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Nature is the greatest phenomenon. It is from nature we come and to nature we go, when we die. And it is from nature we get self-knowledge.
Nature made us so that we cannot see our faces; actually we see almost nothing of ourselves except for the hands and feet, which we can see from all sides.
It leads us to believe, or feel, that we are the same age as the ones we are talking to, so long as they are about twenty-five years old and not much more than five years older than us.
We find it hard to see ourselves as those who are much older than us, because we have not reach that age yet and know therefore nothing about it. Thus it is, we look at others and see ourselves.
It is true, when we look at others, we see ourselves, because as we see others thus we are. Man is truly a mirror of man. And it works in more ways than one; in fact it works all through, both on the outside and within and then the age has no bearing.
The mirror on the wall is just a delusion, a fake, it only shows the image we create in our minds, and in most cases we think we look good, young, firm and beautiful, no matter the years. The young part is due to the being that lives inside the body, the inner us, the one looking out the eyes; it has no age and never had an age. If we had not been reminded of the age, once a year, with associated parties and gifts, then we would not know our age.
It is through other people, we gain self-knowledge, by examining our reactions and responses to the stimulus we inevitably have in our relationship with other people, nature, and everything else. Others do something or something happens and we react to it and respond with anger, offense, joy, amazement, etc. Our reactions call for responses from others and that calls for continuous feedback from both parties and so it can continue forever.
Of course we also gain self-knowledge from our own actions, if we just notice them, but more often it is through others, as it seems to be easier for us to see and judge others, maybe because we do not always realize that we are looking at ourselves and not others. But we are not just looking in the mirror, sometimes we are the mirror, thus we can do something in the presence of three parties, one could be offended; another happy and the third might not care. What we did, no matter what it was, tells us very little about ourselves as such. Act is only an act. The reactions and responses of the three parties could, on the other hand, tell them something about themselves, if they notice their reactions and responses, without trying to hide them, justify them or change them in some way. Man is in fact a mirror of man.
We are mostly everlasting, uncontrollable, chaotic, reactions and responses.
There is a difference between reactions and responses. While reactions are basically an action or an outburst, either emotional or physical, the responses are a reply or something said in reply to a statement or questions. But they work together, something happens, we react, and then respond, and somewhere in this process is a thought.
We see something that affects us, we react by searching in our memory for another similar incident or stimulus, which we give a name, and send out in response. The names of our responses are varied and in accordance with the situation, anger, offense, joy, surprise, etc.
While all this is going on, we see not nor hear what is really happening. If, however, we would let go of our thoughts and just let the stimuli pass us without any hindrance from our part, there would be no reaction and response. And then we would both hear and see what really happens within and around us. It is often quite different from what we expect. Because sometimes we are not angry, offended, surprised or else, sometimes these are just pointless reactions which we grab to use for our own benefit and importance.
But while we are unaware of what is going on, it controls our lives. For us to control something, we must first see it, and we can only see what we are willing to recognize in ourselves. And by that I mean to see, as to acknowledge what is. Not search for and create something that is not.
Endless reactions, with endless responses, create endless conflicts, which are in fact war, though small, which we easily could have avoided if we only dared. We see and hear news about wars between groups and nations and we get angry and frustrated by the stupidity of those involved. It is a reaction. But we seem unable to see the similarity with our own actions, and reactions to everything.
It is a fact, what lives within us, is the same we send out to the world. Wars, starvation, and other disasters should never come as a surprise to us. We are at war within ourselves every moment of our lives, and we automatically send this war out to the world around us. We ought to know it is ones greed that creates another's hunger. All we own beyond what we need is taken from those who need. And we should not have to fight over the amount of what we really need and what is too much, we know it well. What is it we fear so much? Why can we not let go of all stimuli, when we know what disaster it causes us and others?
Reactions and responses are thought and the basis of all thought is the me, it is me who gets mad, happy, angry, etc.
If we stop the mind, thoughts, reactions and responses, then the me will vanish. And losing the me is exactly what we fear the most.
We fear nothing more than to be nothing.
What causes our fear is the idea of importance, "I want to be something, rather bad than nothing and not let go of anything, no matter what." This is the me thinking.
It is an illusion that stands in the way of peace within each of us, as well as outside us, in the world. For the me is in fact an illusion, made up from memory and at the same time it is our prison and destroyer of peace.
Being nothing is absolute freedom. He, who is nothing, has nothing to lose, not assets, importance, or anything else, and has therefore nothing to fear. And he, who has nothing to fear, is at peace with himself, and all other humans and everything. For peace is not outside us, it is something we are, all through. We can only be peace. Is peace not what we all crave? Why then are we not peace?


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By Britta Orr, Executive Director, Local Public Health Association of Minnesota
On Aug. 18–19, the Local Public Health Association of Minnesota (LPHA) hosted Tricia Schmitt, who is responsible for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) programs at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The staff at OMB are the budget experts within the White House and write the President's annual budget proposal to Congress, in collaboration with various federal agencies. Ms. Schmitt toured and met with staff from the Minnesota Department of Health, Washington County Department of Health, Minneapolis Health Department, and Dakota County Department of Health.
This visit was jointly planned by NACCHO and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials to showcase the work of local and state health departments and how federal investment supports their efforts to protect the public.
During the visit, local health officials discussed a variety of issues, including accreditation and foundational capabilities for health departments, emergency preparedness grant requirements, and changes to local health department activities in the wake of the Affordable Care Act.
At the Washington County Department of Public Health and Environment, Ms. Schmitt saw a hazardous waste disposal site that doubles as a local distribution network in the event of an emergency. Staff emphasized the federal support that has allowed them to train to be ready when they are called upon in an emergency.
In Minneapolis, Ms. Schmitt visited the public housing authority where Community Transformation Grant dollars have been leveraged alongside Statewide Health Improvement Program funding to improve nutrition, physical activity, and smoking policies for low-income residents. She also met a staff member in the Minneapolis Health Department who is funded through CDC's Public Health Associate Program, which trains entry-level public health professionals through serving in federal, local, state, tribal or territorial health roles.
Ms. Schmitt also visited an immunization clinic at Dakota County Health Department that demonstrated the use of emergency preparedness structure and processes. This gave her a feel for the on-the-ground service delivery, patient flow, and incident command structures for emergency response.
After the visit, Ms. Schmitt said, the site visit "reinforced the critical role state and local health departments serve in transforming our healthcare system." This experience was a true highlight of the past year at LPHA, and a great example of the value of NACCHO membership. We learned a lot about the federal budget process and landscape, and Ms. Schmitt got to see Minnesota governmental public health in action. We all hope and plan that the relationship will continue into the future.
While not all local health departments may have the opportunity to talk with staff who work for the President, there are many other opportunities to educate policymakers. All local health departments should make sure that Members of Congress and others who make decisions that affect the health of our communities understand the work you do.
NACCHO has resources that can help you, including sample meeting request letters, template factsheets, guidance videos and more. Go to NACCHO's website to learn more or contact Eli Briggs, NACCHO Government Affairs Director.

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Flora had called Pearce earlier in the week to get the Johnsons' phone number. Later that morning, Flora called Don and John. Much to Cora's dismay, they gladly accepted the ladys' invitation to dinner.
Flora and Cora prepared a meal of steaks, salad, and potatoes. For dessert, Cora made a dish of their mother's famous peach cobbler. As she took the cobbler out of the oven, Cora asked, "Now what?"
"We get dressed. And don't forget to put on some perfume."
"But what about the teddy thing?"
"Wear that under your clothes."
"Over my underwear?"
"No, instead of your underwear, silly. That way when things get romantic, you can show it to him."
Cora was still unsure about all this. Certainly women did not do these things at their age. But following her sister's lead, she put on the teddy and the perfume.
When Cora walked back into the kitchen, she remembered the 2 bottles of their finest work they kept under the sink. She put ice in a glass and poured it half way up with the 180 proof moonshine. 'Courage in a bottle', she said to herself as she filled the rest of the glass with iced tea. She took a long swig.
