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Amazon comes to Metrozoo
Wototo and Kara, giant river otters, along with Palenque and Reina, magnificent jaguars, and a pair of harpy eagles have arrived in Miami, bringing the sleek and taloned majesty of the Neotropics to a corner of Miami's Metrozoo called Amazon and Beyond.
The last resident, a 17-foot anaconda weighing 300 pounds, arrives Dec. 2, in time for Saturday's grand opening of the $50 million addition.
Amazon and Beyond will have 120 animals, birds, reptiles and fish in
IF YOU GO
Miami Metrozoo's Amazon and Beyond exhibit covers 27 acres and contains 120 animals, birds, reptiles and fish and more than 20,000 plants. The zoo is at 12400 SW 152nd St. Hours are 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; ticket booths close at 4 p.m. Admission: Adults $13.95, children (3-12) $9.95. Call 305-251-0400 or visit its website.
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69 exhibits. It is the first new addition to the zoo since the $13.5 million Wings of Asia -- destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992 -- reopened in 2003.
Intended to replicate the biological diversity of an Amazonian rain forest, the landscaping sometimes necessarily reaches to continents beyond the hemisphere while wisely including plenty of South Florida natives. With time, its designers hope visitors will be immersed in a rich melange of 21,573 plants, including 60 kinds of trees, and 2,000 to 3,000 different flowers, shrubs, vines and a wealth of exotic palms.
The animals are native to the hemisphere. The rarest of them were donated or loaned by captive breeding programs around the Americas. In the case of the jaguars, for example, Metrozoo paid only the cost of having them shipped from Houston and Boston.
Funding for the $50 million addition came mostly from Miami-Dade County, the Zoological Society of Florida, and private donations.
THE NEOTROPICS
Five years in the making, the Amazon complex takes a look at New World tropical and subtropical ecosystems -- the Neotropics -- not represented previously at Miami-Dade's zoo, pulling in hummingbirds and howler monkeys, Orinoco crocodiles, a giant anteater and diminutive poison dart frogs to populate the indoor and outdoor displays surrounded by orchids, gingers, heliconias, kapok trees.
It completes the circle of exhibits around the zoo's main road, picking up where Africa left off, adding another half-mile of walkways to the three miles already in place. Of Metrozoo's 740 acres, 320 acres are now developed.
Of the area's 27 acres, a core dozen or so acres open to the public include numerous waterfalls, pools and rising steam swirling through the cloud forest, suggesting the forests and rivers of Central and South America rather than simply displaying an assembly of assorted animals, says Metrozoo ambassador Ron Magill. Pathways are much narrower than in other areas of the zoo, and spaces are more intimate so that plants, animals and habitat become more personally meaningful.
Amazon and Beyond is one of the few open-air rain forest exhibits in the continental United States, so its flora can't be 100 percent tropical, but Florida's subtropical climate is warm enough to simulate a rain forest.
FAMOUS DESIGNERS
Designed by Jones & Jones Architects of Seattle, famous for their work on such zoos as the San Diego Zoo and portions of Walt Disney's Animal Kingdom, Amazon and Beyond began with the idea of promoting conservation, said Greg Murphy, landscape architect and project manager.
"It started with discussions with the zoo staff, the Zoological Society and World Wildlife Fund about what Miami Metrozoo could do to help promote conservation worldwide," Murphy said.
About the time the ideas were incubating, World Wildlife Fund came out with a Global 200 report, identifying threatened biodiversity hot spots. Half of the world's plants and animals are found in rain forests, and, said Murphy, "Miami was one of the best areas in the United States to replicate these threatened rain forests."
A village plaza with a fountain, a staple of Latin American towns, precedes the entryway to three ecological regions: a cloud forest; the Amazon and its flooded forest; and the highly threatened Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil.
In the Cloud Forest reptile house, you'll discover not only the creatures themselves but you'll learn that pit vipers sense you by heat -- you can stand in front of a sensor and see yourself as a viper would. You'll see fangs of a fer-de-lance, one of the world's most poisonous snakes, and learn that snake venom, a mix of poisonous digestive juices, is used to produce Catopril, a medicine to treat heart failure.
The Cloud Forest house is adorned with glyphs of the Mayan culture. Inside is the iconic figure of Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god of the Mayans and Aztecs. You'll also find small glass-fronted displays of reptiles, including alligator lizards, the splendid leaf frog and glass frog, and a graphic that explains "The Mystery of Vanishing Frogs," one of the pressing conservation concerns of biologists around the world.
Palms and bamboo, prayer plants and cassia trees lead you to the jaguars.
Two of nature's most exquisite animals occupy what Magill calls "a two-room suite'' connected by an overpass. The 3,420 square feet of rock, water and plants are divided because the cats are solitary by nature.
ON THE AMAZON
Then, on to the Amazon. You enter the Orinoco River display, passing a sculpture of crocodiles hatching from a nest of eggs (look down and to your right as you enter the area). Here a green anaconda reigns behind its wall of glass. This giant snake can reach 30 feet and weigh 500 pounds. An Orinoco crocodile, which may reach 20 feet, stares back from his pool.
The Amazon River annually rises some 30 to 40 feet, flooding the nearby forests and allowing fish to dine on seeds and fruits of submerged trees. To simulate the flooding, the zoo has built its first aquarium holding 50,000 gallons of water, showing off fish such as three-foot pacu and a dazzling red-tailed catfish as well as three huge river turtles that swim among the submerged trees.
On the opposite side of the Flooded Forest is a living version of the forest in the dry season.
Outside, you can reach into a shallow tank to feed and pat freshwater stingrays.
An animal with one of the oddest designs in the place is the self-possessed giant anteater. Metrozoo acquired this female from the Cleveland Metropark Zoo; at 17, she is unruffled by crowds, said Conrad Schmitt, curator of mammals.
With Amazon and Beyond "we're raising the bar, and that's a wonderful thing," said Eric Stephens, Metrozoo director. "We've stretched ourselves and the exhibits to tie together animals and people and places in the tropical world.
"It just makes so much sense for Miami. The next area will be Florida, and from there the Caribbean. We're getting to work on areas of the world that mean the most to our residents and visitors. It's tremendously satisfying and exciting."
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Android tablet sales surpass Apple’s iPad for the first time ever in Q2 of 2013
Android tablets have finally joined their phone counterpart up top. According to ABI Research, tablets running Android outsold Apple’s iPad in Q2 of 2013. Revenue for the entire tablet market hit $12.7 billion in that quarter. Since the same quarter of 2012, there was a 23% surge year-over-year.
While there isn’t much information on the Android manufacturers, it is easy to understand why Apple has been overthrown (for now). The research firm explains that smaller tablets around the 7 or 8-inch mark have been selling the most. Across the board, many companies have been aiming at this size. Amazon’s Kindle Fire line ranges from 7 to 8.9-inches while Samsung has been pumping out tablets endlessly. Also, Google refreshed their Nexus 7 with the latest specs. Even NVIDIA is in pursuit of some market share. Clearly consumers have taken to the smaller form-factor and lower prices.
Well, to be fair there is only one iPad. There is a vast sea of Android tablets, and they togeather beat the iPad. They, however, each have much smaller sales numbers and still might be struggling to get close to the iPad. At my university every one I see has an iPad, even though that thing can in no way replace a laptop for BASIC computing. I honestly don’t know how they can use anything that lacks a file browser and flash. How the hell does homework get done on that toy?! I say file browser and they say “what’s that?” Sorry for the rant.
ari_free
Don’t forget the iPad Mini.
iPad was supposed to be like the ipod, which dominated because only it had itunes and the others had their own tiny proprietary stores. But today anyone can come out with a tablet that can use anything on Google Play. Play took much of the exclusivity away from Apple, which is why Apple is trying to bribe companies to not release Android games, such as Plants vs Zombies 2.
Maoriz X
“Well, to be fair there is only one iPad.”
Always see this comment everywhere. If Apple sold 10 different ipads would they sell 10x as much? I didn’t think so
Wayne Peterkin
if 10 different manufacturers were making the iPad or just an ios tablet with Apple’s logo on the back…
Wayne Peterkin
if 10 different manufacturers were making the iPad…
That sounds more plausible doesn’t it | {
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Arsenal fall miserably to Sheffield Wednesday in League Cup
Coach Wenger reacts after a clear stop to the good form over the past couple weeks:
on the injuries…
The injuries are two muscular injuries and the injury damage I do not know. You have to wait 48 hours for the scans to see how big the damage is. It was a bad night at the office, we lost two players and after that we were not good enough, but on top of that you have to congratulate Sheffield Wednesday. They put in a great performance, very resolute, very dynamic and so they deserve their win tonight.
on the team selection…
I have to manage the workload of the players and at the end of the day I still think I brought too many experienced players here. We lost two players. Once I lost two players, I had Gabriel and Monreal and I did not bring them on as we could not afford to lose any more players.
on how they lost…
I think we had a lot of the ball, we just didn’t make a lot with the ball because we did not create anything. We were too short in midfield especially tonight and then it was down to not conceding anything from set-pieces [or] on on the counter-attack and unfortunately we did that because we lost balls in situations where we should not have lost the ball.
on if he is concerned by the injuries…
I’m concerned because our next game is a big game on Saturday, we have the Champions League against Bayern Munich coming up. Already we are now short. To lose two players tonight, two offensive players, is damaging for us.
on focusing on the Champions League…
Ideally I would have loved to have won tonight. I will not use that as an excuse but I’m sure as a squad now we can focus on other competitions and I must say, like I said before the game, because of many foreign players playing in the Premier League you have more and more good players playing going down to the Championship and to play with young players against Championship players becomes difficult. The level of the Championship has gone up and you see that once you have not enough of experience to deal with these types of games, you have no chance to win it. | {
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… and the browser fetches the content in the background as soon as the user’s computer is idle. If it sounds too easy, it’s probably because Firefox is currently the only browser to support this feature. But this has the potential to be a really useful feature. | {
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The San Francisco Department of Public Health is drastically cutting funding for HIV treatment and prevention in the Asian American Pacific Islander community and has allocated no money to stem the spread of the virus in Asian American women whose rates of HIV infections are on the rise.
Over the past four years, Asian Americans have had the highest increase in new HIV infections, going up from six percent to 10.3 percent. “Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that the HIV infection rate in A&PI communities will surpass that of Latinos by 2015 and of African Americans by 2020 if left unchecked,” said Tri Do, an assistant adjunct professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, in an earlier story (I-W, May 27).
Only 10 percent of API gay and bisexual men and less than one percent of all APIs in San Francisco have been tested for the HIV virus.
San Francisco annually awards $9.7 million in funding to organizations within the city that work on HIV treatment and prevention. But the city is rolling out a new plan for prevention – known as New Directions – which primarily funds organizations working with Caucasian, African American and Latino gay men, according to API community advocates.
“Trikone is saddened by the San Francisco Public Health Department’s decision to slash funding for HIV/AIDS programs affecting the API community,” Harsha Mallajosyula, advocacy director for Trikone – an organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people – told India-West.
“Surveys have consistently shown that the API community is one of the most vulnerable communities to new HIV infections and these budget cuts will only curtail the testing and awareness efforts taking place in earnest,” he said.
“Allocating resources should correlate with consistent data that places API community in high risk category and not on how visible our community is. The department’s decision clearly implies that our struggles – as the API community – do not matter,” stated Mallajosyula.
The SFDPH has cut its entire annual allocation of $350,000 to the Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center, which claims to be the only organization in San Francisco working on HIV prevention with the API community.
“We’ve been funded by the City for 25 years,” Lina Sheth, director of community development and external affairs at the A&PI Wellness Center, told India-West, adding that the organization would have to cut out its youth programs and drastically reduce its services to gay and bisexual men. The Wellness Center operates on an annual budget of $3.5 million, from federal funding and private grants and donations.
The organization also does not have funding to provide direct HIV prevention to Asian American women in San Francisco. “In the New Directions program, women are completely excluded,” stated Sheth, noting that API women tend to get tested at very late stages, when they already have AIDS.
“As a community, we are very family-oriented, and the stigma of having AIDS is so deep, we wouldn’t want to dishonor our family by saying we have it,” said Sheth, explaining why more APIs do not get tested for the virus.
The Asian American community needs “culturally competent” organizations to provide HIV prevention services, said Sheth.
But Grant Colfax, director of the HIV Prevention and Research Section in the San Francisco Department of Public Health AIDS Office, said the City would ensure that APIs received HIV prevention. “They have not been cut out of the budget,” he told India-West.
The New Directions program has allocated funds proportionately within ethnicities, dedicating the biggest allotment to high-risk groups, said Colfax.
According to data from the SFDPH, Caucasian, African American and Latino gay males are at the highest risk for acquiring new HIV infections, along with transgendered men and intravenous drug users. Asian Americans represented 11 percent of all new HIV infections in 2010, and 8.7 percent of people living with AIDS.
Colfax said his budget was based on AIDS data for 2010, and added that 8.7 percent of funding – roughly $844,000 – would be allocated to organizations working on HIV prevention in the API community.
Asked to name such organizations, Colfax pointed to Magnet, an organization for gay men which offers free sexual health services, including HIV testing. Magnet, however, has no APIs on its staff or advisory board and its Web site featured no Asian American men.
There is no evidence of an increase in HIV infections among Asian American women in San Francisco, stated Colfax, adding that the SFDPH is working to make HIV testing a routine part of health care screenings.
In an Aug. 1 meeting with several lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organizations, Colfax acknowledged that APIs were a “gap population” and promised to look at additional options for HIV prevention for Asian Americans.
Copyright 2011 India-West Publications Inc. This article may not be reproduced in any form without written permission of the publisher.
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They are not outside animals just because they can survive outdoors when forced to. And if you let your cat outdoors, you should contain it appropriately.
What other domestic pet do you allow to run wild?
Dangers to cats exist outside of big cities; wildlife will kill cats. Diseases. Injuries. Other human beings. Weather. Poisonous plant life. There is no need to expose your cat to that many risks.
I am that most despised of creatures (on tumblr). One who has had free roaming cats, outdoor cats, indoor cats, and an indoor cat who was ejected into the great outdoors.
Oh, and I worked for a vet who adopted three very friendly barn cats.
Chickens are a livestock species, they were not domesticated for companionship and therefore were not housed inside. You don’t house your food inside. And, I don’t know about you, but I don’t let my chickens freeroam without supervision because I know they can get injured or killed if I am not watching them and I prefer to keep my animals alive.
I don’t see how your vet adopting three barn cats has anything to do with outdoor cats? I had outdoor cats for most of my life. Out of the three I had, two disappeared, never to be seen again and one disappeared for 18 months before coming back. She has been an indoor cat since even though she was born and raised an outdoor cat.
YOUR cats might have lived outside for a long period of time, but mine didn’t. They died. Dead. I will never see them again. Why does your experience mean more than mine?
There are hundreds of people that claim that cats are, in fact, wild animals and that they belong in the wild. This is false. The domestication of cats began around 10,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent, from F. s. lybica, a subspecies of the Wildcat known as the African Wildcat or the Near Eastern Wildcat. We have since selectively F. s. lybica and turned the old species into our modern day housecats. We have directly changed their genetic level and changed their biological tendencies. Through selective breeding and domestication, we have impacted the temperament of the domestic cat and made them marginally better at utilizing plant-based proteins. Cats are domesticated and no longer have a natural role to play in the ecosystem.
Cats have a huge environmental impact that most people don’t realize. Since they are domesticated animals, they are considered an invasive species. Not only are these animals features on the Global Invasive Species Database, but they are considered one of the top 100 worst invasive species in the world. It is estimated that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.3–4.0 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals per year. Free-ranging cats have been introduced all around the world and have even been known to cause extinctions on islands. Free-ranging cats on islands have caused or contributed to 33 (14%) of the modern bird, mammal and reptile extinctions recorded by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. It’s not limited to the United States, either. ln under a year British cats killed between 85 – 100 million animals, according to one study, and is considered to be of sufficient magnitude to affect populations of preyed upon species. European songbirds are too afraid of cats to breed, for example, and in Italy they threaten bat populations. It is also well documented that European free-roaming cat owners are disconnected from the realities of their cats’ impact on the well being of European environment and conservation efforts, even reducing the effectiveness of protected parks.
When humans domesticated cats, we took on the responsibility for their health and welfare. This includes protecting them from all possible dangers. When outside, cats are exposed to diseases, cars, and deadly wildlife. They also have the chance to maim or kill OTHER cats that are also outside.
Feline Immunodeficiency Virus or FIV is just one deadly disease that cats can get if they are allowed outdoors unsupervised. FIV retrovirus in the same family as the human AIDS virus, with a few significant differences. It is estimated that in the United States, 2% of cats are infected with the FIV virus. This is not the only disease that outdoor cats can catch; they are also at risk for FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis), Panleukopenia (Feline Distemper) and Zoonotic Diseases. Not to mention that mice your cat may eat or bring home can also cause a host of other dangerous diseases that not only threaten cats, but the humans they live with as well.
Cats kept indoors are safe from predators such as coyotes, dog packs and other stays. The average lifespan of an indoor cat is 12 – 15 years; the average lifespan of an outdoor pet cat is 2 – 3 years less. Outdoor cats are below wildlife predators in the food chain, and they are sitting ducks for owls, raptors, coyotes, and native big cats. Dogs running in packs will consider a cat fair game; even one large dog can easily overpower and kill a cat. Even dogs that are owned by people can cause a cat harm. Many dogs carry a high prey drive and cannot be blamed when they see a cat run and their instincts take over.
Indoor cats do not get hit by cars. Period. Cars kill about 5.4 million cats per year which is a million more than are killed in shelters. Most of these cats are hit at night because the beams of cars can confuse and disorient them and they don’t have enough time to move.
There are more reasons not to let cats outside. Such as monitoring cat’s urinary tract and bowel health, not going in neighbor’s yards, getting abscesses from fighting, human abuse, getting lost, getting stolen, or freezing in the winter.
Some argue that their cat is depressed or bored when they are forced inside. Cats will sleep an average of 15 hours per day, and older cats may sleep as many as 20 hours without it being abnormal. Cats are naturally crepuscular, meaning they’re activity peaks at dawn and dusk. It is important to distinguish lethargy, an actual a symptom of depression, or merely your cat doing a normal cat thing. A cat that is kept inside will never be bored if they are being provided enough enrichment. Enrichment is the most important part when bringing cats inside. If a cat is not provided enough enrichment, then that is on its owner and not the cat. Going outside should not be a cat’s only enrichment. If the cat’s owner can not provide the enrichment a cat needs, then the owner should not have a cat. If a cat absolutely needs to be outside, then they can be outside in a secure and supervised environment or on a harness. A catio, which is a patio specifically made for cats and fenced in, can be built.
Cats are the only domesticated animal that is let outside unsupervised. People do not let their dogs, ferrets, gerbils, chinchillas and rabbits free-roam because of the dangers toward them and the impact they create. Even though dogs, also natural born hunters and predators, are not allowed to roam free. Why? To protect them and the environment. Cats should not be the exception. This needs to stop to improve the environment, protect the animals that live there and promote the safety of our own pets. Humans should not be advocating against the protection of their own pets and education efforts to warn of the dangers of outside cats should be more prevalent. Leaving cats outside and unsupervised is irresponsible and needs to change. It is irresponsible and damaging to the ecosystem and frankly, there is not a single good reason to keep them outside.
Outside cats should be illegal.
That was a lot of words and I agree with the general sentiment, but people do let their dogs roam free in rural areas and I’m sure you could get into why it’s a problem but don’t act like it’s not a thing.
I also agree that pet entitlement is a big problem and that people should consider if they can fully provide for a pet before owning one.
But ultimately, I just don’t believe that all cats should be kept indoors at all times. Dangers exist in the world, but you actually just have to accept that sometimes. We don’t advocate for the containment and/or euthanization of every animal on Earth just because they suffer while living in the wild.
And yeah, I’d argue that invasive species eventually just become part of the ecosystem. Felines are a successful predator nearly everywhere in the world even without human involvement.
Except people shouldn’t let dogs roam? Most places it is EXTREMELY ILLEGAL to do so? Your dog gets caught on someone else’s property and kills their livestock or bites someone, you’re looking at a hell of a lot of liability. Nowhere is a free-roaming dog encouraged or seen as a responsible thing to do. If your dog, like, runs off-leash on your property and you own a lot of land, that’s one thing, but your dog getting onto someone else’s property is pretty much always seen as “Hey, contain your animal.” This is not true of cats because free-roaming is the norm.
Also like… comparing keeping cats indoors as opposed to legitimate wildlife being sheltered from the dangers of living outdoors, like… that’s apples and oranges? Cats are domesticated. They’re pets. They are domestic animals that are NOT a natural part of the ecosystem. They’re not wild animals? That is the difference. Your pet is your responsibility, you should keep it contained to your property under your supervision.
And do we really want to know how many species cats can push into extinction before they integrate into the ecosystem wherever they are? Many scientists are stressing keeping pet cats indoors for the benefit of the environment and the wildlife. I’m inclined to side with the scientists here.
And free-roaming cats are illegal in some places of the world.
People are going to do what they want but we should still call it out as irresponsible.
These are all fair points and I’m willing to concede that setting a rule to keep every cat indoors would probably be better overall due to the many situations where cats shouldn’t be let out but are anyway because it’s the cultural norm.
A lot of cultural norms with pets are just way off base.
Anyway thanks for discoursing with me. I’m really tired and fairly drunk so I’ll probably come back tomorrow with a more cohesive argument and/or an apology
Haha, no problem, I appreciate the civilty, this post has brought a lot of nastiness to my blog but I’m prepared to back up my side of the discussion or I definitely wouldn’t have opened this can of worms. Have a nice night, though!
what if my cats are indoor outdoors in a big yard?
Doesn’t matter? If they’re out there unsupervised, they are NOT staying in your yard.
A fully enclosed catio allows your cat(s) to be outside and safe from other animals, and keep other animals safe from it. You can also set up all sorts of fun climbing stuff in it. | {
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TINARIWEN (Mali) + JUSTIN ADAMS & JULDEH CAMARA 2008
Tour Dates: 20 – 21 May 2008
Tinariwen are one of the great musical success stories of recent years. Emerging from the Sahara Desert in 2002, they have grabbed the attention of world music and rock fans alike, stormed the album charts and left a trail of critical acclaim and stunning live appearances behind them. Their seductive snaking electric guitars, rolling rhythms and desert-dry sound make for an awesome musical experience. Rebellion and rock’n’roll have been strutting hand-in-hand for more than half a century, but only very rarely has their union involved real weapons and a painful struggle for survival. In the early 1990s, Tinariwen fought a rebellion against the government of Mali to win greater freedom and self-determination for the Touareg people of the southern Sahara. The fight gave birth to a whole new style of desert music, which Tinariwen invented and have since used to carry their message of desert pride and survival to the four corners of the globe. Their roots rock rebellion of the soul is one of the most entrancing sounds to emerge from Africa in years. The support of celebrity fans from Robert Plant to Radiohead’s Thom Yorke plus support slots with The Rolling Stones have further elevated their rebel rock status, and recent albums have been greeted with four- and five-star reviews in the rock press and national media.
