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__label__cc	0.724082	0.275918	Power and energy perspectives of nonvolatile memory technologies Narbeh Derhacobian, Shane C. Hollmer, Nad Gilbert, Michael Kozicki IAFSE-SEMTE: Materials Science and Engineering Nano-Electronics, Arizona Institute of (AINE) AINE: Applied Nanoionics, Center for (CANi) Knowledge Enterprise Development, Office of (OKED) Discrete and embedded nonvolatile memory (NVM) technologies have been an integral part of electronic systems for the past 25 years. In recent years, the proliferation of personal media devices such as multimedia-enabled cell phones, personal music players, and digital cameras has accelerated the adoption of silicon-based solid state storage cards in consumer markets. Despite the expanded use of nonvolatile memory technologies in a variety of integrated systems, little has changed with respect to the core technology and cells that hold the data when power has been turned off. Today, floating gate (FG) or oxide-nitride-oxide trapped charge (ONO) cell structures dominate as the core technology behind all NVM devices and embedded blocks. All of the nonvolatile memory devices in production today based on these technologies require high voltage in excess of 58 V to operate primarily due to the fundamental nature of core cells and the physics of charge storage mechanisms. These are huge overvoltage requirements considering that the transistors in the logic block require substantially lower voltages (e.g., sub-65 nm logic CMOS operate at less than 1 V). Integrating such high-voltage operation in advanced logic processes such as 65 nm or below logic CMOS process is yet another challenge limiting the exploitation of NVM for low-power embedded applications. The high voltage requirement for operation of these core cells has put strains on the continued scaling of today's discrete and embedded NVM technologies. Furthermore, future ultralow-power and subthreshold CMOS applications such as energy starved electronics require operations at sub-500 mV which clearly set forth significant challenges in integrating today's NVM technologies as nonvolatile storage elements for such systems. Several emerging technologies are competing to become the building blocks of next-generation nonvolatile memory solutions. Each of these emerging technologies has unique characteristics in terms of physical scaling, voltage scaling, cost, performance, and power features which differ from today's FG and ONO based technologies. This paper reviews the fundamental characteristics of current nonvolatile memory technologies as well as several promising emerging technologies from energy and power perspectives and specifically discusses the suitability of each one for use in ultralow-power and subthreshold CMOS applications. Proceedings of the IEEE https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2009.2035147 Data storage equipment Nonvolatile storage Emerging memory Nonvolatile memory Resistive random access memory Subthreshold CMOS Ultralow-energy CMOS Ultralow-power design Derhacobian, N., Hollmer, S. C., Gilbert, N., & Kozicki, M. (2010). Power and energy perspectives of nonvolatile memory technologies. Proceedings of the IEEE, 98(2), 283-298. [5395766]. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2009.2035147 Power and energy perspectives of nonvolatile memory technologies. / Derhacobian, Narbeh; Hollmer, Shane C.; Gilbert, Nad; Kozicki, Michael. In: Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 98, No. 2, 5395766, 02.2010, p. 283-298. Derhacobian, N, Hollmer, SC, Gilbert, N & Kozicki, M 2010, 'Power and energy perspectives of nonvolatile memory technologies', Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 98, no. 2, 5395766, pp. 283-298. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2009.2035147 Derhacobian N, Hollmer SC, Gilbert N, Kozicki M. Power and energy perspectives of nonvolatile memory technologies. Proceedings of the IEEE. 2010 Feb;98(2):283-298. 5395766. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2009.2035147 Derhacobian, Narbeh ; Hollmer, Shane C. ; Gilbert, Nad ; Kozicki, Michael. / Power and energy perspectives of nonvolatile memory technologies. In: Proceedings of the IEEE. 2010 ; Vol. 98, No. 2. pp. 283-298. @article{d64e857a2c754a6e9ce9058b09f840da, title = "Power and energy perspectives of nonvolatile memory technologies", abstract = "Discrete and embedded nonvolatile memory (NVM) technologies have been an integral part of electronic systems for the past 25 years. In recent years, the proliferation of personal media devices such as multimedia-enabled cell phones, personal music players, and digital cameras has accelerated the adoption of silicon-based solid state storage cards in consumer markets. Despite the expanded use of nonvolatile memory technologies in a variety of integrated systems, little has changed with respect to the core technology and cells that hold the data when power has been turned off. Today, floating gate (FG) or oxide-nitride-oxide trapped charge (ONO) cell structures dominate as the core technology behind all NVM devices and embedded blocks. All of the nonvolatile memory devices in production today based on these technologies require high voltage in excess of 58 V to operate primarily due to the fundamental nature of core cells and the physics of charge storage mechanisms. These are huge overvoltage requirements considering that the transistors in the logic block require substantially lower voltages (e.g., sub-65 nm logic CMOS operate at less than 1 V). Integrating such high-voltage operation in advanced logic processes such as 65 nm or below logic CMOS process is yet another challenge limiting the exploitation of NVM for low-power embedded applications. The high voltage requirement for operation of these core cells has put strains on the continued scaling of today's discrete and embedded NVM technologies. Furthermore, future ultralow-power and subthreshold CMOS applications such as energy starved electronics require operations at sub-500 mV which clearly set forth significant challenges in integrating today's NVM technologies as nonvolatile storage elements for such systems. Several emerging technologies are competing to become the building blocks of next-generation nonvolatile memory solutions. Each of these emerging technologies has unique characteristics in terms of physical scaling, voltage scaling, cost, performance, and power features which differ from today's FG and ONO based technologies. 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These are huge overvoltage requirements considering that the transistors in the logic block require substantially lower voltages (e.g., sub-65 nm logic CMOS operate at less than 1 V). Integrating such high-voltage operation in advanced logic processes such as 65 nm or below logic CMOS process is yet another challenge limiting the exploitation of NVM for low-power embedded applications. The high voltage requirement for operation of these core cells has put strains on the continued scaling of today's discrete and embedded NVM technologies. Furthermore, future ultralow-power and subthreshold CMOS applications such as energy starved electronics require operations at sub-500 mV which clearly set forth significant challenges in integrating today's NVM technologies as nonvolatile storage elements for such systems. Several emerging technologies are competing to become the building blocks of next-generation nonvolatile memory solutions. Each of these emerging technologies has unique characteristics in terms of physical scaling, voltage scaling, cost, performance, and power features which differ from today's FG and ONO based technologies. This paper reviews the fundamental characteristics of current nonvolatile memory technologies as well as several promising emerging technologies from energy and power perspectives and specifically discusses the suitability of each one for use in ultralow-power and subthreshold CMOS applications. AB - Discrete and embedded nonvolatile memory (NVM) technologies have been an integral part of electronic systems for the past 25 years. In recent years, the proliferation of personal media devices such as multimedia-enabled cell phones, personal music players, and digital cameras has accelerated the adoption of silicon-based solid state storage cards in consumer markets. Despite the expanded use of nonvolatile memory technologies in a variety of integrated systems, little has changed with respect to the core technology and cells that hold the data when power has been turned off. Today, floating gate (FG) or oxide-nitride-oxide trapped charge (ONO) cell structures dominate as the core technology behind all NVM devices and embedded blocks. All of the nonvolatile memory devices in production today based on these technologies require high voltage in excess of 58 V to operate primarily due to the fundamental nature of core cells and the physics of charge storage mechanisms. These are huge overvoltage requirements considering that the transistors in the logic block require substantially lower voltages (e.g., sub-65 nm logic CMOS operate at less than 1 V). Integrating such high-voltage operation in advanced logic processes such as 65 nm or below logic CMOS process is yet another challenge limiting the exploitation of NVM for low-power embedded applications. 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__label__wiki	0.67488	0.67488	NSA Reports It May Have [not may have, but did] Broken Laws With Decade of Spying on US Citizens/NSA Spied on Americans for Over a Decade: Report http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/27700-nsa-reports-it-may-have-broken-laws-with-decade-of-spying-on-us-citizens The NSA can listen in on every phone call in foreign countries. (photo: KOAA TV) NSA Reports It May Have [not may have, but did] Broken Laws With Decade of Spying on US Citizens By David Lerman, Bloomberg News The National Security Agency today released reports on intelligence collection that may have violated the law or U.S. policy over more than a decade, including unauthorized surveillance of Americans’ overseas communications. The NSA, responding to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union, released a series of required quarterly and annual reports to the President’s Intelligence Oversight Board that cover the period from the fourth quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2013. The heavily-redacted reports include examples of data on Americans being e-mailed to unauthorized recipients, stored in unsecured computers and retained after it was supposed to be destroyed, according to the documents. They were posted on the NSA’s website at around 1:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve. In a 2012 case, for example, an NSA analyst “searched her spouse’s personal telephone directory without his knowledge to obtain names and telephone numbers for targeting,” according to one report. The analyst “has been advised to cease her activities,” it said. Other unauthorized cases were a matter of human error, not intentional misconduct. Last year, an analyst “mistakenly requested” surveillance “of his own personal identifier instead of the selector associated with a foreign intelligence target,” according to another report. Unauthorized Surveillance In 2012, an analyst conducted surveillance “on a U.S. organization in a raw traffic database without formal authorization because the analyst incorrectly believed that he was authorized to query due to a potential threat,” according to the fourth-quarter report from 2012. The surveillance yielded nothing. The NSA’s intensified communications surveillance programs initiated after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington unleashed an international uproar after they were disclosed in classified documents leaked by fugitive former contractor Edward Snowden last year. No New Legislation Congress has considered but not passed new legislation to curb the NSA’s collection of bulk telephone calling and other electronic data. The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, created by lawmakers under post-Sept. 11 anti-terrorism laws, issued a 238-page report in January urging the abolition of the bulk collection of Americans’ phone records. The five-member board said the program has provided only “minimal” help in thwarting terrorist attacks. The ACLU, which filed a lawsuit to access the reports, said the documents shed light on how the surveillance policies of NSA impact Americans and how information has sometimes been misused. “The government conducts sweeping surveillance under this authority -— surveillance that increasingly puts Americans’ data in the hands of the NSA,” Patrick C. Toomey, staff attorney with the ACLU’s National Security Project, said in an e-mail. No Oversight “Despite that fact, this spying is conducted almost entirely in secret and without legislative or judicial oversight,” he said. The reports show greater oversight by all three branches of government is needed, Toomey added. The ACLU filed suit to turn a spotlight on an executive order governing intelligence activities that was first issued by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and has been modified many times since then. The order allows the NSA to conduct surveillance outside the U.S. While the NSA by law can’t deliberately intercept messages from Americans, it can collect messages that get vacuumed up inadvertently as part of its surveillance of foreigners overseas. Masking Identities After foreign intelligence is acquired, “it must be analyzed to remove or mask certain protected categories of information, including U.S. person information, unless specific exceptions apply,” the NSA said in a statement before posting the documents. The extent of that collection has never been clear. The agency said today it has multiple layers of checks in place to prevent further errors in intelligence gathering and retention. “The vast majority of compliance incidents involve unintentional technical or human error,” NSA said in its executive summary. “NSA goes to great lengths to ensure compliance with the Constitution, laws and regulations.” The intelligence community is required to report potential violations to the oversight board, as well as the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. In some cases, surveillance of foreign targets continued even when those targets were in the U.S., although such “non-compliant data” were later purged, according to the reports released today. Some analysts sent intelligence information to other analysts who weren’t authorized to receive it, according to the documents. That information was deleted from recipients’ files when discovered. Because of the extensive redactions, the publicly available documents don’t make clear how many violations occurred and how many were unlawful. While the reports contain no names or details of specific cases, they show how intelligence analysts sometimes have violated policy to conduct unauthorized surveillance work. ‘Intentional Misuse’ The NSA’s inspector general last year detailed 12 cases of “intentional misuse” of intelligence authorities from 2003 to 2013 in a letter to Senator Charles Grassley, of Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Those cases included a member of a U.S. military intelligence unit who violated policy by obtaining the communications of his wife, who was stationed in another country. After a military proceeding, the violator was punished by a reduction in rank, 45 days of extra duty and forfeiture of half of his pay for two months, according to the letter. In a 2003 case, a civilian employee ordered intelligence collection “of the telephone number of his foreign-national girlfriend without an authorized purpose for approximately one month” to determine whether she was being faithful to him, according to the letter. The employee retired before an investigation could be completed. Ignoring Restrictions The NSA acknowledged last year that some of its analysts deliberately ignored restrictions on their authority to spy on Americans multiple times in the past decade. “Over the past decade, very rare instances of willful violations of NSA’s authorities have been found,” the agency said in a statement to Bloomberg News in August 2013. “NSA takes very seriously allegations of misconduct, and cooperates fully with any investigations -- responding as appropriate.” commondreams.org/news/2014/12/25/nsa-spied-americans-over-decade-report NSA Spied on Americans for Over a Decade: Report Christmas Eve document dump: Files released in response to an ACLU lawsuit shows long-term, unauthorized NSA operations against U.S. citizens Nadia Prupis, staff writer Late in the day on Christmas Eve, the NSA released a cache of documents revealing more of its long-term, unlawful surveillance operations. (Photo: Electronic Frontier Foundation/flickr/cc) The National Security Agency quietly released a heavily redacted report late Wednesday night showing that its mass surveillance program targeting U.S. citizens went on for more than 10 years. The documents, which are made up of annual and quarterly reports filed since 2001, were published to the President's Intelligence Oversight Board in response to a Freedom of Information lawsuit filed by the ACLU. They note numerous instances in which U.S. citizens were erroneously targeted for spying and information was passed among servers that were "not authorized" to hold it. Many of these cases were shown to be "marked for purging," but it is unclear whether they were actually deleted. The NSA's executive summary of the reports states, "The vast majority of compliance incidents involve unintentional technical or human error... Data incorrectly acquired is almost always deleted." As exposed in NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's document leak in 2013, much of the surveillance program consisted of unauthorized spying on American targets. According to a 2012 report, an analyst conducted a query "on a U.S. organization in a raw traffic database without formal authorization because the analyst incorrectly believed that he was authorized to query due to a potential threat." On multiple occasions, NSA analysts "performed overly broad or poorly constructed database queries" that potentially targeted American citizens—referred to in the documents as USP, for "U.S. persons." Mistakes made by analysts often did not come to light until they were discovered by database auditors, the reports show. In 2012, an erroneous query was apparently made because an analyst "did not realize that the e-mail addresses were US addresses." In an interview with the Guardian earlier this year, Snowden also revealed that agents often used their surveillance powers for use in their personal lives. The reports released Wednesday confirmed that trend, noting one instance in which an analyst "searched her spouse's telephone directory without his knowledge to obtain names and telephone numbers for targeting." The analyst was apparently "advised to cease her activities." Similarly, as The Verge notes, NSA agents also apparently stalked their potential love interests so often that the practice acquired its own inter-agency nickname: LOVEINT. "The government conducts sweeping surveillance under this authority—surveillance that increasingly puts Americans’ data in the hands of the NSA,” Patrick C. Toomey, staff attorney with the ACLU’s National Security Project, said in an e-mail to Bloomberg. "Despite that fact, this spying is conducted almost entirely in secret and without legislative or judicial oversight." 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__label__wiki	0.681667	0.681667	Welcome, You're signed in as: {{credentials.userName}} But you still need to activate your account. But it doesn't look like you have any active subscriptions. Add a plan You have read {{paymeter.ViewCount}} out of {{paymeter.TotalViewCount}} premium articles. Sign in or Subscribe to gain unlimited access to this content. You've read all your free articles this month. Maine minimum wage to rise, overtime rules to change Jan. 1 Stock image \| Pexels The Associated Press • December 13, 2019 11:41 am The state's minimum wage is going up from $11 to $12 for most workers. U.S. Department of Labor rules on overtime eligibility also become effective that day. Sign in or Subscribe to view this content. AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Department of Labor is reminding workers and employers that a suite of changes to state and federal minimum wage and overtime laws is coming in less than three weeks. The changes go into effect on Jan. 1. The state’s minimum wage is going up from $11 to $12 for most workers. U.S. Department of Labor rules on overtime eligibility also become effective that day, and that means the federal minimum salary for exemption from overtime eligibility goes up from $23,660 to $35,568 annually for a full-time employee. Maine’s minimum salary for exemption to overtime eligibility will rise from $33,000 to $36,000 per year. The minimum salary is based on state minimum wage. The Maine Department of Labor is reminding employers and employees that the changes mean Maine’s salary threshold for exemption to overtime eligibility will be higher than the federal level. State labor commissioner Laura Fortman said the department estimates 1,600 Maine workers will be newly eligible for overtime pay protection. Subscribe to breaking new alerts Stop receiving news alerts Smelts, sought by Maine ice fishermen, continue to rebound Belfast hosts aquaculture summit as debate rages over proposed salmon farm Bangor International Airport had record year in 2019 WEX will relocate 1,000 workers to Scarborough Downs One of Maine’s oldest nurseries is expanding out of state By continuing to use this site, you give your consent to our use of cookies for analytics, personalization and ads. Learn more.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428200
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__label__cc	0.738982	0.261018	QUALITY PLANTS GROWN IN THE UK & Availability Caring for the 1. Who we are: 1.1 In this Privacy Policy references to "us", "we" and "our" are to Baginton Nurseries Limited, and references to "our Website" or "the Website" are to www.bagintonnurseries.co.uk. 2. The information we collect and how we collect it 2.1 Any personal details you knowingly provide us with through forms and our email, such as name, address, telephone number etc 2.2 Your preferences and use of email updates, recorded by emails we send you (if you select to receive email updates on products and offers). 2.3 Your IP Address. A string of numbers unique to your computer that is recorded by our web server when you request any page or component on the Website. This information is used to monitor your usage of the Website. 2.4 Data recorded by the Website which allows us to recognise you and your preferred settings. This saves you from re-entering information on return visits to the site. 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__label__wiki	0.676059	0.676059	Richard Montanari: The Buried Girl Tuesday, Feb 26 2019 Richard Montanari’s The Buried Girl will hook readers on page one and never let them go. The complicated story resonates long after the last page is turned. Dr. William Hardy, forensic psychologist, teaches at NYU, consults on television crime shows, and is basking in his first book, revolving around psychopaths in certain movies. When he agrees to see a troubled young man, he cannot anticipate how that encounter will change his entire world. Suddenly he finds himself without a wife, left with a fifteen-year old daughter who blames him for her mother’s death. Then Will finds he’s inherited an old mansion that used to be run as a bed and breakfast in rural Ohio. Taking a reclusive Detta away from New York City and bringing her to this small town, he hopes to restart their lives and their relationship. At the same time, Chief of Police Ivy Lee Holgrave of Abbeville, Ohio and a police family, goes about her day, helping her mother after surgery, taking down low-lifes she encounters. But Ivy hides a secret investigation she’s pursued for decades: her own missing sister, Delia, whom she believes to yet another victim of the unclosed cases of young women who’ve gone missing in her area over the years. When Will and Detta move to Abbeville, the two adults must join forces to run to ground this murderer, not realizing that Detta is in his crosshairs and might be the key to everything. This suspenseful thriller had moments of warm reflection, whether it was of the setting or the character’s inner thoughts. Readers will be caught up in the story of Will and Detta, and of Ivy. No wonder James Ellroy calls Montanari “a master storyteller.” Mary Daheim: A Case of Bier Sunday, Feb 24 2019 amateur sleuth and Continued series winner and great read and mystery to die for Auntie M Writes Crime 12:02 am Mary Daheim’s Bed-and-Breakfast Mysterys now number an astounding thirty-one with the publication of A Case of Bier! The bed-and-breakfast Judith McMonigle Flynn runs with her husband, Joe has been turned over for the week to her neighbor so she and Joe can travel with her cousin Renie to the Canadian Rockies. Renie’s Bill and Joe have booked a nice fly-fishing jaunt their first weekend. It’s a trip they are all looking forward to, if they can get Renie awake and in the car. Off they go, only to find their expected lovely stay has been booked in not quite the place they imagined. No matter. While the men rest, the ladies take a walk along the river. They find members of the Stokes family camping out, waiting for the patriarch’s demise so he can have the sendoff he’d requested, at just this spot on the Bow River on a bier, borrowed from a local funeral home. At their motel, the gals meet the Odells, other members of the Stokes family. It’s a weird gathering when on their walk the next morning, the campsite is filled with crying family members. Codger has died, it would seem. But wait! He’s actually been murdered! Stabbed twice in the back while he slept. Who would have bothered to kill an old man waiting to die? It’s too much for Judith to leave alone. And then it appears the dead man might not be Codger at all. Another fun entry in this long-running cozy series, the quirky case is filled with wry humor and wit. Sophie Hannah: The Next to Die Friday, Feb 22 2019 Award winning novelist and complex mystery and great read and mystery to die for and Uncategorized Auntie M Writes Crime 12:55 am The multi-faceted Sophie Hannah does it all: compelling stand-alones, resurrecting Hercule Poirot for Agatha Christie’s estate, and her Culver Valley police procedural series. But she doesn’t stop there–the hallmark of this series is that the protagonist of each book is a character involved in the action, not the detectives, centered on Simon Waterhouse and his wife, Charlie Zailer. We learn of the continuing saga of the married duo as a secondary plot, insinuating itself into the main plot of the newest in the series, The Next to Die. And a strong feminist will muddy the waters by insisting the killer being sought is a misogynist pig, as three of the four victims are women. Could she be right? There’s more than a bit of sly humor when your protagonist is a professional stand-up comedian. Kim Tribbeck has received a little white book, mostly blank, with a few lines of poetry inside. She’s tossed it away, but she does remember receiving it. The importance of this becomes clear when a murderer takes to killing pairs of best friends, four in all over the last four months. In each case he’s given the victim one of these same hand-made books before killing them. Each contains a line of poetry. Each poet was a woman whose name started with an E. So where does that lead them? Dubbed “Billy Dead Mates” by the police, the detectives have exhausted ways to link the victims. It becomes clear the case revolves around books, but in what way? And if these are truly killings of best friends, why was Kim Tribbeck given a copy and left to live? Could it be that the fact she hasn’t had a best friend in years have saved her life? At once convoluted yet sharply intelligent, the plot wraps around itself until the superb mind of Simon Waterhouse allows him to see beyond the obvious and pull the case together. There’s an almost gothic feel to the book, as the story unfolds by way of excerpts from a book Kim writes after the case is over, added to by conventional chapters of interviews and the thoughts of the various detectives on the team searching for this killer. The characters are true to themselves, with distinctly-drawn personalities that show Hannah’s expertise at describing the psychology of different people with that wry edge that smacks of verisimilitude until they seem to leap off the page. The Independent has compared Hannah to Patricia Highsmith and Ruth Rendall with good reason. Peter Robinson: Careless Love Wednesday, Feb 20 2019 Peter Robinson’s 25th Inspector Banks novel, Careless Love, adds to his string of hits with a complex mystery at its heart. When a young student’s body is found in a car on a lonely road, waiting to be towed, it first appears to be a suicide, but it soon becomes apparent the victim died elsewhere, raising questions about who else was involved. At the same time, man in his sixties is found dead at the bottom of a gulley, his neck broken in a fall. Did he slip and fall, or was he pushed? Another suspicious death soon has Banks and his team sharing duties to figure out if these could possibly be connected, while waiting for forenscis tests. And then a third victim is found, this one a clear murder, with ties to the first two victims, and the case heats up and extends. The stakes get higher when an old foe of both Banks and his long-time patner, Annie Cabot, is found to be back in England. This side twist occupies both of their minds as the two head the team that will take them into the world of students and high finance to find what really happened to these victims. Any fan of police procedurals will appreciate the solid police work amongst the Yorkshire setting. One of the delights of this series is the three-dimensional characters who populate it, and how readers see the threads of their investigations brought together to a rewarding conclusion. Banks’s devotion to music has always been a hallmark of the series, and readers will learn about his preferences, from classical to 60s rock. Auntie M confesses to seeking out a classical violinist Banks recommended, and was thoroughly rewarded. The loner detective who yearns for companionship is never more attractive than here, seeking to understand poetry, playing his music to suit his moods, and figuring out the details of a complex murder investigation. Karen Rose: Say You’re Sorry Saturday, Feb 16 2019 complex mystery and great read and mystery to die for and new series Auntie M Writes Crime 12:27 am Starting a new series set in Sacramento, Say You’re Sorry is perfect for fans of high-octane thrillers with more than a hint of romance, the hallmark of author Karen Rose. Main characters Daisy Dawson and FBI Special Agent Gideon Reynolds both hold secrets of their pasts that have affected their relationships. Their paths cross when Daisy thwarts a would-be attacker, in the process tearing off a necklace he wears. That locket holds the key to the personal cold case Gideon has been investigating that revolves around his own upbringing and family. The two join forces to outwit the serial killer, who’s reach is far more than either expects. All they know is that this forensically-savvy killer carves certain letters into his victims. Told from all three of these points of view, and laces with a few steamy scenes for the romantics out there, Rose gets into the mind of a serial killer with a fondness for dogs. All of the characters have extended backstories, a great setup for the start of a new series, making this start intense and filled with suspense in a character-driven story. Ausma Zehanat Khan: A Deadly Divide Wednesday, Feb 13 2019 Asuma Zehanat Khan returns with the fifth in her series featuring Canadian detectives Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty in A Deadly Divide. Bearing her hallmark observation of each character’s story, imbuing each with realistic emotion, Khan’s elevates her novels from simple crime stories. While increasing the suspense as the book progresses, she manages to tell all sides of complex human rights issues, a nod to her background in international law. This time the Community Policing detectives are called to a mass shooting at a mosque in Quebec. The local priest, found with a weapon in his hands, is released, while the Surete` detain a young Muslim helping the wounded on the scene. But this is not a typical hate crime, and Khattak and Getty try to keep raging emotions calmed in a community reacting with fear, their efforts thrwarted by both a heavily right-wing university group and a right-wing radio host who inflames the popoulation. Also at work are young Muslims trying to counteract his efforts with their own radio show, but there are secrets being kept from all of the detectives from all of these factions. And within the Surete` a mole is at work, adding to the fractures of the community with ill-timed leaks. As if it isn’t enough to have this tension of political and religious differences, it soon becomes apparent that Esa and those he loves are in the crosshairs of someone else, someone egging him on and anticipating his moves and shadowing his circle. How these things are connected is only half of the situation, as the two detectives grapple with their personal lives at the same time, making this a well-rounded portrayal of characters with emotional lives outside their jobs. Their very humanness, from postive to negative thoughts and actions, helps readers see everyone as fully fleshed. There are no cardboard characters here. This ability to people her novels with characters who hold passionate beliefs, coupled with her thought-provoking, suspenseful plot, quietly educates readers while at the same time illustrating the complexities of living in the Western world as a Muslim. Rhys Bowen: The Victory Garden Tuesday, Feb 12 2019 Award winning novelist and great read and historical saga and mystery to die for Auntie M Writes Crime 12:50 am Rhys Bowen’s newest stand-alone, The Victory Garden, brings the horrors of WWI close to home with its young protagonist, Emily Bryce. The judge’s daughter, with a mother who is class conscious, has lost her beloved brother to the war. When she meets an Australian pilot convalescing at a local home, they fall in love, only to have that love thwarted by more than her parents. Determined to make a difference, like her nurse friend Clarissa has done, Emily joins the Women’s Land Army, to her parents chagrin. Learning things that will come in useful brings Emily and a few of her cohorts to the small village of Bucksley Cross to work the garden of Lady Charlton, a widow who has lost her son and grandson to the war. An unlikely friendship breaks out between the older woman and the educated girl, and when things change dramatically for Emily, she returns to the small, dark cottage Lady Charlton owns, where the journal of another young woman soon finds Emily concocting herbal potions that will do more than she could ever have imagined for the village and for herself. With a hearty dose of self-determination, Emily finds a new family of unlikely friends at the same time that she finds her own strength. Bowen encapulates the huge horrors of war by bringing them to the heartache of one young woman on a voyage of self-discovery. A satifying read from a talented writer at the top of her game. Hot Thrillers for a Chilly Day:Leather, Quirk, Hurwitz,Krentz Saturday, Feb 9 2019 With the arctic chill hovering over so much of our nation, here are new action-packed thrillers for your reading enjoyiment. Stay home with a good book and a cup of hot chocolate! Stephen Leather’s fast-moving Spider Shepherd and his photographic memory are back. The series includes Tall Order now available in paperback, where Spider is present at a suicide bombing at a football ground. With Spider knowing that the killer looks like, he’s the logical choice to track him and his cell. Topical and addictive. Leather’s new thriller Last Man Standing, takes readers on one wild ride and into the world of SAS trooper Matt Standing, who will call on old friend Spider to help him save his own friend. When Standing hears from the sister of the navy SEAL who once saved his life that he’s needed, he flies to LA to help Bobby-Ray Barnes. Barnes is now working as a bodyguard, but the tables are turned when the man he was guarding is killed, along with three other bodyguards. With Barnes accused of the murders, he’s in hiding for his life. The dead client turns out to be none other than a Russian oligarch, whose Kremlin connections made him a target. But who actually is behind the murders, and the framing of Barnes? These are the questions Standing must answer as he calls on his network of friends and that includes Spider. Before it’s over, there will be torture, crashes, and non-stop twists in what turns out to be often brutal action. Leather’s in-depth characterizations are present with Matt Standing as one to watch. The Russians are at it again in Matthew Quirk’s The Night Agent, this time with a mole in the White House. FBI Agent Peter Sutherland is working in the in the White House Situation Room at the night desk, determined to leave his father’s breach and downfall behind. That alone puts Sutherland at a disadvantage, but he’s fought to do things by the book, until a call comes that changes everything. Rose is the caller and she brings him news that will start a chain of events Sutherland will rise to master, without knowing who he can trust. Tough and realistic, and in current times, believeable, this is non-stop action with the threat of foreign influence reaching deep inside our government. Anyone in the White House could be the secret agent, a deeply unsettling thought. With its topical storyline, quick action, and moral dilemnas, this is one to grab. Gregg Hurwitz’s Orphan X series has a huge following who have eagerly awaited the new installment, Out of the Dark. Evan Smoak is Orphan X, who’s recast himself as The Nowhere Man, someone who helps those who have desperate problems. But this time he’s after the killer of his mentor, when the remaining Orphans, along with their trainers, are being eradicated. The man behind this trail of murder is none other than the current President of the US, a man surrounded by Secret Service agents at all times. With a very small coterie of help available to him, Evan must outwit all of the President’s counter moves in an effort to save himself, just as the Nowhere Man receives his next call. With nearly constant action and a tight plot, this is one action thriller that piles complication upon repeated twists in breatahless fashion. Jayne Ann Krentz has moved into the thriller category with several books and brings readers Untouchable as her latest entry. FBI Consultant Jack Lancaser was raised in a cult until a fire changed everything he’d known. Drawn to cold cases where arson is involved, his expertise has become his ability to crawl inside the mind of the killers. The satisfaction he feels at closing these old cases also bring him closer to the person from his past who is to blame for that original fire, long presumed dead. Quinton Zane is that person. With vengence his motivating thrust, Jack is in his sights as the prime target who could threaten his future plans. Before it’s over, there will be romance, family entanglements, and an adoptive father. This can be read as a stand-alone, but readers of Krentz will see ties to two others with several of these characters in this series. Quirky characters keep readers’ interested, and there’s plenty of clever dialogue. Bernard Minier: Night Thursday, Feb 7 2019 Award winning novelist and complex mystery and Continued series winner and great read and mystery to die for and police thriller and thriller Auntie M Writes Crime 12:02 am The fourth Commander Servaz thriller, Night, brings the Toulouse detective under the scrutiny of all of those around him after a death-defying opening, with its resultant effects. In a church in Norway, a woman’s body is found on the altar. A female detective, Kirsten Nigaard, is investigating that case due to her own name being discovered. Then she becomes coupled with Martin Servaz, when photos of the French detective are found on the offshore oil rig where the dead woman worked. Both feel this is the work of serial killer Julian Hirtman, Servaz’s nemesis, the most dangerous man Servaz has encountered. Indeed, the Daily Mail has called Hirtman “…a villain possessing the intelligence of Thomas harris’ immortal Hannibal Lecter…” It’s a chase throughout Europe, from France to Austria, in search of Hirtman and young boy in his custody who desperately needs to be saved. Along the way, they will encounter acolytes of Hirtman, and foes in the form of parents of his victims, until the ultimate surprise is coupled with a huge betrayal. This has a complicated and complex plot, with fast action and yet Minier never stints of the emotions behind several of the main characters. It’s easy to see why this was a number one bestseller in France, where Servaz’s first case, which introduced Hirtman, was made into a six-part series now available on Netflix. CJ Tudor: The Hiding Place Tuesday, Feb 5 2019 complex mystery and great read and mystery to die for and suspense thriller Auntie M Writes Crime 12:06 am CJ Tudor had a huge hit out of the box with last year’s The Chalk Man, and follows that up with another terrific stand-alone, The Hiding Place (in the UK, The Taking of Annie Thorne). Joe Thorne has returned to the place he grew up, ostensibly to fill the place left open by a teacher who had killed her young son and then herself. Arnhill, an old mining town, hasn’t changed all that much, and Joe finds to his suprise that some of his old gang are still around, but none seem too happy to see him. Renting an old cottage, the same one where the gruesome murder/suicide took place, Joe comes across the woman he yearned for all those years ago, now married to his worse enemy. But Joe has hidden the real reason for his return, and while it seems fitting that he should, his appearance sets off a chain of events from which there will be no going back. Joe’s young sister, Annie, disappeared when she was young, but returned, apparently unharmed a few days later. That was truly when things changed forever for Joe and his family. Now as he struggles to keep an open mind and figure out what really happened to Annie all those years ago, he must face the ghosts of his past who are ever present. To say this is a compelling, suspense-filled plot with multiple twists doesn’t do justice to Tudor’s knack for keeping readers glued to the page. Highly recommended.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428213
__label__cc	0.637969	0.362031	Section on Biostatistics and Pharmaceutical Statistics – Bylaws 1. The name of the section: ISBA Section on Biostatistics and Pharmaceutical Statistics (ISBA/Biostat&Pharma). 2. The purpose of the section: The primary purpose of the Section is to promote the research, application and dissemination of Bayesian methods and solutions for problems in Biostatistics and Pharmaceutical statistics. This covers the many facets of biostatistics, and statistics applied to medicine comprising both the clinical and non-clinical aspects of pharmaceutical statistics. It includes, non exhaustively, optimal design and analysis of clinical trials (drugs, biologics, and medical devices), Bayesian adaptive trial designs, medical decision making, Benefit: risk assessment for regulatory decision making, model-based drug development (pharmacokinetics / pharmacodynamics / pharmacogenetics), biostatistics, bioinformatics and its applications to genetics, genomics and proteomics, and pharmacoeconomics. In order to achieve this purpose, the section activities consist of: Promoting education and use of Bayesian methods in Biostatistics and Pharmaceutical statistics by developing workshops, courses and webinars for students and practitioners; Organizing short courses, workshops, conferences, webinars and sessions within ISBA meetings; Promoting interactions among academia, regulatory agencies and industry Promoting interactions and outreach to pharma, medical device, and clinical trial professionals, with a focus on exploring how Bayesian statistics can solve their problems and fit their specific needs; Connecting and bringing visibility to initiatives from academia, regulatory agencies and industry aimed at spreading Bayesian methods and ideas, by federating them under a common brand; Fostering faster/easier availability of Bayesian methods , via devepment of software packages and publication in field-specific journals. 3. The offices, duties, and terms of offices: The offices are those of Chair, Chair-elect, Program chair, Treasurer, and Secretary. The Chair-elect, Program chair, Treasurer, and Secretary are elected by the membership for staggered two year terms. The Chair-elect succeeds the office of Chair for a term of two years. The elected officers constitute the ISBA/Biostat & Pharma Executive Committee, which shall follow the general policies established by the ISBA Board and shall conduct the affairs of the section between meetings of the Board. The ISBA/Biostat & Pharma Executive Committee shall report to the Board at each Board meeting. The report can be in writing. The Section Chair convenes and chairs meetings of the ISBA/Biostat & Pharma Executive Committee and the Section membership. The duties of the Secretary, Treasurer and the Program Chair are as described in item 4.B through D of the ISBA constitution, but restricted to the Section. The Secretary will also act as the webmaster for the Section. The Program Chair additionally works, with the other members of the Executive Committee, to organize conferences, workshops, and short courses. The right to enter into legal contracts for ISBA or ISBA/Biostat & Pharma is vested solely in the ISBA Executive Committee. 4. Additional provisions for elections of section officers: Each year a five-member Nominating Committee will nominate candidates for Section offices. Three members of the Committee will be elected by the Executive Committee based on suggestions from the Section membership. To facilitate this process, for every election year, the Section Chair will request suggestions from the Section members. The Executive Committee will elect three members from the suggested names and appoint one of the three members as Chair of the Nominating Committee. The remaining two positions in the committee will be filled by the two current officers who will be replaced in the upcoming election. The Nominating Committee selects and gets consent to stand for election from, at least two candidates for each office. The term for all officers starts on January 1 following the election. 5. Section Membership: Any ISBA member who pays the Section membership fee is a member of the section. The Section membership fee is set by Biostat & Pharma Executive Committee and approved by the ISBA Board by resolution. 6. Annual Reports: The Secretary will be responsible for submitting all Section reports, including annual reports of Section activities to the ISBA Board.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428216
__label__cc	0.666552	0.333448	projected BCS Projected BCS Standings: Last BCS Rankings To Set Up Florida State & Auburn It seemed like it was going to play out just like we hoped — drama, controversy and loud yelling until the day the BCS died. And then Michigan State had to ruin all that. Projected BCS Rankings 1 Florida State Seminoles 2 Auburn Tigers 3 Alabama Crimson Tide 4 Stanford Cardinal 5 Michigan State Spartans When Auburn took the SEC title during its Saturday matinee television spot, the debate started to ratchet up. If Ohio State won the Big Ten title, would they be headed to the BCS title game or could Auburn jump the Buckeyes? Turns out it didn’t matter. Michigan State surprised the nation, ending Ohio State’s 24-game winning streak and giving Auburn the chance to grab No. 2 in the very last BCS standings. With that, the title game is set. As are a few other of the yearly BCS scenarios we’ve come to love and count on each season. Here’s what else we know so far: Stanford and Michigan State will be headed to the Rose Bowl after winning their respective conference titles Baylor will be going to the Fiesta Bowl after winning the Big 12 on a crazy day of conference action UCF will automatically claim a BCS bowl bid after winning the regular season AAC title, likely headed to the Fiesta Bowl Alabama will likely be automatically qualified for a BCS bowl by finishing third in the final BCS standings, thus eliminating all other possible SEC berths beyond Auburn. For more on this, visit the BCS Bowls page Teams likely eligible tomorrow for the at-large pool: Clemson, Oregon, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Missouri, Oklahoma State, South Carolina and possibly LSU For more, check out our final slate of projected BCS bowls Meanwhile, the BCS standings, after electing Florida State No. 1 and Auburn No. 2, will probably play out as expected. Alabama is likely to end the year at No. 3, followed by conference champions Stanford and Michigan State. Then expect Ohio State to land around No. 6 after its first loss in more than two years, followed by Baylor and Missouri, Oklahoma and South Carolina, and Oregon and Oklahoma State. As for what to expect for tomorrow: We’ll get the Coaches’ Poll normal time, around noon ET. Then things will be quiet. We expect to have Jeff Sagarin’s BCS computer rankings early, but who knows for sure. The Harris Poll will be withheld from public viewing until after the BCS pairings are announced to keep some “drama” but since most of the drama is gone, take that as you will. Then, around 8:30, the numbers will start pouring in and the pairings will be announced and we’ll be on our way to the final BCS season. Remember, we’ll be here to take you through all of it, starting with tomorrow’s releases of the human polls, computer rankings and BCS. Follow along all day @BCSKnowHow and here to stay up to the second with projections, mathematical breakdowns of the computers, human polls and everything in between. Here’s what the BCS standings will likely look like when they are released tonight at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN: Final Projected BCS Standings (December 8th) 6 Ohio State Buckeyes 7 Baylor Bears 8 Oklahoma Sooners 9 Missouri Tigers 10 South Carolina Gamecocks 11 Oregon Ducks 12 Oklahoma State Cowboys 13 Clemson Tigers 14 LSU Tigers 15 UCF Knights 16 Arizona State Sun Devils On a programming note: Obviously things around here are going to change very soon. This has been a ton of fun to do. More on what’s next after the craziness of tomorrow. Thank you all! Posted in Weekly Update \| Tagged auburn tigers, BCS projections, bcs week eight, december 8, florida state seminoles, ohio state buckeyes, projected BCS, push, week 15 \| 1 Comment Projected BCS Standings: Auburn’s Play For A Title Game Spot in Seventh Standings of 2013 The death knell for the BCS, perhaps most appropriately, will likely be one of controversy. The system would have it no other way. Auburn’s stunning victory over Alabama likely clinched at least a somewhat controversial end to the BCS’s reign over college football as the Crimson Tide’s spot atop the college football world is now over. Where, then, does that leave the BCS when the seventh standings of 2013 come out Sunday? Obviously for the first time this year, Alabama will not be No. 1. That honor will fall to Florida State, making its way back to the top of the BCS for the first time in what seems like ages. Then it gets interesting. Clearly, Ohio State surviving its rivalry meeting with Michigan will be a huge boon to its national title game hopes. But Auburn’s victory over the previously unassailable Alabama could mean a huge swing of support in the Tigers’ direction. Who will land at No. 2 this week? It’s likely Ohio State, as the voters will give the benefit of the doubt to the undefeated and long-revered Buckeyes. But Auburn will lurk at No. 3. And with a chance to clinch the SEC title next weekend and the growing tradition of SEC champs playing for the BCS title, Auburn’s not out of this yet. A win over likely BCS No. 5 Missouri next weekend paired with a close Ohio State victory in the Big Ten title game could cause the chaos we’ve come to expect. After Missouri, it’s all battling for the at-large and automatic BCS bowl bids, including Northern Illinois’ quest for a second-straight bowl game bid and Clemson, Oregon, Michigan State and Baylor angling for eligibility and spots. Plus, the auto-bids given to the champs of the six AQ conferences. Just one more BCS standing after Sunday, ever. The end is close! Remember, we’ll be here to take you through all of it, starting with tomorrow’s releases of the human polls, computer rankings and BCS. Follow along all day @BCSKnowHow and here to stay up to the second with projections, mathematical breakdowns of the computers, human polls and everything in between. Then follow along this week as we break down scenarios and implications. Projected BCS Standings – BCS Week Seven (December 1st) 6 Oklahoma State Cowboys 8 South Carolina Gamecocks 11 Michigan State Spartans Posted in Weekly Update \| Tagged alabama crimson tide, auburn tigers, BCS projections, bcs week seven, december 1, florida state seminoles, projected BCS, push, week 14 \| 16 Comments Projected BCS Standings: BCS Becoming More Clear in Sixth Standings of 2013 A week after very nearly knocking off Ohio State from its perch at No. 3, Baylor falls by the wayside with a loss to Oklahoma State. Bad news for the Bears, and good news for the Buckeyes, which can slide comfortably into the No. 3 spot knowing they’re without equal when it comes to a ‘replacement’ pick for the title game. Of course, holding those poll positions are Alabama and Florida State, sitting comfortably after a couple of strong wins. After the Buckeyes, however? It’s a mess Now with more than just a handful of once-beaten teams on the BCS roster, the voters will have some choosing to do. Surprisingly, Oregon no longer counts among the once-beaten after losing to Arizona, but a handful of Tigers, plus many more do still have that one-loss sheen. Last week’s No. 6, Auburn, likely makes that leap into the top-four, thanking Baylor and Oregon on its way up. After that, Clemson and Missouri will battle it out for No. 5 — that race should be somewhat closer this week than it was last as the voting pieces are placed back to teams somewhat haphazardly. Oklahoma State and Stanford will in the discussion, too, thanking Texas A&M for not making their lives quite as difficult as they could be. Oh, and Ohio State could finally get some Big Ten company in the top-12 with the emergence of Michigan State, mostly moving up because other teams are getting out of the way, fast. Projected BCS Standings – BCS Week Six (November 24th) 6 Clemson Tigers Posted in Recaps, Weekly Update \| Tagged alabama crimson tide, baylor bears, BCS projections, bcs week six, florida state seminoles, november 24, projected BCS, push, week 12 \| 1 Comment Projected BCS Standings: Baylor Can Make Its Move In Fifth BCS Standings of 2013 Funny how one week’s marquee victory can mean far less given the next weekend’s results. Stanford, a one-loss team that seemingly had it all — an early loss, a big win over a conference rival and top-10 team, and a high BCS ranking above undefeated teams — was unable to hold off USC at the Coliseum, and sees its already slim BCS title hopes falter. 5 Oregon Ducks Though the Stanford loss is intriguing, especially given the way the Pac-12 could resolve itself this season, the real drama will come at the No. 3 spot. Baylor will finally see its odd stalling behind a one-loss teams come to an end and will move up. But how far? Can the Bears take the No. 3 spot? The debate is now front and center. Is Baylor or Ohio State the best replacement pick for a national title game should Alabama or Florida State lose? The fascinating thing is this — with Stanford’s loss, a lot of computer support becomes readily available for Baylor. As does human poll support. Some team is going to have to pick up those pieces and Ohio State chose the wrong weekend to win ugly against Illinois. Much of that voter confidence will go Baylor’s way, especially after the Bears posted more than 60 points against formerly hot Texas Tech. And, Baylor already had some computer ground left to make up. This might be the weekend the Bears do it. So can Baylor take No. 3? We’ll say yes. Also, added bonus — four top teams, all undefeated? Sounds like a ringing endorsement for the College Football Playoff, right? The one-loss squads with something to prove, including Oregon and Auburn, will come next. Don’t be surprised to see Auburn make a run at the No. 5 spot, which we’re projecting will be filled by Oregon. Though the Tigers might come up a bit short, a win over high competition like Georgia is likely to net Auburn some ground. Plus, with the ranks of the truly elite teams dwindling, now is the time to take a look at the broader picture Clemson and Missouri, along with Stanford, will likely make up the rest of the top nine, as last week’s No. 10 South Carolina trailed significantly in its hope to breaking into the top 10. Projected BCS Standings – BCS Week Five (November 17th) 11 Texas A&M Aggies Posted in Human Polls, Recaps \| Tagged alabama crimson tide, baylor bears, BCS projections, bcs week five, florida state seminoles, november 17, projected BCS, push, week 11 \| Leave a comment November 9, 2013 by Asher Feldman Projected BCS Standings: FSU Takes Control of Destiny in Fourth BCS Standings of 2013 When faced with some of the most difficult opponents of their season, teams often reveal just how good they are. In the cast of Oregon and Alabama, tests like that came this extended weekend. And for Oregon, the test was not passed. More importantly, for Florida State, Oregon’s loss means a world of difference for the Seminoles. Is Florida State’s ticket to the BCS title game punched if they can win out? It certainly seems like it given the ranks of the undefeateds shrinks every week and Florida State continues to impress. That being said, the continuing success of Ohio State and Baylor is something that can’t be ignored, and wont be in the newest BCS rankings, where a cluster of once-beaten teams and undefeated teams will battle for the top spots. With the win over Oregon, Stanford will likely again be a major factor in the BCS race this weekend, but Oregon’s loss to a top-five team shouldn’t necessarily drop the Ducks completely out of the picture. This is all well and nice, but the question will be who will be next in line if things don’t go well in the final weeks for presumed No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Florida State. Will it be the undefeated teams or the one-loss teams with impressive wins? For now it’s the undefeated Ohio State waiting for that tumble everyone anticipates and wants. But who’s next? We’ll just have to find out. Projected BCS Standings – BCS Week Four (November 10th) 3 Ohio State Seminoles Posted in Weekly Update \| Tagged alabama crimson tide, BCS projections, bcs week four, florida state seminoles, november 10, projected BCS, push, week 10 \| 1 Comment Projected BCS Standings: Oregon To Continue Holding Off FSU in Third BCS Standings of 2013 Which victories count more? Once again, the difficulty of ranking college football will rear its head in a season with more than just two very impressive teams. This week, the difficulty is in sharper relief, especially when Oregon sat at home with Florida State getting another shot at huge national exposure after also having a prime time window against Clemson. And just like in their victory over the Tigers, the Seminoles dominated previous BCS No. 7 Miami on national TV. So with No. 2 Oregon at home, can the Seminoles reclaim the No. 2 spot they lost last weekend? At least for now, the answer is likely no. Though the Seminoles will get a nice boost where they’ll need it — in the polls and computers — the combination of Oregon’s renewed computer strength and it’s steadying influence at No. 2 in the BCS, likely gives us Florida St. at No. 3 once again, but far closer than they were last week. In fact, familiarity with the position should be the name of the game in the third BCS standings of the season, with very little movement from teams that were solidly entrenched in their spots last weekend. Clearly, Miami will fall out of it’s No. 7 spot after losing to FSU, which will allow for some upward movement from some impressive teams, including Clemson, Missouri and Auburn. But the season is far from over. And we’re just a few days away from perhaps the most wild Thursday in college football’s recent history. So plenty of interesting things are in store. We’ll just have to figure out which one of those games — and potential victories — count more. Projected BCS Standings – BCS Week Three (November 3rd) 10 Auburn Tigers 11 Miami Hurricanes Posted in Weekly Update \| Tagged alabama crimson tide, BCS projections, bcs week three, November 3, projected BCS, push, week 10 \| Leave a comment Projected BCS Standings: Oregon To Claim No. 2 In Second BCS Standings of 2013 Time seems to run out slowly when you’re making a chase for a BCS bid. Whether it’s on the clock to hold on to the last-second victory or the weeks ticking slowly by in the last BCS year. Teams from around the country had little trouble dispatching of less difficult foes, but for a few teams, the time needed to get victories on Saturday must have seemed to move extra slow. And in the case of Missouri, a crushing loss was probably already a death sentence for the season as far as a national title game bid is concerned. So what else, if anything, did we learn this week? Mostly that the nation’s top BCS teams in its first iteration — Alabama, Oregon and Florida State — are very good. This week, like last week, we’ll see a fight to the finish for No. 2 between Oregon and Florida State. The better victory this week belongs to the Ducks and not the Seminoles, and with that in mind, expect Oregon to make enough headway in the computers and the human polls to end the Seminoles one-week run at No. 2. Oregon is projected to take back that spot this week. Elsewhere, the Ducks’ Pac-12 mates Stanford and Big 12 surprise Baylor will be the likely beneficiaries of the Missouri loss, as the Cardinal and Bears will fight for the No. 5 spot, along with Miami. Also look out for Oklahoma, fresh off a victory over previous No. 10 Texas Tech. An interesting fight is also breaking out between Fresno State and Northern Illinois. Fresno State might remain ahead of Northern Illinois after the Bulldogs finished of San Diego State in OT and the Huskies had an easy victory, mostly because of the lateness of Fresno’s game. But the truly interesting part will come when the BCS rankings wind down. Who will be in front? For now we’re projecting that the Huskies will, even with Fresno possibly taking these first two weeks as the leader in the BCS buster clubhouse. It’ll all be somewhat familiar when the second BCS rankings are released tomorrow, but with some changes that could play into the chase for the title game when the season winds up. The minutia becomes all the more important this time of year. Good thing we’re here to take a look at it. Projected BCS Standings – BCS Week Two (October 27) 7 Miami Hurricanes 11 Missouri Tigers Posted in Weekly Update \| Tagged 2013 college football season, alabama crimson tide, BCS projections, bcs week two, florida state seminoles, october 27, oregon ducks, projected BCS, push, second bcs rankings, week nine \| 1 Comment	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428218
__label__wiki	0.509754	0.509754	Beautiful Geniuses About Beautiful Geniuses Prodigies, Singers Victoria Hovhannisyan August 14, 2015 Beautiful Geniuses 7 Comments Victoria Hovhannisyan is a Russian opera singer from Armenian Origin. According to her Russian Wikipedia entry ( Оганнисян, Виктория Артёмовна ) , Victoria was born in Yervan, Armenia on November 12, 2000; she sings in 11 languages, Russian, Italian, French, Japanese, Peruvian, Spanish, Latin, Armenian, English, Hindi and Hebrew. So we aren’t only considering a musical, opera singing prodigy here, but also a linguistic prodigy.(I don’t know Russian, but thanks to Google translate, now I can understand written Russian). Victoria doesn’t have a musical family background, however, she surprised her family by her Opera singing abilities at the age of 9. Victoria Hovhannisyan has participated and won many musical competitions but she is best known to the English speaking world for her participation in The Voice Kids (Russian version) at the age of 11. Here is a video of her performance, she sang the Diva Dance from the 5th Element Movie: If you do understand Russian, please add a comment to this post explaining what did the judges say about Victoria after she finished singing… also why did the other two guys take forever to turn their chairs… with such a performance, aren’t they supposed to do that within the first 10 seconds of her performance? Victoria has performed the same song (a longer version of Diva Dance from the 5th Element) during Miss Russia: So as I wrote before, Victoria sings in many languages, unfortunately, I can’t find all her performances (most of it has bad audio quality). However, this song is in French, she sang Dernière Danse for Indilia: I know, the sound quality is not so great, but still she drove her French listeners crazy… here are some of the comments: Hiiiiii im french and I saw ur performance of the fith elements. Ur amazing so talented. Like Jackie Evancho but u it’s more in opera. And your accent is so cuuute. I love your voice so much. Another fan said said: I am French, and I can tell you one thing, you sing it ways better than Indila. You are extraordinary. Your voice is unbielevable. You are the new voice of Armenia, of the world. You should be famous throughout the world. You ought to be famous throughout the world… There are simply too many comments to list here, so here is a final one: Very impressive, I’m french, and, do you speak french ? Because you’ve got a great accent, not perfect but good for a strander ! Awesome song ! In case you are looking for the original song by Indilia, I have embedded it here as well: So finally, the song below is Victoria’s performance of Ave Maria or “Ellen’s Third Song”, composed by Franz Schubert in 1825, enjoy: It is obvious that Victoria is very famous in Russia and the rest of the Russian speaking world, she is also famous in her country of origin, Armenia. However, and despite her wonderful talent, she is almost unknown in the rest of the world. I think she has to start tailoring her songs and videos to English speaking countries, there is a huge potential for fame and success there. Just like her French song attracted hundreds or even thousands of French fans, I think she can offer the world a lot more. American musical prodigyarmeniabeautifulgeniusoperaopera singerprodigy singerrussiasinging Previous PostOlivia and GayathiriNext PostSassa Dagdag 7 thoughts on “Victoria Hovhannisyan” cireyaj15 says: The other two judges didn’t push the buttons since they knew that the lady judge Pelageya if I’m not mistaken will do great with her and maybe the two judges genre doesn’t fit well with Victoria’s. Edvard Melikyan says: Gentlemen, do not stray ! Unfortunately, the cause is much worse !! The reason is purely mercantile (elementary corruption). Even if it was Maria Kallas or Beyonce singing instead of Victoria, the result would be the same !!!!! Judges didn’t turn because they wanted to hurt her credibility in your eyes!!! They had already decided to remove Victoria in the next stage of the competition!!! They had to do it in a way that wouldn’t surprise you!! Victoria has become “dangerous” for THEIR “dear” contestants !!! Here’s the video where they remove Victoria. Watch it, it’s very interesting!! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq70geLkpqY Yes, the other judges said ‘incredible’ and ‘it was very cool’. But other judges are more of pop artists while the lady is a renowned folk singer Fernando García (@Fer_120) says: I don’t know the peruvian lenguage, I thought that Peru’s Lenguage was Spanish And who is Vika ??? She was born in Yerevan (Armenia) on November 12, 2000. Apparently, you know that the countries of the former Soviet Union are in poor condition, so Vika’s parents were forced to move to Russia. They tried to settle in Moscow so Vika could have the conditions for the growth of her musical abilities. She thoroughly master the Russian language in 1-2 years. At 9 years old, she suddenly began to sing in an operatic voice and became noticed in Russia. Vika won a lot of awards, and was even recognized in the first “Sensation of Festival”! But then the trouble started. She was met with local chauvinism, nationalism and envy …. More than that, she was not allowed to occupy the top places and began to be persecuted by “negative” comments. We organized a group to support Vika, but this avalanche of slander is very difficult to neutralize. Vika has lost confidence. There were difficulties associated with her transition. In the last competition – “Blue Bird”, Vika was dragged directly from bed, and she barely opened her mouth! And yet, she performed “Time To Say Goodbye” very well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjEZyQQSLMc (by the way, note that Vika, without first pausing, held a farewell note for 11 seconds, while her peers could barely pull up to 5-6 seconds, only Bocelli has kept the note that long) But Vika was not ready to sing the final song contest: “Aria Diva Plavalaguna”. However, the leading competition insisted on this (!?) Vika was forced to execute it without training and lost the prize place … And who is Vika ?? Viak is not an ordinary girl, with just a unique voice. Her voice is only 30% of her huge talent. She is entirely unusual! Her incredible MODESTY mislead people … Vika belongs to the category of “highbrow Geniuses” (what were Socrates, Mozart, Einstein …). To see this, look closely at these photos. (https://vk.com/id25923656) Pay attention to the height of her forehead, you notice that it is almost 2 centimeters above (wider) than that of ordinary children, and, with clearly developed “horns” on the sides (3 centimeters above the eyebrows). They control centers of her mental faculties! Her behavior is the same, what is peculiar Geniuses. She finds it easy to sing in 12 languages. Moreover, while singing, she is completely disconnected from the outside world and immersed in the imaginary world of the song. Geniuses do not like us and they perceive the world very differently. Her remarks, are not always clear to us. She even, surrounded by loved ones, feels lonely. What can we do, no one understands her – the flip side of “genius”. About Vika I can write a whole book. Now Vika put online more than 300 great songs, it has already gained more than 36 million views and received 14,000 enthusiastic comments from France, South Korea, the United States, Russia and other countries. No other young singer in the world can boast that! Among her songs are not enough of these masterpieces are Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6swfdszVkk&list=PLA8Qr5sFMaN4NEG3Ez-zlQY51eAnQiz9b and here: http://www.smule.com/Trawling3 (Here more than 90 pop – songs of Vika). The new version of the same song you will find among her pop songs on smule.com (If you find yourself on this page, I have a request to you, click on the photo with the inscription: “One Day” and listen to a new voice of Vika, I am struck by its purity, what was in Charlotte Charch’s youth. We are interested to know your opinion. If you have time, listen to a song of Madonna’s “Frozen” by Vika and compare with the original:.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zETVr04XUE4 Vika I like best execution) Parisians themselves write that Vika – “new voice” of the World !! They even wrote this: “And how we lived until now without Vika songs?”, Ie, compared she with the Great Dalida! Well – where much more! Vika incredibly graceful and synchronized stage movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGPR-gMIi7U “Moscow Day” Finally, see what beautiful scenery draws Vika, and immediately from nature, without preliminary sketches : Ie like any genius, Vika shows outstanding ability in several areas !!! I believe that Vika representative of children who appear on the world after 20 – 30 thousand years… peruvian girl says: What?! Peruvian?! “Peruvian” language does not exist. People in Peru speak Spanish and native languages (none of them is called “peruvian”). dear visitors, now Vicki has 380 songs on the web, you can listen to some of them at this address: https://www.instagram.com/victoria_oganisyan/ (copy here to the Google search bar Beauty and the Brains. A blog about young talents! Jessie Eilers Lara Dabbagh Sheland Faelnar Trish Bonilla Angie Kristine Mirna Hanna – ميرنا حنا Ayoub Maach Solomia Lukyanets Sassa Dagdag Olivia and Gayathiri Maia Gough Tsung Tsung Arielle Baril Heavenly Joy Jerkins Yulema Ramirez ( Yulema Imaginee ) Amira Willighagen Arisxandra Libantino Jaxon Smith Anna Christine Avery Winter Krisia Todorova Malachi Samedy Prodigies, are they Reincarnated geniuses? Kelvin Doe – Dj Focus Drummers (2) Inventors (2) Prodigies (23) Rising Stars (5) The Voice Kids (1) Vloggers (2)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428222
__label__cc	0.697583	0.302417	Melanie Moser – Shakti Hour – Ep. 40 – Lyla June Johnston Poet and singer-songwriter Lyla June Johnston shares a conversation with Melanie Moser about finding beauty in our own lineage, as well as others. Lyla also explores the unique struggles and blessings that women encounter along their spiritual paths. Lyla June is a nationally and internationally renowned public speaker, poet, hip-hop artist and acoustic singer-songwriter of Diné (Navajo) and Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) lineages. Her music and message centers around intergenerational and inter-ethnic healing, as well as an articulation of Indigenous Philosophy. Her life story of addiction, abuse, discrimination and eventually overcoming these battles gives her a powerful vantage point from which to share a message of love, unification and healing. Lyla’s urgent, vibrant stage presence and ability to convey paths forward for indigenous liberation have brought her to universities, school assemblies, conferences, music festivals, and community centers across the United States and over ten nations around the world. All Of My Relatives Melanie and Lyla June talk about the Lakota prayer of Mitakuye Oyasin and how it was eventually appropriated by outside cultures. They discuss the complex issue of indigenous cultures being adopted by the outsiders and former aggressors. “Mitakuye Oyasin is a prayer for all your relatives. Obviously, in the Lakota worldview our relatives are not just our brother and sister or our grandma or grandpa. It extends to the trees as our relatives, the buffalo, the mycelium as our relative. Even the rain and stars are our relatives. It is really a universal prayer for everything.” – Lyla June Johnston Discover lessons of peace, equanimity and divine purpose from the Muscogee Native American tradition with Tom Bluewolf in Ep. 221 of the Mindrolling Podcast Deep Beauty (15:00) Lyla speaks about the tendency for disaffected Europeans to look towards other cultures for value and substance. She and Melanie look at how these seekers can find beauty and wisdom deep in their own lineage. “Yes, let us learn from Native American cultures, from Indian cultures, let us learn from South American cultures and lets never forget that we have beauty too. It is part of our duty to research that beauty.” – Lyla June Johnston A Woman’s Covenant (29:55) We look at how spiritual practice is different for men and women in the Lakota culture. Lyla shares an inspirational reflection on how sisters of all culture can recover and move forward after experiencing sexual trauma. What does it feel like to be creative? Fulfilled in your career? In the right relationship to love? And seeing the opportunity in all of life’s losses? In other words, what does it feel like to be wholly, authentically, and vibrantly YOU? Join writer, illustrator, and Instagram sensation Mari Andrew in a vibrant weekend workshop from July 5 – 7, 2019, that explores creativity, career, love, and loss. She shows how uncertainty, heartbreak, desire, sensitivity, and exploration offer a road home to who we really are. Visit 1440.org/BeHereNow to find this and other life-changing experiences available at 1440 Multiversity. Images via Lyla June Johnston Melanie Moser	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428228
__label__wiki	0.73319	0.73319	This video may make you think twice about upgrading to iOS 10 Brad Reed @bwreedbgr I personally love being able to get new software on my iPhone as soon as it’s available but over the long haul it might not be a good idea to keep upgrading. Why? Because as a video posted by YouTuber EverythingApplePro demonstrates, the performance of your device really does degrade if you install major updates on it for an extended period of time. RELATED: There’s an easy way to fix iPhones bricked by the 1970 date change bug Essentially, the video compares the performance of an iPhone 5 that still runs iOS 6 with an iPhone 5 that has been updated to iOS 9. Obviously, Apple has added a ton of great features to iOS since iOS 6 first launched in 2012 but the video also demonstrates that these features have come at the expense of the phone’s overall performance. As you’ll see, the phone takes longer to boot up and there’s a noticeable lag between when you click to open an app and when that app is ready to use. The video also shows that iOS 9 takes up a lot more memory than iOS 6 did and that the iOS 6 device outperforms the iOS 9 device in benchmark scores. Now, does this mean you definitely shouldn’t upgrade your phone to iOS 10 when it comes out later this year? Of course not. However, if you are still rocking an iPhone 5s it should definitely make you think twice since it will likely lead to similar performance degradation like what we see in the video. iPhone 6 users may also want to weigh how well their devices have performed since installing iOS 9 on their phones before taking the plunge. The iPhone 6s will likely be fine to run iOS 10 this year, although if you plan on hanging onto it for longer than that, you might want to consider not upgrading to iOS 11 to preserve performance. Secret settings that make any Android phone feel twice as fast Sony might’ve just accidentally confirmed a massive PS5 leak Just Restocked There’s a secret sale that gets you a Fire TV Stick for $29.99, but you’re not supposed to know about it The scary mystery virus that appeared in China is now spreading to other countries By Mike Wehner 21 hours ago Marvel’s first movie of 2020 was just spoiled by two big leaks By Chris Smith 2 days ago Free food: Here are all the restaurants where you can get free stuff for your birthday By Zach Epstein 1 day ago	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428230
__label__wiki	0.859134	0.859134	BIAZA Office BIAZA Blog Donate to Biaza History of BIAZA Join Biaza Biaza Members Provisional Members 2020 BIAZA Awards 2020 BIAZA Photography Competition Animal care & management Plant care & management Conservation breeding Chinese crocodile lizards at Bristol Zoo gardens for the first time News from BIAZA News from Zoos & Aquariums News from Corporates and Associates Posted: 3rd January, 2018 Bristol Zoo Gardens has a colony of endangered Chinese crocodile lizards for the first time in its 181 year history. There are fewer than 1,000 of these lizards left in the wild in their native Southern China so the breeding programme in zoos is crucial to the species’ survival. Adam Davis, senior keeper at Bristol Zoo, said their numbers had been hit by people seizing them for the illegal pet trade and for use in making traditional medicine. He said the lizards had also been affected by the destruction of their natural habitat. Since 2014 the species has been listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. But Adam said once the lizards had settled at Bristol Zoo it was hoped they would breed. He said: “We have never had them here before. They are distinctive because of the crocodilian like scales on their backs and their crocodile-like tails. “They are locally called the ‘lizard of great sleepiness’ because they will often sit completely motionless for hours at a time” The five Chinese crocodile lizards are seven years old and eat a diet of worms and other invertebrates. When fully grown they can reach up to 40 cms (16 ins) long. Adam said: “They are semi-aquatic, but also great climbers, often found resting on branches and foliage overhanging water. “Their defence is to stay still for as long as possible but if they really feel threatened they drop off the branch and into the water and swim away.” Animal ambulance arrives in Uganda 17th January, 2020 Drive 4 Wildlife raised over £50,000 to support the Ugandan Wildlife Education and Conservation Centre in their anti-poaching and animal rescue efforts. Read full article BIAZA Members' Conservation Outputs Revealed 8th January, 2020 BIAZA is proud to announce its headline conservation outputs from across the BIAZA membership which have now been released. Read full article The Bug Issue 18th November, 2019 A new conservation campaign led by the BIAZA Terrestrial Invertebrate Working Group (TIWG) will focus on conserving some of the most endangered native… Read full article BIAZA, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales number 6789783. Registered Office Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY. Registered Charity Number is 1128168 and SC040783 (Scotland) © Copyright 2011-2020 - Biaza Website by Website Vision	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428231
__label__cc	0.74523	0.25477	How to deal with motorist's road rage (after prevention has failed) A few weeks ago I had my first experience where I really worried for my well-being at the hands of an angry motorist-- so, what can a cyclist do when being threatened and followed by a motorist? I was riding on a road with a lot of parked cars as well as driveways, so I was riding somewhat more "center" than what a certain guy was happy with, because he shouted at me to get off the road and onto the bike lane after honking and trying to overtake me. I told him that I don't have to because cyclists have the same legal rights to surface roads that motorists do, and then rode even closer to the center to keep him from dangerously trying to pass me. He then began shouting obscenities at me while driving behind me, so I gave him the one-fingered salute, which he, his wife and son all reciprocated in a perfect Kodak moment. I admit that what I did was the antithesis of mitigating road rage, but I also admit that, until now, I (foolishly) never expected to meet someone on the road who might willingly hurt me: At the next traffic light, he told me to pull over so we could discuss this face-to-face, and I said: "No: I don't have to do that either". What began to scare me is that, after losing him in traffic, he managed to catch up to me and began following me for a very long time and glaring at me. Eventually I pulled quickly off onto the sidewalk and put my keys from my bag into my pocket (it was the sharpest thing I had), but luckily he had to follow the flow of traffic and he didn't meet me again on the road. My safest course of action would have been to avoid provoking the driver in the first place, but I honestly had no expectation that telling a driver about traffic laws could provoke someone into a potentially-murderous rage; Even if I became a mouse on a bike, the possibility of (inadvertently) enraging someone will remain, no matter how small it may be. Therefore, my question is what someone can do in a case where even trying to prevent road rage has failed and they now face the unadulterated wrath of the Gods of the Exploding Dinosaurs-- I really don't think the guy in the story above was intending on "discussing" the matter if he caught me off my bike. safety traffic bike-vs-car errantlinguist errantlinguisterrantlinguist Just get out of his way. You know you can't reason with the guy, so don't bother trying. – Daniel R Hicks Jun 21 '15 at 23:02 In some countries (Czech Republic and others) if a bike lane is available you must use it. Also you acted like a douchbag cyclist - you should have had let him passed you if you could - you share the road you don't own the road – Jerryno Jun 22 '15 at 13:18 @cherouvim Wow - must be some really good bike lanes where you come from. In my country the bike lanes are often covered with litter, stones, broken glass and parked cars as you said. On a bike lane you also have to cede right of way at every driveway and side road, meaning its hard to actually make decent progress. That's why I mostly ride on the road. – Qwerky Jun 23 '15 at 12:31 We (in Greece) are still pretty primitive in regards to cycling. Bike lanes are sometimes used by parked cars as well. – cherouvim Jun 23 '15 at 12:47 @cherouvim: 5 of my 7 actual or near car-bike accidents were while on a bike path (4x nearly taken out by a car doing a sharp turn onto a side road and ignoring the partially-separated bike lane, collision often prevented by me instead sliding out on the ground; 1x being doored while on an integrated bike lane) and two spill-outs were caused by bad conditions on a bike path (sliding on black ice while trying to turn left from the far right-hand bike lane rather than using the left turn lane; slipping on wet pavement also broken from tree roots); Bike lanes = death. – errantlinguist Jun 24 '15 at 6:36 Pull off the road sooner. Sure, you have a right to be there, but it was quite clear that this creep wasn't prepared to accept that. Your safety is more important than taking the lane. Noting his license-plate number and car make/model as he vanishes into the distance isn't a bad idea either, in case you see him again. D.SaloD.Salo So basically I should re-calibrate my Crazy Meter to sound the alarm at much lower levels of Crazy?-- I only realized he was following me after I made some turns onto less-arterial roads (as the probability of him needing to go the exact same way diminishes with each turn). – errantlinguist Jun 22 '15 at 10:55 Yeah, I think so. Unfortunate, but safer. – D.Salo Jun 22 '15 at 22:42 @errantlinguist : My Crazy Meter would start pinging the instant he started honking and shouting, because that's not how a well-adjusted individual should behave. Be careful with one-finger salutes; they are basically an open invitation to confrontation. And someone in a motor vehicle is not someone you want to confront while on a bike. You could even provoke a rational individual to follow you around for a while with that finger. – Unknown Zombie Jun 23 '15 at 19:48 @UnknownZombie: Unfortunately, (especially in that particular part of town) you get used to people shouting at you from cars while on a bike. The probability increases with the amount of hair gel and creatine they use and if they are in a BMW or Audi. I suppose I got a bit too used to it. – errantlinguist Jun 25 '15 at 15:58 Call the police. Get his plate number, his description and report him to the authorities. Idiots like that are too thick to talk to, it takes an officer to get through to them. Call the cops while you're riding, tell them you fear for your safety and let them hear the idiot shouting at you. ShemSegerShemSeger Even looking like you are calling can help. While I am the author of this How to get over anger at inconsiderate drivers answer, I have found that if a driver becomes aggressive then reciting their registration number gives them the message that you know who to report. – andy256 Jun 22 '15 at 5:36 I wanted to call the police but felt like I had at most a minute to solve the problem. Also, using a smart phone while on a road bike is not the easiest thing to do even when not scared for your life-- and is illegal where I live (and, trust me, they will call me on it even when my life is potentially in danger). – errantlinguist Jun 22 '15 at 5:44 I don't necessarily agree that this is a good answer. Police can only assist if they witness what is going on, so unless you are extremely lucky and happen to pass by a police officer during the event this won't be useful advice. You're much better off pulling off the road and getting into a well-populated area. A police officer can't go confront the owner of the license plate after-the-fact, simply because there's no way for him to know if you're being truthful or if you're just messing with the driver because you have a grudge with him. – Unknown Zombie Jun 23 '15 at 19:57 Since buying a camera i have experienced very few instances of road rage. As soon as a driver starts with the anger i just point to the camera and ask them to smile for youtube. you can get decent helmet cams for arounf 30 quid if you look around. stustu And you can probably make something that looks like a camera for even less. – Daniel R Hicks Jul 20 '15 at 22:09 I thankfully never was in that situation, but if the driver doesn't let you go or is getting out of the car, use the bike's advantages over the car : Go in the wrong direction in a one-way (using the sidewalk if need be) Go off the road using pedestrian's facilities (sidewalk, park) Change direction quickly or go back the other way on the same road All these are hard for a car to keep up, sure you might annoy some pedestrians and might be illegal in some places, but it's still better than having the crap beat out of you. BibzBibz Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged safety traffic bike-vs-car or ask your own question. How to get over anger at inconsiderate drivers What to do after an accident? What statutes govern the directing of traffic by citizens in Massachusetts? Is it legal to pass a car on the right when that car is turning? How to avoid riding on a gravel on the road sides? + Riding through traffic lights How can I interpret the intent of and respond to cars behind me honking? How does the risk of a cyclist colliding with a vehicle vary with the speed difference? My friend wants to sell a second hand helmet, I strongly dissagree, am I correct? How to handle motorists' dangerous behaviour with an impassable group?