Don and John arrived right on time. They had brought each of the ladies a bouquet of roses. Flora suggested they sit on the front porch in the old glider and on the porch swing. It was going to be a short while before the steaks were done.
As soon as the men were settled onto the porch, Cora asked Flora if she could help her in the kitchen. Flora had just gotten into the front door, when Cora started, "Flora, now you have really gone over the edge. You realize everyone who drives by will see we have company - men company."
"Yes, and so?"
"What if they think the men are spending the night here?"
"What if they do? After all, that's the plan isn't it?"
Flora walked back out onto the porch. Cora headed to the kitchen for the iced tea. All she could think of, as she pulled 4 glasses of their mother's best crystal from the China cabinet, was, 'What had Flora gotten them into this time?'
While she added ice and poured tea into the glasses, Cora continued to take big sips from her first glass. She poured the remainder of her first glass into a crystal one. She added mint and lemon to each then carried them out to the porch.
Conversation was light among the 4 of them. Don and John entertained the ladies with stories about working at Cre Uisce Aer. By the time they were half way through their iced tea, Cora was feeling much better. Come to think about it, she could never remember feeling this good.
At one point, Don asked, "So, what do you ladies do?"
Very enthusiastically, Cora blurted out, "Make moon shine."
The expression on Don's face showed he did not understand. However, since the cat was out of the bag, Flora added, "You know home made liquor."
Both men smiled widely.
Quickly, Flora said, "But we don't have any right now." She looked at Cora and gave her a 'Don't you dare say anything more' stare. To the others she said, "I'm going to check on dinner." She headed for the kitchen.
After she left, Cora moved over to sit next to Don on the porch swing. She giggled, "You know we are real happy y'all came over tonight."
Don smiled, "We are too."
Cora smiled, "Boy do we have a surprise for y'all tonight." She took another big swig of her 'tea'.
Flora opened the door, "Supper's ready." Cora showed them into the dining room. Flora served supper. Before she sat down, she asked, "Anyone need more tea?"
She picked up the mens' glasses, along with hers and went into the kitchen. She added ice to all the glasses. Once again she added a good 3 ounces of liquor to her glass, then filled all 3 up with tea. By the time she got back to the table she was starting to wobble a bit. She gave Don and John glasses of tea and sat down with hers.
They started eating. When Cora picked up her glass, she realized with the first taste, that she just had regular tea in her glass. Maybe she didn't 'supplement' hers after all, she thought. While no one was noticing, she put her hand in her lap. Slowly she moved it to the top of Don's thigh. He turned and smiled at her.
'Good', she thought, 'the book was right.' She took another sip of tea, for courage. Trying to remember exactly what the book said to do next, she slowly moved her hand up even further on Don's thigh. He let out a sigh with a smile. She would have stopped but it didn't seem to bother him -- at all.
Flora looked over, "Cora, can you help me in the kitchen."
When they got out of earshot, Flora turned to Cora. In a very low voice, she asked, "Are you sure you are OK? If you don't want to do anything I understand."
"I thought I was doing it," asked Cora.
"No, we have to do more than just sit and talk at the table. After dessert, I'll suggest to John that he and I move out to the porch."
"And, what about me? Just sit at the table?" Cora asked, thinking she was doing pretty good so far.
"No silly, that will be your sign to take Don into the living room."
"Then what?"
"Just sit real close to him and see what happens."
Cora nodded and followed Flora back to the table with the peach cobbler. As soon as they sat down, she slowly moved her hand under the table back to Don's lap. It was only then that she noticed his chair had been moved much closer to hers.
When they finished dessert, Flora suggested that she and John go onto the porch. Cora quickly stood up. "Don, let's go into the living room so we can . . ." she unbuttoned the top several buttons of her blouse, revealing a good portion of her pink lace teddy, "so we can do this!"
Don thought it terribly funny. Flora was aghast. It was then that Cora first realized Don had gotten the 'supplemented' tea refill. He stood up, "Oh, yeah!"
Flora hurried John out onto the front porch. Totally frustrated with her sister, all she could say was, "I don't know what has gotten into her. I think she has lost her mind."
Back in the living room, Don and Cora had moved to the sofa. A line of abandoned clothes were left in their wake from the dining room table to the sofa. She was down to her teddy and Don was buck naked. Suddenly Cora sat up. "Wait a minute. I'll be right back."
Flora heard the screen door open. She looked to see Cora standing there, wearing nothing but her teddy and her knee high stockings. In a slightly slurred voice, Cora asked, "Flora, what do I do now?"


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PHILIPPINES – Trade Statistics
Temple of Emerald Buddha, Bangkok
The Kingdom of Thailand, the Land of Smiles, is a constitutional monarchy, situated in central of Southeast Asia. Thailand is "some sort of democracy" with both an elected Parliament and a Monarch that provides a stable and benevolent government. "Siam" is the name by which the country was known to the world until 1939 and again between 1945 and 1949. On May 11, 1949, an official proclamation changed the name of the country to "Prathet Thai", or "Thailand" by which it has since been known. The word "Thai" means "free" and therefore "Thailand" means "Land of the Free." Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European. The Thai society has traditions based on ancient and deeply held beliefs. Thai population is mostly devout Buddhist. Bangkok, a wonderful, at first glance chaotic, mix of Ancient East & Ultra Modern West , is the capital and by far the largest city. Administratively, the country is divided into 76 provinces.
General Information
Economy name Thailand Capital BANGKOK Area 513,115 km² Climate The climate is tropical with long hours of sunshine and high humidity. There are three seasons. Population 65.479 million Language Thai Currency BAHT
Economic Indicators(Unit: USD, 2014)
GDP 404.8 billion GDP per capita 6,041.1 Economic Growth Rate 0.7 % Total Exports 224.8 billion Total Imports 200.2 billion Trade Balance 24.6 billion
Export and Import Tendency
Thailand imports mainly are Crude Oil, Machinery & Parts, Electrical Machinery & Parts, Chemical Products, Iron, Steel, & Products, Electrical Circuit Boards, Auto. Parts & Accessories, Jewelry (Including Silver Bars & Gold), Other Metal Ores,
Computers, Equipment, Parts
.Thailand's main trade partners for imports are China, Japan, United States, Malaysia, United Arab , Korea, Singapore, Saudi Arabia , Taipei China , Indonesia
Thailand exports mainly are Auto Parts & Accessories, Computer Equipment & Parts,
Refined Fuels, Precious Stones & Accessories, Plastic Pellets, Chemical Products, Rubber products, Electronic Integrated Circuits, Machinery and parts, Rubber
Thailand's main trade partners for exports are China, United States , Japan , Hong Kong China , Malaysia , Singapore, Indonesia , Australia, Viet Nam, India(Unit: Million USD, %)
Year Exports Rate of Change Import Rate of Change 2014 224.8 0.7 200.2 -6.8 2013 225.4 0.2 218.7 1.6 2012 225.9 2.5 219.9 7.1 2011 225.4 10.2 201.9 13.3 2010 193.7 17.3 161.4 26.5 Top 5 Export Items Auto. Parts & Accessories, Computer Equipment & Parts, Refined Fuels, Precious Stones & Accessories, Plastic Pellets Top 5 Import Items Crude Oil, Machinery & Parts, Electrical Machinery & Parts, Chemical Products, Iron, Steel, & Products Top 5 Export Partners China, USA , Japan , Hong Kong , Malaysia Top 5 Import Partners China, Japan, USA, Malaysia, UAE ,
Duty and Customs Clearance
The Customs Department
Trade Agreements
FTA Status of Thailand
Thailand's FTAs Effected FTAs FTA Date of Entry into Force ASEAN 1 Jan 1993 (Goods), 30 Apr 1999 (Services), 21 Jun 1999 (Investment) Thailand-India (Early Harvest Scheme) 1 Sep 2004 Thailand-Australia 1 Jan 2005 Thailand-New Zealand 1 Jul 2005 ASEAN-China 20 Jul 2005 (Goods), 1 Jul 2007 (Services), 15 Feb 2010 (Investment) Thailand-Japan 1 Nov 2007 ASEAN-Japan 1 Jun 2009 ASEAN-Korea 1 Jun 2009 (Services), 1 Jan 2010 (Goods), 31 Oct. 2009 (Investment) ASEAN-India 1 Jan 2010 ASEAN-Australia-New-Zealand 12 Mar 2010 Thailand-Peru (Early Harvest Scheme) 31 Dec 2011 (Goods) Concluded but not implemented FTAs Negotiating FTAs Thailand-Peru FTA (Comprehensive Agreement) Thailand-India FTA (Comprehensive Agreement)
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: RCEP
Related Government Agencies
- Ministry of Finance – http://www2.mof.go.th/
- Ministry of Commerce – http://www2.moc.go.th/
- Bank of Thailand – https://www.bot.or.th/
- The Customs Department – http://www.customs.go.th/
- Department of International Trade Promotion – http://www.ditp.go.th/
- Department of Foreign Trade – http://www.dft.go.th/
- Thailand Board of Investment – http://www.boi.go.th/
- Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board – http://www.nesdb.go.th/
- Port Authority of Thailand – http://www.port.co.th/
- Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand – http://www.ieat.go.th/
- The Electronic Transactions Development Agency (Public Organization) – https://www.etda.or.th
Related Associations
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Staff Directory
Prof David Byfield
Contact Details
- Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
- AM/Head of Clinical Services
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- (01443) 4 82453
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BSc Hons Biology, Doctor of Chiropractic(DC), MPhil, FBCA, FRCC, FFEAC
David Byfield graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, Canada in 1979 and has been in private practice and chiropractic education for the past 36 years. He is currently a Principal Lecturer, Head of the Chiropractic in the School of Health, Sport and Professional Practice , the Faculty of Life Sciences and Education. David is also Head of the Welsh Institute of Chiropractic at the University..
David holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Biology from the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada (1974) and an MPhil degree from Southampton University, Southampton UK (1998). David holds Fellowship status with the College of Chiropractors and the Faculty of Rehabilitation and Chiropractic Orthopaedic, Associate Member of the Sports & Exercise Faculty, Fellow of the British Chiropractic Association and Founding Fellow of the European Academy of Chiropractic. David Byfield is also a Regional Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. He written two popular chiropractic textbooks (Chiropractic Manipulative Skills, 1st ed 1996, and 2nd ed 2005 & A Manual Therapist�s Guide to Surface Anatomy and Palpation Skills, January 2002). David has also published a new text "Technique Skills in Chiropractic, 2012) and in addition has also published a number of scientific papers in the peer-reviewed literature and a number of book chapters covering diagnostic palpation, spinal manipulation and rehabilitation. David is currently writing and editing a new textbook, "Technique Skills in Chiropractic", which is due for publication in 2011.
David Byfield is also an invited speaker at a number of professional and interdisciplinary meetings and conferences worldwide. He is currently an elected member of the General Chiropractic Council in the UK and currently sits on their Education Committee, Health Committee and Communications Strategy Working Group.
Main Teaching Areas
Chiropractic Modules – CH2S04, CH3S09 chiropractic skills.
Chiropractic Clinic Module – CH4T02 – Clinic training.
Contemporarty Topics – CH4H06
Communication Skills – Foundation – CH0S01
Head of Welsh Institute of Chiropractic – Service.
Delivery and Budget.
Clinic Module Leader.
Head of Chiropractic Division – Academic planning, staff appraisals, annual monitoring, assessment strategy.
�Chiropractic Manipulative Skills�, authored and edited, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK, first edition published Jan. 1996. (reprinted 2000)
�A Manual Therapist�s Guide to Surface Anatomy and Palpation Skills�, co-authors David Byfield & Stuart Kinsinger, Butterworth-Heinemann, first edition published April 2002. (reprinted 2002)
�Chiropractic Manipulative Skills�, authored and edited, Elsevier, London, second edition published April 2005.
"Technique Skills in Chiropractic", authored and edited, Elsevier, London, first edition, published 2011
Book Chapters
�Spinal Rehabilitation and stabilisation for the geriatric patient with back pain. In Chiropractic Care of the Older Patient, ed B. Gleberzon, Butterworth-Heinemann, Jan 2001.
�The Posterior Joint Syndromes: Zygapophysial & Sacroiliac Joints�, David Byfield, Peter McCarthy, Mark Webster, Vince Cascioli, (Craig Morris editor), McGraw � Hill Publishers, (Jan 2006).
- School Ethics Committee � HLaSS � 2003 – present (external member)
- DRPC � School of Care Sciences � 2003 � 2005 (external member)
- DQAC � School of Computing � 2004 � present (external member)
- SApS Criminal Records Bureau Review Panel
- School of Applied Sciences Senior Management Team
- Faculty of Health, Sport & Science Shadow Faculty Board
- Faculty Quality Assurance Committee � FAT � External Member
- Faculty of Health, Sport and Science Faculty Board – Chair
Professional Affiliations
- Registered member of the College of Chiropractors of Ontario (CCO) (#1461)
- Registered member of the General Chiropractic Council (GCC)(#00611) UK
- Member of the Ontario Chiropractic Association (OCA) � 1979 � 1987; 1994 – 1998
- Member of the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) � 1985 – present
- Member of the Society for Back Pain Research (SBPR) � 1989- 1994 ; 1999 � present
- Member of Canadian Society of Chiropractic Evaluators, 1996- present
Currently preparing R2 Documentation for Submission of PhD by Portfolio.
Research projects investigating chiropractic manipulative skills assessment criteria and examiner reliability.
Acquisition of manipulative skills
Research Interests
Chronic Pain management, Clinical Outcome studies, Manipulative Skill acquisition, Multidisciplinary Sports Medicine.
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After a CT scan, during which an x-ray machine captures images of your body, a professional uses a computer to combine these multiple x-rays into detailed, cross-sectional or three-dimensional images. The comparison is that images from a CT scan are like that of a loaf of bread. That is, the results of a CT scan can come from looking at each individual image, or slice of bread, or from putting together the images, like a loaf of bread, and looking at it as a three-dimensional image. In general, these images allow a doctor to view blood vessels, bones or soft tissue. The results of a CT scan can uncover medical issues or injuries.
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REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 6, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the completion of the 2007 Microsoft® Office system code and confirmed its release to manufacturing (RTM). This gold code milestone concludes the largest Microsoft Office beta program to date, with more than 3.5 million people downloading Beta 2. The unprecedented quantity of feedback from beta testers and customers helped the Office development team effectively validate product quality and optimize performance. Microsoft Office RTM also marks a critical step toward worldwide business availability of the 2007 Office system, Windows Vista™ operating system and Exchange Server 2007 on Nov. 30, 2006. To underscore the significance of this new day for business, Microsoft executives will participate in events around the globe, including an event with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in New York. General availability of the products will follow in early 2007. Read the entire article.


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Leading a healthy life isn't just about taking care of your body; it's also about taking care of your mind. UW Health's Integrative Health program offers just that, a care program that nurtures mind, body and spirit.
While many cardiac patients experience heart events due to high cholesterol, blood pressure or other contributing factors, many patients also experience heart symptoms due to stress. The Integrative Health program recognizes that and offers several services and treatment options that help patients acknowledge and deal with their emotional and psychological needs.
"We try to teach the patients to become more aware of their so called 'stressors' and their reaction to them," said Katherine Bonus, the UW Mindfulness Project Manager. "With training in mindfulness, we recognize more consistently what is occurring as it happens and relate to it, rather than react to it in a habitual and often subconscious way."
Attitude and overall emotional health can play an important role in a cardiac patient's health. This point was borne out in a recent study, which suggested that stress can be the sole contributor to some patients' heart events. This type of heart event is commonly known as "Broken Heart Syndrome."
Essentially, consistently high levels of stress can cause the blood vessels around the heart to go into spasm, causing the patient to experience all the signs and symptoms of a heat attack. In one study, 18 of the 19 patients who experienced broken heart syndrome were women.
