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Each year, nations spend millions of dollars on efforts to prevent HIV infections without completely understanding the most effective ways to allocate these funds. To equip health officials and policymakers with effective decision-making tools, Avenir Health worked with Blue Raster to develop the Goals Express: HIV Impact Tool, a new tablet app for iPad and Android devices. This mobile application will be used to examine how coverage for various HIV intervention strategies affects progress toward national HIV prevention goals, including the reduction of new HIV infections.
Goals Express, which was introduced at the AIDS 2012 international conference in Washington DC, is based on the Goals Model, a web-based simulation tool used to plan HIV prevention and treatment programs. Similar to the web application, the new Goals Express app can be used to model the spread of HIV in a national population in four different epidemic scenarios (generalized, concentrated, hyper-endemic and injection drug-driven epidemics). Tablet users can manipulate slider bars to adjust the coverage level for several different HIV interventions, including antiretroviral therapy and youth outreach, to identify cost-effective combinations of prevention and treatment strategies.
"We expect that this app will encourage people to explore different HIV prevention and treatment strategies and gain insight into the best ways to allocate resources in different epidemic settings," said John Stover, president and founder of Futures Institute. Goals Express, which was developed with HTML5 and deployed to iOS and Android devices using PhoneGap Build, is now available for download from the Apple App Store, Google Play and the Amazon Appstore at no cost.
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What is a set level transformation?
Set level transformation operates on a group of records that may result in joining, rearranging, elimination, or aggregation of records. Data sources and destinations are also considered as set transformations. Generally, set transformations operate on the entire data set. For instance, a Sort transformation sorts the entire dataset before passing records to the next object. Similarly, Aggregate transformation uses the entire data set to construct aggregated records.
Some more examples of Set level transformations in Astera Centerprise include: Join, Route Constant Value, Distinct, Denormalize, Normalize, Merge etc.


How To Cook Something In The Dishwasher
Ed. note: Authors Gever Tulley and Julie Spiegler's Fifty Dangerous Things (you should let your children do) builds on the premise that "dangerous" things we avoid are often eye-opening and educational. One such dangerous thing: Cooking food in your dishwasher.
Cooking in the dishwasher is not much different than baking; you just need to keep the food from getting soapy. Here's how to make dishwasher chicken, hot dogs or vegetables:
 - Aluminum Foil
 - Raw Chicken, Hot Dogs or Vegetables
 - Butter
 - Salt or Spices (optional)
 - Meat Thermometer (or Adult)
How to:
 1. Prepare food. Cut chicken into strips about 1⁄2 inch wide. If you don't like chicken, hot dogs, vegetables or apples work just as well. Place food in centre of a sheet of foil. Dab with butter and add salt or spices if you like.
 2. Seal it up. Fold up, then carefully roll the edges of the foil to create a watertight packet. You can add another layer of foil if your foil is thin. Place packet in top rack of dishwasher (middle if you have three racks) and finish loading the dishwasher with dirty dishes. Do not let packet get punctured by the rack or any dishes.
 3. Cook it. Run the dishwasher on the hottest setting (at or above 70C). After the wash cycle finishes, make sure the dry cycle completes before opening.
 5. Enjoy. Toast goes particularly well with dishwasher chicken.
Now, if only there was a way to make toast without using the toaster…
Fifty Dangerous Things explores the idea that many "dangerous" things that are interesting, eye-opening, enlightening or just plain fun! And while there are aspects of danger in virtually everything we do, the trick is to learn how mastery actually minimises danger. Walking is dangerous when we start as babies, but we persevere and it becomes safe. Next we learn to negotiate stairs. Why stop there? Why not practice and become proficient at walking on the roof or walking on a tightrope? These are just a few of the Fifty Dangerous Things the book invites you to try.


Decision Making in Logistics: A Chaos Theory Based Analysis
Priya Ranjan, Soundar Kumara, Amit Surana, Vikram Manikonda, Mark Greaves, and Wilbur Peng
Logistics in general is a complex system. In this paper we investigate the existence of chaos in logistics systems. Such an investigation is necessary to use appropriate and correct methods for further analysis, as linear systems techniques will not be useful. If a system exhibits chaos, decision making should consider the system characterization parameters from a chaos theory perspective. In this paper, three models from the existing literature are reported. Of these models, the non-preemptive queuing model is considered for further exploration. A prototypical supply chain example is used and the resulting behavior is characterized. At certain input values the behavior of the logistics system exhibits chaos. This information is useful for further analysis for predication and control. The working prototype is implemented in the DARPA Couggar agent architecture.


Why Christmas?
Author: Barbara Reaoch
Illustrator: Carol McCarty
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Why do we celebrate Christmas? Most children do not know the true answer to that question or why God sent Jesus to live on earth. Why Christmas? is a helpful devotional with Scripture reading, memory verse, Christmas carol and questions to direct your child's heart towards God. The readings, which begin on the first day of December, are Biblical, short, and effective. Colorful illustrations illuminate the events of the incarnation. This book will provide parents with the assistance they desire for leading their child to the Christ of Christmas.
See also: A companion volume, Why Easter?, is also available to assist parents in teaching their children about Jesus' death and resurrection.
"God coming to earth as a baby?! That's as incredible as fitting an oil tanker into a bath tub or a 747 into your garage. No, it's even more astounding! Christmas may be God's greatest miracle of all and every boy and girl should be able to know why. And Why Christmas? provides an exceptional opportunity for parents and Christian leaders to lead their children through a rich and wonderful discovery behind the miracle of Christmas – I highly recommend this brilliant little book for every child!"
—Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni and Friends International Disability Center
About the author
Barbara Reaoch is Bible Study Fellowship International's Director of children's programs. For nearly twenty years, she taught women's BSF classes in the United States and South Africa. Barbara has also worked at the Rafiki Girl's Center in South Africa, teaching the Bible and life skills to young women. She has been married to Ron for forty years; they have three grown children and four grandchildren.
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pipes, waterspouts (which projected out from an upper part of a building or a roof gutter) preserved stonework by diverting the flow of rainwater away from buildings. They prevented rainwater from running down the walls and affecting the foundations. Gargoyles are decorative waterspouts, being carved stone figures with water spouts through their mouths. The figure was often an elongated animal because the length of the gargoyle determines how far water is thrown from the wall. They were usually carved in the form of a grotesque face, figure or frightening creature with wide-opened mouths to enable the water flow.
By the way, the word "gargoyle" shares a common root with the word "gargle"; which comes from "gargouille", a French word for "throat".
History of gargoyles
Gargoyles can be traced back thousands of years in Egypt, Italy and Greece. Lion-shaped gargoyles were used by the ancient Egyptians and on Greek temples. During the Roman Empire, lead pipes were added to gargoyles to channel water without eroding the stone. And gargoyle water spouts were found at the ruins of Pompeii.
There are gargoyles on medieval (Middle aged) church buildings in Western Europe like the Gothic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. Most were carved out of limestone or marble between the 10th and 15th centuries during the Romanesque and Gothic styles of architecture and decorative arts. Although once lead drainpipes were introduced in the 16th century there was no longer any practical need for gargoyles, they continued to be used for decorative purposes.
A dragon legend
There is a French legend about St. Romanus delivering the village of Rouen from a monster called Gargouille in about 600 AD. The fierce dragon which had a long, reptilian neck, a slender snout, batlike wings and the ability to breathe fire from its mouth, lived in a cave near the river Seine. The dragon caused much fear and destruction with its fiery breath, spouting water and the devouring of ships and men.
There are multiple versions of the story, but when la Gargouille was burned, its head and neck were so well tempered by the heat of its fiery breath that they would not burn. These were then mounted on the walls of the church (or city wall) to scare off evil spirits and used for protection.
Although this legend may be embellished and have changed over time, it's interesting that dragon stories occur in many cultures, particularly the Chinese and Japanese.
Is there a link between dragon gargoyles and dinosaurs?
Dragons and dinosaurs
The word "dragon" was used 23 times in the King James Bible (KJB), which was published in 1611, about 400 years ago. It seems as though the original translators of the KJB understood that a "dragon" was a real creature, not one that was legendary or mythical. It appears the "dragons" that were understood to be real animals were probably types of dinosaur which are now extinct. The translators of the KJB didn't know about dinosaurs as this word was coined 230 years later in 1841. So the word "dragon" is probably an old word for a type of dinosaur.
Could some of the gargoyle dragons have been carved from the dragons that were known in the 1600s?
Ancient images and dinosaurs
There is also a theory that gargoyles were inspired by early findings of dinosaur fossils such as proceratops. Adrienne Mayor ("The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times") saw a similarity between some Greek and Roman images and dinosaurs. To explain this she hypothesised that these were based on fossil bones discovered in these times.
She said that, "The earliest depictions of griffins looked really gnarly and brutish. It looked as if the artist were trying to portray something real rather than mythological. And then … I realized that they looked like modern reconstructions of dinosaurs in a museum".
However, as she believed that all the dinosaurs died out millions of years ago, she failed to consider the possibility that the griffins could be based on seeing the actual creatures, not just the bones. After all, it takes modern scientists considerable research to reconstruct the appearance of an unknown animal from its bones.
As the story of the gargoyles relates to ancient times, some of it has probably been lost from our history. But they remind us of a time when buildings were more decorative and ornate. Some speculate about the symbolism of gargoyles, but I think they show the skill and creativity of the medieval stone masons.
It is interesting to note the image of a dragon on the Ishtar gate in Babylon which was constructed about 575 BC.
Written, February 2015
Andy, our new grandson, arrived recently. Here are a few things that I am reminded of at a time like this.
Just like you and I, Andy is unique. There is no one else on earth (past, present and future) who is exactly like him. He has a unique genome, which is comprised of about 3 billion DNA base pairs in each cell of his body. He grew from a single cell itself.
God designed and created our world so that, over a period of nine months, the genetic information in a single cell can develop into a child that is ready to be born. It takes a lot of design to build a genome; it's amazingly complex.
The Bible says that the development of a baby in the womb is an example of God's power (omnipotence) and skill. King David wrote, "You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born" (Ps. 139:13-16NLT). And another psalm says of God the Creator, "You made me; you created me" (Ps. 119:73). Of course God knows all about a baby as it's growing in the womb (Jer. 1:5; Gal. 1:15).
I think another example of God's power and skill is life itself. Can anyone explain the origin of life, without referring to God? We see that life always comes from life. Andy's family tree goes back to Adam and Eve. How did Adam and Eve become alive? The Bible says their life came from God (Gen. 2:7, 22). Only God can create life; scientists can't manufacture it, they just use it.
Is Andy perfect?
Although Andy is perfect in the eyes of his parents, in two ways he isn't perfect.
Firstly, just like you and I, Andy's genome contains mutations inherited from his parents. When parents reproduce, they make a copy of their genome and pass this to their child. From time to time, mistakes occur (called "mutations"), and the next generation does not have a perfect copy of the original genome. Each new generation carries all the mutations of previous generations plus their own. So the mutations accumulate from generation to generation. This means that the human genome is degenerating genetically with time due to the accumulation of mutations. In order to minimize the risk of deformed offspring that can result from shared mutations between genetically close parents, marriage is usually prohibited between close relatives. In fact, such limitations needed to be imposed after about 26 copies of the human genome, which was in the times of Moses' children (Lev. 18:6-16; 20:11, 17, Dt. 27:22).
Secondly, just like you and I, Andy has a sinful nature. This means that he will have a natural tendency to misbehave. The Bible says that we are all sinners by nature (Rom. 3:23; Eph. 2:1-3). Even when Andy tries to do the right thing, it will be elusive (Rom. 7:14-20). This attitude affects our mind, will and emotions in particular (Jer. 17:9). But according to Andy's "Beginner's Bible", "Jesus knew that he had to die for the sins of all people. It was part of God's plan. When it was time, Jesus died on the cross for our sins."
Now we can look forward to seeing Andy grow and develop from a baby to a child, to an adolescent, and then to a man, the way God has planned.
Written, February 2015
A pantheistic creation story
"Big History" is a modern origins story that is being developed online for school students and is supported by Bill Gates, one of the world's richest men. The objective is to develop a framework for learning about anything and everything that includes a deeper awareness of our past. It claims to tell a story that our children need to know. But what will they learn?
History of the universe
"Big History" is based on eight "threshold moments" when the universe increased in complexity:
- Origin of the universe billions of years ago as explained by the big bang theory.
- Stars light up from the remnants of the exploding gases.
- New chemical elements form when stars die and create new types of atoms.
- Rocky planets such as the earth and the solar system form around stars.
- Molecules combine to form single celled living organisms that evolve into multi-celled organisms.
- Human beings appear as a consequence of evolutionary processes.
- After the last ice age about

