There is a very big distinction between frugal and cheap. Frugality is spending smartly and saving where we can so we still have cash leftover for the things that are important. Most Indies want to be frugal when it comes to CD Manufacturing. Some musicians are concerned more on spending less because they have no funds left and would sacrifice the quality of the music or the packaging just to get things done. Those are the cheap ones. The frugal and wise musicians try to fit their budget as best as they could without compromising quality. Here are some ways to cut down CD manufacturing cost wisely.
Yes, you read it correctly. Doing everything entirely on your own could be a great mess and could cost you more dollars than when you have it done by a CD Manufacturing company. The fast advancement of technology allows us to burn CDs at home but this doesn't mean it would be of top quality. Being your own CD Manufacturing company may cost a little at first but you may end up doing everything from square one because of technical incompetence thus you would end up spending so much more. If you plan to distribute it to friends and family, I guess there would be no problem if you DIY but if you plan to distribute it to more than 500 people, then please get the help of professionals when it comes to CD manufacturing. You can experiment with your music and become creative but when it comes to CD manufacturing, there's no room for error.
In order for you to cut down the cost of CD manufacturing, you have to have a good estimate of the number of CDs that would probably sell. It's not wise to produce 3,000 copies when there are only 20-25 people who regularly show up at your gigs. If this is your first time to produce an album, a safe number would be 500. Anyway, you can contact your CD manufacturing company to make some more if you run out of copies.
So now that you are somewhat convinced to leave the CD manufacturing to the pros, it's time to look up and down, left and right, for the cheapest CD Manufacturing house in town with the best quality. Call your friends, ask your music circle and start contacting each one of their recommendations for price quotes. You can also try searching the web for good companies but you have to be careful because there are lots of CD Manufacturing companies sprouting every day. In order for you to at least eliminate the bad ones, ask them certain questions like why they use specific CDs, what inks they use and why. If they have a hard time answering your questions, it might be that they only buy those materials because they are currently the cheapest in the market.
Instead of paying a large sum for a professional graphic designer, contact your friends. There are also many graphic design students who are willing to make good designs for bands just to beef up their portfolio. Do not forget to credit him/her in the album.


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Over the last week the military junta in Niger arrested several top officers. Reports emerged that those officers had been planning a coup. Coming shortly before a planned October 31 referendum on a new constitution and only a few months before new elections on January 31, the incident could trouble Niger's plans to return to democracy. The divisions within the military also suggest that some top officers in Niger do not view the military simply as custodians of democracy, and on the contrary desire a longer-term role for the military in government.
Abdoulaye Badie was the second-in-charge of the junta and Abdou Sidikou was a top commander in the national guard. There was no immediate comment from either officer.
The junta, led by General Salou Djibo, has been in power in Niger since a dramatic February putsch against former President Mamadou Tandja who had angered many Nigeriens for altering the constitution to lengthen his rule.
Djibo has since won international plaudits for pledging a return to civilian rule within one year.
An official at West African regional bloc ECOWAS said on Friday he was aware of rumours of arrests within the junta but had been assured by Djibo the talk was unfounded. The junta has not commented publicly.
A senior police official told Reuters Badie and Sidikou were arrested for having planned to unseat Djibo in September during his trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. He did not say how the alleged plot was discovered.
Djibo has also sacked his minister of equipment, Amadou Diallo, according to an announcement on national television on Friday. No reason was given.
How seriously did the (alleged) coup plot threaten Djibo? Maybe not very much. The pattern that emerges is one where Djibo first fires officers and then arrests them, indicating that he felt in control the whole time. He acted methodically and does not appear to have panicked. That so many officers have been arrested points to a real split, but Djibo has for now come away with the larger piece of the pie.
Still, divisions in the military could convince Djibo to delay the hand-off of power, or a more serious coup attempt could really challenge his position. This does not seem to be over yet. And as I said above, if the potential for a coup means that some officers are not content to bow out quietly and leave things to civilians, then assessing the military's motives and goals during this transition becomes more difficult.
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What's special about slime molds?
Natural selection in small organisms
John Bonner	Scientist
51. Notable scientist friends 47 03:42
52. A memorable meal 40 03:08
53. The brilliant JBS Haldane 194 01:15
54. Discovery of cyclic AMP creates a stir 29 04:10
55. Progress in experimental biology 13 03:36
56. Is my kind of biology 'dead wood'? 29 02:24
57. If not slime molds, then what? 21 01:15
58. Natural selection in small organisms 17 02:00
59. What's special about slime molds? 27 01:48
What possesses me now is sort of fairly big questions that are connected with evolution. And one of the things that I've been working on, and in fact just published, is something to do with the natural selection being different for small organisms, unicellular organisms and similar small ones. And they respond differently to natural selection. And I have lots of evidence for this and not very much interest in it among others, but that's okay. It's the idea that if you have an elephant or a horse or anything big, ourselves, or a tree that natural selection can work on all aspects of it, so it's a big canvas that it has to work with. But if you have amoebae in the soil, then that's not the case where you either can exist or can't exist, that's what it amounts to. And I think that that has big consequences, in terms of the whole evolution of bigger forms. But I'm a voice in the wilderness.
John Tyler Bonner (born in 1920) is an emeritus professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. He is a pioneer in the use of cellular slime molds to understand evolution and development and is one of the world's leading experts on cellular slime molds. He says that his prime interests are in evolution and development and that he uses the cellular slime molds as a tool to seek an understanding of those twin disciplines. He has written several books on developmental biology and evolution, many scientific papers, and has produced a number of works in biology. He has led the way in making Dictyostelium discoideum a model organism central to examining some of the major questions in experimental biology.
Title: Natural selection in small organisms
Listeners: Christopher Sykes
Christopher Sykes is an independent documentary producer who has made a number of films about science and scientists for BBC TV, Channel Four, and PBS.
Tags: evolution, natural selection, unicellular organisms, survival
Date story recorded: February 2016

