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Why You Shouldn't Feel Sorry for Michael Flynn
His defenders say the former national security adviser is getting a bad rap. But what he did was unconscionable—and deeply damaging to U.S. national security.
By SAMANTHA VINOGRAD
Samantha Vinograd is a CNN national security analyst. She served on the White House National Security Council for four years under President Barack Obama and in the Treasury Department under President George W. Bush. Follow her on Twitter @sam_vinograd.
I spent almost two years working from a closet in the West Wing that was part of the national security adviser's suite of offices. The Suite, as we called it, almost never slept. My boss, national security adviser Tom Donilon, and his staff worked around the clock to advance U.S. national security. I usually had a second dinner (cups of peanut M&Ms from the White House Mess were a favorite) around 9 p.m. each night so that I could plow through the pile of memos on my desk and read all of the intelligence that had come in while I was working during normal business hours.
Every national security adviser is different. Some, like Brent Scowcroft, see their role as honest broker, faithfully representing the views of top Cabinet members to help the president make informed decisions. Others, such as Henry Kissinger, tend to promote their own ideas more forcefully. But they all have had one thing in common: They put U.S. national security first. As far as I know, no national security adviser has ever put his or her personal business interests ahead of the country's.
Michael Flynn changed all of that. A federal judge may have granted him a reprieve at Tuesday's sentencing hearing—it was rescheduled to March—but let's recall what President Donald Trump's first national security adviser stands accused of doing. Flynn belatedly filed documents indicating that he was a foreign agent for the government of Turkey, meaning Turkish officials could have had influence over him while he was at the White House because they knew something the U.S. government didn't, and we learned that he lied to U.S. law enforcement agents about his contacts with Russia. No wonder the sentencing judge spoke of his "disgust" and "disdain," even in delaying his fate.
Those still defending Flynn are myopic at best. Even if he didn't conspire with the Russians or the Turks while he was on the campaign, transition team or, briefly, in the White House, he did enormous damage to U.S. national security, counterintelligence efforts, and policymaking going forward.
By engaging in irresponsible outreach to Russian officials, potentially promising quid pro quos, and undercutting the sitting administration, Flynn knowingly turned himself into a counterintelligence asset for the Russian intelligence services. Flynn is one member of the Trump circle who can't play the ignorance or the inexperience card when it comes to how to deal with foreign officials: He was, after all, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, which produces, analyzes and disseminates military intelligence information to support U.S. military missions. He also served in key intelligence roles including chief intelligence operator for the Joint Special Operations Command in Iraq and as intelligence chief at U.S. Central Command. So surely Flynn knew that his communications with the Russians, especially their ambassador to the United States, would be prime manipulation material for Moscow—especially if he didn't appropriately disclose his contacts or if he lied about them. Lies are great bribery points, and there is zero chance Flynn didn't know all of this from his decades of intelligence work. He wasn't dumb enough to turn himself into a Russian or Turkish asset—he just didn't care about the risks of doing so, apparently.
And what of Trump's ongoing defense of Flynn? Just on Tuesday, he wished him good luck at his sentencing hearing, and he has reportedly called the retired general to urge him to "stay strong." It all sends a clear message that this president doesn't care if you're working for a government other than our own. National security advisers are supposed to have one customer: the president of the United States. It's disturbing that President Trump doesn't seem bothered that his top aide on foreign policy was serving other clients.
A responsible president would use this moment to reset his expectations for the office of the national security adviser and for his whole team. He would remind them that serving the U.S. government and representing America on the world state is an enormous privilege, and they can have only one master. Recirculating the rules on interactions with foreign governments and doing extra hard scrubs of any incoming administration officials could start to ameliorate some of the damage Flynn has done. As a new acting chief of staff enters the White House, he should remind all White House officials how counterintelligence works and why they are prime targets because of their access and influence.
When I was at the White House, there was an FBI investigation into an unauthorized disclosure regarding a covert program in Iran. Several White House officials, including me, were questioned by FBI agents. But the difference then was that illegal activity—in this case, a leak of classified information—was used to remind national security staff about the rules they needed to follow if they wanted to keep their jobs. That's how incoming White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney should approach his task now, even if the president is blasé—or worse—about his obligations to the American people.
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A rough terrain forklift is engineered and designed for transporting things over difficult terrain which a pneumatic tired lift truck will not traverse. The most visible feature on the rough terrain lift truck is its oversized, aggressive treaded tires. This tire design allows the equipment to travel bumpy, muddy or soft terrain without getting stuck. You can find various rough terrain model forklifts that are 4-wheel drive too. The rough terrain lift truck falls into a Class 7 lift truck.
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The beginning: it is 1773. Kitt, a brother who seeks his disappeared sister, arrives at an Italian villa to find it abandoned, the dinner table laid with forgotten cakes and sweetmeats. You think the story of An Appetite for Violets by Martine Bailey will be about Kitt's sister Lady Carinna but she is a bit-player. The real story belongs to her under-cook Obedience, Biddy, Leigh, forced to accompany her mistress on a Grand Tour to the Continent.
After this first short section at the Villa Ombrosa, the story starts at Mawton Hall in 1772 where the servants are surprised by the arrival of their new mistress, without her elderly husband. Lady Carinna asks Biddy to copy her favourite violet sweets bought from an expensive London store. Although Biddy is an honest cook she is not a craftswoman, and her attempt produces "shocking poor copies of the originals." She is rescued by the Indonesian footman Mr Loveday who provides a box of original sweets to substitute for Biddy's home-made variety. Pleased with the sweets Lady Carinna gives Biddy a rose silk gown. Trying on the dress, Biddy gets a glimpse of a life so different from her own.
This experience bonds the two servants, a bond which lasts throughout their journey to Italy. Biddy and Loveday each have their own way of escaping the demands of their mistress, and they vow to support each other no matter what happens. But then they start overhearing secrets, Loveday reads the letters he is bidden to deliver, and Biddy becomes entwined in Carinna's plan of deception.
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Sounds like quite a novel! I always enjoy reading your reviews, Sandra.
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Un avion amphibie est un aéronef ayant tout à la fois la capacité de déjauger et d'amerrir comme un hydravion mais également d'opérer depuis un tarmac comme un avion classique.

Caractéristiques

Les avions amphibies ont généralement l'allure des hydravions mais s'en distinguent par un train d'atterrissage rétractable comme sur le CL-415 ou simplement repliable comme sur le Otter. En fait, ces derniers n'existent que sur les hydravions à flotteurs.
Pour le reste la structure de ces aéronefs est commune à celle des hydravions.