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428232
__label__cc	0.604805	0.395195	Motorcycle Musings Rolling Thunder heads for its final ride in 2019 By DOUG THOMPSON Marine Staff Sgt. Tim Chambers, stands at attention and holds his salute as each rider starts across the Memorial Bridge at each Rolling Thunder. Learned Wednesday that Rolling Thunder, the Memorial Day motorcycle ride to Washington and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, makes it’s last run in 2019. Matt Danielson of The Motorcycle Law Group said “the 32nd Annual Rolling Thunder Ride to DC will be the last.” Danielson quotes Pete Zaleski, vice president of Rolling Thunder, Inc., as confirmation of reports that the expense of putting on the annual event that brings hundreds of thousands of bikers to the nation’s capital each year is too much for the group to shoulder. Reports also say the Pentagon, where Rolling Thunder bikers stage, is getting pressure from their police to stop. I rode in Rolling Thunder 1 in 1988 as a protest against abandoning service member unaccounted for after the Vietnam wall and rain on each of its runs for several years afterward. I’ve missed recent years, particularly after my serious motorcycle accident in 2012 but will head for DC in May of next year for what looks like the final ride. Reports Danielson: We have been told that Rolling Thunder, Inc. will continue to be active, and will continue its work on behalf of POW/MIAs, veterans, and active duty military. However, if you have always wanted to take part in the Annual Ride to DC, you may want to book your rooms now. 2019 will be your last chance The cause that brought bikers and veterans together each year is still an unfulfilled need that must be addressed. Let’s hope that cause is not forgotten and someone picks up the flag to lead Rolling Thunder after the final ride in 2019. Long-time newspaperman, photographer, and videographer who, at age 72, still shoots photos and covers government and courts for a BH Media newspaper, shoots video for TV news, documentary use and owns websites that include Blue Ridge Muse and Capitol Hill Blue. 1 thought on “Rolling Thunder heads for its final ride in 2019” so the pigs are crying.. Search the Muse © 2020 Blue Ridge Muse	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428245
__label__wiki	0.5185	0.5185	USCHO.com Fan Forum \| board.uscho.com > College Hockey > Men's Division I > Boston University 2011-2012 Season Thread: Part III: Now What? View Full Version : Boston University 2011-2012 Season Thread: Part III: Now What? Pages : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 [18] 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Hokydad this didn't really answer the question. are you saying that charlie didn't think he needed to play a role? wouldn't accept things that didn't say to him, "hey, you are a first liner. how would you like your milk?" that he was a pawn, being told to work corners or stand in front of the net on the pp and he should have had better opportunities that weren't presented to him here but will be up north? nope. just saying it is clear from his statements that he wanted to go take a crack at pro hockey and could care less about school. unfortunate but life goes on buoldtimer ...or even a Keny Roche :) Whoa! Calm down, please. brassbonanza which gets back to my original point about being a quitter. what was he expecting when he came to BU? not like he'd never seen or been around a college program before. Well- it took coyle 24 seconds to score his first goal in world junior tourney mookie1995 holy cross can beat denmark.....;) Carmine Scarpaglia I think both apply. I'll be rooting for the U.S. obviously at the WJC but he is going to fall into the BC player category where I'm rooting for the team but not certain individual players to play well..unless it's helping Clendening rack up the assists. No offense but this is ridiculous. You root against BC players even when they're not wearing a BC uniform and are playing for your country? Seriously get help. Coyle just got #2 and could easily have a hat trick if not one more. Having a very good game hitting, passing and shooting. Would the morons that claim he is no big loss please stand up one more time? Bumbles I've come to terms with what happened this winter break but ah, can't help but think we had a legitimate shot at an NCAA title with that team. :( No offense but this is ridiculous. You root against BC players even when they're not wearing a BC uniform and are playing for your country? Seriously get help.Seriously, even I don't do that. http://i40.tinypic.com/2lkxoo9.png ??? I bought my oldest a pens orpik. Don't even have to be country to cheer for!! Geez. Which is about half the # of goals he scored in the past 14 months at BU. What dont you get, he wasnt productive here regardless of his "upside" and even if he became productive he was leaving 3 months from now. "Moron" my name is Mav. Harry Cleverly BU has created that atmosphere over the past 5+ years. All kids who think they are first liners and no role guys. If you have the pro mentality and or pro dreams, you find out real quick you are just a pawn. Who are the real pawns here? Is it the players that think they have professional futures, and are "used" for the abilities on the ice and 'discarded' when they are no longer viable contributors? Or are the real pawns the colleges, who are being "used" by the players as a stepping stone to get to the pro ranks? It appears that there is a lot of using going on both ways. The "using" that the system was based on was that a student-athlete comes to school for four years, plays on the team for four years, leaves with a degree ... and then may embark on a pro career, be it in North America or Europe. Now, there seem to be too many shortcuts that, in many cases, leaves both sides shorthanded. The most recent BU player that I can look at that did it right was Brandon Yip. Stayed for four years, continued to improve and when it was time for the big show, he was ready with only a brief stop in the minors. I think Colin Wilson also did it right. He left early because the money and opportunity were there for him. Should Nick Bonino had come back for his senior year? David Warsofsky? Colby Cohen? Would have been better served by staying for four years, professionally and personally? Warsofsky seemed bored his junior year, and had regressed. So perhaps it was best that he left. Cohen probably thought he had accomplished everything there was to accomplish in college, but he still could have learned some consistency on defense and perhaps made the jump after a big senior year. Same with Bonino. Maybe college hockey, or specifically, college wasn't meant for Charlie Connolly. Or Chris Bourque. While Parker, York, Berenson and Jackson may be the Kings of college hockey, they are also often used as pawns by 18 years looking for stepping stones. Another one for Coyle. Hat trick. Golly gee that guy stinks. Why would BU want a kid like that? Right Jofa? yup.... the bs theory, :"you have all the leverage your junior year" is foolish if your goal is a 45k ahl contract, go for it ActionJoe Golly gee, one standout performance makes him the best player ever right? This means he's going to score hat tricks every night, right? And that means he will be a solid player and honor commitments to his next team, right? I'm just asking questions here. PPGuru The biggest problem I see for some of the BU kids who have gone pro lately (specifically Warsofsky, Colby Cohen and Bonino) is that they have fallen in sync with the idea that they will lose mucho leverage in negotiations if they come back for their senior years. If you aren't ready, then it just isn't time to go. BU players aren't the only ones buying that as an absolute rule, either. If you aren't ready to step up to professional hockey and do well, then you are just filler for the lower leagues. Golly gee, one standout performance makes him the best player ever right? This means he's going to score hat tricks every night, right? And that means he will be a solid player and honor commitments to his next team, right? We don't know the answers to those questions yet. But this DOES create more questions...specifically (and not to necessarily open up a can of worms here), and I 'm asking anyone here, what motivates a player and if his production level is consistently below what is generally assessed to be his "talent level," what is the reason for that? Is it oversimplification to say that he was just bored? Was schoolwork hindering him? Perhaps he can only focus on one thing at a time. Not everyone has multi-tasking capabilities. Nobody is saying he is going to get a hat trick every night. But I think the question has to be asked that obviously the game seemed to "open up" for him. Is it the style of play? Maybe the people who have asserted that the reigns are "too tight" on these players have a point. Yes, the coach's style may be "proven" to be a successful one; however, if the players don't buy into in/are bored, what difference does it make? It's pretty difficult to have any continuity when you have a revolving door. Not making any veiled accusations...just saying....food for discussion... Golly gee, one standout performance makes him the best player ever right? This means he's going to score hat tricks every night, right?Wasn't he a standout player during last year's WJC too? Wasn't he a standout player during last year's WJC too? If he's up laying against other 19 yo kids he's great.... Against 21-24 yo kids, not much. Therefore he'll excel once he gets to mj in a couple weeks. steakbomb One thing is clear here. There are still many questions about whether Coyle is a legitimate 1st round pick. He came in as a kid who hadn't played enough against upper level competition. After a year and a half of HE play, those questions remain. I agree it was in his best interest to stay @ BU through the end of this season, then reevaluate. The handwriting was on the wall academically, so the next best place to be is where he's going (QMJHL). One thing BU fans(or any div. 1 college hockey fans)know is when a highly touted prospect is ready for the next step. Colin Wilson, most recently was a man among boys. Krieder is now. Coyle hasn't shown that level of dominance to be considered to be at that level. Maybe a change of scenery or system convinces the scouts. My feeling is that if they felt that strongly about the kid now, he would be heading to the AHL. He's not and there's a **** good reason for it.he's just not that good....YET? One thing BU fans(or any div. 1 college hockey fans)know is when a highly touted prospect is ready for the next step.This made me lol. As an aside, I've been meaning to tell you - "steakbomb" is an awesome username.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428246
__label__wiki	0.969295	0.969295	Elijah Cummings Has Died by Jerome Frank in World News — Oct 17, 2019 The veteran Baltimore representative passed away at Johns Hopkins Hospital "due to complications concerning longstanding health challenges", reports said, quoting a statement from his office. Trump impeachment probe: The Maryland Congressman was a key figure in investigating President Donald Trump. In a joint statement, former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, also praised Cummings' leadership of the committee "in finding facts, exposing fictions, and demanding that our government be accountable". Cummings responded that government officials must stop making "hateful, incendiary comments" that only serve to divide and distract the nation from its real problems. "It's about loving our country", Cummings said. The press was quick to point out that much of the rental property in Cummings's district was owned by companies controlled by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. He was appointed committee chair on January 3. He had undergone multiple surgeries in the last two years. "He spoke truth to power, defended the disenfranchised and represented West Baltimore with strength and dignity", tweeted Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, House Democratic caucus chairman and a fellow member of the Congressional Black Caucus, on Thursday. Congressman Elijah Cummings was a fearless leader, a protector of democracy, and a fighter for the people of Maryland. Oversight is deeply involved in the testimony being taken in the impeachment "inquiry" by the House at the moment, with Adam Schiff in more or less a lead position despite his serious credibility issues. Far from being the caricature of urban blight portrayed by Trump, Cummings's district includes mixed city neighbourhoods with elements of gentrification, as well as chunks of suburban Baltimore and adjoining Howard County. Syria to counter Turkey by 'all legitimate means': Assad On Oct. 6, Trump told Erdogan he would move USA troops out of the way, clearing the way for Turkey's offensive against our allies. It appears to support the president's contention that he didn't give Erdogan his approval for the Turkish military campaign. The Outer Worlds: Xbox One X gets 4K, PS4 Pro does not We're of course talking about The Outer Worlds from Obsidian Entertainment, where we're set loose in the Halcyon colony. No further details were provided about the reasons, nor more in-depth technical particulars were shared at this stage. Google announces new budget-friendly Pixelbook Go Your music should sound great on the Pixelbook Go because of its dual top-firing speakers, which flank the keyboard on both sides. Plus, the Pixelbook Go benefits from an improved microphone array that's better at capturing speech than that of its predecessor. "He taught us patience and fortitude when confronted with malice from opponents, which he answered with 'charity for all.' And his faith in democracy served as a lesson to us all", Hoyer said in a statement. I became very determined'. He rose to become House speaker pro tem, the first black United States delegate to hold the position. The Maryland Democratic Party said the late congressman "will always be remembered for dedicating his life's work to improving the lives of others, standing up for his community, and protecting our democracy". Cummings has been a representative of Maryland's 7th Congressional District since 1996. Cummings grew up in the Civil Rights Era and recently discussed how, even at a young age, he was part of that movement to integrate parts of his neighborhood. Every day for a week, when the children tried to get into the pool, they were spit upon, threatened and called names, Cummings said; he said he was cut by a bottle thrown from an angry crowd. 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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have not commented on this incident as of press time. Mulvaney press conference made things 'much, much worse' for Trump, Democrats say Mulvaney said that Trump was concerned about corruption in Ukraine , including its efforts in the 2016 election. But Trump told Mulvaney he was also concerned about Ukraine's role in the 2016 campaign. Trump letter to Erdogan He said that President Donald Trump made it clear that had Turkey not agreed, the USA would impose more economic sanctions . Soon after it was released, though, the White House confirmed that the letter was genuine. Ariana Grande wants to sample the Kylie Jenner "Riiise and Shine" meme He's still young and at the recording studio late. She's not wanting to be a normal rapper's wife. They have different lifestyles. Gordon Sondland, EU Ambassador, Testifies Before Congress On Ukraine He continued: "Withholding foreign aid in order to pressure a foreign government to take such steps would be wrong". Trump has said he did nothing wrong and labelled the impeachment inquiry a "witch-hunt". System in the Gulf could become Tropical Storm Nestor Download the free AccuWeather app to see the latest forecast and advisories for your region. Our only concern will be for heavy rain possibly totaling 1 to 3 inches on Saturday. Telcos passing off wirelines as mobile numbers to evade charges: Jio Just a few days ago, Reliance Jio broke its promise of free outgoing calls by introducing a 6 paise a minute charge. At this instant, Jio has also come up with custom IUC packs for users to recharge and enjoy free minutes. Jonah Hill LEAVES The Batman, Seth Rogen Almost Played Penguin! But it turns out that Jonah Hill will not be joining the highly anticipated project as the villain of the piece after all. It is being reported that Jonah Hill is no longer in talks for Matt Reeves' The Batman and won't be a part of the film. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo joint winners of Booker Prize A Booker judge praised " The Testaments " as "savage and beautiful" and said it delivers its message "with conviction and power". Coming to the stage with Evaristo to accept her half of the prize, Atwood said, "Neither of us expected to win this". Beal, Wizards reach two-year, $72M extension From when the extension is signed and until June 2023, Beal can decline or exercise the option. The Wizards drafted Beal with the third overall pick out of Florida in 2012. Poor diets damaging children’s health Overall, the effort to address faults in the food system must involve governments, the private sector and civil society, Ms. In its annual report , UNICEF warns that poor eating and feeding practices start from the earliest days of a child's life. 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"I was beaten and all kinds of rocks and bottles thrown at me". He was previously treated for heart and knee issues, CBS News reported.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428250
__label__wiki	0.870893	0.870893	Airbus: CIMON 2 In Transit to International Space Station It launched from Florida today, heading to the International Space Station. It is shown here during tests in the Columbus mock-up at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne. The robotic helper was delivered to the ISS on SpaceX's Dragon capsule launched from Cape Canaveral this week. Boasting a combination of IBM Watson AI, cloud connectivity, and neural network training, the Crew Interactive Mobile Companion can help complete routine tasks and research projects. IBM, meanwhile, has used AI tools to monitor players" emotions at Wimbledon to automatically create highlights packages for fans, while chatbots have been deployed as digital "ears' for users to discuss sensitive issues, such as bullying or depression, for some time. The CIMON 2 is the next generation CIMON that was also developed by Airbus on behalf of the German Space Agency. The robot marked the world's first artificial intelligence system on the space station. Based on Biniok, CIMON 2 has been created to behave as 'an objective outsider that you can talk to if you're alone, or could actually help let the group collaborate again'. Its "smart face" was able to spot and recognize Gerst, make eye contact and carry on a conversation with him. The floating robotic may also have the ability to supply help with easier duties, like taking images or recording audio and video samples throughout experiments. "The new CIMON has a built-in switch that enables the data streams from all cameras and microphones to be interrupted from the ISS". Astronauts can even instruct CIMON to take a picture of something on the station and get in touch. Hamilton Is One Step Away From Matching Schumacher's World Record Which is an understandable thing because everyone wants to win, they all want to be a part of a winning formula. The team, the organisation, all the way through to the bosses. Xbox Game Pass gets Overcooked 2, Pathologic 2 and more in December On the flip side, making its way to the Microsoft's subscription service should help boost its presence to more gamers. One of the problems with Xbox Game Pass is that people have so many options that they may not know what to play next. ‘Aladdin"s Prince Anders To Get Spinoff And Fans Aren’t Happy" Billy brought the idea for a spinoff to Disney and the project is now being written by Jordan Dunn and Michael Kvamme . The film, directed by Guy Ritchie, made over 1 billion dollars at the global box office upon its release in May. CIMON returned to Earth in August, and the German Aerospace Center Space Administration determined that his first outing was a success. CIMON 2 will furthermore approach equipped with five extra cameras placed spherical its spherical case to retain notice of its orientation. CIMON 2 will remain on the ISS for up to three years, Biniok said. "Its AI capabilities and the stability of its complex software applications have also been significantly improved". Matthias Biniok, IBM project lead for the Watson AI said: "During its first deployment on the ISS, CIMON proved that it cannot only understand content in context, but also the intention behind it. CIMON-2 is taking this a step further". CIMON-2 and the original CIMON robot look like floating spheres with one flattened side. Thanks to the IBM Watson Tone Analyzer from IBM Cloud in Frankfurt, Germany, it is now capable of assessing the astronauts' emotions and reacting in a manner that is appropriate to the situation, either at the request of the astronauts or when its emotional analysis is being tested as part of an experiment. CIMON-2 has ultrasound sensors that allow it to navigate without colliding with things. Engineers have said CIMON's concept was inspired by a 1940s science fiction comic series set in space, where a sentient, brain-shaped robot named Professor Simon mentors an astronaut named Captain Future. He can even nod and shake his head - which is essentially all CIMON's body consists of. CIMON can read experimental procedures, record videos, and even conduct simple conversations with astronauts. People tried to break Billie Eilish for the oddest reason Ruth Bader Ginsburg Temporarily Blocks Release Of Trump's Financial Records Trump impeachment: House Democrats make constitutional case IPhone 11 users can now claim their free year of Apple TV+ 1/20/2020 KFC Selling Fried Chicken Scented Fire-logs It can burn up to three hours, however, the chain noted it may "attract bears or hungry neighbors". A year ago when the product was introduced, it sold out within the first three hours. 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Trump Should Be Impeached — Michael Bloomberg He said Friday that the National Rifle Association, whose leadership has been in turmoil, "has basically been beaten". But he defended the programme many times as mayor - and as recently as January . Big Bird & Oscar the Grouch Puppeteer Caroll Spinney Passes Away Spinney appeared in "The Muppet Movie", "The Great Muppet Caper", "Big Bird in China", and "Follow that Bird". He passed away at his home in CT after living with dystonia for some time, a Sesame Workshop statement said . What’s the Status of AIDS in China? Thirty years on, we understand much more about HIV/AIDS - which has lead to advances in prevention, medication and treatment. To date, there are 763 people living with HIV in the archipelago in the western Indian Ocean with 95,000 inhabitants. Gut instinct helped Forster save crucial penalty in cup win It's easy to give it up, to think "Oh, it's not our day today and that's the end of it" but they just won't. Forster was quite simply outstanding against Rangers, coming to Celtic's rescue on a number of occasions. Ceremony Honors Those Killed in Pearl Harbor Attack Almost half - or 1,177 - were Marines and sailors serving on the USS Arizona , a battleship moored in the harbor. The USS Arizona still rests in the harbor today and is a grave for more than 900 men killed in the attack. Elder Scrolls Legends will not be getting any additional content Legends then went through a studio transition in 2018, when development was passed over from Dire Wolf Digital to Sparkypants. Now according to the roadmap, there was also supposed to be one more card set, but it seems that is not happening anymore. Stocks jump on strong November jobs data If no deal is reached between the two countries soon, more tariffs on Chinese goods would come into effect from December 15. On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 28.01 points, or 0.10 per cent, to 27,677.79. -China trade war. 'SNL' cold open: Paul Rudd, James Corden, and Jimmy Fallon roast Trump Baldwin's Trump desperately wants a seat at the table where there's an obvious open seat, but the cool kids don't want him at the table. Leicester break club record with 4-1 win at Villa Villa's defeat was not their only setback as England defender Tyrone Mings was forced off with an injury in the first half. The Foxes threatened at will while Villa could not handle Vardy's pace and Iheanacho's movement. I slept at training ground after Man Utd defeat: Mourinho Mourinho likened Son's goal to a famous solo goal scored by Ronaldo during his time with Spanish giants FC Barcelona . So it will be a great opportunity for the boys, and very important for me to go with them".	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428251
__label__cc	0.646686	0.353314	A washed up TV reporter stumbles onto a corruption scandal in Western China. Pursued through the desert by a psychotic spin-doctor and a world-weary cop, he discovers the real China: illegal metal mines, a fashion-crazed gang of girl bikers, a whole commune of Tiananmen Square survivors and the up-market sleaze-joints of Beijing. En route, he clashes with a stellar cast of people-traffickers, prostitutes and TV execs. But then the unquiet dead begin to intervene: ghosts from his own past and the past of Chinese Communism; the 'spirits that hover three feet above our heads' of Chinese folklore. Rare Earth is a story about love, journalism, ghosts, metallurgy, vintage militaria and large motorcycles set in the badlands of Inner Mongolia and Ningxia. It is about the west's inability to understand the East; one man's epic journey across a dying landscape, where 'thousands of pairs of eyes peer beyond grimy windowpanes into the moonless sky, looking for something better.' Oldcastle Books Perseus Books, LLC More Books by Paul Mason Stop Walking on Eggshells Clear Bright Future PostCapitalism Swim Better, Swim Faster Reading Planet KS2 - The Inside Story of Money - Level 5: Mars - Non-Fiction	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428253
__label__wiki	0.792939	0.792939	Actor Harris Dickinson joins ‘The Darkest Minds’ as Liam Saul Marquez Saul Marquez founded Bookstacked in 2014 and serves as the site's Editor-in-Chief. He primarily covers news for Bookstacked. He also co-hosts Bookmarked: A YA Book Podcast. More in The Darkest Minds 13 Book to Movie Changes in ‘The Darkest Minds’ Movie (SPOILERS) ‘The Darkest Minds’ adds actress Gwendoline Christie as a bounty hunter Amandla Stenberg to star in ‘The Darkest Minds’ adaptation Dickinson will star alongside Amandla Stenberg in the film adaptation of ‘The Darkest Minds’. ‘The Darkest Minds’, the film based off the book of the same name, has cast another lead! Actor Harris Dickinson (‘Beach Rats’) has been cast as Liam Stewart, according to Deadline. Dickinson is the second lead actor to be cast in ‘The Darkest Minds’. We learned that Amandla Stenberg had been cast as Ruby Daly last September. ‘The Darkest Minds’ will be adapted from the popular YA novel by Alexandra Bracken. The story, set after a fatal pandemic that wipes out the majority of the earth’s children, follows Ruby Daly — a young girl who develops dangerous abilities after the pandemic. She, alongside a group of other gifted children, search for a haven where they won’t be hunted down by the government for their abilities. Bracken published the final book of the trilogy, The Afterlight in 2014. Fans of the series know that Liam plays a vital role in the story, so this is some huge casting news for the movie! Jennifer Yuh Nelson (‘Kung Fu Panda’) is expected to direct the film. ‘The Darkest Minds’ movie release date has yet to be revealed, as far as Bookstacked can confirm. You'll enjoy these reads too For book nerds only ;) REVIEW: ‘The Iron Will of Genie Lo’ by F.C. Yee is well worth the wait Flagship Harry Potter store coming to New York REVIEW: ‘Rebel’ by Marie Lu is good but not necessary Bookmarked 35: 2019 End of the Year Book Tag! The top pop culture moments of the decade “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428254
__label__cc	0.534461	0.465539	UBC Botanical Garden Visitor Info & Maps Explore our Garden Shop & Garden Centre Greenheart TreeWalk Tours & Field Trips Team Building in Nature Horticulture Training Program Grow Green Guide Vancouver Trees App Hortline Advice Books, Volumes & Apps Photography & Filming Friends of the Garden » Home » Visit » Explore our Garden » BC Rainforest Garden Tips & Rules David C. Lam Asian Garden E.H. Lohbrunner Alpine Garden BC Rainforest Garden Carolinian Forest Garden Food Garden Harold & Frances Holt Physic Garden Garry Oak Meadow and Woodland Garden Other Gardens & Areas Inazō Nitobe and Bushidō History of the Garden The Tea House and Roji Relations with the Japanese Canadian Community Understanding Japanese Gardens The BC Rainforest Garden is a signature feature of the Garden, as it displays plants that are locally native to the area and region. The collections represent elements of the coastal rainforest of southwestern British Columbia and the Southern Interior Wet-belt. The garden area boasts a mild microclimate from its proximity to the ocean, considerable overhead cover from the tall, second-growth conifers and effective cold-air drainage. Nearly all plants in the garden are derived from plants in the wild or naturally present on the site. The BC Rainforest Garden is topographically diverse, centred around a large, shallow pond. There are boggy spots around the pond margins, as well as extensive upland forested areas. All parts of the garden are accessible by a network of mulch covered trails and wooden bridges. The collections include a wide variety of woody and non-woody, terrestrial, marginal and aquatic plants, and plants of First Nations ethnobotanical importance. Because of the diversity of habitats and food sources, animal biodiversity is significant. Amphibians, reptiles, insects and especially birds can be seen, and the pond is regularly surveyed by student researchers for its invertebrate populations. Herbaceous plants in the BC Rainforest Garden spring to action very early in the year, often when frost lingers in the morning. First is the swamp lantern with its huge yellow spathe and heat generating spadix. As temperatures begin to climb, trilliums, false Solomon’s seal, fawn lilies and a variety of other woodlanders burst into bloom just as many shrubs and trees begin to flower. Hummingbirds are regular visitors to red-flowering currant and salmonberry and to the Indian paintbrush, red-flowered honeysuckle, Cooley’s hedge nettle and western columbine in the summer. The pond is alive with a huge variety of insects and other invertebrates in the summer, including a large number of dragonfly species. Birds and dragonflies, and bats in the evening, effectively keep mosquitoes under control all summer long. Significant Collections One of the most iconic plants in the BC Rainforest Garden is a grafted plant, a propagation of the original, celebrated “Golden Spruce” that grew for many years near Port Clements on Haida Gwaii. The tree is slow growing and since the original shoot from which the plant has grown was a side branch, the tree is still somewhat plagiotropic (the leading shoot inclined away from the vertical). In the BC Rainforest Garden collection: • all three Acer (maple) species native to BC: vine maple, Rocky Mountain maple and big-leaf maple • 10 Vaccinium species: Alaska blueberry, dwarf blueberry, thinleaf huckleberry, velvet-leaf blueberry, oval-leaf blueberry, evergreen huckleberry, cranberry, red huckleberry, bog bilberry and lingonberry The two-hectare BC Rainforest Garden (originally, the BC Native Garden) is one of the longest established features of the Garden. It was started in 1971 and dedicated to the garden’s first director, John Davidson in 1978. The garden was originally intended to accommodate a substantial and regionally representative collection of the BC flora and the curator made many trips to the far corners of BC to collect plants. In the intervening years, however, the garden’s staff was reduced and many of the plants from areas outside of the southwest coast in this garden were lost. Recently, the garden’s name was changed to the BC Rainforest Garden and its mandate was narrowed to represent elements of the coastal and interior rainforests of BC (plants associated with the Coastal Western Hemlock and the Interior Western Hemlock biogeoclimatic zones). The BC Rainforest Garden is one of four garden features that represent BC’s flora. The others are the Garry Oak Meadow and Woodland Garden, the Pacific Slope Garden and the E.H. Lohbrunner Alpine Garden. Feature: Western red cedar Thuja plicata (western red cedar) provided First Nations peoples with a variety of uses: bark for clothing and baskets, wood for buildings, boats, fishing equipment, totem and mortuary poles, and green shoots for medicine. Western red cedar is adaptable and long-living, tolerating conditions from peninsular Alaska south to California with its curtain-like drooping branchlets and foliage well adapted to shade and high rainfall. Rotting “nurse” logs and old stumps are important for temperate rainforest ecosystems providing good growing conditions for tree seedlings and are common in the BC Rainforest Garden. Tree and shrub seedlings germinating on the rapidly decaying timber acquire water and nutrients and develop mycorrhizal associations. Trunks and larger stems of Acer macrophyllum (big-leaf maple) are the licorice fern’s favoured habitat in the BC Rainforest Garden. The rhizomes of licorice fern contain ostadin, a steroidal compound 3000 times sweeter than sucrose. Coastal native peoples used the rhizomes as a sweetener and for treating throat ailments. 6804 SW Marine Drive Website botanicalgarden.ubc.ca Email garden.info@ubc.ca About UBC Science \| News and events Dean's office \| Leadership team \| Departments \| Research units and institutes \| UBC Attractions UBC Science UBC Faculty of Science, Office of the Dean Earth Sciences Building, 2178-2207 Main Mall Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6T 1Z4	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428256
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__label__cc	0.714855	0.285145	About BJBMS BJBMS VIEWPOINTS Adjunct corticosteroid treatment in patients with pneumonia: A precision medicine approach Srdjan Gavrilovic Intensive Care Unit, Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7752-3833 Ana Andrijevic Intensive Care Unit, Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia Aida Mujakovic Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital “Prim. Dr. Abdulah Nakaš”, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Medical School, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0022-1482 Yewande Odeyemi Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4446-198X Belma Paralija Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases, Clinical Center University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Faculty of Medicine, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7556-671X Ognjen Gajic Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4218-0890 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17305/bjbms.2019.3977 Keywords: Pneumonia, corticosteroids, C-reactive protein, biomarkers, intensive care unit, ICU Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death worldwide. While inflammation is critically important in host response to microbial invasion, exaggerated inflammation can damage the lungs, contributing to respiratory failure and mortality. Corticosteroids are effective in reducing inflammation and can also cause immune suppression. Presently, clinicians are unable to reliably distinguish between exaggerated and appropriate immune response and thus cannot rapidly identify patients most likely to benefit from adjunctive corticosteroids. In this review, we propose a biomarker-guided, precision medicine approach to corticosteroid treatment, aimed to give these medications at appropriate dose and time and only to patients who have exaggerated inflammation. Aida Mujakovic, Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital “Prim. Dr. Abdulah Nakaš”, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Medical School, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Yewande Odeyemi, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Department of Pulmonary Medicine Ognjen Gajic, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Gavrilovic S, Andrijevic A, Mujakovic A, Odeyemi Y, Paralija B, Gajic O. Adjunct corticosteroid treatment in patients with pneumonia: A precision medicine approach. Bosn J of Basic Med Sci [Internet]. 2019Nov.8 [cited 2020Jan.20];19(4):315-20. Available from: https://bjbms.org/ojs/index.php/bjbms/article/view/3977 December 2019CiteScore Latest articles Current Issue Archives Submit a manuscript How latent viruses cause breast cancer: An explanation based on the microcompetition model Hanan Polansky, Hava Schwab Acute phenibut withdrawal: A comprehensive literature review and illustrative case report Matthew I. Hardman, Juraj Sprung, Toby N. Weingarten Making sense of subclinical cardiac alterations in patients with diabetes Manan Pareek, Michael Hecht Olsen The efficacy and safety of statin in combination with ezetimibe compared with double-dose statin in patients with high cardiovascular risk: A meta-analysis Yunyun Zhu, Haochang Hu, Jun Yang, Qi Yao, Hongyu Xu, Yushan Yu, Ting Liu, Shaoyi Lin Human brucellosis in pregnancy – an overview Mile Bosilkovski, Jurica Arapović, Fariba Keramat Sign up for our themed newsletters Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428262
__label__wiki	0.579237	0.579237	Angry Reader of the Week: William Lu "I'm the son of a Taiwanese organic chemist and a Shanghainese physicist. I inherited none of their science genes." Hello, internet friends. It's time to meet the Angry Reader of the Week, spotlighting you, the very special readers of this website. Over the years, I've been able to connect with a lot of cool folks, and this is a way of showing some appreciation and attention to the people who help make this blog what it is. This week's Angry Reader is William Lu. I'm William Lu, indie filmmaker and hoarder collector. I'm the son of a Taiwanese organic chemist and a Shanghainese physicist. I inherited none of their science genes. Also, I'm a doting uncle to my adorable niece Soleil. San Fernando Valley. And surprisingly there is some decent Chinese food here. Los Altos, California. I do a lot of freelance work in new media, mainly as a producer. In a former lifetime, I was the creator and host of the webseries "Retro Hardware." Currently, I'm doing the festival circuit with COMFORT, a feature film I wrote and directed that stars Chris Dinh, Julie Zhan, and Kelvin Han Yee. Our Los Angeles premiere is actually this Sunday the 24th at the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival. Tickets and info are available here. And I'm stuffing swag bags for the first 50 attendees, life of an indie filmmaker! What are you all about? I like to tell stories about people that look like me. Here's a super-geeky reference, but hopefully I can give audiences that same feeling I felt when I watched "The Dragon and the Angel" episode of 21 Jump Street way back on the FOX channel in 1989. That was the episode in which Dustin Nguyen's character goes undercover to investigate a gang; Russell Wong and Kelly Hu were guest stars and I couldn't believe I was seeing all these Asians on a network television show. What makes you angry? Negativity, passivity, and ungratefulness. FILE UNDER: angry reader of the week, william lu	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428268
__label__cc	0.675719	0.324281	Beware of poisoned apples Denis Konopiský, 7 October 2013 Everybody knows the story of the beautiful Snow White. An evil queen with a bad temper gives a young girl a poisoned apple, because she apparently thinks that it would just make her day. Poor Snow White. All she wanted was a bite of this juicy apple. I guess this one particular bite didn’t make her very happy. Anyway, she apparently made some mistakes, that I can tell. For example, if she wanted an apple, she should have just picked one from a “genuine” tree. Or she could have had someone taste the apple first, like a brave knight that’s always there for her, protecting her every second. Yes, it’s been a while since that famous apple incident happened. Nowadays, a girl wouldn’t just accept an apple from a stranger and take a bite right away. She would at least wash it first! If she’s smart enough, she’s going to have something that tells her more about the apple. With the magic of fairy dust and special effects, let’s transform this story into the world of mobile security. Poisoned APPles The Snow White fairy tale came to life a few days ago, when we found a fake Apple iMessage app for Android. There are lot of apps for Apple iOS that are not released for other platforms. For example, when two people have an iPhone, they can send each other messages for free via Apple’s iMessage service. The Android alternative for that service would probably be Google’s Hangouts app. The problem occurs when you want to send a free text message from iOS to Android. Yes, there’s WhatsApp, Viber, and similar apps, but there’s no way to send an iMessage to Android, nor iMessage from Android. That problem seems to bother some people, so they are eagerly waiting for a solution. The evil queen is aware of the need, so she makes poisoned apples and hands them out for free, telling others that they are sweet, juicy, and absolutely free from poison. Yes, I’m talking about fake apps that are trying to look like official Apple apps for Android. We found the fake iMessage app on some 3rd party website with Android apps. It was also on Google Play, but Google has since removed it. When you install the app and run it, you are made to think you’re on iOS, because the interface is designed that way. The app seems to be communicating with Apple’s servers, but it's not happening directly. The communication is provided via a 3rd party server, and that’s the catch. You give your Apple ID to this app and it sends it to that server and then maybe to Apple. Your messages will be handled the same way. So when you think that you and your friend are the only ones in your conversation, you might be wrong. It’s obvious that this app is trying to look like an Apple app, but there is no official Apple disclaimer, so it’s really not official, and you can’t predict what’s going to happen with your Apple ID. Another app we found is also called iMessage and it’s on Google Play. When you see it’s page, you’ll think this is something connected with Apple, but it’s not. There are screenshots with iPhones and in the description it states, “i.Message it's fully compatible with iPhone 4! Retina Display and Multitasking are supported” which obviously is a lie. This app doesn’t send iMessages, it just shows messages on the screen. This app was probably created just to make money through in-app advertisement, and it clearly takes advantage of people that are looking for a real iMessage app. This particular app won’t do anything bad to your phone, but it’s misleading. Other misleading apps could be more dangerous, so pay attention. These two apps are just a fraction of the fakes/poisoned apples that are out there. Not a long time ago we also found out that the very same thing is happening with the Blackberry Messenger app. So, if you want to know whether there’s an Android version of your favorite iOS or Blackberry app, check their official website and don’t look at weird 3rd party webpages and markets that are a garden full of poisoned apple trees. But just like innocent Snow White chose the wrong person to accept an apple from, sometimes you pick the wrong source for Android apps. We know that, and we have the solution for such situations. avast! Mobile Security is here to protect you wherever you decide to go. I guess Snow White would have been happier if she didn’t have to lie in that glass coffin in a deep sleep. All she needed was to have a knight from the land of AVAST by her side. avast! Mobile Security detects these fake apps as Android:Fapple-A [Trj] SHA: 248513CA09C450D0709773AF089C28CB3D1EB613DA65D44152F6AC440E567664 72A682CBEC6D545BC275CDD331E001E2E6CA86E38C8B986852099A61605B40AF Thank you for using avast! Antivirus and recommending us to your friends and family. For all the latest news, fun and contest information, please follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Avast Threat Labs team uncovers router attacks that sent Brazilian users to phishing pages Find out how Avast Threat Labs uncovered Brazilian cyberattacks that infected routers, sending users to phishing sites. 6 December 2019 min read Avast foresees sophisticated email malware and new AI privacy protections for 2020 Find out how artificial intelligence will protect privacy in a new frontier for cybersecurity in Avast’s annual Threat Landscape Report. Pulling back the curtain on a banking botnet Read how researchers exploited security mistakes by criminals to crack their banking scheme wide open. 2 October 2019 min read	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428269
__label__wiki	0.822378	0.822378	The Rolex Daytona Reviews, Rolex If there is a watch that defines Rolex as a brand, it would be the Rolex Daytona. Or, to call it by its full and proper name, the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona. In the 1930’s, when Rolex was making itself known for producing versatile and durable sports watches. This is due, in part, to its “Oyster” case. At the same time, the beaches of Daytona, Florida were serving well for Sir Malcolm Campbell. Here he continuously set and broke the land speed world record. From there, Daytona began establishing itself as the epicenter for the emerging sport of stock car racing. Rolex began developing a chronograph that could be used specifically for auto racing. In 1963, Rolex introduced its newest chronograph, later known as the Rolex Daytona. It’s a racing watch which became synonymous with car racing, NASCAR, and the Daytona Beach track in particular. As a chronograph, the Rolex Daytona has multiple functions built in taking it beyond a watch that simply tells time. Essentially, it also functions as a stopwatch. Out of the three indicators on the dial, two of them can record elapsed hours and minutes respectively. The third indicator is separate from the stopwatch function and constantly measures the seconds. The tachymeter scale along the Rolex Daytona’s outer bezel helps to measure elapsed time and average speed over a given distance. First introduced in 1963, the reference 6239 chronograph that became the Rolex Daytona was a departure from Rolex’s earlier chronographs in a number of ways. Most obviously in the watch’s aesthetics. First, the production of the main dial and indicators were in inverse colors rather than the previous one-color dials. These one-color dials were generally either a black dial with white indicators or vice versa. Second, Rolex removed the printed tachymeter scale from the dial and engraved it on the bezel instead. The Rolex Daytona changes improved the legibility of the watch’s indicators. However, it also gave the watch a much sportier look. In 1965, the Rolex Daytona reference 6240 acquired screw-down chronograph pushers instead of the pump pushers found on the original model, which made the chronograph even more water resistant while in use. These pushers, along with the Rolex Daytona’s original manual-winding movement, contributed to the watch’s timeless design. They remained mostly unchanged for much of its manufacturing history. The Rolex Daytona: 1988 to Present As far as the mechanical aspects of the watch throughout its history, the self-winding Rolex Daytona movement introduced in 1988 was based on the Zenith El Primero Caliber 400. It used this until 2000, when Rolex introduced its 4130 caliber. This 4130 movement finally brought all of Rolex’s manufacturing in-house and is distinctive in being Rolex’s first self-manufactured mechanical chronograph. Given the Rolex Daytona’s immense popularity today among consumers and collectors, it’s almost surprising to know that for a good portion of its history, the Rolex Daytona was something of a hard sell. But because of the watch’s attractive design, its reliability, and a little help from Paul Newman, the Rolex Daytona has become the prime example of Rolex’s manufacturing quality and their continued dominance of the luxury watch industry. Learn more about other Rolex models, like the Submariner. RolexRolex DaytonaRolex Paul Newman Daytona The Rolex GMT Master II 10 and 2: On the Road with Crown & Caliber	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428272
__label__wiki	0.524919	0.524919	National Public Safety Telecommunications Council ← APCO Resolution Stresses Need for NG-911 Interoperability FCC Approves Another EAS, WEA Test → Wireless Carriers Propose 911 Z-Axis Standard Posted by npstc The four nationwide wireless carriers have proposed a z-axis, or vertical, accuracy standard for indoor 911 location accuracy, although they stressed shortcomings of testing that has occurred and stressed that “further testing is needed to validate and confirm performance expectations of Z-axis solutions for live wireless 9-1-1 calling environments.” The carriers proposed “a Z-axis metric of +/- 5 meters for 80% of fixes from mobile devices capable of delivering barometric pressure sensor-based altitude estimates.” The z-axis accuracy standard proposal from the carriers was required by a 911 location accuracy order adopted by the FCC in 2015 (TR Daily, Jan. 29, 2015). The FCC will now consider what standard to adopt. In the order, the FCC said carriers will have to deploy either dispatchable location or z-axis technology in the 25 most populous cellular market areas (CMAs) within six years, and will have to deploy either dispatchable location or z-axis technology in the 50 most populous CMAs within eight years. Non-nationwide carriers that serve these markets will get an additional year to deploy. The carriers have worked since 2015 to conduct testing of 911 location accuracy technologies through a test bed administered by a nonprofit entity, 9-1-1 Location Technologies Test Bed LLC, established by CTIA on behalf of the carriers. Vertical location solutions were tested in Stage Z of the testing. The solutions of NextNav LLC and Polaris Wireless, Inc., were tested in that stage. “The results of Stage Z demonstrate that it is challenging to identify a Z-axis metric that can be consistently replicated in a live 9-1-1 calling environment with only two technology vendors participating in this round of Z-axis testing, under somewhat artificial conditions,” a 134-page report on the testing concluded. “Consistent with the FCC’s Fourth Report & Order (para. 4 and 170), the proposed Z-Axis metric must be vendor-neutral and achievable across the entirety of carrier networks within the timeframe prescribed by Commission rules. Going forward, the Test Bed can be made available to administer additional rounds of Stage Z testing for Z-axis technology vendors interested in participating.” A cover letter submitted to the FCC with the report in PS docket 07-114 by CTIA, Verizon Communications, Inc., AT&T, Inc., T-Mobile US, Inc., and Sprint Corp. noted that “Stage Z testing was conducted in the dense urban, urban, suburban, and rural morphologies of the Atlanta, San Francisco, and Chicago regions. Testing was conducted in 48 buildings of a wide variety, using 312 test points. Testing involved 30 smartphone devices, including 12 different handset models, and produced over 100,000 location estimates (i.e., fixes). … However, as explained further below, only one vendor participated in all of the regions and morphologies. Comprehensive testing of Z-axis solutions in all regions and morphologies is necessary to confirm performance in live 9-1-1 calling environments.” “The Report finds that the Stage Z results provide helpful data, but it also notes that significant questions remain about performance and scalability for live 9-1-1 call environments,” the filing noted. “While the Report is not intended to support a comparison of the tested solutions, each of the two vendors’ solutions stopped short of testing in a comprehensive manner. Thus, key questions remain as to how and whether the results can be replicated and deployed ubiquitously in real-world production and live 9-1-1 call environments …” The filing added that “NextNav has not deployed its MBS [metropolitan beacon system] network in Chicago. Notably, according to recommendations from ATIS, the Chicago test region was selected for the purpose of providing a more extreme weather environment to evaluate Z-axis technologies, including fluctuating indoor-outdoor temperature and pressure differences on barometric pressure sensor-based technologies. (Report at § 1) Therefore, NextNav’s solution could not be tested with more extreme weather conditions.” Also, “Stage Z testing on Polaris Wireless’ solution included six different device models but no iPhone,” the filing noted. Moreover, “Stage Z results reflect that sensor bias is the dominant error source for estimating altitude,” the filing added. “The test results also showed that each individual mobile device is subject to its own unique sensor bias and thus requires individualized active barometric sensor bias calibration. Adjusting for sensor bias on an individualized device-by-device basis proved manageable when dealing with dedicated application software (apps) running on six test handsets, but this calibration capability would need to be built into live production solutions, with signaling based on standards, and retested at scale to fully assess performance. (Report at § 1) It is, therefore, unclear whether the Stage Z performance results would be replicated in a live 9-1-1 calling environment.” “Barometer manufacturers have indicated that accuracy degrades as the sensors age. However, because older devices could not support the apps provided by NextNav and Polaris Wireless, only relatively new handsets — released more recently than mid-2016 — were tested,” the filing said. “Among other reasons, the Report recommends further testing of sensor performance with a variety of device types and functionality.” “Although Polaris Wireless tested in Chicago in the winter, the lack of extreme weather conditions at the time of testing leaves open questions about the reliability of compensated barometric-pressure-based solutions in such conditions,” the filing added. The filing noted that the report also “observes that, ‘to evaluate these two technologies, some artificial steps and accommodations had to be taken to produce the location estimates in the test campaign.’ (Report at § 11.3) Indeed, Stage Z testing ‘essentially perform[ed] a “proof of concept” test.’ (Report at § 11.1.1.) No actual calls were placed to produce any Z-axis fixes, and standardized 9-1-1 signaling was not used. Each vendor used its own dedicated app with ‘all permission requests allowed’ (i.e., the app had unrestricted access to the barometric pressure sensor), which is not consistent with commercial practice. (Report at §§ 8.5.1.2, 8.5.2.2) For these reasons, barometric pressure sensor-based Z-axis solutions require further development, potentially including further standardization efforts, implementation into wireless network systems and production mobile devices, and then re-testing in a production configuration to determine whether the Stage Z results can be replicated and deployed ubiquitously in real-world production and live wireless 9-1-1 call environments. Further, additional factors are likely to limit the availability of barometric pressure sensor based Z-axis solutions, including lack of support for existing mobile wireless devices.” “Applying the results from Stage Z, CTIA on behalf of the Carriers submits a Z-axis metric of +/- 5 meters for 80% of fixes from mobile devices capable of delivering barometric pressure sensor-based altitude estimates,” the filing said. “As noted, NextNav, whose testing produced 80% of fixes at 1.8 meters or less, did not test in one of the three test regions or in any rural morphologies. Polaris Wireless, whose testing covered all three test regions and all morphologies, produced 80% of fixes at 4.8 meters or less. Stage Z testing did not demonstrate that more accurate results can be consistently achieved across all testing regions, morphologies, weather conditions, and devices by the August 3rd, 2018 filing deadline in the Fourth Report & Order.” “In sum, the Report finds that the Stage Z results provide helpful insight to the state of barometric-pressure sensor based Z-axis technologies, but it also demonstrates that significant questions remain about performance and scalability in live wireless 9-1-1 calling environments,” the filing said. “The vendors’ accompanying statements [included in the report] to the Report diverge on key findings and, of relevance to next steps, they do not agree on the primary source of vertical error. Polaris Wireless concurs with the Report, observing that ‘[o]ne of the most significant sources of error for barometric sensor-based location solutions … is bias in the device barometric sensors.’ But NextNav disagrees, questioning the Report’s ‘assertion that the dominant source of error was sensor bias calibration’ and asserting instead that ‘[w]eather is the dominant source of altitude measurement error and variability.’ The vendors’ conflicting views regarding the results of the Stage Z testing underscore the need for additional testing to develop a more common understanding of the capabilities of existing and forthcoming Z-axis technologies. “For example, other approaches to Z-axis location estimates are emerging that rely primarily on enhanced Wi-Fi positioning technologies, and only secondarily on compensated barometric pressure (where available),” the filing continued. “These solutions may address some of the issues inherent to barometric pressure sensor-based systems, such as backward compatibility to existing handsets. A few vendors of the enhanced Wi-Fi positioning technologies have indicated the likely availability of their solutions for testing within the next calendar year.” The filing reiterated that “further testing is needed to validate and confirm performance expectations of Z-axis solutions for live wireless 9-1-1 calling environments. While Stage Z results provide support for a metric of +/- 5 meters for 80% of fixes, additional testing may yield results that validate adoption of a more accurate metric. CTIA and the Carriers encourage the Commission to support additional Stage Z testing within the next calendar year, covering these technologies and other approaches including enhanced Wi-Fi positioning technologies, prior to adopting a final Z-axis metric.” In its statement on the report, NextNav complained that “in an attempt to isolate and ascribe behavior to different elements of the vendors’ location systems, the report draws certain observations and conclusions that are speculative at best and counter to the test data at worst. This is concerning because a hallmark of prior testing and reporting has been a focus on performance analysis as opposed to speculation about specific implementation choices.” The company cited “[t]he characterization of ‘periodic background calibration’ versus ‘one-time manual calibration’ and the “assertion that the dominant source of error was sensor bias calibration rather than other system variables, including accuracy and stability of the respective weather reference networks and associated compensation algorithms.” It added, “Beyond validating overall vertical accuracy performance of vendor systems, the Test Report reveals significant positive conclusions for barometric pressure-based altitude systems.” In its statement, Polaris “provided a commented and edited response identifying factual errors, misleading statements, and misrepresented side-by-side performance comparisons,” including purported requests by Polaris concerning testing and testing procedures. “While there is no reason to question the Polaris Wireless performance numbers in the report for what was tested, these results do not reflect the currently available Polaris Wireless barometric sensor-based capabilities that were proposed for testing,” Polaris said. “One of the most significant sources of error for barometric sensor-based location solutions, as clearly stated in the report by the Test Bed, is bias in the device barometric sensors. Polaris Wireless proposed to include an active compensation correction model that operates in an application running in the background of the device. Based on a conversation with the Test Bed and reviewing subsequent instructions on allowable procedures provided by the Test Bed, Polaris Wireless did not enable available active sensor compensation for Stage Z testing.” —Paul Kirby, paul.kirby@wolterskluwer.com Courtesy TRDaily Posted in FCC, Public Safety News, Technology FirstNet News NIIX Public Safety News	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428279
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__label__cc	0.632262	0.367738	Digital-Political Fantasies in Istanbul Itır Akdoğan's work "Digital-Political Fantasies in Istanbul: An analysis of the perceived role of ICT in changing institutional politics, activism, and identity" is available in full on-line. This looks at how political activists, and others, view the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in modern Turkey. This 205 page PHD thesis is remarkable for being very readable (1.6 Mbytes of PDF). I encountered the politics of ICT in Turkey first hand, in 2008, when I presented a seminar to the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul on Internet based systems for emergency warning. While using ICT for earthquake warning may seem a technical topic, it is steeped in social and political issues. Digital-Political Fantasies in Istanbul: An analysis of the perceived role of ICT in changing institutional politics, activism, and identity Akdogan, Itir University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Studies, Media and Communication Studies This research analyses how different groups of people perceive the role of new information and communication technologies (ICT) in social change, and how they make sense out of these claimed changes in society. There are claims for social change in many areas. This research frames its analysis in three areas of social change namely the local-global relation; politics and the political, and ICT. The study first looks at the theoretical discussions on how different perspectives conceptualize social change in these areas. The theoretical framework then looks at the three dimensions that emerge from the interaction of these three areas; institutional politics, activism, and identity. There are different frameworks for making sense of social change. Lacanian fantasy is one that allows deeper analysis of perceptions and fluidity between the various perceptions. As all fantasies are frustrated, the concept also allows a critical analysis. The theoretical framework finally also looks at what fantasies the theoretical discussions create, regarding social change in the above three areas and dimensions. At the empirical level, the research focuses on the perceptions of the role of ICT in the changing institutional politics, activism, and identity in Istanbul from the local-global relation, politics and the political, and ICT perspectives. The research then discusses what fantasies come out of these perceptions. The research uses the grounded theory methodology. This is a methodology that allows researchers to discover new concepts that are not initially included in the theoretical framework so that they can extend and develop their theoretical frameworks. Once researchers find a new concept, they first need to theorize it by going back to the theoretical level, and analyse the empirical data deeper after that theorization. Fantasy is the new concept that was grounded in the empirical data of this research. That is how the concept was first theorized and used for the deeper analysis of the empirical data. The study collected the empirical data from 57 in-depth interviews with institutional politicians, activists, and ordinary citizens that each primarily fed one dimension of the study. The research also used secondary data for the chapter of the contextual background on Istanbul and Turkey. The results of the analysis suggest that all three groups in Istanbul create fantasies in their perception of the role of ICT in social change. The research concludes that institutional politicians, activists, and ordinary citizens all create fantasies of political power, technological power, and harmony. 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__label__wiki	0.503383	0.503383	About PLOS ONE PLOS ONE’s Spookiest Images of 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 by Michelle Dohm in Aggregators, Featured Image, Fun, Images, Internet/Blogging, Media, Open Access, Social Media As we take a look back at research articles published so far in PLOS ONE in 2014, we realize we have no shortage of images to terrify our readers, or at least sufficiently creep them out long enough to last through Halloween and possibly the whole weekend. Without further ado, we present our staff picks for figures in PLOS ONE articles that we felt were eerie, ghostly, spine-chilling, corpselike, gross, nightmarish, or just plain weird! If you enjoy these, we encourage you to comment down below with any of your other favorite, spooky PLOS ONE images from this year. Click on any one image to see a larger version. Where else would we begin? Those with phobias, look away! We started off easy and only slightly creepy. The above is actually just a neat 3D model of a bug, specifically a granary weevil. Okay, this one is definitely creepier than the last image. This is a female (top) and male (bottom) leafcutter bee at the pupal stage…just waiting to come out and say hello. Eek. This is a fossil millipede embedded in amber, with a close dorsal view of the first segments and mid-body rings. For an overload of creepiness, check out the other figures in the paper. What’s this?! If spiders can catch fish—they can, as this paper describes, on all continents except Antarctica—what can’t they do? Also, if spiders don’t need webs, are they all set to take over the world? Here we have more insects in amber. In this image, an ant and a termite hang out together in the same piece of Mexican amber. This image might look slightly unbelievable, but it shows a new species of spider wasp that may sometimes use dead ants to protect its nest. Obviously…dead ants always add a certain something to the décor, in addition to being excellent home protection! Other species that give us the creeps Okay, not so bad, a creepy mushroom-lookalike. What’s slightly freaky about it is that it may be a multicellular organism that does not fit into our current phylogenetic tree, which means that it may be part of a new branch of life. Yuck. Unlike other baby animals, baby coral? Not as adorable. Slimey goodness in the form of a vocalizing Indian purple frog. What on Earth is happening in panel D? Lucky for him, the bioluminescent viper dogfish shark has protruding jaws it uses to capture his prey. This is an Eurasian brown bear breaking the bones of a deer in different ways—such talent! If she could just focus all her efforts on deer and not other species (cough, cough) that would be fantastic. Carcasses under the sea Above is a set of carcasses, including a whale shark in the panel on the top left, is being devoured by fish in the deep sea. What we see here, for as long as we can bear to look, are dead pigs in the deep sea, showing carcass decomposition assisted by shrimp and crab that eat them and drag them around. Yum. Let’s put the past behind us The first eerie image above compares the footprint of an early limbed vertebrate, a temnospondyl (right), with that of a salamander (left). Researchers showed that his walk, shown as a hypothetical in the second image, was probably a lot different from that of a salamander, with a forelimb-driven gait as opposed to the hindlimb-driven one of the latter species. Yikes. The “ripper” behavioral model is illustrated above for a non-avian theropod dinosaur, known for having a “killing claw” used for slashing and eating prey that are still alive! Behold a rare “bone bed” containing remnants from a newly discovered species of pterosaur. This mess of bones may indicate that the species was fairly social, outgoing, and lived in groups. Mummies and the like Saving the best for last, no scary image list is complete without some totally stomach-wrenching mummy pics. Enjoy! This South American mummy was likely suffering from a disease, hit in the head, and murdered. While not a mummy, this young individual may have suffered traumatic brain injury and was buried with two red deer antlers on its chest, a possibly unique funerary practice. A clothes-wrapped body was found inside this coffin, which is a possible case of cherubism in a 17th-century Korean mummy. And lastly, the above depicts three plastered skulls dating to a pre-pottery period, with the plastering process a possible representation of the shift from hunter-gathering to food-producing strategies. Scary stuff! Happy Halloween from PLOS ONE! Image 1: Slon V, Sarig R, Hershkovitz I, Khalaily H, Milevski I (2014) The Plastered Skulls from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Site of Yiftahel (Israel) – A Computed Tomography-Based Analysis. PLoS ONE 9(2): e89242. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089242 Image 2: Nguyen CV, Lovell DR, Adcock M, La Salle J (2014) Capturing Natural-Colour 3D Models of Insects for Species Discovery and Diagnostics. PLoS ONE 9(4): e94346. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094346 Image 3: Holden AR, Koch JB, Griswold T, Erwin DM, Hall J (2014) Leafcutter Bee Nests and Pupae from the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits of Southern California: Implications for Understanding the Paleoenvironment of the Late Pleistocene. PLoS ONE 9(4): e94724. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094724 Image 4: Riquelme F, Hernández-Patricio M, Martínez-Dávalos A, Rodríguez-Villafuerte M, Montejo-Cruz M, et al. (2014) Two Flat-Backed Polydesmidan Millipedes from the Miocene Chiapas-Amber Lagerstätte, Mexico. PLoS ONE 9(8): e105877. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105877 Image 5: Nyffeler M, Pusey BJ (2014) Fish Predation by Semi-Aquatic Spiders: A Global Pattern. PLoS ONE 9(6): e99459. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099459 Image 6: Coty D, Aria C, Garrouste R, Wils P, Legendre F, et al. (2014) The First Ant-Termite Syninclusion in Amber with CT-Scan Analysis of Taphonomy. PLoS ONE 9(8): e104410. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104410 Image 7: Staab M, Ohl M, Zhu C-D, Klein A-M (2014) A Unique Nest-Protection Strategy in a New Species of Spider Wasp. PLoS ONE 9(7): e101592. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0101592 Image 8: Just J, Kristensen RM, Olesen J (2014) Dendrogramma, New Genus, with Two New Non-Bilaterian Species from the Marine Bathyal of Southeastern Australia (Animalia, Metazoa incertae sedis) – with Similarities to Some Medusoids from the Precambrian Ediacara. PLoS ONE 9(9): e102976. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102976 Image 9: Toh TC, Ng CSL, Peh JWK, Toh KB, Chou LM (2014) Augmenting the Post-Transplantation Growth and Survivorship of Juvenile Scleractinian Corals via Nutritional Enhancement. PLoS ONE 9(6): e98529. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098529 Image 10: Thomas A, Suyesh R, Biju SD, Bee MA (2014) Vocal Behavior of the Elusive Purple Frog of India (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), a Fossorial Species Endemic to the Western Ghats. PLoS ONE 9(2): e84809. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084809 Image 11: Claes JM, Partridge JC, Hart NS, Garza-Gisholt E, Ho H-C, et al. (2014) Photon Hunting in the Twilight Zone: Visual Features of Mesopelagic Bioluminescent Sharks. PLoS ONE 9(8): e104213. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104213 Image 12: Arilla M, Rosell J, Blasco R, Domínguez-Rodrigo M, Pickering TR (2014) The “Bear” Essentials: Actualistic Research on Ursus arctos arctos in the Spanish Pyrenees and Its Implications for Paleontology and Archaeology. PLoS ONE 9(7): e102457. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102457 Image 13: Higgs ND, Gates AR, Jones DOB (2014) Fish Food in the Deep Sea: Revisiting the Role of Large Food-Falls. PLoS ONE 9(5): e96016. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096016 Image 14: Anderson GS, Bell LS (2014) Deep Coastal Marine Taphonomy: Investigation into Carcass Decomposition in the Saanich Inlet, British Columbia Using a Baited Camera. PLoS ONE 9(10): e110710. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0110710 Image 15: Marsicano CA, Wilson JA, Smith RMH (2014) A Temnospondyl Trackway from the Early Mesozoic of Western Gondwana and Its Implications for Basal Tetrapod Locomotion. PLoS ONE 9(8): e103255. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103255 Image 16: Fowler DW, Freedman EA, Scannella JB, Kambic RE (2011) The Predatory Ecology of Deinonychus and the Origin of Flapping in Birds. PLoS ONE 6(12): e28964. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028964 Image 17: Manzig PC, Kellner AWA, Weinschütz LC, Fragoso CE, Vega CS, et al. (2014) Discovery of a Rare Pterosaur Bone Bed in a Cretaceous Desert with Insights on Ontogeny and Behavior of Flying Reptiles. PLoS ONE 9(8): e100005. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100005 Image 18: Panzer S, Peschel O, Haas-Gebhard B, Bachmeier BE, Pusch CM, et al. (2014) Reconstructing the Life of an Unknown (ca. 500 Years-Old South American Inca) Mummy – Multidisciplinary Study of a Peruvian Inca Mummy Suggests Severe Chagas Disease and Ritual Homicide. PLoS ONE 9(2): e89528. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089528 Image 19: Coqueugniot H, Dutour O, Arensburg B, Duday H, Vandermeersch B, et al. (2014) Earliest Cranio-Encephalic Trauma from the Levantine Middle Palaeolithic: 3D Reappraisal of the Qafzeh 11 Skull, Consequences of Pediatric Brain Damage on Individual Life Condition and Social Care. PLoS ONE 9(7): e102822. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102822 Image 20: Hershkovitz I, Spigelman M, Sarig R, Lim D-S, Lee IS, et al. (2014) A Possible Case of Cherubism in a 17th-Century Korean Mummy. 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__label__cc	0.665041	0.334959	Safety Lifecycle Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: HazOp Nodes “Come on, baby, let’s start anew, ‘cause breaking up is hard to do.” — Neil Sedaka Before a HazOp team ever assembles, the facilitator has some important tasks to complete: get agreement with management on the scope of the review, identify the boundaries of the study, and break the process up into nodes. And breaking up is hard to do. Guiding Approach The original guidance for identifying nodes in a process HazOp was that a node was either a vessel or a line connecting vessels. That was good as far as it went, but it wasn’t very nuanced. What about branches in lines? Jackets on vessels? Pumps? Accessories, like drains, vents, and impulse lines to pressure sensors? Then there was a whole new school of thought that emerged, that a HazOp Node was a system. By system, some practitioners would include several vessels, several lines, and extend their node across multiple P&IDs. One of our clients makes this statement in their policy and procedure for HazOps: “Large or small is not better—the size of the node must be just right. Okay! “Just right.” What is that? The system approach considers entire systems as single nodes. The cooling water system includes the cooling towers, the cooling water pumps and distribution headers, the cooling water supply lines, the cooling water return lines, the cooling water return headers, the make-up water, the tower blowdown, the water treatment chemical supply lines, and the water treatment chemical tanks. These each have their own hazards, and to capture each one in a single node is a mighty challenge. Likewise, a distillation system includes the feed, the distillation tower itself, the overhead line, the overhead condenser, the reflux line, the tower bottom line, the reboiler, the reboiler line, the overhead takeoff, the bottom take off, any surge tanks, and any mid-column take-offs. Even the deviation of “Level-high” is ambiguous in such a case and will require being addressed many times. Too Small The most excruciating HazOp will be when every section of the process, from one fitting to the next, is considered a node. Every branch in a line, every vent, every drain, every level loop. No experienced facilitator advocates this, and no new facilitator needs to feel any need to do this. There is one comment to be made in defense of small nodes. One of the responsibilities of a facilitator when preparing for a HazOp is to set up worksheets for each HazOp node. There is no reason to tie up the valuable resource of HazOp team in performing an essentially clerical function that does not require their input. Yet during a HazOp, the team will occasionally disagree with how the process was divided, usually because of a misunderstanding of the process by the facilitator. When the node is too big, it takes time to set up a new worksheet. When the node is too small, however, it takes no time at all to simply state “Node 10 considered with Node 09.” Still, it is preferable to get it just right. Nodes typically consist of vessels or lines. When two separate parts comprise a vessel, such as the shell side and the tube side of a heat exchanger, each part is a separate node, because differences in composition, pressure, or loss of containment change the nature of the hazards in each part. The same holds for a jacket and the vessel it jackets. An entire line is a node. When a line includes a pump or a blower, the pump is included as part of the node. Depending on the nature of the line, it also may be appropriate to include branches of the line as part of the node, particularly where the composition, pressure, temperature, or loss of containment pose the same hazards. Whether lines or vessels, nodes will typically include accessories, like vents to atmosphere, drains to grade, bypasses around control valves, sample lines, and impulse lines to pressure sensors, unless there are compelling reasons to treat the accessory as a separate node. One compelling reason is when vents are not to atmosphere or drains are not to grade, but to headers, where back flow can become a hazard. A Study A few years ago, we had a client that was interested in question of node size. It was common for them to conduct their HazOp based on systems—the large node approach. We explained that we used smaller nodes—the vessel or line approach. We were all curious to see which was better. If the larger node approach was more effective, we were going to switch, not just for them, but for all clients. It would make us more competitive. If the smaller node approach was more effective, they were going to convert for all HazOps in the future. It would make them more competitive. Together, we conducted HazOps on two processes. Each process was reviewed twice. One facilitator broke the two processes up into large nodes. A second facilitator broke the two processes up into smaller nodes. Then the two facilitators, working together, led the four HazOps. The smaller nodes gave two improvements. The first is that the reviews took about 20% less time. We expected that it would because of opportunities to take advantage of duplication. But it also happened that the team spent less time circling back around and rehashing as it worked through the process. Perhaps more importantly, the reviews caught more hazards. There were no instances where the larger node approach caught hazards that the smaller node approach missed, but several instances where the smaller node approach caught hazards that the larger node approach missed. It’s a Matter of Judgment Not many organizations have the opportunity to conduct a study comparing approaches. Usually, the approach is based on the feelings of the facilitator and what the members of the team are used to. Keep in mind that either approach requires judgment on the part of the facilitator of “what to leave in, what to leave out.” We all have deadlines and commitments. Because of the judgment required, the division of a process into nodes will typically be similar from one analyst to another when they are using the same approach, but differences should be expected. While the two approaches differ, they are both systematic and both will discover hazards. In the words of anxious parent’s everywhere, “make good choices.” By Mike Schmidt\|2020-01-09T16:34:36+00:00January 9th, 2020\|PHA, Procedures, Process Safety Management\|1 Comment Flávio January 10, 2020 at 1:04 pm - Reply © Copyright 2017 Bluefield Process Safety \| All Rights Reserved	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428293
__label__cc	0.693601	0.306399	A Guide to Sex and Dating During Dry January Here’s How Cutting Out Booze Can Actually Improve Your Dating Life Nick Levine Even if you’re not partaking in Dry January, you probably know someone who is. Giving up alcohol for an entire month following the festive excess of December has become an increasingly common New Year health kick. In fact, one in five Americans said they were attempting the boozeless challenge in 2019 (but it’s untold who actually made it the full 31 days). RELATED: Experts Reveal How Dry January Can Hack Your Wellbeing It’s not tricky to figure out exactly why Dry January has become so popular. Those abstaining from alcohol are more likely to save money, sleep better and enjoy an array of health and wellness benefits like improved skin and reduced blood pressure. If you’re a regular drinker, you’ll also give your liver a well-deserved break. All that said, while Dry January may be admirable, it’s also highly challenging — especially if you’re aiming to stay active on the dating scene. “Dating during January can be overwhelming for people undertaking the Dry January challenge,” House of Ardent’s sex and relationships expert Lianne Young. “I mean, what do you drink when you're out on a date if it's not something to help relax your nerves?” However, Young points out that while alcoholic drinks “might help with nerves,” they should never be allowed to become “a crutch or personality replacement.” “It’s good to get to know someone sober because that way you get to know the real them, and that’s really what is important," she adds. With this in mind, here’s a guide to dating during Dry January that’ll hopefully remove any pre-meetup anxiety knowing alcohol won’t be in play. 1. It’s Completely Fine to Feel a Little Nervous "Being nervous before a date is normal," says Dru Jaeger, co-author of “How to Be a Mindful Drinker: Cut Down, Stop For a Bit, or Quit,” a guide to help moderate your drinking habits. “It’s tempting to try to cover up those nerves with a drink, but it’s a quick and dirty fix. It's better to acknowledge your nerves and then focus on the other person.” Jaeger says this approach has two clear benefits: It'll distract you from feeling nervous, and “it will probably make your date feel really good that you're paying them so much attention.” 2. Be Upfront About the Fact You’re Doing Dry January If you’re used to going on dates that revolve around alcohol, you might feel self-conscious about telling your date that you won’t be drinking. After all, there’s a lingering stigma around being teetotal that might make you worry you’ll come off as boring without a beer in your hand. Whatever you do, don’t let this play on your mind. “It might feel like a big deal for you, but [your not drinking] is just another fact about you for them," notes Jaeger. “If they react badly, don't stress about it. You wouldn't want to date someone who doesn't support your choices anyway.” 3. Expand Your Idea of What a Date Should Be A somewhat obvious alternative to meeting for drinks? Convening for coffee instead. "Coffee dates are great if you’re looking to build a long-term relationship because they're slower and more absorbing," says Young. However, Young concedes that coffee dates have a tendency to become a bit bland over time, suggesting to use your creative side when thinking about ways to get to know one another. "Remember that dates don't have to be hours long, and they don't have to be in the evening," states Jaeger, who recommends "a trip to a gallery or a walk in the park" as relaxing options, and rollerskating or rock climbing as more energetic ones. "But really, the options are as endless as your imagination." Once you get beyond the idea that dating has to involve drinking, you might find it becomes a more stimulating and rewarding process. Even if there’s no romantic spark between you and your date, you’ll still have shared an enriching life experience. 4. If You End Up at a Bar Anyway, Mocktails Can Be Your Friend Classic cocktails without the booze have come a long way since your parents would treat you to a Shirley Temple on family holidays. Ask your bartender to rustle up something surprising and booze-free, and they’ll almost certainly oblige. 5. Remember the Positive Effects That Come With Sober Dating "The main benefit of sober dating is that you're going to remember your date," says Jaeger. “Whether it goes brilliantly, terribly or most likely somewhere in between, you can be confident that you stayed in control, presented your best self and were really able to pay attention to the person you dated.” You’re also more likely to know for sure whether you want to see that person again, which is crucial to dating efficiently and successfully. And you’ve heard of a little thing called whiskey d*ck, right? Even the great William Shakespeare rather cutely referred to alcohol’s negative effect on our sexual endeavors as “brewer's droop.” It’s worth remembering that another highlight of dating without alcohol during Dry January could be more adventurous and engaging sex (that you actually remember, too). 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__label__wiki	0.928161	0.928161	Iowa Republicans Will Have 19 Contested Primaries for Iowa House and Senate The Iowa Secretary of State released the final uncertified list of candidates that will appear on the June 5th primary ballot. Iowa Republicans will have 19 contested primaries with five incumbents receiving a challenge. Photo Credit: Stephen Matthew Milligan (CC-By-SA 3.0) Sweeney Nominated as GOP Candidate for Iowa Senate District 25 Special Election Ann Meyer, Anna Bergman, Annette Sweeney, Brad Price, Brett Nelson, Chad Buss, Daniel Cesar, Dave Maxwell, David Sieck, Dodge Michael Perrigo, Donald Batt, Gary Waechter, Holly Brink, Iowa House District 10, Iowa House District 5, Iowa Senate District 1, Iowa Senate District 19, Jack Whitver, Jeffrey Janssen, Jesse Wolfe, Joe Mitchell, Jon Thorup, Jon Van Wyk, Joseph Small, LeAnn Hughes, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Mark Hunter, Martin Amos, Mike Sexton, Peter Cownie, Phil Thompson, Ralph Haskins, Ray "Bubba" Sorenson, Rebel Snodgrass, Richard Keilig, Sarah Abdouch, Shawn Zierke, Sheila Matheney, Tim Goodwin, Tom Hoefling, Tom Jeneary, Tony Wernicke, Travis Grassel, Travis Ingraham, Trevor Lynn, Victoria Sinclair, Zach Whiting On Monday, the Iowa Secretary of State released the final uncertified list of candidates that will appear on the June 5th primary ballot. Iowa Republicans will have 19 contested primaries with five incumbents receiving a challenge. They are listed below (I’m just giving a brief description of the candidates at this time, I plan to provide a profile of different individual races later on. I will include websites if they have them): Iowa Senate District 1 There is a three-way Republican primary to see who will challenge incumbent State Senator David Johnson (I-Ocheydan) who left the Republican Party during the 2016 presidential campaign in protest of Donald Trump’s nomination. The candidates are: Brad Price – a businessman from Spirit Lake. Zach Whiting – a Spirit Lake native, Republican activist, and an attorney who works as a policy advisor for Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa). Jesse Wolfe – A resident of Emmetsburg who has been the chair of the Palo Alto County Republican Party since 2012. Iowa Senate District 19 In Iowa Senate District 19, we have our first incumbent challenge. Newly-elected Iowa Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver (R-Ankeny) is challenged by Brett Nelson, a 55-year-old resident of Saylor Township, who twice ran unsuccessfully against Whitver in 2014. He first lost the Republican primary 78.8 percent to 21.2 percent. After losing the primary he refiled as an independent and lost to Whitver again in the general election 81 percent to 18.4 percent. Former State Representative Annette Sweeney (R-Alden) and Chad Buss, a chiropractor from Parkersburg, will compete to run for former Iowa Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix’s seat. Dix resigned earlier this month. Sweeney could enter the primary as the incumbent as she has also indicated that she plans to run in the special election on April 10. State Senator Mark Chelgren (R-Ottumwa) announced that he would not run for a third term. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, an ophthalmologist from Ottumwa who is a three-time Congressional candidate in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District and former director of the Iowa Department of Public Health, has filed to run. Her opponent is Daniel Cesar from Keosauqua who previously ran in the Iowa House District 90 special election in 2009 as a third party candidate. Iowa House District 5 Two men are running in the Republican primary to replace outgoing State Representative Chuck Holz (R-LeMars). Tom Jeneary, a retired dentist in LeMars announced that he planned to run back in February after Holz announced his retirement. Joseph Small from Akron has also filed to run. State Representative Helen Miller (D-Ft. Dodge) announced that she would retire and there is speculation that this district could be a pick-up district for Republicans. Ann Meyer, a nurse and nurse educator from Ft. Dodge, is running. Gary Waechter, who ran unsuccessfully against Miller in 2016, has also filed for the primary. Iowa House District 10 State Representative Mike Sexton (R-Rockwell City) who has served in the Iowa House since 2015. Prior to that, he served in the Iowa Senate from 1999-2003. He is one of the three Republican incumbents that have a contested primary. His challenger is Tom Hoefling from Lohrville. Hoefling unsuccessfully primaried former Governor Terry Branstad in 2014. He has also unsuccessfully run for President as an independent. Three Republicans are vying for the opportunity to challenge State Representative Charlie McConkey (D-Council Bluffs) in November. They are: Sarah Abdouch who lives in Council Bluffs and is the Iowa State Director for Convention of the States. LeAnn Hughes, a Council Bluffs resident, is the owner of Backyard Tree Experts. Mark Hunter, a resident of Carter Lake. State Representative Clel Baudler (R-Greenfield) who has served in the Iowa House since 1999 decided not to run in November. Dodge Michael Perrigo, a body shop owner and farmer from Redfield, is running against Ray “Bubba” Sorenson a resident of Greenfield operates Sorensen Studios. Sorensen is known for his murals and “freedom rocks” that he paints to honor veterans. State Representative David Sieck (R-Glenwood) joined the Iowa House in 2015 after a special election to replace Mark Costello who won a special election to the Iowa Senate replacing U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). He is being challenged by Tony Wernicke from Red Oak. Two Republicans are vying for the opportunity to challenge State Representative Scott Ourth (D-Ackworth) in November. Jeffrey Janssen, an attorney from Carlisle, has thrown his hat in the ring. He is running against Rebel Snodgrass, a small business owner from Indianola. Snodgrass ran an unsuccessful campaign against Ourth in 2016. State Representative Greg Heartsill (R-Chariton) decided not to run for a fourth term. Two Republicans are competing to hold the seat for Republicans. Jon Thorup, an Iowa State Trooper from Knoxville, is running against Jon Van Wyk from Sully who co-owns Van Wyk Winery in Sully and works for TPI Composites in Newton. State Representative Peter Cownie (R-West Des Moines) has served in the Iowa House since 2009. He is being challenged by Ralph Haskins from West Des Moines who owns a residential design and construction company. State Representative Rob Taylor (R-West Des Moines) decided not to run for a fourth term. Two candidates are running for the Republican nomination. Anna Bergman, an attorney and Waukee City Council member, is running against Travis Grassel a Waukee resident who is the lead lobbyist and co-founder for Families United Action Network. News that State Representative Chip Baltimore (R-Boone) decided to retire after four terms in office sparked a three-way primary. Donald Batt – a former Boone City Councilmember and City of Boone Public Works employee. Victoria Sinclair – A Boone resident who works in Congressman Steve King’s office in Ames. Phil Thompson – Thompson is a Jefferson native and an Army veteran. State Representative Dave Maxwell (R-Gibson) is running for his third term. He is being challenged by Shawn Zierke, from Homestead, consults on aging workforce issues through my consulting business, Zierke Consulting Group. She also co-founded Informed Choice of Iowa, a pro-life crisis pregnancy center. State Representative Larry Sheets (R-Moulton) opted not to run for a fourth term. Holly Brink from rural Oskaloosa is a district sales representative with AFLAC. She also runs a family farm with her husband. She is running against Richard Harold Keilig, Jr. from Moravia. Keilig is an Army veteran and teaches at Centerville High School and Indian Hills Community College. State Representative David Heaton (R-Mount Pleasant) is retiring from the Iowa House after serving since 1995. There is a four-way primary to become the Republican nominee as a result. Martin Amos from Mt. Pleasant, a former sales manager who now owns a small business in Mt. Pleasant. Trevor Lynn is resident of Brighton, Lynn is a student at Iowa State University in Ames and works as a clerk in the Iowa Senate. Sheila Matheney is from Mount Pleasant. Joe Mitchell is a senior at Drake University who is from Wayland. Two Republicans are competing to run against State Representative Dennis Cohoon (D-Burlington) in November. Tim Goodwin, a former educator, works as the director of administration and development at WW Transport in Burlington. He is running against Travis Ingraham, a Burlington resident. Reynolds Rebukes Iowa Supreme Court Ruling at Pro-Life Rally Gov. Kim Reynolds: Couples have to wait three days to marry or adopt, but according to the Iowa Supreme Court an abortion, taking an innocent life, can’t wait 72 hours. American Principles Project Stands with STAND and Partners Seeking to Oust Iowa Supreme Court Justices The American Principles Project, through its Preserve Innocence Initiative, works primarily on… Christie Vilsack, Here is Your Evidence of Voter Fraud in Iowa Christie Vilsack’s opposition to a Voter ID law favors the status quo which in turn favors voter fraud. Voter fraud does indeed exist in Iowa. Iowa Legislature Votes to Protect Women Who Conceive During Rape The Iowa House and Iowa Senate passed HF 2386 which allows the court to terminate the parental rights of a person who perpetuated sexual abuse.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428302
__label__cc	0.604057	0.395943	Witnessing Violence Toward Siblings: An Understudied but Potent Form of Early Adversity Teicher, M. H., & Vitaliano, G. D. URI: http://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/8603491/3244412.pdf?sequence=1 Research on the consequences of witnessing domestic violence has focused on inter-adult violence and most specifically on violence toward mothers. The potential consequences of witnessing violence to siblings have been almost entirely overlooked. Based on clinical experience we sought to test the hypothesis that witnessing violence toward siblings would be as consequential as witnessing violence toward mothers. The community sample consisted of unmedicated, right-handed, young adults who had siblings (n = 1,412; 62.7% female; 21.8±2.1 years of age). History of witnessing threats or assaults to mothers, fathers and siblings, exposure to parental and sibling verbal abuse and physical abuse, sexual abuse and sociodemographic factors were assessed by self-report. Symptoms of depression, anxiety, somatization, anger-hostility, dissociation and ‘limbic irritability’ were assessed by rating scales. Data were analyzed by multiple regression, with techniques to gauge relative importance; logistic regression to assess adjusted odds ratios for clinically-significant ratings; and random forest regression using conditional trees. Subjects reported witnessing violence to siblings slightly more often than witnessing violence to mothers (22% vs 21%), which overlapped by 51–54%. Witnessing violence toward siblings was associated with significant effects on all ratings. Witnessing violence toward mother was not associated with significant effects on any scale in these models. Measures of the relative importance of witnessing violence to siblings were many fold greater than measures of importance for witnessing violence towards mothers or fathers. Mediation and structural equation models showed that effects of witnessing violence toward mothers or fathers were predominantly indirect and mediated by changes in maternal behavior. The effects of witnessing violence toward siblings were more direct. These findings suggest that greater attention be given to the effects of witnessing aggression toward siblings in studies of domestic violence, abuse and early adversity.