Often referred to as the UK’s answer to Ry Cooder, Justin Adams has an unmatched knowledge of both blues and African styles, co-wrote the acclaimed Robert Plant album Mighty Rearranger, and has produced two of Tinariwen’s albums. Adams is joined by Juldeh Camara, a Gambian griot and master musician, who plays the ritti, a one-stringed fiddle. Deep and ancient trance-like rhythms are combined with the crackle of rock and roll electricity and desert blues.
Press Quotes:"thrillingly unlike anything else on the planet." Q Magazine "exhilarating" The Guardian“the most exciting guitar band I’ve heard in a long time…” The Sunday Times“Awesome! This is SENSATIONAL! Tinariwen are the masters of roll’n’roll.” Andy Kershaw, BBC Radio
Tour Venues:
Pontardawe Arts Centre
The Point, Cardiff
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[Unix/C hackers, from the Iberian dance] In C, a wild pointer that
runs out of bounds, causing a core dump, or corrupts
the
malloc(3)arena in such a way as to cause mysterious failures
later on, is sometimes said to have ‘done a fandango on core’.
On low-end personal machines without an MMU (or Windows boxes, which have
an MMU but use it incompetently), this can corrupt the OS itself, causing
massive lossage. Other frenetic dances, such as the cha-cha or the watusi,
may be substituted. See aliasing bug,
precedence lossage, smash the
stack, memory leak, memory
smash, overrun screw,
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Neil McMillan & Son, Brickmakers, 482 Paisley Street, Glasgow
09/06/1870 – Glasgow Evening Citizen – Dean of Guild Court – The following applications were granted – Neil McMillan & Son etc Morris Place off Monteith Row, Glasgow to take down the front tenement aleadty erected on part of piec of ground situated on the south side of Savoy Street, Bridgeton and erect a front tenement of dwelling houses on site thereof.
Neil McMillans son was James Wilson McMillan who was born in 1850. He emigrated to the USA around 1867 where he manufactured bricks at the Milledgeville Brickworks in Georgia. He was definitely in the USA by 1878 so the ‘& son’ referred to here is likely to be James’ brother Robert Wilson McMillan.
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Where the Pavement Ends
Rafting on the Main Salmon River: America’s River of No Return
By Nick Como
The Main Salmon River is the government name you might find on a map. However, a more often used and apt moniker heard in river-running circles is, “The River of No Return,” derived from the simple fact that there’s no reasonable exit for close to a hundred miles. But the Salmon’s most alluring and unique attraction is that its frothy rapids, skyscraper-sized pines, and crystal clear water are as far from a paved road as possible in America.
Less than six hours north of Salt Lake City, this river is for those who are truly looking to get away from it all. By our second night with Stanley, Idaho-based Sawtooth Adventure Company, we felt as far from blacktop, houses, jobs, and any other tie to the “real” world you could physically and mentally get. That is, except for the cold beer and gourmet food—not everything is worth leaving behind, after all.
THE RIVER
The (mostly) Class III rapids provide plenty of cold splashes, even more so if you choose to use one of the inflatable ducky kayaks, or for the very bold—one of the Stand Up Paddleboards—brought on each trip. Newbie rafters will find plenty of challenge (read: flipped boats) finding the right line through many of the rapids. Even with beta from our guides we had about a 50% success rate paddling the ducky through even the medium-sized waves.
Though you never get cold running the river in mid-summer, no excuse is needed to sample one of the dozens of hot springs on the side of the river. Some springs are easy to spot, but only veteran guides know the trails to hidden utopian soak spots.
We hiked (all of 100 yards) to petroglyphs, as well as longer (half-mile) excursions to cabin ruins from the turn of the century. The relaxation program was the call for our group, and while there was an option to do far longer hikes to the distant rim of the canyon, we chose not to do so.
The Salmon River canyon is so deep and wide, there are few turns in the river you could see the top of the canyon rim. Most of the time the view was “obscured” by pine trees, hillsides, cliffs, and mountaintops. The only breaks in the scenery were the hundreds of side creeks that flow in every couple of miles. I forgot each of their names, but our guides knew every one of them, as well as the last time they flooded and created or eliminated one of the hundred named and unnamed rapids.
The author tries out SUPing.
TO GUIDE OR NOT TO GUIDE
Having done more than a fair share of river trips as a private group, this was my first time experiencing one at the hands of a guided outfit. Since chances of scoring a permit as a private group for many famous stretches of this river are slim, we chose to sign up with a guide for a five-day, four-night trip. Instead of weeks of preparation, packing, travel itineraries, map searching, and gear checking that we’re accustomed to, we pretty much showed up at the launch with a change of clothes.
Being part of a group of people whom you’ve never met, have little in common with, and will be sharing one of three 16-foot rafts for five days is another reason I wanted to dip my toe in the proverbial water before choosing our guide. Feeling like you’re part of a reality show with hidden cameras was not how I wanted to spend one of the two vacation weeks I have each year. The ability for a guide to not only guide you down the river but to guide the group in terms of mood is, perhaps, on par with importance.
We chose to float with Sawtooth Adventure Company (sawtoothadventure.com). There are several guides in the area—do your homework before choosing as the clientele varies from outfit to outfit, whether you are looking for a family-friendly getaway or a bachelor party. We couldn’t have been happier with our group dynamic, notably the guides delivering coffee to our tent each morning. Plus, we didn’t have to figure logistics for a 10-hour car shuttle.
AT CAMP
The days this far north are long. The sun doesn’t dip behind the mountains until close to 9:00 p.m. with usable light for almost an additional hour, creating ample opportunity to keep a slow pace during the day. We stopped to jump off one of the foot bridges that spans the river, took naps upon reaching camp, read books and played camp games, especially since the guides set up our tents and got dinner on the stove while we rested from a day of relaxing.
Speaking of dinner, expect gourmet meals like couscous, enchiladas, homemade cobblers, and nothing requiring it be boiled in a bag or re-hydrated. To put the emphasis on dining into perspective: for a group of seven people we had three 16-foot boats, one dedicated entirely to coolers of food and kitchen wares. Nothing beats ending the day by grabbing a second or third helping of dinner or fresh-baked desserts under a star-filled sky.
WHEN TO GO
Visit the Salmon in July for a good mix of fast moving water, which has warmed a bit from spring runoff.
For slower moving and warmer water go in late August, which (lucky for you) necessitates an extra day and night on the river to complete the journey.
RIVER STORIES
Handmade huts, which we floated by on countless turns in the river, are evidence of a simpler life on these shores. Several mountain men and women gave up modern culture and lived here with no access to the outside world, other than a multi-day hike or river voyage out. Today’s inhabitants reside in modest cabins with jetboats or seaplanes, allowing quicker access to the middle of nowhere.
Gourmet food on the river.
On the fourth day of our trip, we stopped at Buckskin Bill’s former hideout. His modest cabin still stands and features a well-preserved collection of hand-made tools and equipment. Bill had quite the assortment of guns, homemade ammunition, and even a gun tower, which he used in more than one standoff with government officials claiming Bill was trespassing on what they thought to be federal property. The dispute was eventually settled when the rightful owner of the land allowed Bill to live his remaining years on the river with no shots fired.
We learned all of this while sipping Deschutes Brewery’s Black Butte Porter ice cream floats at the museum, which now sits on the property, along with a contemporary home one lucky family lives in. The ice cream and beer is an unexpected combination, just as a museum of the river’s relics seems strange paired so close to a modern home’s reminder of civilization. Fitting, since “The River of No Return” is as far from a paved road as you can get.
Nick Como escaped the skyscrapers of NYC for the tall peaks of the Wasatch. Climber, skier, canyoneer, mountain biker, and lover of food. Just don’t think of offering him pizza with pineapple on it.
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With only days left in the month I completed Habitat, my fifth finished object of the month.
The finished project is fantastic, I love the cables and the polished look the decreases give, but my hands really suffered from this one. I’m not sure if it was simply the tension of all those cables but I felt wrist pain near the end of this. David’s already requested one for himself, but it’ll have to wait until I’ve done a few mindless knits in softer yarn to recooperate. I think the colour and pattern will look great on my brother-in-law.
I didn’t manage to finish my Socktoberfest socks, but I did learn something valuable: I hate knitting socks. I love wearing handknit socks, but I get so bored after the first one. To save myself time and anguish I will never knit socks again (watch me forget in another month).
We also managed to visit some awesome places this month, and I feel we made the best of the Indian summer we had. It’ll be sad to go back to our “normal” routine.
For November I am going on a yarn diet. My stash is not huge, but I definitely have more than I can get through at the moment and feel I treated myself more than enough in October. I hope to knit some more gifts before December, but also something for myself for a change. If I can manage to go a whole month without buying ANY yarn (even sale and sock yarn) I will consider it a great triumph.
Because I refuse to turn on the heating before November it is officially very cold in our apartment. Even our normally naked ice-baby has (voluntarily) put some clothes on. I guess the latest parcel came just in time.
Out of all the American yarns that I wanted to try Quince and Co were number one (Shelter being a very close number two). I bought two skeins of the aran weight Osprey, just wanting to see if they lived up to the hype. I instantly fell in love. They use 100% American wool but manage a softness that I’d associate with luxury cashmere/wool blends. The colours are as rich and enchanting as people have claimed, and I cannot take my eyes off this.
Even the photo can’t do justice to this deep jeweled purple. David was noticeably impressed by them, and has requested some mitts in Split Pea so he doesn’t have to suffer while playing piano in our freezer-house. It’s a toss up between Toasty and Dashing, but I think simplicity will win. The purple is going to become a Ripley for me as all of my handknit hats have mysteriously disappeared.
If this knits up half as nicely as it feels and looks, then I’ll have to make a whole new wardrobe in it.
Over the last few days a bit of a strange weather event has blown in autumn overnight. Secretly I love this sort of weather, it’s the kind that takes your breath away when the wind picks up and rain stings your face. It reminds me of the wild Scottish hills and my fantasies of the crofting life. The best part is when you come inside after a long walk, cheeks red and windswept, and there’s something bubbling in the pot.
Cauliflower is such an underrated vegetable in my opinion, I always get excited when I start seeing it in autumn. It isn’t just about its flavour or appearance, but the way that it instantly evokes feelings of comfort. Roasted cauliflower, cauliflower curries, cauliflower cheese and my absolute favourite: cauliflower soup.
The best cauliflower soup should be velvety and warm, it makes me as happy as snuggling under a duvet. My version is very simple: Sweated onions and carrots are simmered with cauliflower and a bit of potato in salted water until tender. Blitz till it’s creamy (though I never mind the occasional nugget of vegetable) and add a cup of cream or milk, good spoonful of grain mustard, and handful of shredded cheddar. Season well with salt and white pepper. Delicious with or without a swirl of cream. Cold comfort soup for windy autumn.
I love that after two days of very leisurely movie knitting I end up with something as lovely as these.
These Lovisa armwarmers should be just the thing for my gardening sister-in-law. While I think they turn out to be drapey and rather elegant knit in a sportweight yarn as intended I really like the snug warmth when knit in Cascade 220. The brown and cream colouring reminds me of traditional nordic ski sweaters and hot chocolate with marshmallows. All that’s left is to find the perfect pair of buttons to finish them off.
Mitts are so nice in that they gives you total freedom of movement in the fingers (great for knitting or planting fiddly seeds) but keep your hands warm at the same time. I am very tempted to knit everyone in the family a pair of these.
And just what is it that I’m knitting? The next in my line of holiday gifts, something for my brother-in-law.
Jared Flood’s Habitat hat using Blackberry Ridge medium weight silk blend in forest green. Blackberry Ridge is a fairly local mill that prides itself on sourcing wool from the midwest. I bought this at the Woodland Studio in Stoughton and couldn’t pass up such a local yarn, with plenty of yardage. With any luck I should be able to knit this hat and a cowl from one skein.
The pattern is one that I’ve been coveting since it’s come out. I am a sucker for cables, despite the extra work involved. Unlike the mitts this is not a project for mindless movie watching, as I found out after having to start over twice. Now that I’ve got the cables started properly it’s going very smoothly and am feeling like a gift knitting machine.
After nearly a whole month of uninterrupted sunshine we’ve finally had a typically cloudy, chilly, rainy autumn day. To be honest, I am thrilled. It is perfect pie weather, and it just has to be pumpkin.
My failed pumpkin pie a while back must have just been a sign that it was too early for autumn baking. This time everything went without a hitch. I used the recipe from “The Art of Simple Food”, a really easy and genuinely tasty rendition of the classic. There aren’t any bells and whistles with this recipe, and it really lets the pumpkin sing. I’ve been particularly lazy this year and ended up using Trader Joe’s organic canned pumpkin, but it wasn’t any worse for wear.
I also couldn’t resist starting another project. Something about socks feels more monotonous than even knitting a large sweater. Maybe it’s the tiny needles, but I had to break my own commandment and start a little something to keep me going.
These are Lovisa armwarmers knit up using some leftover Cascade 220. I had to modify them slightly due to gauge, but they are a beautiful and satisfying knit. I finished the first in a matter of a couple of hours while watching a film. They are a gift for my garden loving sister-in-law. Something cozy to pull on while feeding chickens or pottering around the shed. Now, I just need to find the perfect buttons to go with them.
We are all back in Madison after a fantastic few days staying with friends outside of Chicago. While I enjoyed going to the Windy City again I was thoroughly exhausted after a full day there with a toddler. It was totally worth it to visit Nina.
Located in Chicago’s Wicker Park, Nina isn’t huge but makes up for it with a contemporary interior and fabulous selection of luxury yarns.
I was in for a shock when I first entered the shop when I was greeted with a gorgeous knitted Shalom on a mannequin. And look there on the shelf, Elijah, Otto and (not pictured) Sophie!
Such a cool knitting shop for a cool city. Alas, as other mothers will understand, I had to leave prematurely due to a hungry little boy. Without any yarn. I was bummed until we came across a Threadless store and managed to pick up this sweet t-shirt. Purple + Knitting + Tree cozies = Awesome. One of the cozies even looks like the Jaywalker pattern, it must have been fate.
Though the city was fun I am not much of a city mouse, so I had even more fun exploring the charming town of Woodstock (the film location for Groundhog Day) near where we were staying. They had local fiber arts show, with some beautiful samples of handspinning, weaving and knitting.
I am happy to be back home in the relative quiet of Madison, but look forward to next month when we get together with family for Thanksgiving. Which reminds me, I must get gift knitting!
I am pleased to say that the temperature has finally dropped enough here in Wisconsin to pull out the sweaters again. With a choice of either fair trade cardigan or the drive thru my little boy proudly chose “Mama knit jumper!”
It still takes a little sleeve rolling but otherwise it fits like a charm and should last him through the winter into spring. We’ve already received a few nice comments on it, but what I love most of all is how he runs around shouting “Mama knit!”. What more could a mother ask for?
If I made this again I’d love to use something a bit softer against the skin, like Rowan Cashsoft Aran since he does complain a bit about the itchy collar. Not annoying enough to stop him running around, playing in leaves and having toddler fun. I am so looking forward to many cooler days to come, just so we can put this on.
One of the things that I absolutely love about the Madison area is the wide range of spaces for children. We are surrounded by parks, zoos, libraries and museums that cater to young ones, and one of our favourite spots is nearby in Monona.
Monona library has been awarded Wisconsin’s best library 2010, and it truly deserves it. A very modern airy building surrounded by floor to ceiling windows, a great book collection, quiet reading space filled with green plants, and an almost overwhelming children’s section. I love taking Dougie to libraries, they always have a plenty of things to do. Puzzles, toys, and of course lots and lots of books (our current favourites are “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” and “If You Give a Pig a Pancake”). Monona also lets you check out play packs which include a book and accompanying toy or game. An absolutely brilliant idea, we’re saving ours for the two hour long car trip down to Chicago.
As if a fantastic library wasn’t enough, just across the street is this.
A huge fantasy playground, filled with climbing frames, mazes, towers, slides and locally crafted art. We were worried we would lose him in there. Most of it is for older children, but the “tot lot” was perfect. A real child’s wonderland, we will be back very soon, with pack lunches to eat by the lake under the trees.
We’ll be heading down to the Windy city for the next few days visiting family friends, and enjoying a bit of city and country. And plenty of yarn, I’m sure.
While manyofyou may be enjoying yourselves at Rhinebeck (and of course, I’m not the least bit jealous) we are having a tiny celebration of our own. Today is our fourth wedding anniversary which we have dubbed the “wool and sheet music” anniversary. With a little one it’s hard for us to make any grand plans, but we have been indulging in a few of our favourite things. Delicious dripping poached eggs, good coffee, and pizza and beer at our favourite local pizza place.
We aren’t exactly the most romantic couple in the world. And if the length of marriages correlated with the size of the wedding then ours would have only lasted about a half an hour, based on our thirty second long union in the basement of the Cook County Courthouse (which we found so amusing). But I did want to show my appreciation to the man who puts up with my yarn buying and crazy ideas on a daily basis.
This is the appropriately named Scrap-happy Celebration Hat, using the generous leftovers from Drive Thru and also Andrea’s Shawl. I loved the simplicity of design, but it made an incredibly cool hat with all the different colours. The last light blue is a bit whimsical since I only needed a few rows to finish it. I could have used the yellow, but thought it a shame not to squeeze a little bit of that beautiful blue.
The best part is he loves it, and says he can “feel the love in every stitch”. I feel very lucky to be married to such a man, and hope to be knitting for him for many years to come. Happy Anniversary, D!
Things have been a little upside down at our house the last few days. Dougie has been unusually grumpy and unable to get to sleep until very late. My initial thought was to blame teething, but it could also be his way of telling us to slow down. We’ve been on the go practically all month, and to be honest, it was nice to do nothing but sit at home for a change, reading books, making soup and just enjoy being together.
There’s nothing like an upset or sick toddler to kill productivity so I’ve been even more thankful for those little moments during the day that I can smuggle in a row or two. I even managed to finish Drive Thru.
I absolutely adore this little jumper and am so grateful that the weather is cooling down enough for it to go out very soon. The pattern was a breeze to follow, a very basic bottom up garment (either cardi or pullover) that will never go out of fashion. I don’t know how many times I will realistically get this thing over my child’s head. Even with the very loose and lacy cast off it’s a fight to get on, but I will cherish it as an heirloom for many years to come.
In retrospect I might have chosen a darker contrasting colour for the middle stripe, but I’m happy with the overall look and am pleased with how much of this sunny yellow and orange I have left in my stash for matching hats, scarf and mittens.
I also started my Socktoberfest socks the other night, in low light conditions, and in the morning I was a little bit shocked.
It is hard to get an accurate photo but they are definitely more Camo than I had imagined from the ball. Now, I have nothing against the camouflage look, but it’s not really one I want to inflict on a friend. Plus, being a loose knitter even going down to toothpick size 0 needles they are still way too big for size 7 feet.
There was this terrible sinking feeling of buyers remorse as I knit every stitch. I couldn’t return the yarn now but hate wasting. But I couldn’t think of any way of using the yarn that would make it attractive to my eyes at this point. I was about to give up the ghost when I half jokingly asked the husband “Who would wear these?” and he replied “Hey, I would”. Lo, and behold they fit him too. A remarkably simple solution. Amazing how quickly knitting goes by when you have a new sense of purpose. | {
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Picture of the MS Riverdance beached near Blackpool, Lancashire,
She was hit by a wave on the 31 January 2008 which caused her cargo to shift and she was eventually beached.
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Your yarns have been some of my favorites. Using your green eyelash yarn, I made scarves that were a good approximation of Oscar the Grouch, and people loved them. When I made things out of the super-soft Cameo yarn, they sold even before I could set them up on a shelf in a friend’s shop.
I tell you this not just to illustrate my yarn fancy, but to show you that I have been your customer. While my yarn budget of a couple hundred dollars a year may not seem like much to you, it’s a significant sum to me. As an aspiring yarn hoarder, I know what I like, and I liked what you had to offer.
We had a good working relationship, Hobby Lobby and I. But it’s over, and I need to tell you why.
Please understand I don’t go into the details of my personal health with strangers in public too often, but since Hobby Lobby has decided it needs to wedge itself into the most personal decisions a woman makes, I’m going to assume you’re OK with hearing about my own health.
A few years ago, I started bleeding heavily during my monthly period. Doctors will tell you that small blood clots during a period are normal, and that any clot up to the size of a quarter is nothing to worry about. But I was having blood clots the size of my palm. It was unmanageable. I had to go out of the office for a work assignment one day and changed my tampon before I left, but after 45 minutes, the blood was flowing down my legs. I couldn’t take a car ride longer than a half hour without having to pull over somewhere to change my pad.
After enduring this for several months, hoping it would just go away on its own, I finally went to see an OB-GYN. I had to have a dilation and curettage, a surgical procedure where my uterine lining was scraped away. It was determined that I had uterine hyperplasia and an “out-of-phase” uterine lining. She also found out that I was anemic from all the bleeding.
And then she laid out my options.
Left alone, there was a likely chance that the hyperplasia would worsen, and I would end up in a hospital emergency room being prepped for an emergency hysterectomy. I could avoid that by having a scheduled hysterectomy, a major operation that has serious consequences. Or, she said, I could get an IUD that emits progestin, which would inhibit the overgrowth of my uterine lining.
I ask you – what would you do? Risk a life-threatening emergency? Have a major surgery to remove a major organ? Or take medicine that would let you control the problem?
While you’re considering those options, let me ask you another question. Who would you want to make that decision for you? I bet you’d like to make it for yourself. But what if someone you never met demanded the right to limit your choices and force you toward a more drastic option?
Because if I were your employee instead of your customer, that is where I’d be. I would be forced to either risk or schedule hospitalization in order to placate the fragile beliefs of a billionaire CEO who doesn’t know me, has never met me and will never have to contend with the debilitating bleeding I had.
I ask you, would a male employee of Hobby Lobby with an uncontrolled bleeding problem – a hemophiliac – have to endure his employer meddling in his medical care? Or could he simply get the treatments he needs to live and be healthy?
