Regardless of age, you would feel dreadful when you spot that first wrinkle line under your eyes. Under eye wrinkles and crow's feet is an annoying fact of life. Some people are more prone to early signs of aging than others, so its never too late to kick start your anti-aging skincare routine, especially around your eyes.
Have you heard about the eye bag conundrum? So, the new whip-up by dermatologists comes in the form of eye creams. These creams are believed to be imbued with "magical" properties that can purportedly reduce the stress and strain nature has on the human eye. The naysayers may very well subscribe to the notion that whatever expensive, recommended eye potions can ease those fine lines, dark circles, and puffiness around their eyes. But, hear this: when it comes to eye creams, the answer may vary according to who you talk to and which articles you read.
Since the skin around your eyes happens to be one of the most fragile on your entire body, definitely much tenderer than that of your face, there is a paramount need to be gentle with it. The skin around your eyes has some of the thinnest and delicate tissues, while as well as being very subject to constant micromovements. Hence, you should use dedicated eye creams or gels to address yours under eye aging issues.
The best eye creams will help you diminish the look brought on frontal by wrinkles and the rest of the disrupting minion – only if they are whipped up with the right set of components. But you should be careful, as some creams may irritate your eyes. Because the skin around your eyes tends to be thicker and contain more oil, it can also be prone to dryness, which may then result into the much talked about wrinkles and fine lines, all thanks to the ultraviolet sun and relentless aging process.
If you are using an anti-aging night cream, you may want to apply some extra precaution and gentility to not put it directly on your eye area. But if its just a bland emollient you are using, then around the eyes should do just fine.
Recommendation varies from doctor to doctor. Some like Knaggs will recommend Vitamin C and peptides, as they will help strengthen the skin to give it a more robust look. Others such as Sevigny will provide you with the ceramide sermon for moisturization, even if they don't consider the choice a long-term solution for sending those fine lines packing. The end game is no matter which products you choose to use in fighting wrinkles around your eyes, you should always take extra caution before, during, and even after use. Once any of such buys starts to give you extreme redness, irritation, and swelling, there should be no stopper preventing you from discontinuing its use for immediate effect.
And so for the love of staying young and doing so with much aplomb, here is a list of carefully reviewed anti-aging eye creams on the beauty market, from which one would make a pick for you.
If you are looking for a natural eye cream that will help subside the signs of fatigue and aging, then you should probably give LilyAna Naturals a try. According to the product's promising specifications, it checks all the boxes if you are looking to beat down aging to rock bottom. It is reported to reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, dryness, and sagging from all over your face and around your eye area while increasing their elasticity, and firmness. The natural eye cream leaves you with a plump skin in addition to better tone and texture. If you are bedeviled and can't go out in the sun all because of some nasty discoloration and scarring all over your frontal, LilyAna will get you outside once more. The product hydrates. Softens and smoothens the skin – a series of action that works for hand-in-hand to fight under eye aging in its prematurity.
The LilyAna natural eye cream is whipped up with the use of as much as 77 percent organic ingredients. It is made with rosehip oil – the miracle of nature that has all the components it takes to regenerate the skin, reduce scars and prevent discoloration. Rosehip oil is also prevalent and revered for its ability to impede the advancement of lines and wrinkles while aiding the skin to regain its natural color as well as tone. With the help of the creams very much present and active hibiscus extract, popularly known as nature's Botox, the products provide moisture, add some plumpness, firmness, and suppleness to the skin while bringing about an impressive improvement on its elasticity. The throwing together of the cream was done with all skin types in mind, as it doesn't bring on any parabens, artificial colors or synthetic fragrances. The advanced anti-aging formula, which is suitable for both men and women, contains nourishing ingredients such as Vitamin C, Vitamin E, seed oil, and of course, rosehip and the organic hibiscus flower extract. Usable for both morning and night, the cream is gentle and light enough for sensitive skin.
The LilyAna natural eye cream can be used twice per day. According to the producers, small dots of the products can be placed under the eyebrow and well below the lower lash line. You have to use your ring finger to apply the cream with gentle pats until your skin fully absorbs it. You have to be careful not to pull or tug because those may make the cream weak on the area being applied. For those who may want to go out with this cream, you can wait a few minutes after applying it before wearing on your makeup. But the most apparent danger man here is internal use – only use externally! It can be stored in the fridge, if you may like. It is advisable because the product may develop mold upon expiry.
If you are on the lookout for the best eye gels in the market that pack a punch to check all your beauty boxes, Keshima eye gel should be a go-getter. Are you battling with Crow's feet? Are you trying to get rid of that sagginess and puffy skin just once and for all? Do you want the dark circles and wrinkles on your face to become things of the distant past? Well, this may be too much drama for one product, but this one is believed to be a no-nonsense stopper to all the irritations and growths you don't want. It is described to be the anti-aging eye gel that will give you spectacular results. Since the eyes are the first places aging starts to throw its weight around so quickly, it is essential to begin using this gel to attend to the pressing issues.
The Keshima anti-aging eye gel is reported to give the frontal and eye skin a pack of benefits. It is designed to ballet the long-feared issue of puffiness around the eyes while tightening saggy skin and clearing even the most stubborn dark under eye circles. With this eye gel, ancients such as wrinkles and Crow's feet will fade. The essence of ingredients does well to revitalize, soothe and refresh the overall look around your eye area and your facial appearance, with skin brightening benefits. Do you want your face to glow under the sun – then invest in this eye gel!.It is specially formulated for that delicate, thin layer of tissue and skin sitting right around your eyes.
Regarding safety, it is designed to be suitable for all skin types and work just as efficiently. The anti-aging eye gel supports natural collagen production, brightens, smoothes and revitalizes the skin. When applied and done so religiously, the product can firm, nourish and improve the appearance of uneven skin tone around the eyes. If your eyes are nothing to write home about, being the 50 shades of grey kind of frontal, this eye gel will bring the whole story to another new sumptuous level. Like a hot knife through butter, it will melt all blemishes and irregularities over and over again, till your skin becomes that textbook kind of texture and appearance used on skincare commercials. It beats the age down and leaves you looking like 60-year-old Japanese on an elixir diet.
This oil-free, non-comedogenic and sulfate-free anti-aging eye gel doesn't contain any alcohol. It is made with select natural ingredients such as green tea extracts, licorice root extract, cucumber extracts, aloe juice, and meristem cell culture. While other components such as panthenol, Carbomer, ascorbate, and sodium hyaluronate amongst others are present in the active gel, it does not contain any kinds of irritants that would cause extra issues to the skin around your eyes. A small amount of the gel applied on the eye area with the index finger should be safe enough, as far as there is no direct contact with the eye. This unique blend of naturals leaves the cream with a fresh lemony smell.
A small pea-size of the cream leaves your eyes feeling refreshed and awake while resetting your skin to achieve that youthful look you have always desired. Because it doesn't have a greasy feel, you can as well layer your eye makeup on top of it and go about with your day.
Baebody eye gel aims to be at the echelon of skincare. It uniquely blends powerhouse ingredients that synergize to get rid of dark circles, puffiness, wrinkles, and eye bags. Through a compendium of peptide complex, matrixyl, Vitamin E, jojoba oil and a blend of amino acid, the brand has whipped up this anti-aging eye gel that will keep you looking young and svelte.
The ingredients such as aloe vera and hyaluronic acid have the potential to irritate allergic or sensitive skin. But looking on the bright side, it takes only a few weeks for the puffiness to reduce, the fine lines to disappear. If you give it some time and use it religiously, you can erase many years away from your eyes.
Because this product comes with an airless pump, you may need to prime your dispenser when using it for the first time. To do so, pump it slowly about 5 to 10 times to activate the vacuum pump system. Should at some point the dispenser stops working, repeat the process to reactivate the pump. It can be used under makeup.
Organys eye cream evens out those unsightly dark circles and eye bags, making it as good as a filler for the lines between your face. This product keeps your eyes young and awake, giving your frontal the charm of an enthralling youth.
This eye cream surely isn't a laser treatment, but it does help you maintain healthy skin around your eye. It enables you to get rid of as many dark circles plaguing your face, giving you a big-eye look that is head-turning. It doesn't have any fragrance, parabens or sulfate, and it has not been tested on animals. It is eco-friendly that is designed to work with its responsibly-sourced ingredients. Direct contact with your eye will irritate.
Its application is just as simple as any other – a fingertip approach and a gentle upward motion after cleansing and toning. But you need to allow the cream to set in before applying makeup over it.


