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Emotion is a motive power like the steam of an engine. It helps you in your evolution. Had it not been for the presence of emotion, you would have passed into a state of passivity or inertia. It gives a push for action or motion. It is a blessing. But you must not become a prey to emotions. You must not allow them to bubble out. You must purify and calm the surging emotions. You must allow it to rise slowly and subside quietly from the mind-ocean. You must keep the emotion under perfect control. Do not mistake physical sensations for higher sublime emotions. Do not be carried away by emotions. There are certain people who like to hear of new sensational events just to arouse their emotions. They live on emotions; otherwise they feel quite dull. This is a great weakness. This must be eradicated if they like to lead a calm and quiet life.
All evil qualities proceed from anger. If you control anger, all evil qualities will vanish by themselves.
Ahamkara, Samkalpa, Vasana, Prana have intimate connection with the mind. There cannot be any mind without these four. Prana is the life of the mind. Ahamkara is the root of the mind. Sankalpas are the branches of the mind-tree. Vasana is the seed of the mind. This deep-rooted tree of Samsara which ramifies in various directions with branches full of flowers, tendrils, fruits, etc., has the mind as its root. If this root-mind is destroyed, the tree of Samsara - this tree of birth and death - will also be destroyed. Cut this root - mind - with the axe of Brahma Jnana. Chop off the branches (Sankalpas) with the knife of Viveka-Vichara.

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I couldn't resist a bit more knitting. This time I made a holey scarf - a free pattern on Ravelry called the Swiss Cheese Scarf. (The link only works if you have a free Ravelry account.) Three skeins of fingering weight yarn (Araucania Solid #103), a size 3 bamboo circular needle, and 48,510 stitches later (give or take) and, voila.
Before felting, approximately 66" x 17" with 27-1/2 repeats of the 16-row pattern.
Before felting
Next step, a top loading washing machine, small load, hot water, 1 Tblsp laundry detergent. Ten minutes later, nothing had happened, so I added an old "unlinty" (lint might become embedded in the felt) towel and set the timer for another 10 minutes.
Yowza, very felted. I let it go another couple minutes (not sure why, but I guess I wasn't mentally prepared for it to be done yet) for a total of 22 minutes of agitation. I removed the scarf from the machine, placing it in a bowl of hot water, and rinsed in additional hot water until clear. Squeezed out as much excess water as possible, and laid it on a towel, under a small fan, to dry.
Voila. It's probably a tad overfelted, because it is more stiff than I intended, but I love it!! As I was knitting, I suspected that the Araucania would felt well (because the yarn liked to grab itself) and I knit loosely. However, it exceeded my expectations by felting to the point that there is no longer any stitch definition. I had hoped for that, but wasn't expecting it.
After felting, approximately 63" x 13.5".
Despite the holes, it is quite warm. I would like to make this again in a charcoal gray, maybe changing the dimensions a bit and felting it a bit less. I should add that this piece uses two dye lots. I bought two skeins on ebay for half price and the third, also on ebay, from a different seller that was a bit more expensive. When the third skein arrived, there was a visible difference with the other two. I considered my various options, but decided that I didn't really care and just added the third yarn to the end of the scarf. I like how the scarf subtly changes, in fact. :)
On a different topic, I was asked to post a photo of one of my recent pieces made from the bamboo jersey from FabricMart. I didn't plan to post this Teagarden T, which I made in September during the SSS challenge, because I've already made and shown this pattern several times, but here it is in rust bamboo jersey. This is for you, andib! :)


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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)
Directed by Karan Johar / Yash Yohar
Genres - Comedy, Romance, Drama, Musical |
Sub-Genres - Family Drama |
Run Time - 210 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom, India, United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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When forbidden love tears a tightly knit Indian family apart, a mother's heartbreak prompts her son to reunite the shattered clan in this family drama from filmmaker Karan Johar. Business tycoon Yashovardhan Raichand (Amitabh Bachchan) has everything a man could ever want: a loving family, a thriving empire, and a beautiful wife. When Yashovardhan's son Rahul (Shah Rukh Khan) discovers that he is adopted, he expresses his gratitude through unwavering devotion and unending loyalty until the day that he falls in love with a boisterous young outcast named Anjali (Kajol). Disowned by his father and left to his own devices, Rahul gathers Anjali and her young sister, Pooja (Kareena Kapoor), and sets his sights on London. As the grief of Rahul's mother becomes too much to bear, Rahul's brother Rohan sets out to find his brother and reunite their fragmented family.
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Home Office coughs to five database breaches
The internal menace
Security at the British Home Office's Identity and Passport Service (IPS) database has been compromised four times, with individuals' data used inappropriately by Home Office employees and contractors. A fifth breach has hit a Prison Service database.
In three of the cases workers were able to access data they had no authority to use and in the fourth a worker who did have authority to access data used it inappropriately. The fifth case involves a worker accessing the Prison Service sentencing database, a Home Office spokesman said.
"Disciplinary action was taken that resulted in the dismissal of three of those people. A fourth resigned before the process of a charge of gross misconduct could be completed. Another was an employee at a private sector partner, who has been dismissed," said the spokesman.
The security breach has raised questions for some about the security of any database attached to identity cards, a major plank of current Government policy.
"Plainly, centralising all of our identity data into one register in the Home Office's control is going to expose our information to risk of abuse from staff," said Phil Booth, national co-ordinator of NO2ID, an anti-identity card pressure group.
"Many of the risks that attach are not so often about hacking from the outside but from the inside job, but this is something that the Home Office has completely and flatly denied throughout the process and said 'we'll have security protocols in place and procedures to stop this'," said Booth. "They've claimed this for other databases as well and yet we have highly publicised cases such as the chap at the DVLA who was passing information to [animal rights groups] not just a few times but over 13 months."
The Home Office spokesman said that remaining staff at the IPS have been warned about unauthorised access. "The IPS takes its security very, very seriously and has reminded staff that any breaches will involve a charge of gross misconduct which will result in dismissal and that any offender will be liable to prosecution," he said.
The Home Office could not confirm at time of going to press whether or not any further legal action or a prosecution will follow the dismissals.
The information came to light following a parliamentary question from the Liberal Democrat Party. NO2ID says it is compiling information on further potential for security breaches within the Home Office.
"NO2ID has been approached by a contractor at one of the companies tendering for the database for the ID card system who described to us how quite regularly he was able to break protocol and gain access to supposedly highly secure databases of another wing of the Home Office while on a job," said Booth.
The Home Office said it could not comment without further details on the identity of the contracting company and the databases in question. Booth said the group would not make those details public until later this week.
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An Iranian hack of the Navy's largest unclassified computer network reportedly took more than four months to resolve, raising concern among some lawmakers about security gaps exposed by the attack.
The Wall Street Journal, citing current and former U.S. officials, reported late Monday that the cyberattack targeted the Navy Marine Corps Internet, which is used by the Navy Department to host websites, store nonsensitive information, and handle voice, video, and data communications.
The paper reported that the hackers were able to remain in the network until this past November. That contradicts what officials told the Journal when the attack was first publicly reported this past September. At the time, officials told the paper that the intruders had been removed.
"It was a real big deal," a senior U.S. official told the Journal. "It was a significant penetration that showed a weakness in the system."
The quoted official said that the Iranians were able to conduct surveillance and compromise communications over the unclassified computer networks of the Navy and Marine Corps. However, another senior official told the Journal that no e-mail accounts were hacked and no data was stolen. There is also no evidence that Iran was able to penetrate classified U.S. computer networks.
The cyberattack is one of the one of the most serious infiltrations of government computer systems by the Iranians. The Journal reported that U.S. defense officials were surprised at the skill of the hackers, who were able to enter the network through a security gap in a public-facing website.
The military response to the hack was over seen by Vice Adm. Mike Rogers, President Obama's pick to be the next head the National Security Agency. Congressional aides told the Journal that Rogers would likely face questions on plans to fix security issues that have surfaced as a result of the attack. A confirmation hearing for Rogers has not yet been scheduled.
