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namespace chromecast { namespace media { class MediaClockDevice; class MediaComponentDeviceDefault; struct MediaPipelineDeviceParams; class VideoPipelineDeviceDefault : public VideoPipelineDevice { public: VideoPipelineDeviceDefault(const MediaPipelineDeviceParams& params, MediaClockDevice* media_clock_device); ~VideoPipelineDeviceDefault() override; // VideoPipelineDevice implementation. void SetClient(Client* client) override; State GetState() const override; bool SetState(State new_state) override; bool SetStartPts(int64_t time_microseconds) override; FrameStatus PushFrame(DecryptContext* decrypt_context, CastDecoderBuffer* buffer, FrameStatusCB* completion_cb) override; RenderingDelay GetRenderingDelay() const override; void SetVideoClient(VideoClient* client) override; bool SetConfig(const VideoConfig& config) override; bool GetStatistics(Statistics* stats) const override; private: scoped_ptr<MediaComponentDeviceDefault> pipeline_; VideoConfig config_; std::vector<uint8_t> config_extra_data_; base::ThreadChecker thread_checker_; DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(VideoPipelineDeviceDefault); }; } // namespace media } // namespace chromecast #endif // CHROMECAST_MEDIA_CMA_BACKEND_VIDEO_PIPELINE_DEVICE_DEFAULT_H_

Bangalore-based consulting and technology firm specializing in digital marketing and analytics. A fast growing start-up which is redefining digital marketing for the leading Indian and US companies. A team of 60+ passionate people driving SEO/SEM, app marketing, analytics and social media marketing for our new age clients. Been part of the success story of leading Indian companies like BigBasket, RedBus, TaxiForSure, Quikr, BookMyShow, TrendIn, Roof & Floors, Byju, inMobi, Knowlarity, NewsHunt, Simplilearn, BabyOye, Zivame and MobiKwik among others.

That's the goal of our work here at Geneia. And we don't just want to help people live healthier, we want to bring back the experience of joy in healing and healthcare. Frankly, we are tired of what healthcare has become. The harried pace, the hamster wheel, and the increasing attention to technology and numbers at the expense of the patient. At Geneia, we are doctors, nurses, and experienced healthcare professionals—we've lived it. The forces at play—healthcare reform, payment reform, a focus on cost and quality outcomes—are for the right reasons. We just aren't convinced that the implementation at the point of patient care—with more focus on the keyboard than the human—has been perfected, and this is undermining our collective mission—to heal. In these changing times of healthcare delivery, we must look at the entire body of our work when talking about effecting positive change. There's no one silver bullet. And it's not just our work that we need to pay attention to but the work of all participants in the healthcare delivery —physicians, nurses, clinicians, administrators, the data geeks, technologists, and the bean counters. The solutions we offer have to come down on the winning side of each and every one, and they must also carry over into the lives of patients and their families. In the products we design and sell, we first look to who they will ultimately benefit, and that will always be the patient, an individual who is in need of improved process and improved care, but not at the expense of the physician or the care team. So, with every class, every consult, every software program we design, there's concentrated focus on better care delivery, start to finish. And with every step, we realize, too, that there must be a return on investment in the work we do. We may be altruistic, but our feet stand squarely on the ground, and we appreciate the investment, even if only in time, that our customers must make to move forward. At Geneia, we see healthcare differently. As you get to know us through our blog, we hope you will too. Drop us a line and tell us what you think.

Yesterday, my team and I worked a morning press conference at MetLife Stadium to announce WWE's WrestleMania XXIX (29) will take place at the arena in 2013 with events throughout the New York/New Jersey region. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon, John Mara President and CEO of the New York Giants, New York Jets Chairman and CEO Woody Johnson, WWE Superstars John Cena, Triple H, Sheamus, Mark Henry, WWE Divas the Bella Twins and special guest Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson were all on hand for the historic announcement. It was my first time at the new stadium, as the last time I attended an event there it was still the old Meadowlands. It was especially cool being behind-the-scenes, early in the morning, with all the seats empty and just the WrestleMania logo lighting up the vacant field.We also had a fun golf cart ride through the loading zone area. It reminded me of the short lived Matthew Perry show Mr. Sunshine. It was also my first time seeing The Rock. I can easily see why he's dubbed "The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment," as his five minute speech to the press was interactive, playful and seemed to pump everyone up, which was impressive considering the overcast day and early hour. MetLife Stadium will also host the 2014 Super Bowl. I loves to join such conferences to enhance my skills. great post written on best topic.

The Hospitality Consulting Analyst (HCA) Sales & Marketing Consultant has proven expertise, experience and market understanding in New Orleans, Louisiana to maximize revenues from all sources and distribution channels. The Sales & Marketing Team play a key role in the overall market strategies of properties, creation of action steps, measuring systems, and bring an entrepreneurial approach to client management. HCA assist in comprising all key components of an effective, customer driven approach, designed to maximize market share from all demand generators. Each property undergoes a custom designed sales, marketing, and strategy review tailored to the market conditions (French Quarter, Central Business District, Airport, etc.) in which it operates. The Sales & Marketing consultant will focus on all areas that will maximize revenues and overall return on investment. The Hospitality Consulting Analyst (HCA) Sales Consultant directs a sales effort targeted toward identified portfolio key accounts in both the group and transient market segments. Activities include trade shows, sales blitzes, client presentations, and familiarization trips, among others. This division coordinates all marketing, graphic design, brochure and collateral development and market communication tools for all the hotels in the portfolio. Assistance is also provided for website design, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), and electronic marketing initiatives. Hospitality Consulting Analyst (HCA) is focused on creating long term client relationships, professional sales and marketing initiatives, and significant revenue enhancements from all distribution channels at the property.

The vector stencils library "Local vehicular networking" contains 88 symbols for drawing the vehicular computer telecommunication network diagrams using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software. Vehicular ad hocal networks are expected to implement wireless technologies such as dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) which is a type of Wi-Fi. Other candidate wireless technologies are cellular, satellite, and WiMAX. Vehicular ad hoc networks can be viewed as component of the intelligent transportation systems (ITS). A conceptual diagram of a global vehicular network describes the principles of communication between vehicles, earth-based nodes, and space-based nodes in a wireless network. It illustrates the concept of architecture within global vehicular networks. "Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) are advanced applications which, without embodying intelligence as such, aim to provide innovative services relating to different modes of transport and traffic management and enable various users to be better informed and make safer, more coordinated, and 'smarter' use of transport networks. This vehicular network diagram sample was drawn on the base of picture illustrating the post "Intelligent transportation system" from the blog "Technology New Here". "Intelligent transportation systems are projects that aim to integrate modern communication and information technology into existing transportation management systems in order to optimize vehicle life, fuel efficiency, safety, and traffic in urbanized cities. The need for intelligent transportation systems stems from the fact that traffic congestion has been increasing all around the world because of increasing population, increasing amount of transportation vehicles and increasing urbanization."

On January the 31st an enthusiastic group of students, policymakers, researchers and developers gathered in Rotterdam to discuss the two cases that are explored by our group of interdisciplinary graduation students. The yearly Innovation Café, organised by the Inclusive City Hub, was the perfect opportunity for a wide variety of city-makers to exchange their visions and ideas, and have a first glimpse of the results of the projects. The challenges to create a sustainable city that is ready for a circular future, in a productive collaboration with its inhabitants was the central theme during the plenary introduction by hub coordinator Tjerk Wobbes. The audience also gained insight in how the hub works as an interdisciplinary research team – via the system of understand – implement – activate and collaborate, different types of research together can give answers to broadness of complex topics, from technology to society. The two cases, Rotterdam Pompenburg and Delft Campus were discussed in depth in two parallel sessions. In the Rotterdam-room Dries Zimmerman from the Municipality of Rotterdam introduced the case on implementing innovative solutions for waste collection in high-rise buildings. The current students were inspired by recent graduate Emma Wisse (TU Delft), who told them about her passion for new ways of reusing non-recyclable domestic plastic waste. This stream of material cannot be industrially processed on a large scale, however, there are many opportunities to give it new life in an unexpected way. In the Delft-room Joris Gerritsen from the Municipality of Delft kicked off the session with a short introduction to the Delft Campus ambitions, after which PhD-student Wim Bosschaart took the stage. With his story 'Conversations toward a healthy landscape' he explained how we can include society in sustainable developments with a radical approach and inspirational to participation. Also the second speaker, Natasha Viering, project manager at the Municipality of Delft, aspires a fully inclusive view on participation during urban development. She explained how Delft is currently working with the recently developed 'Delfts Doen' method to get their inhabitants involved. Each session ended with pitches by current students, sharing their first research ideas with the attendees. This opened discussions and exciting collaborations that were further explored during the rest of the evening. We want to thank everybody for their input and hope to see you all back in June during the students' final presentations.

I scramble down out of my bunk, delirious from the two hours of sleep I managed the night before, and run to get my backpack. I rush out of the coach to a strangely empty, but familiar, parking lot. I start running — both to warm my bare legs (it's unexpectedly cold), and to make sure I don't miss the big show. It doesn't take long to lose the crowds and suddenly I'm alone at the edge of the world. I find a spot on a rock to drop my camera gear and sit down — I've scored the best seat in the house. As the sun starts to come up over the Grand Canyon, I can't help but tear up. I've seen it before, but just like everyone else will tell you" This view never gets old. It's iconic for a reason. I sit alone, perched on a lone rock with my legs dangling a mile above the canyon floor, for what feels like hours. Maybe it is. After a week on a luxury coach with nine strangers, the release is mandatory. It feels luxurious. In just a week I've surfed in San Diego, explored Santa Monica, hiked in the dry desert heat of Joshua Tree, and faced my fear of heights in Palm Springs. My time alone is a chance to reflect on my trip and on the diverse land and cityscapes this country continually offers the eager travelers. So how did I end up on a tour bus (most recently inhabited by Olivia Newton John) at the Grand Canyon at 4:45 am on a Friday morning? I was on the road with (the aptly named) Roadies, a travel startup, on their inaugural tour. Roadies, founded by Lee Roth and Mark Wills, is aiming to "reinvent the road-trip" through heavily curated week-long bus trips through some of the American Southwest's most iconic locations. But this isn't your grandmother's bus trip — Roadies contracts luxury tour buses with all of the amenities (lounges, tv's, wifi, snacks) that drive primarily during the night — so travelers wake up in a new location each day. Roth conceived of the idea on a hike with a friend, lamenting the lack of time available to plan and take road trips. Roadies partners with local resorts, attractions, and adventure guides along the way to create iconic experiences at every stop. The resorts provide showers, gyms, and spas, and "tour managers" plan activities each day — along with a la carte options (surf lessons in San Diego and rock climbing in Joshua Tree are just the beginning). As a frequent National Parks traveler, Roth and Willis asked me to tag along on the inaugural tour — which not only included the stop for sunrise over the Grand Canyon but also a day in Joshua Tree National Park. To be honest, as a solo traveler, I was hesitant. Travel is so personal, and the way that I experience a place is also personal. Just like in any story, the setting and characters determine the plot. Still, I loved the concept and thought it was worth a shot, so I headed to San Diego to meet the team.

Halloween is right around the corner and I know a lot of you will be writing some spine-chilling stories to celebrate. What's the best part of a creepy story? A monster. Which means your task is to create a monster that will terrify your readers. Thanks for the link to the link. It's a great post.

Personal injury is really a legal saying used to represent all kinds of injuries including physical or mental injuries, disease or illness. The word describes all injuries associated with accident at the office or perhaps in home whiplash injuries, injuries caused because of traffic accident, mental injuries because of discrimination or gender harassment, damaging of bone structure, brain or braches, injuries brought on by sliding, tripping or falling, injuries caused because of the utilization of defective equipment or machinery, mental injuries when it comes to stress at the office, injuries because of medical malpractice and physical or mental injuries because of the engagement in crime. Personal injury vehicle accident is among the important components in traffic accidents that many people suffer. Because the frequency of human population is growing around the globe in an alarming rate, therefore, the street traffic accidents will also be rising at pretty much exactly the same rate. Latest statistics reveal that a large number of accidents occur at the time-to-day basis as well as in individuals casualties, many people experience injuries. There are many reasons for the growing quantity of injuries claims. Mostly the folks traveling on the highway collide or hit with another vehicle, animal, tree, pedestrian, pothole and then any movable or fixed object. In this situation, they need to face personal injury by means of whiplash, any injuries associated with someone part or other damages connected with property or vehicle. Under these conditions and also to meet individuals expenses, the individual requests a injuries claim compensation to the insurer. Same may be the situation with individuals that face accident at the office or any injuries because of medical malpractice. The reason regarding compensation claims for injuries would be to get an amount for ongoing health care, surgery, renovation in order to live a existence if he/she's not able to get results for the required time. Personal injury claim solicitors provide an attorney towards the organizations, government departments along with a person struggling with any physical or mental injuries or accident by a few negligence or misconduct of some other person. Therefore while deciding for that perfect personal injury claim lawyer, the individual or perhaps a company must get complete specifics of experience, specialization and if the solicitor has transpired written bar examination and written ethics examination or otherwise. For hiring personal injury lawyers, it might be better should you find out out of your buddies and associates. For requirements of any personal injury claims Singapore, you need to have a well experienced and expert lawyer by your side. If you are looking for one such lawyer firm for your personal injury claims, you can check out Abraham Teo & Co.

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Broken Boys to Whole Men: #14 – Midlife Crisis: From Success to Significance From Broken Boys to Whole Men: #13 – The Power of the Past: Trauma and PTSD From Broken Boys to Whole Men: #12 – Gender Identity and Gender Expression Broken Boys to Whole Men: #11 – #HimToo: Sexual Abuse and Sexual Trauma From Broken Boys to Whole Men: #10 – Sexual Orientation From Broken Boys to Whole Men: #9 – Sex Addiction and Porn Broken Boys to Whole Men: #8 – Hidden and Silent: Domestic Abuse of Men From Broken Boys to Whole Men: #7 – Stress: Can You Manage? From Broken Boys to Whole Men: #6 – Covert Depression, Suicide, and Breaking the Silence From Broken Boys to Whole Men: #5 – Self-Medication and Addiction Keeping the Painful Parts of Our History It's said that history is written by the winners. At least the most widely-accepted histories are. But all of us—winners and losers—have a responsibility to tell the truth. In this era of Holocaust deniers, Internet hoaxes, and fake news stories, it's vital to tell the whole story, and not leave parts out, no matter how painful they are or the negative light they may cast on a people, party, or group. Civil War reenactments are a case in point. Whether it's the Battle of Gettysburg or Antietam, or any other, Josephine Sedgwick, a descendant of Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick of the Union Army, writes about a recent trend among reenactors to leave out slavery, or at least to depict the war as not really being about slavery. (See her New York Times "Race/Related" piece from this past July.) Mention of "the S-word" is felt by many reenactors as "too political." They want to preserve this history, they say, and mention of things like slavery at a living history event like a reenactment turns people off. The belief is that the War was "about so much more than that," which to me feels a lot like the stories we tell in our families that leave out mention of Uncle Jack's alcoholism or Cousin Millie's rape by him, simply because it's painful. Another example: Like many churches, the one I pastor here in Minnesota spent the last several years confronting and repairing relationships from a church fight that split the congregation. And you might be surprised to hear that this particular dustup was not the only one in our history as a local church. Such is the case with countless churches. But to submerge these painful parts of our past in the cellar of silence creates layers of emotion and dysfunction, both in families and extended families such as faith communities and nations. Family therapy and the recovery movement have done much to make it safe to bring painful parts of our family pasts to light, in service of healing and wholeness. But somehow, right now, we have a blind spot about our history of race—and voices on one side are saying, "Stop being political!" while others are saying, "We can't heal the past if we don't tell the truth."

George Washington COOK, Congress, CO COOK, George Washington, a Representative from Colorado; born in Bedford, Lawrence County, Ind., November 10, 1851; at the age of eleven ran away from home and enlisted in the Fifteenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in the Union Army and served as a drummer boy; was transferred to the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served as chief regimental clerk; at the close of the Civil War attended the public schools, Bedford Academy, and the Indiana University at Bloomington; moved to Chicago in 1880 and entered the employ of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway; moved to Leadville, Colo., in 1880 and became division superintendent of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad; mayor of Leadville 1885-1887; moved to Denver in 1888 and became general sales agent for the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.; department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic for Colorado and Wyoming in 1891 and 1892; became an independent mining operator in 1893; senior vice commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1905 and 1906; organized and commanded the Cook Drum Corps, of Denver; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909); was not a candidate for renomination in 1908; resumed mining operations in Colorado; died in Pueblo, Colo., December 18, 1916; interment in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo. Profile of Colorado

1. Find a local meeting place that's free, conveniently located, wheelchair accessible, and a suitable size (i.e. community centre, school, local grocery store or church). 2. Establish a time and date convenient for residents and special guests. 3. Promote the meeting by flyer, email and word of mouth. a. Welcome and introduction of speaker (s). b. Discussion of new business. c. Discussion of problems or issues. d. Discussion of strategies to deal with problems and issues. 5. Set up the meeting place to encourage interaction by all participants. 6. Set up reception tables so that attendees can sign in or register their interest. 7. Make sure you have a meeting chair and a minute-taker to record all decisions and motions.

April short holidays in Corfu? That could be great destination for Spring break this year. This island in the Ionan Sea was chosen by many European kings in the past and called the queen of Ionan islands. Looking in the pictures of this stunning place we're not surprised! If you want to explore the island instead of spending this holidays on the beach go to www.touropia.com where you will find out more about this splendid island! Great located Villa Tasos in Acharavi for 134 GBP!

Thailand's telecoms regulator threatened to recall spectrum from troubled TOT after the state-owned enterprise failed to articulate its mobile broadband plans for the 2.3GHz band. The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) gave TOT 90 days to resubmit its business plan after rejecting the first draft, which it criticised as lacking basic elements, such as a network deployment plan, a timetable for commercial launch and a clear roadmap for spectrum planning and usage, the Bangkok Post reported. The operator, which received approval to use 64MHz on that band in October 2015, has two years to launch service – its deadline is October 2017. Prawit said it took TOT almost a year to draft a four-page business plan, which wasn't well organised and failed to outline planning for management and operations, the Post reported. He criticised the operator's proposal to use 60MHz in the 2.3GHz band to launch mobile broadband service, with the aim of having 100,000 subscribers in the first year under a wholesale-resale model in partnership with a private operator. Meanwhile, TOT is in talks with four foreign operators about a strategic partnership to develop its fixed-line broadband service. The potential partners include China Telecom as well as another operator from China, one from Japan and one from Indonesia.

For other uses, see Daedric Armor. Daedric Armor is a set of heavy armor available in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It is extremely heavy, but also has the highest armor rating in the base game and its add-ons. The armor set contains five pieces: a helmet, boots, gauntlets, a cuirass and greaves, and an optional shield. A weapon set of the same name is also available. Pieces of Daedric armor can be smithed at a blacksmith's forge or within the midden at the College of Winterhold using Ebony armor, Daedra hearts, black soul gems, and centurion dynamo cores. It is similar to its predecessors, but also has some differences; the primary design for Daedric Armor in Skyrim possesses an incredibly dark and sinister design that seems to have a more gothic and mythological inspiration than its previous counterparts. The armor itself has an overall unique model with a black-metallic color scheme (due to being made from ebony), and is decorated with small silver chains, intricate and ornamental designs on the boots, lower torso and gauntlets, two sets of shoulder guards underneath the initial armored spikes mounted on the shoulders, and even several large fasteners located all over the body that link each piece of the armor together. The set also features several other spikes protruding from various parts of the body as well as six large horn-like spikes on the very top of the helmet to accompany the large eye-like sockets in the front, giving the Dragonborn an incredibly malevolent and monstrous appearance. The gauntlets and the cuirass will also give off a deep red glow whenever the armor is worn in dark or dimly lit areas; this does not, however, have an effect on a Dragonborn's detection while sneaking. Unenchanted pieces of daedric armor will begin to appear throughout Skyrim at level 48, and enchanted armor will begin to appear at level 49. Found as random loot in "boss" chests after level 49+. Unenchanted pieces dropped as random loot by Revered or Legendary Dragons. Enchanted and unenchanted pieces, as well as Daedric weaponry, may be bought through the Dremora Merchant. Ebony ingots can be smelted from ebony ore or purchased from Blacksmiths. Daedra hearts can be purchased from alchemists, Enthir at the College of Winterhold, or found on dead Dremora. Pieces can be upgraded with an ebony ingot at a workbench and also benefit from the Daedric Smithing perk, which doubles the improvement. Wearing the full Daedric set raises the chance of successful intimidation checks by 10%. Interestingly, knowing how certain parts of the armor will glow red, should the Dragonborn wear the cuirass part of the armor minus the helmet, the Dragonborn's neck now also glows red as a result of the armor's effect. Even though the book Heavy Armor Forging states it can only be crafted under a Bloodmoon, the armor can be crafted at any time. Although summoned Dremora wear a set of Daedric armor, excluding the helmet, they can not be looted because they instantly disappear when killed. Daedric armor has a dragon motif. The horns on the helmet are similar to those on the skull of a dragon, and the shield has the appearance of a folded dragon wing. Intimidation check for Daedric armor?

Netherlands to Build Offshore Solar Power Farm Image: Rotterdam Skyline via Pixabay Oceans of Energy, a Dutch company, has announced that they will be building a large offshore solar power farm in the North Sea. The company aims to have the farm supplying energy to the Dutch mainland within three years. After the initial pilot next year, a consortium of energy producers, scientists and researchers plan to transform the former offshore seaweed farm into 2,500 square metres of floating solar panels by 2021. This project will receive 1.2 million euros ($1.48 million) in government funding. Not only will this pilot begin supplying the nation with energy, but it will also allow scientists to test equipment, weather conditions, environment impacts and energy output. "In addition to removing the problem of a land shortage, there are several other benefits to building at sea, similar to those in wind energy," said solar energy expert Wilfried van Sark at Utrecht University, who is involved in the project. "There is more sun at sea and there is the added benefit of a cooling system for the panels, which boosts output by up to 15 percent," This project comes at a time when the Netherlands is struggling to mitigate fossil fuel reliance and meet greenhouse gas emission targets after years of under-investment in renewables. Read more about this fascinating story at: https://www.reuters.com/article/netherlands-solar-offshore/dutch-plan-to-build-giant-offshore-solar-power-farm-idUSL8N1Q46M0

The Best Commercial Solution and Overall Winner was IoT.nxt, a technology company that has developed a world-leading framework that makes the efficiencies, cost savings and increased revenue from IoT a reality for businesses. All finalists had the opportunity to be trained on MTN's revolutionary new machine-to-machine platform and were given access to free software and hardware during the conception phase of the competition. As the overall winners, IOT.nxt received a trip for two to IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona to the value of R200,000. The awards were held at the same time as MTN's national IoT Conference, which showcased the latest trends, challenges and opportunities in the IoT space in a variety of industries, such as automotive, healthcare, asset and fleet management, manufacturing, security, retail, smart grid, smart metering, smart home and consumer electronics.

Coronavirus: Nigeria's economy feels the pinch of lockdown 09 April 2020 | 10:12 am The Nigerian economy is beginning to feel the pinch of the lockdown imposed in late March in Lagos and Abuja to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Millions of people working in the informal sector have been particularly affected; we tell you more. Meanwhile in Madagascar, thousands rush to travel back to their hometowns and flee the capital - our correspondent reports. And in Senegal, musicians from a pro-democracy political movement are trying to encourage people to do their bit in the fight against co Nigerian economy How solar is driving Nigeria's post pandemic green recovery Several rural areas in Nigeria are not connected to the national grid. Habitants of this rural area extensively use kerosene-fueled lanterns and candles due to the lack of electricity. This report takes a look at how solar is driving Nigeria's post-pandemic green recovery Lagos Okada ban takes effect The Lagos State government on May 18, 2022, announced the total ban of the commercial motorcycle, popularly known as Okada. The ban was placed on Six local governments in Lagos. GuardianTV was out to monitor the complaint in parts of the state. Nigeria church massacre victims suffered range of injuries, doctor says Victims of an attack on a Catholic church in Nigeria were treated in hospital on Monday . Doctors said they were treating patients who had suffered lacerations, bullet wounds and blast injuries. LASG announce traffic diversion plans on Lagos-Ibadan expressway from June 9 and more Find these stories and much more when you grab a copy of The Guardian on Wednesday. Nigeria's forests are disappearing Africa's most populous nation has quietly lost almost 10% of its tree cover over the past two decades - leaving those who depend on it for their livelihoods, like logger Egbontoluwa Marigi, fearing for the future. Nyancho Nwanri reports. Nigeria's ruling party picks Tinubu for next election Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress has picked former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu - described by some as a 'Godfather' figure - as its candidate for presidential elections in 2023. More violence feared in Nigeria as elections approach A deadly attack on churchgoers has highlighted the failure of Nigeria's leaders to end the conflicts wracking the country. As campaigning gears up ahead of elections in February 2023, the violence could worsen. OECD details 'hefty price' of Ukraine war on global economy Russia's war in Ukraine is derailing the global economy's recovery from the pandemic. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is the latest to slash its forecast for economic growth, warning of high inflation and a possible food crisis. Also in the show: India's central bank raises interest rates for the second time in less than a month, while Turkey's government refuses to do so, despite spiralling inflation. Nigeria's working mothers want longer maternity leave Working moms in Nigeria say they are being forced back to work too early, risking their and their babies' health. Gunmen free 11 taken in Nigeria train attack Eleven passengers seized by gunmen during an attack on a train in northern Nigeria have been freed, though dozens are thought to remain in captivity. Nigerian biker rides from London to Lagos in anti-polio drive Nigerian biker Kunle Adeyanju rode for 12,000 kilometres and through 13 countries to raise funds towards eliminating polio. He also spent time sensitizing communities along the way from London to Lagos about the disease. The World Health Organization declared Nigeria polio free in 2020, but there have been two vaccine-derived cases reported since then. Highlights of The Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF) Awards The maiden edition of the Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF) Awards treated winners and guests to a delightful evening on the 9th of June at NOK by Alara, Lagos. The awards celebrated and recognised people who have contributed massively to the healthcare sector in Nigeria and revealed the continued efforts of the NSSF to provide better healthcare in Nigeria.

To provide educational and support services to asylees, refugees, Cuban/Haitian Entrants, Amerasians and Victims of Trafficking in order to reach their personal, academic and professional goals. The REVEST Program offers multiple levels of VESOL classes. All Students must take the CASAS test (an English placement test prior to registration to determine instructional level). Each VESOL level lasts 8 weeks including a week seminar on Employability Skills. Books are distributed FREE to students. Each VESOL Level has a Post CASAS at the end of the term. Students who have completed level 3 or higher maybe eligible for Vocational Adult Education courses. REVEST offers vocational courses which include Career Technical Certificate (CTEC), Continuing Workforce Education (CWE), and College Credit Certificate (CCC). Please visit our Vocational Training page for more information. Students who qualify will receive a free public transportation pass. Passes are delivered monthly. To request the pass, you must fill out a form and attach proof of income, before the 20th of each month, in order to receive the pass for the following month. Passes are not renewed automatically. Only students registered in classes with a minimum frequency of 4 times a week are eligible – no more than two absences per month are allowed. Students whose classes meet 5 times a week, may not have more than 3 absences per month. The cost of translation and evaluation of credentials granted abroad will be reimbursed to eligible applicants at 100% of the total cost. Students must submit their application for reimbursement at the REVEST offices. Participants will be referred to South Florida Workforce Job Service Providers for assistance with employment. Participants will be referred to local child care centers who will provide free care to those who are eligible. Each MDC student must have a valid ID card. To get an ID card, you must register for classes and have a valid schedule. The instructor of your course in the REVEST Program will give you an official schedule the first day of classes. To obtain an ID card, bring the valid schedule to the Office of Student Life where you will be photographed and verified as a college student. Free parking for MDC students. You must show a valid ID or schedule when accessing parking facilities. ADA "Americans with Disability ACT" We offer free assistance to eligible students with disabilities through the ACCESS program at Miami Dade College. You can contact the ACCESS department to make any accommodations for disability. Students must notify teachers and counselors of absences. Students are responsible for all homework assignments, even if they miss a class. Students will be dropped from the class after three consecutive absences without notice. Students will not be allowed to re-register after dropping a class twice. Exceptions will be considered by the program director on a case-by-case basis. What is Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?

John Lennon's former home is currently on the market for nearly £14m. The mansion, known as Kenwood, is thought to be where John wrote the songs that feature on the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album. This was the eighth studio album, released in 1967 by the Beatles and included hits such as With a Little Help from My Friends, A Day in the Life and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. The Beatles sold approximately 70 million copies of the album (pictured). The luxury property is a six bedroom mansion in Weybridge, Surrey, bought by John Lennon on July 15 1964 for £20,000. He lived there with his first wife, Cynthia, between 1964 and 1968. The 1,110 sq m house has been refurbished and currently contains a full size snooker table and a heated indoor swimming pool with sauna. The property is reported to have six reception rooms and six bathrooms and is set in 1.5 acres of land with well kept gardens and extensive views over the Surrey Hills. Built in 1913, it was originally unimaginatively named 'Brown House' and was renamed Kenwood after Mr Ken Wood, of food mixing fame, bought the property. In 1988 when John made the film Imagine: John Lennon it featured parts of a home movie which show Lennon at Kenwood in 1967. In fact, the property is located in an area steeped in Beetles history; with Kenwood being very close to SunnyHeights, the former home of Ringo Starr, and only a short drive away from Kinfauns in Esher, the former home of George Harrison. A piece of history up for sale then, in a prime location, but with a price to match.

So, been doing much better since going gluten-free/paleo diet mostly. There is this relatively new studies out about lectins and how they react to the body .. which helps explain some of the weird symptoms I've had. Since changing my diet (Which involves cooking my own food most of the time), my stomach has been much much better. I don't have all the digestive issues which were driving me up a wall before which was a great side effect of changing diet that I didn't expect. I ate some pecan pie over Christmas, but not the crust, and I had some sweet potatoes with marshmellowyness (which is a ton of sugar).. this resulted in a headache and digestive issues the next day but not this kind of immediate nausea and getting sick.

Pauline Viardot (1821- 1910) was a famous mezzo-soprano with a career spanning twenty-four years (1839-1863). Her Music Salon is credited for launching the careers of Camille Saint-Säens, Jules Massenet, Gabriel Fauré, and Charles Gounod. After her retirement she turned her attention towards teaching and composition. She has written over 100 Vocal compositions, 15 Instrumental compositions and 5 Salon Operas. Chapter 1 presents an introduction and biography of the composer, with special emphasis on her family, friends, colleagues, performance career and music salon. Chapter 2 is a closer look at her salon opera Cendrillon including an analysis of the work. This chapter outlines the musical themes of each character, stage-directing choices, and the vocal demands of Viardot's composition. Finally, this document presents a conclusion that considers Viardot's impact and influence on the music of the 19th Century through her own compositions and the championing of the works of other composers. In addition, the document includes two appendices. Appendix I contains a French to English translation of Cendrillon. Appendix II contains a list of Pauline Viardot's works. Harris, Rachel Miller, "The music salon of Pauline Viardot: featuring her salon opera Cendrillon" (2005). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 3924.

RAM Matters: How Much Do You Need for Gaming? 4GB, 8GB, 16GB or 32GB Page 2 : The Benchmarks & Putting It All Together By Steven Walton on December 11, 2017 New study reveals Google and Facebook trackers on vast majority of porn sites We Raise the Question Once Again The Benchmarks & Putting It All Together We've looked at how much system memory is required by some of the more popular games released this year using with three different graphics cards. What we want to compare now is the 3GB and 6GB versions of the GTX 1060 to see how they differ with 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB of RAM. Again, we're using the Core i7-8700K and the memory speed and timings are the same for each capacity: DDR4-3000. The only major difference being that we were forced to test the 4GB capacity with a single 4GB stick and this meant using single channel memory. We don't have 2GB of DDR4 memory and since we already know 4GB isn't enough we didn't waste any time or money to acquire a dual-channel kit. But still be aware of this. First up we have Assassin's Creed Origins and these results were recorded using the very high quality preset at 1080p. Starting with the GTX 1060 6GB, we see the 16GB and 32GB memory configurations allow for maximum performance to be extracted in this title. Interestingly, while the same average frame rate is achieved with 8GB we see a noteworthy drop in the frame time performance -- up to a 10% drop can be seen. With 4GB the system completely tanks and although the average frame rate looks good the game is now very stuttery as indicated by the 0.1% result. Similar performance trends are seen in this title with the 3GB 1060. Surprisingly though, the impact the 8GB configuration has on performance is less severe -- I was expecting to find the opposite. Anyway, we are seeing that for maximum performance you want 16GB while 8GB is the bare minimum. Jumping to 1440p we find that the 1060 6GB is now more limited by its own capabilities than the 8GB system memory capacity when looking at the 1% low result. That said, with just 4GB, the performance is now disastrous. At the higher resolution the 3GB 1060 takes a big hit with 8GB of RAM and things of course get even worse with 4GB. Next up we have Battlefield 1 and for these results I'm using the single player portion of the game as multiplayer can't be benchmarked accurately and is therefore useless for this kind of fps comparison. Here the GTX 1060 6GB was able to deliver the same performance with 8GB, 16GB and 32GB of memory. We only see a small decline in performance with 4GB which is surprising, though we are only at 1080p. Using the 3GB 1060 does produce a major decline in performance with 8GB of RAM when looking at the frame time results. This is amplified further with 4GB, though again not as severely as I would have expected. Increasing the resolution to 1440p resulted in the 4GB system memory capacity causing all kinds of issues with the 6GB 1060 -- stuttering was quite noticeable. The same was found with the 3GB 1060 and we also saw a drop in performance with 8GB of memory. Finally, I decided to test with the ultimate memory pig, Call of Duty WWII. Using the GTX 1060 6GB we see that the 16GB and 32GB memory capacities allow for maximum performance. Dropping down to 8GB does tax performance, especially the 0.1% frame time result, which is now 13% lower. Using just 4GB was again a disaster and the game became completely unplayable. The 1060 3GB on the other hand just doesn't have enough VRAM to play Call of Duty WWII at 1080p using the extra quality settings. That's not the end of the world and while some will make a big deal out of this, lowering a few select quality settings will improve things without taking much away from the game. Anyway, I'm not trying to defend the poor little 3GB 1060, I'm just noting it's a graphics card that comes with compromises in some titles. Moving to 1440p and we now find an extreme scenario where the 6GB 1060 really struggles to maintain playable frame rates with just 8GB of system memory. Upgrading to 16GB makes a massive difference here while increasing memory capacity further has no impact. Obviously the 3GB 1060 is still a write off with the extra quality settings in play. That's pretty conclusive evidence. For casual gamers, the bare minimum is still 8GB but there is plenty of evidence to suggest that the upgrade to 16GB will ensure smoother gameplay. For serious gamers with mid-range to high-end hardware, we're almost at the point where we'd say 16GB the the minimal acceptable amount of system memory. Of course, as we said earlier, if you've invested over $1,000 in your GPU and SSD combo then chances are spending just shy of $200 to secure a decent 16GB DDR4 memory kit probably isn't something you're going to think twice about. For GTX 1060 or RX 580 owners who've spent $200-$250 on their graphics card, dumping another $200 on DDR4 memory is something they're probably umming and ahhing about. If you're playing games such as Battlefield 1 or in particular Call of Duty WWII and you care about being competitive, then 16GB really is a must. Alternatively, if you have a relatively high-end GPU such as the GTX 1070 or Vega 56 but play older, less memory-intensive games, then 8GB will no doubt be fine. But again, for these newer titles you'll ideally want 16GB. We found it somewhat ironic that owners of the 3GB GTX 1060, a graphics card we've recommended for budget shoppers, will require 16GB of system memory to get the most out of today's games. So by saving around $50 on the GPU, you need to spend $90 more on system memory. That changes my perspective on things a little. That said, we're probably being a bit unrealistic as 3GB GTX 1060 owners will be playing at 1080p with lower quality settings which are likely going to play nicely with an 8GB buffer. In a nutshell, if you plan to play the latest PC games on good quality settings, 4GB of RAM is out, 8GB is the bare minimum, 16GB is the sweet spot and 32GB is overkill. Shopping Shortcuts: 8GB DDR4 RAM Memory: Corsair, G.Skill, Kingston, Patriot 16GB DDR4 RAM Memory: Corsair, G.Skill, Ballistix, Adata 32GB DDR4 RAM Memory: Corsair, G.Skill, Ballistix, Team Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB on Amazon, Newegg AMD Radeon RX 580 on Amazon, Newegg 85 comments 1,518 interactions User Comments: 85 Got something to say? 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Now that we know this year's winner of the best documentary film, O.J.: Made in America, here's a prediction about next year's winner. It will be Chasing Coral. The new film follows scientists and photographers who are attempting to show the world what's happening underwater. It's exceptionally timely and provocative, because coral reefs are experiencing the worst bleaching and death-spiral ever witnessed. Already a crowd pleaser at its premiere at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival, this film follows in the footstep's of the Oscar-nominated film, Chasing Ice, about climate change's stunning visuals in frigid Greenland. The director Jeff Orlowski has now turned his attention to the biggest tropical, biological victim of a warming planet: shallow reefs built by coral animals. The film has been purchased by Netflix, and I can't wait to see it. It features a special camera, used by the XL Catlin Seaview Survey, to show reefs in 360 degree technicolor. These images allow us to see reefs across the planet like never before. Critic site RogerEbert.com calls it a "landmark film," and I'm betting that it's pure Oscar gold. Roger Ebert is deceased. The critic who refers to the film as being "a landmark film for activism" is Nick Allen, writing for the RogerEbert.com website.