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ACTION ALERT: Help us Stop Assisted Suicide in New Mexico! Urge these Representatives to Vote "NO" on HB 90!
On Monday, the House Health and Human Services Committee is scheduled to consider HB 90 which would legalize assisted suicide in New Mexico. HB 90 has been described by many as the most radical assisted suicide legislation that has ever been proposed in any state!
Consider these facts about the bill:
Under HB 90, a non-physician could diagnose and prescribe lethal drugs to bring about the patient's death. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are not as experienced as doctors in diagnosing or treating serious diseases and could easily make a mistake.
Under HB 90, "terminal illness" is so broadly defined as occurring within a "reasonably foreseeable period of time" that it includes many conditions that are treatable but not terminal, such as frailty or a spinal cord injury or progressive disabilities.
Under HB 90, patients who are severely depressed, have mental illness, or are intellectually impaired are not required to have counseling. They can be referred to mental health professionals who can use telemedicine, rather than a personal visit, to determine that the patient has "capacity" to make the request for lethal drugs.
HB 90 is scheduled for a committee hearing Monday morning, at 8:30 a.m., in Room 315, and your quick help is needed to urge the following committee members to vote "NO."
Representative Deborah Armstrong – (D-Bernalillo) (505) 986-4344
Representative Joanne Ferrary – (D- Doña Ana) (505) 986-4338
Representative Gail Armstrong – (R-Catron, Socorro, & Valencia) (505) 986-4242
Representative Karen Bash – (D- Bernalillo) (505) 986-4210
Representative Zach Cook – (R- Lincoln & Otero) (505) 986-4243
Representative William Pratt – (D- Bernalillo) (505) 986-4248
Representative Gregg Schmedes – (R- Bernalillo, Sandoval & Santa Fe) (505) 986-4453
Representative Elizabeth "Liz" Thomson – (D-Bernalillo) (505) 986-4425
Please contact these Representatives TODAY and urge them to vote "NO" on HB 90.
We have made it simple to communicate this request. Simply click here and you can send this message in 30 seconds!
Also, please forward or share this message with friends. It is important that these Representatives hear from as many people as possible.
Finally, after you have sent the message through our Action Center, please call the Representatives at the numbers provided above and leave the same message.
Thank you for making your voice heard!
The Family Policy Alliance of New Mexico Team

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Community Engagement Working Group
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The South Big Data Hub Community Engagement and Partnerships Working Group has initially identified use cases as an essential way to educate and help new entrants to data science or HPC navigate the decisions surrounding which cyber-infrastructure tools are appropriate for a given project. The working group seeks to initially collect tangible use cases from different domains, forms of cyber-infrastructure, and software tools.
Launching V.I.T.A.L DATA SERIES (Video, Image, Text, Audio, and Learning Data)
The VITAL series, created by the Community Engagement Group and concerns the analysis of Video, Image, Text, Audio, and Learning (VITAL) data in multiple contexts. In it we will be exploring use cases and techniques across disciplines in each of these fundamental types of data. This is an effort to break down barriers across disciplines and bridge solutions across sectors including industry, academia, government, and non-profits. The VITAL series is being developed by the Community Engagement working group. To participate or become a speaker please contact: Dr. Renata Rawlings-Goss Co-Executive Director of the South Big Data Hub at rrawlingsgoss@gatech.edu @Renata Rawlings-Goss and cc: shalbert@southbdhub.org
V.I.T.A.L Series: Machine Learning Data Analysis | Thursday, February 16th, 1:00 -2:00 pm EST
Join the last open panel discussion in the VITAL data series if you are a researcher or company working on machine learning in any sector. We will be discussing machine learning, deep learning, spatial-temporal data time-series data, and more.
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Meeting number: 738 401 704
Meeting password: Learning20170216
Speakers
Dr. Polo Chau Machine Learning Tools: blend techniques from machine learning (Belief Propagation), data mining (anomaly detection), visualization and user interaction
Dr. Le Song Embedding Graphical Models with Applications to Recommendation Systems, Knowledge Reasoning and Materials Science
Bio: Polo Chau
Dr. Polo Chau is an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech's School of Computational Science and Engineering, and an Associate Director of the MS Analytics program. He holds a PhD in Machine Learning and a Masters in human-computer interaction (HCI). His PhD thesis won Carnegie Mellon's Computer Science Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention. His research group at Georgia Tech bridges data mining and HCI -- innovates at their intersection -- to synthesize scalable, interactive tools that help people understand and interact with big data. He leads the popular annual IDEA workshop that catalyzes cross-pollination across HCI and data mining. He served as general chair for ACM IUI 2015, and is a steering committee member of the conference. His research group have created novel detection technologies for malware (patented with Symantec, protects 120M+ people), auction fraud (WSJ, CNN, MSN), comment spam (patented & deployed with Yahoo), fake reviews (SDM'14 Best Student Paper), insider trading (SEC), unauthorized mobile device access (Wired, Engadget); and fire risk prediction (KDD'16 Best Student Paper, runner up). He received faculty awards from Google, Yahoo, and LexisNexis. He also received the Raytheon Faculty Fellowship, Edenfield Faculty Fellowship, Outstanding Junior Faculty Award. He is the only two-time Symantec fellow.
Talk abstract
At the Polo Club of Data Science, we innovate at the intersection of data mining and human-computer interaction (HCI), combining the best fom both worlds to synthesize scalable interactive tools for making sense of billion-scale graph data. I will present some of our latest systems:
(1) Visage: an interactive visual graph querying approach that empowers users to construct expressive queries, without writing complex code (e.g., finding money laundering rings of bankers and business owners).
(2) Facets & Apolo: combine machine inference and visualization to guide the user to interactively explore large graphs. The user gives examples of relevant nodes, and the systems recommend interesting and surprising areas the user may want to see next.
Bio: Le Song
Le Song is an assistant professor in the Department of Computational Science and Engineering, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Machine Learning from University of Sydney and NICTA in 2008, and then conducted his post-doctoral research in the Department of Machine Learning, Carnegie Mellon University, between 2008 and 2011. Before he joined Georgia Institute of Technology in 2011, he was a research scientist at Google briefly. His principal research direction is machine learning, especially kernel methods and probabilistic graphical models for large scale and complex problems, arising from artificial intelligence, network analysis, computational biology and other interdisciplinary domains. He is the recipient of the Recsys'16 Deep Learning Workshop Best Paper Award, AISTATS'16 Best Student Paper Award, IPDPS'15 Best Paper Award, NSF CAREER Award'14, NIPS'13 Outstanding Paper Award, and ICML'10 Best Paper Award. He has also served as the area chair or senior program committee for many leading machine learning and AI conferences such as ICML, NIPS, AISTATS and AAAI, and the action editor for JMLR.
Structured data, such as sequences, trees, graphs and hypergraphs, are prevalent in a number of real world applications such as social network analysis, recommendation systems and knowledge base reasoning. The availability of large amount of such structured data has posed great challenges for the machine learning community. How to represent such data to capture their similarities or differences? How to learn predictive models from a large amount of such data, and efficiently? How to learn to generate structured data de novo given certain desired properties?
In this talk, I will present a structure embedding framework (Structure2Vec), an effective and scalable approach for representing structured data based on the idea of embedding latent variable models into a feature space, and learning such feature space using discriminative information. Interestingly, Structure2Vec extracts features by performing a sequence of nested nonlinear operations in a way similar to graphical model inference procedures, such as mean field (or convolution over graph) and belief propagation. In large scale applications involving materials design, recommendation system and knowledge reasoning, Structure2Vec consistently produces the-state-of-the-art predictive performance. In some cases, Structure2Vec is able to produces a more accurate model yet being 10,000 times smaller.
Notes: (Feel free to add questions, links or ideas below)
Polo Chau Presentation-Analysis of Big Data as well as small data to understand the challenges. Although, we have access to a large amount of data the question remains how do we understand all the data. The approach we use is by interacting Data mining with Human-computer interaction. both develop methods fro understanding data and we work towards combine both to get the best of both worlds. Scalable and interactive tool.
Human- In0The-Loop- Graph Analysis
Detecting Fake Yelp Reviews: 6 + common venues within days
But, is it easy to build graph queries?
Query formulation is an incremental process.
VISAGE uses graph autocomplete which helps prevent over specification
Compare VISAGE(faster) vs CYPHER
Leading to finding mroe relevant nodes: Apolo (Machine learning + interactive Vis)
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Facebook backtracks over 'sexual images…
Facebook backtracks over 'sexual images of kids' survey
FILE – In this Tuesday, April 18, 2017, file photo, a conference worker passes a demo booth at Facebook's annual F8 developer conference in San Jose, Calif. Facebook Inc. reports earnings Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
By Bay Area News Group and Levi Sumagaysay |
PUBLISHED: March 7, 2018 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 30, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.
If Facebook wouldn't allow pedophiles to solicit sexual images of children on its site, why would it ask users what they would do if it happened?
As they struggle to contain abuse and objectionable content on their sites, tech giants are continually asking users and others for their opinions. But Facebook is backtracking after asking the following question during a survey of thousands of users over the weekend: "In thinking about an ideal world where you could set Facebook's policies, how would you handle the following: a private message in which an adult man asks a 14-year-old girl for sexual pictures?"
The survey asked similar questions about content related to extremism, the Guardian reported. In each case, the social media giant asked whether the content should be allowed on Facebook, whether users would mind/not mind seeing such content, and who should decide the rules surrounding such content — Facebook only, Facebook users, Facebook with expert input. The questions did not include a mention of getting law enforcement involved.
When a Guardian editor tweeted about the survey, Facebook Vice President of Product Guy Rosen responded Sunday: "We run surveys to understand how the community thinks about how we set policies. But this kind of activity is and will always be completely unacceptable on FB. We regularly work with authorities if identified. It shouldn't have been part of this survey. That was a mistake."
In a statement Monday, a Facebook spokesman added: "We understand this survey refers to offensive content that is already prohibited on Facebook and that we have no intention of allowing so have stopped the survey. We have prohibited child grooming on Facebook since our earliest days."
Some responses to Rosen's tweet questioned how the company could make such a mistake.
"It is the result of work carried out and approved by more than one person within Facebook no doubt and is grossly inappropriate," tweeted Sinead Quealy of Ireland. "It illustrates an arrogant disregard for laws or ethics. The mind boggles."
The backlash about the survey comes as Facebook continues to grapple with moderating user-generated content, including fake news in the wake of the U.S. presidential election — some of which the company has disclosed was posted by Russian-linked trolls.
Twitter has been dealing with similar issues and last week put out a call for help in figuring out the "health" of public conversations on its platform as it works to find solutions.
Facebook has also gotten heat from child advocates over its new Messenger Kids app.
The messaging app is meant for children under the age of 13, and an alliance of educators, parents and advocacy groups has asked Facebook to pull the app over concerns that it could get kids started on the path to social media and tech addiction early.
Edible cannabis can blunt COVID-19 infection, researchers find
Levi Sumagaysay


