The Ancient Writing System in Our Lands Decoded According to the Method of Guide
The Institute of Transcendent Science, the Department of Thracology, presented new discoveries about the ancient Thracian writing system in our lands. A conference titled “The Ancient Writing System in Our Lands Decoded according to the Method of Guide” was jointly organized with the Vratsa Regional History Museum to mark May 24 – the Day of Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture. The mayors of Vratsa, Mezdra, Gradeshnitsa and Krivodol – Nikolay Ivanov, Eng. Genadi Sabkov, Magdalin Salkov and Petar Danchev – were among the guests of the forum, along with public figures, cultural activists and scientists. The new book by Acad. Tsvetan Gaidarski of “The Thracian Script Decoded” series was also presented at the conference.
The research by the Department of Thracology at the Institute of T-Science on the Thracian script has been carried out for many years. Much of this research was published in Dr. Stephen Guide’s books and works of the “The Thracian Script Decoded” series (volumes I, II, III and IV, during the time period 2006-2008), edition of the Institute of T-Science, the Department of Thracology. Unfortunately, Dr. Stephen Guide is no longer among us, but he bequeathed to us a huge scientific and cultural legacy. The research method he created can be applied by every scientist in different fields of knowledge, linguistics and technological applications. Disputes among groups of scientists about these revolutionary discoveries continue even until today, but theories suggesting that the Thracians didn’t have a writing system were utterly refuted and notions of the ancient world were changed forever. Readers who are familiar with these publications already know about the discoveries and the “Method of Guide” according to which the Thracian pictographic script from the Neolithic was translated through its later analogue introduced in Ancient Egypt and known as the Egyptian hieroglyphic script from the Old Kingdom.
In any event, the Thracian pictographic script on numerous artifacts from Gradeshnitsa-Karanovo-Tartaria Culture (dated in around 5000 BC) was transcribed and translated by the team of the Institute of T-Science in the way the hieroglyphic script from the Old Kingdom in Egypt was translated, and the results were surprising and unprecedented. Their validity was completely confirmed by the fact that they reflected clear semantical and conceptual content, besides in one and the same language which was obviously spoken in a wide geographical region that included Thrace, Anatolia and Northern Egypt.
BUT . . . the great part of the artifacts from the Neolithic Period contained totally different, not pictographic “cuts” and “scrawls” that were found also in parallel with the pictograms on those Thracian artifacts on which they were recorded but which have not been registered anywhere in the Egyptian hieroglyphic script until now. These “strange signs”, of course, waited to be explained and required additional research by our team at the Institute of T-Science over the years, so that those characteristics of the Thracian writing system which obviously were lacking in Egypt could be explained too.
The new discoveries that followed from this years-long work are also presented in a new book of the “The Thracian Script Decoded – V” series by Acad. Tsvetan Gaidarski. Again, this is a great breakthrough in the methodology of reading the inscriptions on our ancient archaeological


According to Natural History, animal species rarely go out of their way to save one another from risky or dangerous situations. In the animal kingdom, these life-saving interventions have only been observed among dolphins, capuchin monkeys and ants. Recently, however, research biologists Robert L. Pitman and John W. Durban witnessed a remarkable act of interspecies compassion in Arctic waters. On two separate occasions they found humpback whales acting as body guards for seals under killer whale attack. In one instance, a humpback flipped over onto its back, scooped the threatened seal onto its belly and arched its back, lifting the seal high above the water and out of killer whale reach. It's a fascinating read.
Source: Natural History


Late June is the time to add supers to your honeybee hive. This blog takes you through the steps to accomplish this vital part of the honey-production process. You will also read how to create two summer nucs while adding your supers.
Please watch our video to see the hands-on demonstration.
The word super comes from the word ‘superimposed.’ This simply means that we are superimposing a new box above the brood nest. The honey always moves up through the hive, and is typically found overtop the brood nest.
If you followed our advice in our earlier YouTube video, you will have split your hive(s) in the latter part of May. At that time we took six frames of capped brood from the “parent” hive and placed them in the “new” hive with the bees’ entrance facing the opposite way from the other hive. A full day later we added a queen and after another two days we released the queen into the new hive. Now both populations are flourishing, both hive entrances face the same direction, and it is time for the next few steps in the process of summer hive management.
Have all your supplies ready before starting. For each hive you should have three full-depth supers containing 10 frames with starter combs each to harvest your honey. Or, as in the video you can include a hybrid flow auto-extract super with six deep frames for comb honey, and three auto extract frames in the centre.
Here’s the process I use for my hives just east of Edmonton, Alberta. Four days before starting, we inserted excluders between the two boxes of the hive.. We do this to make finding the queen easier, and also to allow the hive to make us two nucs as well as produce honey all in the same season.
In the time since we opened the hive in May, all the bees that came through the winter have died and several new generations of bees have replaced them. So our hive now has a strong population in the region of 50 – 60,000 bees. Using the excluder means that whichever chamber contains eggs will be the chamber where we will find the queen.
When we are finished we will have the queen in the bottom box, and all of the capped brood, larvae and eggs in the second box. We will have taken four frames of capped brood, larvae and eggs and replaced them with empty frames in the bottom chamber for the queen to lay in immediately.
We then put the first honey super on top of the brood chamber, slightly offset to allow access for the bees and some ventilation, and our nuc box will go on top of that.
The double nuc box allows for five frames on each side, separated by a wood wall. The bottom is mesh.
Let’s get started:
Ideally, have your hives “supered up” by Canada Day, and have all the equipment you need well in advance. Hiveworld.ca has it all, with free shipping, same-day if ordered before 5 p.m.!
Summer nucs are an ideal way to increase your apiary, or they can be offered for sale to hiveworld.ca or other beekeepers. If you choose not to make summer nucs, then all you need to do is add your supers and follow the other instructions, ignoring the information about the nucs.
I hope this information is useful to you, and welcome any comments or questions you may have.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis: What You Should Know
Am Fam Physician. 2005 Sep 15;72(6):1049-1050.
See related article on rheumatoid arthritis.
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
Rheumatoid (say: ROO-mah-toyd) arthritis is an autoimmune disease. Usually, your immune system keeps you from getting sick. But if you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system attacks your own body’s cells. Joints between bones usually are attacked first. Later, other parts of the body also may be affected.
Who gets rheumatoid arthritis and why?
About one out of every 100 adults has rheumatoid arthritis. For most people, it begins between 30 and 50 years of age. Women are more likely to get rheumatoid arthritis than men. Smokers are more likely to get rheumatoid arthritis than nonsmokers. No one knows what causes rheumatoid arthritis. Some infections may cause it, and it may run in families.
How can I tell if I have rheumatoid arthritis?
Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis usually start slowly, over weeks or months. If you have rheumatoid arthritis, you may notice different joints hurting, especially your wrists or the base of your fingers. You may have pain in the same joints on both sides of your body.
Your joints might feel warm, but they usually will not look red. They may be harder to move for about 45 minutes after you get up in the morning. Your hands may feel “puffy,” because more blood flows to the sore hand joints.
You might find swollen glands in your underarms, neck, or elbows. Some people also have a mild fever or body aches, or do not want to eat.
Is there a test to be sure I have rheumatoid arthritis?
There is no simple test that shows you have rheumatoid arthritis. Blood tests and x-rays may help your doctor decide.
How is rheumatoid arthritis treated?
Your doctor might give you an anti-inflammatory medicine such as ibuprofen (brand name: Advil) and or naproxen (brand name: Naprosyn or Aleve). These medicines help with pain and swelling. They do not slow the damage to your joints. Your doctor will watch you closely for side effects such as bleeding in your stomach.
If you have only a few sore joints, your doctor may give you a shot of steroids into those joints. When a lot of joints are sore, steroid pills may be used. Steroids can cause side effects such as changes in your blood sugar, acne, lower bone density, and eye problems.
Antirheumatic (say: Anti-ROO-mat-ick) medicines are medicines that can help fight rheumatoid arthritis. If these medicines are started early enough, they can slow the damage to your joints. These medicines start working over days to months. Your doctor may do a blood test to make sure these medicines are safe for you. Some of these medicines should not be taken if you are pregnant because they can hurt the baby. Your doctor may talk to you about birth control before you use any of these medicines.
Other treatments are important, too. Physical therapy and occupational therapy can help. Eating foods that are high in certain fatty acids also might help. These include some types of fish and fish oil capsules, flaxseed and flax oil, walnuts, and green leafy vegetables.
Can rheumatoid arthritis be cured?
Rheumatoid arthritis is a lifelong disease. Sometimes it can go away for a while with treatment. It is important to see your doctor as soon as you have symptoms.
What other problems might I have?
Rheumatoid arthritis can cause many other health problems. Your hands may become bent or twisted. You may find lumps in the backs of your arms or other areas. Lung and heart problems also can happen. Talk to your doctor about any new symptoms you notice.
