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Why Has Pho Become So Popular?Posted by Mr WDC Jan 25, 2017
Have you noticed how Vietnamese market stalls and restaurants are cropping up everywhere? Their success seems to revolve around a few key offerings: the banh mi baguette sandwich, the bun noodle salad and the hugely popular pho soup.
What is pho?
The soup was brought to Vietnam by the French in the 19th Century. And no, it's not fe, fi, pho fum – the pronunciation of pho is more like the phoo in phooey, as in the French word 'feu' for fire and is said to come from 'pot-au-feu' a French broth with meat and vegetables. Over time the Vietnamese made the soup their own and it's evolved into a clear soup with noodles, usually served with beef or chicken. Other ingredients are supplied separately such as herbs, bean sprouts, spring onion and chilli and added at the table. Sauces and condiments can also be used, hoisin is popular in South Vietnam, whilst sriracha and soy are standard options.
Just another Asian noodle soup?
Large bowls of broth with noodles are common throughout Asia. The Chinese have been eating noodle soup for centuries and their version of noodle soups – especially using the wide 'ho fun' rice noodle as they do in Vietnam – have always been available in Chinese restaurants. During recent years, many Japanese-style restaurants in the UK have introduced similar noodle soups in the form of ramen. So if this style of soup is commonplace – what's causing the pho phenomenon?
Bad broth and good broth
One explanation – and it's a fine distinction – is that pho has a slightly greater emphasis on the broth. We learn from experts and practitioners that ramen and pho stand by the quality of their broth. But why are we in the UK suddenly interested in broth? We've never been very fond of consommé and we are usually suspicious of any other type of clear soup. Our perception of a broth has long been tainted by Dickensian tales of the workhouse, or of hardship and poverty. Our natural reaction is to seek the richest, creamiest and most protein-packed, hearty soup available. Supermarket soup shelves confirm this. But for how long? Based on current trends we'd rather be eating pots of pho.
Broth can be intensely satisfying
The popularity of pho (and ramen) soups may be due to a new appreciation of the sustaining benefits of broth. Americans have long understood the goodness of broth. One of America's best-selling commercial soups is Campbell's 'chicken noodle soup' which is basically broth in a can. But the inspiration behind this iconic soup owes everything to a timeless recipe that's been an eternal bedrock of Jewish cuisine: chicken soup or 'golden broth' as it was once known. This broth's reputed medicinal 'cure-all' effects are well established and although these benefits are still debated, what is not in doubt is that the soup is a highly revered and satisfying comfort food. This broth might even have claim to be the original 'soul food'.
It's all about flavour
Some modern cooks are calling meat-based stock 'bone broth' and while a classically trained chef might wince at the attention-grabbing construct, bone broth is actually an apt description for pho. Pho aficionados are quick to explain that the best broths are made by simmering beef bones for up to seventy-two hours. After this time the bones will have surrendered all their internal nutrients to the broth, adding flavour, gelatine and especially marrow.
Keen to learn more, I ordered a bowl pho in a Vietnamese restaurant and then talked to the chef to see if she might pass on some of her wisdom. Much was lost in translation, however, I was struck by the continual use of the word 'flavour' – it seemed that everything was chosen for its ability to add flavour. Yet, I understood enough to know that this does not mean that we should throw the contents of our larder into the stockpot. Rather, what is needed is a select group of ingredients (depending on the type of broth) and then a long and patient period of cooking until the maximum flavour has been yielded from the process. Even the traditional accessories to pho are added at the end to maintain the freshest flavour.
What does pho taste like?
Eating pho is like having a cup of tea – it sates thirst, but also acts as a pick-me-up and restorative. The temptation is to say, 'Ahhhh, pho…' There is a complex depth and richness to the broth with hints of smoke, Asian spices and aromatics. You can adjust and season further by adding other ingredients and sauces at the table. It's perfect for a light lunch, or when accompanied by a few starters or sides it makes a filling dinner. In summary, pho is fun to eat, it's healthy and it tastes great. This may explain its popularity.
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights blasts Regulation Law, warns it will have "far-reaching consequences".
The UN human rights chief on Thursday slammed the Regulation Law, which passed its first reading in the Knesset on Wednesday, saying it would clearly violate international law.
"I strongly urge lawmakers to reconsider their support for this bill, which if enacted, would have far-reaching consequences and would seriously damage the reputation of Israel around the world," said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, according to AFP.
"In enabling the use of land privately-owned by Palestinians for Israeli settlements without the owners' consent, this legislation would violate international law, he added.
"Israel as the occupying power, must respect the private property of Palestinians, regardless of whether or not compensation is provided," said Al Hussein.
"All Israeli settlements -- whether outposts built without formal approval but often with the support of the Israeli authorities and which are currently illegal under Israeli law, or settlements approved by Israel -- are clearly and unequivocally illegal under international law and constitute one of the main obstacles to peace," he charged.
"They are also the principal cause of a wide range of human rights violations inside the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem."
The bill would allow the Israeli government to recognize construction built with government assistance and in good faith meaning those outposts whose builders were not aware they were constructing on private land. If the original owners of the land are known, they would be eligible to receive financial compensation from the government.
The legislation, which still needs to pass two more readings at the Knesset in order to become law, has come under fire by the international community.
Earlier on Thursday, the European Union expressed its strong opposition to the Regulation Law.
If it passes, this would be the first law adopted by the Knesset on the status of land in the West Bank, an occupied territory not under its jurisdiction. Senior members of the Israeli government have called this a step toward annexation of the West Bank, the EU statement read.
Recalling that settlements are illegal under international law, constitute an obstacle to peace and threaten to make the two-state solution impossible, the European Union reiterates its strong opposition, in line with the position of the Middle East Quartet, to Israels settlement policy and all actions taken in this context, it added.
The State Department blasted the law as well earlier this week, warning it would be profoundly damaging to the prospects for a two-state solution.
On Monday, shortly after the bill passed its preliminary reading, the UNs envoy to the Middle East, Nickolay Mladenov, blasted the legislation, claiming it "has the objective of protecting illegal settlements built on private Palestinian property in the West Bank.
"It is a very worrying initiative. I encourage Israeli legislators to reconsider such a move that would have far-reaching legal consequences across the occupied West Bank," added the envoy.
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UNSC vote on end to Israeli settlements
Dec 22, 2016
- UN Security Council votes on resolution demanding a halt to Israel building homes for Jews on their own land. Israel asks the United States to veto the resolution. The Security Council scheduled a meeting at 3:00pm EST on 22 Dec.
- Egypt circulated a draft UN resolution that demands a halt to Israeli settlement activities in the West Bank and declares that existing settlements have no legal validity.
ALL the land of Israel belongs to them rightfully. They are NOT 'occupiers' - the Palestinians are the occupiers. Palestinians DO NOT want peace or a state, they only want NO Israel, anywhere.
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Dec 22, 2016
- Egypt scrapped a planned United Nations Security Council vote condemning the construction of Israeli settlements, following pushback from Israeli officials and President-elect Trump. Egypt President El-Sisi didnt want to pissoff Prez Donald Trump. Egypt requested the vote's delay to permit them to conduct a meeting of the Arab League.
Tensions flare at UN over Israeli settlements
Dec 23, 2016
- Egypt withdraws resolution after pressure from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Tensions over the Palestinians flared briefly at the United Nations when Egypt tabled a new Security Council resolution criticising Israeli settlements. US president-elect Donald Trump called on Obama to veto the text at the UN Security Council.
The proposed resolution was a last-minute test of whether Obama would vote for it before leaving office. The shortlived furore at the UN highlighted the pro-Israel shift thanks to Prez Trump. Worthless basturd Obama silent.
