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Haiku Circus ran from 2003 – 2009 and appeared in over 30 newspapers across the U.S., Canada, and internationally. The author, Shawn Wickens (originally publishing under the pseudonym Ken Sakamoto) decided to bring the strips out of "retirement"' after finding a pirated collection of Haiku Circus online.
The official version is available in paperback at Amazon.
Apparently there is a pirated Haiku Circus book out there. Since first coming to my attention it has been removed from Amazon but is still available at amazon.uk. Keep checking as Haiku Circus works on the official, authorized version.

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Mark Wahlberg's Wife Pregnant With Fifth Baby — Congrats
Mark and his wife Rhea Durham will be expanding their funky bunch. Rhea found out about her pregnancy in May, and the couple is thrilled to welcome baby number five!
Mark Wahlberg knows a thing or two about big families. As the youngest of nine children, it's no wonder the Ted star is excited to add a fifth kid to his already full house. With Rhea Durham headed into her third month, the happy couple can't wait for their new bundle of joy!
"She just found out in May and is thrilled," a source tells Star magazine. The 34-year-old former model and her actor hubby have their hands full with Ella, 8, Michael, 6, Brendan, 3, and Grace, 2. The couple started dating in 2001, and got married in 2009.
Mark once said that four was enough for him, but he is looking forward to bringing baby number five on board. Although he frequently talks about his tough upbringing in a family of 12, he said he was raised with a lot of love, and he tries to be a positive role model for his children.
"My mission in life is to raise my kids right. With all the success I've had in the world, if I fail at that, my life means nothing," he has said.
It is clear that Mark and Rhea are already great parents, and we are so excited for their new arrival!
What do YOU think HollyMoms? Is another baby a good idea for Mark and Rhea?
— Christina Stiehl
More celeb pregnancy news:
- Adele Due To Give Birth In TWO Months
- Lily Allen Expecting Her Second Child — Congrats
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The very cool natural-language search startup Powerset, home to renowned Rails programmers Josh Susser and Kevin Clark, sent me an invite the other day to something called Powerlabs.
So I clicked the link and got a page saying thanks for your interest, tons of people are fascinated by Powerlabs, but if you give us your name, we'll send you an invite.
So I scratched my head a bit, filled in my name, and got another e-mail about ten minutes ago. They said that rather than send a long e-mail, they'd made a short screencast. I thought, ah ha, this is a good thing. I've blogged many times about how I like screencasts and about specific screencasts I like. So I click the link and get a page on YouTube explaining that the video is private and I need to accept the invitation to join the friends list of the video's creator.
But there's no such invitation in my YouTube inbox; they didn't even ask for my YouTube identity.
So, as cool as Powerset is, I have to say, they're a bit confused here.
Update: got the correct link in another e-mail. Now less confused.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Powerset Confused
Posted by Giles Bowkett at 4:17 PM
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- Steve NewcombJune 11, 2007 at 8:53:00 AM PDT
Hey Giles,ReplyDelete
Thanks for the catch. It's fixed now. Steve Newcomb COO & Founder of Powerset
Ooops the mistake was mine. . . I had set the video to private instead of public. You should be able to see the video now at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D6czWVYc-oReplyDelete
I'd love to hear your comments.
Wow. Hello Powerset guys! Got the new YouTube link. Will have a look.ReplyDelete
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
New Album from Superhuman Happiness
Hands, the new album from one of my favorite bands on the planet, Superhuman Happiness, out March 5, 2013 on Royal Potato Family Records, is finally available for mass consumption. Led by Stuart Bogie (Antibalas, Sway Machinery, Iron and Wine, TV on the Radio, etc. etc.), Superhuman Happiness is a collage of sounds and colors all designed to move you physically and otherwise.
I first saw Superhuman Happiness in 2007 at a crowded Zebulon in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. A lot has changed about the band in that time (the personnel, the instrumentation) but that same rhythmic, danceable, universally resonant sound is still there.
It's been extremely interesting to see SHH grow over the years, and this album definitely represents a major step forward in that growth. The album is streamable on all the major providers, but if you're interested paying for the music in a way that will get back to the musicians, go to the label website and pick up the album on vinyl, CD, or digitally. This music lives up to its name. It is deeply human in the best way possible.
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The department offers a minor in statistics. The focus of the minor can take many directions depending on the MA/ST courses taken. Students should discuss their academic and career interests with a department faculty member. Requirements for a minor are a minimum of six, three- or four-credit MA/ST courses including:
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Sat in the heart of Camden Town, overlooking the West Yard food market and Regent's Canal, Lockside is the dream setting for all kinds of events from birthdays and leaving dos or just an unforgettable night out with your nearest and dearest.
Here at Lockside Camden, drinks are our passion. We have arranged our menus to take you on a journey through a vast variety of premium spirits, classic cocktails and our own unique creations. Our beer portfolio holds everyone's favourites but also pays homage to the rapidly growing crop of delicious English craft beers…So come get your drink on!


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|Michael Jackson and Jermaine Jackson, circa 1972 (Property of R. Alexander, all rights reserved)
My father's family is from Dallas county, Alabama. During the 1960's and early 1970's my cousin Betty attended Tuskegee (Institute) University. While there she met a group of college students, including Milan Williams and Tom Joyner. Milan was the keyboardist for a college band, The Commodores. Milan and Betty dated for quite some time and eventually became engaged, though they never married. The Commodores signed to Motown and opened for the Jackson 5 while touring in the early 1970's possibly 1972. This is when I suspect this photo was taken. They are inside an airplane enjoying a quick relaxing moment with someone who may be their tour manager.
This picture find was so phenomenally awesome to me that I just had to share it on the blog.


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What a month for Zaha Hadid. First she celebrated the grand opening of Galaxy Soho in Beijing, then was declared one of Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year 2012, and next weekend will be the official press preview of her extraordinary Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in East Lansing, Michigan. The two projects are both intrinsically 'Zaha' and yet display opposing elements of the architect's style.
The Galaxy Soho project - a 330,000 sq m commercial complex comprised of office, retail and entertainment outlets - is defined by its rolling swathes of stone encased in aluminium cladding and insulated glass. Its effortlessly elegant form waves like a ribbon in the breeze in a smooth movement that we have come to expect from Hadid's architecture.
In direct contrast, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum cuts a sharp silhouette with keen ridges across its asymmetrical form. No curving edges here, just slanting strokes in parallel lines, intersected with more of the same. A full report on the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum will be published in next week's News Review (13 November 2012) following the press preview this coming weekend.
Construction on the Galaxy Soho development was 30 months beginning to end, with the 67m-high concrete construction flowing in bounds across the site in an organic expression of Beijing's vibrant city life. The complex is comprised of four separate buildings set apart, fused or linked with a series of skybridges.
In an interview with Glamour Magazine which celebrated Hadid's achievements in the industry by naming her one of its Women of the Year 2012, she referenced 'rivers, dunes…the fluid landscape of the Middle East' as direct inspiration for her architectural projects and this can clearly be noted in this most recent of schemes.
The bands of aluminium which wrap the Galaxy Soho development and the webbed skybridges that link the key volumes could be attributed to the organic movement of sand in the deserts of the Middle East. There are also local references at play, as Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) details: "The great interior courts of the project are a reflection of traditional Chinese architecture where courtyards create an internal world of continuous open spaces.
"Here, the architecture is no longer composed of rigid blocks, but instead comprised of volumes which coalesce to create a world of continuous mutual adaptation and fluid movement between each building."
Hadid's architecture is not only recognisable but lends a certain prestige to a new development which usually leads to financial gain. All of the commercials units at the Galaxy Soho development sold out in 2011. With a LEED Silver rating and vast quantities of natural light, this 18-floor complex is highly attractive to clients in Beijing and if the 15,000-strong opening ceremony is anything to go by, Galaxy Soho is destined to be a very successful scheme indeed.