Despite the length of the operation to remove the hackers, officials who spoke to the Journal praised Rogers for his leadership of the cybersecurity response. The issue is not expected to prevent Rogers from being confirmed as NSA director.


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Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Brandeis University have completed a qualitative study on the cultural environment in medical schools and how this may affect medical faculty vitality, professionalism and general productivity ultimately influencing the delivery of health care.
This study appeared in the January issue of Academic Medicine.
"As we interviewed faculty in academic medicine, it became clear that many faculty felt isolated and lacked support in their work. This may inadvertently be creating an environment that negates the importance of interpersonal relationships between medical practitioners and their patients," explains senior author Phyllis Carr, MD, professor of medicine and associate dean of students at Boston University School of Medicine.
A central task of medical schools is to help students, faculty and medical practitioners form caring, healing relationships with patients, their communities and each other. In medical education, effective relationship formation and trust is pivotal in learning and is helpful for interdisciplinary clinical partnerships and multidisciplinary research collaboration.
The qualitative study was conducted in five US medical schools representing the diverse organizational characteristics of the 126 medical schools in the US. Participants included research scientists, medical and surgical subspecialists and generalist medical faculty who hold doctorate degrees and represented a wide diversity of subspecialties. Of the 170 faculty members invited 96 participated in the study.
These individuals were categorized into four different career stages.
The study found that serious problems exist in the relational culture affecting medical faculty vitality, professionalism, and general productivity, and are linked to retention. According to Carr, greater efforts need to be made to support faculty and create a climate of trust in medical academe.
Research for this study was funded by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, the Office of Public Health and Science, the Agency for Health Care and Research Quality and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Édouard Debat-Ponsan, Un matin devant la porte du Louvre [One Morning before the gates of the Louvre], 1880, Musée d'art Roger-Quilliot, Clermont-Ferrand
The painting above depicts Catherine de'Medici and members of the French court admiring the bodies of murdered Protestants following the Massacre of St. Bartholemew's Day, 23 August 1572.
One month earlier, King Sigismund Augustus, the last member of the Jagiellonian Dynasty of Poland-Lithuania died, "leaving no heir, but Liberty."
The king had arranged, before his death, for a strengthening of the alliance and personal union between the two countries via the Union of Lublin which merged the separate Polish and Lithuanian Parliaments and which provided for his own succession by an electoral monarchy. Henceforward, the king of the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania would be freely elected by the nobility of both nations.
On 16 May 1573, Henry Valois, third son of King Henri II of France and of Catherine de'Medici, Duke of Angoulême, Orléans, and Anjou was elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Several months prior to his election, on January 28, 1573, the Polish Parliament in Warsaw went out of parliamentary session and into the mode of a Confederacy (in order to preclude the use of the Liberum Veto.
The Confederacy of Warsaw pledged the entire nobility of Poland-Lithuania not only to refuse to enforce any measure by state or church undertaking to compel religious conformity, but to resist actively any such measure by armed force.
[W]e swear to each other, on behalf of ourselves and our descendants, in perpetuity, under oath and pledging our faith, honor, and consciences, that we who differ in matters of religion will keep the peace among ourselves, and neither shed blood on account of differences of Faith, nor punish one another by confiscation of goods, deprivation of honor, imprisonment, or exile.
During the debate, Crown Chancellor Jan Zamoyski is reported to have said: "For the heretics [Protestants] to return to the True Faith, I would give half my life's blood, but to defend their right to obey their own consciences, I would give all my life's blood."
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The discovery of an unexpected function for a gene that was associated to another process in the organism might be a solution in search of a problem, a clue to unsuspected connections. That is what has happened with RAP1, a gene that protects telomeres -- the ends of chromosomes -- after researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) surprisingly discovered its key role in obesity.
"We still don't know what evolutionary significance to attach to it, but it is at the very least interesting that a telomere gene is related to obesity," says Maria Blasco, CNIO director and co-author of the study published today in the journal Cell Reports.
RAP1 forms part of the shelterin complex, a group of proteins that make up the protective hood of telomeres -- the DNA sequence at the ends of chromosomes that shortens with each cellular division and thus measures the ageing of the organism. There are six shelterins, and CNIO's Telomeres & Telomerase Group, which studies them in-depth, has discovered that RAP1, contrary to the rest, is not essential for the survival of the organism; but that does not mean RAP1 is not important. The reverse is rather the case: when comparing the genomes of different species, it can be observed that RAP1 is the most conserved shelterin of all. Despite the long history of evolutionary changes, RAP1 has not changed; it is present even in yeast. This normally implies an important role in the organism, but which one?
CNIO researchers had discovered that RAP1, in addition to being located in telomeres, is also present in the rest of the chromosome; they supposed it acts regulating the action of other genes. In order to analyse this other potential function, and its importance in the organism, CNIO researchers created a lineage of mice without RAP1 and, to their surprise, discovered a model for obesity.
"Mice -- especially female mice -- without RAP1 do not eat more, but do gain weight. They suffer from metabolic syndrome, accumulate abdominal fat and present high glucose and cholesterol levels, amongst other symptoms," says Paula Martínez, first-author of the study.
The reason is that RAP1 plays an important role in the regulation of genes involved in metabolism. In particular, researchers have discovered that it acts on the same signalling pathway mediated by another protein: PPAR- gamma (PPAR-γ). In fact, PPAR-γ deficient mice suffer from a type of obesity "surprisingly similar" to that seen in mice without RAP1.
The next step in the research will be to study if RAP1 also plays a role in human obesity. "This discovery adds an element to the obesity equation, and opens up a possible new link between metabolic dysfunction and ageing, via a protein present in telomeres," says Blasco.
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The man who led the buy out from the US drinks giant, Constellation, was talking to Drinks International at Cape 2012, the bi-annual showcase for the South African wine industry.
Accolade, which is now owned by a private equity group, Champs, is a major player in the Rainbow nation owning one of South Africa's pillar brands, Kumala along with Flagstone and Fish Hoek. Kumala used to be the number one SA brand with 3 million case sales. The brand was neglected as ownerships changed and it is now selling about 1m cases.
In respose to Kumala's decline, Christensen bought out well known South African winemaker, Bruce Jack, and put him in charge of the whole South African operation. His priority has been sort out sourcing and quality issues with Kumala. With that job virtually done, last night (Sept 25) Jack unveiled a Pinotage under 'his' Flagstone brand, which will retail for a staggering £62. The wine had all the credentials of a New World 'icon wine – full bodied with upfront ripe dark fruit and soft tannins, poshly packaged.
Christensen told DI that the increasing popularity of sweet wines such as Moscato in the US, has led Accolade to introduce a semi sweet Kumala variant for the Polish and Russian markets, where they favour sweeter styles.
Christensen is no wine purist. If getting younger consumers into wine drinking, means offering sweeter styles and different packaging formats, he is up for it. He cites Daily's as a brand that comes in a pouch which you put in the freezer, which has taken the US by storm. Accolade has responded by introducing Stone's, its traditional British ginger wine brand in a ready-to-serve (RTS) pouch. The brand historically sourced its ginger from Jamaica so it still retains a strong following in the Caribbean.
The dust having settled on the move away from Constellation, Accolade has bought the Geyser Peak and Atlas Peak brands, the former is a historic Sonoma brand selling 200,000 cases and the latter is a 5,000 case brand from Napa valley. The acquisition means Accolade's US operation has gone from one to 90 employees, mostly in the production side. Christensen's strategy is to use this toehold to bring in the Hardys and Kumala brands. At the moment Accolade is 93% UK and Australian.
While people in California, Washington State and Oregon are "homers" as Christensen calls them, buying locally produced wine, he sees the eastern seaboard of the US and Canada as a viable opportunity for Accolade. At the moment he sells 40,000 cases through Direct Wines' US operation.
Christensen is watching keenly the rising popularity of sweet, lower alcohol wines such as Moscato. While wine purists may turn their noses up at such developments along with coffee or chocolate Pinotage, the Accolade CEO only sees it as an ideal opportunity to take away the intimidating nature of wine and recruit younger consumers into wine drinking.