HomeMusicDidier Juste : percussion as a vocation Didier Juste : percussion as a vocation 28 March 2018 Évelyne Chaville and Translation : Évelyne Chaville Didier Juste: "My parents being artists, they always encouraged me to play music and, very young, at the age of 8, I already went with them to concerts". At 48, the percussionist Didier Juste has already a 38-year career in music. He has already accompanied on stage almost all artists from Guadeloupe as well as some artists from Martinique, Guyana and elsewhere. For 13 years, he has been sharing his knowledge with young people. Today, he is working on his first album. Didier Juste with his mother and the famous "tanbouyé" Marcel Lollia known as "Vélo" Didier Juste was born in Champigny-sur-Marne (France) in 1970, the next year, his parents decided to move back to Guadeloupe. His father, the artist-painter Rico Roberto and his mother who was a dancer took him to "lewòz" from an early age. "I started playing music at the age of 3. I was raised in music. When I was a boy, my parents picked me up at Raphaël Jolivière School in Pointe-à-Pitre. We walked down Légitimus Boulevard and we stopped at the entrance of Frébault Street to see "Vélo" (Marcel Lollia) playing ka. My parents being artists, they always encouraged me to play music and, very young, at the age of 8, I already went with them to concerts (…)", he said. Then, one day, something exceptional happened : the ka-master finally gave him permission to touch his sacred instrument and then, to play ka with him. Perhaps he had detected in that little boy a natural aptitude for music… "My brother Olivier and I, we had that unique opportunity, that privilege of playing gwoka with his instrument. So, I began in the street", he said. A first concert at age 10 Marcel Lollia (1938-1984) was not the only ka-master that Didier Juste will know. There will be also François Moléon Jernidier, nicknamed Carnot (1919-1998), François Hyzirin, nicknamed Baggy, Guy Konkèt (1946-2012), among others. Indeed, because he was not attracted by studies, the young man chose what he can do : music. His first concert, Didier did it at 10, he accompanied the famous singer and "tanbouyé" Guy Konkèt. After, everything came together, he met other musicians but he also discovered other percussion instruments and other rhythms."At the age of 15, I went with the band "Katouré" to Cuba. There, I saw that there were other percussions and I understood that I did not have to play only the 7 rhythms of gwoka music. Later, I took drum lessons with Fernand Gabriel, I followed several training courses in percussion with African artists such as Adama Dramé, Pap Dyen and Geum", he said. Like many young Guadeloupean musicians, Didier Juste went on an adventure to Paris, and he stayed there only one month… After his return to Guadeloupe, he joined the group "Poker JBZ" created by the Castry brothers, then he collaborated with several other bands. Note that his brother, Olivier, also became a percussionist while his youngest brother, Sidy, chose to be a lawyer… Didier Juste with Tanya Saint-Val, Jean-Michel Rotin, Dominique Bérose… The creator of the band "Soft" During his career which represents 38 years, Didier Juste played with almost all artists from Guadeloupe, he also accompanied several artists from Martinique, Guiana and other countries. The list would be too long to name each one individually… "It's word of mouth. The artists send us the songs, we rehearse them to be ready the day of the concert", he said. Indeed, it was exactly what happened, last October, on the occasion of the concert by Guyanese singer and guitarist, Sylviane Cédia, at the "Festival Bleu Outre Mer", one of the latest performances by the musician. There is something that many people do not know in Didier Juste's career : in 2003, he created the group "Soft" which is led now by Fred Deshayes. Philippe Sadikalay, the saxophonist, will find the name of the band – "Soft" – just before the first concert in Lakaza. "At the beginning, the idea was to make new versions of gwoka songs, like what the "K'Koustik" band is doing now. When we played the first part of Kenny Garrett's concert, in January 2003 in Lakaza, the audience enjoyed our performance and wanted an album not with cover versions but with our own compositions. Fred Deshayes had already some compositions that we recorded (…)", he explained. Finally, this collaboration will be bad and, with a heavy heart, after a concert in Martinique, Didier Juste will be "forced" to leave the band he had created… Today, he very rarely meets the members of "Soft". "After this experience, I told myself that I have to stand up and that's what I did. I have no regrets, life goes on", said the musician. Didier Juste with Sona Jobarteh "Carte Blanche" in the 2016 ÎloJazz Festival In December 2016, the "ÎloJazz Festival" in Guadeloupe gave him the "Carte Blanche" to express himself in front of a knowledgeable audience with special guest the composer, singer and musician of Gambian and English origin, Sona Jobarteh. His concert was very well, however he noticed that some artists he used to accompany on stage did not contact him anymore… "We are not supportive enough in Guadeloupe (…)", he said. In addition, the musician underlined the secondary place sometimes that is attributed to the percussionist in the group : "Some people think that playing percussion is like making noise. If they have to eliminate an instrument, it is often percussion. A great musician like Charly Chomereau-Lamothe had to go abroad to have a career", said the percussionist. He also regretted the stagnation of music and culture in the island. "In recent years, I have the impression that we are not evolving in Guadeloupe, we are regressing while we have some good people to think bigger. Previously, we were more limited but we had many more creations and choices. In my opinion, Guadeloupe would need a real cultural policy. With regard to gwoka, we have to educate people about this music.There are artists who released very beautiful albums, we do not hear them on the radio", said the artist. A jazzy album in preparation For 13 years, Didier Juste has been a teaching staff member at the Centre Culturel Sonis (Abymes) where he teaches percussion to girls and boys of all ages. "I pass on my knowledge. It's true that I am one of the few musicians who stayed in Guadeloupe but if I travel, who will do the job here ? I prefer to stay here, for the moment, even if it's hard", he said. For some time now, the percussionist has been working on his first album which will be released this year or next year. This record will have 10 tracks and guests like Admiral T, Dominique Coco, Dory etc. "Contrary to what one might think, there will not be many percussion instruments, this album will be rather "soft" with lots of jazzy compositions. I'm trying to bring a new musical color, I like to innovate", he said. When Didier Juste is not on stage, does not give lessons to his students or is not in studio to perfect his next record, he enjoys the beauty of his island. "I really like nature. Sometimes, I discover places that many people do not know, they tell me because I take pictures that I put on social networks (…)", he said cheerfully. The 9th European Film Festival pays tribute to Jeanne Moreau The 11th "Festival International de Zouk" is actively preparing Keros-N knows how to set fire to the microphone and the radar too! 15 September 2021 Évelyne Chaville Junior Prestige promotes "El malo de la película" 21 February 2018 Rosmery MARTINEZ DE LOS SANTOS 14 August 2021 Évelyne Chaville From Cuba, Soberana 02: first phase III covid vaccine in Latin America and the Caribbean Cuba began this week the phase III clinical trial of Soberana 02, the first anti-covid vaccine produced in Latin America and the Caribbean that reaches the most advanced phase before approval for general use. The [...] Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe: Bernard Lavilliers, the lover of Caribbean rhythms, was also there… Nicolas Nabajoth explores the relationship between men and women through "Anima" Gérald Bloncourt : "I am a staunch Caribbean" NeoDance presents "Santiago y Buenos Aires" that unites Johnny Ventura ft Néstor Torres

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Q: I am having problem with Keyboard events capturing in C# I have a simple form windows application, on which I have put a custom control for my specific task, I have written the KeyDown Handler for Form, the problem is that the KeyDown handler is working fine with every key other than the arrows keys... The control doesn't come in to key handler? why it is so? when I remove the custom control it starts working fine? A: Take a look at this SO question. Is KeyPreview on? What control has focus? A: I don't see the reason why form not preview arrow keys. But anyway, if you need more low-level access to keyboard handling (in particular shortcuts handling) you can override form's ProcessCmdKey. protected override bool ProcessCmdKey(ref Message msg, Keys keyData) { if (keyData == Keys.Left) { // your code here return true; } return base.ProcessCmdKey(ref msg, keyData); } A: You should Focus itself somewhere in the code to use ProcessCmdKey properly.

The JPEG format (Joint Photographic Experts Group) which supports 24-bit color, can be read by many applications because it is a standardized image compression mechanism. Created especially for the transmission and storage of photographic images, it offers a significant reduction in file size. It uses a lossy compression scheme by averaging the data in blocks of 8 x 8 pixels. Color variations that existed in the original image are lessened. JPEG can achieve very high compression factors, the amount of which can be varied. But beware, since every time you open and save a JPEG file the image is compressed again so repeatedly saving the same image will seriously degrade it. The GIF format (Graphic Interchange Format) which was developed by Compuserve in 1987, can only show 256 colors but it can choose any of the 16 million colors in a 24-bit image. These colors are stored in an index. It uses a lossless compression scheme. An advantage over JPEG is that it handles images with a lot of contrast and fine details better than JPEG. This is the reason it is mostly used for line art such as cartoons, logos and text, and not so much for photographic images. JPEG and GIF are the most widely used formats on the Web nowadays.

To the Parents of Autistic Children: Never apologise. Ever. This morning I was beginning my day with a happy little moment alone, leaning over the railing at work, gazing out over the suburbs and inhaling the fresh spring air. Up the hill came two figures; one familiar and one not so familiar. It was Jeremy*, who I have worked with several times before. He's 1o. He likes ice cream, he likes to use a chewy necklace and he also likes to make popcorn and he loves the cool tactile sensation when he runs his hands through loose flour. He loves the Wiggles. He loves to sing. He enjoys learning on iPads and playing with visually stimulating toys. Like many kids who have autism, he finds it hard to adjust to changing routine (like vacation care) and dislikes noisy, crowded environments (like drop-off time at vacation care). Depending on his mood, he can also be oppositional and merely dislike being told to do something, which brings out instant resistance, even though he may not immediately know why he's saying "no". Sometimes he just needs more time to process what has been said in order to comply. But one thing I always delight in watching Jeremy do, even when I'm not assigned to him for the day; I love to watch him daydream. He likes to be outside, singing his happy singsong birdcalls and listening to the sunshine. Jeremy was accompanied by his mother, who I hadn't met until today. She was patiently guiding (wrestling) him up the footpath to our service, her face a mixture of saintly patience and relief to be so close to some respite. I instantly admired her. Mum looked up at me, immediately relieved that a worker was attempting to take over the emotional load. Jeremy brightened at the sound of my voice and walked freely up the ramp. Jeremy's Mum seemed to spend the entire walk up the long ramp trying to get over the fact that someone was expressing excitement at the prospect of spending the day with her son. After a short conversation about his chewy necklace we went inside, where I briefed her on the day's planned activities. At that point, my own charge began poking someone and annoying them so I had to dash off to deal with that situation. But that conversation has stayed with me ever since. It's not the first time I've had a conversation with a parent of a child on the spectrum who peppers entire conversations with apologies for their child's behaviours, their higher level of care needs and their differences in interacting with NT children in public spaces. This time, she even apologised for being concerned about a real risk to her child's safety. I'm so sad about this; that our society has trained parents of children with differing ability to feel they have to apologise by default. And I'm here telling you, Jeremy's Mum, you have nothing to be sorry for. I wish my guys had stopped poking each other just another 60 seconds, so I'd had time to take her aside to tell her I that I can see the loving relationship she has with her son, in their squishy kisses goodbye, in her worry for him, even in the case file notes where she outlines the things he likes and how to manage his behaviour and understand his feelings and communications. I can even see the expense she has gone to, paying for Sydney's very best specialists in autism, hearing loss and acquired brain injury. There's nothing she and her husband won't do for their son and she wants the very best for him. That isn't something to apologise for, but to be proud of. In any parent/child relationship. If anything, she's a parent that other parents should be inspired by. And if a worker isn't enthusiastic about caring for Jeremy for the day, then maybe they should rethink their job. Because anything less than excitement and enthusiasm isn't good enough. Autism is what it is, and our children are all different in their own weird, wonderful ways. We deal with those differences together, as a society. Never apologise. Until there are standardised communication boards in every Australian park, until there is a quiet zone in every shopping centre for overstimulated distressed children, it's us who owe you the apology. Tags: autism. Bookmark the permalink. Previous post ← "In the Helping Professions".

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2 Sam. 1. 25. Although this was David's lament over Saul, it might be a fitting summary of the early days of Jehoshaphat, but in a battle that was not military but spiritual. Jehoshaphat started well. He sought to fortify Judah by securing her borders. He built castles and cities of store and surrounded himself with mighty men of valour: Adnah, Jehohanan, Amasiah, Eliada, and Jehozabad. He 'walked in the first ways of his father David', 2 Chr. 17. 3. Spiritually, he was obedient to the commandments of God and took away the high places and groves from Judah. He enjoyed the Lord's presence and blessing. He sent his princes and Levites throughout all the cities of Judah to teach the people from the book of the law of the Lord. As a consequence, it is stated that 'the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah', v. 10. After such an auspicious start, what a future opened up for the kingdom of Judah! But a king who starts well does not always continue well. As with Asa his father, so, it seemed, with Jehoshaphat. Paul warned Timothy, 'But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition', 1 Tim. 6. 9. In the case of Jehoshaphat it was when he 'had riches and honour in abundance' that he allied himself with Ahab. How strange that a man who, in the opening years of his reign, 'strengthened himself against Israel' should, in the middle part of his reign, join 'affinity with Ahab', one of Israel's most infamous monarchs. The lessons for us today are equally real and important. A good start does not ensure a faithful continuance. We each have a responsibility to remain close to the Lord and obedient to the word of God in our daily walk if we are to be preserved from error. To be spiritually complacent is to become extremely vulnerable. We should never underestimate our own weakness. It may be riches. It may be honour and status. The superlatives abound – Jehoshaphat's riches and honour were in abundance, 2 Chr. 17. 5, he 'waxed great exceedingly', v. 12. It may be our seeming strength, surrounded by 'mighty men of valour', vv. 14, 16, 17. 'Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall', 1 Cor. 10. 12. We often speak of the benefits of hindsight and this is equally true in the life of Jehoshaphat. There were signs that should have provided ample warning of the danger that he was in. He asked the question of Ahab, 'Is there not here a prophet of the Lord?' 2 Chr. 18. 6. Yet he failed to see the implications of the answer. The wise man said, 'Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he', Prov. 29. 18. If there was clearly so little vision in Israel, what was Jehoshaphat doing there, allied with Ahab? Equally, when the challenge of Micaiah the prophet rang out, 'If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the Lord spoken by me', 2 Chr. 18. 27, should there not have been a sense of foreboding? Even Ahab's desire to disguise himself when he went into battle did not sound the alarm in Jehoshaphat's ear. How impervious we can become! Finally, in the midst of the battle against the king of Syria, Jehoshaphat realized the enormity of his folly and his plight – he 'cried out, and the Lord helped him', v. 31. After the death of Ahab in the battle, Jehoshaphat was brought back to his senses and 'returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem', 19. 1. He had learned a salutary lesson, as Jehu the son of Hanani told him! What sort of 'wake up' call do we need to arrest us, to check us in our folly? While there is a testimony to the foolishness of man there is also a testimony to the goodness and grace of God! Thankfully, failure does not have to be final. We see in the latter years of king Jehoshaphat a chastened and a largely wiser man. He brought the people 'back to the Lord God of their fathers', v. 4. He set judges in the land and instructed them to operate in the fear of the Lord, vv. 7, 9. He linked the priesthood and the Levites with the judges to ensure 'the judgment of the Lord' would prevail. However, it was when the children of Moab and the children of Ammon came against Judah that we see Jehoshaphat's finest hour. When he had gone out with Ahab to fight against Syria there had been only Micaiah to act as prophet and reveal the mind of the Lord. Here, Jehoshaphat 'set himself to seek the Lord', 20. 3. He united the nation 'to ask help of the Lord', and they came 'out of all the cities of Judah', v. 4. Standing in the house of the Lord, it is Jehoshaphat that leads the prayers. How this demonstrates the power for good of spiritual leaders! Jehoshaphat had grown in his knowledge and appreciation of the God that had blessed him. He spoke of, because he had proved, the awesome power of God, v. 6. He delighted in the covenant-keeping God who dwelt amongst His people, vv. 7-8. He acknowledged a God who had heard and answered prayer, v. 9. He rejoiced in the terms of the covenant, that God had given the land to His people, v. 11. But Jehoshaphat also had a clearer understanding of his own plight, 'We have no might against this great company . . . but our eyes are upon thee', v. 12. There may be those today who have failed and their folly has been a salutary lesson in their relatively tender spiritual lives. Let us grasp the lesson of the life of Jeshoshaphat – there is a way back and the grace of God that has saved us is able to restore us. The key to the return of the king is given us in the words of Jehu, the son of Hanani, 'Thou . . . hast prepared thine heart to seek God', 19. 3. The evidence of that fact is before us in the verses of chapter 20 that we have just considered. Complacency has been replaced with confidence in God – a God that he has come to know in a real way. Coupled with Jehoshaphat's growing knowledge of God comes a deeper appreciation of himself. Like Paul, he could say, 'Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong', 2 Cor. 12. 10. But, sadly, at the close of his life Jehoshaphat repeated the same mistake when he joined 'himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly', 2 Chr. 20. 35. It might be said that when Jehoshaphat considered himself strong he was at his weakest. In reality it should be in the midst of our weakness that we realize the power of God and give Him the glory for all that He is able to accomplish in us and through us. As we draw our brief study of Jehoshaphat to a close, it is worth pondering the implications of the historical record for our collective lives as companies of the Lord's people. Have we experienced what Judah experienced, 'Then . . . came the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation', 20. 14? When was the last time we felt that the Spirit of God was at work in our midst? We have looked at what was in the heart of Jehoshaphat, indicating the spiritual condition of those that lead. We can note that the king 'stood in the congregation' and was identified as an integral part of it. But there is also evidence of the heart of the people as a whole, 'all Judah stood before the Lord with their little ones, their wives, and their children', v. 13. What a sight! Here is a united people, men, women, and children, standing before the Lord in humble acknowledgement of the truth of the words of the king and in complete dependence upon God. This is the ground for blessing! The cry goes out, 'Stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord', v. 17. As we seek the blessing of God in the gospel and in the building up of the assembly, are we united? Equally, if, in His grace, God has chosen to bless us, do we, like Jehoshaphat and all Judah, fall before the Lord to worship and stand up to praise the Lord with a loud voice, vv. 18-19?

eUABIR - Інституційний репозитарій Української академії банківської справи Національного банку України, що я вляє собою електронний архів, який накопичує, зберігає та надає вільний, довгостроковий та безкоштовний доступ до електронних версій наукових публікацій, науково-методичних та навчальних матеріалів, створених науковими працівниками, аспірантами та студентами академії. Репозитарій є ресурсом відкритого доступу та частиною загальної електронної колекції наукової бібліотеки академії, що дозволяє без обмежень використовувати електронні колекції наукових надбань академії з дослідницькою, навчальною та освітньою метою. Розпочав eUABIR роботу 20 січня 2011 року. Репозитарій має міжнародний стандартний номер періодичного видання ISSN 2310-8584. eUABIR створений на програмному забезпеченні відкритого коду DSpace. Колекції репозитарію eUABIR: Газета «АкадеМіх» Англомовні праці викладачів Буклети Бібліографічні покажчики Дисертації і автореферати ЗМІ про академію Кваліфікаційні роботи студентів Монографії, навчальні посібники Навчально-методичні матеріали Презентації Препринти Статті, тези доповідей, наукові звіти eUABIR є учасником проекту ELibUkr «Електронна Бібліотека України: створення Центрів Знань в Університетах України». eUABIR є учасником наукометричного рейтингу Webometrics "The Ranking Web of World repositories". За даними 2014 року академічний репозитарій займає 8-е місце в Україні та 443 за міжнародним рейтингом з 1897 архівів світу. Координатор eUABIR – Ониксимова Лариса Теофанівна. Примітки Інтернет-комунікація Архіви з відкритим доступом

A rally was held in front of Buffalo's B District Police Station last week to voice concerns over the death of Wardel Davis, 20, who died while in police custody. Monitoring police conduct has become a pressing issue in recent years across the nation. Many cities have responded by increasing civilian oversight. But as Daniela Porat with our partner Investigative Post has found, there is little effort to hold police accountable in Buffalo. Last week, demonstrators gathered outside a police precinct in downtown Buffalo to rally for police accountability. They came out for Wardel Davis, who died last week while being apprehended by two Buffalo Police officers. What is a citizen to do when they feel victimized by police? In many cities, including Rochester and Pittsburgh, their police investigations into public complaints are reviewed by a citizen panel. But in Buffalo, police are permitted to police themselves and they rarely find fault with the conduct of officers accused of using excessive force. "I don't feel as if they're held accountable because it's the fox watching the chicken coop when it comes to internal affairs," said Gary Connnors, father of Matthew Connors, who was shot and killed by officer James Reese in August 2009. Police said Reese acted in self-defense. The Internal Affairs Division of the Buffalo Police Department completed 62 investigations into allegation of excessive use of force during a two-and-a-half-year period ending last fall. Officers were found at fault in only four cases. That means officers are cleared of wrongdoing 94 percent of the time. Another 26 cases remain open, dating back as far as 2014. "Unfortunately, I think that fairness demands that there be some transparency with what internal affairs does. There is none. It's absolutely secret," said Steven Cohen, the attorney representing Connors. In a deposition related to the Connors case, former police commissioner McCarthy Gipson acknowledged the problem with police investigating police. When asked whether police officers will lie to protect other officers about on-duty misconduct, he said yes. Gary Connors said the police stonewalled him. They would not even give him a copy of the police report. "They kept putting us off, and saying in a couple months," Connors said. In other cities like Rochester and Pittsburgh, these internal affairs investigations are reviewed by an independent civilian body. In Buffalo, there are two bodies charged with holding police accountable, but neither one is effective. The Common Council established the Police Oversight Committee nearly three years ago but has not addressed police misconduct or any number of other issues. Then there's the Commission on Citizens' Rights and Community Relations. It has the legal authority to review internal police records involving citizen complaints, but police rarely provide adequate documentation and the commission does not use its subpoena power to obtain them. "It's less oversight and more community relations," said the commission's executive director, Richard Morrisroe. The commission hasn't released an annual report since 2009 and the mayor has allowed four of its 11 seats to go vacant. Local activists, including Danielle Johnson of the Justice and Opportunity Table, want more say in police oversight. They're pushing for more community representation on the commission. "It's only right for the community to have a say and to have input as to how things proceed when they feel as though they have been wronged," said Johnson. This flawed system of checks and balances extends to the courts, where an officer's history of misconduct can remain concealed. New York Civil Rights Law 50(a), prohibits the release of records used to evaluate an officer's performance. But departments frequently use it as a blanket exemption on all personnel records. In court, it's up to a judge to decide whether and what is released in cases where an officer is being sued for police misconduct. "It is very frustrating...when I'm trying to get a jury to do justice and when you have the same officer who acted like a brutal animal in the field and beat the crap out of my client for no good reason and I want to let the jury know that the person is a monster, it gets frustrating for me not to be able to show what this officer has done and to not be able to bring out their prior conduct in a court of law," said Steven Cohen. The recent death of Wardel Davis has put the issue of police accountability front and center. Our findings suggest Buffalo has a lot of room for improvement. A spokesman for the Buffalo Police Department said Wednesday morning that investigations by more than one agency are underway following the death of a 20-year-old Buffalo man who was being taken into custody overnight.

Host restaurant came to the attention of foodies after a glowing review from The Sunday Times' restaurant critic Marina O'Loughlin. Formerly occupied by Italian chain Carluccio's, it is set in a conservatory style building located on one of the most sought-after addresses, The Grove in the picturesque spa town of Ilkley in West Yorkshire. Chef patron is locally born Joel Monkman, who has created a gem of a neighbourhood restaurant with a welcoming and relaxed ambience. The menu is designed for sharing and Joel makes the most of the abundance of local and seasonal produce. A good starting point while you peruse the menu is the house bread served with whipped pork dripping and cultured butter or the hogget scrumpet with minted green sauce. The recommendation is to order two or three plates per person along the lines of Tamwort pork belly, celeriac and January King cabbage or from the sea East Coast halibut, sea vegetable and clam 'bourride' stew, parsely and aioli. When it comes to desserts it's hard to resist the chocolate, caramel and walnut mille feuille and creme fraiche or the passion fruit ice cream sandwich. Service is notably friendly and the carefully curated wine list focuses on Europe.

Opeření dinosauři jsou opeřená skupina teropodních dinosaurů, u které mají teropodi primitivní peří podobné jako u dnešních ptáků. Nálezy těchto dinosaurů byly učiněny v Číně, Mongolsku, Evropě i Severní Americe. Většina prokazatelně opeřených druhů byla nalezena v Číně. Mezi první historicky objevené opeřené teropody patřil "prapták" Archaeopteryx lithographica, formálně popsaný již roku 1861. Charakteristika Předpoklad, že dinosauři jsou předky ptáků, byl poprvé vysloven již v 60. letech 19. století, a to i v souvislosti s objevem "praptáka" archeopteryxe. Všeobecné podpory se však dočkal až v 70. letech minulého století, především zásluhou paleontologů, jako Robert T. Bakker. Dnes jsou ptáci považováni dokonce za specializovanou skupinu teropodních dinosaurů. Jedním z nejlepších potvrzení této teorie jsou nálezy dinosaurů s pernatým pokryvem těla z oblasti Liao-ning v Číně (především formace Yixian). Nejde však o blízce příbuzné druhy, zařaditelné například do jediné čeledi. V roce 1996 byl oznámen objev prvního dinosaura s primitivním pokryvem těla podobným srsti. Dostal jméno Sinosauropteryx prima, byl to malý teropod asi 1 metr dlouhý. Následovaly další nálezy a dnes víme již zhruba o 20 rodech neptačích dinosaurů s tímto tělesným pokryvem (v různém stadiu vývoje). U dalších 5 rodů bylo opeření prokázáno na kosterním aparátu nebo chemickou analýzou. Výzkum moderními technologiemi dokazuje, že pernatý tělní pokryv byl u některých rodů (např. Anchiornis) ještě podstatně výraznější, než se dříve předpokládalo. K dochování pravěkého peří patrně přispěla druhohorní atmosféra s vyšším obsahem oxidu uhličitého a obecně vyššími průměrnými teplotami, díky kterým mineralizační procesy probíhaly rychleji (a organický materiál z odumřelých organismů měl větší šanci fosilizovat a dochovat se tak do současnosti). Význam opeření Dnes se zdá být jisté, že peří vzniklo u dravých celurosauridních teropodů primárně jako insulace (ochrana tělesné teploty), případně jako prostředek k prodlužování skoků (např. při lovu potravy) nebo z větve na větev při arboreálním způsobu života. Význam mělo také jako signalizační orgán. Peří u dnešních ptáků tak rozhodně nevzniklo primárně jako prostředek k letu. Schopnost letu je tedy vlastně až vývojovou exaptací (druhotnou adaptací). Většina dosud známých opeřených dinosaurů patří mezi plazopánvé, ale známe i dva ptakopanvé a jejich společný předek tedy byl ten první dinosaurus a tudíž je možné, že peří je společným znakem dinosaurů a někteří ho postupně ztratili. Peří opeřených dinosauřích samců mohlo sloužit jako lákadlo pro samice. U některých dinosaurů peří skutečně sloužilo primárně jako tepelná izolace, a to zejména u druhů, žijících v chladnějším prostředí. Příkladem mohou být tzv. polární dinosauři z území dnešní Antarktidy a Austrálie, Aljašky či ruského Dálného Východu nebo i čínské provincie Liao-ning (např. souvrství Yixian a Jeholská biota obecně). V těchto prostředích museli dinosauři snášet teploty pod bodem mrazu a setkávali se zřejmě i s pro druhohorní éru neobvyklým sněhem a ledem. Vývoj peří Vědecká studie z roku 2018 dokazuje, že tělesné opeření a metabolismus se zřejmě do značné míry vyvíjely společně. Maniraptorní dinosauři a primitivní jurští a křídoví ptáci však měli zřejmě nižší bazální teplotu než současní ptáci. V roce 2015 byla publikována odborná práce zabývající se vývojem a výskytem různých typů pernatého integumentu u neptačích dinosaurů a i prvních ptáků v období druhohor. Výzkumy výborně zachovaných exemplářů ptakoještěrů publikované v roce 2022 odhalily, že měli na těle dobře vyvinuté opeření, které bylo barevné a mohlo hrát významnou úlohu při signalizaci a komunikaci. Pravděpodobně se také jednalo o synapomorfii (sdílený odvozený znak) ptakoještěrů i dinosaurů. Výčet druhů Zahrnuje pouze taxony s dochovaným (nikoliv jen předpokládaným) pernatým integumentem. Mnoho dinosauřích rodů se zachovalo bez tohoto synapomorfního znaku, opeření se však u nich předpokládá. Největším dinosaurem, který téměř s jistotou opeření měl, byl obří oviraptorid Gigantoraptor, popsaný v roce 2007. Stejně velký pak byl prokazatelně opeřený Yutyrannus, popsaný roku 2012. Rod + rok popisu/objevu opeření Ostromia (1970) Avimimus* (1987) Sinosauropteryx (1996) – první prokazatelně "opeřený" neptačí dinosaurus Protarchaeopteryx (1997) Caudipteryx (1998) Rahonavis* (1998) Shuvuuia* (1998) – opeření prokázáno biochemicky Sinornithosaurus (1999) Beipiaosaurus (1999) Microraptor (2000) Nomingia* (2000) Epidendrosaurus (2002) Cryptovolans (2002) Scansoriopteryx (2002) (?)Psittacosaurus (2002) – keratinové "štětinky" na ocase Yixianosaurus (2003) Dilong (2004) Pedopenna (2005) Jinfengopteryx (2005) (?)Juravenator* (2006) Sinocalliopteryx (2007) – nejdelší opeřený dinosaurus (237 cm) Velociraptor* (2007) Similicaudipteryx* (2008) Epidexipteryx (2008) Anchiornis (2009) Tianyulong (2009) – první prokazatelně "opeřený" ptakopánvý dinosaurus Concavenator (2010) Xiaotingia (2011) Yutyrannus (2012) Sciurumimus (2012) Ornithomimus (2012) Eosinopteryx (2013) Citipati (2013: pygostyle) Conchoraptor (2013: pygostyle) Jianchangosaurus (2013) Changyuraptor (2015) Kulindadromeus (2014) Deinocheirus (2014) Yi (2015) Zhenyuanlong (2015) Dakotaraptor (2015) Apatoraptor (2016) Jianianhualong (2017) Caihong (2018) Xingtianosaurus (2019) Ambopteryx (2019) Wulong (2020) ?Chirostenotes (2020) Ubirajara (2020) Podle některých studií by do této umělé skupiny patřili i známí "praptáci" rodu Archaeopteryx a Wellnhoferia. Dnes existuje předpoklad, že opeření bylo synapomorfií (sdíleným odvozeným znakem) mezi všemi celurosauřími teropody. V případě posledního rodu jde o prvního ptakopánvého dinosaura s prokázaným proto-peřím. U rodu Velociraptor bylo opeření prokázáno pouze druhotně na základě kostních struktur pro uchycení per (nebyly tedy objeveny přímo fosilizované otisky peří). U ostatních taxonů, označených symbolem "*" bylo opeření prokázáno nepřímo (tedy nikoliv jako otisk u fosílie, nýbrž chemicky či přítomností papil). "Opeření" u ptakopánvých Unikátním objeven byly podobné "štětinovité" struktury tvořené kolagenem také u ptakopánvého dinosaura rodu Psittacosaurus. Na konci ocasu tohoto drobného spodnokřídového býložravce se nacházel jakýsi vějíř z kolagenních vláken, strukturou podobný peří teropodních dinosaurů. Zcela výjimečným objeven je pak především první "opeřený" ornitopod rodu Tianyulong, popsaný v roce 2009 z Číny. V roce 2014 jej pak doplnil objev rodu Kulindadromeus z Ruska. Tento sibiřský taxon byl datován na stáří kolem 170 milionů let a je tak v současnosti nejstarším prokazatelně opeřeným dinosaurem vůbec. Velikostní rekordman Zdaleka největším neptačím dinosaurem, u něhož bylo zatím opeření (resp. pernatý pokryv těla) zcela prokázáno, je čínský tyranosauroid Yutyrannus huali, popsaný v dubnu roku 2012. V dospělosti dosahoval délky až 9 metrů a hmotnosti přes 1,4 tuny. Předchozí "rekordman" Beipiaosaurus inexpectus byl nesrovnatelně menší, na délku měřil asi 2,2 metru a vážil jen několik desítek kilogramů. Je možné, že na některých částech těla byl opeřený například i proslulý Tyrannosaurus rex, přímo dokázat to ale zatím nelze. Významné objevy V roce 2012 byly v souvrství Yixian objeveni bezobratlí paraziti v podobě obřích blech druhu Pseudopulex magnus. Samičky těchto krev sajících parazitů dosahovaly délky až 23 mm a živily se zřejmě krví teplokrevných tvorů, včetně opeřených dinosaurů. Dalšími jejich hostiteli pak mohli být také ptakoještěři, pravěcí savci a praptáci. V prosinci 2016 byl oznámen objev fantasticky zachované části opeřeného dinosauřího ocasu v jantaru ze severního Myanmaru. Dochovaná část měří asi 3,6 centimetru a vykazuje dobře patrné jemné opeření, podobné ozdobnému peří současných tropických ptáků. U dinosauřího pera zalitého v jantaru byly také objeveny dva druhy klíšťat, které pravděpodobně v pernatém integumentu těchto dinosaurů cizopasily. Je možné, že opeření byli i obří čínští oviraptorosauři rodu Gigantoraptor a Beibeilong, u nichž známe obří vejce o délce kolem půl metru. Ta mohla být zahřívána právě opeřením těchto teropodů. U několika fosilií teropodních dinosaurů již byly identifikovány také původní melanozomy a barviva, takže bylo možné rekonstruovat jejich přibližné zbarvení (např. rody Anchiornis, Sinosauropteryx ad.). V listopadu roku 2019 bylo oznámeno, že v hornině z jihovýchodní Austrálie bylo dochováno první peří australských "polárních" teropodních dinosaurů. Objevy v jantaru z Myanmaru ukázaly, že v době před 99 miliony let (přelom spodní a svrchní křídy) existovalo množství vnějších parazitů, kteří se zřejmě živili peřím dinosaurů nebo jeho deriváty. Takovým ektoparazitem byl například druh Mesophthirus engeli, formálně popsaný na konci roku 2019. V ilustracích První ilustrace opeřených dinosaurů (nebo praptáků) se objevily již na počátku 20. století (tzv. Proavis), skutečné rekonstrukce s vědeckou hodnotou pak až od 70. let minulého století. V současnosti jsou již zcela běžné a dřívější pojetí menších teropodů jako "šupinatých plazů" se již prakticky zcela opouští. U některých druhů opeřených dinosaurů byla již určena také přibližná barva jejich opeření, a to na základě rozboru zachovaných fosilních melanozomů. Jak ale dokládají některé výzkumy, přesný barevný vzor může být velmi obtížné zjistit vzhledem ke změnám v rozložení a pozici melanozomů v průběhu fosilizačních pochodů. Odkazy Reference Literatura Long, J. (2008). Feathered Dinosaurs: The Origin of Birds. Socha, V. (2009). Úžasný svět dinosaurů, str. 193-197. Související články Archaeoraptor – padělaná fosilie údajného chybějícího článku mezi opeřenými dinosaury a ptáky Externí odkazy Článek na webu DinosaurusBlog Článek na webu UCMP Článek na webu Dinosauria.com Článek na webu AMNH Článek o prvním opeřeném dinosaurovi na webu DinosaurusBlog Článek na webu Tetrapod Zoology Článek na webu Marka Wittona Teropodní dinosauři