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Considering the fact that half of you reading this right now are probably wearing one, It's only right to start this week off with the most commonplace of all acronymic items– the OCBD (oxford cloth button down.) While the latter half is attributed to the shirt's button down collar, Oxford Cloth itself has a far less straightforward explanation. As the last remaining fabric from a series of four, Oxford cloth's story is one of inexplicable survival. In the late nineteenth century a Scottish Mill designed and produced four cloths, one for each of the world's most distinguished universities. While Harvard, Yale, and Cambridge all had their respective cloths lost to history, for reasons unknown Oxford endured becoming one of the most widespread fabrics in the world. Oxford cloth is created by weaving together two yarns that are of the same color but just a shade different, giving it a marled texture that breaks from the ordinary aesthetic of a solid dress shirt.
Oxford Cloth shirts were originally perceived to be a piece of formal wear and were exclusively worn as part of a suit. This all began to change in 1896, when John E. Brooks, (the grandson of Henry Sand Brooks, the founder of Brooks Brothers') went to England and noticed that polo players were wearing shirts with button down collars to keep them secured during games. Brooks brought the design back to the states, and Brooks Brothers combined the button down collar with oxford cloth to create the OCBD. They remained a relatively formal shirt until the 1930′s, when tennis and polo players began wearing Oxford cloth button downs during their games. While these were still unequivocally upper class sports, they nonetheless placed the Oxford shirt in an entirely new context, and by the 50′s Ivy League undergrads were wearing OCBD's. For the students, and their limited wardrobes, the versatile shirts were a major asset. OCBD's could not only be worn untucked on weekends, or with a jacket when going out, the shirts relaxed basket weave also allowed them to be worn pretty much year round. Today, practically every company produces their version of the OCBD, and they're somewhat of a collectors item, not because they're rare but because you can never collect too many.

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I'm reading Possession in Yucatec Maya by Christian Lehmann (March 2003) and I came across this passage:
The prototypical possessum is a concrete entity, normally an individual (as opposed to a mass), but not necessarily highly individuated. It may be empathic or anempathic. The relationship between possessor and possessum prototypically has zero intension.
This means that there is no relator which would link the two relata and could thus contribute a meaning of its own. Instead, the relation between the two elements is brought about by the relationality of one of them, which opens a place (an argument position) to be occupied by the other.
Chap. Possessor and possessum, p. 5
What is meant by zero intension? And how does it apply to possession? I have read the definition of intension but I am not sure I still understand the concept completely.
The "intension" is the meaning, excluding the reference. A demonstrative "this/that", e.g., might be said to refer to something, but otherwise have no information, and so it would have no intension. I guess what Lehmann is saying is that Yucatec possession is similar to "have" in English, which says there is some sort of relationship between the subject and object of "have" but says nothing about what that relationship is. Compare the relation of "I" and "hole" in the example sentence "I have a hole in the pocket." Or "the house" and "appearance" in "The house had a strange appearance to it."
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Is the historic volcano, Mount Vesuvius, still active?
Mt. Vesuvius, which erupted in A.D. 79, burying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing thousands, is still an active volcano. It has erupted many times since Pompeii was destroyed, including in 1872, 1906, and 1944. Scientists keep close watch over Vesuvius, which has the potential to threaten the sprawling area around Naples, Italy.


Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) Plants
The purpose of recycling is to use the valuable energy that found in waste and to protect the environment and contribute to the economy by replacing fossil fuels.
HSK provides special technologies,processes and equipment to convert waste into energy. This includes shredding, sifting, classification and equipment.
During the recycling process, parts of high calorific value are reusable, separated from other product groups and prepared for fuel in industrial plants and ovens.This plants are called Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) preparation plants.
Paint which is decomposed as industrial waste and cannot be used again, textiles, paper, waste mud with sufficient caloric value, waste such as plastic support the economy and environmental protection in RDF plants.
Waste required for RDF plants can be used not only with industrial waste, but also in remaining waste after the separation of municipal waste.
Depending on the calorific value and grain size, these fuels are often used in heat-needed plants such as cement factories or fuel power plants.
RDF plants can undergo different porcesses according to the desired grain size and caloric values as input and output product type. These operations can be single step or multiple step.
Single Step RDF Plants;
 - Final Shredding and Sizing process
Multiple Step RDF Plants;
 - Pre-Shredding Process
 - Elimination and Decomposition
 - Magnetic Separation
 - Secondary Shredding and Sizing
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Outer Space Circus Sideshows
by Randall L. Whipkey
Last Tuesday when the Outer Space Circus came to town for a performance, Bobby and Teddy thrilled at the Midway with its panorama of exotic sideshows featuring beings from across the Milky Way. The boys paid to see five sideshow performers, including the Head, a being with no body. Can you find the order during the day in which Bobby and Teddy saw the five outlandish acts: the name (one is No Wa Ben) and home world (one is from PsiReef) of each geek and what makes each Outer Space Circus sideshow material?
 1. Bobby and Teddy saw Ji-Dome earlier in the day than the being from the planet New Oz; they saw the New Oz alien earlier than they enjoyed the perplexed look on the Teleprobe's face as he read their minds.
 2. Immediately after visiting the tent where they were in awe of the Transparent Man, a creature whose internal body parts are visible through a totally clear skin, the boys took in the native of Ilegate.
 3. Bobby and Teddy were wowed by the Walking Stick, a 13-foot alien also billed as the Tallest Being in the Galaxy, right before they saw the Incredible Kreskeno's act.
 4. The boys saw TuPaK immediately after paying to see the native of the planet Andromeda-77 but earlier in the day than they saw the Sheebang Charmer, who works with the Milky Way's deadliest serpents.
 5. The being whose sideshow they saw 2nd isn't Azaliana.
 6. The tents of Kreskeno and the sideshow geek from New Oz were next to each other on the Midway.
 7. Ji-Dome, who isn't the Sheebang Charmer, and the native of Andromeda-77 require special breathing chambers to live on Earth.
 8. TuPaK was Bobby's favorite sideshow entertainer; the being from planet Qrptn was Teddy's.


