsible and remembered their gear actually had worse problems. Here I am referring to Sujoy, whose crampons would not stay on no matter how well you tightened the straps. He ended up having to use a similar pair of cleats for his bunny boots. If I had remembered my gear, I am certain I would’ve had the same problem as he, as we both had crampons meant for the Bunny Boots, which are not suitable for reliable ice-walking. From now on, I will attempt to wear my hiking boots for such endeavors, with a pair of reliable crampons. Hopefully they will not get too cold.
Once on the Nunatak, we found several interesting features. The entire peak is composed of a fine-grained granite, but angular pieces of pegmatitic granite were perched in various places, along with foreign shales comprising most of the thin matrix occupying the nooks and cranies of the rock. The top also was polished, possibly due to old glacial exploitation of a slickensided joint-face.
We sampled two erratics and a mafic enclave in the bedrock. It was
a good introduction to sampling procedure, where we first measured
of the sky-field
that is shielding the sample from cosmic rays (in the case, the
primary shielding was caused by Darling Ridge to the south).
coordinates, all accompanied by a sketch of the sample in situ
were recorded. A sample bag was then labeled, the outcrop photographed,
removed the sample using a rock hammer. I worked on the mafic enclave,
others chose granite erratics. This rock type is significant because
it may contain
clinopyroxene, which can be used in small amounts to obtain exposure
age using the amount of 3He. I’ll try to detail the procedure later.
We then left for home, and ate a late-night fish dinner. It was a successful first run, but we definitely encounter room for improvement (me in particular). Hopefully tomorrow will yield similar weather so we can explore the moraines around Discovery Ridge and Treves Butte! | <urn:uuid:b4a8f386-8a03-4229-bbb3-b6e864385578> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://climatechange.umaine.edu/Research/Expeditions/2005/Bottleneck/journal/jan2.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974595 | 1,081 | 1.71875 | 2 |
A lack of understanding about security risks is one of the key factors holding back cloud computing.
Report after report after report harps on security as the main speed bump slowing the pace of cloud adoption. But what tends to be overlooked, even by cloud advocates, is that overall security threats are changing as organizations move from physical environments to virtual ones and on to cloud-based ones.
Viruses, malware and phishing are still concerns, but issues like virtual-machine-launched attacks, multi-tenancy risks and hypervisor vulnerabilities will challenge even the most up-to-date security administrator. Here are 5 overlooked threats that could put your cloud computing efforts at risk.
1. DIY Security.
The days of security through obscurity are over. In the past, if you were an anonymous SMB, the threats you worried about were the typical consumer ones: viruses, phishing and, say, Nigerian 419 scams. Hackers didn’t have enough to gain to focus their energy on penetrating your network, and you didn’t have to worry about things like DDoS attacks – those were a service provider problem.
Remember the old New Yorker cartoon: “on the Internet no one knows you’re a dog”? Well, in the cloud, no one knows you’re an SMB.
“Being a small site no longer protects you,” said Marisa S. Viveros, VP of IBM Security Services. “Threats come from everywhere. Being in the U.S. doesn’t mean you’ll only be exposed to U.S.-based attacks. You – and everyone – are threatened from attackers from everywhere, China, Russia, Somalia.”
To a degree, that’s been the case for a while, but even targeted attacks are global now, and if you share an infrastructure with a higher-profile organization, you may also be seen as the beachhead that attackers can use to go after your bigger neighbors.
In other words, the next time China or Russia hacks a major cloud provider, you may end up as collateral damage. What this all adds up to is that in the cloud, DIY security no longer cuts it. Also, having an overworked general IT person coordinating your security efforts is a terrible idea.
As more and more companies move to cloud-based infrastructure, only the biggest companies with the deepest pockets will be able to handle security on their own. Everyone else will need to start thinking of security as a service, and, perhaps, eventually even a utility.
2. Private clouds that aren’t.
One way that security-wary companies get their feet wet in the cloud is by adopting private clouds. It’s not uncommon for enterprises to deploy private clouds to try to have it both ways. They get the cost and efficiency benefits of the cloud but avoid the perceived security risks of public cloud projects.
Plenty of private clouds, though, aren’t all that private. “Many ‘private’ cloud infrastructures are actually hosted by third parties, which still leaves them open to concerns of privileged insider access from the provider and a lack of transparency to security practices and risks,” said Geoff Webb, Director of Product Marketing for CREDANT Technologies, a data protection vendor.
Much of what you read about cloud security still treats it in outdated ways. At the recent RSA conference, I can’t tell you how many times people told me that the key to cloud security was to nail down solid SLAs that cover security in detail. If you delineate responsibilities and hold service providers accountable, you’re good to go.
There is some truth to that, but simply trusting a vendor to live up to SLAs is a sucker’s game. You – not the service provider – will be the one who gets blamed by your board or your customers when sensitive IP is stolen or customer records are exposed.
A service provider touting its security standards may not have paid very close attention to security. This is high-tech, after all, where security is almost always an afterthought.
3. Multi-tenancy risks in private and hybrid clouds.
Many companies, when building out their private or hybrid clouds, are hitting walls. The easy stuff has been virtualized, things like test development and file printing.
“A lot of companies have about 30 percent of their infrastructure virtualized. They’d like to get to 60-70 percent, but the low-hanging fruit has all been picked. They’re trying to hit mission-critical and compliance workloads, but that’s where security becomes a serious roadblock,” said Eric Chiu, President of virtualization and cloud security company HyTrust.
Multi-tenancy isn’t strictly a public cloud issue. Different business units – often with different security practices – may occupy the same infrastructure in private and hybrid clouds.
“The risk to systems owned by one business unit with good security practices may be undermined by the poor security practices of a sister business unit. Such things are extremely difficult to measure and account for, especially in large, multinational organizations,” Webb said.
Another issue is application tiers. In poorly designed private clouds, non-mission critical-apps often share the same resources as mission-critical ones. “How do most companies separate those?” asked Chiu.
“They air-gap it, so the biggest threat for most virtualization and private cloud environments is misconfiguration,” he said. “Eighty percent of downtime is caused by inappropriate administrative changes.”
4. Poorly secured hypervisors and overstressed IPS.
Every new technology brings with it new vulnerabilities, and a gaping cloud/virtualization vulnerability is the hypervisor.
“Many people are doing nothing at all to secure virtualized infrastructures. The hypervisor is essentially a network. You have whole network running inside these machines, yet most people have no idea what sort of traffic is in there,” Anthony said.
Buffer overflow attacks have been successful against hypervisors, and hypervisors are popping up in all sorts of devices that people wouldn’t think of as having them, including Xbox 360s.
Even when organizations believe that they have a handle on the traffic within their cloud environments, they may be fooling themselves, especially if they are relying on legacy security tools. Everyone knows that they need an IPS solution to protect their cloud deployments, but they have no idea what the actual scale of the problem is.
Moreover, many of these appliances have packet inspection settings that by default fail on. In other words, if the device is overwhelmed with, say, video traffic, the majority of traffic passes through as safe and only small samples are inspected for threats.
The IPS will typically trigger a low-level alarm or record this spike in a log, but how many IT units have time to look at logs unless they know they have a problem? Organizations are also slow to realize that they need an array of different protection in virtualized cloud environments than they had in traditional on-premise settings. Or they do realize this and are choosing to ignore it due to budget and time constraints.
The IBM security executives I talked to at RSA ticked off a number of security solutions they would recommend to better protect cloud environments, including IPS solutions with 20 GBps capabilities, DLP and application security. Much of what their advice boiled down to (see item #1 again) is that security is becoming too big of a problem to tackle for most organizations on their own.
5. Insider threats.
Are insider threats keeping you up at night now? Unfortunately, virtualization and the cloud ramp up the risk of insider threats – at least for the time being.
“A smaller number of administrators are now likely to have access to a greater amount of hosted data and systems than ever before, as the cloud systems are managed by a cloud infrastructure management team. This can leave sensitive data open to access by individuals who previously did not have access to it, eroding separation of duties and practices and raising the risk of insider attacks,” Webb said. The ability to walk off with key assets is also simply much easier to do, rights or not, in a virtualized environment than a physical one.
“When the banking restrictions came out, people were worried about someone walking into the physical data center and grabbing a rack of tapes and walking off with it,” Chiu said. Those fears spurred the much higher frequency of encrypting of data at rest.
How do you steal those same assets in a virtual environment, where data encryption is often still an oversight?
“If you have administrative credentials, you pick the virtual machine you want, right click and copy it,” Chiu said. It’s not that hard to spot someone walking out of the building with a box of tapes. A virtual machine on a USB drive isn’t going to raise a single eyebrow. | <urn:uuid:798719b0-eb79-469a-88fc-335d45aba5e0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://meship.com/Blog/tag/hackers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00069-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96174 | 1,867 | 2.046875 | 2 |
During the cold winter days, I long to be working out in my vegetable gardens. It is the first part of February and I have my section of the early vegetable garden planned out and prepared for planting.
February 14th - Valentine's Day is when I will plant my lettuce seed. Years ago my husband's grandmother Iva Jane told me the best time to plant lettuce in our area is Valentine's Day. She was born and raised on a farm in rural Southern Illinois. She said even if the snow is on the ground it is ok to sprinkle the seed on top of the snow, lightly tamp it down. The snow is a blanket for the tiny seed and as the weather warms the cold loving seed will germinate and quickly produce tasty and nutritious lettuce. Planting lettuce early will help to keep the lettuce from turning bitter as it reaches maturity.
We all remember our mother's saying "eat your vegetables they are good for you." My mother loved vegetables and introduced them to us at a very early age. Studies show that she was right.
Vegetables are a great choice when it comes to food. They are low in fat, high in fiber and packed full of vitamins -minerals. They can be eaten raw, lightly steamed, or added to your favorite recipe. Any way that you choose to have your veggies they are a healthy choice, instead of eating processed and fast foods.
Most vegetables are so easy to prepare and to serve healthy meals right in your own kitchen. It is very cost effective to prepare your favorite dishes at home, instead of dining out at expensive restaurants.
My daughter Amanda loves to cook and is always preparing healthy foods for our family using fresh vegetables. Our whole family enjoys eating Oriental and Thai foods. We all are very lucky to have such wonderful cooks in our family.
Last night Amanda cooked a delicious dinner for us. I have included a photo to show you Amanda's creation. Making a choice to pick fresh vegetables will help you to a path to a healthier lifestyle.
The menu is as follows.
Amanda's Veggie Roll
Sesame Ginger & Cilantro Salad
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Dreamers By Siegfried Sassoon
Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land,
Drawing no dividend from time's to-morrows.
In the great hour of destiny they stand,
Each with his feuds, and jealousies, and sorrows.
Soldiers are sworn to action; they must win
Some flaming, fatal climax with their lives.
Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin
They think of firelit homes, clean beds and wives.
I see them in foul dug-outs, gnawed by rats,
And in the ruined trenches, lashed with rain,
Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats,
And mocked by hopeless longing to regain
Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats,
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Japan is most widely known for islands of the geological sort, but unfortunately the country is also the world’s premier spot for a completely different sort of island: Urban Heat Islands. Even if you’ve never heard of an Urban Heat Island, chances are you live on one if you reside in Japan. Technically known as the “Urban Heat Island effect,” the term describes how temperatures in inner city cores are abnormally higher than temperatures in surrounding, less densely developed areas. The underlying mechanisms behind Heat Island formation are rather complex, but they are formed by excessive waste heat emissions from human activity, heat-trapping geometries of concrete city blocks, and a shortage of the natural cooling-effects from winds, waterways and greenery inside urban space. In Japan, a near dearth of large scale urban greenery combined with high building densities in major metropolitan regions have given the country some of the worst Urban Heat Island conditions found on the planet. While urban heat islands are not unique to Japan, the Urban Heat Island intensity (which describes the temperature gradient between urban centers and outlying areas), tends to be highest here in comparison with other metropolitan regions around the world. For example, the average annual temperature in Tokyo has increased 3 degrees centigrade (5.4 F) over the last 100 years, which is over three times faster than the less-than-1 degree rise in global average temperatures over the same period.
So what’s the big deal about a few extra degrees? Those hotter temperatures in Japanese cities are behind a host of environmental problems and ecological changes with serious implications for the health of the planet, and for the various economic and social functions of our cities. Recent years have witnessed an explosion in research and innovation to develop architectural products and techniques designed to mitigate urban heat islands, but truth be told, the effects are rather paltry. The true solution lies in cultivating a range of financial and legislative incentives designed to give Japanese cities an eco-groovy face lift that restores rivers and streams, reduces buildings, and provides for more greenery in Japanese urban landscapes.
Urban Heat Islands are influenced by a combination of natural conditions (i.e. amount
The excessive heat that fuels heat island formation is caused by higher concentrations of both anthropogenic heat emissions, as well as heat-absorbing thermal mass in urban cores. “Anthropogenic heat emissions” are sources of heat caused by human activity, and refer to the heat given off by car engines, air-conditioning units, various industrial processes like waste incineration, your local taco truck, or anything else that consumes energy and gives off heat. Consequently, the waste heat emissions of a certain city are closely linked to economic and cultural issues as well. Higher urban temperatures in Los Angeles are more likely to be caused by car emissions than, say, air conditioning units, as in the case of Tokyo. In addition to sources of waste heat, Urban Islands also require lots of “thermal-mass” to properly form. This refers to the extensive volumes of concrete buildings and asphalt roads that soak up heat from the sun and the surrounding vicinity. Despite massive amounts of waste heat generated from air conditioning in Tokyo, it is solar heat energy absorbed by exposed road and building surface area that is responsible for over half of the abnormal temperature increase in Japanese cities. In Tokyo, the vast expanses of manmade surface area combined with the grid geometry of city blocks serves to soak up and trap heat. Urban elements like walls and roads become heat sinks while the sun is out, and then become heat sources after the sun goes down, reemitting heat absorbed during the day as thermal radiation at night. In Japanese cities, this is behind a phenomenon called “Tropical Nights,” where night temperatures fail to fall below 25 degrees centigrade.
Urban Heat Islands are implicated in a wide range of environmental problems. For starters, hotter urban temperatures simply make city-life miserable in a range of ways. People have trouble sleeping, become lethargic and can loose their wits when exposed to excessive, humid heat environments. While the relationships are fuzzy, studies have shown links between higher rates of crime, suicide and poorer economic performance under higher temperatures. Additionally, Urban Heat Islands alter ecological systems and diminish air quality in cities by affecting plant growing seasons, skewing the sexual distributions of insects, and triggering the chemical reactions that cause smog. However, the biggest concern is that they contribute to global warming by increasing the demand for air-conditioning. In Tokyo, it has been shown that daily energy consumption rises about 1.6 Gigawatts for every 1 degree temperature increase during summer.
Recently, much research and innovation has gone into developing new technologies for mitigating the Urban Heat Island effect and cooling urban structures, but much remains to be done in order to implement such technologies on an appropriately sized scale capable of really making an impact. Some well-known examples include rooftop garden systems, heat reflective paint, or water absorbing concrete. While many of these cooling materials and techniques seem promising, they are not silver-bullets, and actually offer limited hope for making a significant impact on Urban Heat Islands. With rooftop gardens, it has been shown that the surface temperature of a concrete rooftop can be reduced by upwards of 25 degrees. While such numbers might sound impressive, the ability for rooftop gardens to make a large impact on urban temperatures is rather limited. Higher outside air temperatures, not surface temperatures, are behind most of the energy consumption and environmental issues caused by Urban Heat Islands. Lowering the surface temperature of the roof will have little impact on the energy consumption of a multi-story office building. Furthermore, rooftops in Japanese buildings are filled with elevator service units, water storage tanks (this is because the government will only provide water pressure up to three stories; anything above that requires onsite pumps and rooftop water tanks), railings and other sorts of structural bric-a-brac, which limits the amount of space available for rooftop garden systems. While introducing greenery onto Tokyo rooftops has other positive externalities like reducing storm run-off through rainwater retention, providing a natural habitat for birds and insects, and generally making cities more esthetically pleasing, a garden on even half the roofs in the city would reduce temperatures by only a small fraction.
Tokyo was once crisscrossed by many streams and rivers that provided temperature-cooling wind paths through the heart of the city, but most of these waterways were aggregated into a handful of unsightly concrete culverts, or simply paved over. While much of modern-day Tokyo was laid out in the post-war era, the Japanese actually started engineering local inlets, streams and other waterways to exist on the periphery of urban settlements for several reasons. It may be tempting to blame all the concreted rivers (and by extension, nasty heat islands) on the general construction boom and construction pork barrel politics that has gripped Japan in the last 50 years, but there are actually some very fundamental cultural issues at play that have affected the current river-less state of Japanese cities. In feudal Japan, rivers were not only the places to discard trash, but they were also the location of Buraku communities that were typically engaged in spiritually “tainted” industries like leather working, undertaking, and butchering. Consequently, as Japanese cities modernized around the turn of the century, rivers and all their dirty work were often brushed aside to make way for more illustrious and pleasant things, like roads and buildings. However, with average summer temperatures on pace to rival the likes of Calcutta within the next several decades, Japanese urban planners are faced with little choice but to ease restrictions of building taller buildings (to allow for more inhabitable space on less land), free up more space for parks and natural vegetation, and look into unearthing a few of those subterranean rivers that currently zigzag beneath Tokyo roadways.
PhD Environmental Systems,
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Indonesia, a vast polyglot nation, has struggled to overcome the Asian financial crisis, and still grapples with persistent poverty and unemployment, inadequate infrastructure, endemic corruption, a fragile banking sector, a poor investment climate, and unequal resource distribution among regions. The country continues the slow work of rebuilding from the devastating December 2004 tsunami and from an earthquake in central Java in May 2006 that caused over $3 billion in damage and losses.
Java Earthquake 2006 Photostory
Declining oil production and lack of new exploration investment turned Indonesia into a net oil importer in 2004. The cost of subsidizing domestic fuel placed increasing strain on the budget in 2005, and combined with indecisive monetary policy, contributed to a run on the currency in August, prompting the government to enact a 126% average fuel price hike in October. The resulting inflation and interest rate hikes dampened growth through mid-2006, while large increases in rice prices pushed millions more people under the national poverty line.
Economic reformers introduced three policy packages in 2006 to improve the investment climate, infrastructure, and the financial sector, but translating them into reality has not been easy. Keys to future growth remain internal reform, building up the confidence of international and domestic investors, and strong global economic growth.
Significant progress has been made in rebuilding Aceh after the devastating December 2004 tsunami, and the province now shows more economic activity than before the disaster. Unfortunately, Indonesia suffered new disasters in 2006 and early 2007 including: a major earthquake near Yogyakarta, an industrial accident in Sidoarjo, East Java that created a "mud volcano," a tsunami in South Java, and major flooding in Jakarta, all of which caused additional damages in the billions of dollars. Donors are assisting Indonesia with its disaster mitigation and early warning efforts. | <urn:uuid:80554f4a-be40-4a04-a5ae-8f64b31de5cb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.javatourism.com/index.php?Page=62 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00040-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934753 | 363 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Oakland Airport Bomb Scare: Alaska Airlines Flight 342, Sep. 2011
Alaska Airlines flight 342 from Seattle to Oakland was evacuated due to a bomb scare.
The Alaska Airlines flight landed at Oakland airport at 7:50 am on Monday, September 19, 2011, about 20 minutes earlier than scheduled. Passengers deplaned and and the aircraft was moved to a remote area of the airport.
A local TV station in the Bay Area captured video that showed that the Alaska Airlines flight was not at the gate as police dogs appeared to be sniffing baggage
TV station KGO is reporting that U.S. Marshalls may have removed two passengers from the flight once it landed.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Prisons has agreed to a comprehensive review of the use of solitary confinement in its prisons, including the fiscal and public safety consequences of the controversial practice, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin said on Monday.
A spokesman from the bureau confirmed that the National Institute of Corrections plans to retain an independent auditor "in the weeks ahead" to examine the use of solitary confinement, which is also known as restrictive housing.
"We are confident that the audit will yield valuable information to improve our operations, and we thank Senator Durbin for his continued interest in this very important topic," spokesman Chris Burke said in a statement.
Prisoners in isolation are often confined to small cells without windows for up to 23 hours a day. Durbin's office said the practice can have a severe psychological impact on inmates and that more than half of all suicides committed in prisons occur in solitary confinement.
In Durbin's state of Illinois, 56 percent of inmates have spent some time in segregated housing.
"The United States holds more prisoners in solitary confinement than any other democratic nation in the world, and the dramatic expansion of solitary confinement is a human rights issue we can't ignore," said Durbin, who chaired a Senate hearing on the use of solitary confinement last year.
"We can no longer slam the cell door and turn our backs on the impact our policies have on the mental state of the incarcerated and ultimately on the safety of our nation."
The federal prison system is the largest in the country and includes some 215,000 inmates.
News of the review was welcomed by the American Civil Liberties Union - a strong critic of the nation's use of solitary confinement.
"We hope and expect that the review announced today will lead the Bureau to significantly curtail its use of this draconian, inhumane and expensive practice," David Fathi, director of the ACLU's National Prison Project, said in a statement.
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Strasburg clock model and parts, made by Richard Bartholomew Smith, wood / paint / metal / paper, Australia, 1887-1889
The Strasburg Clock model has been associated with the Museum for over a century and has become one of its most important icons. 25-year old Sydney clockmaker Richard Bartholomew Smith began building the clock on Anniversary Day (Australia Day) in 1887 and completed it in 1889. Smith sold the clock to the NSW Government later that year or early 1890 for the sum of 700 pounds. It was initially housed in the old Technological Museum in the Domain, but was transferred to the Museum in Harris Street Ultimo in 1893.