Egypt scuttles UN vote on Israeli settlement after Trump warning
Egyptian officials scrapped a plan to proceed with a United Nations Security Council vote condemning the construction of Israeli settlements, following pushback from Israeli officials and President-elect Trump.
This is an enormous victory for Israel, and Egypt, and the US, and common sense. I can only imagine how disappointed Obama and his retinue of Israe-haters must be that they lost the chance to allow this attack on Israel.
Egypt Delays Anti-Israel Resolution After Trump Denouncement
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- The resolution being considered at the United Nations Security Council regarding Israel should be vetoed. As the United States has long maintained, peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians will only come through direct negotiations between the parties, and not through the imposition of terms by the United Nations. This puts Israel in a very poor negotiating position and is extremely unfair to all Israelis.
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By Stephen Collinson, David Wright and Elise Labott, CNN
Washington (CNN)The United States on Friday allowed a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction to be adopted, defying extraordinary pressure from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in alliance with President-elect Donald Trump.
The Security Council approved the resolution with 14 votes, with the US abstaining. There was applause in the chamber following the vote, which represented perhaps the final bitter chapter in the years of antagonism between President Barack Obama's administration and Netanyahu's government.
In an intense flurry of diplomacy that unfolded in the two days before the vote, a senior Israeli official had accused the United States of abandoning the Jewish state with its refusal to block the resolution with a veto.
Trump had also inserted himself in the diplomatic drama, in defiance of the convention that the United States has only only one president at a time, by calling on the Obama administration to wield its Security Council veto.
Israel's UN ambassador, Danny Danon, reacted angrily to the vote and issued a sharp parting shot at the Obama administration's role.
"It was to be expected that Israel's greatest ally would act in accordance with the values that we share and that they would have vetoed this disgraceful resolution. I have no doubt that the new US administration and the incoming UN Secretary General will usher in a new era in terms of the UN's relationship with Israel," he said.
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Dec 23, 2016 - Things will be different after Jan. 20th!
USA abstained in a UN vote over Israel settlements.
Damned 0basturd! The U.S. - 0bama - had the ability to veto any resolution but abstained from doing so.
Amb. Bolton on US abstention from UN Israel vote
This is excellent!! Evil obama stabs Israel in the back
Thankfully the UN has no power
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- The Obama administration secretly worked with the Palestinian Authority to craft a United Nations resolution behind Israels back.
Obama and Kerry are behind this shameful move against Israel at the UN. The US administration secretly cooked up with the Palestinians an extreme anti Israeli resolution behind Israels back which would be a tailwind for terror and boycotts and effectively make the Western Wall occupied Palestinian territory.
This is an abandonment of Israel which breaks decades of US policy of protecting Israel at the UN and undermines the prospects of working with the next administration of advancing peace.
That was a US attack on Israel. This betrayal may be the spark that launches the next war in the Middle East. It could be Psalm 83 War, or the Eziekiel 38 and 39 war.
Isaiah 13, 17, Psalm 83, Ezekiel 38 Gog-magog
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- At the very last minute, when hes lost his legitimacy, when hes a lame duck, he leaves last-minute land mines behind, said Charles Krauthammer. Then he stabs Israel in the back. The Obama decision to not veto the U.N. resolution was to delegitimize Israel. Krauty said Trump should turn the UN into condo apartments.
WH Defends Israeli UN Vote
Dec 26, 2016
- The Obama administration defended its abstention on a damning United Nations resolution denying the right of Israel to exist.
Israel is NOT an occupier
Israel owns what it won when attacked in 1967. [PERIOD!
This lie whitewashes violence against Israeli Jews, and leads directly to the delegitimization of Israel. The U.N. Security Council's passage of Resolution 2334, an outrageous act of hostility personally engineered by resident Obama against Israel, has rightly evoked great anger across all parts of the American political spectrum.
Caroline Glick Savages Obama, UN
Dec 26, 2016
- Ambassador Bolton said Obama killed the peace process by pushing the anti-Semitic, evil UN resolution. UN resolution declares that Israel has no right to any of the land.
The other thing the resolution does is annul all the bilateral agreements that Israel signed with the PLO, USA, the EU and Russia. To be clear, this resolution is terrible for Israel. But it is mainly terrible for Jews in the West, and particularly in America.
Caroline Glick is always worth the read!
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will push the Waterford crystal button that kicks off the official 60-second ball drop to the new year, per the Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment, co-organizers of the annual Times Square New Year's Eve event.
The chief of the United Nations will be front and center as America rings in the new year, pushing the button that starts the Times Square New Years Eve countdown clock.
EDITORS NOTE: On December 23rd, the United Nations launched a blistering attack on the sovereign nation of Israel. On December 31st, the secretary general of the United Nations will symbolically stand over the pinnacle of the worlds most powerful city with his hand on the button that will drop the ball to usher in the new year. Is this just an amazing coincidence, or a message being sent by the New World Order? One things for sure, the world thats coming in is nothing like weve ever seen.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will push the Waterford crystal button that kicks off the official 60-second ball drop to the new year, per the Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment, co-organizers of the annual Times Square New Years Eve event.
At a time when the world seems ever-more fractured, divided and disconnected the symbolism of our global celebration highlighting the United Nations and its Global Goals could not be more important, said Tim Tompkins, President of the Times Square Alliance. Unlike too many other voices in the world today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moons legacy of bringing people and nations together, supporting refugee relief efforts and opposing war align perfectly with New Years hopes for a better and more just world.
The event will mark the final act for Ban, of South Korea, as secretary-general: The last day of his 10-year term is Dec. 31. Portugals Antonio Guterres will take over on Jan. 1. source
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Dec 27, 2016
- Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apparently snubbed Brit PM Theresa May over the UKs support over UK vote at UN to delegitimize Israel. The move could spark an all-Arab WAR on Israel.
Britain, France, Russia, China, Japan, Spain, New Zealand, others.
This vote was not stupid - it was EVIL! They voted Israel has NO RIGHT to ANY of their land. UK, like USA and a couple others, could have stopped the Nazi resolution against Israel
UK government has been selling itself out to the IslamoNazi invasion, so it is not too surprising they would stab Israel in the back.
Israel will build and prosper more than ever before.
Turn the UN into Condos
Dec 27, 2016
- Krauthammer's Pitch for Trump to Turn the UN into Condos is just as funny as - WHY ARENT I 50 POINTS AHEAD! Krauthammer's Pitch for Trump to Turn the UN into Condos. Just heard Krauthammer (no fan of Trump), say that Trump should find a way to take the UN building in NY, put his (Trump's) name on it and turn it into condos. Even the RINOS are finally getting it.
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What You Need To Know About Windmills For Homes
March 15, 2012 by Jeremy Winters
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Using windmills for homes is an effective solution for quite a few situations. It could be that a homeowner would like an electricity source for a remote cabin or beach house. Running electrical power lines can cost you thousands. Employing an alternative power source can eliminate these concerns. Some homeowners may simply want to lower costs for electricity. Some people are concerned about the natural environment and the burning of fossil fuel.
One important factor for installation is the location of the equipment. It will need to be located up high, where it should receive the best wind. This could be a high place on the ground, up on the roof or on a tower. In a few situations, installation could call for the help of a professional who is knowledgeable about the right way to position the equipment.
Wind speed is yet another factor when utilizing windmills for homes. In coastal areas, the device is likely to rotate more quickly, generating more power. Those who have nearby neighbors could have concerns about the noise. A device that rotates at a low speed will make less noise. It will also generate much less energy.
