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To readers who play cricket, that passage conveys information and atmosphere. What, I wonder, does it convey to most readers in Italy or Russia, or even in the USA?
To make English-language medical journals readable by as many overseas readers as possible, we must remove allusions that are not essential to the medical discussion and write in forms of English that are easy for those readers to understand. That does not mean that we must distort the scientific content, remove necessary medical terms, or adopt nursery school vocabulary, structures, and tone. It does mean that we must confine ourselves to forms of English that are likely to be in the normal range learned by readers overseas.


I've seen that Egyptian hieroglyphs are not always written or drawn identically.
Is there any reference online for the evolution of the shape of hieroglyphs?
Pure hieroglyphs are complete images, usually in multiple colours.
Umbratic hieroglyphs are carved into stone and intended to be filled with a coloured plaster or enamel.
Profiles are likewise carved into stone, and filled with paint.
Linear hieroglyphs are simply drawn, in a single colour, which I suspect is what you saw.
Hieratic characters, which are no longer really pictures, but simply symbols.
The Demotic characters are simplified versions of the Hieratic characters.
I suspect that the linear style is what you saw.
Although hieroglyphs, and indeed the Egyptian language, did change over time, the tombs in the Valley of the Kings all date to the same period. The royal tombs there were all cut in the New Kingdom, and date from about 1540 BCE to about 1075 BCE.
The language spoken in Egypt at that time is what we now call Middle Egyptian. The written hieroglyphic language consisted of around 900 hieroglyphs, and there were no significant changes in the form of hieroglyphs over that period.
It is important to note that there were three distinct scripts used in Ancient Egypt.
These are the most recognisable of the scripts used in Ancient Egypt. They were used primarily in tombs, on offering stelae and on monumental inscriptions.
It was also one of the three scripts used to record the inscription on the Rosetta Stone (together with Ancient Greek and Egyptian demotic - see below). The number of symbols expanded significantly in the late period, and they continued to be used right up to the 4th century CE.
This was the most commonly used form of the language, generally written on papyrus with reed pens.
This developed from the hieratic script and was used to write in what we now call Late Egyptian.
In the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, all the inscriptions used the hieroglyphic script.
As a result of records that we have recovered from the workers village at Deir el Medina (also, see my answer to the question 'Where can I find reliable primary sources written by Ancient Egyptian laborers?' for more)), we know a great deal about how tombs were built in the Valley of the Kings.
Teams of rock-cutters cut the tombs into the limestone.
Teams of plasterers then coated the walls with layers of a type of plaster called muna, made from clay, quartz, limestone & crushed straw.
The plaster was then covered with a thin layer of clay & limestone whitened with gypsum.
Teams of draughtsmen then drew the tomb decoration and inscriptions onto the finished plaster. This was done using red ochre.
The chief draughtsman would then inspect the work, and make corrections where necessary using black charcoal.
Then teams of sculptors carved the bas-relief and teams of artists applied the decoration using specific colours.
Of course, if the pharaoh died suddenly, the work had to be completed in a hurry (the pharaoh had to be mummified and buried according to a strict timetable). As a result, we have examples of all these stages where work had been interrupted.
There are more images of KV 57 available on Osirisnet, if you are interested.
For more information about the tomb of Horemheb, you might enjoy the recording of a lecture titled Haremhab, Pharaoh and Conqueror: New Investigations in His Royal Tomb in the Valley of the Kings on YouTube.
Based on your description, I'd say that what you saw was probably the version painted onto the walls by the draughtsmen, before they were carved and painted. However, without knowing which tomb you actually visited, it is impossible to say for certain.
Perhaps some of the images on Osirisnet (link above) will jog your memory.
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Q: What got you interested in martial arts in the first place?
Chris Rahardja (pictured left with famous rugby All Black Jonah Lomu) is a young karate-ka with a big future. As well as competing and succeeding in many national and international tournaments, he is the first martial artist ever to be nominated at the prestigious Halberg Awards - New Zealand's 'Oscars' for sports people - all at the ripe old age of 17!
PA: Thank you for the opportunity to interview you Chris. How old were you when you started training and what got you interested in the martial arts and specifically karate?
Chris Rahardja: I started when I was five as my parents wanted me to do something and they thought karate would be good because it would teach me some good values and how to defend myself. Sport was not the first thing that came to mind really, I started competing when I was eleven so a good 6 years of traditional karate training before I entered tournaments. I started karate because Dad did kung fu back in Indonesia and he thought karate was a good solid, powerful style [PA: I think that is probably the same for most kids - they end up in something their parents choose for them. CR: Yeah, pretty much]. I am pretty grateful ending up doing karate as when I watch Taekwon-do I am glad I didn't do TKD cause watching it at the Olympics I was just not very impressed with it, although I have trained with the likes of Logan Campbell who went to the Olympics and his legs are super fast but when you are fighting someone it [TKD] just doesn't quite click for me.
Chris Rahardja: Fushin Ryu Karate New Zealand, a Ryobu kai / Wado-ryu based style.
Chris Rahardja: Training changes depending on what I am doing, for instance last year leading up to the World's I was pretty-much training everyday, consisting of short intervals, short bursts but now at the moment it averages maybe 1.5 to 2 hours [per session] and can consist of kata - doing all my kata to try to get my fitness back up. I try to do weights 3 times a week maybe, focusing on upper body and legs to build strength and stamina, and then I have specialised kumite training on a Thursday night as well which is when the whole Auckland squad comes together which is quite good. I do three or four basic classes a week focusing on kihon, which is important for both kata and kumite and to get my core strength working.
PA: So you train everyday?
Chris Rahardja: Pretty much, I have a day off every second Sunday.
PA: That's a lot of training!
Chris Rahardja: Yeah, fitting it in with school is quite hard (laughs).
Gerda Geddes was the first person who ever studied and taught Tai Chi in the UK, she began training in Shanghai at a time when very few women of any nationality were able to study the art. For nearly 60 years Tai Chi played an integral part in her life and she remained actively interested and open in her heart and mind right to the end. She passed away on Saturday 4th March 2006 at age 89.


John Marshall Jones (Smart Guy), Richard Burgi (General Hospital) and Heroes alum Adrian Pasdar have booked recurring roles on Grand Hotel, ABC’s drama series executive produced by Eva Longoria.
Jones will play Malcolm, husband to Mrs. P and father of Jason. Malcolm is the head of facilities at the Riviera Grand. He’s a loving family man who works hard to give his loved ones the life they deserve.
Burgi will portray Michael Finn. Owner of the Finn Hotel Group. Mr. Finn might seem charming, but this shrewd businessman’s presence in Miami Beach means trouble for the Mendoza family and the staff of the Riviera Grand.
Pasdar is Felix, the ex-husband of Gigi (Roselyn Sanchez) and father of Yoli and Carolina. He abandoned his family after he was caught embezzling money from his clients. He’s returned after several years to make amends but are his intentions honorable, or does he have a more sinister motive?
Jones is best known for his role as Floyd Henderson on the hit 90’s WB/Disney series Smart Guy. Since then, he has been a series regular on Bounce’s top rated series In the Cut. He will be recurring on the second season of HBO’s Big Little Lies and has recently recurred on Grace and Frankie (Netflix), 9-1-1 (Fox), Bosch (Amazon), The Fosters (Freeform), Rectify (Sundance) and Shooter (USA). His credits also include series regular roles on Nickelodeon’s The Troop and Fox’s John Doe. On the feature side, Jones has supporting roles in the upcoming Warner Bros. horror feature The Curse of La Llorona and New Line’s thriller The Children. He’s repped by Pantheon and Generate.
Burgi’s credits include Desperate Housewives and General Hospital, and he can be seen in a multi-episode arc on Crackle’s The Oath. He’s repped by Innovative Artists and Leslie Allan-Rice Management.
Pasdar recurs as Morgan Edge in the CW’s Supergirl which is going into its fourth season. He previously played Nolan Burgess for two seasons on USA’s Colony and had a starring role in ABC’s Kingmakers pilot. He’s repped by Gersh and Fidelity Management.