The model is based on the astronomical clock in Strasbourg Cathedral in France. Although the origins of this famous clock go back to the middle of the 14th century, Jean Baptiste Schwilgue built the version that inspired Smith between 1838 and 1842. Smith adopted the German spelling of Strasburg/Strassburg for his clock, as during some periods in the past the town was part of Germany.
The highlight of the clock's performance is the procession of the 12 Apostles that takes place on the hour in the top alcove of the central tower. Each hour, in the alcove immediately below, the four ages of man are enacted starting with the figure of a child and ending with that of an old man.
There are numerous dials and functions on the clock. One dial is the orrery that shows the position of the planets out to Neptune with respect to the Sun. The other main dial is the grand astronomical clock that shows what stars are visible from Sydney at any time together with the position of the Sun and the Moon. An ingenious gearing arrangement indicates the phase of the Moon. Another dial shows the time in Sydney while a series of dials show times in major cities throughout the world. Three sliding indicators show the 28-year cycle of the Sun, the equation of time and the 19-year cycle of the Moon, all quantities needed for the calculation of Easter.
A local woodcarver, James Cunningham, is believed to have constructed the wooden case of the clock. Paintings on the case include Urania who is the muse of astronomy, the Polish astronomer Nicholaus Copernicus and Jean Baptiste Schwilgue, the maker of the last clock in Strasbourg Cathedral. Other portraits on the clock include Premier Sir Henry Parkes and political colleagues and contemporaries, scenes of Strasbourg and early Sydney, the three fates, patrons of the arts, death and the resurrection, and a number of artists who assisted Smith with the clock's decorations.
The Strasburg Clock is perhaps the best known iconic object in the Museum's collection. It is, largely, a faithful representation of the nineteenth-century refurbished Strasbourg Clock, and its maker had a long and controversial relationship with generations of Museum directors and curators.
The Strasburg Clock model was made by Richard Bartholomew Smith (with help from many other persons) between 1887 and 1889 in Australia.
Richard Bartholomew Smith (1862-1942) sold the clock to the New South Wales Government in late 1889 or early 1890 for the sum of 700 pounds. The clock was initially housed in the Technological Museum in the Domain, but was transferred to Ultimo when the Museum was opened in new premises on Harris Street on 4 August 1893.
The clock remained in the old Harris Street Museum for about 90 years, enthralling and disappointing generations of visitors, with its stop/start mechanisms until it was dismantled in the early 1980s and refurbished for inclusion in the new Powerhouse Museum, which opened in the restored Ultimo Power Station in March 1988.
The clock was on display when the Museum first opened in March 1988. It was placed on display at the western end of the Wran Building, and was officially 'launched' on 27 January 1989 by Rear Admiral Sir David Martin, Governor of New South Wales.
After a short period, it was found that the clock was ill-suited to this location, as it was thought that vibrations from heavy-vehicle traffic in Harris Street affected the clock's timing mechanisms and hence the various automata either did not work or were delayed. A solution to these difficulties was had by relocating the clock to the southern end of the Wran Building in the early 1990s, and it remained there throughout this decade, until the clock was again dismantled and removed into storage for repair. This was necessary because the clock was due for another major refurbishment and it was also decided to build a cafe in the location where the Strasburg Clock was located.
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… the structure of the online Rapid eLearning Design programme that I have been undertaking for the past week.
The ReD programme is the brain-child of @RobHubbard from LearningAge solutions who has cleverly set the premise of the programme around each of the delegates being ‘Junior Operatives’ in the fictitious Ministry of Instructional Design, but hey! Rob can do a much better job of explaining the premise in this video here.
As I’m only a week into it it is a little difficult to offer any in-depth feedback, however what already deserves recognition is the way in which the programme is structured. Rob has done a great job of blending:
Immersive Learning Environments
and we’ve only just finished Week 1!
Whilst the above list may seem a hell of a lot to be participating in in a week, the real credit to the programme is the way in which it ‘just works’ from the learners perspective.
There were a few interactions within the induction game, that caused me to raise an eyebrow as the responses that the characters provided did not neccesarily fit with what I considered to be a holistic approach to elearning; this was echoed by other members in the Ning site that acts as the social-learning element of the programme (we are thinking that the responses were deliberate, in order to spark debate) – I’ll be checking this with Rob tomorrow during the Week 2 webinar.
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This volume contains a translation of the two very important memoirs of Georg Cantor on transfinite numbers which appeared in the Mathematische Annalen for 1895 and 1897 under the title: "Beiträge zur Begründung der transfiniten Mengenlehre." It seems to me that, since these memoirs are chiefly occupied with the investigation of the various transfinite cardinal and ordinal numbers and not with investigations belonging to what is usually described as "the theory of aggregates" or "the theory of sets " (Mengenlehre, théorie des ensembles), - the elements of the sets being real or complex numbers which are imaged as geometrical "points" in space of one or more dimensions, - the title given to them in this translation is more suitable.
These memoirs are the final and logically purified statement of many of the most important results of the long series of memoirs begun by Cantor in 1870. It is, I think, necessary, if we are to appreciate the full import of Cantor's work on transfinite numbers, to have thought through and to bear in mind Cantor's earlier researches on the theory of point-aggregates. It was in these researches that the need for the transfinite numbers first showed itself, and it is only by the study of these researches that the majority of us can annihilate the feeling of arbitrariness and even insecurity about the introduction of these numbers. Furthermore, it is also necessary to trace backwards, especially through Weierstrass, the course of those researches which led to Cantor's work. I have, then, prefixed an Introduction tracing the growth of parts of the theory of functions during the nineteenth century, and dealing, in some detail, with the fundamental work of Weierstrass and others, and with the work of Cantor from 1870 to 1895. Some notes at the end contain a short account of the developments of the theory of transfinite numbers since 1897. In these notes and in the Introduction I have been greatly helped by the information that Professor Cantor gave me in the course of a long correspondence on the theory of aggregates which we carried on many years ago.
The philosophical revolution brought about by Cantor's work was even greater, perhaps, than the mathematical one. With few exceptions, mathematicians joyfully accepted, built upon, scrutinized, and perfected the foundations of Cantor's undying theory; but very many philosophers combated it. This seems to have been because very few understood it. I hope that this book may help to make the subject better known to both philosophers and mathematicians.
The three men whose influence on "modern" pure mathematics - and indirectly modern logic and the philosophy which abuts on it - is most marked are Karl Weierstrass, Richard Dedekind, and Georg Cantor. A great part of Dedekind's work has developed along a direction parallel to the work of Cantor, and it is instructive to compare with Cantor's work Dedekind's Stetigkeit und irrationale Zahlen and Was sind und was sollen die Zahlen?, of which excellent English translations have been issued by the publishers of the present book.
There is a French translation of these memoirs of Cantor's, but there is no English translation of them. For kind permission to make the translation, am indebted to Messrs B G Teubner of Leipzig and Berlin, the publishers of the Mathematische Annalen.
PHILIP E B JOURDAIN.
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DREAM Act: Scholarships difficult to get for legal residents
Published: Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 2:46 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 2:46 p.m.
Imagine you are applying to colleges, and you set you sights on one particular school. You just love this school, and it is your dream to go there. The cost is a little high, but you will find a way to manage. You receive a letter from the college and open it with giddy excitement, but your dreams shatter when you are not accepted. In your place, there is someone who is not even legally in the United States and is receiving more than $25,000 a year in scholarship funds.
Recently, a private college in Massachusetts
I believe it is not right for colleges to accept students that are illegally in this country, much less give them huge scholarships that could go toward deserving students. With acceptance rates dropping and tuition rising, allowing people who are not legally in this country to take the place of someone is just not fair. Scholarships these days also are becoming harder and harder to get. Schools have less money, and there are more students with extraordinary talents, making scholarships few and far between. I myself would like to go to UCLA, and I will most likely have to take out student loan. UCLA has offered scholarships specific to illegal immigrants. I believe colleges should change scholarship funds for illegal immigrants to scholarship funds for U.S. citizens that are in need of the money.
Margaret Cerullo, the sociology professor who created the scholarship, said the barriers blocking illegal immigrants’ access to a college education are a “social injustice.” But we have to remember, they are illegal. There are plenty of people who wait, and wait for their citizenship, and once they achieve it, the people who essentially “cut in line” get free money and admission to college. That is social injustice.
Colleges have varying admission policies, but there is no state or federal law that prohibits the admission of illegal immigrants to U.S. colleges. California, New Mexico and Texas all allow illegal immigrants to receive state financial aid. Why would we allow this, when there are plenty of people that need financial aid and are U.S. citizens? Why would we help illegal immigrants before helping ourselves?
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Democrats in the state Legislature plan to introduce a bill this session that would extend in-state tuition rates to undocumented college students who attended high school in Colorado for at least three years.
Similar versions of the legislation were brought forward in past years in an attempt to create a third tier of tuition for immigrants that is more expensive than in-state tuition, but less than out-of-state rates. Republicans voted down those measures on a half-dozen occasions.
Now, with Democrats controlling both legislative chambers, proponents -- in a plan to be unveiled Tuesday at the Capitol -- are going a step further and will seek to allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition if they attended a Colorado high school for at least three years, graduated from high school or obtained a GED, and are admitted to a Colorado college or university.
Furthermore, according to a summary of the legislation posted online, qualifying students who are not already working their way through the immigration system "will be required to seek lawful presence as soon as possible."
At CU this year, in-state tuition rates for students in the College of Arts and Sciences are $8,056. The out-of-state rate is $29,946.
In June, Metropolitan State University of Denver adopted a new rate for undocumented students -- becoming the first college in Colorado to do so. Metro's new plan sets tuition for undocumented students at $6,716 annually. In-state students at Metro pay $4,304 per year.
The bill is scheduled to be filed Tuesday morning and, shortly thereafter, supporters will hold a noon rally and press conference on the west steps of the Capitol. Among the sponsors are Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver, and Rep. Crisanta Duran, D-Denver, both of whom are scheduled to appear at the event.
"What we're looking at is a simpler, more equitable approach to tuition," Johnston said.
Lynea Hansen, spokeswoman for Colorado ASSET, which stands for Advancing Students for a Stronger Economy Tomorrow, said the goal of is for all qualified high school graduates to be able to afford college.
"We are continuing to look for bipartisan support of the bill," she said.
'Kids who we want in this country'
CU's student government leaders have vowed to lobby for legislation that would bring tuition for Colorado's undocumented students closer in line with in-state rates.
Last year, CU's Board of Regents -- in a resolution sponsored by Regent Joe Neguse, D-Boulder -- narrowly signaled support for the previous version of the ASSET legislation, which would have created a third tier of tuition for undocumented students.
At the time, Regent Tillie Bishop, R-Grand Junction, gave the Democrats on the Board of Regents the swing vote they needed to pass the measure. Bishop has since been replaced by Regent Glen Gallegos, also a Grand Junction Republican.
Gallegos in an interview Monday said he's interested in seeing the language of the bill because he wants to make sure those students would be able to get jobs upon graduation.
"If it were worded to where it requires there to be a step toward legalized citizenship, I wouldn't have any trouble supporting it," he said.
Gallegos is a former school teacher, principal and administrator and said that the students who would qualify for in-state tuition are deserving.
"Those are great kids and they've proven themselves," he said. "Those are kids who we want in this country."
CU system spokesman Ken McConnellogue said it's likely legislators will ask CU what its stance is on the proposed measure.
"I think when you have legislation that affects colleges, we get asked our opinion," McConnellogue said. "We haven't seen the bill yet. Before we decide if it's something we want to weigh in on, we'd have to have a conversation with the Board of Regents."
Marco Arredondo, legislative affairs director for the CU student government, said student leaders will lobby for the bill and possibly testify at hearings in favor of the legislation.
He said the proposed measure fits into the student leaders' aim of "making education affordable and accessible to everyone."
"There are students we went to high school with and our friends who would benefit from this legislation," Arredondo said.
Sen. Johnston said he expected even more bipartisan support from Republicans this year.
But that wasn't the sentiment from House Minority Leader Mark Waller, R-Colorado Springs, who said Republicans favored "comprehensive immigration reform" over legislation like this.
"They (illegal immigrants) can't get a job," Waller said. "I think it gives false hope. It's just another attempt for Democrats to make government all things for all people."
The Denver Post contributed to this report.
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|China's surveillance ship "Haijian 15" arrives at waters around the Diaoyu Islands, Sept. 14, 2012. Two Chinese surveillance ship fleets have arrived at waters around the Diaoyu Islands and its affiliated islets Friday morning and started patrol and law enforcement there. It is the first time for Chinese surveillance ships to patrol there after the Chinese government announced on Monday the base points and baselines of the territorial waters of the Diaoyu Islands and their affiliated islets, as well as the names and coordinates of 17 base points. These law enforcement and patrol activities are aimed to demonstrate China's jurisdiction over the Diaoyu Islands and its affiliated islets and ensure the country's maritime interests, according to a government statement. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong)
LIANYUNGANG, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- China will promote the use of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to strengthen the nation's marine surveillance, the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said on Sunday.
The SOA verified and accepted a pilot program of using drones to undertake remote-sensing marine surveillance in Lianyungang, a costal city in eastern Jiangsu Province on Sunday.
With the experience learned from the pilot program, the SOA would try to form a managerial system and technical regulations in a bid to set up UAV surveillance and monitoring bases in provinces along China's coastline by 2015, Yu Qingsong, a division chief of the administration said.
In addition, the SOA would step up efforts to enhance its surveillance of the islands and islets including the Diaoyu Islands and Huangyan Island.
According to the SOA, the use of pilotless aircraft in remote-sensing marine surveillance is relatively flexible, low-cost and efficient, compared with the performance of satellite remote sensing,aerial remote sensing and field monitoring.
[Photo] Chinese surveillance ships patrol around Diaoyu Islands
China to deploy drones for marine surveillance
BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- An official said on Wednesday that drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are to be deployed along China's coastline to undertake remote-sensing marine surveillance.
The project also includes the construction of 11 UAV bases run by provincial maritime authorities, according to Yu Qingsong, a division chief of the State Oceanic Administration. Full story
Chinese surveillance ships continue patrol around Diaoyu Islands
BEIJING, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese marine surveillance ships continued patrol and law enforcement activities around the Diaoyu Islands on Tuesday, the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said.
During the patrol, the Chinese surveillance ships (10 in total) encountered interception from the Japanese side. Japan sent six vessels and three planes (a fixed-wing plane, a helicopter and an anti-submarine reconnaissance aircraft) to the area, according to the SOA. Full story
China's maritime surveillance agency to gain more ships
BEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- China will equip one of its major maritime law enforcement bodies with more vessels to protect its national interests, the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said Friday.
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“The scientific record demonstrates that the cost of discontinuing the pursuit of potentially life-saving medications, because such compounds could be illegally diverted and abused, would be unacceptably high.”
You might expect that the quote above came from MPP or some other medical marijuana activists in response to critics who oppose medical marijuana laws. You’d be wrong. It’s actually from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the same agency that recently forced the National Cancer Institute to change its story after posting information on its website about marijuana’s efficacy in the treatment of cancer and chemotherapy side effects.
So what’s with the quote? You’ve probably heard of synthetic marijuana – K2 or “Spice” – which many people use instead of marijuana because (a) it’s legal (at least under federal law and in some states) and (b) it’s not going to get them fired if their employer drug tests. The chemicals are sprayed onto herbs which users smoke with the hopes of achieving a marijuana-like high. Unfortunately, while the chemicals are intended to mimic those in marijuana, they are actually much more dangerous and have led to numerous hospitalizations for rapid heart rate and blood pressure increases, anxiety, and hallucinations.
So where did the drug come from? Former Clemson University scientist John Huffman and his students discovered the compounds after obtaining a research grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). With a grant of just over $2.5 million dollars, Huffman and his students and colleagues spent a decade developing over 500 synthetic cannabinoids. NIDA had originally asked him to synthesize the human metabolite of THC, but later modified their request to ask Huffman to focus on potential medical applications and THC’s effect on the brain.
Now that the DEA has placed an emergency ban on several of the chemicals used to make it, NIDA is defending itself from accusations that it’s responsible for the scourge. When ABC News asked NIDA officials to comment on an upcoming story, they gave the quote above and pointed out that “[r]esearch into cannabinoids has the potential to usher in the next generation of pain medications as well as possible treatments for obesity and multiple sclerosis.”
Of course, I don’t point all this out to belittle NIDA’s comments – it’s true that this research is incredibly important. But given their position, you’ve got to wonder why NIDA officials have been working so hard to stifle research of real marijuana for so long.
As for the popularity of the more dangerous fake marijuana, that’s prohibition for you. If people had a legal, regulated way to obtain real marijuana without fear of repercussions, there wouldn’t be a need to create more dangerous fake alternatives. As Dr. Huffman himself says, “I talked to a marijuana provider from California, a doctor, a physician, and he said that in California, that these things are not near the problem they are in the rest of the country simply because they can get marijuana … and it’s essentially decriminalized. And marijuana is not nearly as dangerous as these compounds.” | <urn:uuid:da00c43f-b4ec-4f37-84c6-ae0de351e652> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.mpp.org/tag/huffman/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00014-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962401 | 659 | 2.09375 | 2 |
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At the DisplaySearch TV ecosystem conference today, Panasonic, Sony, and others talked about bringing 3D home: Sony and Panasonic both laid out of their plans to make 3D a much bigger part of the TV experience.
Panasonic's Eisuke Tsuyuzaki described how digital 3D content can be created from computer graphics or from live action with twin cameras. Currently, he said, there are 10 to 15 3D movies released each year. These movies are getting most of their revenues from 3D screens, even though most screens are 2D.
How can you get 3D at home? For now, he said, Panasonic is focused on the active lens system, and the whole process for capturing 3D images and moving them to 3D-ready Blu-ray players, then from there, over HDMI to 3D-ready TVs. He also spoke of current 3D viewing methods: paper glasses (anaglyph), which have poor quality, and polarized passive glasses, which show two images squeezed together with half resolution and lower brightness.
The better alternative, he said, is full HD/ frame sequential technology, which shows two image views in frame sequence managed by active shutters. He said Panasonic has been offering this since 2008, with full high-definition offering 1080p with 60Hz /eye.
Also possible are auto-stereoscopic images, which don't require glasses. This method uses a special lens on the 3D TV, but creating the content would require multiple cameras (at least nine), and the technology won't be available until at least 2015.
For now, he said, Panasonic is focused on the active lens system, and the whole process for capturing 3D image, and then moving them to 3D-ready Blu-ray players over HDMI to a 3D-ready TV. Tsuyuzak said that HDMI version 1.4 enables HD, and that the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has a 3D task force, which yesterday announced that it was focusing on a standard for full HD (1090 24p x2) 3D, with one disk that can playback 3D on 3D sets and 2D on 2D sets. And he said Panasonic was working on a new codec for 3D as part of the HD AVC compression standard. The company is announcing a new 3D microsite.
Brad Hunt of Digital Media Directions noted that 3D movies are popular, and more 3D movies are coming later this year--a 3D version of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 and Jim Cameron's Avatar. He said the studios want to bring 3D movies to the home, as there aren't very many 3D digital cinemas. SkyTV has announced plans for a 3D service over satellite in Europe for next year; and in the U.S., CableLabs has issued a request for proposals. Hunt remarked that Samsung introduced a 3D rear-projection unit in 2007, and followed by Plasma displays a year later.
Hunt says there are two paths to 3D: The first is to use existing legacy set top boxes and TVs, The image isn't full resolution, but Hunt said it was getting better and actually looks surprisingly good. In the future, though, he said, people will want full-resolution displays.
Pete Lude of Sony Electronics noted that 3D has actually been around for a long time, but has been much more popular recently with better technology, ushered in with Chicken Run, but that the content is not just animated films and sci-fi movies, but also concerts and sports. He also talked about how creating a 3D movie was actually a lot more complicated than just capturing two images, because the images have to be adjusted to display properly in different environments.
Lude mentioned the groups involved in creating 3D standards, including the 3D@Home Consortium, and said he hoped they could all work together. He also spoke of ways to bring 3D images to the home, and of how the 3D@Home Consortium has cataloged 32 different permutations of delivering this technology: Projections now say 10 to 15 percent of TVs will be 3D-enabled, but the real question is the definition of the term.
Lude also talked about how many consumers say 3D sports would be a big driver in convincing people to buy 3D TVs, and said that there were a lot of sports live broadcast plans in the work. He also said there are more than 40 3D movies in production, and that there is actually a surprising catalog of back titles (such as Kiss Me Kate), and the possibility of converting 2D content to 3D. And Sony yesterday announced a big plan for introducing lots of 3D ready TVs, again using the active glasses technology.
Finally, Jeff Park of the HDMI consortium discussed the HDMI 1.4 standard, which was announced in June. It has support for 3D and for 4K2K displays, as well as a HDMI Ethernet connection, a better color space, and so on. This standard has support for many different 3D methods up to 1080p; with the display devices having to support mandatory formats for 24Hz 1080p for film based content and 50 or 60Hz 720p for gaming based content. HDMI has not yet defined any broadcast standard, with Park saying there wasn't yet enough of a standard developed. | <urn:uuid:cc8b0027-d0ae-4845-818b-6dbcc127ca79> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://forwardthinking.pcmag.com/none/282793-sony-panasonic-have-big-plans-for-3d-tvs | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00010-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967113 | 1,109 | 1.554688 | 2 |
It is noon on August 15th, 1998, and on Lower Market Street, the lives of Lizzy, Mari and Conor are about to change forever.
