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The book is frustratingly devoid of citations and sources. It's even written in a way that makes it very difficult to follow up on interesting statements and references. Example: "One small, innovative community of researchers is making significant progress in copying neuronal organization and function." This is so vague that even if you did Google up a possible candidate, you would have no way of knowing whether you'd actually found the group referred to.
If you have already gained some familiarity with this field, this book will not be much use to you. It's a once-over-lightly of the field; it does not go into depth on anything.
The premise is interesting: that America in 2030 is so consumed by debt that the United States winds up effectively selling a 50% interest in Great Los Angeles to the Chinese.
The problem is that the author has shoehorned his story and his characters by force into the Procrustean bed of his theme. You can't do that to a novel and produce a book that has genuine life.
It does not help that he is so careless with his characters and their stories that he manages to forget that one of them is married. You can't do that to a novel and expect to hold your readers. You have to establish the basis for story developments to happen; you can't just arbitrarily decide that a given character will do or not do whatever is convenient for your story. You have to maintain your characters as living, believeable people. As soon as you stop doing that and start forcing their lives to bend your your ideas, you've killed your novel. This one winds up stone dead about 2/3 of the way through, and there's no resuscitation possible.
On a sentence-by-sentence level, the writing is poor. The author seems to have no sense of rhythm, no ability to craft interesting sentence and paragraph structures, no skill with language to speak of.
It's a 1. It could have been a 5. It's just too bad it isn't.
The first reason it disappoints so can be summed up in the author's own words. He states, of Rian Malan's work, "The reader has to be sent away with a feeling of purpose, of something achieved." That is precisely what this book does not accomplish. The author spent a few months in Africa, moving, apparently aimlessly, from place to place, allegedly seeking a profound understanding of African traditional religious belief. He records his random interaction with this person and that person, his disjointed experiences in this place and that place, giving us accounts that barely rise to impressionistic records of what he saw and heard without ever shedding any light on the ostensible subject. As an objective investigation, the book is utterly lacking, containing not a shred of verifiable information or data at all related to his subject. As an emotional expression, the book is dull, flat and pedestrian; his most powerfully felt responses are expressions of concern for the welfare of the stray kittens he encounters from time to time and his near panic whenever it occurs to him that the politics of a given encounter may require him to cough up some cash.
The second reason it disappoints is that it is so badly written. He simply shows no gift for or skill with language. His writing has no rhythm, no music, no flair, no style. He neither takes pleasure in words and language nor gives pleasure through them. He gives us the flat, dull, lifeless reportage of a journalist assigned to a boring beat forced to write at a fourth-grade level. The single most inescapable responsibility of the writer is to hold the attention of the reader; this reader found himself forced to hold his attention on the book, which did nothing to assist the effort. I do hope someday to find a really good book on African traditional religion; this one most assuredly does not fill the bill.


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Ten Reasons to Consume Local Foods
A local approach to food consumption would save energy, support local family farms, improve the quality of the foods we eat and help and grow local economies.
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There are two hardware stores near my house. One is a big name-brand store that has everything I need at lower prices, open seven days a week. The other has inconvenient hours.
So you'd think I'd shop at the super-convenient big box store on the new highway. Nope. I've decided it's in my economic self-interest to shop at the local mom and pop store.
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How can we 21st century Americans—a nation of people frighteningly dependent on the global economy to meet our basic needs—start transitioning away from the system that's hurting us?
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Summer festival regular Dangermuffin breezes into to town like an Indian summer Wednesday night, stopping at The Empty Glass to bring the season's first musical taste of sunshine.
When the gazz caught up with Dan Lotti, lyricist and guitarist for the jam-band trio, the band was in the middle of recording its fourth album. Lotti talked about the "grueling" process of making a studio record and the perils of traveling in a band that can't eat just anywhere.
Q: What's the band been up to lately?
A: "We've been locking ourselves in a studio in town, working 16 hours a day. It's going really well."
Q: Somehow, that doesn't sound like a lot of fun. What's recording like for Dangermuffin?
A: "Well, we've been at it for a week and a half. You work on the songs beforehand, but when you get in the studio, you keep playing the songs and keep playing the songs until you start to go crazy. Once you get past the crazy, that's when you get a good take. It's usually in the wee hours. That's when something magical happens."
Q: As a band that tours extensively, do you write your material on the road or somehow fit it in when you get home?
A: "It's kind of a mix. A lot of our filtering process takes place before we get home, but we get inspiration from everywhere - like in 2010, we drove from Eugene, Ore., to Denver, Colo.
"We went across the Nevada desert in the middle of the night. You're just driving, and there's nothing. You turn off your headlights, and you're in the middle of nothing. There's inspiration in that.
"But a lot of our songs are inspired by Gaia, you know? The soul of the planet. A lot of our music is very elemental."