Louis Charles Birch (8 de febrero de 1918–19 de diciembre de 2009) fue un biólogo y genetista australiano. Charles Birch fue profesor emérito de la Universidad de Sydney desde 1983 hasta su muerte en 2009. Fue profesor visitante en universidades de São Paulo, Minnesota y California. En 1961 fue honrado como miembro de la Academia Australiana de Ciencias y como miembro de la Asociación Americana para el Avance de la Ciencia en 1980. Se convirtió en miembro del Club de Roma en 1980 y fue un miembro Honorario Vitalicio de la Sociedad Ecológica Británica. También fue miembro vitalicio honorario de la Sociedad Ecológica de América. El Premio Ecologista Eminente le fue entregado en 1988, y fue galardonado con el Premio Templeton en 1990. Birch fue miembro del Centro de Estudios del Proceso, el Centro de ModernWorld Post, y el Consejo Mundial de las Iglesias. En toda su carrera como biólogo y genetista participó en la reflexión sobre cuestiones de ciencia y fe. Vio los descubrimientos modernos sobre las ciencias naturales como la ampliación de la comprensión de Dios como diseñador y creador del universo y sus criaturas. Birch escribió nueve libros y sesenta publicaciones sobre la ciencia, la religión, y la existencia humana. Hasta su muerte el 18 de diciembre de 2009, vivió en Darling Point, Nueva Gales del Sur, Australia. Obras The Distribution and Abundance of Animals, with H. G. Andrewartha, University of Chicago Press, 1954 Nature and God, SCM Press, 1965 Confronting the Future: Australia and the world: the next hundred years, Penguin Books, 1975 (2nd edition 1993) ISBN 0-14-021937-4 Genetics and the Quality of Life, with Paul Abrecht. Pergamon Press, 1975. ISBN 0-08-018210-0 Another Australia in a Just and Sustainable Global Society: An Address University of Newcastle, 1976. The Liberation of Life: From the Cell to the Community, with John B. Cobb Jr., Cambridge University Press, 1981. ISBN 0-521-23787-4 The Ecological Web: more on the distribution and abundance of animals, con H. G. Andrewartha, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1984. ISBN 0-226-02033-9 Liberating Life: Contemporary Approaches to Ecological Theory, Orbis, 1990 ISBN 0-88344-689-8 On Purpose, UNSW Press, 1990. ISBN 0-86840-371-7 (publicado en USA como A Purpose for Everything: Religion in a Postmodern World View, Twentythird Publications, 1990. ISBN 0-89622-453-8) Regaining Compassion for Humanity and Nature, UNSW Press, 1993. ISBN 0-86840-213-3 Feelings, UNSW Press, 1995. ISBN 0-86840-151-X Living With the Animals: The Community of God's Creatures, con Lukas Vischer. Risk Book Series, World Council of Churches, 1996. ISBN 2-8254-1227-9 Biology and the Riddle of Life, copublicado por UNSW Press (Australia), 1999. ISBN 0-86840-785-2 Life and Work: Challenging Economic Man, con David Paul. UNSW Press, 2003. ISBN 0-86840-670-8 Science and Soul, copublicado por UNSW Press (Australia), 2007 & Templeton Foundation Press (USA), 2008. ISBN 978-0-86840-958-0 Notas Referencias Templeton Press - Authors -Charles Birch Charles Birch, Process Thought: Its Value and Meaning To Me Counterbalance, Biography: Charles Birch Australian Biography - Charles Birch Charles Birch, Science and Soul - Charles Birch interviewed by Stephen Crittenden on The Religion Report, ABC Radio National, 19 December 2007 Obituary - Sydney Morning Herald 23 de diciembre de 2009 Agrónomos de Australia Biólogos de Australia Genetistas de Australia Profesores de la Universidad de Sídney Ciencia y religión Premio Templeton Miembros de la Academia Australiana de Ciencias Club de Roma Asociación Estadounidense para el Avance de la Ciencia Nacidos en Melbourne

Home News 'The younger they start being conscious, the better' 'The younger they start being conscious, the better' MATTHEW HIRSCH The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) hosted a book launch and social cohesion conference in Cape Town last week. A book that took three years of research on the topic of social cohesion was launched by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) at their offices in Gardens last week. The launch of the book titled Pathways For Connections also culminated in a two-day conference that was focused on social cohesion. Eleanor du Plooy, a senior project leader at the IJR, said the book is a compilation of their reflections, challenges and success of working in a more integrated way. "It's a reflection on what we think is possible in terms of building socially cohesive communities, making reconciliation practical and seeing what the challenges are in communities. I think that this is an important publication for any practitioner who wants to try and do similar things in their communities." She said the book included case studies and methodologies. Nosindiso Mtimkulu, another senior research at the IJR, said research for the book began in 2013. "We wrote the book based on the projects we did in the field," she said. She said that there was a model for doing the work within communities."It's about implementing this model and taking it into new areas. We've also equipped the areas we've worked in so that they can continue the work." She said that the book was something all South Africans should have. "It's all our responsibility to work in the area of social cohesion in our immediate areas. The younger they start being conscious, the better. Living in South Africa you are aware of the vast differences between people in the country. It should be up to us to change the situation." Ms Mtimkulu said that a tool book with exercises was released with the book to be made available for activities such as dialogues. Ms Du Plooy said each of the project leaders had projects with different targets. For example, there was the memory arts and culture project, schools oral history project, and the community healing project. "The idea behind this was to work in an integrated way and ensure that all the communities we work in are exposed to the different projects and programmes." She said there were good lessons to be learnt in the book. "It could be useful for peaceful builders who are looking to make reconciliation a real thing." She said the book also recognises the historical legacies of colonialism and apartheid. "It raises the issues, poses questions and challenges. It also offers possible avenues and tools you can use to explore them. It's a tool for self reflection." The book is available for free download. For more information visit the IJR's website at http://www.ijr.org.za/. Previous articleWater U-turn Next articleMixed views on sea report

$6 million for Lebanon Bypass, local projects Federal transportation construction dollars once earmarked for a proposed highway interchange near Highland will instead be directed toward numerous other local projects, the largest of which is the U.S. Route 50 bypass at Lebanon, according to State Sen. Kyle McCarter (R-Lebanon). Sen. McCarter announced the funding for the Lebanon project during a meeting of the U.S. Route 50 Coalition at McKendree College Tuesday. "Once the federal government turned down approval for a new Interstate 70 interchange at Illinois Route 160, Senator James Clayborne (D-East St. Louis) and I petitioned state transportation officials to reallocate the funding for the Route 50 bypass and other critically important local road projects," said McCarter. In a letter to the two lawmakers, the Illinois Department of Transportation agreed with request and transferred $6 million under the state's Jobs Now! program to more than a dozen other local transportation projects, including $4 million in funding for pre-construction activities for the bypass. "Maintaining a quality transportation system is important for many reasons," said McCarter. "It helps foster economic development and job creation, and it means safer roads for motorists." In addition to the $4 million for the Lebanon bypass, other projects given the green light include: $1 million Storm sewer replacement in Centreville $132,000 Sidewalk replacement in Greenville $125,000 Intersection improvements at 5th Street and Walnut Street in Highland $125,000 Roadway improvements near Okawville High School in Okawville $120,000 Pre-construction activities for Sunset Drive in Vandalia $100,000 Improvements to Douglas Street in Effingham $ 80,000 Improvements to Pleasant Avenue in Centralia $ 75,000 Culvert improvement on Wildwood Lane in O'Fallon $ 65,000 Improvements to Randolph Street in Carlyle $ 50,000 Landscaping at the Interstate 55/70 and Illinois route 162 interchange in Troy $ 50,000 Improvements to 2nd Street in Altamont $ 8,000 Culvert improvements on Genko Avenue in Mills Township in Bond County Principles Of International Business Class Sen. McCarter: We Can Fix the State Economy Senate Week In Review IDOT Reviewing Road Improvement Contracts KC Nursing Graduate Receives Award U.S. Route 50 Coalition Meeting

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Growing up, I went to four schools: Tremont Nursery School, Tremont Grade School, Tremont Junior High School, and Tremont High School. Notice a theme? I moved through the Tremont school system the same way my dad did, the same way his parents did… you get the picture. Fast forward and here I am a 39-year-old, married for 16 years, mother of four whose 7th grader has gone to 7 different schools. How badly have I screwed him up, I often wonder. Sending my children to new schools every few years has definitely pulled on my mama heartstrings, specifically because this is an experience I never faced as a child. I can't ease their anxiety with stories of my own anxiety and success. I can't relate at all in fact, except to tell them that as the kid who never moved, I LOVED having new kids in school. This excitement never seems to calm their fears and is instead typically met with the ever-rolling tween eyes. Because I really, truly believe that God's Word is relevant to any situation we face in life, I know these scriptures will help me…and you…to send our kids into new schools or experiences with the confidence that they are perfectly known and loved by a God who is far more able to care for them than we are. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 reminds us to "pray without ceasing". This is by far the most important part of parenting, regardless of your situation. Unfortunately, we are prone to consider prayer as that thing you do when you can't do anything else. This is so far from the truth! Prayer is the most powerful tool we have in our parenting toolbox. The same power that raised Jesus Christ from the grave is available to us through the Holy Spirit in prayer. Let that soak in for a moment. Don't ever think that any human action could possibly be stronger than the power of God Himself. Pray for your kids. Psalm 139:5 says, "You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me." Our kids will never experience anything that surprises God. He knows what successes and trials lay ahead, and He is there. for. it. We must believe that as much as we love our kids, our Heavenly Father loves them even more. He loves them perfectly. As we sit at home or work and wait and wonder how their day is going, He has them hemmed in with His hand on them. Remind your kids (and yourself) that they are never alone. Genesis 22:7-8 describes a moment surely I will never face–when Isaac says to Abraham, "'My father!' And he said, 'Here I am, my son.' He said, 'Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?' Abraham said, 'God will provide for himself the lamb...'" Our relocation is beyond our kids' control. They don't choose to attend new schools, we choose that for them. It causes major mom-guilt when they are scared or nervous because of a decision Jason and I have made. But I have learned that, like Abraham, I have to trust that God will provide. He will provide peace. He will provide comfort. He will provide friends. And even if He doesn't, I trust that He is using the hard things for their good and His glory. It's not easy…AT ALL… but God is faithful. More faithful and trustworthy than you or I could ever dream to be. Trust God with your children. Going to a new school is a milestone in the life of a child, no doubt. Fortunately, children are much more resilient and flexible than their mamas! By praying for them, reminding them that they're not alone, and trusting God with their very lives, our hearts can be at peace knowing that they are in the care of One who is far more equipped than we are for this parenting gig. And we can rest assured that we have not completely screwed them up…this time. Elly loves Jesus and is passionate about encouraging women with Biblical truth. She learned to study God's word at Saddleback Church in Southern California, where she was encouraged and trained to write and teach. Her passion is for all women to find joy in God's word as they journey with Him each day. Elly currently lives in Illinois with her husband, Jason, and their four children.

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En sismologia, un eixam de terratrèmols és una seqüència o sèrie d'esdeveniments sísmics que es produeixen en una àrea local en un període de temps relativament curt. El temps utilitzat per definir l'eixam en si varia, però pot ser de l'ordre de dies, mesos o fins i tot anys. Aquest alliberament d'energia és diferent del que passa habitualment quan un terratrèmol important (sacsejada principal) és seguit d'una sèrie de rèpliques: en els eixams de terratrèmols, cap terratrèmol de la seqüència és clarament una sacsejada principal. En particular, un cúmul de rèpliques que es produeixen després d'un tremolor principal no és un eixam. Història i generalitats A les muntanyes Ore (Erzgebirge) que conformen la frontera entre la República Txeca i Alemanya, des del se sap que la Bohèmia occidental i la regió de Vogtland són propenses a eixams sísmics que solen durar de poques setmanes a alguns mesos. El geòleg austríac Josef Knett, mentre estudiava el 1899 un eixam de prop d'un centenar d'esdeveniments que es van sentir a l'oest de Bohèmia/Vogtland el gener i febrer del 1824, va encunyar el substantiu Schwarmbeben, és a dir, 'eixam sísmic'. El terme «eixam» s'explica per hipocentres que donen la impressió d'aglutinar-se com un eixam d'abelles quan es dibuixa en un mapa, una secció transversal o, millor encara, en un model 3D. Un dels eixams més ben documentats es va produir a prop de Matsushiro, un suburbi de Nagano, al nord-oest de Tòquio. L'eixam sísmic de Matsushiro va durar del 1965 al 1967 i va generar aproximadament un milió de terratrèmols. Aquest eixam tenia la particularitat de situar-se just sota un observatori sismològic instal·lat el 1947 en un túnel militar inactiu. Va començar a l'agost de 1965 amb tres terratrèmols massa febles per sentir-se, però tres mesos després es podien sentir un centenar de terratrèmols diaris. El 17 d'abril de 1966, l'observatori va registrar 6.780 terratrèmols, amb 585 d'ells amb una magnitud prou gran com per sentir-se, la qual cosa significava que es podia sentir un terratrèmol cada 2 minuts i 30 segons de mitjana. El fenomen es va identificar clarament com a relacionat amb un augment del magma, potser iniciat pel terratrèmol de Niigata de 1964, que va succeir un any abans. Els eixams sísmics són efectivament comuns a les regions volcàniques (per exemple, Japó , Itàlia central, la depressió d'Afar o Islàndia ), on es produeixen abans i durant les erupcions. Però també s'observen en zones de vulcanisme quaternari o de circulació hidrotermal (per exemple, Vogtland/Bohèmia occidental o el massís dels Vosges); o també, encara que amb menys freqüència, lluny dels límits de les plaques tectòniques (Nevada, Oklahoma o Escòcia ). En tots els casos, la migració de fluids a alta pressió a l'escorça terrestre sembla ser el mecanisme activador i el procés de conducció que regeix l'evolució de l'eixam en l'espai i el temps. L'eixam del terratrèmol de Hochstaufen a Baviera, amb hipocentre a 2 km de profunditat, és un dels rars exemples on es podria establir una relació indiscutible entre l'activitat sísmica i les precipitacions atmosfèriques. Els eixams de terratrèmols plantegen qüestions des del punt de vista de la seguretat ciutadana: primer perquè no es pot determinar el final de l'activitat sísmica; en segon lloc, perquè mai no es pot tenir la certesa que no es produeixi un altre terratrèmol amb una magnitud superior a la dels tremolors anteriors de la seqüència (el terratrèmol de L'Aquila del 2009 a Itàlia és emblemàtic, amb una magnitud M W de 6.3 després d'una activitat en forma d'eixam amb magnituds entre 1 i 3). Tot i que els eixams solen generar xocs moderats, la persistència dels terratrèmols sentits durant molt de temps pot ser pertorbadora i causar angoixa en la població. Exemples Els exemples següents es trien per les peculiaritats de certs eixams (per exemple: gran nombre d'esdeveniments, interacció complexa amb xocs més grans, llarg període de temps, hipocentre molt poc profund) o per de la seva ubicació geogràfica a l'entorn de l'àmbit catalanoparlant, com alguns eixams que es produeixen en zones asísmiques. No pretén ser una llista de tots els eixams que estan succeint a la zona ni a tot el món. França A Alps de l'Alta Provença, la vall d'Ubaye és la zona sísmica més activa dels Alps francesos. Els terratrèmols poden seguir allà l'esquema clàssic de sisme principal més rèpliques (per exemple, el terratrèmol M5.5 de 1959, que va causar greus danys i dues víctimes). Però l'energia sísmica és alliberada principalment per eixams. Això és particularment el cas a la vall alta, entre Barceloneta de Provença i la frontera franco-italiana. A principis del , La Condamina e lo Chastelar va experimentar una excepcional activitat d'eixam en una zona on normalment només es produeixen uns quants esdeveniments de baixa magnitud cada any. Un primer eixam es va desenvolupar el 2003-2004 quan es van detectar més de 16.000 esdeveniments per la xarxa local de vigilància, però amb magnituds baixes (2.7). En un mapa, l'eixam 2003-2004 té una longitud de 8 km. Després d'un període d'inactivitat gairebé completa, va ser seguit per un segon eixam (2012-2014), amb una longitud d'11 km. Aquest segon eixam va ser iniciat per un terratrèmol de M4.3 el febrer de 2012. Un altre terratrèmol de M4.8 a l'abril de 2014 va reactivar l'eixam el 2014-2015. Aquests dos grans xocs, que van causar danys a les localitats properes, van ser, per descomptat, seguits de la seva pròpia seqüència breu de rèpliques, però aquesta activitat de 4 anys per a xocs de magnitud moderada caracteritza clarament un eixam. La majoria dels hipocentres es van situar en el rang de profunditat de 4-11 km, en capes de sol cristal·lines. Els mecanismes focals impliquen falles normals, però també falles de lliscament. A la baixa vall del Roine, el Tricastin és conegut des del com la seu dels eixams de terratrèmols que de vegades han causat danys, com el 1772–1773 i el 1933–1936, i que es van caracteritzar per detonacions semblants a les bombes, almenys així foren descrites pels habitants. Des de 1936 no s'ha documentat cap activitat sísmica a la regió, fins que va aparèixer un eixam molt feble durant uns mesos el 2002-2003 (magnitud màxima 1,7). Si els seus focus no haguessin estat situats just sota un caseriu de les rodalies de Clansaias i molt a prop de la superfície (200 m de profunditat), aquests sismes haurien passat desapercebuts. En un escenari de sismicitat "ultra-superficial", fins i tot els terratrèmols de magnitud molt baixa (1 o 0 o fins i tot de magnitud negativa) es poden sentir com a explosions o sorolls de martells hidràulics, més que com a vibracions. La majoria dels focus es van localitzar en una llosa de pedra calcària de la capa del Cretaci superior que esclata periòdicament al llarg dels segles per motius encara desconeguts durant uns mesos o uns quants anys. Es valora que una profunditat focal de 200 m és un valor rècord mundial per a esdeveniments tectònics. Als Alps francesos, la vall de Mauriena és de tant en tant propensa a eixams de terratrèmols. Durant el , un eixam prolongat va durar 5 anys i mig, des de desembre de 1838 fins a juny de 1844. Alguns terratrèmols de la seqüència van causar danys a la regió pròxima de Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, i aquest llarg eixam amb molts esdeveniments sentits va fer les coses especialment difícils per a la població. Més recentment, un eixam va donar-se a l'octubre del 2015 a prop de Montgellafrey, a la part baixa de la vall. La seva activitat es va mantenir baixa fins al 17 d'octubre de 2017, quan es van produir més de 300 terratrèmols en una quinzena de dies, amb una magnitud màxima de 3,7 que es va assolir dues vegades a finals d'octubre de 2017. L'activitat sísmica va durar un altre any sencer, donant així una durada de més de 3 anys per a l'eixam complet. Espanya A El Hierro, la més petita i allunyada cap al sud-est de les Illes Canàries, es van registrar centenars de petits terratrèmols des del juliol del 2011 fins l'octubre del 2011 durant l'erupció El Hierro del 2011-12. L'energia acumulada alliberada per l'eixam va augmentar dràsticament el 28 de setembre. L'eixam es va deure al moviment de magma sota l'illa i el 9 d'octubre es va detectar una erupció volcànica submarina. Entre desembre de 2020 i gener de 2021 es produeix un eixam sísmic a l'àrea metropolitana de Granada, Andalusia, Espanya; amb més de 1.150 sismes registrats a data de 9 de febrer de 2021, el més fort de 4.5 en l'escala de magnitud de moment. Els epicentres dels sismes es produeixen a l'oest de la capital, en els termes municipals de Santa Fe, Atarfe, Chauchina i Pinos Puente principalment. Itàlia La primera quinzena de maig de 2022 es va produir un eixam sísmic a l'entorn de Florència i Chianti. Els moviments més forts van tenir magnituds d'entre 3.6 i 4.1. Entre el 9 i el 12 de novembre de 2022, es va produir un eixam sísmic localitzat a la mar Adriàtica davant les costes de Pesaro i Fano a uns 30 quilòmetres de profunditat. Després d'un sisme intens de magnitud 5.7 en l'escala de magnitud de moment el dia 9, el més intens en 100 anys a la zona, es van succeir el dies posteriors desenes de sismes menors, com per exemple un total de 89 en unes poques hores el dia 10. Referències Terratrèmols

The source data for this corpus was crawled from the Saeima's website where verbatim reports of all the sessions of the Saeima are published in text format. The texts are processed using a semi-automatic pipeline to identify the boundaries of speeches and the speakers. The text is split into utterances, where each utterance contains a speech from only one speaker. The Corpus of the Saeima includes transcriptions of parliamentary debate from 7 parliamentary terms (5th-12th), covering years 1993-2017. The transcriptions of the Corpus of Saeima contain 38 million tokens, 497 thousand utterances and 468 speakers. The available metadata for each utterance includes the date and type of the parliamentary session, speaker's name and affiliation. Role - a role (e.g. Prime Minister) which the person represented when giving a Speech. For example, a Speech is represented by lpv_eu:Speech, its properties include date (dc:date), sequence number and spoken text (lpv:spokenText), and it is related to the Meeting it is a part of (dct:isPartOf), to the Speaker (lpv:speaker) and its Role (lpv:spokenAs), and to the named entities mentioned in the text (schema:mentions).

Carlos Ghosn, chairman and chief executive officer of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, said: "Our open innovation approach will allow us to invest and collaborate with start-up companies and technology entrepreneurs, who will benefit from the global scale of the Alliance. This new fund reflects the collaborative spirit and entrepreneurial mind-set at the heart of the Alliance." By making such investments, Alliance Ventures will help identify and support the development of new technologies for potential use by Alliance members. Such initiatives are aligned with the objectives of Alliance 2022, which aims to strengthen cooperation and to double the annualized synergies generated by Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors to more than EUR10 billion by the end of 2022. The $200 million initial venture capital investment comes in addition to more than EUR8.5 billion in total annual research and development investments by the Alliance members. "This investment initiative is designed to attract the world's most promising automotive-technology start-ups to the Alliance," said Carlos Ghosn. Groupe Renault, Nissan Motor Company and Mitsubishi Motors represent the world's largest automotive alliance. It is the longest-lasting and most productive cross-cultural partnership in the auto industry. Together, the partners sold close to 10 million vehicles in nearly 200 countries in 2016. The member companies are focused on collaboration and maximizing synergies to boost competitiveness. They have strategic collaborations with other automotive groups, including Germany's Daimler and China's Dongfeng. This strategic alliance is the industry leader in zero-emission vehicles and is developing the latest advanced technologies, with plans to offer autonomous drive, connectivity features and services on a wide range of affordable vehicles.

Home » Movies » Django Unchained Zain Bhatti July 3, 2021 13292 The famous Quentin Tarantino is one of the most celebrated contemporary Western directors in the industry. His films have a tendency to be highly inspired, taking in art styles, settings, genres, and even some shot compositions from cinema all around the world. He doesn't shy away from showcasing whatever he wants, and his films are often met with a lot of controversies. So, imagine the irony when he fed into that as he created Django Unchained, a film about a Black Bounty Hunter in the 19th century. How to Stream or Download Django Unchained Full Movie Online To stream or to download the film from a digital store of y our choice, click on the Download button that is located below this review The Movie Review The film follows Django, as he is saved from slavery by a German bounty hunter named Doctor King Schultz. Together, Django and Doctor King Schultz start to hunt down bounty targets that Django can identify due to their affiliations within the slaving businesses. However, Django asks for one thing in return; to find and rescue his wife Broomhilda. The movie is essentially one of the best pieces of revenge fantasy that I have ever come across. Tarantino masterfully invests a huge chunk of time in giving these characters conversations, and development to make them more realized. This is a tremendously long film, stretching over two hours and forty-five minutes worth of time. However, it uses that time efficiently. Obviously, this wouldn't be the case if it wasn't for some absolutely magnanimous performances out of the star-studded cast! The actors Jamie Fox, Christoph Waltz, and Leonardo DiCaprio bring their absolute A-Game for this film. We also see longtime collaborator and friend of Quentin Tarantino; Samuel L Jackson as he makes an appearance in the film. The acting is absolutely beautiful, each character is played masterfully. In particular, Jamie Foxx's Django and Leonardo DiCaprio's Calvin Candy were both phenomenal. Leo even went so far as to physically injure his hand while shooting and he still went on with a scene despite very real blood absolutely dripping out of his hand. I'll go out on a limb here, but Django Unchained is Tarantino's most stylized film yet. This film is gorgeous from start to finish, absolutely dripping with an aura of inspiration yet originality. This is mainly due to Robert Richardson's mastery of the camera and lighting. His collaborations with Tarantino started with Kill Bill, and have spanned up till his bigger projects such as Inglorious Basterds, The Hateful Eight, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Together they create each shot to be some of the most iconic poster-worthy material. However, there is one aspect of this film that just simply cannot be ignored; the heavily criticized depiction of racial discrimination in the 19th century. The film used a lot of derogatory slang words and often shows an unending amount of torturous treatment of African American individuals. I'll be honest; as far as the racial slurs go, they shouldn't be used that much even within the context. However, it still works to an extent within the context of the film. This is a revenge fantasy; you want to show the opposition as the vilest and most despicable beings alive. This is just so when our protagonist does terrible things to them; we know he's doing it for a reason. I usually enjoy violence in Tarantino films, though I still think Django went a bit overboard with some of it. There is one scene in particular that jumps into my mind every time that I think of this film; it's a scene where a man is forcefully fed to dogs while he's still alive. So, in conclusion, Django Unchained is one of the most refined revenge fantasies for a time when there was little to no hope in the lives of the African people who were forcefully brought into America. The film is like a multilayered cake, it creates a narrative thick with metaphors and nods to classic Westerns, yet does its very own thing and blows it out of the water with most of its subjects and themes. Not to mention, the film is just amazing. It's well written, directed, acted, and shot. It's just an all-rounded package! Django Unchained is a 2012 western film by Quentin Tarantino. Download it now and embark on a journey to the 19th century Texas. Django Unchained Review Summary User Rating: 3 (2 %s votes) www.sphe.de full movie online Tags: Revisionist Western MoviesWestern Movies Zain Bhatti Zain is an aspiring filmmaker who has invested thousands of hours of his life into understanding films and the way they are made. He has a passion for films, a love for cinematography, and adores a film that breaks the rules to bring something refreshing to the table! Apart from films he also has a love for video games with immersive worlds and adores any piece of consumable media that he can analyze for countless hours. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective The Rescuers

Postconviction DNA Testing, § 974.07; Sentencing – Harsh and Excessive Review State v. Dwain M. Staten, 2011AP916-CR, District 1, 5/8/12 court of appeals decision (not recommended for publication); for Staten: Michael J. Steinle; case activity Postconviction DNA Testing, § 974.07 Postconviction testing at state expense requires, among other things, that the defendant show a reasonable probability he wouldn't have been prosecuted or convicted with exculpatory test results. Staten, whose defense to sexual assault was consent rather than misidentification, argues that he would be exonerated if testing showed semen from another man; the court rejects the claim: ¶13 As noted, the vaginal and cervical swabs showed the presence of one man's semen. The DNA from that semen matched Staten's DNA. Staten, in fact, admitted that he had sex with S.P. on the day of the crime. Contrary to the theme underlying Staten's argument, the issue here is not mistaken identity but, rather, consent. Staten admits that he had consensual sex with S.P., and S.P. testified that she did not consent. Whether S.P. had sex with Ace or someone else is not material to whether she consented to have sex with Staten. See Wis. Stat. § 972.11(2)(b) ("If the defendant is accused of a crime under s. 940.225 … any evidence concerning the complaining witness's prior sexual conduct … shall not be admitted into evidence during the course of the … trial, nor shall any reference to such conduct be made in the presence of the jury," with exceptions not material here.). S.P. alleged that she was sexually assaulted by a lone individual during a break-in; Staten claimed that he had consensual sex with S.P. immediately after another man ("Ace"). By invoking the rape-shield law, § 972.11(2)(b), and deeming Staten's claim "not material" in any event, the court seems to be saying that evidence of Ace's consensual sex with S.P. at the same time as Staten wasn't admissible, ¶8. (Well, perhaps not literally at the same time, but more accurately, part of the same alleged event.) True, the rape-shield law is constitutional on its face, State v. Pullizzano, 155 Wis.2d 633, 456 N.W.2d 325 (1990), but Staten might have an argument in the first instance, that this isn't really prior, but more or less same-time, sexual conduct. Of course, the easy rejoinder is that Staten's account made S.P.'s alleged conduct with Ace to be "prior" – whether prior by minutes or weeks, the whole point of the rape-shield law is to preclude a defense that just because a victim consented to sex with one individual doesn't mean she consented to sex with another; precisely the point, really, made by the court of appeals. And so Staten would have to argue that under the circumstances, such a rigid and mechanistic construction of the rape-shield law would violate his right to present a defense, Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284, 294-95 (1973). He was, after all, permitted to testify that S.P. had sex with Ace immediately before he did; and if his story seemed to be outlandishly confected, it surely would have been rendered plausible by corroboration in the form of DNA. Sentencing – Harsh and Excessive Review The 35-year sentence, based on "appropriate" factors such as the aggravated nature of the offense and Staten's prior serious record, wasn't harsh and excessive, ¶¶14-19. General standard of review recited: ¶15 Sentencing is within the discretion of the trial court, and our review is limited to determining whether the trial court erroneously exercised that discretion. McCleary v. State, 49 Wis. 2d 263, 277–278, 182 N.W.2d 512, 519–520 (1971). The trial court must consider the three primary sentencing factors: the gravity of the offense, the character of the defendant, and the need to protect the public. Id., 49 Wis. 2d at 274–275, 182 N.W.2d at 518. We will find an erroneous exercise of discretion "only where the sentence is so excessive and unusual and so disproportionate to the offense committed as to shock public sentiment and violate the judgment of reasonable people concerning what is right and proper under the circumstances." Ocanas v. State, 70 Wis. 2d 179, 185, 233 N.W.2d 457, 461 (1975). Next post: Rape Shield Law – Prior Untruthful Allegation Previous post: Counsel – Challenge to Effectiveness – Machner Hearing

