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New York Times
November 14, 2004
The Pentagon is building its own Internet, the military's world wide web for the wars of the future.
The goal is to give all American commanders and troops a moving picture of all foreign enemies and threats - "a God's-eye view" of battle.
This "Internet in the sky," Peter Teets, under secretary of the Air Force, told Congress, would allow "marines in a Humvee, in a faraway land, in the middle of a rainstorm, to open up their laptops, request imagery" from a spy satellite, and "get it downloaded within seconds."
The Pentagon calls the secure network the Global Information Grid, or GIG. Conceived six years ago, its first connections were laid six weeks ago. It may take two decades and hundreds of billions of dollars to build the new war net and its components.
Skeptics say the costs are staggering and the technological hurdles huge.
Vint Cerf, one of the fathers of the Internet and a Pentagon consultant on the war net, said he wondered if the military's dream was realistic. "I want to make sure what we realize is vision and not hallucination," Mr. Cerf said.
"This is sort of like Star Wars, where the policy was, 'Let's go out and build this system,' and technology lagged far behind,'' he said. "There's nothing wrong with having ambitious goals. You just need to temper them with physics and reality."
Advocates say networked computers will be the most powerful weapon in the American arsenal. Fusing weapons, secret intelligence and soldiers in a global network - what they call net-centric warfare - will, they say, change the military in the way the Internet has changed business and culture.
"Possibly the single most transforming thing in our force,'' Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has said, "will not be a weapons system, but a set of interconnections."
The American military, built to fight nations and armies, now faces stateless enemies without jets, tanks, ships or central headquarters. Sending secret intelligence and stratagems instantly to soldiers in battle would, in theory, make the military a faster, fiercer force against a faceless foe.
Robert J. Stevens, chief executive of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, the nation's biggest military contractor, said he envisioned a "highly secure Internet in which military and intelligence activities are fused," shaping 21st-century warfare in the way that nuclear weapons shaped the cold war.
Every member of the military would have "a picture of the battle space, a God's-eye view," he said. "And that's real power."
Pentagon traditionalists, however, ask if net-centric warfare is nothing more than an expensive fad. They point to the street fighting in Falluja and Baghdad, saying firepower and armor still mean more than fiber optic cables and wireless connections.
But the biggest challenge in building a war net may be the military bureaucracy. For decades, the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines have built their own weapons and traditions. A network, advocates say, would cut through those old ways.
The ideals of this new warfare are driving many of the Pentagon's spending plans for the next 10 to 15 years. Some costs are secret, but billions have already been spent.
Providing the connections to run the war net will cost at least $24 billion over the next five years - more than the cost, in today's dollars, of the Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb. Beyond that, encrypting data will be a $5 billion project.
Hundreds of thousands of new radios are likely to cost $25 billion. Satellite systems for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and communications will be tens of billions more. The Army's program for a war net alone has a $120 billion price tag.
Over all, Pentagon documents suggest, $200 billion or more may go for the war net's hardware and software in the next decade or so. "The question is one of cost and technology," said John Hamre, a former deputy secretary of defense, now president of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
"We want to know all things at all times everywhere in the world? Fine," Mr. Hamre said. "Do we know what this staring, all-seeing eye is that we're going to put in space is? Hell, no."
The military wants to know "everything of interest to us, all the time," in the words of Steven A. Cambone, the under secretary of defense for intelligence. He has told Congress that military intelligence - including secret satellite surveillance covering most of the earth - will be posted on the war net and shared with troops.
John Garing, strategic planning director at the Defense Information Security Agency, now starting to build the war net, said: "The essence of net-centric warfare is our ability to deploy a war-fighting force anywhere, anytime. Information technology is the key to that."
Military contractors - and information-technology creators not usually associated with weapons systems - formed a consortium to develop the war net on Sept. 28. The group includes an A-list of military contractors and technology powerhouses: Boeing; Cisco Systems; Factiva, a joint venture of Dow Jones and Reuters; General Dynamics; Hewlett-Packard; Honeywell; I.B.M.; Lockheed Martin; Microsoft; Northrop Grumman; Oracle; Raytheon; and Sun Microsystems. They are working to weave weapons, intelligence and communications into a seamless web.
The Pentagon has tried this twice before.
Its Worldwide Military Command and Control System, built in the 1960's, often failed in crises. A $25 billion successor, Milstar, was completed in 2003 after two decades of work. Pentagon officials say it is already outdated: more switchboard than server, more dial-up than broadband, it cannot support 21st-century technology.
The Pentagon's scientists and engineers, starting four decades ago, invented the systems that became the Internet. Throughout the cold war, their computer power ran far ahead of the rest of the world.
Then the world eclipsed them. The nation's military and intelligence services started falling behind when the Internet exploded onto the commercial scene a decade ago. The war net is "an attempt to catch up," Mr. Cerf said.
It has been slowly evolving for at least six years. In 1999, Pentagon officials told Congress that "this monumental task will span a quarter-century or more." This year, the vision gained focus, and Pentagon officials started explaining it in some detail to Congress.
Its scope was described in July by the Government Accountability Office, the watchdog agency for Congress.
Many new multibillion-dollar weapons and satellites are "critically dependent on the future network," the agency reported. "Despite enormous challenges and risks - many of which have not been successfully overcome in smaller-scale efforts" like missile defense, "the Pentagon is depending on the GIG to enable a fundamental transformation in the way military operations are conducted."
According to Art Cebrowski, director of the Pentagon's Office of Force Transformation, "What we are really talking about is a new theory of war."
Linton Wells II, the chief information officer at the Defense Department, said net-centric principles were becoming "the center of gravity" for war planners.
"The tenets are broadly accepted throughout the Defense Department," said Mr. Wells, who directs the Office of Networks and Information Integration. "Senior leadership can articulate them. We still have a way to go in terms of why we should spend X billion dollars on a certain program. In the fight between widgets and digits, widgets tend to win."
He said $24 billion would be spent in the next five years to build new war net connections. "No doubt these are expensive," Mr. Wells said. "Technology developments always are."
Advocates acknowledge that weaving American military and intelligence services into a unified system is a huge challenge.
The military is filled with "tribal representatives behind tribal workstations interpreting tribal hieroglyphics," in the words of Gen. John Jumper, the Air Force chief of staff. "What if the machines talked to each other?" he asked.
That is the vision of the new web: war machines with a common language for all military forces, instantly emitting encyclopedias of lethal information against all enemies.
To realize this vision, the military must solve a persistent problem. It all boils down to bandwidth.
Bandwidth measures how much data can flow between electronic devices. Too little for civilians means a Web page takes forever to load. Too little for soldiers means the war net will not work.
The bandwidth requirements seem bottomless. The military will need 40 or 50 times what it used at the height of the Iraq war last year, a Rand Corporation study estimates - enough to give front-line soldiers bandwidth equal to downloading three feature-length movies a second.
The Congressional Research Service said the Army, despite plans to spend $20 billion on the problem, may wind up with a tenth of the bandwidth it needs. The Army, in its "lessons learned" report from Iraq, published in May, said "there will probably never be enough resources to establish a complete and functioning network of communications, sensors, and systems everywhere in the world."
The bottleneck is already great. In Iraq, front-line commanders and troops fight frequent software freezes. "To make net-centric warfare a reality," said Tony Montemarano, the Defense Information Security Agency's bandwidth expansion chief, "we will have to precipitously enhance bandwidth."
The military must also change its own culture.
For decades, the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines have built separate weapons, radios, frequencies and traditions. They guard their "rice bowls" - their turf - from rival services.
But Mr. Rumsfeld's vision depends on interoperability: warfare using all four services in joint operations.
In a net-centric world, "you would not have a Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines," but a unified force, said William Owens, a former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
For the Pentagon's visionaries, Mr. Montemarano said, "the single biggest obstacle is a cultural one.''
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“And God saw euery thing that hee had made: and behold, it was very good. And the euening and the morning were the sixth day.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
1:31 We have here the approbation and conclusion of the whole work of creation. Observe, The review God took of his work, he saw every thing that he had made - So he doth still; all the works of his hands are under his eye; he that made all sees all. The complacency God took in his work. When we come to review our works we find to our shame, that much has been very bad; but when God reviewed his, all was very good. 1. It was good. Good, for it is all agreeable to the mind of the creator. Good, for it answers the end of its creation. Good, for it is serviceable to man, whom God had appointed lord of the visible creation. Good, for it is all for God's glory; there is that in the whole visible creation which is a demonstration of God's being and perfections, and which tends to beget in the soul of man a religious regard to him. 2. It was very good - Of each day's work (except the second) it was said that it was good, but now it is very good. For, 1. Now man was made, who was the chief of the ways of God, the visible image of the Creator's glory, 2. Now All was made, every part was good, but all together very good. The glory and goodness, the beauty and harmony of God's works both of providence and grace, as this of creation, will best appear when they are perfected. The time when this work was concluded. The evening and the morning were the sixth day - So that in six days God made the world. We are not to think but that God could have made the world in an instant: but he did it in six days, that he might shew himself a free agent, doing his own work, both in his own way, and in his own time; that his wisdom, power and goodness, might appear to us, and be meditated upon by us, the more distinctly; and that he might set us an example of working six days, and resting the seventh. And now as God reviewed his work, let us review our meditations upon it; let us stir up ourselves, and all that is within us, to worship him that made the, heaven, earth, and sea, and the fountains of waters. All his works in all places of his dominion bless him, and therefore bless thou the Lord, O my soul. | <urn:uuid:c16e8bcf-a8e1-46ec-aeb1-679456abe77a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1611_Genesis-1-31/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281424.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00335-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.994268 | 561 | 2.28125 | 2 |
Upton Sinclair, ed. (18781968). The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.
To a Foild European Revolutionaire
By Walt Whitman
(Americas most original and creative poet, 18191892; printer and journalist, during the war an army nurse, and later a government clerk, discharged for publishing what his superiors considered an indecent book)
NOT songs of loyalty alone are these,
But songs of insurrection also.
For I am the sworn poet of every dauntless rebel, the world over,
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- Copyright: 6/24/2003
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Clinical research is the study of new drugs and its effects on human beings to come up with informative data which can be used to modify and improve that particular drug. Clinical research studies pharmacological, positive and any negative effect of drug on a human being. The study report is than used for further development of a particular drug.
Phases: There are different stages in clinical research. In the first stage, a particular drug is administered to a sample group of volunteers (strength of around 50-80 per batch) and then the effect of the drug on the volunteer’s body is studied. In the second stage, The volunteer group is increased manifold to study the effect of drug on a larger scale. On getting a positive result, they can apply for commercial license. Last stage is about surveillance the effect of drug carefully after doctors prescribed it.
Scope: Clinical research is a booming sector and is a billion dollar industry. Many students are realizing the scope of pharmacy, especially in the period of depression (when IT and finance companies are getting busted). Clinical research is safe and stable as a career option. Global clinical trials are on the rise along with ICH global standards, paving way for global demand of clinical researchers.
Eligibility: There are lots of reputed institutes for clinical research. A bachelor degree in science is mandatory, preferably life science or pharmacy, to get entry for these courses. Graduation or post graduation in biotechnology, medicine, and pharmacy among others are also appropriate background for gaining entry into these sectors.
Course basics: Clinical research is more about practical than theory. The course generally requires lot of team skills. There would be lot of group discussion, case studies and group activities along the course of the study. Some of the reputed universities imparting courses on clinical research are Cranfield University, Imperial College, Melbourne University, Institute of clinical Research, and California University and others.
Jobs: There are lots of prospect for growth in the field of career prospect. Jobs are aplenty in the field of drug testing, quality control, government organizations and also in medical KPOs among others. An aspirant must have good analytical capability and communication capability for good team handling to succeed in this field.
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While rats and mice may be cute, having them in your home uninvited can make life difficult. If you also happen to have a man’s best friend in your home, you may wonder, do dogs smell rats? With their combination of super-smell and acute hearing, dogs can act as excellent rat detectors.
In the same vein, you may also ask, do dogs smell mice? The good news is that your pooch can detect both rats and mice similarly. Even the smallest of sounds may be detectable by your canine companion. To find out more about this topic, read on with us today!
Can Dogs Smell Rats?
The short answer to whether dogs can smell rats or not is overwhelming: yes!
Dogs have a better sense of smell than we do. Research suggests that a dog’s sense of smell is somewhere between 1,000 to 10,000 times more acute than our own. This is because dogs have millions more sensory receptor sites in their nasal cavities, and the part of their brain that analyzes odors is 40 times larger than our own.
As well as this, your dog can hear sounds between 40 Hz and 60,000 Hz – a range much higher than our own, which ends at around 20,000 Hz. This is important to note because rats communicate with sounds from 22,000 Hz all the way up to 100,000 Hz or more. As such, your dog may be able to hear the ultrasonic conversations that rats have behind your walls.
Signs That Your Dog Can Sense Rats
Even when you are unaware of intruders in your home, your dog may be able to hear and smell rats and mice inside your walls. A dog’s hearing is so sensitive that they are able to hear the small scratching sounds and squeaks as rats and mice move around. In response, your dog might do several things.
In an attempt to get to the rats, your dog might dig and scratch at a specific wall in your home. Even when you try to stop them, your dog may insist on continuing the behavior. Note that excessive digging, especially indoors, is not always a sign of pests in your home.
Dogs require a lot of mental stimulation, otherwise, they will find other ways to amuse themselves. Your dog may start using the carpet as a toy, digging into it to relieve boredom.
Because your pup’s sense of smell is so acute, they can probably smell rats and mice through the walls. As such, they may sniff around the area, press their nose to the wall, and seem fixated on searching with their nose nearby.
Not all cases of wall-sniffing indicate rats, though. This behavior can be a sign of obsessive-compulsive disorder or boredom. Behavior like this may also be the result of a neurological problem, such as seizures or liver failure.
Gets Upset Easily
With rats in your home, your dog might be more agitated or easily upset than normal. This is because they will be on high alert, listening for movements in the walls or under the floorboards. However, note that this behavior can also be indicative of pain or distress in your dog. Be sure to monitor them for signs of illness if this behavior occurs often.
Sitting and Staring
A dog who can sense rats in the home may display odd behaviors like sitting and staring at specific spots in the house. However, behaviors like this can also be indicative of some medical conditions. If your dog is older, consider the possibility of canine dementia.
Barking or Whining
Frequent barking or whining directed at a specific area of your home could suggest that pests are nearby. However, this isn’t always the case. Repetitive barking can be a sign of some health or behavioral problems. Your dog may bark excessively due to boredom, anxiety, fear, or feeling a lack of attention.
Running Around the Same Place
With rats in your home, your dog may pace around the same area, following walls attentively. As rats and mice scurry through the wall, your dog might hear them and attempt to follow them. However, dogs will pace for other reasons as well. These include boredom, anxiety, and stereotypical behaviors developing from stress.
Training Your Dog to Smell Rats Safely
When keeping pet rats and dogs in your home, it’s important to introduce them gradually. Pet rats and pet dogs are different creatures, though they share some similarities. Your pet rat is likely very small and cautious, while dogs are much larger and more curious with predatory instincts.
Depending on your dog’s breed, introducing them to rats may not be advisable – breeds developed to hunt rats specifically are some of the least suitable for cohabitation.
Make sure that you allow your dog and rats to smell each other safely. Allow them to smell each other through the cage bars first; but exercise caution, as rats are territorial and may not take kindly to a predator in their home. Always supervise your dog and your rats closely and end the introduction if aggressive behaviors develop.
How to Keep Your Dog Safe From Rats
First and foremost, make sure that your dog is up to date on their vaccinations. Depending on where you live, your pooch may be at risk of Leptospirosis, spread through rat urine. Secondly, keep your dog on a leash in affected areas.
Your dog may become infected through direct contact with rat droppings, rat bites, or eating dead rats. Thirdly, know the early signs of illness. Leptospirosis is an infection that can lead to kidney failure and liver disease. Look for fever, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, and coughing.
In your home, you will need to take different measures. Remember not to leave food outside, including your pet’s food. Rats can chew through and eat almost anything. Be sure to secure rubbish in bins with tight-fitting lids.
Don’t leave your pet’s food out overnight if possible. As well as this, change your dog’s water regularly and clean the bowl often. If you find rat droppings, be sure to clean them up as soon as possible to avoid having your pooch eat them.
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Launchpad Entry: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/embedded-ubuntu
Packages affected: qemu, debootstrap, dpkg-cross, binfmt-support
Embedded Linux is a fast growing operating system option in the world of mobile devices. Unfortunately, existing frameworks to embed Linux are either complex (e.g. use too many hacks to fake a native environment) or use proprietary code on the target side. This brings a lot of constraints to porting desktop applications for the handheld world and making a completely Free embedded operating system. Embedded Ubuntu is an initiative to build a community around the development of a highly flexible and simple framework to generate customised Ubuntu derivatives for target architectures found in mobile devices.
There are over 1 billion mobile phone users worldwide and over 2 billion connections. Such mobile devices, PDAs and new embedded devices such as Internet Tablets could be of more use to a wider population, mostly those who cannot afford to pay high prices to have multimedia applications in their hands. Since the Ubuntu principle is to have Linux for human beings, to embed Ubuntu into such mobile devices is the fundamental basis of having people not only connected but humanly connected.
Maria and her primary school class mates need to create a report on how to protect the environment of dolphins. The report must be digitally recorded by them. They ask assistance from Jeff who selects a suitable subset of Ubuntu applications. He then generates an Embedded Ubuntu system image for the Internet Tablets they have and flashes it on the devices. The kids use Gstreamer, for example, and through a WiFi connection send their 5 minutes of content to a their teachers' 3G mobile phone . The teacher can then send the content to other children in another city who have never seen a dolphin in their lives.
Miriam is a family practice physician who works in a remote village. She needs to send photos of her patients' lessons to a specialist in an advanced medical center to make the differential diagnostic. She receives an Embedded Ubuntu DVD with pre-selected suitable applications from a friend and installs it on her PDA/Internet Tablet. She accesses her office on the Internet through WiFi connection and her cell phone, sends the photos and discusses with the specialist.
EmbeddedUbuntu will initially cover ARM-based platforms, preferably with a LC-Display. This includes ARM-based PDAs and Internet Tablets. Development is being done on the TI OMAP 5912 Starter Kit (see http://tree.celinuxforum.org/CelfPubWiki/OSK for more information about this device).
There are a number of OMAP (a popular embedded platform) devices already running Linux: http://www.muru.com/linux/omap/devices/. These should be easier to work with because there is kernel support for most of their hardware, so we will concentrate on supporting this class of device first. There is also a good list of devices running linux on: http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/SupportedHandheldSummary
- Create an emulated environment of the target platform with no memory or storage restrictions. This allows us to use traditional tools like dpkg, debootstrap and apt-get to generate and update the target filesystem. (DONE)
- Create a package that contains a statically linked version of QEMU ARM user emulator (qemu-arm-static)
- Use dpkg-cross to install the ARM libc6 package on the host (usually not ARM-based).
- Use the binfmt_misc kernel module to support running ARM binaries on non-ARM platforms using QEMU to emulate the target platform.
- Implement a cross-installation system (DONE)
- Modify debootstrap to properly work for cross-bootstrapping, allowing us to create a minimal bootstrap system
- Implement dpkg hooks that strip documentation (and other files not necessary for running applications).
- Investigate a method to create system images to be flashed on the mobile device.
Investigate flashing methods for each platform (for OSK 5912: http://tree.celinuxforum.org/CelfPubWiki/FlashRecoveryUtility).
- Select lightweight packages suitable (or easily adaptable) for use on embedded devices.
- Select a set of applications to build a very simple reference system (for example, for demos); initially, GPE will be used as reference graphical environment.
- Package the rest of GPE modules not yet on universe.
- Create an archive of ARM packages ready to be installed on the embedded system. Not all applications currently available for Ubuntu are suitable for embedded hardware, so they should be ommited from this archive.
- Compile Linux kernel and bootloader to specific platforms (tested and working for OSK 5912 platform).
The Linux kernel used in this process will be the linux-omap tree, available from http://www.muru.com/linux/omap. This tree has patches (periodically synced upstream) necessary to have a fully working kernel on OMAP-based devices.
For the bootloader, we will use U-boot, available from http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot.
- Distribution mechanism: create installation CD with tools needed to flash the generated system images on mobile devices.
Data preservation and migration
The Operating System that was previously installed on the mobile device will be lost after flashing the customized Ubuntu. Support for backing up the previous OS can be added in future.
- Some applications behave badly when running under QEMU. For instance, "update-gdkpixbuf-loaders" (run by some post-installation scripts) currently segfaults when running under QEMU. We should investigate why this happens and fix QEMU (or the application itself where aplicable). Some syscalls are not implemented in QEMU yet, but they do not seem to be critical for building and installing packages.
- QEMU should be intensively tested for full system installation. For now it was tested for a minimal debootstrap installation. Basic client X libraries and applications also installed without problems. Package building (using debuild) worked fine too.
BoF agenda and discussion
FabioDiNitto suggested either building packages natively or using pre-built cross-toolchains to build the ARM archive. Packaging cross-toolchains for each host-target combination would be unpractical.
LaMontJones explained a lot about how Build Daemons work and how a new archive pool is created. He also suggested using breezy as a base and initially building main (maybe not whole main?) and those packages from universe we might need.
MattZimmerman asked us to send the patches we have for existing packages, and submit the new packages for inclusion into universe, so we can have a working cross-development environmment for dapper.
AndriyTymchenko suggested to consider Nokia 770 as potential platform for development - start with taking software from Maemo.org, strip what seems to be not necessary (try to retain core SW as much as possible), and build on top of it. Comments/feedback requested.
Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded Edition
At the heart of the Ubuntu project lies a belief that open source software and technology can play a key role in enabling individuals to achieve their potential. A central goal has been the creation of a world-class, free and open source operating system that we have worked to make accessible across notebooks, desktops, thin clients and servers.
Three years on, it is clear that new types of device - small, handheld, graphical tablets which are Internet-enabled are going to change the way we communicate and collaborate. These devices place new demands on open source software and require innovative graphical interfaces, improved power management and better responsiveness.
Intel, specifically, have announced a new low-power processor and chipset architecture which will be designed to allow full internet use on these mobile Internet devices.
To fulfil the aims of our mission and in response to the technical challenges that these devices pose, we are announcing the Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded project.
We will start more detailed planning at the Ubuntu Developer Summit next week in Seville and the first release of this edition will be in October with Ubuntu 7.10. If you are interested in the project, please get involved. We will be working through our normal development processes on Launchpad, the developer mailing lists and IRC.
Finally, we are delighted to be working with Intel on this version of Ubuntu. Intel are making significant contributions of technology, people and expertise to the project. We hope that others who are interested in producing an easy-to-use and open source environment for this class of device will join us in making this a success.
Sat May 5 11:10:26 BST 2007
The Emdebian Project (http://www.emdebian.org/) is an official Debian project which shares some goals with this project. They are working on dpkg-cross and have already developed cross-toolchain packages for a lot of platforms (ARM, MIPS, ...). They use Stag (http://stag.mind.be/) and Scratchbox (http://www.scratchbox.org/) to build the platform. Stage and Slind are main distributions now, in process of merging. Check http://www.aleph1.co.uk/talks/emdebian/Debconf2005.pdf for a talk given at Debconf by one of the main developers. The mailing list used for coordination is email@example.com.
Have you guys considered http://www.openembedded.org. It is very easy to use even for someone like me that really knows nothing about compiling (even less about cross-compiling), is cleverly designed, has a fast growing and helpful community, scales extremely well. Give it a spin. It might just be 99,9% of what you are trying to painfully design here. OpenEmbedded is a metadata repository for creating embedded distributions.
- I have been using openembedded for about 6 months now and I do believe it has about 99% of the objectives required for this project. The only major thing missing from it would be a nice gui interface. The system is set up in such a manner that it would be very easy to program such an interface. I, myself, prefer the command line interface but I do believe for human usability (Ubuntu style!) it needs a gui.
Although not directly aiming at creating a framework, I think it should be mentioned here, that there already seems to evolve a very viable 'competition' to a possible 'Embedded Ubuntu' namely Openmoko. It has the added advantage of a hardware manufacturer supporting it, thus being able to avoid binary kernel modules (it least on the soon to be released phone Neo1973.
A OpenEmbedded/Debian based distribution that could be very interesting is Angstrom.
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Age isn’t just a number especially when you are an athlete! One is free to feel ‘18 till I die’ but for most of us every new year does take a toll on the performance of the body. Maintaining robust will power isn’t sufficient when the body gives up before the mind.
However, there are a few people who’ve successfully defied the perceived limitations of age and achieved what would seem impossible within the realm of a human body. Following is the list of 10 athletes who proved that age really doesn’t always matter and one can live one’s dream for as many years:
Born April 15, 1967
Dara Grace Torres is an American international swimming prodigy who has won 12 Olympic medals in three decades including her winning three silver medals in the 50-meter freestyle, 4×100-meter medley relay, and 4×100-meter freestyle relay in Beijing Olympics 2008. At age of 41, Torres was considered to be the oldest swimmer ever to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team. According to several reports, Torres may participate in London Olympics. In 2005, she was inducted to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Besides being a famous sportsperson, Dara Torres is also an occasional model who appeared in the Sports Illustrated 1994 Swimsuit Issue. She has also served as a reporter as well as announcer for several American television networks including NBC, ESPN, TNT, OLN and Fox News Channel, and hosted the golf show named ‘The Clubhouse’.
Born August 23, 1958
Julio César Robles Franco is a former Major League Baseball infielder who ended his career with a .298 batting average and logged hit in some other reputed leagues such as Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, the Dominican Winter League, South Korea’s Korean Baseball Organization and more. In 2007, at the age of 49, he was the oldest ever active regular player in the several major leagues’ history. During his long sports career, he experienced some important time as a shortstop, first baseman, second baseman, as well as designated hitter.
Born November 18, 1962
Moyer, an American professional baseball pitcher, is a true example of perseverance, which really matters and pays you back sooner or later. He is known to be the oldest player in MLB history to pitch a shutout and is the only pitcher to give toughest competition to opponents in games for over three decades. He has pitched for the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Seattle Mariners. In 2003, he made the All-Star team. Moyer’s achievements earned him numerous awards that include the 2003 Roberto Clemente Award, the 2003 Hutch Award, the 2003 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award, and the 2004 Branch Rickey Award.
Born April 28, 1970
Nicklas Erik Lidström is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who has won the Stanley Cups for four times, and James Norris Memorial Trophies for seven times. At the age of 41 in 2011, Lidstrom was the oldest active and equally competent player in the NHL. He’s been the member of four Stanley Cup-winning teams. Lidström was chosen as the “Best European-trained player ever in the NHL” by The Hockey News and the “NHL Player of the Decade” by Sporting News and Sports Illustrated.
Born January 6, 1957
Nancy Marie Lopez is an American professional golfer who started her career at the age 8 and won the New Mexico Women’s Amateur at the age 12, the U.S. Girls’ Junior in 1972 at the age of 15 and also in 1974 when she was 17. She had a long professional career of over 30 years, and during the extended career she won 48 LPGA titles and three major championships.
She is the only woman to win three titles LPGA Rookie of the Year, the Vare Trophy as well as the Player of the Year, in 1978. She founded a full line of women’s clubs and accessories named Nancy Lopez Golf. Besides being a successful player she is an occasional television commentator.
Born November 3, 1960 in Jackson, Michigan
Charles Frederick “Karch” Kiraly is one of the most notable American volleyball players who is the three-time Olympic Gold medal winner. Kiraly has won 148 professional beach volleyball titles and is the only person to win Olympic gold medals in both the indoor and beach versions of the sport. In 2002 and 2003, Kiraly recorded two AVP tournament victories along with his partner Brent Doble, and in 2004 as well as 2005, he made four more victories with Mike Lambert. In 2005, he won an AVP tournament in Huntington Beach, California. Kiraly won more than $3 million as prize money in beach volleyball and finally retired from the AVP tour after completing the 2007 season. In his mid-40s, he fought courageously and effectively against younger players.
Born March 25, 1971
Sheryl Denise Swoopes, an American professional basketball player, is best-known as the first-ever player to be drafted into the WNBA and active participator in the league at the age of 40 in 2011. In 2005, she earned most significant title ‘All-Star game.’ She was the important vote-getter in All-Star balloting for five consecutive times for the years of 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2005.
Born: October 18, 1956
Martina Navratilova is a former Czech American tennis player. She won a total 59 Grand Slam titles in her long career including 31 Grand Slam women’s doubles titles, 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 10 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and the final Grand Slam victory at age of 49. Her nine Wimbledon singles championships are the biggest record.
In 2006 Billie Jean King, former World No. 1. tennis player, stated about Navratilova, “She’s the greatest singles, doubles and mixed doubles player who’s ever lived.”
Born on September 18, 1971
Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist and the only winner of Tour de France for seven times from 1999 to 2005. In 1996, he was diagnosed of testicular cancer with a tumor that had metastasized to his lungs as well as brain for which he had to go under the extensive chemotherapy and the brain as well as testicular surgery but he went on to win. He is truly an inspirational personality. Today, at 40 years old, he is ready to take a shot at triathlons.
His accomplishments earned him several honors: In 1999 he was honored with the ABC Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year, in 2000 he won the Prince of Asturias Award, in 2002, Lance was named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated magazine and he was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the years 2002 and 2005 respectively. In 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, he received ESPN’s ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete and in 2003, won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality.
Joan Benoit Samuelson
Born May 16, 1957
Joan Benoit Samuelson is an American marathon runner, who is best-known as the runner across the world. She became the first ever women’s Olympic marathon champion after winning the gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She celebrated her 50th birthday by successfully completing the 2008 Trials in Boston by running a sub-2:50 marathons. | <urn:uuid:af33043d-cb07-4899-8e37-f65a4b71a7f7> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://brainprick.com/top-10-ageless-athletes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00126-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97706 | 1,595 | 1.867188 | 2 |
How Fragile Is the Line Between Love and Hate . . . Lady Fairfax had lovingly raised her two orphaned grandchildren, beautiful sisters, but as unalike as a lion and a lamb. Where dark-haired Allele was pale and gentle, Clairice was a quick-tempered red head with a sharp tongue and a propensity for getting into trouble. As for marriage, Clairice would allow her grandmother to arrange a match when she was good and ready; let Allele marry that rich snob of a dandy, Lord Ault, whom she, Clairice, detested.
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Naval Group performed a new launch of the F21 torpedo in the frame of the Artémis program led by the French Defence Procurement Agency (Direction Générale de l’Armement -DGA). In the medium term, the DGA aims to equip all the French Navy’s submarines with this heavy torpedo, the most performant of its generation.
This launch was performed early May from a nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN). The F21 was launched under the authority of the DGA in a DGA Missiles Testing’s underwater acoustic range off the Hyères coast.
“This new successful test from a nuclear submarine is part of the F21 qualification process and reinforces our confidence in the reliability of the torpedo, which was nevertheless subject to a particularly demanding operational test scenario”, explains Damien Raby, director of Naval Group’s Underwater Weapons Business Unit. The F21 used for the test was identical to the combat torpedo currently under production, of which several tens of units will be delivered to the French Navy as of 2019.
The launch was performed in accordance with the procedure and the communication with the launcher was operational throughout the exercise. The data recorded in real time gave a full overview of the entire mission, thus validating the achievement of all objectives.
Artémis, an innovative programme in the area of heavy torpedoes
The objective of the F21 Torpedo program is to replace the F17 with a new generation, more agile, faster, smarter and more operational performance torpedo.
The F21 heavy torpedo was designed to neutralize enemy ships and submarines. With an exceptional range and speed, the F21 torpedo is planned to evolve by sea bottom but also and especially in the very noisy and very dense coastal areas in maritime traffic.
With a very high computing power that gives it exceptional real-time processing capabilities, the F21 torpedo benefits from an advanced mission system and increased autonomy. These technical features greatly broaden the possibilities of tactical employment with outstanding target discrimination ability especially in difficult environments.
The contract includes the development and delivery of a hundred of F21 torpedoes as well as their integration on the French submarines.
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School funding on chopping block
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter must be getting tired of his Dr. Doom persona. Every few weeks, it seems, he somberly announces new plans for carving huge chunks of money from the state budget.
Unfortunately, Ritter has had little choice but to release his budget-cutting alter ego. As state revenue and revenue projections continue to plummet, Colorado must reduce its spending to meet its constitutional balanced-budget requirements.
What’s surprising, but necessary, in the proposed cuts Ritter announced this week is that kindergarten-through-12th grade public education would take a substantial hit — $260 million — under the governor’s proposal.
It should be noted that this latest budget plan is for the state fiscal year that begins next July 1. And, unlike emergency cuts that Ritter made earlier this fall to account for the loss of revenue in the current year’s budget, the Legislature will have substantial say in what is ultimately cut. In fact, the governor’s budget is only a recommendation, which the Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee can ignore if it chooses.
But lawmakers would be foolish to ignore Ritter’s budget proposals. For one thing, they ceded most of the carving duties to the governor for this year’s budget when they failed to make substantial cuts themselves. Also, as we have repeatedly said, Ritter and his staff have made a sincere effort to distribute the budget-cutting pain across state agencies and throughout Colorado.
Heretofore, K-12 education has largely been spared the budget knife, at least in comparison to the massive cuts seen in places such as higher education. But, as Ritter noted, K-12 education makes up 43 percent of Colorado’s general fund outlays. It’s unrealistic to believe the largest portion of the general fund pie should be off-limits to cuts.
And, if that means some technical language is required to get around the ever-increasing K-12 funding mandates of Amendment 23, so be it. Voters never envisioned the current budget crisis when they approved Amendment 23 in 2000.
All that said, however, people should be aware that the proposed education cuts will have real impacts here in Mesa County. District 51 School Superintendent Steve Schultz and the school board are preparing to cut more than $8 million from next year’s budget. That may mean furloughs for district employees, cuts in travel and other expenses, and tough contract negotiations with the Mesa Valley Education Association. The aim is to limit the effects on classroom instruction as much as possible.
But Schultz fears that if the state budget situation worsens, and District 51 has to make even deeper cuts, it could harm efforts in the classroom and instructional programs, even as the district fights to improve academic performance.
Like Schultz, we hope that doesn’t happen. We hope revenue projections due out next month, and again early next year, don’t require the governor to don his Dr. Doom garb once more — that they show state revenue is at least stabilizing, if not improving.
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Brain tumors are not enjoyable, and they often strike fear in individuals when diagnosed. However, modern-day medicine has allowed for a lot of ways to treat and tackle tumors so that returning to optimal health is possible. Most commonly, brain tumors are treated by a brain surgeon. In some cases, the help of a neurologist…
A Quick Guide to Laser Spine Surgery
Laser spine surgery utilizes a laser to lacerate the spine structures to alleviate nerve compression and relieve pain. Patients who undergo this minimally invasive spine surgery experience minimal pain, less tissue damage, and faster recovery time compared to other extensive surgeries. Continue reading to learn more about the process and how it works.
Laser spine surgery
Laser spine surgery is a minimally invasive procedure where the doctor uses a small incision to reach the spine’s structures. Unlike open back surgery that requires large incisions in the back to reach the spine, this procedure causes less scarring and injury to nearby structures. The use of a laser beam for cutting, instead of traditional surgical tools, differentiates laser spine surgery from other minimally invasive procedures. However, the first incision is created with a regular surgical scalpel.
The laser is short for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. The focused light beam produces powerful heat energy that cuts through soft tissues. It is primarily used for discectomy, a surgical procedure to remove a part of a herniated or bulging disc that is pressing against the nerve roots and resulting in a compressed nerve root. The resulting pain is called sciatica. Nerve root compression is also related to conditions like spinal stenosis and spinal cord tumors.
Getting started with the procedure
The doctor will request imaging tests (x-rays, CT scans, or MRIs) of the spine to ascertain the location of the nerve root compression and the underlying cause. Laser spine surgery can also function for nerve ablation, which entails burning and destroying the nerve fibers sending chronic pain signals to the brain.
Patients will receive instructions on what to do in the days and hours leading up to the surgery. Patients will be advised to remain physically active, consume a healthy diet, and quit smoking before the surgical procedure to ensure proper healing and seamless recovery. They will also need to avoid certain medications that may cause excessive bleeding or counteract the anesthesia used during the procedure. Patients must inform the doctor of all forms of medications and supplements for their own safety. Laser spine surgery is generally performed on an outpatient basis, and patients will need to arrange for transportation back home.
For the procedure, the medical team will place an IV to administer fluids and medications. Once anesthesia kicks in, the doctor will sterilize the skin around the spine, making an incision of less than an inch to reach the problematic nerve roots. After finding the affected disc, the doctor will insert a small laser into the incision to cut through the disc responsible for the compression. After removing the cut disc, they will close the incision area. Patients will be monitored and able to leave as soon as the anesthesia’s effects start to wear off.
After laser spine surgery, patients will be able to return to work after some days, but complete recovery may take up to three months. The procedure works for managing spine-related conditions. You should discuss with the doctor to learn if the surgery is suitable for your condition.
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The term brain aneurysm often strikes fear in people; however, modern-day medicine has improved quite a bit over the years. And thankfully, with the help of a great brain surgeon, aneurysms and other conditions relating to the brain can be diagnosed and treated properly, thus allowing for optimal health. A brain aneurysm occurs when a blood…
Neurosurgery deals with the diagnosis and surgical intervention of disorders affecting the central and peripheral nervous system. Neurosurgeons receive training on treating several types of neurological diseases or disorders, including degenerative spine disease, traumatic brain injury, congenital anomalies, brain tumors, stroke, and infections of the spine or brain.The following are five important things to know…
A neurosurgeon is known to work on the brain and all things relating to it; however, what some may not know is that neurosurgery actually involves a lot of other things too. For example, a neurosurgeon may treat conditions relating to the neck, spine, and face. This means that someone suffering from a condition involving… | <urn:uuid:bb7352fd-ad49-4075-b0dd-e69480f84218> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.brainandspineni.com/blog/a-quick-guide-to-laser-spine-surgery/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571097.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810010059-20220810040059-00276.warc.gz | en | 0.939215 | 929 | 2.671875 | 3 |
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This paper examines the Australian GST treatment of vouchers, focussing on the difficulties that arise in trying to determine the taxable value of supplies made when vouchers are redeemed. It proposes a set of basic GST principles, discusses the way in which Australian GST attempts to embody those principles, and then evaluates the treatment of vouchers by reference to those principles. In the process, it critically examines the Commissioner's draft views on the vouchers regime in Division 100 and proposes an alternative interpretation. Having done so, the paper evaluates both interpretations by reference to one simple and four more complicated voucher transactions, including the supply and redemption of telephone cards, 'free' vouchers, retail loyalty scheme vouchers, and vouchers accepted by a supplier other than the one that issued them. Having concluded that there are insoluble difficulties with the current regime in Division 100, the paper calls for legislative amendment of the GST Act.
Rebecca is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney. Her areas of interest include GST, Comparative VAT, and the R&D concession. As well as her academic work, Rebecca is a member of the ATO Indirect Taxes Rulings Panel and a consultant to the International Monetary Fund and Michael Johnson & Associates, a Sydney consultancy specialising in Government support for research and innovation. In her work for the IMF, Rebecca has been responsible for drafting VAT and excise tax laws for developing nations, and has also participated in IMF missions advising Governments on the VAT treatment of new residential property and financial services. Before joining the University, Rebecca worked in the GST and Transaction Taxes group at Ernst & Young from 1999 to 2002 and with Michael Johnson and Associates from 1992 to 1999.
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This paper presents the concept and the proposal for a framework of open publication services, called Pubfair. Pubfair aims at the establishment of a modular open source publishing platform, based on a distributed network of repositories, to ensure quality control and dissemination of a wide variety of research results, including data, publications and more. This platform can provide different stakeholders (funders, institutions, academic societies, individual scientists) with access to a set of functionalities to create their own dissemination channels, with open and transparent review processes. This model minimizes publishing costs while maintaining academic standards by connecting communities with iterative publishing services linked to their preferred repository. Such an environment has the capacity to transform the scholarly communication system, making it more research-centred, dissemination-oriented and innovation-friendly, while at the same time being collectively managed by the academic community.
|Titel in Übersetzung||In search of an innovative and sustainable communication system for open science|
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ABET: Adult Basic Education Tele-teacher. A 310/Special Demonstration Project, 1986-87. Final Report.
Vanis, Mary I.; Mills, Karen L.