Before planning on the installation of the device, it will be best to check with local restrictions. A number of communities and homeowner associations could forbid using these types of devices. A number of cities may have regulations regulating the height of any structures on a property. Even if there are no existing laws, nearby neighbors could attempt to have laws enacted to prohibit these devices. It is a good idea to prepare for such occasions, by checking all restrictions and if possible, obtaining a permit.
Presently, just the horizontal device is typically used to generate electricity. The technology exists for vertical types, which may very soon be produced for home usage. The distinction is where the electrical generator is positioned. The horizontal designs have blades located right in front of the generator. On the vertical type, the blades sit a little bit above the generator. The vertical device may be a lot more difficult, as the noise could interrupt activities inside the household. They could be a much simpler option for homeowners, as a consequence of being located much closer to the ground.
A standard ready made system can cost thousands. There are many plans offered for people who are handy for making their own windmills for homes. Knowing the standard components necessary is the starting point. The rotor blades capture the wind. When it rotates the shaft, a number of magnets send energy to generate power in a wire. Someone setting up the device needs to be aware of how to connect the device to the home's electric system. This could involve inspection by the local energy company or a specialist. The unit will need to be grounded for safety in the event of an electrical storm.
Are you interested in wind and solar powered homes? Be sure to visit my site for information on diy windmill electricity.
Why You Should Consider Home Wind Generators For Your Power Needs
March 8, 2012 by Jeremy Winters
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Have you ever considered just how much electricity is used for powering your TV while you're watching your favorite show? Similarly, just how much do you think it will cost you to run your refrigerator all day long? Maybe it has never actually been that much of a concern to you, and it never has to be, considering the fact that the distribution of electrical power has come a very long way in the past 200 years or so. Electricity is a lot easier to utilize than ever, with major energy companies using resources such as coal and oil to produce the energy you need for effectively operating day-to-day.
However, there are situations when simply sucking the power from a provider does not work for your benefit. When the power is out, there is nothing to power your very important utilities. When costs come to be way too high, there's no immediate alternative option. However, for the well prepared individual, prices and electricity outages aren't a problem, particularly if an individual employs the potential of home wind generators.
What are home wind generators? They're basically a system that harnesses the power of the wind to produce electricity for usage. A windmill is a wind generator, and a wind turbine is a much more advanced type. In fact, individuals have been harnessing wind power for in excess of 5000 years! Traditionally, this power was used to grind grain for food production, but over time windmills have broadened their use to offer a renewable supply of power. Wind power is genuinely "green," considering that it makes use of the natural power of the wind. Similar to solar cells, windmills might be thought to harness the sun's natural energy, since wind is directly linked to temperature variations in the air.
Wind turbines operate exactly like any alternative source of energy generation. They use the mechanical energy of the wind and then convert that energy into a current, generating a voltage that can be made use of right away or employed to charge batteries. The standard wind generator has a tall tower, providing it the height it really needs in order to utilize the highest amount of airflow. The tower aligns the blades of the generator into the direction of the wind, and the ensuing rotation of the blades turns a magnet within the generator, generating electric current. The actual device is very simple, but the applications are infinite!
Incredibly, studies have been done proving that if the entire world were to optimize the number of wind turbines in perfect locations, then only 20% of the electrical power produced from those generators would be sufficient to power the entire planet. Talk about potential! Surely, the power of the wind could be an incredible answer to the world's energy crisis. Should you find yourself motivated by this, you can actually have a hand in producing this power with a very simple rig of your very own, an excellent project to tackle! In fact, compared to its advantages, the windmill is quite cheap to construct yourself, and cost-wise will amount to around 30 times less compared to purchasing a pre-manufactured one.
If you happen to live in a windy area, it is a waste of resources not to build one. The actual wind speeds required to power home wind generators are around 10-20 miles per hour and naturally the greater the wind speed, the much more electricity will be produced. There are a great number of resources online for assisting you to build your own, and they all stress that the job can be completed by anyone, despite the lack of engineering experience. Many people report being able to supply electricity for their home, and some report being able to sell a bit of their excess power they generate back to the power companies, an enticing thought indeed!
Wind mills have been used for many generations. The uses of this piece of equipment will prove indispensable, both now and in the long term. Because of a great number of difficulties resulting from the burning of fossil fuels, it's a responsibility of everyone to try to produce a way of utilizing clean energy. Furthermore, the potential of wind turbines to save massive amounts of money is huge. Look into building your own wind generation system today!
Are you interested in installing an alternative energy source for your home? Be sure to visit my site to find out more about home wind generators and how to build solar panels.
Making Use Of Renewable Energy
November 18, 2011 by Karen Jennings
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With the increasing focus on global warming and potential future oil shortages, people are starting to think more about renewable energy sources. This is important, because there are many ideas that with the proper impetus behind them, could go a long ways towards alleviating both the environmental and social problems related to power. But only a tiny percentage of these ideas are actually in use or being implemented.
Because most people get their electricity from the power company, they may not have a lot of control over where it comes from. In some areas, people can pay slightly more or simply opt into a program in order to make sure that their electricity comes from at least a certain percentage of renewable sources. But only by producing their own power can most people actually make much use of renewable energy.
Creating personal sustainable sources is one of the ways that people get around the electric company's offerings. Solar panels are popular in many parts of the world, but they are too expensive for a lot of people. The sun is a never-ending source of power, however, and solar panels are effective in most places on the globe.
Programs do exist in some places that attempt to make solar panels more accessible to people. These include grants and tax breaks from government programs, and sometimes assistance from private green organizations. A few areas allow people to sell excess power produced by their solar panels back to the electric company.
Typical wind turbines are enormous, and many people don't know that there are actually smaller versions that exist for personal use. Still large, these require a certain amount of space in which to turn and are only suitable for those with larger properties. They are limited in their usefulness by the requirement for fairly strong winds, as well. But in some cases, they are ideal.
There are many possible sources of renewable energy that could be being exploited and are not. There are also many sources that are only being used to a fraction of their capacity. Options exist like the ability to farm algae which produces oils to make bio-diesel from, but they are not being put into action. Geothermal heating, which requires running a pipe into the earth to warm a home with naturally-produced heat, is very rare.
The supply of renewable energy is all about the demand. People need to stand up and make clear with their voices and their actions that they want more options. Those who can afford solar panels or wind turbines should seriously consider getting them, and those who can't, should always vote for green initiatives.
Increasing the production of green alternatives will make them less expensive. But in order to increase the production, people need to increase the demand. This means that everyone should sign up to receive as much renewable energy as your electric company will provide, even if it costs a little more. Although some people truly cannot afford it, most people are choosing not to.
Renewable energy is quickly becoming practical after many years of work. You can find solar panels for sale at your local Costco or Home Depot!


text: Gosh what a rude man Joe Biden is. After watching him in the Vice Presidential debate last night with Paul Ryan I was appalled at his antics. His constant interruptions, his phony and inappropriate laughter, smirking, were terrible. He interrupted Mr Ryan 80 times ... If I was at a dinner party with someone like him and he was carrying on like he did last night in front of millions of people, I would simply get up and walk away. Urgh!!


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How to Choose Your Summer Programs
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Summer programs for high-school students come in two categories: commercial and academic. Of course, both camps aim to teach students at some level, but their primary objectives are different. Commercial camps are out to make money, whereas academic camps want to teach students. The easiest way to know which group a summer program belongs to is to look at how you found out about it. Did you receive advertising, like a colorful brochure? If so, the camp is commercial. Commercial camps spend their money on advertising. Academic ones spend their money on scholarships for students, thus you won't find out about academic camps by sitting in your house. You'll have to diligently search for them or else know someone in-the-know.
