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Get a head start in the world of finance with Abertay University
Dundee Business School
Finance and accounting graduates will always be in demand. It's a bold statement but one that rings true<|fim_middle|> article const path_1 = '/news/university-of-georgia-college-of-engineering-interdisciplinary-research-innovative-learning/'; const title_1 = 'University of Georgia College of Engineering: Interdisciplinary research, innovative learning'; const thumbnail_1 = 'https://www.studyinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/37594-028-2.jpg'; // build more about elements const moreAboutArticleElement_0 = mapToElement(path_0, thumbnail_0, title_0); const moreAboutArticleElement_1 = mapToElement(path_1, thumbnail_1, title_1) // place elements in post content $( moreAboutArticleElement_0 ).insertAfter( `.single-article-content__inner > p:eq(3)` ); $( moreAboutArticleElement_1 ).insertAfter( `.single-article-content__inner > p:eq(6)` ); | as news and education websites report that financial professionals are consistently pursued by employers in the same sector. And the demand for more financial graduates is predicted to increase rapidly as the US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that employment opportunities will grow by more than 13 percent in the next six years, while opportunities for analysts will rise by 16 percent.
"It's exciting to be in accountancy and finance right now," says Paul McDonald, Senior Executive Director of Robert Half, a specialised staffing agency. "Practitioners are seeing their prominence within their organisations rise, in part because of their comprehensive skillsets and involvement throughout the business."
This should be music to your ears if you're planning to venture into the heart of this exciting industry. But there are many factors you need to consider before taking the plunge; which university, for example, which academic course, the cost of tuition, and future employability prospects. Business schools can be expensive, so finding a good one that perfectly suits your needs is important.
At Abertay University, the Dundee Business School is dedicated in ensuring business school graduates leave the institution armed with the knowledge, analytical ability, competence, and skill necessary to take on the financial world. With close links in industry and external recognition, the business school's academic programmes are among the best in the UK, particularly the Masters in International Finance and Accounting, which provides graduates with opportunities worldwide.
For those serious about getting a foot in the door, this course could be the stepping stone you need to venture into the hubbub of the fast-paced financial world…
Why study a Masters (MSc) in International Finance and Accounting?
This one-year, full-time course is designed to help students kick-start their career within the financial industry. But why study international finance over a similar course at a more regional level? Well, as advised by Dundee Business School, many qualified sector professionals spend a significant part of their careers in a diverse international setting, so this programme is specially-designed to prepare students for a wealth of exciting opportunities that could lie ahead.
Students focus on three key themes throughout the course: practice in professionalism, investment management, and financial information reporting and analysis.
You will be trained to develop a critical understanding of principles, theories, concepts, contexts, approaches, and challenges central to international finance, as well as accounting and economics in the global economy.
But academic staff whole-heartedly believe that understanding your notes is an important part of the overall learning process, which is why students are also taught to develop skills and research methods that come with finance and accounting. You will also be familiar with the ethical and professional standards of the sector in an international setting, and will be encouraged to acquire ethical awareness and sound judgement in interpreting complex features of institutions in the global economic system.
But if you're finding this a little overwhelming, there's no need to worry; you'll be given the chance to grow your abilities and skills through interactive learning environments like working in real businesses, and learning about the accounting and finance problems consistently faced by managers in an international setting.
For instance, you may get to train and work as an executive in a simulated business, and later, proceed to help local businesses and professional bodies. The process helps students improve awareness of contemporary management practices in firms that operate globally. The Dundee Business School also boasts a 'Global Growth Week' programme, bringing in DBS senior personnel to share their personal experience and answer student questions. These DBS employees are from local companies that have global reach, like Michelin, NCR, and Heineken.
The university also offers a collaborative project between external organisations and universities known as 'Making the Most of Masters' (MMM). This partnership seeks to provide postgraduate students with the chance to undertake work-based dissertation projects within any discipline or economic area. It also helps enhance postgraduate employability as they may go through a recruitment process, helping to develop their CVs and boosting interview experience.
It has recently been announced that the University will be revising this Master format in the near future, becoming a CIMA Masters which will cover financial management and management accounting. This will have a more managerial emphasis, exploiting the synergies between their Accounting & Finance and Business & Management departments.
Great accreditation
The Dundee Business School has fantastic accreditation across all its finance-based courses. The MSc International Finance and Accounting degree has been accepted into the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute University Recognition Program, which only accepts institutions whose degree programme(s) incorporate at least 70 percent of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK). This accreditation provides students with a solid foundation in the CBOK and positions them well to sit for the CFA exams. Besides that, the Accounting degree offered also has professional body accreditation from CIMA, ACCA and AIA.
Starting university can be a huge transition for some who may find it difficult to cope with all the changes happening. If you find yourself falling behind during class, don't panic – Abertay University understands that not all students learn at the same pace, and this idea feeds into every aspect of the world-class Graduate School. This facility provides support, training, and possible development opportunities for postgraduates. Designed to promote integration and instil interdisciplinary learning, students will study together and meet a community of like-minded people. Meanwhile, if you're in need of some quiet time to revise, students also have access to a study within the university.
Various career opportunities
Although a master's degree can be very specific in terms of what you study, this academic programme provides graduates with various possibilities in the financial sector. For instance, graduates with a Masters in International Finance and Accounting can venture into commercial banking, investment banking, consultancy, mutual funds, hedge funds, accounting firms, securities firms, stock exchanges, derivative exchanges, securities sales and trading, as well as finance and investment departments of large companies, such as multinational corporations, or large state-owned enterprises.
With such amazing job prospects and a constant demand for financial graduates, it's time to get moving! Seriously, what are you waiting for?
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Holes in the Sky, Lara Downes Channels the Collective Artistry of the Feminine
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Lara Downes has proven herself as a virtuoso pianist in solo, chamber, and with orchestra. She has demonstrated facility with standard repertoire as well as an intelligent selection of contemporary composers. In this sort of mid-career place she has begun releasing a more personal kind of album of which this is the third incarnation. The "series' to which I refer is the perception of this reviewer, not one defined as such by Ms. Downes but stick with me. Her previous releases have been organized on one level or another on themes just like most album of any stripe. The difference is a more sociopolitical focus.
One look at the eclectic musical choices here and one sees Downes sharing her spotlight with kindred spirits (composers and performers both) while her themes take on more socially conscious ideas. The first of these was America Again (2016) which is a beautiful collection of short piano pieces predominantly though not exclusively by black composers. It is a very personal choice of repertoire reflecting her profound knowledge of the repertoire as well as the neglect of black composers. The second was Lenny (2018), a tribute to Leonard Bernstein. It includes a<|fim_middle|> California, Joni Mitchell, Last Time I Saw Richard, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, Tambourine Man, This Flight Tonight | marvelously varied group of guest artists and, much as Lenny did, blurs the line between the "classical" and the "vernacular". It was a love song to a cherished artist (this writer included in the cherishing).
She does something similar here in this album whose title is taken, appropriately enough, from Georgia O'Keefe, "I want real things, live people to take hold of, to see, and talk to, music that makes holes in the sky, I want to love as hard as I can." In the essay that opens the program booklet Downes speaks briefly of her relationship with women in general and women as composers and as performers.
The album opens with a 1949 piece by Florence Price, a black American composer much of whose whose work has recently been rediscovered and recorded. Her work was also featured on the America Again album. This is a mid-century romantic piece for solo piano.
The second track, and the one that hooked this listener big time is this recording of Judy Collins early song, Albatross (1966) which appeared on her album Wildflowers which in turn provided some of the design elements of the album. The liner notes to the present album also note this connection.
In place of detailed liner notes there is a fascinating conversation between two of the women involved with this album, Lara Downes and Judy Collins. A lovely black and white portrait is included in the liner notes. Their discussion centers primarily on the Albatross song but also touches on the nature of political activism in which Downes laments not being active in marches. Collins tells her (and this writer agrees wholeheartedly) she belongs at the piano. Indeed her activism, though of a gentler nature, gets ideas out most effectively utilizing her incredible talents as a pianist, historian, and fellow musician.
Rather than go through an analysis of each of these pieces I am simply going to provide a track list. It appears that this album is designed to be heard and contemplated as a sonic document first and as a research project at a later time (one hopes for more detail at some point because these are interesting pieces).
1. Memory Mist (1949) by Florence Price
2. Albatross (1967) by Judy Collins
3. A Tale of Living Water (2010) by Clarice Assad
4. Dream Variation with Rhiannon Giddens (1959) by Margaret Bonds and Langston Hughes
5. Ellis Island with Simone Dinnerstein (1981) by Meredith Monk
6. Don't Explain with Leyla McCalla (1944) by Billie Holiday
7. Willow Weep for Me (1932) by Ann Ronel (arr. by Hyungin Choi)
8. Venus Projection (1990) by Paula Kimper
9. Morning on the Limpopo: Matlou Women (2005) by Paola Prestini
10. Farther from The Heart with Hila Pittman (2016) by Eve Beglarian and Jane Bowles
11. Favorite Color (1965) by Joni Mitchell (arr. by Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum)
12. Noises of Gratitude (2017) by Jennifer Higdon
13. Arroyo, Mi Niña with Mogos Herrera (2018) trad. arr. by Lara Downes
14. Music Pink and Blue (2018) by Elena Ruehr
15. Idyll (1946) by Hazel Scott
16. Blue Piece with Rachel Barton Pine (2010) by Libby Larsen
17. Bloom (2018) by Marika Takeuchi
18. Just for a Thrill with Alicia Hall Moran (1936) by Lil Hardin-Armstrong (arr. by Hyungin Choi)
19. Agwani (Doves) (2009) by Mary Kouyoumdjian
20. What Lips My Lips Have Kissed (2014) by Georgia Stitt
21. Rainbow (n.d.) by Abbey Lincoln and Melba Liston (arr. by Laura Karpman)
22. All the Pretty Little Horses with Ifetayo Ali-Landing and The Girls of Musicality (Trad. arr. by Lara Downes and Laura Karpman)
In these 22 tracks all the music is by women composers and, most charmingly a selection of women performers who appear as sort of cameos on different tracks. The music ranges from the mid-twentieth century to the present and embraces a variety of genres (classical, folk, blues, etc.). The end result is a charming and very intimate document but also one which is somehow gently subversive as it presents the best in musical and performance quality as an acknowledgement of the accomplishments of women in general, (to paraphrase Ms. O'Keefe) making music as hard as they can.
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Undercover Performance Practices in the Bay Area
The practice of "covers" in pop music is part of the long tradition in music of making arrangements, variations, homages, etc. in response to a given composition. To be sure the majority of these efforts are, though well-meaning, mediocre or worse. But on the whole they can be quite fascinating and even revelatory. Ravel's masterful orchestration of Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' is so well done that few people are even aware that the original is a piano solo work. The orchestration so enhances the original as to immortalize it and upstage the original version. Similarly The Byrds' cover of Bob Dylan's 'Mr. Tambourine Man' has become the most recognized version of that song.
'Undercover Presents' is a concert organization which has been producing a very unusual set of concerts. Taking an album by a given artist and recruiting a different band/musician to cover each of the songs and then presenting both a studio recording and a live concert of the results. So far they have done Velvet Underground and Nico, Pixies' Doolittle, Nick Drake's Pink Moon, Black Sabbath's Paranoid and, most recently, Joni Mitchell's Blue. The musicians are all from the San Francisco Bay Area and that comprises a huge trove of talented and innovative artists. Their albums are available on bandcamp.com
I saw the production of Blue this past September and I will be there again this coming Monday having recruited some additional friends, "You gotta come see this!"
The first band, 'Killbossa' is inspired by the Brazilian art/music/political movement of the late 1960s known as 'tropicalismo' and is a combination of a variety of different musical styles including bossa nova, psychedelic rock, avant-garde and Brazilian popular music. They covered the first song on the album, 'All I Want'.
Next up Bharathi Palivela, a singer with traditional Hindustani vocal training teamed up with San Francisco bassist and teacher Daniel Fabricant covering 'My Old Man'.
Georgia native, now San Francisco based bluegrass singer with her banjo and band put their spin on 'Little Green'.
'Carey' was given a reading by clarinetist, vocalist Beth Custer with her strongly jazz inflected ensemble.
Kitka is an all female a capella group specializing in eastern european style folk singing. Their a capella cover of 'Blue' was alone worth the price of admission.
Amy X Neuberg is an Oakland based singer, performer and tech wizard. With her voice and electronics she created a unique version of 'California'.
Jazz/funk/hip-hop/R and B Jazz Mafia with Aima the Dreamer and Erica Dee did a raucous version of 'This Flight Tonight'.
Cajun/blues/southern fiddler and singer with her band did a country blues version of 'River'.
The Seshen is an electro-pop ensemble that, like the other musicians in this show, is hard to categorize. They did an ecstatic cover of 'A Case of You'.
Katy Stephan and her group Classical Revolution ended the evening with 'The Last Time I Saw Richard'.
All the musicians barely crowded on to the stage to acknowledge the standing ovation from the very appreciative crowd.
Whether you know the original Joni Mitchell album or not you can't fail to find something exciting, eye-opening and enjoyable in these performances. The range of creativity and talent is staggering. The bands played with a subtle but effective visual display that unified their efforts and added another aspect to both the music and the performance. I'm sure Joni would be pleased.
Did I say that the ticket price includes a free download of the studio album? Well it does and it serves as a great reminder of a truly unique bay area experience. Maybe I'll see you there.
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"Hold the plucked bird over the gas flame of the stovetop to remove the remaining fuzz on the flesh." Disgusting.
I should have been thankful to even have a turkey. In the rest of the world, turkeys are fed and fattened for December, not November. This reality required a trip to the Farmers' Market in downtown Warsaw where we made arrangements to buy a turkey ahead of schedule.
The week of Thanksgiving, we returned to collect our purchase. Dodging puddles, we shoved past shoppers and merchants, and trudged down the narrow concrete aisle of the make-do shelter where villagers came to sell their wares. Past the pickle barrels, past the potato bins, past the slabs of hanging pork, we eventually reached our provider near the end of the row of stalls.
Our "agreement" was ready and waiting. Right there before our eyes, shabbily wrapped in pieces of newspaper, sat our pitiful, scrawny bird. It was dead. But barely. The head was cut off, but "the rest" was left for us to do. Where was U.S.D.A. at a time like this?
We paid the prearranged price, collected our prize, placed him in the trunk of our yellow Fiat, and drove him home to begin the process of making him presentable, and yes…edible.
"Hold the plucked bird over the gas flame of the stovetop to remove the remaining fuzz on the flesh." Now the singed odor of burning flesh permeated every crack and crevice of our small home. With it, my appetite for a feast, and my attitude of thanksgiving were steadily losing altitude - all because of this turkey.
When we gathered around the dining room table on Thanksgiving Day, the disgusting ordeal was still too fresh. The End Product was on the platter, but my mind was elsewhere. I nearly gagged at the Technicolor memory of that nasty bird on the newspaper at the market, riding in the trunk of our car, and hanging over the flame in our kitchen. I choked down my portion and refused seconds. I was thankful all right, very thankful, to be done.
Imagine how I felt when another year rolled around, and once again, we needed to make plans for Thanksgiving. Time had done little to erase my memories of the disgusting ordeal. With zero options, we reserved another turkey at the Farmers' Market. Another chapter in the saga of "How to Celebrate Holidays Overseas<|fim_middle|> preparation was enormous. Rich aromas of this buttery baking beauty were a stark contrast to the previous smell of singed flesh. We relished each peek into the tiny communist oven, which was nearly too small to house the trophy.
When finally ready, we took photos standing around our roasted royalty. Carving the 14-pound mega miracle was quite the ceremony. The atmosphere was particularly festive as seconds and even thirds were passed around the table. Through all of the excitement, I was quietly overwhelmed with gratitude. I couldn't get over the fact that this turkey was a gift from God. The Words of Psalm 34:4 seemed written just for me: "Delight yourself in The Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart." This Thanksgiving, Disgust was transformed into Delight. | " was about to be written.
"Debby, Debby, I was looking for you!" The late Saturday afternoon sun was behind her as Sandra, David's teacher, jumped out of the taxi, and came running to greet me. We were just leaving the restaurant, and I was busy making sure our little children were safe in the confusion and chaos of traffic. At first I didn't even realize she was calling my name. And why was she so animated?
The American Butterball Turkey. Did she say we won? No. No way. I was stunned. How could this be? My shock and amazement gave way overwhelming gratitude. God really did hear my prayer. He really did care about such an insignificant matter as a turkey.
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Live, in your living room, it's CHS hoops!!
If you can't see a "Rock Block" live, watching it on the internet is the next best thing.
Kyle Rockwell, the Wolf big man who delivers thunderous rejections to shots by opposing players, will be in action Saturday on the World Wide Web.
The Coupeville High School boys basketball team has a non-conference rumble at Sultan that night, facing one of their old-school rivals from the Cascade Conference days.
The Turks stream their home games, so that means Rockwell and Co. will play in high definition on your computers, phones or related devices.
Varsity is slated to start at 6:45 (C-Team and JV play earlier, but will have to do so in semi-privacy).
Live from Minnesota, it's Monica Vidoni!!
You<|fim_middle|> her team's games this season, rolling up 13 points and 13 rebounds in 80 minutes of floor time.
Vidoni will be starting Wednesday.
Live on the internet! Friday! Friday!! Friday!!!
The Wolves are stepping into prime time.
You won't have to travel to Silverdale Friday to see Coupeville High School clash with Klahowya on the gridiron, as long as you have access to a computer or phone or other electronic doodad.
That's because the Wolves and Eagles are the game of the week for the Kitsap Sun and will be streamed live out across the internets. | can catch back up with a former Wolf hoops star this afternoon, thanks to your phone or computer.
Monica Vidoni and her Rainy River Community College women's basketball squad face off with Northland at 3:45 Pacific time Wednesday, and the game will be streamed across the internet.
Rainy River is 2-10 on the season, but has won two of its last three games.
Vidoni, a 2015 Coupeville High School grad, is a sophomore at RRCC and plays volleyball, basketball and softball for the Voyageurs.
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Edward Ware Thrillers
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1 May 2018 | dorabenley | Adult Thrillers, Holidays, Literature, Movies, News, Vacations, World Events | chemical weapons, Cheops Books LLC, Facebook Party, Hitler, novels by Dora Benley, Putin, Salisbury, Salisbury Affair, Salisbury Cathedral,<|fim_middle|> the heroine of the suspense novel Julia: A Romance. She is wearing an elaborate red Roman gown and sandals. She looks quite startled upon laying eyes on the snake goddess from Crete, and being readers we want to know why. That provides the hook that draws us into the book.
If you like Julia: A Romance you will enjoy other Roman novels by Dora Benley such as Julius Caesar: A Novel, Livia: A Novel, Caesar and Cleopatra: A Novel, Caesar's Lost Legions, and Pliny: A Novel.
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You are invited to the Facebook Party for Salisbury Affair at 2PM on Friday, May 4. We are going to hold a debate between two historians debating the issue of Hitler vs. Putin. The escapade in the novel is created by Hitler trying to sabotage Dora's and Edward's wedding at Salisbury Cathedral. The more recent, modern escapade was an attack with chemical weapons on a former spy hiding out in Salisbury. We are going to compare and contrast the incidents, both disturbing the pastoral quality of the town of Salisbury, England. Be there. Win a prize.
Questions For The Debate:
1)Compare Hitler to Putin
2)Was Hitler trying to take over the world? Is Putin trying to destroy the US?
3)Did Hitler use chemical weapons?
4)Was it more dangerous during the 1930's and 1940's or right now?
5)Should we treat Putin like Hitler?
Come To The Facebook Party For Salisbury Affair
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Come To The Facebook Party For Salisbury Affair:
On Friday, May 4 at 2PM Pacific Time Cheops Books LLC will hold a Facebook Party for Salisbury Plot, book two of the Edward Ware Thrillers at War Series. We are turning the Facebook Party into a debate between two reporters. What was the more notorious situation?
Hitler was sending his chief spy, Helga von Wessel, to Salisbury to try to interfere with Edward's and Dora's wedding. After the wedding, Helga even tries to kill off Dora. Hitler wants the Lawrence maps, key to world domination.
This is fictional. But what happened last month in Salisbury, England was not. The Russians used chemical weapons to attempt to assassinate a former double agent and his daughter. This marked the first use of chemical weapons in one hundred years since World War 1.
Come and listen to the debate.
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Dora and Edward Ware were married at Salisbury Cathedral on September 30, 1934. The cathedral was a stone's throw away from Edward's ancestral estate, Ware Hall, which had been in his family since Roman times. Conquerors came to this area of England such as William the Conqueror in 1066. Conquerors went. But nothing much happened in this area of rural England until after the time of the Wares in March of 2018 the Russian government used it as a staging ground for a chemical attack. They were after a spy of all things, which is reminiscent of the action in Salisbury Affair and other books in the Edward Ware Thrillers at War Series with the von Wessels, Hitler's top spies, fighting the Wares and Churchill.
The Facebook Party on May 4 will concentrate on this one hundred year old issue of chemical attacks which started during World War 1. Indeed even Hitler was a victim of such an attack. Recently the US, Britain, and France staged a bombing raid on Syria for being a rogue state that still used such weapons against its own people under the aegis of Russia. The Salisbury Affair becomes more than just a story about Dora and Edward.
Who is the saboteur following Dora about on the doomed Morro Castle in September of 1934? Who is the terrorist who set fire to the first class writing room on the ocean liner? Who followed Dora and her new husband, Colonel Sir Edward Ware, to Salisbury Cathedral on their wedding day? A creature in a black robe is wielding a sword in the balcony and clanging the bell. The freak seems to summon the legions of the dead who surround them in the hills peppered with bronze age burial mounds, who seem to rise from the cloisters in the center of the cathedral where unknown dead from the Middle Ages still reside. Why does she see her new husband handing money over to the saboteur on her wedding day in a hidden garden of Ware Hall? What does it mean to be married to Colonel Sir Edward Ware? When she finds out the truth it will change Dora's life forever.
Armistice Plot To Be Published October 1
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Armistice Plot To Be Published October 1:
Cheops Books LLC will publish Armistice Plot by Dora Benley on October 1, the very day one hundred years before when the Great War came to an end in Mesopotomia and the Turks sued for peace. They agreed to sign the armistice.
There will be a Facebook Party on October 1 in addition to a Goodreads Giveaway of 100 Kindle books. Three months before the publication date you will be able to pre-order a copy of the Kindle version on Amazon.
As Edward peers into the tent at midnight he sees a dark-robed intruder brushing past the figurine of an ancient Hittite king that he and T.E.Lawrence excavated at Carchemish this summer in 1914. Is this a spy sent by the Germans to steal the maps Lawrence is sketching for the British military? Edward can't foresee that the encounter he will have tonight will draw him into a contest to the death first with the German Kaiser and then with Hitler himself. It will determine the woman he will marry and the woman he will not. It will drive him to the brink of madness in a century gone insane.
The novel Armistice Plot begins at an archaeological site at Carchemish in 1914 as Edward Ware's father and Leonard Woolley close down their dig in the face of war. Edward first encounters the vamp who will haunt the rest of his life prowling among the finds, looking for the military maps that his fellow archaeologist T. E.Lawrence is drawing for the British government. All during the ensuing Great War Edward must fight to keep the maps secret. Finally during the Battle of Damascus Edward and Lawrence defeat the Turks and make them sue for peace. They will sign the Armistice ending the war. But the vamp, though imprisoned in Damascus, escapes. Edward must chase her down. There are hints that she is fleeing to join with the Austrian corporal, Adolf Hitler, who is beginning a new movement in Munich. Signs of a new war appear on the horizon though the first has just come to an end. What will Edward do except fight on to the death.
On June 16 Cheops Books LLC Will Publish Old Faithful Plot
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On June 16 Cheops Books LLC Will Publish Old Faithful Plot:
On June 16 Cheops Books LLC will publish Old Faithful Plot. On that day we will hold a Facebook Party. The theme of the debate will be about the supervolcano that Yellowstone actually represents. How much of a threat is it? Will it erupt someday? Will it create another Pompeii in America? Stay tuned and find out.
On the same day Goodreads will give out 100 Kindle copies of the alternative historical thriller novel to the winners of the giveaway contest. You will soon be able to enter that.
Soon you will be able to pre-order the novel on Amazon.
While they are hiding out from Dora's husband at the Old Faithful Lodge in 1933, Dora and Edward are also hiding Lawrence maps that Churchill has given them and which Hitler would do anything to get his hands on. Enter Helga and Herr von Wessel, Hitler's top spies. They warn Colonel Sir Edward Ware and Dora that either they hand over the top secret maps, key to world domination, or they will blow up Yellowstone National Park. They will turn the famous geyser basin into volcanic rubble – and the rest of America, too, which would be buried in volcanic ash just like Pompeii. And if that doesn't work they have an even darker plot up their sleeves, one that would change history itself.
Hitler's Chief Spy To Be Published May 18:
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On May 18 Cheops Books LLC will publish Hitler's Chief Spy on Amazon Kindle. There will be a Facebook Party to which the public is invited. The debate at the Facebook Party will contrast the larger than life spy of Hitler's Chief Spy who is pictured on the cover by cover artist Daniel Teran, Helga von Wessel, with the much dirtier spy game taking place between England and Russia right now. There will also be a Goodreads giveaway of the Kindle version of the book. You could win one of one hundred prizes. Right now the historical thriller is available on Amazon for pre-order for only $5.99. Pre-order now and you will receive your copy on the day of publication, May 18.
The villainess, Helga von Wessel, Hitler's chief spy, struts boldly from page to page of this thriller called Hitler's Chief Spy with Europe at her back and all sorts of ambitious notions in her head during the lead up to WW2. As far as she is concerned it isn't Hitler's Reich. It is Helga's Reich. She will wrap the hero, Colonel Sir Edward Ware, Churchill's spy, around her little finger to prove it. Nor does it matter what Edward's American wife, Dora, says. Hitler's Chief Spy is the fifth volume of the Edward Ware Thrillers at War Series.
Salisbury Affair: Thrills And Chills
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Salisbury Affair: Thrills And Chills:
On May 4 Cheops Books LLC will publish Salisbury Affair, book two of the Edward Ware Thrillers at War Series. There will be a Goodreads Giveaway on the same day for Salisbury Affair, which is soon to be open for entries to win one of 100 available Kindle books. Also on May 4 Cheops Books LLC will host a Facebook Party from 2PM to 9PM Pacific Time. The subject under debate will be the Salisbury chemical poisoning incident that became so notorious this past month. This Russian incident has defaced the area where Edward Ware had his estate, Ware Hall, and contrasted terribly with the pastoral setting and Salisbury Cathedral where the Wares were married. However, Salisbury Affair is an historical thriller novel and the thrills and chills obviously continue to the present day.
Come To The Facebook Party For Julia: A Romance
27 Jan 2018 | dorabenley | Adult Thrillers, Holidays, Literature, Movies, News, World Events, Young Adult Thrillers | Acropolis, Facebook Party, Greek colonies, Greeks, Julia, Julia: A Romance, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Marcus Sisenna, novels by Dora Benley, Parthenon, romantic historic thrillers, thrillers
Come To The Facebook Party For Julia: A Romance:
Starting at 2PM on the afternoon of Monday, April 8 you are cordially invited to the Facebook Party to celebrate the publication of the romantic historic thriller, Julia: A Romance by Dora Benley. Listen to the debate. Should Sulla and Sisenna be able to enslave the Athenians and make them part of the Roman Empire? Should the Greeks —- particularly the Athenians who produced the Acropolis, the Parthenon and invited democracy —- get some sort of special statue or independent rule? After all, Roman aristocrats considered speaking Greek a kind of higher education. Enter a contest. Win a prize. Get free gifts.
Julia is rushing down the hallway of Marcus Sisenna's mansion in republican Rome of about 82 BC. The hallway is filled with Greek statues of the classical time period lining the walls on both sides. But on a shelf in front of her she sees a strange two foot statue of a type she has never seen before. She stops cold and stares at it with her hand clapped over her mouth. A bare-chested snake priestess with a flounced skirt has snakes coiling around her arms. She glares straight back at Julia.
Julia has got herself in quite a fix. She is betrothed to be married to the second man in Rome, the righthand man of the Dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla in the 80s BC in Republican Rome. She hates the way Sisenna has been married five times before and is having an affair with her own mother. Her father, coward that he is, has given away her hand in marriage to save his own life and his own estates.
And now here she is poised on the bring of what could be another war. The Greek colonies are in rebellion, and Julia, fiancee of Marcus Sisenna, is a target. What should she do to save her own life? Who can she turn to? Certainly not her own mother or father! The answer may surprise you. It certainly surprises the fair Julia.
Brand New Book Cover For Julia: A Romance
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Brand New Book Cover For Julia: A Romance:
Just in from the cover artist we have the new cover for the historical romantic thriller, Julia: A Romance, now up for grabs on Goodreads Giveaway and to be published on Monday, April 9. There is also a Facebook Party that is being set up for the same date, April 9. But for now it is worth contemplating the masterpiece by artist Daniel Teran. He has created a lavish Roman interior complete with marble statues, vases and urns, and even a snake goddess from Minoan Crete. We can only imagine nowadays what it would be like to live in such a place with art at every turn.
Daniel Teran has also drawn his rendition of Julia Rufus, | 3,525 |
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Richard Branson Success Story
Richard Branson, the business legend behind the vast Virgin group of companies, needs no introduction. Be it as one of the most successful business magnet in the world or a humanitarian or a motivational speaker, Richard Branson<|fim_middle|>, as Virgin Express in the rest of the Europe, as the Virgin America in the USA, and as Virgin Nigeria in Nigeria aside other numerous mergers.The Virgin empire didn't just stop at the airlines. Virgin trains followed and then came the popular Virgin Galactic, a space tourism company which proved Branson's claim that he's always "setting himself huge and unachievable challenges".
"Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again"-Richard Branson | 's life is every bit grand and inspiring.
For a man who had achieved as much success as he did, Branson did not have a perfect childhood. He was a dyslexic and was signed off as an under performer during his schooling. There were some teachers however, who recognised that hidden brilliance in him. His headmaster would often say that Richard would either end up in jail or turn into a multi-millionaire. And Branson, the man who believed in "channelling his fears into passion" had to become the latter.
The first ever business venture that Richard Branson took up was when he started 'The Student magazine', which was a huge success for all the interesting stories and interviews that it ran. His second attempt at business, selling records at lower prices compared to all the 'high street' outlets of those days was highly successful as well. It was after this success in 1972 that Richard started 'Virgin records', the first company in the vast Virgin Empire that rules the business world today.
Ten successful years later, Richard started his biggest and successful business ventures, the 'Virgin Atlantic Airways' in 1984. Slowly, the airlines took over the world | 243 |
Stranahan's Fills Barrel #5,000, Opens New Warehouse in Denver
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June 13, 2013 – Denver's Stranahan's<|fim_middle|>ximo Spirits bought the Stranahan's brand and distillery from Graber and his partners in 2010, and ratcheted back distribution of the whiskey to the Rocky Mountain region. Stranahan's had been available throughout the U.S. and in key export markets, but the distillery had trouble meeting demand. The distillery now produces about 10,000 bottles of its flagship whiskey each month, with the occasional "Snowflake" limited-edition bottling for sale only at the distillery in Denver.
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ColoradoDenverJess GraberKristin ForschProximoSnowflakeStranahan's | distillery has filled Barrel #5,000 after nine years of production, but reached the capacity of its original rickhouse long ago. The Denver Business Journal reports the Proximo Spirits-owned distillery has now opened a new warehouse in a former theater located across the alley behind the distillery.
Negotiations for the new warehouse took almost as long as a barrel of Stranahan's needs to mature, according to the report. The distillery's Kristin Forsch told the Business Journal that it took about a year and a half to close the deal for the warehouse, which is already filled to about 25% of capacity. Under the original owner, Jess Graber, it took five years to fill the first 1,000 barrels, but Stranahan's now fills that many each year.
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Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are one of America's most spectacular natural attractions, and it's an ideal place to bring the kids for an educational trip in California. Whether you're planning a family<|fim_middle|> programs involve hands-on investigations and are taught collaboratively by rangers and classroom teachers.
With so many natural attractions, interesting programs, and fun activities, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are a great destination for your next educational trip. Plan your visit today! | vacation or organizing a field trip, there's plenty to see, do, and learn when you visit these parks!
Just steps from the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park lodges, you'll find more than 1,200 species of plants ranging from grasses and wildflowers to the majestic colossal sequoia trees that make Sequoia National Park so famous. On your educational trip through the California Sierras, take the kids for a hike to find the state flower – the California poppy – before stopping by the Giant Forest to see some of the oldest and largest trees on the planet. Don't forget to bring a camera – you'll all want to pose for pictures beside the General Sherman Tree, which is the largest tree in the world, and the General Grant Tree, known as "the Nation's Christmas Tree."
No educational visit to these parks would be complete without a visit to Crystal Cave! Follow lighted pathways through this spectacular underground cavern to see unique formations, listen to the echoes, and learn more about the natural elements that created the cave. Family and school tours are available.
During your educational trip to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, you'll also want to stop by one of the visitor centers. You'll find lots of interesting information, interpretive displays, and fun facts to help you explore the terrain. You can also see videos like "Bears of the Sierra," and get details about the Giant Forest Museum in Sequoia National Park. Plus, learn about the General Grant tree and the canyon that runs through Kings Canyon National Park at the Kings Canyon Visitor Center in Grant Grove Village.
At Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, kids of all ages can also participate in the Junior Ranger Program. They'll earn patches and awards for age-appropriate explorations about ecology and protecting natural resources. You can also plan your field trip to the California Sierras to take advantage of the education programs offered by Sequoia & Kings Canyon Park rangers. Ranger-led education programs in the parks are offered for grades 2-6. Explore the history and geology in the foothills at Hospital Rock, or forest ecology among the giant sequoias in the Grant Grove area. These curriculum-based | 450 |
A $4 million settlement would<|fim_middle|> force until 24th of September before the guidance would be finalized. | be paid by a Florida dermatology practice to resolve claims it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to obtain millions of dollars in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements.
According to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida, the settlement was reached last Tuesday with Dermatology Healthcare, LLC, located in Tampa, Robert Norman, D.O., and Carol Norman. The dermatology practice allegedly submitted false claims for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer with superficial radiation therapy.
According to the settlement agreement, the U.S. contends that from January 2011 to December 2016, Dermatology Healthcare failed to adequately supervise the administration of the radiation therapy, up-coded claims for procedures related to that therapy and overused radiation simulations. The settlement brings to a close a lawsuit originally filed by a Palm Beach County dermatologist under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act that permits a private citizen to sue on behalf of the U.S. for false claims.
A study not yet published by researchers from the University of Notre Dame have a disproved a long-held belief that EHRs are one of the reasons why physicians are forced to retire.
The study showed that basic EHRs have increased the tenure of physicians, and advanced EHRs cause doctors to move to other health systems. The researchers found no evidence that any doctor had retired as a result of a new EHR.
"Results suggest that when EHRs create benefits for doctors, such as reducing their workloads or preventing costly errors, their duration of practice increases significantly," Corey Angst, professor of IT, analytics and operations in Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, said in a statement.
Brill spent 10 years working as head of primary care at the Veterans Administration.
Tyndall reached an agreement with the Medical Board of California prohibiting him from practicing medicine until the board makes a final decision on the status of his license, board officials said. Tyndall, who resigned last year, faces a police investigation and civil suits filed by more than 340 students against the doctor and USC alleging Tyndall sexually abused them and the university failed to protect them. Tyndall has denied any wrongdoing.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has released new draft recommendations urging doctors to provide or refer pregnant and postpartum women who are at an increased risk of perinatal depression to counseling interventions. The draft recommended that physicians screen new mothers and pregnant women to identify those who are at risk of depression so they can be treated.
The task force said it found convincing evidence that counseling interventions, such as cognitive behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy, are effective in preventing perinatal depression in women at increased risk. Comments on draft recommendations would be accepted by the task | 563 |
SEC seeks Telegram-like outcome in Kik case
The SEC set an industry-defining precedent with its court takedown of Telegram for its token sale. It wants the same for Kik
By Colin Harper
Apr 26, 2020 Dec 22, 2020
SEC files new document in Kik court case. Image: Shutterstock
In the latest documents from the US SEC's suit against Kik, the Commission makes a strong argument that the Kin token was sold as an investment contract.
Preston Byrne of Anderson Kill believes we're nearing the end of the road for Kik's case.
If the court accepts the SEC's rationale, Kik could bend under the same logic that brought down Telegram in its own token case against the SEC.
On Friday, the SEC argued in a filing to a New York court that the messenger app, Kik, illegally raised $100 million in its 2017 token sale for its cryptocurrency, Kin. Kik, in its own filing, refuted this.
Each party's filing responds to arguments made by the other party in separate filings last month. Should the court consider the case closed, it will issue a ruling on May 8, pending appeals by the losing party. Otherwise, the case may progress to a trial.
But the consequences of the case, which has now taken almost a year, will have huge consequences for crypto companies that raised money through Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT) agreements.
SAFTs were cooked up by a coterie of New York lawyers at the height of the 2017 boom to circumvent securities laws around token sales. They allowed token issuers to promise future delivery of a token, instead of selling the token on the spot.
The hope was that, when the tokens were eventually delivered, they would have "lost their character as securities," Preston Byrne, a partner at Anderson Kill law firm, told Decrypt.
But the SEC doesn't think that SAFTs circumvent securities law. In its most recent filing against Kik, the SEC "is trying to drive another nail into the coffin of the SAFT investment contract<|fim_middle|> with Kik, which recently laid off 80% of its staff as legal fees have brought the company to the brink of bankruptcy.
Kik refutes the claim that Telegram is a precedent for them. "The Telegram court was able to issue a preliminary injunction to prevent that public distribution. But, the case has not gone to trial, and the Telegram ruling is not binding precedent in our case," a spokesperson told Decrypt.
Still, any companies looking to launch a token might think twice.
Editor's note: This article has been updated to include a comment from Kik.
https://decrypt.co/26688/sec-kik-kin-token-telegram | ," said Byrne.
The SEC argued in March that Kik knew its token sale would transgress US securities laws all along. Kik, in defense, has routinely argued that "investment contract" is too vague for Kin, which is a currency, it argues, not an investment contract.
The commission further argues that a significant portion of Kik's token buyers were not accredited investors. If Kin had sold only to accredited investors, they may have been exempted from securities regulation.
Rather, purchasers were mostly crypto OTCs and exchanges, whose intent was to sell them to the public for a profit, the SEC argued. Byrne referred to this as "a disguised public distribution."
We've been here before…
A New York Court last month granted the SEC a temporary injunction against messenger app Telegram, effectively barring it from distributing tokens from its $1.7 billion ICO, which the SEC claims was illegally raised. Telegram's ICO was a SAFT sale, like Kik's.
Bryne said that the SEC is approaching the Kik case exactly like the Telegram case. If the court rules in the SEC's favor, Byrne says this will be another hard signal that the land of the free is not the place to launch a token project.
They're certainly setting an example | 255 |
Weekend TV with all the charm we need: All Creatures Great and Small
John DoyleTelevision critic
Rachel Shenton as Helen Alderson and Nicholas Ralph as James Herriott in All Creatures Great and Small.
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Here's good news: The revival of a classic British series arriving this weekend is a pure joy. Not an ounce of the original's charm, beauty and wit has been lost. It is glorious escapism.
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All Creatures Great and Small (Sunday, PBS, 8 p.m. on Masterpiece) is a new take on James Herriot's books, the basis for a movie and a beloved series on BBC TV running off and on from 1978 to 1990. Here we get more than a mere remake. The producers went back to Herriot's books and mined them for a more mature, sensitive storytelling. There is less buffoonery and in particular the key women figures are more complex and intriguing. But, oh the enchantment is still there; the whimsy and the celebration of the spectacular landscape. Plus, of course, those adorable animals.
Herriot's entry into this remote, vast but insular world is fraught but filled with humour.
Newcomer Nicholas Ralph stars as Herriot. It's the 1930s and although he's just qualified as a veterinary surgeon, he can't land a job. His mother tells him to take a job on the docks and give up his foolish dream. But an invitation to a job interview in a tiny village in Yorkshire gives him hope, and off he goes. Of course, he gets lost in the vastness of the hills and valleys and the village vet who wants an assistant, Siegfried Farnon (Samuel West), is deeply skeptical that he can hack it. The<|fim_middle|>fer's relationship with his disciplinarian father, Earl Woods. One of the few genuine insights comes from his high school girlfriend, Dina Parr, who liked the laidback Woods but also says of him, "he had no life skills."
Lily Collins as Fantine in Les Misérables.
Les Misérables (Sunday, CBC, 8 p.m., two episodes) arrives on CBC after airing on PBS in 2019. Note, this isn't the musical, but a multipart British adaptation of Victor Hugo's original novel, about the have-nots and why revolutions happen. It has a formidable visual sweep that starts with a stunning overhead shot of the aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo. All the dead, all the killing, and for what? Our central antihero Jean Valjean (Dominic West doing a wickedly robust, stoic man of the people) is breaking rocks in prison. Because he stole a loaf of bread. And, back in Paris, naive seamstress Fantine (Lily Collins) is being seduced by upper-class rogue Félix. Visually breathtaking, as drama it leans toward the earnest.
Finally, note that The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth (Sunday, Crave 10:30 p.m.) returns this week. The docuseries that always illuminates a lot about American politics has a rather momentous week to report on.
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Kick back with the Daily Universal Crossword. | young man's entry into this remote, vast but insular world is fraught but filled with humour. You are beguiled from the get-go.
Dame Diana Rigg as Mrs. Pumphrey in All Creatures Great and Small.
The series pays lavish attention to the scenery, with today's technology allowing a real visual feast in the sweeping vista of green and craggy moors. Herriot's adventures as a rural vet also allow for a deep appreciation of farm life, whether the young James and Siegfried are dealing with a recalcitrant bull or a mix up about the tiny house cats who need treatment. As dominant as two male figures are – Siegfried's brother Tristan (Callum Woodhouse) soon appears – the women are finely drawn, significant figures. Anna Madeley as Mrs. Hall, Siegfried's housekeeper, is less the fussbudget and now many sided. Then there is the glorious figure of Helen Alderson (Rachel Shenton, who also won an Academy Award for her live-action short film The Silent Child), the strong-willed and witty daughter of a local farmer. This Helen is utterly enthralling, bewitching and somehow earthily glamorous marching through mud in her overalls and wellington boots. The whole production – there are six episodes – is as fine an antidote to these grim contemporary times as you can find.
Also airing this weekend
The Nature of Things: Searching for Cleopatra uncovers the truth about the richest and most powerful woman in world history.
The Nature of Things: Searching for Cleopatra (Saturday, CBC NN, 8 p.m., and streams on CBC Gem) is Susan Teskey's lovely and fascinating look at the great mystery that surrounds Cleopatra, from her ability to rule a vast empire, to the nature of her death and the location of her tomb. It's a nifty blend of debunking the pop-culture myths and the archeological work to find her burial place. It rather cleverly manages to be a mystery story and a rebuke of the male-created legends that surround the once-mighty Queen of Egypt.
Tiger is a two-part documentary offering a revealing look at the rise, fall, and epic comeback of global icon Tiger Woods.
HBO / Crave
Tiger (Sunday, HBO/Crave 9 p.m.) is the first part of a two-part look at the life and career of Tiger Woods (continuing next Sunday.) Its appeal rests in your curiosity about Woods, because he does not participate, remaining as famously guarded as ever. What we get then in the program, made by Oscar-nominated documentarians Matthew Heineman and Matthew Hamachek, is a series of perspectives from outside, with some old clips of Woods speaking cautiously about his life. It's mainly based on a 2018 biography of Woods by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian and often concentrates on the gol | 597 |
FCAT Writing Strategies
By Richard Ristow
••• writing image by Alison Bowden from Fotolia.com
The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) tests writing in the fourth, eighth and tenth grades. For each grade level, a different type of essay is required: Fourth-graders must write a narrative, eighth-graders must pen an expository essay and tenth-graders must<|fim_middle|> detail should be accurate and illustrative.
Grade 10, Persuasive
The 2010 prompt asks students to argue whether a school's library should provide Internet access. Essay traits common to the Grade 4 and Grade 8 essays apply here. A successful essay should demonstrate a sense of focus, an organizational pattern, and a descriptive sense of detail. Along with a sense of focus, essay evaluators will be looking for ideas presented in a logical progression, as well as effective introductory and concluding paragraphs. "Freshness of expression" and "mature command of language" are also listed in the Grade 10 Anchor Set as highly positive qualities.
Richard Ristow has written for journals, newspapers and websites since 2002. His work has appeared in "2009 Nebula Showcase" and elsewhere. He is a winner of the Science Fiction Poetry Association's Rhysling Award and he edits poetry for Belfire Press. He also holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and has managed an automotive department at WalMart.
writing image by Alison Bowden from Fotolia.com | compose a persuasive essay. Focus, grammar, mechanics and detail are assessed in all three, but when you're preparing for the FCAT, it is important to keep the essay type in mind. While the exact essay prompts may ultimately be different from year to year, the FCAT Anchor Sets provide a valuable study tool. The best way to prepare for the test to write practice essays.
Grade 4, Narrative
In fourth grade, students are asked to write a narrative. An effective written response should demonstrate mastery of language and grammar at a fourth-grade level. The prompt, according to the 2010 Anchor Set, is to tell a story about a day students made lunch for the school. In preparing for this test, a prospective student needs to know how to tell a complete story with a tight sense of focus and a descriptive attention to detail. Essay graders are also looking for organizational patterns.
Grade 8, Expository
According to the FCAT's 2010 Grade 8 Anchor Set, students are asked to explain how life has changed with the transition from elementary to middle school. Effective essays should create and maintain a sense of focus. The use of effective paragraph transitions should enhance an apparent organizational strategy. Using varied sentence structure also reflects well on the writer. Writers should avoid cliches and well-worn language while aiming for "freshness of expression." All supporting | 280 |
Bench recognizes Marchand's accomplishments
George Austin
SOMERSET — Cindy Bergeron, the daughter of the late Arthur "Chick" Marchand, Jr. who served for many years as Somerset's town administrator and as a selectman, knew what the priorities of her father were.
"He loved his wife, he loved his family, but Somerset was first," Bergeron said. "Everything was about Somerset."
To honor her father's more than 40 years of service to the town, a granite bench was dedicated to him in Somerset Village Waterfront Park over the weekend as part of the Spirit of Somerset Family Fun Day event. Marchand was Somerset's first town administrator.
"He was a wonderful man," Bergeron said. "He loved Somerset more than anything else. That's why they called him Mr. Somerset."
Marchand, a 1946 graduate of Somerset High School, was town moderator from 1963 to 1966 and was a member of the Board of Selectmen from 1966 to 1984, serving as chairman since 1976. He was selected as Somerset's first town administrator on Nov. 29, 1984, a position he held until his death; he had planned to retire in the fall.
Bergeron bought the bench to honor her father at Tootell Monument in New Bedford. She said the amount of space on the bench was not enough to engrave everything that her father did for the town. She said the bench was placed in the perfect spot.
"It's beautiful the way they put it there," Bergeron said. "It's breathtaking the way it looks out at the water. He loved the water. He was a sailor. He loved the water. He loved the town of Somerset. This brings those together."
Bergeron said she recently saw Phyllis Bence, who was the secretary to her father when he was the town administrator, at a pharmacy recently and said she was very happy that the bench was being dedicated to her old boss. Bergeron said her granddaughter recently could have bought a house in different towns, but even though the prices were higher in Somerset, she purchased a house in town because of the family's history.
Bergeron said she has a room in her house with Somerset memorabilia that her father had collected.
Bergeron said Selectmen Chairman Donald Setters, Jr. approached her about dedicating a bench to her father because he believed he needed to be recognized for four decades of service to the town. Bergeron said Setters told her that if the family would purchase the bench, the town would acknowledge Marchand's<|fim_middle|> he loved the town and put Somerset first.
"I remember the last days of Mr. Marchand working for the town of Somerset as an administrator," Setters said. "He was very, very sick. It just amazed me how he woke up everyday and came to the Town Hall to deal with a myriad of issues."
There had been legislation to name a bridge after Marchand, but the bridge was eventually named the Veterans Memorial Bridge.
"I thought it was long overdue to have something commemorate what Arthur Marchand did for the town of Somerset," Setters said.
Setters said people followed Marchand because he had a great ability to bring people together. He said Marchand was a very smart man and extremely well educated.
"I think he was born to be a town leader," Setters said.
Setters said one of Marchand's biggest accomplishments was his frugality during the years when money was no object for the town because it had so much revenue coming from two power plants. Setters said the town could have blown through that money at that time, but Marchand always insisted that money be put away.
"He was way ahead of his time," Setters said. "He knew those power plants weren't always going to be there and those savings for the taxpayers was a saving grace and it's given town officials a chance to find a solution and we can thank Arthur Marchand for that." | service.
"I was blown away," Bergeron said. "I was grateful that he wanted to acknowledge my father's obvious dedication to this town and my brother and sister were grateful as well."