The Adult Basic Education Tele-teacher (ABET) was designed by Rio Salado Community College (RSCC) to provide easily accessed, private assistance to adult basic education (ABE) students throughout Maricopa County (Arizona). Steps in implementing the project included the following: (1) an 800 number with call waiting capabilities was installed; (2) a certified adult education instructor with proficiency in language arts, reading, mathematics, social sciences, and science was trained to encourage students to explain specifically and completely their questions and concerns, to direct students to the solution rather than providing the answer, and to remain positive and encouraging at all times; and (3) information about the ABET was disseminated to ABE directors, ABE teachers, libraries, and community organizations. Between September 8, 1986 and May 19, 1987, 160 calls were received, with many of the callers requesting information about class locations and times. In general, the helpline was used much less than projected. Based on lack of use, it was recommended that ABET be discontinued. Sample promotional materials are appended. (EJV)
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Sponsor: Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. Div. of Adult Education.
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I love coffee. Filter coffee, espresso, Americano, instant coffee, iced coffee. I love it all. I actually enjoy the taste, and even relish the smell of freshly brewed java.
‘But is coffee good for you?’
That is a question I seem to get asked more and more by the health conscious tribe.
WELL…it depends on who ‘you’ are, and also what kind of ‘coffee’ we’re talking about.
First thing’s first. Let’s talk about some of the attractive benefits coffee possesses.
-It is an antioxidant, which means it combats the pollution created by our cells.
-It is also a well known nootropic (makes you focus and improves your cognitive function).
And here’s where it gets interesting.
A few studies show coffee can be health protective against the development of type 2 diabetes. This could be because the antioxidant compound in coffee can change blood sugar levels. The same compound also encourages the body to transport this sugar to muscles, ready for use (that is why it makes for the BEST pre-workout).
It is also suggested that coffee can also limit the amount of glucose (simplest form of sugar which your body uses as energy) you absorb, which is another reason why drinking the stuff can possibly protect against type 2 diabetes.
Another favourable mechanism of action coffee has on our body’s glucose, is that it seems to raise the levels of an important anti-inflammatory hormone concerned with glucose and fat metabolism called adiponectin.
All sounds amazing so far, right?
Here’s what you also need to know.
Coffee consumption DOES raise stress hormones cortisol and adrenaline. While some people’s bodies are efficient in clearing these hormones (the same people who can drink coffee at 4pm and go to sleep as usual), some people have genetic mutations which make it difficult for them to clear/metabolise these hormones, which is not so great for health and can be put some people at risk for hypertension and heart disease. Additionally, we have already talked about the contributions and associations of stress on health.
Another not so great feature of coffee is that it steals and wastes some essential nutrients like iron and vitamin b12. It also decreases absorption of these nutrients.
So, if you know your body is going through a lot of stress (physiologically or psychologically), coffee consumption isn’t really ideal for you.
Here are my personal coffee commandments:
-Go for filtered or ground coffee over instant where possible. Instant coffee tends to contain mould, which can contribute towards health problems like candida, dysbiosis and sibo.
-Stick to 1-2 cups a day (200-400mg). This is the dose research has shown to offer health benefits. Beyond this, the benefits disappear and it becomes counterproductive to health.
-Don’t add shitty things to it like sugary syrups, whipped cream, flavours, artificial creamers etc. Coconut oil, milk, plant based milk, cream, natural sweeteners are great add ons.
-Don’t make coffee your first drink of the day. Let your central nervous system wake up naturally first, drink some water, and THEN make your brew.
-Don’t have coffee with meals, especially if you know you are anaemic (black and tea and coffee should be avoided for you, really!)
-Don’t have coffee past lunch time.
So, in conclusion, if you know you have a propensity to heart palpitations, get stressed easily, don’t settle down from stress easily, have SIBO or any type of gut issues which already imply poor nutrient absorption, anaemia, IBS or IBD, you really need to consider coffee consumption. Is it right for you? Is it ok for you, but in small doses? Maybe it is ok, but not every day?
Learn more about your health profile and each person will have a different answer to whether coffee is good for you or not..
As for me, I am currently enjoying and loving my daily coffees, but I also know when I need to let it go for a while. I’ve gone through months of no coffee and definitely gotten benefits from it. And no surprise, when I do come back, I do feel all the benefits of coffee – particularly when I choose to have it before a weights session 😉 | <urn:uuid:6da658d2-f810-4ddf-9a35-c52e1f3a39e0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://luxnutritionlondon.com/blog/is-coffee-good-for-you/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00676.warc.gz | en | 0.954319 | 931 | 2.390625 | 2 |
I ran across this research article that describes the possibility of plasma waves as being the source of long delayed echoes. This is a PDF file so you will need a display postscript reader such as Adobe Acrobat to read it.
In this article they actually calculate the delay and it agrees well with observed delay times. They also show how microwave frequency transmissions could have delays generated in this manner, however, I am somewhat skeptical of the latter explanation.
The way that frequencies higher than about 28 Mhz can generate long delayed echoes via plasma waves is via non-linear mixing (heterodyning) in the ionosphere.
The idea goes something like this, an amateur radio operator is working moon bounce on 1296 Mhz. At the same time, another signal the operator is completely unaware of has a frequency of 1303 Mhz. They mix in the ionosphere in a non-linear manner producing a difference frequency of 7 Mhz and this 7 Mhz signal can be propagated via a plasma wave and later mix with a 1303 Mhz signal again and reconstitute the original 1296 Mhz signal.
Signals propagate in plasma waves at approximately 1/100th the speed of light so an around the world propagation of a plasma wave would take around 13 seconds. The actual velocity of plasma waves depends on variable factors though, how dense the ionosphere is, the percentage of atoms that are ionized, etc, so for this figure to vary considerably is not unreasonable.
On the surface this sounds like a good potential explanation. However, here is the problem. Most of these long delayed echoes are recognized audibly by human operators. Any modulation of the mixing signal, in this case the 1303 Mhz signal, would be reflected in the difference signal generated and propagated via plasma wave around the earth, and then when that signal is reconstituted by again mixing with the 1303 Mhz signal, those modulation products would be present in the 1296 Mhz signal.
None of the reports of long delayed echoes that I have run across involve any additional modulation of the original signal. I’m not aware of any good reason an unmodulated carrier would be transmitted continuously at 1303 Mhz, but if this mechanism were responsible for long delayed echoes of frequencies higher than 28 Mhz, at least some of them should have resulted from modulated signals and thus carry the modulation of the mixing signal.
Another aspect that I find troubling is that these long delayed echoes often are offset from the original transmission frequencies by a small amount and this theory does not explain that offset. The resulting signals often are at a slightly lower frequency than the original suggesting a reflecting surface or mechanism moving away from the source of transmission and reception.
One aspect that does suggest that long delayed echoes have something to do with the earth’s ionosphere or magnetic field, or possibly the interaction of the earth’s magnetic field with the solar wind is that some observations suggest a correlation with auroral activity. | <urn:uuid:55e13300-7886-4d48-9910-35bc6d05d2de> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.eskimo.com/~nanook/radio/2006/12/31/long-delayed-echoes-plasma-waves/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00061-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948406 | 607 | 3.125 | 3 |
The title of the Hero of Labour was instituted in 2013. It is conferred for outstanding results in government, public and economic activity, a contribution to the socioeconomic development of the country including the development of industry, agriculture, transport, construction, science, culture, education, healthcare and other areas.
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Friends,
This year the Hero of Labour gold medals are being presented on a holiday, Russia Day. Before starting the ceremony, I would like to extend greetings on this important holiday to all the country’s citizens and our compatriots abroad, all those who see an intimate meaning in this day.
For each of us, Motherland means family and our parents’ home, our native land, from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands, from the northern Arctic seas to Sevastopol and Crimea. Our millennia-long history has been made on these endless expanses, filled with pages of great glory and pride, the unsurpassed courage of our ancestors, their faith in and love of the Fatherland.
The clear innermost feeling of Motherland has always, at all times, helped our people to endure all tribulations, to persevere and preserve themselves in harsh ordeals, and respond to any challenges.
Here, on Poklonnaya Gora we recall heroes who defended the Fatherland, its freedom and independence, and this memory is common and sacred for all generations, for the whole multi-ethnic people of Russia. We have a common historical code and moral foundations. Respect for the working person and the defender of the Fatherland, traditions and culture, preservation of the memory of our ancestors, respect for one’s parents and family, love for our land and the inviolability of our borders have an unconditional value for us.
These are the foundations that determine the character and destiny of our people, the progress of the country both today and in future. It is therefore natural that suggestions were voiced that these fundamental and cornerstone principles be included in the Russian Constitution. I am sure that the absolute majority of our citizens share and support this position.
Love for the Motherland and our love for the mother that gave us life are feelings of the same order. They empower us and give us hope, inspire us to feats of arms and great labour achievements. It has always been like that, in all historical eras.
Today on Russia Day, we honour the Heroes of Labour of the Russian Federation.
Friends, you are completely immersed in your calling, the cause of your choice, to achieve outstanding results in industry, sport, healthcare and culture. You contribute to the sustainable development of our country with your achievements.
Leonid Belykh has been head of the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, which manufactures the legendary Mi helicopters, for over two decades. All your life has been connected with the plant – you have passed all the way from electrician to director, in the difficult 1990s you did much to maintain production, retain unique employees and preserve technologies. It could have gone differently.
Currently the enterprise is steadily building up its capacity and is among the leaders of the Russian aircraft industry. It manufactures new models of civilian and military helicopters.
Unfortunately, outstanding coach and founder of the famous Krasnoyarsk school of wrestling Dmitry Mindiashvili was unable to be in Moscow today. The Hero of Labour medal will be presented to him later.
Dmitry Mindiashvili has trained dozens of prominent athletes. Among his students are winners of the most prestigious championships including the Olympics. He teaches athletes not only to fight and win but also to be worthy, honest, noble people who are always ready to come to the rescue.
The notable labour victories and exploits by Alexander Motorin, a steel worker with truly priceless professional experience, are inextricably linked with the famous Magnitka steelworks. The history of this industrial giant was written by exactly this sort of specialists – well-trained, enthusiastic, true masters.
You have given the country dozens of millions of tonnes of important strategic produce throughout the many years of your impeccable work. Having mastered the secrets of metal smelting, you share them with young people and take up industrial tasks of tremendous complexity.
Such generous, industrious and open people are the real pillar and pride of Russia. And in times of trouble we see it particularly vividly when life puts everything in its right place and clearly delineates true values from made-up, imaginary standards.
The contemporary world has re-interpreted many things as it encountered new challenges and threats. In fact, we realised anew and discovered for ourselves the lofty mission of doctors, nurses, and the staff at hospitals, outpatient clinics and emergency medical service stations. We admire their service, courage, boundless self-sacrifice. Of course, many of them deserve the highest awards.
Doctor Roshal also dedicated himself completely to saving lives and helping children. Leonid Roshal has rightly earned the name of “hands of gold” and “the heart” of our medicine.
(Addressing Leonid Roshal.) Mr Roshal, you are always where things are tough (we are know that), where there is a need for the highest qualifications and sometimes courage (we also remember that), an unconventional approach and empathy, and you charge everyone around you with good energy.
Your direct and active involvement in organising emergency surgery and trauma care to children, your contribution to the progress of pediatric science and the children’s health protection system deserve the highest praise.
I would like to say special words to Yury Solomin. You have been artistic director of the State Academic Maly Theatre for over thirty years, preserving and enhancing its traditions and educating young people.
You are an accomplished producer and a brilliant actor. You performed dozens of truly eminent and memorable parts in theatre and film, roles that conquer with their depth and unlimited charm. The Adjutant of His Excellency, TASS is Authorised to Declare, The Siege, An Ordinary Miracle, these films with your participation are popular and sincerely loved by many generations of spectators.
I would like to heartily congratulate all our Heroes.
Now let us proceed with the ceremony.
Vladimir Putin: Friends,
I would like to congratulate you once again on receiving the honorary title of the Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation; thank you for your honourable labour, and I wish you good health and new achievements so that your life’s work continues through the endeavours and talents of your followers and protégés, so that you further inspire Russian citizens to positive acts and real accomplishments.
This is necessary and important for our country because Russia’s wellbeing and prosperity undoubtedly depend on personal labour in its broadest sense – on doctors, teachers and cultural figures, athletes, coaches, workers and farmers, engineers, production managers, on everyone in the country who sets high constructive goals for themselves.
This is why it is so important that each person have every opportunity for self-attainment, so that they can work and receive a worthy and fair wage while their rights are reliably protected. Such attention to and special support for people who work hard is a precondition for progress in all areas – in the economy and social sphere, in technological development, culture and sport.
I am confident that we will see such achievements, and they will multiply because we are a united multi-ethnic people.
The national flag of Russia is a symbol of our unity, sovereignty and independence. It embodies our victories, our forward-looking commitment. Today, the national flag of the Russian Federation was ceremoniously hoisted here on Poklonnaya Gora on Russia Day.
Once again, I congratulate the citizens of our country as well as our compatriots abroad on this holiday. And I congratulate you again, dear friends, on your well-deserved awards.
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One. Thousand. Pounds. That’s how massive this hammerhead shark turned out to be when a couple of South Carolina Anglers hoisted it up. But once they got the exact weight, the group agreed it was only fair to let this giant beast back into the water.
The legendary story began when primary angler Pete Quartuccio and his friend decided to take a trip with Outcast Sportfishing Captain Chip Michalove. When the three embarked on their seaward journey, they had but one objective in mind – find the monstrous fish they saw circling the boat the day before.
According to Michalove, the shark had been circling their boat, and the next day, “she was waiting.”
Soon after spotting her, the anglers prepared for what would be the fight of a lifetime. After an hour at the reel, the trio finally brought the hammerhead in.
Once at the boat, the crew found that not only did this magnificent beast break a four-digit weigh-in. It also stretched nearly 14 feet across.
“She ripped off 400 yards in about 60 seconds,” Michalove recalled. “I released from the anchor and spun the boat to chase [the shark]. I knew she was going to be enormous, but I didn’t know of the enormity until we got her a little closer and I could see the width.”
Hammerhead Shark Could Have Broken South Carolina Record
The current South Carolina record for hammerhead fishing was a 588-pound fish an angler caught in 1989. Michalove’s catch beat this fish by at least 400 pounds and even rivaled the world record, a 1,280-pounder from Boca Grande, Florida.
Despite the potential record-breaking catch, the South Carolina anglers wanted this creature to live on.
“We’ve recaptured so many tigers, lemons, bulls, I owe them everything,” Michalove shared. “I’ve gotten a few messages on how I should’ve dragged her back, but there’s not even a question that we did the right thing.”
Before letting the hammerhead go, Michalove, of course, had to pose with his massive catch to commemorate the moment. Meanwhile, Michalove’s fellow anglers were understandably exhausted from the battle with the thousand-pound shark.
“They were so exhausted they could barely stand,” Michalove said, according to USA Today. “Pete crashed on the cooler and laid there in exhaustion, and his friend was so tired that I barely convinced him to just hold the camera while I reached over and grabbed the shark’s head for one quick photo.”
He continued, “I tried to get them to lean over for a picture, but they wouldn’t budge. So I threw a quick tag in the shark, popped the hook and sent her off.”
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The Courtauld, together with the Trustees of the Caroline Villers Research Fellowship, have established a Research Fellowship in memory of Caroline Villers. The purpose of the Fellowship is to promote research in the interdisciplinary field of Technical Art History: the application of technical, scientific and/or historical methods, together with close observation, to the study of the physical nature of the work of art in relation to issues of making, change, conservation and/or display.
The Fellowship is advertised annually, in the spring, and interviews take place in early July. Research proposals for the Fellowship are welcomed from researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines relating to the study and conservation of works of art. The Fellowship is also open to applicants in permanent employment wishing to take leave of absence to work on a project. The maximum period of tenure is 9 months, but requests for shorter projects are also considered. The Fellow is based at The Courtauld Institute of Art although collaborations with other institutions are encouraged.
“What mattered most to Caroline was the exploration of the ways in which works of art were made, the processes of artistic creation. What fascinated her was the notion of artistic intention made tangible in the physical reality of the work of art. In her lectures, she conjured up the unique, essential combination of hand and eye, intellect and circumstance, resulting in a seminal work of art.”
Caroline Villers was Director of the Department of Conservation and Technology at the Courtauld Institute of Art, 1999-2004.
Caroline Villers had been associated with the Courtauld since 1970 when, following a degree in Modern History at Oxford, she came to take the two-year MA course, specialising in the Renaissance. In 1974-76, after working as Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings at the London Museum, she returned to the Courtauld to study for the Diploma in the Conservation of Easel Paintings. Her subsequent employment was all in the Department of Conservation and Technology: as Technical Assistant (1976-80); Lecturer (1980-98); Senior Lecturer (1998 onwards); and Director of the Department (1999-2004). In addition to her deep commitment to teaching within the Department, greatly valued by successive generations of students, and her activities as a supervisor of doctoral research, Caroline was involved in teaching many students enrolled in the Courtauld’s History of Art courses, and in initiating collaborative research projects that involved colleagues from different parts of the Institute. Numerous people who encountered her, even if only briefly, were influenced by the subtlety and clarity of her thought. Caroline’s fierce loyalty to the Department of Conservation and Technology, and to the Institute as a whole, was manifested through her involvement in many committees and project groups. In recent years she played a key role in a succession of committees before, during and after the Courtauld’s establishment as an independent college: the Vice Chancellor’s Advisory Committee (elected staff representative); participant in the strategy and planning exercises debating the future form of the Institute; elected staff member of the Governing Board of the Courtauld from its inception; elected staff representative on the Nominations Committee for the appointment of the Director, 2003. Caroline’s colleagues placed a great deal of trust in her probity and in her determination in advancing a case.
Caroline Villers’ involvement in the wider world of conservation-restoration, and its intersection with art history and museums, was also vigorous. She held posts on several professional bodies, including, recently: Vice-Chair of the Conservation Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM-CC): Member of the ICOM-CC working groups ‘Paintings I’ and ‘History and Theory of Conservation-Restoration’; Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the AHRB Research Centre for Textile Conservation and Textile Studies; Fellow, and Delegated Member for the council of the International Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC). She served as editor of The Conservator (1992-96), and Studies in Conservation (1999 onwards) and was a member of the preprints committee for the ICOM-CC meetings in Dublin (1997-98), Lyon (1998-99) and Rio de Janeiro (2001-02). She was also active in organising conferences. Besides involvement in professional meetings such as those organised by the International Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC), she instigated events that drew together those working in the fields of conservation-restoration, the technical examination and scientific investigation of works of art, art history, and economic history. Chief among these were Technology and the Art Historian (1985) and Paintings on Textile Supports in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: Technique, Function, Display(1998), both held at the Courtauld Institute. Most recently she planned, with Jo Kirby of the National Gallery, and Susie Nash of the Courtauld Institute, a conference on the European Trade in Painters’ Materials to 1700, to be held in February 2005. ‘Technical’ Art History is an interdisciplinary field of enquiry that has generated increasing excitement in recent years. Caroline’s activities, through teaching, publication, and the promotion of research projects through a wide network of personal contacts, constituted a very significant and distinctive contribution to scholarship.
Caroline Villers was passionately concerned with the care, display and better understanding of the Courtauld Gallery paintings. During the 1980s she organised a series of exhibitions within the Gallery, focusing on individual works. Her longer-term aim, towards which (together with colleagues in the Courtauld) she had taken initial steps, was the production of a complete catalogue of the Gallery paintings. She published on a number of paintings that belonged to the Courtauld or had come to the Conservation Department for treatment. She often collaborated in her publications, either with colleagues, or with students whose projects she had supervised, and she was generous, as an editor, in bringing to fruition the work of other scholars. She published a series of articles on canvas supports and linings, the majority written jointly with Gerry Hedley (reprinted in Measured Opinions, 1993) and, recently, with Paul Ackroyd and Alan Phenix. She wrote both for her colleagues in conservation-restoration and for a wider audience of those involved in art history and in the museum world. | <urn:uuid:18d8a3fc-bc69-48b1-a71c-34ae5b941e91> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://courtauld.ac.uk/research/caroline-villers-research-fellowship | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281419.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00488-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963926 | 1,307 | 1.929688 | 2 |
Perry County Historical Society
108 S. Progress Drive (2nd floor)
P.O. Box 97 (Mailing Address)
Perryville, MO 63775
To communicate the heritage of the past to the present generation and to preserve what is significant for the future.
The Perry County Historical Society meets bi-monthly, on the second Monday of January, March, May, July, September, and November, at 6:00 in the Doheny Room at the Genealogical Research Library and Archive Center (Perryville Higher Education Center). All members and the public are welcome to attend. To join, see the membership page.
The Perry County Historical Society was organized in 1971, and is a non-profit corporation. The Society maintains The Faherty House, a house museum at 11 S. Spring Street in Perryville, as well as the Perry County Museum, a joint venture with the City of Perryville, located at the entrance to the Perryville City Park. In March 2015, the Society opened the Genealogical Research Library & Archive Center, located in the Perryville Higher Education Center. The Historical Society business office is also located at the Archive Center.
The Society’s publication committee began printing the Heritage in 1983. It attempts to record and perpetuate the genealogy of Perry Countians and the history of Perry County. | <urn:uuid:e289f920-fee3-40cf-8bcd-3d7c8eb4692f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://perrycountyhistoricalsociety.com/about/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.920795 | 306 | 1.523438 | 2 |
Example dance created inspired by the moves generated using Cochoreo system.
Cochoreo is a system that generates dance movements for a choreographer, who evaluates and influences the generated dance moves according to their preferences. Cochoreo uses the idanceForms user interface to allow the choreographer to influence the generation iteratively throughout the choreographic process.
‘Cochoreo generates novel keyframes for body positions by using a fitness function designed and tested by a choreographer… There is also a parameterized fitness function option so that the choreographer can adjust generation options based on their personal preferences. The Cochoreo keyframes can then be edited and manipulated manually.’
Dance move generation using predefined fitness function.
HD, CB, HF, HA, CC, CE, HGF
Carlson, K., Pasquier, P., Tsang, H. H., Phillips, J., Schiphorst, T., & Calvert, T. (2016, June). Cochoreo: A Generative Feature in idanceForms for Creating Novel Keyframe Animation for Choreography. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Computational Creativity. | <urn:uuid:b8b725b8-c5c7-4f62-af53-31fa76d0f3b4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://mici.codingconduct.cc/cochoreo/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00273.warc.gz | en | 0.816305 | 244 | 2.109375 | 2 |
The Beatitudes paint a true view of a Christian disciple. First, the disciple is alone on his knees before God, acknowledging his spiritual poverty and mourning over it. This makes him meek and gentle in all his relationships, since honesty compels him to allow others to think of him what before God he confesses himself to be. Yet, he is far from accepting his sinfulness, for he hungers and thirsts after righteousness, longing to grow in grace and goodness.
A Christian’s relationship with God does not cause him to withdraw from society, nor is he insulated from the world’s pain. On the contrary, he is in the thick of it, showing mercy to those battered by adversity, problems, tests and sin. He is transparently sincere in all his dealings and seeks to play a constructive role as a peacemaker. Yet, he is insulted and persecuted on account of the righteousness for which he stands and Christ with Whom he is identified. Even though he is slandered and falsely accused after showing mercy; yet, he does not hold bitterness or malice, but counts it all joy, as Jesus did.
Matthew 5:38-44 reads: “Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.”
People today often claim to be Christian, yet display the fruits of the flesh. They display the traits of an unregenerate person and are often in open rebellion. Statistics reveal that there is little difference between those claiming to serve Jesus and the honest agnostic or atheist. All lie, cheat, steal, fornicate, commit adultery, malign, slander, conspire, frame, sue, etc. Even in leadership, there is little difference. Many pastors today employ the same tactics to discredit those whom they are against. Out of selfishness, jealousy, envy, bitterness, and strife...hatred grows, and they sin.
These leaders conspire, gossip, slander, drop comments to those whom they know are close to the innocent servant, making them doubt their credibility. And, as Samson would say, “you slept with my heifer.” If you can even meet with these people (since much of the time they will avoid you or even refuse to meet with you), they manifest themselves through aggression, personal attacks, and criticisms. They even directly lie to cover up their conspiracies, gossiping, and use the sins of others to save face while talking with you. Oh yes, they can preach real nice about how to treat a fellow believer in a Christ-like, gentle spirit of reconciliation. But, when it is their turn to live what they preach, all manner of godliness leaves them. Their innate person exposes itself for all who possess discernment to see. Instead of restoring relationships, they break confidence with the confessee and turn him over to the civil authorities in order to protect themselves.
Ladies and gentlemen, do not follow the personality cult you see behind the pulpit. Follow the personality of Jesus Christ!
Study the characteristics of the fruits of the Holy Spirit and appropriate them as the Word promises. Submit yourself under the Lordship of the Scriptures, and with diligence and determination be grafted daily into His divine nature. We are never divine, but we can by our choice place our life/pride daily under the blood and allow the Word and the Spirit to change our personality and character into His likeness. Then we are able to respond and behave as Jesus would, calmly and without prejudice or anger, always exercising love. Instead of listening to the proud and jealous assassinate a servant of the Lord’s reputation, we can tell them that we are going to talk to the other person, relaying what is being said. We want them to come together so that truth, reconciliation, and restoration can take place. If the gossiper refuses, then the guilt is self-evident.
Since all the Beatitudes describe what every Christian disciple is intended to be and should become, we conclude that the condition of being despised, rejected, slandered and persecuted is as much a part of the Christian life as being pure in heart or merciful. Yes, Scripture tells us that the Beatitudes are Jesus’ own definition of what every Christian’s attitude/personality should be!
WMI is now focusing on the following 42 nations: The United States, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Philippines, India, Jamaica, Honduras, Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, Burundi, The Congo, Iran, Sweden, Norway, England, Russia, Germany, Finland, Austria, Poland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Yugoslavia, Romania, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, and Turkey. In these countries we are trying to saturate the nation with the prophetic warning through articles, newspapers, radio, television, etc. We encourage you to study the prophecies on many of these nations on our web site at www.worldministries.org. They will help you know how to pray for each nation. We need intercessors in and for these countries.
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Inflammation – The Big Picture
Before a discussion of the control of gingivitis, it is necessary to first grasp how inflammation occurs, and its relevance to disease in the periodontium. The word inflammation brings to mind imagery of ‘angry-looking’ tissue. Underlying and precipitating that surface manifestation lies a complex reactionary microcellular process that serves as a biologic defense operation to attack pathogenic microorganisms and other injurious or irritating stimuli. Within body systems, an external threat triggers the release of inflammatory mediators to attenuate or destroy it, and in the process causes characteristic signs of acute inflammation (e.g., heat, edema, erythema, exudate, pain).
The initial step in the inflammatory process involves threat recognition. Cells in bodily tissues functioning as ‘look-outs’ scan for probable irritants/injurious agents and detect that the invaders have unique patterns that differ from the host. This propels the recruitment phase of inflammation, where host inflammatory mediators like cytokines are mobilized, and bring about an immune response through vascular and cellular permeability effects.13,14
While inflammation has benefit as a protective and restorative healing mechanism in acute local reactions, when unresolved, inflammation can become chronic. Pro-inflammatory cytokines are implicated in the development pathways of serious systemic health conditions including Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and adverse pregnancy outcomes.15-17 These and other chronic inflammations – including oral health related – may result in irreversible damage unless there is intervention. | <urn:uuid:d9d80c47-ac91-4086-849a-3a8fac133bdd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dentalcare-aus.com.au/en-au/ce-courses/ce579/inflammation-the-big-picture | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.897977 | 318 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Alaska Fish & Wildlife News
Alexander Creek and the Impacts
of Illegal Introductions of Northern Pike
Northern pike are native to Alaska, both north and west of the Alaska Range. Where they are native, they are considered a prized, sought after fish - both because of their size and voracity, and also because their flaky white flesh makes for excellent table fare. However, in areas where they are not native and have been illegally introduced they are capable of creating catastrophic impacts to native fish and animal communities.
Northern pike were illegally introduced to the Susitna drainage of Southcentral Alaska sometime in the early 1950s. This system encompasses tens of thousands of square miles and is roughly the size of the state of Indiana. The Susitna drainage system is comprised of glacial rivers, hundreds of both fast and slow flowing clearwater tributaries and side-slough channels, along with hundreds of interconnecting shallow lakes and ponds, large deep-water lakes and thousands of acres of adjacent wetland areas. The spread of pike in this drainage was fairly slow through the mid-1980s, however, since the 1986 flood pike have rapidly expanded their range and can now be found throughout the Susitna drainage. The bulk of the Susitna’s salmonid production takes place in the numerous fast clearwater streams and large deep clearwater lakes that support little or no pike habitat. In these waters, predation impacts by invasive pike are negligible. However, several tributaries support vast expanses of pike habitat where overlap between salmonid and invasive pike habitat can lead to over 90 percent predation on juvenile salmonids. Pike predation has had catastrophic impacts on salmonid communities, so much that pike biologist consider these systems as “pike factories”, one of which being Alexander Creek.
Northern pike were first illegally introduced into Alexander Lake sometime in the mid to late 1960s. Over the past 30 years, pike have slowly moved downstream and are now found throughout the entire drainage. Alexander Creek, with its headwaters about 100 feet above sea level, flows at a low velocity with numerous oxbow and side-slough channels. It also has large amounts of instream vegetative mats, shallow interconnecting lakes and ponds and tens of thousands of acres of adjacent wetland areas, all of which support exceptional pike spawning, rearing, and nursery habitat.
Prior to complete encroachment by pike, Alexander Creek supported some of the largest king (Chinook) and silver (coho) salmon returns in the entire Northern Cook Inlet area. Since then, king salmon numbers dwindled from a high of 6,300 in 1989 to a low of less than 150 in 2008; silver and red (sockeye) salmon numbers displayed similar trends. Salmon returning to Alexander Creek once supported a significant portion of Cook Inlet subsistence and commercial fisheries. Resident fish populations such as rainbow trout, Arctic grayling and burbot, long nosed suckers and whitefish declined as well. Chinook salmon once spawned throughout the entire mainstem of Alexander Creek including upstream of Alexander Lake. Since pike encroachment, nearly all the salmon spawning is confined to a fast clearwater tributary of the creek known as Sucker Creek. Alexander Creek once supported a multimillion dollar sport fish industry with ten full time lodges, along with numerous guides, air and boat charter services, and boat rentals - all which are no longer in operation since the king salmon fisheries plummeted.
The king salmon sport fishery in Alexander Creek has been restricted since 2002, closed to sport fishing since 2008 and was declared a stock of concern by the Alaska Board of Fisheries in 2011. This has taken an economic toll on both a local and regional level. Alexander Lake at the headwaters of Alexander Creek was once a productive waterfowl production area. Now, a person is lucky to observe a clutch of ducks with more than one surviving offspring. The lake use to support hundreds of muskrat caches and feeder piles where local residents were able to subsidize their incomes from trapping. Today, few if any muskrats are observed in the lake.
Northern pike are a prolific species in that their fecundity (number of eggs per fish) can attain more than a quarter million eggs from just one large female. Northern pike are a very hearty species of fish; tolerating fairly saline environments and thrive in waters with low oxygen levels. Under the right conditions northern pike can survive for several hours out of water so they are easy candidates for illegal stocking or transplanting activities. This has been a huge contributing factor in the spread of invasive pike not only in Alexander Creek but also to numerous other locations in Southcentral Alaska.
Concern over diminished king salmon numbers in Alexander Creek along with other salmon species and resident fish populations such as rainbow trout and Arctic grayling prompted the department to initiate an Alexander Creek pike suppression program. The primary goal of the program is to restore Alexander Creek salmonid populations to some semblance of historic levels by removing up to 80 percent of the invasive pike population in the sloughs and side-channels of the creek. This program was a multi-faceted project which included pike suppression/removal, radio telemetry, pike dietary analysis and adult and juvenile salmonid monitoring.
Suppression efforts commenced in the spring of 2011 and are ongoing. Each spring - depending upon water level - up to 62 side-slough channels of Alexander Creek are intensively netted using variable mesh gillnets in a 40-mile stretch of Alexander Creek in an effort to remove as many invasive pike as possible. To date, more than 18,000 pike have been removed. In June 2011, in an effort to determine if northern pike were migrating from the creek into the lake or vice versa, 150 northern pike were captured and surgically implanted with radio transmitters. Aerial surveys were flown once or twice monthly to document individual fish movements. This effort was conducted to determine if it would be necessary to expand the suppression efforts to include Alexander Lake. If it was determined that a large number of pike were leaving the lake to spawn in the creek the cost of the project would have likely doubled.
Information from radiotagged fish indicated that few pike migrated out of the lake. The few that did were captured by gillnetting crews during spring suppression efforts so it was not necessary to extend our suppression efforts to the lake. This was a huge cost saving measure.
In order to gauge current and long-term success of the northern pike suppression efforts, a crucial component of the project was to monitor adult salmon returns, resident fish production, and assess juvenile salmon production and distribution behavior. The adult salmon monitoring portion of this study was initiated primarily to document increases or decreases in adult salmon abundance as a key indicator for overall project success. King salmon were monitored via aerial survey’s to document the number of spawning fish and to assess if there has been any re-colonization of historical spawning areas in the mainstem of the creek. Other salmon species and resident fish were monitored via anecdotal observations from king salmon surveys, catch and harvest trend information generated from the departments Statewide Harvest Survey along with reported information from local and area residents and sport fishers.
Juvenile salmon production was measured using minnow traps in concert with stomach content analysis of northern pike. Minnow trapping was conducted on a bi-annual basis where 180 traps were baited with salmon roe and distributed evenly between three sections of the creek; upper, middle and lower. This effort was necessary to assess whether or not there was an increase or decrease in relative abundance of juvenile salmon and to document changes in distribution patterns over the duration of the study. For all study years, approximately 12,000 northern pike were examined for stomach contents and dietary preference. The northern pike sampled were collected from the same three study sections as juvenile salmon sampling.
Although it may still be a little premature to tout project success, there are several positive indicators that Alexander Creek salmon stocks are showing signs of recovery. Since 2011, numbers of invasive northern pike in the creek have been reduced substantially. Escapement numbers of adult spawning king salmon in the past four years have been the highest in the past decade, increasing from a low of 150 in 2008 to a high of 1,117 in 2015. Though recent escapement numbers are very encouraging, they are still far below historical levels when avenge returns hovered around 2,500 to 3,000 fish.
Visual observations during recent aerial surveys also indicated that king salmon are recolonizing historic spawning grounds in both the lower and upper reaches of the creek that have been void of spawners for nearly two decades. Although other salmon species are not specifically targeted for index surveys, visual observations from king salmon aerial surveys indicate other salmon species are increasing in abundance as well. This trend is mirrored by harvest and catch trend data generated from the department’s Statewide Harvest Survey, and echoed by reports from local area residents and sport fishers as well.
During the first two years (2011 and 2012) of the project, juvenile king salmon were only captured in minnow traps in the lower portion of Alexander Creek (River Mile 1-10), while in recent years (2013-2016) they have been captured throughout the entire length (40 miles) of the creek. The stomach content portion of the study displayed a similar scenario, where at the beginning of the study all the pike stomachs containing juvenile salmon were only in the lower portion of the creek, during the previous two years, juvenile salmon were found in pike stomachs throughout the entire drainage.
King salmon are multigenerational species in that siblings from a single spawning female may spend from one or two years in freshwater, and one to five years in the ocean environment. Given that, and the fact that these returning fish are only beginning to reestablish historic spawning grounds, it may be several years down the line before we are able to say with confidence that the project was a success.
Once this project is deemed as being fully successful, it will be necessary to continue suppression work at a reduced level on this system in perpetuity. The cost will probably run about $20,000 a year. However, that would be a small price to pay for the restoring a multimillion dollar fishery.
This project was funded through a sustainable salmon grant administered through NOAA along with a general fund match through the state legislature.
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The iron (Alhadid)-57. Sounds like a good topic for a Quran lesson, right? True. But take another look. Iron-57. Sounds like chemistry to me. If I am not mistaken, is this not a form of iron; an isotope of the element listed in the periodic table? Don’t doubt yourself, because it is. How so? How did a book written nearly ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED years ago make this the 57th Surah, and also name it Alhadid (the iron)? Is it just mere coincidence that this happens to also be the atomic weight and mass number of the element iron in its natural form? Maybe it was. But do you think that the Quran, the book of Allah, would make a point as evident as this just by mere coincidence? This is your opinion, but I believe this was something more than just coincidence. I believe this was yet again another point to prove that the Quran is truly the book of Allah, and that Islam is the right religion.
Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe (from Latin: ferrum). It is the most common element in our entire planet, and forms much of the earth’s outer and inner core. It is also the fourth most common element in the earths crust. Iron is also abundant in biology. Iron-proteins are found in all living organisms, ranging from the evolutionarily primitive archaea to humans. The color of blood is red due to the hemoglobin, an iron-containing protein. Just from those few facts, you can realize how much we rely on iron. Iron is no ordinary metal; it is essential to life. Iron-57 has also been used in a very important discovery by the 1961 Nobel Prize winner Rudolph Mössbauer, known as the Mössbauer spectroscopy. This discovery states that gamma rays emitted by one nucleus can be resonantly absorbed by a sample containing nuclei of the same isotope, and this absorption can be measured. To prove this statement, Mössbauer used Iron-57.
Note however, that this is all from a scientific standpoint. Scientists are working on making these discoveries more clear everyday. But take a look at the Quran. Does it not give you a good idea, or a basis to rely on, for all of this detailed information?
As I wrote before, Iron is one of the four most abundant elements in the world and for ages, it has been one of the most vital metals for mankind. After looking at iron from a scientific only standpoint, we should look at it from a religious standpoint as well. The verse referring to iron in the Quran is as follows:
“…And We sent down iron in which there lies great force and which has many uses for mankind.†(Surat al-Hadid: 25)
When you read this verse, you can think of it from a religious standpoint, or a physical standpoint. When I read this verse, I noticed that it said “we ‘sent down’ ironâ€. Does this mean it was sent down by natural cause, such as a meteor? Or does it mean that it was sent down by miracle, such as the cane of Prophet Musa turned into the snake? Once again, this puts us into deep thought. Should we think like a modern day astronomer would, or like an intelligent, properly educated Muslim? I believe the answer to this is simple. We should think like both of them. Because we are taught at an early age about simple astronomy, we think of it as everyday life, and neglect to realize that it is such an extraordinary creation. Not everything has to be a big deal for it to be a miracle. Everything that is given to us: this earth, our family, our friends, the food we eat every night at the dinner table, this is all a miracle in itself, just on a smaller scale. Since it is part of our everyday life, we tend to forget that this is not a guarantee, and it could all be taken from us at any moment if we are not appreciative. This brings us back to the point about the term, “sent downâ€. The iron very well may have been sent down by a meteor, but who says that this is not a miracle? Where in the Quran is there a guarantee that we will have unlimited supply of iron? Everything Allah does for us should be considered a miracle, or a blessing. We are not guaranteed these things, and we should always be grateful to Allah for what he does for us every day, because only he knows what is truly best for us.
After reading this article, I hope you have been convinced that Alhadid was not just coincidentally made the 57th Surah of the Quran. There is a reason behind everything Allah does, and nothing is done by mistake or by coincidence. He has power over everyone and everything, and we can not doubt his greatness. So who are we to question his book, the Quran? In the 88th verse of Surat al-Isra, Allah refers to the divine nature of the Qur’an:
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- Wholesale inflation rises to 3.39% in December, but food prices cool
The wholesale price index-based inflation, reflecting the annual rate of price rise, in November stood at 3.15 per cent. The decline in wholesale inflation is in contrast to the fall in retail inflation, which hit a three-year low of 3.41 per cent in December.
- Food and Drugs Administration plans to set up lab near Nashik
The wait for getting reports of food samples sent by the Nashik Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) officials is likely to be over in a couple of years, as the FDA has sent a proposal of constructing a food and drug laboratory on the outskirts of the city.