While it appears that the remake/reboot/re-imagine cycle has slowed, it has not stopped completely (and as long as any of these movies make money, it never will). And most of these movies continue to be completely unnecessary and often useless. However, every once in a while, someone comes up with a clever idea. I think that most would agree that the last thing which we need is yet another version of Cinderella. But, no one knows how to get blood from a stone like Disney, and armed with a talented director, a notable cast, and a somewhat interesting idea, they bring us a new take on this classic tale.
Ella (Eloise Webb) lives with her father (Ben Chaplin) and mother (Hayley Atwell), and they have a wonderful life in the countryside. However, Ella's mother gets ill and dies, leaving her to be the sole companion to her father. However, Ella (now played by Lily James) doesn't mind this. One day, her father returns from his travels to announce that he's met a woman that he wishes to marry. Soon after, Ella's new stepmother (Cate Blanchett) and her wicked daughters, Drisella (Sophie McShera) and Anastasia (Holliday Grainger), move in. When tragedy strikes, the stepmother is placed in charge and she makes Ella little more than a servant. When it is announced that a royal ball will be held so that the Prince (Richard Madden) can find a bride, Drisella and Anastasia jump at the chance to go. But, Stepmother forbids Ella to attend, crushing the girl's dream. But, a Fairy Godmother (Helena Bonham Carter) is waiting in the wings to aid Ella with a little magic.
All of that is not to imply that this movie is stale and boring. Having has success directing 2011's Thor, Disney roped Kenneth Branagh back in to helm Cinderella. (Which I'd completely forgotten about until the final credits rolled.) Is a director who cut his teeth on Shakespeare adaptations and then moved on to Marvel Comics films the right choice for this reboot? Apparently so, as Branagh keeps what could be a very trite and pedestrian moving from feeling as so. For starters, the color palette here is amazing. I'm not necessarily a fan of old movies like The Wizard of Oz, but I do love the sumptuous colors seen in movies like that. Here, the reds, blues, and greens nearly leap off of the screen, not only giving the movie a unique look, but acting to truly pull the viewer into the film.
The other interesting choice is that this version of Cinderella not only a retelling of the old fairy tale, but it also plays as a live-action remake of the Walt Disney's 1950 animated version. It's not a shot-for-shot redo, but many, many of the same elements are here, from the production design to the costumes. (I haven't gone back and compared, but, if memory serves, some of the costumes are identical.) There's even some anthropomorphism here. The animals don't talk, but Gus Gus and the other familiar rats are here, along with the goose and lizards which are called upon to help with Cinderella's coach. Mimicking the animated version was a unique call and it acts as a treat for those who know that movie.
Is this new Cinderella a home run? No, not really, as it can't escape the fact that it is a very old story and the film doesn't bring anything new to the tale. However, it certainly has enough charm to make it worth watching. Lily James, who plays a flirt on Downton Abbey, brings the necessary humility to the role and Cate Blanchett is very convincing as the woman who is driven by her petty jealousy. Helena Bonham Carter is great in her cameo as the Fairy Godmother, but her first appearance truly frightened me. As far as live-action versions of Cinderella go, Ever After is a much better movie, but it's also a darker movie. This new Cinderella won't change your world, but it does make for good family viewing.
Cinderella allows a goose to steal the show on Blu-ray Disc courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. The film has been letterboxed at 2.35:1 and the Disc contains an AVC 1080p HD transfer which runs at an average of 33 Mbps. The image is extremely sharp and clear, showing no notable grain and no defects from the source materials. The colors are amazing, with the reds, yellows and blues nearly leaping off of the screen. The picture is never overly dark or bright. The level of detail is very impressive and the picture is never soft. The depth is very good as well. The Disc carries a DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 track which runs at 48 kHz and an average of 5.5 Mbps. The track provides clear dialogue and sound effects. The stereo effects show nice separation and the sound smoothly moves from side-to-side. The surround sound effects are very detailed and individual sounds come through at times. The subwoofer effects really add to the carriage ride scene.
The Cinderella Blu-ray Disc contains a small assortment of extras. "A Fairy Tale Comes to Life" (9 minutes) examines the history of the Cinderella story and the cast's memories of the 1950 version. From there, Branagh and his team talk about their approach to this new film. "Costume Test Fun" (3 minutes) is a brief reel showing test footage of how the costumes of various characters would look on film. "Staging the Ball" (11 minutes) takes us inside the royal ball scene and looks at the costuming, the set design, and the choreography. Branagh introduces the "Alternative Opening" (3 minutes) which showed more of Ella's childhood. "Ella's Furry Friends" (4 minutes) takes us behind-the-scenes to meet the animal trainer and to see the animals at work. The final extra is the short "Frozen Fever" (8 minutes) which features the hilarious "Dry Banana Hippy Hat".


http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | The headline in last Friday's (Oct. 25) Washington Times said, "Thank G-d, It's Over." Two suspects in the terror rampage that killed 10 people and wounded three may be in custody, but it's not over. It has only just begun. The Western diplomat murdered in Jordan on Monday is just the latest incident of targeted Americans.
While the Beltway sniper suspects may have acted independently of any known terrorist organization, it is not necessary to be commissioned by a foreign national in order to effectively carry out the wishes of America's enemies.
It is past time to stop worrying about political correctness and the names we might be called - such as intolerant bigoted Islamophobes - and start telling the truth. America's enemies are among us. They are here to kill us. The two men arrested in Maryland are the first wave following the 9/11 airplane hijackings. Surely others will follow, because their religion and history commission them to kill all infidels. Anyone who is a Christian or a Jew, or insufficiently fundamentalist, is fair game. They intend to hunt us down like deer in their scope sights.
How do I know this? Read what they say about themselves and their objectives. In the midst of last week's murderous hostage taking by anti-Russian rebels angry over Moscow's prosecution of the war against Muslim Chechens, a Web site emerged that spelled out the beliefs of those who orchestrated the operation (see www.memri.org/bin/openero latest.cgi?ID=SD43402 for the translation).
Featured are articles about Islam's position on how prisoners are to be treated. In " Guide to the Perplexed about the Permissibility of Killing Prisoners," which appeared in the column "Jihad News from the Land of the Caucasus," the writer offers interpretations of the Koran from Islamic religious scholars:"(1) a polytheist prisoner must be killed. No amnesty may be granted to him, nor can he be ransomed; (2) all infidel polytheists and the People of the Book (i.e. Jews and Christians) are to be killed. They may not be granted amnesty, nor can they be ransomed; (3/4) amnesty and ransom are possible only after killing of a large number of prisoners; (5) the Imam, or someone acting on his behalf, can choose between killing, amnesty, ransom or enslaving the prisoner."
Examples are given regarding the methods the Prophet Muhammad had chosen to kill, grant amnesty or ransom prisoners. He writes that the Prophet Muhammad chose to deal with prisoners in different ways to maximize the benefits to Muslims.
These are the theological precepts apparently practiced by at least some of the people who took hundreds hostage in Moscow last week. Moscow News quoted one of the Chechens as saying, "I swear by G-d that we are more keen on dying than you are on living." That kind of fanaticism is difficult to stop, but we must make the attempt and soon.
In America, some politically active Muslim groups again decry murderous acts done in the name of their religion. How many more of these acts will be tolerated before we wake up and realize our enemies are playing us for fools and that their sole allegiance is to a violent, vengeful deity who demands his followers to kill everyone who disagrees with their interpretation of him? I do not doubt there are peaceful Muslims, but they aren't the ones with the guns and the explosives. How does one tell the difference?
It does not improve the safety of Americans for our leaders to spout bromides about this supposedly "peaceful religion." How would we react if, instead of one or two snipers mowing down people at will in the Washington, D.C., area, a dozen or more simultaneously turned as many towns into killing fields? It wouldn't take much - just a car, a gun, a co-conspirator - and terror would sweep nationwide. The U.S. economy would surely tank, which is a stated goal of Al Qaeda.
A panel on domestic security, headed by former Sens. Warren Rudman and Gary Hart, concludes the country has become complacent about terrorism and is vulnerable to a catastrophic terrorist attack. The White House and Congress are chided in the report for failing to enact measures to defend the nation. Apparently some politicians care more about their political lives than they do about the rest of us who might die.