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IKN's Event Communication System is designed to assist School Administrators and First Responders to inhibit the ability of an active shooter and immediately neutralize his control:
1. By first locating his position in the building using IKN's Floor Plan Software to quickly and accurately direct First Responders to his location
2. Reduce or eliminate panic through:
a. an automatic lockdown of all rooms
b. automatic audio/visual communication using IKN tablets + other*
c. prior training enhanced by IKN's recommended Student News**
3. Intervention in the first place, using IKN's Community Wellness Hub.***
IKN will work with schools to attempt to utilize existing a/v equipment if suitable to build a state-of-the-art building safety surveillance system.
** IKN recommends that the students take supervised ownership of their safety information and training using a weekly/monthly News Broadcast Format to discuss training to minimize or eliminate the dangers of extreme and day-to-day safety threats.
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Israel's Draconian Infiltration Law
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Israel's Draconian Infiltration Law - by Stephen Lendman
On January 10, Haaretz writer Jonathan Lis headlined, "Knesset passes (Law to Prevent Infiltration) that could put asylum seekers in jail without trial," saying:
"The bill would make 'illegal' migrants and asylum seekers liable to jail, without trial or deportation, if caught staying in Israel for 'long periods.' "
Moreover, anyone helping them or providing shelter faces five to 15 years in prison for being a good samaritan. Avoiding it involves proving they didn't know the refugee lacked residency status and wasn't guilty of alleged criminality.
Netanyahu and extremists around him sponsored the bill. It followed a similar July 2010 proposal, dropped after widespread criticism.
The measure amends the 1954 Law to Prevent Infiltration. Limited to emergency conditions, it specifically targeted Palestinian and other Arab Fedayeen freedom fighters.
The new measure targets refugees and asylum seekers and families. Minimally, they'll be imprisoned for three years. However, detentions may be extended indefinitely.
The law only allows judicial oversight by an administrative court after 14 days. It's forbidden to release detainees sooner than three years except under very hard to prove extraordinary humanitarian circumstances.
The bill's previous version mandated life sentences for refugees and asylum seekers convicted of property damage, including offenses as minor as graffiti. Persons providing aid faced five to 15 year sentences.
The Association for Civil Rights (ACRI) in Israel called the 2010 measure "one of the most dangerous bills ever presented in the Knesset." Despite softening, its new version remains brazenly draconian, undemocratic and shameful.
ACRI calls it "draconian and immoral, and its entire purpose is to deter refugees from entering Israel. The law blatantly disregards Israel's most basic commitments as a member of the community of nations and as a signatory to the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees."
In 2010, ACRI explained "lies and reality" in the bill's original version. It main provisions included:
- imprisoning legitimate asylum seekers for five years to life;
- incarcerating Darfur, Sudan refugees for seven years to life;
- those entering with weapons faced minimal 20 year sentences, including for having an ordinary pocket knife;
- organizations or individuals providing medical care, food or water, legal help, and/or shelter were criminally liable;
- those caught entering could be summarily deported to war zones or nations with notorious human rights records;
- if not immediately deported, imprisonment or indefinite detentions followed;
- judicial review was prohibited for two weeks or longer; and
- women and children would be treated like men.
The bill's sole purpose is to deter refugees and asylum seekers from entering Israel for any purpose. In addition, migrant worker residents can be imprisoned for three years to life for misdemeanor type offenses.
Before passage, Hadash party MK Dov Khenin called the bill "dangerous, immoral, unconstitutional and contrary to the law of human dignity and freedom. It runs contrary to Israel's international commitments, and the Knesset should reject it out of hand."
Israel's Disturbing History
Israel's inhospitable history is appalling. Jews alone are welcome. International law stipulates otherwise. Article I of the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees calls them:
The UN's High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is mandated to help them. To gain legal protection, they must:
- be outside their country of origin;
- fear persecution;
- be harmed or fear harm by their government or others;
- fear persecution for at least one of the above reasons; and
- pose no danger to others.
The Knesset's 1950 Law of Return grants all Jews worldwide the right to citizenship and residency. Yet no refugee law exists, despite Israel being a signatory to the UN's 1951 Convention.
Among Western states, Israel is least hospitable to refugees and asylum seekers. At best, some get temporary limited stays. Most often, they're summarily denied, including those with legitimate persecution fears.
Although legally mandated to help, Israel consistently refuses.
A Final Comment
On January 11, a Haaretz editorial headlined, "Israel's anti-infiltration law is a disgrace," saying:
"Of all the antidemocratic laws that have descended on us of late, it is perhaps the most shameful."
Nonetheless, it passed 37 - 8. As a result, non-Jewish refugees, asylum seekers, or migrants seeking work are criminalized.
"Words fail in the face of such a disgraceful act of legislation. Sending desperate human beings, who come to Israel" with legitimate fears or for work can be imprisoned indefinitely without trial.
Most pose any threat whatever. Imprisoning them "is intolerable." Nonetheless, "a jingoistic" draconian measure became law.
It's more proof of an out-of-control rogue terror state unfit to live in. No wonder many Israelis vote with their feet and leave.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at
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I guess Lendman got some more orders from the Kremlin and/or some more Palestinian money to single poor outnumbered surrounded Israel out for delegitimization while treating the BAD GUYS with the blinkers. He never mentions that Israel is 1/19th the size of California, and that the 22 surrounding Arab countries are 640x larger, but just have to have that little sliver of land no matter how many JEWS they have to kill.
So why do so many Africans risk their lives to crowd into little surrounded Israel? Because it's a HEAVEN compared to every other country anywhere nearby. Much like Mexicans risk their lives to come to the U.S., except that its tiny size and fear of Muslim terrorist infiltrators makes it a national priority to have tight border security, hence their Infiltrator Law is just common sense. If the MUSLIMS WOULD CLEAR OUT OF ISRAEL FROM THE NILE TO THE EUPHRATES so that it had a more decent amount of Lebensraum and security, they would be the first to relax their laws and welcome immigrants. THEY'RE THE GOOD GUYS.
Does Lendman work for the Kremlin? If not he should put in for past paychecks :)
Comment by Sharon Jarvis
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The reason so many African refugees end up in Israel is because if they stay in Muslim countries like Egypt they are shot and killed. So when are you going to do a report about that?
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- How long can a fart smell last?
- How long will a fart stay in a jar?
- How do you fart silently?
- Where does a fart go when you hold it in?
- How fast is a fart in mph?
- Can you save a fart in a jar?
- Why do fart smells go away?
- What makes a fart loud or silent?
- Why do you fart before you poop?
- Can you light a fart on fire?
- Does a fart follow you?
- Can holding in a fart kill you?
- Can you freeze a fart?
- Can you breathe out a fart?
- Is it bad to hold in a poop?
How long can a fart smell last?
It's smell spreads quickly and similarly disappears also quickly.
It takes 10–15 seconds to get rid of it..
How long will a fart stay in a jar?
7-10 days7-10 days depending on temperature and nostril flow. This includes shipment time. 6) How long does the smell last once the jar is open? It lasts as long as any fart that's released out into the wild; it depends on how much air is circulating.
How do you fart silently?
To do so, sit up straight, press your ass, hard, to your seat, and bring your legs together. You want to aim the fart slightly in front of you so it won't escape out the back. Then, let it out slowly and quietly, and wait for the verdict.
Where does a fart go when you hold it in?
Trying to hold it in leads to a build up of pressure and major discomfort. A build up of intestinal gas can trigger abdominal distension, with some gas reabsorbed into the circulation and exhaled in your breath. Holding on too long means the build up of intestinal gas will eventually escape via an uncontrollable fart.
How fast is a fart in mph?
about 7 miles per hourHow fast does a fart travel? About 10 feet per second, which works out to about 7 miles per hour.
Can you save a fart in a jar?
"They figured an equally foul vapor, like a fart, could combat the disease, so they suggested patients store their farts in a jar. This way, when the plague appeared in their neighborhood, they could open the jar and inhale the fumes to ward off the bad vapors that came with the disease. It made sense to them."
Why do fart smells go away?
The gas particles diffuse (spread out) from the source. This diffusion makes the gas less condensed, and results in the strength of the smell of the gas to fade.
What makes a fart loud or silent?
The volume of gas released and the tightness of the sphincter muscles (located at the end of the rectum) each play a part in the sound effects. The larger the build-up of gas and the tighter the sphincter muscles are, the louder the emission.
Why do you fart before you poop?
A buildup of gas-producing foods and swallowed air during the day may make you more flatulent in the evening. Also, you're more likely to fart when the muscles in the intestines are stimulated. When you're about to have a bowel movement, for example, those muscles are moving stool to the rectum.
Can you light a fart on fire?
Of those fart components, hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide, and methane can all be set on fire. … To some extent, you can actually tell what's in a fart by the flame's color. The flame from a fart where hydrogen is the primary fuel will burn yellow or orange, while an atypically high methane content will turn the flame blue.
Does a fart follow you?
Wet farts seem to stick. The dry components will tag along behind you because when you move you create a small vortex that sucks those smell modules along in your wake.
Can holding in a fart kill you?
Can you die from holding in a fart? There is no evidence that holding in a fart could kill you, though the pain and discomfort doing so causes can be severe.
Can you freeze a fart?
Yes. Yes you can. A fart is made of different gases, which all freeze at different temps. If you were to place your fart in an air tight box (that isnt your anus, HA) the gases would freeze at different times as the box cooled; however, there are so few molecules of any gas in fart relative to the volume it takes up.
Can you breathe out a fart?
Yes, that means you're essentially exhaling a fart right out of your mouth. … In one, that air will exit your body through a totally uncontrollable fart. And in the other, the gas will be reabsorbed through your gut and recirculated until it's expelled from your lungs via your breath.
Is it bad to hold in a poop?
Although holding in poop on occasion is not harmful, people who have a habit of doing this may develop constipation or more severe complications. People who hold in their poop too often may start to lose the urge to poop, which may result in fecal incontinence. Other people may experience constipation.