Minute After Midday is a haunting production, reliving the memories of three very different people as the Omagh bombings brought their lives crashing together.
Originally created as a radio play, Ross Duggan’s script translates to the stage in the form of a series of emotional monologues. It is the fictionalized account of events that day, as told from a young girl, who survived the blast, a woman that lost her husband, and a young man responsible for planting the bomb.
Lizzy is an innocent young girl, with little more on her mind that day than a denim jacket in a shop window that she dreams of getting from her birthday. Mari tells the story of her life with her husband; from the night they met to the last time she saw him. Conor is portrayed without real prejudice against him. He is not shown as a monster, yet he is in no way pitied. It is for the audience to decide their verdict of him.
Despite being based on true horrifying events, Minute After Midday doesn’t dwell on the political reasoning behind it, courts or media coverage. It instead concentrates on how the Omagh bombings affected the family and friends of those killed, and the heartbreaking aftermath that they had to live with.
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Make your own earrings!
Anything that looks pretty
"The fun thing about jewelry is that you can make it out of anything you like the look of," says Sandy.
One day she found some copper wire in the basement that was being built. She says, "I had to have it! Everyone else thought it was garbage, but I knew it would be a perfect material to make jewelry out of!"
Today, Sandy is into making things out of copper wire, because she says, "I've got an unlimited supply from my dad." She has a tool that twirls the wire, and makes it look very nice.
Make a wire coil chain or a bead and wire chain.
I bought some cool beads at a store named Artful Beads, owned by a lady named Susan. Susan told me how to use a headpin, a piece of wire with a stopper at the end, when making earrings.
You string your beads on the headpin, and the stopper stops the beads from falling off the wire.
- A hemp necklace
- Hemp necklace with beads
- Macaroni bead necklace
- Edible candy necklace
- Simple elastic bracelet
(left to right) Sarah, Molly, Devon, and Casey work on jewelry together.
If you enjoyed hearing about jewelry, and want to make some yourself, use the websites I've provided in this story, or search the Web for commercial sites.
You can also learn about jewelry from books. Two books I liked about jewelry making were "Handmade Jewelry," by Carol Grape and "Friendship Bracelets," by Laura Torres.
Jewelry making is fun and easy. It is a great way to express yourself, and almost anyone can do it!
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Okay, maybe that is a silly title, but it got your attention. You see, just before Thanksgiving, I received an early Christmas present in the mail — an intriguing copy of The Saint Who Would be Santa Claus by Adam C. English of Campbell University.
English does a masterful job of weaving together the stories that make up the life of St. Nicholas of Myra. His goal is to separate what we know about the lives of St. Nicholas of Myra and St. Nicholas of Symeon, two very separate early Christians who over the years have been joined into a legendary third St. Nicholas, the saint who ultimately became known as the source for our modern, Coca-Cola created jolly old elf known as Santa Claus.
While this is where his journey begins, English quickly turns to the primary sources, untangling the lives and the legends of the two saints. He masterfully reassembles them within the context of place and time, and in the process writes a fascinating tale of the early Christianity of the great Persecutions and the Christianity that just preceded and was contemporary with the apparent conversion of the Emperor Constantine and the Council of Nicaea.
Some readers and some scholars might be uncomfortable with English’s story telling style, but I could not help but be drawn in the possibility of the tale he tells, particularly his imaginative placing of Nicholas at the first Council of Nicaea (despite the fact that the evidence of his actual participation is far from clear):
Nicholas broke open his letter, prepared for anything. To his surprise it was a request that all bishops assemble at the emperor’s personal residence in Nicaea in order to convene a council. … Nicholas might have looked at the piles of brick and stone of his new church and sighed. Everything would have to wait In May of 325, he obeyed the emperor’s summons, packed his bags, and headed north toward the small town of Nicaea, present day Iznik, Turkey, more than 400 miles away. (pg. 97)
We have the letter summoning the bishops to Nicaea We do not have the personal copy summoning Nicholas to join that meeting. But frankly, I do not care that English stretches the evidence in that way. For in this moment, and throughout the book, he invites me to stand with the saints that came before and to try for just a moment to feel the excitement and the risk and the calling that must have been true for those who struggled to protect and grow the fledgling faith that I now share with them. It is a feeling that we all need to remember, as we ourselves live in a time when the church is battered and assaulted from both the inside and the outside.
The remainder of the book is devoted to an account of the ways in which Nicholas was venerated by later generations and his general importance as a saint of the faith. In the end, this is a book that is less about Nicholas of Myra and Santa Claus than it is a book about the world into which he was born and in which he lived the life that caused us to remember him. And for someone like me who has lived a faith life in traditions that do not encourage the veneration of saints, this wonderful book nudged me to open my mind and understand the importance of stories such as this and other Hagiographa in the communication of our faith. After all, what is more Baptist than to testify? | <urn:uuid:55301e10-0c36-4fff-bc04-3e5b2b47fc9f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.singingthejourney.com/?p=1131 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00004-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977161 | 695 | 2.15625 | 2 |
Why has God created us? The Almighty Lord does not need anyone; he does not need the angels, the heaven, or the earth. Are there any written words in the Bible that tell the reason?
There are two ways to look at this, and there are arguments to both, so there isn't a correct answer that can be proven as it depends on how you want to interpret Scripture, since we are trying to understand God's motivation for creation, which is similar to an ant trying to understand our motivation for doing something.
You may want to read through this article, as I think this author did a fantastic job of explaining some of the relatively early church fathers thoughts on this, with references.
Since this paper does such a fantastic job, I will show three sections that may help to at least show the two sides, but start with the fact that God is necessary, and perfect, so he doesn't have to create in order to be perfect.
Augustine had one side, which was that God could not fail to create, but Thomas Aquinas took the other side that God had the freedom to create or not create, so the freedom of indifference.
If God chose not to create, would that make him any less that He is?
If God is perfect, why does He need our worship/love/adoration (whatever He gets from us)?
Regardless of God's reason for creating us, the end result is that we exist because of God's Love and Greatness.
But, I do enjoy the simplicity that was in this blog: http://michellewui.blog.co.uk/2011/03/23/the-reason-that-god-created-man-10877315/
In Ezekial 18:4 we have:
God created us so we can have an eternal relationship with him, though, as seen in Genesis, with the Trinity already existing, God was not alone, so He didn't do it because He was lonely, but the idea that we were created to be able to know Him and by knowing Him deeply we can spend all of eternity with him is a fantastic idea.
Her simplicity is very nice, and since the OT asked about Bible verses I thought this would at least meet that requirement.
The answer is along the lines of "because it pleased him." God is creative -- that's reason enough to create, even for us humans!
There's an answer on GotQuestions.org that's more elaborate and includes some relevant Bible passages, too.
For the interested reader, I dug out my trusty copy of Scriptural References for the Baltimore Catechism. For Lesson 1 (The Purpose of Man's Existence), Question 3 (Why did God make us? Answer: God made us to show forth His goodness and to share with us His everlasting happiness in heaven.), the references are:
a. Ecclesiasticus 17:1-10 After a description of God's creation of man the author states that God "set His eyes upon their hearts to show them the greatness of His works."
b. Matthew 25:34-35 The just are called to posses the kingdom prepared for them
c. 1 Corinthians 8:8-12 St. Paul points out that after this life we shall see God "face to face".
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As part of the TopMBA.com Applicant Survey, MBA candidates nominate the sector they currently work in and the sector they would like to work in after their MBA is complete. In the current survey, global figures show that while 5% of candidates come from a technology background, around 25% nominate technology as one of the sectors they would like to work in on leaving business school.
The TopMBA.com Applicant Survey 2011 is the largest of its kind in the world, canvassing the opinions of visitors to QS’ MBA applicant focused events, with the current report featuring the responses of over 4,500 MBA applicants.
However, the statistics are not as clear as they might seem.
Tony Somers, director of the career management service at French business school HEC Paris, explains that there could be an issue in the definition of MBA career sectors: “One of the problems is that career services in business schools use a worldwide standard, provided by the Career Services Council, which makes results comparable between business schools.
“The sector ‘computer technology’ gives us a problem with companies such as Amazon and Google, which are extremely high employers of our students. They aren’t strictly ‘technology’ companies, but we have had to include them in that section.”
Mary Granger, associate director of admissions and career services at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Spain agrees that there is an issue with the definition of MBA career sectors, and that grouping some careers under one name may not be appropriate for all.
“I see people with a communications background looking for careers in online marketing, and that is then often categorized as ‘technology’. Companies such as Google and Amazon have made [MBA careers categorized as technology] more attractive to mainstream, non-techie students.”
For Granger though, there is an additional issue. Not all technology experts, regardless of their desire to transfer to well-paid finance or consulting jobs, are equipped to make such a leap. As a result, many have decided to remain within, or closer to, their field of expertise.
“The tech guys who wanted to get into finance, which they felt was a good fit for their quantitative skills, have found this transition to be particularly challenging, hence they are trying now to use synergies with previous experience.”
What is clear is that business schools are seeing a major leap in numbers of MBA candidates who are interested in new-tech companies which are dependent only in part on technology experts, companies such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft's MSN and Bing.
With Internet companies, or companies that increasingly rely on the web, it’s rarely necessary for employees to possess an in-depth knowledge of computer coding, especially at management level. Instead, an understanding of the fast evolving business processes and an ability to bring traditional business practices into the hugely competitive sector is important.
MBAs, as business leaders, are in a great position to optimize that with their knowledge of strategy, operations, finance and other MBA specializations.
Nick Barniville, director of MBA programs at the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) in Berlin, Germany expands on this: “As a tech-oriented school, our focus is on how MBAs can use technology to create long-term competitive advantage.
“This means how firms manage their existing technologies, how to scan the market for opportunity for new technologies, how to capture value from innovation through [intellectual property], how to bring new technologies to the market. This approach to technology means that we get a huge interest in tech-oriented companies from candidates who are interested in careers in strategy, business development and consulting rather than people interested in hard-core technology jobs.”
Tony Somers at HEC Paris takes a slightly different tack, suggesting that, in fact, MBA candidates don’t target specific industries but rather look for a function, that could be transferable between companies or industries: “25% [of MBA students] coming from tech backgrounds say, ‘OK I want to get into strategy or consulting’ as a function, and then consider which companies to work for.
“Very few begin an MBA program and say, ‘I want a career at Google’. They will say ‘I want a strategy function in [fast moving consumer goods]. The focus tends to be initially in function rather than sector.”
With the massive boom in interest in modern companies, who require a strong technological understanding but also management at the highest level, it seems clear that the interest in what we call ‘technology’ will continue to increase for the foreseeable future. | <urn:uuid:ba3122dc-f772-4334-b4e6-aecd92e7d519> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.topmba.com/articles/news-and-features/heightening-mba-interest-in-technology-careers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00024-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960761 | 960 | 1.648438 | 2 |
As the green movement spreads, more and more innovative resources are arising for locavores and organic lovers alike. With a little creativity and a willingness to look beyond the traditional grocery store, those farm fresh strawberries will find their way straight from the fields to your palette.
Do you live in or near a rural area? If so, many farms stockpile stands by the side of the road with surplus produce. The prices are reasonable, and you’ll have your pick of in-season fruit and veggies. For city dwellers, more permanent stands are often hidden throughout the metro area. These are small operations, so your best bet is to get there around mid-morning when the shelves are fully stocked. Keep cash or a checkbook on hand in case they don’t take credit cards.
Seasonal farmers’ markets draw farmers from around the region to sell gorgeous, nutrient-rich produce at competitive prices. They run anywhere from once to several times a week, dependent on the size of the city and the season. Try visiting towards the end of the day when some farmers start offering leftover produce at discounted rates. If you’re lucky enough to live next to a major supplier of a certain type of food, don’t hesitate to go right to the source. For Pacific Northwesters, seek out terminals where fishermen dock and start bargaining away!
To find these often hidden resources, both word of mouth and a stroll around the neighborhood are the best ways to go. For a more comprehensive look, enter your zip code into this Eat Well Guide and find farms and markets nearest to you. Soon you’ll be experiencing food the way it’s really meant to taste. So map out your resources and get to gathering! | <urn:uuid:0ef114ae-71dd-4d0c-acdb-fe1df96fe370> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.thenaturalstore.com/2011/08/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00040-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940046 | 355 | 2 | 2 |
LARGO — For years, city leaders have been talking about razing the old community center. And with the new $10.5 million Community Center up and running, they were poised to okay its demolition.
But last week, city commissioners had second thoughts.
Over the years, the city purchased properties downtown and demolished rundown buildings with plans to market chunks of land to a developer someday. The city also relocated the center, hoping one day to redevelop the area where the old center now sits.
Now, with barren city-owned land on the north side of West Bay Drive and a row of empty storefronts on the south side, Vice Mayor Robert Murray wonders whether razing yet another building might hurt downtown businesses.
"As we continually make barren areas, we kind of make it a ghost town," Murray said at last week's commission meeting.
He and other city leaders, with urging from former Mayor Bob Jackson, entertained the possibility of preserving the center at 65 Fourth St. NW and using it to store the city's computer servers.
The servers are now on the second floor of City Hall, where they're vulnerable to storm damage. And city leaders are talking about building a new data center, with construction costs estimated at $1.5 million to $2 million.
Commissioners asked city staffers to find out whether the old center could be renovated to house the servers and, if so, what it might cost to do so. The research may take several weeks to complete, said Glenn Harwood, city facilities manager.
Assistant City Manager Henry Schubert told city leaders the old center may not be able to weather a major storm because of its design and construction.
"We had an engineering firm evaluate that building several years ago, and they advised us not to use the building during a storm because of its structural condition," Schubert said.
The interior is in pretty poor shape, he said. The city stripped the building of most of its equipment in preparation for razing it. And children drew pictures and signed their names on the walls, thinking the center would be destroyed.
Commissioners also pondered whether the old center might have historical significance. Not really, according to an assessment by Robert Delack, past president of the Largo Area Historical Society.
The original community center, known by most as the "auditorium," was built in the 1930s, Delack said. Many people had a sentimental attachment to it because it was once "the social heart of Largo," he said. It served as a gymnasium for Largo High School basketball games and was an entertainment hub, hosting dances, rock 'n' roll shows and plays.
But most of the historic part of the building was destroyed in a fire on Thanksgiving night in 1988.
"A lot of the historical significance of the Community Center was lost when it was burned," Delack said. "Most of the historic building was rebuilt and replaced."
Commissioners Curtis Holmes and Mary Gray Black were adamantly opposed to razing the center. Black, who toured the center Wednesday with Commissioner Woody Brown, said she "expected to see something disastrous" inside, but that wasn't the case.
Brown, who owns a chiropractic business on West Bay, said the issue needs to be seriously explored, but he doesn't support spending a lot of money on a study to find out.
If reusing the building is impractical, Brown said, "I think knocking it down would be much more beneficial than letting it sit there and deteriorate."
Meanwhile, Commissioner Gigi Arntzen cautiously approached the idea of moving the computer servers there.
"I would have a huge reservation about moving any of our equipment, technology, without a complete analysis of that building," Arntzen said.
Some shop owners on West Bay Drive said the old center has little impact on their business now that the Community Center has been relocated. But a couple of downtown business owners said they're not eager to see more empty lots.
"We don't need one more abandoned building," said Michael Brandt, owner of Gulf Coast Po' Boys.
Lorri Helfand can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org or (727) 445-4155. | <urn:uuid:835d8b4b-8161-4380-9c30-e99b34ad3e05> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/demolition-on-hold-for-largos-old-community-center/1155315 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00057-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974293 | 869 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Type of Culminating Activity
Master of Science in Computer Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sin Ming Loo, Ph.D.
Embedded Systems can be found in devices that people use every day. In the pursuit of faster and smarter devices, more powerful processing units are needed in these embedded systems. A key component of powerful processing units is the supporting software. While the raw processing power of microcontroller has been continually advancing, the improvements in the supporting software for medium scale embedded systems have been lacking. This thesis focuses on improving the software on medium scale systems by discussing the practical application of non-blocking coding techniques. The basic concept of how non-blocking code improves the performance of a system is relatively easy to understand. However, non-blocking code is considerably more challenging to implement in practice. This thesis shows that, by utilizing some commonly known coding techniques and practices together in a systematic manner, it is possible to obtain practical non-blocking software on medium scale embedded systems. It was found that under certain conditions more than 20% of the total processor time can be saved by converting a blocking I2C driver to non-blocking. The freed processing time improved the performance of the network tasks by increasing the throughput from 68% to 100%.
Klein, Derek Caleb, "Non-Blocking Hardware Coding for Embedded Systems" (2011). Boise State University Theses and Dissertations. Paper 183. | <urn:uuid:9e9e1d4c-33f3-4c51-a96a-4c93ae67a477> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/td/183/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00047-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908818 | 288 | 2.5 | 2 |
Summer heat and a caution about fluidsJuly 9th, 2010 by gelenberg Leave a reply »
More thoughts triggered by summer’s heat. Hydration is good—usually. A couple of exceptions, however, apply to folks with chronic mental illness.
Occasional people who have chronic psychosis drink enough water to drop their serum sodium and risk seizures, coma, and death. Most likely, the mental illness itself somehow manages to impair the usual feedback loop that turns down antidiuretic hormone and maintains proper fluid balance. Antipsychotics also may contribute. The resulting syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) often is diagnosed following a seizure and usually requires assessment of medications and restriction of fluid intake.
More common in people with mental illness is consumption of calorie-laden beverages, with resultant weight gain and sometimes dental caries and gum disease. As I wrote in another recent blog, encourage the chronically ill to stay well hydrated—especially in hot weather. But the best fluid is plain water, sometimes made more appealing with a slice of fruit or cucumber. Sugared beverages should be discouraged, as they can lead to weight gain and its many long-term consequences, like diabetes mellitus. Diet soft drinks have been found to spur increased desire for sweets, thus paradoxically leading to weight gain. Water and seltzer are far better for
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The great Temple of Hera (Heraion) had its origins in the 8th century BC, when it was the first Greek temple to be surrounded by a peristyle of columns; its 7th-century successor was also innovatory in that it was the first temple to have a double row of columns across the front. These were both surpassed by the temple begun around 570 BC by Rhoecus and Theodorus, who built a colossal structure measuring some 45 m by 80 m, the earliest in the new Ionic order. It was supported by at least 100 columns, whose moulded bases were turned on a lathe designed by Theodorus. Thirty years later this temple was destroyed in a Persian raid and a replacement was planned on an even vaster scale, but it was never to be completed. The complex around the Heraion includes altars, smaller temples, stoas, and statue bases, all located inside the sanctuary, along with the remains of a 5th-century Christian basilica. The temple is fundamental to an understanding of classical architecture. The stylistic and structural innovations in each of its successive phases strongly influenced the design of temples and public buildings throughout the Greek world. | <urn:uuid:b76b0bb8-12f4-4a14-a665-3902baeec599> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?ID=69551 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00025-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.988278 | 242 | 4.09375 | 4 |
Stumbling through any amount of commercials can be entertaining and also very revealing. Many times entertainment takes precedent over information. Actually more times than not things are done to get your attention in the hopes that you will provide some attention/dollars to their product.
I have harped on insurance discounts for a while, bottom line is any list of discounts you can provide does not out do your characteristics. Your credit score, education, residence and marital status mean way more than all the discounts. But talking about this, the facts, is not appealing so we disguise it with discounts. Same thing with food.
Everyone is different, my household prefers the produce from farm markets and local markets to big chain stores. Having tried both the local is just better and the cost is comparable. This is true with meat as well. Local, grass fed meats are just better.
So what does this have to do with insurance?
Watch restaurant advertising; none of the dishes you see on T.V. or in print ever look like what you get? Does getting a portion big enough for two people add value or take away? If you can get three courses for $9.99 don’t you ever wonder what exactly are they serving you?
Look for VALUE not “deals”
Value means you are paying a sum of money that you feel is fair for what you get in return. If you spend a little more than average but the chef is better, the atmosphere is better and the meal is memorable that is value. If your insurance agent actually has ideas and a plan and is not just taking your info, putting it into a computer and then spitting out a “quote” that is value.
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By Robert Simonson
06 Mar 2012
Together, the Sherman brothers composed such infectious, good-natured anthems as "A Spoonful of Sugar," "Let's Go Fly a Kite," "Step in Time," "Toots Sweet" and "Me Ol' Bamboo." The duo were particularly adept at nonsense lyrics. "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" was a family's peppy anthem to an unusual car. "Chim Chim Cher-ee" was a chimney sweep's ode to good luck. And, though the sound of it was "something quite atrocious," thanks to the frères Sherman, everyone the world over knows how to say "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."
The Sherman brothers' chipper optimism suited their chief client, Disney, just fine. They, in fact, worked directly for Walt Disney himself until he died in 1966. For the movie studio, they wrote the scores of the animated films "The Jungle Book," "The Artistocats," "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh," "Bedknobs and Broomsticks," as well as the Disney theme park theme song "It's a Small World (After All)," which was originally written for the 1964 World's Fair.
They also penned the scores for such non-Disney animated fare as "Charlotte's Web" and "Snoopy Come Home." If you don't know at least a half dozen Sherman songs by heart, there's a very good chance that you were never a child.
Their only previous Broadway experience had been the Tony Award-nominated 1974 World War II-set work Over Here!, which ran for a year. It was a follow-up to the Sherman brothers' earlier WWII musical Victory Canteen, a success Off-Broadway. Busker Alley, another Sherman brothers musical, failed to make it to New York, stalling in Florida in 1995 when star Tommy Tune broke his foot.