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Editor�s note: This is the ninth in a series of stories profiling local business people who have captured the American Dream and whose success extends well beyond Northwest Florida.
FORT WALTON BEACH � In 1946, Dr. Henry White opened the city�s first doctor�s office on the first floor of his two-story home on Brooks Street.
Since those early days when White performed surgery, delivered babies and acted as a primary care physician, the medical practice that bares his name has grown into a medical landmark in the community and one of the largest employers in Okaloosa County, whose network of more than 50 physicians see more than 250,000 patient visits a year.
For many people, that would be the definition of the American Dream.
�We are the largest independent multispecialty practice between Pensacola and Jacksonville,� said Alan Gieseman, chief operating officer of White-Wilson Medical Center. �That is particularly significant because the population isn�t very high, so you have a significant penetration rate.
�If you go to Central Florida, for example, there are several multispecialty practices that have more than 100 physicians in each, but the population is so big that they don�t have the same influence that we do,� Gieseman added.
He said White-Wilson continues to grow, and he expects the medical center to have another 60 years ahead of it.
�Our commitment at White-Wilson is to be the community�s choice,� Gieseman said. �We�ve made a commitment over the years to bring in quality physicians, and we will continue to do that. That�s why we make the investment in the equipment and the investment in the facilities. Our challenge is to grow appropriately enough to meet the needs of our patients.�
Early growth
White, who graduated Tulane University�s medical school in 1939, operated his doctor�s office on his own until early 1950s. His small clinic included hospital beds, an X-ray machine, a lab and a surgical area.
�Back then, a doctor worked until there were no patients left to see,� White said in a 1984 interview with the then Playground Daily News. �My office hours were from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. After that, I�d start making my house calls, which often ran well into the night. In the old days, people were born at home and they wanted to die at home. They did their best to avoid clinics and hospitals.�
However, to meet increased demand from more patients, White brought in Dr. Joseph Wilson, an old friend from his medical school days, to be his partner in 1952. They formed White-Wilson Clinic.
Their clinic continued to grow throughout the decade. In February 1957, the first physician not named White or Wilson joined the staff when Dr. William Thompson was hired.
�They were very different types of people,� said Thompson, who is 91 and retired. �Dr. Wilson�s complaint of Dr. White was that he went in eccentric and concentric types of circles and finally came up with the right diagnosis but had no idea how he did it. Dr. White�s complaint of Dr. Wilson was that he would jump to a conclusion, but darn he wasn�t right 90 percent of the time without going through the gyrations.�
Thompson and Wilson would disagree from time to time to the point that Wilson wanted to have Thompson removed from the practice. However, White had to go along with it.
Wilson voted to remove Thompson while White voted to keep him in. A third party was brought in to break the tie and voted to keep Thompson at White-Wilson.
�To me, (Thompson) was as important as White or Wilson,� said Dr. Doug Rigby, a pediatrician and president of the board for the medical center. �It should have been the White-Wilson-Thompson Clinic, but that�s another story.�
Additional doctors and specialists were brought in and the practice continued to expand. The clinic moved to a larger building on Hospital Road in 1960, but even outgrew that fairly quickly.
A new, nearly 45,000-square-foot facility on Mar Walt Drive was built to meet the growing needs pf Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, which opened in 1977.
Trying times
In February 1986, White decided to take a one-year leave of absence from the medical center. He passed away two months later.
Wilson retired in September 1990 and passed away in April 1995.
In 1989, a group of physicians got together and purchased White-Wilson Medical Center.
Since then, White-Wilson has been privately held by the physicians themselves. About 80 percent of the more than 50 physicians at White-Wilson are shareholders, and Gieseman said the intent is for all of them to become shareholders.
�We don�t focus on the financial side here,� Gieseman said. �What we want to do is be able to achieve a certain economy of scale so that we can remain independent.�
Doctors are hired through an associate contract. After their contract expires, they can become shareholders of the medical center.
PhyCor Inc., a Nashville-based management company that also operated a clinic in Pensacola, was brought in to help manage White-Wilson in 1997.
Doctors were disappointed with how PhyCor was running the company to the point that some of them left. Many of the senior physicians at PhyCor�s Pensacola clinic eventually left the firm, and there was concern that White-Wilson might have to close or cut back its operations.
A group of physicians got together and bought out the management company in March of 2000.
�We had to go through some significant tough times to terminate our affiliation, but we got it done once PhyCor understood that there was no other option,� Rigby wrote in an email.
�The practice of medicine hasn�t changed. The business of medicine has changed dramatically� added Dr. Karl Metz, a gynecologist medical director at White-Wilson. �Doctors are traditionally not good business people because they�ve spent their lives learning to practice medicine. Medicine is as much an art as it is a science, and one of the redeeming things working with an organization like this is that we have great physicians who know their art and know how to practice their medicine. We have great leaders who run our business.�
Looking ahead
White-Wilson Medical Center has more than 50 physicians in 20 specialties. It was the first organization in the area to have its own MRI machine and CT scanner.
White-Wilson has grown substantially over the years and continues to do so. Last year, it purchased two new facilities on Mar Walt Drive near its main campus. One of them houses the medical center�s orthopedics, physical therapy and dermatology practices, and the other building soon will house its ophthalmology practice.
�We anticipate expanding to more sites,� Gieseman said. �We feel we have the responsibility to meet (the community�s needs) as their needs change. We�re investing heavily in new facilities. We have on the drawing boards some expansion plans for some other facilities. That�s real important to us.�
White-Wilson also has expanded beyond Fort Walton Beach. It opened an office in Destin in 1983. That was followed by a Bluewater Bay office in 1999.
Since opening the main building on Mar Walt Drive in 1977, White-Wilson�s footprint has grown from 44,866 square feet to 133,290 square feet.
The medical center continues to make other improvements. Last year, it underwent a lengthy process of digitizing more than 12 million pieces of paper to update patient records to an electronic system that allows all doctors to gain quicker access to patients� medical information.
�We don�t wait until we have to do something,� said Dr. Gregory Piacente, a neurologist and medical director at White-Wilson. �We�re trying to come up with a strategy for the future, whether it�s electronic medical records or just looking at where medicine is going. We all know five years from now it�s going to be a whole different animal, but we don�t want to change the basic element that we�re patient-oriented. How it gets delivered, how it we plan for that, that�s pretty tough for any practice to plan for and be viable in the future.�
Thompson said Drs. White and Wilson would probably have differing opinions on the evolution of the medical center.
�Dr. White would be supportive 100 percent of the time,� Thompson said. �Dr. Wilson could be counted on every once in a while to do something he thought was to his own interest. He�s the only guy I ever knew who could be walking in a certain direction telling a certain tale, turn around 180 degrees and walk back the other way spouting something else and convince you that�s what he was doing in the first place.�
Contact Daily News Business Editor Dusty Ricketts at 850-315-4448 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @DustyRnwfdn.


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MARSHALL (AP) � A 45-year-old man has been charged in the stabbing death of a woman in Marshall.
Terry Thompson of Marshall was charged yesterday in Saline County with one count each of first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
The Marshall Democrat-News reported that Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers took Thompson into custody Thursday night in Clarksville. The Mississippi River town is about 120 miles east of Marshall.
Thompson is accused in the death of 32-year-old Rebecca Fisher.
She was lying on the porch of her home when emergency workers arrived Wednesday night. She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.


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China has withdrawn its badminton players from this week's Japan Open and a Japanese cycling team has been kicked out of a race in China amid a worsening political crisis over disputed islands.
Yoshio Sekine, vice-chairman of the Japan Badminton Association, confirmed on Tuesday that the players from China had pulled out of the tournament.
"Chinese athletes cancelled their appearance in this tournament, which is unfortunate," he said at a Japan Open news conference, without discussing the motives for their withdrawal.