- Watch out what you eat, it may harm your health
A day after Food & Drug Administration (FDA) found adulteration in common food items sold in the city markets, activists and citizens have demanded better monitoring of the food and swift action against the erring manufacturers and traders for selling adulterated food. Laboratory tests conducted by the Nashik division of FDA found presence of nickel in vanaspati ghee and oil, soluble colours in chilli powder, urea in milk and bacteria in packaged drinking water. Activists and citizens told TOI that as buyers, they are unable to detect whether the food is safe for consumption. Unless the government deals the issue with an iron hand, people will be at the receiving end, they contended. Consumer activists claimed that the FDA action against these spurious food items is just an eyewash and officials were not making any sincere efforts to curb food adulteration. They claimed that most vegetables are mixed with colours so that they look fresh and fruits are ripened with help of some chemicals. Vilas Deole, secretary of Nashik Zilla Grahak Panchayat, said the worst part is that the consumer does not have the right to lodge a complaint if he suspects that the product he has purchased is adulterated. “The departments concerned take the information from customers and only give assurance to investigate the matter. Such complaints do not reach any logical conclusion,” Deole added. It is also mandatory for the civic administration to conduct checks of the stables from where milk is sold twice a month. However, the departments concerned are least interested in conducting the checks, he alleged. Activists said buffaloes were injected with steroids by some owners, which ultimately lead to poor quality milk. The activists cited reports in TOI according to which a bench of the Supreme Court referred to reports of the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) of 2011, which said that over 68% of the milk sold in the market was adulterated. Many citizens said there were certain brands in the market which sold genuine products. Even when the price of the product of different companies is the same, the shopkeepers keep only a particular brand for sale from which they can earn more profit. Many citizens suggested that FDA should start a free laboratory in the city, where any person buying a product can get it tested to check if it is safe for consumption. FDA officials said they take up continuous action. However, the staff crunch prevented them to take up more cases.
- Govt to cheer up commoners with food and shelter: Madhya Pradesh CM
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Saturday that the state government will bring cheers in the lives of common people by providing them food, clothing and shelter. The government would also enact a legislation to provide land and financial assistance for a house to all those born in the state but who don’t have a roof over their heads.
- BSF jawan's kin want CBI inquiry into complaint about poor quality food
A day after the Home Ministry submitted a report to the Prime Minister’s Office insisting that a BSF constable’s complaint about poor quality food given to paramilitary forces was unsubstantiated, his wife came out in his support, saying that CBI should investigate the matter.
- No substance in BSF jawan's complaint about poor quality food, home ministry tells PMO
In its report to the PMO, the Union home ministry has said it has found no substance in the complaint by a BSF jawan that poor quality rations were given to security personnel posted along the border. The home ministry has also asserted that "there was no widespread discontent" over food.
- Functional foods will have to clear strict checks to hit market
Health supplements, nutraceuticals, probiotics and other functional food products will have to go through a stringent regulatory scanner and comply with specific norms before entering the market. FSSAI has issued benchmark standards covering as many as eight different categories of foods.
- It’s food down memory lane for Portuguese PM in Goa
Away from the spotlight and officialdom, the first Prime Minister of Indian origin to head a European country, Portugal’s Antonio Costa, sat down for a quiet five-course preplated meal at Margao’s Rua Abade Faria, in the house where his father Orlando da Costa grew up.
- CRPF jawan backs BSF food video
Tej Bahadur Yadav is his role model. Undeterred by the threat to life feared by the BSF jawan after his video about alleged raw deal to soldiers in their mess went viral, CRPF jawan Pankaj Mishra on Thursday said CRPF jawans are also facing “similar exploitation” at the hands of officers.
- Food and Drug Administration busts fake cosmetics racket
MUMBAI: If your imported face cream, eye liner or lip balm had given some adverse effects, chances are that you were using a completely fake one that was manufactured in a dingy local shop. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) busted a racket and seized fake cosmetics products worth Rs 2.39crore from a shop at the Sarang Street of Crawford market on Wednesday. The FDA team found an elaborate set-up in the cramped room complete with machinery and packaging equipment. Products belonging to brands such as L'Oreal, Lakme, Revlon, Olay, Elle 18, Nivea, Fair & Lovely and several others were found in the premises. An FIR has been filed against Mohamad Khaatib Shaikh, Pravin Dhillon, Mahesh Lalji Warchand for violating sections of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. During investigation, it emerged that Shaikh was procuring the raw and packaging material from Pravin Dhillon, proprietor of Krishna Cosmetics in Bhuleshwar. They revealed that these cosmetics were being sold through Dhillon, who is the alleged mastermind. The products were being sold through Radhe Cosmetics. The godowns in Bhuleshwar too were raided and most of the material was found there. FDA commissioner Harshadeep Kamble said that the accused posed several hurdles during the raid which continued till the wee hours of Thursday. "It was an organised racket running a well-oiled network with advanced machinery. We have drawn samples of the products to see how harmful they are to the skin and eyes of consumers," he said.
- No food crunch where Yadav was posted, says BSF
NEW DELHI: Even as Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Thursday asked the home ministry to submit a report on the poor food quality issue raised by BSF Constable Tej Bahadur Yadav, which has hogged headlines for past three days, the BSF gave its final report to home ministry in which it has said that there was no shortage of food at the post where Yadav was posted nor has any Jawan ever complained about it there. Official sources said that MHA will submit a detailed factual report on the incident to PMO soon. Meanwhile, the government said that it is taking all such incidents seriously and corrective steps are being taken to improve the conditions of service personnel and their food. BSF has informed the government that an IG rank officer had visited the post a week back and no security personnel complaint about the food then. While the rations at the post on the LoC is provided by the army, it is cooked by BSF personnel tasked for these jobs. The BSF said ‘daal’ shown in Yadav’s video posted on Facebook was uncanned from tinned food ration and ‘parantha’ was cooked in the unit mess as per procedures followed at high-altitude locations. The complaint of Yadav could be results of some other issues faced by him, the sources said. Nevertheless, officials said that BSF as well as the MHA are actively examining his complaint and taking all possible corrective steps. The army is also looking into the food supply issue and will submit a report to government soon, said sources. A jawan is entitled to around Rs 2,800 per month as food allowance and he is given food under the stipulated amount. Yadav, wearing camouflage uniform and carrying a rifle, claimed in the video that while government procures essentials for them, the higher-ups and officers “sell it off” in an “illegal” manner in the market and that they have to suffer. He also posted other videos saying the quality of food served was not of good quality. Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju said the government took all such incidents seriously and corrective steps were being taken to improve the conditions of service personnel and their food. Meanwhile, an inter-ministerial committee with representatives from the MoS home, finance and others on Thursday discussed the issue of ‘Risk and Hardship Allowance’ for paramilitary personnel as recommended by the 7th Pay Commission to find a solution to the long-standing demand. Official sources said home minister Rajnath Singh is personally monitoring the issue.
- Personally monitoring quality of food served to Army, Manohar Parrikar says
Amid a row over a BSF jawan's allegation of poor-quality food being served to paramilitary troops at border areas, defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said he personally monitors quality of food served to Army and has ordered serving of only FSSAI-approved chicken.
- PMO seeks report on BSF jawan's complaint on poor quality of food
"We have to give reports to all concerned," a senior Home Ministry official said when asked about the PMO's request. The Home Ministry's report to the PMO is expected to be on the allegations made by BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav in a video that was uploaded on social networking sites.
- FDA seizes Rs 2 lakh tampered food packs meant for kids
MUMBAI: Fortified food packets, to meet supplementary nutritional needs of poor children below six, under the Centre-sponsored Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, were allegedly found to be tampered with in a Vasai factory on Tuesday. The Thane Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seized 1.5 tonnes of the packets containing micro-nutrient (vitamins and minerals) fortified blended food that was to be distributed to anganwadis (ICDS centres) for children between six months to three years in Vasai-Virar and Mira Bhayander. The value of the seized packets is around Rs 1.08 lakh. The packets (wheat, roasted chickpeas and sugar) were manufactured and packed by Shakala Mahila Mandal in Gala 1, Mahavir Industrial Estate, Valiv, Vasai (E) under the state women and child development department. Each packet containing 140gm is given to mothers to prepare porridge (using milk or water) and feed child four-five times a day. Each packet contains 500 calories of energy and 12-15gm protein. There are 88,272 anganwadis under the scheme and over 86 lakh children are covered under it, according to the 2001 census. Workers allegedly tampered with expiry dates and batch numbers, using paint thinners. “We have seized the packets and sent them to the laboratory for testing. We will take action based on the report,” said food safety officer Rahul Takate. He said that while it was premature to say if the quality of food had been compromised with, workers were seen wiping batch numbers and putting fresh stamps. Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) staffers had gone to the industrial estate to collect house tax when they noticed this. Milind Patil, a staffer and eyewitness, said, “We got suspicious on finding the gala shutter down. We saw workers using paint thinners to wipe out expiry dates on food packets.” He said a number of packets had December expiry dates. The workers were using rubber stamps of January 2017 on the packets. Many packets did not have manufacturing and expiry dates. Yogesh Mane, a representative of the mandal, said the food packets were manufactured this month but the December expiry date stamp had been wrongly put. ICDS commissioner Vinita Singhal said she would look into the issue. She said the packets go directly to anganwadis from the manufacturers. They are, however, inspected by a child development project officer. She said though there should be a project officer for each of the 533 projects, they was a shortage. Pankaja Munde, minister of rural development, women and child welfare department, which monitors the scheme, was not reachable.
- Street food fest and garden show to be held at DakshinaChitra in Chennai
A two-day street food and garden show will be held at DakshinaChitra on January 15 and 16 January. Organised by the Friends of DakshinaChitra, a group of well-wishers and supporters of DakshinaChitra, the event will witness food experts reproducing the street food from each state. | <urn:uuid:c97db606-633c-4064-bef0-95e632a93f4e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Britons-Eating-Junk-Food | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279224.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00484-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974938 | 2,903 | 1.835938 | 2 |
PIC4Ser - PoliTO Interdepartmental Centre for Service Robotics
In the industrial field, robotics applied to complex assembly lines is now a mature and proven technology: will robots conquer the same relevance in other fields? Thanks to the development of enabling technologies, we are in a historical moment in which the arrival of a new generation of robots is very close: robots will be able to support humans in work-related or day life activities and they will become safe and reliable "companions".
This market, now in a booming phase, needs more than ever support from research centers where it is possible a real multidisciplinary application driven approach. In this way, it will be possible to merge and integrate innovative solutions related not only to control, perception, artificial intelligence & cognition, locomotion systems, smart mechanical architectures, actuation and energy supply but also to aspects of design, interaction, security, as well as social, economic and ethical issues.
All those aspects strongly motivate the creation of the PIC4SeR – PoliTO Interdepartmental Centre for Service Robotics where the expertise can support all the necessary development steps, leading to design, simulate and manufacture the basic components that will enable the new era of "service robots". This Centre, aims to coordinate the activities of several research groups, already active in the various departments, on the enabling technologies necessary for the development of this highly innovative and multi-disciplinary area.
The goal of the PIC4SeR Centre is to create a common physical environment as well as a community, in which tools and skills can reside to organically synthesize the characteristics of different application scenario's (precision agriculture, smart cities, search&rescue, patrolling and early warning systems, life support for elderly and disabled people, rehabilitation, archaeological survey/security/protection, etc.) and their related robotic experimental solutions.
The PIC4SeR Centre will:
- Coordinate and harmonize within a common interdepartmental Centre, the activities already carried out within the different departments of PoliTO (DET, DAUIN, DIMEAS, DIATI and DAD) on the theme of service robotics
- Develop enabling technologies for service robotics in the different research areas, with attention to the integration, modularity, resilience and reconfigurability
- Develop innovative methods for defining architectures (mechanics, electronics, ICT, etc...) for service robotics
- Develop innovative mobile platform using hybrid locomotion systems, soft modular robots and biomimetic devices able to integrate the enabling technologies and to test innovations
- Invest on the issues (and related technologies) of service / connected / smart / collaborative robotics avoiding, where possible, overlapping with other specific labs and companies already positioned in the national and international scenario
- Deepen and expand the issues related to interaction and collaborative design (HRI / HMI)
- Develop approaches and cross-cutting technologies independent from a specific platform and/or application
- Face and develop "social" and "health & lifestyle" aspects (applications and relapse) where it is not strictly necessary a “humanoid” interaction, but is much important the effectiveness of the service offered and the technologies and / or data platforms used (included in this sector the issues of interconnection, cloud, data sharing, big data, augmented reality, etc...)
- Make central the role of design and human-machine interaction for the effectiveness and safety of the service offered (to create something practical, safe and functional, not just purely cosmetic and / or appealing)
- Deepen the economic, social and ethical aspects (on companies, on the labor market, on the society in general) related with the introduction of service robotics and the development of public / private services based on this emerging technology
- Strengthen competencies and international industrial and scientific hooks in those areas, to use the activities of the Centre as a "flying wheel" for participation in regional, national and EU projects
Service robots are at an inflection point, opening new contexts for productivity gains beyond what industrial robots have done. The scientific community is driving the innovation in collaboration with industrial companies through projects, solutions and prototypes focused on:
- giving robots the ability to perceive, understand, and act in a wide range of dynamic environments
- making robots simpler to program and use, and thereby engaging a wider group of innovators and users
- improving the manipulation capability of robots to handle a diverse array of tasks
- reducing the cost and size of robots
- enabling robots to work with and around humans while keeping everyone safe
- smart mechanical robots able to move in the same environments populated by Humans, side by side, facing architectural barriers, narrow and complex spaces
The fundamental challenges for service robotics are not isolated topics and the research community is addressing the development roadmap, through advancements in three important technical domains:
- cognition and autonomous learning: the robot’s ability to perceive, understand, plan, and navigate in the real world. Improved cognitive ability means robots can work in diverse, dynamic, and complex environments autonomously
- manipulation: precise control and dexterity for manipulating objects in the environment. Significant improvement in manipulation means robots can take on a greater diversity of tasks and use cases
- interaction: the robot’s ability to learn from and collaborate with humans. Improved interaction - including support for verbal and nonverbal communications, observing and copying human behavior, and learning from experiences - means robots will increasingly be able to work alongside humans
Innovations in those areas are emerging from many scientific research centers and engineering disciplines. They come from within the robotics ecosystem, such as algorithms for manipulation, motion planning, and others. More, they come from outside the core robotics ecosystem, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, machine vision, and 3D sensors. Communities have been forming around these research topics, and they incorporate academics, R&D staff of high tech companies and early stage startups. The social, technological and industrial importance of this research trend is also highlighted by many regional, national and EU funds programs (e.g. robott-net.eu) especially designed for this area. | <urn:uuid:b1f0f3f5-b6c8-444e-aa34-5a62cafcad2e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.polito.it/ricerca/centri/pic4ser/?lang=en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00470.warc.gz | en | 0.912602 | 1,256 | 1.75 | 2 |
The holidays are supposed to be the “most wonderful time of the year,” right? After all, the greeting cards and carols of the season are filled with words like “cheer,” “joy,” “merry” and “happy.”
For many people though, the holidays invite the opposite: dread, deep sadness or a resurgence of anxiety, grief or other mental health issues. Sometimes dubbed the “holiday blues,” the pressure of family gatherings, gift giving, religious traditions and social commitments can be overwhelming.
Therapeutic issues that a client and counselor have been working on throughout the year are often magnified throughout the holidays, says Lauren Ostrowski, a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who works at a community counseling agency in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
“I have some clients who are upset at the holidays, from Halloween through Valentine’s Day,” says Ostrowski, an American Counseling Association member. “Even New Year’s — it’s a time of new beginnings, and people notice what they don’t have, who’s not at the table and what they haven’t accomplished, and it perpetuates the whole cycle [of struggle].”
For counselors, the key to helping clients through this difficult time of year is to plan ahead and talk about the pressures of the season before they climax, agree Ostrowski and Christian Billington, a licensed marriage and family therapist candidate in Denver. Counselors can offer clients an array of coping mechanisms, from self-care strategies to the realization that they can’t please everyone.
Billington, an ACA member who specializes in grief, loss, couples and families, suggests that counselors work through anticipated stressors ahead of time, “like a rehearsal.”
“Preparation can be important if stressful family events are inevitable,” he says.
For clients who face tense family situations, Billington suggests counselors discuss and identify triggers with the client and develop an “exit strategy” for get-togethers ahead of time. Most importantly, he says, talk with the client to ensure they have a trusted person, such as a spouse, they can talk to and “debrief” with at short notice during the holidays.
Ostrowski says she will work with a client to create a “road map” plan for holiday events and traditions. This way, the client can see all the things they look forward to and use the happiness from those events to counterbalance those that are less enjoyable, she says.
She encourages clients to make sure the things they want to do – perhaps a tradition from their childhood or a favorite side dish for the holiday meal – are included on their road map. At the same time, she tells them they should not feel obligated to continue traditions they don’t like.
“I talk a lot about how it’s impossible to make everyone happy” at the holidays, says Ostrowski.
Janis Manalang, an LPC and owner of counseling centers in Sterling and Alexandria, Virginia, stresses that clients must learn to be honest with themselves and recognize their boundaries, particularly at this time of year.
Clients who like to please others should “learn to draw a line in the sand with families or friends so they do not feel obligated to do something with them or give gifts,” says Manalang, an ACA member who is working on her doctoral dissertation on counseling education and supervision at Argosy University. “It’s always best to be honest with what you can participate [in] … understand that there will be people that we can not control and accept that we can only control ourselves.”
Key takeaways for counselors about this multifaceted issue:
Ostrowski says her rate of client no-shows and appointment reschedules spikes during the holidays. For clients prone to struggling this time of year, missing an appointment tends to make issues even worse.
When appropriate, Ostrowski says she will point out to clients that they said they needed help getting through the holidays but didn’t show up for their appointment. In other cases, she uses her office’s holiday closure as a way to bring up discussions about scheduling and ensuring that clients get as many sessions as they need.
Counselors should also make sure that clients have an emergency number they can call while the counseling office or clinic is closed for the holidays.
Travel and homecoming
Christine Forte, an ACA member and licensed mental health counselor in private practice in Shanghai, China, works to prepare her clients for the emotional impact of traveling home, often after being away for long stretches of time. In such situations, it’s important to remind clients that it is unlikely they will have enough time to see all the people and do all the things they’d like while home.
“What do they really want and what do they find it most important to spend their time on?” Forte asks these clients. “Be realistic in making plans, and allow time for rest and relaxation as well. One thing that I encourage is to be as clear as possible ahead of time to their families about what they will and won’t be able to do. Family and friends can expect that expats will simply slot back into life at home when they return at the holidays, but it simply isn’t the case.”
If the idea of a family get-together with “feuding relatives” is too stressful, Billington suggests that clients keep them off the invitation list or consider hosting separate get-togethers so the client can avoid becoming the middleman or peacemaker.
Forte encourages clients to take a step back and simply observe when family friction arises. “Awareness can be a powerful tool toward change,” says Forte. “I encourage clients to step back and observe as much as possible. Observe the patterns, observe their family member’s behavior, observe how they tend to respond [to one another]. … [Clients] can’t control what their family members are doing, but they can control their own behavior and practice reacting or interacting in new ways.”
Grief or anniversary of trauma
The holidays can be especially hard for clients who have experienced a recent loss and those for whom the season marks the anniversary of a death, crisis or other trauma. Counselors should be intentional about checking in with clients who fall into this category, says Billington.
“Anniversaries and holidays can be harder when a loss has been experienced because someone or something is missing and things are not the same,” he says. “This can be particularly triggering. In the context of grief and loss, I encourage clients to be prepared for these triggers and discuss the surrounding anxiety, concerns and worries as a proactive approach to anticipating triggers, almost as a rehearsal.”
Ostrowski suggests that clients mourning the loss of a loved one involve that person’s memory in holiday celebrations, such as making and displaying an ornament that reminds the client of the deceased.
Avoidance doesn’t work
Even clients who make a deliberate choice not to celebrate the holidays will still hear holiday music and see decorations everywhere they go. Reminders of the holidays are unavoidable, says Ostrowski.
“I would much rather [that clients] say, ‘We’re not talking about Christmas until after Christmas,’ and we can work on other issues and have an alliance through the holidays, rather than [these individuals] just isolating themselves,” she says.
For those clients who go into “survival mode” between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Ostrowski has them focus on the fact that the Christmas tree won’t be up for the entire year, the season will pass and there are new times ahead.
Self-care can be one of the most important coping mechanisms for clients during the holidays. This can range from small interventions such as breathing and relaxation techniques to more intensive methods, such as taking a trip away.
Ostrowski worked with one client to help her plan a special day of her own in the middle of the holidays, complete with activities she enjoyed and a favorite meal. Having a special day to look forward to helped offset the stress she felt around the rest of the season, Ostrowski says.
Another intervention Ostrowski suggests for clients is a gratitude journal – an idea she got from Liana Lowenstein, a well-known Canadian social worker. The client records one positive thing or event that happens each day. Ostrowski has clients start the journal before the holidays, when the weather is warmer and the days are longer. During the holidays, clients can then flip back to the start of the journal to remind themselves of a less stressful time.
For clients who feel an increase in depression or anxiety as the weather turns colder and the days become shorter, Manalang recommends the use of a light therapy lamp.
Loneliness and homesickness
Self-care in the form of planned activities can also help clients who are lonely or far from loved ones through the holidays.
Volunteering and participating in community events can be a powerful and rewarding intervention for clients who are lonely, says Billington. He also suggests that clients make a “plan of action.”
“For example, making a list of things the client likes to do, and if the loneliness birds come home to nest, the client can refer to the list and undertake some of these activities,” says Billington. “Taking a trip away can also palliate some of the symptoms of loneliness.”
With clients who cannot travel to see family or loved ones, Forte stresses the importance of preplanning local get-togethers and outings.
“Especially if it’s the first time they’ve spent the holidays away, it can be a time of really strong homesickness,” she says. “I always encourage people to make plans in advance with people from their community who will be around or on their own at Christmas. Having a fun day with friends or a meaningful day doing some type of community service can help to mitigate the sadness that might otherwise be there. I’ve found this helps a lot personally in years that I had to spend Christmas away from my family, and I’ve also found that having the plans in advance helps to dissolve some of the negative anticipation. It won’t be the same as being home with family, but it could be more fun than they think.”
The pressure of holiday gift giving can be a major stressor for some clients, especially if they have limited income.
The task of giving gifts and, in turn, pleasing the recipients can be tied to self-worth, notes Ostrowski.
Billington says he reminds clients that “the objective of any gift is thoughtfulness. … Helping clients understand the thought behind gift giving can help alleviate some of the stress and pressures of this ritual. In fact, making time in a session for a client to practice some art/craft therapy can be a good way to have fun, learn more about the gift recipient and the client’s world, and create a thoughtful gift.”
Talk about the holidays year-round
Ostrowski says she asks new clients if the holidays present a challenging time for them at intake, no matter what time of the year it is. “If you find out the week before Christmas, it’s kind of too late,” she says.
Asking clients about their mindset related to the holidays is comparable to asking them about their sleeping habits as they start counseling, Ostrowski says.
“You find out they’re not sleeping [that way], and they would never volunteer [that information],” she says. “This is the same thing. Clients don’t often tell me without my asking whether the holidays are a difficult time or not.”
On the other hand …
The holidays can also be a client’s favorite time of year. In such cases, a counselor might help the client remember this happy season at other times of the year when he or she is struggling.
“Remember that [the holidays] won’t always be negative [for clients],” Ostrowski says. “The key is to discuss it.”
Ostrowski recommends this page of resources from Psych Central (which she also distributes to clients who struggle during the holidays): psychcentral.com/holidays
From See the Triumph, a blog, social media and research project started by two counselors and ACA members about issues of domestic violence: seethetriumph.org/blog/loneliness-and-the-holidays
Tips for managing the holiday blues from the National Alliance on Mental Illness: bit.ly/1vA4RUw
ACA Counseling Corner article: Holiday depression: Fixable and something not to be ignored: bit.ly/1AIscrC
Tips from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: afsp.org/coping-with-suicide-loss/where-do-i-begin/handling-special-occasions
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The latest business plan for California's proposed bullet-train system puts its cost estimate at nearly $100 billion, more than twice a previous estimate and a stunning amount of money for lawmakers who must decide whether to move forward with the project.
Sticker shock is an understatement, said state Sen. Joe Simitian, a Democrat and member of a legislative subcommittee on the system's funding.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority said on Tuesday the project's price is now seen topping $98 billion through 2033, well above a previous estimate of $43 billion.
The new price-tag also dwarfs the nearly $10 billion of debt approved by voters in 2008 to help finance the rail system, whose backers expect financial help to build the system from the federal government and companies through public-private partnerships.
Lawmakers, while wary, welcomed the new estimate. They had thought the Authority previously low-balled the projected cost and had pushed it to retool the business plan.
California's leaders should feel they at least have a realistic forecast of what it will take to build a high-speed rail network connecting the most populous U.S. state's far-flung metro areas, Simitian said.
We've got a real number, but, boy, is it a scary number, he said.
MORE JOBS, FEWER EMISSIONS
To offset that sense of shock, the rail system's backers are stressing it would serve over the near-term as a jobs program. California has a double-digit unemployment rate and forecasters expect it will ease only gradually.
The Authority said on Tuesday that a bullet-train network across California would create 100,000 jobs over the next few years and another 1 million jobs moving forward.
The Authority is also trying to capitalize on other concerns for Californians, notably fiscal and environmental ones. It said high-speed rail would be a bargain compared with $170 billion over the next 20 years to expand highways, airport gates and runways -- each contrary to California's efforts to combat global warming.
High-speed rail will reduce carbon emissions by more than 3 million tons annually, according to the authority.
The mayors of Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Jose welcomed the Authority's new business plan and urged the state to get moving on building the planned high-speed rail network.
Governor Jerry Brown wasted no time embracing it. The High-Speed Rail Authority's business plan is solid and lays the foundation for a 21st Century transportation system, Brown said in a statement.
ONE LINE AT A TIME
Others in the state capital of Sacramento responded cautiously.
For too long, High-Speed Rail Authority officials trumpeted the dream, but showed little taste for confronting economic and political realities, State Treasurer Bill Lockyer said in a statement.
Authority officials are demonstrating a new commitment to having a more honest discussion with the public and policymakers about the costs, benefits and feasibility of the project, he added.
The response in the legislature was mixed. Democrat leaders embraced the plan, but it rattled many rank-and-file Democrats and left most Republicans shaking their heads in disbelief, said Republican Sen. Doug LaMalfa.
The more this stuff comes out, the worse it looks, LaMalfa said, adding that he would introduce a bill to return the project to the ballot to try to get voters to scrap it.
LaMalfa's bill would face slim odds in the Democrat-controlled legislature.
Simitian said lawmakers' concerns about the cost estimate may ease as they work their way through the 230-page plan. He noted it offers an option for slamming the brakes on a statewide rail system by dividing its construction into individual projects that could stand alone, if needed.
People have been saying 'If you build it they will come,' Simitian said. What we're hearing now from the High-Speed Rail Authority is 'Let's build a piece of it and let's see if they will come.'
The business plan said: With the state's success in securing almost $4 billion in federal funding, the first step can be taken now. It will create jobs, obtain right-of-way, position the system for future expansion, and preserve options for future decision makers.
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Human rights are 'the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled'
various people campaign against injustice
religious leaders often show ways in which to raise awareness of an achieving basic human rights for those who have their rights ignored.
most religious believers accept that God made everyone equal in his own image and this suggest that each and every human is important
SACRED TEXT... 'there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you all are one in Jesus Christ'
- born 1917 El Salvador
- 1967 religions bishops decided to move away from trying to maintain peace and towards supporting the poor struggle against social justice. Crime and corruption were extensive and many were struggling. To begin with Romero did not speak out against what he saw
- 1977 appointed Archbishop of San Salvador, when saw his friend die he suspended masses in the nations churches, demanding punishment of those responsible
- He emerged as a outspoken opponent of injustice and the government and defender of the poor
- became known as the "Voice of the voiceless" speaking out about injustice and holding mettings banned by the government
- 1980 shot dead by group in a chapel while he was celebrating in mass
justice seen as helping the poor, speaking out against oppressors, caring about others, ensuring everyone has equal provision, acting on behalf of others and being a peacemaker showing the way of forgiveness
is something that you have to do out of moral or legal obligation.
duties are important to society as they ensure that certain things happen, without them there may be disaster and chaos
in religion usually three types of duty, to god, to your neighbour, to yourself
- DUTY TO GOD- summarised in the Great Commandment which is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.
- DUTY TO NEIGHBOUR- this is to love you neighbour as yourself, parable of the Good Samaritan. Showing that duty to treat others as you wish to be treated.
- DUTY TO YOURSELF- to keep your body and mind healthy, use talents effectively, obey the law of state in which you live
- Buddha's teachings range from understanding (cause and effect) and developing good impressions in one mind, to reaching full enlightenment by recognising the nature of the mind
- No idea of 'self' in Buddhism
- believe that they will reach the greatest peace and happiness through the practise of dharma (the path or journey they choose to take)
- therfore each person is responsible for him/herself to put it into real practice
- Buddha-dharma means 'the path of awakening'
aims of punishment,
protect society and the offender from each other and to make sure that everyone in society is unlikely to suffer the same crime being commited again
to deter others from committing the same crime again as they know it will happen to them
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One of the highest rated wines in the world costs just £6!
One of the highest-rated wines in the world is on sale at Asda for just £6. It appears that you don't have to buy the terrible, cheap wine that just tastes like vinegar that has been filtered through a marathon runner's shoe.
The general rule of thumb is that if a wine is around a fiver, avoid it at all costs. And if in a restaurant, you always buy the second cheapest wine because then it's relatively cheap, but not the cheapest.
Well, now a bottle of Malbec has beaten off 16,000 competitors in a blind taste test to win a prestigious award at last year's Decanter World Wine Awards.
La Moneda Reserva Malbec scored 95 out of 100, an amazing score, to win 'best single-variety red costing under £15.
After it's surprising victory, demand for the wine went through the roof. So much so that Asda's American partner Walmart had to start stocking it on their shelves for $6.96.
So how can an award winning wine like this be sold for so cheap?
According to The Washington Post, the Malbec is produced by Chile’s largest wine exporter Ranco Wines, which ships more than 80million litres of wine to each of the 25 countries they distribute to. That works out at about 107 million bottles per year.
It’s mass produced in large stainless steel ‘tank farms’ which can hold umpteen gallons rather than the traditional rustic, wooden barrels – and that scale means that it’s cheap to produce in bulk.
Then it is shipped to the UK where it is bottled and packaged, and that reduced the cost of the overall production.
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A New View of Saguaros
JEFFREY P. COHN
Vol. 53, No. 3 (March 2003), pp. 213-216
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Abstract Ray Turner aims his camera with great care at a precise spot on a nearby ridge at Saguaro National Park, east of Tucson, Arizona. First, Turner makes sure that two large saguaros—one with four armlike branches reaching out and up, candelabra-style, and the other just a column with no branches yet—are aligned with the same Santa Catalina mountain peaks in the background in exactly the same position as in previous pictures. Then, carefully, Turner checks his position and camera direction with his compass and global positioning system. Finally, he snaps several pictures of the saguaros and their surroundings, just as he has done periodically since 1962.
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Confession: I am the proud owner of a Fiat Cinquecento named Putt-Putt. He’s light blue and makes zoom-zoom noises like a toy car. Kids love it; I love it. So you can imagine that I was thrilled that Pope Francis was picked up from Joint Base Andrews in a model 500L. It was a symbolic moment laden with meaning.
The press were quick to make the link between the Pope’s humility and the accessible price of the Fiat. The Pontiff reportedly rides in a Ford Focus at home, so his appearance in a Fiat in America was a sign of Italian patriotism from this Argentine holy man. The Fiat 500 is, after all, as potent a symbol of Italy as spaghetti, and is a material and mobile representation of la dolce vita.
Francis’s choice in a Fiat also links him to Pope John Paul II, who, when he returned to his native Poland, appeared in a Fiat 130, the first to appear outside of Italy with the SCV 1 license plate (Latin for “Status Civitatis Vaticanae,” or “State of the Vatican City”). Moreover, it was in a Fiat Campagnola that an attempt on John Paul II’s life was made, and in which he made a triumphant return to St. Peter’s Square after his recovery.
The Fiat 500, called the Nuova, was introduced on July 4, 1957, as a successor to the Topolino, or little mouse, an earlier model. Designed by Dante Giacosa, it was, like Germany’s Volkswagen Beetle before it, meant to be a people’s car. Compact and affordable, the Fiat 500 was one of the first city cars, just the right size for zipping around fountains and historic cobbled streets. A symbol of postwar recovery, it also had style—as most things Agnelli do. (Both onetime Fiat head Gianni, whose grandfather founded the company, and his wife, Marella, are members of the International Best-Dressed List’s Hall of Fame.) Though production ceased in 1975, many Nuovas are still on the road, thanks to cultishly devoted fans. The 500L is a larger version of the 500 that was launched in 2007 on the 50th anniversary of the Nuova, the people’s car that became a Popemobile. | <urn:uuid:5fa618a1-dffb-4ee4-bb73-0f168f26340c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.vogue.com/13352364/pope-francis-fiat/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285289.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00145-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974321 | 506 | 1.773438 | 2 |
Usually, I wait to say things like this, or at least try to be a bit cleverer, but Stereo Savage is IT when it comes to stereo width creation, subtraction, management and control. Period. We are going to get into everything the plug-in has to offer, but I wanted to get that out of the way right off the bat. It has everything from my favorite stereo widening plugs and monitors all wrapped up inside it.
Stereo Savage has 6 distinct sections. Stereo Adjust, Metering, LFO, Effect, Bass Bypass, and Input Routing. Let’s start from the top left and work our way around counter clockwise.
A stereo imager’s goniometer is essential when dealing with stereo width. The phase correlator is fundamental - it’s necessary. Yet, most plugs dealing with the widening of sound don’t have them. You usually have to load a second plug to do the metering for you. Not with Stereo Savage, which has them both built right in!
The goniometer has two settings. A precise pixel producing display and a more general display where the pixels of a given area are averaged and shown as thicker lines. You can switch between the two by clicking the display area.
The phase correlation meter works like any other one. You want to be careful of anything passing to the left, or negative, of zero. This has to do with mono systems and phase cancelation, but that is a whole other tutorial in and of itself. Great to see it featured here though!
There are also in and out level meters to see how much is being added or subtracted to the audio being fed through the device.
This might be considered the “main” module, but don’t let that detract you from the others to come!
Here you have the main width control. With this you can either go full mono or full on -1 phase, which means only stereo signal with nothing in the middle. This can be fun, but can be a bit tricky to deal with in the mastering stage. Usually you will be somewhere between the two extremes.
You also have the choice between pan and rotation. Rotation is like panning, but is made to sound more natural. The level parameter turns up or down the affect audio and acctivating the PRE button will apply the panning before the width processing.
This is where Stereo Savage starts to set itself apart from similar plugs. From here you can add a specified amount of stereo width that can be generated in 1 of 4 ways. Each has its own set of tweakable parameters as well. So it’s like four separate devices in one.
Vox - This uses detuning off the left and right channels as means of creating width. This will work best of vocals or leads. You can adjust how much the signals are detuned from 0 to 100 cents. You also have control over the timing of the delay—loose, tight and everything in between. Finally, you have the option to swap the left and right channels.
This is a much more common way of getting signals to be wider. Here we only have one controller parameter, but I honestly can’t think of what else we might need.
This adds early reelections to the audio signal. It is a “bit like a multi-tap delay”. There is also a “Warm” toggle switch. Which will add a bit of color to some of the delays upper harmonics.
“Splits the sound up into multiple frequency bands and pans those bands left and right. Compared with the other three modes it is exceptionally natural sounding.”
This section allows you to control what is fed into the device. You can solo the left/right channels, swap them, or sum to mono. Summing to mono means taking both the left and the right channels and feeding them into both the left and the right together instead of separated. The ø buttons swap the phase of the L or R channel.
This is another place Stereo Savage excels past other stereo width plugins. The bass bypass allows you to control the lower end of the signal, which is crucial for a good mix. You can either completely cut it out or just trim it back. This is something I used to have to do with a second device.
You have two parameters. There is the frequency crossover point denoted as Hz. Everything below the set frequency will be affected by the Gain parameter.
Yet another option that usual requires a second device. You can add an LFO to some of the parameters - Pan, Rotation, Level, Delay, Width, Size. You have control over the LFO’s shape, rate (synced/time), phase and amount.
This is becoming more common these days, as it should. Stereo Savage can hold two states at once. They you can switch between the two on the fly to see which fits your project best.
There are 33 presets to choose from which are a great place to generate some inspiration and ideas. Last, but not least, you can even scale the plug in. Little things like this really add Stereo Savage’s appeal.
As I stated in the very beginning of this review, I am very pleased with Stereo Savage. It has most, if not all, things I need when dealing with the stereo field and then some. It is all my stereo width plugs wrapped in one. All those options with the visual metering system is just awesome!
The only thing I think would make this plug better is if I could add the LFO to each parameter. As it is right now, I am stuck having to choose one and leave the others unaffected. If I could add the LFO to two or more of the available parameters, it would be great. If I had individual control over each LFO for each parameter that would be the best!
As it is now, I will be using this in each of my projects. Stereo Savage is SAVAGE!
- A True All-in-One Stereo Width Plug-in
- Limited LFO Routing Options
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The fresh LinkedIn passwords had been hashed, yet not salted, the company states
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Stuff took place? This past times a file which includes exactly what appeared as if 6.5 mil passwords and another with 1.5 million passwords was discover on the a good Russian hacker discussion board on InsidePro, which gives password-cracking devices. The passwords just weren’t when you look at the basic text message, however, have been blurry with a method titled “hashing.” Chain throughout the passwords integrated sources in order to LinkedIn and you may eHarmony , very safeguards masters guessed that they had been away from the web sites also through to the businesses affirmed past you to the users’ passwords got leaked. Now, (which is belonging to CBS, moms and dad company of CNET) in addition to launched that passwords put on its site was basically some of those leaked.
Someone with the deal with “dwdm” had released the first list and you may requested anyone else to aid crack the fresh new passwords, centered on an excellent screenshot of the community forum thread, with given that come taken off-line
Exactly what ran incorrect? The impacted people haven’t provided information on how the users’ passwords returned both hands from malicious hackers. Merely LinkedIn provides to date given one informative data on the method they useful for securing this new passwords. LinkedIn claims new passwords on the site was basically blurry making use of the SHA-step one hashing algorithm.
In case your passwords was in fact hashed, as to the reasons are not they secure? Coverage professionals say LinkedIn’s code hashes have to have recently been “salted,” playing with terms and conditions you to music similar to our company is talking about Southern area preparing than cryptographic techniques. Hashed passwords that aren’t salted can still be cracked playing with automatic brute force products that convert basic-text message passwords for the hashes after which find out if the hash looks anywhere in the new password file. So, to own well-known passwords, like “12345” or “code,” brand new hacker need merely to crack new password just after so you can open the new code for everyone of the accounts which use that same code. Salting adds various other coating off coverage from the along with a string of haphazard characters into passwords ahead of he or she is hashed, to ensure that every one has a different sort of hash. As a result an effective hacker will have to you will need to split all of the customer’s code really instead, even in the event there are a lot of copy passwords. That it boosts the length of time and effort to crack the new passwords.
Because of the password drip, the firm grew to become salting the information which is in brand new database you to locations passwords, predicated on a good LinkedIn article from this day which also states he has got cautioned alot more profiles and contacted cops regarding the infraction . and you will eHarmony, meanwhile, have not expose if they hashed otherwise salted new passwords utilized to their internet.
Let’s businesses space customers data use these standard cryptographic process? Which is a beneficial matter. I asked Paul Kocher, president and you can chief scientist during the Cryptography Research, if or not discover an economic or any other disincentive and he told you: “There isn’t any rates. It could need maybe ten minutes away from technologies date, if that.” And he speculated the engineer that performed the latest implementation merely “was not familiar with exactly how people do it.” I inquired LinkedIn why it don’t salt the fresh new passwords prior to and you will is actually regarded those two blog posts: here and here, hence try not to answer the question. | <urn:uuid:9051a5cf-c997-4889-98f2-4fe7e76b6f16> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.elunet.net/just-what-code-leakages-mean-for-you-faq/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.962472 | 904 | 1.578125 | 2 |
The meeting at Westminster Central Hall - the biggest event of its kind - will culminate with the filming of a special edition of BBC1's Question Time, produced by eight winners of the Schools Question Time Challenge.
Organised by the Institute for Citizenship, whose president is Question Time presenter David Dimbleby, and supported by the Evening Standard, the conference has the task of producing a Young Citizen's Action Agenda, which will be handed to the Prime Minister and London's Mayor in October.
