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Today's automated microscopes acquire images with great speed, easily amassing terabytes or even petabytes of data. In contrast, the analysis of these images is largely manual, performed slowly and laboriously by humans. We are entering an era in which analysis of enormous image datasets is a major bottleneck for scientific research. My laboratory is dedicated to removing this bottleneck through innovations in artificial intelligence. We aim to make computers smart enough to analyze images from biological microscopy with little or no human assistance. In other words, we seek to fill an important technological gap: modern science not only needs machines for making images, but machines for seeing them.
The best example of this gap is found in the emerging field of connectomics. In the 1970s and 80s, serial electron microscopy (EM) was used to image every neuron and every synapse of the nematode C. elegans. Then the images were analyzed to find all connections in the C. elegans nervous system, producing a map that is now called a "connectome." Although C. elegans contains just 7000 connections between 300 neurons, its connectome took over a dozen years to find. Because of the extreme labor involved, the same method could not be extended to brains more like our own.
Recently two inventions have renewed interest in using serial EM to find connectomes. The first was serial block face scanning electron microscopy (SBF-SEM), developed at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg and commercialized by Gatan as 3View. The second is the automated taping lathe ultramicrotome (ATLUM), currently under development at Harvard's Center for Brain Science. Compared to traditional serial EM, these automated methods can be used to image larger volumes of brain tissue. But manual analysis of a mere cubic millimeter would consume tens of thousands of person-years. With improved image acquisition, the analysis bottleneck has become even more severe.
Therefore, we are working on automating the two image analysis tasks critical for finding connectomes: reconstructing the shapes of neurons, and identifying synapses. Reconstructing the shape of a neuron depends on accurately tracing its axon and dendrites through the images. If an axon is mistraced, then all of its synapses will be erroneously assigned to the wrong neuron. In contrast, misidentification of a synapse is an isolated error. So accurate reconstruction of neuron shapes is the key challenge, as errors in this task have catastrophic consequences.
In the field of computer vision, reconstructing the shapes of neurons is a special case of a general problem known as image segmentation, the division of an image into segments corresponding to distinct objects. Although this problem has been studied for 50 years, computers are still not smart enough to solve it reliably. One difficulty is that object boundaries are sometimes ambiguous, due to noise or other imperfections in the image. Computers still fall short of humans at using contextual information to "fill in" the missing information at an ambiguous location.
My laboratory has been pursuing an approach to image segmentation based on machine learning. We collect a database of human segmentations of images, and use it to train the computer to emulate humans. In a recent breakthrough, lab members Viren Jain and Srini Turaga have devised the first methods for learning that are based on genuine measures of segmentation performance. The methods, called Maximin Affinity Learning of Image Segmentation (MALIS) and Boundary Learning by Optimization with Topological Constraints (BLOTC), train the computer to emulate human segmentations, without forcing it to slavishly reproduce the precise locations of object boundaries. This results in superior accuracy by focusing training on the elimination of topological errors, such as splits and mergers.
Using MALIS and BLOTC, we have trained convolutional networks to classify image voxels or the edges of an affinity graph. Thresholding followed by segmentation with connected components yields performance far superior to that of competing algorithms. MALIS and BLOTC are fundamental innovations in computer vision. We were forced to make these innovations, because the computational problems of connectomics are too difficult for conventional methods. Since our innovations are so basic, they are applicable not only to connectomics, but also more broadly to all types of image segmentation problems.
In spite of these advances, computers are still not accurate enough to analyze images with zero human assistance. Therefore, we are creating a software package called Omni for semi-automated image segmentation. A human uses Omni to "proofread" the output of the convolutional networks. We have preliminary evidence that such semiautomated segmentation by proofreading requires much less human labor than fully manual segmentation. As computer accuracy continues to improve, the required human labor is expected to decrease even further.
Once we (with the aid of our computers) are able to see connectomes, the next challenge will be to decode the information contained in them. One can imagine many types of research along these lines, but I am personally most excited by the prospect of "reading" out memories from connectomes. Since the 19th century, neuroscientists have entertained the hypothesis that memories are written in the connections between neurons. Connectomics will finally make direct tests of this hypothesis possible.
Decades of decoding information in neural spike trains have convinced us that mental states correspond to patterns of neural activity. Similarly, we must attempt to decode information in connectomes, if we are to test the theory that memories correspond to patterns of neural connectivity.
For some mental disorders like schizophrenia and autism, it has been difficult to identify a clear neuropathology in the brain. We will attempt to read these mental disorders from connectomes, motivated by the hypothesis that they are connectopathies, abnormalities of connectivity that have so far evaded detection due to the crudeness of our methods. This will be done both with mouse models of mental disorders, and also with human brain tissue.
Above I have described methods for finding neural connectivity based on electron microscopy (EM), which allows positive identification of connections between neurons due to its extremely high spatial resolution. The alternative of light microscopy (LM) is more widespread because it is easier to use. As Golgi discovered in the 19th century, sparse labeling of neurons makes their neurites traceable in LM images, in spite of the low spatial resolution. Recent years have seen a revolution in sparse neural labeling based on genetic methods. Postdoctoral fellow Ian Wickersham is improving on these methods by using recombinant forms of rabies virus. Viral replication amplifies the copy number of fluorescent proteins, producing labeling brilliant enough to permit identification of even weak axonal projections. Individual neurons can additionally be reconstructed in their entirety, including the finest details of their morphology. Furthermore, because the wild type rabies virus jumps across synapses, recombinant forms can be constructed for fluorescently labeling neurons that are monosynaptically connected to particular neuronal populations of interest. These techniques should allow determination of connectivity between cell types within the brain with a throughput much higher than has previously been possible.