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"Als er geen zon zou zijn, zou leven niet mogelijk zijn."
Translation:If there were no sun, life would not be possible.
December 26, 2014
Am I the only one who finds this difficult!!? Also, it should have been mentioned somewhere in the tips that zou/zouden could be used in both parts of the sentence, or am I missing something?
I'm really struggling with this one too!
I also find it confusing, especially since this site gives a different rule on how to form these sentences. _URL_ Could someone please explain this? Can I use the conditional in both clauses or not?
Are you essentially asking when to use something such as:
 - Als er geen zon was, zou leven niet mogelijk zijn.
 - Als er geen zon zou zijn, zou leven niet mogelijk zijn.
That really helped me understand the first half! I sort of understand the second half anyway so at least I can see where this sentence comes from now, thanks!
Glad I could help! \^_^
The first sentence is essentially saying:
 - If there had been (in the past, previously) no sun THEN 'life would not be possible'.
The second sentence:
 - If there were/were to be/would be (subjunctive) no sun THEN 'life would not be possible'.
I see, so it's like "if there were in general no sun". One of the hard bits of learning a language is how ambiguous English is (which I've never noticed before) and having to figure out what I really mean.
"In English, the subjunctive mood is used to explore conditional or imaginary situations." _URL_
Not in English.
This sentence is using the subjunctive mood in the dependent clause after 'als', which, while largely no longer a thing in English, seems to still be in use in Dutch, albeit in a different form from the way it was formed in English.
"If there were no sun," is the subjunctive in English. It's true that it's tending to disappear in English, but it is still used in phrases such as this one.
The problem is that it is applied hapazardly in the Engligh translations in the Dutch unit. There are other conjectural or counterfactual clauses where Duo requires the English indicative translation. Granted, these are obscure and tortuous shades of meaning in both languages.
If there were no hints, this lesson would not be possible. (for me)
Why is "zouden" used in both sentences? Shouldn't it rather be "Als er geen zon was, zou leven niet mogelijk zijn"?
I'm presuming zou/zouden is was/were/would and so it is used twice due to the fact that it says: if there were no sun, life would not be possible
It should also be possible to say "if there is no sun, life would be impossible", or am i totally mistaken?
Why not "If there was no sun, life would be impossible"? Help!
In cases of 'present contrary to fact' one should use the subjunctive. That means that in all such 'if' cases one must write 'were' and not 'was' (If I were, if you were, if he/she/it were...). True, you will often find the usage 'If... was' (even among the Duolingo experts!), but grammarians still consider this incorrect, although it has become common in vernacular US English.
You're absolutely right, and I have always known that. But, with the general dumbing down of English, esp. by US influence (for example by not forming adverbs from adjectives, as in "you sang amazing" instead of "you sang amazingly" and other areas of laziness in grammar, spelling, and punctuation), I had assumed this was perhaps another instance of misuse that was becoming the norm. I'm all for preserving the full expressiveness of English even if others aren't sensitive to its subtleties.
so does this mean that when you are making a conditional, the structure like "zouden zijn" could be used in both part of the sentence? I mean in English usually it's like were+would be or had done+would have done, the "would" dont usually go to both part. by the way what should i say if i want to mean "i would have done"? thanks~
Question: Why is this incorrect?: "If there wouldn't be a sun, life would not be possible."?
'If there were no sun, life would be impossible', is the correct version in English, = subjunctive mood followed by conditional tense. Your sentence would never be said.
It's against English grammar. In proper English the first conditional sentence type is: IF + Present Simple + Future Tense (will); the second conditional sentence type: IF + Past Simple + Conditional (would); and the third conditional sentence type: IF + Past Perfect + Past Conditional.
is impossible not the same as not possible?
Generally, the meaning might be the same, but it's important to translate words and phrases as precisely as the two languages allow. On another occasion, you might need to alter the meaning of "not possible" / "niet mogelijk" by turning it into something like "It is not only possible, but even desirable" / "Het is niet alleen mogelijk, maar zelfs gewenst", which you can't do with 'impossible' / 'onmogelijk'.
The if-part never contains "would etc", the other part does. It is implied stricktly, as all computers do!
I think this reply is the clearest for non-English speakers, I award a lingot!
Strictly speaking not good English - it should be subjunctive - If there were no sun, life would be impossible - or - if there had been no sun life would have been impossible. So - is zou zijn subjunctive here, or can you have two conditionals in one sentence in Dutch? Not the case in English (or Italian, which I'm also studying.)
German would use a double conditional in this case, so I'm left to think the same is true for closely-related Dutch.
English uses the subjunctive mood, which no longer exists in Dutch, so they have their own grammar convention.
The word 'zon' is not correctly pronounced. It is pronounced if it was zo'n instead of zon
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Kurume kasuri (splashed pattern fabric)
Tradition has it that the manufacture of cotton textiles became widespread in the present-day city of Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture when the feudal lord who governed this region admonished the people for their desire for luxury and encouraged them to wear cotton garments. In the 19th century, a skilled weaver by the name of Den Inoue, while still a teenager, carried out extensive research and experimented with different weaving techniques, eventually developing a style of weaving in which parts of the textile appear to have a splashed pattern. This style of weaving, kasuri, became greatly prized and quickly spread across the region. After World War II automated looms spread quickly, but traditional hand weaving techniques are still preserved in this region. Kurume-kasuri was designated a traditional craft in 1976.
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It seems that Perl can only have strings as the keys of a hash. (Has this been changed in a certain version of Perl?) It is very limiting to only be able to use strings as the key. What if I wanted an object or an array to be the key? In Python it is easy to use an array, tuple, and other objects that can compare, as dict keys. Perl does have the ability to compare things like arrays for equality, so I don't see why they can't be used as mapping-type keys.
Isn't there a way to use any key type in Perl? Is there a module that provides this?
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Yes it does, use fieldhashes (Hash::Util::FieldHash for 5.10+ and Hash::Util::FieldHash::Compat for before 5.10) to register your hashes as fieldhashes, and you can use any reference (and thus, any object) as a key for those hashes (it numifies the reference, essentially, and provides logic for dealing with CLONEing across threads and garbage collecting the keys), for example:
use Hash::Util qw/fieldhashes/;
fieldhashes \my (%foo, %bar, %baz);
my %data = (a => 1, b => 2, c => 3);
my $stuff = {t => 2, u => 3, l => 9};
$foo{\%data} = 'x';
$foo{$stuff} = 'a';
$bar{\%data} = 'y';
$bar{$stuff} = 'b';
$baz{\%data} = 'z';
$baz{$stuff} = 'c';
print "$foo{\%data} $bar{\%data} $baz{\%data}\n";
print "$foo{$stuff} $bar{$stuff} $baz{$stuff}\n";
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Yes, there is module for this on CPAN: Tie::Hash::StructKeyed. It takes into account whole structure, but as a snapshot. each/keys will return original reference.
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AFAIK Perl simply stringifies the keys?
package Foo;
use Moose;
use overload ('""' => \&stringify);
sub stringify {
 return "xxx";
package main;
use v5.10;
use Data::Dump 'pp';
my $foo = Foo->new;
my $hash = {$foo => 'bar'};
say pp($hash); // { xxx => "bar" }
This way you can also use whatever you want as a hash key. See also this thread on Perl Monks.
As for the equality, take a look at equality operators in perlop. The == operator compares numerically, the eq operator compares stringwise. This means that for example (4, 2) == (1, 2) is true (as scalar (4, 2) is 2), which might be a surprise for you.
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Contrary to what you said, Perl does NOT have the ability to compare things like arrays for equality as you claim. For starters, Perl has no definition for array equality. And if the definition requires comparing the contents of the array, then Perl doesn't have definitions of equality for most things that can be found in an array either.