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Percentage of the population served by municipal waste services
Waste collection is a basic public service performed for everyone in OECD countries. Everyone? Well, a closer look reveals that this is not the case for a significant number of people. If these developed countries can’t collect all their waste, imagine the situation in many developing countries, where resources are much scarcer and access is sometimes problematic. This graphic presents the situation in selected OECD countries, highlighting a numb...
17 May 2005 - by Philippe Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Waste collection in Curitiba
In the 1980s severe hygienic problems plagued parts of
Curitiba where housing development was uncontrolled. The
winding streets were too narrow for council trucks and waste
rotting in the open caused disease. In 1989 the council decided to act. It sent environmental education teams into affected areas where they joined forces with neighbourhood
associations to organise waste collection by local people.
15 Dec 2006 - by Cécile Marin


May 20, 2009
ESA Names First British-Born Astronaut
The European Space Agency on Wednesday announced the acceptance of its first British astronaut.
Timothy Peake, 37, was named alongside a roster of five new astronauts during a ceremony in Paris. The astronauts will begin training for missions to the International Space Station "and beyond", said the ESA."We are at a turning point in ESA's human spaceflight activities," ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain said.
"We are now entering a new phase of utilization of the unique capabilities offered by the ISS and preparation for international exploration of the Moon and beyond," he said.
The six new astronauts were chosen from a list of 8,413 candidates throughout Europe. They include Samantha Cristoforetti, of Italy, Alexander Gerst of Germany, Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, Luca Parmitano of Italy and Thomas Pesquet of France. Recruits range in range from 31 to 37 years old.
They are the first to join the European Astronaut Corps since 1992.
"This new phase required the recruitment of young talent able to draw on the experience gained by the existing astronauts, able to become, step by step, the representatives of Europe in space who, together with their international colleagues, will live, work, explore and bring back to planet Earth and its citizens their unique experience, their accomplishments and their confidence in the future. They all represent the generation that will move from low earth orbit to the Moon," said Dordain.
"If the Space Station is extended to 2020, we have in front of us seven guaranteed flights," he said.
However, they will have to wait at least 3.5 years before they can go into space.
According to BBC News: "Successive British governments have considered human spaceflight an expensive distraction, preferring to fund robotic exploration instead."
However, this is has made it difficult for Brits to get into space.
"I hope it will now encourage the British government to contribute," said Dordain.
"With such a good guy, how can they not contribute?"
"Despite its rich heritage of aerospace experience, for many years the UK has been absent from government-organized human spaceflight activity," said Nick Spall, coordinator of the UK human spaceflight campaign at the British Interplanetary Society.
"As a result, the nation has missed out on the science, industrial, exploration and inspirational benefits that this international endeavor has provided for the rest of the developed world" he told BBC News.
Peake, a member of the armed forces for 18 years, routinely flies Apache helicopters and has more than 3,000 hours in flight.
"If it wasn't for the British Army I wouldn't be in this position, so I'm very grateful for the training and support I've received from them also," said Peake.
Although Peake is the first British-born astronaut chosen by ESA, three British astronauts have previously ventured into space with NASA.
Image 1: Three of the six individuals who will become Europe's new astronauts were presented at a press conference held at ESA Headquarters in Paris, France, on 20 May 2009. The new recruits will join the European Astronaut Corps and start their training to prepare for future missions to the International Space Station, and beyond. From left to right: Thomas Pesquet, Timothy Peake, Luca Parmitano. Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja, 2009
Image 2: Three of the six individuals who will become Europe's new astronauts were presented at a press conference held at ESA Headquarters in Paris, France, on 20 May 2009. The new recruits will join the European Astronaut Corps and start their training to prepare for future missions to the International Space Station, and beyond. From right to left: Samantha Cristoforetti, Alexander Gerst , Andreas Mogensen, Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja, 2009
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NASA celebrates 60 years of shooting for the stars
NASA celebrated its 60-year anniversary on the first of October, providing a reminder of technological and political changes that have occurred since that time. The agency had its roots in the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics that was itself founded in 1915, but was officially set up under the Eisenhower administration one year after the Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1957. One week after its founding, NASA launched its first satellite (after taking over the project from the U.S. army). Since that time, many of the agency’s projects have become milestones in America’s national history and in international space research. The agency currently employs over 17,000 and its future amid a other satellite-hosting agencies and military branches, in addition to the potential “space force,” remains to be seen.


In the South African context, we are regularly confronted by examples of what is labelled as “cultural appropriation”. What is cultural appropriation and where is the line between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation? In this guest post (the first in a series of posts on this topic), Myriam Christmann introduces us to the concept and provides an explanation of why cultural appropriation sits uncomfortably with many of us.
Allegations of cultural appropriation are frequently in the headlines in both South Africa and abroad. While it is not a new concept, the phenomena of cultural appropriation (and the blurry line between it and cultural appreciation) seem to have been reported far more frequently in recent years. This is most likely due to the rise of new technologies, the lack of effective enforcement mechanisms and potentially also an element of naivete in consumer awareness and behaviour in the market.
Cultural appropriation is an omnipresent and diverse phenomenon and it is something that occurs globally. Although examples in the fashion industry probably get the most attention, cultural appropriation extends from the creative industries to the sciences. Accordingly, there are regularly claims of misappropriation of traditional cultural expressions by individuals and communities of cultural minorities.
Despite there being a lot of attention to cultural appropriation and numerous difficulties in dealing with it, cultural appropriation itself is a relatively simple phenomenon. The concept stems from sociology and deals with the adoption of the elements of a minority culture by members of the dominant culture. In many instances, those from the dominant culture may reduce cultural elements to exotic fashion or toys, which may have deep meaning to the original culture. In a sense, cultural appropriation is a form of bullying where a dominant party uses unfair tactics to exert its dominance over a smaller party.
In a more straightforward manner, cultural appropriation is a means to the end of ethnocide, an anthropological concept referring to the extinction of several cultures and the assimilation to one particular culture. The latter is the dominant culture and is today portrayed by the Western society. Although the law does not currently regulate ethnocide in itself, model laws and recommendations acknowledge that the right to cultural identity is protectable as an International Human Right.
In this series of articles, I would, however, like to go a step further. I am of the opinion that, if carefully drafted, intellectual property laws can be beneficial for the support of indigenous people and the protection and safeguarding of their culture, hence their traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions. Well-drafted intellectual property laws seem to be the most appropriate means to achieve the protection of such rights, and indeed, legislators ought to be drafting such legislation.
The first reason is that the right to (intellectual) property constitutes a fundamental right in most of today’s constitutions. Accordingly, it should be obligatory for any state to ensure that intellectual property rights are accessible and granted. And secondly, the philosophies on which current intellectual property regimes are based, protect the identity (in form of its material expression) of the creator. This fundamental rationale is nonetheless not sufficient in light of the interconnection with intellectual property and human rights. When having a closer look at the philosophies that underlie current IP laws, – in both modern society and indigenous communities – it becomes apparent that they share similar values.
It is time for contemporary laws to safeguard the past and the future. Creative works are the product of the individual’s imagination and emanate from the spiritual inner self, which is why there is such high emotional and spiritual value to the expressions attributed by the community to which they belong. Perhaps that is one reason why cultural appropriation sits so uncomfortably with many.


The overall objective of the course is to enable students to comprehend ideas, opinions and facts in academic texts, reflect on ideas and facts in oral and written expressions, apply rules of academic reading and writing and develop students’ skills in language and higher-order thinking skills.
English 101 is aimed at developing academic reading and writing skills which students will be using throughout their studies in university. These skills are presented and practiced in the context of reading, listening, and writing. However, classroom discussions will also be conducted, which means that academic speaking skills will also be practiced. English 101 is a learner centered course. This means that learning depends on the students’ participation and involvement in classroom tasks. In other words, students will be learning through doing activities, not merely by listening or being lectured.


How many galaxies are there in the observable Universe? For the first time, we don’t just have a ‘lower limit’ — we have an answer.
“Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.” –Carl Sagan
How many galaxies are there in the observable Universe? Ever since we first uncovered the Big Bang origins of our cosmos, we knew that the number would be finite, since a signal from a galaxy moving even at the speed of light can only reach a certain distance. But without a telescope capable of reaching all the way back to the Big Bang itself, any number we reached from observations would only be a lower limit, not an accurate estimate. Previously, that’s exactly what astronomers working with the Hubble Space Telescope had done, revealing a Universe with hundreds of billions of galaxies, at least. But thanks to a new study by the CANDELS team, that estimate has been increased to two trillion, an increase of more than a factor of 10. Here’s the story of how we got there.
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in 1990, its mirror was defective. A servicing mission a few years later led to the most powerful telescope humanity had ever seen. With the greatest-ever optical systems and observing power at its disposal, a very unusual proposal was greenlit. A team was going to point Hubble at a patch of sky without an observing target. Rather than observe a planet, star, nebula, cluster or galaxy, Hubble was going to observe the black void of empty space. By pointing at a patch of sky with nothing in it:
- no bright stars,
- no gas clouds,
- no nebulae,
- no known galaxies,
- no clusters,
astronomers were hoping to find out whether empty space was trulyempty, or whether, as the Big Bang and the cosmological principle predicted, a plethora of galaxies from the distant Universe would be revealed to us.