Connectomes are not static, but evolve dynamically over time as the brain wires itself up during development and rewires itself in adulthood. During wiring and rewiring, axons exhibit a rich variety of behaviors, such as elongation, retraction, turning, branching, and fasciculation. Graduate student Neville Sanjana has constructed a system for time-lapse mosaic imaging of cultured dissociated cortical neurons via fluorescence microscopy. He has recorded the movements of axon growth cones over long distances and durations with high spatial and temporal resolution. Based on the time series of observed velocity vectors, he fit a hidden Markov model in which the growth cone executes a biased random walk punctuated by "turns," defined as shifts in the direction of the bias. The hidden Markov model provides a computational framework for quantifying the effects of pharmacological and other types of interventions on growth cone movements. The model suggests that the motion of a growth cone is not determined by its current direction, but by a "memory" of its past direction, and is consistent with the existence of discrete turning events separated by exponentially distributed time intervals.
Parts of this work were supported by grants from the Gatsby Foundation and an anonymous donor.
V. Jain, B. Bollmann, et al. Boundary learning by optimization with topological constraints. Proceedings of the IEEE 23rd Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR '10) (2010).
I. R. Wickersham, H. A. Sullivan, and H. S. Seung. Production of glycoprotein-deleted rabies viruses for monosynaptic tracing and high-level gene expression in neurons. Nature Protocols 5:595-606 (2010).
S.C. Turaga, K. Briggman, M. Helmstaedter, W. Denk, and H.S. Seung.
Maximin affinity learning of image segmentation. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS '09) (2010).
H. S. Seung. Reading the book of memory: sparse sampling versus dense mapping of connectomes. Neuron 62, 17-29 (2009).
H. S. Seung. Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcout (2012).


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TiO2 has been in short supply globally for several years, and every indicator shows prices continuing to skyrocket.
Paint and coating manufacturers worldwide have been waging an uphill battle with the cost and supply of raw materials, led by TiO2, and research into TiO2 alternatives has become a front-burner issue across the industry.
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"Escalating and volatile pricing for titanium dioxide has been an important issue for PPG," said Kahle, who also heads Coatings R&D for the company. "PPG possesses intellectual property and expertise in the production and finishing of titanium dioxide pigment, and we intend to leverage this and engage with potential partners to develop innovative supply solutions."
PPG previously manufactured chloride titanium dioxide at its chemical plant in Natrium, WV.
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Portioned from a large bowl at the end of dinner, a whole almond is hidden somewhere in the mix and the lucky person to find it receives a special gift. The fun is to hide the fact that you have found the almond as long as possible so that people will keep getting second and third helpings in a futile attempt to find the almond and claim the prize. In practice, a whole almond is always slipped into the youngest child's dish, and often two prizes are given. The child's gift and the "real" winner.
Risalamande is the dessert that is traditionally served with Christmas dinner in Denmark. Rice is cooked in milk and left to cool and set, then whipped cream, sugar vanilla and almonds are folded in and warm cherry sauce is poured on top.
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Grødris is a special type of rice used to make risalamande. A short grained japonica rice, It is very similar to arborio rice, which can be substituted in it's place. Risengrød is the plain rice porridge that is used as the base of risalamande. "Grød" can be translated to gruel in English and is quite difficult to pronounce. Foreigners are often asked to say "rød grød med fløde" and for some reason their fumbled attempts delight the Danes. See the video below, and try to say it.
The cherry sauce is an important element to the dessert. ready made sauce is easily available in Denmark, with the Den Gamle Fabrik brand being one of the most popular. Some families like to buy the imported amaena cherries in liquor from Italy to be extra fancy.
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When making risalamande a portion of the risengrød is reserved to make julegrød. Much like the tradition of leaving milk and cookies for Santa in North America, julegrød is left out on Christmas Eve for the nisse. A nisse is a gnome like spirit that protects farms and children from bad luck in Denmark. Apparently the nisse has a bad temperament and needs to be left julegrød to guarantee he doesn't kill your livestock and plaque your children. So I guess the bad luck the nisser (plural) are protecting the family from are the nisser themselves!
På loftet sidder nissen med sin julegrød is a traditional Christmas song and translates as " The nisse sits in the attic with his julegrød" Here is an old recording of the song from 1954.
The recipe I used for risalamande is from Arla Foods in Denmark It worked really well so I've translated the recipe to English.
Risalamande for six
300ml water
1 liter milk
1 liter milk
180g grødris or arborio rice
100 g slivered almonds
2 vanilla beans - corns removed
4 tbsp sugar
¼ liter 35% cream
2 vanilla beans - corns removed
4 tbsp sugar
¼ liter 35% cream
1. Bring the rice and water to a boil in a pot stirring for about two minutes
2. Add the milk and cook at a low temperature for about 10 minutes stirring to prevent sticking
3. Take off the heat and leave in the pot for about half an hour
4. Place in a container and let cool
(If you want to have julegrød for the nisse, take a scoop of rice out now and serve it with butter, cinnamon and brown sugar on top.)
5. Mix the rice, almonds, sugar, and vanilla together
6. Whip the cream, and fold into the rice mix. Add one whole almond as a prize.
7. Put rice in a serving bowl and let set for 2 hours.
Your guests should help themselves from the bowl and add the warmed cherry sauce to their liking.
If you can't find ready made cherry sauce, you could use a good quality cherry pie filling thinned out with water, lemon juice and some brandy.