Hobby Lobby doesn’t want me using the IUD to save my health. They object because of a dubious claim that it might cause an abortion. But here’s the kicker – I’m both infertile and a lesbian. So, congratulations, Hobby Lobby. As your hypothetical employee, you have successfully saved my even more hypothetical baby that could never, ever be. That imaginary, impossible baby somehow is more important than my very real health needs. How is that?
I keep wondering, why would I be treated differently than a hemophiliac, or for that matter, anyone else with any other medical problem? I’m told it’s because of the “deeply held religious beliefs” of the Hobby Lobby owners, but let’s be honest. That doesn’t really ring true, does it? Your 401(k) plan invests in the companies that make contraceptives, including Bayer, the maker of the Mirena IUD, and TEVA, which makes the morning after pill. I suppose the Green family has no problem with these devices and pills when they make them money. Nor do they think twice about buying goods from China, where abortion isn’t just an option, but a requirement, for many women. Maybe the deeply held belief here is greed. Maybe it’s just the age-old desire to control women. I can’t say for certain, but I can tell you I despise it either way.
No, I do not work for Hobby Lobby. My employers – then and now – are more enlightened, and respect my ability to make my own health choices. But my condition is not rare, and I know that in a company of 50,000 employees, there are women here who share my health challenges. I am outraged on their behalf.
I can no longer feel good about spending my money with you. I can’t spend my hard-earned dollars at a place that wants to treat me as a second class citizen. Your founding family can be as self-righteous, as discriminatory and as hypocritical as they like. It’s still a free country for some, and that is their right. Just as it’s my right to put an end to our relationship.
So, today I’m bringing you back the rest of the yarn I bought from you. I’m not asking for a refund – you can just take it. I have no qualms with having an IUD in my uterus, but it feels immoral to have your yarn in my home. | {
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Paywall: The Business of ScholarshipDirector: Jason Schmitt Open Society Foundations (2018)
Billed as a documentary, Paywall would be more accurately described as an advocacy film. Its intention seems to be to persuade viewers that the paywalls that restrict access to journal content online are an unnecessary hangover from the print era, and now serve only to perpetuate the excessive profits that legacy publishers such as Elsevier, Wiley and Springer Nature make from the public purse.
The film makes a convincing case that the paywall system creates problems — and that universal open access (OA) to scholarly articles would be better for society. But it fails to adequately explore the thorny challenges that arise with OA publishing. These include the fact that the publishers castigated by the film would continue to dominate scholarly communication in an OA world; the increasingly expensive ‘pay-to-publish’ model, which substitutes inequities in access for inequities in affording publication; and the rise of predatory publishing. And although Paywall acknowledges that current reward systems have slowed the progress of OA publishing, it does not address the puzzling question of why academics have proved so reluctant to make copies of their published papers freely available in their institutional repositories.
Paywall features more than 70 interviews. People represented include: Richard Wilder, associate general counsel at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Wikipedia Library head Jake Orlowitz; and Alexandra Elbakyan, founder of Sci-Hub (a website that offers free access to more than 70 million illegally downloaded academic papers). Rachel Burley, publishing director for BioMed Central and SpringerOpen, speaks for Springer Nature.
The film ranges over issues such as journal price inflation, researcher evaluation and impact factors, and the disparity of access between the predominantly wealthy global north and the mostly lower-income global south. The film is funded by the Open Society Foundations in New York City, which was created by philanthropist George Soros in 1993, and was instrumental in the formation of the OA movement.
Director Jason Schmitt — a scholar of communications and media at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York — made the film to bring the discussion to the public at large. Yet most of the screenings are scheduled at universities, so how broad an audience it will find is an open question.
Schmitt wrote to me: “Publishing top-tier research journals is complex and costly. I know publishers provide an important service. But I feel that at the current technological bandwidth, we don’t need the sheer number of journals controlled by large publishers.” He describes the scholarly publishing market as a US$25.2-billion-a-year industry. Heather Joseph, executive director of the global OA advocacy group the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, puts the figure at $10 billion.
Oxford University recently ran out of funds for some OA publication charges.Credit: Jim Richardson/NGC/Getty
The film singles out Elsevier for most criticism, eliding the fact that the company is simply more successful than most for-profit legacy publishers at doing what they all do. Schmitt wrote me that he tried to achieve balance, but that Elsevier declined to be part of the film, so it was unable to “show the positives and attributes of their business model”. Instead, the witness for the defence is Will Schweitzer, product-development director at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington DC, publishers of Science and other journals. He says: “Do we act effectively as a responsible midwife for these important scholarly concepts or ideas, and make them accessible to the world and distribute them, and reinvest in the community? I would say yes.”
Paywalls hit researchers from the global south hardest. A 2001 World Health Organization (WHO) survey found that 56% of research institutions in very low-income countries had no subscriptions to international scientific journals. To address this, global agencies worked with major publishers to offer researchers in poorer countries free or low-cost access to articles. Initiatives include the Hinari Access to Research for Health Programme, run by the WHO, and Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture, run by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (these programmes and others have now been subsumed under Research4Life). Yet these initiatives are regularly criticized for creating dependency and “commodifying legitimacy”.
The film offers telling examples. Nigerian physician Ahmed Ogunlaja, for instance, explains that local doctors are constantly confronted with paywalls. Another interviewee — Tom Callaway, head of outreach to universities at open-source software company Red Hat in Raleigh, North Carolina — relates that he could not afford to research his wife’s pulmonary embolism. Without a subscription, each paper costs an average of $30–40, and it is not possible to know whether they are relevant before paying.
I agree with the film that universal OA is far preferable to subscriptions. Combined with open data, it would make science more efficient, not least because more scholars, independent researchers and citizen scientists would be able to contribute to and build on published work. Greater openness could also help to address problems of reproducibility, fraud and research misconduct. And the increasingly interdisciplinary work necessary to address grand societal challenges — from climate change to food security — is better enabled by OA.
The film mentions ‘green’ OA (in which researchers deposit copies of their own papers in online repositories), but seems more focused on ‘gold’ OA, in which publishers make papers freely available.
The weakness of Paywall is that it fails to adequately address the challenges of OA. Among the biggest are article-processing charges (APCs). The now-dominant OA model pioneered by publishers PLOS and BioMed Central, both founded in 2000, demands that authors or their funders pay APCs to make work freely available. But many cannot afford the charges, even at leading universities in wealthy nations. Legacy publishers all now also offer gold options that set APCs at levels designed to preserve current profits. Thus, the very publishers that Paywall criticizes will continue to dominate, because (as the film points out) researchers have incentives to publish in their prestigious journals. And for those in the global south, APCs are invariably unaffordable. Waivers are sometimes available, but authors often find they are not eligible. The problems of both affordability and equity will persist.
The film also fails to discuss other pressing issues. These include a lack of consensus on exactly what OA is and how it should be achieved, and the continuing indifference to it in the research community — consider that many academics do not self-archive their papers even when mandated to do so. Moreover, because many OA papers have no licence attached, they are susceptible to being placed behind a paywall later, making openness a fragile condition. It’s ironic, too, that the most successful OA initiative is Sci-Hub.
As a piece of advocacy, Paywall is compelling enough to attract new converts. It will not, however, educate the public in the complexities of open access. | {
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Life Together in Brooklyn
Tomorrow, our Theology Circle gathers to start discussing Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life Together (Gemeinsames Leben). If you’re in NYC, come join us. Details are below. I picked LT because it is a very modern, positive exploration of what intentional Christian community can look like and an exploration of what fellowship is. It is a small, accessible book born out of experience. It also serves as a nice communal counterbalance to the radically subjectivist individualism that we discussed in Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling. FT is about how no one can understand one’s relationship with God. LT is about living together in light of God.
It’s worth mentioning that LT was written over four weeks in late 1938 after a wealth of intense experience with the good and the bad of Christian community. Bonhoeffer was 32 and had recently finished his most well-known work, Nachfolge (The Cost of Discipleship), immediately prior. He had already experienced a great variety of religious community from the marginal church life of his youth to his theological training at Tübingen to his influential trip to Rome in 1924’s Holy Week to his year pastoring an ex-pat church in Barcelona to his year at New York City’s historic Union Theological Seminary in 1930/31 where he also taught youth Sunday school at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem to lecturing at the University of Berlin to working as a student minister at a German trade university to pastoring two ex-pat churches in London to all throughout his work with the European ecumenical and youth movements to his sharpening battles as part of the Confessing Church with the German Christians and the Nazi’s Reich Church. By the time 1938 arrives, he has already directed an illegal, underground seminary for pastors of the Confessing Church. Bonhoeffer knew life together.
He’s on the Nazi’s radar screen. He has gone virtually toe to toe with Reich Bishop Müller and keeping one step ahead of him as the incompetent bishop seeks to solidify Hitler’s power among the suspicious churches. Bonhoeffer knows what is happening. He has seen (not all, but growing number of) Christians in his country duped and slowly seduced to solidify Hitler’s increasing power grab since 1933. He has resisted the “Aryan Paragraph” that prevented all non-Aryans from becoming ministers or religious teachers. The Nazi State sought to turn every aspect of German life together towards and for Adolf Hitler. Bonhoeffer sought to resist to ensure life together in and toward and for Christ.
It is important to not take Christian community for granted. In the United States and United Kingdom, we do. We have churches on almost every corner. Christendom, in its many forms, is alive and well. There are those who would claim that the US is a “Christian nation”, whatever that means. However, anyone who compares a perceived persecution of Christians in the US to that of the situation in Hitler’s Germany is a fool and has no knowledge or understanding of Europe’s first half of the twentieth century. It is fear-mongering and naive. It is important to say that up front, because there are those who will twist Bonhoeffer to make him their own instead of letting Bonhoeffer be the very nuanced and complex and brilliant Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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On 18.01.2019 the 72nd Viennese Croatian Ball/Hrvatski bal took place under the motto "Hrvati meet Schönbrunn" at the Parkhotel Schönbrunn in Vienna.
The ball, organised by our member organisation Hrvatski centar / Croatian Centre in Vienna, is the social event of the Croats in Vienna and at the same time an expression of the common ground, the Croatian culture and language in the big city. It is always a pleasure to see how active the use of language is within the Burgenland Croatian community.
Among the more than 1000 participants were numerous famous personalities, such as the Federal Minister for EU, Art, Culture and Media Gernot Blümel. FUEN President Loránt Vincze and FUEN Managing Director Eva Pénzes also accepted the invitation to celebrate the most important event of the Croatian minority in Vienna.
It is very rewarding that the most important project of the FUEN, the Minority SafePack, was also emphasized at the official opening of the ball as the most important project of 2018. As also the conversation with Minister Blümel, as well as his interest in the topic are of importance for the development of our Initiative.
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Hello Everyone! Boy, it's been a long time. Time just seems to fly by when you are busting your butt to walk again. As many of you know, Kalli and I have been living in GA with some friends while attending a therapy study called NRN (Neurological Recovery Network). The program is going very well and they never cease to amaze me how many ways they can figure out to make you sweat. The program here has me up on a weight assisted treadmill five days a week along with guided over ground walking with new and more difficult devices than the loft strand crutches I am currently using.
Just recently we have switched up our therapist to a great guy named Brian. It has been a good experience for after 60 days we just needed a change of pace. It is amazing how every therapist has a new twist to throw into the therapy and our daily work out routine. This change gave me another positive surge of energy and renewed Kalli's and my excitement and determination to stay with the program for a longer period of time.
Even though it is harder than heck, I have been walking with loft strand crutches for two and a half months now for the most part everywhere I go. I guess the only way I could explain how it feels is like having a 500 pound gorilla on your back lugging him around everywhere you go. Luckily, this gorilla seems to be on some sort of diet plan and he keeps getting a little thinner and trimmer each month. The latest and most difficult walking device that we have tried in therapy has been a pair of downhill ski poles with little rubber stoppers on the bottom. They are more difficult because I am not able to put nearly as much weight through them as I can with my crutches. Attached is a video of me using them for the second time just this week.
An interesting thing that we are looking into this coming week is the possibilities or options that may be out there for my hands surgically. The Shepherd Center has a great specialist that works with spinal patients on achieving more functionality of their mitts through surgery. We don't know any information and have a consultation planned in the upcoming month to learn more to see if I am even a candidate. This has been something that I have been curious about and wanted to pursue. Even though my hands are continuing to get stronger, it is still very difficult for me to get complete extension and it seems as if this may be something that I could get help with surgically. Not only am I looking for something to help functionally, I also am hoping to find some relief of the pain I am often experiencing in my hands as a result of them being so tight.
Over the course of the last year an important part of our progress has been a wonderful ability to prepare for the next step. NRN has been a wonderful stepping stone where we have seen great progress but there will come a time when we will be ready to move away from this endeavor as well. I have applied to a program in California called Project Walk. This is a great spinal cord facility that is cutting edge and incredibly intensive. The program has been around for quite some time and consists of mainly personal trainers opposed to most facilities being more of a hospital setting with physical therapists and occupational therapists. The down side is that Project Walk does not have any studies to participate in, nor can you use any insurance to cover your sessions. At this point I don't have any insurance coverage for physical therapy left anyway since at the rate I was doing it I used up my sessions by the beginning of February. Since it is not billable through insurance, all sessions are charged by the hour and you can only imagine how expensive a specialty clinic such as this will run. We are incredibly excited for Project Walk and ready for the next step of this journey. One of the best things about Project Walk is that it is located only twenty-five minutes from our old apartment in San Diego. So, Kalli and I are thrilled to be quite close to picking life back up where it was so abruptly taken just over a year ago. Wow, it has been an entire year.
The next few months will be busy because not only will we be continuing therapy we also will be trying to plan our move back. Moving back will entail getting our stuff moved from GA to WI and then from WI to CA. We also need to start the apartment hunt, I need to go car shopping and Kalli needs to find a job. As overwhelming as all of this feels, the excitement to get back to life in CA gives us motivation to figure it all out. If anyone has any connections near San Diego to help Kalli find a teaching or nanny position please let us know!
In order to make my next step in this journey possible, my family and friends have decided to throw a Second Annual Golf Outing to help finance Project Walk. The only information I know of so far is it will be held at High Cliff on August 30th with a shotgun start at 10am. There will be more details soon. If you would like to sign up now please contact Mark Lee at gmail.com or call him at xxx xxx xxxx. I really hope people will be able to make themselves available that day so I can strut my stuff with my new walk hopefully even more improved by then! Last years was so fun and much appreciated because it allowed Kalli and I to focus on therapy over the last year as our full-time jobs. I am truly excited to walk over to a golf cart, sit down, and ride away whereas last year around that time it took two people to lift me into the cart where I was then strapped in with belts in order to help me stay sitting up straight. Wow, how far I have come.
Second Annual Andrew Hippert Open
Come join us for the Second Annual Andrew Hippert Open. 18 holes of fun (and some golf) food and silent auction afterwards. 10 AM shotgun start. More details to come, but sign up now to ensure your spot.
You can view information, read/write comments, and sign up for the event Here. However, if you do not have a facebook account, please feel free to e-mail Mark Lee with questions or a request for a spot at [email protected].
Date:
Monday, August 30, 2010
Time:
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Andrew Hippert was in a tragic accident in a swimming pool on May 31st around 3 AM. In this accident he burst a vertebrae in his neck, fractured several others, and bruised his spinal cord. We are asking for prayers to help him recover the most of his functions in the long road ahead of him. | {
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Now that House Speaker John Boehner has failed to persuade enough members of his own Republican caucus to support a proposal that would have raised taxes on a relative handful of the highest-earning Americans, it is likely that President Barack Obama will need to look to the Senate to avert the fiscal calamity that's approaching like a runaway freight train. For the good of the nation, leaders there must rise to the challenge.
A week ago, it appeared that Boehner and the president were moving toward a deal that would increase revenues and rein in spending enough to avoid a series of massive, automatic and across-the-board tax hikes and expenditure cuts that many analysts fear will trigger a new recession?.
But then Boehner abruptly stopped negotiating with the White House and focused on what he called Plan B, a budget package that would have raise taxes on Americans who earn $1 million or more a year. Presumably, he was trying to show Obama and other Democratic leaders that his caucus was willing to go only so far on taxes?.
Beacuse Obama and Boehner were within shouting distance of a deal to cut the deficit by $2 trillion in the next decade, there's at least a chance the president can reach an accord with leaders of the Senate before serious damage is done?
It is imperative that all sides return to Washington after Christmas ready to prove that they can indeed negotiate, compromise - and govern.
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Jeez, all we have to say is that the spoiled cast's bitching about totally the wrong thing.
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BISCUIT!! Remember Biscuit?Oh Lordy. She is such a cutie. A little under weight and in need of some grooming but she's fit into her new forever family beautifully. Once she's totally settled in her new home they're going to get her weight up and get her looking top notch.
She's just a sweet little doll and very respectful. Fergus didn't pee on her once. *laugh* Spending the day with a pack of dogs is better than any day at the spa.
hi there i am the proud owner of the very cute triscuit aka biscuit. we all had a wonderful afternoon hanging out with the furry kids. triscuit has fit very nicely with her two older brothers tyler and teddy both multipoos. tyler and sarah's dog fergus are virtual clones in looks and attitude which made it quite the interesting show as both wanted to prove how manly they were. | {
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Watch horrifying moment kissing couple plunge to their deaths from a bridge
A couple locked in a passionate embrace tragically fell to their deaths after a night out in Peru.
Maybeth Espinoz and Hector Vidal had been on their way home from a nightclub in Cusco last Saturday when they tragically plunged 50ft off the Bethlehem Bridge.
The horrific moment was caught on CCTV.
Maybeth and Hector had stopped on the bridge to kiss after leaving a nearby nightclub just after 1am, according to local media.
Disturbing footage shows the couple leaning against a railing on the bridge, while hugging and kissing each other.
Maybeth, 34, proceeds to sit on top of the metal railing and wrap her legs around Hector, 36.
However she appears to lose her balance and begins to fall backwards, taking Hector with her.
The couple desperately tried to cling to the barrier but were unable to stop themselves from falling off the bridge.
Maybeth was killed outright, while Hector sustained a fractured skull and later died in hospital.
According to Panamerica, the couple were mountaineers who had moved to the Cusco region to work as tour guides. | {
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16 May 2012
Kurleen Cooper, 36, who is five months pregnant, was yesterday attacked by three dogs.
Two of the dogs are mixed with the pit-bull breed.
The dogs tore the flesh off her left arm and bit her on the head, hands, inner leg, left ear and stomach.
She was walking along South Central Road, Pt. Fortin shortly after 8 a.m. after dropping her children to school and was heading back home.
She was passing a house owned by businessman Ronnie Maharaj when one of the dogs ran out from the property and charged at her.
Maharaj buys and sells fish and was said to have acquired the dogs after he was robbed a number of times.
The two other dogs, which are mixed with the pit-bull breed, followed and leapt on Cooper and knocked her down.
Once more, the owner of the dogs is denying it is her dogs. Usual story, as these ‘dog lovers’ fight tooth and nail to stall or prevent the Dangerous Dogs Act (DDA) from being proclaimed, but do not wish to be responsible for their dogs’ damages.
June Garib, Maharaj's wife, said when she left for work at 5 a.m., the three dogs, along with three others they own, were chained at the back of the house.
"When I came home I saw the dogs tied. I asked if anyone let go the dogs and they said 'no'. I don't know if it's my dogs that bit the lady."
The DDA makes it mandatory that dogs of this type must be registered and licensed (so ownership will not be questioned) and insured (to compensate for damages). I see absolutely nothing wrong in that. The DDA also says that the property must be inspected and certified as being secure enough to house the dogs. Again,there's absolutely nothing wrong with this condition.
Mrs Cooper has to thank her lucky stars that her children, ages 7 and 6 years, were not with her. She suffered bites to her head, face, ears, arms, legs and feet. The injuries to her right arm were particularly severe and she was taken to hospital in a semi-conscious state after losing a lot of blood. | {
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- rediscovered my love of Hikaru no Go. Oh, the subtext. :D:D:D:D:D - wrote a few shounen-ai Akira/Hikaru (or Hikaru/Akira, whatever; it's the same pairing) drabbles for Hikago; they will appear at inkntendinitis shortly, I imagine - wrote my English 250: Survey of 20th Century Literature exam; did well, I think - knitted. A lot. - discovered I must wrap the liquor boxes I got for shipping people's Christmas gifts in brown paper because they're liquor boxes - got brown paper for free today from where I used to work, because I asked Lloyd (my former boss) where they had put it out this year, and he said to just go downstairs and ask Hamish for some. Then he called Hamish to make sure he'd be down there. XD <3 Lloyd; he's a dear. ^^ - watched Vampire Hunter D (the 1985 movie); it's awesome, a classic of the genre, like Vampire Princess Miyu or Blood: the Last Vampire. Must now read novels and watch Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. - made hamburger-less Hamburger Helper with TVP as an experiment; experiment was successful - didn't study enough for my Soc 100 exam tomorrow, but I'll be fine - discovered I really, really like BUMP OF CHICKEN. - actually had to wear my scarf and winter coat, instead of just a quilted vest over a sweater - handed in Creative Writing portfolio for the semester; let's hope it goes over well - found a torrent of an English fansub of Bright Girl's Success Story, a Korean drama I've really wanted to see for a while; said torrent is nearly eleven gigs, so I must burn/purge first - finalised my BRILLIANT PLAN for living arrangements next year; details will follow at some point - slept, though maybe not quite as much as I should have, it was enough - ate lots of Maple Mini Wheats and giant wheat Goldfish crackers. - didn't eat enough of what's probably considered "real food", but oh well. XD - was told by Meaghan at twenty to four the other morning that I was up past my bedtime; countered with the fact that I'm older than her, which she said didn't matter. XD
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The United Nations refugee has launched a landmark two-year programme to bring an end to one of the world's oldest protracted refugee situations: the exile of some 218,000 people from neighbouring Burundi who fled their country in 1972 to Tanzania.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) António Guterres kicked off the initiative over the weekend in Ulyankulu and Katumba settlements - two of the three camps in western Tanzania where the refugees have been living - and underscored that the operation's success depends on strong donor support.
"It is the moment for the international community to show solidarity with the government and people of Tanzania to solve the long-standing problem of Burundian refugees from 1972," he said on Sunday in Katumba, where he saw a first group of 255 refugees - who headed by train to the port of Kigoma and then travelled by road to Burundi - off.
"It is the moment to make a choice for the future. Those who want to go back to Burundi to take part in the reconstruction will be able to do so with our support. Those who feel that they are now part of Tanzania and would like to remain here, will have the possibility to ask for citizenship," Mr. Guterres told a cheering crowd of 15,000 refugees.