Along with Fernald Hanson, Setters said he ranked Marchand as one of the best selectmen the town has ever had. He said Hanson was similar to Marchand in the way | 76 |
Children who receive early music training rating higher on standard examinations.
The use of music throughout understanding can boost a kid's INTELLIGENCE.
young children who take songs lessons show different mind growth and improved memory throughout a year compared to kids who do not obtain music training.
There is a link between spatial thinking as well as involvement in music as well as motion activities.
Preschool children go to the beginning of the understanding spectrum. Moms and dads as well as instructors established learning patterns and also attitudes and present children to learning by supplying the initial direct exposures. These direct exposures ought to motivate the pleasure of taking part in music and making songs. Joyous trial and error will result in the development of musical skills and also lay the foundation for future music knowing as well as for future scholastic success.
As a songs instructor for 40 years, I have seen the favorable outcomes of music education and learning for children. At Silly Bus performances, I enjoy seeing the positive responses of the children to the tracks and interactive presentations as they find out a selection of educational skills and principles. The music, as well as programs, have a wonderful charm for children.
As youngsters make music, pay attention to songs, as well as transfer to songs via a range of experiences, they create imaginative capacities, focus<|fim_middle|>.
Try this workout to experience audiation or internal hearing. Calmly think the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb." Did you think one note each time? Or did you assume teams of notes? Did you internally hear the notes as a pattern?
We do the exact same point when we silently listen to the language. We listen to words, not letters individually. The even more words we have in our vocabularies, the far better we hear and comprehend the meaning of what we are listening to. Equally, as we provide indicating to language, we need to provide meaning to songs through relevant patterns of tones as well as rhythms. Also, the extra tonal and also rhythm patterns we have in our songs vocabularies, the far better we will hear and understand the definition of the music. To assist your kid or student establish music listening and talking vocabularies, have the kid listen as well as move to a range of tunes. Welcome them to sing many different melodies. | spans, electric motor and also rhythmic control, socialization skills, imagination, as well as the ability to procedure aural info. It is very vital for parents to reveal their children to music and to urge involvement in songs as well as activity tasks informally in the house and also in more orderly songs education and learning settings.
Activity is natural in youngsters and supplies the basis of whatever children find out. It contributes to the development as well as synchronization of the big and little body muscle mass. Furthermore, a motion is a crucial nonverbal understanding tool. Young children recognize a lot that they can not yet take into words. They show their understandings through gestures as well as various other activities. As we observe the child's motion, we get insight into what the child is assuming and comprehending.
Tunes aid us to learn along with share ourselves in a music way. Suitable songs for preschool children include baby room rhymes, finger plays, educational songs that integrate checking, letters of the alphabet, pets and also animal sounds, shades, etc. Tunes, as well as videotaped songs, must promote tasks such as strolling, leaping, dance, and also marching. Slapping or patting the constant pulse or beat of rhymes, tunes, chants, as well as videotaped songs is a useful activity and prep work for future music set engagement. The ability to execute a steady beat while singing, talking, or listening to music help the child's success in the analysis as well as other academic areas. Songs education is an important facet for a child's discovering process in life. From basic start experiences, the youngster is guided to more sophisticated music as well as imaginative tasks.
While songs are a feasible stand-alone curriculum, music likewise enhances and enhances the learning of various other abilities as well as benefits discovering in many means. This is particularly real for analysis and language arts. Music assists youngsters concentrate on the framework of sounds which is a vital element in language advancement and also literacy skills. Having a musical vocabulary of ariose patterns and expressions straight transfers to the ability to develop a talked vocabulary of patterns and sounds-thereby aiding the child's success in reading as well as interacting.
It has long been thought that brains change as a result of music discovering. Researchers in neuroscience, utilizing recent advances in MRI modern technology, are in fact examining the human mind in the act of developing or paying attention to music. As well as what they are locating is impressive.
Perhaps one of the most exciting news is the evidence that music can actually alter the physical structure of the mind – a reality that has vital effects for both education and learning as well as medicine. Music might even be a major key to unlocking the mystery of just how the brain in fact discovers.
An essential building block for learning music abilities and also ideas is an audition. You might know with the term inner hearing. The term addiction (internal hearing of music or calmly hearing music) was coined by music education and learning researcher Edwin E. Gordon.
Audiation is Gordon's term for listening to music psychological with understanding. It is the process of believing songs as well as understanding songs psychological. Gordon defines audiation as the structure of musicianship.
Audiation is the process of mentally hearing as well as understanding songs, also when no physical noise exists. It is a cognitive process by which the brain gives indicating to music noises.
Audiation or internal hearing occurs when we "calmly hear" as well as provide implying to songs without the noise, i.e., believing a melody, slapping a rhythm pattern from a tune while assuming the tune. The growth of education is fundamental as well as invaluable in building all music skills. We should always make every effort to grow the addition of rhythm and tonal patterns, melodious lines, as well as phrases. Auditions should be the initial step in one's songs experience prior to introducing notation, as well as various other aspects of music theory | 792 |
George Springer slam starts Houston Astros' surge past Kansas City Royals
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- George Springer needed a double in his final two plate-appearances to get the cycle.
He did not get it, grounding out in the seventh and walking in the ninth. But that is about the only thing Springer did not do Friday night.
Springer drove in five runs, four with a first-inning grand slam, and Colby Rasmus had four hits, including a solo homer in the eighth inning, as the Houston Astros crushed the Kansas City Royals 13-4 on Friday night.
Springer said he was not thinking about a cycle.
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"Jose (Altuve) kept telling to swing and hit the double," Springer said. "But I would much rather have us win."
Rasmus scored three runs and had two RBIs.
"We're kind of getting it going here with Spring setting the table up top," Rasmus said. "It feels good. I'm happy for George. I'm happy for our team. We weren't missing when he (Edinson Volquez) made mistakes. He's usually a little bit effectively wild in getting you off the barrel. We were able to get him tonight."
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Dallas Keuchel (4-9) picked up his first victory in five June starts. Keuchel allowed four runs on 11 hits in 6 1/3 innings, throwing 70 strikes in 98 pitches.
"It's certainly not a bad thing," Keuchel said of the 12-0 lead. "I don't think you'll ever hear a pitcher complaining about it. It does kind of take you out of the mindset of setting some consecutive hitters in a row down. I obviously wasn't sharp, but at the same time I was afforded the luxury to give up a few runs if I had to.
"All in all, it's a different mindset, but at the same time you've got to go out there and get quality major league hitters out, they are world champions and pretty good at home. This doesn't happen often."
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Cheslor Cuthbert hit his sixth home run in the seventh and drove in three Royals' runs.
The Astros sent 12 men to the plate in a nine-run first inning, which Springer led off with a triple and capped off the scoring with a grand slam. It was Springer's major-league leading third grand slam this season.
The inning also included run-producing singles by Marwin Gonzalez, Rasmus, Carlos Gomez and Jason Castro. Another run scored when shortstop Alcides Escobar dropped Evan Gattis' fly-ball to shallow left.
Royals starter Volquez faced three batters in the second and retired none before being retired. Dillon Gee replaced Volquez and allowed all three runs to score, skyrocketing Volquez's ERA from 4.12 to 5.15. Springer added his fifth RBI on a ground out.
"I mean, it is what it is," Gee said. "I was ready to go in there when I needed to. It's a tough situation to come into, for a guy like me especially. I'm a not a big strikeout guy, so bases loaded with no outs, that's a tough situation, but, like I said, just try to do the best you can.
It was Volquez's shortest outing since Aug. 23, 2013, when with the San Diego Padres he allowed six runs in 2/3 of an innings against the Chicago Cubs.
"It's just one of those days," Volquez said. "Ever since I started pitching you're going to have just one of those days, at some point in your career. I've got probably three or four of them."
The Royals got a run in the second when Paulo Orlando tripled and scored on Cuthbert's double. In the fourth, Orlando had an infield single, moved to third on Brett Eibner's double and scored on Cuthbert's ground out.
Alcides Escobar homered on Keuchel's first pitch of the fifth, his first since Aug. 21 at Boston.
NOTES: INF Raul Mondesi will begin a rehab assignment Saturday with high-Class A Wilmington at Winston-Salem. Mondesi, the Royals' top prospect in the minors, was suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball for violating the joint drug prevention and treatment program. He will be eligible to resume his Double-A Northwest Arkansas season on July 4. ... 2B Jose Altuve singled in the first inning, extending his streak to reaching base safely to 27 games. ... Royals LF Alex Gordon, who is on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha, will probably come off the disabled list Saturday. ... The Astros are calling up 1B-DH A.J. Reed on Saturday. He hit .266 with 11 home runs in 59 games for Triple-A Fresno. ... Astros RHP Mike Fiers and Royals RHP Chris Young are the | 1,092 |
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Venice Performing Arts Center, Entertaining the Community and Beyond
Jodi Schwarzenbach
Posted On Wednesday, 15 March 2017 01:00
With a location to die for and a crowd loving the variety of shows that have been scheduled, Venice Performing Arts Center is delighting locals and tourists alike. Situated on Venice Island, and the showcase of Venice High School, the facility is a mecca for the arts with neighborhood businesses loving the ancillary effects they are receiving from attendees who need food, drink, and additional evening entertainment.
Venice Performing Arts Center is a $15 million dollar facility which opened in 2014. Funded by sales tax dollars and Sarasota County school money, it provides a rich, beautiful venue for multiple arts and performance outlets including Venice Institute for Performing Arts, The Venice Symphony, Venice Concert Band, Venice Chorale, and Venice High School band and theater groups. A similar community and school venture is happening in North Port where the North Port Performing Arts Center is situated on the campus of North Port High, and many local groups have access to the state-of-the-art facility. Both venues have proven to have regional appeal, drawing in visitors from several area counties.
VPAC is the largest performing arts center in the area and seats nearly 1100 people in a multi-level auditorium. Attendees have the option to seeing everything from country legends like Charlie Daniels Band to timeless classics like Romeo and Juliet being played out. The Sarasota Post is pleased to present their schedule for the rest of March. It would be a short and scenic ride to the Island of Venice where you'll be sure to catch a lovely sunset over the water and a fantastic meal at any number of downtown haunts before treating yourself to a performance at Venice Performing Arts Center. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit www.veniceperformingartscenter.com.
March 15, 7:30 P.M., Charlie Daniels Band
Catch a glimpse into the legendary career of one of country music's favorite crooners. From bluegrass to gospel to traditional country, the Charlie Daniels Band will have you out of your seat and dancing to songs that have lived in your hearts and memories for years.
March 19, 3:00 P.M., La Vie En Rose: Parisian Society Café' Music
Featuring the French singer, Violette, this program unites old-favored standards, swing, French jazz songs and<|fim_middle|>uren Mitchell and Twinkle, 1 Song and BOOM!
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March 25, 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M., Island Village Montessori School: Let the music play
With an original script that features over 80 students of IVMS on stage ranging from three years old to 11th graders, this will be an impressive endeavor. The story focuses on a group of educators who must bring art to their artless school. The audience will delight in the high range of talent these students possess.
March 26, 7:00 P.M. Women of Ireland
This production combines Irish dancing, songs, and music under one roof featuring vocalist sisters, Fiona, Naomi, and Evangeline O'Neill, fiddle players, an award-winning Aerialist, and primary dancer, Caterina Coyne, along with 30 additional performers.
March 27, 7:00 P.M. Venice Concert Band
Enjoy this fan favorite featuring many of the songs you know and love, with many local performers you will recognize as friends and neighbors around Venice.
March 31, 7:00 P.M., Moscow Meets Manhattan: Dueling Pianos Plus with Brian Gurl and Katherine Alexandra
Dubbed as "Russian Phenom and American Piano Man," this unique pairing brings humor and style to tunes ranging from Billy Joel to Rachmaninoff, and from The Tango to Phantom of the Opera.
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It's About Time… that a developer put some thought into their game's subtitle<|fim_middle|> Undercoders, which gives you photos of dozens of consoles to identify.
It starts off straightforward, but soon moves into specific variants of well-known consoles, obscure handhelds and properly retro machinery. It's around level 8 of 10 that things start to get really tricky: the only one I even recognised was that fancy silver GameCube combo that was only released in Japan (I'll leave you to think about that for yourself).
There are hints available – manufacturer and year, and some of the letters – which are particularly welcome if you're as rubbish on Atari and NEC as I am. Google is also of assistance. Hints are paid for with coins, which are earned reasonably generously for quickly guessing correct answers and also over time. You can buy them too, of course, and you can also pay to remove adverts – but the IAPs are really quite restrained. | , rather than randomly picking a word like 'Revelations' or 'Requiem' from a dictionary.
What pleases us so much about Plants vs Zombies 2's subheading is that it works on three different levels. The curiously likeable zombies first shuffled onto the App Store back in 2009. As sequels go, it has been a bloody long time coming. The saying 'from small seeds…' certainly rings true here though – right from the start it's clear this sequel has had a lot of love, time and attention lavished upon it. It looks superb – each plant and zombie as well animated as the next – while the dialogue often raises a grin.
There's a welcome time-travel theme this time round too. The plot sees the more than slightly insane Crazy Dave eat a taco that's so delicious that he goes back in time to eat it again. Things don't quite go to plan, however, and both yourself and Crazy Dave accidentally travel back to ancient Egypt. After taking on the mummified undead, there are bloodthirsty zombie pirates to contend with, followed by a trip to the Wild West. Each era brings a wealth of new zombie types who have their own unique attacks to catch you off guard.
Like before, using time wisely plays a huge part. At the start of each battle just a minute or so is at your disposal to start placing plants on the battleground. There's a slight sense of familiarity – sunflowers remain essential to collecting resources, while peashooters are the focal point of the evergreen arsenal. It's not long though until fresh plant types are introduced, along with a handful of new power-ups.
Pinching the screen to decapitate zombies is vastly entertaining, and plant food can now be dropped onto your garden gang for a temporary super-charged attack. Experimenting with these is a genuine pleasure due to each plant being affected in a suitably different manner. We challenge you not to smile when using one on a zombie blocking 'wallnut' for the first time. These powerful attacks aren't just for show either – they add a further degree of strategy.
If you've worked in an office over the last decade or so, you've probably been hit at some point by the deluge of Excel quizzes. They were fun! Sort of.
Little screen caps from films or scraps of sweet wrapper or whatever, and you have to guess what they are. The whole office gets involved to try to solve the last few tough buggers and no-one does any work for about a week, until eventually the last person loses interest and gives up caring what that obscure chocolate bar is.
Of course, you don't need a spreadsheet package to play these now – that's what smartphones are for!
My favourite is the recently released Consoles Video Games Quiz (iTunes: free) by Spanish developer | 582 |
Can healthcare professionals depend on clinical intuition for diagnosis?
Clinical Intuition is one of the decision-making approaches healthcare professionals use, to process available information and diagnose patients. It is largely seen as automatic and associated with involuntary reflexes that these clinicians possess. Commonly referred to as "gut feeling" or "inner voice", researchers claim that intuition is an unconscious or subconscious process that warns the physician about what is currently happening or going to happen with the patient. These are the subtle signs that the doctor is able to recognize or "see through" regarding the patient even if there are no overt manifestations or symptoms of a disease.
Some researchers say that though it may seem like a mysterious ability, physicians heavily rely on pattern-recognition to diagnose the patient. Research evidence points out that the way physicians respond reflexively to what is presented before them, because of their previously acquired knowledge through medical studies and several years of clinical practice. Their unique expertise helps them discern patterns and subtle signs that may not be perceptible to the common eye. This approach has proven itself useful in time-sensitive instances like emergencies, crises, and critical care.
In this approach, when clinicians diagnose a patient, they collect the symptoms and create a list of probable disorders that could be affecting the patient at a given point of time. For instance, a fever could be dengue, viral, typhoid, or malaria. Then, they execute differential diagnoses where they utilize resources like tests, scans, and data from secondary consultations to narrow their existing list down to find out the illness that is actually affecting the patient.
This approach proves to be taxing and impractical at times because a patient cannot be tested for malaria, dengue, viral fever or typhoid every time he or she runs a temperature. Some diseases do not even manifest with the complete range of symptoms for weeks together, so a particular disease may not show up on the medical reports as well.
Though these two approaches are pitched against each other, in the hospital setting, they complement each other. Increasingly, healthcare professionals are using these approaches simultaneously for diagnosis and clinical decision-making. In order to provide high-quality care, these clinicians have to strike a balance between using the two approaches.
While it is impractical to order an MRI scan for every patient with a headache, intuitively deciding that every one of the patients has a migraine is a wrong diagnosis. Healthcare practitioners must learn to alternate between the two approaches as and when necessary. That can happen only if they are aware of how their cognitive biases can cause errors in clinical evaluation.
There is limited research on the role of intuition in healthcare because doctors are reluctant to discuss it. Though they discuss with their colleagues about clinical intuition in a private and safe setting, they do not openly share their assessment processes keeping the society in mind.
The patients, hospital management boards, medical authorization bodies, and the public—with their attitudes, stereotypes, and prejudices—do not consider intuition to be a legitimate part of clinical decision-making procedures. However, the nursing field has proven to be an exception where there is considerable research available regarding the topic in question.
BMJ.com (formerly British Medical Journal) published a research in 2012 suggesting that doctors should act upon their gut feelings instead of ignoring them when treating children in primary care.
A study by Amanda Woolley and Olga Kostopoulou conducted in 2013, "Clinical Intuition in Family Medicine: More Than First Impressions", claims that clinical literature does not recommend the use of intuition. That is because such intuitive thought is associated with early impressions that doctors get when they diagnose a patient (the first thing that comes to a physician's mind during diagnosis).
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Nydia van den Brink and Anne Schuurman conducted a literature study titled, "The role of intuitive knowledge in the diagnostic reasoning of hospital specialists: process and result". According to the study, clinical settings use intuitive reasoning widely and acknowledge it as a significant part of decision-making processes. The study suggests that research on intuition will help reduce medical errors. Additionally, medical schools should teach students to handle intuitive reasoning better through proper training.
A study conducted by Carl Thompson and Huiqin Yang in 2009 titled, "Nurses' Decisions, Irreducible Uncertainty and Maximizing Nurses' Contribution to Patient Safety" suggests that nurses play an integral part in contributing to patients' safety especially when they intervene on clinical uncertainties.
These nurses are taught to handle uncertainties intuitively and that poses as a problem because intuitive decision-making is prone to biases. The nurses do not do well especially if the circumstances are critical with time constraints. The study concludes that more research should be done on nurses' intuitive decision-making processes to spot the flaws in the approach. It also suggests that hospitals and other stakeholders should train nurses in clinical decision-making in order to maximize patients' safety.
Healthcare professionals use their clinical intuition every day but are not inclined towards acknowledging that to the public. The limited medical literature available on clinical intuition refers to it as an involuntary, reflexive approach arising from the deeper levels of our conscious. Clinicians claim that they use intuitive and analytical approaches that complement each other in diagnosis, treatment, and care.
Though the intuitive approach is partially unreliable, clinicians do not want to do away with it. In fact, the literature suggests that medical schools should train healthcare providers on critical thinking and intuitive decision-making etc., in order for them to understand the nature of clinical intuition and be aware of their cognitive biases while taking medical decisions.
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Is communication with proxima b possible with todays technology?
Let's say we have already a base on an exoplanet (like Proxima B). Would it be possible to send information from that base to the earth with todays technology? Not to talk about communication with such a distance ...
And how would it be done? Light or Radiowaves? Would it be possible to direct it so well, that some very small fraction of that wave could reach the earth? Or is it only a question of how much energy is needed?
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$\begingroup$ with lasers quora.com/… and deepspace.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/… $\endgroup$ – Marijn Aug 27 '16 at 18:49
This is a pretty complex question. You might have better luck at space exploration than here.
Since you asked about current technology, how NASA does it now is they have very large microwave receivers, 3 stations, 70 meters each and the transmission is in microwave frequencies. Microwaves are likely the best wavelengths to send long range space communications because it's a comparatively low background noise and because it travels through Earth's atmosphere, so receivers can be built on the ground, which is much easier than building a 70 meter (or larger) dish in space. I'm using this as a source, it seems reliable, though it's apparently a hobbyist, not anything official.
This picture below is a page from NASA, showing the microwave window, which is used for communication.
And the microwave receivers, called the Deep Space Network (DSN), operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
The precise band used is a little tricky (and I'm not an expert), but bands for satellite communications are divided up by countries. Article on that here. I would think they might try to use a band in the Water Hole, 1.42 to 1.666 GHz, which is in the L band, but most deep spacecraft communication and photos sent from distant space crafts is done in the S band. I'm not sure why that is.
As distances double, the strength of the signal is reduced by four and the signal has to stand out against background radiation, which is constant, while the signal weakens by the square of the distance. This isn't an easy problem over vast distances. But when you say "communicate", there's different kinds of communication, Morse Code or Binary Codes are very simple, only a few bytes per letter and messages can be transmitted that way at far greater distances. NASA is generally interested in photographs, and our spacecraft relay pictures back to NASA by ones and zeros via microwave messages, this can be compared to internet connections for speed. New Horizons, which recently flew past Pluto, takes about 1 hour to send 1 picture. Very good write-up on that here.
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (per Quora answer), can communicate with as fast as 2 million bits per second, but it's much closer. How far and/or how fast (the 2 questions are related) a space craft can communicate with Earth depends on how big a transmitter they give it, how much power it has and how long it's power source is required to last.
Now, I'll try to answer your question badly, using Pluto and New Horizons as a baseline.
New Horizons is a relatively recent launch, (at least, compared to the Voyagers), it was launched in 2006, so it's using 10 year old technology. It's currently a bit over 35 astronomical units from earth and it's still sending pictures because it sends them very slowly. This article is 5 months old, but it says that it took New Horizons about 8 months to send half of the pictures it took of Pluto and Charon (and Nix and Hydra and . . . the others), by the equivalent of a tediously slow internet connection, (from the article)
New Horizons is transmitting data at a poky 2,000 bits per second (March 2016), and by summer that will drop to 1,500—a fraction of one percent of broadband data rates here on Earth. It takes about an hour for an average image file to arrive, from the first bit to the last.
It's also relatively low power. I couldn't find specifics on the wattage of it's transmitter/receiver unit, but the entire New Horizons power usage is currently about 200 watts Source and there are several components on it that share that energy. Source. Obviously we have the means to build much more powerful transmitters than 30 or 50 watts, or whatever it uses, but that's all that was needed for this specific mission. New Horizons is expected to operate for 20-25 years, till about 2030, at which point it will be over twice as far from Earth as it is now, and transmitting data to us at about 500 bits per second. Source.
A final bit of information is the angle of the beam. (from the first New Horizons link above):
The system includes two broad-beam, low-gain antennas on opposite sides of the spacecraft, used mostly for near-Earth communications; as well as a 30-centimeter (12-inch) diameter medium-gain dish antenna and a large, 2.1-meter (83-inch) diameter high-gain dish antenna. The antenna assembly on the spacecraft's top deck consists of the high, medium, and forward low-gain antennas; this stacked design provides a clear field of view for the low-gain antenna and structural support for the high and medium-gain dishes. Operators aim the antennas by turning the spacecraft toward Earth. The high-gain beam is only 0.3 degrees wide, so it must point directly at Earth.
Now, onto (approximately) Proxima Centauri. It's about 268,000 AU from Earth, which is about, 7,600 times further from Earth than New Horizons currently is. That requires a beam, everything else being equal, some 57 million times stronger. That's not going to work.
I couldn't find any good information on the technology. If a beam could be tightened from 0.3 degrees wide to 0.1, or 0.01, the first would provide 9 times as strong a signal. The 2nd, 900 times. A .01 degree wide beam from Proxima Centauri would spread out to about 46 astronomical units by the time it reaches Earth, so I would think, the tighter they could make the beam the better, but at .01 degrees, the signal strength would still be about 1/60,000th the strength of New Horizons current transmission. .001 degrees, and I have no idea if that's possible, but that tight a beam, you're getting into the "this could work" range, about 1/600th the strength of the New Horizon's signal, and with greater power behind the signal and, perhaps, a larger satalite dish built on Earth, then it's in the range of workable. (but I have no idea if microwave beans can be sent over just .001 degrees)
Presumably with a much more energetic transmitter, say a few thousand watts and a very tight beam and they might be able to get a good enough transmission for Morse code, but, I would think, no pictures, only a letter at a time, like<|fim_middle|> tagged exoplanet or ask your own question.
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Do we have the technology to do it today? Well, to me, it looks pretty touch and go. I think, maybe, if there was a human colony already there, with nuclear power plants and equipment to build a large transmitter/receiver then, if they can get the beam tight enough, we probably could exchange dots and dashes with today's technology.
Can we build a spacecraft that could communicate to us from 4.2 light years away - no, I don't believe we could do that with today's technology, not at that distance.
All that said, communication is a far less difficult problem than actually getting there.
I hope my layman's answer isn't too far off.
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$\begingroup$ Excellent and comprehensive answer. People like you who take time and contribute their dedication make the internet such an exceptional place. $\endgroup$ – NilsB Aug 30 '16 at 6:56
Yes, it is absolutely possible. It would take a few years (more than 4) just to get our signal there though.
I would imagine that a very high powered x-ray laser pulsed at a high frequency implying 0s and 1s, in a binary code would be the only real way to ensure that the same information leaving here would arrive there. The signal received would be in a larger wavelength, so that would have to be taken into account when deciphering the message.
However, when the laser fired from JPL's observatory at the Galileo satellite when it was at Jupiter, the Galileo didn't have any trouble decoding the message. (see my profile pic) And that was only a (summed pulse) 40MW Nd:YAG laser (>_o), I'm sure that a space based laser system firing a similar strength laser (in the x-ray band) wouldn't have too too much trouble getting a message out there to Proxima B, if there were an array large enough to collimate the beam. My first order approximation puts the primary required to be something on the order of 60+ meters... which isn't feasible with today's technology.
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$\begingroup$ The problem is that lasers aren't perfectly collimated. They will diffuse and spread out over distances. Four light years may be well beyond what any reasonable, or even achievable, laser signal sent from earth (or orbit thereof) can maintain sufficient collimation to be detectable and decipherable. Accounting for the intervening dust should make it even less probably. So to account for this "being within current technology" would need something to substantiate that such a laser signal is actually achievable. Jupiter is really close compared to Proxima B. $\endgroup$ – zibadawa timmy Aug 28 '16 at 3:29
$\begingroup$ @zibadawatimmy, that is actually a great point. For some reason I wasn't thinking about the focal length differences for required collimation. I've revised. $\endgroup$ – LaserYeti Aug 29 '16 at 2:16
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Try to remove some of the geo or performance restrictions. | Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide.Born to Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra began his musical career in the swing era with bandleaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. Sinatra found success as a solo artist after he signed with Columbia Records in 1943, becoming the idol of the "bobby soxers". He released his debut album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra, in 1946. But by the early 1950s his professional career had stalled and he turned to Las Vegas, where he became one of its best known residency performers as part of the Rat Pack. His career was reborn in 1953 with the success of From Here to Eternity, with his performance subsequently winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sinatra released several critically lauded albums, including In the Wee Small Hours (1955), Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1956), Come Fly with Me (1958), Only the Lonely (1958) and Nice 'n' Easy (1960). Sinatra left Capitol in 1960 to start his own record label, Reprise Records, and released a string of successful albums. In 1965, he recorded the retrospective album, September of My Years and starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music. After releasing Sinatra at the Sands, recorded at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Vegas with frequent collaborator Count Basie in early 1966, the following year he recorded one of his most famous collaborations with Tom Jobim, the album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim. It was followed by 1968's Francis A. & Edward K. with Duke Ellington. Sinatra retired for the first time in 1971, but came out of retirement two years later. He recorded several albums and resumed performing at Caesars Palace, and released "New York, New York" in 1980. Using his Las Vegas shows as a home base, he toured both within the United States and internationally until shortly before his death in 1998. Sinatra forged a highly successful career as a film actor. After winning an Academy Award for From Here to Eternity, he starred in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), and received critical acclaim for his performance in The Manchurian Candidate (1962). He appeared in various musicals such as On the Town (1949), Guys and Dolls (1955), High Society (1956), and Pal Joey (1957), winning another Golden Globe for the latter. Toward the end of his career, he became associated with playing detectives, including the title character in Tony Rome (1967). Sinatra would later receive the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1971. On television, The Frank Sinatra Show began on ABC in 1950, and he continued to make appearances on television throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Sinatra was also heavily involved with politics from the mid-1940s, and actively campaigned for presidents such as Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. In crime, Sinatra was investigated by the FBI for his alleged relationship with the Mafia. While Sinatra never learned how to read music, he had an impressive understanding of it, and he worked very hard from a young age to improve his abilities in all aspects of music. A perfectionist, renowned for his dress sense and performing presence, he always insisted on recording live with his band. His bright blue eyes earned him the popular nickname "Ol' Blue Eyes". Sinatra led a colorful personal life, and was often involved in turbulent affairs with women, such as with his second wife Ava Gardner. He later married Mia Farrow in 1966 and Barbara Marx in 1976. Sinatra had several violent confrontations, usually with journalists he felt had crossed him, or work bosses with whom he had disagreements. He was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. Sinatra was also the recipient of eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He was collectively included in Time magazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people. After Sinatra's death, American music critic Robert Christgau called him "the greatest singer of the 20th century", and he continues to be seen as an iconic figure.
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Jude Currivan, Ph.D., is a cosmologist, futurist, planetary healer and author. She has a Master's degree in Physics from Oxford University specializing in quantum physics and cosmology, and a Doctorate in Archaeology from the University of Reading researching ancient cosmologies<|fim_middle|> into understanding by unpacking the specifics and Jude does so in a way that's both entertaining and informative. Jude's website hosts only a small amount of content but there are numerous YouTube interviews available, as well as her five books. Besides the video linked above, another of my favorites is this 25-min. presentation from SAND, Break Down or Break Through ~ enjoy! | . Jude has traveled to more than 70 countries, worked with wisdom keepers from many traditions, and been a life-long researcher into the scientific and experiential understanding of the nature of reality. The author of five books, her latest is The Cosmic Hologram: In-formation at the Center of Creation.
What's been helpful: Like many of the other scientists SAND invites, Jude Currivan is an exceptionally articulate and engaging speaker who expertly intertwines recent discoveries from the physical sciences with ancient wisdoms. As I've written before, it's the sciences that reignited my own curiosity about the nature of consciousness so it's a delight to encounter (yet another!) teacher who speaks to the emerging alignment between scientific and spiritual models of reality. Though I can sense the message of interconnection various discoveries are revealing, I rely on these spiritually-aware scientists to turn my intuition | 178 |
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What is a Twin Soul?
A twin soul, also known as a twin flame or a twin ray is when our souls may decide to split itself to incarnate into more than one body in a particular lifetime in order to speed up learning and growth through experiencing more than one<|fim_middle|> information is not serving your Highest Good if you are following romanticized and unrealistic theories. They are not the "ultimate" soul mate, I assure you! BUT obviously it is your decision to believe it what you feel resonates with you the most. You don't have to accept everything I say but maybe you can learn a few things and take what does resonate away with you.
Some of you reading this may feel disappointed with this information, but I would urge you to ask yourself why you may be holding onto the old theories about Twin Flames…Is it because it's a fantasy and therefore feels more special that accepting reality? Holding onto a fantasy is not being honest with oneself though and only creating more lessons, more karma to learn from if you are missing out on other opportunities because of it.
There are several types of soul mates and all are very important – Companion soul mates, primary soul mates and karmic soulmates. Again, these are just labels used for understanding but ultimately the name doesn't matter. Also, all of these connections can include companionship, karma but not all will be your Primary soulmate, only one will be.
These are souls that you agreed to meet with in a particular incarnation to learn lessons with and usually they are positive connections and sometimes you can spend years with this person in your life. Think friends, family and people who come into your life who inspire you or help you achieve a particular goal. These soul mates are often the people who encourage us and who help us to try something new or different and are the people in your life who you feel good about and who assist you in feeling better about yourself.
This is the soul we have incarnated with in many lifetimes and who is also very close to us in our Soul Family in the Spirit World. We are often lovers with our Primary soul mate in many lifetimes, but sometimes we may be very close friends in other lifetimes. We have learned many lessons and gone through many hardships together and eventually they Create a harmonious bond that they keep returning to in future lifetimes. These connections are very harmonious in most cases and we get together with them as they are very supportive and act as our rock whilst we go through other lessons with other soul mates in our lives.
Again, there can be karma between these souls, but in later lifetimes, all the karma may have been resolved and you can reap the rewards of that by experiencing good karma together.
These are souls who meet in order to settle a karmic debt of sorts. Something in a past life happened between them to make them out of balance in some way and they meet again to try and sort it out. Often, not until all the karma is balanced can these souls stop meeting for karmic reasons. Once karma is balanced, they may become Companion Soul Mates or the Primary Soul Mate in future lifetimes.
I do feel that Primary Soul mates may change if one soul graduates quicker than their previous Primary Soul mate when the faster graduate moves into a more advance Soul Family if the other stays back in the less advanced Family.
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Add an infusion to the bath for power and strength. | life at a time. This is very rare because in most lifetimes, we will want to incarnate with as much as possible of our soul (a small portion always stays in the Spirit World and is known as our Higher Self) so that we have enough soul energy to have the full capacity to deal with the predetermined issues and lessons that our life will bring.
Our souls are not split in half in terms of the masculine and feminine parts cut down the middle like many romanticized theories of twin souls would like us to believe. We incarnate into male or female but we can change sexes in different lifetimes. There is no split down the middle in terms of soul but only what I would say society has taught us to become on earth – male vs female.
These theories try to make the connection sound like the ultimate, perfect soul connection in order to make people feel unique and special if they have a twin soul, but we are ALL unique and special and it is our own soul that decides if we incarnate into more than one body. It is not a punishment and we are not going through these lifetimes simply to try and reunite and join back together with our twin soul because most often we don't have one and if we do, those parts join back together in the spirit world between lifetimes anyway.
The purpose of life is for our souls to learn and grow (because souls need growth too) and use these lives as a stage to act out different roles to experience different things – to learn compassion, love, honor, courage, peace, generosity etc. There are baby souls, intermediate souls and advanced souls. We are all working towards advancement so we can truly experience greater capacities for love in our true form, the soul.
We are all whole and even if our soul is split in a particular lifetime, those two or more parts are also whole too. The soul has an amazing ability to make duplication of itself through splitting itself, but again, in most incarnations, our spirit guides try to encourage us to only incarnate in one body in one lifetime so we can put all our energy into focusing on really getting it right in that lifetime.
Many theories about twin souls suggest we need to "perfect" ourselves for reunion and this often mistakenly leads people to criticize themselves for being supposedly inadequate and leads them in the wrong direction. The purpose of all soul connections is to help us see a mirror of ourselves so we can learn to love and accept ourselves unconditionally like we love our soul connections, not berate or abuse ourselves, or become martyrs to other people or connections. Often when people are doing this they are believing that sacrificing themselves is being loving but really it is codependency. It is about learning to use our own free will to Create a better life through utilizing our best qualities.
But holding onto the idea that we aren't whole without someone else stops us from living our lives in many cases because we put our lives on hold and dedicate too much time on this idea of the connection and we fail to see that we are NOT BOUND to this person like many would have you believe, but they arrived in your life to wake you up to yourself. Holding onto the other person often prevents many from moving on and turning their focus onto self for healing and deeper awakening.
Often twin souls never meet in their physical life because they are not supposed to, but sometimes they do. Many people confuse the term Twin Flames as meaning "the One" but these connections are not romantic in nature because frankly we do not want to have a romance with ourselves! Also, we all have many soul mates who we could potentially form romantic connections with. If we miss one soul mate through our own decisions on the path of life, often there will be another who we may have decided to meet instead.
Many get the term Twin Flames mixed up with what I feel they are truly wanting, which is a Primary soul mate. Most of us do have a Primary Soul Mate who is someone we will have been lovers with in many lifetimes and who is a member of our own Soul family who we are very close to in the spirit world, but sometimes our souls do not decide before a particular lifetime to meet in that lifetime if it doesn't suit their individual goals for that lifetime. But again, we may have decided to meet another soul mate from our soul family or from a nearby soul family from the Spirit World. ALL OF THESE SOUL CONNECTIONS are just as important as the next though, because they all suit a purpose, the purpose of life, which is to experience and GROW.
If these truths were more well known about Twin Flames, I believe that most people would be fascinated to know they exist, but would not choose to experience one personally. These connections are filled with VERY tough lessons about accepting the deepest and darkest corners of ourselves that rarely we dare to look at let alone acknowledge.
Many other soul connections have very similar qualities to the twin Flame connection and that is because most intense soul connections are also about learning to love self.
In truth, very few people are experiencing a Twin Flame connection, although you might be one who is. However, if you aren't then the information on this website should still be extremely helpful to you because of the similarities in many many soul connections. In truth, earthly labels about these connections ultimately don't matter, but for purposes of understanding and so that you can find this website more easily on search engines I have used them here so that the information may be of help to you.
So how will you know if you have met your twin soul? You will just know deep in your heart. And if you don't know, then just realize that this is probably a very important soul connection to teach you something. It may be a lifetime connection, or very fleeting – it will be up to you to look deep within yourself to see what the lessons you need to learn are.
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Project Report Echo Motor 2 de l 'Ecole des Mines de Douai.
We are a team of seven students, and are currently in the second year of<|fim_middle|> but gains on consumption are zero. These findings should be seen in the context of the experience and the generalization of the past is not possible, the principle of water doping is provided in various forms that may be more or less effective. It is conceivable that a new team is continuing research in the field of water doping. | training at the School of Mines de Douai. We chose to work on a draft agreement with our interests, and that includes both technical and environmental aspects.
The band was formed around the idea of the recovery and the continuation of a project started last year: the Echo-Engine project. Implementation and test of a mounting 100% Pantone giving results mixed at best, we decided this year to make and study a system of 'water doping "of a diesel engine.
This system, "unofficially" performance, reduce consumption as well as pollution. Before the amount of available and disseminated on the internet results but without details or guarantees on the conditions of implementation, it seemed necessary to establish a rigorous process to determine actual characteristics of this method, also called Gillier-Pantone.
Our contractor, who was both a major technical and financial partner of our project is CRITT M2A of Bruay-la-Buissière, the Research Center for Technical Innovation in Automotive Engines and Acoustics. He supported the cost of parts required to manufacture the various organs of Gillier-Pantone system and has provided us a test bench for performing tests.
The Echo-Moteur² project consists in carrying out tests on a prototype of a "water doping" system. Beyond the technical aspect, a communication process was put in place to present our project, disseminate our approach and the results of our tests and the conclusions we drew from them through various media. We also participated in a forum and organized a conference during the Sustainable Development Week. The creation of a website appeared as an important step in the process of realization of our project. This last presents our whole approach, our realization as well as our results and decided to create a dynamic website on which Internet users could react through our guestbook.
This project was an opportunity for us to acquire knowledge through experimentation. At the end of our work, we can see that the prototype tested water doping system works | 394 |
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Last year, there<|fim_middle|> everybody agrees to it." | was a lot of rumours that a winter version of the show would be happening, but it never materialised.
Now, it seems producers are set to reunite the cast for the festive episode, following the success of this year's show.
A source told the Sun "Bosses have been wanting to get the cast back together for a few years now but have finally been given the green light because of the success of this year's show. They know exactly the kind of drama that viewers want to see and getting together the couples who have split will certainly make for tense viewing."
So far, Samira and Frankie, Laura and Paul, Georgia and Sam and Ellie and Charlie have all broken up, so it would definitely make for dramatic viewing.
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While most people tend to plan their vacations for the summer when the sun is always shining,and the temperatures are sultry, you like to do things a bit differently. Always marching to the beat of a different drummer, your favorite vacations are the ones taken in winter. Cold weather, snow on the ground, and the sight of other like minded individuals dressed in their wintry best makes you happy. And<|fim_middle|> Enjoy shopping at cute boutiques, fill your stomach with tasty foods, or simply take a bench and spend an afternoon people watching; everything fun happens here!
After a day spent outside, the warmth of your Big Bear Cabins vacation escape will start to look pretty good! Build a fire, brew some coffee, and cuddle up close with the one you love most in life; our sofas are comfortable and soft and you won't want to get up unless you absolutely have to! Reserve your stay today and discover the beauty of a Big Bear winter. | because we are fans of people who like to think outside the box, we are inviting you to spend your next winter vacation in our mountain village. Here are some of our favorite reasons why visiting Big Bear in the winter will make you happy!
The mountains that surround our idyllic town are more than just for show; they are home to two ski resorts,Bear Mountain Ski Resort and Snow Summit Ski Resort,allowing you and your family to double your fun during your California vacation! Offering rentals and lessons in both locations, skiers of all experience levels will soon learn the joys of a winter day spent skiing in Big Bear on the slopes.
To be completely honest with you, tours of Big Bear by helicopter are a treat any time of the year, but we think the views are more magical when experienced in the winter. A blanket of snow softens all the harsh edges of our village, and the mountains standing guard in the background are nowhere near as bleak as you might think they may be—especially when enjoyed from a bird's viewpoint! With prices starting at $35 per passenger, the tours offered by Helicopter Big Bear will easily fit into even the tightest of vacation budgets.
The shopping and entertainment district is perfect to play in year round, but in the winter,when it's decorated for Christmas, The Village truly comes alive. | 270 |
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Molde FK chose TicketCo as their new ticketing supplier a few months ago and the switch had an immediate impact on season tickets sales.
"We are ahead of last years number at this early stage of our season, and the work load on the staff has never been easier," says IT & Ticket Manager of Molde FK, Lars Outzen.
He is more than pleased with the benefits the club is experiencing since choosing TicketCo as their ticketing supplier for the next six years.
"I've been head of ticket sales in Molde FK for the past nine years, and I've never experienced a smoother season ticket sales process. Everything runs perfectly, and both the club and our supporters are super happy," says the ticketing manager.
For the first time since Lars has worked at the club, he's been able to focus on his ordinary work tasks at this time of year, instead of guiding and helping ticket buyers who require assistance due to a cumbersome ticketing system.
"There are still a few customers dropping by our office, but not even close to the previous number. And those who do drop by are being serviced on the spot, quickly and easily. Everything runs faster, its simple to use, and our work days at the office are pure joy," says Mr Outzen.
Lars is pleased by how easy the TicketCo transition has happened.
"The system is more or less self explanatory, and our learning process has run fluently. The feedback from our ticket buyers is also very positive. We find TicketCo's structure highly logical and the system navigation, frictionless. We are really looking forward to next season when we'll have TicketCo at all gates. We expect scanning and validations to run even smoother, helping us to become totally queue-less," he adds.
Molde FK Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is sharing the IT & Ticket Manager's enthusiasm regarding the great sales increase for next season.
"There's a huge difference between<|fim_middle|> easiest system to use both for the clubs and the ticket buyers. As a club we can never take our supporters for granted. We need to offer them easy access to tickets and a smooth customer journey. TicketCo is strong on these qualities, and I'm wishing them the best of luck in both Sweden, Poland and the UK," he states. | playing in front of packed or sparse stands. We need our supporters' support, and as a manager I am happy to hear how well the season tickets sale is running. Hopefully we'll reach Lars' ambition of a 15 percent increase compared to this season," the legendary Manchester United striker states.
When Molde FK signed up with TicketCo in September 2018 they became the sixth out of 16 Norwegian top league clubs to use TicketCo. In October the top league club Tromso IL decided to sign up as well, making TicketCo the dominant provider with an overall of 15 out of 32 clubs as clients in the first two tiers in Norway.
Lars Outzen is not surprised by TicketCo's success.
"I've been working with ticket sales for close to a decade now, and I've dealt with several solutions. TicketCo is by far the | 180 |
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Without a doubt, the world around us is rapidly changing, and our children are aware of more than we might think. Their listening ears hear worried grown-ups talk of job losses, "the economy", political concerns, swine flu, and home foreclosures. If we parents have concerns about the future, imagine what they must feel. Our children are growing up bearing a burden that you and I didn't have to bear.
What is the best way to help our children feel secure in these tumultuous times? These seven steps are important for establishing a strong family at any time but are particularly effective and necessary these days.
When flight attendants instruct passengers to put oxygen masks on their own faces before those of their children, it's a logical sequence. Be strong yourself and you'll be better able to help your children. More than ever, our children need us to be rock-solid. We owe it to our kids to be the adults in the family even when childish urges to over-spend or disregard commitments and responsibilities tempt us.
If you're not feeling particularly strong, please give yourself permission to take care of you. If you need to talk with a counselor about your own feelings of helplessness and fears, make the appointment! When you read a checklist of the symptoms of depression and you can check off most of them, call your doctor! Something as simple as journaling can help relieve stress and put our concerns into perspective. When Mom and Dad are at a weak point in their lives, children become very vulnerable. Strong parents build strong children.
There are conversation subjects that children do not need to hear. Has the family down the street lost their home? Is Dad worried about losing his job? Keep those conversations private and between adults only. If it's tough finding a time and place to talk without the kids around, leave the children with a trusted adult, hop in your car and drive. Literally! Drive 30 or 40 minutes in one direction, turn around and drive back. That's at least an hour of quiet, uniterrupted talking time, and it only cost a couple of dollars in fuel!
Remember that "date night" advice you've heard over and over again? Right now is a good time to put that into practice, if for no other reason than to talk about current issues and difficult decisions. It's important to keep adult subject matter between adults.
When questions do arise, answer them honestly with brief, simplified explanations. Kids mostly want and need to hear that they will be okay. Even if your own situation is dire, you can still reassure them by telling them they're loved and that life is still good.
My current battle in our home is against, "screen time," the time any of us spend in front of a television or computer screen. Every minute spent looking at a screen is a minute taken away from family time. Now more than ever, time spent doing things together will help children feel more secure through stronger family bonds.
Reading aloud is one of the best ways I know of building relationships within a family and increasing time together. As a story unfolds, suddenly everyone is experiencing the same adventure together. Books such as Charlotte's Web and James and the Giant Peach stir up imaginations, but more importantly, conversations.
Physical exercise and activities don't have to cost a dime, and they provide great bonding time while helping everyone stay in shape. Walks through the neighborhood, bike rides along a dusty trail, or hiking through a forest filled with autum color provides time to talk, time to observe nature, and a chance to escape from everyday stress.
Focus on the doing part of family time. Watching TV or a movie together doesn't count!
Just as important as family time, is the time we parents spend with each child individually. My daughter is at her happiest when the two of us are strolling through the aisles of our local craft store. We dream up projects we can do together and then scurry around looking for the supplies, choosing colors, beads, and plumes. My talkative son just wants to be heard. On a trip to a hardware store, he will talk the entire way there and the entire way back. All he needs to know is that mom or dad is listening.
If you study your children, you will soon know their deepest needs and desires. Pay careful attention to their begging.
If you listen, you will soon learn what they need most. Time spent one-on-one can help meet those needs and emphasize to that little one the truth of their importance to you and the unique place they have in the world. Begin to set dates on your calendar for one-on-one time with each child and plan on spending lots of time just listening. And hugging.
Rising rates of foreclosures, bankruptcies, and job losses can easily overshadow the good that is still in our world. Emphasize the good things that happen on a daily basis. A good report card, a<|fim_middle|> most of the Cade courtly episodes on Netflix. Timing for survival talk is important. The kids are particularly interested to talk to me when it relates to a book they've read, a show they've seen, something on the news like the Japan catastrophe , or something that's being talked about at school or in the neighborhood, like a fire or burglary. I don't think I talk differently about survival topics than I do about basic safety; have to wear a seatbelt, don't go into a burning building, don't run from dogs, go to a basement in a tornado, have to wear lifejacket in canoe, no food in the tent, plus a million or so more during their first 19 years.
Thank you for sharing this….I was a young, immature, ignorant mother. I loved them dearly but did a terrible job at raising my girls….now that I'm a grandmother, I'm always seeking ways to improve our relations plus positively influence the grandchildren. Thank you!
I love this list! I have been thinking a lot about how building stronger families is actually a huge aspect of emergency preparedness. A lot of your points coincide with that. Really great ideas. Thanks.
I only wish I had been more positive and hadn't been so "caught up" when my children were small. I'm thankful they have all grown to be wonderful people despite their lack. | visit from Grandma, or a new pair of shoes help keep our kids focused on positive and uplifting thoughts. There is so much beauty and wonder in the world. Get in the habit of pointing out what is good. It will be good medicine for everybody!
Our kids want to believe their parents have all the answers, but we know better. Even though their eyes turn to us for reassurance, deep down they need to know that a watchful, loving Higher Power is there. Children find it easy to trust in God, even if they haven't been taught about Him.
You can help build your child's faith with a simple prayer time together each night. Our family writes down the names of people and situations we pray about to help us be more aware of answered prayers. When you read Bible stories or other stories of faith, point out examples of God's faithfulness and goodness during troubled times. The story of Joseph and of the exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt are exciting stories with lessons of trust and answered prayer.
During uncertain and insecure times, we parents are the glue that holds our families together and keep them strong. The times we live in may be uncertain, but our families can remain strong, our children filled with courage and confidence.
