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Felix Hernandez tossed two scoreless innings in his first outing with Atlanta, and the Braves cruised to a 5-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday afternoon at North Port, Fla. Chris Rusin and Tucker Davidson also tossed two scoreless innings apiece for the Braves.
Red Sox 4, Rays 3
Nine pitchers combined for one walk and eight strikeouts and Felix Hernandez finished with a double and an RBI as Boston held on to beat Tampa Bay in Fort Myers, Fla. Randy Arozarena doubled and scored for the Rays.
Blue Jays 2, Yankees 1
Trent Thornton pitched two scoreless innings in his spring debut, and Andy Burns contributed an RBI double to help Toronto nip New York at Tampa, Fla. The Yankees were led by J.A. Happ, who notched three strikeouts in two innings.
Twins 2, Pirates 1
Willians Astudillo went 2-for-3 with an RBI to help Minnesota edge Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla. The loss spoiled a strong spring debut from Mitch Keller, who scattered two hits over two innings for the Pirates.
Phillies 8, Tigers 8
Nick Maton had a double and two RBIs as part of a late-game rally, but Philadelphia could not complete the comeback in a tie against Detroit at Lakeland, Fla. The Phillies scored six runs in the top of the eighth but the Tigers scored three in the bottom frame to pull even.
Marlins 5, Mets (ss) 3
Harold Ramirez and Jerar Encarnacion each homered as Miami beat New York at Port St. Lucie, Fla. Rick Porcello gave up one run in one inning during his Mets spring debut, and Chasen Shreve allowed two runs in one inning.
Cardinals 2, Mets (ss) 0
Tyler O'Neill hit a home run and Jack Flaherty pitched two scoreless innings in his spring debut as the Cardinals won at Jupiter, Fla. Mets right-hander Marcus Stroman gave up one run in 1 2/3 innings of his spring debut.
Royals-Angels (ss), postponed
Bad weather forced the postponement of the game between Kansas City and Los Angeles in Tempe, Ariz. It will be made up as a split-squad game on March 6.
Brewers-Rangers, canceled
The contest between Milwaukee and Texas was canceled because of rain at Surprise, Ariz.
Angels (ss)-White Sox, canceled
The game between Los Angeles and Chicago did not take place because of rain at Glendale, Ariz.
Reds-Indians, canceled
Rain forced the cancellation of the spring game between Cincinnati and Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz.
Mariners-Padres, canceled
The contest between Seattle and San Diego was canceled because of rain at Peoria, Ariz.
Diamondbacks-Rockies, canceled
Rain wiped out the scheduled game between Arizona and Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz.
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The Canadian Press
TORONTO — Ontario has reached a tentative deal with the final major teachers' union without a contract.
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation and the government announced the tentative agreement today.
Union president Harvey Bischof says the teachers did not get everything they wanted in the agreement, but the deal will provide stability in the province's schools.
In recent months, the province has reached tentative contracts with three other teachers' unions after contentious negotiations that led to walkouts and school closures.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the deal advances the priorities of parents and teachers.
Details of the agreement were not immediately available, but the union's 60,000 members could vote on the tentative deal early next month.
The union returned to the table with the government in April after having only conducted informal talks since December.
With schools shuttered because of the pandemic, Bischof said the dynamics around the talks changed.
"These are extraordinary times," he said in a statement. "When we began negotiations nearly a year ago, no one could have anticipated the situation we face today."
In recent months, the province has reached agreements with the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association and the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens.
"While this tentative agreement does not satisfy all of our concerns, we recognize the current environment we are in and the need for students to have stability once this emergency is over," Bischof said.


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Certain apps — from Mailbox to LinkedIn — are a given for entrepreneurs on the go. But with thousands of apps out there, it's easy to overlook something that could make your life easier or, in some cases, just brighten your day.
With that in mind, we asked nine founders from YEC the following:
Q: What relatively unknown app do you open first thing in the morning to help you start your workday?
1. Slacker Radio
Slacker streams ABC News and is updated every 30 minutes to an hour. I love it; I've been using it to listen to news in the morning while getting ready and while walking or taking the bus to the office. NPR One is a new contender, but I still feel Slacker's stream is more news than audio documentary or interview. – Chuck Reynolds, Levers


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How to Remove False, Defamatory Complaints.com Posts
Businesses have a lot to gain from positive online reviews. Even a business that has overall strong reviews, however, can suffer if a disgruntled person publishes a false and defamatory post. Complaints.com is one website where businesses can become victims of internet defamation, and the website's header – which reads "CONSUMERS IN CONTROL" – implies the difficulty of a business's internet reputation being in the hands of other persons.
As the Complaints.com Terms and Conditions state, Complaints.com is "intended to be a place … for consumers and businesses to exchange information about products and services, hopefully in a constructive and meaningful way."
While this may be the overriding goal of the website, as with other complaint and review-based websites, many bad actors do use Complaints.com to disparage businesses and their professionals, which can significantly harm those parties.
Complaints.com prohibits defamation
If a poster of a false and defamatory complaint on Complaints.com were to read the website's Terms and Conditions, he or she would know that the type of post is disallowed. Per the "Member Conduct" section, members (noting that it is necessary to register with Complaints.com prior to posting a complaint) agree not to:
- "Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others" and
- "Publish, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, racist, indecent or unlawful material or information."
And as is the case with many false online reviews and complaints, disgruntled parties such as competitors or ex-employees often pose as customers. But Complaints.com also prohibits the creation of "a false identity for the purpose of misleading others," instead requiring factual firsthand customer experiences.
Although Complaints.com does not have quite the domain authority of Ripoff Report (50/100 vs. 82/100 per Open Site Explorer), what still makes false and defamatory complaints published on the site potentially more harmful than similar complaint websites is that – much like Ripoff Report – each post receives its own webpage that is indexed by search engines.
In contrast to Ripoff Report, however, there are legitimate deletion options.
Defamation removal options from Complaints.com
For starters, any author of a Complaints.com post can edit or delete his or her complaint. Obviously that is easier said than done, since false and defamatory internet posts are typically published anonymously; though there are plenty of instances in which a harmful post can be linked to a known person based on the surrounding context.
On Complaints.com, businesses can post responses to complaints and try to resolve the issues, so a business could potentially persuade the author of a false and defamatory complaint to edit or remove the post. More realistically, however, a business might need to issue a subpoena to Sagacity Corporation, the Illinois-based owner and operator of Complaints.com, in order to identify a complaint's author to pursue removal.
Accordingly, a subpoenaing party will want to request personally indentifying information including an email address (required for Complaints.com account registration); first and last name and address information (optional for registration); and internet protocol (IP) addresses used to create the account in question and post on the website.
If a business is able to identify the author of a false and defamatory Complaints.com post, ideally that business will be able to persuade the author to remove the complaint in question.
Alternatively, Complaints.com "does not knowingly allow incorrect or factually incorrect information to remain posted" on the website, and it is willing to entertain court orders: "If Complaints.com is instructed to remove and delete a posted message by a U.S. Court," Complaints.com's Terms and Conditions reads, "then the message will be removed and deleted."
Of course, a potential court order will actually be against the author of the complaint and not the website, but Complaints.com is likely to nonetheless remove the false content.
Should a Complaints.com post be deleted, whether by the author or by the website's administrators, that information may continue to appear in search indexes, however. In this situation, a removal request would need to be submitted to the search engines, such as Google.
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G. Cully/M.J. Ferris/Novarra Referral – Cork, 15th October 2006
The Referrals Committee, Dr. Gordon A. Holmes (in the Chair), Mr. Edward Flannery and Mrs. J.O. Onions met at the Standhouse Hotel, The Curragh, Co. Kildare on 2nd November 2006 to consider the referral by the Acting Stewards at Cork on 15th October 2006 of G. Cully (trainer Novarra), M.J. Ferris (rider Novarra) and Novarra following the running of the Dairygold Fertility Booster Maiden Hurdle, as they were unable to hold an enquiry into the running and riding of Novarra because Mr. Cully's authorised representative on the day, Ms. C. O'Leary was unaware of the riding instructions given by Mr. Cully to M.J. Ferris.
Evidence was heard from P.F. Graffin, Stewards Secretary, G. Cully and M.J. Ferris and a video of the race was also viewed.
Having considered the evidence the Committee found M.J. Ferris in breach of Rule 212 and fined him €200. They also ordered that his riding fee be forfeited and passed to the Jockeys Accident Fund.
The case was presented by Mr. Brian Price, Wilkinson and Price Solicitors, Naas, Co. Kildare.


