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What are tanneries for? In owning and running a tannery many skills are developed over the years. Working with collagen, the technology of the non-woven material that we call suede splits, surface coating, complex waste management related to liquids, solids and gaseous emissions along with a wide variety of more specialist technologies that might depend on locality, market sector, staff skills or history.
Should we employ those skills exclusively for making leather or should tanners consider using them elsewhere? One business tool used by companies considering their future development is called Ansoff's Matrix. This is not a new tool but one that goes back to 1965 when first suggested by Igor Ansoff.
There are two questions which are attached to this both of which are pertinent to the leather industry today. These are how can we defend our market share and how can we grow our market? Answering this mostly focuses on the existing market where market development is the easiest and least risky route. It is about doing more of the same. If you have never gone in search of more customers, or have never measured what percentage you have of your existing customers' purchase this is where you start. It is classed as Market Penetration.
Making more of the same product for what is essentially the same market area is also the least risky strategy that a company can adopt, but anyone looking around the buyers of leather from Nike to Nissan will know that to survive and prosper they have had to move not only into new geographies but also different segments.
So if you are doing as well as you think you can in your sector, or if it is shrinking for some reason that is beyond your control, then you have three choices. The simplest two routes, in terms of risk, is either to sell your existing product into a new market (Market Development) or to sell new products into your existing markets (Product Development).
Selling leather into a new market has historically been found to be quite difficult, although attitudes are evolving. We have a long history of tanneries specialising and finding it hard to manage small skins and bovines hides I the same plant, or to jump from upholstery leather to footwear. Historically the move away from vegetable tanning to chrome tanning, which roughly coincided with a move from equine and industrial leathers to footwear and more modern upholstery was a period when many tanneries shut and whole tanning districts closed. Thus while the term Market Development might sound simple both the market and the product characteristics require a great deal of work in the leather industry.
The most risky route is to do something completely new (Diversification). In the USA Fortune Brands decided to sell all its tobacco interests, out of which its history had been developed and push into the golf interest. It successfully combined the small brands of Titleist (golf balls and clubs) with FootJoy (footwear and gloves) into one business under the name Acushnet which did well for 25 years and now continues as an independent business on the NY Stock Exchange. Also one could say that VF Corp, so famous for its ownership of Timberland, North Face, Vans, Icebreaker and many others, has been expert at this having adapted many times since it started as a glove and mitten factory in 1899. It expanded into silk lingerie in 1914 and changed its name to Vanity Fair Silk Mills Inc. in 1919. In 1951, Vanity Fair Mills went public. It then started to acquire other brands and slowly evolve into the current position where it builds groups of brands in various sectors, in which it attempts to retain the brand essence and consumers profile, while massively reorganising the "back office" for maximum efficiency. Today their Outdoor and Action Sports sector is over half of the business.
Perfecting alternative materials for the leather market.
These changes were achieved by companies with relatively deep pockets and well managed. It is harder for a tannery, usually and SME with low margins, to make such moves. So this brings us back to Product Development - selling new products into existing markets. Such a discussion is likely to raise the thought of using the tanner's technical skills to perfect alternative materials for the leather market. It has been shown for a couple of decades that taking non-woven materials and putting them in retaining vessels where the action is better than in some of the textile industry pressure pots to dye and finish creates a better material. Some of the better non-wovens of the 1990s and 2000s are Asian substrates that benefitted from working in Italy with Italian tanning equipment and technology. No industry has better knowledge of the processing and adjustment needed with non-woven material for multiple end uses than the leather industry.
Equally Zoa, the Modern Meadow test tube collagen built from smashing yeasts, does actually require processing in the tannery to make it saleable. Is this something tanners should not do, because it competes with leather.
My argument today is that we should embrace these materials and not be afraid to use our tannery skills with these products. Our issue is not with competition but with false or deliberately misleading nomenclature. If we are involved in the processing and the marketing then we will have a greater say in this area to ensure that leather gets properly recognised.
I would hope that the industry will put more effort into getting a precise definition for leather agreed across the globe within the industry and issue a clear instruction to all tanners that they should not get involved in any promotion that can mislead consumers about what they are buying.


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Eighty-one years ago, a couple from Vallata, Italy, moved to Elizabeth, built a one-story shop and started selling Italian ice from its front door. Neighbors -- most of them also immigrants from Vallata -- stopped by until midnight on hot summer nights to have a glass of the lemon ice that Catherine Di Cosmo mixed with her own secret recipe.
Today people still line up at Fourth Avenue and High Street on hot summer days for Di Cosmo's flavored ice. Although Elizabeth was home to at least five homemade Italian ice businesses in the early 1900's, Di Cosmo's is the lone survivor. Even historical maps of Elizabeth note the site, referring to it by its name among the locals, the Lemon Ice Lady.
This year tradition produced something new. The oldest two great-grandchildren of John and Catherine Di Cosmo opened a second Di Cosmo's, in Surf City on Long Beach Island.
John Di Cosmo, grandson of the founders, talked recently about the family business.
Q. What are your early memories of the business?
A. My parents were married in 1938, which is when my mother, Agnes, started to help out. It was her idea to start making orange ice as well as lemon. They still turned the machines by hand and cut hundreds of lemons out back every morning. They had deliveries of ice every morning, which they'd also break up by hand. Sometime after the war my dad decided to mechanize it. We still use those machines.
Q. What is the process you use?
A. We can only make 10 gallons at a time. We put stainless steel canisters in our old wooden barrels, with ice and rock salt in between the two. Then I pour a mixture of fruit juice, sugar and water into the canisters. Metal dashers are lowered into the liquid, and they mix it back and forth for about 40 minutes. No ice is added; it freezes slowly because it's packed in ice.
Q. Why did you outlast Elizabeth's other Italian ice shops?
A. We're the best. We haven't changed the recipe; we use only real fruit, most of it fresh, and no preservatives or stabilizers. And we try to keep the prices as low as we can. We have clientele that have been coming for the last 81 years, so not only are we in our fourth generation, our customers are in their fourth generation.
Q. Did you ever think of not going into the family business?
A. No. It was there and I'd been around it ever since I can remember. I've always loved to cook, and I like to see people eating something I made. It makes you feel good. On hot days, you see a guy come here after digging up a street all day and to see the relief on his face, it's worth it.
Q. Why are you open only in summer?
A. It's a hot-weather item. When the temperature drops below 60, the demand isn't there. Ice cream, people will buy, but not this.
Q. Which have been your best flavors -- and your worst?
A. Lime was a bomb. It was tart and white -- people didn't expect that. We had barrels full at the end of the day. We won't do that again. Lemon and orange are the benchmarks, with pineapple third. This year we came up with three new flavors: white grape, four-berry (which has strawberry, raspberry, blackberry and blueberry) and mixed fruit with watermelon.
Q. After being around Italian ice all your life, do you ever get sick of it?
A. Never. I could eat orange all the time; it's my favorite. Sometimes it's our lunch. We keep some home in the wintertime, too, and defrost it in the microwave. JULIE BEGLIN