Sophia Habonimana, 49, arrived in Tanzania as a 13-year-old orphan. Although she noted at the Katumba ceremony that she has no relatives in Burundi, the widow and mother of eight said she is returning to Makumba province because "I know the authorities there will help me when I arrive."
Others, such as Gabriel Baramizigiyi, a father of 12, do not want to go back to Burundi. "I like Tanzania. I will ask to remain here because I can farm," he said, adding that he plans to apply for citizenship.
The so-called "1972 Burundians" are among the hundreds of thousands of Burundians who sought refuge in neighbouring countries that year to escape ethnic violence which killed an estimated 200,000 people. They are distinct from the 108,000 Burundian refugees who arrived subsequently.
After more than three decades, a breakthrough came last year when Tanzania announced its intention to close the three so-called 'Old Settlements' which have been hosting Burundians who arrived in 1972, and the Governments of both countries have been working with UNHCR to find a solution.
The agency has called the new repatriation programme one of its most important African operations this year, it will help over 46,000 Burundians return to their home country and assist another 172,000 - including some 76,000 people over the age of 18 who are eligible to register and apply for Tanzanian citizenship - with integrating locally.
On Monday, the High Commissioner met with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, who voiced his Government's commitment to finding lasting solutions for the Burundians through voluntary repatriation and integration.
The new programme is heavily dependent on contributions, and so far, $9 million of the $34 million UNHCR has appealed for has been received.
In addition to the 218,000 "1972 Burundians," Tanzania also hosts over 100,000 Burundians and 96,000 Congolese refugees. | {
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Glossary of Terms
Within the inventory many botanical terms are used to describe the plants, many of which are the very same terms botanists use to describe/identify plants in the wild. It is therefore understandable that in order to acquire a good design sense, it is very helpful to learn and understand many of these terms, particularly those that are used to describe the morphology of the inflorescence. Most of these have been gleaned from Newcombs Wildflower Guide, by Lawrence Newcomb. For a great guide to understanding plant structure from a designer’s perspective see Designing With Plants, by Piet Oudolf.
basal: situated at the base of the stem.
biennial: a plant that completes its life cycle in two years and then dies, i.e Digitalis sp.
bract: a very small or modified leaf, usually growing at the base of a flower or flower cluster.
corymb: a flat-topped or convex branched flower cluster in which the branching is typically alternate, i.e. Yarrow sp.
calyx: the outer circle of flower parts, made up of sepals.
cespitose (grass): bunch grasses”; tend to form very tight clumps, which tend not to increase once they have reached a certain size, forming a tussock. They have a distinct shape: narrow at the base with leaves arching out, i.e. Deschampsia, Molinia caerulea, Sporobolus heterolepis.
cultivar: a plant selected for desirable characteristics that can be maintained by propagation. Most cultivars have arisen in cultivation, but a few are special selections from the wild, i.e Echincea ‘Magnus Superior’, Aster ‘Black Lace’
family: a group of related plants. Families are divided into genera, which are further divided into species, i.e. Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Ranunculaceae, Saxifragaceae, etc.
genus: (plural: genera): a group of closely related species. The genus is designated by the first word in the Latin scientific name of a species and is always capitalized, i.e. Angelica, Echinacea, Clematis, Darmera, etc.
hybrid: an offspring resulting from the cross between parents of different species, often they are sterile (do not produce) seed) i.e. Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’, Echinacea ‘Solar Flare’
inflorescence: the flowering part of the plant.
involucre: a circle of bracts below a flower or flower cluster.
irregular(flower): are not radially symmetrical; that is, their petals or petal-like parts are not similar in size, shape, or color. Usually, these flowers have upper and lower parts that are calledlips, i.e. Lobelia, Legumes, Violets.
lance-shaped (leaf): broader toward one end and tapering to the other, like a lance.
lip: the upper or lower part of many irregular flowers.
lobe: one of the segments, usually rounded, of a leaf or flower, i.e. Lobelia.
mat (grass): spread steadily, but often slowly, to form a dense mat, i.e. Carex, Sesleria.
morphology: the study of the form and structure of animals and plants
oblong (leaf): longer than broad with parallel sides.
opposite: arranged in pairs on the stem
ovate (leaf): broader end at the base tapering to a point; egg-shaped.
palmate: with the leaflets radiating from a central point, like the fingers of a hand, i.e. Kirengeshoma palmate.
ray: (1) one of the stalks of an umbel; (2) in members of the Composite (Asteraceae) Family, the strap-like or petal-like flowers encircling the disk flowers; part of radially symmetrical flowers i.e. Aster, Echinacea, Solidago.
rosette: a circular cluster of leaves, usually at the base of a plant.
regular (flower): radially symmetrical, which means their petals or petal-like parts are arranged around the center like the spokes of a wheel, i.e. Aster, Echinacea, Solidago.
species: a distinct kind of plant. Each species has a two-word scientific Latin name, of which the first word designates the genus and the second word the species, i.e. Angelica gigas, Echinacea purpurea, Clematis integrifolia, Darmera peltata, etc. | {
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Johnny has 2 credit cards.
On Credit Card A, he has a balance of $16,000 at 3.99% fixed until that balance is paid off, and another $6600 at 10.99% (currently--the $6600 balance APR is variable pegged to Prime).
The card has a credit limit of $31,600, so Johnny has roughly $9000 available credit on Credit Card A. Any payments to Credit Card A are applied to the lowest APR rate first.
On Credit Card B, Johnny has a balance of roughly $5800, at 10.99% (currently--it is variable pegged to Prime). Credit Card B has a limit of $6000, which Johnny is nearing.
Johnny still needs to use credit cards to pay bills and necessities for a few months, and he should be able to pay off at least a third of his debt within the next few months, and all the remaining debt by the end of the year (roughly 6-7 months away.)
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Given all the above information, including the $75 transfer fee, Johnny's ability to pay all the debt within a year, the various rates of interest, the order in which payments are applied by the credit card companies (lowest APR first) etc., what is the mathematically correct plan for Johnny to undertake? Should he or should he not make use of the transfer, which card should he use for purchases if he doesn't, etc.
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Morningside of Charlottesville
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Distance: 14.7 mi
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Apple Logic Pro X released with Logic Remote iPad controller
Apple has released Logic Pro X, the company's latest version of the music workstation software, and seemingly settling concerns that the new app would be dumbed-down to GarageBand-level in the process. The new version is billed as the most advanced to-date, in fact, with more instruments and effects out of the box, together with a virtual percussion accompaniment called Drummer that can automatically play along with your track. Logic Pro X also comes with the new Logic Remote app, which turns an iPad into a remote control for mixing and mastering music.
Logic Remote can be used to adjust levels and track playback, or even as a roving instrument. the app supports keyboard, drum pad, or guitar fretboard layouts, along with a mixing board or transport control.
Apple's Logic team has refreshed the UI for Pro X, with options to now either maximize the controls that are visible or hide them when you'd rather focus on being creative. There are also Smart Controls, which adjust multiple plug-ins and other parameters from a single place, for quicker tweaking.
Flex Pitch works like the infamous autotune, adjusting out-of-tune vocals but also capable of finessing individual musical notes within a waveform. Paired with Drummer, even the most amateur of bands should be able to coax out something halfway musical, with Apple turning to professional session players and recording engineers for the core algorithms that power the backing system. A Drum Kit Designer allows a virtual kit to be pieced together, and then played by Drummer.
As for playing, playback, and recording, there's Track Stacks for combining and decluttering large groups of tracks, together with a new Arpeggiator, new Retro Synth for classic 70s and 80s sounds, and various electric piano, B3 organ, and clav modeling in the new Vintage Keyboards option. In fact, the whole sound library has been updated in Logic Pro X, with Apple claiming to have over 1,500 instrument and effect patches.
Over at The Loop, Jim Dalyrmple praises Logic Pro X's continued inclusion high-end features while also making newer users at home with more straightforward controls.
Logic Pro X is available today, priced at $199. There's also a new version of MainStage, v3, which is intended to convert Logic Pro X - and the Mac it runs on - into a performance system. It's also available today, priced at $29.99. Logic Remote is a free download, though requires Logic Pro X of course. | {
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Margao civic body takes over Sonsoddo plant
The Margao municipal council (MMC) took over the Sonsoddo
waste treatment plant on Thursday from Soceidade de Fomento, the
company that was operating the plant since the last
few years.
Fomento officials had written to the MMC expressing
their will to hand over the waste treatment plant to the civic body after
withdrawing an application that was filed in the sessions court in the
case of Fomento versus MMC under section 9 of the Municipal Act.
The court had accepted the prayer of MMC that
Fomento should operate the plant till February 20 and accordingly an order
was issued.
“We have made a list of the inventory and noted
other minute details with regard to the Sonsoddo waste treatment plant
while taking over the plant on Thursday evening. There
are several items found to be corroded at the site,”
said MMC engineer Diniz D’Mello. He said the signature of
a Fomento official has been obtained approving the inventory
review undertaken by the MMC. Chief officer of MMC Ajit Panchwadkar could
not be contacted for further details.
Sources said that the focus will now be on
the High Power Coordination Committee (HPCC) meeting,
scheduled to be held in Panaji on Friday. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant,
who is the head of the HPCC, which was formed to decide on the Sonsoddo
issues, is likely to hold discussion with the officials concerned in order to
resolve the waste treatment plant issue. Sources also said that the government
is likely to ask the Solid Waste Management Corporation (SWMC) to
take control of the plant.
The MMC engineers and other staff members visited the
Sonsoddo site on Thursday and checked the plant, shed and the other
equipment.
According to sources, the waste generated in the MMC
areas was not treated at the Sonsoddo plant on Thursday. It is understood that
the MMC has decided to get the work done by temporarily engaging MMC staff from
Friday onwards for a few days.
It may be noted that the MMC had signed an agreement
with Fomento to operate the plant after segregating the waste
and in 2011, it was agreed to pay Fomento nearly Rs 8 crore.
However, in 2016, as per the new rules, the waste had to be
segregated by the MMC and then handed over to Fomento. It was at this
point of time that the blame game started. While Fomento claimed
that the MMC did not pay them as assured in the agreement, MMC, on the
other hand, alleged that there was no waste treatment being
undertaken at the plant and that the waste sent daily by the civic body was
being dumped directly on the old dump.
Finally, Fomento sent a notice to the MMC mentioning
termination of the contract, as they were not paid regularly. The notice also
mentioned the arbitrary application claiming Rs 14 crore.
Till date, the MMC has paid Rs 4.23 crore to Fomento
(in instalments as per the agreement), Rs 1.79 crore (Rs one lakh paid
daily for the services Fomento provided to MMC – treating the waste
post service termination period from August 8, 2019)
and Rs 1.4 crore (deposited in the court as ten per cent of
the amount of Rs 14 crore as claimed by Fomento). | {
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There is a great deal of literature regarding use of non-spatial weight matrices or combinations of spatial and non-spatial weight structures. We explore alternative approaches for constructing convex combinations of different types of dependence between observations. Pace and LeSage (2002) as well as Hazır, LeSage and Autant-Bernard (2016) use convex combinations of different weight matrices to form a single weight matrix that can be used in conventional spatial regression estimation and inference. We explore issues that arise in producing estimates and inferences from these more general cross-sectional regression relationships in a Bayesian framework. We propose two procedures to estimate such models and assess their finite sample properties through Monte Carlo experiments. Lastly, we apply our methodology to CEOs’ salaries of Texan nursing homes. Literature has shown that CEOs’ salaries were not fixed independently between nursing homes. We consider 2 measures of similarity between them, namely geographic and peer proximity. We find that the peer effect is relatively more relevant (87%) to explain mimicking behavior in the fixing of CEOs’ wage than geographic proximity (13%), the latter remaining nevertheless significant.
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Dr. Debarsy is a CNRS research fellow at Université de Lille Sciences et Technologies in France. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from University of Namur in 2011. His research area includes spatial econometrics and regional economics. His research has appeared on journals such as Journal of Econometrics. | {
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Ken Owens doesn't shirk the reality - his Scarlets side were out-fought, out-thought, and ultimately beaten out the gate on their last visit to the Aviva Stadium.
By the time the Welsh outfit return to the scene of their obliteration by Leinster, five weeks will have passed. There has been a lot of soul-searching in the time since.
There is no shame in being beaten in a Champions Cup semi-final by the eventual winners, in their own back yard, but barely firing a shot will have hurt a Scarlets team who believe they are good enough to mix it with the best.
They have earned the right to have that self-belief. The brand of rugby that the Scarlets played in their stunning Guinness PRO12 success last season was thrilling to watch, but they were humbled by Leinster in Europe.
"I think in big play-off games like that you've got to turn up physically and hold on to the ball," captain Owens said, reflecting on the 38-16 defeat last month.
"I think Leinster did that pretty well and attacked for nine minutes in our 22, and when you're playing a side like that who hold onto the ball for as long as they did and continued to get gain line in our 22 for nine minutes, it's no wonder they scored their five tries.
"That was a big learning for us, we turned too much ball over and obviously in rugby if you lose the battle of the gain line you're going to be in for a long day.
"So I think that was the biggest lesson for us.
"We spoke about last year, that if we were going to get to the final we'd have to win an away semi-final and we managed to do it.
"The boys are pretty confident in their abilities. Going to the Aviva again won't hold any fears.
"Winning against Munster (in last year's final), the boys enjoyed it who started that day, but we were disappointing the last time we went to the Aviva.
"That hasn't been entirely wiped from our memories, it is niggling there slightly, and we're looking to right the wrongs from that. But we're just happy to be involved at this stage of the season once again and going to Dublin, having everything to gain."
The Scarlets have bounced back well since being dumped out of Europe and the manner of their win in Glasgow in last week's semi-final win will have Leinster on red alert.
Of all the teams that the Blues could have faced in Saturday's decider, the electric Scarlets are the one team that will punish any potential fatigue, both mental and physical.
"I think you know you're not going to win every game cruising through," Owens maintained.
"I think they've got a way. They are about as close as you're going to get to a perfect side. They can win in different ways, poor weather out there in the (Champions Cup) final, a difficult team especially size-wise against Racing, but they showed their experience and ground out the win
"That's what you've got to do sometimes to win.
"I thought Munster were pretty good on the day as well but the experience of the Leinster boys, they know how to win rugby matches, that's why they are the best side in Europe at the moment."
For the Scarlets, Saturday is as much about proving a point to themselves as it is about winning back-to-back titles, which would reiterate the excellent job that Wayne Pivac is doing.
"I think we've learned from the Leinster defeat," Owens added.
"You can't always think that our handling game is going to get us through, we've go to adapt, and play a couple of different ways.
"We've managed to do that in our last two victories, and a couple of other games.
"You've got to adapt what you're doing as teams will come at you in different ways. It's something else in your armoury.
"We're always evolving as a side and we hope to show that this weekend. How they defend, it's game of chess out there. But it's another opportunity there to right some wrongs from the semi-final." | {
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Bundesliga: Fürth Make Top Tier Debut: Only to Meet the 'Rekordmeister'
Greuther Fürth is not one that rolls off the tongue when it comes to prestigious German football clubs, but they are now in the Bundesliga for the first time in their history.
For the Clover Leaves, there could not have been a better time to make their debut in the Bundesliga. This is a special season in Germany—the 50th anniversary of the league’s inception in 1963/64, which marked an end to a fractious history for the country.
The immense shift in power within Bavarian football over many decades saw the ascension of FC Bayern München. Incredibly, for the majority of pre-war football, the Reds were far from the dominant force in South German football, with Fürth and FC Nürnberg at the top of the game. Even in the 1960s, FC Bayern were not automatic picks for the first-ever Bundesliga campaign, as 1860 München pipped them to the post to become the representatives from Bavaria.
The two pre-war giants of South German football—Fürth and Nürnberg—will go head-to-head in a mouth-watering double-header this season. Fürth’s honours list is quite impressive for a team never to have played in the Bundesliga. Kleeblätter have won three German national championships, in 1914, 1926 and 1929 respectively. Fürth’s success in 1914 could be the club’s finest moment in their 109-year existence.
Coached by Englishman William Townley, a pioneer of association football in Germany, Fürth beat the mighty VfB Leipzig in Magdeburg with a golden goal after 154 minutes of action. Townley, from Blackpool, would go on to coach FC Bayern amongst a host of others on the continent. Fürth have also won three South German titles, four Ostkreis-Ligas and a number of other regional honours, as well as last season’s 2.Bundesliga.
Fürth have been forced to invest heavily in youth development over the years and look to have a handful of players who could be future stars for the club. Midfielder Thomas Pledl is one name to note down, having been snatched from 1860 in the summer. The 18-year-old is a classy central-midfielder who looks to drive forward at every opportunity and has a lovely eye for an incisive pass in the final third.
The contrasts were startling. Fürth head coach Mike Büskens has only been able to add a sprinkling of new faces to his promotion squad. Büskens, 43, spent just €2m in the transfer market to build on a €6m budget from last season, whilst FC Bayern wrote-off around €30m on Mario Mandzukic, Dante and Xherdan Shaqiri.
In the end, though, FC Bayern’s quality showed over the hard-working and spirited Fürth ethos. Thomas Müller put a late dampener on a celebratory mood in the first-half, scoring with just seconds to play before the interval. After 14 minutes of play in the second-half, Mandzukic popped up with an easy header from close range to double the away side’s advantage. On his Bundesliga debut, Max Grün was helpless to prevent Arjen Robben’s wicked cross from adding a third to the scoreline as the ‘Rekordmeister’ sent out a damning message to the rest of the division.
Despite a hushed crowd at the Trolli-Arena, the smallest venue in the division, it was far from to be expected that Fürth would have been able to get a result against a side which looks to have strengthened well in the summer. The Clover Leaves are widely tipped to be relegated this season and should take encouragement from the fact they competed with the Reds for near-enough a whole half of football. These are not the matches which will decide Fürth’s fate in the league.
Football has changed in Bavaria remarkably since the formation of the Bundesliga and Fürth will have a tough battle on their hands to preserve their top-flight status. | {
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Portrait of Joseph Safy in Uniform
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Dealers find big profits in heroin
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Three police officers wearing civilian clothes with badges hanging from their necks and service revolvers attached to their hips paced the hallway outside the private office of District Judge Martin Kane.
A sergeant was inside the office presenting a four page search warrant and affidavit for Kane to review and sign.
The ink of Kane's signature wasn't dry as the four officers left in a hurry, racing to execute the warrant at an apartment under surveillance for suspected heroin sales.
Two people with criminal misdemeanor convictions for using stolen credit cards and forging names were arrested on felony charges they were peddling heroin from the apartment.
Police said they seized nearly 300 heroin packets, materials used to package heroin and more than $2,700 cash from the residence.
How do people with convictions of petty crimes turn to selling heroin?
“Money, money and money,” explained Wilkes-Barre Police Chief Gerard Dessoye, who has 34 years in law enforcement. “When you see petty criminals becoming drug dealers in most cases, they were committing petty crimes to support their habit. They bridge that gap and become dealers themselves, finding a source to buy heroin at a cheaper price and have enough to feed their habit and sell off the access.”
Public health crisis
Two weeks ago, United States Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. called the rise in deaths from overdoses of heroin and prescription painkillers an “urgent and growing public health crisis.”
Holder said heroin overdose deaths have increased by 45 percent across the U.S. between 2006 and 2010.
“Addiction to heroin and other opiates — including certain prescription painkillers — is impacting the lives of Americans in every state, in every region, and from every background and walk of life — and all too often, with deadly results,” Holder said in the March 10 video message.
Tactic and profits
Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General Tim Doherty said heroin traffickers are attracted to Northeastern Pennsylvania due to heavy demand resulting in higher profits.
“The profit margin is so high here,” Doherty said. “In Philadelphia, there is greater supply and less demand. Up here, there is big demand and less supply and the traffickers can charge more for their product. It's more profitable to sell heroin here than it is for cocaine.”
Dessoye said when he was a patrol officer, cocaine was the drug of choice.
“We had a lot of cocaine arrests and very view arrests for heroin,” the police chief said. “It definitely has reversed itself over the last nine, 10 years.”
Two undercover drug officers with the Luzerne County Drug Task Force said heroin dealers often reside in low-income apartments or rental properties.
“They are not on the lease or rental agreement because they don't want to be identified,” an undercover drug agent explained. “Remember heroin is in wealthy, middle class and poor areas. Word of mouth is golden with heroin users. If one person meets a new dealer through someone, or at an area that is known for drug sales, word will spread.”
Depending on its purity, a single heroin packet on the streets of the Wyoming Valley can earn a dealer $15 to $25, with a brick of heroin (10 packets) selling for $100 to $150. A single heroin packet in Philadelphia sells for $5 to $10.
“Comparing heroin to cocaine and prescription drugs, heroin is cheap and highly addictive,” an undercover drug agent said. “Once you start using heroin, you become an instant addict because you don't want to feel that dope sickness that sets in when you stop using heroin.”
The supply lines
A decade ago, most of the heroin sold in Luzerne County was traced to Philadelphia.
Dessoye and Doherty said the majority of today's heroin comes from northern New Jersey and New York.
“It's coming from all over,” Doherty said. “It's being brought in from people who want to move it and quickly sell it. Where there are ports and airports, you're going to find that city is a source of heroin infiltration into the United States.”
“What we have seen are the professional drug dealers; Organized drug dealers that don't use the product they are selling,” Dessoye said.
Afghanistan is the biggest producer of heroin sold in the United States, with 3.3 million Afghans involved in producing opium, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. It is part of a region known as the Golden Triangle, which also includes portions of Southeast Asia, the Yunnan province in China, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos.
However, an increasing amount of the deadliest heroin entering the U.S. appears to be coming from Mexico. Mexican drug smugglers are increasingly peddling a form of ultra-potent heroin – black tar — that sells for as little as $10 a bag and is so pure it can kill unsuspecting users instantly, sometimes before they even remove the syringe from their veins, according to an Associated Press review of drug overdose data.
Authorities are concerned that the potency and price of the heroin from Mexico and Colombia could widen the drug's appeal, just as crack did for cocaine decades ago.
A city's struggle
Within the last six years, Doherty said there have been three large scale investigations that targeted heroin traffickers in the Wilkes-Barre area:
• 2010: Operation Last Hurrah, a $250,000 heroin ring that resulted in 21 people charged.
• 2010: Operation Bloodstain, a Newark, N.J., Bloods street gang known as “Sex, Money and Murder,” with 19 people linked to distributing 1.5 million heroin packets for three years. “Operation Bloodstain was a hardened, violent group that called themselves Sex, Money and Murder that moved heroin by the bundle and bricks,” Doherty said.