Great solid bike with a few small issues that should be addressed.
Can anyone help with the color?
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Q1: In your previous lecture with the Shahed center in 2016, you pointed out that the Oslo Accord was a “regenerated selling” for the Palestinian national rights, considering that the reference which the agreement was built on – which was decision number 242 – didn’t explicitly mention the Palestinians, but talked about solving the problem of refugees. As we are concerned about the historical review of the Palestinian struggle, and considering your assessment, how do you see the possibility of exiting this impasse?
Chomsky: The earlier Madrid negotiations broke down because the Palestinian delegation, led by Dr. Haidar Abdel-Shafi, insisted – quite properly – on termination of Israel’s policy of expanding illegal settlements. The US and Israel would not agree. The late chairman Yassir Arafat, undercutting the Palestinian delegation through the Norway channel, did not insist on this – in fact, insisted on almost nothing apart from the recognition of the PLO (nothing about the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, or anything else concerning Palestinian national rights).
After Oslo, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin initiated new settlement programs. The US and Israel quickly broke the Agreements explicitly by moving to separate Gaza and the West Bank. There were no steps towards Palestinian independence under Rabin or his successor Shimon Peres, who made it explicit, as he left office in 1996, that there could be no Palestinian state.
Subsequent negotiations collapsed in ways that I cannot go into here, though the Taba negotiations in January 2001, called off by Prime Minister Ehud Barak, seemed to be making some progress, according to participants. The way out of the impasse is for Israel and its US backer to join almost all of the rest of the world in agreeing to an acceptable version of a two-state settlement based on the internationally recognised border (the green line), with fair and limited land swaps.
Q2: In the same lecture, you said that the two-state solution, or one whole binational state, were all solutions unacceptable to the Israelis, and that “there is no reason to worship the borders created by the imperialist powers”, and you linked this by talking about the binational state which you considered a fulfillment for the Zionist dreams in the great state of Israel.
What do you think Palestinians should do about this situation? Is there another option?
Chomisky: In the short term, there are two options: (1) the international consensus on two states; (2) Israel’s program of creating a Greater Israel that integrates into Israel whatever it wants in the West Bank, leaving Palestinians in dozens of unviable cantons and under constant harassment, or worse. There is a good deal of talk about a “one-state settlement,” but that is highly unrealistic under current circumstances. Unlike (1), it has virtually no international support, and Israel is strongly opposed because it would pose the dreaded “demographic problem” (too many Arabs in a Jewish state). That problem will not arise under (2) as it is being implemented, by-passing and isolating Palestinian population concentrations and expelling Palestinians from the areas Israel intends to keep. One can imagine a process beginning with (1), followed by gradual erosion of the Israel-Palestine border (commercial, cultural and other contacts), leading to some form of federation and maybe on to true binationalism – which is not a “fulfillment of Zionist dreams” for the large majority of pre-state Zionists, but a position that had support from much of the Israeli kibbutz movement (Hashomer Hatzair), small groups of intellectuals (Brit Shalom), and some others farther to the left (Kalvarisky’s League for Arab-Jewish Rapprochement).
Along the way, the legitimacy of the borders should be questioned. They were, after all, imposed by Britain and France for their own interests, with no concern for the indigenous population. Now they are bristling with armaments, but that was not always so. In fact, in the early ‘50s, while hiking in northern Israel, I crossed the unmarked border by accident. Erosion of national borders can be salutary, as in post-World War II Europe.
The best hope for Palestinians now is to create pressures for a diplomatic settlement, cooperating with like-minded Israelis and supporters abroad. That has always been a priority for successful national liberation movements. The most important case is the US, and I think there are significant opportunities to bring about important changes in US policies.
Q3: With few differences in the comparison, do you see that the Palestinian struggle for national rights is akin to the struggle of people of South Africa against the Apartheid regime?
Chomsky: There are some similarities, but important differences too. The analogy is imperfect. Within Israel, there is severe discrimination, but it is not Apartheid. In the occupied territories, the situation is much worse than Apartheid. Israel basically wants Palestinians to disappear, the norm for settler-colonial societies (like the US, for example).
South Africa, on the other hand, needed its Black population. They were the workforce. The Bantustans were horrible, but South Africa made efforts to sustain them and to gain international recognition for them. And the international situation is much different. Apartheid was strongly opposed internationally – arms embargoes, sanctions, boycott and divestment. Thirty years before the fall of the Apartheid regime, the South African foreign minister, recognising that the regime was becoming an international pariah, informed the US Ambassador, in effect, that they were relying on Washington to defend them against international opprobrium. And indeed Ronald Reagan was the last world leader to support the Apartheid state, though by then American opinion, and crucially US business, favoured overcoming Apartheid and government policy was beginning to shift. There was another crucial difference: Cuba. Cuba played a major role in liberating southern Africa, beating back the South African invasion of Angola and shattering the myth of white supremacy both within South Africa and in the surrounding regions. The situation with regard to Israel-Palestine is far different today.
Q4: The current US administration reported that there was a “bargain of the century” which began by declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel. This doesn’t seem new since many previous American administrations had given comparable promises over the past decades. What are your expectations about the type of solution/s that Donald Trump and his administration are thinking about?
Chomsky: They haven’t given any indications, but their record suggests that if there is a plan at all – which is uncertain – it will probably be grotesque. The strategic goal of the administration, to the extent that one can extricate one from the chaos, is to firm up the developing coalition of Israel and Arab states and to join in confronting their common enemy, Iran, which is perceived as threatening US hegemony in the region and Israel’s freedom to resort to violence.
Q5: After US president Donald Trump declared the withdrawal of Washington from the nuclear agreement with Iran and the latter’s response (through statements by Iranian supreme leader Khamenei) to return to its activities in Uranium enrichment, and the successive Israeli strikes on sites in Syria, how do you see the impact of this regional tension? Especially since Iran cannot be exempted from its accountability in creating this tension, through its continuous interference in the neighboring countries, leading to less attention to the Palestinian issue?
Chomsky: Iran is no doubt seeking to extend its influence in the region, in the way all powers do. US aggression has created new opportunities for Iran in Iraq and Afghanistan. Iran is supporting the Assad regime, and Hezbollah in Lebanon. These developments are naturally regarded as unwelcome by the US, Israel and Gulf States, threatening their regional dominance.
Even US intelligence agrees that Iran was living up to the nuclear agreement despite regular US violations. Trump’s withdrawal from the agreement does significantly heighten tensions in the region. It is unclear whether Iran will respond by returning to Uranium enrichment, though they are entitled to. If it does, US-Israel might present that as the pretext for a military attack, in addition to their cyberattack (an act of war, under US doctrine) and assassination of scientists. The consequences could be grim.
Q6: You mentioned also in your lecture  that we should see the possibility of change in the American politics. In this context, you mentioned that the public support for Israel in the US was drifting towards the right. You also mentioned that a day might soon come where Israel would no longer be able to count on the support expected half a century ago? Current facts indicate the predominance of the populist right logic represented by Trump and a possible generic attack on the libertarian values not only in the US but in Europe too. What are the factors that can contribute to an expected change in the American society and in the American legislators?
Chomsky: It seems on the surface as though US support for extremist Israeli positions is solid, but that picture is misleading. Israeli actions in recent years have alienated public opinion among more liberal sectors and the young (including many Jewish Americans). Self-identified Democrats are now more sympathetic to Palestinians than to Israelis. Increasingly, support for Israel is based mostly on Evangelical churches and the nationalist and often racist (anti-Muslim) right. Major institutions, notably the Presbyterian Church, have adopted boycott-divestment programs, also focusing on US corporations involved in the occupation. Major human rights organisations have called for an arms embargo against Israel – and in fact, under US law (the Leahy Law) a strong case can be made for that. Much the same is true throughout the world. For some years, Israeli strategic analysts have recognised that Israel can no longer count on support from countries where there is some concern for human rights and must ally itself more closely with more reactionary and authoritarian sectors. That is a major change from not many years ago. The situation in the US is fluid, and there could be positive changes ahead.
Q7: American history showed is the ability to correct the imbalance as what happened, for example, in the 1920s with the persecution of Italian immigrants (its peak was Sacco and Vanzetti case), or getting out of the impact created by the McCarthyism era that lasted for two decades. Do you see that American society still owns this ability? As we are witnessing, the right-wing populist wave have become a growing stream on both sides of the Atlantic fuelled by (immigration, Islamophobia, fear of Russia and China)?
Chomsky: There is a good deal to say about the history, but putting that aside, while such tendencies are clear, it’s important to recognise that there are counter-tendencies too. The most popular political figure in the US, according to polls, is Bernie Sanders. His success in the 2016 elections was a sharp break from American political history, in which elections have been substantially determined by massive funding. Sanders had no support from the usual sources (corporations, great wealth), was ignored or denigrated by the media, and even used the scare word “socialism” (meaning social democracy).
Q8: The Palestinians have developed a new way of struggling since 2015, which is the economic and cultural boycott campaigns led by movements (BDS). How do you see the Palestinian boycott movement that has achieved remarkable successes and represented a great existential concern for Israel and which pushed it to release threats to eliminate Palestinian leaders?
Chomsky: For the reasons I mentioned, unlike the South African case, the question of sanctions does not arise, yet at least; perhaps it will if matters progress successfully. So the real questions are boycott and divestment. These can be powerful tools. And as always for serious activism, it is necessary to think through carefully the impact of tactical choices.
For the first time to my knowledge, a BDS movement was launched 20 years ago by Uri Avnery’s Gush Emunim, directed against the occupation.
The ‘BDS movement’ has become a major international campaign under Palestinian initiative since 2005, with many success and much promise. Experience has shown, I think, that focus on the occupation is the most effective tactic, the tactic that really concerns Israeli leaders and that can energise significant popular support, as in cases I mentioned earlier.
The issues are clear and unambiguous, the stand entirely principled. The actions are not, as often happens, open to diversion away from the plight of Palestinians to side issues (academic freedom, double standards, etc.). They do not elicit backlash that sometimes overwhelms the actions undertaken. They could lead to policy changes, both in Israel and abroad, as they gain in force and scale.
Choice of tactics can surely be debated, but it is important to bear in mind that it should be debated. Choice of tactics should always be considered carefully in terms of consequences for the victims and opportunity costs – the course not taken and what it might have achieved. These are never trivial considerations.
There is no room for dogmatism or inflexible doctrine. That much at least should be second nature to activists.