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Rowing WOD:
5 x 800m w/ 2min Rest
1st @2k Pace (w/ Start)
2nd @2k+3
3rd @2k+2
4th @2k+1
5th @2k
- Choose split based off of last Tuesday's Rowing WOD.
- Should you go faster or slower having done another 2k?
- Post Average Split for Each to Comments.
Strength WOD:
6×3 Back Squat
- Post Loads to Comments
Conditioning WOD:
Proceed through the sequence below completing as many reps as possible in 17 minutes of:
40 Burpees
45/75 pound Snatch, 30 reps
30 Burpees
75/135 pound Snatch, 30 reps
20 Burpees
100/165 pound Snatch, 30 reps
10 burpees
120/210 pound Snatch, as many reps as possible
- Post Number of Reps to Comments.
Some of our best results are found when training at high intensity. In order to develop as an athlete you'll need to develop an ability to go hard and bring your "A" game. Today's Rowing WOD provides an opportunity for just that. Set the monitor for 800m of work and 2 minutes of rest. Use the first piece to practice the start of your 2k and the last to practice the finish. There should be a focus on power per stroke and solid intensity across all five pieces. Write down the splits you would like to hold (ex: 2:00, 2:03, 2:02, 2:01, 2:00) prior to starting and make a commitment to attack each piece and execute every stroke. Know what mental cues you will go to when it gets tough – breath, legs down, sit tall, swing, smooth, breath…
Afterwards get in some good mobility and make sure you're moving well and recovered for the Back Squats. Give them all you've got. I put in 13.1 in case you aren't able to row or you have lots of time on your hand. I'm really looking forward to retesting it, so have fun and get after it!


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Would-be Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney edged his opponent Rick Santorum by a hair during the Iowa caucuses — defeating him by only eight votes. The Republican Party has deemed it the closest-ever margin of victory in a Republican presidential contest.
Ron Paul finished a close third, according to the state GOP. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who placed fifth, said late Tuesday that he would return to his home state to consider whether his campaign would continue.
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, had 30,015 votes. Santorum, a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania and an upstart challenger who just weeks ago polled in the single digits, had 30,007, the state GOP said.
Each had roughly 25% of the vote in Iowa, the first state to vote in the 2012 presidential caucus and primary season. Paul, a U.S. representative from Texas, had 21%. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was at 13%. Perry was at 10%, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota had 5%, and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman had 1%.
State GOP officials said certified results will be released in two weeks.
Because the race was initially too close to call, many candidates spoke to their supporters before the final tally was released.
"Game on," said Santorum, to a crowd gathered in Johnston, Iowa. "What wins in America are bold ideas, sharp contrasts and a plan that includes everyone. A plan that says we will work together to get America to work."
Even Romney praised Santorum's efforts when speaking at his celebration party. "This has been a great victory for him and for his effort," Romney said of Santorum. "He's worked very hard in Iowa. We also feel it's been a great victory for us here."
The focus of the race will now shift to New Hampshire, which holds its primary on Tues., Jan. 10.


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WHITEBOARD – 23 July 2015
Movement Prep:
1a. Straddle Hollow Body Hold: 3 sets of 24s holds
1b. Table Rock: 5r after each set of 1a.
*If you can not bring your thoracic spine off the ground go to the same movement but with your feet on the ground under your knees.
**For the table rock make sure you press the hips all the way up at the top and feel your chest open to the ceiling. You will have a stretch in your biceps at the top.
2a: Plank: 3 sets of 24s
2b: Straddle Reverse Hyper – 10
*The video is for a plank walk, not a stationary plank but it does a nice job of demonstrating what a proper plank looks like. You should have protracted (slightly rounded upper back) shoulders, up on your toes, thighs together, straight arms, and have the chest swept over the hands a good amount.
**For the straddle reverse hypers you can perform these on the brown glute ham machine. I would prefer your toes to be pointed out and a better straddle than the demo video. Your glutes will be on the top as well as your hip flexors.
3a: Jefferson Curl: 5 sets of 10
*Same weight as last Friday
Strength Work:
Power Clean: 2 Sets of 5 at ~75%
*Work up to this weight.
3 Rounds of:
10 Wallballs
5 Ball Slams (20/14)
*Rest 60s and repeat for 4 rounds.
Ball Slam does not count if ball doesn't bounce to waist.
Notes: Same movement prep as last Friday but fewer sets with longer rep schemes. Post questions.
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Troops 127 and 722
Troops 127 and 722
Troop s 127 and 722 meet at St. Francis Xavier School. St. Francis is at 4715 North Central Ave Phoenix Arizona 85012.
The Troops meet at 7:00 PM each Tuesday night.
Troop 127 is a BSA Boy Scout troop.
Troop 722 is a GSUSA Girl Scout troop.
Crew 127 is a BSA Venturing crew.
Pack 127 is a BSA Cub Scout Pack.
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Later, the Lord sent this message to King Ahaz: "Ask the Lord your God for a sign of confirmation, Ahaz. Make it as difficult as you want—as high as heaven or as deep as the place of the dead.[e]"
But the king refused. "No," he said, "I will not test the Lord like that."
Then Isaiah said, "Listen well, you royal family of David! Isn't it enough to exhaust human patience? Must you exhaust the patience of my God as well? All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means 'God is with us'). By the time this child is old enough to choose what is right and reject what is wrong, he will be eating yogurt and honey. For before the child is that old, the lands of the two kings you fear so much will both be deserted.
-Isaiah 7:10-16 NLT