Dubbed "the most popular poet in America" by Bruce Weber in the New York Times, Billy Collins is famous for conversational, witty poems that welcome readers with humor but often slip into quirky, tender or profound observation on the everyday, reading and writing, and poetry itself.
Collins was born in 1941 in New York City. He earned a BA from the College of the Holy Cross, and both an MA and PhD from the University of California-Riverside. In 1975 he co-founded the Mid-Atlantic Review with Michael Shannon. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the New York Foundation for the Arts and has taught at Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence, and Lehman College, City University of New York, where he is a Distinguished Professor. He is also Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Winter Park Institute in Florida, and a faculty member at the State University of New York-Stonybrook.
Collins's level of fame is almost unprecedented in the world of contemporary poetry: his readings regularly sell out, and he received a six-figure advance when he moved publishers in the late 1990s. He served two terms as the US Poet Laureate, from 2001-2003, was New York State Poet Laureate from 2004-2006, and is a regular guest on National Public Radio programs. In 2002, as U.S. Poet Laureate, Collins was asked to write a poem commemorating the first anniversary of the fall of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on September 11. The reading was in front of a joint session of Congress held outside of Washington D.C.
Taking off Emily Dickinson's Clothes (2000) was the first Collins collection published outside the U.S. It selected work from his previous four books and was met with great acclaim in the U.K. Poet and critic Michael Donaghy called Collins a "rare amalgam of accessibility and intelligence," and A.L. Kennedy described the volume as containing "great verse, moving, intelligent and darkly funny." Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems(2001), the U.S. version of Collins's selected, had a tumultuous journey to print. The story, which garnered a front-page slot in the New York Times, originally cast Collins's first publishers, the University of Pittsburgh Press, in an unfair light, accusing them of refusing to grant rights for poems requested by Random House for inclusion in Sailing Alone Around the Room. However, it later emerged that Random House had begun to produce the book without first securing rights from Pitt Poetry Press, a highly unusual move for a major publishing house to make. Dennis Loy Johnson reported on the controversy for Salon, noting that "ultimately it was Random House, not Pitt, that chose to delay the publication of Collins' selected volume." The battle between Random House and the University of Pittsburgh Press was public and uncharacteristic of the sleepy world of poetry publishing. When Sailing Alone Around the Room was finally published, in 2001, it was met with enthusiastic reviews and brisk sales.
Margaret Emerson will be hosting an evening of poetry readings on our outdoor stage to celebrate summer solstice. Bring your own lawn chair and refreshments. Donations welcome.
The author of several collections of poetry, including North Point North: Newand Selected (2002), Ninety-fifth Street (2009), ROTC Kills (2012), and The Swimmer (2016), John Koethe also publishes and teaches philosophy, focusing on the philosophy of language. Koethe began writing poetry as an undergraduate at Princeton University and earned his PhD from Harvard University.
Koethe received the Kingsley Tufts Award for Falling Water (1997), the Frank O'Hara Award for Domes (1973), and the Bernard F. Connors Award. His poetry has been included in several anthologies, including Best American Poetry. He has been granted fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He has also received a lifetime achievement award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers. He is professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
Born in Elmhurst, Illinois, poet Susan Kinsolving earned a BA at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an MFA at the California Institute of the Arts.
Kinsolving's collections of poetry include The White Eyelash (2003) and Dailies & Rushes (1999), which was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Her librettos have been performed by the Baroque Choral Guild and the Glimmerglass Opera. Kinsolving has won the Poetry Society of America's Lyric Poetry Award as well as several international fellowships. She has taught at the Bennington Writing Seminars, the University of Connecticut, and the California Institute of the Arts.
Justen Ahren is a poet, photographer, musician and writing workshop facilitator. He's had two published collections of poetry, A Strange Catechism and A Machine for Remembering. His poems have been set to music by Grammy award-winning Composer Glen Roven, and Cuban composer Ileana Perez Valezquez, twice commissioned by Wendy Taucher Dance Theater Opera, and once by John Sims for his Afro Dixie Project. A Strange Catechism what made into a dramatic monologue and performed at The Yard, Chilmark and the poems and photos from A Machine for Remembering were turned into experimental theater and performed at Pathways Projects. In 2018, his poem was exhibited at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts as part of Consensus, Sally Taylor's artist's game of telephone.
His photographic projects have taken him all over the world. He focuses on stories retained in landscape, residual memories and witness. He's photographed refugee routes and landing sites in Italy, and Greece, as well as landscapes along the Mexico-United States border where immigrants are crossing. His photos have appeared recently in the visual arts journals HokTok and Cold Mountain Review, and in Bitten, award-winning science writer Kris Newby's book on the origins of Lyme Disease. He's had one solo show at the Feldman Family Art Space.
In 2019, Ahren released his first album in 20 years (after 1996's Remembering) The War for the Valley is a musical response to the Syrian refugee crises and the stories he heard while working with refugees in Greece.
Beyond making art out of his experiences and interests, Ahren enjoys helping other writers find their way to creative abundance. In 2007 I founded Noepe Center for Literary Arts to provide writers with time and space to write. In 2013 he started the Italy Writing Retreat in Orvieto, Italy, which he leads. Currently he is developing his Enwritenment brand, workshops and online courses which guide writers as they establish a consistent writing practice.
Ahren was West Tisbury, Massachusetts Poet Laureate from 2013-2016 and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts Poet Laureate from 2017-2019.
Visit Noepe Center for Literary Arts to learn about summer workshops at Featherstone.


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2013 National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy Released
July 2, 2013 at 3:12 PM ET by R. Gil Kerlikowske
Today, the Office of National Drug Control Policy released the 2013 National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy, a key component of the Obama Administration's unprecedented work to strengthen security along the Southwest border.
Since the implementation of the inaugural 2009 National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy, significant progress has been made to secure our border with Mexico while reducing the demand for drugs in the United States.
The Strategy released today shows that the Southwest border is better patrolled now than at any other time in history. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has increased on-the-ground personnel from 9,000 Border Patrol agents in 2001 to 21,000 agents today. A focus on interdiction efforts, improved cooperation with the Mexican government, and legislation such as the Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012 have resulted in significant currency, drug, and weapons seizures.
During 2010-2012, DHS seized 71 percent more currency, 39 percent more drugs, and 189 percent more weapons along the Southwest border as compared to fiscal years (FY) 2006-2008. These are just some of the metrics reported in the 2013 Strategy. Equally important, the Strategy defines new goals to build upon these successes and focuses on border-specific challenges to reducing both drug demand and supply. The timing of the Strategy's release could not be more appropriate, coming only days after a vote in the U.S. Senate to reform our Nation's immigration system. Sixty-eight Senators – Democrats and Republicans – voted for a bill that provides undocumented immigrants with a way to earn citizenship so they can come out of the shadows. If enacted, the Senate bill would also establish the most aggressive border security plan in our history.
The 2013 National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy complements the President's plan for drug policy reform, which is rooted in evidence-based programs that treat substance use as a public health issue, not just a criminal justice problem. We have seen encouraging trends in drug use in this country over the past three decades. Since 1979, the rate of overall drug use has declined by roughly 30 percent. More recently, the number of current cocaine users has dropped by 44 percent since 2007, and the number of meth users has been cut by 40 percent. To build on this progress and support public health approaches to drug control, the Obama Administration has requested more than $10 billion in FY 2014 for drug education programs and expanding access to drug treatment for people suffering from substance use disorders. This includes a requested increase of $1.4 billion to expand treatment and prevention, the largest percentage increase in at least two decades.
The full text of the 2013 National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy is available here.