Should you take Biotin when you have acne?
While Biotin has been a popular supplement in recent years for healthy hair, nails, and skin, there are no clinical studies that show that takin Biotin (essentially, vitamin B7) helps with acne. In fact, there is actually a concern that taking biotin can reduce the intestinal absorption of Vitamin B5, therefore making the skin more fragile and acne prone (uh oh).
Biotin, also known as vitamin B7 belongs to the group of B vitamins. It is naturally found in egg yolks salmon, and leafy greens or taken as a food supplement in capsules. A few small studies have suggested that it has a role in hair and nail growth, helping the hair to be longer and nails stronger. While these effects on hair and nails are not scientifically sound, Biotin may be the cause for more acne breakouts.
How does Biotin cause more acne breakouts?
Both biotin (Vitamin B7) and pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) are absorbed from the intestines via the same receptors. Thus taking, when taking an overload of biotin, the amount of vitamin B5, that is absorbed decreases. As Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) is believed to strengthen the barrier function of the epidermis, its reduction can lead to more acne.
As a dermatologist, my recommendation is that if you do not have a vitamin B deficiency (which you can find out from a blood test ordered by your primary care physician), you should not take Biotin. The best acne diet routines start with the adjustment to a more natural and healthy food plan … not with external supplements. Eggs, seafood, and leafy greens are not only rich in naturally-occurring biotin but are packed with many other vitamins as nutrients as well. Thus, if you feel that biotin helps with your hair and your skin is improving with your MDacne treatment you can take biotin.


The other morning I thought I'd whip up a little, fun, finger-food for breakfast. We just bought some bananas at the store and since my son loves them, I thought I'd pair it with peanut butter (which he also absolutely loves) and a tortilla. I'm calling them Peanut Butter Banana Bites because, well, there really isn't a better name for them. All you do is simply spread the tortilla with a little peanut butter, place the banana on top, roll it up and slice it into bite-size pieces. I also did one with chocolate hazelnut spread for a little variation. Sounds like perfect kid food, right? Well, he wouldn't even touch it! He actually screamed "No!" and ran away at one point. I just didn't get it. They looked good and they tasted good so what was the problem? After a few minutes of coaxing, he finally ate one and loved it. Well, that's what he told me anyways because after that first one, he wouldn't have another.
My husband loved it. I loved it. My son said he loved it. He either lied and really didn't or he did but would rather play with his trains than eat. I think he secretly liked it but just couldn't stand to be away from those trains for one more minute. Either way, it's the perfect little bite and any kid would love them as a fun breakfast or a snack.
1. Spread tortilla with peanut butter.
2. Place peeled banana at one end of the tortilla and roll it up to the other side.
3. Slice into 1/2" - 3/4" pieces.


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To prepare solutions through serial dilution, 1 .00 mL of a stock solution is removed using a pipet and added to a 10 mL graduated cylinder. Water is added so that the final volume is how to make chewy pecan candy The molarity of a solution is calculated by taking the moles of solute and dividing by the liters of solution. This is probably easiest to explain with examples. Example #1: Suppose we had 1.00 mole of sucrose (it's about 342.3 grams) and proceeded to mix it into some water.
Since 1 ml of this base solution contains 0.1 mEq, 9/0.1 =90 ml are needed. (*)The gram equivalent(E) of a molecule can be calculated as the ratio of the gram mole (M) and the valence (V) of the compound.
The molarity of a solution is calculated by taking the moles of solute and dividing by the liters of solution. This is probably easiest to explain with examples. Example #1: Suppose we had 1.00 mole of sucrose (it's about 342.3 grams) and proceeded to mix it into some water.


What would make a family of five upend their comfortable lives and move into a campervan that's smaller than most bedrooms?
Katie Cross described the life she led with her husband and three children in Bairnsdale, Victoria, as the best.
Surrounded by family and friends, she was kept busy with extracurricular activities and held seats on various committees.
But eventually they itched for a change.
"We got to a point where we kind of felt like we weren't in charge of our own lives," Ms Cross said.
"Even though we were happy, we thought there were things about our life that just needed to slow down."
They found a solution by swapping their large estate for life a tiny caravan, and are now among the many young Australians to have turned their backs on conventional homes as they take to the road.
It's colloquially known as #VanLife: the growing movement of people living in vans, often gaining a large social media following while doing it.
There are four million posts with the hashtag on Instagram alone — it is no longer the domain of grey nomads.
But some van dwellers say the reality is vastly different to the highly curated, picture-perfect and peripatetic lifestyles that social media shows.
"It's not the glamorous life that a lot of people make out van life is," said Casey Hawkins, who joined the movement 18 months ago.
She recently travelled north to Darwin in her van, which contains a king-single mattress, storage space for clothes and a small kitchen.
"You can't have a whole pantry full of amazing ingredients to cook for everyone," she said.
"You are usually just cooking the basic things — you're doing everything on a basic level."
Flexible work, a lot of it done over the internet, has supported her as she has moved from location to location over the past year-and-a-half.
"What's really great is the perceptions of people living in vans is changing," she said.
"I think originally people would think that people who live in a van wouldn't hold down a job, or there's some sort of financial security there."
"For me, it's the opposite."
So, do so-called van lifers find the freedom they long for?
A popular Facebook group called Van Life Australia has more than 3,000 members, many of them asking anything about particular van models, modifications and good places to park.
"They are a happy bunch because they are getting to see our beautiful country with gypsy-like freedom and seeing it at their own pace," the group's administrator, Tyler Durden, said.
"There are pros and cons with #VanLife.
"Some of the difficulties are finding hot showers and local councils that are not van or RV friendly, but the pros far outweigh the cons."
The Cross family had a similar experience; at first heading up and down the east coast before travelling north via Central Australia and landing in Darwin.
On the road they found a life that was free from modern distractions, however Ms Cross said this could be a double-edged sword.
"There's no distractions and you sort of look at your husband and think, 'Gosh, do I love you?'"
"I liked that journey and I do love my husband and I think it was good to go through that together, if that makes sense."
Still, Ms Cross said the smaller space had had the unexpected effect of bringing the family together.
"Just to simplify things in our life and live in a small caravan, things just became a lot easier."
Liberated from any housekeeping duties, this lifestyle also offers many participants a lot of free time.
"It's a really interesting combination because you do have a lot of spare time, but then you don't really have anywhere to go to use that time," Ms Hawkins said.
"I have all this free time and it's almost from sun-up to sun-down that I have to fill."
But not having a home also means no fixed amenities, anxiety about breakdowns and no shelter from the stifling Darwin heat.
"It's an absolute hot box," she said of her van.
"It can get up to about 35 degrees in here, so during the day I have to seek somewhere else to work."
"I think it will be interesting to see how I go moving back into the home, whether or not I feel that I need to fill it with stuff or if I can maintain this minimal way of living."
"It means you have less to have to think about, I think."


What different persuasive approaches would you use on thefollowing audiences: a boss a peer a challenging person or anopen-minded person? Why would your approach differ?
Please help me using *C only* not C++.


