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__label__wiki	0.679043	0.679043	Category Archives: GREEN BIORENEWABLE. BIOCOMPOSITES 17.08.2015 GREEN BIORENEWABLE. BIOCOMPOSITES OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS PRODUCED ON AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE DuPont® was one of the first companies to attempt to produce silk fibroins on an industrial scale70, but perfecting the large-scale production of spider silks has proved arduous and challenging relative to some other materials. DuPont® manufactures approximately 2 million tons of Kevlar each year, requiring 15,800,000 to 18,750,000 pounds of sulfuric acid.71 The process also requires petroleum products, substantial pressure and temperatures that approach 1,400 degrees Fahrenheit. The U. S. Army uses about 10,000 pounds of Kevlar for composite materials. Manufacturing costs could be lowered by reducing the amount of hazardous waste material generated during the production of Kevlar. Additionally, over the past 70 years, DuPont® has also been manufacturing nylon. This material initially nicknamed the “miracle fiber.” One of first applications for nylon was socks, but other uses have expanded into clothing, carpeting, ropes, and the automobile industry. Despite the benefits of nylon’s use for a wide range of different applications, its production has a history of environmental concerns that include the reliance of large quantities of crude oil, adipic acid, and production of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas. PROPERTIES OF SPE/TPG/WF BIOCOMPOSITES The onset and peak temperatures of the exothermic curve on the first heating DSC thermogram for the SPE/TPG compound with a standard epoxy/hydroxy ratio of 1/1 were 142.3 and 192.9 °C, respectively. Based on the DSC data, the curing temperature of the SPE/TPG(1/1) was changed between 150 and 190 °C. The tan 5 peak temperature (43.0, 43.5 and 53.5 °C) measured by DMA increased with an increase of curing temperature (150, 170 and 190 °C). Also, the 5% weight loss temperature (344.3, 344.8 and 361.1 °C) increased with an increase of curing temperature. When the mixture was cured at a temperature higher than 190 °C, the cured material considerably colorized. The curing temperature was fixed to 190 °C, considering the stability of SPE/TPG and wood flour which is subsequently added. Figure 4.31 shows DMA curves of the SPE/TPG(1/1)/WF biocomposites cured at 190 °C. The E’ at the rubbery plateau region over 50 °C for the composites was much higher than that of SPE/TPG, suggesting a superior reinforcement effect due to the wood fibers. The tan 5 peak temperature related to T for the composites (WF40:45.6 °C; WF50:45.7 °C; WF60:44.5 °C) was a little lower than that of the corresponding neat resins (53.5 °C). The reason is not clear, but it is thought that hydroxy groups of WF reacted with epoxy groups of SPE and the stoichiometry of epoxy and hydroxy is deviated. A similar decline of Tg by the addition of WF was also observed for the GPE/TA/WF biocomposites.22 Figure 4.32 shows TGA curves of WF, SPE/TPG(1/1) and SPE/TPG(1/1)/WF composites. Since the thermal decomposition temperature of WF was lower than that of SPE/PGT, the SPE/PGT/WF composite exhibited two-step thermo-degradation, and the 5% weight loss temperature decreased with increasing WF content (0 wt.%: 361.1 °C, 40 wt.%: 294.7 °C, 50 wt.%: 286.3 °C, 60%: 279.6 °C). FIGURE 4.32 TGA curves of SPE/TPG(1/1), SPE/TPG(1/1)/WF biocomposites and WF.25 Figure 4.33 shows the tensile properties for SPE/TPG(1/1)/WF composites. The tensile modulus of SPE/TPG(1/1)/WF increased with increasing WF content in the range of 0-50 wt.%. However, the tensile modulus of SPE/TPG(1/1)/WF60 was lower than that of SPE/TPG(1/1)/WF50 in agreement with the influence of WF content on the E’ measured by DMA. Also, the tensile strength of the composites with WF content 40-50 wt.% was a little higher than the corresponding neat resin (SPE/TPG(1/1)). The fact that the improvement of tensile strength is not so high as that of tensile modulus is related to the decease of elongation at break for the WF biocomposites. In the previous our study on GPE/TA/WF and SPE/QC(1/1.2)/ WF biocomposites, the tensile strength considerably decreased by the addition of WF.22,25 When TPG was used as an epoxy-hardener, the tensile strength of the WF composite did not decrease. Figure 4.34 shows SEM images of WF and the fractured surfaces of SPE/ TPG(1/1) and SPE/TPG(1/1)/WF composites. The micrograph of SPE/TPG(1/1) showed no phase separation, indicating that SPE is homogeneously cured with TPG. The micrograph of WF shows that the fiber length and width of WF are ca. 0.2-0.4 mm and 40-200 mm, respectively. All the micrographs of SPE/TPG(1/1)/ WF biocomposites show that WF is tightly incorporated into the crosslinked epoxy resin and their interfacial adhesion is good. The fact that tensile strength did not decrease by the addition of WF is related to the good affinity of SPE/TPG(1/1) and WF. The good affinity is inferred from what TO is widely used as a coating material for woody surface and the structure of pyrogallol moieties of TPG resembles that of lignin of WF. The density of biocomposite plays a significant role in weight reduction. For energy savings, designer are striving to manufacture light weight and high strength components. However it is to be noted that the density of the biocomposite have a significant influence on their noise reduction capabilities. Jute fibers are heavier than water and have a density in the range of 1200 to 1400 kg/m3. THE FLAX WOVEN FABRICS The flax fabric (Fig. 7.4.a) used in this study, is a plain weave fabric with an areal weight of 280±19 g/m2, manufactured by GroupeDepestele (France)68. The fabric is not balanced, as the space between the weft tows (1.59± 0.09 mm) is different to the one between the warp tows (0.26± 0.03 mm). The width of the warp and the weft tows are, respectively 2.53±0.12 mm and 3.25±0.04 mm. As a consequence, there are 360 warp tows and 206 weft tows per meter of fabric. The linear mass of the warp and the weft tows is the same and is equal to 494±17 g/km. The tows are constituted by globally aligned groups of fibers. The length of these groups of fibers varies between 40 to 600 mm with a maximum occurrence-taking place at 80 mm. This fabric is constituted of continuous tows (Fig. 4.b). Generally, when natural fibers are considered, twisted yarns are elaborated to increase its tensile properties. Indeed, as discussed by Goutianos et al.69 sufficient tensile properties of the yarns are necessary for these ones to be considered for textile manufacturing or for processes such as pultrusion or filament winding. In this study, the flax tows used to elaborate the plain weave fabric are un-twisted and exhibit a rectangular shape. The fibers or groups of fibers are slightly entangled to provide a minimum rigidity to the tows. This geometry has been chosen as it generates low bending stiffness tows, therefore limiting the crimp effect in the fabric and therefore limiting empty zones between tows. It has also been chosen because fabric manufactured from highly twisted yarns exhibit low yarn permeability preventing or partially preventing the use of processes from the LCM (Liquid Composite Moulding) family. Un-twisted tows have also been chosen because manufactured composites display better mechanical properties than composites made with twisted yarns70. However, this reinforcement was originally developed to manufacture large panels with low curvature and was therefore not optimized for complex shape forming. FIGURE 7.4 Reinforcement 1: (a) Flax fabric; (b) flax tow. A second flax woven reinforcement has also been used. This reinforcement 2 is a 4/4 flax woven hopsack construction with an areal weight of 508 ± 11 g/m2 manufactured by the Composites Evolution Company, UK71. The hopsack is presented in Fig. 7.5. The cylindrical yarns are manufactured from aligned fibers held together by a polyester yarn going in a spiral manner along the flax yarn. The linear density of the flax yarns is 250 ± 9 tex (g/km). The lineic mass of the yarn holding the flax fibers is 20 ± 3 tex. The reinforcement used in this work is not balanced. A difference of 20% in the number of flax yarns has been measured between warp and weft directions. FIGURE 7.5 Reinforcement 2: (a) flax fabric; (b) 4 aligned yarns; (c) individual yarn. 7.2 RESULTS SUGAR PALM FIBERS Sugar palm fiber is black in color, with diameter up to 0.50 mm.70 According to Siregar,68 sugar palm fiber has heat resistant of up to 150°C and the flash point is around 200°C. It has been reported that the fiber length of sugar palm fiber is up to 1.19 m and density is 1.26 kg/m3.71,72 Traditionally, sugar palm fiber was used as ropes, filters, broom, roof and handicraft application such as for making ‘ko — piah.’72,73 Tomlinson74 reported that the ropes made from sugar palm fiber have better performance than the ropes made from rattan fiber (Calamus sp.). The main advantages of sugar palm fiber are durable and good resistant to seawater. It is also not affected by heat and moisture compared to coir fiber. Unlike other natural fibers, sugar palm fiber can directly be obtained from the trees which do not need secondary processes to yield the fibers.3 Due to these advantages, sugar palm fiber should be a good material in the development of new ‘green’ materials. Sugar palm fiber locally known as ijuk is one of the most popular fiber among the researcher over the last decade. The fiber is originally wrapped along the sugar palm trunk.75 The tree can grow up to 12.3 m tall and has a thick, black/brown hairy fibrous trunk, with the dense crown of leaves, which are white on the outside. The tree begins to produce black sugar palm fiber after about 5 years, before flowering and the type of its fibers are depending to age and altitude of sugar palm tree.71 The fibers that are taken after flowering will produce fiber approximately 1.4 m long. It can yield about 15 kg for each tree and around 3 kg is very best and stiffest. In Malaysia, black sugar palm fiber started used since 1416 during Malacca Sultanate History. In 1800, the sugar palm tree was planted by British East India Company in Penang to yield its high durability of rope made from black sugar palm fiber. Previously, the characterization (tensile and chemical properties) of single fibers from different morphological parts of sugar palm tree, that is, sugar palm frond (SPF), sugar palm bunch (SPB), ijuk and sugar palm trunk (SPT).76 From the investigation, it was found that the tensile strength of ijuk was 276.64 MPa and the tensile modulus was5.86 GPa. The elongation at break of ijuk was 22.3% which was approximately the same with oil palm and coir fibers in term of physical and mechanical properties because they were from same palmae family.77 For the chemical analysis, it was shown that ijuk has a high cellulose content which is 52.29%. This proved that mechanical properties of sugar palm fiber are strongly influenced by the cellulose content.78 Cellulose was the main structural component that provides strength and stability to the plant cell walls and the fibers.49Generally, ijuk can be used as reinforcement in composites due to higher tensile strength and cellulose content in comparison with other established natural fibers such as kenaf, pineapple leaf, coir and oil palm bunch. DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY (DSC) DSC is widely used to characterize the thermal properties of WPCs. DSC can measure important thermoplastic properties, including the melting temperature (Tm), heat of melting, degree of crystallinity x(%), crystallization, and presence of recy- clates, nucleating agents, plasticizers, and polymer blends (the presence, composition, and compatibility). Thermal analysis of the WPC samples was carried out on a differential scanning calorimeter (Perkin Elmer Instruments, Pyris Diamond DSC, Shelton, Connecticut) with the temperature calibrated with indium. All DSC measurements were performed with samples of about (9.5 ± 0.1) mg under a nitrogen atmosphere with a flow rate of 20 mL/min. Three replicates were run for each specimen. All samples were subjected to the same thermal history with the following thermal protocol, which was slightly modified from the one reported by Valentini et al.45. 1. First, the samples were heated from 40 to 180 °C at a heating rate of 20 °C/ min to remove any previous thermal history. 2. Second, the samples were cooled from 180 to 40.00 °C at a cooling rate of 10 °C/min to detect the crystallization temperature (Tc). Finally, the samples were heated from 40 to 180 °C at a heating rate of 10 °C/min to determine Tm. Tm and the heat of fusion (днт) were calculated from the thermograms obtained during the second heating. The heats of fusion were normalized on the basis of the weight fraction of PP present in the sample. The values of днт were used to estimate X, which was adjusted for each sample in XcOr (%) based on the percentage of polypropylene in the composite. Crystallinity (Xcor) was estimated according to the ДНm and ДН0 are, respectively heats (J/g) of melting of composite and 100% crystalline PP, taken as 207.1 J/g,46 and Xpp is the PP fraction in the composite. POL YMERIZA TION Ethylene is a rather stable molecule that polymerizes only upon contact with catalysts. The conversion is highly exothermic, that is the process releases a lot of heat. Coordination polymerization is the most pervasive technology, which means that metal chlorides or metal oxides are used. The most common catalysts consist of titanium(III) chloride, the so-called Ziegler-Natta catalysts. Ethylene can be produced through radical polymerization, but this route has only limited utility and typically requires high-pressure apparatus. 15.1.2.2. CLASSIFICATION PE is classified into several different categories based mostly on its density and branching. Its mechanical properties depend significantly on variables such as the extent and type of branching, the crystal structure and the molecular weight. With regard to sold volumes, the most important polyethylene grades are HDPE, LLDPE and LDPE. • Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) • High-density polyethylene (HDPE) • Linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) • Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) (a) Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) These include can and bottle handling machine parts, moving parts on weaving machines, bearings, gears, artificial joints, edge protection on ice rinks and butchers’ chopping boards. It competes with aramid in bulletproof vests, under the trade names Spectra and Dyneema, and is commonly used for the construction of articular portions of implants used for hip and knee replacements. (b) High-density polyethylene (HDPE) HDPE is used in products and packaging such as milk jugs, detergent bottles, butter tubs, garbage containers and water pipes. One third of all toys are manufactured from HDPE. In 2007 the global HDPE consumption reached a volume of more than 30 million tons. (c) Linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) Lower thickness may be used compared to LDPE. Cable covering, toys, lids, buckets, containers and pipe. While other applications are available, LLDPE is used predominantly in film applications due to its toughness, flexibility and relative transparency. Product examples range from agricultural films, saran wrap, and bubble wrap, to multilayer and composite films. (d) Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) LDPE is created by free radical polymerization. The high degree of branching with long chains gives molten LDPE unique and desirable flow properties. LDPE is used for both rigid containers and plastic film applications such as plastic bags and film wrap. STARCH POLYMERS Starch is one of the most exciting and promising raw materials for the production of biodegradable products. It is the major polysaccharide reserve material of photosyn thetic tissues and of many types of plant storage organs such as seeds and swollen stems. The primary crops used for its production consist of potatoes, corn, wheat and rice. In all of these sources, starch is produced in the form of granules, which vary in size and somewhat in composition based on the resources. Starch granule is composed of two main polysaccharides, amylose and amylopectin with some minor components such as lipids and proteins. Amylose is linear polymer of (1^4)-linked a-D-glucopyranosyl units with some slight branches by (1^-6)-a-linkages (Fig. 17.1). Amylose can have a molecular weight between 104 and 106 g mol-1, but it is soluble in boiling water.40,41 Amylopectin is a highly branched molecule composed of chains of a-D-glucopyranosyl residues linked together mainly by (1^4)-linkages but with (1^6)-linkages at the branched points. Amylopectin consists of hundreds of short chains of (1^4)-linked a-D — glucopyranosyl interlinked by (1^6)-a-linkages (Fig. 17.2). It is an extremely large and highly branched molecule with a molecular weights ranging from 106 to 108 g mol-1. Therefore, it is insoluble in boiling water, but in their use in foods, both fractions are readily hydrolyzed at the acetal link by enzymes. Amylases attack the a-(1-4)-link of starch while the a-(1-6)-link in amylopectin is by glucosidases. The crystallinity of the starch granules is attributed mainly to the amylopectin and not to amylose, which although linear, presents a conformation that hinders its regular association with other chains.42,43 (Glucose-a(l -4 )-glucose) Starch has received significant interest during the past two decades as a biodegradable thermoplastic polymer. Starch offers an attractive and cheap alternative in developing degradable materials. Starch is not truly thermoplastic as most synthetic polymers. However, it can be melted and made to flow at high temperatures under pressure and shear. It has been widely used as a raw material in film production because of increasing prices and decreasing availability of conventional film-forming resins based on petroleum resources. Starch films possess low permeability and are thus attractive materials for food packaging. Starch is also useful for making agricultural mulch films because it degrades into harmless products when placed in contact with soil microorganisms.44,45 By itself, starch is a poor alternative for any commodity plastic because, it