"It is about 'share of throat'," Christensen told DI. "We cannot bring them in with Pinotage but we can with Moscato or White Zinfandel. The spirits industry has had more success with taste profiles and even old British brands such as Babycham and Stone's, technically, have the profile.
For people of a certain age, it is hard to envisage Stone's as a 'cool' brand but, according to Christensen, its popularity in the Caribbean has spread to the US and as ginger is a key component in Chinese cuisine, he sees great potential for it in China. When a certain crab (Christensen shows a picture of one on his Blackberry) comes into season, the Chinese create an event to feast on it. Christensen can see a place for Stone's alongside the "hairy crab".
So as Accolade was "flicked out" by Constellation, Christensen is now providing a new vision for the company and that starts with rebuilding the brands, developing new concepts and plugging a few gaps in the portfolio such as in the US. Sitting on the company's laurels isn't an option.


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The GrassROOTS Community Foundation is a collaborative effort of Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, co-founder and lead MC of the Roots, and sociologist Dr. Janice Johnson Dias. According to their website, the organization is "committed to contributing to the health and well-being of vulnerable populations and disadvantaged communities. Merging the talents of socially conscious artists with those of a rigorous scientific research and creative team, we are investing our energies to developing the capacity of community based organizations that offer educational and recreational services to disadvantaged women and girls." On Saturday, February 18th, Black Thought is holding his annual "Let's Move It Philly" charity event for GrassROOTs at Sigma Sound Studios featuring performances from Black Thought and Questlove, DJ Rich Medina, DJ Diamond Kuts, the Money Making Jam Boys and Nikki Jean. Tickets are $30 in advance, $40 at the door. Click here to purchase tickets and for more information.


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Over 3,000 returning Irish emigrants are being refused social welfare payments (known as 'the dole' in Ireland) because of erratically enforced 'habitual residency' requirements stipulating that you have to be resident in the Republic for two years before you can make a claim for payments.
According to media reports, this is causing great hardship.
Joe O'Brien, the policy officer with Crosscare, an Irish NGO working with Irish migrants, says that the welfare officers themselves often apply the laws incorrectly, and may be causing even more hardship than is necessary.
The habitual residency requirement was necessitated by Ireland's membership of the European Union (EU), and it's believed that the requirement is in place to deter foreign workers from claiming Irish government handouts without having any intention of being a long term resident in the country.
This is yet another example of Ireland's membership of the European Union causing complications domestically.
The Irish Government is between a rock and a hard place on this issue.
It can't really create an exemption from the residency requirement to Irish citizens, as this would probably be viewed as discriminatory under the European Union law which Ireland has incorporated into its Statute Book, yet the current situation is unnecessarily harsh on returning Irish emigrants who now find that despite being in need of government payouts to survive, they no longer qualify.
There are no easy solutions to this problem, but it's one which must be fixed. If not we risk compounding the Irish emigration problem with a reduced immigration one, worsening an already out-of-control net migration figure.
At a time when Ireland is undergoing a massive emigration problem it's now being faced with another problem: the returning of previous Wild Geese is now losing its luster somewhat because of these controversial welfare requirements which disincentive the Irish to return home. Not that all Irish emigrants need social welfare, of course, but it's a safety net that should be there for all citizens of a country, and in the current economic volatility, there's not much sense of assurance in knowing that if you come home you won't qualify if times get tough.
This requirement also fits uneasily with the hotly debated Certificates of Irish Heritage which the government hopes to hand out to reach out to emigrants who've left Ireland. If it's truly interested in reaching out to these people and luring them back home, then it should ensure that they have as easy a time as possible in qualifying for social welfare benefits once they get back home.
The requirement is also extremely harsh on Irish citizens who were forced out of lack of economic opportunity to emigrate from Ireland, and now find that because they had to do so, they can't even 'draw the dole' back home.
The Irish Government need to think up a solution to this problem fast, before more Irish emigrees decide to postpone their decision to return back to the old soil because they either current need, or may need soon, to rely on State welfare payments to get by.


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Alternate IACUC Members: What Are the Rules?Once again summer vacations and professional meetings took their toll on the number of members present for a Great Eastern University IACUC meeting. However, unlike past years, the Committee believed it was now prepared to deal with the situation. As soon as Helen Trotta, the IACUC secretary, discovered that two of the three scientists on the IACUC would not be present at the upcoming meeting, she called Dr. Tommy Hendricks. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) had appointed Hendricks, also a scientist, as the alternate for any of the scientific members of the Committee. He was available for the meeting, and all went smoothly. The evening after the meeting, Trotta casually mentioned the day's events to her husband, George. To her surprise, George, an IACUC administrator at another university, questioned the legitimacy of what had transpired. He was of the opinion that an alternate member could only serve on behalf of one specifically named regular IACUC member, and also had to have the same designation as the regular member. He said that Hendricks, as a scientist, could only serve as an alternate for one specifically named scientist. �I don't think so,� said Helen. �As far as I know, a person can be appointed as an alternate for one, two, three, or any other number of people, as long as that alternate has the same designation as the absent member. We named Hendricks, who's a scientist, as an alternate for any scientist on the committee. He didn't vote twice, George, he only voted once, so as far as I'm concerned, there's no problem.� �Well, there's no problem until you get caught� said her husband. �If I were you I'd think twice about this.� What is the correct answer to the disagreement between Helen and George Trotta? Call the Florist, George
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George, George, George, �until you get caught � think twice.� Call the florist, George. Then, practice saying, �Helen, I'm sorry; you're right.� OLAW, with USDA's concurrence, issued guidance regarding alternate IACUC members1. The provisions listed therein include the following: �There must be a specific one-to-one designation of IACUC members and alternates. This is necessary to ensure that a committee is properly constituted, even when alternates are serving. For example, an alternate for a non-affiliated IACUC member would need to also meet the non-affiliated member requirements. Use of a pool of alternates would not be consistent with this requirement.� This provision neither prevents an individual from being appointed as an alternate for more than one regular member, nor does it preclude a regular member from having more than one alternate. Each alternate member must have adequate training and must meet the applicable membership requirements for the regular member(s) for whom he or she is appointed as an alternate. Obviously, it can get confusing. This is another reason there must be a specific one-to-one designation of regular IACUC members and alternate members (i.e., for each regular member�alternate member relationship or appointment). For example, let us give the two absent scientists in this scenario names, Smith and Jones. Both serve on the Committee in the scientist capacity or role. If Hendricks is a practicing scientist and is experienced in research involving animals, then the CEO can appoint him as an alternate member for Smith and as an alternate member for Jones. These are two separate specific one-to-one designations. Hendricks can, however, only actively serve in the alternate capacity for one member at a time. The meeting minutes should reflect that Hendricks was present at the meeting and was actively serving, in an alternate capacity, for Smith or for Jones�but not both. Because Hendricks voted only once (I assume this to mean that he had only one vote�either as Smith's alternate or as Jones' alternate), it would seem that there is �no problem,� George. In George's defense, he was of the opinion that an alternate member can only serve on behalf of one specifically named regular IACUC member. At a single point in time, this is true. At any given time, an alternate can only actively serve as an alternate for a single member. However, as described earlier, it is permissible for an individual to be appointed as an alternate for more than one regular member. References 1. National Institutes of Health. Office of Extramural Research guidance regarding administrative IACUC issues and efforts to reduce regulatory burden. NOTICE: NOT-OD-01-017 (12 February 2001). Burbank is an Investigator at Great Eastern University. By George, He's Got It!