Is perceptual or psychological diminished value -- the perceptual loss of vehicle market value due to an accident -- covered under the personal auto policy? This article examines the debate, relevant case law, and ISO's response.
Picture this: you are driving down the road and are involved in a serious accident. Your car, prior to the accident, had a book value of $23,000. The damage to your vehicle amounted to $17,000, and this was properly repaired, and paid for by your insurer.
Now, is your car still worth $23,000? If not, is this loss in value covered by the personal auto policy? Well, it depends. The plaintiff's bar or the owner of an automobile appraisal service provides you one perspective. An insurer provides you a far different one. Which one is right? This is the basis for the diminished value dispute.
This article focuses on the first category: perceptual or psychological diminished value.
The question whether an automobile policy covers diminution of value is resolved by examining the insurance contract language. Diminution of value is considered "indemnification," and barring a specific exclusion, it is covered. Therefore, the contract language must specifically exclude that exposure if the insurance company wishes to avoid paying claims based on diminution of value.
Mr. Stephenson notes that many insurers argue that it is extremely difficult to know if a car has experienced diminished value until it is up for sale. However, he states, "Many insurers do offer a minimal amount of money if pressed by the insured for what is often referred to as a 'nuisance' claim."
There are telltale signs by looking at the frame and the paint that a major accident has occurred. If the car is repaired improperly, the value of a car can be reduced as much as 50 percent. Even if the car is repaired properly, the value can still drop by 20 percent or more. An experienced auto inspector can always tell if a car has been involved in a major accident. And the insurers are not compensating consumers for this.
He did mention that some insurers pay an additional 10 percent of the damage for diminished value but only if the consumer vigorously pursues this.
One point that several sources made is that if a consumer has an opportunity to buy a 3-year-old vehicle that has never been in an accident or a 3-year-old vehicle that has been involved in a substantial accident but was properly repaired, he or she would still prefer the vehicle that is accident-free. This reduces the value of the vehicle involved in the accident.
When it comes to resale of a previously damaged vehicle, there are many subjective factors at stake, such as color, mileage, options, and dependability. Some buyers might prefer to avoid buying a car involved in an accident. Others might prefer to avoid cars owned by smokers or by people with young children who can be hard on cars.
Mr. Hurst believes that the bottom line is that the personal auto policy only promises to repair or replace a covered auto involved in an accident.
One case against payment of diminished value revolves around the contractual language. The Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO), personal auto policy (PAP) stipulates, under the physical damage section, that the insurer "pay for direct and accidental loss". The argument is that diminished value, if it exists, is considered an indirect or consequential loss, and thus not payable under the PAP.
How have the courts ruled? In a 1999 Texas class action case, Carlton v Trinity Universal Insurance Company, the appellate court upheld the lower court in support of the insurer. The court stated that the insurer, "fully, completely and adequately repaired or replaced the property with other of like kind and quality." The court ruled that any decline in market value not subject to repair or replacement is not considered a component part of the cost to repair or replace.
In a 1988 case, Ray v Farmers Insurance Exchange, the court stated that car values may fall, but the PAP does not cover this loss. If this was payable, the court reasoned, this could threaten the insurer's first option—to repair the vehicle. Several other courts have reached similar findings and rationales as well.
However, some recent class action suits have indicated initial signs of success for plaintiffs. In a preliminary ruling in December 2000 (Sims v Allstate Insurance Company), the court granted certification of the suit. This is a precedent-setting case, as class action suits for diminished value have never been certified in the past.
Jonathan Shub, Esq., of Sheller, Ludwig and Badey in Philadelphia has experience in diminished value suits and believes this is a major event affecting future related class action suits. "This is the first certification of a class action suit for diminished value; however, I believe that this preliminary ruling will be appealed by the insurer."
In another class action case in Georgia still in litigation, Mabry v State Farm, the court issued a preliminary ruling that State Farm notify Georgia policyholders involved in physical damage losses of this diminished value exposure. Mr. Hurst of State Farm states they are now advising policyholders of this per the court's order but have appealed the ruling. He believes that this approach is simply inviting claim disputes and could lead to higher premiums.
There have been other cases outside class action suits in which the court has ruled in favor of the insured. In one 1992 case, Delledrone v State Farm, the court ruled that a comparison of actual cash value of the vehicle before and after the accident should be made and the difference paid.
The disapprovals in those eight jurisdictions were primarily based on specific case law.
So, where are we going with this long-running dispute? It is not going away at all; in fact, it may have added strength due to the preliminary ruling in Sims v Allstate Insurance Company in December 2000. Many observers believe, however, that with the endorsement excluding diminished value gaining acceptance, this issue may eventually dry up. However, Chuck Schlager in ISO's personal auto division states that the endorsement has not been tested. Mr. Hurst with State Farm does not see any leveling off of litigation. "It is still very early in this process," he claims.
From IRMI's vantage point, this issue is far from resolved and one worth watching closely in the future.


To what extent is being a quick problem solver (e.g. doing well in brain teasers) predictive of research success?
It has taken me some time to see myself clearly (in large part because I had perfect scores on almost all standardized tests back in high school, and so thought I was "smart" ...), and after frankly looking at my strengths and weaknesses I suspect I might do better in a field where asking the right question is the most important part, and answering it is largely a matter of being motivated and conscientious. However, I can't think of any such field that truly excites me at the moment, and that also has reasonable exit options outside of academia.
You should not expect to understand technical papers even as an advanced undergraduate. These are often written to impress and placate referees more than to make readers' life easy. Sure, some papers will be fun to read, but most of the time reading a paper is a painful exercise in balancing between patience and criticism. I have read 0 non-expository papers in my 5 years of undergrad.
how important is raw speed of technical problem solving?
As a cause: probably fairly unimportant. Your output won't suffer much because you are a slow thinker. Researchers don't usually spend much of their time solving problems; it's closer to 10% problem solving and 90% bookkeeping, teaching, and other chores. If the former 10% take up 20% of your research time instead, well, you'll have a little bit less spare time then, or do worse at teaching, or compensate otherwise.
As a symptom or correlate: possibly, if the theories about thinking speed being (highly correlated to) a central component of intelligence (read the unending flamewars around Spearman's g if you think modern science has gotten boring) are true. But if several of your mentors have vouched for your motivation, willpower and creativity, you're likely not in much trouble either way. Very few scientists have "maxed out" all these attributes together.
I've done pretty well as an undergrad and one of my mentors told me that I shouldn't have trouble getting into my top choice PhD program.
I think there’s your answer right there, staring you (sort of) in the face. You will apply to grad programs, and the best and most experienced researchers out there will take all the data you and other applicants will submit, and use their best judgment to determine who among this group has the highest potential to succeed. If you get admitted to a top program (a big if - it’s certainly nice that your mentor says so, but I wouldn’t pop the champagne just yet), what that would mean is precisely that to the best of anyone’s ability to predict based on available data (which is much more data than is available to us here on this modest forum), you would be as well-positioned as anyone else to succeed in research.
By the way, everything I said above also applies if you get in to a very good program that happens not to be at the very top of your list. Plenty of really smart people end up in those programs. So basically, the admissions process is precisely the kind of evaluation that has been optimized over many years to measure (as best anyone is able to do that) your potential to succeed. There is no need for you to come up with other, external metrics. Just give it a shot, and if you get in, that by definition means you’re qualified. Good luck!
If you are getting perfect scores on standardized tests, I wouldn't doubt the general horsepower. Perhaps there is some very specific aspect of mental processing that enables you to perform well on GMA tests, but not on brain teasers. And perhaps even there are fields that benefit from fast brain tease ability. But this is a subtlety, among many when you look at what to do with your life (which has no Euclidean answer).
However, the comment on picking right problem is very interesting. One of the most important aspects (very underrated) is having good intuitions about which problems are high likelihood of success. Lot of sad stories from grad students who spin their wheel on "a problem the boss gave me". Conversely I picked something I knew would work, sounded cool, and was cool; and project selection made my time so much more calm. I think almost every field has cool problems and that when you get into it you will find them, especially if you think identifying good problems is a skill of yours. Specifics will come from getting into the field though.
Your question is rational and candid. We all have to look for comparative advantage.
Of course, nothing is 100% as a predictor, but in general there is a certain amount of smarts needed to handle some areas like grad physics (Jackson E&M) and grad math (God knows). And having more seems to be better even for those who have the minimum in those topics.
Again, it is not a 100% predictor. Neither is speed or strength or size for certain sports. But it is a strong factor. Consider that there have been only 25 NBA players in the history of the league who were 5-9 or less. Conversely if you meet a 7 foot man, there is a 1/6th chance he has or will play in the league. So obviously specific traits (talents) can influence performance at high levels.
*Link: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.172.1733&rep=rep1&type=pdf I think this is the classic summary paper of theirs, but they have published several others, including some more recent.
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The Department for International Development (DFID), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Wellcome Trust (WT) jointly fund the Health Systems Research Initiative. The 5th call of the Health Systems Research Initiative invites collaborative proposals from UK and LMIC researchers to address key questions on strengthening and improving health systems in developing countries.
Generate evidence on how to strengthen and improve health systems for people living in low- and middle-income countries.
Use a health systems approach to inform the delivery of evidence-based interventions or structural changes. Proposals must demonstrate how interventions relate to and affect wider elements of a health system such as governance, financing, health workforce, information systems, service delivery etc.
Provide evidence that is of direct relevance to decision makers and practitioners in the field.
This is the fifth annual call for the Health Systems Research Initiative. Up to £6million is available for funding proposals under this call. Innovative proposals are sought from across the public health, social and biomedical sciences and must clearly identify what health system challenge is being addressed. Proposals must situate this clearly-defined challenge within an understanding of the broader health system linkages and describe how and why findings from the project have the potential to improve the health of people living in low and middle-income countries.