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After the election of Woodrow Wilson (shown right)[1] in 1913, his newly appointed Secretary of State, William Jennings Bryan[2], resurrected the Knox Treaty[3] in 1914, inserting a clause which ceded to the United States the right to use its armed forces to intervene in the affairs of Nicaragua. Then Nicaraguan Ambassador Emiliano Chamorro Vargas[4] approved the instrument in August 1914, and Bryan dutifully sent the treaty to the Senate for their ratification. The senate, with a Democratic majority, refused to consider the Bryan-Chamorro document until the Secretary first removed the Bryan clause.
Due to our understanding of Nicaraguan politics thus far, it should come as no surprise that the Bryan-Chamorro treaty was soon elevated to critical mass. Adolfo Diaz had only survived as Nicaragua's president because he was protected by American Marines and this is certainly how Liberals presented Diaz to the people. True, America's financial reforms would ultimately work to the benefit of the most Nicaraguans, but the process was tediously slow and the people of Nicaragua are not known for their patience. Still, not one Liberal in Nicaragua would approve of the idea that the USA had a right to employ its armed forces in their country.
Aside: It was around this same time when a Russian revolutionary by the name of Vladimir Lenin asserted that if you tell a lie often enough, it eventually becomes an unmitigated truth. This axiom has become a mainstay of leftist politics ever since, and it was certainly true in Nicaragua. President Adolfo Diaz became a hated man in Nicaragua because of the propaganda campaign mounted against him by the Liberal Party, and they were unrelenting. The fact is that Diaz was the most qualified man to serve as president, and he may have been the most honest of all Nicaraguan presidents.
In 1916, Nicaragua was preparing for its next presidential election. Conservatives were ready to wash their hands of Diaz, favoring instead Emiliano Chamorro (shown right). Liberals, on the other hand, favored a former advisor to President Zelaya named Julian Irias —a man who was at the time of his nomination, living in exile. Still, the United States was concerned about Irias because, given the simple fact that liberal voters far outnumbered conservatives; an honest election would turn the country over to the liberal party. More to the point, Irias was a man who associated himself with one of the most corrupt regimes in Nicaragua's short history.
Thus, what the United States needed to do is somehow deny the election to Irias while preventing another rebellion. This was accomplished when outgoing President Diaz prevented Irias from re-entering Nicaragua. The nail on this coffin was America's warning to Liberals that under no circumstances would the US ever recognize anyone associated with former President Zelaya. To clear a pathway for Chamorro, conservative candidate Carlos Cuadras Paso was persuaded to withdraw from the race.
Emiliano Chamorro won the election in a landslide.
As a rule, Nicaragua's presidency was habit forming; once in power, a president was disinclined to step down. An exception to this rule was Emiliano Chamorro. After four years in office, Chamorro decided to step aside and allow his Uncle Diego to succeed him. Diego Chamorro won the 1920 election by more than 58,000 votes. It was after this that an American political scientist by the name of Harold Dodds took on the difficult task of devising honest electoral machinery for Nicaragua. His plan, completed in 1922, was enthusiastically supported by liberals —but hated by conservatives. Conservatives acquiesced, however, once the US Ambassador reminded Chamorro that his nephew Emiliano had promised to support such a plan.
Nicaraguans may have fallen in love with Dodds' election reforms, but their hate for American Marines remained constant. Marines assigned to the American legation were continually reviled by the citizens of Managua —so much so that assignment to the Marine Guard may have been considered among the worst duties in the Corps. With nothing constructive to do after duty hours, Marines drank to excess and pursued loose women within Managua's fetid cantinas. Nicaraguan police found that a drunken, disorderly Marine was an excellent target for revenge.
A series of clashes between Marines and local police came to a head on the night of 8 December 1921 when a Marine private shot and killed a police officer. Afterwards, Marines were assigned to "shore patrol" duties; it was a matter of Marines keeping tabs on their own[5]. Meanwhile, American diplomats were concerned that the Marine Legation Guard was insufficiently staffed to head off pre-election liberal rioting. Insisting on reinforcements, additional Marines were sent to the Guard from the USS Galveston (30 Marines), USS Denver (52 Marines), and USS Nitro (45 Marines). Seagoing leathernecks were withdrawn after the elections, but bringing them in was a sound idea. One individual who was present at the time later reported that the flames of hate in Nicaragua were palpable. President Chamorro was crucified in the press for allowing the Americans to land additional Marines, but of more lasting importance to affairs in Nicaragua were the propagandists who claimed Mexican benevolence vs. American barbarity. It was the first sign of the emergence of a bond between Nicaraguan Liberals and the Mexican government.
The long-awaited revolt took place in May 1922. The Marine Guard was sufficiently strong enough to prevent fighting inside Managua, and even though Fort Loma was seized, government troops easily suppressed the uprising outside the capital. Meanwhile, Liberal sentiments reflected hope of election reform and calm settled throughout the nation. It was a peace that remained unbroken even when President Chamorro died in office.
Vice President Bartolomé Martínez González was known to have ambitions to succeed Chamorro; Liberals, who relied upon America's promise of fair elections, argued that it would be illegal for the Vice President to permanently succeed Chamorro. US diplomats clarified that no government which seized power in defiance of the constitution would be recognized as legitimate. Satisfied, the Liberals focused all their energies to winning the 1924 election.
Over time, Liberals came to regard American leathernecks with some esteem. When it was proposed that Marines (several of which provided support to Dobbs), should help supervise the electoral count, it was the conservatives (not the liberals) who complained loudest.
The new elections law was tested in 1924; it was the most nearly-honest election ever held in Nicaragua. A coalition government was placed in office, with Conservative candidate Carlos José Solórzano Gutierrez elected President, and Liberal Juan Bautista Sacasa as Vice President. Upon taking office, Solórzano promised that his administration would be scrupulously honest. Praising the efforts of the United States to bolster the Nicaraguan economy, and stressing the notion of peaceful cooperation, Solórzano asked the United States to withdraw the Marine Guard from Managua … which was ultimately postponed from January until August 1925[6]. What Solórzano wanted was for the Marines to train a sufficient constabulary capable of maintaining the peace, but the government took no action to organize a police force until shortly before the Marines were withdrawn.
Three weeks after departure of the American Marines, a group of liberal cabinet ministers attended a reception. Over the sound of popping champagne corks was heard a cacophony of gunfire from a band of conservatives who burst into the room, loudly accused the liberals of treason, and then ending their tirade by taking several liberals into custody. The icing on this cake was that in late October, followers of Emiliano Chamorro seized the fortification at La Loma, and Solórzano and Vice President Sacasa left the country. Thus, purged of liberal-leaning politicians, the Nicaraguan legislature reorganized itself and Emiliano Chamorro Vargas[7] seized power.
No one expected such boldness. Along with efforts to persuade Chamorro to resign, the US refused to recognize his presidency. This was of little concern to El Presidenté Chamorro, however, because thanks to elaborate US controls governing the collection of customs, all collected revenues automatically went to the central government no matter who was serving as president. Although his seizure of office was clearly unconstitutional, Chamorro maintained control over the financial machinery of his new republic, which meant that Chamorro could easily afford to ignore the protestations of the United States.
Chamorro appeared undisturbed even when rioting swept throughout the country. He believed that if the situation deteriorated, he could always rely on the United States to support Conservatives, as they had done so many times in the past. In May 1926, USS Cleveland dropped anchor at Bluefields. Marines and bluejackets went ashore to protect American property; no support for Chamorro would be forthcoming. Moreover, the United States government accorded exiled Vice President Sacasa all the diplomatic honors due to a high official of a friendly state. Worse than this, Mexico began providing Liberals (viewed as the party of Nicaraguan Nationalism) with arms and munitions.
In eastern Nicaragua, Liberal General Jose Moncada (shown right) forced the conservative government back upon the Bluefields; a major battle was beginning to take shape. The USA was concerned about the safety of its citizens and their property, resulting in the landing of a hundred Marines and bluejackets from the USS Galveston in August. Conservatives looked upon the Americans as a savior to the conservative cause, but their mission was to prevent fighting, safeguard American citizens, and prevent rioting that would endanger private property.
Within a few weeks, Liberals and Conservatives were engaged in a large battle near El Bluff (Bluefields) … neither side gaining an advantage. On 24 September 1926, Americans forced both sides out of El Bluff, causing them to resume their conflict at El Rama, 50 miles away. Yet, despite their failure at El Bluff, the Liberal armies were doing quite well. While they were not able to crush their adversaries, the Liberals did manage to disrupt commerce, and this had the effect of starving Chamorro economically. No bucks, no bullets.
The United States negotiated a temporary truce beginning on 1 October 1926, inviting both sides to attend a peace conference at Corinto. Armed Marines enforced a neutral zone around the city. Peace talks took place from 16-24 October aboard USS Denver. Vice President Sacasa, believing that it was not safe for him to attend this meeting, sent representatives. What the US wanted was an impartial person to head an interim government. Since there were no impartial leaders in Nicaragua, the conference was a waste of everyone's time.
President Chamorro announced his resignation on 30 October 1926, the day the truce expired. A conservative congress chose Senator Sebastian Uriza as Chamorro's successor, but again the US withheld its recognition from Uriza's government. By this time weary of war, the Conservative Congress reconvened, reinstated expelled liberal members, and chose Adolfo Diaz to once more serve as (interim) president until 1928. The amazing part of this is that at the time, Diaz remained the most hated man in Nicaragua. The United States (along with several European powers) immediately recognized the Diaz government. Mexico protested, however, insisting that Sacasa was the rightful leader even though absent from the country.
President Diaz failed to end the revolution, however. In the first place, General Moncada refused to lay down his arms unless ordered to do so by former Vice President Sacasa. Secondly, Sacasa himself arrived in Nicaragua in early December to take charge of the revolt, and with him came massive shipments of arms from Mexico. When President Diaz learned of this, he began screaming for American assistance.
He would get it.
(To be Continued)
[1] Despite his professed hatred for Imperialism and his staunchly anti-interventionist policies, Woodrow Wilson became the most interfering American president of all.
[2] A great orator, but a man whose thought patterns were loath to achieve originality.
[3] Refers to the convention signed on 6 June 1911 by Secretary of State Philander C. Knox and Nicaraguan minister Salvador Castillo, providing economic and political aide to Nicaragua. The treaty languished in the US Senate until May 1912 where it failed to gain enough support to move to a senate vote.
[4] Hispanic naming conventions involve one or more given names, followed by two family names (surnames). The first surname is the father's surname, and the second surname is the mother's maiden name.
[5] This was a system employed for many years in China; Marines, left unsupervised, always find a way to get into trouble.
[6] The withdrawal of Marines was the product of a slow evolution in American foreign policy. Beginning in 1913, President Wilson hoped to deal with Central Americans as equals, but the strategic importance of Nicaragua forced him to keep a careful eye on the nation's domestic affairs. Victory over Germany and developing friendship with Great Britain ended concerns about foreign encroachment. American bankers regarded European investments of greater importance than their Central American holdings. Finally, the American people demanded more attention to domestic issues than those on foreign shore. President Coolidge urged honest elections in Nicaragua rather than the election of a government favorable to the United States. Removal of the Marine Guard was the beginning of an attempt to deal with Nicaragua as a sovereign power, rather than treating the country as a dependency. Such optimism was misplaced, however.
[7] Chamorro-Vargas previously served as president 1917-1921.