Dimbleby said: "The importance of involving young people in political decision-making is greater than ever. Globally and locally we face new and complex challenges - it is important that everyone takes part in the debate."
Issues up for discussion include knife crime, the credit crunch, climate change and the way young people are portrayed by the media.
Speakers include International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander, Liberal Democrat MP Julia Goldsworthy and the BBC's Dimbleby, Andrew Marr and Huw Edwards.
There will also be a survey of young people's views which will be used to form the basis of the Action Agenda.
The winners of this year's Schools Question Time Challenge included one of London's leading grammar schools, The Tiffin Girls' School in Kingston.
Tiffin students Aaraby Ragavan, 17, and Jeevan Kaur, 18, will be working with BBC producers to get footage from the conference ready for broadcast in the special edition of Question Time.
Jeevan, who hopes to study geography at UCL, said: "The media portray it [youth crime] in a very bad light so we want to see if it is as bad as it seems."
She said the event could help young people to see that their views were important and, therefore, it was worth getting involved.Reuse content | <urn:uuid:a2a0a6de-f677-42f6-a6a3-ce481299c529> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.standard.co.uk/news/2000-youth-envoys-draft-action-plan-for-leaders-6916003.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280900.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00006-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965147 | 375 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series : Friends & Guests
ALPHA SIGMA TAU Service and Philanthropy
THANK YOU !
Alpha Sigma Tau (ΑΣΤ) is a national Panhellenic sorority founded on November 4, 1899 at Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University). It is the third-oldest educational sorority, and has more than 90 active chapters and colonies nationwide. [Wikipedia]Since 1945 the national sorority Alpha Sigma Tau (AST) has been a strong supporter and advocate for Pine Mountain Settlement School. With nearly 90 chapters throughout the United States Alpha Sigma Tau selected Pine Mountain as the primary philanthropy for the sorority and Habitat for Humanity as its primary service focus. Since 1945 Pine Mountain has been enriched by the close relationship with this philanthropic sorority and the many visits by members of various national chapters.
Pine Mountain has been very fortunate over the years to have the chapters visit the School and to have them participate in programs or provide designated service to the institution. For example, in the Spring of 2014 the School welcomed Radford University‘s Alpha Sigma Tau chapter to the campus. Pine Mountain was again fortunate in November of 2014 to have another group from AST on campus, seven AST members from James Madison University in Virginia. In March 2015 sisters from the Grand Valley University chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau came to work on the archive and grounds of the School.
These visitors are welcomed by the School’s Community Coordinator, Judy Lewis, who coordinates a variety of volunteer activities for the groups. Students are also given the opportunity to participate in any on-going programs that occur while they are on campus so they can understand the work and the mission of the institution. Further, they can contribute a variety of services, including building maintenance, trail work and other grounds maintenance and, importantly, they can work in the institution’s ARCHIVE where they can learn about the School’s history and the many individuals who have been a part of the institution since its founding in 1913. While working in the archive the sisters are honing skills in collection organization, digitization, database management and historical writing — and some heavy lifting! While working on trails, grounds or buildings the visitors can enjoy the physical environment of the place and help to maintain the beauty of the site. These service projects are just a few of the possibilities available to visiting sorority groups.
The philanthropy and the work of Alpha Sigma Tau benefits Pine Mountain in ways that are both tangible and intangible. The opportunity for the sororities to learn more about the work of Pine Mountain and for Pine Mountain to show its deep appreciation for the years of support they have given the School has enriched everyone.The following are some of the groups that have visited the campus in 2014 and 2015 and who have given their service to the School. We welcome additional chapters to schedule visits to the School. Details can be discussed by contacting the main Office of the School.
RADFORD UNIVERSITY, RADFORD, VA Chapter
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY, HARRISONBURG, VA, ChapterThank you James Madison crew for all your hard work!
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY, ALLENDALE, MI Chapter
Thank you Cecelia, Jackie, Kayla, Carly, Shannon, Hannah and Olivia!
TWO AT ONCE! EASTERN MICHIGAN & SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITIES
The week of June 15-17, 2015, Pine Mountain Settlement School was fortunate to have two separate Alpha Sigma Tau chapters on campus. They did a splendid job of assisting with the community Day Camp and helping the archivists compile folder data for an index to the large archival collections at the School. They also had an opportunity to commune with another Alpha Sigma Tau Chapter and to make friends across institutions. We thank them all!
To see some of their work for the Pine Mountain Settlement School Collections go to —
We could not have done this without you.
A thank you, as well, to Anna Smith, our community volunteer librarian, whose fine work helped to prepare the collections for work before and after!! Thank you! Thank you!
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY,(YPSILANTI Chapter
(Alpha Chapter) Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Thank you, Sydney, Sky, Heather and Caitlin. June 15-17, 2015. [P1100126.jpg]
SHIPPENSBURG (PA) UNIVERSITY Chapter
(Beta Epsilon Chapter) Shippensburg, PA
Thank you MIchaella, Samantha, Allyson and Emilee, June 15-17, 2015.
FAIRMONT STATE UNIVERSITY, WEST VIRGINIA
Founded as a private institution in 1865 Fairmont State was a Methodist institution that was dedicated to training teachers. In 1866 the school was transferred to the Regency of the West Virginia Normal School and in 1868 the state of West Virginia purchased the institution and it became a branch of Marshall College. After a succession of names, in 1931 the school became known as Fairmont State Teacher’s College and later as Fairmont State College. In 2004 the state of West Virginia legislature voted to change the name again to current appellation, Fairmont State University.
The long history of the institution left a trail of historical information and buildings and in 1994 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Pine Mountain is pleased to have an association with the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority of Fairmont State University and to welcome the school to its campus.
On this, their first visit to Pine Mountain, the girls assisted with an archival move and reorganization project. Others worked with the Maintenance Department on the school’s extensive grounds. While others helped to sort, cull and re-shelve an extensive library collection. All the work was an important contribution to the conservation and maintenance of the property of the School. The important re-housing the archive and cleaning and clearing of the many degraded boxes from long years of storage in West Wind, one of the many buildings at the school, was especially noteworthy.The following pictures show some of the activities of creating new boxes, boxing printing blocks, and re-labeling degraded file folders.
The following pictures show some of the activities of creating new boxes, boxing printing blocks, and re-labeling degraded file folders.
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Betting is fundamentally the wagering of some thing of value or cash on an uncertain event with an equally uncertain consequence, together with the main intention of winning either cash or merchandise. Gambling therefore needs three elements in order for it to exist: risk, consideration, and a reward. The first one describes the doubt of the outcome and also the importance one gives for this; the second describes the comparative likelihood of this occurrence of this event and also the significance of this to one's actions; while the third component, the prize, describes the monetary reimbursement one receives after winning. In gaming, what matters most is that you wins, while what things least is if one wins or loses. In gaming, there is no such thing as pure win-loss ratio but rather a proportion of wins to all losses.
It's in the context of gambling that the term'gaming' is based. Betting, therefore, describes a particular type of business transaction wherein a certain amount of money is put at stake. A good deal of folks have argued about what constitutes gambling, particularly in vegas. Some people today argue that gambling identifies a type of game played in a public place where bets are placed on the result of a game or game; others point it out can also be a structured activity in which wagers are made on the operation of certain machines or even on the number of a particular number of guests in a casino. Nevertheless, the majority of men and women agree that gambling involves gambling, therefore.
Gambling can be of several forms, with each type requiring its legal structure. 코인카지노 In Nevada, for instance, there is what is called a”suit.” A lawsuit is an agreement or a contract between a person placing a wager and the individual or group putting the money at stake. In some states, a”betting account” is created in which cash deposited into the account is retained by a bookmaker and is not available to gamers; others let online gambling but don't permit offline gaming. Finally, there are”rollover” transactions in which the cash in a player's account is removed before it is used. In this way, the expression gaming covers a vast selection of trades and can refer to every one of these, as each has its own set of conditions under which it may occur.
There are a lot of reasons why a person becomes addicted to gaming. Most notably, an addiction results when a person engages in a lot of risky behaviour, making repeated bets with small or no expectation of winning and sense that he cannot prevent losing money, even if he doesn't win. This type of extreme stress over an extended time period may cause physical and mental changes which often lead to the development of some sort of gambling issue. Other potential causes include alcohol and prescription medication use; the continuous presence of pressure from other band members; work or school habits that prevent the gambler out of focusing on winning; and personal losses (like divorce). As is the case of many sorts of dependence, gambling addicts may exhibit behaviors that one would regard as portion of a gaming problem.
What makes gaming disorder a real problem for the gambler is the way by which the disorder interferes with everyday life. Gamblers are constantly surrounded by people, all of whom want to be gamblers. They attend bars, parties, and casino tables not out of choice, but because gaming is a form of self-fulfillment. Gambling addicts find little pleasure in different pursuits and be depressed when they can't gamble.
It is not enough to want that you could stop gaming; however, there are steps that you can take that will make it simpler for you. To begin with, attempt to develop a feeling of your feelings when you gamble, since an accurate gambling diagnosis often requires the gambling addict to comprehend his own difficulties and emotions. Learning to recognize your own ideas and feelings is a great first step toward recovery. As soon as you know yourself , then you are going to have more control over the impulses and be less inclined to engage in the behaviours that permit you to gamble.
After realizing the root causes of your problem gambling addiction, you may begin doing some things to treat the symptoms. Start with a psychological therapy program. This is supposed to be performed separately and independently so as to not disturb your loved ones. Discuss your problems brought on by your gambling dependence with your therapist; you might want to learn some strategies that will help you handle your stress and your betting debts. Hypnotherapy is a frequent remedy used to deal with gambling addiction and alcoholism.
Should you need extra assistance, then visit your local hospital or go to an alcohol rehab center. Additionally, there are some pharmaceuticals and behavioral therapies available if you prefer to not enter a rehabilitation. But you may want to begin at the beginning and see whether you're able to quit gambling on your own. Betting casinos and lenders frequently provide gamblers bet back guarantee programs. These programs mean that if you cannot pay your wager, then you will be able to get extra bets at no extra expenses. | <urn:uuid:5ae1d28c-f7ea-4b4f-b5fe-cbded4a29723> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://postheaven.net/growthbass5/how-to-stop-gambling-easily | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00476.warc.gz | en | 0.960314 | 1,038 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Shoppers in search of holiday bargains need to use caution to ensure they won't end up scammed instead.
Kansas Attorney General Steve Six and his Consumer Protection Division launched a public education campaign Monday to increase consumer awareness as the holiday shopping season begins.
“This Friday marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season. Unfortunately, it’s also prime time for consumers to get scammed,” Six said in a statement. “So many people are shopping—both at retail locations and online—it’s easier to get taken advantage of.”
Six says consumer complains increase between Thanksgiving and Christmas for several reasons. Among them are the sheer number of people buying so many things; the holiday rush; increased online shopping; and people not reading the fine print on items like warranties and refund policies.
“Throughout the holidays, my Consumer Protection Division will be working diligently to help Kansans be smart consumers,” Six said. “We plan to spread information on a variety of consumer topics to make sure Kansans have happy holidays this year.”
Six says his office will spend the next month educating people by promoting consumer tips, charitable giving tips and working with the media to provide consumer information throughout the holiday season.
“The more information we provide to Kansans, the fewer consumers will fall victim to unscrupulous businesses or scam artists this holiday season,” Six said. | <urn:uuid:080cc570-28ed-4b8f-a39e-e6ffd3c97c4e> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/35008439.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718866.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00004-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946483 | 292 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Visio 2010 Step by Step, Visio 2013 Step by Step, and Visio 2016 Step by Step are the fastest, easiest ways to learn Visio -- and you can work at your own pace!
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I found your book to be extremely helpful to me in learning to understand, use, and navigate through Visio 2010. It is well written and easy to follow and I would recommend it highly to anyone who is interested in learning Visio 2010 from scratch.Wayne D. | <urn:uuid:a9481b9a-a1f4-4b8d-ba92-b2275880b728> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.visio2010stepbystep.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719155.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00332-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957873 | 237 | 1.585938 | 2 |
Washington, May 29 : Researchers at Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA, have found that ships may be inadvertently spreading diseases.
They said that ships are unintentionally carrying trillions of microbial stowaways in the water held in their ballast tanks.
When the water is pumped out, invasive species could be released into new environments.
According to the researchers, disease-causing microbes could also be released, posing a risk to public health.
Ships pump water in and out of ballast tanks to adjust the waterline and compensate for cargo loading, making the ship run as efficiently as possible. These tanks can hold thousands of tonnes of water.
"Any organisms in the water are likely to be released when it is next pumped out," said Professor Fred Dobbs from Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA.
Many non-native animals and plants have been taken to new environments and become invasive, threatening the survival of local species; some fundamentally alter the ecosystem.
Zebra mussels were introduced in North America and the comb jelly in the Black Sea and both have had enormous ecological and economic impacts
For more than two decades, we have known that a variety of large phytoplankton and protozoa are transported in this way, but we know very little about smaller microbes like bacteria and viruses.
"It is inevitable that hundreds of trillions of micro-organisms enter a single ship's ballast tank during normal operations," Dobbs said.
Most of these microbes are harmless, but some are a potential risk to public health.
"Vibrio cholerae, which causes cholera in humans, can be carried in ballast tanks. There have been no known outbreaks of disease associated with ballasting activities, but the water is only sampled very rarely," Dobbs said.
Other disease-causing microbes in the tanks include Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia duodenalis, which cause stomach upsets.
Some people say microbes are present everywhere; they may be easily dispersed because they are so small.
However, many experts believe micro-organisms have a 'biogeography', a natural home, which means they could become invasive if moved and have a negative effect on different environments.
There is some evidence for this argument: two phytoplankton species called diatoms were introduced to the English Channel from the North Pacific Ocean
The International Maritime Organisation, which sets rules and standards for the global shipping industry, has proposed an upper limit to the numbers of Vibrio cholerae, E. coli, and intestinal enterococci contained in discharged ballast water.
A few ships are also using different treatments to reduce and even eliminate the microbes in their ballast water.
"A number of techniques are being looked at for this purpose, from filtration to biocides, ultrasound to ultraviolet irradiation. Our understanding of the issues involved will increase as more studies are carried out, particularly those employing the tools of modern molecular biology," Dobbs said.
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About the UIS Director
(Available in French and Spanish)
Dr Montoya became the Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) in 2015. The UIS is the official UN repository for statistics in the fields of education, science and technology, culture and communications.
Dr Montoya brings to the institute extensive experience in a wide range of national and international initiatives to improve the quality, management and use of education statistics, with a specific focus on learning assessment. With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Dr Montoya is working closely with the international education community to build consensus around a core set of indicators to measure progress towards education targets. This work entails a complete review of existing sources of information as well as an evaluation of statistical capacity-building services needed to help Member States produce and use the resulting data. In particular, she is representing UNESCO as the co-leader of SDG 4 (Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all) and the chair of the Technical Advisory Group on thematic indicators for the Education for All Steering Committee.
Prior to joining the UIS, Ms Montoya was the Director-General of Assessment and Evaluation of Education Quality at the Ministry of Education, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Among her many responsibilities, she oversaw the creation of the first comprehensive education quality index produced in Argentina. During the course of her career at the Ministry, she introduced a series of institutional changes and capacity-building initiatives to strengthen independence and objectivity in the production of education statistics and the measurement of learning outcomes.
Ms Montoya has also coordinated Argentina’s participation in several international assessment programmes, including: the Latin American Program of Educational Quality of the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI); IEA’s International Computer and Information Literacy Study; the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study; Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study; Progress in International Reading and Literacy Study; and the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies.
Ms Montoya was also professor and researcher at the Catholic University of Argentina. She holds a Master’s and PhD in Policy Analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School, and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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Net Neutrality is one of the hottest tech- and Internet-related topics right now, as the FCC’s proposed regulations could have a negative impact on the way Internet companies work, and ultimately, on the pocket of regular Internet users. But because the matter seems complex, and awfully boring in some cases, not many people take a stance against the FCC’s proposals. That has been the argument of comedian John Oliver’s appeal to Internet trolls. And not only that — during his Sunday HBO show “Last week Tonight” he called upon trolls to tell the FCC how they feel about its proposal.
“At this point, and I can’t believe I’m about to do this, I would like to address the Internet commenters out there directly,” Oliver said, after hilariously explaining the problem with current Net Neutrality regulation proposals.
“Good evening monsters, this may be the moment you’ve spent your whole lives training for,” Oliver added, making fun of the kind of comments Internet users post online showing no remorse, or disregarding any common sense. “For once in your life, we need you to channel that anger, that badly spelled boil that you normally reserve for unforgivable attacks on actresses you seem to think put on weight, or politicians that you disagree with, or photos of your ex-girlfriend getting on with her life, or non-white actors being cast as fictional characters […], we need you to get out there, and for once in your lives focus your indiscriminate rage in a useful direction.”
And it looks like Oliver’s argument has been more than successful at convincing Internet users to take a stance against the FCC’s Net Neutrality regulations, as the FCC’s website has been swamped by reactions.
“We’ve been experiencing technical difficulties with our comment system due to heavy traffic,” the FCC wrote on Twitter on Monday evening. “We’re working to resolve these issues quickly,” the Commission added, posting the same message a few hours later on Twitter.
Titled “Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet,” the FCC’s Net Neutrality page currently has almost 50,000 comments right now.
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Data from: Are leaf functional traits “invariant” with plant size, and what is “invariance” anyway?
Price, Charles A. et al. (2015), Data from: Are leaf functional traits “invariant” with plant size, and what is “invariance” anyway?, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.r3n45
Studies of size-related plant traits have established a suite of mathematical functions describing whole plant investment and allocation. In parallel, studies of plant “economic spectra” have measured the scaling and variance composition of traits related to the major dimensions of both structure and function. Here we explore the intersection of these two broad areas by exploring the notion that many leaf economic traits are invariant with species differences in adult plant size. Invariant traits are those that do not change with plant size and are invoked as a key simplifying assumption of prominent models that purport to explain the scaling of plant size and metabolism. Unfortunately, leaf trait invariance is neither well defined nor understood, and has never been critically evaluated. Using a global plant trait dataset, we evaluated whether nine key traits can be considered as effectively invariant as a function of the maximum height of plant species, within and across plant growth forms, and within and across broad taxonomic groups. We also examine the influence of habitat, biome and global spatial scales on the size-relative variance in plant functional traits. We suggest that while invariance is an intuitive concept, an objective statistical definition is elusive. Expanding on ideas drawn from the study of life history invariants, we propose five criteria to identify traits that are effectively invariant, depending on the research question. We show that all studied “leaf economic spectrum” (LES) traits approach invariance within and between herbaceous and woody plant groups; angiosperms and gymnosperms; and within most biome and habitat types. Individual leaf area, however, shows a modest increase with plant size, and there are significant shifts in the average LES trait values at a given plant maximum height, among the plant growth forms and taxonomic groups. Our results demonstrate that generally, LES traits show little interspecific variation with maximum plant height, which provides some support for attempts to model plants with “average” leaf properties. Our work also highlights the need for a better understanding of the drivers of leaf size variation within and across individuals, functional groups, clades, biomes and habitats. | <urn:uuid:82ded51d-8a51-446c-bd15-77d47d23bcfe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.r3n45 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00466.warc.gz | en | 0.923274 | 528 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Fidel Castro in New Haven. Doug Rae personal collection. New Haven Colony Historical Society
Plaster of Paris bust of Fidel Castro, 1961. Andrew St. George papers, Yale University.
Andrew St. George Papers, Yale University
Welcome to the library research guide on the Cuban revolution. Here you will find library resources, including primary sources, on the Cuban revolution.
For more assistance, the Librarian for the Latin American and Iberian collections is available for consultation and provides advanced reference services to students, faculty and visitors by appointment. The office of the librarian is located on the third floor of Sterling Memorial Library in room 313. Please do not hesitate to call or email.
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The New International Encyclopædia/Arnim, Elisabeth von
ARNIM, är'nḯm, Elisabeth von, better known as Bettina (1785-1859). A sister of Clemens Brentano, and wife of Achim von Arnim, born at Frankfort-on-the-Main. She is noted chiefly for her friendship with Goethe (1807-11) and her pretended Correspondence of Goethe with a Child (Goethes Briefwechsel mit einem Kinde) (1838), which is in large part fictitious. Genuine sonnets of Goethe in it were addressed, not to her, but to Minna Herzlieb. As a work of fiction its merits are great. It is original, fresh, lively, and graphic, though with the usual romantic faults of construction; and in its speculative pages it is unintelligible. A similar volume of Correspondence with Caroline von Günderode is equally interesting, as is also a collection of real Letters to and from her brother Clemens. She was a true member of a brilliantly eccentric family, keen, witty, capricious, vain, untruthful. Her translation of her Correspondence with Goethe into English is one of the curiosities of literature. | <urn:uuid:88fec8b5-baea-4ae3-abe1-82d2ff93d0ea> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_New_International_Encyclop%C3%A6dia/Arnim,_Elisabeth_von | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281069.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00266-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935159 | 273 | 2.109375 | 2 |
All our popular Semantic Web Primer tutorials in your very own PDF, plus two exclusive new tutorials on alternative RDF syntaxes and NoSQL databases.
A .NET port of the frequently updated, well established Jena semantic web framework. Jena .NET uses the IKVM virtual machine to bring you the latest Jena package. Some highlights include:
- Create mashups
- Query RDF models using SPARQL and return in XML format
- Iterate through a Jena model straight from your .NET application
- Persist to offline storage
The smart and easy linked data editing, browsing and visualization tool. It combines exceptional ease of use with powerful features that help do much of the work for you.
- SmartRDF editor autocompletes your RDF syntax for you, with common ontology vocabularies built-in.
- Convert between many different RDF syntaxes quickly and easily.
- Visualize the data you are viewing and export for others to look at.
- SPARQL querying, with autocomplete and verbose feedback to help you refine and correct your queries.
- Easy to use views of the classes and properties in your data or ontology that update with your changes.
Ingenious Framework is the ultimate .NET software stack for building next generation, open-world applications using a uniquely simple and easy to use syntax for building, storing and accessing RDF triple data (the data format used by the semantic web).
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What is Website Accessibility?Web accessibility is the inclusive practice of ensuring there are no barriers that prevent interaction with, or access to, websites on the World Wide Web by people with disabilities. When sites are correctly designed, developed and edited, all users have equal access to information and functionality. (Definition from Wikipedia)
Our Website Accessibility Services
We do our best to make sure our website and the sites we make are as accessible as possible, but to make a website that meets all of the Website Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) a lot of work, planning and ongoing maintenance is required. We at MIGHTYminnow are continuously expanding our knowledge, practice and implementation of the WCAG in our work. If accessibility is a priority for your project we can work with you to formulate an accessibility plan when developing your site.
Sometimes it is a requirement that a client’s website meets accessibility guidelines and is in compliance with accessibility laws. We have experience working directly with WebAIM to achieve website accessibility certifications (see our case study). If certification is not required, we can provide a website evaluation using accessibility tools and define a plan to resolve any accessibility issues the site may have. | <urn:uuid:296a3897-9000-40c6-af84-3a0a7c10f451> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mightyminnow.com/services/web-accessibility/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.920254 | 242 | 2.328125 | 2 |
In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly declared April 2 World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD). The aim is to raise awareness of this pervasive disorder that affects tens of millions worldwide. Not only do WAAD activities offer information about the importance of early diagnosis and intervention, they also celebrate the unique talents and skills of people with autism and give them as well as their loved ones much-needed emotional support.
Autism Speaks, which helped establish WAAD and the Light It Up Blue initiative, is the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization. The organization was founded in 2005 by Suzanne and Bob Wright, the grandparents of a child with autism. Since its inception, Autism Speaks has committed more than $173 million to research and developing resources for families affected by autism. To learn about the research into the causes, prevention, treatments, a possible cure for autism, notable awareness initiatives and family/community resources, please visit AutismSpeaks.org.
In its third year, Light It Up Blue is an autism awareness campaign that includes iconic landmarks, businesses and individuals around the world that will "go blue" on April 2, World Autism Awareness Day. You can join in the movement as an individual or as a business. Pledge to Light It Up Blue and share your events!
You can show your support by purchasing a Light It Up Blue kit, with net proceeds of your purchase going toward Autism Speaks.
Purchase special blue light bulbs and lanterns from your local Home Depot and replace outdoor lighting and a few indoor lights with blue bulbs. If you have a business, buy blue lighting fixtures from Rosco to put on your exterior lighting fixtures.
Gather your family and friends together for a blue-themed party. Encourage your guests to wear blue and bring a dish or appetizer made with a blue food, such as blueberries, blue corn chips, blue potato salad, bleu cheese, blue Jell-O, or purple foods that give off a shade of blue when included in food.
The easiest way to support Light It Up Blue on WAAD is wear something blue. We love these blue fashion accessories. Be sure to encourage your co-workers to wear blue April 2, too.
You spend plenty of time Facebooking, tweeting and pinning on Pinterest. Take the opportunity to raise awareness about autism on your social networking sites. Tell your friends and followers about WAAD and how they can light it up blue to bring attention to autism.
For more information, visit LightItUpBlue.org and spread the word. SheKnows is lighting up blue -- how about you?
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(Full disclosure, the download link for the Ramsay reading was not working, so I went online and found a copy of his article "In Praise of Pattern.")
I read the Ramsay first, and it read as a great example of the type of methodological write-up that I would want to turn into Dr. Drouin for our final semester projects. It was easy to read, he had quite a few lit-nerd jokes in there, and I walked away understanding his central premise. That is, we can use digital humanities to find larger strokes in the source texts (in Ramsay's case, the use of scenes in Shakespeare's plays and how it differed over genres), but those larger strokes don't necessarily scientifically prove anything out of hand. So what if comedies, tragedies, romances, and history plays have a different average of different scene locations? To say that the scene variance means something thematically is not, then, a scientific argument. It is a literary/humanistic interpretation of the fact that comedies, tragedies, etc. have a differing amount of locations. Ramsay is, essentially, making sure that we understand what the tools digital humanities scholars give us. They give us hard, scientific data, yes. But they do not give us the key to some unimpeachable literary position. Our theses, our journal articles, those are still the same interpretative statements that we have been making since the dawn of the academy.
The Jockers seems to easily line up with this. Jockers spends time stating that digital humanities tools are, essentially, strip-mining texts for broad tendencies. Digital humanities is, essentially, best used for gathering evidence on a large scale, and less useful for taking on the intricacies of a single novel. It makes sense on a certain level -- why use text miners on a 50-page short story when you could be using them on an author's (or authors') body of text? Again, what you find doesn't necessarily prove anything out of hand. But you can use them as keystones to search out material in the text, or alongside material in the text, to formulate your opinion and lend it the weight of scientific evaluation.
The biggest thing I take away from these readings is that I want my project for the semester to focus on collating/interpreting a large collection of data. My focus on late Victorian/early Modern texts will make that an easy ask when Project Gutenberg .txt files exist. They are, also, an important reminder that a English scholar in digital humanities cannot forget their roots in literary criticism. Graphs don't mean anything without the interpretation that we do everyday, and the data we uncover does not limit our ideas. As Ramsay says, "We are so careful with our software and with our mathemat-ics—so eager to stay within the tightly circumscribed bounds of what the data “allows”—that we are sometimes afraid (or we forget) that all of this is meant to lead us to that area of inquiry where such caution and such tentativeness has no place." | <urn:uuid:3a961586-4bb4-462b-8446-1d23c9808d30> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://modernist-magazines.org/?q=node/832 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571097.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810010059-20220810040059-00264.warc.gz | en | 0.951118 | 625 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Play: There’s an old saying “ a child’s job is to play” and I always add “it’s our job as parents to ensure that our children participate joyfully in the essential part of childhood development ” free play”.
In this generation, there is an increase in technology, texting, homework, and two parents working and a decrease in recess. As such educators, child therapists and parents need to come together to ensure kids don’t lose their childhood and continue to get enough unstructured free playtime.
PLAY is crucial to a child’s emotional and academic success. Play allows parents a window into their baby child’s emotional world and who they are inside. Play builds closeness, connection, love, joy, emotional intelligence, and decreases stress by allowing children to work through tough situations.
Play sets the stage for a lifetime of talking, listening, successful intimate relationships, trust, and learning how to get emotional and physical needs met.
Becoming a Behavior Detective using Play and Emotional Intelligence
Play is also the beginning of teaching your children emotional intelligence skills. The parents begin the process of understanding what a child is really communicating with their play and behavior even before they speak. Eventually, as the child grows parents teach these skills so a child can begin to understand and express their own inner world.
For example, sometimes when a child says they don’t want to play with a particular friend or grown-up, they are communicating some sort of hurt feelings. It is our job as parents to figure out what it means by teaching new words, new feelings, and new behaviors. I call this process becoming a “Behavior-Feelings Detective.” Research shows that kids that play pretend and learn emotional intelligence skills early in life do better and are happier and more successful.
Parent: “I see you don’t want to play with Mary today and that’s ok.
But I am wondering if something happened?
Maybe your feelings were hurt by something she did?
Child: No! Nothing happened I just don’t want to play with her.
Parent: OK another day. Let’s do the feelings map we enjoy that.
Kid: (drawing- talking together)
The map is fun, I am upset is because Mary didn’t sit with me at lunch yesterday.
Parent; Oh, I am sorry your feelings were hurt, did you feel she didn’t like you?
Kid: Does she?
Parent: What do you think?
Kid: I guess she still likes me, I sit with other kids too! Can we still play with her today?
Becoming a Playful Grown-Up:
When children are toddlers, they enjoy peek-a-boo, cuddling, playing with stuffed animals, dollhouses, action figures, and cars. Get down on the floor and play with them. When you go to the park, divide your time between socializing with the grown-ups and playing with your kids.
Make up games that use imagination like, “I’m going to get you”, hide and seek, take a ride on a tire swing that becomes a space ship and travel to another planet, (don’t forget to spray on the pretend sunscreen when you pass the sun) good witch, bad witch game, family role-playing, chasing each other, cops and robbers. Play restaurant, school, doctors, and hospitals. For a hospital, you need just a bunch of Band-Aids and an ace bandage and these games can go on for hours. I always have a large box in my home folded up. A box is usually a children’s favorite toy because it can be anything.
When you are a playful grown-up, your home will become a place kids love coming to. Set up one room that is the free play area. My living room had a fold-away trampoline a swing and a green screen.
If your kids and their friends find comfort, fun, and acceptance in your home they will seek you out to share about their day, and they’ll feel safe confiding in you when inevitable problems arise.
How to Play and Listen Effectively
It’s a myth that your child doesn’t want to play with you or talk to you. They love it! It’s just a matter of how you play, and how effectively you listen. You must work the fine line between being a parent who sets limits, and a play grown-up that knows how to have fun and be a confidant. A balance must also be struck between allowing them time with their friends, and time with you.
I had many kids tell me that one child doesn’t talk to another at recess and it’s hard to know which friends to play with or how to join a group already playing. Children and many adults don’t know how to handle difficult situations. So I encourage parents to invite their child’s friends over to play weekly for fun and sometimes subtle non-helicopter help.
On Playdates: Situations 1
Kid 1: To another child “You are Weird”
Kid 2: Remains quiet but the face looks so hurt and starts crying.
Kid 1: “You really are weird”
Parent: As you give a quick hug to the hurt child and say I am sorry your feelings are hurt, ask the other child “I’m wondering what did you mean to say’’?
Kid 1: “I don’t know”
Parent: “Did something hurt your feelings, because weird is a hurtful word to use?”
Kid 1: “I didn’t like that she said, “I was taking too long.”
Parent: “Okay so can you tell her that your feelings were hurt instead of using a hurtful word back! Then the kids were able to talk it out.”
kid 3: You’re a weirdo
Kid 4: I’m not playing with you
Kid 3:I’m not playing with you, I want to go home!
Parent: Sounds like some feelings are hurt here, let’s figure out what you meant to say!
Kid 3: I don’t know
Parent: Did you get scared of her new idea?
Did you mean to say that’s interesting, let me think about it, its scary?
Kid 3: Yes it was interesting but it was a different idea. Maybe it did scare me, what if I can’t play that?
Kid 4: I can show you how and it is just for fun.
Kid 3: Ok let’s try it, it was new but I liked it! You have interesting ideas!
Kid: “Remember the girl B who keeps giving me strange looks.”
Parent: Yes, we talked about how hurtful that is and you said she hated you.
Kid: Yes, I thought she hated me and she was being mean to me. You said I am sorry and we can figure out how to handle that. But before we do that, have you said hello or smiled at her to check out what is going on?”
Kid: Today I ignored her face and said hi. She said hi back so I asked her if she wanted to play chase?” I can’t believe it she smiled this big smile and said yes! We ran around had fun it was great”. I have a new friend!
Parent: Wow awesome, that was really brave!
Tips on how to become a playful Grown-Up
Listen well, use empathy, use your imagination, have patience, and go with the flow of pretend, plus enjoy and appreciate your kids (or kid).
1: Establish a routine.
At the beginning of playdates ask each child to tell you “What they liked about their day, What they didn’t like.”
Respond with Empathy
“Thanks for telling me or that was interesting.”
“I’m sorry that happened, that sounds hard.”
2: Smoothing the way:
Invite kids over that may not be getting along to create a project they can work on together to bond, like making a movie, writing a story or song.
3: No technology
Make your house an interactive play house and do not use a computer or phone. (this goes for adults and kids)
4: Establish a Healthy House: Healthy Feelings= Healthy Snacks
Serve love, fun, feelings, water, and fruits, NO soda, juice, or junk food.
5: Empower them to make up games.
Ask kids what game they want to play, or make a suggestion. If you want to be in their life, don’t control their play by scolding or making excessive demands. If they start telling you to leave the room so they can play freely at an early age, it’s a clue that you’re being overly controlling.
As they get older, give them the choice of playing with their friends alone first, or “family playtime” first, which means all ages included.
I poignantly remember a play date of riding bikes in the freezing NYC cold and the kids decided they were wild white horses in a race. I had to be the announcer and judge the race, rainbow horses against the white stallions. Each race they decided which team would win and each time they won I had to give them pretend oats to eat which were blueberries. To me that was a win-win activity, exercise, fun, playing together adults and kids, healthy snacks, and imagination at work. My favorite type of play day. | <urn:uuid:553284bd-09e9-4286-ad73-1b4da8a2964b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://avaparnass.com/2020/10/28/why-play-is-so-important-for-kids/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-play-is-so-important-for-kids | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572581.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816211628-20220817001628-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.970771 | 2,096 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Projection of Square Bar With Cylindrical Portion
Projection of a square bar with a cylindrical portion.
Keywordscylinder, bars, projection, solid, Geometric, prisms, solids, square bar, rectangular prism, cylindrical portion
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Welcome to climbtrack
Assistive Technologies for Sport Climbing
We are building tools for climbers and gym operators. Using state of the art technologies, we enhance the sport that you love.
Our newest building block is the betaCube. It is build for climbing but can be used in many other domains.
To use the betaCube, simply place it in front of a climbing wall, connect it to a power source and press the setup button. The system recognizes the wall within seconds and you can start to create climbing routes, record videos or browse through an already existing set of routes.
The betaCube is a fully integrated system that includes a 3D camera, a projector, and a processing unit. It can be used as a tool to find, explain and solve climbing problems by using the augmented reality app or a life-sized video analysis.
Although the betaCube was developed having climbing in mind, the underlying technologies can be used for a variety of different applications, for example in health care.
In living environments or clinics, betaCube could be used for physiotherapeutic treatment and could temporarily be lend by a health care provider. As an example, a patient could use the betaCube as a tool to learn and properly execute a certain exercise to strengthen the lower back muscles in case of back problems or injuries. By tracking the body position, the system could give visual and auditive feedback, instructing the patient during the exercises.
With this, body posture and speed of the exercise can be autmatically advised. Even more complex sequences of exercises can easily be programmed by a trained professional using the recording feature of betaCube. | <urn:uuid:e3075b3b-4537-4d09-962f-4beb3a4db06c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.climbtrack.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00670.warc.gz | en | 0.923776 | 332 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Before you eagerly watch tonight’s presidential debate and leave with a crippling sense of ennui, check out something you actually haven’t seen before – presidential busts. Not just any busts, mind you – busts made entirely out of Play-Doh. That’s the kind of change we can all get behind.
Play-Doh recently held a competition at the Rhode Island School of Design, offering a $5,000 tuition stipend to the student who was able to make the best busts of this year’s two presidential candidates, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, using only America’s finest artistic medium, Play-Doh. Ian Williams, a 21-year-old fourth year student, did just that, producing two remarkably detailed sculptures. And he built that all by himself!
Williams is now the first ever Official Play-Doh Artist, a title I would assume would rank right up there in prestige with the United States Poet Laureate. Now, enjoy those busts – they’ll probably seem fresher and more innovative than anything the candidates will say tonight. | <urn:uuid:16188a56-d103-4b05-b370-5b9726e743d8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.chipchick.com/2012/10/play-doh-presidential-candidate-sculpt.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279933.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00126-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943898 | 232 | 1.515625 | 2 |
They're sometimes referred to as the king of all exercises, and with good reason.
Squats are a full-body fitness staple that work the hips, glutes, quads, and hamstrings, and sneakily strengthen the core. Squats may help improve balance and coordination, as well as bone density. Plus, they're totally functional.
Time to banish those sloppy squats and help perfect the go-to move.
The Bodyweight Squat
Become a bodyweight squat pro, and you'll be ready to move on to weighted squats in no time! Just follow these steps.
1. Stand with feet a little wider than shoulder-width apart, hips stacked over knees, and knees over ankles.
2. Roll the shoulders back and down away from the ears.
Note: Allowing the back to round (like a turtle's shell) will cause unnecessary stress on the lower back. It's important to maintain a neutral spine throughout the movement.
3. Extend arms out straight so they are parallel with the ground, palms facing down (like your hands are on someone's shoulders at a 7th grade dance). Or, if it's more comfortable, pull elbows close to the body, palms facing each other and thumbs pointing up.
4. Initiate the movement by inhaling and unlocking the hips, slightly bringing them back. Keep sending hips backward as the knees begin to bend.
5. While the butt starts to stick out, make sure the chest and shoulders stay upright, and the back stays straight. Keep the head facing forward with eyes straight ahead for a neutral spine.
6. The best squats are the deepest ones your mobility allows. Optimal squat depth would be your hips sinking below the knees (again, if you have the flexibility to do so comfortably).
Pro tip: Squatting onto a box until the butt gently taps it will be a reminder to squat low.
7. Engage core and, with bodyweight in the heels, explode back up to standing, driving through heels. Imagine the feet are spreading the floor (left foot to the left, right foot to the right) without actually moving the feet.
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Nina Gilfert | From The Porch Steps: There Was a Time...
There was a time when we sang happy songs like "Sentimental Journey" and "Oh Buttermilk Sky." Today it seems we have a hard time squeezing out anything happy. I wonder why? People don't seem to sing much anymore.
When I was young my sisters and I and our cousins sang every time we got together, which was usually on Saturday nights. It has been so long I barely remember.
There was Jean and I and Dorothy, Ruth, Janet and Mary Ann. It would start out with Dot playing the piano in their living room in front of the fire place with us standing around singing. We often ended up outside on the front porch. Since their house was on the state highway, we sometimes had folks stop and park across the street and listen.
The man of the hour:Leesburg Lightning honors Daily Commercial's Frank Jolley
One of the leaders of our Girl Scout troop played the guitar and we would sometimes gather in an empty field up above town around a camp fire and sing to the guitar with our voices carrying down over the town. Group harmony is such a great pastime. I wonder why it is no longer popular.
When my cousin Janet and I graduated from high school we went to work in Washington, D.C. and one of the things we did to pass the time was harmonize. Sometimes we had friends who would sing with us and when Janet's sisters would come for a visit we all joined in. I think I could still croak out a few tunes if someone would join in with me.
Do teenage girls still babysit? I was a teenager during the Depression and we would babysit for 25 cents an hour and use the money to buy necessities like socks and underwear. It didn't seem like much but it helped with the family budget.
Those quarters plus the hand-me-downs from our Aunt Betty helped keep us in nice clothes for school.
There was a time when Daddy had an old truck and in the fall we would go nutting. We would find an old walnut tree and gather the nuts that fell on the ground. They were usually still in their jackets and had to be dried and shucked before you could eat them.