It is not that one type is good or bad, it all depends on your goal. There are many reasons to take summer courses. One could be to enjoy the summer. If this is your goal, you could take any program that put an emphasis on the play side. But if you're doing the summer program to improve your chance of MIT admissions, then only the hardcore, top academic programs will be of use. Attending a commercial summer program proves only that you have money and time, which are not qualities top universities seek after.
But even then, not all academic camps are equal. Broadly speaking, some are academically passive; others are active. Passive means classroom lectures, and the only students have to show for is a grade. Active means students perform their own research, or create something that is uniquely theirs.
In passive academic camps (such as EPGY and CTY), you follow a predetermined curriculum. These camps are basically an extension of your high school (except you might be in a different city). Doing well in such programs proves you have the patience and ability to sit and take classes which is already proven by your school GPA, but it doesn't show anything about your creativity or motivation to do things that are not required of you.
Active summer camp programs are different. These camps can make the difference in being admitted to a top school like MIT or Harvard or not. In active academic camps, you decide your own program and perform your own research. Your study is not predetermined. You pick a topic, and you explore it further with assistance of the local teachers and professors in the program. The top programs are generally free, or do not cost beyond the student's means because they provide financial support that includes round trip airfare.
Then why in the world would people join ineffective and expensive passive programs when there are killer free active programs? Ah, there is a catch, of course. The free active ones are furiously difficult to get in to. The admissions competition is so fierce, it's actually harder than getting into MIT. In fact, among tens of graduates from those problems I met, I have never seen anyone who was not admitted to MIT later as well.
So how do you prepare for those programs? If you go and read the application requirements you might be astounded to find the things they ask for. The application process is just as rigorous as — and good training for — applying to college. You have to meet academic requirements, you have to be a top-notch student, you have to have great teacher recommendations, and you have to have a great transcript and test scores. But even all those credentials alone do not get you a spot. Because everyone else has them too.
So what else do you need? The thing that boosts your application, gives you an edge is your track record showing that you are the type, i.e., your previous research experience. During summer vacations, you should join a camp that teaches you how to do research, or do it on your own. Yes, it is the Matthew Effect all over again. You need experience to gain experience. Thus, in your earlier summers, you need seek out active camps that will teach you to produce something: A research paper. It's level is not as important is its existence. It must be your research — with your own ideas in it and your own name on it. Chances are you will have to be mentored to take your first step into this world. That explains why so many of these students are professor's children. But once the Matthew Effect kicks in, you can become ever more self sufficient and self propelling cruising not only through college and graduate school but also through your career.
If you must do it alone, then you are better off doing the activities I described in How to be Accepted to MIT 1 (How to get free passwords) than going to passive summer camps.
So, spend every one of your junior high, and high school summer with a goal of making into one of these free active summer camps that practically guarantees your spot at MIT.
When you do apply for these great active camps, make sure you take advice from those who have been through the camps before because there is no second chance. The application process is lengthy and involved, and there are many ways to make mistakes that will disqualify you. We know this well because we have an ex-admissions officer of a very prestigious active summer program on our staff. Please note that most active summer programs end their application processes by early February.
Choose your summer programs wisely from early on. It will change your life.
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The Other Side of College Campus Tour 1
The Other Side of College Campus Tour 1
By James H. Choi
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If your budget doesn't allow you to take your student on college campus visits, don't worry.
Your child will not be at any disadvantage. The upsides of college campus tours are well-known, endlessly repeated by those in the tour business and those who want to bring students to the college by impressing a future applicant (i.e. your student). But these people have nothing to gain by mentioning the downsides of the tours.
So nobody has mentioned them — until now. Please allow me to count the ways.
1. The college campus tour does not work as a way to motivate older students.
If a student is old enough to realize that he/she does want to go to college (i.e. a junior or senior in high school), then it is too late. Top American college/university admissions require notoriously long term planning — starting at 6th grade. What these juniors and seniors realize on the tour is how lacking they are. Therefore the college visit results in a feeling of despair and regret and perhaps a depressive "down" feeling.
Sure, some of them are already prepared and these tours would help them select the campus they like the most. However, these students will get in anyway without the tour, and impression they get from these tours would not reveal much about what they will actually face once they are enrolled. I will not mention these "will get in anyway" types of students for the rest of this article.
2.The college campus tour does not work as a way to motivate younger students to study harder.
Now, if a younger students (i.e. someone in 6th or 7th grade) visit those campuses, that is an ideal age because there is still time to do everything to qualify them for these elite universities. But here is another problem: These students are too young to care. They probably care only about the campus gift shops. For these students, college campus tour is only an sub-optimal, pointless, boring vacation destination. It is an unreasonable to expect a child disinterested in books to be impressed by massive volumes of books in singularly hushed air of a university library.
3. A student is rarely the right age for a college campus tour.
To work, a college campus tour must be taken when students are at the right age —such an age is a balance between having the right number of years left in high school and the right maturity to appreciate the opportunity — but overlap is very thin, thin to the point that it does not exist. Even in the unlikely case that the students get motivated to study harder to get into a particular college, you have to ask yourself about their motivation:
First, "What did the student see that they liked so much?" At the campus, students see only one season out of the four. If the students are impressed with the summer scene, they could be depressed with the winter scene, and vice versa.
Second, "What did the students actually see?" Buildings! Is there a building so impressive that you would bet your life (or your student's life) on being inside for four+ years? If so, should they choose their career also based on buildings?
4. People, not campus buildings, shape students at college.
The actual influences colleges exert on students is done by the people there, not the buildings at all. Yet the only people you meet on a college campus tour are admissions officers, or current students selected by admissions office — people who are chosen to make good impressions on potential applicants, people you and your student will never see again.
The famous professors and Nobel-prize winners of illustrious universities? You will not see them during your college campus visit; in fact, your student will not see them during his or her first college years. (They are busy doing research. Who has time to speak with college undergraduates?)
On a college campus tour, the representative will guide students along the facilities and might poke their heads into some classrooms or take a tour of the dorm, but these are — or should be — minor points in deciding one's university. The most important factors — how students will actually gain academic knowledge (e.g. teachers and curriculum) — is completely omitted from a campus tour.
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The Other Side of College Campus Tour 2
The Other Side of College Campus Tour 3
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What If College Tuition Were Free? You have to be rich to afford it.
If college tuition were made free, ironically, only the rich will be able to attend. Here is why.
What If College Tuition Were Free?
You have to be rich to afford it.
By James H. Choi
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What if college tuition were free? In Brazil, this daydream was the reality. Universidade de São Paulo (USP) — the best university in Brazil, and the best in Latin America according to US News Ranking — is practically free. Students pay no tuition, a few fees, and cheap, subsidized lunches (which where 10 cents while I was in high school). The logic is simple: Brazil offers the finest education to anyone capable of taking it, as proven through dint of their hard work, regardless of their financial background.
Of course, this free university tuition has unintended consequences. USP is, despite being free, filled with students of rich families. The school chooses its students based on scores from Vestibular, USP's admissions testing system. Vestibular is the most intense entrance exam in the nation that is conducted in phases. A student's university admission depends solely on these tests' scores alone. No GPA, no extra-curricular activities are considered. In a way, it is a very logical and transparent process.
To score high on these tests is to be admitted, but it is also to have prepared well. Those institutions that prepare students well for the Vestibular charge a lot. Therefore, USP admits students in droves from mostly just a few expensive high schools.
I know this well because I attended one of those high schools myself: the venerable Colégio Bandeirantes. At my school, students were so well prepared, some of us would take Vestibular at the end of the second year (as opposed to normal third year) to show off their precocious intelligence. (This was a pure showmanship. They could not enter the university because they did not have a high-school degree.) In the end, USP and other nearly free-tuition universities become packed with students from rich families who have paid extensively for preparation up to high-school years. This is the irony: To enjoy free tuition, you must be rich. "Matthew Effect" strikes again.