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Our Mission is to educate, empower, and enrich
the lives of youth and teens.
The Arts Conservatory for Teens was founded in 2012 by two community leaders, Alex Harris and Herbert Murphy. Harris and Murphy together have more than 40 years of experience in the arts, youth development and philanthropy. Seeing a need in the local community for teens (use of opiates, crime, school dropout, lack of adequate access to opportunities to excel), the two young men developed a curriculum that has a strong appeal to teenagers that is fun, educational, empowering and culturally enriching.
The model developed by Harris and Murphy is not your typical after school program, it is unique, innovative and life changing. Since its inception, Arts Conservatory for Teens has helped to change over 1500 middle and high school students' lives.
Arts Magnet Program
Arts Magnet Program is an after-school program. The workshops and classes offered are for students who are the beginner and intermediate level in their skill development. AMP workshops and classes are located at four of the city of St. Petersburg Recreational Centers.
Young Artist Alliance
Young Artist Alliance is an after-school program. The workshops and classes offered are for students who are at the advance level in their skill development. Students participating in YAA are primarily high school 'college' bound students who have a career interest in the arts industry. Summer intensives and master classes are offered in addition to weekly workshops and classes led by ACT's Program Coordinators and Instructors.
Character Essentials
Character Essentials is a before school program. The workshops and classes offered focused on building character and providing tools ameliorate behavior. The workshops and classes are currently at five Pinellas County Title 1 "Turn Around' Middle schools.
Teens Empowered Today
Teens Empowered Today is an after-school program. The workshops and classes offered focus on teaching students how to build upon opportunities for self-sufficiency, self confidence and creativity. Students who are enrolled into TET are primarily 'high-risk' teens. The studio's curricula objectives are high school graduation, college prep and job readiness.


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Sex is like oxygen: it's only a problem if you're not getting any. Here's a list of all the ways that you should be having sex. Preferably with as many attractive, disease-free, uncomplicated, and fun ways. You'll feel better and won't be the creepy guy/girl in the corner who just likes to knit.
Anal Sex
I'm not sure why there's such a stigma towards Anal sex. One can even imagine the origins of cave men staring at a vagina and thinking, "Hmmm, what does this thing do?" And just like a yo-yo, it's fun for boys and girls.
For God's sake though, do be gentle we are not all porn stars, so please use some lube! And, ask nicely!
Slave, master. Sure, its sounds like that terrible office job you once had, but don't you know that you're missing out? For every person that thinks that they're going to get whipped or that they can get hurt, there's multitudes that are getting on with their kinky selves. Why not just get it over with and buy that dungeon kit you've been waiting for? Your partner will finally thank you... or spank you!
Oral Sex
People have holes. And those holes need to be filled with something besides food and babies. The mouth is one of the most sensual organs there is. And it is also one of the most sensitive, too! I've had boyfriends whom I could take their heart beat from my tongue. There's levels of intimacy you are missing out on!
Maybe you don't want to get off the rollercoaster just yet. Maybe you want to go again... and again... and again... This is where peaking comes in. All it takes is knowing your body and your partner's body. Want to make them cum harder, want it longer, and beg you for your sexual talents, you stud? Try bringing them to their peak and backing off... That's okay, you can thank me later.
If you're reading this, hopefully you are not a teenager. Or, maybe you are, which I would guess would be okay, right. Don't arrest me, but dry-humping is something that long-term couples simply don't do anymore. WHY? You can do it in public without fear of getting arrested, you can do it on the dancefloor while everyone cheers you on. You can even do it while waiting for the bus!
There's many, many other ways that you can have sex, but that will have to be for another list. Until then, give these a shot and see if you don't walk down the street with a grin on your face and the cashier wondering what type of medication you're on.


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Death is not the biggest Loss in life.
The biggest loss is when relationships die among us when we are alive!! (Shakespeare)
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Business owners: have you noticed that many organizations are implementing some sort of Workforce Management software? Perhaps businesses that you work closely with, companies that you have partnered with, or even competitors' organizations. If you do not yet use a Workforce Management system and have been too busy to look into them, you may be wondering why "Workforce Management" has become a buzzword.
At TriCore, we are uniquely qualified to explain because we offer the most advanced Workforce Management software on the market. Workforce Management systems are meant to expedite how your business manages employees. But beware, some Workforce Management systems are confusing and problematic to use, which defeats the whole purpose. With our Workforce Management Suite we've created the most efficient yet simple-to-use tools to help you transform your processes.
Benefit #1: Streamlined Administration
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Another critical advantage that Workforce Management Suite gives to businesses is the ability to cut labor costs. When you're able to easily track what your team members are doing and when and where they are doing it, you can maximize productivity, limit overtime, and develop effective scheduling strategies.
Benefit #3: Improved Accuracy
Workforce Management Suite also helps reduce time card errors. For example, our Workforce Management Clock has PunchLogic, which doesn't allow employees to unwittingly clock into the wrong activity. Fewer errors translates to less time sorting them out after the fact.
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The last benefit we'll talk about today is the fact that our Workforce Management software assists you in staying compliant with ACA, DOL, state, and local regulations. Most regulations require you to collect, review, and submit information that pertains to your team members and their hours worked. Regulators want this information to be accurate and submitted in a timely fashion. With Workforce Management Suite, our automated tools collect the information for you and generate reports at the click of a mouse. Our platform is fully integrated, so your data maintains its accuracy from one tool to another. Hassle-free compliance gives you peace of mind so you can concentrate on building your organization.
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La Pirogue Resort and Spa by Sun Resorts resembles a traditional fishing village, each bungalow's thatched roof reminiscent of the unfurled sail of a local fishing boat, from which the resort derives its name. Set amongst tropical gardens, palm groves and coconut trees, A four- star resort La Pirogue offers guests a relaxed atmosphere and a breathtaking sunset view.
The rooms have been designed and well decorated to provide cozy ambience in unparalleled-paradise island, this unique concept led to a creation of La Pirogue as the top pick charming resort in Flic- en-Flac, Mauritius by traveler around the world.
All the rooms are located in the ground floor with private terrace which provide easy access to the palm gardens and sunset beaches. Sugar Beach Hotel- La Pirogue's sister property is accessible by guests staying at La Pirogue, guests can experience the facilities in both resorts. The hotel offers activities for kids and teens at each club where they will be able to enjoy interactive entertainments and attractive activities. La Pirogue has a great selection of beachside restaurants and bars. The infinity pool is definitely a must-try facility to complete everyone's holiday at La Pirogue.