We gathered them in October and by Christmas they were ready for the wonderful walnut fudge Mom made and stored away in the buffet until Christmas Day. I wonder what would happen if you drove out into the country today and stopped to pick nuts from under a tree. (If you did that today you would probably get arrested for trespassing.)
Speaking of Christmas time, it was very different when I was a kid. We believed in Santa Claus and I even imagined I saw him through the big window to our porch when he was packing up his bag and leaving one Christmas Eve.
We never saw a present until Christmas morning unless we found their hiding place. You had to be old enough to no longer believe to go searching for those hiding places.
Actually, when you found them you were sorry because it spoiled your Christmas surprise.
When I was a little girl Spiegel, Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck sent out their Christmas catalogs in late October just in time for the "wish book" to find the hands of eager little boys and girls. We still believed in Santa Claus but we must have thought he got his toys from the large catalog houses because we looked through those catalogs with wishful hearts.
One of the highlights of our Christmas was Christmas Eve at Grandma's and Granddad's with all our cousins. We always had a Christmas exchange among the girls. The boys didn't go in for that kind of thing. Our price limit was 25 cents, so the gifts were not exactly fancy.
We shopped carefully though and tried to get the nicest things we could, usually handkerchiefs and socks. Back then you could get a fancy box of pretty handkerchiefs or a pair of ankle socks for a quarter. We never allowed the Depression to dampen our enthusiasm.
Our house was in the little bedroom community between Vandergrift and Apollo. We could ride the bus to either place to shop. When my sister Jean was 16 she got a job working in the five and dime in Vandergrift, so when we were down there we liked to stop in and see her.
But Jean was only 5 foot tall so you couldn't see her behind the counter without a great deal of effort. She always thought it was funny to hide from us.
The world was a happier place then. I wish I could bring back those times. I have learned, however, that you enjoy the happy times while you have them because you can never go back. You have to make the best of the times you are in.
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When an employer violates the rights of employees, she exposes herself to penalties ranging from minimal corrective measures to stiff monetary fines and, under unusual circumstances, jail and prison sentences. Worker rights to health and safety, fair pay, freedom from retaliation and a non-discriminatory workplace are a few of the rights covered by federal law.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 established federal standards of compensation fairness in the workplace and contains enforcement provisions that are more than just slaps on the wrist. Rules pertaining to the federal minimum wage, overtime, length of the workweek and child labor come with hefty fines and prison sentences for particularly egregious violations. The act applies to public agencies, employers who are involved in interstate commerce and those whose sales total $500,000 or more. Many states also exempt small businesses from their own minimum-wage laws. However, Montana, Minnesota and Oklahoma have set a lower minimum wage for lower-earning companies.
Generally, employers may fire an employee for any reason they choose. However, there are a number of conditions under which termination is illegal. If the termination is based on ethnicity, religion, race or other discriminatory reasons, it is considered wrongful termination. Under federal law, the fired employee would not only be eligible for reinstatement under such circumstances, but as a plaintiff in a discrimination lawsuit, may also collect a significant jury award.
In January 2011, a federal jury in Alabama awarded $314,000 to Albert Thomas, an employee of Chemical Lime Company in Clera, Alabama, because the jury found that the company had retaliated against Thomas for filing harassment charges with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Although the jury found that Chemical Lime had not engaged in harassment, it did find the company had retaliated against Thomas for filing federal charges. According to the Alabama Labor Law Report, the verdict serves as a reminder that retaliation against an employee is sufficient, in and of itself, to justify a large judgment.
Right to a Safe Workplace
According to ENR.com, the online version of "Engineering News Record," prosecutors rarely obtain prison sentences against employers for violating safety regulations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. In fact, only eight such cases were reported between 1970 and 2003. However, an increase in the number of criminal indictments sought since 2007, including indictments against a New York crane operator in 2008 and a Colorado painting contractor in 2009, indicate a desire by prosecutors and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to hold management more accountable for willful violations in which profit supersedes worker safety.
Protecting America's Workers Act
A bill working its way through the legislature in 2011 would strengthen laws under the purview of the OSHA. The Protecting America's Workers Act would enhance civil and criminal penalties for safety-related violations, such as retaliating against whistle-blowers who report unsafe working conditions and discouraging employees from reporting workplace injuries. In addition, the law would increase the number of investigations of workplace fatalities.
- U.S. Department of Labor: Employment Law Guide -- Wages and Hours Worked: Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay
- Employee Issues.com; Wrongful Termination Definition; 2011
- "Alabama Employment Law Report"; Birmingham Jury Awards $314,000 in Discrimination Case; Daniel Burnick; January 2011
- "Engineering News-Record"; When Prosecutors Press Criminal Charges Over Jobsite Accidents; Tony Illia and Richard Korman; June 2011
- Prince Law Offices; Protecting America's Workers Act; May 2011
- Gaebler.com: Entrepreneurs -- Minimum Wage in the United States -- Minimum Wages By State; 2011
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My son is 11 years old and an aspiring film maker. I feel like I’m making a self help statement with this sentence. And in a way I am. To say he is “aspiring” feels like the biggest understatement of the century. He is so passionate, so obsessed, it is often an overwhelming need he seems to have to create films. He directs, he edits, he scripts, he makes props, he even acts. All in the pursuit of creating art on film. Up until now he has taken a few courses but mostly he is self taught. Finally I decided it was time to get this child a film makers library of resources. Here are the film makers books I’m adding to our shelf.
Inspiring and educating an aspiring film maker
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As I mentioned, my son is mostly self taught. Although he has taken some courses in film making, he started at 7 years old and they all teach the same thing, at about the same level. So by 9 years old he had exhausted all the programs created for kids. Yet he is far too young to attend any of the courses designed for adults. So for the last couple of years he has been self teaching with online tutorials and whatever we have been able to teach him. It helps to have a photographer for a mother and a retired director for a grandfather!
Still, he is quickly flying past us and we need more resources for him. So I started researching books to create a resource library on film making. One of the issues I’ve been facing is that none of these books are available in my public library. None. Normally I prefer to “try before I buy” and go to the library, but in this case I’m diving in with both feet. When your child is as passionate about something as this child is about film making, and for this long, I believe it is my responsibility to foster that love and help it flourish.
These books are mostly written with an adult reader in mind, which is perfect for our needs. However if your child is quite young or struggles with reading, this may not be suitable. These books are for your tweens and teens who are passionate about films and are aspiring film makers.
Here is a quick look at our Aspiring Film Makers Bookshelf!
Just click the pictures for more information, or scroll down for more details.
MORE ON OUR BOOKS FOR ASPIRING FILM MAKERS
For the Harry Potter Fan & Aspiring Film Maker
The first books on our shelf are all about something we love in this family, the Harry Potter world! There are three books currently available, Harry Potter Film Wizardry, Harry Potter Page to Screen and The Case of Beasts (about Fantastic Beasts). These books are so much fun with lots of goodies included. These books are perfect for your Harry Potter fan and your aspiring film maker. It will help your young director watch the movies with a new, critical eye.
For The Younger Aspiring Film Maker
The next two books on our shelf are great introductory how-to books. Written in a easy to follow format, they can be used easily by children or adults. How to Make a Movie in 10 Easy Lessons and Movie Maker are great for your younger aspiring film maker.
For The Aspiring Film Maker Looking For Inspiration
This next book is such an inspiring story of how a Hollywood film maker got his start with a small budget and a lot of passion. Rebel Without A Crew is the story of Robert Rodriguez creator of Spy Kids plus more.
Technical Books For The Aspiring Film Maker
These next two books really get into the nitty gritty of film making. There is a lot to learn from How to Shoot Video that Doesn’t Suck and The Film Maker’s Handbook. These books are great for really learning how to create films. The Film Maker’s Handbook is used as a reference and text book in a number of courses on film making.
Classic Books – Learning From The Masters In Film Making
These final four books are considered classics. If your aspiring film maker wants to dig deep and learn from masters, these are the books for them.
Making MoviesIn the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing, 2nd EditionThe Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing FilmThe Five C’s of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming Techniques
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Local Land Services NSW has long been passionate about supporting Aboriginal people to care for Country through Aboriginal Elders sharing their traditional land management and ecological knowledge with the younger members of their community. Recently, Hunter Local Land Services approached the Centre for Advanced Training Systems (ATS) to explore the possibility of creating an interactive program to increase awareness about cultural burning.
Senior Land Service Officer Toby Whaleboat approached the Centre with a vision of how to increase awareness and create a deeper understanding for both trainees and the general public about cultural burning practices. The project will involve a close collaboration between Hunter Local Land Services, the Centre for Advanced Training Systems and key local stakeholders including Local Aboriginal Land Councils.
Cultural burning refers to the traditional Aboriginal practice of using burning methods to improve the health of the land and its people. It can include burning or the prevention of burning to improve the health of specific native plants and animals in bushland. The relevance of these approaches have been highlighted by the recent catastrophic bushfires.
Speaking about the project, Toby says “We see the project as important because there have been increased interest from the wider community about Cultural Burns and how the techniques could better manage our landscapes. This project will assist in increasing the awareness of Cultural Burns and suggesting how we can work with and support our Aboriginal communities as they lead the way with Cultural Fire knowledge developed over thousands of years to assist the wider community to better understand and look after country”. ATS Director Professor Rohan Walker agrees, saying “We are proud to be helping Local Land Services to achieve their vision of transforming how we transfer and increase awareness around the practice of Cultural Burning. It is a fantastic initiative.”
As the first step in the project, ATS members Dr Steven Maltby and Dr Murielle Kluge were recently hosted on-site in Blacksmith by Kentan Proctor, on behalf of the Bahtabah Local Aboriginal Land Council landowners. While on site, they captured images and video to document the effects of a burn conducted in 2019, and to understand logistics for a planned future burn. The planned burn will also be documented to include in the educational resource.
As the project continues, audio-visual content will be developed to be viewed in a virtual reality headset. This will provide an immersive and engaging educational tool that can be used to promote awareness and support training. ATS looks forward to providing updates on the project as it progresses and to working with local communities to inform development.
The ATS respectfully acknowledges the traditional custodians: the Awabakal people on whose traditional land the visited site is located and acknowledge the Bahtabah Local Aboriginal Land Council the landowner.
Learn more about ATS projects on our website: https://www.advancedtrainingsystems.org.au/projects/
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For those focusing on local history in the Town of Cambria, there's an awful lot of ground (and years) to cover.
"This was the town hall at one time, this building," said Gail Reinbird, deputy town historian and vice president of the historical society, giving a recent tour around the museum. "The Town of Cambria was established in 1808. We are the original township in Niagara County. We actually are in the dead center of the county."
The historical museum is located on Lower Mountain Road, at the corner of Cambria Wilson Road. It opened in 1974, several years after the formation of the historical society, and recently underwent a renovation at the hands of town historian Brooke Morse, Reinbird and others.
Morse said the society had been down to just "a handful of people keeping it going," and had been stagnant for a few years. A Cambria native, she is the granddaughter of Vernett Genter, the town's first historian.
"She pushed for the town to get a town historian and she was the one who pushed for a historical society too, and put that together in the '70s," Morse said. "Cambria was definitely her thing."
Today, the museum is organized into a variety of exhibits dealing with many different aspects of the town and its history. A pioneer display showcases hand-carved dolls and a board from the log cabin that is probably the oldest house in the county, Reinbird said.
"A lot of those early, early families, they're still around," she said.
Another display showcases the history of nearby Camp Windy Meadows, and with it, the Girl Scouts, with Scout sheet music, books and uniforms and photos of the site (which still welcomes Scouts each year). Nearby stands the first electric street lamp in Cambria, from 1920, and a farm implements display that Reinbird said is popular with visiting schoolchildren.
"It's kind of fun," she said. "The kids will come in and you'll have them guess what these things were used for. They come up with the wildest things."
Other displays deal with churches and community organizations, such as fire departments, and local wineries. Yet another case holds a variety of smaller displays, such as examples of intricate Tuscarora beadwork; information on Jonathan R. Bass of Cambria, who toured with sideshows during the 1880s as "The Living Ossified Man;" and a display on Lafler's General Store, which was located on North Ridge Road.
One of Reinbird's favorites is "If Walls Could Talk," a collection of items found within the walls of older Cambria homes. It includes letters, trinkets, a chipped-but-still-smiling old Pinocchio doll ... and pamphlets on venereal disease from the World War I era, aimed at soldiers.
A flirtatious woman winks from the cover of one, above the words, "Hello, Soldier Sport, want to have a good time?" Another bears the legend "The Wise Guy is the Lobster After All" (which no one has been able to quite figure out). Yet another contains advice such as: "Don't try to be a rabbit when God intended you to be a man" and "How could you look the flag in the face if you were dirty with gonorrhea?"
Six of Cambria's most famous residents, the Sutherland sisters, also have their display, including a large cutout of the siblings, hair tonic bottles, photos and a trunk belonging to Isabella Sutherland Castlemaine. Sarah, Victoria, Isabella, Grace, Naomi, Mary and Dora were born in Cambria between 1846 and 1864.
The siblings started performing as musicians, but audiences were more interested in their hair ... a collective 37 feet, or so legend holds. Their performances - and long locks - made them international celebrities.
"Their father, being an entrepreneurial sort, came up with this hair tonic ... and made a lot of money," Reinbird said. The sisters build an extravagant mansion in Cambria, but it burned down years ago ... and the siblings, for the most part, died in poverty.
A display pays homage to local abolitionists Martha and Thomas Root, whose former home in Pekin is where Reinbird now resides. Thomas Root, who lived from 1817 to 1903, was a former town supervisor, deacon and justice of the peace for 40 years.
Reinbird described how a plugged sink in the "rambling farm house" led to the discovery of a hidden room and from there, the home's identity as a likely stop on the Underground Railroad.
She has corresponded with the Roots' great granddaughter, Helen Schieffer, gaining information on how Thomas Root worked with Lyman A. Spaulding of Lockport to arrange for the men, woman and children who'd escaped slavery to make it to the border crossing and over into St. Catharines, Ontario, and freedom.
"They had a compatriot at the bridge. We don't know who that was," she said.
Another exhibit showcases Nathan Ziba Peterson, a native of Cambria who was killed in action at age 22 at the Battle of Cold Harbor in Virginia.
"We had this little tintype (photo)," Reinbird said, pointing it out in the case. "It'd hung around for years and years. No one knew who this guy was. Then someone donated a book. His photo was in the book."
The case also includes a violin and bow that belonged to Peterson and an 1853 copy of "Twelve Years a Slave" owned by Peterson's father.
Morse will give a talk about Peterson and his history during the annual Heritage Days celebration planned for Sept. 26 at the museum. The event, which will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., will also include music, food, craft demonstrations and a bake sale.
Morse said museums such as Cambria's are invaluable to their communities.
"From what I've seen over the years, the most important value is for people rediscovering where their families came from, where their people came from," she said. "These little historical museums and town historical societies have resources you aren't going to find online.
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> Sent: Friday, February 26, 1999 8:32 AM
> To: ArvesonPT@nswccd.navy.mil; firstname.lastname@example.org
> Subject: Re: human bias
> Hi ASA,
> >From: ArvesonPT@nswccd.navy.mil
> >To: email@example.com
> >Subject: human bias
> >Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 09:31:41 -0500
> >David Campbell wrote:
> >If He is sovereign over the outcome of casting lots, the long-range
> >weather, and other random or chaotic (in the mathematical sense)
> >then it seems that randomness does not constrain Him. Whether there is
> >pattern yet hidden to us, or whether He simply directly chooses the
> >is moot.
> >David C.
> >Thanks for this. I think much of the confusion in discussions about
> >creation and providence is artificially restrained by our naive
> >in some way God is like a human.
> I don't actually operate with such a bias. I know that God isn't human,
> but there must be some mapping between God and Man which allows us to
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> then we must be able to say something about God. If God is personal and
> subject to logical laws [since by his nature he is Logos/Reason, the
> foundation of logic] then we can potentially say quite a bit.
> You can say that God isn't like this, but i then ask "in what way is he
> then personal? rational? How can we be the image of the wholly Other?
> We equate 'person' with 'human'.
> >Humans have physical attributes such as existence in a 4-dimensional
> >space-time, with severe constraints on travel in space and time, bias
> >the size
> >of things on the order of a meter; bias for electromagnetic radiation
> >in a narrow wavelength band around .5 microns, a tendency to ignore or
> >approximate all the microscopic complexity of our surroundings,
> >on awareness of events happening now, even more so for events in the
> >practically no awareness of the future.
> >In light of all these handicaps, biases, disabilities, and parochial
> >it's a wonder we are able to say anything valid about God at all.
> It is a wonder, usually called "revelation", muddied by something called
> "interpretation" which is often fuelled by shoddy hermeneutics. What we
> bring into the reading of a text will guide or blind us - if we're
> idiots then it will be an idiot's reading. Like so many wild ideas I had
> when I was almost a YEC.
> >[S]cholars who have
> >assembled the Scriptures systematically have discovered that although
> >is clearly said to be personal, He is not human, and in fact even His
> >is not like that of humans -- it is multiple, so that there is not a
> >correspondence between bodies and personalities.
> Sorry I take issue with such a simplification of psychology and
> theology! I'm convinced that we are more than one "personality" - maybe
> one is conscious at any one time, but that says nothing about the rest
> of our psyches... this is just an opinion shared with various AI
> researchers. Is God more than one consciousness? Paul tells us that the
> Spirit knows God's Mind, just as a man's spirit knows his mind. Sounds
> like unitary consciousness to me, with the added complication of the
> I'm just saying all this to illustrate the complexity of what you're
> We cannot even make
> >a picture or model of such a Being.
> We're almost commanded not to. Why? Because the image is already before
> us - our fellow human beings, whom we're commanded to love. Not a
> rational argument, perhaps, but I'm thinking laterally just as you seem
> to have done. My original question was about the nature of creativity,
> novelty and freedom - we can either believe that such are real, or all
> events are determined. If God is Personal and is Love, then freedom must
> be real or else there should be no evil. Creation should be eternally
> perfect, since "freedom" is unreal and then makes irrelevant to any
> theodicy which posits "free-will creations" in comparison to "robots",
> which might then go-wrong and become evil.
> If all is caused by God then God is evil, since evil exists. Only if
> novelty and freedom are ontologically real is free-will possible and
> relevant to discussions about theodicy. I'm specifically directing my
> ire at the endless fall-back of Calvinists, the Sovereignty of God,
> which must never be violated regardless of how absurd God then becomes.
> A doctrine which has no real place in Christian theology and is instead
> an Aristotelian hold-over that Newtonian mechanics should have
> destroyed. But that's another issue.
> If Man was free at the Fall, where did that freedom come from? Was God
> NOT sovereign for some brief moment? Why did God MAKE us fall if he was
> I apologise if I seem to be baiting for an argument. Presently I'm going
> through a whole lot of self-examination and wondering about everything I
> once believed. I wrote my original question in the hope of some insight
> beyond the usual proclamations from the Bible. Yes God decides the
> outcome of the fall of lots, but such a system is potentially
> predictable and at least sensitive enough to perturbations for God to
> tip it his way. It answers nothing about what I'm asking.
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Dear Minister McKenna:
There is no need to give pollution a chance to overwhelm our water and enter our food chain. Plastic microbeads are considered a toxin by your own scientists, and there is no need for them to be in personal care products like face cream and toothpaste. If an abrasive, non-toxic substance is desired by manufacturers and consumers, use sand.
End the consultation period now, and proceed with the ban immediately. During health studies of new drugs, if they are found by science to cause obvious harm or benefit, the testing may end early. This is no different. Microbeads should not have been approved in the first place (if they ever were approved). They remain on the shelves of Real Canadian Superstore today, and it’s a disgrace they haven’t been recalled. | <urn:uuid:1040c401-fe04-4f63-96c0-ae4300b5865f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://saskboy.wordpress.com/2016/02/11/ban-microbeads-now/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280899.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00576-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952217 | 189 | 1.804688 | 2 |
Q. What do you think about the use of headphones at work?
A. While there are many jobs that require headphones, I don’t think you are asking about the appropriateness of wearing headphones to perform the duties of the job. Unless there are legal requirements for you to wear headphones, or not to wear headphones, the person who gets to make the final decision is your boss.
Many people are quite convinced that they can multitask effectively, and listen to music, books on tape, or something else on headphones while they work. People will play the radio or music through the computer at their desk, through their phones, or ipods. Yet almost all studies suggest multitasking does not increase effectiveness or productivity. Whatever plays over the headphones serves as a distraction from your primary responsibility – your job.
Headphones also serve to distance people from what they are surrounded by. Headphones serve as a message not to intrude. They act as a barrier to interaction with people who might feel they are interrupting. If you are on the job, your role is to be available to people you work with, without distraction.
This need to be totally connected is new to the workplace. A new generation has grown up electronically connected somehow for most of the day. If they are asked to focus, or pay attention, they remove one ear bud. Separating from this connectedness may be a challenge, and many places of work will require that separation.
If you are in a company – perhaps a software company, or a firm whose focus is music, you may find a more accepting culture. This is a situation where you don’t want to be the leader. Look around. If you see headphones being used, and you believe you can work without distraction, have a conversation with your manager. Let him or her know there are times you’d like to wear headphones to eliminate noise that may come from your work space. There might also be times when you’d just like background noise via headphones, and want to make sure you don’t appear unresponsive to colleagues. Gain approval, and make sure you respond to phone calls, and interruptions, and that no one can hear what you are listening to.
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Inner Peace: Happiness
with no Opposite
When we search for authentic happiness, we're usually looking for inner peace, whether or not we realize it. The reason for that is that happiness is never permanent.
What we usually mean by happiness is actually a feeling that is defined by our own experience of unhappiness. Each experience literally defines the other, and so what we call happy is a relative state of mind that only has meaning in relation to the unhappy experiences we have had. Essentially, the reason we even call it happiness is that our subjective experience tells us that it's better than what we're used to.
One difficulty with this sort of happiness is that we rather quickly adjust to our new conditions, the conditions that seem to have caused the happiness, and this new level of happiness soon becomes our 'normal state'. This is the neutral state against which we measure all events to determine whether they produce happiness or unhappiness in our subjective experience. If it's not clear, the reason this 'normalization' occurs is that the only measure we have for determining happiness is our own experience, and this new state has changed that reference point of experience.
Another problem is that what we call a state of happiness isn't the result of getting what we want but rather the experience of the end of wanting; the inner peace that results from no longer seeking anything. Since we mistake this for happiness resulting from accomplishing a goal, the focus remains on the object of acheivement and is soon found to be lacking, since it was never the reason for it to begin with. At this point, we set a new goal, establishing a new want, which starts the process of seeking again.
Yet another problem with this goal seeking process has to do with the nature of experience itself, which is temporal. That is, experience consists of events in time, and is therefore fundamentally a movement. So while the temporary satisfaction we experience after accomplishing a goal is really inner peace, the happiness, if there is any, is not experienced at the destination but rather in the movement toward the destination. (The journey and not the destination) It's the process of working toward a goal that we find enjoyable, but once the goal is reached, the movement toward it ceases and the experience ends since there is no longer any movement to provide an experience of it.
And so, what we're looking for is actually the momentary experience we have at the point of reaching a goal, which is actually the inner peace of no longer seeking anything. Notice that not seeking anything is permanent fulfillment, while goal seeking and accomplishment is temporary. The reason inner peace is permanent is because it is not dependent upon any outside conditions since it is simply the end of seeking any particular outside conditions.
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Zipf's law and the diversity of biology newsgroups
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- Kot, M., Silverman, E. & Berg, C.A. Scientometrics (2003) 56: 247. doi:10.1023/A:1021971212438
Usenet newsgroups provide a popular means of scientific communication. We demonstrate striking order in the diversity of biology newsgroups: Submissions to newsgroups obey a form of Zipf's law, a simple power law for the frequency of posts as a function of the rank, by posting, of contributors. We show that a simple stochastic process, due to Günther et al. (1992, 1996), Levitin and Schapiro (1993), and Schapiro (1994), accounts for this pattern and reproduces many of the properties of newsgroups. This model successfully predicts the relative contribution from each poster in terms of the size, the number of posters and total posts, of the newsgroup. | <urn:uuid:2ed5b536-3a90-48c5-86fc-59b2fa0c0dcf> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1021971212438 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00467-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.791547 | 208 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Sunday Message for 7 April 2019 (5th Sunday of Lent): “Beyond Who You Were”
Posted On February 28, 2019
Today’s message launches from Philippians 3:4-14, where Paul reinterpreted his former elitist background. Paul did not flaunt his privileged ethnic heritage, and neither did he brag about following the religious law or receiving the equivalent of an ivy league education. Instead, Paul placed himself in perspective, writing that his previous persona was a loss compared with his new Christian identity.
Paul demoted the righteousness he gained as a pious Jew and instead emphasized his personal redemption through God’s love. Paul’s writing suggests that he didn’t exploit privileges based on his past. Sure, there are glorious traits people inherit from their ancestors but Paul didn’t want to carry this too far. In encouraging other Christians Paul advocated for spiritual status over social status. Key for Paul was his spiritual membership within one human family.
Paul stands as a faith hero in the way he projected positivity: “[F]orgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal . . . ” (Philippians 3:13b). You will do well like Paul as you unchain yourself from the past. You can choose to develop a life-renewing perspective for a vibrant spiritual life. By letting go of failures and persecutions you can focus on creating a glorious future. As a person of faith, you may anticipate a lifetime of living and learning. Your joy will be complete as you share God’s blessings despite many obstacles.
Many inspiring words come from people like Paul who, despite suffering, have bequeathed to us enduring examples of forgiveness and reconciliation. Ultimately, God can set all of us free to become who we’re called to be when we do our part by making wise choices, even in the face of hostility. For the living, life is difficult; departed souls are no longer imprisoned within bodies annihilated by affliction or punished by perpetrators. And as for your ancestors’ travails, wisdom instructs you to learn from the past while also not blaming and shaming. You must break the cruel chain that binds children to the sins of their parents or the evils of past persecution. Once forgiven by God, yesterday’s bitter ashes best remain buried. For people of faith, it is a new way for a new day.
Paul was imprisoned when he wrote the book of Philippians and he might have chosen to curse his persecutors and condemn them. He could have fed a negative, entitlement mindset, complaining or playing the blame game. Instead, Paul chose the better path, which is to receive and share God’s redemption even with those who afflicted him. Paul placed events in a superior perspective, one that encouraged light and life. Similarly, your earthly journey is too short and precious to live in the shadows of others’ sins. Dwelling on yesterday is seldom productive, save for a brief, definitive reflection upon lessons learned. As the once imprisoned South African leader Nelson Mandela suggested, feeding resentment is like swallowing poison and hoping it will kill your enemies.
Love and truth encourage you to be rooted in your present hope as you partner with God toward your destiny. As God’s representative, you may avoid relying on the pride of worldly ancestry or even ethnic heritage. It’s also not productive to assert victimhood or identity politics. With God’s help you can rise against those who strike you with words or fists. You can challenge perpetrators in a way that doesn’t threaten your inner-peace or render the world blind through an eye-for-an-eye reprisal mentality.
Affirm that as God’s beloved child you can stand or fall on your own merits and not be dragged down by cynics or skeptics. Past wrongs must not be dismissed but like all problems they can be embraced in a manner that doesn’t lead to excuses or in abdicating your personal responsibility to forge a better future. You choose light or darkness every instance. People who invite you to remain captive to the past would infect your spirit with a hell more destructive than that which burns the flesh. Keep resolute and don’t allow your soul to be consumed by fear, ignorance or anger.
Paul reminds us that it’s not about ethnic origins, race, color or creed as much as it is where you are now, and most of all it’s about your personal relationship with God. Paul set his eyes firmly on this prize of divine intimacy and he didn’t allow others’ poor judgments to deter him. Achieving a closer walk with God will enhance your life no matter your roots or present circumstances. Move on, and don’t let anything or anyone undermine your membership in God’s one human faith family. | <urn:uuid:dcb5f2c1-8810-4f42-b7ef-7eccd2e41f1a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ministrymessage.org/sunday-message-for-7-april-2019-5th-sunday-of-lent-beyond-who-you-were/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.955792 | 1,014 | 1.789063 | 2 |
19 August 2017
Twentieth Century Berlin: People, Places, Words
This course is about Berlin, and the story of its tumultuous and epoch defining twentieth century. We examine this history through various lenses: the biographies of individuals, the words of writers who bore witness to the vertiginous social, political and physical changes the city underwent, and buildings and monuments whose physical construction, destruction and reconstruction reflected the ideological turmoil and conflict of twentieth century Berlin.
Famous Berliners we will meet include the murdered Communist leader Rosa Luxemburg, the artist Käthe Kollwitz, the actress Marlene Dietrich, the Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, the adopted Berliner David Bowie and the famous East German dissident musician Wolf Biermann. The contextualized stories of these individuals will offer us unique perspectives politically, artistically and socially into the tumult and struggle that marked their times in the city. These figures occupy a range of different position(s) as Berliners, as radicals, as artists of resistance to or collaboration with Nazism, and Communism, as drifters and exiles whose stories reflect Berlin’s unique position in the twentieth century as ‘no man’s land, frontier, a city adrift in the sands of Central Europe.’
In a similar way, we will examine the words of writers who bore witness to the extremism and societal upheaval that marked twentieth century Berlin. From the witnessing of Roth and Isherwood to life in Weimar and Nazi Berlin, to the social and political commentary by Christa Wolf and Peter Schneider on the moral struggles of life lived on different sides of the Berlin Wall, we will assess their writings in their historical contexts. We will assess their words as evocations of Berlin, but also as potential or overt acts of resistance to the extremism they lived under, that attempted to maintain a solidarity with the idea of Berlin as a place of artistic and social freedom and permissiveness.
Finally, we will discover the story of places in Berlin whose physical building, destruction and rebuilding can be situated in the wider systems of ideology, power and social relations that so cataclysmically defined the physical landscape of Berlin after 1933. In this, we will focus on the story of Potsdamer Platz, the Palace of the People and as an opposite postscript to Berlin’s twentieth century, the Holocaust Memorial in Mitte.
This course does not seek to provide a ‘grand narrative’ of Berlin’s twentieth century history. Instead, it follows a thread that weaves through the history: the thread left behind by those who bore witness to their times. By tracing the stories of contemporary witnesses, left for us in books, films and songs, and in the physical construction of the city, we open up a human dimension that enriches and challenges our understanding of Berlin’s traumatic recent history.
Structured largely chronologically, the course will work with films and novels whilst building on a clear historiographical base provided in class seminars. The teaching will be augmented by physical excursions into Berlin to trace the stories we encounter and class discussions will form the basis for a seminar paper that students will be required to submit at the end of the course. This history course approaches the story of Berlin through the reflections and refractions of individual humans’ lives who struggled upon the immense stage of a city at the very symbolic and literal heart of the catastrophes of the twentieth century.
Dr. Lauren van Vuuren
This course is for university level students with open minds and incurable curiosity about the world around them. Interest in Berlin, and its extraordinary recent past.
Class participation 20%
Short presentation 20%
Research paper 60%
EUR 900: Tuition
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Month by month, political casualties mounted as impeachment, insurrection and disasters took their toll. From Asia to the Andes, from Moscow to the Middle East, scores of world leaders were plagued in 2000 by bad judgment, bad timing or just plain bad luck.
Still, reports CBS News Correspondent Gretchen Carlson, political fortune favored a few, in the form of ballot-box victories, feats of diplomacy, or hard-won domestic achievements.
Among the year's political winners were some canny veterans whose experience stood them in good stead; others were neophytes on the world stage.
Many of them seemed pushed and pulled by the year's events.
Among the stories that made headlines across the globe in the year 2000:
The end of a dictatorship brought hope to the war torn republic. Demonstrators demanded new elections, and Slobodan Milosevic lost. True to character, Milosevic didn't go easily. After demanding a run-off against new leader, Vojislav Kostunica, protesters stormed the Parliament. Just one day later, Milosevic's conceded and his 13-year rule was over.
Within seconds of taking off in Paris, an Air France Concorde en route to New York burst into flames. The jet nose-dived into a nearby hotel, killing 113 people. Investigators believe a tire blew out, causing a fuel tank to explode. All other supersonic jets were grounded, and the Concorde's spotless safety record was marred.
- The Kursk
Just a month later, another high-tech malfunction led to tragedy. The Kursk, a Russian submarine, sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea. 118 sailors were on board, and while many died instantly, a note from one of the sailors revealed that at least 23 initially survived. Russia initially refused foreign help, and by the time international assistance was finally accepted, all of the sailors had died.
- USS Cole
A terrorist bombing killed 17 American sailors aboard the USS Cole as it refueled October 12th during a stop in Aden, Yemen. The blast ripped a 40-foot hole in the destroyer's side.
- Mexican election
In Mexico, another high profile election changed the rules. In July, Vicente Fox defeated Francisco Labastida, ending the 71-year reign of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. In December, the new President was sworn in.
- Middle East
It was not elections in the Middle East, but violence that once again took center stage. From September to December, more than 300 people were killed. Both Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat met with President Clinton to try and broker peace, but at year's end, Barak had resigned and peace appeared unlikely.
- Clinton visits Vietnam
In a yer of both peace and violence, one sign of hope was Mr. Clinton's visit to Vietnam, the first by a president since the Vietnam War.
- Oil prices
Crude oil prices soared as OPEC curtailed production, leading to a worldwide outcry over higher fuel costs and prompting the United States to dip into its strategic reserves.
- Ebola Virus
An outbreak of the devastating virus, which is deadly 90 percent of the time, killed approximately 150 people in Uganda during 2000. But hope for future victims improved: tests of vaccine treatments on monkeys showed promise in treating the disease.
- International space station
A Soyuz rocket carried two Russians and one American to become the first permanent residents of the Alpha space station.
Few fell so far so fast as Israel's Barak, who began the year lauded for his peace overtures toward longtime foe Syria, but ended it trying to quell a bloody Palestinian uprising and stave off a challenge from his political nemesis, Benjamin Netanyahu.
In Britain, Tony Blair saw his suave, savvy image eroded by a fiasco over the Millennium Dome, the money-losing centerpiece of the country's year-2000 celebrations, as well as fuel protests that brought the country to a standstill, and a nationwide train system that went badly off track.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, in office for a year, drew a burst of public anger for his handling of the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster. Many Russians thought the chilly former KGB agent provided shockingly scant comfort to the dead sailors' families.
Peru's Alberto Fujimori, deposed in absentia over a bribery scandal, took shelter in his ancestral homeland, Japan, while protesting his innocence.
Ivory Coast's ex-junta chief, Robert Guei, went into seclusion in his home village after post-election street riots brought him down. He is believed to still have a base of support within the military.
Disgrace haunted some leaders. The reunification of Germany a decade ago was former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's greatest achievement, but that memory was tarnished by a slush-fund scandal dating from his term in office.
And the Philippines' flamboyant President Joseph Estrada ended the year in the impeachment dock. His corruption trial inspired a spate of luridly detailed reports of his gambling, drinking and womanizing.
Honor was accorded a few politicians, chief among them President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea. The former political prisoner won the Nobel Peace Prize for his eforts to promote human rights and reconcile the two Koreas after more than half a century of bitter estrangement.
It proved too soon to write the political obituaries of a few of the world's most durable leaders, who notched up another year in power — and showed they could still tweak the West.
Iraq's Saddam Hussein continued his long-running confrontation with the United Nations, defying weapons inspectors, halting oil exports and exploiting cracks in decade-old sanctions.
Cuba's Fidel Castro reaped a propaganda bonanza from the saga of little Elian Gonzalez, the shipwrecked 6-year-old who was finally returned to his father and his homeland.
Death ended the presidency of Syria's Hafez Assad. His British-educated son Bashar took over, raising hopes of economic and political reform in a country that earned a reputation for backwardness and belligerence during the elder Assad's autocratic rule.
For some leaders, the coming year augured deepening troubles.
Indonesia's President Abdurrahman Wahid, whose 1999 election was hailed as a victory for democracy, is now seen as disappointingly ineffectual.
In Zimbabwe, long-ruling President Robert Mugabe cracked down on reformers who had challenged his hold on power in June elections, and condoned a violent campaign to seize white farms and give them to landless blacks.
For some luckless newcomers, there was no such thing as a political honeymoon.
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, in office only since April, has established himself as one of the country's most unpopular prime ministers.
By contrast, Canada's Prime Minister Jean Chretien got a huge vote of confidence from his compatriots last month, celebrating the biggest victory of a long political career when he guided his Liberal Party to its third consecutive election win.
And Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, in his first full year in office, pushed through a new constitution and won a national referendum to break the power of labor leaders.
Reconciliation was a theme in Nigeria, where last year's election of President Olusegun Obasanjo ended 15 years of military rule. Last month, testifying before a human rights panel, Obasanjo embraced the man whose testimony had put him in jail for three years under the nation's former military ruler.
The waning days of 2000 brought a return of some faces from the past: Ion Iliescu in Romania, and Jean-Bertrande Aristide in Haiti. But neither inspired any great hopes in his hard-pressed people. | <urn:uuid:1bd24f23-20fa-4491-8b08-241ee0521713> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-victorious-the-vanquished/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279169.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00216-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972485 | 1,620 | 2.28125 | 2 |
Face Recognition application can start experimenting with face recognition right away. It shows you how to perform face recognition with face recognizer in OpenCV algorithms. I have attached screenshots to test my application on your devices.
Steps to test my application:
1. Install my application and run.
2. Settings > choose front or back camera, number of pictures..etc
3. Add Person >>
a, Auto capture > Press this button, rotate your phone to landscape, enter person name and press START button.
Now your phone will capture images automatically
b. Manually > Press this button, rotate your phone to landscape, enter person name and press START button.
Now you could capture number of images which you choose at settings options.
4.Training > we need to press Training button to process images after completed the App Person process.
5. Recognition > press this button and rotate your device to landscape and Now your device camera recognize your face.
I am always looking to improve my apps, and will update often based on user feedback. If you have any features you want added or issues to report, please e-mail me or leave a comment! Enjoy Facial Recognition.
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Recent months have featured a string of geological disasters in different parts of the country. While the public continues to mourn the victims, people are also starting to discuss setting up a national warning system that would allow precautions to be taken.
For more insight into this issue, we're now joined on the phone by Mr. Chen Yiwen, an advisor for the China's Disaster Prevention Association.
Establishment of warning systems
1: Is it logistically and realistically possible to establish a system that would minimize potential harm from disasters?
Preventing panic from public
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
Gentrification, unemployment and social inequality are the perpetual sources of discontent:
When Berlin resident Simone Klostermann returned from vacation and couldn’t find her Mercedes SLK, she thought it had been towed. Police told her the 35,000- euro ($45,000) car had been torched.
“They’d squirted something flammable into the car’s engine block in the gap between the windshield and the hood,” said Klostermann. “The engine was completely destroyed.”
The 34-year-old’s experience isn’t unique in the German capital. At least 29 vehicles were destroyed in arson attacks this year, most of them luxury cars, according to police. The number is already about 30 percent of the total for 2008. The latest to go up in flames was a Porsche, on Feb. 14, two days after a Mercedes was set alight in a public car park.
While youths in Athens protest by throwing Molotov cocktails, in Paris by toppling barricades, and in Budapest by hurling eggs at politicians, protesters in Berlin rage at their economic plight by targeting the most expensive cars -- symbols of German wealth and power.
Kreuzberg was the center of a European squatters movement, ideologically inspired by autonomous groups and anarchists, during the economic distress of the 1970s. They were removed from many of their buildings after German reunification, as they were in the Lower East Side of New York City by the Dinkins and Giuliani administrations, which experienced a similar phenomenon in the mid-1980s. I thought that the neighborhood's anti-capitalist, anarchist identity had been eradicated through ongoing gentrification thereafter, but, apparently, not nearly as much as I had been lead to believe.
Berlin has a history of political protest, with anarchist demonstrators regularly clashing with police on the streets of Kreuzberg during May 1 marches. Kreuzberg, which abutted the Berlin Wall, is represented in parliament by the Green Party’s Hans-Christian Stroebele, a former lawyer who defended members of the Baader-Meinhof gang in court.
Likewise, arson attacks on cars are not new: a Web site, “Burning Cars,” was set up to track the incidents in May 2007, one month before a summit in the northern German resort of Heiligendamm of the Group of Eight industrialized nations. There have been 290 attacks on cars since then, among them 55 Mercedes and 29 BMWs damaged or destroyed by fire, the site records.