• 2008: Operation Heavyweight that focused on two separate street gangs, Long Island Boys and Jersey City Boys.
Then-state Attorney General Tom Corbett, now governor, said the Long Island Boys took sole control of the heroin trade in the Sherman Hills Apartment Complex after the murder of Aaron Baxter, known as Rockstar, who was the leader of a Philadelphia gang.
“It's all about that profit. These out-of-town heroin dealers don't care who they sell too,” an undercover drug agent said.
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Bioinformatics & Statistics
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MSU Courses:
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Statistics for Biologists (STT464):This course is a step1 for individuals with no background in statistics. The course covers the basics of the importance of statistical analysis, experimental design, ttests, ANOVAs, chi-squared tests and the like. I found this course particularly helpful when it came to the broad introduction. There is a BRIEF introduction to R/Rstudio. It is setup very much like an undergrad course in statistics would be but is ~90% graduate students. ~ information from Shawna Rowe
Advanced Statistics for Biologists (STT814): This course is largely an introduction to experimental design and SAS. The course runs on the assumption that 464 was completed previously, but doesn’t require many tedious by hand calculations and (in my opinion) serves as a sufficient introduction to many statistical methods and covers more detailed types of tests that may be useful. The caveat is that it is done THROUGH the use of SAS, which is often times frustrating since many have moved to R (rightfully so, in my opinion). ~ information from Shawna Rowe
Computer Science
Computer Science for Evolutionary Biologists (CSE801):Don’t be fooled by the course name! This is a small class that is required for students receiving a particular type of BEACON funding. Evolution is mentioned and appreciated but not the focus of the course in the slightest. It is able to be audited and served as a phenomenal introduction to python and the usefulness of knowing a language. The class is very small and the students sit around and learn python as a group— taught by a computer scientist (often times one that studies artificial intelligence or evolution using digital organisms and the like). The end project requires the development of some sort of model or writing a program that is capable of performing a tedious task (i.e. maze generation and solving or automated sequence alignments). Those who audit the course do not complete the final project and can skedaddle with fresh python skills and no additional gray hairs sprouted as a consequence of completing the final project. ~ information from Shawna Rowe | {
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Tip: These cookies will spread a lot when baking. Bake no more than 4 cookies on each baking sheet. When molding cookies, simply roll around a wooden spoon handle, shape into a cone, or mold around the outside of an inverted custard cup to form cookie bowls. | {
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P2P
This is a followup to Wout de Natris' as usual excellent piece on the Enisa botnet report -- pointing out the current state of mobile malware and asking some questions I started off answering in a comment but it grew to a length where I thought it'd be better off in its own post. Going through previous iterations of Mikko's presentations on mobile malware is a fascinating exercise. more»
I was a little early. "By the end of President Obama's first term, there won't be any more copper landlines left in the country, I blogged just after Obama had been elected. Before that I'd prophesized the end of POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) by 2010. Nevertheless, the end is nigh. And it's gonna be ugly without some planning. more»
In 2014, Cisco estimates Internet traffic growth in the U.S. will be less than 18%, far less than most previous estimates. Worldwide, they measure the current rate at 42% and expect that to fall to 30% in four years. Actual numbers at Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) is the definitive source on Internet traffic today because they have direct relationships with carriers from China Telecom to AT&T. Their future estimates are the most carefully done publicly available. more»
This is a new development in the VoIP market. This is how one of my colleagues, Cullen Jennings explained it to me. Today we have two widely deployed global identifiers for reaching people. One is delegated address out of DNS and the other is phone numbers. So I consider an address like email: [email protected] or xmpp:[email protected] to roughly be out of the DNS namespace and phone number to be out of the E.164 name space. Phone numbers have lots of parts that are not cool, but they also have some cool parts... more»
Multiple reports today indicate that opposition is growing in Europe to plans for three-strikes policies that could lead to the termination of Internet access for some subscribers. In the U.K., protests are mounting over those plans in the recently introduced Digital Economy Bill. The BBC reports that thousands of people have signed a petition urging the government to reconsider its approach, while the Open Rights Group says it has seen a big spike in membership. more»
The surest way to screw up future innovative applications would be for ISPs to make constraining assumptions about the future based on existing applications' performance. Discussing P2P behavior as if it were some monolithic, unchanging entity is simply wrong. What is P2P? BitTorrent? Skype? CNN live video feed fan-outs? And what of changes to these existing apps? What of future apps? more»
Brian Krebs in the Washington Post reports: "The latest caches of sensitive data reportedly found on peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks are shocking: A highly sensitive document dated July 2009, listing the precise location of installations bearing weapons grade nuclear fuel in the United States; FBI surveillance photos of an alleged mafia hit man leaked while he was still on trial, along with the the government's witness list, some of whom are in the government's witness protection program; A U.S. Secret Service document on the location and layout of an emergency safe house for First Lady Michelle Obama. The revelations came at a House Government Oversight & Government Reform Committee hearing on the problem of inadvertent sharing of files via P2P software." more»
The latest report on young people's online music-finding habits from consumer research company The Leading Question has attracted a fair amount of coverage for its headline finding that UK teenagers use of filesharing services has dropped by a third... Music industry pollsters will inevitably look for a silver lining in the cloud of consumer behaviour, and a focus on the growth of legal services is to be expected. But even with that caveat in mind, there has clearly been a shift in behaviour as more young people find licensed ways to listen to the music they want, watching YouTube videos, streaming songs through MySpace and Spotify and generally using legal avenues to find and enjoy the music of new bands like Florence and the Machine. more»
A recent report released by Pew Internet & American Life Project reviews the state of music online 10 years after Napster was launched. In the study, Pew Internet also reports that 15% of online adults admitted to downloading or sharing files using peer-to-peer or BitTorrent. "Globally, estimates from file-sharing research firm Big Champagne place the P2P universe at more than 200 million computers with at least one peer-to-peer application installed, and operators of the popular Pirate Bay torrent tracker have identified more than 25 million 'peers' who have used their site alone to exchange files." more»
A Swedish court on Friday found all four defendants guilty in a copyright test case involving one of the world's biggest free file-sharing websites. "The Stockholm disctrict court has today found guilty the four individuals that were charged with accessory to breaching copyright laws," the court said in a statement. "The court has sentenced each of them to one year in prison." more»
Willis Alan Ramsey, who wrote "Muskrat Love," recorded one and only one studio album. The cognoscenti of country think it's a gem, an all time top ten. There's an apocryphal story that when Ramsey was pushed to make another record he allegedly retorted, "What's wrong with the first one?" We who use the Internet every day risk losing sight of what a miracle it is, and the openness that keeps it so miraculous... We also lose sight of the fact that even as the Internet's miracles occur, it's almost always broken or malfunctioning or threatening or worse in many places along the line. more»
The Wall Street Journal and others are reporting that the Recording Industry Association of America is adjusting its strategy for combating the massive infringement occasioned by the sharing of music files over the internet. Since 2003, that strategy has been to pursue copyright infringement cases against individual file sharers. The RIAA now says it will focus less on pursuing infringement litigation and more on working with internet service providers to shut down the accounts of individuals suspected of illegally trading files. more»
As a result of the new P2P filesharing mandates signed into U.S. law this past summer, the country's 4400 colleges and universities are required to address issues of illegal P2P filesharing -- particularly music and movies. For instance, colleges and universities are "required to consider the use of technology-based deterrents" in developing plans to counter illegal P2P activity, such as traffic monitoring and bandwidth shaping. A new study by the Campus Computing Project reports the results of a summer 2008 survey aimed at addressing the campus costs of compliance with the new P2P filesharing mandates. more»
A fellow named Paul Korzeniowski has written a very good, concise piece on the Comcast action at the FCC for Forbes, Feds And Internet Service Providers Don't Mix. He manages to describe the controversy in clear and unemotional language, which contrasts sharply with the neutralists who constantly use emotionally-charged terms such as "blocking," "Deep Packet Inspection," "forgery," and "monopoly" to describe their discomfort. more»
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been taking a lot of people to court -- basically, harassing folks in an attempt to curb file-sharing. The $220,000 verdict against Jammy Thomas got a lot of news (and probably worried a lot of folks). However, on appeal (i.e., after a new court not cherry-picked by the RIAA to try the case looked things over), the RIAA lost... again. ...At its heart, the verdict reaffirms that simply making a copyrighted work available is not the same as actually distributing the work. more» | {
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Gold Memorial Urn Jewelry
For families that want a gold urn pendant but can't afford to purchase a 14K piece, Urn Garden has an affordable line of high quality gold plated cremation jewelry. Vermiel (pronounced Ver-may) is a combination of sterling silver, gold, and other precious metals. It is a commonly used component in jewelry. A typical example is sterling silver coated with 14 carat (58%) gold. To be considered vermeil, the gold must be at least 10 carat (42%) and be at least 2.5 micrometres thick. In the USA, sterling silver coated with base metal (such as nickel) and plated with gold cannot be sold as vermeil without disclosing that it contains base metal.
When clients purchase cremation jewelry, it's usually with the intent that they want a memento that they can keep close to their heart. If worn every day, the finish on the pendant can begin to show signs of wear over time. As mentioned earlier, the gold plated jewelry is a thin layer over the base metal. The good news is that if needed, the jewelry can be redipped and coated with another layer of gold to restore the finish. Active daily users may want to consider upgrading to a solid 14K pendant for added protection.
The White House has a collection of vermeil tableware kept on display (when not in use) in the Vermeil Room.
The Code of Federal Regulations 16, Part 23.5[2] defines Vermeil: "An industry product may be described or marked as 'vermeil' if it consists of a base of sterling silver coated or plated on all significant surfaces with gold or gold alloy of not less than 10 karat fineness, that is of substantial thickness and a minimum thickness throughout equivalent to two and one half (2 1/2) microns (or approximately 1/10000ths of an inch) of fine gold."
For families that want high quality urn jewelry, Urn Garden has a wide selection of pendents and bracelets in silver and gold that represent the personality of your loved one. Free silk cord included, gold-filled chains may be ordered separately. The gold urn jewelry that we offer for sale here at Urn Garden is created by American jewelers and manufactured here in the USA. These are quality pieces that will last a lifetime if properly cared for. If you are considering investing in 14K gold, call for a quote and stock availability, as many of the styles are poured to order and due to the fluctuating gold market, prices are dependant on current market values. | {
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Playing the long game – the true power of conferences
The real answer to that question often only emerges years after the events have taken place, when ideas presented and connections made later lead to breakthroughs that save lives, change society or redefine best practice and policy.
A new book launched today explores the long-term impacts of conferences through the stories of 10 prominent Australians who are synonymous with such breakthroughs.
Business Events Sydney (BESydney) and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have once again joined forces to undertake this groundbreaking research, which demonstrates the vital role that conferences have played in some of the most significant global discoveries of the last 50 years.
Lyn Lewis-Smith, CEO of BESydney, said that the stories demonstrate exactly how important conferences are: “These stories show why it’s vital to take the long view when thinking about conferences, and the impact they have. All the individuals in this book have helped to change the face of health, science and society, and each one has used conferences in some way to do that.”
‘The Power of Conferences: stories of serendipity, innovation and driving social change’ includes stories from Nobel Laureates Barry Marshall AC and Brian Schmidt AC, as well as a host of other Australian luminaries.
Professor Ian Frazer AC talks about the role conferences played in his discovery of the HPV vaccine, which is saving millions of women from HPV-related cancer – and may eradicate it within a generation.
For the father of photovoltaics, Scientia Professor Martin Green AM, conferences played an integral part in helping him and his team ‘outpace’ NASA and COMSAT in the global race to create a solar cell with 20% efficiency – and more recently go on to achieve an unequalled efficiency level of 40%.
While Professor Tom Calma AO and The Hon. Linda Burney MP describe how conferences have been instrumental in transforming educational opportunities and outcomes for indigenous children and young people in Australia.
The book was authored by international experts in the value of business events, Associate Professor Deborah Edwards and Associate Professor Carmel Foley, together with award-winning writer Cheryl Malone. “These stories show that through a meeting of minds, networks and friendships, discoveries occur which ultimately lead to significant benefits for society. We hope that readers are as inspired reading them as we were writing them,” said Associate Professor Edwards. | {
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Following Mr. Adnan Oktar’s call for aid for Syria directed at relief organizations on social media, non-governmental organizations and independent observers issued an urgent call for aid for the people of Syria.
December 15th, 2013: A9 TV
Due to the flood caused by heavy rain our brothers in Gaza are in very difficult conditions for 3 or4 days. IHH was able to collect 4.5 million dollars for help.
ADNAN OKTAR: Then help for Syria and Gaza through IHH…#HelpSyriaand GazzawithIHH - let’s start such a title. This scene is caused because we don't have an Islamic Union. Look at all the pain and look at these scholars who resist the Islamic Union. Just say, “Yes” to the Islamic Union so we can save these people.
December 20th, 2013: A9 TV
While electricity and fuel shortages increase in Syria, weather conditions are also getting harsh. 16 more children have lost their lives. It is reported that 50,000 children face the threat of freezing in refugee camps.
ADNAN OKTAR: This is a big disgrace. Is this due to tents? They don't have enough heaters. Then they can move those children to state facilities as a temporary solution. We can at least move children and babies. They can be held at state facilities until the end of winter. We must do that, insha’Allah.
Syrians who migrated to Turkey are taken care of. In the countries on the other side of the Turkish border, they generally stay in tents. There people live in difficult conditions.
ADNAN OKTAR: Let’s find a solution to this, together with IHH and others; if money is the issue, then money. We do anything they ask so that we can save those children. If they need tents, then we provide tents. Do they need hot plates? Do they need electricity? Let’s confirm what is needed. Let’s do whatever is necessary.
December 23rd, 2013: Risale Haber
While Millions of people who have become refugees due to the civil war in Syria struggle for survival in these harsh winter conditions, Assad's forces bomb several urban areas, especially in Aleppo, with massive bombs.
Non-governmental organizations and independent observers have made an “urgent call for aid” for the people of Syria where scores of people are dying due to bombs and cold. | {
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Nike Survey – Grab $10 Gift Code from Nike Store Receipt Survey
Everyone must be familiar with Nike. This sportswear brand is very popular among the youth. Even though you are not fond of sport, you must know this brand. It is because Nike is one of the biggest suppliers of footwear and apparel. Nike always maintains the quality of their products. No doubt, Nike becomes the most precious brand among the sportswear businesses. To develop its brand, Nike becomes the sponsor of many sports teams and athletes in the world. This way, the customers will trust Nike. Besides, this company also creates Nike Survey. The survey has a goal to make sure that Nike customers get the satisfying product from Nike.
If you like purchasing Nike products, you should not miss Nike survey. This survey is available online at Mynikevisit-na portal. Through My Nike Visit survey, the company collects the feedback from Nike customers. Encouraging the customers to take part in Mynikevisit survey is not easy. So, Nike management thinks the strategy to attract the people to take Nike customer survey. So, Nike offers a coupon which is valid for $10 off for the next purchase. The customers will not ignore this precious chance. So, after making a transaction in Nike store, they will access Mynikevisit portal. Then, they can grab Nike coupon after the survey.
The coupon or gift card offering can increase the customer’s interest to take the survey. The Nike survey reward serves as the win-win solution for both company and customers. For the company, they can gauge the Nike customers feedback easily. Besides, they also can increase the sales since the customers can redeem Nike coupon or gift card if they purchase Nike product in the next visit. In contrast, the customers can share everything they experience when they are in Nike store. Their experience can be a good or bad feedback. Then, they can save their budget since they will get the discount as the survey reward.
What are the Rules of Nike Survey?
When you involve in Nike survey, you can help this company to improve the current service. Besides, the Nike customer feedback is the best to the potential issues. This way, Nike will know the customers’ shopping experience. For instance, they can make sure that Nike product and the service at the store can satisfy its customers. Through Mynikevisit survey, the customers are free to speak up what is in their mind. So, if they experienced the bad service at Nike store, Mynikevisit-na survey is the best place to complain.
Before you participate in Nike survey, you have to understand Mynikevisit survey rules. The rules will guide you to complete the survey successfully. Then, you can make sure that you can get Nike coupon or gift card as the reward. So, what are the rules which you have to obey? These are Nike customer survey rules and requirements.
Survey participant.
The participants of Nike survey must be the US legal residents. Besides, the age of the survey takers must be at least 13 years old. In fact, all Nike stores around the world conduct the survey. But, the survey portal for each country is different. For instance, if you are in the Great Britain, you can access Mynikevisit-Uk. Besides, there is also Mynikevisit-Au for the Nike customers in Australia. Furthermore, the participants should master one of the four languages provided. Mynikevisit survey portal offers four language options. They are English, France, Chinese, and Spanish.
Survey requirements.
You only can access Mynikevisit survey when you have Nike receipt. Besides, only the receipt which contains Nike survey code which can enter this survey. But, you should use this survey code as soon as possible. It is because Nike survey invitation usually expires within seven days. So, you only have one week after purchasing to take the survey. Besides, you should have a personal email address.
Internet setting.
Make sure that the internet you use is stable and fast. Besides, you have to check the browser setting on your computer. Then, you should activate the JavaScript and Cookies. When the JavaScript is off, you will not be able to load Nike survey portal. Luckily, you can open this survey by using a PC, laptop, smartphone, or tablet.
Survey limitation.
Nike store survey has the limit time. It means you should make sure that the survey period does not end yet. Usually, the reward given by Nike is different in every survey period. Sometimes, they offer the coupon for $5 off. Besides, in this period, Nike offers the coupon for $10 off in your next transaction. Furthermore, you should keep in mind that the Nike receipt is only for one survey. On the other words, the receipt is for one-time use. Moreover, you will not be able to take more than two MyNikevisit surveys in a week.
What are the Conditions for Nike Survey Reward?
After reviewing the rules and the requirements of Mynikevisit-Na, you have to know more about the survey reward. When you can fulfill all of the requirements mentioned above, you deserve to take Nike Customer Satisfaction Survey. Then, after answering all of Nike survey questions, you will get the promotional gift code from Nike. But, you should notice what the survey gift code conditions. Here we present the detailed information about Nike gift code.
The place to redeem.
You can redeem the Nike coupon in all of Nike Stores in the US, Puerto Rico, or Canada. For instance, you can redeem the merchandise at NikeStore, Niketown, Nike Clearance Store, or Nike Factory Store. Besides, you cannot redeem this gift code through the online order or telephone order. It is because Nike coupon is only redeemable in person at Nike store.
The code balance.
Every code appeared on the screen after the survey contains the balance. But, every Nike survey period may give the different reward. You can get $5 up to $20 off. However, in this period, Nike offers $10 gift code for the customers that takes the survey. Besides, this gift code is only redeemable for Nike merchandise. It means you cannot redeem Nike gift code for some cash. Moreover, this code is not redeemable for the previous purchase.
The reward limitation.
You only can redeem one $10 gift code in a day. Besides, you cannot take more than two surveys in seven days. Then, the customers cannot combine Nike survey gift code with other offers. The Nike store crew also cannot use this gift code along with employee discount.
The reward validation.
When you finish Nike customer survey, you should write down the gift code on your Nike receipt. Then, when you visit Nike store, you can show this gift code to the cashier to get the discount. Remember that this gift code coupon is not valid for phone order and Nike.com. Besides, Nike gift card reward will expire within 60 days. The last, Nike will not replace this reward when you lose it.
What are the Tips for Nike Survey Completion?
When you want to grab $10 gift code from Nike, you should keep Nike receipt. After making a transaction at Nike store, you should access www.mynikevisit-na.com soon. It is because your receipt will expire in 7 days. In fact, Nike store receipt survey is easy to finish. This survey will not take more than 10 minutes. The instructions given on each Nike survey page is also clear. So, you will not get confused about what you should do to complete the survey.
In this article, we will not explain the survey completion steps. But, we will give you the powerful tips for Nike survey completion. These tips will prevent you to get difficult in completing Mynikevisit survey.
Check your browser and internet setting.
Before accessing the Mynikevisit survey portal, checking the internet setting is necessary. It is because another failure is because of the browser and internet setting. Whatever the browser you use, make sure that you activate the JavaScript setting. Besides, you also have to turn on the Cookies setting.
Enter the correct survey page address.
The correct Nike survey page is www.mynikevisit-na.com. You will not find the survey page on www.nike.com. When you write mynikevisit-na.com in your browser address bar, you may be directed to the different domain. But, you should not worry since that is the correct Nike Customer Survey page. Then, you will land on https://inmoment.com/websurvey/2/execute#/1. This survey website has Nike logo on the top of the page. Besides, there is an athlete picture along with four language options.
Enter the Nike survey code correctly.
The most frequent failure that occurs when entering Nike survey is the mistake in inputting the survey code. The survey code on Nike receipt consists of 15 up to 20 digits. Since the code is long, many people do not enter the code correctly. Besides, you should not include dashes when you write down the Nike code on the field provided. Moreover, you should not use spaces when you input the code.
Provide the valid personal email address.
The Mynikevisit survey requires you to provide your email address. It is because Nike will send the gift code to your email. Usually, you will receive the Nike survey gift code on the same day of the survey completion. But, if the number of survey takers is big, Nike may delay sending the gift code. Usually, you will receive this Nike coupon within eight up to eleven days. But, if you do not receive any gift card in 11 days, you have to contact the Nike Customer service. Besides, you can send a complaint email to [email protected].
Answer Nike questionnaires honestly.
The last but not the least tip for you is you should provide the true answer. So, your responses should be regarding your experience in Nike Store. For instance, when you receive the bad service from Nike store crew, you have to tell your complaint. In contrast, when you get satisfied with Nike products and services, you should give the good rating. Besides, Mynikevisit may provide the open-ended question. So, that is your chance to share your feedback truthfully.
How to Contact Nike Customer Service?
When you want to find out Nike survey information, you can explore Nike.com. In this website, you can find Get Help link on the bottom of the page. Then this link will display Nike FAQ. But, when the information you need does not exist on this page, you need to talk to Nike customer service. Whenever you need some help for the survey completion, Nike staffs will always be happy to help you.
These are some ways to get in touch with Nike customer service team. But, you need to keep in mind that Customer service is only available on Monday to Friday. Then, you can contact them from 7.30 am to 5.30 pm. Here are the lists of Nike contacts.
By phone.
If you want to get the fast response from Nike staffs, you can call Nike phone number. For instance, you can call Nike headquarters number at 1 503 671 6453. This number is for regional operation. When you are in Americas, United States or Asia Pacific, you can dial that number. But, if you are in Europe, you can contact +31 35 626 6453.