CUMBERLAND TOWNSHIP, Pa.-- An 87-year old pilot hung upside down for hours on Saturday, waiting to be rescued from his small plane.
The pilot crashed into a row of trees just after taking off from the Gettysburg Regional Airport in Cumberland Township. The pilot of the single engine Cessna, called for help from inside the cockpit. Officials tell FOX43, the man reported hearing a "sputtering" sound just before landing in the trees.
While the plane was considered to be stable, emergency crews worked very carefully to get the pilot out of the cockpit. It took them approximately four hours to complete the rescue.
More than 50-volunteers from fire departments across Adams County were at the scene. The man's family was also there for support.
Crews say the pilot was not hurt in the crash. The plane will remain in the trees until the Federal Aviation Administration arrives on the scene to begin an investigation.


I'm starting a new placement next month, and I want to know how to be as helpful as possible in my client sessions. How can I handle the first session so they are likely to want to come back and continue therapy?
I have been assigned to see a 47-year-old man who told the intake worker he had been depressed for over a year but isn't willing to take medication. I was finally able to reach him by phone after trying 3 times, and he scheduled a first appointment. Since then, he has cancelled twice saying he is too depressed to come in. I don't know what more to do and don't know whether I can help him if he can't even come to the office.
I just finished my first semester in a practicum placement, and I have begun to doubt my decision to become a therapist. I decided to enroll in graduate school because I liked to talk to people and heard from my friends that I was a good listener. Seeing clients this semester was much harder than I expected, and I didn't feel like I was able to help them very much. How can I decide whether to stay in the program or leave to pursue a different career?
I have had six sessions with a client who initially presented with symptoms of depression. Since the first session, she has told me about being treated unfairly at her last job, which resulted in her being laid off and led to her depression. She has filed a complaint against her employer and has asked me to talk with her attorney. She would like me to write a letter supporting her complaint and describing the impact of her former employer's unfair treatment. I feel strongly about advocating for clients in issues of justice so I would like to support her, but my supervisor has advised against doing this.
I'm using a psychodynamic theoretical orientation in my work with clients, and I don't know how much explanation of these concepts to put in my client's progress notes and assessment. If anyone else looked at my notes, they might not understand why I chose particular interventions without the theoretical background. However, I learned from my supervisor that documentation should be behavioral rather than psychodynamic.
I recently had a first session with a client who immigrated from India last year. I'm Caucasian and haven't lived outside the United States. My client didn't seem as receptive to therapy as most of my other clients, and I assume this has to do with our cultural differences. What can I do to make it easier for her to benefit from therapy?
My agency requires assigning a diagnosis after the first session, and this is very hard to do. How can I give a diagnosis to my client when I don't have complete information about them?
I have finished my first semester in a new practicum site, and my supervisor's evaluation of me was less positive than I expected. She's been very supportive of me, and I expected her to understand why I've had some trouble keeping up with paperwork and applying the theoretical orientation used by my agency. Should I talk with my supervisor about her evaluation of me?
I'm seeing a heterosexual couple in couples therapy, and a colleague at my agency is seeing the wife individually. Last week my colleague made a critical comment about the husband and questioned how helpful couples therapy could be. She said this in front of several of our peers, and I didn't respond because I was shocked and hurt. I think I need to say something to her, because her negative view of the couples therapy will undermine the wife's participation. There is a lot of conflict in the relationship but they have both expressed a commitment to work it out and stay together.
I have a client who has been 10-15 minutes late to every session since we started meeting three months ago. My supervisor says I need to talk with her about this, but I'm afraid she might stop therapy if I confront her. Is it possible to continue seeing her in therapy without talking about why she's late?
I've been seeing a client for about six months, and she recently told me about witnessing domestic violence between her parents when she was young. I used to volunteer at a DV family shelter, so I have a lot of information about how she may have been affected by this. Is it appropriate for me to share what I know as part of her therapy?
I am a counselor at a high school, and the teachers often ask me about my clients' progress. I know they have good intentions, but I'm uncomfortable answering their questions. How much should I share and how do I explain the reason I can't answer some of their questions?
A client was recently assigned to me, and when I contacted her to set up an appointment she told me she had been in the hospital a month ago because of suicidal thinking. I'm not sure whether I should take on this client since I'm in a practicum and have only seen clients for a few months. What should I do?
I just completed my first session with a 21-year-old Latina who is a first generation American. She seems to rely too heavily on the opinions of her parents and other older members of her family in making decisions about her career and dating life. She said she wants to feel less anxious, and I think that will only happen if she becomes more independent of her family. How shall I talk with her about this?
I'm starting my first practicum placement next week, and I'm both excited and nervous about having my first session. How should I prepare for my first client to make sure the session goes well?
I passed my licensing exam a few weeks ago and am opening a private practice. I understand I now have to attend continuing education or training in law and ethics during every two-year renewal cycle. My practice will be pretty simple, and I don't expect any legal issues to arise. I've always been an ethical person, so I also don't foresee any problems there either. What is the reason for the requirement for all licensed practitioners?
I have been assigned to see a 12-year-old girl whose father died a year ago, and her mom an d teachers report she seems depressed. My mother died when I was 14, so I have a good idea of what she's going through and think I'd be a good therapist for her. My supervisor said she's concerned that this case could be too close to my own experience, but I think it's good that I know what's it's like to lose a parent.
I have been seeing a 35-year-old woman for about six months at my practicum site. I left the last session feeling at a loss about how to help her. She was sexually abused as a child, and I'm afraid I don't have enough experience to be an effective therapist for her. How can I decide whether to refer her to a more experienced clinician or get more training myself?
I just had the first session with a 22-year-old client at my practicum site. She seems depressed, but there is also something different about her than my other depressed clients. I found it hard to connect with her, which is unusual for me, and she couldn't really tell me anything about her history. She says her childhood was fine, but she doesn't remember much until she was about 11. How can I figure out what is going on for her?
I am doing my practicum placement in a high school, and I plan to return there next year after a summer break. Several of my clients have said they want to see me again in the fall, so I'm wondering how to talk with them about taking a break and returning to therapy.
I'm working with a couple who report very different versions of their interactions with each other. I trust the wife's report more than the husband's, but I don't know how to figure out what really goes on between them. How can I determine who is more accurate?
I am having problems with my supervisor and am thinking about requesting a new supervisor. She seems impatient and critical of me, so I feel intimidated and that makes it hard for me to take in her feedback. When I tell her how I feel, she says she's trying her best to help me learn. I don't know how to make this better so maybe I should change to someone else.
My internship is in an agency that charges sliding scale fees. One of my clients hasn't paid for the last two sessions, saying he forgot his check both times. I know he can afford it because he just came back from a big vacation to Hawaii. How can I bring this up with him and get him to pay on time?
I took some time off for the holidays, and my clients seem to be reacting to this. A few have cancelled sessions, a few have arrived late when they're usually on time, and one said he thinks it's time to stop therapy even though there is clearly more to do. How can I bring up the possibility that they're upset about my being away without making the therapy all about me?
I've been seeing a client for three months, but she has only come to 7 sessions. Sometimes she calls to cancel, but often she just doesn't show up. I don't know whether I should stop seeing her or if there is another way to help her understand the importance of coming in regularly.
I plan to apply for internship training in a few months, and I want to work with children and families. How can I make myself a competitive candidate when my clinical experience so far has been with adults?
The holidays are coming up soon, and I am thinking about how to prepare my clients for the issues that are likely to come up. This is my first year in a practicum placement, so I also wonder how much to be available to see my clients during the holiday season.
I've been working with a client for about six months, and we've agreed on a treatment plan. However, he doesn't seem very engaged in working toward his goals. My supervisor suggested I bring this up with him, so I asked if he has changed his priorities and he said no. How can I help him make progress when he isn't motivated?
I have seen a client for three months and have learned new information that changes my diagnosis from major depressive disorder to post traumatic stress disorder. In light of this new information, we're also working on different treatment goals than we talked about at the beginning. What is the best way to document these changes in our work together?