Bioengineered and biohybrid bacteria-based systems for drug delivery Hosseinidoust, Z., Mostaghaci, B., Yasa, O., Park, B., Singh, A. V., Sitti, M. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 106, pages: 27-44, Elsevier, November 2016 (article) The use of bacterial cells as agents of medical therapy has a long history. Research that was ignited over a century ago with the accidental infection of cancer patients has matured into a platform technology that offers the promise of opening up new potential frontiers in medical treatment. Bacterial cells exhibit unique characteristics that make them well-suited as smart drug delivery agents. Our ability to genetically manipulate the molecular machinery of these cells enables the customization of their therapeutic action as well as its precise tuning and spatio-temporal control, allowing for the design of unique, complex therapeutic functions, unmatched by current drug delivery systems. Early results have been promising, but there are still many important challenges that must be addressed. We present a review of promises and challenges of employing bioengineered bacteria in drug delivery systems and introduce the biohybrid design concept as a new additional paradigm in bacteria-based drug delivery. pi Hosseinidoust, Z., Mostaghaci, B., Yasa, O., Park, B., Singh, A. V., Sitti, M. Bioengineered and biohybrid bacteria-based systems for drug delivery Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 106, pages: 27-44, Elsevier, November 2016 (article) A 5-D localization method for a magnetically manipulated untethered robot using a 2-D array of Hall-effect sensors Son, D., Yim, S., Sitti, M. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 21(2):708-716, IEEE, October 2016 (article) This paper introduces a new five-dimensional localization method for an untethered meso-scale magnetic robot, which is manipulated by a computer-controlled electromagnetic system. The developed magnetic localization setup is a two-dimensional array of mono-axial Hall-effect sensors, which measure the perpendicular magnetic fields at their given positions. We introduce two steps for localizing a magnetic robot more accurately. First, the dipole modeled magnetic field of the electromagnet is subtracted from the measured data in order to determine the robot's magnetic field. Secondly, the subtracted magnetic field is twice differentiated in the perpendicular direction of the array, so that the effect of the electromagnetic field in the localization process is minimized. Five variables regarding the position and orientation of the robot are determined by minimizing the error between the measured magnetic field and the modeled magnetic field in an optimization method. The resulting position error is 2.1±0.8 mm and angular error is 6.7±4.3° within the applicable range (5 cm) of magnetic field sensors at 200 Hz. The proposed localization method would be used for the position feedback control of untethered magnetic devices or robots for medical applications in the future. pi Son, D., Yim, S., Sitti, M. A 5-D localization method for a magnetically manipulated untethered robot using a 2-D array of Hall-effect sensors IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 21(2):708-716, IEEE, October 2016 (article) High-Performance Multiresponsive Paper Actuators Amjadi, M., Sitti, M. ACS Nano, 10(11):10202-10210, American Chemical Society, October 2016 (article) There is an increasing demand for soft actuators because of their importance in soft robotics, artificial muscles, biomimetic devices, and beyond. However, the development of soft actuators capable of low-voltage operation, powerful actuation, and programmable shape-changing is still challenging. In this work, we propose programmable bilayer actuators that operate based on the large hygroscopic contraction of the copy paper and simultaneously large thermal expansion of the polypropylene film upon increasing the temperature. The electrothermally activated bending actuators can function with low voltages (≤ 8 V), low input electric power per area (P ≤ 0.14 W cm–2), and low temperature changes (≤ 35 °C). They exhibit reversible shape-changing behavior with curvature radii up to 1.07 cm–1 and bending angle of 360°, accompanied by powerful actuation. Besides the electrical activation, they can be powered by humidity or light irradiation. We finally demonstrate the use of our paper actuators as a soft gripper robot and a lightweight paper wing for aerial robotics. DOI Project Page Project Page [BibTex] pi Amjadi, M., Sitti, M. High-Performance Multiresponsive Paper Actuators ACS Nano, 10(11):10202-10210, American Chemical Society, October 2016 (article) Programmable assembly of heterogeneous microparts by an untethered mobile capillary microgripper Giltinan, J., Diller, E., Sitti, M. Lab on a Chip, 16(22):4445-4457, Royal Society of Chemistry, October 2016 (article) At the sub-millimeter scale, capillary forces enable robust and reversible adhesion between biological organisms and varied substrates. Current human-engineered mobile untethered micromanipulation systems rely on forces which scale poorly or utilize gripper-part designs that promote manipulation. Capillary forces, alternatively, are dependent upon the surface chemistry (which is scale independent) and contact perimeter, which conforms to the part surface. We report a mobile capillary microgripper that is able to pick and place parts of various materials and geometries, and is thus ideal for microassembly tasks that cannot be accomplished by large tethered manipulators. We achieve the programmable assembly of sub-millimeter parts in an enclosed three-dimensional aqueous environment by creating a capillary bridge between the targeted part and a synthetic, untethered, mobile body. The parts include both hydrophilic and hydrophobic components: hydrogel, kapton, human hair, and biological tissue. The 200 μm untethered system can be controlled with five-degrees-of-freedom and advances progress towards autonomous desktop manufacturing for tissue engineering, complex micromachines, microfluidic devices, and meta-materials. pi Giltinan, J., Diller, E., Sitti, M. Programmable assembly of heterogeneous microparts by an untethered mobile capillary microgripper Lab on a Chip, 16(22):4445-4457, Royal Society of Chemistry, October 2016 (article) Composition-dependent underwater adhesion of catechol-bearing hydrogels Wu, H., Sariola, V., Zhao, J., Ding, H., Sitti, M., Bettinger, C. J. Polymer International, 65(11):1355-1359, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, September 2016 (article) Interfacial adhesion-mediated transfer printing processes can integrate functional electronic microstructures with polymeric substrates that are bendable and stretchable. Transfer printing has also been extended to catechol-bearing adhesive hydrogels. This study presents indentation adhesion tests between catechol-bearing hydrogel substrates with catechol concentrations varying from 0 to 10% (mol/mol) and thin-film materials commonly used in microelectronic fabrication including polymers, noble metals and oxides. The results indicate that the interfacial adhesion of catechol-bearing hydrogels is positively correlated with the concentration of catechol-bearing monomers as well as the retraction velocity during transfer printing. This study can inform transfer printing processes for microfabricated structures to compliant hydrated substrates such as hygroscopic monomers, mesoporous polymer networks and hydrogels. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry pi Wu, H., Sariola, V., Zhao, J., Ding, H., Sitti, M., Bettinger, C. J. Composition-dependent underwater adhesion of catechol-bearing hydrogels Polymer International, 65(11):1355-1359, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, September 2016 (article) Bacteria-Driven Particles: Patterned and Specific Attachment of Bacteria on Biohybrid Bacteria-Driven Microswimmers (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 18/2016) Singh, A. V., Sitti, M. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 5(18):2306-2306, September 2016 (article) On page 2325, Ajay Vikram Singh and Metin Sitti propose a facile surface patterning technique and a specific, strong biotin–streptavidin bonding of bacteria on patterned surfaces to fabricate Janus particles that are propelled by the attached bacteria. Such bacteria-driven Janus microswimmers could be used for future medicine in targeted drug delivery and environmental remediation. pi Singh, A. V., Sitti, M. Bacteria-Driven Particles: Patterned and Specific Attachment of Bacteria on Biohybrid Bacteria-Driven Microswimmers (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 18/2016) Advanced Healthcare Materials, 5(18):2306-2306, September 2016 (article) The effect of temperature and humidity on adhesion of a gecko-inspired adhesive: implications for the natural system Stark, A. Y., Klittich, M. R., Sitti, M., Niewiarowski, P. H., Dhinojwala, A. Scientific Reports, 6, pages: 30936, Nature Publishing Group, August 2016 (article) The adhesive system of geckos has inspired hundreds of synthetic adhesives. While this system has been used relentlessly as a source of inspiration, less work has been done in reverse, where synthetics are used to test questions and hypotheses about the natural system. Here we take such an approach. We tested shear adhesion of a mushroom-tipped synthetic gecko adhesive under conditions that produced perplexing results in the natural adhesive system. Synthetic samples were tested at two temperatures (12 °C and 32 °C) and four different humidity levels (30%, 55%, 70%, and 80% RH). Surprisingly, adhesive performance of the synthetic samples matched that of living geckos, suggesting that uncontrolled parameters in the natural system, such as surface chemistry and material changes, may not be as influential in whole-animal performance as previously thought. There was one difference, however, when comparing natural and synthetic adhesive performance. At 12 °C and 80% RH, adhesion of the synthetic structures was lower than expected based on the natural system's performance. Our approach highlights a unique opportunity for both biologists and material scientists, where new questions and hypotheses can be fueled by joint comparisons of the natural and synthetic systems, ultimately improving knowledge of both. pi Stark, A. Y., Klittich, M. R., Sitti, M., Niewiarowski, P. H., Dhinojwala, A. The effect of temperature and humidity on adhesion of a gecko-inspired adhesive: implications for the natural system Scientific Reports, 6, pages: 30936, Nature Publishing Group, August 2016 (article) Magnetic propulsion of robotic sperms at low-Reynolds number Khalil, I. S., Fatih Tabak, A., Klingner, A., Sitti, M. Applied Physics Letters, 109(3):033701, AIP Publishing, July 2016 (article) We investigate the microswimming behaviour of robotic sperms in viscous fluids. These robotic sperms are fabricated from polystyrene dissolved in dimethyl formamide and iron-oxide nanoparticles. This composition allows the nanoparticles to be concentrated within the bead of the robotic sperm and provide magnetic dipole, whereas the flexibility of the ultra-thin tail enables flagellated locomotion using magnetic fields in millitesla range. We show that these robotic sperms have similar morphology and swimming behaviour to those of sperm cells. Moreover, we show experimentally that our robotic sperms swim controllably at an average speed of approximately one body length per second (around 125 μm s−1), and they are relatively faster than the microswimmers that depend on planar wave propulsion in low-Reynolds number fluids. pi Khalil, I. S., Fatih Tabak, A., Klingner, A., Sitti, M. Magnetic propulsion of robotic sperms at low-Reynolds number Applied Physics Letters, 109(3):033701, AIP Publishing, July 2016 (article) Six-degree-of-freedom magnetic actuation for wireless microrobotics Diller, E., Giltinan, J., Lum, G. Z., Ye, Z., Sitti, M. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 35(1-3):114-128, SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England, June 2016 (article) Existing remotely actuated magnetic microrobots exhibit a maximum of only five-degree-of-freedom (DOF) actuation, as creation of a driving torque about the microrobot magnetization axis is not achievable. This lack of full orientation control limits the effectiveness of existing microrobots for precision tasks of object manipulation and orientation for advanced medical, biological and micromanufacturing applications. This paper presents a magnetic actuation method that allows remotely powered microrobots to achieve full six-DOF actuation by considering the case of a non-uniform magnetization profile within the microrobot body. This non-uniform magnetization allows for additional rigid-body torques to be induced from magnetic forces via a moment arm. A general analytical model presents the working principle for continuous and discrete magnetization profiles, which is applied to permanent or non-permanent (soft) magnet bodies. Several discrete-magnetization designs are also presented which possess reduced coupling between magnetic forces and induced rigid-body torques. Design guidelines are introduced which can be followed to ensure that a magnetic microrobot design is capable of six-DOF actuation. A simple permanent-magnet prototype is fabricated and used to quantitatively demonstrate the accuracy of the analytical model in a constrained-DOF environment and qualitatively for free motion in a viscous liquid three-dimensional environment. Results show that desired forces and torques can be created with high precision and limited parasitic actuation, allowing for full six-DOF actuation using limited feedback control pi Diller, E., Giltinan, J., Lum, G. Z., Ye, Z., Sitti, M. Six-degree-of-freedom magnetic actuation for wireless microrobotics The International Journal of Robotics Research, 35(1-3):114-128, SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England, June 2016 (article) Gallium Adhesion: Phase Change of Gallium Enables Highly Reversible and Switchable Adhesion (Adv. Mater. 25/2016) Ye, Z., Lum, G. Z., Song, S., Rich, S., Sitti, M. Advanced Materials, 28(25):5087-5087, May 2016 (article) Gallium exhibits highly reversible and switchable adhesion when it undergoes a solid–liquid phase transition. The robustness of gallium is notable as it exhibits strong performance on a wide range of smooth and rough surfaces, under both dry and wet conditions. Gallium may therefore find numerous applications in transfer printing, robotics, electronic packaging, and biomedicine. pi Ye, Z., Lum, G. Z., Song, S., Rich, S., Sitti, M. Gallium Adhesion: Phase Change of Gallium Enables Highly Reversible and Switchable Adhesion (Adv. Mater. 25/2016) Advanced Materials, 28(25):5087-5087, May 2016 (article) Patterned and Specific Attachment of Bacteria on Biohybrid Bacteria-Driven Microswimmers Advanced Healthcare Materials, 5(18):2325-2331, May 2016 (article) A surface patterning technique and a specific and strong biotin–streptavidin bonding of bacteria on patterned surfaces are proposed to fabricate Janus particles that are propelled by the attached bacteria. Bacteria-driven Janus microswimmers with diameters larger than 3 μm show enhanced mean propulsion speed. Such microswimmers could be used for future applications such as targeted drug delivery and environmental remediation. pi Singh, A. V., Sitti, M. Patterned and Specific Attachment of Bacteria on Biohybrid Bacteria-Driven Microswimmers Advanced Healthcare Materials, 5(18):2325-2331, May 2016 (article) Shape-programmable magnetic soft matter Lum, G. Z., Ye, Z., Dong, X., Marvi, H., Erin, O., Hu, W., Sitti, M. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(41):E6007–E6015, National Acad Sciences, May 2016 (article) Shape-programmable matter is a class of active materials whose geometry can be controlled to potentially achieve mechanical functionalities beyond those of traditional machines. Among these materials, magnetically actuated matter is particularly promising for achieving complex time-varying shapes at small scale (overall dimensions smaller than 1 cm). However, previous work can only program these materials for limited applications, as they rely solely on human intuition to approximate the required magnetization profile and actuating magnetic fields for their materials. Here, we propose a universal programming methodology that can automatically generate the required magnetization profile and actuating fields for soft matter to achieve new time-varying shapes. The universality of the proposed method can therefore inspire a vast number of miniature soft devices that are critical in robotics, smart engineering surfaces and materials, and biomedical devices. Our proposed method includes theoretical formulations, computational strategies, and fabrication procedures for programming magnetic soft matter. The presented theory and computational method are universal for programming 2D or 3D time-varying shapes, whereas the fabrication technique is generic only for creating planar beams. Based on the proposed programming method, we created a jellyfish-like robot, a spermatozoid-like undulating swimmer, and an artificial cilium that could mimic the complex beating patterns of its biological counterpart. pi Lum, G. Z., Ye, Z., Dong, X., Marvi, H., Erin, O., Hu, W., Sitti, M. Shape-programmable magnetic soft matter Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(41):E6007–E6015, National Acad Sciences, May 2016 (article) Inflated soft actuators with reversible stable deformations Hines, L., Petersen, K., Sitti, M. Advanced Materials, 28(19):3690-3696, March 2016 (article) Most soft robotic systems are currently dependent on bulky compressors or pumps. A soft actuation method is presented combining hyperelastic membranes and dielectric elastomer actuators to switch between stable deformations of sealed chambers. This method is capable of large repeatable deformations, and has a number of stable states proportional to the number of actuatable membranes in the chamber. pi Hines, L., Petersen, K., Sitti, M. Inflated soft actuators with reversible stable deformations Advanced Materials, 28(19):3690-3696, March 2016 (article) Chemotaxis of bio-hybrid multiple bacteria-driven microswimmers Zhuang, J., Sitti, M. Scientific reports, 6, pages: 32135, Nature Publishing Group, March 2016 (article) In this study, in a bio-hybrid microswimmer system driven by multiple Serratia marcescens bacteria, we quantify the chemotactic drift of a large number of microswimmers towards L-serine and elucidate the associated collective chemotaxis behavior by statistical analysis of over a thousand swimming trajectories of the microswimmers. The results show that the microswimmers have a strong heading preference for moving up the L-serine gradient, while their speed does not change considerably when moving up and down the gradient; therefore, the heading bias constitutes the major factor that produces the chemotactic drift. The heading direction of a microswimmer is found to be significantly more persistent when it moves up the L-serine gradient than when it travels down the gradient; this effect causes the apparent heading preference of the microswimmers and is the crucial reason that enables the seemingly cooperative chemotaxis of multiple bacteria on a microswimmer. In addition, we find that their chemotactic drift velocity increases superquadratically with their mean swimming speed, suggesting that chemotaxis of bio-hybrid microsystems can be enhanced by designing and building faster microswimmers. Such bio-hybrid microswimmers with chemotactic steering capability may find future applications in targeted drug delivery, bioengineering, and lab-on-a-chip devices. pi Zhuang, J., Sitti, M. Chemotaxis of bio-hybrid multiple bacteria-driven microswimmers Scientific reports, 6, pages: 32135, Nature Publishing Group, March 2016 (article) Targeted drug delivery and imaging using mobile milli/microrobots: A promising future towards theranostic pharmaceutical design Vikram Singh, A., Sitti, M. Current Pharmaceutical Design, 22(11):1418-1428, Bentham Science Publishers, March 2016 (article) Miniature untethered medical robots have been receiving growing attention due to technological advances in microactuation, microsensors, and microfabrication and have significant potential to reduce the invasiveness and improve the accessibility of medical devices into unprecedented small spaces inside the human body. In this review, we discuss therapeutic and diagnostic applications of untethered medical microrobots. Wirelessly controlled milli/microrobots with integrated sensors are revolutionizing micromanipulation based medical interventions and are enabling doctors to perform minimally invasive procedures not possible before. 3D fabrication technologies enabling milli/microrobot fabrication at the single cell scale are empowering high-resolution visual imaging and in vivo manipulation capabilities. Swallowable millirobots and injectabale ocular microrobots allow the gastric ulcer imaging, and performance of vitreoretinal microsurgery at previously inaccessible ocular sites. Many invasive excision and incision based diagnostic biopsy, prostrate, and nephrolgical procedures can be performed minimally or almost noninvasively due to recent advancements in microrobotic technology. Advances in biohybrid microrobot systems are pushing microrobotic systems even smaller, using biological cells as on-board microactuators and microsensors using the chemical energy. Such microrobotic systems could be used for local targeted delivery of imaging contrast agents, drugs, genes, and mRNA, minimally invasive surgery, and cell micromanipulation in the near future. pi Vikram Singh, A., Sitti, M. Targeted drug delivery and imaging using mobile milli/microrobots: A promising future towards theranostic pharmaceutical design Current Pharmaceutical Design, 22(11):1418-1428, Bentham Science Publishers, March 2016 (article) Parallel microcracks-based ultrasensitive and highly stretchable strain sensors Amjadi, M., Turan, M., Clementson, C. P., Sitti, M. ACS Applied Materials \& Interfaces, 8(8):5618-5626, American Chemical Society, Febuary 2016 (article) There is an increasing demand for flexible, skin-attachable, and wearable strain sensors due to their various potential applications. However, achieving strain sensors with both high sensitivity and high stretchability is still a grand challenge. Here, we propose highly sensitive and stretchable strain sensors based on the reversible microcrack formation in composite thin films. Controllable parallel microcracks are generated in graphite thin films coated on elastomer films. Sensors made of graphite thin films with short microcracks possess high gauge factors (maximum value of 522.6) and stretchability (ε ≥ 50%), whereas sensors with long microcracks show ultrahigh sensitivity (maximum value of 11 344) with limited stretchability (ε ≤ 50%). We demonstrate the high performance strain sensing of our sensors in both small and large strain sensing applications such as human physiological activity recognition, human body large motion capturing, vibration detection, pressure sensing, and soft robotics. pi Amjadi, M., Turan, M., Clementson, C. P., Sitti, M. Parallel microcracks-based ultrasensitive and highly stretchable strain sensors ACS Applied Materials \& Interfaces, 8(8):5618-5626, American Chemical Society, Febuary 2016 (article) Stretchable, Skin-Mountable, and Wearable Strain Sensors and Their Potential Applications: A Review Amjadi, M., Kyung, K., Park, I., Sitti, M. Advanced Functional Materials, 26, pages: 1678-1698, Febuary 2016 (article) There is a growing demand for flexible and soft electronic devices. In particular, stretchable, skin-mountable, and wearable strain sensors are needed for several potential applications including personalized health-monitoring, human motion detection, human-machine interfaces, soft robotics, and so forth. This Feature Article presents recent advancements in the development of flexible and stretchable strain sensors. The article shows that highly stretchable strain sensors are successfully being developed by new mechanisms such as disconnection between overlapped nanomaterials, crack propagation in thin films, and tunneling effect, different from traditional strain sensing mechanisms. Strain sensing performances of recently reported strain sensors are comprehensively studied and discussed, showing that appropriate choice of composite structures as well as suitable interaction between functional nanomaterials and polymers are essential for the high performance strain sensing. Next, simulation results of piezoresistivity of stretchable strain sensors by computational models are reported. Finally, potential applications of flexible strain sensors are described. This survey reveals that flexible, skin-mountable, and wearable strain sensors have potential in diverse applications while several grand challenges have to be still overcome. pi Amjadi, M., Kyung, K., Park, I., Sitti, M. Stretchable, Skin-Mountable, and Wearable Strain Sensors and Their Potential Applications: A Review Advanced Functional Materials, 26, pages: 1678-1698, Febuary 2016 (article) Size optimization of a magnetic system for drug delivery with capsule robots Munoz, F., Alici, G., Li, W., Sitti, M. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 52(5):1-11, IEEE, January 2016 (article) In this paper, we present a methodology for the size optimization of an external magnetic system made of arc-shaped permanent magnets (ASMs). This magnetic system is able to remotely actuate a drug-release module embedded in a prototype of a capsule robot. The optimization of the magnetic system is carried out by using an accurate analytical model that is valid for any arbitrary dimensions of the ASMs. By using this analytical model, we perform parametric studies and conduct a statistical analysis [analysis of variance (ANOVA)] to investigate efficient ways to distribute the volume of the ASMs so that the dimensions and volume of the magnetic system are minimized while optimal flux densities and magnetic torques are obtained to actuate the drug delivery system (DDS). The ANOVA results, at 5% significance level, indicate that changes in the angular width followed by changes in the length of the ASMs have the highest impact on the magnetic linkage. Furthermore, our experimental results, which are in agreement with the analytical results, show that the size optimization of the magnetic system is effective for the actuation of the DDS in capsule robots. pi Munoz, F., Alici, G., Li, W., Sitti, M. Size optimization of a magnetic system for drug delivery with capsule robots IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 52(5):1-11, IEEE, January 2016 (article) Gaussian Process-Based Predictive Control for Periodic Error Correction Klenske, E. D., Zeilinger, M., Schölkopf, B., Hennig, P. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology , 24(1):110-121, 2016 (article) ei pn ei pn Klenske, E. D., Zeilinger, M., Schölkopf, B., Hennig, P. Gaussian Process-Based Predictive Control for Periodic Error Correction IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology , 24(1):110-121, 2016 (article) Dual Control for Approximate Bayesian Reinforcement Learning Klenske, E. D., Hennig, P. PDF link (url) [BibTex] ei pn Klenske, E. D., Hennig, P. Dual Control for Approximate Bayesian Reinforcement Learning Journal of Machine Learning Research, 17(127):1-30, 2016 (article) Experimental investigation of optimal adhesion of mushroomlike elastomer microfibrillar adhesives Marvi, H., Song, S., Sitti, M. Langmuir, 31(37):10119-10124, American Chemical Society, August 2015 (article) Optimal fiber designs for the maximal pull-off force have been indispensable for increasing the attachment performance of recently introduced gecko-inspired reversible micro/nanofibrillar adhesives. There are several theoretical studies on such optimal designs; however, due to the lack of three-dimensional (3D) fabrication techniques that can fabricate such optimal designs in 3D, there have not been many experimental investigations on this challenge. In this study, we benefitted from recent advances in two-photon lithography techniques to fabricate mushroomlike polyurethane elastomer fibers with different aspect ratios of tip to stalk diameter (β) and tip wedge angles (θ) to investigate the effect of these two parameters on the pull-off force. We found similar trends to those predicted theoretically. We found that β has an impact on the slope of the force-displacement curve while both β and θ play a role in the stress distribution and crack propagation. We found that these effects are coupled and the optimal set of parameters also depends on the fiber material. This is the first experimental verification of such optimal designs proposed for mushroomlike microfibers. This experimental approach could be used to evaluate a wide range of complex microstructured adhesive designs suggested in the literature and optimize them. pi Marvi, H., Song, S., Sitti, M. Experimental investigation of optimal adhesion of mushroomlike elastomer microfibrillar adhesives Langmuir, 31(37):10119-10124, American Chemical Society, August 2015 (article) pH-taxis of biohybrid microsystems Zhuang, J., Carlsen, R. W., Sitti, M. Scientific reports, 5, Nature Publishing Group, June 2015 (article) The last decade has seen an increasing number of studies developing bacteria and other cell-integrated biohybrid microsystems. However, the highly stochastic motion of these microsystems severely limits their potential use. Here, we present a method that exploits the pH sensing of flagellated bacteria to realize robust drift control of multi-bacteria propelled microrobots. Under three specifically configured pH gradients, we demonstrate that the microrobots exhibit both unidirectional and bidirectional pH-tactic behaviors, which are also observed in free-swimming bacteria. From trajectory analysis, we find that the swimming direction and speed biases are two major factors that contribute to their tactic drift motion. The motion analysis of microrobots also sheds light on the propulsion dynamics of the flagellated bacteria as bioactuators. It is expected that similar driving mechanisms are shared among pH-taxis, chemotaxis, and thermotaxis. By identifying the mechanism that drives the tactic behavior of bacteria-propelled microsystems, this study opens up an avenue towards improving the control of biohybrid microsystems. Furthermore, assuming that it is possible to tune the preferred pH of bioactuators by genetic engineering, these biohybrid microsystems could potentially be applied to sense the pH gradient induced by cancerous cells in stagnant fluids inside human body and realize targeted drug delivery. pi Zhuang, J., Carlsen, R. W., Sitti, M. pH-taxis of biohybrid microsystems Scientific reports, 5, Nature Publishing Group, June 2015 (article) Structural optimization for flexure-based parallel mechanisms–Towards achieving optimal dynamic and stiffness properties Lum, G. Z., Teo, T. J., Yeo, S. H., Yang, G., Sitti, M. Precision Engineering, 42, pages: 195-207, Elsevier, May 2015 (article) Flexure-based parallel mechanisms (FPMs) are a type of compliant mechanisms that consist of a rigid end-effector that is articulated by several parallel, flexible limbs (a.k.a. sub-chains). Existing design methods can enhance the FPMs' dynamic and stiffness properties by conducting a size optimization on their sub-chains. A similar optimization process, however, was not performed for their sub-chains' topology, and this may severely limit the benefits of a size optimization. Thus, this paper proposes to use a structural optimization approach to synthesize and optimize the topology, shape and size of the FPMs' sub-chains. The benefits of this approach are demonstrated via the design and development of a planar X − Y − θz FPM. A prototype of this FPM was evaluated experimentally to have a large workspace of 1.2 mm × 1.2 mm × 6°, a fundamental natural frequency of 102 Hz, and stiffness ratios that are greater than 120. The achieved properties show significant improvement over existing 3-degrees-of-freedom compliant mechanisms that can deflect more than 0.5 mm and 0.5°. These compliant mechanisms typically have stiffness ratios that are less than 60 and a fundamental natural frequency that is less than 45 Hz. pi Lum, G. Z., Teo, T. J., Yeo, S. H., Yang, G., Sitti, M. Structural optimization for flexure-based parallel mechanisms–Towards achieving optimal dynamic and stiffness properties Precision Engineering, 42, pages: 195-207, Elsevier, May 2015 (article) Controlled surface topography regulates collective 3D migration by epithelial–mesenchymal composite embryonic tissues Song, J., Shawky, J. H., Kim, Y., Hazar, M., LeDuc, P. R., Sitti, M., Davidson, L. A. Biomaterials, 58, pages: 1-9, Elsevier, April 2015 (article) Cells in tissues encounter a range of physical cues as they migrate. Probing single cell and collective migratory responses to physically defined three-dimensional (3D) microenvironments and the factors that modulate those responses are critical to understanding how tissue migration is regulated during development, regeneration, and cancer. One key physical factor that regulates cell migration is topography. Most studies on surface topography and cell mechanics have been carried out with single migratory cells, yet little is known about the spreading and motility response of 3D complex multi-cellular tissues to topographical cues. Here, we examine the response to complex topographical cues of microsurgically isolated tissue explants composed of epithelial and mesenchymal cell layers from naturally 3D organized embryos of the aquatic frog Xenopus laevis. We control topography using fabricated micropost arrays (MPAs) and investigate the collective 3D migration of these multi-cellular systems in these MPAs. We find that the topography regulates both collective and individual cell migration and that dense MPAs reduce but do not eliminate tissue spreading. By modulating cell size through the cell cycle inhibitor Mitomycin C or the spacing of the MPAs we uncover how 3D topographical cues disrupt collective cell migration. We find surface topography can direct both single cell motility and tissue spreading, altering tissue-scale processes that enable efficient conversion of single cell motility into collective movement. pi Song, J., Shawky, J. H., Kim, Y., Hazar, M., LeDuc, P. R., Sitti, M., Davidson, L. A. Controlled surface topography regulates collective 3D migration by epithelial–mesenchymal composite embryonic tissues Biomaterials, 58, pages: 1-9, Elsevier, April 2015 (article) Transfer Printing of Metallic Microstructures on Adhesion-Promoting Hydrogel Substrates Wu, H., Sariola, V., Zhu, C., Zhao, J., Sitti, M., Bettinger, C. J. Advanced Materials, 27(22):3398-3404, April 2015 (article) Fabrication schemes that integrate inorganic microstructures with hydrogel substrates are essential for advancing flexible electronics. A transfer printing process that is made possible through the design and synthesis of adhesion-promoting hydrogels as target substrates is reported. This fabrication technique may advance ultracompliant electronics by melding microfabricated structures with swollen hydrogel substrates. pi Wu, H., Sariola, V., Zhu, C., Zhao, J., Sitti, M., Bettinger, C. J. Transfer Printing of Metallic Microstructures on Adhesion-Promoting Hydrogel Substrates Advanced Materials, 27(22):3398-3404, April 2015 (article) Biomedical applications of untethered mobile milli/microrobots Sitti, M., Ceylan, H., Hu, W., Giltinan, J., Turan, M., Yim, S., Diller, E. Proceedings of the IEEE, 103(2):205-224, IEEE, March 2015 (article) Untethered robots miniaturized to the length scale of millimeter and below attract growing attention for the prospect of transforming many aspects of health care and bioengineering. As the robot size goes down to the order of a single cell, previously inaccessible body sites would become available for high-resolution in situ and in vivo manipulations. This unprecedented direct access would enable an extensive range of minimally invasive medical operations. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of the current advances in biomedical untethered mobile milli/microrobots. We put a special emphasis on the potential impacts of biomedical microrobots in the near future. Finally, we discuss the existing challenges and emerging concepts associated with designing such a miniaturized robot for operation inside a biological environment for biomedical applications. pi Sitti, M., Ceylan, H., Hu, W., Giltinan, J., Turan, M., Yim, S., Diller, E. Biomedical applications of untethered mobile milli/microrobots Proceedings of the IEEE, 103(2):205-224, IEEE, March 2015 (article) Collective 3D Migration of Embryonic Epithelial Mesenchymal Composite Tissues are Regulated by Surface Topology Song, J., Shawky, J., Kim, Y. T., Hazar, M., Sitti, M., LeDuc, P. R., Davidson, L. A. Biophysical Journal, 108(2):455a, Elsevier, January 2015 (article) Cells in tissues encounter a range of physical cues as they migrate. Probing single cell and collective migratory responses to physically defined three-dimensional (3D) microenvironments and the factors that modulate those responses are critical to understanding how tissue migration is regulated during development, regeneration, and cancer. One key physical factor that regulates cell migration is topology. Most studies on surface topology and cell mechanics have been carried out with single migratory cells, yet little is known about the spreading and motility response of 3D complex multicellular tissues to topological cues. Here, we examine the behaviors of microsurgically isolated tissue explants composed of epithelial and mesenchymal cell layers from naturally 3D organized embryos of the aquatic frog Xenopus laevis to complex topological cues. We control topology using fabricated micropost arrays (MPAs) with different diameters (e.g., different spacing gaps) and investigate the collective 3D migration of these multicellular systems in these MPAs. Our topographical controlled approach for cellular application enables us to achieve a high degree of control over micropost positioning and geometry via simple, accurate, and repeatable microfabrication processes. We find that the topology regulates both collective and individual cell migration and that dense MPAs reduce but do not eliminate tissue spreading. By modulating cell size through the cell cycle inhibitor Mitomycin C or the spacing within MPAs we discover a role for topology in disrupting collective enhancement of cell migration. We find 3D topological cues can direct both single cell motility and tissue spreading, altering tissue-scale processes that enable efficient conversion of single cell motility into collective movement. pi Song, J., Shawky, J., Kim, Y. T., Hazar, M., Sitti, M., LeDuc, P. R., Davidson, L. A. Collective 3D Migration of Embryonic Epithelial Mesenchymal Composite Tissues are Regulated by Surface Topology Biophysical Journal, 108(2):455a, Elsevier, January 2015 (article) Three-dimensional heterogeneous assembly of coded microgels using an untethered mobile microgripper Chung, S. E., Dong, X., Sitti, M. Lab on a Chip, 15(7):1667-1676, Royal Society of Chemistry, January 2015 (article) Three-dimensional (3D) heterogeneous assembly of coded microgels in enclosed aquatic environments is demonstrated using a remotely actuated and controlled magnetic microgripper by a customized electromagnetic coil system. The microgripper uses different 'stick–slip' and 'rolling' locomotion in 2D and also levitation in 3D by magnetic gradient-based pulling force. This enables the microrobot to precisely manipulate each microgel by controlling its position and orientation in all x–y–z directions. Our microrobotic assembly method broke the barrier of limitation on the number of assembled microgel layers, because it enabled precise 3D levitation of the microgripper. We used the gripper to assemble microgels that had been coded with different colours and shapes onto prefabricated polymeric microposts. This eliminates the need for extra secondary cross-linking to fix the final construct. We demonstrated assembly of microgels on a single micropost up to ten layers. By increasing the number and changing the distribution of the posts, complex heterogeneous microsystems were possible to construct in 3D. pi Chung, S. E., Dong, X., Sitti, M. Three-dimensional heterogeneous assembly of coded microgels using an untethered mobile microgripper Lab on a Chip, 15(7):1667-1676, Royal Society of Chemistry, January 2015 (article) Integrating mechanism synthesis and topological optimization technique for stiffness-oriented design of a three degrees-of-freedom flexure-based parallel mechanism Lum, G. Z., Teo, T. J., Yang, G., Yeo, S. H., Sitti, M. Precision Engineering, 39, pages: 125-133, Elsevier, January 2015 (article) This paper introduces a new design approach to synthesize multiple degrees-of-freedom (DOF) flexure-based parallel mechanism (FPM). Termed as an integrated design approach, it is a systematic design methodology, which integrates both classical mechanism synthesis and modern topology optimization technique, to deliver an optimized multi-DOF FPM. This design approach is separated into two levels. At sub-chain level, a novel topology optimization technique, which uses the classical linkage mechanisms as DNA seeds, is used to synthesize the compliant joints or limbs. At configuration level, the optimal compliant joints are used to form the parallel limbs of the multi-DOF FPM and another stage of optimization was conducted to determine the optimal space distribution between these compliant joints so as to generate a multi-DOF FPM with optimized stiffness characteristic. In this paper, the design of a 3-DOF planar motion FPM was used to demonstrate the effectiveness and accuracy of this proposed design approach. pi Lum, G. Z., Teo, T. J., Yang, G., Yeo, S. H., Sitti, M. Integrating mechanism synthesis and topological optimization technique for stiffness-oriented design of a three degrees-of-freedom flexure-based parallel mechanism Precision Engineering, 39, pages: 125-133, Elsevier, January 2015 (article) Actively controlled fibrillar friction surfaces Marvi, H, Han, Y, Sitti, M Applied Physics Letters, 106(5):051602, AIP Publishing, January 2015 (article) In this letter, we propose a technique by which we can actively adjust frictional properties of elastic fibrillar structures in different directions. Using a mesh attached to a two degree-of-freedom linear stage, we controlled the active length and the tilt angle of fibers, independently. Thus, we were able to achieve desired levels of friction forces in different directions and significantly improve passive friction anisotropies observed in the same fiber arrays. The proposed technique would allow us to readily control the friction anisotropy and the friction magnitude of fibrillar structures in any planar direction. pi Marvi, H, Han, Y, Sitti, M Actively controlled fibrillar friction surfaces Applied Physics Letters, 106(5):051602, AIP Publishing, January 2015 (article) Probabilistic Interpretation of Linear Solvers Hennig, P. SIAM Journal on Optimization, 25(1):234-260, 2015 (article) ei pn Hennig, P. Probabilistic Interpretation of Linear Solvers SIAM Journal on Optimization, 25(1):234-260, 2015 (article) Probabilistic numerics and uncertainty in computations Hennig, P., Osborne, M. A., Girolami, M. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 471(2179), 2015 (article) We deliver a call to arms for probabilistic numerical methods: algorithms for numerical tasks, including linear algebra, integration, optimization and solving differential equations, that return uncertainties in their calculations. Such uncertainties, arising from the loss of precision induced by numerical calculation with limited time or hardware, are important for much contemporary science and industry. Within applications such as climate science and astrophysics, the need to make decisions on the basis of computations with large and complex data have led to a renewed focus on the management of numerical uncertainty. We describe how several seminal classic numerical methods can be interpreted naturally as probabilistic inference. We then show that the probabilistic view suggests new algorithms that can flexibly be adapted to suit application specifics, while delivering improved empirical performance. We provide concrete illustrations of the benefits of probabilistic numeric algorithms on real scientific problems from astrometry and astronomical imaging, while highlighting open problems with these new algorithms. Finally, we describe how probabilistic numerical methods provide a coherent framework for identifying the uncertainty in calculations performed with a combination of numerical algorithms (e.g. both numerical optimizers and differential equation solvers), potentially allowing the diagnosis (and control) of error sources in computations. ei pn Hennig, P., Osborne, M. A., Girolami, M. Probabilistic numerics and uncertainty in computations Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 471(2179), 2015 (article) Series of Multilinked Caterpillar Track-type Climbing Robots Lee, G., Kim, H., Seo, K., Kim, J., Sitti, M., Seo, T. Journal of Field Robotics, November 2014 (article) Climbing robots have been widely applied in many industries involving hard to access, dangerous, or hazardous environments to replace human workers. Climbing speed, payload capacity, the ability to overcome obstacles, and wall-to-wall transitioning are significant characteristics of climbing robots. Here, multilinked track wheel-type climbing robots are proposed to enhance these characteristics. The robots have been developed for five years in collaboration with three universities: Seoul National University, Carnegie Mellon University, and Yeungnam University. Four types of robots are presented for different applications with different surface attachment methods and mechanisms: MultiTank for indoor sites, Flexible caterpillar robot (FCR) and Combot for heavy industrial sites, and MultiTrack for high-rise buildings. The method of surface attachment is different for each robot and application, and the characteristics of the joints between links are designed as active or passive according to the requirement of a given robot. Conceptual design, practical design, and control issues of such climbing robot types are reported, and a proper choice of the attachment methods and joint type is essential for the successful multilink track wheel-type climbing robot for different surface materials, robot size, and computational costs. pi Lee, G., Kim, H., Seo, K., Kim, J., Sitti, M., Seo, T. Series of Multilinked Caterpillar Track-type Climbing Robots Journal of Field Robotics, November 2014 (article) Segmented molecular design of self-healing proteinaceous materials. Sariola, V., Pena-Francesch, A., Jung, H., Çetinkaya, M., Pacheco, C., Sitti, M., Demirel, M. C. Scientific reports, 5, pages: 13482-13482, Nature Publishing Group, July 2014 (article) Hierarchical assembly of self-healing adhesive proteins creates strong and robust structural and interfacial materials, but understanding of the molecular design and structure–property relationships of structural proteins remains unclear. Elucidating this relationship would allow rational design of next generation genetically engineered self-healing structural proteins. Here we report a general self-healing and -assembly strategy based on a multiphase recombinant protein based material. Segmented structure of the protein shows soft glycine- and tyrosine-rich segments with self-healing capability and hard beta-sheet segments. The soft segments are strongly plasticized by water, lowering the self-healing temperature close to body temperature. The hard segments self-assemble into nanoconfined domains to reinforce the material. The healing strength scales sublinearly with contact time, which associates with diffusion and wetting of autohesion. The finding suggests that recombinant structural proteins from heterologous expression have potential as strong and repairable engineering materials. pi Sariola, V., Pena-Francesch, A., Jung, H., Çetinkaya, M., Pacheco, C., Sitti, M., Demirel, M. C. Segmented molecular design of self-healing proteinaceous materials. Scientific reports, 5, pages: 13482-13482, Nature Publishing Group, July 2014 (article) Bio-Hybrid Cell-Based Actuators for Microsystems Carlsen, R. W., Sitti, M. Small, 10(19):3831-3851, June 2014 (article) As we move towards the miniaturization of devices to perform tasks at the nano and microscale, it has become increasingly important to develop new methods for actuation, sensing, and control. Over the past decade, bio-hybrid methods have been investigated as a promising new approach to overcome the challenges of scaling down robotic and other functional devices. These methods integrate biological cells with artificial components and therefore, can take advantage of the intrinsic actuation and sensing functionalities of biological cells. Here, the recent advancements in bio-hybrid actuation are reviewed, and the challenges associated with the design, fabrication, and control of bio-hybrid microsystems are discussed. As a case study, focus is put on the development of bacteria-driven microswimmers, which has been investigated as a targeted drug delivery carrier. Finally, a future outlook for the development of these systems is provided. The continued integration of biological and artificial components is envisioned to enable the performance of tasks at a smaller and smaller scale in the future, leading to the parallel and distributed operation of functional systems at the microscale. pi Carlsen, R. W., Sitti, M. Bio-Hybrid Cell-Based Actuators for Microsystems Small, 10(19):3831-3851, June 2014 (article) Continuously distributed magnetization profile for millimeter-scale elastomeric undulatory swimming Diller, E., Zhuang, J., Zhan Lum, G., Edwards, M. R., Sitti, M. Applied Physics Letters, 104(17):174101, AIP, 2014 (article) We have developed a millimeter-scale magnetically driven swimming robot for untethered motion at mid to low Reynolds numbers. The robot is propelled by continuous undulatory deformation, which is enabled by the distributed magnetization profile of a flexible sheet. We demonstrate control of a prototype device and measure deformation and speed as a function of magnetic field strength and frequency. Experimental results are compared with simple magnetoelastic and fluid propulsion models. The presented mechanism provides an efficient remote actuation method at the millimeter scale that may be suitable for further scaling down in size for microrobotics applications in biotechnology and healthcare pi Diller, E., Zhuang, J., Zhan Lum, G., Edwards, M. R., Sitti, M. Continuously distributed magnetization profile for millimeter-scale elastomeric undulatory swimming Applied Physics Letters, 104(17):174101, AIP, 2014 (article) Biopsy using a Magnetic Capsule Endoscope Carrying, Releasing and Retrieving Untethered Micro-Grippers Yim, S., Gultepe, E., Gracias, D. H., Sitti, M. IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering, 61(2):513-521, IEEE, 2014 (article) Project Page [BibTex] pi Yim, S., Gultepe, E., Gracias, D. H., Sitti, M. Biopsy using a Magnetic Capsule Endoscope Carrying, Releasing and Retrieving Untethered Micro-Grippers IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering, 61(2):513-521, IEEE, 2014 (article) Investigation of tip current and normal force measured simultaneously during local oxidation of titanium using dual-mode scanning probe microscopy Ozcan, O., Hu, W., Sitti, M., Bain, J., Ricketts, D. IET Micro \& Nano Letters, 9(5):332-336, IET, 2014 (article) pi Ozcan, O., Hu, W., Sitti, M., Bain, J., Ricketts, D. Investigation of tip current and normal force measured simultaneously during local oxidation of titanium using dual-mode scanning probe microscopy IET Micro \& Nano Letters, 9(5):332-336, IET, 2014 (article) SoftCubes: Stretchable and self-assembling three-dimensional soft modular matter Yim, S., Sitti, M. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 33(8):1083-1097, SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England, 2014 (article) pi Yim, S., Sitti, M. SoftCubes: Stretchable and self-assembling three-dimensional soft modular matter The International Journal of Robotics Research, 33(8):1083-1097, SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England, 2014 (article) Carlsen, Rika Wright, Sitti, Metin Small, 10(19):3831-3851, 2014 (article) pi Carlsen, Rika Wright, Sitti, Metin Bio-Hybrid Cell-Based Actuators for Microsystems Small, 10(19):3831-3851, 2014 (article) Staying sticky: contact self-cleaning of gecko-inspired adhesives Mengüç, Y., Röhrig, M., Abusomwan, U., Hölscher, H., Sitti, M. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 11(94):20131205, The Royal Society, 2014 (article) pi Mengüç, Y., Röhrig, M., Abusomwan, U., Hölscher, H., Sitti, M. Staying sticky: contact self-cleaning of gecko-inspired adhesives Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 11(94):20131205, The Royal Society, 2014 (article) Dynamic Trapping and Two-Dimensional Transport of Swimming Microorganisms Using a Rotating Magnetic Micro-Robot Ye, Z., Sitti, M. Lab on a Chip, 14(13):2177-2182, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014 (article) pi Ye, Z., Sitti, M. Dynamic Trapping and Two-Dimensional Transport of Swimming Microorganisms Using a Rotating Magnetic Micro-Robot Lab on a Chip, 14(13):2177-2182, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014 (article) STRIDE II: a water strider-inspired miniature robot with circular footpads Ozcan, O., Wang, H., Taylor, J. D., Sitti, M. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 11(6):85, SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England, 2014 (article) pi Ozcan, O., Wang, H., Taylor, J. D., Sitti, M. STRIDE II: a water strider-inspired miniature robot with circular footpads International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 11(6):85, SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England, 2014 (article) Soft Grippers Using Micro-Fibrillar Adhesives for Transfer Printing Song, S., Sitti, M. Advanced Materials, 26(28):4901-4906, 2014 (article) pi Song, S., Sitti, M. Soft Grippers Using Micro-Fibrillar Adhesives for Transfer Printing Advanced Materials, 26(28):4901-4906, 2014 (article) Can DC motors directly drive flapping wings at high frequency and large wing strokes? Campolo, D., Azhar, M., Lau, G., Sitti, M. IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, 19(1):109-120, 2014 (article) pi Campolo, D., Azhar, M., Lau, G., Sitti, M. Can DC motors directly drive flapping wings at high frequency and large wing strokes? IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, 19(1):109-120, 2014 (article) Magnetic steering control of multi-cellular bio-hybrid microswimmers Carlsen, R. W., Edwards, M. R., Zhuang, J., Pacoret, C., Sitti, M. pi Carlsen, R. W., Edwards, M. R., Zhuang, J., Pacoret, C., Sitti, M. Magnetic steering control of multi-cellular bio-hybrid microswimmers Lab on a Chip, 14(19):3850-3859, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014 (article) Analytical modeling and experimental characterization of chemotaxis in serratia marcescens Zhuang, J., Wei, G., Carlsen, R. W., Edwards, M. R., Marculescu, R., Bogdan, P., Sitti, M. Physical Review E, 89(5):052704, American Physical Society, 2014 (article) pi Zhuang, J., Wei, G., Carlsen, R. W., Edwards, M. R., Marculescu, R., Bogdan, P., Sitti, M. Analytical modeling and experimental characterization of chemotaxis in serratia marcescens Physical Review E, 89(5):052704, American Physical Society, 2014 (article) Swimming characterization of Serratia marcescens for bio-hybrid micro-robotics Edwards, M. R., Carlsen, R. W., Zhuang, J., Sitti, M. Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics, 9(3):47-60, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 (article) pi Edwards, M. R., Carlsen, R. W., Zhuang, J., Sitti, M. Swimming characterization of Serratia marcescens for bio-hybrid micro-robotics Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics, 9(3):47-60, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 (article) Influence of Magnetic Fields on Magneto-Aerotaxis Bennet, M., McCarthy, A., Fix, D., Edwards, M. R., Repp, F., Vach, P., Dunlop, J. W., Sitti, M., Buller, G. S., Klumpp, S., others, PLoS One, 9(7):e101150, Public Library of Science, 2014 (article) pi Bennet, M., McCarthy, A., Fix, D., Edwards, M. R., Repp, F., Vach, P., Dunlop, J. W., Sitti, M., Buller, G. S., Klumpp, S., others, Influence of Magnetic Fields on Magneto-Aerotaxis PLoS One, 9(7):e101150, Public Library of Science, 2014 (article) Liftoff of a Motor-Driven, Flapping-Wing Microaerial Vehicle Capable of Resonance Hines, L., Campolo, D., Sitti, M. IEEE Trans. on Robotics, 30(1):220-232, IEEE, 2014 (article) pi Hines, L., Campolo, D., Sitti, M. Liftoff of a Motor-Driven, Flapping-Wing Microaerial Vehicle Capable of Resonance IEEE Trans. on Robotics, 30(1):220-232, IEEE, 2014 (article)

Echinacea 'Merlot' | TERRA NOVA® Nurseries, Inc. Huge 5″ wide, rose pink flowers centered with orange cones sit atop stunning, well branched, burgundy-black stems. These are strong enough to break scissors! Like a fine wine, this beauty has great fragrance. Thirty five flowers graced our second-year plant. Was given the Dallas Arboretum Seal of Approval in the Perennials for Purgatory trials. 27" / 34" / 30" It has very large flowers combined with wine red stems and petioles. Wonderful in mixed beds, borders in the sun garden. Great cut flower. Was given the Dallas Arboretum Seal of Approval in the Perennials for Purgatory trials.