Though their work is often associated with English life—thanks to Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty—the Shermans were the sons of New York City-dwelling Russian-Jewish immigrants. Robert Bernard Sherman was born on Dec. 19, 1925. His father, Al Sherman, was a well-known Tin Pan Alley songwriter. (His very Sherman-like titles included "Nine Little Miles From Ten-Ten-Tennessee" and "(What Do We Do on a) Dew Dew Dewey Day." Family lore has Al paying for Robert's delivery with a royalty check. Brother Richard was born in 1928.
Mr. Sherman entered World War II at an early age, 17. On April 12, 1945, he was shot in the knee, forcing him to walk with a cane for the rest of his life. During his recuperation in England, he became interested in British culture, something that would come in handy later in his career.
In the late 1950s, the Sherman brothers began plying their father's trade, acting on a challenge from their father. They scored pop hits with "You're Sixteen," sung by Johnny Burnette, and "Tall Paul," sung by Annette Funicello. The latter attracted the attention of Walt Disney, who eventually hired the duo as staff songwriters for Disney Studios.
The brothers won two Academy Awards for "Mary Poppins," and were nominated seven more times. They also had four Grammy Award nominations (winning twice) and 23 gold and platinum albums.
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§ 2. Mr. MALCOLM
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any official information that the Norwegian Government has offered to receive British invalid prisoners of War; and, if so, what reply has been sent to the invitation?
§ Mr. JAMES HOPE (Treasurer of the Household)
The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative, and the second part does not, therefore, arise.
§ 4. Sir EDWIN CORNWALL
asked what is the latest information in the possession of the Government with regard to the treatment of the British prisoners of war in Germany; and whether any further communication has been received from the International Bed Cross Committee since the reply of the British Government to this Committee of 11th August last?
§ 5. Sir E. CORNWALL
asked whether the Government have received any information as to the treatment in Germany of British aviators who may have been captured; and whether any special measures have been taken with respect to any of them?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. Forster)
The Government have no special information, but it is believed that officers of the Royal Flying Corps are usually well-treated.
§ 6. Mr. MALCOLM
asked whether an agreement has been reached between the French and German Governments whereby sentences of death and other grave penalties passed on prisoners of war will be delayed until the end of the War and whereby French prisoners condemned to work in Russia will be returned to Germany, and whether negotiations to the same effect have been concluded between the British and German Governments?
§ Mr. HOPE
The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part, His Majesty's Government have reason to believe that French prisoners of war formerly in Russian territory have been sent back to Germany. As regards the third part of the question, the Foreign Office is in communication with the Army Council as to the advisability of negotiating similar arrangements with the German Government.
§ 7. Mr. MALCOLM
asked what has been the result of the British protest made through the United States Ambassador on 7th June as to illegitimate deduction from moneys sent to British prisoners of war in Germany; and whether this practice has been discontinued?
§ Mr. HOPE
The United States Embassy has recently informed us that remittances by money order to British prisoners of war in Germany will now be paid in full, and that the balance due on previous remittances will be credited retrospectively to the prisoners. The German Government assert that remittances other than those by money order have always been paid in full.
§ 9. Mr. MALCOLM
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can announce any new arrangement whereby benevolent societies and individuals in Great Britain have been co-ordinated with the view of securing the better regulation of the dispatch of food and clothing to prisoners of war in Germany?
§ Mr. FORSTER
A communique appeared in the Press on the 15th ult. stating that, in order to co-ordinate the various efforts being made by associations and individuals in connection with the dispatch of comforts to British prisoners of war, the "Joint War Committee of the British 345 Red Gross" and the "Order of St. John" had been invited by the War Office and Foreign Office to take over all questions relating to the welfare of all British prisoners (combatant and civilian), including those interned in neutral countries. This work will be carried on by a Special Committee which will be presided over by the Eight Hon. Sir Starr Jameson, Bart., C.B., and will include members nominated by the Joint Committee of the Red Cross and Order of St. John, representatives of Prisoners of War Help Committee, and a representative of the Indian Soldiers' Fund. This committee is now arranging preliminaries, and a further announcement will shortly be made as to the date from which the Committee will start operations.
§ 72. Mr. ROWLANDS
asked whether the Royal Defence Corps guarding the prisoners of the war camp at Frith Hill are under canvas; and are other arrangements soon to be made for their accommodation?
§ Mr FORSTER
The answer to the first part of question is in the affirmative. The camp at Frith Hill will be closed shortly, and prisoners will be removed to a hutted camp.
§ 24. Mr. MALCOLM
asked the Secretary of State for War how many German prisoner camps there are in Great Britain and Ireland, including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, and how many British prisoner camps there are in Germany; can he say how many British-born ministers of religion are serving our prisoners in Germany, and how many German-born ministers are available for German prisoners in this country; and whether any negotiations are concluded or are in progress to increase these numbers in both countries?
§ Mr. FORSTER
The answer to the first part of the question is forty-two. This number includes working camps. I cannot say precisely the number of camps for British prisoners of war in Germany, as the number is constantly varying, and no camp is exclusively reserved for British prisoners. The answer to the third part of the question is one, and to the fourth part five, of whom two are interned. A proposal that certain British ministers of religion should be allowed to proceed to Germany to work in the camps was made, but has been definitively refused by the German Government. | <urn:uuid:b3a8e5f6-7925-4996-a321-b46711d1e6f1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1916/oct/17/prisoners-of-war | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711005985/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133005-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969283 | 1,143 | 1.6875 | 2 |
From its beginning as a junction for railroads and highways, Commerce City has always meant business. Today, it's one of the state's fastest-growing cities thanks to its proximity to Denver International Airport, new shopping in Denver's Stapleton area, Dick's Sporting Goods Park (home of the Colorado Rapids Major League Soccer Club) and a revitalizing historic downtown.
Several Colorado towns have benefited from the federal government handing over land to local authorities, and Commerce City is no exception. The city's 15,000-acre Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge is one of the largest urban nature preserves in the country, with wildlife ranging from bison, owls, mule deer and bald eagles. It's also one of the few remaining short-grass prairies in existence. | <urn:uuid:cdc668ee-211d-46ff-93aa-c3df7417d03a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.colorado.com/cities-and-towns/commerce-city | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00024-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941606 | 158 | 1.515625 | 2 |
I need no more
than a boat
and an oar.
Painting: "Warrior Canoe", 30" x 60", by Holly Friesen. Holly's painting was published on the blog: tweetspeak...the best in poetry and poetic things; and the suggestion to the reader is to view the painting and then write a poem in reaction to the experience. I was first introduced to this type of exercise at a writing workshop in Santa Fe, where we viewed paintings at the Georgia O'Keefe Museum, and wrote our spontaneous reactions to a favorite piece. As writers, I firmly adhere to an eclectic approach to craft; we benefit from the experiences we savor in dance, theatre, photography, painting...virtually all the visual arts. In this case, Holly's image led to a spontaneous thought, Zen-like and sparse in tone, but upon close reading of just a few words, other associations presented themselves.
The title, To Cast, may mean throwing out or getting rid of that which is no longer needed, be it mental constructs, or old ideas and ways of being that no longer serve in a nourishing way, leaving you more unfettered and alive. Or casting off to sea in the physical sense of getting away from a harried, complicated life and rowing into new avenues of exploration in the clean sea air, feeling refreshed and open to receiving the next experience that rolls in at your feet. Or accepting what you are given in life, be it clear skies or stormy seas.
On a practical level, the poem distinguishes between wants and needs. In reality we don't need most of the things we want. Our basic needs are just that...basic, and happiness is not accrued by having more "stuff". It's the liberating feeling that comes with spring-cleaning; casting out all the clutter collected over the years and letting go of things that tie you down (feeling moored?). It feels duly good to simplify, to get rid of unwanted stuff and to stop over-scheduling meetings and events, taking the time to bask in the experience of simple moments...akin to gently rocking in your tiny boat on a sea of calm.
Now scroll up and read the poem one more time.
Oh, how endless the metaphors! Please share your thoughts, dear ones.
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Despite the scary race to prevent two meltdowns in Japan, the man who led the Chernobyl response explains how advances in nuclear design and the swift response will prevent any damage along the lines of 1986 Soviet disaster. Plus, Josh Dzieza
talks to a nuclear scientist about how bad the situation could get.
The partial meltdown of Reactor 3 at the Fukushima Daiichi power station is the most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl, but Russian experts say the differences mercifully outweigh the similarities.
Indeed it may be thanks in part to the terrible legacy of the April 1986 disaster that Fukushima's meltdown can be contained. "The accident at Fukushima shows that experts around the world drew some important lessons from what happened at Chernobyl," said nuclear engineer Ilgiz Iskhatov, who was decorated for his role in containing the fallout of the Chernobyl blast. "Now nuclear power-station designs and safety systems are capable of withstanding much more serious accidents [than Chernobyl]."
The meltdown of the Chernobyl reactor blew the unit's casing apart and voided the core to the atmosphere. Fukushima hasn't yet melted through the reactor vessel, thanks to engineers pumping seawater into the cooling systems.
"There is no question of a Chernobyl situation or of anything like the same threat to human health and safety," Rafael Arutyunyan, deputy head of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Nuclear Energy Development Security, told Russian NTV News. "An accident like Chernobyl cannot happen again—this is a reactor of a different generation. Even in the worst-case scenario of a total coolant failure, the radiation released will be hundreds of times less than from Chernobyl."
Just as important, said Iskhatov, the Japanese authorities have "acted quickly and effectively to communicate with the local residents—they don't treat their population like idiots like ours did."
In the immediate aftermath of the Chernobyl blast, Soviet authorities tried to hush up the accident, and the world was alerted to the deadly cloud of nuclear fallout traveling across Northern Europe when radiation alarms went off at the Forsmark nuclear power station in Sweden, more than 1,000 kilometers north of the accident site. Evacuation of the Chernobyl area did not begin until 24 hours after the initial accident, which killed 54 people directly and as many as 4,000 from radiation-related illnesses. In Japan, within hours of the initial alert, Japanese authorities evacuated 200,000 people from the area of Fukushima. Russia has also sent two teams of emergency rescue specialists to Japan and promised extra deliveries of natural gas, though no Russian nuclear experts have been requested or sent.
According to a detailed Soviet report released to the public after the fall of communism, the Chernobyl blast was caused by a sudden, catastrophic spike in temperature at the reactor that caused cooling graphite rods to shatter, which in turn allowed a runaway nuclear reaction that within three seconds produced more than a hundred times the unit's usual heat output. The coolant from burst pipes flashed into steam, blowing a 2,000-ton steel and concrete lid off the reactor core and spreading radiation across the Soviet Union and Europe.
"Chernobyl taught the world of nuclear reactor designers that they have to be ready for the most unforeseen failures, the most extreme situations," said Iskhatov.
Josh Dzieza: How Bad Could It Get?
• Eleanor Clift: Richard Thornburgh’s Advice for Japan
• 10 Worst Nuclear Disasters
• Photos, Videos of the Crisis Mercifully, the accident at Fukushima seems to be far less serious. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Sunday the nuclear crisis in the northeast of the country was "fundamentally different from the Chernobyl accident"—and he seems to be right, unlike the Soviet authorities in 1986 who did everything to downplay and deny the seriousness of Chernobyl. According to initial reports, two separate reactors at Fukushima were put out of action by the earthquake: Reactor 1, which suffered an explosion in the turbine hall causing a small escape of radiation, and Reactor 3, which appears to have partially melted down after a power failure to both its main and backup cooling systems. On Sunday night, Japanese technicians were still trying to bring the two under control; cooling stations at two of three reactors at the neighboring Daini power station had been restored.
"What's happening now is more akin to the reactor accident at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania in 1979 than Chernobyl," blogged Aleksandr Uvarov, editor of the Moscow-based web portal AtomInfo-Center. At Three Mile Island, a coolant failure led to a partial reactor core meltdown—though like in Fukushima, the casing of the Three Mile Island reactor wasn't breached, unlike the catastrophic explosion that blew apart Chernobyl.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano confirmed Sunday to reporters that a partial meltdown in Reactor 3 is "highly possible," and the presence of radioactive cesium in leaked radiation suggests that fuel rods have already melted, according to U.S. nuclear physicist Ken Bergeron. "The containment building at this plant is certainly stronger than that at Chernobyl but a lot less strong than at Three Mile Island, so time will tell," he said.
Fukushima is avoiding total meltdown so far—but pumping in seawater is "an act of desperation," Robert Alvarez of Washington's Institute for Policy Studies told a press conference Saturday. "I would describe this measure as a 'Hail Mary' pass"—a last-ditch attempt to save a desperate situation. Still, had it not been for the lessons learned from Chernobyl, the disaster could have been far worse. "Chernobyl taught the world of nuclear-reactor designers that they have to be ready for the most unforeseen failures, the most extreme situations," said Iskhatov. | <urn:uuid:ca7b4e8c-363a-4c1a-b275-b3f8dc9709fa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/03/13/why-japans-nuclear-meltdown-is-no-chernobyl.print.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00051-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950203 | 1,188 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Exposure to critical incidents, workplace discrimination, lack of cooperation among coworkers and job dissatisfaction correlated significantly with perceived work stress among urban police officers, according to a new study. Work stress was significantly associated with adverse outcomes, including depression and intimate partner abuse.
- Work stress associated with adverse mental and physical health outcomes in police officersThu, 12 Mar 2009, 15:55:02 EDT
- Researchers investigate impact of stress on police officers' physical and mental healthFri, 26 Sep 2008, 10:50:32 EDT
- Differences in how male, female police officers manage stress may accentuate stress on the jobThu, 26 Feb 2009, 11:30:58 EST
- Abused women seek more infant health care, MU study findsTue, 16 Dec 2008, 12:54:12 EST
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Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 28 / Trend /
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group expressed concern over the lack of tangible progress in of the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations, organization's report said on Thursday.
The Co-Chairs Robert Bradtke (United States of America), Igor Popov (Russian Federation), and Jacques Faure (France) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, met on Wednesday with the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian, and on Thursday with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov in New York.
In their separate meetings with the Ministers, the Co-Chairs discussed recent developments in the region and continued to urge the parties to return to the substance of the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations.
The Ministers reiterated their support for a peaceful solution, and their readiness to continue the negotiations.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. - are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
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Permanent revolution is a plan for the overthrow of capitalism throughout the world, as envisioned by Bolshevik leader Leon Trotsky in 1905.
History of permanent revolution
Marxist theory from the days of Karl Marx had stated that the socialist revolution would automatically happen some years after capitalism and the bourgeoisie had triumphed over feudalism. It would happen when the industrial proletariat, organized by the party, overthrows capitalism in advanced industrial states. The revolution, according to this theory, could not happen in undeveloped countries like Russia in 1905 because they had not yet reached the proper stage of development.
Yet the left hoped to start a revolution in Russia -- it almost succeeded in 1905 and did succeed in 1917. Trotsky was there to adjust Marxist theory to real life. He argued for an immediate seizure of power everywhere in order to telescope the bourgeois and socialist revolutions into one seamless sequence. That was "permanent revolution." Trotsky maintained that revolution would spread worldwide after the international proletariat's aid to the Russian workers, who in turn would 'export' the revolution abroad.
Joseph Stalin had an opposing viewpoint. Stalin's thesis on socialism in one country, launched in 1926, brought Trotsky into conflict with the Bolshevik leadership, eager to exploit his real and alleged divergences from Marxism-Leninism. Trotsky broke with Stalin by 1928 and was expelled from Russia. Before he was murdered at Stalin's command in 1940 Trotsky preached "permanent revolution" as a rallying cry for the anti-capitalist far left. His ideas caused considerable disruption in the Communist movement. In China Mao Zedong adapted Trotsky's ideas to his need to base a revolution on he peasantry.
Paleoconservative historians in recent years have alleged that Neoconservatives believe in the Trotskyite Permanent Revolution because most of them came out of the Trotskyite cause in the 1930s. That is false. There are four fundamental flaws in the paleoconservatives' attack: most of the neoconservatives were never Trotskyites; none of them ever subscribed to the right-wing Socialism of Max Shachtman; the assertion that neoconservatives subscribe to 'inverted Trotskyism' is misleading; and neoconservatives advocate democratic globalism, not permanent revolution. Thus very few neoconservatives ever were Trotskyites, and even those discarded permanent revolution when they rejected all forms of Communism.
- James, C.L.R. World Revolution 1917-1936: The Rise and Fall of the Communist International. New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1937.
- King, William F. "Neoconservatives and 'Trotskyism'." American Communist History 2004 3(2): 247-266
- Thatcher, Ian. "Leon Trotsky and 1905" History Review, Sept 2005, Issue 52, pp 21-25, in EBSCO
- Trotsky, Leon. The Age of Permanent Revolution: A Trotsky Anthology ed. by Isaac Deutscher (1965); primary sources
- Van Ree, Erik. "Socialism in One Country: A Reassessment." Studies in East European Thought, June 1998, Vol. 50 Issue 2, p77-117 | <urn:uuid:b5614f3a-50d7-49d7-b93b-d984f0661a22> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://conservapedia.com/Permanent_Revolution | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934793 | 626 | 3.84375 | 4 |
Tag: civil war
The Civil War was a spy’s dream come true. With a porous border between the Union and the Confederacy, and little way to distinguish between friend and foe, spies were everywhere. Both sides used ciphers. Both tapped telegraph wires. Stories of aristocratic schmoozing abound so much that James Bond would be jealous of all the [...]
Researching in original records often provides the researcher with surprises. Usually the surprise takes the form of an unknown letter, a reference to your topic in an unexpected place, or a lead that directs you to a new set of records to mine. Once in a great while, the surprise is something no one could [...]
Posted by Mary on December 21, 2010, under - Civil War, Uncategorized.
Tags: american history, civil war, civil war pensions, civil war widows, moles, National archives and records administration, odd history, pensions, Pieces of History, Prologue magazine, weird photos, weird US history
When you think of Ben Hur, your mind probably goes to Charlton Heston riding a chariot around (and around) an arena in the 1959 classic. But what you should be thinking of is Union General Lewis Wallace’s impressive goatee. Lew not only fought in the Civil War, but authored the novel that is one of [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on December 3, 2010, under - Civil War, Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: Ben Hur, Charleton Heston, civil war, Civil War beards, civil war history, Lew Wallace, National Archives Official Blog, strange facts
The issue of slavery divided the country under Abraham Lincoln’s Presidency. The national argument was simple: either keep slavery or abolish it. But Abraham Lincoln, known as the Great Emancipator, may have also been known as the Great Colonizer when he supported a third direction to the slavery debate: move African Americans somewhere else. Long before [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on December 1, 2010, under - Civil Rights, - Civil War, News and Events.
Tags: abraham lincoln, american history, civil war, discovering the civil war, emancipation and deportation, lincoln on slaves, NARA, national archives, National archives and records administration, National Archives Official Blog, odd history, Pieces of History, prologue blog, Prologue magazine, random history, slavery, strange history, was lincoln racist, weird US history
We may be a litttle short-staffed on this quasi-holiday, but I couldn’t let Facial Hair Friday go by without a nod to some historic beards. Today’s honoree is Gen. Albion P. Howe, veteran of the Mexican War and the Civil War. When a captain in the U.S. Army, Howe served under Col. Robert E. Lee at [...]
Posted by Mary on November 26, 2010, under - Civil War, Facial Hair Fridays, Uncategorized.
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Workshop paves way for ISMS awareness
With a deadline for Integrated Safety Management System implementation among the work force looming, ORNL is participating in a national ISMS workshop sponsored by DOE’s entire “contractor community” in Oak Ridge.
The workshop, titled “Making Integrated Safety Management a Reality,” is being sponsored by LMER, Energy Systems, Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC, BNFL Inc. and Oak Ridge Associated Universities. It’s being held November 9–10 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Knoxville,Tennessee.
Workshop organizers are drawing upon experiences with implementing integrated safety management across all segments of DOE. Sessions will focus on the institutionalization of integrated safety management and the role of workers in effectively implementing integrated safety management on the job.
In fact, Dennie Parzyck, who is leading ISMS implementation at ORNL with CASD’s Marv Poutsma, says attendance by members of the hourly work force is seen as a key to the success of the workshops.
“We want a heavy participation of the hourly workers in this workshop. We feel that’s where the real progress is to be made and where the success of the program really lies,” says Parzyck. “The participation of our hourly folk is key to the Lab’s ongoing success in working safely together.”
The national labs, including ORNL, must demonstrate that knowledge and a thorough understanding of the tenets of ISMS are prevalent throughout the work force by March 2000, a milestone known as Phase II implementation. Phase I, which was completed last spring, gauged management buy-in.
All ORNL employees are expected to have a working understanding of ISMS specifically related to how it can help them work safely on their particular tasks. More information on ISMS can be found on the ISMS Website at http://svr1.cmo.ornl.gov/isms/ismshome.cfm. | <urn:uuid:a0cfc984-1b55-45ab-a921-e19b6c002d3e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ornl.gov/info/reporter/no9/work.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00058-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944175 | 413 | 1.554688 | 2 |
“The Regimentation of Chemical Education in Nazi Germany”
A talk by Jeffrey Johnson
For more than 40 years, until 1939, chemical education in Germany was self-regulated by an organization called the Association of Laboratory Directors at German Universities (Verband der Laboratoriumsvorstände an deutschen Hochschulen), which collectively determined the guidelines for the predoctoral qualifying examination and issued unofficial certificates to students who passed. In 1939, however, the Reich Ministry of Education dissolved the association and issued the first official national guidelines for chemical education, which were further refined during the early years of World War II. Along with this change came the first officially recognized certifying examination for university chemists, conferring the title Diplom-Chemiker (certified chemist), an innovation carried over into the postwar era. But this long-desired official recognition of the German chemical profession was by no means an unmixed blessing. This talk discussed the educational reforms as the final step in the regimentation of the German chemical profession and its integration into the militarized structure of National Socialist technology in preparation for war, a process fraught with negative implications for the quality of German chemical education.