One solution for screen time is just cancel the cable, rip down the antenna and go to DVDs only. We have a netflix membership and internet, other than that we have no 'real-time' access to the outside world.
Good post and keep up the good work.
Thank you so much for including the peice on having a strong relationship and faith in God. With a strong faith we can overcome anything. I am trying my hardest every day to instill that in my children. All the rest comes together after putting Him in charge of our lives. Thank you for the wonderful site.
Some of the nicest time I've spent with my 3 kids has been cooking with them. They are between 10 and 16 years old now and have become capable in the kitchen. When our power goes out, my 10 year old can't wait to bring out her fondu pots and whip up a chocolate or cheese fondu for us. Pie irons are also fun for kids to prepare their food for using in our wood burning fireplace in the living room in winter power outages, or in our modest pot belly fireplace in our backyard in summer . Our power outages are usually due to squalls, and most damage is from big trees falling. It's not really SHTF events, but i like having the kids involved with helping and learning skills that could help them cope in difficult times. It also helps pass time without electronics, and they feel appreciated as contributors.
My kids made sauerkraut and built a compost bin with me today. The love to learn. It's not boring like school. Prepping is like a life-long science experiment for them.
Question to Canadianmom and prepster – Do you find it's easier to talk with your kids about possible emergencies/disasters because you've actively engaged them physically in preparing the ways you describe? I talk to moms about getting prepared, and some have said their kids get scared when moms try to discuss it with them. I think that has to do with the moms themselves being scared and doubtful. What do you think?
Assuming there is no immediate danger, I find the kids more receptive to doing, rather than listening. So I work with that. There is a lot I have done to prep the kids with skills and knowledge, and they have no idea. They have been involved with scouts, swimming lessons, karate, 4H. We go camping, hiking, skiing, biking, canoeing, and I lug around my survival gear, and call it safety supplies. They have learned the value of carrying this stuff when I produce raincoats in sudden downpours, or bandaids, hard candies, cash, Kleenex, hand warmers, a sewing kit, dry socks, scissors, a pen and so on. And they happily lug around their own child-appropriate gear (like tiny flashlights and bandaids) and I encourage them to use it when needed. When they were little, I read them books like "blueberries for sal " before going blueberry picking, or " the giving tree " at apple picking time. They can bake apples and potatos in campfires or fireplaces, and they have their own gardens. from about grade 5, they liked reading the "hatchet" series by Gary Paulson, and "the hunger games" series. They also have seen | 938 |
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On Friday, November 11th ILead's Community of Practice on Engineering Leadership (CoP) took another major step forward, hosting the Third Conference on the Leader Engineer at U of T. More than 70 people attended, including employees of all eight participating companies in addition to students, staff and faculty from U of T Engineering. The focus of the day was the school-to-work transition of engineering graduates, and was organized around two pieces of ILead's current research on this topic. The day began with an overview of ILead by Professor Doug Reeve and a fun interactive activity led by Dr. Robin Sacks.
In the morning, Mike Klassen presented CoP research findings from workplaces on the leadership conceptions and practices among early career engineers. This highlighted the different behaviours that early career engineers exhibit as well as some of the contradictions in how they define leadership and whether or not they see opportunities to practice it. The presentation was followed by a set of case studies of young engineers who faced different leadership challenges in their workplaces. Participants worked in groups to analyze the cases and come up with solutions.
In the afternoon, ILead's Dr. Serhiy Kovalchuk presented CoP research findings on the role of internships and co-ops in the transition process. This showed the crucial role that these experiences play in developing knowledge and skills that are useful during the transition process. Afterwards, students and employers split into groups to describe the expectations and challenges they had for each other in relation to co-op and internships. They spent time walking around reading and reflecting on each other's comments. Finally, employees returned to their company groups to develop plans and ideas for how to improve the structure of their co-op programs.
The next CoP conference will take place in April 2017, and is exclusive to members. This is a great opportunity for companies to engage their employees, to learn about research as it unfolds, to apply it to engineer recruitment, development and retention, and to connect with talented students.
Over 40 people from universities, industry, associations and NGOs gathered at U of T on August 30 and 31 to discuss and share best practices in engineering leadership education.
The National Initiative on Capacity Building and Knowledge Creation for Engineering Leadership (NICKEL) inaugural conference was organized and hosted by ILead in collaboration with McMaster University and Purdue University, based on earlier support from Engineers Canada and Engineers Without Borders. NICKEL featured a<|fim_middle|> association with U of T is a central part of the CoP's value proposition; (2) It is more important for companies to access the latest research than it is to participate in the projects; and (3) Members value both the 1-on-1 relationship with ILead and relationships with other member companies.
The feedback feeds well into Year 2 of the Community of Practice, which kicks off on September 1st, 2016. It promises growth in terms of participation, engagement, learning and impact.
Four members of ILead's research team travelled to New Orleans last week to present our latest findings and to connect with peers in the United States.
Robin Sacks and Mike Klassen each presented a paper in the Leadership Development Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), which now has more than 800 members, and is the fastest growing division in the Association.
Sacks presented 'Sports, arts and concrete canoes' which details the results of a large-scale survey of undergraduate engineering students to understand the influence their extra-curricular activities have on their leadership and engineering skills and identities. This research was the first phase of the Engineering Leadership Project II, which focused on the question of how engineers learn to lead.
Klassen presented 'Charting the landscape of engineering leadership education' which presents findings on the wide differences in approach taken to teaching leadership to engineers across 14 U.S. and Canadian universities who were interviewed as part of the study. This research helps to illuminate the different design decisions implicit in creating new programs, and serves as a helpful framework.
Patricia Sheridan presented the latest results from her five-year PhD research on student design teams. Her Team-effectiveness Learning System is under commercial development.
In addition to these presentations, Doug Reeve and Mike Klassen represented ILead at two important organizational meetings: COMPLETE (Community of Practice for Leadership Education for the Twenty-First Century Engineer) and the ASEE Leadership Development Division's annual meeting. Both demonstrate U of T's role as an important contributor to international conversations on the cutting edge of engineering leadership. | series of presentations, discussions and workshops highlighting programs that focused on leadership at different levels: self, team, organization, innovation and society.
The focus of the conference was on building relationships and connections, and sharing best practices and key learning from program implementation. The first day included a panel discussion that shone a spotlight on the Community of Practice on Engineering Leadership – featuring Michael St. Pierre of Chemtrade Logistics, Jodi Engel of Toronto Hydro, and Emily Moore of Hatch. They emphasized the importance of developing engineers as people who are courageous, self-aware and ready to take initiative when they reach the workplace.
Developing and launching modules and assignments for course integration: individual instructors made plans to introduce teamwork & leadership into design courses, and to develop assignments on leadership and creativity.
Support and integration with internship and cooperative education offices: program leaders and administrators made plans to develop local collaborations with mentorship programs, including plans to rethink staffing.
Creating spaces for leadership outside the classroom: several schools planned to launch community-based projects and offer support to leaders of student organizations.
Growing community and strengthened relationships. Participants expressed the feeling of not being alone, that critical mass has been attained, and noted how the spirit of open sharing and transparency built trust among the group.
Exposure to new ideas and good practice. From small changes in teaching methods, to ideas for new courses and programs, there was a wide diversity of initiatives being led under the banner of engineering leadership across Canada.
Broader mission and scale of change needed. Several people highlighted the need to leverage accreditation and the support of other engineering colleagues to develop calls to action for integrating leadership into the core curriculum.
As the first year of the Community of Practice on Engineering Leadership (CoP) comes to an end, we hosted a reflection lunch with key representatives from member companies on July 13th at the Faculty Club here on campus at the University of Toronto.
This was a chance to gather structured feedback, discuss lessons learned from a year of working together, and to gather input on the draft plan for Year 2 of the CoP.
Partners were extremely satisfied with Year 1, expressing thanks for the "venue to see what other companies are doing with respect to their knowledge and leadership initiatives" and for the opportunity to "step back and hear [research and] thought leadership to apply to our organizational setting".
Three important lessons for ILead, the driver and facilitator of the CoP, were: (1) Brand | 491 |
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Computing is increasingly central to innovation across a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary problem domains. As a result, undergraduate CS programs are being called upon to prepare larger and more diverse student populations for careers involving computer science. Many of these students are not traditional CS students who want to major in CS and pursue careers as software engineers, database architects, or user interface specialists. Rather, they are interested in integrating advanced computational skills and methods with domain-specific knowledge from their non-CS majors. Indeed, many departments are already experiencing rapid increases in the enrollment of non-CS majors in higher-level computing courses. At the same time, new interdisciplinary programs are arising in areas such as data science and artificial intelligence. Standard CS course sequences do not always serve these new, larger, and more diverse student populations well. In response, some departments have created novel, more flexible degree pathways, often called "CS+X" or "X+CS""where X is a discipline or set of disciplines that may include both STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and non-STEM subjects; X might also be a significant societal problem requiring contributions from many such disciplines. The study of X is combined with relevant computing courses tailored to X. With the IUSE: CUE grant program, the NSF aims to support partnerships of Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) as they begin to rethink the role and positioning of CS education, looking perhaps at CS+X or X+CS programs but also at a more holistic restructuring of interdisciplinary degree pathways, with the goal of better preparing a wider, more diverse range of students to collaboratively use computation across a range of contexts and challenging problems.
In addition, as computing becomes more central to so many aspects of our public and private lives, it is incumbent upon the academic community to better prepare students to assume their ethical responsibilities in the use of technology and in guarding against its misuse. Increasingly, the decisions that we make as citizens, consumers, workers, and community members are shaped by digital technologies. Although these technologies can generate large benefits, they can also pose risks, such as erosion of privacy, lack of fairness or accountability in algorithmic decision-making, and the spread of misinformation. It is therefore imperative that computer scientists, data scientists, and engineers have the education and training needed to think critically about the responsible development of these technologies. NSF encourages proposers to use their efforts to re-envision the role of computing to also better integrate the study of ethics into their curricula, both within core CS courses and across the relevant interdisciplinary application areas. Thus, the IUSE: CUE program welcomes two classes of proposals: 1) Proposals that do not include an ethics component and 2) Proposals that do include an ethics component.
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Given its focus on undergraduate education, the IUSE: CUE program is aligned with NSF's Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) framework, which is a comprehensive effort to accelerate improvements in the quality and effectiveness of undergraduate education in STEM fields. IUSE: CUE builds on past investments by NSF's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), including in the previous IUSE grant funding. This IUSE: CUE solicitation supports the initial formation of teams from multiple IHEs to work together to re-envision how CS education can better support the ubiquitous role of computation across disciplines and within interdisciplinary teams and projects. The efforts should include disciplinary faculty across a broad range of STEM disciplines, including education researchers. It is anticipated that future IUSE: CUE solicitations will support more extensive implementations by successful teams and projects.
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Curricular reforms undertaken by a single IHE often have limited impact on the larger academic community. This solicitation intends to build community around efforts that are robust and operate across a range of IHEs. With that in mind, IUSE: CUE will fund collaborations of 3 to 5 IHEs working together, structured and functioning (formally or informally) as a Networked Improvement Community (NIC).
NICs are design communities in which partners share a common goal, develop a common understanding of what it will take to reach that goal, employ common metrics, and meet often to share activities and progress. Individual implementations may vary across partners but the researchers and practitioners together engage in rapid cycles of Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) in order to "learn fast, fail fast, and improve quickly." In this way, they develop, test, and refine interventions that can be effectively adapted across a variety of educational contexts. Proposers are encouraged to include faculty from different disciplines and departments, as well as administrators. In addition, they should include the researchers and evaluators who will be needed to provide the "Study" aspect of the PDSA cycles. The effort should be generally organized according to best practices for NICs.
In many cases, the students who are now gravitating to CS courses to support their non-CS majors are more diverse than those in traditional CS programs. Thus, the IUSE: CUE effort comes with an opportunity to recruit, welcome, and retain a much broader group of students, thereby benefiting all CS students and, more widely, the computing disciplines as a whole. With this in mind, IUSE: CUE requires that all proposals include specific efforts to broaden participation in computing (BPC).
Successful proposals will provide demographic information about the student populations served at<|fim_middle|>. Proposals that do not meet this requirement will be returned without review. A single IHE may partner on at most two submitted proposals.
Special Instructions for International Branch Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal includes funding to be provided to an international branch campus of a US institution of higher education (including through use of subawards and consultant arrangements), the proposer must explain the benefit(s) to the project of performance at the international branch campus, and justify why the project activities cannot be performed at the US-based campus.
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Proposals are to be submitted by May 09, 2019. A similar deadline date is anticipated annually.
Approximately $4,500,000 is available in total funding. Between 12 and 15 awards will be funded. Estimated program budget, number of awards and average award size/duration are subject to the availability of funds. Cost sharing/matching is not required.
Proposals that do not include an ethics component may request a maximum budget of $300,000 over 18 months
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Proposers must include within their budget, adequate allocations for team members to attend two principal investigators' (PI) meetings over the 18-month award period.
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This program solicitation is particularly interested in BPC for groups that have been traditionally underrepresented or underserved in CS. Underrepresented groups in computing include women, Hispanics, African Americans, Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples, and persons with disabilities. However, if proposers wish to target a group not listed, the case for the need and the benefit should be made in the proposal. All proposals must explicitly address broadening participation with respect to the two Additional Solicitation Specific Review Criteria:
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LIFE+ | KA2 "Youth of the World", Sofia, Bulgaria.
As part of the Erasmus KA2 project "Youth of the World", the training on which this report is going to be about represents one of the very first trainings organised for the members of ICDET, the Bulgarian partner organisation in the project. The project aims are multiple. First and foremost, "Youth of the World" is focused on creating youth-led training opportunities that generate social inclusion and promote a multicultural society. So far, this has been done especially sharing and passing good practices concerning Global Education and raising awareness not only about taking a Global Perspective but also about the importance to transmit it to youngsters. This short training session on Global Education is therefore the result of a deeper process, which saw one of its defining moments in May 2018, when representatives from all the partner organisations gathered to meet, reflect and discuss about how to transmit this Global Perspective. In particular, we analysed and assessed a toolkit of activities realized throughout the project. This toolkit consists of a series of group activities that stimulate reflection and debate on Global Education common issues. It is therefore based on a cooperative learning methodology. The ultimate aim of the Staff training held in May was to test and improve it as a guide to be used by trainers and to deliver the training to their respective organisation members. As a temporary intern member of ICDET, I decided to take<|fim_middle|> security services, who informed her that she could not travel because the author's name was on an internal security wanted list in connection with a political case.
- On numerous occasions, the author's wife has personally sought to retrieve her passport, including through friends and family with government influence, without success. Lawyers refuse to act for her on account of her husband's political activities. She, and her six children, have no income and face substantial economic hardship. In addition to the fear and strain, she has lately become ill, requiring medical treatment. Although the three eldest children have their own passports and could theoretically leave the country to join their father, they do not wish to leave their mother in difficulty.
Later on, each team had to present their conclusions to the group. Team n.1 considered the violation as real but claimed it to be just a discrimination rather than violation of Article 12 of UDHR, i.e. arbitrary interference with privacy, as they looked for this case on the internet and discovered that it was legally possible in UK to keep DNA samples and fingerprints for a limited time after a case is discontinued. They also claimed that the reason for the violation was lack of parental control. As for Team n.2, they mentioned a list of violated UDHR articles, among which Article 13, i.e. that right to leave a country. The team claimed that the reason for the violation was above all related to political and religious beliefs. This second team was the one that mostly succeeded in finding the violated human right. Despite this, an interesting discussion about national laws respect for human rights came out before and during the debriefing part of the activity. The questions I asked were:
How did you feel?
Did you already know these human rights?
What are your filings for the victim?
Has this activity changed your views in regards of human rights?
Feelings that came out were about a "mind refreshing activity", "deepening the UDHR" and a "bad justice system", as both the cases took long to be resolved. Another interesting point was about a new idea of human rights important documents such as the UDHR to be used to "defend oneself". Together with the first activity, I feel like this one has also been successful. It is worth to say that a deep knowledge about human rights from the trainer is fundamental. As for me, I tried to do my best before the training but experience is the only thing that makes you improve that.
Feedback and final evaluation:
The final part of the training was focused on general feedback and final self-assessment. I used chocolate to stimulate them to give their feedback. It was generally a positive feedback except for some useful suggestions such us involving more carefully those people that are a little bit shier. This is again something you learn with experience. As for the evaluation, the same bullseye activity was repeated and all signs and initials of the participants got closer to the centre. We had a final discussion about what changed and how to use this training in the future. They mostly all agreed on the fact that they gained some more awareness on the topic and said they wanted to use this knowledge "in their studies" and "to play a role in implementing global education in the formal system".
To conclude, I can say that this training was successful in most of its parts. As for participants, some of them were not very active. However, the most active ones played a leading role in stimulating discussions about the subjects of the training, making the least active more comfortable. It is worth to say that the size of the room wasn't very much helpful as it sometimes made it difficult to move, especially during the energisers. However, we went outside in the garden for two of the activities described. Despite these negative aspects, I can say that it was a good experience of cooperative learning also for me. I had foreseen some of their answers to debriefing questions and prepared a plan B for the activities in case of silence or any other kind of problem, but their answers were then completely different than mine, which made the training learner-centred and learner-led.
Hayes, A & McNally, E 2012, Recognising Learning in Youth Exchanges. A Hands-On Toolkit, Youth Work Service, Léargas.
#erasmus #youthoftheworld #KA2 #EU #program #news #Life | up this challenge and boost my Erasmus traineeship experience organizing this training for my organisation. As I am not a professional trainer, I decided to create a short version of the staff training held in May and implemented three activities of the toolkit during an afternoon: "String Web", "Stereotypes go wrong" and "Our responsibility to respect the rights of others". I chose these activities among in the toolkit because I found them the most flexible ones not only to be adjusted, e.g. in case the number of participants was more or less than expected, but also to touch many subjects related to Global Education, such as interdependence, sustainability, human rights, diversity and stereotypes. The training was attended by 10 participants aged variably between 18 and 30 years old. Most of them were university students or young workers. The activities were preceded by an introduction and starting evaluation part and followed again by evaluation and feedback of the participants. In order to recognize their learning outcomes, participants filled a competences form based on the eight key competences established by the European Commission a few days after the training and obtained a certificate released by ICDET. In this report, I am going to describe how I implemented the introductory and final parts, the activities and comment their results afterwards.
Introductory part: introduction of participants and evaluation
After a brief presentation about myself and the aims of the training, we focused on participants introduction and expectations. Once each of them introduced himself, we broke the ice with an introductory activity in which they had to write down on post-its their expectations and/or fears concerning the training and, after this, what they thought my expectations and fears were. I chose to start with this activity to introduce them to the concept of cooperative learning and build a connection with me based on some common points. In order to do this, I stuck their post-its on the flipchart and commented what was written on them. The most interesting answers about their expectations were to improve skills, learn something they love, improve communication skills, to learn more about non formal education and to have fun. On the other hand, their prediction about myself was mostly related to having fun, learn with participants and concerns about everything going perfect and active participation. As for my fears, they pointed at worries about communication misunderstandings and participants getting bored. The answers I got were certainly the ones I expected. This made me connect with them on the basis of common expectations and agreeing with the fears they wrote for me. However, some comprehension problems occurred in this very first part of the training. I had the impression that the group didn't quite understand the purpose of the second part of the activity i.e. writing my expectations and fears. It is therefore very important to shape a good explanation of it. Moreover, I did realise afterwards that the activity wasn't very interactive, probably because of the previous misunderstanding. In view of this, a simpler sharing activity with expectations and fears would have probably been more easy for them and for me, especially considering my experience as a trainer.
This activity was followed by an introduction to Global Education.
I started by a quick brainstorming and then proceeded with a brief theoretical explanation. Later on, we started the first evaluation before the activities. I took this activity from a toolkit published by Léargas (Hayes and McNally 2012). It consisted in answering some key questions to self-evaluate oneself using a bullseye. The more the participant sign or initials where close to the centre in the bullseye, the more the answer was positive. I chose this activity first and foremost as it is a funnier way to self-evaluate oneself and make them better follow their learning path during the afternoon. The questions to be answered were: "I know how this training will develop me as person.", I can explain what GE is to someone else."and "How much do you perceive the elements of GE to be important and how often do you think about them?".
As we can see in the picture, most of the answers were medium or far from the center, especially as far as explaining Global Education is concerned. We had a debriefing moment after this where I asked:
Why do you think you are at that point?
Where do you want to get?
What needs to happen to get there? Who's responsible for that?
Among all the answers I recorded, I feel I should point at some interesting ones that came out about the need for a "universal definition to explain Global Education" and "support from the education system" as they stimulated a very constructive discussion. This led me to think that the activity was successful, although not the whole group participated in the discussion.
First activity: String Web
In the first activity each participant was given a card with a character to be connected afterwards with one or more other characters present in the group. The characters were:
Tree in the Amazon forest
Pair of cheap shoes
Multinational corporation in USA
Supermarket in Germany
Hydroelectric power station in Netherlands
Solar panel in Sweden
Oil field in Saudi Arabia
Fisherman from Iceland
This activity was done to raise awareness about the concept of interdependence of people from a political, social, economical and environmental point of view. I chose it because it is a multitasking activity, in the sense that it gives participants the opportunity to have a discussion on a variety of topics, from pollution to health issues. As we can see in the picture, a very complex web was created with a string and through the contribution of all participants that found many links with each other. Before the debriefing part of the activity, we reflected on the possible events that could damage the network, defining the specific elements of the web that could be damaged and symbolically dropping them to have a visual effect. The events that came out were financial crisis, deforestation and plague. Later on, we had a debriefing moment in which I asked them:
Is something missing in the network? If yes, which elements?
Are there any missing elements that are essential for the well being of the network?
What does the network represent for you?
Is it a healthy network?
Among the feelings coming out we had "power" but also "powerlessness". Missing elements such as "people" and "political affairs" were deemed to be essential for the web, while "money" was considered as not essential. Most of the participants agreed that the web represented reality but also capitalism. I consider this activity as the most successful in the training. It was inclusive, as all participants had the chance to express which element(s) they felt connected with, but above all constructive as they were all very creative in the links and this led to an interesting discussion about the damaging events afterwards.
Second activity: Stereotypes go wrong
The second activity was much more about trying to be in "someone else's shoes" and reflect upon their feelings. We focused on three characters belonging to three particular categories, often targeted with stereotypes in nowadays society. The characters were:
Irina, 22 years old student, member of the LGBT community;
Django, 15 years old boy, member of the Roma community;
Somar, a 22 years old man, Syrian, asylum seeker in Bulgaria.
I chose this activity because I found it useful to reflect not only on stereotypes per se but also on how to empathise with these categories and how to deal with incidents that can occur. I asked the participants to think about four adjectives or statements, based on society general opinion and stereotypes, for each of the characters listed on the flipchart. Later on, every participant had to choose a character and walk in front of the rest of the group, one by one. The person in front of him had to choose one of the adjectives and tell it to the character. The most important factor in this part of the activity was complete freedom of expression. The adjectives that came out for Irina were "different", "dangerous for children", "transgender", "mentally retarded", "gender", "strange", "you show off", "they demand their rights", "vulgar", "too much emancipated". As for Django, we had "thief", "bad person", "good liar", "fund user", "steel recycler", "not integrated", "poorly educated", "dirty", "you have no rules". Finally, for Somar we had "suicide bomber", "cleaner", "djihadist", "goat lover", "turban", "terrorist", "dangerous", "human traffic", "escaping". During the second part of the activity, the atmosphere I expected wasn't created. I expected this to make them really reflective upon what adjective to choose against the character they had in front. But after a few rounds the atmosphere was too much relaxed and even funny, which I believe shouldn't have happened. This made me think about the fact that the activity was maybe too long, as I asked every participant to choose a character to be, so it probably turned out to be boring towards the end. A god alternative would have likely been to ask for volunteers. However, the debriefing brought participants back to the focus of the activity. The questions asked were:
How did being one of the character was like? Did you 'ask for' it? (follow-up on victim blaming)
How did you feel being the oppressor/enemy?
Did you feel something you have not felt before and what?
How realistic was the situation/violence?
Do these characters experience that in real life? Give examples (personal or of friends, etc.).
What do you think of all these stereotypes? In what level do they reflect reality?
Think of one specific LGBT person, refugee, immigrant, asylum seeker or Roma that you know personally. How much does the previous stereotypical image that was presented reflects the reality of this particular person?
Knowing what happened to these characters what would you tell them to support them?
Despite the way the activity took place, an interesting discussion came up about the concept of "choosing to be one of these characters", as the group was divided on this topic. Some of them agreed on the fact that being an LGBT or an asylum seeker are both choices, as you choose to say "I am gay, lesbian, transgender..." or to "leave for another country and seek for asylum". About correspondence with reality, we mostly focused on the Roma situation in Bulgaria. They basically all agreed on the fact judge othat the stereotypes we had corresponded to reality and that Roma people almost always wouldn't let people help them, mostly for cultural reasons. Based on these considerations, I can say that this activity was the least successful. If the right atmosphere had come out, a more constructive discussion could have been made. It is therefore very important to stick on the importance of focusing on their temporary role during the activity, both the one of the victim and the oppressor, and to empathise with the person they have in front of them.
Third activity: Our responsibility to respect the rights of others
The last activity of the day was about human rights. I chose this activity because, despite the short time we had for the training, I considered this subject to be fundamental in Global Education as it is often neglected in formal education. This leads to poor awareness not only about blatant violations of human rights in the world but also about human rights themselves. I divided the group into two teams and gave them two cards with the main background facts of two cases of human rights violation that were supposed to be not so obvious. The two teams had 15 minutes to reflect upon the cases and find out:
Which right was violated;
If the violation was real;
Why it is a violation;
What could be the reasons for the violator not to respect the rights of the other person.
The annex of the UDHR was given to help them find which right was violated. The cards given to the teams were the following:
Team n.1: S and Marper v. United Kingdom
Background facts:
- The applicants, S and Michael Marper, both British nationals, were born in 1989 and 1963
respectively and lived in Sheffield.
- S was arrested on 19 January 2001 at the age of 11 and charged with attempted robbery. His
fingerprints and DNA samples were taken. He was acquitted on 14 June 2001.
- Marper was arrested on 13 March 2001 and charged with harassment of his partner. His
fingerprints and DNA samples were taken. On 14 June 2001, the case was formally discontinued as he and his partner had become reconciled.
- S and Marper then asked for their fingerprints and DNA samples to be destroyed, but in both
cases the police refused. Their application for judicial review was rejected by the Administrative Court on 22 March 2002, a decision which was upheld by the Court of Appeal by a 2:1 majority on 12 September 2002.
Team n.2: Mr. Farag El Dernawi v. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- The author, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, was persecuted in Libya on account of his political beliefs. In 1998, he was accompanying his brother and sick nephew to Egypt to seek medical treatment when he was warned that security personnel had been at his home, apparently seeking to arrest him. He decided not to return, separating him from his wife and six children in Libya.
- In August 1998, the author arrived in Switzerland and applied for asylum. In March 2000, the Swiss federal authorities granted the author asylum and approved family reunification. On 26 September 2000, his wife and the three youngest children sought to leave Libya to join the author in Switzerland. She was stopped at the Libyan-Tunisian border and her passport, which also covered the three children, was confiscated. Upon return to her home city of Benghazi, she was ordered to appear before the | 2,886 |
Words: Candice Holznagel
Images: Anastasia Kariofyllidis
Buderim artist Olga Garner-Morris is a national treasure.
Olga Garner-Morris remembers the day Ronald Reagan eclipsed her like it happened yesterday.
It was June 7,<|fim_middle|> varying – from landscapes to abstract – and stunning.
"I've broadened my horizons into abstract," Olga says. "I paint commercially and sometimes because it's beautiful, I love it and I know someone will buy it. These days you are up against some of the best photographers you can come across. Therefore I also paint for the mood of what the art world is moving towards. I take on fashion design, markets. I notice these things. I notice what's happening around me.
"I think you've just got to bite the bullet and do your own thing. Have the confidence. I'm like the weather, not unreliable, just variable."
The Garner-Morris Gallery is at 201 Ballinger Road, Buderim.
Not just a pretty plate
Shed of splendour
Win terms and conditions
Salt is born of the purest parents, the sun and the sea - Pythagoras | 1982 and the free-spirited artist was standing on the stairs of Buckingham Palace. She had arrived moments earlier in an old Australian ute owned by her third husband, Derek – yes, third, there have been four in total.
"I'm impatient," Olga laughs when queried about her love life. "I'm not prepared to put up with anything," she adds, her tone firm and confident.
"I was almost like a Germaine Greer before her time. I believe in shareness, fairness and helping each other."
And help her Derek did. As a "mad royalist" and antique dealer, the Englishman had introduced her to a new possibility – to gift Queen Elizabeth with a painting.
"He wrote to Buckingham Palace and said 'this is my wife, this is what she does. She's going back to Australia and as a matter of appreciation she'd like to give one of her paintings to the Queen to say thank you'," Olga says.
"They loved it."
On this momentous occasion, the couple – the quirky artist and the traditional Brit – drove through the palace gates, flashing their official invitation to the guards. The vehicle came to a grumbling stop and the pair's wide eyes took in the red carpet stretched before them. The crowd of people gathered outside the gates cheered with gusto.
"My husband started waving back to everybody. These huge doors opened up and in we went. There was my little Australian painting, up against these huge walls that were built in the 15th century.
"William Heseltine [the Queen's private secretary at the time] came to meet us and said, 'I'm afraid the Queen cannot personally see you today as the President of the United States Ronald Reagan is flying in'.
"I was only upstaged by the US president. That's why all the crowds were there," Olga says with a hearty laugh.
Olga has had plenty of brushes with fame during her artistic career (she also gifted Prince Charles and Princess Diana a painting for their engagement), but has no interest in retelling these stories.
"I could name drop all over the place, but it would bore me to tears," she laughs joyously.
Olga's artistic journey began as a curious four-year-old who made the mistake of scribbling in her mother's precious encyclopaedias. Unsurprisingly, she was punished, but this incident also unleashed something in Olga – a creativity that she harnessed into a successful career.
"I used to win prizes in competitions and win money and that related to me as a very young person that there was a possibility of making a living to support my mother who was a widow. Right through school it was always art, art, art. I went through every form they could teach me.
"People say 'oh gee, you're clever'. No, I'm not, I'm talented, there's a difference. I utilised my talent that I've been gifted. It wasn't just a dream, it was single-mindedness. As an artist one is very selfish. It's a drive and you can't help yourself. You need to paint. It's like being an addict.
"It's the blood, sweat and guts from the ground up that get you to where your dream is."
And sweat she has.
From her first job in her home town of Wollongong dressing windows at a local store, and through the twists and turns that eventually led her to the Sunshine Coast, Olga has carefully mastered her art.
One of the most influential lessons came early. In 1969 she took leave from her job, bid her two young children goodbye and jetted off on her first overseas trip. In six weeks she took in Greece, Rome and London, immersing herself in art galleries and exhibitions. She had an epiphany.
"It made me realise how little I was, to look at these magnificent creations from 100 years before. It made me strive harder to create things that people want to keep, that's handed down in the family, whether abstract or realistic paintings, it made me want to do better. People pay the price of a good lounge suite on my artwork and I want it to be the best I can be."
Her first 'big break' came eight years later when she staged her first major exhibition in the Wollongong town hall. Each night, after putting her children to bed, Olga would escape to the garage to create and paint. The finished product was a body of 100 works.
From here she put herself through the National Art School in New South Wales. She was a single mum, working, raising two kids and studying. It took sheer determination.
Life has been an adventure-fuelled journey for Olga – she and her children spent two years living on a 65-foot yacht sailing through the Mediterranean, she has exhibited everywhere from Malta to the United Kingdom and has had more than 30 solo exhibitions.
Even as recently as this year, she had a lovely email from the curator of the Broadway Gallery in New York inviting her to stage an exhibition. And although she passed the opportunity up – citing old age as the reason – Olga has no plans to put her paintbrush down just yet.
Her magnificent works are on display in her exquisite Buderim home, which is now open to the public.
"My husband has been under palliative care for some years and my daughter lost her husband some years ago. We bought this house and brought it back to its original condition. It has beautiful, huge walls and we paint so decided to open a gallery.
"I decided to utilise the house and give other people a chance. There are a lot of amateur painters out there who can't get into the bigger commercial galleries. This is a good chance to show amateur works and I don't want commission or money. The community has been very good to me. That's the way we work on the Coast. We care about each other and help each other in our own way."
There is no escaping the beauty of the home, or the works. Guests are invited to wander from room to room taking in the art. The work is | 1,259 |
Proof of the Indestructability of The Soul
Posted by anibongpalm on June 12, 2016 June 12, 2016
Materialization of an exotic bird by Polish medium Teofil Modrzejewski
Note: Since the beginning of history, the esoteric truths were handed down from the Spirit World through mediums and human channels, The Bible was written in this fashion, where Spirit possesses the medium in a trance state, and the medium, such as St. Paul, would do automatic writing.
There are humans who are a natural in this kind of esotericism; they are born with the gift<|fim_middle|> as happened in the last seance of Helen Duncan which sadly killed her].
When in trance Frank Kluski was able to allow Spirit the use of his body for the production of luminous patina to his hands and body as though they were transparent. This happened in test conditions with a Dr Gustave Geley [French researcher]
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I'm a Spiritualist by religion and I love the history presented here! Love to learn about other cultures who embrace different forms of Spiritualism, thanks for sharing! | or that the gift has been in his DNA all along. In the Philippines we have such shamans in the persons of mambabarangs and faith healers.
In focus here is the experience of Teofil Modrzejewski, a Polish medium of extraordinary powers. Modrzejewski proved that even animals go to another dimension when they die. After all, every life is energy, and energy is not destroyed. They just go to another dimension.
Teofil Modrzejewski pseudonym Franek Kluski
Franek Kluski was born in a comfortably well off family in Warsaw.
Franek's father had the same gifts but never sat in seance situations. His uncle was a catholic priest and was said to have clairvoyant visions. Franek was a sickly child after having measles, scarletina, smallpox and typhoid fever then as if to to round them all off he caught pneumonia.
At five or six he started seeing Spirit in physical formation so was not at all afraid of the Spirit World, he found the Spirit friends welcoming and kind with him. When little he used to hide under the covers on a chair and when asked by his parents what he was doing he said, "I am staying here with my mole", even though he had never seen a mole; his friend were very jealous of him because of his mole friend. It was said of him he was always looking as though he was in a dreamy like state, wanting his own company and staying in the quietness and contemplative solitude away from his peers. Franek possessed the ability to see forthcoming events. In later life, he is described as well educated and spoke different languages.
This is only a small part of Franek's own account of what happened to him when he was growing up.
During the day the little boy stayed in a corner, sleeping or lying on his back, with an abstract look. In the evening when the lamps were lit he became animated. In the room where his parents sat he used to take two chairs. He covered them with a shawl, and crept into this improvised tent with a book, although he could not read. He kept very still and when his parents asked him what he was doing he would always answer he was going to see "the mole". His mother said " do you even know what a mole is"? " How can you see a mole in the middle of town"?
His playmates envied his seeing a mole, for the children never doubted his words.
One day his parents had gone out, and he was playing with other children, he made a larger tent than usual. with chairs and a big coverlet, he invited other children, their little nursemaid, and his younger sister to 'come and see the mole'.
Outside it was freezing hard, the room was heated by a large porcelain stove, which then gave out sharp crackling sounds. The nursemaid, thinking the stove was overheating, wanted to open the door, but as the crackling became louder she was afraid and remained still. The children, too, were afraid to move. The boy then rose and went out of the tent towards the stove. At that moment the lamp went out, and from out of the door of the stove came a blue mist, which surrounded the boy as it floated out into the room. The children cried out in fear, but the little boy told them not to be afraid, it was just the mole coming. He got them all together under the tent to tell them a story of the mole. His voice changed. It is said "the road to the mole is a very long one; it goes through a long dark passage, one must wait until the darkness passes; it then become brighter". He said that when children died they are buried because they can get at the mole more easily. He advised the children to be very quiet and good, so as to get to the mole without frightening it. The children agreed to stay quiet, and to do this better they joined hands. There was in the room a small clock, which sounded the hour if you pulled a string. There was no one near the clock, which sounded continuously. The little boy said it is like that when you are going to see the mole. They heard the sound of light footsteps in the room and thought the cat had got in, but the little boy told them it was the mole who was coming.
Although the room was in darkness, inside the tent it was lit with a dim light, and the children saw, to their amazement, a little brother and sister who had died. They understood that these were going to the kingdom of the mole, and were more amazed than afraid.
The figures of the children faded little by little, and the children begged the little boy to go on with the journey to the mole. He told them it was impossible, but showed them a small luminous fissure, and told them to look through it. Before their eyes unrolled a number of rooms and passages, lit as with gems. The rooms were filled with human forms, transparent and bright, floating in the air. The children looked on in admiration, and each wondered "Am I here for the first time".
"The nursemaid acted strangely; she kissed the cheeks of the boy, kissed his hands, and pressed him to her heart as though she would not let him go."
But the landscapes being shown began to fade and a gust of wind seemed to blow away the rooms and the people, and then they all vanished.
Noises were heard in the house, the dog barked, and this parent returned from the theatre. The children rushed out of the tent to their parents, shouting that they had been to see the mole, which was disastrous for the nursemaid as the children were up so late. The nursemaid got a scolding, the hero of the seance got a good few slaps, and they were all sent to bed. The little boy did not care, he knew as soon as they were all in bed and the house was quiet, he could return to the mole.
Whilst he was still young he experienced OBE's (Out of Body Experiences), saw deceased relatives and a great variety of animals, going to where they were.
As he grew up, he was taught different languages, became a Banker, writer and poet. He also participated in a duel at the age of 27, in which he was said to be hurt.
It was in 1918 after a seance with Jean Guzik, that Franek Kluski now 45 started being recognized by the general public as a talented Medium even though the Spirit World had been with him since childhood. The recognition of his amazing seances started to gradually filter out into the public domain in the 1900's. The Society for Psychical Research has a lot more information on Franek Kluski.
Later in life he gained fame with the materialization of the spiritual beings being produced. They were reported "to be the hand and the face of a being; the spiritual hairy being, homo erectus" (woskowy press). The Spirit World produced through Franek a spiritual bird something like an European Nightjar also a lion like creature which would walk around the table, a dog on occasions appeared and placed itself on the lap of a sitter and lick the other sitters as would the hairy humanoid. The humanoid creature would sometimes when asked, lift the heavy library sofa above the heads of the sitters, a very heavy bronze statue was lifted above the heads of the sitters and taken around the seance at height. All this was witnessed by amongst others a well-known Polish writer Tadeusz Boy-Zelenski.. At one seance it is reported the humanoid grabbed a lady sitter's hand and placed it against its face, which caused the lady to shriek with the shock. Many of the Kluski seances had to be brought to an end because of the rather rough nature of this humanoid with the sitters.
There were many people from different walks of life who attended his seances. Over the years it is said that many thousands must have attended his seances where he demonstrated his gifts. There were professional magicians, people from the military, parapsychologists, professors, many academics of different levels, people from the churches, and ordinary folk from the surrounding areas.
Over time he demonstrated public seances which were done in many different places, the lighting was not always constant and regimented. It was sometimes with a red light, and sometimes in darkness and luminous plaque. Many times the Spirit World would make their own light in the darker seances, so the sitters could see the formation of the materialized people. It is documented that hundreds of Spirit People came through Franek and were recognized by the sitters as loved ones, friends and relatives, animals and birds, who had long been what we call dead. They would begin to form as a smoky haze, then gradually build up into a shape as they became more visible until every recognizable formation of the person was there for all the sitters to see. It is documented that there were at times not just one person but many wondering around the room, at other times in other seances there were many more who's presence was felt as an impression of the Spirit People there with the sitters. Another instance is documented when it is said "Great numbers of them [Spirit People] appeared virtually simultaneously"
Prof. F. W. Pawlowski wrote how the apparitions sometimes appeared at some distance from Kluski. In his observations he noted some Spirit formations walked around like they would normally on the earth plane, they would walk around the room and smile at the sitters, if they did not recognize anyone there they would go up to them and study them intently, other Spirit People that appeared in the seance would fly above the sitters' heads. Those Spirit People who could speak did so in his/her own language. Some Spirits at times, could read the sitters' minds as they responded to what a sitter was thinking before anything was said. Some chose to communicate by raps, but the voices of those who did speak were reported to have been perfectly clear and normally loud, but with a sound like a loud whisper.
Kluski was a very important Medium because he laid to rest the idea that animals do not survive death, and do not go to the Higher vibration level as humans do. He was recorded as producing a Spirit Person with their animal friend and as soon as the Spirit Person left, so did his/her animal companion. This is one definite proof that all animals carry on to the higher levels of the Spirit World.
In a red light seance, a hawk-like bird, [an apport] which was photographed, flew around the room with its wings beating against the walls, and a lion-type of animal walked around the seance room with its tail swishing against the furniture and licking the sitters, and when it left, there was an acrid smell of the beast. [or could it have been the ectoplasm smell].
Franek was accomplished Automatic Writing Medium with the help of the Spirit World. It is said that he walked around with strange smells and lights being emitted from him. The needle of a compass would go erratic when he was near. Spirit produced apparitions in daylight near him even when he was not in a seance situation. Tests showed there was always a drop in temperature when Kluski was present.
There are many reports of lights going around the seance room very fast, different smells being produced, loud knocks and raps being heard, at times Kluski was teleported from the locked seance room to a different location where he was later found asleep. Again reported, he was many times seen in a different locations from the one he was actually in. The Spirit World very often used to visit him during the night in his room, walking around and making their presence known by making a noise then illuminating themselves so they could be seen by him.
Franek Kluski is well known for his moulds of Spirit Peoples' hands and feet when asked to do so. These moulds were made by the Spirit World by putting their hand or foot in a bath [bowl] of molten paraffin wax a few times so the fine details of the persons body parts were made, generally of the extremities of their limb up to the small part of the foot [ankle] or hand [wrist] were set in the time hardened wax., this proved to all who attended the seance and in the outside world that materialization had taken place, also it should be pointed out there must have been dematerialization to get out of the narrow space of the ankle or wrist, without damage of that narrow part of the wax cast.
One strange thing happened in tests with Kluski, while he was in trance and restrained by Prof. Charles Richet and Dr Gustave Geley, they were holding his hands while sitting on either side of the Medium. Unknown to Kluski the experimenters had put into the molten wax some soluble cholesterin so they could find out if any fraud was taking place. [a chemical reaction to form a coloured violet-red stain happens when sulphuric acid is introduced to the paraffin wax mould or where ever it touches]. With both Doctors sitting at either side, and holding onto Kluski during the whole of the experimental seance, moulds were again produced by the Spirit World. The wax mouldings at the end of the seance, turned out to be of a young child's foot and their hand. Professor Richet recorded it and said it was a total mystery because they could not figure it out as they were holding the Medium's hand throughout, only to say it was not in any way done by the Medium himself because of the fact, the both of them had restrained him.
At a wide variety of seances in many different locations and circumstances Franek Kluski still produced materialization. Like other Mediums of the time he was subjected to conducting a seance in the nude or in a brightly lit venue. Quite often as happens in many other seances with other Physical Mediums, the Spirit Entities used their own light to show themselves, or they used the luminous plaque by holding it up towards themselves to show the sitters that they were there in the seance.
In the The Mediumship of Franek Kluski of Warsaw, by F. W. Pawlowski, Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 1925, he says "the light from the plaque is so good that I could see the pores and the down on the skin of their faces and hands". "One frequent spirit visitor not only provided enough light to ensure that he could be seen, but this also illuminated the sitters and much of the seance room".
The health of the Medium took its toll on the phenomena at times, if he was not well, the phenomena and the materializations were weak and small in stature. Inclement weather also played its part in the form of storms and if there was thunder and lightning around, the phenomena would be adversely effected.
Like most Mediums who go through the trauma of physical phenomena Franek Kluski ended up exhausted after the seances and did not sleep very good after them. BUT most remarkable is the fact being reported of him vomiting blood. [This I feel was because the sitters were not taking care of Franek himself, while in the state of trance producing physical phenomena and interruptions in the Mediumship while producing ectoplasm. If ectoplasm is drawn back into the Medium after a sudden shock, or sudden noise in the seance, it is known that is can cause internal bleeding, | 3,234 |
> History of the Americas
On the Account : Piracy & the Americas, 1766-1834 Paperback / softback
by Joseph Gibbs
In addition to being commercialised and romanticised, piracy's history has also been distorted, with many<|fim_middle|> sea battles, anti-piracy raids on Louisiana islands and Latin American coasts, and the United States' first sustained encounter with the Barbary Corsairs.
They will also catch glimpses of maritime brigands as remarkable as any that walked the decks of piracy's earlier "golden age" and encounter the naval officers and sailors who strove to bring them to rough justice. Enhanced with period maps and illustrations, the book provides an enlightening introduction to piracy's original canon as it emerged in the era of the quill pen and hand-turned press.
Publisher: Sussex Academic Press
Category: History of the Americas
Also by Joseph Gibbs | View all
On the Account in the Golden Age
Secrets of the English War Bow
Three Years in the "Bloody Eleventh" | works straying far from the facts recorded in the Age of Sail.
In this book, author Joseph Gibbs goes back to many of the original materials about those who went "on the account" (a classic euphemism for piracy) to deliver an engaging, closely interpreted anthology of seven decades of primary sources.
The text comprises original monographs, handbills, trial records, newspaper articles, and official reports that deal with piracy in and involving the Americas in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Joseph Gibbs annotates and explains these records in order to clarify the era's historical, legal, literary, and nautical references.
Along the way readers will experience violent mutinies, vicious | 144 |
Comic Creator Dorothy Urfer
Dorothy Urfer
Dorothy Urfer King
(1905 - 19??, USA)
'Annibelle' episode, reprinted in The Funnies #6.
Dorothy Urfer was an American cartoonist who<|fim_middle|> King, Virginia Krausmann and Gladys Parker, is considered a stylish pioneer of the early era of American female cartoonists.
The Muncie Evening Press, 25 April 1929.
Ink Slinger profile on the Stripper's Guide
Entry by Bas Schuddeboom
Artwork © 2021 Dorothy Urfer
Series and books by Dorothy Urfer in stock in the Lambiek Webshop: | worked for the Newspapers Enterprise Association during the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, she was one of the few women in her profession, and is best remembered for originating the all-female comic strip 'Annibelle' (1929-1936).
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1905, Dorothy A. Urfer was the third of four children. Her father Fred was a jeweler who later in life ran a furniture store. Dorothy worked as a dental assistant before moving to Cleveland, Ohio, to fill a staff position with the Cleveland branch of the Newspaper Enterprise Association. Her submission of twenty-five of her own cartoons had earned her the job. The Muncie Evening Press reported the joyous event in the paper of 25 April 1929, stating that "Miss Urfer graduated from Central High School with the class of 1922 and her only experience in cartooning was gained as a member of the high school art classes and her own daily practices".
'Radiomania' (The Daily Tribune, 21 December 1929).
Arriving in Cleveland in late April 1929, Urfer remained on the staff of the NEA until at least 1936. Her first stint was taking over the syndicate's radio page cartoon series 'Radiomania', which she did from May 1929 until September 1930. She was the third cartoonist in line, following Joe King and Art Krenz, and after her, the series was drawn by Charles Okerbloom, then George Scarbo. Dorothy Urfer also provided illustrations to poetry book collections published by the NEA.
'The Antics of Annibelle' (The Palm Beach Post, 9 January 1931).
By the time she dropped 'Radiomania', Urfer had already started her own feature, called 'Annibelle'. The first episode debuted on the women's page of the NEA's Everyweek magazine section on 29 December 1929. 'The Antics of Annibelle' was originally a single-tier comic strip in black-and-white, printed either horizontally or vertically; by 1935 the feature moved to the color comics section, where it was expanded to two rows. Some episodes portrayed conversations between the young, blonde Annibelle and her aristocrat friends, while others focused on Annibelle's romantic life as a serial dater. In March 1936 'Annibelle' was taken over by Virginia Krausmann, who continued her weekly exploits until 15 October 1939.
Besides 'Annibelle', Urfer also provided illustrations for articles and text serials in the Everyweek section, which came with the Times Picayune, Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, Lima Sunday News and The Sunday Oregonian, among other papers. 'Annibelle' also ran in the Québec daily La Patrie in 1936-1937, and was additionally reprinted in the Dell comic book 'The Funnies' (1936-1937).
'The Antics of Annibelle' (The Palm Beach Post, 6 July 1930).
Dorothy Urfer married fellow cartoonist Joe King on 31 August 1935. The couple lived in Weston, Connecticut and eventually settled in New York City. While King switched from cartooning to illustration and commercial art, Urfer's own career seems to have ended shortly after her marriage, with the exception of 'The Little Red Bicycle', a picture story book written and drawn by Dorothy Urfer King for the Whitman Publishing Company in 1953. Alex Jay of the Stripper's Guide blog noted a book called 'Mary Alden's Cook Book for Children' (1955), which had illustrations by Dorothy King; presumably the same artist. Dorothy Urfer King however spent most of her later life repairing and restoring dolls. It is unknown when or where she passed away.