is mostly water soluble, difficult to process, and brittle. Therefore, research on starch includes exploration of its water adsorptive capacity, the chemical modification of the molecule, its behavior under agitation and high temperature, and its resistance to thermo mechanical shear. Although starch is a polymer, its stability under stress is not high. At temperatures higher than 150 °C, the glucoside links start to break, and above 250 °C the starch grain endothermally collapses. At low temperatures, a phenomenon known as retrogradation is observed. This is a reorganization of the hydrogen bonds and an aligning of the molecular chains during cooling. In extreme cases under 10° C, precipitation is observed. Thus, though starch can be dispersed into hot water and cast as films, the above phenomenon causes brittleness in the film.46 Plasticized starch is essentially starch that has been modified by the addition of plasticizers to enable processing. Thermoplastic starch is plasticized to completely destroy the crystalline structure of starch to form an amorphous thermoplastic starch. Thermoplastic starch processing involves an irreversible order-disorder transition termed gelatinization. Starch gelatinization is the disruption of molecular organization within the starch macromolecules and this process is affected by starch-water interactions. Most starch processing involves heating in the presence of water and some other additives like sugar and salt to control the gelatinization in the food industry, or glycerol as a plasticizer for biodegradable plastics applications. Most of the commercial research on thermoplastic starches has involved modified starches and or blends with additives and other appropriate polymers for its application as biodegradable plastics.47 The starch molecule has two important functional groups, the — OH group that is susceptible to substitution reactions and the C-O-C bond that is susceptible to chain breakage. The hydroxyl group of glucose has a nucleophilic character. To obtain various properties starch can be modified through its — OH group. One example is the reaction with silane to improve its dispersion in polyethylene.48 Crosslinking or bridging of the — OH groups changes the structure into a network while increasing the viscosity, reducing water retention and increasing its resistance to thermo mechanical shear. One of the approaches to modify this starch is by acetylation to from starch acetate. Acetylated starch does have several advantages as a structural fiber or filmforming polymer as compared to native starch. The acetylation of starch is a well — known reaction and is a relatively easy to synthesize. Starch acetate is considerably more hydrophobic than starch and has been shown to have better retention of tensile properties in aqueous environments. Another advantage is that starch acetate has an improved solubility compared to starch and is easily cast into films from simple solvents. The degree of acetylation is easily controlled by trans esterification, allowing polymers to be produced with a range of hydrophobicities. Starch has been acetylated [with a high content (70%) of linear amylose] and its enzymatic degradation has been studied. Apart from acetylation and esterification, some other modification of starch such as carbonilation of starch with phenyl isocyanates, addition of inorganic esters to starch to produce phosphate or nitrate starch esters, production of starch ethers, and hydroxypropylation of starches via propylene oxide modification has been performed. Generally all these modifications involve hydroxyl group substitution on the starch that will lower gelatinization temperatures, reduce retro — degradation and improve flexibility of final product.42 Starch has been used for many years as an additive to plastic for various purposes. Starch was added as a filler49 to various resin systems to make films that were impermeable to water but permeable to water vapor. The use of starch as a biodegradable filler in LDPE was reported.50 A starch-filled polyethylene film was prepared which became porous after the extraction of the starch. This porous film could be readily invaded by microorganisms and rapidly saturated with oxygen, thereby increasing polymer degradation by biological and oxidative pathways.51 Otey et al. in a study on starch-based films, found that a starch — polyvinyl alcohol film could be coated with a thin layer of water-resistant polymer to form a degradable agricultural mulching film.47 Starch-based polyethylene films were formulated and containing up to 40% starch, urea, ammonia and various portions of low density polyethylene (LDPE) and poly(ethylene-co-acrylic acid) (EAA). The EAA acted as a compatibil — izer, forming a complex between the starch and the PE in the presence of ammonia. The resulting blend could be cast or blown into films, and had physical properties approaching to those of LDPE.52,53 Additionally, crosslinked starch may be induced by the addition of organic/inor — ganic esters, hydroxyethers, aldehydes and irradiation. Kulicke et al. examined solution phase crosslinking of starch with epichlorohydrin and trisodium trimetaphos- phate.54 Jane et al. examined the crosslinking of starch/zein cast films for improving water resistance.55 Iman et al. studied the crosslinking of starch/jute composite with glutaraldehyde to improve its performance characteristics such as mechanical properties, thermal properties, flame retardancy, etc.56 The possibility of chemically combining starch or starch-derived products with commercial resins in such a manner that the starch would serve as both filler and a crosslinking agent may provide a possible approach for incorporating starch into plastics. Commercial starch polymer based products are provided in Table 17.1 given below: TABLE 17.1 Starch Polymer Based Products and Suppliers.42,57 Disadvan- Poly- (Product name) Low cost, Fast Foams, Films Novament (Mater- and bags, biTM), Biotec (Bio- properties, plast®, Bioflex®, Hydrophi- items, Biopur®), National licity Starch-based Starch (ECO- FOAM), Buna Sow Leuna (Sconacell), Starch Tech (ST1, ST2, ST3), Novon (Poly NOVON®) One of the first starch-based products was developed probably by the National Starch in the brand name ECO-FOAMTM and used as packaging material. ECO — FOAMTM materials are derived from maize or tapioca starch and include modified starches. This relatively short-term, protected-environment packaging use is ideal for thermoplastic starch polymers. National Starch now has additional thermoplastic starch materials, blends and specialty hydrophobic thermoplastic starches for a range of applications including injection molded toys, extruded sheet and blown film applications [http://www. ecofoam. com/loosefill. asp]. Novament has been developing thermoplastic starch based polymers since 1990. Mater-BiTM polymers are based on starch-blend technologies and product applications include biodegradable mulch films and bags, thermoformed packaging products, injection molded items, personal hygiene products and packaging foam [http://www. novament. com]. Similarly, Biotech GmbH produces Bioplast™ based on starch for a wide range of applications including accessories for flower arrangements, bags, boxes, cups, cutlery, edge protectors, golf tees, horticultural films, mantling for candles, nets, packaging films, packaging materials for mailing, planters, planting pots, sacks, shopping bags, straws, strings, tableware, tapes, technical films, trays and wrap films [http:// www. biotech. de/engl/index_engl. htm]. Recently, Plantic Technologies Ltd. produced soluble Plantic™ thermoformed trays for confectionery packaging.42 Vijay Kumar Thakur, PhD Staff Scientist School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, USA Vijay Kumar Thakur, PhD, PDF, is a Staff Scientist in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA. He is an editorial board member of several international journals including Advanced Chemistry Letters, Lignocel — luloses, Drug Inventions Today International Journal of Energy Engineering and Journal of Textile Science and Engineering (USA), to name a few, and also member of scientific bodies around the world. His former appointments include Research Scientist in Temasek Laboratories at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at Languha University, Taiwan, and Post Doctorate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University, USA. In his academic career, he has published more than 100 research articles, patents and conference proceedings in the field of polymers and materials science. He has published 10 books and 25 books on the advanced state of the art of polymers/materials science with numerous publishers. He has extensive expertise in the synthesis of polymers (natural/synthetic), nano materials, nanocomposites, biocomposites, graft copolymers, high performance capacitors and electrochromic materials. Professor and Berry Family Director School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, USA Professor Kessler is an expert in the mechanics, processing, and characterization of polymer matrix composites and nanocomposites. His research thrusts include the development of multifunctional materials (including the development of self-healing structural composites), polymer matrix composites for extreme environments, bio-renewable polymers and composites, and the evaluation of these materials using experimental mechanics and thermal analysis. These broad-based topics span the fields of organic chemistry, applied mechanics, and processing science. He has extensive experience in processing and characterizing thermosets including those created through ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP), such as poly di — cyclopentadiene, and the cyclotrimerization of cyanate ester resins. In addition to his responsibilities as professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University, he serves as the Director of the school. He has developed an active research group with external funding of over 10 million dollars—including funding from the National Science Foundation, ACS Petroleum Research Fund, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), Department of Defense, Department of Agriculture, and NASA. His honors include the Army Research Office Young Investigator Award, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award, the NSF CAREER Award, and the Elsevier Young Composites Researcher Award from the American Society for Composites. He has published more than 110 journal papers and 3700 citations, holds 6 patents, edited a book on the characterization of composite materials, presented more than 200 talks at national and international meetings, and serves as a frequent reviewer and referee in his field. BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMER-HAP COMPOSITE MTS array as applying for mazan (CellTiter 96® Aqueous One Solution Cell Proliferation Assay, Promega, Madison, WI) used the novel tetrazolium compound (MTS) and the electron coupling reagent, phenazine metho sulfate (PMS). MTS is chemically reduced by cells into formazan, which is soluble in tissue culture medium. The measurement of the absorbance of the formazan can be carried out using 96 well microplates at 492 nm. The assay measures dehydrogenase enzyme activity found in metabolically active cells. The metabolic activity of cells was monitored using the MTS that is chemically reduced by metabolically active cells into formazan. The amount of formazan produced is an indicator of the cell viability. The measurement of formazan absorbance was performed in 96 well plates after several days of incubation. Standard curves were prepared by diluting a series of cell suspensions from 15.7 cells/mL to 157,000 cells/ mL. An aliquot (1.0 mL) of each dilution was transferred to wells of a 24-well tissue culture plate in triplicate. Subsequently, 150 nL of the MTS solution was added to each suspension. The plate was incubated at 37 °C in a humidified atmosphere containing 5% CO2 in the dark for 4 h, after which 1.0 mL of the kit’s solubilization/stop solution was added to each well. Plates was sealed and incubated overnight. Absorbance was read at 570 nm wavelength and also at 650 nm as a reference wavelength using the plate fluorimeter. The scaffolds were sterilized by incubating with 70% ethanol for 30 min, seeded with human osteoblast-like cells (SaOS-2) and cultured for up to 14 days. The viability of the osteoblasts seeded to the electrospun scaffolds was determined first by using the MTS assay (Fig. 2.13). The amount of formazan produced is proportional to number of living cells in culture since the chemical reduction of formazin to a colored product is dependent on the number of viable cells. The MTS viability assay demonstrated that the cells exposed to these scaffolds maintain the ability to proliferate for up to 14 days that the experiment lasted for. FIGURE 2.13 MTS cell viability assay testing results.44 To evaluate cell morphology on the scaffolds, samples were prepared for electron microscopy (EM) staining. Samples were washed 2 times with PBS and fixed with 2.5% gluteraldeyde [Sigma] for 2 h then washed with PBS. The cell-scaffold constructs were then attached to aluminum stubs, sputter-coated with gold, and then examined under a LEO-Gemini Schottky FEG scanning electron microscope. The cells exposed to the nano scaffolds interacted with multiple fibers. Anchoring sites for cell attachment to the fibers were visualized by SEM. The nanoclusters of HAp mineral were consistently located at the edge of cells, which provides additional evidence that they act as anchoring sites for cell attachment to the fibrous hybrids. This improvement in cell adhesion and growth are deemed to the biological role of HAp. Figure 2.14 shows the morphology of the cells cultured on the scaffolds for 1, 7 and 14 days. The size and number of the cells are both increasing with time. Our studies suggest that the morphology and structure of the CA-HAp composite scaffolds play important roles in facilitating cell spreading and differentiation and enhance apatite mineralization. Based on our observations, the electrospun CA scaffolds with nanosized HAp are considered as a promising candidate for bone tissue engineering application. FIGURE 2.14 SEM images of cell morphologies on scaffold sculptured for up to 14 days. Yellow marks show the anchor age sites of cells. (a) CA-HAp day 1, (b) CA-HAp day 1 (high magnification), (c) CA-HAp day 7, (d) CA-HAp day 7 (high magnification), (e) CA-HAp day 14, (f) CA-HAp day 14 (high magnification).	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0063.json.gz/line1
__label__cc	0.700989	0.299011	Non-Comics Captain Comics Mr. Silver Age Commander Benson Johnny Storm, The Human Torch Posted by Henry R. Kujawa on October 23, 2011 at 7:40pm in Mr. Silver Age Just added a new post to my blog, this one spotlighting the often-maligned JOHNNY STORM, THE HUMAN TORCH series. The first 5 covers (so far), lovingly restored, in all their 4-color glory. http://professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2011/10/human-torch.html Permalink Reply by Henry R. Kujawa on November 18, 2013 at 11:12am 10 more extensive restorations of Jack Kirby covers!! These are probably among his most-forgotten, as far as "Marvel" fans go. THE HUMAN TORCH Permalink Reply by the_original_b_dog on November 19, 2013 at 12:37am I have really enjoyed these restorations. I hold a special spot for the Torch series in Strange Tales. Marvel was still in its infancy at this point, and to read these stories, it can be hard to say where Marvel would eventually go. Perhaps because of that, these stories may not stand up to the test of time. They just don't fit in. But they were just so much fun. I agree. There's really 3 periods for the series: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, and Bob Powell. Kirby did the most imaginative stories. Ayers did the funniest ones. Powell... well, sadly it's easy to see why the strip was replaced. One of my favorites was the 1st team-up of Paste-Pot Pete and The Wizard. Pete breaks Wiz out of jail to form a partnership, then finds he's treated like a hired lackey by the raving egomaniac. It also cracks me up that Ernie Hart wrote much funnier dialogue than Stan Lee! Permalink Reply by the_original_b_dog on November 19, 2013 at 10:36pm Kirby fared better without Lee than Lee without Kirby, in my mind. By the time the Thing was added was a permanent co-star, it was over. - Of course, that goes to show how much Marvel was in its infancy, thinking the teenage Torch would be the breakout star of the FF over the angst-y Thing. Permalink Reply by Henry R. Kujawa on November 20, 2013 at 9:40pm Hadn't thought about it before, but with the "corrected" credits in my own index for this series, Kirby & Lee only worked together twice-- the SPIDER-MAN crossover in the ANNUAL, and the story with the bogus CAPTAIN AMERICA. The latest restoration... STRANGE TALES #111 / August 1963 / Jack Kirby & Dick Ayers Another one where I decided it would be easiest to remove the entire background and "just" clean up what was left. Good thing. The left-edge building had endless damage to repair, while the lower-right building edge had to be "filled in". Once I got all that done, I copied the grays to a separate layer and removed ALL the color before lightening them up. In addition, the logo green had to be adjusted on a separate layer, and quite a lot of airbrush had to be used on the rd and yellow areas. Other than that (hah!) the colors on this came up REAL nice with less effort than usual. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EeIBFalwxKc/Uo6gEJm2qpI/AAAAAAAAPrw/KW65G... Also, for no damn reason, since I had a new sky background, I decided to do an alternate "Ralph Bakshi" tribute version while I was at it. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q7u57POthk8/Uo6hU6tUKbI/AAAAAAAAPsI/98jbr... Permalink Reply by Henry R. Kujawa on November 22, 2013 at 11:38pm STRANGE TALES #112 / September 1963 / art by JACK KIRBY Considering how DARK the scan was, this was surprisingly, a relative quickie. After hitting "levels", the resulting colors required only minor lightening up. After that, it was copy-and-paste to fill in the left edge and repair minor damage around the other 3 edges. WOW! This was the debut of The Eel. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dxuttop60xM/UpAvFPYOXKI/AAAAAAAAPsw/lY2mc... STRANGE TALES ANNUAL #2 / [September 1963] / art by Jack Kirby & Sol Brodsky I'd started a restoration on this several years ago, but had been unable to find a decent-sized one. The other day I went looking again and found a nice selection at the Heritage Auction site. I had to COMBINE 2 different scans to get the most detail, as I didn't want to lose anything along the right or bottom edges. These areas required EXTENSIVE "copy-and-paste" and "airbrush" repair work to "fill in" what otherwise would have been lost. I think it was worth the effort! In addition, the yellow areas all needed to be airbrushed, while the green and DARK BLUE areas needed to be cranked UP in "color balance". The detail on Spider-Man's dark areas had gone COMPLETELY black before I adjusted it! Now-- FINALLY there's a decent image of this!! One of the earliest major "team-ups" of the Marvel Age! http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3b-pOFgurNo/UpQd6vDd0lI/AAAAAAAAPtk/brwpp... STRANGE TALES #113 / October 1963 / Jack Kirby & Don Heck This one was so off-rotation, I wound up having to do extensive copy-and-paste-into on 3 edges (left, right and bottom). In addition, I used airbrush for the entire red area at the top. Further, the dark blues, dark greens and the yellow in the text box had to be cranked up in "color balance" on separate layers. I continue to be surprised at how good some of these are coming up, considering the really MISERABLE, dark scans I've seen online. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gSAh92QilBM/Upa__t6VvOI/AAAAAAAAPuQ/AKADO... Permalink Reply by Henry R. Kujawa on December 3, 2013 at 8:42am STRANGE TALES #114 / November 1963 / art by Jack Kirby & Dick Ayers Once again, there was so much dirt on this, plus the inside showing through, I started out by removing the entire background and replacing it with a new one. There were countless specks of dirt, discolorations and drops-outs, and this required a lot of airbrush and copy-and-paste-into (the latter where color patterns were involved). Then I had to fill in both the left and right edges. Finally, the dark green in the logo, the skin tones, and 2 different shades of blue had to be adjusted on separate layers. MUCH better!!! http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v5QOMEzGnrw/Up3cB2h8PYI/AAAAAAAAPvI/h-UWl... Permalink Reply by Henry R. Kujawa on December 6, 2013 at 11:47pm STRANGE TALES #115 / December 1963 / Jack Kirby & Steve Ditko The biggest problem here was the excessive dirt down the left-edge of the cover. I had to clean up the "glass" in that area on a separate layer from the rest of the glass, so as not to blank out the pale blue. Further, the left, bottom & right edges all needed extensive "fill in" with copy-and-paste. The worst part had to be the lower-left corner. Beyond that there were creases, damage, drop-outs, specks, dirt, you name it. "The usual". I fixed this with copy-and-paste (where there was color dot patterns) and airbrush (where there was flat colors, or white areas). Finally at the end fo copied the DARK BLUE ceiling onto a separate layer and cranked up the blue, so it wouldn't look almost BLACK. I also added WHITE to The Sandman's eyes & teeth where there had been NONE. Call it fixing a 50-year-old slip-up. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oj_htF8_nVs/UqKitC19I-I/AAAAAAAAPvw/bxZqq... Permalink Reply by Henry R. Kujawa on December 19, 2013 at 1:05pm STRANGE TALES #116 / January 1964 / Jack Kirby & George Roussos I did a lot of copy-and-paste work on the sky background, but fortunately didn't have to REPLACE it as on several of therse recent ones. While I was at it, I also had to fix ALL 4 edges (top, left, right & bottom). I used airbrush to clean up the red areas of the lettering, as well as the color-plate registration problems on the figure of Alicia. I also added white to her eyes and teeth. Finally, I adjusted the dark greens, dark blues & dark orange on separate layers. MUCH better! Still, nothing can help the REALLY LOUSY inking... (Alicia & The Puppet Master, especially, are genuine nightmares.) http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pLyetBjjrsI/UqP2yWtJ8hI/AAAAAAAAPwg/Rge50... http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YILGSSfNCcA/UrMqrZpi93I/AAAAAAAAP3U/I0jxi... No flame wars. No trolls. But a lot of really smart people.The Captain Comics Round Table tries to be the friendliest and most accurate comics website on the Internet. SOME ESSENTIALS: RULES OF THE ROUND TABLE SMILIES FOLDER TIPS ON USING THE BOARD OUR COLUMNISTS: Advance material © 2022 Captain Comics, board content ©2013 Andrew Smith Powered by Hello, you need to enable JavaScript to use Captain Comics.	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0063.json.gz/line7
__label__wiki	0.503466	0.503466	486 Squadron Typhoon Ib EJ969 SA-A F/O. Brown Operation: Roadstead Date: 16th May 1943 (Sunday) Unit: No. 486 Squadron (11 Group) Type: Typhoon Ib Serial: EJ969 Code: SA-A Base: RAF Tangmere, Sussex Location: English Channel Pilot: F/O. Andrew Alexander Brown NZ/404886 RNZAF Age 24 Missing- believed killed The Squadron took off at 06:00 hrs to carry out a shipping reconnaissance at the estuary of the Seine. Around 8 miles from Saint-Aubin-Sur-Mer they came across several E-Boats accompanied by an armed trawler. The unit attacked the shipping but during the encounter EJ969 was hit by flak, the pilot broke away trying to head back to England. It became clear that he was not going to make it so he climbed to 1500 ft in order to make a safe bale out, which he did. The others saw him alight on the sea at about 06:44 hrs and that he managed to clamber into his dingy. They circled awaiting assistance from air sea rescue but as their fuel was becoming dangerously low they were forced to return. Tragically, he was never recovered - now remembered on the Runnymede Memorial. F/O. Andrew Alexander Brown. Runnymede Memorial. Panel 197. Born on the 16h December 1918. Son of John Arthur and Vida Maude Brown, of Rotorua, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 617 flying hours logged. Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this pilot with thanks to the research by Errol Martyn and his publications: “For Your Tomorrow Vols. 1-3”, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Weekly News of New Zealand, other sources as quoted below: KTY 15.10.2018	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0063.json.gz/line9
__label__cc	0.58184	0.41816	Stephan Sokolow's Blog SSokolow.com Projects @ GitHub Snippets @ GitHub Gists Snippets @ Django Snippets TiddlyWiki Plugins Userstyles Useful Hacks Otaku Stuff FicFan.org Gender-Bending Fic Index Vanished FanFic Archive Favorites @ Fanfiction.net Reviews @ Identi.ca Reviews @ Twitter Reviews TODO Careers 2.0 Profile ← Fanfiction – The Pureblood Pretense Fanfiction – “Harry Potter, the accidental ‘evil'” fics → Useful Info On Win16-Targeting Compilers… And a List of DOS/Win16 Resources Posted on 2017-10-19 by Stephan Sokolow Updated 2021-04-07: Added links to a couple of Watcom-compatible Win16 executable packers. See Also: Resources for Reverse-Engineering 16-bit Applications for DOS and Win16 debuggers and the rest of the Retrocomputing category for other useful resources like installer builders and unit test frameworks. While I was poking around the web, looking for information on the most liberally licensed way to put together some utilities for the copies of MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11 for Workgroups on my retro-gaming PC, I ran across a thread on Computing.Net titled win3.x compatable compilers. Now, given that it was opened in 2007 and the most recent post was as new as April of 2016, I though I might as well help to fill in the gaps in their knowledge but, much to my dismay, after creating a post (in Leafpad) and creating an account, it seems it’s been locked for being too old. (I can only assume the threshold is something more than 9 years and less than 10.) …so I decided to post what I put together here instead, so it won’t go to waste. Tip 1: Current versions of Open Watcom C/C++ can definitely be used to target Windows 3.x. Not only have I successfully used it to cross-compile basic test binaries on Linux and then run them in Windows 3.11 for Workgroups under DOSBox, I found a Building Win16 GUI Applications in C tutorial which includes an OpenWatcom project file in its example code archive. Beyond that, it also includes a “windows extender” called Win386, which is essentially a DPMI extender for Windows 3.x applications, providing both a 32-bit flat address space and API thunks to make it more comfortable to call the Win16 API from 32-bit code. From a deployment standpoint, Win386 has the advantage that it gets bundled into your executable rather than being installed separately like Win32s, so users need never know it even exists. (In fact, for that exact reason, there’s not much information on the web about it today outside the Watcom documentation.) Tip 1.5: A Single OpenWatcom Install Can Compile To All Targets In the build.sh script I put together for generating test files in one of my projects, I generate .com, 16-bit DOS EXE, DOS/4GW EXE, OS/2 1.x, OS/2 2.x, Win16, Win386, Windows 95, and Windows NT binaries all from the same hello.c file using the same OpenWatcom install. (Also note that the linked script cross-compiles using other compilers as well, such as DJGPP, and includes instruction on how to get prebuilt Linux cross-compile binaries for them.) Tip 2: Open Watcom C/C++ is the same compiler used by many classic games. Watcom C/C++ was used in quite a few applications back in the day, because they offered the best value for your money if you wanted to do 32-bit protected-mode development. (The compiler was competitively priced, it was known for producing the tightest code, and it came with royalty-free licenses for both a DPMI extender and a precursor to Win32s at no extra charge.) I’ll go into more detail on all of that… DOS/4GW When DOS games like DOOM say “DOS/4GW Protected Mode Runtime” on startup (or don’t, but include a copy of DOS4GW.EXE), that means they were compiled using Watcom C/C++ because DOS/4GW is the special Watcom bundle edition of DOS/4G. (It’s even still included in OpenWatcom, though more advanced, less nostalgic extenders like PMODE/W, DOS/32A and Causeway are also now included. In fact, it’s creator was planning to dig out and provide the source for a more recent version for Open Watcom 2.0 but, sadly, he passed away in 2018.) I forget which, but at least some of them can be merged into the binary to remove the need for a separate DPMI EXE file. Win386 Win32s came out relatively late in Windows 3.1’s lifetime, so Watcom included a product called Win386 which did basically the same thing. (Providing a a 32-bit protected-mode environment with thunking wrappers to call back into Win16 code.) Unlike with DOS/4GW, there’s no optional-but-on-by-default splash screen to tell you when Win386 is in use, but things like the Windows version of the Sierra SCI runtime use it. (That’s actually why some Win16 programs crash on startup on modern CPUs. There’s a bug in older versions of Win386 that gets triggered on encountering CPUs faster than about 300MHz which can be fixed in any application by the “international” version of the KB240982 patch for Microsoft FoxPro 2.6.) Information sourced from http://www.os2museum.com/wp/watcom-win386/ Performance of Resulting Binaries According to Paul Hsieh’s WATCOM C/C++ Programmer’s FAQ, PC Magazine benchmarks indicated that “WATCOM C/C++ version 9.5 had the tightest and fastest code among such compilers as Visual C++, Borland C/C++, Metaware Hi C, Zortech and Symantec (by a wide margin)”. According to that same FAQ, Borland’s strength was always their IDE and compile speed and, better code generators or not, Watcom’s approach to supporting embedding bits of assembly language is superior. Tip 3: Older Versions of Free Pascal Can Produce Win32s-Compatible Applications and Win16 Support is Being Worked On Release versions of Free Pascal are currently (v3.0.4) incapable of developing Win16 applications, but real-mode DOS support has been released and Win16 support is being developed in FPC trunk. That said, the user “watler” on the aforementioned Computing.Net thread claims to have confirmed that Free Pascal 1.9.6 could produce Win32s binaries. However, aside from these pages saying to use -WR with Free Pascal 1.0.10 and avoid console functions in order to target Win32s, I haven’t yet found any further information on the DOs and DON’Ts. According to this thread, Lazarus 1.6.x and Free Pascal 2.6.4 are the last versions to support Windows 9x with Free Pascal 2.4.x being the last to support it officially, so that’s where you’d want to start looking if you need to develop a Win32s application right now. Tip 4: Open-Source Installer Creators for Old OSes This section has been moved to its own post. Tip 5: WINFILE.EXE is MIT-licensed Remember how Microsoft included tools like Program Manager in 32-bit Windows up until Windows XP SP1 in order to allow companies to delay retraining? Well, in early 2018, they MIT-licensed and GitHub’d the version of the Windows 3.1 File Manager that had been included in Windows NT 4 with the original_plus branch containing only minimal changes to allow it to build as a native 64-bit application using Visual Studio 2015 and 2017. To quote the README… The most significant changes are: converted to Visual Studio solution; works on VS 2015 and 2017 compiles and runs on 64-bit Windows (e.g., GetWindowLong -> GetWindowLongPtr, LONG -> LPARAM) added a few header files which were stored elsewhere in the NT source tree (e.g., wfext.h) deleted some unused files (e.g., winfile.def) converted 64-bit arithmetic from internal libraries to C converted internal shell APIs to public APIs (the primary reason the old version would not run) That means it shouldn’t be too difficult to port things back if you want to borrow things now considered standard (like the Tree View widget) for your own projects or if you just want to read the code comments and examine the architectural decisions made by official Microsoft programmers. UPDATE: In fact, efforts are being made to backport it at least far enough to get a Windows 3.11-compatible Win32s build. As for those “internal shell APIs”, that’s why we have used/library copies of books like Undocumented Windows and Windows Internals by Schulman, Maxey, and Pietrek. (If you came here trying to figure out how to write a shell extension of the Windows Explorer variety, see this article.) Since I’m doing this as a standalone blog post, I might as well throw in a few other related bits of knowledge I’ve had kicking around: Awesome DOS is another list of resources like this. When I can find the time, I want to go through my list and contribute anything that’s missing. While not specifically for DOS, this list of single-file public-domain/open source libraries with minimal dependencies should probably be a good place to look for stuff that either works with Open Watcom C/C++ or isn’t hard to port. Jeff Parsons has worked hard to scrape together an archive of the Microsoft KnowledgeBase articles that Microsoft no longer cares to preserve. Custom DOS Stub: The Windows executable format must begin with a DOS executable. Normally, it just displays that message about it not being a DOS program, but both the Watcom and Microsoft linkers allow you to specify a STUB=filename.exe option to provide a custom DOS EXE file. For example, you could follow QEMM 97‘s lead in having a single INSTALL.EXE which launches either a DOS or a Windows installer depending on what you run it under, rather than having separate INSTALL.EXE (DOS) and SETUP.EXE (Windows) files. Other Libre DOS C Compilers: I’ve already written a StackOverflow answer listing all of the ones I know, but DJGPP and GCC IA16 are the only one I’d consider worthwhile. While not as native/storied/historic as Watcom and only capable of protected-mode DOS output, DJGPP is a GCC port has a big ecosystem and, according to this comp.os.msdos.programmer post, produces DPMI executables which require no extender under NTVDM or dosemu, unlike OpenWatcom. On the other hand, GCC IA16 is quite young, but, if it’s implemented what you need, its optimizers are going to be more advanced than Open Watcom’s. (eg. It’ll have better dead code elimination.) Bundling the DPMI stub: Moved to its own post. Supplemental Libraries: Here are some which look promising: Argument Parsing: Argtable 3.x seems to place a pretty big emphasis on portability and argtable 2.x explicitly lists DJGPP and Open Watcom as known to build it successfully. zlib/libzip: Archlinux’s AUR contains patches to build zlib and libzip for OpenWatcom’s DOS targets. (As well as one for zlib on win16, though I don’t see why there would be a difference unless it’s for static libraries vs. an LE-format DLL.) Extended standard library: iMatix’s legacy repositories on GitHub provide a Standard Function Library (online docs) which offers useful stuff for C such as various string- and filesystem-related functions now standard in modern languages and INI and XML reading/writing. The docs list Watcom and DJGPP among the supported compilers for targeting DOS. TUI (ie. text-mode GUI) Development: There are ports of Turbo Vision for DJGPP (instructions) and Free Pascal. DOS Game Development: Allegro provides API abstractions and a library of ready-made, optimized utility routines to allow easy writing of portable games. Version 4.2 is the last release which supports targeting DOS. Pattern Matching: Ozan Yigit’s website has single-file public domain implementations of a robust glob matcher and 4.3 BSD regex syntax. Executable Compression: UPX can pack pretty much any kind of executable you’re likely to want to pack except Win16 or .NET.For Win16, you can use either PKLite 2.01 (Archive Team) which is under “you must pay to install this in a corporate or government environment” shareware terms but appears allow individual/hobbyist developers to sell what they pack with the shareware version, or PackWin which, as far as I can tell from its documentation, is under “We’d really like you to register, but there are no legal limitations on what the free version can be used for” shareware terms that don’t preclude full commercial use. JSON Parsing: While it doesn’t explicitly list compatibility with compilers like Open Watcom, microjson is a likely candidate, being a very compact, low-footprint, malloc-free parser for a subset of JSON intended for resource-constrained environments. Useful Misc.: You can find lots of useful bits in the Wayback Machine on Troels K. and Japheth‘s sites, such as Win16-compatible CEditView / CRichEditView implementations and the HX DOS extender (which provides limited support for Win32 applications in DOS), but be sure to double-check for license compatibility since I think at least one component on the list is an improvement on an EPL-licensed component and the EPL is GPL-incompatible. More Useful Misc.: Also, check out x2ftp and Sunsite mirrors for useful libraries and tutorials. (eg. the watcom folder on x2ftp) BASIC: If QBasic/QuickBASIC was more your thing, FreeBASIC supports targeting 32-bit protected-mode DOS and offers a qb dialect mode. Python: It’s ancient, protected-mode, and I’ve heard people use the phrase “buggy old …” to describe it, but a port of Python 2.4.2 for DOS does exist. Embedded Scripting: While I haven’t tested any of them yet, the most likely candidates for embedded scripting in a DOS/Win16 environment seem to be running either Lua or the V7 or tiny-js JavaScript runtimes under one of DPMI, Win386, or Win32s. (For more home-grown scripting handling, microjson may be useful as an example of how to write a resource-constrained parser.) …or Microsoft has open-sourced GW-BASIC under the MIT license if you know enough assembly to make it embeddable. I also have a bunch of useful links for building things with Pascal and DOS batch files, but this is already getting really long, so I’ll leave that for another day. 2017-12-29: Add a mention of the installer for Open Watcom C/C++, which is in the same source repository and can be built to run as a DOS or Win32 (possibly more) application using a single codebase and setup.inf. 2017-12-27: Merry slightly overdue Christmas. I tracked down the installer builder from the Windows 3.1 SDK, discovered that it’s effectively freeware, and added it to the table. (see LEGAL.TXT inside the self-extracting archive.) 