Q: You're playing The Empty Glass on Ash Wednesday. Any plans to give up something for Lent?
A: (Laughs.) "Well, I'm already a vegan. That's yearlong. As far as diets go, I'm not sure where we'd go from there."
Q: How is touring life as a vegan?
A: "It's OK. The band is pretty much on board with that. The drummer [Steven Sanifier] and I are both vegans, and the other guitarist [Mike Sivili] is pescetarian; he eats fish. So we're all looking for the same place to eat, and we find the most amazing food co-ops all over the country: great local food communities where a vegan can eat well.
"It helps that we're on the same page, but of course, it can get challenging sometimes. When all else fails, we'll get Mexican food somewhere and won't ask about what's in the refried beans."
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Ryan Williams, a 4th grader at Fairview Elementary in Sherman, raised over $13,000 in this year's Jump Rope for Heart program. That was more than every other participant in the nation.
It took Ryan and his family 20 days to raise the $13,000. The American Heart Association presented him with an award in front of the entire school.
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Hyde5: Five keys to tonight's Game 5 of Heat-Mavs
1. "Now or Never." That was LeBron's tweet at 3 a.m. today. So he understands the importance of tonight. He grasps the value in this moment for the Heat and himself. First, let's not overdo this, because even if the Heat lose again they're coming home for games 6 and 7. So
it's not exactly "never" with a loss tonight. But as I wrote in today's column this is the most defining game in James' career. And he understands the importance of it.
2. Which team shoots better? For all the good defense being played this series, it isn't that good. Dallas' defense certainly isn't. The Heat shot two of 14 on 3-point shots in Game 4. In fact, for the series, they're shooting 32.8 percent on 3's. In Game 4's fourth quarter, the Heat shot 33.3 percent (5-15) and Dallas shot 31.6 percent (6-19). Look, the defense isn't that good. Players are missing open shots. Who hits them tonight? That simple idea goes a long way to telling who wins tonight.
3. Tyson Chandler has to be held in check. Chandler, as much as anyone, brought this team back. He became a force on the offensive boards. He had nine in Game 4. He kept Dallas possessions alive to fuel their comeback. Chris Bosh had a good offensive game (24 points), but he's had three and six rebounds the last two games. Especially with Chandler (16 total rebounds in Game 4) hitting the glass hard, Bosh needs to concentrate on that part of his game, too.
4. Are the Heat over Game 4? The Heat are the best team. Dallas is looking the tougher team. It's a three-game series now, two of them in Miami. The Heat have done a good job all season getting past problem nights. This will be another of them. If they push Game 4 behind them (as they did Game 2), then there's no reason to think the better team won't win this series.
5. Rick Carlisle vs. Erik Spoelstra. Carlisle is getting praise for switching up his lineup and throwing a zone at the Heat in the fourth quarter. He did find something that worked in using Chandler in high pick-and-rolls with J.J. Barea. But let's not overdo this or overpraise Carlisle. The Heat way is to coach a complicated defensive system hard and let great talent take over on offense. It took a while for everyone to buy into this year. What Spoelstra has to make sure is that the ball keeps moving on offense, especially in the fourth quarter, where the Heat is struggling.
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You are John Blade, commander of HardCorps, an elite security force dedicated to protecting the people of Freeport City. Four years have passed since your first battle with Elexis Sinclaire, a beautiful, brilliant, and ruthless scientist who is out to remake humanity according to her own twisted vision. The law has failed to bring Elexis and her multi-billion dollar empire, SiNTEK, to justice, so Blade is determined to take matters into his own hands. Joining Blade on his mission are JC - a hacker with a secret to keep - and Jessica Cannon, a fiery rookie who can find her way into any secure facility.
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This was the background information on a unreleased fanmade creation, Sin Episode: Retribution that was in the making for awhile, before and after the...
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Removes verbal blasphemy, I did not allso do the lipsyncing so the lips stop moving during the edited bit, mayby in a next release. Place the "SE1" in...
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In a few months, I'm starting work on SiN Episode II. Too good of a game to let die, you know? So look for the mod page when I start.
Good to hear it. This was a great game, and it'd be incredible if we could get an unofficial sequel.
I wish someone would actually make and finish a mod for this. I started to help two different guys in making a sequel, each time they just disappeared
When you getting started?
I'm also looking for an uncensored version of Sin and it's add on, Wages of Sin.
Are u serious?
If so, I want to help so much As i can!
It's so good game... And it has so much more to give.
We need really to spread the word to the rest of the Sin fans, Over 150 000 copies were sold! That were when they gave the bad news...
Keep it up!
I've started a concept for a new weapon. That's all I have right now.
Much appreciated.
Looking forward to shooting more mutants and getting back at Elexis.
Also been thinking about remaking SiN1. Just THINKING, though. And I don't mean Episode 1. I mean the classic 1998/whatever year it was (forgot) SiN1.
