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Typo: "And that's why the thingies you multiply probabilities by—the thingies that you use to weight uncertain outcomes in your imagination,"
Here, "probabilities" should be "utilities".
Typo: "And that's why the thingies you multiply probabilities by—the thingies that you use to weight uncertain outcomes in your imagination,"
Here, "probabilities" should be "utilities".
Trying the pill still makes you the kind of person who tries pills. Not trying really does avoid that.
You may be interpreting "signalling" in a more specific way than I intended. You might be thinking of the kind of signalling that is largely restricted to status jockeying in zero-sum status games.
But I was using "signaling tool" in a very general sense. I just mean that you can use the signaling tool to convey information, and that you and your intended recipients have common knowledge about what your signal means. In that way, it's basically just a piece of language.
As with any piece of language, the fact that it signals something does place restrictions on what you can do.
For example, you can't yell "FIRE!" unless you are prepared to deal with certain consequences. But if the utterance "FIRE!" had no meaning, you would be freer, in a sense, to say it. If the mood struck you, you could burst out with a loud shout of "FIRE!" without causing a big commotion and making a bunch of people really angry at you.
But you would also lack a convenient tool that reliably brings help when you need it. This is a case where I think that the value of the signal heavily outweighs the restrictions that the signal's existence places on your actions.
Good points.
I'm having a hard time separating this from the 'offense' argument that you're not including.
I agree that part of offense is just "what it feels like on the inside to anticipate diminished status".
Analogously, part of the pain of getting hit by a hammer is just "what it feels like on the inside to get hit by a hammer."
However, in both cases, neither the pain nor the offense is just passive internal information about an objective external state of affairs. They include such information, but they are more than that. In particular, in both cases, they are also what it feels like to execute a program designed by evolution to change the situation.
Pain, for example, is an inducement to stop any additional hammer blows and to see to the wounds already inflicted. More generally, pain is part of an active program that is interacting with the world, planning responses, anticipating reactions to those responses, and so on. And likewise with offense.
The premise of my distinction between "offense" and "diminished status" is this. I maintain that we can conceptually separate the initial and unavoidable diminished status from the potential future diminished status.
The potential future diminished status depends on how the offendee responds. The emotion of offense is heavily wrapped up in this potential future and in what kinds of responses will influence that future. For that reason, offense necessarily involves the kinds of recursive issues that Katja explores.
In the end, these recursive issues will have to be considered. (They are real, so they should be reflected in our theory in the end.) But it seems like it should be possible to see what initial harm, if any, occurs before the recursion kicks in.
In the examples that occur to me, both sides agree that mocking the culture in question would be bad. They just disagree about whether the person accused of CA is doing that.
Do you have in mind a case in which the accused party defended themselves by saying that the appropriated culture should be mocked?
That seems like a different kind of dispute that follows a different rhetorical script, on both sides. For example, critics of Islam will be accused of Islamophobia, not cultural appropriation. And people accused of CA are more likely to defend themselves by saying that they're honoring the culture. They will not embrace the claim that they are mocking it.
I'm not contesting the claim that mockery can be good in some cases. But that point isn't at the crux of the arguments over cultural appropriation that I've seen. Disputes where the goodness of mockery is at the crux will not be of the kind that I'm considering here.
I am not asserting that those aspects of "westward" apply to "factward".
Analogies typically assert a similarity between only some, not all, aspects of the two analogous situations. But maybe those aspects of "westward" are so salient that they interfere with the analogy.
suppose that I agree with Sam Harris that ~all humans find the same set of objective facts to be morally motivating. But then it turns out that we disagree on just which facts those are! How do we resolve this disagreement? We can hardly appeal to objective facts, to do so…
I don't follow. Sam would say (and I would agree) that which facts which humans find motivating (in the limit of ideal reflection, etc.) is an empirical question. With regard to each human, it is a scientific question about that human's motivational architecture.
It's true that a moral realist could always bridge the is–ought gap by the simple expedient of converting every statement of the form "I ought to X" to "Objectively and factually, X is what I ought to do".
But that is not enough for Sam's purposes. It's not enough for him that every moral claim is or is not the case. It's not enough that moral claims are matters of fact. He wants them to be matters of scientific fact.
On my reading, what he means by that is the following: When you are pursuing a moral inquiry, you are already a moral agent who finds certain objective and scientifically determinable facts to be motivating (inducing of pursuit or avoidance). You are, as Eliezer puts it, "created already in motion". Your inquiry, therefore, is properly restricted just to determining which scientific "is" statements are true and which are false. In that sense, moral inquiry reduces entirely to matters of scientific fact. This is the dialectical-argumentation point of view.
But his interlocutors misread him to be saying that every scientifically competent agent should find the same objective facts to be motivating. In other words, all such agents should feel compelled to act according to the same moral axioms. This is what "bridging the is–ought gap" would mean if you confined yourself to the logical-argumentation framework. But it's not what Sam is claiming to have shown.
If you're trying to convince me to do some thing X, then you must want me to do X, too. So we must be at least that aligned.
We don't have to be aligned in every regard. And you needn't yourself value every consequence of X that you hold up to me to entice me to X. But you do have to understand me well enough to know that I find that consequence enticing.
But that seems to me to be both plausible and enough to support the kind of dialectical moral argumentation that I'm talking about.
Thank you for the link to the transcript. Here are the parts that I read in that way (emphasis added):
[Sam:] So it seems that goal-directed behavior is implicit (or even explicit) in this definition of intelligence. And so whatever intelligence is, it is inseparable from the kinds of behavior in the world that result in the fulfillment of goals. So we're talking about agents that can do things; and once you see that, then it becomes pretty clear that if we build systems that harbor primary goals—you know, there are cartoon examples here like making paperclips—these are not systems that will spontaneously decide that they could be doing more enlightened things than (say) making paperclips.
This moves to the question of how deeply unfamiliar artificial intelligence might be, because there are no natural goals that will arrive in these systems apart from the ones we put in there. And we have common-sense intuitions that make it very difficult for us to think about how strange an artificial intelligence could be. Even one that becomes more and more competent to meet its goals.
[Sam:] One thing this [paperclip-maximizer] thought experiment does: it also cuts against the assumption that [...] we're not going to build something that is superhuman in competence that could be moving along some path that's as incompatible with our wellbeing as turning every spare atom on Earth into a paperclip.
A bit later, Sam does deny that facts and values are "orthogonal" to each other, but he does so in the context of human minds ("we" … "us") in particular:
Sam: So generally speaking, when we say that some set of concerns is orthogonal to another, it's just that there's no direct implication from one to the other. Some people think that facts and values are orthogonal to one another. So we can have all the facts there are to know, but that wouldn't tell us what is good. What is good has to be pursued in some other domain. I don't happen to agree with that, as you know, but that's an example.
Eliezer: I don't technically agree with it either. What I would say is that the facts are not motivating. "You can know all there is to know about what is good, and still make paperclips," is the way I would phrase that.
Sam: I wasn't connecting that example to the present conversation, but yeah.
So, Sam and Eliezer agree that humans and paperclip maximizers both learn what "good" means (to humans) from facts alone. They agree that humans are motivated by this category of "good" to pursue those things (world states or experiences or whatever) that are "good" in this sense. Furthermore, that a thing X is in this "good" category is an "is" statement. That is, there's a particular bundle of exclusively "is" statements that captures just the qualities of a thing that are necessary and sufficient for it to be "good" in the human sense of the word.