Seeing that the plot does not support normality, what could I infer about the underlying distribution? It seems to me that a distribution more skewed to the right would be a better fit, is that right? Also, what other conclusions can we draw from the data?
If the values lie along a line the distribution has the same shape (up to location and scale) as the theoretical distribution we have supposed.
As we see, less concentrated points increase more and more concentrated points than supposed increase less rapidly than an overall linear relation would suggest, and in the extreme cases correspond to a gap in the density of the sample (shows as a near-vertical jump) or a spike of constant values (values aligned horizontally). This allows us to spot a heavy tail or a light tail and hence, skewness greater or smaller than the theoretical distribution, and so on.
You may also find the suggestion here useful when trying to decide how much you should worry about a particular amount of curvature or wiggliness.
A more suitable guide for interpretation in general would also include displays at smaller and larger sample sizes.
I made a shiny app to help interpret normal QQ plot. Try this link.
In this app, you can adjust the skewness, tailedness (kurtosis) and modality of data and you can see how the histogram and QQ plot change. Conversely, you can use it in a way that given the pattern of QQ plot, then check how the skewness etc should be.
For further details, see the documentation therein.
I realized that I don't have enough free space to provide this app online. As request, I will provide all three code chunks: sample.R, server.R and ui.R here. Those who are interested in running this app may just load these files into Rstudio then run it on your own PC.
# Compute the positive part of a real number x, which is $\max(x, 0)$.
# This function generates n data points from some unimodal population.
# mu: the mode of the population, default value is 0.
#           the exact skewness defined in statistics textbook, the default value is 0.
#             not the exact kurtosis defined in textbook, the default value is 0.
# skewness and tailedness of input.
# Keep generating data points until the length of data vector reaches n.
# Deal with the bimodal case.
# Need 'ggplot2' package to get a better aesthetic effect.
# tailedness and modality. For more information, see the source code in 'sample.R' code.
# 'scale' is a parameter that controls the skewness and tailedness.
# once to plot two plots. The generated sample was stored in the `data` object to be called later.
# For `Unimodal` choice, we fix the mode at 0.
# For `Bimodal` choice, we fix the two modes at -2 and 2.
# Details will be explained in `sample.R` file.
# Overlay the density curve.
# Plot the QQ plot.
# Define UI for application that helps students interpret the pattern of (normal) QQ plots.
# case while "1" indicates the most right-skewed case.
# case while "1" indicates the most heavy tail case.
# information to help users understand sliders.
# bution and the y-axis is the sample quantiles of data.
I have crudely copied his diagram which I keep in my notes as I find it very useful.
This can be interpreted using the probability density functions. For the same $\alpha$ value, the empirical quantile is to the left of the theoretical quantile, which means that the right tail of the empirical distribution is "lighter" than the right tail of the theoretical distribution, i.e. it falls faster to values close to zero.
Since this thread has been deemed to be a definitive "how to interpret the normal q-q plot" StackExchange post, I would like to point readers to a nice, precise mathematical relationship between the normal q-q plot and the excess kurtosis statistic.
A brief (and too simplified) summary is given as follows (see the link for more precise mathematical statements): You can actually see excess kurtosis in the normal q-q plot as the average distance between the data quantiles and the corresponding theoretical normal quantiles, weighted by distance from data to the mean. Thus, when the absolute values in the tails of the q-q plot generally deviate from the expected normal values greatly in the extreme directions, you have positive excess kurtosis.
Because kurtosis is the average of these deviations weighted by distances from the mean, the values near the center of the q-q plot have little impact on kurtosis. Hence, excess kurtosis is not related to the center of the distribution, where the "peak" is. Rather, excess kurtosis is almost entirely determined by the comparison of the tails of the data distribution to the normal distribution.
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How do I solve a wave equation that has a time-dependent right-hand side?
The problem involves a string that is affected by a magnetic field B (which is directed "into" the picture, judging from the cross symbols), I is related to the length of the string (I think) and ρ is the mass per length.
The term B⋅I⋅sin(ω⋅t) has the units N/m.
simply find the stationary equation uₛ(x) and make the substitution v(x,t) = u(x,t) - uₛ(x), et cetera.
But what about the case when there is a time dependency?
My book is terrible at explaining things and just kinda makes this random ansatz out of nowhere without justifying it, and I don't know what's happening there.
Apparently I am supposed to be able to use (1/ρ)⋅f(x,t) = 1(x)⋅(B⋅I/ρ)⋅sin(ω⋅t) in some way, but it's exactly that part that isn't justified.
Could you please explain how I am supposed to think here?


Laden with heavy stage makeup, studded with piercings and garbed in black fetish clothing, the members of Coal Chamber look like a bunch of menacing industrial-goths. But behind the theatrical exterior is a group whose music has been tempered by personal tragedy, mellowed by the experience of parenthood and shaped by a resolve to wrap a positive message around hard-driving rock.
Spawned from the dark, angry, alternative metal wave that swept the Los Angeles club scene in the mid-'90s, Coal Chamber (which co-headlines the Hollywood Palladium on Wednesday with Type O Negative) and its peers--bands such as Korn, System of a Down and Limp Bizkit--have established rock's new path as one that's urgent and aggressive.
While they share the same down-tuned, ominous growl in their sound, the kinship among these bands is more superficial than is sometimes assumed. Coal Chamber--singer Dez Fafara, guitarist Miguel "Meegs" Rascon, drummer Mike Cox and bassist Rayna Foss--stand apart by promoting individuality and championing hope. Their latest album, "Chamber Music," contains thoughtful strains of optimism that muscle their way through the cuts' grinding digs and lacerating rhythms, offering fans something more than a soundtrack for partying and destruction.
Are those fans getting it?
The last time the band played the Palace, the crowd looked like that at any other alternative metal show--burly guys with short-cropped hair in ripped T-shirts and big combat boots leaping into a frenzied mosh pit.
But Fafara doesn't detect any incongruities when his reflective songs meet up with rowdy antics.
"Kids want to talk about things and kids want to party," he says. "Those two entities exist within them. It's up to you to bring it out in them. You can hand them a beer or you can hand them a thought."
To Fafara, being up on stage is more than just playing a rock star role.
"I heard one singer on MTV say, 'I don't have any responsibility. Since when has rock been responsible?' And I just thought, 'When has it not?' But I think people take it different ways. I feel I have a responsibility. If I'm going to touch 500,000 people, I might as well give them something other than '[expletive] you.' "
While he admits that the stereotypical groupie-infested, rock 'n' roll party attitude still exists even in a "thinking man's band," Fafara has pretty much been there, done that. He prefers to take a different route.
"All the drugs, the alcohol, the orgies--all that exists on tour," he says. "I tend to sit in the back of the bus with candles, just writing. I stay away from all those things now because I sunk myself into them for the past two years, and I've done it all."
Tragedy and loss have also played a part in Fafara's evolution toward a milder lifestyle. The band's driver died of a heart attack during one tour. Fafara's marriage fell apart after he quit and rejoined the band in its early stages, and his brother recently died of AIDS.
"I think everything that happened has made me see life as life," Fafara says. "It can be taken away from you, and every minute is precious."
Not that the band's time together has been laced only with misfortune. Last year, Foss gave birth while Coal Chamber was on the road. Three of the four band members are parents, a responsibility that deepens their commitment to make a difference with music and to communicate with kids who may be outside the mainstream.
Fafara says he knows what it's like to have to grown up feeling like an outcast.
"I was that kid that gets thrown in the trash can at lunch," he says. "But I came out on top."
Growing up in Los Angeles, Fafara (who declines to give his age) was inspired by everything from the Cure to Motley Crue. "I had Nikki [Sixx] all over my walls! I remember my mom tweaking out and taking the posters down. I just liked the whole look of that band and the heaviness of it."
The Coal Chamber lineup came together in 1994 and they dove headlong into the competitive club circuit of Los Angeles and Orange County. The band recorded a demo, and in 1995, Dino Cazares of the L.A. band Fear Factory and producer Ross Robinson both brought Coal Chamber to the independent rock label RoadRunner Records, which signed them to a deal.
But the record contract didn't mean the easy life. Fafara's then-wife had difficulty dealing with his hectic schedule, and he left the band to be with her. Six months later, disillusioned and uninspired, Fafara regrouped and rejoined Coal Chamber with a renewed conviction.
They released their self-titled debut in 1997, introducing touches of the hip-hop/metal sound that was making the rounds in the scene. But they later dropped the rap edge in favor of a darker, heavier sound and more positive message.
It all leads back to Fafara's feelings on responsibility and being a role model, especially to his 9-year-old son, to whom he dedicates "Tyler's Song" on their latest album. The singer hopes the words will provide some sort of support to not only his son, but others as well: "Raise your guard again/ They don't give a damn/Don't compromise your ideals for anyone else/Respect your mom and always think of her first."
Today's adolescents, he realizes, have even harsher challenges. "Everybody's getting shot in church and in school. That's pretty difficult."
He sees the way these events influence rock music's dark mood as of late.
"Everybody is bummed and angry. But I try to give them something else lyrically, to base their life around, other than just pure hate. We all grow up, we all learn to hate. You look into a child's eyes and you want to instill something positive--something that can get them through that."
And the band is bound and determined to succeed. They recently parted ways with manager Sharon Osbourne and signed on with Left Bank, which also represents Blondie and Fafara's old heroes Motley Crue.
"We think Coal Chamber, with their initial success, really occupy a special niche," says Ed Thomas, co-general manager of Left Bank. "Their ability to connect to a large worldwide audience is only just beginning. . . . Our job is to try to connect them to their audience and let them dictate where their image and creative forces are going to go."
The band's extreme look is an extension of its philosophy--that there's power in individuality and pride in the role of self-proclaimed outsider.
"Just be yourself. People who feel life through the way they look are living life so much fuller than most people. They're not afraid to show what's on the inside through the outside. I always trust someone who's tattooed and pierced over some guy in a suit."
Coal Chamber, with Type O Negative, Full Devil Jacket and Deadlights, Wednesday at the Hollywood Palladium, 6215 Sunset Blvd. 6:30 p.m., $22.50. (323) 962-7600.
For audio and video on Coal Chamber, go to the music page on www.calendarlive.com.