Through Social media.
The simplest way to get in touch with Nike customer service staff is through social media. You can contact Nike via Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. Then, you will get the quick response for the issue you face.
Nike website.
The last method to contact Nike is visiting its website. You should load www.nike.com. Then, scroll down the Nike page until you find Contact Us. After that, you can select the topic that you need some help. For instance, your problem is about product information or online shopping. Besides, your topic may be about the Nike app and device support. The next, you can submit your problem or complaint.
$10/- gift card survey is hopeless, takes lots of time, not easy and too much download…etc. previous link for $5/- was straight forward. This new link is not good. I tore the receipt and didn’t want to participate in the survey which needs Masters degree…Whose choice was this??
Great store. Batman was great!but drove 2 hrs home and had a security tag on.now need to drive back.no one around here will take it off.it was an honest mistake he even checked them.just got missed.code does not work to take survey.
I received a $10 giftcard to my email and when i got to the store 2 surverys was deleted i dont know how but its gone. How did that happenedN NIKE? I dont know. If i accidently deleted my emails they should be in my trash! Smh. Giving $10 then taking them Back | {
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Billionaire Governor Agrees To Pay Feds $5M For Coal Mine Violations
Jim Justice, the billionaire skinflint governor of West Virginia, agreed on Wednesday to settle a civil complaint brought by the U.S. Department of Justice against 24 of his coal companies. In the settlement, Gov. Justice agreed to pay $5 million, in monthly installments.
It’s a long sought victory for federal regulators who oversee the nation’s coal mines. Between 2014 and 2019 the Mine Safety and Health Administration had issued 2,297 citations to Justice companies with names like A&G Coal, Kentucky Fuel and Dynamic Energy, for violations of the Mine Act — and assessed penalties of $3.95 million.
According to the government’s claims in the case, Justice simply refused to pay. For years. So MSHA handed off the debts to the U.S. Treasury to collect. No response. Written demands ignored. Finally the feds would take it no more, and on May 7, 2019 filed suit against the Justice companies.
The governor, and his son Jay, who runs the day-to-day, wouldn’t just roll over. Over the past year they countered with fatuous motions challenging jurisdiction (later withdrawn), and complained of government treachery after they thought they had been negotiating a discounted payment plan with a bureaucrat who didn’t have any real authority.
Finally, enough. A settlement. For nonpayment, the Feds have tacked on $821,000 in interest and penalties. And a 10% surcharge. Justice will pay consecutive monthly payments of $102,000 until $5.13 million is paid off — 4 years.
He can comfort himself in knowing that the money will flow back from the federal government into West Virginia. In March, Greenbrier County (home to the Justice-owned Greenbrier resort) received a $1 million FEMA grant for debris removal after devastating 2016 flooding. And last week the state got $5 million to help in fighting coronavirus.
Justice should have enough cashflow from remaining coal mines and the Greenbrier resort to pay his obligation, though the place hasn’t been the same since those 2016 floods. And demand is gradually drying up for American coal, with total U.S. production of 705 million tons last year the lowest since 1978.
In announcing the settlement, U.S. Attorney Thomas Cullen stated, “It is our hope that this landmark collection action and settlement agreement sends a clear message that the Department of Justice will aggressively pursue mine-safety violations and hold owners and operators accountable.”
A spokesperson and attorney for Justice was not immediately available for comment.
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A List Of Things I Really Like So Far This Year
1. This really honest, heartwarming, heartbreaking, and beautiful memoir that made me feel really understood and comforted as a woman, even while reading about the experiences or feelings I have never gone through myself.2. Making my bed right when I wake up, before doing anything else. It takes thirty seconds but it makes me feel a disproportionate amount of productive.3. TED Talks about your emotions and how you can better understand and manage them.4. Putting my phone on the other side of the room when I sleep so that when my alarm goes off in the morning, it’s literally impossible to hit snooze.5. Listening to people talk as if I’m going to be quizzed afterwards on what they said, because it forces me to be a more active and present listener.
6. These high-waisted jeans from ASOS that I buy one size up and that are the comfiest things ever but still make me feel like I look like a person who puts effort into their appearance from time to time.7. This funny, frank, and truthful novel that didn’t have a ton of plot but did make me feel like I could give my brain a break and dive into the very amusing and fleshed-out world of the really likeable characters I was reading about.8. Putting maraschino cherries in a glass of La Croix (coconut), especially when I’m jonesing for a drink but I want to give my body a break. Because then it feels like I’m having a cocktail anyway but guess what I’m NOT.9. This piece by Ryan Holiday about why journaling can be really important and how you can turn it into a maintainable habit.10. My new cat, Fergus Quindlen.
11. on HBO. It’s hilarious and also incredibly genuine.
12. This healthy snack that is literally for children but that I can always grab from Starbucks if I haven’t eaten and I start getting the shakes. Shout out to my hypoglycemic sisters!
13. What Now? by Ann Patchett. It’s a short lil read but it will make you feel really comforted if you’re feeling lost in your own life. It’s also available to download on Audible and I highly recommend consuming it that way.14. Making a to-do list every morning. Or sometimes, right before I go to bed.
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“We have not yet defined his price-tag. The offer we have today is $22m (€17.9m), that is what we informed Valencia of, as they have the priority. The idea is to close the sale after Carnival season.
“Whether or not he remains with us until December doesn’t just depend on Racing, so we’ll see in June. We are all very happy, the negotiations are at a very advanced stage.
“Now we’ll take a break, because we have to speak to Bahia Blanca representatives to define the missing details. We want to do things right.
“The fact he is one of the most expensive players in Argentina is down to the player, his family and his agent. The negotiations were intense, it took a while, but now we are very happy. It makes us proud that our players can go on to such important clubs around the world.”
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Inheritance and Genetics of Medullary Sponge Kidney
Genetics of Medullary Sponge Kidney:
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Compared to pre-Dieselgate figures, VW sales are still way off.
While most auto manufacturers are facing a hefty decline in sales through the first five month of 2017, Volkswagen of America posted a healthy 4.3 percent sales increase for May as compared to the same time last year. According toAutomotive News, part of that bump is due to the company selling still-new 2015 diesel models that have received the manufacturers fix for emissions compliance. Also contributing to the sales growth is the manufacturer’s new three-row Atlas crossover, which found 1,610 buyers during its first month of sales in May.
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The news sounds encouraging for the embattled manufacturer that has now endured nearly two years of the Dieselgate scandal. It’s true that sales appear to be picking up, however it’s not quite that simple. If we revisit May 2016 – when Volkswagen was positively reeling from the emission-cheating fallout – we see the manufacturer sold 28,779 vehicles that month compared to 30,014 for this year. That’s a modest step up for sure, but what were sales like before buyers started dropping VW like crazy?
For that we step back another year to 2015 – before Dieselgate was on the news feed of every auto-based outlet in the world – and find that May sales totaled 34,758, versus 30,014 for this year.
That means Volkswagen’s May 2017 sales are up 4 percent from last year, but they’re actually down a whopping 12 percent compared to pre-Dieselgate activity. That's a far greater overall drop than other manufacturers have experienced so far through 2017, but to be fair, we also dug up 2015 sales figures for a few other automakers and did some comparing. Yes, we found an overall drop in sales between now and then, but the average decline was only around around 4 percent.
In other words, Volkswagen still has a very long, difficult climb ahead if the manufacturer hopes to reclaim its pre-scandal glory. | {
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Friday, December 23, 2011
The Deliberate Handball of Luis Suarez of Uruguay: A Moral Dilemma with a Just Punishment? by Adam Howard
by Adam Howard for World Football Commentaries.
Editor's Note
This commentary was published originally on 7 July 2010.
Put yourself in Luis Suarez’s shoes for a moment. It’s the quarter finals of the World Cup, the game is locked at 1-1 in the final seconds of extra-time, and the ball is careening into your goal. You can’t reach it with your head, leg or any legal part of your body, but could punch the ball clear if you so choose to.
Would you? I would.
But that causes a complex moral dilemma for me, because I can completely understand the outraged reaction of the Ghana players. Obviously, if Asamoah Gyan had slotted the penalty, we wouldn’t be asking the question but it would still be relevant. Is the award of a red card and a penalty punishment enough for stopping a certain goal? Not a probable goal, a certain goal.
Against Cheating
It’s troubling because I like to think that I am totally opposed to cheating in football. I am a vocal critic of players who dive for instance, and if I had my way any player who could be found guilty of diving using post-match video replays should be given an automatic three-match ban. I play football myself, and have never felt the urge to dive – it is, in my opinion, a detestable method of cheating.
But I am also honest enough to admit that in Luis Suarez’s shoes, I would do precisely what he did. Suarez was hailed as a hero for his actions; the Uruguay players paraded him around the pitch on their shoulders after they won the shoot-out, all because he deliberately broke the rules of the game. I don’t think any blame goes to Suarez – he knew the risks he was taking.
While not the ethical choice, he knew that he would be sent off and concede a penalty for doing what he did. He probably expected Ghana to convert the subsequent spot-kick when he handled the ball, and so he made his choice in the full knowledge that his team would probably still lose the match. With such a great deal at stake in the match though, even the exceedingly slim chance of Gyan missing made the gamble worthwhile.
Was the Punishment Fair?
That the gamble paid off for Suarez raises the more interesting question, which is not whether Suarez was right or wrong to do what he did, but whether the punishment for the offence that he willingly committed was a fair one.
Put simply, Ghana had scored a goal. The ball was going in, and no player could legally prevent that from happening. Yet in return for the illegal denial of a certain goal, Ghana were given the chance to score from the spot, with the key word being chance. Penalties aren’t easy, that’s a myth. World class goalkeepers have great reactions, are extremely agile and can read you pretty well. Only the most accurate and well struck penalties guarantee a goal.
When you also consider that Asamoah Gyan was awarded a penalty on which rested the hopes not just of his teammates, not just of his country, but of the entire continent of Africa who were desperate to see an African side lift the World Cup, that makes scoring a penalty even less simple. Factor in a ball that can euphemistically be called contentious, and Gyan has a very unenviable task indeed.
Even without these particular circumstances though, the trade of a ‘certain-almost-goal’ for a penalty isn’t really a fair one. Ghana had already breached the Uruguay defence and, to all intents and purposes, put the ball in the net. Could the referee not simply award the goal, and caution or dismiss Suarez for his petulance? Well… no, he couldn’t.
Clear Goal-Scoring Opportunity Rule
And not just because the rules don’t permit it. Doing so would create a precedent, because the rules that saw a penalty awarded and Suarez dismissed tally with the rules that govern the punishment for any foul inside the penalty area that deny a clear goal scoring opportunity. If a player, about to rifle a shot into the corner of the net, is taken down by a desperate defensive lunge, the outcome is the same.
That’s not to say that all ‘clear goal scoring opportunities’ are equal in the eyes of FIFA, the referee or whichever footballing deity you wish to ascribe the power to. Ghana’s was an exceptional circumstance, but the assumption is that a player ready to tap into an empty net who is unceremoniously assaulted would be just as certain to score as Ghana were.
Rules work, unfortunately, on assumptions. We can’t legislate for every possible eventuality because as football constantly reminds us, anything can happen in sport. And though some would argue that Yakubu being fouled in front of an open goal wouldn’t necessarily constitute the denial of a goal-scoring opportunity whereas the same infraction involving David Villa would, they would be opening a very large can of worms.
Legislating Rules and Punishments
Ultimately, the Suarez incident demonstrates the difficulty of legislating rules and punishments in sport. Whatever the governors of the game do, players will invariably and inevitably push rules to the limit – and as we’ve ascertained, there are plenty of people who would have done precisely as Suarez did. The fact is, on most occasions the laws of the game and punishments do their job – we just don’t notice when they do.
It is always the unique and unusual circumstances that cause controversy. The sad fact is that, much as we all feel sorry for Ghana and for Asamoah Gyan in particular – rules are rules. While Ghana will feel – and many neutral fans will agree – that it was the Black Stars who deserved to face the Dutch in the first semi-final, Uruguay earned their place there fair and square.
Was a Deliberate Hand Ball Fair and Square?
To describe a deliberate hand ball preventing a certain goal on the line as “fair and square” is quite controversial – I’m well aware of that. But my point is that Uruguay served their punishment and should not be begrudged their progression in the match. We all take as full an account of the possible consequences of any chosen action/decision before we commit to doing anything – Luis Suarez just did what came naturally, and I can’t begrudge him for that.
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AMD annoyed...
Dear List Persons,
Well, it turns out AMD is annoyed by my "publishing" pre-release
benchmarks of the dual Athlon, in spite of all the caveats and warnings
that I was testing a pre-release stepping of the chipset. At a guess,
the folks in marketing there don't think that technical folks know the
difference between pre-release numbers and final numbers (and perhaps
don't understand just how enthusiastic this site was making folks about
the dual athlon even in the brief time it was up). Who knows, they
could be right.
Although I doubt that there is anything they could do to force me, as a
matter of courtesy to them and to my hosts at ASL I'm taking the site
down "for a few weeks" until AMD gives the go-ahead. I imagine that
they'll want me to redo the numbers if and when they get around to
releasing the system. Sigh. Hopefully I'll have time -- this week was
spring break (and I spent about three days messing with this that I'm
less likely to have in April).
Hopefully, anybody who really needed the preliminary numbers to help
make critical purchase decisions has looked already. I do intend to put
the numbers back up (and complete the two or three benchmarks that
weren't quite finished) when permitted to do so.
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We reserve ourselves the right to ask for a security deposit of €200 in cash at key handover!
Pets are permitted on prior request.
Arrival times are from 15:00 until 20:00. Earlier arrivals can be arranged according to the availability of the apartment. Later arrivals will be charged as following:
€10 after 20:00
€20 after 21:30
€30 after 23:00 (until 0:30)
Checkout time is 11:00 unless otherwise arranged.
Please be aware that there is a city tax of 5% of the rental price payable in cash at key handover.
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You will be refunded half of the total price minus the cancellation fee if you cancel the booking at least 7 days before check-in by 12 noon CET (Central European Time) For cancellations that are made less than 7 days before check-in, you will be refunded 5% of the total price minus the cancellation fee. | {
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Mali Losinj – Favorable climate and resorts
Mali Losinj is a small town and city that is resided on the Losinj Island. Vacation is the most beautiful part for spending time with our loving family. We planned to visit Mali Losinj as it is situated in the island. Good climatic conditions and beaches are the main reasons for the development of tourism in this city. This great town lies in sunny side of the eastern island. Rab is the most beautiful and magical island in Croatia. We starred at pine forests and sandy beaches in high range. We experienced the mild climate and cold winds. Central Street and old town halls are the most attractive delights of this place. We really enjoy our time in this location and we had lots of fun and delights in high range. You should not miss this location for your holiday at any occurrence. Yacht helped us to visit nearby places in a short time. We purchased the yacht at affordable price and so we can able to save our earnings. Travelers mostly preferred to visit this town as because of its good maintenance of beaches and resorts.
We enjoyed the beautiful climate in Cikat Forest Park. We cannot forget the time in this park as it took us to a different experience. We walk around this wonderful place and we cannot forget it any time. We spent most of the hours in this park and I became mad on this wonderful place. It is completely filled with peace and calm so that it is apart from the city culture. It is assured that you can free from your strain and stress of your work pressure. Very clean sea insisted us to swim in the sea. Our tourist guide suggested this place and now we can say that it is really worth to visit it. Plieski is an amazing beach that we visited in our lifetime. We starred at the blue color of the beach and we took more numbers of pictures for our future memories. It is important that you have to make a pre-arrangement for packing things and booking hotels with help of experienced guide. The tourist guide directed us to do all possible arrangements in advance and it really helped us to enjoy the vacation without facing any troubles.
A pleasantly aromatic garden is present in Mali Losinj and so you should not miss it in any case. We all get a chance to see different kinds of herbs that can grow bigger in size. Garden is truly a peaceful place where everyone can feel the fresh air. I can say that it a small token of heaven and so you have to visit this wonderful place once in your existence. The yacht charter assisted us to travel around all the places in an easy way. In that case, you have to purchase the yacht so that you can enjoy the time with your family devoid of hassles. We cannot forget the experience in Mali Losinj and it delights places in our existence. | {
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Amazon.com just launched their own Denim Shop today. From what I can tell, it looks like a real winning combination of many elements.
First, they are carrying a great selection of denim. Brands range from premium denim such as Rock & Republic, William Rast, and 7 For All Mankind, to American staples like Levis, Carhartt, Lee, and Wrangler. It’s pretty much a one stop shop for anything you need in denim. (For a complete list of brands see the list of tags at the bottom of this post.)
Second, and this is my favorite feature of Amazon’s Denim Shop, you have the ability to search for the exact price range, color, brand, discount, and whether the style of jeans is a new arrival, all right there on the first page of the shop. It’s absolutely fantastic. For instance, let’s say you want a pair of women’s jeans that are on sale for 25% off or more and you want a style that arrived in the last month. You can do that. | {
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September 24, 2013 // Design
Loving The Sick Cover Art Of Penguin’s New Hardcover Horror Series
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While we are essentially minimalists over here, books are what one might call ‘good clutter’. Coffee table books have long been a part of décor, and since eReaders have resulted in a drop in sales of actual books, companies such as Penguin have had to figure how to keep good ol’ paper on the market. We’ve loved the clothbound classics long time and are feeling the cover art of a new six-volume horror hardcover series by Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley. Edited and introduced by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, the series includes Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven and Haunted Castles by Ray Russell. Perfectly creepy.
The books are available for preorder now at Penguin.com and will ship on October 1
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Kazakhstan approves $100 M to Kyrgyzstan for EAEU integration
Kazakh Parliament's lower house has ratified an agreement on the allocation of $100 million USD to Kyrgyzstan as an assistance for the country to adapt to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
"The money is meant for implementation of the road map for Kyrgyzstan's accession to the EAEU, in particular, improvement of customs infrastructure, bringing sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary systems of Kyrgyzstan in line with the EAEU standards," Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan Timur Suleimenov said told media.
The assistance will be provided in several phases in accordance with separate inter-governmental protocols on technical cooperation in the form of money, training services and goods.
The minister added that the agreement also includes signing of a separate protocol to the agreement on the order of providing assistance and control over its use.
A joint audit commission to ensure targeted and effective use of the provided assistance will be established within the Kazakh-Kyrgyz Intergovernmental Council. | {
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What’s Happened So Far: A Review of “From Deep”
My personal obsession with basketball was born in—and you know what, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if your own story was pretty close—my childhood backyard, a hoop nailed to the wood awning. More afternoons than not would find me, with spelling and multiplication homework untouched, hucking up shots for hours at a time. Not that I was developing a wicked J that would one day elevate my high school team to glory. Most of the time I was totally absorbed in some daydream, sometimes about unleashing domination upon the NBA (and always, the dream went, as the league’s only 10-year-old player) and just as often about the adventures that would transpire when I suddenly got access to the alternate dimension where all the Pokemon lived. But I stayed focused in this world often enough that I learned the satisfaction of seeing, hearing, feeling my own shot rip through the net—a moment that still triggers an intoxicating surge of endorphins today and also, I can’t see why not, for the rest of my life.
Filmmaker Brett Kashmere understands the importance of these sunny afternoons—and also the rainy ones that sent me to the Nerf hoop on my bedroom door. He understands that the stakes of that morning’s basketball games at recess, and eventually gym class, were high indeed. I know he understands, because that understanding is all over his new documentary, From Deep. It’s a film that manages, like all true and real loves, to see the best and most glorious traits about basketball, the professional and playground games alike, while also acknowledging the legion of unsightly warts on its personality—namely, this game’s tense and fraught racial history.
Kashmere labels his films as “essays.” There’s probably a really precise definition for a film “essay,” and Kashmere surely not only knows that definition but has written about the major figures of the genre for a scholarly film journal. As a former Professor of Cinema Studies, with three degrees in film in tow, Kashmere is not exactly dicking around with iMovie on the weekends. To my eyes, a film essay is a lot like a documentary, but made primarily with archival footage, a swirling collage of clips and splices from all imaginable sources. Kashmere narrates over the footage, but it’s not the distant, vaguely scholarly tones of a Discovery Channel company man describing the foraging habits of the hermit crab. Kashmere’s script is earnest, incisive, personal.
The best way to understand Kashmere’s work is to see it for yourself. On his Vimeo account, Kashmere has posted his half-hour 2006 essay Valery’s Ankle, which is focused on the 1972 “Summit Series” between the Canadian and Soviet national hockey teams. It’s a subject I’d never even heard of before, much less cared about—but I immediately became invested in the story’s gravitational pull. Extrapolating outwards from the microcosm of one play from the Summit Series—in which Canadian Bobby Clarke broke the ankle of Soviet Valery Kharlamov with a purposeful whack of his stick—Kashmere (himself a native Canadian) explores what hockey’s pervasive and gratuitous violence says about the outwardly pleasant Canadian national identity. Unlike, say, our contemporary Olympic coverage, there is no need to redeem the story with a stirring third act of piano-tinkled inspiration: a rapid montage of hockey fights from all eras becomes dizzying, even nauseating. It’s compelling stuff.
From Deep sees Kashmere’s focus shift from hockey to basketball, going from half-hour to full-feature length. The movie begins at the beginning—the very beginning, with Naismith, in Springfield—and continues on all the way up to LeBron’s Decision. In more conventional hands that means From Deep would be a history book of the game, a museum exhibit guiding the viewer through the sport’s major plot points. And while we do get all of the plot points (some moments will be review for all ye diehards) what From Deep provides is a dynamic sampler of basketball’s constantly evolving aesthetics. As Kashmere cuts a precise path through what feels like miles of tape from every imaginable source—from national-broadcast HD to games where the bottom wasn’t yet cut out of the basket to the annals of Hollywood’s portrayals of basketball—the perpetual progression of basketball styles begins to reveal its shape, the change over decades of play artfully distilled for a single sitting.
As From Deep emerges out of basketball’s unknowable, grainy past and into the recognizable, color-broadcast era, both the soundtrack and the footage become incrementally stylized. The practical, rigid basketball of the fifties gives way to the broader imaginations and increased ballhandling skills of the sixties, and at the same time that hip-hop’s tonal antecedents were being pressed. The aerial flourishes of the ABA mirror perfectly the groovy studio tracks of the seventies. The entrance of Magic Johnson especially feels like a revelation, his offensive game feels unprecedentedly smooth and energizing: the dozens of anonymous dribblers we have seen, hunched over slightly at the waist, may as well be cavemen for as many intellectual generations they are behind Johnson’s flair, creativity, and range. By this time it hardly feels like a coincidence that Kashmere is able to perfectly match the genre explorations of the Showtime Lakers with hip-hop’s first self-realized hits. It’s as if the twin industries of basketball and music are taking cues from each other, each prodding the other to step out into new sonic landscapes. Onwards into the nineties and this century, the influence of the most racially loaded figures of the times (see: N.W.A., Allen Iverson) is subsumed by the unavoidable wave of commerce and endorsements.