Intérêt

Le principal intérêt d'un amphibie par rapport à un hydravion est de pouvoir utiliser les infrastructures aéroportuaires mais aussi de se ravitailler plus facilement en carburant sur des aérodromes. En outre l'avion amphibie permet d'opérer depuis des territoires éloignés de tous lacs, mers, ou autres points d'eau de grande taille.
Ils sont particulièrement appréciés pour la lutte contre les feux de forêt.

Avions amphibies renommés

 Canadair CL-215,
 Canadair CL-415,
 Consolidated PBY Catalina,
 De Havilland Canada Otter,
 Piper Super Cub,
 Grumman J2F Duck,

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes

 Musée historique de l'hydraviation
 Véhicule amphibie

Construction aéronautique
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On the very same day that her namesake in the Netherlands was relinquishing the throne, our Queen Bee-atrix has decided to abandon her principal residence in favour of one of her offspring, and has moved on, along with a considerable number of attendants.
It was all a bit of an unexpected drama. I had beetled over to the hens to collect the day's egg production (three eggs), when I noticed an odd shape on a tree branch adjacent to the hive. Upon closer inspection it was a seething, buzzing mass of bees – a Swarm!
Still being a novice bee-keeper, I had little idea of how to interpret this development – so headed back to the house and the reference books. Andy had just arrived home from work in Colomiers, and we decided that the best course of action was to call our Venerable Beede (VB). He told us that we had to react immediately, otherwise the swarm could be off to pastures new in a matter of hours. So, off sets Andy back to Colomiers to pick up VB and returns an hour later, along with him plus a small nursery hive – I'm not sure what the correct term for this is in English, but in French its 'ruchette' , a word I like (and will therefore continue to use).
I had already got the smoker lit – I have recently hit upon the idea of using a blow torch to get it going, much less time-consuming. VB slipped on his wellies, whilst Andy and I covered up from head to toe in full bee-keeping regalia.
VB is not too impressed with the volume of this swarm, already having tended to some recently at least 10 times larger – in fact he wonders if its not a secondary swarm. There is much to ponder on the whys and the wherefores of this particular bee behaviour – but for the moment we must concentrate on keeping these bees chez nous.
The swarm cluster is actually calm – the bees dont have any brood or honey to defend. So a quick snip with the secateurs, and the cluster is laid on the waiting frames of the ruchette.
We shall keep these bees in the ruchette for 3 or 4 weeks, providing nourishment. And in the meantime have to get a second hive prepared, the same as the first one. This will be placed in exactly the same location as the ruchette – and when we feel that the bees and the frames are settled they will be transferred to their new permanent (hopefully) residence.
We shall also be investing in one or two ruchettes – so that, should there be another episode like this, we can handle it ourselves, having been shown the way by the Master!
Once the bees had dropped into the box, a cover was added and then the lid – VB ensuring that every last, single bee had found its way into the ruchette – there were still some bees arriving late wondering what had happened to the swarm.
The ruchette was carefully placed on a new palette – I still had work to do making a syrup solution, and Andy was off for the third time that day on a Colomiers round-trip to take VB back home (after we had toasted the evening's work with a small glass of vin cuit).