"However, there are still a lot of good athletes in this tournament and I am sure they will put on a good performance."
Another official at the event said that while he had not heard any specific reason for their absence "some sort of political reason could be suspected".
A long-standing dispute over an uninhabited group of islands in the East China Sea -- known as the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China -- took a fresh twist on Tuesday after two Japanese activists landed on one of the islands.
Beijing described the landing as provocative, lodged a complaint with Tokyo and said it reserved the right to "take further action".
As anti-Japan protests flared across China, cycling's governing body (UCI) expressed concern for Japanese riders taking part in races there.
"What matters is everyone's safety and it is true that the situation can become worrying," the UCI's Global Cycling Promotion director Alain Rumpf told Reuters.
"For the moment, we are being told that the Japanese interests in China can be threatened".
A UCI official told Reuters that Japanese team Aisan had been kicked out of the Tour of China and that there were fears a similar move could be made at the Oct. 9-13 Tour of Beijing.
"It is true that Japanese were expelled," UCI President Pat McQuaid told Reuters.
It was unclear whether a Japanese rider from a Malaysian team had also been kicked out.
Li Yongbo, the general coach of China's badminton team, was reported as saying the cancellation was due to the team's tiredness after playing at the Olympics, the Badminton Super League and the Masters Super Series in a row.
Li could not be reached by a Reuters reporter.
An employee of the Table Tennis & Badminton Management Center at General Administration of Sport of China said the decision to miss the tournament in Japan had been made in the past two days, but she would not say why.
The political row escalated on the anniversary of Japan's pre-war invasion of its giant neighbour, with relations between Asia's two biggest economies deteriorating badly.
The dispute led to a day of anti-Japan protests in China.
Japanese businesses shut hundreds of stores and plants across China and Japan's embassy in Beijing again came under siege by protesters hurling water bottles, waving Chinese flags, and chanting anti-Japan slogans, evoking war-time enmity.
Last week the Japanese government decided to nationalise some of the islands, buying them from a private Japanese owner, in a move which inflamed the dispute.
Political analysts say China also upped the stakes last week when it announced precise boundaries for waters it claims around the islands.
China's badminton elite would appear to be another casualty of the diplomatic row.
Brief profiles of the leading Chinese players still appeared on the tournament's website on Tuesday in a section highlighting favourites for victory.
Japanese player Sho Sasaki was disappointed the Chinese would not be taking part.
"Honestly speaking, I enjoy playing against opponents from China," he said. "It is one of the things I look forward to, and without their presence in this tournament, there is something that seems lacking."
Their absence opens the door for Malaysia's world number two Lee Chong Wei to reclaim the title, having suffered a shock defeat to China's Chen Long in last year's title match.
"It's unfortunate that China have withdrawn as it will certainly dilute the level of competition," Malaysia's singles coach Rashid Sidek said. "Chong Wei is our trump card."
With the Chinese out of the men's draw, Lee Chong Wei is seeded first seed, Denmark's Peter Gade second, Simon Santoso of Indonesia third and Japan's Sho seeded fourth.
The women's draw is headed by Dane Tine Baun, South Korea's Ji Hyun-sung, Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand, and South Korean Yeon Ju-bae.


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Cover Story
Saciido Shaie, a Somali refugee living in Minneapolis, just wants to be part of the American fabric.
What do our bodies—dreadlocks, muscles, thighs, and all—teach us about God?
Seven in 10 Americans don't discuss global warming with family or friends. It's time to start. Here's how.
Black and Latino churches are becoming strong voices for people and creation.
Accompanying Jesus in Trump's America.
The goal of education reform should be to create opportunity for every child.
Culture Watch
At first my 'resistance library' was a protective wall. But is that really what books are made for?
Ruined, by Ruth Everhart. Tyndale House.
The Year of Small Things: Radical Faith for the Rest of Us, by Sarah Arthur & Erin F. Wasinger. Brazos Press.
Saint or Sinner? Three new books examine the life of Martin Luther.
An excerpt from Radical Spirit: 12 Ways to Live a Free and Authentic Life, by Joan Chittister, OSB
A more powerful corporate establishment is not exactly what Rust Belt Trump voters were looking for.
Four May cultural recommendations from our editors.
Perhaps we need to turn our attention to beauty even more than opposition.
The Root of Peacemaking
Letters to the editor from Sojourners readers
Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle A
To see blooms adorning a church on Ash Wednesday—instead of at Easter—scrambles the spiritual metaphor.
The fossil-fuel industry has been running a disinformation game for more than a quarter centry.
Funny business by Ed Spivey Jr.
Thousands of people of faith have decided to act.
'I never saw the image of God in myself before.'


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Unit 11: The Metallic World—Electrochemistry and Coordination Compounds
Chemistry Timeline
In this interactive, you will learn more about key chemistry-related people and events from prehistoric times to the present. The timeline targets major breakthroughs in the development of chemical science, including the discovery of key elements, as well as the birth and death dates of important contributors chemistry history. As you scroll forward and backward in time, or use a navigation bar to quickly jump to different points of chemical history, you will see the connection between chemical discoveries and other key events in human history. Clicking on a person or date will bring up more information about the selection and provide links to relevant material in the Units. Targeted for all Units 1-13.
The Chemistry of Running
You will learn about the chemistry of exercise through this running simulation lab. Key concepts include: the difference between aerobic and anaerobic exercise, aerobic fitness level (represented by a measure called VO2max), and blood pH. When the lab starts, you will run a marathon, controlling the speed of your runner and seeing how changing levels of effort changes the acid-base balance in the body. You will be challenged to improve your time by reviewing your chemical parameters after each race, and doing additional training to improve maximum aerobic levels. This lab is a practical application of the content in Units 6-11, including solutions, acid-base reactions, thermodynamics, and energy. Lesson Plan | Student Worksheet


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Many home-heating systems are dependent upon electric power. Power supply interruptions can last from a few hours to several days and are often caused by freezing rain, sleet storms and/or high winds which damage power lines and equipment. An extended power failure during winter months, and subsequent loss of heating, can result in cold, damp homes, severe living conditions and damage to walls, floors and plumbing.
Following these simple suggestions can reduce the harmful effects of power and heating failure in sub-zero weather.
Precautions to take
· You can install a non-electric standby stove or heater. Choose heating units that are not dependent on an electric motor, electric fan or some other electrical device to function. It is also important to adequately vent the stove or heater with the type of chimney flue specified for it. Never connect two heating units to the same chimney flue at the same time. If it is necessary to vent the standby heater to the existing chimney flue used by the furnace, first disconnect the furnace from it.
· If you have a wood-burning fireplace, clean the flue every fall in preparation for its use for home heating (i.e. sustained use at high temperatures). The creosote in a flue can be ignited by sustained high temperatures and develop into a chimney fire.
· If you have a fireplace, keep a good supply of fuel on hand. Do not forget that starting a fire requires a good supply of paper, kindling (shingles or small twigs), larger pieces of wood (split pieces of 2x4's or 2inch wide tree branches) and lastly larger logs. All wood should be selected well before the emergency and stored in a dry place. Your paper, kindling and larger pieces of wood can be stored in a large covered Walmart's container.
· Successful fire starting is best accomplished in the following manner. Have all 4 categories of fuel at hand before starting, each in it's own separate pile. Place a large bundle of paper in the fireplace and light it, place a large pile of kindling on the paper. Light the paper. When the kindling is burning well, place half of your larger pieces of wood on the fire. When the larger pieces of wood are burning well, place the second half of your larger pieces of wood on the fire. When this second half of the larger pieces of wood are burning well, place a few split logs on the fire. Add more logs, as needed.
· If the standby heating unit will use the normal house oil or gas supply, have it connected with shut-off valves by a competent technician.