Just like the playground games it so admires, From Deep is joyfully devoid of the background hum of commercial pressures. It does not grab hip-hop’s coattails because hip-hop is the shortcut ticket to the prized demographics du jour: high esteem is given to both the game and the music. Both topics are discussed because, overflowing with the creativity and passions of so many brilliant people as they are, both topics deserve to be discussed.
From Deep is being released and screened here in 2014, but its expiration date is nowhere on the horizon. Stick it in a Smithsonian vault and bring it out twenty, thirty years from now and it will all make perfect sense. Who knows if basketball and hip-hop will have a close relationship by then—if hip-hop, the way we know it, will still exist—but From Deep will still make sense; it will make sense because it has so totally captured the styles that have happened in and to basketball up to this point. Kashmere has given us a uniquely thoughtful and meticulous view of basketball, respecting and exploring the imprints the game has made, and will continue to make, on the rest of society. Watch what he does next. | {
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Angling Links
In 2010, a cold snap killed nearly 15% of the snook population in the Gulf of Mexico. After a three year closure, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has determined that the population has rebounded sufficiently to allow for the recreational harvest of the fish (starting Sept. 1). Management efforts such as the implementation of a slot limit to protect juveniles and the more productive larger fish are expected to help snook numbers continue to improve. The next stock assessment is scheduled for 2015. Do you think the opening was premature? Has anyone heard how things are going up to this point in the season?
The Bahamas National Trust and several other groups are working with government officials to expand the number of national parks in Abaco in an effort to protect bonefish spawning grounds. The proposal will target the areas of Cross Harbour (South Abaco) and The Marls (Central Abaco). These two areas are of particular importance because bonefish from The Marls congregate in the Cross Harbour area prior to pushing out into deeper water to spawn. Protecting these areas is vital to maintaining a healthy population of bonefish and the fly fishing industry that they support. Click here for the whole story.
The effort to restore American rivers to their natural flows via the removal of aging dams has reached "movement" status. Just last year, approximately 400 miles of river and stream were restored following the removal of 65 dams in 19 states. So how's it working out for the fish? Click here to read about the return of the chinook salmon to streams located above the former Elwha Dam site. Also, be sure to check out the trailer for Felt Sole Media's upcoming documentary "DamNation." This film takes a broad look at the issue of dam removal.
Want a look at some of the world's most exotic fishing destinations? The worldwide premier and DVD release of Confluence Films' new movie Waypoints is scheduled for release on November 8. It will be availabe in iTunes on December 20. In the meantime, here is a look at the trailer. | {
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FishyFred:Because they can't just buy huge machines to automate the process.
Well, good. I like the artisanal touches that go into illegal drugs. That little smiley-face stenciled on to each tab of ecstasy... the baroque charm of the bong you made out of your high school wood shop project... the little pinch of chili powder in your crystal meth. You'll miss these things when Nabisco™ takes over the industry and prices all the craft-drug makers out of business.
Happy Hours:And when weed is legal nationwide I'm sure there will be big corporate players like Nabisco, but there will also be small producers that provide the "artisinal touches" that you say we will miss.
Well argued. But I was just kidding around. It's probably the artisanal cold medicine I'm on that has me in such a cheeky mood.
When the glorious day of corporate-branded pot arrives, you and I can enjoy a celebratory Kraft® Lunchables™ With Pot together. (It'll be a one-hitter and about fifty saltines).
I've suffered from severe major depression for several years. It's so bad that I even had farking experimental brain surgery last year.
Several people have suggested that pot might provide temporary relief. I haven't found any relevant studies, and my squadron of trusted medical professionals have given me mixed opinions (ranging from extremely negative "it'll worsen your depression" to neutral-but-it's-illegal-so-don't.)
I live in severely conservative Georgia where it's still severely illegal, so that's a risk to consider, too.
Any thoughts about it, either way? Especially, any relevant experiences?
/fwiw, a trusted close relative lives in Seattle, and has offered to help find a source.
I don't believe it's a cure-all, but if you went so far as to have experimental brain surgery maybe it's worth a try. Just because someone says they smoke pot all the time and they feel great doesn't mean it will help your depression.
I've been depressed too and as far as I can tell pot has had nothing but a very short-term effect on it and by "short-term" I mean as long as I was high. And getting high doesn't even always help. I've been very depressed before and smoked pot and the end result was that I was still depressed and just happened to be stoned too.
It's sort of like what Shelby Chong (Tommy Chong's wife) said once. She said pot really helps with PMS. She said her husband smokes it whenever she gets PMS and he says he always feels much better.
mekki:Phil Ken Sebben: Not going to lie. I've never tried it. Never had friends into it.Now I'm older, live in Denver (only for 6 months. ) but I don't have a clue how someone with no true friends that do it, would even get started in buying it. I wouldn't trust anyone. And I certainly wouldn't ask my coworkers if any of them had a trusted source.
I'm not believing that "street dealers" are going to do as well once actual legal stores open.
From the looks of this thread, I don't know. Users have been going on and on for years saying that if the government legalized marijuana they would give up the illegal stuff and go for the legal stuff. But in the end, that doesn't seem to be true.
Users will only give up the illegal stuff if the legal stuff is stronger and cheaper than the illegal stuff. All the black market needs to do in order to keep going is to making a cheaper, stronger product. And given that legal weed will have additional overhead costs as well as being taxed, I don't see it ever being cheaper than the illegal stuff.
People point to prohibition as proof that the black market for moonshine went away once legal alcohol came back. But in all honesty, moonshine went away because it was an awful product to begin with when compared with other liquors. Unlike weed, most people, not all, but most like to drink alcohol because of the taste rather than just having something that gives you a buzz. Pot doesn't have that trait. It smells bad and it doesn't exactly taste like bacon. There is no legal pot that tastes like an expensive, well crafted wine. So, if the cheap, illegal stuff gets you a better buzz than the weak, overpriced legal stuff, how many people are going to give up their dealers?
I see the laws becoming more relax over time. You start with the "OMG only state regulated dispensaries in certain designated zones can sell". Then a few years go by and the people go "okay this is stupid, people aren't breaking the law or destroying the neighborhood because of pot shops being in the area" and laws get relaxed. We just in the last few years in Colorado allowed alcohol sales on Sunday. If you can get the laws to the point where pot isn't the only thing a shop sells, their prices will drop (less risk, other items chipping away at overhead). I don't know about other states, but the pot referendum in Colorado included being allowed to grow a certain number of your own plants. That will also reduce prices/push for better product.
Combo pot and wine bar? Combo pot & spa? Combo pot & artisan bakery? Pot shop & pizzeria. Or the most likely scenario: the 7-11 just knocks down the wall between them and the dispensary.
Now if Colorado will just allow full strength wine & beer in grocery stores and allow a liquor store owner to own more than one location so the really good stores can branch out.
My ex recently started dealing weed. At first she did it just to "cover the cost of her own weed" but then she ended up buying a scale, a gun, and expanding her customer base to acquantances of coworkers and friends.
She has a professional job, too, so I have no idea why she's engaging in such risky behavior. | {
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Wendy Davis defends wheelchair ad in Texas race
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis on Monday defended her campaign television ad that highlights opponent Greg Abbott's use of a wheelchair, denying that it exploits his disability while attacking his record.
"This ad is about one thing and one thing only: It is about Greg Abbott's hypocrisy," Davis said at a news conference in Fort Worth.
Davis's campaign released the ad Friday to harsh criticism from Abbott and conservatives. At her news conference, Davis was defended and flanked by disability rights advocates, including two who use wheelchairs.
The ad ran over the weekend in Texas' major metropolitan areas. The Davis campaign said Monday the ad is still running but has declined to say for how long or how much it cost. Early voting starts Oct. 20 for the Nov. 4 general election.
Abbott spokesman Matt Hirsch called the ad "desperate and despicable."
The 30-second ad begins with a shot of an empty wheelchair. It criticizes the state attorney general for receiving millions from a 1984 lawsuit after a falling tree crushed his spine, then working to limit the legal rights of other victims.
The Davis ad notes that in one case, Abbott argued that an amputee suing for employment discrimination was not disabled because she had a prosthetic limb. It also cites two other cases that have already been the subject of previous Davis campaign spots.
"He deserved justice for the terrible tragedy he endured," Davis said. "But then he turned around and built his career working to deny the very same justice he received to his fellow Texans rightly seeking it for themselves."
Republican Abbott has held statewide office since 1995, first as a Texas Supreme Court Justice before he was elected attorney general in 2002. But Davis's add is the first by an Abbott opponent to make an overt issue of his wheelchair.
Abbott openly discusses his disability in his speeches and campaign ads. Abbott's recent TV ads include one of him talking about his recovery from the injury, and another in which he jokes about how a "guy in a wheelchair" can move faster than cars stuck in bad Texas traffic. | {
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You may feel as though your breasts are in a re-write of Goldilocks, worrying that you are feeding baby too little or too much but never just enough. Relax Mummy Bear; you are doing your best.
Your milk machines work on a supply and demand basis, so for the first few weeks let baby feed as often as he wants, this is likely to be three or four times for the first few sleepy days after birth increasing as they get over their jet lag.
There is no maximum number of feeds but things usually settle down to six to eight feeds a day after a week or so. Initially your baby will be digesting a feed within a couple of hours, which is why they may seem constantly hungry. As their tummies grow they will stay fuller longer which is why the time between feeds increases.
It is common for babies to lose up to 10 per cent of their birth weight so an initial dip does not mean that your baby is not getting enough milk. Much of this weight loss could be down to intravenous fluids given to you during the last few hours of your labour or birth. At two weeks most babies are back to their birth weight or beyond.
As well as weight gain you can be reassured that your baby is feeding well if they are changing their sucking rhythm as they will have to work harder to get the creamier milk that comes later in a feed. Your breasts will feel softer and less full when they have finished.
What comes out is related to what went in and wet nappies are a good sign! In the first 48 hours after birth you should see two or three wet nappies, this increases to six or more in any 24 hour period from five days old. Too few wet nappies could indicate your baby is dehydrated.
If your baby has to be woken up for feeds, makes clicking noises whilst feeding (rather than contented sucks), or hasn’t re-gained his birth weight by the time he is two weeks old, have a chat with your midwife.
Your breasts will make enough milk for your baby but if they are not latching on properly it will be hard for them to get at, which is why the first few days when you are most worried and you are both most inexperienced, are the hardest. You may find it reassuring to talk to other Mums as this is a very common concern and knowing that it is not just you can be reassuring.
Night feeds
Babies come programmed to like boobs but they are not hardwired to know the difference between night and day. This is a necessity, not a design flaw as their stomachs can’t hold all the milk they need in 12 hours. For the first few months you may feel as though you have a neon sign across your chest flashing ‘always open’ as baby will be placing orders throughout the night!
The good news is the 24 hour café stage only lasts three to six months. Between six and 12 months your baby will begin to manage without night feeds. There isn’t a one size fits all sleep schedule but you can help your baby to learn the difference between day and night by making night feeds as quiet and calm as possible.
Newborns often fall asleep while feeding but by about three months a baby can learn to fall asleep on their own; this is important so that they learn to separate feeding from sleeping. A song or story work well as a buffer between the two. Make sure you wind baby sufficiently after a night feed so that they can settle comfortably into sleep.
Once baby is going longer between feeds, a top up or dream feed might buy you a few more hours sleep. By semi waking baby and feeding them before they wake up independently, you can fill their stomachs before they are woken by an empty one! You will need to wait three or four hours from the last feed otherwise you will be trying to feed a full baby
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Paws&Soul is a third-person adventure game about rebirth, where you will Visit a mysterious forest as a wolf. The story about a man that you’ll see with animal eyes is extended by fascinating gameplay focused on exploration and searching for collectibles. Look for clues about your past life, reveal bonus stories about other people and enjoy breathtaking views. You are completely safe here, so relax and let your curiosity run wild! Find out how the lives of the wolf and the human are connected and reveal the secret of reincarnation.
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Featuring a redesigned waterproof housing and 200 lumens of power, the Black Diamond Cosmo Headlamp is perfect for any adventure where daylight is in short supply. From dinner in camp to alpine starts and late-night hikes, the Cosmo features six different lighting modes for fully custom illumination. And thanks to its fully waterproof construction, the Cosmo keeps lighting the way through sprinkles, splashes and full-on storms.
One TriplePower LED and one DoublePower white LED emit 200 lumens
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FTV has been operating in Canada since 2008. Distributed by Ethnic Channels Group, the channel offers fresh daily programs in Tagalog and English direct from the Philippines.
About Ethnic Channels Group Limited
Ethnic Channels Group Limited is based in Markham, Ontario. Offering more than 100 of the best television channels from around the world for viewers across 30 ethnic communities in Canada. Its channel offering continues to grow and expand with rich foreign and in-house produced content. ECG is a diversified media company specializing in the distribution and acquisition of linear television channels and VOD/SVOD/PPV content across all media platforms.
October 4, 2016, Markham, Ontario – Ethnic Channels Group Limited (ECG), Canada’s largest distributor of third language television services, is pleased to announce the rejuvenation of Filipino TV (FTV) for the growing Filipino community across the country. Programming will be expanded to include more locally produced content ranging from news, talk shows, documentaries, reality series, entertainment, comedy, travel, spiritual, music videos and concerts.
“Ethnic Channels Group is pleased to be offering a completely rebranded channel featuring vibrant and varied TV content that everyone in the Filipino-Canadian community will love,” said Slava Levin, ECG’s CEO and co-founder. “In addition, for the first time in the history of the Filipino TV broadcasting in Canada, this channel will have programs made by and for Filipino-Canadians across all provinces.”
As part of the re-launch, FTV will partner with Filipino-Canadian communities across Canada to produce compelling content from each province, which will be filmed locally. This enriching content will add to the great FTV shows already filmed in ECG’s state-of-the-art in-house production facility in Markham, Ontario featuring the Filipino-Canadian community.
FTV’s highly anticipated new additions also include daily children’s programing as well as shows in Tagalog appealing to millennials. For the first time in Canada, the channel will bring to its viewers spiritual programming from Iglesia Ni Cristo.
The growth of the Filipino community has been a priority for the Government of Canada. According to government figures, in 2014, Canada welcomed more than 40,000 permanent residents from the Philippines, making the Philippines Canada's top source country for permanent residents. In this same year, over 700,000 Canadian residents could trace their ancestry back to the Philippines, and a growing number of Filipino citizens were visiting family and friends in Canada, studying at Canadian colleges and universities, or immigrating to Canada as permanent residents. | {
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Mosby and the North
Supporters of the Union cause in the Civil War obviously did not respond favorably to Mosby's guerrilla warfare. The Confederate ranger certainly supplied the Federals with plenty to worry about. Mosby proudly included dispatches from prominent Union officers that detailed their apparent dismay at the need to reinforce their units to guard against his ambushes. Biographers of Mosby select similar reports from the Union army, usually referring to an embarrasing episode with the partisans. These dispatches create an impression of the Union army as a dimwitted, comical lot constantly being foiled by Mosby's wiles. Mosby and his Southern biographers, however, do not detail how Mosby the individual was seen through the eyes of the North.
As strongly as Gen. Robert E. Lee and the South spoke of Mosby's daring and dashing style, Northern soldiers responded with charges that Mosby was cowardly. Although the North did not share the Southern code of honor to as great of an extent, soldiers in the Civil War, like those today, maintained a base expectation about the rules of conduct. Mosby, many Union soldiers believed, did not follow these basic rules, and therefore could not be respected like other soldiers, Northern or Southern. During this period in the North, social and cultural factors led people to de-emphasize the more ancient, 'primal' honor symbolized by dueling and violence, and promote simple, civic virtue as a sign of a more 'respectable' form of honor (Wyatt-Brown, p.20).
The North, with its competing notion of honor, allowed Union soldiers to condemn Mosby for his roguish ways. Fighting from behind the lines, surprising the enemy at picket-posts and attacking at dark were all associated with a dishonorable manner of waging war, thy believed. Allyne Cushing Litchfield, a Union soldier fighting in Northern Virginia, wrote several letters to his wife, calling Mosby and his men "among the worst of Bushwackers," and vowing to "catch them if possible" (5/29/1863). Another Union soldier, Albert Martin, wrote about Mosby's rangers: "I suppose there (sic) correct name would be Guerrillas or Highway Robbers" (8/12/1863). John A. Clark indicated there is "no honor to be expected in following [Mosby] for you cannot reasonably expect a fight with him on any fair ground" (8/10/1863).
One of the most colorfully malicious descriptions of Mosby appears in the journal of Nathan Webb, who recounted an unexpected encounter with the partisan chieftan's wife, Beverly, at her home: "She said she had a husband in the Southern Army who was doing wonders for their cause and whose name was terror to the Yankee herde. ... Says I, 'Please Madam whom may your indoubtable Chevalier be?' ... Drawing herself up to full heighth, her eyes flashing, her arms gravely folded, and stepping back a step she says, 'I have the distinguished honor of being the wife of the gallant Major Mosby.'
'Oh,' says I, 'I thought that you were at least the wife of some brave and often lauded Officer, but instead, I find you the spouse of that plundering, prowling, thieving, bushwacking Mosby -- The man who never showed himself brave to fight (unintelligible), who never once has tried to work good his boast of superiority and chivalry, who relies on surprises, and overwhelming numbers to carry out save fear for robbery or burning -- The man who who ties the wives of his neighbors up by the thumbs to extort from them a hiding place, ... who steals the rations from the family's (sic) of the poor whites, driven with their army by sick cutthroat vagabonds as he, who tortures the fair ignorant negro to force from him the position of the pickets of a camp, ... -- The man who approaches a picket post in our uniform and under the guise of the 'Officer of the Day' falls upon the picket and not ever looking him that he may (unintelligible) the death of a soldier, but like a villian that he is, wantonly and deliberately cutting his throat and riffing his jackets up to the picture of his wife or to the lock of hair of his sweetheart" (4/27/1863).
Webb paints a picture of Mosby that directly contradicts the Southern image of Mosby as a "gallant knight," and instead turns him into no more than a common thief. From this encounter it is clear that Mosby's mythic status rested primarily on a Southern public that supported not only the Confederate cause, but an ethical code that supported the guerrilla tactics Mosby employed. To many Northerners, it seems, Mosby lost respectability in their eyes because he failed to fight on "equal" terms. | {
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But for the Jaguars on Wednesday afternoon, the task was to very much make the day – and the week, for that matter – not about those things, and not about preparing for a difficult opponent in an unusual situation.
So, while Head Coach Gus Bradley talked about the news of the day Wednesday – the biggest of which was the possibility Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew could play Sunday and that quarterback Blaine Gabbert almost certainly won’t – he also talked of working at San Jose State University as a privilege and very much not a distraction.
“It’s been great so far,” Bradley said Wednesday before the Jaguars held a two-and-half hour practice on the practice fields at San Jose State. “This is a good situation. Our team really has adjusted well to this.
“What a privilege to be here, and for them to open up the facilities. For them to give us this opportunity to be here, it’s really worked out well.
“I give a lot of credit to our organization for how organized it is. It’s really awesome.”
Said Jaguars guard Uche Nwaneri, “It’s all about adjusting. As a team, being out here actually gives us the ability to grow closer to one another. Being here together as a group, and being able to hang out with teammates, it allows you to get a closer camaraderie with your teammates. That’s always good.”
The Jaguars adjusted to their new locale on the same day Bradley updated several key injuries.
Jones-Drew, the three-time Pro Bowl running back who sustained a strained tendon (ankle) injury in the Jaguars’ loss to Oakland Sunday, was held out of practice Wednesday because of swelling in the area. Bradley said the hope is that Jones-Drew will practice Thursday and play Sunday.
“They felt like it was doing pretty good and then it had some swelling,” Bradley said. “He feels better about it today than he did yesterday, so we’ll just see how it goes.”
Bradley also said Gabbert almost certainly won’t play, confirming what he said Monday. Gabbert, who missed last week’s game with a laceration on his throwing hand, had stitches removed from the area this week, and did what Bradley called “some easy throwing” on Wednesday.
Bradley said the plan was for Gabbert to do some agility work on the side in practice Wednesday.
“It’d be a stretch to see him (play) probably this week,” Bradley said.
Chad Henne will start at quarterback for a second consecutive game in Gabbert’s place, and said the chance to work a second consecutive week with the starters during practice is key.
“Most importantly, it’s just getting the time in with the receivers,” said Henne, who started the final two preseason games before backing up Gabbert in the regular-season opener. “Being able to go through our signals in the no-huddle is definitely beneficial.
“What really helped, too, was the two preseason games. This team is still young. The more we play, the more experience we’ll get and the more experience we get in this offense, we’re only going to get better.”
Cornerback Alan Ball (sore groin) will be monitored as the week progresses, and Bradley said the plan was for tight end Marcedes Lewis (calf) and wide receiver Mike Brown (back) not to practice. Bradley said Brown likely will not play Sunday.
“Today will be a big test to see how he does,” Bradley said of Lewis.
Lewis said he ran and tested the calf Tuesday.
“It’s better than it was two weeks ago,” Lewis said. “I’m still getting that explosiveness back in my calf. I’m taking it day by day. If I can’t go for Sunday, for sure next week. It’s just being patient and doing what your bodty tells you to do.”
*Bradley said crowd noise will be a factor in Seattle’s CenturyLink Field, considered the NFL’s loudest stadium. The Jaguars typically work with music during practice, and Bradley said the music will be turned up as high as possible while the Jaguars work this week.
*Jones-Drew said he didn’t believe the tackle made by Raiders safety Charles Woodson on the play on which he sustained his injury Sunday was a dirty play. On the play, Woodson – a 14-year veteran – dove over a Raiders defender and tackled Jones-Drew around the neck, twisting Jones-Drew in such a way that he strained the tendon. “It was a great play, for a guy at his age to sell out to do that,” Jones-Drew said. “It was a horsecollar (tackle), but it was a phenomenal play. It wasn’t dirty at all.”