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Monitoring of horse movements through Queensland's red and amber zones will be boosted in the lead-up to the festive season.
Biosecurity Queensland is ramping up monitoring of horse movements throughout both zones to ensure horse owners don't let down their guard as it gets closer to the festive season.
Major changes to zoning and movement conditions for equine influenza were announced 11 days ago, which meant considerable changes affecting many South East Queensland districts.
Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Ron Glanville there are still strict conditions in place for all zones, particularly the red zone, where people still need a permit if they're going to move their horse.
"After the tremendous effort to date, it's really important that everyone maintains good biosecurity practices, such as decontaminating before entering and leaving properties that have horses, and that they adhere to the movement restrictions applicable to their zone," he said.
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At an unguarded moment some days prior to The Championships just gone, the idea occurred to me that the world's most prestigious tennis tournament is not as good as it should be. I utter this sotto voce, the way all blasphemies are born (rehearsed coyly, but gaining boldness when neither divine nor state retribution eventuates). And I'm not concerned about the immaculate venue, or the daft coverage, or the line judge's hopelessly bland attire. I speak only of the tennis, which might well be as good as it can be, but is nothing like as good as it should be.
Ask yourself: how much better would the top players perform if Wimbledon arrived at the end of a grass season comparable with the Roland Garros lead-up, and if they hadn't transitioned from clay scant weeks earlier. If we accept that even today's stately and stable grass requires specialised skills in order to flourish, then we must surely concede that a longer lead-in would see those skills honed more finely still. A week or two is not enough.
Unlike clay, which rewards that special array of strengths happily concentrated in Rafael Nadal, grass court mastery in this post-serve-volley era largely boils down to limiting its detriment on one's normal, which is to say hardcourt, game. Following that too-long clay season, there is a mad scramble to limit how thoroughly the new surface makes seasoned pros look like hackers. We might say that grass rewards variety, but it's equally if not more accurate to say that it really penalises players who cope poorly with variety, which is to say, most of them. I doubt whether Robin Soderling would have had anything like as much trouble with Bernard Tomic on an indoor hardcourt, crook gut or not. But Soderling fares ill when multiple variables are involved, and Tomic on grass was an entire asylum of them. For Exhibits B through D, see Roger Federer, Alexandr Dolgopolov, and the wind. More play on grass might conceivably help Soderling, but it would certainly help other players even more. What might the rankings look like if the grass and clay seasons were switched. Can you picture Philip Petzschner in the top ten?
That said, it would probably help the top players the most of all, notwithstanding that they're on top precisely because they demonstrate year-round mastery at limiting the extent to which vagaries of surface, mood, vibe, form and location impact their games. It is perhaps a churlish point to make, given that Wimbledon has given us three all-time classic finals in the last five years. Federer on grass between 2003 and 2008 proved almost unbeatable, and what a terrible and wondrous idea it is to imagine how much better he might have been had he actually trained on it for more than a few weeks each year.
The point is occasionally made that the Slams are so interesting due to the length of the events themselves, for the way a narrative arc can develop over two weeks in a way that it can't over one. It seems a fair enough point, until we try to recall anything that happened in the first week of just about any major in the last ten years. There was plenty that seemed momentous at the time – random recollection: Richard Fromberg's improbable run to the Australian Open fourth round in 1998 – and these tend to provoke a rapidly self-consuming media frenzy. Unless you're going 70-68 in the fifth, the improbable run must extend into the second week if it is to outpace history's eroding touch. Even then, a mighty quarterfinal might be gone before the decade is out. What do we retain from the 2006 Australian Open? Remember Nicolas Kiefer's heroic journey to the final four? No, me neither. I recall Marcos Baghdatis tearing the draw apart, and Federer blubbing on Rod Laver's shoulder at the trophy presentation.
That bundle of multiple variables known as Bernard Tomic reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon this year, and pushed the eventual winner and new world No.1. He was the youngest player to progress so far since Boris Becker in 1986. But if he never goes on to greater accomplishments, almost no one will remember. We only remember that particular accolade of Becker's because he went on to defend the title, and then went on to be Boris Becker. Unless Tomic's run proves to be a breakout, it will count for little, a mere footnote, one of the dully informative ones you ignore. If Tomic goes on with it, and eventually reaches the heights of the men's game, then this may be remembered as a key moment. Now, as then, time will tell.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's first and most definitive breakout performance came at the 2008 Australian Open. His career since has seen him adhere rigorously to a timetable alternating injury with further outbreaks, and one can feel safe in assuming it will go this way until he retires. Wimbledon 2011 witnessed the latest of his peaks.
If pressed, Tsonga would doubtless choose as his highlight those three flawless sets he inflicted on Roger Federer. But for me, and apparently for others as well, the standout match was that second round tussle with Grigor Dimitrov, a fabulously skilled and sporting encounter. Had the Frenchman's form been less transcendent, there is every chance Dimitrov would have won it. Wimbledon 2011 might have been his moment, too. But it was not to be. History was all luck once, and it still is.
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Donta Hall scored a career-high 15 points and Alabama defeated South Carolina Upstate 78-61 on Thursday night. Hall only had six points in the first half but matched that total with a dunk and two layups by the 8:16 mark of the second half. Malik Moore led the Spartans with 14 points and three teammates also finished in double figures. The Crimson Tide (5-4) outscored the Spartans (7-6) in the paint 48-20. Alabama won the battle of the boards 44-33 behind Bola Olaniyan (10), Braxton Key (nine) and Hall (eight).Donta Hall scored a career-high 15 points and Alabama defeated South Carolina Upstate 78-61 on Thursday night. Hall only had six points in the first half but matched that total with a dunk and two layups by the 8:16 mark of the second half. Malik Moore led the Spartans with 14 points and three teammates also finished in double figures. The Crimson Tide (5-4) outscored the Spartans (7-6) in the paint 48-20. Alabama won the battle of the boards 44-33 behind Bola Olaniyan (10), Braxton Key (nine) and Hall (eight). BIG PICTURE Alabama: After finishing with a season-low 56 points against the team's first ranked opponent (then-No. 24 Oregon) in its last game, the Crimson Tide bounced back to score a season-high 78 points in this victory. USC Upstate: The Spartans defeated their last two opponents by 22 and 28 points, respectively, before suffering the team's worst loss since the first week of the season when the fell by 45 to Georgetown. UP NEXT Alabama: The Crimson Tide failed to flip the script when it fell for the second straight year to both Dayton and Oregon earlier this season, but now Alabama will get the chance to secure a victory for the second consecutive season over the Clemson Tigers when the teams meet in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday. USC Upstate: The Spartans' season-long three-game winning streak is snapped with the loss, but they will get the chance to start another streak when they host Jacksonville State on Sunday in the first of three consecutive home games.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) —
Donta Hall scored a career-high 15 points and Alabama defeated South Carolina Upstate 78-61 on Thursday night.
Hall only had six points in the first half but matched that total with a dunk and two layups by the 8:16 mark of the second half.
Malik Moore led the Spartans with 14 points and three teammates also finished in double figures.
The Crimson Tide (5-4) outscored the Spartans (7-6) in the paint 48-20.
Alabama won the battle of the boards 44-33 behind Bola Olaniyan (10), Braxton Key (nine) and Hall (eight).Donta Hall scored a career-high 15 points and Alabama defeated South Carolina Upstate 78-61 on Thursday night.
Alabama won the battle of the boards 44-33 behind Bola Olaniyan (10), Braxton Key (nine) and Hall (eight).
Alabama: After finishing with a season-low 56 points against the team's first ranked opponent (then-No. 24 Oregon) in its last game, the Crimson Tide bounced back to score a season-high 78 points in this victory.
USC Upstate: The Spartans defeated their last two opponents by 22 and 28 points, respectively, before suffering the team's worst loss since the first week of the season when the fell by 45 to Georgetown.
Alabama: The Crimson Tide failed to flip the script when it fell for the second straight year to both Dayton and Oregon earlier this season, but now Alabama will get the chance to secure a victory for the second consecutive season over the Clemson Tigers when the teams meet in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday.
USC Upstate: The Spartans' season-long three-game winning streak is snapped with the loss, but they will get the chance to start another streak when they host Jacksonville State on Sunday in the first of three consecutive home games.