It would be nice in Source, I hope u thinking in source.
And Maybe replace the Emergency weapons of sin1...
this game is awesome
I loved this game.
They need to finish the episodes.
Damn I hate that they didnt make an Demo to SIN E.
I would buy it earlyer if.
Finaly today i have bought it, I hope for more episodes!
Sorry but ritual has new owners and most of the original team that made the first ep. are working at different companies. ritual says that they have no interest in making any more episodes. this upsets me cause I loved the game and couldnt wait to continue the story line.
I know...
The thing is I am sure they would get more games sold if they made a demo. For The Love Of God why didn't they make a demo? I cant find any reason why they didn't, 20 min or whatever how long or make a own map just for a demo? So damn sad. and just 1 video...
The only game i have bought without any demo, tried it at a friend and so on, is Boiling Point Road to hell: why? Because they had made 6 or more videos, if they just made 1 i would probably not buy it.
But anyway I still hope that the team get back and get some support from a bigger company like Valve or EA etc.
I wouldn't get interested of buying Penny Arcade's game without that demo!
Highest Rated (3 agree) 7/10
While the game was fun and had excellent levels of interactivity as well as superb visuals, but it was too short and had no more then four weapons available.
Most of the time it felt like I was playing an ambitious Half-life 2 mod rather then a commercial game. It's a shame there won't be a follow up to this, it could have been improved upon.
But I suppose that's how life goes sometimes, and for what it is, it's still entertaining and searching for easter eggs in every level never gets old :)
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Fasting, or abstincence from food and frequently also from drinking) for an extended period of time, is certainly not new. It has actually been practiced for hundreds of years associated with spiritual ceremonies. Fasts are performed in all of the world's major religions, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Confucianists, Hindus, Taoists, to name a few. Even though Buddhism emphasizes discipline in eating instead of fasting, Buddhists in certain countries around the world, notably Tibet, do fast from time to time.
Initially, fasting had been one of various rituals where activities were decreased or stopped, producing a condition of repose equivalent, symbolically, to death, or to the condition prior to birth. Fasting was also done as part of fertility rituals in ancient ceremonies.
A number of these ceremonies were carried out during the vernal and autumnal equinoxes and continued to be observed for centuries. Many historians link the emblematic utilization of matzo (unleavened bread) by Jews through the springtime celebration of Pesach (Passover), with these early beginnings. Remnants of those ancient rituals are also present in fasting done by Christians all through Lent prior to Easter.
In addition to fertility, fasting was often done to prevent catastrophe or as penitence for sin. Indigenous North American Indians did tribal fasts to find favor with the spirits and thus receive assistance in the prevention of looming threats and/or disasters. The Native Americans of Mexico as well as the Incas of Peru fasted regularly to "appease" the wrath of their respective gods.
In the ancient world, the Assyrians and also the Babylonians particularly, fasted as a form of penance. The jewish people also fast for purificaton and forgiveness of sins annually on "Yom Kippur" (The Day of Atonement). Yom Kippur has been observed four thousands of years since its inception by Moses as read in Leviticus 23:27.
The passage described that on that Holy Day, no work should be done. The text goes on to explain the unique rites that the priests did to absolve the people from their sins. One of these rituals removes the people's sins and as a symbol puts them upon an animal that is consequently sent into the wilderness. This ceremony is the source of the phrase "scapegoat". Muslims observe similar times of fasting each year during the month of Ramadan.
The historical Christian church also connected fasting with penitence and cleansing from sin (see Matthew 6:16; Mark 9:29). For the first 200 years after its inception, Christianity recognized fasting as something done in preparation for receiving Holy Communion and baptism, as well as for the ordination of new priests into the Catholic church.
While at first this type of fasting was done on one's own volition, later on they became compulsory. In the sixth century lent fasting was broadened from the initial 40 hours, ( the amount of time that Christ spent in the grave prior to his resurrection), to 40 days of fasting from sunup to dusk – with only one meal allowed daily.
Following the Reformation (1517-1648), fasting was maintained by the majority of Protestant churches and became optional in certain instances. More stringent Protestants such as the Puritans, on the other hand, condemned not just the celebrations of the church, but also its fasting rituals.
Fasting was belittled from very early times. A lot of Old Testament prophets and Christian authors viewed fasting as being a meaningless custom carried out by individuals who were living in sin. In our contemporary world fasting is often sharply criticized, particularly by some in the medical profession.
Doctors and psychologists have questioned the worthiness of fasting for long periods of time as they maintain that it is sometimes harmful. Roman Catholic fasting days are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. In the US, fasts are done primarily by Episcopalians and Lutherans among Protestants, by Orthodox and Conservative Jews, and by Roman Catholics.