The Hubble Space Telescope orbits the Earth approximately once every 90 minutes, or 18 times per day. Over a total of 342 cycles (where each cycle is a half-an-orbit), it images this exact patch of sky, a patch where only maybe five or six very faint stars within our galaxy lived. It pointed away from the galactic plane, out into intergalactic space, at a blank location known to be empty to the limits of our largest and most advanced ground based telescopes. And after a total of nearly 10 days‘ worth of light had been gathered in multiple different color filters, they composited the image and released it to the world. Here’s what it saw.
In this tiny region of space, where zero known galaxies were seen previously, we now had discovered around 3,000. With the exception of about five or six points showing diffraction spikes (the “pointy” features), which are stars within the Milky Way, every single point of light in this image is a galaxy. This is the Hubble Deep Field.
This was so remarkable that follow-up images were taken, with deeper views, wider angles, longer wavelength ranges and longer observing times. The Ultra Deep Field broke the previous record, and then North and South fields were taken as well, demonstrating that the Universe has similar galaxy counts in opposite directions. Hubble’s Frontier Fields program went deep over a large field of view, showing that the Universe was similar over larger volumes. And most recently, as of 2012, an even deeper version was created, using a more advanced set of cameras and optics, and a total of 23 days worth of observing: the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field (XDF).
This last image, consisting of a region of space barely a thousandth of a square degree on the sky — so small it would take thirty-two-million of them to fill the entire sky — contains a whopping 5,500 galaxies, the most distant of which have had their light traveling towards us for some 13 billion years, or more than 90% the present age of the Universe. Extrapolating this over the entire sky, we find that there are 170 billion galaxies in the observable Universe, and that was just a lower limit.
With all the data that Hubble has taken, not to mention other observatories, we can take these deep views of the Universe and a few other pieces of knowledge to construct a 3D map of a “slice” of the Universe. We’re not merely seeing a snapshot of the sky, but galaxies that are near, intermediate and ultra-distant. Even at that, we’re only seeing the ones that are easiest to see. By assigning distances to all of the observed galaxies in a particular portion of space, we can compute what the overall spatial density of galaxies is, including an estimate for how many other galaxies must be there that we can’t see, simply because they’re too faint or too distant.
In a new result out this week, a team led by Christopher Conselice of the University of Nottingham completed their work, and what they found was simultaneously wonderful and powerful: that as great as Hubble is, it only directly observed about 10% of what’s out there. Instead of 170 billion galaxies in the observable Universe, there are likely more than two trillion, each containing an average of 100 billion stars or so. Especially of interest is this surprising fact: the more distant Universe had greater numbers and densities of galaxies, which have since merged together to form fewer but more massive galaxies. The greatest numbers of galaxies, in other words, are both ultra-distant and ultra-faint. According to Conselice,
These results are powerful evidence that a significant galaxy evolution has taken place throughout the universe’s history, which dramatically reduced the number of galaxies through
Beginning in just two years, the James Webb Space Telescope, a larger and longer-wavelength successor to Hubble, will finally begin to study these unseen objects directly. The Universe is full of galaxies, and for the first time we actually have an accurate estimate of how many it’s truly filled with. The next step is to begin taking measurements, and to finally uncover, with real data, how the Universe evolved and came to be the way it is today. Despite not bringing us all the way there, the Hubble Space Telescope continues to reveal answers about the deepest questions in the Universe. Even, remarkably, when it can’t see the answer directly.
All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike-and yet it is the most precious thing we have
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Agastache foeniculum is a long-blooming perennial great for summer colour and bees and butterflies.
Agastache foeniculum is an upright, clump-forming hyssop with lavender to purple flowers, densely packed along showy, cylindrical, terminal spikes. A big hit with bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Fragrant foliage. It is native to much of northern North America and is found in rare instances in central and eastern BC.
Common Name: Anise Hyssop
Family: Lamiaceae (The Mint Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-8
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Primary Bloom Colour: Purple
Secondary Bloom Colour: Blue
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Average, Drought Tolerant
Benefits: Hummingbirds, Butterflies, Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: Yes
Native Habitat: Openings in dry upland forests, upland areas of prairies, scrubby barrens, and thickets.
Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
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In the north aisle set into the wall of Arundel Cathedral (and continued in the south aisle) are the 14 Stations of the Cross, always to be found in a Catholic church. These depict incidents on Christ’s last journey, from his condemnation by Pontius Pilate to his crucifixion and laying to rest in the tomb.
Pilgrims to Jerusalem in the Middle Ages followed this traditional route in prayer and brought this form of devotion home with them. It is now practised universally especially during Lent.
A tablet records that the Stations are in memory of Bishop John Butt, fourth Bishop of Southwark from 1885 to 1897. He had been consecrated in this church by Cardinal Manning as auxiliary bishop to Bishop Coffin.
John Butt had been a military chaplain during the Crimean War, where he nearly died of cholera, recovering after his coffin had been ordered. In 1862 he became chaplain to the Duke of Norfolk at Arundel and later accompanied Bishop Grant of Southwark to the first Vatican Council. As bishop he founded St. John’s Seminary at Wonersh, near Guildford, where he is buried.
Source: Arundel Cathedral Guide, printed by Pitkin Publishing 2010.
After the death of Bishop Butt in 1899 it was decided that his memorial should take the form of Stations of the Cross in St. Philip’s church and these panels, carved by Messrs. R.L. Boulton & Sons of Cheltenham, were given by the Duke of Norfolk and other members of the congregation. Bishop Butt had been rector of the church of St. Philip Neri from 1873 to 1885 when he became the fourth Bishop of Southwark. A brass plate on the south side wall carries this inscription:
Of your charity pray for the Soul of
The Right Reverend John Butt, D.D.
4th Bishop of Southwark, for twenty seven
years Rector of this Mission, who died at Arundel
on All Saints’ Day 1899 and to whose memory these
Stations of the Cross are set up by the Congregation of
St. Philip’s Church, Arundel, 1906. May he rest in peace.
Source: The Cathedral Church of Our Lady and Saint Philip Arundel: A Monograph to celebrate the first hundred years 1873-1973. Printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd. H.M. Printers 1973.
Prayers for The Stations of the Cross
The Stations of the Cross are also known as The Way of the Cross.
There are lots of resources available to help you pray the Stations of the Cross, below is a small selection. There are also resources available from the Cathedral Shop.
Stations of the Cross: Lent 2021 | CAFOD
Stations of the Cross meditations – Missio
Stations of the Cross | Jesuits in Britain
The Way of the Cross by Saint Alphonsus Ligouri (lordcalls.com)


- See Casabianca (disambiguation) for other meanings
The poem starts :
- The boy stood on the burning deck
- Whence all but he had fled;
- The flame that lit the battle's wreck
- Shone round him o'er the dead.
It is written in ballad meter, rhyming abab.
The poem commemorates an actual incident that occurred in 1798 during the Battle of the Nile aboard the French ship Orient. The young son Giocante (his age is variously given as ten, twelve and thirteen) of commander Louis de Casabianca remained at his post and perished when the flames caused the magazine to explode.
In Hemans' and other tellings of the story, young Casabianca refuses to desert his post without orders from his father. (It is sometimes said, rather improbably, that he heroically set fire to the magazine to prevent the ship's capture by the British.) It's said that he was seen by British sailors on ships attacking from both sides but how any other details of the incident are known beyond the bare fact of the boy's death, is not clear. Hemans, not purporting to offer a history, but rather a poem inspired by the bare facts, writes:
- Yet beautiful and bright he stood,
- As born to rule the storm;
- A creature of heroic blood,
- A proud though childlike form.
- The flames rolled on;he would not go
- Without his Father's word;
- That father, faint in death below,
- His voice no longer heard.
Hemans has him repeatedly, and heart-rendingly, calling to his father for instructions: "'Say, Father, say/If yet my task is done;'" "'Speak, father!' once again he cried/'If I may yet be gone!;'" and "shouted but once more aloud/ 'My father! must I stay?'" Alas, there is, of course, no response.
She concludes by commending the performances of both ship and boy:
- With mast, and helm, and pennon fair,
- That well had borne their part—
- But the noblest thing which perished there
- Was that young faithful heart.
This poem was a staple of elementary school readers in the United Kingdom and the United States over a period of about a century spanning, roughly, the 1850s through the 1950s. It is today remembered mostly as a tag line and as a topic of parodies.
McGuffey's New Fourth Eclectic Reader (1866) takes this poem as the topic of Lesson LV. After urging the reader to "Utter distinctly each consonant: terrible, thunders, brave, distant, progress, trust, mangled, burning, bright," it introduces and presents the poem, following it with a set of questions: "What is this story about? Who was Casabianca? By whose side did he stand in the midst of battle? What happened to his father? What took fire? What did the sailors begin to do? What did the little boy do? Why did he stand there amid so much danger? What became of him?"