Dorothy Urfer's work graced newspaper pages of the 1920s and 1930s with sophisticated and witty society girls, and along with Dot Cochran, Ethel Hays, Virginia Huget, Fay | 903 |
Kellie Pickler Heads To Los Angeles for 'Pickler & Ben' Press Tour
Country music star and co-host of "Pickler & Ben," Kellie Pickler finished up an exciting Los Angeles press tour this week to promote the freshman talk-show, which was recently picked up for its second season.
She began on Tuesday, February 20th with an appearance on "Ellen" where she was scared by "Faith Hill."
On Wednesday, she visited E!'s "Daily Pop" to chat about her upcoming birthday and her favorite things about hosting the first talk show based out of Nashville. Check it out HERE.
Afterward, she headed over to CNN for a live interview on HLN's "MichaeLA." to talk about the show and Kellie's three USO Tours. At "ET Online," Kellie and Sophie Schillaci chat about her most recent single and played a game about country slang terms<|fim_middle|> sky diving for a segment to air on February 26th.
For more information on Kellie Pickler, visit kelliepickler.com.
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Leslie Armstrong began as Editor on the NCC's site when the website began in 2008. She reports, reviews, and interviews country music artists from Nashville, TN. | .
Wrapping it all up on a busy Thursday, the day began with a visit to "Access Live" where she spoke with hosts Kit Hoover and Scott Evans about the instant chemistry she and co-host Ben Aaron had from their very first meeting. Next she headed to "Perez Hilton," who expressed how much he'd like to appear on "Pickler & Ben." After an eccentric visit with "Extra" amid the crowds of Universal CityWalk, Kellie ended her press tour at "Steve Harvey" where she shared her passion for extreme sports, including | 112 |
Savage River , Swanton Md.
Tim Brookens<|fim_middle|> bridge on the second day and landed one nice brown.
After releasing even more water from the dam, the Savage became dangerous to wade. That was the bad news. The good news was we were forced to explore the feeder streams….mainly Middle Fork and the Crabtree. The Crabtree was our favorite as we caught 20 wild brookies the last morning.
All in all it was a great outing. We had the campground beside the Savage River all to ourselves….had meals with the roar of the Savage in the background and of course telling lies by the campfire till bedtime. We'll be back!
Sounds like a nice trip Trout Scout!
It was. You would have loved fishing for the wild brookies. Awesome scenery. | and I made out third trip to the "Savage". Unfortunately, consistent heavy rains meant water release from the Savage reservoir at the timing of our arrival.
We fished the quietest spot we could find the 1st afternoon and managed to land a couple browns and lose a couple on a caddis and blue quill while fishing in the pouring rain. We also fished a short section near the phd | 85 |
Edward Bligh, comte de Darnley, FRS ( - ), appelé Lord Clifton jusqu'en 1831, est un<|fim_middle|>8e Parlement du Royaume-Uni
Député du 7e Parlement du Royaume-Uni
Député du 6e Parlement du Royaume-Uni
Représentant de l'Angleterre à la Chambre des communes
Décès en février 1835
Naissance en février 1795
Comte de Darnley | pair et un homme politique britannique.
Biographie
Il est le deuxième mais l'aîné des fils survivants de John Bligh (4e comte de Darnley), et d'Elizabeth Brownlow, fille du très honorable William Brownlow. Il fait ses études au Collège d'Eton et au Christ Church, Oxford, où il s'inscrit le 22 octobre 1812, où il obtient un baccalauréat ès arts (BA) en 1816 et une maîtrise en arts en 1819.
Carrière politique
Il représente Cantorbéry à la Chambre des Communes en 1818, poste qu'il occupe jusqu'en 1830 pour le parti Whig . En 1831, il succède à son père dans le comté et occupe son siège à la Chambre des lords. Il est également Lord Lieutenant de Meath entre 1831 et 1835 et est élu membre de la Royal Society en 1833 .
Famille
Lord Darnley épouse l'honorable Emma Jane, fille de Henry Parnell (1er baron Congleton), en 1825. Ils ont trois fils et deux filles:
John Bligh (6e comte de Darnley) (1827-1896)
Rev. Hon. Edward Vesey Bligh (1829–1908)
Lady Elizabeth Caroline Bligh (1830-1914), épousa Sir Reginald J. Cust (1828-1912) le 13 décembre 1855 et sont les parents de
Lady Emma Bess Bligh (1832–1917), épouse Arthur Purey-Cust le 6 juin 1854
Le révérend (10 juin 1834 - 4 mars 1905), vicaire des églises St James 'Hampton Hill 1881–1893 et Holy Trinity Church à Fareham 1893–1900, épousa d'abord Emma Armytage (décédée le 27 décembre 1881) et Anne Elizabeth Dobree Butler.
Darnley est mort du tétanos après une blessure à la hache lors de l'abattage de bois sur sa propriété à Cobham salle, Kent, en février 1835, à 39 ans, et est enterré à Cobham . Son fils aîné, John, lui succède au comté.
Références
Liens externes
"Hon. Emma Jane Parnell " at The Peerage - Portrait d'Emma, comtesse de Darnley
Membre de la Royal Society
Lord-lieutenant de Meath
Député du | 651 |
Alomo Bitters is made with purified water, plant extracts and a neutral spirit.This results in a truly authentic herbal drink exquisitely crafted by nature's hands. It's best served straight, on the rocks or part of an invigorating cocktail.It is revitalizing.
FOOTPRINT: Alomo Bitters has been on the market for many years and is present in Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Cote D'ivore, Benin, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone,Botswana, Uganda, Zimbabwe, South Africa, United Kingdom and the United States.
RANGE: The Alomo Bitters is offered in a distinctive green 750ml glass bottle, 200ml PET bottle and also in a 30ml sachet.
Air-force bitters is unique blend of selected herbal plant extracts making a multifunctional alcoholic beverage. The carefully blended herbs provide not only the refreshment of an alcoholic beverage but has the additional benefits derived from natural herbs. Please note some of the known benefits from herbs in Air-force include.In March 2014, we launched Air Force Bitters, expanding our bitters range while still offering that authentic take on herbal alcoholic drinks. Made from a unique blend of selected herbal plant extracts, Airforce Bitters carries the refreshment qualities of an alcoholic beverage as well as the additional benefits derived from natural herbs. Its ethos is to Keep Rising.
FOOTPRINT: Airforce Bitters is currently available only in Ghana.
FOOT<|fim_middle|> made with purified water, plant extract and a neutral spirit. As part of the Kasapreko's bitters category, it stands as another good choice of an authentic herbal drink within the range.
FOOTPRINT: Opeimu Bitters is available only in Ghana.
RANGE: Alomo Opeimu Bitters exists in a 750ml PET bottle.
Alomo Bitters is made with purified water, plant extracts and a neutral spirit.This results in a truly authentic herbal drink exquisitely crafted by nature's hands. It's best served straight, on the rocks or part of an invigorating cocktail. It is revitalizing. | PRINT: Kalahari Bitters is available in Nigeria, Ghana, Togo and Benin.
RANGE: This drink comes in a 750ml glass bottle, 200ml PET bottle or a 50ml sachet.
In 2015, we launched the Kasapreko Alomo Silver, a less bitter and sensationally aromatic drink, full of vitality and the essence of good taste for any occasion.
FOOTPRINT: Alomo Silver is available in Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Cote D'ivore and Benin.
RANGE: Alomo Silver comes in a 750ml glass bottle, a 200ml PET bottle and a 50ml sachet.
Kasapreko Opeimu Bitters is | 164 |
John Chen says no offers for BlackBerry yet | BlackBerry Blast!
BlackBerry CEO John Chen sat<|fim_middle|> complete the turnaround and make BlackBerry profitable again. Chen pegs his chances at "more than 80/20." He says he is comfortable with where the company is now, and is confident of profitability. Whether or not his efforts will be good enough to make the brand iconic again is a different question however. Chen said, "that is something I need to chew on. I don't know the answer to that." | down with Bloomberg to discuss all things BlackBerry. There are several interesting tidbits in the interview that make it worth watching. Chen appears to be fairly open while discussing BlackBerry's fortunes.
Chen says he prefers to build value in BlackBerry before he would even consider selling the company. It would only be fair for him to consider a sale if approached, but he says selling is not in his plan.
He also dodges a bit when asked what kind of offers he has had for the company. Chen says lots of people like to talk, but "talking is not an offer."
The most interesting moment comes at the end of the interview when Chen is asked how good the chances are they he can | 139 |
Burberry hails transformation progress despite sluggish results
today May 16, 2019
Burberry was upbeat as it reported preliminary results for the year to March 30 on Thursday morning and while the figures weren't spectacular, it has to be remembered that the company is investing heavily in transforming itself into a much more luxury-focused entity and these things do take time.
"We made excellent progress in the first year of our plan to transform Burberry, while at the same time delivering financial performance in line with expectations," CEO Marco Gobbetti said. "Riccardo Tisci's first collections arrived in stores at the end of February and the initial reaction from customers is very encouraging. The implementation of our plan is on track, we are energised by the early results and we confirm our outlook for FY 2020."
So let's look at the figures that drove his optimism. Revenue rose 1% currency-neutral (CN) but was flat on a reported basis at £2.72bn. Excluding beauty wholesale (you'll remember that the company moved its in-house beauty ops to Coty), revenue rose 2% both reported and CN. Like-for-like retail sales rose 2% with total retail sales flat at £2.186bn. And wholesale, excluding beauty, was up 7% CN or 8% reported.
In fact, wholesale was slightly ahead of expectations due to shipment timings and really benefited in Asia Pacific with "exceptional growth supported by strong Chinese spending in travel retail." E<|fim_middle|>
Burberry sets up concept space at Nordstrom's New York flagship
Burberry - Women's Spring/Summer 2020 collection in London | MEIA also managed to rise in mid-single-digits with "growth from luxury doors more than offsetting the closures of non-luxury doors." But The Americas declined by a mid-single-digit percentage impacted by the exit from those non-luxury locations in H2.
Adjusted operating profit fell 6% to £438m, while actual operating profit rose 7% to £437m. The gross margin fell 100bps, dented by currency exchange effects and "growing investment in product." But the company was helped by cost savings.
And it continues to expect "broadly stable" revenue and adjusted operating margin CN for the 2020 financial year.
On the surface, a far-from-spectacular report, but it was a year in which a lot happened as the firm reshaped itself into something more closely resembling the giants of European luxury goods, rather than the Burberry of old.
And, as the earning's report's strong wholesale focus shows, its new approach seems to be having a big impact on this channel in particular with "excellent wholesale sell-in" of new collections and "strong double-digit percentage growth year-on-year from Riccardo Tisci's first collections."
The transformation has also seen the company putting a heavy focus on digital and introducing the B-Series limited-edition monthly drops sold on social platforms, while partnering with Instagram on the Checkout launch for in-app Instagram shopping.
In the directly-operated physical space, it has been refreshing its stores and closing 38 smaller, non-strategic retail stores, a process that will continue this year.
Burberry's latest campaign starring Gigi Hadid
While all of this may not yet be feeding though into higher sales and booming profits, the company said it has "helped reignite brand heat and significantly shift consumer perceptions of Burberry" with new 3m new social media followers "and significantly increased engagement on Instagram."
On the product front, the company said a full-look merchandising initiative has driven improvements in cross-selling, benefiting tops, skirts and trousers. And customers "responded positively to new bags," although the overall category performance "was impacted by softness in older lines."
Regionally, the performance varied quite widely. In Asia Pacific, for instance, low-single-digit growth wasn't that impressive and even the booming Chinese market only managed to rise in low-single-digits too. Chinese tourists are key to growth (or lack of it) in the region and that can be seen by Japan declining in low-single-digits on softer tourist flows towards the end of the year. But Korea got boost from more Chinese tourist visits.
In the important EMEIA region, the UK delivered mid-single-digit growth, benefiting from improved tourist spending in the second half, but continental Europe grew only in low-single-digits and the Middle East declined, "impacted by the macro-environment."
Meanwhile the US grew in low-single-digits with the second half hurt by softer local footfall. Tourist flows also remained subdued last year.
All this makes it clear that 'new' Burberry remains a work in progress, but it seems to be getting closer to where it wants to be. We await further developments with interest.
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Burberry opens Riccardo Tisci-designed flagship store in Ginza | 790 |
The 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is just a few weeks<|fim_middle|> are living, struggling, existing in a new world, one that is immeasurably changed, but continuing to move just as quickly and harshly and beautifully as it always had and always will."
As you reflect on 9/11, is there a movie, painting, poem, or other work that's helped you reflect on the event?
Tell us --- and see suggestions from other listeners. | away, and Studio 360 is curating a list of cultural works that reflected on the tragic events. We asked you: what would you add to the list? You responded with books, movies, songs, and poems, with suggestions ranging from Rufus Wainwright to John Adams.
Liza from Philadelphia was moved by Pig Iron Theatre Company's Love Unpunished, a play set in the evacuation stairway of one of the World Trade Center towers. The show "personalized the fear and bravery of people escaping the towers," Liza says. "It was incredibly moving and subtle and beautiful."
Many of you found comfort in music following 9/11. Molly from Maine suggested the song cycle Elegies, by the musical theater composer William Finn. She describes the work as "a celebration of life through stories of death ... and has the ability to, without falling into sappy emotional manipulation, accurately demonstrate how it feels to look to the future after the anguish of loss."
Tish from Florida remembers listening to the audiobook of Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and hearing the phrase "planes crashing into buildings." "On first hearing, I was annoyed at having it repeated endlessly and thought, yes, yes, we know," she recalls. "But the combination of the grief in the actor's voice who did the reading and my own memories of seeing that moment on TV, over and over and over and... Now think it was sheer brilliance."
Spike Lee's film 25th Hour had a particular impact on Sid from Brooklyn, because it was filled with "stark reminders ... that these New York characters | 337 |
Plastic fragments are eaten by a substantial number of seabirds, including this Short-tailed Shearwater. Photo: CSIRO
Why Do Some Seabirds Eat So Much Plastic? It Smells Like Food.
New research shows that certain seab<|fim_middle|> mesh bags of plastic beads in seawater off the shore of California for a month. When they retrieved them, they took them to a lab operated by the university's Department of Viticulture and Enology that has special equipment to detect volatile sulfur compounds. Every single sample, including all three of the common types of plastic they tested, was producing significant amounts of DMS after only a month in the ocean.
The next step was to confirm that being able to smell DMS made birds more likely to eat plastic. Looking at data from 55 studies of 25 different species of tube-nosed seabirds, such as Blue Petrels, Short-tailed Shearwaters, and Sooty Shearwaters, the pattern was obvious: Species that are responsive to DMS ingest plastic five times as often as those that aren't.
Many species of seabirds, including Blue Petrels, consume plastic debris at sea. Photo: John Harrison
Determining whether a particular seabird species is responsive to DMS takes a lot of work, but luckily evolution has provided a shortcut: DMS-responsive species tend to be those that nest in burrows. "These birds have a nestling period that lasts months or even in some species close to a year, so for a very, very long time they're developing underground, in almost complete darkness where there are no visual cues," Savoca says. "The olfactory information they have is vast, while they have a nearly total absence of visual information, so the olfactory regions of their brains really proliferate tremendously."
Savoca hopes that uncovering this connection will spur efforts to keep a closer watch on the seabird species most vulnerable to plastic ingestion. "Often burrow nesters are not well monitored for this problem, because they're rare and hard to find," he says. "But what this study shows is that we should actually put more effort toward monitoring those species, because they seem to be at greater threat."
But just paying more attention to prone species isn't enough. Preventative measures should also be taken. According to Anne Gaskett and Megan Friesen of The University of Auckland, authors of a recent review on sensory-based strategies for seabird conservation, Savoca's study "shows us that the seemingly vast problem of plastic pollution is one we can tackle." As such, Savoca would also like to see his research encourage materials scientists to take up the challenge of creating new types of plastic with surfaces less hospitable to DMS-producing algae and bacteria. This is a man-made problem, after all, so it's on us to come up with a solution.
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From albatrosses to penguins, marine birds have built-in desalination systems. | irds associate a scent produced by common plastics with potential meals—much to their detriment.
By Rebecca Heisman
Short-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna tenuirostris
colony calls
It's a gruesome scene: the carcass of a shearwater washed up on the beach, having starved to death with a stomach full of plastic trash. Unfortunately, that scene's become increasingly common. It's estimated that eight million tons of plastic are dumped into the ocean every year, and despite its lack of flavor or nutritional content, many seabirds confuse this plastic with food. Around 60 percent of the world's seabirds species eat plastic, according to one estimate—a number so large it suggests the birds actually pursue the floating bits. But do they?
New research suggests so. According to a study published today in Science Advances, these birds aren't gorging on plastic indiscriminately or by mistake. Instead, senses honed by evolution to lead them to the best foraging opportunities are betraying the birds. It turns out that, if you're a seabird, plastic actually smells like dinner.
When phytoplankton are being eaten by zooplankton, they produce a sulfurous-smelling chemical called dimethyl sulfide, or DMS. Not all seabirds can smell DMS, but some species that specialize in eating zooplankton such as krill use its odor as a way to locate potential meals.
Matthew Savoca, the University of California, Davis graduate student who led the new study along with his advisor Gabrielle Nevitt, remembers the lightbulb moment when they realized that this ability could be leading birds astray. "I was a first-year Ph.D. student and looking for a project to work on, and I was just looking at some data on seabird plastic ingestion, talking with Gabby about how sad it is," he says. "I forget who said it first, but we thought, hey, I wonder if they can smell the plastic. It was such an interesting idea, and we realized it just might work."
Plastic doesn't start out smelling like plankton. But as a piece of plastic debris spends time floating in the ocean, its surface may be colonized by DMS-producing algae and bacteria. Over time, Savoca and Nevitt speculated, the "biofilm" living on the plastic may produce enough of the chemical to confuse foraging birds.
To measure whether the plastic produces enough odor to attract birds, Savoca and his colleagues started by submerging | 519 |
Press Release: Rectxt launches affordable text recruiting platform to the SMB market
June 3, 2019 - VANCOUVER, BC<|fim_middle|> all help to further supercharge a recruiter's communication with their candidates. Beyond SMS, we're also exploring other forms of instant messaging."
The BETA version of the Rectxt Chrome extension is currently available in the Chrome store. |
Rectxt, a text recruiting software company co-founded by two recruitment veterans, has announced the BETA release of their text recruiting Chrome extension that enables recruiters to easily send 1:1 text messages and group text campaigns to their candidates in an efficient, scalable, safe and compliant way.
With 4X the read-rate and 10x the response rate of email communication, plus the incredible speed that SMS messages can be sent, texting has quickly become the most effective way for recruiters to communicate with candidates today. However, most recruiters are still forced to use their personal cell phones which aren't designed for recruitment-scale texting or commercial compliance.
"Recruiters shouldn't be using their personal cell phones to text with candidates," says Brian Thompson, co-founder of Rectxt."Mixing personal and professional contacts in your phone, along with the risk of auto-correct errors, can lead to some potentially embarrassing and unprofessional situations."
Thompson, along with his business partner Brad Clark, founded Rectxt after discovering that there were no viable text recruiting solutions available to them in the SMB segment of the recruitment market. "We were both looking for a better texting alternative than our personal cell phones, but we couldn't find one that was affordable to small businesses or contractors like ourselves," adds Brian. "The platforms we found were priced for enterprise companies, required 12-month commitments, a heavy sales and onboarding process, and were full of features that we simply didn't need--certainly didn't want to pay for these levels of commitment."
Thompson and Clark knew that they weren't the only recruiters who felt under-served by the technology available to them, so they started to design their own."We wanted a light-weight and affordable text recruiting platform that was easy to use and did one thing really well - texting" says Clark. "Every aspect of Rectxt has been thoughtfully designed from a recruiter's perspective and we're proud to say that our platform is genuinely designed for recruiters by recruiters".
As well-networked tech recruiters, the team brought on Dennis Loktionov as their CTO. "We've both known Dennis for years as a highly sought-after candidate," says Clark. "He's regarded as being one of Vancouver's best technical leaders, so we're grateful to have him on board."
Dennis leveraged his deep experience in the SaaS product development space and designed the platform to be modular, extensible, scalable and secure using the latest cloud-based technologies and an API-first mindset. The end result is a revolutionary Chrome extension that recruiters can download and start texting with their candidates in minutes. Recruiters can easily send 1:1 texts or send personalised group text campaigns directly from their computer. With Rectxt, there's no need for a recruiter to stop and pick up their cell to send or read a text. They can do it right from their computer, leaving their workflow uninterrupted.
Other key differentiating features of the platform include giving recruiters the freedom to text from any website or CRM (not just via an ATS), opt-out and opt-in features to help with TCPA compliance, and each account includes a new phone number (that users choose) from any area code in North America - which means recruiters can keep their personal phone number private.
An optional call-forwarding feature allows calls to be forwarded to any phone number, which extends the capabilities of the platform beyond just texting. Users also have the option to text-enable an existing landline, if they choose.
While the platform is already packed with powerful features, the team says it's only the beginning for Rectxt. "We have a lot of exciting new features around the corner including ATS integrations, a mobile app, intelligent responses and nurturing, messaging scheduling, and a team edition that will | 760 |
Q: What is a Steiner point in poly2tri? The poly2tri Readme talks about Steiner points, what are they? (Is it related to triangle Steiner points?)
Why would one add Steiner points?
A: Poly2tri has the ability to add something called Steiner Points. You can add these inside a polygon to get a triangulation with shorter edges<|fim_middle|> Steiner tree problem is superficially similar to the minimum spanning tree problem: given a set V of points (vertices), interconnect them by a network (graph) of shortest length, where the length is the sum of the lengths of all edges. The difference between the Steiner tree problem and the minimum spanning tree problem is that, in the Steiner tree problem, extra intermediate vertices and edges may be added to the graph in order to reduce the length of the spanning tree. These new vertices introduced to decrease the total length of connection are known as Steiner points or Steiner vertices. It has been proved that the resulting connection is a tree, known as the Steiner tree. There may be several Steiner trees for a given set of initial vertices.
Also, you might want to look at Euclidean Steiner Tree on the wiki page. Seems relevant to your problem
A: Short answer: it enables to add custom points in the resulting mesh ; like in this video.
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Here are a few resources from what you have posted: 1.Triangulation of spline to mesh, questions and results (read the comments)
2.Youtube Video with concept: Triangle Tribualtions
Conceptually, i believe these are linked with the famous NP-complete Steiner Tree Problem
From Wikipedia:
The | 66 |
The Stikine River originates in the Cassiar and Stikine Mountains of northwestern British Columbia and drains a 51,000-square-kilometre basin before crossing the border with the United States<|fim_middle|> The upper portion of the river basin is a semi-arid plateau of up to 1,900 metres in elevation, while the lower portion of the river drains a heavily-glaciated region of the Coast Mountains characterized by high precipitation. The main tributary the Iskut River joins the Stikine 11 km upstream from the Alaska border and accounts for about 25% of the river's flow.
A dominant natural feature of the river is the Grand Canyon of the Stikine which, beginning almost 300 km below the source, extends for almost 100 km down river. The topography of the canyon area, as well as other sites along the Stikine and its tributaries, give the basin significant potential for hydro power development. Mineral development has also been a longstanding focus of activity in the basin, with rich deposits of copper, gold, silver, molybdenum and coal.
The Stikine River also supports an important fishery including all five salmon species. Its wild and natural environment has also supported a wide range of wildlife species in the basin. Hunting, fishing, hiking and river recreation have been popular recreational pursuits.
The upper portion of the Stikine River is now within Stikine River Park and Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Park. A large downstream portion of the river is within the Lower Stikine-Iskut Coastal Grizzly/Salmon Zone as defined in the Cassiar Iskut-Stikine Land and Resource Management Plan. | on the Alaska Panhandle and discharging through several channels into the Pacific. | 15 |
TIME Magazine Reveals 2018 World's Greatest Places List Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Puerto Rico Golf & Beach Resort Recognized
TIME Magazine Reveals 2018 World's Greatest Places List
Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Puerto Rico Golf & Beach Resort Recognized
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico (August 23, 2018) – Today, TIME Magazine announced its first annual list of the World's Greatest Places, naming Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Puerto Rico Golf & Beach Resort as one of the 100 destinations that are breaking new ground, leading industry trends and offering visitors an extraordinary experience.
To create the list, TIME solicited nominations across a variety of categories—including museums, parks, bars, restaurants, theme parks, cruises and hotels—from TIME editors and correspondents around the world, as well as dozens of industry experts. TIME evaluated each one based on several key factors, including quality, originality, innovation, sustainability and influence. The result is a list as diverse as the world it reflects, with entries spanning six continents and 48 countries.
"It's an<|fim_middle|> two beachfront pools.
Learn more about Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Puerto Rico Golf & Beach Resort online at WyndhamGrandRioMar.com or call (800) 474-6627.
About Wyndham Grand: Wyndham Grand® is an ensemble of distinguished hotels that are approachable by design, representing one-of-a-kind experiences in key destinations with refined accommodation, attentive service and relaxed surroundings. A part of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the Wyndham Grand family currently consists of approximately 40 locations around the world. Additional information is available at www.wyndhamgrand.com. Certain Wyndham Grand® hotels are franchised by Wyndham Franchisor, LLC Most Wyndham Grand hotels are owned or managed by an affiliate of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | exciting recognition, for both the destination and our resort, to be included on TIME Magazine's 2018's World's Greatest Places list. Now, more than ever, it's a reminder for travelers to return to Puerto Rico and experience the beauty of our island. We look forward to welcoming guests here at the resort in the months and year to come," said Nils Stolzlechner, general manager of Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Puerto Rico Golf & Beach Resort
World's Greatest Places is the latest addition to TIME's robust lineup of editorial franchises, which also includes the TIME 100 Most Influential People, Best Inventions, Person of the Year, Next Generation Leaders, and more. Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Puerto Rico Golf & Beach Resort is nestled on 500 acres along a mile-long section of golden beach adjacent to the El Yunque National Rainforest and the Mameyes River. The lush resort features a 48,000-sq. ft. oceanfront conference center, a 7,000 square-foot casino; two world-class 18-hole golf courses; a 7,000 square foot spa and fitness center; multiple lounges and entertainment venues; international tennis center; water sports center; and | 262 |
More than 300 fifth-graders from South Bend area schools spent a day at the University of Notre Dame playing music and learning about the<|fim_middle|>ES program and develop a business plan for making it available to other communities. With the support of grants from the Lilly Foundation and the National Science Foundation, the students will continue to explore how STEAM education can benefit schools in South Bend and elsewhere. These students will also help design new instruments that will be featured in Third Coast Percussion's premiere performance of "Wild Sound" by composer Kotche. | science of sound, the result of a year-long collaboration called ndWAVES.
The students from Dickinson Fine Arts Academy, St. Adalbert's and Brown Intermediate Center came to Notre Dame on a sunny day in May to learn from Notre Dame students and Third Coast Percussion, the University's ensemble-in-residence. Using percussion instruments that the Notre Dame students designed and built, the students received hands-on lessons on music, sound, engineering and design.
The idea for ndWAVES started when Notre Dame professor Jay Brockman was asked to consult by the South Bend Community School Corp. on programs for STEM — science, technology, engineering and math. "The notion of separating STEM from the arts felt like there was something really missing," said Brockman. "We have these ideas of analysis and experimentation, which we tend to call science, and these ideas of creativity and synthesis, which we tend to call art. But really, both disciplines use those, and we can draw on examples of both to help feed each other." Brockman and the SBCSC settled on STEAM instead, adding the A for arts.
Brockman spent the summer of 2013 arranging a collaboration between Notre Dame, Third Coast Percussion and Wilco drummer and composer Glenn Kotche, who was working with TCP on a new piece. The collaboration, which would demonstrate that the arts and sciences are reliant on each other, would result in a hands-on outreach project for local schoolchildren.
Brockman arranged for a one-credit, pass/fail course for Notre Dame students from any background who were interested in combining STEM and the arts. The students met in the Stinson-Remick Hall of Engineering to use the state-of-the-art design deck, including a laser cutter and 3-D printer, to get to work on building these musical instruments. The undergraduates worked with Third Coast Percussion to design, engineer and construct log drums, penny whistles and chimes for the musical piece being written for this project. Peter Martin of Third Coast Percussion composed a piece using just four notes that could be played using these custom-designed instruments.
On May 12, more than 300 fifth-graders visited DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Stinson-Remick Hall to learn from Notre Dame students and Third Coast Percussion about the science and creativity of music. The day started in DeBartolo, where the students gathered to learn about WAVES — wonder, arts, vibration, energy and science — and see the scientific instruments used to study sound, including an oscilloscope and a spectrum analyzer. The elementary students also toured the design deck at Stinson-Remick and got hands-on demonstrations with the instruments. The afternoon ended with a concert with Third Coast Percussion at DeBartolo, where the students played the instruments made at Notre Dame.
Brockman believes the ndWAVES project is just getting started. Over the summer, six Notre Dame undergraduates will intern at enFocus, a local nonprofit focused on talent retention and economic development, to refine the ndWAV | 627 |
"Mike has demonstrated an exceptional ability to drive change at the highest level of organisations. He is passionate about mediation and has taken part in consultations relating to the development of ADR during which he has made sound observations from his industry perspective.
He is<|fim_middle|> quite an achievement."
"Mike has an in depth knowledge of the Personal Injury claims arena. He recognises the requirements of the modern claims department and delivers to a high standard. | trustworthy, driven, and has an eye for detail. He is capable of thinking outside the box to develop novel methods of delivery.
Top qualities: Personable, High Integrity, Creative."
"In my experience of Mike, working on audit and compliance matters, he has always been a manager open to change and development. He embraces new processes and accepts evolution of compliance ideas to get the best from his staff and his client relationships. Mike brought his wealth of experience and broad spectrum of insurance knowledge to all the aspects of work I have known him for.
Top qualities: Personable, Expert, High Integrity"
"Mike worked with us on developing a service solution for a new and innovative Major Response service. He has a detailed and expert knowledge of his subject and reliably delivered the project to timescales. From implementing the final service proposition within our business, other business classes are now looking at and developing further product ideas and solutions.
Top qualities: Personable, Expert, High Integrity "
"Mike handled the intregration of CLM UK into Cl UK in a very professional way, always open for suggestions and in control of the process. The intregation was successfully completed in such a way that all parties were satisfied with the results which was | 245 |
Western Connecticut Health Network Newsroom Articles WCHN and Northwell Health Establish Collaboration Agreement
WCHN and Northwell Health Establish Collaboration Agreement
Danbury Hospital February 08, 2018
Western Connecticut Health Network, Northwell Health Establish Collaboration Agreement to Enhance Clinical Services and Operational Efficiencies
DANBURY, Connecticut, February 8, 2018 —Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN) and Northwell Health today announced they have signed an agreement to jointly explore developing new clinical programs and services, collaborate in providing population health<|fim_middle|> respective executive leadership teams and board governance structures, and be responsible for their own operations, assets, liabilities, and finances.
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WCMG February 16, 2018 | services, and leverage the expertise of each other's health systems. The collaboration is designed to enable WCHN to increase access to high-quality, affordable care in the communities it serves in western Connecticut and adjacent counties in New York.
WCHN, an integrated patient-centered healthcare organization, operates three hospitals, Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, and Norwalk Hospital, and employs nearly 6,300 employees including about 1,900 clinical staff. The Network also encompasses 70 Western Connecticut Medical Group medical and sub-specialty practices across 16 communities, Western Connecticut Home Care, and a nationally recognized Biomedical Research Institute.
While WCHN and Northwell will share each other's strengths and resources, Northwell will provide WCHN with access to its vast network of shared services, including its purchasing channels, data analytics, supply-chain management expertise, and workforce development opportunities available through its corporate university. The relationship is intended to enable WCHN to grow clinical and operational efficiencies, create clinical and professional development opportunities, and further strengthen its ability to deliver high-quality care and an exceptional patient experience.
WCHN also provides significant value to the relationship, including a strong brand reputation and footprint in western Connecticut and New York's Hudson Valley, a distinguished medical staff across the Network, and financial stability.
As the transition to value-based care continues, the collaboration reflects efforts by both organizations to expand their clinical capabilities and offer patients greater access to more-coordinated care that puts a greater focus on keeping people healthy and out of the hospital.
"We are proactively managing our transition to value-based care by collaborating with local and regional organizations that share our vision and values. Leveraging their areas of expertise will enable us to sustain excellence and growth as the healthcare industry rapidly evolves. This exciting relationship with Northwell will help us to advance our mission quickly, efficiently, and cost effectively," said John M. Murphy, MD, president and CEO of WCHN.
"Western Connecticut Health Network is a great organization with a long history of delivering extraordinary care to the communities it serves across the region," said Michael J. Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell Health, which includes 23 hospitals and about 650 outpatient facilities in the New York metropolitan area, including Westchester County.
"Working collaboratively, our goal is to help WCHN prosper in this incredibly complex health care environment and improve the health of their communities, which is at the heart of our mission in the New York metropolitan area. This collaboration is beneficial for both organizations, which share many of the same attributes and qualities, including an open and transparent culture, and a focus on physician and employee engagement," said Dowling.
WCHN and Northwell will continue to operate as independent healthcare networks, maintain their | 563 |
Hunts Community Cancer Network (HCCN), a local Huntingdon charity supporting cancer patients, has launched a new health initiative supporting these patients to remain active during and after cancer treatment. The HCCN charity works with nurses and other specialists delivering care to adults with cancer or recovering from cancer. Current research points to the<|fim_middle|> the patients and his team to capture additional parameters, other than activity, that cancer nurses feel will be beneficial for patients to record. This process could lead to patient-generated data being integrated into their patient records (at the individual's sole discretion as an opt-in). | importance of people with a cancer diagnosis returning to exercise whilst still undergoing treatment and then to maintain the exercise habit as they live with or recover from cancer.
The new scheme named 'Get Active' features the Activ8rlives BuddyBand2 – a wrist worn waterproof activity tracker, which monitors people's activity and is uploaded to an Apple or Android App. In conjunction with the patient and qualified personal trainer, a personalised activity plan is drawn up and includes home-based exercises, structured exercise classes or going to the local gym. HCCN has linked with local Leisure Centres to provide access to classes, guided walks etc. They are always on the look out for new opportunities to keep people active. The charity also continues to fund weekly yoga and circuit classes for all their cancer patients.
Under the 'Get Active' scheme, each patient identifies what activity suits them best and is then supported to achieve their goals. This may well open other opportunities for activity that they might not normally consider, such as dancing.
The Activ8rlives BuddyBand2 is supplied at a nominal fee of £30 for participants, along with comprehensive training and support. The Activ8rlives solution provides the means to monitor progress, targets and be linked into online help, messaging, adventures and rewards to ensure individuals gain the maximum benefits from the whole integrated programme of 'Get Active'.
Physical activity is monitored through collecting data from the band and if any readings generated are not what would be expected, the Personal Trainer can get in touch to ensure the individual is okay and alert the nursing team if necessary. The scheme allows people to become independent and confident in their activity and fitness plans whilst undergoing treatment or beyond.
A pilot of the 'Get Active' scheme, using the BuddyBand2, has recently been experienced by 15 cancer patients, who considered it "excellent", As a consequence the charity is now rolling it out to HCCN patients across the Huntingdonshire area.
Aseptika are a local award winning healthcare technology company, who develop integrated health and wellness solutions for individuals or groups of patients with long-term health conditions. This empowers them to self-care and self-monitor their health parameters and to share this data with their healthcare providers if they so wish.
Kevin Auton, MD, has worked with HCCN, | 462 |
If you haven't seen CD-ROM director Theresa Duncan's earlier work, you'll think that her new release, "Smartypants," is far and away the best disk ever for young girls.
It is, except for her earlier CD-ROM "Chop Suey," which is even better.
Either one would make a great gift for girls in the 7 to 12 age group, and no doubt a lot of computer-savvy boys would like them too. Outside of some of the more technically spectacular fighting games, there are few CD-ROMs for the younger set that are as cool as Duncan's. Actually, there are few CD-ROMs this cool, period.
The wildly heralded "Chop Suey," released in 1995 and still available, was a wonderful alternative to the usual storybook CD-ROMs that tried their darndest to imitate print books.
"Chop Suey" went beyond the linear format to allow a child to wander freely through its small town setting, clicking on objects and buildings to create a digital journey. The stars were two girls, and "Chop Suey" was a welcome alternative to the silly, even patronizing CD-ROMs then targeted toward girls.
"Smartypants" is similar in that it is also centered around the adventures of a young girl, it also takes place in a small-town type of setting and the competition is still lame. Duncan's hero this time is Mimi Smartypants, a 9-year-old who loves to read, as we find out in a beautiful opening sequence that depicts Mimi in the fall and winter seasons (the spectacular art direction is by Jeremy Blake).
Come summer, Mimi is off to visit Aunt Olive and Olive's roommate, Rose, in the burbs. From an overhead view, you can choose to go to any of several places--the school, the Pancake Hut, the Dollar Dream discount emporium, the Pix movie theater, etc. As in "Chop Suey," there is nary a chain store nor mall in sight.
Click on the house and you can enter the root cellar, where semi-animated vegetables can be found around a card table playing poker. Up above the garage, where Olive makes<|fim_middle|> small-town life.
The people of "Chop Suey" had a sense of melancholy mixed with private joys--a teenage boy who sat alone in his room playing the guitar, a middle-aged singer reduced to gigs in motel lounges, a woman dancing romantically with a gas station attendant in her Chinese lantern-lit backyard.
And although the narrator of "Smartypants" does a nice job, there is probably no one as good a match for Duncan's writing as David Sedaris, the writer and radio essayist whose readings were one of the highlights of "Chop Suey."
You can't go far wrong with either of Duncan's CD-ROMs, but "Chop Suey" is the one that resonates in your memory long after the computer is turned off.
"Smartypants" is available by mail order only (call toll free, 476-2789). Macintosh and Windows versions are both priced at $34.95.
* Cyburbia's e-mail address is david.colker@latimes.com. | jewelry from found objects, you can try your hand at making a necklace (you can print out the results). In the theater you can watch authentic clips from 1930s cartoons and at summer school (taught by nuns from Our Lady of Impossible Sorrow), Mimi takes part in an avant-garde production.
Duncan's writing--there is narration throughout the CD-ROM--is sharp and funny, and Blake's illustrations are great fun. Together, they create a perfect, summer vacation spot.
Perfect to a fault. What "Chop Suey" had over this new CD-ROM was that it depicted a place with a bit of an edge to it. Not really menacing, but deeper in character and more redolent of | 151 |
From the front of Berowra Station, this walk follows the footpath between the Pacific Highway and railway line, whilst keeping the highway to your left. After about 50m this walk comes to 'Berowra Parade' marked with a large 'Harbour to Hawkesbury' information sign and map. Here the walk turns right and follows the little used road down over railway bridge then around the green metal gate to cross over the F3 on a large concrete bridge. On the other side of the freeway this walk comes to a small clearing marked with a large 'Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park – Berowra Track' sign.
Veer right: From the clearing, this walk follows the track beside the large 'Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park – Berowra Track' sign heading directly away from the freeway. The track is initially slightly overgrown and leads over a series of concrete drains. The track then leads gently down through a tall casuarina and eucalypt stand for about 30m to come to the edge of an unfenced cliff, with filtered valley views. Here the walk turns left and leads gently down along the clear track and beside a long rock wall (on your left) for about 150m to a sharp right hand bend. From here the track becomes a little steeper and continues through a series of 9 more hairpin bends for 800m becoming moderately steep and passing through a grass tree forest to come beside Waratah Gully creek. Here the track flattens out and heads down through the canyon like gully for 100m then down some stone steps to the Waratah Gully creek crossing. The walk crosses the slippery sandstone creek bed at the site of an old bridge to find a small constructed sandstone buttress on the far side. This creek may become impassable after heavy or prolonged rain.
Continue straight: From the sandstone buttress on the south side of Waratah Creek, this walk follows the clear and mostly flat track down through the steep sided canyon like gully, keeping the creek steeply below and to your left. After passing through the dense moist forest for about 500m the rocky track leads over an exposed section of old pipes then 70m later the track comes to the start of Waratah Bay. Here the rocky track continues to lead beside the bay, keeping the water to your left for 80m to pass a 'No Camping' and a 'Gas fires only' sign. The walk now climbs up and over a short rocky rise for about 35m to come back to the waters edge beside the rusted steel skeleton of a boat.
Continue straight: From beside the rusty remnants of Windybank boat, this walk follows the track along the foreshore keeping the water to your left. The track leads over a small rise for about 120m to come to a set of old peers that once supported the Windybank's boat shed.<|fim_middle|>ulate along the southern shoreline of Waratah Bay for about 400m passing some large boulders to where the track bends right, following the shoreline, to come alongside Cowan Creek. This walk follows the rocky track as it leads upstream along the western shore of Cowan Creek for about 50m to pass a deep but short sandstone overhang (on your right). Continuing to undulating along the rocky shoreline, this walk heads through the bracken ferns and tall forest for 500m to cross a shallow rocky gully. About 180m later this walk veers right to follow the formal track up the timber steps, over a rise to continue long the shoreline over a few more rises for 300m before crossing a deep moist gully just beyond a large sandstone cave, just inside the northern headland of Lords Bay. The walk now leads along the northern shore into Lords bay for 250m to cross the usually small creek and densely forest gully at the apex of Lords Bay. About 60m later the track crosses another usually small creek on the slippery sandstone rocks to then follow the clear track along the southern shoreline of Lords bay for 200m to a small rock platform on the southern headland of Lords Bay.
Continue straight: From the small rock platform on the southern headland of Lords Bay, this walk follows the track along foreshore keeping the water to your left for 350m to then head alongside a natural rock wall (on your right) and a shorter wall (on your left). From here the walk continues along the foreshore for 400m to cross the rocky apex of Winson Gully bay then along the southern foreshore of this bay for just shy of 200m to an unfenced flat rock with great views down Cowan Creek. This walk now continues to follow the track for 200m past a small cave to the where the track bends right at the southern headland of Winson Gully bay to continue along side Cowan Creek for 250m to pass a section of track where large sandstone boulders have been placed to stabilise the shoreline. The track then bends right to follow the shoreline into another bay then along north shore of this bay for 300m to cross the usually shallow but wide (unnamed) creek flowing over sandstone platform and around boulders. Now this walk follows the track out of the bay along the southern shoreline past a section where more large rocks have been placed to protect the track then up a few steps to a timber boardwalk and viewing platform on Cowan Creek.
Cowan Creek View, is a timber platform lookout on Cowan Creek. The lookout is on the northern side of a headland and provide great views down along Cowan Creek. This is a great place to rest and enjoy the water views.
Continue straight: From the viewing platform, this walk heads along the timber boardwalk keeping Cowan Creek to your left. The boardwalk bends right where the walk then heads up some steps and follows the rocky track as it undulates along the shoreline for 150m to pass close to a green channel marker. From here the walk continues along shoreline for just over 160m to then head up some timber steps and come to a signposted intersection at the bottom of the the signposted 'Mt Ku-ring-gai Track' (up to your right).
Continue straight: From the intersection, this walk follows the clear track along the shoreline, keeping the water to your left. After about 40m this walk comes to a constructed stone wall and series of disused stone steps (on your right). This is the site of the Woodnutts Boatshed that was built in 1910. The rusting water tank and a few other relics remain. From here this walk continues along the shore line for just over 300m veering right a few times to pass over small rises using some timber steps to then cross two small rock gully and grove of sassafras. From this second gully the walk continues for 200m along side Cowan creek to here the now mostly flat track tends right (still on the shoreline) and into Apple Tree Bay. The track then becomes rocky and leads up and down a series of stone steps for about 100m to find small fenced clearing and picnic area where a sign points back along the 'Berowra Track'. Here the walk turns left and crosses Apple Tree Creek on the timber bridge to find a sheltered 'Information' sign on the other side. Now the walk leads past the top of the boat ramp and wanders across the car park just shy of 100m to find the kiosk at and 'Welcome to Apple Tree Bay' sign at the main entrance to the parking area. At the end of this side trip, retrace your steps back to the main walk then Turn left .
Turn right: From the intersection, this walk follows the 'MT Ku-ring-gai Track' sign up the rock and timber steps and past the small overhang. The track leads fairly steeply up for 80m to then bend sharply right and continue fairly steeply for another 200m to pass a natural rock wall (on your left). Just 20m past this wall the track comes to a small flat area with good views over Cowan Creek. Here the walk continues more gently uphill along the rocky ridge line for 300m where the track completely flattens out to pass along the side of a small hill (on your left). Over the next 600m the track leads down across a saddle then up along the ridge to bend right onto an exposed rock platform. From there the sandy track soon bends left again to follow the ridge uphill for 100m to pass a small sandstone overhang then continue up a long set of stone steps where the sandy track mostly flattens out again. Soon the track starts heading up more stone steps for about 400m to pass between a large boulder (on your left) and along rock wall (on your right). At the end of this rock wall the track bends right and leads up the stone steps through the cleft in the rock where the then mostly flat wide sandy track leads gently uphill for 250m to find a three-way intersection marked with a NPWS arrow post.
4.8km of this walk has short steep hills and another 3.1km is very steep. Whilst another 990m has gentle hills with occasional steps and the remaining 600m is flat with no steps.
6km of this walk follows a formed track, with some branches and other obstacles and another 1.9km follows a rough track, where fallen trees and other obstacles are likely. Whilst another 850m follows a clear and well formed track or trail and the remaining 400m follows a smooth and hardened path.
Around 5km of this walk is affected by storms that may impact your navigation and safety, whilst the remaining 4.3km is not usually affected by severe weather events (that would unexpectedly impact safety and navigation).
6km of this walk has limited facilities (such as not all cliffs fenced) and another 1.9km has limited facilities (such as cliffs not fenced, significant creeks not bridged). The remaining (1.6km) is close to useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats).
A list of walks that share part of the track with the Berowra to Mt Kuring-gai walk.
A list of walks that start near the Berowra to Mt Kuring-gai walk.
http://new.wildwalks.com/wildwalks_custom/includes/walk_fire_danger.php?walkid=nsw-krgcnp-btmk Each park may have its own fire ban, this rating is only valid for today and is based on information from the RFS Please check the RFS Website for more information. | There are other remnant of their home in the area. The rocky track continues to und | 18 |
Seeing Cetaceans from Salmon Coast
by<|fim_middle|> fortunate enough to have. I count myself eternally grateful for sightings such as these.
Salmon Coast has played a vital role in documenting cetacean sightings throughout the Broughton Archipelago, Johnstone Strait, Queen Charlotte Strait and Blackfish Sound. The research teams based out of the Station cover a large expanse of water, which allows for hundreds of sightings and reports each year. As well as reporting the location, species and numbers of these animals, in recent years, the station has supported the north island whale research community by taking photos that allow for identification of individual orcas and humpbacks while also noting their behaviour. With the expertise of members of the Marine Education & Research Society (MERS), the identification of specific individuals lends detailed and pertinent information to the sightings that are reported by the Station and its researchers.
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PHOTO OF BLOG AUTHOR, LAUREN PORTNER
The B.C. Cetaceans Sightings Network is a valuable branch of the Vancouver Aquarium that supports citizen scientists all along this coast. With its WhaleReport App, available for iOS and Android devices, it's easy and straightforward to report cetacean sightings. If the traditional route of recording on paper is more in your wheelhouse, the Network can provide logbooks that are submitted at the end of each year.
For more information about Salmon Coast Field Station Society, you can visit their website at http://salmoncoast.org/ or email [email protected].
For more information about the Marine Education & Research Society (MERS), visit their website at http://mersociety.org/.
Blog by Lauren Portner
Photo of blog author, Lauren Portner. Image credit: Mack Bartlett | Tess | Oct 17, 2016 | Sightings
Lauren Portner
The B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network has a diverse array of observers, from float plane pilots to ship captains to owners of waterfront property. The Network is also fortunate to receive support from a number of research and conservation organizations along the B.C. coast, who contribute their invaluable sightings of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) and sea turtles, often from remote locations. Lauren Portner, a frequent reporter to the Network, shares her experience collecting sightings data through her work with the Salmon Coast Field Station:
Summer of 2009. The season that opened my eyes to the wonders of the British Columbia coast and the Broughton Archipelago, a cluster of islands between northern Vancouver Island and the B.C. mainland. That season was the first of many spent on the water observing the marine mammals of the area and the natural world around me. My appreciation for these animals has only grown since then.
Echo Bay, a small community that sits on the northwest side of Gilford Island in the Archipelago, is home to (among other things) Salmon Coast Field Station Society. Founded in 2006, Salmon Coast is the former residence and field station of Hon. PhD Alexandra Morton, a biologist currently known for her work pertaining to viruses found in wild salmon. Today, the Station is well known for generating ground-breaking research and scientific literature relating to open net Atlantic salmon farms and their relationship with the wild Pacific salmon that travel past these farms on their annual migrations.
Salmon Coast Field Station headquarters.