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July 26, 2012
Recent calls for federal regulations and restrictions on ammunition sales ignore the failure of such laws in the past. They also ignore the impracticality of imposing and enforcing similar controls in today's huge ammunition market. The National Shooting Sports Foundation estimates that 10-12 billion rounds of ammunition are produced domestically each year, while billions more are imported.FULL STORY
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The same is true about international activists and representatives of various countries' governments who periodically gather under the umbrella of the United Nations, intent on changing the world. Deluded with an exaggerated sense of self-importance and obsessed with controlling the planet and everyone who inhabits it, this arrogant gaggle periodically checks in to five star hotels in the West's most cosmopolitan cities--with left-wing foundations or the taxpayers of first-world countries picking up the tab--to attend conferences during which they discuss curtailing national sovereignty and individual rights that offend their sensibilities.FULL STORY
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July 14, 2011
National Rifle Association's Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre addressed the United Nations this afternoon. He told the U.N. to not interfere with the Second Amendment freedoms of Americans and pledged to continue the fight to preserve civilian ownership of firearms in the U.S. He said the NRA will oppose any U.N. provision that seeks to prohibit or regulate U.S. civilian firearm ownership. LaPierre said in his remarks, "The cornerstone of our freedom is the Second Amendment. Neither the United Nations, nor any other foreign influence, has the authority to meddle with the freedoms guaranteed by our Bill of Rights, endowed by our Creator, and due to all humankind."FULL STORY
July 6, 2012
As we reported last week, for nearly 20 years, the NRA has fought tirelessly to oppose any United Nations effort to undermine the constitutional rights of law-abiding American gun owners. That fight has grown more intense lately, as the U.N. and global gun banners have markedly stepped up their attack on our Second Amendment freedoms by including civilian arms in the proposed Arms Trade Treaty.FULL STORY
June 29, 2012
For the better part of two decades, NRA has worked tirelessly to oppose any United Nations effort to undermine the constitutional rights of law-abiding American gun owners. The latest attempt by the U.N. and global gun banners to eliminate our Second Amendment freedoms is to include civilian arms in the current Arms Trade Treaty, the language of which will be finalized next month.FULL STORY
June 1, 2013
Just as the U.S. Senate was preparing to debate new restrictions on our rights, the Obama White House delivered the second part of its one-two punch directed at our freedoms. And the U.S. government had to reverse its long-held position on the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in order to do it.FULL STORY
November 1, 2013
Thanks to your efforts, Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), sent a letter to President Obama opposing the ratification of the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty. This letter joins the bipartisan efforts of 50 senators and 181 members of the House of Representatives. The U.N. Arms Trade Treaty poses a clear threat to Second Amendment rights because of the inclusion of "small arms and light weapons," which includes firearms owned by law-abiding American citizens. This treaty also sets the stage for a national gun registry which could be made available to other nations. FULL STORY
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November 9, 2012
Just as NRA warned would happen, following the election, the Obama administration has moved forward with its plans to support a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. On Wednesday November 7, the U.S. Mission to the U.N. made clear its support for renewed ATT negotiations, casting a vote in favor of resolution A/C.1/67/L.11. The resolution calls for a "Final United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty" to be held in New York City from March 18-28.FULL STORY
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September 7, 2012
Gun owners hoping the failure of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty in July would finally convince the UN to respect our rights shouldn't hold their breath. Just a month after treaty negotiations broke down, on August 27 the UN convened its two-week-long Second Review Conference of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons.FULL STORY
March 17, 2011
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July 22, 2011
58 members--a majority-- of the U.S. Senate have signed letters to President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton saying they will oppose any ATT that includes civilian firearms ownership. These strongly worded letters caution the President and Secretary of State to uphold the Constitution of the United States. As Senator Jerry Moran's letter warns, "(A)s the treaty process continues, we strongly encourage your administration to uphold our constitutional protections of civilian firearms ownership. These freedoms are non-negotiable, and we will oppose ratification of an Arms Trade Treaty presented to the Senate that in any way restricts the rights of law-abiding U.S. citizens to manufacture, assemble, possess, transfer or purchase firearms, ammunition and related items."FULL STORY
January 23, 2010
With Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's enthusiastic embrace of a "binding" United Nations treaty on global control of international trade in firearms and ammunition, the Obama administration has officially become an aggressive participant in what international gun-ban groups have hailed as a "first step" in their march on our sovereignty and ultimately on private ownership of firearms in every nation.FULL STORY
December 20, 2007
While the United Nations works diligently to curb the Second Amendment rights of Americans, it is turning a blind eye to abused Karamojong tribesmen fighting a brutal government to keep their only means of self-defense.FULL STORY
December 13, 2010
For the first time in history, the United States government has bowed before the United Nations with the Obama administration cravenly asking U.N. officials to question our great nation on what a State Department report confesses to be domestic "human rights" violations.FULL STORY
November 23, 2009
We have received a number of emails and calls regarding -the UN and the impact of international treaties on our Second Amendment freedom.
The NRA has been engaged at the United Nations and elsewhere internationally in response to anti-small arms initiatives for over 14 years. In most cases, agendas for the elimination of private ownership of firearms are disguised as calls for international arms control to stem the flow of illicit military weapons. These instruments are generally promoted by a small group of nations and a large number of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working in conjunction with departmental bureaucracies in multi-national institutions such as the UN and European Union. FULL STORY
May 22, 2012
The moment President Obama reversed the Bush administration's opposition to U.N.-mandated international gun control, he placed Second Amendment freedom in immediate danger.FULL STORY
November 25, 2009
Over the last few weeks, we have received many inquiries regarding the UN and the impact of international treaties on our Second Amendment freedom.FULL STORY
December 15, 2007
For over a decade, gun-banners entrenched at the United Nations (UN) have continually leveled attacks against law-abiding Americans' sovereign right to bear arms. Though the NRA has thus far been successful in flanking these efforts, the UN's anti-gun agenda continues. Recently, a pro-gun ally in Congress, U.S. Senator David Vitter, R-La., introduced legislation that would financially paralyze any global organization intent on dismantling the Second Amendment, such as the UN. He recently spoke with Ginny Simone of NRANews.com about this legislation.FULL STORY
May 7, 2009
In an exclusive interview, NRANews.com Managing Editor Ginny Simone visits with John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and hero to Second Amendment supporters.FULL STORY
August 17, 2006
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July 1, 2009
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August 25, 2010
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Mexico`s president, Felipe Calderón, addresses a joint session of Congress.FULL STORY
February 19, 2009
As a presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton caused a scare for gun owners. Now named Barack Obama's secretary of state, the Clinton anti-gun nightmare has returned.FULL STORY
May 25, 2010
Contrary to a widely circulated e-mail, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has not signed any UN small arms treaty. She could not have done so, in fact, because no such treaty has yet been negotiated.