The reason for the high number of women experiencing this is not entirely clear, but it is evident that women have the potential to be more highly affected by stress. Small amounts of stress can be healthy, but consistent stress, depression or emotional trauma can cause anything from a weakened immune system to a heart event.
"Being aware of, recognizing and relating to emotions in kind and gentle ways is essential to determining their impact on our system," Bonus said. "Learning to be more mindful and aware is one of the best preventative measures one can take."
UW Health's Integrative Health program offers consultations, classes, massage therapy and acupuncture as ways of helping patients deal with stress.
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The new Board consists of Robert Fitzgerald Chair, Raquel Ricafort-Bleza Vice Chair, Bridget Sarris Treasurer and Directors Dr. Moninder Singh, Noel Hiffernan, Vish Viswanathan, Karin McKay, Tamara Giles.
During the event our service participants shared their personal stories that were greatly impacted by their connection with SydWest.
- Dr Samer Sirri shared his story of the horrors of war before leaving Syria, losing family and friends. Arriving in Australia with his young family, he has settled in Penrith and is working hard to get Australian medical certification. Dr Samer cannot wait to "pay back" Australia for welcoming him and his family to the country.
- Hadi Fathi is a young 18-year-old man from Afghanistan who quickly embraced the many opportunities available to him through SydWest. Hadi has been working hard on his education, he is also a mad-keen soccer fan and was accepted into the Australian Soccer Academy. He was proud to announce that he had driven to the AGM because he now has a licence, which SydWest helped him to obtain through their Learner Driver Mentoring Program.
The event concluded with a presentation from Elfa Moraitakis, CEO outlining future directions for SydWest across Greater Western Sydney before everyone enjoyed an evening of networking and refreshments. [updated 16/1/18]


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My Fears for the Future for my Autistic Daughter
Every parent has fears about the future, it's natural to worry about the unknown because we want to protect, guide and support our children as much as possible and for as long as possible and the future cannot be predicted.
I have the same worries as most parents – finding the right schools, finding out she's being bullied and a whole bunch of other things.
When you have an autistic child, a whole new bunch of fears come in to the picture.
Eliza likes to chat about the future, she loves to be involved and it helps her anxiety if she can openly talk about things.
We've already been talking that she'll go to a new School one day as she outgrows her Primary setting.
She's ten this year so we're talking High Schools as this coming September when it is EHCP review time, we'll also start planning for the changes to come when she's in her final year.
Now we all know there are not enough schools, let alone schools that will be able to meet her needs.
Hence, we've already been in contact with some and are hopeful they have space for her when transition time starts but it's a worry that there won't be one for her.
Every week I hear of services and therapies being cut back due to lack of money.
Eliza's current school provide pretty much all she needs including speech therapy, occupational therapy and they even helped us get on the SEN dentist treatment list. But it won't always be this easy.
What will be available for her when she's ready to leave school? What services will still exist?
We already know about the fight to move from DLA to PIP, they certainly don't make it easy that's for sure.
I want Eliza to be as independent as possible, she has already told me she doesn't want to live at home forever and she'd like to live in some kind of supported living arrangement.
Again, there are nowhere near enough of these places. I'm hopeful that more will exist, or a suitable alternative.
My biggest fear is knowing that I'm not going to be here forever.
I'm not immortal, I will die one day, and I want to make sure she's had as much guidance, love and support as she can to help her take on this crazy world as an adult.
She is strong, confident and intuitive but also vulnerable. Vulnerable to those that could take advantage of her kind nature.
Vulnerable to those that could manipulate or bully her.
Vulnerable to her own feelings, she's an empath and feels extremely deeply so we often talk about this and come up with ways for her to help her control the strong emotions she feels, how to process and filter through them and most importantly, how to take a step back and allow her own wellbeing and mental health time for calm and recovery.
She's only ten this year, but Eliza's already overcome so much and she's aware of how much we have to fight for services, therapies, school placements, EHCP's.
She's a confident and very academically able child, she understands more than most people assume.
I will never stop encouraging her to have her own opinion and to stand up for what she believes in because one day she'll be doing this without me.


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Milo Ventimiglia GQ Pictures
I have to say when I saw these pictures at LaLate I had to get them all for myself. So I did....
They title the segment as "Killer Khakis" for the Old Hollywood-esque revival of khaki business suits this season, as sported by Milo in the photoshoot (photographer is Nathaniel Goldberg).
And a question for Milo,
Finally, the man weight...I think he looks awesome....way better than the first season.
GQ: It seems like you've aged a decade since the first season of
'Heroes.' What gives?
Going through my twenties playing a teenager
was kind of rough. I just finally put on a little man-weight. My face changed.
Nothing I could do about it, man. It was a ****ing train I could not stop.
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Four Sigmatic Foods
That's it, I'm hooked. I've seen these super convenient packs of medicinal mushrooms made by Four Sigmatic Foods popping up everywhere. Once I finally had the chance to taste each of them, I was a full convert. Perfectly rounded out in flavor with the help of other supportive herbs, as well as stevia, makes these little packets of targeted benefits the quickest, easiest form of tonic making possible. You literally tear open a packet, empty it into your consumption of choice: water, smoothies, juices, warm water, and the list goes on--and enjoy.
I'm equally obsessed with the fact that all ingredients are constantly lab tested for heavy metals, mycotoxins, microbial quality, and pesticides.
Your new favorite "fast-food" of the medicinal mushroom world
CHAGA | this has become Ryan's new favorite arsenal. After a few beers in the evening, and as an already a slow moving kapha in the morning, this little packet, added to a cup of hot water, got him up, in chipper spirits, with continued energy that carried him throughout the day. It has become a morning ritual.
LION'S MANE | my new best friend. The very first time I tried this little packet was blended with some room temperature water. I sat down to my computer to do some work and instantly felt tapped in. I was hyper focused with a sense of pure zen. It also served me immensely—mixed with one packet of reishi—earlier this week after the worst bout of 5p LA traffic. My nervous system relaxed and I became incredibly present at my meeting.
CORDYCEPS | Ryan and I enjoy this often for the afternoon pick-me-up and grounded feeling it gives us.
REISHI | I love this medicinal mushroom at all times of the day—especially because I'm prone to rapid anxious thoughts with my head in the clouds. Reishi has been a dream for years now when I'm in need of coming back down to the earth, and relaxing my whole being. Having this little packet in my purse made it easy for me to mix in with water, or to top off snacks with so that I could reap the reishi experience anytime.
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UnNews:Glasgow pigeons hardest in Europe
|This article is part of UnNews, your source for up-to-the-minute misinformation.
Glasgow, Scotland, It has emerged that Glasgow pigeons are the most battle hungry of their kind in Europe. Many of the bird seem to be keener to dive bomb pedestrians than to scavenge he detritus in the streets, they are also known hold their ground against the residents of the impoverished, but highly appealing northern Scottish city.
No other pigeons are apparently as aggressive according to tests by the Uncyclopedia news team; this is particularly significant as it means that these pigeons present the most antisocial of their kind in the world today, at least in Europe.
The RSPCA has commented that they have grave concerns about the birds that appear to be 'up for a good fight and a wee smoko afterwards.' Timothy Phoenix of the RSCPA commented that "It's as if these pigeons have some kind of death wish, its like 'come on then' when pedestrians come their way."
|It's like something out of Hitchcock...
Often students and other weirdos/detritus of society are walking by Buchanan bus station and they are confronted by the birds that will fly in face and make mocking cooing noises at the tramps. This has been described by the council as indicative of the problem in Glasgow.
The council has now doubled its intake of cocaine snorting to find a solution to the problem; however they have mostly been the victims of extortion by the gangs and so far the pigeons continue their rampage of anti-social behaviour.
|Ya fuckin' bam pigeon!
Animal behaviourists from the South East of England have hypothesized that this behaviour is either Heroin or the guilt of being benefits cheats (apparently the entire population of Glasgow does this anyway) or a combination of the two. Or Buckfast.
It remains unclear as to the long term effects of such vile fowl in the city centre, as no one dares go near the centre, particularly nerdy scientists.