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Helen should listen to George. The use of alternate IACUC members can be a very effective way to spread the Committee's workload and to have a contingency for absences. However, the practice comes with some risks, and its implementation should include some thoughtful planning. An alternate member may be called at a moment's notice to fulfill the responsibilities of a regular IACUC member. As such, it should be obvious that the alternate member must meet certain requirements to function adequately; for example, he or she should be an appointee of the CEO or Institutional Official and have training consistent with that provided for the regular IACUC members. The manner in which they are �activated' is important as well. In the absence of official guidance, some institutions in the past had developed rather creative ways to employ alternate members. One extreme practice placed the alternate IACUC members in a pool of extras from which individuals could be called to substitute freely for any absent regular member to achieve a quorum at a convened meeting or as a member of the team conducting semi-annual inspections of facilities. Of course, this raised questions about whether a nonscientist alternate could substitute for a scientist regular member and similar questions about the �equivalency' based on the expertise of the alternate relative to the regular member. In addition, the pooled-alternate practice could be construed as a means for an institution to achieve a quorum with, say, 25% plus one of the total IACUC appointees (assuming an equal number of regular and alternate members). Even though the scenario at Great Eastern is not as extreme as this example, it does present some of the same difficulties. Can the alternate scientist member adequately represent any of the regular scientist members? Perhaps. Is the University bolstering the total number of IACUC appointees in a manner that achieves a false quorum? Perhaps. To avoid such questions, I think it's best for the University to do what George has suggested�that is, appoint one alternate for one specifically named regular member. However, even if Helen holds the view that these aren't problems for the policies at Great Eastern, she ought to be aware of NIH guidance published on this topic1. The NIH notice states, in part, �There must be a specific one-to-one designation of IACUC members and alternates.� If Great Eastern is receiving PHS funding or uses USDA-regulated species, the University should follow the NIH guidance on this. Reference1. National Institutes of Health. Office of Extramural Research guidance regarding administrative IACUC issues and efforts to reduce regulatory burden. NOTICE: NOT-OD-01-017 (12 February 2001). Thulin is Attending Veterinarian and Manager, Veterinary Services Department, 3M Health Care Business R&D, 3M Company, St. Paul, MN.
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A PhDs in Healthcare Administration aims to prepare students to lead, conduct scholarly research, and teach within their chosen areas of expertise.i They often are found in the form of a Doctor of Business Administration - Health Care Administration, or a Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration - Health Care Administration.
Programs blend theory with research methodology, providing students with the chance to contribute new knowledge to an area of interest. This could include subjects such as policy development, public health, high-level management, or informatics.
Because of the range of sub-topics, Doctorate Healthcare Administration programs may be found in a university's school of medicine, public health, allied health or business administration.
Students who seek an alternative to a PhD in Health Administration might explore other types of doctorate programs. These degrees are more closely associated with leadership and service.
At its core, the PhD in Healthcare Management is an academic degree. The expectation is that candidates will conduct a fair bit of theoretical research, then write and defend a dissertation. Their original thought, based on their data and conclusions, may be published and reviewed by peers.
While research areas must be approved, they might pertain to a specific area of healthcare management. Public health, health policy, medical care processes, patient care and human resource management are a few examples.
FACT Many policy analysts have a degree related to a specific area of expertise, such as when a healthcare analyst has a medical degree.ii
Many policy analysts have a degree related to a specific area of expertise, such as when a healthcare analyst has a medical degree.ii
Not all Health Administration PhD programs require a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration degree for admission. Some may have masters content rolled into the Ph.D. and may be open to students who hold a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college.
In those cases, a good GRE or GMAT score may be required. A solid background in health administration of some type (or a related field such as public health) may also be necessary, especially for executive PhD programs.
Other materials, such as letters of recommendation and personal interviews with the university's admission staff might be required. Programs vary.
PhD in Healthcare Administration programs may require doctoral students to complete about 60 credit hours (20 courses). While time to completion varies by university, a full-time student might take between two and four years to finish their program.
Usually in this time, advanced courses are taken first, followed by a comprehensive examination. Students also start to research and prepare for their dissertation, although this may be early on or in the second part of their program.
A PhD in Health Administration, or DHA degree, is a practice degree in the field of health care management. In contrast to the PhD in Healthcare Administration, the DHA degree focuses on the application of the available evidence to executive decisions in the field of health care.
DHA programs often cover advanced business strategies needed to manage healthcare delivery demands. For this reason, they may be called 'applied research' or professional doctorate degrees.
Whereas a PhD graduate may pursue academia and hope to publish their research, Doctor of Health Administration graduates may pursue administrative leadership careers.
Students who apply into a DHA degree program may have earned a Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) degree, or hold a masters degree in a discipline other than healthcare administration.
DHA Degree - Course of Study
MHA graduates may be required to complete about 76 credits. These are usually allocated to core topics, research methods, an area of emphasis, and capstone project. While course names vary, some general topics may draw from the list below.
The Doctor of Business Administration - DBA in Healthcare Management is a professional doctorate degree in business administration. As a contrast to the DHA, the DBA degree is formed around core business courses, similar to the MBA.
Candidates who choose the Healthcare Management major may develop practical skills to prepare for the business side of healthcare. For example, DBA students may take courses in risk analysis, quality improvement, budget control, health care law, and human resources.
Like the DBA, the Doctor of Management is a postgraduate degree where students can choose the Healthcare Management major. Often designed for those who wish to pursue administrative leadership positions, the DM provides in-depth courses in management theory. There is also usually a fair amount of qualitative research, and courses may dive into economics, finance, and economics.
Like the PhD in Healthcare Administration, a dissertation is required. However, the focus may be on the scholar-practitioner model and the application of research to current issues like health policy.
A Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)degree is a postgraduate degree designed for the student who already has an MPH or equivalent degree and who intends to pursue a leadership position as a public health professional.
Areas that may be highlighted in DrPH programs include Biostatistics, Leadership, Environmental Health, and Health Promotion/Disease Prevention.
The Doctor of Education (EdD) in Executive Leadership is a degree that is built around core education courses. While these may help students fine tune their instructional skills or build curricula, elective courses highlight operational leadership in healthcare.
Often designed for practitioners, educators, and managers, graduate may either want to pursue or boost their careers in healthcare education, administration, or leadership. As a result, courses may revolve around strategy, how to develop and manage an effective team, or balance the economics of a decision with how it is timed.
Whether you prefer research or practice, the demand for medical and health services managers is on the rise; the BLS forecasts a 17 percent jump in employment from 2014 to 2024.iii
While salaries vary, those who were employed in general medical and surgical hospitals earned a median annual salary of $117,630 (May 2015).iv Whereas the projected employment growth for Chief Executives is 6 percent from 2014 to 2024, the median annual salary was higher, at $175,110(May 2015).v
Graduates of PhD Healthcare Administration programs might pursue careers such as the ones listed below.
Entry level education requirements vary. Those with a bachelors or masters degree may qualify. However a Doctorate in Healthcare Administration program may provide a strong foundational base of knowledge and could help set your resume apart.
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It is possible to earn a Doctorate in Healthcare Administration at a regionally accredited university.
In addition, some universities may be members of the ACHE. The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of 40,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems, and other healthcare organizations.viii
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By now, you are all aware of the economic challenges that we are facing here at MTSU. As President, I am committed to working with the University community in approaching this challenge as an opportunity to position us for continued success and forward progress. During two recent campus-wide forums, I introduced an initiative designed to help us address the budgetary issues that are impacting the University. This initiative, which began in the spring of 2008, will require the participation and support of the entire MTSU community.
As indicated, I have convened a steering committee to coordinate the overall activities of this initiative and to provide direction to the working groups that will provide me with recommendations that will help address the critical issues that have resulted from the significant reductions in our budget. This web site has been created as a means of keeping you informed of the progress that we are making and to ensure a continuous process of open, honest and on-going dialogue with members of the MTSU community.
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As state appropriation continues to decline, the university must put greater focus on generating financial resources to help support the mission of the university. Make recommendations and suggestions regarding generating new revenue and enhancements. In addition, recommendations for increasing extramural funding to support research services, scholarship/creative activities and outreach activities would be welcomed. Emphasis should be placed on interdisciplinary initiatives.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Injured South Carolina All-American Jadeveon Clowney made it clear Tuesday that he plans to play a lot more college football before moving on to the NFL.