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428303
__label__cc	0.724136	0.275864	Ray Caesar: Digital Surrealism This interpretation of “Desire” is from the massive portfolio of Toronto surrealist Ray Caesar, a renowned digital artist who spent part of his working life (1980-1997) in the Art and Photography Department of The Hospital For Sick Children. (That experience is a wonderful read, on his website, here.) Launderette, 2017, 38 x 34″ Edition of 20 / Top of Post: Desire, 2014, 36 x 24″ Edition of 20 Caesar says his art is an outlet to “present a side of the fluidity or ambiguity of my gender,” in response to a difficult early life, as he outlined in an online interview. As a child I used to behave and dress very much like the figures in my work but any expression of that soon became too dangerous in the volatile family I lived with in the 1960s. It was also unnerving to my father that I used to talk to dolls, and that I insisted they would talk back – excerpt from Jupilings Song for the Dearly Departed, 2015, 24 x 24″ Caesar’s digital art is leading edge: “I create models in a three dimensional modeling software called Maya and cover these models with painted and manipulated photographic textures that wrap around them like a map on a globe. Each model is then set up with an invisible skeleton that allows me to pose and position the figure in its three dimensional environment. Digital lights and cameras are added with shadows and reflections simulating that of a real world.” (He mastered Maya while working in digital animation for TV and film from 1998-2001. More about technique here) Infamia Di Creti, 2018, Digital Ultrachrome on Archival Paper, 20×20″, One of a Kind Many art critics place Caesar in the Pop Surrealism category, also known as Lowbrow Art, that contemporary blend of deliberate charm, creep and impish sarcasm, with roots in underground punk and street culture. But Caesar’s expression of childhood and life experiences is so uncontrived that he is also often identified as one of a kind. “Most of my adult life I have been trying to have a dialog with a part of myself that is difficult to understand, and even more difficult to communicate with. Often I come face to face with some aspect of my own subconscious nature that absolutely stuns me . . . – PhotoPhore interview We Three Kings, 2012, 30 x 30″ Edition of 20 Caesar’s art is extremely popular, with clients from Hollywood to international banks. The experience of a Globe and Mail writer upon meeting the unassuming artist for the first time is typical. He’s wearing a black turtleneck sweater. His eyes are soft, his smile is gentle. . . his hair is more salt than pepper. You might mistake him for a mid-level office hack grabbing a coffee on casual Friday. Could this really be the artist behind the eerily beautiful, otherworldly and rather disturbing canvases (dames with spider legs, girls eating flies) hanging on the walls of such boldface buyers as shock rocker Marilyn Manson? The same guy who corresponds with Madonna? Who was recruited to work with fashion demigod Riccardo Tisci? Shouldn’t he look more like Edward Scissorhands? Or at least Karl Lagerfeld? – interview with Amy Verner The Curative, 2017 30 x 30″ Edition of 20 Caesar’s work is widely exhibited, and appears frequently in publications that include the Times magazine, Huffington Post, Vogue Italy, Vogue Japan, Hi Fructose, Juxtapoz and others. His art is in prominent collections such as Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy, the Hearst family (media mogul and owners of O Oprah Winfrey magazine and ESPN) and others. Ray Caesar’s website, here. Represented by Gallery House, Toronto, here. Note: Caesar has a solo exhibition opening March 23, 2019 at Gallery House. Categories: Digital Art, Feature Tagged as: Digital art, Ray Caesar, surrealism Kangiqsujuaq: Deep Colours Evgeni Koroliov: Faces Fall Fraust says: Wow. I wish that my dreams were full of beautiful, incantatory images like these. J Walters says: What a great wish. Love the word incantatory applied to these works. Exactly! Wow! Love this, lots! It seems It’s only a few blocks away, so I’ll try to get here. Would adore seeing his art in real life. Hope you can make it. (That part of TO is kind of in a cultural renaissance, too) Yeah, and you’re right. Things are interesting around here! Pingback: Ray Caesar: Digital Surrealism — Canadian Art Junkie (this artwork is amazing) \| Rethinking Life Stunning. Just love his art. Thank you for the introduction. leegschrift says: I’m a big fan of him. No wonder you’re a fan! I didn’t know much about his background until I put together this piece. Absolutely fascinating artist. Leave a Reply to Fall Fraust Cancel reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428304
__label__wiki	0.791615	0.791615	Tag: beast Kemono no Souja Erin (Beast Trainer Erin) It’s a curious thing. Good stories tend to come when the creators know their limits and strengths. You cover up your weaknesses and emphasizes your strengths. Some stories know their weak point and still find a way to get around them. Erin is an anime that’s often focused on its weak parts, yet aside from a weak patch in the middle it’s fantastic. The strength and weakness is in Erin herself. She’s not a psychological portrait but a mythic one. The whole story is, in fact, more mythic than psychological. Characters aren’t complex or odd, but have very specific role they fill. It can sound limiting, but it’s not. Giving your characters a certain role gives you focus. Since the series never pretends to be a deep psychological examination of these roles, they manage to breathe life into them in other ways. Sometimes, two characters have the same role but act on it differently. Jone and Esal are two very different kind of teachers. These aren’t roles that limit characters. They are never moral ones, of villains and heroes. They give them agency and define who they are. The story is often more than about Erin. There are many episodes in which she barely appears. Other characters star them and their viewpoint is explored. Excluding one power-hungry villain that only reveals himself in the end, Erin is a series full of shades of grey. Almost any character that is introduced as villainous is immidiately revealed have a logical viewpoint. Even when their intentions still side against Erin, the anime expects us to understand them. This goes further than grey morality. Erin is clearly a moral hero, yet we’re expected to understand her enemies. As for Erin, she’s a great example of how a moral hero should be. She’s not defined by her morality. Her moral behavior comes from somewhere, specifically her fascination with nature which her mother gave her. This is also where the series, despite not being psychological manages to accurately display what growing up is. Like any good story for children, it deals with the themes of childhood. Erin has the natural curiosity of a child. The difference between her and others is that her mother encourages it. As Erin grows up and meets more mentors, they keep on encouraging it rather than discouraging for some bizarre reasons that create the contemporary education system. When Erin starts to display extraordinary abilities, it’s not a case of Mary Sue-ness. Erin is a moral hero who represents curiosity, and curiosity naturally leads us to develop our skills. Curiosity is also what what makes us reach towards others and understand them. That’s its answer to the main conflict. The show doesn’t have a central theme but it builds towards an epic climax that’s expressive, rather than a placeholder. The central conflict between the two populations is simple. It doesn’t rival the complexity of real life conflicts and it doesn’t have to. Political ‘intrigue’ is often a crutch authors rely on, killing characters off to surprise (Game of Thrones still suck). The root of many conflicts is in disagreements, and violence is what we use when we don’t try or think we can reach out to the other side. As the best episode displays, it’s easy to love one another when you agree with that person. It’s harder to still love them they take a separate path from yours. The episode that chronicles this divide between two brothers is easily the best one of the show. While the lack of a central theme and psychological exploration don’t harm the series, they do take its toll on the middle part. It’s almost neglectful of a traumatic experience and the pace grinds into a halt. It doesn’t replicate the serenity of Mushishi. The view of the natural world is different. Rather, the show gets stuck, recycling the same ideas (Erin’s curiosity) and adding characters who only become fleshed out later on. There are worthwhile moments there, but about 8 episodes could have been cut. There’s also the odd technique of repeated flashbacks. While some are well-placed, showing them over and over first makes them lose their impact. Then it comes off as lazy and just trying to kill time. The big traumatic event’s repetition is especially bad. Since the series isn’t psychological, the flashbacks don’t make sense and they just make it lose its impact. That said, when they do return in the last arcs of the series they retain their impact. The series also teases too much in these episodes about characters who become fleshed out later. Since the series is static during that section, it’s not a slow build-up. Rather, the series feels shy at throwing itself at something greater. What’s weird is that anytime it does become ambitious are fantastic. Nearly every dramatic moment is powerful regardless of Erin’s age. The line “Don’t harm these people with the same hands that can play such a beautiful song” is more profound than any time with realistic design and adult characters wearing suits. The art style is excellent and beautiful. It’s ‘childish’, but in a good way. There is a simplicity and elegance to it like a children’s drawing. The backgrounds are where the series does it best. They often have a sketchy look to them, relying more on basic shapes and colors to create an atmosphere. It’s not chaotic, though. The sketchiness creates a bare background which fits with the sombre atmosphere. When the series gets dark, it stands in contrast. Erin doesn’t justify its length. It lags in the middle and has too many repeating flashbacks. The varied cast also don’t the development they clearly can. While these flaws can make it tedious at times, the improvement at the second half saves it. From then on, as an example of how deep and emotionally engrossing children’s stories can be it’s perfect. It may focus on a single heroine, but it’s a world of shades of grey, with only one truly villainous character who has a purpose anyway. It fell off the radar because it’s not immediate, but it’s worth pushing through its weak parts. At its best, it’s almost the best anime ever. 4 lizards out of 5 Author The Brain in the JarPosted on February 5, 2016 Categories anime, reviewTags animal, animal kingdom, animals, animation, anime, anime review, apple, assasinatin, beast, beast trainer erin, botany, cartoon, child, childbirth, childhood, children, country, curiosity, digimon, digimon tamers, disney, dragonball z, ergo proxy, erin, fantasy, grow up, growing old, growing up, learning, magic, medabots, miyazaki, mononoki, mushishi, nation, nature, one punch man, pet, pixar, plant, pokemon, political intrigue, politics, raising animals, state, teacher, teaching, television, texhnolyze, tree, tutor, tv show, village, war, wild, wildernessLeave a comment on Kemono no Souja Erin (Beast Trainer Erin)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428307
__label__cc	0.712913	0.287087	SKULLSWORN (New 2017) THE LAST MORTAL BOND (#3) THE PROVIDENCE OF FIRE (#2) THE EMPEROR’S BLADES (#1) Full Book List © BrianStaveley.com More Books, More Details, and a Reader Poll My fans are the best. I GET TO WRITE MORE BOOKS! Actually, I suppose I would be writing more books no matter what. Let me rephrase that: I’M GETTING PAID TO WRITE MORE BOOKS! The official deal announcement at Publishers’ Marketplace is as brief as it is sweet: I can shed a little more light on what I’ve got planned through a hypothetical Q&A. Or a real Q&A with a hypothetical interrogator. You get the idea… Are you writing another trilogy? Not yet. Each of these books will stand alone. Why aren’t you writing another trilogy??? I want to explore a lot more of the world I’ve created, and I want to try my hand at a shorter form. I WANT ANOTHER TRILOGY. Sorry. Also, that wasn’t a question. Isn’t calling a 175K-word novel “short” sort of ridiculous? Not if you’re comparing it to a 290K-word novel, which is the finished length of The Last Mortal Bond. I want the books to be set in the same world as the Unhewn Throne trilogy. That wasn’t a question. You’re being an asshole. Also not a question. Fine. Will these books be set in the same world as the Unhewn Throne trilogy? At least some of them, yes. In fact, you can VOTE in the comments below if there’s something you’re particularly keen to see. Are these books going to be about the same characters? Some yes. Some no. There will be a blend of new and familiar faces. Is Gwenna alive at the end of The Last Mortal Bond? I can’t answer that. Valyn? … Kaden? Look, all I can tell you is that some of the characters die and some of them live. DO NOT KILL THE CHARACTERS I LIKE. Apologies in advance for killing any characters you liked. KILL THE CHARACTERS I DON’T LIKE. This is starting to feel less and less like a Q and A… What are you going to write about in these new books? I have a whole batch of exciting ideas, but I also really want to hear from you… ME!?! No, not you. I want to hear from everyone else reading this. IF YOU HAVE A REQUEST, or idea, or even a brazen demand, feel free to LEAVE IT IN THE COMMENTS BELOW. Obviously, I can’t promise that I’ll write a book about everything everyone wants, but you never know – if enough people weigh in on something I’m already considering, that might be enough to shift the scales. Also, feel free to ask any other questions you might have. Finally, I want to say thank you, thank you, thank you a million times over to all of the wonderful readers who have read the books, sent encouraging email, posted reviews anywhere and everywhere, pushed the novels on their friends and family, and generally supported this whole endeavor. I’m so grateful to be doing this for a living, and for the chance to keep doing it – a chance I owe to all of you. Rocket Talk Episode 39 – A Tor Books Podcast I’m Not Dead! A Round-up of Recent Guest Posts Gallery: You Badass Kettral Athletes 65 thoughts on “More Books, More Details, and a Reader Poll” Beeeeeee (@Beester_02) says: Any and all stories/history concerning the Flea. Pretty Please!!! Marie Johnson says: YES! DEFINITELY! Mark L. says: I think everyone wants a Flea book at this point. So… I’ll list a few others I want to see. I want to see Rampuri Tan’s history. Ditto with Pyrre. Or maybe a sequel where the two of them fall in love and it’s all flowers and happiness and… (Hey, I’m allowed to have one funny suggestion.) I want a novel with an Urghul setting. If they’re still around post-TLMB, that might be a cool follow-up, seeing how the war affected and restructured their society, and all that. Final suggestion: A character named Mark. Preferably in the Kettral. (Though honestly, anything with the Kettral I will love.) Shelly Bagchi says: Hah. I agree! Glenn Curry says: 1. I agree with Beeeeeee above…stories about the Flea….(if he lives) 2. I was always a fan of tales. You’re at a inn on a cold winters eve, enjoy drinks by a warm fire telling stories. Happy stories, funny stories, scary stories. 3. I’ve mentioned this before, the first lunatic that thought flying on the back of a kestral was a good idea….probably a person who drank too much ale on a cold winters eve and heard one too many heroic tales… 4. love the concept of stand alone novels. Ooh, the first Kettral rider would make a very cool story! Paul Walsh (@Paul_J_P_W) says: I think a book set during the initial rebellion by the emerging mortal humans could be a good book angle. Also some small part of the history of Ashk’Lan would be great psiamiam says: Oh yes, the emerging humans story would be fascinating. Captain Person (@captainperson) says: I, for one, look forward to you writing some yeti billionaire erotica. The story of il Tornja’s path from god to bureaucrat, how leaches came to be, Roshin’s and Rishinira’s journey through time . . . argh, the list of histories is endless. The world you’ve created is so complex that it leads to massive speculation about how it all came about. Just keep writing fabulous stuff, please. Wish we could like comments here. +1 to this! I’m thinking it might be cool to hear more about the Ishien. How they got started and what turned them so far from the path of the monks. I mean, you gave us the gist of why they are like that, they led very terrible isolated lives, but it would be interesting to see things through their eyes. Or just reading from their perspective to further understand their culture. We were kind of outsiders in their world reading from Kaden’s perspective, I would like to see how they interact with eachother. How about a super bad ass Ishien bounty hunter traveling the word looking for tips on Csestriim activity!!!!! Who is the Ishien physician? They have to have a physician. I bet he’s really kind hearted and maybe listens to the men’s woes helping them combat their PTSD while conjuring up some amazing medicinal remedies. Sorry I’m getting carried away… I’m excited to hear that you’re writing more stand alone books in the same world! Will they follow a consecutive timeline or jump around? Keep up the amazing work, can’t wait to read your next book! I will cry if you kill Gwenna!! Looking forward to all of the thrilling adventures to come!!! I love your excitement and I totally agree! Haha Anmiryam says: Congratulations! Never doubted that you would proceed, but nice to have it in the bag, though I don’t envy you the deadlines. In very general terms I’d love to see you develop a story that incorporates the role of the arts (theater, music, storytelling) in the Annurian Empire or the countries beyond its borders. I’ll leave the details to you, it’s your world! ScottyP says: Take the flea the whole way back to his days in the school and essentially reboot the series with him as the lead, but I will take any additional books at this point. I am a big fan and will continue to recommend your books. I don’t have any requests beyond: PLEASE keep writing amazing stories, worlds, and characters that I can read about!! Also, this hypothetical Q&A made me laugh out loud! Thank you for brightening my morning I would like to learn more about the Atmani Leach Lords. Rise, fall, maybe some of the in between stuff. I don’t really have any requests other than you keep writing awesome books, set in amazing worlds, with characters I want to meet (or sometimes DON’T want to meet). Which I know you’ll do! Also, this “hypothetical” Q&A made me laugh out loud this morning. Thanks for starting my day off right 🙂 Xun-ling Au says: I would love to see more books set in the same world. However I would also love to see new worlds that you might have up your sleeve. All I really ask is that you put the same time, effort and most of all passion into them! anthonyhewson says: Congratulations Mr. Staveley! It is wondrous that you will continue to write – and that you will be remunerated for it! I would be fascinated to read any stories of yours set in worlds other than that of the Unhewn Throne trilogy. Though I cherish the world and the characters you have already created, I am eager to see the other ideas you may have. Either way, the world is a brighter place for your stories! DJ (@MyLifeMyBooksMyEscape) says: I don’t think this would necessarily be an idea for one of the books on your new contract – maybe as a side project for fun?- but what about some poetry? Some explorer in the Unhewn trilogy world that goes around writing about what they see in different locations of the lands. (Maybe it’s even monk so we can get some drawings?) Or maybe even a historian/poet who writes some of his own poems about some of the events that have happened in the Unhwen Throne trilogy. Scaper4 (@Scaper4) says: Can’t wait for more books. Actually, I can’t wait for The Last Mortal Bond (but I am…waiting….and waiting). I’m jumping on the Flea bandwagon, and I’d totally buy the story of the Kettral. And if Kaden survives the trilogy, I want more Kaden! erik purvis says: what were those critters down in the hole called……the ones the kettral cadets had to deal with? POV story for them! oh, and Flea! we’re all in for the Flea! MaryBrit says: First of all congratulations, it is well deserved!…in regards to suggestions: – Please write more about the mythology & pantheon of the gods – History of the Annurian Empire would be nice – A collection of Kettral stories maybe?? janschubert says: FANTASTIC! I look forward to seeing what you decide to write about! I agree with previous comments that more about the Flea and the Kettral would be very interesting. Also Pyrre, of course! And I would love to learn more about the emergence of humans and how the young gods fit into the picture! Congratulations on your contract! But then we always knew you were destined for greatness! Loved the hypothetical Q&A! After reading what some people post on these, I don’t think you are too far off the truth! Great answers! ArgentSun says: Contrary to most comments, I actually don’t want a Flea story. Or, rather, I do, but I feel that the indirect reputation you have built for him makes him a better character than you – or anyone – can write on page. Rampuri Tan would be interesting though. As will the Kettral. Depending on how The Last Mortal Bond goes, a story set in the world a few years after could be interesting too, but obviously I can’t suggest characters for that. Seeing more of the magic and how it works would also be exciting. MadProfessah says: Agree with the ambivalent sentiments towards Flea. I’m much more interested in learning more about Pyrre. And the backstory of Rampuri Tan. I’d like to learn more about homosexuality is treated in the Annurian empire over time, hopefully by having a main character in one of the books that’s openly LGB. I would second the votes about having a story that tells the story of the leach lords (brother and sister pair from PROVIDENCE OF FIRE). This is awesome news!! Paul Highum says: I’m with the majority of people here in that I think more Flea would be wonderful, but I don’t think he should ever be your POV. Maybe a story set after COTUT, assuming he and the remaining members of his wing survive, set from the POV of the new recruit who replaces Blackfeather Finn. Other then that, there are a lot of suggestions about doing past histories like the Atmani or how Annur was formed. I think with that stuff you run into the issue of people already knowing the outcome so there is less suspense. I think stories moving forward in time, but that continue to reveal aspects of the past, are more interesting and have more at stake. Maybe more of the Western Deserts and the shadowrobes? Maybe something set in the Waist or Menkiddoc? Maybe more on the Kingdom of Anthera? As far as current characters, I would be way down for more of Valyn’s wing, assuming they survive. Regardless of what you do I look forward to reading it. Kitvaria says: I actually don’t mind what you write. As long as you keep up the good work, I’ll keep buying, reading and selling your stories! Thanks for a wonderfull adventure – and may I just say – you are no asshole 😉 Congrats Brian! Be careful what you ask for I suppose but you’re very deserving of continued employment. something about deadlines? (ahem) No specific thoughts on future storylines but i’ll be keen to see what you do. Perhaps a new element that wasn’t a part of nor was mentioned in the trilogy? Dragons? Be interesting to see the interplay between Dragons and Kettral 🙂 Lynford says: Something that takes us to the Manjari Empire or facing gritty, guerrilla warfare at The Waist. One POV character I would like to see is a loyal Adolian Guard that Saniltun sends to rescue Valyn (the ones found dead on the ship at the beginning). When they were first introduced, they sounded awesome, an elite warrior that could go toe to toe with a Kettral. But subsequent meetings have shown the Adolians to be rather overrated, they seem no better than any other run of the mill soldier. I think there reputation has to be restored with some serious “bad-assary”. More Akiil also. toddfox says: Rampuri Tan Ran il Tornja as Hendran The Atmani Leach Lords Maybe a prequel about Sanlitun. I could make the list go on and on. Pingback: Brian Staveley Signs On For More Unhewn Throne Novels - FunaGram Pingback: Brian Staveley Signs On For More Unhewn Throne Novels – io9 \| Books Smart Outlet Pingback: Brian Staveley Signs On For More Unhewn Throne Novels – io9 \| Supreme Books Retail Pingback: Brian Staveley Signs On For More Unhewn Throne Novels – io9 \| Book Top Depot Pingback: Brian Staveley Signs On For More Unhewn Throne Novels – io9 \| Book Supreme Depot Pingback: Brian Staveley Signs On For More Unhewn Throne Novels – io9 \| Books Great Mall nagrayson says: Maybe a thief’s tale in the Perfumed Quarter of Annur? slick says: Ok Ok Ok Requests. Atmani Leach Lords!!!!! Skullsworn! Pierre!! Kale! The Leach from Dead Ox Falls! I’d love to see some action from Up in Vash 😀 Amoami says: Maybe a book for the Leach Lords? Hahahaha nairnmcintyre says: Great news, congratulations on your new deal. What about more from the original war with the csestriim? I’m pretty sure there would be plenty to write about on that topic, though it may need more than one book. I need to ask though, do I really have to wait until March to get the last installment? I was getting all excited looking forward to January and was about to start my Emperors Blades audiobook at the start of December so I would be back up to speed with all of the goings on in Annur before book 3 but now I will have to postpone for a couple of months. joshoouh says: I would actually love to see what you would do with a more classical fantasy story: Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, Wizards, Dragons, etc. You have such an intelligent writing style, making the world feel so tangible and rich. With your inate creativity I think you could render something unique and creative for a genre that most often seems repetitive. Speaking of being repetitive, I would love a Flea story. Even more I would to follow the first emergent human. I love your writing, it makes me want to write more. Thanks for sharing your world with all of us! bstaveley says: An interesting idea. I haven’t actually thought a lot about working in that more traditional mode, but I certainly wouldn’t rule it out. As some people have pointed out, the Csestriim are sort of like really, really creepy Tolkienesque elves… singingmatt says: I would love to see more about the death priests and priestesses, whether it be about Pyrre or others! You are 100 percent in luck. Provided I can finish this current manuscript, that is… Susan May Oke says: Reblogged this on Loving Life in the Rain and commented: A brilliant author who writes equally brilliant books. I can’t wait to read more. Chema says: I haven’t read TLMB, but if Kaden is still alive, well, even if he isn’t more stories with him would be welcome. Now, to argue my case, along with Adare, Kaden is perhaps the most complex character in the story. His attempts to become closer to the Csestriim are incredible, his transformation is also subtle but forever life altering. He becomes something in between, neither human nor Csestriim, and the reactions he gets from other POVs are so poignant. The monks we’re also somewhat like him, but the most fascinating thing is how he is so attached to his own feelings while being more and more proficient in entering a Csestriim mindset (to the human extent). This shows a stark duality in him that gives room for unlimited exploration. Maybe I’ll see all of that in TLMB, but Kaden has far more potential in him than three novels (novellas are also welcome^^). Would love a book about the Flea Wrat says: After reading TLMB l truly hope a Valyn book is in the pipeline. If the world is a chessboard, He basically controls the center. I mean, how does anything happen without him figuring into it somehow. That and all the possible arcs for him — personal, political etc. So much potential. I am definitely not done with him yet… I would love to read pretty much anything about Gwenna and her Wing! If you feel like to write something in the past, maybe something about the Flea and his Wing would be amazing! Pasam Vinay says: Nevariim ,Csestriim and Humans , their intial dynamics . Gods and their children .. I don’t ask you to unravel all of the myths and mysteries of your world but but as SOS said in prologue ” There is always another war ” . Let us see the one that started before them all I think I can say we haven’t seen the last of Sos or Axta… joba says: 1. Re-establishing the Kettral Order. Gent and Daveen (provided she wasn’t il Tornja’s tool) come back to the islands along with the two remaining birds and Sigrid/Flea/Newt…guest appearance by Valyn 2. Adare’s battle to establish control over the Kenta even though she cannot use them, but her son can 3. Nevariim’s fight with csestriim, although I also like that the nev. were a fairy tale while the cses. turned out to be real 4. Other sects that worship the gods in unique ways 5. Annick. I’m glad her backstory wasn’t dumped all at once right after Manker’s, but I would like to know more about her and explore her character more in-depth These are all great ideas, and I can more or less guarantee you’ll see some elements of the above. Actually, looking over the list, you might get almost all of it in the next seven or eight years… Jessie (@sospokejessie) says: 1. Flea x Blackfeather Finn history as cadets in training. Also Sigrid. 2. Trilogy about Pyrre — as a kid/teen, adult, ascendant godling – I want it all! 3. The Atmani Leach Lords — this magic system is one of my favorite in fantasy so I’d love to see it explored through these guys at the height and nadir of their powers. At least one of these is definitely on the way. Probably two. Maybe all three, actually, at least in the next ten years or so… dawgbiogirl says: Anything regarding our Kettral characters would make me very excited. I felt like you did such a wonderful job in The Providence of Fire for characterizing Valyn, Gwenna, Talal, and Annick that I actually missed them a bit when they weren’t around as much in The Last Mortal Bond. I understand why (and that there was a larger story going on), but I would love to read more about whatever they’re up to. I always feel that stories leave me wanting more, not of the people and faces I have grown to love over the series, but of what happens next. This is no exception. While the Flea and Tan are really great characters to be sure, I feel I know them already. I want to know what happens next, aside from the world blowing up, the world does continue on. Seeing the aftermath of epic stories is something I always want to see, but rarely receive. Best I can attribute is Raymond Feist and his continued stories in the world that he made. They added a depth to that ever important character, the world. Anyway, LOVE your series, am looking forward to more adventures in this lovely world you have. Oh, and I love maps too 🙂 Would love to get a nice High Res version that I can zoom in on and look close. Thanks for all the words! Hi Josh, Sorry for the massive delay in response! Been a sort of crazy summer. At any rate, I’m on the same page as you, regarding expanding and exploring the world. The next book doesn’t show what happens next, but it does reveal an entirely new portion of the world and some new characters. And then the book I’m about to start involves some old characters, but a massive expansion and exploration of the world. There’s so much to do, and I have another trilogy up my sleeve that takes place 20 years after the Unhewn Throne stuff. At any rate, thanks for the note. Here’s what I’m finishing now: http://www.tor.com/2016/05/05/skullsworn-cover-reveal-brian-staveley-richard-anderson/ Anorak says: Hey, I realise its almost a full year after this post aired, but I still wanna add this suggestion. firstly, I am a huge fan of the Unhewn Throne Epic, even though I read it in Dutch, I still find it an awesome story! I would love to see Kyle’s story (Kiel, the History-Writing Csestriim), what drove him from the murderous ways of the Csestriims and what has he encountered along his long path? also would love a story from Salintoens (the father of Kaden) perspective, how did he find out the plot to assassinate him? What difficulties did he face after he sent Kaden and Valyn away? again I want to say the things you have written so far are some of my personal favourites in the fantasy genre, looking forward to your new projects! Thanks so much, Anorak! I’d love to write more about Sanlitun and his wife, whose marriage you just get a glimpse of in the second book. I imagine her having at least as much influence on the children as her husband, although in entirely different ways. As for Kiel, we haven’t seen the last of him… Seth I says: I really loved the way you wove the god/goddess’s being into the essence of what we think of being human is, and how when they die they just leave our world. It kept me thinking of what other worlds and worshipers they have. Would be really cool to have a book that sets the gods against each other, or zooms in on their drama and how they draw their power from different worlds based on their worshipers. Is there a world that is only influenced by pain, or pleasure, or ones where they all war against each other. A lot of power dynamics to play with here. Thanks again for the wonderful trilogy. Thanks, Seth. I’m definitely not done with the gods yet, although some of the central gods in this trilogy take a back seat in the book I’m finishing now: http://www.tor.com/2016/05/05/skullsworn-cover-reveal-brian-staveley-richard-anderson/ Previous post SFF World Author Roundtable Next post Interview at Reddit AMA I have read and agree to the privacy policy on this site. By clicking the below button to submit this form, I also acknowledge that the information I provide will be transferred to MailChimp for processing in accordance with their Privacy Policy and Terms. Want to read Brian's posts as soon as they appear here, but directly from your inbox? Enter your information below + we'll set you up (free, easy, private + spam-free). not the same as the newsletter! Note: by submitting your information through this form, you agree to our site's Privacy Policy. 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__label__wiki	0.504547	0.504547	Archive for the ‘NaturalHealth’ Category Science Confirms That People Absorb Energy From Others Posted by CamiloAcosta in NaturalHealth. Tagged: absorb energy. 1 comentario Did it ever happen to you, when you were with a person and you felt a bad vibe, as if the person was stealing your energy? “Everything is energy” is one of the main axioms of science, and human beings are no strangers to energy transformations. An interesting study was conducted at the University of Bielefeld, Germany, which shows that plants can absorb energy from other plants. Olivia Bader-Lee, a physician and therapist, followed the results of this investigation. The science that studies the behavior of energy in living things is called bioenergetics. This research was conducted in algae, specifically in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. It was discovered that in addition to photosynthesis, it also have an alternative source of energy and that would be to absorb energy from other algae. The charge of this research is the German biologist Olaf Kruse, and its findings were reported on Naturesite.com. According to Bader-Lee, our bodies are like sponges, absorbing energy that is around us. “This is exactly why there are people who feel uncomfortable when they are in a certain group with a mixture of energy and emotions”. “The human body is very similar to a plant that sucks, absorbs the energy needed to feed your emotional state, and can energize the cells and increase the amount of cortisol and catabolize, feed the cells depending on the emotional need. ” continues Bader-Lee. That is why many people can change their mood which leads to being nervous, stressed, angry, anxious, sad, but also happy, optimistic and laughing. Bader-Lee says that over the centuries, man has lost that connection with nature, in which the exchange of energy could bring enormous benefits to humanity. Ultimately, the spirit is energy, and what we call “supernatural” is nothing more than the manifestation of different energies in the world. This was known in ancient cultures from every continent, but science has decided to ignore it and only few scientists dare to address these issues, for fear of criticism and rejection by the scientific community. Source: theusualroutine.com Learning a second language will make you a better person Posted by CamiloAcosta in Curiosidades, NaturalHealth, Travel. Tagged: alzheimer, dementia, second language. 1 comentario IF YOU’RE READING THIS, you speak English. That means that you speak a language that 850 million other people in the world speak. That’s a lot: that’s about 12% of the total global population. That’s more than one out of every ten people on the planet that you could have a conversation with, or a relationship with, or live a complete life with. But if you chose to learn another language — say, Mandarin — you would suddenly be able to speak to another billion people. Another 14% of the the world’s population. Meaning that you could now have a meaningful, communicative relationship with a quarter of the world’s people. That’s basically a superpower. That on its own is incredible. But it turns out, there are a ton of other major benefits to learning a second language. Bilingual people have way better memories Children who speak a second language have been found to on the whole have much better working memories than children who are monolingual. The working memory is mostly developed early in life, but it can still be learned and honed later in life, too, meaning that, while you might have a harder time learning a new language now than you would have as a kid, you can still reap the benefits. Being bilingual can delay Alzheimer’s and dementia Studies have shown that people who are bilingual have better cognitive functioning as they get older, and while bilingualism doesn’t necessarily prevent Alzheimer’s or dementia, people with either affliction tend to develop them 4.5 years later on average than monolingual people with the affliction. So when people say you should do a crossword or a sudoku to keep your brain sharp in old age, consider learning another language instead. Bilingual people are generally smarter Researchers have found that learning a second language not only improves the language centers of the brain, but improves other cognitive skills as well. Bilingual brains are better at solving problems more creatively, are better at staying focused, and are better at planning. Bilinguals are also better at paying attention to their environment — which likely comes from monitoring a situation to be able to tell which language is being spoken so one can quickly switch back and forth between language systems. Being bilingual will improve your relationships Bilinguals often report feeling like they have two personalities — one in one language, one in another. In part, this is because language learning comes along with an ability to shift between the values of the two cultures that you’re living in. And while this might not sound like the best thing, it’s actually hugely beneficial, because this ability to shift between two value systems improves your ability to understand others, making you more empathetic. If you’re able to be more empathetic, and if you’re able to better communicate with the people around you, you’ll have better relationships. Travel will be more fulfilling This one doesn’t need much explanation: travel is infinitely better when you can understand and communicate with the people around you. Speaking the local language makes travel a much more fulfilling activity. Being bilingual helps you professionally Being able to speak two languages is a really, really good skill to have on your resume. Surveys have found that bilingual people are more valued as employees, and that can translate into being paid more. Being bilingual makes you sexier Not a joke: a 2013 survey found that 79% of adults find being able to speak a second language a more attractive trait than speaking a single language. That said, there’s a catch: the effect is greater depending on the perceived sexiness of the language you speak. French, unsurprisingly, is considered the sexiest language, followed by Italian, then Spanish, then English. The least sexy language, the survey found, is Korean. Source: Matador Network Tests Show Most Store Honey Isn’t Honey Posted by CamiloAcosta in NaturalHealth. Tagged: beehoney, bees, Honey. 1 comentario More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores isn’t exactly what the bees produce, according to testing done exclusively for Food Safety News. The results show that the pollen frequently has been filtered out of products labeled “honey.” The removal of these microscopic particles from deep within a flower would make the nectar flunk the quality standards set by most of the world’s food safety agencies. The food safety divisions of the World Health Organization, the European Commission and dozens of others also have ruled that without pollen there is no way to determine whether the honey came from legitimate and safe sources. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration says that any product that’s been ultra-filtered and no longer contains pollen isn’t honey. However, the FDA isn’t checking honey sold here to see if it contains pollen. Ultra filtering is a high-tech procedure where honey is heated, sometimes watered down and then forced at high pressure through extremely small filters to remove pollen, which is the only foolproof sign identifying the source of the honey. It is a spin-off of a technique refined by the Chinese, who have illegally dumped tons of their honey – some containing illegal antibiotics – on the U.S. market for years. Food Safety News decided to test honey sold in various outlets after its earlier investigation found U.S. groceries flooded with Indian honey banned in Europe as unsafe because of contamination with antibiotics, heavy metal and a total lack of pollen which prevented tracking its origin. Food Safety News purchased more than 60 jars, jugs and plastic bears of honey in 10 states and the District of Columbia. The contents were analyzed for pollen by Vaughn Bryant, a professor at Texas A&M University and one of the nation’s premier melissopalynologists, or investigators of pollen in honey. Bryant, who is director of the Palynology Research Laboratory, found that among the containers of honey provided by Food Safety News: •76 percent of samples bought at groceries had all the pollen removed, These were stores like TOP Food, Safeway, Giant Eagle, QFC, Kroger, Metro Market, Harris Teeter, A&P, Stop & Shop and King Soopers. •100 percent of the honey sampled from drugstores like Walgreens, Rite-Aid and CVS Pharmacy had no pollen. •77 percent of the honey sampled from big box stores like Costco, Sam’s Club, Walmart, Target and H-E-B had the pollen filtered out. •100 percent of the honey packaged in the small individual service portions from Smucker, McDonald’s and KFC had the pollen removed. •Bryant found that every one of the samples Food Safety News bought at farmers markets, co-ops and “natural” stores like PCC and Trader Joe’s had the full, anticipated, amount of pollen. And if you have to buy at major grocery chains, the analysis found that your odds are somewhat better of getting honey that wasn’t ultra-filtered if you buy brands labeled as organic. Out of seven samples tested, five (71 percent) were heavy with pollen. All of the organic honey was produced in Brazil, according to the labels. The National Honey Board, a federal research and promotion organization under USDA oversight, says the bulk of foreign honey (at least 60 percent or more) is sold to the food industry for use in baked goods, beverages, sauces and processed foods. Food Safety News did not examine these products for this story. Some U.S. honey packers didn’t want to talk about how they process their merchandise. One who did was Bob Olney, of Honey Tree Inc., in Michigan, who sells its Winnie the Pooh honey in Walmart stores. Bryant’s analysis of the contents of the container made in Winnie’s image found that the pollen had been removed. Olney says that his honey came from suppliers in Montana, North Dakota and Alberta. “It was filtered in processing because North American shoppers want their honey crystal clear,” he said. The packers of Silverbow Honey added: “The grocery stores want processed honey as it lasts longer on the shelves.” However, most beekeepers say traditional filtering used by most will catch bee parts, wax, debris from the hives and other visible contaminants but will leave the pollen in place. Ernie Groeb, the president and CEO of Groeb Farms Inc., which calls itself “the world’s largest packer of honey,” says he makes no specific requirement to the pollen content of the 85 million pounds of honey his company buys. Groeb sells retail under the Miller’s brand and says he buys 100 percent pure honey, but does not “specify nor do we require that the pollen be left in or be removed.” He says that there are many different filtering methods used by beekeepers and honey packers. “We buy basically what’s considered raw honey. We trust good suppliers. That’s what we rely on,” said Groeb, whose headquarters is in Onsted, Mich. Why Remove the Pollen? Removal of all pollen from honey “makes no sense” and is completely contrary to marketing the highest quality product possible, Mark Jensen, president of the American Honey Producers Association, told Food Safety News. “I don’t know of any U.S. producer that would want to do that. Elimination of all pollen can only be achieved by ultra-filtering and this filtration process does nothing but cost money and diminish the quality of the honey,” Jensen said. “In my judgment, it is pretty safe to assume that any ultra-filtered honey on store shelves is Chinese honey and it’s even safer to assume that it entered the country uninspected and in violation of federal law,” he added. Richard Adee, whose 80,000 hives in multiple states produce 7 million pounds of honey each year, told Food Safety News that “honey has been valued by millions for centuries for its flavor and nutritional value and that is precisely what is completely removed by the ultra-filtration process.” “There is only one reason to ultra-filter honey and there’s nothing good about it,” he says. “It’s no secret to anyone in the business that the only reason all the pollen is filtered out is to hide where it initially came from and the fact is that in almost all cases, that is China,” Adee added. The Sioux Honey Association, who says it’s America’s largest supplier, declined repeated requests for comments on ultra-filtration, what Sue Bee does with its foreign honey and whether it’s u ltra-filtered when they buy it. The co-op markets retail under Sue Bee, Clover Maid, Aunt Sue, Natural Pure and many store brands. Eric Wenger, director of quality services for Golden Heritage Foods, the nation’s third largest packer, said his company takes every precaution not to buy laundered Chinese honey. “We are well aware of the tricks being used by some brokers to sell honey that originated in China and laundering it in a second country by filtering out the pollen and other adulterants,” said Wenger, whose firm markets 55 million pounds of honey annually under its Busy Bee brand, store brands, club stores and food service. “The brokers know that if there’s an absence of all pollen in the raw honey we won’t buy it, we won’t touch it, because without pollen we have no way to verify its origin.” He said his company uses “extreme care” including pollen analysis when purchasing foreign honey, especially from countries like India, Vietnam and others that have or have had “business arrangements” with Chinese honey producers. Golden Heritage, Wenger said, then carefully removes all pollen from the raw honey when it’s processed to extend shelf life, but says, “as we see it, that is not ultra-filtration. “There is a significant difference between filtration, which is a standard industry practice intended to create a shelf-stable honey, and ultra-filtration, which is a deceptive, illegal, unethical practice.” Some of the foreign and state standards that are being instituted can be read to mean different things, Wenger said “but the confusion can be eliminated and we can all be held to the same appropriate standards for quality if FDA finally establishes the standards we’ve all wanted for so long.” Groeb says he has urged FDA to take action as he also “totally supports a standard of Identity for honey. It will help everyone have common ground as to what pure honey truly is!” What’s Wrong With Chinese Honey? Chinese honey has long had a poor reputation in the U.S., where – in 2001 – the Federal Trade Commission imposed stiff import tariffs or taxes to stop the Chinese from flooding the marketplace with dirt-cheap, heavily subsidized honey, which was forcing American beekeepers out of business. To avoid the dumping tariffs, the Chinese quickly began transshipping honey to several other countries, then laundering it by switching the color of the shipping drums, the documents and labels to indicate a bogus but tariff-free country of origin for the honey. Most U.S. honey buyers knew about the Chinese actions because of the sudden availability of lower cost honey, and little was said. The FDA — either because of lack of interest or resources — devoted little effort to inspecting imported honey. Nevertheless, the agency had occasionally either been told of, or had stumbled upon, Chinese honey contaminated with chloramphenicol and other illegal animal antibiotics which are dangerous, even fatal, to a very small percentage of the population. Mostly, the adulteration went undetected. Sometimes FDA caught it. In one instance 10 years ago, contaminated Chinese honey was shipped to Canada and then on to a warehouse in Houston where it was sold to jelly maker J.M. Smuckers and the national baker Sara Lee. By the time the FDA said it realized the Chinese honey was tainted, Smuckers had sold 12,040 cases of individually packed honey to Ritz-Carlton Hotels and Sara Lee said it may have been used in a half-million loaves of bread that were on store shelves. Eventually, some honey packers became worried about what they were pumping into the plastic bears and jars they were selling. They began using in-house or private labs to test for honey diluted with inexpensive high fructose corn syrup or 13 other illegal sweeteners or for the presence of illegal antibiotics. But even the most sophisticated of these tests would not pinpoint the geographic source of the honey. Food scientists and honey specialists say pollen is the only foolproof fingerprint to a honey’s source. Federal investigators working on criminal indictments and a very few conscientious packers were willing to pay stiff fees to have the pollen in their honey analyzed for country of origin. That complex, multi-step analysis is done by fewer than five commercial laboratories in the world. But, Customs and Justice Department investigators told Food Safety News that whenever U.S. food safety or criminal experts verify a method to identify potentially illegal honey – such as analyzing the pollen – the laundering operators find a way to thwart it, such as ultra-filtration. The U.S. imported 208 million pounds of honey over the past 18 months. Almost 60 percent came from Asian countries – traditional laundering points for Chinese honey. This included 45 million pounds from India alone. And websites still openly offer brokers who will illegally transship honey and scores of other tariff-protected goods from China to the U.S. FDA’s Lack of Action The Food and Drug Administration weighed into the filtration issue years ago. “The FDA has sent a letter to industry stating that the FDA does not consider ‘ultra-filtered’ honey to be honey,” agency press officer Tamara Ward told Food Safety News. She went on to explain: “We have not halted any importation of honey because we have yet to detect ‘ultra-filtered’ honey. If we do detect ‘ultra-filtered’ honey we will refuse entry.” Many in the honey industry and some in FDA’s import office say they doubt that FDA checks more than 5 percent of all foreign honey shipments. For three months, the FDA promised Food Safety News to make its “honey expert” available to explain what that statement meant. It never happened. Further, the federal food safety authorities refused offers to examine Bryant’s analysis and explain what it plans to do about the selling of honey it says is adulterated because of the removal of pollen, a key ingredient. Major food safety standard-setting organizations such as the United Nations’ Codex Alimentarius, the European Union and the European Food Safety Authority say the intentional removal of pollen is dangerous because it eliminates the ability of consumers and law enforcement to determine the actual origin of the honey. “The removal of pollen will make the determination of botanical and geographic origin of honey impossible and circumvents the ability to trace and identify the actual source of the honey,” says the European Union Directive on Honey. The Codex commission’s Standard for Honey, which sets principles for the international trade in food, has ruled that “No pollen or constituent particular to honey may be removed except where this is unavoidable in the removal of foreign matter. . .” It even suggested what size mesh to use (not smaller than 0.2mm or 200 micron) to filter out unwanted debris — bits of wax and wood from the frames, and parts of bees — but retain 95 percent of all the pollen. Food Safety News asked Bryant to analyze foreign honey packaged in Italy, Hungary, Greece, Tasmania and New Zealand to try to get a feeling for whether the Codex standards for pollen were being heeded overseas. The samples from every country but Greece were loaded with various types and amounts of pollen. Honey from Greece had none. You’ll Never Know In many cases, consumers would have an easier time deciphering state secrets than pinning down where the honey they’re buying in groceries actually came from. The majority of the honey that Bryant’s analysis found to have no pollen was packaged as store brands by outside companies but carried a label unique to the food chain. For example, Giant Eagle has a ValuTime label on some of its honey. In Target it’s called Market Pantry, Naturally Preferred and others. Walmart uses Great Value and Safeway just says Safeway. Wegmans also uses its own name. Who actually bottled these store brands is often a mystery. A noteworthy exception is Golden Heritage of Hillsboro, Kan. The company either puts its name or decipherable initials on the back of store brands it fills. “We’re never bashful about discussing the products we put out” said Wenger, the company’s quality director. “We want people to know who to contact if they have questions.” The big grocery chains were no help in identifying the sources of the honey they package in their store brands. For example, when Food Safety News was hunting the source of nine samples that came back as ultra-filtered from QFC, Fred Myer and King Sooper, the various customer service numbers all led to representatives of Kroger, which owns them all. The replies were identical: “We can’t release that information. It is proprietary.” One of the customer service representatives said the contact address on two of the honeys being questioned was in Sioux City, Iowa, which is where Sioux Bee’s corporate office is located. Jessica Carlson, a public relations person for Target, waved the proprietary banner and also refused to say whether it was Target management or the honey suppliers that wanted the source of the honey kept from the public. Similar non-answers came from representatives of Safeway, Walmart and Giant Eagle. The drugstores weren’t any more open with the sources of their house brands of honey. A Rite Aid representative said “if it’s not marked made in China, than it’s made in the United States.” She didn’t know who made it but said “I’ll ask someone.” Rite Aid, Walgreen and CVS have yet to supply the information. Only two smaller Pacific Northwest grocery chains – Haggen and Metropolitan Market – both selling honey without pollen, weren’t bashful about the source of their honey. Haggen said right off that its brand comes from Golden Heritage. Metropolitan Market said its honey – Western Family – is packed by Bee Maid Honey, a co-op of beekeepers from the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. Pollen? Who Cares? Why should consumers care if their honey has had its pollen removed? “Raw honey is thought to have many medicinal properties,” says Kathy Egan, dietitian at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. “Stomach ailments, anemia and allergies are just a few of the conditions that may be improved by consumption of unprocessed honey.” But beyond pollen’s reported enzymes, antioxidants and well documented anti-allergenic benefits, a growing population of natural food advocates just don’t want their honey messed with. There is enormous variety among honeys. They range in color from glass-clear to a dark mahogany and in consistency from watery to chunky to a crystallized solid. It’s the plants and flowers where the bees forage for nectar that will determine the significant difference in the taste, aroma and color of what the bees produce. It is the processing that controls the texture. Food historians say that in the 1950s the typical grocery might have offered three or four different brands of honey. Today, a fair-sized store will offer 40 to 50 different types, flavors and sources of honey out of the estimated 300 different honeys made in the U.S.. And with the attractiveness of natural food and the locavore movement, honey’s popularity is burgeoning. Unfortunately, with it comes the potential for fraud. Concocting a sweet-tasting syrup out of cane, corn or beet sugar, rice syrup or any of more than a dozen sweetening agents is a great deal easier, quicker and far less expensive than dealing with the natural brew of bees. However, even the most dedicated beekeeper can unknowingly put incorrect information on a honey jar’s label. Bryant has examined nearly 2,000 samples of honey sent in by beekeepers, honey importers, and ag officials checking commercial brands off store shelves. Types include premium honey such as “buckwheat, tupelo, sage, orange blossom, and sourwood” produced in Florida, North Carolina, California, New York and Virginia and “fireweed” from Alaska. “Almost all were incorrectly labeled based on their pollen and nectar contents,” he said. Out of the 60 plus samples that Bryant tested for Food Safety News, the absolute most flavorful said “blackberry” on the label. When Bryant concluded his examination of the pollen in this sample he found clover and wildflowers clearly outnumbering a smattering of grains of blackberry pollen. For the most part we are not talking about intentional fraud here. Contrary to their most fervent wishes, beekeepers can’t control where their bees actually forage any more than they can keep the tides from changing. They offer their best guess on the predominant foliage within flying distance of the hives. “I think we need a truth in labeling law in the U.S. as they have in other countries,” Bryant added. FDA Ignores Pleas No one can say for sure why the FDA has ignored repeated pleas from Congress, beekeepers and the honey industry to develop a U.S. standard for identification for honey. Nancy Gentry owns the small Cross Creek Honey Company in Interlachen, Fla., and she isn’t worried about the quality of the honey she sells. “I harvest my own honey. We put the frames in an extractor, spin it out, strain it, and it goes into a jar. It’s honey the way bees intended,” Gentry said. But the negative stories on the discovery of tainted and bogus honey raised her fears for the public’s perception of honey. She spent months of studying what the rest of the world was doing to protect consumers from tainted honey and questioning beekeepers and industry on what was needed here. Gentry became the leading force in crafting language for Florida to develop the nation’s first standard for identification for honey. In July 2009, Florida adopted the standard and placed its Division of Food Safety in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in charge of enforcing it. It’s since been followed by California, Wisconsin and North Carolina and is somewhere in the state legislative or regulatory maze in Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, New York, Texas, Kansas, Oregon, North Dakota, South Dakota, West Virginia and others. John Ambrose’s battle for a national definition goes back 36 years. He said the issue is of great importance to North Carolina because it has more beekeepers than any other state in the country. He and others tried to convince FDA that a single national standard for honey to help prevent adulterated honey from being sold was needed. The agency promised him it would be on the books within two years. “But that never happened,” said Ambrose, a professor and entomologist at North Carolina State University and apiculturist, or bee expert. North Carolina followed Florida’s lead and passed its own identification standards last year. Ambrose, who was co-chair of the team that drafted the state beekeeper association’s honey standards says the language is very simple, “Our standard says that nothing can be added or removed from the honey. So in other words, if somebody removes the pollen, or adds moisture or corn syrup or table sugar, that’s adulteration,” Ambrose told Food Safety News. But still, he says he’s asked all the time how to ensure that you’re buying quality honey. “The fact is, unless you’re buying from a beekeeper, you’re at risk,” was his uncomfortably blunt reply. Eric Silva, counsel for the American Honey Producers Association said the standard is a simple but essential tool in ensuring the quality and safety of honey consumed by millions of Americans each year. “Without it, the FDA and their trade enforcement counterparts are severely limited in their ability to combat the flow of illicit and potentially dangerous honey into this country,” Silva told Food Safety News. It’s not just beekeepers, consumers and the industry that FDA officials either ignore or slough off with comments that they’re too busy. New York Sen. Charles Schumer is one of more than 20 U.S. senators and members of Congress of both parties who have asked the FDA repeatedly to create a federal “pure honey” standard, similar to what the rest of the world has established. They get the same answer that Ambrose got in 1975: “Any day now.” Source: Food Safety News Blood Sugar: Foods May Affect Each Person’s differently Posted by CamiloAcosta in NaturalHealth. Tagged: azucar, sugar. 1 comentario (HealthDay News) — New research would seem to support what many have enviously suspected while watching a thin friend chow down — the same foods don’t necessarily have the same effect from person-to-person. A new study from Israel suggests that people have very different blood sugar responses to the same food — with some showing large spikes even after eating supposedly healthy choices. Researchers said the findings, published in the Nov. 19 issue of the journal Cell, underscore the message that there is no “one-size-fits-all” diet. The investigators also suggested that carefully tailoring diets to meet individuals’ blood sugar tendencies could be the wave of the future. “I think our research offers a new, distinct look at nutrition and how it may affect our body,” said Dr. Eran Elinav, a senior scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science, in Israel. “Each human being has a unique response to any food he or she consumes.” A dietitian who reviewed the study expressed doubt about how useful this information might prove, however. For one, designing your diet based on short-term blood sugar responses does not ensure that it’s “healthy,” said Lauri Wright, an assistant professor of community and family health at the University of South Florida, in Tampa. “I’d be concerned about it meeting a person’s nutritional needs,” said Wright, who is also a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The new study focused largely on people’s blood sugar levels two hours after eating a meal — also known as the post-prandial glucose response. Research has linked habitually high after-meal glucose responses to increased risks of obesity, type 2 diabetes and other health problems, said co-researcher Eran Segal, who is also a scientist at Weizmann. That’s the premise behind so-called low-GI diets, which tell people to shun foods that tend to trigger a large increase in blood sugar. The list of bad guys includes white bread, potatoes, instant oatmeal and certain fruits. But in the current study, a number of surprises emerged, Segal said. “We saw vast variability (in blood sugar responses) when we gave people identical meals,” he said. “With bread, some people showed almost no change in glucose, while others showed a large response,” he said. “Some had higher responses to bread with butter than to bread alone.” That, Segal pointed out, goes against the conventional wisdom that adding fat to a simple carbohydrate reliably reins in the blood sugar response. The findings are based on 800 Israeli adults who gave detailed information on their diet, lifestyle and medical history. Over one week, they used a smartphone app to record all of their daily activities, including the food they ate, while glucose monitors kept track of their post-meal blood sugar changes. Each participant also gave a stool sample so the researchers could analyze their gut “microbiome” — the collection of bacteria that reside in the digestive system. Recent research has been suggesting that the makeup of that microbiome may play an important role in a person’s risk of obesity and health conditions such as diabetes. For the most part, study participants ate their normal meals, but the researchers did give them identical breakfasts so they could compare people’s responses to the same meal following a fast. Overall, there was “immense” variation in blood sugar responses to particular foods, depending on the person, according to Segal. In one woman’s case, for instance, the researchers suspect that tomatoes were a major culprit behind her blood sugar surges. That’s based on the fact that tomatoes were part of every meal that caused her blood sugar to soar, Segal explained. In a final step, the researchers created individual diets for 26 people, by feeding all of their data into an algorithm that predicted which foods would cause large spikes in blood sugar, and which would not. For some people, a “good” diet included foods like pizza and potatoes, the study authors said. For others, those foods were off the table, they added. That study group spent one week on their personal “good” diet, and one week on a “bad” diet. On average, the study found, the good diets lowered people’s post-meal blood sugar — and altered the makeup of their gut bacteria. Effects over one week do not mean much, of course. But, Segal said, “we are now embarking on a series of follow-up studies that aim to unravel the long-term effects of the personalized diet on diabetes, weight management, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.” But, post-meal blood sugar levels are complicated, Wright noted. They’re a product of the combination of foods at the meal, plus other factors — like whether a person recently exercised. Then there’s the issue of whether this study’s approach is feasible. “I don’t think this is doable in the real world,” Wright said. The vision, Segal said, is to give people diet advice based on fewer pieces of information — such as weight, height and age, along with a stool sample to analyze the microbiome. According to Segal, it may be possible to figure out which foods would be good for a person’s blood sugar based on their microbiome. Wright said she is all for individualized diets, but that choices need to be based on more than blood sugar responses. “There’s so much more we need to look at,” she said. “You need a tailored plan that will meet your personal health needs, and address the barriers you have to maintaining healthy changes.” SOURCES: Eran Elinav, M.D., Ph.D., senior scientist, department of immunology, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel; Eran Segal, Ph.D., computer science and applied math, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel; Lauri Wright, Ph.D., R.D.N., assistant professor, community and family health, University of South Florida, Tampa; Nov. 19, 2015, Cell Artículo en español: Los alimentos podrían afectar al nivel de azúcar en sangre de forma distinta para cada persona Side Effects of some Prescription Drugs Posted by CamiloAcosta in NaturalHealth. Tagged: drugs, efectos secundarios, prescription, side effects. 1 comentario Type of Drug Brand Names Side Effects Nutritional Suggestions ACE Inhibitors Listril, Lotensin, Vasotec Dry Cough Fatigue Slippery Elm CoQ10, D-Ribose Acetaminophen Tylenol Liver Inflammation Milk thistle, SAMe Antibiotics Any Brand Name Gastrointestinal Probiotics, Carnosine Anticoagulant Coumadin Loss of Bone Density Bone Formula Beta-Blockers Toprol, Coreg, Tenormin, Betapace, Normodyne Gastrointestinal Hair loss Probiotics Ginger, B vitamins Calcium Channel Blockers Norvasc, Cardizem, Procardia, Covera Constipation Headache Fiber, Probiotics Melatonin, Butterbur NSAIDS Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Naproxen Gastrointestinal Kidney Problems Probiotics, Carnosine Cranberry, Hibiscus Proton Pump Inhibitors Prilosec, Prevacid,Protonix Low Magnesium Low B12 Infections (C. difficile) Magnesium Probiotics, Vitamin D3 Statins Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor Liver Inflammation Muscle Aches/Pain Neuropathy Milk Thistle, SAMe CoQ10, Carnitine B vitamins, PS Caps Although many of us try not to take prescription drugs, sometimes avoiding them just isn’t an option. Of course, if you need to take a prescription medication yourself, maximizing the benefits and minimizing the risks should definitely be one of your top priorities. However, this isn’t always the easiest thing to accomplish, as many popular medications have a range of side effects to deal with. So how can you counter them and help minimize your risks? Supplements may very well help. Supplements Can Protect Against Side Effects A regimen that includes nutritional supplements can be a safe and effective way to minimize the side effects of the drugs that you’re taking. But it’s not only about minimizing risk; it’s also about maximizing the benefits from your medications. You see, by helping prevent side effects, supplements can actually increase compliance — the likelihood of you taking your meds. This is a well-established fact. If you avoid taking a medication because of its side effects, there’s just no way you‘re going to benefit from it. Simple but true. Medications, Side Effects, and Nutrient Suggestions The table below provides nutritional suggestions to help counter the side effects associated with nine commonly prescribed drugs. The nutrient(s) listed next to each side effect on the same line are what we suggest for countering its undesirable effects. Please note: if you are taking any medication, please speak with your doctor before starting any supplement. Source: LifeExtension.com Drug class, brand names and side effects are from www.PDR.net. What Your Blood Type Says About You Posted by CamiloAcosta in NaturalHealth. Tagged: blood, blood type. 2 comentarios Blood is blood, right? Well, yes and no. Human blood is made of the same basic elements, but within that realm there are distinctions that account for four different blood types (further dinstinguished by negative and positive). What makes the four types of blood groups different is their antigens — the immune defense systems — on the surface of the red blood cells. In 1930, a Japanese professor by the name of Tokeji Furukawa published a paper claiming that the individual blood types — A, B, AB and O — reflected the personalities of those who possessed them. Since then, blood type categorization, “ketsueki-gata,” has become firmly entrenched in Japanese culture. Much like astrological horoscopes, Japanese television and newspapers offer blood type horoscopes, and books that detail the link between blood type and personality are perpetual bestsellers. There are even matchmakers who specialize in finding future spouse based on blood types. But much like astrology, a scientific correlation between blood type and personality remains unproven. That said, there’s been plenty of research detailing how blood types can reveal patterns of personal health — and that’s fascinating in and of itself. It’s thought that different blood types may protect us from different diseases; scientists have been finding links between blood types and illness since the middle of the 20th century. With that in mind, here’s what the science has to say about your blood type. And for fun, we’ve thrown in a little ketsueki-gata as well. Type A only has A antigens on red cells and B antibodies in the plasma; if you have type A blood, you can donate red blood cells to types A and AB. The makeup of a person’s antigens on red blood cells can determine how much of a certain hormone gets released. If you have type A blood, you’re more likely to have higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol in your body. There are a number of health risks that are associated with type A blood, such as a 20 percent higher chance of developing stomach cancer compared to types O and B, and a 5 percent increased risk for heart disease compared to those with type O. In addition, if you have type A blood, you are at higher risk for several types of cancer, such as some forms of pancreatic cancer and leukemia; according to the BBC, you are also more prone to smallpox infections and severe malaria. Ironically, those with type A also have been found to be less magnetic to mosquitoes — so there’s reason to rejoice! According to ketsueki-gata, if you have blood type A, you have some great traits. You are earnest, creative, sensible, reserved, patient and responsible (even if you are also stubborn and tense). Blood type B If you have type B blood, you only have the B antigens on red cells and A antibodies in the plasma; you can donate red blood cells to those with types B and AB blood. Those with type B have an 11 percent increase in risk of heart disease over those with type O. A study at Harvard University found that women with AB or B blood have a raised risk of developing ovarian cancer, but if you have type B, it’s not all bad news. Those with type B blood have up to 50,000 times the number of strains of friendly bacteria than people with either type A or O blood, which means all kinds of good things. And in terms of ketsueki-gata? You can be proud of your passion, active nature, creativity and strength. On the other hand, you’re also selfish, irresponsible, unforgiving and erratic. Those with AB blood have both A and B antigens on red cells, but neither A nor B antibody in the plasma. If you have AB positive blood, you are universal plasma donor. People with type AB have been found to have a 23 percent increased risk of heart disease over those with type O blood. Having AB blood may double the liklihood that a pregnant mother will suffer from the blood pressure condition called pre-eclampsia. One intriguing blood type study published in the journal Neurology found that those with type AB blood were 82 percent more likely to have cognitive difficulties — specifically in areas like memory recall, language and attention — than people with other blood types. The researchers suspect that the clotting protein known as coagulation factor VIII is to blame. “Since factor VIII levels are closely linked to blood type, this may be one causal connection between blood type and cognitive impairment,” said study author Mary Cushman. When it comes to ketsueki-gata, if you have type AB blood you’re cool, controlled, rational and adaptable … and critical, indecisive, forgetful and irresponsible. If you fall into the O blood group, you have neither A nor B antigens on your red cells, but both A and B antibodies in your plasma. O positive is the most common blood type; O negative is the universal donor type, meaning those with this blood type can donate red blood cells to anybody. For those with type O, it’s a mixed bag. If you have type O, you are more likely to get ulcers — and believe it or not, to rupture your Achilles tendons. You are also at higher risk of cholera. The good news is that people with type O blood are at a lower risk for pancreatic cancer and face a lower risk of dying from malaria than people with other blood groups; that said, is you have type O, you are twice as likely to be a mosquito magnet than those with type A blood. If you have type O blood, ketsueki-gata suggests that you are confident, self-determined, strong-willed and intuitive; unfortunately, you are also self-centered, cold, unpredictable and potentially a workaholic. Source: mnn.com/health Your brain will make you poor Posted by CamiloAcosta in NaturalHealth. Tagged: brain problems, poor, rich. Deja un comentario Our brains are a problem. We’re wired to respond to the immediate threats and gratifications of a simpler and more dangerous world. Our short-term bias inhibits our ability to deal with longer-term issues—challenges that won’t become real for 30 to 50 years. Challenges like preparing for a financially secure retirement. Shlomo Benartzi, a professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and co-chair of its Behavioral Decision-Making Group, told me this: Brain imaging shows that we use the same parts of our brains to think about our future selves that we use to think about strangers. If we are so estranged from our future, how can we be taught to care? If our brains are the problem, how can we trick our brains into better financial behavior? This is the province of behavioral economists. Traditional economists tell us what we should do—how much to save and how to invest. Behavior economists investigate how to get us to do it. Three of the foremost behavioral economists are Benartzi, Richard Thaler at the University of Chicago and Cass Sunstein at Harvard University. Their works, including the books “Nudge” and “Save More Tomorrow,” are fascinating peeks into the inner workings of human financial behavior. Surprise, surprise: We’re not entirely rational about our money. Some people think that because money is quantitative, it’s analytical. That’s wrong. Money is intensely emotional. More couples divorce over money than divorce over love and sex. Let’s look at some of the mental biases that get in the way of intelligent financial behavior. Short-term thinking. We spend a great deal of energy thinking about the near future, and very little energy on the distant future. Many of us will spend more time selecting a restaurant for dinner than selecting investments for our 401(k) plan. How can we change this shortsighted behavior? People need to engage in thinking about the distant future—to imagine what their lives will be like—in order to care about it today. For retirement planning, the typical approach is to present 30-year financial projections. But that’s analytical, not emotional. Behavioral studies have shown that a more effective technique is somewhat odd: Show them pictures of themselves, modified to look like how they will be when they’re older. Introduce them to their future selves. When people can imagine their future, they will more readily prepare for it. Immediate gratification. It’s not that we don’t want to save—or exercise or eat healthy foods. It’s just that in the decision-making moment, we seek immediate gratification. Pleasure now trumps pleasure later. In another study, students were asked to choose a banana or a chocolate as a snack after class. When they were asked a week before the class, three-quarters chose a banana. But when they were asked at the actual snack time, three-quarters chose chocolate. Somehow healthy decisions are harder when it requires the sacrifice of immediate gratification. What’s the solution? Ask the students to order their snack—to commit to their decision—a week ahead of time. That’s the same insight Benartzi and Thaler used in “Save More Tomorrow.” Don’t ask people to save more today; ask them to agree today to save more tomorrow. It works. Reluctance to change. Over and over, academic studies and real-world data point to the fact that we are reluctant to change things. Behavioral economists call this “status-quo bias.” It’s easy to leave things the way they are and difficult to make a change. Change requires thinking, decision-making and action. Marketers understand this and make use of it. They look for ways to set the default to “yes.” They know the power of moving from opt in to opt out—as in the power of a subscription where each new month of service is automatically delivered, rather than each new month requiring a new purchase. In 401(k) plans, when employees must take action to participate, select investments or increase savings rates, the number of employees who take these actions is relatively low. The hurdle to get someone to make a change, even a simple one, is high. So why not make good financial decisions the default option? Benartzi did exactly that in his program for maximizing 401(k) participation, and the results were stunning. At companies that have implemented his program, employee savings rates have doubled or tripled. Loss aversion. Sure, we all hate to lose something we’ve worked hard to get. But most of us hate losing something much more than we love winning the same thing. In other words, if you have $10, the fear of losing $1 is about twice as motivating as the desire of gaining $1. Aside from addicted gamblers, fear dominates greed. Why is this a bad thing for your financial security? Because in the realm of long-term investing, too little risk can mean too little return. “If our brains are the problem, let’s outsmart them. Let’s use the science of human behavior to overcome our natural human failings.” A study of hundreds of thousands of users of financial-management software revealed that the average family holds more than 20 percent of their investable assets in cash. By some definitions, that behavior is “conservative.” But it is not prudent. The risk of a financial loss today is not as great as the risk of insufficient savings in retirement. And because the return on cash is so low, it doesn’t build compounding returns. What to do? We all say we want to save and invest for a secure retirement. But remarkably, few of us do it. Forty percent of American households have no retirement savings at all. Another 40 percent have savings of less than $100,000. The retirement savings deficit in this country is estimated to be more than $10 trillion. So if our brains are the problem, let’s outsmart them. Let’s use the science of human behavior to overcome our natural human failings. —By Bill Harris, special to CNBC.com. El Blog de Camilo Acosta	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428318
__label__wiki	0.729141	0.729141	If donning a wetsuit and diving into an Arctic lake to get a look at underwater craters boiling up methane gas sounds like an exciting adventure, let me introduce you to Katey Walter Anthony,[1] who did just that in an Alaska lake last summer. Last week, Dr. Anthony took a break from the meeting of the American Geophysical Union here in Washington, to offer a short briefing where she explained what she found.[2] Dr. Katey Walter Anthony (National Geographic) A bit of background: Methane (“natural gas”) like carbon dioxide, is a greenhouse gas. Greenhouse gases block infra-red radiation, reducing the amount of heat escaping from earth’s surface into space: Global warming. Methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, but it breaks down much faster. Dr. Anthony has been studying the dynamics of Arctic lakes for a couple of decades. Thermokarst lakes form when arctic soil begins to thaw, leaving voids where ice crystals have melted, causing the soil to subside. Last year, native Alaskan groups contacted Dr. Anthony seeking her help finding methane seeps which they hope to use as fuel in their remote villages.[3] As lake bottoms thaw due to a warming climate, partially-decayed plants and animals, until now locked in permafrost, are starting to thaw and resume their decay, releasing carbon dioxide and methane. Increasing release of carbon dioxide and methane from thawing permafrost is one of about half a dozen amplifying climate feedback mechanisms that scientists have documented and begun to quantify.[4] But what Dr. Anthony found at a lake that she named Esieh, just above the Arctic Circle, is even more troubling. She spotted the telltale signs of methane release — photos show that the lake doesn’t freeze over. And when she and her team arrived to set up camp, they were greeted by a steady eruption of grapefruit-sized bubbles rising to the lake surface. Carbon dating reveals that the gas is fossil methane, not the product of decaying material in permafrost, but gas from deeper geologic formations. Dr. Anthony surmises that as permafrost melts, it unseals fissures and crevices that connect to geologic gas deposits. It’s not clear yet whether Esieh Lake is an anomaly, or part of a larger pattern of thermokarst lakes with underground connections to geologic methane, which would have ominous implications for earth’s climate. What we do know, as Dr. Walter put it, is that “these lakes speed up permafrost thaw. It’s acceleration.” And that the amplifying effects of releasing fossil methane at an accelerating rate are not included in current climate models.[5] [1] “Katey Walter Anthony, 2009 Emerging Explorer,” National Geographic, https://www.nationalgeographic.org/find-explorers/katey-walter-anthony [2] Thanks to Rafe Pomerance who arranged the briefing and invited me. Rafe’s long history as a champion of climate policy was reported by Nathaniel Rich in the New York Times last August: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/01/magazine/climate-change-losing-earth.html [3] “Acrtic Caldroun,” Washington Post (9/22/18) by Chris Mooney with (splendid) photos by Jonathan Newton. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/arctic-lakes-are-bubbling-and-hissing-with-dangerous-greenhouse-gases/ [4] See, National Climate Assessment (2017), Chapter 15, “Surprises, Tipping Points and Compound Extremes.” https://science2017.globalchange.gov/chapter/15/, and “The Study of Earth as an Integrated System,” NASA (2017), https://climate.nasa.gov/nasa_science/science/. [5] KW Anthony et al, “21st-century modeled permafrost carbon emissions accelerated by abrupt thaw beneath lakes,” Nature Communications, August 15, 2018. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05738-9 Author James HandleyPosted on December 18, 2018 December 19, 2018 Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Fast Thaw — What Are Arctic Lakes Telling Us? Carbon Pricing Deal in 2017? Just one day after Donald Trump, surrounded by coal miners, signed executive orders to roll back Obama Administration energy and climate rules, the Partnership for Responsible Growth convened a symposium at the conservative Hoover Institution (two blocks from the White House) delving into prospects for carbon pricing. George Shultz, President Reagan’s Secretary of State and professor emeritus at Stanford, opened the event urging swift action to reduce climate risk with a rising tax on carbon emissions. Joe Aldy, Harvard economics professor The first panel, discussing revenue, was led by Harvard economics professor and former Obama adviser Joe Aldy, who proposes a carbon tax to replace EPA regulations on coal-fired power plants. Aldy suggested that by funding cuts in business and payroll taxes, a carbon tax could spur economic growth; he also suggests a small fraction of revenue to fund much-needed clean energy research. He pointed out that British Columbia garnered popular support for its revenue-neutral carbon tax by initially sending revenue checks directly to households. Aldy expressed hope that mounting pressure to reform the U.S. tax code after three decades of stasis could offer a unique opportunity to interject carbon taxation. Thomas F. Stephenson, partner Sequoia Capital Thomas Stephenson of Sequoia Capital, concurred that a simple upstream carbon tax is the uncontested climate policy of choice. Differences of opinion, he noted, are mostly about revenue options. In addition to replacing regulations, Stephenson suggested that carbon taxes could replace a myriad of costly energy subsidies and mandates. He suggested that many conservative objections to a carbon tax could be overcome if the tax is truly revenue-neutral. Bob Perkowitz, president ecoAmerica Bob Perkowitz, president of eco-America, pointed out that states now face a $500 billion revenue shortfall. Consistent with conservative notions of federalism, Perkowitz suggested distributing carbon tax revenue to states via “block grants,” allowing spending decisions to be made on the state level. Donald Marron, director of economic policy initiatives at the Urban Institute, stressed that a robustly-increasing carbon tax can be designed to meet any climate policy goal. Donald Marron, Urban Institute For example, Marron said, a modest tax starting at $25/T CO2, rising just 2% above inflation would easily achieve the Paris climate target while raising over $1 trillion in revenue over a decade. In the current Republican political environment, Marron suggested framing a carbon tax as a replacement for other taxes or as a source of funds to households, not as a source of revenue for government spending. He suggested that Republicans might feel more comfortable supporting proposals that “score” as truly revenue-neutral by the Joint Committee on Taxation and the Congressional Budget Office. Marron noted that block grants could be considered “spending,” but pointed out that the distinction between spending and “negative taxes” can become arbitrary. Ted Halstead, Climate Leadership Council During the question and answer period, Ted Halstead, founder of the newly-formed Climate Leadership Council, observed that FDR didn’t sell Social Security as a “payroll tax.” Similarly, he urged carbon tax supporters to emphasize near-term benefits. CLC’s proposal is framed as a “carbon dividend” to every household. Maya MacGuineas, Committee for Responsible Federal Budget Maya Macguineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, opened the second panel on political prospects. She stressed that unlike other policies, carbon taxes address both fiscal and climate problems simultaneously. Jerry Taylor, director of the libertarian Niskanen Center, is skeptical of the near-term political prospects for carbon taxes. Taylor finds it “unimaginable for Trump or Republicans to promote carbon tax… they will not fly into the teeth of big coal. Until [coal magnate] Bob Murray buys it, no [carbon tax].” Jerry Taylor, Niskanen Center Taylor pointed out that Rep. Scalise’s resolution condemning carbon taxes last year (supported by all but one House Republican), was a reaction to lobbying for a carbon tax. In Taylor’s assessment, “Republican leadership is just as adamant as Charles Koch.” Taylor pointed out the stark silence of Senators McCain and Graham, who formerly supported climate policy. Moreover, Taylor noted, “there is no evidence of the needed political capability at the White House. I would be stunned if either tax reform or infrastructure advance.” Taylor cautioned against reading too much into reports that roughly 40 House Republicans and 10 Senate Republicans are uncomfortable with climate science denial. Taylor suggested that discomfort with denial does not necessarily lead to support for a carbon tax. Instead, Taylor suggested, climate-concerned Republicans might embrace Bill Gates’ “breakthrough” proposal for technology funding or proposals for geoengineering. Taylor concluded, “even if there were a political opening for carbon tax on the Hill this year, we would probably miss it because key advocates are not engaged.” But he offered a ray of hope: Perhaps an opportunity after the 2018 election — if we do the legwork now. Adele Morris, Brookings Institution Adele Morris, Climate and Energy Policy Director at the Brookings Institution, articulated three sets of reasons for carbon taxes. First: To slow unchecked climate risk. Second: To avoid a proliferation of complex, inefficient and mismatched state and local programs. And finally: To preempt the lengthy implementation and litigation associated with EPA’s sector-by-sector regulatory approach, which is not globally replicable and which could be revived by the next Democratic administration. Morris lamented the lack of engagement by environmental and climate organizations to support carbon taxes. Their past “distraction” by EPA’s regulatory approach was understandable, but is now moot. “There is no distraction now,” she quipped. Moreover, she pointed out that “any substantial carbon tax would beat the pants off” the climate effectiveness of the Clean Power Plan. Bob Inglis, republicEn Bob Inglis, former Congressman (R-SC) and founder of republicEn, offered assurance that “political orthodoxy is more fluid than it might appear.” As a case-in-point, Inglis recalled that he’d taken a beating from constituents and other Republicans for opposing the 2007 Iraq troop surge. Now, he noted, Trump and many Republicans, including Ron Paul, routinely criticize the entire Iraq war. Inglis urged carbon tax supporters to speak in terms of Republican values. He suggested that Trump could sell a carbon tax with border adjustments as way to “make China pay,” to avoid getting tangled by UN agreements and to “make American win again.” Walt Minnick, Partnership for Responsible Growth Walt Minnick, another former congressman (D-Id) and a co-founder of the Partnership for Responsible Growth, urged framing carbon taxes as “carbon-funded tax cuts.” Minnick suggested that the costs of delaying climate policy are large and seem to be growing exponentially. “We cannot afford to wait 4 to 8 more years,” he said. At the same time, he stressed, the U.S. faces growing and unsustainable deficits. In over 100 meetings with members of Congress, he said only two have expressed willingness to continue increasing spending without some means to pay for it. He pointed out that the House’s Border Adjustment Tax is “taking on heavy water,” and noted that there is little stomach in Congress for cutting the business interest deduction or the home mortgage deduction. Other revenue options, such as imposing a new value added tax, are even less palatable. In short: Congress will need ways close budget gaps; a carbon tax offers a way. His focus, Walt said, is on enacting a rising price on carbon; in that effort, all revenue options should be on the table. Phil Sharp, former Congressman, RFF CEO Phil Sharp, former Congressman (D-In) and CEO of Resources for the Future, stressed the unique opportunity to interject carbon taxes into tax reform. Sharp is confident that tax reform will (eventually) advance and feels that it offers by far the best vehicle for a carbon tax. The panel’s moderator, Jessica Tuchman Matthews, whose illustrious career includes directing the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, serving on the Council on Foreign Relations, as well as a stint on the Washington Post editorial board, succinctly summed up the panel’s comments: Jessica T. Matthews 1. A carbon tax must be bipartisan. 2. The vehicle is tax reform. 