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Reading the Feynman lectures in 2012
The Feynman lectures are universally admired, it seems, but also a half-century old. Taking them as a source for self-study, what compensation for their age, if any, should today's reader undertake? I'm interested both in pointers to particular topics where the physics itself is out-of-date, or topics where the pedagogical approach now admits attestable improvements.
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David FeldmanDavid Feldman
$\begingroup$ Those are still among my favorite books. $\endgroup$ – Mike Dunlavey Jun 2 '12 at 0:24
$\begingroup$ Free online copy: feynmanlectures.caltech.edu $\endgroup$ – Qmechanic♦ Jan 16 '14 at 3:14
The Feynman Lectures need only a little amending, but it's a relatively small amount compared to any other textbook. The great advantage of the Feynman Lectures is that everything is worked out from scratch Feynman's way, so that it is taught with the maximum insight, something that you can only do after you sit down and redo the old calculations from scratch. This makes them very interesting, because you learn from Feynman how the discovering gets done, the type of reasoning, the physical intuition, and so on.
The original presentation also makes it that Feynman says all sorts of things in a slightly different way than other books. This is good to test your understanding, because if you only know something in a half-assed way, Feynman sounds wrong. I remember that when I first read it a million years ago, a large fraction of the things he said sounded completely wrong. This original presentation is a very important component: it teaches you what originality sounds like, and knowing how to be original is the most important thing.
I think Vol. I is pretty much OK as an intro, although it should be supplemented at least with this stuff:
Computational integration: Feynman does something marvellous at the start of Volume I (something unheard of in 1964), he describes how to Euler time-step a differential equation forward in time. Nowadays, it is a simple thing to numerically integrate any mechanical problem, and experience with numerical integration is essential for students. The integration removes the student's paralysis: when you are staring at an equation and don't know what to do. If you have a computer, you know exactly what to do! Integrating reveals many interesting qualitative things, and shows you just how soon the analytical knowledge painstakingly acquired over 4 centuries craps out. For example, even if you didn't know it, you can see the KAM stability appears spontaneously in self-gravitating clusters at a surprisingly large number of particles. You might expect chaotic motion until you reach 2 particles, which then orbit in an ellipse. But clusters with random masses and velocities of some hundreds of particles eject out particles like crazy, until they get to one or two dozen particles, and then they settle down into a mess of orbits, but this mess must be integrable, because nothing else is ejected out anymore! You discover many things like this from piddling around with particle simulations, and this is something which is missing from Volume I, since computers were not available at the time it was written. It's not completely missing, however, and it's much worse elsewhere.
The Kepler problem: Feynman has an interesting point of view regarding this which is published in the "Lost Lecture" book and audio-book. But I think the standard methods are better here, because the 17th century things Feynman redoes are too specific to this one problem. This can be supplemented in any book on analytical mechanics.
Thermodynamics: The section on thermodynamics does everything through statistical mechanics and intuition. This begins with the density of the atmosphere, which motivates the Boltzmann distribution, which is then used to derive all sorts of things, culminating in the Clausius-Clayperon equation. This is a great boon when thinking about atoms, but it doesn't teach you the classical thermodynamics, which is really simple starting from modern stat-mech. The position is that the Boltzmann distribution is all you need to know, and that's a little backwards from my perspective. The maximum entropy arguments are better--- they motivate the Boltzmann distribution. The heat-engine he uses is based on rubber-bands too, and yet there is no discussion of why rubber bands are entropic, or of free-energies in the rubber band, or the dependence of stiffness on temperature.
Monte-Carlo simulation: This is essential, but it obviously requires computers. With Monte-Carlo you can make snapshots of classical statistical systems quickly on a computer and build up intuition. You can make simulations of liquids, and see how the atoms knock around classically. You can simulate rubber-band polymers, and see the stiffness dependence on temperature. All these things are clearly there in Feynman's head, but without a computer, it's hard to transmit it into any of the students' heads.
For Volume II, the most serious problem is that the foundations are off. Feynman said he wanted to redo the classical textbook point of view on E&M, but he wasn't sure how to do it. The Feynman Lectures were written at a time just before modern gauge theory took off, and while they emphasize the vector potential a lot compared to other treatments of the time, they don't make the vector potential the main object. Feynman wanted to redo Volume II to make it completely vector-potential-centered, but he didn't get to do it. Somebody else did a vector-potential based discussion of E&M based on this recommendation, but the results were not so great.
The major things I don't like in Vol. II:
The derivation of the index of refraction is done by a complicated rescattering calculation which is based on plum-pudding-style electron oscillators. This is essentially just the forward-phase index-of-refraction argument Feynman gives to motivate unitarity in the 1963 ghost paper in Acta Physica Polonika. It is not so interesting or useful in my opinion in Vol. II, but it is the most involved calculation in the series.
No special functionology: While the subject is covered with a layer of 19th-century mildew, it is useful to know some special functions, especially Bessel functions and spherical harmonics. Feynman always chooses ultra special forms which give elementary functions, and he knows all the cases which are elementary, so he gets a lot of mileage out of this, but it's not general enough.
The fluid section is a little thin--- you will learn how the basic equations work, but no major results. The treatment of fluid flow could have been supplemented with He4 flows, where the potential flow description is correct (it is clear that this is Feynman's motivation for the strange treatment of the subject, but this isn't explicit).
Numerical methods in field simulation: Here if one wants to write an introductory textbook, one needs to be completely original, because the numerical methods people use today are not so good for field equations of any sort.
Vol. III is extremely good because it is so brief. The introduction to quantum mechanics there gets you to a good intuitive understanding quickly, and this is the goal. It probably could use the following:
A discussion of diffusion, and the relation between Schrödinger operators and diffusion operators: This is obvious from the path integral, but it was also clear to Schrödinger. It also allows you to quickly motivate the exact solutions to Schrodinger's equation, like the $1/r$ potential, something which Feynman just gives you without motivation. A proper motivation can be given by using SUSY QM (without calling it that, just a continued stochastic equation) and trying out different ground state ansatzes.
Galilean invariance of the Schrödinger equation: This part is not done in any book, I think only because Dirac omitted it from his. It is essential to know how to boost wavefunctions. Since Feynman derives the Schrödinger equation from a tight-binding model (a lattice approximation), the galilean invariance is not obvious at all.
Since the lectures are introductory, everything in there just becomes second nature, so it doesn't matter that they are old. The old books should just be easier, because the old stuff is already floating in the air. If you find something in the Feynman Lectures which isn't completely obvious, you should study it until it is obvious--- there's no barrier, the things are self-contained.
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Ron MaimonRon Maimon
$\begingroup$ @RonMaimon I am reading the book myself and find it to be the best piece suitable at my level. But do his arguments still hold in light of modern discoveries? Especially the details of "atmospheric electricity" part? $\endgroup$ – Satwik Pasani Jul 13 '13 at 17:28
$\begingroup$ @SatwikPasani: There is nothing that I remember from that chapter that is incorrect, it was mostly qualitative. Perhaps the mechanism of charge separation is understood better today, I don't know. The only point of this thing is to explain why there is a voltage as you go up in the air, and this is due to lightning charging up the ground, and it's a fact, it's still true. I don't follow the atmospheric literature, unfortunately, I don't know if people know more about charge separation through air-droplet rubbing, this was the open mystery he talked about in that chapter. $\endgroup$ – Ron Maimon Jul 13 '13 at 20:41
$\begingroup$ The potential-based approach to EM you mention may be "Collective Electrodynamics" by Feynman's student Carver Mead: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carver_Mead . PS: I recall you writing favorably of Steven Frautschi's S-Matrix book. I saw him recently; in retirement, now 80, he has re-invented himself as a teaching assistant, and won Caltech's Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching this year. When I mentioned his S-Matrix work being cited here, he ducked his head and said, "Well, that was a long time ago..." $\endgroup$ – Art Brown Oct 24 '14 at 0:37
$\begingroup$ @ArtBrown: A long time, a long time, but classic underappreciate work. Thanks for the info, it might have been Mead, I honestly don't remember, I found it in a bookstore and flipped through it, didn't like it that much, but noticed it was based on what Feynman intended. $\endgroup$ – Ron Maimon Oct 25 '14 at 20:19
$\begingroup$ @RonMaimon Your answer inspired me to make an 2D $n$-body simulation to look for this KAM stability. But my naive approach of directly integrating Newton's equation with ode23s is so slow :( I get some great results for <10 planets, but I can't get much more. Do you have any tips for practically implementing such a simulation? $\endgroup$ – tom Apr 14 '15 at 11:20
I'm not sure what you mean by saying: "the physics is out-of-date," because in some sense Newtonian mechanics is out-of-date. But we know that it is an effective theory (the low-speed limit of relativity) and is important to study and understand since it describes everyday-life mechanics accurately.
Feynman lectures are the classic 101/102 physics resource. So, just read and learn. And Feynman is a master in his pedagogical approach (remember the challenger case?)
The only thing is that you're not going to learn the techniques of Quantum field theory or other advanced and more recent research-level topics from Feynman lectures.
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$\begingroup$ >I'm not sure what you mean by saying: "the physics is out-of-date." For the sake of simplicity, let's say I mean it in the sociological sense that an idealized, smart, conscientious and well-informed professor teaching out the Feynman lectures would feel compelled to perform an intervention, which might consist of describing an experiment that postdates the book, a new simplification of some conceptual explanation, a crucial analogy unnoticed 50 years ago, whatever. $\endgroup$ – David Feldman Jun 2 '12 at 1:20
$\begingroup$ I can't imagine any text from 1910 that wouldn't have needed some emendation in 1960...and I can't imagine that the subject has progressed any more slowly during the past 50 years than during the 50 years before that. I understand that most of the recent progress must be omitted as too advanced for beginners, but all of it? $\endgroup$ – David Feldman Jun 2 '12 at 1:23
$\begingroup$ I see. Maybe, in addition to Feynman lectures, using a modern physics textbook could be a good idea. I think some new textbooks have special websites for extended and interactive learning. Also, MIT and other great universities provide free video lectures given by well-known physicists. $\endgroup$ – stupidity Jun 2 '12 at 1:32
$\begingroup$ @DavidFeldman - I think it's fair to say that physics advanced a little more in 1910-1960 than it has done since. In fact there hasn't really been much physics since QCD in the mid 60s $\endgroup$ – Martin Beckett Jun 2 '12 at 4:00
$\begingroup$ @MartinBeckett: I don't think it's true at all--- the great advances of the 1970s-1990s, strings, holography, topological theories, conformal theories, renormalization treatment of phase transitions, disorder physics, quantum computing, numerics are all fundamental, but what has happened is that people refused to push the curriculum down anymore, so that elementary EM and QM is in high school, and undergraduates can do reasonable stuff right away. The internet allows you to do this, since a self-motivated person can learn the material without relying on pedagogy, which is always substandard. $\endgroup$ – Ron Maimon Jun 2 '12 at 5:55
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Yeah, have been following these reports coming through over the weekend. Sad turn of affairs when you see any sports person go from physical peak to having their body go on them.
Yeah, this is terrible - amazing the positive nature he seems to have about the whole thing given he was such a competitor during his playing days.
Thoughts are certainly with him and those close to him. Gutting to see the pictures of him.
That's a raging shunt of a thing.
45 is way too soon. MND is a grim path for anyone, but particularly cruel for an athlete. RIP Joost, one of the greats imho. Not necessarily a "classic" scrumhalf, but an absolute warrior.
RIP Joost, a great player and a gent.
Easily my fave SA player!
Not unexpected I suppose but a great shame. He was a great player and seemed to be a true gent. RIP Joost.
Without a doubt one of the games greats both on and off the field, and same as @taniwharugby one of my all time favourites. Very sad to hear. RIP.
Awesome player. As others say up there as one of my favourites. third bloke from the 95 WC final to pass away. RIP.
A true great and a champ of a man. RIP bro, you will be missed hugely around the world.
Yep Kruger. He was a fucken hardass if I recall. Another bloke of similar ilk from that era ( Andre Venter ) is also not well at all.
Kruger wasn't big by SA loose forward standards but he was tough.
Out of the 3 players he actually was the youngest (39 yrs) when he died after a long battle with brain cancer in 2010.
Throw in coach Christie as well.