The evolution of Salmon Coast's current research focus began with Morton's observation and cataloging of the northern resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) that frequented Echo Bay and the surrounding areas in the early 1980s. For this reason, the Station's history as an institution is rooted in the sighting and reporting of cetaceans and other marine mammals off the B.C. coast. As a researcher who has returned seasonally to work out of Salmon Coast for the last 8 seasons, I've been privileged to witness exciting events such as the rebound of the humpback population and the return of the sea otter to inside waters. I've been fortunate to have so many truly awesome cetacean encounters over the years. Everything from Bigg's (transient) killer whales successfully hunting Dall's porpoise to humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) trap feeding, a behavior that has only been documented around the northern end of Vancouver Island.
A humpback whale spends time in Cramer Pass.
In recent memory, the most powerful encounter I've had involved members of the northern resident killer whale population in and around Blackfish Sound and Blackney Passage. With the engine of our Station boat, Big Yin, turned off, we drifted at the northwestern entrance to Blackney Pass. A group of approximately 30 killer whales headed our way and surrounded us on all sides, passing at comfortable distances from our boat, spread out from one side of the channel to the other. To drift in the clearing fog surrounded by members of the A23 and A25 matrilines, watching them surface, hearing them breathe and eventually seeing them disappear was incredibly moving. It was an encounter that few people are | 691 |
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Prolific SF giant Ben Bova is back and shows<|fim_middle|>omachines.
Bova's characters can be two-dimensional, but his rendering of the moon base is nicely detailed right down to the low ceilings and scary cafeteria chow, and he has an interesting take on some of the potential uses and ramifications of nanotechnology. Finally, he's such a sure plotter and fluid storyteller that you're almost compelled to finish the book in a couple of thoroughly enjoyable sittings.
The Office of Mercy | he's still in good form with this tale of love, ambition, and revenge set on the far side of the moon. Cub astronomer Trudy Yost arrives at the Farside Observatory just as a giant space telescope (or, more properly, optical interferometer) is being constructed to take a closer look at a newly-discovered Earth-like planet. Unfortunately a bunch of accidents start occurring at Farside and it soon looks as though there's a plot afoot to sabotage the telescope using specially engineered nan | 103 |
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Choosing a wedding cake is one of the most important decisions a couple will make as they prepare for the big day. The cake is a statement to guests about who the bride and groom are as a couple, and it reflects their individual tastes as well as their blended sense of style. Many decisions go into selecting the perfect cake—the number of layers, filling or no filling, how many tiers, what kind of frosting. From design decisions and taste testing to cutting the first slice of cake at the reception, these Philadelphia-area bakeries are tops, according to clients of wedding and events specialist Renee Patrone, of Events by Renee.
Chef Patrick Gauthron honed his craft in his native France before opening his Philadelphia area patisserie, Aux Petis Delices, or "small delights."<|fim_middle|>ical to simply stunning. If you are looking for something different, try her wedding cake bar or a mini cupcake tower – her fans proclaim the champagne strawberry cupcakes to be downright decadent, and who can resist flavors like snickerdoodle, spiced caramel pear, or red-velvet white-chocolate cheesecake? For brides who truly want to stand out, Maryellen, who's known as the queen of cakepops, will whip up a batch of these dainty confections sure to delight the wedding guests. Attendees will be in dessert heaven with flavors like heavenly vanilla, chocolate chip cheesecake and turtles & s'mores.
"My brides rave about Clays," says Patrone. That's because this bakery personally sits down with each couple and designs the cake of your dreams – within your budget. With designs that are always gorgeous and taste even better, it's no wonder that this Philly Main Line bake shop is tops with brides in the know. This family owned and operated bakery treats each bride and groom like stars – and they know something about stars, having recently created birthday cakes for Joan Rivers and Frankie Valli. One glance at the glowing reviews by Clay's loyal fan base in the online guestbook is all the assurance you will need that this venue will have you coming back for seconds.
Whipped bakeshop is becoming a staple among Philadelphia area bakeries, says wedding and events specialist Renee Patrone. Patrone even confesses to drooling over photos of the bakeshop's creations as she scours the pages of Whipped's social media accounts on behalf of discerning clients in search of that perfect wedding day confection. One glance at Whipped's chocolate-encased ganache wedding cake and you'll see what she means. Whipped specializes in out-of-the box designs from the oh-so fashion forward and whimsically unique ombre cake to classic or customized cookie favors, cupcakes and grooms cakes. | His award winning cakes are custom-made, magnificent and delicious, winning rave reviews from Events by Renee brides for that as well as Gauthron's outstanding customer service and willingness to work within budget. For couples who want more than just cake, Chef Gauthron is ready to wow guests with specially appointed dessert tables, wedding favors and centerpieces that incorporate decadent chocolates, petit fours, decoratively dipped berries and more.
Bredenbecks is a Philly area favorite. EBR brides proclaim this shop's cakes are "delicious and beyond creative," and Patrone couldn't agree more.
"The minute I caught sight of a grooms cake that looked like a plate of sushi, I was sold," she said.
Bredenbecks, a Chestnut Hill landmark, has been whipping up wedding cakes for three quarters of a century, using only the finest ingredients available to create dream wedding cakes from scratch. They have mastered the art of the wedding desert table and have options for every budget and style.
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It's over. It took six judges, eight pizzerias, eleven hours, damn near 20 pizzas, and innumerable, yet-to-be-seen hours at the gym, but we did it and it's done. Here's how it happened.
We met at noon yesterday, the three original members of the Pizza Tour, Elliot, Dan, and Scott, as well as our most tenured guest judge, Kait, our once-original Pizza Tour cohort, Reaves, and Elliot's sister, Allison. We went to John the Baker, Hope Pizza, Ridgeway, and Remo's and asked them simply, "give us the best pizza you have." Then we took a much needed break because most restaurants<|fim_middle|> Through this process I've discovered Amore and re-discovered Stamford Pizza, both of which I anticipate having long and meaningful relationships with. | interpreted our request as, "give us a bunch of really good pizzas and let us figure out which one is the best." Needless to say, by the break, we had a considerable amount of high quality leftovers.
After the break, we visited Stamford Pizzeria, Colony Grill, Amore, and Sergio's* Springdale with the same request, "all we ask is that you serve us the best pizza you've got." Again, most places found this to be as hard as a mother picking her favorite child and showered us with several phenomenal pizza pies (except for Colony, they gave us one). Seventeen pizzas later, we convened at Pizza Tour HQ in a scene straight out of Twelve Angry Men, arguing on behalf of the truth. The six of us ranked each restaurant's showing individually from first to worst, with the best receiving 8 points, and the worst receiving 1. These points were then totaled, giving us a clear winner for Best Pizza in Stamford in the Stamford Pizza Tournament.
Over the next week, we will count down our findings beginning with numbers 7 and 8 today and ending with numbers 1 and 2 on Thursday in hopes of filling the dining rooms of these establishments on Friday night with customers clamoring for one of the very best pizzas in town.
* Sergio's declined to compete, wanting nothing to do with the Internet, presumably due to the likes of Y2K, Napster, and the elf bowling virus.
Ah man - now I'm really bummed that I missed out!
Interesting that Sergio's declined a little free publicity! Still, the review here made me want to check it out for the first time since high school.
Thanks so much for this enjoyable romp through Stamford's pizzerias! | 354 |
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THIS WEEK — The Men's and Women's Cross Country teams will both travel to Macomb, IL Friday for the Western Illinois University's Early Bird Invitational. The meet is scheduled for Friday at Spring Lake Park. The women will start at 5 p.m. with a 4,000-meter race, while the men will follow at 5:45 p.m. with a 6,000-meter race.
2006 MEN'S SEASON PREVIEW — Iowa returns its top two runners from 2005, Eric MacTaggart and Micah VanDenend. MacTaggart and VanDenend each earned all-region honors with MacTaggart leading the way in three races and setting the Ashton Cross Country Course 6,000-meter record (18:18). Senior Jeff Kent and sophomore Andy Napier also posted solid races in 2005.The Hawkeyes will need the sophomore class of Heath Moenck, Blake Schlotzhauer and Alex Webster to turn their year of experience into strong supporting performances. Wieczorek also hopes at least one of the three newcomers (Adam Hairston, Jesse Luciano and Bruce MacTaggart) can step in immediately. Redshirt freshmen Brendan Camplin, Jay Renaud, Mike Stout and Tommy Tate will provide depth and get a chance to crack the varsity lineup.
2006 WOMEN'S SEASON PREVIEW — Iowa's key returnee is junior Meghan Armstrong. In 2005, she became Anderson's first NCAA qualifier at Iowa with her ninth-place regional finish. She also set the school 3,000 (10:25) and 6,000-meter (20:49) records, and the 3,000-meter (10:25) Ashton Course record. The all-region selection was the first Hawkeye finisher in every race. Coach Anderson is looking to an untested group that includes redshirt freshman Krista Anderson, junior transfer Diane Nukuri and freshmen Jolly Burke to round out the top group. Nukuri was a 2000 Olympian for her native Burundi and is a nine-time NJCAA national champion and 17-time all-American from Butler County Community College. Junior Racheal Marchand and senior Shannon Stanley will also vy for scoring positions in the top pack. Marchand was Iowa's second finisher at the Big Ten Championships (22nd) and NCAA regional (18th), earning all-region honors. She led the Hawkeyes in the 10,000-meters during the 2006 track season, qualifying for the NCAA outdoor championships. Stanley earned her first NCAA regional berth<|fim_middle|>. The team recorded identical seventh-place finishes at the 2004 and 2005 Big Ten Championships, which was Iowa's highest finish since placing fifth in 1993. Iowa has also improved its finish at the NCAA midwest regional each season, placing ninth in 2003, seventh in 2004 and sixth in 2005. The Hawkeyes have also set school records in the 3,000 and 6,000 meters that last two seasons, and the 4,000-meter record in 2004.
QUOTING COACH WIECZOREK – "This is an early season meet where we can run some of our runners that need some experience. We hope to get these runners some good experience so we can build our overall line-up."
QUOTING COACH ANDERSON – "This meet will be a real relaxed setting where we can get some of our true and red-shirt freshman a chance to run. We will use this week as an ice-breaker meet and look to see if some of these girls can be big contributors for us this season."
NEXT WEEK — Iowa will host the Hawkeye Open Saturday, September 9 at the Ashton Cross Country Course in Iowa City. The women will run 3,000 meters at 8:30 a.m. and the men will run 6,000 meters at 9 a.m. Competing teams include Syracuse, Loyola and Iowa. Admission to the event is free.
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Women's Cross Country / August 10, 2020 Coach Woody Talks Talent Regarding Incoming Recruits | last spring in the 1,500 meters and will look to carry that success to 6,000 meters. Anderson will also have a strong group to provide depth. Seniors Christine Kotarba and Jordan Laney, juniors Molly Esche and Jessica Schmidt, redshirt freshman Jennie Docherty and freshmen Katie Ellis and Chrissy Schaefer will all get opportunities to run. Esche and Schmidt will be looked at to be impact performers.
HAWKEYE MEN NAME TEAM CAPTAINS — Seniors Micah VanDenend and Jeff Kent have been named team co-captains for the 2006 men's cross country season. VanDenend, a native of Glen Ellyn, IL, is a two-time all-region selection that earned all-Big Ten honors in 2004. He broke Coach Wieczorek's 38-year-old 5,000-meter record during the outdoor track season, qualifying for the NCAA Championships in that event, and set the school 3,000-meter record indoors (8:00.81). VanDenend also qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 5,000 meters (13:55.96). Kent is a native of Valparaiso, IN, who transferred to Iowa from Ball State in 2004.
HAWKEYE MEN'S COACH Larry Wieczorek – Larry Wieczorek is in his 20th season as Iowa men's cross country coach. During his tenure, the cross country team has placed sixth or higher nine times at the NCAA Regional Championships, has posted 27 all-region selections and qualified for the NCAA Championships four times. In 2002, Wieczorek was named Midwest Region Coach of the Year honors by the United States Cross Country Association after the Hawkeyes won the NCAA Regional for the first time in school history. In 2004, the Hawkeyes recorded their highest placings under Wieczorek at the Big Ten (3rd) and NCAA Championships (13th). Wieczorek was a two-time Big Ten champion and a menber of Iowa's last Big Ten track championship team in 1967. Wieczorek still owns Iowa record in the indoor two mile.
HAWKEYE WOMEN'S COACH Layne Anderson – Layne Anderson is in his fourth year as head women's cross country coach and assistant women's track and field coach at the University of Iowa. In his three years with the cross country team, the Hawkeyes have made strong strides toward recapturing the program's success of the 1980's | 558 |
The process of managed care contract negotiations can be painstaking. Orthopedics and spine-driven ASC leaders often need to take an extra step to carve-out adequate rates for<|fim_middle|> aside for alternative models such as bundled payments. "The bottom line: you need to look towards methods that will help you remain competitive," says Mr. Connolly. "These methods will force you to become better at managing and containing costs."
The bundled payments model is still in its infancy, but over the next few years Mr. Connolly predicts it will gain momentum in the spine and total joint arena. The data collected for carve-out negotiation leverage will help build the bridge to bundled payments.
CMS: ICD-10 Guidance Coming "Soon" | the higher acuity cases performed in their centers. Dan Connolly, vice president of payer contracting with Pinnacle III, analyzes the carve-out strategy and offers insight into approaches for the most effective negotiations.
As higher acuity cases migrate to the ASC setting, carve-outs remain an invaluable strategy. Over the past few years, total joints and spine have emerged as promising ASC specialties and, without carve-outs, reimbursement for these procedures may not even cover the costs of a case.
"Any procedure that is unique, expensive and has high variability in cost presents an opportunity for a carve-out," says Mr. Connolly. "I have negotiated carve-outs for just about every specialty, but high acuity cases hold the most opportunity right now."
Advances in technology and clinical acumen are driving factors in the movement of spine and total joints to the ASC, but this trend is also supported by an overwhelming call for lower cost, high quality care. "The ASC industry is able to generate huge cost savings to the system which is appealing to payers," says Mr. Connolly. ASC leaders can leverage this ability to gain initial carve-outs and improve on existing rates.
Healthcare reform, as any other sweeping change, is a two-sided coin presenting both opportunities and challenges. "I am finding system-wide, whether for carve-outs or general contracting, that everyone on the payer side is extremely busy," says Mr. Connolly. Payers are pulled in multiple directions and carve-outs can force them to step into an unfamiliar arena. Something as simple as nailing-down the time to present an ASC's case for carve-outs can be the greatest challenge.
Payers are now inundated with ASCs and providers pushing for better rates and favorable carve-outs. "Only the best of the best will fare well in terms of securing the greatest net revenue as a result of negotiations," he says.
2. Educate payers. Carve-outs can be difficult, especially when payers are not initially attuned to the value procedures, such as spine or total joints, have when performed in an ASC. Payers are heavily reliant on data, and without it they are stepping outside of a comfort zone. Provide them with that carefully collected data. "I go to great lengths to lay out a formal presentation," says Mr. Connolly. "Lay out the evidence and present it in such a fashion that it ultimately sells them on the fact that there is value there."
3. Single case agreements. Payers may not always be willing to leap straight into carve-out negotiations. Single case agreements, though not overly common, can be valuable tools. "This gives you the opportunity to demonstrate value on the level of a specific case," says Mr. Connolly. "If you secure a few single case agreements, a payer may wake up and amend the contract. Build your evidence in a real world scenario."
4. Revisit contracts. All ASC leaders know that contract negotiation is never done, and the same applies to carve-outs. "A lot of payers will not be willing to let you add additional carve-outs or modifiers until a contract is up for renewal," says Mr. Connolly. "But, a wise payer will be willing to discuss changes earlier if you can demonstrate savings." This will vary from payer to payer, but careful monitoring of data and contracts, as well as familiarity with key players on the payer side, will ensure ASC leaders do not miss such opportunities should they arise.
Favorable carve-outs are heavily dependent on how payers view providers. "Build rapport with the payer until you are perceived as a partner," he says. "You are likely to obtain greater reimbursement in general for your ASC." Readily demonstrating consistent savings to a payer paired with good relations will pave the way for improved carve-outs and lessen the likelihood of broad reimbursement cuts.
However, carve-outs are an uphill battle. In the short-term, Mr. Connolly sees carve-outs as a necessary strategy, especially for ASCs performing and considering high acuity cases. "I don't envision this process getting any easier," he says. "You need to become a gladiator in terms of these negotiations."
Though reform has left providers wondering what the future of healthcare looks like, some things are certain. Providers will have to shoulder more risk and healthcare will steadily move away from the fee-for-service model. Carve-outs may be set | 881 |
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Focusing primarily on nature, and in particular on trees, Dainche's work exudes a feeling of serenity, calm and zen. The compositions are simple, the lines confident, the colours gentle and the pieces as a whole boast a very delicate beauty.
An homage to the artist's grandfather
Dainche discovered drawing through his work as a landscape architect, where part of his job involved drawing gardens. Gradually, his sensitivity to the stories told by the forms of living things led him to take a more personal, intuitive and artistic approach to drawing.
Loyal to the nature which<|fim_middle|> by their homage to the "striking" truth of trees, frequently filled with trees that seem charged with humanity, sometimes rooted, sometimes weak, fragile or robust, sometimes naked, sometimes in bloom.... He is fascinated by their silence, grace, patience, strength and elegance.
Trees: an unending source of inspiration
With Dainche, nothing is premeditated, everything is intuitive. First, there is the background, painted in watercolours, in a single session. The brush is free. The colours - blues, greys and purples – swim together, diluting one another, creating the setting and its atmosphere - snowy, heavy, crepuscular, tranquil...
The trees are then etched onto the paper, directly in Indian ink using a Rotring. There is no rough draft, no finishing touches. For Dainche, it is not so much the result that matters, nor the response, but the intention of allowing one emotion to lead to another.
For this young artist, art in its purest form is a way to reveal the essence of a form, its authenticity. On the paper, there is enough ink to start a realist movement. The audience is left to imagine their own story… | had nurtured him since he was a child, Dainche chose to work under the name of his great grandfather, who had died after being hit by lightning, under a tree...
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At Arthur Dean, DMD, our doctor(s) and staff are proud to be a team whose primary mission is to deliver the finest and most comprehensive periodontal services available today. We are concerned about your dental care and want to ensure you that it is performed in the most responsible manner. In order to assist you with the investment in your dental health, we have outlined our payment policy.
For your convenience, payments may be made with cash, personal check, and bank draft, Discover, Visa, or MasterCard. Care<|fim_middle|> without interest if you qualify. If you have any problems or questions, please ask our staff. They are well informed and up-to-date. They can be reached by phone at Groton Phone Number 860-449-1643 or by fax at 860 449-0198. Our office location is 489 Route 184, Ste 201. Please call if you have any questions or concerns regarding your initial visit. | credit is a program that we administer that can give you 6 months to pay | 16 |
As you walk among the kangaroos, hand-feed the giraffes and ride atop a camel, there's a moment you realize you've crossed the usual boundaries of a typical zoo and entered special place. You don't just observe animals at Tanganyika,<|fim_middle|> etc. and use any of the facilities available. To learn more about our birthday party packages, click here.
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Tanganyika also has a variety of facilities and services available for your special events, including weddings, receptions, birthday parties and company events. Call 794-8954 for rental information.
Tanganyika does have a concession stand that offers various deli sandwiches, hot dogs, and other concession-type food. They also have Pepsi products including gatorade and juice.
Group admission for the above groups includes a guided tour by one of our knowledgeable guides if your group has 15 or more members and you schedule a tour in advance with our Education Department. The tour lasts approximately 30 minutes. After the tour, you can tour the remainder of the Park on your own. To learn more, Contact Tanganyika.
Admission as usual unless they qualify for group discount. Free to bring in cake, food, | 193 |
If you are searching for a free online guided meditation, then you've just stumbled upon a fantastic resource. By the time you are finished with this page, you'll be downloading<|fim_middle|> such as Facebook or Twitter, you can share this page by clicking on the "Share This Page" link at the bottom of your screen. | a free guided meditation and some deliciously relaxing meditation music as well.
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The Apple Capital Museum and Visitor Information Center welcomes visitors and residents to explore our heritage, cultural and other local secrets in Berwick and surrounding areas.
The facility is located at 173 Commercial Street and open to the public throughout the summer. The Visitor Information Centre is open to help tourists with all their questions. The Apple Capital Museum collects and displays historical paraphernalia about the Annapolis Valley's apple industry and its founders, as well as information on residents and community history of interest to Berwick and District.
No visit to Berwick is complete without experiencing its famous collection of objects from the apple and railway era at the Apple Capital Museum. Did you know that the museum also hosts a live bee display enclosed in glass<|fim_middle|> so much to enjoy here!
The above is just a taste of the discoveries waiting for you and your family in Berwick and surrounding area, so when are you coming? Keep checking the website for new events happening that may be of interest, and we will all learn and have fun together in this fantastic community! | by means of a tube leading outside, showing how they work together to build their community as we build ours? Ask our knowledgeable staff how the bees benefit the fruit industry, especially the apples in our area!
Need directions or advice as to what fun and exciting assets we have to offer in Berwick and the surrounding area? Stop by the Apple Capital Museum as it also doubles as a Visitor Information Center, and speak to the friendly staff that take pride and radiate excitement as they share their secret spots with you!
Grab a splash of apple cider and talk about exploring and discovering these spots, and be sure to bring your camera as you don't want to miss these memorable experiences to share with your friends and family. There is simply | 145 |
I'm a big fan of supplements. They help people meet their daily required values of important nutrients that are otherwise difficult to get from food alone. However when it comes to fiber, you're much better off trying to get it from whole fruits and vegetables than from a supplement. Find out why that fiber supplement probably isn't doing you much good.
Bryan Hay<|fim_middle|>. I agree with their claim that powerful prescription medications are more effective at treating cardiovascular disease than fish oil supplements, but there are other reasons you should be taking it. Read about why it works and some proven benefits it provides. | cock, exercise physiology and nutrition expert and voice of our popular Truth About Diets video series, has just released a terrific new book titled Dietary Supplements. Bryan and his co-author Amy Sunderman give a little history on the supplement industry and how it's regulated, plus they analyze the effectiveness of 20 of the most popular supplements on the market.
The one supplement I recommend everyone take no matter their goal is fish oil. Unfortunately, many people are confused by the mixed messages from news outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post which claim that they don't work | 113 |
Blue Moon Cafe has, in different guises, been a silent staple of Sheffield's food and drink landscape for over nineteen years. It began<|fim_middle|>: the room itself is one of the cafe's strongest features.
There's a sense of artsy clutter about the place that looks like it stems from the personal acquisitions of the owner, and on any weekday afternoon the cafe is populated with friends, families, couples and shoppers, as well as the usual coffee shop set (though you might have have a tough time finding anywhere to plug your MacBook in). It retains a sense of individuality from a time before the chain cafe revolution, and need make no attempt to catch up or compete.
If you enjoy old fashioned tea rooms but don't care much for fuss, Blue Moon is well worth a visit – whether you're vegetarian, vegan or neither of the above.
A father-and-son business that quickly gained popularity near the University. Upshot serves carefully curated roasts plus baked goods and treats from some of the city's best suppliers. | life in 1995 on Norfolk Row, but is now located in a beautifully incomparable old auction hall opposite Sheffield Cathedral on St James Row. It offers a completely vegan and vegetarian menu without being defined or limited by its specific target audience.
The inside is rustic in an inimitably authentic, lived-in way, with wood and air seeming to be the main components of its decor. On the ever-changing menu there are homemade bakes, soups, goulashes and quiches that are plated up in front of you, canteen-style, as well as pie and an appealingly extensive, technicolour salad bar. The cafe is licensed and sells organic and local ciders and ales, as well as a variety of wines.
Breakfast is one thing Blue Moon does especially well, with its (egg-heavy) menu providing cooked breakfasts for the full English-averse. Though it's also perfectly acceptable to pop in for a coffee and a cake. All food and drink is available to take out, but there's not much reason to | 215 |
Naming your rehab center is a critical part of its development. Your name is the first impression you make on your potential clients and their families. It's also the best way to show your professionalism and trustworthiness in one quick, informative phrase.
But what's the best way to name a rehab center? After all, addiction treatment is highly competitive, and you need a name that'll stick out against your competitors.
How do we know this? Because WebFX is a leading marketing agency for rehab centers. We know what it takes for rehab centers to succeed<|fim_middle|> influential person can really work to your advantage.
The best case of this naming strategy is the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California. The center has become so famous that it's as well-known as ex-First Lady Betty Ford herself.
Unfortunately, naming a rehab center after someone almost always requires permission from that person or their estate, which makes it hard for most centers to get a famous name. But you can reach out to people — particularly those with recognizable names — to get their permission or even their participation at your center.
If you don't want to reach out, you can also use the names of yourself, your lead doctor, or anyone else on staff that might have sway in the public eye.
If you have a religious affiliation, you can also use the names of important religious figures. Dozens of rehab centers throughout the United States are named after saints, including Saint Joseph, Saint Jude, Saint Lawrence, and more.
The goal is to take the same fame assigned to a person and use it to help bring recognition to your addiction treatment center, helping people who need it.
Similar to famous people, you can also name your rehab center after famous references, procedures, locations, or even popular art.
Referential names include tons of options, and they're intended to tell someone about your center without explicitly spelling it out. They usually require some creativity, which makes them a mix of metaphorical names and memorial names.
With that in mind, a referential name would be something like 12 Steps Recovery Center.
The name refers to the common 12-step program used by Alcoholics Anonymous to encourage sobriety, which indicates that it probably specializes in alcohol recovery or substance abuse in general. It could also imply religious affiliation since AA's 12-step program commonly includes recognition of a higher power.
So with one name, you already tell people your specialty and affiliations, which is a great way to start. Potential patients seeking help for alcohol abuse who also value their faith — your likely demographic with that name — would be interested right away.
Another common way to name rehab centers focuses on the center's location. This is generally the easiest way to name a center, and it also gives visitors some idea of your location. For people who need rehabilitation but lack the money to travel, that's a big selling point.
The exact location you want to use is up to you. You can go with your state, region, county, town, neighborhood — whatever location you think works best for your demographic.
The more specific you are, the more potential you have to generate local interest.
Local patients are the ones who won't have to worry as much about additional fees outside of your charges since they live so close. And when you make it easy for someone to use your services, you're already placing yourself ahead of more distant competition.
Literal names have the potential to describe your services accurately, but they lack the branding power that comes with more creative naming.
In terms of creativity versus practicality, literal names are the opposite of metaphorical names. They're designed to tell potential patients as much as possible with a few words, but not much else.
From a pragmatic standpoint, you can't beat names like these.
But the problem is that they're vague and generic. So they may tell potential patients what you do, but they probably won't remember you for very long, at least compared to other unique names.
Still, the choice is ultimately up to you. If you feel that a direct, no-nonsense name is the best fit for your rehab center, by all means go for it. And if you want something with more branding power, go to the other end of the spectrum and consider a metaphorical name.
As long as it describes your business, serves a purpose, and attracts new patients, it can serve as the foundation of your branding and marketing strategies.
WebFX is a full-service Internet marketing agency, and we have years of experience with rehab centers. Our team of talented Internet marketers has worked with centers just like yours to help them grow online and help the people who need it most — and we're ready to do the same for you.
Do you want your rehab center to get clients? Contact us today to create a smart, unique Internet marketing plan for your addiction treatment center. | , and we want to help you help as many clients as possible!
It's hard to accomplish all of that with just a name. But you can do it with these five naming techniques. If you'd like to speak with a specialist, you can reach us at 888-601-5359.
WebFX has worked with rehab centers like yours to increase website traffic and attract clients.
The most common kind of name you'll find for a rehab center is poetic or metaphorical.
These names aren't always descriptive of the rehab center itself, but they reflect positive feelings associated with rehabilitation.
Most of the time, the names reflect some kind of imagery or symbolism that makes someone realize they're taking the first step toward a brighter future.
They don't quite have the same ring or dignity to them as the first three examples.
But you don't have to go with a metaphorical or poetic name for your rehab center. You have plenty of alternative naming strategies that can give you equally good results.
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The Hoya: Dog Tag Bakery Celebrates Father Curry Date: February 26, 2016
(This article originally appeared in The Hoya on Feb. 26th, 2016)
Dog Tag Bakery, a nonprofit organization that sells baked goods and trains veterans in business, will hold a birthday celebration March 18 in honor of one of its founders, Fr. Rick Curry, S.J., who taught Catholic studies at Georgetown and passed away last December.
Hannah Carey (MSB '16), who enjoys studying at the bakery, said visiting Dog Tag is a way for Georgetown students to honor Fr. Curry.
"A way to honor him and remember him is sticking by the great bakery he made. It makes you want to buy the sweets and baked goods to support an incredible cause. I think I've seen way more Georgetown students there after Fr. Curry's passing, and that to me says a lot about the Georgetown community," Carey said.
In a cozy storefront with a chandelier made of thousands of military dog tags, Dog Tag Bakery not only serves coffee and baked goods to the D.C. community, but also offers a fellowship program with Georgetown University that teaches veterans entrepreneurial skills for running their own businesses.
The bakery, located at 3206 Grace St., welcomes between 10 and 12 disabled veterans to participate in its fellowship program every five months. Dog Tag has had three "cohorts," or groups of fellows, since its pilot program in June 2014. The fellowship program aims to educate veterans in four core areas of running a business: accounting, marketing, front-of-house skills like customer service and sales, and back-of-house skills such as procuring products and development.
In the 5-month fellowship program, disabled veterans take seven courses at Georgetown's School of Continuing Studies and earn a Business Administration certificate at the end of the program. The fellows also participate in learning labs and workshops that aim to teach them soft skills about small business, entrepreneurship, networking, and professionalism.
View the rest of the story here: http://www.thehoya.com/dog-tag-bakery-celebrates-father-curry/
Georgetown bakery giving veterans business-world skills Date: February 24, 2016
(This article originally appeared on WUSA9 on Feb. 24th, 2016)
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- A local business is making a profound difference in the lives of our military veterans and their families.
Through a six-month fellowship program, Dog Tag Bakery in Georgetown is giving veterans, wounded warriors and their spouses the skills to achieve their dreams and learn every aspect about running a small business.
Shay Mason is an Army veteran, Army spouse and now the primary caregiver to her wounded warrior husband, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan."
"This program is a godsend for my family," Mason said.
"Now I kind of feel like I can breathe. And there are people who really care."
She's found hope and help through Dog Tag Bakery.
"You don't fall through the cracks, you don't become a statistic, and not only that. If you have a dream to become an entrepreneur, we're going to help you," Mason said.
The program goes well beyond the bakery. Upstairs in their building is a classroom where Georgetown professors offer weekly lectures on topics like entrepreneurship, finance and marketing.
"The support and the energy is phenomenal here, Peter Scott, an Army veteran and wounded warrior. said.
"This program is one that will help me, lead me to a place where I can succeed and kind of find my niche or my safe place in life."
Like many returning service members, Scott struggled to re-enter the workforce and battled isolation and despair.
"It's great to have a community that can help build us back up," Scott said.
Dog Tag Bakery CEO Meghan Ogilvie says the program's goal is about getting those who served back on their feet.
"They're not looking for a handout, they're not looking for someone to feel bad for them. They're coming in here, they might have a disability, they might have gone through a lot as a spouse or a caregiver, but they're here because they want to move forward with their life," Ogilvie said.
If you know a service member, police officer or firefighter who serves our community and might like a visit from Andrea and Bunce, just send us an email to bunce@wusa9.com. And for more info on Dog Tag Bakery's innovative fellows program, visit their website.
View the video here: http://www.wusa9.com/news/georgetown-bakery-giving-veterans-business-world-skills/51005158
ABC's The Chew Features Dog Tag Bakery Date: December 17, 2015
On Veteran's Day, ABC's The Chew featured the story of our Fellowship Program and many of our Fellows.
We are so grateful for their attention and effort to bring our story to a national audience!
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XzwQti0IQQ&feature=youtu.be
The Weekly Feed: Sweet Swirl Edition Date: May 8, 2015
(This article originally appeared in DCist on May 8th, 2015)
"Sunday marks Mother's Day, a popular occasion to enjoy an indulgent breakfast or brunch. Between the eggs benedict and free-flowing mimosas, be sure to linger over the warm, gooey goodness of a cinnamon roll.
If your only exposure to a cinnamon roll is the Cinnabon food court at the mall, you're sorely missing out (Ed. note: Hey, there's nothing wrong with Cinnabon). Fortunately, a number of bakeries and restaurants in D.C. are churning out these classic, coiled breakfast pastries.
Ted's Bulletin serves what is quite possibly the mother of all cinnamon buns. The enormous pastry—they're only slightly exaggerating when they say it's "as big as your head"—is served Saturdays and Sundays only. It comes with a gravy boat of extra icing, and its huge size makes it great for sharing.
The new Dog Tag Bakery (3206 Grace Street NW) in Georgetown sells cinnamon buns made from layers of cinnamon, custard, and raisins and is finished with a maple syrup glaze. Each purchase supports the bakery's work-study program for military veterans, and you won't have to fight the cupcake-seeking hoards.
Cinnamon buns can be found at many other local bakeries, including the recently-opened RareSweets (963 Palmer Alley in Fort Washington, Md.) and a vegan version at Sticky Fingers (1370 Park Road NW). Have a favorite spot? Let us know. Small Bites The Black Squirrel goes barrel aged
Anyone interested in barrel-aged beer should swing by the Black Squirrel (2427 18th Street NW) this evening. Beginning at 5 p.m., the Adams Morgan bar will serve up 25 rare barrel-aged beers both on draft and by the bottle. Featured breweries include Mad Fox, Goose Island, and Mother Earth. If you get hungry, the kitchen is grilling up both a stinky cheese and stout burger to accompany the brews. Sumo spirit in Chinatown
This May, Daikaya (705 6th Street NW) is giving guests a taste of traditional Japanese sumo wrestling. From the 10th through the 24th, the second-floor Izakaya will be showing sumo matches and offering sumo-themed dinner specials. Among the options will be a mini Chanko-nabe, a staple of the sumo wrestler diet. This Japanese hot pot is made with dashi, sake, mirin, chicken, fish, and vegetables.
Raise a glass to support animal research
The Smithsonian's Zoofari fundraiser returns to the National Zoo (3001 Connecticut Avenue NW) on May 14. Tickets for non-members cost $200 plus fees and get you unlimited food, wine and beer from more than 100 area restaurants including BLT Steak, Jack Rose, Estadio, and others. Attendees also get special after-hours access to certain animal exhibits."
Link: http://dcist.com/2015/05/the_weekly_feed_sweet_swirl_edition.php
Daily Mail: A recipe for success! New 'Dog Tag Bakery' teaches wounded U.S. veterans the business skills they need to re-enter the civilian workforce Date: March 5, 2015
Readjusting to the American workforce after active military service - particularly when dealing with injuries - can be notoriously challenging, which is why two enterprising philanthropists have put their heads together to form an unlikely solution.
Dog Tag Bakery - which trains and employs wounded veterans, not just in baking but in actually running the business - was launched last year in Georgetown, Washington D.C., by Father Richard Curry, a professor of Catholic Studies at Georgetown University, and entrepreneur Connie Milstein.
It's a two-floor operation; upstairs a study center where ex-members of the U.S. ex-military (and their spouses or caregivers) are taught classes in business, finance and marketing, and downstairs a storefront bakery, where these skills are put into practice running the operation for local customers.
The bakery, which reinvests profits from the sale of its bread and sweet treats back into the program, funds a six-month course courtesy of Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies.
'We provide the education and the opportunities to understand what it takes to run a small business with an entrepreneurial mindset,' the program's chief operating officer Meghan Ogilvie told ABC News.
'[So they can] step out into the next phase of their life empowered with these tools.'
Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2981876/A-recipe-success-New-Dog-Tag-Bakery-teaches-wounded-U-S-veterans-business-skills-need-enter-civilian-workforce.html
Good Morning America: How This Bakery Helps Military Vets Re-Enter the Workforce Date: March 4, 2015
Some disabled veterans are getting sick of the "disabled part."
"We might have a 'disability,'" retired Sgt. Maj. Sedrick Banks told ABC News. "But it's not about your disability. It's about your ability."
Banks served 23 years in the military, bouncing around between eight deployments and various assignments at the White House, 82nd Airborne Division, 520th Infantry, North Atlantic Treaty Organization and more, before medically retiring after a brain injury and some physical injuries.
Despite doctors telling him it would be difficult for him to ever work again, Banks started volunteering with Mission Continues, the Wounded Warrior Project and other organizations. He began building back his mental and physical strength enough to want to go back to school, so he tried a sociology course at Strayer University.
"I found I wasn't where I needed to be at yet, so I dropped that course," he said.
That's when he found Dog Tag Bakery in Washington, D.C., whose mission is to provide these still-abled veterans a roadmap to entering the civilian American workforce. Founded by Father Rick Curry, SJ and Constance Milstein, both of whom have prior baking and nonprofit experience, Dog Tag teamed up with Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies to create a program where disabled veterans specifically could learn the skills of a business administration certificate program through classes and running an actual bakery. Proceeds from the bakery are reinvested in the education program to pay professors' salaries and give the veterans stipends while in the program.
"The goal is that within the program we provide the education and the opportunities to understand what it takes to run a small business with an entrepreneurial mindset and step out into the next phase of their life empowered with these tools," Dog Tag chief operating officer Meghan Ogilvie told ABC News.
Georgetown professors teach courses on the bakery's second floor on topics like marketing, social media, finances and more, and guest speakers such as real estate agents and bank CEO's stop by. Students then immediately apply what they've learned in the bakery below. Veterans are even given mock interviewing process, which in turn led to real interviews.
The bakery first opened in November and has since graduated its first class of seven veterans – including Banks – who by completing the program received their Georgetown certificate in business administration. The first class has since moved on in various directions; one is getting his masters, another his MBA. One got a job through the program, two are interviewing and Banks now owns his own life coaching business.
Through it all, the Georgetown community has been incredibly supportive, Dog Tag general manager and veteran Justin Ford told ABC News.
"We've more than doubled our sales in the last couple months, we have an online store where we're selling things like cookies, brownies and neat dog tag-related items and we just expanded our hours of operation," he explained. "We have a ton of regulars. More than 50 percent of our business is regulars who come in almost on a daily basis. I think the community loves our mission and our product more importantly, and they're coming back for more. We're really excited about it."
To staff the bakery when a class isn't in session (the bakery is currently accepting applications for its second class to begin in June), Dog Tag employs locals to bake their scratch breads and pastries on premises.
From the start, though, Dog Tag was incredibly popular with disabled veterans, filling a need for those who have a tougher time post-military.
"I think with the veterans, when they return from active duty sometimes they have a more challenging time transitioning their careers from military to civilian. Dog Tag provides a very nice runway for them, kind of a safe environment where they can really understand how the skills they've acquired in service in active duty can apply in the real world." associate dean of Georgetown School of Continuing Studies Edwin Schmierer told ABC News. "The program combines both the theory and learning with the experiential. As fellows in the bakery, they have to apply what they learn immediately, and I think that's one of the most powerful types of learning when you can apply and experience it."
Dog Tag even invites the vets' spouses and caretakers to partake in the program as well.
"The caretakers have an additional challenge with the issues they face taking care of their spouses. They also have a higher rate of suffering from anxiety and PTSD on their own right," Ford said. "Here at Dog Tag we have a very supportive and understanding community that your average employer wouldn't necessarily have."
Banks attributes his current success to that understanding community.
"Two months into the course mentally it was killing me, and I was like, 'Man, maybe I can't take this and I talked to one of the students in the class, Anton, and he was like,<|fim_middle|> as a gift is positive."
Sgt. Banks rediscovered his identify here, which is what makes the name of this place so fitting -- identity, after all, being the purpose of a dog tag. It's just one of the many things Father Rick has baked into his program.
"I want our fellows here to be happy," Curry said. "I want them to be successful, but I also want them to be happy."
The program to teach the vets the small business skills they'd need to run a bakery is done in partnership with Georgetown University.
Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wounded-veterans-find-recipe-for-their-futures-at-dog-tag-bakery/
Thrillist: 10 New DC Bars & Restaurants You Should Hit in 2015 Date: January 7th, 2015
You can get a pastry and a coffee at any bakeshop, or you can support a place that has a lot of heart (and talent!). Dog Tag Bakery hires and trains wounded veterans. When the vets aren't making irresistible confections, sandwiches, and breads, they're taking classes at Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies, to acquire skills to run a business. The cozy environment and cool touches, like an old-school dog tag-maker and a dog tag chandelier, make it the perfect place to plop down with a chocolate financier.
Link: http://www.thrillist.com/eat/washington-dc/new-washington-dc-bars-and-restaurants-washington-dc-openings
WTTG (FOX): #BakingADifference: Dog Tag Bakery gives wounded veterans a fresh start Date: December 19th, 2014
A new bakery in Georgetown is making much more than your breakfast. At Dog Tag Bakery, they're making a difference in the lives of wounded veterans and their families.
Dog Tag Bakery is a bakery, but it's also a not-for-profit entrepreneurial program for disabled veterans and their spouses which helps give them a fresh start. Participants do actual classroom time at Georgetown University, while also getting hands-on training and working at the bakery.
When all is said and done, they get a certificate in business administration and entrepreneurship—and more importantly, opportunity for a bright future. Proceeds from the bakery go right back into the program.
Right now, Dog Tag Bakery is open five days a week. In January, they'll be open 12 hours a day. Click here for updated hours and information
Link: http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/27669276/dog-tag-bakery-wounded-veterans
HUFFINGTON POST: Baking a Difference Date: December 9th, 2014
The men and women who risk their lives for our freedom deserve our unwavering support as they return to civilian life and begin their next chapter. Advocating for that belief has become a passion of mine, and for that reason, Father Rick Curry and I are proud to announce the grand opening of Dog Tag Bakery in Washington, D.C.
The transition from military to civilian life is not easy. My own father dealt with such challenges when he boarded a hospital plane to return to the United States in 1945. He told me about all the other veterans who rode back home with him in hammocks and on stretchers. I remember the day he showed me a dollar bill, which everyone on the plane had signed so they would always remember that trip and each other. When he passed away, my mother showed me his wallet that still contained the dollar bill. He had carried that dollar - and those memories - with him all those years.
It is because of my father, friends I lost in Vietnam, and those who continue to defend our freedom today that I am dedicated to our military and to helping empower and care for our military families.
After bonding over our love of baking a few years ago, Father Curry and I joined forces to create a program that draws on our personal and professional experiences of running successful businesses and nonprofit organizations, as well as serving the veterans community and persons with disabilities. Through Dog Tag Bakery, we hope to create a supportive environment so that the men and women who have given so much to their country can find success in a new and enriching chapter in their lives. We say that we're 'Baking a Difference' which really sums up what we strive for every day - to empower our returning vets and their families with an education in entrepreneurship.
But this is so much more than a bakery. Dog Tag is also a work-study program that supports veterans by providing them with a high-quality business education in partnership with Georgetown University's continuing education program. The proceeds from the bakery are reinvested in the education program so that more veterans can acquire the skills they need to build a successful civilian career.
The inaugural class of Dog Tag fellows was chosen in the spring of 2014. The class consisted of five men and five women, all with disabilities and either active duty or retired from serving with the Marines, Army and Navy. The class also included spouses and caregivers. This elite group of men and women embody a diverse range of ranks and decorations as well as expertise - from telecommunications to infantry and military police to ombudsman.
On November 19, seven members of the first fellowship class graduated with a certificate of Business Administration from Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies. I couldn't be more proud. I can't wait to see what they accomplish as they put their skills to work and start pursuing their own entrepreneurial dreams. I also look forward to welcoming the second class of fellows in early 2015.
As we break bread on Saturday at our Georgetown store, we will welcome the community to taste free samples of our sweet and savory treats. But more importantly, we hope to inspire people to support our veterans however they can.
Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/connie-milstein/baking-a-difference_b_6280876.html
DC EATER: Dominique Ansel, Inventor of the Cronut, Comes to Washington Date: November 3rd, 2014
The man behind the Cronut, a wildly popular doughnut-croissant pastry, is coming to Washington, D.C. on Thursday. Dominique Ansel, head chef at Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York, will be in town on Thursday & Friday to promote his new book: Dominique Ansel: The Secret Recipes. He'll also be meeting with a group of veterans, who are working out of the soon-to-open Dog Tag Bakery in Georgetown.
On Thursday night, Ansel will make a public appearance at a conversation and book signing with Washingtonian's Todd Kliman, but don't expect any Cronuts. Ansel will be passing out samples of his Christmas Morning Cereal dessert. Those who are willing can try to replicate the Cronut with a recipe found inside his new book. The event, called "Breakfast for Dessert," is being hosted by (and at) the Smithsonian from 6:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. and includes some star D.C. pastry chefs: Tiffany MacIsaac (Buttercream Bakeshop/Open Kitchen), Susan Limb (Praline Bakery), Santosh Tiptur (Co Co. Sala) and Caitlin Dysart (2941 Restaurant). Tickets are still available online for $30 for general admissionand $60 for general admission plus a book.
On Friday, Ansel will be at Dog Tag to talk food entrepreneurship; the bakery itself is in the process of a start-up. Dog Tag will open in early December and is a nonprofit aimed at training and employing veterans inside a fully operational kitchen. Ansel will do a hard hat tour of the new space, as well as a meet-and-greet with the program's fellows.
Link: http://dc.eater.com/2014/11/3/7150549/dominique-ansel-inventor-of-the-cronut-comes-to-washington
WASHINGTON POST EXPRESS: Dog Tag Inc. gives wounded veterans job training and an education Date: November 3rd, 2014
"Perfect," Milena Mateo-Ortiz, 47, says as she weighs a pat of butter on an electronic scale at Union Kitchen, a shared cooking space in Northeast. On this day in September, the smell of chocolate hangs in the oven-baked air. When Milena isn't looking, her husband, Lizandro Mateo-Ortiz, 51, removes a smidgen from the scale to make the measurement more exact.
The two, wearing matching M&M T-shirts, work with the speed and precision of an experienced emergency room team as they prepare puff pastries.
"When you've been married for 24 years, you learn how to work together," Milena says.
Despite their dexterity in the kitchen, neither has a professional background in baking. But as members of the inaugural class of Dog Tag Inc., both are eager to learn.
The new local nonprofit, founded by philanthropists Rick Curry and Connie Milstein, looks to baking as a way to ease wounded veterans and their spouses back into civilian life.
During the six-month program, fellows run a storefront in Georgetown dubbed Dog Tag Bakery, where they interact with customers, fulfill catering orders and prepare cookies, banana bread, French loaves, eclairs and tea cakes. The bakery, at 3206 Grace St. NW, officially opens to the public on Saturday. (Construction on the storefront recently wrapped, which is why fellows had been recipe-testing out of Union Kitchen.)
It's not all profiteroles and powdered sugar for participants.
A fellowship with Dog Tag Inc. also includes a rigorous course load at Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies, where members take classes in corporate finance, marketing, principles of management and business statistics.
Each of the seven veterans in the inaugural Dog Tag class — who were selected from a pool of 117 applicants — graduated last month with a certificate of business administration.
"Our success will depend on how successful our students are upon leaving," says Meghan Ogilvie, the program's chief operating officer. "Our vets deserve not only a quality education, but a quality job."
The program's demanding schedule is a natural fit for Lizandro, who learned to embrace structure in a strict family of nine. That background served him well when he joined the Army in 1981.
"In three years, I was a staff sergeant," Lizandro says. "Normally that takes seven years."
In 2007, while Lizandro was stationed in Iraq, his utility vest got snagged on a Humvee and he was dragged underneath. He managed to get loose, and rolled to safety after he was nearly crushed by a back tire.
During the accident, Lizandro's stomach ended up in his throat, and he had to have multiple surgeries to reposition it, as well as surgeries on his shoulder, knees, ankles and spine.
Today, Lizandro is able to walk with a cane and a leg brace. "You just deal with life as it comes, one day at a time," he says.
He and Milena hope to apply the skills they learn through Dog Tag Inc. to opening a Latin American restaurant in the D.C. area.
Fellow Dog Tagger Anthon Calix-Hestick expects he'll pursue a career in marketing rather than the culinary arts. (He jokes that he can barely make cake in a box and dislikes washing dishes too much to cook professionally.)
"I never saw myself in this kind of program. I told my buddies and they laughed," says Calix-Hestick, who served in the Marines. "But being around other vets and spouses in the program helps me readjust. If you're a vet, you understand what I'm going through, so it's easier to relate with someone that's been there."
One of Calix-Hestick's favorite parts of the program is the communications class — or, as members have come to refer to it, "theater class."
A chandelier made of dog tags hangs above the stage in the bakery. (Jason Hornick/For Express)
"It's really big on explaining how we feel and all of our emotions," he says. "We learn how to broadcast our stories properly so people can relate."
The class prepares veterans for occasional spoken-word events that will take place at the bakery, which is equipped with a stage where veterans will address audiences about their experiences.
Another member, Sedrick Banks, is an Army vet who suffered brain injuries in combat.