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The Build-Up Season
2018 - Shortlisted
Judges' comments
Iliad's troubled relationships with her hippie, astrology-believing mother and her hard-edged grandmother control her ability to allow closeness with anyone else. Friendship is alien and she pushes it away, fighting physically against attempts to involve her in fun. When she discovers Jared, she loves him as she has loved her father. She fails to see that this similarity has a deeper, darker layer, which could well prove disastrous.
This aptly titled work uses the build-up to a wet season as background to the tension escalating from a past bitter, violent relationship. Secrets stay hidden as Iliad, an angry, anti-social 17-year-old girl with low self-esteem, becomes an easy target for a boyfriend who appears to be something he's not. This is both an impressive exploration of love in all its guises and a call to face fear in order to move forward.


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Short stenosing stricture at the rectosigmoid junction.
Distended fluided filled large bowel most pronounced in the right side of the colon.
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Large bowel obstruction is a key surgical pathology, one which both clinicians and radiologists working out of hours should be at capable of diagnosing and managing.
A high proportion are due to the first presentation of a sigmoid colorectal carcinoma. Complicated diverticular disease with stricture formation is another common cause.
This was a short stenosing rectosigmoid junction tumor causing a high grade large bowel obstruction. The right side of the colon is suggestive of imminent perforation.


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The University of Nebraska has some superb athletic facilities, and tucked right into the center of them all is their outdoor track at Ed Weir Stadium. This track was the home of Team USA's heptathlete and former Cornhusker, Chantae McMillan. In London,her first Olympic games, she finished the two-day event in 29th place. Five other athletes from Nebraska competed in London as well, representing four different countries:
Gyorgyi Farkas – Hungary – Heptathlon
Carl Myerscough – Great Britain – Shot Put
Janis Leitis – Latvia – 400m
Lehann Fourie – South Africa – 110m Hurdles
Ineta Radevica – Latvia – Long Jump (finished 4th, 1cm behind Janay Deloach)


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Expedia Reports 30 Percent Rise in Online Bookings to Mexico
Travel Technology September 25, 2011
Expedia said that its bookings to Mexico have grown more than 30 percent during the second quarter of the year compared to last year. The bookings came through more than 100 Expedia and Hotels.com branded sites.
Expedia is working closely with the Mexican tourism industry, said Marco Tagliatti, vice president of lodging supply, Latin America and Caribbean, Expedia. Bookings to Mexico have grown more than 50 percent, according to Pablo Castro, director of market management for Mexico and Central America, Expedia. Expedia executives are in Mexico City this week for the 2011 International Tourism Fair of the Americas (FITA) in Mexico City. For more information, visit www.expediainc.com.
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Last year, my State Committeewoman Lisa Barstow put on her Facebook page that she wanted to hear from fellow Republicans from Brookline, Newton and Wellesley [precincts A,C,D,E, and H] what's working, what's not, how is the GOP going to see victory in 2014. In the wake of the state party's officers demanding "party unity" from the base while defending what…Read More »
MassGOP Rules Committee Chair (a Baker supporter) says Mark Fisher should Be on Ballot.
The man in charge of the Rules for the Massachusetts Republican Party (who happens to be a Charlie Baker supporter) says unequivocly that blanks should NOT have been counted at the convention and that Mark Fisher belongs on the primary ballot. from the Globe: Charlie Baker's bid to become the Republican nominee for governor hit another snag Thursday…Read More »
VIDEO PROOF: Fisher should be on the ballot, Baker should condemn the fog, Hughes should clear it.
The video of the reported tallies at the convention has been released. I have vetted it fully, and have verified the calculations. I have linked to a Google Doc with them: https://docs.google.com/file/d… In review of my previous post, I initially thought I may have been too strong in my thoughts about the convention. I was wrong. I missed one very…Read More »
Mark Fisher Got Screwed By the State Party & We All Know it!
If Charlie Baker was the great leader everyone claims him to be, he'd be the first to urge Fisher's inclusion on the Primary ballot. So much for that. But more to the point. Fisher got his 15% when you don't count blanks which the rules dictate shouldn't be counted! We all agree that Baker got 2095 votes and Fisher got…Read More »
Expanded Thoughts on my first GOP Convention.
(Here's a first time attendee's thought on the convention. – promoted by Rob "EaBo Clipper" Eno) The 2014 MAGOP convention was an instructive experience for me. It was the first convention I ever attended, and I'll spare no details on some of the things I observed. I'll start with the good, because unfortunately there was a lot that could have…Read More »
The Stage is Set… Convention Gavel an Hour Away
The calm before the storm.
Image: Rob Eno, Red Mass Group (C)2014 Today over 2000 delegates, alternates and Republican activists will meet to select their candidate for Governor and US Senate. The convention will be gaveled in at 9:00 am and delegates are starting to filter in. Kirsten Hughes, Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Committtee remarked, "it…
Please Join Me in Voting Heck Yes! For Mark Fisher at Tomorrow's Convention
Here is the endorsement letter I sent to the Newton Republican Convention Delegation regarding the 2014 MA-GOP Gubernatorial race. Dear Newton GOP Convention Delegates: Bill Heck and I have been watching the two Republican candidates for governor; and after careful assessment of their positions and capabilities, we have wholeheartedly endorsed Mark Fisher. We are strong fiscal and social conservatives, who…Read More »


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The competition to hire veterans continues to be fierce. While many factors have brought us to this point, initiatives such as the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and private sector coalitions such as JPMorgan's 100,000 Jobs Mission have helped to ignite enthusiasm to hire service members. Today, the unemployment rate for veterans remains at near historic lows.
Companies that embrace the veteran workforce are finding high-performing employees for a wide range of workplace scenarios, from manufacturing to software positions spanning entry level to management. Their advantage in the war for talent isn't a coincidence, though. These companies have well-defined strategies to recruit and retain veterans.
While the benefits of hiring veterans are great, many of the companies recruiting military talent lack a dedicated military hiring process. Instead, hiring veterans is often left to recruiters with little understanding of veteran backgrounds and how to access and engage qualified veterans.
Source – Read the full article at: https://www.manufacturing.net/article/2019/01/accelerating-and-improving-veteran-recruitment