“I wouldn’t advise someone to park their Porsche on the street” in Kreuzberg, Berlin police commissioner Dieter Glietsch told the Taz newspaper in June last year.
Hat tip to the Angry Arab News Service.
Friday, February 27, 2009
You might find it interesting in regard to how his supporters go about defending him. Please note that you will have to click on the link for the entirety of Chris Floyd's article about the plan referenced in my first e-mail, out of respect for the intellectual property of Floyd and Counterpunch, as well as trying to prevent this post from becoming even longer.
And there you have it.
From: Richard Estes
Subject: The War in Iraq: Going Around in Circles
Date: Feb 25, 2009 11:24 AM
two things to keep in mind before reading this article
(1) the draw down of troops, as proposed here, mirrors a proposal by one of Rumsfeld's aides in 2005, and subsequently adopted by Hillary Clinton during her presidential campaign; and
(2) the Bush administration frequently announced plans for troop reductions without implementing them, because the reality of Iraq had the unfortunate tendency to intrude upon their plans and disrupt them
Obama's Non-Withdrawal Withdrawal Plan
By CHRIS FLOYD
It would be superfluous in us to point out that a plan to "end" a war which includes the continued garrisoning of up to 50,000 troops in a hostile land is, in reality, a continuation of that war, not its cessation. To produce such a plan and claim that it "ends" a war is the precise equivalent of, say, relieving one's bladder on the back of one's neighbor and telling him that the liquid is actually life-giving rain.
But this is exactly what we are going to get from the Obama Administration in Iraq. Word has now come from on high – that is, from "senior administration officials" using "respectable newspapers" as a wholly uncritical conduit for government spin – that President Obama has reached a grand compromise with his generals (or rather, the generals and Pentagon poobahs he has inherited -- and eagerly retained -- from George W. Bush) on a plan to withdraw some American troops from the country that the United States destroyed in an unprovoked war of aggression. Obama had wanted a 16-month timetable for the partial withdrawal; his potential campaign rival in 2012, General David Petraeus, wanted 23 months; so, with Solomonic wisdom, they have now split the difference, and will withdraw a portion of the American troops in 19 months instead.
But the plan clearly envisions a substantial and essentially permanent American military presence in Iraq, dominating the politics and policy of this key oil nation – which was of course one of the chief war aims of the military aggressors in the Bush Administration all along. By implementing his war continuation plan, Obama will complete the work of Bush and his militarist clique. . . . .
To: Richard Estes
Subject: Re: The War in Iraq: Going Around in Circles
Date: Feb 25, 2009 9:15 PM
Great job in streaming nonpartisan commentary!
The facts and only the facts as we are allowed to see them...
From: Richard Estes
Subject: Re: The War in Iraq: Going Around in Circles
Date: Feb 26, 2009 8:02 AM
I assume, then, that you concede the accuracy of what I have posted here, as you haven't actually presented a single fact or argument in contradiction.
But, consider this, from antiwar.com today:
[Just one day after reports came out regarding the Obama Administration’s 19 month withdrawal plan from Iraq, the Pentagon was detailing the enormous number of troops that would remain on the ground after Obama ostensibly fulfills his promise to remove all combat troops, and all the combat they’ll be engaging in.
After the “pullout,” as many as 50,000 troops will remain on the ground, and despite being touted as a withdrawal of combat troops, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell conceded that some would continue to “conduct combat operations,” and Iraq would still be considered a war zone. The rest would be what he described as “enablers.”
President Obama promised a 16-month pullout from Iraq during the campaign, but backed off the promise under pressure from the military. Since then he has spoken of a “responsible military drawdown,” but even as he is set to officially unveil this new plan the question of when the troops will actually be out of Iraq entirely seems like it will remain unanswered.]
Go the original posts for media links relied upon for those statements:
but, I am curious, do you really believe that Rumsfeld didn't have an aide that proposed a similar draw down plan, and that Hillary's proposal during the primaries wasn't similar? if so, go here:
I am, however, hopeful that you will release me from the obligation to post links as to draw down announcements by the Bush administration, as they were numerous, and would require a lot of time to track down
the sad fact is that Obama, after telling people during the primaries that he was going to get the US out of Iraq, is essentially implementing a plan for a permanent US presence, and ongoing violence against the Iraqis, that was contemplated not only by his primary opponent, but by the Defense Department of the President he replaced
It is unfortunate that you find that aggravating, but that is, unfortunately, the reality, unless Obama makes a surprisingly different announcement than what his aides are advising the media to expect
and, I am perfectly willing to have this discussion on the entire list, and people can decide if they are willing to pay a price for Obama progressivism, such as it is, bank bailouts and all, with the lives of Afghans and Iraqis
To: Richard Estes
Subject: Re: The War in Iraq: Going Around in Circles
Date: Feb 26, 2009 9:10 AM
I'm neither aggravated nor refuting your position. It is not my intent to present an argument in contradiction. I commend you; yet you take it as an assault on your commentary. I have better things to do with my time than fight a progressive agenda when I know its a futile battle. Here's one irrefutable fact: the public, including pundits, experts, think tanks, et. al., is ill informed to make policy decisions given the national security issues. The President of the United States takes an oath to defend the United States Constitution. Ensuing history judges a commander-in-chief's policy and application of executive privilege.
I for one would not judge a President until history has played itself out, or at the very least, unless I am informed enough to do so; not relying on propaganda such as antiwar.com .
From: Richard Estes
Subject: Re: The War in Iraq: Going Around in Circles
Date: Feb 26, 2009 10:05 AM
Sadly, you are waiting for the verdict of history, while the proponents of these wars are actively working to continue to perpetuate them in Iraq and Afghanistan and expand them to Pakistan. How many will die in these countries as a result? What is the chance that the people there will respond with violence towards Americans as it is now becoming obvious that the US has no intention to abandon its control over their societies?
Unlike you, I consider myself sufficiently informed to say that these policies are wrong, and should be discontinued. It is our obligation as citizens of this country, even not of the world, to make our independent judgments about these things, and express them, consistent with our values. To abdicate this responsibility through reliance upon the purported special insight of the President and his advisors, an insight that, much like the purported insight of Popes, has shown itself to be faulty numerous times, is something that we should never do.
As for antiwar.com, the report that I posted is supported with links to news articles that say exactly what it says, I guess it is up to you if you want to disregard it. I mean, do you really believe that the troops left behind in Iraq, whether 50,000, 75,000 or 100,000 (don't be surprised if the final number goes back and forth in response to events), won't be engaged in "combat operations". If so, just say so. But, if you want to confirm it, you can go back to the link to the post I provided, and then access the links to the supporting articles themselves.
If we continue to pursue these policies, while pouring unlimited resources into the rescue of people who invested in the US banking and financial system, the future will be grim indeed. And, then, you and I will face the verdict of the people who find themselves suffering gravely as a result. It won't be pleasant.
To: Richard Estes
Subject: Re: The War in Iraq: Going Around in Circles
Date: Feb 26, 2009 10:16 AM
There's no need to bellittle yourself with personal attacks and character assaults. Unlike you, I consider myself sufficiently informed to say that, sadly, you have yet to learn to agree to disagee. I am an educated individual who has an opinion; whether or not you agree - that's up to you.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Perhaps, I shouldn't quibble, as Ehrenreich expresses her righteous outrage in such a compelling manner, but it would have been nice if she had acknowledged that the prospect of such horrors remain as the Obama administration has not undertaken measures to prevent them.
But post-9/11 America was an irony-free zone, and it's still illegal to banter about bombs in the presence of airport security staff. It's not clear how the news of Mohamed's H-bomb knowledge was conveyed to Washington--many documents remain classified or have not been released--but Smith speculates that the part about the H-bomb got through, although not the part about the joke. The result, anyhow, was that Mohamed was thrust into a world of unending pain--tortured at the US prison in Baghram, rendered to Morocco for eighteen months of further torture, including repeated cutting of his penis with a scalpel, and finally landing in Guantánamo for almost five years of more mundane abuse. He was just released and returned to Britain today.
As if that were not enough for a satirist to have on her conscience, the United States seems to have attributed Mohamed's presumed nuclear ambitions to a second man, an American citizen named Jose Padilla, a k a the "dirty bomber." The apparent evidence? Padilla had been scheduled to fly on the same flight out of Karachi that Mohamed had a ticket for, so obviously they must have been confederates. Commenting on Padilla's apprehension in 2002, the Chicago Sun-Times editorialized: "We castigate ourselves for failing to grasp the reality of what they're [the alleged terrorists are] trying to do, but perhaps that is a good thing. We should have difficulty staring evil in the face."
I am not histrionic enough to imagine myself in any way responsible for the torments suffered by Mohamed and Padilla--at least no more responsible than any other American who failed to rise up in revolutionary anger against the Bush terror regime. No, I'm too busy seething over another irony: whenever I've complained about my country's torturings, renderings, detentions, etc., there's always been some smug bastard ready to respond that these measures are what guarantee smart-alecky writers like myself our freedom of speech. Well, we had a government so vicious and impenetrably stupid that it managed to take my freedom of speech and turn it into someone else's living hell.
Sadly, we can expect more tragedies of this kind, except that they are likely to take place at Bagram air base in Afghanistan instead of Guantanamo. I have always believed that the practices associated with the so-called "war on terror", such as indefinite detention, torture and rendition, have been driven more by the desire to abuse Arabs and Muslims in response to 9/11 than by security concerns. One can certainly construe the experience of Mohammed as proof of it.
A British ‘resident’ held at Guantanamo Bay was identified as a terrorist after confessing he had visited a ‘joke’ website on how to build a nuclear weapon, it was revealed last night.
Binyam Mohamed, a former UK asylum seeker, admitted to having read the ‘instructions’ after allegedly being beaten, hung up by his wrists for a week and having a gun held to his head in a Pakistani jail.
It was this confession that apparently convinced the CIA that they were holding a top
Al Qaeda terrorist.
But The Mail on Sunday can reveal that the offending article – called How To Build An H-Bomb – was first published in a US satirical magazine and later placed on a series of websites.
Written by Barbara Ehrenreich, the publication’s food editor, Rolling Stone journalist Peter Biskind and scientist Michio Kaku, it claims that a nuclear weapon can be made ‘using a bicycle pump’ and with liquid uranium ‘poured into a bucket and swung round’.
Despite its clear satirical bent, the story led the CIA to accuse 30-year-old Mohamed, a caretaker, of plotting a dirty bomb attack, before subjecting him to its ‘extraordinary rendition programme’.
During his eight-year imprisonment, Mohamed has allegedly been flown to secret torture centres in Pakistan, Morocco, an American-run jail known as the Dark Prison near Kabul in Afghanistan and, finally, to Guantanamo Bay.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
As you might have guessed, the physical toll of such abuse is extreme:
Mohammed arrived in Britain in 1994. He lived in Wornington Road, North Kensington, and studied at Paddington Green College. For most of this time, said his brother, he rarely went to a mosque. However, in early 2001 he became more religious.
The Observer has obtained fresh details of his case which was first publicised last summer. He went to Pakistan in June 2001 because, he says, he had a drug problem and wanted to kick the habit. He was arrested on 10 April at the airport on his way back to England because of an alleged passport irregularity. Initially interrogated by Pakistani and British officials, he told Stafford Smith: 'The British checked out my story and said they knew I was a nobody. They said they would tell the Americans.'
He was questioned by the FBI and began to hear accusations of terror involvement. He says he also met two MI6 officers. One told him he would be tortured in an Arab country.
The interrogations intensified and he says he was taken to Islamabad; then, in July 2002, on a CIA flight to Morocco. His description of the process matches independent reports. Masked officers wore black. They stripped him, subjected him to a full body search and shackled him to his seat wearing a nappy.
In Morocco he was told he had plotted with Padilla and had dinner in Pakistan with Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the planner of 9/11, and other al-Qaeda chiefs. 'I've never met anyone like these people,' Mohammed told Stafford Smith. 'How could I? I speak no Arabic... I never heard Padilla's name until they told me.'
During almost 18 months of regular beatings in Morocco, Mohammed says he frequently met a blonde woman in her thirties who told him she was Canadian. The US intelligence officer told The Observer this was an 'amateurish' CIA cover. 'The only Americans who historically pretended to be Canadian were backpackers travelling in Europe during the Vietnam war. Apart from the moral issues, what disturbs me is that, as an attempt to create plausible deniability, this is so damn transparent.'
According to Mohammed, he was threatened with electrocution and rape. On one occasion, he was handcuffed when three men entered his cell wearing black masks. 'That day I ceased really knowing I was alive. One stood on each of my shoulders and a third punched me in the stomach. It seemed to go on for hours. I was meant to stand, but I was in so much pain I'd fall to my knees. They'd pull me back up and hit me again. They'd kick me in the thighs as I got up. I could see the hands that were hitting me... like the hands of someone who'd worked as a mechanic or chopped with an axe.'
Later he was confronted with details of his London life - such as the name of his kickboxing teacher - and met a Moroccan calling himself Marwan, who ordered him to be hung by his wrists. 'They hit me in the chest, the stomach, and they knocked my feet from under me. I have a shoulder pain to this day from the wrenching as my arms were almost pulled out of their sockets.'
Another time, he told Stafford Smith: 'They took a scalpel to my right chest. It was only a small cut. Then they cut my left chest. One of them took my penis in his hand and began to make cuts. He did it once, and they stood still for maybe a minute watching. I was in agony, crying, trying desperately to suppress myself, but I was screaming... They must have done this 20 to 30 times in maybe two hours. There was blood all over.'
In September he was taken to Guantanamo Bay where he has been charged with involvement in al-Qaeda plots and faces trial there by military commission. Stafford Smith said: 'I am unaware of any evidence against him other than that extracted under torture.'
Meanwhile, the Obama administration is still proceeding with plans to expand a detention facility at the Bagram air base in Afghanistan, so that so that it can increase the number of people imprisoned there from 700 to 11,000.
During a medical examination at Guantanamo about 10 days ago, a British doctor who'd been sent to assess Mohamed's fitness to travel reportedly found him suffering from bruises, organ damage, stomach complaints, malnutrition, sores on his hands and feet and severe damage to ligaments, as well as emotional and psychological damage.
Mohamed was on a hunger strike from late December until shortly before he was released and was being force-fed through tubes.
One of his lawyers, Clive Stafford Smith, alleged that Mohamed's abuse had continued at Guantanamo Bay until recently.
Conditions appear to be as bad, and possibly worse, than those experienced by detainees in Guantanamo:
In one publicized instance, a woman has been held in solitary confinement there for 4 years. No one knows what has become of her. And we aren't likely to find out, as the administration has just argued in court against granting anyone incarcerated there the right of judicial review.
According to the few lawyers representing prisoners there at the request of relatives, many Bagram detainees were turned over to U.S. authorities by former enemies or neighbors who wanted to settle an old score or collect a bounty from the U.S. -- a contention supported by human rights organizations such as Amnesty International; news reports from the Associated Press, The McClatchy Company newspapers, and Time magazine; and even former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf's recent memoir, In the Line of Fire. Yet those imprisoned have no way to prove-or even to claim-their innocence.
Conditions at the detention center are atrocious, according to lawyers, news reports, and organizations such as Human Rights Watch and the London-based group Reprieve. Ruzatullah's habeas petition alleged that Bagram detainees are crowded together in wire-mesh cages without toilets or running water and "are regularly tortured and abused, including being starved, severely beaten, forced into painful, contorted body positions, 'waterboarded,' exposed to extremely cold temperatures, and sexually humiliated." In December 2002, the Pentagon has acknowledged, U.S. soldiers beat two Bagram detainees to death. Although officers allegedly involved in the deaths were prosecuted -- five were convicted, but none received a sentence of more than three months in prison -- the Pentagon vehemently denies accusations of systemic torture or abuse at Bagram.
Similarly, the administration also authorized the continuation of renditions. But don't worry, incoming CIA director Leon Panetta is going to make sure that these detainees aren't going to be subjected to torture like Mohammed. Hence, in the new Orwellian world of Obama progressivism, given the prohibition of such practices in his executive order, we can obviously conclude that there's no need to provide them with access to the courts either.
Let's just say the obvious: Obama is smarter than Bush, and doesn't want to undertake travels abroad with his family under a cloud of war crimes charges after leaving the White House, so he's creating a paper trail to create a defense of plausible deniability. After all, you wouldn't want them to be afraid to enjoy themselves in Madrid, Barcelona, Paris or London, would you? A few weeks after he leaves office, the media will then feel free to expose the horrors of what he permitted on his watch.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Yes, you read that right, you don't need to go to the optometrist. Obama believes that global credit markets can be revived by shoveling as much as $1 trillion dollars to hedge funds and private equity firms to effectively subsidize their profits in bond transactions.
Banking chiefs, who have come under sharp criticism for not making more loans even as they have accepted billions of taxpayer dollars to prop themselves up, say it is the markets, not the banks, that are squeezing American borrowers.
The Obama administration hopes to jump-start this crucial machinery by effectively subsidizing the profits of big private investment firms in the bond markets. The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve plan to spend as much as $1 trillion to provide low-cost loans and guarantees to hedge funds and private equity firms that buy securities backed by consumer and business loans.
The Fed is expected to start the first phase of the program, which will provide $200 billion in loans to investors, in early March.
Under Bush, Paulson and Bernanke initiated the policy of trying to ignite a recovery by pouring trillions into the banks. As we all know, this policy has failed as the banks predictably hoarded the money, but the failure has not encouraged Obama to abandon it, but, rather, to expand it, by putting even more money directly in the hands of hedge fund and private equity fund managers. Instead of recognizing that the existing system of global finance and credit provision is irreparable, Obama continues to expend unlimited sums to recreate it, and he has already expressed his intention to consider cuts in Social Security and Medicare benefits to pay for it. Truly, he's a disciple of the Chicago School of Economics.
As for the intended recipients of these funds, they are among the most contemptible hypocrites in recent memory. How often have we seen these fund managers lecture us about the virtues of the market and the evils of government intervention as they enriched themselves? How often have we heard them assert that regulations protecting workers, consumers and the environment are horrible inefficiencies that must be relaxed, if not removed, with the most ideal system being one in which the market regulates itself. Now, they are running to get a spot near the front of the line so that they can start receiving their government money. And, did I forget to mention that these fund managers pay a much lower tax rate on their income that nearly all of us??
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
As with the bailout, Geithner and Summers will act to ensure that capital, that is, the investors, are favored over the proletariat, that is, the workers, thus serving to further depress demand and intensify deflation. They will continue to channel federal funds for the benefit of what Michael Hudson and others have described as FIRE, the finance, insurance and real estate sectors of the economy, to the detriment of tangible production and consumption. As Hudson explained last week over at Counterpunch in relation to Geither's skeletal plan to revive the banks:
Accordingly, one should perceive the selection of Geithner and Summers to oversee efforts to revive the automobile industry as part of a larger effort to revive the bubble economy of the last 15 years. What does this mean? Further subsidization of investors by the government and the workforce so as to create future speculative opportunities. Workplace protections will be eroded, if not eviscerated, while a program is developed, probably in association with the development of so-called green technologies for automobiles, to attract future investment.
The three-pronged Treasury program seems to be only Stage One of a two-stage “dream recovery plan” for Wall Street. Enough hints have trickled out for the past three months in Wall Street Journal op-eds to tip the hand for what may be in store. Watch for the magic phrase “equity kicker,” first heard in the S&L mortgage crisis of the 1980s. It refers to the banker’s share of capital gains, that is, asset price inflation in Bubble #2 that the Recovery Program hopes to sponsor.
The first question to ask about any Recovery Program is, “Recovery for whom?” The answer given on Tuesday is, “For the people who design the Program and their constituency” – in this case, the bank lobby. The second question is, “Just what is it they want to ‘recover’?” The answer is, the Bubble Economy. For the financial sector it was a golden age. Having enjoyed the Greenspan Bubble that made them so rich, its managers would love to create yet more wealth for themselves by indebting the “real” economy yet further while inflating prices all over again to make new capital gains.
The problem for today’s financial elites is that it is not possible to inflate another bubble from today’s debt levels, widespread negative equity, and still-high level of real estate, stock and bond prices. No amount of new capital will induce banks to provide credit to real estate already over-mortgaged or to individuals and corporations already over-indebted. Moody’s and other leading professional observers have forecast property prices to keep on plunging for at least the next year, which is as far as the eye can see in today’s unstable conditions. So the smartest money is still waiting like vultures in the wings – waiting for government guarantees that toxic loans will pay off. Another no-risk private profit to be subsidized by public-sector losses.
In the unlikely event that Geithner and Summers succeed in their regressive effort to return to the bubblicious world of the Clinton and Bush presidencies, don't be surprised if one of the first bubbles of this brave new world emerges in spinoff companies associated with GM, Ford, and, if it survives, Chrysler. Companies free, of course, from the constraints of a unionized workforce. Eric Janszen of iTulip, has already generally anticipated such a development in relation to alternative energy, and the distressed automobile industry looks like a good laboratory for it.
As for the automobile workers themselves, they obviously had good reason to distrust Obama during the 2008 election, despite attempts to characterize their suspicion of him as racist. They are about to get royally screwed by a President from a political party that poses as their protector. Just in time to face the prospect of lower social security and Medicare benefits upon retirement.
Last year, I explained that Obama communicates about Afghanistan in a confused way that reveals a fundamental lack of understanding about what is transpiring there. Nothing has changed. Incapable of implementing a coherent policy, he is instead resorting to the tried and true method of new troop deployments to mask it. Given the obvious dissatisfaction of the Obama administration with Karzai, one wonders how long before he ends up like Diem.
President Obama will send an additional 17,000 American troops to Afghanistan this spring and summer in the first major military move of his presidency, White House officials said on Tuesday.
The increase would come on top of 36,000 American troops already there, making for an increase of nearly 50 percent. In issuing the order, Mr. Obama is choosing a middle ground, addressing urgent requests from commanders who have been pressing for reinforcements while postponing a more difficult judgment on a much larger increase in personnel that the commanders have been seeking.
In a written statement issued by the White House on Tuesday evening, Mr. Obama said that deteriorating security in Afghanistan demands urgent attention and swift action to address a problem that has not received the strategic attention, direction and resources it urgently requires.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Destroy All Remaining Drafts of that Letter
At his press conference on Tuesday, President Obama quite deliberately repeated the old canard that Iran is attempting to develop nuclear weapons, as did his incoming CIA director Leon Panetta in testimony before Congress. As recognized by antiwar.com, they did so despite a 2007 National Intelligence Estimate to the contrary:
Indeed, Tuesday, February 10, 2009 may be recalled as a seminal day in the history of the Obama administration. It was the day in which President Obama publicly embraced the broad contours of the neoconservative policies of his predecessor, while his Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, announced a bank rescue plan that perpetuated the principle of saving US banks at all costs bequethed to him by Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke. The transcripts of their public comments on this most important day of all days should be filed away for future reference.
While the Iranian government continues to express its desire to improve relations, Obama and associates just keep hurling accusations at Iran’s civilian nuclear program. There’s one thing the administration is missing though, and that’s evidence. Officials concede there is no evidence that undercuts the 2007 findings, but like the Bush Administration, the newcomers don’t seem to want fact to get in the way of good rhetoric.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Maybe, we can impose a siege and control the entry of all goods, services, medical supplies and industrial equipment into Israel until they change their mind. A couple of years of starvation and impoverishment just might do the trick. Oops, I forgot, we only support that when it's done to Palestinians.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
I finally went to see Milk last weekend, after my wife and I got someone to take care of our son for a few hours. I recalled that there was a bittersweet tone among those friends of Milk who attend the premiere of the film last fall. After seeing the film myself, I can understand why.
While Milk has become a mythic figure in death, he was someone in life who brought people together and encouraged them to seek personal fulfillment within a passionate collective enterprise. For him, gays and lesbians could not live happily as individuals unless they secured the rights of all gays and lesbians.
Milk was adamant that they had to come out to everyone, especially to their families, as a statement of personal independence and group solidarity. For him, to stay in the closet bordered on treason, and, if forced to choose between one's family and the gay community, the choice was obvious, as indicated by one of the most compelling moments in the film, as well as the YouTube video that introduces this post, a video that relies upon the audio of an excerpt of Milk's most famous speech.
The brilliance of the film is director Gus Van Zant's recognition that Milk built his movement not just through mass outreach, but upon an accumulation of intimate moments, such as the one when he first meets Cleve Jones, and then, later, when Jones, who initially disdains Milk, returns to participate in his political campaigns after seeing Barcelona gays and transvestites fight back against the Franco police while on vacation. It is hard to imagine anyone making this film other than Van Zant, as he is known for the idiosyncratic personal touch that he applies to his material in films such as Mala Noche, Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho and Elephant.
Here, Van Zant investigates the intersection of the personal and political to compelling effect. Whereas another director would have insisted upon inflating Milk and his friends into larger than life figures, Van Zant deliberately diminishes them, and thereby humanizes them. Milk is the star, the diva, as he might have said, but van Zant instead focuses upon his ability to bring people together and empower them. Sean Penn's performance has been rightly praised, but it is his willingness to draw out the defects as well as the strengths of Milk's character that renders it masterful. Milk achieved his political success at great cost in his personal life. Penn conveys this well, raising it above the soap opera that often taints most film biographies.
As a result, Van Zant has sited much of the film within interiors: inside Milk's business, Castro Camera, within his home, amongst the cramped office spaces for supervisors and their staff within City Hall. Larger crowd scenes, such as protest marches and debates, are filmed with a focus upon the personal interaction of Milk and his associates. From such intimacy, the electricity that so energized the gay rights movement emerges.
And it was powerful, indeed. As gays in San Francisco and around the country celebrated their new found freedom of personal expression, often sexually polygamously, they feared, and rightly so, that they would be driven from the jobs and their homes, and possibly even killed, by a silent majority of resentful and bigoted people. They recalled what Hitler had done to them not more than 30 years earlier, while confronting police harassment and violence. The struggle to prevent the passage of Proposition 6 in 1978, an initiative that would have required school districts to fire openly gay and lesbian teachers as well as their straight defenders, crystallized this fear.
If they know one of us, they vote two to one against it, intoned Milk, mantralike, to anyone within earshot. Hence, his anger when the wealthy gay establishment advised that gay and lesbians keep a low profile during the campaign, and his belief that it was a matter of life and death to come out of the closet. Milk debated the initiative's proponent, John Briggs, up and down the state, in front of frequently hostile evangelical crowds, and turned the tide. But he knew that it was about more than Proposition 6 as he was really saying, If they know one of us, they will accept us two to one. He has been proven right, and the recent victory of Proposition 8 is partially atributable to the decision of the opposition campaign to follow the advice that Milk rejected in 1978.
If the movie has a weakness, it is the failure to fully bring across to the audience the rapid social transformation that occurred during the gay migration to the Castro. When Milk opened his store in 1969, the Castro had no independent identity, as evidenced by a scene in the film with a sign nearby promoting the Eureka Valley Merchants Association in the background. By 1978, the young gays and hippies that had displaced the original, predominately Italian American inhabitants were being priced out through escalating rents and home prices.
Milk spoke to this populist resentment, even as he toned down his image, cutting off his pony tail and dressing in conservative suits. He reached out to people across all walks of life, bringing together gay hustlers who lived on the streets, gay professionals, union members and senior citizens, among others. He placed the struggle for gays rights within a broader movement for social and economic reform. Back then, it really did look like you could change the world from inside Castro Camera. Now, it seems like it can't even be done from within the White House. No wonder there was a nostalgic, bittersweet sensibility among those who knew him as they watched the premiere.
Monday, February 09, 2009
Taleb is also adamant that the culture of moral hazard whereby the government backstops the speculation of bankers and investors must end. Roubini comes off the bench to drive the point home when he notes that the economy will not recover until there are incentives for people to invest in real, tangible economic activity. Unfortunately, the probability of these things happening remains nil.
Hat tip to Calculated Risk.
Is is too soon to suggest that the President Obama has already proven himself to be an abject failure? He celebrates a bipartisan compromise in the Senate that eviscerates his economic program, falling back upon the true and true method of declaring a victory where none exists in the hope that most people will be temporarily deceived. Or, maybe, he really does care more about everyone in the DC power elite getting along than he does about whether the rest of us have jobs.
What do you call someone who eliminates hundreds of thousands of American jobs, deprives millions of adequate health care and nutrition, undermines schools, but offers a $15,000 bonus to affluent people who flip their houses?
A proud centrist. For that is what the senators who ended up calling the tune on the stimulus bill just accomplished.
Even if the original Obama plan — around $800 billion in stimulus, with a substantial fraction of that total given over to ineffective tax cuts — had been enacted, it wouldn’t have been enough to fill the looming hole in the U.S. economy, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates will amount to $2.9 trillion over the next three years.
Friday, February 06, 2009
But, even so, it is important for leftists to step back a moment and consider whether the stimulus plan is the appropriate response to the accelerating downturn. With the exception of Marxists and anarchists, there has been near unanimity, especially among liberals, that a Keynesian version of shock and awe in the hundreds of billions of dollars, if not a few trillion dollars, is necessary to arrest the deflationary, depressionary spiral.
Is this true, though? Some readers may recall my December citation of Financial Times reporter Martin Wolf for the proposition that the US, as a country already running enormous trade and budget deficits, is ill-suited under classical Keynesian doctrine to deficit spend the global economy into a recovery. Instead, the US is likely to spend itself into bankruptcy through a Keynesian stimulus program and an ongoing bailout of the banking system unless Americans are willing export more, import less and accept sharply reduced domestic budget deficits. Or, to put it more bluntly, the US is likely to go bankrupt unless Americans are willing to accept a lower level of consumption and a curtailment in public services.
I am very sympathetic to this view, so much so that I believe that we should have pursued another approach from the inception of this crisis. Hopefully, it is not too late to do so, and such an approach would have been centered around two principles: First, the US should, along with other countries, reorganize the global financial system through liquidation and consolidation. The G-7, along with China and India, would do so through the creation of a multinational authority empowered to immediately write down bad debt and liquidate insolvent institutions, so that the remaining ones can lend money to one another, and thereafter to the general public, without fear of the unknown. Recapitalization of banks would be financed through transaction fees placed upon the transfer of financial instruments in global markets. Nationalization would be a last resort, resulting in public ownership and the creation of governance structures consistent with such ownership.
Second, within the US, the federal government would deficit spend primarily for the purpose of providing a safety net for those facing severe hardship as a result of unemployment and the loss of the homes. Along these lines, unemployment insurance funds, now within the jurisdiction of individual states, and, in many instances, bordering on insolvency, would be completely federalized for a specified period of time, say two or three years. The federal government would then pour billions into these funds so as to guarantee a much more generous minimum benefit, say 60% of one's salary prior to discharge, with a maximum yearly benefit amount of around $50,000. Of course, these benefits would be untaxed at both the state and federal level.
Such a program would be matched by a loan modification program whereby the banks would be required to refinance the mortgages of people facing foreclosure at existing market rates for those properties. They are already begrudgingly moving in this direction, as they are going to have to eat the losses, anyway. After all, why foreclose on the mortgages when they can instead create a new stream of income by substituting new ones, especially as they are desperate for new transaction fees and revenues going forward.
The problem, as documented frequently in recent months by Mr. Mortgage, is that the terms of modifications currently offered by lenders are extremely adverse to borrowers, so much so that they are analogous to renting the properties, with the borrowers responsible for additional interest payments, property taxes and maintenance. As Mr. Mortgage correctly observes, the only way for the housing market, and, indeed, the US economy to recover, is for lenders to provide permanent principal balance reductions. Instead, the government is allowing lenders to create a new generation of debt that will expose its toxic character in a few years.
I am admittedly no economist, but I believe that the overall cost of these measures would have been much less than what has already been expended upon the banks through the Federal Reserve and the Treasury, and even less expensive than the current stimulus plan moving through Congress. Of course, there should be no tax cuts, but infrastructure improvements are worthy of consideration, as long as they are effectively targeted to employ large numbers of people to address known deficiencies, such as an improved transportation system, including mass transit and school construction. Employment through infrastructure programs would reduce the amount of funds required to federalize the unemployment insurance programs of the states and guarantee a reasonable benefit amount.
Overall, my approach is based upon the notion that wealthy speculators in the financial sector should be subjected to the brutalities of the market that they celebrated as it enriched them, if only, in some instances, for a brief period, while those of us who were involuntarily subjected to the consequences of the financial catastrophe that they created should receive extensive financial assistance to avoid losing our homes, our families, and, in extreme cases, our lives. Unfortunately, the incoming Obama administration, like the Bush one it replaced, is doing the opposite, devising new ways to channel government funds to bankrupt banks while avoiding the appearance of doing so. It is hard to see how this is going to arrest the free fall in the global and domestic economies.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
At at time in which the financial sector of the US is receiving trillions of dollars in federal assistance, much of it deficit financed, and millions of Americans are on track to get foreclosed out of their homes, you'd think that the Service Employees International Union, commonly known as SEIU, would have something better to do:
Sal Roselli, the President of United Healthcare Workers-West, recently explained the dispute from his perspective:
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) wants its members to believe that their union is just like the alluring but ultimately nightmarish hostelry immortalized by The Eagles. It’s a place of permanent imprisonment only "programmed to receive" workers and their dues money, not let either go elsewhere when the rhetoric of “progressive unionism” wears thin and the rank-and-file becomes restive. According to proprietor Andy Stern, once you’ve checked into SEIU, you can never leave.
Tens of thousands of Stern’s disgruntled “guests,” who work in west coast health care facilities, are about to disprove this claim. Their bags are packed and they’re headed out the door of Stern’s “Hotel California,” as soon as federal (or local) labor law permits. After a bruising internal battle—in which an estimated ten million dollars of their own money was used by Stern to undermine and attack them—rank-and-filers in Oakland-based United Healthcare Workers (UHW) have formed a new union of their own. Launched on January 28, the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) is seeking to retain bargaining rights long held by UHW, until Stern placed it under trusteeship the day before.
Workers made a collective decision to flee SEIU after the long-threatened take-over of its third-largest affiliate. As previously reported in CounterPunch, Stern began brandishing this club last March. When UHW had the audacity to question SEIU’s management-friendly approach to health care organizing, bargaining, and politics, the SEIU president launched a multi-faceted counter-insurgency campaign. Now, several hundred out-of-state SEIU staffers have been dispatched to California as a full-time occupation force. At huge expense to the union treasury, their mission is to replace 100 elected UHW leaders, purge UHW’s own 500-member staff, seize the local’s offices and assets, and inform employers that they should no longer deal with UHW representatives about any labor-management issues. According to Stern, this highly disruptive intervention in a well-functioning local is necessary “to restore democratic procedures” and “protect the members’ interest.” After “UHW has been stabilized”—which could take 18 months to three years, based on past SEIU practice—“elections for new officers will be held.”
In a similar episode, SEIU was defeated in its attempt to push Puerto Rico teachers into a management friendly union closely connnected to Puerto Rican Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila. SEIU is centered around a model of business unionism, a model whereby favorable relationships with employers so as to increase membership are valued more than the interests of the members themselves. Last April, SEIU members shouted down speakers and attacked some participants at a Labor Notes conference in Dearborn, Michigan, because Rose Ann DeMoro, the Executive Director of the California Nurses Association, was scheduled to speak. In some instances, CNA and SEIU compete for members, and CNA is generally known for a more politically assertive, more independent approach.
A couple of years ago, Andy Stern decided that he wanted to control the relationship between our nursing home employers, be able to establish top-down sweetheart deals that sacrificed workers’ rights and the ability of workers to advocate for their patients. Our members stood in the way of that, decided that we weren’t going to stand for it, resisted it, and ever since then, he’s been trying to force these workers out of our union.
During 2008, in multiple different ways, our members have demonstrated in a very democratic way that they want to stay united with the hospital workers in our union. Third-party-supervised democratic secret ballot votes, over 95 percent of our members voting to stay united with hospital workers in our union, are being dismissed.
Last month, Andy Stern conducted a bogus vote, where 309,000 SEIU healthcare workers in California received a ballot with two choices: one, to force the long-term care members out of our union, where he would appoint the leaders of this new union, or two, dissolve our union altogether, merge all healthcare workers in California into one union, and he would appoint the leaders of this new union. Our leadership decided to boycott this vote, because they were both false choices. Out of 309,000 ballots mailed out, only 24,000 folks voted, and that was with huge resources to get people to vote. So only eight percent of the folks voted. Andy Stern declares that’s union democracy, the workers have spoken, they want a separate union of long-term care workers in California. And that’s the issue before his executive board today, to take that vote to create a new union and force these long-term care members out of our union.
And ironically, while this is all happening, our union has been settling contracts with these national for-profit nursing home employers that have realized the dreams of our nursing home workers for over the last fifteen years, including acute hospital standards that we’ve been fighting for: third-party resolution of staffing disputes; stronger language for workers, healthcare workers, to advocate for their patients than exist anywhere else in the country; and good wages and benefits to stabilize the work force in nursing homes. Simultaneously, Andy Stern’s trustee in southern California is settling with these same employers, compromising collective bargaining rights for the workers, compromising the workers’ ability to advocate for their patients.
Meanwhile, SEIU, along with the AFL-CIO, is backing a health care plan that may bury the prospects of implementing a single payer system in the US. For those of you who are interested, there are numerous sources of additional information associated with these internal labor disputes available over the Internet. My purpose here is to highlight the enormous challenge we face in bringing about progressive change in this country. If SEIU, the self-described largest and fastest growing union in North America, is primarily interested in consolidating power through deals with management that disempower its members, and is willing to expend significant resources to defeat those within the union who object, then how can we expect to create a movement that will transform our society for the better?
It will certainly be very difficult. Historically, labor unions have played an essential role in support of civil rights and labor rights, and have, in some instances, participated in antiwar movements as well. Because of their financial and organizational resources and their increasingly diverse membership, they can elevate the visibility of any issue with which they associated themselves. They are, quite literally, with the possible exceptions of ACORN and immigrants rights groups, the only organizations in the US with the capability of organizing a significant part of the middle and lower classes around an agenda of progressive social and economic change.
During the fall presidential campaign, my liberal Democratic friends insisted that the election of Obama would ignite a new progressivism. I saw no prospects then, as I see no prospects now, for such a development. As James Petras wrote recently about South America in relation to the political consequences of the global recession: . . . . we are in an unstable period where both capitalism and socialism are weak. The question becomes which side will be able to intervene, reorganize and recompose its forces to take advantage of the other. As long as unions like SEIU insist upon focusing their efforts upon internal factional disputes, the answer to this question, at least in regard to the US, is not a promising one. | <urn:uuid:7682b5d3-acfd-484d-9aac-5ef5c00281f1> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://amleft.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721558.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00046-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972937 | 11,061 | 2.15625 | 2 |
Acute or chronic myocardial infarction (MI) are cardiovascular events resulting in high morbidity and mortality. Establishing the pathological mechanisms at work during MI and developing effective therapeutic approaches requires methodology to reproducibly simulate the clinical incidence and reflect the pathophysiological changes associated with MI. Here, we describe a surgical method to induce MI in mouse models that can be used for short-term ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury as well as permanent ligation. The major advantage of this method is to facilitate location of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) to allow for accurate ligation of this artery to induce ischemia in the left ventricle of the mouse heart. Accurate positioning of the ligature on the LAD increases reproducibility of infarct size and thus produces more reliable results. Greater precision in placement of the ligature will improve the standard surgical approaches to simulate MI in mice, thus reducing the number of experimental animals necessary for statistically relevant studies and improving our understanding of the mechanisms producing cardiac dysfunction following MI. This mouse model of MI is also useful for the preclinical testing of treatments targeting myocardial damage following MI.
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A Sensitive and Specific Quantitation Method for Determination of Serum Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein-C by Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay
Institutions: Loyola University Chicago.
Biomarkers are becoming increasingly more important in clinical decision-making, as well as basic science. Diagnosing myocardial infarction (MI) is largely driven by detecting cardiac-specific proteins in patients' serum or plasma as an indicator of myocardial injury. Having recently shown that cardiac myosin binding protein-C (cMyBP-C) is detectable in the serum after MI, we have proposed it as a potential biomarker for MI. Biomarkers are typically detected by traditional sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. However, this technique requires a large sample volume, has a small dynamic range, and can measure only one protein at a time.