3. Advocates must mobilize. In response, Jerry Taylor suggested another “vehicle” for a carbon tax could be to fund infrastructure. Ted Halstead also disputed the tax reform “vehicle.” He noted that to be effective, a carbon tax must not only put a substantial price on carbon emissions, it must continue to rise over time. To build ongoing support for that rising price, Halstead urges linking a carbon tax to a “dividend,” distributing revenue directly to each household. Congratulations and thanks to the Partnership for Responsible Growth, the Hoover Institution, moderator Alice Hill and all the panelists for continuing and advancing this vital policy conversation. (Link to video, courtesy of Hoover Institution.) Author James HandleyPosted on March 30, 2017 April 2, 2017 Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Carbon Pricing Deal in 2017? Economists Unanimously Applaud Bipartisan Carbon Tax Proposal A modest, steadily-rising carbon tax as proposed a month ago by the Climate Leadership Council would be more effective and globally-replicable than existing greenhouse gas regulations. That was the unanimous conclusion of three energy economists and one oceanographer turned climate lobbyist who spoke at a forum yesterday at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington DC. Moreover, the panel stressed, both climate activists and legislators seeking to improve the efficiency and fairness of the tax code have good reasons to seriously consider such a replacement strategy. Danny Richter, legislative director of Citizens’ Climate Lobby suggested that a revenue-neutral carbon tax can help depoliticize climate policy. In conversations on Capitol Hill, Richter said some Republicans seem to be looking for issues where they can show independence from the Trump administration and instead align themselves with science. Richter thinks climate policy may be their golden opportunity. Richter pointed out House Resolution 424, sponsored by 16 Republicans, calling for “American ingenuity, innovation and exceptionalism to create and support… to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates…” Richter said CCL is seeking support from another two dozen Republicans to create an effective, conservative pro-climate voting bloc in the House. Marc Hafstead, a research fellow at Resources for the Future, discussed the results of the macro-economic model he developed with pioneering climate economist Lawrence Goulder. The model compares effectiveness and economic effects of climate policies. Hafstead reported that CLC’s proposed tax of $40/T CO2 rising 2% annually would easily surpass the emissions reductions from EPA’s Clean Power Plan. He seemed to prefer a more modest starting price of $20/T CO2 with a more aggressive 4% annual ramp-up, but he concluded that either carbon tax proposal would easily out-perform EPA regulations. CLC’s proposal to return carbon tax revenue as a lump-sum “dividend” is distributionally-progressive (benefitting low income households the most) but Hafstead pointed out that it is more costly in the aggregate (as measured by GDP) than using revenue to cut other taxes that slow economic growth. Hafstead finds that cutting the top corporate income tax rate, a long-standing Republican policy goal, is the most efficient revenue option. Hafstead concluded by underscoring the dual benefits of reducing climate risk by taxing carbon while simultaneously spurring growth by cutting distortionary taxes. Adele Morris is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution who served at the State Department as a climate negotiator in 2000. Morris congratulated the Climate Leadership Council for re-starting and focusing the conversation about how to design and implement a carbon tax which she finds more interesting than tiresome debate about “hoaxes” and whether climate policy is needed at all. Morris stressed that the substantial, growing revenue stream from a modestly-rising carbon tax offers attractive options for embedding it in broader tax reform. And she emphasized that a carbon tax would maximize U.S. leverage in climate negotiations; a price instrument would facilitate transparent comparison of national ambition in those negotiations. She observed that it’s relatively easy to compare prices, but it’s complicated to negotiate and verify achievement of quantity-based targets. Morris responded to critics of carbon taxes who assert that carbon taxes aren’t efficient unless the price is set optimally. She pointed out that because the incremental damage from carbon emissions increases non-linearly over time, the potential cost of excess abatement is likely to be tiny compared to the benefits of getting ahead of that ominous upward-curving climate damage function. Morris’ top-line message: a carbon tax will be much more cost effective, transparent, replicable than regulations. Noah Kaufman, a climate economist at the World Resources Institute, recently served at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Kaufman suggested that carbon taxes may not need to rise to the high levels that standard economic modeling predicts. Observing the brisk pace of recent energy technology innovation, Kaufman suggested that even a modest carbon price could spur even more rapid low-carbon energy innovation and implementation. He also pointed out that the carbon tax in British Columbia has been more effective than standard models predicted. He speculated that the high visibility of the carbon tax led to greater behavior change than equivalent price changes normally do. Finally, Kaufman pointed out that a modest carbon tax such as the CLC proposal could obviate the Clean Power Plan. He expects that even a modest federal carbon tax would reduce emissions enough that states would be in compliance with the EPA rule. That suggests a possible compromise, perhaps avoiding a conflict over repealing the CPP that environmental organizations struggled to promulgate. Climate Solutions Caucus expands to 24, Citizens’ Climate Lobby (February 10, 2017). Macroeconomic Analysis of Federal Carbon Taxes, Marc Hafstead, Lawrence H. Goulder, Raymond J. Kopp, Roberton C. Williams III (Resources for the Future, June 2016). Options for Reducing the Deficit (Option 42: Carbon Tax), Congressional Budget Office (December 8, 2016). Methodology for Analyzing a Carbon Tax, John Horowitz, Julie-Anne Cronin, Hannah Hawkins, Laura Konda, and Alex Yuskavage (Department of the Treasury, January 2017). How To Use Carbon Tax Revenues, Donald B. Marron, Adele C. Morris (Tax Policy Center, 2016). Republican-Proposed “Carbon Dividend” Is a Great Sign of Progress, Noah Kaufman (World Resources Institute, February 10, 2017). Putting a Price on Carbon: Ensuring Equity, Noah Kaufman, Eleanor Krause (World Resources Institute, 2016). Author James HandleyPosted on March 9, 2017 March 25, 2017 Categories Uncategorized2 Comments on Economists Unanimously Applaud Bipartisan Carbon Tax Proposal Why Trump Should Embrace a Carbon Tax Adele Morris, Climate and Energy Economics policy director, Brookings Institution Brookings economist Adele Morris and R St Institute’s Catrina Rorke shined like diamonds as they made the case for truth-in-energy pricing at Cato Institute yesterday. Morris argued that a carbon tax could help Trump and Republicans advance their stated goals of tax & regulatory reform and fund transition assistance to coal country. Catrina Rorke, Energy Policy Director, R St. Institute Rorke pointed out that industrial policy propping up fossil fuels distorts markets and cheats us of technological innovation. Cato hosts Robert Bradley & Peter Russo seemed to inch away from Cato’s longstanding denialist stance, coming out as “lukewarmers” who at least admit global warming, but claim it may be beneficial. Tell that to folks battling scorching heat and raging fires in Australia and Oklahoma. Author James HandleyPosted on February 23, 2017 February 23, 2017 Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Why Trump Should Embrace a Carbon Tax Yes, Tax Carbon. Ditch “Revenue-Neutral” Shibboleth My response to “Progressives Need to Get Over Themselves and Support This GOP-Backed Carbon-Tax Plan” by Charles Komanoff (The Nation): Mr. Komanoff blames environmental and environmental justice advocates for the failure of Washington State’s carbon tax ballot initiative, I-732. But the story is more nuanced.* Advocates of I-732 turned down a late offer from environmental and EJ groups to collaborate if carbon tax revenue were used for forestry management (in a state devastated by wildfires), water projects (to mitigate drought) and assistance for front-line communities. Credible polling showed their proposal was far more popular. But instead of collaborating, I-732 advocates stuck to their revenue-neutral approach intended to win support from Republicans and businesses. That support did not materialize. Komanoff chides environmental advocates who don’t fully trust economists who assert that the “almost magic wand” of a rising price on CO2 pollution will transform the global economy from fossil dependence toward renewables and efficiency if only the tax level rises high enough. That’s a big IF. As Mark Jaccard and colleagues at Simon Frazer University in Vancouver have shown, carbon pricing tends to reach a political resistance point at a relatively low price. British Columbia’s revenue-neutral carbon tax rose briskly from $CN10/tonne CO2 to $30 where it is stuck. Yes, the new Baker/Shultz Carbon Leadership Council proposal is a welcome sign. But its proposed tax of $40/T CO2 would rise only 2%/year, nothing like the more aggressive $5/year Mr. Komanoff espouses and nowhere near the trajectory needed to reduce emissions 80% by 2050. Elected Republicans have shown no interest in carbon taxes, revenue-neutral or otherwise. And even where carbon taxes have been enacted, they have not risen to levels or been comprehensive enough to induce the scale of energy transformation needed. Why blame environmental, EJ and climate activists for pressing to spend carbon revenue in ways that are popular and enhance the effect of its price signal? Let’s ditch the “revenue-neutral” shibboleth and start discussing constructive ways to spend (at least some) carbon tax revenue that can unite the climate, environmental and EJ movements. We don’t need more divisiveness and finger-pointing as we face Republican denialists and “lukewarmers” in all three branches of federal government. * Both factions seemed to put their revenue preferences ahead of the larger goal: a rising price on CO2 pollution. On that score, I-732 was certainly worth enacting. See analysis by Sightline Institute. The Design and Implementation of Policies to Protect Low-Income Households under a Carbon Tax, Chad Stone (Resources for the Future, 2015). Author James HandleyPosted on February 15, 2017 February 16, 2017 Categories Uncategorized6 Comments on Yes, Tax Carbon. Ditch “Revenue-Neutral” Shibboleth Trump: Deal-maker for a Carbon Tax Swap? This morning, at the historic Willard Hotel in Washington DC, where on a November morning in 1861 Julia Ward Howe penned the Battle Hymn of the Republic, Harvard economics professor and former Obama climate adviser Joseph Aldy issued a clarion call of his own. At a moment of palpable despair, Aldy urged climate policy analysts, advocates and policymakers to consider “The Great Swap,” a carbon tax to advance Republicans’ especially President-elect Trump’s avowed goals of reducing taxes that hold back U.S. economic growth, while also reducing regulatory burdens. Aldy suggested that if Trump wants to live up to his reputation as a deal-maker, he will not pass up the opportunity for a carbon tax to help fund tax reform and eliminate EPA greenhouse gas regulations, goals that Republicans have long espoused. He noted that a carbon tax would also provide businesses with climate policy certainty while cost-effectively avoiding the international repercussions of U.S. repudiation of the Paris climate agreement. Aldy opens his glossy 38-page paper,[1] citing the robust economic consensus that a carbon tax would reduce CO2 emissions at far lower cost than the current unstable patchwork of regulations and subsidies. Aldy, who advised President Obama whose signature climate achievement was EPA’s Clean Power Plan, pointedly suggests that EPA’s sector-by-sector approach is grossly inadequate to meet long term climate goals and would achieve its near-term goals at unnecessarily high cost. In his remarks, Aldy went further: He suggested that Congress “repeal and replace” the Clean Power Plan with a carbon tax. Moreover, Aldy noted that a modest carbon tax, starting at $25/T CO2 rising 5% annually in real terms, would generate revenue of $100 – 200 billion that could be used to reduce individual and corporate income taxes without increasing the deficit. Discussing design options, Aldy’s paper cites the growing body of economics literature showing that a carbon tax “swap” can be distributionally-progressive (e.g., by using revenue to cut payroll taxes[2]) and growth-inducing (e.g., by cutting corporate income taxes[3]) or both (by allocating some revenue for each[4]). He suggests that every five years Congress should adjust the carbon tax rate and its annual percentage increase based on emissions data supplied by EPA, tax revenue and economic data from the Treasury Department and data on other countries’ emissions reductions from the State Department. Aldy concludes by pointing out that a carbon tax with “border tax adjustments” to impose equivalent carbon taxes on imported goods would protect the competitive position of U.S. businesses, even energy-intensive industry.[5] He further notes that border adjustments offer leverage for the U.S. to induce similar policies by our major trading partners.[6] The economic and political case Aldy presented was hardly new to those who have studied climate policy, but he did manage to articulate a plausible scenario in what appears now to be a dire political situation for climate policy. Following Aldy’s presentation, Hannah Hess of E & E News moderated a panel discussion featuring John Larsen of Johns Hopkins University and the Rhodium Group, Jerry Taylor of the Libertarian Niskanen Center, Todd Wooten of the Senate Finance Committee and Catrina Rorke of R Street Institute. Taylor registered skepticism, quipping, “Business wants certainty? Here it is: no more federal greenhouse gas involvement.” And Wooton opined that Congress will not “repeal and replace” the Clean Power plan, it will just “repeal, ASAP.” For her part, Rorke called on Republicans not to stand aside on climate policy the way they have left health policy to Democrats. She urged them to enact conservative “free market” climate policy to avoid further alienating young voters who understand and accept climate science. While Professor Aldy’s proposal assumes a decidedly rosy scenario, maybe it is not beyond the pale to hope that Mr. Trump and at least some Republicans get past their climate science aversion to advance policy that comports with their stated principles, advances their tax reform and regulatory relief goals and could even help the U.S. lead on low-carbon innovation and technology. [1] Joseph Aldy, “Long Term Carbon Policy: The Great Swap,” Progressive Policy Institute, 2016. [2] Gilbert Metcalf, “A Green Employment Tax Swap: Using A Carbon Tax to Finance Payroll Tax Relief,” Brookings Institution, 2007. Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC) proposed a carbon tax for payroll tax swap in his “Raise Wages, Cut Carbon Act of 2009,” HR 2380, 111th Congress. [3] Donald Marron and Eric Toder, “Carbon Taxes and Corporate Tax Reform,” 2013. [4] The “Tax Pollution, Not Profits Act” by Rep. John Delaney, HR 2202 (2015), would apply half of carbon tax revenue to reduce the corporate income tax rate, with the other half returned in lump sum to low and moderate income households and to fund transition assistance and early retirement for displaced coal workers. [5] Jennifer Hillman, “Changing Climate for Carbon Taxes: Who’s Afraid of the WTO?,” German Marshall Fund, Climate Advisors, American Action Forum, 2013. Author James HandleyPosted on December 1, 2016 December 3, 2016 Categories Uncategorized2 Comments on Trump: Deal-maker for a Carbon Tax Swap?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428321
__label__cc	0.682061	0.317939	Job Seekers, Welcome to GOS Career Center Northridge, California Dignity Health Medical Group - Northridge is seeking a part-time PM&R provider to join a group of physicians committed to provide quality hospital care and teaching. Opportunity and Benefits Highlights: Inpatient opportunity, to start Work with the medical group to develop the Outpatient practice Experience with spinal cord injuries preferred Northridge Hospital acute rehab is CARF Accredited Employed position, with salary guaranteed to start Healthcare benefits + 401(k) matching + CME allowance Community Highlights: Enjoy Southern CA weather Access to CA beaches, hiking trails, and parks Short drive to the city of Los Angeles or San Diego Easy access to the airport This position would be employed through Dignity Health Medical Group-Northridge Family Medicine, a service of Dignity Health Medical Foundation. Our Medical Foundation is aligned with one of the largest health systems in the nation and the largest hospital system in California. The way in which we approach our patients and each other is engrained in our culture, and can be summed up in two powerful words: Hello Humankindness. Join Dignity Health Medical Group and be a part of our amazing journey! Name: Juren Llarena Enjoy an active Southern California lifestyle year-round. Socioeconomic, ethnically, and religiously diverse urban community located in the heart of the San Fernando Valley 30 minutes from the beach and downtown Los Angeles. Close to all amenities, including restaurants, shopping malls, amusement parks, Universal Studios and Citywalk, Dodger Stadium, J. Paul Getty Museum, Museum of America West, L.A. Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Griffith Park Observatory, and numerous community parks and recreation centers. California State University Northridge, UCLA and USC are all nearby. Founded in 1976, Dignity Health Medical Group - Northridge, formerly known as Northridge Family Practice, is a multi-specialty group affiliated with Dignity Health, one of the largest health systems in the nation and the largest hospital system in California. DHMG - Northridge: http://www.dignityhealth.org/medical-groups/california/northridge © Copyright 2020 Georgia Orthopaedic Society.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428322
__label__wiki	0.897491	0.897491	A month of broken cargo records Capacity & Demand, Carriers, Conversions, News In yesterday’s post about the strength of air freight demand in November, we noted that two of the companies reporting – Hong Kong International Airport and Etihad Airways – achieved record volumes. But that turns out to be only the tip of this particular iceberg, as records continued to fall. Cargolux: Luxembourg-based all-cargo carrier Cargolux reported all-time record performance in cargo volume, block hours flown, and cycles in November. November cargo volume was up 3.1% over November 2013 to 76,504 tonnes, an all-time monthly record, and Cargolux said volume for the year through November was up 10.5%. The carrier said it flew 10,224 block hours in the month, up 8.7% y-o-y, and the first time in the company’s history that it has exceeded 10,000 hours in a single month. Likewise, Cargolux set a new record for cycles flown in a month, with the carrier’s twenty-two unit freighter fleet flying 1,766 cycles in November. One category in which Cargolux did not set a record was utilization rate, but even so, the carrier’s daily aircraft utilization rate of 15.52 hours is one of the highest in the industry. Cathay Pacific: Another carrier that may have broken an all time record was Cathay Pacific Airways. In its November report, Cathay did not claim any records, but Cargo Facts cannot remember Cathay – or any carrier for that matter – ever reporting monthly cargo traffic of 1 billion RTKs. Okay, Cathay actually didn’t achieve 1 billion, but 998 million is very close to 1 billion, and while we don’t know for sure, we expect this is a record performance for Cathay, and may be a record for any carrier. Emirates may already have broken the 1 billion RTK barrier, but since it does not report monthly traffic data, we do not know for sure. Hong Kong International Airport: HKIA reported cargo volume in November up 5.5% y-o-y to 421,000 tonnes – an all-time record for a single month. Commenting on the November results, HKIA said: “This is the first time HKIA has handled over 400,000 tonnes of cargo in a single month. This achievement further solidifies HKIA’s position as the world’s busiest cargo airport. Boosted by the seasonal surge in both cargo shipments and passenger traffic demand, we expect across-the-board growth in traffic volume to continue as we approach the end of the year, setting new annual records for all traffic categories.” Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi-based Etihad reported November cargo volume up 7.20% y-o-y to 53,000 tonnes, an all time monthly record. For the first eleven months of 2014, Etihad’s cargo volume was up 17.0% to 518,000 tonnes. Worth noting is that the gains in volume do not appear to be coming at the expense of yield, as Etihad has consistently reported cargo revenue growth on par with, or greater than, the growth in volume. Looking ahead, the carrier said it expected total cargo volume for 2014 of more than 570,000 tonnes, a 17% increase on 2013. And one last record… Turning away from containers and pallets and looking at the aircraft they fly in, we note that US-based Aeronautical Engineers, Inc this week redelivered its 400th freighter-converted aircraft. It was a 737-400, originally ordered and operated by Alaska Airlines, but now owned by Vx Capital Partners who will lease it to TNT Airways. AEI performed its first passenger-to-freighter conversion – of a DC-6 – forty-three years ago, in 1971. TagsAEIAeronautical Engineerscargo recordsCargoluxCathay PacificEtihad CargoHong KongNovember 2014 CTA clears 21 Air peak season 767F charter for Cargojet Diversification, robust demand for 767Fs elevate ATSG 3Q19 results CargoLogicAir to cut two 747Fs early next year	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428329
__label__cc	0.636518	0.363482	If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the Comhaltas Photographic Archive has a lot to say! We’ve been collecting photographs since the early days of Comhaltas, and the collection process continues. You’re welcome to browse through a sample of what we have, though of course we’d rather you asked us for permission before using any of our images. Saskia Tomkins and Steafan Hannigan at KentFolk Saskia Tomkins and Steafan Hannigan held fiddle, bodhran and whistle workshops, a Celtic Session, and a concert as part of a long weekend of music in Littlebourne and Faversham, near Canterbury, Kent. Tomkins and Hannigan are current and recent All Britain Fleadh winners for Fiddle (Slow Air), Uilleann Pipes, Flute, Whistle, and Bodhran. Saskia Tomkins leading a fiddle workshop in Kent, hosted by KentFolk. 2007 Tour - Dancers on Stage From the 2007 Tour of Britain, our dancers take the stage. This picture was taken at the Farewell Concert the tour group performs every year in the Cultúrlann na hÉireann. 2007 Tour - Dancers From the 2007 Tour of Britain, a pair of dancers. This picture was taken at the Farewell Concert the tour group performs every year in the Cultúrlann na hÉireann. 2007 Tour - Dancer From the 2007 Tour of Britain, a dancer takes the stage. This picture was taken at the Farewell Concert the tour group performs every year in the Cultúrlann na hÉireann. 2007 Tour - Two Flutists From the 2007 Tour of Britain, a pair of flautists. This picture was taken at the Farewell Concert the tour group performs every year in the Cultúrlann na hÉireann. 2007 Tour - Harp, Flute and Button Accordion From the 2007 Tour of Britain, a harp, flute and button accordion. This picture was taken at the Farewell Concert the tour group performs every year in the Cultúrlann na hÉireann. 2007 Tour - Bodhran and Pipes From the 2007 Tour of Britain, a Bodhran player and a Uilleann piper. This picture was taken at the Farewell Concert the tour group performs every year in the Cultúrlann na hÉireann.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428337
__label__wiki	0.898591	0.898591	/ Marvel Falcon & The Winter Soldier Marvel: Future Fight Marvel: Contest Of Champions Marvel Announces Spider-Woman By Jamie Lovett - November 19, 2019 04:51 pm EST Marvel is giving Spider-Woman her own series. Launching in March 2020, Spider-Woman sees Jessica Drew going solo again. The series is written by Karla Pacheco (Punisher Annual, Fantastic Four 2099) and Pere Perez (Uncanny X-Men). “I love Spider-Woman, and I'm incredibly excited to share this series with both new and old Jessica Drew fans alike. This is big, can't miss, over-the-top action, some very surprising ‘venom blasts from the pasts,’ and also a TON of helicopter explosions,” Pacheco says. “It's a super fun adventure with a lot of twists and turns...and seriously, so many helicopter explosions. We're taking Jess bigger and badder than she's ever been before, and I can't wait for readers to see what we've cooked up.” Here’s how Marvel describes the new series: “Whether it’s hunting Skrulls or taking down H.Y.D.R.A., Spider-Woman’s adventures have made her a favorite of readers for decades, and in March 2020, she’ll be embarking on a brand-new one in Spider-Woman #1! The enigmatic Avenger has always been as mysterious as she is fearless, and her latest series opens with her not feeling quite herself… Looking for fresh thrills, Spider-Woman takes on a job that puts her in the crosshairs of an all-new enemy! She soon finds herself caught in a web of intrigue, surrounded by unknown forces bent on her destruction. With danger on all sides and her deadly past coming to haunt her, Spider-Woman is in for an action-packed ride, and she wouldn’t have it any other way! “What’s wrong with Jessica? Just how DID she get this job? And who are these violent lunatics who keep trying to blow her up? You’ll have to wait and see, but in the meantime, check out the stunning cover by Junggeun Yoon, showing Jessica doing what she does best in her iconic costume! Strap in because Spider-Woman #1 is on sale this March in comic shops, on the Marvel Comics App, and on Marvel.com!” (Photo: Marvel Comics) This will be Spider-Woman’s seventh solo ongoing series and her first since 2015. That series saw Spider-Woman pregnant and later becoming a mother. In her fifth and sixth ongoing series, she wore a new costume and operated as a private investigator. It seems whatever new job she has, she’s decided to pull out the classic Spider-Woman costume before she embarks. What do you think of the new Spider-Woman series? Let us know in the comments. Marvel Announces X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills Extended Cut Taika Waititi Being Recruited for Star Wars Movie Marvel Teasing Major Kree-Skrull Alliance Mark Ruffalo Plays Which Avengers Are You Instagram Filter & Reveals Result Parasite Director Bong Joon-Ho Explains Why He Won't Direct Marvel Movies Spider-Man 3 Production Start Date, Global Locations Revealed Avengers: Endgame "I Am Iron Man" Funko Pop Is Finally On the Way Marvel Captain America and the Avengers HeroClix Preview	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428338
__label__wiki	0.716474	0.716474	Drops Of Venus MasterOfMagnetism Kieran_Frost 4sake Baned, CaptainMar-Vell92 of the Kree, chief12d, HipHopAvenger, juan678, king of hybrids, MasterOfMagnetism, Shinglepants, Snoop Dogg, tvislon Drops Of Venus's Activity Drops Of Venus replied to a thread Young Avengers Appreciation 2020 in Marvel Comics I think Marvel should just establish that William and Thomas died in the 80s, and shortly after that their souls went back in time because of , which... That's what I've been saying! By sliding timescale standards, this boy would be like 12 today. I'm wondering if they're going to introduce some... Drops Of Venus replied to a poll LGBT+ Marvel Characters Discussion in Marvel Comics OMG, yes, I think about him too! The only reason why I don't really consider it as a possibility is because I think his lead role on HSMTMTS, that's... Drops Of Venus replied to a thread Empyre (2020) in Marvel Comics I really like these covers. Kinda makes it look like Hulkling could be joining the main Avengers. Then again, you would expect that Jason Aaron would... I was wondering if Teddy would get his own book as a result of Empyre, and even though I was hoping for at least a mini, I'll settle for a one-shot.... I don't know what exactly is the plan there, but I just hope that whatever they do, Teddy won't support a complete genocide. Whoever turns out to be... I think that's probably about to change with Empyre. I definitely feel like he will meet Phyla soon enough, considering Al Ewing is the... Well, there's still a lot to be announced about the event. Maybe they will have a role in there somewhere that we just don't know about yet. Ewing... The ceasefire is a good thing, right? It shows he's trying to de-escalate tensions. As for the Skrulls blowing up suns... I hope it's just an... I also thought that he was just baiting or trolling people when he posted that. It seemed so random... but now two other separate sources are saying... Drops Of Venus replied to a thread Marvel Cinematic Universe Discussion Part II in Marvel Comics Jeremy was not the original source, he's just reporting other people's stories. Insider Daniel Richtman first tweeted about it, then The GWW and The... I literally never heard of this Illuminerdi website before, but the fact that two separate sources are claiming that casting for the character is... Drops Of Venus replied to a thread Al Ewing and Juann Cabal taking over Guardians of the Galaxy in January in Marvel Comics White skin was the natural form of 616 Phyla, so my guess is that this is also true for this Phyla, and the starfield look is supposed to be her... MasterOfMagnetism replied to a poll LGBT+ Marvel Characters Discussion in Marvel Comics Now a second site is claiming they've gotten even more info on the casting call for Hulkling and they're specifically claiming it's for WandaVision.... Well, this explains why he tweeted that. Not sure how reliable this is, but it got some insiders talking about it, so... fingers crossed. Someone on Reddit said that site has a good track record when it comes to DC scoops, no idea how reliable they are with Marvel info. As for what... Drops Of Venus replied to a thread Strikeforce Appreciation 2020 in Marvel Comics Yeah, I feel that specially with the way Tini writes Billy, he doesn't enjoy being a part of the team at all. Which makes me wonder what even would... It was also the same website that claimed that an America Chavez show was being developed for Disney+ and that Marvel was casting a transgender... Interestingly that site is also the same one that claims an inside source says that Ikaris will be bi in The Eternals. I've remained skeptical of... Jim Cheung in the house! Even though the book is clearly using the current Avengers line-up for the event, I do hope we get to see some other... Insider Daniel Richtman posted this on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rpk_daniel/status/1217222451303714817 Not sure if it's an actual scoop or if... Raksor and Bel-Dann got their own teaser. Nice! I hope Ewing expands on the backstories of those two and give us a clearer picture of what was going... Teddy Altman... more like DADDY Altman, am I right? But seriously, that art is so fucking gorgeous. Mar-Vell and Anelle are also looking pretty good... Looks like each teaser is for one of the stories that inspired the event. Hopefully we'll get one for Hulkling/Young Avengers! https://twitter.com/mymonsterischic/status/1216798778449108994 So, apparently, Leah has plans for a story that touches on gender identity and what... That works too, and I actually would prefer if it was like that. More organized. But Sony had to win something in return so Marvel could use... My guess is that this will be a Marvel Studios/Marvel Television kind of situation, in which one universe (Sony) keeps referencing the other (Marvel... A team with half of its roster being queer, Northstar as the team leader AND we get to actually explore his love life? I'm all in. Their alleged mutant identities were always ignored, even before the AXIS/Uncanny Avengers retcons. Billy and Tommy were always completely detached... About Drops Of Venus CBR's Good Fairy Spectacular Member	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428339
__label__wiki	0.561442	0.561442	Home Forums NHL Eastern Conference Metropolitan Division New York Islanders Post-Game Talk: #29\| New York Islanders @ Tampa Bay Lightning \| December 9th \| 7:00 PM \| F/W 5-1 Discussion in 'New York Islanders' started by MattMartin, Dec 9, 2019. Page 1 of 18 1 ← 2 3 4 5 6 → 18 Next MattMartin Killer Instinct™ Game Preview: Islanders AT Lightning NEW YORK ISLANDERS (19-7-2) AT TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (14-10-3) 7 PM \| AMALIE ARENA WATCH: MSG+ \| MSG GO LISTEN: 88.7 FM \| 103.9 FM \| 1050 AM The Islanders opened up their three-game road trip with a 3-1 loss at Dallas on Saturday night. Mathew Barzal scored the Isles sole goal of the game but the Islanders could not climb out of a 3-0 hole. Thomas Greiss made 34 saves in the loss. Tampa is coming off of an electric 7-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night. The LIghtning scored twice on the power play with both goals coming from captain Steven Stamkos. Tampa also got goals from Tyler Johnson, Alex KIllorn, Victor Hedman and Carter Verhaeghe. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 37 saves. ISLES VS. LIGHTNING: The Islanders claimed the first meeting of the season with the Lightning 5-2 on Nov. 1 at NYCB Live. Barzal, Ryan Pulock, Josh Bailey, Anders Lee and Derick Brassard scored even-strength goals for the Isles while Greiss made 33 saves. ISLES NOTES: - Barzal scored his 12th goal of the season as he tipped in Devon Toews' shot from the point in the third period. Barzal leads the Isles in goals, assists (13) and points (25) through 28 games this season. The 22-year-old center has five points (3G, 2A) in his last five games. - Toews assisted on Barzal's goal to record his 10th helper of the season. Toews' assist snapped an eight-game drought without a point. Through 28 games this season, the blueliner has 12 points (2G, 10A) and is plus-seven. - Scott Mayfield also assisted on Barzal's goal and recorded his fifth helper of the season. Through 28 games, Mayfield has nine points and is tied with his career-high of four goals. The blueliner is riding a three-game point streak with three points on one goal and two assists in that span. - Greiss suited up in his 177th game for the Islanders to surpass Glenn Healy and tie himself with Jaroslav Halak for sixth place on the Isles list of games played for netminders. Greiss has a record of 10-4-0 this season, a 2.24 goals against average and a .930 save percentage. - Ross Johnston returned to the lineup for second-consecutive games and played in his 14th game of the season. Johnston logged 12:39 time on ice, had a team-high of nine hits and fired one shot on net. - The Isles penalty kill went 0-for-2 against the Stars. The Isles PK is ranked 15th in the NHL at 81.6%. - The Isles power play went 0-for-1 against Dallas. The Isles power-play unit is ranked 19th at 18.2%. The Isles have had the fewest power play opportunities across the NHL at 66. The Anaheim Ducks are the next team with the fewest chances on the man advantage at 74. - The Islanders are ranked second in the NHL for blocks. The Isles have blocked 479 shots this season. Adam Pelech leads the team in blocks with 67. - The Isles are third in the NHL for hits with 840. Cal Clutterbuck is the hits leader among the Isles with 98 and leads by a margin of 20, where Matt Martin has registered the second-highest amount of hits with 78. - The Isles are tied with St. Louis for first in the League for overtime goals with five. Brock Nelson has scored three of the five overtime goals. - Nick Leddy left the game with a lower-body injury during the final two minutes of action after he was tripped up in a race for the puck with Dallas' Esa Lindell. Head Coach Barry Trotz did not have an immediate update following the game. TAMPA NOTES: - Stamkos scored his eighth and ninth goals of the season and had one assist on the night. Through 24 games this season, Stamkos has 25 points and leads Tampa in power play goals with six. - Johnson scored his seventh goal of the season. Through 27 games this year, Johnson has 14 points. In the past four games, Johnson has four points (2G, 2A). - Killorn registered a team-high of four points against San Jose. Killorn scored his eighth goal of the season and dished out three helpers. The winger is riding a three-game point streak and three-game goal streak with six points on three goals and three assists in that span. Through 25 games this season, Killorn has 22 points (8G, 14A). - Hedman scored his seventh goal of the season and posted a three-point outing. Hedman is riding a five-game point streak and three-game goal streak with seven points (3G, 4A) in that span. Through 25 games this season, Hedman has the second-most points among the team and the highest among defenseman with 27 points (7G, 20A). - It was an off-night for Nikita Kucherov who went pointless against San Jose and had his seven-game point streak snapped. Kucherov had 13 points (4G, 9A) during his seven-game point streak. Kucherov leads the Lighting in goals (10), assists (21) and points (31) through 26 games this season. - Verhaeghe scored his first NHL goal against the Sharks and had two assists. The 24-year-old center has played 17-career games for the Lightning, all played this season. Verhaeghe has four points (1G, 3A) this season and on his career. - Vasilevskiy made his 20th start of the season and improved his record to 11-8-1. The 2019 Vezina Trophy recipient has a 2.91 goals against average and a .907 save percentage. - The Lightning's power play went 2-for-4 against San Jose. Tampa's power play is ranked second across the NHL at 30.0% and have scored the third-highest amount of power-play goals in the League with 27. - Tampa averages the most goals for per game in the NHL at 3.74 and have scored the fifth highest in the league with 101 through 27 games. Possible Starting Goalies: Semyon Varlamov Thomas Greiss 15 14 10 4 0 0 440 31 2.24 409 .930 0 830 Semyon Varlamov 16 14 9 3 0 2 444 34 2.35 410 .923 1 869 Curtis McElhinney Andrei Vasilevskiy 20 20 11 8 0 1 624 58 2.91 566 .907 0 1,196 Curtis McElhinney 7 7 3 2 0 2 260 24 3.42 236 .908 0 422 Mathew Barzal 28 12 13 25 13 14 2 4 0 0 1 0 59 20.3 41.92 Brock Nelson 28 9 12 21 -3 14 2 4 0 0 4 3 89 10.1 52.58 Josh Bailey 28 7 12 19 -1 4 1 4 0 0 1 0 27 25.9 51.14 Anthony Beauvillier 28 9 9 18 6 6 2 4 1 1 1 0 55 16.4 83.33 Derick Brassard 28 7 10 17 2 8 1 4 0 0 1 0 49 14.3 52.26 Anders Lee 28 7 7 14 5 14 0 2 0 0 2 0 66 10.6 43.06 Ryan Pulock 28 4 10 14 0 4 1 4 0 0 2 1 62 6.5 0 Devon Toews 28 2 10 12 7 8 0 2 0 0 1 1 50 4 0 Nick Leddy 23 2 9 11 5 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 27 7.4 0 Scott Mayfield 28 4 5 9 5 13 0 0 0 1 1 0 46 8.7 0 Jordan Eberle 18 2 6 8 -2 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 38 5.3 0 Casey Cizikas 23 4 3 7 6 16 0 0 1 2 1 0 36 11.1 56.4 Cal Clutterbuck 28 3 4 7 9 18 0 0 1 2 0 0 31 9.7 50 Adam Pelech 28 1 6 7 2 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 37 2.7 0 Johnny Boychuk 27 1 6 7 1 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 41 2.4 0 Leo Komarov 15 0 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0 28.57 Matt Martin 16 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 16.7 33.33 Michael Dal Colle 23 1 2 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 6.3 75 Noah Dobson 7 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 Ross Johnston 14 1 0 1 1 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 16.7 100 Tom Kuhnhackl 6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 Nikita Kucherov 26 10 21 31 6 16 2 12 0 0 1 1 70 14.3 0 Victor Hedman 25 7 20 27 0 17 3 15 0 0 1 0 59 11.9 0 Steven Stamkos 24 9 16 25 -9 4 6 11 0 0 2 0 73 12.3 59.81 Alex Killorn 25 8 14 22 4 10 4 8 0 0 1 0 51 15.7 33.33 Brayden Point 24 10 11 21 5 5 4 5 0 0 2 0 51 19.6 50.3 Kevin Shattenkirk 27 5 16 21 11 12 1 6 0 0 0 0 63 7.9 0 Anthony Cirelli 26 6 13 19 2 14 1 3 0 1 0 0 42 14.3 47.24 Ondrej Palat 27 9 7 16 9 12 2 4 1 1 2 0 62 14.5 25 Mikhail Sergachev 27 4 12 16 8 26 2 5 0 0 0 0 46 8.7 0 Yanni Gourde 27 6 9 15 3 21 1 5 0 0 3 0 48 12.5 53.47 Tyler Johnson 27 7 7 14 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 55 12.7 47.54 Pat Maroon 25 5 6 11 2 31 1 2 0 0 0 0 41 12.2 80 Cedric Paquette 19 3 6 9 -1 18 0 0 1 1 0 0 28 10.7 51.06 Ryan McDonagh 27 1 8 9 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 30 3.3 0 Mathieu Joseph 27 4 3 7 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 14.8 28.57 Carter Verhaeghe 17 1 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 4.8 48.28 Erik Cernak 24 2 1 3 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 4.3 0 Jan Rutta 11 0 3 3 -2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 Braydon Coburn 17 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 4.8 0 Luke Schenn 12 1 0 1 -5 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11.1 0 S/O 31 22 4 5 49 15 19 115 88 +27 8-2-4 14-2-1 3-2 8-1-1 W6 2 Boston 30 20 4 6 46 18 20 105 73 +32 12-1-5 8-3-1 0-4 8-1-1 L1 3 NY Islanders 28 19 7 2 40 12 17 81 68 +13 12-2-1 7-5-1 2-0 5-4-1 L1 4 Philadelphia 30 17 8 5 39 12 14 96 85 +11 10-2-4 7-6-1 3-5 7-2-1 W1 5 Pittsburgh 30 17 9 4 38 13 16 103 81 +22 12-3-2 5-6-2 1-0 6-2-2 W3 6 Carolina 30 18 11 1 37 12 16 97 82 +15 10-5-0 8-6-1 2-0 6-4-0 W2 29 15 9 5 35 10 12 105 99 +6 9-4-2 6-5-3 3-3 6-4-0 W2 8 Buffalo 31 14 11 6 34 10 13 96 95 +1 8-3-3 6-8-3 1-1 4-3-3 W1 9 NY Rangers 10 Montréal 30 13 11 6 32 10 11 97 102 -5 7-7-3 6-4-3 2-1 2-6-2 W1 11 Toronto 31 14 13 4 32 10 13 100 103 -3 7-4-4 7-9-0 1-2 5-5-0 W1 12 Tampa Bay 27 14 10 3 31 11 13 102 87 +15 7-5-1 7-5-2 1-0 5-4-1 W1 13 Columbus 29 11 14 4 26 7 11 71 91 -20 8-8-1 3-6-3 0-1 4-6-0 L4 14 Ottawa 30 12 17 1 25 10 12 79 95 -16 7-5-0 5-12-1 0-1 4-6-0 L1 29 9 15 5 23 7 8 74 109 -35 4-7-5 5-8-0 1-4 2-7-1 L1 16 Detroit 31 7 21 3 17 6 7 66 124 -58 4-11-1 3-10-2 0-1 0-9-1 L9 MattMartin, Dec 9, 2019 Last Games Lineups ANDERS LEE Goals: 7 Assists: 7 JORDAN EBERLE MATHEW BARZAL JOSH BAILEY ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER BROCK NELSON LEO KOMAROV MATT MARTIN CASEY CIZIKAS CAL CLUTTERBUCK DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS ADAM PELECH RYAN PULOCK DEVON TOEWS SCOTT MAYFIELD NOAH DOBSON JOHNNY BOYCHUK Current Team Injuries. Status (Updated) Nick Leddy D Leg Ques Mon(12/07/2019) Leddy left the previous game with a left leg injury, and it is unknown if he will be available versus the Lightning on Monday. CARTER VERHAEGHE Assists: 3 Assists: 16 ONDREJ PALAT BRAYDEN POINT NIKITA KUCHEROV ALEX KILLORN ANTHONY CIRELLI MATHIEU JOSEPH YANNI GOURDE CEDRIC PAQUETTE PATRICK MAROON VICTOR HEDMAN KEVIN SHATTENKIRK RYAN MCDONAGH ERIK CERNAK MIKHAIL SERGACHEV JAN RUTTA Braydon Coburn D Lower Body Out indefinitely(11/30/2019) Coburn is dealing with a lower-body injury. A timetable for return has yet to be established. Assists: 1 Goals: 1 Kevin27nyi Trotz <3 Wanna see Lees line get going this game Kevin27nyi, Dec 9, 2019 Strait2thecup Registered User Kevin27nyi said: ↑ I want to see that line not be a line this game. Not working Strait2thecup, Dec 9, 2019 Strummergas Regular User Strummergas, Dec 9, 2019 Big L Grandpa’s Cough Medicine is 180 Proof Seems like Tampa is finally getting their ** together this season. Bad timing to play them at their house. Gonna take a huge consistent effort to pull out a W on the road tonight. Big L, Dec 9, 2019 dood likes this. crasherino Registered User Big L said: ↑ Yeah, with us stumbling and them getting their house in order, I don't like the looks of this one. Would be nice if we stole one here. Panthers are playing decent hockey too so it doesn't get any easier. Will be interesting to see what lines are rolled out in the morning skate. I'd say Ross will probably come off Barzy's line, but I'm not sure what the great alternative is, TBH. Its pretty much a foregone conclusion that Carter Verhaege is going to score the GWG, right? crasherino, Dec 9, 2019 Big L likes this. BelovedIsles Registered User Professional Islander Fan In Your head [; Important game; team has been inconsistent, don’t want them to continue the trend. Teams creeping up. ‘MUST WIN’ in before the trite...ok I’ll stop...for now. BelovedIsles, Dec 9, 2019 Strait2thecup said: ↑ Yes, fair enough. They need to get going together or separate. Strait2thecup likes this. PK Cronin Bailey Fan Club Prez Get two points, I don't care how. PK Cronin, Dec 9, 2019 CREW99AW Registered User Isles, stay out if the penalty box. Please. CREW99AW, Dec 9, 2019 Just saw that Tyler Johnson is out and Curtis Mc (I never spell his name right) was the first goalie off the ice for TBL. I'd say that's a good thing but we scored 4 goals in 3 games against him last year in the playoffs so not sure that's a bonus for us. Doshell Propivo Registered User PK Cronin said: ↑ You have to win. No other way. Doshell Propivo, Dec 9, 2019 Mr Misunderstood and Big L like this. DAA520 Kevin27nyi likes this. Riseonfire #unsustainable Kucherov. That guy is a piece of . I hope he doesn't get hurt, but is run through the glass tonight and decides to spend the rest of the game on the bench for safety. 4-2 good guys. Riseonfire, Dec 9, 2019 SteveH124 In Lou I Trust I got a bad feeling about this SteveH124, Dec 9, 2019 Riseonfire said: ↑ Tater Trotz, Molo and GrandmaSlices51631 like this. xIsle Registered User I don't mind Dal Colle replacing Komarov. There is probably a little more offensive potential with MDC than with Komarov. And I saw that too: Looks like Dobson could be used on PP1? xIsle, Dec 9, 2019 xIsle said: ↑ Will it help them score a goal, or just help the pretty passing display? GrandmaSlices51631 Registered User There is definitely more potential, but will that translate to better results? So far MDC has not actualized his potential and has yet to establish himself as an offensive threat, in any form. GrandmaSlices51631, Dec 9, 2019 That Tampa 4th line has been awfully productive. Their depth and finishers could embarrass us tonight especially with Varlamov in net - any passengers tonight and were toast...hope Trotz knows this Mr Misunderstood Registered User BelovedIsles said: ↑ Must win. Mr Misunderstood, Dec 9, 2019 BelovedIsles and MJF like this. He's just been a little * of a player for years now. He's the new Kris Letang. Very skilled, but when things doesn't go his way, he starts slashing and being a prick. He's been quoted as saying he wishes he could play the Islanders all the time because of how easy we were to play against. That plus him playing like a little *** puts him in my top 5 least favorite players. He also got into it with Mayfield last year too before running to the Bench.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428345
__label__wiki	0.522848	0.522848	What you want to say – 5 December 2018 December 5, 2018 Posted by WorldbyStorm in Uncategorized. As always, following on Dr. X’s suggestion, it’s all yours, “announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose”, feel free. 1. Starkadder - December 5, 2018 I don’t want to turn into one of those “Kids today!” guys, but this Tweet from PETA is incredibly annoying: Words matter, and as our understanding of social justice evolves, our language evolves along with it. Here’s how to remove speciesism from your daily conversations. pic.twitter.com/o67EbBA7H4 — PETA (@peta) December 4, 2018 I’m reminded of a quote from Winifred Holtby: Whenever two- legged animals meet to discuss the welfare of their four-legged brethren drama descends, like a proprietary goddess, upon the scene. The affection ungrudgingly bestowed on cats, dogs, and horses, by the people of these islands, diverted to human channels, could bring about the reign of brotherly love and goodwill towards men within a fortnight. WorldbyStorm - December 5, 2018 Agreed. It’s well meaning if a bit simplistic but literal to the point of being counterproductive – it seems unlikely that anyone would feel this language was meant literally and there’s the whole issue of metaphor and how one polices that. A more cynical take us that some folk have to justify their existence by doing something anything during the working day to prove they’re earning their wage – particularly in PR and campaigns. yourcousin - December 5, 2018 Yeah if PETA wants to help animals they can just stop killing them. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.dailycaller.com/2018/02/08/peta-killed-more-than-1800-cats-and-dogs-in-2017-only-got-44-adopted soubresauts - December 5, 2018 Peta has no capacity for embarrassment. Another recent example: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/nov/23/how-hapless-wool-got-blanketed-by-petas-shock-publicity Bartholomew - December 7, 2018 Anyway, if the horse is already dead, where’s the cruelty in flogging it? 2. Joe - December 5, 2018 Odds on May still being PM this day week? Slim enough I’d say. makedoanmend - December 5, 2018 As stated previously on this site and others, who replaces her that is acceptable to the various factions in the toryific party? (Leaving aside the sheer incompetence of most leading tories). And she really didn’t loose the 3 votes by huge margins yesterday. It’s widely accepted she really never thought she’d get the treaty through on the first vote. I heard it suggested that if she loses the treaty vote by less than a hundred votes, she’s remains. If she can keep the margin even closer, she definitely remains. I’m thinking she’ll be around well beyond Christmas – but I want 3:1 odds and five points! [And we have to leave out that there really isn’t any way at this date that a new set of negotiations between the UK and the EU are going to occur, or that any significant changes to the current proposed treaty are going to occur either. The EU has always had the upper hand in this negotiation, vis-a-vis the power/economic positions, so that any suggestion that a new government is going to change the circumstances are pure ‘cakeism’. Brexit, as pursued by the UK, has been pure cakeism since day 1. Any new government and leader should know this – except cakeism rules. It’s cakeism all the way down.] Joe - December 5, 2018 Yep. It’s mad isn’t it? Humiliation after humiliation for her but no viable alternative Tory leader out there with a viable plan b. She must be tempted though – to tell them all to go f themselves and let them sort it out since they’re not happy with the effort she came up with. CL - December 5, 2018 ‘Legal advice on the Brexit deal, published reluctantly after MPs found the government in contempt of parliament, warns the terms of the Irish backstop could trap the UK in “protracted and repeated rounds of negotiations” in the years ahead. The legal status of the arrangements for preventing a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland – and in particular, the UK’s ability to extricate itself – are at the heart of the political row about whether MPs should accept the prime minister’s deal.’ The Irish Question,-again. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/05/brexit-legal-advice-warns-of-uk-trapped-in-talks-by-irish-backstop GW - December 6, 2018 DUP has said it will support May in a no confidence vote. She could (health permitting – not that I can summon up much personal sympathy for the refugee persecutor) still be in post in two years – no one else seems willing to sup on the poisoned chalice. The chances of a general election seem to have been played down, even by the BLP. And on Monday the ECJ will issue its ruling on whether the UK can unilaterally cancel its withdrawal from the EU. Would having such a right have any significance? Is May correct when she says the choice is her deal, no deal or no Brexit? If the BLP in alliance with the DUP and ERG vote down May’s deal is the choice then no deal or no Brexit? Or are there other alternatives? 3. GW - December 6, 2018 Good Another Europe is Possible podcast about fighting fascism in the British context in the internet age from veteran anti-racist activist Asad Rehman. Big picture: when the left and centre gives and inch on immigration to the racist right, they just strengthen the latter. The left needs to make the case for immigration and open borders. I find the argument from the likes of McCluskey that ‘we must have Brexit because fascism’ both despicable and strategically utterly wrong-headed. “The left needs to make the case for immigration and open borders” Could you please? Because just saying we need mass immigration doesn’t seem like a great way to win friends and influence people. “some on the left see a progressive case for reducing immigration… In their view, the resurgence of a nativist far-right across Europe — and the election of a certain far-right nativist in the United States — have demonstrated the impossibility of reconciling progressive politics with mass immigration…. the liberal political analyst John Judis argues that “without control of borders and immigration, it is very hard to imagine the United States becoming a more egalitarian society” .. Angela Nagle writes that a mindless “moral absolutism” about immigrants’ rights has led progressives to blind themselves to what libertarian champions of “mass immigration” see all too clearly: that the so-called free movement of labor actually “benefits the elites within the most powerful countries in the world, further disempowers organized labor, robs the developing world of desperately needed professionals, and turns workers against workers.”… in countries with declining birth rates like the United States, regular infusions of working-age laborers from abroad render social welfare programs more sustainable, in fiscal terms… Liberal restrictionists may see mass immigration as a political boon for the American right — but the American right sure doesn’t…. as the foreign-born share of the U.S. population has surged over the past three decades — and the Democratic coalition has grown markedly less white — Team Blue has grown markedly more progressive…. The GOP’s declining popular support — and the Democrats’ burgeoning progressivism — are shaped by countless factors besides America’s shifting demographics. But it seems telling that both developments are especially pronounced in states and cities with large immigrant populations…. If mass immigration undermines the left by eroding social solidarity, then how did supporters of single payer health-care just oust the GOP from Orange County?… The rapid diversification of the U.S. has undermined white supremacy more than it has dulled class consciousness…. America’s native-born white supremacy remains the fundamental challenge to progressivism in the U.S. And this reality helps explain why mass immigration has had ambiguous — if not positive — political implications for the American left:.. The “ceaseless importation” of workers whose worldviews weren’t shaped by the legacy of chattel slavery, and who have little (or no) investment in the maintenance of white supremacy, has diluted the electoral clout of white revanchism in the United States.” http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/immigration-open-borders-hillary-clinton-angela-nagle-the-left.html Good question – it’s hard to present positively – but the consequences of a ‘left’ anti-immigration policy are well presented here at Red Pepper. And Luke de Noronha goes on to advocate a ‘no borders’ position as the only one that doesn’t imply massive state violence and policing: If advocates of the no borders position (like me) are accused of being unrealistic, blind to the apocalyptic prospect of uncontrolled movement, then please do tell me how your bordered world might take form, and how the walled workers will unite? Nagle and her kin endorse a radical politics in which the fight for better working conditions concerns only natives. Their ‘leftism’ justifies immobilising people on a global scale, despite the inevitable expansion of violent technologies of state coercion and surveillance on which such a programme relies. Nagle argues that when we make arguments for open borders, we end up in chorus with free market capitalists – and much of the organised left seems to agree. But a politics of no borders – not open borders – is precisely one which refuses all forms of border violence. This refusal is based on the recognition that there is no way to restrict people’s mobility in a world this unequal except through extreme forms of state coercion. This refusal provides the starting point for our solidarity with migrants, not because we romanticise all forms of migration but because we abhor all forms of bordering. I’m sick right now (like puke for ten minutes by the side of the truck before work sick). So not a whole lot of strength to respond to you both. I did read both articles, and I must say that they don’t so much make a case for open borders as they do attack the leftist case for controlled immigration. I’m not so much concerned about convincing leftists. How do we not make enemies of John Q. Public? Because saying to Joe the Plumber or to bread roll man that we’re bringing the global south to him and he must give up his privilege, seems like a pretty quick way to get supporters of the wall. We talk shit about Merkel, Macron, Blair, etc. but we spend very little actually dealing with the likes of Orban, and Erdogan etc. We have an easy reply for Neoliberals but how do we address the Illiberals? Moral purity is fine for rhetoric but unless the left can be relevant then our piousness is just that. Making ourselves feel better about our impotence to actually affect change. 4. CL - December 6, 2018 Uber Is Headed for a Crash… “Comparisons of Uber to other storied tech wunderkinder show Uber is not on the same trajectory. No ultimately successful major technology company has been as deeply unprofitable for anywhere remotely as long as Uber has been…. Unlike Facebook or eBay, having more Uber users does not improve the service….Uber has no competitive advantage compared to traditional taxi operators…. UberX drivers, which represent the bulk of its workforce, earn less than $10 an hour. They would do better at McDonald’s…. Uber has succeeded in getting the business press to treat its popularity as the same as commercial success”-Yves Smith http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/will-uber-survive-the-next-decade.html 5. Michael Carley - December 7, 2018 Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks has died. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/06/pete-shelley-lead-singer-of-buzzcocks-dies-at-63 Chomsky at 90. https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/11/23/noam-chomsky-turns-90-how-a-u-s-anarchist-has-more-than-survived/ Sorry Brexshit news… But I’ve always been astounded how certain commentators (including climate-change deniers) have assumed that Norway would be happy with the UK getting similar or even better EEA/EFTA access. They aren’t, and they’ve now made it explicit. And I’d don’t blame them – who would want the UK dominating Norway’s currently rather consensual position among a few other smaller fish, given the UK’s previous? Also there’s not a chance that the UK could enter EEA/EFTA on a temporary basis with the goal later being further separation from the EU – as certain persons have theorised. EEA is designed as the opposite – the eventual agreed end-point of the members is full membership of the EU. So can we please assign EEA/EFTA to the same fairy dust strewn place as the better deal that Corbyn and the head-banger Brexiteers claim that they would have gotten? Alibaba - December 7, 2018 + 1 to those thoughts. But no need for apologies GW: keep carrying on. I’d tend to agree that at this stage, despite there being a logic to it EEA/EFTA is not going to happen (agreed, who can blame the EFTA members?). I think that with a more congenial UK government something short of that and better than Switzerland would have been an option, but I also think that for that they’d have had to be willing to accept freedom of movement. And Matthew d’Ancona in the Guardian made the point this last week that that was the one red line May has had throughout, no freedom of movement for EU citizens and that’s why she’s got the deal she has. What the hell happens next? One of the real disappointments is hearing Corbyn say stuff about a customs union etc which he must know isn’t possible. I wonder is his shadow Chancellors rhetoric on a second referendum tic tacking or sincere. He’s an interesting character. Brexshit Friday: Can anyone make head or tail of this? I conclude that should May go for a ‘my deal or no deal’ referendum ‘my deal’ would win (with every remainer abstaining or spoiling their ballot.) And ‘the deal or remain’, as John MacDonnel claims to favour would be a toss-up. With hard Brexiteers abstaining or spoiling their ballot sheets. As for a three-way referendum with possible transferable votes…?! Too complicated a political landscape for me to call. Everyone is more than ready for a denouement to the Brexit drama; alas, there may be none. Britain over the next several years will have to (re)negotiate its relationship with the EU. The tug-of-war over the backstop reflects that Ireland is partitioned, with one part now firmly within the EU orbit, and the other part constitutionally bound to a Britain that is trying to reverse almost half a century of integrating with Europe. Maybe there are some problems to which there are no solutions, just adroit political management. But such political acumen is absent in the Tory party, and also it seems in Labour. And from the ‘you-can’t-make-it-up’ dept: ” MPs rubbed their eyes as they watched Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell, who once praised “the bombs and bullets and sacrifice” of the IRA, denounce the backstop as a threat to the union. Almost as improbably, Ian Paisley quoted C Desmond Greaves, the Marxist historian who acted as a muse to IRA chief of staff Cathal Goulding in the 1960s. “All fundamental battles in British politics take place in the Conservative Party, with everyone else having bit parts,” Greaves said. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/brexit-mps-hear-of-laughter-in-tipperary-and-galway-1.3723048 9. Paddy Healy - December 7, 2018 Funeral arrangements for Alan MacSimóin https://www.rip.ie/death-notice/alan-mac-sim%C3%B3in-stoneybatter-dublin/372782 Reposing at Massey Bros, 88A New Cabra Road, on Wednesday, 12th December, from 4.30pm-5.30pm, followed by wake at The Teacher’s Club from 6pm. A celebration of Alan’s life will take place at Glasnevin Crematorium, on Thursday 13th December at 2.30pm. Donations, if desired, in lieu of flowers, to Brother Kevin, Cappuchin Centre for the homeless. All enquiries to Massey Bros Cabra 01-8389774. 10. Michael Carley - December 7, 2018 Britain should use the threat of food shortages in Ireland to secure a better Brexit deal from the EU, a former cabinet minister has said. Priti Patel, the former international development secretary, said the threat to the Irish economy should have been exploited by the UK government during negotiations with Brussels. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-ireland-food-shortages-threat-risk-priti-patel-negotiate-better-deal-a8672326.html Nice, really nice. Especially from a Briton whose family presumably originates in Britain’s former colonies, which within living memory was a victim of a famine facilitated by the colonial occupiers. And that during the war which is the centrepoint of Brexiteer nostalgia. Let’s hope they don’t cut off the supply of spuds. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/agribusiness-and-food/why-does-ireland-import-44-000-tonnes-of-british-potatoes-each-year-1.3721341 That is mad – less beefs more spuds! Thought it was telling she’d say that. Glad to hear a bit of pushback. 11. alanmyler - December 7, 2018 GW, any thoughts on Merkel’s replacement as CDU leader? Well off the cuff she’s another relatively conservative (devout Catholic) politician of the crumbling centre. More of the unsustainable same, but at least she’s: a) unlikely to go into coalition with the AfD any time soon and b) not going to twist the austerian screw another notch as her challenger Merz was going to do. The eco-conservatives (sorry the Greens) would I think easily form a government coalition under her leadership if they get the numbers. She’s also instinctively in favour of good Franco-German relations, but unlikely to approve the changes needed to put the Eurozone on a more stable footing. So the lesser of several weevils for now. What did strike me was that yet again the male anglophone journosphere was wrong. They have been predicting the imminent demise of Merkel and those around her for years. Bild and Spiegel must be spitting bricks, having aggressively promoted Merz ever since Merkel announced that she was stepping down. Now I guess they’ll start on AKK. Thx for the info GW. 12. Paddy Healy - December 8, 2018 Leo Varadkar, in Government for 7 Years, says housing crisis keeps him awake at night on Late Late Show!!!! Varadkar:“Particularly when it comes to kids, people find it [homelessness] offensive, and I find it offensive too that children are in emergency accommodation. That impacts on their education and lots of other things,” he said during an interview on RTÉ’s Late Late Show on Friday, Dec 7. Irish Times https://wp.me/pKzXa-wc But his government has just sold 1.3 billion in PTSB mortgages to Secret US Vulture Capitalist so that FG/IND. Alliance can’t be blamed for evicting or financially harassing them 13. Phil - December 8, 2018 As we approach Xmas, let’s give a particular thought to political pirsoners around the world, including those in Ireland: https://theirishrevolution.wordpress.com/2018/10/11/republican-pows-and-the-struggle-in-maghaberry-today/ 14. kestrel - December 8, 2018 vaguely heard the last part of a radio discussion about local government elections in 2019. But mostly it seemed to be about the remuneration paid to these councillors. Not sure how much they are paid, probably about 16k per annum maybe. the population of this town is c.50k; and the councillors receive good votes, some of 1300, 780, 700, 696, etc. yet, they do not respond to phone calls if there are any contentious problems. Is it not time that the ordinary public were allowed to attend those monthly Council meetings. At present a person may attend though only if a/one Councillor has agreed that they may attend. This may give the wrong impression that a person actually agrees with that councillor’s politics. Beyond me why the public cannot just attend at the council meetings. Odd given that people can attend the Dáil isn’t it? 15. Starkadder - December 10, 2018 David Duke, Geert Wilders, and Marine Le Pen have all congratulated Spanish far-right party Vox after its performance in the Andalusian elections : https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/12/04/inenglish/1543938879_761523.html One thought: there hasn’t been a far-right movement in this country with a serious chance of getting power so far, but it would be naive in the extreme to assume that this situation will always remain so. Preparations for responding to such a movement should be considered by the Irish Left. GW - December 10, 2018 Check – we’re living on borrowed time in this respect. Joe - December 10, 2018 This lack of a far-right movement here has been noted before. Odd alright that it hasn’t happened here. Or is it? I could see an anti-establishment populist movement getting traction here – but not a far-right group as in a group openly spouting neo-fascist stuff. Joe – they don’t openly spout neo-fascist stuff anymore. They are ‘concerned citizens’ worrying about their culture be swamped by ‘Muslims’ (code of people of colour) and putting the blame for the injuries of neoliberalism on the foreigners and a globalist elite. They imply that they speak for the will of the people, excluded from the MSM. etc. etc. At the same time behind closed doors they take far-right money and espouse the same fascist goals as before. Ok. Gotcha GW. Could happen here any time. EWI - December 10, 2018 Preparations for responding to such a movement should be considered by the Irish Left I would be quite concerned at the notion of providing the casus belli for an alliance between conservatism and the ‘security state’. 16. GW - December 10, 2018 Sigh – yet more bollixing around with fantasy deals before B*shit reaches a People’s Vote. 17. Michael Carley - December 11, 2018 Conservative party Grandee tells @BBCNewsnight's @nicholaswatt "This simply cannot stand….The Irish really should know their place."#Brexit — Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) December 11, 2018 18. CL - December 11, 2018 “Madhu and Manohar Varadkar were among the many Indians who stood up to the British Empire during the country’s long-fought struggle for freedom. The two men, who are uncles of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, both spent up to a year each in prison for their trouble after they were arrested for protesting against the crown…. In the first biography of the Taoiseach, it is revealed how proud the Varadkar family is of the role the two brothers played in India’s fight for freedom. After independence, both men were decorated for their efforts during the uprising. Their sister, Prabha, also played a role in the independence movement and marched in demonstrations against Portuguese colonialism in Goa…. In commentary on the protracted exit talks, Varadkar has evoked Ireland’s own fight for freedom from British rule. He talked about how we were “forced to accept partition” 100 years ago and warned we cannot go back to the hard borders of the Troubles…. Varadkar’s uncles would presumably be supportive of his stance on the much depleted modern day British Empire. He is facing down the crown like they did all those decades ago.” https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/varadkar-family-has-a-history-of-facing-down-british-empire-37185347.html “Fianna Fáil leader, Micheál Martin, took issue with comments by Mr Varadkar that “no Irish Government will ever again leave Northern nationalists and Northern Ireland behind.”.. But… Gerry Adams, welcomed the Taoiseach’s comments saying they acknowledged the reality of partition for most nationalists in the North…. Mr Varadkar said he was pointing up a historical fact that Ireland was forced to accept partition in the 1920s.” https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/taoiseach-insists-brexit-comments-on-the-north-were-not-meant-to-insult-fianna-fil-36402899.html That rustling sound in the background…barely heard above the Brexit cacophony…birds flying home.. Leave a Reply to Alibaba Cancel reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428346
__label__cc	0.686311	0.313689	Articles + Essays Chronicles In Film A Cinephile's Thoughts On All Things FIlm Film Review – Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool (2017) Nowadays if you’re in the public spotlight thanks to newspapers, magazines, and social media, people know everything about you. From where you are, do, eat, work, relationships, the list is endless you could easily say is very intense. Let’s go back to a time when film stars had some privacy (Late 1970’s to early 1980’s). It was that good the working-class streets of Liverpool didn’t even know they had a Hollywood Icon living amongst them. In Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool, that icon was Gloria Grahame. Unless you are an A to Z guide to all things Hollywood or you’ve simply watched all her films or even a certain age the name Gloria Grahame will be unknown. Grahame was known more for her pre-1960’s work, a femme fatale of Film Noir (The Big Heat, In A Lonely Place with Humphrey Bogart. She also starred in the fabulous It’s A Wonderful Life and Oklahoma). Despite starring in some of the biggest films of the time, she’ll always be that ‘icon’ no one could remember. She was always known for her supporting roles than leading roles. But still, an actress who wasn’t scared to show her vulnerability next to her feminity. She could boast one thing some other actress more known couldn’t do, say has an Oscar on her mantlepiece (won for 1952 The Bad And Beautiful). Annette Bening plays our aging Icon and we meet her in the opening scene in a theatre. She is unpacking her make up bag, her toiletries as she prepares for the stage. Meticulously getting ready, there’s a knock on her door and a call ‘5 minutes'(until the curtains for Glass Menagerie). Gloria collapses in agony. This scene reminds us she was once a superstar, but under the makeup, there is a real person. Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool, is based on the memoirs of Peter Turner (played by Jamie Bell). Following his on-off relationship with Gloria Grahame (Bening), focused on the final years of her life. The pair first when the pair were living in a boarding house in 1978 North London. At first, Peter was unaware of Gloria’s stardom nor did he care she was in her fifties (he was around 26). The pair clicked right away despite there been nearly 30 year gap. It was when Peter introduced Gloria to his parents (Julie Walters & Kenneth Cranham), he truly appreciated Gloria was a true Hollywood Icon. Their affair would go onto last two years which saw the pair experience many highs and many lows especially with Gloria’s Mother (Vanessa Redgrave)and very jealous sister (Frances Barber). Eventually, they would break-up with Peter truly heartbroken. However, things change when he gets an unexpected phone call… From Gloria. When it comes to biopic director Paul McGuigan does well to stay away from the conventional tropes. At times has to tip his toes into those conventions, what we end up getting is something that’s raw, sensual, tender and sentimental. The film moves at times at a frantic pace highlight the star-crossed lovers had so many wonderful moments. The road was also rocky and at a blink of an eye the pair could argue or crash into a brick wall, break up. At first, it was hard to pinpoint if their love was true love. For Peter, it was certainly ‘true love’, for Gloria it was something a little different, a little bit of fun. Was this relationship only feeding Gloria’s ego as she realised her glory days were fading away? Having a younger gaze falling over heels a reminder that she was once a femme fatale? Peter is naive, even fearless, empathetic to his lady and madly in love despite the big age group? When Gloria socialises, Peter seems to happily play along, eventually becoming jealous even aggressive. His love deep. Jamie Bell delivers an honest solid performance, immature at times, passionate always. Annette Bening is the star attraction here. Vulnerable, tragic icon who knows time is against her when it comes to stardom. Peter gives Gloria that last hurrah to be the screen queen. She was a free-spirited, tempestuous, imperious just a shame Bening never got close to the Oscar recognition she dearly deserves. Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool is a poignant unconventional biopic that’s tragic, emotional. Backed by our leading duo who created a fantastic chemistry a raw genuine romance. Just a shame not many people knew who Gloria Grahame was. 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A funeral or memorial service is a rich opportunity to recall the promises of God through Christ. Because of His suffering, death, and resurrection to new life, each time we gather to worship upon the death of a loved one, we do so in the context of God’s promise. Every funeral includes praising God in Christ who is our hope and our salvation, even as we remember the deceased and give thanks to God for the time shared with that person. Christians view death as another step in our life as children of God. Yet, Christians also experience death as a time of loss when sorrow, grief, and bereavement are both natural and appropriate. These two truths inform the Christian funeral service and guide the church in its ministry to those who have lost a loved one to death, affirming with both joy and tears the promise and hope of the Good News of Jesus. A funeral or memorial service should be comforting to those who mourn as well as bear witness to our faith in Jesus Christ. The concern of gathered friends does minister to our grief but, above all else, a funeral is a service of worship to God. There, in God’s presence together, we witness to our faith in the communion of saints, the resurrection of the body, and the life ever-lasting. In doing so, the assurance of God’s love and salvation in Christ become a ministry, especially to the bereaved. Since a funeral is a service of worship, all that takes place should be consistent with this principle. Our Funeral Planning Guide and Worksheet is designed to: to provide a tool for planning for the future when your life on this earth ends, and to support and guide families making plans upon the death of a loved one. In the first days following a loved one’s death, the family makes an average of 200 decisions. During such an emotional, stressful and demanding time, plans that have been made earlier lighten the load after death. If you’ve not made advance plans, this guide will be helpful to you as you arrange for services and burial of your loved one. This guide will walk you through a series of questions. Your responses can be marked on the worksheet at the end. The Pastors are available to discuss any items with you. When you are finished, please share your worksheet with a family member or friend who will act on your behalf after your death. It would also be helpful to contact one of our pastors to share your worksheet so that it can be held in safekeeping for the future. Planning Faithfully, Choosing Wisely What is the difference between a funeral and memorial service? Simply put, at a funeral service the body of the deceased is present, whereas at a memorial service either the deceased’s ashes or no remains are present. Both services provide an opportunity to proclaim God’s death defeating acts in Christ as we remember all that God has given us in the life of our loved one. How does the Church view cremation? Cremation is an acceptable way for Christians to deal with one’s earthly remains. The Scriptures tell us that we are formed “of the dust of the ground” (Genesis 2:7) and, after death, we shall return “again to dust.” (Job 34:15) If I choose cremation, do I need to secure the services of a Funeral Director? We highly recommend working with a Funeral Director. This professional will ease the strain upon family members by coordinating all the details and thus contributing to your wishes being carried out with dignity and honor. Even if cremation is your desire, a Funeral Director handles many details that are not taken care of by the church, the Pastor, or family members. Attempting to save money by not using a Funeral Director is likely to cause confusion and frustration at a time when you most need guidance and support. Should I make pre-arrangements with a Funeral Director? Making the decision to pre-arrange some aspects of your funeral and/or burial is helpful. An appointment with a Funeral Director in advance of death is a wise step to help you decide what you and your family need from the many services available. If you are a family member caring for a dying loved one, making an initial contact now with a Funeral Director can be very helpful and will lessen the decisions and demands you’ll face upon death. When a funeral director is not involved additional planning by the family is needed, including, but not limited to: ushers to handout bulletins and direct people to be seated. Additional items to provide: a guest register, container for cards of sympathy, transferring floral arrangements and memorabilia to Fellowship Hall during funeral service for the reception. How soon after death does a funeral or memorial service take place? Funeral services are generally held within three to five days following death, thereby allowing appropriate time for family members and friends to gather for the service. Memorial services can be held at any time. However, waiting for weeks or even months after a death will have a bearing on finding a sense of closure, and this will impact the grief work that follows the death of a loved one. Therefore, it is recommended that a memorial service be held within a few weeks after death. If a funeral or memorial service is to be followed by a burial that same day, the schedule of the cemetery workers dictates that burials be held during normal business hours for city cemeteries. Surcharges apply for weekend burials, and burials are not available on holidays. It is also possible to have the burial in the morning, before the service, which allows for a late morning or afternoon service. Funeral or memorial services on Sunday are highly discouraged, as Sundays are reserved for the worship services of the congregation. What fees are associated with a funeral or memorial service at PCOC? There are fees for the people involved in providing the worship service. A fee schedule is available from the church office. There is no building utilization fee for PCOC members on Monday- Friday, however there is a building utilization fee for Saturday services. Payment of these fees are coordinated through the Funeral Director. Who makes arrangements for the musicians? PCOC’s Director of Worship and Music and pastors assist in helping family coordinate music for all funerals. Our full time organist will provide the service music. A vocalist may be selected by you or your family, or the vocalist can be arranged by the Director of Worship and Music. May we have a visitation at the church the evening before the service, or must that take place at a funeral home? The visitation generally occurs at the Funeral Home. Who is responsible for producing the order of worship and bulletin? After the service has been planned with the Pastor, the funeral home or the church office produces the service program. Who is responsible for submitting the death notice and obituary to the newspaper? The Funeral Director can take care of this for you. A full obituary normally appears 2-3 days before the visitation and funeral. There is a cost for this, and the Funeral Director can assist you. Notices to other newspapers can also be handled by the Funeral Director at your request. Who plans the reception following the funeral or memorial service? The Board of Deacons provides a luncheon or reception, depending on the time of the service, for the friends and families of church members in Fellowship Hall. Other arrangements may be made by the family, if desired. Who is responsible for the floral arrangements following the service and/or reception? The floral arrangements belong to the family. It is the family’s responsibility to remove the flowers from the church. They may choose to take arrangements to their home or to nursing homes, or other places where others may enjoy the beauty. What if I desire to have memorials directed to PCOC or other organizations? This is an honorable thing to do. PCOC and any other organizations you choose are blessed when memorials are directed to support their ministries and missions. The Funeral Director will be happy to include any memorial designation(s) in the notices about the funeral service. All memorial gifts received directly by PCOC will generate an acknowledgment to you. Twice a year all memorials are shared with the congregation as an insert in a Sunday bulletin. 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__label__cc	0.740455	0.259545	Mammatus and other oddities October 31, 2016 at 5:00 am (Nature, Nature photography, Oklahoma, Wichita Mountains NWR) (Mammatus clouds) From my MeadowLarking column in the Fort Sill Tribune. Double click on the image to enlarge it and read the text better. All photographs copyrighted by Cindy McIntyre Feel free to reblog or share Website: CindyMcIntyre.com Online gallery: Smugmug and Fine Art America Contact: cindy at cindymcintyre.com When dragons fly October 30, 2016 at 5:00 am (Bird photography, Birds - Oklahoma, National Wildlife Refuges (US Fish & Wildlife), Nature, Nature photography, Oklahoma, Photography, Wichita Mountains NWR, Wildlife) October 29, 2016 at 5:00 am (Bird photography, Birds - Oklahoma, National Wildlife Refuges (US Fish & Wildlife), Nature, Nature photography, Oklahoma, Photography, Wildlife) From my MeadowLarking column in the Fort Sill Tribune. I saw some scissortails yesterday but they will be gone south very soon! Dove bars for da boids From my MeadowLarking column in the Fort Sill Tribune. Double click on the image to enlarge it and read it easier. Read it here too. FORT SILL, Okla., July 21, 2016 — Doves love birdseed. But they don’t fit too well on tube bird feeders because the perches are too narrow. So I scatter seed on the ground for them, and at times I’ll have eight white-winged doves happily pecking at the “bar” below while the sparrows and finches, the cardinals and an occasional tufted titmouse or Carolina chickadee, gorge themselves from the hanging feeders. Once I had mourning and Eurasian collared doves with them, and twice I’ve seen a lone Inca dove. Incas are a mainly southwestern dove, smaller than the white-winged, with thin black bills. One unique attribute is the way their body feathers are darker colored at the edges, giving them a scaly look. It’s really quite lovely. Inca doves are known for creating little pyramids of themselves to keep warm, or maybe just to be extra friendly. I’ve seen this at Big Bend National Park in Texas. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology says these pyramids can be three layers high and consist of up to 12 birds. We are at the northeastern edge of their range, according to the Audubon bird map, and they prefer suburban yards and urban parks. Mourning doves are one of the most widespread in the 48 states, found year-round in all but a few north-central states which host them only in summer. They have long pointed tails and are often seen perched on utility wires or fences. In my yard, however, they are outnumbered by the white-winged doves, which do not even show up on the Audubon map for southern Oklahoma. Hmmm. They are large silky brown birds with bright red legs, red eyes and blue eye shadow. Of course, the most notable field mark for sitting birds is the white crescent at the edge of the wing, which shows dramatically in flight contrasting with the dark primary feathers, and complemented by the white edges of the fanned-out tail. As doves go, they are striking. The Eurasian collared dove, as you might gather from its name, is an immigrant, arriving in Florida in 1980s and spreading to about two-thirds of the continental United States. They are a chalky gray, paler than the other three, with a black collar that extends around the back of the neck. The four doves can be readily distinguished by their calls. The mourning dove’s sounds like a lament, hence its name. (Ooh aah ooooh ooooh ooooh). The white-winged asks “who cooks for youuuu?” and the collared dove has “hoo hooo hoo” on repeat. The two-note “coo-coo” of the Inca dove can be read as “no hope.” Feeding birds is a popular hobby in America, and even if you don’t want to spend money on birdfeeders, just scattering seed on the ground will attract a wide variety of avian citizens. Keep the “bar” stocked, add some cracked corn and peanuts, and the squirrels will join the sideshow. You can enjoy your own Dove Bar while you watch. Photos copyrighted by Cindy McIntyre Mississippi kites From my MeadowLarking column in the Fort Sill Tribune. The kites have migrated south now, and I await their return in May. Double click on the image to enlarge it. Kill-deer! Translating birdsong into English October 26, 2016 at 5:00 am (Bird photography, Birds - Oklahoma, National Wildlife Refuges (US Fish & Wildlife), Nature, Nature photography, Oklahoma, Wichita Mountains NWR, Wildlife) From my MeadowLarking column in the Fort Sill Tribune. Double click on the images to enlarge them and read the text better. You can also read it here: FORT SILL, Okla., March 17, 2016 — For people who are musically inclined, it might not be so difficult remembering all the different bird songs, especially those of species here only part of the year. But for some of us, the only way we can remember them is to translate them into English. Birds such as the killdeer, a very common plover in this area, make it easy. They call out their own names. “Kill-deer! Kill-deer!” Well, sort of. The eastern phoebe conveniently identifies itself. “Phee BEE!” Bobbing its tail as it perches is another way to separate the phoebe from other flycatchers. I’ve lived all over the country, and I can tell you with some degree of authority that birds, like people, have regional accents. I remember hearing a robin in Arizona sounding very different from ones I heard in Seattle, and the robins in Maine were different from both. Robins generally sing, “Wake up, cheer up, cheery up, wake up!” Or something along those lines. Take the cardinal, official bird of seven states. Growing up in Louisiana, I heard the male cardinal distinctly call out, “cheer, cheer, what? what? what? what?” But here in Oklahoma, it might just be “cheer, cheer, cheer.” The chestnut-sided warbler, which we might see migrating through soon, greets us with “pleased pleased pleased to meet yoooouuuu.” The mockingbird, which five states have claimed as THEIR state bird, not only has a delightful repertoire of its own, it frequently incorporates other bird songs seamlessly into its aria. Mocking them as it were. Some of the larger flycatchers seem to be crying out for “beer,” or “three beers.” A plain brown sparrow in Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Ga., the endangered Bachman’s sparrow, makes itself pretty scarce most of the year. But during breeding season it sits atop a stem or branch and sings out, “here kitty kitty kitty” three times, each phrase in a different octave. The black-capped chickadee’s song is “hey, sweetie” but its call does distinctly sound like “chick-a-dee-dee-dee.” The Carolina chickadee has a four-note song “phee, beee, phee, bay” with the first and third notes pitched higher. Its “chickadee” call is more rapid and harsh than its cousin’s. The white-throated sparrow sings, “oh, sweet Canada Canada Canada.” Even if it’s born in the U.S.A. An easy website to learn birds and their songs is from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s AllAboutBirds.org website. Various apps for your smart phone can replace a bird book and help identify songs in the field. iBird is my favorite. The Lite version is free but the more robust version costs money. The free National Audubon Society’s Merlin is geared for beginners. Larkwire is a fee-based app with beginning to advanced versions and includes a song ID game. Apps or websites are great for figuring out birdsongs when they can’t be translated into English Permalink 1 Comment Head ’em up, move ’em out October 25, 2016 at 5:00 am (National Wildlife Refuges (US Fish & Wildlife), Nature, Oklahoma, Photography, Wichita Mountains NWR) (longhorn cattle, Texas longhorn cattle) From my MeadowLarking column in the Fort Sill Tribune. Double click on the image to enlarge and read the text better. Ancient Tar Pit, Fort Sill October 24, 2016 at 5:00 am (Nature, Oklahoma, Photography) (Fort Sill, Tar Pits) Tar Pits, Fort Sill, Oklahoma I finally made it to the ancient tar pit at Fort Sill. It’s an oddity, smelling of asphalt and full of ooey gooey tar. Despite that, plants grow out of the tarry water, and frogs skitter and hop out of sight when frightened. Frogs? Why are they not covered in goo like seabirds in an ocean oil spill? I will have to find someone who can answer that. I would have gotten closer to the edge of the shallow pond but I knew I would get tar on my shoes and then in my car, and that simply was not going to happen! I am always fascinated with nature abstractions, and the oily slicks on the surface occupied about a half hour of my photographic wanderings. I got the best results with a polarizing filter, and then did some contrast enhancement and increased vibrance in Photoshop. So what you’re seeing isn’t what the eye saw. These swirls remind me of patterns in certain rocks seen closeup. Or curvy canyons viewed from eagle-height. I hoped maybe I’d see a pair of frog eyes peeping at me once I got these enlarged, but no luck. Because you need specific ID to get onto Fort Sill, you should check out the post webpage telling you how to do so. Once you’re on post, you can visit the Field Artillery Museum and the Old Post Quadrangle with its visitor center and old military buildings. Plus you can visit Geronimo’s grave and several other Native American cemeteries, as well as the post cemetery. Lake Elmer Thomas Park on the west side is a lovely place even though many of the amenities are closed in the off-season. And there’s Martha Songbird nature park for bird and butterfly watching, and some pretty nice drives into the open prairie where training takes place. As long as you stay on the paved roads, you’re safe. A permit is needed to travel more than 100 feet (or is it yards, I can’t remember) off the main road once you’re out of the cantonment area (the “city” where the buildings are.) As far as the tar pits, my co-worker wrote about them in the Fort Sill Tribune. Here’s what she discovered. Fossils have been illegally removed from the site over the years, which is sad. I didn’t see any myself, but then, I stayed away from the tar. This is what the pit looks like. It’s quite small, and definitely smells like fresh asphalt. The Oklahoman newspaper’s newsok.com website had this to say about the tar pits: “The fossil-packed Adams Hill Tar Pit, is a 250 million-year-old archaeological treasure trove. (The famed LaBrea Tar Pits of Los Angeles are babes in contrast – a mere 35 million years old.) In addition to dinosaur, mammoth and other prehistoric fossils, several sites around Fort Sill have yielded large amounts of artifacts from Oklahoma’s first residents – the Paleo-Indians.” Photos and text copyrighted by Cindy McIntyre Black-bellied whistling ducks October 22, 2016 at 10:03 am (Bird photography, Birds - Oklahoma, Nature, Nature photography, Oklahoma, Photography, Wildlife) (black-bellied whistling duck) “Gaudy” and “boisterous” is how the Cornell Lab of Ornithology describes the black-bellied whistling duck. Although they are also supposed to be nocturnal feeders, I’ve seen them in several states, happily feeding in the daytime. This flock of twelve is currently at Liberty Lake in Lawton, Oklahoma. They were spotted by two photographers from the Lawton Constitution newspaper, and they seem to be perfectly happy on this little lake in the middle of a tight little neighborhood. I first saw this bird at Patagonia Lake State Park in Arizona about 15 years ago. They were also coming to the feed trough at a Texas Hill Country farm B&B, and I saw them at Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Boynton Beach, Florida. “They seem to readily adopt human-altered habitats, and this has helped them move north into the southern U.S. in recent decades,” says the Cornell website. Southwest Oklahoma has many characteristics of both the South and the Southwest, and it’s cool to see this bird here, as well as species such as canyon wrens which favor deserts. So many of the birds and plants here remind me of my year at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in southern Georgia. And many also remind me of Big Bend National Park in Texas or even the Mojave Desert in California. It’s a wonderful combination! True to their name, they actually do whistle. Mallards quack. These birds whistle. When the whole flock took to the water, they clustered around each other and kept up a sweet cacophony of whistles. I suspect this is a family flock, because two of them have the bright orange bills and the rest are a paler pink, which makes me think they are this year’s juveniles. The whistling-ducks were formerly known as tree-ducks, but only a few, such as the Black-bellied Whistling-Duck actually perch or nest in trees. They look most like ducks, but their lack of sexual dimorphism, relatively long-term pair bonds, and lack of complex pair-forming behavior more resembles geese and swans. — Cornell Lab of Ornithology According to eBird, it is a rare species for this area. I did my duty and added it to my eBird citizen science observations. Where the buffalo roam October 22, 2016 at 5:00 am (National Wildlife Refuges (US Fish & Wildlife), Nature, Nature photography, Oklahoma, Wichita Mountains NWR, Wildlife) From my MeadowLarking column in The Fort Sill Tribune. Double click on an image to enlarge it and to better read it.