· Before considering the use of an emergency generator during a power failure, check with furnace, appliance and lighting fixture dealers or manufacturers regarding power requirements and proper operating procedures.
· If someone in the home relies on electrically powered life-sustaining equipment, register with your electric supply authority and your community emergency program.
· Keep an emergency survival kit -- containing provisions for at least three days -- stored in a handy place. The kit should include:
o non-perishable food and water
o emergency lighting such as flashlights with spare batteries, candles, matches/lighter, or coal-oil lanterns and fuel
o fuel stove and fuel (follow manufacturer's instructions)
o blankets and warm clothing
o a battery-powered radio and spare batteries.
You should also prepare a portable emergency survival kit in the event that you have to evacuate your home.
If there is a power failure
Check whether the power failure is limited to your home. If your neighbors' power is still on, check your own circuit-breaker panel or fuse box. If the problem is not a breaker or a fuse, check the service wires leading to the house. If they are obviously damaged or on the ground, stay well back and notify your electric supply authority (keep the number along with other emergency numbers near your telephone).
If your neighbors' power is also out, notify your electric supply authority.
Turn off all tools, appliances and electronic equipment -- and turn the thermostat(s) for the home heating system down to minimum -- for the following reasons:
· Tools and appliances left on will start up automatically upon restoration of service; turning them off will prevent injury, damage or fire.
· If a power surge follows start-up, it could damage sensitive electronic equipment such as computers, microwaves and VCRs. (Protecting these appliances with a surge-proof powerbar is a smart and inexpensive precaution.)
· Power can be restored more easily when there is not a heavy load on the electrical system.
Leave one light switch on, so you know when power is restored.
Don't open your freezer or fridge unless it is absolutely necessary. A full freezer will keep food frozen for 24 to 36 hours if the door remains closed.
Don't use charcoal or gas barbecues, camping heating equipment or home generators indoors. They give off carbon monoxide. Because you can't smell or see it, carbon monoxide can cause health problems and even kill you before you know it's there.
Use proper candle holders. Never leave lit candles unattended.
Use your battery-powered radio for local information.
Remember that even in very cold weather, a house with closed doors and windows will not become too cold for comfort for several hours.
If you have a backup heating unit, turn it on before the house gets too cold. If the unit must be vented to the same chimney flue as the furnace, switch the furnace off before disconnecting the furnace flue. (See above on the installation of backup heating units.)
Home generators are handy for backup electricity in case of an outage, but there are hazards to keep in mind. Serious accidents can result when a home generator is connected to an existing electrical circuit. If the electricity produced by the home generator follows the electrical lines back to the transformer, and the current is transformed to a higher voltage, the lives of any utility employees working on the lines nearby are endangered. Anyone touching equipment powered by the generator is also in danger. Also, when the main electric power comes back on, a generator connected to the existing electrical circuit will result in an explosion and fire.
Direct installation of a generator to an existing electrical system should only be done by a qualified technician and approved by your electric supply authority.
To operate a generator safely:
· Follow the manufacturer's instructions.
· Always ensure that the generator operates outdoors in well-ventilated conditions, well away from doors or windows, to prevent exhaust gases from entering the house.
· Connect lights and appliances directly to the generator. If extension cords must be used, ensure they are properly rated, CSA-approved cords.
If you have to evacuate
A house can be damaged by low temperatures, but the major threat is to the plumbing system. If a standby heating system is used, check to see that no part of the plumbing system can freeze.
If the house must be evacuated, protect it by taking the following precautions:
· Turn off the main breaker or switch of the circuit-breaker panel or power-supply box.
· Turn off the water main where it enters the house. Protect the valve, inlet pipe and meter or pump with blankets or insulation material.
· Drain the water from your plumbing system. Starting at the top of the house, open all taps and flush toilets several times. Go to the basement and open the drain valve. Drain your hot water tank by attaching a hose to the tank drain valve and running it to the basement floor drain. (If you drain a gas-fired water tank, the pilot light should be turned out -- and the local gas supplier should be called to re-light it!)
· Unhook washing-machine hoses and drain.
· Do not worry about small amounts of water trapped in horizontal pipes. Add a small amount of glycol or antifreeze to water left in the toilet bowl, the sink and bathtub traps.
· If your house is protected from groundwater by a sump pump, clear valuables from the basement floor in case of flooding.
· Listen to a battery-operated or car radio for more detailed local advice and instructions.
Downed power line
Call your electric supply authority with the exact location of the downed line. Keep back a minimum of 33 feet from wires or anything in contact with them and warn others of the danger. Always assume that the lines are live. It is difficult to distinguish between power lines and other utility lines (for example, telephone or cable lines) and they also carry sufficient power to cause harm. Therefore, treat all lines as a danger.
After the power returns
· If the main electric switch was turned off, check to ensure appliances, electric heaters, TVs, microwave ovens, computers, etc are unplugged to prevent damage from a power surge when the power is restored.
· Do not enter a flooded basement unless you are sure the power is disconnected.
· Do not use flooded appliances, electrical outlets, switch boxes or fuse-breaker panels until they have been checked and cleaned by a qualified technician.
· Replace the furnace flue (if removed) and turn off the fuel to the standby heating unit.
· Switch on the main electric supply.
· Give the electrical system a chance to stabilize before reconnecting tools and appliances. Turn the heating system thermostats up first, followed in a couple of minutes by reconnection of the fridge and freezer. Wait 10 to 15 minutes before reconnecting all other tools and appliances.
· Close the drain valve in the basement.
· Turn on the water supply. Close lowest valves/taps first and allow air to escape from upper taps.
· Make sure that the hot water heater is filled before turning on its power supply.
· Rinse out dishwasher and washing machine if necessary.
· Warm house slightly above normal temperature for a few hours to allow it to dry thoroughly.
· Check food supplies in refrigerators, freezers and cupboards for signs of spoilage. If a freezer door has been kept closed, food should stay frozen 24 to 36 hours, depending on the temperature. When food begins to defrost (usually after two days), it should be cooked; otherwise it should be destroyed in accordance with instructions from your local public health authorities.
· As a general precaution, keep a bag of ice cubes in the freezer. If you return home after a period of absence and the ice has melted and refrozen, there is a good chance that the food is spoiled.
· Restock your emergency survival kit so the supplies will be there when needed again.


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Welcome to the Asia Stocks live blog, a running account of what the region's share markets are doing, along with other news. Today, markets are mostly higher on strong U.S. cues, while Shanghai stocks and the Australian dollar drop as China's economic data slightly disappoint.
5:23 am | Chinese policy easing on the way after softer data, analysts say | by Laura He
China's April economic data came in a little softer than analysts had expected, but markets seemed to be quite "cool": Hong Kong stocks closed up 0.4%, holding their early gains, and Shanghai trimmed losses and ended only 0.1% lower.
Analysts said investors are reacting with more calmness amid expectations of policy easing ahead.
"Weakness overall (of the results) is led by the housing market," analysts from Societe Generale said in a note, "the market reaction is to look for PBOC (People's Bank of China) easing, and therefore to see the news as risk-friendly."
Likewise, Nomura economist Zhiwei Zhang expects the central bank to loosen monetary policy.
"The pressure for more policy easing continues to build up," he said in a note.
He estimated that the PBOC may cut the reserve requirement ratio by 50 basis points in the second quarter.
He maintained his forecast that China's growth would slow to 7.1% in the second quarter from 7.4% in the first quarter.
Louis Kuijs from RBS said that it's also possible that the government may consider some easing to avoid a hard landing of the property sector.
"We think the government will have to walk a fine line in the coming years with regard to the real estate sector, avoiding a steep downturn in real estate activity, including by possibly some easing of current restrictions," Kuijs said.