The hunger strike, a type of fasting, continues to be used as a political tool. Countless political prisoners in several parts of the globe have engaged in hunger strikes to catch the government's ear and bring attention to their cause. Mohandas Gandhi, leader of the battle for India's independence, carried out fasts regularly to motivate his followers to resist violence and adhere to his cherished precept of nonviolence.
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Posted By Andrew Michler On May 23, 2011 @ 11:00 pm In Botanical,carousel showcase,Design,Gallery,Gardening and Plants | 1 Comment
Vertical urban farms have become a popular topic for farmers and architects alike as they promise a way to feed a growing population sustainability. From fanciful sky-bound superscrapers that will never be built to huge rooftop gardens that have limited room to spread out, urban food production has some hurdles to mount. A Dutch based group called PlantLab just may have hit the sweet spot by packing productive plant production into a small foot print that can be done just about anywhere. They replaced the sun with LEDs and grow plants in completely controlled environments that increase productivity by precisely tuning the light, water, and soil to each plant's needs. They claim they can feed a small city out of a space smaller than the average house in the US.
The heart of the high tech system is a LED array developed by Phillips [1]that shines infrared light, which is the optimal wavelengths for plants to use. Automated trays are stacked high with vegetables, fruits, and decorative plants. The lab has experimented with a wide range of variables to produce high crop yields while using a minimum amount of resources. The system uses up to 90% less water for instance, and there is no need for toxic pesticides. Variables such as light intensity, light color, the relationship between colors, room temperature, crop temperature, root temperature, CO2 content and air humidity are all carefully controlled and automated.
The system also may need less energy input overall once everything in factored in — especially considering transportation. The food can be grown right at the source of sale, so a production facility could be located above or below a food vendor in a large city. The food crops are also less prone to spoilage and adverse weather conditions which are becoming alarmingly more frequent.
AP [2] reports: "Meeuws says a building of 100 sq meters (1,075 sq. feet) and 14 layers of plants could provide a daily diet of 200 grams (7 ounces) of fresh fruit and vegetables to the entire population of Den Bosch, about 140,000 people." Such a dramatically small footprint means that cities could easily become self-sufficient [3] by retrofitting existing building stock. The PlantLab has already built a production facility that is commercializing the technology, and they plan to build a much larger production facility this year.
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Five Faculty members in Florida Gulf Coast University's School of Nursing have chosen to become Virginia Henderson Fellows, a special giving program of nurse philanthropy developed by the international nursing honor society, Sigma Theta Tau. With only 300 fellows worldwide, having five faculty members participate from one school is uncommon. The Society is committed to scholarship, leadership and excellence in the nursing profession. For more information, contact Dr. Denise Heinemann, associate professor in the FGCU School of Nursing, at (941) 590-7511, or the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Web site at www.nursingsociety.org.


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Relative Truth
Manuel García-Carpintero, Max Kölbel
OUP Oxford, Aug 14, 2008 - Philosophy - 336 pages
The truth of an utterance depends on various factors. Usually these factors are assumed to be: the meaning of the sentence uttered, the context in which the utterance was made, and the way things are in the world. Recently, however, a number of cases have been discussed where there seems to be reason to think that the truth of an utterance is not yet fully determined by these three factors, and that truth must therefore depend on a further factor. The most prominent examples includeutterances about values, utterances attributing knowledge, utterances that state that something is probable or epistemically possible, and utterances about the contingent future. In these cases, some have argued, the standard picture needs to be modified to admit extra truth-determining factors, andthere is further controversy about the exact role of any such extra factors.With contributions from some of the key figures in the contemporary debate on relativism this book is about a topic that is the focus of much traditional and current interest: whether truth is relative to standards of taste, values, or subjective informational states. It is an issue in the philosophy of language, but one with important connections to other areas of philosophy, such as meta-ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology.
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Muslim activist sentenced to 23 years
Jerry Markon, Washington Post
Once so prominent that his influence reached the highest levels of the U.S. government, Alamoudi stood before U.S. District Chief Judge Claude Hilton in a green prison jumpsuit and said quietly, "I regret my involvement in everything unlawful I did."
His lawyers urged a lighter sentence, portraying Alamoudi as a minor player in the bizarre scheme to assassinate Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah.
But Hilton accepted the argument of prosecutors that the longtime activist played a key role as a go-between who introduced Libyan officials to two leading Saudi dissidents in London who were coordinating the plan. Alamoudi pleaded guilty in July to illegally moving cash from Libya, admitting that he pocketed nearly $1 million and used it to pay conspirators in the plot, which sources said came close to succeeding before it was broken up by Saudi intelligence officials.
"He saw an opportunity to make a buck in a murder-for-hire plot," Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Ward said. "I submit to the court that this conduct is so base, so reprehensible, that the defendant deserves every day of prison that this court will impose upon him."