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They that go down to the sea Yet helpeth he the poor out of in ships : and occupy their busi- misery : and maketh him housness in great waters;
holds like a flock of sheep. These men see the works of the The righteous will consider this, Lord : and his wonders in the and rejoice : and the mouth of all deep.
wickedness shall be stopped. For at his word the stormy Whoso is wise will ponder these wind ariseth : which lifteth up things : and they shall understand the waves thereof.
the loving-kindness of the Lord. They are carried up to the hea- Glory be to the Father, fc. ven, and down again to the deep : As it was in the beginning, &c. their soul melteth away because of the trouble.
Collects of Thanksgiving. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man : and are
Lord God, who art of infiat their wit's end.
nite goodness and mercy; We thy So when they cry unto the Lord
poor creatures, whom thou hast in their trouble : he delivereth made and preserved, holding our them out of their distress.
souls in life, and now rescuing us For he maketh the storm to out of the jaws of death, humbly present ourselves again before thy 1 to be praised; let the redeemed of Divine Majesty, to offer a sacri- the Lord say so : whom he hath fice of praise and thanksgiving, for delivered from the merciless rage that thou heardest us when we of the sea. called in our trouble, and didst The Lord is gracious and full not cast out our prayer, which we of compassion : slow to anger, and made before thee in our great dis- of great mercy. tress: Even when we gave all for He hath not dealt with us lost, our ship, our goods, our lives, according to our sins : neither then didst thou mercifully look rewarded us according to our iniupon us, and wonderfully com- quities. mand a deliverance; for which But as the heaven is high above we, now being in safety, do give the earth : so great hath been his all praise and glory to thy holy mercy towards us. Name; through Jesus Christ our We found trouble and heaviLord. Amen.
ness : we were even at death's door. Or this:
The waters of the sea had wellO
MOST mighty and gracious nigh covered us : the proud waters good God, thy mercy is over
had well-nigh gone over our soul. all thy works, but in special man
The sea roared : and the stormy ner hath been extended toward wind lifted up the waves thereof. us, whom thou hast so powerfully
We were carried up as it were and wonderfully defended. Thou to heaven, and then down again hast shewed us terrible things, / into the deep : our soul melted and wonders in the deep, that within us, because of trouble; we might see how powerful and Then cried we unto thee, O gracious a God thou art; how
Lord : and thou didst deliver us able and ready to help them that
out of our distress. trust in thee. Thou hast shewed Blessed be thy Name, who didst us how both winds and seas obey not despise the prayer of thy serthy command; that we may learn,
vants : but didst hear our cry, even from them, hereafter to obey
and hast saved us. thy voice, and to do thy will. We Thou didst send forth thy comtherefore bless and glorify thy mandment ; and the windy storm Name, for this thy mercy in sav
ceased, and was turned into a ing us, when we were ready to
calm. perish. And, we beseech thee, 0 let us therefore praise the make us as truly sensible now of
Lord for his goodness : and dethy mercy, as we were then of clare the wonders that he hath the danger: And give us hearts
done, and still doeth for the chilalways ready to express our thank
dren of men. fulness, not only by words, but
Praised be the Lord daily : even also by our lives, in being more
the Lord that helpeth us, and obedient to thy holy command poureth his benefits upon us. ments. Continue, we beseech thee,
He is our God, even the God this thy goodness to us; that we,
of whom cometh salvation : God whom thou hast saved, may serve
is the Lord by whom we have thee in holiness and righteousness
escaped death. all the days of our life; through
Thou, Lord, hast made us Jesus Christ our Lord and Savi
glad through the operation of thy our. Amen.
hands : and we will triumph in
thy praise. An Hymn of Praise and Thanks- Blessed be the Lord God: even
giving after a dangerous Tem- the Lord God, who only doeth pest.
wondrous things; O COME, let us give thanks And blessed be the Name of his
unto the Lord, for he is gra- Majesty for ever : and let every cious : and his mercy endureth one of us say, Amen, Amen. for ever.
Glory be to the Father, &c. Great is the Lord, and greatly As it was in the beginning, &c.
2 Cor. xiii.
| After this Hymn may be sung
the Te Deum.
Then this Collect.
reign Commander of all the
world, in whose hand is power and After Victory or Deliverance from might which none is able to withan Enemy.
stand; We bless and magnify thy
great and glorious Name for this A Psalm or Hymn of Praise and happy Victory, the whole glory Thanksgiving after Victory.
whereof we do ascribe to thee, IF (F the Lord had not been on
who art the only giver of Victory. our side, now may we say : if And, we beseech thee, give us the Lord himself had not been
grace to improve this great mercy on our side, when men rose up
to thy glory, the advancement of against us;
thy Gospel, the honour of our They had swallowed
us up
Sovereign, and, as much as in us quick : when they were so wrath
lieth, to the good of all mankind. fully displeased at us.
And, we beseech thee, give us Yea, the waters had drowned
such a sense of this great mercy, us, and the stream had gone over
as may engage us to a true thankour soul : the deep waters of the fulness, such as may appear in proud had gone over our soul.
our lives by an humble, holy, and But praised be the Lord : who hath not given us over as a prey
obedient walking before thee all
our days, through Jesus Christ unto them.
our Lord; to whom with thee The Lord hath wrought : a and the Holy Spirit, as for all mighty salvation for us. We gat not this by our own
thy mercies, so in particular for
this Victory and Deliverance, be sword, neither was it our own arm
all glory and honour, world withthat saved us : but thy right hand, out end. Amen. and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou
2 Cor. xiii. hadst a favour unto us.
НЕ The Lord hath appeared for THE grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and the love of God, us : the Lord hath covered our
and the fellowship of the Holy heads, and made us to stand in
Ghost, be with us all evermore. the day of battle.
Amen. The Lord hath appeared for us : the Lord hath overthrown
At the Burial of their Dead at Sea. our enemies, and dashed in pieces those that rose up against us.
The Office in the Common PrayerTherefore not unto us, O Lord, book may be used ; only instead not unto us : but unto thy Name of these words [We therefore combe given the glory:
mit his body to the ground, earth The Lord hath done great things
to earth, &c.] say, fornus the Lord bath done great WE therefore commit his body things for us, which . to deep
Our help standeth in the Name into corruption, looking for the of the Lord : who hath made hea- resurrection of the body, (when ven and earth.
the Sea shall give up her dead,) Blessed be the Name of the and the life of the world to Lord : from this time forth for come, through our Lord Jesus evermore.
Christ; who at his coming shall Glory be to the Father, and to change our vile body, that it may the Son : and to the Holy Ghost be like his glorious body, accord
As it was in the beginning, is ing to the mighty working, wherenow, and ever shall be : world by he is able to subdue all things without end. Amen.
to himself.
The United Church of England and Ereland.
ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church; Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. Which Offices were evermore had in such reverend Estimation, that no man might presume to execute any of them, except he were first called, tried, examined, and known to have such qualities as are requisite for the same; and also by publick Prayer, with Imposition of Hands, were approved and admitted thereunto by lawful Authority. And therefore, to the intent that these Orders may be continued, and reverently used and esteemed, in the United Church of England and Ireland; no man shall be accounted or taken to be a lawful Bishop, Priest, or Deacon in the United Church of England and Ireland, or suffered to execute any of the said Functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the Form hereafter following, or hath had formerly Episcopal Consecration, or Ordination.
And none shall be admitted a Deacon, except he be Twenty-three years of age, unless he have a Faculty. And every man which is to be admitted a Priest shall be full Four-and-twenty years old. And every man which is to be ordained or consecrated Bishop shall be fully Thirty years of age.
And the Bishop, knowing either by himself, or by sufficient testimony, any Person to be a man of virtuous conversation, and without crime; and, after examination and trial, finding him learned in the Latin Tongue, and sufficiently instructed in holy Scripture, may at the times appointed in the Canon, or else, on urgent occasion, upon some other Sunday or Holy-day, in the face of the Church, admit him a Deacon, in such manner and form as hereafter followeth.
When the day appointed by the Bishop is come, after Morning Prayer is ended, there shall be a Sermon or Exhortation, declaring the Duty and Office of such as come to be admitted Deacons ; how necessary that Order is in the Church of Christ, and also, how the people ought to esteem them in their Office.
REY present unto you these
First the Archdeacon, or his De- ( Then the Bishop (commending puty, shall present unto the Bi- such as shall be found meet to be shop (sitting in his chair near Ordered to the Prayers of the conto the holy Table) such as desire gregation) shall, with the Clergy to be ordained Deacons, (each of and people present, sing or say them being decently habited,) say- the Litany, with the Prayers as ing these words,
followeth. EVEREND
The Litany and Suffrages. persons present, to be admitted O GOD the
Father, of heaven :
have mercy upon us miserable .
sinners. The Bishop.
O God the Father, of heaven: have ;
mercy upon us miserable sinners. whom ye present unto us, be
O God the Son, Redeemer of apt and meet, for their learning the world : have mercy upon us and godly conversation, to exer
miserable sinners. cise their Ministry duly, to the O God the Son, Redeemer of honour of God, and the edifying
the world : have mercy upon us of his Church.
miserable sinners.
o God the Holy Ghost, proI The Archdeacon shall answer, ceeding from the Father and the HAVE enquired of them, and Son : have mercy upon us mise
rable sinners. them so to be.
O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding
from the Father and the Son: have Then the Bishop shall say unto the people :
mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O holy, blessed, and glorious RETHREN, if there be any Trinity, three Persons and one
God : have mercy upon us misepediment, or notable Crime, in rable sinners. any of these persons presented to O holy, blessed, and glorious be ordered Deacons, for the which Trinity, three Persons and one he ought not to be admitted to God : have mercy upon us misethat Office, let him come forth in rable sinners. the Name of God, and shew what Remember not, Lord, our ofthe Crime or Impediment is. fences, nor the offences of our And if any great Crime or In
forefathers; neither take thou pediment be objected, the Bishop
vengeance of our sins : spare us, shall surcease from Ordering that good Lord, spare thy people, whom person, until such time as the thou hast redeemed with thy most party accused shall be found clear precious blood, and be not angry of that Crime.
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Juniper Networks Master of IT, Albert Ganzon: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
February 2nd, 2006 | John Furrier
Albert Ganzon has been designated as a Master of IT by Juniper Networks. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is a large law firm out of San Francisco, which does "cutting-edge legal work for hundreds of Silicon Valley success stories". The firm just came through a major merger with a mere three month transitional timeline. Listen as Albert talks about the challenges which he overcame as they combined two major businesses.
This Juniper Networks podcast is part of the Juniper Networks Master of IT program.
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Previous page : eReading Scenarios
Scenarios help defining the elements of the architecture. For each business object which can reside on a eReader, one can think about the importance of the other tiers in its life cycle :
So it's about understanding how The eReading Contents Lifecycle looks like for this particular Business Object.
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Toyota Corolla
1992-1998 of release
Repair and car operation
Toyota Corolla
+ 1. Maintenance instruction
+ 2. Maintenance
- 3. Engines
+ 3.1. Petrol engines
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- 3.3. Engine electric equipment
3.3.1. Specifications
3.3.2. Battery
3.3.3. Power cables
3.3.4. Ignition system
3.3.5. Ignition coil
3.3.6. Ignition distributor
3.3.7. Check and installation of the moment of ignition
3.3.8. Block of electronic ignition
3.3.9. Induction sensor
3.3.10. System of a charge of the battery
3.3.11. Generator
3.3.12. Generator details
3.3.13. System of start-up of the engine
3.3.14. Starter electric motor
+ 4. Systems of cooling, heating
+ 5. Fuel, exhaust systems
+ 6. System of decrease in toxicity
+ 7. Transmissions
+ 8. Coupling and semi-axes
+ 9. Brake system
+ 10. Suspension bracket and steering
+ 11. Body
+ 12. Electric equipment
3.3. Engine electric equipment
The system of electric equipment of the engine includes ignition system, system of a charging of the battery and system of start-up of the engine. Because these systems are an integral part of the engine, their consideration is carried out separately from body electric equipment (for example, devices of lighting, measuring devices, etc.) which is considered in section 12.At care of electric equipment observe the following rules:
– observe extreme care at check of details and electric equipment devices (at the wrong connection, or the inept address of the device of electric equipment of the engine quickly fail);
– at the idle engine it is forbidden to leave ignition included for a while bigger 10 minutes;
– it is forbidden to disconnect cables from the battery on the working engine;
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About the Composer: Henry "Harry" Thacker Burleigh played a major role in the development of American art music in the 20th Century, having composed a diverse repertoire of over two hundred works. He was the first black composer instrumental in developing characteristically American music, and made black music available to classically trained artists both by introducing them to traditional spirituals and by arranging them in a European-classical style. Burleigh also introduced famed composer Antonin Dvořák to Black American music, which influenced some of his (Dvořák's) most famous compositions and led him to say that Black American music is the basis of the American classical music sound. In addition, Burleigh was an accomplished baritone, meticulous music editor, and charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).