Jeffrey Johnson has taught at the State University of New York at Binghamton and since 1986 at Villanova University, where he is currently a professor of history. His research and publications have focused on the history of chemists, chemical institutions, and the chemical industry in Germany during the period from the late 19th century through World War II. In 2011 he succeeded Christoph Meinel as president of the Commission on the History of Modern Chemistry in the Division of the History of Science and Technology of the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science. Johnson received his Ph.D. in modern European history from Princeton University with a dissertation (which became his first book, The Kaiser’s Chemists ), on the founding of the chemical Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes in pre–World War I Germany. | <urn:uuid:50532056-d87b-443e-b03d-c8b519e8994c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.chemheritage.org/visit/events/brown-bag-lectures/spring-2012/2012-02-21-bbl-johnson.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954663 | 402 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Nut/OS On ATmega2561
This document explains how to get Nut/OS running on the ATmega2561. Be aware, that this support is still beta and may not work reliable.
It is assumed that you are familiar with creating Nut/OS applications using the ImageCraft AVR Compiler. Otherwise follow the beginner's tutorial about Using ImageCraft C with Nut/OS first.
The GNU Compiler Collection and the Linux platform are currently not supported. Any help with this is highly appreciated.
When Atmel released the ATmega103 in 1998, an internal flash memory size of 128 kBytes looks like a lot of program space. It even took many months until all compilers and programmers were able to make use of the second half. To that time most applications fit easily in 64 kBytes.
Over the time applications had become more complex. It was easy to foresee, that sooner or later developers will ask for more flash memory.
Later the ATmega103 was replaced by the ATmega128, which mainly offered faster execution speed and more peripherals, but program space was still limited to 128 kBytes. This is due to the 16 Bit address bus of the 8-bit AVR MCUs. Data memory is accessed byte-wise, a total of 64 kBytes of data memory is available. Program memory is accessed word-wise. With a word size of two bytes this results in 128 kBytes total. Breaking this limit and still maintaining binary code compatibility isn't trivial.
Finally Atmel came up with the ATmega256 in two flavors. The ATmega2561 is a pin to pin replacement for the ATmega128, while the ATmeag2560 is packed in a larger package, providing more pins for additional peripherals. The most important difference between the ATmega256 and any previous 8-bit AVR is, that the program counter was extended to three bytes. New instructions had been implemented to modify the most significant byte. Thus, the old instruction set still works in a known manner and many binaries would still work. However, operating systems and compilers at least stumble over the additional byte pushed on the stack during subroutine calls and interrupts.
Assembling an Ethernut with an ATmega2561 was an easy task. We chose the Ethernut 2.1 Rev-B.
The programming adapter provided a problem. Unfortunately the SP Duo, which we typically use for the AVR based boards, refused to program the upper 128k. Fortunately the ATJTAGICE mkII worked.
As mentioned earlier, the expanded program counter let most compilers and operating systems fail to run applications on this new AVR. During the past months several fixes and patches for Nut/OS, runtime libraries, GNU and ImageCraft compilers had been published to support these devices.
At the time of this writing, a first success had been achieved to run applications larger than 128 kBytes on Nut/OS 4.2.1, compiled on ImageCraft's ICCAVR V7.07B.
AVR Studio 4.12.454-rc3 had been used to program the chip via ATJTAGICE mkII. We currently do not know any alternative, thus you are limited to a Windows based desktop.
It is yet unknown, wether a solution exists for Linux. Probably different patches to Nut/OS are required for this.
As stated above, Nut/OS 4.2.1 or any later version is required. Also make sure you installed ICCAVR V7.07B or later.
After having installed Nut/OS, start the Configurator. Follow the standard procedure, but load the specially prepared configuration for the ATmega2561 mounted on an Ethernut 2 Board.
Select Edit -> Settings from the main menu.
On the second page of the settings notebook select the platform avrext-icc.
On the last page you may chose avr-jtagicemkii as the programmer used to upload executables to the board. However, this is required only for running the command line tools. This setting is ignored by the ICCAVR IDE and the AVR Studio GUI.
Click OK to confirm your changes.
In the Configurator's main window make sure, that the correct compiler and CPU had been selected.
Building the system is equal to the procedure used for other devices. Also do not forget to create a sample tree.
Building a Sample Application
Try the httpd sample application. Load the prepared project, which is available in the sample tree, into the ImageCraft IDE.
As this sample had been created for the ATmega128, it will probably fit into the lower half of flash memory on our mega256. To prove, that larger applications are properly running, we simply expand the code with dummy functions, declaring some variables volatile to stop the compiler from optimizing this code away.
The Imagecraft compiler is limited to 64 kBytes of code per module, so we have to add two source files, filler1.c and filler2.c.
Both are filled with about 400 lines, mainly containing simple loops incrementing a volatile variable. To avoid conflicts during linking, either 1 or 2 is added to each symbolic name.
You may have noticed the pragma statement. This is a special fix, which we will explain later. For now you may remove this line.
The settings on the first page of the compiler options are not different from the setting for other CPUs.
Do not get confused by the 4.1.4 path. You should use the paths of your build and sample directories.
The same is true for the second option page.
On the third page select the ATmega2561 device and enter -ucrtnutm256.o C:\ethernut-4.2.1\nutbld-21b256-icc\lib\nutinit.o in the field Other options. Of course your build directory path may differ.
After building the code you can use AVR Studio to program your Ethernut Board.
Your application may still fail for several reasons:
- Parts of Nut/OS are not ATmega256-aware
- Parts of the runtime library are not ATmega256-aware
- The compiler is still buggy
- Parts of your application code are not ATmega256-aware
As far as the compiler contains a bug, you may try to get help from ImageCraft. Note, that the ATmega256 support is still beta.
For the first two problems a simple trick may help. We can instruct the linker to keep Nut/OS and the runtime library in lower program space, followed by the application code in upper memory.
First you need to add a pragma statement at the beginning of each application source code file.
In the compiler settings add -bappcode:0x20000.0x3FFFF in Other Options, keeping all the options we added previously.
We simply need to rebuild the application, rebuilding Nut/OS is not required.
Do always check the map file to get an idea about locations and sizes of all your code. Click here to view the linker map produced with our sample using pragmas.
Not much had been checked until now. At least the following applications of the distributed samples are not working:
This is a very hardware specific tool.
Probably not related to the ATmega2561. Looks like the RAM file system is broken.
Probably the USARTs in the ATmega2561 requires a different handling.
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March 03, 2005
Study: Brain out of Sync
Read more... Schizophrenia Biology
A new research study out of Sydney University, Australia suggests that the neural networks of people with schizophrenia function like members of an orchestra playing out of time.
The AAP Information Services report stated that "In their research they used an electroencephalogram (EEG) to examine the brain function of 40 people recently diagnosed with schizophrenia aged between 13 and 25 and compared them with a healthy control group.
The scientists from Australia's Brain Dynamics Centre looked at the synchronisation of rapidly-firing cells - a process known as gamma synchrony - as the subjects performed a task."
The report suggested that while the neurons fired together in healthy individuals, they were significantly out of beat in patients with schizophrenia. The lead researcher, Dr. Lea Williams, stated that schizophrenia symptoms (e.g. hearing voices, etc.) is like an orchestra not working together in a synchronized fashion.
One of the researchers involved in the study, Prof Williams, stated that the research provided hope for developing better-tailored treatments for schizophrenia.
A previous research study in this area has shown that schizophrenia sufferers who had the mental illness for over 10 years exhibited a particularly extreme loss of neural synchrony in the areas of the brain related to their individual symptoms. Dr. Williams cmpared it to one musician being more out of time than the others.
In that research when the symptoms of someone with schizophrenia get worse in some particular way, then loss of synchrony gets worse in a very similar fashion. In other words, the loss of neural synchronization seems to mirror the schizophrenia symptoms as they unfold.
Research Study Abstract, American Journal of Psychiatry: Effects of psychotic state and task demand on prefrontal function in schizophrenia: an FMRI study of overt verbal fluency
Posted by szadmin at March 3, 2005 05:40 PM
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Prof. Dr. Antonius Holtmann, Universität Oldenburg, Germany
Once again: Germans to America is not to be trusted ...
On March 30, 1857, Jacob Damschen, of Minden on the Weser, announced that he would be on his way to Bremen and Bremerhaven, with his wife and five children, and they would then cross the Atlantic to America.
I did not find his name in Germans to America (Germans to America, Vol. 9-13. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources 1989-90) on the lists that cover April and May, 1857. Had a list been overlooked? The microfilm of the National Archives with the New York lists also does not contain these names in the corresponding period of time. However, I found them on the Baltimore microfilm. Also, I leamed that Germans to America does not include these lists at all.
Germans to America, Vols. 9-13 contains none of the lists of ships that arrived in Baltimore between August 4, 1856 and January 17, 1860. However, they may be seen on Rolls 11 and 12 (National Archives Microfilm Publications M 225: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Baltimore.) There are lists of 79 ships from Bremen/Bremerhaven with around 10,000 emigrants from Germany on board, most of them registered with their places of origin. The lists not overlooked by Glazier/Filby are „City Lists“. I hypothesize that only the lists kept at the National Archives were used for Germans to America, leaving out the microfilmed collection made some years earlier. Ira A. Glazier and William P. Filby have neglected to compare their lists with the lists stored on microfilm. Thus, they even left out the only „City List“ that is to be found on the microfilms in the time period from January 1, 1850 up until August 4, 1854: that of the sailing ship „Minerva“, which, coming from Bremen, landed in Baltimore. The basketmaker Christian Mueller, 18 years old, for example, from Kleinschmalkalden, disappears into the depths in Glazier/Filby on his way to „Phensilpanien“, as does the maidservant Rosalie Schnitzer from Hoehndorf, 24 years old, who wanted to go to „Marieland“.
Each entry in Germans to America must be checked against the microfilm, and whoever finds no entries in Germans to America has a chance of finding them on the microfilms. I found Jakob Damschen and his family on a Baltimore list, although Glazier/Filby had not recorded them in their volumes. I do not trust Germans to America.
Glazier/Filby make it difficult for historians and genealogists: This basically helpful name index is at the same time an annoying burden, because each and every one frequently has to examine the film rolls, which require some effort to obtain. This applies especially to the emigrants who came through Bremen to America. Here, unlike the situation in Hamburg, the ship registrations have not been kept.
In the preceding „Baltimore“ situation, there remains the possibility
of looking through the following microfilm collections in the National
I can not be silent about a comical chance error:
Most of the passengers on the bark Johannes Kepler (October 28, 1865, Bremen-New York, M 237, Roll 258; Glazier/Filby 16, 42ff) lose not only their places of origin. Glazier/Filby allow 219 people to sail back to the place whence they came from, with „Destination“ given as Prussia, Hannover, Hessen and Baden. Only 60 travelers are marked as having an „unknown“ destination, and three citizens of the USA are traveling to the USA Routinely and without thinking, the phrase „Country Claiming Allegiance“ became known as „Destination“.
Volume 59 is also not to be trusted.
Volume 59 (Glazier/Filby: Germans to America Volume 59. Wilmington/Delaware: Scholarly Resources 1998) covers the time frame from May 1, 1890 up to November 28, 1890 (pp. 1-419).
I have searched the time from August 22 up until November 28 (pp. 239-419) found on the microfilm rolls of the National Archives, Washington, D.C. (National Archives Microfilm Publications).
Glazier/Filby have taken in consideration 125 passenger lists with names of German emigrants, on ships that arrived in New York (M 237, Rolls 554-559), but 42 were not included in this compilation. Of these 42 lists, 24 belong to ships that left German ports, and three belong to ships that left Stettin. Nineteen of these passenger lists contain the places of origin of the travelers. („Hailing Place or Place of Starting“).
Thirty-eight of the lists considered give the places of origin. None of these lists is reproduced correctly. At least 20-60% of the travelers „lose“ their places of origin.
Twenty-two ships with German passengers arriving in Baltimore from August 22 up until November 28, 1890 are registered with their lists on Roll 48 (M 255) of the National Archives. Only eleven of these were taken in consideration in Germans to America (Volume 59). Four of these „forgotten“ ships came from Liverpool, 4 from Bremen and 3 from Hamburg, the last-mentioned with passenger lists containing the places of origin.
Film Roll 74 of the National Archives (M 259) documents four lists with 36 passengers from Germany arriving in New Orleans during the aforesaid time period. Germans to America (Volume 59) „suppresses“ them.
Glazier/Filby make full use of lists of ships from Liverpool and Glasgow, London and Hull, that docked in New York or Baltimore. However, the port city of Boston remains neglected. Twenty-three of the ships coming from England with 141 German passengers on board dropped anchor there between August 22 and November 28, 1890. Neither the ships nor the passengers appear in Glazier/Filby, although practically all lists contain statements of the travelers as to their nationality. (M 277, Roll 112/113).
The corresponding roll for Philadelphia, T 840, Roll 14, is not a my disposal. It goes from July 6, 1890 to April 22, April 1891. I consider it unlikely that no Germans landed here during this time period. Glazier/Filby make full use of 136 lists of ships with Germans on board, who reached New York and Baltimore, New Orleans and Boston between August 22 and November 28, 1890. They did not make full use of 80 lists. 37% of which designated Germans.
Thus, it must once more be pointed out:
Whoever finds included the Glazier/Filby lists, repeatedly, the origin codes „000“ or „ZZZ“ („unknows village“) can assume that the places of origin for these emigrants are on the microfilms. I have already stumbled across 5 lists that shows the origin of all passengers, whereas Germans to America gives not a single place of origin:
The Historic Emigration Office
Steinstr. 720095 Hamburg
Germans who emigrated from Russia or Austria to the USA are not taken in consideration in Germans to America, but included are „Germans“ who emigrated from Switzerland or France.
We must make these charges to their account: Who does not have a successful find in German to America must make use of the microfilm indexes for New York (1820-1846) and Baltimore (1820-1897), for New Orleans (1853-1899) and Boston (1848-1891) and Philadelphia (1800-1906) and, naturally, the microfilm index to the lists of ships which arrived in „Atlantic, Gulf and Great Lakes Ports“ (1820-1874), and, above all, of the many, many microfilm lists vor New York, for the period 1846-1897. Ships can be overlooked and places of origin can disappear as nameless, unknown places (000, ZZZ). Quite certainly, Volumes 1-38 of Germans to America have persons who died at sea going on land, in so far as one believes them. | <urn:uuid:b9d5f6b5-b452-425e-b7f3-3e2327af0251> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nausa.uni-oldenburg.de/onceag.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00039-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931435 | 1,790 | 2.28125 | 2 |
Here's another sample page from our upcoming MINDSTORMS NXT Idea Book, published by No Starch Press. (Click on the graphic for an enlarged view).
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I'm going to make reference to myself here - but for those interested, read Part III of "Aikido is Three Peaches" on the Aikido Journal website (http://www.aikidojournal.com/?id=846
) which amplifies a lot of the points in this thread, including Dan's thesis that "nage is uke."
One paragraph of particular relevance follows: "There is a lovely paradox here. NAGE IS "UKE." Aikidoka of the highest skill are those created by the most skillful teachers who mindfully place the student in situations where they must learn freedom through responsiveness, kaeshiwaza and atemi implicit (and sometimes explicit) in their every move. If the student and even more so, the teacher, is not aware that this is the purpose of aikido practice, the opportunity for uke to learn how to do real aikido is lost." | <urn:uuid:0fe34b4f-30d0-4df1-bdda-3094b99ea531> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/showpost.php?p=162429&postcount=56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00025-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944318 | 194 | 1.570313 | 2 |
The Scholars and Scholarship Project
During the production of EWIC, the editors became interested in assessing doctoral research on women and Islamic cultures within the last quarter of the century. In particular, the editors wished to know the extent of the impact of women and gender studies on the field of Middle East studies and the ongoing marginalization of feminist scholars and the study of women. To this end, Dr. Suad Joseph recruited a group of undergraduate interns to work with her on what would become the "Scholars and Scholarship Project."
The focus of the project was to compose as complete a list as possible with author, title, university, topic, date of completion, and abstract of each thesis. From this, the group would try to identify the kind of research carried out and changes over time, the universities where research was being most supported, the disciplines, and the gender of the researcher. Ideally, the project would track these scholars throughout their careers and see who entered academic positions, who obtained tenure and promotion through the professorial ranks, and whether their research topic/university/gender appeared to make a difference in temrs of their securing a position and career mobility.
The undergraduate intern group, working closely with Dr. Suad Joseph, compiled a list of doctoral theses produced on women and Islamic cultures between 1970 and 2002. The list is available here on the website and was originally published in Volume III of the encyclopedia.
Please find the link to the PDF file of the Scholars and Scholarship Project below. Although the PDF can be accessed through your browser, you can also save a personal copy by right-clicking on the link and saving it to your harddrive (click "Save Target As").
Women and Islamic Cultures: A Bibliography of Books and Articles in European Languages since 1993
Volume 1 of the print edition of EWIC contained an extensive bibliography of scholarship on women and Islamic cultures. The bibliography was compiled by G. J. Rober, C. H. Bleaney, and V. Shepherd. It does not attempt to be a comprehensive source for all publications in the field, but rather supplements existing bibliographies by providing coverage of 1. English-language material since 1996 and 2. other European-language material since 1993.
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SMARTPHONES make TEENS have SEX with STRANGERS
Pocket-stroker mobes and rumpy pumpy linked yet again
Teens with internet-enabled phones will have more sex with fewer condoms, research at the University of Southern California has found. And the mobe-inspired jigjig was more likely to be with a stranger they met on the internet.
Having a smartphone opened up "a risky avenue" said the researchers: finding a correlation between mobile internet access and sexual activity - for teenagers at least.
High-schoolers with smartphones are 1.5 times more to be sexually active than teens with less fully-featured mobiles.
The teens with (for example) iPhones, were twice as likely to be approached for sex on the internet and twice as likely to have sex with someone they met on the internet. 17% of smartphone owners were approached for sex online by someone they didn't know.
The results of this highly important scientific survey were presented at the 140th Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association yesterday. The researchers surveyed 1,840 high-school students in the Los Angeles last year to gather the results; one third of the teens accessed the internet on their phone.
Non-heterosexual kids were five times as likely to have sex with someone they met on the internet, and it seems like teens were less likely to have safe sex on internet hookups.
Speaking to the Mail , Eric Rice of the School of Social Work at the University of Southern California suggested that it wasn't the network packet flow itself that was encouraging sexual behaviour in the youngsters, but rather that the phone acted as a tool to enable the behaviour.
Sadly there was no information on the type of smartphones used and what impact that had on sexual activity.
However previous scientific research on the area has suggested that iPhone owners have more sexual partners than those with Blackberries - iPhone owners get more sex - or Androids, and also that Android owners were more likely to put out . It's a complicated picture. ® | <urn:uuid:86c81db2-dbdc-4d5f-af7d-ceed97e92bd4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/01/smartphones_more_sexually_active/print.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00060-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977785 | 418 | 1.9375 | 2 |
(ICD 10 F 45,2): A person suffering from hypochondria is occupied with a strong inadequate fear of diseases (e.g. AIDS, cancer, heart failure) and/or is convinced about suffering from one. This is often the result of a misinterpretation (and/or exaggerated perception and observation) of physical symptoms by the person with hypochondria.
Even though these persons are regularly visiting doctors (from different fields and usually also at different places) and have careful medical examinations and explanations of the symptoms, the occupation with the fear of diseases remains. If the results or statements of the doctors are not completely clearn and unambiguous, they can sometimes even strengthen the uncertainty and anxiety. The sentence "We can not find anything pathological " could raise thoughts as that the examination was not done carefully enough or that it must be a very rare disease.
To be sure not to suffer from anything undiagnosed the persons with hypochondria often also visit hospitals or medical emergency services to have an EKG or other more complex investigations done. The calming results do not help for very long though and the fear is soon returning.
Therefore hypochondria is concidered as an
. The anxiety, the regular examination of symptoms and the wrong interpretion of normal physical reactions (e.g. heartrate, breathing, muscle strains) causes thoughts of helplessness, fear or even panic. The onset can be caused by earlier, actual physical illness in the person regarded or in a friend or family member. (e.g. a colleague's heart attack).
Contrary to what people might believe, the person with hypochondria does not make up/pretend or simulate an illness. To be diagnosed with hypochondria the person must have been suffering for a period of at least 6 months. Unfortunately many of the people do not realize that they are suffering from an anxiety disorder and not from a physical illness. It is also difficult to get insight and help with the disorder since persons with hypochondria usually visit many different doctors which makes it difficult to get continuous support and assistance. | <urn:uuid:d5eb2623-ce01-48b0-a751-b77ad4c49eeb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://web4health.info/en/answers/anx-hypoch-what.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00057-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957892 | 425 | 2.390625 | 2 |
When the Hollywood Foreign Press Association decided to establish a special, prestigious award for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment, the members wanted it to bear an internationally recognized and respected name. So they turned to a born showman, Cecil B. DeMille, who accepted the idea graciously, and the first Cecil B. DeMille award went to him in 1952, the year his penultimate film, The Greatest Show on Earth, premiered.