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Federation's End (a story) – #3
The Delta Flyer came to a stop on the outer edge of the asteroid field that was just beyond Mars. Inside it, Jim Hawkins was checking the sensors at the same time. He also checked for subspace distortions, which were usually indicative of cloaked ships. There weren't any though, so his reason for being there hadn't arrived. Or their cloak, if there was a ship in the area, was better than his sensors could detect. This wouldn't have been surprising to him, considering that the person he was there to meet was a covert ops agent.
Jim knew why he'd been chosen for this 'cloak and dagger' mission. With extensive past experience in Intelligence and covert operations, this made him the ideal choice for this task. It was ordinary for him now, but he'd come to accept it. Every now and again, they would make use of his experience to carry out one objective or another. He smiled to himself, thinking back. Once you're in Intelligence, you're never out of it.
Before he had a chance to relax, his console beeped at him, registering a subspace distortion approaching fast. Raising his shields, Jim waited. He wasn't hiding, so they would make themselves known to him sooner or later.
It was sooner… An encrypted identity request was received by the Delta Flyer which, under normal circumstances, was not likely to be picked up by anyone who didn't know the exact frequency, since it was piggybacking on the background noise of space. Replying with the correct response code, Hawkins dropped his shields and turned around, drawing his phaser as he faced the transporter pad that hummed into life. He hadn't survived this long by not being prepared for anything. However, he wasn't prepared for who appeared on the pad. President Spock.
Jim's jaw dropped in surprise as the President materialised in front of him. He holstered his weapon, standing up to greet the Vulcan.
"Mister President," Jim said, moving closer and saluting. "I can't say I expected to see you here…"
"Subterfuge was necessary, Mister Hawkins," Spock replied, nodding his head in a greeting. "We are alone?"
"Yes sir," Jim replied. "This ship is secure, and there's no detectable activity within sensor range However, I'll take us into the asteroids to make sure they provide interference to anyone that might be trying to detect us."
"Very good," Spock said, moving over to a chair and sitting down, watching Hawkins take the Flyer into the asteroid field. Sitting as calmly as you would expect a Vulcan to sit, he watched the asteroids flying towards them, only to streak past as Hawkins maneuvered around them.
A large,tumbling boulder was ahead, the size of a small moon, and was coming straight at them. Matching velocity with it, Hawkins rolled the Delta Flyer to match the tumbling of the asteroid, making it seem as if the asteroid was completely still below them while he brought the Flyer in to land on its surface. He made it look easy, which, to him, it was. Too many years of flying shuttles and small ships in extremely hostile environments had given him skills that most pilots never had, and which would probably fade only when he was too old to dance his fingers across the flight controls.
Turning around, Jim sat back and looked at President Spock expectantly, waiting for the details of what they were out here for.
"Your record is exemplary," the President began. "You have experience leading highly critical covert operations against the Federation in another universe."
Jim nodded cautiously at Spock's statement. He wasn't sure where this was headed, but he didn't think he'd like it.
"I'm sure you are aware of the strategy the Erratan Galactic Republic has engaged in over the past few years to bring about the result we have today." Without waiting for an answer, Spock continued. "The Federation has become a puppet government, Mister Hawkins. To ensure the survival of the Federation, I had to bring about our capitulation. Fighting them was illogical." Spock frowned, looking closely at Jim. "Do you understand the logic in this?"
"Yes sir," Jim replied, nodding. "I never liked it, but I understood your motives. I remember your words, about the sleeping lion."
Spock nodded, and relaxed slightly, his frown seeming to lessen slightly. "I had thought you would. Now is the time for us to start acting behind the lion's back, Mister Hawkins."
"Isn't it too late though?" Jim asked. "They control the entire galaxy, and have eliminated all the races that could have helped us. We don't have the resources to go to any other galaxy, as they control the jump gates, and we've never been able to get hold of their hyperdrives. I know that we lost too many people trying." Jim paused, taking a breath. He was letting his frustration get the better of him.
"It is not too late," Spock replied. "In fact, now is the best time, when the lion is sleeping. They have destroyed all threat in this galaxy, with the remaining races unable to threaten them. The Federation has willingly subjugated itself to them, and now their attention has been relaxed. They are letting the Federation do what it will in regards to maintaining the cohesiveness of its infrastructure, while they are in maintenance mode rather than conquering mode. We have a small amount of freedom."
"I understand," Jim nodded. "But I don't know what we can possibly do."
Spock looked straight at him as he said, "You need to find the Sernaix."
Jim's face went white as the blood drained from it. The Sernaix. The guardians of the alternate universe that he'd spent 5 years in. They were an incredibly powerful race that had the ability to travel between different universes in the blink of an eye. They were also very temperamental about people who came into their universe from outside of it. In his 5 years over there, Jim had very little to do with them, but when they did involve themselves, it was brutal and decisive. They only let him stay there because of their relationship with the wormhole aliens, who had plans for him…
"Mister President, I don't know if they'd be willing to help us. As far as they're concerned we are an inferior race of insects. We're not even in their own universe, so their interest in us would be even less."
Spock nodded in agreement, but then said, "I believe Captain Aldous, from the original USS Scorpion, had developed a relationship of sorts with a Sernaix Ship Mind. You may like to get Captain Aldous in on your mission."
Jim's eyebrows raised. "I thought Aldous was destroyed with his ship at the Battle of Veragnos?"
"The ship, and Captain Aldous, are fine and well at Jupiter Shipyards. They returned only a few days ago, which led me to decide on this course of action."
Jim looked at his hands, thinking about everything that Spock had said. This was what he hadn't wanted to hear, but which he had subconsciously known was coming. If Jim accepted this mission, there was almost zero chance of success, and a high chance of being killed by either the Federation themselves or the EGR. Being a rogue agent would be a threat to the Federation. He knew that. Federation personnel rebelliong against the EGR could result in their retribution against the Federation, and already had over the past year or so. No one on Earth or in the Federation wanted a repeat of the Cardassian destruction, or the various other acts of violence done against the Federation because of attempted rebellions. As a result, the Federation would officially try to stop him.
There were, of course, various Federation personnel who tried resisting the EGR after the Carddssians were destroyed, but they failed, violently. President Spock had been forced to align the Federation with the EGR to avoid further bloodshed, and order all resistance to cease. The past year included some dark times for the Federation.
He looked back up at Spock. "If I accept this…"
"You must, Mister Hawkins," said Spock, interrupting him. "You are the only one who has the experience to do this. No one else in the Federation has led a rebellion of this nature. You are our only chance."
Jim sighed. "Yes Mister President. I understand." He'd never heard a Vulcan beg before, especially President Spock. But this was certainly begging. He couldn't refuse.
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Celtics could see Jaylen Brown return from injury to face Knicks
December 4, 2018 12:59 pm ET
Jaylen Brown has been inactive for three games in a row due to a tailbone injury. It was to the point where Brown told Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald, "I'm sitting on a cushion. That's how I'm feeling right now."
It appears he's feeling better. He spoke at practice on Tuesday, stating he expects to be ready for Thursday night's game in Boston against the New York Knicks.
"I'm good, I'm ready to go," Brown said. "I'm feeling better every day. Just looking forward to being there on Thursday. Let's keep this win streak going."
Jaylen Brown's comments on his back:
He added that his spasms are mostly gone and he expects to be ready on Thursday pic.twitter.com/pnoLG4XKhE
— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) December 4, 2018
In Brown's absence, the Celtics went 3-0, outscoring opponents by 59 points in the stretch.