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As they took him away, Clyde realized that leaving out that protection FET to save $0.35 had been a poor design decision. (Courtesy of Autoevolution)
Electronics and automobiles have a long history together: Car radios started to appear in the 1930s, and the first electronic ignition was tested by Delco Remy in 1948. The pace picked up in the mid-1980s with the introduction of the first electronic engine-control units, and now electronic components comprise about 35% of the total cost of a vehicle.
Virtually everything electronic in a vehicle relies on the battery as the primary power source, and must, therefore, be protected against a range of battery-related mishaps. Reverse-polarity connection is one such event, which can occur upon installation of a new battery, reconnection of the original battery after repairs, or during a jump start.
To guard against potential disaster, all automotive electronic modules include circuitry to protect against reverse-polarity connections. In this article, we'll take a look at the most common circuits and their performance characteristics.
Standard Reverse-Polarity Tests
Electronic modules must pass a rigorous series of qualification tests in order to be approved for automotive use. The most common reverse-polarity test is specified by the ISO 16750-2 standard. For 12-V systems, the module must survive –14 V on the VBAT input for 60 seconds without damage. For 24-V systems, the test mandates –28 V for 60 seconds.
This is only part of the story, though. Even though the reverse-polarity circuitry isn't intended to protect against other types of overstress, it must also withstand the negative electrical pulses required by other standard tests such as ISO 7637-2, which governs conducted electrical transients. The ISO 7637-2 Test Pulse 1 simulates transients caused by the battery becoming disconnected from an inductive load and reaches –100 V. Test Pulse 3a simulates switching transients and extends to –150 V.
There are various options to protect downstream circuitry against reverse polarity.Of course, ISO isn't the only standards organization. Japan has its JASO standards, and the major automotive manufacturers have their own qualification tests, but in most cases, they're similar to the ISO standards.
Diode Protection
The simplest protection circuit is a diode in series with the battery (Fig. 1). As discussed earlier, the reverse breakdown voltage of a serial protection diode must be at least 150 V to meet ISO7637-2 requirements.
1. A standard diode in series with the battery line is the simplest circuit; a Schottky diode, with its lower forward voltage, is a preferred solution (Courtesy of TI)
Under normal conditions, the diode is forward-biased. Under reverse battery conditions, the diode becomes reverse-biased and no current flows.
This approach is extremely simple, but suffers from two major disadvantages. A conventional diode has a forward voltage drop of 0.7 V, which reduces the voltage at the load. This could be an issue under certain conditions, such as cold cranking with a weak battery. In addition, the efficiency of any power circuitry downstream of the diode (e.g., a boost converter) suffers due to this drop.
To minimize these disadvantages, many designs use a Schottky diode, which has a lower forward-voltage drop than a standard diode, but is more expensive. The Schottky forward-voltage drop increases slightly with current; a typical automotive-grade device might give a power loss of 2% to 3%. If the power dissipation through a single diode is too high, several diodes may be connected in parallel.
MOSFET Protection
A MOSFET is a better alternative than a diode. The on-state forward voltage in a MOSFET depends on its rDS(ON), giving a voltage drop of rDS(ON) × ILOAD, which is much less than a Schottky diode.
The disadvantage is that a MOSFET is a 3-pin device and more expensive than a diode. In addition, an appropriate voltage must be applied to the gate to turn on the FET, which can be an issue depending on the FET and the circuit.
P-channel MOSFET Solution
2. A p-channel MOSFET offers a simple alternative to a diode. The gate voltage is connected to the battery's negative terminal to give a negative VGS and turn on the device when battery power is applied. (Courtesy of TI)
The simplest MOSFET option is to use a p-channel device in the battery line (Fig. 2). The benefit of using a p-channel MOSFET is that it doesn't need a driver circuit. The PFET is turned on by applying a negative gate-to-source voltage (VGS). By connecting the gate pin to ground, the device is fully turned on when the battery is connected normally.
Like all MOSFETs, the PFET contains an intrinsic body diode that's forward-biased in this configuration. When battery power is first applied, the intrinsic body diode will conduct until the channel switches on and shorts out the diode. Under a reverse-polarity condition, the body diode is reverse-biased and VGS will be positive, turning off the device.
P-channel devices are more efficient than n-channel devices, especially under conditions of high load current and low voltage, which often occur during start-stop or cold crank operation.
N-Channel MOSFET Solution
In a PFET, current flow is by means of holes instead of electrons. The mobility of a hole is around half that of an electron; therefore, an n-channel device will have half the rDS(ON) of an equivalent p-channel.
In other words, a PFET is around twice the size of an NFET to achieve the same impedance. Since cost is a function of die size, a PFET is also more expensive for similar capacity. A state-of-the-art NFET can achieve an rDS(ON) of around 3 mΩ, leading to power losses of 0.5% or less. On top of that, a wide variety of devices are available.
3. An n-channel FET in the return path is also a simple solution, but may lead to malfunctions in sensitive sensors (Courtesy of TI)
There are two ways to use an NFET in a reverse-polarity protection circuit. Most simply, it can be connected in the ground return path (Fig. 3). The operation is analogous to that of the PFET; since the gate is connected to the battery line, there's no need for a driver circuit.
As before, a voltage of rDS(ON) × ILOAD is seen across the FET, raising the ground reference point for all internal circuits. This can be a problem, because many automotive sensors and switches use local grounds as their reference, which could cause a measurement error or malfunction.
To avoid this possibility and use the NFET in the battery line, a drive circuit must be added to raise the gate voltage above that of the battery and turn on the device.
A discrete solution is an option, but it's often simpler to combine a discrete NFET with a specialized controller IC (Fig. 4). This combination emulates an ideal diode rectifier when connected in series with a power source. TI's LM74610-Q1 is one such device.
4. A controller plus an n-channel MOSFET in the battery line emulate an "ideal" rectifier. (Courtesy of TI)
Adding discrete or integrated gate control increases complexity slightly, but offers superior performance compared to a PFET or Schottky diode. In high-power applications, it also eliminates the need for diode heat sinks or large thermal copper areas on the PCB.
During operation, the voltage across the MOSFET source and drain is constantly monitored by the controller's anode and cathode pins. An internal charge pump provides the gate drive for the external MOSFET, but is only turned on when it's storing energy in the external charge pump capacitor VCAP. This stored energy is used to drive the gate of the MOSFET.
Forward conduction is primarily through the MOSFET. The body diode only conducts during charge-pump operation, approximately 2% of the time.
In any circuit where switching is used, EMI is a potential concern. In this application, though, the power being handled is very low, and the charge pump runs infrequently, minimizing generation of noise.
All electronic modules designed for automotive use must be equipped with circuits that protect against standard forms of electrical overstress. Reverse-polarity protection can be implemented with a number of simple circuits, and should be a routine part of any design.


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Saturday, April 16, 2011
Budget Plans With Spin
Obama waited until Representative Paul Ryan (R) fully developed his Road Map To Prosperity: reducing the deficit by $6 trillion dollars over the years and putting an end to Obama's Socialist spending spree. Socialist are not interested ,per se, in keeping a rein on spending but on rewarding their favored voters with certain entitlements. They use our tax money to expand government which in turn makes the voters dependent on it. Some in our nation need help but that group can be pared down to shave off folks who are just taking advantage of programs and free load.
Obama lies about his "plans" all of the time. He never carries through and more than likely says two or three different versions of the same thing. It is whatever comes up on the teleprompter. He is a known liar or just too dumb to remember what he says from one day to another. His main goal is to get government centralized control in perpetuity.
The Republicans as of late, have controlled the HOUSE and announce their plans then vote to carry them through. As long as the Senate is still under control of the Socialist Democrats we will have to wait until 2012 to get Republican plans passed and signed into law. These plans are a direct result of the many Tea Parties and town hall meetings where a majority of the voters asked for certain changes. That majority was evident in the results of the 2010 elections. Obama will leave us bottled up at a stalemate.He tried to yank us into being a Socialist Centrally Controlled country. The nation will, however, know what to do in 2012, just like it knew in 2010.It did not vote to follow Obama's Socialsim in 2010 ;just the opposite. Some Republicans want the same kind of control over the nation as Obama does. Karl Rove and other RINO types in the Republican Party will have less say this next election. A victory to control the Senate is imminent for us.