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Have you been wondering how you can logout of Facebook Messenger App on your Android phone? well if yes, then you definitely need to read this article till the end. As you can see, there is nowhere you will find the "log out" link or button within the Facebook Messenger app on your Android device.
Facebook does not provide any options that allow Android phone or tablet users to easily log out from the messenger app. Since Facebook don't want you to logout from the messenger app, it may be boring to you somethings because you will always be online.
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Now am going to show you the actual thing you are going to do that's very easy if you pay attention and follow my simple outlined steps below.
Step Guide To Logout of Facebook Messenger App on Android Phone
- Go to "Settings" of your Android device
- Once you are there (settings menu), navigate to "Apps".
- Then in the applications manager menu scroll down until you find Facebook Messenger, and tap on it.
- Now tap on the "Disable" button as seen at the top left of your screen.
- Then tap on "UNINSTALL UPDATES".
Just like that, and its simple! Anytime you open the Messenger app on your Android device you'll see the login page instead of your list of contacts. Also, you will see a pop-up window at the bottom of your screen that says "App Update", along with a convenient red button that says "UPDATE". You may tap on it, to automatically update your Facebook Messenger app if you want.
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Furthermore, you can easily login to Facebook Messenger using another Facebook account or another phone number on the same Android device.
If encounter any problems and can't log out, ensure to use the comment section below to let us know, and we shall help you out as soon as possible.


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A combination of step and hi/lo aerobics moves intermixed with segments of strength and resistance exercises for a fun and energizing 60-minute calorie busting workout.
Cardio Tone & Sculpt:
This class will focus on total body strength and cardio training. You will strengthen and shape the large muscle groups of your body and increase your endurance with the use of dumbbells, bands, balls, bars and more.
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Core strength, balance, posture and flexibility are the focus of this class. Designed for any fitness level it includes a fusion of different exercises to isolate the inner muscle groups, strengthen the core and increase ROM and flexibility.
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A fusion of traditional Pilates and core focused exercises blended with stretching to strengthen the core and stretch the entire body. Indoor Cycle: Each participant has their own stationary bicycle and the Instructor leads you on a different 60-minute adventure every time. Burn fat and increase your endurance in this fun, music driven class.
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In this class you will perform a variety of exercises designed to improve your muscular strength and endurance. You will tone and sculpt the entire body and target core muscles using a variety of different exercises and techniques.
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This class is a total body workout! We will use TRX straps, resistance and cardio training techniques to improve your endurance and help you build strength. Circuit training allows you to fit a huge variety of movements into your workout, without any complicated choreography, creating a fun, full body challenge for any fitness level!
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Improve balance, coordination, stability, strength, awareness, confidence and mental focus through breathing, postures, low impact movements, relaxation and energy flow to improve overall quality of life no matter what your age.
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Water aerobics uses the natural resistance of the water to provide a wide variety of conditioning activities. Water weights, noodles and other pool toys are frequently used in class. Come join us for a fun and energizing workout for any fitness level!!
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In this class you will be flowing through various yoga poses, stretches and breathing techniques focused on improving balance, flexibility, core strength and total body relaxation.
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A restorative yoga sequence typically involves only five or six poses, supported by props that allow you to completely relax and rest. The poses are typically held for about 3 - 5 minutes or more and include light twists, seated forward folds and gentle backbends.
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These audio dependencies aren't used by KNotifications on Win32.
Similarly, DBus is not used on Windows.
These audio dependencies aren't used by KNotifications on Win32.
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I'd say you're not simplifying it, you're changing the logic. This needs to be reflected in the commit message.
indentation is wrong.
we don't, I guess, but dbus-daemon.exe still runs in the background so I can't say.
With regards to Windows, please note that any unit test which depends on calls that involve D-Bus on the CI system will likely lead to that test hanging because dbus-daemon is not launched by the CI system.
Where possible D-Bus should be avoided on Windows.
Thanks for taking a look, @bcooksley! We already use dbus-daemon.exe for a lot of talking with the notifications and (I think many) other features, so we can't really avoid it just now.
This needs rebasing since I recently changed the audio logic for Android
This seems to be entirely urelated to audio?
I was trying to simplify code there by removing NOT. Should I remove this change?
Yes. It is neither related to Windows nor audio. What you can to is to add Windows to the condition to not look for DBus on Windows, but please do that in a separate patch. Or move the find call for DBus down to the auto checks inside the if
I'm looking into the DBus problem, we currently use DBus for the system tray icon on Windows. Once that is resolved, I should be able to completely remove DBus from the Windows build
Update: nope. I think it's still use for the dbus interfaces. I confirmed by ending the dbus-daemon.exe process by hand to see it. Turns out, dbus is quite important for KDE Connect regardless of the OS. (:
But this is KNotifications, not KDE Connect. So we need DBus for KNotifications on Windows?
This broke some public APIs on Windows: since Qt5DBus is not being "imported" by CMake, a group of .cpp files is not being compiled, see e.g. https://cgit.kde.org/knotifications.git/tree/src/CMakeLists.txt#n25 . Thus e.g. class KStatusNotifierItem implementation becomes unavailable at linking time, even though CMake configuration installs the respective header files.
As a consequence, we have linking errors in applications that rely on KStatusNotifierItem: https://phabricator.kde.org/T11275
There is no need to start dbus-daemon by CI. dbus-daemon is started by the dbus client library by default, if not running for the given install path.
If tests launch D-Bus Daemon, then they will cause the CI system to jam as CTest will wait indefinitely for dbus-daemon to exit.
D-Bus should not be used under any circumstances on Windows.
Considering that D-Bus doesn't really belong on Windows, and has been known to cause security software (such as anti-malware packages) to generate false positives in the past, we really should avoid D-Bus completely if at all possible on Windows. For standalone applications there isn't really a reason to have it around.
KDE uses dbus for many internal services. On a recent linux system I see the following KDE services in dbus
Some of them are Linux only, but some are required on Windows (for example kio)
and has been known to cause security software (such as anti-malware packages) to generate false positives in the past,
This has not been reported to the official dbus issue tracker (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/groups/dbus/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&search=virus) . Can you point me to related reports ?
For standalone applications there isn't really a reason to have it around.
From what I know does kio depends on dbus, which mean you are saying that standalone applications could not use kio and my be others (see above)
kio doesn't require dbus for the normal slave stuff.
It can be that it requires it for the kcookie or auth stuff.
klauncher is used to launch kio slaves. In the main() function of klauncher there is a check if a DBus session bus is running (https://lxr.kde.org/source/frameworks/kinit/src/klauncher/klauncher_main.cpp#0187) . If not, klauncher is terminated. This looks like a hard requirement for DBus if kio slaves are used.
No, not really, I fixed that long ago, we auto-detect this and use the KDE_FORK_SLAVES code paths for that
see in slave.cpp
static bool forkSlaves() { // In such case we start the slave via QProcess. // It's possible to force this by setting the env. variable // KDE_FORK_SLAVES, Clearcase seems to require this. if (bForkSlaves.load() == -1) { bool fork = qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("KDE_FORK_SLAVES"); // no dbus? => fork slaves as we can't talk to klauncher if (!fork) { fork = !QDBusConnection::sessionBus().interface(); } #ifdef Q_OS_UNIX if (!fork) { // check the UID of klauncher QDBusReply<uint> reply = QDBusConnection::sessionBus().interface()->serviceUid(klauncher()->service()); // if reply is not valid, fork, most likely klauncher can not be run or is not installed // fallback: if there's an klauncher process owned by a different user: still fork if (!reply.isValid() || getuid() != reply) { fork = true; } } #endif bForkSlaves.testAndSetRelaxed(-1, fork ? 1 : 0); } return bForkSlaves.load() == 1; }
but this function is only called on Linux (https://github.com/KDE/kio/blob/a8de3cb2032aba3dc86b1c7a7e745ca000f21bf4/src/core/slave.cpp#L458), so my statement is still true.
#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX if (forkSlaves() == 1) { ... QProcess::startDetached(kioslave, args); return slave; } #endif
Later on there is the code, called on Windows, which requires klauncher
QString errorStr; QDBusReply<int> reply = klauncher()->requestSlave(protocol, url.host(), slaveAddress.toString(), errorStr); if (!reply.isValid()) { error_text = i18n("Cannot talk to klauncher: %1", klauncher()->lastError().message()); error = KIO::ERR_CANNOT_LAUNCH_PROCESS; delete slave; return 0;
That is bad, then this must be fixed.
That should happen on Windows, too.
Just like it works nicely on macOS.
BTW: Does starting slaves on Linux kills started slave after slave timeout occurs, which is performed by klauncher by default ?
In case you are running a KDE app using kioslave on a removal disc, after closing the main app, you will have a problem ejecting the removal disc because of still running kioslaves.