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David Broockman has an important paper on political representation apparently forthcoming in LSQ.
He notes two ways to study the political representation of issues, policies, and preferences. On the one hand we can examine citizen-elite congruence issue by issue. On the other hand, we can calculate "policy scores" to capture ideal points of overall ideologies and compare these between citizens and the elite. The paper convincingly demonstrates that the latter approach is flawed in the sense that it doesn't really capture political representation in the way we generally understand it.
Broockman, David E. 2015. "Approaches to Studying Policy Representation." Legislative Studies Quarterly.


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Lady Sandra Home Fashions Inc. is a privately owned Canadian importer of textile home furnishing products. At the helm of Lady Sandra are Marvin Reiskind (President), whose father founded the company in 1965 and Martin Novack (CEO). Located in Montreal, Lady Sandra's facility houses a warehouse, offices and a showroom.
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Well, the goal was to send all this info. out in a nice little Narratives Newsletter...but the newsletter site is giving me fits (and therefore, I have given up on it yet again).
I really had envisioned being a whole lot better about sending out newsletters.
But in lieu of a newsletter...
A blog post.
I love the Black & Cream collection so much that I'm going to keep doing it year after year, until you all start begging me to quit already.
My favorite thing is probably the concentric circle and heart stickers (they're a cardstock sticker)
And the chipboard letters.
The Journaling Block paper is cool (it's just a sheet of patterned paper, so it's cheap, but you get 5-6 Journaling Blocks on each sheet).
And I'm pretty excited to use the die-cut paper lace (you get a yard of all four designs).
And the cardstock border stickers.
And the rub-ons (I'm a sucker for black rub-ons just because they're versatile).
And the new paper.
Looks like it's all shipping in October.
I won't be at the show though (I'm buried with artwork for CHA Winter 08)).
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ETA: I managed to figure out the newsletter thing (user error, imagine that), so if you're signed up for it, be expecting it today (although don't get too excited, it's nothing magnificent).


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I am currently mad about growing plants. Fresh produce from my own garden would be so nice, and keeping ferns, growing perennial flowers and generally having a garden that is rewarding.
It sounds like a simple enough process. Collect appropriate planters or prepare the garden beds, ensure the soil is good with compost, mulch, and natural seaweed fertiliser, then plant away! Seeds, seedlings, and larger plants, depending on what's available, what I want, and what suits the season. I know what I need to for keeping a garden, but I must admit, I'm really bad at it. The knowledge and theory is all there, but something I do in practice has ended in ruin every time.
I have killed dozens of plants, maybe even hundreds. Sometimes there's a sad couple of cherry tomatoes harvested. I once managed to grow a horribly bitter and stunted carrot, and while totally thrilling to dig it up, it was a disappointment.
It would be easy to joke that instead of having a green thumb, I have the dead and crispy thumb of a failed garden. I can get self-sowing plants to go wild, and there are plenty of flowering bushes in the yard that do fine with absolutely no input from me (except the occasional watering when it's dry out). Once it comes down to something that I should be involved in maintaining, there's not much success.
This isn't too off-putting to me. As the Spring Equinox approaches, I definitely feel the subtle call of nature to celebrate Ostara by planting and growing and tending the garden. I have enthusiasm that this time will be different, and the blueberry bushes with thrive and produce berries. At least this time, I don't have chickens, as chickens love EVERY part of a blueberry bush (I swear they developed a taste for it).
I look ahead, hopeful that what I'm planting will survive. My ferns haven't turned crispy yet, and my European Ash bonsai tree is looking ridiculously healthy! The strawberry plants have their first tiny strawberries on them, and the new mulberry tree is suddenly covered in long green berries! This is all a great sign. Maybe my mysterious gardening inability has passed and I will be able to fulfill all my planting urges.


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On March 29, 2017, we traveled to Petra, The Rose City, one of the new seven wonders of the World. Petra is a 2 and a half hour drive from Aqaba through desert and mountain ranges and past many Bedouin camps. Once at the site, there is about a 20 minute down hill walk past some tombs carved out of the rock to the entrance of the the Siq which leads to the city. The Siq is a long narrow natural pass cut through the mountains that opens up into a valley that is now known as Petra. At the end of the Siq is a very large and ornate tomb called The Treasury. As you leave the Treasury and head down into the valley you pass many smaller tombs on The Street of Façades and then a theater carved completely into the cliff. Passing the theater the next major site is the Royal Tombs, three very large tombs with intricate carvings. Below the Royal Tombs is the marble road that leads to the roman ruins and the main temple of Petra. We left Petra via a back road on donkeys to the new Bedouin town passing more ruins along the way.