In the 1961 British sci-fi/ black comedy "The Day the Earth Caught Fire", Peter Stenning (Edward Judd) recites the famous opening line as he reports to work on what could well turn out to be doomsday.
- Then he thought of Casabianca. He had been examined in that poem by his father not long before. 'When only would he leave his position? To whom did he call? Did he get an answer? Why? How many times did he call upon his father? What happened to him? What was the noblest life that perished there? Do you think so? Why do you think so?' And all the rest of it. Of course he thought Casabianca's was the noblest life that perished there; there could be no two opinions about that; it never occurred to him that the moral of the poem was that young people cannot begin too soon to exercise discretion in the obedience they pay to their papa and mamma.
In History of the Voice: The Development of Nation Language in Anglophone Caribbean Poetry (1984), Kamau Brathwaite alludes to the poem as an example of imperial education and hopes those who have had to recite its lines will be able to express themselves in 'nation language' (Caribbean patois) instead of 'imposed' language and poetry.
The first line of the poem serves as the title and the inspiration for the short story of the same name by C. S. Forester. In this version the hero, Ed Jones, remains at his station aboard the fictitious USS Boon during the Battle of Midway. A fire started in the bilge beneath his station in the engine room, but Jones remained at his station slowly roasting while the battle rages. At the conclusion of the battle he is relieved by a damage control party. Burned, he nonetheless survives the war.
The story is referenced in Bram Stoker's Dracula. In chapter VII, in a newspaper account of the great storm, the dead pilot of the ship Demeter is compared to "the young Casabianca." (Stoker, Bram. Dracula. 1897).
The poem is referenced in Ian Fleming's Moonraker. When Commander James Bond intends to set the moonraker on fire in a suicide action, he tells his accomplice, Gala, with a cynical tone, "The boy stood on the burning deck. I've wanted to copy him since I was five."
The poem is recited in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film), by character Peter Guillam, after the "safe-house" used by the mole is discovered and inspected. Guillam seems to do this in order for others to test the planted microphone, although this isn't explicitly stated.
The opening line is quoted by the character Sergeant Major Jonas Blane, as he prepares his team member for a difficult task ahead of them, "The boy stood on the burning deck...that'ld be us!" in the TV drama The Unit (Season 4, Episode 16, "Hill 60").
Generations of disrespectful schoolchildren, perhaps in accord with Butler's way of thinking, created parodies. One, recalled by Martin Gardner, editor of Best Remembered Poems, went:
- The boy stood on the burning deck,
- The flames 'round him did roar;
- He found a bar of Ivory Soap
- And washed himself ashore.
- The boy stood on the burning deck
- Whence all but he had fled -
- The boy stood on the burning deck
- His lips were all a-quiver
- He gave a cough, his leg fell off
- And floated down the river.
Prominent Indian poet Ayyappa_Paniker wrote a poem with the same title, Casabianca, which also talks about the sons obedience. But, in his poem, the boy doesn't die but comes back home. This surprises everyone including his father and the media who believed he had died.
- ....'Oh no, comrades, my son was that type;
- he'd never have gone to where pictures are taken.
- He did look more or less like me; so, sirs,
- if you please, you can take a picture of mine'.
- ' I'am here, very much here, oh Papa!'
Canadian school boys at one time used the parody: The boy stood upon the burning deck His feet were full of blisters He tore his pants on a rusty nail and now he wears his sister's.
- "Elizabeth Bishop | "Casabianca" | poetry archive". plagiarist.com. 2002-03-02. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
- C. S. Forester, "The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck," from The Man in the Yellow Raft. Short Stories (1969), reprinted in The Oxford Book of Sea Stories, ed. Tony Tanner (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994).
- "Simply Spike — Michael Palin remembers Spike Milligan". The Guardian (London). 2002-02-28. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- Full text of the poem at UPenn's Celebration of Women Writers


Some of the usually requested questions in the modern world is ‘What is the that means of science and know-how?’ Man is innovative in nature. At this time’s know-how has afforded the United States to dispense with any and all kinds of fossil gasoline whereas at the identical time ushering in different lower value green vitality to provide the energy needs of this nation. The society needs science and know-how.
As soon as we do mankind just would possibly be able to like that saying “boldly go the place no man has gone before.” It’s to this finish that the Science and Expertise directive deal with bringing together the remainder of the international neighborhood and other industrialized nations in creating an Worldwide Area Exploratory Federation using all the available aerospace contractors and encouraging more countries to supply resources so that extra alternatives in growing newer applied sciences will allow mankind to have the provision to meet our final destiny.
The evolution of technologies marks the significant growth of other technologies in numerous fields, like nano know-how, biotechnology, robotics, cognitive science, synthetic intelligence and knowledge know-how. Technological utopianism – A positive outlook on the impact expertise has on social welfare.
During that decade, two works appeared en seriatim that signaled what Steve Woolgar was to call the “flip to expertise”: Social Shaping of Technology (MacKenzie and Wajcman, 1985) and The Social Development of Technological Systems (Bijker, Hughes and Pinch, 1987).
Nationwide Financial Reforms Science And Technology Directives
Science and technology present many societal benefits, such as the enhancement of economic growth or quality of life. The Third Industrial Revolution is now starting and it is underneath the directive of Science and Technology in Nationwide Financial Reform that the vitality of the tomorrow will emerge. The United States should recognize and take decisive action on five fronts now outlined in Article Six of Nationwide Financial Reform.
Due to problems with morality and professional ethics legal professionals, public officers, civil servants, and business individuals are more and more called upon to make selections requiring a fundamental understanding of science and expertise and their moral, social, and environmental consequences.
It is to this purpose that the Scientific and Technological Directive in National Financial Reform provoke the further growth and deployment of Internet energy techniques across the nation.
Science and know-how provide many societal advantages, such as the enhancement of financial growth or quality of life. Technological pessimism 39 – The opinion that know-how has unfavorable results on society and ought to be discouraged from use. In a broader sense, expertise impacts societies in the improvement of advanced economies, making life extra handy to more those that have entry to such expertise.
To those skeptics that continue to say we will not afford to spend billions of dollars to construct the infrastructure that will accommodate this monumental undertaking overlook one of many greatest reasons and function behind National Financial Reform and that is to have the United States regain it is monetary capabilities.
Technological advancementÂ is the generation of knowledge or the invention of data that advances the understanding of expertise. It’s within Nationwide Financial Reform the place there is a direct plan of route for the United States. Scientific or technological development is the generation of data or the discovery of knowledge that advances the understanding of scientific relations or technology.
An example of how scientifically decided information and ideas embodied in a fabric is the event of an extra robust material based mostly on the ideas of nanotechnology. Legacy pondering can impair the power to drive technology for the betterment of society by blinding folks to improvements that don’t match into their accepted mannequin of how society works.
One of the crucial typically requested questions within the contemporary world is ‘What is the which means of science and expertise?’ Man is revolutionary in nature. Based in 1975, the Society for Social Research of Science , initially provided scholarly communication services, together with a journal (Science, Know-how, and Human Values) and annual meetings that had been primarily attended by science research scholars.
The work of our science, expertise assessment, and analytics crew is designed to help Congress oversee the substantial federal funding in science and technology, enhance U.S. innovation and competitiveness, and think about the implications and potential policy choices concerning rising technologies,â€ mentioned Gene L. Dodaro, head of GAO.
One of the often asked questions within the contemporary world is ‘What’s the which means of science and technology?’ Man is innovative in nature. The department of data that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the surroundings, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, utilized science, and pure science. Philosophy, Rhetoric, and the Finish of Information: The Coming of Science and Expertise Research.
Know-how is the practical utility of scientific data and ideas. One such development was the rise of “science, know-how, and society” programs, that are additionallyâ€”confusinglyâ€”known by the STS acronym. Equally, the European Inter-University Affiliation on Society, Science and Know-how (ESST) researches and studies science and know-how in society, in each historic and contemporary perspectives.
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The map of Total Runoff (Map 02.13.3) shows that the total runoff for the highly impervious inner-city areas (Urban-Rail Ring Line) is in the range of 350-450 mm/yr.; the values are even higher in the very dense center-city area and in some industrial areas. Here, only about 150 mm/yr. (Map 02.13.5) evaporate, referenced to the precipitation measurements (at 1 m height), which are about 10-15% less than the ground-level precipitation. The less densely built-up areas in the outskirts of the city show runoffs of 250-350 mm/yr. Compared with the runoffs of the pervious areas on the outskirts, or in the areas surrounding Berlin, where the values are approximately 150 mm/yr., Berlin can be considered an island of greatly increased runoff. The reduction of the evaporation due to imperviousness and lack of vegetation – as shown in the map Evaporation (Map 02.13.5) – leads to runoff double or triple the natural run-off.
Groundwater net consumption occurs only in a few areas characterized by low precipitation and simultaneously low depth to the water table, which produces negative runoff formation values, since here, the vegetation is fed by groundwater, and can evaporate more of it than can subsequently be supplied by precipitation.