4:00 am | Markets check -- 4:00 p.m. in Hong Kong
Tokyo (Nikkei Average) up 2% (closed)
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 0.4% (closed)
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) down 0.1% (closed)
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) up 0.9% (closed)
Seoul (Kospi) up 0.9% (closed)
Taipei (Taiex) up 0.1% (closed)
2:43 am | Markets check -- 3:43 p.m. in Tokyo
Tokyo (Nikkei Average) up 2% (closed)
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 0.4%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) down 0.2%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) up 0.9%
Seoul (Kospi) up 0.9%
Mumbai (Sensex) up 2%
Taipei (Taiex) up 0.1%
2:18 am | China factory output, retail sales miss forecasts | by Laura He
China's industrial production slowed to 8.7% in April from a year earlier, compared to 8.8% in March, while retail-sales growth also eased to 11.9% from 12.2% in March, the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday.
Both data slightly missed the forecasts, as markets expected the factory output to expand 8.9% and retail sales to increase 12.2% in the period, according to a Wall Street Journal poll of economists.
Among other data, urban fixed-asset investment (FAI) rose 17.3% for the first four months of year, down 0.3 percentage points from the January-to-March period.
In a Tuesday note ahead of the data release, analysts from Credit Agricole said the results might confirm softness of the Chinese economy, as the government stimulus measures announced earlier this year need time to show up in hard data.
The markets were showing little reaction immediately after the release. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index held its 0.3% gain, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.3%.
However, the Australian dollar, which is often sensitive to economic news from China, fell slightly to 93.41 U.S. cents from 93.48 U.S. cents seen ahead of the data release. On Monday, the Aussie was buying 93.59 U.S. cents.
1:30 am | Markets check -- 1:29 p.m. in Hong Kong
Tokyo (Nikkei Average) up 2.1%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 0.3%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) down 0.2%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) up 0.8%
Seoul (Kospi) up 1%
Mumbai (Sensex) up 1.7%
Taipei (Taiex) up 0.2%
1:02 am | Comments on China | by Mike Kitchen
In some fresh commentary out today, MarketWatch looks at whether Hong Kong is turning into a mini-Shanghai, and just how serious the Chinese Communist Party is about reform.
In his weekly column, Craig Stephen looks at some recent regulatory moves in Hong Kong and wonders if the city is set to exchange its traditional "tycoon crony capitalism" model for a mainland Chinese "state-run monopoly" system.
Then, Satyajit Das writes that China's ruling party is standing in the way of its own reform efforts. Das points to "increasing repression and intolerance" as evidence that change in China will be a long process.
12:27 am | What's all this about China market reform? | by Mike Kitchen
A sizable number of news reports have attributed yesterday's big stock rallies in Hong Kong and Shanghai to China's new blueprint for financial-market reform, issued late last Friday.
While the reform plans and the stock gains may or may not be connected (the rally didn't start until a couple hours into trading), the new guidelines are certainly worth taking a look at.
In its explainer on this latest Chinese reform document, Caixin Online notes that the blueprint is really just an update to regulations published a decade ago.
You can see the Caixin report here, and follow the link at the end of the story to see an infographic on the main points of the new guidelines.
12:11 am | Markets check -- 12:11 p.m. in Hong Kong
Tokyo (Nikkei Average) up 1.9%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 0.3% (at break)
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) down 0.1% (at break)
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) up 0.8%
Seoul (Kospi) up 1.1%
Mumbai (Sensex) up 1.4%
Taipei (Taiex) up 0.2%
10:22 pm | China markets add some gains to yesterday's rally | by Laura He
Markets in China are topping their Monday rally with some extra Tuesday gains, following an advance first on Wall Street and then in Japan and Australia, ahead of a slate of data due out in the afternoon.
At this point, Hong Kong's Hang Seng is up 0.5% (after opening 0.8% higher, and after rising 1.8% yesterday), and the Shanghai Composite Index is ahead by 0.3% (on top of yesterday's 2.1% surge).
Online major Tencent Holdings is leading broad-based gains in the tech sector, moving up 2.4% after a 1.8% rise overnight in the tech-heavy Nasdaq. The company is due to annouce quarterly results tomorrow.
Among online game developers, Boyaa Family Interactive is surging 8.5%, while NetDragon Websoft is up 2.3%, and Software provider Kingsoft Corp. is higher by 2.2%.
Most mainland Chinese real-estate names are also advancing. Top gainers include KWG Property Holdings (up 3.7%), Shimao Property Holdings (up 3.4%), and Sunac China Holdings (up 3.3%).
Over in the energy sector, oil and gas giant PetroChina is pushing 1.9% higher, after it announced a plan to sell its gas-pipeline assets worth about 39 billion yuan ($6.2 billion) according to China Enterprise Appraisals. Other oil companies are also trading higher, with Cnooc up 1.1%, and Sinopec (China Petroleum & Chemical) up 0.6%.
Despite the early gains, the picture for Chinese stocks could change if there's a sharp downside surprise in Chinese retail-sales and industrial-output data, due out at 1:30 p.m. Beijing time (1:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern time).
8:55 pm | Markets check -- 9:55 a.m. in Tokyo
Tokyo (Nikkei Average) up 1.8%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) up 0.9%
Seoul (Kospi) up 0.6%
8:53 pm | Sydney jumps for higher resource prices | by Mike Kitchen
Australian equities are jumping this morning, with the ASX 200 up 0.9% (it lost 0.2% yesterday) as mining stocks track gains for commodities, and as much of the rest of the market tracks gains in U.S. shares.
A two-month high for copper overnight has Oz Minerals up 6.7%, while BHP Billiton is 2.4% higher, and Rio Tinto up 3.1%, also helped by an 8% rise (yes, 8%) in nickel prices.
On a similar note, Fortescue Metals is up 2.9%, Kingsgate Consolidated is up 2.4% (thanks to gains for gold), and Alumina is up 3%.
Health-care stocks are also in focus ahead of the presentation of the Liberal-led government's first budget, slated for this evening after the market close. The budget is expected to include cuts to government health-care spending.
Among some of the majors, hospital-operator Ramsay Health Care is up 2.6%, while Sigma Pharmaceuticals and radiology firm Sonic Healthcare — both of which could suffer from lower government spending — are up 0.7% and 2.8%, respectively. On the other hand, insurer NIB is down 0.3%.
Meanwhile, a modestly higher finish for New York crude-oil futures has Woodside Petroleum up 1.3%, Oil Search up 1.1%, and Santos up 0.7%.
Among the few losers, Fairfax Media and Seven Group are down 0.2% each, while MarketWatch owner News Corp is down 1.4%.
8:24 pm | Tokyo stocks boom on weak yen, strong earnings | by Mike Kitchen
On the back of solid U.S. gains (with the tech-heavy Nasdaq rising 1.8%) and a weakening of the yen (dollar at ¥102.20 from ¥101.85 a day ago), how could the Nikkei Average not rise?
In the early minutes, the Nikkei is up 1.9%, obliterating yesterday's 0.4% drop, and the broader Topix is ahead by 1.7%, with the tech exporters riding higher in a benevolent forex environment.
Among the majors, Panasonic is up 2.3%, Fujitsu is up 2.2%, and TDK is up 2.1%.
Shares of Sony are underperforming just slightly with 1.4% gain, one day ahead of the blue chip's earnings announcement. And according to the Nikkei, those results will be weak enough that top Sony executives are expected to forgo their bonuses for the year.
And then there are the earnings, with the majority getting an approving smile from buyers of equities.
Stock in Sharp, for instance, is higher by 6.6% after the electronics major swung to a profit and predicted that said profit would nearly triple in the current fiscal year.
Also enjoying a strong earnings buzz, Nissan Motor is trading 4.8% higher after recording an almost 5% bump in quarterly earnings, and with CEO Carlos Ghosn promising improvements to the bottom line this year thanks to recent investments in new factories and car models.