More to my point, Sam goes on to agree, furthermore, that a superintelligent paperclip maximizer will not be motivated by this notion of "good". It will be able to classify things correctly as "good" in the human sense. But no amount of additional scientific knowledge will induce it to be motivated by this knowledge to pursue good things.
Sam does later say that "There are places where intelligence does converge with other kinds of value-laden qualities of a mind":
[Sam:] I do think there's certain goals and certain things that we may become smarter and smarter with respect to, like human wellbeing. These are places where intelligence does converge with other kinds of value-laden qualities of a mind, but generally speaking, they can be kept apart for a very long time. So if you're just talking about an ability to turn matter into useful objects or extract energy from the environment to do the same, this can be pursued with the purpose of tiling the world with paperclips, or not. And it just seems like there's no law of nature that would prevent an intelligent system from doing that.
Here I read him again to be saying that, in some contexts, such as in the case of humans and human-descendant minds, intelligence should converge on morality. However, no law of nature guarantees any such convergence for an arbitrary intelligent system, such as a paperclip maximizer.
This quote might make my point in the most direct way:
[Sam:] For instance, I think the is-ought distinction is ultimately specious, and this is something that I've argued about when I talk about morality and values and the connection to facts. But I can still grant that it is logically possible (and I would certainly imagine physically possible) to have a system that has a utility function that is sufficiently strange that scaling up its intelligence doesn't get you values that we would recognize as good. It certainly doesn't guarantee values that are compatible with our wellbeing. Whether "paperclip maximizer" is too specialized a case to motivate this conversation, there's certainly something that we could fail to put into a superhuman AI that we really would want to put in so as to make it aligned with us.
A bit further on, Sam again describes how, in his view, "ought" evaporates into "is" statements under a consequentialist analysis. His argument is consistent with my "dialectical" reading. He also reiterates his agreement that sufficient intelligence alone isn't enough to guarantee convergence on morality:
[Sam:] This is my claim: anything that you can tell me is a moral principle that is a matter of oughts and shoulds and not otherwise susceptible to a consequentialist analysis, I feel I can translate that back into a consequentialist way of speaking about facts. These are just "is" questions, just what actually happens to all the relevant minds, without remainder, and I've yet to find an example of somebody giving me a real moral concern that wasn't at bottom a matter of the actual or possible consequences on conscious creatures somewhere in our light cone.
Eliezer: But that's the sort of thing that you are built to care about. It is a fact about the kind of mind you are that, presented with these answers to these "is" questions, it hooks up to your motor output, it can cause your fingers to move, your lips to move. And a paperclip maximizer is built so as to respond to "is" questions about paperclips, not about what is right and what is good and the greatest flourishing of sentient beings and so on.
Sam: Exactly. I can well imagine that such minds could exist …
Sam Harris grants the claim that you find objectionable (see his podcast conversation with Yudkowsky). So it's not the crux of the disagreement that this post is about.
It certainly shows that Eliezer understands the distinction that I'm highlighting.
Again you may object that this is circular reasoning and I am assuming ought right in the statement 1. But it would be like saying that I am assuming to have two apples. Sure, I am assuming that. And what is the problem exactly?
The difference from Sean Carroll's point of view (logical argumentation) is that not every scientifically competent agent will find this notion of "ought" compelling. (Really, only chess-playing programs would, if "ought" is taken in a terminal-value sense.) Whereas, such an agent's scientific competence would lead it to find compelling the axiom that you have two apples.
And I think that Sam Harris would agree with that, so far as it goes. But he would deny that this keeps him from reducing "ought" statements to purely scientific "is" statements, because he's taking the dialectical-argumentation point of view, not the logical-argumentation one. At any rate, Harris understands that a superintelligent AI might not be bothered by a universe consisting purely of extreme suffering. This was clear from his conversation with Eliezer Yudkowsky.
This post isn't arguing for any particular moral point of view over another, so you'll get no debate from me :).
Just to elaborate on the point of the post, though:
From the logical-argumentation point of view, something like the unpacking that you describe is necessary, because a moral argument has to conclude with an "ought" statement, in which "ought" appears explicitly, so the "ought" has to get introduced somewhere along the way, either in the original axioms or as a subsequent definition.
From the dialectical-argumentation point of view, this unpacking of "ought" is unnecessary, at least within the moral argument itself.
Granted, the persuader will need to know what kinds of "is" facts actually persuade you. So the persuader will have to know that "ought" means whatever it means to you. But the persuader won't use the word "ought" in the argument, except in some non-essential and eliminable way.
It's not like the persuader should have to say, "Do X, because doing X will bring about world W, and you assign high moral weight or utility to W."
Instead, the persuader will just say, "Doing X will bring about world W". That's purely an "is" statement. Your internal process of moral evaluation does the rest. But that process has to happen inside of you. It shouldn't—indeed, it can't—be carried out somehow within the statements of the argument itself.
First, can you clarify what you mean by rational persuasion, if you are distinguishing it from logical proof?
I don't mean to distinguish it from logical proof in the everyday sense of that term. Rational persuasion can be as logically rigorous as the circumstances require. What I'm distinguishing "rational persuasion" from is a whole model of moral argumentation that I'm calling "logical argumentation" for the purposes of this post.
If you take the model of logical argumentation as your ideal, then you act as if a "perfect" moral argument could be embedded, from beginning to end, from axiomatic assumptions to "ought"-laden conclusions, as a formal proof in a formal logical system.
On the other hand, if you're working from a model of dialectical argumentation, then you act as if the natural endpoint is to persuade a rational agent to act. This doesn't mean that any one argument has to work for all agents. Harris, for example, is interested in making arguments only to agents who, in the limit of ideal reflection, acknowledge that a universe consisting exclusively of extreme suffering would be bad. However, you may think that you could still find arguments that would be persuasive (in the limit of ideal reflection) to nearly all humans.
Do you mean that we can skip arguing for some premises because we can rely on our intuition to identify them as already shared? Or do you mean that we need not aim for deductive certainty—a lower confidence level is acceptable? Or something else?
For the purposes of this post, I'm leaving much of this open. I'm just trying to describe how people are guided by various vague ideals about what ideal moral argumentation "should be".
But you're right that the word "rational" is doing some work here. Roughly, let's say that you're a rational agent if you act effectively to bring the world into states that you prefer. On this ideal, to decide how to act, you just need information about the world. Your own preferences do the work of using that information to evaluate plans of action. However, you aren't omniscient, so you benefit from hearing information from other people and even from having them draw out some of its implication for you. So you find value in participating in conversations about what to do. Nonetheless, you aren't affected by rhetorical fireworks, and you don't get overwhelmed by appeals to unreflective emotion (emotional impulses that you would come to regret on reflection). You're unaffected by the superficial features of who is telling you the information and how. You're just interested in how the world actually is and what you can do about it.
Do you need to have "deductive certainty" in the information that you use? Sometimes you do, but often you don't. You like it when you can get it, but you don't make a fetish of it. If you can see that it would be wasteful to spend more time on eking out a bit more certainty, then you won't do it.
"Rational persuasion" is the kind of persuasion that works on an agent like that. This is the rough idea.
Modest epistemology is slippery. You put forward an abstract formulation (Rule M), but "modestists" will probably not identify with it. Endorsing such an abstract view would conflict with modesty itself. Only a hedgehog would put any confidence in such a general principle, so divorced from any foxy particulars.
That's why any real-world modestist will advocate modesty only in particular contexts. That's why your friend was happy to say "Just no" about belief in God. God was not among the contexts where he thought that his being modest was warranted.