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428358
__label__wiki	0.528782	0.528782	CMM at World Science Festival, 24 - 25 March, Queensland Museum There will be a Microscopy and MyScope™Outreach activity on 25th and 26th March presented by the Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis (CMM) as part of the World Science Festival at the Queensland Museum. Visitors will experience the excitement of scientific discovery with real-world light and electron microscopy samples and activities using specialist tools that will ‘make the invisible visible’. Expert CMM and NewSpec staff will facilitate a range of engaging imaging activities involving light microscopes and a Hitachi TM4000 benchtop Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with EDS on loan from NewSpec. These activities include high magnification viewing of biological samples such as food mould, native bees, butterfly wings, mother-of-pearl and gecko feet, and the use of X-ray microanalysis (EDS) to quickly and safely determine the elements in gold, fool’s gold and meteorite samples. The free online MyScopeOutreach website developed by the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility (AMMRF) and FEI company an amazing SEM simulator that will be available for visitors to use. For further details please contact the CMM Director Prof.Roger Wepf (r.wepf@uq.edu.au) or Dr Kim Sewell (k.sewell@uq.edu.au) About UQ at the World Science Festival The University of Queensland is proud to partner with the Queensland Museum for the World Science Festival Brisbane from 21-25 March 2018. Held annually in New York since 2008 the World Science Festival is now one of the most celebrated science festivals in the world! The University of Queensland will showcase their expertise across all aspects of science through talks, panels and engaging science demonstrations during World Science Festival Brisbane. 2018 Queensland Women in STEM Prize (video filmed in CMM... Jeol and the occurrence of the next Ice Age	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428362
__label__wiki	0.575255	0.575255	NOVEL - Shirley H. Wray Collection Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia Identifier 926-3 Title Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia Ocular Movements Bilateral Ptosis; Facial Weakness; Complete External Ophthalmoplegia; Normal Pupils; Absent Convergence Creator Shirley H. Wray, M.D., Ph.D., FRCP, Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School, Director, Unit for Neurovisual Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital Contributor Primary Shirley H. Wray, MD, PhD, FRCP, Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Unit for Neurovisual Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital Subject Bilateral Ptosis; Facial Weakness; Complete External Ophthalmoplegia; Normal Pupils; Bilateral Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia (PEO); Mitochondrial Myopathy Supplementary Materials PowerPoint Presentations: Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia: http://library.med.utah.edu/NOVEL/Wray/PPT/Progressive_External_Ophthalmoplegia.ppt Shirley H. Wray, M.D., Ph.D., FRCP, Harvard Medical School Mitochondrial Myopathy: http://library.med.utah.edu/NOVEL/Wray/PPT/Mitochondrial_Myopathy_guest_lecture.ppt Shirley H. Wray, M.D., Ph.D., FRCP, Harvard Medical School Presenting Symptom Difficulty in moving her eyes. Droopy eyelids History The patient is a retired physician, age 70, who recalls having eye muscle exercises as a child way back in 1924. Years later, she noted difficulty in focusing her eyes on horizontal gaze to the right and left which preceded the onset of bilateral ptosis. She presented in 1985, at age 65, with marked limitation of eye movements in all directions and she found that she needed to turn her head in order to look to either side. At this time she had ptosis of the left lid. By 1987, at age 66, external ophthalmoplegia had progressed and she had only a few degrees of eye movement in all directions. Progressive bilateral ptosis was treated by ptosis surgery at this time. Also at age 66 a cardiac evaluation revealed an incomplete right bundle branch block. At this time, a deltoid muscle biopsy showed ragged red fibers with trichrome stains. Diagnosis: Mitochondrial Myopathy. A sural nerve biopsy revealed a chronic axonal and demyelinating peripheral neuropathy. In 1991, at age 70, a repeat muscle biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of a mitochondrial myopathy with mtDNA deletions. Therapy: Co-enzyme Q10. In Nov. 1991, at age 70, she noted instability of her gait "walking as if drunk" with relentless progression over the next 10 months. The patient was lost to follow-up in 1991. The term mitochondrial cytopathy has been used to emphasize multisystem involvement in progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO). This patient had the constellation of: Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia Facial Weakness Right Bundle Branch Block Chronic Axonal and Demyelinating Peripheral Neuropathy Ataxia Clinical This 70 year old physician with Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia (PEO) has advanced multisystem disease due to a large mtDNA deletion. Muscle involvement is diagnostic. The myopathic signs illustrated are: 1. Partial bilateral ptosis post ptosis surgery 2. Weakness of the orbicularis oculi muscle with impaired eye closure and inability to bury her eyelashes fully 3. A complete external ophthalmoplegia with absent convergence. 4. Weakness of the lower face impairing the ability to grip the lips tightly together. 5. Marked weakness of flexion of the head against moderate resistance. 6. A history of instability of gait and ataxia Neuroimaging Neuroimaging studies were not done in this case. MR of the Brain in Mitochondrial Myopathy published in 1995 illustrates MR images in KSS and PEO (14). The figures included: A 61-year old woman (patient 1) with KSS, moderately severe truncal and appendicular ataxia, and a documented mtDNA deletion. A. T1-weighted sagittal image demonstrates severe cerebellar vermian atrophy (arrow) A 23-year old man (patient 2) with KSS, cognitive impairment, ataxia and an mtDNA deletion. A. T2 weighted image demonstrates regions of hyperintense signal (arrows) in the subcortical white matter. The periventricular regions were spared. B. T2-weighted image shows foci of hyperintense signal (arrows) in the dorsal midbrain. A 37-year old woman (patient 8) with CPEO manifested by external ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and sensorineural hearing loss. A. Long-repetition-time/short-echo-time (proton density) axial image. In the frontal lobes, abnormal hyperintense signal predominates in the subcortical white matter (arrows), whereas in the posterior temporal and parietal lobes the abnormal signal extended from the subcortical regions to the ventricular surface (curved arrows). B. T2-weighted axial MR image demonstrates bilateral hyperintense signal abnormalities in the globus pallidus (arrows). Hyperintense white matter abnormalities and ventricular dilatation are also present. C. T1-weighted sagittal image demonstrates cerebral cortical and cerebellar vermian atrophy (arrow) and thinning of the corpus callosum. Other PEO patients are reported show predominantly white matter damage that correlated with spongiform degeneration of the brain verified by autopsy examinations. Pathology A skeletal muscle biopsy is diagnostic in mitochondrial myopathy due to a mtDNA deletion. In mitochondrial myopathy defective oxidative phosphorylation results in mitochondrial proliferation in Type 1 and 2A muscle fibers. Fibers with the most severe biochemical defects may degenerate and adjacent fibers with less severe or no defects may appear normal. The combination of a patchy moth-eaten appearance in individual muscle fibers along with mitochondrial proliferation gives rise to the ragged-red fiber seen on modified Gomori trichrome staining. NADH staining shows abnormal subsarcolemmal mitochondria in the muscle fibers. The electron microscopic sections of skeletal muscle show abnormal mitochondria. Etiology Mutations in mtDNA are maternally inherited in a graded fashion. A single mtDNA mutation can lead to dramatically different clinical phenotypes, creating a very large spectrum of expressivity. For example, the A3243G mutation associated with mitrochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic academia, stroke-like episodes (MELAS) can also cause cardiomyopathy, diabetes and deafness, or external ophthalmoplegia. Deletions of mtDNA in skeletal muscle, ranging in size from 3.8 to 9.1 kilobases, were found in an identical location on muscle biopsy in five of eleven personal cases (3 KSS, 8 PEO). The deletion encompasses structural genes for the mitochondrial respiratory chain and is associated with impaired mitochondrial function. The variable involvement of multiple organs, (e.g. heart, brain and retina in PEO and KSS) may be attributable to a mixed population of mutant and normal genomes in varying amounts in different tissues. Both muscle and brain are also involved in patients with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, namely, the MELAS syndrome which is characterized by mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes; and MERRF, characterized by myoclonic epilepsy associated with ragged-red fibers. In MELAS, dysfunction of the central nervous system dominates the clinical picture. While there is considerable overlap of symptoms and signs between PEO, KSS, MELAS, and MERRF, there is general agreement that cases of mitochondrial myopathy, PEO and KSS, with or without clinical involvement of the brain, should be considered separately. The term mitochondrial encephalomyopathy or cytopathy has been applied to the multisystem diseases involving brain, skeletal muscle, and other organs. These disorders and the clinical phenotypes of mtDNA disease span the spectrum of all known oxidative phosphorylation disorders and include PEO., deafness, cardiomyopathy, MELAS and MERRF. Disease/Diagnosis Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia; Mitochondrial Cytopathy. Treatment Co-enzyme Q (ubiquinone) deficiency is present in KSS and PEO and treatment strategies are based on supplying electron transport chain cofactors and substraits, and antioxidants in an attempt to protect against mtDNA free-radical damage. 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__label__cc	0.532381	0.467619	CounterPsyOps A new hole in the propaganda matrix Contact Us / Join the CPO team Follow CPO on social networks Tag Archives: MSM Lies Seymour Hersh: Bin Laden Raid “One Big Lie” Pulitzer-prize wining journalist slams “pathetic” US media for failing to challenge White House By Paul Joseph Watson, Infowars.com Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh says that the raid which killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011 is “one big lie” and that “not one word” of the Obama administration’s narrative on what happened is true. In a wide-ranging interview published today by the Guardian, Hersh savages the US media for failing to challenge the White House on a whole host of issues, from NSA spying, to drone attacks, to aggression against Syria. On the subject of the Navy Seal raid that supposedly resulted in the death of the Al-Qaeda terror leader, Hersh remarked, “Nothing’s been done about that story, it’s one big lie, not one word of it is true.” Hersh added that the Obama administration habitually lies but they continue to do so because the press allows them to get away with it. “It’s pathetic, they are more than obsequious, they are afraid to pick on this guy [Obama],” Hersh told the Guardian. The raid that supposedly led to Bin Laden’s death has been shrouded in mystery for over two years. Speculation that the Obama administration may have embellished or outright lied about the true account of what happened has persisted, mainly because the White House has refused to publicly release images of Bin Laden’s body. Although the White House said the corpse was immediately “buried at sea” in line with Islamic tradition, it quickly emerged that this was not standard practice. Numerous analysts have claimed that Bin Laden had in fact been dead for years and that the raid on his alleged compound in Pakistan was little more than a stunt. By thomasmantell • Posted in FalseFlagAttacks, Pakistan, USA • Tagged BIN LADEN RAID, LIE, MSM Lies, Obama's Lies, Presstitutes, Seal Team 6 sacrificed West Moves In For Syria Kill & War On Iran US President Barack Obama’s renewed warning against Syria this week, that any use of chemical weapons by Syrian government forces is a red line triggering direct military assault on the country, can be seen as the Western powers moving towards their endgame of “regime change.” Washington first raised the specter of Syrian chemical weapons several months ago and warned then that it would be forced to act militarily in order to “secure” such alleged stockpiles. Now the American president and his officials are rekindling fears of this contingency, with the added alleged development that the Syrian government of President Bashar Al Assad has become so desperate to survive that it is preparing to mobilize chemical warheads. Speaking in Washington, Obama upbraided the Syria government that “the world is watching” and that there would be “consequences” for any such deployment. US secretary of state Hillary Clinton echoed the warning and described the use of these weapons as “a red line.” Tellingly, she added that if there is “any evidence” that the Syrian military had begun to use chemical warheads then “we are certainly planning to take action.” By thomasmantell • Posted in Syria, USA • Tagged Barack Obama, Deceit, Hillary clinton, Lies, MSM Lies, obama, Presstitutes, Syria Report: Syrian Rebels Responsible for Houla Massacre Eyewitness accounts and admissions from supposed collaborators say Sunni rebels tried to frame the Assad regime The massacre of over 90 Syrians which caught the world’s attention and renewed calls for war against the regime of Bashar al-Assad may have been carried out by rebel fighters, according to a new report. A new report in one of Germany’s leading newspapers, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), the Houla massacre was in fact committed by anti-Assad Sunni militants, and most of the victims killed were members of the Alawi and Shia minorities, which have been largely supportive of Assad. The reports cites anonymous opponents of Assad who admitted their involvement in the massacre. According to the report, rebel fighters attacked Syrian army road-blocks in a 90 minute battle, in which dozens were killed on both sides. “According to eyewitness accounts,” the FAZ report continues, “the massacre occurred during this time. Those killed were almost exclusively from families belonging to Houla’s Alawi and Shia minorities. Over 90% of Houla’s population are Sunnis. Several dozen members of a family were slaughtered, which had converted from Sunni to Shia Islam. Members of the Shomaliya, an Alawi family, were also killed, as was the family of a Sunni member of the Syrian parliament who is regarded as a collaborator.” The report continues: “Immediately following the massacre, the perpetrators are supposed to have filmed their victims and then presented them as Sunni victims in videos posted on the internet.” Initial eyewitness accounts of the massacre, relayed by major western media outlets and Human Rights Watch, described the massacre as having been the work of Syrian forces and their heavy artillery. But other eyewitness accounts, like those from members of the Monastery of St. James in Qara, Syria, said the attack came from Sunni militants who then tried to frame it as a massacre by the regime, presumably in the hopes that it would provoke a foreign intervention to unseat Assad. Source: Antiwar By MKERone • Posted in Syria • Tagged foreign meddling, Houla Massacre, MSM Lies, MSM propaganda, Nato backed rebels, Nato propaganda, Syrian Crisis, Western backed rebels, zionist propaganda Syria: Police getting shot at “peacefully”, 1 officer downed – July 16th – Video By MKERone • Posted in Syria • Tagged DEATH squads, Deceit, Deception, Homs, media lies, MSM Lies, Propaganda, Syria, western propaganda Libyan Loyalists Fight NATO, Rebels And Propaganda By Stephen Lendman Reporting more propaganda than legitimate news, Al Jazeera broadcast another lie about NTC fighters, claiming Mutassim Gaddafi’s capture, saying: “….(O)ne of Gaddafi’s sons has been captured in Sirte, according to” NTC officials. He’s “currently being held in Benghazi….after being arrested on Wednesday.” NTC Colonel Abdulah Naker said he was arrested in Sirte. Al Jazeera correspondent James Bays, “reporting from Tripoli, said he had spoken with several high-level NTC officials who had heard the news but could not confirm it.” Indeed not because Mutassim was live on radio when his capture was announced. Moreover, Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said reports of his arrest were false. Bogus earlier ones said he and Saif al-Islam Gaddafi were captured. In other words, believe nothing on Western media and Al Jazeera. No matter how often they lie, new ones follow regularly. 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__label__cc	0.524215	0.475785	Make It on Mobile For this ongoing series of tutorials, we asked six amazing artists to show us how they’re using Adobe mobile apps—by creating works of art with the tools (and the workflows) of their choice. And we are inviting you to follow the tutorials for a chance to win a prize. In April 2016, Adobe hosted the inaugural Make It on Mobile summit at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; at that event, teams of artists worked together on projects made with Adobe mobile apps (view the results of their creativity). Equipped with Adobe mobile apps, 16 illustrators, photographers, and designers from around the world created unbelievable works of art. Click on the image to watch a brief video about the Make It on Mobile summit at the Cooper Hewitt. We were so inspired by what they made that we wanted to see more! Over the next several months (starting in July 2016), we will ask six artists to create original works. Then we will share each artist’s process and invite you to follow the same steps in your own creation. Share the creation with us via social media, using the hashtag #MakeItonMobileContest, and you may win a prize! Dan Mumford’s Psychedelic ‘Screen-Printed’ Style London-based illustrator Dan Mumford works on the cutting edge of pop culture, creating illustrations for music album art, images for indie clothing lines, and new interpretations of classic film posters. In this simple tutorial, he shows how he uses Adobe Illustrator Draw to create an illustration in his distinctive style. (Read more.) The Dan Mumford contest has ended—and we have a winner! Mumford selected Alistair Baxter’s image of Poseidon. Baxter shared a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of this image here; and don’t miss these additional editors’ picks. Witchoria’s Cosmic Composites Brooklyn-based designer, photographer, and artist Victoria Siemer (more commonly known as Witchoria) has a distinctive digital touch. Her trippy, evocative photographic compositions blur the edges between reality and fantasy. In this tutorial, you can follow along with Witchoria as she combines a photo of a model with public-domain NASA photographs. (Read more.) The Witchoria contest has ended—and we have a winner! Witchoria selected Porsche Little’s image of cosmic bathers. “This is exactly the type of work I had hoped to inspire from the tutorial,” says Witchoria. “I’m sort of blown away…I can’t believe I’ve never thought to use underwater photos before.” Visit this gallery of the winner and additional editor’s picks. Make It at Outside Lands Every August, tens of thousands of music lovers make their way to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park for Outside Lands, a multiple-day music festival. Among the music lovers in attendance this year were our six #MakeItonMobile artists: Dan Mumford, Witchoria, Andreas Preis, Elise Swopes, Gemma O’Brien, and Gyimah Gariba. The music, the setting, the food, and even the California state flag were inspirations for their amazing mobile creations. (Read more.) Elise Swopes's Surreal Photo Compositions We all take pictures with our phones, but Elise Swopes makes art — and a living — with her mobile photography. In this tutorial, she demonstrates how she combined two photos into a surreal image that both reflects her inner strength and renews it. (Read more.) The Elise Swopes contest has ended—and we have a winner! Swopes selected Joel Gonzalez’s image, which was inspired by his experiences of being bullied as a young man, for being gay. Swopes said, "He had a wonderful personal story to go with his image, and it was very interesting to look at. Therefore, he is the winner to me." Click to enlarge the image, and don’t miss these additional editors’ picks. Andreas Preis’s Colorful Creatures The work of Berlin-based designer and illustrator Andreas Preis represents a unique take on the natural world. In this tutorial, Preis demonstrates how he uses Adobe Illustrator Draw to create an illustration and then uses Adobe Capture CC to add a vivid color theme to it. (Read more.) The Andreas Preis contest has ended—and we have a winner! Preis selected Baz Sellers's image Octodad! Click to enlarge the image, and don’t miss these additional editors’ picks. A Virtual Mural: Celebrating Adobe MAX on Instagram We marked the occasion of 2016’s Adobe MAX in San Diego with an Instagram mural that celebrates creativity and global collaboration—and that was made with Adobe mobile apps by six of our Make It on Mobile artists, led by art director Micah Milner. (Read more.) Gemma O’Brien’s Hand-Drawn Type Australian artist Gemma O’Brien specializes in hand-lettering and illustrated type in both digital and traditional media. In this tutorial, she demonstrates how she uses Sketch to draw an illustrated number, sharing some of her tips for creating balanced, dimensional forms. (Read more.) The Gemma O’Brien contest has ended—and we have a winner! O’Brien selected Fiona Skipper’s illustration, saying, "Her ’29’ effectively uses the watercolor tools to create a beautiful piece. The shapes and the layout are well balanced. The use of illustration inside is intricate and detailed, and it complements the curves of the numbers. Amazing!” Click to enlarge the image, and don’t miss these additional editors’ picks. Make It on Mobile: Gyimah Gariba’s Dual-World Creations At just 24 years old, Toronto-based Ghanaian illustrator Gyimah Gariba is already making a name for himself as an illustrator and animator—he creates lively characters full of personality for a wide range of clients and personal projects. Here, Gariba demonstrates how he used Adobe Photoshop Sketch to draw an illustrated figure on top of a photograph, integrating the imaginary character into the real-world scene. (Read more.) The Gyimah Gariba contest has ended—and we have a winner! Gariba selected Mohammed Fayaz’s illustration—click to enlarge. Congratulations! Solving Problems with Smart Package Design Transform Photos into Watercolors with a Free Photoshop Action	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428373
__label__cc	0.736898	0.263102	Air passenger's rights Flight Delay Compensation Flight Cancellation Compensation Missed Connection Compensation Denied Boarding Compensation Language: BG The 5 Most Interesting Airports in the World Airports come in all shapes and sizes, and some are much more pleasant to visit than others. There are some pretty intriguing runways and terminals in the world! Don’t take our word for it; have a look for yourself: Barra, Scotland -- The runways for Barra’s airport in Scotland are not paved and directly on the beach! Flight landings and takeoffs are subject to the tides, as rising water covers the runways. While interesting to watch, the sand and gravel are actually really hard on the plane’s mechanisms and this means that the parts must be inspected more frequently. “Ice Runway”, McMurdo Station, Antarctica -- Yep! There’s an ‘airport’ in Antarctica! For obvious reasons, this research station cannot use a paved runway. Planes land and takeoff from packed snow and ice, which is a gamble at any time of the year. Landing in soft snow can be very dangerous, so the ground is meticulously checked prior to landing a plane of any size. Qamdo, Tibet -- One of the highest altitude airports in the world, Qamdo’s runway sits more than 4,300 meters above sea level. Unfortunately, at high altitudes like this, it takes far longer to stop a large plane. Tibet’s runway at this airport is 5.6 kilometers long! Osaka, Japan -- Perhaps the most impressive, jaw-dropping feat of engineering was completed in 1994. Osaka’s airport is situated on a 4-kilometer-long, man-made island. Only 4.8 kilometers from shore, the Osaka airport is at risk of being below sea level in the next 50 years due to climate change. Denver, Colorado, USA -- This airport in the United States is the largest in North America (137.3 square kilometers of land). Only a small portion of that land is actually airport, however. When faced with the question of what to do with the remaining land, engineers decided to ‘go green’ and install 9,200 solar panels! This airport generates enough electricity to power the terminal for half the year! How to choose good seats at the airplane Strike by employees of Glasgow International Airport Tacit rules of etiquette on the plane ПОДАЙТЕ ЗАЯВКА ЗА 3 МИНУТИ И ЩЕ ПОЛУЧИТЕ ЗАСЛУЖЕНАТА КОМПЕНСАЦИЯ Да се провери компенсацията Потребителска спогодба Политикa на конфиденциалност Политика Cookie ("Бисквитки") © 2018-2020 EU-ClaimOut, SLU	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428378
__label__wiki	0.514818	0.514818	Home - News & More - Obituaries Norval William VanDiest - September 20, 1934 - September 17, 2017 Norval William VanDiest, 82, of Dunning, Nebraska passed away peacefully at home with family members present, on September 17, 2017. Norval was born to Bill (William) and Dorothy (Yocum) VanDiest on September 20, 1934. Dr. Cram from Burwell was summoned to the family ranch by Almeria, Nebraska. He attended grade school in the country school at the edge of his parents’ land, until the family moved to Minnesota when Norval was 10. Norval worked at a roller skating rink cleaning skates on Sunday’s for $2 a day, and called dances 3 nights a week for a dollar a night, except for when his wages went to allow his brother Wade, and sister Alvera to skate. The family moved back to the ranch when his grandfather passed away. Norval graduated from Taylor High School in 1953. Shortly after graduation, he joined the army for two years being stationed in Ft. Riley, Kansas; Ft. Belver, Virginia, where he received an award from “America On Wheels”, the largest roller skating rink in the world at the time, for his skating ability; and finally in frigid Newfoundland. Norval met Marlene Rieber at a dance in Brewster where he tried to get her to go across the river to “park”. She finally accepted a date with him after Don and Doris Spencer told her he came from a good family. After marrying in 1956, he worked for his father on the family ranch for a year, then moved to Dunning to work for McMullen Propane for 2 ½ years. Norval then worked for CO-OP in Dunning for 2 years where he got interested in the gas business. In 1961 he decided to start his own gas business hauling fuel with his gas truck from Taylor, while he built his gas station on an acreage north of town. He worked many years, 7 days a week, building his gas business. In 1987 he turned the business over to his youngest son, Norman. All three of his children worked at Van’s Ranch Service as attendants, fuel truck drivers, and a bookkeeper. After semi-retiring he took up the sport of golfing and spent many days with friends Richard Shinn, Lloyd Anderson, and Gene Horst, at the Thedford Golf Course, until his health would no longer allow him to do so. Norval was preceded in death by his parents, sister Alvera Wiley, and sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Carolyn and Steve Collier. He is survived by his wife, Marlene, daughter Shari(Warren) Haumann, son Brian(Mary) VanDiest, son Norman(Chris) VanDiest, brother Wade(Ada) VanDiest, brother-in-law Jim Wiley, brother-in-law Merlyn(Sharon) Rieber, sister-in-law Phyllis(Jim) Wilhelm, sister-in-law Sandra(Gene Sullivan) Rieber; 12 grandchildren: Michael(Sendi) Haumann, Andrea(Matthew) Michele, Daniel (Taryn) Haumann, Hannah(Tyler Sherwood) Haumann, Rhiannon(Rainy) VanDiest, Katrina(Derek) Friend, Sydney(Austin) Holmes, Kassie(Caleb) Geiger, Joel(Makayla Rinestine) Van Diest, Makala(Zak) Whiteneck, Andrew Rice, Jeremy Rice; and 11 great grandchildren. Memorials can be made to the Blaine County Foundation, Dunning Rural Fire Department, and Sandhill’s Heritage Museum. Memorial services will be held on Monday September 25, 2017 at 10:30 AM at the High School Gymnasium in Dunning Nebraska with Pastor Ralph McKay officiating. Military Honors will be held at the services. Govier Brothers Mortuary of Broken Bow is assisting the family. Online condolences may be left at www.govierbrothers.com Norm’s Auto in Dunning will be closed on September 25, for the services. Posted on Fri, September 22, 2017 by Marcia Hora	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428386
__label__wiki	0.630656	0.630656	← Mapping the Proposed Balkanization of the State California Reading the World as It Is Worn on One’s Shoulders → Mapping the Quake beneath American Canyon The ways of mapping the effects of latest 6.1 earthquake–the largest in a quarter of a century–raise questions not only of the damages it left in its wake, or tragic human injuries, and property loss, but the web of services it disturbed. The expanse across which the quake’s rumbling was felt at 3:20 am endured only twenty seconds but seemed to last several minutes, shaking the sides of buildings and houses, waking panicked residents, and breaking 50 gas lines and 30 water mains, leaving some 10,000 without power. In ways that oddly echo the interconnected nature of communication networks, the quake centered in American Canyon was hard to embody or illustrate, if the measurement of the rumbling along the stretch of major faults lying along the San Andreas Fault that lies between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates was exact. The “shake map” quickly generated by CISM revealed a quite specific concentration of incidence, some 6.7 miles underneath the earth’s surface, whose effects reportedly woke sleepers in the early morning both in San Francisco and Oakland, and as far as the South Bay and Davis. The distribution of losses created by Napa restaurant closures and damages to buildings or rows of shattered unopened wine bottles might be on some minds–and a multitude of isolated images of individual incidents proliferated on social media, even as maps were created to track its impact. But for all the many images of local damages and disruptions, from trailer parks to freeway ramps, posted on Twitter and social media, images of the web of outages in PG&E outage maps seemed the most compelling representation of the effects of its wake, even if the most abstract–and in a Google Maps format, that reveals the extent of the energy supplier’s range of gas lines and power lines. The comprehensive coverage of the map–and the surprisingly uneven progression of individual outages from the epicenter–make the map a clearer synthesis of the earthquake’s impact than the dramatic footage of fires in trailer parks diffused on news agencies, or the images of damages to unreinforced masonry buildings in downtown Napa. The distribution that it reveals are both more convincing and readily apprehended descriptions of the cascading effects of the earthquakes in this region than the specific descriptions of injuries and damage paraded on the nightly news. The range of individual maps generated in response to the event convey a less vivid sense of its disruptions, perhaps as they were less immediately able to register its impact in ways viewers could apprehend. The USGS generated their own crowd-sourced “Did you feel it?” map, somewhat less scientifically, that tried to measure the dispersion of intensity around northern California, taking the 3:20 am quake–and not its several aftershocks–as its focus: The geocoded responses provided data for an intensity map over a surprisingly restricted area, using 21,000 unsolicited responses: Later that morning, service seemed to have been partly restored, but if the range of local disruptions reported at 11 am diminished, their effects also apparently extended far beyond the aftershocks experienced by inhabitants of nearby regions: By mid-afternoon, or 2:30, the disruption only slowly diminished. Even though such automatically generated maps lack an author, the data they display organized a collective story for readers by which to understand the scope and scale of the earthquake’s effects. Yet such maps might also serve as greater sources of information. The greater engineering superstructure of the Bay Area–including highways, exit and entry ramps, gas mains, airports, public transportation, rail lines, and sewage systems–are all particularly serious potential sites of damage still difficult to be adequately mapped. Indeed, the parallel expanse of a still relatively poorly mapped network of gas lines in the PG&E system–many of which recently existed only in the very paper forms in which they were originally drafted years ago–makes the final and continued effects of the earthquake difficult to determine. The web of aftershocks indeed shadow the expanse of a poorly mapped web of gas lines across Northern California that has yet to be fully monitored for leakages in an antiquated system or even comprehensively mapped, whose potential leakages could trigger a disaster more serious than the San Bruno explosion of a natural gas pipeline in 2002, for which PG&E sustains it has no responsibility. Focussing only on the mapped network on natural gas pipelines in northern California that might have experienced breakages or fissures in the American Canyon quake, whose particularly dense network of gas mains around Napa is here mapped at greater scale: The questions of liability that would be raised by the inadequate mapping of the state, condition, and quality of existing gas mains around the Bay Area to public safety make it mandatory to release a full and comprehensive mapping of the quality of existing gas main lines and the potential dangers to which they would be exposed in earthquakes, far beyond the documented physical damage to buildings. As much as counsel customers on its Facebook page “If you smell gas or are experiencing another electric or gas service emergency as a result of this earthquake, please call 1-800-743-5002 immediately,” and caution them that “If you shut off your gas service, do not turn it back on,” the availability of a truly comprehensive map–unlike the above maps provided by PG&E’s GIS system, “as a courtesy and for general information purposes only,” without a disclaimer that the map’s information is accurate without independent verification. Filed under American Canyon Earthquake, Community Internet Intensity Maps, crowd-sourced maps?, GIS, Interactive Maps, Mapping Earthquake Damages, Mapping Earthquakes, Northern California, USGS 3 responses to “Mapping the Quake beneath American Canyon” Destroyer of Exoplanets Reblogged this on Destroyer of Exoplanets and commented: An earthquake in maps. I like these consistently informative and excellent posts. Frances Smith Starn It would be interesting to see a map of recently discovered fault lines in relation to the gas lines mapped. And of course fracking maps are always germane. Daniel Brownstein Agreed. But the aftershocks that would disrupt the gas lines don’t, of course, have to be coincident: any breakage at a gas main could be a catastrophe.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428399
__label__cc	0.600446	0.399554	About CONAHEC Working Agenda Join CONAHEC Mobility Incubator Host a Mobility Incubator Visit! Past Mobility Incubators Vamos a Guadalajara ¡Vamos a Puebla! International Professional Experiences Short-term Faculty Exchange Program 1. Spring 2017 Faculty Cohort 2. Fall 2017 Faculty Cohort 3. Spring 2018 Faculty Exchange Cohort 4. Fall 2018 Faculty Exchange Cohort List of Faculty Mobility Opportunities CONAHEC-COIL International Faculty Collaboration for Teaching Climate Resilience Administrators & Staff North American Academic Partnerships Tracker North American Academic Partnerships Database North American Center for Collaborative Development Survey of International Students EDUCAMEXUS BORDERPACT 19th North American Higher Education Conference Past CONAHEC Conferences CONAHEC Newsletter Why the future is bright for internationalisation There is no denying the zeitgeist that a golden age in the internationalisation of higher education has ended. Evidence suggests that the quality of our efforts have not matched the quantity of attention and resources devoted to them, prompting many to question internationalisation’s value and purpose. Leaders are faced with an existential dilemma, asking: • What can be done to change disappointing outcomes? • How should we do things differently? • Why do we internationalise anyway? If this combination of ‘what’, ‘how’ and ‘why’ sounds familiar, you’ve probably read Simon Sinek’s 2009 bestseller, Start With Why. These questions comprise Sinek’s “golden circle”, the principles people and organisations use to guide their actions, connect with others, facilitate buy-in and produce results. I couldn’t help but think of the golden circle while reading Karin Fischer’s 28 March cover story in the the Chronicle of Higher Education, “How international education’s golden age lost its sheen”. Fischer concluded that internationalisation’s failures stem from a crisis of ‘why’: “Too often, colleges’ eager embrace lacked attention to the basics, leaving it feeling more like an add-on, an extra, a thing to be handled by the office with ‘international’ on the door. Commitment, on campus and off, could be shallow. It was a nice thing to do, yes, but rarely fundamental.” I am one who believes that internationalisation is not a nice thing to do. Internationalisation is something we must do. What follows is an argument for why this is so. Why internationalise For Sinek, ‘why’ is a values proposition. It is the “purpose, cause or belief” that gives rise to what you do and how you do it. It is the reason your work exists. Fischer found that many view internationalisation as little more than a justification for someone else’s job or office. Those who think this way naturally question its return on investment. But the work of internationalisation is not self-reflexive. We do not internationalise for its own sake. We engage in cross-national research and teaching partnerships, facilitate global learning at home and support student and faculty mobility in order to fulfil higher education’s fundamental purpose, the production and exchange of new knowledge about the world and its inhabitants. This purpose is served when diverse ideas and perspectives are brought together in a collaborative relationship. Through social negotiation, people can combine parts of any number of different ideas to produce a whole new set of ideas. Faculty and students within institutions engage in this process daily – internationalisation takes it to a cross-national scale. Under the right conditions, internationalisation significantly increases interactions among diverse people, ideas and perspectives, leading to enhanced knowledge production and the fulfilment of higher education’s fundamental purpose. What is internationalisation? Aligning internationalisation’s ‘why’ with that of higher education affects how we define the term and its conditions. One of the most oft-cited definitions delineates that institutions, nations and sectors internationalise when they integrate, as Jane Knight argues, “an international, intercultural or global dimension into the purpose, functions or delivery of post-secondary education”. Hans de Wit and Fiona Hunter offer an update, specifying that internationalisation should enable institutions to “enhance the quality of education and research for all students and staff and to make a meaningful contribution to society”. Though these definitions clarify that internationalisation is an intentional, multidimensional and inclusive process realised differently across nations and contexts, they can be misinterpreted as describing a predominantly self-serving phenomenon. Unilateralism is antithetical to knowledge creation; we need a definition grounded in multilateralism and collaboration. We can find it in a 2011 working paper authored by Gabriel Hawawini, the former dean of INSEAD. Hawawini foregrounds reciprocation and mutual benefit, defining internationalisation as the work of integrating “the institution into the emerging global knowledge and learning network”. This process “should be outward-looking rather than inward-looking, emphasising the institution’s capacity and ability to become an integral part of the world’s knowledge and learning ‘ecosystem’ not only to benefit from it but also to contribute to its development”. By valuing “complementary expertise and symbiotic relationships”, internationalised institutions evolve and contribute to a global knowledge network whose product is greater than the sum of its parts. How we internationalise The golden age’s gold standard was the American Council on Education’s (ACE) Model for Comprehensive Internationalization. It addressed Knight’s definition, detailing which components of the institution’s mission, functions and delivery should incorporate international, intercultural or global dimensions. The ACE model usefully maps the spaces and places within which the institution may support internationalisation’s ‘why’ and ‘what’. But it does not go far enough in guiding ‘how’ to do so because it addresses neither the process of creating new knowledge nor methods for developing collaborative relationships. Until now, more often than not, leaders have determined whether and how to internationalise by asking “What do we have to gain from this?” Hawawini does not ask leaders to abandon their pursuit of fiscal and functional sustainability, but he does prompt us to reconsider who is meant by “we”. If internationalisation is to fulfil higher education’s purpose, it must advance the welfare of students, faculty and communities served by our own institution and those served by our international partners. Contributions to the world’s knowledge creation ecosystem should lead to ever-expanding circles of wellbeing, with benefits extending to people and the planet beyond our institutions’ borders. In this sense, internationalisation is a collective venture. It involves a network of constructive partnerships that honour diverse contributors’ motivations, positively impact multiple bottom lines and generate opportunities for knowledge exchange and production that would not be possible otherwise. For guidance concerning how to do this, we need a new model, one that emphasises values as much as value-add. Leaders can develop productive relationships within the global teaching, learning and research ecosystem by focusing their efforts on: • Communicating: Exchanging detailed information about distinctive institutional goals and diverse student, faculty and community needs and perspectives. • Coordinating: Aligning common purposes and values while allowing for different preferences and practices. • Complementing: Designing structures and pedagogies that cultivate and support the unique contributions that all institutions, faculty and students are capable of making to the world’s knowledge production network. • Collaborating: Determining common aims and pursuits and co-constructing novel ways for people to interact so that they may co-create new ideas and solutions. The next great age of internationalisation While signs point to the need to refocus internationalisation’s ‘why’, ‘what’ and ‘how’ on collaborative knowledge exchange and production, there are strong signals that the world is ready for this change and that it may already be underway. On 1 April, three days after Fischer’s article was published, Times Higher Education released new University Impact Ranking metrics assessing institutions’ influence on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, including partnerships for reaching the goals. Attention and financial support for collaborative online international learning and virtual exchange is steadily increasing across the world. The movement for open science is gaining steam; global university networks are proliferating and diversifying; and organisations such as Advance HE are encouraging a global dialogue on promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in higher education instruction and leadership. Though the golden age has passed, a new future is upon us – and it is bright. To view article, please visit: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2019050611065642 Physical/Courier and Mailing Address: CONAHEC 6050 W Rough Rider Pl CONAHEC 2019© Enter your name to start a chat * We are available from 8-5pm MST (AZ), Mon-Fri. If it is after-hours you can leave your message and email, and we'll contact you. This chat has ended, have a great day.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428407
__label__cc	0.566997	0.433003	Troubled Cartoonist Stew –And YOU! I wear three hats, as a cartoonist and as the leader of a “syndicate” that resells a package of editorial cartoons and columns to over 800 newspapers in the USA –my third hat is running our big Cagle.com Web site. I love editorial cartoons. I do what I love. But, love can be painful … Our troubled editorial cartooning profession has been losing employee positions in roughly the same proportion as all newsroom jobs lost over the past couple of decades. Journalism has become a freelance profession, and so has editorial cartooning. Three of our CagleCartoonists recently lost their jobs, Patrick Chappatte with The International New York Times, Nate Beeler with The Columbus Dispatch and Rick McKee with The Augusta Chronicle. Bad news for editorial cartoonists seems to be coming in at a faster clip. Conservative editors don’t like the liberal cartoons; angry readers demand retribution from newspapers and cartoonists who offend them; timid newspapers fear losing readers who are easily offended; all are just spice in our complex stew, which started brewing when newspapers lost their the bulk of their advertising revenue to the internet, and began a slow decline in circulation. Online clients haven’t replaced print clients for us. As print declines, online publications don’t hire cartoonists and have not developed a culture of paying for content, and few of them purchase syndicated cartoons. We have some great online clients, like FoxNews.com and CNN.com, but they are the exceptions. There are now between 1,300 and 1,400 daily, paid circulation newspapers in the USA. Thirty years ago there were over 1,800 dailies and over 130 employee editorial cartoonists –only a very small percentage of newspapers ever hired staff cartoonists. The vast majority of American newspaper readers have seen editorial cartoons through syndication. The number of syndicated editorial cartoonists hasn’t changed much in the past 50 years. In recent years as newspapers continue to struggle, rates for syndicated cartoons have declined, but cut-rate deals for packages of syndicated cartoons have driven rates close to zero. Larger syndicates “bundle” editorial cartoons with their comics, essentially including the editorial cartoons for free. Editorial cartoons are thrown into packages with puzzles and advice columns, in cheap weekly, college and specialty offerings. Editorial cartoons are sometimes sold in group deals for “pennies per paper.” In general, 20% of the cartoonists get 80% of the reprints, so the majority of editorial cartoonists have always struggled in a difficult profession and have never earned a lot. The same percentage still applies to slices of today’s smaller pie. American editorial cartoonists are mostly liberal, and most American newspapers are rural and suburban papers serving conservative readers, so there is a supply and demand disparity. Liberal cartoons don’t get reprinted as much, because there is an over-supply of liberal cartoons. That said, conservative cartoons expressing strong opinions also don’t get reprinted much. The cartoons that are increasingly the most reprinted are the funny cartoons that express little or no opinion at all. One of our clients, The China Daily, is owned by the Communist government in China; they asked me, “Daryl, how many of your cartoons express no opinion? Those are the cartoons we want.” The Chinese aren’t much different from American editors in this regard –except that they are more blunt. When Trump was elected we were flooded with calls from unhappy editors complaining that, “all the cartoons I like have stopped!” The problem was that cartoonists stopped drawing the Hillary and Obama bashing cartoons that conservative editors preferred. We put up a selection of “Trump Friendly Cartoons” near the top of our CagleCartoons.com site that helps conservative editors find the cartoons they like in a sea of liberal cartoons they dislike; this helped to stop the hemorrhaging of conservative subscribers. Cartoonists don’t draw for their clients, we draw whatever we want. We’re macho like that. Clients be damned. Sometimes that attitude comes back to bite us. Everything seems to be biting us these days. We’ve also seen a continuing trickle of newspapers drop their entire editorial pages, including the editorial cartoon. I’m told that editorial pages make readers angry and don’t bring in income. And, of-course, newspapers are going out of business. Cartoon by Robert Rousso! I’m often asked about whether Trump and our polarized political environment are behind the decline of editorial cartoons. There is plenty that is wrong in our troubled profession, but it isn’t as simple as editors rejecting the Trump-bashing cartoons. This stew was brewing long before Trump. Editorial cartoons are an important part of journalism. Don’t let editorial cartoons disappear! Here at CagleCartoons we syndicate a package of great cartoonists to more than half of America’s daily, paid-circulation newspapers; we’re an important source of income to our struggling cartoonists. Our Cagle.com Web site is free and runs no advertising –the site is entirely supported by contributions from our readers. We need your support. Cagle.com is an important resource for editorial cartoonists around the world and is used in Social Studies classrooms throughout America. Help us survive! Please visit Cagle.com/Heroes and make a contribution to support our art form and to keep our site online and free, with no advertising! –Daryl Cagle Tags: editorial cartoonsheroesHillary and Obama bashing cartoonsNate BeelerPatrick Chappattepolitical cartoonsRick McKeeThe Augusta ChronicleThe Columbus Dispatchthe international New York Times Next post Andy Warhol Meets King Kong Previous post Where do you get your ideas? McKee Decade! Daryl Cagle, December 27, 2019	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428414
__label__wiki	0.618844	0.618844	Current DAS news stories in the business world today. Are you protected against common legal disputes that may arise during a vacation? Many Canadian families look forward to a summer vacation. It’s a reward for making it through another winter! You hope that you... Ontario Superior Court of Justice Recognizes Recoverability of Adverse Costs Insurance We are excited to share an exciting and important step forward for access to justice in Canada!In a decision of the Ontario Superior... Misconceptions of the Legal System - As Seen On TV Drama. Glamour. Suspense. That’s how the legal system is portrayed on popular TV shows. Is that what the legal system is really... You’ve Filed Your Taxes. What Comes Next? At some point in their lives, most Canadians will be subject to a tax audit from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). While the process can... Superior Court of Justice Clarifies Payment of Insurance Proceeds Under a DAS ATE Policy By David J. Smagata Vice President Claims, Chief Legal Officer -- In Peter B. Cozzi Professional Corporation v. Szot, CanLII - 2019... The Top Three 2018 Cases Impacting Individuals Mainstream media rarely reports on developments in the legal system, even though many court cases have important ramifications for... DAS Canada Presents: What's Your Story? (Episode 1 of 3) The DAS Canada story The customer is at the heart of everything we do, and our mission is to build and lead the legal expense insurance market in Canada.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428415
__label__cc	0.545519	0.454481	Parliament House, Canberra Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. The building was designed by Mitchell - Giurgola & Thorp Architects and built by a Concrete Constructions and John Holland joint venture. It was opened on 9 May 1988 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. _MG_8415-Parliament_House_canberra_20091208.jpg Canberra Parliament House Parliament of Australia Prime Minister act architect architecture assembly australian parliament capital hill democracy government house of Representatives parliament political politics senate vote voting Australia Stock	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428417
__label__cc	0.664928	0.335072	1.6 - Why We Like What We Like? It's Nurture Introduction to Classical Music Using a simple and enjoyable teaching style, this course introduces the novice listener to the wonders of classical music, from Bach fugues to Mozart symphonies to Puccini operas. Art History, Music, Chord, History One of the best courses I have taken so far. The instructor is simply the best and the material is awesome. I learnt so much and could not stop until I finished. Great job Prof. You are the best. This course was an absolute joy, and I was always in a good mood after the lectures (except maybe minimalism and Copeland, whose technique I found quite boring after all the others). Thank you! What Is Music? Every day around the world, billions of people listen to music of one sort or another, and millions listen to Western classical music. Why do we do it? Because it’s fun? Because it energizes or relaxes us? Because it keeps us current, allows us to understand what’s happening in past and popular culture? The pull of music--especially classical music—has never been explained. The aim of this course is to do just that: To explicate the mysteries and beauties of some of Western cultures greatest musical compositions—among them masterpieces of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, and Puccini. We begin with the elements of music, breaking classical musical into its components of pitch, duration, and sound color, allowing us to better understand how music works. Next, we proceed to the compositions themselves, starting with the Middle Ages and Renaissance, to show how Western music developed in ways unique to the West. Ultimately, we reach the masters, commencing with Bach. What makes his music great? Why does it move us? What should we listen for? And so we proceed down through Western musical history, visiting virtually the people who created it and the places where they did so. By the end, we hope all of us have become more human (enriched our personalities) and had a rollicking good time! 1.1 - Introduction5:44 1.2 - Popular Music and Classical Music Compared6:31 1.3 - Music and Emotions4:40 1.4 - How Do We Hear Music? Sound Waves and the Ear6:41 1.5 - Music Thrills Us, Music Chills Us1:52 1.6 - Why We Like What We Like? It's Nurture2:53 1.7 - It's Nurture: The Syntax of Western Music5:09 1.8 - Why We Like What We Like? It's Nature8:18 Henry L & Lucy G Moses Professor of Music Sprache wählenChinesisch (vereinfacht)DeutschEnglischFranzösischKroatischNiederländischPortugiesisch (Brasilien)Spanisch [MUSIC] What's your favorite piece of music? Your favorite song, or your favorite symphony? What genres? That's just a fancy word for type. What genres of music do you like? What is it determines what we like? Well that depends on who the we is, and on the type of musical template we have. By template, I mean the musical expectations that we have when we come to listen to a piece of music. How do we get this musical template, these expectations as to the way music ought to go? Two ways through nurture and through nature. Let's start with nurture. By musical nurture, I simply mean to ask in what culture did you grow up and what kind of music did you hear there? If you were born in Beijing, you likely heard these sorts of sounds, played on an erhu. [MUSIC] If you were born in Mumbai, you likely heard the sounds of the Indian sitar. [MUSIC] If you were born in Tel Aviv, you surely would have heard these sounds. Klezmer music. [MUSIC] We like what we like because we've heard it all our lives. We are comfortable with it. We understand it. We are comfortable with it, it is comforting to us. Indeed, a recent study shows that music has the power even to comfort premature babies in the neonatal unit. When played for premature babies, music lowers the heartbeat, stimulates deeper, more regular breathing. And this ultimately encourages better feeding. And more nutritional intake, and thus weight gain. Again, the power of music.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428422
__label__cc	0.682584	0.317416	Elections Expert – Pakistan available languages: english June 27, 2018 Location: Home-based, with travel to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federal capital of Pakistan. Duration of contract: Short-term assignment. A total of 10 working days between July 2018 – August 2018. Democracy Reporting International (DRI) is a non-partisan, independent, not-for-profit organisation registered in Berlin. DRI promotes political participation of citizens, accountability of state bodies and the development of democratic institutions world-wide. With support from the German-Federal Foreign Office, DRI’s Pakistan office is currently implementing a project entitled “Supporting Human Rights, Good Governance, and Elections in Pakistan”. The project aims to strengthen the state’s Human Rights Institutions to promote human rights and enhance democratic stability. Objective of the assignment Pakistan’s 2018 General Election represents a critical opportunity to promote and assess the political participation of women. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Commission on the Status of Women (KPCSW) aims to undertake election observation to assess women’s participation in the 2018 general elections, especially in light of the provisions of the Elections Act 2017. DRI aims to contribute to KPCSW’s election observation efforts through provision of technical and financial support in training KPCSW’s election observers. For the assignment, DRI requires the short-term services of a local Elections Expert to develop and carry out election observation training and draft election observation report for the KPCSW. Scope of the assignment The assignment involves: 1) developing training content on how to undertake election observation to assess women political participation; 2) conducting the training for the election observer selected by KPCSW; 3) drafting an election observation report for the KPCSW. The training content will be developed based on/adapted from the approach for election observation on assessing women’s participation in elections available in national and international resource materials and literature. The training content will be focused on how to observe elections to assess women’s political participation in the 2018 general elections in Pakistan. The training content will be developed catering to the specific needs and context of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and Pakistan, while adhering to the international standards for election observations. The training will then be carried out for election observers selected by the KPCSW, who will be undertaking election observation in different districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the 2018 general elections. An election observation report will then be prepared, documenting and analysing the data collected by the election observers, assessing the compliance with the Elections Act 2017, and providing recommendations for advancing women’s political participation in elections in Pakistan. The scope of the assignment will be as follows: • Develop training content on how to undertake election observation for assessing women’s political participation in 2018 general elections; • Deliver trainings to election observers on how to undertake election observation for assessing women’s political participation in 2018 general elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. • Collect, document and analyse the data gathered by the election observers • Draft the election observation report for the KPCSW, revise and finalise based on comments by DRI and other experts Tasks and deliverables The Human Rights and Civil Society Expert will work under the overall supervision of DRI’s Country Representative in Pakistan and in coordination with the project team to deliver the following: • Develop training content, based on desk review and analysis of existing information and resource materials on election observation to examine women’s political participation in elections; • Prepare training agenda, resource materials and handouts for the participants; • Conduct training for the election observers selected by the KPCSW; • Compile, document and prepare draft analysis of all data collected by the election observers • Draft election observation report on women political participation in the general election 2018; revise and finalise the report based on comments by DRI and other experts . • Adhere to DRI’s Style and Formatting Guidelines in writing and formatting the document; • Be available for in person meetings or Skype calls with DRI team during the assignment; • Perform any additional task assigned relevant to the assignment. • University degree in law, political science, social sciences, humanities or a relevant discipline; • At least 10 years of professional experience of working in election observation; • Proven experience in conducting trainings and/or providing technical support to civil society on election observation; • Familiarity with the reference methodologies and instruments for citizen election observation and ability to adapt them to different election contexts; • Proven familiarity with the election context in Pakistan; • Excellent writing, analytical and communication skills; • Excellent English language skills (spoken and written); • Ability and willingness to travel within Pakistan Deliverable Tentative timeline Training content 2 – 12 July 2018 Delivering training 14 – 16 July 2018 Drafting election observation report 3 – 10 August 2018 For interested candidates, please submit your application (cover letter and CV) to asia@democracy-reporting.org with “Elections Expert (Pakistan GSP+)” as the subject line. Deadline for applications: Closing date for applications is 4 July 2018 (midnight CET). DRI values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. The position may be filled before the close of the application period. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Internships at DRI DRI welcomes interns, and regularly publishes calls for internships. We encourage interested candidates to respond to such calls. Regrettably, we do not accept spontaneous and/or unsolicited applications for internships. To receive regular updates on DRI vacancies, please sign up for our newsletter. Democracy Reporting International gGmbH	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428427
__label__cc	0.632594	0.367406	Man on Facebook Live abusing toddler in bathtub The Kern County Sheriff's Office is investigating a disturbing video that has been circulating social media.In... Posted: Mar 22, 2018 7:35 PM Updated: Mar 22, 2018 7:35 PM The Kern County Sheriff's Office is investigating a disturbing video that has been circulating social media. Investigators said a man appears to be holding a toddler over a bathtub in a video posted on Facebook Live. The child appears to be screaming and slammed into the bathtub. Deputies were dispatched on Thursday around 12:30 a.m. to investigate the incident. During the investigation, a person of interest was identified as Virgil Mitchell. KCSO said officers in the Lynwood, Calif. area were sent to try to find Mitchell, 37, and where this incident happened. Investigators do not know when or where the incident occurred and said the investigation is on-going. Anyone with information is asked to contact KCSO at 661-861-3110. The case number is 20 18-00043237. Lorde apologizes for Whitney Houston bathtub joke Father of abused Arkansas toddlers speaks out Mother breaks silence about infant daughter's bathtub drowning Woman accused of drowning her newborn in bathtub Charges: Mother of slain toddler saw abuse but did nothing Toddler rescued from vent DeKalb Co. man found guilty of drowning 10-year-old son in bathtub Facebook apologizes for child abuse search suggestions Man in custody for killing caught on Facebook Live Feels Like: °	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428432
__label__cc	0.706073	0.293927	« Texas: State Judge Temporarily Blocks State Takeover of Houston Schools Jan Resseger: The Empowering and Hopeful Message of “SLAYING GOLIATH” » Daniel Koretz: American Students Are Not Getting Smarter, and Test-Based “Reforms” Are to Blame Daniel Koretz is one of the leading authorities on testing in the United States. A professor at Harvard University, he has written two important books about testing–its uses and misuses. The first was Measuring Up: What Educational Testing Really Tells Us. His latest is The Testing Charade: Pretending to Make Schools Better. He recently wrote an article about how the federal government’s demand for high-stakes testing has actually undermined education. He wrote: In December, we received more bad news about the achievement of American students: Our 15-year-olds made no significant progress in math and reading on PISA, the largest of the international tests. This followed on the heels of a new report from our National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which showed no real progress in reading or math for fourth or eighth grade students for the past decade, and longer for reading. The routine debate is underway about how bad this news is, but such arguments mostly miss a core lesson: America’s school reform movement has plainly failed. It’s time to face up to this failure and think about new approaches for improving education. The routine debate is underway about how bad this news is, but such arguments mostly miss a core lesson: America’s school reform movement has plainly failed. There have been numerous reforms over the past two decades, but at the heart of them are efforts to pressure educators to raise test scores. The idea is deceptively simple. Tests measure important things we want students to learn. Hold educators accountable for raising scores, and they will teach kids more. And by focusing accountability on low-scoring groups — most often by setting uniform targets via state or federal laws, such as No Child Left Behind and the Every Student Succeeds Act — we will close achievement gaps. Unfortunately, this concept has turned out to be more simplistic than simple, and it hasn’t worked. Even though the primary focus has been reading and math tests, reading hasn’t improved. Test-based accountability has contributed to math gains among younger students, but these improvements ended a decade ago, were achieved in part by taking time away from other subjects, and don’t persist until students graduate from school, making them of questionable value. The effort to improve equity has also failed. As I showed decades ago, the gap between racial and ethnic minorities and non-minority students started to narrow before the rush into test-based accountability, but that progress has ground to a halt in recent years. At the same time, as Sean Reardon at Stanford University has shown, the gap between rich and poor students has widened on a variety of independent tests. The gap between high- and low-scoring students overall has also recently grown larger. “Reform” that involves mandating high-stakes testing is a farce. Some politicians have claimed that the way to make kids smarter is to test them more frequently and to make the tests harder and harder. Koretz says this is nonsense. I say that the politicians should be required to take and pass the tests they mandate for helpless students. It is good to have our concerns and doubts about the pernicious effects of high-stakes testing confirmed by one of the nation’s leading testing experts. Categories Accountability, Education Reform, NCLB (No Child Left Behind), Race to the Top, Testing Steve Ruis says: I still find the expectation that American student’s performance on student tasks (aka tests) should get better quite bizarre. What is the basis for this expectation? It seems to be be some sort of desire for there to be “progress.” But, even in an industrial process there are limitations: the quality of the starting materials, the equipment/process used to transform the starting materials into products and the abilities of the workers involved. Improve the production process, improve the workers, improve the quality of the starting materials and we would all expect an improvement in the process, but not necessarily the quality of the product. The product might be made more economically, providing more profits or made more quickly, requiring less labor or … but an expectation that the product would be “better” is not necessarily built in. So, in order for American students to get better and better, we should need for American students to be improved by, what, evolution? Better public health? Maybe we expect that teachers will somehow magically become more effective. How much effort/progress has been made on this front? (Little to none.) How about the educational process? Has that been demonstrably improved? Yet politicians expect schools to get better and better and better at what they do, often with less and less being spent to do it. This is bizarre. They don’t even have a definition of “better.” SomeDAM Poet says: They also assume that the test “measures” progress toward or away from “better”. The whole thing is an undefined farce masquerading as science. There can never be consistent test score improvement because as soon as test scores improve, it is assumed that the test is faulty (too easy) if that many students are doing so well. So they change up the test and, voila!, test scores go back where they “should” be. The test makers can make the scores do anything they want. Want to make students look dumb? Drop the scaled scores. Want to make them look smart or like they are “improving”? Raise the scores. Such games are played all the time. Massachusetts played it with the MCAS and New York and other states played it with the Common Core “aligned” tests. The key to raising or lowering test results is the “cut score,” i.e., the passing mark. The cut score is easily manipulated, and no one is the wiser. Raise the passing mark, and you manufacture failure. Lower the passing mark, and the kids suddenly get higher scores. This happened in New York State in 2009, the year that Bloomberg faced re-election. The State Education Department (and Regents) lowered the cut scores, and Bloomberg bragged about dramatic improvements during his time in office. After the election, the public learned that the tests got “easier” and the score increase was manufactured. The biggest lie associated with “standardized” tests is that they are standardized because they are almost constantly being changed, which makes any comparison of scores over time suspect. What they really are is normalized, which, though related, is not the same. Biggest lie The whole test making and test scoring process is actually quite comical. Perhaps the most comical example of all I the “process” used by College Board. They completely remake their tests on an almost yearly basis and then have the audassity (not misspelled) to claim that they can compare scores over a period of years or even decades. One does not have to be a test expert to see through such malarkey. In fact, one would have to be a complete idiot to believe their claim. bkendall527 says: Diane Ravitch. To understand most test results you have to ignore the cut score(s). You have to look at both the scaled score and the range of the scale. All scales can be converted to a zero to 100 scale by calculating the percent of a perfect score. As a former teacher, you may have used the same math to calculate a student’s grade. Or you used a pre-made chart. And there are exceptions like the SAT, and every other assessment where zero does not start at zero. There you have to zero the scale range. Or write a formula. I use simple subtraction. And yes it is just that damn simple. Is it a perfect process, no. There are a few flaws, yes. But the translated scores better reflect student growth, and how many are left behind and how far groups of those students are left behind each year during birth through high school graduation years. If you knew as much about standardized tests as I do, you would understand that standardized tests are crappy, not our education, nor our teachers, nor our schools. The fact that federal law has forced all of the above to live or die by the results of these ill-designed, useless, intrinsically biased instruments is what’s really crappy. I apologize if I failed to make myself clear. The Total group scale scores are (on every assessment I have studied so far back to the 1967 national SAT assessment) below what a 70 would be as a percent of a perfect score. Maybe the test is the reason students average total group scores from 1967 through 2019 range from the high 40’s to the low 60’s as a percent of a perfect score. Or maybe not. I just know what the results are using the assessments from 1967 through 2019 are. And the PISA results are not much different. I translate results, and any score below a 70 is crappy as far as I am concerned. And if you know some expert that disagrees with me I would be happy to discuss my work and studies with them. And yes my work is so old school that it is unconventional. bkendall527, I served on the national testing board (that governs NAEP) for seven years. I reviewed questions. I found many that had been approved by multiple reviewers that were simply wrong: the questions were ambiguous and there was more than one “right answer.” I realized over time that the “Standardized Testing Mindset” is itself deeply damaging to young people–and to the adults who cite the results. Most questions of importance do not have a single right answer. Simple questions do, but we expect young people to think and make decisions, not to pick the one right answer to the questions they will confront in life. Let me repeat: Because of the mindset that standardized testing encourages, promotes, generates, and rewards, such tests are crap. I wish I had a nicer word with which to describe them. Try “garbage.” “Pointless.” “Damaging.” “Stupid.” I will not argue technicalities with you. That is akin to a detailed discussion of whether the moon is made of green cheese (yellow cheese?) and how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. THE great lesson of the quality control movement in business was that when you empower employees on the line to improve quality, quality improves. The secret sauce, there, is worker autonomy–the individual worker seeing that he or she can make a difference because the systems in place allow that to happen. The opposite theory of management is that of top-down command, coercion, and control based upon mandates issued by the few, often based, in turn, on flawed “data.” (Think of the quotas issued by authoritarian, fascist regimes for production of pig iron and pork bellies.) Perhaps the most important article on business written in the 20th century was “The Balanced Scorecared: Measures That Drive Performance, by Kaplan and Norton, which appeared in the Harvard Business Review in 1992. Here it is: https://hbr.org/1992/01/the-balanced-scorecard-measures-that-drive-performance-2 The great lesson from Kaplan and Norton is that if management works from incomplete data (in the case of U.S. business, from financial measures only), it will fail. But it’s worse than that if the data is itself invalid and corrupted, as in test-based education “Reform.” The Deformer theory was that “you get what you measure” and that if you measure performance, you will get it. But there are two major problems with this theory. The first: the measurements have to be accurate. You can’t work from flawed data from invalid tests. The second, even more important: that’s not how people actually tick. A great deal of research into human motivation has taught us that with regard to cognitive tasks, external punishments and rewards (e.g., test scores) are actually DEMOTIVATING. Deformers claim to understand business and to want to apply lessons from business to education, but they missed entirely the lessons of the quality control movement. You get continuous improvement by BOTTOM UP means. Return control to teachers. Give them smaller classes. Give them a LOT more free time to devote to Japanese-style Lesson Study, in which they meet with one another to recap the week’s work, plan lessons, share materials, choose materials, discuss what is working and what isn’t. Give them autonomy because that’s how people tick. The Prime Directive in education should be to create life-long, intrinsically motivated learners. Intrinsic motivation is THE KEY AND THE GOAL. And that comes by giving people a general goal and the autonomy to work toward it AS THEY SEE FIT. You remind me of a comment I heard when I spoke at a Texas School Board Association meeting a few years ago. A man in the crowd responded to my critique of the current testing regime this way. He said, “I’m an engineer. The factory I work for has a quality control system that spot-checks the items we produce. If we inspected every single item, we would spend all our time and energy inspecting and have no time to manufacture anything or work on improvements. The Japanese learned from Deming, Juran, Shewhart, and others that you have to empower the workers to decide when there is a problem that has to be addressed. Very different from instituting a top-down inspection system, or worse yet, a fully automated one. The power has to lie with teachers. What madness, this suggestion, huh? That we work, for a change, the way people are built to work. Intrinsically motivated people with autonomy achieve amazing things. The opposite of that: the beatings will continue until morale improves. Let me be absolutely clear that what I am NOT suggesting here is that we substitute for the current top-down, test-and-punish model one based upon a top-down “balanced scorecard” model. That, too, will fail as miserably as test-and-punish did. Any top-down system will. So, what’s the alternative? Return control to teachers. Give them the time and autonomy that they need to choose materials and plan. Give them a national wiki, completely open and free, to which researchers and scholars and classroom practitioners can post assessments and lesson plans and vocabulary lists and reading lists and curriculum maps and from which teachers can freely choose. DO NOT PUT THIS INTO THE HANDS OF ANY CENTRALIZED GATEKEEPER. The last thing that education needs is some kind of centralized Thought Police. It needs a free forum for ideas and free teachers, ones who actually run things at the school level, to choose from the materials and ideas in that national forum. The quality control movement was designed for manufacturing, for which the goal is standardization and the elimination of all variation in the process and product. Demings observations regarding workers are certainly important, but the problem is that the whole business frame for education is fundamentally flawed. Students are not products, but people. I fully agree, SomeDAM. My point was not that we should take from that movement the idea that IS applicable–that one gets continuous improvement from bottom-up methods, ones that increase worker autonomy, ones that empower those on the line. Yes, it is another form of DEFORMY insanity to attempt to standardize. The last thing we need in education is a whole bunch of autocratic “black belt” Six Sigma types. Or some top-down “balanced scorecard.” Been there. Done that. Utter failure. The argument against what I am suggesting–that teachers be given power over what and how they teach–is an old one: this would be the inmates running the asylum. But people who think that don’t understand the power of intrinsic motivation resulting from autonomy. And they don’t understand how social sanction generates stability with improvement over time in actual communities. We need teacher-run schools paired with the freedom to choose from among curricular and pedagogical ideas and methods that are continually added to and refined, in democratic fora, by researchers, scholars, and classroom practitioners. I understand that this is a radical idea. And it has a name: democracy. What you get when you have power at the school level, with teachers, is something like the Common Law (as opposed to Statutory law). You get stability with innovation to meet particular, changed circumstances. Social sanction within empowered communities of practices lends stability. Autonomy in those communities of practice allows for innovation and continuous but nondisruptive improvement. Back before we moved power from the school to the district then to the state and then to the feds, that’s the situation that prevailed. Walk into any 9th-grade English classroom in the US, and the teacher would be teaching Romeo and Juliet. Why? Social sanction, established practice, the habits of the tribe. But, publish an article in the English Journal about the value of the writing process (of prewriting and revision) or of sentence combining for increasing students’ syntactic fluency, and millions of teachers would adopt it? Why? Because they had the power to do that. They had autonomy. They could meet as a department and make this decision, and they didn’t have an administrator telling them, that’s not on Lord Coleman’s bullet list. There are proper roles for administration–facilities maintenance, funding, ensuring compliance with federal and state laws requiring equity with regard to race, socioeconomic status, and disability, ensuring that teachers be properly credentialed. But the power to determine what should be taught and how has to rest with teachers. That autonomy is the real source of continuous improvement because of the power of intrinsic motivation. Intrinsically motivated, empowered people make positive change. Scripted people bots do not. My nominee for most Orwellian statement ever made over the course of Education Disruption and Deform has to be Bill Gates, not only because he funded all this destructive nonsense but for this gem: his INSANE claim that you get innovation by standardization. Spoken like the monopolist he is. Ideas matter. Lord, what damage that idea has done!!! The thesis of the Common Core is that standardization is necessary to create a national marketplace for new software and teaching materials, which in turn leads to innovation because of the large market. The way you get innovation is from having small competitors, including new entrance, in the marketplace. What makes that possible? Well, when you have competing state standards or no state standards at all, that’s what happens. Let me give you a real-life example. Years ago, I was working as a baby editor at McDougal, Littell. The company was small enough, in those days, to sit down at a card game together, if we had wanted to. At the time, I was working on the big, national Literature program we were doing. Well, Texas did a peculiar call for a unique Literature program for challenged students. They wanted one that integrated literature study with everything else in the curriculum–writing, grammar and usage, spelling, speaking and listening, etc. The big publishers weren’t interested. Too small a market–one state. But McDougal was small and saw and opportunity. They did an Integrated Language Arts Literature program for that one state call. It was headed up by a very capable young woman named Julie Schumacher. Well, as it turned out, people in other states liked that program too. The weird program for the odd call from the little company BECAME THE BESTSELLING LITERATURE PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY. National standards allow behemoths to monopolize. Innovation through standardization is like smoking as a cancer cure. That ought to be obvious enough. Gates knew I’ve lived through an effective school improvement plan. It was a deliberate effort by both teachers and administrators to work together for the good of the students. It was an evolutionary process that involved training, research and mutual respect from all members of the team. Our result had nothing to do with testing or outside interests. We changed curricula and provided more supports and services to students. Empowered people make positive change. EVERYONE gets up in the morning and wants to do that, unless he or she is so beaten down by external control as to be angry, frustrated, tired, resigned, over it. Sticking to the industrial analogy, yes the factory needs materials to arrive in production quality form, not as a somewhat inconsistent processed raw material. It also needs consistent support from the material suppliers during the manufacturing process. The end goal is for the finished product to become a supplier of quality production material, and be better skilled at supporting the material during the manufacturing process. This needs to become a continuous forward cycle. Improving the process with each cycle. Just one answer to your questions. One of the profound idiocies of education deform is the notion of a single track of college and career readiness for all students. Students differ. So do the needs of a profoundly diverse, pluralistic economy. Students aren’t widgets to be identically milled. We need cosmologists and cosmetologists, not a Procrustean bed where students are maimed in the name of standardization and uniformity. “Kids ain’t learning” Says the test Testing’s burning Up the best Testing more Is testing bane Testing lore Is most to blame LORE. yes. Such books are extremely important. It’s time to end this expensive boondoggle that has so trivialized and distorted U.S. curricula and pedagogy, stolen humane education from a generation of students, and driven those students to depression, despair, and to unprecedented levels of suicide. Stopping by School on a Disruptive Afternoon \| Bob Shepherd after decades of test-driven education “reform” Whose schools these are, I think I know. His house is near Seattle though. to watch what kids now undergo. My better angels think it queer to see a place so void of cheer what with the tests and data chats, the data walls with children’s stats. Where are the joys of yesterday— when kids would draw and sing and play? The only sound I hear’s defeat and pencils on the bubble sheets. Disrupters say, unflappable, “We’re building Human Capital!” Such word goes out from their think tanks, as they their profits build and bank. “Music, stories, art, and play won’t teach Prole children to obey with servile, certain, gritful grace and know their rightful, lowly place.” The fog is heavy, dark and deep. Where thinking tanks, Deformers creep and from our children childhood steal and grind them underneath the wheel. Disruption of the Commonweal is that in which Deformers deal that they might thereby crises fake as cover whereby they might take (the smiling villains!) take and take and take and take and take and take. This poem may be shared freely. (Please do!) But please include the attribution. Thanks! Thanks, Bob! Thank you, RT. One posts these pieces and wonders, will anyone ever read them? Thank you, SomeDAM. That means a lot coming from you, with your incomparable skill at this. So called reform has distorted curricula content and tested our young people ad nauseam. While the same misguided individuals continue to blame our teachers and schools, our problems are far more complex than raising scores. Our resulting narrowed curricula have denied too many students a well rounded comprehensive education. The education of our young people has become and political and economic football that has frustrated teachers, parents and students. To move forward we must make investments in our schools and return autonomy to our teachers who understand far better than politicians what our young people need. We must free our schools from political and corporate influences. The “gap” cannot be erased by testing. The gap is the result of political and economic factors over which public schools have no ability to change. Ohio Algebra II Teacher says: From reading the article, it’s hard to be certain Koretz is really on the right side for testing. Among the reasons he doesn’t like testing (including some absolutely correct ones that Diane highlights) is that teachers are able to game the system and increase test scores without increasing actual learning. He suggests that better tests would be good. He also gives the impression of being an accountability hawk. While he doesn’t agree with accountability by testing (partially because of the faulty tests), he does seem to believe that higher accountability for teachers is a key to future education improvement. Koretz creates cognitive dissonance for me, because he says some great things, but he also gives me an anti-teacher vibe that makes me think he’s also trying to appeal to an Ed Reform crowd. Maybe because he IS a Professor at HAAHVAD and is well above the rank and file of “regular” teachers that he gives that impression? (sarcasm!) How would we know whether or not students are “getting smarter”? PISA scores? Please. The fact that record numbers of young people are organizing and joining activist organizations like DSA and actually fighting back against the 1% tells me that there are a hell of a lot of smart young people these days. I’d say that as a group, the young people are much smarter than many (if not most) of the adults, many of whom basically stick their heads in the sand and pretend that most problems like climate change don’t exist. It’s very ironic that the idiots are judging who is smart. It is, indeed. As you doubtless know, even the oh-so-limited IQ tests have had to be recalibrated, over the course of a century, many times, to account for the overall increases in IQ in the population. The Flynn Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect It is doubly ironic that the laws about testing are passed by people who couldn’t pass the tests they mandate. Here is the link to the article: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/american-students-aren-t-getting-smarter-test-based-reform-initiatives-ncna1103366 H/T: Stephen Ronan writerjoney says: I can’t help thinking that what tests mostly show is how angry students are about the whole process. “Why are you pushing me through this garbage again and again?. I’ m smarter than you are” may well be what students are revealing in their response to tests. From my point of view as a retired and successful school principal, education is really the opportunity for students to become involved with work that is part of their future; difficult but also meaningful and enjoyable. What they need are classrooms and outside activities that focus on their interests and needs as emerging adults. They are not idiots who must submit to textbook garbage, meaningless assignments, and the endless torture of tests. I saw this every time we gave a standardized test. Almost the universal reaction. Anger and frustration of the idiocy of the adults giving this garbage. Give me the student who writes across the answer sheet, “Sorry, but my mind is too deliciously nonstandard for your standardized test to even begin to measure its capabilities and too uncommon and original for your oh-so common Common Core.” Somewhere in my effects there is a picture one of my artistic students drew on a practice PARCC test we gave several years ago. It was a beautiful self portrait looking wistfully out of the pages of the test booklet with something written about the difficulty of teaching a fish to fly. That’s quite the story you told about the T-shirt salesperson, RT! So terribly sad. Like most responders I wrote before I read. But fortunately I agreed with all of them. Can’t we replace the idiots wasting everybody’s time and money on testing? We’d do a much better job of teaching and also be cheaper. While the average scale scores of students have remained relatively stagnate since 1967, the numbers, and possibly the percentages of students testing have increased. And while the average scale scores are crappy (failing [below 70] as a percent of a perfect score) more students are being tested. That is evidence of both growth and a better measure of where we are. One example of positive change and growth is my youngest. Evaluated as autistic before he was two, it was recommended that he be institutionalized. My wife and I disagreed. Currently, he is in graduate school. He scored a 32 out of a possible 36 in reading on the ACT. As a percent of a perfect score that would be an 89 out of a possible 100 in reading. And yes, one example out of millions may not be meaningful. But I also know he is not alone. More students are getting a half-assed birth through high school education today than ever before. The problem is that very few people in the U.S. know (or admit it publicly) that it has been half-assed for a supermajority of students for more than a half-century. I suspect more folks would know and discuss the crappy education if Education Wonks did a little mathematical thinking and used their elementary and middle school math skills to figure it out for themselves. Sounds like your son did not get a “crappy education.” How did the U.S. become a world power if 90% of us had a “crappy education”? Do you think the kids who get vouchers to go to Evangelical schools where they learn that humans and dinosaurs co-existed get a better education? Or do you like the no-excuses charters where kids are punished if they don’t walk in a straight line or dare to speak to a friend without permission in the hallway? Considering PISA results for as far back as they go, education has been crappy for most of the planet for longer than most of us have been alive. And yes I know this is hard to believe. When I figured out how to translate the various scaled scoring systems to a common scale of zero to 100 I did not believe it either. At first. What made it even harder to believe was that converting the scoring systems to a zero to 100 scale only required a little Elementary and Middle school math, and some applied mathematical thinking. When one realizes that every scale score is also a fraction of the whole scale range. And all you have to do to find the percent of the whole is divide it by the whole. Teachers do the same thing to calculate grades for their students when 100 is a perfect score. Diane. We became a world power in part because our infrastructure was not repeatedly destroyed since the mid-1860’s, unlike other countries around the world and again during WWI, and especially WWII. And we became an attractive mostly peaceful place for people to move to, bringing skills and knowledge with them, effectively draining from other countries’ pool of human resources. The benefit of an incomplete military education and 20-years of practice (U.S. Army, Infantry) where one learns to defeat the enemy by eliminating their capacity to fight by reducing their resources, human and otherwise, and to diminish their motivation to continue through attrition and reduced moral. And at home, your country continues to build upon its infrastructure, before, during, and after. I give you the Industrial Military Complex as an example. And we (U.S.) have had a penchant for sending American’s abroad to places seldom thought of so Americans can continue their World Geography lessons for the rest of their lives. My wife and I attended public schools, and all of our children attended both public and Department of Defense schools. As to the types of schools you asked about, I have reservations and concerns. And, I am no fan of them. I always appreciate it when I am asked questions. It certainly benefitted the US, as compared to Europe and Japan, that our country’s infrastructure was not destroyed during the world wars of the 20th Century. However your claim that our public education system has crippled our nation simply doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. First of all, this country has an incredibly productive workforce. Second, our public investments in low-cost higher education (until recently) created a thriving middle-class. Third, our public investment in basic and applied research in science (until recently) created a very successful and advanced technological and medical sector. Fourth, our vigorous private sector wisely used these government investments to generate medical, scientific, and technological advances. Fifth, the countries that were crushed by wars in the 20th Century have risen to become our equals because we paid to help them rebuild. Most of them have learned from us to invest in science, education, and technology and to build a strong middle class. Meanwhile, we have a government that is attacking science, underfunding education, putting higher education out of reach of many striving youth, and allowing predatory entrepreneurs to get fat while the middle class is hollowed out. “Many young teachers — who are trying to do right by their students — are told explicitly that bad test prep is good teaching. Having never seen any other way, they believe it, and their students suffer.” –From the Koretz article toward the end. I have had conversations with young teachers that validate this point. If you think that good teaching consists of tailoring your instruction to specific lists of ideas (which are maliciously termed “standards”), then you have been victimized by a false narrative. Teaching far more resembles a cornfield, which sprouts good corn after years of good soil management and fertilization techniques. Education is not widget production. Gordon Wilder says: Some time ago I posted show me a written test that shows how valuable a person is to society by that test. Someone wrote about a Chinese test that did indeed help society but that observation was about finances exclusively. Important of course but there are MANY things which have shaped society for the better. The great moral leaders have led the way. Again, show me a written test or test score which shows the value to society of a student or adult. It was confirmed by THE world’s leading test expert even before the high-stakes testing in the US devolved into what it is now. See Noel Wilson’s never refuted nor rebutted 1997 dissertation “Educational Standards and the Problem of Error” found at https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/viewFile/577/700 Brief outline of Wilson’s “Educational Standards and the Problem of Error” and some comments of mine. (updated 6/24/13 per Wilson email) 1. A description of a quality can only be partially quantified. Quantity is almost always a very small aspect of quality. It is illogical to judge/assess a whole category only by a part of the whole. The assessment is, by definition, lacking in the sense that “assessments are always of multidimensional qualities. To quantify them as unidimensional quantities (numbers or grades) is to perpetuate a fundamental logical error” (per Wilson). The teaching and learning process falls in the logical realm of aesthetics/qualities of human interactions. In attempting to quantify educational standards and standardized testing the descriptive information about said interactions is inadequate, insufficient and inferior to the point of invalidity and unacceptability. A major epistemological mistake is that we attach, with great importance, the “score” of the student, not only onto the student but also, by extension, the teacher, school and district. Any description of a testing event is only a description of an interaction, that of the student and the testing device at a given time and place. The only correct logical thing that we can attempt to do is to describe that interaction (how accurately or not is a whole other story). That description cannot, by logical thought, be “assigned/attached” to the student as it cannot be a description of the student but the interaction. And this error is probably one of the most egregious “errors” that occur with standardized testing (and even the “grading” of students by a teacher). Wilson identifies four “frames of reference” each with distinct assumptions (epistemological basis) about the assessment process from which the “assessor” views the interactions of the teaching and learning process: the Judge (think college professor who “knows” the students capabilities and grades them accordingly), the General Frame-think standardized testing that claims to have a “scientific” basis, the Specific Frame-think of learning by objective like computer based learning, getting a correct answer before moving on to the next screen, and the Responsive Frame-think of an apprenticeship in a trade or a medical residency program where the learner interacts with the “teacher” with constant feedback. Each category has its own sources of error and more error in the process is caused when the assessor confuses and conflates the categories. Wilson elucidates the notion of “error”: “Error is predicated on a notion of perfection; to allocate error is to imply what is without error; to know error it is necessary to determine what is true. And what is true is determined by what we define as true, theoretically by the assumptions of our epistemology, practically by the events and non-events, the discourses and silences, the world of surfaces and their interactions and interpretations; in short, the practices that permeate the field. . . Error is the uncertainty dimension of the statement; error is the band within which chaos reigns, in which anything can happen. Error comprises all of those eventful circumstances which make the assessment statement less than perfectly precise, the measure less than perfectly accurate, the rank order less than perfectly stable, the standard and its measurement less than absolute, and the communication of its truth less than impeccable.” In other words all the logical errors involved in the process render any conclusions invalid. The test makers/psychometricians, through all sorts of mathematical machinations attempt to “prove” that these tests (based on standards) are valid-errorless or supposedly at least with minimal error [they aren’t]. Wilson turns the concept of validity on its head and focuses on just how invalid the machinations and the test and results are. He is an advocate for the test taker not the test maker. In doing so he identifies thirteen sources of “error”, any one of which renders the test making/giving/disseminating of results invalid. And a basic logical premise is that once something is shown to be invalid it is just that, invalid, and no amount of “fudging” by the psychometricians/test makers can alleviate that invalidity. Having shown the invalidity, and therefore the unreliability, of the whole process Wilson concludes, rightly so, that any result/information gleaned from the process is “vain and illusory”. In other words start with an invalidity, end with an invalidity (except by sheer chance every once in a while, like a blind and anosmic squirrel who finds the occasional acorn, a result may be “true”) or to put in more mundane terms crap in-crap out. And so what does this all mean? I’ll let Wilson have the second to last word: “So what does a test measure in our world? It measures what the person with the power to pay for the test says it measures. And the person who sets the test will name the test what the person who pays for the test wants the test to be named.” In other words it attempts to measure “’something’ and we can specify some of the ‘errors’ in that ‘something’ but still don’t know [precisely] what the ‘something’ is.” The whole process harms many students as the social rewards for some are not available to others who “don’t make the grade (sic)” Should American public education have the function of sorting and separating students so that some may receive greater benefits than others, especially considering that the sorting and separating devices, educational standards and standardized testing, are so flawed not only in concept but in execution? My answer is NO!!!!! One final note with Wilson channeling Foucault and his concept of subjectivization: “So the mark [grade/test score] becomes part of the story about yourself and with sufficient repetitions becomes true: true because those who know, those in authority, say it is true; true because the society in which you live legitimates this authority; true because your cultural habitus makes it difficult for you to perceive, conceive and integrate those aspects of your experience that contradict the story; true because in acting out your story, which now includes the mark and its meaning, the social truth that created it is confirmed; true because if your mark is high you are consistently rewarded, so that your voice becomes a voice of authority in the power-knowledge discourses that reproduce the structure that helped to produce you; true because if your mark is low your voice becomes muted and confirms your lower position in the social hierarchy; true finally because that success or failure confirms that mark that implicitly predicted the now self-evident consequences. And so the circle is complete.” In other words students “internalize” what those “marks” (grades/test scores) mean, and since the vast majority of the students have not developed the mental skills to counteract what the “authorities” say, they accept as “natural and normal” that “story/description” of them. Although paradoxical in a sense, the “I’m an “A” student” is almost as harmful as “I’m an ‘F’ student” in hindering students becoming independent, critical and free thinkers. And having independent, critical and free thinkers is a threat to the current socio-economic structure of society. Don’t know why my paragraph breaks don’t come through when I post here. Thanks for this re-posting. It reminded me that one of the things that made me keep coming here for the ideas was this exact post. Thanks Duane. retiredbutmissthekids says: Yay, Duane! & keep posting this for the many new readers Diane always have (& will certainly have even more after they’ve read Slaying Goliath). Thanks for the link. Downloaded and put in my current reading file. Since I have my own list of things that can be wrong on any assessment, it should be an interesting read. & bkendall–if you’re still reading here (This comment is late to the party)–read some of the info. about the gross inaccuracies of “standardized” test scoring–Todd Farley’s 2009 book (unfortunately, what he wrote about is still the case), Making the Grades: My Misadventures in the Standardized Testing Industry. Diane posted an interview w/Todd on Nov. 27, 2012. Finally, Mr. Farley has posted on Huffington, esp. about computer-scored tests, so you might want to read that. Thanks for the suggestion. And I will add it to my growing reading list. I have been building a list of the things that are detrimental to assessing academic knowledge in an academic environment, and hope to add to the list. I am not anti-assessment, even though I except all academic testing as potentially flawed, even those assessments created by classroom teachers. Yet, what can replace it, that itself is not flawed? It is a question for which I do not know the answers. My work, studies, and nitch are focused on making published standardized assessment results understandable for anyone interested. And the general reaction is disbelief or anger, or both. And it is not unexpected. Since standardized tests are accurate barometers of wealth and poverty, why don’t you publicize that fact? I would like to hear your thoughts on Wilson’s work after you read them. Please feel free to contact me at dswacker@centurytel.net. Please put Wilson’s work in the subject. Gracias. For a simpler read on invalidity see Wilson’s review of the standards and testing bible: A Little Less than Valid: An Essay Review http://edrev.asu.edu/index.php/ER/article/view/1372/43 Thanks, Duane.