I have a client who uses silence as a defense or avoidance. What can I do to make therapy effective when he isn't engaging with me to work on his goals?
I've seen a client for three months and am at a loss for what to do. Her husband of 35 years died suddenly last year, and our work has focused on her grief and loss. Her feelings are still very intense, and I'm beginning to wonder if I can help her.
I have been seeing a client for a couple months and I think she needs more help than I can provide with individual psychotherapy. I have recommended that she get a psychiatric evaluation, join a DBT group, and sign up for a subsidized housing program. All of these services are available at the agency where I am doing my practicum training, but so far she hasn't followed up on any of my referrals. How can I encourage her to get the additional help she needs?
I am leaving my practicum placement at the end of the training year in six weeks and have just told all of my clients. Most of them didn't seem to have much of a reaction to this news. What can I expect between now and when I leave?
I have a client who has a hard time talking in our therapy sessions. I want him to benefit from therapy so I prepare for the session by having topics for us to talk about. This has been going on for several months now, and I'm beginning to wonder if there's a different way to handle this situation.
I have been working for the past year with a 78-year-old woman who has a moderate level of depression. She has a limited income, lives alone and has very little contact with other people. I have suggested several resources, including some that are online, that she could use to reduce her isolation. She agrees with me in session but doesn't follow through. I'm starting to feel both frustrated and discouraged about being able to help her. I talked with my supervisor about ending the therapy but she told me to keep trying.
I was recently assigned a new client who is a gay male in his 40's. He had a recent relationship breakup and is depressed. In his intake interview he requested a gay male therapist and was told the agency would try to honor his request but couldn't guarantee it. I am a straight female but I am very close to my gay brother, his husband and their two kids. I also have a number of gay friends, both men and women. What should I tell the client to help him feel at ease with me?
I was recently assigned a new client who is a gay male in his 40's. He called for services because of depression after a relationship breakup. In his intake interview he requested a gay male therapist and was told the agency would try to honor his request but couldn't guarantee it. I am a straight female but I am very close to my gay brother, his husband and their two kids. I also have a number of gay friends, both men and women. What should I tell the client to help him feel at ease with me?
I'm working with a 20-year-old woman who has a bad relationship with her parents. I've been encouraging her to use better communication techniques with them but their conversations always end with the parents yelling and my client feeling blamed. She's asked them to go to family therapy with her but they refuse. How can I help her when her parents won't change?
I'm going to be leaving my agency internship for a private practice internship. What are the differences in requirements for writing progress notes in a private practice compared to an agency?
I've been meeting with my supervisor for about six months. I find it helpful but wonder if I could be getting more out of it. My supervisor is very experienced and I'm not sure I'm using her expertise to my best advantage.
I have been assigned to work with a client who has to attend therapy as part of his probation requirement. How can I build trust with someone who probably doesn't want to be in treatment?
I'm in my second year of practicum placement and I feel really burned out. What can I do to keep going in this career without constantly feeling depleted by my work with clients?
I am starting work at an agency that uses the DSM-V or 5 rather than the DSM-IV which I have been using at my previous agency. What should I know about the changes between the two versions?
I am working with adolescents who have a variety of presenting problems including grief and loss, depression, anxiety, and PTSD. How can I develop an effective treatment plan for each of these presenting problems?
My graduate program requires all students to have our own psychotherapy while we are in school. I don't know how to find a good therapist or what to talk about in therapy since I'm not in a crisis.
I have worked as a crisis hotline counselor and a client advocate in a domestic violence support agency. Now I am starting my first practicum placement as a graduate student and will be doing psychotherapy with women and children who have experienced domestic violence. How will this be different than the work I have done in the past?
I have been working with a client for 3 months and I thought therapy was going well. Our last session was two weeks ago and since then, she hasn't come to sessions and hasn't responded to my phone calls. I'm confused about why she stopped coming in and don't know how to find out what happened.
I am working at a new field placement which requires doing an assessment in the first session, which lasts 2 hours. How can I do this before I have established rapport and a therapeutic relationship with the client?
I just started my first practicum placement and I am supposed to give a diagnosis to each client. I'm worried that I don't have enough experience to make a diagnosis and that my diagnosis might create problems for my clients later on, if they or someone else sees their records.
I am in a new practicum placement and this is my first experience with writing a progress note after each session. So far it takes me almost an hour to write each note, since I want to write down everything that happened in the session. How can I write notes in a shorter time and how do I decide what to leave out?
My current placement is located in the same town where I live. I like having a shorter commute than last year but I'm worried about seeing my clients outside of our session, when I'm on my own personal time. I think I would feel awkward and wouldn't know what to do.
One of my clients recently mentioned a post I put on my Facebook page and I just received an invitation from her on LinkedIn. My social media presence is part of my personal life, and I don't want her or other clients to be part of it. How do I talk to her about this and ask her to respect my privacy?
One of the clients at my field placement has been using email to reschedule appointments and let me know about things she wants to talk about in our next session. This has been fine with me since it's easier for me to read and answer a quick email than a phone message. However, her emails are getting longer and I don't want to take the time to read and respond to them between sessions. How can I let her know this without causing a rupture in our relationship?
I have a part-time job as a case manager at a homeless shelter while I am gaining hours toward licensure. I don't know what to do when my clients don't follow through on the referrals and other support I give them. Since I'm not their therapist, I can't talk to them as I do with my therapy clients to understand what's getting in the way.
I just started in a new practicum training placement and one of my new clients has seen three different therapists at this agency in the last five years. I'm not sure how much of her file to read before I meet her and how to continue the work she started with her previous therapist who left last month. They agreed on new goals before that therapist left and I don't know how to help the client meet those goals.
I just started at my practicum or field placement site and I feel pretty overwhelmed. What can I do to reduce my anxiety?
I just had my first session with a 20-year-old woman who meets the DSM criteria for borderline personality disorder. Her emotions are very labile, her relationship with her boyfriend is unstable and she was fired from her job as a nanny recently because she was often late and had frequent crying spells. I think DBT would be a good treatment for her, but she immigrated from Thailand three months ago and I don't know whether DBT has been used with Thai Americans.
I had a session today in which a client asked to see the notes I have taken that are part of her chart. I told her I'd have to talk to my supervisor because I've never had a client ask for this before. What choices do I have in deciding whether to give her the notes or not?
I'm concerned that my client's psychiatrist is prescribing the wrong medication. She's taking an anti-depressant instead of an anti-anxiety medication, and she says her anxiety hasn't improved. She signed a release giving me permission to contact the psychiatrist, so I plan to call him.
I'm about to leave my counseling internship and I want to keep seeing a few of my clients. Should I look for a private practice internship so I can continue working with these clients?
My client is really pushing me to see her every other week. I usually see clients every week but she insists she can only meet every other week because of her schedule and finances. What should I do?
I have a final session scheduled with someone I've seen for 6 months. What should happen in the session to make the ending go well for the client?
I will be leaving my practicum training placement 4 months from now in the summer, and this is the first time I've worked with people more than 12 sessions. Some of my clients have been coming in for more than 6 months. How much time do clients need to end therapy?
I have just been assigned to see a client who is from a culture that is completely unfamiliar to me. She immigrated to the U.S. three years ago and speaks English, but I'm concerned about being able to do psychotherapy with her. How can I make sure I don't over diagnose symptoms that may have a different cultural meaning for her than for my other clients?
I'm worried about one of my clients who was very depressed and overwhelmed in our last session. How should I decide whether to call her before our next session?
I just completed a first session with a new client. I feel like it went pretty well, but I'm not sure how to tell. What should I think about before I see the client again next week?
My agency has a lot of forms for clients to fill out at the first session. I want to build rapport in the first session but instead I'm explaining forms and getting the client to sign them. Are these forms really necessary?
What's the difference between psychotherapy, case management, mental health and behavioral health programs?