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Date of Conferral
Katherine Emmons
Elementary school students may display uncivil behaviors that affect peer interactions, and school or community climate. Some middle and high school leaders have implemented programs to improve student interactions by enhancing student leadership skills, character education, and students' understanding of civic education. However, few programs combine these goals with aspects of culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) in elementary schools. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explain the motivating factors, challenges, and rationales of school administrators and leaders who implemented a student civil leadership program in a K-6 elementary school and to understand how the program was established, how it operated, the extent to which CRP was facilitated through instruction, and how students benefited. The conceptual framework was based on Allport, Ewald, and Ladson-Billings's ideas of similar and dissimilar group interactions. Data were collected through interviews of school leaders, observations of program facilitators, and artifacts. Data were analyzed using initial and simultaneous coding, which led to the development of 4 key findings: the implementation of the GCP program was due to trust and consensus among stakeholders, the curriculum bore resemblance to CRP in implementation, instruction promoted civil leadership in students through the design of program activities, and establishing the program fostered community support. The findings of the study indicated that positive social change may result from continued and trusting collaborations between school and community leaders, particularly when they are aimed to implement civil leadership programs with effective programming and an underlying foundation of CRP.
Recommended Citation
Sancho, RiChari, "Stakeholder Experiences and Operations in Implementing an Elementary Civil Leadership Program" (2019). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 7191.