Consistent modestists don't advocate modesty "in general". They just think that, for certain people, including you and them, self-doubt is especially warranted when considering certain specific kinds of questions. Or they'll think that, for certain people, including you and them, trusting certain experts over one's own first-order reasoning is especially warranted. Now, you could ask them how their modesty could allow them to be so confident in their conclusion that modesty is warranted in just those cases. But they can consistently reply that, for people like them, that conclusion is not among the kinds of belief such that being modest is warranted.
The first several chapters of your book are very much on point, here. You're making the case that modesty is not warranted in certain cases — specific cases where your modest reader might have thought that it was (central bank policies and medical treatment). And you're providing powerful general methods for identifying such cases.
But this chapter, which argues against modesty in general, has to miss its mark. It might be pursuasive to modest hedgehogs who have universalized their modesty. But modest hedgehogs are almost a contradiction in terms.


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As much as Imran Khan seems to be the genuine leader Pakistan was longing to have since a long time, some of the policies and decisions seem to show that government is taking a toll on the neophyte leadership. Loud election campaign promises to show hope and vision helped the strongholds of street-smart politicians fall to the fresh blood progressive PTI candidates, something quite unheard of in the seasoned Pakistani politics.
Shortly after, ministerial positions became benevolent giveaways to oblige family ties but since there were unfeigned qualified and respected people in healthcare and finance, there was no significant backlash as the glimmer of hope after the tall pre-election claims were still around. Fast forward, the time comes to deliver and Asad Umar was heads-down into shaking up the economic policies and rethink the country out from the pits of financial disaster. Granted, there was no price control strategy in place, tax net increase strategies were not materializing, and the FED and fuel price hikes were causing all the brunt to trickle down to the masses but the resulting ungodly high magnitude of inflation didn't have as much of a backlash as it would have had in one of the previous governments.
In short, the implementation of the policies could have been much better but the common person has been noticeably more forgiving of this new brand of government: a perfectly matured ground for bold steps and policy modifications. In these circumstances, there is nothing that can justify ousting the finance minister causing a serious dent to policy consistency. This may not reflect in the day-to-day stock market reaction, but it sure will eventually yet another policy shift comes into play.
Expecting overnight results from a change of financial policy direction and succumbing to pressure from the opposition quarters is yet another example of the novice decision-making that is underway. In addition, honestly, the cricket puns and analogies are not helping justify and defend impulsive decisions riddled with lack of thought. Nevertheless, the pressing issue is that at this point, Pakistan is not in a position to bear the learning curve of PTI.
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He's started from where he left off. The opening Dakar stage has highlighted the talents of current champion Sam Sunderland. In the 31km SS, from Lima to Piscopo, a sort of warm-up ahead of what's to come later today, the KTM rider showed them all how's it done, setting a time of 20'56". The Brit couldn't have hoped for more, having go away last due to the inverted start.
The race leader closed 32" ahead of his closest rival, or rather the Yamaha of Adrien Van Beveren, while third is the Husqvarna of Pablo Quintanilla (+55"). Honda is also there, with dreams of the highest step of the rostrum at this year's RAID. Their best man on day one was Joan Barreda, 56" from the front.
It might only be the first stage, but it's interesting to note how there are four different manufacturer in the top four. Frenchman Xavier de Soultrait is fifth on the Yamaha (+1'06"), followed by the KTM of Austrian Matthias Walkner, who Botturi sees as the favourite.
Surprises on day once include Bolivian Daniel Nosiglia, who set the eighth fastest time behind Argentinian Franco Caimi, while the Honda of Kevin Benavides places tenth. The winner of the 2016 Dakar, Toby Price, finds himself four places further back, returning after having fractured his femur in last year's edition.
The fastest of the Italian contingent was Alessandro Botturi, who closed the SS in 35th place, 5'37" from the front. On day one there is no point taking any risks on day one though. The same goes for Jacopo Cerutti, seven positions behind his fellow countryman.
A disappointing Saturday for Jurgen Droessinger. The German fractured his wrist following an accident involving a SUV. Even worse for Joaquim Rodrigues, who was transported via helicopter to the medical centre after a bad crash
The second stage gets underway today, 278 km in total, of which 267 make up the SS.


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I'm not sure I'm cut out for blogging. Don't get me wrong, it's very cathartic, and always nice to have folks read what you've written. But the ability to some of my fellow panelists on the #scimom discussion to bang out interesting, thoughtful pieces a few hours after the event is over leaves me in awe. I took part in the inaugural Pub Style Science discussion on parenting and science careers, dubbed #scimom on Twitter. If you haven't seen it, please do, it's great. I can recommend it with a straight face because I barely say anything.
Everyone agreed that the most interesting take on the problem was Michael's idea that both partners can feel like they are putting in over 50% effort and still fall short, either in the eyes of their partners or societal expectations. I'm not going to elaborate more on that, because Dr. Isis and Proflike already have in a more meaningful way than I can. Plus, due to an unfortunate choice of words on twitter, driven mostly by butthurt, I've already incurred the wrath of DrugMonkey and don't feel like doing it again.
I'd rather address the renewed debate on the choice of #scimom instead of #sciparent, the underlying assumptions at play, and letting go of butthurt.
When the topic was first broached last month, Michael called it #scimom, and folks took him to task, myself included:
@MTomasson practicing your douche in a tie schtick already? #scimom, really?
— Jeramia Ory (@DrLabRatOry) July 11, 2013
My issue with #scimom was predictable and self serving: I'm a scientist and a father, what about me? Me, me, me!! Ahem. For the record, that's not why I joined the panel. I'm a dad who took family leave to raise our twins while my wife went back to work, and thought I might provide a different perspective. We didn't get to that topic, so I mostly prattled about support networks and brought everybody down with the realities of the science job market.
Since this episode aired, others have brought up the #scimom issue again, arguing that if we want men to help out we need to support them and give them recognition. Which on the surface sounds fine, but in reality... is bullshit. For one, anyone who wants a pat on the back and recognition for being a parent is in the wrong business. If you're lucky, maybe in 20-30 years your kids will thank you, but don't count on it. For another, it furthers the complete skewing of societal perceptions of mothering and fathering as discussed by Proflike and Dr. Isis last week (I do read other blogs, promise). My favorite essay on the subject is by Michael Chabon, titled "William and I" (google it, you can find it in its entirety). I wish I could quote the whole thing, but it starts:
The handy thing about being a father is that the historic standard is so pitifully low.
He goes on to describe a woman in the grocery store who compliments him on being such "a great father," the only evidence of which being he is in public with his child and hasn't let physical harm come to him. If his wife were in the same situation...
I don't know what a woman needs to do to impel a perfect stranger to inform her in the grocery store that she is a really good mom. Perhaps perform an emergency tracheotomy with a Bic pen on her eldest child while simultaneously nursing her infant and buying two weeks' worth of healthy but appealing breaktime snacks for the entire cast of Lion King, Jr. In a grocery store, no mother is good or bad; she is just a mother, shopping for her family.
He ends with a mantra that I try to read regularly, to keep my sanity:
But above all, there is intimacy in your contact with their bodies, with their shit and piss, sweat and vomit, with their stubbled kneecaps and dimpled knuckles, with the rips in their underpants as you fold them, with their hair against your lips as you kiss the tops of their heads, with the bones of their shoulders and with the horror of their breath in the morning as they pursue the ancient art of forgetting to brush. Lucky me that I should be permitted the luxury of choosing to find the intimacy inherent in this work that is thrust upon so many women. Lucky me.