2017-12-19: Added mentions of x2ftp and sunsite mirrors as good places to look for old programming resources. 2017-12-17: Added instructions for generating retro-styled Windows 9x installers using either an InnoSetup release or NSIS plugins. (And completed the table up to the present day for the heck of it. Speaking of which, for Linux, use Flatpak. It’s good enough for software pirates!) 2017-12-10: Updated information on Free Pascal’s real-mode support and added instructions for embedding the DPMI stub used by DJGPP and Free Pascal. 2017-12-08: Added “Tip 4: Open-Source Installer Creators for Old OSes” and a link to microjson. 2018-02-16: Moved list of installer creators to its own post and moved changelog to the bottom of the post. 2018-12-12: Added mention of WinFile being open-source. 2019-01-11: Added link to tutorial and documentation for Watcom’s wmake makefile dialect. 2019-04-10: Added mention of efforts to backport the open-sourced WINFILE.EXE code and a little more info on how to target Win32s with Free Pascal. 2020-05-21: Added mention of GW-BASIC being released under the MIT license and added a link to The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Writing Shell Extensions for lack of a better place. 2020-10-31: Moved the CWSDPMI bundling instructions to an appendix on the post about bundling Open Watcom DPMI extenders. 2021-01-25: Added link to Jeff Parsons’s Microsoft KnowledgeBase Archive. 2021-04-07: Added links to a couple of Watcom-compatible Win16 executable packers. Useful Info On Win16-Targeting Compilers… And a List of DOS/Win16 Resources by Stephan Sokolow is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This entry was posted in Retrocomputing. Bookmark the permalink. Disabling Controller Paks in Mupen64Plus Without a GUI 7 Responses to Useful Info On Win16-Targeting Compilers… And a List of DOS/Win16 Resources Nikolay Nikolov says: The Free Pascal wiki page for the i8086-msdos compiler was a little outdated, so I updated it: 1) the latest stable release for i8086-msdos is 3.0.4, not 3.0.0 2) the large memory model support has matured and win16 support has already been started in fpc trunk. I’ve created a new wiki page for it: http://wiki.freepascal.org/Win16 It still doesn’t contain much information, but it will gradually be updated. Stephan Sokolow says: Thanks. I’ve updated the post accordingly. (Now all I need to do is get off my lazy butt and start making real-mode ports of RTL and FCL components I’d want to use in a real-mode application, like INI read/write, JSON parsing, and unzipping.) Can’t wait to see it happen 😉 Btw, I just added information on what units are currently available for win16 in the wiki page: http://wiki.freepascal.org/Win16#Status Later, I will probably also add a screenshot of fpctris working under Windows for Workgroups 3.11 🙂 Nice! I should really look into what it would take to automate the generation of that kind of information for display on the website. That said, whatever I decide to work on, It’ll be a while before I contribute anything. I spent so much of my life never bringing hobby projects to v1.0 (either due to perfectionist burn-out or because something new caught my attention) that my mantra these days is “make it work, then make it perfect”… and I can build v1.0 of my first Pascal project using the units available for GO32v2. Specifically, I want to write libre installer toolkits for DOS and Win16 (starting with DOS, since there isn’t even an InnoSetup 1.2.16 analogue for it) with selectable “themes” that allow hobbyist developers to easily replicate the look and feel of nostalgic installers from companies like iD Software, Microsoft, Sierra, Wise, etc. I just spent yesterday going through about a quarter of my collection of old CD-ROMs (so far), screenshotting the installers in DOSBox so I can have reference material to work from while I wait for the book I’ve ordered on Turbo Vision. UPDATE 2020-10-31: Aside from issues in my life that ground my hobby projects to a crawl for a while, I also decided to switch from Free Pascal to Open Watcom C/C++ for the installer project, since I found that I was needing to rewrite all my dependencies for the installer runtime anyway to get them as small as I wanted. Free Pascal is still an excellent “Java or C# for DOS retro-computing”, given the ecosystem of ready-made libraries, but the most important part of my installer project (the part that shouldn’t crowd actual content off a floppy disk) has binary size requirements that have me micro-optimizing my C for size using wdis to inspect the generated assembly and replacing standard library functions with hand-rolled versions… sometimes using inline assembly. Another tip which I don’t yet consider high-enough quality to include in the main post: In theory, it should be possible to use Duncan Murdoch’s freely-redistributable glue.exe tool (originally here) to replace the DOS stubs in NE-format (Windows 3.x) EXE files if the compiler is something like Free Pascal which doesn’t support a /STUB option in the linker. Unfortunately, it dies with “Runtime error 200” for me in both DOSBox and DOSEmu and none of the patchers I tried would fix it. Flag User says: Just want to add that Digital Mars C++ is another relatively new compiler that targets DOS/Win16. It is not free though. DJGPP also has been updated 2015, after being dormant for a while. wxWidgets also supported win16 upto a certain version. I hadn’t realized wxWidgets (or wxWindows, as it no doubt would still have been called at the time) supported Win16 but, looking at the date of its initial release, that makes perfect sense. I’ll have to look into what the last Win16-supporting version was that when I can find a moment. UPDATE: I couldn’t wait… and bah! According to this FAQ, while wxWindows 2.x does still support Windows 3.1 up to at least version 2.4.2 (the release associated with the FAQ), it only supports 16-bit compilation with Microsoft and Borland compilers. By submitting a comment here you grant this site a perpetual license to reproduce your words and name/web site in attribution under the same terms as the associated post. All comments are moderated. 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__label__cc	0.589428	0.410572	During jokes, the teller and responder engage in an involuntary "dance" Ima who? Ima psychologist. I'm here cos you won't open up. When dance partners perform, their bodily movements become synchronised. This is deliberate on their part, of course, and we can see the timed interplay of their actions. What psychologists have begun to realise is that this kind of bodily synchrony also occurs between people in many everyday situations, except in these cases the physical "dance" is unintentional and it's more subtle, such as when two people sitting in rocking chairs begin to rock in time without realising it. For the latest demonstration of this effect, Richard Schmidt and his colleagues have explored the physical choreography that occurs between people during the telling of formulaic knock-knock jokes. The researchers used a Kinect camera to record the movements of 32 students as they performed these jokes in pairs. The Kinect, which is found in many homes as part of a video-gaming console, detects the 3D locations of 21 body joints for each person, and records up to 30 frames per second. Eight of the participant pairs had never met each other before, but before the joke telling all pairs performed physical ice-breaker exercises, such as standing back-to-back, locking arms and attempting to stand up together. There were eight all-female pairs, and eight mixed-gender pairs. The researchers observed significant bodily movement synchrony between joke tellers and responders. This was true across a session of ten jokes; within each joke lasting five to seven seconds; and also within each joke sub-component, such as each utterance or teller-responder exchange. This synchrony was not due to chance - when the researchers compared movement between participants who were not paired together, no such synchrony was observed. In technical terms, the synchrony between joke tellers and responders was "in-phase" - that is, bodily movement by the teller was reliably followed by movement by the responder; and it also showed "coherence", in that the lag between teller and responder tended not to change over time. Schmidt and his colleagues said their study has shown the "bodily 'dance' underlying human communication interactions..." There were some further details to the study. Half the time, the pairs performed the jokes facing away from each other. This reduced, but did not eliminate, the "dance". Half the pairs were told to perform certain gestures during the joke telling - for example, the teller was to perform a door knocking mime, and the responder to shrug their shoulders when they uttered "Who's there?". The dance between teller and responder was actually reduced for these pairs. The researchers surmised that this is because focusing on performing these prescribed movements took the participants' attention away from their partner. Finally, after the main task, the participants completed questionnaires tapping their social skills - a measure of social monitoring (how much a person tailors their behaviour to the social context) and the Autism Spectrum Quotient. People who scored higher on the latter measure tended to display less of a "dance" during the joke telling/responding. Zooming in on the sub-scales of this autism measure, social skills were not relevant. Rather, it was specifically those people who said they paid more attention to detail and/or had trouble switching their attention, who also tended to display less of a physical "dance" with their partner during the joke telling. "Individuals vary in terms of their ability to create stable interpersonal entrainment," the researchers said, "and such skill seems to be underwritten by the flexibility by which they can attend to and pick up information about their environment." Schmidt RC, Nie L, Franco A, & Richardson MJ (2014). Bodily synchronization underlying joke telling. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 8 PMID: 25177287 --further reading-- How many psychologists does it take... to explain a joke? (Psychologist magazine feature article, part of this special issue on humour). Posted by Research Digest at 10:06 am Psychology categories: Social	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0063.json.gz/line19
__label__cc	0.6969	0.3031	St. Mary's School Councillors Georgina (Chairperson) - Y6 Ava S (Vice chair) - Y6 Ava M (Secretary) - Y6 Jamie (Treasurer) - Y6 Lila (Class Rep) - Y6 Harry (Class Rep) - Y6 Sonny A - Y5 Sophia B - Y5 Leon - Y4 Ava - Y4 Sophia - Y3 Liam - Y3 Annabelle C - Y2 Luca - Y2 As school councillors, we have very important jobs. One such job involves talking to visitors of our school and explaining to them what our school is like. We were asked, as councillors, to meet with two visitors, who came to our school recently. They asked us lots of questions about how we are kept safe at school and how our voices are heard. We had lots to say (and feedback from the visitors was positive). Our next act as school councillors is to set up and run a healthy tuck shop. We have been speaking to Mrs Hymers about this and have decided it will take place every Tuesday break time after the Easter holidays as a Summer Tuck Shop. There will be lots of healthy snacks on sale. Keep your eyes peeled for more information! Furthermore, we have been given an extremely important responsibility; as leaders of pupil voice of our school, we have been asked by Mrs Talbot-Davies to do some fundraising. We are going to be raising money for CAFOD, who are supporting the children and young people of the Amazon rainforests, who are losing one football pitch of their rainforest every minute. As a council, we collaborated and decided we wanted to do something football related to raise awareness of the cause and to raise as much money as we can. We put together a presentation and presented it to the whole school in assembly. Below you can see what we are going to be doing, when it will take place and how you can help us. Halle (Class rep) - Y6 Joel (Vice chair) - Y6 Joseph (Treasurer) - Y6 Jake (Class rep) - Y6 Ella (Chair) - Y6 Kate (Secretary) - Y6 Thomas - Y5 Chloe - Y5 Amelie - Y4 James - Y4 Maya - Y3 Roman - Y3 Olivia - Y2 Jake - Y2 We meet every couple of weeks to share ideas that we have had or that someone in our class has had. Children in each class can pass on their comments, concerns or ideas to their class' school council representatives and they will be discussed in our meetings. During meetings, minutes are taken, typed up and filed so we have a record of the fantastic work we do! Our Visit To Bankes' Park On Friday 16th November, some members of our school council had their very first duty to fulfil. We walked up to Bankes' Park to witness the unveiling of a WWI memorial stone. Behind the stone, there is a tree, which was planted around 4 years ago. The tree represents that which was in the middle of the battlefield during the Battle of Loos (September 1915). This battle took place between England and Germany. After weeks of battling in Loos, both sides retreated and the battle was not won by either army. Amazingly, the single tree in the centre of the battlefield remained standing. Soldiers took a piece of the tree with them as a sign of luck. This is why we have a tree at Bankes' Park today. The stone was unveiled by the pupils from 3 different primary schools in Billinge. Our children then had the opportunity to feed the tree and were asked by Councillor Pearson to continue to care for the tree in years to come and to pass on the story of the battle and the tree's relevance to our lives today. Interestingly, the tree that had been planted a few years ago is a beech tree and its leaves are a copper colour. This was to represent the copper discs that families were given when told of their family member's death in the war. We really enjoyed unveiling the plaque on the stone and felt proud to represent our school at such an important occasion. Our Suggestions Recently, we were given very important jobs as school councillors: we had to go back to our classes and introduce ourselves as reps. Whilst we were there, we also had to ask children in our classes if they had any suggestions as to how St Mary's could become an even happier place. We met up again after this and shared our thoughts. Here are some of our suggestions: Running a school tuck shop Buying more footballs and hula hoops Introducing new clubs (K-Nex club, board games club, photography club) Having a crazy hair day Buying school bikes for use on the playgrounds Setting up 'Passport to the Park' again Monkey bars on the school field As you can see, our classes had lots of lovely ideas, which we fed back to the group during our most recent meeting. Miss Barnes has since held a meeting with Mrs Hymers about our suggestions and we are excited to say that a lot of them are being put into practice. Keep your eyes peeled for future developments! Developments: Since meeting up to share our ideas, further developments have been made that we would like to share with everyone. Firstly, our school will soon be running a Healthy Tuck Shop. Martyn from the Healthy Living Team came to speak to us about different kinds of healthy snacks we could include in our tuck shop. It will be set up in the next few weeks- keep your eyes peeled! As a result of our meetings, we have also set up 'Passport to the park' again: this is working well in all classes and children are excited about their next trip to the park. Also, we have recently been given new scooters; after saying we wanted bikes for the playground, Mrs Hymers agreed to buy some scooters, which each class takes turns in using. We love them and are really getting our hearts pumping when using them! Furthermore, more playground equipment has been ordered as children have requested more balls, hoops and other equipment. This will be available for use in the near future. Mrs Hymers has also agreed to hold a 'crazy hair day' in the coming weeks after listening to our views. As you can see, being a member of the school council is vital as we feed back other people's ideas and suggestions. Our school listens to its pupils and takes on board suggestions as quickly as possible. Our CAFOD fundraising plan	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0063.json.gz/line20
__label__cc	0.638632	0.361368	Attainment Gap Grows for Literacy and Numeracy Throughout Stages of Primary School New figures released have shown that the attainment gap in both literacy and numeracy increases in size throughout the stages of primary school. The figures show that: • A 19.2 point attainment gap for literacy between children from the most deprived and least deprived areas in primary 1 exists, which grows to a 21.5 point gap in Primary 4, a figure it remains at through to Primary 7. • This is replicated in numeracy, with a 13 point gap in Primary 1, growing to 18.3 points in Primary 4 and then a 19.3 point gap in primary 7. While the overall attainment gap has closed slightly compared to last year’s figures, the size of the gap and the persistence of the issue poses serious questions over the SNP’s handling of education. Commenting, Scottish Labour Shadow Education Spokesperson, Iain Gray MSP, said: “Another day and another example of the SNP’s mismanagement of education. "The SNP used to say education was their top priority – however, the continual existence of a large attainment gap for literacy and numeracy, as well as Scotland’s disappointing PISA results, should lay that idea to rest. “Rather than carrying on with needless and unwanted reforms, and ignoring the views of teachers, parents and educationalists, John Swinney should start listening to those who really know what’s going on. “The SNP must face up to the facts and do all they can to sort out the state of education in Scotland. "If they fail to do so the parents of Scotland will give the SNP failing marks at the ballot box.”	