The Crabcake that Ate Baltimore But it was an enormous crabcake! Seriously! We took my Mother-in-Law out for her birthday yesterday (and despite celebrating on 6-6-06, she's a lovely person and the sweetest MIL anyone could ask for). She chose a new-ish restaurant called By the Docks, way out on Eastern Boulevard in Essex, past the waste water treatment plant, past Martin's airport, and almost to Bengie's drive-in. Pretty much the edge of the universe, and just about as far East as I am willing to travel. Mom told me that when she made our 6 p.m. reservation, she was informed that it would be held for fifteen minutes only and would be given away after that point; I laughed. Why would a hole-in-the-wall in Essex have a crowd at 6 o'clock on a Tuesday? But when we got there, the parking lot was packed. Luckily, we arrived a mere 10 minutes late and were ushered by a bored teenager to our window table in the cramped and noisy dining room. My friend Jill, who had eaten at By the Docks on her birthday just two days prior, said the restaurant wasn't very relaxing. She didn't elaborate, so I assumed that the decor was spartan or ugly and the chairs were hard. It was rather drab - a large square room painted a pale blue, with little ornamentation but for a large sailfish and a couple of small prints. Not exactly cozy, but it was actually the noise factor that made the place un-relaxing. Customers, packed cheek-to-jowl at tables both in the main dining room and upstairs, chattered quite loudly, laughing and having a good time. It was irritating, but the most annoying sound was the clatter of ceramic dishes and flatware being tossed into plastic bins by the busy busboys. I cringed every time a table was cleared. The din was so bad, I had to strain to hear my brother-in-law speaking, and he was mere inches away. Across the table, the conversation between my husband and his mother sounded like faraway whispers. But let's get to the food here, shall we? By the Docks is your typical Baltimore seafood restaurant: crabcakes, a broiled seafood platter, and stuffed shrimp, a couple of steaks, and some token pasta dishes. Entrees came with a salad and a choice of "vegetable." I put the word in quotes because I don't consider baked potatoes, french fries, or applesauce to be veggies. Cole slaw barely passes. And the veg du jour - corn, most likely canned and served in a bowl of it's own juices - is an insult. Would making some steamed broccoli or asparagus really hurt that much? Don't Baltimorons *like* green vegetables? Anyway.... Jill recommended the crabcakes, saying they were very large and full of meat, but rather light on the seasonings. Three of us opted for that, and my BIL Craig decided on scallops. The crabcakes were absolutely huge. A normal entrée had two golden-brown softball-sized mounds of meat, garnished with an unattractive pile of shredded carrot and two lemon wedges. My crabcakes were stuck together, and they had ragged square edges, as did those of Neal and Flo. I imagine that huge ice-cream scoops of crabcake mixture were placed side-by-side on a baking sheet and broiled en masse. Whatever the method, the cakes were obscenely large. And...they were good. There was very little filler and the meat actually seemed to be backfin. There was even a little crab mustard here and there. It was almost as if they picked the crabs themselves, the lumps were so large and intact. They were very mildly seasoned, but the restaurant thoughtfully provided shakers of Old Bay along with the usual salt and pepper on every table. The cole slaw, which came in a separate bowl, diner-style, was minced so finely it was practically a puree. It was fairly dry and mostly flavorless. Craig's scallops also arrived as a large portion, a bowl heaped high with half-dollar sized shellfish dusted with an afterthought of paprika, garnished with more shredded carrots. They were perfectly cooked, but a tad on the bland side. Our waitress, who had never eaten much seafood in her youth, wanted to know how we'd describe scallops to someone who had never eaten them before. She said the best she could come up with was "Old Bay-flavored Jell-O," a description I found extremely unappetizing. I was able to eat one of my crabcakes and Flo could only finish half of her single. Neal did a more admirable job and got partway through cake #2. The rest was packed into foam take-out containers. And I will feast on my leftovers for lunch today. So after reading about our orgy of crab, you probably want to know the bottom line. Well, the crabcake platter, with a salad and "vegetable" cost a whopping $21.95. The whole bill, for four dinners, two iced teas, a Scotch and water, and a glass of wine was just under $92. No wonder the place is crowded on a Tuesday - bountiful seafood at ridiculously reasonable prices. Maybe next time we'll try the $18.95 24-ounce Porterhouse.... Labels: Baltimore restaurant, crabcakes, seafood Father's Day Feasting

Anime Interviews Anime NYC The Natural Aristocrat Ethan Hawke to reprise James Sandin on The Purge Season 2 Finale Photo Credit: USA Network Nir Regev The Purge's original film lead Ethan Hawke will return on USA Network's Season 2 Finale episode "7:01 AM" to reprise his character James Sandin. Guess who's back? Major, breaking news for fans of The Purge that have been following the James DeMonaco created universe since its inception. Ethan Hawke is returning for next week's Purge Season 2 Finale to reprise his role as James Sandin! USA Network has confirmed to The Natural Aristocrat that James Sandin will be prominently featured in the Season 2 Finale's cold open. Which will flash back "one week before the first national Purge and the first time his high-tech security system is tested." Fans are going to party like it's 2013 again when the security system salesman we first became acquainted with is finally back on the scene. Is only a one-shot intro potentially in store for James Sandin then? Similar to the iconic voice of The Purge radio show, Bobby Sheridan [Dermot Mulroney], getting an on-screen guest spot recently… Will Sandin interact with series breakout Ben Gardner [Joel Allen] in some fashion? Season 1's finale managed to tie up all loose ends with a pretty red bow as all roads led to Joe [Lee Tergesen]. Is there more to the James Sandin connection than meets the eye? Either way, it's incredible news to have The Purge return to its roots and pull an absolute top notch actor back into the fold. USA Network's The Purge Executive Producers/Writers James Roland and Krystal Houghton Ziv have mentioned being thrilled to receive the okay from DeMonaco to use 'The God Mask' on the series… And now the franchise original James Sandin is back! Never say never in the entertainment industry. Certainly a good bet that cold open will be a highly memorable for every Purge fan, new and old. The Purge Season 2 Finale titled "7:01 AM" airs on Tuesday, December 17 at 9 pm ET / 8 pm Central on USA Network as "Purge night rages on and Esme, Ryan, Marcus and Ben fight for their lives and their loved ones." Be sure to check out The Natural Aristocrat's interview with Joel Allen on Ben Gardner's connection to 'The God Mask', the intense scenes on The Purge's Season 2 and much more! Want to watch tonight's latest The Purge episode online? No problem! Here's how to stream The Purge Season 2 Episode 9 "Hail Mary" tonight at 9 pm ET / 8 pm Central. Related Topics:Ethan HawkeFeaturedJames DeMonacoJames SandinThe PurgeThe Purge Season 2The Purge Season 2 FinaleThe Purge TV AdaptationThe Purge TV SeriesThe Purge TV ShowUSA NetworkUSA Network's The Purge The Purge 209 recap: Ben Gardner asks Turner to Purge, Esme hunted Joel Allen talks The Purge's Ben Gardner, Intense Scenes (Interview) Nir Regev is the founder of The Natural Aristocrat. You can directly contact him at nir.regev@thenaturalaristocrat.com for coverage consideration, interview opportunties, or general comments. Mary K. DeVault talks Ms. Lorelei's Corner on The Purge (Interview) In Memoriam: Who made it through The Purge Season 2 Finale? Amye Gousset talks The Purge's Lena Dash, Urge2Purge App (Interview) The Purge Season 2 Episode 9 Live Stream: Watch online Julius Caesar starring David Morrissey to return on-screen in March Photo Credit: National Theatre Live The UK's New Zealand Society will present National Theatre Live's 'Julius Caesar' starring David Morrissey on Tuesday, March 17th 2020 over at National Theatre Studio in London. 'The Governor' David Morrissey's portrayal of Mark Antony in National Theatre Live's rendition of classic Shakespeare play 'Julius Caesar' will be revived on-screen for one night only this coming March. UK based New Zealand Society's Film and Theatre Club will present 'Julius Caesar' (TV Movie Edition) on Tuesday, March 17 2020 at 5:45 p.m. at London's National Theatre Studio! The Telegraph called David Morrissey's performance "electrifying" back on January 30, 2018, giving the show 4 out of 5 stars. Tickets will be free for New Zealand Society members and just £7.50 for non-members / General Admission. National Theatre Studio is located at 83-101 The Cut Lambeth London SE1 8LL. Alongside David Morrissey in National Theatre Live's 'Julius Caesar' is Ben Whishaw [The Danish Girl] as Brutus, Michelle Fairley [Game of Thrones] as Cassius, and David Calder [The Lost City of Z] as Julius Caesar himself. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, the productions runs at 2 hours and 15 minutes with no intervals. National Theatre Live's 'Julius Caesar' Synopsis: Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat's popularity, the educated élite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of the capital. Nicholas Hytner's production will thrust the audience into the street party that greets Caesar's return, the congress that witnesses his murder, the rally that assembles for his funeral and the chaos that explodes in its wake. Learn more about the production and its extensive critical acclaim over at National Theatre Live's official Julius Caesar page. The TV Movie of the production to be presented by the UK's New Zealand Society was originally released on March 22, 2018. About the UK's New Zealand Society: "NZ Society UK provides social opportunities for Kiwis to meet up & celebrate both our heritage and our adopted home." David Morrissey's recent Acting Craftsmanship: David Morrissey has been busy portraying Aulus in TV series Britannia recently, and will soon play a featured role as Walter Blackett in upcoming series The Singapore Grip. Best remembered as one of Rick Grimes' greatest all-time rivals on The Walking Dead, David Morrissey's acting has always been on a whole other level. Dynamite on-screen and on-stage, his presence commands your attention. Thus, it's no surprise that an 'actor's actor' like Morrissey would return to his roots after The Walking Dead and continue performing in Shakespeare's lineage of work. Not to mention a strong run on-stage performing in Martin McDonagh's Hangmen! Check out more Walking Dead related cast news over at The Walking Dead category section on The Natural Aristocrat! Pollyanna McIntosh (Jadis/Anne) and several of her Walking Dead cast mates have recently been announced for NJ's annual East Coast Comic Con in May. Watch: Larry David, Jon Hamm get kicked out in Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 10 Trailer Screenshot / Photo Credit: HBO Larry David and Jon Hamm get kicked out of a dinner party in a fresh Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 10 Trailer released today! HBO has officially announced the series returns on January 19, 2020. Larry David is regularly made to feel unwelcome and told to "Get Out!" in a new Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 10 Trailer released by HBO earlier today. He's even getting others kicked out by association like Mad Men/Baby Driver star Jon Hamm at 1:24-1:25 of the trailer. Jon Hamm accepts being ousted proudly as Larry celebrates the rite of passage… A classic Larry David style un-ceremonial exit! What kind of a role will Jon Hamm have on the series? Is it a one-off episode cameo or will fans see Hamm throughout Season 10 in an overarching story? The new trailer also features Larry getting under a mailman's skin, evading a confrontation by telling him to wear something other than shorts next time… That is if he wants to be taken seriously! The moment happens at 1:30 in the trailer. "Can I give you some advice? If you're going to confront someone, better to put some pants on… Hard to take a person seriously wearing shorts." Curb Your Enthusiasm officially returns to HBO on Sunday, January 19th next year with its debuting episode running from 10:30 p.m. – 11:07 p.m. ET. The series last aired Season 9 on December 3, 2017. According to HBO, Susie Essman, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Richard Lewis, and JB Smoove are all confirmed to reprise their roles. Larry David is back – as Larry David – stumbling through one faux-pas after another in an all-new season of the award-winning, hit comedy series. Returning series regulars include Emmy® nominee Larry David ("Seinfeld"), Susie Essman ("Broad City"), Jeff Garlin ("The Goldbergs"), Emmy® nominee Cheryl Hines ("Suburgatory"), Richard Lewis ("Anything But Love") and JB Smoove ("The Millers"). Larry David has maintained that he only wants to do Curb Your Enthusiasm if he finds the right muse to do it justice for a full season. This time around the hiatus between seasons was much lower (Six years between Season 8 and 9) so he's clearly feeling it, this season will no doubt be magic once again! Check out the latest news in Entertainment in the Entertainment News category section! Holly Earl meets Hideo Kojima at Gamescom 2019 Photo Credit: Hideo Kojima and Holly Earl's Instagram The actress with the million dollar smile, Holly Earl, met gaming icon Hideo Kojima at Gamescom 2019, opening the door potentially for the star of Erica to be on a future Death Stranding DLC! London's Holly Earl [AMC's Humans] gently stepped into her gaming industry debut as the lead star of Erica on August 19… And already making friends and snapping photos with the best the scene has to offer! Enter Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear series and off the charts anticipated Death Stranding. Kojima has lent his support for Holly Earl in Erica by retweeting the Sony published release. Simple friendly retweet or the start of a professional relationship that sees Holly potentially meet Norman Reedus in a future DLC? Hmmm. Kojima has always been keen on details and revels in the release of clues through social media. Holly Earl originally became a viral web sensation from a fairly early career interview for the Belgrade Theatre. The kind-eyed Earl was playing the character of Bertha in a production The Father at the time (2012). Though she'd already started professionally acting back in 1997 as Louise Creegan in TV series Touching Evil. Something about Holly Earl's opening smile in the interview and serene demeanor resonated. That smile soon became a GIF known the world over. The extra boost every rising star needs to make it to the next level. As the hype around Erica builds to a crescendo on the PlayStation 4, Holly Earl could easily become a go-to talent in the gaming industry. With Norman Reedus leading Death Stranding and Keanu Reeves playing a role in Cyberpunk 2077… It could be Hollywood's lineup that ultimately decides the future of gaming. A vast untapped market of current non-gamers will be swayed by familiar names to give gaming a try for the first time. Even if Kojima does not bring in Holly Earl to work in some fashion on Death Stranding in these late stages, a future unnamed project is always possible. Be sure to check out Erica available now for the PlayStation 4! Go to LiveGameDeals.com for the latest Video Game Deals (Digital and Physical)! Copyright © 2016-2020 TheNaturalAristocrat.com. 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Knox County election gives plenty of options for new commissioners Two of the Knox County Commission races will fill empty seats; another two feature incumbents running for re-election. Knox County election gives plenty of options for new commissioners Two of the Knox County Commission races will fill empty seats; another two feature incumbents running for re-election. Check out this story on knoxnews.com: https://knoxne.ws/2Nth1AN Tyler Whetstone, Knoxville News Sentinel Published 8:00 a.m. ET July 6, 2018 | Updated 11:04 a.m. ET July 7, 2018 Knox County mayoral candidates Glenn jacobs and Linda Haney have just two things in common. Angela M Gosnell, USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee The Gay Street bridge and the City County Building are pictured Sept. 30, 2016.(Photo: NEWS SENTINEL FILE)Buy Photo Four Knox County Commission seats will be on the August ballot. Two of the races will fill empty seats and bring new commissioners into the fray; another two are filled with commissioners running for re-election against opponents. The commission is currently made up of 11 members, 10 Republicans and one Democrat. More: Knox County mayoral race: Battle of competing views on role of government More: Farragut mayoral race pits retiree, contractor - both aldermen - against each other More: New day: 2nd Congressional District candidates looking to replace Duncan dynasty Randy Smith, 54, Republican (incumbent) Commission Chairman Randy Smith did not have an opponent in the primary, but he did four years ago when he defeated Billy Stephens in the primary before he ran unopposed in the general election. Randy Smith (Photo: Submitted) In his four years on the commission, Smith, who works for the county risk management department, has served on the finance committee for three years, and sat on the county development board, the county investment committee and been a board member of the Great Schools Partnership. Smith said he learned the ropes over the last four years and wants to use the next four to form policies that will shape the county's next 15-20 years. More: Candidates for Knox County Circuit Court clerk aim for greater efficiency More: Stacey Campfield one of 7 vying for Tennessee House District 89 More: Three Republicans, one Democrat run for District 19 seat Harry Brooks is vacating "I honestly thought when I ran the first time that I'd only do this one term because we needed someone in the Third District to represent us," he said. "But then after you've been there a little bit, and it's not about power or ego, but you start seeing things you could work on if you had more time." Some of the things he wants to accomplish include finding a way to pay deputies better wages and increase the starting pay for teachers. Cody Biggs, 32, Democrat Cody Biggs candidate for Knox County Commission (Photo: Submitted) Political newcomer Cody Biggs said he's running for office to make an impact in District 3 and wants to serve constituents like he serves people in his role with The 9 Group, a local hospitality company. A native Middle Tennessean, Biggs fell in love with Knoxville when he attended the University of Tennessee. He left after two years, but finished his degree at Pellissippi State Community College. "Knoxville pulled me in and I love Knoxville, good and bad," he said. "We have things to work on, but that's what I like about it. It's one of those cities that you can come here and be comfortable no matter where you're at." He said just because he's a Democrat doesn't mean he won't be able to work with other members of the commission. He said Smith has done a good job on commission, but thinks the district needs a new voice and someone who can think out of the box on infrastructure and education needs. "We're in a red county and red state," he said. "Just because I'm a Democrat doesn't mean I won't listen to and interact with Republicans … we're all human and have to work together to (accomplish work)." More: Democrats square off in District 14, hope to beat Republican incumbent Zachary More: Two Democrats face off in District 18; one will battle GOP incumbent Charles Busler, 69, Republican (incumbent) Charles Busler (Photo: Submitted) Four years ago, when he was first approached by people asking him to run for county commission, Charles Busler said he decided to run because he felt the need to give back to the community. That feeling hasn't subsided. "I've had a lot of people who have supported me and I've been in this community nearly 45 years. They encourage me and talk to me and express their issues to me," he said. Those issues, this time around, center around funding Knox County Schools and the county's workforce development. The issues go hand-in-hand, he said. Welders and technicians and trade skill professions are lacking in the county and the schools aren't preparing students for them enough, he said. "Our education system is not preparing for that type of workforce. Education in general is not thinking outside the box," he said. Beyond that, he said, people are concerned about the county's infrastructure and the money needed to repair and repave roads. Steve Hart, Democrat Steve Hart could be reached for comment about his campaign. District 10 (countywide) Tori Griffin, 36, Democrat Knox County Commission District 10 democratic candidate Tori Griffin answers questions during a candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. (Photo: Saul Young/News Sentinel) Griffin is another first-time candidate, although he's an experienced campaigner. He cut his teeth by working for Democratic congressional campaigns in Georgia and Virginia. He works for the nonprofit Socially Equal Energy Efficient Development (SEEED). Republican or Democrat, Griffin said people generally care about the same things: good, safe schools and a good-paying job. He said his goal is to alleviate peoples' concerns to the extent that he, and the county, can. "When I talk to teachers and officers and EMT people all the time, they work and put their heart and soul into their jobs," he said. "They want to make sure they can afford to live where they live and they want to make sure their can leave a legacy and retire with some security." Larsen Jay, 43, Republican Knox County Commission District 10 republican candidate Larsen Jay answers questions during a candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. (Photo: Saul Young/News Sentinel) Like Griffin, this is Larsen Jay's first attempt at public office. He is CEO of Random Act of Flowers, an organization that that now employs 20 people and utilizes 5,000 volunteers in five states. Jay began campaigning nearly a year and a half ago and since then has met with and toured 26 different county departments and services, asking them questions and trying to find out how best to serve them if elected. He said the knowledge will help him hit the ground running. He said he sees time on the commission as a way of preparing the county for a better future. "What can I do to lay a better foundation for 10-20 years down the road? If I plant a tree, I'm never going to be around to sit under that shade tree, but I think it's important to (plan ahead)," he said. Jay defeated Republican Ronnie Rochelle by 37 points in the primary election. He said he will focus on education and is interested in land use issues. Justin Biggs, 35, Republican Knox County Commission District 11 republican candidate Justin Biggs answers questions during a candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. (Photo: Saul Young/News Sentinel) Justin Biggs is a first-time candidate. He said he's using his time campaigning across the county to learn about the different needs in each area. "No matter what part of town you're in campaigning, you're going to have issues different in each district," he said. There's a common theme though, he said. "More than anything, right now, everybody is really worried about their neighborhood being safe, making sure they have a safe bed to come home to … everybody's worried about opioids," he said. Biggs has no relation to Cody Biggs. He defeated Republican R. Larry Smith by nearly seven points in what became a nasty May primary race. He is a collections administrator in the Knox County Trustee's Office and his wife is a small business owner. He promised he wouldn't run for re-election after four years unless his constituents make it clear they want him to. Daniel Gerke, 46, Democrat Knox County Commission District 11 democratic candidate Daniel Gerke answers questions during a candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. (Photo: Saul Young/News Sentinel) Daniel Gerke has lived in Knoxville for five years, long enough to know this is where he wants to stay and where he wants to get involved in the community. He has spent time as an owner of a Gondolier Restaurant in Dayton and is currently a director at Sedgewick, a Memphis-based claims administrator that allows him to work from home. He said he would take an open-minded approach to education, because education leads to better jobs, and other issues in the county like improving the county's infrastructure. "I'm not advocating to raising taxes, but need to keep an open mind to all of our problems and try to solve them," he said. "It's about roads and making sure our kids have good schools and are safe," he said. 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Prizes Wynne Prize 2009 Archibald Prize Wynne Prize Enter the prize Sir John Sulman Prize Dobell Prize for Drawing Photographic Portrait Prize Young Archie competition To see finalists choose a year... 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1991/92 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 1899 1898 1897 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2009 exhibition Winners for 2009 Lionel Bawden The amorphous ones (the vast colony of our being) Winner: Wynne Prize 2009 Graham Fransella Shore line Winner: Trustees' Watercolour Prize 2009 Finalists for 2009 Brett Bailey - The cool swimming hole Del Kathryn Barton - Flatrock Lionel Bawden - The amorphous ones (the vast colony of our being) (Winner: Wynne Prize 2009) Anthony Bennett - a landscape of insufficient green…. where mountains are crushed for speaking out Jun Chen - McLaren Vale, SA Lucy Culliton - Arkaroola Graham Fransella - Shore line (Winner: Trustees' Watercolour Prize 2009) Paul Haggith - Drifting away Pei Pei He - City Life Adam (aka Blak Douglas) Hill - Six finger salary Matt Huttlestone - Frog mouth and cocky-apple tree David Keeling - Soft walk - early morning, friendly beaches Gladdy Kemarre - Bush plum in Analpere country Fiona Lowry - I know that the hand of god is the promise Alasdair Macintyre - Captain America Joanne Currie Nalingu - Dark Water (Maranoa) Ningura Napurrula - Untitled John Peart - Ground formations Gloria Tamerre Petyarre - Untitled (leaves) Rodney Pople - Lowhead 2am James Powditch - Made in Australia – Lake Burley Griffin Elizabeth Roet - Reef red alert Paul Ryan - My home is the sea Peter Smets - Recycle Frank Thirion - Southern stars Patrick Olodoodi Tjungurrayi - Untitled John R Walker - Gate, southwalking Bedervale Regina Pilawuk Wilson - Syaw (fish-net) Philip Wolfhagen - Out of the garden III Joshua Yeldham - Motherland

"To pass through Grand Central Terminal, one of New York's exalted public spaces, is an ennobling experience, a gift," writes Michael Kimmelman in a recent New York Times essay. "To commute via the bowels of Penn Station, just a few blocks away, is a humiliation." He is not being hyperbolic. Grand Central, with its soaring walls and golden halls and Mad Men-esque allure, exalts the people who pass through its portals, inspiring them to be just a little more polite, a little more dignified, a little more productively self-consciousness. Penn, dark and dank and aggressively gray, a subterranean temple to the horrible, has the opposite effect: It closes us into ourselves, inspiring rudeness and occasionally crudeness and occasionally, if my most recent trip there is any indication, shouting matches among middle-aged men jockeying for seats on the 6:15 to Long Branch. The point being: Spaces matter. They don't merely contain us; they guide our behavior. And that goes for our digital surroundings, too: the environments we're building for ourselves, brick by portable brick, psychic spaces mortared and mediated by our cell phones and tablets. But what are those digital environments doing to us? What kind of spaces are they creating -- and how are they affecting the way we behave within them? A new study has some grim news on that front. Researchers at the University of Maryland have conducted a series of experiments examining the effects of cell phone usage on "prosocial behavior": behavior intended to benefit other people or society as a whole. Their findings? Overall, cell phone usage tended to discourage, rather than inspire, prosocial behavior. After being asked to draw their mobile phones and to describe, in detail, the previous day's interaction with them, research subjects were less inclined to volunteer for a charity when asked to do so, compared to their control-group counterparts. The cell-minded subjects were also less able than a control group to locate "others-related" words in a word search puzzle. They were also less persistent in a puzzle-completion task -- even though they knew their answers would translate to a monetary donation to charity. As Anastasiya Pocheptsova, Rosellina Ferraro, and Ajay Abraham conclude in the working paper documenting their findings, "We propose that the use of a mobile phone, a device that is designed to connect people, will have an unintended negative effect on prosocial behavior." In other words: The cell phone environment is more Penn Station than Grand Central. The researchers speculate that cell-using subjects' relatively selfish behavior stems from the murky divide between the social and the prosocial. Connection to others doesn't necessarily mean beneficial connection to others; while mobile phones are definitely social, they may not be so in ways that are productive. "The satisfied need to connect to others is likely to have a negative effect on subsequent intentions and behaviors towards other people," Pochepstova and Rosellina write, adding that "several recent papers provide support for this idea." There's a lot of literature to the contrary as well, though. While it's true that mobile phone use has been correlated with social withdrawal among professional athletes -- and while, rather infamously, they give us a handy excuse to ignore each other in person (fauxning, anyone?) -- there have also been studies suggesting that mobile phone usage can encourage charitable giving. And it's also worth emphasizing that this is a working paper, and that the findings have yet to undergo peer review or journal publication. Anecdotally, though, the findings do ring true. Mobile devices, observed in the wild, seem to encourage feelings of entitlement in their owners. They connect us to distant people, but remove us from the people who are standing there next to us. In that, they may be creating a new paradox: the social introvert -- the person who craves connection, but who craves it mostly as mediated through the constraints of the phone or the Twitter feed, or the Facebook page.

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Pirelli is making the CN36 tire again, in our size of 165-78. VR-rated. Pretty much the best choice if you aren't sensitive to price. Vredestein Sprint Classics are probably the most popular choice these days. They are HR-rated. Obviously both speed ratings are more than enough for our little 4-bangers. Avon in the UK make excellent tires and sell their ZT5 in a 165/15/65 at a reasonable price over there. Here in the states the choice is very limited unless one is willing to pay around $150 for a 165 size tire. Go to 175 and there is a large choice and 185 even more choices. the 185 however is a squeeze in some spare tire spaces though fits well in a T6 trunk. I am somewhat surprised, that 185 tires, or even 195 tires, fit to the car without rubbing especially in the front. I disregard difficulties to fit the spare into the trunk – since a 165 size tire could be used as a spare. Wider tire seems to equal more traction when cornering, or is there no real advantage on the street to go from a 165 to a let's say 185 – on 4 ½ " rims. A lot of people like the look of a wider tire. It is a pretty rare person who can take advantage of any extra traction afforded by a bigger contact patch. And a wider tire does not have to be very wide before it rubs on the front, on full steering lock, or is hard to remove from the rear. The rear suspension design being swing axles does not help matters and a very wide tire starts to do all sorts of odd dynamics when cornering on less than a pool table flat road. Then, the spare has to be different. When all 5 are the same, easy to replace a tire with say, a plug in it, or some other small defect. Spending one day at a local track actually driving the car fast around corners is going to make the driver much quicker and safer than any wide tire ever will. I also enjoy being able to get the tail out in a predictable way, perhaps not the ultimate lap times, but more fun driving and less on the very edge. Some modern radials have a vary narrow slip angle, go beyond say, 10 degrees, and the car snaps into unrecoverable oversteer. Dunlop racing tires, for example, can go to about 30 Degrees. Personally, being a cross between a luddite and a heretic, I prefer 165x15's as tall as the original tires. This looks better to my eyes, and the speedometer is spot on. 356 cars are tail-happy, so oversteer is always nearby, even at relatively low speeds. Cuts down on oversteer, and Porsche itself started doing the same thing itself a few years later when it figured out what was going on. Doesn't screw up the delightful light mechanical steering feel, which is one of the best characteristics of a 356. Reduces the on-stilts look at the rear. Is a subtle modification which can be reversed in a few minutes. Of course the accuracy of the speedometer and odometer is unaffected. Half the time the 165 spare will be the right size for use and can be rotated with the front tires. Vredestein and Pirelli make tires in both sizes. 185s fit easily. Vrederstein makes one and I use them on my street cars. Not too big, not too skinny. Looks and feels just right. ................Jim. The 185 x 65 have a ratio that it turns out make the tire close to the same diameter as a 165 x 78 so the speedo if calibrated for a 165 is close to correct on the 185's. About 10 revs per mile difference. Keep in mind that the only time the front tires will rub is at slow speed when parking. If they ever rub at high speed when turning you are already in deep doo doo and rubbing tires is the least of your worries. I have been using the 165 Vredesteins on various 356s for the past 15 years and have been very happy with them. One point that I'm not sure has been covered before is the age of replacement tires. A friend of mine bought "new" tires from a well-known US "vintage" tire specialist - they were new, but produced 6 years ago! Now I ask for the dates before I order any tires. Currently running General R43, 195/65X1n. I know, what? My tire man suggested them as he had good feedback from customers. Ok I tried them and they stick wet or dry and are surprisingly good in snow. I have run 195's on A's & C's with 4.5" rims amd as long as you use proper air pressure they are fine. Ex SCCA racer and over 100,000 356 miles of aggressive driving. When I got my 65C in 2000, it came with 205x55 tires on 4.5" rims on it. Those suckers had a heavy feel to them and didn't look right. Since then, I've used inexpensive 165 x 78s when available, and 185 x 65s when they were not--like right now. Currently have 185 x 65 Michelin Defenders on both C coupes. Hi Dave, I had the identical situation when I got my 64C couple in 2004. 205 tires on 4.5 inch rims. I had to replace them just a few months later because even though they were still fairly new, the sidewalls started cracking from bulging so much. I ran Kumho 165's for years and now that they are discontinued I have the Nexens. I need to replace the tires on my 1960 356B and have been told to go with Michelin XZX, which seem to run approximately $126/tire on http://www.cokertire.com. I've also been quoted US$900 for the full job, which seems on the high end (note that I live in S. Francisco, so everything is more expensive here, but nevertheless...). My question: are Michelin XZX the way to go and is $900 excessive for the whole job (incl. tires)? Marco, I just had 4 new Nexen tires mounted and balanced for less than $400.00. Face it, you're not likely going to put the mileage on the Michelins or drive in such a way that the Nexens will fail you. Unless you plan on drifting your car is the $600 extra worth it? Marco, another favorite is Vredestein Sprint Classics. They are cheaper than XZX's and HR-rated instead of SR-rated. The top speed of a standard 356 doesn't necessitate a higher speed rating, but a higher-rated tire runs cooler at all speeds, which is a good thing. Heat destroys tires. Vredstein Sprint Classic 185/70/15 on 5.5 wheel - any pics? Wondering if anyone has pictures of 185/70/15 on a 5.5 steel wheel, installed on a 356. I searched multiple tire threads and could not find a pic. Also, is it true these tires can not be stored on the car in cold temperatures? Tire distributors do not seem to mention it, but Vredstein does. If it is made out of modern materials, I do not see why they would differ from any other tire. I have Toyo's on it now, and since my VW jetta needs tires and takes the same tire size, this could be a good excuse to install some Vredstein's. Last edited by M Penta on Thu Mar 29, 2018 7:19 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Momma of Dos: Not Again Monday! Well, this weekend was fun, busy like every weekend has been for a couple of weeks now. I worked Saturday and then we had family events to go to. Sunday was awesome; we had our Family Sunday and attended mass with Santiago. It was a fun and overwhelming experience... but thankfully BOTH grandmothers were there... it was good. I am not sure yet how I will handle it when we start going alone..what I did learn is that I tend to OVER carry thing but I will learn. The Infant Chapel at church was filled with unruly children and despite that I think Ricardo and I were able to enjoy both the message and the company. I hope that gets better, we really need mass these days. In all the weekend was BUSY no other word to describe it. And now Monday...what can I say....IT'S MONDAY! Chaos reigns and hopefully the week will settle and I can get organized and be more productive this week. I don't want to finish the year with clutter; in my life, at work, or at home. Rest in and clean our house. We will definitely not have money to buy presents this year...but God will make a way. So, we must work on these and probably add to it... I have to finish sending my Christmas cards out and I have already thought of what the baby and I will wear to the wedding this weekend.