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428439
__label__cc	0.50778	0.49222	Is He His YMCMB Brothers’ Keeper? HSK Exclusive – The 1997 unsolved murder of one of the first set of artists signed to Cash Money Records — 22-year-old U.N.L.V. rapper, Albert ‘Yella Boy’ Thomas — appears to be a shooting death YMCMB’s three founding fathers know everything about. Don’t believe me.. Just ask Birdman’s locked-up-for-life half-brother, Terrance E. Williams (aka ‘Gangsta’). The convicted drug kingpin — and last surviving member of New Orleans’ notorious Hot Boys “D-Boy clique” — is a proven inmate-turned-informant, looking to land a get out of jail card! A tipster tells us… that’s why Birdman and Slim “ain’t at ease”. “I will testify to these events in a Court of Law and Indictments and Prosecution to solve these two murders.” You may recall… Back in 1999, ‘Gangsta’ Williams — reported to have put up “around $100,000” to start the Cash Money record label — was delivered a life-sentence “plus 240 years for ‘continued criminal enterprise’ and ‘conspiracy to commit murder.'” Now, HSK has exclusively obtained court documents uncovering Gangsta’s February 2008 official declaration to give up information “in two murders…awarding [him] a sentence reduction.” “I have very valuable irrefutable information concerning two homicides and one attempt murder.” ~Terrance E. Williams, to New Orleans, LA District Attorney Keva L. Jones, February 29, 2008. In Terrance E. Williams’ following ‘AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF SENTENCE REDUCTION’, filed on April 25, 2008, ‘Gangsta’ confirms the ‘freeman time’ he was bargaining for… in exchange for the information he provided. Nearly two-years later, an arrest was made in connection to a cold case homicide. According to the docs… that murder was one of the two detailed for the feds, by Terrance E. Williams. Here’s what NOLA reported on April 12, 2010: “A dozen years after 17-year-old Colon Cains was gunned down in Central City, New Orleans police have arrested and booked a suspect with first-degree murder. On October 8, 1997, police responding to a call of a shooting at Second and Lasalle streets found Cains’ body inside of a vehicle with a gunshot wound to his head. Cains died in the hospital. The murder went unsolved until NOPD Detective Decynda Barnes reinvestigated the case, said NOPD spokeswoman Officer Hilal Williams, and identified 37-year-old Alton Patterson as a suspect last week. Police booked Patterson with one count of attempted first-degree murder and one count of first-degree murder.” A source reveals… “Get the Gat” rapper, Alton G. Patterson — artistically known as ‘Lil’ Elt’ — was signed to Cash Money in the early 90’s. We’re told, “Patterson was found not guilty” of the murder charges against him. As for the December 26, 1997 murder of Ishmael Fernandez cited in the docs… despite Terrance Williams’ drop detailed, the murder case is said to remain unsolved to date. With longtime word pegging Birdman as behind Yella Boy’s murder, insiders reveal that’s the case homicide that detectives have been focused on solving for some time now. While Terrance Williams currently continues his life-sentence behind bars, a tipster tells us the former Hot Boyz drug kingipn is penning a tell-all… said to have sparked Birdman and Slim to question if their Gangsta CMB is their brother’s keeper. “Word on the streets is Gangsta is signing up to be a state witness. Yella Boy boss’ed up to Birdman and Slim over royalties they owed him and his group. It wasn’t long after that when Yella was rocked to sleep. The tear drops Birdman and Wayne got rep they know who murked Yella Boy. Wayne must feel like a jackass because Birdman used him up. Wayne owes the IRS more than $12 million and Birdman doesn’t give a fck. He’s a YMCMB employee… Birdman and Slim run, own errythang.” Previous articleGreg & Nene’s ‘Criminal Past’ Leaked! Next articleSay Uncle! Justin Bieber’s Dad’s Got 99 Problems & His Ex-BFF’s One! Josh Mar 5, 2014 at 08:07 I’m not shocked it got started with drug money and i’m not shocked why people leave them as opposed to doing something about getting ripped off. Detroit Slim Mar 5, 2014 at 08:25 I hope Birdbrain and that Lurch-lookin nigga brother of his go to jail. They been fckin people over for YEARS! Its wrong that they got to the level they got off the work of others. Same with puffy’s weak ass. Sad thing is ca$h rules the courts, so they aint gonna see no time. Anonymous Oct 25, 2018 at 01:40 BlackAnastasia Mar 5, 2014 at 08:51 Being a NewOrleanian myself theirs been rumors in the streets about these events for many years and its surprising that Gangsta would wait now to disclose this info. Shucky Mar 28, 2014 at 20:18 Exactly…the RUMORS have been spreading for years now & he still has LIFE…so where is the lesser sentence??????!!!!!! Anonymous May 11, 2018 at 03:46 That’s because he was stiff at 1st. Now he don’t wanna b n jail no mo BOSSK3 Mar 5, 2014 at 09:59 WOW what niggas will do for there freedom the game is all fckd up Anonymous Mar 11, 2015 at 09:50 Anonymous Nov 7, 2019 at 12:07 Ms. Gemini Mar 5, 2014 at 10:03 I mean, the music business has always been full of scandal, but it just seems that it has degraded into a total cesspool. Are there any legit people in the game anymore? Serious question? crazychris Mar 5, 2014 at 11:33 BX2DaDeath Mar 5, 2014 at 10:09 I thought his nickname was “Head Bussa”? That was stone’s nickname Anonymous Jul 21, 2015 at 17:08 Exactly where Popeye? Anonymous Mar 5, 2014 at 10:57 The music industry is far worse than the streets.in the streets there is codes you follow. There is no codes or morals in the music industry,just lawyers. No, Back in the day there used to be codes such as no killing women and babies. It was the old school way of doing things. But now, that’s all changed. Long gone are the days of honoring codes. Youngkittycash Mar 14, 2017 at 01:06 Code no woman no babies theres never been no code its just out in the open now.Go back to your pc this shit here is for real ninjas Anonymous Aug 1, 2016 at 14:34 People dnt follow no codes in the street… None of this has to do wit music… It all started in da street… They been fuccin people over, in clouding gangsta… It is wat it is tho brooklyn gurl Mar 5, 2014 at 11:09 The music industry is so evil and dirtier than satan’s underwear okay what about magnolia shorty who was gunned down and souljah slim who was a member of cash money and no limit. can’t forget all the other deaths in the new orleans rap industry. master p rapped about his dead brother for years and was the killer ever found. skull duggery is in jail for rape I believe. tre 8 and mr. magic died in car wrecks. mac, c murder, bg are all in prison. turk just got free career dead. juvenile has some legal troubles exc girl and daughter shot dead. mannie fresh had a sister get shot. birdman had a sister get shot. mystikal’s sister was killed by her boyfriend who amazingly did’nt go to jail for it. okay is this blood sacrifice, dealing with satan or is it the crime rate in louisiana or is it because all these people sold drugs and was involved ingaNGS AND TALKED ABOUT IT IN THEIR MUSIC. Norma Jean Mar 5, 2014 at 11:52 Just that bad down here , really. Magic and his wife was in an accident they were my neighborhood friends, as fir the others the crime is real out here… ask my nigga meatball..ya dig kingpincanada Jan 19, 2015 at 19:48 I thought meatball was dead didn’t he go straight and the streets thought he was an informant got killed in his car I swear I red that somewhere scorpiogirl Mar 6, 2014 at 06:13 You can add August Alsina’s brother to that list. They are from New Orleans and his brother got murdered 3 yrs ago. only heard august alsinas song I got that once. don’t listyen to rap no more Gingerbread31 Mar 6, 2014 at 10:44 @ChrazyChris, don’t get it twisted! Street soldiers did their thing, but the police was very much informed of everything going on and their hands are just as dirty. And I’m not just talking, I know about all of this because I was chillin on 6th and Baronne myself… Anonymous Aug 24, 2016 at 14:37 You think N.O. music business dirty than Chicago suckin' on the devil's dick. Black Pearl Mar 5, 2014 at 12:11 Drug dealing for what ever reasons equals crime, violence, murder, death or if one is lucky incarceration. I don’t know if one can ever completely get out of that lifestyle. Spider Apr 5, 2014 at 11:53 I did get out that life style in 1998 never look back been gone for over 20 years Yes they can and many now often do, The way is bring tha same heads u been wit with you when u succeed then theres absolutely nothing that would make u wanna go back..DbkLox LALA BROWN AND HER BOYFRIEND WAS KILLED AND THEIR MURDERS ARE UNSOLVED. WHO KILLED DOE B RECENTLY. JOHN WHITEHEAD FROM MCFADDEN AQND WHITEHEAD WAS SHOT AND HIS MURDER IS UNSOLVED. DON MYRICK FROM EARTH WIND AND FIRE WAS SHOT BY A COP. KING CURTIS WAS STABBED TO DEATH. DARRELL BANKS WAS KILLED BY A COP. What does Doe B’s murder have to do with New Orleans or Cash Money? His Killers turned themselves in Darius Thomas and Jason McWilliams friends that he was having a beef with. Although alot of people thinking T.I. was behind it, his sacrifice thinking about all the deaths in the music industry and the ones folks barely think about. New Orleans is a mess. Voodoo, color struck negroes and whites. Poverty, drugs, sex, gangs,prostitution, whore houses, bodies buried on top of the group. Killas lurking in the swamps at all times. Alot of unsolved murders and crimes. Chucky_1stlady Mar 5, 2014 at 17:26 Unless u live or have lived in New Orleans, you can’t speak on ish! Right. If it’s so damn bad, why do most folks continue to flock to N.O when they want a great time, some good food and the best music scene in the country? Sure, we have our problems, but we have been strong for 400+ years and we will continue to be the most unique city in the US. As for color struck negroes, voodoo and all the other things you mentioned, we have a culture you could not possibly understand and we’re proud of it. And that we don’t want to understand or know about. Yeah, losers low-lives are proud of losin’. It is why y’all will always be slaves. Just make us some gumbo, sing a bit, then STFU and STFD TG Mar 6, 2014 at 12:05 Your life must suck to diss a city for no reason. Idiots always talk about things they have no knowledge about. No I just know how to pick up a book and read. Anonymous Jul 5, 2014 at 20:39 Suabd 225 504 JRP Mar 8, 2014 at 13:20 Hopefully headed there in 2015 for a convention. If I can afford it I’d like to extend my stay b/c I want to see it & hear the music not just buy some postcards at the hotel. christa Mar 8, 2014 at 21:10 YAY!!!! JRP You will love it I promise. It is impossible to NOT have a great time in New Orleans, and I’m so glad that you’re going at a time other than Carnival. Mardi Gras can be a lot of fun, but it isn’t the best way to get the true flava of the city. Get ready for some fantastic food and music, and maybe some history stuff too if you’re so inclined. Fo real New Orleans is my home if u aren’t from there u don’t understand Zion Malik Mar 12, 2015 at 09:43 They’ll never understand the city nor its background! #NOLABOUNDUPTOWN Can't be too fckin' bad… My great grandpa' emigrated there from Sicily before headed to Chicago. ENT GOON Mar 5, 2014 at 13:46 GOD, let the chips fall where they may So, we can safely assume Hurricane Katrina was God’s punishment. Damn, to kill a 17 year old kid cuz he wanna get paid? YMCB needs to go down, all the way down the toilet. guest Jul 16, 2015 at 16:36 Yep! I have always said that and always will. Jayde Da-Blade Mar 5, 2014 at 15:53 When you make a deal with the devil she will want to get paid. When you make a deal for your soul and you lose the devil will come to collect and will want a life. If you are not prepared to give her yours then you must give. So we see how one selfish soul will continue to give many souls to feed the beast that he or she owes every thing to. This is a bill they willingly and wantingly pay with out as much as a simper or tear. These beast are excited to find a fool that may get close enough to get themselves offed. go Mar 5, 2014 at 19:54 Didn’t baby kill his own brother? Yeah we’ll make you some gumbo alright. Come on down and get it. And after you’re finished eating your gumbo we will also throw you a second line and put your picture on a fresh white tee. Asshole. TchopChick Mar 5, 2014 at 21:29 Ya’heard me? Yah, brag ’bout what you gonna do to another black person and go lick some white trash azz. stupid slave fool. Nobody in the N.O. kisses white trash azz. They kiss ours. Truth. They wouldn’t be nothing without our culture and they KNOW it. Why you think that we have had black mayors since the 1970’s? New Orleans has a black mayor because it is mostly populated by blacks. Whites migrate to the outskirts and suburbs and can no longer run in the city. No different from other largely populated black cities. Detroit, Chicago, Birmingham, Atlanta, and a host of others all have black mayors. Sorry but you could not be more wrong! The wealthiest bluest pf blood whites never fled the city for the suburbs in New Orleans. This s another example of how outsiders don’t know beans about our city. We are nothing like ATL, DC, Detroit et al. In the Garden District and Uptown where I grew up, A 3 million dollar Victorian mansion is 3 blocks from a project and blacks and whites are right on top of each other. There are so many things which make us unique…we aren’t a shopping mall community like ATL. We are real history and flavor. Blacks and whites are inter-related too. We all have the same names and most of us are Catlick! Majority of whites live in Slidell. Why would you try to refute anything that can be researched and is proven by statistics? EXCUSE ME? RESEARCH?? I have lived there for 25 years. You couldn’t possibly know anything about N.O. to say that the majority of whites live in Slidell. That is hilarious! Sure there are lots of whites in Metairie, Slidell, Covington, The West Bank and on and on, BUT there is no “white flight” in N.O. proper. Orleans Parish is and always has been THE prime and chosen address of choice for wealthy white and Black New Orleans’ residents. That is akin to saying Manhattanites are fleeing to Long Island. Not happening. Oh, the Morials were black, ‘scuse me, my bad. Anonymous Jun 9, 2019 at 18:28 jay Mar 6, 2014 at 09:59 Ya heard me ? Thats funny. lol. You gotta love New Orleans man. The culture is so unique My mother is from there. She gave me the Music man. haaaaaaa Yep. Anyone hating on the N.O. is just uninformed or lying. The black culture there is amazing! Did your Moms ever tell you about the Mardi Gras Indians? You never saw anything like them anywhere! WHO DESERVE LOYALTY AT THIS POINT?? THEM NIGGARZ IS DEADLY..LOGIC TELLS ME THAT THEY ALL SOULED OUT IF YOU GET ME….AND PAYBACK AIN’T ONLY A BITCH IT MIGHT BE A STEP BROTHER OR SISTER! yes , she use to take me to the Mardi gras every year from Miami were we live now. It was a very unique and fascinating experience.New Orleans has a musical spirit. But its also a lot of poverty which makes it extremely dangerous. But its all good. The people are really nice down inside. arm Apr 1, 2014 at 22:45 FUCK BABY! FUCK GANGSTA! RIP YELLA BOY! OmegaSupreem Apr 9, 2014 at 14:17 Man, Lil Elto ain’t killed nobody! That’s my homie, cool ass cat. Like always, this Shit be all wrong and passed off as truth to people who don’t know. FromthestreetsofNO Mar 10, 2015 at 09:17 Gangsta violating the code…as ignorant as it sounds there is a code. If you get caught its yo’ charge!!!!!!!! But baby might be violating to if he holding something that belong to that man. Educated Apr 23, 2015 at 16:32 They all deserved to die. The Saddest part is that some of them have been spared. They are just glorified retards who spew sone of the most unintelligible shit known to man. Good riddance to all dead rappers. None of u never met him…so u can say what u like from a safe place….but when he was out…he had city shook!!! And put that work in…. and untill u facing life 240….u don’t no what u will do…. True shit bruh! If I hear "ya heard me" one more damn time. SMDH! Embarrassing! Didn't the water kill all of you niggers? TAREN MASTRANGELO May 16, 2016 at 11:12 Thoughtful suggestions – I learned a lot from the information , Does anyone know if my assistant would be able to grab a blank CT DRS CT-1040 form to work with ? So THIS is the real reason P never f*cked with these cats. Master P was a thoro street cat and these greasy ass clowns was killing their own artists and shit. It still continues. Kings May 20, 2017 at 03:55 Damn! people some of you seriously need to do a spelling check before posting some of these comments, just ’cause you’re (street) doesn’t mean you’ve got a valid “be stupid free card” let’s educate our young ones we owe them that, at least let’s rise a grow together people, that’s word to the wise… Holzdeko Hase & Häschen, 2-teilig jetzt bei Weltbild.de bestellen Mar 15, 2018 at 07:25 Custom Search \| Google Developers billige converse May 8, 2018 at 10:13 Thank you, I have recently been searching for information about this subject for ages and yours is the best I’ve found out so far. However, what in regards to the bottom line? Are you sure concerning the source? Psychologists In Chennai May 10, 2018 at 21:32 What you published made a lot of sense. But, what about this? suppose you were to create a awesome headline? I ain’t suggesting your information isn’t solid., however what if you added a title to maybe get people’s attention? 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__label__cc	0.61564	0.38436	Illinois during the Gilded Age (108) + - political cartoons (10) + - advice literature (1) + - pictures (two-dimensional representations) (1) + - Vincent, Leopold (89) + - Justice, B.M. (10) + - White, C. S (6) + - Beldin, Hattie V (2) + - Johnson, S. T (2) + - Stiter, D. J (2) + - Babb, S. V (1) + - Bacon, E. A (1) + - Beecher, Geo. C (1) + - Berhers, Sam (1) + - Blakeman, Elisha D (1) + - Blood, F.G (1) + - Brown, O. C (1) + - Bull, John (1) + - Call, A. C (1) + - Campbell, Geo (1) + - Chesewright, Charles (1) + - Clause, J C (1) + - Cox, C. M. B (1) + - Craven, Hermon W. (1) + - Curtis, Emma G (1) + - Dean, John A (1) + - Dunning, Nelson A (1) + - Egan, Clara M (1) + - Emma Ghent (1) + - Populist Party (U.S.) (108) + - (-) ≠ clippings (information artifacts) (-) ≠ Frances Josephine Forsythe (-) ≠ Wasco (Ill.)--Kane County (Ill.)--History--Diaries (-) ≠ maps (-) ≠ Huffer, Fred (-) ≠ Massachusetts, House of Representatives (-) = Populism--United States (-) ≠ photographs 'The Hope of the Nation' in 'The Alliance and Labor Songster: A Collection of Labor and Comic Songs, for the Use of Alliances, Grange Debating Clubs, and Political Gatherings' Vincent, Leopold, Goodhue, B. W 'Coming By-and-By' in 'The Alliance and Labor Songster: A Collection of Labor and Comic Songs, for the Use of Alliances, Grange Debating Clubs, and Political Gatherings' Vincent, Leopold 'March of United Labor' in 'The Alliance and Labor Songster: A Collection of Labor and Comic Songs, for the Use of Alliances, Grange Debating Clubs, and Political Gatherings' Vincent, Leopold, Campbell, Geo 'Are You Going to Vote Aright' in 'The Alliance and Labor Songster: A Collection of Labor and Comic Songs, for the Use of Alliances, Grange Debating Clubs, and Political Gatherings' Vincent, Leopold, Egan, Clara M 'Looking Backward' in 'The Alliance and Labor Songster: A Collection of Labor and Comic Songs, for the Use of Alliances, Grange Debating Clubs, and Political Gatherings' 'Paddle their own Canoe' in 'The Alliance and Labor Songster: A Collection of Labor and Comic Songs, for the Use of Alliances, Grange Debating Clubs, and Political Gatherings' Vincent, Leopold, Johnson, S. T 'Good-bye, Old Party, Good-bye' in 'The Alliance and Labor Songster: A Collection of Labor and Comic Songs, for the Use of Alliances, Grange Debating Clubs, and Political Gatherings' Vincent, Leopold, White, C. S 'Awake! Be Free' in 'The Alliance and Labor Songster: A Collection of Labor and Comic Songs, for the Use of Alliances, Grange Debating Clubs, and Political Gatherings' Vincent, Leopold, Finson, H.W 'The Granger's Yankeedoodle' in 'The Alliance and Labor Songster: A Collection of Labor and Comic Songs, for the Use of Alliances, Grange Debating Clubs, and Political Gatherings' Vincent, Leopold, Wood, Geo. M 'Unlimited Gall' in 'The Alliance and Labor Songster: A Collection of Labor and Comic Songs, for the Use of Alliances, Grange Debating Clubs, and Political Gatherings' Vincent, Leopold, Maxson, C. M National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union. Proceedings of the Farmers and Laborers Union of America, at St. Louis, Mo., December 3-7, 1889 books, proceedings National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union 'To the Polls' in 'The Alliance and Labor Songster: A Collection of Labor and Comic Songs, for the Use of Alliances, Grange Debating Clubs, and Political Gatherings' 'The Sugar-Coated Pill' in 'The Alliance and Labor Songster: A Collection of Labor and Comic Songs, for the Use of Alliances, Grange Debating Clubs, and Political Gatherings' Vincent, Leopold, Ernst, E. Z 'Nebraska Land' in 'The Alliance and Labor Songster: A Collection of Labor and Comic Songs, for the Use of Alliances, Grange Debating Clubs, and Political Gatherings' Vincent, Leopold, Dean, John A 'Temperance March' in 'The Alliance and Labor Songster: A Collection of Labor and Comic Songs, for the Use of Alliances, Grange Debating Clubs, and Political Gatherings' Vincent, Leopold, Perkins, B. R	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428443
__label__wiki	0.536891	0.536891	The Design, Synthesis and Testing of Desoxy-CBD: Further Evidence for a Region of Steric Interference at the Cannabinoid Receptor Patricia H. Reggio, Kennesaw State UniversityFollow R. D. Bramblett, Kennesaw State University H. Yuknavich, Kennesaw State University Herbert H. Seltzman, RTI InternationalFollow Denise N. Fleming, RTI International Suresh R. Fernando, Aberdeen University L. A. Stevenson, Aberdeen University Roger G. Pertwee, Aberdeen University Cannabidiol CBD, a non-psychoactive constituent of marihuana, has been reported to possess essentially no affinity for cannabinoid CB1 receptor binding sites in the brain. Our hypothesis concerning CBD's lack of affinity for the cannabinoid CB1 receptor is that CBD is not capable of clearing a region of steric interference at the CB1 receptor and thereby not able to bind to this receptor. We have previously characterized this region of steric interference at the CB1 receptor [P.H. Reggio, A.M. Panu, S. Miles J. Med. Chem. 36, 1761–1771 (1993)] in three dimensions using the Active Analog Approach. We report here a conformational analysis of CBD which, in turn, led to the design of a new analog, desoxy-CBD. Modeling results for desoxy-CBD predict that this compound is capable of clearing the region of steric interference by expending 3.64 kcal/mol of energy in contrast to the 12.39 kcal/mol expenditure required by CBD. Desoxy-CBD was synthesized by condensation of 3-pentylphenol with p-mentha-2,8-dien-l-ol mediated by DMF-dineopental acetal. Desoxy-CBD was found to behave as a partial agonist in the mouse vas deferens assay, an assay which is reported to detect the presence of cannabinoid receptors. The compound produced a concentration related inhibition of electrically-evoked contractions of the mouse vas deferens, possessing an 50 of 30.9 nM in this assay. Taken together, these results support the hypothesis of the existence of a region of steric interference at the CB1 receptor. While the energy expenditure to clear this region was too high for the parent compound, CBD, the removal of the C6' hydroxyl of CBD produced a molecule (desoxy-CBD) able to clear this region and produce activity, albeit at a reduced level. Reggio PH, Bramblett RD, Yuknavich H, Seltzman HH, Fleming DN, Fernando SR, Stevenson LA, Pertwee RG. 1995. The design, synthesis and testing of desoxy-CBD: Further evidence for a region of steric interference at the cannabinoid receptor. Life Sci 56(23-24):2025-32.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428446
__label__cc	0.500028	0.499972	DOUGLAS LANDSCAPE DESIGN Ecological Landscape Design in Santa Cruz, Monterey and Silicon Valley Beachfront Bliss This enviable property sits perched on the bluff directly across from the ocean in the La Selva Beach neighborhood of Aptos. Project goals included overall beautification via plants with year-round color and showy blooms, more privacy on the patio and deck, and a way to deter frequent dog-walkers from cutting through the garden. We accomplished this last goal by building up soil mounds behind retaining walls and using taller plants at the apex. Privacy for the deck was achieved by the addition of sleek stucco walls. Project features a large swath of a walkable, drought-tolerant grass alternative. Special care was devoted to selecting plants that can withstand the wind, fog and salt-spray that occur near the ocean. South African and Australian plants figure prominently into the plant palette and create a vibrant complimentary color scheme against the ocean backdrop. Who wouldn't want to spend time in this ocean-view garden? Nothing more stunning than a pincushion in full bloom. This enviable property sits perched on the bluff directly across from the ocean in the La Selva Beach neighborhood of Aptos. Project goals included overall beautification via plants with year-round color and showy blooms, more privacy on the patio and deck, and a way to deter frequent dog-walkers from cutting through the garden. We accomplished this last goal by building up soil mounds behind retaining walls and using taller plants at the apex. Privacy for the deck was achieved by the addition of sleek stucco walls. Project features a large swath of a walkable, drought-tolerant grass alternative. Special care was devoted to selecting plants that can withstand the wind, fog and salt-spray that occur near the ocean. South African and Australian plants figure prominently into the plant palette and create a vibrant complimentary color scheme against the ocean backdrop. Who wouldn't want to spend time in this ocean-view garden? Proteas, leucadendrons calandrinia and anigozanthos - oh my! This enviable property sits perched on the bluff directly across from the ocean in the La Selva Beach neighborhood of Aptos. Project goals included overall beautification via plants with year-round color and showy blooms, more privacy on the patio and deck, and a way to deter frequent dog-walkers from cutting through the garden. We accomplished this last goal by building up soil mounds behind retaining walls and using taller plants at the apex. Privacy for the deck was achieved by the addition of sleek stucco walls. Project features a large swath of a walkable, drought-tolerant grass alternative. Special care was devoted to selecting plants that can withstand the wind, fog and salt-spray that occur near the ocean. South African and Australian plants figure prominently into the plant palette and create a vibrant complimentary color scheme against the ocean backdrop. Who wouldn't want to spend time in this ocean-view garden? Item 3 of 11 View on Houzz	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428450
__label__cc	0.648453	0.351547	Items where contributor is "Alewell, Christine" Jump to: 2019 \| 2018 \| 2017 \| 2016 \| 2015 \| 2014 \| 2013 \| 2012 \| 2011 \| 2010 \| 2009 \| 2008 \| 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002 \| 2001 \| 2000 \| 1999 \| 1998 \| 1997 \| 1996 \| 1995 \| 1993 Alewell, Christine and Meusburger, Katrin and Schmidt, Simon. (2019) Monthly RUSLE soil erosion risk of Swiss grasslands. Journal of Maps, 15 (2). pp. 247-256. Zweifel, Lauren and Meusburger, Katrin and Alewell, Christine. (2019) Spatio-temporal pattern of soil degradation in a Swiss Alpine grassland catchment. Remote sensing of environment, 235. p. 111441. Mabit, Lionel and Gibbs, Max and Mbaye, Modou and Meusburger, Katrin and Toloza, Arsenio and Resch, Christian and Klik, Andreas and Swales, Andrew and Alewell, Christine. (2018) Novel application of a Compound Specific Stable Isotope (CSSI) technique to investigate on-site sediment origins across arable fields. Geoderma, 316. pp. 19-26. Osterwalder, S. and Sommar, J. and Akerblom, S. and Jocher, G. and Fritsche, J. and Nilsson, M. B. and Bishop, K. and Alewell, C.. (2018) Comparative study of elemental mercury flux measurement techniques over a Fennoscandian boreal peatland. Atmospheric Environment, 172. pp. 16-25. Schmidt, Simon and Alewell, Christine and Meusburger, Katrin. (2018) Mapping spatio-temporal dynamics of the cover and management factor (C-factor) for grasslands in Switzerland. Remote Sensing of Environment, 211. pp. 89-104. Schmidt, Simon and Ballabio, Cristiano and Alewell, Christine and Panagos, Panos and Meusburger, Katrin. (2018) Filling the European blank spot-Swiss soil erodibility assessment with topsoil samples. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 000. pp. 1-12. Schmidt, Simon and Alewell, Christine and Meusburger, Katrin. (2018) Change of permanent grasslands extent (1996-2015) and national grassland dataset of Switzerland. Data in Brief, 20. pp. 1992-1998. Stopelli, Emiliano and Conen, Franz and Guilbaud, Caroline and Zopfi, Jakob and Alewell, Christine and Morris, Cindy. (2017) Ice nucleators have shorter persistence in the atmosphere than other airborne bacteria. 14 (5). Schmidt, Simon and Meusburger, Katrin and de Figueiredo, Tomás and Alewell, Christine. (2017) Modelling Hot Spots of Soil Loss by Wind Erosion (SOLOWIND) in Western Saxony, Germany. Land Degradation & Development, 28 (3). pp. 1100-1112. Ballabio, Cristiano and Borrelli, Pasquale and Spinoni, Jonathan and Meusburger, Katrin and Michaelides, Silas and Beguería, Santiago and Klik, Andreas and Petan, Sašo and Janeček, Miloslav and Olsen, Preben and Aalto, Juha and Lakatos, Mónika and Rymszewicz, Anna and Dumitrescu, Alexandru and Perčec Tadić, Melita and Diodato, Nazzareno and Kostalova, Julia and Rousseva, Svetla and Banasik, Kazimierz and Alewell, Christine and Panagos, Panos. (2017) Mapping monthly rainfall erosivity in Europe. Science of the Total Environment, 579. pp. 1298-1315. Larsen, Jarl Are and Conen, Franz and Alewell, Christine. (2017) Export of ice nucleating particles from a watershed. Royal Society Open Science, 4 (8). p. 170213. Osterwalder, Stefan and Bishop, Kevin and Alewell, Christine and Fritsche, Johannes and Laudon, Hjalmar and Åkerblom, Staffan and Nilsson, Mats B.. (2017) Mercury evasion from a boreal peatland shortens the timeline for recovery from legacy pollution. Scientific Reports, 7 (1). p. 16022. Stopelli, Emiliano and Conen, Franz and Guilbaud, Caroline and Zopfi, Jakob and Alewell, Christine and Morris, Cindy E.. (2017) Ice nucleators, bacterial cells and Pseudomonas syringae in precipitation at Jungfraujoch. Biogeosciences, 14 (5). pp. 1189-1196. Huang, Jen-How and Paul, Sonja and Mayer, Silke and Moradpour, Eloise and Hasselbach, Ralf and Gieré, Reto and Alewell, Christine. (2017) Metal biogeochemistry in constructed wetlands based on fluviatile sand and zeolite- and clinopyroxene-dominated lava sand. Scientific Reports (7). p. 2981. Lavrieux, Marlène and Meusburger, Katrin and Birkholz, Axel and Alewell, Christine. (2017) Biomarkers and isotopic fingerprinting to track sediment origin and connectivity at Baldegg Lake (Switzerland). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 19. Katlenburg-Lindau. Shetaya, Waleed H. and Osterwalder, Stefan and Bigalke, Moritz and Mestrot, Adrien and Huang, Jen-How and Alewell, Christine. (2017) An Isotopic Dilution Approach for Quantifying Mercury Lability in Soils. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 4 (12). pp. 556-561. Borrelli, Pasquale and Van Oost, Kristof and Di Bella, Katrin and Alewell, Christine and Lugato, Emanuele and Panagos, Panos. (2017) A step towards a holistic assessment of soil degradation in Europe: Coupling on-site erosion with sediment transfer and carbon fluxes. Environmental Research, 161. pp. 291-298. Borrelli, Pasquale and Robinson, David A. and Fleischer, Larissa R. and Lugato, Emanuele and Ballabio, Cristiano and Alewell, Christine and Meusburger, Katrin and Modugno, Sirio and Schütt, Brigitta and Ferro, Vito and Bagarello, Vincenzo and Van Oost, Kristof and Montanarella, Luca and Panagos, Panos. (2017) An assessment of the global impact of 21st century land use change on soil erosion. Nature Communications, 8 (1). p. 2013. Panagos, Panos and Ballabio, Cristiano and Meusburger, Katrin and Spinoni, Jonathan and Alewell, Christine and Borrelli, Pasquale. (2017) Towards estimates of future rainfall erosivity in Europe based on REDES and WorldClim datasets. Journal of Hydrology, 548. pp. 251-262. Alewell, C. and Pitois, A and Meusburger, K. and Ketterer, M. and Mabit, L.. (2017) 239 + 240Pu from “contaminant” to soil erosion tracer: Where do we stand? Earth Science Reviews, 172. pp. 107-123. Arata, Laura and Meusburger, Katrin and Bürge, Alexandra and Zehringer, Markus and Ketterer, Michael E. and Mabit, Lionel and Alewell, Christine. (2017) Decision support for the selection of reference sites using 137Cs as a soil erosion tracer. SOIL, 3 (3). pp. 113-122. Yao, Si Qi and Groffman, Peter M. and Alewell, Christine and Ballantine, Kate. (2017) Soil amendments promote denitrification in restored wetlands. Restoration Ecology, 26 (2). pp. 294-302. Leifeld, Jens and Alewell, Christine and Bader, Cédric and Krüger, Jan Paul and Mueller, Carsten W. and Sommer, Michael and Steffens, Markus and Szidat, Sönke. (2017) Pyrogenic Carbon Contributes Substantially to Carbon Storage in Intact and Degraded Northern Peatlands. Land Degradation and Development (LDD). n/a-n/a. Schmidt, Simon and Alewell, Christine and Panagos, Panagos and Meusburger, Katrin. (2017) Saisonale und räumliche Variabilität der Niederschlagserosivität in der Schweiz. BGS Bulletin, 38. pp. 37-46. Panagos, Panos and Borrelli, Pasquale and Poesen, Jean and Meusburger, Katrin and Ballabio, Cristiano and Lugato, Emanuele and Montanarella, Luca and Alewell, Christine. (2016) Reply to the comment on “The new assessment of soil loss by water erosion in Europe” by Fiener & Auerswald. Environmental science & policy, 57. pp. 143-150. Mueller, M. H. and Alaoui, A. and Alewell, C.. (2016) Water and solutes dynamics during rainfall events in headwater catchments in the Central Swiss Alps under the influence of green alder shrubs and wetland soils. Ecohydrology, 9 (6). pp. 950-963. Stopelli, Emiliano and Conen, Franz and Morris, C. E. and Herrmann, Erik and Henne, Stephan and Steinbacher, Martin and Alewell, Christine. (2016) Predicting abundance and variability of ice nucleating particles in precipitation at the high-altitude observatory Jungfraujoch. Atmospheric chemistry and physics, 16 (13). pp. 8341-8351. Meusburger, K. and Mabit, L. and Ketterer, M. and Park, J. H. and Sandor, T. and Porto, P. and Alewell, C.. (2016) A multi-radionuclide approach to evaluate the suitability of Pu239+240 as soil erosion tracer. The Science of the Total Environment, 566. pp. 1489-1499. Panagos, P. and Imeson, A. and Meusburger, K. and Borrelli, P. and Poesen, J. and Alewell, C.. (2016) Soil Conservation in Europe: Wish or Reality? Land Degradation & Development, 27 (6). pp. 1547-1551. Alewell, C. and Birkholz, A. and Meusburger, K. and Wildhaber, Y. S. and Mabit, L.. (2016) Quantitative sediment source attribution with compound-specific isotope analysis in a C3 plant-dominated catchment (central Switzerland). Biogeosciences, 13 (5). pp. 1587-1596. Panagos, P. and Borrelli, P. and Spinoni, J. and Ballabio, C. and Meusburger, K. and Begueria, S. and Klik, A. and Michaelides, S. and Petan, S. and Hrabalikova, M. and Olsen, P. and Aalto, J. and Lakatos, M. and Rymszewicz, A. and Dumitrescu, A. and Tadic, M. P. and Diodato, N. and Kostalova, J. and Rousseva, S. and Banasik, K. and Alewell, C.. (2016) Monthly Rainfall Erosivity: Conversion Factors for Different Time Resolutions and Regional Assessments. Water, 8 (4). p. 119. Krüger, J. P. and Alewell, C. and Minkkinen, K. and Szidat, S. and Leifeld, J.. (2016) Calculating carbon changes in peat soils drained for forestry with four different profile-based methods. Forest Ecology and Management (381). pp. 29-36. Zollinger, B. and Alewell, C. and Kneisel, C. and Brandova, D. and Petrillo, M. and Plötze, M. and Christl, M. and Egli, M.. (2016) Soil formation and weathering in a permafrost environment of the Swiss Alps: a multi-parameter and non-steady-state approach. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 42 (5). pp. 814-835. Arata, L. and Meusburger, K. and Frenkel, E. and A’Campo-Neuen, A. and Iurian, A. -R. and Ketterer, M. E. and Mabit, L. and Alewell, C.. (2016) Modelling Deposition and Erosion rates with RadioNuclides (MODERN) – Part 1: A new conversion model to derive soil redistribution rates from inventories of fallout radionuclides. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 162-163. pp. 45-55. Arata, L. and Alewell, C. and Frenkel, E. and A’Campo-Neuen, A. and Iurian, A. -R. and Ketterer, M. E. and Mabit, L. and Meusburger, K.. (2016) Modelling Deposition and Erosion rates with RadioNuclides (MODERN) – Part 2: A comparison of different models to convert 239+240Pu inventories into soil redistribution rates at unploughed sites. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 162-163. pp. 97-106. Tobias, Silvia and Jung, Corinna and Conen, Franz and Alewell, Christine. (2016) Kreislaufwirtschaft im Bodenverbrauch: Ein richtiger Weg zur nachhaltigen Bodennutzung. In: Umweltethik interdisziplinär. Tübingen, pp. 91-106. Osterwalder, S. and Fritsche, J. and Åkerblom, S. and Nilsson, M. and Bishop, K. and Alewell, C.. (2016) Mercury evasion from a boreal peatland determined with advanced REA and chamber methods. BGS Bulletin, 36. pp. 51-56. Osterwalder, Stefan and Fritsche, Johannes and Alewell, Christine and Schmutz, Michael and Nilsson, Mats and Jocher, Georg and Sommar, Jonas and Rinne, Janne and Bishop, Kevin. (2016) A dual-inlet, single detector relaxed eddy accumulation system for long-term measurement of mercury flux. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9. pp. 509-524. Schmidt, Simon and Alewell, Christine and Panagos, Panos and Meusburger, Katrin. (2016) Regionalization of monthly rainfall erosivity patterns in Switzerland. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 20 (10). pp. 4359-4373. Krüger, Jan Paul and Conen, Franz and Leifeld, Jens and Alewell, Christine. (2016) Palsa Uplift Identified by Stable Isotope Depth Profiles and Relation of δ15N to C/N Ratio. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 28 (2). pp. 485-492. Lavrieux, Marlène and Meusburger, Katrin and Birkholz, Axel and Alewell, Christine. (2016) Compound specific stable isotopes and specific biomarkers to trace sediment origin and connectivity of sediment source areas to freshwater systems: case of the Baldeggersee catchment (Switzerland). Prague Conference Abstracts - European COST Action Connecteur Meeting. Stopelli, Emiliano and Conen, Franz and Morris, Cindy E. and Herrmann, Erik and Bukowiecki, Nicolas and Alewell, Christine. (2015) Ice nucleation active particles are efficiently removed by precipitating clouds. Scientific Reports, 5. p. 16433. Alewell, Christine and Egli, Markus and Meusburger, Katrin. (2015) An attempt to estimate tolerable soil erosion rates by matching soil formation with denudation in Alpine grasslands. Journal of soils and sediments, 15 (6). pp. 1383-1399. Zollinger, Barbara and Alewell, Christine and Kneisel, Christof and Meusburger, Katrin and Brandová, Dagmar and Kubik, Peter and Schaller, Mirjam and Ketterer, Michael E. and Egli, Markus. (2015) The effect of permafrost on time-split soil erosion using radionuclides (137Cs, 239+240Pu, meteoric 10Be) and stable isotopes (13C) in the Eastern Swiss Alps. Journal of soils and sediments, 15 (6). pp. 1400-1419. Panagos, Panos and Ballabio, Christiano and Borrelli, Pasquale and Meusburger, Katrin and Klik, Andreas and Rousseva, Svetla and Perčec Tadić, Melita and Michaelides, Silas and Hrabalíková, Michaela and Olsen, Preben and Aalto, Juha and Lakatos, Mónika and Rymszewicz, Anna and Dumitrescu, Alexandru and Beguería, Santiago and Alewell, Christine. (2015) Rainfall Erosivity in Europe. Science of the Total Environment, 511. pp. 801-814. Huang, Jen-How and Hu, K.-N. and Ilgen, J. and Ilgen, G. and Alewell, Christine. (2015) Arsenic in beers and wines from European markets : alert of arsenic species in response to processing. In: Processing and impact on active components in food. Amsterdam, pp. 509-515. Conen, Franz and Rodriguez, Sergio and Hüglin, Christoph and Henne, Stephan and Herrmann, Erik and Bukowiecki, Nicolas and Alewell, Christine. (2015) Atmospheric ice nuclei at the high-altitude observatory Jungfraujoch, Switzerland. Tellus. Series B, Chemical and physical meteorology, Vol. 67. p. 25014. Krueger, J. P. and Leifeld, J. and Glatzel, S. and Szidat, S. and Alewell, C.. (2015) Biogeochemical indicators of peatland degradation - a case study of a temperate bog in northern Germany. Biogeosciences, Vol. 12, no. 10. pp. 2861-2871. Panagos, P. and Borrelli, P. and Meusburger, K. and Alewell, C. and Lugato, E. and Montanarella, L.. (2015) Estimating the soil erosion cover-management factor at the Europeanscale. Land use policy, Vol. 48 , S. 38–50. Panagosa, P. and Borrellia, P. and Meusburger, K. and van der Zanden, E. H. and Poesend, J. and Alewell, C.. (2015) Modelling the effect of support practices (P-factor) on the reduction of soil erosion by water at European scale. Environmental science & policy, Vol. 51. pp. 23-34. Panagos, Panos and Borrelli, Pasquale and Poesen, Jean and Ballabio, Cristiano and Lugato, Emanuele and Meusburger, Katrin and Montanarella, Luca and Alewell, Christine. (2015) The new assessment of soil loss by water erosion in Europe. Environmental science & policy, Vol. 54. pp. 438-447. Panagos, P. Meusburger and K. Ballabio, C. Borrelli and P. Begueria, S. Klik and A. Rymszewicz, Anna Michaelides and Silas Olsen, P. Tadic and Melita Percec Aalto, Juha Lakatos and Mónika Dumitrescu, A. Rousseva and S. Montanarella, L. Alewell. (2015) Reply to the comment on "Rainfall erosivity in Europe" by Auerswald et al. The science of the total environment, Vol. 532. pp. 853-857. Krüger, Jan Paul and Alewell, Christine. (2015) Stable isotopes as indicators of environmental change. In: INTERACT Stories of Arctic Science. Denmark, pp. 60-61. Alewell, Christine and Meusburger, Katrin and Kandl, Daniela and Fetai, Ilir and Roth, Volker and Rugolo, Valentino and Schuldt, Heiko and Vetter, Thomas. (2015) COSA – AlpErosion: Monitoring the degradation of Alpine soils with COSA, a Citizens’ Observatory Smartphone App. (36). pp. 19-22. Wädenswil . Krüger, Jan Paul and Leifeld, Jens and Glatzel, Stephan and Alewell, Christine. (2015) Soil carbon loss from managed peatlands along a land use gradient - a comparison of three different methods. BGS Bulletin, 36. pp. 45-50. Park, Ji-Hyung and Meusburger, Katrin and Jang, Inyoung and Kang, Hojeong and Alewell, Christine. (2014) Erosion-induced changes in soil biogeochemical and microbiological properties in Swiss Alpine grasslands. Soil biology & biochemistry, Vol. 69. pp. 382-392. Y. Schindler Wildhaber, C. Michel and J. Epting, R. A. Wildhaber and E. Huber, P. Huggenberger and P. Burkhardt-Holm, C. Alewell. (2014) Effects of river morphology, hydraulic gradients, and sediment deposition on water exchange and oxygen dynamics in salmonid redds. The science of the total environment, Vol. 470-471. pp. 488-500. Stopelli, Emiliano and Conen, Franz and Zimmermann, Lukas and Alewell, Christine and Morris, Cindy E.. (2014) Freezing nucleation apparatus puts new slant on study of biological ice nucleators in precipitation. Atmospheric measurement techniques, Vol. 7. pp. 129-134. Michel, C. and Schindler Wildhaber, Y. and Epting, J. and Thorpe, K. L. and Huggenberger, P. and Alewell, C. and Burkhardt-Holm, P.. (2014) Artificial steps mitigate the effect of fine sediment on the survival of brown trout embryos in a heavily modified river. Freshwater Biology, 59 (3). pp. 544-556. Mabit. L., and Meusburger, Katrin and Iurian, A. R. and Owens, P. N. and Toloza, A. and Alewell, Christine. (2014) Sampling soil and sediment depth profiles at a fine resolution with a new device for determining physical, chemical and biological properties : the Fine Increment Soil Collector (FISC). Journal of soils and sediments, Vol. 14, H. 3. pp. 630-636. Panagos, P. and Meusburger, K. and Ballabio, C. and Borrelli, P. and Alewell, C.. (2014) Soil erodibility in Europe: a high-resolution dataset based on LUCAS. Science of the total environment, Vol. 479-480. pp. 189-200. Alewell, Christine and Meusburger, Katrin and Juretzko, Gregor and Mabit, Lionel and Ketterer, Michael E.. (2014) Suitability of 239+240Pu and 137Cs as tracers for soil erosion assessment in mountain grassland. Chemosphere, 103, S. 274–280. Panagos, P. and Meusburger, Katrin and Van Liedekerke, M. and Alewell, Christine and Hiederer, R. and Montanarella, L.. (2014) Assessing soil erosion in Europe based on data collected through a European Network. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Vol. 60, H. 1. pp. 15-29. Tian, Liyan and Yang, J. and Alewell, Christine and Huang, Jen-How. (2014) Speciation of vanadium in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L.) and soils in response to different levels of vanadium in soils and cabbage growth. Chemosphere, 111. pp. 89-95. Krueger, J. P. and Leifeld, J. and Alewell, C.. (2014) Degradation changes stable carbon isotope depth profiles in palsa peatlands. Biogeosciences, Vol. 11. pp. 3369-3380. Stanchi, S. and Freppaz, M. and Ceaglio, E. and Maggioni, M. and Meusburger, K. and Alewell, C. and Zanini, E.. (2014) Soil erosion in an avalanche release site (Valle d'Aosta: Italy) : towards a winter factor for RUSLE in the Alps. Natural hazards and earth system sciences, Vol. 14, H. 7. pp. 1761-1771. Mueller, Matthias Heidulf and Alaoui, A. and Kuells, C. and Leistert, H. and Meusburger, Katrin and Stumpp, C. and Weiler, M. and Alewell, Christine. (2014) Tracking water pathways in steep hillslopes by δ18O depth profiles of soil water. Journal of hydrology, Vol. 519, part A. pp. 340-352. Fritsche, Johannes and Osterwalder, Stefan and Nilsson, Mats B. and Sagerfors, Jörgen and Åkerblom, Staffan and Bishop, Kevin and Alewell, Christine. (2014) Evasion of Elemental Mercury from a Boreal Peatland Suppressed by Long-Term Sulfate Addition. Environmental science & technology letters, Vol. 1, H. 10 , S. 421–425. Jung, B. J. and Jeanneau, L. and Alewell, C. and Kim, B. and Park, J. H.. (2014) Downstream alteration of the composition and biodegradability of particulate organic carbon in a mountainous, mixed land-use watershed. Biogeochemistry, Vol. 122, H. 1. pp. 79-99. Porto, P. and Walling, D. E. and Alewell, C. and Callegari, G. and Mabit, L. and Mallimo, N. and Zehringer, M.. (2014) Use of a Cs-137 re-sampling technique to investigate temporal changes in soil erosion and sediment mobilisation for a small forested catchment in southern Italy. Journal of environmental radioactivity, Vol. 138. pp. 137-148. Bruch, I. and Alewell, U. and Hahn, A. and Hasselbach, R. and Alewell, C.. (2014) Influence of soil physical parameters on removal efficiency and hydraulic conductivity of vertical flow constructed wetlands. Ecological engineering, Vol. 68. pp. 124-132. Meusburger, K. and Leitinger, G. and Mabit, L. and Mueller, M. H. and Walter, A. and Alewell, C.. (2014) Soil erosion by snow gliding - a first quantification attempt in a subalpine area in Switzerland. Hydrology and earth system sciences, Vol. 18, H. 9. pp. 3763-3775. Storck, Florian Rüdiger and Schütz, K. and Wülser, R. and Nagel, P. and Alewell, C.. (2014) Künstliche Grundwasseranreicherung für die Trinkwassergewinnung : Untersuchungen zur Nachhaltigkeit der Reinigungsleistung bei der Bodenpassage am Standort "Lange Erlen" (Basel). Regio Basiliensis, Vol. 55, H. 3. pp. 115-125. Mabit, L. and Benmansour, M. and Abril, J. M. and Walling, D. E. and Meusburger, K. and Iurian, A. R. and Bernard, C. and Tarjan, S. and Owens, P. 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(2012) Storm pulses and varying sources of hydrologic carbon export from a mountainous watershed. Journal of hydrology, Vol. 440–441 , S. 90–101. Mueller, Matthias Heidulf and Alewell, Christine. (2012) Verweilzeit und Hydrochemie in vier alpinen Einzugsgebieten (Urserntal, Schweiz). In: Wasser ohne Grenzen : Beiträge zum Tag der Hydrologie am 22./23. März 2012 an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Hennef, pp. 326-327. Schindler Wildhaber, Yael and Bänninger, Dominik and Burri, Katrin and Alewell, Christine. (2012) Evaluation and application of a portable rainfall simulator on subalpine grassland. CATENA, 91. pp. 56-62. Bruch, I. and Fritsche, J. and Baenninger, D. and Alewell, U. and Sendelov, M. and Huerlimann, H. and Hasselbach, R. and Alewell, C.. (2011) Improving the treatment efficiency of constructed wetlands with zeolite-containing filter sands. Bioresource technology, Vol. 102. pp. 937-941. Conen, F. and Yakutin, M. V. and Puchnin, A. N. and Leifeld, J. and Alewell, C.. (2011) ∂15N natural abundance in permafrost soil indicates impact of fire on nitrogen cycle. Rapid communications in mass spectrometry, Vol. 25. pp. 661-664. Conen, F. and Henne, S. and Morris, C. and Alewell, C.. (2011) Atmospheric ice nucleators active ≥ −12 °C may be quantified on PM10 filters. Atmospheric measurement techniques, Vol. 5. pp. 321-327. Alewell, C. and Giesler, R. and Klaminder, J. and Leifeld, J. and Rollog, M.. (2011) Stable carbon isotopes as indicators for micro-geomorphic changes in palsa peats. Biogeosciences, 8. pp. 1769-1778. Conen F, Morris C. E. and Leifeld J, Yakutin M. V. and Alewell, C.. (2011) Biological residues deﬁne the ice nucleation properties of soil dust. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11 (18). pp. 9643-9648. Sjögersten-Turner, Sofie and Alewell, Christine and Cécillon, Lauric and Hagedorn, Frank and Jandl, Robert and Leifeld, Jens and Martinsen, Vegard and Schindbacher, Andreas and Teresa Sebastià, M.-Teresa and van Miegrot, Helga. (2011) Mountain Soils in a changing climate – vulnerability of carbon stocks and ecosystem feedbacks. In: Soil Carbon in Sensitive European Ecosystems. From Science to Land Management. Chichester, pp. 118-148. Meusburger, K. and Konz, N. and Schaub, M. and Alewell, C.. (2010) Soil erosion modelled with USLE and PESERA using QuickBird derived vegetation parameters in an alpine catchment. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Vol. 12. pp. 208-215. Meusburger, K. and Baenninger, D. and Alewell, C.. (2010) Estimating vegetation parameter for soil erosion assessment in an alpine region by means of QuickBird data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Vol. 12. pp. 201-207. Schaub, M. and Konz, N. and Meusburger, K. and Alewell, C.. (2010) Application of in-situr measurement to determine 137Cs in the Swiss Alps. Journal of environmental radioactivity, Vol. 101. pp. 369-376. Konz, N. and Baenninger, D. and Konz, M. and Nearing, M. and Alewell, C.. (2010) Process identification of soil erosion in steep mountain regions. Hydrology and earth system sciences, Vol. 14. pp. 675-686. Martin, Cyrill and Pohla, Mandy and Alewell, Christine and Körner, Christian and Rixen, Christian. (2010) Interrill erosion at disturbed alpine sites: Effects of plant functional diversity and vegetation cover. Basic and applied ecology, Vol. 11, H. 7. pp. 619-626. Martin, C. and Pohl, M. and Alewell, C. and Körner, Ch and Rixen, C.. (2010) Interill erosion at disturbed alpine sites: Effects of plant functional diversity and vegetation cover. Basic and applied ecology, Vol. 11. pp. 619-626. Alewell, C. and Bebi, P.. (2010) Forest Development in the European Alps and Potential Consequences on Hydrological Regime. Ecological studies, Vol. 212. pp. 111-126. Vieten, Beatrix and Conen, Franz and Neftel, Albrecht and Alewell, Christine. (2009) Respiration of nitrous oxide in suboxic soil. European journal of soil science, Vol. 60, H. 3. pp. 332-337. Konz, N. and Schaub, M. and Prasuhn, V. and Bänninger, D. and Alewell, C.. (2009) Cesium-137-based erosion-rate determination of a steep mountainous region. Journal of plant nutrition and soil science, Vol. 172, No. 5. pp. 615-622. Schaub, M. and Seth, B. and Alewell, C.. (2009) Determination of delta O-18 in soils : measuring conditions and a potential application. Rapid communications in mass spectrometry, Vol. 23, H. 2. pp. 313-318. Schaub, M. and Alewell, C.. (2009) Stable carbon isotopes as an indicator for soil degradation in an alpine environment (Urseren Valley, Switzerland). Rapid communications in mass spectrometry, Vol. 23, H. 10. pp. 1499-1507. Scheurer, Karin and Alewell, Christine and Bänninger, Dominik and Burkhardt-Holm, Patricia. (2009) Climate and land-use changes affecting river sediment and brown trout in alpine countries--a review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 16 (2). pp. 232-242. Müller, Matthias and Alewell, Christine and Hagedorn, Frank. (2009) Effective retention of litter-derived dissolved organic carbon in organic layers. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 41 (6). pp. 1066-1074. Alewell, C. and Schaub, M. and Conen, F.. (2009) A method to detect soil carbon degradation during soil erosion. Biogeosciences, Vol. 6, H. 11. pp. 2541-2547. Meusburger, K. and Alewell, C.. (2009) On the influence of temporal change on the validity of landslide susceptibility maps. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 9, H. 4. pp. 1495-1507. Andreas, Merz and Christine, Alewell and Erika, Hiltbrunner and Dominik, Bänninger. (2009) Plant-compositional effects on surface runoff and sediment yield in subalpine grassland. Journal of plant nutrition and soil science, Vol. 172, No. 6. pp. 777-788. Conen, Franz and Karhu, Kristiina and Leifeld, Jens and Seth, Barbara and Vanhala, Pekka and Liski, Jari and Alewell, Christine. (2008) Temperature sensitivity of young and old soil carbon : same soil, slight differences in 13C natural abundance method, inconsistent results. Soil biology & biochemistry, Vol. 40. pp. 2703-2705. Vieten, B. and Conen, F. and Seth, B. and Alewell, C.. (2008) The fate of N2O consumed in soils. Biogeosciences, Vol. 5. pp. 129-132. Fritsche, Johannes and Obrist, Daniel and Alewell, Christine. (2008) Evidence of microbial control of Hg-0 emissions from uncontaminated terrestrial soils. Journal of plant nutrition and soil science, Vol. 171, No. 2. pp. 200-209. Alewell, C. and Paul, S. and Lischeid, G. and Storck, F. R.. (2008) Co-regulation of redox processes in freshwater wetlands as a function of organic matter availability? The science of the total environment, Vol. 404, H. 2/3. pp. 335-342. Alewell, Christine and Meusburger, Katrin and Brodbeck, Monika and Bänninger, Dominik. (2008) Methods to describe and predict soil erosion in mountain regions. Landscape and urban planning, Vol. 88, H. 2-4. pp. 46-53. Fritsche, J. and Obrist, D. and Zeeman, M. J. and Conen, F. and Eugster, W. and Alewell, C.. (2008) Elemental mercury fluxes over a sub-alpine grassland determined with two micrometeorological methods. Atmospheric environment, Vol. 42 , H. 13. pp. 2922-2933. Conen, Franz and Zimmermann, Michael and Leifeld, Jens and Seth, Barbara and Alewell, Christine. (2008) Relative stability of soil carbon revealed by shifts in delta N-15 and C:N ratio. Biogeosciences, Vol. 5. pp. 123-128. Meusburger, K. and Alewell, C.. (2008) Impacts of anthropogenic and environmental factors on the occurrence of shallow landslides in an alpine catchment (Urseren Valley, Switzerland). Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 8, H. 3. pp. 509-520. Fritsche, Johannes and Wohlfahrt, Georg and Ammann, Christof and Zeeman, Matthias and Hammerle, A. and Obrist, Daniel and Alewell, Christine. (2008) Summertime elemental mercury exchange of temperate grasslands on an ecosystem-scale. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 8, H. 24. pp. 7709-7722. Mitchell, M. and Alewell, C.. (2008) Sulfur transformations and fluxes. In: Encyclopedia of soil science. Dordrecht, pp. 757-764. Vieten, Beatrix and Blunier, Thomas and Neftel, Albrecht and Alewell, Christine and Conen, Franz. (2007) Fractionation factors for stable isotopes of N and O during N2O reduction in soil depend on reaction rate constant. Rapid communications in mass spectrometry, Vol. 21, H. 6. pp. 846-850. Lischeid, G. and Kolb, A. and Alewell, C. and Paul, S.. (2007) Impact of redox and transport processes in a riparian wetland on stream water quality in the Fichtelgebirge region, southern Germany. Hydrological processes : an international journal, Vol. 21, H. 1. pp. 123-132. Koptsik, G. and Alewell, C.. (2007) Sulphur behaviour in forest soils near the largest SO2 emitter in northern Europe. Applied geochemistry, Vol. 22, H. 6. pp. 1095-1104. Alewell, C. and Paul, S. and Lischeld, G. and Kusel, K. and Gehre, M.. (2006) Characterizing the redox status in three different forested wetlands with geochemical data. Environmental science & technology, Vol. 40, H. 24. pp. 7609-7615. Paul, S. and Küsel, K. and Alewell, C.. (2006) Reduction processes in forest wetlands : tracking down heterogeneity of source/sink functions with a combination of methods. Soil biology & biochemistry, Vol. 38. pp. 1028-1039. Conen, F. and Leifeld, J. and Seth, B. and Alewell, C.. (2006) Warming mineralises young and old soil carbon equally. Biogeosciences, Vol. 3, H. 4. pp. 515-519. Alewell, C. and Brdemeier, M.. (2006) Forest change under a changing climate : introducing the problem. Forstwissenschaftliche Beiträge Tharandt, H. 28. pp. 20-28. Obrist, D. and Conen, F. and Vogt, R. and Siegwolf, R. and Alewell, C.. (2006) Estimation of Hg⁰ exchange between ecosystems and the atmosphere using ²²²RN and Hg⁰ concentration changes in the stable nocturnal boundary layer. Atmospheric environment, Vol. 40 , H. 5. pp. 856-866. Bänninger, D. and Brodbeck, M. and Hohwieler, N. and Meusburger, Katrin and Alewell, Christine. (2006) Soil degradation in the Swiss Alps. Mountain Forum bulletin, Vol. 6, H. 2. pp. 6-8. Watmough, S. A. and Aherne, J. and Alewell, C. and Arp, P. and Bailey, S. and Clair, T. and Dillon, P. and Duchesne, L. and Eimers, C. and Fernandez, I. and Foster, N. and Larssen, T. and Miller, E. and Mitchell, M. and Page, S.. (2005) Sulphate, nitrogen and base cation budgets at 21 forested catchments in Canada, the United States and Europe. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Vol. 109, H. 1-3. pp. 1-36. Alewell, C. and Lischeid, G. and Hell, U. and Manderscheid, B.. (2004) High temporal resolution of ion fluxes in semi-natural ecosystems : gain of information or waste of resources? Biogeochemistry, Vol. 69, H. 1. pp. 19-35. Jandl, R. and Alewell, C. and Prietzel, J.. (2004) Calcium loss in central european forest soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal, Vol. 68, H. 2. pp. 588-595. Koptsik, G. N. and Alewell, C.. (2004) Behavior of sulfur in soils of forests ecosystems under intense air pollution. Eurasian Soil Science, Vol. 37. pp. 1182-1195. Schneider-Sliwa, Rita and Leser, Hartmut and Nagel, Peter and Parlow, Eberhard and Alewell, Christine. (2003) Geography in Basel - The integrative approach. Geographica Helvetica, Jg. 58, H. 3. pp. 197-213. Lischeid, G. and Kolb, A. and Alewell, C.. (2002) Apparent translatory flow in groundwater recharge and runoff generation. Journal of hydrology, Vol. 265, H. 1-4. pp. 195-211. Likens, G. E. and Driscoll, C. T. and Buso, D. C. and Mitchell, M. J. and Lovett, G. M. and Bailey, S. W. and Siccama, T. G. and Reiners, W. A. and Alewell, C.. (2002) The biogeochemistry of sulfur at Hubbard Brook. Biogeochemistry, Vol. 60, H. 3. pp. 235-316. Alewell, C.. (2001) Predicting reversibility of acidification : the European sulfur story. Water, air and soil pollution, Vol. 130, no. 1-4. pp. 1271-1276. Mitchell, M. J. and Mayer, B. and Bailey, S. W. and Hornbeck, J. W. and Alewell, C. and Driscoll, C. T. and Likens, G. E.. (2001) Use of stable isotope ratios for evaluating sulfur sources and losses at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Water, air and soil pollution, Vol. 130, no. 1-4. pp. 75-86. Alewell, C. and Novak, M.. (2001) Spotting zones of dissimilatory sulfate reduction in a forested catchment : the S-34-S-35 approach. Environmental pollution, Vol. 112, H. 3. pp. 369-377. Wright, R. F. and Alewell, C. and Cullen, J. M. and Evans, C. D. and Marchetto, A. and Moldan, F. and Prechtel, A. and Rogora, M.. (2001) Trends in nitrogen deposition and leaching in acid-sensitive streams in Europe. Hydrology and earth system sciences, Vol. 5, H. 3. pp. 299-310. Evans, C. D. and Cullen, J. M. and Alewell, C. and Kopácek, J. and Marchetto, A. and Moldan, F. and Prechtel, A. and Rogora, M. and Vesely, J. and Wright, R.. (2001) Recovery from acidification in European surface waters. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 5, H. 3. pp. 283-297. Prechtel, A. and Alewell, C. and Armbruster, M. and Bittersohl, J. and Cullen, J. M. and Evans, C. D. and Helliwell, R. and Kopacek, J. and Marchetto, A. and Matzner, E. and Meesenburg, H. and Moldan, F. and Moritz, K. and Vesely, J. and Wright, R. F.. (2001) Response of sulphur dynamics in European catchments to decreasing sulphate deposition. Hydrology and earth system sciences, Vol. 5, H. 3. pp. 311-325. Alewell, C. and Armbruster, M. and Bittersohl, J. and Evans, C. D. and Meesenburg, H. and Moritz, K. and Prechtel, A.. (2001) Are there signs of acidification reversal in freshwaters of the low mountain ranges in Germany? Hydrology and earth system sciences, Vol. 5, H. 3. pp. 367-378. Matzner, E. and Alewell, C. and Bittersohl, J. and Lischeid, G. and Kammerer, G. and Manderscheid, B. and Matschonat, G. and Moritz, K. and Tenhunen, J. D. and Totsche, K.. (2001) Biogeochemistry of a spruce forest catchment of the fichtelgebirge in response to changing atmospheric deposition. Ecological studies, Vol. 147. pp. 463-503. Prechtel, A. and Alewell, C. and Michalzik, B. and Matzner, E.. (2000) Different effect of drying on the fluxes of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen from a Norway spruce forest floor. Journal of plant nutrition and soil science, Vol. 163, No. 5. pp. 517-521. Alewell, C. and Manderscheid, B. and Gerstberger, P. and Matzner, E.. (2000) Effects of reduced atmospheric deposition on soil solution chemistry and elemental contents of spruce needles in NE-Bavaria, Germany. Journal of plant nutrition and soil science, Vol. 163, No. 5. pp. 509-516. Alewell, C. and Mitchell, M. J. and Likens, G. E. and Krouse, R.. (2000) Assessing the origin of sulfate deposition at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Journal of environmental quality, Vol. 29, H. 3. pp. 759-767. Manderscheid, B. and Jungnickel, C. and Alewell, C.. (2000) Spatial variability of sulfate isotherms in forest soils at different scales and its implications for the modeling of soil sulfate fluxes. Soil science, Vol. 165, H. 11. pp. 848-857. Groscheova, H. and Novak, M. and Alewell, C.. (2000) Changes in the delta S-34 ratio of pore-water sulfate in incubated Sphagnum peat. Wetlands, Vol. 20, H. 1. pp. 62-69. Alewell, C. and Manderscheid, B. and Meesenburg, H. and Bittersohl, J.. (2000) Environmental chemistry : is acidification still an ecological threat? Nature, Vol. 407 No. 6806. pp. 856-857. Manderscheid, B. and Schweisser, T. and Lischeid, G. and Alewell, C. and Matzner, E.. (2000) Sulfate pools in the weathered substrata of a forested catchment. Soil Science Society of America, Vol. 64, H. 3. pp. 1078-1082. Lischeid, G. and Moritz, K. and Bittersohl, J. and Alewell, C. and Matzner, E.. (2000) Sinks of anthropogenic nitrogen and sulphate in the Lehstenbach catchment (Fichtelgebirge): lessons learned concerning reversibility. Silva Gabreta, 4. pp. 41-50. Alewell, C. and Mitchell, M. J. and Likens, G. E. and Krouse, H. R.. (1999) Sources of stream sulfate at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest : long-term analyses using stable isotopes. Biogeochemistry, Vol. 44, H. 3. pp. 281-299. Alewell, C. and Gehre, M.. (1999) Patterns of stable S isotopes in a forested catchment as indicators for biological S turnover. Biogeochemistry, Vol. 47, H. 3. pp. 319-333. Alewell, C. and Manderscheid, B.. (1998) Use of objective criteria for the assessment of biogeochemical ecosystem models. Ecological modelling, Vol. 107, No. 2/3. pp. 213-224. Lischeid, G. and Alewell, C. and Bittersohl, J. and Gottlein, A. and Jungnickel, C. and Lange, H. and Manderscheid, B. and Moritz, K. and Ostendorf, B. and Sager, H.. (1998) Investigating soil and groundwater quality at different scales in a forested catchment : the Waldstein case study. Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems, Vol. 50, H. 1-3. pp. 109-118. Alewell, C.. (1998) Investigating sulfate sorption and desorption of acid forest soils with special consideration of soil structure. Journal of plant nutrition and soil science, Vol. 161, No. 1. pp. 73-80. Alewell, C. and Bredemeier, M. and Matzner, E. and Blanck, K.. (1997) Soil solution response to experimentally reduced acid deposition in a forest ecosystem. Journal of environmental quality, Vol. 26, H. 3. pp. 658-665. Alewell, C. and Matzner, E.. (1996) Water, NaHCO3-, NaH2PO4- and NaCl-extractable SO42- in acid forest soils. Journal of plant nutrition and soil science, Vol. 159, No. 3. pp. 235-240. Alewell, C. and Giesemann, A.. (1996) Sulfate reduction in a forested catchment as indicated by delta S-34 values of sulfate in soil solutions end runoff. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, Vol. 32, H. 2/3. pp. 203-210. Alewell, C. and Manderscheid, B. and Lükewille, A. and Koeppe, P. and Prenzel, J.. (1995) Describing soil SO42- dynamics in the Solling roof project with 4 two different modelling approaches. Water, air and soil pollution, Vol. 85, no. 3. pp. 1801-1806. Lükewille, A. and Malessa, V. and Alewell, C.. (1995) Measured and modelled retention of inorganic sulfur in soils and subsoils (Harz Mountains, Germany). Water, air and soil pollution, Vol. 85, no. 2. pp. 683-688. Alewell, C. and Matzner, E.. (1993) Reversibility of soil solution acidity and of sulfate retention in acid forest soils. Water, air and soil pollution, Vol. 71, no. 1/2. pp. 155-165. Alewell, C.. (1993) Effects of organic sulfur compounds on extraction and determination of inorganic sulfate. Plant and soil, Vol. 149, H. 1. pp. 141-144.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428460
__label__cc	0.558973	0.441027	e-Discovery Team ® LAW and TECHNOLOGY – Ralph Losey © 2006-2019 E-Vestigations TAR Course The only types of Technology Assisted Review (TAR) software that we endorse for the search of large ESI collections include active machine learning algorithms, which provide full featured predictive coding capacities. Active machine learning is a type of artificial intelligence (AI). When used in legal search these AI algorithms significantly improve the search, review, and classification of electronically stored information (ESI). For this reason I prefer to call predictive coding AI-enhanced review or AI-enhanced search. For more background on the science involved, see LegalSearchScience.com and our sixteen class TAR Training Course. In TARs with AI-enhanced active machine learning, attorneys train a computer to find documents identified by the attorney as a target. The target is typically relevance to a particular lawsuit or legal issue, or some other legal classification, such as privilege. This kind of AI-enhanced review, along with general e-discovery training, are now my primary interests as a lawyer. Personal Legal Search Background In 2006 I dropped my civil litigation practice and limited my work to e-discovery. That is also when I started this blog. At that time I could not even imagine specializing more than that. In 2006 I was interested in all aspects of electronic discovery, including computer assisted review. AI-enhanced software was still just a dream that I hoped would someday come true. The use of software in legal practice has always been a compelling interest for me. I have been an avid user of computer software of all kinds since the late 1970s, both legal and entertainment. I even did some game software design and programming work in the early 1980s. My now-grown kids still remember the computer games I made for them. I carefully followed the legal search and review software scene my whole career, but especially since 2006. It was not until 2011 that I began to be impressed by the new types of predictive coding software entering the market. After I got my hands on the new software, I began to do what had once been unimaginable. I started to limit my legal practice even further. I began to spend more and more of my time on predictive coding types of review work. Since 2012 my work as an e-discovery lawyer and researcher has focused almost exclusively on using predictive coding in large document production projects, and on e-discovery training, another passion of mine. In that year one of my cases produced a landmark decision by Judge Andrew Peck that first approved the use of predictive coding. Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe, 2012 WL 607412 (SDNY Feb. 24, 2012) (approved and adopted in Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe, 2012 WL 1446534, at 2 (SDNY Apr. 26, 2012)). There have been many cases thereafter that follow Da Silva Moore and encourage the use of predictive coding. See eg.: Rio Tinto v. Vale, 2015 WL 872294 (March 2, 2015, SDNY) with a case collection therein. Attorney Maura R. Grossman and I are among the first attorneys in the world to specialize in predictive coding as an e-discovery sub-niche. Maura is a colleague who is both a practicing attorney and an expert in the new field of Legal Search Science. We have frequently presented on CLE panels as a kind of technology evangelists for these new methods of legal review. Maura, and her partner, ProfessorGordon Cormack, who is an esteemed information scientist and professor, wrote the seminal scholarly paper on the subject, and an excellent glossary of terms used in TAR. Technology-Assisted Review in E-Discovery Can Be More Effective and More Efficient Than Exhaustive Manual Review, Richmond Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. XVII, Issue 3, Article 11 (2011); The Grossman-Cormack Glossary of Technology-Assisted Review, with Foreword by John M. Facciola, U.S. Magistrate Judge, 2013 Fed. Cts. L. Rev. 7 (January 2013); Evaluation of Machine-Learning Protocols for Technology-Assisted Review in Electronic Discovery, SIGIR’14, July 6–11, 2014. I recommend your reading of all of their works. I also recommend your review of my over sixty articles on the subject, study of the LegalSearchScience.com website that I put together, and the many references and citations included at Legal Search Science, including the writings of other pioneers in the field, such as the founders of TREC Legal Track, Jason R. Baron, Doug Oard, and other key figures in the field, such as information scientist William Webber. Also see Baron and Grossman, The Sedona Conference® Best Practices Commentary on the Use of Search and Information Retrieval Methods in E-Discovery (2013).pdf (December 2013). Advanced TARs Require Completely New Driving Methods TAR is more than just new software. It entails a whole new legal method, a new approach to large document reviews. Below is the diagram of the latest Predictive Coding 4.0 workflow I use in a typical TAR project. See: TAR Training Course. This sixteen class course teaches our latest insights and methods of Predictive Coding 4.0. Predictive Coding using the latest 4.0 methods is the new tool for finding the ESI needles of relevant evidence. When used properly, good predictive coding software allows attorneys to find the information they need to defend or prosecute a case in the vast haystacks of ESI they must search, and to do so in an effective and affordable manner. Professor Cormack and Maura Grossman have also performed experiments on predictive coding methodologies, which, among other things, tested the efficacy of random only based search. Evaluation of Machine-Learning Protocols for Technology-Assisted Review in Electronic Discovery, SIGIR’14, July 6–11, 2014. They reached the same conclusions that I did, and showed that this random only – Borg approach – is far less effective than even the most simplistic judgmental methods. I reported on this study in full in a series of blogs in the Summer of 2014, Latest Grossman and Cormack Study Proves Folly of Using Random Search for Machine Training, see especially Part One of the series. The CAL Variation After study of the 2014 experiments by Professor Cormack and Maura Grossman reported at the SIGIR conference, I created a variation to the predictive coding work flow, which they call CAL, for Continuous Active Learning. Evaluation of Machine-Learning Protocols for Technology-Assisted Review in Electronic Discovery, SIGIR’14, July 6–11, 2014, at pg. 9. Also see Latest Grossman and Cormack Study Proves Folly of Using Random Search for Machine Training – Parts One, Two, Three and Four. The part that intrigued me about there study was the use of continuous machine training as part of the entire review. This is explained in detail in Part Three of my lengthy blog series on the Cormack Grossman study. The form of CAL that Cormack and Grossman tested used high probable relevant documents in all but the first training round. (In the first round, the so called seed set, they trained using documents found by keyword search.) This experiment showed that the method of review of the documents with the highest rankings works well, and should be given significant weight in any multimodal approach, especially when the goal is to quickly find as many relevant documents as possible. This is another take-away from this important experiment. The “continuous” training aspects of the CAL approach means that you keep doing machine training throughout the review project and batch reviews accordingly. This could become a project management issue. But, if you can pull it off within proportionality and requesting party constraints, it just makes common sense to do so. You might as well get as much help from the machine as possible and keep getting its probability predictions for as long as you are still doing reviews and can make last minute batch assignments accordingly. I have done several reviews in such a continuous training manner without really thinking about the fact that the machine input was continuous, including my first Enron experiment. Predictive Coding Narrative: Searching for Relevance in the Ashes of Enron. But the Cormack Grossman study on the continuous active learning approach caused me to rethink the my flow chart and create the Version 4.0 process shown above. See: TAR Training Courses (teaches Predictive Coding 4.0). Hybrid Human Computer Information Retrieval In further contradistinction to the Borg, or random only approaches, where the machine controls the learning process, I advocate a hybrid approach where Man and Machine work together. In my hybrid method the expert reviewer remains in control of the process, and their expertise is leveraged for greater accuracy and speed. The human intelligence of the SME is a key part of the search process. In the scholarly literature of information science this hybrid approach is known as Human–computer information retrieval (HCIR). The classic text in the area of HCIR, which I endorse, is Information Seeking in Electronic Environments (Cambridge 1995) by Gary Marchionini, Professor and Dean of the School of Information and Library Sciences of U.N.C. at Chapel Hill. Professor Marchionini speaks of three types of expertise needed for a successful information seeker: Domain Expertise. This is equivalent to what we now call SME, subject matter expertise. It refers to a domain of knowledge. In the context of law the domain would refer to particular types of lawsuits or legal investigations, such as antitrust, patent, ERISA, discrimination, trade-secrets, breach of contract, Qui Tam, etc. The knowledge of the SME on the particular search goal is extrapolated by the software algorithms to guide the search. If the SME also has System Expertise, and Information Seeking Expertise, they can drive the process themselves. (That is what I did in the EDI Oracle competition. I did the whole project as an Army of One, and my results were unbeatable.) Otherwise, an SME will need expert helpers with such system and search expertise. These experts must also have legal knowledge because they must be capable of learning enough from the SME to recognize the relevant documents. System Expertise. This refers to expertise in the technology system used for the search. A system expert in predictive coding would have a deep and detailed knowledge of the software they are using, including the ability to customize the software and use all of its features. In computer circles a person with such skills is often called a power-user. Ideally a power-user would have expertise in several different software systems. They would also be an expert in a particular method of search. Information Seeking Expertise. This is a skill that is often overlooked in legal search. It refers to a general cognitive skill related to information seeking. It is based on both experience and innate talents. For instance, “capabilities such as superior memory and visual scanning abilities interact to support broader and more purposive examination of text.” Professor Marchionini goes on to say that: “One goal of human-computer interaction research is to apply computing power to amplify and augment these human abilities.” Some lawyers seem to have a gift for search, which they refine with experience, broaden with knowledge of different tools, and enhance with technologies. Others do not. Id. at pgs.66-69, with the quotes from pg. 69. All three of these skills are required for an attorney to attain expertise in legal search today, which is one reason I find this new area of legal practice requires a team effort. It is not enough to be an SME, or a power-user, or have a special knack for search. You have to be able to do it all, and usually the only way to do that is to work with a team that has all these skills, and good software too. With a team it is not really that difficult, but like anything requires initial training and then experience. Still, among the three skill-sets, studies have shown that, System Expertise, which in legal search primarily means mastery of the particular software used (Power User), is the least important. Id. at 67. The SMEs are more important, those who have mastered a domain of knowledge. In Professor Marchionini’s words: Thus, experts in a domain have greater facility and experience related to information-seeking factors specific to the domain and are able to execute the subprocesses of information seeking with speed, confidence, and accuracy. Id. That is one reason that the Grossman Cormack glossary builds in the role of SMEs as part of their base definition of computer assisted review: A process for Prioritizing or Coding a Collection of electronic Documents using a computerized system that harnesses human judgments of one or more Subject Matter Expert(s) on a smaller set of Documents and then extrapolates those judgments to the remaining Document Collection. Glossary at pg. 21 defining TAR. According to Marchionini, Information Seeking Expertise, much like Subject Matter Expertise, is also more important than specific software mastery. Id. This may seem counterintuitive in the age of Google, where an illusion of simplicity is created by typing in words to find websites. But legal search of user-created data is a completely different type of search task than looking for information from popular websites. In the search for evidence in a litigation, or as part of a legal investigation, special expertise in information seeking is critical, including especially knowledge of multiple search techniques and methods. Again quoting Professor Marchionini: Expert information seekers possess substantial knowledge related to the factors of information seeking, have developed distinct patterns of searching, and use a variety of strategies, tactics and moves. In the field of law this kind of information seeking expertise includes the ability to understand and clarify what the information need is, in other words, to know what you are looking for, and articulate the need into specific search topics. This important step precedes the actual search, but is an integral part of the process. As one of the basic texts on information retrieval written by Gordon Cormack, et al, explains: Before conducting a search, a user has an information need, which underlies and drives the search process. We sometimes refer to this information need as a topic … Buttcher, Clarke & Cormack, Information Retrieval: Implementation and Evaluation of Search Engines (MIT Press, 2010) at pg. 5. The importance of pre-search refining of the information need is stressed in the first step of the above diagram of Predictive Coding 4.0 methods, ESI Discovery Communications. It seems very basic, but is often under appreciated, or overlooked entirely in the litigation context where information needs are often vague and ill-defined, lost in overly long requests for production and adversarial hostility. Hybrid Multimodal Bottom Line Driven Review My descriptive name for what Marchionini calls the variety of strategies, tactics and moves is Hybrid Multimodal. See eg. Bottom Line Driven Proportional Review (2013). I refer to it as a multimodal method because, although the predictive coding type of searches predominate (shown on the below diagram as AI-enhanced review – AI), I also use the other modes of search, including Unsupervised Learning Algorithms (explained in LegalSearchScience.com) (often called clustering or near-duplication searches), keyword search, and even some traditional linear review (although usually very limited). As described, I do not rely entirely on random documents, or computer selected documents for the AI-enhanced searches, but use a four-cylinder approach that includes human judgment sampling and AI document ranking. See: TAR Training Course. This sixteen class course teaches our latest insights and methods of Predictive Coding 4.0. The various types of legal search methods used in a multimodal process are shown in this search pyramid. Most information scientists I have spoken to agree that it makes sense to use multiple methods in legal search and not just rely on any single method. UCLA Professor Marcia J. Bates first advocated for using multiple search methods back in 1989, which she called it berrypicking. Bates, Marcia J. The Design of Browsing and Berrypicking Techniques for the Online Search Interface, Online Review 13 (October 1989): 407-424. As Professor Bates explained in 2011 in Quora: An important thing we learned early on is that successful searching requires what I called “berrypicking.” … Berrypicking involves 1) searching many different places/sources, 2) using different search techniques in different places, and 3) changing your search goal as you go along and learn things along the way. This may seem fairly obvious when stated this way, but, in fact, many searchers erroneously think they will find everything they want in just one place, and second, many information systems have been designed to permit only one kind of searching, and inhibit the searcher from using the more effective berrypicking technique. This berrypicking approach, combined with HCIR, is what I have found from practical experience works best with legal search. My Battles in Court Over Predictive Coding In 2012 my case became the first in the country where the use of predictive coding was approved. See Judge Peck’s landmark decision Da Silva Moore v. Publicis, 2012 WL 607412 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 24, 2012) (approved and adopted in Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe, 2012 WL 1446534, at 2 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 26, 2012)). In that case my methods of using Recommind’s Axcelerate software were approved. Later in 2012, in another first, an AAA arbitration approved our use of predictive coding in a large document production. In that case I used Kroll Ontrack’s Inview software over the vigorous objections of the plaintiff, which, after hearings, were all rejected. These and other decisions have helped pave the way for the use of predictive coding search methods in litigation. In addition to these activities in court I have focused on scientific research on legal search, especially machine learning. I have, for instance, become one of the primary outside reporters on the legal search experiments conducted by TREC Legal Track of the National Institute of Science and Technology. See eg. Analysis of the Official Report on the 2011 TREC Legal Track – Part One, Part Two and Part Three; Secrets of Search: Parts One, Two, and Three. Also see Jason Baron, DESI, Sedona and Barcelona. In 2015, and again in 2016, I was a participant in TREC total Recall Track. My team members were the top search experts at Kroll Ontrack whom have all trained and mastered Predictive Coding 4.0 methods. The e-Discovery Team participation in TREC is reported on at MrEDR.com, the name my team gave to the Kroll Ontrack software we used in these experiments. After the TREC Legal Track closed down in 2011, and then reopened in 2015 with the Total Recall Track, and again in 2016, the only group participant scientific study to test the efficacy of various predictive coding software, and search methods, is the one sponsored by Oracle, the Electronic Discovery Institute and Stanford. This search of a 1,639,311 document database was conducted in early 2013, with the results reported in Monica Bay’s article, EDI-Oracle Study: Humans Are Still Essential in E-Discovery (LTN Nov., 2013). Here is the below chart published by LTN that summarizes the results. Monica Bay summaries the findings of the research as follows: Phase I of the study shows that older lawyers still have e-discovery chops and you don’t want to turn EDD over to robots. With respect to my dear friend Monica, I must disagree with her conclusion. The age of the lawyers is irrelevant. The best predictive coding trainers do not have to be old, they just have to be SMEs, power users of good software, and have good search skills. In fact, not all SMEs are old, although many may be. It is the expertise and skills that matter, not age per se. It is true as Monica reports that the lawyer, a team of one, who did better in this experiment than all of the other much larger participant groups, was chronologically old. But that fact is irrelevant. The skill set and small group size, namely one, is what made the difference. See: Less Is More: When it comes to predictive coding training, the “fewer reviewers the better” – Parts One, Two, and Three. Moreover, although Monica is correct to say we do not want to”turn over” review to robots, this assertion misses the point. We certainly do want to turn over review to robot-human teams. We want our predictive coding software, our robots, to hook up with our experienced lawyers. We want our lawyers to enhance their own limited intelligence with artificial intelligence – the Hybrid approach. Robots are the future, but only if and as they work hand-in-hand with our top human trainers. Then they are unbeatable, as the EDI-Oracle study shows. For the time being the details of the EDI-Oracle scientific study are still closed, and even though Monica Bay was permitted to publicize the results, and make her own summary and conclusions, participants are prohibited from discussion and public disclosures. For this reason I can say no more on this study, and only assert without facts that Monica’s conclusions are in some respects incorrect, that age is not critical, that the hybrid multimodal method is what is important. I hope and expect that someday soon the gag order for participants will be lifted, the full findings of this most interesting scientific experiment will be released, and a free dialogue will commence. Truth only thrives in the open, and science concealed is merely occult. That is one of many reason why the more open TREC experiments in 2015 and 2016 are so important. See MrEDR.com. Why Predictive Coding Is Important I continue to focus on this sub-niche area of e-discovery as I am convinced that it is critical to advancement of the law in the 21st Century. Our own intelligence and search skills must be enhanced by the latest AI software. Predictive Coding 4.0 methods allow a skilled attorney using the latest predictive coding type software to review at remarkable rates of speed and cost. The AI-enhanced review rates are more than 250-times faster than traditional linear review, and the costs less than a tenth as much. See eg Predictive Coding Narrative: Searching for Relevance in the Ashes of Enron; EDI-Oracle Study: Humans Are Still Essential in E-Discovery (LTN Nov., 2013); also see MrEDR.com. My Life as a Limo Driver and Trainer I have spoken on this subject at many CLEs around the world since 2011. I explain the theory and practice of this new breakthrough technology. I also consult on a hands-on basis to help others learn the new methods. As an old software lover who has been doing legal document reviews since 1980, I also continue to like to do these review projects myself. I like to run AI_enhanced document review projects myself, not just teach others or supervise what they do. I enjoy the interaction and enhancements from the hybrid, human-robot approach. Certainly I need an appreciate the artificial intelligence boosts to my own limited capacities. I also like to serve as a kind of limo driver for trial lawyers from time to time. The top SMEs in the world (I prefer to work with the best), are almost never also software power-users, nor do they have special skills or talents for information seeking outside of depositions. For that reason they need me to run the review projects for them. To switch to the robot analogy again, I like and can work with the bots, they cannot. I can only do my job as a limo driver – robot friend in an effective manner if the SME first teaches me enough of their domain to know where I am going; to know what documents would be relevant or hot or not. That is where decades of legal experience handling a variety of cases is quite helpful. It makes it easer to get a download of the SME’s concept of relevance into my head, and then into the machine. Then I can act as a surrogate SME and do the machine training for them in an accurate and consistent manner. Working as a driver for an SME presents many special communication challenges. I have had to devise a number of techniques to facilitate a new kind of SME surrogate agency process. See: Predictive Coding 4.0 restated here in one post. Of course, it is easier to do the search when you are also the SME. For instance, in one project I reviewed almost two million documents, by myself, in only two-weeks. That’s right. By myself. (There was no redaction or privilege logging, which are tasks that I always delegate anyway.) A quality assurance test at the end of the review based on random sampling showed a very high accuracy rate was attained. There is no question that it met the reasonability standards required by law and rules of procedure. It was only possible to do a project of this size so quickly because I happened to be an SME on the legal issues under review, and, just as important, I was a power-user of the software, and have, at this point, mastered my own search and review methods. Thanks to the new software and version 4.0 methods, what was considered impossible, even absurd, just a few short years ago, namely one attorney accurately reviewing two million documents by him or herself in 14-days, is attainable by many experts. My story is not unique. Maura tells me that she once did a seven-million document review by herself. That is why Maura and Gordon were correct to refer to TAR as a disruptive technology in the Preface to their Glossary. Technology that can empower one skilled lawyer to do the work of hundreds of unskilled attorneys is certainly a big deal, one for which we have Legal Search Science to thank. It is also why I urge you to study this subject more carefully and learn to train the document review robots yourself. Either that, or hire a limo driver like me. Before you begin to actually carry out a predictive coding project, with or without an expert to run your project, you need to plan for it. This is critical to the success of the project. Here is detailed outline of a Form Plan for a Predictive Coding Project that I used to use as a complete checklist. (It’s a little dated now.) My Writings on TAR A good way to continue your study in this area is to read the articles by Grossman and Cormack, and the over sixty or so articles on the subject that I have written since mid-2011. They are listed in rough chronological order, with the most recent on top. I am especially proud of the legal search experiments I have done using AI-enhanced search software provided to me by Kroll Ontrack to review the 699,083 public Enron documents and my reports on these reviews. Comparative Efficacy of Two Predictive Coding Reviews of 699,082 Enron Documents. (Part Two); A Modest Contribution to the Science of Search: Report and Analysis of Inconsistent Classifications in Two Predictive Coding Reviews of 699,082 Enron Documents. (Part One). I have been told by scientists that my over 100 hours of search, comprised of two fifty-hour search projects using different methods, is the largest search project by a single reviewer that has ever been undertaken, not only in Legal Search, but in any kind of search. I do not expect this record will last for long, as others begin to understand the importance of Information Science in general, and Legal Search Science in particular. But for now I will enjoy both the record and lessons learned from the hard work involved. 