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0063.json.gz/line22
__label__cc	0.66578	0.33422	Archives For Links admin — June 29, 2010 — 1 Comment Willie Nelson [www.willienelson.com]( www.willienelson.com) Bobbie Nelson Music Throughout the storied life and career of American musical icon Willie Nelson, his sister Bobbie has been right next to him, playing the piano that is as essential to his musical style as “Trigger,” his well-worn Martin guitar. And now Bobbie Nelson moves into the spotlight at stage center with her debut solo album, Audiobiography, on Justice Records. The 12-song album features Bobbie Nelson playing solo piano versions of some of her favorite songs from throughout her life and begins and ends with two new songs written by Willie Nelson, who joins his sister on guitar and vocals. 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Lana Nelson publishes a personal journal straight from Willie Nelson’s tour bus, and Buddy “Budrock” Prewitt adds a Crew View from the crew bus. [http://www.willienelson.com/news/Pedernales_Poo_Poo ](http://www.willienelson.com/news/Pedernales_Poo_Poo) [http://www.willienelson.com/news/Crew_View](http://www.willienelson.com/news/Crew_View) Postnet Tx144 – Bee Cave, Tx WillieNelson.com’s favorite shipping and printing location. Thank you PostNet TX144 for all of your assistance [PostNet.com](http://www.postnet.com/austin-tx144/) The Reflectacles The Reflectacles are six young men crusading to return some level of smarts and sophistication to mainstream music. Members include: Logan Metz, Lincoln Mendell, Gerry Hirschfeld, Devin McCartey, Chris Bullard & Micah Nelson [TheReflectacles.com](http://www.thereflectacles.com) RURAL TV [http://ruraltv.tv](http://ruraltv.tv) Still Is Still Moving Blog StillIsStillMoving.com is a fan blog dedicated to Willie Nelson written by Linda Banks. Willie has been quoted to say he visits her site daily while on the road. [http://www.stillisstillmoving.com](http://www.stillisstillmoving.com) Willie Nelson Peace Research Institute The Willie Nelson Peace Research Institute believes in the Promise of Peace on Earth in Our Lifetime as the Birthright of Our Global Human Family. [http://www.willienelsonpri.com](http://www.willienelsonpri.com) Willie Nelson Tour Schedule The Honeysuckle Rose takes Willie Nelson across the country year round. Visit Willie’s site to see his tour schedule and check if he is coming to play near you. The schedule is updated weekly – all dates are schedule to change without notice. [http://www.willienelson.com/upcoming](http://www.willienelson.com/upcoming) Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance (SBA)[http://sustainablebiodieselalliance.com/dev/](http://sustainablebiodieselalliance.com/dev/) Tierra Vista Texas A place called paradise. . . . . Available now! 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__label__wiki	0.862377	0.862377	Philip Brady (CNF, Criticism, Poetry) \| New York City, NY Booking Fee: Will Travel: psbrady@gmail.com www.philipbrady.com Philip Brady’s forthcoming book is The Elsewhere: Selected Poems and Poetics (Broadstone, 2020). His most recent book is a collection of essays, Phantom Signs: The Muse in Universe City (University of Tennessee Press, 2019) He is the author of four books of poetry, a previous collection of essays, and a memoir. He has edited a critical book on James Joyce and an anthology of contemporary poetry. Brady’s work has received the Snyder Prize from Ashland Poetry Press; a ForeWord magazine Gold Medal; an Ohioana Poetry Award; the Ohio Governor’s Award and six Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council; and Thayer and Newhouse Fellowships from New York State. An essay earned Notable recognition in Best American Essays, and work has been nominated for four Pushcart Prizes. He has done residencies at Yaddo, the Headlands Center for the Arts, the Ragdale Foundation, the Hambidge Center, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Tyrone Guthrie Center in Ireland, Fundacion Valparaiso in Spain, Hawthornden Castle in Scotland, and the Soros Centre for the Arts in the Czech Republic. Brady has taught at the National University of Zaire, University College Cork, and on Semester at Sea. Currently, he is distinguished professor of English at Youngstown State University. He is Executive Director of Etruscan Press. He also serves on the low-residency MFA faculty of Wilkes University. The Elsewhere: Selected Poems & Poetics (Broadstone Books, 2020). Poetry. Phantom Signs: The Muse in Universe City (University of Tennessee Press, 2019). Essays. CNF. To Banquet with the Ethiopians: A Memoir of Life Before the Alphabet (Broadstone Books, 2015). Memoir. CNF. By Heart: Reflections of a Rust Belt Bard (University of Tennessee Press, 2008). Essays. CNF. Fathom (WordTech Press, 2006). Poetry. To Prove My Blood: A Tale of Emigrations & the Afterlife (Ashland Poetry Press, 2004). Poetry. Weal (Ashland Poetry Press, 1999). Poetry. Forged Correspondences (New Myths, 1996). Poetry. Blurbs, Press, & Reviews “In prose richer than most poetry, Philip Brady proves that to go forward you go back. To sneak up on easeful death, you go back to primeval Brooklyn, mythological Ireland, equatorial Africa, ancient Greece. There are no straightforward chronologies here; instead, Brady executes a strong of backward flips during which he repeatedly sings his own dirge. What a performance. What a bite out of life!” —John Vernon, author of A Book of Reasons “…At once lyrical and dissonant, seriously playful, tender and evoking pity, yet relentlessly tough… A Faulknerian-Irish myth of the quotidian.” —John Wheatcroft, author of Catherine, Her Book “Brady’s use of language is revealing and densely poetic…. time curves to encompass and link seemingly unrelated events in the lives of the family members.” —Mary Burke, Keogh Institute of Irish Studies “This is a book that is sensible and smart. It throbs with life and style and the hard iron of living—the words beaten into tensile strength, all rust scoured into thought.” —Sam Pickering “I don’t know of any poet living in America today who would even attempt what Philip Brady has masterfully accomplished in To Banquet with the Ethiopians, a Memoir of Life before the Alphabet. Like a modern-day Homer or Joyce, Brady set out to re-envision his life as a mythic voyage after undergoing heart surgery and experiencing his own personal descent into the underworld. At times funny and often revelatory, Brady writes with incantatory power as he contemplates the arc of life, moving seamlessly between memory and myth, the humdrum and the metaphysical, carrying his reader like a boat on a wave with his lush language and oratory ease.” —Nin Andrews, author of Sleeping with Houdini “The work has that sense of the contemporaneity of the ancient, a kind of muscularity and lushness of rhetoric as embodying the physical force of the ancients—obviously the orality of the performance does as well—and yet the philosophical layering, with a kind of post-Lacanian ring, feels quite immediate, owned, bound to the dailiness of the scholar as hostage, as exile, as subject not only to time but the power architectures built to manage our anxiety over time.” —Bruce Bond, author of Choir of the Wells and Peal “I don’t know anyone with Philip Brady’s profound sense of his work’s embeddedness in history, its origins in the body, its realization of community. Long live the Ethiopians!” –H.L.Hix, National Book Award Finalist “Part high-spirited flash memoir, part nuanced cultural poetics, Philip Brady’s Phantom Signs sparkles with wit and insight. Writing as both esteemed poet and publisher of Etruscan Press, Brady offers incisive meditations on matters grave (the profound joy of playing basketball post-heart attack) and groovy (the poetry scene as it seemed to a shy young poet in the 70s) in prose so luminous it lifts off the page. Moments of memoir punctuate discussions of poetry, which are, in their postmodern perspective on art and life, brilliant and wise. Phantom Signs is a dazzling read.” Cynthia Hogue, Scheming Women “A beautiful, fluid, graceful exploration. Original thinking in an original voice. I adore Brady’s lyricism, voice, style, syntax. All of it.” Gary McDowell, Caesura: Essays “Maybe because he was a changeling at birth or maybe because he died [briefly], or because of other lives as poet, editor, publisher, musician, basketballer, Philip Brady writes like no one else. His is a mind that is restless, extensive, resourceful, and unafraid. He believes equally in the Muse and in the mammal brain, the utterance and the sign, poetry and its undoing. He is able to channel voices from Africa and Ireland and antiquity as well as Kobe Bryant and the childhood hi-fi in Queens. Phantom Signs is a remarkable document that is also skeptical of the document, using the techniques of memoir and the novel and the song to disrupt the conventions of the essay. He builds his own counter-testimony. Exacting of the word and generous of spirit, this book is a beautiful breaking of silence.” Bruce Smith, Devotions “Broadly and deeply learned, Brady’s pages shimmer with ideas. His prose bangs and jumps with the exuberance of a latter-day Thomas Carlyle. Philip Brady is the real thing.” Sam Pickering, All My Days Are Saturdays Philip Brady Category: Authors, CNF, Criticism, New York, Poetry Tags: Ashland Poetry Press, Broadstone Books, Irish Literature, New Myths, new york, New York City, Non-Fiction Writer, poet, publisher, University of Tennessee Press, WordTech Press Previous: Andrea Jurjević Next: Kevin Carey	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0063.json.gz/line39
__label__cc	0.655341	0.344659	Board index » Archive » Off-subject » Religion and Politics '08 Elections!!! [ 361 posts ] Go to page Previous 1 ... 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 Next Who is you choice for President? Poll ended at Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:02 am Barack Obama 73% [ 8 ] John McCain 27% [ 3 ] Third Party Candidate 0% [ 0 ] Mikes! Post subject: Re: '08 Elections!!! Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:48 am I'm a high school dropout now with a 3.8 GPA and scholarship in film school. High school was the roughest years of my life intellectually. No where was I encouraged to learn anything of value; merely, I was just supposed to pass my standardized tests and get into college. I may as well have just taken some SAT prep classes and called it a day. Rarely was the "why" of any information given to us discussed. We were all expected to just take in the information and regurgitate it. Jitka Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:22 am Location: SIBHoDC Mikes! wrote: Heaven forbid you take in some arbitrary knowledge purely for the sake of learning it. beep beep I'm a Jeep StrongRad Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:01 am Location: probably the penalty box Jitka wrote: Mikes! is right on this. Regurgitating data is pointless. That's why we have encyclopedias and such. Schools should work on critical thinking more than just plain "memorize this". My curriculum would be summed up as "we know this, this, and this. We know how they are related. What would happen if x suddenly became y. Would this relation still hold? Would it change? How would it change?". The classes I had in college that I liked most were along these lines. My middle school tried, but they went too far. The system they went to could (and often did) give more credit to a wrong answer, elaborately explained than they would to a succinct, but correct answer. If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem. Pop_tire1 Location: The Suga' Shack StrongRad wrote: I wish High school was more than this, which is why I'm so glad I just finished. But so long as No Child Left Behind is in place, that's just not likely. Gah! furrykef Location: Oklahoma City The system they went to could (and often did) give more credit to a wrong answer, elaborately explained than they would to a succinct, but short answer. You mean "succinct, but right", right? 404 sig not found lahimatoa Location: About 260 miles northeast of Stu's backyard. Agreed. Especially in today's information age, when a three-second Google search can retrieve information on anything, being able to make sense of this information overload through critical thinking is even more important. But so long as No Child Left Behind is in place, that's just not likely. Gah! Lulz... I graduated from high school long before No Child Left Behind, and trust me, it was 99.9% memorization and regurgitation. Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:03 am furrykef wrote: Yep. I fixed it. I had professors in grad school that were against "memorization" when it came to things like constants, equations, etc. "Knowing" a constant can get you in all kinds of trouble when you miss something like an order of magnitude or a significant figure. lahimatoa wrote: I'm not saying NCLB is the only reason, I'm just saying there's no chance of any change from this status quo with it in place. Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:38 am Gotta love Jesse Jackson. I'm just waiting for him to say it was taken out of context... Not only does Obama have to deal with self-absorbed Hilary fans (that can't seem to get over themselves for the good of their party), crazy racist hillbillies that seem set on painting him as "too black" or a "moslum", and whatever the GOP is dreaming up, but now he has to deal with a leading black activist... I almost want to vote for him now, just for everything he's putting up with. The Noid Location: looking at my post and/or profile ^What did he call the Jews again? Good times. 1992. I think. The Noid wrote: LOL, Hymietown... Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:45 pm Joined: Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:09 am Location: He remembered Socks! Who does Jessie Jackson think he is? The king of all Black People? Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:00 am You mean he isn't? Jackson's a flaming racist. That he's a major representative of the black community is a major problem, IMO. I also like how he only apologized after being told Fox would air his comments. "Oh, I got caught, so I'm totally sorry now." And Obama's all like "No problem, dude." Can you imagine if a leader in the white community had said that? Oh wait, there's not a white community? My bad. Um, what if a white McCain staffer had said that? He'd be drawn and quartered and his entrails would be fed to his children. But because Jackson is black, free pass. The double standard is bad for America. Capt. Ido Nos Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:13 pm Location: living in the sunling, loving in the moonlight, having a wonderful time. ^I completely argee with you. I do see though, that people are starting to realize the double standard. I've got some hope that people will figure out they're being ridiculous and over sensitive. Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:52 am I think Obama did this because of the clout Jackson has with the black community (or supposed clout, anyway. I don't know any black people that actually like Jackson or Sharpton). I REALLY wish someone would hold Jackson to the standard he holds everyone else (that he doesn't agree with) to... Had Don Imus have said "it was taken out of context", do you really think the rev. would let him slide? As a married man, I can sort of understand Obama forgiving Jackson for this. Barrack is married. Any attempt to do what Jackson said would be futile since it has already been done (when he said "I do"). Amorican ARE YOU KIDDING ME???!! This entire country is one big giant white community, and there are a few groups of people out there who don't have white skin and don't see themselves or their lives represented in the media the way white people and their lives are. And while the black leadership leaves much to be desired, can you tell me that the white leadership (by which I mean all the white elected officials, and pretty much everyone with a talk radio show, amongst others) is really much better? It really isn't a "black leadership" thing, but leadership in general which has taken a horrible turn, where people who seek power and fame are the ones who put themselves in positions of leadership, while the rest of us sit by and let it happen. Listen to the Black Crowes. Ninti Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:28 am Amorican wrote: (Hint: Yes.) Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:05 pm There is no white community. There is no candidate or leader who distinctly looks after the rights of white people. And if there was, they'd be automatically labeled a hardcore racist, regardless of what he or she stood for or said or did. I cannot disagree with this statement. The "majority" is not allowed to be proud of who they are. Any attempt at this is treated as an affront to anyone not in that group. Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:30 am That always bugged me when I was in high school... I think a fairly extreme example can be found in my high school (assuming the image is still there, but it probably is). Our school's sports team was called the Vikings, so we often represented ourselves as Vikings. So one day, a bunch of students as part of some project or other painted a big Viking on the wall. But the Viking they painted was black, and there were no black Vikings -- in fact, Vikings and Scandinavians are pretty much an archetypical example of "pure" white people. (Hitler considered them to be even purer than Germans.) My favorite counterexample: what if somebody somewhere painted a big white African? How would that look? These days I just let it go. As Strong Bad's conscience said, ya gotta pick your battles. - Kef These days I just let it go Because you're afraid of being branded a racist. That's how certain groups try to restrict free speech.... by making others afraid of being called a bigot or racist or whatever. It's obviously fairly effective. And for the record, I don't think a painting of a black viking would really bother me. Location: Behind Blue Eyes Since we are down to the candidates, I have added a poll. Who ya got? It's going to run until election night and I allowed re-voting. Also sticky'd and do you smell what Barack is cooking? This is a horrible election for conservatives. McCain is okay on some issues, but way too left on way too many. My instinct is to go third party, but I know that means Obama takes it (though he's likely to anyway). That said, I firmly believe Obama's $1 trillion MORE in spending and his attempt to bring us to socialized medicine and do what he can to smash capitalism in this country will bring us so far down as a nation that we'll be looking to good conservative leadership in 2012. Romney/Jindal in four years? I think the era of conservative dominance in the Republican party is over. Beyond the Grave wrote: FOREVER! Mwahahahaha! So essentially you're saying America is left with liberal and liberal-lite as its choices for the rest of eternity? I can't believe that. EDIT: For Obama supporters, how are you feeling about his recent... um... flexibility on several important issues? Giving immunity to phone companies involved in wiretapping after he said he wouldn't? Refusing public funding for his campaign after saying he would? Suddenly saying he'll talk to the commanders on the ground in Iraq about what to do instead of just pulling the troops out over 16 months, beginning immediately after he's elected. Phew. That's a lot of maneuvering. Maybe Obama's not the transcendent Messiah y'all thought he was. Maybe he's just willing to do or say whatever will get him elected. Just like everyone else. EDIT: For Obama supporters, how are you feeling about his recent... um... flexibility on several important issues? Giving immunity to phone companies involved in wiretapping after he said he wouldn't? Not a big deal. The important thing would be stopping the illegal wiretapping altogether. Refusing public funding for his campaign after saying he would? Suddenly saying he'll talk to the commanders on the ground in Iraq about what to do instead of just pulling the troops out over 16 months, beginning immediately after he's elected. An issue of responsibility. There's no point in talking to the commanding officers and getting their opinion on what to do in Iraq if you plan to just ignore them. What's important is that Obama recognizes that the Iraq war was unnecessary and actually rather stupid, and that he plans to have American troops out of the country within his term, rather than keeping them there for McCain's 100+ years. I know, I know, it wouldn't be a hundred years of fighting, just bases like we have in Germany or Japan, but I still think the American people want nothing to do with that country anymore. To be honest, I think the American people could not care less about what happens in Iraq after the U.S. troops leave, which is why Congress' approval rating is so low. The people expected a Democratic majority to bring the war to a swift end when that was never going to happen. Obama is not going to be the be-all, end-all best president ever, but even if he turns out to be a regular politician like the rest of them, does that mean that the causes he stands for are any less valid? I don't think so. Compared to the alternative, he's the best thing we can hope for. So what you're saying is it's not a big deal that Obama's gone back on his word on a few issues. I've talked to some Democrats who feel the opposite, but whatever works for you. What's important is that Obama recognizes that the Iraq war was unnecessary and actually rather stupid, and that he plans to have American troops out of the country within his term, rather than keeping them there for McCain's 100+ years. So Obama will remove every single American troop from Iraq within the first two years of his presidency? Somehow I doubt that. You skillfully managed to avoid mentioning it, but the violence in Iraq is waaaay down. Iraqi soldiers are in control of almost half of the provinces in the country, and American soldiers are getting bored sitting around. Some are requesting to be sent to Afghanistan, where action is going on. I believe Obama will stay in Iraq until it's the intelligent time to go, exactly as McCain will if he's elected. All of Obama's nonsense about "getting our troops out now" was just talk to get past Hillary in the primary. And if you're fine with realizing Obama is not the Messiah, then I have no further arguments. Too many people are fainting at his rallies and changing their middle names to Hussein. The atmosphere around Obama is becoming a personality cult, and frankly, that's a bit creepy. EDIT: And a response to BTG's post about how conservativism is dead, why are the five top talk radio programs all very conservative shows? Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage, Beck, Ingraham... someone out there is listening. Just because we're not being represented in national politics right now doesn't mean we don't exist. It's more of a matter that there are bigger things to worry about. For instance, minorities face real oppression... not being able to say much about a black Viking isn't really a big deal by comparison. The painting of the black Viking didn't bother me. It's really the one-way-ness of it that bothered me. You can make white people black, but not black people white. It's a double standard. Fair enough. The double standard certainly is frustrating.	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0063.json.gz/line42
__label__wiki	0.720713	0.720713	Ghosts of Social Networks Ghosts of Social Networks, the alter-ego of Manchester-based Nathan Till, turned musical heads from day one, with an April 2016 debut drawing immediate support from likes of 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq and Amazing Radio. Inspired by new wave, Nick Cave and The National, Nathan’s music is classic yet innovative and, with the addition of Ben Dargue (drums) and Andrea Gobbi (bass), GOSN create a stunning live sound. The echoey chords and radio-friendly Manchester vibe of debut single ‘Love Potion’ received support from BBC 6 Music and several Triple-A stations in the USA, a live session on Fubar Radio and playlisting at Amazing Radio. October’s follow-up, ‘Comeback Kid’, a retro-tinged, indie rock track with infectious choruses and soaring harmonies, was championed by the team at BBC Introducing Manchester. Fresh out of Magic Garden Studio recording with producer Gavin Monaghan (Editors, Paolo Nutini, The Sherlocks), Ghosts of Social Networks kicked off 2017 with new single ‘No Going Back’ in February, followed by ‘Outside The Wheel’ and ‘If This Isn’t Love’ as the year progressed. “A very embracing sound” – Steve Lamacq “The band’s intrinsic sound is still one which proudly captures an essential Manchester vibe” – Louder Than War “A mystique soaked romancing of the ears” – Ringmaster Review BUY NOW … Debut AA single ‘Love Potion’ / ‘Mockingbirds’ iTunes Second single ‘Comeback Kid’ iTunes back to bands	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0063.json.gz/line43
__label__wiki	0.520335	0.520335	US Economy Poised to See Historic Gains in 2022 After COVID-induced Recession The U.S. economy may still be in the grips of the coronavirus pandemic, but it’s poised to see historic gains later this year as more Americans are vaccinated and pandemic-related restrictions start to ease. Some economists have actually projected that the nation’s GDP, the broadest measure of goods and services produced in the country, will be even bigger in late 2021 and 2022 than if the pandemic hadn’t occurred. “That’s a particularly remarkable outcome, especially when you consider that [in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis], the U.S. economy never really returned to its prerecession path,” Morgan Stanley Chief Economist Chetan Ahya wrote in a note to clients last week. Morgan Stanley sees the U.S. economy growing 6.5% this year — the best on record since 1984 — and 5% in 2022. Goldman Sachs is expecting about 7% growth. One reason for the “remarkable” growth expectations is the massive spending operation undertaken by the federal government: Congress passed nearly $4 trillion in relief measures last year under former President Donald Trump, and Democrats are currently pushing forward with another $1.9 trillion stimulus plan that includes a third $1,400 stimulus check. The cash payments that lawmakers sent out last year — Congress approved checks worth $1,200 in March and $600 in December — have put a collective $1.5 trillion in Americans’ pockets, according to Morgan Stanley. That figure is expected to rise to $2 trillion by March. Consumers are already spending the money. Commerce Department figures released last week show that retail sales soared 5.3% in January as consumers, buoyed by the stimulus checks, spent at bars and restaurants, electronics and appliance stores and department stores. Still, experts say the economic recovery hinges on vaccinations: While testifying before Congress on Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the outlook remains “highly uncertain,” and said the economy is still a “far way” from full health. There are still 10 million out-of-work Americans than February, before the crisis began. “The path of the economy continues to depend significantly on the course of the virus and the measures undertaken to control its spread,” Powell said. “The resurgence in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in recent months is causing great hardship for millions of Americans and is weighing on economic activity and job creation.” Boost to Household Income Primes US Economy for Stronger Growth Dow Jones Futures Signal Stock Market Rally Rebound; Vaccine Play Soars U.S. households are getting a boost from pandemic-aid programs, priming the economy for a surge in growth this year. The Commerce Department is set to report Friday on... Deliverr Raises $170 Million To Scale An Affordable Alternative To Amazon Prime This previous year was an extraordinary one for e-commerce sales, which grew 44% in the pandemic. While giants like Amazon and Walmart, with their... Blessed are the young, Herbert Hoover stated, for they shall acquire the nationwide debt. Hoover’s observation has brand-new significance 88 years after Donald Trump’s...	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0063.json.gz/line45
__label__wiki	0.762438	0.762438	Author Archives: Gavin Sharp Edward II return with a brand new album, ‘Dancing Tunes’, which will get a physical release through Cadiz Music on 12 March 2021 and available as a beautifully packaged CD bolstered with fastidiously researched sleeve notes and featuring all the lyrics. ‘Dancing Tunes’ is a selection of traditional songs from Jamaica and the Caribbean as collected by Walter Jekyll and recorded by Louise Bennet, the celebrated singer, folklorist and activist for Jamaican dialect. Of course, while these songs are regarded as uniquely Jamaican, they were all written and sung in English, or the Jamaican street dialect known as Patois. Full of wit and irreverent humour, if anything these songs demonstrate that folk music is first and foremost about telling stories and entertaining each other using song and dance – a very human practice! Since the 1950’s Mento (Jamaica) and Calypso (Trinidad) have become conflated into a broad genre of Caribbean music, commercialised since the 1950’s and generally referred to as Calypso for marketing purposes. Pioneered by Lord Flea, Harry Belafonte, Lord Burgess and others, culturally and musically, it is clear that Calypso is the precursor to Reggae, Ska, Dancehall and all the subsequent sub-genres that have followed. Of course, with ‘Dancing Tunes’, the band have imparted their own unique take on the songs, re-interpreting, blending and referencing some of the English tunes which no doubt added to the original mix. Working alongside dub producer Paul ‘Lush’ Morris of Nucleus Roots, on this album Edward II have purposely recreated a British urban dub sound, using drum machines and beats intertwined with the live performances and instrumentation that has always been part of the bands unique style. Edward II are an English roots band that uniquely blend the rhythms of the Caribbean with traditional songs from the British Isles. Back in the nineties the band was signed to Cooking Vinyl Records and Rhythm Safari in the US. They worked extensively across the globe touring world music, reggae and folk festivals on almost every continent before finally calling it a day in 1999. Despite the constant touring the band always remained close friends and, in 2016, came back together to record and perform a new repertoire of songs born of the Industrial Revolution (specifically of their home town Manchester) known as the Manchester Broadsides, and released a brand new CD called ‘Manchester’s Improving Daily’. The album received a plethora of positive reviews, including Four Stars in both Mojo magazine and The Guardian. ‘Dancing Tunes’ finds Edward II still upbeat, and with rock-steady rhythms, blazing horns, fabulous harmonies and fiery melodeon melodies, the band continue to amaze audiences across the UK and Europe. For more info contact Chris Hewlett PR on chris@chrishewlett.com This entry was posted in Dancing Tunes, Uncategorized on February 14, 2021 by Gavin Sharp. Louise Bennett known to people around the world as Miss Lou. Miss Lou was a Jamaican singer, folklorist and activist for Jamaican dialect. Miss Lou’s infectious and charming delivery of Jamaican folk songs captured the imaginations of Jamaicans of all generations and led her to be a much loved part of Britain’s theatre and radio circuit. Louise Bennett was born in Kingston,Jamaica in 1919, she laughingly stated that she was ‘born under the clock’ . In her schooldays it did not sit well with Miss Lou that in school she was only being taught well spoken English folk songs rather than songs & stories using the Jamaican dialect known as patois. Walking on the streets of Kingston & Spanish Town, where she grew up a young Louise would hear street tales sung in patois and it became her passion to change the Jamaican curriculum. Her contribution to Jamaica’s literacy campaign was significant, and then by her mid 20s she applied to RADA, the prestigious theatre school in London and became the first black student to study there. 3 months in to being enrolled at RADA, British audiences were introduced to this truly unique talent as she was given her own BBC radio show Caribbean Carnival. She was awarded an MBE in 1960. It has to be said that Miss Lou was Jamaica’s first real international star. Her comic delivery of telling Caribbean tales and her sensational delivery of interpreting classic folk songs such as Linstead Market, Yellow Bird and Long time Gal in a mesmerising comic sing song fashion had a remarkable impact on Jamaican singers and poets that had grown up learning her poetry in schools and hearing her on record and on the radio. Miss Lou was a main stay on Jamaican radio, with the Lou and Ronnie show and Miss Lou’s views. What a raconteur, sharing the trials, tribulations and good times of the Jamaican people in a dialect that was not bowing to the Eurocentric view of language. She instilled a pride in Caribbean artists that gave them an understanding that patois was a language in its own right. Edward II’s re-version of Miss Lou’s classic songs continues a tradition that Miss Lou spent her life campaigning for. A pride in Jamaican heritage, and moving the Jamaican art form onwards. Edward II do this here with boutique collection of songs. Long Time Gal featured in this collection was often the opener for Miss Lou’s live shows where she would encourage the audience to sing along with her and take pride and understanding in the sentiment of the song. Miss Lou greatest gift was to recite breathaking snapshots of Jamaica’s social complexity and Edward’s inclusion of the song Cordelia Brown telling the story of young bi-racial girl with red hair informs us of the versatilty of Miss Lou’s works This entry was posted in Dancing Tunes on November 19, 2020 by Gavin Sharp. Edward II. New Music Release. Available to Listen or download SPOTIFY and APPLE To support our live performance on the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards on 16/10/19, where we opened the show with new single ‘Linstead Market’. The song is a traditional Jamaican folk song gathered from the collection ‘Jamaican Song and Story’ by Walter Jekyll (1907) This release pre-empts the bands new album release (mid 2020) that presents a collection of Jamaican working songs in new light. From early deals with Cooking Vinyl, Pure Bliss and Zomba Records the band is known with their extensive touring schedule in the 80’s and 90’s which saw them headline festivals around the world. Mark Radcliffe hosts the 2019 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards – the annual ceremony (celebrating its 20th year this year) that celebrates and rewards the very best in folk, roots and acoustic music. The show will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2. This entry was posted in Blog, Manchester's Improving Daily, Music & Video and tagged BBC Folk Awards, Mark Radcliffe on October 16, 2019 by Gavin Sharp. CD Booklet pdf Click on this link to see the booklet in full – probably best to use a laptop or desktop computer. http://edwardthesecond.