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A.J. Foyt • Happy Birthday Super Tex • The Daily Dose
A.J. Foyt
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"Super Tex" turns 82 today.
In a driving career that spanned four decades, Anthony Joseph Foyt won 14 national titles and 172 major races. He won on three continents and in five countries, including the U.S., France, Great Britain, New Zealand and Canada. Foyt raced in IndyCar, stock car and sports car events, and won in 15 of the 19 states in which he competed. He and Mario Andretti [Daily Dose, 4/6/16] are the only men in history to have won both the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500, and the two were named "co-Drivers of the Century" by the Associated Press in 1999. Foyt has won more United States Auto Club [USAC] races—138—than any driver in history. He was the first driver to win the Indy 500 four times and was named one of NASCAR's "50 Greatest Drivers" in 1998. Foyt is the only driver in racing history to win Indy, the Daytona 500, 24 Hours of Daytona, and 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Born in Houston, Texas, on this date in 1935, Foyt attended three high schools—including Houston's San Jacinto High, alma mater of beloved broadcaster Walter Cronkite, before dropping out to become a mechanic. He started racing midget cars at 18, driving a car owned and maintained by his father. His first midget car win came in 1957 at Playland Park, a quarter-mile dirt track in his hometown, launching one of the most remarkable careers in auto racing. The following year, he joined USAC and competed in his first Indianapolis 500, finishing 16th. Foyt won his first IndyCar race in 1960, one of four wins he posted that year, and claimed his first national championship. One year later, he became the first driver to successfully defend his points championship and win the Indy 500. Foyt was dominant in 1964, setting a record winning percentage of .769 after winning ten races in 13 starts.
In addition to winning his fourth national title in 1964, Foyt won his first stock car race–in the Firecracker 400 at Daytona. It would be one of seven wins he posted in NASCAR. His final stock car win came in 1972, at the Miller High Life 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway.
Two weeks after winning the 1967 Indy 500, Foyt raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where he partnered with Dan Gurney. When Gurney overslept and missed a driver change in the middle of the night, Foyt was forced to double-stint and wound up driving 18 hours of the 24 hour race. He won, marking the only time in history that a driver has won Indy and Le Mans in the same year. He capped off the season by earning his fifth national championship.
The Indianapolis 500 bills itself as The Greatest Spectacle in Racing. Held at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the last weekend in May, the Indy 500 is the most prestigious event in open-wheel racing. Indy is the crown jewel of the "Triple Crown of Motorsport," which includes the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Monaco Grand Prix. A. J. Foyt is synonymous with Indy: the tough Texan is a legend at The Brickyard. He has competed in 59 straight 500's. From 1958 to 1993, he drove in the Indianapolis 500 for a record 35 consecutive years, and has competed in 24 more as an owner. Super Tex is the first of only three men in history to win the event four times. His first win came in 1961, and he took the checkered flag again in 1964, 1967, and 1977. Foyt won as an owner in 1999, when Kenny Brack finished first while racing for Foyt Enterprises. He holds several Indy 500 records, including most races led [13] and most laps run [4,909]. Foyt is the first driver to top one million dollars in career earnings at Indy. The "Greatest 33" is a list of the top drivers in the history of the Indianapolis 500. Number one on the list—in the pole position—is Anthony Joseph Foyt.
Foyt won seven USAC IndyCar national championships . The last came in 1979, a year in which he also won the USAC stock car championship, making him the only driver in history to win both titles in the same year.
Brash and intimidating, A.J. Foyt has been called the toughest SOB in sports. He broke his back twice—in 1965, and again in 1972. He has sustained burns on his face and hands, was run over by his own race car, and nearly lost his right arm at Michigan in 1981. At Road America in 1990, Foyt nearly lost a leg—leaving him with permanent limp. In the past decade, Foyt has faced his most serious health issues, including systemic shock from a killer bee attack, nearly drowning in an enclosed bulldozer dumped into a pond, and triple bypass surgery. Despite these health challenges, Foyt competed [as an owner] in his record 59th straight Indianapolis 500 in May 2016.
In 369 IndyCar starts, A.J. Foyt had 67 wins and 117 podium finishes. He holds the IndyCar record for most wins in a season [10] and one of a dozen drivers to have had completed the triple crown of endurance racing [24 Hours of Le Mans, 12 Hours of Sebring, 24 Hours of Daytona]. Even after establishing himself as a top driver, Foyt continued to race both midget and sprint cars at small, local events as a way of thanking promotors who have given him his start. After retiring as a driver in 1993, the self-made millionaire turned to fielding two teams in the Indy Racing League. As an owner, Mr. Foyt has won five national IndyCar titles.
A.J. Foyt was inducted into the Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1978 and International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Friedrich Nietzsche said, "That which does not kill me makes me stronger." Republicans - after this particularly acrimonious political season - are collectively hoping that this truth Nietzsche observed applies not only to life, but party primaries as well. While the negative rhetoric infiltrated races up and down the ballot, it seemed most bitter at the bottom in the race for Harris County Republican Party Chairman, as if the vitriol became more intense as it descended and finally collected as so much political detritus negatively charged with rivalry and strife.
We can only hope that the schism opened by the Chairman's race will make us stronger as a party, that we will unite in a new common cause and become stronger as we repair and fortify the weaknesses and vulnerabilities exposed in this most recent civil war.
It is difficult to imagine - with only a few days since the cessation of hostilities - that we will be stronger, united and resolutely focused on defeating the Democrats in November. But that is what must happen if we are to prevail. We must heed the words of President Ronald Reagan who admonished his fellow Republicans, "We have no enemies, only opponents." Now that the primary election and the race for County Chairman is over, we - all of us on both sides - must unite with our former opponents and embrace them as such, not treat them as enemies. We do, after all, have more in common with them than the Democrats we face in November. We must remind ourselves that the longer we linger at the crossroads of bitterness and reconciliation, the longer we remain weakened. The longer the Democrats have to ready themselves for the coming battle.
The first step in moving forward is for the Woodfill faction to acknowledge the defeat and resolve to support the new regime during and after the transition of power. The first step for the Simpson faction is to acknowledge that the old regime and its supporters have value and are a necessary component to victory in November. This is exactly what Gary Polland did when he was elected Chairman in 1996, which was the last time that there was a reluctant shift in party leadership. While Gary did not defeat an incumbent, he did defeat a candidate aligned with the outgoing Chairman. Polland's election was a pivot for the local party - a pivot from the center to the right. But Polland did not punish his political opponents by closing the door on them, because he was wise enough to realize that to close the door would only punish the party and its candidates. Instead, Polland not only kept the doors open to his more moderate opponents, he invited them in and offered them a seat at the table. He did so without asking either end of the political spectrum, or those in the center for that matter, to abandon their principles. It was a strategy that did in fact strengthen the party. With a united Harris County Republican Party behind him, Polland was able to orchestrate the first of many countywide sweeps in Harris County. Now, almost 20 years later, the party is again in transition. It remains to be seen whether this transition is a pivot back to the center as many have predicted the Simpson victory represents; whether it is or it is not doesn't matter in the short term. What does matter though is whether we unite or allow ourselves to remain divided. I know, like and respect Republicans on both sides. I have no doubt that our party is big enough for Republicans of all stripes - Tea Party Republicans, social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, moderate Republicans and ultra-conservatives. Maybe it is time to strip off those labels - without abandoning our principles, of course - and unite for our common good.
The 2014 Republican Harris County Chairman's race was ugly. But we survived. This is our time for choosing - let us take this moment to choose unity over division. Let us congratulate the victors and join forces as we march ahead to victory in November.
Voters in the Cy-Fair Independent School District will have a big ticket item on their May 10th ballot, a whopping $1,209,280,000 bond package to address infrastructure issues outlined by their Long Range Planning Committee.
The bond package, whose election was approved unanimously by the CFISD Board of Trustees on February 27, 2014, addresses five areas: Security and Safety Enhancements, Facilities Renovations, Transportation, Technology Enhancements and New Facilities.
According to the board, the "bond package, as recommended by a community long-range planning committee, is anticipated to meet the following needs for CFISD through the year 2020: security and safety; student growth (support facilities, school sites and buses); technology; and instructional/support facilities renovations."
After reviewing the proposal and interviewing parties on both sides of the issue, TCR will weigh in on the subject in the coming weeks. For those who wish to get a head start and do some independent research, information can be found on the CFISD website located at http://www.cfisd.net/.
Anyone wishing to comment on the subject may e-mail Marc Cowart at: Marc.Cowart@TexasConservativeReview.com.
On March 4, 2014, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a powerful speech regarding the truth about the Islamic Republic of Iran.
"It's not only that Iran doesn't walk the walk. In the last few weeks, they don't even bother to talk the talk. Iran's leaders say they won't dismantle a single centrifuge, they won't discuss their ballistic missile program. And guess what tune they're singing in Tehran? It's not 'God Bless America,' it's 'death to America.' And they chant this as brazenly as ever. Some charm offensive.
"And here's my point. Iran continues to stand unabashedly on the wrong side of the moral divide. And that's why we must continue to stand unequivocally on the right side of that divide. We must oppose Iran and stand up for what is right."
TCR Comment: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells it like it is about Iran. It sure would be good for America. 2016 won't come soon enough.
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Smash une série télévisée québécoise en 5 épisodes de 45 minutes puis 12 épisodes de 25 minutes  scénarisée par Daniel Lemire et diffusée entre le  et le  à la Télévision de Radio-Canada.