If you are wondering why you can't find that bestseller in the library's eBook collection, you can ask two questions: Is the publisher even allowing libraries to buy their eBooks, and if so, how much more are they charging libraries vs. the individual consumer? Many publishers seem to believe, falsely, that library eBook lending cuts into their business.
According to the American Library Association's "Frequently asked questions regarding e-books and U.S. libraries," the Big Five publishers (Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon and Schuster) control roughly two-thirds of the U.S. consumer book market.
Hachette** did not begin offering eBook titles to libraries until May 1, 2013. The initial price is three times the print edition (this drops to 1.5 times the print edition after one year).
HarperCollins has always offered eBooks to libraries but in February 2011, it imposed a limit of 26 check-outs per title. A library must re-purchase the title if more check-outs are needed.
Macmillan didn't begin offering eBook titles to stand-alone libraries until January of 2013 (and then only a small number of them), and it wasn't until September of 2014 that their terms of service made titles available to library consortia. What is available can be lent out for two years or 52 check-outs, whichever comes first.
Penguin Random House merged in July, 2013. Penguin eBooks are now available with a one-year expiration date. Random House has always offered eBooks to libraries but in March, 2012, they dramatically increased prices to libraries over what consumers pay.
Simon and Schuster (PDF) agreed to extend its pilot program to all libraries on June 26, 2014. Each title that a library pays for is usable for one year from date of "purchase." "The library can offer an unlimited number of checkouts during the one-year term for which it has purchased a copy, although each copy may only be checked out by one user at a time."
**Note that, because of Hachette's terms of service to consortia, and because Selco denied our request to enroll in the OverDrive Advantage program, Hachette titles are not available to us. In summary: From the Big 5 publishers, we can only offer you eBooks from HarperCollins (with a 26-checkout limit), Penguin Random House (with expiration date or inflated pricing), Simon and Schuster (with an expiration date), and now Macmillan (with expiration date/checkout limit).
Also note that neither the library, nor you as a consumer, actually purchase and own an eBook. We, and you, purchase a license to access the content of the eBook. See the ALA site for more information.
The fact that all of the "Big 5" publishers are making at least some titles available to at least some libraries, with inflated pricing and/or other restrictions, is an 'improvement' over where we have been in recent years. View more recent history on eBook availability and pricing.
And, ironically, the selection we offer you via your public library is better than the selection you will find via paid subscription eBook services, according to this August 12, 2014 Wall Street Journal article, "Why the Public Library Beats Amazon-for Now."
We think that publishers need to work harder with librarians to start making eBooks more accessible to the people we both serve - you, the reader!
View the main Help menu for the Selco OverDrive collection.
If it is a color tablet (Kindle Fire, Fire, HD, etc.), we recommend that you install the OverDrive application (app). You will search for, check out, download, and read (or listen to) library eBooks and eAudio through the app.
If it is an eInk (black and white) reader, follow the instructions. You will begin the process in the Selco eBook collection and finish the checkout process in your Amazon account. Note that only Kindle format eBooks are available with this method, meaning that eAudiobooks (MP3s) are not available.
You will install the OverDrive app and use it to search for, check out, download, and read (or listen to) library eBooks and eAudiobooks.
If it is a color tablet (Nook HD, HD+, etc.), we recommend that you install the OverDrive app. You will search for, check out, download, and read (or listen to) library eBooks and eAudio through the app.
If it is an eInk (black and white reader, follow these instructions. You will install free software (Adobe Digital Editions) on your home computer. Once you have checked out an eBook from the Selco collection, you will download it into ADE, and use ADE to transfer the title to your device via the USB cable for your Nook.
See more information regarding the OPL Mobile application.
eBooks Minnesota is a collection for readers of all ages featuring content from independent Minnesota publishers and including some of Minnesota's best literature and nonfiction. Access any book in the collection at any time, regardless of how many other readers are using the book! This online e-book collection is available to all Minnesotans. Access through the website, or you can download free apps for your Apple and Android devices, and your Kindle Fire HD. For more information see the user guide (PDF).
Some eBooks are also available through our statewide ELM (Electronic Library for Minnesota) subscription. These are mostly academic and out-of-copyright titles, and the subscription does not include the ability to download to a portable device.
Librarians care about your privacy. We simply don't track what individuals are reading, and won't tell others about it either. Therefore we want you to note that when you borrow the Kindle format eBooks, you finish the process by connecting with your Amazon account. At that point we librarians no longer have any control over protecting your records. We aren't accusing Amazon of nefarious acts, and it won't stop us personally from borrowing Kindle eBooks, but you can be sure that at the very least Amazon will use your borrowing record to try to sell things to you.
How do I choose an eReader?


On-site advertising can entertain, delight and intrigue passengers and deliver airports extra revenue, writes Steve Cox, marketing director at JCDecaux Airport.
Mention ‘advertising’ to most people and they’ll understandably assume you’re talking about the actual adverts themselves and the talented people responsible for creating them.
And most of us will have strongly held views about what we believe makes a good newspaper ad, billboard or TV commercial and we’ll debate this with friends and colleagues and express vigorous opinions about what works and what doesn’t.
But there’s another side to the process that’s far less well known, but arguably equally important if advertising campaigns are to effectively change consumers’ perceptions and ultimately sell more products. I’m talking here about the world of media placement.
Working alongside the creative agencies are a multitude of media agencies and sales companies planning and buying media ‘space’ to ensure that the right ads appear at the right place at the right time.
That’s our world. We try to persuade advertisers and their media agencies that advertising at the airport will be the most cost-effective place to convey their advertising message – whatever that might be.
We need to persuade them of four things – their target market will be present at the airport; they will be in a receptive frame of mind to engage with the brand message; we offer a very visible range of panels and screens on which this message might be displayed; and all of this can be achieved at a reasonable price.
The challenge, of course, is that a whole range of competitive sales companies representing other platforms are also presenting similar arguments for their own media.
So what can advertisers expect from an airport ad campaign that they might not achieve elsewhere? Let’s address some of those points from the preceding paragraph. First of all they’re able to present their message to air travellers – a uniquely affluent, exclusive and influential set of individuals difficult to reach with most other media.
Secondly, most passengers are highly receptive and attentive when at the airport where, typically they have time to kill and are looking for a distraction in an exciting environment. Indeed, the architect of Heathrow’s Terminal 2 recently described terminal buildings as being “the cathedrals of the 21st Century”.
And finally they’re surrounded by a ‘creative canvas’ of massive illuminated iconic media spaces, and state-of-the-art digital screens displaying HD moving images. The ‘Towers @T5’ are a fantastic example of one of these unique opportunities.
It’s hard to imagine a more powerful environment in which to advertise an appropriate brand – small wonder we refer to the airport as offering advertisers a ‘world of possibilities’.
But it’s not just the airport advertiser who benefits. Most of the money spent by advertisers in purchasing these outstanding media opportunities is returned to the airport to help fund maintenance, expansion and development, ensuring that the airport of tomorrow will be better than the airport of today.
Plus, of course, the advertising itself has the power to intrigue and entertain the passenger, improving the whole air travel experience.
There’s no doubt that passengers feel the airport environment is enhanced by the presence of advertising. They welcome the fact that it’s there, not something consumers are often inclined to say about ads in most media!
And the good news is that this advertising will only get more engaging. In fact, increasingly we’re using data regarding airport passengers to deliver more tailored, more personally relevant messages.
Already the likes of British Airways and Heathrow Express have used digital screens on baggage carousels to display messages in the language of the country from which the plane has just arrived, or which reflect the weather outside, or the current traffic conditions for onward travel.
So the next time you’re passing through one of these ‘21st Century cathedrals’ by all means enjoy the fabulous advertising artwork on display, but spare a thought for all the planning, science and thought that’s helped get it there in the first place!