As we noted in the item below from last November, the UN Arms Trade Treaty will be drafted between now and 2012, and even if signed would not take effect in the U.S. until it was ratified by the Senate.
Please rest assured that, as we said in November, NRA will be actively involved in this process and will oppose any treaty that would attempt to impose limits on our Second Amendment rights. In the meantime, we urge gun owners to follow this issue in NRA's magazines and NRA-ILA's Grassroots Alerts. We also urge gun owners not to circulate misinformation on this issue.FULL STORY
May 25, 2012
As we reported last week, every gun owner concerned about the future of our Right to Keep and Bear Arms should be aware that the United Nations and the global gun eradication movement are attempting to eliminate our Second Amendment freedoms by drafting a U.N. Arms Trade Treaty. This treaty would cover tanks, helicopters, and other heavy weapons but could also include civilian rifles, shotguns and handguns. The treaty's language will be finalized by the U.N. this July during a four week conference.FULL STORY
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When 78 million Brazilians went to the polls Oct. 23 to vote down a referendum calling for a ban on the sale of all firearms and ammunition, it was a resounding "no!" heard round the world.FULL STORY
November 27, 2012
Following the well-deserved failure of Arms Trade Treaty negotiations in July, the United Nations wasted no time in continuing to pursue its civilian disarmament agenda. Just a month after the treaty conference, the U.N. held the Second Review Conference of the U.N. Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons—the POA, for short.FULL STORY
April 15, 2013
Even before his most ambitious gun-control proposals were falling by the wayside, President Obama was turning for help to the United Nations. On April 2, the United States led 154 nations to approve the Arms Trade Treaty in the U.N. General Assembly. While much of the treaty governs the international sale of conventional weapons, its regulation of small arms would provide American gun-control advocates with a new tool for restricting rights. Yet because the Constitution requires that two-thirds of the Senate give its advice and consent to any treaty, Second Amendment supporters still have a political route to stop the administration.FULL STORY
July 18, 2008
Over the past 7 years, the United Nations (UN) has been working to reach agreement on an international treaty on the trade in small arms.FULL STORY
October 16, 2006
Mid-term elections may not grab the attention like years when there's a race for the White House, but the importance of the 2006 U.S. Senate elections cannot be overlooked by Americans who value their Right to Keep and Bear Arms.FULL STORY
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Mandela: Nonviolence Holds the Key to Survival
Nelson Mandela, former political prisoner and President of South Africa, gave the following speech via satellite to a conference on Gandhi held in India on January 29, 2007. The speech can be heard online at http://www.satyagrahaconference.com/confpapers.asp. Peacework thanks the Nelson Mandela Foundation for providing us the transcript.
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I am delighted to be addressing this Conference from Johannesburg, the city where Mahatma Gandhi launched satyagraha [Editor's note: principled mass nonviolent direct action, often translated as "truth force"] just over a hundred years ago. This Conference on Gandhian philosophy in the 21st Century comes at a critical juncture.
We in South Africa owe much to the presence of Gandhi in our midst for 21 years. His influence was felt by freedom struggles throughout the African Continent for a good part of the 20th Century. And he greatly inspired the struggle in South Africa led by the African National Congress (ANC).
His philosophy contributed in no small measure to bringing about a peaceful transformation in South Africa and in healing the destructive human divisions that had been spawned by the abhorrent practice of apartheid.
It is very appropriate, therefore, that India and South Africa are jointly celebrating the centenary of Satyagraha, which a legacy shared by both the countries. I also had the opportunity of meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he visited South Africa last October for the joint commemoration.
I am aware that a series of events have been planned both in South Africa and India to mark 100 years of Satyagraha. We recently had a Conference on Robben Island, a place of oppression and exile, to reflect on the legacy of Gandhi. This Conference today in New Delhi marks an important milestone in those celebrations and I hope it will articulate the aspirations of all those who lay faith in the ideals that Mahatma Gandhi preached and lived for.
I am especially happy that the Conference has chosen to focus on Satyagraha as a tool for empowerment. Gandhi's insistence on self-sufficiency is a basic economic principle that, if followed today, could contribute significantly to alleviating Third World poverty and stimulating development.
It is a strange coincidence that Mahatma Gandhi launched Satyagraha on September 11, 1906 at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg. Today 9/11 has an entirely different, horrific connotation.
At the turn of this century, when Time Magazine asked me to write about one of the 100 most influential persons of the 20th century, I had no hesitation in choosing Gandhi. I called him 'the sacred warrior' because of the manner in which he combined ethics and morality with a steely resolve that refused to compromise with the oppressor.
In a world riven by violence and strife, Gandhi's message of peace and nonviolence holds the key to human survival in the 21st century. He rightly believed in the efficacy of pitting the soul force of the satyagrahi against the brute force of the oppressor and, in effect, converting the oppressor to the right and moral point of view.
I hope that this Conference will be able to come up with creative solutions to the problems which beset our world today and create a new paradigm for the application of the Gandhian trinity of Satyagraha, Sarvodaya (the welfare of all), and Ahimsa (gentleness towards all) to create a just, peaceful, and tolerant world for the present and succeeding generations.


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I was never much of a summer camp kid. I went, every summer, from around the age of eight or so, but I never really got into it. While I loved the idea of camp, I kind of just preferred being home where I could do what I wanted, on my own schedule. When I was old enough for overnight camp, I went, but never with a smile on my face. I was the one who sent home the weepy letters and made my parents visit me so much more often than they would have liked. I just didn't get it.