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Internal Anatomy of an Insect
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Have you ever wondered what an insect looks like inside? Or whether an insect has a heart or a brain?
The insect body is a lesson in simplicity. A three-part gut breaks down food and absorbs all the nutrients the insect needs. A single vessel pumps and directs the flow of blood. Nerves join together in various ganglia to control movement, vision, eating, and organ function.
This diagram represents a generic insect and shows the essential internal organs and structures that allow an insect to live and adapt to its environment. Like all insects, this pseudo bug has three distinct body regions, the head, thorax, and abdomen, marked by the letters A, B, and C respectively.
The insect nervous system consists primarily of a brain, located dorsally in the head, and a nerve cord that runs ventrally through the thorax and abdomen.
The insect brain is a fusion of three pairs of ganglia, each supplying nerves for specific functions. The first pair, called the protocerebrum, connects to the compound eyes and the ocelli and controls vision. The deutocerebrum innervates the antennae. The third pair, the tritocerebrum, controls the labrum and also connects the brain to the rest of the nervous system.
Below the brain, another set of fused ganglia forms the subesophageal ganglion. Nerves from this ganglion control most of the mouthparts, the salivary glands, and the neck muscles.
The central nerve cord connects the brain and subesophageal ganglion with additional ganglion in the thorax and abdomen. Three pairs of thoracic ganglia innervate the legs, wings, and muscles that control locomotion.
Abdominal ganglia innervate the muscles of the abdomen, the reproductive organs, the anus, and any sensory receptors at the posterior end of the insect.
A separate but connected nervous system called the stomodaeal nervous system innervates most of the body's vital organs — Ganglia in this system control functions of the digestive and circulatory systems. Nerves from the tritocerebrum connect to ganglia on the esophagus; additional nerves from this ganglia attach to the gut and heart.
The insect digestive system is a closed system, with one long enclosed tube (alimentary canal) running lengthwise through the body. The alimentary canal is a one-way street – food enters the mouth and gets processed as it travels toward the anus. Each of the three sections of the alimentary canal performs a different process of digestion.
The salivary glands produce saliva, which travels through salivary tubes into the mouth. Saliva mixes with food and begins the process of breaking it down.
The first section of the alimentary canal is the foregut or stomodaeum. In the foregut, initial breakdown of large food particles occurs, mostly by saliva. The foregut includes the Buccal cavity, the esophagus, and the crop, which stores food before it passes to the midgut.
Once food leaves the crop, it passes to the midgut or mesenteron. The midgut is where digestion really happens, through enzymatic action. Microscopic projections from the midgut wall, called microvilli, increase surface area and allow for maximum absorption of nutrients.
In the hindgut (16) or proctodaeum, undigested food particles join uric acid from Malphigian tubules to form fecal pellets. The rectum absorbs most of the water in this waste matter, and the dry pellet is then eliminated through the anus.
Piotr Jaworski/Creative Commons/ Debbie Hadley
Insects don't have veins or arteries, but they do have circulatory systems. When blood is moved without the aid of vessels, the organism has an open circulatory system. Insect blood, properly called hemolymph, flows freely through the body cavity and makes direct contact with organs and tissues.
A single blood vessel runs along the dorsal side of the insect, from the head to the abdomen. In the abdomen, the vessel divides into chambers and functions as the insect heart. Perforations in the heart wall, called ostia, allow hemolymph to enter the chambers from the body cavity. Muscle contractions push the hemolymph from one chamber to the next, moving it forward toward the thorax and head. In the thorax, the blood vessel is not chambered. Like an aorta, the vessel simply directs the flow of hemolymph to the head.
Insect blood is only about 10% hemocytes (blood cells); most of the hemolymph is watery plasma. The insect circulation system does not carry oxygen, so the blood does not contain red blood cells as ours does. Hemolymph is usually green or yellow in color.
Insects require oxygen just as we do, and must "exhale" carbon dioxide, a waste product of cellular respiration. Oxygen is delivered to the cells directly through respiration, and not carried by blood as invertebrates.
Along the sides of the thorax and abdomen, a row of small openings called spiracles allow the intake of oxygen from the air. Most insects have one pair of spiracles per body segment. Small flaps or valves keep the spiracle closed until there is a need for oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide discharge. When the muscles controlling the valves relax, the valves open and the insect takes a breath.
Once entering through the spiracle, oxygen travels through the tracheal trunk, which divides into smaller tracheal tubes. The tubes continue to divide, creating a branching network that reaches each cell in the body. Carbon dioxide released from the cell follows the same pathway back to the spiracles and out of the body.
Most of the tracheal tubes are reinforced by taenidia, ridges that run spirally around the tubes to keep them from collapsing. In some areas, however, there are no taenidia and the tube functions as an air sac capable of storing air.
In aquatic insects, the air sacs enable them to "hold their breath" while underwater. They simply store air until they surface again. Insects in dry climates may also store air and keep their spiracles closed, to prevent water in their bodies from evaporating. Some insects forcefully blow air from the air sacs and out the spiracles when threatened, making a noise loud enough to startle a potential predator or curious person.
This diagram shows the female reproductive system. Female insects have two ovaries, each comprised of numerous functional chambers called ovarioles. Egg production takes place in the ovarioles. Egg are then released into the oviduct. The two lateral oviducts, one for each ovary, join at the common oviduct. The female oviposits fertilized eggs with her ovipositor.
Excretory System
The Malpighian tubules work with the insect hindgut to excrete nitrogenous waste products. This organ empties directly into the alimentary canal and connects at the junction between the midgut and hindgut. The tubules themselves vary in number, from just two in some insects to over 100 in others. Like arms of an octopus, the Malpighian tubules extend throughout the insect's body.
Waste products from the hemolymph diffuse into the Malpighian tubules and are then converted to uric acid. The semi-solidified waste empties into the hindgut and becomes part of the fecal pellet.
The hindgut also plays a role in excretion. The insect rectum retains 90% of the water present in the fecal pellet and reabsorbs it back into the body. This function allows insects to survive and thrive in even the most arid climates.
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Hans von Wolzogen, né le  et mort le  est un musicographe et exégète wagnérien allemand.

Il est à l'origine de la création du terme leitmotiv, que Wagner lui-même n'employa jamais, contrairement à l'idée reçue. Le compositeur préférait utiliser le mot Hauptmotiv, « motif principal ».

Jeunesse
Hans von Wolzogen est né le  à Potsdam (Land de Brandebourg). Son père,  était écrivain et directeur de théâtre à Schwerin. Sa mère était la fille du peintre et architecte Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Celle-ci meurt alors que son fils n'est âgé que de deux ans.

Pendant sa scolarité, il montre déjà un intérêt particulier pour la poésie, la musique et le théâtre.

Il épouse en 1872 Mathilde Friederike Theodore von Schöler. C'est au cours de sa nuit de noce qu'il se rend pour la première fois à Bayreuth, peu de temps avant que ne soit posée la première pierre du Palais des festivals de Bayreuth, le  de la même année.

A Bayreuth

Sur invitation de Wagner, il emménage à Bayreuth en 1877, non loin de Wahnfried, la demeure du compositeur. Il est chargé d'éditer la revue Bayreuther Blätter (Les pages de Bayreuth), poste qu'il occupera jusqu'à sa mort en 1938.

À la mort de Wagner en 1883, Hans von Wolzogen intègre l'auto-proclamé « cercle de Wahnfried », qui tenta d'attribuer aux compositions du maître des allusions pseudo-religieuses, bien que tendant à s'éloigner du contexte de composition.

Production littéraire
Wolzogen est à l'origine d'une biographie de Richard Wagner, ainsi que de nombreux essais. Il également édité trois volumes des lettres et poèmes du compositeur. Sa plus grande contribution littéraire cependant, est sa série de guides thématiques des opéras tardifs de Wagner, qui a permis d'identifier et de nommer de nombreux leitmotivs.

Il publie en 1878 un guide analytique de l'Anneau du Niebelung, deux ans après sa première production. Il écrit également en 1920 un guide de la mythologie nordique.

Liste des écrits de Hans von Wolzogen

 Beovulf (Bärwelf). Das älteste deutsche Heldengedicht. Reclam, Leipzig ca. 1872
 Richard Wagner und die Tierwelt. Auch eine Biographie. Verlag von H. Hartung & Sohn, Leipzig 1890.
 Beowulf – Gudrun. Mit Federzeichnungen von Franz Stassen. Verlagsanstalt für Vaterländische Geschichte und Kunst, Berlin 1920.
 Die Edda, Germanische Götter- und Heldensagen. Erster Band: Göttersagen. Mit 48 Federzeichnungen von Franz Stassen. Verlagsanstalt für Vaterländische Geschichte und Kunst, Berlin 1919.
 Die Edda. Götterlieder und Heldenlieder. Aus dem Altnordischen. Philipp Reclam jun., Leipzig 1919-1920.

Engagement politique en faveur du nazisme
Wolzogen adhère en 1928 à la , mouvement nationaliste et antisémite qui s'inscrit dans le contexte de montée du nazisme dans les années 1930.

Il écrit en 1936 dans la revue Zeitschrift für Musik un article où il qualifie Adolf Hitler "[d']incarnation de l'âme du peuple allemand", en faisant une comparaison avec Richard Wagner.