Synopsis

La vie de quatre vieux amis qui traversent ensemble le milieu de la quarantaine, toujours liés par une franche complicité.

Distribution
 Daniel Lemire : Sylvain
 Linda Sorgini : Hélène
 Louis-Georges Girard : Jacques
 Jean L'Italien : François
 Isabelle Vincent : Laurence, ex-femme de Sylvain
 Benoît McGinnis : Benoît, fils de Sylvain
 Dominique Pétin : Marie-Emmanuelle
 Mireille Thibault : Madame Trudel, cuisinière de l'auberge
 Marie-Josée Bastien : Geneviève, cliente de Sylvain
 Alain Lépine : Robert, client de Sylvain
 Claudia Ferri : Céline, cliente de Sylvain
 Normand D'Amour : Michel, client de Sylvain
 Olivier Morin : Olivier, fils d'Hélène
 Jacques Allard : Paul Mayrand, organisateur politique d'Hélène
 Marie Charlebois ; Muriel Simard, attachée de presse d'Hélène
 Pierre Limoges : Didier, journaliste
 Stéphane Breton : Martial, grand ami de l'ex de François
 Marjolaine Lemieux : Diane, secrétaire de François
 Maxime Dumontier : Antoine, fils de François
 Marie-France Marcotte : Marie, mère d'Antoine
 Pierre Curzi : Fafard, patron de Jacques
 Maude Guérin : Maude, femme de Jacques
 Valérie Dumas ; Caroline, fille de Jacques et Ghyslaine
 Mélodie Lapierre : Fannie, fille de Jacques et Maude
 Marie Gignac ; Ghyslaine, ex-femme de Jacques
 Aubert Pallascio : beau-père de Jacques
 Lorna Gordon : Myriam, voisine de Jacques
 Sylvie Potvin : Suzanne, belle-mère de Caroline

Fiche technique
 Scénario et dialogues : Daniel Lemire
 Collaboration au scénario : Jean-Pierre Plante
 Réalisateur : Ricardo Trogi
 Directeur de production : Dominic St-Jean
 Productrice déléguée : Sylvie Roy
 Producteurs au contenu : Claude Maher et Sylvie Roy
 Producteur : Luc Wiseman
 Production : Avanti Ciné Vidéo

Épisodes

Première saison (2004)
 Sylvain et les femmes
 Hélène et les contradictions
 François et les apparences
 Jacques et la mondialisation
 Le mariage

Deuxième saison (2005)
 Deux ans plus tard
 La vie normale reprend son cours
 Les affaires se corsent
 Chacun s'habitue à sa nouvelle vie

(Les titres pour les 8 derniers épisodes n'ont pas été fournis)

Voir aussi
 Téléromans québécois

Liens externes
  Fiche de Avanti Ciné Vidéo

Série télévisée créée en 2004
Série télévisée québécoise des années 2000
Série télévisée de Radio-Canada