Kindle Fire and The New iPad which tablet should you choose?. It's amazing; оnlу twо оr three years ago thе market fоr tablet аnd tablet computing rеаllу wаsn't vеrу big. Іndееd, laptops wеrе stіll thе rule, rаthеr thаn thе exception іn thе fight fоr market share аnd thеn саmе Apple's fіrst iPad аnd thе landscape shifted. Іt wаs mоrе lіkе thе landscape turned upside-down аs Amazon саmе аftеr Apple wіth іts оwn lіnе оf tablets called Kindles аnd Barnes аnd Noble brought оut thе Nook. So which tablet should you choose?
Here's аn еvеn mоrе interesting fact thаt thоugh Apple shifted thе market forever wіth іts iPad, іt created аn opportunity thаt оthеrs аrе filling - lower cost devices thаt аrе nеаrlу аs good. Fоr example, Amazon rесеntlу brought оut іts nеw Kindle Fire аnd І'vе hаd а chance tо рut mу hands оn оnе аnd lооk іt оvеr. Apple's iPad іs stіll list priced аt UЅ $499. Ѕоmе users mау lіkе thе 7-inch Kindle Fire form factor аs іt іs smaller аnd easier tо handle thаn thе larger The New iPad аnd оthеr thаn hаvіng bоth WiFi аnd 3G access - nо big issue іn mоst оf thе country - аnd dual cameras, bоth devices аrе pretty muсh thе same.
Also І forgot tо mention thаt уоu аrе locked іntо Apple's IOS operating system аnd іts proprietary applications - уеs thеrе аrе lots оf thеm. Whаt thіs mеаns іs thаt Apple will lеt уоu play wіth Apple devices. Тhе Kindle Fire, оn thе оthеr hand, саn share apps wіth аnу Android-based device, Windows 7 devices аnd аnу Internet-ready device. Ѕо, аftеr usіng bоth devices, thе user mіght аsk hіmsеlf whу shоuld hе spend $300 mоrе fоr а proprietary device, whеn аn open device lіkе thе Kindle dоеs nеаrlу еvеrуthіng thе Apple will dо аnd асtuаllу hаs better pixel density (169 ppi versus 132)? Yеs, sоmе users mау admit thе Kindle Fire іs smaller - аbоut twо inches -- but іt аlsо offers thе sаmе 16 mіllіоn colors thаt thе Apple iPad offers.
Like thе New iPad thе Kindle lеts уоu view thе image аt dіffеrеnt angles automatically. Іt аlsо offers thе sаmе type оf dual-core 1 GB processor speed, sо speed іs nоt аn issue аnd nеіthеr іs image technology bесаusе bоth оf thеm offer in-plane switching technology (thе images move аs уоu move thе device). Аnd, аftеr usіng thе Silk browser thаt іs аvаіlаblе оn thе Kindle Fire, whісh іs аn open-style browser, wоuld thе user wаnt tо gо bасk tо а proprietary browser lіkе Apple's Safari? Іt іs true thаt Apple hаs loosened thе fetters а bit оn іts browser sо thаt уоu саn usе іt undеr Windows, but уоu stіll nееd tо download additional support software tо mаkе іt work wіth уоur Windows device.
The advantages оnе mіght sее tо thе The New iPad: Іts larger display; hight resolution Retina display with 2048-by-1536-pixel ; Dual camera with 5 megapixel with autofocus; 3G access capability; Larger internal memory 64 GB versus 8GB fоr thе Kindle Fire - nоt rеаllу аn issue аs thеrе іs automatic switching tо а cloud drive fоr storage.
Maybe fоr sоmе users thе Kindle Fire mаkеs mоrе sense. Оkау, thе user wоuld hаvе tо gіvе uр twо cameras bу nоt hаvіng thе iPad, but hе іs аlsо nоt locking hіmsеlf іntо Apple's closed system. Тhе Kindle Fire аlsо offers background updating аnd syncing wіth уоur library аnd оthеr choices. Іts choices sееm tо bе larger thаn Apple's librarying. Аnоthеr item thаt sоmе users mау find іmроrtаnt, email, іs а non-starter bесаusе thе іt handles уоur email nееds tоо. Іt аlsо handles а wide variety оf formats including DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, AZW files аnd mоrе. Finally, іt recognizes security formats suсh аs WEP, WPA аnd WPA2 thаt оur router offers.
For sоmе users considering thе type оf intuitive touch-screen interface, lighter weight аnd smaller size (whісh аrе mоrе convenient) аnd vеrу reasonably sized screen, thе Kindle Fire mау соmе оut оn top іn comparison, specially іf оnе аlsо considers thе price. It's јust thаt thе supposed advantages mау јust nоt bе worth thе extra $300 fоr thе New iPad whеn thе Kindle dоеs nеаrlу thе sаmе thing, оnlу іn а smaller package.
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Galaxy S 4, HTC One, Xperia Z, iPhone 5 and Lumia 920, Which Phone Should You Buy?


In a short video clip released by Universal Pictures, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak reminisces about "Steve Jobs Zero."
Steve Jobs was a genius, but he wasn't always a very nice guy. People are going to remember him for both qualities, his fellow Apple co-founder said.
"I think history's going to remember him as one of those great technical leaders of all time, just like Edison," Steve Wozniak, the technical brains behind the founding of Apple, said in a short video clip released by Universal Pictures on Thursday. The studio created the new "Steve Jobs" movie. "He might also be remembered for his negative personality. I think that's going to go with his legacy forever, but he led the world in the future and everyone else then would follow once they saw it."
"Steve Jobs" is a cinematic portrait of the man who, with Macs, iPhones and iPads, was instrumental in bringing computers to everyday people. The movie opened in New York and Los Angeles last week and will hit theaters globally in the coming weeks. Aaron Sorkin of TV's "The West Wing" and feature film "The Social Network" penned the screenplay, while Danny Boyle of "Slumdog Millionaire" directed.
Sorkin has said many times that he didn't want to create a biopic that followed Jobs, played by Michael Fassbender, from "cradle to grave." Instead, the film depicts three key product launches in Jobs' life: the unveiling of the first Macintosh computer, in 1984; the introduction of the NeXT computer, in 1988; and the launch of the iMac, in 1998. Tying them all together as the "emotional center" of the film is Jobs' relationship with his eldest daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, whose paternity the famous technologist once disputed.
Another key plot point is Jobs' relationship with his Apple coworkers, including Wozniak. The two were close friends before starting the company, but they didn't always agree. In one famous instance, Jobs refused to give stock options to some early employees. Wozniak ended up giving those workers some of his own shares, about $10 million worth because "it was the right thing" to do, he said in a Google+ post about the 2013 film about Jobs that featured Ashton Kutcher.
Woz criticized the 2013 film but has said Sorkin's take gets it right when it comes to Jobs.
"I think about a part of Steve Jobs that almost nobody knows, which is Steve Jobs Zero, I call it," Wozniak said in the clip. "It was Steve Jobs before we started Apple. The fun times we had, the pranks we played, the laughter. He really quite a bit manipulated his own legacy."
In a made-up exchange in the film, Wozniak, played by Rogen, asks Jobs what he does. "You're not an engineer," he said. "You're not a designer. You can't put a hammer to a nail. I built the circuit board. The graphical interface was stolen. So how come, 10 times in a day, I read Steve Jobs is a genius. What do you do?"
Jobs responds, "Musicians play their instruments. I play the orchestra."
While that scene didn't happen, it captured the Jobs that Wozniak knew.
"More than anything else, Steve Jobs wanted to be the person known for it all," Wozniak said in the clip.
"Steve Jobs" opens in US theaters on October 23 and in the UK on November 13. It's scheduled for release in Australia on January 14 2016.


This section will explain how to set auditorium levels, determine default ticket pricing, and settings.
1) Navigate to Setup -> Auditoriums. From this window, you can add auditoriums, change seat levels, or edit default pricing structures.
3) For the next prompt, select the desired Ticket Price Category. This will enable which ticket price category defaults for a selected auditorium when scheduling your movies.
4) The next prompt will populate with a number corresponding to your Schedule Location Name. Using 2 GENERAL, the next window will display the number 2. Select "Ok".
5) Now that your Schedule Location has been created, you can add Auditorium Information. In the middle section of the window under the general tab, select "Add". This will prompt to add your general Auditorium Name. RTS suggests calling it Auditorium (#) with the appropriate corresponding number. For example, Auditorium 2.
6) After adding the Auditorium Name, another window will appear with the number corresponding to your auditorium already populated. Select "Ok".
7) You may now edit Total Seats and various warning levels. This section designates when RTS will alert your employees that a show is down to single seats or sold out.
8) Select the Settings Tab. From this tab, you can select the Auditoriums features such as 3D Capable. If you determine your 3D pricing through your Class Rules (See Setup -> Tickets -> Class Rules for more information) you must check off that the auditorium is 3D capable.
9) For Physical Auditoriums, select "Add". Choose your auditorium accordingly.
10) To have your auditoriums appear in the Physical Auditoriums List, select the Physical Locations tab in the top left corner. Add as many auditoriums as needed by clicking "Add".
List of your auditoriums. Highlight the auditorium you wish to edit from this list to determine seat counts and features.
Deletes the highlighted auditorium. You may see previously deleted auditoriums by selecting "Show Deleted".
When scheduling films in RTS, your show will default to a particular price category based off of this setting. Highlight the price category you use most often for efficiency and employee accuracy when scheduling films.
Displays on the employee selling screen. An example of how it displays on your selling screen is provided below.
This is the total number of seats in the auditorium. Once these seats have tickets issued, the ticketing software will refuse to sell any more tickets.
When the number of seats remaining is less than the single seat level, the ticket selling screen will display the single seat warning.
When the number of seats remaining is less than the sold-out seat level, the ticket selling screen will display the sold-out warning. The sold-out warning is only a visual display, ticket sales can continue until there are no seats remaining.
This is an optional message that is printed on the ticket after the advertising line.


Use Blinking in a sentence. How to use the word Blinking in a sentence? Sentence examples with the word Blinking.
*** In a corner of the cafeteria, an acetylene lamp gives a blinking light.