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Featured Subject: Aaron Copland
With News and Reviews From the Archives of The New York Times
In This Feature
Reviews of Aaron Copland's Music Reviews of Aaron Copland's Books Articles About Aaron Copland Articles by Aaron Copland
Excerpts From the Music of Aaron Copland
Related Links
John Rockwell Reviews Howard Pollack's 'Aaron Copland' (March 14, 1999) First Chapter: 'Aaron Copland'
The Associated Press
Aaron Copland in 1956.
Copland Gives First of 'One-Man' Concerts (October 12, 1935)
An all-Copland program included an early performance of "El Salon Mexico."
Audio Excerpt from 'El Salon Mexico'
'Second Hurricane' in World Premiere (April 22, 1937)
"Copland's musical efforts were largely confined to choral numbers and these, with their lack of melodic inspiration, their constant repetition of empty, dry phrases, soon grew wearisome, especially as they wanted mood with few exceptions and merely halted the action."
Copland 'Short Symphony' Has Premiere Here (January 10, 1944)
"In more recent years Mr. Copland has chosen to write in a much simpler and more direct manner . . . The symphony, being both abstract and in the less effective early style, cannot be reckoned among its composer's important contributions to the literature."
'Appalachian Spring' by Copland Heard at Concert (April 11, 1946)
"[T]his is certainly one of the best of Mr. Copland's scores, and of them all the most tender and poetical in character. In it the folk element is strongly present; it is neither disguised nor disfigured by affectation."
Audio Excerpt from 'Appalachian Spring'
Boston Symphony Plays Copland 3d (January 9, 1947)
"This is the biggest work of Mr. Copland's that we have heard . . . In our opinion this is the first time that he has emerged as an authentic symphonist . . ."
Audio Excerpt from 'Symphony No. 3'
Records: 'Lincoln Portrait' (February 16, 1947)
". . . comes as close as any orchestral work, and there have been quite a few, to evoking the quality of Lincoln the man and his legend. Mr. Copland has come closer to success because he has not aimed too high and because he has written simply and unpretentiously."
Records: Copland's Piano Sonata (February 20, 1949)
"On first hearing some considered it difficult in form and style and unyielding in content. But if you give yourself a fair chance to become well acquainted with it, the sonata proves to be none of these things. On the contrary, it has simplicity, clarity and a great deal of touching, restrained feeling."
Records: Copland's 'Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra' (September 23, 1951)
". . . with the composer conducting and Benny Goodman (who commissioned the piece) playing the solo, [the concerto] contains some of Mr. Copland's most credible lyricism."
New Friends Open 17th Concert Year With Copland's 'Poems of Emily Dickinson' Song Cycle (November 3, 1952)
"It is, like all of Mr. Copland's music, intelligent, carefully composed and to the point. He is not working in a folksy way here; these are art songs that attempt to capture the essence of the texts without extra-musical associations."
Music: Premiere of One-Act Opera, 'The Tender Land' (April 21, 1954)
"[The libretto] simply does not convince, or present much that is of character, or motivation, or consequence. The composer often produces interesting music, not because of, but mainly in spite of this flimsy and pseudo-dramatic material."
Copland Fantasy for Piano Heard (October 26, 1957)
". . . one of Mr. Copland's most significant compositions . . . an intensely serious work, but it is not forbidding. Mr. Copland uses twelve-tone devices, but he does not follow them slavishly."
Music: Aaron Copland (February 31, 1958)
"The Third is surely one of the finest symphonies to the credit of any American. Its design is large, and its command of matter and manner unwavering. . . . Copland conducted not only with an awareness of how his own music should go but also with a businesslike grasp, of a maestro's duties."
Records: Copland (March 29, 1959)
"Now that we are taking our serious composers more seriously, it's time to begin to listen to the serious Copland."
Philharmonic Takes On the Avant-Garde (January 5, 1964)
"You can't ask anyone over 35 about what is or isn't avant-garde," the 63-year-old Copland told an interviewer before his Piano Concerto was performed as part of a New York Philharmonic avant-garde series.
Audio Excerpt from 'Concerto for Piano and Orchestra'
Music: Copland Plays at Philharmonic (January 10, 1964)
Copland's 1926 Piano Concerto fit in comfortably with a program devoted to new "third stream" compositions that mix jazz and classical styles.
Copland Conducts 'The Tender Land' (July 29, 1965)
"The music is simple -- simple and sweet. . . . closer to 'Oklahoma' than it is to 'Wozzeck' . . . But the drama is static. . . . And while Mr. Copland's ear is keenly melodic, it is not vocal."
Composers Can Be Their Own Best Conductors (November 6, 1966)
"Copland seems, in our day of electronic music and avant-garde serialism, to be a comfortable and comforting figure of past American productivity. . . . And even his recent serial works which seem to attempt to keep astride current trends . . . are tolerated rather than liked or hated because of Copland's importance to American music . . ."
Aaron Copland as Conductor (December 8, 1975)
"Copland is hardly a virtuoso conductor, but he led admirably clear performances of his [compositions]."
Free 13-Hour Marathon Celebrates American Music (November 21, 1980)
"There are good reasons for Mr. Copland to serve as the focus for such a celebration. . . . [B]efore Mr. Copland came along, serious American music was the purview of a few isolated eccentrics like Charles Ives."
'What to Listen for in Music' (April 9, 1939)
". . . a first-rate contribution . . . Being articulate in the language of words as well as in that of music, Mr. Copland has written his book with conciseness and simplicity."
'Our New Music' (October 19, 1941)
"It has brilliant and admirable pages. It fights anew some battles which have earlier been fought. It is, in a word, the book of an exponent of certain tendencies in modern music and a composer of special purposes and special theories."
Composer's Opinions on Men of His Own Period Bound to Be Personal (November 30, 1941)
Olin Downes responds to Aaron Copland's response to his review of Copland's book, "Our New Music."
'Music and Imagination' (October 12, 1952)
"[Copland speaks] about a wide variety of matters with a composer's illuminating perception, a gift for felicitous statement, and a humor that is only one of the manifestations of an engaging mind and personality."
Julia Smith's 'Aaron Copland' (January 1, 1956)
"It may be, in fact, that her enthusiasm leads her too far. It is her judgment that Aaron Copland is 'the first definitive American composer' . . . She has done a thorough job of research into her subject's life and works."
'Copland on Music' (November 13, 1960)
"Copland writes about music in the same way that he composes. The qualities of clarity, liveliness, elegance, precision and directness which distinguish his music make him a fine essayist. And, beneath the clear the simple surface of both lies a wealth of ideas."
'Copland' (December 25, 1989)
"Anyone who loves Mr. Copland and his music . . . will want to read this book. . . . But one must voice reservations . . . He is not an expansive storyteller, let alone a probing self-analyst on either the personal or the professional level."
American Composers and Critics (May 8, 1932)
In this exchange, Olin Downes and Aaron Copland debate the responsibility of critics to promote new American music.
Pulitzer Prizes Announced (May 8, 1945)
Copland's score for "Appalachian Spring" won the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for music.
Talk With Aaron Copland (October 19, 1952)
In this interview, Copland characteristically plugs modern music: "Both contemporary music and that by Americans are ignored out of all proportion. In art, for example, there is the Metropolitan Museum and the Modern Museum. In music we should have something like this last."
Copland on Lincoln (February 1, 1953)
Based on Copland's own words, this article describes the composition of one of his most popular pieces, "A Lincoln Portrait."