The following year, 1953, at the Tenth Annual Golden Globe Awards gala, Walt Disney received the DeMille award; the winning pictures were The Greatest Show on Earth and With a Song in My Heart while Gary Cooper, Shirley Booth, Donald O'Connor and Susan Hayward took the top acting awards (and Richard Burton was pronounced Most Promising Newcomer).
Such notables (including several future DeMille awardees) as Joan Crawford, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Stanley Kramer, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Doris Day, Samuel Fuller, Alan Ladd and others wrote warm congratulatory letters to the association on this anniversary. So did Cecil B. DeMille, to wit:
During the last ten years the members of your Association have endeared themselves to us in Hollywood for two main reasons. You have made friends with us and you have made friends for us. It's difficult to say which of these two things makes us happier. Perhaps the first, because of its personal contact—the warmth of which I have felt every time I have met any of you. Congratulations on your 10th Anniversary—I hope I shall be around to congratulate you on your 25th.
Cecil B. DeMille
Unfortunately, Cecil didn't make it. The last Golden Globe Awards gala he attended was the 15th.
The Cecil B. DeMille award winners are chosen by the HFPA board of directors and presented each year (except for 1976). The first woman to receive the award was Judy Garland in 1962 (following Fred Astaire which delighted her no end), the next was Joan Crawford in 1970. The list of winners provides a spectrum of talented human beings who have had a definite impact on the world of entertainment, be it Alfred Hitchcock, Lucille Ball, Sidney Poitier, Sophia Loren, Sean Connery, Barbra Streisand or any one of those thoughtfully selected for the honor. | <urn:uuid:3f27d8a5-df93-4b9f-9a0a-e34153b59cf2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cdn.goldenglobes.org/cecilbdemille/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947629 | 492 | 1.617188 | 2 |
The United Church of Christ came into being in 1957 with the union of two Protestant denominations: the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches. Each of these was, in turn, the result of a union of two earlier traditions.
The Congregational Churches were organized when the Pilgrims of Plymouth Plantation (1620) and the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629) acknowledged their essential unity in the Cambridge Platform of 1648.
The Reformed Church in the United States traced its beginnings to congregations of German settlers in Pennsylvania founded from 1725 on. Later, its ranks were swelled by Reformed immigrants from Switzerland, Hungary and other countries.
The Christian Churches sprang up in the late 1700s and early 1800s in reaction to the theological and organizational rigidity of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist churches of the time.
The Evangelical Synod of North America traced its beginnings to an association of German Evangelical pastors in Missouri. This association, founded in 1841, reflected the 1817 union of Lutheran and Reformed churches in Germany.
Through the years, other groups such as American Indians, Afro-Christians, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Volga Germans, Armenians, and Hispanic Americans have joined with the four earlier groups. In recent years, Christians from other traditions, including the Roman Catholic Church, have found a home in the UCC, and so have gay and lesbian Christians who have not been welcome in other churches. Thus the United Church of Christ celebrates and continues a broad variety of traditions in its common life.
The characteristics of the United Church of Christ can be summarized in part by the key words in the names that formed our union: Christian, Reformed, Congregational, Evangelical.
Christian. By our very name, the United Church of Christ, we declare ourselves to be part of the Body of Christ—the Christian church. We continue the witness of the early disciples to the reality and power of the crucified and risen Christ, Jesus of Nazareth.
Reformed. All four denominations arose from the tradition of the Protestant Reformers: We confess the authority of one God. We affirm the primacy of the Scriptures, the doctrine of justification by faith, the priesthood of all believers, and the principle of Christian freedom. We celebrate two sacraments: baptism and the Lord's Supper (also called Holy Communion or the Eucharist).
Congregational. The basic unit of the United Church of Christ is the congregation. Members of each congregation covenant with one another and with God as revealed in Jesus Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit. These congregations, in turn, exist in covenantal relationships with one another to form larger structures for more effective work. Our covenanting emphasizes trustful relationships rather than legal agreements.
Evangelical. The primary task of the church is the proclamation of the Gospel or (in Greek) evangel. The Gospel literally means the "Good News" of God's love revealed with power in Jesus Christ. We proclaim this Gospel by word and deed to individual persons and to society. This proclamation is the heart of the leiturgia—in Greek, the "work of the people" in daily and Sunday worship. We gather for the worship of God, and through each week, we engage in the service of humankind.
What We Believe
We can tell you more about the United Church of Christ with the help of seven phrases from Scripture and Tradition which express our commitments.
That they may all be one. [John 17:21] This motto of the United Church of Christ reflects the spirit of unity on which it is based and points toward future efforts to heal the divisions in the body of Christ. We are a uniting church as well as a united church.
In essentials unity, in non-essentials diversity, in all things charity. The unity that we seek requires neither an uncritical acceptance of any point of view, nor rigid formulation of doctrine. It does require mutual understanding and agreement as to which aspects of the Christian faith and life are essential.
The unity of the church is not of its own making. It is a gift of God. But expressions of that unity are as diverse as there are individuals. The common thread that runs through all is love.
Testimonies of faith rather than tests of faith. Because faith can be expressed in many different ways, the United Church of Christ has no formula that is a test of faith. Down through the centuries, however, Christians have shared their faith with one another through creeds, confessions, catechisms and other statements of faith. Historic statements such as the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, the Heidelberg Catechism, the Evangelical Catechism, the Augsburg Confession, the Cambridge Platform and the Kansas City Statement of Faith are valued in our church as authentic testimonies of faith.
In 1959, the General Synod of the United Church of Christ adopted a Statement of Faith prepared especially for congregations of the United Church. Many of us use this statement as a common affirmation of faith in worship and as a basis for study.
There is yet more light and truth to break forth from God's holy word. This affirmation by one of the founders of the Congregational tradition assumes the primacy of the Bible as a source for understanding the Good News and as a foundation for all statements of faith. It recognizes that the Bible, though written in specific historical times and places, still speaks to us in our present condition. It declares that the study of the scriptures is not limited by past interpretations, but it is pursued with the expectation of new insights and God's help for living today.
The priesthood of all believers. All members of the United Church of Christ are called to minister to others and to participate as equals in the common worship of God, each with direct access to the mercies of God through personal prayer and devotion.
Recognition is given to those among us who have received special training in pastoral, priestly, educational and administrative functions, but these persons are regarded as servants—rather than as persons in authority. Their task is to guide, to instruct, to enable the ministry of all Christians rather than to do the work of ministry for us.
Responsible freedom. As individual members of the Body of Christ, we are free to believe and act in accordance with our perception of God's will for our lives. But we are called to live in a loving, covenantal relationship with one another—gathering in communities of faith, congregations of believers, local churches.
Each congregation or local church is free to act in accordance with the collective decision of its members, guided by the working of the Spirit in the light of the scriptures. But it also is called to live in a covenantal relationship with other congregations for the sharing of insights and for cooperative action under the authority of Christ.
Likewise, associations of churches, conferences, the General Synod and the churchwide "covenanted ministries" of the United Church of Christ are free to act in their particular spheres of responsibility. Yet all are constrained by love to live in a covenantal relationship with one another and with the local churches in order to make manifest the unity of the body of Christ and thus to carry out God's mission in the world more effectively.
The members, congregations, associations, conferences, General Synod, and covenanted ministries are free in relation to the world. We affirm that the authority of God as revealed in Jesus Christ and interpreted with the aid of the Holy Spirit stands above and judges all human culture, institutions and laws. But we recognize our calling both as individuals and as the church to live in the world:
To proclaim in word and action the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
To work for reconciliation and the unity of the broken Body of Christ.
To seek justice and liberation for all.
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Campus, LBNL partner to address India’s energy, economic priorities
| 09 October 2008
BERKELEY — The Berkeley campus is joining forces with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on a research-and-development program in which researchers will work with the government and private sector of India to develop paths toward reducing greenhouse-gas emissions while maintaining economic growth.
India, whose economy is growing about 8 to 9 percent per year, is the sixth-largest greenhouse-gas-emitting nation in the world.
The Berkeley-India Joint Leadership on Energy and the Environment (BIJLEE) will bring together researchers from LBNL and the Berkeley campus — as well as other U.S. and Indian universities, institutions, and corporations — to develop energy-efficient and renewable-energy technologies. BIJLEE will also address the policy innovations needed to transfer these technologies to the marketplace, with the goal of combating climate change and promoting economic growth with solutions that are appropriate to India. BIJLEE’s collaborative, outcome-oriented research will come from LBNL, Berkeley’s College of Engineering (COE), and a new center in India.
Purnendu Chatterjee, a COE alumnus and chairman of the global investment firm The Chatterjee Group, will contribute $2 million to endow two chairs in the college. His gift will establish a chair in energy technologies to support research in such areas as energy efficiency, renewable fuels and power, and sequestration of fossil-fuel emissions. Chatterjee’s gift also creates a chair in engineering biological systems.
“When leading experts from both India and Berkeley unite on cooperative ventures, new technology and long-term solutions are likely outcomes,” says Chatterjee.
“Berkeley Lab and the UC Berkeley campus have taken leadership in creating the BIJLEE program,” says Arun Majumdar, director of LBNL’s Environmental Energy Technologies Division (EETD) and a professor of mechanical engineering at Berkeley. “However, it will also be open to collaborations with any institution or corporation interested in contributing to its effort. No other national laboratory is adjacent to a major research university with such strengths in clean-energy development and South Asian studies, and with strong connections to India. Our proximity to Silicon Valley’s culture of investment and innovation and its large Indian expatriate community will also help advance this effort.”
BIJLEE scientists will conduct research on the three pillars of sustainability: basic science and engineering, new-technology development, and policies to promote market transformation to further energy efficiency, clean-energy sources, and smart growth. “Only a combination of these approaches will lead to measurable progress in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions,” says Ashok Gadgil, EETD’s deputy director and an adjunct professor in the Energy and Resources Group at Berkeley.
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Our Tanzanian coffee is grown by a group of small-scale farmers near Tanzania's Gombe National Park, the site of Dr. Jane Goodall's groundbreaking research on chimpanzee behavior.
The Gombe region is one of the few places on earth where coffee farmers and chimpanzees live side-by-side. The lush mix of grassland, open woodland and deep green forests are a natural habitat for chimpanzees. These same forests, in concert with the spring-like temperatures and predictable rainfall, also provide the perfect shade cover and climate necessary to grow world-class coffee. In turn, coffee farming gives farmers an incentive to preserve the forest, and chimpanzee habitat, while preserving economic stability.
Chief Coffee Buyer
Lindsey Bolger is more than our chief coffee buyer. She's our ambassador to the world.
Her job takes her to the Amazon Basin in Peru, the steep cliffs of the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains in Mexico, and the Tanzanian shores of Lake Tanganyika. If a region grows great coffee, it's likely Lindsey's been there. | <urn:uuid:3c1b9d45-c0c5-4e44-a61f-6f61407baa10> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.greenmountaincoffee.com/Our-Story/behind-the-bean/sourcing/tanzania/index.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00025-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.900664 | 221 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Rubicon Josh wrote:
a couple of years ago I came across a video series on Vimeo that explained exposure, metering and the grey scale in a very easy to understand format. I bought my girlfriend a camera for Christmas (her first dslr) and I am having troubles explaining exposure and the relationship that iso, shutter speed and aperture have. Just wondering if anyone knows which video series I am talking about and where to find it again.
Well, I searched for a bit but couldn't find anything that appeared to be what you were looking for. I do like the Fred Parker site that nother poster already referred you to. An interesting Vimeo video I did see was this one:
Another concept I find useful is a simplified form of the zone system. This article is somewhat film-oriented, but it gets the basics across. There is also a link from there to a Kodak article on how to get accurate exposures with your meter that's very good. | <urn:uuid:b702f0f0-b9b7-42a3-b957-a1a59823ec48> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/50647926 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706153698/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120913-00069-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970952 | 198 | 2.1875 | 2 |
The Fort Resolution Community Writing Contest for 10-14 year-olds was held in November, 2002. Rowan Cardinal’s “Christmas Eve” was the first prize story. Charlene Giroux’s “My Camping Trip” won second prize, and Jennifer Sanderson’s “Drugs and Alcohol” earned third prize.
Contest entries were judged for grammar and structure as well as content and creativity. The winning entries were announced on December 13, 2002, at an assembly at Deninoo School; and prizes and awards were presented to the contest winners at the Deninoo School Christmas concert on December 18, 2002.
The purpose of the writing contest was to inspire the development of writing skills. The ability to express ideas and convey information in writing is and always has been crucial to academic and professional success. Hopefully, other young Northerners will follow the excellent example set by the three authors of this booklet and discover the power and the joy of writing well.
From left to right: Jennifer Sanderson, 10;
Charlene Giroux, 12; Rowan Cardinal, 12.
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Rate of change calculations based upon the price of the security. E.g., The moving average of the price for today should be compared against the moving average of the price for x periods in the past. This will screen out those securities which have experienced a steady increase in price over the periods nominated. Relative strength calculations can be used to determine the strength of a security against a nominated index or another security. This method is useful to determine the strongest performing securities against a standard index. Once again the strongest performing securities would be the ones requiring further analysis. | <urn:uuid:e280b4e5-022e-400b-a34b-734691030d4a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.traders-mag.com/index.php/infothemen/rund-um-trading/forex-trading/16-blog/1158- | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93535 | 110 | 1.984375 | 2 |
Colorado's quintessential tree is the beautiful aspen. We've named towns, streets, dogs — even beer — after this glorious tree. In the summer, the aspens provide shade for our state flower, the columbine, and in the fall, Coloradans rejoice when the aspens' quaking leaves turn their vibrant shades of gold. Colorado offers a few unique ways to explore its fall colors.
The month of September is the ideal time to witness Colorado fall color, but you have to time it right — the color is fleeting, lasting only a few weeks in different areas of the state. Often, when one portion of the state’s color fades, another section of Colorado is just beginning its seasonal change. The best strategy: select your travel dates in advance, but not your destination. Then go wherever the color is. Consider these somewhat different approaches to aspen peeping:
Ballooning in Colorado provides new perspectives on the state’s ubiquitous granite pinnacles, rocky spires and the tawny-hues of fall aspens. When you find yourself in a thatched basket, hundreds of feet up in the crisp Colorado air, the colors unfold below in a seemingly unending canvas of yellow and gold. The landscape becomes increasingly intriguing and inspiring while drifting from this high altitude angle.
Few activities embody the West like an old-fashioned horseback ride through Colorado. Somehow, aspen viewing, wildlife watching, sightseeing and simply enjoying the outdoors are a different experience when sitting astride a saddle. Consider a trail for the day or book a vacation at a Colorado dude ranch.
Off-Highway Vehicles (OHV)
Travel deep into aspen-covered backcountry while riding a mountain bike, four-wheeler, ATV or 4x4 vehicle. Forest trails, often explored by just a handful of visitors, abound in Colorado. Find yourself surrounded by speckled aspen bark, as a golden canopy of color rises above you. | <urn:uuid:56da20f4-0678-4397-8bb3-93bf4eda461f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.colorado.com/articles/ways-explore-colorados-fall-colors | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90605 | 409 | 1.773438 | 2 |
PEP Review 93-1-2
Quick Estimates of Production Costs
Estimates of production costs are often required in cases where there is not time enough to make a detailed evaluation or where the available data are too sketchy to justify a detailed evaluation. We have developed a quick method for making a rough estimate of the cash costs is such cases. The cash cost is the sum of raw materials and processing costs.
We have correlated data for processing costs from 200 plants as a function of plant capacity. Four separate correlations were prepared for batch and continuous plants, and for chemical and polymer processes.
The accuracy and limitations of the method are discussed, and examples are presented. | <urn:uuid:6e6d6f35-7f04-47e4-a57f-ab971ccb71c4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ihs.com/products/chemical/technology/pep/reviews/estimates-of-production-costs.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00027-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944596 | 135 | 2.453125 | 2 |
There is a blog that I visit often called “Scoutmaster“. Written by a Scoutmaster that seems to be a traditional Scouter that believes in the Scouting program as I do.
Anyway… enjoy his article… and pay his site a visit too.
Program – Canned or Fresh?
Canned programs for Scouts are attractive because they are easy. They are also poor excuses for a Scout activity. Canned experiences require little preparation, skill development or leadership. In our part of the world there are whitewater rafting trips, ski weekends, museum lock-ins and similar activities that only require Scouts show up and be led by the hand through an activity or presentation.
Scoutmasters should be adamant that activities are aimed at fulfilling the promises of Scouting and not simply entertainment. Activities that Scouts plan and present for themselves, as imperfect or halting as they may be, are always preferable to a canned program.
All of our Scouts want to ‘have fun’. Canned programs can be ‘fun’ but are simply an end in themselves. Fun is not an aim of Scouting but Scouting is fun. Scouts get a real sense of satisfaction from creating their own program. Scouting demands that Scouts be more than participants – they must be the planners, the leaders the developers.
A Scout-made program surpasses any canned program. When the Scouts have invested themselves in building a challenging, ambitious activity they benefit from something they have done for themselves. | <urn:uuid:6a6ebe2f-2d1e-4701-bdd2-85996820934c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thescoutmasterminute.net/2008/05/01/sometimes-you-just-have-to-go-with-what-someone-else-wrote/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964391 | 300 | 1.625 | 2 |
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. -D.H. Lawrence
I’ve thought a lot about your bird. I have been insecure in the knowledge that I haven’t exactly met suffering with grace and dignity. Self-pity and I, we’re old friends. I’ve been embarrassed about that, ashamed of it. Why haven’t I been like your noble bird?
You gave me the answer, a single word inside your short poem: wild.
Freedom and self-pity don’t generally appear in the same places. Self-pity belongs to the dependent, the oppressed, the tamed. We are like circus elephants, moping around untethered, unaware that we are free because for so long we were not. This is the product of being rendered manageable, of having the very wildness stripped from us.
I am a domesticated animal, D.H. Lawrence. And I will tell you that nothing hurts quite so much – and leaves such weeping wounds – as the act of being broken. A tamed thing can’t help but feel sorry for itself. -h.g.
But your bird inspires me and awakens the feral in me, reminding me of the wild thing I once was and can be again. The ropes that hold me down are merely the ghosts of ropes that dissolved long ago. My illusions are all that oppress me now.
And so I’d like to thank you, D.H. Lawrence, for illustrating so beautifully the capacity for gratitude that liberty affords. In doing so you have, perhaps inadvertently, highlighted how diminished that capacity can become under the heels of oppression and tyranny. I truly love your short tribute to the frozen bird, to wild things. Without it, it might have taken me much longer to remember that I too am at heart a wild thing. | <urn:uuid:4d75ba41-c25a-413a-a255-6f51f672346a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://dontcallmesybil.com/2010/07/08/an-open-letter-to-d-h-lawrence/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00020-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957356 | 408 | 2.046875 | 2 |
A CubeSat is a small satellite in the shape of a 10 centimeter cube and weighs just 1 kilogram. That’s about 4 inches and 2 pounds. The design has been simplified so almost anyone can build them and the instructions are available for free online. CubeSats can be combined to make larger satellites in case you need bigger payloads. Deployable solar panels and antennas make Cubesats even more versatile. The cost to build one? Typically less than $50,000. | <urn:uuid:a059bd85-278a-448e-862a-fffa595d50d5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2012/10/04/cubesats-explained-and-why-you-should-build-one/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00051-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935469 | 100 | 2.9375 | 3 |
We think of crime as over in a flash. It takes just a few seconds to snatch a necklace in the street, pick a pocket, or to break into a car. And rare are the burglars who search every conceivable hiding place. Instead, they try to leave as soon as they have found something worth stealing - usually within a few minutes of entering the house. Snatching the necklace or breaking into the house is, in fact, just one step in a series of steps needed to complete each of these crimes.
You should try to understand the sequence of steps involved in your crime or disorder problem. There are several approaches that you can follow:
- Leslie Kennedy of Rutgers University and his colleague Vincent Sacco separate the steps into precursors, transactions, and aftermath, and have produced a criminology textbook, The Criminal Event, organized around these three stages.
- William Haddon has developed a similar classification to assist thinking about road accident prevention. He divides preventive actions into pre-crash, crash, and post crash.
- Derek Cornish uses the concept of crime "scripts" to guide analysis. The underlying idea is that any particular category of crime requires a set of standard actions to be performed in a particular order, just as in the script of a play. The scenes are the sequential stages of the crime; the cast consists of the criminals, victims and bystanders; and the tools they use are the props.
Whichever of these approaches you use, try to list the sequence of steps the offender must make to complete the crime. The table below is Cornish's simplified representation of the many steps that joyriders must complete, but it shows that the specific act we consider to be the crime (in this case, taking the car) is preceded by preparation, and followed by escaping and enjoying the proceeds. This brings us to the reason for analyzing crimes in this careful, step-by-step manner: understanding clearly the sequence of actions required for the successful completion of the crime will reveal to you many more points of intervention. In other words, this will broaden the choice of responses for to you consider in your project. The final column of the table lists the possible responses, keyed to each stage of joyriding.
Joyriding is one of the simpler crimes, but you can follow the same process of breaking the crime down into its constituent steps for more complex crimes as well. One example is crowd disturbances (including riots). Clark McPhail, a leading expert on crowds, created a three-step process for analyzing all gatherings: the assembling process, the assembled gathering, and the disbursal process. Tamara Madensen, a graduate student at the University of Cincinnati, added two earlier steps: initial planning and pre-assembly preparation. Police might send out warnings about hosting large drinking parties to forestall initial planning. To prevent bonfires, easily burnable trash should be removed during the pre-assembly preparations. Police might greet arriving students to encourage lawful behavior during the assembling process. When the crowd is assembled, police can monitor behavior and intervene if trouble develops. During the disbursement process, police want to make sure the crowd breaks up quickly and peacefully.