This site uses cookies for analytics. By continuing to browse this site, you agree to this use. View Newsletters Online Go Search Competition Policy and Antitrust Innovation and Economic Growth Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing Media and Content Search and Advertising Networks and Infrastructure main content begins Principles that Matter: Sustaining Software Innovation from the Client to the Web Innovation and Economic Growth, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing and Internet Marco Iansiti HBS Working Knowledge Working Papers Series No. 09-142, 2009 This article analyzes three principles that are key to continued competition and innovation in internet software. Policy Relevance The same principles that were key to promoting growth and innovation during the initial development of personal computer (PC) software can be used and modified to ensure continued innovation and competition in internet software. Main Points Internet software consists of software products that are available to users online for which they need not buy a physical product, such as cloud computing. The development of internet software is currently progressing at a tremendous pace, but may not continue to do so without external pressures ensuring that the market remains competitive and innovative. Internet software differs from traditional software in a number of ways, but some of the same principles underlie both markets. Three core principles, and the interaction between them, are important to ensure the competition and coexistence of internet software. Choice – firms should allow consumers and partners to choose between competing products, for example browsers should allow users to choose to set a competitors page as their home page. Opportunity – developers should be given platform access, allowing them to innovate and build on platform technologies to create new products and services. Interoperability – vendors should enable products to work together allowing consumers to realize the full benefit of complementary products offered by competing vendors. All three of these principles where important to the development and success of the PC software market. Thus, the PC market can be used as a model for predicting the development and problems that may arise as internet software develops. While following these three principles gives companies long term benefits, some companies may forgo those benefits in order to gain short term benefits. This type of behavior should be discouraged via a combination of public awareness and regulation. Get The Article Find the full article online Search for Full Article David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration Codirector of the Laboratory for Information Science miansiti@hbs.edu Evidence Regarding Microsoft and Innovation Information Technology Ecosystem Health and Performance Copyright © 2021 Microsoft Corporation

Prime Minister Theresa May announced a general election on 18th April, with the aim of increasing levels of certainty and to guide Britain through the changes of BREXIT. Approval from the House of Commons was subsequently granted, and now the campaigning has started. So will this election affect property market stability? In order to determine whether this will alter the stability of the market, there is a need to first determine the property markets current condition. There are two key factors; the level of demand and the buyer's ability to finance the purchase. Currently the local property market appears to be in a stable place, with a good level of sales going through, demonstrating that demand and the ability to finance the purchases of property exists. However, property values are not growing at the rate they did before the 2007 financial crisis. Historically there has always been a link between a general election and the number of property sales. Based on the previous general elections, we can expect a dip in property transactions during the period leading up to the election. In this case there is only a month until the ballot date on the 8th of June, significantly reducing the period of uncertainty. The former Residential Chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Jeremy Leaf has stated ""The period of indecision starts from now until the election and thankfully it is relatively short. Inevitably, a lot of decision-making will be put on hold, particularly as the polls fluctuate, and that includes the decision to buy and sell property." However many believe the outcome is clear and on balance it is likely that there will be a Tory victory, which potentially reduces the level of uncertainty during this period, as it is the opinion of many that five more years of Conservative party leadership will be a positive move for the country. Overall this general election is unlikely to have any detrimental influence on the property market, and after the result the market is likely to become more stable.

A new year means a new year of content, with no sign of Polyphony Digital's support for Gran Turismo Sport slowing down. After being cryptically teased in typical Kazunori Yamauchi fashion earlier this month, Gran Turismo Sport's January update has been revealed and is available now for all players. Eight new "historically-significant" vehicles make their way to Gran Turismo Sport with the January update, including the iconic Honda Integra Type R DC2, Nissan Fairlady Z and Shelby GT350. One of the headlining additions of the January update is the return of an old track from Gran Turismo 5 - Special Stage Route X. A new events have been added to Gran Turismo Sport's single-player campaign mode GT League; Z Heritage (Beginner League), alongside two new rounds for the Stars & Stripes (Beginner), Vision GT Trophy (Amateur), X2014 Nations Cup (Professional), and Gr.1 Prototype Endurance (Endurance) events. The Z Heritage league will restrict players to events in specific front engine rear wheel drive Nissan's. In addition, the new Tokyo Expressway layout from the previous update has been added to the Circuit Experience alongside a new collection has been added to Scapes, focusing on the sights and locations of Cambridge, UK.

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Revision Rhinoplasty is now available by a Stanford University Medical Center trained Facial Plastic Surgeon and Head & Neck Surgeon, Robert J Troell, MD, FACS with significant experience with probably the most difficult cosmetic surgery today! This is one of the most challenging procedures in cosmetic surgery today. Previous "nose job" or rhinoplasty procedures either did not achieve the desired outcome, the surgeon was overly aggressive with nose cartilage manipulation or a complication occurred, all of which have produced a less than optimal result. About one third of Dr. Troell's cosmetic nasal surgeries are revisions from his colleagues. All patients have photographs taken and photo morphing with Dr. Troell to identify the exact appearance the patient is striving to achieve. He will educate you on the possibility reaching this aesthetic goal. Preparation for surgery is paramount. Acquiring your previous description of the surgery or "operative report", provides valuable information of the anatomy that may be present at the time of your revision procedure. Nearly all of these cases require the soft tissue structure between the nostrils to be lifted (open approach) for maximum visualization of the nasal anatomy. Nearly all of the revision procedures require cartilage from somewhere in your body: nasal septum, ear conchal or rib cartilage. Occasionally, bone may be needed from the top of your head, skin and cartilage combined graft from the ear or irradiated cartilage from a cadaver specimen. The usually deficiency in revision surgery is the previous removal of either the bony or cartilaginous support structure of the nose. This structural framework needs to be rebuilt, preferably using your own tissue. The addition of skin or a composite graft (skin and cartilage) is required to resurface scarring inside your nostrils or vestibule skin. In some patients, only minimal noninvasive treatments are necessary to create the desired aesthetic appearance. A steroid called triamcinolone or Kenalog is injected in one or a few direct skin areas of fullness (usually the supratip area above the tip) of in low dose resolves the problem. Rarely, injection of a dermal filler, such as Restylane Lyft or Bellafill can fill in an area of deficiency, however, this often needs to be repeated. Some patients can undergo a closed approach with an incision inside the nostril, which produces less post-treatment nasal tip swelling than the open approach. Directly cutting an area of excess cartilage or placing a cartilage graft in an area of weakness or area of volume deficiency may be necessary. The most common presentation to Dr Troell's revision rhinoplasty practice is a nose that has had one to four previous surgeries with excess cartilage excision or manipulation. Patients with this presentation often require multiple cartilage grafts for both functional (improved breathing) and aesthetic structural support. A knowledge of the anatomy, engineering, artistic eye and understanding the limitations are essential qualities of the surgeon to achieve the optimal outcome. Dr. Troell has been involved in inventing two procedures for improving nasal aesthetics and function. Radiofrequency tissue reduction using a radiofrequency probe to reduce the size of the inferior turbinate to improve nasal breathing, also known as Somnoplasty. This procedure can be preformed on the palate for snoring and in the tongue musculature for patient's that have obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. He and his colleagues at Palo Alto Ca got the radiofrequency device approved by the FDA and completed all the initial studies, including in the pig model and in humans for the nose, palate and tongue anatomical areas. The other nasal procedure developed was a cartilage grafting technique to the internal and external nasal valve that revolutionized the physical and architectural thinking of nasal support associated with nasal aesthetics. This technique was first presented in a Facial Plastic Surgery conference in Rome Italy in September 1997 at the 1st Roma OSAS: Advances on Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Syndrome, Rome, Italy. Nasal Rim Reconstruction: Evaluation of a New Procedure. This novel procedure was published in 2000: Troell RJ, Powell NB, Riley RW, Li KK. evaluation of a new procedure for nasal rim and valve collapse: Nasal alar rim reconstruction in Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery. 2000;122:204-211. Troell RJ: Nasal Alar Rim Reconstruction for Nasal Rim and Valve Collapse, In: Melvin A. Shiffman, M.D., J.D., Alberto Di Giuseppe, M.D., editors. Advanced Rhinoplasty: Art, Science, and New Clinical Techniques, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2013. The later two board oral examinations Dr. Troell received the highest score on the certifying board examination. Dr Troell is currently a board examiner for the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery. With his colleagues from his private practice at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA has designed two surgical procedures for the nose for improved function (nasal breathing) and aesthetic appearance. Please contact us at Beauty By Design in Corona del Mar, CA.

Gum disease or periodontal disease is the main cause of tooth loss in adults. The early signs and symptoms of gum disease are often unnoticeable and as many as 50% of adults have the disease. Gum disease occurs when the small pockets around the gum margins of natural teeth become overpopulated with harmful bacteria. These bacteria together with mucous form a colourless sticky substance called plaque. Over time if this plaque is not removed it will harden and form tartar. The aim of tooth brushing is to remove the buildup of plaque. The bacteria within plaque and tartar start to spread below the gum line. The waste excreted by the harmful bacteria causes infection and inflammation of the gum tissues. The tissues become red, swollen and swollen because of these bacteria. This early stage of periodontal disease is known as gingivitis. Gum tissues tend to bleed easily during the gingivitis stage as the body increases the blood flow to these areas of inflammation. The increased blood flow allows an increase of infection combating cells to reduce the infection of these harmful bacteria. Gingivitis can be reversed with good oral hygiene, brushing, flossing and or using interdental brushes/sticks. Regular hygiene appointments with your dentist or hygienist will reduce the amount of plaque and tartar buildup. When gingivitis is not treated it will advance into periodontal disease. In periodontal disease the gum tissues start to pull away from the tooth surface and deeper periodontal pockets develop as the bacteria inhabit deeper areas around the tooth. The deeper pockets become more difficult to clean and treat and in turn causes the disease process to advance further. Smoking is a risk factor for gum disease. The contents within tobacco smoke cause a reduction in blood flow in our mouths. This reduced blood flow can hide the bleeding symptoms of gum disease. Overcrowded teeth reduces the effectiveness of toothbrushing hence makes those teeth and gums more susceptible to periodontal disease. As the periodontal diseases progresses the waste excreted from the bacteria starts to destroy the bone and connective tissues that surround and support our natural teeth. If untreated the damage will eventually lead to extensive bone loss and make teeth unstable. The lack of bone support can cause teeth to move forward and become mobile and eventually lead to loss of teeth. What are the risk factors in developing periodontal disease. Smoking, is one of the main risk factors of gum disease. Tobacco smoking causes reduced blood flow in gum tisssues that leads to reduce response from the body to combat infection. The reduced blood flow can also make diagnosis of periodontal disease more difficult as there is little or no bleeding. Heavy smokes may not reaslise that they have gingivitis or periodontal disease in the absence of bleeding gums. Medications. Some medicines reduce the saliva flow in our mouths and cause a dry mouth. Saliva has a protective effect on our mouths. Some medications used in epilepsy and blood pressure can also cause overgrowh of gum tissues. This overgrowth leads to more difficult areas to clean and facilitates bacterial overgrowth and plaque accumulation. Systemic diseases like diabetes, autoimmune diseases AIDS or cancer therapies can have a profound impact the health of gum tissues. Genetic factor. It is very well known that if your parents were susceptible to gum disease then you are at a higher risk of developing gum disease. This is particularly noticeable in the more aggressive forms of periodontal disease. Crowded teeth makes cleaning more difficult. The aim of toothbrushing is to reduce the accumulation of plaque so overcrowded teeth are more likely to have small areas that are inaccessible to brushing and dental floss. Your dentist and hygienist should carry out regular periodontal disease screening during your regular examinations. The gums are checked for bleeding and the results of this are recorded in what is called a bleeding index score. Bitewing radiographs are used to assess if any bone loss has occurred. A periodontal probe is used to measure the depths of the periodontal pocket depths. The individual depth scores are recorded and used to form a basis for treatment. Shallow probing depths would not require treatment and simple oral hygiene instructions are reinforced. However in deeper pocket depths periodontal treatment may be required. Treatment may involve all of the following, oral hygiene instructions, tooth brushing technique, flossing technique instruction, scale and polish, root planing and antibiotics. The dentist will reduce areas of plaque retention like overcrowding, poorly fitting crowns, poorly contoured fillings and remaking of dentures that cover too much of the gum surfaces. The hygienist or dentist will scrape off tartar that has accumulated along the gum margins. Ultrasonic or Piezo scaling units tend to be more effective, faster and more comfortable for patients when compared to manual scaling alone using hand scalers. Usually your hygienist will use a combination of ultrasonic and hand scaling to remove tartar buildup. Local anaesthetic may be required to reduce any discomfort while the treatment is being carried out. When is periodontal surgery required. Your periodontist may recommend periodontal surgery if the periodontal disease has not responded favourably after deep cleaning. The aim of surgery is to reduce the depth of the periodontal pocket to facilitate cleaning. The periodontist will create a flap and expose the affected tooth/root surface to be cleaned thoroughly. The flap is then repositioned in a way so that the tissues fit snugly around the tooth surface. In some case bone grafting may be recommended to regain bone that has been lost around natural tooth roots. Brush your teeth after meals, use a soft tooth brush and fluoride toothpaste, ensure that you clean all tooth surfaces properly using small round circular motion. As a general rule 2 minutes of brushin is usually recommended. See your dentist or hygienist regularly for hygiene appointments. It has been shown that patients who suffered from gum disease were at a higher risk of developing heart disease when compared to patients that did not suffer from gum disease. If you are concerned about the possibility of having gum disease contact your dentist or hygienist. Brighton Implant Clinic is a group of dental implant clinics based in Sussex that offer affordable dental implant treatment to patients that have lost teeth as a result of trauma, missing teeth from birth or tooth loss as a result of gum disease. Dental implants are small titanium screws that are placed into the jaw bone that can offer an alternative for missing teeth and are generally more comfortable than removable dentures. Unlike removable dentures, dental implants are fixed to the jaw bone. The feel and function like natural teeth. If you are interested in dental implant treatment the clinic provide a FREE dental implant consultation.

Tom's Guide Tom's Guide Search Tom's Guide Samsung Galaxy S23 just tipped for this major camera upgrade By Tom Pritchard A big selfie boost could be in the cards Update: This selfie camera upgrade may also apply to the Galaxy S23 Ultra too. We're still several months away from the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S23, but we're already starting to hear rumors about potential upgrades the phone might enjoy. Among them is word that there may be an upgraded selfie camera, with 12MP of resolution to boot. That's according to GalaxyClub (opens in new tab), which claims the Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23 Plus will include the upgraded sensor. While an extra 2MP isn't a lot on paper, it would prove to be a serious upgrade considering both models haven't had a boost in resolution since the Galaxy S10 range launched in 2019. Resolution doesn't necessarily make a camera better. The fact the iPhone 13 Pro Max's 12MP camera lens is top of our list of best camera phones shows quality photography relies on a lot of other things. But the inclusion of a new front camera module could give Samsung the opportunity to include other upgrades. We don't have any other details right now, but we can hope for some of the things the Galaxy S22's front camera lacks. Optical image stabilization is one, as is slow-motion video recording and a lower aperture for better low-light performance. At the very least a 12MP sensor might close the gap between the S23 and the Galaxy S23 Ultra. The Galaxy S22 Ultra already has a 40MP front camera, and there's no reason why the S23 Ultra wouldn't at least come with something similar. Of course, there's no guarantee that an upgrade is even on the cards. There have been rumors suggesting a new front camera would be coming even before the launch of the Galaxy S21. Those never materialized, and Samsung could disappoint us again next year — no matter how overdue this particular upgrade might be. We've also heard rumors that the Galaxy S23 could come packing a new version of Samsung's 200MP ISOCELL HP1 camera module. However, it seems likely that this particular upgrade would be reserved for the Galaxy S23 Ultra. Assuming it happens at all. We're still very early in the Galaxy S23's rumor cycle, and that means we can't make any conclusions just yet. The Samsung Galaxy S23 is currently expected to arrive in January 2023. In the meantime, check out our Galaxy S23 hub for all the latest rumors and leaks. Today's best Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra deals Get $50 off this p... Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Installments) at Mint Mobile (opens in new tab) Tom Pritchard Automotive Editor Tom is the Tom's Guide's Automotive Editor, which means he can usually be found knee deep in stats the latest and best electric cars, or checking out some sort of driving gadget. It's long way from his days as editor of Gizmodo UK, when pretty much everything was on the table. He's usually found trying to squeeze another giant Lego set onto the shelf, draining very large cups of coffee, or complaining that Ikea won't let him buy the stuff he really needs online. Walmart Super Bowl TV deals — 55-inch OLED for $899 200 malicious Android and iOS apps draining bank accounts — check your phone now Super Bowl 2023 live stream: Date and time, halftime show and more iOS 16.3 available now — here are the new features for your iPhone This awesome LG 4K OLED gaming monitor is $600 off at Amazon right now Tom's Guide is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab).

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this disgusts me By Only me, October 22, 2010 in General Education Discussion Board My kids like going to the park a few minutes away from my house. They often just hang out or play with some of the little kids in the area. My son and his friend just left the park but my older girls stayed (15 and 18) with a few of the younger kids. Three teenage girls (probably around 16 or so) came to the park dressed in very revealing clothing (short skirts, low tops, etc) and bright red lipstick. They started talking dirty to a group of the little boys and just acting plain nasty. Then one of the girls proceeded to take off her shorts and started pole dancing. I think all of the little kids were shocked. My daughters told the older girls to leave. The girls wouldn't leave so my girls persuaded the younger kids to go to the other side of the park. My girls didn't come with these younger kids so they really couldn't bring them home. What really saddens me is that there was a grandparent there with his child and he just stared and didn't do anything. Last week two middle school boys were telling my girls that they wanted to sleep with them. These were 12 year olds! This is a park in nice neighborhood. I know worse things could happen but it just disgusts me. This used to be a nice place for my kids to play and now they don't even enjoy going there anymore. We don't hang out at the park that is in my front yard because of the unsupervised adolescents. HRAAB I took my twins to a park across the street from where my other dd was having her paino lesson. This park is right next to a junior high. Two girls and boys walked across from the school to the park and were playing around on the swings. The language was filthy. And one of the girls started 'pole dancing' with one of the swing set poles. Holy cow! My girls and I beat a hasty retreat to the car. Last time I took them to the park at that time. I do have to say the same park is full of littler kids on Sat. morning. I was there on a Thursday afternoon. I keep hearing about children pole dancing at playgrounds. I don't recall *ever* hearing about this in past years. What is on TV these days? :glare: Just that: pole dancing. Youtube videos have it. Youtube videos are rarely monitored unless they're flagged enough, and even then, that takes some time. Plus, go to fitness TV. I saw one show that showed you how to get in shape by pole dancing. I'd never even heard of pole dancing until I was an adult. And I wasn't exactly sheltered either. Heatherwith4 :eek: I don't think I'd be going there anymore... LauraGB Um, isn't there a law against indecent exposure and inappropriate s*xual behavior toward children? Is it crazy to consider calling the police the next time you (or your daughters) witness it? 16 is certainly old enough to get into a whole mess of trouble for behavior like that, especially in a public place. bookfiend Well, remember this from five years ago? SanFrancisco 8th grade career day - be a stripper? http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-01-14-stripping_x.htm How many CSI episodes/police show/movies feature a strip club scenes? It's another form of nasty that has been normalized to young adults. ZooRho I think this too. Get the police invoved next time. Our city has a non emergency number, although indecnicy with a child is probably more likly a major issue. Also, if I was a parent and my younger children were there like that I would have been okayif your dds would have suggested that they go home or to a safe place. Tree House Academy We go when ps kids are sure to be in school. When ps lets out, we leave. shalom22 There was a online coupon available recently for pole dancing lessons, it's like a form of exercise....:confused: Maybe it is part of their PE in school? Gwenhwyfar yes, you can take pole dancing classes and it IS quite a workout. actually (anyone) check this *video out: -- i can only imagine having the strength and flexibility that some of them have! *this is not stripping. there are is no nudity in the video. it contains clips from the competition, set to music, and the ladies are wearing two piece bathing suit type outfits.if that's gonna offend you - don't watch it. most especially, don't watch it and then rag me out for posting it when you knew what it was. ;) [eta: of course none of that makes the behaviour of the girls in the original post appropriate.] Edited October 23, 2010 by Gwenhwyfar add eta CoastalGal My son was innocently playing a video game...I think it was a Tony Hawk game for PS2...right there in the middle of the game was a "strip club" with pole dancers. :eek::ack2: Needless to say that game went in the trash can... We had some issues during our spring baseball season. On my son's team it is 11- and 12-year-olds. One of the boy's older sister (at least 16 because she drove) flirted with the boys. It was disruptive enough that some of the parents and the coaches had to ask her to stay away from the dugout. Nothing like what you were describing but it was unnerving to see a 16-year-old girl acting that way towards preteen boys. Very creepy and sad. Sounds like this is a growing problem, especially if it is already at the stage you are describing. I would call the cops as well for indecency. We are usually there during school hrs as well- I have never seen anything like that. :eek::ack2: Granny_Weatherwax Miley Cyrus was pole dancing last year at the Nickelodeon awards ceremony. Taylor swift attempted a pole dance not too long after on a different show. Makes me sad. It's true that pole dancing is starting to be seen as more... fitness oriented to some people? I've watched some videos of pole dances for competition (the clothes stay on at these events) and they are impressive. mommaduck Miley doesn't surprise me, though at the Nickelodeon awards, that does. Taylor Swift has been our alternative to Miley...so I'm a bit shocked! that's exactly what's in the video i posted up above, from the 2010 US competition. i haven't taken any classes myself, but i know some girls who have and they said it was a lot of fun AND a lot of work. :) misscometa It's society now days, if you turn the TV on that's all you see on TV, and everything is fine/okay/acceptable :001_huh: Unsupervised kids look at these things and think it's fine/okay/acceptable. And even worse, nobody says anything, like the Grandfather... This is more scary, parents didn't know about their son's collection of guns :001_huh: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/15/1875083/weapons-found-in-teens-room.html simka2 This has happened to me a couple times. I literally stand in their space, ask them to stop "nicely," if they don't I pull out my phone and start calling the cops (after I tell them I am taking their pics to give to the police) Never fails! :D Edited October 23, 2010 by simka2 The whole thing doesn't "disgust" me though...it makes me sad, very sad. *and I have put a lot of thought into putting a pole in my room! For exercise ;)" UmMusa Wow, this just reminded that I overheard some kids talk about pole dancing at the park, too. It was a couple of months ago and they were all young (age 10 and under). I remember thinking to myself how did they know what pole dancing was? Bleck. So unnecessary.

Ana Quiroz Visual artist born in Mexico City, Ana Quiroz works and lives in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato. Her work is a reflection of her deep concern for the social and political problems of Mexico. Quiroz explores the hardships of humanity and speaks out against the established social order, addressing the repercussions of these issues. Ana Quiroz is a Ph.D. candidate in Arts and Design at U.N.A.M. and her research examines the resurgence of socio-political engagement in Mexican contemporary art. She has taught for over 15 years at a number of universities and art institutions and she has received recognitions for her sculptures and installations, including 1 st Prize at the Tijuana International Banner Biennial in 2010. She has taken part in art residency programs in France, Argentina and the United States and has participated in numerous collective expositions in various countries across Europe and the Americas. From 1997 to 2012, she was the co-director of the contemporary art center Kunsthaus Santa Fe in San Miguel de Allende and the Kunsthaus center in Miami, during which time she produced and curated over 90 expositions in Mexico and abroad. As of 2012, she has been organizing independent expositions and projects whose main goal is the diffusion of contemporary art.

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common and easily preventable types of cancer in the United States. If diagnosed and treated early prior to metastasis, the five-year colorectal cancer survival rate is approximately 90%. However, many patients avoid screening procedures for colorectal cancer due to a number of reasons. Qualitative data was gathered from focus groups and found four major themes that emerged in both groups: (1) reported … Monkeypox: Facts For Faith Community Nurses, Melissa K. Travelsted Dec 2022 Monkeypox: Facts For Faith Community Nurses, Melissa K. Travelsted International Journal of Faith Community Nursing Faith community nurses provide services to diverse populations and should be aware of the recent monkeypox outbreak. The 2022 outbreak is dissimilar from previous as cases are occurring in non-endemic countries with no travel connections to endemic countries. 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This study investigated whether cardiac electrocardiogram (ECG) gating could improve image quality, and whether a uniform phantom could increase signal uniformity if a surface coil is used to acquire the image. Healthy participants were imaged with a custom-built surface coil and 3.0-T MR system. Cardiac gated images presented with a decreased signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), but intensity correction significantly increased image signal … Classification Of Breast Cancer Histopathological Images Using Semi-Supervised Gans, Balaji Avvaru, Nibhrat Lohia, Sowmya Mani, Vijayasrikanth Kaniti Sep 2022 Classification Of Breast Cancer Histopathological Images Using Semi-Supervised Gans, Balaji Avvaru, Nibhrat Lohia, Sowmya Mani, Vijayasrikanth Kaniti SMU Data Science Review Breast cancer is diagnosed more frequently than skin cancer in women in the United States. Most breast cancer cases are diagnosed in women, while children and men are less likely to develop the disease. 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Among the adverse effects of cannabis use in adolescence and young adulthood, psychosis and psychotic disorders (e.g., schizophrenia) have been examined. The association of cannabis use with schizophrenia was first elucidated in a Swedish study of army conscripts. Specifically, conscripts reported their cannabis use exposure and were followed longitudinally to assess the emergence of schizophrenia. The authors found that those … Perioperative Risks Of The Patient With Heart Failure, Gabrielle Metoyer Jul 2022 Perioperative Risks Of The Patient With Heart Failure, Gabrielle Metoyer Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN) Perioperative Risks of the Patient with Heart Failure Gabrielle Metoyer Department of Nursing, Otterbein University NURS 6810 – Advanced Pathophysiology Dr. Deanna Batross and Dr. Shivani Bhatnagar According to the CDC (2020), heart failure occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood and oxygen to support other organs in your body. Heart failure is an epidemic disease affecting 1-2% of the population worldwide (Schwinger, 2020). It is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide with an estimated 6.5 million adults with heart failure in the United States (Lo et al., 2021). Medical advances … Pathophysiology Of Aortic Stenosis, Melissa Lee Jul 2022 Pathophysiology Of Aortic Stenosis, Melissa Lee Pathophysiology of Aortic Stenosis Melissa J. Lee NURS 6810: Advanced Pathophysiology for the Advanced Practice Nurse Dr. Deana Batross & Dr. Shivani Bhatnagar Proper evaluation of co-morbidities is imperative for patient safety and successful outcomes for patients undergoing anesthesia. Aortic stenosis (AS) is one of the most complex diseases encountered in anesthesia, affecting five percent of older adults and ten percent of the 80-89-year-old-cohort (Joseph et al., 2017). The pathophysiological development of AS is the end result of an inflammatory process caused by endothelial damage from mechanical stress, … Project Ankle-Brachial Index: Implementation Of An Evidence-Based Peripheral Artery Disease Protocol, Melaney Banks Jul 2022 Project Ankle-Brachial Index: Implementation Of An Evidence-Based Peripheral Artery Disease Protocol, Melaney Banks Background: Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a narrowing or blocking of the arteries due to plaque buildup, which prevents oxygen, blood, and other nutrients from getting to the legs. When this buildup reaches a certain point, it becomes atherosclerosis, which is more prevalent in a smoker. Smoking intensifies the problem of plaque buildup if an individual already suffers from PAD. When an individual smokes, the nicotine causes the arteries to constrict and narrow, reducing blood flow further. The ankle-brachial index (ABI) is a simple, cost-effective diagnostic test to identify the presence of PAD which will improve patient outcomes. Purpose: This … A Review Of The Pathogenesis, Clinical Features And Diagnostic Indicators Of The Novel Condition Vaccine-Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia, Ada Fleming Jun 2022 A Review Of The Pathogenesis, Clinical Features And Diagnostic Indicators Of The Novel Condition Vaccine-Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia, Ada Fleming International Undergraduate Journal of Health Sciences The introduction of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 infection was a welcome and significant event in the COVID-19 pandemic. While vaccine administration was for the most part successful, it did come with the emergence of a novel condition, Vaccine-Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT). This condition presents after the administration of adenoviral vector-based vaccines against COVID-19, causing thrombocytopenia and thrombosis in affected individuals. There have been 10 suspected cases of VITT in Ireland. While its mechanism is not fully understood, the condition is characterised by the presence of Platelet Factor 4 (PF4) antibodies. There are several laboratory indicators which may suggest that a patient … Identifying Predictors For Inflammation-Induced Preterm Birth: A Murine Study, Tzu Ning Liu Bs, Jose Galaz Md, Nardhy Gomez-Lopez Phd Jun 2022 Identifying Predictors For Inflammation-Induced Preterm Birth: A Murine Study, Tzu Ning Liu Bs, Jose Galaz Md, Nardhy Gomez-Lopez Phd Medical Student Research Symposium Introduction: Preterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. A large proportion of preterm deliveries is affected by intra-amniotic inflammation, which can occur in the presence (intra-amniotic infection) or absence (sterile intra-amniotic inflammation) of microbes. Studies have shown an association between intra-amniotic inflammation, cervical shortening, and changes in the cervicovaginal microbiome. However, their causal relationships are unknown. This study aims to determine the causality of intra-amniotic inflammation, cervical shortening, and cervicovaginal microbiome alterations. Methods: Pregnant C57BL/6 dams received an ultrasound-guided intra-amniotic injection of an endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or the alarmin interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) on 16.5 … The Role Of Age Ligand And Rap1a In Myofibroblast Signaling Cascade In Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus-Induced Cardiomyopathic Conditions, Camilla Puglia May 2022 The Role Of Age Ligand And Rap1a In Myofibroblast Signaling Cascade In Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus-Induced Cardiomyopathic Conditions, Camilla Puglia Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, taking more than 90,000 lives annually. Type 2 diabetes mellitus-induced cardiac fibrosis is a common condition seen in diabetic patients. The AGE/RAGE signaling cascade has been strongly associated with this supposed cardiac fibrosis along with hyperactive myofibroblasts which excessively remodel extracellular matrix tissue, leading to damaged and enlarged heart muscle tissue. In diabetic patients, Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) are produced in abundance and accumulate in the extracellular matrix of heart tissue. To investigate the role of of the AGE ligand on fibroblast behavior, increasing amounts of … Case Report: How A Vallecular Cyst Could Have Become An Airway Emergency, Adam Kandil, Robin Lahr, Andrew Caravello May 2022 Case Report: How A Vallecular Cyst Could Have Become An Airway Emergency, Adam Kandil, Robin Lahr, Andrew Caravello Vallecular cysts, also known as epiglottic mucous retention cysts are known to be generally self-limiting laryngeal lesion. They can however also be associated with airway obstruction, and dysphagia in infants. In adults, they are usually asymptomatic, and usually incidentally diagnosed. At times they are diagnosed during rapid sequence intubation, as they may contribute to endotracheal intubation difficulty. Moreover, there is question as to the correlation between vallecular cysts and the incidence of acute epiglottitis, as a vallecular cyst may become infected and cause a localized expansion of inflammation and infection. This expansion from the vallecula progresses to epiglottis. A Case Of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis In An Adult Male With Bipolar Disorder, Jinisha Patwa, Tracey Harris May 2022 A Case Of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis In An Adult Male With Bipolar Disorder, Jinisha Patwa, Tracey Harris Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a rare demyelinating disease characterized by inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. The rapidly progressive inflammation in the central nervous system is known to occur in response to a prior infection or immunization. The clinical signs of ADEM may manifest up to 60 days post illness or vaccination. Some develop encephalopathy and neurologic symptoms which include confusion, psychosis, and tetraparesis. Paresthesia of the limbs and muscular atrophy indicate a worse prognosis and higher risk of relapse as opposed to those with only CNS involvement. A predominantly psychiatric presentation is also possible. Risk factors include … A Case Report On Causes Of Covid-19 Induced Psychosis And Treatments, Jennifer Pires, Steven Sarner May 2022 A Case Report On Causes Of Covid-19 Induced Psychosis And Treatments, Jennifer Pires, Steven Sarner COVID-19 is a viral infection that is caused by an RNA virus in a subfamily of Coronaviridae named severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS CoV 2). The family also includes severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS CoV) and middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV) which have previously been shown to cause respiratory symptoms and psychosis with immunoreactivity to IgG. A Puzzling Case Of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus In The Outpatient Setting, Shadi Shams, Asim Shafique, Marym Khan, James Bailey May 2022 A Puzzling Case Of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus In The Outpatient Setting, Shadi Shams, Asim Shafique, Marym Khan, James Bailey Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) is a disease of adulthood characterized by the triad of gait disturbance, dementia, and urinary incontinence. Since NPH shares a lot of characteristics with other disorders including neurodegenerative disorders and degenerative-dystrophic spine, it is usually underdiagnosed and undertreated. Combination of ventriculomegaly seen on a computerized tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with clinical findings could be used in diagnosis of NPH. However, improvement of symptoms post spinal tap procedure would be a better indication of diagnosis. Currently, shunt placement is the best available modality of treatment for NPH. Here we present a case of … An Herbal Liver Effect: Ashwagandha-Induced Hepatotoxicity, Mohammad Rattu, Eric Maddock, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna, Neeharika Bhatnagar May 2022 An Herbal Liver Effect: Ashwagandha-Induced Hepatotoxicity, Mohammad Rattu, Eric Maddock, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna, Neeharika Bhatnagar Ashwagandha is a popular Ayurvedic herb that is derived from the extracts of the roots of Withania somnifera, an evergreen shrub endemic to India and Southeast Asia. It is generally utilized as a tonic to increase one's energy and reduce stress levels. Often referred to as "Indian ginseng", it provides neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory properties that address stress, pain, and fatigue. Additionally, it may assist in dealing with rashes, diabetes, and arthritis. It has also been shown to counteract the effects of aging. Though these properties have not been shown in prospective studies, it has become a popular product among western … Case Report: Glioblastoma Tumor Presenting With Mild Changes In Memory, Samuel Thalathoti, Nicholas Palladino, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna May 2022 Case Report: Glioblastoma Tumor Presenting With Mild Changes In Memory, Samuel Thalathoti, Nicholas Palladino, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna We report a case of a 66-year-old female who presented to the ED with generalized headache and mild confusion, who was diagnosed with high-grade glial neoplasm. The differential diagnosis of headache is vast, but without red flags or symptoms is generally from a benign cause and easily treatable. However, even in the context of a normal neurologic physical exam, symptoms such as confusion, forgetfulness, and behavioral changes should merit imaging in the workup. Glioblastoma is the most common brain tumor, accounting for 47.7% of all cases, with an incidence of 3.21 per 100,000 population. Median age of diagnosis is 64 … Case Report: A Patient With Gait Dysfunction With Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy Masquerading As Diabetic Polyneuropathy, David Parkes, Russell Mordecai May 2022 Case Report: A Patient With Gait Dysfunction With Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy Masquerading As Diabetic Polyneuropathy, David Parkes, Russell Mordecai New onset gait dysfunction often prompts admission to the hospital for further evaluation. The typical patient is an elderly person who normally is self-sufficient but had recently experienced a decline in their ability to care for themselves. Sometimes, however, those who present with gait dysfunction do not fit the expected demographic. These individuals raise concern for less common "zebra" presentations of neurological dysfunction. We describe one such rare case of a 39-year-old female with a new onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus and recent COVID-19 infection that presented to the emergency department with a sensation of bilateral lower extremity burning … Case Report: Epigastric Abdominal Pain From Beverage Ingestion Of Freshly Squeezed Juice Of The Hardy Orange Flying Dragon Plant (Poncirus Trifoliata), James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna, David Ho May 2022 Case Report: Epigastric Abdominal Pain From Beverage Ingestion Of Freshly Squeezed Juice Of The Hardy Orange Flying Dragon Plant (Poncirus Trifoliata), James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna, David Ho We report the case of a 25 year old male who presented to the ED with epigastric abdominal pain after ingesting a freshly squeezed beverage form of Flying Dragon Hardy Orange plant (Poncirus trifoliata). Poison control was contacted and recommended symptomatic treatment only. The patient's pain resolved while in the emergency department. Seed and rind preparations have been used as an herbal remedy in East Asia. Freshly squeezed Poncirus trifoliata can cause significant abdominal pain. Case Report: Covid Arm (Covid Vaccine Arm), Joseph Pagano, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna, Henry Schuitema May 2022 Case Report: Covid Arm (Covid Vaccine Arm), Joseph Pagano, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna, Henry Schuitema We report the case of a 38-year-old male physician who was vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine. He experienced arm pain and swelling on the vaccinated arm as well as systemic symptoms, including fever, chills, headache and weakness. The systemic symptoms improved after the use of oral prednisone. A review of the literature on the COVID vaccine is presented. Syncope Masquerading As Pulmonary Embolism, Melissa Itidiare Locke, Andrew Caravello, Melanie Angelo, Andrew Vasta May 2022 Syncope Masquerading As Pulmonary Embolism, Melissa Itidiare Locke, Andrew Caravello, Melanie Angelo, Andrew Vasta Syncope is a clinical syndrome that occurs due to a period of inadequate cerebral blood flow that cause a transient loss of consciousness that usually resolves within 8-10 seconds) [1] Our case demonstrates a 56-year-old female who experienced syncope for the first time. The patient had an unwitnessed fall and subsequently had imaging studies performed. A discovery of a Sub-Massive Pulmonary embolism was revealed. Case Report: Octreotide Associated Hyperkalemia, Darren Finn, Eric Maddock, James Espinosa, Andrew Caravello, Alan Lucerna, Henry Schuitema May 2022 Case Report: Octreotide Associated Hyperkalemia, Darren Finn, Eric Maddock, James Espinosa, Andrew Caravello, Alan Lucerna, Henry Schuitema 78-year-old female with past medical history of acromegaly status post pituitary adenoma status post resection presents to the emergency department with abdominal pain. ED workup was not significant for any acute intra-abdominal abnormalities; however, incidental finding of hyperkalemia was pertinent to the visit. Patient was treated in the ED for her condition but her potassium levels remained elevated despite repeated saline infusions. Patient was ultimately admitted to the hospital where it was discovered that she had recently been switched from octreotide injections to an oral somatostatin analogue Mycapssa. We believe that this patient's hyperkalemia was caused by octreotide-induced insulin suppression … Case Study Of Metformin-Induced Lactic Acidosis, Kajel Patel, Kishan Patel May 2022 Case Study Of Metformin-Induced Lactic Acidosis, Kajel Patel, Kishan Patel Metformin induced lactic acidosis is when high levels of metformin cause dangerously high levels of lactic acid. Here is a case report of a 72-year-old female who came in for nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea found to have a high suspicion for metformin induced lactic acidosis. She stabilized in the emergency department, nephrology and ICU was contacted, and she went for emergent dialysis. For many patients the prognosis of metformin induced lactic acidosis is poor. This patient was made comfort care by her family. Wernicke'S Encephalopathy Secondary To Hyperemesis Gravidarum, Mohammad Rattu, Alexander Norinsky, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna, Henry Schuitema May 2022 Wernicke'S Encephalopathy Secondary To Hyperemesis Gravidarum, Mohammad Rattu, Alexander Norinsky, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna, Henry Schuitema Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) is a neurological disorder secondary to thiamine deficiency that is precipitated by administration of glucose-containing fluids prior to thiamine supplementation. Though WE is typically diagnosed among alcoholics (12.5%), the prevalence among nonalcoholics can vary from 0.04-0.13%. Around 30-40% of patients with underlying thiamine deficiency will only experience one of the symptoms from the typical triad, with the complete triad (encephalopathy, oculomotor dysfunction/nystagmus, and ataxia) only evident among 5-16% of the population. Among the non-alcoholic patient population presenting with WE, a history of vomiting is more frequent. While nausea affects around 80% of pregnant women, an extreme form … Digoxin Toxicity And Acute Renal Failure In A 75 Year-Old Female, Daniel Zaayenga, Andrew Caravello, Nicholas Tomasello May 2022 Digoxin Toxicity And Acute Renal Failure In A 75 Year-Old Female, Daniel Zaayenga, Andrew Caravello, Nicholas Tomasello Digoxin toxicity can present with varying manifestations. While pathognomonic symptoms such as xanthopsia (object appearing yellow) are a board favorite it is not a required finding and is in fact not seen with most patients. Rather digoxin toxicity presents with more non-specific symptoms such as GI distress (anorexia, N/V) neurological distress (lethargy, fatigue, delirium, confusion, disorientation, weakness. EKG findings are varied and include premature ventricular contractions, bradycardia, atrial tachyarrhythmias with AV block, ventricular bigeminy, junctional rhythms, various degrees of AV nodal blockade, ventricular tachycardia, and ventricular fibrillation. Although rarely seen, digoxin is one of the only causes of bidirectional ventricular … Comparing The Relapse Rate Between Medication Assisted-Only Treatment And Medication-Assisted Treatment With An Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Regimen In Patients With Musculoskeletal Pain, Karen Huang, Danielle Cooley May 2022 Comparing The Relapse Rate Between Medication Assisted-Only Treatment And Medication-Assisted Treatment With An Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Regimen In Patients With Musculoskeletal Pain, Karen Huang, Danielle Cooley Since the opioid crisis first began in 1991, opioid-related overdoses in the United States have continued to increase dramatically, killing nearly 47,000 people in 2018, and making it one of the most pressing issues in healthcare. The most reported reason for misuse of pain relievers was to relieve physical pain. The increase in opioid abuse has also led to an increase in patients seeking medication-assisted treatment (MAT). Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) has been shown to have efficacy in relieving both chronic and acute pain. No current studies have investigated the use of OMT as an adjunct treatment to MAT for … Charles Bonnet Syndrome: A Case Report, Christian Scouarnec, Martin M. Forsberg May 2022 Charles Bonnet Syndrome: A Case Report, Christian Scouarnec, Martin M. Forsberg Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) involves nonthreatening hallucinations in patients who have no neurological and no psychological abnormalities but with significant visual impairment secondary to ocular disease, such as macular degeneration, cataracts and diabetic retinopathy. When a patient loses vision, their visual system doesn't process new images. Without data coming through the eyes, the brain fills the void and makes up images or recalls stored images for you to see and this is what causes the hallucinations in CBS. Many physicians are unaware of CBS and its prevalence, and with proper detection, physicians can help treat their patients with a frequently … A Suspected Case Of Vaccine Induced Thrombosis With Thrombocytopenia Following Sars Cov2 Vaccine, Maryam Soliman May 2022 A Suspected Case Of Vaccine Induced Thrombosis With Thrombocytopenia Following Sars Cov2 Vaccine, Maryam Soliman With the new development of the SARS-CoV vaccine and the majority of the population receiving this vaccine, it is important to recognize some of the rare side effects associated with it. VITT is a rare complication of the COVID vaccine Diagnostic criteria: COVID vaccine 4-24 days prior to symptom onset, any venous or arterial thrombosis, thrombocytopenia <150, positive PF4 HIT ELISA, markedly elevated D-dimer >4x ULN. Vaccine Induced Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia is a potentially life-threatening diagnosis that must be recognized and treated correctly to prevent poor outcomes. A Preliminary Report: The Hippocampus And Surrounding Temporal Cortex Of Patients With Schizophrenia Have Impaired Blood-Brain Barrier, Eric L. Goldwaser, Randel L. Swanson, Edgardo J. Arroyo, Venkat Venkataraman, Mary C. Kosciuk, Robert G. Nagele, L. Elliot Hong, Nimish K. Acharya May 2022 A Preliminary Report: The Hippocampus And Surrounding Temporal Cortex Of Patients With Schizophrenia Have Impaired Blood-Brain Barrier, Eric L. Goldwaser, Randel L. Swanson, Edgardo J. Arroyo, Venkat Venkataraman, Mary C. Kosciuk, Robert G. Nagele, L. Elliot Hong, Nimish K. Acharya Schizophrenia (SZ) is one of the most severe forms of mental illness, yet mechanisms remain unclear. A widely established brain finding in SZ is hippocampal atrophy, and a coherent explanation similarly is lacking. Epidemiological evidence suggests increased cerebrovascular and cardiovascular complications in SZ independent of lifestyle and medication, pointing to disease-specific pathology. Endothelial cell contributions to blood-brain barrier (BBB) compromise may influence neurovascular unit and peripheral vascular function, and we hypothesize that downstream functional and structural abnormalities may be explained by impaired BBB. Association Of Perceived Early Adequate Analgesia And Chronic Pain Severity, Sean Coulson, Sameer Akhtar, Brian Thomas, Aleesa Mobley May 2022 Association Of Perceived Early Adequate Analgesia And Chronic Pain Severity, Sean Coulson, Sameer Akhtar, Brian Thomas, Aleesa Mobley Purpose: Establish if early adequate pain control is protective in the development of chronic pain syndromes. Data collected via survey to patients being treated for chronic pain at the Neuromuscular Institute at RowanSOM Data (small n) suggests patients with chronic pain have poorly controlled pain levels at the time of the acute event. Anticipate with increased sample size will see a correlation between chronic pain prevalence and severity and perceived early adequate analgesia following the acute event.