The map of Surface Runoff (02.13.1) shows that in the inner-city areas connected to the sewage system, an average of about 250 mm/yr. is fed to the sewage system. Peaks values are more than 350 mm/yr. In outlying areas connected to the sewage system, the values are around 100 mm/yr.
The Percolation map (02.13.2) shows a picture that is surprising at first glance: It shows inner-city percolation from precipitation of about 120 mm/yr. – roughly the same as for woodlands. The non-densely built-up residential areas on the outskirts show considerably higher percolation capacities of 200 mm/yr.; the values for the areas with low degrees of connection to the sewage system in fact climb to 300 mm/yr. In the residential areas with no connection to the sewage system, all the runoff percolates into the soil, averaging about 300-350 mm/yr. and reaching maximum values of over 400 mm/yr.
In conclusion, the following can be stated:
- The effect of the reduced permeability of the soil caused by the high degree of impervious coverage in the inner city is to a large extent counteracted by the effect of reduced evaporation, so that inner-city percolation capacities are higher than initially assumed, and reach almost “natural” levels.
- The extent of impervious coverage is only secondarily important for percolation capacity; of primary importance is the actual degree of connection to the sewage system. The type of impervious coverage, i.e. the differing percolation capacity of the various surface-cover types, also plays an important role.
- The reduction of evaporation due to impervious coverage in low-density areas with simultaneously low degrees of connection to the sewage system causes the percolation capacities in these areas to be the highest, and approximately double those of “natural” percolation.
In the glacial-spillway area, the percolation water can percolate directly and completely to the groundwater surface, due to the permeable sands which overlay the groundwater. Here, the calculated percolation is equal to new groundwater formation. On the ground-moraine highlands of Barnim and Teltow however, loamy and thus poorly water-permeable layers overlay the mostly confined groundwater. Here, the deeply cut streams are fed largely by confined groundwater or via sandy and hence permeable layers in the ground moraine. Only that part of the percolation water (calculated percolation) not passed on by the tributaries can be considered true recharging of the main aquifer beneath the ground moraine. These water quantities reach the glacial spillway area as sub-surface runoff. The break-down is respectively dependent on the concrete hydrogeological conditions. A comparison of the runoffs measured and calculated shows that e.g. in the catchment area of the Neuenhagen Mill Stream, some 35 % the calculated percolation percolates sub-surface to the glacial spillway area, while the Tegel Creek passes virtually all of the runoff it receives from the percolation of its catchment area on at the surface. A map of new groundwater formation has also been developed on the basis of the percolation-water rates determined by means of the ABIMO model (Map 02.17 2007).
The evaporation from bodies of waters surfaces, which are not shown on the map, is approx. 160 mm/yr. more than the precipitation which falls on them, so that Berlin’s bodies of water lose a total of approx. 9 million cu.m. of water per year due to evaporation.
For some very highly impervious areas, no information was available as to whether the rainwater from them is passed on via the sewage system. For this reason, runoff for these areas has been certified in the maps as percolation. However, the degree of impervious coverage and the amount of runoff makes it seem in some cases improbable that the water actually percolates into the soil. As a result, it is likely that the share of surface runoff tends to be underestimated, and that that of percolation to be overestimated.
With the aid of the area sizes of the reference surfaces, the runoff volumes could also be calculated and then totaled (cf. Tab. 4).


Virus Case Study
Briefly explain in detail to the management about various fact/issues about ‘virus’ – what it is, how it spreads, what are the areas of infections, what are specific viruses. Most computer users get alarmed when they heard about the word “virus”. Virus brings a lot of damages in human’s computer works as it brought harmful effects. Viruses affect businesses’ efficiency, productivity and money as it really takes time to get rid off the threat. Viruses do easily, quickly and quietly spreading without the user’s knowledge because of the interoperability between the system and the applications.
The lack of education for user is one of the main reasons for a virus infection. IT staffs are the persons who get upset most of the time when there’s a virus infection in one of the computers in an organization. Users are being informed and advised what they have done wrong and then ask why they did it but the question is, were they educated beforehand or were they just relying in their common sense? It is very important to remember that these users are not IT pros and it is the organization’s IT department job and responsibility to educate them properly.
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Usually, what normal end users do is installing anti virus software to avoid computer viruses to infect and get in to their computer systems and data. Computer virus could be prevented by educating each of the users on what are DOs and DON’Ts in preventing virus epidemics. Educating users are one of the big challenges in confronting computer viruses. A lot of effort will be needed to provide a proper education about computer virus especially if the target user includes home user and users with non-IT literature background. Let’s say for example, in an organization, we could create rules for an anti virus campaign.
First we have to define and explain them what a Virus is. A virus is a small program written by skilled programmers, capable of self-replication and implementation of various destructive actions. Virus usually attached to the file, or enters the body file. In this case we say that the file is infected with a virus. The virus gets into your computer only with the infected file. To enable the virus to download an infected file, and only after that, it starts to act independently. Some viruses in the infected file resides in the computer’s memory and can infect other downloadable files and programs.
Another kind of virus immediately after activation can cause serious damage, such as formatting the hard drive. Effect of the virus can manifest itself in different ways, from different visual effects, hindering work to complete loss of information. Most viruses infect the executive program, that is, files with the extension. EXE and. COM, although in recent years increasingly popular viruses that spread through e-mail. The main source of the virus: ?Computer network, including e-mail and Internet ?Hard drive that got the virus from handling infected programs ?
Virus remains in the memory after the previous user The main early symptoms of infection by computer virus: ?Reducing the amount of free memory ?Slow down the computer ?Wierd and unusual changes in files, and change the size and last modification of files ? Error loading operating system ?You cannot save files to the proper location ?Incomprehensible system messages, music, and visual effects, etc. ?Signs of an active phase of the virus ?Disappearance of files ?Formatting the hard drive ?Inability to download files or operating system There are many different viruses.
Conventionally, they can be classified as follows: 1)Boot virus or BOOT-viruses infect boot-disk sectors. These are dangerous as it can lead to complete loss of all data stored on disk. 2)File viruses infect files. It is divided into: •Viruses that infect program (files with the extension. EXE and. COM); •Macro viruses which infect data files, such as Word documents or workbooks Excel •Companion viruses use the names of other files •Virus family DIR distort the system information about the file structure • 3)Loader and viruses are able to infect as boot-sector code and code files. )Stealth viruses or STEALTH-viruses falsify the information read from the disk so that the program, which is the information received bad data. This technology, which sometimes are called Stealth-technology can be used in BOOT-virus and viruses in the file. 5)Retroviruses infect the anti-virus software, trying to destroy them or make disability. 6) Worms supply small emails, so-called title, which is essentially a Web-office address of the virus. When you try to read the message, it starts to read through a global network of Internet its ‘body’ and after loading begins destructive.
It is very dangerous, because they are very hard to find, due to the fact that the infected file is not actually contain the virus code. WHAT COULD VIRUSES DO? Below are the things what viruses could do and their example. ¦ Virus slows down Email Virus does spread by email. For example is Sobig Virus. It generates so much email traffic that causes slow connection or sometimes server just crashed. Companies may react to this risk by shutting down servers. ¦Virus steals confidential data The Bugbear-D worm records the user’s keystrokes, including passwords, and gives the virus writer access to them. Virus uses your computer to attack websites MyDoom used infected computers to flood the SCO software company’s website with data, making the site unusable (a denial of service attack). ¦ Virus let other users to hijack your computer Some viruses place “backdoor Trojans” on the computer where in it allows the virus writer to connect to your computer and use it for their own agenda. ¦ Virus corrupts the data For example is Compatable virus. It makes changes to the data in Excel spreadsheets without the user’s knowledge. ¦ Virus deletes data The Sircam worm attempts to delete or overwrite the hard disk on a certain day. Virus disables hardware CIH, also known as Chernobyl, attempted to overwrite the BIOS chip on April 26, which causes for the computer to be unusable. ¦ Virus plays pranks The Netsky-D worm made computers beep in irregular interval of time for several hours. ¦ Virus displays unnecessary messages Cone-F displays a political message during the month of May. ¦ Virus damages your credibility. The Virus may forward itself from your computer to your customers and business partners’ computers. This may caused a refusal to do business with your company or may demand compensation. ¦ Virus causes you embarrassment
PolyPost virus forwarded and places personal documents and personal info such as your name on sex related newsgroups WHERE ARE THE VIRUS RISKS? ?Programs and documents The infection spreads when you share the infected programs and documents with other users, by saving them on your network or by sending them out. ?The Internet Security vulnerabilities in your operating system allow viruses to infect your computer through the use of Internet without you’re your knowledge by downloading programs or documents that are infected. ?Email Email with attachments might be infected.
You are risking infecting your machine if you will open infected attachment. Malicious scripts that are included in the email automatically run when you read the email. ?CDs and portable USB Hard drives USB Hard drives’ boot sector is possible to be infected. It is able to hold infected programs or documents same with the CD. (b)Explain in detail what are the preventive measures against viruses? If you do not take measures to protect against computer viruses, the consequences of infection can be very serious. In some countries, legislation provides for criminal liability for computer crimes, including the introduction of viruses.