The 6-foot-6, 274-pound defensive end said Tuesday that he's receiving treatment several times a day on the strained muscle near his rib cage so he might return in time to face Arkansas on Saturday.
"Am I fully committed? Always," Clowney said. "I could've sat out. I'm not looking to sit out. I'm not that type of guy. I'm here for the team."
He wasn't there for them Saturday, raising questioning about his commitment to the 14th-ranked Gamecocks.
Clowney said before Saturday's game against Kentucky that he couldn't go, saying he was in too much pain to play. The Gamecocks beat Kentucky 35-28 without him.
A noticeably upset Spurrier said after the game if Clowney didn't want to play he didn't have to, and the program would move on. The coach mellowed his tone some Sunday, saying he was frustrated that proper injury protocol - Clowney telling trainers or medical staff and that information being forwarded to the coaches - was not followed.
"Obviously, we all handled it poorly. All of us did," Spurrier said earlier Tuesday.
Spurrier went on to defend his reigning Southeastern Conference defensive player of the year, reminding Clowney's critics that even he never plays again for South Carolina how valuable he has been to the program's recent rise.
"Let me say this about Jadeveon, if he never plays another snap, we all should be thankful and appreciative that he came to South Carolina," Spurrier said. "We've won 26 games, two 11-2 years, the greatest seasons we've had in 120 years.
"So none of us need to be upset at Jadeveon. None of us."
Clowney assured fans he hadn't played his final game at South Carolina (4-1, 2-1 SEC).
"When I get back healthy, I'm going to play and do my job and take care of business on the field," he said.
It's still uncertain when that will happen. Clowney said he felt the pain in his chest early last week and trainers brushed it off as the typical bumps and bruises that come with football.
Clowney said things grew worse last Wednesday and he missed the following day's practice to get ready for Kentucky. He knew on Saturday, though, he couldn't make fast cuts or run without pain and opted to sit out.
He said he wasn't upset about Spurrier's angry postgame comments.
"He's really competitive," Clowney said. "He was just saying stuff. It's all right."
If Clowney can't play against the Razorbacks (3-3, 0-2), he said he'll be on the sidelines cheering his teammates.
Arkansas coach Bret Bielema hopes Clowney's ready to go.
"As is the case any time that you're in this type of situation, I'm sure he's going to play, Bielema said. "I think it's competitive nature. It's kind of like when we were getting ready to play A&M. At the beginning of this season, people were taking about him (Manziel) being suspended or not."
Still, it has not been the season expected out of the SEC's reigning defensive player of the year.
Clowney has just two sacks and 12 tackles. After setting a school mark of 23 1/2 tackles for loss last season, Clowney's got just three stops behind the line of scrimmage this year.
He was one of the most talked about player in college football after finishing last season with his helmet-popping hit on Michigan's Vincent Smith in the Outback Bowl.
Some analysts projected that Clowney would have been the top pick in last year's NFL draft as a sophomore, prompting talk he should sit out this year instead of risking on field injury. Clowney eventually purchased $5 million worth of NCAA-allowed insurance.
Clowney spent a summer in the spotlight. "The Hit" won the ESPY Award for best play while Clowney met with LeBron James and other celebrities.
Feeling the demands and attention were getting out of control, Spurrier cut off access to Clowney once fall camp began. Five games into the season, the distractions have continued to surface but Gamecocks quarterback Connor Shaw said the latest situation has not created a problem in the locker room.
"All I know is Clowney's helped us win a lot of games," Shaw said. "It's more of a big deal to everyone else instead of us."
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Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger at the 27th session of the World Heritage Committee simultaneously with its inscription on the World Heritage List. When the property was nominated before the conflict, a large dam project threatened the site, which would have been partially flooded by a reservoir. While the dam project has been suspended by the current administration, the Committee considered that its possible future construction, as well as the present lack of adequate protection, justified the inscription of the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
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Patrice Luscan, Coface, becomes the 41st President of ICISA
At the Annual General Meeting of ICISA (International Credit Insurance and Surety Association), marking its 90th anniversary, the membership elected Patrice Luscan, Marketing and Innovation Director of the Coface Group, as President of ICISA. Patrice Luscan has been a member of the ICISA management committee since 2015. With the ongoing support of Robert Nijhout, Executive Director, a partly renewed Management Committee and the Secretariat, Patrice will persevere in the efforts to represent the members' interests, to create industry positions on legal and regulatory developments and to initiate networking opportunities.
"The appetite for trade credit insurance and surety moves upward in line with the unsecure economic environment. We expect further exposure and premium growth in the coming year, thanks to higher risks awareness within businesses. ICISA partly renewed team will continue to support its members, which account for over 95% of the world's private credit insurance market, and to facilitate together trade and economic development worldwide", commented Patrice Luscan.
Patrice Luscan, 45, MBA Finance & Marketing from Reims Management School, has spent most of his career to date within the credit insurance industry, after some field experience within small businesses. Patrice joined Coface in early 2012 as Group Deputy Organisation Director, before being appointed to head the Group's Marketing Department in late 2012.


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A Talk With Terry McCarl [VIDEO]
Terry McCarl is one of the true veterans in sprint car racing. He has wrote many a page in track record books.
He has, in a multitude of ways, touched tens of thousands of race fans. He has done something on the track countless times that made the entire grand stand of spectators come to their feet.
You have to ask yourself, how many drivers have done this thru out their career? The ones that have are the ones that made you reach for your wallet to buy tickets over the years.
I caught up with such a character once again and had a talk with him. This character I'm referring to is my friend Terry. And like I've been known to do, I fired up my little video camera.
Terry talks about the mood saying, 'This year everybody seemed to be more upbeat.'
He also talks about his sons saying, 'I kicked the boys out of the nest.'
After this interview, Terry would go on for a very successful night of racing. He set the quick time and won the race. I published the entire story on Monday.


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Tagliani returns to Barracuda Racing for 2013
IndyCar News/Releases, IndyCar team PR — By More Front Wing Staff on January 24, 2013 7:06 am[Source: Barracuda Racing press release]
Indianapolis, IN – January 24, 2013 – Barracuda Racing is proud to announce that Alex Tagliani will return to the team as driver of the No. 98 entry.
A veteran of the IZOD IndyCar Series, Tagliani has a proven track record of speed and focus. A pole position at Texas and leading laps in five of the fifteen scheduled races were highlights of Tagliani's 2012 season. In addition, the French Canadian driver also qualified in the Firestone Fast Six in all but two races after the team's engine manufacturer change at Indianapolis.
"The 2012 season was strong for us, despite the challenges we faced, and the results don't reflect all our successes," said Tagliani. "In our second season together at Barracuda Racing, we can only climb upward as a team."
"I really think that with Todd engineering, and the experience that Bryan [Herta] and Steve [Newey] bring to the table, our car will be even more competitive. It will be great to show that we are a factor, that we are moving up in the field."
The 2013 IndyCar season will feature plenty of opportunities for Barracuda Racing to achieve success in the team's Honda-powered, Dallara DW12. Tagliani has already been mentioned as a favorite for the return of the Triple Crown trophy and oval championship. In addition, his sights will be set on a third consecutive pole at Texas Motor Speedway and his life-long goal of winning the Indianapolis 500.
Team owner Bryan Herta feels confident in the goals his team has set.
"The combination of Alex and all the BHA crew and engineering group really worked well last year, and we all agreed that having Alex return would give us our best chance to win races and compete on every type of track the Indycar schedule throws at us," commented Herta. "The expectations are higher this year for Alex, our partners, and ourselves. It is great to see all the pieces coming together, everyone on the Barracuda Racing program are excited about this season."
Not only is Tagliani returning with Barracuda Racing, the team takes pride in the return of their entire No. 98 crew for a second year. To lead engineer Todd Malloy, this component is an integral part of a smooth transition from last season.
"Chemistry is perhaps the most over-used and under-defined word in sport, but it is real, and Alex is at the center of the chemistry that makes this team work as well as it does," said Malloy. "I'm thrilled that we have re-signed Alex for 2013."