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/EDII_book_FINProof1.pdf This entry was posted in Blog, Manchester's Improving Daily on July 29, 2017 by Gavin Sharp. Love Vigilante – Radio Edit [soundcloud url=”http://ift.tt/2aqqrdG”] This entry was posted in Uncategorized on July 25, 2016 by Gavin Sharp. Giddy Kid opens Edward II CD The joys of un-wrapping a new Edward II ‘Manchester’s Improving Daily’ CD set to a fabulous dub remix of the title track… This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Giddy Kid opens Edward II CD on May 26, 2016 by Gavin Sharp. This is our version of Peterloo performed live at The Big Session Festival in Buxton. Filmed by Paul Walker, the freelance cameraman who has been following the project since he first came in to film for BBC North West Tonight. This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Peterloo on May 17, 2016 by Gavin Sharp. Ragbag Dub [soundcloud url=”http://ift.tt/1T4qk7m“] This entry was posted in Uncategorized on May 7, 2016 by Gavin Sharp. Manchesters Improving Daily MINIMAL Dub Mix 4 [soundcloud url=”http://ift.tt/1WgXqF1“] Love Vigilante Dub Mix [soundcloud url=”http://ift.tt/1T4qk7i“]	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0063.json.gz/line46
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What Experts Want You to Know While there are positive aspects to social media, there's evidence it can pose risks to teens' mental health. https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20220113/worried-about-your-teens-social-media-use-experts-offer-help?src=RSS_PUBLIC CDC to Recommend You Wear Better Masks as Omicron Spreads Meanwhile, WHO officials stressed that global vaccine distribution is first priority in defeating the highly-contagious Omicron variant, as well as other variants that may evolve. https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220112/cdc-better-masks-for-omicron?src=RSS_PUBLIC Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:33:17 EST HPV Vaccine Could Shift Rates of Non-Cervical Cancers The impressive data on how HPV vaccination has cut cervical cancer rates tells only part of the story of how many other lives could be transformed. https://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/hpv-genital-warts/news/20220112/hpv-vaccine-non-cervical?src=RSS_PUBLIC How to Make Sense of Omicron and Changing COVID Protocols Infectious disease experts share practical advice on navigating all the guidance at this point in the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220112/omicron-changes-the-rules?src=RSS_PUBLIC Biden Administration to Provide 10 Million More Tests Per Month to Schools The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that 10 million more COVID-19 tests will go to schools each month in an effort to reduce the spread of the virus and keep in-person classes going. https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220112/biden-administration-10-million-more-covid-tests-schools?src=RSS_PUBLIC Betty White’s Cause of Death Was a Stroke Actress Betty White died from a stroke she had six days before her Dec. 31 death at her home in Los Angeles, the Associated Press reported, citing her death certificate. 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Would adding a throat sample boost the accuracy? https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220111/nose-throat-covid-test?src=RSS_PUBLIC More Olive Oil May Bring Longer Life People who consume more than 1/2 a tablespoon of olive oil a day are less likely to die from heart disease, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's or lung disease. https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20220111/more-olive-oil-may-bring-longer-life-study?src=RSS_PUBLIC Nonprofit Addresses Health Equity by Providing Safer Surgeries Smile Train is addressing cleft palate around the world and trying to ensure no one’s circumstances limit their health outcomes. https://www.webmd.com/oral-health/features/health-equity-nonprofit?src=RSS_PUBLIC Heart of Genetically Modified Pig Transplanted Into Man The heart of a genetically modified pig has been transplanted into a 57-year-old man who had end-stage heart disease. https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20220110/heart-of-genetically-modified-pig-transplanted-into-man?src=RSS_PUBLIC Mon, 10 Jan 2022 18:46:24 EST Meat Company Recalls 28,000 Pounds of Ground Beef A meat company is recalling 28,356 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with an E. coli strain known as O157:H7. https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20220110/meat-company-recalls-thousands-of-pounds-of-ground-beef?src=RSS_PUBLIC At-Home COVID Tests: Rare as Gems and Almost as Expensive Thanks to the Omicron surge, finding a rapid at-home test can feel like striking gold under a four-leaf clover at the end of the rainbow. https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220110/covid-tests-rare-gems?src=RSS_PUBLIC Want to Avoid Glaucoma? 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__label__cc	0.597273	0.402727	Medical Needs Pupils, Parents, Staff and Governors We believe that the strong support and involvement of parents with our school helps our pupils to achieve their very best. Pupils feel confident and secure when teachers and parents support each other and know what is expected. The pupil planner is a daily point of contact between parents and school. It contains practical details about everyday school life such as homework arrangements, important dates and information. We ask our parents to sign the planner once a week and, if they wish to add comments about their child’s work or behaviour at school. We also expect parents to help maintain the school’s code of behaviour by encouraging their son/daughter to develop self-discipline and to ensure that their child attends school regularly and is punctual. Once a year, parents are invited to attend patents’ evenings to discuss the progress of their child with subject teachers. Further meetings take place on tutor days throughout the year when parents are invited to meet with their child’s form tutor to discuss work and progress. Additional special guidance evenings are held in some year groups e.g. Year Nine Option Choices, Sixth Form Choices Evening. A written report is sent home each year. The school newsletter, ‘Bedwas Highlights’, is sent home twice a year providing parents with news on important events and activities and the achievements of pupils and the school as a whole. We aim to ‘get to know’ parents before pupils actually enter the school in Year Seven by holding meetings in the primary schools when pupils are in Year Six. Our open evening during the Autumn Term and our induction evening in the summer term provide further opportunities to meet parents prior to pupils entering the school. Parents are well represented on the Governing Body. A 'Supportive parents group' meets half termly to help parents support their son/daughter with all aspects of their study. Parents are always welcome to visit the school to discuss the welfare and progress of their child. However, parents should contact the school prior to the visit to ensure that the member of staff they wish to see can be available at a mutually agreeable time. Schools are busy places and all staff have teaching and other commitments. We cannot guarantee that parents can see a particular member of staff without a prior appointment. Our commitment to our partnership with Parents At Bedwas High School, we particularly value the role of parents in the education of their child and we feel that a home-school agreement can become an important foundation upon which we can develop and improve our partnership with parents and the quality of education for all our pupils. These agreements, which explain our aims, values and responsibilities and those of pupils and parents, are issued to all pupils on induction/entry into the school. Parents and pupils are asked to sign the agreement and return it to the school. HOME_SCHOOL_AGREEMENT_2013.pdf If pupils are to succeed it is vital that they attend school regularly. Regular attendance reflects commitment and maximises opportunities for educational achievement. Attendance at school is a legal requirement up to the age of 16 and parents/guardians are required to ensure that their children attend school. At Bedwas High School, we aim to secure the highest attendance rate from all our pupils. We ask all our parents to encourage and support good habits of regular and punctual attendance in their children by:- Informing the school of dental appointments/hospital appointments before the date of the appointment Contacting the school on the first day of absence if their child cannot attend through illness or any other reason. Whilst in school, absence from any lesson – without the permission of the teacher – is considered to be truancy. Pupils are not allowed to leave the premises during the morning (including break time) or afternoon sessions without the permission of a member of staff. Parents must give permission, in advance, (by letter or telephoning the school) if they require their son/daughter to leave the site during the day. Non- Attendance at school As a parent you are legally responsible for making sure that your child attends school. If your child fails to attend school without acceptable reason you risk getting a penalty notice or being prosecuted. Arranging appointments and outings after school hours, at weekends or during school holidays will help to prevent disruption to your child's education and to the school. You should not expect the school to agree to your child going on holiday during term time and if you do take them out of school this too may result in a penalty notice. Having difficulties getting your child to school? If you are having difficulty in getting your child to school or think there may be a reason why your child does not want to go to school, you should speak to your child's class teacher for help and support. We can also provide support by working directly with parents and schools. For example, where children have a long term illness, where families are in difficulty or where a child is being bullied. Get in touch with us on 01443 866687 or email [email protected] for further information about school attendance. Non Attendance (Fixed Penalty Notices) The Welsh Government has introduced important amendments to legislation surrounding school attendance. The Education Act 1996 makes it a criminal offence for a parent to "fail to secure their child's regular attendance at the school" The new amendments include a penalty notice scheme. This means that from September 2014 a headteacher can request the issue of a Fixed Penalty Notice for irregular attendance of a child or young person registered in their school. This includes pupils who attend an alternative education provision arranged by the Council. Examples of when a Fixed Penalty Notice can be issued Unauthorised absences - Where at least 10 sessions (5 schools days) are lost to unauthorised absences; these do not need to be consecutive. You will receive a formal notification from the Head teacher explaining the actions that may be taken. Holidays in term time - A Fixed Penalty Notice can be issued for unauthorised leave of absence for 10 sessions (five school days) or more during term time; these have to be consecutive school days. Persistent late arrival - at least 10 sessions of late arrival at school after the register has closed (there are two sessions in a school day, morning and afternoon). Truancy - where a child or young person comes to the attention of the Police during school hours for being absent from their registered school without an acceptable reason. Where both parents have responsibility for their child, each parent will receive a fixed penalty notice of £60 when paid within 28 days. If the fine is NOT paid within 42 days, no further action will be taken in connection with the offence. If the fixed penalty notice remains unpaid the parent / carer will be prosecuted in magistrate's court for the offence. Who to contact: Education Welfare Service Learning Education and Inclusion Penalta House Tredomen Park Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7PG Tele: 01443 866687 For further information please click here. Positive Discipline for Learning Pupils are praised for good conduct and are encouraged to behave well. Where a pupil does not behave in an acceptable manner, attempts will be made to counsel the pupil, explaining the benefits of good behaviour. Our disciplinary procedures always attempt to be firm but fair. If misbehaviour continues then sanctions have to be imposed. Bedwas High School will seek, at all times, the highest standards of behaviour from pupils. We expect the full support and co-operation of parents in this matter, in the belief that we are acting in the best interests of their children. Raising Achievement The school provides a successful learning environment in which all pupils are encouraged to reach their full potential. We have a proven commitment to raising the levels of achievement of all our pupils throughout the full ability and age range. We have high expectations of staff and pupils in our school working together and we are determined to continue to raise the standards of achievement of our pupils through excellent teaching and learning experiences. Pupils are expected to work hard in lessons and to achieve success. The school also provides a wide range of learning support for pupils with additional learning needs. Study and revision clubs are organised by each department and these provide extra help throughout the year. These study and revision clubs are organised more often as pupils prepare for public exams. In addition a homework club runs Monday to Friday 7.45 to 8.30, lunch time 13.10 to 13.50 and after school on Tuesday and Wednesday 15.00 to 16.00 these are supervised by our librarian and a teacher. Our learning mentors also run academic support for pupils on Monday and Thursday from 3 to 5 pm. This is called Club 325 and is aimed at improving pupils learning. Up-dated Sept 2014	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0063.json.gz/line54
__label__wiki	0.531843	0.531843	bestrocklist.com The Best Rock Lists, interviews, concert reviews and photos. Best Rock Interviews Best Rock Lists Best Rock Band List Home→Tags Pop Evil Tag Archives: Pop Evil POP EVIL The Versatile Tour with Zero 9:36 and Brkn Love Concert Review Posted on August 7, 2021 by Suzie Soule The Castle Theatre Pop Evil at The Castle Theatre Live concerts in a post-Covid 19 world are coming back but there is not a lot to choose from. Fans have to go to a huge venue, festival and have to travel hours away if you do not live in a major city. So many bands are choosing livestreams or to just continue working on their music at home. While livestreams are better than nothing, they are not the same as singing along in the dark with a drink next to your friends. We have to extend our gratitude to everyone who is choosing to perform live music and the venues that survived. So when my favorite local venue puts on a rock show, I am going to attend. Thank you Pop Evil for bringing the shows to the smaller markets. Pop Evil is a band that grinds the concert circuit and gains their devoted fans one small town at a time. Their sixth studio album, Versatile, was released on May 21, 2021. Versatile features their hit song “Breathe Again” which was an The band is from Muskegon, Michigan and was formed in 2001. In that time, they have had hits with “Trenches”, “Monster You Made”, “Deal With The Devil”, “Torn To Pieces”, “Waking Lions”, and “Breath Again”. They always bring stellar bands on every tour. This year they brought BRKN LOVE and Zero 9:36. BRKN LOVE is the band created by Toronto singer and guitarist Justin Benlolo. Band members consist of Canadians and New Yorkers. The band released their eponymous debut album in 2019 for Spinefarm Records. When Justin was thinking about creating a band, “It’s alternative, but it’s also heavy. I try to get right to the point. There are so many of these kids still showing up to shows and moshing to real rock music. That’s refreshing. There’s sitll a place for something authentic. That’s what I want to provide.” ~Spotify Posted by BRKN LOVE The band sounded like pure rock music. The singer, Justin, screams with the best of them. Some of the guitar riffs reminded me of Hendrix. There has been a resurgence of heavy rock in the past few years with bands like Joyous Wolf, Dirty Honey, Them Evils and now BRKN LOVE. Their stand out song is “Flies In The Honey” and the track is a standalone hit. The crowd was ready to rock and the band gave the crowd what they wanted. BRKN LOVE Band BRKN LOVE Justin Benlolo ZERO 9:36 If you are rock music fan, I know that you have probably heard the song “Adrenaline” by Zero 9:36. The song is almost an anthem of those who suffered in isolation during the Coronavirus pandemic. Zero 9:36 is Matthew Cullen from Langhorne, Pennsylvania. He is a rapper but firmly trenched in rock. Listening to him rap, his voice is reminiscint of Eminem. Someone even mistakenly thought Eminem was a guest on one of his songs but it was actually Zero rapping. Zero 9:36 was only partially known by the fans in attendance. The crowd was older for a Wednesday night show. Many of the songs the band performed were decidely rock based. There was only a little rapping and the setlist was pretty short. Regardless, the final song performed was “Adrenaline” and it reminded us that we are coming out of this pandemic. Zero greeted fans after the show and many were lined up to buy his merch and take a picture to post (including myself). Pop Evil always puts on an energetic show. The stage was set with the drum kit on a pretty large riser high and center with stairs up to each side for different band members to go up and stand next to the drum kit. The backdrop is the artwork featured on the Versatile album cover designed by Pedro Correa. Their name Pop Evil appears across the bottom of the riser with VI in red to highlight that Versatile is their