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The One Sazerac Recipe You'll Need – Without All The Fuss
Try this Sazerac Recipe, it's the only one you'll need and the result is perfect, you just simplify a few things and the result is just as good.
This Sazerac recipe is not exactly like many of the traditional recipes claim you are supposed to make it. The drink itself is not very different, it's actually the way this classic drink should taste but I don't see why you need to use every traditional detail that goes into every drink. Sure if it makes the drink better or if you want to show off, be my guest. But if you're just having a drink with some friends just make it easier instead. But before we start mixing this great cocktail let's take a few minutes to find out what it is.
What is a Sazerac
The Sazerac is a New Orleans twist on a whiskey or cognac cocktail. That doesn't say too much does it? A whiskey or cognac cocktail can be any drink with that base. But it is often a short drink with not too many ingredients, known examples that aren't too far away from a Sazerac is the Old Fashioned, The Manhattan and The Hearst Cocktail. Basically cognac or whiskey/bourbon with something else.
A traditional Sazerac is made with cognac or rye whiskey, absinthe, Peychaud's Bitters and sugar. In many recipes, you'll also find Angostura Bitters, in my Sazerac recipe to name one. For more on cocktail bitters, I have a big guide here. Also since Absinthe has been hard to get your hands on, especially in the USA it has been substituted with similar anise spirits like Anisette and Pastis.
What's the fuss about making one?
The traditional method is that you use two old-fashioned glasses. One where you mix rye, sugar, and bitters with ice. The second glass gets just a rinse of absinthe and then the mixture from the first glass is poured into the second glass. I'm sure that can look fancy, but here's what I don't like about it.
Melting sugar in alcohol takes much longer than you would think. Cut down on time and it won't melt. I'm sure we've all experienced a Mojito or Old Fashioned where the bartender was in a rush. Why not just simple syrup? You'll get that water from the ice anyway and with simple syrup, you'll be sure to get all the sweetness the drink needs.
My second issue is the glass. Why mix it in a glass. Ever tried pouring a drink out of an Old Fashioned glass? Guess what? It sucks. Chances are you'll be serving half a drink and wiping the second half of the counter. So use something better, like a mixing jar or a shaker. Now let's try this Sazerac recipe, shall we?
Sazerac Recipe
serves 1
2 oz / 6 cl Rye Whisky
3 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
½ oz / 1.5 cl Absinthe
2 tsp simple syrup (1 part sugar + 1 part water)
ice for mixing
ice cube for serving
mixing pitcher or shaker
Add the absinthe to the glass and swirl so it coats the entire glass. Pour out (or back into the bottle) the remaining absinthe. In the pitcher add rye, bitters, simple syrup and a handful of ice. Stir for about 30 seconds. Strain into the glass. Add a big ice cube. Serve with a lemon zest.
Some claim that the drink should be served without ice. Maybe that's true but I don't get why, if you want it warm why stir it with ice before? Add a piece of ice, a big one so it doesn't dilute the drink too fast. Enjoy!
Drink Recipes at Ateriet
Making drinks is fun and I highly recommend trying some of my recipes out. Use them as a starting point to create new and fun stuff. Some of my drinks are classics with a twist, some a real classics and some are inventions of my own. You'll find them all here.


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Sunday, 09 September 2018 03:38 PM EDT
The Pentagon's latest research project is working on bridging the gap between a machine that learns from data and one that adds new insights, Defense One reported.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in July launched "Artificial Intelligence Exploration" to develop AI tools that will bring reasoning and contextual awareness to the technology.
"We're seeing huge advances [in AI] that seem kind of amazing, but they tend to overstate the capabilities of the system," John Everett, deputy director of DARPA's Information Innovation Office, told Defense One. "Our systems don't have a sense of the common-sense knowledge we take for granted in the physical world. This is an area that we're very interested in exploring."
DARPA last month announced the first research project under the AIE, which will build an artificial intelligence tool that can automatically generate, test, and refine its own scientific hypotheses, NextGov reported.
If successful, the project would essentially create a scientist from computer code, Defense One noted.
But systems like the "automating scientific knowledge extraction," or ASKE project, would not replace humans — just enhance their work, Valerie Browning, director of DARPA's Defense Sciences Office, told NextGov.
"Right now with machines as tools, they're only going to do what we tell them," Browning said. "It's not reciprocal in terms of suggesting courses of action . . . there's not really a discourse. A part of the grand vision really is machines transitioning from tools to collaborative partners."
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TrackX to Implement Linen Management Solution for International Hotel Chain
"In addition to a continued focus on our 'Land & Expand' strategy, we continue to add to our pipeline of new customers," stated Tim Harvie, CEO of TrackX. "Like other industries, the hotel and hospitality industry is challenged to more effectively manage their high-valued assets. The solution showcases the configurability of the GAME platform in addressing the asset management needs of the hospitality industry. While we will initially focus on the tracking of linens and towels for this customer, the solution will easily scale to support the management of other hotel assets."
By utilizing a network of RFID readers and antennas supplied by Alien Technology as well as handheld RFID scanners, the solution will identify RFID tagged linens as they pass through established gateways at the laundry chutes, linen storage closets and to and from laundry service providers. Comprehensive analytics will aid the customer in more effectively managing their linen inventories and ensuring accountability across their supply chain.
About TrackX
TrackX, Inc. (TSX.V:TKX ), based in Denver, Colorado, is an enterprise asset management company deploying SaaS-based solutions leveraging multiple auto-ID and sensor technologies for the comprehensive tracking and management of physical assets. TrackX's Global Asset Management for Enterprises (GAME) platform enables the IIoT by providing unique item level tracking, workflow processing, event management, alerting and powerful analytics to deliver solutions across a growing number of industries. TrackX delivers significant value to a growing list of Fortune 500 companies and for customers in industries such as transportation, beverage, brewery, healthcare, hi-tech, hospitality, mining, agriculture, horticulture, manufacturing and government.
For more information, please contact:
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To mark my immanent trip to Burma, I thought I'd write a quick post about the history of colonial tourists. By the twentieth century, British tourists were common in the colony. It was one stop on the established route followed by holiday-makers visiting British India. For colonial officials, these globe-trotters were easy targets for ridicule….
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Political Animals
I have just finished reading a story in which a community of pigs stage a revolution. No, not George Orwell's Animal Farm, but a play called Sukra written by the Burmese nationalist U Nu in 1937. The play was published by the Nagani Book Club, a leftist nationalist publisher in the colony, and has been…


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This may be the first time that I have mentioned this here, but I love the #almostdoctor community. In short: it's support, informed, and witty. I wanted to share with you readers (who are likely to be pre-medical students, less likely to be medical students, and extremely likely to be members of my family) the perspectives of other proud members the #almostdoctor community. Today, I am privileged to have Z (incoming medical student at University of Michigan) share with you the ten things that have her anxious about the transition to medical school. If you want to keep up with her journey, follow her blog (5 Year Journey: Medical School Edition) or her witty tweets.
As my frequent readers know, I love blogging via lists and bullet points. It's easy, gets my points across, and generally manageable for readers. So, following that tradition, here is a list of things that I'm currently anxious and nervous about for my transition to medical school.