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Normal healthy ageing involves widespread changes in the brain, which are thought to lead to problems with a variety of everyday cognitive functions, such as memory, attention and problem solving.
However, this view is starting to change and a more positive view is emerging in which ageing is no longer seen as an inexorable progressive decline in neural and cognitive fitness. This research focuses on what is preserved as we age, trying to understand the brain mechanisms by which cognitive functions can be preserved in spite of extensive changes in brain tissue.
In this talk Professor Tyler will discuss some of the research that takes a positive view of changes across the life-span and in doing so is starting to over-turn existing stereotypes of ageing.
Lorraine K Tyler is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. She heads a University-wide consortium, funded by the BBSRC, to study the relationship between brain function and cognition across the adult lifespan. She was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1995. Her most recent articles include: 'Preserving syntactic processing across the adult life span: The modulation of the frontotemporal language system in the context of age-related atrophy', Cerebral Cortex, 20:2 (2010), 352-364 [Tyler, L.K., Shafto, M.A., Randall, B., Wright, P., Marslen-Wilson, W.D., Stamatakis, E.A.)]; and 'Left inferior frontal cortex and syntax: Function, structure and behaviour in patients with left hemisphere damage', Brain, 134 (2011), 415-431 [Tyler, L.K., Marslen-Wilson, W.D., Randall, B., Wright, P., Devereux, B.J., Zhuang, J., Papoutsi, M., Stamatakis, E.A.].
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Woodrow Wilson Center: "Giant Number of Refugees" Are Result of Climate Change
By Rick Pearcey • June 27, 2016, 10:13 AM
That's Right, Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls: "Climate Refugees."
So says Jane Harmon, CEO of the Woodrow Wilson Center.
And by the way, Jane Harmon, who is a woman, also says, "Women could hold . . . the keys to solving the climate challenge."
And so, for example, there's reportedly a woman in Indonesia who wants to save the trees.
"My people regard the Earth as the human body," "Mama" Aleta Baun of Indonesia is quoted as saying. "Stone is our bone. Water is our blood. Land is our flesh. Forest is our hair. If one of them is taken away, we are paralyzed."
For the national security of this woman and her people, they might not want this information to get out to potential enemies. Invaders might cut down a forest and paralyze a people's ability to defend itself.
Climate Alarmist Spills the Beans
By Rick Pearcey • March 30, 2016, 10:29 AM
In a column titled "Another Climate Alarmist Admits Real Motive Behind Warming Scare," this from Investor's Business Daily:
Listen to the words of former United Nations climate official Ottmar Edenhofer:
"One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. This has almost nothing to do with the environmental policy anymore, with problems such as deforestation or the ozone hole," said Edenhofer, who co-chaired the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change working group on Mitigation of Climate Change from 2008 to 2015.
"So what is the goal of environmental policy?," IBD asks.
Answer: "We redistribute de facto the world's wealth by climate policy," says Edenhofer, according to IBD.
Obama's CIA Director Cites "Impact of Climate Change" as a Deeper Cause of Global Instability
By Rick Pearcey • November 17, 2015, 09:48 AM
CNSNews.com reports:
Speaking [yesterday] at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan said that CIA analysts see "climate change" as a "deeper cause" of the instability seen in places like Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Yemen and Libya.
I'm not so sure about "climate change." But we might want to look at brainfreeze.
France's Top Weatherman Questions Climate Change, Is Promptly Suspended
By Rick Pearcey • October 16, 2015, 10:29 AM
Henry Samuel writes from Paris for the Telegraph:
Every night, France's chief weatherman has told the nation how much wind, sun or rain they can expect the following day.
Now Philippe Verdier, a household name for his nightly forecasts on France 2, has been taken off air after a more controversial announcement -- criticising the world's top climate change experts.
Mr. Verdier claims in the book Climat Investigation . . . that leading climatologists and political leaders have "taken the world hostage" with misleading data.
In a video promoting his new book, Verdier says, "Every night I address five million French people to talk to you about the wind, the clouds and the sun. And yet there is something important, very important that I haven't been able to tell you, because it's neither the time nor the place to do so," the Telegraph reports.
Verdier adds, "We are hostage to a planetary scandal over climate change -- a war machine whose aim is to keep us in fear," according to the Telegraph.
"His outspoken views led France 2 to take him off the air starting this Monday," the Telegraph reports.
"I received a letter telling me not to come. I'm in shock," the Telegraph quotes Verdier as telling RTL radio. "This is a direct extension of what I say in my book, namely that any contrary views must be eliminated."
"Settled Science"? There's Nothing More Unscientific
Belief vs. Science: Lacking Scientific Support, UN Seeks "Young Woman" to Sell Global Warming
It's 2015, and New York City Is Under Water. Oh, Wait . . .
The future is here, but it is not exactly what global warmists predicted, as Daniel Greenfield notes in "ABC Warmunists Claimed New York to Be Underwater in 2015."
Walter E. Williams writes:
The most disgusting aspect of the climate change debate is the statements by many that it's settled science.
There is nothing more anti-scientific than the idea that any science is settled. Very often we find that the half-life of many scientific ideas is about 50 years.
For academics to not criticize their colleagues and politicians for suggesting that scientific ideas are not subject to challenge is the height of academic dishonesty.
Oxford Debate: Climate Realism Beats Warming at Campus Showdown


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PSL warns against TKO ticket fraud
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JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – UNSCRUPULOUS individuals that seek to cash in on the sold out Telkom Knockout (TKO) Final by selling fraudulent tickets will be arrested.
This is the warning given by the Premier Soccer League (PSL) ahead of next Wednesday's eagerly-anticipated final between Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.
Mato Madlala, the PSL Acting Chief Executive, said the league would be adopting a zero tolerance on ticket fraud.
PSL is working closely with the South African Police Service and private security to ensure they curb criminal activities relating to fraudulent ticket sales at the final.
"We would like to send a stern warning to those individuals who are planning to sell fraudulent tickets at the Telkom Knockout final to refrain from doing this. Our Safety and Security Department has been liaising with the police and other relevant role players to ensure that those involved in fraudulent activities are arrested and charged
accordingly," Madlala said.
She warned members of the public not to purchase tickets from the 'black market'.
"The message is clear; if you do not have a valid ticket, please stay at home and watch the final on television or listen to it on radio," said Madlala.
PSL Head of Safety and Security, Phillip Masimong, said the focus will only be on those people who are trying to resell their tickets at inflated prices.
"In terms of the law, it is illegal to buy a match day ticket with the intention to sell it without the authorization of the organiser. We are monitoring the trend of people who bought more tickets than they can use. Law enforcement agencies are working around the clock to curb the illegal sale of tickets," said Masimong.
A bumper crowd is expected at the 54 000-seater Moses Mabhida Stadium.
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HMD Global has announced a couple of new variants of its affordable Nokia 5.1 Plus (review) smartphone. The handset was initially launched with just 3GB RAM and 32GB user-expandable storage. However, starting from February 7th, buyers will be able to purchase the device from 4GB RAM + 64GB storage and 6GB RAM + 64GB storage options. The new Nokia 5.1 Plus variants also come with microSD card slot to further expand the storage (up to 400GB) and the same colour options: Gloss Black, Gloss White, and Gloss Midnight Blue, as the previous version.
As for the prices, the Nokia 5.1 Plus with 4GB RAM + 64GB storage variant will retail for Rs 14,499. The 6GB RAM + 64GB storage option will set you back by Rs 16,999. Early buyers of the smartphone could avail the Airtel offer of Rs 2,000 instant cashback and 240GB data over 12 months on the recharge packs of Rs 199, Rs 249, and Rs 448.
"Fans have loved the Nokia 5.1 Plus, having rated it highly on various channels. We continue to receive love from fans and so, here we are, announcing new higher memory variants of the smartphone, that I have no doubt, will be even more a gamers' delight," said Vice President and Nokia head of India, Ajay Mehta.
To recall on the specifications, the Nokia 5.1 Plus is an Android One device and has recently received Android 9 Pie update via OTA. The phone ships with 5.86-inch notch-toting HD+ display and MediaTek's Helio P60 chipset ticking at the core. It rocks dual 13-megapixel + 5-megapixel depth sensing sensor on the rear and an 8-megapixel selfie shooter up front. A 3,060mAh battery fuels the device, and on the back panel, you get a fingerprint sensor.