"Last year was truly a formative year for Barracuda Racing. It was our first full season in IndyCar and it really didn't start in earnest until we re-joined the Honda family in time for the Indy 500. From that point forward, everyone could see Alex's true talents. That's the part of it seen by the general public. What they don't see is everything off track, and in that regard Alex is as dedicated as they come. He really, truly is imbedded in this team. He spends a lot of time with all the crew at the shop and is very meticulous about all the details involved with getting the car and the team's performance up to championship-winning caliber. So we can't wait to start racing in 2013."
With an exciting season ahead of him, Tagliani heads to Napa, California, today for some fun at the official Barracuda Worldwide Partner Kickoff. Then two months from today, on March 24, 2013, the IZOD IndyCar Series season kicks off on the streets of St. Petersburg, FL.
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Peeking at Coral Reefs from Space
News story originally written on June 4, 2003
Take a look at this picture! The light blue parts are coral reefs just under the surface of the Red Sea. The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) took the picture on May 20, 2003 as they looked down at the Earth below them.
Some researchers dive into the water and study reefs up-close, while other researchers want to see the big picture. Looking at reefs from the ISS or Earth-observing satellites lets scientists figure out whether reefs around the world are healthy. They can see how much of the reef has living coral on it and how much of the coral has become sick and died.
In fact, the worlds coral reefs are in trouble. Threatened by pollution, warming sea temperatures, and coral diseases, the number of coral reefs is declining worldwide. Thanks to satellites and the ISS we are able to keep track of reef health by looking from above.
The bright spot in the lower right side of this picture is the reflection of the Sun overhead. Astronauts call the reflection sunglint. It makes it difficult to see all the reefs, but it is interesting to scientists who study how water flows around reefs. The sunglint forms a meandering pattern as waves and currents move oils around the sea surface. Some of the oily film at the surface is natural, produced by animals in the sea, but much of it is from oil and gas that is left behind by cargo ships.


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I measured the best I could based off the instructions that were provided. I even noted the specific make and model of my vehicle hoping if I was slightly off, they would have this information and be able to provide me the exact measurements. Unfortunately, they're useless decals now because of the fit.
We told you that we didn't have every vehicle ever made in our library and made the decals exactly to the size you measured. We would be happy to remake them to the correct size, but you would still have to provide the measurments. Below was your note on your order.
'Not sure if you have vehicle emblem sizes on record. I have a 2015 escape. I measured carefully per the guide with only measuring the blue. Hopefully this is accurate'
Amazon messed up my order so I called ROE and without question my order was corrected and the wraps were sent the next day. Easy to install and they look great. I will only purchase wraps and decals from ROE.


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Here are some reasons to get people to shift from cars to transit:
Sunday, February 10, 2008
The Land Use-Transportation Cycle
Basically, government priorities are a primary determinant in the relative quality of transportation modes, and in land use. These in turn influence the relative quality of life in neighborhoods oriented towards transit, driving, walking or cycling. The relative quality of modes and life in general both influence transportation choice. In turn, transportation choice influences government priorities.
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- Pantograph Trolleypole said...
Hey Cap'n. Try this one :)
The green didn't come out right, but here is a drawing I created using your cycle.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theoverheadwire/2256666727/ - February 11, 2008 at 2:00 AM
- Cap'n Transit said...
That's a big improvement, Pan! Just the symmetry makes it easier on the eyes.
I think my choice of terminology obscured a central point: it's about the government prioritization of rail/buses/walking/cycling vs. cars, land use oriented towards rail/buses/walking/cycling vs. cars, relative quality of infrastructure for rail/buses/walking/cycling vs. cars, and individual choices of rail/buses/walking/cycling vs. cars. You can add "ferries" to the transit/human-powered combo if you like, as long as it's not half-assed ferry service.
So I think the icons would be better if they reflected that, especially the "relative quality" and the "transportation choices." Maybe for "transportation choices," a set of scales with a train on one side and an SUV on the other? - February 11, 2008 at 2:34 PM
- Pantograph Trolleypole said...
I'll see what I can do when I get home tonight
- February 11, 2008 at 2:39 PM
- Cap'n Transit said...
I also was intrigued by your choice of icon for "Relative quality of life in neighborhoods." When I chose that term, I was thinking of Donald Appleyard's work and the Transportation Alternatives study, Traffic's Human Toll:
"Traffic's Human Toll finds that New Yorkers living on streets with high volumes of traffic spend less time outside and are more likely to restrict their children's outdoor play compared to people who live on 'medium' and 'low' traffic streets. The study also finds that compared to residents on low traffic streets, residents on high traffic streets are twice as likely to be disrupted by traffic while they are walking, talking, eating, playing with kids and sleeping.
"Further, the study finds that New Yorkers on high traffic streets harbor more negative perceptions of their block, are more frequently disturbed during sleep, meals, and conversations, and, in two of the four study areas, possess significantly fewer relationships with their neighbors compared to residents on low and medium traffic streets."
There's a plant-matter component to it, but it's primarily about noise and social life. In fact, one of the major anti-density, anti-urban arguments from "the left" (including my own mother) is that urban living disconnects people from nature.
Of course, denser environments for day-to-day living mean that there's much more nature available for getaways. - February 11, 2008 at 2:48 PM
- Cap'n Transit said...
Looking forward to the next version!
- February 11, 2008 at 2:50 PM
- Pantograph Trolleypole said...
Ok, lets try again!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theoverheadwire/2260215488/sizes/m/ - February 12, 2008 at 3:24 AM
- Cap'n Transit said...
Okay, that definitely captures more of the ideas behind my original diagram. What do you think about the other diagrams? Can you envision a way to represent all the aspects on a single diagram?
- February 12, 2008 at 10:40 PM
- Pantograph Trolleypole said...
Hmm. I think I might be running out of icon ideas. haha. What do you think some of them might look like?
- February 13, 2008 at 1:47 AM


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Producing a simple x-y plot, or scatter plot, is easy in R. Use help(plot) to get a description of options available.
DisSev <- c(0,12,67,34,23,28)RelYield <- c(100,103,79,89,85,97)plot(x=DisSev, y=RelYield, xlab='Disease Severity (%)', ylab='Relative Yield (%)')
To draw a line through the points, from the smallest value of DisSev to the largest value of DisSev, the necessary ordering of the values can be determined using the order command and then DisSev and RelYield can be indexed by these ordered values. The first command lines provide an introduction to order and the related command rank.
# Set up a simple example vector
ex8 <- c(103,101,102)
# The order command give the order in which entries# must be drawn to put them in order from smallest to largest
# First the 2nd entry must be drawn, then the 3rd, then the 1st.# In contrast, the rank command gives the rank of the entries# from smallest to largest.
# The first entry comes 3rd, the next entry comes first, and# the next entry comes second.
# Now use the order command and plot the DisSev data.
DisSevOrd <- order(DisSev)plot(DisSev[DisSevOrd],RelYield[DisSevOrd], type='l')
Suppose you would like to use color in your plots to make them easier to read or more attractive. Colors are easily added to plots using the col='color name' statement in the plot() command.
col='color name'
plot(DisSev, RelYield, xlab='Disease Severity', ylab='Relative Yield (%)', col='orange', pch=15,)
To find a list of all colors available for use in R graphics type colors(). Likewise, calling different numbers for pch in the plot command produces different shapes for the plotting points.
To add subscripts to your x or y labels enclose the text in [] brackets, for example H[2]O. To superscript text use a tilde, ~, before the text and use the ^ before the part of the text to be raised, for example ~ cm^3.
~ cm^3
plot(x=DisSev, y=RelYield, xlab = quote(Size [subscript]), ylab = quote(Volume ~ cm^3), col='purple', pch=17)
Sometimes it's useful to specify the range for values represented in a graph rather than just using the default ranges produced by R. You can control the range of values on the x (horizontal) and y (vertical) axes using xlim and ylim.
plot(DisSev, RelYield, xlab='Disease Severity (%)', ylab='Relative Yield (%)', xlim=c(0,100), ylim=c(0,100))
Variations on the plot() function are called when it is applied to different types of objects. For example, when plot() is applied to categorical data, a boxplot is produced. When applied to the output from the linear regression function lm, plot() produces a set of four regression diagnostic plots.