Likewise, real-estate firm Mitsui Fudosan is up 4.6%, Isuzu Motors is up 3.5%, and Bank of Yokohama is up 4.7%, all following their respective earnings.
But, of course, it's not all gains — shares of Hitachi are down 3.6% after the conglomerate posted a record annual operating profit but also projected drop in net earnings for the fiscal year that began last month. To top it off, Hitachi CEO Hiroaki Nakanishi said the company is looking at possible acquisitions related to General Electric's planned purchase of Alstom energy assets.
And speaking of deals, shares of Mitsubishi Chemical are up 4.5% as the company plans to buy a majority of gas producer Taiyo Nippon Sanso, with an eye to exploiting shale-related demand in the U.S. Shares of Taiyo Nippon are 13.3% higher.


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Special issue highlights nurses' role and practical considerations in genomic healthcare
Special issue highlights nurses' role and practical considerations in genomic healthcare
Ensuring that nurses play a central role in the application of genomics to clinical care is at the core of the 2013 Genomics Special Issue of the Journal of Nursing Scholarship. The publication, coordinated by National Institutes of Health researchers Jean Jenkins, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, and Kathleen Calzone, Ph.D., RN APNG, FAAN, explores genomic variation and its clinical implications for common diseases in pediatric and adult patients such as cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome and cancer.
"Evidence suggests that nurses are very interested in integrating genomic advances into practice, yet remain unsure of how and where to begin. This Special Issue introduces nurses to the relevancy of genomic information for clinical care today. The articles provide foundational knowledge of significance to genomic nursing education, practice, and research," said Dr. Jenkins with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). This is the third series of genomics in nursing articles coordinated by Drs. Jenkins and Calzone.
The special issue also spotlights the genomics of common health conditions, emerging genomic science and technology and the ethical, legal, social and nursing research issues associated with the translation of genomics into healthcare. The special issue will be freely available online on Feb. 1, 2013, at JNS Genomic Nursing Series.
The issue begins with the editorial Relevance of Genomics to Healthcare and Nursing Practice, which underscores the importance of nurses understanding the genomic science behind care decisions in order to improve patient outcomes. It was authored by Drs. Calzone and Jenkins, Dr. Nick Nicol, at the Universal College of Learning, New Zealand, Dr. Heather Skirton from Plymouth University in the United Kingdom, Dr. Greg Feero, a primary care physician formerly with NHGRI and Dr. Eric Green, NHGRI director.
"Genomics impacts the practice of all nurses regardless of their academic preparation, role or specialty. This series is intended to address the genomics of common diseases to aid in preparing a genomically competent nursing workforce," said Dr. Calzone with the National Cancer Institute.
The articles:
1. Integration of Genomics in Cancer Care by Erika Santos, Ph.D., M.S., RN, et al., reviews cancer etiology, hereditary cancer syndromes, epigenetics factors and the influence of genomics on cancer management. The authors use case studies to illustrate how rapidly developing genomic advances are changing cancer care.
2. Genomics and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by Norah Johnson, Ph.D., RN, CPNP, et al., examines ASD identification and diagnosis and its implications for the family. The authors review the genomic contributions to the risk for ASD and highlight how current research on ASD underscores the complexity of genetic processes involved.
3. Current and Emerging Approaches in Genomics by Yvette Conley, Ph.D., et al., focuses on technologies for collecting, analyzing and interpreting genomic information. The authors summarize information about four approaches used in genomic research with implications for clinical application, including genome sequencing, genome-wide association studies epigenomics and gene expression.
4. Ethical, Legal and Social issues in the Translation of Genomics into Healthcare by Laurie Badzek, LLM, J.D., M.S., RN, FAAN, et al., reviews the ethical and legal foundations of genomic healthcare and highlights issues confronting nurses today such as confidentiality and privacy of genomic information, informed consent, genetic testing and the use of biorepositories.
5. An Overview of the Genomics of Metabolic Syndrome by Jacquelyn Taylor, Ph.D., PNP-BC, et al., analyzes diagnostic criteria for the components of metabolic syndrome (MetS). The contributions of cardiovascular, obesity, and diabetes genomic risk factors for MetS and the number of overlapping genes and polymorphisms associated with MetS are described with guidance for nurses of what this information means in practice.
6. Cardiovascular Genomics by Shu-Fen Wung Ph.D., RN, ACNP-BC, FAAN et al., centers on cardiovascular genomics using clinically relevant exemplars: myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease; stroke; and sudden cardiac death. The authors discuss the benefits and limitations of genetic testing for each of these case examples, describing specific implications for nurses.
7. An Update of Childhood Genetic Disorders by Cynthia Prows, M.S.N, CNS, FAAN, et al., spotlights nurses' important role in identifying children with genetic disorders and facilitating their access to services and resources. This article illustrates genomic concepts of relevance to nurses who care for infants, children and adolescents and lists resources.
8. Physical, Psychological, & Ethical Issues in Caring for Individuals with Genetic Skin Disease by Diane Seibert, Ph.D., ARNP, FAANP, and Thomas Darling M.D, Ph.D., examines five genetic skin disorders, their inheritance patterns, genomics and treatments. The authors discuss issues and concerns important for nurses caring for patients with genetic skin diseases.
9. Implications of Newborn Screening for Nurses article by Jane DeLuca, Ph.D., RN, CPNP, APNG, et al., surveys newborn screening activities, current controversies and ethical considerations. It also describes nurses' roles in the newborn screening process with suggestions for nursing education and research and a summary of expected future developments in newborn screening (i.e., genome sequencing) with implications for policy, practice, education and research.
10. The Implications of Genomics on the Nursing Care of Adults with Neuropsychiatric Conditions by Debra Schutte, Ph.D., RN, et al., concentrates on the genomic contributions to adult conditions, including irreversible dementias, Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's Disease. The authors examine implications for nursing practice and research when caring for these challenging patients.
11. A Blueprint for Genomic Nursing Science by Dr. Calzone, et al., summarizes recommendations of a 2012 Genomic Nursing State of Science Advisory Panel for furthering genomic nursing science to improve health outcomes. They offer targeted research topics for consideration to build the evidence of the value of genomic information.
Webinars from authors of the special issue will be coming in 2013 and can be found at www.genome.gov/27552312/journal-of-nursing-scholarship-genomic-nursing-webinar-series/. Additional online genetics and genomic education resources for nurses, physician assistants and genetic counselors can be found at:
- G2C2, the Genetics and Genomics Competencies Center [genomicseducation.net] provides a centralized repository for health professional education resources for use in genetics/genomics education.
- Global Genetic/Genomics Community [genomicscases.net] is a bilingual collection of unfolding case studies for use with students and practicing healthcare providers learning basic genetic/genomic concepts.
- Competency and Curricular Resources includes essential competencies, practice guidelines and curricular resources in genetics and genomics for different health professions.
- The Essentials of Genetic and Genomic Nursing: Competencies, Curricula Guidelines and Outcome Indicators, 2nd Edition. These essential competencies, which define the minimum genetic/genomic competency expected of every nurse, regardless of their academic preparation, clinical role or specialty, were endorsed by 50 nursing organizations in 2006 and updated in 2008 with the addition of Outcome Indicators.
To provide feedback on the 2013 Genomics Special Issue, e-mail Dr. Jenkins at firstname.lastname@example.com or Dr. Calzone at email@example.com.
Posted: November 28, 2017


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Giovanni Boccaccio, (born 1313, Paris, Fr.—died Dec. 21, 1375, Certaldo, Tuscany [Italy]), Italian poet and scholar, best remembered as the author of the earthy tales in the Decameron. With Petrarch he laid the foundations for the humanism of the Renaissance and raised vernacular literature to the level and status of the classics of antiquity.