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Intel announces renewed AI push
November 18, 2016 | 10:31
Tags: #ai #artificial-intelligence #deep-learning #diane-bryant #intel-nervana #machine-intelligence #machine-learning #roadmap #xeon-phi
Companies: #intel #nervana
Intel has confirmed it is doubling-down on artificial intelligence, announcing the launch of the Intel Nervana platform, a partnership with Google, and a $25 million partnership with the Broad Institute to work on improving high-performance computing for the fiend of genomics analysis.
That Intel is bullish on artificial intelligence and deep learning should not come as news, of course: it was only in August that the chip maker announced its acquisition of AI specialist Nervana Systems in a deal valued at $400 million. It's a field in which Intel sees its Xeon Phi many-core processor family as offering considerable potential, though it directly competes with high-powered general-purpose GPU (GPGPU) products from AMD and Nvidia which have thus far proven difficult to dislodge from their position at the top of the market.
Now, the company is confirming that it believes in artificial intelligence as the future of technology, and - naturally - that Intel products should be at the heart of it. Just three months after acquiring Nervana, the Intel Nervana platform has been put on the roadmap: the first half of 2017 will see Intel producing test-level silicon dubbed Lake Crest, followed by a commercial release as Knights Crest which combines Nervana's technology with Intel's Xeon cores.
'We expect the Intel Nervana platform to produce breakthrough performance and dramatic reductions in the time to train complex neural networks,' claimed Diane Bryant, executive vice president and general manager of the Data Centre Group at Intel, of the company's plans. 'Before the end of the decade, Intel will deliver a 100-fold increase in performance that will turbocharge the pace of innovation in the emerging deep learning space.'
Bryant also teased preliminary performance results for Knights Mill, the next generation of many-core Xeon Phi processor, which will launch next year with a claimed four-fold performance boost for deep learning projects. A partnership with Google on containerised cloud machine learning projects was also announced, alongside the launch of the Nervana AI Academy to boost education.
Finally, Intel's AI arm confirmed a $25 million partnership with the Board Institute as a means of improving the suitability of high-performance computing tools for genomics analysis, promising that 'researchers and software engineers at the Intel-Broad Centre for Genomic Data Engineering will build, optimise and widely share new tools and infrastructure that will help scientists integrate and process genomic data' over a five-year period.
Intel details Xeon Scalable, Skylake-X mesh architecture
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Intel announces Skylake-based Xeon Processor Scalable family
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The tomb of William the Silent is an elaborate erection, of stone and marble, statuary and ornamentation. Justice and Liberty, Religion and Valour, represented by female figures, guard the tomb. It seems to me to lack impressiveness: the man beneath was too fine to need all this display and talent. More imposing is the simplicity of the monument to the great scholar near by. Yet remembering the struggle of William the Silent against Spain and Rome, it is impossible to stand unmoved before the marble figure of the Prince, lying there for all time with his dog at his feet - the dog who, after the noble habit of the finest of such animals, refused food and drink when his master died, and so faded away rather than owe allegiance and affection to a lesser man.
In 1582, however, the news had gone out that Jaureguy had killed the Prince at Antwerp, and Gerard felt that his mission was at an end. But when the Prince recovered, his murderous enthusiasm redoubled, and he offered himself formally and with matter-of-fact precision to the Prince of Parma as heaven's minister of vengeance. The Prince, who had long been seeking such an emissary, at first declined the alliance: he had become too much the prey of soldiers of fortune who represented themselves to be expert murders but in whom he could put no trust. In Motley's words: "Many unsatisfactory assassins had presented themselves from time to time, and Alexander had paid money in hand to various individuals - Italians, Spaniards, Lorrainers, Scotchmen, Englishmen, who had generally spent the sums received without attempting the job. Others were supposed to be still engaged in the enterprise, and at that moment there were four persons - each unknown to the others, and of different nations - in the city of Delft, seeking to compass the death of William the Silent. Shag-eared, military, hirsute ruffians, ex-captains of free companies and such marauders, were daily offering their services; there was no lack of them, and they had done but little. How should Parma, seeing this obscure, undersized, thin-bearded, runaway clerk before him, expect pith and energy from him? He thought him quite unfit for an enterprise of moment, and declared as much to his secret councillors and to the King."
"It was Sunday morning, and the bells were tolling for church. Upon leaving the house he loitered about the courtyard, furtively examining the premises, so that a sergeant of halberdiers asked him why he was waiting there. Balthazar meekly replied that he was desirous of attending divine worship in the church opposite, but added, pointing to his shabby and travel-stained attire, that, without at least a new pair of shoes and stockings, he was unfit to join the congregation. Insignificant as ever, the small, pious, dusty stranger excited no suspicion in the mind of the good-natured sergeant. He forthwith spoke of the want of Gerard to an officer, by whom they were communicated to Orange himself, and the Prince instantly ordered a sum of money to be given him. Thus Balthazar obtained from William's charity what Parma's thrift had denied - a fund for carrying out his purpose!
"These were the last words he ever spoke, save that when his sister, Catherine of Schwartzburgh, immediately afterwards asked him if he commended his soul to Jesus Christ, he faintly answered, 'Yes'."
Never has the pistol done worse work. The Prince was only fifty-one; he was full of vigour; his character had never been stronger, his wisdom never more mature. Had he lived a few years longer the country would have been saved years of war and misery.
One may stand to-day exactly where the Prince stood when he was shot. The mark of a bullet in the wall is still shown. The dining-room, from which he had come, now contains a collection of relics of his great career.
The Wonder of Europe, the sole astonishment of the learned world, the splendid work of nature surpassing itself, the summit of genius, the image of virtue, the ornament raised above mankind, to whom the defended honour of true religion gave cedars from the top of Lebanon, whom Mars adorned with laurels and Pallas with olive branches, when he had published the right of war and peace: whom the Thames and the Seine regarded as the wonder of the Dutch, and whom the court of Sweden took in its service: Here lies Grotius. Shun this tomb, ye who do not burn with love of the Muses and your country.
Grotius can hardly have burned with love of the sense of justice of his own country, for reasons with which we are familiar. His sentence of life-long imprisonment, passed by Prince Maurice of Orange, who lies hard by in the same church, was passed in 1618. His escape in the chest (like General Monk in Twenty Years After) was his last deed on Dutch soil. Thenceforward he lived in Paris and Sweden, England and Germany, writing his De Jure Belli et Pacis and other works. He died in 1645, when Holland claimed him again, as Oxford has claimed Shelley.
The principal tomb in the Old Church of Delft is that of Admiral Tromp, the Dutch Nelson. While quite a child he was at sea with his father off the coast of Guinea when an English cruiser captured the vessel and made him a cabin boy. Tromp, if he felt any resentment, certainly lived to pay it back, for he was our victor in thirty-three naval engagements, the last being the final struggle in the English-Dutch war, when he defeated Monk off Texel in the summer of 1653, and was killed by a bullet in his heart. The battle is depicted in bas-relief on the tomb, but the eye searches the marble in vain for any reminder of the broom which the admiral is said to have lashed to his masthead as a sign to the English that it was his habit to sweep their seas. The story may be a myth, but the Dutch sculptor who omitted to remember it and believe in it is no friend of mine.
You, who love the Dutch, virtue and true labour, read and mourn.
The ornament of the Dutch people, the formidable in battle, lies low, he who never lay down in his life, and taught by his example that a commander should die standing, he, the love of his fellow-citizens, the terror of his enemies, the wonder of the ocean.
Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, a name comprehending more praise than this stone can contain, a stone truly too narrow for him, for whom East and West were a school, the sea the occasion of triumph, the whole world the scene of his glory, he, a certain ruin to pirates, the successful protector of commerce; useful through his familiarity, not low; after having ruled the sailors and the soldiers, a rough sort of people, in a fatherly and efficaciously benignant manner; after fifty battles in which he was commander or in which he played a great part; after incredible victories, after the highest honours though below his merits, he at last in the war against the English, nearly victor but certainly not beaten, on the 10th of August, 1653, of the Christian era, at the age of fifty-six years, has ceased to live and to conquer.
The fathers of the United Netherlands have erected this memorial in honour of this highly meritorious hero.
Here am I lying, I Elizabeth, born of an illustrious and ancient family, wife to Morgan, I, daughter of Marnix, a name not unknown in the world, which, in spite of time, will always remain. There is virtue enough in having pleased one husband, which his so precious love testifies.
The tomb of Antony van Leeuwenhoek, the inventor of the microscope, is also to be seen in the church. "As everybody, O Wanderer," the epitaph concludes, "has respect for old age and wonderful parts, tread this spot with respect; here grey science lies buried with Leeuwenhoek."
3. Visitors are requested not to bestow gifts on the sexton or his assistants, as the former would lose his situation, if he accepted; he is responsible for his assistants.
4. The sexton or his assistants will treat the visitors with the greatest politeness.
I am not certain about the truth of either of these clauses, particularly the last. Let me explain.
The sexton of the Old Church hurried me past these tombs with some impatience. I should naturally have taken my time, but his attitude of haste made it imperative to do so. Sextons must not be in a hurry. After a while I found out why he chafed: he wanted to smoke. He fumbled his pipe and scraped his boots upon the stones. I studied the monuments with a scrutiny that grew more and more minute and elaborate; and soon his matches were in his hand. I wanted to tell him that if I were the only obstacle he might smoke to his heart's content, but it seemed to be more amusing to watch and wait. My return to the tomb of the ingenious constructor of the microscope settled the question. Probably no one had ever spent more than half a minute on poor Leeuwenhoek before; and when I turned round again the pipe was alight. The sexton also was a changed man: before, he had been taciturn, contemptuous; now he was communicative, gay. He told me that the organist was blind - but none the less a fine player; he led me briskly to the carved pulpit and pointed out, with some exaltation, the figure of Satan with his legs bound. The cincture seemed to give him a sense of security.
In several ways he made it impossible for me to avoid disregarding Clause 3 in the little guide-books; but I feel quite sure that he has not in consequence lost his situation.
Delft's greatest painter was Johannes Vermeer, known as Vermeer of Delft, of whom I shall have much to say both at the Hague and Amsterdam. He was born at Delft in 1632, he died there in 1675; and of him but little more is known. It has been said that he studied under Karel Fabritius (also of Delft), but if this is so the term of pupil-age must have been very brief, for Fabritius did not reach Delft (from Rembrandt's studio) until 1652, when Vermeer was twenty, and he was killed in an explosion in 1654. One sees the influence of Fabritius, if at all, most strongly in the beautiful early picture at The Hague, in the grave, grand manner, of Diana? but the influence of Italy is even more noticeable. Fabritius's "Siskin" is hung beneath the new Girl's Head by Vermeer (opposite page 2 of this book), but they have nothing in common. To see how Vermeer derived from Rembrandt via Fabritius one must look at the fine head by Fabritius in the Boymans Museum at Rotterdam, so long attributed to Rembrandt, but possessing a certain radiance foreign to him.
How many pictures Vermeer painted between 1653, when he was admitted to the Delft Guild as a master, and 1675, when he died, cannot now be said; but it is reasonable to allot to each of those twenty-three years at least five works. As the known pictures of Vermeer are very few - fewer than forty, I believe - some great discoveries may be in store for the diligent, or, more probably, the lucky.
I have read somewhere - but cannot find the reference again - of a ship that left Holland for Russia in the seventeenth century, carrying a number of paintings by the best artists of that day - particularly, if I remember, Gerard Dou. The vessel foundered and all were lost. It is possible that Vermeer may have been largely represented.
Only comparatively lately has fame come to him, his first prophet being the French critic Thore (who wrote as "W. Burger"), and his second Mr. Henri Havard, the author of very pleasant books on Holland from which I shall occasionally quote. Both these enthusiasts wrote before the picture opposite page 2 was exhibited, or their ecstasies might have been even more intense.
In the Senate House at Delft in 1641 John Evelyn the diarist saw "a mighty vessel of wood, not unlike a butter-churn, which the adventurous woman that hath two husbands at one time is to wear on her shoulders, her head peeping out at the top only, and so led about the town, as a penance". I did not see this; but the punishment was not peculiar to Delft. At Nymwegen these wooden petticoats were famous too.
I would rather have explored any of those breweries than the modern Delft factory.
that is, 'Catch me, I'll be a sweet boy'. This new mode of procreation, so truly whimsical, pleased me," Ireland adds, "not a little."
Let me close this chapter by quoting from an essay by my friend, Mr. Belloc, a lyrical description of the Old Church's wonderful wealth of bells: "Thirdly, the very structure of the thing is bells. Here the bells are more even than the soul of a Christian spire; they are its body, too, its whole self. An army of them fills up all the space between the delicate supports and framework of the upper parts. For I know not how many feet, in order, diminishing in actual size and in the perspective also of that triumphant elevation, stand ranks on ranks of bells from the solemn to the wild, from the large to the small, a hundred, or two hundred or a thousand. There is here the prodigality of Brabant and Hainaut and the Batavian blood, a generosity and a productivity in bells without stint, the man who designed it saying: 'Since we are to have bells, let us have bells; not measured out, calculated, expensive, and prudent bells, but careless bells, self-answering multitudinous bells; bells without fear, bells excessive and bells innumerable; bells worthy of the ecstacies that are best thrown out and published in the clashing of bells. For bells are single, like real pleasures, and we will combine such a great number that they may be like the happy and complex life of a man. In a word, let us be noble and scatter our bells and reap a harvest till our town is famous in its bells,' So now all the spire is more than clothed with them; they are more than stuff or ornament: they are an outer and yet sensitive armour, all of bells.
"Nor is the wealth of these bells in their number only, but also in their use - for they are not reserved in any way, out ring tunes and add harmonies at every half and a quarter and at all the hours both by night and by day. Nor must you imagine that there is any obsession of noise through this; they are far too high and melodious, and (what is more) too thoroughly a part of all the spirit of Delft to be more than a perpetual and half-forgotten impression of continual music; they render its air sacred and fill it with something so akin to an uplifted silence as to leave one - when one has passed from their influence - asking what balm that was which soothed all the harshness of sound about one."