My brother, on the other hand, lived for camp. He was a different person at summer camp, with none of the bullshit he faced in school. It was his happy place. When I met Jeff, I quickly learned that he, too, was a "camp kid." His happiest childhood memories and very best times all took place there. He went to the same overnight camp year after year right up until college. He still references camp plays and traditions, all these years later.
I hadn't planned on camp this summer. I'm not working this year and really just couldn't justify the enormous cost. I could spend my days entertaining the kids and have some help from grandma and a few babysitters. We'd survive. But when we had to cancel two trips thanks to various infections and a scary bout with pneumonia, (Jeff, not the kids,) I became desperate. The thought of another week hearing cries of "he started it" and "I'm so bored" was more than enough to justify the cost. My sanity was at stake here. Camp it was.
Lily wanted to stay close to home and chose an art program down the street. Evan, suddenly the easy one, happily joined her there. Ben was the one who decided on an old school summer camp located a half hour bus ride away. His school friends were going and he thought it sounded like fun. But, I was hesitant. It's a really long day of swimming and boating and sports and activities and Ben is not a kid known for his stamina. He tires pretty easily and, as the middle child, is the one I worry about most. "Are you sure?" I asked for the hundredth time before writing the check. He was sure, he assured me, and I sent him off with his new Transformer backpack on Monday.
My stomach was in knots all day. Would he get sick on the bus? Be afraid in the pool? Hate having his sunscreen applied? Be freaked out by the unfamiliarity of it all? I could just see him, lip quivering, sitting in the corner all by himself. My baby! I couldn't wait to pick him up.
But, he jumped off the bus smiling. He told us about basketball and the free water play and the lake that they could jump into. "It's like school, but only fun!!!" he reported to his wide eyed sister. "Don't you want to go?" She wasn't convinced. "I don't want to take the bus. Or change in front of other kids. Or be there all day. It's so loooooong" she whined. "I know I won't like camp. I'm just not a camp person." He laughed at her and walked away, suddenly the experienced and wise one.
Maybe Lily's right, and this is the rare instance where she actually takes after me. But if that's the case, she is surely missing out. Those camp kids are the lucky ones.


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Committee in Spring 2014. Prior to
Darden, Jason spent five years working in litigation consulting with
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Forgive the obvious fact that the car you are actually looking at hasn't really got anything to do with the little 80's theme we have going on here at the moment, but if you look closely you might begin to understand why we have decided to run it today.
You see this particular hachiroku that TRD built for the Tokyo Auto Salon, aside from the car's obvious linage with the AE86 – which of course was born in the 80s – has a few interesting styling cues.
If its exterior looks familiar it's because it has been fitted with most of the TRD line up of parts for Toyota's little hot seller, the same parts that I showed you guys back in April last year when I first had the chance to get behind the wheel of their black demo car.
Except what they have done with this particular car is something quite interesting – they have taken a little slice of eighties flair and fused it successfully with the 86's modern lines.
Like the saying goes "it's the wheels that make a car" and this is precisely what has happened here. TRD have come up with a vintage-inspired set of rims…
…a sort of throwback to the old TRD Tosco racing wheels that they used to offer back in the day.
The 15-inch by 7.5J wheels might be dwarfed by the girth of the 86's wheel arches, but TRD have made sure to lower the ride height of the car substantially to sort of mask this obvious mismatch. Plainly put however, it actually does work pretty damn well. The new-gen Tosco, dare I even call them that, have been fitted with Dunlop Direzza 03G semi-slick tires, 215/50 all the way round, a sort of hint at what this concept has been aimed at. We can only but approve of those nice and chunky sidewalls!
The fusion of new and old continues throughout the car, and one of the most noticeable things are these dry carbon fender canards -or "Front Fender Aero Fins" as TRD calls them – that replace the stock opposed-piston logo garnish.
This is a beautifully made piece of carbon, properly developed by aerodynamicists to offer better high speed stability and a bit of downforce through faster corners. This piece will be available from the end of February in Japan and is extremely well priced at ¥48,000 ($527 at todays exchange rate)
It's around the rear of the car that the TRD body kit has been joined by another interesting 80s-inspired addition…
…something that was also a popular part on the AE86 – rear window louvers.
This remains a prototype, which still needs to be further tested and looked at before it makes a possible release. You either love it or hate it but there is no denying it's a very visual part of this particular concept.
If you look closely enough you can actually see the louvers even when looking at the car head on.
Swing the doors open and the vintage feel pretty much ends when you first spot the TRD seats, a full bucket for the driver's side (¥105,000/$1,155) and a more comfortable, yet still supportive reclinable item (¥168,000/$1,850) for the passenger.
I'm a great fan of the TRD Door Stabilizers (¥14,700/$160), little plates that slide against the door's edge when you close them, effectively pushing the doors against their hinges to add more side rigidity to the chassis. TRD has tested them out on a variety of Toyotas and have released them for the models on which they actually worked on. Superb little idea that can really be felt through a slalom test.
There were nice little touches dotted around the cabin starting off with this nice and chunky TRD embossed steering wheel made by Momo (¥43,000/$472). This is another great idea as only the outer part of the rim gets altered, the airbag-equipped center remaining unchanged to keep insurance companies happy and of course not getting rid of a very important active safety restraint.
The TRD trim continues with dry carbon replacement parts for the center section of the dashboard…
…a TRD shifter surround (not carbon) and leather boot…
…as well as the door's switch panels. Best thing of all, much like the fender winglets, is that all this carbon isn't prohibitively expensive, you are only looking at ¥52,000 ($570 at today's exchange rate) for the 2-piece dash set and door trims.
How about this for a view out back!
All the exterior and interior parts…
…are joined by some basic upgrades under the hood. Power remains stock but there is a slight response benefit…
…coming via the TRD Version R exhaust system that adds a deeper more throatier burble to the F20's note.