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__label__cc	0.581802	0.418198	ncis_temptation May prompt- Desks, Dressors, Drawers etc. Also a nod to the opening of episode 6.21. Tony DiNozzo rummaged around in his drawer and added a few pens to the growing pile on his desk. When they began to roll over the edge, he caught them and dumped them back on the top before digging into the drawer again. Pulling out a brown envelope, he frowned, opening it to peer in at the contents. “Tony, what are you doing?” At Ziva’s voice, Tony jumped. “Spring cleaning,” McGee informed her, coming around to sit on the edge of his own desk. He eyed the messy heap. He set the envelope down again and picked up a photograph. He and Gibbs had been out at the Chinese New Year celebrations a few months ago and he’d asked a passer by to take a picture of them. They’d both been so relaxed, the worries of work forgotten as they’d partied. Well, he might have assisted Gibbs’ partying a little with the wine they’d shared at dinner before they went out to join the celebrations. They had both been slightly tipsy by that time, enough for Gibbs to drag him into a doorway and kiss him senseless as the procession went past unseen by either of them. Tony loved this picture; they both looked so happy. He smiled and slipped the photograph into the inner pocket of his jacket before Ziva or McGee saw it. They were both watching him now, waiting to see what else came out of the drawers. Another few pens, a notepad, and then a shirt. Tony examined it carefully. There was a coffee stain on the front; one of the hazards of surprising Gibbs in elevators. That hadn’t been a good idea. They’d been enjoying a morning kiss on the way up to the office, Gibbs still holding his coffee in one hand, when the doors dinged unexpectedly. Usually they were the only people in the office that early but not that day. They jumped apart, Tony catching Gibbs’ elbow and jarring the coffee cup, splashing it. He dropped it into a bag next to his chair before going back to his rummaging. He came across a bag of jelly beans and offered the packet around, but McGee eyed it suspiciously. “Are they out of my desk?” “Might be. Anyway, I’m giving you them back.” McGee still looked at them warily. “What have you done to them?” “Nothing,” Tony insisted. “Jeez.” Ziva reached over and took the bag. “May I?” “Go ahead: I don’t really like them anyway. See, McGee; she trusts me.” McGee rolled his eyes. “If you don’t like them, why get them out of my drawer?” “Can’t remember,” Tony lied. The office had been silent, everyone else having gone home ages ago, and Tony was bored. Gibbs was still doing something-or-other and completely ignoring him. He stretched the rubber band between his thumb and forefinger and flicked another missile in the direction of the mug on Ziva’s desk. His aim was getting better, he thought, though not by much. After the jelly bean bounced off Gibbs’ computer and rolled across his desk, the older man sighed loudly and closed the file he was reading. “Don’t you have anything to do?” “I could have, but you won’t play,” Tony responded. He pouted, sprawling in his chair and trailing a hand down his stomach, lower, leaving Gibbs no doubt as to where it was now. “So, I’ve got to amuse myself.” Gibbs smiled. “Maybe you should come over here and let me watch.” Tony’s smile reappeared as he blew a kiss at Gibbs. “Can’t; you’re busy, remember?” Gibbs dumped the file in his drawer. “Okay, you win. Let’s go home.” Bounding out of his chair, Tony was in the elevator before Gibbs had even picked up his coat. Ziva, still eating the jelly beans, eyed the growing pile of what she classed as junk. For someone who kept the bare minimum in her desk, just the items she needed such as her gun, badge, stationary and files she was working on, she couldn’t work out why Tony insisted on filling his desk with clutter. Sure, he spent a lot of time playing around and not doing a whole hell of a lot, but still, this was a little excessive. “When was the last time you actually used any of this?” Ziva put down the sweets and fished through the pile with the end of a pen, refusing to touch anything, and lifted out a pair of red, fluffy handcuffs with it. “These, for example,” she said, looking at them critically. “Last Friday.” “But why are they in your desk?” He could see the moment she put two and two together and laughed as Ziva’s nose wrinkled in disgust. She dropped them back onto the pile hastily. “Oh, I did not need to know that!” Tony grinned at the expression on her face, wondering if any of the scenarios racing through her mind at this point were even close to the truth. Probably not, he thought. Ziva was probably picturing some bleached-blonde big-boobed beach-bunny rather than a certain silver haired, blue eyed ex-marine. He hadn’t actually thought that Gibbs would ever use them; he’d left the handcuffs in his desk as a joke in place of his standard ones. Which is why he was more than a little surprised when he found himself with the fluffy cuffs around his wrists, restraining his hands in front of him. He didn’t expect Gibbs to still have them in his desk; he thought Gibbs would have got rid of them before now in case anyone else found them. Then again, he reasoned, who would be suicidal enough to go rummaging through the boss’s desk? Gibbs had taken him to the interview room, pressing him up against the two way mirror. Tony could watch in the mirror as Gibbs fucked him, keeping his eyes locked with his lover’s. He had no way of knowing if there was anyone at the other side of the mirror; anyone could have seen them but that just added to the thrill. Tony reached the bottom of his desk drawer and began to load it all back in again. Ziva watched for a while, looking confused. “I thought you were tidying?” “You are putting it all back!” she said. “Tidying implies that you are going to dispose of something,” she continued. “You cannot possibly need all of the crap you keep in there.” “I do,” he insisted. “Sentimental value.” Tony glanced up as the elevator chimed and Gibbs came striding into the office, a cup of coffee in one hand. His eyes widened slightly as he saw Ziva poke at the fluffy handcuffs again with the end of her pen. Following his eye line, Ziva and McGee scattered moments later, leaving Tony smiling innocently up at Gibbs. “Get this lot off your desk, DiNozzo.” The older man set his cup down and leaned over Tony’s desk, his gaze flicking to the handcuffs and then back to the other two, still listening. “We’ll talk about this later,” he said. Tony grinned. “Promise?” He really shouldn’t bait the boss, he thought as he cleared his desk back into the drawers, but it was just so much fun. He couldn’t wait to get home. 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__label__wiki	0.612372	0.612372	Secure Communities: Broad Impacts of Increased Immigration Enforcement By Chloe East·January 13, 2020 The establishment of the Secure Communities program led to a notable increase in immigration enforcement throughout the United States, as the program spread from border counties to the interior of the nation. The program, which began in 2008, had the goal of increasing information sharing between local Will the Public Charge Rule Reduce Safety Net Expenditures? By Tara Watson·January 8, 2020 Policy-makers worry about the financial burden of immigrants on the taxpayer funded safety net. The Trump administration’s August 2019 “public charge” guidance aims to discourage non-citizen participation in federal safety net programs and to deny admission to the country to those deemed likely Does Deporting Immigrants Lower Crime? Evidence from Secure Communities By Annie Laurie Hines and Giovanni Peri·December 11, 2019 The goal of reducing crime has been cited as one justification for policies that increase the government's ability to deport immigrants. But there are different — and conflicting — ways in which increasing deportations could impact crime. If immigrants targeted for deportation are more likely to be What Explains the Wages of Undocumented Workers? By Amy Hsin and Francesc Ortega·July 24, 2019 Queens College, City University of New York Undocumented foreign workers earn lower wages than legal immigrants and native workers with similar skills. What are the reasons for this wage gap? The answer is important for understanding the economic effects of a range of policies, including providing driver’s licenses to undocumented workers (as Immigrants and Public Benefits (VIDEO) By EconoFact Admin·June 11, 2019 This video was produced by Charlie Bentley, a recent graduate of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. The Public Charge rule is a proposal that would change the way immigrants access U.S. public benefits. An underlying assumption to this rule is that immigrants are a burden on native-born Immigrant Earnings and Out-Migration from the United States By Randall Akee·May 8, 2019 Immigrants currently make up about one out of every six workers in the U.S. civilian labor force. While the share of immigrants in the labor force has grown over the past few decades, immigration is not a one-way flow into the United States: There is significant turnover, with many of the foreign-born Do Economists Agree on the Impact of Immigration? (VIDEO) By Jennifer Hunt·November 2, 2018 Excerpt from webinar with Tara Watson (Williams College), Jennifer Hunt (Rutgers University) and Eduardo Porter (New York Times), October 9, 2018. A collaboration between EconoFact and The Hamilton Project, Brookings. What impact does immigration have on the employment prospects and wages of native ... A Snapshot of the Undocumented Population in the United States (VIDEO) By Tara Watson·October 18, 2018 Despite recent increases in detentions of unauthorized immigrants at the border, ... Proposed Immigration Rules and the Safety Net By Tara Watson·April 3, 2018 Current law prevents people who are deemed likely to become a "public charge," that is, dependent upon government support, from becoming legal permanent residents of the United States. The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly proposing to expand the definition and determination of who is a public ... Unauthorized Immigration	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428477
__label__cc	0.591943	0.408057	The last movie you saw......GO! (After you read the OP!!!!) By renaissance, February 27, 2012 in The Tailgate I'm watching this now and I better not regret it. Oh, you'll regret it, alright lol... 3 minutes ago, Califan007 said: 12 minutes in and I already hate you. Can't say I blame ya lol... Burning Cane on Netflix, its a slow burn, but it stuck with me pretty amazing that it was written and directed by a 19 year old B+ for "Doctor Sleep". Just saw that. A little different. I really don't remember "The Shining", since I was a kid when I saw it. Rebecca Ferguson looked hot in it. 2 1/2 hours was a little long I thought. It took a while to get into the story but once it did, I liked it as it went. Mournblade B for Wonder Woman Bloodlines. One of the most bizarre movies to come out DC Animated in a long time. A lot of interesting things (eg. WW takes some extreme measures in some of her fights, also they set up WW with a genius arch villain not unlike Lex Luthor for Superman or Ra' Al Ghul for Batman) but there is a lot of strange, weird and outright bad in this one too. Only for DC Animated diehards (like me). purbeast You all just made me waste 25 minutes watching that Strange Thing About the Johnsons movie. What a pile of ****. Don't waste your time. It's just really really dumb. Just saw the latest Terminator. (And then later saw lots of things about how terrible it was. I liked it. Not historical-level cinema. But then, I don;t go see Terminator movies for deep philosophy, I go for entertainment. No really lofty goals. I had a general problem. (One I have with lots of action movies, now days.) I think that SFX have become so cheap that fight scenes have become too complicated, too fast, and too many people to follow, It's like 5 minutes of scenes that last two seconds each, and I can't even tell who's doing what. But I thought the movie actually showed a lot of character. Something I don't really expect from a Terminator movie, but I'm pleasantly impressed when I see it. As is typical, I really enjoyed Schwarznegger's ability to deliver really funny scenes while absolutely deadpan. I really like that kind of humor. One line of his I liked, he's explaining how a Terminator became a family man: "I'm strong, dependable, very handy, never lose my temper, I'm a good listener, and I'm very funny." I liked the new Terminator as well. I was hoping it would be something entirely new but it’s a slight remix of T2 in the way that T2 was a slight remix of the original. I liked the cast. It was great having Linda Hamilton back as Sarah Connor and Grace was awesome. However, Arnold steals the movie and it goes up a notch as soon as he gets on screen. He’s pretty funny too and he actually adds something to the Terminator lore that could be used in future movies. That he’s a terminator that developed sentience and empathy toward humans without being reprogrammed like he was in T2. my biggest flaw with the movie was that while I loved that it continues T2 storyline where their actions actually did stop Judgement Day, something just as easily replaces it. So I was hoping for a finality in this one especially since it’ll likely be Arnold’s last. Basically the timeline is rewritten to where we are now at the end of T1 again just without a savior like John Connor needing to be born. speaking of which, it was awesome that they killed his ass in the first 5 minutes of the movie. For one, it’s hard to do him justice (tho I liked Bale as JC) and also it’s nice that he isn’t needed anymore because of the events of T2. I liked that Sarah Conner is now Reese, the tough guy who's life's mission is to protect the clueless woman who's vitally important, and doesn't know it. She had some really good lines, too. To Schwartzneger: "And she hasn't noticed that you weigh 400 pounds?" Another thing I hated? WAY too many "there's a terminator after us 20 feet away, let's have a four minute death scene, here". I watched Teen Titans Go vs Teen Titans (rented it on Vudu) I have a six year old that had a half day, and I did not want to make small talk with other parents on a play date... so I rented a cartoon and watched it while she pretended to be interested to avoid hurting my feelings. I thought it was funny. A- for Castlevania Season 2. Not a movie I know, but the BR/DVD of Season 2 has just come out, and its a doozy. Best thing about the show is the huge array of personalities introduced in Season 2, from the wisecracking Trevor Belmont to the vampire seductress Carmilla -- a woman as beautiful as Amber Heard, as fast as Usain Bolt, and as strong as Hercules (while looking extremely feminine -- don't worry, no bodybuilder muscles here). For those of you let down by GOT, this show is your tonic. Edited November 10, 2019 by Mournblade Saw "Playing with Fire" starring John Cena; It's was alright. A nice little movie for the early holiday season. I'll give it a B-. nonniey Saw Midway - Given the subject matter it was surprisingly boring (Given the cast maybe it shouldn't have been a surprise that it was boring). I give it a D. Edited November 11, 2019 by nonniey Missing Link. Surprisingly good, animation is terrific. Somewhere between a B+ and an A-. Saw "Charlie's Angels" Thursday. I liked this reboot. Loved the villain twist in the movie. I'll give the movie a solid B. Looks like it will be a box office flop though. I actually liked it and wanted to see another one. Next up: Ford vs. Ferrari. kfrankie Ad Astra. Only good part was when the chimp attacked Brad Pitt. Edit: The part in the beginning where Brad Pitt fell off the space ladder was also pretty cool. If they'd had the chimp push him off the ladder or maybe attack him on the way down the movie could have been 3 minutes. Would have been masterpiece. Edited November 16, 2019 by kfrankie Saw the true story, Ford vs. Ferrari. Great movie. One of the better racing movies out there. I'll give it an A. It's probably the #1 movie this weekend. Ford vs. Ferrari. Giving it an A. Great movie. Saw "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" today. Warning, the movie isn't what you think it is. You are expecting a movie about Fred Rogers but in reality Fred Rogers is a secondary character. The movie is really about the writer, who writes a story about Fred Rogers. You get snippets of Fred's TV show life but the story is really how Fred Rogers impacts the writers life and how writer comes to terms with his mom's death and his estrangement with his father. Despite the movie not being you think it is, it was still a good movie. So, I'll give it a B-. B- because the movie promotion is a little deceptive. Frozen 2. Grade: F. Wow...just...WOW. One of the worst movies I've seen in a couple of years. Now, bad movies are being pumped out all the time, but "Frozen" is a Disney/Pixar flagship franchise, just like the Incredibles, Toy Story etc. Marketing campaign behind it was huge, expectations were huge, but the movie is just TERRIBLE. Weak, confusing story, humor that falls flat throughout the entire film (NO ONE in a packed theater was laughing), and the music is utterly forgettable. This is to Pixar what Fallout 76 was to Bethesda -- a huge failure that they are going to have a hard time living down. Forget impeaching Donald Trump. Impeach John Lasseter. What a disaster. Watching major league now. It's very bad to steal Jobu's rum..... very bad. 15 hours ago, Mournblade said: I saw it. I thought it was O.K. I'll give it a C. It doesn't match the original but the kids will like it and that's what will make it a money maker. Next up- 21 Bridges. bromjer Joker. It is dark. 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__label__wiki	0.577729	0.577729	Fire-Toolz – “Field Whispers (Into The Crystal Palace)” By Robert MiklosSeptember 15, 2019 No Comments Field Whispers is a brave, demanding, and ambitious experiment, a densely packed adventure that travels through entire universes of sound. Release date: August 30, 2019 \| Orange Milk Records \| Facebook \| Bandcamp Fire-Toolz is one of Angel Marcloid’s sonic outlets. Through this project, we see him delivering a stream of consciousness-style wave of forms and shapes, pouring out with a nigh ferocious approach. Throughout Field Whispers we see how, slowly but surely, every notion of style or genre is thrown out the window. This bold move is made in order to make room for the intensely surreal and at times absurd blend of soundscapes that this wild experiment comprises. It’s not only the conventional types of style that exit the stage, but also anything most of us would consider traditional sounds that have had their place in music for a long time. Angel Marcloid also goes a few extra miles by performing literally everything aside from the saxophone on “Clear Light”, which is provided by Ian Smith. Before I delve into what makes (and possibly breaks) this album, I’d like to start by saying that I deeply appreciate the density of it. Even after about a dozen spins, I still find it difficult to map out the whole thing in my head, although the first thing that came to my attention when looking at the album overall was its utter lack of a binding narrative quality or the cohesiveness that gives a record its flow, so to say. Each song is miles away from the previous or next one, with segments within each track in turn being miles away from each other. While this highly eclectic layout is staggering in terms of sonic diversity, it kind of meanders in its attempt to achieve a hyperbolic juxtaposition. Maybe that was the purpose, to create a sound collage that seeks neither rhyme nor reason, but merely wants to be. It is noticeable that the recurring musical motif of the album lays somewhere in the vaporwave/synthwave paradigm; however, the ensuing sonic surfeit would otherwise beg to differ. The black metal tinge that surfaces on some of the songs is probably the one area of the album that is furthest from the rest. This outburst appears near the end of “mailto:spasm@swamp.god?subject=Mind-Body Parallels”, quite briefly near the end of “✓ BEiNG”, and finally with some intermittence throughout “Smiling At Sunbears Grooming In Sunbeams”. It is also the one single influence that seems to blend in least of all the present ones – maybe due to its rarity across the album, maybe due to the sheer aural disparity, or maybe both. Noise-laden glitches also leave a strong footprint throughout most of the songs. This comes across as either in the form of a very experimental IDM inflection, or as a segment of pure chaos that brings to mind certain breakcore aesthetics. “The Warm Body (A Blessing & Removal)”, “Clear Light”, and “Fluids Come Together & The ‘I Am’ Appears” feature the most of these haphazard-sounding intricacies, along with a fair part of the circuit-bending that occurs. “She Was Me, My Name Was Surrounded”, “April Snowstorm (Idyllic Mnemonic)”, “Hologram Of A Composite (World Of Objects)”, “Eyewitness Meadow Flyover” are probably the most straightforward and digestible songs off Field Whispers. They also comprise most of the progressive fusion/synthwave nuances that are scattered up and down the album. These songs manage to effectively ground a portion of the rampant madness that we are faced with, creating a vague sense of order. A stylistic loner, so to say, “The Pain-Body (Wild Energy Spheres)” is a predominantly dance-oriented track with very little in terms of surprises to throw on our path. It creates some more nuance by doing so, adding another layer to the already densely stratified work. Lastly, “Clear Light”, aside from being the longest song off the album, also features the greatest range of delivery. As such, it is an apt summary of how the record feels as a whole. Production-wise, there is nothing to complain about, though; everything is meticulously articulated and aptly spaced within the mix. If something does feel off, it was probably meant to be as such. Field Whispers is an incredibly daring endeavor. It is an album that attempts to transcend stylistic limitations and conjure surreal realms with a great degree of success. While it may be lacking in coherence and flow, I feel that it makes up at least for some of that in its ballsy determination and ingenious sound design. This is definitely not a record for everyone, but I feel that those of you who resonate with what has been said thus far will only have to gain by smashing that play button. Avant-GardeBlackcircuit bendingelectronicexperimentalField WhispersFire-ToolzfusionglitchidmMetalProgressivesound collageUSAvaporwave Robert Miklos What can I say? I love slapping buttons and listening to squiggly air. Previous PostLana Del Rey - "Norman Fucking Rockwell!" Next PostA SCENE IN RETROSPECT: Earth - "The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull" EeliJanuary 20, 2020 JACKBOYS – “JACKBOYS” ZachJanuary 19, 2020 Lotus Thief – “Oresteia” Scott DemersJanuary 18, 2020	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428494
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__label__wiki	0.675424	0.675424	Aliens Could ‘Invade’ Our Solar System Using Tiny Robots and We Might Not Even Notice Alien life, Podcast Listen to “e154 Aliens Could ‘Invade’ Our Solar System Using Tiny Robots and We Might Not Even Notice” on Spreaker. Article by Jasper Hamill October 22, 2019 (metro.co.uk) • Zaza Osmanov of the Free University of Tbilisi, Georgia has written a paper which discusses ‘extraterrestrial micro replicators’ called Von-Neumann probes that are capable of reproducing themselves. Osmanov theorizes that an alien civilization could ‘invade’ our solar system using tiny ‘micro-robots’ which astronomers would probably fail to spot unless they knew exactly what to look for. • It’s entirely possible, says Osmanov, that extraterrestrial beings could unleash a massive squadron of undetected microscopic probes across the entire galaxy, through clouds of interstellar gas which exist between star systems. Osmanov imagines that if the tiny mechanical probes landed on a rocky planet, it would have the resources needed to continuously reproduce the energy and resource-efficient micro-robots. • Osmanov believes that ‘detection (of swarms of these micro-robots) is quite realistic’ as the machines’ luminosity ‘might reach enormous values’ to be visible to Earth astronomers. But if we are unable to spot them, this may fall under the ‘Fermi Paradox’ as we wonder why we have not been able to detect other galactic civilizations. • Nick Longrich, a senior lecturer in palaeontology and evolutionary biology at the University of Bath, England, has said that the evolution of complex intelligent life on Earth (from a primordial soup) is so spectacularly unlikely it may have happened just once in the entire universe. Said Longrich, “Our (human) evolution may have been like winning the lottery … only far less likely. …The universe is astonishingly vast.” But even if habitable worlds are rare, there are still enough of them out there to suggest that there is also life out there. • According to evolutionary theory, says Longrich, ‘Humans couldn’t evolve until fish evolved bones that let them crawl onto land. Bones couldn’t evolve until complex animals appeared. Complex animals needed complex cells, and complex cells needed oxygen, made by photosynthesis. None of this happens without the evolution of life, a singular event among singular events. … All organisms come from a single ancestor; as far as we can tell, life only happened once.” The odds of evolving intelligence become one in 10 million. “[O]ur evolution wasn’t like winning the lottery. It was like winning the lottery again, and again, and again.” • “[I]ntelligence will evolve on just 1 in 100 trillion habitable worlds.” Reasons Longrich. “If habitable worlds are rare, then we might be the only intelligent life in the galaxy, or even the visible universe.” “And yet, we’re here. That must count for something, right? If evolution gets lucky one in 100 trillion times, what are the odds we happen to be on a planet where it happened?” • “Intelligence seems to depend on a chain of improbable events. But given the vast number of planets, then like an infinite number of monkeys pounding on an infinite number of typewriters to write Hamlet, it’s bound to evolve somewhere. The improbable result was us.” [Editor’s Note] Mainstream scientists and astronomers have not “found” any other galactic civilizations because they are actively trying NOT to find any other civilizations, as they exist throughout this universe. So they get these ‘scientists’ from Deep State-controlled universities to talk about Fermi’s paradox and the long odds of life happening on the earth, and longer odds that it has occurred on other planets, to make us believe that we are the only intelligent life in the galaxy. But wouldn’t the odds dramatically increase if other more ancient intelligent beings were assisting in our human development, or even creating it over hundreds of millions of years? And what if these extraterrestrial beings were still here, controlling and manipulating the human species on earth? This is the reality that the Deep State and its elite masters want to keep secret. Here on Earth, you know a country has been conquered when loads of tanks, attacks helicopters and burly great soldiers roll into town. But aliens could ‘invade’ our solar system using tiny ‘micro-robots’ which astronomers would probably fail to spot unless they knew exactly what to look for. Zaza Osmanov A new study has revealed that it’s entirely possible an extraterrestrial civilisation has unleashed a massive squadron of microscopic probes which have spread out across the galaxy undetected. Zaza Osmanov of the Free University of Tbilisi in Georgia has written a paper which discusses ‘extraterrestrial micro replicators’ called Von-Neumann probes that are capable of reproducing themselves. Currently, the search for alien intelligence is focused on discovering huge ‘megastructures’ such as Dyson Spheres – hypothetical giant power stations built around stars to harvest their energy. Osmanov suggested that advanced civilisations might actually build tiny machines to explore the galaxy and calculated how they would spread through a cloud of interstellar gas – the name for great billows of gas which exist between star systems. Nick Longrich ‘The total number of probes might increase extremely rapidly ”invading” the whole region of an interstellar cloud,’ he wrote. When we think of aliens invading a star system, it’s often assumed they would land on a planet and begin munching up its resources while enslaving or slaughtering its unfortunate inhabitants. This approach might actually be counterproductive because it requires more energy and effort than unleashing swarms of robots. ‘Extraterrestrials would prefer to use micro-robots than large-scale macro probe,’ Osmanov continued. ‘Still there is a possibility to make the process of reproduction efficient but for that, the probes need to land on rocky planets. ‘This compared to the continuous process of replication of microdevices in interstellar clouds seems to be less efficient because landing on a planet and fleeing from it require special manoeuvring.’ Thankfully, if a horde of robots colonised a cloud in the Milky Way we would probably notice them. Osmanov said ‘detection is quite realistic’ because the machines’ luminosity ‘might reach enormous values’, meaning they would give off enough light to be visible. He wrote: ‘If one detects a strange object with extremely high values of luminosity increment, that might be a good sign to place the object in the list of extraterrestrial Von-Neumann probe candidates.’ The apparent contradiction between the likelihood of aliens existing in our gigantic universe and our inability to find them is called the Fermi Paradox. Fermi Paradox, Free University of Tbilisi Georgia, galactic civilizations, Nick Longrich, podcast, University of Bath England, Von-Neumann probes, Zaza Osmanov	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428498
__label__cc	0.511753	0.488247	- audio - Blue Zones: Building Local Communities With Global Insights with Tony Buettner (Healthy Revolution Conference 2014) (Audio) Listen in as Experience Life discusses building community with Tony Buettner. By Experience Life Staff \| May 10, 2014 Big ideas from this session: The importance of community health The secrets of the healthiest societies on the planes Tony is the Senior Vice President of Business and Product Development for Blue Zones. He is responsible for sales, product development, partner relationships and delivery of overall operations and services. He received his BA in Operations Management from the University of St. Thomas and spent the first thirty years of his career running an adventure travel company and as owner of wholesale company based in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Following the sale of his wholesale company he opened a retail store and consulted on retail operations throughout the Caribbean. Tony enjoys hunting and fishing, the outdoors, and is dedicated to his family and wife. https://experiencelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Tony-Buettner-Compressed.mp3 Fostering Mindfulness in Fitness with Neghar Fonooni (Healthy Revolution Conference 2014) (Audio) By Experience Life Staff https://experiencelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Neghar-Fonooni-Compressed.mp3 Listen in as Experience Life fitness editor Maggie Fazeli Fard discusses mindfulness and fitness with Neghar Fonooni. The Real Food Revolution with Congressman Tim Ryan (Healthy Revolution Conference 2014) (Audio) By Experience Life Staff https://experiencelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Congressman-Tim-Ryan-Compressed.mp3 Listen in as Experience Life discusses America’s food system with Congressman Tim Ryan. A Guide to Healthy Pregnancy With Latham Thomas & Heather White (Audio) By Experience Life Staff https://experiencelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Latham-Thomas-and-Heather-White-Compressed.mp3 Listen in as Experience Life senior editor Courtney Lewis Opdahl discusses pregnancy with Latham Thomas and Heather White. Coming Home to Health with Heather White, Executive Director of EWG (Healthy Revolution Conference 2014) (Audio) By Experience Life Staff https://experiencelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Heather-White-Executive-Director-of-EWG-Compressed.mp3 Listen in as Experience Life community engagement specialist Heidi Wachter discusses having a healthy home with Heather White.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428502
__label__wiki	0.544549	0.544549	Saoirse Ronan Lit Up the Red Carpet With Tinsel In Her Hair Last night was the 2019 Governors Awards at the Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles, where stars kicked off the 2020 award season. Saoirse Ronan stunned with gold braids in her hair as she posed for photos with her fellow Little Women castmates. It was hard to tell at first what exactly the Irish actress had in her hair except that it seemed to shimmer in the lights, as well as match her sparkly eye makeup. It turns out, it’s actually tinsel. “I have always loved using different fabrics in hair to create more dimension and to add texture and shine,” hairstylist Adir Abergel tells Stylecaster. He’s responsible for some of Ronan’s most gorgeous red carpet looks. “I got this fabric in London at a fabric store a few months ago,” he explains. “I’m obsessed with the way it mimics hair texture.” Abergel wanted something “soft and romantic” for his muse and I’d say he nailed it. Image: Adir Abergel. Because this look is perfect for the holidays, I had to find out exactly how he did it. First, he gave the actress’ towel-dried hair a deep side part and applied Virtue Volumizing Primer ($36 at Sephora) from roots to ends to create volume and hold. He then applied Virtue 6-in-1 Styler ($32 at Sephora) from mid-shaft to ends and rough-dried with medium heat. When it was totally dry, he used a 1″ curling iron to add texture to the hair. Image: Adir Abergel. Then it was time for the braids. He started the... The PERFECT FALL GLAM MAKEUP TUTORIAL (so easy!)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428509
__label__wiki	0.97451	0.97451	Viva Films (Redirected from VIVA Films) Find sources: "Viva Films" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article's lead section does not adequately summarize key points of its contents. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (April 2019) This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. You can help. The discussion page may contain suggestions. (October 2019) Viva Films is a Filipino film production company founded on November 11, 1981 by Vicente del Rosario, Jr. It is owned by Viva Entertainment. Subsidiary of Viva Entertainment Quezon City, Philippines (November 11, 1981; 38 years ago (1981-11-11)) Vicente G. del Rosario III (Chairman of the Board and CEO) Veronique del Rosario-Corpus Viva Entertainment 3 Highest-grossing films 4 Viva movies on TV 5 P1.1-billion IPO HistoryEdit Veering away from the Sharon Cuneta-Gabby Concepcion tandem, Viva became home of quality dramatic films. The "glossy" production of films such as Sinasamba Kita, Palimos ng Pag-ibig, Saan Darating Ang Umaga?, Kung Mahawi Man Ang Ulap and Paano Ba Ang Mangarap? garnered critical and commercial acclaims. Viva Films also made a documentary film on the Puerto Rican boy group Menudo on their visit to the Philippines in 1985. Viva launched then-supporting actor Phillip Salvador as an action star in the movie Boy Negro. It was also instrumental in introducing to the public Robin Padilla (Bad Boy and Anak ni Baby Ama) and Raymart Santiago (Noel Juico: Batang Kriminal) as new action heroes. Meanwhile, veteran action stars Eddie Garcia, Rudy Fernandez, Bong Revilla Jr. and Fernando Poe, Jr. also made movies for Viva. Viva also made "glossy" comedy films like Working Girls and Sa Totoo Lang which featured serious actors and actresses as main characters instead of comedians. The company also gambled on new comedians as the '80s decade was about to end. Comedy flicks such as Puto, Jack en Jill, Humanap ka ng Panget and I Love You Three Times a Day launched the respective careers of Herbert Bautista, Andrew E. and Jimmy Santos. In the 1990s, Viva launched the careers of Dennis Padilla and Janno Gibbs as solo comedians while reviving the film careers of veteran comedians Redford White (Neber 2 Geder), Chiquito (Pinagbiyak na Bunga) and Joey de Leon (Hibangers). Viva also made a comeback movie with Vic Sotto for the movie Basta Ikaw, Naninigig Pa! with sexy actress Rosanna Roces, Valentin, Val Sotto, Nova Villa & Yoyong Martirez in 1999. Viva was also known as home to quality youth-oriented films, starting with the 1984 breakthrough flick, Bagets. The movie was top billed by William Martinez and launched the careers of then unknowns J.C. Bonnin, Herbert Bautista, Raymond Lauchengco and Aga Muhlach. With its box-office success, the company produced a sequel Bagets 2 with Ramon Christopher, Jon Hernandez and Francis Magalona joining the original cast, the success of the two Bagets film made it the flagship movie of VIVA films & it set the trend for youth-oriented movies in the 80's which other film companies copied, but they never matched nor equaled the success brought about by thehe two Bagets films. In 1989, Viva introduced its second batch of young stars via the youth-oriented comedy Estudyante Blues. It introduced to the public young stars & That's Entertainment mainstays such as Vina Morales, Gelli de Belen, Keempee de Leon, Raymart Santiago and Dingdong Avanzado. The movie was also a resounding success, despite the fact that Estudyante Blues became an earlier hit via the Philippine music airwaves as a single sung by Freddie Aguilar. Viva later on entered into television production by partnering with GMA Network. Their first venture together was the sitcom Ober Da Bakod in 1992 with then rising young talents Donita Rose, Gelli de Belen, and Janno Gibbs and Anjo Yllana as main stars, followed by the soap opera Villa Quintana in 1994 with Donna Cruz and Keempee de Leon as lead stars. However, it was the 1995 youth-oriented series TGIS that gave Viva its biggest success as a television producer. Headlined by Angelu de Leon, it gave birth the careers of Bobby Andrews, Michael Flores, Onemig Bondoc, Red Sternberg, Raven Villanueva and Ciara Sotto. The success of the TV series was later translated to the big screen, when the TGIS group became box-office stars via the movies Takot Ka Ba sa Dilim? and TGIS the Movie (co-produced by GMA). This was followed by the Viva Teen Barkadas headed by Dingdong Dantes, Anne Curtis, Sunshine Dizon, Kim Delos Santos, Antoinette Taus, Polo Ravales, Dino Guevarra, Chubi del Rosario. Viva Films made a comeback by co-producing with new players GMA Films and Star Cinema while producing its own films. Among the movies that the company co-produced or solely produced were Till I Met You (with GMA Films), Wag Kang Lilingon (with Star Cinema), Ang Cute ng Ina Mo (with Star Cinema), Paano Kita Iibigin (with Star Cinema), Ouija (with GMA Films), Apat Dapat Dapat Apat: Friends 4 Lyf and Death (with On-Q 28 Productions), Ikaw Pa Rin: Bongga Ka Boy, When Love Begins (with Star Cinema), A Very Special Love (with Star Cinema), recently in 2009, Status: Single (with On-Q 28 Productions), You Changed My Life (with Star Cinema), and Patient X (with GMA Films and RGUTZ Productions), and on 2010, Babe, I Love You (with Star Cinema), Working Girls (with GMA Films and Unitel Pictures), Hating Kapatid, In Your Eyes (with GMA Films), and Petrang Kabayo. Patient X marks the first Viva movie of rising young actor Richard Gutierrez followed by In Your Eyes and also the first Viva movie of teen actress-turned sexy star Cristine Reyes after signing a contract with Viva Entertainment, while Working Girls marks the first Viva movie of 1st Starstruck princess Jennylyn Mercado after she signed a contract with Viva Entertainment. In 2011, Catch Me, I'm in Love, No Other Woman, The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin, Won't Last A Day Without You (all co-produced by Star Cinema), and Moron 5 & A Crying Lady (co-produced by MVP Films) were released. On 2012, Of All the Things (co-produced by GMA Films) was released. In 2013, It Takes a Man and a Woman, Momzillas, and Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy (all co-produced by Star Cinema) were released. In 2014, The Amazing Case of Vince Irenea & and a remake of Magnum Muslim: 357 were also released. In 2015, Felix Manalo, a biopic of Iglesia Ni Cristo Founder was released in October. On 13 March 2019, Viva Communications joined the local-language film consortium Globalgate Entertainment, which is led by American mini-major film studio Lionsgate.[1] FilmsEdit Main article: List of films produced and released by Viva Films Highest-grossing filmsEdit Highest-grossing films by Viva Films[HGF] Box-office gross (in estimated amount) Gandarrapiddo: The Revenger Squad 2017 ₱571,000,000 co-produced with Star Cinema [2] Beauty and the Bestie 2015 ₱526,000,000 [3] The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin 2014 ₱440,000,000 [4] Miracle in Cell No. 7 2019 ₱475,000,000 Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy 2013 ₱421,000,000 co-produced with Star Cinema [5] It Takes a Man and a Woman 2013 ₱405,000,000 [6] Sisterakas 2012 ₱393,000,000 [7] The Mall, The Merrier 2019 ₱338 million The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin 2011 ₱331,000,000 [8][9] Kita Kita 2017 ₱320,000,000 co-produced with Spring Films [10][11] HGFEarnings of the film listed in the box-office gross with an estimated amount is not the accurate total gross of the film. Some articles and reports even the production company itself are giving different amounts of gross and not revealing its actual amount. In this case, the estimated gross amount shown above is from the sources that has a similar report of the gross. Viva movies on TVEdit During the early 1980s, Viva tied up with IBC-13 to air their early releases every Saturday nights. The movie block, titled Viva Box Office Hits, showed early movies of Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion and other early releases by the company, In 1988, "Viva Box Office Hits" was one of the Viva shows that transferred to ABS-CBN (along with "The Sharon Cuneta Show") after its original home IBC-13 was sequestered by the Aquino administration. Despite "Viva Box Office"'s cancellation in 1989, succeeding movies produced by Viva Films and its subsidiaries continued to air on ABS-CBN through the network's movie blocks "Tagalog Movie Greats" and "Star Cinema Presents" until 1992. In 1992, Viva switched networks by partnering with GMA-7 where their latest movie releases starting in 1991 onwards were shown every Thursday nights. The movie block was renamed Viva Sinerama. The said partnership initially caused controversy after former media partner ABS-CBN filed an injunction to block the partnership as the network launched their own motion picture company Star Cinema a year later. The said injunction affected the airing of the 1991 box-office hit "Maging Sino ka Man" which was supposed to be Viva's maiden offering on "Viva Sinerama". After the court decided in favor of the Viva-GMA partnership, the said movie finally aired after six months. It was also during the GMA era where Viva aired another movie block on Monday nights called MVP (Monday Viva Presentations) in 1994, primarily to compete with ABS-CBN's then top-rating movie block Regal Presents. During the new millennium, Viva diversified its movie library where it was aired randomly on IBC-13 (via Viva TV primetime block) and ABC-5 (now TV5) (via the Viva Box Office movie block). From free TV, Viva was able to tie up with Star TV and Fox International Channels Philippines to create an all-Filipino international movie channel on May 6, 1996, called Viva Cinema. Viva Cinema aired over 300 movies coming from the Viva library, including latest releases. It also aired behind-the-scenes outtakes and refreshing entertainment shows. The partnership between Viva and Star TV ended on July 31, 2003 when Viva created its own movie channel, PBO (Pinoy Box Office) and entrusted the entire Viva movie library to ABS-CBN by allowing it to air over. Viva Prime Channel air mostly action and Drama movies at 7:00 p.m. only every other week of the month. Viva Cinema return on February 2009 along with the launch of Philippine DTH's Cignal Digital TV of the same month. Aside from Viva entrusted the entire Viva library to ABS-CBN co-productions of Viva and Star Cinema are also aired exclusively via ABS-CBN's movie block Kapamilya Blockbusters and ABS-CBN Sports and Action's movie blocks Movie Action Zone and Lunch Blockbuster, and via Viva Cinema, Viva Prime Channel, and PBO. While co-productions of Viva and GMA Films are exclusively aired via GMA's movie blocks Kapuso Movie Festival and/or Kapuso Movie Night, GMA News TV's movie block Takilya Blockbuster, and via Viva Cinema, Viva Prime Channel, and PBO. In 2015, Viva partnered with TV5 to provide entertainment content. This transpired after the TV network dissolved its entertainment department to make room for blocktimers and content providers. It is said that Viva will be the biggest content contributor for the network. However, its partnership with TV5 terminated between July and August 2016 as former Gilas Pilipinas and PBA head coach, Vicente "Chot" Reyes takes over as President and CEO of TV5. P1.1-billion IPOEdit On January 2008, Viva chairman Vic del Rosario announced that Viva Communications expected to raise P1.1 billion through approval of the initial public offering (IPO) by the Philippine Stock Exchange, on listing date of March 5. It planned to sell up P 92.8 million new shares and P 49.9 million secondary shares at P 12.93 / share (offer is 35% of the company's issued and outstanding capital stock). It appointed Banco de Oro (BDO) Capital and Investment Corporation as lead underwriter and Abacus Capital and Investments Corporation as co-lead underwriter. Viva's net income was P 121 million for January to October 2007, double its 2006 earnings and projects net profit of P 330 million this year.[12] Sine Novela – movies of Viva Films remade by GMA Network for afternoon drama in television Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita – a non-Sine Novela created by Gilda Olvidado and Viva Films remade by GMA Network for prime-time drama in GMA Telebabad. ^ Dave McNary (13 March 2019). "Lionsgate's GlobalGate Adds Philippines' Viva Communications". variety.com. Retrieved 2 June 2019. ^ "The Revenger Squad grosses P571 million, says Star Cinema; now highest-grossing Filipino movie of all time". Retrieved 18 January 2018. ^ News, ABS-CBN. "'Beauty and the Bestie' earns P526M in box office". Retrieved 15 August 2017. ^ "MMFF 2014 Box Office Update Praybeyt Benjamin , Feng Shui set record". The Summit Express. Retrieved 27 March 2016. ^ "Annual report" (PDF). www.pds.com.ph. 2015. Retrieved 2019-10-30. ^ "Philippines Yearly Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 March 2016. ^ Calderon, Nora (February 21, 2016). "John Lloyd, Bea, Vice, Coco, Vic, Ai-Ai lead winners at the Box Office Entertainment Awards" (in Tagalog and English). Philippine Entertainment Portal. Ang My Bebe Love #KiligPaMore ang nakakuha ng pangatlong top gross, with P385 million...[My Bebe Love #KiligPaMore gained the third top gross, with P385 million] ^ "The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin (2011)". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 15 August 2017. ^ Ricky Lo (January 20, 2014). "Vice Ganda beats Kris at the tills". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 26, 2014. ^ "'Kita Kita' exceeds P300 million mark in box-office sales". Push. August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017. ^ "Alden and Maine's movie Imagine You And Me earned P120". Philippine Entertainment Portal. July 21, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016. ^ Inquirer.net, Viva Films plans P1.1-billion IPO List of Viva Films Movies at IMDB.Com Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Viva_Films&oldid=936671243"	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428511
__label__cc	0.727213	0.272787	WikiAlpha:Community portal From WikiAlpha Revision as of 13:56, 16 August 2012 by Richard (Talk \| contribs) (→‎How are we doing?) Hi, I've just had an Email notifying me that an article I created on EN wiki has been migrated here, except it hasn't. I frequently move poorly named new articles and I wonder if that has lead to your migration bot being confused? As you haven't got the relevant history I can't see what happened in that case, but am pretty sure that would be the case. WereSpielChequers 01:47, 3 July 2011 (MDT) Hi. Thanks, yes that page was one of the first we did, and it appears to have been accidentally removed during testing. Sorry about that. --Richard 02:14, 3 July 2011 (MDT) 1 Copyright/License terms 3 September11wiki? 4 Time zone 5 Using templates from Wikipedia? 6 On notability, and its hidden bias -- versus maintainability 7 Liscensing -- I'd like to be fickle 7.1 I think I was the sole author of the intellectual content of this article 8 Who is entitled to attribution? 9 Where should bug reports be made? 10 API 11 Explicitly thanking Richard, and seeking clarification of this project's scope 11.1 How are we doing? 12 fair use images? 13 Robot plague Copyright/License terms At the head of pages copied from Wikipedia you properly refer to CC-BY-SA, but at the foot of the pages and on the main page it still says "Content is available under Public Domain". That is misleading and untrue - at most it should say something like "Content is available under Public Domain unless otherwise stated at the head of the page." 79.69.225.150 (talk) 15:36, 10 July 2011 (MSD) Yes, we will update the template to be more explicit. Richard (talk) 16:26, 10 July 2011 (MSD) This needs to be done at MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning2 All the best, Rich Farmbrough (talk) 07:37, 5 June 2012 (MSD) Thanks for the pointer, Rich. I've asked Govind if this can be updated. Best regards. Web (talk) 08:13, 5 June 2012 (MSD) Also adding MediaWiki:Copyright to the list. Thanks. Web (talk) 12:18, 7 June 2012 (MSD) {{Wp-cca}} already states that it is "contrary to the public domain logo at the foot of the page.". I don't know that MediaWiki allows you to selectively change the copyright message on some articles. Govind (talk) 04:13, 9 June 2012 (MSD) Thanks for stopping by, Govind, I appreciate the help. Some people I spoke to were reluctant to help because of the issue. I though it wouldn't hurt to ask if the message could be changed. Would you be opposed to changing MediaWiki:Copyright from Content is available under Public Domain. to this Content is available under Public Domain unless otherwise noted. or something similar? Thanks. Web (talk) 13:49, 9 June 2012 (MSD) I was wondering about the status of this site. It seems that Richard hasn't edited in a couple weeks and HistoryBot is only running sporadically. I was hoping this place would be running full steam by now. Could somebody provide a status of the site operations? Thanks. Web (talk) 06:33, 24 July 2011 (MSD) Hi Web, we've been a little busy the last couple of weeks but we've both been monitoring the site and the situation with wikipedia. I need to make some adjustments to HistoryBot, but it will be back up and running soon. Thanks for your contributions by the way. Cheers Richard (talk) 09:04, 24 July 2011 (MSD) Thanks for the update, Richard. Thanks also to you and Govind for setting up the site and everything. It's very kind of you to provide a safe haven for disenfranchised Wikipedians. Thanks. Web (talk) 01:03, 25 July 2011 (MSD) September11wiki? See [1]. I just heard about this site, which dates back to a 2002 dispute at Wikipedia which began a trip down the wrong path... unfortunately, the site is closed, but maybe the operators could be contacted and recruited to your project? Just a thought. Wnt (talk) 22:30, 27 July 2011 (MSD) I think anything that adds to WikiAlpha would probably be benefitial. Web (talk) 07:46, 29 July 2011 (MSD) I was admin there. There and I think the Afar WP, which was also closed. Interestingly the September 11 wiki became more encyclopedic as time passed, and less of a memorial as such. There was no real problem with keeping it, but some folk just like tidying up for the sake of it. Rich Farmbrough (talk) The time zone for the server appears to be UTC, while the time zone on signatures appears to be "MSD" AKA Wikipedia:Moscow Time and Wikipedia:UTC+04:00. Why the discrepancy? — Jeff G. ツ 05:09, 3 August 2011 (MSD) Using templates from Wikipedia? I'm going to be working on articles, but there are a number of templates I need first. I've been grabbing templates from Wikipedia for the new ones, but I was wondering if anybody would mind if I used Wikipedia's templates for existing ones, like {{cite book}} and {{cite news}}? I wanted to ask permission before I started doing this. Another one I was hoping to replace was {{infobox}}, but I want to ask first because it will change the look of all infoboxes from the yellow/orange border to black like Wikipedia. @Richard, Govind & Mathew, I wanted to get your OK on this before I did anything since this will change how the site looks. Thanks in advance for your input. Web (talk) 07:20, 25 August 2011 (MSD) That sounds good, but be warned, the cite templates on enwp take esoteric to a whole new level. :) — Jeff G. ツ 07:55, 23 October 2011 (MSD) Feel free, but as Jeff said above, they take some getting used to. :P Govind (talk) 10:09, 23 October 2011 (MSD) Yes, the template stuff is way beyond my abilities, but I'm fortunate to be getting help from Wikipedia's premier template expert, User:Rich Farmbrough, who has been generously helping. So I may make some headway on this. Web (talk) 08:05, 5 June 2012 (MSD) On notability, and its hidden bias -- versus maintainability I looked at a couple of discussion pages here, recognized a lot of names of wikipedia contributors, was surprised to see so many people from there participating here. Then I realized it was a cut and paste of a discussion that occurred at wikipedia. Rather than reply on that page, to people unlikely to ever read my comment, I am going to comment here. One of those discussions asked about notability. I have had reservations about notability since the very first {{afd}} I participated in, as, it seemed to me that often when a contributor called something "not notable" it was really a sign of their own, unconscious, hidden bias. To anyone who thinks my name is familiar from en.wiki I was the person who made the most effort to cover the Guantanamo captives and other topics related to what the Bush administration used to call the "global war on terror". It routinely seemed to me that the claims of many of those who challenged the notability of the stories of these individual amounted to judgement calls the challengers were making about the credibility of the captives' claims. They didn't agree the captives' stories were notable because they didn't agree the captives' stories were credible. When they didn't believe that any of the USA's captive had been innocent civilian bystanders, they didn't think articles about these individuals were merited, even when they had been tortured, or their detention was justified for tissue thin claims that they were owners of the same watch that Ahmed Ressam was going to use to bomb LAX on 1999-12-31. The Citizendium, where I have also contributed articles, some newly written, some ported from wikipedia, tried to learn some lessons from the wikipedia. They have a cool system for attaching a cluster of files to each article, including a gallery for related images, and a "related articles" feature. But the thing that first interested me about trying to volunteer there was they didn't have a notability policy or guideline -- instead they had a "maintainability" policy. Articles required reliable, authoritative, verifiable references, in order to be considered "maintainable". And, articles that seemed to have fallen out of date, where those who had worked on them were no longer active, or had lost interest, could also be deemed "unmaintainable". I have been prolific at the wikipedia. I started a lot of articles, on controversial topics, and there are something like 100 articles I started there, that have been deleted, which I think could be perfectly suitable articles here, or on some other wiki. (Some of them I think were policy compliant there too.) I want to learn more about the differences in liscensing here and there prior to committing to port those 100 or so articles here. I will start a seperate section on that. Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 03:08, 6 June 2012 (MSD) Hi Geo Swan. Thanks for your contributions. I believe User:Govind is the site operator and pays for the hosting and other bills. He can give you a definative answer. My understanding is that the only things that would be deleted here are copyright violations and BLP violations. I think everything else is safe from deletion. I know that notability doesn't apply and I don't think there's anything like maintainability. Best regards. Web (talk) 09:34, 6 June 2012 (MSD)I was mistaken. Striking incorrect info. See below. Web (talk) 14:33, 8 June 2012 (MSD) See also WikiAlpha:CSD. Web (talk) 12:27, 6 June 2012 (MSD) Hi Geo Swan. Good to have you aboard. FYI: Govind is the head wiki administrator here, I mostly maintain the server and pay hosting costs. As to licensing: try to follow the law as best you can. To my knowledge Creative Commons licenses are very rarely enforced so I wouldn't be hyper concerned about it. We are public domain, so anything you write on this site is free for everyone to read, modify and reproduce forever more (it's not as scary as it sounds!) And as to inclusion requirements -- we are basically laissez faire. Nothing illegal or grossly offensive. Anything else is fine. Richard (talk) 14:19, 8 June 2012 (MSD) Thanks Richard. I appreciate you funding the project here. It's very generous of you. Kind regards. Web (talk) 14:36, 8 June 2012 (MSD) Liscensing -- I'd like to be fickle I'd like to be fickle. If I started an article, I'd like to be able to encapsulate my edits that started that article, and carry that encapsulation to any other wiki, and make it available there. Fickle. I know the wikipedia's interpretation of {{gfdl}} and {{cc-sa-3.0}} is that a contributor's right to have their contribution attributed to them is satisfied by a mere list of contributors. I am not aware of whether this was ever the subject of a discussion on the wikipedia. If it was that discussion probably occurred very early. I am not aware of anyone challenging that interpretation. While, I am not a lawyer, this interpretation seems questionable to me, on a purely legal level. Further, there are a couple of non-legal aspects of this interpretation that bug me. It seems to me that if there was a court case where this interpretation of attribution was challenged, and a court ruled that a mere list of contributors was insufficient, all the wikipedia's mirror sites, and the wikipedia and its sibling projects, would all be out of compliance with the law. When I have ported articles I started to other wikis, I take a look at the contribution history, and try to determine the edit which is the last which I can claim I was the sole author of intellectual content. And that is the version I port -- even if it was a couple of years out of date. In doing so I honor my interpretation of what kind of attribution is required. In the wikipedia discussions that were copied here, that I referred to in my comment above, someone made the point that the original liscense the wikipedia contributors submitted their edits under when they submitted them there is not compatible with claiming that that material is in the public domain here. I think they are right. I think that material is not in the public domain, that their original liscense required re-users to only use that material under the same liscense it was originally released under. Sometime in 2005 someone ported a couple of maps I had uploaded to en.wiki to the wikimedia commons. My nose was put out, because I didn't understand that the gfdl I submitted it under explicitly allowed him or her to do that. Sometime between 2007 and 2009 I decided I would relax the liscensing on all my images, and put them all in the public domain. Some famous guy said an egoless person could quietly get a lot more accomplished -- if they were prepared to forgo taking credit for those accomplishments -- under that theory I am think I could be convinced to put my own personal contributions in the public domain -- but I can't make that commitment for other people who contributed to the wikipedia version of an article. Geo Swan (talk) 03:51, 6 June 2012 (MSD) I've left User:Govind a note about the #Copyright/License terms discussion above. Web (talk) 09:41, 6 June 2012 (MSD) See Mycroft Holmes. Rich Farmbrough (talk) I think I was the sole author of the intellectual content of this article I ported an article before AFD here. After reviewing its contribution history at wikipedia I thought I could assert I was the sole author of the intellectual content of Mustaq Aksari. I moved it to article space, and removed the tag about attributing it to wikipedia, as, although other people edited the article, they only edited its meta data, and left the intellectual content untouched. I`d appreciate another set of eyes looking at the contribution history and confirming or disputing my interpretation. You certainly created the majority of the content. Most everything else was tags, CATs, persondata and such. But this edit could be considered an addition worthy of attribution. Web (talk) 14:20, 8 June 2012 (MSD) strike previous comment above In re-reading your comments above, I believe you would like to release certain articles to the public domain. I would say Yes you can, there are no substantial additions to this article that would prevent that. I would just add that, per Moonriddengirl's comment here, that WikiAlpha (i.e. you, me & everybody) does a very good job attributing while the majority of other sites do not. So I think you're doing fine and the talk page already includes attributions. Best regards. Web (talk) 16:58, 8 June 2012 (MSD) Who is entitled to attribution? I recently sought input at one of wikipedia's village pumps over who is entitled to count on the attribution described in {{gfdl}} and {{cc-sa-3.0}}. I think only contributors whose edits contained "intellectual content" are entitled to attribution. I think there are various kinds of edits that are valuable, but don't entitle a contributor to attribution. I think edits that correct spelling, grammar or punctuation are not entitled to attribution. I think edits that add categories, or other meta information, do not require attribution. Geo Swan (talk) 03:51, 6 June 2012 (MSD) This is actually very interesting question. Dewey have IPRs in a system of organizing knowledge, in the same way the WP community could claim at least communal IPRs on the WP category system, though many individual parts would not be protectable by themselves. Rich Farmbrough (talk) @Geo Swan, I've never really thought about it myself. I don't really have an opinion at the moment, but some people may view attribution as a courtesy for their volunteering. Web (talk) 09:46, 6 June 2012 (MSD) There is no question that those who make edits that don't add or significantly amend the intellectual property in an article may still have made a very valuable contribution. Copyediting is valuable. Wikitags, and other organizational metatags don't add intellectual content, but are still valuable. Adding or fixing references don't add intellectual content, but are very useful When edits are valuable the contributor should get their share of wikilove, barnstars, and plain old straight forward expressions of appreciation. But since attribution is a legal requirement, I think we should stick to the other ways of showing appreciation, and not also use attribution as a way of showing appreciation. Geo Swan (talk) 00:36, 7 June 2012 (MSD) You're probably right. I haven't thought much about the legal aspects. For me, the most important part of these wiki-type projects is making the information itself available so that people can find it, read it and benefit from it. Before Wikipedia, a lot of very helpful information was not easily accessable. Today there are a lot of Wikis and the net has become a valuable resource for finding details on many important subjects. Web (talk) 17:30, 8 June 2012 (MSD) Where should bug reports be made? Where should bug reports be made? Here on this page? Briefly, I tried porting an article from the wikipedia. I encountered two bugs. The port of the cite templated doesn't properly understand the "archiveurl =" field. That is OK with me. I prefer to put the url to the archived version after the {{cite}} template. I encountered a problem when I tried using html comments to hide templates that weren't supported here from the render engine. The render engine seemed to ignore those html comments. This seemed so odd to me it occurred to me that this might be a problem with the caching of the previously saved version. I assume we are all volunteers here. I know I can't count on having these bugs, if they are bugs, addressed promptly -- or even at all. I record them here just for completeness. I'm not sure where bug reports should go, but this seems like as good a place as any. I should probably mention that User:Richard was the other person maintaining this site, but looking at his contribs, it appears he's not active any more. So it may be that Govind has his hands full keeping things running, but that's just a guess. Web (talk) 10:02, 6 June 2012 (MSD) Solution to #2 above The reason the HTML comment didn't work is because of a comment inside a comment. {{Infobox WoT detainees \| name = Mohammed Ahmed \| image = \| image_size = \| caption = \| date_of_birth = {{Birth year and age\|1996}} \| place_of_birth = [[USA]] \| date_of_arrest = 2003-03 \| place_of_arrest = Pakistan \| arresting_authority = US and Pakistani security officials \| date_of_release = 2008 \| place_of_release = Afghanistan \| date_of_death = <!-- {{Death-date and age\| death date \| birth date }} --> \| place_of_death = \| citizenship = [[USA]] \| detained_at = CIA [[black sites]] \| id_number = \| group = \| alias = Ahmed Siddiqui \| charge = no charge, held in [[extrajudicial detention]] \| penalty = \| status = returned to his maternal family \| csrt_summary = \| csrt_transcript = \| occupation = \| spouse = \| parents = [[Aafia Siddiqui]] \| children = In this instance, there is a second comment in this template. The date_of_death parameter has {{Death-date and age}} commented out and is the second comment. If you remove the <!-- and --> from that part, then your comment around the template will work. Best regards. Web (talk) 16:26, 8 June 2012 (MSD) Ah. Pilot error. Thanks! Geo Swan (talk) 18:05, 8 June 2012 (MSD) having trouble accessing the API. Rich Farmbrough (talk) API as in http://en.wikialpha.org/w/api.php like Wikipedia's http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php ? I don't have any experience in this area. Perhaps User:Govind could help, but it's quite possible that you are the most experienced person here, Rich. Maybe Govind could give you access to the database and other stuff. Just a thought. Web (talk) 09:56, 6 June 2012 (MSD) Adding mediawiki:API:Main page for my reference. Web (talk) 10:19, 6 June 2012 (MSD) The endpoint as listed on that page is what I'm looking for. It's not present in the HTML page source. Rich Farmbrough (talk) Found it -- http://en.wikialpha.org/mediawiki/api.php Google to the rescue. Web (talk) 10:09, 7 June 2012 (MSD) Tried a query and it seems to work. Web (talk) 10:16, 7 June 2012 (MSD) Excellent! I'll get to work. Rich Farmbrough (talk) (Strangely, though, http://en.wikialpha.org/wiki/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=general%7Cnamespaces%7Cnamespacealiases%7Cstatistics works fine it may be that there is more to this than meets the eye.) Rich Farmbrough (talk) 19:20, 7 June 2012 (MSD) I'm getting JSON errors, now, which is interesting because I wasn't aware the perl module used JSON. But annoying too. Rich Farmbrough (talk) I spent several hours digging around, but haven't made any progress. I've been reading through http://svn.mediawiki.org/doc/tree.html and http://svn.mediawiki.org/doc/files.html, which was interesting but not too helpful. I would guess that Govind has a non-standard installation, but I could easily be wrong. Could you let me know a specific error message? Thanks. Web (talk) 14:10, 8 June 2012 (MSD) We have some URL rewriting going on that makes the URLs friendlier. That may be upsetting your API access. I've added a rule to prevent it messing with the api.php script. Let me know if that helps. Richard (talk) 14:32, 8 June 2012 (MSD) Thank you. Web (talk) 14:37, 8 June 2012 (MSD) Explicitly thanking Richard, and seeking clarification of this project's scope First, User:Richard, let me explicitly thank you for paying the bills here. I am going to mention three recent threads at: Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#When should administrators decline to email the source text to deleted material? Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Copyright and cite templates, spelling and punctuation corrections Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#transmittal by email and the meaning of publishing If you read the last two threads you will see some straw arguments advanced by a non-administrator named User:Whatamidoing, who quite agressively chewed me out for (1) claiming I could demand an administrator email me deleted content on request; (2) failing to keep a copy of every article I started that might someday be deleted. Of course I never made the demands she claimed I was making. Grrr. WRT her second admonition, I think she was claiming I should have copied that material to my hard drive. But another option would be to republish articles I start that I think might face deletion on a second wiki. Is a parallel copy of articles I start in the future, that I think might face deletion, going to be welcome here? What about the articles I already started? Over my 8 years at the wikipedia I have been prolific. I started well over 2000 articles. Anything I port here, where I think I can claim I was the sole author of the intellectual content, I will place in the public domain. In addition to those listed in the link above there is another five to ten percent of the articles I started that have been deleted. Some of them were deleted for bullshit reasons. There are half a dozen hostile wiki-ids who show up when articles I have started have been nominated for deletion, don't actually read or participate in the discussion, and leave a boilerplate "delete" vote. Can I look forward to adding those 100 to 200 articles put into article space here, if I can get access to their source text? Thanks again! Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 10:01, 9 June 2012 (MSD) Certainly your articles are welcome! Original articles are prefered, but feel free to back up your existing articles too. Incidently, this is the very thing WikiAlpha was originally intended as: A refuge for exiled articles, and an open encyclopedia. Richard (talk) 15:13, 9 June 2012 (MSD) I too would like to publically thank Richard for funding this project. I'd also like to thank Govind for all his work too. I folowed the WikiAlpha discussions over at Wikipedia and I was sad to see Richard and Govind repeatedly treated very poorly. It's very generous of both Richard and Govind to be providing us a safe haven to publish articles. Thanks guys. Web (talk) 17:01, 9 June 2012 (MSD) @Geo Swan, Yes, the threads at the village pump didn't go very well. It's sad, but Wikipedia has become very WP:BITEy. Regarding the deleted articles, I've had very good luck working with Wikipedia's copyright expert, wikipedia:User:Moonriddengirl, on getting deleted articles. She's been very generous providing deleted articles to people, so you may want to contact her. She has an account here and helped with attributions for several deleted articles she provided to this website. You might let her know about the Special:SaveArticle feature here since it would make it easier for her. Best regards. Web (talk) 17:33, 9 June 2012 (MSD) strike previous @Geo Swan, if you give me a list of deleted articles you want, I will get them copied here. Kind regards. Web (talk) 18:34, 9 June 2012 (MSD) Can we start with these --User:Geo Swan/a list of deleted articles -- or as many as are convenient in one single go? Geo Swan (talk) 21:48, 9 June 2012 (MSD) I replied at your talk page. Web (talk) 15:50, 11 June 2012 (MSD) Richard, since I started porting articles here about two hundred articles have entered the main article space. I think Matthew and I are responsible for the bulk of them. So, how are we doing? Do our efforts satisfy you? I have contributed some brand new articles, and I am happy to explicitly put those in the public domain. Some of the articles I have ported, I have reverted to the last version where I could claim I was the sole author of the article's intellectual content -- sometimes because I liked that version better -- but sometimes so I could explicitly put the article in the public domain. From January through May 2011 I made considerable contribution to the complex operations wiki. It is a wiki that specializes in politico-military topics, where the bills are paid by Darpa. And I went in there remembering the other golden rule -- ie he or she who has the gold makes the rules. I figure that golden rule applies here, too. I could port all, or most, of the articles I started on politico-military topics on the wikipedia to this wiki. That would be over 1000 articles. If I worked to make sure they were up to date, that would probably be at least half an hour each -- possibly hours. That could be years of my spare time. So, Richard, can I ask a few questions about your plans for this wiki? Are periodic backups made? If so, how often? If something unexpected happens, like (heaven forfend) if you have a financial reverse, can those of us who have contributed here get a copy? As the size of the wiki increases, I figure the hosting costs will increase. I know that the hosting costs for the Citizendium are about $250 per month. Have you given thought as to whether to take on partners, or place advertizing? I only bring this up because my modest income would preclude chipping in. Should I revert back to a version where I was the sole contributor, so a ported article can be placed in the public domain -- if it means leaving out new material written by others? Thanks again for paying those bills! Geo Swan (talk) 05:27, 16 August 2012 (MSD) Hi Geo, Thanks for your contributions! Yes you and Matt are doing well! Currently, backups should be being made automatically by the host on their backend. But I take your point about the size of the Wiki getting large enough to warrant proactive backups. So, pending Govind having time to set it up, I think we'll go WikiLeaks style and release periodic public backups. Re: Hosting costs. WikiAlpha is believe or not a commercial venture. We haven't added any advertising yet because it makes the site less appealing to new editors, when the site is still small and unappealing to begin with. We started this site as a 50-50 partnership between Govind and myself, with him doing as much technical work as is needed, and me paying the bills and doing anything he can't. At the moment costs are something like $20 per month, and no problem to pay. By this time next year I will be looking at putting some ads up. Re: Public domain legalities. It is up to you how you want to play it. To be honest I think public domain vs. creative commons is a storm in a tea cup. No one has ever sued anyone (to my knowledge) over reprinting or editing of text entered into a public wiki. Hope that helps! Govind will reply here when he's read this and thought about the backup situtation. Cheers, Richard (talk) 17:56, 16 August 2012 (MSD) fair use images? When I have ported articles with PD or free images I have uploaded those here. When I have ported articles with fair use images I haven't uploaded those image. Should I? Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 10:17, 11 June 2012 (MSD) I believe Richard allows fair-use images on this site per his discussion here. There is a template for fair-use images at {{Image-fairuse}} that can be used in the form of {{image-fairuse\|source\|explaination}} but I've never used it before so it may be slightly different than that. 16:02, 11 June 2012 (MSD) Here is my first use of fair use File:Elbe eisbrechers -a.jpg. I wrote there that I figured this use might be challenged on the wikipedia, but I thought "fair use" was an area where the WMF tries to be "more catholic than the pope..." I have no ego attachment to this image, and won't be upset if others disagree. Robot plague I don't know if anything can be done about it, but if someone could suggest anything, we really have a severe problem with a robot registering random names. We have over 50 robot users today. Whatever security we have to for registraton seems to be failing. I see there is a system were is asks you to do some math problem to avoid robots. Someone cracked that one. Can we even just change the formatting a little to confuse the bot? Mathewignash (talk) 02:38, 7 July 2012 (MSD) Hello Matthew, there is a similar over-run on the wiki I use, there are a number of lines of attack, there is a spamlist which stops them saving pages, I was thinking to leave mine invite only, so people can't login without sending an email to a disposable email address, I was also thinking to ask about and see if we can get a bot, maybe an IRC bot which notifies of new signups or signup requests by a beeping sound on your computer. That way, any human identified would simply use the board as per usual, and bots would be instantly terminated because you would know that one just came online. It would only work of course if you are awake, the rest of the time they would just overrun the place as usual. I can't help but think that helping each other there would work as well, as a few users could share the load. I could certainly use the help. Otherwise I guess locking and unlocking the board when awakening and going to sleep going from 'please just make yourself at home' to 'please send me an email' would be the way. Many solutions, just a matter of finding what we can manage. Penyulap (talk) 09:53, 3 August 2012 (MSD) We have added an extra feature alongside the captcha system to help stem the mass-registration of bots. Govind (talk) 04:02, 6 August 2012 (MSD) Retrieved from "http://en.wikialpha.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=WikiAlpha:Community_portal&oldid=14954" WikiAlpha About WikiAlpha	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428513
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Assessments of quality, meaning, usage, cultural significance and the reception of material ¿treasures¿ in the storage rooms, vaults, and on display in museums, galleries, and libraries. Instructors: Landrus, M. (PI) OSPOXFRD 93 \| 5 units \| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI \| Class # 20754 \| Section 01 \| Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) \| LEC \| Students enrolled: 7 04/03/2017 - 06/07/2017 - with Landrus, M. (PI) OSPOXFRD 95: Global Islam and the British Empire Oxford as the intellectual hub of Britain's lengthy engagement with Islam and Muslim societies and as a window onto the history and contemporary politics of empire, religion, race, gender, migration, and citizenship. How European scholars came to "know" Islam through material culture, archaeology, manuscripts, and art. British colonial rule in South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa through examination of artifacts and textual sources in museums, libraries, and archives of Oxford and London. Politics of Islam in British society since the dissolution of the empire. How competing claims about migration, gender, race, secularism, geopolitics, militancy, cosmopolitanism, and 'Britishness' have framed debates about Islam and Muslims in Britain, Europe, and the world today. Instructors: Crews, R. (PI) OSPOXFRD 95 \| 5 units \| UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI \| Class # 19366 \| Section 01 \| Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit \| SEM \| Students enrolled: 7 09/26/2016 - 12/09/2016 - with Crews, R. (PI) OSPOXFRD 117W: Gender and Social Change in Modern Britain Changes in the social institutions, attitudes, and values in Britain over the past 20 years with specific reference to shifts in gender relations. Demographic, economic and social factors; review of theoretical ideas. Men's and women's shifting roles in a fast-moving society. Instructors: Palmer, A. (PI) OSPOXFRD 117W \| 4-5 units \| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-ED, WAY-SI \| Class # 20188 \| Section 01 \| Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) \| LEC \| Students enrolled: 6 01/09/2017 - 03/17/2017 - with Palmer, A. (PI) OSPPARIS 81: France During the Second World War: Between History and Memory French politics and society from the causes of the collapse of the French Third Republic and the emergence of the French State at Vichy. The political and cultural measures of this regime in the shadow of Nazi Germany. Anti-Jewish laws and action; deportations by Vichy, the Germans, the French Fascists, and reactions to the fate of the Jews. Visions of the Resistance, the combat for liberation, and WW II in the collective memory of France. Instructors: Virgili, F. (PI) OSPPARIS 81 \| 5 units \| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI \| Class # 19879 \| Section 01 \| Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) \| LEC \| Students enrolled: 2 01/09/2017 - 03/17/2017 - with Virgili, F. (PI) OSPPARIS 86: Measuring Well-Being and Sustainability in Today's World Explore well-being and sustainability through the lens of the new indicators that are being developed in all corners of social sciences and at the frontier with natural and physical science. Lab to learn how to build an indicator of well-being or sustainability. Historical perspective on well-being and sustainability thinking since Aristotle; overview of standard economic indicators and their limits. Well-being indicators focusing on health, education, happiness, trust, inequality and governance. New research in sustainability indicators. How building new indicators changes policy at the global, national and local level. Instructors: Laurent, E. (PI) ; Le Cacheux, J. (PI) OSPPARIS 86 \| 5 units \| UG Reqs: WAY-SI \| Class # 20178 \| Section 01 \| Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) \| SEM \| Students enrolled: 3 01/09/2017 - 03/17/2017 - with Laurent, E. (PI); Le Cacheux, J. (PI) Instructors: Laurent, E. (PI); Le Cacheux, J. (PI) OSPPARIS 91: Globalization and Its Effect on France and the European Union Economic and political impact of globalization on France and the EU and influence of France and the EU on the process of globalization. Issues of sovereignty and national identity for France; protection from versus integration into the network of globalization. Terms: Aut \| Units: 5 \| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI OSPPARIS 91 \| 5 units \| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI \| Class # 19003 \| Section 01 \| Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) \| LEC \| Students enrolled: 6 OSPPARIS 97: Le Grand Paris: Paris of the 21st Century Urban change and urban policies in France. Characteristics of the French political, social and administrative model as illustrated by the city of Paris. As the capital, Paris is a concern of the State and has been progressively transformed into a complex and conflictual political arena. As a world city, Paris is undergoing social and economic changes that are shaping the future of the entire metropolitan area. Students will explore these two trends (global and national) throughout the course Instructors: Albecker, M. (PI) ; Prat, P. (PI) OSPPARIS 97 \| 4 units \| UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI \| Class # 19388 \| Section 01 \| Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) \| LEC \| Students enrolled: 7 09/26/2016 - 12/09/2016 - with Albecker, M. (PI); Prat, P. (PI) Instructors: Albecker, M. (PI); Prat, P. (PI) OSPPARIS 122X: Challenges of Integration in the European Union European integration is now an economic, social, and political reality. This integration has a history of mutation and a transformation of its very foundation. Topics: the evolution of welfare states, elites, political parties, and systems in Europe; lobbies, trade unions, voluntary associations, social movements, popular protest, citizenship, democracy. 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__label__cc	0.557224	0.442776	Behind the Scenes at WAA Sculpture Walk Washington Depot has been transformed before our eyes into an incredible outdoor public art exhibit. On July 1st, the Washington Art Association & Gallery officially kicked-off their Sculpture Walk 2018, which features sculptures of all shapes, sizes, and materials placed around town. Over 40 internationally recognized artists, emergent sculptors, and local talents have contributed to this diverse exhibit. WAA, along with their community partners and the Town of Washington, was hard at work for the past few months installing 63 sculptures in strategic locations throughout the Depot. We recently had the pleasure of watching the initial installations at The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens. Barbara Talbot and Mark Mennin, co-curators of the Sculpture Walk and WAA trustees, graciously invited us to The Park and gave us an inside look as two very large pieces being painstakingly installed. While we watched the sculptures come to life in their new home, we spoke with Barbara about the Sculpture Walk and the backstory that went into bringing this unprecedented exhibit to Washington. Robert Taplin / Punch is Homeless / 2012 / Milled foam, reinforced gypsum (Photo: Rich Pomerantz) Philip Grausman / Heather / 2009 / White fiberglass painted matte white How was the idea for the Sculpture Walk conceived? Great question! It was actually my idea after trying to get a friend to do a sculpture show at WAA. This is nearly 2 years ago! The WAA Gallery was pretty well booked, so I thought it would be fun to have a public art exhibition. Sculptor and friend, Mark Mennin and WAA president, Peter Talbot, had collaborated before and they were more than happy to help me get this exhibit off the ground. Our board and directors also wanted to find a way to reach a broader public audience and an outdoor sculpture walk is a wonderful, provocative way to get people to talk about art, culture or…just talk. It started with about 15 pieces and has now reached 63! Was it inspired by a similar public art exhibit? I don’t know of another quite like this one. There are many sculpture tours in cities and gardens all around the world. But, being able to integrate the town, the businesses, and other nonprofit organizations is what makes this Sculpture Walk pretty unique. The greatest benefit is the caliber of the work, the broad styles and mediums, and how they’ve been carefully incorporated into daily life. Frank Stella next to the Washington Market, Lauren Booth on River Road, Mary Adams in the Hickory Stick Bookshop – just to name a few. Most importantly, it is a “walking” tour and meant to get us outside, outside of ourselves, and literally outside in this beautiful rural small town. There are no tickets and everyone is welcome. Just remember to be respectful of the sculptures and the environment! Map of WAA Sculpture Walk What was the process like for selecting the artists and sculptures? Mark and I began by thinking of the history and geography of Washington Depot. The ox-bow Shepaug River that wraps around two-thirds of the town was a tremendous inspiration for us. We also discussed the heritage of the Native American settlements along this part of the river, its uses for saw mills, and the start of the industrial age of mining in the town. The Depot being an actual train depot spoke to us about the direction we wanted to go and how the pieces would integrate within the town. Also, besides singular works by established and well known artists who work with stone, steel, wood, we wanted invite younger emerging artists to participate as well. Peter and the town, along with many generous supporters and volunteers, cleaned up the old Town Garage area off Titus Road. The new Titus Park was created to provide an opportunity for young, emerging talent, like earth artist Jake Paron, to show off their work. Many of the artists are friends and colleagues of Mark’s, like Caio Fonseca, Fitzhugh Karol, Harry Gordon, and Lee Tribe. James Salomon Contemporary was very generous with his contacts. We also have been friends with Phil Grausman, Elizabeth MacDonald, Tim Prentice and many of the other participants for years. There are many collectors and friends of artists here. How were logistics planned for bringing the works to town, siting the pieces, and managing installations? Actually we spoke with Mark Lyons, First Selectman and the other Town Selectmen, others in the WBA and Economic Development about whether it was feasible. Along with our executive director Barbara von Schreiber and many others, we presented the concept complete with maps showing how this could be done. It was met with amazing enthusiasm. The Town’s boards and staff have been incredible, responsive, sometimes shaking their heads about it all, but mostly with good humor and a sense of pride for our community and for its future. Particularly for the new Titus Park, it took many meetings over one and a half years with the Conservation Commission, Inland-Wetlands, Board of Selectman meetings, Buildings & Property meetings, and more. One has to realize that creating art for the public involves not just an idea, but working within the politics, the businesses, and with the people who live here, work here, visit here. For me, it has been a transformative experience. As for the installations…WOW. It is the most “analogue” process ever! It requires timing, spatial abstraction, a tape measure, a level, shims and hard labor! I’ve been so impressed with how these pieces arrive and are sited. Mark and his colleagues are not only artists, but they are engineers, designers, mathematicians, and really strong! Ned Smyth / Female Torso / Installation Earthworks Piece by Jake Paron, in progress in the new Titus Park What are your plans for involving the community in the Walk? Well, everybody is getting involved, in one way or another. And because the exhibition is up for 4 months, I’m sure there will be lots of additional events. I am thrilled that we have about 12 Junior Docents from Shepaug Middle School who will be working on weekends giving visitors information and keeping an eye on things.They will be primarily in the new Titus Park, but also throughout town. The Parks and Recreation Commission is having a Sculpture Walk Camp devoted to this event. Jessica Jane Russell from Artroom Atelier will also feature First Saturdays, a collaborative and individually based creative experience, along with the After School Arts Program and others. We encourage all area or beyond programs to visit. Our Grand Opening is July 14th from 2 – 6pm.There will be five “Sculpture Oasis” throughout town from the WAA to G.W. Tavern and special performances by Momix Dance Theater. Many of the artists will be around at the opening to discuss and answer questions about their work. Additionally, we will have tours every Saturday by Docents and Brooklyn based sculptor, Fitzhugh Karol will give a talk on his work. Zeb Mayer, our youngest trustee, will be doing “QuickDraw with Zeb” as pop ups throughout the summer. The last Saturday of the sculpture walk, October 27th, will be a Bauhaus style costume party. Guests will come as either their favorite sculptor or piece of sculpture! This will be held at the Town Hall and will feature the band, Swing Vipers, who play Django Rheinhardt style swing jazz. View Featured Events Calendar for more information. Are any of the works for sale? Almost all of the sculptures are for sale. Prices are available upon request. Remember, all of this will come down on November 1st, so it is an amazing opportunity for collectors or if you see a piece that you would love to own. The exhibition at the WAA Gallery featuring the “studies” from many of our exhibiting sculptures opens August 11th and runs through September 15th. It is called “Maquette: The Art of the Model”. The work for this exhibit is coming in and it is just fantastic. We are hoping that the sale of some of these works will help kick off phase II of our renovation of the Washington Art Association. (Left: Julian Schnabel / Barbara Bush Skipping Down The Champs-Elysees / 1989 / Bronze with patina and oil paint; Right: Joy Brown / Kneeler / 2016 / Bronze) We want to thank Barbara Talbot and Mark Mennin for giving us a behind the scenes look into this very exciting public art exhibit. To view a map of WAA Sculpture Walk 2018 and to learn more about the featured artists, visit WAA’s Sculpture Walk website. Exhibit Opens: July 1st and runs through November 1st. Public space is open daily, 9am to Dusk Opening Reception: July 14th, 2 to 6pm Want to stay in the loop about the WAA Sculpture Walk and other special events happening in Washington? Sign-up for our “What’s on this Weekend” e-newsletter. WAA Sculpture Walk 2018 Washington Art Association – Centerpiece of our Art Scene	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428518