All Red Ties Denied by Aaron Copland (May 27, 1953)
"I never have been and am not now a Communist," Copland told Joseph McCarthy's Senate Investigations committee.
Dean of Our Composers at 60 (November 13, 1960)
"When he started out, the words 'American' and 'composer' hardly seemed to belong together. Musicians were either dead or foreign . . . Copland helped to change all this by the simple device of being a first-rate composer who is also a living American."
Birthday Party for Copland (November 15, 1960)
"As composer, conductor, pianist, lecturer, writer, reviewer, teacher and chief musical proselytizer for the American composer, he has left a strong imprint on the scene."
Looking Back at Copland's Remarkable Career (November 1, 1970)
Paul Hume considers Copland's accessibility, his continuing development and his apprenticeship with Nadia Boulanger.
He Made Composing Respectable Here (November 8, 1970)
In this interview, Copland defends his experiments with 12-tone music.
MacDowell Gala Adds to Birthday Tributes for Copland (November 26, 1970)
Leonard Bernstein composed "Aaron's Canon," a two-minute tribute, as part of the celebration of Copland's 70th birthday.
He Wanted to Reach Us (February 28, 1971)
Harold C. Schonberg examines how Copland's compositional style and knack for public relations helped him appeal to a wide audience.
Strike up the Band (and the Chamber Group) (April 25, 1971)
Copland, always eager to popularize new music, worked with Ronald Zalkind's Empire Sinfonietta on a TV special.
This Aaron is a Musical Moses (November 9, 1975)
In this assessment of the career of Copland, Times music critic Donal Henahan says that even if Copland's music is not immortal, his efforts on behalf of popularizing modern music are.
Copland on 'Appalachian' Beginnings (December 8, 1975)
Copland, who was reunited with Martha Graham for a performance of "Appalachian Spring," which she commissioned in 1944, recalls for Anna Kisselgoff the circumstances of its composition.
Copland, at 80, Looks to the Future (November 9, 1980)
In this interview at his Peekskill residence, Copland talks about reaching 80, his decision to become a professional musician and his favorite composition.
Fanfares for Aaron Copland at 80 (November 9, 1980)
Looking back over Copland's career, Edward Rothstein tries to discover how Copland became known as "not just an American composer, but the American composer."
Aaron Copland: 'He Is Like a Song-Filled Rock of Gibraltar' (November 10, 1985)
Ned Rorem, a composer and friend of Copland, argues that the conventional wisdom about Copland's music is oversimplified.
Copland at 85: Fanfare For an Uncommon Man (November 15, 1985)
As part of the birthday festivities, Copland was praised by his colleagues. "American music," said Elliott Carter, "is different because of Aaron."
Copland, Dean of American Music, Dies at 90 (December 3, 1990)
Copland's obituary quotes Virgil Thomson: "His stance is that not only of a professional but also of an artist -- responsible, prepared, giving of his best."
Mexican Composer (May 9, 1937)
In this appreciation of the Mexican composers Carlos Chavez and Sylvestre Revueltas, Copland argues that "there is a new musical movement in Mexico comparable in importance to the movement in painting."
The Aims of Music for Films (March 10, 1940)
Copland, who had just completed scoring the film "Of Mice and Men," took exception to the "old tradition that the better a motion picture score is, the less attention it attracts."
Composer's Report on Music in South America (December 21, 1947)
Copland writes enthusiastically about a cultural exchange he took part in, organized by the State Department, in which he visited provincial capitals in Latin America to talk with local musicians.
Aaron Copland Reviews Rene Leibowitz's 'Schoenberg and His School' (November 27, 1949)
"[T]o arrive at a conclusive judgment as to the merits of Schoenberg's most characteristic compositions . . . is hardly possible as yet . . . Leibowitz is the born disciple, with a proselytizing fervor seldom encountered in musical treatises."
A Modernist Defends Modern Music (December 25, 1949)
Written for the musical layperson, Copland tries to dispel myths about the coldness and difficulty of the work of contemporary composers.
An Indictment of the Fourth B (September 21, 1952)
Copland argues that symphony orchestras, striving to attract an audience, are relying too much on standard repertory and not doing enough to promote a new generation of composers.
Aaron Copland Reviews Darius Milhaud's 'Notes Without Music' (February 22, 1953)
". . . an engaging self-portrait by Darius Milhaud, one of the world's most gifted composers. . . . What seems to me to set his individual pattern apart from that of other composers is the fact that his music so often takes its raison d'etre from his family, social or religious life."
Aaron Copland Reviews Halsey Stevens's 'The Life and Music of Bela Bartok' (May 3, 1953)
"Professional musicians will find the sober and erudite analyses of musical textures highly interesting; others will have to await a more Boswellian biographer."
Fantasy for Piano (October 20, 1957)
Describing his Fantasy for Piano, Copland explains his application of the 12-tone technique: "[T]welve-tonism is nothing more than an angle of vision. . . . It is a method, not a style; and therefore it solves no problems of musical expressivity."
When Private and Public Worlds Meet (June 9, 1968)
Responding to Stravinsky's recommendation that composers should conduct their own work, Copland contrasts the qualities that make a good conductor to those of a good composer.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1926)
San Francisco Symphony
Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, Garrick Ohlsson, piano
From the album "Copland the Modernist," Copyright 1996 BMG Music
Symphonic Ode (1929)
San Francisco Symphony
Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
From the album "Copland the Modernist," Copyright 1996 BMG Music
El Salón México (1936)
New York Philharmonic
Conducted by Leonard Bernstein
Copyright 1991 Deutsche Grammophon
Billy the Kid (1938)
The London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Aaron Copland
From the album "Copland Conducts Copland," 1970 CBS Records
Appalachian Spring (1944)
Conducted by Aaron Copland
From the album "Copland Conducts Copland," 1970 CBS Records
Symphony No. 3 (1946)
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Leonard Slatkin
Copyright 1990 BMG Music
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Xiaoyi ant 720p – International Version
Brand: Xiaoyi.
1280×720 HD resolution
111° wide angle lens
record to sdcard
sdcard file system supported: Fat32
sdcard size supported: max 32gb recommended.
Support record 24hours or on motion detected (option can be change in the application)
notes: Tried 128GB A1 Sandisk SDCard on camera serial *7US version, and it can recording. I've never tried until the disk is full.
Viewable Platform: Windows, Android, IOS, MAC
Multiple camera view at once: currently only support on Windows app (max 4 cam at once)
Chipset: HiSilicone Hi3518e/Hi3518ev200
CPU: ARM926EJ-S revision 5 (ARMv5TEJ)
Sensor: Omnivision Ov9732 720p30fps (Parallel Port)
Image Encoding: H.264 Main Profile
Image Enhancement: 3D Noice Reduction
Wi-Fi: 802.11 bgn
Wireless Encryption supported: WEP/WPA/WPA2
Power supply: 5v – 1000mA
Power Consumption: 3.0W (Max)
Other features:
Infrared night vision, two ways audio, activity alerts when motion is detected , Real Time live streaming, playable recorded video through application,
Included in the box:
Camera, Power Adapter, USB Cable, User Manual.
Other info:
Some camera is able to use multiple region (Serial *7US******), some camera is only available on spesific region (Serial *2US****** for North America Region, Serial *2S1****** for South Asia Region). You can see the serial at the back of the camera.
*7US****** currently dont support rtsp protocol.
*2US******, *2S1 support rtsp protocol (but need to flash custom firmware to enable it.
Disc consumption:
22S1/22US type: 11.5GB for 1280x720p video (in record folder, 4 – 5MB each file/each minute), 4GB for 640x360p video (in record_sub folder, +/- 1.5MB each file/each minute). Approx. 2400 minutes recording (40 hours).