Sarah Palin is working through her PAC to keep us away from Socialsim and Obama,the Marxism lover, or RINO control.###
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(San Francisco, CA) - Positioned as an independent marketing training for classical artists, BrandStoryNow launches at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music on November 20. This first training will be presented by arts brand strategist Cristin O'Keeffe and brand consultant James Mowdy, the BrandStoryNow concept growing out of Mowdy's 2015 client experience with Santa Fe Opera.
Working with SFO PR Director Daniel Zillmann and several department heads, Mowdy built a strategic brand storytelling plan to help The Company meet specific PR, marketing and business goals, as well as grow Santa Fe Opera's social to real-world ROI with the SFO comms team. Early in the season, Zillmann asked if Mowdy could present a social media-related training to fifty apprentice singers. With only a short time to prepare, Mowdy went with what he knows best - brand identity, brand story, and brand strategy. Positive feedback regarding his consultative and conversational approach from apprentice singers and SFO leadership led to the development of the BrandStoryNow concept: training classical artists to strategically self-market and meet professional goals.
Freelance arts brand strategist O'Keeffe brings far ranging classical music and arts and entertainment business knowledge, experience and passion to the BrandStoryNow collaboration. A New York University-trained lawyer who works for a San Francisco startup, O'Keeffe is well-known amongst the Bay Area's classical set, both online and in real-life. She is often found mingling with friends at San Francisco Opera, Davies Symphony Hall, and various, other classical music venues. O'Keeffe has also established a robust social media "cheer leading section for classical vocal artists, musicians, and opera companies" presence on Twitter, tweeting as @Aspasia_1. If that weren't enough, she somehow finds time to manage social media, real-world PR and event assistance for San Francisco's LIEDER ALIVE!, as well study classical voice with Heidi Moss in the Adult Extension program at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. A native San Franciscan, O'Keeffe also lived on the East Coast where she graduated from Harvard University and went on to gain valuable entertainment industry experience in the business and legal affairs departments of NBC, the WGBH Educational Foundation (a television broadcaster and program producer for PBS), and Sony Music Entertainment, before returning to the West Coast.
O'Keeffe and Mowdy first met via Twitter, when Mowdy was working with the late countertenor Brian Asawa. O'Keeffe, a devoted fan of Asawa's, met her favorite countertenor at one of Asawa's 2015 performances in San Francisco. O'Keeffe's and Mowdy's friendship developed over the course of 2015 and 2016, both mourning Asawa's unexpected passing this past April, attending his LA Opera memorial in May.
It was during this period that Mowdy suggested that O'Keeffe guest-present for the then-unnamed concept: a brand-oriented training specifically for classical artists. Given O'Keeffe's multidimensional classical arts and entertainment knowledge, first-hand understanding of the artist experience and a shared interest in helping them succeed, it was an easy sell. "We bring different skills and experiences to the table. James' brand storytelling experience, in addition to his passion for opera and turning 'social into real-world,' means we're uniquely positioned to help classical artists in a competitive global marketplace," says O'Keeffe. Mowdy agrees: "Cristin shines a light where I might lack some (classical arts) knowledge or understanding regarding repertory, history, entertainment business affairs and so forth. Cristin has this ability to gently illuminate and correct...and I couldn't be more thrilled."
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BrandStoryNow Marketing Training for Classical Artists launches at SF Conservatory of Music
(San Francisco, CA) - Positioned as an independent marketing training for classical artists, BrandStoryNow launches at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music on November 20. This first training will be presented by arts brand strategist Cristin O'Keeffe and brand consultant James Mowdy, the BrandStoryNow concept growing out of Mowdy's 2015 client experience with Santa Fe Opera.


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William (Bill) W. Lang passed ( born 1926 died 23 October 2016)
It is with great sadness that we advise William (Bill) W. Lang passed away on 23 October 2016 at the age of 90. Bill suffered a stroke on October 13th just after attending a workshop in a series of workshops following up on the "Technology for a Quieter America" - an effort that he was so instrumental in developing, advocating, and advancing.
Bill held a special place for I-INCE. He was the founding member of I-INCE, a director 1975 to 1987 and then served as President 1988 to 2000 and remained on the Board of Directors up until this time. He will also be remembered for his involvement in International noise policy along with George Maling and Tor Kihlman. He was tireless and ever optimistic in his pursuit of Noise Control Engineering and shaping national and international policy to advance the application of this technology.
He will be missed greatly by those who worked with him, those that knew him, those who followed his efforts to affect a quieter world, indeed all those involved with I-INCE. We are awaiting a formal obituary and in the meantime you may be interested to view an oral history of Bill Lang.
A link to Bill Lang Obituary is available here.
Leo Beranek, 1914 - 2016, We mourn his passing but we celebrate his life and his work.
Leo Beranek, a Massachusetts renaissance man; scientist, teacher, entrepreneur, television executive, philanthropist, author, died in Westwood, Massachusetts, on October 10, 2016 at age 102 after a long and extraordinarily productive life. He leaves his wife Gabriella, sons James K. Beranek of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Thomas B. Haynes of Chicago, Illinois and granddaughter, Antonia Hsu Haynes. He was predeceased by Phyllis Knight Beranek, his wife of 42 years. A recently written autobiography made available through his request is available here.
A 1936 graduate of Cornell College (Iowa) with a B.A. degree in Physics and Mathematics Beranek went on to graduate school in the Applied Physics Department of Harvard University where he received his D. Sc. Degree in 1940 in the field of acoustics.
Beranek stayed at Harvard during World War II as Director of two laboratories; first the Electro-Acoustic Laboratory, which dealt with voice communication in combat vehicles, and then the Systems Research Laboratory, whose mission was to improve the U. S. Navy's ability to combat Japanese Kamikaze aircraft attacks. At the war's end President Harry S. Truman issued Beranek a "Certificate of Merit" for his contributions to the war effort. After WWII Beranek became Associate Professor of Communication Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he taught courses in electrical engineering and acoustics. His seminal textbook, ACOUSTICS, was published in 1956, forever changing the teaching of acoustics to engineers.
In 1948, the acoustical consulting firm Bolt Beranek and Newman was formed with Beranek as President. Its first projects were the acoustics and sound systems in the United Nations buildings in New York, followed by NASA's jet engine test facility in Cleveland. NASA's first test of a new supersonic jet engine created such a loud noise for miles around that the City of Cleveland shut it down. Successfully solving the problem, Beranek designed and saw built the world's largest acoustic muffler, which was featured in LIFE magazine (6/11/51).
In the Fall of 1958 BBN began work for the (then called) Port of New York Authority (PNYA) which operated the JFK (then called Idlewild) airport serving New York City. Pan American Airlines had requested permission to fly the Boeing 707 (the first jet-passenger airplane) from JFK, but the PNYA said that the plane must not produce more noise in the neighborhoods around the airport than that produced by existing propeller aircraft. Beranek and his team determined that the Boeing 707 was so noisy its engines had to be equipped with heavy mufflers and follow a prescribed takeoff procedure in order to meet the PNYA's dictum.
In 1965, under Beranek's leadership, BBN became the vanguard of the digital age by putting together one of the best computer software groups in the East. In 1968 the Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) awarded BBN a contract to build a network to hook together 19 large-scale computers of different makes, different program languages, and in different locations. To do this BBN invented the ARPANET which consisted of 19 "Interface Message Processors (IMP's)", each of which was associated with one of the 19 main-frame computers. In the network, signals traveled from one IMP to another, and each IMP acted as the interpreter of messages that went to and from its associated main-frame computer. The first message between two IMP's and their associated computers was sent in September 1969. In 1971 BBN invented e-mail with "g" as we know it today. The ARPANET grew and when it reached about 500 users it was split in two and rejoined by the TCP/IP protocol. This occurred on January 1, 1983 and that is the official birth date of the INTERNET. Other networks soon joined and today people around the world enjoy the fruits of this invention.