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Éditeur prussien
Éditeur allemand
Musicographe
Richard Wagner
Naissance en novembre 1848
Naissance à Potsdam
Naissance dans la province de Brandebourg
Décès en juin 1938
Décès à Bayreuth
Décès à 89 ans
Décès dans le Troisième Reich

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I'm happy to release my first mod for EFW.
You'll have to SCP it over to your EFW, uncompress it, change to the trafficstats directory, and then run install.sh.
May you explain shortly where these informations are collected?
May the statistics be updated by pressing the submit button?
The statistics are updated hourly using ipacsum and stored in a log file in the /var/log directory. All submit does is update either the interface shown or the time period.
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Works on Endian 2.5.1 no problem.
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I really liked this, any way to get it working again?
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Chad Campbell, PSI Racing, .165 reaction time, 10.23 (10.20 dial) 127.01 mph def Terry Phillips, DT Embroider;y, .033, 15.00 (10.18 dial) 70.76.
Quarter-Jerry Trolard, Melba Outlaws; Rick Sayers, Melba Outlaws; Steve Pyburn, Melba Outlaws.
Rose Shaw, Naughty Girls, .005, 11.86 (11.70 dial) 102.95 def. Andrea Higgins, Melba Outlaws, .119, 12.16 (12.05 dial) 106.49.
Semi-Rachel Rush, Kuna Knuckle Draggers.
Quarter-Clyde Hughes, Mopar Mafia; Jim Shadwick, AMC Racing; Brady Jesser, Flying Brick.
Catherine Seamons, Kuna Knuckle Draggers, .009, 13.21 (13.28 dial( 101.19 def. Chris Jaggers, PSI Racing, .069, 14.31 (14.32 dial) 92.64.
Semi-Lee Zimmerman, Down `n Dirty.
Quarter-Mike Ritz, Valley Vettes; Tessa Lancaster, Naughty Girls.
Dean Vandewater, Down N Dirty, .227, 15.32(14.65 dial) 85.55 def. Eric Andersen, Venom Racing, -.161 foul, 13.73 (13.67 dial) 104.46.
Quarter-Pam Zollinger, Naughty Girls; Jeff Fetty, Doorslammers.
Jim Bennett, Mopar Mafia, .026, 16.56(16.50 dial) 77.04. def. Mike Huetson, Down N Dirty, .277, 15.61 (15.60 dial) 89.39.
Quarter-Randy Lyons, Modern Rodders; Bruce Glascock, Melba Outlaws; Neil Ramey, DT Embroidery.
Ed Cutler, .009, 9.28 (9.28 dial) 145.58 def. Juliet Barnhart, .069, 7.92 (7.88 dial) 167.22.
Quarter-Mark Barnhart; Chris Jaggers; Cody Hiatt.
Eighth-Christopher Northup; Steve Reynolds; Randy Bullington; J.R. Cox' Duston Wurtz; Dan Doersch; Judy Radford.
Troy Pecht, Caldwell, .033, 10.08 (10.07 dial) 126.49 def. Joe Witherspoon, Caldwell, .033, 10.97 (10.93 dial) 121.06.
Quarter-Mike Drummond; Bruce Compton; Vern Chitwood.
Eighth-Kristi Shawver; Alex Smith; Sue Reynolds; Ken Windley; Carl Youngstrom.
Craig Jensen, .087, 9.68 (9.71 dial) 130.83 def. Scott Grondahl, .172, 9.88 (9.99 dial) 130.73.
Quarter-David Wood; Jacob Wood; Chad Hofert.
Eighth-Rich Pedraza; Courtney Smith; Don Trafford; Deb Bittick; Chase Bittick.
Luke Jacobson, .059, 12.52 (12.53 dial) 104.59 def. Tyler Rush, .053, 12.96 (12.98 dial) 100.96.
Quarter-Patsy Lindbloom; Lee Zimmerman; Steve Shideler.
Eighth-Glen Phillips; Shawn Nyquist; Lindsey Burlile; Jeff Fetty; Katy Sterling; Margaret Smith.
Chandler Steen, .000, 8.06 (8.04 dial) 79.81 def. Michael Jaggers, .108, 8.42 (8.41 dial) 75.32.
Quarter-Paul Sheridan; Rion Coates; Jacob Geier.
Ryan Resinkin, .066, 11.12 (11.10 dial) 110.44 def. Catherine Seamons, .082, 13.09 (13.03 dial) 104.71.
Quarter-Carl Youngstrom; Joseph Karnes; Mike Ritz.
Jim Coryat, .060, 9.35 (9.32 dial) 130.07 def. Carl Youngstrom, .158, 10.30 (10.27 dial) 122.56.
Quarter-Denise Clark; Bryce Wikfors; Pamela Lottman; Doug Wikfors.
Chad Hofert, .084, 9.21 (9.10 dial) 147.61 def. Scott Grondahl, .110, 9.98 (10.06 dial) 135.68.
Ashton Davis, .157, 18.17 (18.15 dial) 75.47 def. Kristi Shawver, .324, 13.63 (13.65 dial) 94.88.
Quarter-Kristin Forrey; Perry Hammons; Dustin Davis.
Carl Youngstrom, .052, 13.81 (13.88 dial) 95.90 def. Glen Phillips, .122, 12.59 (12.74 dial) 109.27.
Here is a recap of Junior Nation at the NHRA Western Conference Finals.
Wednesday was our first race day. It was a day of index racing on a pro tree. A first for many of the kids! Rion Coates made it to the quarterfinals in his class and Paige ended up one of the final 5 cars out of a field of 80 in the 7.90 class.
Thursday was a great day for the Firebird team. This was a day of age group racing and some of these classes were huge. Layne Fiscus went to the quarter finals in the 8-9 year bracket, Austin Coates did an amazing job and was runner up in the 11 year old class and Michael Jaggers brings home the big win in the 15 year old class!!
Friday offered more "age division" racing with a half scale car, an engine and clutches on the line for the final 4 winners of the day (which ended up being all female drivers)! Paige Harris made it to the semi finals in the age 13 bracket. Not a lot of rounds for Team Firebird on Friday, but some of the kids who went out early headed off to Lagoon for some fun!
Saturday was the big day. The coveted Wally trophy was on the line for the national event. Justin Hof and Jacob Geier represented our team well this day. Jacob made it to the quarter finals in the 15 year old bracket, and Justin made it to the quarter finals in the 13 year old bracket. Both boys walked away with some bonus money in their pocket for a good day on the track. Justin was also awarded a trophy for being closest to his dial in round 1 for his age group. He went 7.90 on a 7.90. Can't get any better than that!
Jake Montgomery, Nampa, .179, 11.15, 112.71 def. Rory Baldery, Boise, .310, 11.09, 125.57.
Javier Castro, Nampa, .087, 13.909 (13.70 dial) 104.88 def. Tyler Fuentes, Nampa, -.002 foul, 11.55 (11.60 dial) 120.16.
Rich Pedraza, Boise, .129, 15.22 (14.89 dial) 84.49 def. Mike Dome, Boise, .403, 14.44 (14.35 dial) 90.00.
Aaron McCoy, Meridian, .072, 17.89 (17.85 dial) 70.77 def. Cody Romero, Boise, .235, 15.98 (15.95 dial) 85.73.
Mike Smith, Kuna, .159, 12.18 (12.16 dial) 107.10 def. David Kletzien, Boise, .138, 9.69 (9.59 dial) 143.51.
Cory Alberts, Nampa, .137, 13.90 (13.65 dial) 96.16 def. Catherine Seamons, Kuna, .122, 13.53 (13.20 dial) 101.01.
Show `n Shine: Hai Tran, Hottest Honda; Armin Salkik, Trickest Acura; Chad Hofert, Allen Martinson, Best of the Rest; Bubba Gomez, Lowest Entry; Micahel Davis, Use of Color; Dusten Foster, Out of Sight Engine.
Steve Pyburn, Melba Outlaws, .072, 10.28 (10.29 dial) def. Daniel Brown, Melba Outlaws, .140, 11.12 (11.16 dial) 114.67.