Amen. Now, that essay speaks to me on a number of levels, but mostly I am thankful that in this day and age, I can choose to be a connected father and have the luxury to be with my children. That said, if I expect people to praise me and hold me up as an example, that's just cookie seeking. It also reinforces the notion that men are fragile creatures when it comes to parenting and intimacy, and we'd best watch our tone and show respect if we want to more of them to join in the panacea of equal parenting.
What. The. Fuck? The only way to get recalcitrant men to take on more of the parenting burden is throw them a parade when they start to do things that women have been doing since time immemorial? When men show interest in something traditionally feminine they are praised, given a cute nickname and patted on the head. When women show interest in a traditionally masculine, they are vilified, called a poser and told to go away.
So what's butthurt have to do with any of this? As a self-confessed progressive feminist, it's something I fight with pretty much... constantly. Why do my female friends complain about men in my presence? Don't they realize I'm a man? Don't they realize how sensitive I am? How hard I work? How awesome I am? Me, Me ME! Give me my cookie, dammit!
I can't know other's motivation, but I suspect many of the calls for civility and tone on this issue comes from other sensitive guys toiling along without much recognition. To which I say... keep toiling. You'll probably be called a faggot, a Gamma Rabbit, or unserious about your career in the process, but... you've made it this far, and you'll be all right. After all, you're a dude in a dude-centric society. The alternative, as DrugMonkey called me out on, is making elitist, douchey assumptions about other people's lives.


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Donors Helping Pay for Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Surgeries | Pets
Two major donors have come forward to help pay the $20 per pet fee for spay/neuter surgery at the mobile vet clinic coming to GEICO in February.
Thanks to a $300 donation from Heart of Georgia Humane Society and a $200 donation from Anna Roberts and Rivoli Realty, plus help from other donors, the fee for 37 of the spay/neuter surgeries are covered.
Cost for the surgery, plus a microchip and rabies shot, is only $20 per pet. The clinic is designed to help senior citizens and low-income residents get their pets "fixed" to stop unwanted litters of puppies and kittens from flooding Macon Animal Control constantly. Many of these unwanted babies die because no homes can be found in time to save them.
Now, 37 low-income and senior residents will not have to scrape together the $20 fee. In these hard times, $20 can be a stretch for many pet owners. That does not make them bad owners, just owners in a bad situation. These generous donations will go a long way towards helping those owners who want to do the right thing but need a helping hand.
All of the slots for this visit from the H.E.A.R.T. Surgical Utility Vehicle are taken, but the self-contained, mobile veterinary clinic will return at a later date. (See the original story here)


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Cyber security is fast climbing to the very top of an organisation's priority list. The number of online attacks is growing exponentially and the sophistication and boldness of cyber criminals is increasing, too. What this means for business is that cyber security is no longer just an IT issue, but something that needs to be addressed across operations and supported at board level.
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We've put together a handbook discussing the cyber threat landscape, how to mitigate risk and why Cyber Essentials is so important. Read it today.


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The adolescent period is often defined as: crisis, conflicted and even protesting. L.S.Vygotsky has suggested a negative phase in adolescent´s stage and its protesting character has connected with destruction the established system of interests. As E.Erikson reckoned, an inability to self-identification in a youth can cause the protest, anxiety, insecurity.
Aggression and the protest of adolescents are formed often as the protest against misunderstanding adults, because of dissatisfaction with the status.
In three empirical researches (sample - 210 persons) was supposed, that training in specialized schools, playing sports lead to escalation of protest behaviour of adolescents. The test of protest behaviour of the person (PBP) is created. Reliable distinctions in groups according to Student and significant correlations of variables in each sample according to Spearman were interpreted only.
We compared a conflictness and unadaptability of adolescents athletes and the adolescents who are not going in for sports by tests: MMPI; Leari; PBP. The high level of protest behaviour both of athletes and of usual schoolboys is revealed. The protest behaviour of athletes directly correlates with a hysteria r=0,33; psychopathy r=0,51; schizoid r=0,42 and is negatively connected with the friendly relation to people r =-0,27. The athletes, who have a neurosis, have not enough chances to get the high position, they are dissatisfied with themselves and it provokes the protest behaviour. A sport is initially conflicted and the simple playing sports, without an involvement of the adolescent into communication, do not protect from unadaptabilities and crisis.
Further an influence of conditions of pedagogical activity on protest behaviour of the person was estimated. 30 teachers and 30 pupils of a boarding school, and also 30 teachers and 30 pupils of a grammar school are interrogated. Tests: Assinger; the test of a conflictness; Fidler; PBP. It is revealed, that teachers are more disputed and aggressive in comparison with pupils, and in a boarding school a psychological climate is estimated as low and they are ready to the protest. Thus, the adolescent´s crisis cannot be overcome by forces of teachers as teachers are in stress and the personal crisis, which is caused by an insufficient estimation by a society of their professional work.
In the third research we compared personal features of protest and normal adolescents. Protest adolescents, in comparison with normal adolescents, have an abnormally high of aggression, primitive defenses are expressed, coping are less effective. Prevalence of low-leveled defenses, which have protest adolescents, testifies to serious intrapersonal problems. Primitive defenses prevent persons to realize the problems, do not promote a formation of effective coping and aggravate adolescent´s crisis.
So, the analysis of the several researches lead in different populated areas, on various samples, shows that the protest behaviour of adolescents finds out complex multivariate connections with the parameters of aggression, unadaptability and the personal´s conflict. It confirms the thesis about crisis character of the adolescent stage of person´s development, but also testifies that the protest behaviour can be integrated and reasoning factorial parameter of unadaptability and trouble of the adolescent´s person.
The work is submitted to the Scientific International Conference «Current problems of education, October, 15-22, 2008, Greece (Athens-Delphi-Meteor-Mycenae-Nafplio-Epidavr), came to the editorial office on 14.09.2008.


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Gone are those days when hearing aids were considered to be bulgy and unsightly; the reason for most of the people not wanting to wear them. Today, you have hearing aids that can amp-up your fashion quotient. Whether you wish to show them off or hide them depends upon your style. You have a plenty of options in hearing aid design, from the trendy ones to the invisible ones. Here are some of the most striking designs that you are surely going to to fall in love with.
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Let's build a more bikeable California!
Why I'm Riding
"Best bicycling tour of central and southern California! Great adventure and fun way to support our California Bicycling Coalition!"
When I set out to ride in the California Dream ride in 2016, it was my first-ever long distance bike tour. I was excited and nervous all at the same time. I figured this ride would be an once-in-a-lifetime experience that I could check off my bucket list. Well I am here to tell you that I was so impressed with the staff supporting and guiding our tour, the adventure, the camaraderie, the breath-taking scenery of our beautiful Golden State experienced by bike, (gosh, I could go on and on) that I am now ready to take on the 2018 Challenge and look forward to another opportunity to support the California Bicycling Coalition. Their mission-"To make California a better place to ride a bike and to get more people riding" resonates with me. I am passionate about ensuring we have safe, comfortable and connected bike-way networks available for all bicyclists.
What makes this year's ride so special to me is that my step-daughter (who is also the god-mother of my daughter), will be participating in this ride. I am over-the-moon with happiness and joy that she has registered for this year's ride and that we will be doing this ride together. I look forward to an amazing time that we will share on this bicycling tour.