Beranek left BBN in 1969 to become President of Boston Broadcasters Inc., which, after a long court battle, took over operation of Channel 5-TV in 1972 using the call letters WCVB. The programming at WCVB was so improved that the New York Times in 1981 carried a full page article headed "Some say this is America's best TV station". The station was later sold to Metromedia.
After his foray into broadcasting, Beranek returned to acoustics. Among others, he consulted on five concert halls and an opera house in Japan. Among them was the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, which was hailed as an "acoustical 'miracle" on the front page of the New York Times [4/18/2000]. The Hall, which opened in September 1997, is now considered one of the five best concert halls acoustically in the world.
PUBLICATIONS: Beranek published 185 technical papers and thirteen books, the last four of which are: Concert Halls and Opera Houses (Springer 2004); Noise and Vibration Control Engineering (with co-author) (Wiley 2006), Riding the Waves (autobiography) (MIT Press 2010), and Acoustics: Sound Fields and Transducers (with co-author) (Elsevier 2014).
PUBLIC SERVICE: Beranek served the Boston Symphony Orchestra as a member and chairman of the Board of Overseers and later as member and Chairman of the Board of Trustees (1968-1988). He was fulltime president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for five years. The alumni of Harvard University voted him a member of their senior governing body, the Board of Overseers, for six years, He also served as President of the Acoustical Society of America and the Audio Engineering Society. Both the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the Boston Symphony Orchestra list Beranek and his wife as major financial benefactors.
HONORS: Member, National Academy of Engineering; Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow, American Physical Society; Honorary Member, American Institute of Architects; Fellow, Institute of IEEE. AWARDS:2003 National Medal of Science (Presented by President George W. Bush); IEEE Founders Medal; Gold Medals from the Acoustical Society of America, Audio Engineering Society, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Commission on Acoustics; and the Abe Lincoln TV Award (Top USA Award for TV Management). from the Radio and TV Commission.
HONORARY DOCTORATES: Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Northeastern University; Suffolk University; Cornell College (Iowa); Emerson College.
I-INCE Symposium, "Noisy Motorcycles - An Environmental Quality-of-Life Issue"
The proceedings of 2012 I-INCE Symposium on "Noisy Motorcycles - An Environmental Quality-of-Life Issue" are now available via a comprehensive report "Noisy Motorcycles – An Environmental Quality of Life Issue". The report is available on-line by selecting this link .
The Young Scientist Grant Process
The Young Scientist Grant is for students and young professionals relatively early in their careers (typically less than 10 years of active career). They can be either undergraduate or postgraduate students, postdoctoral, or young acousticians or noise control engineers working in industry. Preference will be given to students. All guidelines can be found at the I-INCE website www.i-ince.org. Look for the button on the left-hand side that says "Young Professionals." The I-INCE board has allocated funds to support eighteen grants, each having a value of 500 EUR. The YS Grant will include complimentary registration for the congress. The remainder of the 500 EUR grant will be available at the time of the congress as a contribution to partially cover travel and accommodation expenses. Notification of the award of the prestigious YS Grant may be used to assist with obtaining additional funding from other sources.
Three workshops were held during 2007 and 2008 on noise control engineering education:
- "U.S. Education in Noise Control Engineering", held during NOISE-CON 2007 in Reno, Nevada, 2007 October 23.
- "European Education in Noise Control Engineering", held during ICA2007 MADRID in Madrid, Spain, 2007 September 4.
- "Asia-Pacific Education in Noise Control Engineering", held during INTER-NOISE 2008 in, Shanghai, China, 2008 October 27.
Following each of these workshops a source book was written and distributed to panelists, attendees, and other interested individuals. The three articles then underwent additional copy editing, and were published in three issues of Noise/News International (NNI). This single PDF file contains the three articles as extracted from the issues of NNI.
Further, readers may be interested in Chapter 9 ("Education Supply and Industry Demand for Noise Control Specialists", pp. 121-130) of the book entitled, Technology for a Quieter America, National Academies Press (2010), available online here.
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Man's 'Bad Dream House' brings peace, gives purpose
By BETH VELLIQUETTE : The Herald-Sun
Sep 18, 2004 : 7:56 pm ET
CARRBORO -- John Allore calls his old home the "Bad Dream House," but in a strange way the house that gave him nightmares also gave him a new purpose in life.
Although he works in Durham as the city's treasury manager and lives in Carrboro with his family, Allore is a well-known victim's advocate in Canada. He speaks to groups there about his experiences with the Bad Dream House and how it served as a catalyst for him to return to Canada and investigate the 1978 disappearance and death of his sister, Theresa, in Quebec.
Allore also will be on a panel at the Unicorn Bereavement Center in Hillsborough next month during a workshop for professionals who work with people who have lost someone to homicide.
A tall, congenial man, with a sometimes wicked sense of humor, Allore enjoys his other life in Canada, where he's known as a feisty advocate who isn't afraid to take on the police establishment. In the Chapel Hill area, people are more likely to know him as the managing director and an actor with the Deep Dish Theater company at University Mall.
Allore, who was raised in Quebec, married a Chapel Hill woman and after moving around the country for a number of years, they returned to the area and bought the house west of Carrboro in April of 2000. As Allore wrote in his blog, baddreamhouse.blogspot.com, it was a creepy house when he and his wife first went to look at it. Yet the house that made them fear every sound and wake from deep sleep with their hearts pounding, eventually would change Allore's life, and in a way bring him peace.
When they first saw it, the walls were covered with drawings of fantasized nude women, and all types of weapons hung on the walls. The floor was covered with old pizza boxes, cigarette packs and butts and crushed soft drink cans. There were knife marks in the floor, in the walls and on the doors inside the house, and when they went to look at the house before they bought it, they discovered someone was sleeping there. They found out later that someone was Andrew Douglas Dalzell.
On Sept. 10, Dalzell was charged with the second-degree murder of Deborah Leigh Key, who was last seen in downtown Carrboro on the morning of Dec. 1, 1997.
But back in 2000, when Allore and his wife were looking for a fixer-upper to buy, they didn't know that "the lump" they saw sleeping during their afternoon visit to the house was the prime suspect in the disappearance and death of woman.
They bought the house in a neighborhood off Hatch Road, and began cleaning it and fixing it up.
A call from the police
Four weeks after they moved in, the Carrboro police called and asked if they could come out to the house to look for a dead body.
"There are times when you realize life is trying to tell you something," Allore wrote in his blog. "This was one of those times."
Allore and his family allowed police to look around the house, and two weeks later the cops brought a cadaver dog to search the grounds. "Joining them for the proceedings were various patrol officers, the county sheriff's department, a big fat agent from the State Bureau of Investigation, a team of forensic technicians and the gang from Pee Wee's Septic Tank Service," Allore wrote in his blog.
The dog searched the grounds, and Pee Wee and the gang sucked everything out of the septic tank but they didn't find any evidence in the tank. Then suddenly the dog began to scratch in the dirt in the crawl space under the house.
Officers dug in the dirt, and it soon became obvious nothing had been buried there, but they suspected that maybe a body had been there before being moved.
The officers, the forensic team, the dog and the gang from Pee Wee's left. But that was the beginning of nightmares for Allore and his family. "I dreamed about rotting corpses all the time," he wrote in the blog. "I couldn't stop thinking about it."
Allore couldn't stop thinking about Deborah Key, either. "I became very obsessed with Deborah Key and her murder," he said. "I was the last one to really figure out what was going on. It was my wife who suggested, 'Don't you think you should be doing something with your kin rather than somebody you don't even know?'"
The irony is that Allore became obsessed with Key when the real mystery in his life was what happened to his own sister, Theresa, who went missing from her college in Quebec on Nov. 3, 1978. Her body was found face down in a cold creek near the school on April 13, 1979.
The police then, Allore said, did little to investigate the circumstances of her disappearance or her death. They told Allore's family that she probably died from a drug overdose. Allore was 14 years old at the time.