The closest Perl has for a definition of equality arrays is their address. If that's what you want to use, then it's quite easy:
$key = ['a', 'b'];
$hash{$key} = [ $key, $val ]; # Prevents the key from being freed.
print $hash{$key}[1];
Otherwise, Perl leaves it up to you to implement what you want instead of forcing you to use what it provides. I see two main approaches.
A tied hash, basically code that presents the interface of a hash without actually being a hash table, can support any key type. You could use it to define your version of array equality. There might even be an existing module (although I didn't see one after a very quick search).
Another approach would be to create a function that produces a unique key from the key expression.
sub key{ "_USER_" } # Overly simplistic?
$hash{key('a', 'b')} = $val;
print $hash{key('a', 'b')};
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Perl also can compare content of arrays: print 'ok' if (['a',1] ~~ ['a',1]); – Alexandr Ciornii Aug 16 '11 at 9:41
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The RenderTarget must be updated to reflect the new window size. Since this sample application is derived from the CppAppBase that I presented in a previous post there exist a resize method that can be overridden to to update the render target. ID2D1RenderTarget::Resize accepts a D2D1_SIZE_U struct and updates the render target size accordingly.
void D2D1AppWindow::OnResize(UINT width, UINT height)
 this->_size = D2D1_SIZE_U{ width, height };
 if (_pRenderTarget)
There is still an annoying behaviour. While the window is being resize the screen is blank. Part of the reason for this is that the rendering only occurs when there are no messages to process and resizing generates messages. One of the messages generated while resizing is a WM_PAINT message; this is telling the application to redraw itself. If we call OnRender() in response to a WM_PAINT message this will handle the screen updates while resizing. The AppWindow base class has an OnPaint() method that is called when a WM_PAINT message comes through. Overriding this method and adding a call to OnRender() results in a window that doesn't go blank when resizing.
void D2D1AppWindow::OnPaint()
Rendering a Shape List
One could write code to individually render each one of the primitives needed to make up a more complex scene. For applications with complex scenes doing this is especially undesirable. Instead a better solution is have the primitives that must be called encoded within a file. If a change needs to be made to a scene the change would be made with the file instead of in code.
For the next sample I"m going to move halfway to such a solution. I'm making a list of primitives to be rendered and am populating the list from code. With a bit more work the data could be externalized. I'm using the list to start rebuilding an interface. I was playing a video game on my Nintendo Switch. The game had a screen that displayed between levels that shows how well someone did. I thought the interface was both simple and æsthetically pleasing.
Creating something similar to this is my goal. It is composed of several rectangles, a few concentric circles, and text. Were the interface all the same type of geometry elements this could be defined with a simple list of attributes about the rectangles. Since there is more than one type of geometry the list elements must identify a geometry type. I've made a struct that has a field that identifies the shape type (Rectangle or Ellipse for now), identifies which of the colors in my 3 color palette that the item should be, and has the information for the shape itself. The rectangle data and ellipse data are in a union to minimize the amount of memory used for each item.
enum PaletteIndex {
 Primary = 0,
 Secondary = 1,
 Background = 2
enum ShapeType {
 ShapeType_Rectangle = 0,
 ShapeType_Ellipse = 1
struct ColoredShape
 static ColoredShape MakeEllipse(D2D1_ELLIPSE e, PaletteIndex p)
 ColoredShape c{ 0 };
 c.shapeType = ShapeType::ShapeType_Ellipse;
 c.ellipse = e;
 c.paletteIndex = p;
 return c;
 static ColoredShape MakeRectangle(D2D1_RECT_F r, PaletteIndex p)
 ColoredShape c{ 0 };
 c.shapeType = ShapeType::ShapeType_Rectangle;
 c.rect = r;
 c.paletteIndex = p;
 return c;
 union {
 D2D1_ELLIPSE ellipse;
 D2D1_RECT_F rect;
 ShapeType shapeType;
 PaletteIndex paletteIndex;
The factory methods make it easier to initialize instances of the value. I've got a vector that holds these structs. It is populated with the data for each rectangle and ellipse to be rendered. The items will be rendered in the same order that they show in the list. If two items overlap the latter of the items to be rendered will be on top.
void D2D1AppWindow::InitDeviceIndependentResources()
 _primaryColor = D2D1::ColorF(0.7843F, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
 _secondaryColor = D2D1::ColorF(0.09411, 0.09411, 0.08593, 1.0);
 _backgroundColor = D2D1::ColorF(0.91014, 0.847655, 0.75f, 1.0);
 _mySquare = { 20, 20, 30, 30 };
 _shapeList.push_back(ColoredShape::MakeRectangle({0,0,456,104 }, Primary));
 _shapeList.push_back(ColoredShape::MakeRectangle({ 0,128,456,550 }, Primary ));
 _shapeList.push_back(ColoredShape::MakeRectangle({ 488,0,508,110 }, Secondary ));
 _shapeList.push_back(ColoredShape::MakeRectangle({ 488,40,900,115 }, Secondary ));
 _shapeList.push_back(ColoredShape::MakeRectangle({ 530,130,850,180 }, Secondary));
 _shapeList.push_back(ColoredShape::MakeRectangle({ 690,130,850,180 }, Primary));
 _shapeList.push_back(ColoredShape::MakeRectangle({ 530,190,850,240 }, Secondary));
 _shapeList.push_back(ColoredShape::MakeRectangle({ 690,190,850,240 }, Primary));
 _shapeList.push_back(ColoredShape::MakeRectangle({ 530,250,850,300 }, Secondary));
 _shapeList.push_back(ColoredShape::MakeRectangle({ 690,250,850,300 }, Primary));
 _shapeList.push_back(ColoredShape::MakeRectangle({ 0,350,600,450 }, Secondary ));
 _shapeList.push_back(ColoredShape::MakeEllipse({ 570,400,60, 60 }, Secondary));
 _shapeList.push_back(ColoredShape::MakeEllipse({ 570,400,57, 57 }, Background));
 _shapeList.push_back(ColoredShape::MakeEllipse({ 570,400,55, 55 }, Secondary));
 _shapeList.push_back(ColoredShape::MakeEllipse({ 570,400,52, 52 }, Background));
 _shapeList.push_back(ColoredShape::MakeRectangle({ 476,470,870, 550 }, Secondary));
In the OnRender() method this list is iterated and each element is drawn.
void D2D1AppWindow::OnRender()
 if (!_pRenderTarget)
 _pRenderTarget->FillRectangle(&_mySquare, _pPrimaryBrush.Get());
 _pRenderTarget->DrawRectangle(&_mySquare, _pSecondaryBrush.Get());
 for (auto current = _shapeList.begin(); current!= _shapeList.end(); ++current)
 ComPtr brush;
 switch (current->paletteIndex)
 case Primary: brush = _pPrimaryBrush; break;
 case Secondary: brush = _pSecondaryBrush; break;
 case Background: brush = _pBackgroundBrush; break;
 default: brush = _pPrimaryBrush;
 switch (current->shapeType)
 case ShapeType::ShapeType_Rectangle:_pRenderTarget->FillRectangle(¤t->rect, brush.Get()); break;
 case ShapeType::ShapeType_Ellipse:_pRenderTarget->FillEllipse(¤t->ellipse, brush.Get()); break;
 hr = _pRenderTarget->EndDraw();
 // The surface has been lost. We need to recreate our
 // device dependent resources.
Running the program gives me something that looks like it was inspired by the video game interface.
There are similarities, but there are also plenty of differences. Aside from the missing text in the video game interface the text is rotated slightly. With the way rectangles are defined now there's no apparent way to render a rectangle that isn't aligned with the X or Y axis. To move forward we need to know how we can apply transformations to the rendering and how to render text. I'll continue there in the next part of this series.
The complete source code for the program can be found on github.
Win32/C++ Application Base
Win32 is necessary for development in many current technologies. Some of my current projects utilize Win32/C++ applications. Many of them use a similar pattern for starting the application. Initializing the window that hosts these applications is not particularly interesting, but it is a foundation block for some of my applications that I will share in the future.
In Win32 UI programs there will be at least one function defined that is known as being of type WNDPROC. A WNDPROC is a callback function. It is the primary function through which Windows will communicate to an application various events. When a user moves their mouse over an application WNDPROC is called. When the user presses a key WNDPROC is called. When an application is being notified to render its UI again WNDPROC is called. The call signature for WNDPROC is shown below.
 _In_ HWND hwnd,
 _In_ UINT uMsg,
 _In_ WPARAM wParam,
 _In_ LPARAM lParam
The first argument in this function is a handle to the window that is the intended recipient of the message. An application could have more than one window. But an application with only one window will have the same value. The second argument is a numerical value that identifies the event or