We are also witnessing the increased acceptance of using electric bicycles (e-bikes) as a means to get folks out there riding, for those who might not otherwise ride. This year's California Dream Ride is embracing the e-bike trend by offering this option to potential riders to help overcome the fear and barrier of participating. I can testify first-hand to this, as an e-bike owner myself. My participation in the 2016 ride would not have been possible had it not been for my e-bike. I sincerely appreciate the California Dream Ride all-inclusive policy that allows using e-bikes on the tour. It is a true testimony to their embodiment of their mission statement!
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Supporting parents and caregivers: There's a parenting program for that
It's a cool fall afternoon. You're getting ready for a trip to the grocery store. You ask your 5-year-old to put his shoes on. After a few minutes, he's still on the floor playing with his toys. You're patient. You ask him, "where are your shoes?" He's visibly agitated—maybe on the edge of a meltdown. You remind him he needs shoes on his feet to go to the grocery store. You bribe him with candy. When he still refuses, you're less patient.
If you're a parent or caregiver, you've likely experienced what comes next. But no matter your experiences, you can be positive for your children—and Family Support Partnership wants to help.
Positive relationships
The Positive Parenting Program—or Triple P—is a great way to learn new tips and get advice to build positive relationships with your children. Positive relationships are powerful, protective and healing forces in a child's life. Positive relationships will promote health and wellbeing for the rest of their lives.
Available in home, online, or in support group settings, you can learn positive parenting for children ages 0-12 years. Interested? Submit a referral today to learn practical strategies to help you:
- Strengthen family relationships.
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With its highly researched evidence-based approach, Triple P is one of the leading parenting interventions in the world, according to the United Nations.
Triple P is part of the Health Department's overall strategy to help children, families and communities thrive. Assessment results in the 2018 Violence Prevention Report show our work with families leads to improved physical and emotional health:
- 100% of children assessed met developmental milestones.
- 96% of graduates from the evidence-based program improved their relationship with their children during services.
- 92% of parents improved their mental health.
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Through Triple P, families learn parenting skills to make a difference in the lives of their children—now and for years to come. One participant said, "The kids are more confident and trusting, feel more secure, have learned how to express their needs better, and everyone is happier and healthier because of it!"
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On the evening of Friday, February 22, 2019, Trinity Episcopal School will host the 2nd Annual Patriot Revelry, to be held at the Power Avenue Warehouse from 6:30 to 11:00 o'clock in the evening. This spirited event takes a unique approach to fundraising, as most of the money will be raised in the months leading up to the event, both by the Trinity Belles & Beaus and by our generous sponsors. After months of fundraising, Trinity's Patriot Revelry will be a celebration of the school as we bring together Trinity families and the Victoria community to enjoy good food, cocktails, and revelry. The evening will include a mobile and online silent auction, a raffle drawing for school tuition, event games, a toast to our Grand Belle or Beau, and dancing to finish out the night.
All of the proceeds from the event will go to Trinity Episcopal School to be used for the continued improvement, development and operation of the School.
For this event to be a success, we need your help. We hope you will consider sponsoring this event to defray its costs so that all proceeds can directly benefit Trinity Episcopal School. Sponsorship packages, at varying levels, are available. Your recognition on our website and social media sites will begin immediately. Sponsorship levels have limited quantities, so we ask that you use the below link to reserve your sponsorship. www.tesvictoria.org/supporter/patriotrevelry.cfm
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Academy introduces 'Popular film' category; Actor Mark Wahlberg hopes to get an Oscar
Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg says, with the news category introduced by the Academy Awards; he might win a couple of awards now. The actor has a couple of nominations to his name in the Academy Awards.
"Maybe if they'd had the category before, we'd have won a couple of them," Mark Wahlberg told Variety during the premiere of his new film Mile 22.
"We've had some really commercially successful films that we think certainly warranted that kind of notoriety. We make films that we want people to enjoy and if we get that kind of accolades, fantastic. If not, we make the movies for audiences to enjoy," he added.
The actor was nominated for Oscar in supporting actor category for the 2006 crime-drama 'The Departed' and again in 2010 as a producer in a biographical-sports-drama 'The Fighter' starring Christian Bale.
"There are a lot of great films out there that happen to be very popular and haven't been recognized that probably deserve the recognition," Wahlberg said.
American-Chinese action-thriller Mill 22 is the 45th film on the actor's resume.
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Mile 22 is all set to release on 17th August
The star-cast of Mile 22:-
Lauren Cohan as Alice Kerr
Iko Uwais as Li Noor
Ronda Rousey plays Sam Snow
CL- South Korean singer-songwriter
John Malkovich as James Bishop
Ronda Rousey, who plays a cold-eyed CIA agent Sam Snow in Mile 22, also admitted that the popular category appealed to her.
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People got very angry this year. Fortunately for you, my reader, many of them had the courtesy to do so online or in the presence of recording equipment so their freakouts would be recorded for posterity. Here, presented in chronological order, are the highlights.
January 5 | Dan Nainan
So-called "millennial comedian" Dan Nainan is a living, breathing meltdown, which has made him a legendary figure among East Coast funnypeople. His sins are many. He steals gigs from other comics, threatens to fight his critics, and in 2013 he was arrested for punching a Daily Beast reporter in the face. He also claims to be 20 years younger than he really is, and often to major news outlets through the website "Help A Reporter Out." In January, a since-deleted Forbes article titled "Millennial Dan Nainan Left Intel To Make His Millions Entertaining Others With Comedy" drew mockery from social media and elevated Nainan's personal defects to a point where they merited press attention.
Ben Collins of The Daily Beast (not the reporter he punched) set out to investigate why Nainan insisted on passing himself off as a millennial when government documents, including the 2013 arrest report, list his birth year as 1961. In a phone interview, Collins repeatedly asked Nainan his real age. Each time, Nainan dodged the question and offered definitely-not-mad rejoinders like "It's really amusing to me to have all this going on. It's quite amusing." Eventually, Nainan decided to stick with his original story:
"Finally, I laid it all out. I have official state documents with his real age on them. They're public records. His timeline with Intel doesn't make any sense. He gives different ages at different times depending on which publication he's talking to. It's all over. It's OK. The jig is up.
So tell me, are you 35 or 55?
Then a pause.
'I'm 35," he said. "The mistake is in my birth record.'"
Nainan, who mostly performs overseas and at corporate events, seems to have suffered no damage to his career. Naturally, he remains as delusional as ever. Because 2017 was the year of the unrepentant asshole, Nainan was rewarded with a gig at Trump's Inaugural Ball.
May 24 | Greg Gianforte
Greg Gianforte, a former tech CEO who uses his fortune (net worth: $315 million) to fund creation museums and anti-LGBT hate groups, was probably the third or fourth worst congressional candidate offered by Republicans this year. During a press briefing a day before the election, Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs asked Gianforte a question about health care policy and received a rather unconventional answer, in the form of Gianforte grabbing him by the neck with both hands and slamming him into the ground.
Greg Gianforte just body slammed me and broke my glasses— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) May 24, 2017
Gianforte's campaign initially claimed that Jacobs initiated physical contact and blamed the brawl on "aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist." This was an obvious lie, but it didn't matter — enough early ballots were in by the night of the 24th to ensure Gianforte's victory. He ended up pleading guilty to misdemeanor assault in June and was ordered to undergo anger management.