Steps in Joyriding and Associated Responses
|Preparation||Get tools (e.g., screwdriver, duplicate keys, slidehammer, short steel tube)
|Control sales of equipment such as hand scanners and duplicate keys|
|Entering setting||Enter parking lot||Parking lot barriers; attendants; few entrances|
|Enabling conditions||Loiter unobtrusively||CCTV and/or regular patrols to deter loiterers|
|Selecting target||Reject alarmed cars
Choose suitable vehicle
|Visible protection of tempting vehicles|
|Completing the theft||Enter car (duplicate keys, use screwdriver)
Break ignition lock (tube or slide-hammer)
Hot wire ignition and start car
|CCTV to monitor suspicious behavior; improve natural surveillance of lot; vehicle alarm to alert security; vehicle immobilizer|
|Exiting the setting||Leave parking lot||Attendants or other exit barriers|
|Aftermath||Use car to joyride
Abandon car on wasteland
Set fire to car
|Vehicle-tracking system activated; vehicle curfew program; surveillance of dumping sites|
Source: Cornish, Derek (1994). "The Procedural Analysis of Offending and its Relevance for Situational Prevention." Crime Prevention Studies, volume 3. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press
Preventing Deaths of Illegal Migrants
In an unusual application of situational prevention, Rob Guerette of Florida International University, has undertaken a careful study for the U.S. Border Patrol of the circumstances in which illegal migrants die crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Each year, some 300 migrants die in tragic circumstances - for example, by drowning in canals and rivers, by heat exposure in desert regions, or as result of vehicle accidents. By tracing the steps that add the illegal migrants take in crossing the border and trying to understand the circumstances that lead to loss of life, he came up with a number of life-saving suggestions. He classified these suggestions in a two-way grid:
- Across the top, he followed William Haddon's method and sorted the preventive suggestions into those that applied before, during, and after the life-threatening event.
- Down the side of the grid, he followed the crime triangle and sorted measures by whether they were aimed at (1) the migrant or the "victim," (2) the "coyote," who is employed by migrants to get them safely across the border (the "offender"), and (3) the "place" or environment, i.e., desert, rivers, urban areas, and so forth.
Some of these suggestions were extensions or improvements of measures already in place, but others were novel, which shows the value of his approach. Most of the suggestions are self-explanatory, but more background is needed to understand some of them (the numbering follows the table):
- His research showed that proportionately more females die from heat exposure.
- Migrants typically gather in staging towns close to the border in Mexico where they make contact with "coyotes."
- When highly trained search and rescue agents are dispatched to make a rescue, Guerette found migrants are more likely to survive than when regular line agents are dispatched.
- To prevent immediate attempts to re-cross the desert in the very hot months, migrants apprehended at these times in the Arizona desert were laterally repatriated in 2003 to Mexican towns near the Texas border. This experiment was effective in saving lives.
- In 2004, the Mexican authorities agreed to accept repatriations from Arizona to destinations in the interior of Mexico.
- Motorists in Arizona commonly see small bands of illegal migrants attempting to cross the desert in the hot months. This campaign would seek their aid in saving lives by calling a 1-800 number to report the sighting.
- Border Patrol agents in Arizona told Guerette that they often had great difficulty in locating a migrant reported to be in distress by other migrants, whom they had apprehended. This is because large swathes of the desert are quite featureless and the directions given by apprehended migrants are often vague. A systematic program of temporary desert markings using color-coding or symbols could ameliorate this difficulty.
|Before life threatening event||During life threatening event||After life threatening event|
|Migrant||1. Inform female migrants about dangers of crossing the desert
2. Implement alert system for hazardous conditions
|3. Distribute instructions in staging towns for migrants to follow when in distress
4. Expand Border Patrol search and rescue capacity
|5. Lateral repatriation 6. Interior repatriation|
|Coyote||7. Implement alert system for hazardous conditions
8. Warn coyotes of prosecution in event of migrant deaths
|9. Target coyote for arrest||10. Create task force to prosecute coyotes when deaths occur|
|Environment||11. Target problematic times and places
12. Erect barricades at dangerous crossing points
13. Post visible warning signs in risky areas
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In response to Dean Coles letter to the editor (Friday October 26), here are 10 reasons why Mayor Shari Green has to go to China:
1. China is one of the worlds largest economies and a major export market for goods produced in northern British Columbia.
2. Prince George is an important transportation hub along the Asia-Pacific corridor, which links Asia to North America.
3. Shari Green is the Mayor of Prince George, northern British Columbias largest community.
4. Over the past several decades, senior levels of government (provincial, federal) have effectively devolved responsibility for local economic development to municipal governments.
5. Other municipalities in British Columbia and western Canada will be traveling to China and other parts of Asia in search of business.
6. Other business leaders from northern British Columbia and western Canada will be going and so this trip represents a good opportunity to network.
7. Colin Kinsley went to Asia when he was mayor and built up important relationships that need to be nurtured and sustained if they are going to produce results over the long term.
8. Successful business and political relationships must be built on face to face interactions.
9. The funds for this trip are already budgeted and the costs of this trip will probably be partly covered by the provincial and/or federal governments.
10. Because she has to go. | <urn:uuid:81836d9a-c16c-4d84-9749-4d6c9a2e254a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/article/20121031/PRINCEGEORGE0303/310319988/-1/princegeorge/here-is-today-39-s-top-ten | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00044-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946253 | 281 | 1.84375 | 2 |
Rider University firmly believes in the use of timely warning notices as a means of preventing crimes or other serious incidents, as well as to notify the University community of crimes committed on campus or in the surrounding area. Members of the Rider community are encouraged to immediately report crimes and other serious incidents to the Department of Public Safety so that a timely warning notice can be issued as appropriate.
The University is also committed to ensuring that appropriate information is disseminated quickly and accurately in an emergency situation. The Department of Public Safety is responsible for coordinating emergency preparedness efforts, including emergency response and evacuation policies and procedures, in coordination with the University’s senior management team. Emergency policies, procedures, and notification systems are evaluated as needed and tested on an annual basis. Emergency response and evacuation procedures are publicized in the employee phone directory and on Rider’s Web site.
The Director of Public Safety, the Associate Vice President for Planning, and the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students determine when and how to issue timely warning notices and emergency notifications. Without delay and taking into account the safety of the University community, they determine the content of the notification and initiate the notification system, unless issuing a notification, in the professional judgment of responsible authorities, compromises efforts to assist a victim or to contain, respond to, or otherwise mitigate an emergency.
Timely warning and emergency notifications to students, faculty, and staff include the use of RiderAlert, Rider’s electronic notification system; voicemail; email; web postings; and/or signage. Members of the Rider University community are encouraged to sign up for RiderAlert. To submit and/or edit your contact information, please visit www.rider.edu/rideralert. You will be prompted to enter your Easypass user name and password, after which you will be asked to enter your personal emergency contact information and other emergency contact information (parent, guardian, spouse, relative, etc.). Once you have entered your information and determined that it is accurate, follow the prompts for submitting and saving your data. If you have any questions about this process, please call or email the OIT help desk at 609-219-3000 or firstname.lastname@example.org.
Remember that RiderAlert is only as useful as the contact information you provide. With this in mind, it is important that you keep your contact information up-to-date, should a need for emergency contact be required. | <urn:uuid:2144af48-98e3-4e24-9639-cd3c02f9f043> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.rider.edu/offices-services/public-safety/emergency-procedures-21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00045-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932873 | 492 | 1.5 | 2 |
University of Buffalo winning team: Alexandra Centono, Kathryn Jones, Liliana Yohonn, Christina Ramsay, and Advisor Professor Karl Fiebelkorn
Each year, 3 big competitions challenge pharmacy students to show off their skills and talents: the American Pharmacists Association counseling competition; the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists clinical skills competition for 2-person teams; and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition. Twenty years ago, the University of Buffalo was number 1 in one of those prestigious competitions and has always placed in the top 5 or top 10. This year was different, however, because the all-women team from Buffalo brought home top prize in the Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition.
The team consisted of captain Kathryn Jones, Christina Ramsay, Liliana Yohonn, and Alexandra Centono, advised by Karl D. Fiebelkorn, MBA, RPh, CDM, clinical assistant professor, assistant dean for student affairs and professional relations, and director/editor of the Pharmacy Law Newsletter with the university's School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
As classmates in Fiebelkorn's business class, Jones and Centono decided to form a team for this competition with their friends, Ramsay and Yohonn, and the 4 women embarked on a long but rewarding task of research, legwork, analysis, and presentation.
The team's winning plan focused on developing a women's pharmacy—a natural idea proposed by this all-women team. This was the first time in the history of the competition that an entry has been about a pharmacy for women—certainly one of the aspects that made their plan stand out among the tough competition. The plan was to go into a junior partnership in Rochester, NY, with a compounding pharmacy. The pharmacy would be geared toward women but would fill prescriptions for everyone in the family, as the team's research showed that women between the ages of 24 and 40 are the number 1 shoppers in pharmacy and the number 1 shopper for health care for their entire family—husband, kids, and parents.
It would be called Isabella's Pharmacy after the first woman pharmacist, who they discovered through their research to be practicing in the 1600s. Prescriptions at Isabella's Pharmacy might include hormones, antidepressants, ob-gyn prescriptions, and anything to do with women's issues and health. According to team advisor Fiebelkorn, the pharmacy was designed to be warm and safe and to make their customers feel comfortable. The students did a survey of 100 women and traveled to different towns to find the ideal location. They settled on Pittsford, NY, because of its favorable demographics— higher socioeconomic status, more than half the town are women, and a high concentration of prescribers— meaning lots of potential referrals from endocrinologists and ob-gyns.
As a team advisor, Fiebelkorn would point them to where they could find information but could not tell them what to do or put in the plan. One aspect he stressed was that the plan had to be firmly based in reality. He wanted the team to find actual locations with actual rents, among other variables. "I do not know if it specifically states that in the rules, but I tell my students they must be realistic." For that practical research, he sent the team to the business library where they discovered the wonderful world of demographic research.
Their plan was very conservative, compared with some of their competition. They understood that their business would start out slow with part-time pay, one employee dedicated to marketing, and a remote medication therapy management pharmacist who was bilingual to cater to some of the Spanish-speaking population. Because 2 of the team members speak Spanish, they were able to incorporate that into their presentation. The team even developed a logo—a vine rather than a snake wrapped around a challis.
The team met about 50 or 60 times during the course of competition preparation. Fiebelkorn would constantly drill the team with questions to prepare them for the rigorous question and answer session that would follow their presentation. They even held a dress rehearsal to be doubly prepared—dress included charcoal gray suits with pink blouses, a running theme in their business plan and presentation. For the rehearsal, Karl brought in colleagues to fire some tough questions their way. These efforts fully prepared the women for the competition question and answer session.
According to Fiebelkorn, the team's biggest challenges were the financials and having them come out right and make sense. They drove to competitors and estimated their prescriptions filled and compiled a lot of background research to make sure their data were accurate and consistent.
Once at the NCPA conference in Anaheim, California, the women let loose the night before at Disneyland before giving a stellar presentation the next day. With 32 schools entered in the competition, the key is to get into the top 3. After a day of deliberation, the team learned their 180-page plan won first prize.
It is important to note that the students get no college credits for their efforts; it is purely a volunteer effort. Fiebelkorn estimates they spent several hundred hours researching and writing the plan—equivalent to about 6 to 8 weeks of full-time work.
Previous team members are still waiting to utilize and implement their business plans.
This year's winning team does not yet know whether they will follow through and actually open their pharmacy for women. Whatever the women decide to do, however, Fiebelkorn is sure they will be successful. "These students are motivated," he concluded. | <urn:uuid:4776ef62-cbd2-4b1d-9151-01c9ce2dfc01> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.pharmacytimes.com/print.php?url=/publications/career/2008/Careers_2008-02/Careers_2008-02_8004 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00004-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970615 | 1,153 | 1.585938 | 2 |
|Piracy Increases Anime DVD Sales, Study Concludes|
|By Thom Holwerda on 2011-02-05 00:14:36|
|Piracy hurts the content industry. This has been the common line of thought in the piracy and copyright debate for years now, and even though study after study highlight that this is simply not the case - or at least, not as clear-cut a case - the content industry and its avid fans continue to spread this party line. Well, yet another study, this time from the Japanese government, has concluded that piracy actually increases anime DVD sales.
The study comes from the Japanese Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, a prestigious think-tank for the Japanese government. They investigated the effects of YouTube and the Japanese P2P program Winny on the rental and sales of anime DVDs, and came to some interesting conclusions.
YouTube does not negatively affect DVD rentals, and it actually increases DVD sales. Winny, on the other hand, does negatively affect DVD rentals, but has no effect on DVD sales.
"YouTube's effect of boosting DVD sales can be seen after the TV's broadcasting of the series has concluded, which suggests that not just a few people learned about the program via a Youtube viewing," the study's abstract reads, "In other words YouTube can be interpreted as a promotion tool for DVD sales."
We're still in the middle of determining the effects of piracy on the market. You can talk about the financial aspect of the story all you want, but in the end, I find the effect it has on art much more important. Whether or not people make more or less money is of no relevance to me - what matters is whether or not piracy promotes the arts and sciences.
What we know for sure is that current copyright law has a detrimental effect on the arts and sciences. What we need to investigate now is whether or not piracy combats these detrimental effects of copyright law.
In the end, promoting the arts and sciences - the original goal of copyright - basically comes down to spreading them. I'd hazard a guess piracy has done more to spread especially the arts than copyright law has ever done.
- Sony to make last MiniDisc stereo system in March - 2013-02-04
- Compact disc turns 30 - 2012-10-02
- GStreamer 1.0 released - 2012-09-27
- XBMC for Android announced - 2012-07-14
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GIS - Mapping Information
Digitization has played an evolutionary role in the way we consume information. Just as emails and e-books have replaced letters and books, paper maps have been replaced by the more convenient and slick Geographic Information Systems (GIS). A GIS essentially integrates hardware, software, and data to capture, manage, analyze, and display all forms of geographically referenced information.
Today, we employ GIS applications such as Foursquare and Places to explore new areas. Not all of us might be aware of this, but we are living in one of the greatest eras of applied GIS. Currently, millions of users use GIS solutions to find out what the meteorological department has to say, avoid traffic congestions, explore new places etc. Government organizations also use the GIS for military purposes, public heath, water resources, public planning and other activities. The GIS market in the Utility sector alone is expected to growth at a CAGR of 16 percent over the period 2011-2015.
However, even as we bask in the brilliance of this technology, there are certain aspects that hinder the growth of this market. The internet constitutes a part of our life just as much as the outside world. As more of these GIS tools go social, there is a potential threat to personal security like never before. Not many of us realize that a simple voice chat tool like 'voxer' or a networking site like Facebook frequently divulges our exact location into the net. A recent blog posted by a Microsoft employee thus aptly advises parents to have a Location Services talk just like the ''Drugs talk'' or the ''Sex talk'' with their children.
Despite the concerns, the Global GIS market is expected to grow significantly in the next few years. The APAC region alone is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.8 percent during the period 2011-2015 with the majority of the growth coming from China and Japan. This is mainly because of the increasing investment in this market from the Government and the Defense sectors.
It would be interesting to observe what this market grows out to be, and the innovations it would eventually give birth to. One would guess, by the end of the GIS revolution, everyone would become a Geographer!
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From elsewhere in The Post: An 18-month-old girl has made a game of biting, but her parents don’t think it should be played.
“How should we handle this biting problem? Our daughter stays at home with her nanny for now, but I worry about the things that could happen in preschool or in another child-care situation. She’s going to have a lot more teeth pretty soon,” the letter writer tells advice columnist Marguerite Kelly.
Kelly advises the parent to “use body language, a quick wit and a firm resolve” to solve the problem and to briefly ignore the toddler after she bites. “If attention is the best present you can give your child — and it is — your inattention is the greatest punishment,” Kelly says.
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Accuracy of ITU-R BS.1770 Algorithm in Evaluating Multitrack Material
Loudness measurement that is computationally efficient and applicable on digital material disregarding listening level is a very important feature for automatic mixing. Recent work in broadcast specifications of loudness (ITU-R BS.1770) deserved broad acceptance and seems a likely candidate for extension to multitrack material, though the original design did not bear in mind this kind of development. Some empirical observations have suggested that certain types of individual source materials are not evaluated properly by the ITU’s algorithm. In this paper a subjective test is presented that tries to shed some light on the subject.
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Patriot EP Pro 32 GB SDXC/SDHC Card ReviewBluePanda - July 19, 2012
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Testing: Custom Files
Nothing reveals the true performances more than actually using the hardware as it was meant to be. That's why this last benchmark is very simple and something anyone can do. Files of varying sizes, small and large, are transferred to the memory cards and the time taken is recorded. Time measurements are taken using a stopwatch. The stopwatch is started as soon as the Windows file transfer window appears and stopped after it closes. After an individual file is tested, it is then deleted before the next file, and the preceding steps are taken again until testing is complete. Average transfer speeds are then calculated by dividing the real file size by the recorded transfer time. Lower transfer times and higher speeds are better.
Custom File Transfers:
What can I say here? This card, at minimum, is over 2.5 times as fast as every comparison card in real-world use. This is one of the first SD cards I've seen that can be written to faster than an external 7200 RPM HDD. Awesome! | <urn:uuid:2a08010a-2037-469b-9fd6-5fd488ef3f6d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/patriot_ep_32gb/6.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00070-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973323 | 240 | 1.5625 | 2 |
50 UN Plaza Slated to be GSA’s First Historical Renovation to Achieve LEED Platinum
SAN FRANCISCO – HKS’s renovation of 50 United Nations Plaza (UNP), a 350,000-square-foot federal building in San Francisco, will be one of the first GSA historical restorations anticipated to achieve LEED Platinum Certification. The building is currently undergoing its first major upgrade since it was constructed in 1936 in the heart of San Francisco’s Civic Center.
The project is currently under construction, with an estimated completion date of mid-2013.
While it can be challenging for a historical remodel project to receive LEED Certification, 50 UNP exceeds LEED Platinum Certification standards through its sustainable site, overall energy reduction and water efficiency.
The current renovation project includes seismic retrofit, building systems upgrade, roof replacement, window restoration, tenant improvements and historic-materials restoration.
Criteria for LEED Platinum Certification includes the high sustainability standards set by the General Services Administration (GSA). 50 UNP is historically significant: it is one of seven representative examples of the City Beautiful movement in San Francisco, and a key element in the Civic Center Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It will house GSA’s Region 9 Headquarters – landlords and builders for the federal branch of government on the Pacific Rim – and thus becomes a showcase for appropriate sustainable measures in a significant historic building.
50 UN Plaza offers large, operable windows and ceiling fans that, when coupled with the mild California climate, eliminate the need for air conditioning. The windows, spaced 13 feet on-center, also reduce the dependence on electrical lighting and its associated thermal gain. Additionally, a central courtyard ensures that no workspace is more than 20 feet from a natural daylight source.
The main lighting source will be high-efficiency dimmable fluorescent lights. LED lights are being recommended for task lighting and are the primary source for exterior lighting. Occupancy and daylight sensors will control the fluorescent lighting to reduce the building’s energy consumption. Solar panels on the north wing roof will harvest energy for the building’s use. This new green roof, covered in vegetation, will reduce the urban heat-island effect while treating storm water runoff.
The historic windows have been rehabilitated, and the original steam radiators – which are in remarkably pristine condition – will be reused and equipped with individual controls for heating. Domestic water usage will be reduced by 80 percent by replacing the original plumbing fixtures with water-saving modern equipment. For the landscaping, highly efficient drip emitters will replace spray irrigation. A grove of birch trees planted in the central courtyard will connect building occupants to the natural environment, a practice that has been shown to increase both efficiency and tenant satisfaction.
The building’s location at the center of one of the greenest cities in the world helps to support the sustainable agenda. The site is adjacent to several modes of public transportation, such as Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), the municipal railway, and several regional bus lines. Bicycle storage and changing rooms are available for employees who choose to ride their bikes to work.
In May 2012, 50 UNP will be featured in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Designed to Earn, the Energy Star® gallery exhibit at the AIA 2012 National Convention in Washington, D.C.
HKS, Inc. is a leading architectural design firm ranked among the top five architectural engineering firms, according to Building Design+Construction magazine. Since its founding in 1939, HKS has completed construction projects totaling more than $73 billion in more than 1,178 cities located in 77 countries. The firm operates from 29 offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.hksinc.com. | <urn:uuid:dbf572af-8ee7-47c2-9f96-6943af155d56> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.theregistrysf.com/50-un-plaza-slated-to-be-gsas-first-historical-renovation-to-achieve-leed-platinum/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00067-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92639 | 773 | 2.015625 | 2 |
I love language, and what can be done with a well-turned phrase: metaphor, simile, analogy, a quip and a quote. I love how language can evoke and expand. And when something so good comes along that people feel compelled to pass it along, I love finding out where it came from.
That's not always easy to do. Things change in the retelling. Origins get misty. That was the case with the widely quoted and misquoted description of the Basin and Range as "an army of caterpillars marching northward toward out of Mexico." It's been repeated in a variety of ways in a plethora of sources. But who said it first? Who looked at those wriggling mountain ranges and thought, "Hmmm, caterpillars!"?