sixth studio album. Right before the tour commenced, long-time bassist, Matt Dirito, left the band. On Instagram, he writes, “So long, but not goodbye.” “The time has come for me to part ways with Pop Evil. The decision has been made that I will not be joining them on their upcoming tour, or any future tours. Walking away from something I’ve helped build is not easy- but it is the best thing for the band, myself and our respective futures.” “Pop Evil will continue on and so will I, just not together. The details surrounding my departure are only known by a few people, and respectfully it will remain that way. Having the opportunity to meet so many fans across the world is something that has made a lasting impression on my heart. I would have loved to play for you all one more time, and I am sorry that it did not work out that way.” “I would like to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your endless support and love. I wish Pop Evil nothing but success in all of their future endeavors and I am thankful for the time (2007-2021) that I was able to be part of it.” ~Matt Dirito Even though his presence was missed, the talented bassist Joey “Chicago” Walser of Devour The Day has joined this tour. The show must go on. Due to immigration delays due to Covid, the drummer, Hayley Cramer, had just joined the band a few days prior this show. Bloomington fans was lucky to be able to see her play after she finally was able to travel United States from the United Kingdom. The band started the show with the high energy “Deal With The Devil”. This was the first hard rock show in the area and the crowd was ready to rock. The band went on to perform “Let The Chaos Reign”, “Torn To Pieces”, “Survivor”, “100 in a 55” and “Footsteps”. Hayley on the drums was ferocious. Leigh sounded strong and the rest of the band sounded great together. They only performed one cover song for the evening, “For Whom The Bell Tolls” (Metallica) and were joined by BRKN LOVE singer, Justin Benlolo. Their rendition put an operatic quality to the song and was pretty amazing. Vocalist, Leigh Kakaty, told us the story about meeting Dave Grahs in a women’s dressing room about thirty years ago. He told Leigh he needed better clothes if he wanted to be a rock star. Tonight he did not need women’s clothes to be a rock star. Dave was sporting a large Mohawk and reminded me of the indigenous peoples tribe of the same name. The guitarist was dressed all in black and looked the part of the rock star. The night continued and the final song was “Breath Again” and everyone sang along because they felt that sentiment in their souls. After the pandemic and with the Delta variant threatening the livelihood of so many, people just want to go back to normal. They want their live music! Leigh Kakaty of Pop Evil Hayley Cramer of Pop Evil Nick Fuelling of Pop Evil Dave Grahs of Pop Evil Joey Chicago Walser p.s. One way to support live shows is to buy the merch if you can afford it. The prices have gone up but the bands cannot continue without your support. They get paid a nominal amount to perform in the smaller markets but the best way they earn a living is through the merchandise or album sales. Pop Evil’s Website: https://popevil.com/ Zero 9:36’s Website: https://www.zero936.com/ BRKN LOVE’s Website: https://www.brknlove.com/ Posted in Best Rock List \| Tagged brkn love, brkn love concert review, Dave Grahs, Hayley Cramer, Joey Chicago Walser, Justin Benlolo, Leigh Kakaty, Matthew Cullen, Nick Fuelling, Pop Evil, Pop Evil Concert Review, zero 9:36, zero 9:36 concert review Pop Evil Photo Gallery Uproar Posted on September 1, 2014 by Suzie Soule Pop Evil Photo Gallery Rockstar Uproar ~Peru, Illinois Matt Dirito of Pop Evil Joshua Chachi Marunde of Pop Evil Nick Fueling of Pop Evil Fans at Uproar during Pop Evil Posted in Best Rock Photos \| Tagged Best Rock List, Best Rock Photos, ChachiRiot, Evilz, Joshua Chachi Marunde, Joshua Marunde, Leigh Kakaty, Matt Dirito, Nick Fueling, Pop Evil, Uproar © 2022 - bestrocklist.com Proudly powered by WordPress Aspen by WP Weaver Please support the site	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0063.json.gz/line56
__label__cc	0.542618	0.457382	Analysis // Synergising core competencies: navigating jargon Analysing corporate linguistics. by Jess Firth Have you ever felt personally victimised by the phrase run the numbers, or best practice, or low hanging fruit, or literally just the word ‘bandwidth’ used in any context except for referring to internet connection? Starting my first job as an intern at a global company has exposed me to many things I never thought twice about previously. The most shocking thing, however, would be how the world of work butchers the English language, on a daily basis. Anyone in an office job has come across idioms that sound fancy but don’t make sense, until we’re left to ‘circle back’ in an infinite loop of meaningless phrases. The rise of corporate jargon is nothing new. Brahm Capoor argues that to investigate corporate jargon, you must start with the buzzword, a singular unit of jargon, such as ‘cross-promotional’ or ‘synergy.’ Similar to internet vernacular, where phrases can develop new meanings like Chinese whispers, buzzwords do the same thing, creating a cloud of confusion around the original meaning. These words start off as powerful and specific explanations of complex processes or ideas, but become watered down, as “people start to turn against the word and it dies a loud and noticeable death.” We’re left with a language of diluted communication that gets used and abused beyond the rooms they were born for, whether it be within finance, marketing, banking. Capoor analyses the phrase ‘the long tail,’ which, in 2004, explained how e-commerce markets can shift from flashy, popular products to more niche markets – sourced from the fact that when graphed, the demand curve for these products resembles a long tail. But as the phrase’s popularity grew with a New York Times bestseller book of the same name, it “saturated the discourse.” Capoor recounts a developer telling a journalist that the secret to profitability was about “the long tail – transitioning from viewers to users, despite the fact that the long tail has nothing to do with views or users.” This misinterpretation, overuse, and eventually parody leads the phrase to die a painful death. One explanation of why corporate jargon has prevailed links it to David Graeber’s “bullshit jobs” theory. In 2018, Graeber asserted that capitalism creates “bullshit jobs” which don’t provide any economic or social benefit. One could naturally conclude that the increasingly superfluous nature of buzzwords matches the rise of bullshit jobs. But I think it’s more serious than that. Rather than talking about buzzwords in isolation, academics have gone so far as to classify this discourse as its own specialised “Business English.” Semantically, its purpose of limiting phrases is to help people communicate ideas across cultural and linguistic barriers, which has become necessary as the world has globalised. Users often participate in Business English only in commercial contexts, and revert to their preferred language or dialect in social and domestic spheres. This way, business English is viewed as a means or a process, and not a product which itself carries meaning. This is possibly why much of corporate jargon feels so meaningless and stale. So does Business English intentionally try to obfuscate things? Are there more sinister implications for society at large? For one, forcing us into these predetermined linguistic moulds may strike diversity of thought from the rooms we occupy. There are definitely limitations to how creative our language, in the corporate context, can be. However, I believe the beauty of our language allows us to relate to other humans in profound ways. It helps us express personal perspectives and, forcing everyone into the same few phrases diminishes our ability to communicate individual ideas. David Markowitz, a professor of communications at the University of Oregon, examined how corporate communications, such as mission statements, influence how the public perceives that company. Those who used obfuscatory language were seen to be more immoral and less trustworthy. Extending upon this, some corporations are also masters at shifting blame through language; famously, the phrase ‘carbon footprint’ was manufactured and shoved into our personal lexicon by BP to shift personal responsibility onto consumers. The knowledge of this ‘deceitful PR campaign,’ makes the general public rightfully skeptical at best of large corporations with historically shady intentions. Ultimately, I’d like to see a world where we reject corporate jargon creeping into our linguistic spheres and embrace the full span of the English language to communicate clearly and honestly. If we allowed a larger span of phrases and words into our corporate communications employees wouldn’t have to sacrifice their individuality to be heard and taken seriously.	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0063.json.gz/line62
__label__wiki	0.825076	0.825076	Home » News » Navy pays 1 cent to scrap ex-carrier Saratoga Navy pays 1 cent to scrap ex-carrier Saratoga The aircraft carrier Saratoga, here underway in 1992, will head to the scrapyard after the Navy paid a salvage company 1 cent to take the former flattop apart. (PH3 Bruce W. Moore / Navy) The decommissioned aircraft carrier Saratoga is officially headed for the scrapyard after the Navy paid one penny to a Texas scrapyard to dismantle the 81,101-ton flattop that once blockaded Soviet ships during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Saratoga will head to Brownsville, Texas, later this year for scrapping by the company ESCO Marine, Naval Sea Systems Command said in a Thursday news release. The Saratoga is the second of three conventionally-powered carriers destined for scrapping. All Star Metals received the Forrestal earlier this year, also taking on the flattop for a penny. A third contract is pending for the Constellation, with International Shipbreaking Ltd. The one-cent payment is the lowest the Navy can offer to the company to take the flattop off the fleet’s hands. ESCO Marine will keep the profits from the sale of the scrap metal. The carrier, the sixth Saratoga in U.S. history, was decommissioned in 1994 after 38 years in service. Despite attempts to turn it into a museum, the Navy decided in 2010 that none of the applications to turn it into a public display was up to par. In addition to its pivotal role in the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, “Super Sara”was also involved in a 1986 airstrike against Libya. The carrier is expected to make its way to Texas this summer from its current berth at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island. Forrestal, Navy’s 1st ‘Supercarrier’ And Site Of Disaster, Sold For 1 Cent Carrier Forrestal Headed For Scrap Heap Navy should delay next carrier, GAO says	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0063.json.gz/line63
__label__cc	0.577441	0.422559	Fund Quarterly Performance as of 12.31.2021 (%) Since Inception* A Share Class - No Load 1.71 14.76 22.04 16.14 13.56 12.21 A Share Class - Load -4.15 8.16 19.66 14.78 12.89 12.03 C Share Class 1.53 13.94 21.19 15.31 12.84 11.57 Institutional Share Class 1.81 15.16 22.47 16.53 14.08 12.88 Investor Share Class 1.77 15.01 22.39 16.45 13.89 12.50 Legacy Share Class 1.78 15.12 22.43 16.50 14.07 12.88 Russell 2500 Growth 0.20 5.04 25.09 17.65 15.75 n/a *Since inception index returns are calculated using the month-end data prior to the Fund’s Legacy class inception date of 8/1/84. Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results and investment returns and principal value of the Fund will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance quoted. Visit meridianfund.com for current month-end performance. Legacy Class: Legacy class shares of the Fund are no longer available for purchase by new investors, except under certain limited circumstances which are described in the Statement of Additional Information. A Class: Prior to 7/1/15, the A Class was named Advisor Class. The historical performance shown for periods prior to inception on 11/15/13 was calculated using historical Legacy class performance as adjusted for estimated class-specific expenses, for distribution, shareholder servicing and sub-transfer agency fees, without consideration to any expense limitation or waivers. The annual gross expense ratio is 1.16% as of 11/1/21. The net expense ratio is 1.16% as of 11/1/21. If the class had been offered prior to 11/15/13, the actual performance and expenses may have differed from the amounts shown. Performance shown for class A shares with load includes the Fund’s maximum sales charge of 5.75%. C Class: The historical performance shown for periods prior to inception on 7/1/15 was calculated using historical Legacy class performance as adjusted for estimated class-specific expenses, for distribution, shareholder servicing and sub-transfer agency fees, without consideration to any expense limitation or waivers. The annual gross expense ratio is 1.87% as of 11/1/21. The net expense ratio is 1.87% as of 11/1/21. If the class had been offered prior to 7/1/15, the actual performance and expenses may have differed from the amounts shown. Investor Class: The historical performance shown for periods prior to inception on 11/15/13 was calculated using historical Legacy class performance as adjusted for estimated class-specific expenses for shareholder servicing and sub-transfer agency fees without consideration to any expense limitation or waivers. The annual gross expense ratio is 0.87% as of 11/1/21. The annual net expense ratio is 0.87% as of 11/1/21. Institutional Class Shares are not available directly to individual investors. Institutional Class Shares are also not available to retail, advisory fee-based wrap programs, or advisor-sold, donor-advised funds. The annual gross expense ratio is 0.82% as of 11/1/21. The annual net expense ratio is 0.82% as of 11/1/21. Legacy Class Shares are no longer available for purchase by new investors, except under certain limited circumstances which are described in the Statement of Additional Information. The annual gross expense ratio is 0.84% as of 11/1/21. The annual net expense ratio is 0.84% as of 11/1/21. Institutional Class Share investors will not incur any commission payments, account servicing fees, record-keeping fees, Rule 12b-1 fees, transfer agent fees, administrative fees or other similar fees on Institutional Class Shares. The Minimum Initial Investment for the Institutional Class Shares of the Fund is $1,000,000; however, there is no Minimum Subsequent Investment. The Funds reserve the right to change the amount of this minimum from time to time or to waive it in whole or in part. There is no minimum initial investment requirement for retirement plan service provider platforms. The Fund’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Performance prior to 9/5/13 reflects the Fund’s performance under the management of Aster Investment Management Co. using similar investment strategies. Alpha: A measure of the difference between a portfolio’s actual returns and its expected performance, given its level of risk as measured by beta. A positive Alpha figure indicates the portfolio has performed better than its beta would predict. In contrast, a negative Alpha indicates the portfolio has underperformed, given the expectations established by beta. Beta: A measure of a portfolio's sensitivity to market movements - market movements are represented by a benchmark index. A benchmark index, such as the S&P 500 Index, has a beta of 1.0. A beta greater than 1.0 indicates that a fund's historical returns have fluctuated more than the benchmark index. A beta less than 1.0 indicates that a fund's historical returns have fluctuated less than the benchmark index. Sharpe Ratio: A measure of historical risk-adjusted performance calculated by dividing the fund's excess returns over a risk-free rate by the standard deviation of those returns. The higher the ratio, the better the fund's return per unit of risk. Standard Deviation: An annualized statistical measure of how much a return varies over a period of time. The more variable the returns, the higher the standard deviation. A higher standard deviation also indicates a wider dispersion of past returns and thus greater historical volatility. Standard deviation does not indicate how an investment actually performed, but it does indicate the volatility of its returns over time. Upside Capture: A measure of a manager's performance in up markets relative to its benchmark. An up-market is defined as those periods in which market return is greater than 0. It is calculated by taking the security’s upside capture return and dividing it by the benchmark’s upside capture return. For example, if the ratio is 110%, the manager has captured 110% of the up-market and therefore outperformed its benchmark on the upside. Downside Capture: A measure of a manager's performance in down markets. A down-market is defined as those periods in which market return is less than 0. In essence, it tells you what percentage of the down-market was captured by the manager. For example, if the ratio is 110%, the manager has captured 110% of the down-market and therefore underperformed its benchmark on the downside. ‡ Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance is for the Investor class and performance prior to 9.15.13 reflects the Fund’s performance under the management of Aster Investment Management Co. using similar investment strategies and was calculated using historical Legacy class performance. The Russell 2500™ Growth Index measures the performance of the small to mid-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2500™ Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. One cannot invest directly in an index. The Russell 2000® Index measuring the performance approximately 2,000 small-cap companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which is made up of 3,000 of the biggest U.S. stocks. One cannot invest directly in an index. Quick Fund Finder Select Fund Select Fund Meridian Growth Fund Meridian Contrarian Fund Meridian Enhanced Equity Fund Meridian Small Cap Growth	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0063.json.gz/line75

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