To make free university tuition democratically accessible, high-quality high schools would have to be open to students of all economic backgrounds. Once again, only some students would get admitted to these, and so this would spur competitive and expensive middle schools to shape students for the free high schools. Elementary schools and preschools would follow suit. And by the time students' are competing to enter preschools, you have a new problem on your hands: The students' fates begin to depend on their lives before they even enter elementary schools.
Friends of mine who are now professors at USP tell me the system is pretty much the same as it was when we attended; in fact, they say the favor toward the rich has worsened. Those who are in power and thus benefiting from this system have no motivation to change it. Thus, the working class people are paying for the tuition of higher class families. Who would have thought a free college education could become a model for social injustice?
Nor is this phenomenon unique to Brazil. According to The Economist: "The biggest single supplier of undergraduates to the University of Edinburgh was Eton." Eton College is the British equivalent to the Philips Academy in the U.S. A prestigious high school famous for being attended by the children of the rich and influential, and producing influential figures.
Nowadays, the college tuition is an extremely controversial topic in many countries. At the time of this writing, a "Half-Price Tuition Movement" is afoot in Korea complete with candle-lit protests, and the Chilean students are demonstrating for "free high-quality universities for all." North American universities are always mired on this controversy, and once-free British universities are now going through pains after they recently decided to charge university tuition.
It seems to me that every system has its own flaws and the best we can hope for is to select the system that is least bad. Beyond these vague words, I have no wisdom to offer. I would like to hear your actual experiences in the comment box below.
Did You Read Your School's Mission Statement?
Did You Read Your School's Mission Statement?
By James H. Choi
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Dear Sabio Parents,
Often parents complain a school didn't prepare their children for college-entrance exams. The complaints are legitimate: the lack of preparation is the main cause students perform poorly on the ACT and SAT, even though they received — unjustifiably — high report-card scores on high school subjects.
Ironically, some of these parents left countries like Korea to escape the competitive nature of the mother land's school system, only to find themselves complaining about the uncompetitive U.S. education system. We should be careful what we wish for, indeed.
What these parents should have done first off was to read the mission statement of their children's school. (If you haven't done this already, I urge you to do so immediately.) Mission statements of all organizations, including that of of high schools, are full of highly abstract hyperboles. I've written my department's missions statements (and the vision statements) in my corporate days, and it was an exercise in word arrangement that must include "world-class," "customer satisfaction," "high-quality," and "maximize shareholder value." Without these words, the mission statement seems empty. The corporate mission statements are meaningless with them included as well, because it is like "eternal happiness": an ideal that the organization would strive for, not a specification of the final product. In other words, if it is in the mission statement, it may happened. If it is not in it, then it won't happen.
Please take a look at your student's school's mission statement. It may not even mention "high scores," or "standardized tests." It may not even mention "college." Why? Because it is not their mission. That's right. These schools do not care if your child goes to college or not, much less if they go to MIT/Harvard. Most high schools mission statements are geared toward "producing upstanding citizens ready to perform all civic duties." A well-rounded upstanding-citizen doesn't need to attend college. In addition, the production of well-rounded citizens is not a zero-sum-game; why not offer an environment where students can stop and smell the roses? That's why the life of some American high school students seem less hurried, enjoying their lives more fully. Admit it, that's why you move to the United States.
So now that you realized less competition leads to less competitive results, ask yourself, "Is this enough?"
Yes, becoming a civic minded citizen is indeed a necessary condition for all human beings, but that alone may not cut it for what you expect from your child. Do you also want to raise a high performer who becomes admitted to MIT/Harvard? Then don't expect schools do the work that is not even in their mission or vision statement. Your child's education has to be supplemented by teachers who share your goal.
Sabio Academy still doesn't have a mission or vision statement because I (one of the founders) never overcame the "mission/vision statement writing" trauma of my corporate days. Sabio Academy would rather be judged by its track record. Yes, our students are admitted to MIT/Harvard every year. Of course, track record is no guarantee of future performance, but it sure beats not having one, or having only a cliche-filled "mission/vision statement."


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Laura Kaminksy: Women's Opera Network Spotlight
Full Name
Laura Kaminsky
Current Title
American Opera Projects/Conservatory of Music at Purchase College, State University of New York
Time in Current Position
1.5 years/11 years
Years Working Professionally in the Field
What was your career path to your current position?
I've been a composer since I first imagined an "opera for marionettes" for my little sisters and friends to perform when I was about 10 years old. But being a composer isn't about holding a position, although I've had many different roles as a presenter/producer and educator. From producing the lecture and film programs at the 92nd Street Y in New York shortly after leaving school, through heading the European Mozart Academy in Poland in the late 90s, to my current positions at American Opera Projects and Purchase College/SUNY, I've been an artistic director at several institutions, a professor, music chair and dean, the founder of a new music collective, and a producer of CDs. But I am always a composer first, balancing a rewarding mix of commissions and performances of opera, chamber, solo and orchestral music.
What is the biggest obstacle you've overcome on that path?
The biggest obstacle for me has been, over many years, to be able to prioritize the need for solitude and quiet — reflective time that composing requires — with the demands of my work as a presenter/producer or educator. It has only been in the past few years that I have allowed myself to put composing first. I am grateful to American Opera Projects and Purchase College for working with me to craft positions at both institutions that support this commitment.
Who was your greatest advocate or mentor?
I am not sure who to acknowledge first for being a great mentor or advocate, but many have inspired and encouraged me, and for different reasons: Meredith Monk, Joan Tower, Ursula Oppens, Miriam Gideon, Louise Talma, Sheila Silver, Tania Leon, John Corigliano, Charles Jarden, Betty Allen, Jenny Bilfield, Susan Feder, Leon Botstein, John Duffy, Margaret Kampmeier, Matt Sullivan, Idith Meshulam, Judy Rubin, Ralph Jackson, my parents, and above all, my wife, Rebecca Allan. (If I have neglected anyone, I am sure I will remember in the middle of the night in a state of anxiety, awaken and then ask for your forgiveness.)
What is the best piece of advice you would offer someone at the start of her/his career?
Always make the best work you can. Always effort honestly and tirelessly. Never compromise yourself artistically. Be a respectful colleague. Be generous to and supportive of those with whom you engage professionally, and honor their work, celebrating their triumphs and lamenting their failures. Take risks. Pay attention to the broader world in which you live. Being an artist requires being an engaged citizen.
What is the one thing you wish you had known at the start of your career that you know now?
I wish I had been braver and had allowed myself to truly prioritize the composing over the administrative work. And I wish I had better acknowledged that it's really hard to do anything solo and accepted that it takes a support network, a village, maybe even a continent.


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Interesting question. I't s not come up in play yet for so I'm not sure. I think the issue with Probability Control isn't so much about who roll but about NPCs not having DPs.
If you are going by the book, I think the answer is the Probability Control allows NPCs to do anything the GM wants them to do.
The general guidelines for running NPCs, what it says is:
"When GM characters take actions that don't involve the heroes, the GM determines the outcome based on their capabilities; generally assume the character functions at their normal capability unless the story dictates a stroke of good or bad luck. In other words, any reasonable result the GM wants can happen."
"Remember that only the players make tests. When it comes to GM-controlled characters, you either determine the outcome of their actions based on their traits and the situation, or call for a test from the players to determine if their heroes are able to avoid or resist the effects of the other character's action."
The implication for me is that, as written, NPCs aren't really bound by the rules and the only limiting factor is the GM's judgment.