He plans to apply his business skills to becoming a life coach and starting his own nonprofit.
"I could go into all the training that Dog Tag has offered, but the biggest thing it's helped me with is transitioning from a wounded warrior back into society," Banks says. "It's helped me recognize my capabilities, despite my injuries."
From Baghdad to bakery
In addition to the seven fellows, Dog Tag Bakery employs a support staff of men and women with experience in combat zones, who technically aren't veterans because they haven't served in the military.
Sham Hasan, above right, is a former translator for the U.S. Army who was born and raised in Baghdad, where he studied English. In 2006, he was kidnapped and tortured by militia because his uncle was caught supporting the Kurdish military.
Upon being rescued, Hasan worked as a translator for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and at the U.S. security gate at Baghdad International Airport. In 2011, Hasan became a U.S. Army senior interpreter.
After a 3½-year bureaucratic struggle, Hasan received a visa and moved to the United States. "I made it from Iraq to here and this is my first job," Hasan says. "Dog Tag is my second home."
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2014/12/04/dog-tag-inc-gives-wounded-veterans-job-training-and-an-education/
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Let's stay in touch. | 'Well, Sedrick, if you're gonna sit there and whine about it you can quit the course,'" Ford recounted. "I felt so inspired by it and held accountable for it and I was like, 'Okay I can do this.'"
The course gave Banks enough confidence to re-sign up for the Strayer sociology course, which he then "aced."
"Believe me, we had our ups and downs, but what's so cool about Dog Tag is how you come out in the end of the program. The course was great," Banks said. "Everyone I talk to, I tell them, especially disabled veterans and spouses, 'This is the course you need to sign up for.'"
Link: http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/bakery-helps-military-vets-enter-workforce/story?id=29362658
Mini Apple Pie to benefit Blue Star Families Date: March 3, 2015
During the month of March, Dog Tag Bakery will continue to support military families through the sale of limited edition apple pies. All proceeds from the pies will benefit Blue Star Families (www.bluestarfam.org), a platform where military family members can join with civilian communities and leaders to address the challenges of military life. The 4" personal-sized pie is made with Granny smith apples, lightly sweetened and scented with cinnamon, and surrounded by a flakey pie crust. Patrons can find the apple pie in store throughout the month of March for $6.95 each.
Link: www.bluestarfam.org
DCist: First Look: Dog Tag Bakery Date: January 21, 2015
Georgetown's newest bakery is a comfortable place to get your fix of baked goods and caffeine while supporting a good cause.
Tucked away on a quiet street off Wisconsin Avenue, the nonprofit Dog Tag Bakery (3206 Grace Street NW) is a work-study program designed to help military veterans looking to re-enter the workforce. Recruits of the six-month program work at the bakery and take business classes at Georgetown University. During the process, they learn about all aspects of running a business, from accounting to store design to organizing trash collection.
Head baker Rebecca Clerget oversees the daily menu, which includes breakfast pastries, sweets and lunch sandwiches. Customer favorites include the ham and cheddar scone, brownies, and the turkey, brie and cranberry sandwich. In a break from trend, you won't find any cupcakes here. Try a chocolate or lemon financier instead.
Dog Tag also serves coffee and espresso by Compass Coffee—a D.C. business started by former U.S. Marines.
Since opening in early December, the shop has consistently expanded its operation. Hours have been significantly increased to cater to the after-work crowd and lingering customers. And new products are being planned, including homemade croissants and special order items. Clerget also hopes to soon add a second daily bake to allow people to grab fresh goods through the evening.
In addition to buying products from the bakery, you can also shop for food and merchandise on theonline store.
Dog Tag Bakery is located at 3206 Grace Street NW and is open Wednesday through Sunday.
Link: http://dcist.com/2015/01/first_look_dog_tag_bakery.php
CBS News: Wounded veterans find recipe for their futures at Dog Tag Bakery Date: January 17, 2015
Welcome to Dog Tag Bakery, now open in Washington, D.C., after eight years of planning and prayer. "I never gave up because I knew that this was a good work," founder Rick Curry said.
Curry had the "prayer" part covered. As for other, secular resources, this Jesuit priest partnered up with a real estate mogul named Connie Milstein.
"He is the Jesuit father, and I am the Jewish godmother," Milstein said at the bakery's opening ceremony.
Both wanted to help disabled veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan ease into the next chapter of their lives. They opened Dog Tag to make sure the vets would have marketable skills.
"I was trained as a baker as a very young Jesuit, and I thought, 'I'm going to teach them how to bake,'" Curry recalls.
Here, the fellows, as they're called, learn not just how to bake but also how to run the business of a bakery. Veterans like retired Army Ranger Sedrick Banks, whose neck was broken in a mortar attack in Iraq.
"Dog Tag was my first major step back into the working mindset," Banks said. "Before the program, I didn't have confidence. I didn't feel like I had the ability. Now I'm confident in myself, you know?"
"The world thinks that disabled veterans can't be hired. And that's absolutely absurd," Curry said. "And we're here to prove them wrong."
Father Rick knows a little something about proving people wrong: He was born with just one arm.
"I believe that disability is a gift," Curry said. "It's very hard. It's very difficult. It can be difficult to accept but in the long run to accept your disability | 1,062 |
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June 9, 2013 · Cosmochemistry and Astrobiology
Waller WH. Cosmochemistry and Astrobiology: William H. Waller Ph.D.. The Galactic Inquirer. 2013 Jun 9 [last modified: 2015 Jul 19]. Edition 1.
We are "the stuff of stars," as connected to the cosmos as the Galaxy that spawned us. This stuff includes the light elements of hydrogen and helium that emerged from the Hot Big Bang some 14 billion years ago, along with the heavier elements of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and silicon that were forged in the bellies of giant stars, and the even heavier elements of iron, lead, cobalt, uranium, and other weighty isotopes that were created and dispersed by supernova explosions.
Thanks to the especially promiscuous ways of the carbon atom, interstellar space positively reeks with organic compounds. These include polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), alcohols, sugars, and perhaps even amino acids. Water abounds – as vapors within star-forming clouds, as ices in pre-planetary disks, and in the flamboyant comets that have been found in orbit around nearby stars.
Artist's rendering of the disk that surrounds the star Beta Pictoris. The disk is known to contain both exoplanets and exocomets. Image courtesy of Lynette Cook, the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE), and NASA.
Within our own Solar System, we have found clear evidence for amino acids in the tarry makeup of carbonaceous chondrites – a type of meteorite. On Earth, the flourishing of extremophilic organisms in the most hostile of environments attests to the incredible hardiness of microbial life. What awaits our further investigations?
Chemical pathways in the Milky Way begin with sites of molecule formation in the atmospheres of red giant stars. Further processing occurs inside star-forming nebulae, within pre-planetary disks, and on the surfaces of planets. Image by R. Ruitterkamp (see P. Ehrenfreund and S. B. Charnley 2000, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 38, pp. 427-483
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These and many other questions have motivated cosmochemists to consider what kinds of chemical pathways might ensue within interstellar clouds, upon the surfaces of exoplanets, and within the interiors of these myriad worlds. Meanwhile, many astrobiologists have pursued a policy to "follow the water" within the Solar System and beyond in hopes of assessing the prospects for life beyond Earth.
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Patrick Amoroso
Having just finished the complete text of "Astrobiology " authored by Kevin Plaxco.. Michael Gross and published by Johns Hopkins University Press, I would like to offer some thoughts which hopefully might promote a series of comments extending beyond the strict considerations of a biochemical and evolutionary perspective when considering the possibility of
extra – terrestrial life in the universe.
An understanding of what might be out there in terms of simple and or complex life organisms is hampered by our contextual limitations, since we only can relate to what constitutes life in all its myriad forms as what we observe as manifest here on earth. To be sure , we are granted that the principles and dynamics of physic law and chemical processes remain uniform in the universe. The periodic table does not present a random and chaotic governance when it comes to running the cosmos.
The three essential elements are hydrogen, oxygen and carbon. Hydrogen, being the most abundant element and serving as the fuel of thermonuclear fusion is essential and worthy of being considered the prime ingredient for all life to exist as we understand it. Simply<|fim_middle|>.
Readers interested in cosmochemistry and astrobiology may be interested in perusing Harvard's Origins of Life Initiative (see http://origins.harvard.edu/). They have recently redone their website, so that a variety of video profiles and talks can be accessed. Having gone to several of their monthly Forum talks, I can attest to the wide range of topics that are addressed by these experts — from finding and characterizing exoplanets, to delineating pre-biotic chemical pathways here and elsewhere, spelunking early life on Earth, and synthesizing new forms of cellular life in the laboratory. This really is the New Frontier. | put, no hydrogen means no stars and without the birth and death of stars, there would be no super novae with the subsequent forging of many other requisite elements needed to provide the building blocks of solar systems, rocky and water based planets and ultimately thermodynamic utilizing and species replicating life forms. Without these building – block foundations in place, a carbon based organism such as we could never have come into being.
Water is the universal solvent. Carbon, with its unique bonding capacities and versatility promotes a biochemical complexity which is unrivaled by any other element. In the absence of carbon, our entire systemic and life inducing metabolic processes of multiple pathways would never take place. When we consider other elements such as phosphorus, magnesium, iron, calcium et al, one is forced to inevitably wonder at such complexity and astounding synchronicity.
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Astrobiology, the successor to the once slighted science of exobiology encompasses a vast and perplexing endeavor. Either nature has indeed an intelligence of unsurpassed proportions approaching a sense of a divining guided hand ….. or whatever we can wrap our minds around as to our being a conscious and uniquely structured life form inevitably causes a stir and mysterious contemplation in our understanding of it all | 249 |
'Call Me Lucky': A Documentary Of Friendship, Childhood Abuse And Survival
TERRY GROSS, HOST:
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guests, comics Bobcat Goldthwait and Barry Crimmins, are good friends who each became important in the '80s comedy scene and both have been through a lot of changes since then. Goldthwait was first famous for his manic persona, for which he used a high-pitched screechy voice. Many people knew him from his role as Zed in the "Police Academy" films. Goldthwait has dropped the persona and become a director of independent films and TV shows like "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and "Maron." His new film is a documentary about Barry Crimmins.
In 1979, Crimmins founded a Boston comedy club in a Chinese restaurant called Ding Ho. A few years later, he founded another Boston comedy club called Stitches. Many comics got their start in Crimmins's clubs. It wasn't until the early '90s that Crimmins revealed he was raped several times at the age of 4 or 5 by a man brought into Crimmins's home by his babysitter. After going public, he started exposing pedophiles on Internet chat rooms. We'll talk about that a little later. Goldthwait's documentary about Crimmins is titled "Call Me Lucky." Bobcat Goldthwait, Barry Crimmins, welcome to FRESH AIR. Bobcat, I'm going to ask you to start and to introduce us to Barry Crimmins for people who don't know his comedy and his place in the comedy world. Just place us for us.
BOB GOLDTHWAIT: Well, Barry is a mentor of mine and a guy who I really look up to. His place in the comedy world is he's been an influence on many comedians that are really popular and well-known. And he started the comedy scene that was in the late '70s, early '80s in Boston. He's a political satirist. He's quite brilliant, and I'm not sure, I think he's Gemini. I could be wrong.
GROSS: Barry, you started two comedy clubs in Boston. In 1979, you open a comedy club within a Chinese restaurant...
BARRY CRIMMINS: Right.
GROSS: ...Called The Ding Ho. And then a few years after you started a comedy club called Stitches. And, Bobcat, did you ever perform in either of those clubs?
GOLDTHWAIT: Oh, sure. I bombed in both those venues.
GOLDTHWAIT: I - yes, I started doing comedy when I was a teenager with Tom Kenny, who is the voice of SpongeBob. I don't want to name drop but - and I've known him since I was 6. Tommy and I saw an ad that Barry put out in Skaneateles, N.Y. We went. He put us on stage. It was bold of him to put some snarky teenagers on. And then when Barry moved to Boston, I actually followed him there, and that's where I got my start doing comedy. And, you know, in my stand-up act back then there was even - there wasn't material even. You know, I'd go on stage and cry and read a Dear John letter or gut fish on stage. And let's just say the other club owners weren't really excited about what I was doing (laughter). Barry - Barry - and my act couldn't be further from what Barry was doing on stage, but Barry encouraged it. And, you know, he just encouraged me to be as odd and as - and in what interested me as a comedian.
GROSS: I don't think I've ever heard the expression gut fish before.
GOLDTHWAIT: Well, you know, I would just say - you know, I'd come out of - the character that people know me for, it was - people would say stop doing that character all the time. So I went on stage and I said, hi, this is my real voice. This is who I am. This is the part of the show I like to gut and clean a fish. Does anyone have a fish in the audience? And my roommate Dan Spencer (ph) would pull out a fish. And here at The Ding Ho, I actually - this fish was a little rancid from being in the trunk of a car. And I opened it up and then there was immediately the smell - a woman in the front row vomited. There was fish entrails.
CRIMMINS: (Laughter).
GROSS: Oh, gosh (laughter).
GOLDTHWAIT: And then a friend of ours, Bill Campbell, who does observational humor about relationships, had to go on stage after me with all this...
CRIMMINS: Right, right.
GOLDTHWAIT: ...Fish guts and vomit and...
CRIMMINS: Odor.
GOLDTHWAIT: And the club owner...
GROSS: Barry, did you talk to him about that afterwards, about not wanting people to vomit in your club?
CRIMMINS: I laughed. I mean, I laughed, but I can't - I might have been somewhere - I don't think I was there for that one and...
GOLDTHWAIT: Well, Shun Lee, who owned the club, came up to me and he just said, Bobby, you weird. You weird.
GROSS: Well, what - so, Bobcat, for people who don't know how you sounded on stage back in the '80s and who don't know the kind of persona that you had then...
GOLDTHWAIT: Sure.
GROSS: ...I am now going to play an excerpt of something...
GOLDTHWAIT: Oh, no.
GROSS: ...You might not remember (laughter).
GOLDTHWAIT: Oh, I remember.
GROSS: You remember. OK.
GOLDTHWAIT: I'm sure.
GROSS: In 1987, Bobcat Goldthwait was a guest on FRESH AIR. I was not hosting that day. There's just...
GOLDTHWAIT: Oh, OK.
GROSS: This was my first...
GOLDTHWAIT: It must've went really well that I'm back now.
GROSS: How many years did it take?
CRIMMINS: Eighteen years later, here he is.
GOLDTHWAIT: The return triumphant appearance.
GROSS: (Laughter) So just to set the scene, it's like - the show had just gone national in May. It's now August. It's my first week away from our new national edition of the show. Liane Hansen, who later becomes the host of Weekend Edition on NPR...
CRIMMINS: Right.
GROSS: ...Is filling in for me. And you're going to be on the show. I'm on my way to Cape Cod, tuning in the radio. And here's what I hear - Dan Hansen...
GROSS: Liane Hansen is introducing Bobcat. And it's just, like, long intro detailing his career, a little bit about his early life; it's really in detail, so here's the tail end of the intro. Here we go.
LIANE HANSEN: Goldthwait gained the nickname Bobcat during his mischievous teen years. And he first began writing comedy material right around the time he reached puberty. And he was already performing in clubs when he was 16 years old. Bob Goldthwait, welcome to FRESH AIR.
GOLDTHWAIT: Well, thank you very much. That was quite an elaborate research. I feel like I'm dead actually. In fact, if I did die now it'd be pretty good because that's not - you know, outside of being in the police lobotomies, that's pretty an impressive, you know, array of things.
HANSEN: That's a good resume. Gave me an A on it - you gave me a little star.
GOLDTHWAIT: Yeah, yeah, I didn't mark it correct and I guess that's kind of rude of me. Actually, thank you very much. It's really nice to be on FRESH AIR. Something I've never been accused of, you know?
HANSEN: (Laughter) OK, let's go back. Let's...
GOLDTHWAIT: No, let's bring it right to the toilet immediately.
HANSEN: No, no (laughter).
GOLDTHWAIT: I'm actually embarrassed, and also, my voice was higher. I mean, not only the character, but my voice was higher.
GROSS: No, but the character - like, how did you come up with that voice for your character?
GOLDTHWAIT: Yeah, well, I...
GROSS: And I just wanted to - let me just back announce that tape. So that was Bobcat Goldthwait on FRESH AIR in 1987 with Liane Hansen guest hosting and me listening in the car, driving to my vacation and thinking what (laughter)?
GOLDTHWAIT: Did you turn around? Did you go...
GROSS: (Laughter).
GOLDTHWAIT: I got to the end of this.
GROSS: I thought, like, he is really hard to interview, I was thinking.
GOLDTHWAIT: Yeah, yeah.
GROSS: And I thought, like, this is going to be a rough ride (laughter).
GOLDTHWAIT: Well, I - you know, my heroes growing up were people like Andy Kaufman and Groucho Marx and people that very rarely dropped the persona. And I - despite - you know, I'm a very private person, and I use this persona to hide behind. And it was something that started when I was a young comedian working with Barry. Actually, the first time, I think, it was this guy who had seen Bigfoot and went onstage, I think, at Under the Stone, where we started.
CRIMMINS: Yeah, in Skaneateles, my hometown.
GOLDTHWAIT: So it just became more and more easier for me to hide behind this persona. But, you know, I had - I used to direct the Jimmy Kimmel show, and I had done that for years. And I was going back to doing stand-up, and I really hated the idea of doing stand-up again. And it wasn't - it hit me. It wasn't the comedy clubs. It wasn't the traveling. It wasn't the wacky morning radio shows. It really was like, oh, I hate this persona (laughter). And so I had to jettison it just for my own sanity.
GROSS: What did you hate about the persona?
GOLDTHWAIT: I didn't realize I hated it. I think - I don't know. I just - I think I - or maybe it was - maybe it's just a different time and different place. And I know that for some people that character resonates, but I think it was a bit of a backlash for me because, you know, people knew me from "Police Academy" and things like that. And they'd - there was always - and I sound like I'm tooting my own horn - but there was always content underneath it that I think isn't remembered and isn't even put in perspective. You know, I think people - you know, quite often people come up to me and they're like, you know, oh - they do what you actually did, but they - that was something I don't remember. But usually, they'll come up and they go, do you remember this movie? Do you remember that?
GOLDTHWAIT: And it's like, I remember all of them. I was there. You know, I haven't had head trauma, you know? But I'm excited as a comedian now 'cause I'm performing often for young people who weren't even born when I was relevant. So it's exciting for me to now have an audience that knows me just as a comedian or as a guy who makes movies.
GROSS: I'm excited to hear your real voice. Like, when I started hearing your real voice because I don't - as an interviewer, I don't like interviewing people in persona because I like interviewing actual people. And a persona is - it's - it could be a very entertaining persona, but it's still...
GOLDTHWAIT: Right.
GROSS: ...Something of a facade.
GOLDTHWAIT: Yeah, and I felt like...
GROSS: And so you don't feel like you're talking to a real person when you're talking to a persona.
GOLDTHWAIT: But there was also a thing, you know, as - I was very protective of it, you know? I remembered how sad I was when I found out that Alice Cooper liked to golf. And - you know, so...
GROSS: (Laughter) I remember when I found that out, too.
GOLDTHWAIT: Yeah, and I was like, oh, no. Et tu, Alice?
GOLDTHWAIT: So, you know, I think golf killed more rock stars than heroin.
GOLDTHWAIT: But I - you know, so I was always protective of<|fim_middle|> Bobcat Goldthwait. Goldthwait has made a new documentary about Crimmins titled "Call Me Lucky." We'll talk more after a break. This is FRESH AIR.
GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. Let's get back to my interview with comics Bobcat Goldthwait and Barry Crimmins. Goldthwait has made a documentary about Crimmins, focusing on his place in comedy and on the trauma of having been raped as a child. When we left off, Crimmins was talking about tracking down pedophiles on Internet chat rooms.
Barry Crimmins, do you feel like you were ever psychologically hurting yourself or risking hurting yourself by looking at so much child pornography in an attempt to bring down the child pornographers?
CRIMMINS: Well, I mean, it was a difficult period for me. But it just came down to - it was a more difficult period for those children. And there were more children out there who hadn't been harmed yet, you know, who might be harmed. And I contacted a lot of people, a lot of authorities, a lot of different people and not that many people were interested. And the other thing was I - you know, I mean, I have PTSD, so when I'm doing stuff like that, I'm - you know, I know how to - I knew by then very well how to operate in a state of shock. I'd done it most of my life. So basically they make their own worst enemies. You know, I could deal with it to some extent because part of me would always be shut down but not the part of me that saw those kids' eyes. You know, it wasn't pleasant, but, I mean, I can - as I often say - you know, I'd much rather live with the world's disdain than risk my own self-loathing. And, you know, if I turn my back on what I saw there, you know, I could have never lived with myself.
And I was immediately trying to get other people to take over and kick in and be a - you know, be a civilization and do something about this, but they weren't. So I had no choice. So I just kept going. And it wasn't about me. It was about those kids, and it's about all the kids walking around. Now we go out and do the film, and people come up to me. They're 30 years old or whatever, and they say to me, hey, thanks a lot. You know, I was on AOL. Some creeps approached me, and they didn't get too far. And then it seemed like that stuff kind of stopped for a while. And maybe it did. I mean, it's still - the Internet's still a nightmare for that stuff. But at the time, you know, it was a nightmare that no one knew about. And so I couldn't have helped keep that secret.
GROSS: So the man who abused you, who knew your babysitter - and you're not quite clear what his relationship to her was...
GROSS: ...You eventually found out he did time in prison for abusing boys. What did you learn about him?
CRIMMINS: I learned that he came from a, you know, a tough background, and he had spent a lot of time in the system as a child in foster homes and so on and so forth. And, you know, he had a terrible life and - although most people who are sexually abused as children do not become pedophiles, I'm convinced that almost all pedophiles were abused as children. And so when I wrote a piece for the Boston Phoenix about it, it got picked up by the Syracuse New Times. And this wonderful social worker from Syracuse had just been part of a case, and she had - well, a couple years earlier - that put this guy away for the last time because he died in prison. So I heard - he was identified to me. We had his location. He was the guy, you know? And the first I - found out who he was. I - you know, then I - for a second, I was thinking, I'm going to go talk to this person. And then within 30 seconds - no, he died in prison. And then I learned he died in prison. No one claimed his body. And so that was - you know, that was that. So it was a waste of a life.
And I actually tried to find the location of his grave from the state of New York - but I didn't get anywhere - to just go put flowers on it just to - not because - because - to celebrate the fact that I didn't become him, to celebrate the fact that he couldn't extinguish the, you know, the light in me - he didn't anyway. He might've been able to had he been given more time, but he didn't. And he lived this miserable life where he was - had this - you know, where he just couldn't keep himself from committing these horrendous crimes against small children. And then - you know, he started out as a small children - as a victim, as a child - as a victim of that and he died as a perpetrator of those crimes in a prison cell. And for all the damage he did, he certainly paid a big price and had a terrible life because of it. And so sitting around hating him is nothing I have a lot of time for.
GROSS: If you're just joining us, I have two guests. Bobcat Goldthwait is a comic and director who just made a movie documenting the life of his good friend Barry Crimmins, who is also a comic, who founded two important comedy clubs in Boston. And this documentary is about his contribution to the comedy scene, but it also is about his childhood when he was abused as a child and then later as an adult, tried to out child pornographers and did a pretty successful job at getting some of them put behind bars.
So, you know, finally, I'm thinking - one of the things I thought about watching the movie - 'cause part of the movie is about the comedy scene that Barry helped create. And there's a lot of comics in the movie reflecting on why they feel so strongly about Barry and their relationship to him and all that they have done - well, that he's done to help them and everything. And I was just thinking about, like, you both got to know each other when you were young and a lot of the comics in there got to know Barry when they were young. And then you see what's happened to a lot of these people now. And you think about, like, some of the comics who were fueled by, you know, kind of like anger and insecurity have gone on to do such interesting things.
And, you know, like, Bobcat, like, you've dropped the persona and you're, like - you're directing things. You directed Kimmel's show for three years. You've directed episodes of Marc Maron's show. You're doing independent movies that have developed quite a cult following. Barry, you've gone on to, you know, have a mission as well as to continue with comedy. And I - so I guess I'm just kind of curious in hearing you reflect how you've seen yourselves and other comics change as they've gotten older and as some of, like, the more youthful anger or the more youthful insecurities give way to other emotions, other activities, other reflections.
GOLDTHWAIT: Well, you know, I - you know, I often jokingly say that I retired from acting the same time they stopped hiring me, but that actually is not even the truth. I've done a very un-American thing, and that's Barry. You know, I quit. You know, I quit all these things that weren't making me happy. And, you know, I was well-known, and it is lucrative to make certain kinds of comedies and perpetuate this persona. But I was so unhappy, you know? And I often say, you know, quit - keep quitting until you end up someplace you don't want to leave.
And so I think early on, you know, for some of us - all right, speak for myself - you've got this rage, and some of that rage is actually just like, I should be famous and everyone else is, or you're angry, angry, angry. And then as an adult, I said, OK, well I can - I do have these skills. I can do this. Now, what do I really want to do? And, you know - and for me, it's to tell stories and work with people I admire. You know, I worked with - yeah, I worked on a lot of different shows and things that people didn't even know about. Like, I worked on "Chappelle's Show" when that was on. I worked on a whole bunch of different things. And I'm really happy being behind the scenes, working with really talented people and people I admire. And then, you know, I make my tiny movies. You know, it's a big thrill to be on the show because, you know, my movies in general make hundreds of dollars...
GOLDTHWAIT: ...Hundreds of actual dollars. So this kind of exposure is really special to me, and I appreciate you having us on.
GROSS: Well, you're going to have to come back.
Barry, is there anything you want to add about watching yourself or other comics get older?
CRIMMINS: I think that as we - a lot of us are drawn to the stage or show business or whatever because, you know, we didn't feel so great about ourselves, and we didn't know how to do anything about that, so we sought external approval. And as people got older and dealt with things and began to approve of themselves, then they started to find what else they could do and what else they were capable of. And, you know, this doesn't apply to everybody, but it's a lot of people. Once you get past that point where, you know, you understand that, you know, you can't hate anybody till you hate yourself and you can't love anybody till you love yourself. Once you get past that, then you're pretty liberated to try a bunch of other things.
GROSS: Well, I want to thank you both so much for talking with us, and congratulations on the film. Thank you.
CRIMMINS: Thank you, Terry.
GOLDTHWAIT: Well, thank you so much. This has been exciting.
GROSS: Bobcat Goldthwait's new documentary about Barry Crimmins is titled "Call Me Lucky." After we take a short break, our jazz critic Kevin Whitehead will review a reissue by the late flute player Sam Most, who influenced other flute players including Rahsaan Roland Kirk. This is FRESH AIR. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | the persona. I didn't feel ever that people needed to know who I was. I don't - even to this day to an extent. You know, I think if people really want to know how I see the world, go check out these movies, you know? My - I know, you know, my movies are very small and they're not mainstream, but that is how I see the world. You know, that - and that's why I love making movies. I can be way more personal with people than I could ever even onstage.
GROSS: So, Bobcat, as somebody who performed a lot of clubs, including at Barry's clubs, did he do anything different as a comedy club manager or owner than other clubs did?
GOLDTHWAIT: Yeah, Barry would - you know, the prerequisite for Barry was that you were not only just funny, but you were original. And that was what was a lot different than the way most comedy clubs are still ran, you know? So that was the big difference between him and the other club - oh, and he also paid us. That was pretty (laughter) Earth-shattering back in the day, too.
CRIMMINS: (Laughter) Revolutionary.
GOLDTHWAIT: Yeah, that was a bold, bold move. So yeah - so he did run the clubs a little differently.
GROSS: So, Barry Crimmins, could we just, like, tick off a list of some of the names of people who got started at your clubs?
CRIMMINS: Yeah, sure. Steven Wright, whose - you know, remains one of my dearest friends in the world and is just brilliant and hilarious, always. Bobcat Goldthwait, Tommy Kenny - let's see - Lenny Clarke, Steve Sweeney, Mike Donovan, in Boston, well-known acts and Mike McDonald. Let's - God, everybody came through. People...
GOLDTHWAIT: Kevin Meaney.
CRIMMINS: Kevin Meaney.
GOLDTHWAIT: Paula Poundstone.
CRIMMINS: Yes. And then people like Kevin Rooney and A. Whitney Brown came through town who I knew or was connected with it in other ways. A lot of great acts - Kevin Nealon came and played The Ding. So it was...
GOLDTHWAIT: Also there's folks that later, after these clubs gone away, that Barry either influenced or worked with. People like David Cross and John Ennis and - it's interesting. Patton's in the movie because I found out...
GROSS: Patton Oswalt?
GOLDTHWAIT: Yeah, I found out - well, I'm on a first-name basis, but whatever - so...
GOLDTHWAIT: No, so he was on - you know, I found out that he was a huge fan of Barry's and knew his history. You know, he - these are guys that Barry influenced, you know, and - yeah.
GROSS: Barry, when you started your comedy clubs in the late '70s and early '80s, it's a period or at least a period leading into one - and you can correct me if you think I'm wrong about this - when a lot of comics were incredibly sexist and homophobic. And a lot of the sex jokes, I think, from a woman's point of view were really kind of, like, insulting to women. And I'm wondering what it was like for you to run a comedy club in that period when so much of the humor was, you know - and not necessarily the humor at your clubs but maybe - I don't know I wasn't there - but so much of the humor was like that?
CRIMMINS: That's right. I might even have been guilty of a tiny bit of that early on, you know, trying to find my way. But it was a boys' club back in those days. I tried to do what I could to get some women involved. But I understand why a woman wouldn't walk into a comedy club back then. I now understand why they wouldn't feel particularly, you know, welcome there. But I tried to be as welcome as possible - Lauren (ph), Paula.
GOLDTHWAIT: Yeah, Barry was encouraging female comedians when he booked the clubs. The first time I went into The Ding Ho, the door person was Paula Poundstone. And then the show started, and she went up onstage (laughter). And I was like, oh.
CRIMMINS: Everybody covered something.
GOLDTHWAIT: Yeah, so he was encouraging it.
GROSS: My guests are comics Bobcat Goldthwait and Barry Crimmins. Goldthwait has made a new documentary about Crimmins titled "Call Me Lucky." We'll talk more after a break. This is FRESH AIR.
GROSS: This is FRESH AIR, and if you're just joining us, I have two guests. Bobcat Goldthwait is a comic and a director and has made a new documentary about his good friend Barry Crimmins, who was also a comic who founded two important comedy clubs in Boston. And this documentary is about his contribution to the comedy scene, but it also is about his childhood when he was abused as a child and then later as an adult tried to out child pornographers and did a pretty successful job at getting some of them put behind bars. Bobcat Goldthwait, why did you want to make a film about him?
GOLDTHWAIT: Well, I've always wanted to make a movie about Barry. I'm jumping ahead of the story - when he was testifying - after he testified in a Judiciary Senate Committee against Internet child pornography, it was a real cat-brass (ph) kind of thing that happened. And he really was amazing and that was the germ of the idea. I originally wanted to make a narrative movie which someone else was playing Barry. And I - because I didn't want Barry to have to relive the events of his childhood - and so it became a documentary only recently. I had struggled with getting a screenplay made and so - Robin Williams was my best friend and he had - he was a big fan of Barry's and knew Barry's story. And he suggested that I make this movie as a documentary. And in fact, his involvement was the - how the movie got started. You know, he gave me the initial money to start filming it, which was just two Februarys ago. And that's how this movie all came about.
GROSS: And, Barry Crimmins, how did you react to the idea of a documentary about you, a documentary that would include you talking about being raped as a child?
CRIMMINS: Well, I have no problems talking about it because I've kind of learned not to be complicit in the crimes that were committed against me. And so I was happy when Bob called and said he wanted to do a documentary because trying to make, you know, a narrative about it was pretty complicated. And I took one swipe at a script for him. I guess you can't have a 340-page script so...
GOLDTHWAIT: You know, people frown upon that. It - Barry actually...
CRIMMINS: You know, I tried to be inclusive.
GOLDTHWAIT: It opened with him on a jet. And I was like, well, OK, I can't afford a jet so...
GOLDTHWAIT: So we're already in hot water. You know, my - you know, I'm used to making my movies for very little money and way outside the system. So yeah, there was going to be a lot of problems making it as a narrative. But I had heard Barry on Marc Maron's podcast, on "WTF," and then I heard him on Dana Gould's podcast. And I - when I heard him talking about the events, I - you know, often as his pal, when we would talk about these events, I would see him go into some forms of shock. And when I heard him discussing these things and I felt it - I felt that it was almost ready to pull the trigger on Barry doing a documentary because I felt that he could be in touch with these things, but I didn't feel I would be putting my friend in peril in asking him these questions about these very hard events.
GROSS: Barry, you were known for being a very angry comic onstage for sometimes heckling the audience, for sometimes berating other comics, for being shallow. So now it's assumed that the anger came from having been raped repeatedly as a child. Do you think that that's true? Do you think that that is the source of the anger?
CRIMMINS: Oh, that's certainly a source of some stuff. First off, I didn't berate that many comics really. I mean, I would - you know, I would give them some...
GROSS: I don't know. In the movie it seems like you did (laughter).
CRIMMINS: Well, yeah, it's not the whole - you know, I mean, there were no cameras at The Ding Ho at 10 o'clock in the morning when I was talking to them on the phone, you know? So, you know - but, you know, after three shows on a Saturday night some guy comes in with a camera and (laughter) I was relaxing by then. But I really didn't - I mean, I think you can see how many good friends I have who are comedians and you don't make, you know...
GROSS: Oh, no, absolutely, yeah. I - yeah.
CRIMMINS: So I didn't - I would try to convey vital information to them at times and just insist on originality. That was about as tough as I got about berating anybody. I just didn't want people - other people doing other people's stuff. I wanted original stuff at my club.
GOLDTHWAIT: And Barry, you know, the fact that not being derivative was so important is why he was responsible for this greenhouse that started so many people with completely unique different styles. You know, Barry was there, you know, helping people like Steven Wright and Paula Poundstone get started and Lenny Clarke, Steve Sweeney, Kevin Meaney - all these folks - Denis Leary. And because there was an emphasis on being original that came from Barry, that's why there were so many different kinds of comics that were original that came out of that scene. Yeah, and, you know, I will say, in his defense, Barry never - he never attacked the audience first. It was always - he was never first blood. He wasn't like a guy, you know...
CRIMMINS: I was never one of those guys - well, where you from? What do you do, you know, and harassing someone in the front row because they've got a funny-looking shirt on. I would like to - but going back to - 'cause this is a very important question Terry asked - I'd like to think that I would've been upset and angry about many of the social issues I've been upset angry about whether or not I'd been raped as a child. You know, I know all sorts of people that have stood in those causes with me and have stood up for justice and fought for, you know, social justice who had perfect childhoods. So, you know, it's certainly the idea that I really root for the underdog and I know what it is to be oppressed and overwhelmed and have no chance. That certainly plays a part of it with me. But I'd hope that I would've ended up in a similar place anyway because I'd like to think I have a good heart.
GROSS: My guests are comics Barry Crimmins and Bobcat Goldthwait. Goldthwait has made a new documentary about Crimmins titled "Call Me Lucky." We'll talk about how being raped as a child changed Crimmins's life as an adult after we take a short break. I'm Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR.
GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Let's get back to my interview with comics Bobcat Goldthwait and Barry Crimmins. They both became important in the '80s. Crimmins founded two Boston comedy clubs which launched or gave a boost to the careers of many performers, including Goldthwait. Goldthwait was known for his manic persona in comedy clubs and in movies, a persona which he's since abandoned. He now directs TV shows and independent films. Goldthwait's new documentary, "Call Me Lucky," is about Crimmins, focusing on both his place in comedy and the trauma of having been raped several times as a child, which eventually led him as an adult to track down pedophiles operating in Internet chat rooms. This part of our conversation may not be appropriate for young children.
So, Barry Crimmins, let me just ask you a little bit about those formative experiences when you were repeatedly raped by - was it your babysitter's father?
CRIMMINS: It was - I didn't - it was some sort of relationship that wouldn't have been made clear in the late '50s, but probably, like, a boyfriend or something of the kid's mother. And she would come over for a while and then this guy would show up. You know, my parents would, you know - like, he'd make sure my parents were clear of the house and then he'd show up. And I have no animosity in my heart for the babysitter because I'm pretty sure it was me or her, you know, so - in one way or the other. She wasn't compliant, you know, with setting me up because it was her idea. She was a young kid and I always wondered what happened to her.
GROSS: Yeah, I certainly wonder that too. Was there anyone you could tell or ask to protect you?
CRIMMINS: I was pretty young, you know? So - and then really put into shock, so I guess that's why - I mean, I can't really figure it out to a T. My sister did end up protecting me when she finally discovered it. She made a run for it and, you know, the babysitter...
GROSS: She walked in on you as it was happening.
CRIMMINS: Yeah, well, she came down - yeah, she come down the basement stairs. In my head I always had this picture of her being caught by the foot. You can see in the movie at one point I'm looking at the stairs and I'm - that's just really vividly coming back to me. The thing I always remembered was her being caught, you know, and she was trying to go get help. But, in the end, she did get help, but it ended up being this thing where my parents didn't find out what happened, but Mary Jo said they were mean to Barry. They hurt Barry and whatever and that - but the babysitters had a counter story in there and it just became - you know, they just stopped using that babysitter is basically what happened.
GROSS: How old were you and how old was your sister?
CRIMMINS: I was 4 and she doesn't - she says 5 in the movie, but she was actually about 8.
GROSS: How long did it go on?
CRIMMINS: It's hard to say. I would say over a period of weeks. It happened several times.
GROSS: Did you remember this happening? I mean, did the memory always stay with you or do you think you repressed it for a while?
CRIMMINS: Well, I mean, what I - I say I always knew and I never knew. But when I would have flashbacks or whatever, I would be - it's hard to be verbal because, I mean, when you're 4 years old you don't have a big vocabulary, you know, so...
GROSS: So it was your sister who brought it up with you that helped bring back memories and helped you get to the point of talking...
CRIMMINS: Well, yeah, I mean, I was really at the end of my rope. I was in LA writing "The Dennis Miller Show" and I was - and this is a scoop for you - I was a bit suicidal at the time, so - but then when she, you know, disclosed to me then we - then it all sort of pulled together. And I just realized that this pain I'd been walking around in and the self-loathing that I felt to make sense of the world because, you know, why did I feel like this all the time? It must be me. There must be something wrong with me and, you know, there was nothing wrong with me. I was just in someone else's pain in somebody else's, you know - I was carrying that guy's poison around. And so you go through a period after that where - when you divest yourself of that you're kind of hollow for a while and you have to kind of - you feel like the wind's whistling through you. But eventually I, you know, began to fill that hole in. And then as a few years passed, I began to work on behalf of contemporary abused children. And that's how I ended up doing the confrontation of AOL about the child pornography trafficking that was going on. And that was probably the turning point and the most healing thing I ever did.
GROSS: So you wrote repeatedly to AOL and asked them to shutdown these pedophile chat rooms.
CRIMMINS: Right, and they were making a lot of money on it, so they just filed a - because in - back in those days the modems were really slow. And so it took, like, a half-hour to upload a, you know, low-grade picture.
GROSS: We're talking dial-up era.
CRIMMINS: Right, right, and so it took a long time to upload each photo and all these - and then if you're on AOL for more than 12 hours or something a month, they started charging you $3 or $4 an hour. So when you find, you know, thousands of people that are, you know, in the same chat rooms all the time or you find that one of the chat rooms that are named thusly - I mean, like anyone else, when I first went in there I just said what - are you people out of your minds? And they started talking to me about the First Amendment and stuff. And as Andrew Vachss said, you know, you can mug somebody and try to call it performance art, but that doesn't mean you're going to get away with it. And I just realized - you know, I would go in there as an adult, you know, with my own AOL name and people would just start sending me child pornography immediately. Like, no sort of - they just, oh, that's what you're here for, here. And they expected you to send child pornography back to them. And so I immediately contacted AOL and they said, oh, thank you very much for being, you know, a bunch of corporate - good citizen of our community, blah, blah, blah. But as time passed and I watched the problem grow exponentially, their answers became, you know, they - the back and forth between us just became more and more ridiculous.
GROSS: So you eventually testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee. They were investigating child pornography, and you brought it to the area of Internet child pornography only to find that most of the senators on the Judiciary Committee had never been online. They didn't understand how the Internet worked and they didn't really comprehend the concept of a chat room.
GROSS: So it was hard for them - as my understanding - it was hard for them to really comprehend what you were talking about.
CRIMMINS: They were - I mean...
GROSS: Nevertheless, what was the outcome of - what do you think was the final outcome of your protest to AOL? You're testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee and you're going to - was it the DAs office in Cleveland?
CRIMMINS: Right. Well, yeah, the - no, the - well, the FBI picked up all the information from me at my - they picked up all the files I had. I know that some arrests were made because that - I couldn't quantify it for you. But I know some arrests were made. As far as that company's concerned, I always feel that its cornerstone is very bloody. You know, they made a lot of money off those people and they played it dumb for as long as they could. After the hearing they were embarrassed. And after that they - well, they went to a flat rate, too, so that might've been part of it. But they cleaned it up pretty quickly after that, so I publicly embarrassed them. But they, you know, they stalled for a long enough time to make an awful lot of money.
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Launch Camp teams working in Design Factory Melbourne.
Swinburne has expanded its partnership with CSIRO, becoming the first university to adopt its Launch Camp program.
Launch Camp, a part of the ON accelerator series, is designed to help researchers test and validate ideas in the early stages of translation or implementation.
Swinburne's Innovation Precinct had 10 teams of academics, staff and PhD students complete the first phase of the program at the university's Design Factory Melbourne last week.
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Innovation Precinct director Professor Sally McArthur says the framework of the program was adapted to reach beyond science and engineering to include any type of innovation that connected back to Swinburne's research capabilities.
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Each team was partnered with a mentor from within Swinburne and Professor McArthur says the development of the teams over the two days was exceptional.
"We asked each team to pitch their idea to us on early on the first day and then again at the end of the second day and the difference in focus and ability to describe their concept was incredible.
"The program is designed to challenge assumptions and to question ways of thinking. It requires team members and mentors to get out of their comfort zones, attempt to validate their assumptions and really connect with the problems their idea can solve. This approach obviously had a huge impact on the participants.
The teams will meet again in two weeks to continue the development of their unique value propositions and business canvases.
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Is there a good source of information about effects and benefits of radiology?
January 14, 2015 By Rod Adams
Radiologyinfo.org is a valuable, informative web site developed by physicians from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the American College of Radiology (ACR). It is well-organized and provides factual, readily understood information to people who want to know more about the benefits, possible side effects, and long term health implications of undergoing diagnostic procedures or treatments involving radiation.
RadiologyInfo's Mission – RadiologyInfo™ is dedicated to being the trusted source of information for the public about radiology and the unique and vital role of radiologists in your healthcare.
There are numerous web sites and media campaigns that have been created by people or organizations whose mission seems to be spreading fear, uncertainty, doubt and mistrust. They discourage people from accepting effective, potentially life-saving advice and procedures from qualified medical professionals. They work hard to place scary stories in popular commercial media outlets.
If you have questions about any radiology topic or if you have friends and relatives that are asking questions because they have "read something, somewhere" that makes them worry about CT scans, x-rays, MRI, or any of dozens of specific procedures, a good way to know more so that you can fear less is to visit RadiologyInfo.org.
@JohnGalt
I'm not sure I understand your comment, but want to point out that the following statement is made in the document you linked to well before it gets to the point of listing outside references.
Medical imaging offers tremendous benefits in the care of patients. While there is arguably some potential risk from radiation, this risk–if it exists–is so small that it is difficult to prove.
(Emphasis added.)
I still have no understanding of people who get worked up about risks that are so small they are "difficult to prove," when there are so many visible risks that could be avoided for less cost. Who cares how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
The use of LNT as a conservative guideline and as a way of making sensible decisions that recognize that it's often not worth making much effort to avoid tiny risks that have disappeared into the grass does not bother me.
Using LNT to declare that there is "no safe dose of radiation," or that extraordinary measures are justified in order to avoid doses that are on approximately the same level as variations in natural background is the problem that makes me adamant about showing that LNT is based on a fraud and a number of lies.
Thank you for the list. Please read it again carefully. The only procedures on the list that earn the term "moderate" under "additional lifetime risk of cancer" give acute doses of 20 and 25 mSv.
In Japan, people have been forced to leave their homes in areas where the projected ANNUAL dose from small quantities of Cs-137 deposited in the area is greater than 20 mSv.
Logically, that means medical professionals agree that there is probably sufficient benefit from a single CT scan or PET/CT scan to outweigh the lifetime additional cancer risk of slamming a person with the same total dose in a 30-45 minute period as they might receive spread out over an entire year from areas that have been evacuated.
You might disagree, but I am quite certain that the benefits of living in my home for a whole year are far greater than any potential benefit from a single CT scan.
Radiation is radiation. If 20 mSv delivered quickly represents just a moderate risk, the risk is substantially lower when that same amount of radiation is accumulated over a year.
Many CT scans are not given to people who are known to be sick. They are given to people who might have been injured, people who have unusual symptoms that might indicate illness, etc. They are often given in multiples.
I was not paid extra as a nuclear professional because I was voluntarily accepting additional health risk. Rickover would have none of that. I was paid extra because I had valuable skills that were in high demand. My nuclear pay was designed to retain my services, not provide a bigger inheritance for my dependents after I died early or had to retire due to poor health.
My immediate family includes all of the following "women, pregnant women, and children." I am none of the above, so my only impact on their decision making processes is to provide the best advice I can and to allow them to make their own decisions. I am not a protective parent or a paternalistic government official.
There is no way that I would allow my government to force me or my family to leave our homes to avoid a projected dose rate of 20 mSv/year. In fact, I would probably engage in civil disobedience for any order to evacuate to avoid doses less than 500 mSv/year for my family or 1200 mSv/year for myself.
Sanne says
The faster the grow rate (=cell division rate), the more sensitive we are because at cell division no DNA repair possible.
So for the children of Fukushima, this WHO expert report estimates already 7% increase in cancer, despite the speedy evacuation.
Fetuses have even a much higher cell rate. So in Berlin research found increaseddamage rates at new born after Chernobyl, despite being 1100miles miles away.
Adults with their low grow rate are less vulnerable. Still their DNA is hampered as shown for these Sellafield workers who got increased levels of dead babies.
All those results are in line with many other scientific study results.
@Sanne
Of course your linked report is in line with previous assumptions and models because they are what it uses to produce its predictions.
They assume a straight line through 0,0 and then use that assumption to predict the future. Of course their numbers match the assumption, after all, it's not hard to solve a y=mx equation when m is assumed to be a certain value.
Evan says
Stress can cause birth defects.
http://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20000908/can-extreme-stress-cause-birth-defects
So maybe it would be a good idea to stop scaring people out of their minds over small amounts of radiation.
Pregnant woman get on airlines where they are exposed to high radiation levels all the time.
Friedberg W, Copeland K, Duke FE, O'Brien K 3rd, Darden EB Jr. Radiation exposure during air travel: Guidance provided by the FAA for air carrier crews. Health Phys 79(5):591–595; 2000.
Seattle to Portland: 0.03 mSv per 100 block hours
New York to Chicago: 0.39 mSv per 100 block hours
Los Angeles to Honolulu: 0.26 mSv per 100 block hours
London to New York: 0.51 mSv per 100 block hours
Athens to New York: 0.63 mSv per 100 block hours
Tokyo to New York: 0.55 mSv per 100 block hours
http://www.hps.org/publicinformation/ate/faqs/commercialflights.html
As you can see doses get as high as 6.3 µSv/h, but I've never hear about an anti nuclear activists trying to stop pregnant woman and children from flying.
Evan,
Just talk to good physician if your spouse is pregnant.
He will advice against long and frequent flights.
One long intercontinental flight delivers <0.05mSv, which is ~2% of annual background.
@Rod,
You are free to assume that main stream radiation science is wrong during the past 60years. But usually main stream science is right.
Especially here, since:
– so many research results by so many scientists from so many different countries support the theory that the damage of radiation increases linear with the level of radiation;
– the theory that one radiation particle hitting DNA at the wrong place and wrong moment (when single stranded); or the DNA support structure
is enough to create major illnesses, etc. is confirmed by lab scientists as well as computational biology scientists.
I'll issue the same challenge to you that I have issued to others who have made similar statements:
Point to a single paper with valid experimental data indicating measured health effects of doses of less than 100 mSv.
Even the "consensus" BEIR reports describes the uncertainty at low doses and says that just about any assumption will fit the sparse data in the region less than 100 mSv.
With regard to the multiple scientists and the international nature of the conventional wisdom, there is a fascinating tale to be told.
PS: Bas (aka Sanne) – I just realized that I have probably issued this challenge to you already when you were using a different identity. Please depart the pattern again; your continued assertions of untruths are not welcome here.
With LNT it doesn't matter if it's one pregnant woman receiving 6.3 µSv/h for a whole year (a 55 mSv dose) or 1,752 pregnant woman receiving µSv/h for 5 hours. The results are the same.