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Recently, a new discovery has turned my world upside down. I was diagnosed with a particularly severe case of fibromyalgia, a neurological disorder that causes widespread muscle stiffness, pain and fatigue. The symptoms, albeit without the diagnosis, have been lifelong. Because of this, many things that require little thought or planning for most people have always been exhausting and difficult for me. A persistent struggle throughout my adult life has centered around trying to maintain my household in spite of the intense pain that accompanies cleaning and meal preparation. Diagnosis in hand, I’ve started making accommodations for getting through everyday life while being careful to avoid painful tasks as much as possible. Part of this has involved buying and using “living aids” such as a reach extender for picking up around the house without bending, or a laundry cart with special wheels that easily climb stairs. The other part has involved a restructuring of domestic labor between me and my husband.
Most people are familiar with the cultural idea that cooking, cleaning, and child care are feminine-coded tasks, frequently relegated to the domain of women. As a person with someone limited mobility due to a largely invisible, chronic illness, I’ve never been able to fully meet gendered expectations for my performance of domestic responsibilities. My life and romantic partnerships by necessity have always featured somewhat subversive role-assignments for cooking and cleaning, which has made me spend a lot of time thinking about how households get things done in general. I was curious to see whether or not there was much overlap in experience between me and the rest of my social circle with regard to equity and role assignment in long-term relationships. So I devised a questionnaire and made a Facebook post:
Seventeen people responded, either in the comments section of the original thread, or in a private message to me to protect their anonymity. Some information about the sample: most are heterosexual couples who live in New England. One respondent is part of a queer, trans marriage. Most respondents are in their 20s or 30s, although one respondent and her partner are near typical retirement age. Only three of the respondents are men. My husband and I also answered each of the questions near the end of the conversation, after others had made their contributions.
What I found out was that even without disability in the mix, chores and cooking are hugely stressful on many relationships. While some of the chore patterns were regarded as fair and pleasant, other couples were experiencing a surprising (to me) level of sadness, resentment, desperation, and bitterness regarding housework. Some responses, like this one, were heartbreaking:
“As you can see, this is a hot topic in our house. In fact, household chores are just about the ONLY thing we ever argue about. We see eye to eye on almost everything else in our entire lives!! However… this whole take-care-of-the-house shit… it’s breaking us apart. Quite literally. It’s frustrating and sad. If you, or anyone you encounter during your study, have any tips or tricks PLEASE pass them on!! It’s really crazy to me how two people who are so compatible in life and parenthood can let cleaning/chores tear them apart.”
Others were characterized by clear and infuriating instances of gender inequality:
“If it’s not 110% it’s just not good enough for him and I might as well have done nothing. Or sometimes I go on strike to try to prove a point but we just fight over that too. I also fight him about feeling like a personal servant who exists for nothing other than to service the needs of others and being expected to be a ‘perfect’ submissive house wife-y, a role I dislike, but do it. Part of me feels it’s fair because I am a stay at home mom, so my job is the house and the kids… But it was def different when my husband was the stay at home with our first kid, I still did the majority of the house work.”
Another friend characterized the dynamic in her household as “fundamentally unfair,” noting that her partner is so disengaged from child care that he does not even know where their daughter’s pajamas are kept. Still others felt pressured, as women, to contribute more to their household’s upkeep than they had time for or felt was fair. One can’t help but wonder how these partnerships would be affected by the woman’s debilitating illness or injury – or if the relationships would withstand it at all. However, one male respondent noted that his relationships have always skewed in the opposite direction: he takes care of most household tasks and his female partners have a low rate of participation in cooking and cleaning. This was an anomaly in the context of the other responses.
While most of the sample described themselves as able-bodied, many mentioned the role that mental illness plays in their domestic patterns. Conditions such as anxiety, depression, and obsessive compulsive disorder played a huge role for some of the respondents and constituted major obstacles to household maintenance. Some women with obsessive compulsive disorder noted that intrusive thoughts prevented them from cleaning in a way that felt efficient and reasonable to them (which resulted in avoiding cleaning altogether). Others mentioned that male partners with obsessive compulsive disorder (or in some cases, simply unrealistic expectations) led to increased pressure to maintain a pristine household. Men, women, and a non-binary trans respondent all noted emotional hurdles like depression and anxiety sometimes interfered with their abilities to engage with household tasks. Some partners were compassionate and understanding about the cooking/cleaning limitations of their partners while others were not.
Part of challenging the notion that we live in a “post-feminist” or “egalitarian” society is examining the way that sexist tropes and gender roles play out in our own lives. While my friends and acquaintances certainly aren’t a representative sample of the population, I did not need to look far to find that many young women of my generation are banging their heads up against the same stuffy expectations our mothers struggled with. Of course, I also found some terrific partnerships that were characterized by relationship satisfaction on both ends, even if they weren’t happy with the state of their households. My husband, for example, happily picks up a lot of my “slack” and while we are sometimes unhappy with our mess, we never blame it on each other. It’s interesting to examine all of the factors that interact with gender role performance, disability and mental illness especially.
I’ve been toying with the idea of turning this into a larger scale study with a more formal sampling method. Readers, does this topic strike a nerve with you as well? Feel free to share your answers to any of the questions in the comments section and discuss your interpretation of the results.
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Dani Unterreiner recently graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from University of Southern Maine. She now works in politics and engages in grassroots activism in her spare time. Despite being a mean, scary feminist, she's happily married and the proud mom of a little girl.
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View full sizeDoug Beghtel/The OregonianGonzalo Segares received a yellow card for his tackle on Timbers forward Kenny Cooper.
The Portland Timbers scored four goals in their win against Chicago Thursday night, but some observers contend that the team should have been credited with five goals in the game.
Portland forward Kenny Cooper scored what would have been the Timbers' first goal of the game with a header off a corner kick from Jack Jewsbury in the 10th minute. But the assistant referee on the sideline invoked a rarely used rule to nullify the goal.
The referee determined that Jewsbury's kick initially sent the ball sailing outside the end line before it curved and traveled back – kind of like a right to left putt in golf –into the field of play. Once the entire ball travels beyond the end line – either in the air or on theground – the play is dead and a goal kick awarded.
Cooper's non-goal initially sent the sold-out crowd of 18,627 into a frenzy, until everyone noticed the referee had raised his flag, indicating a violation.
Cooper fires up crowd: Cooper raised the intensity level throughout the stadium when he went nose-to-nose with Chicago defender Gonzalo Segares in the 16th minute.
Segares' rough tackle sent Cooper sprawling to the ground and the normally mild-mannered Cooper didn't appreciate the rough play, which drew a yellow card on Segares. The 6-foot-3 forward immediately jumped up and positioned himself right in the face of the 5-11 Segares and started talking.
Cooper chalked the incident up to the emotions of the game.
"Anytime I'm on the field I want to bring a hunger, a desire, energy and intensity into my game," Cooper said. "I want to win out there. Sometimes, it's get intense out there on the field." Cooper displayed a side of his personality that hasn't surfaced very often. It's not as if Cooper has run around the field untouched in previous games. He has beenfouled 14 times, tied for the league lead with Dallas' David Ferreira, and rarely has shown any emotion. Why did Segares' foul elicit such an response?
"I honestly don't know," Cooper said.
First slabs of wood: Two more Portland players basked in the world of wood for the first time Thursday night.
Jorge Perlaza scored two goals and Rodney Wallace one, earning them the highly coveted honor – at least among the Portland players – of being awarded a slab of wood. The Timbers have a tradition of awarding a slab of wood for each player who scores a goal in a game.
"It's an indescribable feeling," Perlaza said through an interpreter. "I just need to take advantage of every opportunity I get."
Perlaza said he has played in front of boisterous crowds in his native Colombia before, but he said the atmosphere in the Timbers' home opener is one he won't soon forget.
"I've experienced several nights like this, but nothing like this being the first game at home for a new team," he said.
Wilkinson sent off?: Portland Timbers technical director Gavin Wilkinson found himself involved in an incident minutes before halftime during the team's 4-2 win against Chicago Thursday night.
Wilkinson was involved in a play in which he appeared to avoid returning the ball to a Chicago player after the ball was kicked out of bounds. The back-and-forthdrew the attention of the referee, who appeared to order Wilkinson off the field.
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All the foxes who lived in Glensinna knew about Sionnach, the Great White Fox. But they had never seen him. Some thought that on one occasion they might have, but it was only a fleeting thought and one that had passed like the melting snow. When they were cubs their mother had told them the story as she whiled away the time in the darkness of their earth...After almost a decade and a half, award-winning author Tom McCaughren returns with a new installment in his bestselling series!
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That being said I really liked my nb Alva'a. They fit a long time and are really trim. Only issue for me was the laundry tabs. But for the price you can't complain too much. I found some of the old sized BG and they fit about the same. I know this is completely irrational but I like to put them on her when I know she is about to poop. I know that all diapers are for poop... I just can't convince myself to put one of her prettys on her for the horrific morning poop.
They didn't work for us. The crotch is so narrow you can only stuff it with a preemie prefold or two, and that wasn't cutting it for us absorbency-wise from about 4 days old on. I bet they would work great for babies who aren't heavy wetters like my lo.
They didn't fit my daughter until almost 8 weeks. She was 8lbs 7oz at birth but she had skinny legs. They would gap at the legs bad. And I agree that stuffing them was hard! They are so narrow in the crotch. I dont think I would ever use them again. I did have the thx newborn aio and they fit great. But I didn't start using cloth a lot until she was a little older since we were given so many disposables. I did use the newborns I got a few times though to see how cute they were!
I haven't used them on an actual baby but I've seen pictures and heard they fit a WIDE variety of sizes! You can get in on co ops (TONS on facebook) that do custom prints, minky print, hip snaps, extra rise snaps for tiny babies, ect... I have 12 already for Aspen. Yes, they are hard to stuff (we use newborn 4 layer alva bamboo inserts) but ALL newborn pockets area because they are *tiny* - lol
The snap newborns don't fit most newborns very well, they don't get small enough, but the velcro newborns are much more adjustable, and you can even fold down the front and velcro to the back, so they get really small.
As far as stuffing them, they keep tinkering with the design. I got some custom velcros in January and the crotch is wider and they are easy to stuff. Much easier than my XS FuzziBunz with that *^%%^ sticky PUL.
If you buy new velcros off their website, you'll probably get wider ones that are easier to stuff, but the snaps sound like they are still hit and miss on width. Anything used is probably going to be narrower and harder to stuff. | {
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Astronomers Discover Cold, Warm and Hot Gas Around a Young Brown Dwarf
11.01.2005
A team of scientists from the University of Delaware has discovered that brown dwarfs--celestial bodies that are often referred to as failed stars--can be surrounded by clouds of very hot and very cool gas.
The UD research team of John E. Gizis, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, Harry L. Shipman, Annie Jump Cannon Chair of Physics and Astronomy, and James A. “Rusty” Harvin, researcher in physics and astronomy, used the Hubble Space Telescope to show for the first time that a brown dwarf was associated with a cloud or disk containing molecular hydrogen gas.
The team members presented their results in a poster session dedicated to the study of brown dwarfs and exoplanets and at a news conference held Monday, Jan. 10, during a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in San Diego, Calif.
The UD researchers studied the space object that goes by the name of 2MASSW J1207334-393254, or simply 1207, for the past year. The object is located in the constellation of the Centaur but is so small and dim that it is impossible to see with the unaided eye or even with a pair of binoculars.
The team obtained ultraviolet light observations from a piece of equipment on the Hubble Space Telescope known as the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, or STIS, which failed just weeks after the observations were made.
The team’s most interesting finding was that this brown dwarf was surrounded by a cloud of cold gas containing the common element hydrogen in molecular form. The fingerprints of molecular hydrogen are concentrations of ultraviolet emissions at particular wavelengths, in this case 1503 and 1530 Angstroms.
Hydrogen molecules had previously been found around very young stars but never before in a brown dwarf. "It’s really amazing that the gas around this tiny brown dwarf is behaving so much like the gas around much more massive newly forming stars, called T Tau stars," Gizis said.
Also noteworthy was the finding of other ultraviolet fingerprints from very hot gas. "This star, in the ultraviolet, looks much like bigger and hotter stars like our sun," Shipman said. “Our own sun is surrounded by a layer of warm gas, called the chromosphere, and a layer of very hot gas, called the corona. A thin layer of hot gas, with temperatures of a hundred thousand degrees, separates the two. The brown dwarf 1207 has warm gas and the hot hundred thousand-degree gas. So far, no one has detected the very hot gas in any possible corona around 1207.”
An interesting characteristic of the spectrum is the absence of the chemical element silicon. Most stars that show evidence of hot gas also show signs of familiar chemical elements like carbon, nitrogen and oxygen, all of which are seen in the ultraviolet light from 1207. But, these other stars also show silicon, which Shipman said is absent in the ultraviolet light from 1207. "A likely place for the silicon is in a dusty disk," Shipman said, because the dust would contain a lot of silicon, just like rocks on Earth.
The team would like to look for similar clouds of hot and cool gas around other brown dwarfs, but it will have to wait for successful STIS repair missions. The proposed repair missions would include installation of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, or COS, on the Hubble, which could do the additional observations.
"We had this door opened, showing us some wonderful things happening around a young brown dwarf, but then with the failure of STIS and the uncertainty about repair missions, the door was closed again," Gizis said.
Brown dwarfs are larger than planets like Jupiter and smaller than stars. Stars, which are at least 70 times as massive as Jupiter, shine because of self-sustaining nuclear reactions in their cores. When gravity forces young brown dwarfs like 1207 to contract, their insides heat up and they glow, allowing observers to detect them.
The visible light from 1207 indicates that it is fairly hot for a brown dwarf, with a temperature around 2500 degrees, Shipman said. Its presence in a young star-forming region indicates that it is only about 10 million years old, a newborn baby in astronomical terms.
The UD team’s work is supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and by the National Science Foundation.
Cellulose obtained from wood has amazing material properties. Empa researchers are now equipping the biodegradable material with additional functionalities to produce implants for cartilage diseases using 3D printing.
It all starts with an ear. Empa researcher Michael Hausmann removes the object shaped like a human ear from the 3D printer and explains:
The phenomenon of so-called superlubricity is known, but so far the explanation at the atomic level has been missing: for example, how does extremely low friction occur in bearings? Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institutes IWM and IWS jointly deciphered a universal mechanism of superlubricity for certain diamond-like carbon layers in combination with organic lubricants. Based on this knowledge, it is now possible to formulate design rules for supra lubricating layer-lubricant combinations. The results are presented in an article in Nature Communications, volume 10.
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Over the next few days, my brother and I snaked our way down the gorgeous and exiting, yet frightening route that is the Pacific Coast Highway. Tsunami Hazard signs, sheer cliffs and lack of guardrails made the trip thrilling – and we found ourselves watching a gorgeous sunset each night over the ocean. I put my feet in the Pacific for the first time – Greg saw his first whale (from shore).
We crossed into California, hoping to get to Eureka for the night and start out driving through the Redwoods the next morning. Tired and starving (there is little in California north of Eureka besides the gorgeous beaches and huge trees) we pulled into Eureka and looked for “pubs” on my brother’s GPS. Seeing the word ‘Brewery’ on the list made me quite happy – and we navigated our way into the Lost Coast Brewery.
It being, coincidentally, Superbowl Sunday, we looked in the windows to find the place comfortably filled with people staring up at a large tv watching the big game. It being January, the place wasn’t packed, however, so we decided to go in.
When we walked in, a giant paper mache and furry spider descended in front our our faces as the door closed. Looking up after laughing I saw that it was rigged to lift as the door opened, and descend to startle the guests. I wonder if hearing the occasional “eep!” is used to notify the staff that someone has arrived.
The atmosphere of the place was full of funkiness and art seemingly made by the same artist as the door spider (and reminding me of the illustrations on Flying Dog labels) – was placed up high, and the whole thing had a kind of saloon feel. The Superbowl fans collectively cheered or groaned as they watched intently. I was delighted to see that not everyone was routing for the same team, and there was a bit of cross table bantering going on after each play. It felt… fun!
Our server, Nate, took our order with enthusiasm and seemed to be really enjoying what he did. I had a roast beef sandwich with ranch dressing – a house specialty – and it was to die for! I managed to try a few of their beers while I was there, and between Greg and I we did a lot of passing back and forth.
Harvest Wheat – This one came served with a lemon, and was light, thin and drinkable. It was not as spicy as some other wheat/hefeweizens that I’d tried and was very easy to like. My brother declared that this one was his favorite of the night.
8 Ball Stout – A dark, chocolaty and warm smell. The chocolate and caramel malts were present, though I wished it had been a little thicker in consistency. Still good in my book, though.
Raspberry Brown – A brown ale with a slightly artificial raspberry taste. Not as harmonious as I would have liked to taste, but not terrible at all.
Great White – Hefeweizen Style – not served with a lemon or orange but plenty of cloudy goodness. This one I have actually seen bottled in stores, and I think it would make a terrific summer sipper.
This was a truly fun adventure, and a great social top for us. Despite the outcome of the game, even the people routing for the losers clicked glasses with those cheering for the winners – a polite conciliatory gesture that seemed to sum up the attitude of the night. We felt like locals, and we felt completely at ease. Our stomachs satisfied and our imaginations swirling, we headed in for the night, anticipating like kids before christmas, the redwood journey ahead.
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I have also visited Lost Coast Brewing. It’s a nice place with a great local feel, just the sort of spot to duck into for a respite from the thick pacific fog. Just down the road in the town of Fortuna is another great brewpub. The Eel River Brewery features some outstanding organic beers. They also serve beef that is raised on their organic spent grain. | {
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How to Fix Nintendo Switch Online
How to make that $20 a year feel worth it.
Nintendo Switch Online is finally here. After over a year of dealing with free online multiplayer Nintendo has come along to fix the situation with a $20 a year fee. I’m joking, obviously, but that’s pretty close to how many Switch owners view the company’s latest move. Things were working decently well, and now to retain the same functionality they have to pay money that wasn’t required before. Sure, you get some NES games with the deal, but that’s not really enough for many consumers. So, what can be done to fix the situation? Here’s my thoughts on how to fix Nintendo Switch Online.
Make Multiplayer Free
Let’s get this one out of the way, since it’s the least likely to happen but the most helpful. Online multiplayer should really be free. At least, it should on the Switch given the platform’s relatively sparse multiplayer feature set and support. PSN and Xbox Live may cost triple what Nintendo Switch Online does, with few complaints aside from the PC userbase, but they offer far more than it in its current form. Nintendo Switch Online in many ways is less capable than the original iterations of Xbox Live and PSN, with players having to resort to odd setups just to party with their friends and speak with each other. Hell, Switch games use player-to-player connections almost universally, so it’s not like our money is going toward dedicated servers. Without this set of features the cost feels more tacked on than it should. Making multiplayer free, thus reworking NSO as a more optional service would do wonders for public opinion. Of course, few would pay for it in its current form, which is where the other improvements come in.
Add SNES Games
We all love a good run through Super Mario Bros. 3, but at this point anyone who enjoys that game has done so quite thoroughly. Despite some of the best games of all time residing on the platform the NES just doesn’t pull its weight like it used to. Sure the NES Classic sold like crazy, but there was a lot more to that situation than just people wanting to play classic NES games. The addition of NES games is good, and creating what feels like a Netflix style subscription for Nintendo games is exactly what the Switch needs, but the current selection is too poor to motivate all but the most diehard of fans. SNES games would be a big help, as would N64 and Gamecube titles of course. We can wait on the newer platforms, but launching with just NES games feels wrong. This is especially true given we have no official word on when or even if SNES games will make their way to the Nintendo Switch Online offerings. If the service is to become all it can be though, they have to and hopefully soon. Once they do, the service will begin to feel worthwhile just on its own, even if Nintendo takes my advice and makes multiplayer free.
Let Us Play with Everyone
Speaking of the NES games that are offered with Nintendo Switch Online, why can we only play with our friends? A big selling point of NSO and the NES games it comes with is the ability to play them online. However, you can only do this with people who are registered on your friend list. This is more of Nintendo’s odd penchant for restricting players in odd ways. Ideally I could load up Ice Hockey and search for a random opponent to play against. In the current system my friend would have to be playing or I’d have to message them separately so they could hop on. This is cumbersome, annoying, and it limits the enjoyment offered by these classic games.
Integrate Voice Chat and Add Features
Speaking of strange limitations and friends, why the hell do we have to use a smartphone app to talk to each other? Fortnite makes voice chat work through just the Switch, so why don’t Nintendo’s own games? There is no good answer for this other than that it’s just how Nintendo decided to do it. For that matter, why doesn’t Switch just copy its rivals feature selections? Why can’t we party up with friends to chat and play games together? Why can’t we message each other without cumbersome roadblocks getting in the way? Basically, why doesn’t the Switch work like other consoles in this realm? Again, there’s no good answer, but if we could get part of the way there then the $20 a year charge wouldn’t feel quite so tacked on. | {
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Waiting for Mueller, Bacon Sees ‘No Evidence of Russian Collusion’
Omaha, NE.—With speculation growing that the Mueller report and its investigation into President Trump will be released next week, Omaha area Congressman Don Bacon is sticking to his guns telling News Channel Nebraska he sees: “No evidence of Russian collusion.”
The 2nd District Republican calls the anti-Trump talk partisan attacks, despite the criminal convictions of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, both of whom had ties to Russia; as well as a still secret 2-hour meeting between Mr. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Joe Jordan, NCN: Does it look right to you?
Rep. Don Bacon: Well I think some of the individuals the president brought in did violate the law, so they’re being punished for it. But I’ve seen no evidence of Russian collusion. And I think all of this is just partisan attacks…The president has made some statements that I didn’t agree with but if you look at the policy towards Russia he’s been much harder on Russia than the previous administration.
Jordan: What do you think as someone who dealt with some very high levels of intelligence, what do you think when you see the president come out of a meeting, a 2-hour meeting, with Putin and we don’t know what took place in that meeting. We have no idea what was said.
Bacon: It doesn’t bother me when two leaders of government are having discussions, that happens. President Trump is not the only one that’s had that happen to. But I would say if you look at the policies our policies are good when it goes toward Russia.
Jordan: That 2-hour meeting, you don’t have any questions about what took place and why the president doesn’t want to talk about it.
Bacon: I think leaders need to be able to talk in private. If you can’t have a candid discussion, if you think everything you say is going to be public, it makes it hard to negotiate. | {
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Handlebar Bags Explained
Handlebar Bags are storage accessories that attach to your handlebars with a quick release mechanism. They’re ideal for carrying essential items on your bike ride and are very popular with touring cyclists.
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Wiggle stocks a wide range of handlebar bags from well known brands such as Altura, Lezyne, Rixen Kaul and Topeak. Our onsite colour filter allows you to select the colour of your choice and our customer reviews will give you a first-hand account of people’s experience of buying a particular model. | {
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