R has interactive features, too. To see the ID for three points, try clicking on three points on the graph after entering the following:
identify(DisSev, RelYield, n=3)
To get the (x,y) coordinates for any four locations on the graph, try clicking any four places on the graph after entering locator(4). The coordinates will appear after all the locations have been clicked on.
You can also plot a particular function instead of just a set of variables.
curve(x^2, from=0, to=10, xlab='Time', ylab='Population size')
curve(exp(x), from=0, to=10, xlab='Time', ylab='Population size')
More examples of graphing capabilities in R are available on the web, http://addictedtor.free.fr/graphiques/, and detailed instructions and illustrations are available in Murrell (2005).
Other Plant Health Instructor documents give examples of more complicated plots: Modeling Plant Disease Progress Over Time, Modeling Dispersal Gradients, Introduction to Spatial Analysis, Disease Forecasting and Validation for Plant Pathology.
Graphs can be saved in a PDF file (or a range of other formats) for later use and addition to documents. For example, the following command would save graphics output to the PDF file as named.
Then, when output to that file is completed, the following command will turn off the 'device' that was moving output to the named file.
Using the interactive R windows, the simplest way to save a graph may be to right click on the graphics window and select the format for saving the graph from the menu. This operation depends on your operating system. Options may vary.
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Google buys music streaming service Songza
Google Inc has acquired streaming music service Songza, the Internet search company's latest move to play a bigger role in the fast-growing online music business.
Google Inc has acquired streaming music service Songza, the Internet search company's latest move to play a bigger role in the fast-growing online music business.
Google said on Tuesday it would explore ways to incorporate aspects of Songza into its existing streaming music service over the coming months. For now the four-year-old Songza service, which creates 'expert-curated' music playlists intended to match users' activities and tastes, will remain unchanged for existing users.
Google did not provide financial terms of the deal, though a report in the New York Post earlier this month citing unnamed sources said Google had offered to buy the company for $15 million.
The deal comes one month after Apple Inc acquired Beats for $3 billion. Apple's purchase of Beats, which also touted its expertise curating music playlists, was viewed as an effort to jump-start Apple's position in the fastest-growing segment of the music market.
Sales of digital music downloads have declined in recent months, while streaming services such as Pandora Media Inc (P.N) and Spotify have become increasingly popular with consumers.
Google launched a $9.99-per-month Play All Access subscription music service in 2013, and the company said last month its YouTube video website was preparing to launch a paid streaming service.
Google would not say how many employees Songza had but it said the company would continue to work from its base in New York.
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Article and audio introduction by Samantha Kennedy, Family and Consumer Sciences
Back in June, I wrote about a variety of tips that can help consumers stay safe online. This month, I want to revisit that topic again, with a closer look more specifically at online shopping. With the ease, convenience, and popularity of internet shopping, it is especially important to take certain precautions before filling that online shopping cart.
Shopping online is a wonderful thing. Or can be, at least, if done correctly. Any time day or night, from the comfort of home, products can be browsed, prices can be compared, and items can be ordered from nearly anywhere in the world.
However, with convenience often comes pitfalls. Not all online shopping sites are created equal. By understanding the sources of potential danger and following a few simple precautions, consumers can help ensure their online shopping experience is safe.
Keep These Online Shopping Tips in Mind
Never shop from sellers that seem untrustworthy. If a shopping site looks unprofessional, contains typos, or lacks the seller's contact information, do not use it. Check the site for testimonials from other customers. Contact the Better Business Bureau to see a company's rating.
It may sound counterintuitive, but credit cards are the best way to pay for things online. There are laws that minimize a consumer's liability for fraudulent credit card charges. However, the same level of protection may not exist for debit card charges, which can really put consumers in a financial bind, since these cards are linked directly to bank accounts.
Using online payment gateways such as PayPal or Apple Pay, when available, are also a great way to protect personal financial information. Linking a low-limit credit card to these accounts instead of a debit card is still a smart thing to do, however.
Before purchasing anything from any online vendor – especially one that has never been used before – take a few minutes to make sure it is a safe place to shop. In the upper left-hand corner of the website, look for the "https" preceding the web address. The "s" means it is a secure website. Also, look for the padlock icon next to web address. If the padlock is closed, it is safe to continue.
Research the site's privacy policies, as well as any terms and conditions, and return or refund policies. It is important to know just how the site intends to store and use personal financial information. (This goes for phone-based shopping apps as well.) Also, if it is not easy to get a refund or return an item, avoid using that shopping site.
Protect Yourself
Online attackers seek to steal from consumers by trying to trick them into thinking a website or email is from a legitimate source. Beware of emails from sellers that request purchase confirmation in the form of personal information of any kind. Legitimate vendors will never ask for this type of information over email. Never click on a link embedded in an email, especially emails from unknown vendors, and never share sensitive personal or financial information over email.
RESOURCE: Find more great tips for shopping safely online from the Federal Trade Commission.
Installing software to protect against malicious code and viruses is another positive step towards avoiding becoming a victim of a cyber attack. Unprotected computers are easily hacked and invaded, allowing cybercriminals to steal any data stored on the hard drive.
Online shopping is a great way to purchase products that may not be available locally as well as to get them at the best possible price. The ability to purchase items online is one of the greatest achievements of the internet and is a huge part of today's consumer market. However, as with anything, there are potential pitfalls. By knowing what to look for and following a few easy precautions, online shopping can be fun and safe.
For more information about online shopping or other online safety tips, please call Samantha Kennedy, Family and Consumer Sciences agent with the Wakulla County Extension office, at (850) 926-3931.
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The nice thing about Blip is that it's completely open and insanely extensible. It tries very hard to find things like documents and translations wherever it can, but sometimes your content just doesn't look like what it knows about.
But that's OK. You can easily add plugins to find and display more information. In fact, everything you see in Blip—every bit of data collected and every page generated—comes from a plugin. Some of them are in the core blip package. Others are provided by the blip-gnome package, which has plugins to scan modules that look like typical Gnome modules.
If you want to deploy Blip for your project, you can create a package full of plugins to deal with the kind of data you actually care about. To show how easy this is, I'll walk through a plugin I just added for the Evolution Quick Reference Card. This is a PDF document generated from a TeX file that lists common keyboard shortcuts. Obviously, this won't be picked up by the plugins that handle DocBook, Mallard, and gtk-doc documents.
First, look at the report on the Evolution Quick Reference Card on Blip. Notice that Blip knows the title of the document, when it was modified, and what translations exist.
All of this comes from the evolutionquickref Blip plugin. This is less than 100 actual lines of code. Let's break it down.
class QuickRefScanner (blip.plugins.modules.sweep.ModuleFileScanner):
In Blip, you create plugins by subclassing known extension points. In this case, there's a module scanner (which is itself just a plugin). The module scanner reads the SCM history for a module, then walks the tree of files calling each file scanner.
A file scanner contains two methods. The process_file
method is called for every file in the module. It's expected to decide for itself whether it's interested in the file. After all the files have been walked, the post_process
method is called on each file scanner. Sometimes you need to find everything before you can fully process stuff.
def process_file (self, dirname, basename): branch = self.scanner.branch is_quickref = False if branch.scm_server == 'git://git.gnome.org/' and branch.scm_module == 'evolution': if basename == 'Makefile.am': if os.path.join (self.scanner.repository.directory, 'help/quickref') == dirname: is_quickref = True if not is_quickref: return
Here we're just determining whether we care about the file. Unlike most scanners, we hardcode the SCM server and module to restrict it to Evolution. We then only look at help/quickref/Makefile.am
. Why that file? Because we're going to parse it for language information.
with blip.db.Timestamp.stamped (filename, self.scanner.repository) as stamp: try: stamp.check (self.scanner.request.get_tool_option ('timestamps')) except: data = {'parent' : branch} scm_dir, scm_file = os.path.split (rel_ch) data['scm_dir'] = os.path.join (scm_dir, 'C') doc = blip.db.Branch.select_one (type=u'Document', **data) if doc is not None: self.scanner.add_child (doc) self.document = doc raise
Blip aggressively timestamps to avoid needless reprocessing. Trust me, in a production environment, you do not want it reprocessing every file from 100+ modules all the time.