Body rigidity is boosted thanks to TRD's dry carbon strut tower base, made in the same place where the Lexus LFA's carbon parts were constructed. The main carbon tube is joined by billet aluminium ends…
…that bolt up to raised brackets on the suspension turrets Here you can also notice another part that will be offered from next month, TRD pillow ball upper mount plates, which as you can see here have been set at their furthest negative camber position. These join TRD's new "Sportivo" suspension kit aimed at giving the car firmer and more performance oriented handling. Stiffer bushes will also be available from next month (as well as engine and transmission mounts) so you can really give a tighter edge to your 86. To finish things off the car was also fitted with TRD's Circuit Brake kit boasting slotted rotors and high-friction pads to make sure that middle pedal stays nice and firm even during track days.
Next to the Griffon concept that Sean will be bringing you soon this car is very simple, yet was one of those rides that everyone at the Tokyo Auto Salon seemed to have noticed.
The 80's approach in the wheel department could actually become a little trend in 86-circles, who knows.
Now it's up to TRD to decide whether to launch the wheels or not and see how many owners will prefer to trade in the choppy ride modern day wheels shod in low-profile tires offer…
…for the old-school look and feel of taller sidewalls.
It may all just be a styling exercise, but I wonder if TRD may be on to something here. What do you guys think?
Engine & Transmission: TRD oil filter, TRD Version R exhaust system, TRD Sports clutch kit
Suspension & Brakes: TRD Sportivo suspension kit, TRD Pillow Ball upper mount kit, TRD Circuit Brake Kit
Wheels & Tires: TRD prototype wheels 7.5Jx15″, Dunlop Direzza 03G 215/50R15
Exterior: TRD full aero package, TRD front fender aero fins, TRD prototype rear window louvers
Interior: TRD full bucket seat, TRD reclinable sports seats for passenger, TRD Carbon package, TRD shifter trim, TRD Momo 360 mm steering wheel
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can you please tell me where I can buy these wheels
Where can I buy those Lourves I hope they start producing them to sell...
I love the louvres.
Now that i think of it, painting the lower third of the car black would have worked excellently! Even with such a modern kit, bringing back the old two tone paint would have had overwhelmingly good results, and would make the wheels look even more appropriate,
Love the idea! The wheels and louvers are excellent, but I think the kit doesn't quite match the theme. It's a nice kit, but looks far too bulky and huge for the 80's spirit it tries to go for. If there were a smaller, purer version of the front and rear bumpers developed, sort of in the style of the slim, minimalist Rocket Bunny S13 kit, this would be an absolute 10/10. However, I do understand that times have changed and everything is larger and bulkier and lower and wider in general. Oh well!
I love everything about this, even the louvers, but I really would have to have the rims grow on me. Not quite feeling them.
I would rock this, given the chance. Looks really good... Subtle yet still slightly aggressive. Nice one Dino!
Old school meets New School... WIN!
I LOVE the wheels, never liked window louvers myself, but I'm a Mustang guy at heart and own a few and am probably just tired of seeing them on everything. If TRD made these wheels available, I would actually buy a BRZ. I think these cars look absolutely perfect on 15s. Love it! The seats kick ass too.
I like it a lot. One small reservation tho would be, if TRD are into going in that direction with wheels & fitment, they could have pushed it a bit further in terms of offset. Looks-wise i mean. It's like they just didn't quite follow it through. I'm not saying they should have had crazy stretched tyres or crazy lip or nothing. Just that they could have pushed it a teeny bit harder. Hope i don't get flamed for being a stance lover.
the Tom's Igeta Wheels for the ZN6 also looks good
the camber plates look maxed out, yet the camber in the photos looks pretty much stock. what's up with that? The car has been lowered some, is it running roll center adjusters to dial in some more camber during cornering?
Build it!!
80's theme is just perfect! i was witning for thing like this. luv it.
WINDOWLOUVRES<3 Go TRD, loving this car.
this car is amazing
Yes! This is what an 86 should be! I'd like to see some Hayashi streets in 15x8 on these.
This feels a lot like a TRD catalog.
What a cool take on the platform, so many good details and I think it comes together with a great balance. I'd love to rock that, the seats and wheels look perfect too.
The car looks fantastic, but couldn't we let louvers die with the 80's?! Those are one thing I never wanted to see make a comeback. Synthesizers, sure. Hair bands, why not. Obscure soda flavors, definitely (New Coke, anyone?). But window louvers? Enough's enough.
Car looks amazing A+ The rims are out of this world fantastic !!!
It seems that window louvers are being offered by aftermarket suppliers for new cars aswell. I must say it looks right at home on this car.
Me likey.
Has anyone put one of these cars on proper Watanabes yet?
I really like this car
Those new age toscos on an AE101 or AE92 would be dope.
I think it looks pretty dope! Lovin the louvers and the wheels are a nice change of style. Also a huge fan of carbon pieces so those interior touches are nice and subtle. Now if you can just pass on the word to TRD to hook it up with some more sc300 and 1J parts =)
I like the look of this, the wheels proportions look good to me and I like the fact that TRD have been daring enough to break the mould.
However I am a bit worried by how many articles there are mentioning "affordable race technology for road cars" with carbon stuff like this little front wing louvre - just because it's made of pre-preg carbon and is released by a big-brand tuning company doesn't mean it is optimised downforce-making kit. $500 spent on absolutely anything genuinely performance related will give more of a gain, so just bill it as a styling product.
There's NOTHING 80's about this car, window louvers and tasteless wheels on a modern age car. Stick to the theme please.
I absolutely love the rear but I don't fancy the rest
i love everything but the price.
Looks absolutely terrible. That front bumper is hideous and the wheels are so far out of proportion with the rest of the car it's embarrassing. Why they tried to make a sleek, modern car look like a boxy 80's abomination is beyond me.