Thanks to Silver Fox and her fellow investigators, now we know. But this isn't just the story of a quote, but how the combined power of Google, Twitter, and a determined social network can uncover the 124 year-old truth in a day.
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Bob Tisdale, author of the awesome book “Who Turned on the Heat?” presented an interesting problem that turns out to be a good application of robust statistical tests called empirical fluctuation processes.
Bob notes that sea surface temperature (SST) in a large region of the globe in the Eastern Pacific does not appear to have warmed at all in the last 30 years, in contrast to model simulations (CMIP SST) for that region that show strong warming. The region in question is shown below.
The question is, what is the statistical significance of the difference between model simulations and the observations? The graph comparing the models with observations from Bob’s book shows two CMIP model projections strongly increasing at 0.15C per decade for the region (brown and green) and the observations increasing at 0.006C per decade (magenta).
However, there is a lot of variability in the observations, so the natural question is whether the difference is statistically significant? A simple-minded approach would be to compare the temperature change between 1980 and 2012 relative to the standard deviation, but this would be a very low power test, and only used by someone who wanted to obfuscate the obvious failure of climate models in this region.
Empirical fluctuation processes are a natural way to examine such questions in a powerful and generalized way, as we can ask of a strongly autocorrelated series — Has there been a change in level? — without requiring the increase to be a linear trend.
To illustrate the difference, if we assume a linear regression model, as is the usual practice: Y = mt +c the statistical test for a trend is whether the trend coefficient m is greater than zero.
H0: m=0 Ha: m>0
If we test for a change in level, the EFP statistical test is whether m is constant for all of time t:
H0: mi = m0 for i over all time t.
For answering questions similar to tests of trends in linear regression, the EFP path determines if and when a simple constant model Y=m+c deviates from the data. In R this is represented as the model Y~1. If we were to use a full model Y~t then this would test whether the trend of Y is constant, not whether the level of Y is constant. This is clearer if you have run linear models in R.
Moving on to the analysis, below are the three data series given to me by Bob, and available with the R code here.
The figure below shows the series in question on the x axis, the EFP path is the black line, and 95% significance levels for the EFP path are in red.
It can be seen clearly that while the EFP path for the SST observations series shows a little unusual behavior, with a significant change in level in 1998 and again in 2005, the level is currently is not significantly above the level in 1985.
The EFP path for the CMIP3 model (CMIP5 is similar), however, exceeds the 95% significant level in 1990 and continues to increase, clearly indicating a structural increase in level in the model that has continued to intensify.
Furthermore, we can ask whether there is a change in level between the CMIP models and the SST observations. The figure below shows the EFP path for the differences CMIP3-SST and CMIP5-SST. After some deviation from zero at about 1990, around 2000 the difference becomes very significant at the 5% level, and continues to increase. Thus the EFP test shows a very significant and widening disagreement between the temperature simulation of the CMIP over the observational SST series in the Eastern Pacific region after the year 2000.
While the average of multiple model simulations show a significant change in level over the period, in the parlance of climate science, there is not yet a detectable change in level in the observations.
One could say I am comparing apples and oranges, as the models are average behavior while the SST observations are a single realization. But, the fact remains only the simulations of models show warming, because there is no support for warming of the region from the observations. This is consistent with the previous post on Santer’s paper showing failure of models to match the observations over most latitudinal bands. | <urn:uuid:b44c48fc-14d5-4f4c-a74d-0f9e0c969aaa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://landshape.org/enm/east-pacific-region-temperatures-climate-models-fail-again/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00005-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933363 | 892 | 2.75 | 3 |
I'm not saying you are
wrong. I'm not very well versed in theological matters after all. Anyway, I couldn't find more than a general connection with the passage either. Anyway, here's my translation (on the fly as usual
Sorry, a bit busy lately)
By this it is shown that idolatry, which the devil introduced/constructed, he (the devil) will topple/end having come (after he comes/arrives), and every heresy/cult which he put forth to oppose the truth, he (the devil) will cripple having come (after he comes/arrives).
So that this sin will also be on the humans (so that humans will be also burdened by this sin), that those (ideas) they were misled from, they didn't topple/destroy/whatever themselves, but he who misled them (that they weren't the ones to discredit/throw away the ideas/heresies that misled/deceived them but the one who misled them in the first place).
(The next part needs more care than I have time to put into it I'm afraid. My apologies)
For these deceptions/deceits which the devil put together/created in detail, renouncing God, and slyly(?) putting his worship in the place of God's worship, so when, after these events, he comes, having found everything ready and the humans deceived and being outside God's help, he can easily (as he will think ? I'm being extremely thick today) accomplish his plan, i.e. being worshiped by all humans.
For the same relation exists between an arch and its scaffolding and between the heresies that exist among the Hellenes and among the Christians and the devil (as with one so with the other kind of construction). That is, just as when an arch is tightened(?) and gets the ??? (don't have a clue about how arches are supposed to be constructed. In any language. The meaning is clear to me though: When the arch is completed and can stand on its "own", as part of the house), the scaffolding is removed, and the arch stands alone, solid, the same way the devil has put the many heresies and deceptions in the place/instead of scaffolding, like in an arch, pre-creating (or perhaps "shoring up"?) his worship as the biggest thing (?) [again the building theme defies me], so when he comes punishing all the heresies, and he himself is idle (his work is done? I'm not sure I get this one), he will introduce his worship to the humans bare (by itself, with not frills or whatever).
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February 23 - Keynote titled OSGi in the Enterprise: Agility, Modularity, and Architecture’s Paradox
March 22 - 25 - Tutorial on Modular Architecture
June 14 - 17 - Sessions titled Turtles and Architecture and Patterns of Modular Architecture
July 26 - 30 - Two sessions on rich mobile applications and one on agile development. Half day tutorial on software process improvement.
Right on. I just won a Best Buy drawing worth $1000. Either that or I won a shiny new virus by clicking the link. Hmm...what to do. 2012-08-29
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Software architecture is difficult to define. Ask five different developers their definition of software architecture, and you’ll likely get five different answers. Arguably though, we can agree that software architecture represents the significant technical decisions spanning the breadth of the system. For instance, managing the dependencies between modules is a significant aspect of software architecture. Developing application frameworks that promote consistency across use cases is architecturally significant. Identifying application layers and the behavioral granularity of those layers is architecturally significant, as well. As Booch states:
Architecture is design, but not all design is architecture. Rather, architecture focuses upon significant decisions, where significant is measured by the impact of changing that decision. For this reason, architectural decisions tend to concentrate upon identifying and controlling the seams in a system, which are described in terms of interfaces and mechanisms and so typically mark the units of change in the system.
Essentially, we differentiate between architecture and design based on the impact of change. How easy is it to modify system modules if dependencies are not carefully managed? How difficult is it to change the dependency structure? How easy is it to reuse software components or services if the behavioral granularity is incorrect? How easy is it to refactor behavioral granularity? Traditionally, we attempt to make the right architectural decisions early due to the significant anticipated cost affiliated with making incorrect decisions.
This contradicts agile practices which have taught us to avoid up front design and architecture, and instead embrace change throughout the software development lifecycle. So how do agile and architecture come together? Conceptually, the goal of agile architecture is to eliminate the architectural significance of change by crafting software that can easily adapt to change. I provide an example of how to do this by focusing on the joints within a system. In practice, developing agile architecture is much more difficult. There are two simple truths we must be willing to accept.
So how do agile practices promote agile architecture? To briefly paint a picture of agile architecture, we’ll explore a development scenario examining system growth and evolution.
Early in the lifecycle, change is rampant as new features are under development. An architectural vision that guides developers should be established that aligns technology adoption and implementation with business objectives. The time required to establish this initial architectural vision should be measured in days, not weeks or months.
Developers should stress closure by bundling code into larger modules, avoiding the unpredictability associated with complex implementation issues such as module granularity and transactionality spanning module boundaries. As the system grows, change and discovery occur less frequently. Modules should be broken apart, emphasizing independent deployment, clear separation of concerns, and even reuse. Smaller, self-contained modules are wired together via interfaces, further decoupling the structural relationships between modules.
Throughout the lifecycle, as business objectives change and new requirements emerge, the architectural vision evolves, yet still serves as the guide to implementation. Agile architecture is manifest as modules with minimal dependencies, concise behaviors, and clear points of extensibility. This drives architecture down to the class and code level, making the quality of your source code, and the coupling and cohesion of your classes, a critical factor in the resiliency of your architecture.
Agile practices play a critical role in agile architecture. Test-driven development lends you the courage to undergo architectural evolution. Continuous integration accommodates architectural shifts by ensuring issues encountered while refactoring are identified and corrected quickly. Supplementing your up-front design approach with an emergent strategy emphasizing spikes or proofs helps verify the architectural vision. Developing a robust infrastructure supporting incremental delivery allows your team to experience and identify architectural deficiencies related to performance, failover, usability, and more. Early and frequent discovery of inadequate architectural decisions provides the team with the time necessary to make architectural adjustments.
Shifts in architecture exists in a world beneath the trendy technologies du jour. It exists in a world separate from your decision on which web framework to use. Or which ORM framework you want to play with. SOA isn’t relied upon as a revolutionary architectural model. With agile architecture, technology becomes less significant because the architecture diminishes the impact of change. Crafting a robust architecture is not easy, but is at least possible if you allow architecture to evolve, and refactor as architecture must shift. Agile practices enable agile architecture.
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US actress Mayim Bialik is writing a vegan recipe book to help others adapt more easily to a life without animal products.
The Big Bang Theory star appeared in a campaign for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to promote veganism last year, and now she's aiming to show fans how easy it is to cook up tasty meals that are both meat and dairy-free.
She tells UsMagazine.com: "I love to cook and I feel like there is so much interest in plant-based eating.
"I get a lot of non-vegans saying to me, `If more people cooked like you do, I would actually eat vegan more often',"
The cookbook won't be Bialik's first venture into the publishing world, she wrote a book about her experiences with the controversial attachment style of parenting, titled Beyond the Sling, last year. | <urn:uuid:10146294-45cd-4bf1-aecc-8e11a1f986bb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nzherald.co.nz/food-wine/news/article.cfm?c_id=206&objectid=10862556 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00051-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973081 | 185 | 1.578125 | 2 |
The physical effects of the Buzz are constant: the Immortal (usually) feels a prickling at the base of his or her neck, followed by what appears to be a surge of adrenaline. Physical senses appear to be enhanced, to the point where one Immortal can turn and zero in on the other without even looking. For a newly-created Immortal, the experience can be unsettling, even traumatic. The effects of the Buzz may vary between immortals but are usually focused on the cranium and usually unpleasant enough to be immediately noticeable. There seems to be a different effect when an Immortal meets a latent Immortal (Immortals before their first death) that makes them recognizable. Latent Immortals don't feel the Buzz. | <urn:uuid:a2cf9ba6-ca0a-4eeb-9366-dc15c26ff651> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://highlander.wikia.com/wiki/The_Buzz | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00054-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954673 | 146 | 1.601563 | 2 |
- Historic Sites
“moschetoes Were Uncommonly Numerous”
Yellow fever killed 4,000 in Philadelphia in 1793, amd puzzled doctors ignored the real clue to blame “miasmata” in the air
April 1956 | Volume 7, Issue 3
They burned fires in the streets (popularly regarded as an effective measure “to purify the air”) and when this was interdicted as being too hazardous they took to the no less perilous firing of guns—which also, needless to say, had to be forbidden. They observed the recommendations of the College of Physicians to an almost absurd degree and were constantly scouring and whitewashing their houses, which they hardly dared to leave. When they ventured into the streets they covered their noses and mouths with handkerchiefs or sponges soaked in vinegar or camphor, and they carried pieces of tar in their hands or pockets and often garlic in their shoes. They walked in the middle of the street in order to be as far away as possible from the houses which might harbor sick persons, and they assiduously avoided talking with anyone, even with close friends. If a hearse appeared in the distance, they turned and walked in another direction.
In their struggle for survival they became callous and heartless. Some parents abandoned their sick children, and persons complaining of a headache were olten forced to leave the house and were thrown out into the streets. Not a few persons who were simply indisposed were forcibly committed to the yellow fever hospital where they contracted the disease. The sick, abandoned by relatives who were afraid of becoming infected, were left to die unattended, and the dead were hurried out of the house and buried before they were cold.
Already mortally afraid of contracting the fever, people became further disturbed when they saw that the doctors could not agree on how to treat it. In search of an effectual method of treatment, all the usual remedies having failed, Dr. Rush had taken recourse to purging with calomel, which in the past had been nsed with apparent success. With characteristic enthusiasm he lelf that he had “at last arrested the fatality” of the epidemic, and he informed the College of Physicians that he had found a “cure” for the disease.
The majority of physicians disagreed, and their opposition to their eminent and sanguine colleague was further intensified by his subsequent, equally exuberant, advocacy of copious bleeding (he did not hesitate to bleed patients almost to the point of exhaustion). The controversy between Rush and his opponents was not only extremely acrimonious; it was, unfortunately, conducted publicly. Both factions repeatedly aired their views in the press, and thereby added greatly to the distress of the already sorely harassed laymen who did not know where to turn for medical help.
The death toll mounted unabated. Whole families were swept away. In the first three weeks of August, 1793, there were 160 burials in Philadelphia; from then to the middle of September almost 600; in the last two weeks of the month more than 1,000.
The exodus proceeded at an even more rapid pace; probably more than one-third of the 50,000 inhabitants fled the stricken city. Philadelphia, the most populous and prosperous metropolis in the United States, the capital of the young American republic, took on the aspect of a ghost town. Many houses and shops were deserted and boarded up. Traffic was almost nonexistent, and in the empty streets “the hearse alone kept up the remembrance of the noise of carriages or carts. … ”
All the city magistrates, with the exception of the mayor, deserted their posts: the governor had retired to the country because of illness; nearly all the state officers had gone; most, if not all, of the officers of the federal government were absent, and the President of the United States, “according to his annual custom, had removed to Mount Vernon.” Government was virtually at a standstill.
In the middle of September the mayor called a meeting to discuss measures for the care of the city’s indigent, whose situation was especially precarious. The meeting, to which the public at large had been invited, was poorly attended. But out of its deliberations there emerged a committee which gradually extended the scope of its activities to such an extent that it became the de facto city government.
The great burden was carried by the eighteen persons on this committee, who placed themselves entirely in the service of their fellow citizens. Their efforts were supported by the majority of the physicians, by many of the clergy, and by the elders of the African church, who marshalled the forces of their congregation, many of whose members rendered selfless service as nurses and gravediggers.
The situation continued to deteriorate. There was no letup in the spread of the lever and the death rate rose ever I aster. Two thousand persons perished in October. Business and commerce lagged, prices rose as provisions became scarce; the city was faced with the specter of famine. A spirit of utter despondency and fatalism took possession of even the staunchest. No ray of hope was anywhere discernible. How was it all going to end?
Was Philadelphia, in the eyes of the Reverend Heinrich Helmulh “by far the most luxurious and dissipated of North American cities,” not indeed experiencing a divine visitation? Were not its citizens receiving deserved punishment for their drunkenness and lewdness, their pride, avarice and uncharitableness, their fraudulence and their quarrelsomeness? Had they not, in their sinlulncss and frivolity, even legalized theatrical performances and imported from “luxurious” Europe no less than seventy to eighty actors and actresses and other stage people? | <urn:uuid:b159a084-d9c1-4181-a4d2-406a21efa83a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.americanheritage.com/content/%E2%80%9Cmoschetoes-were-uncommonly-numerous%E2%80%9D?page=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00048-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986519 | 1,195 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Radio is no longer just for cars. So suggests the emergence of radio apps, coming on the heels of the enormously successful
radio-for-your-iPod app TuneIn
. The latest ones offer streaming music services that range from retro and traditional to social and communal, but all share a quest to bring listeners back to a varied, yet programmed, music experience.
are the key concepts behind Jelli, an app that offers choosy listeners a collective, collaborative radio experience. Jelli provides a centralized portal for preexisting radio frequencies, putting a station’s playlist on display and giving listeners the opportunity to vote songs up or down in the rotation. This democratized approach takes the radio DJ out of the equation (as predicted by Tom Petty
); in essence, every track played is a request. Listeners also have the power to stop a song mid-play, turning traditional radio programming into a sort of Gong Show
for the airwaves (and striking fear into the hearts of Beliebers everywhere).
: Consumers who long for the radios of their childhoods will find comfort in Stereolizer, the app that turns one’s iPad into a 1980s stereo. Yet another example of the recent trend in retro-inspired packaging
, Stereolizer integrates hipster-friendly nostalgia with modern technology. The digital boombox
lookalike boasts a number of fun, if gratuitous, features. Users can tune to their station of choice using an old-school tuning needle (which, quite modernly, provides digital access not only to local frequencies but also to 6,000 global channels). They can also record their radio favorites to virtual mixtapes, a la 8tracks
, and save their collections for future listening.
: Music enthusiasts are no longer relegated to lonely indulgences such as rocking out in a car with the windows up. Outloud.fm encourages likeminded listeners to have a shared experience by allowing fans to get together in virtual “listening rooms.” Part chat room, part streaming music service, these rooms don’t actually draw from a radio frequency but instead let users upload their own music so that each room becomes a community “station” curated by its visitors. The app has been closely compared to Listening Room
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More than 35 years into her Hutchinson Center career, Clinical Research Division nurse Jane Jocom is still caring for patients — though not in the same way she did when she began.
Jocom, who coordinates clinical trials of treatments for stem-cell transplant patients within the Long-Term Follow-Up (LTFU) Program, started out in the 1970s as an intensive-care unit nurse in the transplant ward — a position she held for about 10 years.
When the Center began to conduct a greater number of clinical trials, the need for a research nurse arose, and Jocom was recruited.
"I had to learn that role," Jocom said. "In research, it's a different kind of feeling that you have. It's not like being at bedside, although I still have a relationship with my patients."
Since 1986, she has worked coordinating and implementing research trials — determining patients' eligibility, monitoring protocol compliance and toxicities, making sure trials conform to regulations and collecting data from the trials to use for assessing new treatments.
One of the things Jocom likes about the duties she has had over the course of her career is the variety. "My work is so different and yet so tied together," she said. "It's still patient care."
Looking out for patients' interests
Although Jocom no longer provides bedside care, she plays key roles setting up patients with appropriate trials, ensuring their safety during trials, answering questions, helping them find funding when necessary, and generally supporting studies aimed at better treatments for patients.
"Jane really takes responsibilities very seriously and does her best with every individual patient to make sure that what they need is taken care of," said Peggy Adams Myers, manager of LTFU research, who supervises Jocom.
Part of Jocom's job is to meet with all transplant patients before they go home to explain follow-up questionnaires she later reviews.
Her past nursing experience helps her identify and call for adjustments if a patient experiences adverse effects to a treatment — something a person merely inputting data would not be able to do, said Dr. Mary Flowers, medical director of the clinical LTFU program.
"She plays a key role between clinical research and clinical care because she understands the importance of both sides," Flowers said.
Judy Campbell, a LTFU nurse in clinical care who has worked with Jocom for most of the 35 years they've both been at the Center, recognizes the value of a skilled researcher who still knows her nursing.
"You need someone who is compassionate and dedicated and works well with the patients," said Campbell, who collaborates with Jocom on educating outgoing patients. "When Jane is working one-on-one with patients, she shines."
Jocom moved into research after she saw the potential to help patients during her first trial. Working with Dr. Keith Sullivan, Jocom coordinated a pioneering trial showing that intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) reduces infection in transplant patients.
"I thought IVIG would be a good benefit to bone-marrow transplant patients because infection is a major problem," Jocom said. For this reason, helping patients boost their immune systems with products like IVIG is of great value.
When the Federal Drug Administration audited Jocom's first study on IVIG, colleagues warned her that the process could be worse than being audited by the Internal Revenue Service. In the end, though, the study came through intact — in part due to Jocom's careful work. "I got a big T-shirt from the drug company that supported the trial saying 'I survived the FDA audit,'" Jocom said. "I still have that T-shirt."
In the early 1990s, Jocom moved into managing increasingly complex, multicenter trials. In addition to the immunoglobulin studies, Jocom has continued to work with treatments for chronic graft-vs.-host disease, which affects more than half of the patients who receive a transplant from donors.
Throughout the studies, Jocom is responsible for making sure trials closely follow protocols. High praise is always given to the way Jocom keeps the regulatory information organized and complete, said Dr. Paul Carpenter, principal investigator of several of Jocom's ongoing trials. Keeping careful records is something she is known for — and learned to do from the start.
Co-workers said it is Jocom's depth of experience and meticulousness that enables her to handle her trials efficiently and effectively.
"Jane has the ability and insight to understand the system and be aware of the adjustments she needs to make," said Aurora Brandvold, a clinical research nurse who works with Jocom.
"I don't have to check in that her clinical trials are going well," Adams Myers said. "The studies that Jane is in charge of are always perfect."
For her part, Jocom admits a thrill in making sure the trials present reliable, accurate data. "For me, to be able to get all the data to follow protocol is gratifying," she said.
Long-term links with patients
Jocom said that highlights of her long Center career include the people she works with and the sense of purpose she derives from her work.
"Because of her time at the Center, the understanding of the mission of the Center is dear to Jane, and it shows through her dedication, commitment and professionalism in the work she carries out," Flowers said.
Jocom also said helping patients is central to her job satisfaction.
Jocom enjoys the opportunities she has for developing long-term relationships with patients due to the nature of her follow-up work. She feels special satisfaction when patients acknowledge these long-term links.
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