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Why. This small, three-letter word has helped define the history and outcome of a distinguished list of events though time. For example, why did the Wright brothers travel more than 600 miles from Ohio to the Outer Banks of North Carolina to construct and launch a craft they believed would allow men to fly?
Oh . . . I suppose I just gave it all away . . . because they believed something was possible.
So, why did a group of North Carolina master plumbers come together in 1910 to form a professional association? Because they, too, believed something was possible.
They believed that they could better advance the professionalism and knowledge of their trade on behalf of their and their neighbor's families if they worked together in ethical ways. They believed they could better protect their businesses when faced with legislative or regulatory overreach if they spoke with a unified voice. They believed in the basic premise of strength in numbers. And apparently, they believed that plumbers looked good in hats and bowlers, too!
So, they established an association that through time became today's Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of North Carolina, Inc. (PHCC of NC) in order to live into that why.
We believe that original Why is just as valid now as it was then. PHCC of NC's vision is that we are dedicated to the advancement and education of the plumbing and HVACR industry for the health, safety and comfort of society and the protection of the environment.
A commonly heard, decades-old phrase in our industries is "The plumber protects the health of the nation." Today, we would add the HVACR contractor as well, since our indoor air quality is also part of our health concerns.
Advancement . . . Education . . . Safety . . . Comfort . . . Protection. Pursuit of these values is our Why, and we pursue them through our mission to become so relevant that clients and the public identifies a PHCC of NC contractor as the best choice for a knowledgeable and reliable product and service.
Our affiliation with the PHCC-National association gives our members access to an extensive library of business and technical resources, national legislative and federal regulatory lobbying efforts, and much more.
We could go on if space permitted, and we trust you get the idea of the scope of our association's endeavors to live into our Why.
If you are a P-H-C contractor, where do you fit into this? Rest assured, the Wright brothers weren't so naïve as to think that if they were able to make their machine fly, it was only for their benefit. And neither were the people who worked with them on the project! They understood that their combined effort as a team, one might even say as a family, multiplied the effect of their belief in making a difference through their profession.
Will you join the PHCC team? How to join us in Living Into Our Why can be found at www.phccnc.com.
Jim Pendergrass is PHCC of NC's executive director.


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Dara Levy's Dermaflash brings beautiful skin home.
A SKINCARE TREATMENT that once could only be given by a skilled esthetician with a scalpel is now available to women in their own homes, thanks to Highland Park beauty expert Dara Levy, who invented Dermaflash ($189), a handheld device that exfoliates the skin and removes fine facial hair. Since it launched last year, the response has been remarkable. It's a hot ticket on QVC, is carried in department stores nationally and is currently a top-selling beauty device at Sephora. We tried Dermaflash for ourselves and found it easy and painless, and it brightened our complexion on the spot.
What's your beauty background? I owned a med spa on the Gold Coast, and we specialized in dermaplaning. It was the foundation of all our services. We became known as the place where the pros go—celebrities and makeup artists—because you can't Photoshop peach fuzz, and with high-definition TV, you can't hide a flaw.
How did you come up with the idea for Dermaflash? I was developing a skincare line, but I couldn't figure out the magic secret ingredient that would set me apart. One day in the shower, I screamed, 'Oh, my God, it's Dermaflash!' I wanted to bring the experience to all women. From that moment forward, I've been laser-focused. I sold my spa and worked for three years to develop the product.
How does it work? Is it like using a razor? This is nothing like shaving. First, you prep the skin with cleanser that brings all the debris to the surface. Dermaflash has a specially created double-sided single-edge blade with a safety cage to protect skin from cuts and abrasions. The vibration helps it glide with no friction.
What results can women expect? Skin cells turn over every 28 days, and they build up, leaving a dull, drab complexion. What makes us look youthful is when light bounces off our skin. After Dermaflash, light refracts, and you have a natural, youthful glow. The experience is transformative.
Once the hair is removed, doesn't it grow back heavier? That's an old wives' tale. Your hair will grow back exactly the same as it was before. [Editor's Note: We can attest to that; our fuzzy hair grew back soft and fuzzy.]
How's business? Since Dermaflash launched in January 2016, it's been a rocket ship. What's most exciting is that I've literally developed a new paradigm in beauty.
What's next? We're rolling out to all Nordstrom stores and the rest of Neiman Marcus as we speak. In September, we'll have endcap displays at Sephora. And I'm going to do an infomercial. It's the most exciting thing in the world. I'm still in pinch-me mode.