Security software includes various anti-virus softwares. Anti-Virus – is a program that identifies and neutralizes computer viruses. Viruses should be immediately noted in their development ahead of anti-virus software, so even in the case of regular use of anti-virus, there is no 100% secure system. Anti-virus programs can detect and destroy a known virus. However, many modern anti-virus packages are composed of a special software module, called heuristic analyzer that can examine the contents of files for code that is characteristic of a computer virus.
This allows for timely detection and warning of the risk of infection by a new virus. Distinguish these types of antivirus software: 1) Program-detectors: designed to find the infected files of the known viruses. Some programs detectors can also treat the files from viruses or destroy the infected files. There are specialized, that is designed to combat a virus detectors and polyphagous, which can deal with many viruses. 2) Program-doctors: used to treat infected drives and programs. 3) Programs, auditors: designed to identify infected files, as well as finding corrupted files.
These programs are stored on the status of the program and the system areas of disks in the normal state (before infection) and compared the data in the computer. In case of discrepancy of data there is a message that will appear about the possibility of infection 4)Doctors, auditors: designed to detect changes in files and system areas of the disk and, in the case of changes, return to the initial state. 5) Filter program: designed to intercept system calls, which are used for virus propagation and report it to the user. The user can enable or disable the corresponding operation.
Such programs are resident, they are in the computer’s memory. 6) Vaccine program: used to handle files and boot-sector in order to prevent infection of known viruses (In early years of virus history, this method is used more and more often). PREVENTING VIRUSES Inform and make users aware of the risks Inform users that it is risky to open unknown email attachment and download files from Internet. Installation of anti-virus software and regular updates Anti-virus programs detect and disinfect viruses. Download software patches to close security loopholes
Make yourself aware of latest “patches” for your operating system. Most of the time, it closes loopholes that make your system vulnerable to viruses. Installation of firewalls Firewall helps to prevent unauthorized access to your network and doesn’t allow viruses to send out information. Perform and keep a regular backup for all your data You’ll be able to replace your files and programs with clean copies if you have backup of all your data when there’s a virus attack. DOs and DON’Ts to follow with regards to anti-virus rules: Do inform and make the management and staffs be aware of a written policy and responsibilities on how to maintain the anti-virus and what they need to do in case of emergency. •Do ensure that there is installed anti-virus software on every computer; even the computer is not running any e-mail. •Do a regular or daily update on anti-virus software on every machine. •Do run the scanning of every computer’s memory, master and boot records, and system files after start up. •Do program the anti-virus to do scanning in all files and not only executable files. If anti-virus heuristic controls are available, do enable it. •Don’t allow (WSH) Windows Scripting Host to run on computers that don’t need it. The virus operates in VB (Visual Basic) language and WSH is the one who controls it. So without the WSH, the virus is unable to operate •Macro Virus Protection needs to be enabled in all Microsoft Office programs. •Viruses could be activated by previewing emails. Don’t enable the Preview Pane view in Outlook. •Do program your e-mail not to open the attachments automatically and don’t open any unknown or suspicious attachments. Do inform users not to disable the anti-virus. Educate users about the type of anti-virus program you are using and how it works. This will help them to understand that they shouldn’t disable the anti-virus program installed in their machines. (c)If LAN is infected, then explain in detail the possible treatments. If the worst has just happened and you think your Local Area Network has been infected with a virus. The first thing to do is don’t panic! Below are the set of procedures that you have to do. 1.
Identify what kind of infection that infected the machines If your anti-virus program can’t specifically identify which virus has infected your system, you have to do further research regarding its symptoms. Updated anti-virus program should easily identify the virus. Update your anti-virus program immediately if regular updated wasn’t done. 2. Find the source of the infection Check all the computers on your local are network to identify which ones have been infected 3. Immediately put infected machines to quarantine Disable all the machines from the network so the infection wouldn’t spread. 4.
Cure or get rid of the infection Disinfect all the machines in the network by running the anti-virus program. The anti-virus will take care of the entire virus detected. 5. Rescan all the machines Don’t re-enable the machines back to the network until it is sure that virus epidemic has been gone. 6. Inform and report to everyone what happened by setting up a meeting. Explain why it happened and what you have done to do to fix it. Don’t blame or pinpoint the person who had caused the virus attacked. Take it as opportunity to explain them that this is a lesson learned and make sure it will never happen again.
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In the quest for a reliable power supply, both portable power stations and Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) have emerged as indispensable tools. Whether you indulge in outdoor escapades, embrace the digital nomad lifestyle, or simply seek preparedness for power outages, understanding the nuances between these two tools can prove to be a game-changer. This article aims to dissect the features, functionalities, and optimal use cases of both, empowering you to make an informed decision.
What Are Portable Power Stations?
A Portable Power Station is essentially a compact, lightweight battery pack equipped with multiple outlets, catering to a diverse range of devices. These stations are tailor-made for activities such as camping, fishing, or any situation that demands portable power. With an array of output options like AC outlets, USB ports, and 12V DC outputs, they effortlessly power everything from smartphones to small appliances.
What Is a UPS?
The UPS is a device that delivers emergency power to your appliances when the main power source fails. Unlike portable power stations, UPS systems are typically immobile, remaining connected to both the power source and the devices they safeguard. They find common applications in protecting critical equipment like computers, data centers, and medical devices.
Portable Power Station vs. UPS: Which is Right for You?
Selecting the appropriate power backup solution often involves navigating various factors. The choice between a portable power station and a UPS system is not always straightforward, as both possess unique advantages and limitations. To make an informed decision, it is crucial to delve deeper into specific use-case scenarios, weigh the trade-off between flexibility and specialization, and consider the cost implications.
For avid outdoor enthusiasts who revel in camping, hiking, or boating, the portable power station emerges as the unrivaled champion. Engineered for portability, these devices effortlessly accompany you to remote destinations. Furthermore, their versatility extends to powering an array of devices, including smartphones, laptops, portable refrigerators, and even electric grills.
Conversely, UPS systems are ill-suited for outdoor use. Their bulkiness, limited output options, and vulnerability to the elements render them unsuitable for such ventures.
In a home office setting where your reliance on computers, networking equipment, and other electronics is paramount, a UPS system offers invaluable benefits. With a UPS, power failures trigger an instantaneous switch to battery power, providing ample time to save your work and gracefully shut down your computer.
While a portable power station can also power your home office, it may lack the critical features of instantaneous switch-over and surge protection required to safeguard sensitive electronics and data.
During prolonged power outages, the Portable Power Station proves to be more advantageous, courtesy of its superior battery capacity. It sustains essential appliances for an extended period, enhancing comfort until power is restored.
UPS systems, on the other hand, are designed for short-term backup, providing power for a duration sufficient only to safely shut down connected devices. Prolonged use is not within their scope.
Flexibility vs. Specialization
Portable Power Stations: These devices epitomize the Swiss Army knives of the power world. Their versatility allows usage across various settings and devices. However, they may lack specialized features like surge protection and instantaneous power switch-over, which are standard in UPS systems.
UPS Systems: UPS units are specialized devices engineered to excel at one task: providing short-term backup power and protecting against power surges. However, their lack of versatility and limited portability are apparent.
Portable Power Stations: These devices generally demand a higher upfront investment, ranging from a few hundred to over a thousand dollars, depending on features and battery capacity. Nevertheless, their versatility and range of use cases often justify the initial cost.
UPS Systems: UPS units typically offer budget-friendly options, with basic models starting as low as $50. However, their functionality and scope of use remain limited, making them a less versatile long-term investment.
By comprehending these nuanced distinctions and evaluating your specific requirements, you can make an informed decision when confronted with the choice between a Portable Power Station and a UPS system. Whether it is the versatility of a Portable Power Station or the specialized protection offered by a UPS, the right choice will empower you to live and work with enhanced efficiency.
The selection between a Portable Power Station and a UPS hinges upon your individual needs. If you seek a versatile, portable power source capable of accommodating a wide array of devices, a Portable Power Station serves as the optimal choice. Conversely, if safeguarding critical equipment against power outages and surges is your primary concern, a UPS is the preferred solution. For those grappling with indecision, hybrid models provide a comprehensive solution, combining both portability and protection. Make an informed choice and empower your world according to your unique vision.
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In a remarkable cross-pollination of astrophysics and medicine, Harvard physicists studying the origin of the universe are applying recently developed techniques to a promising new method of medical diagnosis.
The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) is teaming up with Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital to improve magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a technique commonly used for diagnosis of disease.
In the course of his research at CfA, Ronald L. Walsworth and his team have developed a xenon gas laser polarization technique that may enhance the capabilities of MRI.
Building on a theory by Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov, Walsworth, physicist Eduardo R. Oteiza and co-workers have been working on detecting an electric dipole of xenon to gain insight into the laws governing the formation of the universe.