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The potential of the comprehensive formalization of mathematics has fascinated me for quite some time - even though I am a working mathematician whose research is not part of the area conventionally known as "formal methods". Last week, I took the opportunity to attend the QED+20 workshop which was part of the Vienna Summer of Logic and which celebrates anniversary of the original QED workshops and manifesto.
20 years ago, the QED project set out to create "a computer system that effectively represents all important mathematical knowledge and techniques". Today, as even a cursory glance at the field will reveal, we are still a long way from achieving that goal. Nevertheless, as the excellent talks at QED+20 showed, there has been a tremendous amount of progress. I also enjoyed the workshop because the illustrious range of speakers at the event gave a wonderful overview of the many different perspectives of the researchers in the area.
However, for most of the workshop, I was struck by an odd incongruence between what researchers in the formalization of mathematics are doing and what I, as a working mathematician, would be interested in.
The potential of QED
From my perspective, there are many benefits that a wide-spread machine-processable formalization of mathematics could have. These potential benefits include:
- Ascertaining correctness of mathematical theorems.
- Revolutionizing mathematical publishing.
- Automation of large-scale case analyses and computations in mathematical proofs.
- Semantic search of mathematical methods and results.
- Computerized discovery of new mathematical ideas.
The incongruence that I perceived is this:
To me, correctness is the most boring and least important of these benefits. Yet, it appears to be the one thing that the QED community focuses on almost exclusively.
By contrast, the other items are all very interesting and appear crucial to the advancement of mathematics. However, with some exceptions they do not seem to be what current research in QED is all about. Let me explain what I mean by that by addressing these items one by one.
Mathematical research has two different modes: On the one hand, there is the "hot phase" of research (as Bruno Buchberger likes to call it) where you creatively explore new ideas to gain insight into the problem. On the other hand, there is the "cold phase" where you iron out the details and make your ideas precise in a semi-formal way. Research requires both of these processes. And yet, it is the hot phase that excites me and where actual discovery takes place. The cold phase, on the other hand, is due diligence – hard boring work that is necessary.
Now, just as John Harrison mentioned at one point, it would be fantastic if QED could make it easier for me to get the cold phase research over and done with. But instead, QED appears to be all about turning cold phase research into an art form all by itself. Beautiful ideas are ground out to a level of detail, formality and technicality that not only appears excessive and unintelligible (even to mathematicians) but that – as several talks at the workshop made evident – turn the project of formalizing a major proof into an epic undertaking, requiring quite literally man-decades of work.
The main outcome from these huge formalization projects is that a given proof is certified to be correct. For proofs of long-standing conjectures – such as Thomas Hales' proof of the Kepler conjecture – this certification is worthwhile. But in my every-day work as a mathematician, correctness is not an issue. The interesting thing about a proof of a theorem in a research paper is not that it provides a certificate of correctness for a theorem. A proof is interesting when it conveys an intuitive idea for why a theorem should hold and when it reveals a new method for solving a particular type of problem. Whether the authors got all the details right is beside the point. The interesting question is whether the key idea works, and for this the human semi-formal process of mathematical reasoning suffices. Moreover, to paraphrase an argument of Michael Kohlhase, even if a proof idea turns out to be wrong: Either the idea is irrelevant anyway and then it does not matter that it is wrong. Or the idea is interesting, and then people will look at it, work with it and figure out how to get it right by way of a social process.
The fact that formalism, technicalities and correctness are secondary becomes particularly evident when writing math papers. From my own experience I know the more technical a paper is, the less it gets looked at. By contrast, papers that convey the key ideas clearly get read, even if that entails a very informal presentation of theorems and proofs. This makes writing math papers a frustrating process, as one has to strike a fine balance between between technical correctness and conveying the intuitive ideas – often even within a single sentence. Here, innovation in mathematical publishing could be a huge help. Separating the concerns of conveying intuitive ideas and their technical implementation – possibly by going beyond the static PDF as the delivery format of mathematical articles – would make life a lot easier for authors, readers and computer alike.
Computations in Proofs
Another area where computers can contribute a lot to mathematical research is carrying out large-scale case analyses and large-scale computations as part of a mathematical proof. Both the proof of the Kepler conjecture and the 4-color theorem are prime examples of this, but they are far from the only ones. Researchers at RISC routinely do such computer proofs in many different areas of mathematics. However, even as far as doing computer proofs is concerned, there seems to be a mismatch between the interests of mathematicians and those of the formal methods community. On the one hand, Thomas Hales reported at QED+20 that a major challenge in formalizing the proof of the Kepler conjecture was getting the "human proof" and "computer proof" parts to play well with each other within the formalization. Apparently, ITP systems are not tailored towards executing formally verified algorithms efficiently and accepting their computation as part of a proof. On the other hand, the mathematical community interested in computer proofs is happy to accept the computations of computer algebra systems or custom-written code as proof, even though none of these systems are formally verified! So while there certainly is interest in computer proofs, I see hardly any interest in formally verified computer proofs.
Semantic Search
As I have written previously, I view the increasing fragmentation of mathematics as a huge challenge. More and more, researchers are unaware of results in other areas of mathematics that would be relevant to their own work. This hampers scientific progress, makes research more redundant and decreases the impact of new results. Here, an efficient semantic search over a comprehensive database of known results could be a tremendous help. If researchers could simply ask a mathematical question to an automated system and be pointed to the relevant literature – especially if the relevant literature is phrased in a vernacular of a different area of mathematics, which they may not be familiar with – research productivity would be drastically increased.
New Ideas
Finally, there is of course the utopian hope that one days computers can discover genuinely new mathematical ideas that also provide new intuitive insight to human mathematicians. In a limited form, there are already isolated examples of such discoveries. But it seems that in general this utopian scenario is still far far away.
In view of this apparent mismatch between the focus of the QED community and my own interest in the subject, I was feeling somewhat out-of-place during most of the workshop. Thus, I was very happy with Michael Kohlhase's talk towards the end of the day.
Kohlhase argued that when comparing the number of formalized theorems and the number of math research papers published, QED is losing the race by orders of magnitude (which reminded me of a I similar remark I made some time ago). He went on to say that correctness is over-rated (mirroring my sentiment exactly) and that to be able to bring the widespread formalization of mathematics about, we need to relax what we mean by "formal". He argued that there is a whole spectrum of "flexiformal" mathematical articles, between the informal math paper and the formal proof document in use today. Moreover, he argued that based on flexiformal articles we can achieve a whole range of objectives, such as semantic mathematical search, as long as we do not focus on certifying correctness - which is a non-issue anyway.
These comments were not only very well placed - their were also particularly delightful to me, as I had spent the afternoon brainstorming and scribbling notes (under the vague headline "zero foundations" ) on what I would expect from a useful "flexiformal" mathematical proof document.
What is a proof anyway?
I think, if we want to make any progress towards QED, then we have to radically rethink what we mean by a human-written mathematical proof document. Currently, a formal mathematical proof is taken to be a text written in a formal language with a precisely defined semantics which then is compiled – using a fixed ITP system with a deterministic behavior – to a low-level proof in terms of the axioms and inference rules of whatever logic the ITP is based on.
This, however, is not what a human-written proof in mathematical research paper is. A proof in a math paper has no well-defined semantics. It is not based on any clear-cut foundations of mathematics whatsoever. It is not "bound" to any fixed library of definitions and theorems or any fixed dictionary of terms. Notation and terminology is inconsistent. Citations are vague. But these are not bugs – these are features.
The purpose of a mathematical article is not to prove a theorem, it is to convey an idea.
For this purpose, lack of any precise foundations is an essential feature of mathematical writing. The informality makes the writing far more concise and it makes the ideas stand out more clearly. It makes the content far more resilient to changes in the way definitions and theorems are stated and used in the contemporary literature (truly formal proofs "bit-rot" alarmingly fast). And it makes the content accessible to a wider range of readers from a variety of different backgrounds.
Despite all this ambiguity, I still think it is perfectly feasible to define what a mathematical article really is:
A mathematical article is an advice string intended to help the reader solve the in general undecidable problem of proving a theorem.
Most importantly, the obligation of proof lies with the reader of the article – no matter whether the reader is a human or a computer: It is up to the reader to pick the foundations on which they want to base the proof. It is up to the reader which background knowledge they are going to use. It is up to the reader to pick the theorem that they want to prove in the first place (which may well be a different theorem than the author of the article had in mind). And in the end it is also up to the reader to decide whether the ideas contained in the article will be at all useful for the task the reader has set themselves. In particular, the advice string is in no way assumed to be trustworthy – it does not certify anything.
This "advice string interpretation" of a mathematical article lies somewhere in the middle of the flexiformal spectrum. How such a flexiformal proof sketch might look like in detail I do not know, even though I have speculated about this before. The main objectives would be to produce an article format that is
- vastly easier for humans to read,
- vastly easier for humans to write,
- vastly more flexible in its relation to previous knowledge,
- significantly more versatile in its applicability to different problems,
- not necessarily endowed with a precise formal meaning,
- not necessarily correct, but still
- useful to computers as advice for producing proofs.
Of course such a format would be vastly more difficult for a machine to handle than today's formal proofs. Which brings me to the last topic of the workshop.
Artificial Intelligence
Fortunately, artificial intelligence is (finally) making huge progress in QED as well. Cezary Kaliszyk and Josef Urban have done amazing work integrating existing provers with machine learning methods for premise selection and turning the whole thing into a service that people can actually use. To mention just one highlight, the hybrid system they constructed can prove automatically almost all of the individual steps that appear in today's large libraries of declarative proofs.
This is not quite as impressive as it looks at first glance: As I found in my own experiments with declarative proofs, a large part of the work involved in formalizing an existing mathematical proof goes into choosing the intermediate steps in just the right way. Nonetheless, it is already a huge help when systems can justify individual proof steps automatically.
Of course, we still have a long ways to go before such technology could automatically interpret flexiformal proof sketches in order to produce a fully formal proof acceptable to one of today's ITP systems. And, given that I called into doubt the importance of formal correctness checks, the question arises why we should strive to have machines translate flexiformal proof sketches into low-level formal proofs at all. Perhaps Kohlhase is right, and we can achieve all the objectives that we care about without getting computers to reason at a more formal level than humans would.
However, most interesting applications, for example semantic mathematical search, arise when computers can in fact reason at a deep level about the mathematical content. Precisely because mathematicians in different areas phrase the same ideas in different language, the most interesting synergies will arise when computers can help us draw the non-obvious connections. Of course, nothing says that this reasoning has to be formal. But, in order to make sure that humans and computers do in fact talk about the same thing when reasoning about mathematics, a formal foundation certainly does seem like the most natural common ground.
The QED community's focus on correctness may well be a necessary first step that we need to take before we can attack the more exciting applications. However, I think the time is right to start talking about what else QED can do, especially if the QED community want to attract the attention of the wider mathematical community. I am glad that projects like MathHub.info are taking first steps in this direction, and place a particular focus on exploring new kinds of mathematical documents. No matter whether we start from an entirely formal level and build on top of that, or whether we start from an informal level and dig down: Getting working mathematicians interested in QED will require new kinds of flexiformal mathematical articles – in between the extremes of complete formal correctness and informal prose stuck in a PDF file.