The sentence marked the final downfall of one of America's best-known Muslim activists -- a former head of the American Muslim Council who met with senior Clinton and Bush administration officials in his efforts to bolster Muslim political prominence. Alamoudi, 53, of Falls Church, Va., also helped found the Pentagon's Muslim chaplain program and was involved in a variety of other Islamic political and charitable organizations.
"It's terrible. It's a human tragedy," Stanley Cohen, one of Alamoudi's lawyers, said outside the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Va., after the hearing. He said the sentence was "exactly what we expected," but portrayed Alamoudi as a victim of other conspirators who did far more to carry out the plot. "Alamoudi walked into a situation, unknowingly and largely unwittingly," Cohen said.
Government officials called the sentence a major step in their efforts to shut off terrorist financing.
"This is a clear victory in the war against terrorism," said Paul McNulty, the U.S. Attorney in Alexandria.
Michael Garcia, the Department of Homeland Security's Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the sentence "reflects the seriousness of Alamoudi's crimes." He said that during the investigation agents "tracked suitcases stuffed with cash, unearthed Swiss bank accounts, and documented meetings with shadowy figures around the globe."
Alamoudi has already undergone extensive debriefings, and Attorney General John Ashcroft said Friday that Alamoudi's cooperation will aid "critical" terrorism investigations. Government sources have said, for example, that Alamoudi will be asked about the sprawling probe into whether a cluster of Islamic charities, companies and think tanks in Herndon and elsewhere in Northern Virginia financed terrorist organizations.
Alamoudi was closely involved with the Northern Virginia cluster, which has denied any terrorist links. It was unclear Friday how much, if any, information Alamoudi has given. One of his lawyers, James McLoughlin, said Alamoudi will "cooperate to the best of his ability. If he has information, great. If not, he's not going to invent it."
When Alamoudi was arrested shortly after arriving at Dulles International Airport on Sept. 28, 2003, it caused an outcry among friends and associates who portrayed him as a moderate activist. Yet there were almost as many federal officials in the courtroom Friday as there were supporters of Alamoudi, who smiled as he was led away by security officers.
Born in Eritrea, Alamoudi is a naturalized U.S. citizen who automatically lost his citizenship when he pleaded guilty to engaging in prohibited transactions with Libya, along with tax and immigration counts.
Court documents said the assassination plot arose from a March 2003 conference at which Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and Prince Abdullah had a heated exchange. Angered at how Gadhafi was treated, Libyan officials recruited Alamoudi.
Even after he learned that the target was Abdullah, Alamoudi shuttled money and messages between Libyan officials and the two Saudi dissidents in London the documents said. Although Gadhafi is not named as a planner, sources familiar with the case have said he appears in the documents as "Libyan government official 5," who met personally with Alamoudi.


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The immune systems of patients who have recently developed ME/CFS look markedly different from those who have been ill for much longer, according to a major new study from Drs. Ian Lipkin and Mady Hornig at Columbia University. This shift in immune function hadn't been seen before.
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Summary of HHS IOM contract situation: hiding an epidemic illness
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Topic: Serious Discussion / Gay Marriage
A lot of people who read the bible say that it forbids gay marriage. Well, if you read the bible and you believe it says that, you should read the Constitution because that says there is a separation between religion and law. (And for those of you who are stuck, the Bible has to deal with religion.) I hate the word "Homophobia". It isnt a fear and you are not scared. Your only a ignorant being. There is separation between religion and state in the constitution, so dont bring up the bible when protesting that there should not be a law allowing gay marriage. Read the Constitution. "Every man is created equal"


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That's fantastic, Jamie! How long did you stand there?
David Dear - 17/Jan/12
David Dear - 17/Jan/12
I spent over an hour wandering around Dave - checking out different views, eating and trying to stay warm. It was very special watching colour slowly flood the scene. I'd checked out the best viewpoints a couple of years ago, so knew roughly where I wanted to be. My aim is to produce a large-scale painting, but include the lochain and the sun on the horizon (maybe).
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Superb Jamie; was it Sunday out of interest? How are you going to get those tones into paint? You're the man that can I'm sure. M
Mike Lates - 18/Jan/12
Mike Lates - 18/Jan/12
Yes it was Sunday. I couldn't see Skye - was it engulfed?! Do you know, I've been thinking about these colours and am tempted to try using some flourescent paints to get the surreal glowing brightness. Might work, might not.
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Fantastic. Must have been flipping cold, but worth it!
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Train Your Brain
The new mania for neuroplasticity.
Click here for more from the Brains! special issue.