In a recent Smithsonian Institution Research Reports, Walsworth explained how difficult it was to detect the dipole, saying that if one were to blow up an
To further their research into the origin ofmatter, Walsworth, Oteiza and Timothy E. Chupp ofthe University of Michigan developed aninexpensive technique for producing the magnetizedxenon gas needed to measure the dipole. Only aftertalking to scientists doing similar research atPrinceton and SUNY Stonybrook did Walsworthrealize the advantages his magnetizer couldprovide for MRI.
MRI relies on magnetizing the hydrogen atoms inwater molecules in the patient's body, settingthem spinning in one direction so that they createa weak electrical signal which is then convertedto a computer image.
Xenon, an inert gas already used in hospitalsas an anesthetic, can be pre-magnetized with alaser using Walsworth's method and inhaled by thepatient. The xenon then diffuses throughout thebody almost instantly, allowing a properly tunedMRI to detect the image.
Because the gas is premagnetized, MRI machinesdetecting xenon only require a weak magnetic fieldand can probably be made much smaller thanconventional imagers. Walsworth says he hopes thenew MRI's compact size will allow it to be broughtaboard the space shuttle to provide data on howzero gravity affects the body.
The xenon gas may also allow doctors to use MRIfor relatively waterfree organs such as the lungs.
Although Walsworth is busy applying xenonmagnetization to MRI, he says he is not postponingany of his astrophysical research. "We're notgoing to slow down at all," he says. "We'reexpanding and not switching gears."
Interdisciplinary collaborations between widelydivergent fields could potentially occur much moreoften, says Walsworth. "There's an inertia thatexists that people have to get past to think aboutthings more broadly," he says.
Walsworth says the rapid transfer of histechniques from physics to medicine was due inlarge part to his Cambridge location. "Being atHarvard with all the many groups working allows[one] to really find out about a new technologybecause there are so many people with so manycapabilities," he says.
When the MRI tie-in was realized, Walsworthsaid local scientists rushed to study and takeadvantage of the new idea like "piranha."
Walsworth says he hopes his contribution to MRIwill contribute to Harvard's ongoing plans forincreased interdisciplinary collaboration


Hinode Science Data Centre Europe - Science Archive
30 May 2007A new kind of science archive with previously unheard-of search capabilities and services became available to the solar physics community on 27 May, when the proprietary data period for Hinode data ended.
The Hinode Science Data Centre (SDC) Europe has been developed at the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, through the Norwegian Space Centre, as part of ESA's and Norway's contribution to the Hinode mission. The other part of the contribution is to increase the amount of downlinked data by about a factor of four, using ground stations located at Svalbard.
"We started off from a very different direction than most archive developers do," says Stein Vidar Hagfors Haugan, Executive Director at the data centre and former ESA Science Operations Coordinator for SOHO.
Most mission or multi-mission archives are based on the notion of common keywords or attributes for all observations. This tends to limit the search results to too narrow a window on the full extent of the actual available data in the archive.
What if you really want to ask the big question for a joint observation: "I want several instruments on Hinode, each having observed within a range of instrument-specific parameters, simultaneously with an instrument on-board SOHO having observed within its own range of specific parameters, all pointed at the same object, and the observations should contain a specific event or feature, with the observations being made at any point in time available in the archive."
Multi-mission archives typically can't even begin to answer the first part, because the instrument-specific information isn't available for searching even if it is inside the data files themselves. And many archive interfaces also insist on limiting the search to a specific time period, or the search would just take too long.
While the archive in Oslo is not yet able to answer the big question in full, it is getting close after one year of intensive development by a three-man group with good support from the institute's infrastructure and system administrators.
Design and Testing
The primary design criterion was speed. Without it, few people would bother using the archive, and development goes slower as well. Second on the list was inclusiveness: the ability to include every available piece of information for each file. Since the instrument-specific keyword definitions were mostly unknown at the time the development started, a third requirement was to have a flexible system that would easily assimilate the final keyword definitions chosen by the instrument teams. This flexibility is maintained in the final archive. In principle, it takes only a few minutes to add another attribute, available for searching through the archive's web interface. It does take longer to fully populate the archive with the corresponding values, however, depending on what kind of reprocessing is needed to find the values.
To test the archive for speed, it needed to be populated with the expected amount of data. Also, the processing pipeline needed to be tested, to make sure it would be able to handle every aspect of day-to-day operations, recovery from a backlog situation, or disaster recovery.
The data volumes in the Hinode archive are significant: 2 million compressed fits files with 1.5 terabytes of data after just half a year, and about 20 million images and thumbnails to go with them. For the testing of the archive, 6 million dummy files were made based on educated guesses and moved around from one machine to another, exercising the database designs and processing pipeline from end to end. In addition, separate tests were made for volume transfers from Japan, since there was no dummy data available there.
"This particular aspect gave us great confidence during the Readiness Review last fall," says Fleck. "Although it had not been possible to do a real end-to-end test with dummy telemetry going through the systems in Japan, it was clear that the systems from there on, all the way to the end user, would be up to the task".
In November last year, just two weeks after the first data files became available, the archive was ready to serve users and in principle development could have stopped there. "It was perfectly adequate, and could answer the first two parts of the big question in isolation, and display the result together: show me observations from two different instruments on Hinode, each with their own instrument-specific parameters," says Haugan. However, as the Hinode data could not be made public until 27 May, the extra months were used by the development team to further improve the archive's usability.
Latest Developments and the Future
A lot of time has been spent on adding extra features, such as images and thumbnails for all files, an IDL-based client for the archive, and new ways of browsing, summarising & selecting data. The two latest developments were just ready for the opening:
The mass-processing system was developed to help answer the last part of the big question: which files contain data showing specific characteristics, features, or events. With the system that has been developed, user-defined processing of very large volumes of data can be done without the need for downloading any data at all.
For this system the image-making process was used as a prototype: it produces results for searching (the number of preview images produced for each file) and a bulk data product (the images themselves). The idea behind the system is to cut down on the time spent downloading and processing data sets that don't contribute to your research. Introducing new processing methods submitted by users is still experimental, but interested parties should contact the data centre at
The development of the archive will not end there. It is the intention to build the first archive that's able to answer in a comprehensive way the full question: "Has a similar joint observation been done successfully before?"
Stein Vidar Hagfors Haugan


amyloid beta precursor protein
The APP gene provides instructions for making a protein called amyloid precursor protein. This protein is found in many tissues and organs, including the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system). Little is known about the function of amyloid precursor protein. Researchers speculate that it may bind to other proteins on the surface of cells or help cells attach to one another. Studies suggest that in the brain, it helps direct the movement (migration) of nerve cells (neurons) during early development.
Amyloid precursor protein is cut by enzymes to create smaller fragments (peptides), some of which are released outside the cell. Two of these fragments are called soluble amyloid precursor protein (sAPP) and amyloid beta (β) peptide. Recent evidence suggests that sAPP has growth-promoting properties and may play a role in the formation of nerve cells (neurons) in the brain both before and after birth. The sAPP peptide may also control the function of certain other proteins by turning off (inhibiting) their activity. Amyloid β peptide is likely involved in the ability of neurons to change and adapt over time (plasticity). Other functions of sAPP and amyloid β peptide are under investigation.
More than 50 different mutations in the APP gene can cause early-onset Alzheimer disease, which begins before age 65. These mutations are responsible for less than 10 percent of all early-onset cases of the disorder.
The most common APP mutation changes one of the protein building blocks (amino acids) in the amyloid precursor protein. This mutation replaces the amino acid valine with the amino acid isoleucine at protein position 717 (written as Val717Ile or V717I). Mutations in the APP gene can lead to an increased amount of the amyloid β peptide or to the production of a slightly longer and stickier form of the peptide. When these protein fragments are released from the cell, they can accumulate in the brain and form clumps called amyloid plaques. These plaques are characteristic of Alzheimer disease. A buildup of toxic amyloid β peptide and amyloid plaques may lead to the death of neurons and the progressive signs and symptoms of this disorder.
At least six mutations in the APP gene have been found to cause hereditary cerebral amyloid angiopathy, a condition characterized by stroke and a decline in intellectual function (dementia), which begins in mid-adulthood. These mutations change single amino acids in the amyloid precursor protein. All of the APP gene mutations that cause hereditary cerebral amyloid angiopathy lead to changes near the beginning of the protein sequence. Each of these mutations causes a different type of the condition. The Dutch type, the most common of all the types, is caused by the replacement of the amino acid glutamic acid with the amino acid glutamine at position 22 in the protein sequence (written as Glu22Gln or E22Q). The Italian type and Arctic type are also caused by changes to glutamic acid at position 22. In the Italian type, glutamic acid is replaced with the amino acid lysine (written as Glu22Lys or E22K) and in the Arctic type, glutamic acid is replaced with the amino acid glycine (written as Glu22Gly or E22G). The Flemish type is caused by replacement of the amino acid alanine with glycine at position 21 (written as Ala21Gly or A21G). In the Iowa type, the amino acid aspartic acid is switched with the amino acid asparagine at position 23 (written as Asp23Asn or D23N). The Piedmont type of hereditary cerebral amyloid angiopathy is caused by the replacement of the amino acid leucine at position 34 with the amino acid valine (written as Leu34Val or L34V).