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Friday, April 26, 2019
"8 Ways the World Could Suddenly End" Ted Talk from 2014
Steve Petranek gave a TedMidWest talk in May 2014 "8 Ways the World Could Suddenly End".
The most important was an asteroid, sneaking up, undetected.
He warned that India and Pakistan alone could put the world into nuclear winter.
He warns that a Carrington-style solar storm event (near miss in July 2012) could disable the power grid for 20 years. He says buildings also need much more underground space.
He points out that one of the three substrains of the 1918 Spanish H1N1 influenza was 100% fatal, and this could happen again.
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Labels: comets and asteroids, nuclear, pandemic, Solar storms
Monday, April 22, 2019
Innuendo Studios explains "White Fascism": when race is defined by what it is not
This is a pretty disturbing topic, but this 22-minute animated slide-show from Innuendo Studios deserves a watch. It is called "Endnote 2: White Fascism".
The film takes the position that the top of the triangular pyramid in fascism is whoever wants to be in power because they were in power before. So the "in group" in a fascist system is defined by what it is not.
That explains the "one drop rule" for mixed race babies in the US, but it also explains the totally irrational idea that "Jews" are not white. In fact, in the Middle East, most people (Jews and Muslims alike) are and look Caucasian. But "white fascism" as the video explains, defines whiteness by what it is not, and that changes with time as the quest for power gets narrower.
The film does not get into the notion that one's personal tastes in an intimate partner need have political implications (the body fascism idea), even though white fascism condemns intermarriage. However some social justice warriors believe that personal body fascism leads to political fascism.
At the end, the film examines whether the Trump administration is fascist -- and is this a matter of intent?
I can remember this as a boy, that many of the terms being thrown around by my elders did add up as making logical or consistent sense.
You can have an effective conservative YouTube channel and discuss "conservative" ideas without sounding "fascist" by simply not attacking anyone or any other groups. Discuss the principles only, not the people. Stay away from "them" below "us", from the tribalism.
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Sunday, April 14, 2019
"The Most Dangerous Stuff in the Universe": strangelets from neutron stars
"The Most Dangerous Stuff in the Universe – Strange Stars Explained" by Zurzgesagt for his "In a Nutshell" series.
The stuff is called "strangelets", variations of elementary sub-particles that may form inside neutron stars. When neutron stars collide, these "strange quarks" might be released into the wild open space.
If a strangelet hit a planet, it might "infect" the planet which turns into grey goo, very much the way prion infections in the brain work. The whole Earth gets mad cow disease.
The Sun goes cold, too, if hit.
But it hasn't happened in four billion years.
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Labels: strangelets
Thursday, April 11, 2019
"Why YouTube Banned Hunter Avallone": another conservative explains the bizarre (temporary) banning of a YouTuber with no community strikes
"Why YouTube Banned Hunter Avallone" by James Allsup, actually starts out as a video with some pleasant springtime nature scenery until lowering the book (like a typical nuclear war short film). Oh, the video owner may live in Texas and be waiting for a visit from a neighborhood bobcat. I've watched those videos before.
This time, the catastrophe is that a popular young conservative's YouTube channel was suddenly suspended by YouTube – that is Hunter Avallone's – with no previous community guidelines strikes, on April 8.
It happened the day before a major hearing in the House on harmful content (see my main blog).
Hunter was able to get it restored about seven hours later.
YouTube had tried to claim that collectively it was "hate speech". It is not, when judged by normal standards of civility. It is critical of how some people behave and questions some "axioms of non-choice" (the opposite of how mathematics really works). But the combative far Left is indeed moving the dial to protect its own ("intersectional") tribe(s) from any conceivable "stochastic" harm. This is a case of campus speech codes and ideas like trigger warnings and microaggressions entering big Tech content monitoring staffs.
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Sunday, April 07, 2019
"The PewDiePie Pipeline": video from a self-characterized leftist source does make a case for taking "stochastic terrorism" seriously as an insidious online threat
I'm linking to the one hour film "The PewDiePie Pipeline" by "NonCompete", with subtitle "How edgy humor leads to violence".
The video, at about 18:00, defines "stochastic terrorism", a term originating in the Left (main blog, April 1). He also quotes Thomas Ridgewell as to how gamers and entertainers (like PewDiePie) should take responsibility for younger or more impressionable viewers.
The second video that follows does not recommend content censorship, but does talk about "organizing" and "action" – yet here most of the action is counter-speech.
The first video contains footage from the Covington Kids incident in January and appears to misrepresent the facts. We know from other sources and other video (and expressed in some litigation) that the Covington high school students did NOT intend to harass Nathan Phillips.
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Monday, April 01, 2019
Reason Magazine editor questions and explains "The Libertarian to Alt-Right Pipeline"
ScotchOikos (apparently Zach Weissmueller from Reason) explains "The Libertarian to Alt-Right Pipleline". For a YouTube video, this is a stunning, attention-grabbing and not uplifting title.
It's rather disturbing, and the speaker, who says he is in his early twenties himself, first admits that people his age are sometimes malleable as to their future political views.
There are circumstances that can lead libertarians and Bannon-ists to support the same ideas, for different motives. He gives an example of Barry Goldwater's candidacy against LBJ in 1964. (I remember the short documentary "The War Game", seeing it in grad school before being drafted).
Given his own background, it is expected that he would discuss the way anti-Semitism mixes with anti-government ideology.
The also gets into the idea that non-white peoples today are more likely to believe in collectivism, so the "whites" need to organize themselves because individualists can easily be defeated by an organized, united "enemy".
There is also simply the idea that persons may be forced into personal interactions with others that they do not want intimacy with, because they have grown up with a certain ideal favored by a more segregated past. Individualists may feel shame in being expected to demonstrate as part of an "oppressed group".
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The French Newspaper Corpus
Texts from the Linguistic Data Consortium.
The French Newspaper Corpus contains texts from the Linguistic Data Consortium. The whole corpus consist of approx. one billion words from
- Agence France-Presse (afp_fre) May 1994 - Dec. 2010
- Associated Press French Service (apw_fre) Nov. 1994 - Dec. 2010
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FAQ could really use an update.
Character Creation needs an update
Need the new, updated Templates
Does anyone actually read the Town Crier? They're just synopses of the PAs. But if no one's reading them, I may just get rid of that page.
May want to take a closer look at the People page just to make sure we got everyone.
Episode Listings need to have synopses written for Eps. 10-12
also need to add in the blurbs for Eps. 17-18
Conventions need to add in the new dates


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