Probability Control pushes this one step further. Probability Control essentially gives a character an special pool of DPs which can be used for Retcons or for Determined Efforts. Retcons and Determined Effort as concepts are a little fuzzy when applied from an NPC point of view. A Retcon for an NPC is basically just GMing and Determined Effort only makes sense when you are gambling on a limited number of DPs. Without this limit, Determined Effort is just another term for GM fiat.
Anyway, that's by the book.
Now if you were to keep track of the NPC's special pool of Probability Control DPs, Determined Effort could work something like this:
1. NPC attacking declares the desired margin of success (say Major).
2. Compare the static attack value of the NPC to the defensive skill of the PC + (1d6-1d6)
3. If the overall result falls short of a desired (Major) degree of success for the NPC the GM pays Determination points from the NPC's special pool Probability Control DPs to make up the difference at the rate 1 DP for each +2 required.
So essentially the PC's goal with their defence roll in this instance isn't to avoid getting hit (Determined Effort guarantees the desired result as long as you can afford it) but to try to make it as expensive for the NPC as possible.
One option which has been discussed before on this list is that whenever an NPC spends a DP against a PC, the PC gains the DP points. It isn't strictly necessary for the above example to work, but it seems to be a popular option.
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So, given that players are suppose to roll everything, how would you handle a villain with probability control?
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Current projects in Intelligent Systems Research Centre
At ISRC we use world class facilities and ideas to make out work pioneering
Research Projects
Within the Intelligent Systems and Research Centre we have a variety of research areas that are being studied.
Functional Brain Mapping
The specialist equipment, which will be located at the Intelligent Systems Research Centre (ISRC), has the potential to position Northern Ireland as the location for advanced neurological drug evaluation and testing for global pharmaceutical companies.
The multidisciplinary brain imaging research project will be carried out by the ISRC, in conjunction with the Biomedical Sciences Research Institute and Institute of Nursing and Health Research at the University of Ulster and C-TRIC.
ISRC Director Professor Martin McGinnity said the Functional Brain Mapping Facility is a major boost for the ISRC and its ongoing efforts to understand the complexities of the human brain and research into neurological disorders, including depression and Alzheimer's disease.
"There is a clear need for a better understanding of how these begin and evolve. Such knowledge could lead to effective diagnostic tools for early diagnosis and more effective prevention or intervention measures.
"If we can understand better how the brain works, the impact on society will be enormous, both in terms of our health and employment in health related industries.
"Today we are closer than ever to understanding the operation and complexities of the human brain, in health and illness. As a result of this initiative, our researchers will be able to make a greater contribution to this great challenge, alongside the EU (via its Human Brain Project) and the USA (via its BRAIN - Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) project."
Professor McGinnity continued:
"Our vision is to exploit the capabilities of functional brain mapping to perform excellent research in neurological research and commercialisation."
Announcing the investment Minister Foster said:
"The new brain mapping facility will strengthen the R&D infrastructure in Northern Ireland and has the potential to move us closer to being able to diagnose and treat some forms of mental illness, which is a truly worthwhile objective.
"Our Programme for Government recognises the importance of innovation and R&D in rebuilding and rebalancing the local economy. However, innovation on its own is only part of the picture. Commercialisation of research is what drives business and economic success.
"This project is an excellent example of an academic research project that has sound commercial application. Over the next 10 years it is anticipated that it will generate significant revenue streams."
Mitochondrial G Protein signaling in astrocytes: a new player in the tripartite synapse
Collaborators: Intelligent Systems Research Centre (CNET group) at Ulster University, NeuroCentre Magendie. AVENIR Group "EndoCannabinoids and NeuroAdaptation at the University of Bordeaux in France, Laboratory for Neuron-Glia Circuitry at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan and the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota, USA
Astrocytes, classically considered as simply supportive cells for neurons, are emerging as relevant elements in brain information processing through their ability to regulate synaptic activity. Indeed, the tripartite synapse formed by pre- and post-synaptic neurons and surrounding astrocyte structures has been proposed as a functional unit of brain processes. These novel and important functions of astrocytes are under control of G protein signaling-dependent processes, which trigger astrocyte Ca2+ signals eventually leading to the release of gliotransmitters and other mediators regulating synaptic functions.
Recent evidence indicates that the roles of mitochondria in the brain may go beyond the mere needs of energy supply for cell survival and maintenance, being possibly involved in the regulation of synaptic functions. It is conceivable that mitochondrial G protein signaling participates in these processes. Various subtypes of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and the associated signaling molecular elements are present within mitochondria, suggesting the existence of mitochondrial G (mtG) protein signaling pathways. Mitochondrial type-1 cannabinoid receptors (mtCB1) are an example of GPCRs regulating mtG protein signaling in brain astrocytes. Thus, astroglial mtG signaling potentially plays an important role in the regulation of tripartite synapse and hence brain functions. However, no studies have addressed this issue so far. The present project proposes to investigate the consequences of the activation of astroglial mtG signaling pathways in brain physiology, identifying the underlying mechanisms at cellular, network, behavioral and theoretical modeling levels. We propose to generate and develop novel pharmacogenetic tools (DREADDs specifically expressed by astroglial mitochondria, mtDREADDs) that will allow the specific control of astroglial mtG protein activity. We will experimentally and theoretically analyse the consequences of activation of different mtG proteins (via mtDREADDs or mtCB1 activation) on neuronal, synaptic, and network activity as well as brain functions in living animals. The expected results will reveal novel processes of cellular signaling in the CNS, and will identify new regulatory mechanisms mediated by astroglial cells in brain function.
SPANNER: Self-repairing Hardware Paradigms based on Astrocyte-neuron Models
Collaborators: Intelligent Systems Research Centre (CNET group) at Ulster University and the Department of Electronic Engineering at the University of York
Living organisms are complex systems, and yet they possess an extremely high degree of reliability. Failure mechanisms in nature are often local and their repair is also undertaken at this local level. In engineering however, we have traditionally approached the problem of unreliability from the system or sub-system level. That is, we have incorporated redundancies by replicating entire systems or sub-systems, in the hope that at least one would still function faultlessly when the others fail. It has been suggested recently that interaction between neurons and astrocytes may hold the key to repair in large networks of neurons. We could therefore, justifiably ask the question whether it might not be more effective, efficient and less costly to draw inspiration from nature, seeking to learn how it deals with the complexity vs. unreliability issue in such a remarkable way. This project is an inter-disciplinary collaboration that arose naturally from the combined expertise of the Intelligent Systems Group (ISG) at the University of York (UY) and the Intelligent Systems Research Centre (ISRC) at Ulster University (UU). The fundamental astrocyte-neuron computer model for self-repair proposed in this project was proven in an earlier EPSRC eFutures funded project (EFXD12011) where it was demonstrated that the co-existence of astrocytes with spiking neurons in a network can yield a fault diagnostic and repair capability at the cellular level, which addresses current hardware reliability challenges [1-6]. This proposed project will demonstrate that the Self-rePairing spiking Neural NEtwoRk (SPANNER) is capable of diagnosing faults and subsequently performing repairs beyond existing levels, where the repair capability is showcased in hardware using real-time robotic applications.