Is playing for 2 years enough to be considered 4th best Heat player of all time?
sounds good. and so everyone knows..this poll is gonna be open for 2 days. i'm not gonna wait 2 days though lol. gonna wait til there is at least 10-12 votes in..and if there is a big advantage..just gonna end it there. so hopefully by 2morrow morning or 2nite..# 5 will be up. the quicker people respond..the better (even though i know everyone has different schedules and ish to do)..
safe to say that if Gmoney gets # 4 Shaq is a lock at # 5? Just wondering so i could go from 4 to 6..unless others feel someone else goes above shaq and gmoney? depending who ends up at # 4 of course..
but i dont get wat u mean?
we are determining the top 20 heat players then we are voting for top 20 pds poster..the heat top 20 will represent who is who on the board. so like the top poster would be considered wade lol.
who determines the top 20 posters to be voted for?
BTW thats jack mcclinton in your avatar right?
I think glen rice is great and definately next on the list. But there is no way shaq is not a more important figure in heat history. Does anyone remember his introductin to the MIA with a huge truck and super soaker. That was too much fun. Then his bold statement of bringing a championship to the HEAT, and actually backing it up with strong play his first two years and winning it. Yes he had help (everyone does), but he was still a key part in that run. He helped put us in the upper caliber of teams, join the premiere franchises in the NBA despite our limited history.
I agree that Shaq isnt getting enough respect here. I know he did kill it all when he turned his back on us after leaving, but its hard to imagine where we'd be if he never came here.
I voted for Shaq at #3 and #4.
thats how I have it.
i've gotta vote for Glen again.
I've met Jack McClinton at a gas station before.
got my season tickets already. i'm ready for the season! 4 of 5 starters back and some nice recruits. im expecting big things!!
ok so it's 11- 11 with this shaq and rice thing..how long do i wait this out? im thinking whoever i see go up by 3 first takes it? whoever loses will be # 5..so we'll go from 4 to 6 in one shot. unless anyone has a better idea or suggestion.
Why don't we start with #1 poster tomorow? Then work up as well as do #6 Heat player?


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Stepping Out of Line Won't Stop Genocide
Noah Berlatsky
The Holocaust makes a poor inspirational anecdote.
Alex Borstein's Emmy speech was hailed as an inspirational feminist rallying crime. To me, it sounded disturbingly like a queasy exercise in Holocaust victim-blaming.
Borstein deservedly received an award for her wonderful supporting role as Susie in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. She used her awards speech to tell a story about her grandmother's experience during the Holocaust.
My grandmother turned to a guard, she was in line to be shot into a pit, and she said, "What happens if I step out of line?"… And he said, "I don't have the heart to shoot you, but somebody will." And she stepped out of line. And for that I am here and for that my children are here.
Borstein then suggested that other women should follow her grandmother's example. "So step out of line, ladies. Step out of line."
The anecdote is obviously meant to serve as a call to arms for women and especially for women immigrants who are currently targeted for violence by a bigoted right-wing administration. Borstein is encouraging women to refuse to kowtow to power. It's a powerful message at a time when women are speaking out against sexual harassment and violence in the #MeToo movement, and when women are organizing political protests, and running for office in unprecedented numbers.
In that context, it's understandable that many people found Borstein's words powerful. But in praising her grandmother, and setting her up as a model, Borstein casually, and unwittingly, denigrates all those people who didn't survive. Her grandmother stepped out of line. But what about all the others who did not step out of line? Did they deserve to die because they had insufficient gumption and determination? Could people really have escaped death by just refusing to follow orders? If so, we'd have to consider those six million victims culpable for failing to stand up for themselves.
The six million victims weren't culpable. People who survived the Holocaust didn't do so because of superior virtue or determination. Protesting, or stepping out of line, was as likely to get you killed as save you. Survivors were mostly just lucky. They found people to help them. They weren't selected for death in the camps. A guard wasn't prepared to kill them on the spot, as appears to be the case with Borstein's grandmother.
Americans really like stories of spunky individualists who defy convention—stories like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. But those tropes are ill-suited to descriptions of systemic and systematic oppression. The rationale behind the Holocaust was that people were not treated as individuals. People weren't killed for failing to step out of line. They were killed for being Jews, whether they stood in line, or ran out of line, or never even made it to a line. Genocide treats entire groups of people with the same inhumanity. ICE agents don't care if the undocumented people they target are smart, kind, rebellious, or meek. They throw them in the camps all the same.
Hollywood and television are good at telling stories about how exceptional individuals triumph. Those stories are supposed to encourage you, and you, and you, to be an exceptional individual too. Borstein is simply plugging her grandmother, and her history with the Holocaust, into the usual Hollywood message. But the Holocaust isn't an inspirational story, and exceptional meritocratic individualism isn't an adequate response to genocide. It's indecent to celebrate survivors for their brave survival tactics when so many people, brave or otherwise, are dead.
We do need people to step out of line and resist. But we also need to keep faith with those who're lost. If we really want change, we sometimes have to put aside exceptional heroes, and instead work together.
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Move over Godzilla: 良いお年を! Happy New Year!
I love Tokyo during the New Years season. Over a course of days the city slowly assumes an emptiness, with only 3 or 4 people in the space I am usually used to seeing 20. The trains, usually a scene of discreet shoving and lines of people wrapped in thick coats and thicker perfume, today dwindled down to just me. An entire train car to myself, as I make my way to work through the quiet shuttered streets.
At night I can hear the high clap of the wooden blocks, the same sound that announces the start of a kabuki play, as the local volunteers warn the shoutengai inhabitants to watch out for fire. A sound from a different era, which lulls me to sleep, giving a sense of safety and balance to the unusual quiet.
2014 was an odd year, punctuated with a series of highs and lows reminiscent of a jagged heartbeat. Ending on a high is certainly a great blessing, as are all the lessons I learned on the way. Here is hoping for a happy 2015, with more adventures, joys and tranquility.
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The Center for Information and Communication Studies (CICS) at the University of Tennessee College of Communication and Information facilitates and administers world-class applied research to find answers for information and communication problems facing organizations of all types. Research focuses on user experience with information systems, information systems and database design/evaluation, information management, data management, effective organizational communication, scientific communication, and science publishing. CICS research benefits public and private organizations, governmental agencies, and corporations. CICS researchers work across disciplines and across agency borders.
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The days are numbered for this one, I think. Before too awful long, will be too cold for them.
Found a helicopter fly peeking out at me from between the blinds as I was doing dishes. So I had to get a shot of it.


The Senior Public Financial Management Specialist (SPFMS) will be closely working with the leadership of four Kabul-based universities, Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) and USWDP to assist public universities in the implementation of University Autonomy, particularly in Financial Autonomy reform. The SPFMS will directly report to the University Autonomy Program Manager and through him/her to the Senior Manager for Organization Development. The SPFMS will be mainly responsible for reviewing the existing public financial management systems, policies, and procedures, provide practical and appropriate recommendations and solutions and develop human capacities and policy documents to pave the way for the successful implementation of financial autonomy reform.
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Two more men were shot and killed over the weekend -- both right outside their houses on West Fayette Street and in the Gardenville neighborhood of Northeast Baltimore.
In the latest shooting Sunday night, police said a 26-year-old man answered his door bell and was shot as he stepped outside. Court records show the victim has been arrested arrested several times on drug and gun charges, but has few convict ins.
On Saturday night, police said an 18-year-old man was fatally shot outside his home in the 800 block of West Fayette St. Court records show that the victim has been arrested once as an adult, on a minor trespassing charge that prosecutors dropped.
Two other men were shot and wounded Sunday -- one in West Baltimore and another on South Pulaski Street.


If you read my Christmas letter you know that on November 18th I brought Marlon home from Belize to live with me and join my family. I am happy to report that he is doing incredibly well!! He is a very very happy young man and he is adjusting beautifully to his new life here in Canada. He started school at Holy Cross this semester and is loving every minute of it, and doing very well in his classes. He amazes me every day with his ability to figure out this new culture with ease. He has made a lot of great friends, gotten involved in two different youth groups, and in some ways it feels like he has always been here. Since I met Marlon 15 years ago I have always thought about bringing him here, and wondered what life would be like if he was a permanent part of my daily life. Having him here is my biggest dream come true (his too!) and stepping into this new role of being his mom has been the biggest blessing of my life. God has been blowing my mind with his faithfulness as I continue to reflect on our story. I believe He truly had this in mind from the first day I met Marlon, and I never could have guessed what kind of adventure was ahead for both of us. God has shown me once again the blessings that He has for each one of us, and that life with Him is the biggest adventure imaginable.
Please continue to pray for us as we settle into the new normal of life and thank God for us for His faithfulness in all things.