June 8 | Kurt Eichenwald
If this year taught us anything, it's that some people are just not cut out for Twitter. Newsweek journalist Kurt Eichenwald is one of these people. On June 8, while tweeting about an anti-Semitic flyer he received, he inadvertently photographed the tabs he had open on his computer. One of these was "B-Chiku," a particularly graphic hentai manga about a virile schoolboy and his teacher that most of the alt-right seemed to recognize instantly. The revelation that Eichenwald had similar taste in pornography as his tormentors sent Twitter into a frenzy and "Kurt Eichenwald" became a trending topic. For some reason, Eichenwald felt he needed a cover story.
Sigh. Ok, I'm a dumbass. Believe it or not, my kids & I were trying to convince my wife that "tentacle porn" existed. I tried to find...(1)— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) June 8, 2017
His explanation for having the tab open? That he wanted to prove the existence of "tentacle porn" to his wife and children. This only created more questions. Not only is discussing fetish pornography with one's children even weirder than viewing it in private, but the hentai in question doesn't even contain tentacles. A genuine curious search for "tentacle porn" would have brought up a comparatively safe-for-work Wikipedia article. Eichenwald invented a scenario that was readily falsifiable and significantly more bizarre than his original predicament. He is a hero among men.
August 2 | Laura Loomer
Former Project Veritas employee Laura Loomer has bad luck when it comes to getting herself around town. Both Uber and Lyft have banned her for being too racist, and in August she claimed the tire of her own car was slashed.
Someone just slashed my tire... I'm honestly speechless. 1 week after someone doxed me. pic.twitter.com/A8HwyHdt7W— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) August 2, 2017
As nearly every reply to Loomer's tweet pointed out, her tire was completely stripped of tread and had a classic case of dry rot. The hubcap was also severely scratched, indicating that she had driven on a blown-out tire or smashed into a curb. The serial number dated the tire to 2011, meaning it was nearing the end of its life. Loomer was unfazed by this new information, instead choosing to foist her story on AAA, the police and a local repair shop. Her confidence that left-wing vigilantes slashed her rotting 6-year-old tire led her to compose one of the year's most ridiculous tweets. Thank you, Laura.
If you won't stand with me, then I won't stand with you. I'm not going to defend people I disagree w/ when they won't defend me and my tire.— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) August 3, 2017
September 3 | Peter Daou
Nearly a year after Hillary Clinton's political career cratered, political consultant and Clinton remora Peter Daou had the bright idea to launch a website devoted to singing her praises. The result was Verrit, a platform whose purpose is to disseminate ugly gray image macros of center-left talking points. On September 3, Hillary Clinton tweeted a link to Daou's brainchild. The site quickly went offline, purportedly due to a "cyber attack," and when it came back the media pounced. Verrit was roundly mocked in mainstream liberal outlets like Politico and The Washington Post for its bizarre web design and editorial focus on relitigating the 2016 Democratic primary. Daou was very unhappy about this, and he proceeded to melt down for several days.
DEAR HATERS: You realize screaming "go away, shut up, you suck" at @verrit is PRECISELY why Leela and I launched it? Thanks for validating!— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) September 4, 2017
LOL at how quickly they're triggered by what they dish out to Hillary supporters all the time. 😂— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) September 5, 2017
In an oddly Trumpian fashion, Daou called out "HATERS," lashed out at critical media outlets and accused his detractors of being "triggered." He started a public feud with The New York Times writer Sopan Deb after Deb (accidentally?) liked an image lampooning Verrit. Most notably, he called out yours truly for writing about his fascinating life story, the contents of which include being conscripted into a right-wing militia and writing a concept album of sex jams based on a memoir by his aunt. Unfortunately for Daou, my article is still the third Google result for his name.
Wow. A website writes about my mom's relationship with my dad, who passed away years ago, and people are linking to it? Because @Verrit??— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) September 7, 2017
October 29 | Roger Stone
Abusive, typo-filled replies to CNN anchors comprise a good 75 percent or so of Conservative Twitter. However, the culprits are usually retirees named "DeplorableLinda" or "Doug3917654," not high-level campaign operatives. Former Trump advisor Roger Stone broke new ground in October when he got very mad at the TV and used his verified account to brand network anchor Don Lemon a "covksucker." Stone wrote that CNN's staff "must be confronted, humiliated, mocked and punished," leading Twitter's moderation team to permanently suspend his account and leaving the rest of us wondering why we have to see tweets from Nazis all the time.
December 23 | Eric Garland
By now you're probably familiar with Eric Garland, and if you're not, I envy you. Since Trump's election Garland, a corporate consultant, has become a notable author of amphetaminic tweetstorms. One particular storm from December 2016 that purported to use "game theory" to analyze the government's relationship with Russia went viral and briefly hoodwinked liberals into thinking he was insightful. A year later, anyone with an ounce of common sense has unfollowed him, and the only media attention he gets anymore is harshly critical. He is unhappy about this, and just before Christmas he began lashing out at the media for undervaluing his unhinged Twitter rants. He started with those publications that mentioned him recently. Fast Company drew his ire, as did Vanity Fair and Business Insider. Not yet satisfied, he began addressing every mention of his name from the past year. Garland claimed that a Vox article from May was "defamatory" toward him, and that every publication that linked to it ("Buzzfeed, Daily Wire, Free Republic, The Intercept, National Review, New York Post, Ron Paul Institute, Salon, Slate, Town Hall, Vocativ") was guilty by association. He then theorized that Russian agents planted these stories at a cost of over $1 million in order to smear him. On day four of the meltdown — several hundred tweets in — he described all this as "the campaign to make me look insane."
Your industry can burn. I will approach you professionally, as I do every activity, but how dare you? You tiny souls. You malignant professionals. How dare you treat anyone this way. You'll hear from me. Goddamn you.— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) December 24, 2017
December 27 | The #Resistance
Animated children's movies often feature a post-credits sequence in which the entire cast comes together for a giant dance party. That was essentially what happened on Twitter this week in the lull between Christmas and New Year's. On December 23, Vanity Fair produced a short clip of writers giving Hillary Clinton sarcastic New Year's resolutions, including that she take up hobbies like "volunteer work, knitting, improv comedy — literally anything that will keep you from running again." Three days later, all the biggest names in freaking out online discovered it, deemed it sexist and demanded that everyone involved be summarily executed.
So @VanityFair decided that the best way to end 2017 was to take a repulsive cheap shot at @HillaryClinton, one of the most accomplished women in the history of the United States.— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) December 27, 2017
Now #CancelVanityFair is moving.
Peter Daou was there, and Eric Garland too. Both spent over a day obsessing over the video in public view, sending waves of woke dads and vodka aunts at the people responsible. Minor meltdown artists also joined in. Adam Parkhomenko, a former Hillary Clinton staffer who openly refers to the former secretary of state as Mother, threw the November issue of Vanity Fair into his fireplace and took a picture.
For those that, once again had Hillary's back, this time re: @VanityFair hit 1/ pic.twitter.com/Jl4XhBt7gz— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) December 27, 2017
Eventually, this manufactured outrage by a relatively small group of Clinton diehards became so conspicuous that Donald Trump noticed. His soup-brain managed to congeal long enough to fire off a gossipy tweet about it, ensuring mainstream media coverage of what had previously been confined to Twitter. This whole episode was inarguably the dumbest thing ever to happen, but it is oddly comforting to end 2017 the way we ended 2016 — attempting to decipher Trump tweets in order to stave off a near-overpowering sense of dread.