Once Allore's wife suggested he should direct his energies to finding out about his own sister, Allore contacted an old high school friend, Patricia Pearson, who had become an accomplished crime writer. Allore simply wanted to find out what the police knew about his sister's disappearance and death. He was surprised to discover there wasn't much to find out.
Five months of investigation
The police in the area had done a miserable job of investigation, and no one seemed to care very much that a 19-year-old woman had been missing and later found dead.
Allore and Pearson went to work, even though the police didn't cooperate with them or initially allow them to have access to the case file.
It took them five months of investigation, but Allore and Pearson came to believe that Theresa had been killed by a serial killer. They discovered that two other young women had been missing and later found dead in the same general area of Quebec within a 19-month period. They also came up with the names of two possible suspects.
At the conclusion of their investigation, Pearson wrote a long article that appeared in August 2002 in The National Post, Canada's national newspaper. The article gave a detailed description of their search for what really happened to Theresa.
Finally in November 2002, the police in Quebec announced they would launch a full investigation into the death of Theresa Allore. No charges have been filed against anyone in the case.
Her brother, however, has turned his battle to victim's rights and the rights of their families. He heard about a symposium sponsored by the Canadian Department of Justice called "Moving Forward, Lessons Learned from the Victims of Crime."
The forum was to be held on Nov. 3, 2003, the 25th anniversary of his sister's death. "I had to get in on that," he said.
But when he called up to ask if he could participate, he was told it was not open to victims.
That just didn't sit right with Allore, so he and another man whose daughter had been murdered in Canada went to the conference anyway and staged a protest outside, which received media attention.
"From that I made the inner circle of victim advocates in Canada," he said.
Last June, Allore spoke at a conference sponsored by Police Victim Services of British Columbia and made a presentation called, "25 Good Things Revealed Probing the Death of My Sister."
In December, he'll return to Vancouver and present at the Canadian Association for Victim Assistance, a group and conference he helped organize. This time, real victims will have a voice, Allore said.
Families of victims want answers, support and help from professionals trained to deal with their unique problems, he explained. In many cases, that support is provided by volunteers who may be sympathetic but just don't have the proper training.
Allore would like to see to see a system in which professionals are accredited to provide services for victims and their families. "We can empower those people at that level or victims will continue to be bottom feeders in the legal justice system," Allore said. "They already don't have a voice in the justice system. We should give them the tools to find answers."
As he revisited the death of his own sister in recent years, he found that he needed a little help. Carrboro Police Chief Carolyn Hutchison recommended he visit the Unicorn Bereavement Center in Hillsborough.
He did, and got to know Linda Jordan, manager of the center. Now he's agreed to speak at an Oct. 18 workshop there called, "The Worst has Happened; What Now? Working with clients who have lost someone to homicide."
The workshop is designed to provide clinicians with understanding and insight for working with people who are not only experiencing grief but also the trauma associated with murder.
Now when Allore looks back at the scary house he once owned west of Carrboro, he sees it in a different light. "That whole episode did me a great service," he said.
For more information about Allore's work, go to his Web site and read his blogs at: www.whokilledtheresa.com.
Folks... enough already... The title, "Bad Dream House" was intended to be funny. It's a joke? The Simpsons first Treehouse of Horror was called Bad Dream House? Git-it?


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AbstractDuring the last two decades, titanium has gradually grown in stature, strength and significance to take on the recognition of being a modern and high performance metal that is noticeably stronger and concurrently lighter than the most widely chosen and used steels in a spectrum of industrial applications. Technological innovations have necessitated reduction of part weight, cost and lead time, including concurrent enhancement of performance of structural parts and components made using titanium and its alloys. This has provided the impetus to develop economically viable structural design methodologies and specifications, while at the same time bringing forth innovative and economically affordable manufacturing and fabricating techniques with the primary purpose of both producing and promoting the use of cost-effective titanium structures. The experimental results of a recent study on built-up welded beams are presented in this paper with the primary objective of enabling design, facilitating fabrication, and implementation of large structural members for potential applications in the structural and defense-industry.
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c99% Portland OR meetup 2/10/19
We had five people show -- Cassiodorus, granma, detroitmechworks, earthling1, StudentOfEarth. We ate good Chinese food and had lots of fun. I ordered the gai lan and the salt and pepper tofu. We talked about science fiction and my book. StudentOfEarth talked about Bend and about people who were 72 who took a piece of dry land and built homes and farms from scratch. earthling1 talked about his southern California past. To those who were snowed out: we missed you -- should we have another one when the polar vortex quits?
Great thanks to granma for helping write this short memo.
Had a great time
Surprising range of topics. Familiar words now with a face made it special.
Best topic...... we gotta do this again.
Good for you all
Making it real! :>)
Moonlight reflection on new snow in trees and on mountain sides
from earlier in the day was stunning. Good to see everyone.
Still yourself, deep water can absorb many disturbances with minimal reaction.
--When the opening appears release yourself.
Sounds like it was a lot of fun!
Glad to hear you all made it happen
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
That's a beautiful thing.
I was instantly reminded of the first time I visited Portland. (Reed College) I had Chinese food in a restaurant with a funny name. Wish I could unlock more of that memory. In my life, good things amazing things always started in Portland.
The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
– Albert Camus
Glad you made it.
I've had blog friends longer than some meat friends.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
I was there in spirit, snowed in in Seattle.
This spring or summer hopefully there will another NW meetup.
Amazingly good turnout considering
The snow storm pounding the nw. Portland not get hit as hard?
Portland did not get as much snow as WA
got. Many roads were clear by midday Sunday and I think all the heavily travelled streets were fine by then. Higher elevations got more snow and I don't know what streets were like in those places.
We have a weird forecast for tonight, lots of rain or up to 6 inches of snow. We have to look out the window tomorrow morning to see what happened overnight.


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Make your own wedding dress!
I've never been that little girl who dreams of her wedding day, planning every meticulous detail. I was pleased though to actually do it in real life.
Having a background in event management, I could handle all those details easily and I knew where to start and what to focus on. We wanted a venue that could hold both the ceremony and reception and most importantly, we wanted to feed our guest decadently! They were the big tick boxes that thankfully were checked to meet our expectations!
What were your biggest expectations of your wedding?
However, there was one element that was puzzling me - My Dress! Just a teeny tiny element of course! I began thinking that it would just be easy to find a dress off the rack or indeed source a fabulous vintage dress. Sure, that would save me time, it made sense.
Then one day I was chatting to my mother in law and she mentioned that she made her wedding dress and I could see how proud she was of that. Afterall, sewing is something to be super proud of, we all know that! It made me think. All our guests know that I can sew, some even know that I have made a friends wedding dress and will they expect that I have made my wedding dress?
More importantly, how would I feel when they asked me? I quickly decided that I would feel awful if I said I didn't make my dress. And I didn't want to feel that on my wedding day.
So that was that, I decided. I am going to make my own wedding dress! I am going to be one of those proud ladies who made my own wedding dress!
Did you make your own wedding dress?
Once I had decided on making my dress, I started the search for the fabric. Finding the right fabric was going to dictate the style of my dress. Whenever I had imagined my wedding dress growing up, it was never white. Hell no! I look terrible in white. It was always going to be a bright red or green or teal.
I searched high and low for an emerald green silk, I even looked into having it dyed. But to no avail. Then I found this teal, or even petrol, blue silk in Tessuti. That was it...I found it! The next step was to add some "bridal" to it, hence adding the lace & a train at the back.
My inspiration for the style of the dress came from this dress from BHLDN coupled with the lacy sleeves! And I used this Vogue Pamela Roland V1289 pattern as the basic block as I loved the pleats in the bodice and skirt!
I got pattern making using the Vogue pattern and made up around 4 toiles to get the fit right - all while keeping it a secret from my partner!
Here she is!
I was overall really chuffed with the result and I felt a million bucks on the day. Especially when people did ask if I had made it. I felt most proud!
I encourage all sewers out there to make their own wedding dress. What's stopping you??? It's the best feeling...
I'd love to hear if you made your own wedding dress? And how you went about it? Weddings are pretty neat!
More soon on other elements of the wedding which are handmade....!