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__label__wiki	0.932166	0.932166	Sophie Turner Says the ‘Game of Thrones’ Cast Was “Applauding and Crying” After Reading the Series Finale Script Denise Caputo The cast of HBO’s Game of Thrones is hard at work preparing for the 8th and final season of the series. Production is underway and, though the season may not even premiere until 2019, we are already dying to know what happens next and how it all will end. Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner (who plays Sansa Stark on the series) recently spoke with Entertainment Weekly and teased a little bit about the upcoming season and, specifically, the series finale. Turner told EW that the final read-through with the cast was a rollercoaster of emotions for everyone involved. She said: “We had the read-through a while ago and at the end of it, we were all on our feet, applauding and crying. We had everyone there, everyone who’s had any part in this. It was amazing.” It certainly sounds like a finale season which fans will love. Turner continued: “We closed the blinds and shut ourselves off from the rest of the world and had six hours in this room just reading it through and crying and laughing. We had our emotional bit and then we thought, ‘Well now we’ve got eight months. We’ve still got a while to get through!’” Recently, Jason Momoa who played Khal Drogo on the series teased the finale season as being, “the greatest thing that’s ever aired on tv.” One thing’s for sure, it’s certainly going to be an epic conclusion to one of the greatest shows in television history. Are you excited about the final season of Game of Thrones? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below. Jason Momoa Teases ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 as “the Greatest Thing That’s Ever Aired on TV” The Ultimate ‘Game of Thrones’ Christmas Gift Guide ‘Game of Thrones’: Expect to See More Edd and a “Brilliant” Season 8 ‘Game of Thrones’ Stars Emilia Clarke and Jason Momoa Reunite in These Joyfully Adorable Instagram Photos ‘Game of Thrones’ Actors Won’t be Given Scripts This Season ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 Will Film Until Next Summer Previous article‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8B Premiere Date Announced Next articleRyan Reynolds Shares Deadpool-Cable Masterpiece A karaoke obsessed, craft beer enthusiast and lover of all things pop culture, Denise enjoys all facets of entertainment from Broadway to box office blockbusters. In her spare time, she enjoys photography, concerts (lots and lots of concerts), volunteering, reading and playing with her rescue kitten, Samantha (who rescued who, right?). Denise currently resides in New York and is honored to be a part of the Fan Fest News team! Metro Redux Is Coming To Nintendo Switch ‘Shenmue 3’ Adds New Content In Late January 1999 v 2019 Riff-Off with Camila Cabello versus James Corden Al Pacino on His New Show ‘Hunters’ on Jimmy Kimmel LIVE! The Walking Dead: Norman Reedus’ Best Saves as Daryl Dixon The Walking Dead: New AMC Chief Knows Exactly Why Ratings Declined Chris Pendleton - January 19, 2020 For ten seasons, The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus and his character, Daryl Dixon, have been fan favorites and a major bad-ass when it comes... ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ Recap ‘Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 5’ FanFest Exclusive: Sherry Cola on ‘Good Trouble’ Crisis on Infinite Earths: Behind-the-Scenes Photos of that Epic DCEU Cameo	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428521
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__label__cc	0.524923	0.475077	Milk sample culturing \| Article about milk sample culturing by The Free Dictionary https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/milk+sample+culturing (redirected from milk sample culturing) river, 729 mi (1,173 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., NW Mont. It flows N into Alberta, Canada, then in long curves eastward, S into Montana again, and generally SE to the MissouriMissouri, river, c.2,565 mi (4,130 km) long (including its Jefferson-Beaverhead-Red Rock headstream), the longest river of the United States and the principal tributary of the Mississippi River. ..... Click the link for more information. River, entering just below Fort Peck Dam. The Milk River reclamation project (est. 1911) irrigates c.134,000 acres (54,230 hectares). The largest of several dams is the Fresno Dam (completed 1939). Malta, Chinook, Glasgow, and Harlem, Mont., are in the project area. liquid secreted by the mammary glandsmammary gland, organ of the female mammal that produces and secretes milk for the nourishment of the young. A mammal may have from 1 to 11 pairs of mammary glands, depending on the species. Generally, those mammals that bear larger litters have more glands. ..... Click the link for more information. of female mammals as food for their young. The milk of the cow is most widely used by humans, but the milk of the mare, goat, ewe, buffalo, camel, ass, zebra, reindeer, llama, and yak is also used. The composition of milk varies with the species, breed, feed, and condition of the animal. Jersey and Guernsey cows produce milk of high butterfat content; Holsteins produce larger quantities of milk but with a lower butterfat content. Milk prepared for sale is often homogenized; in this process it is pumped under pressure through small openings to break up the milk-fat globules, thus ensuring an equal distribution of fat throughout the milk rather than permitting it to rise to the top as cream. In most countries where milk is a commercial product, it is subject to regulations concerning its composition (i.e., the proportion of butterfat and other solids) and its purity, with sanitary measures in force that cover milk handlers, herds, plants, and equipment. Pasteurizationpasteurization , partial sterilization of liquids such as milk, orange juice, wine, and beer, as well as cheese, to destroy disease-causing and other undesirable organisms. ..... Click the link for more information. (partial sterilization by heating) checks bacterial growth, thereby making milk safer to drink and increasing its keeping qualities and range of transport. Milk, an almost complete food, consists of proteins (mainly caseincasein , well-defined group of proteins found in milk, constituting about 80% of the proteins in cow's milk, but only 40% in human milk. Casein is a remarkably efficient nutrient, supplying not only essential amino acids, but also some carbohydrates and the inorganic elements ..... Click the link for more information. ), fat, salts, and milk sugar, or lactoselactose or milk sugar, white crystalline disaccharide (see carbohydrate). It has the same empirical formula (C12H22O11) as sucrose (cane sugar) and maltose but differs from both in structure (see isomer). ..... Click the link for more information. , as well as vitamins A, C, D, certain B vitamins, and lesser amounts of others. (Many people are unable to digest milk after childhood because they stop producing an enzyme needed to break down lactose, but usually they still can digest yogurt, hard cheeses, and lactose-reduced milk products.) Commercial dairies often supplement natural vitamin D with a concentrate. Milk is a major source of calcium and a good source of phosphorus. Low-fat and skim milk fortified with vitamins A and D have the same nutritional value as whole milk, but with fewer calories and less cholesterolcholesterol , fatty lipid found in the body tissues and blood plasma of vertebrates; it is only sparingly soluble in water, but much more soluble in some organic solvents. A steroid, cholesterol can be found in large concentrations in the brain, spinal cord, and liver. ..... Click the link for more information. . Whole milk has 3.5% milkfat, low-fat milk 1% to 2%, and skim, 0.5%. Heavy cream has a minimum of 36% milkfat, half-and-half not less than 10.5% nor more than 18%. A patent was issued for the production of dried milk in Great Britain in 1855, and for concentrated milk in the United States to Gail Borden in 1856. The two types of concentrated milk are condensed and evaporated; condensed milk is a sweetened product (over 40% sugar), and evaporated is unsweetened. Dried, or powdered, milk is made by passing a film of partially evaporated milk over a heated drum or by spraying it into a heated chamber in which the particles dry. Malted milk is a dried mixture made of milk and the liquid from a mash of barley malt and wheat flour. See butterbutter, dairy product obtained by churning the fat from milk until it solidifies. In most areas the milk of cows is the basis, but elsewhere that of goats, sheep, and mares has been used. Butter was known by 2000 B.C. ..... Click the link for more information. ; cheesecheese, food known from ancient times and consisting of the curd of milk separated from the whey. The Production of Cheese The milk of various animals has been used in the making of cheese: the milk of mares and goats by the ancient Greeks, camel's milk by the ..... Click the link for more information. ; dairyingdairying, business of producing, processing, and distributing milk and milk products. Ninety percent of the world's milk is obtained from cows; the remainder comes from goats, buffaloes, sheep, reindeer, yaks, and other ruminants. ..... Click the link for more information. ; fermented milkfermented milk, whole or skim milk curdled to beverage or custardlike consistency by lactic-acid-producing microorganisms. Many forms of fermented milk were used by early nomadic herders, especially in Asia and S and E Europe, Scandinavia, Africa, and South America. See S. K. Kon, Milk and Milk Products in Human Nutrition (1972); T. Quinn, Dairy Farm Management (1980); D. Carrick, Milk (1985). the fluid secreted by the mammary glands of mammals. It serves as food for a mammal’s young during the period after birth (lactation period). In the first days after birth, colostrum is secreted, which gradually becomes milk of the usual composition. Human milk contains all the nutrients needed by an infant. The caloric value of human milk is 65–70 kilocalories per 100 g, the pH is 6.9–7.5, and the density is 1.030–1.032 g/cm3. The chemical composition of the milk is 87.4 percent water, 0.91 percent casein, 1.23 percent albumin and globulin, 3.76 percent fat, 6.29 percent lactose, and 0.31 percent ash; human milk also contains some mineral salts and the vitamins A, B, C, and D. The milk of agricultural animals is a valuable food product. Most milk destined for human consumption is from the cow. The milk of goats, sheep, mares, camels, asses, buffalo, zebus, yaks, and reindeer is used by humans on a more limited scale. Lactic-acid products, butter, and ice cream are made from the milk of agricultural animals. Milk contains water, proteins, fat, milk sugar (lactose), mineral substances (including trace elements), vitamins, enzymes, hormones, antibodies, gases, microorganisms, and pigments. Because milk consists of the optimal combination of these components, it is the most indispensable food product, particularly for children. It contains most of the elements needed for normal growth and development. The milk of different animals varies in chemical composition and nutritional value (see Table 1). The proteins in milk consist primarily of casein, lactalbumin, and lactoglobulin. The production of cottage cheese and hard cheeses is based on casein’s tendency to coagulate under the action of enzymes. The albumin in milk plays an important role in ensuring growth processes; for example, globulin ensures the formation of antibodies. According to protein content, there are casein milks (cow, goat, and sheep) and albumin milks (mare, deer, and ass). The protein of casein milks consists of no less than 75 percent casein, and that of albumin milks consists of 50–65 percent albumin. In terms of biological properties, albumin milk is more valuable than casein milk. The proteins of milk are among the most complete. They contain all of the necessary amino acids, including all the essential amino acids. The proportion among lysine, methionine, and tryptophan is particularly favorable in milk, and the sulfur-containing amino acids methionine and cystine—which are important in the prevention of atherosclerosis—are found in large quantity. Between 75 and 96 percent of milk proteins is assimilated by the body. Nitrogenous substances, such as urea, uric acid, creatinine, and riboflavin, are present in milk in small quantities (up to 0.05 percent). The fat present in milk, or butterfat, is in the form of globules, measuring 0.5 to 20 microns in diameter (about 3 billion in 1 milliliter). Each globule is surrounded by a film containing extremely sparse complexes of phospholipids and trace elements. In milk that is allowed to stand undisturbed, the fat globules rise to the surface to form cream. Butterfat, which differs from other animal fats in its lower melting (27°–45°C) and freezing (between −17° and −21°C) points, distinctive flavor, and high assimilability, is used as a food product (creamery and clarified butter). Milk contains fatlike substances—phosphatides (lecithin and cephalin—which have important biological activities, including antisclerotic properties) and sterols (cholesterol and ergosterol). The carbohydrate in milk, lactose, is present only in milk and readily undergoes various types of fermentation. It is used in the production of lactic-acid products, cheeses, and other dairy products. When there is a deficiency of the enzyme lactase in man, undecomposed milk sugar in the small intestine may become toxic. Mineral substances are found in milk in the form of salts of organic and inorganic acids. The ash in milk contains Ca, P, Na, K, Mg, S, and Cl. The chief constituents of the ash are Ca (125–130 mg/100 g) and P (95–105 mg/100 g). Because milk has a high content of easily assimilated calcium, it is a particularly valuable food product; most other foods are low in calcium. The trace elements found in milk include Zn, Co, Cu, Mn, I, Fe, Al, Cr, Pb, Ti, and Ag. The value of the mineral content of milk lies in the balance of those elements that ensure normal development of skeletal and other systems, particularly in children. Milk contains most of the known vitamins; summer milk is particularly rich in vitamins. Milk also contains more than 60 enzymes, the most important of which are lactase, protease, lipase, amylase, and catalase. The enzymes promote digestion and play an important role in the conversion of milk into milk products. In addition, milk has hormones (oxytocin, prolactin, estrogen, epinephrine, insulin); antibodies, which promote immunity to disease (antitoxins, agglutinins, opsonins); gases (CO2, C2, H2, NH3); and microorganisms. The normal microflora of milk includes milk molds, bacteria that produce lactic acid fermentation, and gas-forming bacteria. Some species that cause defects in milk are Bacillus coli, Bacillus subtilis, Proteus, and Micrococcus. To destroy the vegetative forms of microorganisms, including pathogenic microbes, milk is pasteurized or boiled; to destroy all microbes, milk is sterilized. When milk is first received, it contains antibacterial substances (lactenins) and, therefore, is bacteriostatic; that is, it inhibits propagation of bacteria. Because fresh milk remains bacteriostatic only for two or three hours, it is quickly chilled to a temperature lower than 8°C, so that it can be stored for about two days. Fresh milk has an acidity of 16°–18°T (degrees Turner). Milk sours at 28°–30°T and curdles at 65°–70°T. In the USSR, pasteurized and sterilized milk for beverage purposes is produced. Pasteurized whole milk, standardized milk (with the standard fat content), reconstituted milk (from dry or condensed milk or cream), and vitamin fortified milk (100 mg of vitamin C per kg) have a standard for fat of 3.2 percent. Baked and extra-rich milk contain 6 percent fat, protein milk contains 1 percent fat, and nonfat milk contains almost no fat. The acidity of pasteurized milk is 20°–21°T (of protein milk, 25°T); the milk’s temperature when released from the dairy is 8°C, and its storage period is two or three days. Sterilized milk is produced with a fat content of 3.2 or 3.5 percent (in bottles and cartons); its storage period is ten days. Table 1. The chemical composition (in percentage) and the caloric content (in kilocalories* per 100 g) of various milks Dry substances Mineral substances Caloric content Globulin and albumin * 1 kilocalorie = 4.19 kilojoules Cow 13.0 3.9 2.7 0.5 4.7 0.7 69 Buffalo 17.9 7.7 3.8 0.7 4.8 0.8 110 Zebu 15.9 7.0 3.7 0.5 3.5 0.8 98 Yak 17.8 6.8 3.6 07 5.0 0.9 104 Mare 10.7 1.8 1.2 0.9 64 0.3 52 Camel 13.6 4.5 2.6 0.9 4.9 0.7 76 Ass 9.9 1.4 0.9 1.0 6.2 0.5 46 Reindeer 33.8 18.7 8.3 2.0 3.6 1.4 230 Sheep 18.5 7.2 4.5 1.2 4.6 0.9 109 Goat 13.4 4.3 3.0 0.6 4.5 0.8 73 Hog 16.0 4.6 6.0 1.2 3.1 1.1 85 Rabbit 30.6 10.5 13.5 2.0 2.0 2.6 170 Dog 23.0 9.3 4.1 5.6 3.1 0.9 141 Cat 17.8 3.3 3.1 6.0 4.9 0.5 91 Dolphin 51.2 43.7 – – – 0.5 – Whale 37.6 22.2 8.2 3.8 1.8 1.7 264 According to data of the Nutrition Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, the daily milk requirement is 250–500 g for adults and 500–700 g for children. The production of milk on farms and its transport to and processing in dairies are under strict sanitary control. Dairies only accept milk from healthy animals that have been raised on farms where there are no cases of infectious diseases. Milk for the market (including milk for consumers’ cooperatives) must be certified by a meat-dairy and food-quality control station. Milk containing preservatives or additives or having flavor and odor defects is not certified. Dairies do not accept colostrum or milk obtained during the seven days before steaming up (fattening before parturition) the cows (old milk). Inikhov, G. S. Biokhimiia moloka i molochnykh produktov, 2nd ed. Moscow, 1962. Davidov, R. B., and V. M. Sokolovskii. Moloko i zdorov’e. Moscow, 1965. Vesser, R. Tekhnologiia polucheniia i pererabotki moloka. Moscow, 1971. (Translated from French.) Gigiena pitaniia, vol. 2. Moscow, 1971. Davidov, R. B. Moloko i molochnoe delo, 4th ed. Moscow, 1973. R. B. DAVIDOV and K. S. PETROVSKII What does it mean when you dream about milk? Milk is the elixir of life from mother to child. If the dreamer is receiving the milk, it can indicate that a deep inner nourishment is being received. Should the dreamer be giving the milk to one’s self or to another, much love and caring is being expressed in the dreamer’s life. Also, perhaps a caretaking profession is being sought. [milk] (chemistry) A suspension of certain metallic oxides, as milk of magnesia, iron, or bismuth. (food engineering) A product derived from the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, of dairy cows; contains not less than 8.25% milk solids and not less than 3.25% milk fat. (physiology) The whitish fluid secreted by the mammary gland for the nourishment of the young; composed of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, mineral salts, vitamins, and antibodies. Any whitish fluid in nature resembling milk, as coconut milk. a. a whitish nutritious fluid produced and secreted by the mammary glands of mature female mammals and used for feeding their young until weaned b. the milk of cows, goats, or other animals used by man as a food or in the production of butter, cheese, etc. 2. any similar fluid in plants, such as the juice of a coconut 3. any of various milklike pharmaceutical preparations, such as milk of magnesia Milk is a symbol of leaning, knowledge, plenty, fertility, and immortality. Milk as a symbol of immortality may be found in different cultures and literature, including in India, in Greek mythology, in Celtic writings, in Islam and Christianity. In his recordings, Ibn Omar wrote that Muhammad said “to dream of milk is to dream of learning or knowledge.” Dreaming of milk is a very positive message from your unconscious. It may suggest that you are in need of the deepest and most fundamental type of nourishment and that it is available to you. You unconscious may be suggesting that it is time for you to grow and to learn and that it is possible for you to do that at the current time. The interpretation of dreaming about milk can also be looked at from a very different viewpoint. Milk can be a safe representation of semen and you may have unconscious (or conscious) desires for sexual relations. However, in my opinion it is unlikely that milk in dreams represents sexuality. Finally, milk is a lunar symbol and as such it is feminine. 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__label__cc	0.614876	0.385124	Energion Discussion Network Weekly Book Giveaways 1844 – 2: After the Disappointments 1844 – 1: Between the Disappointments Is It Time to Talk about Eschatology? Bible Study Paths Elgin Hushbeck, Jr.: The Least Bad Choice by Energion Publications \| posted in: election, Government, Politics \| 0 by Elgin Hushbeck, Jr., Engineer, Christian apologist, and author of Christianity and Secularism, Preserving Democracy: What the Founding Fathers Knew, What We Have Forgotten, and How It Threatens Democracy and What is Wrong with Social Justice? Many people have complained in the past about having undesirable choices when going to the ballot box, but never has the nation faced a choice between two less desirable candidates than this year. When asked, I portray the election as between two unelectable candidates except that they are running against each other. If you are Republican in a reliably blue state, or a Democrat in a reliably red state, you are blessedly freed from having to worry, for your vote will not affect the outcome. However those who live in swing states face a very difficult choice. There are only 3 options: vote for Trump, Clinton, or sit this one out. Some will argue they will vote for a 3rd party candidate or write someone’s name in. Ok, but that has the same net effect as sitting it out, and to believe otherwise is to delude yourself. It may make you feel better, but it will have no effect on the outcome except possibly as a spoiler. For Trump, the problem is that he is a bombastic reality TV show star with a thin skin. Perhaps the best synopsis of Trump I have heard was from Hugh Hewitt, who likened him to the Roman leader Sulla whose epitaph was, “No friend ever served me, and no enemy every wronged me, whom I have not repaid in full.” Trump often seems more interested in settling scores than running for office. He has no discernable ideology and has been on both sides of many issues, allowing him to claim he was on whatever side seems best for him at the moment. Even now his positions often changes. While there is clearly an honesty problem here, it is one common to most politicians, akin to Kerry’s statement that he was for the bill before he was against it. The bigger issue is that he seems to have little knowledge of the position he is running for. Even when warned that a question about the nuclear triad might come up in the debates, he was still caught off guard and did not know what it was. In short he is completely unsuited for the job. This would seem to make Clinton an easy choice. Yet, up against Trump’s possible future incompetence we have Clinton’s track record of incompetence. On her watch as Secretary of State we have disaster after disaster that has left the world in a much worse state: the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt; the war and its aftermath in Libya; the Russian reset and the invasion of the Crimea, and now troops massing on the new boarder threatening another war; the failure to get a Status of Forces Agreement in Iraq that lead to the rise of ISIS; and the terrible mishandling of Syria, to name just a few. The real problem is that her issues with truth go far beyond the normal political aim of trying to present oneself in the best light. She is corrupt, and corruption is much harder to address than incompetence, particularly given the modern Democratic Party, as an arm of the Clinton machine which works feverishly to protect her and her husband and has done so for some time now. At least with Trump, I can point to the fact that there were 17 candidates who divided up the vote, a media who gave him an estimated $2 billion in free media coverage, party in-fighting that could not settle on an alternative, and open primaries that allowed non-Republicans to help pick the Republican nominee. I do not like it but I can at least see how he became the nominee. For Democrats, Clinton’s hold over the party was such that she was basically the only choice that was allowed. The only other semi-real candidate was Sanders, but the DNC rigged the game to make sure he could not win and this was clear to me even before the leak of DNC emails. The pattern is clear going back decades. When they are caught, the Clintons just lie. When it is shown that they are lying they simply change to new lies. When those are shown to be false, they change to yet more lies. At some point they begin to claim they have already fully answered all the questions and anyone who continues to pointing out their lies is simply playing politics, while the Clintons just want to move on and get back to the business of the American people. Yet many Democrats are either in denial or simply do not care that she is corrupt, and are immune to any evidence to the contrary. The most recent example of this was the discovery that she had a secret email server. As usual she told lie after lie after lie in an attempt to get around the issue. When the FBI director testified before Congress that she had lied repeatedly in her testimony, which is perjury, she even lied about that and claimed the FBI director had said she had been completely truthful. Even now, Democrats in the know are holding their breath. Not that her server was hacked by foreign powers, that is a given that has already seriously damaged the country and very likely led to at least one death, probably many more. No, they are afraid that the missing 33,000 emails will be released before the election. The handful that have already come out show, not wedding plans and yoga classes as she claimed, but a pattern of collusion between the State Department and the Clinton Foundation that have already raised serious questions about selling the foreign policy of the United States. The fact is the Clintons not only operate outside the laws the rest of us have to follow, but they consistently put their own interest ahead of the country. Nowhere was this clearer than while the fire fight in Benghazi was still raging and the lives of Doherty and Woods hung in the balance. The Action Points of a meeting held to deal with the situation showed that instead of focusing on getting them help, Clinton was focused on fabricating a cover story to protect herself and the administration. As for Doherty and Woods, help was never sent and hours later they were killed. At the arrival of the caskets, Clinton, being Clinton, lied to the families to further the false cover story. Based on the FBI investigation, there is now no doubt that she broke the law and endangered national security with her server. But it is also pretty clear that the fix was in, and she was never going to be prosecuted for her crime. The FBI, like the Justice Department, IRS, EPA, and many other branches of government have been corrupted into just another arm of the Democratic party, which is now little more than part of the Clinton machine, protecting and bestowing favors on friends and going after enemies. At least if Trump causes problems there is no doubt that Republicans will quickly join Democrats to block him. After all they are having trouble supporting him even now with an election in the balance. So the choice for me is easy and I will vote for Trump. Trump can and probably will cause problems, but the country will survive, and one can at least hope he will only be a 1-term President. The country cannot survive the corruption Clinton will bring, at least not in the democratic form of government where the people have a real say in who runs their government. She will bring to the country what she brought to the Democratic Party nomination process, a system where opposition is allowed to run, but the fix will be in and they will not be allowed to win. I don’t like it, and I wish I had a better choice, but wishing does not make it so and this is the choice I have. Preserving Democracy Consider Christianity Volume 2 Study Guide Evidence for the Bible Christianity and Secularism What Is Wrong with Social Justice Elgin Hushbeck, Jr. Equal Justice For All? You are not to be unjust in deciding a case. 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__label__cc	0.638569	0.361431	Sydny Fujita Senior Scientific Engineering Associate eta.lbl.gov/people/Sydny-Fujita Sydny Fujita is a Scientific Engineering Associate for the Energy Efficiency Standards Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Sydny is a member of the Economic Research sub-team, which provides analysis supporting energy conservation standards. Sydny has over ten years of experience in the fields of environmental and energy economics and policy. Sydny received a Master of Public Policy degree from the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, and holds a BA in Economics from University of California, Berkeley. Commercial Discount Rate Estimation for Efficiency Standards Analysis Authors: S. Fujita Estimating Price Elasticity using Market-Level Appliance Data Accounting for Innovation in Energy Efficiency Regulation Authors: S. Fujita; M. Taylor Accounting for Technological Change in Regulatory Impact Analyses: The Learning Curve Technique Authors: M. Taylor; S. Fujita Achieved and Potential Energy Savings through Energy Efficient Procurement An Exploration of Innovation and Energy Efficiency in an Appliance Industry Authors: M. Taylor; S. Fujita; L.L. Dale; J.E. McMahon Peak Electricity Impacts of Residential Water Use Authors: S. Fujita; G.A. Fitts; L.L. Dale Program Potential: Estimates of Federal Energy Cost Savings from Energy Efficient Procurement The Path to Savings: Understanding the Federal Purchase of Energy-Consuming Products Who Buys What? Understanding Federal Procurement of Energy Efficient Products	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428527
__label__wiki	0.922303	0.922303	EMERGENCY DECLARATION: Lee Byung-Hun And Song Kang-Ho Take To The Skies For New South Korean Thriller (l) Korean Culture and Information Service/Jeon Han; (r) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India The likelihood of 2020 releases may reside for what comes next with actor Lee Byung-hun. The South Korean star of the action-packed Netflix K-Drama, Mr. Sunshine, will star in Emergency Declaration with celebrated actor Song Kang-ho. The King director Han Jae-rim will take the helm for the new thriller which is described as a disaster flick set on an airplane. Both actors share a trio of preceding credits listing Park Chan-wook’s JSA, and Kim Jee-Woon’s whirlwind Western romp, The Good, The Bad, The Weird, and searing period thriller, The Age Of Shadows. The film also marks another reunion for Han who directed Song in The Show Must Go On and The Face Reader; Song currently stars in the Palme d’Or-winning feature, Parasite, from director Bong Joon-Ho, which opens in North America on October 11 from NEON. Song is the latest recipient of this year’s Excellence Award at the 72nd annual Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland last month. Lee just wrapped volcano thriller, Mount Baekdu, last month joining actor Ha Jung-woo, and co-stars Don Lee and Bae Suzy for directors Lee Hae-jun and Kim Byeong-seo. Credit to KoBiz‘s Pierce Conran for the reporting. Like this Article? Subscribe to Our Feed! Lee B. Golden III filmcombatsyndicate@gmail.com \| Website Native New Yorker. Lover of all things pizza, chocolate, pets, and good friends. Karaoke hero. Left of center. Survivor. Fond supporter of cult, obscure and independent cinema - especially fond of Asian movies and global action cinema. Author of the bi-weekly Hit List. Founder and editor of Film Combat Syndicate. Still, very much, only human. Tags: lee byung hunsong kang ho Share4Tweet2ShareShareSend	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428542
__label__wiki	0.545481	0.545481	Mortgages » What Are the FHA Minimum Property Standards in Order to Obtain a Reverse Mortgage? By: Karina C. Hernandez Homes must meet HUD's minimum property standards to qualify for a reverse mortgage. 1. Guidelines for Purchasing Vacant Land 2. VA Appraisal Guidelines 3. Subprime Mortgage: Condo Vs. House The government protects its financial interests in home loans by setting standards for properties. The Federal Housing Administration insures mortgages for borrowers of modest means, including reverse mortgages for senior citizens. The Home Equity Conversion Mortgage -- HECM -- allows borrowers age 62 and older to tap into their home's equity periodically or in a lump sum. To qualify, a home must meet the Department of Housing and Urban Development's minimum property standards for safety, durability and marketability. A single-family home of one to four units must meet general standards to qualify for a HECM. Existing and new constructions must sit on a single parcel. A single property that is comprised of multiple parcels must be grouped in such a way that the property is manageable and marketable, says the HUD Handbook for Minimum Property Standards. The property must be accessible without the need to trespass through neighboring properties. The home must also have its own utilities and be free of hazardous conditions that affect structural soundness or occupant health and safety. Site Conditions Site conditions must be suitable for the property type. The land must provide functional and economical stability for the home, while permitting correction of potential hazards. Structures, paved areas and utilities must be located on the site in areas where the least ground-water hazard exists. Additionally, site design, building orientation, window placement and barriers must protect against predictable and undesirable site noise. A home must have adequate parking and walkways with safe access to the dwelling. The site must be graded such that the land provides sufficient drainage away from the structure; experiences minimal erosion and settlement problems; and does not drain runoff onto neighboring properties. A home that adheres to HUD's minimum property standards is easy to circulate; provides visual and noise privacy and economy in maintenance and use of space. Each dwelling must have at least one lavatory for bathing that measures no less than 6 feet in height. Entrances must have hinged doors not less than 6 feet high and 8 inches wide. Doors and windows that provide exterior access to the home must have locking devices for occupant safety. Homes must also provide proper ventilation openings protected by corrosion-resistant wire mesh. The quality of materials used on a dwelling must ensure durability, economy of maintenance and adequate resistance to weather, moisture, corrosion and fire, according to HUD. Building insulation must be installed at a height unaffected by vermin, water and soil. Doors must be single-unit manufactured pieces. No paint may contain more than 0.06 percent lead by weight, and paint used on exterior surfaces must be mold resistant or used in conjunction with a fungicide. HUD: Minimum Property Standards HUD: Handbook 4910.1: General Acceptability Criteria HUD: Handbook 4910.1: Site Design HUD: Handbook 4910.1: Building Design HUD: Handbook 4910.1: Materials HUD: Handbook 4910.1: Construction HUD: Home Equity Conversion Mortgages for Seniors HUD: FHA Reverse Mortgages (HECMs) for Seniors USA Today: Money Watch: How Risky Is a FHA Reverse Mortgage? K.C. Hernandez has covered real estate topics since 2009. She is a licensed real estate salesperson in San Diego since 2004. Her articles have appeared in community newspapers but her work is mostly online. Hernandez has a Bachelor of Arts in English from UCLA and works as the real estate expert for Demand Media Studios. Who Pays for Termite Inspections in FHA Loans? Do Architectural Shingles Add Value to a Home Appraisal? What if a Property Doesn't Meet Criteria for an FHA Loan? How to Sell House in Slow Market What Causes a Home's Value to Depreciate? Tax Write Offs for Energy Saving Qualifications for Homeowners Insurance How to Buy Land to Build a House Things That Impact a Home Appraisal	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428543
__label__cc	0.658339	0.341661	Prepare for competition Teach at School Improving FLL Robot Game. Teacher's Note. 9 out of 10 experiments Pro Preview What should you as a teacher know when the students are trying to achieve a program and robot attachment that could reproduce their behaviour 9 out of 10 times. EV3, Attachments, FLL 2016, Gears, Methodology, Construction, Teacher's Note, FLL, Classes with students K.Mitov, D.Staykov Time limitations Depending on the time that you have you can go for 5 out of 10 or 6 out of 10. The important thing is to direct the students to follow this path of constantly improving the attachment until they reach 9 out of 10 and not to stop before that because stopping before that would be a failure. Record results As the "Myth busters" say - the difference between messing around and doing science is recording the results. Record the results on a sheet of paper and with a video camera. Inspect the results. Discuss why something is not working and how could it be improved. This is what science is about - doing an experiment, recording a result and building a hypothesis on how you could improve the experiment. In this case the experiment as "building an engineering mechanism for lifting", but it is again a kind of experiment. I would like to record a small teacher note for doing 9 out of 10 runs in class and some of the rules that you should follow. What we've said currently in the video is to go for 9 out of 10 times but you're in a class or you're in a group of students and you are limited by the time. So, you can go for 5 out of 10 or 6 out of 10 or 7. You can change this number depending on the students, on their experience, on their age, on the time that you have. But it's important to direct the students to build the attachment in a way that the behavior of the attachment could be reproduced. And that's very important. The other thing that you can use an opportunity to teach them is for them to record their results because this is what science is about recording the result and then looking at the results, coming up with solutions for the next step. And while recording the results you can record with camera, you can record on a sheet of paper, on a board. It is important to reach a repeatable very well working attachment. Courses and lessons with this Tutorial This Tutorial is used in the following courses and lessons Improving FLL Robot Game. Course 1 with Animal Allies The course contains a number of sections with specific examples and tasks on how you could improve your FLL robot game in order to achieve more points. It is designed mostly for after season teams that would like to prepare for next year, but could also work for teams that are currently working on their competition robots. This course is currently being developed. Sections up to position 9 (without 4) could be used. The rest will be released soon. Repeatable behaviour in 9 out of 10 cases (Coming soon) How great is the great attachment for lifting that we built in this course? How many times can it lift the robot without making an error? How great are your attachments and how could you test them? - the answer is simple. Just try 10 times and they should work at least 9 of them as our attachment is. 3d_rotation 0 Hey, this is only a preview of this Pro episode. In order to watch the full video, you'll have to subscribe to FLLCasts. Learn more about the subscriptions Tips and tricks for FIRST LEGO League (FLL) 2019 City Shaper Similar & Recommended Robotics with LEGO - Level 2.5 - Maritime Journey Improving FLL Robot Game. Teacher's Note. Calculating gear rotations Improving FLL Robot Game. Teacher's Note. Correct solution on calculating gears. Improving FLL Robot Game. Teacher's Notes. Durable and stable robots Improving FLL Robot Game. Teacher Note. How much should you expect from 40... Improving FLL Robot Game. Teacher Note. Introduction to task for Lifting See all episode Help: Ask here Phone: +359 878 933 094; +1 833 887 5933 Email: team@fllcasts.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428547
__label__wiki	0.622612	0.622612	Democrats in congress formalize racism as acceptable. ljadw Omar is not attacking Israel, she is attacking all Jews on earth . She is a Nazi . And those who defend nazis are Nazis themselves . Originally posted by ljadw View Post Certain countries are a..holes . And certain countries do buy influence as Omar said. Your double standards aren't going to fly anymore. Originally posted by TactiKill J. View Post It is not about Israel ,it is about all Jews in the world : Omar is not anti Israel: she is muslim and antisemitic :antisemitism is a characteristic of the Islam : the Qoran is swarming with antisemitic statements, not anti Israel statements : the Protocols of the Elders of Sion and Mein Kampf are today more than ever hits in the Muslim world , and they do not mention Israel .The Democratic party is now an antiJewish party . Besides : Omar LIES : Israel is not buying influence . Amazingly, they couldn't even pass a resolution against antisemitism. They fought about it and had to include things unrelated to the current issue. And despite this, they remain convinced that republicans are nazis. I even saw David Duke was supporting Omar. Well done Dems. Well done! A few days ago,an imam from Philadelphia,Abdelmohsen Abouhatab,called in a sermon the Jews the Vilest People who control the media . Omar is only parotting him . The fact that the Democratic establishment takes no action against Omar ,proves that the Democratic party agrees with her and that a Democratic potus would agree with her . It’s not just this chick. Liberals are anti-Semitic and anti-black. Jewish and black liberals are the exception, but even they can dislike each other. "It is a fine fox chase, my boys" "It is well that war is so terrible-we would grow too fond of it" Originally posted by American87 View Post JEXODUS: Jewish Millennials Launch A ‘Liberation Movement’ From The Democratic Party For decades, the Democratic Party has often taken the Jewish-American vote for granted. In no presidential election since the founding of the State of Israel in 1948 has the Democratic Party failed to win a plurality of the Jewish vote. Even the infamously anti-Israel Jimmy Carter won a 45% plurality share of the Jewish vote in 1980, outdoing Ronald Reagan's 39% of the Jewish vote. In 2016, 71% of Jews pulled the lever for Hillary Clinton. While the minority of American Jews who identify as Orthodox routinely favor the Republican Party at the ballot box, non-Orthodox Jews tend to overwhelmingly support Democrats. Now, a new, Millennial-centric group — "Jexodus" — seeks to reverse this longstanding trend. Per a press release from Jexodus's soft launch at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C. last Friday, here is how the group self-describes: We are proud Jewish Millennials tired of living in bondage to leftist politics. We reject the hypocrisy, anti-Americanism, and anti-Semitism of the rising far-left. Progressives, Democrats, and far too many old-school Jewish organizations take our support for granted. After all, we’re Jewish, and Jews vote for Democrats. We are determined and we are unafraid to speak for ourselves. As combatants and veterans of the campus wars, we know the threat progressivism poses to Jews. We’ve had front row seats witnessing anti-Semites hide behind the thin veil of anti-Zionism. We know the BDS movement harbors deep hatred not only for Israel, but for Jews. We’re done standing with supposed Jewish leaders and allegedly supportive Democrats who rationalize, mainstream, and promote our enemies. We’d rather spend forty years wandering in the desert than belong to a party that welcomes Jew-haters like Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. https://www.dailywire.com/news/44392...ign=modelnames Black CPAC attendees explain benefits of conservatism and why they're not Democrats 'I started paying attention to history' Only 8 percent of black American voters cast a ballot for President Donald Trump in 2016. Small as that number is, it actually represented an improvement from the 6 percent who voted for Mitt Romney against former President Barack Obama in 2012. Black Americans are, by and large, assumed to be Democrats. A black Republican in any given context is likely to feel like an extreme minority, and even to be accused of being a sellout or an "Uncle Tom" for his or her conservative stances. Daniel Grimes, a journalism graduate student at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, attended CPAC and sought to highlight some black conservatives, and get their takes on why they identify as conservative, and why they are not Democrats like many of their peers. "Because I started paying attention to history," explained Maj Toure, the founder of Black Guns Matter. "I started understanding that the concepts of freedom, liberty, things of that nature, are more kind of right-leaning a little bit, or maybe a lotta bit." CPAC attendee Bevelyn Beatty also cited historical awareness as a significant factor that led her toward conservatism. "So once I started to do the history and understand the foundation of Republicanism I was like, oh, wait a minute, And I'm actually a conservative," Beatty told Grimes. "I come from an urban community, and you know what, a lot of us are really conservative and don't know it." https://www.theblaze.com/news/watch-...t%20270%20days You can only make that false accusation by making assumptions and putting words in her mouth. She said nothing at all about Jewish people and only discussed the actions of Israel as a country. Fair game, whether you think it's not PC or not we are allowed to criticize countries. Last edited by TactiKill J.; 08 Mar 19, 17:03. Well, Bobo hated Israel, so this is nothing new. The GOP will welcome Jewish voters with open arms... Originally posted by Arnold J Rimmer View Post What GOP? Does that party even still exist except in name only? Most of them seem to be closet Democrats these days and the rest of them are conspicuous by their silence and absence. Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post You may want to plug into the meetings of the GOP in my county to see how accurate that is. nastle In a thoroughly watered down resolution that initially sought to chastise racist bigot Ilhan Omar (D-MN), the now power Progressive Leftist wing of the party, along with the bigots in the Black Congressional Caucus (that won't let Black Republicans in... go figure), has formalized Leftist acceptable racism as acceptable speech by members of Congress-- at least the politically correct ones. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opini...cid=spartandhp https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...cid=spartandhp https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...305-story.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/u...esolution.html So, now we can officially call the Democrat party a bunch of racist hypocrites as well as ignore their claims of racism against anyone else based on their formal and official actions. If its racism against whites esp against white men then it's not bigotry apparently Were she, and the other left-loonies to say that our congress persons only support Taiwan, or Canada, or England, or Germany, or Norway, etc. because of the influence money (benjamins) those nation's pass out, that may be the case. Unfortunately, it seems all too often that only Israel gets singled out in this manner. Israel is a nation founded for Jewish people and mostly settled by Jewish people, so the inference is there and strong, despite her (and your) "it aint anti-semitic" dodge. Little different from criticizing Pakistan or Saudi Arabia, both of which are hugely Muslim majority in population, which could be seen as anti-Islamic by some. Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews.[1][2][3] A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is generally considered to be a form of racism.[4][5] It has also been characterized as a political ideology which serves as an organizing principle and unites disparate groups which are opposed to liberalism. The root word Semite gives the false impression that antisemitism is directed against all Semitic people, e.g., including Arabs and Assyrians. The compound word antisemite was popularized in Germany in 1879[7] as a scientific-sounding term for Judenhass ("Jew-hatred"),[8][9][10][11][12] and this has been its common use since then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism Clearly she is a Jew hater, but she is honest about it. This says a lot about the voters whom elected her as well, won't be surprised if many of them are fellow Somali refugees as a huge portion of such brought over here were settled there. Like all of us, she has a First Amendment right to speak as she chooses and express her bigotry and racism if that's her choice. I'm not advocating censorship or anything else punitive towards her. I see no harm though in calling 'a spade a spade' as the saying goes. She reflects the thinking too common from that part of the world, that culture, and her religion and comes across as an ingrate immigrant, something we have more than enough of already. I would hope we don't bring in any more of them like her. Were she, and the other left-loonies to say that our congress persons only support Taiwan, or Canada, or England, or Germany, or Norway, etc. because of the influence money (benjamins) those nation's pass out, that may be the case. Of course. Because as I said before, you can say whatever you want about anyone else. It's only Israel that's off limits of debate. Reality is Canada, England, etc does not have the equivalent of AIPAC, but people are too busy crying bigotry to look at the facts. And people criticize Pakistan and Saudi Arabia all the time and it's fine. Thank you for proving my point. In your opinion and again you can only arrive at that by making assumptions. It says nothing more about them than what could be said for conservatives who vote for neo nazis or people who say we should have more white babies. These guys are ok, but the ones who talk about a country aren't. Again double standards so no one should take you seriously. Any chance we leave emotion out of it and look at the facts? How many foreign government lobbies are more influential than AIPAC?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428555
__label__wiki	0.770758	0.770758	By Obi Chris Kenobi, March 25, 2009 in Video Games Obi Chris Kenobi 0 Nintendowned 12/12/07 Location:Newcastle, England GDC 2009 is currently under way. Its kind of like E3 only... not. http://www.gdconf.com/ What's been discussed so far? (all links to Eurogamer.com as they've been kind enough to report it all. I don't feel like copying and pasting all their reports into this one thread though) World of Goo co-creator Ron Carmel reckons protecting PC games with DRM software is a waste of time and money. Games for Windows disagrees however and introduces new measures against pirates Where as Valve claim to have made DRM pointless with their Pirate Proof Steam New Console for 'Emerging Markets' (that's polite way to say poor countries) OnLive gets publisher backing Team Ninja saw Ninja Gaiden 2 - but don't miss Itagaki Oops no death idea in Prince of Persia was a mistake... Ubisoft finally agree. Wii all love the Wii - 50m units shipped since launch. Agency and DC Universe Online confirmed for 2010 Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Shown (with multiplayer details) Ubisoft unveils Eugen's RTS R.U.S.E. - Ubisoft do WWII game AndrewTS 0 Conflict Resolved http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/25/gdc09-wa...acks-in-action/ Trailer for the new DS Zelda. They got rid of the faggy green tights. So far so good! Now they need to make sure that there's no sailing, and that he fights a giant spider in the 3rd dungeon. About time. There were also two FinalFantasy WiiWare games announced too. Smues 0 an extensive arial offence Another DS Zelda? I am so there. Looks good too. I don't know what to make of the train stuff, but I never know what to make of the new 'oh that doesn't look so hot' Zelda addition and it always ends up being ok to good, so I'm not worried. Are they both more Crystal Chronicles Crap? (I'm ok with CC, I just like alliteration) or something else? BUTT 0 One is more CC Crap, the other is a sequel to FFIV. KingPK 0 There's got to be a twist. OAOAST Mods Don't Stop Believin' is coming to Rock Band in the near future. Now where the fuck is You Give Love A Bad Name?! Something I just thought of, did they specify if the new Zelda is going to be DS or DSi? Because sure I'd upgrade to the DSi for Zelda, but I'd rather not have to. DS, at least according to the trailer. I wouldn't be shocked if they made it DSi-only to hock the new hardware, though. Another MGS in the works At his keynote speech at the Game Developers Conference today, Hideo Kojima as good as confirmed that another Metal Gear Solid game is in development. Having taken us through all the design hurdles, or "missions" he's overcome in the history of the Metal Gear series, he concluded the talk by presenting the final mission: "The Next MGS." He said he wanted to tackle this mission using a combination of Japanese and Western development philosophies. He described his approach, the typical Japanese approach, as being design-led, while he identified the recent trend in Western game development as being led by software technology, particularly the freedom of open-world games. He invited developers in the audience to challenge his "old-style" approach by coming and talking to Kojima Productions, and perhaps working there. The studio's hiring at the show. It doesn't quite amount to a formal announcement of a new Metal Gear Solid, and it was met with a muted reception at the keynote. Perhaps this was because the audience wasn't sure if Kojima was joking (it was a light-hearted talk), or perhaps because it's no great surprise. Is this what we can expect to see from Kojima at this year's E3? We can't be sure. No indication if its PS3 only or on the 360 too. But given how established the 360 is, and studios facing a the 'credit crunch' I can't see them holding back a multiformat release. The GDC has been pretty decent so far, I'd almost go to say its topped last year's E3 in terms of information. Remember like 2 games ago supposedly we'd seen the last Kojima MGS? Yeah... I'd rather hear of a new ZotE, but whatever. I suspect Kojima's bosses would boil his balls in oil if this were another PS3 exclusive. Go To Topic Listing Video Games	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428564
__label__wiki	0.641814	0.641814	Ubisoft Forums > Assassin's Creed > Assassin's Creed - General Discussions > Wicked game, please don't do a Bungie and ruin it View Full Version : Wicked game, please don't do a Bungie and ruin it wepeel Just thought I'd say thanks for a really cool game, coming from a long-time fan of the PoP series. I deliberately stayed away from forums and trailers hoping not to build up a lot of expectations and preconceptions, and it seems to have worked. Honestly, I find the level of immersion incredible. I can ride around just for kicks, sit on top of a tower and watch, or take an hour to prepare for the final step of a kill. When I play, I really feel like I am Altair, putting me right in there the way a really good game is supposed to. So, here's hoping this IP will indeed take off into several sequels -- and pretty sweet please, do not start messing with a multiplayer mode. Do not go the Halo way of butchering and shortening what started out as an awesome single player campaign in favour of dull multiplayer matches with the ocean of idiots that is X-box Live. Spend all the resources and all the disc space on making kickass single player campaigns, fleshing them out and improving them. me-gud-u-bad so your saying because i have xbox live i am an idiot? dirtybird21 I don't have X-Box live and I feel like the idiot http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif I can' afford it, It just DOESNT WORK! But i agree that AC should never have multiplayer... Well maybe... But just co-op... Originally posted by me-gud-u-bad: Nah, nothing personal. To rephrase, there's a lot of less savoury people using it, who I don't have any desire to play with or against, but who always seem to frequently pop up in any kind of randomized game matching. My main point about avoiding multiplayer isn't that I'd have to suffer 12-year olds squealing "in your face *****!11" at me over Live though, it's that it more often than not wrecks or limits the game's single player portion. Royal.Mist Originally posted by wepeel: Your claim that his game is good is quite extraordinary. Do you have extraordinary evidence other than your own opinion to prove it doesn't belong in the budget bin? Kthx. Stillzero The first Halo had a multiplayer aswell, so your post doesn't make any sence. Other then that it's just opinion based. MiniAssasin i agree with him online ruins most games. too many idiots in the world for it to be fun Originally posted by Stillzero: It did, but the multiplayer part of Halo 1 was bare bones and clearly secondary. In the sequels it ballooned out and basically took over the game. This came at the expense of the single player campaign, which, being what made the game popular in the first place, ended up getting shorter and shorter. I'm not exactly worried AC will go that far as it's not a shooter, but I still don't want the developers to lose focus of what makes this game great. In my opinion, obviously. pillaysteven I agree. Not about Halo, I just plain don't like those games, single player or multiplayer. But I do agree that IPs that are created to be single player, should not branch out and include multiplayer options apart from co-op and even then only if it doesn't come at the expense of the single player whatsoever. Same about Uncharted. Though now when I think of it Subsistence multiplayer was pretty good and MGS Online will prob be great. But still if it comes at the expense of the single player it should not be done. GuStick93 agree with you,iv been playing online for a long time,even though the multiplayer can be great,alot of the time its ruined by either hackers/glitchers/idiots/whiny kids. Thats when i decided that when i want to play online,gears of war halo 3 any game,il just play with a group of friends,and we end up having lots of fun	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428565
__label__wiki	0.7345	0.7345	‘World first’ cell phone detection cameras rolled out Posted 2:30 PM, December 1, 2019, by CNN Wire Australian authorities said that the "world-first" technology would target illegal cell phone use. The Australian state of New South Wales rolled out “high definition detection cameras” on Sunday, designed to catch drivers using cell phones behind the wheel. Andrew Constance, New South Wales’ Minister for Roads said the “world-first” technology would target illegal cell phone use through “fixed and mobile trailer-mounted cameras.” The cameras will use artificial intelligence to review images and detect illegal use of cell phones, according to Transport for NSW. Images identified as being likely to contain a driver illegally using a call phone will then be verified by authorized personnel, authorities said, noting that images captured by the system would be “securely stored and managed.” Over the next three years, 45 portable cameras will be set up across the state, in unknown locations, and without warning signs, CNN affiliate Sky News Australia reported. Kansas police share scary video of distracted driving crash For the first three months, drivers caught out by the technology will receive a warning letter, Transport for New South Wales said in a statement, after which offenders will face a fine of up to $344, or $457 in a school zone, and penalty points on their drivers’ license. “The NSW Government is serious about reducing our state’s road toll and rolling out mobile phone detection cameras is another way we will do this,” Andrew Constance, Minister for Roads said in a statement. Officials said that a trial of the technology earlier in the year had caught more than 100,000 drivers illegally using a phone at the wheel. Some 329 people have died this year on New South Wales’ roads, Reuters news agency reported, compared with 354 people for all of 2018, according to official statistics. The state wants to cut the number of road fatalities by 30% by 2021, Reuters said. Making and receiving phone calls while driving is legal in New South Wales, but using hands-free technology. Other functions, including using social media, video calling, photography, playing audio while driving are only legal if a driver has parked their vehicle outside of traffic. Firefighter who lost leg when hit by driver has message: put down your phone Deaths caused by red light runners hit a 10-year high, AAA says Filed in: News, Technology Topics: Australia, cameras, cell phones, distracted driving How a ban on driving and talking on a handheld phone could save lives Police find $200 million of meth hidden inside Sriracha bottles Rain finally falls in wildfire-ravaged Australian states, bringing new risks – and some relief Police in Australia are accusing 24 people of deliberately setting bushfires Sydney famous New Year’s Eve fireworks display to go ahead amid bushfire threat Thousands of Australian residents had to take refuge on a beach as wildfires raged Red Sox, manager Alex Cora mutually part ways amid cheating scandals Drivers who speed in some active work zones in PA could be caught on camera and cited Hands-free cellphone legislation passes the House New lithium-sulfur battery could charge your phone for five days, researchers say How to help the victims, firefighters of the Australian bushfires Australia is dropping thousands of veggies from helicopters for hungry animals escaping bushfires The Irwin family has saved over 90,000 animals, many of them injured in the Australia wildfires	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428567
__label__wiki	0.617664	0.617664	Join Frances’s Mailing List! Anybody Shining Chicken Boy Dovey Coe Falling In Margaret Goes Modern Phineas L. MacGuire Series Sam the Man Series Ten Miles Past Normal The Second Life of Abigail Walker The Secret Language of Girls Trilogy Where I’d Like to Be The Secret Language of GirlsMilton Falls Media2017-11-18T03:27:08-05:00 Middle school friendships can be complicated, but if anyone understands the secret language of girls, it’s bestselling author Frances O’Roark Dowell in this collectible boxed set of a perceptive and relatable trilogy. Marylin and Kate used to be best friends, but middle school has a funny knack for getting in the way. Can two girls who grew up together, but have vastly different interests, stay friends forever? This boxed set of Frances O’Roark Dowell’s widely praised trilogy includes all three installments of Marylin and Kate’s roller coster friendship: The Secret Language of Girls , The Kind of Friends We Used to Be , and The Sound of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away . As readers observe these friendships evolve over time, “Dowell’s light but observant style reveals the benefits of not judging anybody — including yourself — too quickly.” (Booklist) Girls will recognize their own dilemmas here and feel encouraged by the author’s honest and sympathetic approach. THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF GIRLS In the old days, when Kate had no interest in romance, she never cared what other people thought. Now, it appeared, love was turning her into a rotten human being. Eleven-year-old Kate Faber wishes she could talk to her best friend, Marylin, about this. But Marylin is no longer her best friend. Or is she? Kate and Marylin were always the kind of best friends who lived on the same block for their entire lives, and who agreed on what kinds of boys were worth kissing and who should be invited to their sleepover. The kind of best friends who didn’t need words to talk, but who always just knew. But lately Marylin has started to think that Kate can be a bit babyish. And Kate thinks Marylin is acting like a big snob. Somehow nothing is the same, but secretly Kate and Marylin both wish it could be… Excellent characterization, an accurate portrayal of the painful and often cruel machinations of preteens, and evocative dialogue will make this tale resonate with most readers, who will see themselves and some of their peers in its pages. What makes this offering stand out is Dowell’s ability to maintain the reader’s sympathy with both girls: instead of painting the social-climbing Marylin as a villain, the nuanced characterization shows that she is equally a victim of forces beyond her understanding. THE KIND OF FRIENDS WE USED TO BE Dowell’s characteristically sensitive exploration of the inner lives of these two girls will resonate long and loud. Kate and Marylin are best friends forever…. Well, except for last year when they weren’t friends anymore…. And except for this year when they both want to be friends again, but just don’t know how. But the thing is, even as they are trying to fix their broken friendship, they are becoming more and more unalike. And that’s becoming harder and harder to deal with. Well, it would be a lot easier if Kate would just take some of Marylin’s fashion advice. Ballet flats would look so much better than those big black combat boots. Feminine. But Kate doesn’t want to be feminine. She wants to learn guitar and write her own songs; she wants to be the exact opposite of the middle-school cheerleaders. And maybe if Marylin would just stick up for herself and not get bullied by Mazie (the Meanest Cheerleader Ever) into judging anyone who’s the least bit different, Marylin and Kate could be real friends again. Funny, realistic, and incredibly insightful, Edgar Award-winning novelist Frances O’Roark Dowell explores the shifting terrain of middle-school friendship in the companion book to the well-loved The Secret Language of Girls. This touching sequel to The Secret Language of Girls alternates perspectives between Kate and Marylin. This allows for a nuanced portrait of an evolving friendship… By building sympathy for both characters, Frances O’Roark Dowell creates an emotionally complex story of girls going their separate ways but managing to reconnect, sometimes in a funny and poignant fashion. A realistic and humorous look at the trials and tribulations of growing up and growing independent. THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE, ONLY REALLY FAR AWAY Another quietly perceptive tour de force. —Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) In the third book in the bestselling Secret Language of Girls trilogy, Marylin and Kate find that boys can be just as complicated as friendship… Marylin knows that, as a middle school cheerleader, she has certain obligations. She has to smile as she walks down the hall, be friends with the right people, and keep her manicure in tip-top shape. But Marylin is surprised to learn there are also rules about whom she’s allowed to like — and Benjamin, the student body president, is deemed unnacceptable. But maybe there is a way to convince the cheerleaders that her interest in Benjamin is for their own good — maybe she’ll pretend that she’s using him to get new cheerleading uniforms! Kate, of course, finds this ludicrous. She is going to like whom she likes, thank you very much. And she just so happens to be spending more time than ever with Matthew Holler. But even a girl who marches to the beat of her own guitar strings can play the wrong notes — and are she and Matthew even playing the same song? She’s just not sure. So when Matthew tells Kate that the school’s Audio Lab needs funding from the student government, she decides to do what she can to help him get it. But there isn’t enough money to go around, and it soon becomes clear that only one of the two girls can get her way. Ultimately, though, is it even her way? Or are both girls pushing for something they never really wanted in the first place? The cover will entice children to this breezy story, but the depth of feeling will make them remember it. The third book in the trilogy, The Sound of Your Voice also succeeds on its own. 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__label__cc	0.703615	0.296385	Published: Jun 27th, 2018 Category: Football, NFL Football Comments: Comments Off on Cleveland Browns Training Camp and How to Get There Cleveland Browns Training Camp and How to Get There Tags: berea ohio, cleveland browns, cleveland browns 2018 schedule, cleveland browns roster, cleveland browns tickets, Cleveland browns training camp location, training camp, training camp 2018, where is Cleveland Browns training camp? Cleveland Browns Training Camp If you are looking to get a glance and the new roster of the Cleveland Browns for 2018, head over to their training facility in Berea Ohio July 26 for 15 open-to-the-public practices. The area has greatly improved over the past 12 years, adding new seating last year and this year to accommodate more fans. Starting June 29th at 10am, you can register for tickets online or on the Browns mobile app. Season ticket holders can start getting tickets two days early on June 27th. And walk-ups will be allowed into the facility if there is room on any given day. When you register, you can request four tickets for three different days. Park at Baldwin Wallace and walk to the Beech Street entrance one hour prior to the beginning of practice for the best spots. Thursday, July 26: 2:35-5:30 p.m. Friday, July 27: 3-5:55 p.m. Saturday, July 28: 2:35-5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 29: 3-5:55 p.m. Monday, July 30: 2:35-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1: 3-5:55 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2: 3-5:55 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3: 4-5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4: 4-5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6: 3-5:55 p.m. Tuesday Aug. 7: 3-5:55 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12: 3-5:55 p.m. Monday, Aug. 13: 3-5:55 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14: 3-5:55 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15: 2:35-5:30 p.m. Published: Aug 2nd, 2015 Comments: Comments Off on Thank the CBA for a lot of bad NFL football. Thank the CBA for a lot of bad NFL football. Tags: 2015 NFL Training camp, Bill Smith, Federal Court, National Football League, National Football League Draft, NBC Sports, nfl, NFL Draft, NFL Football, NFLPA, Samantha Bunten, Tom Brady, training camp NOTE: On NNR Samantha Bunten of NBC Sports and I discussed the news of the day including details about the Brady case and broke down the Browns offense in detail. We discussed which players will make the roster and which will be cut. The quality of play in the NFL is going down. That has nothing to do with the quality of the athletes. Every season the rookies get better and more athletic. Rather we can blame the CBA and the sloppy practice habits of NFL teams. I have always believed that the success in the season is determined before the 1st snap of the 1st game. It is the mental and physical preparation that happens in training camp and the preseason that determines how successful the team will be. Anyone that has watched the NFL channel training camp coverage has to be surprised at the amount of time spend just standing around. The current CBA reduces the amount of practice time dramatically. But the NFL coaches have not adjusted to the limits well. One of the things that I have been very critical of the coaching the QBs get. One of the biggest issues is the lack of physical repetitions that the 2nd and 3rd QBs get. While “mental” reps help, there is no substitute for physical repetitions. Back in the Dark Ages when I coached semi-pro football, we had a limited amount of practice time because everybody had jobs. Our practices would start at 6 PM two days a week and go until dark. We would set up both the first and second team offenses on each 45 yard line going different directions. With the coaches between the groups, each side would alternate snaps. That doubled the number of reps that each group got. That not only helped the QB but the WR, RB and defensive back groups as well. Meanwhile the O and D line groups were doing work elsewhere. Those groups were working back to back as well. Given the lack of NFL ready QB prospects coming out of college football, the NFL has to do a better job giving reps and individual coaching to young players. The QB coach has to spend most of his time with the starter. Why not bring in a QB specialist coach to develop the younger guys at the position? The NFL no longer has a developmental league. A league that generates 10 billion dollars a year should spend some of it to develop players. That would also help develop coaches and refs as well. So when you watch NFL practices, watch for teams standing around. The more standing the less wins at the end of the season. Published: Aug 5th, 2010 Questions in the NFC South and West training camps Tags: 49ers, Buccaneers, Cardinals, Falcons, NFL Football, Panthers, Rams, Saints, SEAHAWKS, Super Bowl, training camp 1. Is this the year that the Falcons finally put everything together and win the division? The team was a favorite in a lot of preseason publications last year. They are projected to finish 1st in even more this season. The O has been challenged by a lack of a solid #2 WR. WR Jenkins must get it done this year. The D has just been challenged particularly against the pass. 2. Will RB Michael “Burner” Turner return to his 2008 form? Last season he started slow and ended the season hurt. The team has others that can fill in but no one that can turn the game around with a single run like he can. 3. Will the DB play improve? The team ended up 28th against the pass. If HC Smith is going to get this team to the top of the NFCS, that has to improve a lot. One corner and one safety spot are up for grabs. 1. Did the team make the right call in letting QB Jake Delhomme go to Cleveland and starting Matt Moore? Moore did well in relief of the horrible season Delhomme had last year. The team hedged their bet by taking ND QB Jimmy Clausen in the 2nd round. HC Fox shocked the team after the OTAs by announcing that there would be an open challenge for the QB spot. 2. Will the combination of RBs DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart stay health this year? The two were healthy most of last year but both have a history of injury. The team will lean much more on the running game with a new QB under center. 3. Will the team be able to replace the sacks and QB hurries generated by Julius Peppers now that he is gone? The D backfield depended on steady pressure up front to be effective. The current group will struggle to get as much pressure without the double and sometimes triple teaming of Peppers that left the rest 1 on 1. 1. How well will the D play without some key losses? FS Darren Sharper is hurt and may not be ready this year. LB Scott Fujita and DE Charles Grant are gone and will be hard to replace. 2. Will the WRs stay healthy this year? WRs Lance Moore and Marques Colston both missed games last year. With a tougher schedule this year QB Drew Brees is going to need the top WRs on the field. 3. Will the Saints suffer the “year after” syndrome that other first time Super Bowl winners have? This year they have a tougher schedule, won’t sneak up on anyone and have had less turn around time than other teams. The coaching staff will have their work cut out to get the team deep in the playoffs again. 1. Is Josh Freeman going to be the QB the team thought he would be when they drafted him? He started 9 games last year but had a 54.9 passer rating with 10 TDs but 18 picks. The team is not good enough to win unless he is in the 85-90 range this year. 2. Will any of the WRs step up to help Freeman? The WR lineup will change again this year but the team has no sure things at the position. TE Kellen Winslow is still suffering from injuries early in his career but the team will try to help Freeman by using 2 TEs a lot. 3. Is DT Gerald McCoy the Warren Sapp this year or is he Wendy Sapp? The team needs him to be the penetrating pass rush that Sapp did in the Super Bowl years. That can make up for an aging group of DBs. 1. Can QB Matt Leinart finally justify his 1st overall selection in the Draft? In a word no. Leinart has been given more chances at redemption than a crooked Congressman. He has been handed the job twice and has not been able to keep it. As insurance Coach Ken Whisenhunt brought in big armed former Pro Bowl QB Derek Anderson. Leinart is due BIG dollars in 2011. If he fails this year he is gone. Look for Anderson to be the starter before the end of the year. 2. Can the team recover from the losses of key players this year? QB Kurt Warner will be the biggest loss. He is headed to the Hall of Fame. WR Anquan Boldin was traded. WR Steve Breaston is good but no Boldin. IB Karlos Dansby is gone and IB Gerald Hayes is recovering from back surgery. They released S Antrel Rolle. LBs Travis LaBoy, Bertrand Berry and Chike Okeafor are also missing. That is a lot of spots to fill in. 3. Will the older incoming players like G Alan Faneca (13th season) and Joey Porter (12th) have anything left? They should provide some leadership in the locker room but the team needs them to produce on the field as well. 1. How soon will the 50M man QB Sam Bradford be starting? The Rams fans have not had much reason to buy a ticket for several years. Sam is the “the man” but how quickly will he become the starter? Better question yet, how long will it take him to become an NFL Quality player. He is in the right stadium and division with a majority of his games to be played indoors. He does not have an above average arm. This team needs him to be the right guy. 2. Can the Ram O line protect a somewhat fragile Bradford? For the second straight year, the team took a T high in the draft. Rodger Saffold was regarded as a steal with their 2nd round pick. The team is still trying to decide if Saffold will play LT or RT with the other side going to 09 2nd pick overall Jason Smith. OTAs took a toll on the O line with 6 guys ending up hurt including both T prospects. Smith missed games last year with a knee. C Jason Brown and RG Adam Goldberg are OK but the rest including LG Jacob Bell and last season RT Phil Trautwein are barely adequate. 3. Will the D play better with a year under their belts with the D scheme? 2008 2nd pick overall DE Chris Long should play better having to think less than he did last year converting to his 3rd D in 3 years. He started to get it in the last few games of 09. The rest of the D will know the D better this season having the same D scheme as last year. The LB group will be wearing OSU Scarlet and Gray. MLB James Laurinaitis is a beast and should have all fellow ex-Buckeye guys around him. Na’il Diggs will start at SLB with either Larry Grant or Bobby Carpenter playing WLB. The fact that all 4 played together at OSU should help in communications. 1. Will former 1st overall pick QB Alex Smith finally look like he deserved the money? Probably not. Smith started 10 games last year and had a semi-respectable 81.5 QB rating. He is in the last year of his rookie contract. Unless he plays better, he will be elsewhere next year. The team needs him to play better than that if they are going to contend for the NFCW title. 2. Will the O line be better? The O line has given up 150 sacks in the last 3 seasons. That kills drives and QBs. LT Joe Staley and C Eric Heitmann are coming along well but LG Davis Baas is hurt again. The right side is questionable at best. 3. Will the DBs play up to the rest of the D? The lock down corner they paid big bucks to LCB Nate Clements had a bad season. He was benched but worked his way back onto the field. RCB Shawntae Spencer should be better with a year of recovery from knee surgery. The Ss play the run better than the pass. 1. Will the Hawks have a good enough running game to take pressure off the passing game? Justin Forsett was brought in to compete with RB Julius Jones. Jones averaged only 3.7 per attempt despite starting 14 games last year. RB Leon Washington will likely be the 3rd down back if he is recovered from a broken leg last year. 2. How long will it take for the new guys to play together? There has been a ton of turnover by the new staff. For several years it was a bad old roster. The new roster looks better but it will take some time to make all the parts work together. 3. Can the O line protect their fragile QB Matt Hasselbeck and open holes for the running game? Long time Pro Bowler Walter Jones retired. Russell Okung takes over LT. Other than LG Ben Hamilton the line is below average. OL coach Alex Gibbs is a magician and he will have to do some neat tricks to make this line perform well enough to win. That’s what I think. Tell me what you think. Bill Smith is a former coach of several semi-pro teams, has officiated both football and basketball, done color on radio for college football and basketball and has scouted talent. He is a senior writer for and edits https://fryingpansports.com. He has also published several novels on Technorati Tags: NFL Football,training camp,Super Bowl,Saints,Falcons,Buccaneers,Panthers,49ers,Rams,Seahawks,Cardinals and edits . Published: Jul 22nd, 2010 Questions in the AFC East and North training camps. Tags: AFC, afc east, afc north, Bengals, Browns, Marshawn Lynch, nfl, Ravens, Steelers, training camp, Trent Edwards Note: We will look at all the divisions of the NFL with this same point of view over the next few issues of Fryingpansports.com. 1. How effective with the QB play be? Trent Edwards is the leader going into camp but watch out for former 2nd round pick Brian Brohm. He has the talent to be a starter and Edwards has problems in the clubhouse. 2. “RB? We don’t need no stinkin’ RB!" Marshawn Lynch started his career strong but has made more news off the field than on it in the last 2 years. The Bills took RB C.J. Spiller with their 1st pick but did Lynch get the message? No and Spiller starts. 1. How good will the D be after losing some key players? DT Jason Ferguson retired and they cut LB Jerry Porter and S Gibril Wilson. The D played pretty well last year. Will it survive the losses? 2. How much will RB Ronnie Brown be able to contribute? In addition to an injury last year he faces a DUI issue. The Wildcat is much more effective with both RBs in the backfield. 3. How far has QB Chad Henne come or will former starter Chad Pennington become the starter again? Henne will be as good as the running game allows him to be. 1. Have injuries and contract questions reduced Tom Brady’s effectiveness? Brady was clearly not performing at his "pre-injury" level last year.. Will he get back to the 2007 level? 2. Can the Pats O line protect Brady? The line has gotten old and the replacements have been less than stellar. Brady needs protection. 3. How far has the D fallen? Last year the D was exposed by a lack of youth and talent. 1. How will Sanchez do in year 2? Often 2nd year QBs have a regression. Last year Sanchez was at best OK. He was not asked to do too much. As the Ds focused on the running game, he struggled to get the ball down the field. The team traded for Holmes but he is suspended for the first 4 games. HC Ryan wants to throw more this year but can Sanchez deliver? 2. Will the Jets D continue to improve? The D took major steps forward last year. DE Marques Douglas was expected to do great things in 09 but was a bust. So was ILB Larry Izzo. The top newcomer CB Antonio Cromartie comes with a plane full of baggage. If the D is to improve, it will have to come from some guys on the 09 team developing, 3. Does RB LaDainian Tomlinson have anything left? I don’t think so. 1. How much will the D fall without S Ed Reed in the backfield full time? The D plays much more aggressively when they have the great eraser in the deep middle. How much can he contribute this year? Is a 6M price tag too much for a part time player? 2. Can the new CBs play up to the level of the front 7? This has the makings of dissention in the locker room if the pass D doesn’t play well. 3. How many balls will WR Anquan Boldin catch? For the last few years the team has not had a true #1 receiver. How much better will the O be? A lot! 1. What happens to the running game if RB Cedric Benson is suspended? With QB Palmer having an off year in 09, it was the running of Benson that propelled the O. 2. Will QB Carson Palmer get back to his previous levels of performance or is age beginning to catch up to him? Palmer has not been the same since the injury in the playoff loss to the Steelers. 3. Will the lame duck status of HC Marvin Lewis hold the team back or propel them to new heights to keep their coach? The history of the team indicates that two winning seasons in a row are unlikely. Check out my article on the Browns question marks on NFLDraftDog.com under team reports., 1. With QB Ben Roethlisberger being out for 4-6 games, how big a hole will the team be in when he returns. Will he be mentally ready to play? By rule, after training camp ends, he can have no contract with the team at all until he is reinstated by the league. Will the Steelers be out of the race by the time he gets back? 2. Can the running game get back to the old S teeler level without RB Willie Parker? A lot of the trouble in the last few years has been the lack of run blocking by the O line. Can that group come together without OT Willie Colon who is out with an Achilles’ tendon injury. I doubt it. 3. How much will S Troy Polamalu be able to play this year. Without him, the Steeler D is just average. Bill Smith is a former coach of several semi-pro teams, has officiated both football and basketball, done color on radio for college football and basketball and has scouted talent. He is a senior writer for and edits https://fryingpansports.com. He has also published several novels on ;and edits .	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1428581
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