Boccaccio was the son of a Tuscan merchant, Boccaccio di Chellino (called Boccaccino), and a mother who was probably French. He passed his early childhood rather unhappily in Florence. His father had no sympathy for Boccaccio's literary inclinations and sent him, not later than 1328, to Naples to learn business, probably in an office of the Bardi, who dominated the court of Naples by means of their loans. In this milieu Boccaccio experienced the aristocracy of the commercial world as well as all that survived of the splendours of courtly chivalry and feudalism. He also studied canon law and mixed with the learned men of the court and the friends and admirers of Petrarch, through whom he came to know the work of Petrarch himself.
These years in Naples, moreover, were the years of Boccaccio's love for Fiammetta, whose person dominates all his literary activity up to the Decameron, in which there also appears a Fiammetta whose character somewhat resembles that of the Fiammetta of his earlier works. Attempts to use passages from Boccaccio's writings to identify Fiammetta with a supposedly historical Maria, natural daughter of King Robert and wife of a count of Aquino, are untrustworthy—the more so since there is no documentary proof that this Maria ever existed.
Early works.
It was probably in 1340 that Boccaccio was recalled to Florence by his father, involved in the bankruptcy of the Bardi. The sheltered period of his life thus came to an end, and thenceforward there were to be only difficulties and occasional periods of poverty. From Naples, however, the young Boccaccio brought with him a store of literary work already completed. La caccia di Diana ("Diana's Hunt"), his earliest work, is a short poem, in terza rima (an iambic verse consisting of stanzas of three lines), of no great merit. Much more important are two works with themes derived from medieval romances: Il filocolo (c. 1336; "The Love Afflicted"), a prose work in five books on the loves and adventures of Florio and Biancofiore (Floire and Blanchefleur); and Il filostrato (c. 1338; "The Love Struck"), a short poem in ottava rima (a stanza form composed of eight 11-syllable lines) telling the story of Troilus and the faithless Criseida. The Teseida (probably begun in Naples and finished in Florence, 1340–41) is an ambitious epic of 12 cantos in ottava rima in which the wars of Theseus serve as a background for the love of two friends, Arcita and Palemone, for the same woman, Emilia; Arcita finally wins her in a tournament but dies immediately.
While the themes of chivalry and love in these works had long been familiar in courtly circles, Boccaccio enriched them with the fruits of his own acute observation of real life and sought to present them nobly and illustriously by a display of learning and rhetorical ornament, so as to make his Italian worthy of comparison with the monuments of Latin literature. It was Boccaccio, too, who raised to literary dignity ottava rima, the verse metre of the popular minstrels, which was eventually to become the characteristic vehicle for Italian verse. Boccaccio's early works had an immediate effect outside Italy: Geoffrey Chaucer drew inspiration from Il filostrato for his own Troilus and Criseyde (as William Shakespeare was later to do for Troilus and Cressida) and from Boccaccio's Teseida for his "Knight's Tale" in The Canterbury Tales.
The 10 or 12 years following Boccaccio's return to Florence are the period of his full maturity, culminating in the Decameron. From 1341 to 1345 he worked on Il ninfale d'Ameto ("Ameto's Story of the Nymphs"), in prose and terza rima; L'amorosa visione ("The Amorous Vision"; 1342–43), a mediocre allegorical poem of 50 short cantos in terza rima; the prose Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta (1343–44); and the poem Il ninfale fiesolano (perhaps 1344–45; "Tale of the Fiesole Nymph"), in ottava rima, on the love of the shepherd Africo for the nymph Mensola.
Boccaccio, meanwhile, was trying continually to put his financial affairs in order, though he never succeeded in doing so. Little is known, however, of the detail of his life in the period following his return to Florence. He was at Ravenna between 1345 and 1346, at Forlì in 1347, in Florence during the ravages of the Black Death in 1348, and in Florence again in 1349.
The Decameron.
It was probably in the years 1348–53 that Boccaccio composed the Decameron in the form in which it is read today. In the broad sweep of its range and its alternately tragic and comic views of life, it is rightly regarded as his masterpiece. Stylistically, it is the most perfect example of Italian classical prose, and its influence on Renaissance literature throughout Europe was enormous.
The Decameron begins with the flight of 10 young people (7 women and 3 men) from plague-stricken Florence in 1348. They retire to a rich, well-watered countryside, where, in the course of a fortnight, each member of the party has a turn as king or queen over the others, deciding in detail how their day shall be spent and directing their leisurely walks, their outdoor conversations, their dances and songs, and, above all, their alternate storytelling. This storytelling occupies 10 days of the fortnight (the rest being set aside for personal adornment or for religious devotions); hence the title of the book itself, Decameron, or "Ten Days' Work." The stories thus amount to 100 in all. Each of the days, moreover, ends with a canzone (song) for dancing sung by one of the storytellers, and these canzoni include some of Boccaccio's finest lyric poetry. In addition to the 100 stories, Boccaccio has a master theme, namely, the way of life of the refined bourgeoisie, who combined respect for conventions with an open-minded attitude to personal behaviour.
The sombre tones of the opening passages of the book, in which the plague and the moral and social chaos that accompanies it are described in the grand manner, are in sharp contrast to the scintillating liveliness of Day I, which is spent almost entirely in witty disputation, and to the playful atmosphere of intrigue that characterizes the tales of adventure or deception related on Days II and III. With Day IV and its stories of unhappy love, the gloomy note returns; but Day V brings some relief, though it does not entirely dissipate the echo of solemnity, by giving happy endings to stories of love that does not at first run smoothly. Day VI reintroduces the gaiety of Day I and constitutes the overture to the great comic score, Days VII, VIII, and IX, which are given over to laughter, trickery, and license. Finally, in Day X, all the themes of the preceding days are brought to a high pitch, the impure made pure and the common made heroic.
The prefaces to the days and to the individual stories and certain passages of especial magnificence based on classical models, with their select vocabulary and elaborate periods, have long held the attention of critics. But there is also another Boccaccio: the master of the spoken word and of the swift, vivid, tense narrative free from the proliferation of ornament. These two aspects of the Decameron made it the fountainhead of Italian literary prose for the following centuries.
The influential 19th-century critic Francesco De Sanctis regarded the Decameron as a "Human Comedy" in succession to Dante's Divine Comedy and Boccaccio as the pioneer of a new moral order superseding that of the European Middle Ages. This view is no longer tenable, however, since the Middle Ages can no longer be presented as having been wholly ascetic or wholly concerned with God and heavenly salvation in contrast with a Renaissance concerned only with the human.
Also, in particular, the whole corpus of Boccaccio's work is basically medieval in subject matter, form, and taste, at least in its point of departure. It is the spirit in which Boccaccio treats his subjects and his forms that is new. For the first time in the Middle Ages, Boccaccio in the Decameron deliberately shows man striving with fortune and learning to overcome it. To be truly noble, according to the Decameron, man must accept life as it is, without bitterness, must accept, above all, the consequences of his own action, however contrary to his expectation or even tragic they may be. To realize his own earthly happiness, he must confine his desire to what is humanly possible and renounce the absolute without regret. Thus Boccaccio insists both on man's powers and on their inescapable limitations, without reference to the possible intervention of divine grace. A sense of spiritual realities and an affirmation of moral values underlying the frivolity even in the most licentious passages of the Decameron are features of Boccaccio's work that modern criticism has brought to light and that make it no longer possible to regard him only as an obscene mocker or sensual cynic.
During the years in which Boccaccio is believed to have written the Decameron, the Florentines appointed him ambassador to the lords of Romagna in 1350; municipal councillor and also ambassador to Louis, duke of Bavaria, in the Tirol in 1351; and ambassador to Pope Innocent VI in 1354.
Petrarch and Boccaccio's mature years.