The result of all of these mutations is the production of an amyloid β peptide that is more prone to cluster together (aggregate) than the normal peptide. The aggregated protein forms amyloid deposits known as plaques that accumulate in the blood vessels of the brain. The amyloid plaques replace the muscle fibers and elastic fibers that give blood vessels flexibility, causing the blood vessels to become weak and prone to breakage. In the brain, such a break causes bleeding (hemorrhagic stroke), which can lead to brain damage and dementia. Amyloid plaques in specific parts of the brain can interfere with brain function, leading to seizures, movement problems, and other neurological features in some people with hereditary cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
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Six years ago at TED, former Microsoft CTO and general genius Nathan Myhrvold demonstrated a “photonic fence” that uses lasers to track and obliterate disease-carrying mosquitoes.
Six years later, it seems that mosquitoes are still flying, unmolested by deadly lasers. So what happened to the idea? Did it fly, or enter the trash can of history?
The answer is that the project is doing quite well–but perhaps not in the revolutionary manner that would keep generating the same breathless headlines. But the technology had been licensed out for commercial use (though the company says that it’s now “looking for new investors for the device so it has not been licensed out to date.”) The U.S. Commerce Department invited the company to demonstration in Germany this month. And field trials are set to begin in the third quarter. The “mosquito laser” has legs–even if some still think killing mosquitoes with lasers is a bit overelaborate.
Arty Makagon is the project lead at Intellectual Ventures (IV), Myhrvold’s product development company. He says the fence has killed 10,000 mosquitoes in tests so far, and could be deployed at up to 100 meters across. Linked together, multiple laser fences could potentially protect a large area.
IV originally saw the fence as a malaria solution for the developing world. But it’s now focused on other uses, including hospitality (protecting hotels from bugs) and agriculture. “We’re going to deploy this in the developed world first. So the system is economically viable, and then come back and deploy across the developing world for malaria eradication,” Makagon says.
The system uses a low-energy laser beam and a reflective surface to create a silhouette of insects passing through. Once the machine recognizes a mosquito (or other insect), it alerts a stronger, green laser that zaps the airborne animal for quarter of a second, disabling or killing them.
The idea is to erect a fence of lasers between where mosquitoes are breeding and where they go looking for human blood (around a village, say). Makagon says the machine can kill 99% of the insects it identifies, and that mosquitoes are unlikely to fly over the fence: Experiments show that 95% fly below half a meter, he says.
Makagon points to several potential advantages. First, you don’t need so much chemical spray, or have to worry that insects are building resistance to whatever you’re using. Second, the machine can count insects, helping wider eradication efforts.
“Aside from being a local insect control application, it also collects data that you can aggregate and share with the local government, so perhaps they can do integrated pest management,” he says. “We don’t think the fence is going to replace all insect control, but, because of its unique features, it can inform other interventions, so you don’t need to spray across an entire area.”
Frankly, it doesn’t sound like the photonic fence is going to be the thing that “zaps malaria” as that original TED talk suggested it might. But perhaps it could have uses in tracking and killing some insects, and help wider insect-repelling efforts. That wouldn’t be a bad start.
Correction: This story used out of date information to claim that the technology had been licensed out. It has not been licensed to date. As well, it formerly stated that the U.S. Commerce Department paid for the company to showcase the technology in Germany. It just invited the company. We regret the errors.


Raging, Violence and Impulsive Aggression - Explosive verbal, physical or emotional elevations of a dispute. Rages threaten the security or safety of another individual and violate their personal boundaries.
Off the Charts
Rage and Impulsive Aggression are different from anger. Anger is a feeling. Rage and impulsive aggression are actions or behaviors. Rages are also unprovoked however, in most cases a person who commits an act of rage will find an excuse which puts the blame for their behavior on others - usually the victim.
While some rages are brief, lasting from a few seconds to a few minutes, others can last for hours. However, it is not the duration but the intensity which makes a lasting impact on the victims and the relationship. In some case, fits of rage are bridged together by longer, passive-aggressive spells of contempt or silent treatment.
Rages occur most often in private settings such as the home, where there are no witnesses other than the victim, and are also more likely to occur after dark.
What it Looks Like
- Two people are involved in a heated argument and one person suddenly reaches out and strikes the other.
- One person is sleeping and the other wakes them up to begin arguing.
- During a heated discussion one party takes a glass object and smashes it.
- A person deliberately destroys an item belonging to another family member while they are out of the house.
- One person unexpectedly begins to berate the character of another who is silent.
How it Feels
When a person with a Personality Disorder whom you have known for a long time suddenly goes into an aggressive rage you may feel that sickening “Here we go again” feeling. You may find yourself quickly scanning your recollections of what happened the last time you went through this. Chances are you will know that these rages are temporary things and often blow over after a few hours or a few days, but you may still feel an intense sense of fear, anxiety or perhaps even your own, milder anger that the productive day at work, recreational activity or pleasant evening you had planned will now be interrupted, disrupted and invaded by someone else’s emotional tsunami.
All of it will make you feel trapped and powerless, as you face the “damned if you do and damned if you don’t” scenario and realize you have to choose the lesser of two evils - stay and fight or leave and fight.
If you stay - you know you are in for a rough ride. It may take hours. You may not get to sleep. As you witness the most outrageous affronts on your dignity, you will have to listen to the same well-worn record of reasons why this person’s behaviors are justified, what’s wrong with you, why if you just were more of this and less of that, this person would be able to stop abusing you. Staying during a rage is pure hell.
If you leave - you will keep more of you dignity but you need to have real nerve as you walk out the door. You know you’re going to hear something awful on the way out - maybe you will be called the most horrible names, maybe you will hear the smash of glass or the sound of a slanderous 911 call being placed. And once you’re out - where will you go? You may be all alone with nowhere to go and nothing to do but sit and fret about what will happen when you return. Leaving during a rage is pure hell.
How to Cope with Violence, Raging & Impulsive Aggression
When confronted by rage - you are faced with two unattractive choices - fight or flight. It is a time to choose the lesser of two evils. In the short run they are about equal in pain but in the long run, leaving during a rage is better for the following reasons:
Leaving during a rage makes it impossible for you to do something stupid yourself (such as retaliate);
Leaving during a rage makes it impossible for anything worse to happen directly to you (although the PD person my still try to hurt you by making slanderous phone calls, destroying a favorite possession, emptying your bank account, etc.);
Leaving during a rage sends a clear “This is not OK” message. It won’t be appreciated at the time but it will not be forgotten quickly either;
Leaving during a rage helps to remind you that YOU are in control - not the person with the Personality Disorder;
Leaving during a rage gives you an opportunity to talk to a supportive friend to help you calm down.
We strongly urge you to have a plan of what you will do and where you will go the next time a rage hits. This will make it emotionally easier to make a gracious exit the next time you are confronted with a rage or impulsive aggression. If you have a friend or family member you can pre-arrange with that it’s OK to show up at a moment’s notice and spend the night that is ideal.
If not, maybe you can find a local low-cost hotel where you can show up at a moment’s notice and get a safe room for the night.
Perhaps you want to have a ready-kit which has your credit cards, essential medications, and important documents already packed so you don’t need to linger when you need to get out in a hurry.
If at all possible, pre-arrange with a friend whom you can call (even during the night) just to talk to if you find yourself in a situation like this. Just having someone on the end of the line who doesn’t judge you for the way you feel or say unhelpful things like, “But X really does love you”, is an enormous relief. If you have pre-arranged earlier you won’t feel so stupid calling them or showing up at the door at 2 in the morning - so talk to them now.
What NOT to do
Don’t remain in the same room with a person who is raging. Remove yourself from the situation as quickly as you safely can.
Don’t try to handle it on your own. Call the police or get a third party involved.
Don’t try to reason with someone who is raging. When you are confronted with aggressive behavior there can be a temptation to stand your ground, explain your position and argue for what you feel is right. A person who is raging is not thinking rationally and is unlikely to see reason.
Don’t fight fire with fire and reciprocate the aggressive behavior. You will regret it and still be apologizing for it years later if you do.
Don’t ignore it, steel yourself and tell yourself that you can handle it and that it does not affect you. Unless you are a robot your feelings are going to be hurt and your behavior is going to change far beyond the moment of rage, whether you admit it or not. The reality is that when your boundaries are being crossed you are being hurt. Ignoring it greatly increases the likelihood that the situation will repeat itself.
Don’t hide it from others. Most long-term cases of abuse stay that way because the victim stays silent.
What TO do
- Get yourself and any children out of the room and out of the house as quickly as you can safely do it.
- If violence or threats of violence have occurred, call the police immediately.
- Stay away from the situation until you have assurances that the bad behavior.
- If any of your personal property is threatened with harm, come back later with a friend and remove it to a safe place.
- Call at least one trusted confidant and tell them what has happened.
- Refer to our Emergency Page for more info