Here we show a multiplex immunoassay in which three cardiac proteins can be measured simultaneously with high sensitivity. Measuring cMyBP-C in uniplex or together with creatine kinase MB and cardiac troponin I showed comparable sensitivity. This technique uses the Meso Scale Discovery (MSD) method of multiplexing in a 96-well plate combined with electrochemiluminescence for detection. While only small sample volumes are required, high sensitivity and a large dynamic range are achieved. Using this technique, we measured cMyBP-C, creatine kinase MB, and cardiac troponin I levels in serum samples from 16 subjects with MI and compared the results with 16 control subjects. We were able to detect all three markers in these samples and found all three biomarkers to be increased after MI. This technique is, therefore, suitable for the sensitive detection of cardiac biomarkers in serum samples.
Molecular Biology, Issue 78, Cellular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, Cardiology, Heart Diseases, Myocardial Ischemia, Myocardial Infarction, Cardiovascular Diseases, cardiovascular disease, immunoassay, cardiac myosin binding protein-C, cardiac troponin I, creatine kinase MB, electrochemiluminescence, multiplex biomarkers, ELISA, assay
Cell-based Therapy for Heart Failure in Rat: Double Thoracotomy for Myocardial Infarction and Epicardial Implantation of Cells and Biomatrix
Institutions: University of Fribourg.
Cardiac cell therapy has gained increasing interest and implantation of biomaterials associated with cells has become a major issue to optimize myocardial cell delivery. Rodent model of myocardial infarction (MI) consisting of Left Anterior Descending Artery (LAD) ligation has commonly been performed via
a thoracotomy; a second open-heart surgery via
a sternotomy has traditionally been performed for epicardial application of the treatment. Since the description of LAD ligation model, post-surgery mortality rate has dropped from 35-13%, however the second surgery has remained critical. In order to improve post-surgery recovery and reduce pain and infection, minimally invasive surgical procedures are presented. Two thoracotomies were performed, the initial one for LAD ligation and the second one for treatment epicardial administration. Biografts consisting of cells associated with solid or gel type matrices were applied onto the infarcted area. LAD ligation resulted in loss of heart function as confirmed by echocardiography performed after 2 and 6 weeks. Goldner trichrome staining performed on heart sections confirmed transmural scar formation. First and second surgeries resulted in less that 10% post-operative mortality.
Bioengineering, Issue 91, myocardial infarction (MI), fibrin sealant, thoracotomy, Left Anterior Descending Artery (LAD) ligation, cardiac cell therapy, cardiac microsurgery
Myocardial Infarction and Functional Outcome Assessment in Pigs
Institutions: University Medical Center Utrecht, Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands.
Introduction of newly discovered cardiovascular therapeutics into first-in-man trials depends on a strictly regulated ethical and legal roadmap. One important prerequisite is a good understanding of all safety and efficacy aspects obtained in a large animal model that validly reflect the human scenario of myocardial infarction (MI). Pigs are widely used in this regard since their cardiac size, hemodynamics, and coronary anatomy are close to that of humans. Here, we present an effective protocol for using the porcine MI model using a closed-chest coronary balloon occlusion of the left anterior descending artery (LAD), followed by reperfusion. This approach is based on 90 min of myocardial ischemia, inducing large left ventricle infarction of the anterior, septal and inferoseptal walls. Furthermore, we present protocols for various measures of outcome that provide a wide range of information on the heart, such as cardiac systolic and diastolic function, hemodynamics, coronary flow velocity, microvascular resistance, and infarct size. This protocol can be easily tailored to meet study specific requirements for the validation of novel cardioregenerative biologics at different stages (i.e.
directly after the acute ischemic insult, in the subacute setting or even in the chronic MI once scar formation has been completed). This model therefore provides a useful translational tool to study MI, subsequent adverse remodeling, and the potential of novel cardioregenerative agents.
Medicine, Issue 86, myocardial infarction (MI), AMI, large animal model, pig, translational medicine, ischemic heart disease
A Murine Closed-chest Model of Myocardial Ischemia and Reperfusion
Institutions: University of Bonn, Germany, University of Bonn, Germany.
Surgical trauma by thoracotomy in open-chest models of coronary ligation induces an immune response which modifies different mechanisms involved in ischemia and reperfusion. Immune response includes cytokine expression and release or secretion of endogenous ligands of innate immune receptors. Activation of innate immunity can potentially modulate infarct size. We have modified an existing murine closed-chest model using hanging weights which could be useful for studying myocardial pre- and postconditioning and the role of innate immunity in myocardial ischemia and reperfusion. This model allows animals to recover from surgical trauma before onset of myocardial ischemia.
Volatile anesthetics have been intensely studied and their preconditioning effect for the ischemic heart is well known. However, this protective effect precludes its use in open chest models of coronary artery ligation. Thus, another advantage could be the use of the well controllable volatile anesthetics for instrumentation in a chronic closed-chest model, since their preconditioning effect lasts up to 72 hours. Chronic heart diseases with intermittent ischemia and multiple hit models are other possible applications of this model.
For the chronic closed-chest model, intubated and ventilated mice undergo a lateral blunt thoracotomy via the 4th intercostal space. Following identification of the left anterior descending a ligature is passed underneath the vessel and both suture ends are threaded through an occluder. Then, both suture ends are passed through the chest wall, knotted to form a loop and left in the subcutaneous tissue. After chest closure and recovery for 5 days, mice are anesthetized again, chest skin is reopened and hanging weights are hooked up to the loop under ECG control.
At the end of the ischemia/reperfusion protocol, hearts can be stained with TTC for infarct size assessment or undergo perfusion fixation to allow morphometric studies in addition to histology and immunohistochemistry.
Medicine, Issue 65, Immunology, Physiology, heart, mouse, ischemia, reperfusion
In vitro Organoid Culture of Primary Mouse Colon Tumors
Institutions: University of Michigan , University of Michigan .
Several human and murine colon cancer cell lines have been established, physiologic integrity of colon tumors such as multiple cell layers, basal-apical polarity, ability to differentiate, and anoikis are not maintained in colon cancer derived cell lines. The present study demonstrates a method for culturing primary mouse colon tumor organoids adapted from Sato T et al. 1
, which retains important physiologic features of colon tumors. This method consists of mouse colon tumor tissue collection, adjacent normal colon epithelium dissociation, colon tumor cells digestion into single cells, embedding colon tumor cells into matrigel, and selective culture based on the principle that tumor cells maintain growth on limiting nutrient conditions compared to normal epithelial cells.
The primary tumor organoids if isolated from genetically modified mice provide a very useful system to assess tumor autonomous function of specific genes. Moreover, the tumor organoids are amenable to genetic manipulation by virus meditated gene delivery; therefore signaling pathways involved in the colon tumorigenesis could also be extensively investigated by overexpression or knockdown. Primary tumor organoids culture provides a physiologic relevant and feasible means to study the mechanisms and therapeutic modalities for colon tumorigenesis.
Cancer Biology, Issue 75, Medicine, Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Anatomy, Physiology, Genetics, Oncology, Surgery, Organoids, Tumor Cells, Cultured Colonic Neoplasms, Primary Cell Culture, Colon tumor, chelation, collagenase, matrigel, organoid, EGF, colon cancer, cancer, tumor, cell, isolation, immunohistochemistry, mouse, animal model
Permanent Ligation of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery in Mice: A Model of Post-myocardial Infarction Remodelling and Heart Failure
Institutions: Catholic University of Leuven.
Heart failure is a syndrome in which the heart fails to pump blood at a rate commensurate with cellular oxygen requirements at rest or during stress. It is characterized by fluid retention, shortness of breath, and fatigue, in particular on exertion. Heart failure is a growing public health problem, the leading cause of hospitalization, and a major cause of mortality. Ischemic heart disease is the main cause of heart failure.
Ventricular remodelling refers to changes in structure, size, and shape of the left ventricle. This architectural remodelling of the left ventricle is induced by injury (e.g.,
myocardial infarction), by pressure overload (e.g.,
systemic arterial hypertension or aortic stenosis), or by volume overload. Since ventricular remodelling affects wall stress, it has a profound impact on cardiac function and on the development of heart failure. A model of permanent ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery in mice is used to investigate ventricular remodelling and cardiac function post-myocardial infarction. This model is fundamentally different in terms of objectives and pathophysiological relevance compared to the model of transient ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery. In this latter model of ischemia/reperfusion injury, the initial extent of the infarct may be modulated by factors that affect myocardial salvage following reperfusion. In contrast, the infarct area at 24 hr after permanent ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery is fixed. Cardiac function in this model will be affected by 1) the process of infarct expansion, infarct healing, and scar formation; and 2) the concomitant development of left ventricular dilatation, cardiac hypertrophy, and ventricular remodelling.
Besides the model of permanent ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery, the technique of invasive hemodynamic measurements in mice is presented in detail.
Medicine, Issue 94, Myocardial infarction, cardiac remodelling, infarct expansion, heart failure, cardiac function, invasive hemodynamic measurements
Murine Endoscopy for In Vivo Multimodal Imaging of Carcinogenesis and Assessment of Intestinal Wound Healing and Inflammation
Institutions: University Hospital Münster, University Children's Hospital Münster.
Mouse models are widely used to study pathogenesis of human diseases and to evaluate diagnostic procedures as well as therapeutic interventions preclinically. However, valid assessment of pathological alterations often requires histological analysis, and when performed ex vivo,
necessitates death of the animal. Therefore in conventional experimental settings, intra-individual follow-up examinations are rarely possible. Thus, development of murine endoscopy in live
mice enables investigators for the first time to both directly visualize the gastrointestinal mucosa and also repeat the procedure to monitor for alterations. Numerous applications for in vivo
murine endoscopy exist, including studying intestinal inflammation or wound healing, obtaining mucosal biopsies repeatedly, and to locally administer diagnostic or therapeutic agents using miniature injection catheters. Most recently, molecular imaging has extended diagnostic imaging modalities allowing specific detection of distinct target molecules using specific photoprobes. In conclusion, murine endoscopy has emerged as a novel cutting-edge technology for diagnostic experimental in vivo
imaging and may significantly impact on preclinical research in various fields.
Medicine, Issue 90,
gastroenterology, in vivo imaging, murine endoscopy, diagnostic imaging, carcinogenesis, intestinal wound healing, experimental colitis
Systematic Analysis of In Vitro Cell Rolling Using a Multi-well Plate Microfluidic System
Institutions: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, Harvard University, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
A major challenge for cell-based therapy is the inability to systemically target a large quantity of viable cells with high efficiency to tissues of interest following intravenous or intraarterial infusion. Consequently, increasing cell homing is currently studied as a strategy to improve cell therapy. Cell rolling on the vascular endothelium is an important step in the process of cell homing and can be probed in-vitro
using a parallel plate flow chamber (PPFC). However, this is an extremely tedious, low throughput assay, with poorly controlled flow conditions. Instead, we used a multi-well plate microfluidic system that enables study of cellular rolling properties in a higher throughput under precisely controlled, physiologically relevant shear flow1,2
. In this paper, we show how the rolling properties of HL-60 (human promyelocytic leukemia) cells on P- and E-selectin-coated surfaces as well as on cell monolayer-coated surfaces can be readily examined. To better simulate inflammatory conditions, the microfluidic channel surface was coated with endothelial cells (ECs), which were then activated with tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), significantly increasing interactions with HL-60 cells under dynamic conditions. The enhanced throughput and integrated multi-parameter software analysis platform, that permits rapid analysis of parameters such as rolling velocities and rolling path, are important advantages for assessing cell rolling properties in-vitro
. Allowing rapid and accurate analysis of engineering approaches designed to impact cell rolling and homing, this platform may help advance exogenous cell-based therapy.
Bioengineering, Issue 80, Microfluidics, Endothelial Cells, Leukocyte Rolling, HL-60 cells, TNF-α, P-selectin, E-selectin
MRI and PET in Mouse Models of Myocardial Infarction
Institutions: Unversity of Cambridge, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge.
Myocardial infarction is one of the leading causes of death in the Western world. The similarity of the mouse heart to the human heart has made it an ideal model for testing novel therapeutic strategies.
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) gives excellent views of the heart noninvasively with clear anatomical detail, which can be used for accurate functional assessment. Contrast agents can provide basic measures of tissue viability but these are nonspecific. Positron emission tomography (PET) is a complementary technique that is highly specific for molecular imaging, but lacks the anatomical detail of MRI. Used together, these techniques offer a sensitive, specific and quantitative tool for the assessment of the heart in disease and recovery following treatment.
In this paper we explain how these methods are carried out in mouse models of acute myocardial infarction. The procedures described here were designed for the assessment of putative protective drug treatments. We used MRI to measure systolic function and infarct size with late gadolinium enhancement, and PET with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) to assess metabolic function in the infarcted region. The paper focuses on practical aspects such as slice planning, accurate gating, drug delivery, segmentation of images, and multimodal coregistration. The methods presented here achieve good repeatability and accuracy maintaining a high throughput.
Medicine, Issue 82, anatomy, Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE), MRI, FDG PET, MRI/PET imaging, myocardial infarction, mouse model, contrast agents, coregistration
MAME Models for 4D Live-cell Imaging of Tumor: Microenvironment Interactions that Impact Malignant Progression
Institutions: Wayne State University , Wayne State University .
We have developed 3D coculture models, which we term MAME (m
rchitecture and m
ngineering), and used them for live-cell imaging in real-time of cell:cell interactions. Our overall goal was to develop models that recapitulate the architecture of preinvasive breast lesions to study their progression to an invasive phenotype. Specifically, we developed models to analyze interactions among pre-malignant breast epithelial cell variants and other cell types of the tumor microenvironment that have been implicated in enhancing or reducing the progression of preinvasive breast epithelial cells to invasive ductal carcinomas. Other cell types studied to date are myoepithelial cells, fibroblasts, macrophages and blood and lymphatic microvascular endothelial cells. In addition to the MAME models, which are designed to recapitulate the cellular interactions within the breast during cancer progression, we have developed comparable models for the progression of prostate cancers.
Here we illustrate the procedures for establishing the 3D cocultures along with the use of live-cell imaging and a functional proteolysis assay to follow the transition of cocultures of breast ductal carcinoma in situ
(DCIS) cells and fibroblasts to an invasive phenotype over time, in this case over twenty-three days in culture. The MAME cocultures consist of multiple layers. Fibroblasts are embedded in the bottom layer of type I collagen. On that is placed a layer of reconstituted basement membrane (rBM) on which DCIS cells are seeded. A final top layer of 2% rBM is included and replenished with every change of media. To image proteolysis associated with the progression to an invasive phenotype, we use dye-quenched (DQ) fluorescent matrix proteins (DQ-collagen I mixed with the layer of collagen I and DQ-collagen IV mixed with the middle layer of rBM) and observe live cultures using confocal microscopy. Optical sections are captured, processed and reconstructed in 3D with Volocity visualization software. Over the course of 23 days in MAME cocultures, the DCIS cells proliferate and coalesce into large invasive structures. Fibroblasts migrate and become incorporated into these invasive structures. Fluorescent proteolytic fragments of the collagens are found in association with the surface of DCIS structures, intracellularly, and also dispersed throughout the surrounding matrix. Drugs that target proteolytic, chemokine/cytokine and kinase pathways or modifications in the cellular composition of the cocultures can reduce the invasiveness, suggesting that MAME models can be used as preclinical screens for novel therapeutic approaches.
Medicine, Issue 60, Immunology, Breast, cancer, extracellular matrix, invasion, proteolysis, tumor microenvironment
Long-term Intravital Immunofluorescence Imaging of Tissue Matrix Components with Epifluorescence and Two-photon Microscopy
Institutions: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Oregon Health & Science University.
Besides being a physical scaffold to maintain tissue morphology, the extracellular matrix (ECM) is actively involved in regulating cell and tissue function during development and organ homeostasis. It does so by acting via biochemical, biomechanical, and biophysical signaling pathways, such as through the release of bioactive ECM protein fragments, regulating tissue tension, and providing pathways for cell migration. The extracellular matrix of the tumor microenvironment undergoes substantial remodeling, characterized by the degradation, deposition and organization of fibrillar and non-fibrillar matrix proteins. Stromal stiffening of the tumor microenvironment can promote tumor growth and invasion, and cause remodeling of blood and lymphatic vessels. Live imaging of matrix proteins, however, to this point is limited to fibrillar collagens that can be detected by second harmonic generation using multi-photon microscopy, leaving the majority of matrix components largely invisible. Here we describe procedures for tumor inoculation in the thin dorsal ear skin, immunolabeling of extracellular matrix proteins and intravital imaging of the exposed tissue in live mice using epifluorescence and two-photon microscopy. Our intravital imaging method allows for the direct detection of both fibrillar and non-fibrillar matrix proteins in the context of a growing dermal tumor. We show examples of vessel remodeling caused by local matrix contraction. We also found that fibrillar matrix of the tumor detected with the second harmonic generation is spatially distinct from newly deposited matrix components such as tenascin C. We also showed long-term (12 hours) imaging of T-cell interaction with tumor cells and tumor cells migration along the collagen IV of basement membrane. Taken together, this method uniquely allows for the simultaneous detection of tumor cells, their physical microenvironment and the endogenous tissue immune response over time, which may provide important insights into the mechanisms underlying tumor progression and ultimate success or resistance to therapy.
Bioengineering, Issue 86, Intravital imaging, epifluorescence, two-photon imaging, Tumor matrix, Matrix remodeling
Using Coculture to Detect Chemically Mediated Interspecies Interactions
Institutions: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill .
In nature, bacteria rarely exist in isolation; they are instead surrounded by a diverse array of other microorganisms that alter the local environment by secreting metabolites. These metabolites have the potential to modulate the physiology and differentiation of their microbial neighbors and are likely important factors in the establishment and maintenance of complex microbial communities. We have developed a fluorescence-based coculture screen to identify such chemically mediated microbial interactions. The screen involves combining a fluorescent transcriptional reporter strain with environmental microbes on solid media and allowing the colonies to grow in coculture. The fluorescent transcriptional reporter is designed so that the chosen bacterial strain fluoresces when it is expressing a particular phenotype of interest (i.e.
biofilm formation, sporulation, virulence factor production, etc
.) Screening is performed under growth conditions where this phenotype is not
expressed (and therefore the reporter strain is typically nonfluorescent). When an environmental microbe secretes a metabolite that activates this phenotype, it diffuses through the agar and activates the fluorescent reporter construct. This allows the inducing-metabolite-producing microbe to be detected: they are the nonfluorescent colonies most proximal to the fluorescent colonies. Thus, this screen allows the identification of environmental microbes that produce diffusible metabolites that activate a particular physiological response in a reporter strain. This publication discusses how to: a) select appropriate coculture screening conditions, b) prepare the reporter and environmental microbes for screening, c) perform the coculture screen, d) isolate putative inducing organisms, and e) confirm their activity in a secondary screen. We developed this method to screen for soil organisms that activate biofilm matrix-production in Bacillus subtilis
; however, we also discuss considerations for applying this approach to other genetically tractable bacteria.
Microbiology, Issue 80, High-Throughput Screening Assays, Genes, Reporter, Microbial Interactions, Soil Microbiology, Coculture, microbial interactions, screen, fluorescent transcriptional reporters, Bacillus subtilis
Setting-up an In Vitro Model of Rat Blood-brain Barrier (BBB): A Focus on BBB Impermeability and Receptor-mediated Transport
Institutions: VECT-HORUS SAS, CNRS, NICN UMR 7259.
The blood brain barrier (BBB) specifically regulates molecular and cellular flux between the blood and the nervous tissue. Our aim was to develop and characterize a highly reproducible rat syngeneic in vitro
model of the BBB using co-cultures of primary rat brain endothelial cells (RBEC) and astrocytes to study receptors involved in transcytosis across the endothelial cell monolayer. Astrocytes were isolated by mechanical dissection following trypsin digestion and were frozen for later co-culture. RBEC were isolated from 5-week-old rat cortices. The brains were cleaned of meninges and white matter, and mechanically dissociated following enzymatic digestion. Thereafter, the tissue homogenate was centrifuged in bovine serum albumin to separate vessel fragments from nervous tissue. The vessel fragments underwent a second enzymatic digestion to free endothelial cells from their extracellular matrix. The remaining contaminating cells such as pericytes were further eliminated by plating the microvessel fragments in puromycin-containing medium. They were then passaged onto filters for co-culture with astrocytes grown on the bottom of the wells. RBEC expressed high levels of tight junction (TJ) proteins such as occludin, claudin-5 and ZO-1 with a typical localization at the cell borders. The transendothelial electrical resistance (TEER) of brain endothelial monolayers, indicating the tightness of TJs reached 300 ohm·cm2
on average. The endothelial permeability coefficients (Pe) for lucifer yellow (LY) was highly reproducible with an average of 0.26 ± 0.11 x 10-3
cm/min. Brain endothelial cells organized in monolayers expressed the efflux transporter P-glycoprotein (P-gp), showed a polarized transport of rhodamine 123, a ligand for P-gp, and showed specific transport of transferrin-Cy3 and DiILDL across the endothelial cell monolayer. In conclusion, we provide a protocol for setting up an in vitro
BBB model that is highly reproducible due to the quality assurance methods, and that is suitable for research on BBB transporters and receptors.
Medicine, Issue 88, rat brain endothelial cells (RBEC), mouse, spinal cord, tight junction (TJ), receptor-mediated transport (RMT), low density lipoprotein (LDL), LDLR, transferrin, TfR, P-glycoprotein (P-gp), transendothelial electrical resistance (TEER),
Intramyocardial Cell Delivery: Observations in Murine Hearts
Institutions: Imperial College London, Imperial College London, Monash University.
Previous studies showed that cell delivery promotes cardiac function amelioration by release of cytokines and factors that increase cardiac tissue revascularization and cell survival. In addition, further observations revealed that specific stem cells, such as cardiac stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells and cardiospheres have the ability to integrate within the surrounding myocardium by differentiating into cardiomyocytes, smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells.
Here, we present the materials and methods to reliably deliver noncontractile cells into the left ventricular wall of immunodepleted mice. The salient steps of this microsurgical procedure involve anesthesia and analgesia injection, intratracheal intubation, incision to open the chest and expose the heart and delivery of cells by a sterile 30-gauge needle and a precision microliter syringe.
Tissue processing consisting of heart harvesting, embedding, sectioning and histological staining showed that intramyocardial cell injection produced a small damage in the epicardial area, as well as in the ventricular wall. Noncontractile cells were retained into the myocardial wall of immunocompromised mice and were surrounded by a layer of fibrotic tissue, likely to protect from cardiac pressure and mechanical load.
Medicine, Issue 83, intramyocardial cell injection, heart, grafting, cell therapy, stem cells, fibrotic tissue
Coronary Artery Ligation and Intramyocardial Injection in a Murine Model of Infarction
Institutions: East Carolina University.
Mouse models are a valuable tool for studying acute injury and chronic remodeling of the myocardium in vivo
. With the advent of genetic modifications to the whole organism or the myocardium and an array of biological and/or synthetic materials, there is great potential for any combination of these to assuage the extent of acute ischemic injury and impede the onset of heart failure pursuant to myocardial remodeling.
Here we present the methods and materials used to reliably perform this microsurgery and the modifications involved for temporary (with reperfusion) or permanent coronary artery occlusion studies as well as intramyocardial injections. The effects on the heart that can be seen during the procedure and at the termination of the experiment in addition to histological evaluation will verify efficacy.
Briefly, surgical preparation involves anesthetizing the mice, removing the fur on the chest, and then disinfecting the surgical area. Intratracheal intubation is achieved by transesophageal illumination using a fiber optic light. The tubing is then connected to a ventilator. An incision made on the chest exposes the pectoral muscles which will be cut to view the ribs. For ischemia/reperfusion studies, a 1 cm piece of PE tubing placed over the heart is used to tie the ligature to so that occlusion/reperfusion can be customized. For intramyocardial injections, a Hamilton syringe with sterile 30gauge beveled needle is used. When the myocardial manipulations are complete, the rib cage, the pectoral muscles, and the skin are closed sequentially. Line block analgesia is effected by 0.25% marcaine in sterile saline which is applied to muscle layer prior to closure of the skin. The mice are given a subcutaneous injection of saline and placed in a warming chamber until they are sternally recumbent. They are then returned to the vivarium and housed under standard conditions until the time of tissue collection. At the time of sacrifice, the mice are anesthetized, the heart is arrested in diastole with KCl or BDM, rinsed with saline, and immersed in fixative. Subsequently, routine procedures for processing, embedding, sectioning, and histological staining are performed.
Nonsurgical intubation of a mouse and the microsurgical manipulations described make this a technically challenging model to learn and achieve reproducibility. These procedures, combined with the difficulty in performing consistent manipulations of the ligature for timed occlusion(s) and reperfusion or intramyocardial injections, can also affect the survival rate so optimization and consistency are critical.
Medicine, Issue 52, infarct, ischemia/reperfusion, mice, intramyocardial injection, coronary artery, heart, grafting
Acute Myocardial Infarction in Rats
Institutions: University of Texas Medical Branch, University of Houston (UH), Texas Medical Center.
With heart failure leading the cause of death in the USA (Hunt), biomedical research is fundamental to advance medical treatments for cardiovascular diseases. Animal models that mimic human cardiac disease, such as myocardial infarction (MI) and ischemia-reperfusion (IR) that induces heart failure as well as pressure-overload (transverse aortic constriction) that induces cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure (Goldman and Tarnavski), are useful models to study cardiovascular disease. In particular, myocardial ischemia (MI) is a leading cause for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality despite controlling certain risk factors such as arteriosclerosis and treatments via surgical intervention (Thygesen). Furthermore, an acute loss of the myocardium following myocardial ischemia (MI) results in increased loading conditions that induces ventricular remodeling of the infarcted border zone and the remote non-infarcted myocardium. Myocyte apoptosis, necrosis and the resultant increased hemodynamic load activate multiple biochemical intracellular signaling that initiates LV dilatation, hypertrophy, ventricular shape distortion, and collagen scar formation. This pathological remodeling and failure to normalize the increased wall stresses results in progressive dilatation, recruitment of the border zone myocardium into the scar, and eventually deterioration in myocardial contractile function (i.e. heart failure). The progression of LV dysfunction and heart failure in rats is similar to that observed in patients who sustain a large myocardial infarction, survive and subsequently develops heart failure (Goldman). The acute myocardial infarction (AMI) model in rats has been used to mimic human cardiovascular disease; specifically used to study cardiac signaling mechanisms associated with heart failure as well as to assess the contribution of therapeutic strategies for the treatment of heart failure. The method described in this report is the rat model of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This model is also referred to as an acute ischemic cardiomyopathy or ischemia followed by reperfusion (IR); which is induced by an acute 30-minute period of ischemia by ligation of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) followed by reperfusion of the tissue by releasing the LAD ligation (Vasilyev and McConnell). This protocol will focus on assessment of the infarct size and the area-at-risk (AAR) by Evan's blue dye and triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC) following 4-hours of reperfusion; additional comments toward the evaluation of cardiac function and remodeling by modifying the duration of reperfusion, is also presented. Overall, this AMI rat animal model is useful for studying the consequence of a myocardial infarction on cardiac pathophysiological and physiological function.
Medicine, Issue 48, Cardiovascular (CV), Heart Failure (HF), Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Ischemia-Reperfusion (IR), Left Anterior Descending Artery (LAD)
Fundus Photography as a Convenient Tool to Study Microvascular Responses to Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Epidemiological Studies
Institutions: Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Hasselt University, Hasselt University, Leuven University.
The microcirculation consists of blood vessels with diameters less than 150 µm. It makes up a large part of the circulatory system and plays an important role in maintaining cardiovascular health. The retina is a tissue that lines the interior of the eye and it is the only tissue that allows for a non-invasive analysis of the microvasculature. Nowadays, high-quality fundus images can be acquired using digital cameras. Retinal images can be collected in 5 min or less, even without dilatation of the pupils. This unobtrusive and fast procedure for visualizing the microcirculation is attractive to apply in epidemiological studies and to monitor cardiovascular health from early age up to old age.
Systemic diseases that affect the circulation can result in progressive morphological changes in the retinal vasculature. For example, changes in the vessel calibers of retinal arteries and veins have been associated with hypertension, atherosclerosis, and increased risk of stroke and myocardial infarction. The vessel widths are derived using image analysis software and the width of the six largest arteries and veins are summarized in the Central Retinal Arteriolar Equivalent (CRAE) and the Central Retinal Venular Equivalent (CRVE). The latter features have been shown useful to study the impact of modifiable lifestyle and environmental cardiovascular disease risk factors.
The procedures to acquire fundus images and the analysis steps to obtain CRAE and CRVE are described. Coefficients of variation of repeated measures of CRAE and CRVE are less than 2% and within-rater reliability is very high. Using a panel study, the rapid response of the retinal vessel calibers to short-term changes in particulate air pollution, a known risk factor for cardiovascular mortality and morbidity, is reported. In conclusion, retinal imaging is proposed as a convenient and instrumental tool for epidemiological studies to study microvascular responses to cardiovascular disease risk factors.
Medicine, Issue 92, retina, microvasculature, image analysis, Central Retinal Arteriolar Equivalent, Central Retinal Venular Equivalent, air pollution, particulate matter, black carbon
Modified Technique for Coronary Artery Ligation in Mice
Institutions: Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg.
Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the most important causes of mortality in humans1-3
. In order to improve morbidity and mortality in patients with MI we need better knowledge about pathophysiology of myocardial ischemia. This knowledge may be valuable to define new therapeutic targets for innovative cardiovascular therapies4
. Experimental MI model in mice is an increasingly popular small-animal model in preclinical research in which MI is induced by means of permanent or temporary ligation of left coronary artery (LCA)5
. In this video, we describe the step-by-step method of how to induce experimental MI in mice.
The animal is first anesthetized with 2% isoflurane. The unconscious mouse is then intubated and connected to a ventilator for artificial ventilation. The left chest is shaved and 1.5 cm incision along mid-axillary line is made in the skin. The left pectoralis major muscle is bluntly dissociated until the ribs are exposed. The muscle layers are pulled aside and fixed with an eyelid-retractor. After these preparations, left thoracotomy is performed between the third and fourth ribs in order to visualize the anterior surface of the heart and left lung. The proximal segment of LCA artery is then ligated with a 7-0 ethilon suture which typically induces an infarct size ~40% of left ventricle. At the end, the chest is closed and the animals receive postoperative analgesia (Temgesic, 0.3 mg/50 ml, ip). The animals are kept in a warm cage until spontaneous recovery.
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Review of The Second Jewish Book of Why by Alfred Kolatch. New York: Jonathan David Publishers.
In his first volume of The Jewish Book of Why, Alfred Kolatch answered some five hundred fundamental questions about dietary laws, holidays, life-cycle milestones, and other topics relating to Judaism and Jewish practices. The scope of the questions was so broad, and the degree of detail in the relatively succinct responses so high, one might consider a sequel superfluous: After all, how much more can be written on the same subject for a lay readership? But even a cursory glance at the contents of The Second Jewish Book of Why is enough to dispel doubts about the necessity of Kolatch¹s follow-up: While the first volume was more than sufficient in providing basic information about Judaism, this second volume addresses issues that are more complex, complicated, and often controversial.
In the very first chapter of The Second Jewish Book of Why, Kolatch tackles what has been and remains a subject of dispute between individuals and Judaism¹s various denominations — the deceptively simple matter of who should be considered a Jew. Jewish and non-Jewish readers of the book will learn why, in traditional Judaism, it is impossible to be "half Jewish," and why religious observance plays no part in determining whether or not a person is Jewish. Even those readers with more than a superficial knowledge of the topic will be fascinated to discover the biblical basis for Jewish law on the subject — a law that makes it impossible for Jews to lose their Jewish identity — even if they openly convert to another religion!
The second chapter, "Judaism and Christianity," is especially relevant for intermarried couples as it highlights some of the differences between Jewish and Christian perspectives on such theological concepts as Original Sin, vicarious atonement, and asceticism. However, in comparing and contrasting the diverse perceptions of Jews and Christians regarding matters of faith, Kolatch also reveals many shared values and areas of agreement. In the chapter, "Marriage, Intermarriage, and Conversion," Kolatch notes that though most rabbis, including members of the Reform rabbinate, will not perform marriages between a Jew and non-Jew, those that do perform intermarriages cite the Talmudic statement that a conversion performed for the sake of marriage is invalid. By performing religious ceremonies for interfaith couples, these rabbis hope to draw non-Jews closer to Judaism.
In his chapter, "The Personal Dimension," Kolatch not only writes about Jewish laws and rituals regarding sex and sexuality, he also discusses Jewish attitudes toward various fertility enhancing techniques, such as drugs, artificial insemination, and the use of "host-mothers" to carry fetuses to term. As this book was written well before "Daisy," the sheep cloned in Scotland, ever saw the light of day, readers will have to await definitive answers to questions concerning cloning and other controversial forms of biological engineering that are likely to arise in the next century.
Additional topics discussed in this book include Jews in a gentile world, theology and prayer, and the changing roles of Jewish women. The book¹s index lists the subjects discussed in this book as well those Kolatch addressed in the original book, giving readers easy access to all of the material on a subject contained in both volumes. Together, The Jewish Book of Why and The Second Jewish Book of Why make up one of the most comprehensive lay resources on Judaism written to date. | <urn:uuid:40bc1347-079e-498c-ab75-4ee33570d151> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/A_Sequel_Equal_to_its_Predecessor_in_Distinction_A_Review_of_The_Second_Jewish_Book_of_Why.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719416.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00365-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953225 | 701 | 2.28125 | 2 |
The Plaza De Las Tres Culturas in the Mexico City neighborhood of Tlatelolco is one of the most important historical sites in the country. The site is known by that name because it is home to the three cultures of Mexico: Indigenous, Spanish, and Mestizo (Native & European descent). There’s a large stone slab that marks the area as the “painful birthplace” of Mestizos and, thus, the birthplace of modern Mexico.
It’s also the site of Tlatelolco Massacre of 1968. Thousands of students convened at the plaza on October 2nd of that year to continue their protests against the policies of president Gustavo Diaz Ordaz and the PRI. Military snipers fired at their own servicemen in order to provoke their attack on the protestors. The exact death toll is still unknown but numbers vary between 30 to over 300.
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On this episode Jason answers three of our listener questions and it just so happens that they all focus on some aspect of shoulder anatomy. We also talk about cats a lot. Here are the questions:
- Why do we flex the ankle in poses like Reclined Pigeon?
- Is “pull the shoulder blades down” a “bad” alignment cue?
- In Plank Pose, do you push strongly through the arms and upper back? Or soften the shoulders?
We recognize that it can be difficult to listen to a conversation about anatomy without visuals. To help you out, I put links to some of the shoulder-oriented posts and sequences we have on the blog.
RECOMMENDED & RELATED LINKS
Essential Sequence: Neck, Shoulders, and Upper Back
The Expert’s Guide to Chaturanga:
Part I, A Shoulder Surgeon’s Guide to Keeping Your Shoulders Safe
Part II, 5 Poses to Make Your Chaturanga Strong and Steady
Part III, Best and Worst Modifications and Alternatives
Part IV, Best Tips for Transitioning Into Chaturanga
Part V, Why Chaturanga is Tough to Teach & What to Do About It
A Shoulder Opening Sequence to Forearm Balance
The Perfect Shoulderstand Prep
Poddington Bear — 60s Quiz Show
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Microsoft® Project 2013 Plain and Simple, by Howard, Ben
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- ISBN: 9780735671997 | 0735671990
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 5/15/2013
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4 September, 2020
Healthy Eating at Restaurants: Don’t Abandon Your Diet
Don’t Abandon Your Diet
Americans love eating out — and there’s no reason why it can’t be healthy eating. But you can’t always find out the amount of calories, fat, or salt in a restaurant’s menu items. So follow these ordering tips to make sure you stay within your healthy diet.
Some Fats Are Good for You
Monounsaturated fats: Substituted for saturated fats in your diet, they help lower bad LDL cholesterol and don’t reduce good HDL cholesterol. Found in canola oil, olive oil, olives, avocados, nuts, and nut butters.
Polyunsaturated fats: Help lower cholesterol. Found in fatty fish, vegetable oils, and nuts and sunflower seeds.
Fish Is Good for Your Heart
Fish is a healthy choice when dining out. Ordering seafood such as salmon and tuna adds omega-3 fatty acids to your diet. They are a type of polyunsaturated fat that helps lower your heart disease risk. You’ll also find a different type of omega-3 in walnuts and edamame (soybeans).
Avoid Fried Foods and Added Cheese
Eating out often means getting too much saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, and calories.
How can you spot the dangers? Saturated fats come mostly from meat and whole-fat dairy foods. Tropical oils like palm oil and coconut oil, and butter are also saturated fats. Cholesterol is found in animal fats. Primarily the saturated fat and the cholesterol in the foods you eat increase your cholesterol levels.
Spotting High-Sodium Foods
Restaurant foods can be very high in sodium, or salt. If you are watching your sodium as many Americans need to, watch for:
- Foods that are pickled, smoked, in broth or au jus
- Cocktail sauce, soy or teriyaki sauce
Look for low-sodium soy sauce. And ask that your food be prepared without added salt or MSG.
Have a Heart
Some restaurants have tuned into heart-healthy eating. They offer low-fat, low-salt, low-cholesterol menu items, designated with a heart icon.
Don’t confuse this with the favorites icon. That can be a flag for popular, fatty choices. One delicious heart-healthy option: A grilled fish filet, a natural source of omega-3 fatty acids.
Don’t Be Afraid to Ask
In restaurants where food is cooked to order, you can make special requests for lighter fare.
If you’re counting calories — or keeping an eye on saturated fat, cholesterol, or sodium — tell your server.
Ask what’s in a dish. Find out how it’s cooked. A chef can often prepare food using less oil, no butter, or no added salt. If there is sauce, salad dressing, or gravy, get it on the side. Then you can dip — or skip — and use less.
Clues to Unhealthy Dishes
Concerned about high cholesterol, diabetes, or losing weight? Read menus carefully.
- Fried, au gratin, braised, buttered, creamed, escalloped
- Hollandaise, cheese or cream sauce
- In gravy, pan-fried or -roasted, rich, in butter sauce.
Clues to Healthy Nutrition
Grilled chicken vs. fried chicken. Broiled fish vs. fried fish. When dining out, look for possible code words to healthier food with less saturated fat.
- Baked, broiled, grilled
- Poached, roasted, steamed
- In its own juice, garden fresh
Cutting Fat Can Help Weight Loss
Ask your server about healthy substitutions:
- A vegetable or fruit instead of french fries.
- Skinless chicken that’s broiled instead of fried.
- Low-fat milk for your coffee, instead of cream.
No Substitutions? No Problem
What if your server says, “Absolutely no substitutions”? Try these 4 tips:
- Ask that fries be left off your plate.
- Peel the skin off fried chicken.
- Skip the butter.
- Drink tea instead of coffee with cream.
Don’t Eat It All
Restaurants serve huge portions. If you’re counting calories — or monitoring blood glucose – don’t eat it all yourself. Try this instead:
- Restrain yourself, and take a box home.
- Share with others at your table.
- Ask your server to box up half before bringing the meal out.
If you’re counting calories and saturated fat, hamburgers, rib eye, porterhouse, or T-bone steaks don’t score well.
- Barbeque or grilled chicken, lean pot roast, meat loaf.
- London broil, filet mignon, flank steak, sirloin tip, tenderloin.
- Seafood, boiled shrimp, oysters on the half shell.
Spicing Up Your Diet
Crave Cajun food? It can be packed with saturated fat and salt. Here’s how to order healthy:
Thumbs Down: Hush puppies, fried seafood, gumbos, etouffee sauces, blackened fish, and dirty rice.
Thumbs Up: Heart-healthy creoles and jambalayas, boiled crawfish or shrimp, and white rice.
Healthy Chinese Food
Thumbs Down: Egg rolls, egg drop soup, fried wontons, Lo Mein, Moo Shu, General Tso’s Chicken, Sweet and Sour Pork, and fried rice. They are prepared with lots of oil, sodium, and MSG.
Thumbs Up: Steamed or stir-fried seafood, chicken, bean curd, or vegetable dishes — plus steamed rice — for heart health. If possible, ask the cook to use less oil, soy sauce, and MSG.
Greek Food to Savor
Thumbs Down: Moussaka, gyros, and baklava. If you’re counting calories and saturated fat, get real about high-fat meats (like lamb and beef), cheese, and butter in these dishes.