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NewsOne Original Black Conspiracy Theory 101: Did A U.S. Congresswoman Call For Hurricanes To Be Named Blacks? Written By ionerlogan NewsOne Featured Video Why are U.S. hurricanes given names? Names are actually given to tropical storms but if they reach a sustained wind speed of 74 miles per hour, then they are deemed hurricanes. These types of destructive storms are given monikers because naming them makes it much easier for meteorologists, researchers, emergency response workers, ship captains, and citizens to communicate about specific hurricanes in a clear manner. So after decades of hurricane and storm names, did a Black Congresswoman demand that African-American names be included? SEE ALSO: Black Conspiracy Theory 101: Did Cosby Buy The 'The Little Rascals' Rights To Keep Black Stereotypes Off The Air? The practice of giving storms female names actually began in 1953, and in 1979, the names alternated between men and women. During the same year, the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Regional Association IV Hurricane Committee began using French or Spanish names for storms. In July 2003, Sheila Jackson Lee (pictured), a Democratic member of Congress who represents the 18th District of Texas and a staunch supporter and member of the NAACP, Congressional Black Caucus, and a civil rights crusader, began criticizing the meteorological community for their blatant exclusion of African-Americans names for storms and hurricanes. Jackson Lee felt all ethnic groups should be represented when referring to storm's names and the racist practice of giving "lily-white" names to these storms should come to an end. What types of names did Jackson Lee want included for storms and hurricanes? Names, such as Keisha, Jamal, and Deshawn. At the time, Jackson Lee's campaign for giving Black names to storms/hurricanes caused incendiary criticism, with some feeling the new name demands would stereotypically label Blacks as violent. Even political blowhard Rush Limbaugh chimed in as a Jackson Lee critic, stating on his radio talk show that the mainstream populace was not responsible for what he called the "Balkanization" of race relations in America: "It is these elected Black leaders, the civil-rights coalitions – they're the ones that keep causing all this racial divide; they're the ones that keep calling attention to all this." said Limbaugh. "They're the ones that keep stirring this pot. They're the ones who don't want there to be any colorblind society. They're the ones who keep being agitated and trying to agitate others over all this, and now it's descended into the meaningless element of the names of hurricanes!" Thus far, Jackson Lee, whom many have criticized as someone whose only life skill is to cry "racism," has not been successful in her quest; it's been about 10 years and neither Keisha, Jamal or Deshawn has blown through any parts of these United States. Sound off! SEE ALSO: Black Conspiracy Theory 101: Did Robert F. Kennedy Predict A Black Man Would Be President In 40 Years? Black Conspiracy Theories , Sheila Jackson Lee More By ionerlogan Happy Birthday, Whitney Houston! 12 Times She Stole Our Hearts Presidents Day: 5 Reasons Why We'll Always Love President Barack Obama Do It Right: Mother's Day Gifts With Soul Also On NewsOne: 20 Tweets Dragging Roseanne Barr To A White Privilege Hell More from NewsOne

REAch2 Academy Trust Announces New National Director of Education Launches new era of leadership, collaboration and national connection across our family of academies REAch2 Academy Trust is excited to announce the appointment of Andrew Rigby as their new National Director of Education, effective January 1, 2023. "The selection of Andrew for this key position signals a bold, new era of leadership, driven by a desire for excellence in primary education, visionary innovation and collaborative working across our family of schools" said Cathie Paine, CEO. "With this appointment, we are excited to build on our touchstone values and strategic commitments in fresh and dynamic ways, to propel learning forward and continue our track record as a high-performing Multi-Academy Trust." Mr. Rigby brings to his new position more than 20 years of progressively responsible leadership roles. This includes 10 years of senior leadership in an inner-city school and a Senior Curriculum Advisor for Excellence in Cities. "I am thrilled, honoured, and deeply humbled to be joining an exceptional group of leaders, educators and employees within a Trust that is always aiming higher in its aspirations for children and families," says Mr. Rigby. "I look forward to sharing my passion for how great schools can make a real difference to children's life chances, while at the same time learning and collaborating with everyone I encounter on this exciting journey." Mr. Rigby is currently the Director of Excellence and Standards at REAch2. Prior to that he was Regional Director for 16 schools across London, Kent, Suffolk and Sussex, a role he took up after 6 years in headship. ← National School Meal Week 2022 – an interview with the Trust Catering manager The Death of Her Majesty The Queen – Statement →

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A compass towards 2030 Navigating the EU's economy beyond GDP by applying the Doughnut Economics framework As the world faces the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate crisis, the political focus in Europe is on the need to build back better for a resilient economy and focusing on securing the health of citizens. Decision-makers in Europe put forth plans to address these issues, such as the 8th Environmental Action Plan, the Resilience Dashboards and the European Green Deal, while also considering the role of older policy processes such as the EU Semester or Sustainable Development Goals. As each of the many ongoing processes have their own sets of indicators and corresponding targets to measure progress towards these indicators , policymakers are challenged to ensure targets across one policy area do not entail tensions and trade-offs with another. At the same time, policymakers need to be able to communicate the EU's progress to the public. However, currently each of the EU's policy processes has its own monitoring dashboard, or one is planned. This proliferation of dashboards makes it difficult for decision-makers to grasp the EU's most important social, economic and environmental developments; to communicate social, environmental and economic progress to the public with a narrative fit for the challenges ahead; and to find harmony between tensions across policy areas. To address these challenges, we propose an overarching dashboard with targets to 2030 which encompasses the priorities of and uses indicators and targets from across different EU policy processes. This dashboard should: Track the EU's progress towards a regenerative economy in particular environmental sustainability, wellbeing and resilience. Provide an easily accessible and cross-departmental summary of indicators of existing dashboards, including the resilience dashboards, the 8th EAP monitoring framework, the Social Scoreboard, the SDGs and the upcoming European Green Deal (EGD) dashboard. Help to mainstream a beyond GDP agenda throughout the Commission and Member States' various services as a cross-cutting priority. Give a clear visual representation of the EU's priorities that enables decision-makers and citizens to quickly grasp the EU's important trends and help readers to easily identify important interconnections between policy objectives that need to be balanced and gaps in goal achievement. This report presents a set of 30 indicators and corresponding targets that can be used for this overarching beyond GDP dashboard, all of which come from existing EU data sources. This report also describes the methodology we used to define the indicators and targets as well as justifications for choosing each of them. We conclude with a set of six concrete recommendations for the EU Commission, EU Member States and the EU Parliament to consider based on our deep analysis of existing dashboards and our selection of indicators. See Inventory of EU indicators for a compilation of over 450 EU indicators used in the development of this proposal. See also the presentation slides and video recording of the EESC hearing, 3 November 2021, and the EESC own-initiative opinion. Towards a thriving Europe beyond economic growth Associated topics Growth Independence New Economic Thinking Inventory of EU indicatorsExecutive summary: A compass towards 2030 ZOE Authors Jonathan Barth Coline Lavorel Outreach and Network Lead Christiny Miller Junior Consultant Jakob Hafele

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Home>Articles>Los Angeles, Oakland Push For Universal Income Projects Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs. (Photo: Youtube) Los Angeles, Oakland Push For Universal Income Projects Coronavirus pandemic, economy, George Floyd protests spur cities to consider universal income By Evan Symon, July 6, 2020 2:29 pm Los Angeles and Oakland seek to join Stockton and Long Beach as cities trying out universal income, guaranteeing money each month to every adult regardless of work or other status. A call for universal basic income The mayors of the four Californian cities joined with other cities such as Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and Newark in forming Mayors for a Guaranteed Income. Led by Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, the group aims to start universal basic incomes (UBI) for all adults with no strings attached and no say in how that money is spent. While Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles, Mayor Libby Schaaf of Oakland, and Mayor Robert Garcia of Long Beach have yet to implement or propose such a plan, Mayor Tubbs began a pilot in Stockton called the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED) last year, giving 125 people who made under $46,000 a year a UBI of $500 a month. While the program has noted that more than half of the $500 each month has gone to groceries for families and that recipients 'sleep easier' at night, the program has also been found to be riddled with problems and did not help with many surrounding issues such as finding a job. Support for UBI Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff (Photo: Wikipedia) Despite the mixed results of the Stockton program, many cities are pulling for a UBI now due to the economic insecurity many are going through now due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the economic downturn, and the George Floyd protests still occurring more than a month since they began. "This money is not getting wasted," said Mayor Schaaf in a statement over the weekend. "It is literally giving people the most basic level of economic security for their families. "It's really showing how fragile Americans are in their wealth and it's showing just how big these racial disparities are." Mayor Tubbs also weighed in on UBI being expanded following the major problems happening in the U.S. since March. "The government has to correct the harms it has caused," noted Mayor Tubbs. "It can't do everything and it shouldn't do everything but when government has caused harm, then the government has a role in rectifying that." Assemblyman Evan Low. (Photo: Kevin Sanders for California Globe) Mayors for Guaranteed Income also notes a growing wealth gap, with white and Asian households making 8 to 10 times more than Hispanic or Black households. The Mayors also point to the fact that 40% of Americans cannot afford a $400 emergency as reasoning behind the UBI in their respective cities. Many individuals, especially poorer citizens, have largely supported such a program. "That's food and a big chunk of rent for a lot of people," explained Los Angeles community activist Edgar Ramirez in an e-mail with the Globe. "It's not just a want for many people. It's turning into a need." In addition to the individual cities, an Assembly bill, AB 2712, authored by Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell), is also pushing for UBI. Under AB 2712, every California resident 18 or older who has lived in the state for at least three years whose income is not 200% higher than the median county income would receive $1,000. However, despite excitement over the bill earlier this year, the bill has not made it out of Committee and has yet to even receive a hearing, despite coronavirus related bills being given preference this session. Opposition against UBI Backlash against the Mayors for Guaranteed Income has been strong, with many cities, financial experts, citizens groups, and others opposing it on a variety of grounds. "For every mayor that thinks this is a good idea, you have 100 other mayors and financial experts and citizens who are dead against this," said Los Angeles-based economist Dylan Mendel, who has studied universal basic income attempts since the 1990's, in an interview with the Globe. "It would offer some temporary relief, but it wouldn't solve anything. We've proven that. "The SEED program failed to raise employment among those on the program, despite making people happier. This is parallel to all other UBI attempts, such as Finland's attempt a few years ago. And that's what we need now with a bad economy. We need people back at work and increased job generation, especially with the CARES Act and it's extra $600 a week for unemployed people ending at the end of July. "All this would do is raise some spirits and pretty much be the no-limits replacement for food stamps. Everything else would suffer. And that's not even getting into logistical nightmares, such as paying for such a program. If all cities followed Stockton's plan, that's $6,000 a year for millions of people in LA alone. Or if we did California as a whole under the Assembly plan, it's $12,000 a year for around 30 million or so people give or take a few million. That's astronomical. That's potentially hundreds of billions of tax money. It's insanity." The question of how cities could pay for such a program during such a difficult economic time came up to Mayors for a Guaranteed Income earlier this month, with Mayor Tubbs responding that each city could use different methods, such as forming a group to find the money in the city budget or by creating public or private partnerships. "It would all be short-term thinking," continued Mendel. "An expensive long-term situation like this would see giant complications. Look at what happened to Social Security. "They're thinking for the now and what can alleviate things now and are not thinking long-term, especially when it comes to getting people back to work or where this money is coming from. I'm not even getting into other issues surrounding this. "I'm just really happy at how many people oppose this." More details about UBI plans in individual cities are expected in the coming weeks, should cities pursue the idea further amid the growing concern. AB 2712 is not expected to pass in the Legislature. Evan Symon Evan V. Symon is the Senior Editor for the California Globe. Prior to the Globe, he reported for the Pasadena Independent, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and was head of the Personal Experiences section at Cracked. He can be reached at evan@californiaglobe.com. 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Gavin Newsom Takes Latest COVID Restrictions To Dictatorial Levels Assembly Offices Close In Sacramento Following 5 New Coronavirus Cases 4 thoughts on "Los Angeles, Oakland Push For Universal Income Projects" Queeg says: The possibilities are endless…… NO. Besides being preposterous and impossible to sustain, this is not good for people, who need the dignity of work and of EARNING money. What do we have here? The same leftist wackos pushing the same things, endlessly. Tell me, what good have they done —- in this state or anywhere else? They have only caused misery and destruction, and have consistently created situations where the OPPOSITE of what they say they wanted has occurred. They WANT failed programs; otherwise they have no one to rush in to "save" (really, to make worse) and thus absolutely nothing to run on. Have you had enough of this ridiculous nonsense yet? John the Patriot says: WHAT THE HELL DO THE GEORGE FLOYD RIOTS HAVE TO DO WITH GUARANTEED INCOME? THESE DEMOCRAP MAYORS JUST SEEM TO THINK THAT DOLLARS FALL FROM HEAVEN. WE ARE GOING THROUGH A FORCED SHUTDOWN OF OUR ECONOMY AND DON'T FORGET THESE RIOTS THAT THESE SAME DEMOCRAPS ENCOURAGED RESULTING IN MILLIONS IF NOT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DESTRUCTION. MAYBE THEY GET THE MONEY FROM DEFUNDING THE POLICE? I HAVE A BETTER IDEA DEFUND WELFARE AND USE THAT MONEY TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR POLICE! BLUE LIVES MATTER!!!! CW says: Give the denizens of Oakland and other liberals cities a free income that way they will have more time on their hands to riot, loot, burn, rape and murder.

Q: Google Cloud Functions googleapiclient.discovery.build() takes a long time To make use of Google ML Engine, I have the following two lines in my Google Cloud Function before I send predictions to my models with the recommended predict_json() function: from googleapiclient import discovery service = discovery.build('ml', 'v1', cache_discovery=False) Creating this service occasionally takes long (~6-7 seconds), however, the underlying mechanism is a simple HTTP request! I see the following log: URL being requested: GET https://www.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis/ml/v1/rest I have looked through other posts in Stack Overflow and read related issues in GitHub including this one: https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/issues/325. I tried creating my own cache object and passing it to the cache argument, and passing True to the cache_discovery argument. However, none of these worked. Specifically, the latter attempt results in a known error within Google Cloud API. I need to decrease the run-time of the function, and would greatly appreciate if you have any ideas, suggestions, and comments. Thanks! Edit: I am attaching a screenshot of logs as suggested:

Bloomington mask drive closing while looking for new venue Carol Kugler At a time when wearing a face mask is considered essential by some health officials, the Bloomington Mask Drive, a volunteer effort to supply face masks to people in the Bloomington area, is preparing to close up its current operations at the Banneker Community Center. "We have to be out of Banneker by the end of the month," explained Nola Hartman, co-founder of the mask drive. "We're kind of going dormant; we're not quitting." The last day people can request face masks is June 20. The last face masks will be available for pick-up on June 24. All of the mask drive materials will be collected and moved by June 26, Clark said. "The last two days will be packing things up and figuring out where they go," she explained. "For the most part, the plan right now is to store (the items) with the idea that we are going to start back up again in a limited way in a month or two." Hartman and co-founder Kelly Clark are discussing options with volunteers, city officials and others in an effort to continue supplying face masks sewn by scores of volunteers. Bloomington Mask Drive began with Hartman and Clark working with others to sew and distribute face masks first at the Showers Complex outside of City Hall, then at Allison Jukebox Community Center and for the past month at the Banneker center. With people wanting to rent the Banneker center, it's again time for the mask drive to find a new home. Clark said she was expecting the mask drive would have to leave its current location as more normal activities begin. The hope was that city or county officials might step in to help make the current mask drive program more official. But so far, that hasn't happened. Discussions with the public library and others may lead to new avenues for distributing face masks, she said. "We have wonderful volunteers and many of them are willing to continue," Hartman said. "I feel like we have probably made a difference and that certainly was our goal. The more masks we get out there, the better it is for everybody." Clark is considering an unmanned self-serve mask station. To that end, face masks will be available at the little free libraries around the city. Volunteers have already begun placing face masks in some of the little libraries, Clark said. That will continue for at least a few weeks. Bloomington Mask Drive has distributed more than 20,000 face masks. Clark estimated they will collect about 25,000 face masks, all sewn by volunteers, before the operation ends its time at the Banneker center. The face masks are given free of charge to anyone who requests them through bloomingtonmaskdrive.com. Many have been given to Shalom Center to help people who cannot afford to purchase a face mask, said Clark, who worries about how many people won't have masks available once the mask drive closes. She's also fearful that a second wave of COVID-19 might mean more people need face masks. "We're going to be leaving a vacuum for all these people who want to continue making these masks and don't know where to put them," Clark said. An article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences said recent study by researchers from the University of Texas and the University of California found that wearing face masks has prevented tens of thousands of coronavirus infections. The researchers assessed people in New York, Italy and Wuhan, China. The study compared infection levels of the public before and after the public was told to wear face masks. According to an Associated Press article about the study, the scientists found that telling people in Italy to wear face masks prevented more than 78,000 infections between April 6 and May 9. In the city of New York, wearing face masks stopped more than 66,000 cases from April 17 to May 9, the scientists reported. Requests for face masks can still be submitted at bloomingtonmaskdrive.com. The last requests must be received by June 20; the last masks will be distributed on June 24.

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Mufutau Yusuf: "In a way, I'm embarking on a pilgrimage to communicate with my forefathers" Mufutau Yusuf is a Nigerian-Irish dancer, inspired by exploration of his own heritage, and by time spent training in the Austrian town of Salzburg. In his latest show, Òwe, which he'll perform at Dublin Fringe this weekend, he explores these differing roots in an attempt, ultimately, to understand himself. Ahead of the show, I talked to Yusuf about drawing together all teh differing strands that make up hiw show, and who he is today…. First of all, give me a little background on your new show, and how it came about? Òwe is a solo work looking into my Yoruba identity, my root and my connection to my ancestors and heritage. Using archival materials to examine the various facets of this identity, the solo is an attempt to deconstruct a personal ontology, and reformulate it into a new body of knowledge, experience and perspective, and in a way embarking on a pilgrimage to communicate with my forefathers. This piece also intends to interrogate our conceptions about archives and to redefine the notion of archives and how we understand the workings of what is contained in them. What can the Fringe audience expect? I guess the audience can expect a dance performance using a varied movement expression, sounds and imagery to question ideas about identity, history, and traditions. It's a personal, physical, and emotional piece that invites the audience to witness a journey of becoming. What's your dance style, and how do you use it on stage? I was trained in contemporary dance but over the years I've tried developing my own movements language that incorporate quick and explosive physicality, emotional engagement and added with theatrical expressions. There are obvious Nigerian influences in your work. Being raised in Ireland, how do you relate to your roots? Paradoxically I feel both close to and far from my roots. The closeness comes from my relationship with my father, who is in a way my anchor. I still speak Yoruba with him, I hear stories from him, and he keeps me up to date with the current affairs in Nigeria. He always reminds me of the values of our people and raised me and my brother according to those values. He also often relates stories of my childhood adventures growing up in Nigeria, making my heart swell and nostalgic and keeping those memories alive within me. And top of that I've also stayed connected myself through the food, music, books and of course I'm an avid consumer of Nollywood drama. The distance I feel obviously comes from the fact that I was away from Nigeria for 20 years, only revisiting this year. This became more difficult to endure during my mid-twenties as I started to really question who I was and where I came from, despite having my father as a reference. Realising the gulf that existed between myself and my kins was jarring and I guess it's what prompted me to make this work. Can you tell me about how you use the proverbs your dances are based on to inspire your work? The piece isn't exactly about proverbs, rather the proverbs were reference points in allowing me to understand what I wanted to communicate in different parts of the piece. I'm not particularly animating or physicalising the proverbs, but I use them to contextualise the movements or theatrical elements, as well as the imageries and sounds and set. The piece is in a way segmentized into parts and each part could embody some of the proverbs that I collected in the process, and furthermore the whole show can be tied up into a single message that underlies a lot of Yoruba proverbs which is knowing thyself or becoming one with your 'Ori' (one's intuition and destiny). Is there a broader narrative to Òwe, and if so, what does it say? On one hand the broader narrative is me trying to understand and unify the fragments of myself, getting closer to my roots and attempting to communicate with my ancestors, using everything I can find around me (in this case the various archives I have available to me). And on the other hand, I want to challenge the way we look at archive and what constitute them, and hoping to inspire others to reflect on their own self, the stories contained within and their roots. I understand Òwe is multifaceted, in terms of bringing in different disciplines and concepts. How do you draw together, for example, sound and stage lighting, movement and style? I think everything got tied together on the basis of what I was trying to communicate and how my collaborators understood this. I gave them freedom to experiment and the things that came out, I stringed together using my intuition and instinct. I had to trust what was manifesting and when something was not working, I either put it to the side and come back to it later or do without it altogether. And because I'm also using existing archival materials for sound and imagery and reworking them, I had to constantly readjust and reposition those materials in way to find what resonated and communicated with me. What are the modern and contemporary elements of your work? The contemporary elements exist through where I situate myself at this point in time, looking back into the past and making sense of what I observe with a more contemporary language and outlook. That also means approaching more traditional movements and expressions with a personal touch that is informed by my current experiences. As well, the digital element highlights the more modern aspect of the show, and it's interesting how this weave with the traditional and ritualistic elements. How has your education in Salzburg played into what you do today? This period, I would say was my formative period. The school gave me so much and planted the seed for what I wanted to achieve as a dance artist, especially my last year there. The various techniques and approaches, and how the program was designed offered me more than I thought and it's only after graduating that I realised the full extent of that. And that said, the people that I met along the way and what we shared was something truly special too. I'm asking myself the same question, but hopefully something exciting. interviewMufutau YusufOwe Author James Aimée: "My main inspiration all comes from Sweden" Badhands: "I've always tried to make music that's a little bit cinematic." Less Than Jake: "I always felt odd about being called a ska band"

Description: This collection consists of general letters and correspondence, daily reports, minutes, applications, articles, booklets, and photographs concerning the Ed Hamlettt White Folks Project, including a 45-minute videotaped interview with the sister of a WFP volunteer. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Ray Money, Jr., a freshman at Georgia Tech, is interested in taking part in a work-study program mentioned in a Council of Federated Organizations memo. He is uncertain about how useful he can be due to his age but asks for more information. The original recipient is not known, but a handwritten note instructs to forward the letter to Ed Hamlett. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Anne Braden's letter states her commitment to civil rights and expresses her frustration with being unable to participate in the civil rights movement due to her daughter Anita's heart condition. The document also has a hand-written note from Braden to Ed [Hamlett]. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Marjorie Ann Henderson, a student at Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee, writes to Ed [Hamlett], state director of the White Folks Project (WFP), to tell him school will be out in two weeks and she will be coming to Mississippi to participate in the Mississippi Freedom Project. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Bruce Maxwell, in his letter to Ed [Hamlett], expresses his reservations and aspirations for poor whites, African-Americans, and the Freedom Democratic Party in Mississippi. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Cele Meyer, in her letter to Ed [Hamlett], explains that family responsibilities will prevent her from participating in the Mississippi Freedom Project. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Susan Solf writes to Ed [Hamlett], state director of the White Folks Project (WFP), that despite strong pressure from her father, she will participate in the Mississippi Freedom Project. Two photographs of Solf are included. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Shaw writes that, despite his use of a wheelchair, he is willing to work in any capacity that Ed Hamlett, state director of the White Folks Project (WFP), deems appropriate. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Diana Chiarky's letter replies to a May 29 letter from Ed Hamlett about Mississippi Freedom Project work. Chiarky asks about requirements, length of assignment, and a salary. She also expresses interest in self-fulfillment and uncertainty about being able to withstand possible intimidation. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. In Susan Solf's letter to Ed [Hamlett], Mississippi state director of the White Folks Project (WFP), she writes of her inability to raise enough money to travel to the training session as the reason why she will be unable to participate in the Project until possibly later in the summer. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Feeling that working with the White Folks Project (WFP) in Mississippi would put his Mississippi parents in jeopardy, Philip Alden asks to be assigned duties with the southwest Georgia Project. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Philip Alden's letter indicates frustration caused by a lack of communication from the White Folks Project (WFP), and by his inability to forward a $50 check for the Project. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. In the notecard, Margaret [Burnham?] writes to Ed [Hamlett], Mississippi's state director of the White Folks Project (WFP), to express her view that the Project is losing its good people. Possible author of this note is Margaret Burnham. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Janet McNeill writes to Ed Hamlett, Mississippi's state director of the White Folks Project (WFP), to tell him that due to unforeseen family circumstances, she must decline being a part of the Project. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Janet McNeill writes that due to unforeseen family circumstances she must decline being a part of the Mississippi Freedom Project. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. The document is the application of Janet McNeill for the Mississippi Summer Project. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. The document contains Marcia Aranoff's recommendation that Jan [Janet] McNeill be included in the Mississippi Freedom Project as a worker. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Robert B. McNeill, the father of Janet McNeill, gives his permission for her to participate in the Mississippi Freedom Project. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This document is the information card on Janet McNeill. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Soren Sorenson writes to Ed Hamlett, Mississippi state director of the White Folks project (WFP), to communicate travel plans to Ohio and Mississippi for orientation and work with the Mississippi Freedom Project. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Anne Strickland writes to Ed Hamlett, Mississippi state director of the White Folks Project (WFP), to tell him she will miss the training sessions. She also writes that she will probably be unable to post bond if she is arrested, since she will only have $20 left on her arrival in Mississippi. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Anne Strickland writes to Ed Hamlett, Mississippi state director of the White Folks Project (WFP), to tell him that her parents will provide bail money, if needed, and that she may be able to arrive in Mississippi by July 21. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Anne Strickland writes to Ed Hamlett, Mississippi state director of the White Folks Project (WFP), that she will arrive in Jackson on July 17 in time to attend the orientation that weekend. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Due to his work with a parish, Rolland Kidder informs Ed Hamlett, Mississippi state director of the White Folks Project, that he must cancel his plans to work in the Mississippi Freedom Project. He offers that, if needed for a week in August, he may be able to arrange leave from work. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. The memorandum is Rolland Kidder's withdrawal of participation in the Mississippi Freedom Project. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Marion Palfi, who is doing a nationwide, photographic study on events since the Brown v. Board of Education decision by the Supreme Court, writes to Ed Hamlett seeking to interview and photograph the work of the Mississippi Freedom Project. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Virginia Scott writes to Ed [Hamlett] that she will be unable to work with him in Mississippi and asks about his plans for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) for September 1964 and after. She also asks how white Mississippians react to the deaths of Scherner, Chaney, and Goodman. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Anne Braden's letter to Ed [Hamlett] is typed on Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) letterhead and is a response to Hamlett's earlier letter. She explains her delay in writing and promises to answer his questions more fully, and writes of materials she is sending to him under separate cover. Hamlett's questions are about allegations that SCEF has ties to communism and about a program of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) funded by SCEF. The letter includes a hand written note on the desired qualifications for applicants and a typed list of the Board of Directors and Advisory Committees for SCEF. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This typewritten document describes uses of role playing and gives examples for the purpose of training Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) volunteers for real life situations they may face as civil rights workers. From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. The letter from Charles Smith to Ed [Hamlett] bears a stamp from the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapter at The University of Texas at Austin. Smith writes that he has applied to the Jackson office of Council of Federated Organizations and that he wants to learn about community organizing activities by working as a Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) volunteer. He also asks whether, if he cannot raise funds to be self-sufficient, SNCC can subsidize his work for them. He writes about SDS activities at UT Austin, including a recent meeting at which Mark Lane spoke about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the investigation of Oswald. Smith makes a case for increased cooperation among three civil rights-oriented groups: SDS, SNCC, and the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC).

QUESTION: Why did the woman NOT cross the road? It was quite odd to see this couple transfixed in that spot for a good five minutes or so. But since the lady was wearing a fur cape, I understood their dilemma. Right in front of the Escada boutique camped a group of anti-fur protesters. MAN: Honey, I really need to go to Dunhill to get myself a new pair of gloves. WOMAN: Do you mind going by yourself? I spy unfriendly forces on the other side. MAN: We went all the way to New York to do our shopping and now you're telling me I have to go and pick stuff on my own? WOMAN: But my safety is at stake here! It's a dangerous world out there, I tell you. I hate PETA because of their pretentiousness and hypocrisy. Honestly, it's not really a social responsibility thing- what they're doing. They're just there to sabotage fashionistas. Seriously, PETA is a seasonal thing. Remember how Linda Evangelista used to be the poster girl of their "I'd rather be naked than wear fur" then a few years later she's starring in the ad campaigns of an American fur house. Their methods are just not right. I despise them too much. Sorry for such strong and blatant attacks on PETA!