Quarter-finals-Joe Witherspoon, Door Slammers; Rick Sayers, Melba Outlaws; Terry Phillips, DT Embroidery.
Bret Ward, PSI Racing, .034, 12.67 (12.68 dial) 110.30 def. Lucas Hull, Melba Outlaws, .078, 12.41 (12.51 dial)103.14.
Quarter-finals-Greg Sabatino, Down `n Dirty; Randy Morrell, Venom Racing.
Tyler Rush, Kuna Knuckle Draggers, .053, 13.12 (13.17 dial) 100.14 def. Travis Sterling, Door Slammers, -.100 foul, 15.47 (15.32 dial) 80.17.
Semi-finalists-Kyle Witherspoon, Down `n Dirty.
Quarter-finals-Troy McDonald, The A-Team; Richard Rush, Kuna Knuckle Draggers.
Sabra Rasmussen, Melba Outlaws, .073, 13.73 (13.72 dial) 93.75 def. Andrea Higgins, Melba Outlaws, .083, 14.90 (14.82 dial) 95.18.
Quarter-finals-Chance Bennett, Mopar Mafia; Angela Cirelli, Flying Brick.
Robert Johnson, AMC Racing, .082, 17.09 (16.98 dial) 76.63 def. Jon Anderson, Venom Racing, .107, 18.44 (18.30 dial) 81.12.
Quarter-finals-Earl McCollough, Melba Outlaws; Eric Anderson, Venom Racing.
Tyler Rush, Star, .043, 13.32 (13.23 dial) 96.21 def. Dan Wilder, Caldwell, .052, 11.49 (11.39 dial) 116.41.
Semi-Chase Bittick, Middleton; Duston Wurtz, Meridian.
Duston Wurtz, Meridian, .021, 8.37 (8.37 dial) 155.87 def. Ed Cutler, Meridian, .013, 9.47 (9.43 dial) 142.56.
Semi-finalist-Mark Barnhart, Emmett; Cody Hiatt, Boise.
Quarter-Trevor Murdock, Meridian; Shayne Schaefer, Boise; Mike Coltrin, Boise.
Eighth-Sean Shaffer, Boise; Juliet Barnhart, Emmett; Larry Saunders, Fruitland; Judy Radford, Baker City, Ore.; Eddie Franek, Payette; Wes Barnard, Wilder; Troy Thomas, Meridian.
Dan Wilder, Caldwell, .055, 11.42 (11.45 dial) 117.09 def. David Deming, Nampa, -.006 foul, 10.73 (10.72 dial) 117.14.
Quarter-Mick Alley, Eagle; Stan Deming, Nampa: Chad Campbell, Meridian.
Eighth-Seth McLean, Nampa; Zak Pedraza, Boise; Travis Bowins, Meridian; Michael Wallacew, Emmett; Phil Sielaff, Pine.
Chase Bittick, Middleton, .022, 11.17 (11.06 dial) 111.66 def. Jacob Wood, Meridian, .103, 9.35 (9.28 dial) 137.69.
Tyler Rush, Star, .101, 13.55 (13.30 dial) 80.04 def. Bryne Bowins, Meridian, .413, 15.59 (15.35 dial) 90.14.
Semi-finalist-Joseph Karnes, Boise; Lucas Hull, Middleton.
Quarter-Mike Osmus, Caldwell; Rachel Rush, Boise; Tom Ash, Parma.
Michael Jaggers, Middleton, .096, 8.45 (8.38 dial) 73.40 def. Justin Hof, Nampa, .176, 8.08 (7.98 dial) 77.22.
Semi-finalist-Chandler Steen, Idaho Falls; Casey Compton, Boise.
Quarter-Layne Fiscus, Boise; Rion Coates, Eagle; Jessica, Segura, Caldwell.
Tim Shaw, Boise, .143, 10.31 (10.32 dial) 129.36 def. Terry Hall, Nampa, -.056, 12.34 (12.45 dial) 112.51.
John Smith, Ontario, Ore., .032, 10.45 (10.46 dial) 126.42 def. Dan Fawcett, Blackfoot, .075, 11.71 (11.95 dial).
Clyde Hughes, Nampa, .148, 12.47 (12.46 dial) 107.73 def. Hons Vandermeer, Boise, .092, 13.97 (13.89 dial) 98.37.
Semi-finalist-Ashton Davis, Middleton; Jim Shadwick, Nampa.
Kirk Bledsoe (Best A/E Body); Dennis Radford (Best B-Body); Russ Hoff (Best Truck); Sandra Francke (Most Original); Richard Williams (Best Race Car); Hons Vandermeer (In Progress); Judy Radford (Fastest Slicks); Tim Shaw (Fastest Street Tires); Norma Petty (Club Pick); Tim Jaszkowiak (Outstanding Hemi); Bobby Scroggins (Outstanding Mopar Engine); Ken Casteel (Outstanding Paint); Doug Wikfors (Outstanding Undercarriage); and Jon Percy (Best of Show).
Mike Coltrin, Boise, .023, 9.69 (9.68 dial) 156.35 def. Clayton Steen, Idaho Falls, .150, 7.60 (7.58 dial) 176.22.
Semi-finalist-Ed Cutler, Meridian; Steve Reynolds, Nampa.
Quarter-Cody Hiatt, Boise; Duston Wurtz, Meridian; Sean Shaffer.
Eighth-John Shaffer, Boise; Darrell Carr, Fruitland; Brad Pattan, Emmett; Jim Cox, Weiser; Trevor Murdock, Meridian; Mark Barnhart, Emmett.
Troy Pecht, Caldwell, .072, 10.09 (10.11 dial) 131.59 def. James Bennett, Boise, -.003 foul, 9.47 (9.50 dial) 140.73.
Quarter-Kristi Shawver, Meridian; Todd Porter, Rigby; Rick Sayers, Middleton.
Eighth-Terry Phillips, Emmett; Alex Steen, Idaho Falls; Lisa Thomas, Meridian; Liana Compton, Boise; Richard Williams, Middleton; Levi Burlile, Nampa.
Danny Eck, Ashton, .027, 10.56 (10.50 dial) 111.13 def. Jacob Wood, Meridian, .122, 9.08 (9.02 dial) 142.11.
Quarter-Mike Smith, Kuna; Don Trafford, Nampa.
Eighth-Craig Jensen, Chubbuck; David Wood, Eagle; Brian Wilkening, Buffalo, Wyo.; Chase Bittick, Middleton; Michael Watts, Boise.
Perry Hammons, Caldwell, .013, 15.62 (15.65 dial) 88.73 def. Tyler Rush, Star, .052, 13.15 (13.18 dial) 97.45.
Semi-finalist-Lynde Fischer, Nampa; Steve Shideler, Meridian.
Quarter-Travis Bowins, Nampa; Jake McNamara, Boise; Ashton Davis, Middleton; Joseph Karnes, Boise.
Eighth-Lucas Hull, Middleton; Richard Lally, Boise; Kyle Perkins, Mtn. Home; Rachel Rush, Boise; Margaret Smith, Parma; Don Bruce, Star; Patsy Lindbloom, Eagle.
Casey Compton, Boise, .144, 7.95 (7.94 dial) 80.81 def. Jacob Geier, Nampa, .126, 8.12 (8.06 dial) 81.78.
Semi-finalist-John Burke Jr., Bates, Ore.
Quarter-Hannah VanderMeer, Nampa; Levi Burke, Bates, Ore.; Justin Hof, Nampa.
Adam Anderson, .169, 8.92, 157.53 def. Troy Lind, Meridian, .066, 11.62, 87.31.
Rick Sayers, Middleton, .059, 10.41, 125.22 def. Carl Youngstrom, Caldwell, .169, 10.33, 122.41.
Semi-finalist-Rick Gray, Rigby; Greg Buckert, Star.
Debbie Phillips, Emmett, .097, 11.51, 116.77 def. Carl Klint, Mtn. Home, .090, 11.54, 117.64.
Semi-finalist-Scott King, Eagle; Marcia Randall, Emmett.
James Higgins, Nampa, .090, 12.05, 109.98 def. Sharlene Lancaster, Payette, -.003 foul, 11.79, 113.62.
Semi-finalist-Travis Bowins, Meridian, Brad Pattan, Emmett.
Tim Douglas, Meridian, .038, 12.52, 98.77 def. Susan Wikfors, Eagle, .033, 12.61, 106.24.
Semi-finalist-Carl Youngstrom, Caldwell; Casey Hart, Meridian.
Jason Shipp, Boise, .058, 13.04, 98.76 def. Travis Sterling, Caldwell, .100, 13.08, 106.40.
Semi-finalist-Rick Sayers Jr., Nampa; Bret Ward, Boise.
Carla Greenough, Idaho Falls, .085, 10.94 (10.90 dial) 110.85 def. Richard Lally, Boise, .157, 12.52 (12.48 dial) 105.93.
Semi-finalist-Josh Campbell, Boise; Triston Young, Middleton.
Hans Vandermeer (`66 Coronet); Carla Greenough (`88 Mustang); Troy Lind (`71 Chevelle); Keith Rittenberry (`66 Chevy II); Scott Rowland (`72 Skylark).


Question: How many push-ups can you do in a minute? Luck: Hopefully 35! I'm not very good at push-ups. I lost to my girlfriend in a push-up competition in college.
When Luck first arrived in Indy, he explored the city and was struck by IU Health's footprint and Riley's iconic red-wagon logo.