Vanity Fair, which looks like it is on its last legs, is bending over backwards in apologizing for the minor hit they took at Crooked H. Anna Wintour, who was all set to be Amb to Court of St James's & a big fundraiser for CH, is beside herself in grief & begging for forgiveness!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2017


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I was pulled in an number of directions today but did get a great chance to lunch with an old friend who's now in a fairly senior position at the regional hospital.
After grabbing some Chinese buffet we headed over for a complete tour of the data centre and backup facilities, and had a few good conversations about virtualization, remote management, server room cooling and one heck of a large battery backup system with three cores connected to dually-redundant power supplies on all their servers.
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Instagram has rolled out a feature that prevents users from seeing how many 'likes' posts have.
The Facebook-owned app claims it will help its users worry less about the success or popularity of posts on the platform.
People in Australia, Brazil, Ireland, Italy, Japan and New Zealand will have the number of likes that a post receives hidden from their feeds, following a trial of the feature in Canada.
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri explained the decision earlier this year when the feature was first tested.
"We want people to worry a little bit less about how many likes they're getting on Instagram and spend a bit more time connecting with the people that they care about," he said.
The move follows several studies that appeared to link social media pressures with mental health issues.
"We want Instagram to be a place where people feel comfortable expressing themselves," said Mia Garlick, Facebook's head of policy in Australia and New Zealand.
"We hope this test will remove the pressure of how many likes a post will receive, so you can focus on sharing the things you love."
Not all users are happy with the move, with many taking to social media to complain about how it could affect the income opportunities of influencers.
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Discussion in 'Japan' started by Samurai Warrior, Jun 28, 2018.
I was being sarcastic
I dare say Japan played far better against Belgium than Brazil did.
This only shows what Japan is capable of when its players played to their potentials and believe in themselves.
I hope this will be a good lesson to learn from and keep in mind for the next World Cup cycles, and for next generations.
That fluke goal was partly due to Kawashima as well. Japan crumbled not just due to mentally weak but also the fact that they were tired after their intense pressing and the fact that they have no squad depth. Belgium on the other hand had a stacked bench and manage to bring on the likes of Fellaini, etc. Also, Belgium were much better in the air than Japan due to their height advantage.
Allow me to dream for just a second, Japan, instead of Belgium, was the victor today against Brazil...........
Neymar & Co couldn't get a proper erection even if their lives depended on it so how are they going to rape anybody? He is good at crying though I'll give him that.
I'm pretty sure Sakai would've raped Neymar but it's the other guys I'd be worried about. Anyway, with Casemiro Brazil probably wins today. The 2 yellow card rule is pretty dumb.
I still remember the Santos vs. Kashiwa FCWC in 2011 when Neymar only could score from a long shot from the center, he couldn't beat Sakai clear even once, same Hiroki scored the only goal for Kashiwa that day.
Now that I watch for the first time Brazil in this WC I'm pretty sure we could have a chance, a big one, against them in place of Belgium.
This is even more painful.
Well at least France is an obstacle out of Japan reach for sure. Or not?
Yeah I feel like Japan would have a close game against Brazil.
I was so excited when Japan was leading 2-0. After that, it started the worst. I had bad feeling when Vertongen scored. Finally, Belgium countered additional time. I couldn't say anything. Japanese dream was broken. We have never been to best 8 in World Cup. So I was really regrettable. Maybe, it is best regrettable thing ever in my life. That's how much I love football and Japan.


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BREWER, Maine. (WABI) - Work on a new large-scale recycling facility in Hampden is moving along according to schedule. So said, Municipal Review Committee's Executive Director Greg Lounder.
The Fiberight solid waste recycling plant is the first full-scale facility of its kind.
When fully operational, it will employ more than 40 people.
It was the primary focus at the Municipal Review Committee's annual meeting, Wednesday afternoon.
Greg Lounder said, "We are on track to begin to accept the recyclables and the MSWs from our member communities in the spring of 2019. During the April, May, June period is when we will seek to ramp up the facility to full service to the region."
Lounder said, it's been in the planning stages for nearly a decade so, it's exciting to see it come together.
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The OakPark Department of Public Health and the Board of Health recently honoredseveral individuals and West Suburban Medical Center with the 2013 Dr. WilliamFitzsimmons Award for National Public Health Week in April. The award waspresented to West Suburban at the May 20 regular meeting of the Village of OakPark. West Suburban Medical Center was recognized with the other nominees forexceptional contributions to the health of the community. Noted among WestSuburban's contributions was the Hospital's community outreach in providingfree health screenings, health fairs and informational lectures on healthtopics.
"We feel very privileged to receive the Fitzsimmons Award,"says William A. Brown, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer, Westlake Hospital andWest Suburban Medical Center. "Our mission is to help people achieve Health for Life, so outreach, preventionand health education are at the core of our daily work. We really feel thatit's our duty to be a resource for wellness, in addition to being a place toserve those in need of healing."
TheDr. William Fitzsimmons Award is an annual award named in honor of Dr. WilliamFitzsimmons, a selfless humanitarian and physician who volunteered many yearsof service to the Village of Oak Park. West Suburban Medical Center will bepresented with the Fitzsimmons Award at the May 20 Oak Park Village Boardmeeting, along with the other awardees.


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The Bountiful Blackberry
It's Blackberry Season
According to Nutrition Data, blackberries are a great source for Vitamin E, Folate, Magnesium as well as a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C, Vitamin K and Manganese. They're low in sodium, and high in anti-oxidants. But the best thing about blackberries is, they're downright tasty.
Warm weather and sun has the blackberry harvest heading into high gear around Oregon and Washington. While these vines are cursed and scorned 10 months out of the year, the hard-to-kill species that plagues our fence-lines, creek beds and fields is about to become our best friend — especially with a few of these berry-exciting ideas.
Blackberry Cobbler
Probably the most loved and adored of all blackberry recipes, the cobbler is easy to make and makes everyone happy. Here's a recipe we put together with frozen berries a few months ago. Nicknamed the 'Jesse James Cobbler', the recipe is from Zarelda James, mother of the legendary gunslinger. This cast iron skillet style cobbler is a real crowd-pleaser.
Preserving Berries
Let's be honest, there's nothing quite so wonderful as blackberries in winter. If you're feeling industrious, try freezing and vacuum sealing a mess of blackberries while they're in season. It's easy and might be just the thing to drop a little summer in to your long winter. If you're looking to store up some berries, have a look at this informative article about vacuum sealing.
Jam Session
When the toast is done and you reach for some jam, you're probably hoping for blackberry. Smearing a heavy coat of blackberry jam on fresh toast or combining some of this sweet, dark goodness with it's ages-old partner, peanut butter, can brighten anyone's day. Here's a quick recipe for making blackberry jam that'll keep you in a sweet mood all year long.
- 3 cups ripe, fresh blackberries rinsed and drained
- 5 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 box pectin for freezer jam (canning sections of supermarkets)
- 1/2 cup water
Place berries in a large bowl. Add sugar and toss well. Let stand about 15 minutes. Stir often.
Combine pectin and water in a small saucepan; stir until pectin dissolves. Place over medium to high heat; bring to a boil and boil 1 minute.
Add pectin to berries and stir about 3 minutes.
Pour jam mixture into clean canning jars, leaving about ½ inch headspace. Add lids to each. Let stand at room temp 18 to 24 hours and then freeze until ready to use. Makes about 7 cups.