I recently estimates using LNT that commercial aviation results in 155 to 275 extra cases of cancer each year.
http://ratdog-justbecause.blogspot.com/2014/12/comparing-aviation-versus-nuclear-power.html
I wonder how much that number would change if you took age into account. Especially considering that some people are likely conceived on airliners.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_high_club
full, lots of information but in the item "patient safety" measure risks according to the LNT model
Bob Applebaum says
Of course, it measures risks according to the LNT model, that's the scientific consensus!
Here's an interesting comparison, continuing from yesterday on comparing health physics, climatology and I'll add physics (general relativity):
Physics:
1. A molecule causes a wee disturbance in space-time. We commonly call that gravity.
2. The more molecules, the more gravity.
Those are straightforward statements. You don't find many books, blogs, or videos arguing it. Why? Because there is no industry that is regulated based on its emissions of gravity. If there were, there would be people trying to get you to doubt 2. They'd say things like, "gravity is natural" (true but irrelevant) or "I fell six feet yesterday and I was find" (might be true, but doesn't everyone will have the same outcome).
3. A single CO2 molecule traps a wee amount of infra-red radiation in its bonds. We commonly call that heat.
4. The more CO2 molecules the more heating.
Those are straightforward statements, but some people doubt 4. You can easily find books, blogs, videos trying to confuse people about it. Why? Because there is an industry that is regulated based on its emissions of CO2. So some people makes claims like, "CO2 is natural", (true but irrelevant) or "the Earth is cooling" (a lie).
Health Physics
5. A single photon/particle of ionizing radiation can cause wee damage in DNA. We commonly call that an increase in cancer risk.
6. The more ionizing radiation, the more the cancer risk.
More straightforward statements, but some people doubt 6. You can easily find books, blogs, videos encouraging people to doubt 6. Why? Because there is an industry that is regulated based on radioactivity emissions. So some people make claims like "radiation is natural" (true, but irrelevant) or "radiation is good for you" (a lie).
Scientific consensus bodies work for all of us, so we don't have to be experts in every subject matter. Stick to the conclusions of scientific consensus bodies, and if someone tries to convince you otherwise, tell them to publish their findings in the peer reviewed literature, and when the scientific consensus body changes its conclusions, so will you.
Science is a methodology of not fooling oneself…don't willfully fool yourself.
Bob: more and more studies contradict the LNT model http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25076115
Lookup the "fallacy of surpressed evidence or cherry-picking".
A single study is the input side of science, not the output side.
The output side of science are the conclusions of scientific consensus bodies, who examine a large number of studies. They don't cherry-pick<|fim_middle|> of biological evolution:
http://creation.com/creation-scientists
Those scientists are wrong and unethical (they can always publish studies in the peer reviewed literature, but by using their names to fool people about the science is coaxing the public to fall for the fallacy from authority. Highly unethical.)
Can you remind us all why you think you have the authority or standing to declare others to be unethical? Who taught you that scientific truth is given from on high by politically appointed "consensus" bodies and not by experimental evidence derived as a result of applying the scientific method?
You don't understand the philosophy of science. Science is the objective process of not fooling oneself. The way to ensure that is to document what you think you've found out, and letting OTHERS judge your work. Everyone in science knows that the burden of proof lies on convincing other experts, not in convincing the general public.
If one short-cuts the scientific method (which is to allow other experts to reach conclusions and living with those conclusions), and tries to fool the general public, that is unethical.
That is not my authority or standing, that is what most scientific organizations include in their code of ethics.
We don't individually choose what is scientifically true, that's what religion is.
Scientific consensus bodies determine what is scientifically true.
Rich says
@ Rod "Who taught you that scientific truth is given from on high by politically appointed "consensus" bodies and not by experimental evidence derived as a result of applying the scientific method?"
Why does that apply to LNT and not AGW????? – As you know LNT was designed to scare people away from nuclear activities. It was used because the detectors available at the time were essentially worthless and thus it kept people "safe.".97% of the "consensus" on AGW is from politicians and non-scientists and those that will make money from the SCAM. Is this not the definition of "politically appointed "consensus" bodies."
The AGW models are a disaster, and every day I read another study as to why the el nino/la nina is caused by underwater volcanoes (MIT), the ice melting in the Antarctic is caused by underwater volcanoes (MIT), the SO2 released by volcanoes has more of an effect than CO2, even that the majority of the CO2 in the atmosphere, as detected from satellites, is above these recently discovered underwater volcanoes, etc, etc, all from leading universities, e.g. MIT. There is even a report that the activitie of these volcanoes is affected by the positions of the planets and solar magnetic forces.
And as far as the liberal "do no harm" mantra from the liberal elites, More will die from cold than heat, CO2 is actually plant food and studies show that forests are expanding due to the increased CO2 levels, More impoverished people will die from the lack of affordable energy, etc. etc.
As an "engineer" I don't think the "Proof" has not been provided, YET the AGW propones greatest effort is toward shutting down any discussion and demeaning anyone that does not agree with them, another tactic of the loser. Reread the three "R"s of climate change. That is not proof, it is dogma. All of this for a quantity of gas that, in LNT terms, the amount in the atmosphere generated by man is "not detectable." Try reading some non-AGW endorsed WebPages and articles.
In the last twenty five years we have going from laughing at those that talked about black holes to proving that black holes exist and each year we add to that body of proof. However, for AGW the scales are still not tilting toward "proven" as there as many reports that disprove, add questions, create doubts and even the observations do not agree with the models as the regurgitation of the same mantra over and over again on the AGW side of the scale.
Dan Williamson says
I'd settle for an honest description of Bob's financial stake in propping up LNT. Obviously, his ox is being gored here. All one ever needs to do in understanding the vitriolic defense of an increasingly untenable position is "follow the money."
@Dan Williamson
Bob's financial interest in the radiation protection industry has been discussed several times here. For example, this comment describes, with links, Applebaum's sale of a radioactive waste handler named RACE to Studsvik. He was the cofounder of the company. The sales price was about $36 million including the assumption of existing debt.
http://atomicinsights.com/selfish-motives-for-lnt-assumption-by-geneticists-on-nas-bear-i/#comment-97418
simple-touriste says
"Who taught you that scientific truth is given from on high by politically appointed "consensus" bodies"
This works for IPCC, too.
@simple-touriste
I may be mistaken, but I don't think I've ever appealed to the IPCC. I've described how I don't think its a good idea to dump 30 billion tons of CO2 into atmosphere every year with plans to keep increasing that number.
Didn't say crisis re: CO2. In fact, I recently explained why a crisis response motivated by fear is exactly wrong. Also never said all radiation doses are safe, especially those given by materials whose concentration builds up over time.
Steam plant operators understand how tiny concentrations of salt in condensate/feed water can be harmful to boilers/steam generators because of the way the salt concentration builds up.
david davison says
Says who?
How does a 'scientific consensus' on any scientific issue ever get overturned if according to you, the only people allowed to 'ethically' challenge the prevailing view is by those who are the members of this 'consensus body?' Would there not be a reluctance by these individuals to overturn their own scientific pronouncements?
You religiously and faithfully adhere to LNT and Global Warming, trusting in these 'consensus bodies' to tell you what to believe on these issues. They may or may not be correct, but you are none-the-less utterly closed minded and prejudiced against any evidence, studies, documentation, etc. that conflict with the orthodoxy you have accepted as truth.
"Those scientists are wrong and unethical (they can always publish studies in the peer reviewed literature…"
They cannot publish in peer reviewed literature if the editors of these publications refuse them access.
John Chatelle says
@ Bob Applebaum,
You realize, of course, that equating LNT, where the optimum level of ionizing radiation is *ZERO* according to that clearly debunked model, to Anthropological Global warming serves the agenda of those whom would hold Anthropological global warming as bunk too.
You're not serving truth by being so unthinkingly stuck on what you deem as a good standard model (LNT).
Even if LNT is true medical imaging has benefits that outweigh the risks. The same is true for nuclear power. I support nuclear power whether or not LNT is true because renewable energy has horrible power density, intermittent and scalability issues. Fossil fuel has horrible pollution problems and it is getting harder and harder to extract. We need to switch to nuclear energy now so that future generation can enjoy the same benefits we enjoy. I'm not that convinced that LNT is true. The people who defend it seem to completely ignores that living things have evolved adaptive responses, but fighting over LNT just seems like a distraction to me. The important thing is to insure things for future generations, and to try and do something for the the people in the world living in poverty.
By the way, I'm not sure how much of a consensus LNT is. Do you have any figures to back that up?
In a worldwide poll conducted by the principal on-line discussion group of radiation protection professionals (RADSAFE), the vote was 118 to 12 against LNT.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+linear+no-threshold+theory+of+radiation+carcinogenesis+should+be…-a0184644196
Consensus isn't done by polling. Consensus is achieved by authorized scientific bodies who send out calls for papers or input. They will also usually send out a draft of their conclusions for review to other experts before making publicly available. So the scientific consensus body gathers lots of information. Individual scientists don't go through that process.
@Evan: How can something evolve an adaptive process, if evolution is impossible? For evolution to be possible, DNA must be able to mutate. Since DNA is able to mutate (caused by photons, ions, etc.) we know evolution is true. That's also how we know LNT is true (because DNA mutates).
Bob I like to use my mind, and not just rely on other people to decide things for me. After reviewing various things I've decided that climate change is a real problem. The reason why I believe climate change is a real problem isn't just because a lot of scientists believe it (although that helped), but also because I can understand the mechanism by which it works (greenhouse gases trapping infrared light). The reason why I believe evolution is there are mountains of evidence for it that I can access through the Internet any time I want (also it being a scientific consensuses, and my understand how it works helps a lot).
LNT is different. One I'm not sure it's a scientific consensus. Even if most large organizations utilize it there seem to be a good number of individuals who work in the field who doubt it. That isn't enough to make me doubt it though. The main reason I doubt it is that it doesn't make sense to me.
Living things evolved in an environment filled with radiation. Because of it they developed defense mechanism. Defense mechanisms aren't usually on all the time because using them too much wastes energy. These thing taken together tell me that a strait line for radiation/cancer risk doesn't make sense. It's like saying sun tans in no way protect you from the sun. If they don't then why do they exist? Evolution can take many paths, but creatures that waste energy is rarely one of them.
You keep pointing out that radiation can cause mutations. So what. The issue is whether radiation versus damage go in a straight line. Since defense mechanisms exist and can be turned on and off when needed I highly doubt the line is straight. I'm not sure what curves the line has, but strait seems really unlikely to me. Like most things human I'm guessing it's complicated and maybe varies in different situations and for different people.
Rod : In this case remains to be confirmed whether the damage to DNA metabolism, temperature, physical exercise, etc, is of the same quality as DNA damage by radiation
No it doesn't remain to be confirmed. We know that most chemical bonds can be broken at around 10 eV or less. Chemical reactions (from exercise, metabolism, etc.) occur at these sorts of energy levels. Ionizing radiation is typically defined as 1,000 eV or more.
Hint: 1,000+ >> 10-
conclucion, damage produced by metabolism, exercise, etc can not be compared with the damage induced by radiation?
Benjamin Haas says
It would be interesting to investigate if athletes suffer higher cancer rates over less active people due to the higher amounts of exercise and metabolism.
Sylvain Costes words in atomicinsights.com/radiation-biology-funding-disappearing/ "Indeed, what we Observed That is so far from mere exercise damages: such as running (oxidative stress) can be higher than damages from significant doses of ionizing radiation (10 mGy) "therefore DNA damage produced by exercise is comparable to the damage induced by radiation
@jhon;
Thank you for the reference. Going by LNT's purported risks and Bob Applebaum's dogmatic belief in the infallibility of the "scientific consensus", it's amazing human beings exist at all past the age of 30.
@Bob Applebaum;
Your use of the "consensus" is nothing but appeal to authority and so holds no water when compared to evidence based views. On a political level, the consensus is nothing more than what people *think* is right, not what is actually righ.. Of course, you already know that. Your Zrefusal to question LNT is nothing short of religious and, as Rod has revealed, most probably tied to your radiation protection company. Your one of the people who stands to lose when the consensus is changes.
Do you know how gamma radiation gets attenuated as it passes through various substances? What makes you think it deposits all of its energy in one part of a cell?
BobinPgh says
One concern some men have about radiation is that excessive doses can cause infertility. My sister is a dental hygienist and she does dental x-rays and some guys have brought this up. Rod, you love people and probably like kids so would you want men being irradiated so that they then cannot have any? I think this could be a means of population control but I don't like people and you love them.
@BobinPgh
The doses needed to cause sterility are many orders of magnitude above acceptable limits, even those that were in effect in 1950.
However, the genetics committee of the 1956 National Academy of Sciences Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation emphasized that as one of the known effects of radiation. They just did not bother to mention that it was only a concern at very high doses.
I think Bob is refieree this:
Part 4 * The Unique Power of Ionizing Radiation
* The Difference between the 4th free-radical damage from
routine metabolism and from ionizing radiation Almost Surely lies
in repairability. If DNA damage is perfectly repaired by a cell,
Such damage has no health Consequences. It is inconsequential. The
Consequences only Arise from Which injuries are non-repairable or
mis-repaired.
4b * The demonstration in Part 3 Supports other evidence
(and vice versa) That ionizing radiation can induce the special
kinds of complex DNA damage CAN NOT BE PERFECTLY Which REPAIRED. A
leading figure in esta research is John F. Ward; see Reference
4c * The power of ionizing radiation to induce the
complex injuries is not in dispute. Billen himself appears to
acknowledge it, but then a to ignore it (Billen 1991, p.388).
4d * The power of ionizing radiation to induce
particularly complex and is unrepairable genetic injuries Surely
related to a UNIQUE PROPERTY de este agent. Ionizing radiation
Instantly unloads biologically abnormal Amounts of energy at
cell in an irradiated random. Biochemical reactions in a cell
Generally Involve energy-net transfers in the ballpark of 10
electron-volts and below. By contrast, reports Ward (1988, p.103)
That the average energy-deposit from low-LET ionizing radiation is
thought to be acerca 60 electron-volts, All Within an area Reviews having a
diameter of only 4 nanometers. (The diameter of the DNA
double-helix is 2 nanometers). In other words, ionizing radiation
produces energy-violent transfers of a type simply absent in a
Natural cell's biochemistry.
4e * Because of Its unique property, ionizing radiation
is a unique menace to our DNA and chromosomes. This fact needs
wide recognition, as mankind learns That Far more health problems
are mutation-based Could anyone prove than 15 years ago.
http://www.ratical.org/radiation/CNR/FreeRadFallacy.txt
@jhon
Bob is most likely a John Gofman fan and thinking about his paper that you quoted above. What about you?
By the way, though Gofman had a distinguished early career, sometime around 1960 he dramatically changed his mind and proceeded to alienate many, if not most of his former colleagues. This paper by Bernard Cohen is one of many that address the weaknesses in Gofman's assertions.
http://www.fortfreedom.org/p22.htm
Rod thanks for the reference material, I want to know is, damage to DNA metabolism, exercise, etc, is the same DNA damage induced by radiation?
They are comparable damage? It is a very important point to see if we can compare the damage that is caused by the daily damage regarding radiation-induced damage
Both radiation and other influences (metabolism, exercise, heat, free radicals, etc) that have the potential of causing some damage to DNA work through ions. In the case of metabolism the ions are often reactive oxygen species that can then react with other chemicals. As radiation passes through tissues, it attenuates in the same way as it does in any matter.
If it's x-ray or gamma radiation, the attenuation is through pair production, Compton Scattering and the photoelectric effect. In most cases, gammas do not deposit concentrated energy it takes several energy reducing interactions before they no longer exist.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Basic_Physics_of_Nuclear_Medicine/Interaction_of_Radiation_with_Matter
Radiation stimulates repair mechanisms and acts as an antioxidant.
@Rod
I think this article is in tune with what you say http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12856953 is it?
However radiation does create proportionally more Double Strand Break which are harder to repair. And they are claims that even for the same number of DSBs, they tend to be more closely localized with radiations.
Radiations in effect act as oxydants, which will stimulate anti-oxydation mechanisms, the end effect is left to be determined depending on dose and rate.
ok, I Understood, are equivalent and comparable damage as said Dr Sylvain Costes in http://atomicinsights.com/radiation-biology-funding-disappearing/ "Indeed, what we Observed That is so far from mere exercise damages: such as running (oxidative stress) can be higher than damages from significant doses of ionizing radiation (10 mGy). "
Joris van Dorp says
The Fukushima incident – according to LNT – might kill as many as 750 people, according to the WHO.
(750 = 1% additional cancer risk projected by WHO * 300.000 Japanese affected * 50% average cancer death probability * 50% ratio typical actual/projected radiation exposure)
In Germany, 750 people die every three months due to coal fired air pollution.
So if there was a Fukushima incident in Japan every three months, it could kill the same amount of people as coal is currently doing routinely in Germany.
So why did the Germans shut down their nukes and build more coal plants?
Because of fear. The radiation protection industry is not selling safety: It is selling fear. This fear is killing people today. And tomorrow – as we fail to solve the greenhouse gas emissions problem – this fear is going to kill millions if not billions of people.
And for what? So a tiny few people who own radiation protection companies can be rich. (and – of course – so that the fossil fuel industry doesn't have to worry about the only technology which could ever credibly compete with them)
@Joris van Dorp
Because of fear.
Perhaps they did it because powerful, influential people wanted to sell more coal and/or natural gas? What if fear was just used as cover and as a way to control the people who would not benefit as a result of the additional coal sales, coal/lignite-related village destruction, and coal pollution?
I live in the world of real people who go about their daily lives and don't have much time to question the messages they are being given by the media or the people who support commercial media through advertisements. Most of those people are not fearful about invisible "dangers" unless they have been told over and over again that they should "be afraid, be very afraid." | a single study to reach the conclusion they know they want to reach (confirmation bias, motivated reasoning).
jmdesp says
But if you cared to read what those bodies actually say, they clearly state that below 100 mSv there's no clear scientific evidence about what happens, so it's as a precautionary principle, certainly *not* as demonstrated science, we'd consider it's linear.
And if you read what they say after Fukushima, you'll see much reference to the fact that it seems this intended precautionary principle actually hurts more than it helps so probably should be withdrawn. It's a long time since they have stated than the uncertainty means that it has no meaning and *should not be done* to multiply a large number of people by a very small amount of radiation to obtain virtual deaths.
@Bob Applebaum
Actually many scientists doubt the veracity of the second sentence in number 5. It ignores what happens after the wee bit of damage to DNA, especially since there are many influences, including metabolism and temperature that cause exactly the same kinds of repairable damage.
It doesn't matter that there are "many scientists who doubt the veracity" of anything. Scientific consensus bodies consist of the best experts in the field who are elected by other experts. Not all scientists are equally technically capable nor equally objective.
There are many influences on climate, like solar output and planet wobble. That doesn't change 3 or 4.
There are many influences on DNA damage like heredity and diet. That doesn't change 5 or 6.
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As dancers go, you can't get much better then the tyro also<|fim_middle|> are about 20) were pretty all right too, a vivid manifestation of what can happen when young people are actually given serious and prolonged study in composition….
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I'm planning on upgrading the locker ballasts to 1100lbs. The boat currently has the 500lbs bow bag. Is it worth it to upgrade the bag to the 750lb bag? Do I need to upgrade the bag to 750lbs given that I will have 1100lb bags in the rear or is 500lbs + the hard tank enough weight for the front?
Congrats on the new boat! Where's the pics? I have a 15 Mondo with 900s rear, 250lb under port seat & 750ibs.
The 750 is essential and I was actually thinking of adding some lead bags up there as well. Really helps lengthen the wave. The 1100s won't fill all the way. Also you will need to add bracing to your engine dividers. They will bow.
They don't sell the 900lb bags any more I don't think so will have to buy the 1100lb.
Do you fill your 900lbs completely?
It sure looks like the 900s fill completely depends<|fim_middle|> the manual for break in! Then it's surf's up!
Yeah I meant low speed handling and reversing.
I really like the boat so far. Fit and finish is much better, it's so quiet, I love the sound when it starts up and the surfing will be 10x better than the 212x could ever be. I just need to take it out a few calm windless mornings to mess around with it and practice my docking.
I am in the same "boat" (sorry couldn't help myself). I also sold my Yamaha 242 limitedS and bought a Craz. I also need to upgrade the ballast and prop. The slow speed maneuvering was much better in the Yamaha but I love higher speed handling and quietness of the Moomba! Add GPS cruise and ballast makes it a no brainier!!!
I am afraid it will be 100x better for surfing ;) It will be quiet and the wave will be huge compared to the 212. The fit and finish is an understatement. I have ZERO fears climbing under the seats to run wires or do any mods in just shorts and a T-shirt. The Yamaha I had to wear long sleeves and pants because of all of the exposed fiberglass. Not to mention some of the cuts on my hands.
I still have hiccups in docking, but I am getting there. Just depends on the wind and lake LOL. | on the positioning and if they moved at all.
The 900's don't fill completely in my 14' Mondo so I think 1100s would really be a waste of space. WakeMakers will set you up with what you need. There are a couple different bags that should work for you. Just give them a call. I also have a 750IBS that I don't think fills all the way either. I would upgrade the rears first and try to dial things in before spending more on the front bag.
I was on the Jetboaters.net forums as well.
Anyway I think the 900lb bags are discontinued. the 1100lbs bags are just 2" longer in width and height. I'll just get those, reinforce the walls and fill it to about 850lbs or so.
Okay gotcha! What was your name over there?
Wakemakers has a 910# bag that is smaller than the 900 Sumo I have. That's what i would buy. It's shorter, which is what it really needed be. That way it doesn't push under the rear seats.
I took the boat out again on Saturday and I think the yamaha handles better. I'll take some time getting used to this.
Of course it's going to handle differently. If by better you mean at slow speed then yes and no. It takes some time learning it, but it took time with the Yamaha to learn how the jet thrust worked. Once you start learning how the in and out of gear works with the inboard, you will be fine. The Yamaha has a very deep v hull and soaks up the chop a little better. Also make sure the wake plate is DOWN when cruising or the there is some chop. I read a few of your posts on the other site and you wanted a boat to surf......Surf that thing!
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In April this year, our group had the great good fortune to organize a four-day workshop with Rosalie Dace<|fim_middle|> quilting/thread sketching with a sheet of photos taped to the wall by the machine, showing various types of rocks for detail. Here is the finished item.
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It's interesting to learn about your starting point and how the making went for you. I've just been puzzling away trying to spot the bits that started as chunks from your class. You definitely captured that rocky feel – I like this a lot.
Thank you Kaja! It feels nice to be back in the group! The pieces from the workshop were the bits on the upper right and bottom right, which I bisected. Then the blue-gray bits with the dark lines, which were once a large piece that I cut into three pieces.
Thank you Lynda…there are several sources for ways to piece curves, perhaps I can post a list of them one of these days. A lot of what I do I learned online, and/or taught myself. Glad you are here!
How exciting! I'm so intrigued by the way you created this work from various photos of outcrops. As a geologist it amazes me how people transform these into art. I always think much too literally. And to have another class with her next year. Wow. Lucky you.
Ah, an actual geologist! I realized about 10 years ago that I'd have liked to study geology, if I had only know in my 20s what I wanted to be when I grew up! Re literal interpretation, Rosalie's advice was to respond to the inspiration, not attempt to re-create it. I'm trying to remember that every time I do improv, now!
Hmmm…clockwise or counterclockwise? Thanks…I think the pun thing runs in the family! | . I was only able to take two days' classes, but it was very inspiring – so much so that we have already engaged to bring her back next year. This time we had Rosalie's Earth, Wind, Fire class, which synchs with a group challenge the Pointless Sisters set ourselves earlier this year. Sonoma County is still recovering from the effects of disastrous wildfires that hit our area last October. A lot of people are making quilts in response to the fires. I chose Earth as my first response to the challenge.
Rosalie's teaching approach is very natural, humorous and free. We each brought inspiration photos to work from and our own fabrics. She shared some of her work with us, and then set us loose with instructions to start putting together pieces of fabric in a way that responded to our inspiration photos. What a variety of results! About halfway through the morning, Rosalie gave us a tutorial on her method of fine-line improv piecing. We just started putting pieces together and making little pieced units that went up on the wall.
I came home with a bunch of little units and little idea how to put them together. There was one piece that had a contrast-y stripe of orange-red, that Rosalie liked and suggested that I continue it further down into the design. I struggled for days at home to do that, and finally figured out how. I also ended up cutting one of the units that she had particularly praised right in half! But eventually I made a composition I liked. I just kept thinking about rocks.
My inspiration photos included a number of rock formations that I had taken on various trips around the western half of the US. Here's one example, a photo of Devil's Postpile in eastern California. And another basalt formation, below, taken on a trip to Yellowstone. I had about half dozen pictures of different types of rocks in all. My response to them was not literal, except I think I managed to nail the color palette.
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The Origin of K
By Allon Bloch
At the end of May 2010, my dad was a healthy 69 year old. He exercised nearly every day of his life and watched his weight and diet. He was the kind of guy who would say things like, "the best way to get to know a city is to run through it." You know the type.
My dad had Afib, short for Atrial fibrillation. Afib is an irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, stroke, and other complications if left unchecked. It's a fairly common condition—2.7 million Americans are currently living with it. My dad hardly ever mentioned his Afib, and I didn't know much about it, including how crucial Coumadin (the anticoagulant blood thinning drug he took) was for treating it and managing his risk of stroke.
On June 1, 2010, my dad's Coumadin protocol failed, and a huge blood clot blocked his carotid artery, leading to a massive stroke. I was devastated. It took him months to recover, and while he regained his independence, he suffered from speech impediments. For someone with the gift of gab, losing the ability to talk easily was a real<|fim_middle|> diet or whether you're taking unrelated drugs such as antibiotics for an infection. Because of this, people on Coumadin need to keep a close monitor on something called their INR (international normalized ratio) that measures the risk of their blood clotting in order to know how much of the drug to take. My dad would go to a clinic every few weeks to have his INR measured and Coumadin dosage updated. Unfortunately, every few weeks wasn't frequent enough to catch the change in his INR level that resulted in his stroke.
After the stroke, dad was told that he now had a significantly higher chance of suffering a second stroke, so he would be given an INR meter to use at home. The device costs just a couple hundred dollars. It blew my mind that my dad's stroke had earned him access to better information that could have helped us detect, and perhaps prevent, his stroke in the first place. Suddenly I was full of questions about how healthcare provides, or in my dad's case withholds, information. I found myself wondering:
How high does a person's risk have to be to get access to potentially life-saving information?
Shouldn't people be consulted about their risk, the information available, and the associated costs?
More than anything, I wondered if affordable access to vital health information could have changed the outcome for my dad and so many other families like ours?
I spent a good amount of time over the next 5 years researching how information flows through the U.S. healthcare ecosystem, but mostly I discovered more challenges. As an entrepreneur, I started to think about building a product that could put health information directly into the hands of consumers in new ways I wasn't finding in the market.
In 2016, I was ready to take action when my good friend and co-founder, Adam Singolda, came to me with the idea that ultimately became K Health. He told me about his own personal saga with healthcare, and we discovered that we were asking a lot of the same questions. We gathered a small group of technologists and doctors together and started discussing some pretty big questions:
How can we make it possible for everyone to find personalized healthcare information?
Can we redesign the primary care experience to prioritize the needs of the consumer?
How could technology facilitate a better understanding of human disease by aggregating the collective wisdom of the medical community?
At K, we've spent the last three years building products and services to address those questions and create a better healthcare experience for consumers. We aspire to use data and technology to deliver smarter, more personalized healthcare information, and increase access to quality care that costs dramatically less and leads to better outcomes.
We still have a long way to go, but we're excited about the progress we've made so far. In a world rightfully skeptical about new companies making bold claims about improving healthcare, we think it's important to be hyper-transparent about what we're doing, why we're doing it, and how it all works. Everyone at K has a personal story about how they or a loved one could have benefitted from this type of information and care—and we expect you do too. Come with us and peek under the hood to understand how K works and why it's the most reliable starting point for taking control of your health.
Read on where my co-founder Ran Shaul explains how we deliver personalized health information for free.
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Why I am Not a "Progressive"
You might call me a "progressive" because my views and preferred outcomes generally align with many people's idea of a "progressive."
The problem with calling oneself a "progressive" is that entails adopting a label, a label that might also carry unwanted baggage. I don't know how many times someone has characterized me wrongly as a "progressive" only to say "… you progressives think X" (and be completely wrong)
For example: "You progressives all want to tear down people's ability to succeed!"
Me: which people?
Leigh Ufan: Marking infinity. Is this art about the spaces between the stones, or about the stones? [gug]
I am reminded of the debates around the "Atheism+" label; a debate which yielded more baggage than illumination. To be an opponent of "Atheism+" did that mean you had to sit next to Sam Harris? To be a proponent of "Atheism+" does that mean you are a boon companion of Richard Dawkins? Whenever someone would talk about the "Atheist Movement" to me, I would reply, "no movement, no leaders, no heroes." At this time, I don't think I need to say any more – events since 2009 or so have made my point for me. Yes, I was energized by Sam Harris' taking a big old 2×4 to christianity. And, yes, I was disgusted and depressed when I saw what a dishonest manipulative un-humanitarian he is. [stderr] That is the problem, if Sam Harris is a "progressive" I either have to scrub down his views with bleach before I can sit down with him at the table of brotherhood, or I can just leave him to go his own way, knowing that he'll eventually stumble and fall off his pedestal.
My favorite zen koan as a kid was this: "Shusan The Sage held up his walking stick and said, 'This is a stick. To say anything else is foolish. To say anything more denies its essence.' What is it?" [wc] I was in my forties when I came up with my answer, which is "let us look at the stick together." The koan, to me, is about the problem of labeling things. As Shusan says, "to say anything more denies its essence." You could call it a "Stick+" or a "Stick of Progress" but it's still a stick. It might have a pointy end. Then, you could call it a "pointy stick" but it's still a stick. Shusan's lesson, it seems to me, is that we layer our understanding of things on top of the reality of them. Is a skeptical asshole an asshole or a skeptic? If we call them just a "skeptic" we have missed something important, same as if we just call them an "asshole." I do not wish to allow anyone to trap me, thus. As a skeptic, and an atheist, I am comfortable sitting down with someone and having a conversation at any necessary length as to whether or not I am a "protestant atheist" or a "skeptical atheist" or whatever.
The trick to dealing with labels is to answer, "If you wish me to bear a label of your choosing, you need to define for me what that label is, first."
That is when we look at the stick together. Does a "progressive" believe in free education through college? Does a "progressive" believe in free medical care? Does a "progressive" believe in free medical care even to people who have ruined their lungs vaping, and need a lung transplant? Does a "progressive" believe in humanitarian military interventions? Does a "progressive" notice that those seem to result in more lives blown apart than defended, sometimes? When you look at the stick together, you see it's a stick with a bumpy and complex surface, indeed.
Recently there has been a spate of what PZ Myers calls "dictionary atheism" – attempts to restrict the use of the label "atheist" to only what is written in a typical dictionary. I.e.: "does not believe in god." But let us look at the stick: there are consequences to not believing in god. Does an "atheist" also believe there is no afterlife? Does an "atheist" believe that, since there is no god to balance social injustice, it falls upon us to do so? The cure to "dictionary atheism" is, I am sad to say, nihilism. It is to not wear a label anyone offers you, and say, "labels are too simplistic; I want to transcend them. I have complex beliefs and the chances that any one label will neatly encapsulate all of them is effectively zero." Let us look at the stick, together.
Nihilism got a bad name from Nietzsche, who did quite a hatchet-job on it, in order to oppose it with his own form of crypto-christianity. [See how I just applied that label on old Fred?] His "Ubermensch" is just Nietzsche's remix of Jesus Christ without the flaws of weakness or caring what others think. Nihilism appears to me to be the end-form of skepticism; an acceptance that it is very hard to support any assertion at all, other than assertions about opinion. I do not know if Nietzsche was familiar with the writings of Sextus Empiricus on pyrrhonian skepticism, but I doubt it, simply because Nietzsche would have felt obligated to attack Sextus Empiricus, too – and good luck doing that. never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line and do not debate a pyrrhonian skeptic. I used to sometimes adopt pyrrhonian tropes but I realized that nihilism was just a little step farther: I'm not even going to waste my time hedging my bets with a lot of "… it appears to me now." and "It seems as though…"
The important thing is that nihilism is not a chain that binds us; it's a solvent that dissolves everything. If endless debates about labels bother you, simply demolish them all by pointing out that labels are just words we use to package concepts and – since my packaging of concepts appears to be unique to me – we can begin any discussion by searching for agreement where it exists, and outlining where we disagree, too, so we can understand each other better. Nihilism also frees us from the manipulation of loaded language: you can't trick someone (as Sam Harris often tries to do) by saying "X is obvious" Oh, really? What is X and what is "obvious" about it? Spray a little of the universal solvent on someone else's words and it's obvious where the gaps are, as they sizzle and fall to pieces.
When someone calls me a "progressive" are they seeking to include me, or exclude me? It depends on how they see me, doesn't it? So let's just jump straight to that and be done.
I'm not a "progressive" but I believe all people ought to experience equal opportunity wherever possible.
I'm not a "progressive" but I believe that, in wealthy countries, the poorest should be supported and the military should go hungry.
I'm not a "progressive" but I believe that any political leader who stockpiles nuclear weapons has declared themselves to be the enemy of their people and ought to be hanged as a war criminal.
I'm not a "progressive" but I believe there are some things that are so heinous that we should not have to share a planet with people who believe in them. Getting rid of those people is problematic, because – and Nietzsche was right about this: "If you stare into an abyss, the abyss stares back into you." I'd rather see nazis and white supremacists re-educated rather than elected to high office, or any office at all.
I'm not a "progressive" but I believe that who you love is your business, though you should feel free to sing your love aloud from the highest bridge. Love is rare and I celebrate yours.
I'm not a "progressive" but I believe in consent. Not just regarding sex, but that's a great place to start. Do not reach over and grab sushi from someone else's geta, or grab at their pussy, or manipulate them, or drug them into a coma, or use your position as a faculty-member; this is a long list, so just: don't do it.
I'm not a "progressive" but I don't define what your idea of 'sex' even is. That's up to you because it's not my decision, unless you invite me into your process somehow.
I'm not a "progressive" but I don't believe in fake democracies. So I'm not going to browbeat you about whether or not you should vote for one fake candidate over another.
I'm not a "progressive" but I believe in revolutions. Sometimes you need to make a bunch of aristocrats remember what fear of the mob feels like; it's the only way to get them to stop parading around in their mega-yachts and building rape-palaces.
I'm not a "progressive" but I believe violence is not a very good solution to any but an extremely rare set of problems. I also believe we should be working to make those problems rarer and rarer.
I am not a "progressive" but sometimes I still make macaroni and put ketchup on it when I am feeling lazy.
I'm not a "progressive" but I worry that Malthus was right and in a world where we're overheating it with carbon dioxide emissions, our planetary carrying capacity could be reduced by several billion. Unfortunately, those several billion will be mostly in poorer countries, so they will not be able to come express their anger at the Koch brothers and Exxon management, or Donald Trump, when they start to die.
I think that's enough to illustrate my point; the surface of the stick. Perhaps you, dear reader, are a "progressive" and you noticed an item or two on my list that made you flinch. If we were trying to be "progressives" together, then one or the other of us would have to anathematize the other – to throw them out of this little Movement of The Two of us. [Aka: a waltz] I'm not saying "let's agree to disagree, either" – that's also manipulative language of power: "let me decide what matters between us and what does not." I'm saying 'let us choose our battles carefully'. Because there are some disagreements that might be resolvable and others over which we could draw knives and choose to die. Because I'm not a "progressive." I doubt there's such a thing.
Figure 1: Worthless frog-spawn
Do not fear the nihilist, because the nihilist viewpoint is the endpoint of skepticism. Remember that when ethicists try to build systems of morality, they like to start by trying to build from nothing; i.e.: nihilism, and then build upward from there. It appears to me that most of them try to cheat and sneak unfounded assertions into the foundations of their systems; they should not fool you. Nietzsche was one of the greatest of the dealers in unfounded assertions, but damn he did it well, and he should be honored for saying the important things that needed to be said at his time: "God is Dead." I'm not a "progressive" but that statement unlocks a lot of things we might think of as "progressive values." If god is dead, the "divine right of kings" turns monarchs into Instagram influencers; they have no weight aside from the weight of their followers. If god is dead, then corporate fat cats are just lucky or rapacious, except for the ones that are both; we should not put them on pedestals as "philanthropists" for donating 2% of their wealth to a museum or a golf course. We should ask them why they don't flip the numbers around and give 2% to their worthless frog-spawn and 98% to the needy? We should ask them why they still want to cut social programs for the poor, every time they claim they are "self-made" and their wealth was earned. If god is dead, we reject the main framework of the social order, which is repression. The nihilist also rejects the "cult of me" i.e.: libertarianism. If you look at libertarianism, it's based on the same unfounded nonsense as the "gospel of wealth" and American propaganda about individual accomplishment: "don't tax me or the real estate that I ethnically cleansed the natives off of, or the money I made by exploiting my workers." We know, you stole it fair and square.
Being a nihilist is not just liberating; it's tiring. Unless you want to be a Nietzschean ubermensch, you may find yourself questioning your own beliefs: how are they constructed? How do you defend your choices? Since god is dead, you must either ignore the burden of figuring things out, or shoulder it yourself. If you find yourself becoming a nihilist you may find yourself bemused by christians – they accept some dead old guys' lies about morality, which, in itself, is incredibly lazy and probably cannot result in a set of useful ethics. And perhaps you'll feel the same way about the "dictionary atheists." Really, are your views so simple and circumscribed that you label yourself from a book someone else wrote? That sounds oddly familiar. The labels are everywhere, and they are all empty: oh, you're a "humanist"? Is that like a "human supremacist?" Have you considered that other animals, our cousins, have feelings too? If you have to make your decisions based on your own other beliefs, and are seeking consistency and self-honesty, how can you walk around saying your atheism is circumscribed by a mere dictionary?
Lastly, I am not a "progressive" because I think that many who carry that banner are weak and do not understand politics. I don't want to get into anathematizing people and throwing them off of my bandwagon but I don<|fim_middle|>-knife's-edge thing.
Opinion: Most koans can be successfully answered by saying "Stop pretending there are any absolutes", or if the person posing you the koan is the pretentious type (say, a "Zen master"), perhaps "Stop pretending there are any absolutes, you dunce!" It accomplishes most of the purpose of the whole exercise, and cuts to the heart of the matter.
Using a simple pack (or can) of chopped tomatoes is better than ketchup and not significantly more difficult.
* If you want to "get" what the Zen people are aiming at, you can do a whole lot worse than just contemplating the phrase "the Heat Death of the Universe" and working backwards from there.
In case it wasn't clear, applying labels to things is an attempt to make absolute statements (e.g. "X is a progressive"). Marcus's rejection of labels fits nicely as a specific example of my general attitude that there is no such thing.
jrkrideau says
I think @ Andreas Avester sums up the matter very well. It also depends on where you live.
I am a progressive to a Canadian is a silly statement. It is meaning less, since everyone here is a progressive Don't ask.
Marcus Ranum says
Ketil Tveiten@#8:
I like that approach. I believe the other approach is to mutter, "I see you are the buddha" and start to draw your sword.
Well said. That was why I brought pyrrhonian skepticism into the discussion; in the presence of such a skeptic, it's a fail-move to make a blanket assertion. I probably should do some postings on Sextus Empiricus.
you can do a whole lot worse than just contemplating the phrase "the Heat Death of the Universe" and working backwards from there.
I am sure you know how supremely beautiful that idea is.
jrkrideau@#10:
That's another good point – in the US a "progressive" might or might not be a socialist. To someone from another country a centrist American is probably scarily reactionary.
It depends on your frame of reference.
Andreas Avester@#7:
We can now deconstruct what is freighted into the label "hero"; I suspect that it does not mean the same thing to us. To me, a "hero" is someone who is granted respect for their actions. The problem with that is that they may be heroic only on one axis; someone might write a good book that heroically takes christianity to task, but also be profoundly dishonest about their anti-arab/palestinian animus. "Hero" comes with a "halo effect" that tends to make us willing to reduce/overlook their other flaws. That's inefficient – why not deal with their flaws and their good actions and weigh them without putting them on a pedestal? That is what I mean when I say "no heroes."
That's a more complicated topic. I'd like to postpone it and try to do a posting explaining why I feel the way I do.
Reginald Selkirk@#5:
Use of negative space -> cushion space. I'll buy it.
Rob Grigjanis says
Funny. I remember you saying you were "Anti-American", and that there was something wrong with anyone who didn't accept that label. I remember it precisely because it looked like an attempt to attach significance to a label, which has always been something that annoys the shit out of me.
dangerousbeans says
Not even crushed canned tomatoes? Crimes against pasta
Now, of course, you must be careful: "all labels are wrong" (or even "applying labels to things is wrong") is very much an absolutist statement. It is a useful thing to do, but one must of course be aware of the potential problems.
@Andreas Avester
This reminds me the last time somebody called me a "libertarian" as a substitute for discussing the actual conversation topic.
If you talk about me, I did not call you a libertarian, I told you that you are arguing like a one. I tried to be careful about adressing your arguments, not attacking your person, but it seems to me you took it rather personally. So evidently I failed at that. I do apologize for poor writing that could be interpreted as a personal attack.
@Marcus, I somewhat disagree with you here. Words are defined by use and are used for communication. Sooner or later everything becomes circular, no word can be exactly and precisely pinned down, all definitions are a bit hazy around the edges. Everyone imagines something different when you say "dog", yet the word has meaning and is useful.
If in the population in which you are the word "progressive" has an agreed upon usage that has X-criteria atatched to it, and you fulfill most of those criteria, then you are progressive whether you like the label or not (and your fitting into the label progresses with the amount of criteria you fulfill), or whether someone tries to "no true Scotsman" you because they attach to the label some select specific criteria that in their mind are the only ones that matter, everything else be damned. Since English is not my first language and I do not perfectly understand the meaning of "progressive" as used in US politics, I cannot judge this specific case, but from what you yourself have written I think you are progressive as the term is commonly understood, only you do not like being called one.
I am allergic to this attitude because I have seen similar arguments being used by our racist and xenophobic president in recent years. Whinging about how labels are unfair and not useful and how nobody should be calling him racist and a xehophobe because he does not like those labels attached to him. Tough buns, racist is as racist does, he spouts racists tropes and advocates racist policies, therefore he is racist.
I do not like the label "leftist" but I do in fact advocate for most policies that are commonly understood as being part of the left political agenda. Therefore I am leftist, despite me not liking the label.
Similarly progressive is as progressive does.
Labels are useful. Labels are necessary part of communication. They can be used and abused in bad faith, lead to tribalism etc. etc. But there is no useful thing that cannot be used badly.
Marcus @#13
We can now deconstruct what is freighted into the label "hero"; I suspect that it does not mean the same thing to us.
Yes, our definitions of a "hero" differ. I don't think that writing a good book that refutes the Bible is heroic. I do think that saving human lives during a religiously inspired genocide is heroic. When I conclude that some person has done some heroic deed, I'm willing to say that said person is a hero. I'm acknowledging that this thing they did was amazing and heroic. I signal my approval for whatever they did. And that's it. The fact that I acknowledge some person as a "hero" doesn't have any further implications for me.
I am fine with being a part of some egalitarian organization or movement, where there is no leader and decisions are made by majority agreement. I can enjoy a community. Besides, a group of people can achieve more than a single person working alone. But I absolutely hate being part of some social hierarchy. I dislike it whenever somebody is above me in the social pecking order. I know that I cannot always be the boss (theoretically, I'd be fine with being at the very top of some hierarchy), so instead I just try to completely exempt myself from all the social hierarchies. I don't want to look up to anybody, I don't want to acknowledge anyone as my superior. In general, I try to respect everybody and always be polite to all people, be they a millionaire or a beggar on the street, a child or a senior citizen (of course, there are some exceptions, people who do particularly heinous deeds). I know that other people are more knowledgeable than me in various areas of expertise, so I listen to advice and obey instructions when it's beneficial for me to do so. I know that some people have done amazing things or have awe-inspiring skills. I can admire some artwork. I can like some person's actions and say "this thing you did was heroic and totally amazing." But I will never go a step further and say: "Therefore I admire also you as a person." I just never idolize people. I never assume that just because a person did one amazing thing they must be good in every way, that they must be a good person worthy of idolizing. People are flawed. Every one of us.
I just try to avoid all those social interactions in which I cannot treat the other person as my equal. I hate having to bow to somebody. (By the way, on numerous occasions my distaste for authority has gotten me in trouble for arguing against university professors. I always expected my professors to convince me that their position is correct by giving me proofs and arguments. Unfortunately, some professors had a tendency to assume that having a PhD means they will always be right about everything. Of course, I had to argue against such positions. And I got my grades reduced as a result. Oh well, at least I didn't get kicked out of my university.)
This reminds me, back when I was still a child, I routinely heard my teachers talking about how kids need role models. The very notion seemed repulsive to me. I never wanted to be like some person. Sure, I could admire other people's skills or deeds and wanted to achieve similar things, but being like said person, hell no.
Anyway, I know that my definition of "hero" differs from what other people commonly use, but I have skewed my definition so as to make it palatable for me. If I had to think about heroes as idols, I'd have to hate them instead of just liking their amazing deeds.
"Hero" comes with a "halo effect" that tends to make us willing to reduce/overlook their other flaws. That's inefficient – why not deal with their flaws and their good actions and weigh them without putting them on a pedestal? That is what I mean when I say "no heroes."
Of course, I agree.
Yes, when you really get into not only what does this word mean but also what does this word not mean, you run into the sorites paradox with quite possibly every word in any vernacular language, and probably a fair bit of technical jargon too.
John Morales says
My simple pasta is pasta with olive oil and grated cheese.
Holms:
… when you really get into not only what does this word mean but also what does this word not mean …
Heh. Same thing, different perspective. Converse is already implied.
… you run into the sorites paradox
What? No, that's a different thing.
(Are you thinking of essentially contested concepts?)
[pregnant, bachelor]
On-topic: Famously, Popeye's asseveration: " I Yam What I Yam & Dats What I Yam!".
(Labels may influence perception, but they are but referents)
DonDueed says
Marcus said: "Do you remember the brief attempt to trot out yet another Kennedy descendant as a Democrat candidate?"
You don't need a very long memory for that. There's a Kennedy spawn who is contemplating a run for Senator in Massachusetts right now.
voyager says
You seem to accept the label Nihilist.
Cynic is also a label I've seen you use.
Humans are tribal in nature. They organize and every organization is both inclusionary and exclusionary. Language is needed for people to communicate within tribes and between tribes and labels are a form of shorthand. They should be a starting point for discussion. Defining terms and negotiating terms are part of that discussion, but if you need to negotiate every label the discussion would descend into meaningless semantics.
Labels are an integral part of human language and culture and we use them as descriptors. Kind- intelligent – lazy – funny – beautiful – compliant – big. Imagine trying to converse without labels at all.
Labels are a part of the duality of things. This implies that. Here implies there. Progressive implies regressive.
DonDueed@#25:
Yes, that's the same Kennedy sprig from a year ago. He's going to keep cropping up, I suppose. Because, when you're rich, politics is a hereditary calling.
Rob Grigjanis@#15:
Funny. I remember you saying you were "Anti-American", and that there was something wrong with anyone who didn't accept that label.
I accept that if I apply a label like "Anti-American" to someone, they probably don't understand by it what I understand by it. We've got nothing but language – this flawed and unreliable tool – for communicating, so we've got to use what we have.
Usually when I am writing or speaking informally, I do not bother caveating everything with "it's my opinion that…" or "it appears to me not as though…" or "I know this is an undefined term but…"
I'd accept that there some Americans who hear me describe myself as Anti-American and think "why don't you like Venezuelans?" It's all vague. I'm not proposing to solve the problems inherent in language.
If I may add: since I accept that language is vague and we'd need to properly define things before we can really talk about them, I count that as another strike against the idea that there are objective or shared moral values or ethical systems. We might share some values, sure, but how would we even talk about it and be sure we were talking about the same thing? [That is a variant of the 'mode of dispute' from the pyrrhonian skeptic school]
Voyager@#26:
I'm not saying that we shouldn't use labels. I'm saying that it seems that discourse is vague. When we can get by with it being imprecise, then we can get by. "Would you like to go for lunch?" does not require that we have a shared understanding of what "lunch" and "go" and "like" mean in that context.
You've probably even seen me describe things as "wrong" in a moral sense. That doesn't mean that I expect you to understand the same thing I am writing when you read that. Rather. it is a starting-point for discussion, a shorthand, if you will. I may say "it is wrong for cops to shoot people for running" and we can probably still have a conversation after that, even though I would admit on a technicality that I don't know what "wrong" is or that we don't share an idea of "wrong" I have noticed in some places that nihilism is cast as asserting that "life has no meaning" – that's what I'd consider a bold and unfounded assertion; we'd have to have a better shared understanding of what "having a meaning" means before we could sort that out.