Blip provides a convenient timestamp-checking class you can use with Python's awesome with
statement. When you call stamp.check
, it checks the mtime of the file against what's recorded in the database. If the file is newer, or if the database has no timestamp, it just returns and lets your code execute. Otherwise, it throws an exception that's caught by the with
block. If the entire block finishes without exception, a timestamp is added to the database automatically.
(By the way, Blip uses introspection to automatically attach a source function to each timestamp. So this timestamp won't interfere with timestamps on the same file from another plugin.)
Sometimes you still want to do things when you're skipping a timestamped file. In this case, we try to find a matching document in the database and add it to the module scanner. Why do we do this? The module scanner deletes child objects (documents, applications, translation domains, etc) from the database unless it's told about them on each processing run. This is how we prevent stale information from lingering around in Blip. But that means we need to let the module scanner know about the document, even if we're not going to process it.
makefile = blip.parsers.get_parsed_file (blip.parsers.automake.Automake, self.scanner.branch, filename)
Blip has some built-in parsers for the kinds of files it usually encounters. This one tries to extract some basic information from Makefile.am
files. It can't do everything; after all, an automake file is a template for a shell script. But it does a good job with most data.
ident = u'/'.join(['/doc', bserver, bmodule, 'quickref', bbranch]) document = blip.db.Branch.get_or_create (ident, u'Document') document.parent = branch for key in ('scm_type', 'scm_server', 'scm_module', 'scm_branch', 'scm_path'): setattr (document, key, getattr (branch, key)) document.subtype = u'evolutionquickref' document.scm_dir = blip.utils.relative_path (os.path.join (dirname, u'C'), self.scanner.repository.directory) document.scm_file = u'quickref.tex' self.scanner.add_child (document) self.document = document
We first create an ident. This is how just about everything is identified in Blip. In many cases, idents match the path of the URL you use to access objects. We use some information from the ident of the parent module. We then get or create an object in the database. If it's not there already, Blip just makes it for us, and handles some extra administrative work.
After setting some information, we add the document to the module scanner. This is the same thing we did in the except
clause above. We have to add it, or it will be deleted.
translations = [] for lang in makefile['SUBDIRS'].split(): if lang == 'C': continue lident = u'/l10n/' + lang + document.ident translation = blip.db.Branch.get_or_create (lident, u'Translation') translations.append (translation) for key in ('scm_type', 'scm_server', 'scm_module', 'scm_branch', 'scm_path'): setattr (translation, key, getattr (document, key)) translation.scm_dir = blip.utils.relative_path (os.path.join (dirname, lang), self.scanner.repository.directory) translation.scm_file = u'quickref.tex' translation.parent = document document.set_children (u'Translation', translations)
We now find translations by looking at built subdirectories (except C, because that's the source). We go through the same business of creating idents and getting or creating database objects.
Then we call set_children
on the document. Remember that business of having to add children to the module scanner to keep them from being deleted? This is exactly what the module scanner calls on the module, using the objects that get added to it. This one line prevents us from having stale translations in the database if they're removed from the module.
We'll handle everything else in post_process
regexp = re.compile ('\\s*\\\\textbf{\\\\Huge{(.*)}}') filename = os.path.join (self.scanner.repository.directory, self.document.scm_dir, self.document.scm_file) with blip.db.Timestamp.stamped (filename, self.scanner.repository) as stamp: stamp.check (self.scanner.request.get_tool_option ('timestamps')) stamp.log () for line in open(filename): match = regexp.match (line) if match: self.document.name = blip.utils.utf8dec (match.group(1)) break
Here we process the quickref.tex
file. (That's what we set scm_file
to above.) Again, we do this behind a timestamp so we don't read a file if it hasn't changed. We just loop over the lines in the file looking for one that matches our regexp, and use that to extract the title of the reference card. This is a one-off plugin, so we could have just hardcoded the title. But what's the fun in that?
rev = blip.db.Revision.get_last_revision (branch=self.document.parent, files=[os.path.join (self.document.scm_dir, self.document.scm_file)]) if rev is not None: self.document.mod_datetime = rev.datetime self.document.mod_person = rev.person self.document.updated = datetime.datetime.utcnow ()
Now we look up the most recent git revision to have touched quickref.tex
and record that information. "But Shaun," you say, "that information is already in the database. Normalize!" I'm not dogmatic about normalization. I put a lot of effort into fast page load times (and there's still work to be done on some pages). This helps a lot.
We also set the updated
field. This just says when Blip last looked at this particular thing. After that (code not reproduced here), we loop over the translations and do the same thing for them.
That's it. A simple but non-trivial Blip plugin in about 100 lines of code. If you're feeling adventurous, you could try to compute completion statistics for the translations. They're not using PO files, but the TeX files are predictable and parseable, so you could put some sort of statistics together.
What kind of data do you have in your modules? As long as it's parseable, it's as simple is this to tell Blip about it. Try it yourself. And get in touch; I'm happy to help people build on Blip.


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- Date
- 1994
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- sunlight on wood
- Dimensions
- 62.2 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 2002
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 208.2002
- Copyright
- © Roger Ackling
- Artist information
Roger Ackling
Works in the collection
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Since the 1970s British artist Roger Ackling has created distinctive meditations on landscape from used cardboard or wood discarded on the shores of beaches, river banks or on the outskirts of towns. Nails, screws and hinges reveal there was once a purpose to these bits and pieces, but their function has been abstracted by exposure to the environment and later by Ackling's involvement. He draws on the surface of the wood, typically at the place where it was found, in blocks of even, parallel lines similar to corduroy. Using the heat of the sun's rays amplified through a small hand-held magnifying glass he carefully burns the lines. Drawing from left to right with the sun over his shoulder, he works tangentially with elements from the world around him – driftwood, light and fire – to trace a record of the time it took to create each work.
Each interaction of sunlight and wood is unique, the scorched patterns of lines drawn in response to the timber's inherent qualities, blemishes and shape. Intuitively engaging with his materials, Ackling's engraving channels a life source into the objects, as if to infuse them with a renewed dynamism. Ackling has said: 'it is light passing through space which enlivens these objects'.1 Like British artists Hamish Fulton and Richard Long, whose art developed from their long walks to remote areas around the world in the late 1960s, Ackling uses conceptual repetition in a way that paradoxically imparts individualism; from single tall strips of wood to square assemblages and long cylinders, the specificity of each piece is intensified by the act of marking.
For Ackling the process of drawing with the sun at a particular location, during a specific day and season is as important as the final appearance of the object. Evidently the work is produced outdoors and in response to the position of the sun, its heat and intensity. Conceptually, it fuses materiality and immateriality; physical existence with the ethereal heat of the sun. Each piece is intrinsically of the place from which it came or where it was drawn, which frequently includes the beaches of Norfolk and Weybourne in England and of other countries such as Japan. In this way Ackling's works chart a poetic and transmuting experience of landscape, acting as a conduit for our phenomeno-logical engagement with this world.
1. In Bill Gregory, 'Roger Ackling: sun lines', Annandale Galleries, Sydney 2001
© Art Gallery of New South Wales Contemporary Collection Handbook, 2006
Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Kurt Schwitters acquisition and related works from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 Nov 2004–17 Apr 2005
Referenced in 1 publication
Natasha Bullock, Contemporary: Art Gallery of New South Wales Contemporary Collection, 'Landscape, mapping, nature', pg.290-331, Sydney, 2006, 296, 297 (colour illus.).