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The Memo and What it Means
Retrieved from cnn.com
Karley Betzler, Staff Reporter
On Friday, February 2, Donald Trump declassified a four-page memo, which was written by aides and Devin Nunes, the "chairman of the House intelligence committee, a staunch defender of Donald Trump and a member of his transition team" (The Guardian).
Why does this matter? Well, the memo alleges that the FBI abused its power while looking into Russian-ties with the Trump campaign. The content of the memo is centered around the FBI's surveillance of Carter Page. Page is Trump's former campaign adviser who stated in 2013 that he, "had the privilege to serve as an informal advisor to the staff of the Kremlin" (Axios). The memo alleges that the investigation into Page was politically motivated and not properly authorized.
The FBI initially began the investigation into Page after he flew to Moscow and met with Russian officials in 2016 while he was a campaign advisor to Trump. After hearing of this, the FBI and Department of Justice filed an application to a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court so they could begin watching Page. "The court granted the application" (Vox).
The memo alleges that the FBI began surveilling Page due to the infamous Steele dossier. This was a "document prepared by former British spy Christopher Steele alleging the existence of a conspiracy between Donald Trump and the Russian government. Steele's research was, partially and indirectly, financed by the Clinton campaign — which the memo alleges is a major problem" (Vox). Vox reported that Steele is a well-respected investigator and some of his findings have proven to be true. Therefore, even if the FBI had relied on Steele's investigation, it may still be credible.
There is skepticism on whether the contents of the memo are in fact true. Vox reported, "when news broke in mid-January that Nunes had been working in secret to prepare a memo on FBI surveillance of the Trump campaign, the initial sense among intelligence experts was that it would be…— Nunes misrepresenting intelligence to support President Trump's political position."
While the contents of the memo may not be true, the implications may be far-reaching. The Guardian reported, "The memo has raised concerns that the president is looking for a pretext to undermine or discredit the special counsel investigation, which now encompasses potential obstruction of justice by the White House." There is reason to believe this, however, if special counsel Robert Mueller is fired, it'll be a stretch.
The man who currently has the power to fire Mueller, and effectively end the Russia investigation, is Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein is mentioned in the memo as someone who signed off on a warrant for Page's surveillance. The New York Times reported, "Republicans could potentially use Mr. Rosenstein's decision to approve the renewal to suggest that he failed to properly vet a highly sensitive application for a warrant to spy on Mr. Page." Rosenstein expressed no interest in firing Mueller back in December, but if this memo were to lead to Rosenstein's firing, then a more Trump-friendly option could replace him to fire Mueller.
Republican John McCain responded to the memo by writing, "The latest attacks on the FBI and Department of Justice serve no American interests — no party's, no president's, only Putin's…"


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#ifndef HTTP_HTTPMETHOD_H
#define HTTP_HTTPMETHOD_H
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*/
#include "util/string.h"

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
namespace Http
{
class HttpMethod
{
public:
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    };

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    /// convert to string
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};

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/**
*/
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{
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}