As I see it (and argue) nihilism is a form of skepticism, or perhaps the end-point of skepticism. It doesn't mean [death-metal voice]"kill the world and make everything burrrrrrnnnnnn!!![/death-metal voice] but rather an acceptance of a high degree of isolation because our ability to communicate is so poor. There don't appear to be any gods, so our option in life is to stumble around turning pizza into poop and trying to do what we feel is interesting or worthwhile to us. [Note: we may do what we think is interesting or worthwhile to others, too, whatever.] The nihilist is not a Nietzschean ubermensch; they're more like Diogenes the Cynic or Epicurus – they adopt ways of dealing with their lives that work for them, whatever that means. Diogenes appears to have valued being a wiseass. Epicurus appears to have valued good company, conversation, and food. I'll note that even Epicurus had a character flaw in my book: he did not appreciate dogs. I think he could have learned a thing or two from a dog. Sometimes I used to imagine that Epicurus was actually the pen-name of a very frustrated canine who masqueraded as a human in order to be taken more seriously.
Even pyrhhonians appear to get hungry, which is why they sometimes seem to eat "food."
There is a leftover piece of the puzzle, which is "how do you justify anything to yourself?" That is a fairly common riposte against extreme skeptics. The answer is, "look, I'm saying 'I can't construct an objective system of morality that survives my own skeptical challenge' not that 'I don't want to breathe, or eat, or not get punched in the nose.' I'm stuck in this life with you and everyone else and I'm trying to get by in a way that satisfies me. I am not trying to justify why what satisfies me should also satisfy you but if you also like what appears to be pizza, let's go share an illusion, ok? Because I prefer that to getting punched in the nose." In other words, my justification is entirely personal and mostly on aesthetic and hedonistic lines. I can't say "all compulsion is morally wrong" but I sure as hell can complain if you put a gun to my head and tell me to dig a hole. As Saint Lebowski said, "that's just, like, your opinion man."
bmiller says
I am off to listen to Cold Black Suns by Enthroned, because I wanna see the universe burrrrrrrrrn, man. Hail Lucifer! LOL
Desert Son, OM says
One of my favorite quotes (translated, I have no Greek) is from The Oresteia by Aeschylus:
"Call no man happy until he is dead."
(lines 928-929)
Gender-spectrum exclusivity aside, this bored down—for me—to the very heart of the language limits/labels/sometimes-useful-but-oft-problematic-shorthand questions you so eloquently describe and analyze.
I've been trying to think of something useful to add, other than pasta sauce recipes, but I can't really think of anything for sure.
I'm wondering if these sorts of labels (progressive, nationalities, hero) just lead to too many shortcuts in thinking. Maybe the intellectually rigorous option is to avoid them
cvoinescu says
"look, I'm saying 'I can't construct an objective system of morality that survives my own skeptical challenge' not that 'I don't want to breathe, or eat, or not get punched in the nose.' I'm stuck in this life with you and everyone else and I'm trying to get by in a way that satisfies me. I am not trying to justify why what satisfies me should also satisfy you but if you also like what appears to be pizza, let's go share an illusion, ok? Because I prefer that to getting punched in the nose."
So you're [what I would call, based in part on my current understanding of what you wrote, assuming that was largely honest] a reasonable nihilist.
Yes, it is already implicit… but by stating it, the converse becomes explicit.
And yes, it is definitely the sorites paradox. | 't think that there is a real "progressive" on the Democrat ticket; they're part of the machinery of oppression, they're just waving the flags of "hope and change" as a way of suckering in votes, like Obama did. It is with regard to the Democrat party that I am most inclined to reject the label of "progressive" – those horrible manipulative jackasses have tried to suborn that label so they can use it to manipulate the other half of the ignorant American public. I mention this as a warning to those who want to use that label on themselves: look at what Donald Trump has done to the label 'conservative'; that is your future, "progressives."*
If you have any questions about my politics, I will answer them in the comment section. Please don't be too rough on me about the ketchup and pasta thing. Sometimes I'm too tired to cook good food.
* Fortunately, those drums have fallen silent, but do you remember the brief attempt to trot out yet another Kennedy descendant as a Democrat candidate? In case you want a measurement of how stupid the Democrat party thinks their constituents are, that's a yard-stick for you. The divine right of aristocratic blood is dead, damn it. Ask Fred.
Marcus Ranum
Burn it to the ground, Philosophy, rant
Dunc says
As one of my favourite bloggers* once wrote: "someone who can describe their political beliefs with a single word does so correctly only if that word is 'imbecile'".
(*Ex-blogger, he quit years ago.)
Holms says
Recently there has been a spate of what PZ Myers calls "dictionary atheism" – attempts to restrict the use of the label "atheist" to only what is written in a typical dictionary. I.e.: "does not believe in god."
I don't know about any attempts to restrict the meaning of atheism to that; what I recall was a bunch of people pointing out that that meaning is what the word was coined to describe, and that meaning is how it is most commonly used to mean – and hence that is what it currently means. As for consequences…
Does an "atheist" also believe there is no afterlife?
Atheism is not a stance on the subject of an afterlife. So, either way is compatible.
Does an "atheist" believe that, since there is no god to balance social injustice, it falls upon us to do so?
Likewise, atheism is not a stance on the subject of morality / justice.
The cure to "dictionary atheism" is, I am sad to say, nihilism.
Hmm. Could you describe what you mean by this label? :)
More broadly though, I agree that using labels to describe politics is an approach that risks massive miscommunication, as it relies on you and the listener having the same concept in mind with respect to the label you choose. "Socialist" stands as an obvious example of this. Identify yourself as a socialist to a Bernie Sanders fan and you will convey to that person a certain meaning; say the same to a Trump fan and you will convey a very different one.
cartomancer says
I have no problem with labels, as long as everyone is quite aware what labels are, what they do, and what their limitations are. I think they can have significant utility in some circumstances. Even the very vague ones that can mean almost whatever you want them to mean. Language has power, and I think that power can sometimes be used for good.
A label can be a powerful talisman of belonging. I have seen plenty of people feel much better about themselves because they have a label they can cling to, whether it's a description of their sexuality they can feel proud of, or a diagnosis of a mental health condition that makes them feel they have a socially approved explanation of why they are the way they are, or a national or ethnic identity. Even political labels can do this. I think a lot of people who would say "I am a progressive" tend to mean by it "I'm a good person". Admittedly, people who say "I am a conservative" tend to mean that too. Tribalism and group-think are obvious dangers in this, but I certainly wouldn't want to diminish the power that a sense of fellow-feeling and identity has in people's lives, and the value of having language to express it.
Furthermore, I think labels like "progressive" are necessary in social organizing. It's all very well being comfortable with a detached, analytical mindset where we privilege an awareness of how tentative our categories and divisions of reality are in the face of epistemological uncertainty, but that's not going to get anything done about the injustices of the world. Organizing a grass roots movement to protest corporate capture of democracy, or climate change, or racism, or anything else, tends to need a banner and a communal focus that can be easily expressed. You don't tend to get very far marching as Nihilists for Justice or the What Would Pyrrhus Do Movement. Labels are effective tools in shaping the public conversation – and denying their efficacy only goes so far as a countermeasure. There comes a point where refusing to use them concedes the territory to opponents, and lets ones enemies define the labels they use for you as they wish.
Andrew Molitor says
I am a theoretical nihilist, and a pragmatic optimist.
When you say "I am a progressive" and someone says "Oh, so you believe X" you can say "no, Y" and in a few minutes you can sort out the rough shape of who you are, progressive-wise, sufficiently well. Your conversational companion can remember that, and later on, it need not be re-hashed.
Language works. It's not precise, and the post-modernists aren't wrong: when you start to examine where meaning comes from, it gets spooky. But it works.
When it fails between two fluent speakers, it is in general because of bad faith on someone's part. You can always make a buck or score points with your twitter followers by offering up some shitty take on something someone said, and it is maybe increasingly becoming standard practice to do so. When scoring points is more important than mutual understanding, language becomes a marvelous tool for non-communication.
But when both people speak in good faith, with a spirit of generosity, language is a marvelous tool for communicating.
It is a stick. Yes, the surface is fractally complicated and we could talk about the stick at length, but for now, I shall use it as a walking stick. Let us find a stick for you, and let us walk, and speak of things more interesting than sticks.
Reginald Selkirk says
Leigh Ufan: Marking infinity. Is this art about the spaces between the stones, or about the stones?
Talk about missing the point. The art is about the pillows upon which the stones rest.
johnson catman says
I would offer that you can be lazy and still have a better meal than ketchup and pasta. There are plenty of decent jarred pasta sauces that could be heated up in the time it takes you to boil your pasta, and your meal would be more nutritious as well as more tasty.
Andreas Avester says
I don't know how many times someone has characterized me wrongly as a "progressive" only to say "… you progressives think X" (and be completely wrong)
I remember you getting called a "fake progressive." That's even more amusing considering how a person cannot be a "fake X" if they themselves never claimed to be "X" in the first place.
Whenever people try to attach some label to another person, that often happens in order to discredit whatever they actually said and substitute their exact words/opinions with a caricature. (This reminds me the last time somebody called me a "libertarian" as a substitute for discussing the actual conversation topic.)
Labels can also be used as tools to limit other people's expression. For example, some Americans fear advocating for social justice due to being afraid that somebody will label them as "socialists," and the word "socialist" is somehow an insult. Or women fear advocating for their rights fearing the negative connotations of the label "feminist."
Whenever someone would talk about the "Atheist Movement" to me, I would reply, "no movement, no leaders, no heroes."
No leaders—yes, I agree.
No heroes—well, it depends. For example, if some woman opens a school for girls in a region where women suffer under strict religious oppression and are forbidden from attending a school, then said teacher who risked their own life would be a de facto hero.
No movement—I'd say I disagree. An atheist movement can be potentially beneficial for a society.
This is why I use labels to describe myself only when some label has a very narrow meaning. For example, the word "progressive" has such a broad and varied meaning, that I wouldn't call myself one. "Nearsighted," on the other hand, is a medical term with a narrow meaning, which, unfortunately, applies to me. I'm even reluctant to use a label like "genderqueer," because the experiences of non-cis people tend to be very varied, and it's better for me to just explain what's going on with me.
Perhaps you, dear reader, are a "progressive" and you noticed an item or two on my list that made you flinch.
I oppose capital punishment and that also includes hanging. Other than that, I was fine with your list.
Ketil Tveiten says
Zen koans tend to be of the form "Question with several possible obvious answers" to which the "correct" answer is to somehow reject the obvious answers and refuse to answer the question at all, usually by means of some oblique statement that deflects the question and attempts to point towards the "profound" underlying "truth". Sometimes this works (your example is a good one), other times it sounds utterly ridiculous and makes you think Zen is fundamentally just a pointless waste of time and effort.* It truly is a balancing-on-a | 2,085 |
Our race numbers in <|fim_middle|> largely due to Taylor Digital Marketing helping us spread the word.
If you or someone you know needs help amping up their marketing, we cannot recommend her enough. We've learned that social media requires a professional and cannot just be dabbled in, and we've learned so much about the power of cross promoting. | 2014 & 2015 were in a decline as many races have seen across the country. We studied our stats and the Wall Street Journal published a great article: How Millennials Ended the Running Boom. We knew it was time to change our game plan to keep this great tradition going with enthusiastic community involvement. Molly was referred by a Race Committee Member and we are over the moon we hired her.
Success Thanks to Molly: We closed out registration with 600 more participants this year than last. That is over approximately $20,000 more in revenue vs. 2015 that we can donate back to the community.
We converted a previously heavily weighted local newspaper print ad marketing campaign to a handful of print ads along with some digital online ads through local papers. We did posters, flyers and banners, but it is our digital marketing and social media where we saw the results. We ran weekly ads on Facebook designed by Molly and as they were published we saw a nice increase in registration. Molly also managed our email newsletter and keeps track of our bulk mail account so we 'own' our contacts and can reach out to them in a more targeted way.
It also caused the LA Kings 5K to reach out to us so we cross promoted with their September event as well. We also did a cross promotion with the Downtown Business Association in Manhattan Beach where race weekend participants could show their bib #s at local businesses for promotional value. We played a little social media 'I Spy' showing our posters in various local business and race sponsor windows to further cross market.
Another pleasant surprise was the number of volunteers we had who came to us to say, "How can we help?" Spreading the word of being non-profit and donating our proceeds was loud and clear through this media, and we suspect that is why we had such an outpouring of those offering help.
It has been incredible to be a part of this change and so rewarding that our registration numbers and feedback from the community have been outstanding. Also thankful too that it's given a platform for the participants to make suggestions of how we can improve a few things. Feels like a big breath of fresh air has been blown back into the race. I've been told this was the best year in the history of our race.
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Der Name stammt aus dem Kanton Waadt und wurde Ende des 15. Jahrhunderts in Vufflens-le-Ch<|fim_middle|>
Geschichte (Kanton Waadt) | âteau erwähnt. Die Familie liess sich im Verlaufe des 16. Jahrhunderts auch in Bremblens und Morges nieder und erhielt 1603 das Bürgerrecht in Lausanne.
Aus der Familie gingen verschiedene Persönlichkeiten aus den Bereichen Politik, Wirtschaft, Medizin, Wissenschaft und Theologie hervor. Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts liess sich ein Familienzweig in Genua nieder.
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Édouard Dapples (1807–1887), Politiker, unter anderem Stadtpräsident von Lausanne, Waadtländer Grossrat, Nationalrat sowie Nationalratspräsident
Louis Dapples (1867–1937), Manager, unter anderem Präsident des Verwaltungsrates von Nestlé
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Facebook teen-in-residence defects to Google and launches Lies
At age 17, Michael Sayman was Facebook's youngest employee ever. Having already launched 5 apps, he wowed Mark Zuckerberg, earned a demo spot on stage at Facebook F8 conference, and scored a full-time engineering gig as the social network's go-to teen. Over the past three years, he helped Facebook try to crack the middle school market with apps like the now defunct Lifestage.
But in August he switched sides, leaving to go work for Google. Yet his arrangement hasn't stopped the now-21-year-old Sayman from tinkering with apps during his off-hours.
Today he launches his latest, a trivia game called Lies where you try to guess the one true fact about a friend amongst an array of fibs. It follows the social mechanics of his first hit, 4Snaps, which was like Pictionary but where you take four photos instead of drawing to get people to guess the right word.
Facebook is constantly accused of copying competitors like Snapchat, but with Lies, Sayman is returning the favor. Lies mimes the interface of tbh, the anonymous teen compliment sharing app Facebook recently acquired after it hit #1. "The idea came to me as an evolution of the past games I had created, as well as what I noticed was becoming popular on the App Store today."
In Lies, you first upload your contacts, and then take a Tinder-style profile quiz where you swipe yes or no about questions about yourself. Then you're given tbh-style four-choice questions about friends with the goal of correctly guessing which tribia tidbit about them is true. The statements range from "I've gone skinny dipping" to "I'm afraid of crowds" to "I've kissed someone on the first date".
When friends answer questions about you, you get notified. "This game ends friendships" it declares, as you might learn who doesn't really know you or thinks<|fim_middle|> self-interviewing to answer enough questions to fill your profile and unlock the game. Some teens may flake before ever getting that far. And people might lie when answering some of the lewder or defamatory questions, like whether they've ever peed in the shower or stolen money from their grandparents. That breaks the game because friends' guesses are irrelevant if the source of truth is fake news.
You could see Lies as the devil-on-your-shoulder counterpart to the tbh angel. The racier questions might draw people in, but the constant dealing in shameful topics could get exhausting. Still, Lies is another step towards Sayman cracking the code with a hit mobile app. He's been building them since he was 13. And with Snapchat, Facebook, Houseparty, and other startups all chasing the teen market, Sayman's combination of youth and experience make him a hot commodity. | the worst about you.
That's about it. Sayman proudly says he built the app over just two weekends before joining Google, so it's thin and might still be a bit buggy. An Android version is in the works.
Michael Sayman grew up at Facebook. On the right, him at age 17 with Mark Zuckerberg. On the left, him at 20 (he's now 21).
While a cute idea, Lies may succumb to impatience and vanity. It takes a few minutes of non-stop | 109 |
QatarDebate Center "European Debating Championship" Concludes in Vienna, Austria
مركز مناظرات قطر يختتم البطولة الأوربية للمناظرات في فيينا ,النمسا
Social Media Companies Believed to Be Vulnerable, with 61% of Consumers Saying They Pose Greatest Risk for Exposing Data
شركات التواصل الاجتماعي معرّضةٌ للخطر، بيّن 61 في المائة من المستهلكين أنّها تشكّل الخطر الأكبر
An Unprecedented Initiative Supported By the United Arab Emirates
مجلس الوحدة الاقتصادية العربية يتبنى " رؤية عربية مشتركة للاقتصاد الرقمي "
Vienna, Austria, 9 January 2019, (AETOSWire):
QatarDebate Centre, member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, concluded the European Arabic Debating Championship in Vienna, Austria. The championship, which took place from 3-5 January 2019, featured 20 universities representing 15 European countries.
Dr. Hayat Abdullah Maarafi, Executive Director of QatarDebate Center, praised this milestone that marks an outstanding achievement for the center and ushers a successful new year. She reiterated QatarDebate Center's keenness, through this championship, to promote the Arabic language among speakers and spread the culture of positive debate and dialogue as an effective skill.
European Institute of Human Sciences Team, Winner of the European Debating Championship
The European Institute of Human Sciences (EIHS) from Germany team, namely Mounir Rabeh, Salima Ahwazi and Mounir Al Bayk, bagged the championship's title in the inaugural edition of the European Arabic Debating Championship.
Yalova University team, from Turkey team which included Mansour Bikir, Mohamed Olgak and Khalid Akmen came in second position.
The Center also honored the Championship's Best Speakers, namely; Student Mounir Rabbah from European Institute of Human Sciences; Anis Francis from the Institut Europeen Des Sciences Humaines; Areej Mohamed Amin from University of Strasbourg; Students Y<|fim_middle|> Sciences' administration in Germany for their valuable idea; and to all participating teams, judges, and volunteers.
Mrs. Amel Al Rabai, Head of Arabic Language at the European Institute of Human Sciences , Frankfurt who submitted the idea, said: "We had the opportunity to participate in the 4th International Universities Arabic Debate Championship (IUADC) 2017 in Qatar and we are very much looking forward to partake in the upcoming International Universities Debating Championship in March 2019."
*Source: AETOSWire
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Khalid Khamis Al Ibrahim, Communications Specialist, +97444542844
kibrahim@qf.org.qa | aseen Yildrem and Mustafa Esk from Fatih Sultan Mehmet Waqf University.
Commenting on the championship, Ms. Aisha Al Nesf, Head of the Educational Programs Department at QatarDebate Center said: "The Championship provides a diverse and exceptional platform that brings together people from all educational backgrounds, cultures and opinions to celebrate a culture of debate and nurture critical thinking skills. Despite their different backgrounds, participants enjoyed a fruitful and ongoing communication on various topics, including ways to boost their debating and dialog skills in classical Arabic, even outside of the competition."
Abdulrahman Al Subaie, Head of Outreach Programs and Marketing at QatarDebate, expressed his thanks and appreciation to all those who thought of, organized and implemented the championship, under the leadership of Dr. Hayat Abdullah Maarafi, Executive Director, for the unwavering confidence given to the Qatari delegation.
He said: "The European Arabic Debating Championship comes to an end today, having celebrated dialogue under the theme 'Cultural Dialogue by European Students'.
We gather today to declare that the QatarDebate center has extended its reach all over the world by spreading the art of debate and expression, which represents a key pillar in human life."
He also extended thanks to media representatives and to the European Institute of Human | 264 |
When's the last time you had a no spend weekend?
If you're unfamiliar with the term, a no spend weekend is exactly what it sounds like – you don't spend any money for the entire weekend. You may be surprised how much money you can save this way. Whether it's activities for the kids, dinners at a restaurant, movies, getting drinks or shopping sprees, those weekend expenses can accumulate quickly.
Watching a movie at home is often more fun than going to the theater anyway. Break out one of your favorites that you haven't watched for a while.
Not only are you getting a workout, but you're also spending time out in nature. Hiking is a great way to relax, especially after a long week at work.
Whether<|fim_middle|> language you want to learn, you can find plenty of free resources and apps to get started.
Get some extra sleep in the middle of the day and see how refreshed you feel after.
Giving back to others is always a rewarding experience.
Figure out your long-term goals, and then break them down into smaller, manageable items that you can accomplish on the way.
Make some sandwiches and find a comfortable place to eat outside.
Choose a friend or family member that you haven't spoken to lately and give them a call.
Go out on a clear night and check out the constellations.
Draw a bath, pour some bubbles in it and let it wash away any stress that you have.
If you like the idea of your thoughts being online, start writing a blog and it could turn into a money-making endeavor if you stick with it.
You can most likely find free yoga classes in your area, or you can bust out the yoga mat and practice poses at home.
Pick out a neighborhood that you haven't seen before and go take a walk around.
Put on your helmet and take a ride through the city or a more rural area.
Plant something new or just tend to the plants that you already have. It's highly rewarding and therapeutic.
Choose a podcast on a subject that interests you and give it a listen. You will likely learn something new!
Make yourself or a deserving someone some cookies, cupcakes or anything else that sounds yummy.
If you have the supplies, spend an evening sleeping in a tent under the stars.
Pick out something you want to draw or just put pencil to paper and go with the flow.
Invite some friends over, hook up your speakers and have a dance party.
Turn off your phones and spend an evening with that special someone.
Make some money on your no spend weekend by selling those old items that you never use anymore.
Make your favorite coffee, or froth some milk and have a nice latte.
Go outside and see what kind of shots you can get, or hang out with friends and take a few selfies.
Spend a day out on the lake and see if you can catch yourself dinner for next week.
Get to know your neighbors and see what kind of fun events your community has to offer.
Look on Pinterest for ideas and then change up your bedroom.
Take out your guitar, harmonica or whatever instrument you have and see what you can do.
Spend an afternoon or evening hanging out with your family.
You don't need to spend a dime to enjoy yourself. Try having a no spend weekend with a few of the items on this list. | you walk around the trails or hit the swings to feel like a kid again, there's always plenty to do at the park.
Curling up on the couch with a good book is fun and great stimulation for your mind.
Set up a poker game with chips instead of real money, or play a board game for a free group activity.
You'd be amazed how much better you feel when your home is clean and organized. If you find anything you don't need, you can also sell it or donate it.
Unwind with the latest RPG, or choose a classic video game and see if you still know all the tricks.
Journaling, like reading, is another one of those activities that stimulates the mind. It's also helpful to get your thoughts and feelings down on paper.
What's something that you always wished you could do? Look up tutorials and learn it.
Hit the local basketball courts and shoot around, or throw a football around with your kids.
There are plenty of free art galleries out there. Find one and learn more about art.
Always wanted to be better at saving money? Figure out how you can start saving every month.
If you find yourself making the same meals often, get a new recipe and try it out.
Sometimes it's nice to just kick back and spend your day watching one or two seasons of a good TV show.
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Santa Ana College operates two premier art galleries: the main campus gallery located<|fim_middle|> Ana College is a comprehensive public institution serving a diverse population of over 25,000 students from the surrounding area. The gallery program is designed to meet the needs of this population. | at 1530 W. 17th Street, established in the early 1970's, and the SAC Arts Gallery at the Santora Building which has been the satellite gallery since 1996. The SAC Arts Gallery in at the Santora Building is located at 207 N. Broadway, Suite Q. Both galleries have been a strong presence in the community and valued partners in the Artists Village in Downtown Santa Ana.
The galleries' programming includes four exhibitions per year in the campus Main Gallery and six exhibitions per year in the Downtown Artists Village. The gallery program provides students and visitors with world class art shows of prominent national and international artists, to encourage participation and discussion in the art viewing community at large and to further enrich the cultural landscape of Santa Ana. One of the highlights of the year at SAC's Santora gallery is the High School Invitational which showcases the best art from the surrounding high schools.
The art gallery has built partnerships with businesses and community organizations by way of establishing scholarships and grants for our students. The Art Gallery has been the recipient of numerous community outreach and professional awards and grants.
The Main Campus Art Gallery recently went through a complete renovation and has state-of-the-art lighting and wall systems.
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How Startups Are Keeping Innovation Alive in the Social Casino Sector
by Daniel Kashmir on 05/22/18 11:54:00 am
The $4.2 billion social casino industry has attracted the interest of some of the biggest gambling companies in the world. Most notable is Aristocrat Technologies, the Australian manufacturer of gambling machines that has snatched up social casino developers such as Product Madness and Big Fish Games, which it bought from Churchill Downs in an all-cash deal for $990 million. As big as that sounds, the Big Fish Games deal was dwarfed by the $4.4 billion acquisition of Playtika the year before.
That's good news for anyone who owned stock in those companies, but what does it mean for the social casino industry as a whole? And, perhaps more importantly, what does it mean for social casino players? As a greater share of the industry falls under the control of a small number of very large firms, will the industry be able to keep competition and innovation alive?
It's a fair question. After all, large firms in all industries aren't exactly known for experimenting and pushing boundaries. True innovation tends to come from small startups, who have less to lose and more to gain by "swinging for the fences." Start<|fim_middle|> While storytelling is typically found more in sci-fi or adventure games than in social casino games, its emergence in the genre is a welcome development for players seeking a deeper, longer term experience.
Innovation is crucial to the success of the social casino industry. It is vital to not only keep players interested but also to attract new audiences -- including those who might never play traditional social casino games.
And yet, with the category coming to be controlled by a small number of large firms, the industry is very much at risk of losing its innovative edge and seeing its numbers decline.
Fortunately, a number of startup companies are helping to save the social casino industry from itself by injecting a much needed shot of fun, excitement and innovation into the genre.
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Jackbox Games, Inc. — Chicago, Illinois, United States
317423 blog /blogs/DanielKashmir/20180522/317423/How_Startups_Are_Keeping_Innovation_Alive_in_the_Social_Casino_Sector.php 1019650 39725923 Loading Comments | ups tend to be more nimble and flexible, while also being less afraid to take chances. Their edge when competing against large, often bureaucratic companies is exactly the fact that they are not large, bureaucratic companies.
While the deep pockets and large audiences of today's top social casino publishers might make it difficult for small companies to compete for new users in the current ecosystem, here are several ways that startups are using their edge to innovate within the genre:
Experimenting with new types of gameplay mechanics
Startup developers don't have to play it safe the way that larger publishers do. With less to lose and more of a gambler's mindset, they often take chances and experiment with new types of gameplay that can't be found in traditional casino games. KamaGames, for example, has tried a variation in which poker players are dealt four "community" cards, and the fifth card is a duplicate of the first four, thereby creating better odds for five-of-a-kind, a flush, and other winning hands. Meanwhile, other developers have experimented with allowing gamers to play at multiple poker tables simultaneously, increasing the pace and excitement of traditional poker.
Within the slots genre, we're seeing companies such as ME2ZEN and Gamesofa experimenting with new types of gameplay mechanics that combine slots with city-building games, for instance, turning the traditional slots game into a whole new experience.
Adding skill-based elements and strategy
It's no big secret that strategy games such as Clash Royale and Hearthstone are consistently among the top grossing apps on the App Store and Google Play. In fact, a recent Pew Research report indicated that strategy games are tied with puzzle games as the most popular type of video game among adults who play often or sometimes. Whereas traditional social casino games typically offer shallow gameplay and short sessions, strategy games tend to offer more depth and longevity.
Our social casino game Wild Poker, for example, leverages power-ups and journey elements to add a whole new level of strategy to the typical Texas Holdem poker mechanics. By combining these two seemingly disparate genres, the next generation of social casino games mixes the brief sessions of casino-style games with the more in-depth experiences of strategy games to take the genre to another level -- one that offers a wider set of challenges than traditional social casino games and attracts a broader audience.
Experimenting with VR and AR
For many players, much of gambling's allure stems from the glitz and glamor of the casino environment itself: the colorful lights, the velvet tables, the well-dressed dealers. These elements are hard to replicate within the confines of a mobile or social game, but through the power of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, some game developers are creating social casino experiences that practically transport players to the casinos themselves.
With the growth of VR platforms like Oculus, PlayStation VR, Google's DayDream and others, game developers such as Alea, Mega Particle and JackpotCity are building games that use headsets to recreate the casino environment. The genre is still very much in its infancy, but with worldwide revenues for the AR and VR market forecasted to increase by 100 percent or more over each of the next four years, there's obviously a lot of reason for excitement.
Adding more social hooks
The social casino genre came to be named for the social platforms -- mainly, Facebook -- that they originated on, not necessarily because they were all that social. Sure, traditional social casino games let you take a virtual seat at, say, a poker table with other real-life players throughout the world, but the actual interactions between players were relatively limited.
That is starting to change in the next generation of social casino games as peer-to-peer interactions are growing more involved. KamaGames, for example, offers a poker game featuring an innovative voice input interface that lets players chat at the table through the power of their own voice. Meanwhile Fourones' poker game offers endless customization of in-game avatars so that players can let their personalities shine through. Other games are experimenting with virtual gifts, animated emojis, social replays and more. Today's games go far beyond simply inviting friends to download the app by encouraging players to interact with one another in much the same way they would at a real world casino table.
Turning the experience into a narrative journey
Real-money casino gamers play in part for the thrill and excitement of the game, but mostly they play with the goal of winning money. That is obviously not part of the social casino experience, so developers must rely on other ways of tapping into players' intrinsic motivations to get them to keep playing.
Some developers are turning their social casino games into a narrative journey, in which players are given missions or quests. Murka has done this very well by adding elements such as character development, plot twists, unique settings, and other journeying elements to its popular slots games. | 972 |
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'The future of medicine': Partnership to enhance Muncie as a leading medical hub in state
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According to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Delaware County has the fourth-highest number of primary care physicians per capita in the state, a ranking that should mean the county is one of the healthiest. But it's not.
Of Indiana's 92 counties, Delaware County ranks 85th. So where's the disconnect?
Even with Indiana's fourth-highest primary care physicians per capita, the county has just one primary care physician per 1,030 patients. In fact, the United States as a whole is facing a shortage in physicians. So in an effort to boost local physician training programs and retention, a number of healthcare entities in Muncie have partnered to form a long-term initiative, with funding from Ball Brothers Foundation, called Optimus Primary.
"Optimus Primary is about taking all of the best pieces that we have in healthcare assets in Muncie and assembling them together in a way to improve the health outcomes of our community," Derron Bishop, associate dean and director of Indiana University School of Medicine–Muncie, said in a release..
Bishop is a founding member of Optimus Primary, which officially formed in 2016. He worked with Jud Fisher, president and chief operating officer of Ball Brothers Foundation, and Jeff Bird, president of the IU Health East Central Region, to bring the program to fruition.
The key to Optimus Primary, Bishop said, is the number of "anchor institutions" located in Muncie: IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, IU School of Medicine–Muncie, Ball State University, Meridian Health Services and more.
"We're all basically co-located together, and that's extraordinarily powerful. Communities all across the country would love to have this," Bishop said. By connecting each of these healthcare organizations in a strategic partnership, Optimus Primary positions Muncie as one of the leading physician training centers in the state.
"Muncie is the only place outside of Indianapolis that you could take someone from high school, into college, into medical school, into residency, and ultimately become a board-certified position in multiple areas — and you'd never have to leave Muncie," Bishop said.
But the effects of Optimus Primary extend beyond training physicians. There's a huge economic benefit too, Bishop said. He explained that every physician who establishes a practice generates, on average, six to seven jobs and approximately $300,000 in regional tax revenue.
"On a larger scale, Optimus Primary initiatives have powerful potential to strengthen the broader pipeline of medical professionals being trained in Indiana, to make a significant economic development impact and to improve population health in East Central Indiana," Ball Brothers Foundation's Jud Fisher said. To date, the foundation has committed $1.8 million to Optimus Primary efforts.
With Ball Brothers Foundation backing the initiative, Bishop said the partner organizations have been able to explore innovative solutions to affect positive change to Muncie's medical landscape and health outcomes.
"The way that Ball Brothers Foundation does their funding is that they give you a chance to try something," Bishop said. "They really allowed all the different groups in Optimus Primary to innovate together with a common goal."
One of these innovative ideas was to partner with Muncie Threat Assessment Center in a "Law Enforcement Operations 101" course for medical students. The course was designed to help the medical students bond and improve their communication skills.
"A good team-building activity has to be fun, it has to be something they've never experienced, and also it needs to be something where they make really difficult decisions together under stress," Bishop said. "So we said, 'What's the most difficult decision to make under stress?' And what we came up with was probably when a law enforcement officer has to pull the trigger."
In Law Enforcement Operations 101, medical students learn firearm safety and how to shoot a gun (all guns in the course used non-lethal rounds). They even learn how to conduct traffic stops, how to negotiate domestic disputes and how to clear houses , and they're put to the test through lifelike run-throughs of each scenario.
The innovative idea was a bit of a risk, as Bishop said he didn't exactly know if it would work as he had hoped. But in the end, it was a success; some of Bishop's students told him they had bonded more in the three hours of the course than they had in the past three months of school.
Bilal Jawed, a former IU School of Medicine–Muncie student, was one of the first students to participate in the course.
"On the surface, it seems like shooting firearms and clearing houses is not a very applicable experience for medical professionals, but I would definitely argue against that," Jawed said. "I learned a lot about working as a team in high-pressure situations and also how to communicate effectively and efficiently when time is of the essence. It was also very informative to actually interact with law enforcement officers, because medical professionals often work indirectly with them."
Jawed was part of several other Optimus Primary programs too, like a full-body assessment at Ball State University's Clinical Exercise Physiology Program. Jawed and his classmates were put on treadmills and hooked up to machines to measure their own strength, pulmonary function, muscle composition, bone density and more.
"It was neat — also very scary — to have the performance of my own body plotted on a graph and compared against averages," he said. "I'm seeing a lot of little ways and reasons to integrate these practices into care of future patients. It's all about the little interactions you're exposed to, and we've honestly been exposed to so many special, cutting-edge experiences."
And that's exactly the purpose of Optimus Primary: to train future physicians to think differently about medicine. "If we can get our physicians that we train to understand the benefits of exercise, they're more likely to advocate for this for their patients," Bishop said. "We want them to directly see the benefits of lifestyle modifications, because this is a way that we can fundamentally change the way we do medicine—to really infuse that idea of lifestyle."
No program embodies the emphasis on lifestyle better than the Healthy Lifestyle Center, a student-run clinic formed in partnership between Ball State University, IU School of Medicine–Muncie and Meridian Health Services.
The HLC has two clinic locations, one in the new College of Health building at Ball State University and another on Meridian Health Service's Tillotson Avenue campus. Jawed describes the HLC as "the future of medicine."
"Right now, in medicine in general, our system is a very reactive system, where people come in with illnesses, get those illnesses resolved, and then move on," he said. "What the HLC is doing is very unique. We're actually dealing with issues proactively — addressing illnesses before they even become illnesses — and that's how it's going to be in the future."
HLC is a free resource to the community, offering a range of services from dietetics, to audiology, to diabetes management and more. Students and professionals from various majors and fields come together to prepare comprehensive health and wellness plans for each patient, creating an inter-professional setup that is very rare.
"Medicine really is a team sport, and I'm learning how to be a team member by being in these roles," Jawed said. "It's really incredible to be able to work alongside all these different professions to actually help the community at such an early phase in my medical education."
Bishop said Muncie has "the best available infrastructure" to help patients change their lifestyle and improve their health. By leveraging the community's existing assets, Optimus Primary is changing the way physicians in Delaware County will provide care, ultimately improving overall health outcomes for the region. And, just four years after first taking shape, the strategic initiative seems to be working.
"There's such a diverse group of experiences with Optimus Primary, both from the health providing side and from the health receiving," Jawed said. "It's been nice to plant little seeds on how I'm going to incorporate these lessons in my future practice."
Some of these other diverse programs supported through Optimus Primary include:
Ivy Tech Community College's newly renovated School of Nursing and School of Health Sciences in downtown Muncie with state-of-the-art simulation spaces that mirror the setup of operating and patient rooms at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital. The new spaces allow for expanded program capacity and can be used as actual healthcare delivery rooms in the event of a major disaster.
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital's partnership with Ivy Tech to match nursing students with mentor nurses for more hands-on patient care and customized learning in a groundbreaking program that re-imagines nursing rotations.
IU School of Medicine–Muncie's development of a new "scholarly-concentration" in community health promotion and disease prevention to recruit students to Muncie who are specifically interested in improving patient health through lifestyle modification and healthy behaviors.
IU School of Medicine–Muncie's new "Bachelors to MD program," which launched in fall 2019, to allow eight Ball State University pre-med students per year to also be granted simultaneous, provisional admissions to the IU School of Medicine–Muncie, working to attract high school students to commit to local universities and to encourage them to stay in the surrounding community to practice medicine when they graduate.
Maplewood Mansion Learning Laboratory, which provides short-term accommodations for IU School of Medicine–Muncie students in one of the Ball mansions along Minnetrista Boulevard. A recent publication stated that it "may be the finest medical student housing anywhere in the United States." Under the direction of Ball State University Professor Chris Flook, a team of BSU telecommunications students recently produced a video on Optimus Primary, showcasing Maplewood Mansion and some of the other unique aspects of IU School of Medicine–Muncie.
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital's hiring of a licensed psychologist to serve as inpatient behavioral health faculty, expanding its behavioral health services across the continuum of care.
Meridian Health Services' exploration of creating an Integrated Care Institute that would train individuals and organizations in the model of integrating physical, mental and social health.
As Optimus Primary turns toward its next phase of operations and funding, Bishop said they're looking to get the community involved more. One way<|fim_middle|> to begin quantifying data and, hopefully, spread the momentum to other communities, Bishop said.
"We're looking now at how we can quantify the work that we're doing and then we can begin seeking additional funding sources from outside entities," he said. "Ball Brothers Foundation gave us the base to do this next level, which is going to be the large community-based research where we can say whether something is working. If we find out something is working, we can take it and we can export it to other communities."
In all, Bishop is confident about where Optimus Primary is headed. "The future is very bright," he said. "I have dedicated our regional medical campus to doing this. This is our future."
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© 2021 Meridian Health Services. All rights reserved. | they plan to do this is through "standardized patients," which are community volunteer actors. Each actor is given an extensive backstory and symptoms to exhibit, and then they are placed in a mock clinical setting with medical students.
"What happens in this is we have community members helping to train future healthcare workers in the community and they become better patients in the process, because they're learning what's supposed to happen," Bishop said.
Now that Optimus Primary has a few programs under its belt, the next phase of the partnership is | 104 |
The smoky Cedar Plank-Grilled Salmon stands up nicely to the spicy sweetness of the tropical Mango Kiwi Salsa. Prepare the Mango Kiwi Salsa before the Salmon so the flavors have time to meld.
Soak plank in water for 25 minutes.
Combine mango and next 5 ingredients (through chile). Add 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; set aside.
Sprinkle salmon with remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Place plank on grill rack; grill 3 minutes or until lightly charred. Turn plank over; place fish on charred side. Cover; grill 8 minutes or until desired degree of doneness. Place each fillet on a plate; top each with 1/3 cup mango salsa.
Good and pretty easy to make. It makes a lot of salsa. I used a jalapeno because whole foods didn't have serrano and the salsa was not very spicy.
First time cedar planking. Excellent recipe and will def. make again. Did not have kiwi, but the rest of ingred were great with the salmon and let the salmon shine?
This is good. We have a Traeger pellet grill, so I didn't bother with the cedar plank, just used cedar pellets. Unfortunately, the market was out of quality mango, so I substituted some nice peaches instead. I only used half of the pepper as DD doesn't want it too hot. Still good. Family seemed to enjoy it. Very simple to prepare - nice for a work night dinner.
Very easy to prepare. It was not as flavorful as some other salmon recipes that have more of a glaze or sauce. The cedar plank infusion worked well with the fruit flavor. I didnt have peppers, but added 2teaspoons of haberano hot sauce to fruit mix to give it a little kick. Its a keeper for summer.
In one word, Outstanding! The cedar plank added such a nice flavor. I did not have a serrano pepper so used the jalapeño on hand. Also added cubed watermelon to the salsa. My son who refuses to eat any seafood tried it and ate an entire serving. This is a winner! Will serve again soon.
This was delicious and the fruit salsa<|fim_middle|> too. I made it just as the recipe stated. I love planked salmon any way and appreciate another great recipe. Will make again!
I had a frozen piece of wild salmon with skin so I couldn't plank my fish. I just grilled it up and used the salsa. I agree with the previous reviewer who thought it needed a bit more heat. I added another half of Serrano and didn't bother to remove the seeds of that one. In fact, I sliced across the pepper and put the pepper rings across the salsa to make it look a tad more dangerous. But this is a visually beautiful salsa and I think it would work well with any fish. I still have some leftovers of both fish and salsa so I think some tacos with both will be in order!
This was really yummy. Loved the way the salmon tasted. I am allergic to kiwi so I subbed in peaches which are out of this world this year and in season. It was so good!
Meh. This isn't as good as other Salmon CL recipes we've made before, or for that matter other tropical/spicy salsas. The serrano wasn't enough heat to cut all the sweetness--we think this needs habanero. I loved trying out the cedar plank, hadn't done that before, and it made the grill super easy to clean. But I won't be using my other cedar plank to make this recipe again. Sorry CL, I still love you. | was great | 2 |
CW 1.06-µm pumped ytterbium-holmium co-doped all-fiber laser for 2.05 µm
Author(s): Alexander V. Kir'yanov; Yuri O. Barmenkov; Vladimir P. Minkovich
An Ytterbium-Holmium co-doped all-fiber CW laser is reported. The fiber used in the laser setup has been fabricated through the conventional MCVD process in conjunction with the SD technique and finally drawn using a standard fiberdraw tower. The laser was built in a linear Fabry-Perot configuration in which two fiber Bragg gratings reflecting at 2.05 μm were used as the cavity couplers. Under 1.06-μm in-core pumping of the fiber, CW lasing at 2.05 μm was provided due to energy transfer Yb3+→Ho3+. The laser demonstrated low threshold (~0.8 W), moderate slope efficiency of lasing (~8.4% when measured vs. pump power launched into the active fiber), and high stability: during 6 hours its output power fluctuated within a 3% range. The laser spectrum width at a 3-dB level using an optical spectrum analyzer<|fim_middle|> Óptica A.C. (Mexico)
Second International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics
Manuel Filipe P. C. Martins Costa; Rogério Nunes Nogueira, Editor(s) | with a 37-pm resolution was measured to be ~70 pm.
Date Published: 22 August 2014
Proc. SPIE 9286, Second International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 92860K (22 August 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2065563
Alexander V. Kir'yanov, Ctr. de Investigaciones en Óptica A.C. (Mexico)
Yuri O. Barmenkov, Ctr. de Investigaciones en Óptica A.C. (Mexico)
Vladimir P. Minkovich, Ctr. de Investigaciones en | 158 |
Because it's not overly hot or insufferably cold, many people tend to assume that the fall season is kinder to skin. However, just because the temperatures aren't at their extremes, that doesn't mean that your skin can suddenly get by without adequate protection.
You still need to be on top of your skin care even if the leaves have turned yellow and brown. Otherwise, you may be in for one long winter of discontent.
Here's the good news though, properly getting your skin ready for the fall season is not that hard to do, provided that you keep some things in mind.
Speaking to Vogue, dermatologist Francesca Fusco M.D. noted that it is important for people to continue moisturizing their skin even though it is no longer scorching hot every single day. Dry skin is an issue not only when it's hot but also when the temperature starts to drop.
During an earlier interview with Health.com, Tulane University clinical professor of dermatology Elizabeth McBurney M.D. explained that the skin dries out when it's cold because the weather irritates it and there's not enough moisture hanging in the air to keep it hydrated.
Obviously, this means that people should really do their best to maintain their moisturizing habits, or else their skin will suffer significantly.
Again, because the sun is no longer bearing down on people mercilessly during the fall, there may be some out there who will assume that they can save a little money on skincare by applying sunscreen less often.
That is not a good idea though.
Just because the sun isn't blazing hot anymore on a daily basis, that does not mean that it will no longer be able to affect your skin. Continue to remain vigilant when it comes to applying sunscreen. However, Dr. Fusco does say that applying SPF 30 at least once in the morning will be good enough for that day.
Dr. Fusco recommends moving away from the daily usage of toner now that the fall season is here, and you can replace that in your regimen with something that works to stimulate the collagen in your skin.
Collagen is responsible for determining the thickness and suppleness of your skin, and you want to stimulate so that new collagen keeps getting produced. One of the ways to do that is through applying peptides.
Products like Genucel Eyelid Treatment contain the peptides you will need to keep your skin looking as young and fresh as it possibly can. Apply it every now and then to your skin, and you will see the real difference firsthand. Also, if you've noticed that your eyelids are starting to droop, Genucel can help with that too, and you can do that not just in preparation for the fall, but for the entire year if you want to.
Even if you're skin has already entered that dreaded dry phase, there is still something you can do for it. Health.com suggests placing your head above a bowl of boiling water and letting the steam rising up help your skin. Do this for a few minutes and the dryness should subside<|fim_middle|> need to do to keep your skin nice and healthy. | at least a little bit.
The fall season is supposed to be a fun time full of gorgeous scenery, pumpkin spice, and cool weather. It should not be the time for skin problems however, and you can avoid that by following the tips mentioned above. Take the time to have fun this fall, but also don't forget the simple things you | 69 |
Flash Floods Create Mess, Route 51 & South Busway Reopened
Filed Under:Baldwin Road, Bausman Street, Bob<|fim_middle|> some dredging going on in the Saw Mill Run Creek here. It'd be nice. Just better drainage."
Meanwhile, the creek along Streets Run Road in Baldwin was still roiling Friday evening, running fast and muddy. But the flash flooding that forced the water over its banks had subsided.
A Baldwin police officer says the water popped manhole covers in the area and pushed piles of tree trunks and branches over railroad tracks paralleling Streets Run.
At Chapon's Greenhouse, there was lots of sludge to clean up.
"It came up so fast that we barely had time to move a few vehicles that we had here," said Pete Chapon, the business's owner. "You can see that it came up so high, it floated our trash bin from this side of the parking lot and it almost went into the creek."
Despite a massive cleanup, the greenhouse will be open Saturday.
The flooding also affected Port Authority riders.
Officials with the Port Authority say the South Busway is fully reopened tonight after a large portion had to be closed this afternoon.
According to the Port Authority, "riders should be advised that residual delays are likely as the buses must return from their detour routing on Brownsville Road back to regular busway and Route 51 service." | Allen, David Highfield, Edgebrook Avenue, Flash Flood, Flood, Flooding, Lebanon Church Road, Lebanon Road, Lewis Run Road, Marty Griffin, Mary Robb Jackson, Maytide Street, Mifflin Road, Port Authority, Rain, Route 51, Route 88, South Busway, Storms, Streets Run Road, Weather Stories, Whited Street
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Constant, steady and heavy rains throughout the day caused flash flooding that paralyzed some of the busiest roads in the South Hills Friday afternoon.
Now, cleanup is underway as local residents and business try and pick up the pieces of a very big mess.
The flooding affected numerous roadways in the South Hills – Route 51, Edgebrook Avenue, Bausman Street, Whited Street, Maytide Street, Streets Run Road, Mifflin Road, Lewis Run Road, Route 88, Baldwin Road and Lebanon Church Road – just to name a few.
According to Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Michael Huss the worst of the storm and flooding hit south of the Monongahela in the southern part of the city.
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He said along Route 51 there were two rescues and an injury as a result of one of this rescues.
"A pedestrian that became trapped that was outside of a car and the other one was in a car, it's my understanding, but they're both doing fine," said Huss. "We had one battalion chief from fire that was transported to the hospital. He performed one of the rescues and received a back injury in the process. He was transported for evaluation and those are the only injuries we have at this point."
On Route 51 in Overbrook, three to four feet of water rose up and flooded the road around 3 p.m.
"I put down my passenger window and a man down the way helped me out… and we swam up the roadway," said Anthony Miranda, who became trapped in his car there.
"Right now, you could dive into our basement," added Shelly Moskiewski, whose workplace – the Roth Cash Register Company – was flooded. "It's so sad because cars will start pulling in here and all these people had to abandon their cars. I told them, 'this is not the place to stop. This is the worst spot.' This has happened eight times throughout the years."
Down the road, two auto repair shops were flooded, too.
Jason Lubawy watched flood waters gush through his auto detailing shop.
"The cars that were in there were floating," said Lubawy. "All our stuff, our dumpster's there. The next business up, that's their dumpster all the way down there. And it's raining again."
But Jim Andiets managed to get a number of cars out of his garage.
"I had to hustle up and get 30, 35 cars out of here," said Andiets. "Everyone in the alley pitched in and we all got everything out of here and now we're just dealing with the cleanup."
Andiets says he hasn't seen anything like this since the remnants of Hurricane Ivan in 2004.
"Hurricane Ivan was the last time it flooded like this," he said. "Maybe we could get | 761 |
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