Self-Repairing Neural Controllers for Autonomous Chemical Identification
Collaborators: Intelligent Systems Research Centre (CNET group) at Ulster University and the Department of Electronic Engineering at the University of York
This project will demonstrate a fault tolerant autonomous robotic system that is able to continually detect, in real-time, changes in the air environment, and construct a hazard map of potential threats. At the same time the system will have an autonomous control and navigation system implemented using a state of the art approach based on self-repairing neural networks. These networks go way beyond traditional paradigms by including astrocyte cells which have recently been modelled to capture the repair capability exhibited in the human. This will afford a resilience to various types of potential failure within the controller; resilience of the controller is initially proposed as way of demonstrating capability. Human operators will be able to provide real-time feedback to the performance of the system to allow for machine learning to improve the overall performance of detection and navigation through a reinforcement based approach to learning. This proposal will deliver a proof of principle demonstrator of a fault-tolerant autonomous robotic system, capable of mapping hazards chemical environments and identifying key hazards of interest. Human users will be able to have real-time feedback of the hazard map and items identified, as well as perform limited control of the unit to compliment the units autonomy. The work is based on previous research, by the investigators, on self-repairing neural networks, real-time anomaly detection and robotic deployment.
BIONICS: BIO-iNspired survellianCe System
Automated artificial vision technology is becoming more widely adopted for monitoring and surveillance applications to reduce the need for physical resources and human intervention. These systems suffer from weaknesses in artificial vision technologies resulting in imprecise learning and false or missed detections. Biological visual systems are vastly superior in terms of performance for real-time and low-power applications when compared with conventional artificial vision technologies. To enable automated surveillance technology to cope with the challenges of dynamic visual conditions, existing artificial vision technology must be improved. Biologically inspired artificial vision algorithms have already demonstrated their effectiveness in dealing with these challenges.
BIONICS is an InvestNI Proof of Concept project building on the retinal ganglion cell models developed in the VISUALISE project. BIONICS aims to take the VISUALISE ganglion cell model technology towards a marketable product of a biologically inspired hardware image encoder and feature detector for security cameras.
Computational Approaches to real-time energy trading
Collaborators: Intelligent Systems Research Centre (Cognitive Robotics group) at Ulster University and ClickEnergy
The ability to collect, manage, analyse and report on massive volumes of market data is vital to long term market success. This project will focus on the development of computational intelligence algorithms to analyse and interpret the wide variety of data that have a direct impact. This project is funded by Innovate UK under the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships scheme.
It is well known that various terrorist and criminal organisations are communicating undetected via digital images using advanced steganography techniques through the Internet. Secret messages encrypted and encoded in various ways can be sent over the internet or posted somewhere on a website. Encrypting coded messages in digital images, such as pornographic pictures, is the least detectable way for terrorists and criminals to communicate. It is extremely difficult for investigators to track such steganography across the internet because, by its very nature, it is difficult to detect. The art of discovering the existence of steganographic data or secret messages in a digital media is called steganalysis.
FLAME (Forensic image anaLyzer frAMEwork) detects the presence of hidden messages in images sent over the internet or incorporated into a website page. The FLAME core technology consists of machine learning based steganalysis algorithms and an image tracking algorithm. FLAME will therefore be at the core of a system capable of locating, collecting, and analysing images placed or exchanged over the Internet by terrorists and cyber criminals. FLAME is funded by Ulster Research Impact Award fund.
Key technical & innovative features:
FLAME consists of four components: a crawler module, a decision module, a steganalysis module and a database. The crawler module will be fed with a series of start URLs (website addresses) to begin crawling. Based on the seed URLs subsequent URLs will be discovered by parsing the contents of the starting URLs. The crawler will attempt to locate image files at these URLs and pass them to the decision module.
The decision module decides if the image has already been encountered by calculating the cryptographic hash of the image (SHA1) and looking it up in the database. If the image exists, the image is discarded from the temporary store. If not, the image will be stored in the database.
The steganalysis module obtains images from the database and tests them for steganographic content using open source image steganalysis sources such as Outguess, novel high level intelligent machine learning algorithms and statistical tests. If the image is found to contain steganographic content, it will be tested further to extract the hidden content from the image if possible. If not, the image is marked as analysed.
The images (both analysed and tested for hidden content extraction) are preserved until all results have been consolidated. Each of the four components can work independently of each other in order to allow for separation of concerns, as well as allowing for the possibility of running them on separate machines.
FLAME early interest and endorsement:
A white paper based on the FLAME technology was submitted to the U.S. Army CyberQuest 2016 competition (http://intelligencecommunitynews.com/army-announces-cyber-quest-2017/) and FLAME was selected for the second stage of the competition. This initial acceptance shows the potential of our technology given the US Military endorsement.
Legal Innovation Centre
Collaborators: Allen & Ovary, Baker McKenzie, HookTangaza, Caselines, Clio, Invest NI
The legal innovation centre will create a bridge between Law and Computer Science to the end of fostering and creating legal service provision innovation and advancing educational provision in Legal Technology. See https://www.ulster.ac.uk/legalinnovation for more information.
Royal Academy of Engineering - Ingenious Award
Collaborators: STEM Aware, Bespoke Communications
This Public engagement award is to publicise the need for cyber security specialists in addition to creating a cost-effective model to train degree-qualified engineers in the art of inspiring students to follow an engineering career.
RAEng/Leverhulme Trust Senior Fellowship
This Fellowship concentrates on reusing the existing WiFi AP deployment in homes for location-oriented activity recognition without the need for additional static Wireless infrastructure or wearable sensors. It also integrates device free passive localisation techniques.
HSC Commissioned Research - Dementia Care
Collaborators: WHSCT
The aim of this feasibility study is to investigate the effects of individual specific reminiscence, facilitated using bespoke software, on people with dementia and their carers.
Knowledge Transfer Partnership
Collaborators: Sentel Ltd, Belfast
This KTP aims to incorporate machine learning intelligent techniques within their call monitoring platform enabling identification of call fraud in real-time.
Fluid Software Interfaces (InterTrade Ireland)
Collaborators: Verify Technologies, Limerick
This Fusion project aims to create an automated customer portal 'configuration engine' to replicate the process of selecting a customer's products features.
Management Information Systems (InterTrade Ireland)
Collaborators: Reprographic Systems Ltd, Dublin
This Fusion project will design and develop a bespoke, innovative, and integrated Management Information Systems (MIS) to facilitate change and enhanced efficiency.
Invest NI Proof of Concept
Collaborators: BBC, Vicomtech
This Proof of Concept (PoC) project titled "Broadcast Language Identification & Subtitling System (BLISS) investigates language identification and captioning and subtitling within the entertainment industry.
Predicting short-term wholesale prices on the Irish Single Electricity Market with Artificial Neural Networks (InterTrade Ireland)
Collaborators: Ark Energy Ltd, Longford
This Fusion project is to develop forecasting algorithms in order to predict short-term (72 hours ahead) wholesale prices on the Irish Single Electricity Market so that customers can make more informed trading decisions.
A BCI Operated Hand Exoskeleton based Neurorehabilitation System for Movement Restoration in Paralysis
This project is funded by UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) phase-II and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Government of India under the DST-UKIERI Thematic Partnership program (DST-2013-14/126). This international collaborative project has three main components brain-computer interface (BCI), exoskeleton, and rehabilitation which are being undertaken under respective leaders Professor Girijesh Prasad of Neural Systems and Neuro-technology Research Team, Professor Ashish Dutta of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) India, and Professor Suzanne McDonough of Institute of Nursing and Health Research under the co-ordination of the PI Professor Prasad. Main project objectives are as follows:
- Develop a lightweight three-finger exoskeleton with embedded sensors, capable of replicating human motion for physical practice. It will be controlled by users' EMG and EEG signals in assist-as-needed mode;
- Develop a novel brain-computer interface (BCI) that facilitates EMG and EEG for controlling the exoskeleton and provides visual neurofeedback to ensure focused physical and MI practices;
- Conduct pilot trials to evaluate the effectiveness of the exoskeleton along with BCI in movement restoration
It is known that much enhanced upper limb recovery can be gained if stroke sufferers with limb impairments, perform intensive active physical practice (PP) in conjunction with motor imagery (MI) practice (or mental practice) of activities of daily living.