The 4 trace minerals that may be lacking in your dog's diet
Updated: Apr 7, 2020
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Minerals are inorganic substances that are essential to the metabolic functions of the body. They are absolutely critical to the health of your dog. Microminerals or trace minerals, are relatively rare in the soil and oceans and therefore in our food. They are needed in small quantities for optimum health but if they are lacking in your dog's diet, they can create a variety of health issues.
The 4 most common microminerals that you need to ensure are in your dog's diet, whether you feed raw or a conventional diet (kibble/wet food) are:
- Iodine
- Manganese
- Selenium
- Zinc
Impact on raw fed dogs
If you feed your dog a raw diet, you may think that because it is natural and fresh, your dog is getting all the nutrients she needs. However, this is not always true for the following reasons:
1. Whether you feed a commercial raw diet or you prepare meals yourself, it is crucial to rotate the proteins (and veggies/fruit if you feed them to your dog) regularly. Each animal protein contains different nutritional value and a different ratio in protein vs fat. Feeding always the same protein will lead to many deficiencies including in essential fatty acids. Organ meats are the main source of vitamins and macro/micro minerals in your dog's diet. They should represent 10 to 13% of your dog's meal. Bones provide essential macrominerals such as calcium and phosphorus and should represent about 10% of your dog's meal. Not enough diversity in your dog's diet will create deficiencies not only in minerals but in vitamins, essential fatty acids and more. I remember chatting with the guardian of a young dog and he was telling me his dog was on a chicken commercial raw diet because chicken is the cheapest protein you can find. This is not a proper balanced diet and in the long run can lead to serious health issues.
2. Modern agriculture practices have greatly depleted the soils over the past 70 years. Several studies indicate that the average calcium levels dropped 27%, zinc levels 59% and iron levels 37% between the 1970s and mid 1990s. Crops become more and more mineral poor and the animals that are fed those foods, become mineral poor as well. This lack of nutrients is passed on throughout the food chain all the way to the food your dog eats.
Additionally, conventionally grown foods (and farmed animals eating them) contain herbicides, the most common one being Round Up. The active compound in Round Up is glyphosate which binds to macro and microminerals.
Plants exposed to glyphosate can't absorb minerals properly and as a result, become mineral poor.
Besides, glyphosate has been linked to cancer, kidney disease, hormone disruption and bone deformities in humans, so we can suspect it affects our dogs in a similar way.
The crops to avoid for their highest concentration of glyphosate are wheat and legumes such as soy, chickpeas, lentils and beans.
Even organic crops contain trace amounts of glyphosates due to the general pollution of our soils.
As much as possible, favour organic foods and grass-fed, pastured-raised animals from local farmers.
According to a study from 2001, there is a clear difference in the nutritional value of organic and conventional crops. Organic crops contain more vitamins and minerals and less heavy metals.
Impact on kibble fed dogs
If you feed kibble, you may have noticed the nutritional content list of all vitamins and minerals at the back of the packaging. They're not from the original ingredients as the heating process (High Pressure Pasteurization or HPP) involved in the manufacturing of kibble destroys them. So manufacturers add synthetic vitamins and minerals to meet the minimum requirements established by AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials). It is important to know that those requirements were never set for optimum health but rather from the perspective of what is strictly necessary so that your dog doesn't become sick or malnourished.
The problem is that synthetic vitamins and minerals have a smaller scope of action as natural ones and they are also less bioavailable to the body (your dog can't absorb and use them because of their chemical structure) than natural minerals.
For these reasons, your kibble fed dog may be lacking some microminerals. You can easily remedy this by regularly adding some of the fruits and vegetables listed below to your dog's regular kibble.
Do not mix raw and kibble unless you are transitioning your dog's diet to a full raw diet. Feeding a mixture of raw and kibble on a regular basis may make your dog more sensitive to pathogens.
Critical role in the growth process.
Regulates the metabolism (rate the body uses energy).
Mineral excesses increase the need for iodine: (calcium, potassium, fluoride, manganese and arsenic can increase the need for iodine in the diet)
Long term deficiency can cause weight gain, dry skin, poor coat, sensitivities to temperature and noises and behaviour issues.
Deficiency can cause hypothyroidism, immune deficiency and reproductive issues.
Which foods to feed? Fish, eggs, and marine plants such as kelp. The quantity contains in those sources depends of the availability of iodine in the soil where they grow.
Feeding the thyroid glands from animals is also a great way to provide iodine to your dog. Chicken necks are great for this reason.
Manganses plays a key role in the urea cycle by removing excess nitrogen and ammonia.
Helps the body detoxify from oxydative stress.
Plays key function in the metabolism of carbohydrates and fat metabolism.
Activates enzymes
Signs of deficiency: impaired growth and reproductive functions, abnormal blood clotting, and general metabolic issues.
Weak tendons and ligaments because manganese activates the production of collagen in the joints. Many dogs with cruciate ligament issues may be manganese deficient.
Which foods to feed? Whole grains, nuts, leafy green veggies, beef liver and tripe, hemp seeds, pumpkin seeds, dried coconut, mussels and almonds.
Food rich in anti-nutrients such as phytic acid and oxalate acids (spinach, sweet potatoes, cabbage) may inhibit manganese absorption as well as other more common minerals such as phosphorus, iron, and calcium.
Protects the body from oxydative damage caused from anti-radicals. Anti-radicals can damage the DNA and accelerate the aging process, and can lead to cancer. Anti-oxidants can reverse the process and help the body repair.
Selenium, combined with vitamin E, works in synergy to create a potent anti-oxidant. Selenium is also important in the thyroid and immune functions.
Deficiency in selenium may lead to auto immune diseases. Research has shown that selenium also protects against mercury toxicity. Deficiency can cause hair loss and weight loss and muscular distrophy.
Which foods to feed? Fish, mushrooms, beef and pork kidney, lamb liver, oyster, turkey liver, beef spleen.
Selenium is affected by modern farming and pesticide use so it is always a good idea to supplement the diet with it.
An important co-factor for 200 enzymes in protein, carbohydrates and fat metabolism. Antioxidant properties
Important role in the release of vitamin A from the liver. So zinc deficiency is often related to vitamin A deficiency.
Northern breeds (Huskies and Malamutes) can have a genetic defect that limits zinc absorption.
Helps with wound healing, plays important role in the immune and reproductive function, growth, vision, blood clotting, skin function and proper blood sugar balance. Zinc also is a powerful anti-oxidant that can help reverse the damage caused by free radicals.
Zinc deficiency can be related to skin lesions, poor brittle coat, loss of hair pigment, poor wound healing.
Large amounts of phytates can interfere with the absorption of Zn (by linking with zn, making it less available to the body to use). Phytates can be found in wheat and rice bran, soy and peanuts)
Which foods to feed? lamb liver, 90% ground beef, oyster, mackerel and kale.
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|K$, and $q$ is the residual cardinality of $K$.
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This is a nice formula! I hadn't seen it before. What happens if you count them up to isomorphism? Perhaps something similar to the groupoid count mentioned by MS comes up? – Minhyong Kim May 12 '10 at 21:29
Serre's formula is valid for all degrees, not just degree $p$. People such as Hou and Keating (2004) have been counting them up to isomorphism, but this gets very complicated already for degree $p^2$. Manjul Bhargava has some nice formulas for counting all etale $K$-algberas of a given degree, which he uses to count the number of quartic or quintic number fields of bounded discriminant. By the way, if you are interested in an elementary proof in the degree-$p$ case, see (some people will never miss an opportunity for self-promotion). – Chandan Singh Dalawat May 13 '10 at 1:52
For the formula in degee n, see this answer…. And yes, Bhargava's formula does have Card Aut $E$ in the denominator. – Chandan Singh Dalawat May 13 '10 at 3:32
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In homotopy theory, it is useful to consider the homotopy groups of spaces. These are isomorphism classes of maps $S^n\to X$.
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Consider a non trivial vector bundle on $S^1$ of rank 1. All its fibers are isomorphic as vector spaces, but if you simply identify them you have no way of dealing with the global structure, e.g. monodromy etc.
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As part of my research on FDR and the Bill of Rights, I came across a Proclamation that he issued on the 150th Anniversary of the ratification of the first ten amendments (about two weeks before Pearl Harbor). Here are some excerpts:
"It is fitting that the anniversary of its adoption should be remembered by the Nation which, for one hundred and fifty years, has enjoyed the immeasurable privileges which that charter guaranteed: the privileges of freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and the right to petition the Government for redress of grievances." [Note that FDR only quoted from the First Amendment]
"It is especially fitting that this anniversary should be remembered and observed by those institutions of a democratic people which owe their very existence to the guarantees of the Bill of Rights: the free schools, the free churches, the labor unions, the religious and educational and civic organizations of all kinds, which, without the guarantee of the Bill of Rights, could never have existed; which sicken and disappear whenever, in any country, these rights are curtailed or withdrawn."
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"Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men died to win them. They come in time to take these rights for granted and to assume their protection is assured. We, however, who have seen these privileges lost in other continents and other countries can now appreciate their meaning to those people who enjoyed them once and now no longer can. We understand in some measure what their loss can mean. And by that realization we have come to a clearer conception of their worth to us, and to a stronger and more unalterable determination that here in our land they shall not be lost or weakened or curtailed."
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The art of arterial revascularization—total arterial revascularization in patients with triple vessel coronary artery disease
The use of the left internal thoracic artery to graft the left anterior descending artery has been widely accepted as the gold standard for surgical treatment of coronary disease for over 40 years. However the use of multiple other arterial grafts to support this has not been accepted readily, in spite of evidence of superiority over saphenous vein grafts, probably because of perceptions of technical complexity, time constraints for conduit harvesting and increased peri-operative complications. As a result, even today most patients with multivessel coronary artery disease do not receive the potential benefits of extensive or total arterial revascularization. We discuss here the use of contemporary techniques and grafts configurations to simplify this, and the safety and benefit data underpinning this practice. Current patency data confirm that a left internal thoracic artery graft performs well beyond 20 years, with over 80% freedom from failure, but accumulating data suggest that the right internal thoracic artery behaves in the same way. Radial artery grafts are being studied in several randomized trials, but observational studies already suggest a performance which compares favourably with saphenous vein. Total arterial revascularization is achievable in most patients with a small but acceptable increase in risk of sternal complications when certain defined subgroups are excluded.