But the recent wave of how-to literature inspired by the wonders of neuroplasticity has obviously been inspired as much by a perceived cultural need as by cut-and-dried scientific proof.In March, Newsweek ran a cover story about the benefits of exercise to the adult brain. The mania for Sudoku, which purports to keep the aging brain on its mental toes, has led to more than $250 million in revenue for the global Sudoku business over the past two years, according to the New York Times. And the appetite for Japanese-style "Brain Age" tests led Nintendo to develop one for the DS, its hand-held device; participants can calculate their brain age on a daily basis. This month's Men's Vogue has an article suggesting that such puzzles could make us smarter and even stave off Alzheimer's. Neuroplasticity certainly has capacious ramifications, but you could be forgiven for thinking that the mania for harnessing its supposed anti-aging benefits is just our latest form of magical thinking, invoked by baby boomers who've turned away from fussing over their children's brains to ward off their own eventual decline.
After all, the concept offers an almost too-apt, metaphoric expression of fears about the unmanageability of life in the Information Age: It promises that we can use the mind—our faculties of determination—to rewrite the "hard-wired" brain, overcoming both genetic determinism and the frazzling wear and tear of contemporary connected life. One of the most interesting studies showed that only voluntary exercise reshapes the brain, and Begley turns to studies of monks to argue that meditation leads them to have higher rates of compassion toward the fellow man—as evidenced by the increased "gamma signal" activity in their brains. With its emphasis on mindful self-improvement, then, neuroplasticity answers a contemporary frustration with the chaotic connectivity of daily life while implying thatwe can have our connection and sever it too, so to speak: Just stop e-mailing for a few days and practice meditation, before starting the cycle all over again. It's a low-cost promise of regeneration.
Unfortunately, it is a promise that is almost certainly inflated. The notion of neuroplasticity as a life-altering "therapy" that might keep us on our mental toes into our 90s—as well as prime us for greater compassion toward our fellow man—does not rest on substantial, uncontested evidence. As Begley herself reported in the Wall Street Journal last spring, the effects of Brain Age-style games like Sudoku appear to be minimal in some respects. One study of elderly people (ranging in age from 65 to 94) found that while training in a particular task did help performance in that task, it did not improve cognitive function in other tasks, nor did it slow the participants' overall decline in cognitive function. More peculiarly, declines in function were the most extreme over time in those who had received training than those who had not. (Timothy Salthouse, who analyzed the study, told Begley this might reflect the fact that "if performance rises, it has farther to fall.") As Begley points out, many scientists now pooh-pooh the "use-it-or-lose-it" theory of mental functioning. Instead, they argue that it is "cognitive reserve" built up largely before the age of 30, not ongoing mental training, that benefits aging adults. That is, those 70-year-olds who were particularly smart 30-year-olds have more of a cushion to draw on than peers who were only average at 30 and therefore don't decline as far with age.
Be that as it may, the idea that a little mindful meditation could calm down the forgetful, buzzing frenzy of our brains is still an appealing one. Even if the science is less than solid, maybe the placebo effect will kick in; and in any case, my brain seems to enjoy its crossword-puzzle respites and its Sudoku vacations, the way my muscles enjoy a massage. Or so my mind is telling me. Seven-letter word for "memory loss," anyone?
Slate science editor Daniel Engber chatted at washingtonpost.com about the special issue on the brain.
Slate science editor Daniel Engber chatted at washingtonpost.com about the special issue on the brain.


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Mel Gibson to be clearedMel Gibson is set to be cleared by child protection services.
The 'Lethal Weapon' star and his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva - who have a nine-month-old daughter Lucia together - are both being investigated by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) following allegations of domestic abuse involving the tot.
However, the case is due to close in two weeks and neither Mel or Oksana will be charged.
A source said: "The case will be officially closed when several more people that deal with Lucia are officially interviewed, and that should take place in the next few weeks. The people that play a key role in Lucia's life have already been interviewed, and barring any bombshell developments from the remaining people that are going to be dealt with, the case will be closed, with no action being taken against Mel or Oksana."
Oksana has accused Mel of hitting her while she was holding Lucia during a row on January 6, while Mel claimed Oksana shook the tot, so the investigation was launched.
But the DCFS reportedly believe Mel is an excellent father to Lucia and the child has bonded to him.
Although they have both been cleared, if officials feel Lucia's welfare is in danger again they can conduct another investigation.
The source added to RadarOnline.com: "Just because no action is being taken at this point, and the investigation appears to be wrapping up, doesn't mean that officials won't get involved again. If there are concerns about Lucia's welfare again in the future, DCFS will become active again."
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Bicycle (Bicicletta)
Many of our modern necessities come from the mind of da Vinci, including the templates for the very first bicycle and car.
The discovery of the drawing on which this model is based has raised much controversy. It came to light during restoration work on the Codex Atlantico during the 1960s. Some scholars believe that it might have been drawn by one of Da Vinci's young pupils Salai, copying the great master's original idea or drawing. His name is the only word written on the sheet.