I don't know what TRD was thinking when they developed their aero kit. Myself, and most other FR-S owners, think it looks terrible and cheap. It especially looks bad on a whiteout model because the clips used to hold on the sideskirts are black and really stand out as "stuck on" items.
I love the rear louvers, TRD really did it right with blending the oldschool feel with a new age car. and the "ghost" checkered stripe down the centre-left of the car actually looks nice.
I want that car!
I always wondered why 17s were used. It should have came with 15s from the factory!
i love it.
if only the wheels had more lip...
There's something I can't quite put my finger on that's wrong with this?
Growing up in a townwhere the most common car (in the 80's to the '00's) was the F-body and Mustang, I certainly have mixed feelings on the rear window louvers. Too many butt-rockin' 80's 'maros might have ruined that for me. Though it doesn't detract from this particular get up at all. I'm a fan of those wheels, and the tires and the entire suspension set-up. Seriously, with just those few minor upgrades to the handling department, in conjunction with those wheels and tires, and I bet the handling of the TRD car is vastly upgraded over stock.
They should seriously consider tracking a stock car, and then tracking the TRD one and post results.
Really like the old school look to it, wouldn't mind putting those wheels on my 04 Corolla haha
@LouisYio well nah! It's representing trd in TAS.
@izzy_ortiz Any examples? Mustangs?
@aussieANON Yeah saw one at the Mooneyes show few months back
@JonathanW It very much is a styling product but TRD assured me it was tested/proven. $500 spent on proper aero under the car, as some respected aerodynamicists tell me, will yield far better results if you know what you are doing. These prices are for the Japanese market where there is no doubt people will go for stuff like the fender wings.
@Dbee I can't help but agree with you there. It is a nice design and if it wasn't obviously "stuck on" it would look nicer. But it's only an entry level kit for now, there is more to come from TRD like the awesome carbon fenders that the Griffon concept wears. Make sure you don't miss Sean's post on that car. If TRD get good feedback they will put them, and other cool carbon bits and pieces into production
@FunctionFirst I'm sure they have done that, but keep the numbers for themselves.
Oh, and 5x100? Are you serial?
@speedhunters_dino Any photos of it?
@speedhunters_dino Yeah that's kinda what I'm getting a-; the benefit of parts like this compared to those with with aero performance genuinely in mind is worlds apart, and I feel like it's rather misleading to get $500 out of someone for a product that has more placebo effect than effect!
That said, in a previous life I saw lots of time race drivers reported being able to"definitely" feel the performance improvement from a new spec of engine, when it had gone from 760bhp to 763bhp, so there's hope yet!
Anyway, enough negativity, this was an enjoyable article mate, keep up the good work... thank god for Speedhunters to get my head a bit clearer on my lunch breaks!
@speedhunters_dino That's good to hear, I'm a sucker for a clean car. Even though many body kits for the 86 respect the OEM lines, none really look OEM. I guess we should all just be high rollers and pay to get parts molded in :)


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Sunday afternoon I stopped in at Rick Foreman's Eylandt Antiques to see what Rick has collected over the winter. While I'm browsing there, I seem to always think about the Island Exchange, the shop that used to supply all of us with everything from antiques to used glassware way back when. Like the Exchange's owner, Dodie, Rick knows quality and the value of the special treasures he sells, and though his shop is smaller and there are fewer of the ordinary items, there are more of the unusual ones.
Eyelandt Antiques is but a tiny corner of Payne's Harbor View Inn, but once I walk in, I'm there for a long spell. Time passes as I turn over each porcelain bowl and examine the contents of each case. There are dolls eyes with the mechanism that opens and closes them, a French lamp with a lighthouse base, an Uruguayan painting of sunbathers on a beach that looks as though it was set right here. There is even a "nest" filled with ostrich eggs.
This year, Rick has a collection of old clocks. They are all set to different times, perhaps to give Rick an excuse to be late for dinner, or perhaps to give browsers like me the feeling that I have all the time in the world to stay there.
The largest of the clock collection is a round, 30" diameter school clock, the kind with Roman numerals and a wooden frame. It is the largest I have ever seen up close and not only is it 30" in diameter, it runs for 30 days before it needs to be wound. Another of his clocks is set into the top of a wooden airplane propeller. There are three more timepieces, but I like the 30" diameter school clock the best. No need for reading glasses to see that one.
Rick is always ready for a nice chat and sometimes, if Carol is working just outside the shop in her cubby of an office, she joins in on the conversation. While I examined an ivory walrus, I told Rick about the Greenland souvenir shop I'd visited in Copenhagen, run by native Greenlanders. Among their crafts are bears carved from walrus tusks. Carol heard us talking about Greenland, and came over then to tell us about her birthday trip to Iceland this winter with her daughter. She mentioned that Iceland is green and Greenland is ice, and yes, I recalled hearing that elsewhere, too. She had a wonderful time on the trip, even had a hot spa from one of those geisers we read about there.
After an enjoyable afternoon with Rick and Carol, I left without bringing home a treasure. It was one of those days when I had to sift through what I saw before I could choose. I did fall in love with a Japanese bowl shaped like a white flower in bloom with a black netting pattern and two orange lines like lilies inside, most likely, the ends of the net. I thought it was a candy bowl, but Rick brought out two others with plain shapes and a similar netting pattern inside that he said were soup bowls. I thought it might be hard to eat soup from it, but I did think it was beautiful.
Beautiful as it was, as I write I keep seeing that little walrus, and I think he'd like a home in my pottery cabinet.
By the way, Rick wants people to know he still has a selection of furniture in his barn. Call him if you need a table, a sofa, a bed….