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Uncommon Sense with Wong Chin Huat: Can PAS and DAP survive hudud law dispute? By Ding Jo-Ann | September 20, 2010 4 Comments MALAYSIANS have been seeing PAS and DAP cooperate on a level not thought possible before. When DAP Member of Parliament Teo Nie Ching received brickbats from Umno for speaking in a surau's prayer room, PAS leaders spoke up in her defence, saying non-Muslims are allowed in Muslim houses of worship. Earlier this year, Umno leaders argued that sports betting should be legalised. PAS and DAP begged to differ. Umno said Christians should be banned from using "Allah" to refer to God. PAS leaders said otherwise. But what about the ultimate bones of contention — hudud law and an Islamic state — both of which DAP opposes? Can PAS and DAP really put aside their differences on this to form a lasting coalition in Pakatan Rakyat (PR)? The Nut Graph asks political scientist Wong Chin Huat in the latest installation of Uncommon Sense. TNG: PAS and DAP disagree over the implementation of hudud laws every so often. The most recent incident involved DAP chairperson Karpal Singh reminding PAS that hudud and the Islamic state are not within PR's policy. How will this play out if PR manages to form the next federal government? Will either side have to compromise and if so, will those compromises alienate their respective voter bases? Karpal Singh Wong Chin Huat : The issue will disappear once they form the next federal government provided Umno is sufficiently weakened but not completely wiped out. While their ideological commitments are real, DAP and PAS have always been strategic in the issues they highlight. There are many ways to showcase PAS's contribution in promoting Islam other than implementing hudud. DAP won't have problems with Islamisation if it involves islamising the financial system or expanding social welfare as long as non-Muslims are not discriminated against or forced to follow Islamic laws. Before 8 March 2008, you would expect DAP to stand up to defend the right of non-Muslims to gamble, a position now ironically taken over by Umno on the sports betting issue. Instead, DAP supported the anti-gambling position and packaged it with a strongly non-Muslim flavour by announcing Penang's state-level ban on sports gambling outlets on Wesak Day. All things are possible in politics. What we should be concerned about is how to divert attention away from the divisive issue of hudud or at least not make it a priority. The answer lies in giving PAS and DAP enough power so that they appreciate that forsaking such power over hudud is suicidal. This rests more on non-Muslim voters than on Muslim voters. Imagine if PAS won 40 parliamentary seats, with half of those won in mixed seats due to crucial non-Muslim support. Would they harp on hudud if they risked losing these 20 seats in the following elections? However, if Umno/Barisan Nasional (BN) is completely destroyed in the next elections and PR starts to feel it is unbeatable, there will be some who will want to play hero again within Pakatan Rakyat on the issue of hudud. So the issue will come back. PAS leaders have said they will adhere to PR's Common Policy Framework (CPF) and called a truce for now on the hudud issue. How binding is this document and do you foresee PR parties sticking to it on principle, even at times when it may hurt them politically? If the prospect of PR coming into power is real, the CPF will be binding. They will definitely stick to it before the next elections even if it hurts. What happens after the next elections will depend on who survives and who triumphs. Siti Mariah Mahmud (source: parlimen.gov.my) If people like Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, Khalid Samad and Siti Mariah Mahmud lose in the next general election, then they can stick to the CPF all they like, but it won't matter anymore. Collectively, politicians are opportunists. It's part of their job requirement. So, don't test them on their principles more than you want to deliberately test your partner on their fidelity. All we should aim for is a good outcome, not a heroic but tragic ending. Does the CPF bind PAS's actions in the states where they hold a majority such as Kedah and Kelantan? Have they been abiding by the CPF's principles so far? There are clearly sins of omissions to say the least. Kelantan and Kedah have shown no interest in local democracy. Kedah's policy of reserving 50% of housing lots for Bumiputeras certainly does not fit well with PR's vision of an inclusive and colour-blind Malaysia. Why is the CPF not being followed religiously? The simple answer is that it is not being indoctrinated effectively. It remains an official document, not an ideological guide. If you tested DAP and PKR's party election candidates and asked them to list out five specific issues in the CPF, I don't know how many would pass. Is this a problem? Yes, the lack of interests and seriousness in CPF means that we can't expect a clear picture of how this country will be run. The CPF is rather vague to begin with. But this is not a serious issue, and it is not one that will break the Pakatan Rakyat. Taib Mahmud As long as federal power is still within sight, DAP and PAS will love each other. By the same logic, the moment the prospect of power fades, Umno will bid farewell to MCA, MIC and other member parties. For example, in Sarawak, because Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud is increasingly unpopular, his once-loyalists in SUPP have hinted they might leave BN. At the end of the day, all political coalitions are marriages of convenience. We don't have to ask whether there will be true love at the time of adversity. We should just make sure that the marriage works out well when they are in power or on the road to power. This is the problem with BN — their marriage is not even working when they are still in power. Have PAS and DAP leaders been saying different things to different constituencies in order not to ruffle any feathers? How consistent have both their stands been on hudud and the Islamic state issue since March 2008? Nik Aziz No. The exchange of words between Karpal and PAS spiritual leader Datuk Seri Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat over hudud is the case in point. With the increasingly multilingual population, double-speak or dog-whistling has no chance of success but will backfire. The challenge for PAS and DAP is exactly how to remain consistent and reconcilable with each other at the same time. It's how to persuade their members that some issues just need to be left to time and they just need to agree to disagree for now. Will one way of compromise be that PAS implement its Islamic state model only in states where they hold a majority? Will this result in creeping Islamisation state by state? Islamisation has two approaches in general. The first is Islamisation of the state, using state power to impose Islamic values and institutions, as understood and interpreted by the ruling elites, on the rest of population. This is basically Islamisation by coercion — even though its advocates would call it part of believers' duty or even that of residing minority groups. The fact remains that those who refuse to follow cannot opt out. Such Islamisation will not work even if carried out only at the state level because citizenship and civil rights should not be differentiated by region. The second approach is Islamisation of the society and economy through persuasion and incentives. People are encouraged to adopt Islamic values and practices because such values and practices benefit them. The best example is of course Islamic finance, where non-Muslim Chinese are said to be one of the most enthusiastic groups. Halal standards are also adopted by many non-Muslim restaurants because they want Muslim business. Surely Islam has more to contribute to the society, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, on a voluntarily basis. If state governments are competing to Islamise in a non-compelling way, such competition is only good for making Malaysia more diversified. So the key is really not how Islamised Malaysia should be, but how Malaysia is to be Islamised, by persuasion or by force. The Nut Graph needs your support Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: common policy framework (CPF), dap, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Ding Jo-Ann, hudud law, interview, Islamic state, Islamisation, Karpal Singh, mosque, Pakatan Rakyat, pas, Teo Nie Ching, uncommon sense, Wong Chin Huat "Collectively, politicians are opportunists. It's part of their job requirement. So, don't test them on their principles more than you want to deliberately test your partner on their fidelity. All we should aim for is a good outcome, not a heroic but tragic ending." Well, isn't that the truth. Kong Kek Kuat says @ Andrew I @ Wong Chin Huat No, that´s absolutely not the truth. Ok, I´ve got to go now. Someone is getting too close to my dog. I wonder if that stranger is going to feed my dog some treats. You can´t trust your dogs too much these days… you never know when they are going start wagging their tails at strangers or bite the hands that feed them. mnz says Should have asked him – If PAS and DAP control the government: 1) How will foreign policy be like? What's PAS policy in relation to the Taliban, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, etc.? 2) How the rest of the world will view Malaysia if PAS is in the government? 3) Will PAS's fight end once PR is in power? Have to remember that PAS eventual goal is an Islamic state. There are so many practical issues at stake, when secularists and Islamists share the governing of a country. Unless PAS is dominated by the Erdogans… Bad Rabbit says Dear MNZ, Why on earth would it be necessary to ask those questions? 1) Neither the Taliban, Muslim brotherhood nor Hamas forms a national government. The Taliban did, but they visited and interacted with the US far more than with Malaysia (before 9/11). As such, the question is irrelevant. You may as well ask how a PAS government's relationship with the Girl Guides would work. 2) The rest of the world ignores Malaysia except for two key instances: when Malaysia embarrasses itself yet again, and when the Malaysian palm oil industry causes more environmental mayhem. If the Pakatan Rakyat comes to power you may see one or two more articles just after the election, but the rest of the world will view Malaysia in exactly the same way as before. 3) According to one contributor of this site […] Malaysia is a de facto Islamic state already… though what percentage of the population already believes this? As for the implementation of syariah law and hudud, I'm all for it. The only question I have is where is the syariah-compliant codification covering maritime law in Malaysia? Likewise the syariah code covering cyber-crime, identity theft, electronic fund transfers and insurance fraud? If we're going to implement syariah law, all of these areas have to be covered. How can there be hudud if there is no codified law? Or are these issues covered and codified in the Hadith? There's mention of them in the Quran – I double-checked just to avoid embarrassment…

The New 3GB GeForce GTX 1050: Good Product or Misleading Product? Why Nvidia, Why? By Steven Walton August 13, 2018 TechSpot score The Best Tablets in Early 2023: An Evolving and Affordable Form of Computing Intel plans another big graphics driver improvement in February 23 Game Benchmark Breakdown & Closing Remarks There's a new budget GPU in town, the 3GB version of the GeForce GTX 1050, and boy is this one a strange animal. Recently we checked out the disaster that is the DDR4 version of the GT 1030, a horribly misleading product that shouldn't exist. We expect that to go down as one of the worst graphics card released in history. We don't expect this GTX 1050 3GB version to be nowhere near as bad, in fact it might not even be bad at all. However we bring up the GT 1030 to memory because it's an unnecessary odd release and a bit misleading. Prior to May 2018 there was only one version of the GTX 1050 (code-named GP107-300) and it came with a 2GB memory buffer. That's the same GPU we've seen on retail since October 2016 when we first tested it. However, on May Nvidia quietly updated the GTX 1050 page on their website to include a 3GB model that looked to slot-in between the existing 2GB 1050 and the 4GB 1050 Ti, though it's a bit more complicated than that. The 3GB 1050 isn't merely a 1050 with an extra gigabyte of VRAM. Instead it features 768 CUDA cores but on a smaller 96-bit memory bus and this is due to a change in the backend configuration. Ok, so it's a GTX 1050 Ti with a gigabyte less VRAM... nope not that either. In this table you can see that while it has the same CUDA core count as the 1050 Ti it has 25% less ROPs and that means it has 25% less than the original 1050 as well. Although you get the same 7 Gbps GDDR5 memory, the memory bus is now just 96-bit due to the reduction in ROPs which sees one of the 4 memory controllers disabled. The result is just 84 GB/s of memory bandwidth, down from the 112 GB/s of the 2GB 1050 and 4GB 1050 Ti. Additionally, this also means the L2 cache capacity has been reduced down from 1MB to 768KB. Nvidia is clocking the cores higher to compensate, but we expect that in some cases this won't help overcome the 25% reduction in memory bandwidth, ROPs and cache. So why is Nvidia selling a 3GB version of the GTX 1050 that likely won't perform like a 1050 with an extra gigabyte of VRAM? Given the specs we expect that for the most part it will sit between the 2GB 1050 and 1050 Ti, but there will no doubt be instances where it's actually slower than even the 2GB 1050. The most likely explanation is that they had a stockpile of defective GP107 dies that had one faulty memory controller, for example. So Nvidia is salvaging those parts by creating the 3GB 1050. It's a bit odd to see this so late in the product cycle but that's not really the issue here. What we see as an issue once again is offering multiple GPU configurations under the same name. At the very least the 3GB version should have been called the 1050 SE, or LE, or anything other than just the 1050 3GB. It's not unlike the 3GB and 6GB GTX 1060 situation and I'm expecting to find a similar result. On hand for testing we have the EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 SC Gaming. It comes with a small 5% factory overclock and right now it's selling for $140 which is basically what you can expect to pay for a 2GB model, making it around $30 cheaper than the GTX 1050 Ti. Our test consists of 23 games, all of which have been tested at 1080p using various quality settings. However we're only going to discuss the highlights for 8 of the games and then jump into our performance breakdown, which looks at the whole picture. Our test bed build around Corsair's Crystal Series 570X was used. Inside we have a Core i7-8700K clocked at 5 GHz with 32GB of DDR4-3200 memory. We realize this hardware configuration is overkill for these GPUs, but as usual the idea is to remove any potential system bottleneck that might mask GPU performance. Onto the good stuff... Starting with the Battlefield 1 results we see that the 3GB 1050 is 9% faster than the 2GB version and 16% slower than the 1050 Ti. So that's a great result for the 3GB version as it is indeed faster than the original 1050 in this title. That said it is still quite a bit slower than the 1050 Ti due to the downgrades I spoke of earlier. Despite the positive performance just seen, when testing with Wreckfest we find a very different picture. Here the 3GB 1050 was actually slower than the original 1050, 13% slower in fact and that meant it was 21% slower than the 1050 Ti. A troubling result there so let's move on. Now when testing with Rainbow Six Siege we see that the 3GB 1050 is 22% faster than the original 2GB model and just 11% slower than the 1050 Ti. So like Battlefield 1 this is a very good result for the new 3GB model. Okay so we're certainly looking at very mixed results here, this time when testing with Far Cry 5 the 3GB 1050 was a few frames slower than the 2GB model, making it 5% slower. This also meant it was 15% slower than the 1050 Ti. Testing with Fortnite shows similar performance between the 2GB and 3GB 1050 models making them both only slightly slower than the 1050 Ti. We also see comparable performance when testing with Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia, here the 3GB model was 3% faster than the original 2GB version. Interestingly we see an 11% reduction in performance for the 3GB 1050 when playing ARMA 3 and as a result the 1% low result dropped below 60 fps. So another poor result for the new 3GB model. Finally we're going to look at the Warhammer Vermintide 2 results and here we see a tie between the 2GB and 3GB versions of the 1050, making them 13% slower than the 1050 Ti. 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Thursday update: "He knows what he wants…" James Gilbert/Jacksonville Jaguars Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Baltimore Ravens November 27th, 2022 JACKSONVILLE – The numbers improve seemingly by the week. When it comes to Trevor Lawrence, Jaguars offensive coordinator Press Taylor said what else has improved steadily in recent weeks are the moments when the second-year quarterback looks absolutely confident and in control. Those moments matter, and Taylor said they're happening more consistently. "Part of that is just conviction," Taylor said Thursday as the Jaguars (4-7) prepared to play the Detroit Lions (4-7) at Ford Field in Detroit, Mich., Sunday at 1 p.m. "He knows what he wants. He knows what he's looking at from the defense. He knows where his guys are going to be – just that chemistry built up over time with his guys. You see that from Trevor, but that's kind of what you expect going into the season, continuing to work together and spend time together." Lawrence, the No. 1 overall selection in the 2021 NFL Draft, has registered a passer rating of more than 100 in each of his last three games with the NFL's highest completion percentage during that span. He completed 29 of 37 passes for 321 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions in a 28-27 come-from-behind victory over the Baltimore Ravens this past Sunday. Taylor, asked if Sunday was the best performance of Lawrence's career, focused on a fourth quarter in which Lawrence completed 13 of 17 passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns. "Really, that last drive he just got hot," Taylor said of Lawrence completing seven of nine passes for 91 yards on a drive that ended with Lawrence's 10-yard pass to wide receiver Marvin Jones Jr. with :10 remaining. Lawrence completed passes of 16, 10, 17, eight, one, 29, and 10 yards on the drive – which culminated with a two-point conversion pass to wide receiver Zay Jones. Taylor said the confidence could be seen in how Lawrence set up and threw during that time – i.e., "the conviction he had, his back foot, letting the ball rip, putting it to a spot …" "There were a lot of throws that seemed like handoffs," Taylor said. "You saw that confidence just pouring out in the way he played and the way he let the ball rip and the belief in what he was doing at the line." NOTABLE I The Lions enter Sunday ranked eighth in the NFL in total yards – No. 12 in passing and No. 10 in rushing. They also have scored 24 or more points in eight of 11 games and rank eighth in the NFL in scoring at 25.0 points per game. "They're throwing it around well and they're running the ball well," Jaguars defensive coordinator Mike Caldwell said. "They're really a two-headed monster if you look at it that way. We just have to understand that they're throwing it good, they're running it good. We have go back to our techniques, understand our scheme and try to stop them." Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. practiced limited for a second consecutive day with a foot injury sustained against the Ravens this past Sunday. "He certainly insists he's playing," Taylor said of Etienne. Zay Jones (chest) and safety Andre Cisco (shoulder) also practiced limited for a second consecutive day Thursday, with defensive lineman Roy Robertson-Harris returning to practice after missing practice Wednesday with an illness. Caldwell on Jaguars fourth-year safety Andrew Wingard: "He's a guy I don't have to worry about. If he doesn't get a rep, he's going to have his nose in a book, he's going to watch film, he's going to come in with questions, he's going to come in with answers to problems, and he's a guy that, he's a professional. He might not be the starter, but if I ever have a problem, need to put somebody out there, I know he'll go out there, and he plays with so much energy and so much excitement, it really just feeds to the rest of the guys. He's a guy that you love to have on the team because he does it the right way. Guys in that locker room listen to him because they see what he does on the field and they see what he does on the practice field." Quick Thoughts: On to the Offseason Senior writer John Oehser and senior correspondent Brian Sexton offer quick thoughts as the Jaguars move on to the offseason following a 2022 AFC South Championship and trip to the AFC Divisional Playoff round Jaguars Insider: "He'll only get better…" Head Coach Doug Pederson on the value of continuity for the Jaguars and QB Trevor Lawrence entering 2023: "The jumps teams make is usually Year One to Year Two, possibly in Year Three …" On to 2023: Key Offseason Dates A look at key offseason dates around the NFL, including Combine, Free Agency and Draft. Baalke: "We feel good about the nucleus…" General Manager Trent Baalke spoke to the media Tuesday as the Jaguars moved forward from a 2022 AFC South-title winning season into the 2023 offseason: "We feel really good about the nucleus of young players we have on the team…" NFL Draft: Jaguars to Select No. 24 Overall The Jaguars will select No. 24 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft; team holds nine total selections in '23 draft NFL 101: Pederson Coach of the Year Jaguars Head Coach Doug Pederson named AFC Coach of the Year for 2022 by the 101 Awards The day after: "We established something…" Head Coach Doug Pederson spoke to the media Monday, two days after the Jaguars' 2022 season ended with a loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in an AFC Divisional Playoff: "We established something this year I think is sustainable; we just have to build on that…" Jaguars Monday: "There are guys you want here…" QB Trevor Lawrence on the Jaguars entering the 2022 offseason: "Part of what we did this year, a huge part, is the people that we had and the mindset we built and just the tight-knit group we had; that's what it's about…" Game that was: "We'll be back…" QB Trevor Lawrence following the Jaguars' 27-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in a 2022 AFC Divisional Playoff at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.: "This is the new standard; we'll be back…" Coach speak: Chiefs 27, Jaguars 20 Senior writer John Oehser examines Head Coach Doug Pederson's press conference following the Jaguars' 27-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in a 2022 AFC Divisional Playoff game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday Five key plays: Chiefs 27, Jaguars 20 Senior writer John Oehser examines five key plays from the Jaguars' 27-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in a 2022 AFC Divisional Playoff game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday Quick thoughts: Chiefs 27, Jaguars 20 Senior writer John Oehser and senior correspondent Brian Sexton offer quick thoughts on the Jaguars' 27-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in a 2022 AFC Divisional Playoff game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday

b ACC - You will be tested later in the course by written on this period of instruction and by performance evaluations during the cliff assault. d SMO - You will be tested by a verbal and performance evaluation on T- 11. TRANSITION: Are there any questions over the purpose, learning objectives, how the class will be taught, or how you will be evaluated? First, let's discuss why rappelling is dangerous and site selection. Q (2 Min) INHERENT DANGER OF RAPPELLING. Rappelling is inherently dangerous because rappellers rely totally on the equipment. 9 To ensure a safe training evolution, two ropes will be utilized at MWTC. b All the rappels taught at MWTC can be completed with a single rope if the situation arises. 3 If utilizing a one-rope system with the carabiner wrap, the rope will be attached to the carabiner with two wraps vice one. TRANSITION: Are there any questions over the inherent dangers of rappelling? If not, let's discuss the criteria's involved in site selection. 2| (5 Min) SITE SELECTION. When selecting a rappel site consider these three factors. a There must be a good anchor. As previously taught in NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL ANCHORS, natural anchors are preferred. b The rappel route down should be as free of obstacles (i.e., vegetation, debris) as possible. NCOIC, who should be the most experienced rappeller in the unit. TRANSITION: Are there any questions over site selection? Once an area has been found that meets these requirements, a rappel site may now be established. Let us now talk about duties of the rappel point NCOIC. Ensures that the anchor points are sound and that the knots are properly tied. 9 Ensures that loose rock and debris is cleared from the loading platform. d Allows only one man on the loading platform at a time and ensures that the rappel point is run in an orderly manner. d Ensures that each man is properly prepared for the particular rappel; i.e. gloves on, sleeves down, helmet secured, rappel seat tied correctly and secured properly. 9 Attaches the rappeller to the rope and ensures the rappeller knows the proper braking position for that particular rappel. f Ensures that the proper commands or signals are used. g. Dispatches each man down the rope. h The rappel point NCOIC will be the last man down the rope. 9 The rappel point NCOIC will ensure that the ropes are inspected after every 50 rappels. j The rappel point NCOIC will maintain a rope log. TRANSITION: Before we go any further are there any questions over the duties of the rappel point NCOIC? We will now discuss the different types of rappels taught here at MWTC. 3 Hasty Rappel. It is used when carrying loads down moderate slopes. ¡9 Seat-Shoulder Rappel. It is used for heavily laden troops over vertical to near vertical cliff faces. 3 Seat-Hip Rappel. It is used when carrying loads over vertical to near vertical faces. TRANSITION: Are there any questions on the different types of rappels? Next we will discuss how each of these rappels are used. 5 (5 Min) HASTY RAPPEL. The hasty rappel is the easiest type of rappel to prepare for. It requires no equipment other than a rope and gloves. H^Sleeves will be rolled down and gloves will be put on. lace the rappel rope across your back, grasping it with both hands, palms forward, and arms extended. )The hand nearest the anchor is the guide hand. The hand farthest from the anchor is the brake hand. ean out at a moderate angle to the slope. escend down the hill facing half sideways, taking small steps and continually looking downhill while leading with the brake hand. »ring the lower (brake) hand across the front of the chest to brake. At the same time, turn to face up toward the anchor point. TRANSITION: Are there any questions about the technique of the hasty rappel? Now let us discuss the seat-shoulder rappel. 6 (5 Min) SEAT-SHOULDER RAPPEL. The seat-shoulder rappel relies on friction as the main effort of controlling the descent. It is very efficient for men with heavy packs because it provides support for heavy loads on the back. ut on your rappel-seat, roll down your sleeves and put on your gloves. NOTE: To avoid causing a possible injury, it is advised that the rappel seat be constructed at the rear of the rappel site loading platform. If the rappel seat is worn for too long, the rappel seat could loosen up enough to cause you to slip out of your seat while rappelling. ^^Taking slack from the standing (anchor) end of the rope, make one wrap with the rope around the body of the carabiner and back through the gate. nsure that the locking nut of the carabiner is fastened to lock the carabiner closed. NOTE: If you are using only one rope to rappel with due to the tactical situation or equipment availability, the procedures are the same, EXCEPT the individual will make two wraps around the body of the carabiner instead of one. Take the rope across your chest, over your left shoulder, diagonally across your pack and down to the right (brake) hand. [^^Descend by walking down the cliff using the braking procedure to control the rate of descent. Look under your brake arm for possible obstacles to avoid. ace directly uphill while bringing the brake hand across the chest. TRANSITION: Are there any questions concerning the seat-shoulder rappel? If not, let us discuss the seat-hip rappel. )Ensure that the locking nut of the carabiner is fastened to lock the carabiner closed. ^^The rappeller will grasp the running end of the rope with the brake (right) hand, palm down and turned slightly inboard, near the hip. |Grasp the rope tightly with the brake hand. Take the brake hand and place it in the small of the back. This will create enough friction to stop all momentum. NOTE: At no time will you bound or jump while you are descending. You "walk down" the cliff face using the proper braking procedure to control your rate of descent. TRANSITION: Now that we have discussed the hasty rappel, seat- shoulder rappel and the seat-hip rappel, are there any questions? Let's now talk about the safety factors of the first man down. a. Before deploying the ropes, tie the two ends of the ropes together with an overhand knot. 3 Tie a friction knot on the standing end of the rappel rope with a Prusik cord. Attach the rappel ropes to the harness's hard point with a locking carabiner. Attach the Prusik cord to the harness's hard point with a locking carabiner. This cord is also referred to as a safety Prusik. NOTE; If the Safety Prusik is too short, it can be extended with a web runner. TRANSITION: We've just discussed the safety of the first man down, are there any questions? Now let's talk about the duties of the first man down. y Selects a smooth route down for the ropes. b Clears the route of loose rocks and debris. Q The first man down will untie the overhand knot and straighten the ropes out once he reaches the bottom. d The first man down belays the next man down the rope. There are two methods of belaying the next man down. The method used will be decided upon the restriction of the unloading platform. WflThe belay man will stand facing the cliff face, arms up with palms facing upward and over lapping. The rope will pass through the opening of the over lapping hand's thumb and index fingers. ¡¡To stop a fallen rappeller, the belay man will grab the rope with closed fists and pull straight down bringing the forearms parallel to the deck. holding the ropes firmly as in a standing hip belay. e. Take charge of personnel as they arrive at the bottom to include appointing a belay man. TRANSITION: Now that we have discussed the duties of the first man down, are there any questions? Next we will discuss the individual rappelling commands. TRANSITION: Are there any questions about the rappelling commands or rope tugs? If not, let us discuss the possibility of tying off. over the standing end. He then takes up a bight from the running end about two feet long and pulls it over the standing end and under the running end, forming a half hitch. 8EHe pulls the half hitch tightly against the guide hand. ^^¡He works the half hitch down snugly against the carabiner while maintaining contact with the guide hand as long as possible. NOTE: A loose half hitch could bind into the carabiner causing difficulties in clearing the knot out. Make sure that the first half hitch is dressed down tightly before moving it against the carabiner. lace another half hitch above the one already tied. Q^iTo untie, reverse the steps. Remove the safety half hitch, then shrink the first half hitch down to a small loop by grabbing the running end of both ropes and pulling them straight out to the left. Place your right hand in the middle of the two bights until they are snug on all four fingers. Then remove one finger and make the bights snug on three fingers. Repeat this process until it's down to one finger and both the bights are equal. fl^^Now, grasp the running end with both hands and smartly jerk the running end of the ropes upward to pop the small loop out from the first half hitch. From this position, keep the guide hand around both of the ropes next to the carabiner; step back over the rope so that the running end is to your right side. Grab just the running end with your brake hand and quickly set the brake behind the small of your back then, readjust you guide hand onto the standing end. You now should be in the seat-hip rappel position. NOTE: The wraps may bind up some after untying, where no further movement down is possible. To alleviate this, keep the brake on and force your body weight down to pop the wraps in the carabiner back to their intended position and then continue on with the rappel. The rappeller gives the command "Lane #, on rappel." The belayer takes up the slack and gives the command "Lane #, on belay." The rappeller resumes to rappel down. TRANSITION: Are there any questions over tying off? We will now discuss how to perform different types of rescues during rappelling operations. QQ| (5 Min) RESCUE TECHNIQUES. When conducting rappelling operations, the possibility of a rappeller getting caught on the rope due to either his clothing or equipment can occur. There are two types of rescues that can be performed to free the rappeller from this situation. ^^After realizing that you are caught up on the rope, check with your belay man to ensure that he has a solid brake set. flUsing a safety Prusik, tie a friction knot onto the rappel rope approximately an arms length above the area that is fouled. Anchor the other end of your safety Prusik to your rappel seats hard point. This is the same technique used as discussed earlier with the first man down the rope. ^^Work the friction knot up until there is no tension on the rappel device. This will give you the necessary slack to free the malfunction. ^^Once you have corrected the problem, continue to rappel down using the first man down method. 3 The Buddy Rescue Technique. This method is used when the rappeller is unable to correct the problem by himself. rescuer will rappel down on another rope to the disabled rappeller and tie-off. ^^The rescuer will then establish a safety Prusik onto the victim as taught in the self-rescue technique. ^^After clearing the malfunction, continue with rappelling operations. Q Rappelling Casualty Rescue. There are three different methods in which to get an injured rappeller to the bottom. ^^The first method is to allow the belay man to lower the casualty by slowly releasing the tension on the rappel rope. )The rescuer will rappel down using another rope. Once the rescuer gets to the casualty, the rescuer will have his belay man brake him off, enabling the rescuer to use both hands. L^^If necessary, the rescuer will perform the basic first aid needed. Once the casualty is ready to be lowered, the rescuer will call down to both of the belay men to simultaneously lower both men. The rescuer will hold onto the casualty the entire way down so that he doesn't bounce off the rock face. ^The third method is called a tandem rappel. Its used to rescue a casualty who has sustained an injury serious enough that he cannot operate the rappel device himself and requires the assistance of a second rappeller. This type of rescue can be conducted from the top of the cliff face or while on rappel, depending on where the injury occurred. Q Take either a long sling rope or Prusik cord and tie a figure-eight knot offset so that one length of the cord is longer then the other. 21 Tie a figure-eight knot at each end. 3 Take a rappel device and attach it to the offset figure-eight loop with a carabiner and attach it to the rappel rope. 4 Next, attach the casualty's hard point to the short end of the sling rope/Prusik cord and the rescuer to the other end. 5 The rescuer will then utilize a safety Prusik in the same method as the first man down technique, except that the friction knot will be tied below the rappelling device and controlled with the brake hand. The rescuer will then maneuver himself under the casualty to provide assistance and support. Q At this point you are ready to rappel both rescuer and casualty at the same time. NOTE: Your rappel device should be far enough in front of you so that the casualty will not be able to reach it. Q The rescuer will preset the same system on a separate rappel rope and rappel down to the casualty. 2 The rescuer will then take the short end of the sling rope and attach it to the casualty's hard point. With a knife, the rescuer will cut the casualty's rappel rope away. Rappel down to the bottom of the cliff face. NOTE: THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THAT A KNIFE WILL BE USED DURING A RAPPEL. EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USED. IT IS NOT TO BE DONE IN TRAINING, BUT ONLY DURING AN ACTUAL RESCUE AND AS A LAST RESORT. TRANSITION: Are there any question over rescue techniques? Let's now discuss how to make our rappel installation retrievable. Q2 (10 Min) RETRIEVABLE RAPPELS. Once a unit has rappelled down a vertical obstacle, it may be necessary to retrieve the rope(s). Depending on the height of the obstacle either one or two ropes will used to construct the rappel lane. ^^Find the middle of the rope and place it directly behind a suitable anchor point. middle of the rope is directly behind the anchor point, rappel down the rope. If point NCO is an assault climber, use the stitch plate/ATC-type belay device to straighten the ropes. ^^The rope is then retrieved by pulling on either end of the rope. b Two-Rope Retrievable Rappel. This type of system is identical to the one rope retrievable rappel except for a few considerations. knot will be placed out of the system when securing the carabiner to the ropes. This will prevent total failure of the system if the knot should fail. joining knot as close to the vertical obstacle's edge as possible. This will prevent the knot from possibly getting caught up while retrieving. b^^The last man down will then place a carabiner on the rope below the knot. This will enable him to know which line to pull for retrieval. If the last man down is an assault climber, use the stitch plate/ATC-type belay device to straighten the ropes. TRANSITION: Now that we have covered retrievable rappels, are there any questions? As Marines we are required to carry a variety of weapons and equipment into combat. Let us discuss considerations for our equipment so that it doesn't enable our rappelling efforts. H (3 Min) EQUIPMENT. Equipment should be worn in accordance with unit SOP. The unit has the responsibility to determine which methods it feels are most beneficial to the mission. Weapons should be worn across shoulder; muzzle down and away from the brake hand with a tight sling securely attached to the weapon. Weapons should also be dummy corded to the individuals. TRANSITION: Are there any questions over equipment at this time? If you have none for me, then I have some for you. Q What are the three criteria involved in site selection for a rappel site? (2) The route down the cliff face should be as free of obstacles as possible. (3) There must be suitable loading and unloading platforms. Q| What are the three types of rappels? Q| When would the hasty rappel be the desired type of rappel to use? A When carrying loads down a moderate slope. 3 During this period of instruction we have covered site selection, how to establish a rappel site and how it should be run, which included duties of the rappel point NCOIC and duties of the first man down a rope. We've also covered how to establish a retrievable rappel and the three types of rappels, as well as how to tie-off. a Those of you with IRF's please fill them out at this time and turn them in to the instructor. We will now take a short break.

Gone are the days of preparing for a single-country career and the days of being a one-country company, as employees and organizations now live in the wake of globalization and are not bound by geographical borders. Dr. Tommy's chapter, aids organizations with understanding the implications of the contemporary practices of global leadership development and will recommend what should be practiced when developing leaders in global organizations, highlighting the importance of grafting local identity with the global organization's culture. "Why is so much invested in developing leaders, yet we don't have them?" The short answer is that there needs to be a high degree of localization when it comes to the practice of leader development.

https://sportswire.usatoday.com/article/anthony-edwards-player-prop-bets-timberwolves-vs-clippers-january-6/ Anthony Edwards Player Prop Bets: Timberwolves vs. Clippers | January 6 January 6, 2023 9:23 pm ET Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves will face the Los Angeles Clippers at 9:00 PM ET on Friday. In this piece, we'll dig into Edwards' stats and trends to help you find the best picks among his prop bets for this matchup. Edwards paces the Timberwolves at 24.2 points per contest, while also averaging 4.4 assists and 6.3 rebounds. Anthony Edwards Prop Lines and Game Time Matchup: Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Los Angeles Clippers TV Channel: BSN, BSSC Anthony Edwards vs. Los Angeles Clippers Edwards' scoring average against the Clippers (19.9) is 5.6 less than his over/under for this game. His 4.2 rebounds per game against the Clippers are 2.3 fewer than his prop bet total. Edwards puts up an average of three assists versus the Clippers, 1.5 fewer than his prop bet over/under for this game. When playing versus the Clippers, Edwards averages 0.6 more made three-pointers (3.1) than his over/under in this game (2.5). Anthony Edwards Prop Insights The 25.5-point prop bet for Edwards on Friday is 1.3 higher than his season scoring average (24.2). He collects 6.3 rebounds per game, 0.2 less than his prop bet on Friday. Edwards has picked up 4.4 assists per game, 0.1 less than his prop bet on Friday (4.5). He has knocked down 2.6 three-pointers per game, 0.1 more than his over/under on Friday (2.5).

Q: Is there a way to test if all the numbers in an array are bigger than A, and if so replace it by an array of the same length I'm trying to build something that analyse my webcam to highlight the pixel that aren't black (to do some tracking autonomously) i've tried with OpenCV to test like so : np.where(np.all(img>150,2),255,0) where img is the camera feed, but i'd like to do that: np.where(np.all(img>150,2),np.array(0,255,0),img) so only the picture that where found as 'not black' are green and the other are the same as before and not white or black. import numpy as np import cv2 camera = cv2.VideoCapture(0) while 1: ret_val, image = camera.read() if not ret_val: cv2.destroyAllWindows() camera.release() break img=image[len(image)//2:len(image)] A=np.where(np.all(img>150,2),255,0) cv2.imshow("output", np.uint8(A)) I'd like to have A as an array(n,m,3) and not array(n,m) where n,m are length and width Thanks in advance. A: If I understand correctly, you would like to convert the "not black" pixels to green (where "not black" means the R, G, and B values are all above 150). The simple answer to your question would be to replace this: A=np.where(np.all(img>150,2),255,0) with A = img.copy() A[np.where(np.all(A > 150, 2))] = np.array([0, 255, 0]) The np.where(np.all(A > 150, 2)) returns the indices of all "not black" pixels, so you are assigning the value [0, 255, 0] to these indices. All other pixels are left the same. You can also do this in-place to avoid creating another array if you can modify img: img[np.where(np.all(img > 150, 2))] = np.array([0, 255, 0])

/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- SETTINGS Test colLimit and rowLimit setting passed to init() ----------------------------------------------------------------- */ module("API: init(colLimit)"); function __testcolLimitSetting(title, value, expected) { test("Set colLimit from " + title, function() { expect(1); var cal = createCalendar({ colLimit: value }); deepEqual(cal.options.colLimit, expected, "colLimit is set to " + expected); }); } __testcolLimitSetting("null will disable colLimit", null, null); __testcolLimitSetting("false will disable colLimit", false, null); __testcolLimitSetting("an invalid value (string) will disable colLimit", false, null); __testcolLimitSetting("a valid empty integer will disable colLimit", 0, null); __testcolLimitSetting("a valid non-empty integer will set colLimit", 2, 2); module("API: init(rowLimit)"); function __testRowLimitSetting(title, value, expected) { test("Set rowLimit from " + title, function() { expect(1); var cal = createCalendar({ rowLimit: value }); deepEqual(cal.options.rowLimit, expected, "rowLimit is set to " + expected); }); } __testRowLimitSetting("null will disable rowLimit", null, null); __testRowLimitSetting("false will disable rowLimit", false, null); __testRowLimitSetting("an invalid value (string) will disable rowLimit", false, null); __testRowLimitSetting("a valid empty integer will disable rowLimit", 0, null); __testRowLimitSetting("a valid non-integer will set rowLimit", 2, 2); test("RowLimit is disabled when colLimit is set", function() { expect(1); var cal = createCalendar({ colLimit: 5, rowLimit: 5 }); deepEqual(cal.options.rowLimit, null, "rowLimit is disabled"); });

The UK-wide Home Front Legacy project, coordinated by the Council for British Archaeology, is calling on volunteers to help track down a series of lesser-known 'National' munitions factories created to kickstart the war effort. These sites can often be difficult to pinpoint, as existing factories tended to be repurposed for war work, rather than being purpose built. Often, very little of the original fabric of the building survives so company records and, critically, local knowledge are likely to be the most useful source of information. Can you help? Hall's Mill in Whaley Bridge.

So much for a company that once ruled this part of the world's mobile industry. There's reason their market share is declining. I think the heads at Nokia thought that they'll just describe in words about how excited they are about their new Nokia Lumia 620 smarthphone running Windows Phone 8. But just because they added the word "Review" in the title, criticisms are coming from all directions on the Internet. Next Shahbag, Dhaka: The Beginning of Another Tahrir Square? You people doing awami agenda. Idiots, why not saying anything about Govt. Corruption. Also Why not saying against Abul Hussain(former minister). Do something which is good for country.

blowUP media, one of the UK's leading premium large format out of home companies, is launching a breakthrough in digital Giant Posters - the first digital screen that can be placed on temporary building wraps. Using the latest technology, the screen is light enough to be placed on scaffoldings or wraps, can be customised to any size and can also be adapted to fit any building or scaffolding structures. The screen being unveiled is 'The Stage,' a 36 sqm digital screen on the Victory House building on the north side of London's Leicester Square. This is the first time a digital screen has been placed on a building wrap in the UK and demonstrates blowUP media's commitment to leading edge innovation and providing customized solutions for all of its individual sites. With 8mm pitch pixellation, this new generation of screens offers advertisers and agencies a far crisper image than has previously been possible. The pedestrianised area of Leicester Square is heavily populated day and night and provides a constant stream of office workers, tourists and shoppers, with a weekly pedestrian footfall of 1,941,464 visitors. 'The Stage' is part of blowUP media's Super Motion network, which offers some of the UK's biggest digital screens including prime sites in Cardiff and Birmingham.