The style is certainly in keeping with many of da Vinci's sketches, but recent research indicates that the drawing is possibly a late twentieth-century hoax, and that Leonardo did not invent the bicycle after all. Da Vinci's heavy black lines can generally be seen through on the other side of a page, but the bicycle parts cannot be seen in this case. It also appears the sketch was done in graphite (lead pencil), which was not discovered until some decades after da Vinci's death.
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Madness and the MinotaurApr 21, 2016 · peterb · 2 minute read
Games Many years ago I wrote a paean to an obscure text adventure called Madness and the Minotaur. It's a strange game, for several reasons: Hardly anyone has heard of it. It was on a comparatively unpopular platform, the TRS-80 Color Computer. It was brutally difficult. Although solved today, I do not believe that anyone actually solved it in the 1980s. It has real-time and randomized elements, both rare traits in the text adventure genre in 1981. Read On →


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Do you have the willingness and ability to work off campus? If so, you may be interested in Ithaca College's Off-Campus Community Service program! There are several openings available, and positions will be filled on a "first-come, first-serve basis."
For more information, and details on how to apply, visit the student employment jobs database posting http://www.ithaca.edu/hr/studentemployment/current/database/jobs/912
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Last Thursday, I met AWS to learn how users are building supercomputers in the cloud and also to see one being created right in front of me!
Unfortunately, the demo didn't succeed. I don't know if it was a buggy code or what but Ian Massingham, technology evangelist at AWS wasn't able to create a supercomputer and he was as disappointed about it as I was if not more.
But Ian had created one the previous evening -- "Just ran up my first HPC cluster on AWS using the newly released cfncluster demo," read Ian's tweet from the previous day. The link to a demo video AWS sent me subsequently also showed how to get started on cfncluster in 5 minutes.
Amazon cfncluster is a sample code framework, available for free - - to help users run high performance computing (HPC) clusters on AWS infrastructure.
I got to hear how enterprise customers, pharmaceutical companies, scientists, engineers and researchers are build cluster computers on AWS to do some pretty serious tasks such as research on medicine, assessing financial standing of the companies etc, all while saving money (My feature article on how enterprises are exploiting public cloud capabilities for HPC will appear on ComputerWeekly site soon).
And having spent the last two days at the International Supercomputing conference (ISC 2014) in Leipzig, I feel that high-performance computing, hyperscale computing and supercomputers are the fastest growing sub-set of IT. HPC is no more restricted to just science labs but even enterprises such as Rolls Royce and Pfizer are building supercomputers - to analyse jet engine compressors and to research around diseases respectively.
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Whether on the cloud or on-premises, I didn't hear a single HPC use-case in the last two days that wasn't cool or awe-inspiring. Imperial College London, Tromso University, Norway, US Department of Energy, Edinburgh University and AWE all use supercomputers to do research and computation around things that matter to you and me. As one analyst told me, "From safer cars to shinier hair, supercomputers are used to solve real-life problems".
Now I know why Ian was having a hard time to pick his favourite cloud HPC project - they're all cool.


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Dentsu's European operation made up less than 1% of the Japanese group's net sales for the April-December period last year, after a 4.2% year-on-year fall in net sales.
Net sales (a figure equivalent to billings) in Europe for the final nine months of 2011 totalled 11.1bn yen (£90m).
Worldwide gross profit (equivalent to revenue) rose 2.7% year on year to 234.7bn yen (£1.91bn) and net income surged 52.4% to 13.3bn yen (£108.1m).
Dentsu has historically struggled to diversify beyond its home market, which accounted for 88% of its 1.36trn yen net sales in the same period.
Although the contribution of its overseas divisions has been hampered by a strengthening yen, Dentsu made better progress in America, where net sales increased 28.6% to 60m yen.
America grew faster than the company's operations in China, up 12.5% to 51.2m yen.
Dentsu Europe bulked up in June last year with the acquisition of digital agency Steak.
For its latest push into Europe, Dentsu hired RKCR/Y&R founder Jim Kelly to lead as regional director in 2009, after rebranding its UK agency CDP as Dentsu London.
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Kevin Smith has never been one to make a discreet film. Even a romantic comedy like Chasing Amy had Jason Lee introducing a child to bestiality magazines. (Kind of makes you wonder what Kevin Smith does late at night.) It seems that Smith may have gone too far in his new film Zach and Miri Make a Porno, and the MPAA is ready to give the film an "NC-17 rating for some graphic sexuality." A film about porn containing graphic sexuality? No way! Don't worry, Kevin Smith fans, all hope is not lost. The boys over at View Askew have a bit more detail of how the producers of Zach and Miri are fighting the rating. At the MPAA website it appears the film is "pending appeal."