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John Brenkman
Paul Julian Smith
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Bettina Lerner
Noel Carroll
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American Literature | American Popular Culture | Comparative Literature | Latin American Literature | Literature in English, North America | Modern Languages | Modern Literature
Literary Journalism, Latin American Literature, Mexican Studies, Fictionality, Theory of the Novel, Literary Nonfiction
This dissertation compares twentieth-century literary journalism from the U.S. and Mexico, with a focus on the nonfiction novel and the Mexican chronicle. The dissertation considers the two genres both historically and theoretically, in order to distinguish the borders between literature and unscrupulous journalism. North American journalism is at the heart of a crisis over the epistemological status of facts and their place in our political discourse. Some have argued that works of literary nonfiction can damage social norms like journalistic objectivity. Others argue that forms like the chronicle and the nonfiction novel can describe experience better than news reports. This dissertation engages with debates in and between the disciplines of history and theory of the novel, rhetorical and narrative studies of literature, philosophy of art and of literature, Latin American studies, Mexican studies and more, in order to investigate the boundaries of literature and journalism, art and representation, and fiction and fact.


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As a consequence of the crisis of mulberry farming, around 1890 the slopes of the middle and high hills were interested by the diffusion of another protagonist of Nebrodi rural landscape: the hazelnut tree. Already cultivated in the past in the territory of Tortorici, thanks to its adaptation skills, its very thick roots preventing soil erosion, and its productivity this cultivation successfully replaced the mulberry farming.
Hazelnut groves, covering about 12,000 ha and with a very rich genetic heritage, provide top-quality products. Among the main cultivars: Curcia, Carrello, Ghirara, the various Minnulare. Hazelnuts are largely used in the local confectionery to prepare ice-creams, chilled desserts, and characteristic desserts like royal pastry, nougat, and other traditional products.


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Nanolubricants Research Project
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is currently conducting research into nanolubricants. This enabling technology has the potential for improving the efficiency of chillers that cool large buildings, in a cost-neutral manner.
This project seeks to develop a fundamental understanding of how nanolubricants, a lubricant with dispersed nano-size particles, can enhance refrigerant and lubricant pool boiling. A previous National Institute for Standards and Technology study has shown that copper oxide nanoparticles can provide up to 275% improvement in the boiling heat flux as compared to boiling without nanoparticles. Boiling heat transfer measurements will be conducted with nanoparticles of various sizes, shapes, and materials.
Research is being undertaken between the Department of Energy and the National Institute for Standards and Technology.
The goal of this project is to assess the potential for improving chiller evaporator boiling heat transfer by using nanolubricants.
Benefits and Impacts
Acoustically enhanced nanolubricants are expected to bring between 1% and 2% improvement in chiller efficiencies considering the demonstrated success of this technique with nanofluids. If the efficiency of all existing chillers were to be improved by 1%, 0.03 quads of energy savings could be realized yearly for a marginal investment.