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A refresher, I have 2 unpriviledged accounts listadmin & rsync2 on my main server scflf001. listadmin is the account that the delvelopers use to ftp the new lists to the server with. They are uploaded to it's home directory and a shell script copies them out to the correct location. I would like to use listadmin as well for the rsync process. This would limit the number of users on the main server to 3; root, listadmin and myself. The other servers will have only root and myself.
I am prompted for a password everytime I try to use listadmin@scflf001. If I use the sync2@scflf001 it works as expected. I deleted the authorized_keys file and the scflf005-rsync-key.pub file from listadmin's .ssh directory and copied the ones from rysnc2. I am still promped for a password if I use listadmin@scflf001. I deleted the authorized_keys and .pub file from rsync2's .ssh directory, copied them back from listadmin. It works, no password needed.
What could it be about the listadmin account that causes the process to request a password? I do not have anything prepended to the authorized_keys file.
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For the next few weeks I´m on a songwriting adventure that I´ve long dreamed about. Starting in San Francisco before heading to Big Sur, then in land to Death Valley, the Nevada Desert, Las Vegas, and finally for the shows in Los Angeles. It´s come at a point where I realized that apart from touring, I´ve been totally urbanized for the last 15 years. It´s felt importat to take in something new, to be something new. I´ll post some pictures here along the way, and I hope some of the songs will find there way into the new album. But for now, its about adventure and being and seeing what choses to come. Pics below:
I´m pleased today to release the video for "Threads" from Lunatic Lullabies. It´s a song that has had a long and turbulent birth, and I feel proud that it is now finally released after so long. Each song - and video - has such a different experience of how it is birthed. Some come naturally, and from writing to release there is an ease of passage. Others you simply have to fight for and believe in. And with the case of "Threads" I think of it as the song which refused to die. Many people have been a part of its eventual creation and contributed significant roles - more so than most. The basic idea was begun back in the rehearsal room at the Tacheles back in 2008. Myriad Creatures had managed to get ourselves evicted from our flat and were once again living in our rehearsal room. Unlike the first time, it was summer, so it wasn´t cold and actually turned out to be a wonderful, creative and alternate way to live. Our room overlooked the Tacheles and we´d sip on a hefeweisen during the day, hose ourselves down in the Hof (as there building had no electricity or water) and jam out songs. And it was in that setting, romantic to me in my mind now, that the song was born. We didn´t really know what to do with it, but managed to get a basic working structure after a year or so, shortly before I left the band early 2010.
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Tomorrow morning I had off to San Francisco. Its my first time over to the West Coast and i´m incredibly excited, as well as having a few butterflies. I´ve always dreamed that when I visit that it would be in a working capacity, and finally that is being fulfilled with the shows at Worldwide Radio Summit, Musexpo, as well as meeting some songwriters, writing new material and something exciting which I hope to be able to annoucne next week. For now, I just wanted to check in to say thank you to everyone for all the support. I would especially like to thank my manager Jasper Niebuhr, my band Ben, Lucas and Dan, and Scholli for all the support and hard work in the build up to the trip. I am an artist on a budget at this point, and it is just with total gratitude, happiness and humility that I receive so much positive energy, love and support from these guys at this point in my life and career. Thank you lads. Watch this space over the next month as I hope there will be a lot of things coming. Big up all! x
Here´s a video collected from stolen moments on a recent work trip. It´s set to the song "Staff and Shoes" from the OSOS EP from last year.
Very pleased to annouce that we´ve been invited to play at both Musexpo and the Worldwide Radio Summit. It will be the first shows for the project in America and the first time i´ve been to L.A. It´s the fulfillment of a life long dream to play in the States, so very excited, as well as honoured to get an invitation to these two shows.


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And those pictures are too cute. Is my seat next to yours for tomorrow? Or is it random seating?
Dress A Girl is an amazing organization doing some great things for girls all over the world! So great that you are able to participate and that's a lovely dress! :)
This was a really cute post. Those girls are adorable. As for the dress on top, it would be great for a "house dress" for us adults. Ya know, just something we wear around the house & lounge in. Would be great in this hot weather.


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When her daughters grew up and moved out, Los Angeles decorator Sasha Emerson downsized to a traditional cottagewithout sacrificing one lick of her funky flea-market chic.
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Photo-realistic wallpaper from Anthropologie fools the eye into thinking that books have been stacked floor to ceiling. A jute basket from World Market, filled with colorful quilts, sits beneath a reclaimed-oak table.


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Time for Smurf-or-Treating! This cute little costume includes a blue romper with an attached white dress, attached shoe covers and a matching white hat. 2-piece set. Polyester. Hand wash. Imported.
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Date: Oct 31, 2011
The body part was great. Fit awesome, it was comfy, warm, easy to put on and take off, easy to move in. The hat however,a big part of the costume was made terribly. It didn't fit my daughter head, fell off every 2 minutes, it was too tight and had no elastic or anything to stay on properly. i didnt have time to add one and for the price I paid I shouldn't have to fix or add anything. Fix the hat the costume would be great.
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Date: Oct 20, 2011
Very cute costume! It doesn't have any scratchy fabrics and seems comfortable to our 2 year old!
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Date: Oct 06, 2011
My daughter is on the petite size and almost 4 years old. This is suppose to be a 2T/4T and it is SHORT on her. It is all one piece so I am going to remove the "pants" and sew them on to a pair of pull on pants so that the boot covers will actually go over her shoes.
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The hat is too small for my two year old and I need to make some sewing adjustments to make it fit properly...for the price, the hats should be made to be adjustable.
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my little girl is 3 1/2 she is a very small 3 this outfit was to short through stride so I cut legs off that made it cuter but the hat is tooooo small also so I'm having to reorder a hat also so it is a play outfit having another costume custom made this one did not measure up at all. I order alot of costumes this one the first big disappointment.
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Very fast shipping and my daughter loved it when I opened it she wouldn't take it off. Not only that it will be nice and warm for Halloween!!
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