According to View Askew, "Pending appeal tells us that the film's producers have taken the "Clerks" route and have the MPAA taking a closer look, likely without any cuts, in the hopes they'll be re-assigned an "R". This isn't new territory for View Askew, though the first scuffle in some time, as "Clerks II" surprisingly went through the ratings system with an "R" and no objections last time around, with Kevin very vocally expecting otherwise. A verbally graphic "Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back" scene with hookers was excised but eventually made it to DVD."
The film will probably end up with an R rating, we hope, but this ratings scuffle highlights a serious issue that needs to be addressed. The MPAA really needs to look in the mirror and realize the hypocrisy their ratings system represents. We can't see sexual intercourse but we can watch a woman bathe in blood in Hostel: Part II. We can't see any full frontal nudity but a clerk at Mooby's can talk about how his girlfriend has a pussy troll named Pillowpants in between her legs. How does it make any sense that any movie showing a maniac eating a woman's entrails gets a free pass, yet the same thing we see when we take a shower goes on-screen and the MPAA starts a modern day Salem witch hunt?
America fashions themselves to be a trendsetter, yet we have the sexual maturity of an 8 year old who snickers when he hears the word dick. You can just imagine the MPAA making "That's what she said" jokes in their meetings.
You can check out the rest of News Askew's opinion on Zach and Miri's fight to get an R rating here.


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Botia Striata Questions
Assuming the size of the aquarium and water parameters are all adequate for these fish...
(A) What is the minimum number that you would recommend in an aquarium to reduce stress and increase activity?
(B) Is Eco-Complete gravel suitable?
(C) Will they co-exist well with smaller bottom feeders such as corydoras?
(D) Is there any other information you can offer about Botia Striata, good or bad, that one should be aware of prior to a decision?
Thanks in advance.
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2. Never tried it but avoid substrate with rough edges.
3. Yes.
4. They're not as boisterous compared to other loaches you can find therefore they should be fine in your community setup.
Other than B, I agree totally with Lupin. They do just fine over ecocomplete, not so hot over fluorite.
I used to have 5 in my 55, and they would come out and dance every night. Rarely do they chase and never nip other fish. I had them in with pearl gouramis, and if any nipping were going to happen, the pearls would have gotten it for sure.
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Compliance Reporting
How to Report Compliance Concerns
We are all responsible for compliance. This includes asking questions if you're not sure what to do and raising concerns if you see something you don't think is right. Identifying a problem early can prevent a small problem from becoming big. It's also the right thing to do.
Where to best raise a concern depends on your particular concern and situation.
1. Contact your supervisor
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1. Contact your supervisor
The best place to raise a concern typically begins within your own supervisory channels, beginning with an immediate supervisor. Usually, the local unit is the most familiar with the issues and parties and best equipped to address or raise a concern to a higher level. Many units have also identified specific people to handle certain kinds of problems.
2. Contact the appropriate department
Sometimes, because of the subject matter or due to work or personal relationships, concerns may best be raised first through a specialized central office. Examples include the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action for concerns about discrimination or sexual harassment, Athletics Compliance for possible NCAA violations, or Human Resources.
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Compliance issues should be reported directly to the Compliance Office at 419-383-6933.
4. HIPAA violation issues
All questions and concerns related to HIPAA violations should be reported as soon as possible to 419-383-6933.
5. Compliance & Ethics Hotline
Concerned about a possible violation of law or policy and are uncomfortable raising it through normal channels? Use the Compliance & Ethics hotline, the University's confidential reporting service.
What to Report: Report any situation or University conduct you believe violates an applicable law, regulation, government contract or grant requirement, or University policy. You do not need to know the exact law or requirement, or be certain a violation has or will occur. When in doubt, the better course of action is to report.
What not to Report: Report emergencies to 911. This reporting service also does not include employment concerns that are not legal or policy violations, purely student concerns, or issues for which the University is not responsible. Again, if you are uncertain, the better course of action is to report.
Your Obligations as a Reporter: University employees are expected to report good faith concerns about possible violation of any policy, law, rule, regulation, contract or grant governing any University activity, and are expected to be truthful and cooperative in the University's investigation of allegations. Knowingly making false reports can lead to discipline.
Your Rights as a Reporter: All reports of Compliance issues will be handled in strict confidence to the extent possible or permitted by law. Your inquiry can be made without fear of retribution. University policy prohibits any retaliation against individuals who report compliance issues in good faith.
How to Use: Compliance Concepts anonymous reporting line is available seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Call toll-free 888-416-1308 You are greeted by a trained interviewer who documents your concerns. You don't have to give your name, and the call or transaction is not recorded. A report number will be assigned, which you will need when you check back. Then the information will be relayed to the appropriate University office to investigate your concern. Using the report number, you may call or e-mail to follow up or add more information and remain anonymous.
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If you follow the 5 steps above and still feel that your concerns are not being addressed you do have the right to contact a government agency. These could include the Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General, or Ohio Department of Health.
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