Thumbs Up: Appetizers with chickpeas, eggplant, tomatoes, grains — like hummus, baba ganouj, tabouli, dolmas. Also, shish kabob, chicken with pita, fish cooked in tomatoes.
Healthy Choices for Indian Food
Thumbs Down: Samosas and creamy curries. Many Indian dishes are full of high-fat ghee (clarified butter), coconut oil and milk. When you’re eating out on a diet, read the menu closely.
Thumbs Up: Tandoori meats, vegetable or dal curries, and shish kabobs. South Indian food offers spicy vegetarian dishes — with cauliflower, peas, tomatoes, eggplant, lentils, rice, and chutney.
Mexican Food Fiesta
At Mexican eateries, dining out is a party. But beware the lard and cheese.
Thumbs Down: Chips, fried tacos, refried beans, quesadillas, and chimichangas. They’re loaded with saturated fat and sodium.
Thumbs Up: Start with black bean soup or grilled shrimp. Share chicken or shrimp fajitas. Try grilled shrimp or fish, with fresh salsa; chili verde (pork); or arroz con pollo (chicken).
Healthy Italian Food
Pasta is the essence of Italian dining. But it can be a saturated fat-and-calorie disaster!
Thumbs Down: Creamy, cheesy sauces (like Alfredo). Fried calamari, pastas stuffed with cheese.
Thumbs Up: Light sauces, like primavera (vegetables); marsala (wine, mushrooms, beef stock); marinara (tomatoes, onions, garlic); or clam sauce. Have minestrone for starters, plus a heart-healthy glass of red wine.
How Pizza Can Be On Your Diet
Follow these healthy eating tips:
- Order a thin crust.
- Pile on vegetable toppings, and skip the meat.
- Ask for extra sauce — and half the cheese.
- Start with a salad.
- Stop after one or two slices, and take the rest home.
Watch for Hidden Fat
Thai food offers heart-healthy sauces and fresh vegetables. But saturated fat hides in foods fried in lard and coconut oil.
Thumbs Down: Fried spring rolls, coconut chicken soup (tom ka gai), duck.
Thumbs Up: Steamed spring rolls, hot-and-sour soup, pad thai (stir-fried noodles), vegetable stir fries, sticky rice.
Healthy Fast Food
Thumbs Up: Grilled chicken, chicken fajita pitas, turkey sandwiches, baked chips, or frozen yogurt.
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ValleyZen’s Bill and Drue spoke with Prof. Hiroshi Ishii after his Stanford lecture for Prof. Terry Winograd’s CS Human-Computer Interaction Seminar. Ishii granted ValleyZen an exciting satori-inducing interview at Drue’s studio. Watch the video here or embedded below.
Japanese Zen aesthetics are interwoven in all of Prof. Ishii’s technological creations and projects. In the video check out Prof Ishii on:
- The Zen of Human Computer Interaction
- Emptiness and imagination
- Negative Space and “Ghostly Presence”
- Essence of Japanese Art
- Importance of leaving space
- The “What drives creation?” pyramid
- Drue’s “Around the World” Enso
- Blurring Boundaries between our bodies and cyberspace
Professor Hiroshi Ishii is reconciling our dual citizenship in the worlds of bits and atoms. The founder of the Tangible Media Group and professor of Media Arts & Sciences at the MIT Media Laboratory is transforming “painted bits” of GUIs to “tangible bits” by giving tangible physical form to digital information and computation. This is no easy task, but no one could be more suited for this demanding work than Ishii. He is an ambassador between physical and digital worlds continually traveling back and forth to create bridges of meaning, beauty and functionality.
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Our closed up homes during the chilly flu season makes them virtual incubators of germs and viruses.
Where else can they go? They don't have any other exit route. And all the warm bodies - us! - inside provide a perfect growing ground on which the flu virus can gain a toehold.
You can get the flu virus when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks and droplets containing their germs land in your mouth or nose. (Ick.)
These 10 tips for flu prevention at home can help keep your family healthy this flu season.
Talk about under-rated! Hand-washing is the single most effective means for flu prevention we have at our disposal.
Make washing hands a frequent part of your children's day. (Tell them they can finally play in water.)
Remind kids that for hand hygiene to be effective, they must rub vigorously for at least 30 seconds to kill germs, about as long as it takes to sing the Happy Birthday song twice.
Carry a hand sanitizer for those times when you don't have access to water.
When you have symptoms - such as a cough - cover it with a tissue. When you're without one, an elbow will do. Then throw the tissue away. (Keep the elbow.)
Getting the flu vaccine is especially important if you have a baby at home, or someone with a weak immune system. In short: Don't go there. Flu shots are easily obtained at pharmacies and grocery stores. Save yourself the headache (and worse) and be proactive now. It's not too late.
Do separate loads for family members with viral symptoms to ensure no transmission of germs happens in the laundry room. And be sure to keep dirty laundry as far from your mouth, nose, and eyes as possible. When drying, choose the machine's hottest setting. It's the best way to kill germs.
The worst germ-breeding object in your house is the kitchen sponge or dishrag.
The moistness in sponges creates an ideal growing environment for these nasty little creatures.
Remember this as you're bringing in soup bowls and water glasses from your family patient to ensure there's no cross-transmission here.
The contagious period runs from a day before symptoms appear to up to 5 to 7 days after. Be vigilant here.
Remember to use a disinfectant on sponges regularly as a flu prevention measure - or just pop them in the dishwasher next time you run it.
Regularly clean doorknobs, faucets, countertops, computer keyboards, and other frequently touched surfaces with a disinfectant wipe or spray as a flu prevention measure to keep the virus off of your home's frequently touched surfaces.
Cold germs and viruses are around all the time. So why aren’t we sick all the time? Healthy, well-nourished, well-rested people can fend off most germs and viruses. And if you do get sick, good health usually helps you recover faster.
sure your family gets at least eight hours of sleep a night, eats
healthy meals (lots of fruit and vegetables) and exercises daily.
If you or your child is running a temperature, another one of the virus symptoms, stay home. Do not go out and infect others. That's how an epidemic starts.
If you get sick, start an antiviral prescription medication right away. Taken within the first 48 hours of symptoms, they can lessen the severity of your symptoms. They can also prevent serious virus-related complications, like pneumonia.
If you're not better after several days, call your doctor. It's time to replace doctor Mom with a doctor of the licensed sort.
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Alaska Attractions, Day Trips February 14, 2018
Visit The Incredible Zoo In Alaska For A Fun Family Day Trip
Although most of the state is ruled by wilderness and everywhere you turn you can see wildlife, it is still wonderful to have a zoo in the neighborhood. Alaska has its very own zoo that lies on the edge of Anchorage. This wonderful education center has outreach programs, animal rehabilitation and housing for animals in need. The Alaska Zoo is also the home of Zoo Lights, a winter exhibition that will fill a dark winter night with magic.
Since 1969, the zoo has cared for orphaned and injured wildlife as the only zoo in Alaska. Many of the animals are found wounded or orphaned and alone and house them in this picturesque place.
Polar bears are one of the Alaskan animals on display, and perfectly suited to the climate (unless Anchorage is a little too warm!) They have outdoor cages for their comfort.
The zoo has a wealth of educational programming for all ages. The guides tour, visit classrooms with animals, and host special events like story times and informational Critter Chats.
The scientists help nurse rescued animals back to health, or find them new homes if they can't return to the wild. A major function of their work is caring for animals that wouldn't make it on their own.
There are a number of bird species in the zoo including magpie, rooster, Merlin, sharp-shinned hawk, short-eared owl, Great gray owl, peregrine falcon, red-tailed hawk, great horned owl, and Bald eagle.
Muskoxen live wild in Alaska and Canada, and have changed little since they adapted for arctic life in the Ice Age.
They also have a Canadian lynx, the only wild cat species native to Alaska. These rare animals are extremely illusive in the wild.
The park is lined with brilliant lights in the winter months for touring in the dark evening hours. Check out Zoo Lights
The wolf has a special place in the heart of many Alaskans, all being lone wolves in some way. In the fall, celebrate Wolf Day where you can howl at the moon.
Visit this small zoo to see just a few of the amazing animals that call Alaska home, and some that don't. You will have an excellent day trip in Anchorage with friends or family.
The Alaska Zoo
4731 O’Malley Road
Anchorage, Alaska 99507
Hours for Spring/Summer 2018:
February: 10am to 4pm* Daily (6:30-8:30pm on Zoo Lights nights)
March and April: 10am to 5pm* Daily ( Zoo Lights end March 4th)
May: 9am to 6pm* Daily
June, July and August: 9am to 9pm* Daily
If you like the zoo, check out the aquarium in
This Epic Alaska Aquarium Is Perfect For A Family Day Trip. Or you might like 20 Legitimately Fun Things You Can Do In Alaska Without Spending A Dime.
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Biology Students Win Shadle, Fulbright Fellowships
Miguel Pinto (Christian Miguel Pinto Baez), graduate student in the Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior subprogram in Biology, was awarded the 2012 Shadle Fellowship from the American Society of Mammalogists. http://www.mammalsociety.org/2012-shadle-fellowship-christian-miguel-pinto-baez. The fellowship is awarded to “a graduate student in recognition of current accomplishments in Mammalogy and future potential.” Miguel already has a distinguished publishing record (13 papers) and is currently working on the evolution of the host-parasite relationship between bats and trypanosomes.
Doctoral student Susan Tsang was awarded a Fulbright fellowship to carry out research in Indonesia on the genetic diversity of the flying fox for the academic year 2012–2013 and into the summer. Tsang was also recently awarded a Lewis and Clark Fund in Exploration Grant from the American Philosophical Society.
Submitted on: OCT 9, 2012
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Sagebrush Ocean, Tenth Anniversary EditionA Natural History Of The Great Basin$39.95Author: Stephen TrimbleFormat: Cloth
Published Date: 1999
Noted writer and photographer Stephen Trimble mixes eloquent accounts of personal experiences with clear explication of natural history. His photographs capture some of the most spectacular but least-known scenery in the western states. The Great Basin Desert sweeps from the Sierra to the Rockies, from the Snake River Plain to the Mojave Desert. "Biogeography" would be one way to sum up Trimble's focus on the land: what lives where, and why. He introduces concepts of desert ecology and discusses living communities of animals and plants that band Great Basin mountains—from the exhilarating emptiness of dry lake-beds to alpine regions at the summits of the 13,000-foot Basin ranges.
This is the best general introduction to the ecology and spirit of the Great Basin, a place where "the desert almost seems to mirror the sky in size," where mountains hold "ravens, bristlecone pines, winter stillness—and unseen, but satisfying, the possibility of bighorn sheep." Trimble's photographs come from the backcountry of this rugged land, from months of exploring and hiking the Great Basin wilderness in all seasons; and his well-chosen words come from a rare intimacy with the West.
Stephen Trimble was born in Denver, his family's base for roaming the West with his geologist father. After a liberal arts education at Colorado College, he worked as a park ranger in Colorado and Utah, earned a master's degree in ecology at the University of Arizona, served as director of the Museum of Northern Arizona Press, and for five years lived near Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has been a full-time free-lance writer and photographer since 1981.
"The Sagebrush Ocean is one beauty of a book, a triumph of regional literature of the kind we need, to relate more closely to his land of ours." —Harold Gilliam, The San Francisco Chronicle
“This seemingly harsh, but actually beautiful—and fragile—landscape cannot even be seen, much less appreciated, at seventy miles per hour. You have to dismount your Ford and investigate it on foot. If you cannot do so, Trimble’s survey is the next best thing. His writing style is first-person informal (almost conversational), but informed.” —Richard Dillon, True West
“Books as well written, well researched, and nicely photographed as this one are a rare commodity in the expanding literary genre of Western natural history. What Stephen Trimble and the University of Nevada Press have combined to produce here is a single package that fits well in all these categories.” —Dan Flores, Department of History, University of Montana, Missoula | <urn:uuid:b23c5318-13eb-4465-9c38-fc3c1b4ed273> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://unpress.nevada.edu/books/?isbn=9780874173437 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00073.warc.gz | en | 0.942659 | 602 | 1.914063 | 2 |
Metformin therapy in patients with chronic kidney disease
Metformin therapy is limited in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) due to the potential risk of lactic acidosis. This open-label observational study investigated metformin and lactate concentrations in patients with CKD (n = 22; creatinine clearances 15-40 ml/min) and in two dialysed patients. Patients were prescribed a range of metformin doses (250-2000 mg daily) and metformin concentrations were compared with data from healthy subjects (scaled to 1500 mg twice daily). A subset of patients (n = 7) was controlled on low doses of metformin (250 or 500 mg daily). No correlation between metformin and lactate concentrations was observed. Three patients had high lactate concentrations (>2.7 mmol/l) and two had high metformin concentrations (3-5 mg/l), but none had any symptoms of lactic acidosis. Reducing metformin dosage and monitoring metformin concentrations will allow the safe use of metformin in CKD, provided that renal function is stable.
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|Authors||Duong, J. K.; Roberts, D. M.; Furlong, T. J.; Kumar, S. S.; Greenfield, J. R.; Kirkpatrick, C. M.; Graham, G. G.; Williams, K. M.; Day, R. O.;|
|Publisher Name||DIABETES OBES METAB|
|Published Date||2012-01-01 00:00:00|
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Arizona Proposition 204 will destroy jobs and cost families money
The so-called “Quality Jobs and Education Act” is theoretically going to reform our schools! Spend more money on education! Build roads and bridges! Stop homelessness! And stop every other crisis, real or imagined, in the state of Arizona. Of course, raising the state sales tax by one cent will do little toward those ends. But what will it accomplish?
It will be expensive. Sales taxes are expensive for workers and families trying to buy the things they need to survive. They’re regressive taxes, that hurt poor people and the middle class the most. It will cost people buying big-ticket items like cars or TV sets a huge amount of money. For every $1000 spent, $10 will go into this massive government spending slush fund if Prop 204 passes.
Supporters are claiming the law will create quality jobs, but in fact this measure will destroy jobs. Many of Arizona’s shopping malls and retail centers are ghost towns compared to their heydey in the early 2000’s. Anchored by boarded up shops and the remains of what were once thriving businesses, these places are watching the jobs they used to create disappear. It’s far from the only factor in play, but consumers’ ability to avoid sales taxes by shopping online is definitely playing a role in this.
No one is disputing that there are serious problems with public education in Arizona or that the government should focus on job creation. But, Prop 204 is neither an education reform nor a pro-growth rollback of taxes and regulations. It is more of the same we’ve been hearing from liberals all across the nation for the last four years: we can stimulate the economy and create jobs by raising taxes and spending government money. It didn’t work for America with the Recovery Act, and it won’t work for Arizona with Proposition 204. | <urn:uuid:65d4c666-7bce-4934-aaa0-98d1bb0af45b> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.westernfreepress.com/2012/09/15/arizona-proposition-204-will-destroy-jobs-and-cost-families-money/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720380.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00056-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956175 | 393 | 1.914063 | 2 |
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Presenter: Tanner Green, Fulton College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Authors: Tanner Eric Green
Faculty Advisor: Cammy Peterson, Fulton College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Institution: Brigham Young University
With their infinite number of applications and possibilities, drones are quickly becoming one of the most popular technological advances of the modern day. However, because so many people are starting to use drones, there are certain precautions that must be addressed before any major changes occur within the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration). My research deals with the inter communication between all UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) within a given area. In order for drones to avoid collisions, they must communicate with each other and know every other vehicles position. When the number of vehicles in a given air space starts to get too high, co-channel interference becomes a major concern. I am currently analyzing the pseudo random algorithms that allow drones to communicate with each other in hopes to improve and maintain connection between UAS in any given area with any given number of vehicles. It turns out this random algorithm might not be as random as we think... | <urn:uuid:4ef8ed01-179a-4c27-b110-f1dfedf294c1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ucur.org/2021/evaluating-the-effectiveness-of-altering-the-distribution-of | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00674.warc.gz | en | 0.930758 | 227 | 2.609375 | 3 |
"What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard,
even than what he condemns,
of his own character, information and abilities."
"One distinguishing mark of an unregenerate man is ingratitude."
[E. J. Conrad]
is the finest measure of thanksgiving: a thankfulness that springs from love."
[William C. Skeath]
"By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is,
the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name."
"The very fact that a man is thankful implies Someone to be thankful to."
"He who forgets the language of gratitude can never be on speaking terms with happiness."
[C. Neil Strait]
"Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count past mercies."
[Charles E. Jefferson]
"Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them,
is the true measure of our thanksgiving."
[W. T. Purkis]
"Gratitude, in most men, is only a strong and secret hope of greater favors."
"Attitudes sour in the life that is closed to thankfulness.
Soon selfish attitudes take over, closing life to better things."
[C. Neil Strait]
"From David learn to give
thanks for everything.
Every furrow in the Book of Psalms is sown with the seeds of thanksgiving."
"I praise God because he not only guides my directions but overrules my mistakes."
[H. Norman Pell]
"No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks."
[Ambrose of Milan]
"True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us,
and not to tell Him what we have done for Him."
[George R. Hendrick]
ďSilent gratitude isnít much use to anyone.Ē
[G. B. Stern]
"We are so taken up with the affairs of the present that we don't have time to give thanks
for blessings of the past."
[John A. Broadus]
"As we pause to thank Him for the blessings of the past year,
we must not forget to thank Him for the lessons we have learned through our difficult times.
We are not to be thankful for just the pleasant, easy things, but ALL things."
"We tend to take all the gifts and pleasures and happiness and the joy without saying much to God.
We take our health and strength, our food and clothing and our loved ones, all for granted;
but the moment anything goes wrong we start grumbling and complaining and
we say 'Why should God do this to me, why should this happen to me?'
How slow we are to thank and swift to grumble."
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many--not on your past misfortunes,
of which all men have some."
"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues."
"Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies."
[Charles E. Jefferson]
"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
[William Arthur Ward]
"Gratitude to God should be as habitual as the reception of mercies is constant,
as ardent as the number of them is great,
as devout as the riches of divine grace and goodness is incomprehensible.
"Giving thanks to God for both His temporal and spiritual blessings in our lives
is not just a nice thing to do - it is the moral will of God.
Failure to give Him the thanks due Him is sin."
[Jerry Bridges, Respectable Sins]
"O Lord, who lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness."
"He who remembers the benefits of his parents is too much occupied with his recollections
to remember their faults."
"We never approach God without cause for gratitude.
Thankfulness, a duty and delight greatly prominent in the Bible, is the declarative mood of gratitude -
a bright fire in the world's frigid zone, the memory and homage of the heart,
a master force in soul-building, the greatest tonic faith has. Be ye thankful."
[Robert G. Lee]
"I hate ingratitude more in man than lying, vainness, drunkenness or any taint of vice,
whose strong corruption inhibits our frail blood."
"Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil of which thanks naturally grow.
A proud man is seldom a grateful man,
for he never thinks he gets much as he deserves."
[Henry Ward Beecher]
"That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works."
"Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without
thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks
strength and fortitude. ]
Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road."
[John Henry Jowett]
"To hear someone say 'Happy Turkey Day' makes me sad because they have nothing
to be thankful for and no one to whom to be thankful."
"Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those
we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now."
[A. W. Tozer]
"We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction."
[Harry A. Ironside]
"The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts.
No Americans have been more impoverished than these who,
nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving."
[H. U. Westermayer]
"In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give,
and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich."
"You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake.
If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled."
[Charles Haddon Spurgeon]
"Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor
and praise for His goodness."
[Robert Casper Lintner
"Our rural ancestors, with little blest, patient of labor
when the end was rest, indulged the day
that housed their annual grain, with feasts, and offerings, and a thankful strain."
"Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts,
except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!"
[Henry Ward Beecher]
ďA thanksgiving-day hath a double precedency of a fast-day.
On a fast-day we eye Godís anger; on a thanksgiving-day we look to Godís favor.
In the former we specially mind our corruptions; in the latter, Godís compassions;
therefore a fast-day calls for sorrow, a thanksgiving-day for joy.
But the Lordís day is the highest thanksgiving day.Ē
[George Swinnock ]
"The Christian who walks with the Lord and keeps constant communion with Him will see
many reason for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long."
"No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope or fear;
But, grateful, take the good I find,
The best of now and here."
[John Greenleaf Whittier]
"It must be an odd feeling to be thankful to nobody in particular.
Christians in public institutions often see this odd thing happening on Thanksgiving Day.
Everyone in the institution seems to be thankful 'in general.'
It's very strange. It's a little like being married in general."
[Cornelius Plantingua, Jr.]
"Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel." [Unknown]
"Taking for granted all the temporal provisions and spiritual blessings
that God has so richly bestowed on us,
and so failing to continually give thanks, is one of our "acceptable sins"
[Jerry Bridges, Respectable Sins]
"O Lord, that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!"
"Let every thing that hath breath praise
the LORD. Praise ye the LORD."
"If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get."
[Frank A. Clark]
"Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be
made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and
peaceable life in all godliness and reverence."
[Apostle Paul - 1 Timothy 2:1, 2]
"Praise is the best auxiliary to prayer; and he who most bears in mind what has been done
for him by God will be most emboldened to supplicate fresh gifts from above."
"If we meet someone who owes us
thanks, we right away remember that.
But how often do we meet someone to whom we owe thanks without remembering that?"
[Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe]
people complain because God put thorns on roses,
while others praise Him
for putting roses among thorns."
"He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it."
"Gratitude is the least of the virtues, but ingratitude is the worst of vices."
"Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift."
[Apostle Paul - 2 Corinthians 9:15]
"Do not fancy, as too many do, that thou canst praise God by singing hymns to Him
in church once a week, and disobeying Him all the week long.
He asks of thee works as well as words; and more, he asks of thee works first and words after."
"My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing
and give praise. Awake up, my glory;
awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations."
[David - Psalm 57:7 - 9]
"If anyone would tell you the shortest, surest way to happiness and all perfection,
he must tell you to make it a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything
that happens to you. For it is certain that whatever seeming calamity happens to you,
if you thank and praise God for it, you turn it into a blessing."
"How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren
to learn thanksgiving at an early age.
Thanksgiving opens the doors. It changes a childís personality Ö
thankful children want to give, they radiate happiness, they draw people."
[Sir John Templeton]
"For a Christian thanksgiving, we must give thanks."
"But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you,
as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness,
nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks."
[Apostle Paul - Ephesians 5:3, 4 NKJV]
"Thank you, dear God
For all You have given me,
For all You have taken away from me,
For all You have left me."
We come, O Lord, these Autumn days,
With hymns of gratitude and praise.
Harvest of gold the plains adorn,
Rich fruits roll forth from Plentyís horn;
Thou givest treasures from the rocks;
The little hills are clothed with flocks;
The seas are with their burden white,
And new Thy mercies day and night.
For changing seasons as they go,
For Autumn leaf, for Winterís snow,
For the green verdure of the Spring,
For life in plant and life on wing,
For Summer with its ripening heat,
For hopes the rounded years complete,
For morn and noon, for night and day,
For light that marks our heavenward way;
For all the blessings of Thy hand,
For freedom in fair freedomís land,
Pursuits of thrift that bring us wealth,
For schools and churches, peace and health,
For commerce, yielding up her stores,
Brought for manís use from distant shores;
For countless gifts, O Lord, we raise
Our hymns of gratitude and praise.
Thou settest man in families,
And all his wants the earth supplies;
Of children, be they far or near,
Of childrenís children gathered here,
We thank Thee for Thy gracious care,
And lift for them the secret prayer,
As clustered round each social board
We eat and drink, and praise the Lord.
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The slew of executive actions that President Biden started off his presidency with are popular with the public, according to two recent polls.
Partisans don’t just disagree, they hate one another | FiveThirtyEight
In his first week in office, Biden announced at least 33 new policies that he will implement through the executive branch, according to a count from CNN. Polls conducted by Morning Consult and Ipsos since Biden’s first day in office have assessed public opinion on 14 of these policies. In all cases, more of those polled favor the policies than oppose them, and a majority support nearly every policy.
|Biden Executive Policy||All||GOP||All||GOP|
|Prohibiting workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity†||83%||64%||16%||34%|
|Committing to a government-wide focus on racial equity†||77||52||21||45|
|Requiring masks on federal property||75||54||19||35|
|Continuing suspension of federal student loan repayments‡||68||46||19||38|
|Continuing a ban on evictions‡||66||49||17||31|
|Restarting DACA program†||65||33||33||66|
|Rejoining the World Health Organization||62||29||30||61|
|Recommitting to the Paris climate agreement||61||27||31||63|
|Reexamining Trump policies on public health and the environment‡||57||24||28||56|
|Allowing noncitizens to be counted in the U.S. Census†||56||17||42||81|
|Ending new wall construction at the U.S.-Mexico border||53||14||40||80|
|Ending the ban on travel to the U.S. from some primarily Muslim/African nations||52||16||40||75|
|Enacting a moratorium on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge‡||49||21||27||53|
|Revoking the permit for the Keystone pipeline‡||43||15||32||60|
And while polls haven’t been released to specifically ask about Biden’s executive order to reverse the ban on transgender people serving in the military, previous surveys suggest that move will also likely be popular with the public.
The popularity of these policies is notable for a few reasons. First, Biden’s emphasis on trying to unify the country in his inaugural address has created a debate in political circles about exactly what constitutes “unity.” These early executive orders meet one definition — adopting policies that a clear majority of Americans support, which necessitates that at least some Republicans back them. In fact, a few of these policies, such as requiring people to wear masks on federal property, have plurality support among Republicans. (On the other hand, many of Biden’s policies, such as trying to make sure noncitizens are counted in the U.S. Census, are extremely unpopular with Republicans.)
Secondly, the popularity of these orders with the public is another illustration of what public opinion has long suggested: Americans are divided into two roughly equal-sized camps in terms of electoral power — in part because structures such as the Senate and the Electoral College have skewed the vote toward Republicans, at least in recent years — but that divide does not always show up in terms of policy issues. For example, protecting undocumented people brought to the U.S. as children from deportation (the DACA program) has long had a fair amount of support from people who vote for and identify with the Republican Party, which tried to wind down DACA in the Trump era.
You might be skeptical of polling that seems favorable to Democrats after many polls in 2016 and 2020 underestimated GOP strength. But there are a number of recent examples of liberal policies being supported by voters who also back Republican candidates. This happened last fall in Florida, where a proposal to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour got 61 percent support, but the presidential candidate in favor of that idea, Biden, received only 48 percent. So I tend to think these numbers are reliable and that a bloc of Trump voters agrees with many of Biden’s new policies.
Thirdly, the popularity of these orders suggests that Biden will govern differently than his predecessor. In the case of many of these orders, Trump implemented a policy that polls clearly showed was unpopular and Biden is simply reversing it. Biden positioned himself during the Democratic primary as a candidate who would eschew controversial ideas to appeal to more centrist voters. And we are only a week into his presidency, but it looks like Biden is trying to follow through on his campaign approach.
All that said, these early poll numbers don’t guarantee that Biden or his agenda will remain popular, nor that he will reshape federal policy as he wants. These orders were the low-hanging fruit left to Biden by Trump — a bunch of policies Trump put in place that were unpopular and Biden could reverse quickly. There probably aren’t dozens more policies that are popular and Biden could put in place without going through Congress. Also, Biden’s approval numbers are strong right now, but those numbers could be the result of the traditional (if diminished) honeymoon period that presidents get at the start of their terms, as opposed to Americans saying they like Biden because of the policies.
Finally, because these are executive orders, these policies don’t come with the power or money of legislation adopted by Congress. So Biden signing an executive order declaring that his administration will evaluate all policies to make sure they improve the nation’s racial equity is one thing, but actually adopting policies to improve the nation’s racial equity is much more complicated. | <urn:uuid:234666f4-bdd2-4ad0-9878-f82cd782c004> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/bidens-initial-batch-of-executive-actions-is-popular/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.960967 | 1,205 | 1.695313 | 2 |
Faculty Scholarship Digest
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee, LAW AND PUBLIC EDUCATION: CASES AND MATERIALS (4TH ed. LEXISNEXIS 2008) (with Philip T.K. Daniel).
This is the latest edition of a venerable casebook in the field. The third edition was published in 1995, so naturally this edition involves substantial rewriting and a great deal of new material. Indeed, reviewing the chapter titles, the reader is reminded of how many distinct issues and different areas of the law are implicated in education, and how these issues continue to evolve, make headlines, and remain prominent in litigation and legislation. For example: affirmative action, searches of students, student rights to political expression, school segregation, educating students with disabilities, financing of public education, and issues relating to religion and public education. Gee and Daniel delve into the developments in all these fields as they bring the book fully up to date.
E. Gordon Gee (w/ Philip T.K. Daniel et al.), Law, Policy, and Higher Education (2012).
Having served in higher education for over three decades, our former colleague, President Emeritus E. Gordon Gee, brings a lifetime of experience to this new coauthored textbook about the legal issues facing colleges and universities today. Law, Policy, and Higher Education is a behemoth, weighing in at 1369 pages. It includes basic foundational material including an overview on governance, negligence, duties of administrators and faculty, and functioning of Institutional Review Boards. The text not only covers the basics, but also includes topics that are on the forefront of higher education—intercollegiate athletics, individuals with disabilities, and intellectual property. In the case of athletics, the financial commitment of college athletics and the allegation of treating athletes as commodities are explored. Considering students with disabilities, the text describes the dramatic rise in enrollment of students with disabilities, traces the legal development of the Americans with Disabilities Act and 2008 Amendments, and then explores the policies adopted in higher education to support students with special needs. Similarly with intellectual property, the book identifies not only the copyright and trademark issues, but also tackles the commercialization of university owned technologies and technology transfers. The cutting edge coverage of issues is complemented by the authors’ sensitivity to the varied career objectives of their audience. They provide students with the necessary background regardless of whether their ultimate goal is a career in administration, university counsel, general law practice, or a professorship. | <urn:uuid:7fb0e9fd-5f44-49cf-ac31-4e11ff619b7d> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty/scholarship-digest/?id=177 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719784.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00427-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943979 | 508 | 1.664063 | 2 |
Morning Minutes: Dec. 22
Word of the Day
Chrestomathy kreh-STAH-muh-thee (noun) A selection of passages used to help learn a language; a volume of selected passages or stories of an author - www.merriam-webster.com
Website of the Day
Family Education – The Winter Solstice
It may already feel like winter where you live, but today is the official start to the season. Visit this family-friendly site to learn about the winter solstice, including its history and traditions. There also are ideas on how to beat the winter blues.
Number to Know
50,000: The number of letters for Santa Claus that the Nuuk, Greenland, post office gets each year, according to CNN.
This Day in History
Dec. 22, 2001: Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
Today’s Featured Birthday
TV host Diane Sawyer (66)
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Spring Wake Up!
Details: Get ready for Spring! Join us at Hart House for a festival of hands-on and educational activities in celebration of spring, and growing things!
- Learn to make seed pots from recycled materials
- Plant seeds to take home and watch them grow
- Crafts to feed the birds
- Make crafts to decorate your garden, big or small
All ages are welcome, all materials provided.
Bring your family to Hart House one Sunday a month for fun, interactive and educational family events that explore cultural diversity through storytelling, music, food, arts and crafts.
When: Sun., April 17, 2016, from 11 am – 1 pm
Where: East Common Room, Hart House
Cost: Free / All materials are provided / SOLD OUT!
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The Fed lowered it to this level on Dec. 17, 2008, the 10th rate cut in a little more than a year. It didn’t raise rates until December 2015. Before this, the lowest fed funds rate was 1% in 2003 to combat the 2001 recession. At the time, there were fears that the economy was drifting toward deflation. Fed Funds Rate History
Historical daily required net yields for 10-, 30-, 60-, and 90-day mandatory delivery whole loan commitments for 30- and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages (frms) with Actual/Actual (A/A) remittance are available by month for the last 12 months.
Current interest rate par swap rate data : Home / News Interest Rate Swap Education Books on Interest Rate Swaps Swap Rates LIBOR Rates Economic Calendar & Other Rates. Current Interest Rate Swap Rates – USD. Libor Rates are available Here.
This table provides the monthly weighted-average rates and the monthly average rates of 30-year Treasury Securities. These rates are used in the determination of (1) the full funding limitation and current liability of a plan and (2) the minimum present value of a participant’s benefit.
30 Year Treasury Rate – 39 year historical chart. Interactive chart showing the daily 30 year treasury yield back to 1977. The U.S Treasury suspended issuance of the 30 year bond between 2/15/2002 and 2/9/2006. The current 30 year treasury yield as of July 10, 2019 is 2.57%.
low unemployment A look back at history shows that the Fed has been willing to cut rates with stocks at or near all-time.
Link REIT (SEHK:0823) has been a popular choice for many investors in Hong Kong, the mega-REIT has slowed down in recent.
Mortgage rate history: 1971 to Today. By October 1981, the average rate for 30-year mortgages reached its all-time high of 18.63%. Today’s rates, while currently on the rise, are still at all-time lows compared to previous decades. The following are current rates for a mortgage at the median national home price of $210,000, down payment of 20%, and credit score of 740.
Mortgage Rates Remain Stable July 11, 2019. The recent stabilization in mortgage rates reflects modestly improving U.S. economic data and a more accommodative tone from the Federal Reserve to respond to the rising downside economic risk from trade tensions and soft global economic data.
10 Year Fixed Rate Loan To get an idea of where 30-year fixed rates will be, use a spread of about 170 basis points, or 1.70% above the current 10-year bond yield. This spread accounts for the increased risk associated with a mortgage vs. a bond. So a 10-yr bond yield of 4.00% plus the.Interest Only Mortgage Rates Reduced monthly payment via Interest Only Mortgage = $723. Please be fully aware that with the Interest Only mortgages if you pay the minimum required amount (interest only) during the first five years your principal balance will not start reducing until year six when principal and interest payments start. | <urn:uuid:f8a118a3-77f3-4068-ba80-9dda0bb27cf4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.decons.net/30-year-interest-rate-history/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.920746 | 649 | 1.929688 | 2 |
GroupLayout (Free Design)
The goal of the group layout manager is to make it easy to create professional cross platform layouts. It is designed for GUI builders, such as JFormDesigner, to use the "Free Design" paradigm. You can lay out your forms by simply placing components where you want them. Visual guidelines suggest optimal spacing, alignment and resizing of components.
GroupLayout has been developed by the NetBeans team and is also used by the NetBeans GUI Builder (formerly Project Matisse). They provide a comprehensive tutorial on designing GUIs using GroupLayout, which is also suitable for JFormDesigner: http://netbeans.org/kb/60/java/quickstart-gui.html
GroupLayout is part of the
standard Java distribution since Java 6. If you need to run your
application also on Java 5 or 1.4, you can use the open-source Swing Layout Extension
library, which is compatible to the Java 6 GroupLayout, but uses
different package names. Change the option "GroupLayout Generation
Style" in the Layout
Managers (Java Code Generator) preferences if necessary.
The API documentation is available here: doc.formdev.com/grouplayout/.
IDE plug-ins: If you use GroupLayout from the Swing Layout Extension library the first time, the JFormDesigner IDE plug-in ask you whether it should copy the required library (and its source code and documentation) to the IDE project and add it to the classpath of the IDE project.
Alignment guidelines appear only when adding or moving components. They indicate the preferred positions to which components snap when releasing the mouse button.
Insets are the preferred spacings between components and their container.
Offsets are the preferred spacings between adjacent components.
Baseline alignment is the preferred relationship between adjacent components that display text.
Edge alignments (top, bottom, left and right) are possible relationships between adjacent components.
Indentation alignment is a special alignment relationship in which one component is located below another and offset slightly to the right.
Anchoring indicators appear when components have snapped into position. They illustrate the alignment and relationship among components.
Anchors connecting components to their container or to adjacent components are represented by small semi-circular indicators with dashed lines.
Visualization of gaps¶
The gaps between components are visualized as light gray rectangles. Fixed size gaps are solid and resizable gaps are shown with springs inside. Adjacent gaps are shown when a component is selected. All gaps between all components are shown if a container is selected.
To disable visualization of gaps, right-click on a GroupLayout container and deselect Show Gaps.
The designer context menu provides following GroupLayout specific commands:
|Align in column/row||Aligns the selected components left/right/top/bottom/center in column/row.|
|Align||Aligns the selected components left/right/top/bottom.|
|Anchor||Changes the anchoring of the selected components. A component is usually horizontally anchored left/right and vertically anchored top/bottom. Anchoring connects a component to a container edge or a neighborhood component edge.|
|Horizontal Auto Resizing||Makes the selected components resize horizontally at runtime if the container size changes.|
|Vertical Auto Resizing||Makes the selected components resize vertically at runtime if the container size changes.|
|Same Width|| Makes the selected components all
the same width. If one of the selected components is already in a group
of "Same Width" components, the other components are added to the
existing group. To remove components from a group, select them and then
execute this command. Grouped components are marked with a small
|Same Height||Makes the selected components all the same height. See "Save Width" command for more details.|
|Set to Default Size||Makes the selected components have its default size.|
|Edit Layout Space
||Changes the gaps around the selected component.|
|Show Gaps||Shows/hides the gaps around the selected components.|
|Duplicate||Duplicates the selected components and places the new components below the original components. Use Ctrl+Left, Ctrl+Right, Ctrl+Up or Ctrl+Down keys to place the duplicated components left, right, above or below the original components.|
Layout manager properties¶
A container with this layout manager has following layout manager properties:
|honors visibility||Specifies whether component visibility is considered when positioning and sizing components. If true, non-visible components are not treated as part of the layout. If false, components are positioned and sized regardless of visibility.||true|
Layout constraints properties¶
A component contained in a container with this layout manager has following layout constraints properties:
|horizontal size||Specifies the component's horizontal size in pixel or Default. If set to Default, the component's preferred width is used.||Default|
|vertical size||Specifies the component's vertical size in pixel or Default. If set to Default, the component's preferred height is used.||Default|
|horizontal resizable||Specifies whether the component is horizontal resizable.||false|
|vertical resizable||Specifies whether the component is vertical resizable.||false|
|top gap||Specifies size of the top gap.|
|left gap||Specifies size of the left gap.|
|bottom gap||Specifies size of the bottom gap.|
|right gap||Specifies size of the right gap.|
|top gap resizable||Specifies whether the top gap is vertical resizable.||false|
|left gap resizable||Specifies whether the left gap is horizontal resizable.||false|
|bottom gap resizable||Specifies whether the bottom gap is vertical resizable.||false|
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By: Olivia Kimball
A group of art students took a trip to the Brandywine Riverfront Art Museum to view art pieces in person on April 7th. The museum is mainly a collection of art by the Wyeth family. Many of the pieces by are a credit to Andrew Wyeth but many are from his father as well, N. C. Wyeth. Other women and the men in their family are also artists and some works from various members of their family are pictured in this museum. A lot of the works featured are places in the Chadds Ford area.
Pictured above is a sketch that was done in planning the piece Spring Fed, 1979 the medium is pencil. A medium is the material which the piece is made from.
Pictured above is Island Funeral 1939; done by N. C. Wyeth. This painting was made with egg yoke, the medium of egg tempera is made with three ingredients: egg yoke, water, and pigments that you would desire. Some could use turmeric, chalk or paprika.
When we visited, there was an exhibition from Wayne Thiebaud. We were lucky to be able to see this while we visited. It is only there until April 10th and has been there since February 6th. Theibaud was a pop artist and only died very recently December 25, 2021 so much of his art is contemporary. He has done some commercial art and is well known for his paintings of pies, cakes, and other sweet treats. He mainly uses oil paint and one thing that you would be able to recognize him by is his thick paint strokes giving his art a lot of texture.
Untitled (City View) 1993 and Dress Shoes 2018/2019 are both by Wayne Theibaud they two pieces contrast his life because the fist is from when he was living in San Francisco and he was able to paint carefree and out his window and the second was when he was in and art school and they thought he as an amature. His art did not have to do with “fancy stuff” he was admitted into the school but it was only after seeing some of his sketches.
A lot of the art students that I know walked away with a greater appreciation of art after the trip. The individuals seen in the images above are real Garnet Valley Art students and many are clearly enjoying their time, so go to the museum if you are looking for a fun afternoon! | <urn:uuid:d9a9bbf2-a3e2-4426-959d-21e676efd7d7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gvhsjaguarjournal.com/2022/04/17/art-field-trip-to-brandywine-inspires/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00277.warc.gz | en | 0.995456 | 501 | 1.710938 | 2 |
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Captain Oliver Hazard Perry, USN (1785-1819)
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