Of far more lasting importance than official honours was Boccaccio's first meeting with Petrarch, in Florence in 1350, which helped to bring about a decisive change in Boccaccio's literary activity. Boccaccio revered the older man as his master, and Petrarch proved himself a serene and ready counselor and a reliable helper. Together, through the exchange of books, news, and ideas, the two men laid the foundations for the humanist reconquest of classical antiquity.
After the Decameron, of which Petrarch remained in ignorance until the very last years of his life, Boccaccio wrote nothing in Italian except Il Corbaccio (1354–55; a satire on a widow who had jilted him), his late writings on Dante, and perhaps an occasional lyric. Turning instead to Latin, he devoted himself to humanist scholarship rather than to imaginative or poetic creation. His encyclopaedic De genealogia deorum gentilium ("On the Genealogy of the Gods of the Gentiles"), medieval in structure but humanist in spirit, was probably begun in the very year of his meeting with Petrarch but was continuously corrected and revised until his death. His Bucolicum carmen (1351–66), a series of allegorical eclogues (short pastoral poems) on contemporary events, follows classical models on lines already indicated by Dante and Petrarch. His other Latin works include De claris mulieribus (1360–74; Concerning Famous Women), a collection of biographies of famous women; and De casibus virorum illustrium (1355–74; "On the Fates of Famous Men"), on the inevitable catastrophe awaiting all who are too fortunate.
The meeting with Petrarch, however, was not the only cause of the change in Boccaccio's writing. A premature weakening of his physical powers and disappointments in love may also have contributed to it. Some such occurrence would explain how Boccaccio, having previously written always in praise of women and love, came suddenly to write the bitterly misogynistic Corbaccio and then turn his genius elsewhere. Furthermore, there are signs that he may have begun to feel religious scruples. Petrarch describes how the Carthusian monk Pietro Petrone, on his deathbed in 1362, sent another Carthusian, Gioacchino Ciani, to exhort Boccaccio to renounce his worldly studies; and it was Petrarch who then dissuaded Boccaccio from burning his own works and selling his library. As early as 1360, moreover, Boccaccio's way of life was regarded as austere enough to justify his being entrusted with a pastoral cure of souls in a cathedral. He had taken minor orders many years earlier, perhaps at first only in the hope of being given benefices.
Boccaccio's circle in Florence was of vital importance as a nucleus of early humanism. Leonzio Pilato, whom Boccaccio housed from 1360 to 1362 and whose nomination as reader in Greek at the Studio (the old University of Florence) he procured, made the rough Latin translation through which Petrarch and Boccaccio became acquainted with Homer's poems—the starting point of Greek studies by the humanists. The recovery of Latin classical texts—Varro, Martial, Apuleius, Seneca, Ovid, and, above all, Tacitus—likewise occupied Boccaccio's admiring attention. Even so, he did not neglect Italian poetry, his enthusiasm for his immediate predecessors, especially Dante, being one of the characteristics that distinguish him from Petrarch. His Vita di Dante Alighieri, or Trattatello in laude di Dante ("Little Tractate in Praise of Dante"), and the two abridged editions of it that he made show his devotion to Dante's memory.
Last years.
All these studies were pursued in poverty, sometimes almost in destitution, and Boccaccio had to earn most of his income by transcribing his own works or those of others. In 1363 poverty compelled him to retire to the village of Certaldo. In October 1373, however, he began public readings of Dante's Divina commedia in the Church of San Stefano di Badia in Florence. A revised text of the commentary that he gave with these readings is still extant but breaks off at the point that he had reached when, early in 1374, ill health made him lose heart. Petrarch's death in July 1374 was another grief to him, and he retired again to Certaldo. There Boccaccio died the following year and was buried in the Church of SS. Michele e Jacopo.
Boccaccio and the Renaissance.
Boccaccio was a man of the Renaissance in almost every sense. His humanism comprised not only classical studies and the attempt to rediscover and reinterpret ancient texts but also the attempt to raise literature in the modern languages to the level of the classical by setting standards for it and then conforming to those standards. Boccaccio advanced further than Petrarch in this direction not only because he sought to dignify prose as well as poetry but also because, in his Ninfale fiesolano, in his Elegia de Madonna Fiammetta, and in the Decameron, he ennobled everyday experience, tragic and comic alike. Although his Teseida and Ninfale d'Ameto invite comparison with classical genres, his Filocolo and Filostrato raised to the level of learned art the literature of chivalry and love that had fallen to the level of the populace. The same attention to popular and medieval themes characterized Italian culture in the second half of the 15th century; without Boccaccio, the literary culmination of the Italian Renaissance would be historically incomprehensible.Umberto BoscoThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Dossier: Internet Security Systems made its name in the '90s with a new form of security network intrusion detection. Now, ISS is pushing into the burgeoning market for managed security services.
As a pioneer of a new form of security network intrusion detection in the mid-1990s, Internet Security Systems (ISS) made a name for itself. The company's early start in the field plus its technological edge helped it claim slightly more than 50% of the market. Now ISS is pushing into the burgeoning market for managed security services. The services are aimed at companies that lack expertise or resources to secure their own infrastructure.
Overall, Hession is pleased with ISS' products and ongoing support, although he experienced some problems early on in their relationship. "We had a lot of questions and they didn't always know the answers. The good news is they found the answers," he says.
Habeeb Qadri, president of MSH Consultants, acknowledges that the transition to a managed service can be difficult. "Companies love it, but a lot of information technology people hate it," says Qadri, a former technology chief at Oracle who has handled security issues for Charles Schwab, Pacific Bell and others as a consultant.
To guarantee network security, ISS takes away security privileges from the in-house technology staff. That is the chief cause of the friction, Qadri says.
For Deb Rich, senior network engineer with the University of Colorado Hospital, there were no such conflicts. Handing over security management to ISS made sense. "We don't have the manpower, and they have the expertise to do it better than we could," she says. The hospital has been using ISS' managed security services for about two years, and Rich gives the service and support a high rating.
Internet Security Systems
6303 Barfield Road, Atlanta, GA 30328
(404) 236-2600
Ticker: ISSX
Exchange: NASDAQ
Employees: 1,200
Tom Noonan
President, CEO
Launched company in 1994 along with Christopher Klaus. Previously held senior management position with Dun and Bradstreet Software. Has engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology and business degree from Harvard.
Christopher Klaus
Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer
Developed the company's first software program and flagship product, Internet Scanner, in 1992 while attending Georgia Institute of Technology.
Mike Starr
Vice President, CIO
Has 26 years in technology industry. Previously, worked at Home Depot for 14 years as a member of technology team.
Greg Gilliom
VP, Product Development
Responsible for company's X-Force team of security researchers.
Specializes in products and services to detect network intrusions, and to block unauthorized access. Company has made a push into the managed security services arena, with managed firewalls, intrusion detection.
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Lloyd Hession
Chief Security Officer
(212) 415-4600
Project: Deployed ISS RealSecure Guard technology on its private financial trading network. Network handles billions of dollars in transactions between brokerage houses.
University of Colorado Hospital
Deb Rich
Senior Network Engineer
Project: The Denver-based hospital has outsourced firewall and intrusion detection management to ISS after deciding it did not have the expertise or resources to do it in-house.
Oppenheimer Funds
Mike Hager
Chief Security Officer
(303) 768-3200
Project: Has installed ISS' RealSecure intrusion detection software at every point of presence at the mutual fund company that managed more than $125 billion in assets as of this past June. The firm manages software internally.
MSH Consultants
Habeeb Qadri
(650) 344-0989
Project: The Los Altos, Calif., Internet security and firewall consultant has deployed ISS software for a number of customers, including Charles Schwab, Pacific Bell and Synopsis.
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Mike Stoico
Security Specialist
(212) 578-2211
Project: Has used ISS' RealSecure monitoring and intrusion detection software to guard its firewalls for about six years at the New York City-based insurance company.
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