Celebrated Berry
Blackberries are celebrated all around the world. In music, in food and in culture, the blackberry is a sign that summer is in full swing and it's time to celebrate the sweet things in life. If you're up for it, grab a pail and head out to the briar patch and enjoy this bounty of sweet berries before they're gone.


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State health officials this week said that an eight-county managed health care test program for 460,000 low-income residents who receive both Medicare and Medi-Cal will begin in October.
The intent of the three-year demonstration project, which includes Orange County's CalOptima health plan, is to cut medical costs by managing the care of these so-called "dual" patients in a way that ensures they receive timely diagnosis and treatment, ultimately reducing emergency room visits and confinement to nursing homes.
The program, named Cal MediConnect, is part of the national Affordable Care Act commonly known as Obamacare. The demonstration project is an attempt to work out problems before MediConnect law goes into full effect.
Currently more than a million Californians are eligible, and that number is expected to increase as more baby boomers qualify for Medicare. Orange County has an estimated 75,000 eligible residents.
"This is a major step forward to better integrate health services," Diana Dooley. secretary of the state Health and Human Services Agency, told a telephone news conference Wednesday.
The program originally was to begin in June but was postponed to October while state officials sought federal approval for the test project.
Toby Douglas, director of the state Department of Health Care Services, said the management upheaval at CalOptima in the past year didn't disqualify it from participating in the demonstration.
At least 16 top CalOptima managers, including the CEO, chief operating officer, chief financial officer and chief medical officer, have left. In January the county grand jury issued a blistering report blaming the Board of Supervisors for allowing the management turmoil at the agency, which provides health care for more than 400,000 county residents.
"We have full confidence in CalOptima," Douglas said.
Other counties participating are Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Alameda, Santa Clara and San Mateo.
A key to making the project successful, health professionals have said, is ensuring enough doctors, specialists and other providers participate so patients can stay with their current medical providers.
Patients are not required to participate in the test. If the programs don't attract enough medical professionals, administrators are concerned that the patients will drop out of the managed care program.
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LERU critics EU's communication on copyright reform #EU #reform
Today, the European Commission has issued a communication stating that it intends to reform the European copyright framework through a set of proposals planned for 2016.
A legislative proposal for Text and Data Mining will be considered in order to allow research organisations to carry out text and data mining of content to which they have lawful access for scientific research purposes.
Reportedly, these reforms will stimulate research, development, the creation of new jobs and the whole European society will benefit from it.
Nonetheless, the League of European Research Universities (LERU) criticised the lack of effectiveness of the Commission, which has BEEN spending years considering options without taking action.
"It is time to stop considering and to start implementing".
Moreover, reforms would exclude SMEs (Small and Medium Sized Enterprises) and citizen scientists would not necessarily be able to take advantage of Exception to 'public interest research organisations'.
On the one hand, today's Communication is a significant step towards a copyright reform in Europe which is fit for the digital age; on the other hand, LERU urges the Commission "to proceed as speedily as possible with a mandatory Exception for Content Mining which cannot be overridden by contract or Technical Protection Measures.""In doing so, the Commission would truly create a copyright framework in Europe fit for the digital age."
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Amidst regulatory uncertainty and a major spate of scams, ICOs have fallen off a cliff in 2019. While there are still plenty of ICOs to choose from, you have to look long and hard to find an ICO issued by a company with any sort of reputation. We've identified three companies that are issuing an ICO, in some form or other, in 2019. Two of these companies are massive and the third has verifiable accomplishments and a working product right now. If you're looking for a 2019 ICO that's definitely not a scam, start here.
Emaar Group (Dubai Developer and owner of the Burj Khalifa)
The Emaar Group built the world's tallest building, Dubai's Burj Khalifa. They also have a ton of retail and business real estate in the UAE. They're planning to issue an ICO to Western investors in late 2019, using the Ethereum blockchain as a launchpad. Token holders will get discounts and loyalty rewards. As Emaar properties and online retail already account for billions in revenue, making a crypto token into a standard payment currency could be huge for early investors.
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About the Emaar ICO
- Aim of the ICO – Raise money while integrating Dubai online/physical retail into the wider consumer world.
- Pros and Cons – Pros: Huge potential, Dubai is a boom town, crypto adoption from a significant enterprise. Cons: Not directly relevant to people who don't shop in Dubai, people may not use the token.
- How to Invest in the Emaar ICO – No word at the moment. Details forthcoming.
- Future ICO Plans – Details are scarce but, as Dubai is trying to become a blockchain hotbed, more ICOs from Emaar and other businesses could be expected if this one is a success.
- Similar Industry ICOs – Travala (AVA) is an example of a successful real estate/travel loyalty type ICO that has resulted in a successful platform and useful token. There is no example of a similarly huge developer launching an ICO like this, though.
Microsoft Azure (Cloud service run by Microsoft)
Microsoft Azure is a cloud service owned by Microsoft, the global computing giant. Recently, Microsoft Azure listed Stratis, which is an ICO platform that has been bringing new projects into the market for some time. Microsoft Azure has advertised the Stratis connection as a safe and reliable way to bring new tokens online. So, while neither Microsoft nor Microsoft Azure is listing tokens directly, they're involving themselves in the business of ICOs, and many tokens will go online as a result of their involvement in the space.
About Microsoft Azure/Stratis ICOs
- Aim of the ICO – There is no unifying theme for the ICOs that go through Stratis. It's almost like a WordPress for ICOs. Anyone can use it, and the success or failure of the ICO is the responsibility of the company that throws it. Stratis is just the platform that makes it all possible.
- Pros and Cons – Pros: Microsoft definitely lends legitimacy to Stratis. Cons: ICOs are still mostly disappointing in 2019, no matter where they happen.
- How to Invest in Stratis ICOs – Find out what projects are currently launching ICOs on Stratis. Learn more about the project that interests you. Follow their directions for taking part in the ICO. Stratis brings some continuity to the ICOs run in its network, but each ICO is a different beast with its own unique rules.
- Future Plans for Stratis ICOs – Stratis will likely conduct more ICOs as a result of the Microsoft exposure.
- Similar Industry ICOs – There are plenty of other ICO platforms (Ethereum, NEO, EOS, etc.), but none that work with Microsoft Azure.
imusify (blockchain music streaming platform)
There's still time to get in on the imusify ICO, debuting on the NEO blockchain this year. imusify is a blockchain music platform with similarities to Spotify and Soundcloud. It uses token economic incentives to motivate listeners and content creators. imusify already has a working product; their ICO is meant to help the company build upon their already impressive accomplishments.
About the imusify ICO
- Aim of the ICO – Raise money, distribute tokens, build user base, profit!
- Pros and Cons – Pros: imusify is a real company with a good idea and a strong product. Cons: There may not be enough blockchain music platform users to make imusify a global success.
- How to Invest in the imusify ICO – Buy NEO, buy Bitcoin, or Binance Coin BNB, and follow the KYC/whitelist steps on the imusify website.
- Future Plans for imusify – imusify wants to become one of the biggest music platforms in the world.
- Similar Industry ICOs – There have been other creative/media/content platforms like Tron and Po.et, but imusify seems to have more accomplished prior to its ICO than most of its competitors in this space.
So, there you have it; three real companies that are launching ICOs in some form or fashion in 2019. There are plenty of other ICOs but few that have the air of legitimacy as these projects. Follow these for the possibility of doing the near-impossible: making money on an ICO in 2019! In all seriousness though, we really do believe that each of these projects has the potential for investor returns.
(*Information in this article should not be taken as investment advice.)
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