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*/
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The Younger Chemists Committee is running an illustrated poetry contest in celebration of National Chemistry Week this year! The theme is "Chemistry is out of this world!" This year, the American Chemical Society will also be taking digital art for the illustration, so whatever your fancy, traditional or digital, please send in an entry of chemistry & space.
Posts must come with an entry form (please email ameslocalycc@gmail.com for a copy!) and must be turned in Monday, October 8th (postmarked) or electronically Friday, October 12th.
The ACS Ames Local Section is supporting the 2018 Midwest Women Chemists Retreat. This event is an excellent opportunity for graduate students and postdocs to grow professionally and to develop strategies to address challenges that especially impact women in scientific careers. The retreat will be held Fri.-Sun., July 27-29, in Decorah, IA, and 50 attendees from Ph.D. granting programs across the midwest are anticipated.
The 2017 Great Lakes Regional Meeting will be held in Fargo, North Dakota on June 27th to 30th 2017. Our theme is Energy and Sustainability and as conference chair, I am inviting you to not only attend (think of this as a save the date) but also offer the chance to be involved either though hosting a symposium or in other capacities. Some relevant links are provided below and I hope you will take the time to check these out. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact me directly (wyllie@cord.edu). I have also attached a save the date flier to this email so feel free to distribute as you see fit.
Now we accept mini-grant proposal year round. If you have any good idea, send us half page proposal. We will make a decision in two weeks and send you a check! For the details of requirement of mini-grant proposa, take a look at the announcemnt on May 10, 2016. Ask me if you have any questions at yjlee@iastate.edu.
Ames local section of American Chemical Society is celebrating one hundred years anniversary of the local section establishment. We have FREE dinner to all the local section members (catering from Olde Main with $30 value)--yes, regardless whether you pay the voluntary section due or not--, especially including retired members, partially thanks to the small grant from ACS Senior Chemist Committee. All you need is to register your spot no later than by Nov 3rd, and show up on time. Senior members can bring their one important partner for FREE. Just make it sure to separately register her/him with your ACS ID. Sorry, no other guests are allowed due to limited seating.
Time: Nov 10th, Thursday, 5:30pm.
Thomas Holm, Professor at Iowa State University, will give a talk intended for general public, next Wednesday, Sep. 14, at Torrent Brewing on the fundamental chemistry and physics behind global warming.
I do not have specific ideas, but if you are interested, you are welcome to apply. I would strongly support you.
Local Sections can be awarded seed funding to plan and implement hardware and/or software infrastructure to facilitate the ability of Section members to participate in events from a remote location. LSAC can fund up to $1,500 per application submitted. Read more about this funding opportunity and apply.
Local Sections can be awarded funding to plan an event that brings together senior chemists with youth ages 3-17 for a mutual exchange of expertise and technological know-how. For example, senior chemists could provide a demonstration of engaging chemistry drawn from their own professional experience, and the children could capture a video on smartphones to share with the senior chemists how to upload the video to a YouTube channel, or share it with a friend on various social media outlets. Activities and technology would depend on the interests and expertise of the participants. Mini-grants are available up to a maximum of $400 for an activity sponsored by an ACS Local Section. Apply for this funding opportunity.
Important Note: Monday, October 17th is the deadline to submit applications for both the LSAC Virtual Event Participation Grant and Project MEET.
Maria Bohorquez (Drake University) attended the ACS Council meeting on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 representing the ACS Ames local section as Alternate Councilor. Full reports will be posted on the ACS Website as they become available.
o	Maria Bohorquez has been serving as Associate to the Committee on ACS Project SEED since 2015.
o	>10,000 students have participated in undergraduate research since 1968.
o	2018-50th anniversary celebration (Maria Bohorquez will serve on the organizing committee for this event). It would be very interesting to expand the number of institutions supporting Project SEED projects in Iowa, number of partners (high schools), and external funding.
o	The Committee on Nominations and Elections solicits Councilors' input of qualified individuals for President-Elect and/or Directors for future consideration. Suggestions may be sent to nomelect@acs.org. N&E has established the Vote 20/20 Task Force, charged with examining all aspects of nominations and elections for ACS national offices, and designing an enhanced process to be in place by the year 2020. Proposals will be presented in the spring meeting in 2017.
o	Aspects of the current ACS National Election process that you like the most.
o	One major change that you would like to see about the ACS National Election process.
o	What you like about how other organizations elect their leaders.
o	What you expect to be different in the National Election process in the future.
o	Petition for removal of officers and councilors (pages 114-116)-Council will vote in 2017.
o	Petition on the rights of affiliates (pages 117-119)-Council will vote in 2017.
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♣	By electronic ballot, the Council elected Harmon B. Abrahamson, Lissa A. Dulany, Andrea B. Twiss-Brooks, and Sally B. Peters for a 2017-2019 term, Martin D. Rudd for a 2017-2018 term, and Karl S. Booksh and Ella L. Davis for a one-year term, 2017, on the Council Policy Committee.
♣	By electronic ballot, the Council elected Lisa M. Balbes, Thomas H. Lane, Amber S. Hinkle, Alan M. Ehrlich, and Alan A. Hazari for a 2017-2019 term and Neil D. Jespersen for a one-year term, 2017, on the Committee on Nominations and Elections.
♣	By electronic ballot, the Council elected Wayne E. Jones, Jr., D. Richard Cobb, Stephanie J. Watson, Dee Ann Casteel, and Emilio X. Esposito for three year terms, 2017-2019, on the Committee on Committees.
♣	On the recommendation of the Committee on Committees, the Council voted to approve the continuation of the Committee on Analytical Reagents, and the Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service, subject to confirmation by the Board of Directors.
♣	On the recommendation of the Committee on Local Section Activities, the Council approved a petition from the Permian Basin Local Section to annex the Texas counties of Pecos and Brewster, and the petition from the Upper Peninsula Local Section to annex unassigned and adjacent territory, and one Michigan county (Menominee) now currently assigned to the Northwest Wisconsin Local Section.
♣	On the recommendation of the Committee on Membership Affairs, the Council approved a petition to amend the ACS Bylaws to extend the Unemployed Members' Dues Waiver, which will extend waivers for unemployed members' dues from the current two years to three years, subject to confirmation by the Board of Directors.
♣	On the recommendation of the Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs, the Council approved the Chemical Professional's Code of Conduct, subject to confirmation by the Board of Directors.
♣	On the recommendation of the Committee on Constitution and Bylaws, the Council approved the Bylaws for Divisions in Probationary Status and the Charter Bylaws for New Local Sections.
♣	On the recommendation of the Committee on International Activities, the Council approved the establishment of ACS International Chemical Sciences Chapters in Greater Beijing, Southwestern China, and Iraq, subject to confirmation by the Board of Directors.
♣	The Council passed resolutions in memory of deceased Councilors; acknowledging President Donna Nelson's service as presiding officer of the Council; and in gratitude for the officers and members of the Philadelphia Local Section, the host Section for the 252nd National Meeting, the divisional program chairs and symposium organizers, and ACS staff.
The Council conducted a special discussion to gather input on proposed recommendations from the ACS Presidential Task Force on the U.S. Employment of Chemists. The task force has been examining and considering all known influences that can impact employment in the chemical sciences. Councilors were invited to share their thoughts, comments, and suggestions on the proposed suggestions to date, in preparation for the report's expected release later this year.
President-Elect Allison A. Campbell provided some details about the three themes she will focus on during her presidency: Science Advocacy, Science Literacy, and Chemistry as a Global Enterprise.
•	Under Science Advocacy she launched a working group that will host an event entitled "Chemistry on the Hill" in 2017.
•	Presidential symposia organized for the meetings in San Francisco in 2017 (Spring) include: "Energy for a Low Carbon Future: Grand Challenges for Chemistry" and "Holy Grails in Chemistry".
Newly elected, three-year councilor Javier Vela from ISU, and alternate councilor Maria Bohorquez from Drake, will regularly attend ACS national meetings to represent the Ames Local section. As per national ACS policies, the local section co-sponsors the councilor's travel to national meetings. Because many of the members do not attend the national meeting, the councilor will share the national ACS news with the local members.
I recently came back from ACS, where I had the chance to attend the At Large Councilor and District meetings. I also participated as an associate (observer) in the International Activities Committee (IAC) meeting. While several items were presented and discussed, there are no major news or changes to report. As part of the Councilor responsibilities, I will seek to enter a new national committee, since my IAC term is up. The call opens up in a few weeks from now, and specific openings will only become known at that time.
- The at large meeting had about 500 PhD Chemists in a single room, and it lasted for over 4 h! Members of the audience could approach microphones and ask questions and offer suggestions. Among points that repeated often, people seem genuinely and understandably concerned about the anti-immigrant/anti-visa tone of some recent ACS initiatives and Committee reports, perhaps as an indirect consequence of the sad affairs of national politics. There were also repeated concerns about perceived discrepancies in the yearly jobs report; it appears that the statistics reported count only active ACS members who respond to the surveys, and people feel this greatly skews the jobs data.
- ACS appears to be primarily run by a group of very capable staff who, in many instances, are non-chemistry professionals. They do a fine job, in my view, managing such a large and successful scientific organization. However, actual career chemists, including elected ACS Presidents, have a more limited and primarily ceremonial role in running the society. Just an observation!
- From the International Activities Committee (IAC)3: There will be a new international meeting similar to PacifiChem, oriented toward the nations of the Atlantic. It's unclear if the conference will be called AtlantiChem, but it will be similar to PacifiChem, and occur every five years. The first edition is scheduled for Cancun in January 2017 or 2018.
Maria will be attending the Fall ACS in Philadelphia to represent the local section, and is serving in the national ACS Project SEED committee.
To promote professional development of local high school chemistry teachers, we will support their AACT (American Associate of Chemistry Teachers) membership ($50/year) for the first year. Below is the details.
* She or he should be a high school chemistry teacher of the school district within the limit of Ames Local section.
* We support only the first year membership. You should pay yourself and send us the receipt (email is fine), then we will send you the reimbursement.
* If you are not sure whether you are qualified, please check with the Ames Local section chair.
* This program is subject to funding availability, but we intend to continue for the foreseeable future.
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All countries India Uttar Pradesh Aligarh Atrauli
Weather in Atrauli
8 hours ago at the weather station (26 km) it was +16 °C+61 °F, mostly clear, normal air pressure, very high humidity (94%), light air (1 m/s) (4 km/h) (2 mph) (2 knots) (1 Bft) blowing from the north-west. Mist. Horizontal visibility 2.0 km.Horizontal visibility 1.24 miles. Weather archive at the weather station
Today we expect +14..+22 °C°F, +57..+72 °C°F, without precipitation, fog, gentle breeze. Tomorrow: +13..+22 °C°F, +55..+72 °C°F, without precipitation, gentle breeze.
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formerly billed as Johnny Farnham is an English-Australian pop singer. As Johnny Farnham he was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as lead singer of Little River Band during 1982–1985. In September 1986 his solo single, "You're the Voice" peaked at No. 1 on the Australian singles charts.


Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a condition in which people get stuck in a cycle of obsessions and compulsions. Many people with OCD try to hide their condition and may not seek treatment due to embarrassment or shame. OCD affects people of all ages and backgrounds, including approximately 2 – 3% of people in the United States. Most people with OCD have both obsessions and compulsions although in some cases they may have just one or the other.
OCD can lead to anxiety, depression, isolation, low self-esteem, and other negative emotions and behaviors. For many OCD sufferers, their obsessions and compulsions take up an inordinate amount of time and energy, robbing them of an opportunity to live a more full and happy life.
Obsessions are unwanted thoughts that may trigger anxiety or distress, including thoughts related to perfectionism, order, contamination/germs, fear of harming others, and intrusive sexual, violent, or religious thoughts. People with OCD perform compulsions to temporarily relieve themselves of the anxiety associated with their obsessions. A person with a fear of germs, for example, may spend hours in the bathroom meticulously cleaning themselves. While this reduces their short-term anxiety, in the long run it causes their OCD to get worse.
Common compulsions include excessive checking, cleaning, ordering (e.g., making sure things are "just right"), counting, and repeating certain words to oneself. People with OCD often avoid situations that trigger their obsessions and may seek reassurance from others that everything is OK.
Everyone has obsessions and compulsions at times. What makes OCD different is the persistence of obsessions and compulsions and the negative impact they have on one's life. Whereas most people can let go of an unwanted thought after a while (e.g., "Did I forget to lock the front door?"), those thoughts get stuck in the minds of people with OCD and repeat over and over again. It's hard to be a good partner or friend if everything in your house has to be arranged "just right" before you can relax and have a conversation, or if you can't share a couch with anyone due to your fear of germs.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a pragmatic form of therapy that helps people replace unhelpful thought patterns with healthier ways of thinking. The client and therapist work together in CBT to set treatment goals. One CBT technique shown to be particularly helpful for OCD is called Exposure Response Prevention (ERP). This involves exposing the person with OCD to whatever it is that causes them distress and encouraging them not to perform a compulsion in response. While this may sound scary and will cause an increase in the person's anxiety in the short term, in the long run, the person's anxiety should decrease.
Another form of therapy that may be combined with CBT to treat OCD is known as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). ACT emphasizes psychological flexibility and committing to one's values. In ACT, the therapist might ask the OCD sufferer if it's worth it to tolerate their anxiety in the short-run so that they may lead a happier, more fulfilling life in the long run.
Support groups: Remember that you are not alone. At least 3 million Americans (probably more) suffer from OCD. If you think you have OCD and it's causing problems in your life, reach out for help. Many people find joining OCD support groups helpful. These groups can help you feel less isolated and meet others who have similar thoughts and concerns as you. The OCD SF Bay Area website (http://www.ocdbayarea.org/) has a listing of support groups in the Bay Area. The International OCD Foundation website (https://iocdf.org/) has lots of good information as well.
John "Andy" Bradshaw, Associate Marriage & Family Therapist #101517 (supervised by Dino Di Donato, MFT #39831) focuses on the treatment of OCD and anxiety at Market Street Center for Psychotherapy. You can contact him at (510) 599-9845 or andybradshawtherapy@gmail.com.
American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.
Murdock, N. (2013). Cognitive therapy. In Theories of counseling and psychotherapy: A case approach (3rd ed., pp. 313-350). Boston: Pearson.


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Napoca est un genre d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Salticidae.

Distribution
Les espèces de ce genre se rencontrent en Palestine et en Espagne.

Liste des espèces
Selon  :
 Napoca constanzeae Logunov & Schäfer, 2017
 Napoca insignis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

Publication originale
 Simon, 1901 : Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, ,  (intégral).

Liens externes

Notes et références

Salticidae
Genre d'araignées (nom scientifique)


Time and time again, we have heard of the fraud associated with "OBAMA-CARE". Today Michelle Bachmann of our Tea Party has gone public on meet the press.
The first 12 min. clip reveals the deviant nature of OBAMA-CARE.
The second 10 sec. clip shows Nancy Pelosi's famous OBAMA-CARE COMMENT.
that is is 1017 pages long?
2. Have you read the bill?
long bills may POSSIBLY be to deceive we the people?
at the top of our government?


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In the Catalan Pyrenees you will find countless trails for discovering white peaks, dark green forests and bluish-grey rivers. Here are some hiking routes for you to enjoy. Put your boots on and let's get going!