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A push for fungal phylogenies in the Open Tree of Life
The summer of 2014 was a busy one for the mycology group in the Open Tree of Life. Postdoctoral Fellow Romina Gazis gave presentations on the Open Tree of Life at the Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of America (June 8-12, East Lansing, Michigan) and the International Mycological Congress (Aug. 3-8, Bangkok, Thailand). You can download the IMC presentation here.
Meanwhile, back in Worcester, we continued to compile published phylogenetic trees for incorporation into the Open Tree database. Our goal is to create a synthetic tree that represents, as closely as possible, our current understanding of the broad outlines of fungal phylogenetic relationships, based on molecular studies and taxonomy in Index Fungorum and other sources. We plan to use the tree as the centerpiece of a revision of "higher level" fungal taxonomy, updating a study that we published with seventy coauthors way back in 20071.
To this end, we reviewed the recent and not-so-recent fungal biology literature, emphasizing studies that made a major contribution to understanding of higher-level relationships. We thus identified 314 important studies that are a priority for inclusion in Open Tree of Life. The list of "critical" higher-level studies can be viewed here. Mycologists reading this blog post may wish to check our list of references, and let us know if we have missed anything! Please realize that at this point, we are prioritizing studies that resolve major clades, or that have particularly strong sampling of large groups.
Having identified the critical higher-level analyses, our next job was to search for the phylogenies in TreeBase and upload them to Open Tree of Life via PhyloGrafter. We were assisted in this time-consuming work by Jiaqi Mei, an undergraduate from Laura Katz's lab at Smith College who joined us for the summer. 119 of the 314 "higher level" studies (38%) had studies available in TreeBase or other sources. In contrast, Drew et al. (2013)2 found that only about 17% of published phylogenetic studies from all groups have available phylogenies . This evidently demonstrates that mycologists who look at "big picture" phylogenetic relationships are particularly conscientious about data deposition! Nonetheless, there were still many missing phylogenies, so Jiaqi and Romina initiated an e-mail campaign, reaching out to authors of the 195 critical higher-level studies for which we had no trees. We are very grateful to have received responses from almost 50 authors so far. If you are among those who replied to our plea for data, we want to take this opportunity to say Thank You! You should have received a note from us—if not, something may have been lost in transit—please write again!
Our immediate goal is to compile phylogenies that address higher-level relationships, but we are not neglecting fungal studies at low taxonomic levels. In fact, one of Jiaqi's major tasks was to update our literature review of all fungal phylogenies, reviewing publications since the 2013 study of Drew et al.2, which included studies published up to 2012. Overall, we have identified 2314 fungal phylogenetic studies published since 2000 in 17 journals, of which 640 (28%) have associated treefiles.
It is hard to believe that the Open Tree of Life Project is already in its third year. Our major goal by the end of this academic year is to produce a synthetic phylogenetic tree that significantly updates the 2007 "AFTOL Classification"1 of Fungi, with direct connections to taxonomy and diverse phylogenetic studies. With the continued cooperation of the mycological community we are optimistic that we will reach this goal.
1Hibbett, D. S., M. Binder, J. F. Bischoff, M. Blackwell, P. F. Cannon, O. E. Eriksson, S. Huhndorf, T. James, P. M. Kirk, R. Lücking, T. Lumbsch, F. Lutzoni, P. B. Matheny, D. J. Mclaughlin, M. J. Powell, S. Redhead, C. L. Schoch, J. W. Spatafora, J. A. Stalpers, R. Vilgalys, M. C. Aime, A. Aptroot, R. Bauer, D. Begerow, G. L. Benny, L. A. Castlebury, P. W. Crous, Y.-C. Dai, W. Gams, D. M. Geiser, G. W. Griffith, C. Gueidan, D. L. Hawksworth, G. Hestmark, K. Hosaka, R. A. Humber, K. Hyde, J. E. Ironside, U. Kõljalg, C. P. Kurtzman, K.-H. Larsson, R. Lichtwardt, J. Longcore, J. Miądlikowska, A. Miller, J.-M. Moncalvo, S. Mozley-Standridge, F. Oberwinkler, E. Parmasto, V. Reeb, J. D. Rogers, C. Roux, L. Ryvarden, J. P. Sampaio, A. Schüßler, J. Sugiyama, R. G. Thorn, L. Tibell, W. A. Untereiner, C. Walker, Z. Wang, A. Weir, M. Weiß, M. M. White, K. Winka, Y.-J. Yao, N. Zhang. 2007. A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi. Mycological Research 111: 509-547. <http://www.clarku.edu/faculty/dhibbett/Reprints%20PDFs/Hibbett_et_al_AFTOL_class_2007.pdf>
2Drew, B.T., R. Gazis, P. Cabezas, K.S. Swithers, J. Deng, R. Rodriguez, L.A. Katz, K.A. Crandall, D.S. Hibbett, D.E. Soltis. 2013. Lost branches on the tree of life. PLOS Biology 11:e1001636. http://www.clarku.edu/faculty/dhibbett/Reprints%20PDFs/added_pdfs_Feb_2013/Drew_et_al_2013_LostBranchesOnTheTreeOfLife_PLOSbiology.pdf
David Hibbett is a professor of biology and PI of the Hibbett lab at Clark University.
Romina Gazis is a postdoc at Clark University.
Karen Cranston talks about open licensing and Dryad
Making scientific data available
In case you haven't seen the video yet, Open Tree of Life investigator Karen Cranston talked about sharing research data in open access data repositories during the Creative Commons 10-year celebration in Raleigh, North Carolina, last December. She mainly focused on the use of CC0 for Dryad, which is a curated general-purpose repository that makes the data underlying scientific publications discoverable and freely reusable. Cranston also mentioned that data availability leads to more citations, which is highly valued in the academic community. You can access the presentation slides as well (link).
Interview with Open Tree of Life investigator
Crandall featured on PeerJ blog
Open Tree of Life investigator Keith Crandall is featured on the blog of PeerJ, which is a peer-reviewed, open access journal on the Internet. Crandall is an Academic Editor for PeerJ and is the director of the Computational Biology Institute at George Washington University. He was the editor for the "living fossil" manuscript that got much news media attention last week. Here's the link to the interview.


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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) One of two pregnant orangutans at Topeka Zoo has lost her baby and was given an emergency hysterectomy to save her life.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Lena was in the third trimester of her first pregnancy when zoo staff became concerned Wednesday about her eating habits and lethargy.
The 30-year-old orangutan refused to present her belly for an ultrasound Thursday night, and at 12:30 p.m. Friday she was anesthetized and taken to the zoo's veterinary hospital.
An ultrasound showed a fetus but no heartbeat. The medical team performed an emergency cesarean section that revealed the baby was outside the uterus.
Lena is most widely known at the zoo as the orangutan that blows kisses. A second orangutan at the zoo is expected to give birth next month.