Although a PP can be performed with the help of a therapist, it is expensive and limited and dependence on the therapist may lead to a passive practice. To this end, it is proposed to investigate development of a lightweight neuro-rehabilitation system for people with stroke that facilitates intensive active PP as well as MI practice with the help of a robotic exoskeleton and neuro-feedback from a novel non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI). It will consist of a three-finger exoskeleton that can be worn by the subjects and will be controlled through the users' Electromyography (EMG) and Electroencephalography (EEG) based BCI commands in assist-as-needed mode.
Additionally visual neuro-feedback from BCI will help ensure highly focused performance of PP as well as MI practice. The exoskeleton will be superior to existing ones as it will be able to replicate natural human finger motion with more degrees-of-freedom and be directly aimed at restoring critical hand functions, for grasping and manipulation of objects. The system will undergo pilot trial on a set of healthy individuals as well as people with impairments.


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TRANSFOMEM is a European Community co-funding LIFE project with contract number LIFE13 ENV/ES/000751
Title: Transformation of disposed reverse osmosis membranes into recycled ultra-and nanofiltration membranes - TRANSFOMEM.
Project's implementors: IMDEA Water Isntitute (Coordinating beneficiary), SADYT (Associated beneficiary)
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I was super excited to get some new film in the mail from Curating Cuteness' Katie. I'm on a bit of a mini journey (or however big a journey I can have at the moment) of rediscovering film photography, as some of you might have noticed from my On 35mm posts on Mondays.
Curating Cuteness is a blog that I enjoy reading. Not only is it all about film photography, but it's also based in Taipei, where I spent a big chunk of my 20's. Every time I see her beautiful photographs, I feel super nostalgic and bust a Liz Lemon. I WANT TO GO TO THERE.
This is the Analogue Beginner's Film Kit from her shop + a roll of Fujicolor Industrial 100, that's only sold in Japan. I can't wait to try them out! If you're curious about different types of film, check out Katie's 35mm film guide, but be warned, if you love film, please expect to be glued to your current position for a good amount of time since her list is pretty comprehensive. Enjoy!
(This is NOT a sponsored post, I just really like what Katie is doing over on her blog!)


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Fans coming to the football scrimmage between Start High School and Tiffin Columbian on Friday, August 21, are being asked to bring a non-perishable food item that will then be donated to the Seagate Food Bank.
Working to end hunger is part of the school's community outreach effort and having food brought to the free scrimmage is a great way to help fight hunger while enjoying a football game on a late summer night.
The game is set to start at 6 p.m. at the stadium at Start High, 2010 Tremainsville Rd.
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Burn Calories on the Stairs!
Sat, 22 Dec 2007
Have stairs at your home or office? They offer a perfect no-gym workout! Taking the stairs can improve cardiovascular health and lower cholesterol in just seven weeks. While a few minutes of climbing here and there may not seem like a lot of work, it adds up! You'll burn 12.5 calories every 60 seconds you spend climbing or 750 calories per hour! Now, that's an incentive to skip the elevator!
Watch your form as you go: Stand up tall with your eyes forward and your hand just lightly brushing the handrail for balance. While what goes up must come down, the results are a bit less notable you burn only 4 calories per minute descending stairs (about 240 calories per hour). Still, that's the same as an hour of golf! So get stepping!
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Simeon Strunsky: The Patient Observer And His Friends
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Am I so very much to blame?
But while the birds about the Harringtons' home simply offend my regard for the truth, the Harringtons' dog causes me acute bodily and mental discomfort. He is of a spotted white, with a disreputable black patch over one eye, and weighs, I should imagine, between eighty and ninety pounds. During luncheon he takes his place under the table, and from there emits blood-curdling howls with sufficient frequency to make conversation extremely difficult. This he varies by nosing about the visitor's legs and growling. I am not fond of dogs under the best of circumstances. I always labour under the presumption that they will bite. Their habit of suddenly dashing across the floor, in furious pursuit of nothing in particular, upsets me. But an invisible dog under a dining-room table is a dreadful experience. It is true that I managed to give Mrs. Harrington a fairly rational account of the woman's suffrage parade. But was she aware, as I sat there smiling spasmodically, what agonies of fear were mine as I waited for those white fangs under the table to sink into my flesh? If, under the circumstances, I confused Harriet Beecher Stowe with Julia Ward Howe, and made a bad blunder about woman's rights in Finland, am I so very much to blame?
Monday, January 24, 2011
Ten Days That Shook the World
Old Russia was rapidly breaking up. In Ukraine, in Finland, Poland, White Russia, the nationalist movements gathered strength and became bolder. The local Governments, controlled by the propertied classes, claimed autonomy, refusing to obey orders from Petrograd. At Helsingfors the Finnish Senate declined to loan money to the Provisional Government, declared Finland autonomous, and demanded the withdrawal of Russian troops.
John Reed: Ten Days That Shook the World
Friday, January 14, 2011
The Finlander, happily, can read a little English
" November 15. We have been this afternoon to take leave of our friends of the Brig George, which was an event of deep interest to us. All on board exhibited feelings of kind regard. It is a little singular that an American crew, with its officers, amounting to eleven souls only, should speak seven languages; viz. the Finnish, Danish, Swedish, German, French, Italian, and English. We found all these persons destitute of the word of God, except one of the Danes; who had a German Testament. We leave them provided with Bibles, each one in his own tongue, except the Finlander, who, happily, can read a little English.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Finlander, or "Hiawatha," as we familiarly called him
I left on the 21st of January. The evening before I called on some friends to take a final leave, and some called on me for the same purpose. My friends, the Pole, the Finn, the Saxon, and Erben, chatted around my little log fire until a late hour. Talking about the sweets of friendship and the sadness of severing its ties, the Finlander, or "Hiawatha," as we familiarly called him, said, " Well, we shall all make a journey to another still sunnier Italy, won't we ? And we shall walk together through the streets of another Eternal City, where we shall find no ruins to dream over. There nothing will fade or grow old." "Yes," I said, "what our eyes fail to see now, our ears to hear, our hearts to feel, we shall experience up there. There we can speak more about these things."
NATHAN: MY PILGRIM'S POUCH.The Guardian, Volumes 8-9
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Finlander, with a credulous and oval physiognomy
Ludlow had seen, on entering the vessel, that her crew was composed of men of different countries. Age and personal character seemed to have been more consulted, in their selection, than national distinctions. There was a Finlander, with a credulous and oval physiognomy, sturdy but short frame, and a light vacant eye; and a darkskinned seaman of the Mediterranean, whose classical outline of feature was often disturbed by uneasy and sensitive glances at the horizon. These two men had come and placed themselves near the group on the quarter-deck, when the last music was heard, and Ludlow had ascribed the circumstance to a sensibility to melody, when the child Zephyr stole to their side, in a manner to show that more was meant by the movement than was apparent in the ac tion itself. The appearance of Tiller, who invited the party to re-enter the cabin, explained its meaning, by showing that these men, like themselves, had business with the being who, it was pretended, had so great an agency in controlling the fortunes of the brigantine.
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Cute and magical unicorn card with a pun on the outside reads "Has anyone told you how amazing you are?" Inside reads "Allow me to point it out!"
Fun Usual Suspects cards are carefully printed on thick, high-quality card stock and have rounded corners for a clean but soft look and feel.
The card size is A2 | 4.25 x 5.50 in | 10.79 x 13.97 cm.
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