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where "$\star$" is the Hodge star operator that is associated to the natural volume form $V$ on $\mathcal{M}$ that is given as the maximal exterior power $V=\wedge^{(\text{dim}\,\mathcal{M})/2}(\omega)$. This expression for $\Omega(E)$ is the geometrically naturalized presentation of Zia, Redish, and McKay's equation (20).
Taking a Laplace transform of (1a) we obtain an equivalent (and classically familiar) expression for the partition function $Z(\beta)$
$$ \text{(1b)}\qquad\qquad\qquad Z(\beta) = \int_\mathcal{M} \star\exp\big({-}\beta\,H(\mathcal{M})\big)\,, \qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad $$
The preceding applies to Hamiltonian systems in general and thus quantum dynamical systems in particular. Yet in quantum textbooks the volume/partition functions (1ab) do not commonly appear, for two reasons. The first reason is that John von Neumann derived in 1930 — before the ideas of geometric dynamics were broadly extant — a purely algebraic partition function that, on flat state-spaces, is easier to evaluate than the geometrically natural (1a) or (1b). Von Neumann's partition function is $$ \text{(2)}\qquad Z(\beta) = \text{trace}\,\exp{-\beta\,\mathsf{H_{op}}} \quad\text{where}\quad [\mathsf{H_{op}}]_{\alpha\gamma} = \partial_{\,\bar\psi_\alpha}\partial_{\,\psi_\gamma} H(\mathcal{M})\,. \qquad\qquad $$ Here the $\boldsymbol{\psi}$ are the usual complete set of (complex) orthonormal coordinate functions on the (flat, Kählerian) Hilbert state-space $\mathcal{M}$. Here $H(\mathcal{M})$ is real and the functional form of $H(\mathcal{M})$ is restricted to be bilinear in $\boldsymbol{\bar\psi},\boldsymbol{\psi}$; therefore the matrix $[\mathsf{H_{op}}]$ is Hermitian and uniform on the state-space manifold $\mathcal{M}$. We appreciate that $Z(\beta)$ as defined locally in (2) is uniform globally iff $\mathcal{M}$ is geometrically flat; thus von Neumann's partition function does not naturally extend to non-flat complex dynamical manifolds.
We naively expect (or hope) that the geometrically natural thermodynamic volume/partition functions (1ab) are thermodynamically consistent with von Neumann's elegant algebraic partition function (2), yet — surprisingly and dismayingly — they are not. Surprisingly, because it is not immediately evident why the geometric particion function (1b) should differ from von Neumann's partition function (2). Dismayingly, because the volume/partition functions (1ab) pullback naturally to low-dimension non-flat state-spaces that are attractive venues for quantum systems engineering, and yet it is von Neuman's partition function (2) that accords with experiment.
We would like to enjoy the best of both worlds: the geometric naturality of the ergodic expressions (1ab) and the algebraic naturality of von Neumann's entropic expression (2). The objective of restoring and respecting the mutual consistency of (1ab) and (2) leads us to the main point of this answer, which we now present.
The main points: sustaining thermodynamical consistency
Assertion I For (linear) quantum dynamics on (flat) Hilbert spaces, the volume function $\Omega(E)$ and partition function $Z(\beta)$ from (1ab) are thermodynamically inconsistent with the partition function $Z(\beta)$ from (2).
Here by "inconsistent" is meant not "subtly inconsistent" but "grossly inconsistent". As a canonical example, the reader is encourage to compute the heat capacity of an ensemble of weakly interacting qubits by both methods, and to verify that the (1ab) predict a heat capacity for an $n$-qubit system that is superlinear in $n$. To say it another way, for strictly unitary dynamics (1ab) predict heat capacities that are non-intensive.
So the second — and most important — reason that the volume/partition functions (1ab) are not commonly given in quantum mechanical textbooks is that strictly unitary evolution on strictly flat quantum state-spaces yields non-intensive predictions for thermodynamic quantities that experimentally are intensive.
Fortunately, the remedy is simple, and indeed has long been known: retain the geometric thermodynamic functions (1ab) in their natural form, and instead alter the assumption of unitary evolution, in such a fashion as to naturally restore thermodynamic extensivity.
Assertion II Lindbladian noise of sufficient magnitude to spatially localize thermodynamic potentials, when unraveled as non-Hamiltonian (stochastic) quantum trajectories, restores the thermodynamical consistency of the volume/partition functions $(\Omega(E),Z(\beta))$ from (1ab) with the partition function $Z(\beta)$ from (2).
Verifying Assertion II is readily (but tediously) accomplished by the Onsager-type methods that are disclosed in two much-cited articles: Hendrik Casimir's On Onsager's Principle of Microscopic Reversibility (RMP 1945) and Herbert Callen's The Application of Onsager's Reciprocal Relations to Thermoelectric, Thermomagnetic, and Galvanomagnetic Effects (PR, 1948). A readable textbook (among many) that covers this material is Charles Kittel's Elementary Statistical Physics (1958).
To help in translating Onsager theory into the natural language of geometric dynamics, a canonical textbook is John Lee's Introduction to Smooth Manifolds (2002), which provides the mathematical toolset to appreciate the research objectives articulated in (for example) Matthias Blau's on-line lecture notes Symplectic Geometry and Geometric Quantization (1992).
Unsurprisingly, in light of modern findings in quantum information theory, the sole modification that naturality and universality require of Onsager's theory is this: the fluctuations that are the basis of Onsager's relations must be derived naturally from unravelled Lindblad processes, by the natural association of each Lindbladian generator to an observation-and-control process.
We note that it is neither mathematically natural, nor computationally unambiguous, nor physically correct, to compute Onsager fluctuations by non-Lindbladian methods. For example, wrong answers are obtained when we specify Onsager fluctuations as operator expectation fluctuations, because this procedure does not account for the localizing effects of Lindbladian dynamics.
Concretely, the fluctuating quantities that enter in the Onsager formulation are given as the data-streams that are naturally associated to Lindbladian observation processes … observation processes that are properly accounted in the overall system dynamics, in accord with the teaching of quantum information theory. Thereby Onsager's classical thermodynamical theory of global conservation and local transport processes straightforwardly naturalizes and universalizes — via the mathematical tool-set that quantum information theory provides — as a dynamical theory of the observation of natural processes.
Physical summary Consistency of the geometrically natural thermodynamic functions (1ab) with the algebraically natural thermodynamic function (2) is restored because the non-unitary stochastic flow associated to unraveled Lindbladian noise reduces the effective dimensionality of the quantum state-space manifold, and also convolutes the quantum state-space geometry, in such a fashion that as to naturally reconcile geometric descriptions of thermodynamics (1ab) with von Neumann-style algebraic descriptions of thermodynamics (and information theory) on Hilbert state-spaces (2).
Assertion III The thermodynamic consistency requires that, first, quantum dynamical flows be non-unitary and that, second, the resulting trajectories be restricted to non-flat state-spaces of polynomial dimensionality.
We thus appreciate the broad principle that quantum physics can make sensible predictions regarding physical quantities that are globally conserved and locally transported only by specifying non-unitary dynamical flows on non-flat quantum quantum spaces.
Duality of classical physics versus quantum physics The above teaching regards "classical" and "quantum" as well-posed and mutually consistent limiting cases of a broad class of naturalized and universalized Hamiltonian/Kählerian/Lindbladian dynamical frameworks. For practical purposes the most interesting dynamical systems are intermediate between fully classical and fully quantum, and the thrust of the preceding analysis is that the thermodynamical properties of these systems are naturally and universally defined, calculable, and observable.
Duality of fundamental physics versus applied physics The fundamental physics challenge of constructing a thermodynamically and informatically consistent description of non-unitary quantum dynamics on non-flat complex state-spaces — a challenge that is widely appreciated as difficult and perhaps even impossible — is appreciated as dual to the practical engineering challenge of efficiently simulating noisy quantum system dynamics … a challenge that is widely appreciated as feasible.
Remarks upon gravitational decoherence The above analysis establishes that decoherence associated to gravitational coupling — and more broadly the ubiquity of the superradiant dynamics that


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 [singular] the theater, rather than movies, books, or other forms of art
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 life as a performer, especially the profession of acting
 go on the stage (=become a professional performer):
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 [only before noun] relating to acting or theaters
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 He's written a new stage play.
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 She likes to involve herself in every stage of the movie-making process.
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Unified Theory of Graph (UTG)
In mathematics, a Unified Theory of Graph (UTG) is a type of graph theory that allows all that is thought of as fundamental entities and primary properties of graph to be written in terms of nodes and edges both in the physical and digital world.
The postulation of the UTG has led to structure Spacegraph Protocol (SGP) and the construct of Graph Virtual Machine -- a State Virtual Machine (SVM) or Graph Virtual Machine (GVM) that powers SGP and its deployment to all Dapps in Blockchain 3.0
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The date format is the same as in the standard date command (where %F is a shortcut for %Y-%m-%d). If you omit the :basename: part of the pattern, which is automatically replaced with the file's original name, you may run into multiple photos getting the same file name: in this case, exiv2 will ask whether to overwrite, rename or skip them. As far as I know, you can't get more time precision than seconds from EXIF metadata.
I usually resize images to an 800-pixel width before sending, which can be done seamlessly using the mogrify script from ImageMagick:
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By default, this tool preserves the image aspect-ratio, so you don't need to specify the full output resolution and the width (800) is enough.
Cameras usually store picture orientation in the image's metadata, while pixel data corresponds to the camera's sensor coordinates. That is, when you take a vertical photo, your camera just stores what it sees, and then adds a flag in the metadata saying "this should be rotated by +/-90 degrees". Image viewers interpret this flag correctly, but web browsers and e-mail clients do not (e.g. when you insert the image directly in an e-mail); this is why I threw the auto-orient flag here, which automatically performs the orientation on the pixel data.


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How people used popular culture between the world wars to articulate sexual identities and practices
Making Modern Love
Sexual Narratives and Identities in Interwar Britain
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Lisa Z. Sigel
After the Great War, British men and women grappled with their ignorance about sexuality and desire. Seeking advice and information from doctors, magazines, and each other, they wrote tens of thousands of letters about themselves as sexual subjects. In these letters, they disclosed their uncertainties, their behaviors, and the role of sexuality in their lives. Their fascinating narratives tell how people sought to unleash their imaginations and fashion new identities.
Making Modern Love shows how readers embraced popular media—self-help books, fetish magazines, and advice columns—as a source of information about sexuality and a means for telling their own stories. From longings for transcendent marital union to fantasies of fetish-wear, cross-dressing, and whipping, men and women revealed a surprising range of desires and behaviors (queer and otherwise) that have been largely disregarded until now.
Lisa Sigel mines these provocative narratives to understand how they contributed to new subjectivities and the development of modern sexualities.
"Sigel makes a novel and important argument about the shaping of modern sexuality. She has exhumed amazing sources from the popular culture of twentieth-century Britain. Making Modern Love is a fascinating book that should find a wide readership among the general public and among students of the history of sexuality. Written in a clear and accessible style that proves that popular ephemera were much more influential than sexology in shaping people's understandings of their sexual selves, it is a tour de force based on amazing archival research."
"Through an impressive and stimulating array of sources ranging from letters to Marie Stopes, readers' correspondence in the glamour and 'queer magazine' London Life, and court cases, historian Sigel charts the making of sexual identities in interwar Britain. Emphasizing the agency of individuals, Sigel convincingly makes the argument that sexology was less important than popular ephemera in the evolution and construction of personal sexual narratives and identities. In placing agency at the core of her argument, Sigel helpfully explores the processes of reading as individuals interpreted and folded popular sources into their own sexual stories.... Clear, accessible, and dispassionate, this book makes important interventions in queer scholarship and the study of sexual identities. Summing Up: Highly recommended."
"Making Modern Love is a fascinating contribution.... Sigel successfully achieves one of the principal aims of her book: to show how ordinary people (as opposed to sexologists, sex reformers, and writers) wielded agency in the articulation of sexual stories and in framing their own'sexual selves.'... There are many specific things to praise in Making Modern Love. Sigel's empathetic and nuanced reading of a variety of sources is one.... Sigel's book remains an important intervention in our understanding of sexual lives in twentieth-century Britain."
"Lisa Sigel reaffirms the significance of...narrative in the making of sexual identities in interwar Britain.... There is some fascinating material here."
Lisa Z. Sigel is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at DePaul University. She is author of Governing Pleasures: Pornography and Social Change in England, _PHONE_ and the editor of International Exposure: Perspectives on Modern European Pornography, _PHONE_.
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