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Interview with Flora Incognita: Innovation in Citizen Science Using Machine Learning
Posted by Flora Incognita | Jun 7, 2019 | Blog, Citizen Science, Community Science, Gen R Blog | 0
Images: All images courtesy Flora Incognita https://floraincognita.com/de/pressemappe/
Jana Wäldchen ORCiD 0000-0002-2631-1531
Patrick Mäder ORCiD 0000-0001-6871-2707
Cite as:
10.25815/xp2t-w456
Citation format: The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition
Wäldchen, Jana & Mäder, Patrick. 'Interview with Flora Incognita: Innovation in Citizen Science Using Machine Learning', 2019. https://doi.org/10.25815/xp2t-w456.
An interdisciplinary team has come up with a mobile app for identifying plants based on users taking a photo of the plant on their mobile. The Flora Incognita app applies machine learning to identify plant species in near real-time — flowers, plants, and trees. Simplicity and Innovation are both hard to accomplish but this is where Flora Incognita has excelled and to achieve both deserves a mention. Currently the app suite works with flora in the German Central European region, based on 4,800 species, using 1.7 million images, with a 100,000 images coming from users in 2018 alone. For Citizen Science the enthusiastic engagement of the public with Flora Incognita shows a clear path forward for more widespread uses of machine learning in public participation with science and scholarship, and in knowledge creation.
Image: Screenshots of Flora Incognita app
Flora Incognita
for iOS and Android
Flora Capture
GenR: Would you like to give a short introduction to yourselves and your roles in the Flora Incognita research?
Jana Wäldchen: I am leading the biological part of the Flora Incognita project at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena (BGC). I studied Landscape Management and Nature Conservation and did my PhD in ecology. Since my studies, I have been aware that accurate species identification is an important component of workflows in ecological research. Many activities, such as studying the biodiversity richness of a region, monitoring populations of endangered species, determining the impact of climate change on species distribution, and weed control actions depend on accurate identification skills. These activities are a necessity for: farmers, foresters, taxonomists, conservation biologists, technical personnel of environmental agencies, or just fun for laypersons. Automating the task and making it feasible for non-experts is highly desirable, especially considering the continuous loss of biodiversity — and ironically of taxonomists to monitor biodiversity.
Patrick Mäder: I'm a professor in software engineering and data-intensive systems at the Technical University of Ilmenau. Automating and simplifying processes has always been a major objective of my work, initially as consultant and developer in industrial projects, later in developing methods for safer software development, and today in developing methods for interactive classification processes. Recent boosts in data availability, new and improved computer hardware, accompanied by substantial progress in machine learning algorithms pushed automated, image-based species identification into reality. Jana and I had the idea together in 2011. We wrote a project proposal and started the Flora Incognita project, which I coordinate at the TU Ilmenau, in 2014. Right from the start, this was a very interdisciplinary project in which computer scientists and biologists worked together.
What can people do with the Flora-APPS suite of mobile apps?
Jana: The goal of the Flora Incognita project is developing a semi-automated plant identification tool for mobile devices. To achieve this goal we have developed three different apps (two are publicly available), which people can freely download from the Google Play Store and the iOS AppStore. With the Flora Capture App (Flora Incognita n.d.) users can capture observations of wild plants containing images from different perspectives. Botanists at the MPI-BGC are validating and identifying these observations. The user receives feedback about the identified plant species directly on their device. This means, the user gets a species identification from a human expert botanist in exchange of high-quality images depicting this plant. A steadily growing number of interested people support our research by capturing such observations.
Patrick: In return, we as computer scientists get a lot of structured plant images through the Flora Capture App, which are necessary for training the neuronal networks used for the automatic species identification in our second app, the Flora Incognita App (Flora Incognita n.d.). The Flora Incognita App allows for identifying plants automatically. The identification process adapts to the situation meaning that depending on the unknown plant's life form (herb, tree, grass, or fern) and the current date, we ask the user to take an initial image of a certain organ of the plant. If this image allows for an accurate identification, the process completes otherwise we follow up and ask for an additional image of the plant and so on. Underneath, we utilize a sophisticated cascade of latest deep neural networks and many additional data science technologies.
How are Flora-APPS being used in Citizen Science projects? For example do people just use it as individuals or as part of an organized project like with a club, or nature project?
Jana: At the moment,people use our apps mostly for their individual purposes. The Flora Incognita App is currently used by a wide range of people, e.g., pupils, students, parents teaching their children, laypersons, and even expert ecologists and botanists. We found that Flora Capture user are often people who want to combine their hobby of photography with getting a better understanding of nature. However, there are also a growing number of initiatives and organizations that use or suggest our apps for student camps, conservation initiatives aiming to protect certain areas, as part of guided walks through nature and so on.
What was the germ of the Flora Incognita research and how did your two institutions come to work together on the project?
Jana: Actually it was really simple. In 2011, a biologist asked a computer scientist if it could be possible to automate plant identification by developing a smartphone app.
Patrick: I was immediately enthusiastic about the idea and we worked together on a project proposal. With the joint funding program of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) in 2012 for the implementation of the National Strategy on Biodiversity (BMU 2007) we had a suitable opportunity to submit our research idea. Especially, the combination of science and implementation makes this project so successful.
What has been the timeline of the development of the research, significant steps, and how has the uptake of the app suite by the public developed?
Patrick: At the beginning we spent a lot of time developing and filling a data repository. In fact, we collected more than one million images from expert collections, individuals and through Flora Capture to train the neural networks and developed methods to predict which species can occur at a certain position and at a certain time. And last but not least a considerable part of the work went into the multi-platform app development.
Can you tell us about the technology being used in the research, how you brought the different parts together, and what insights and innovations have you made over the course of the development?
Patrick: Latest machine learning methods are used for analysis of multimodal data. Images are classified using deep neural networks. For this purpose, a machine-optimized network architecture consisting of more than ninety million parameters is used, which was trained by "deep learning" algorithms on a very rich dataset of already more than 1.7 million plant images. The location of each observation is analyzed in terms of environmental, geographic and climatological characteristics and also used for the identification purpose. Similarly, the current date is used for predicting regionally specific observation periods and weather-dependent flowering seasons. Using date and location factors, such as soil type, slope, and average temperature, a probability model allows us to infer plant species that are likely to occur naturally at the current location. The results of the species prediction is then fused with the result of the image analysis. On a SINGLE image without any of the other information sources, like location and time, we currently reach an average identification accuracy of 86.5% for the 4,800 supported species including all 2,770 naturally occurring German plant species. In 95.7% of the cases, the correct species is among the first five recognized plants. Using all available data and multiple images, our actual accuracy in the app is substantially higher.
How have you designed your citizen science programme of research: how did you arrive at deciding on a app suite to bring the public into contact with your subject area; what type of UX, UI, or design research methods and processes have been put together?
Jana: Originally, the computer scientists in Ilmenau designed and implemented the Flora Capture for the field recordings of the biologists in Jena. After using the Flora Capture App 2016 exclusively for the project team, we decided that we would get many more pictures if we would make it publicly available. The more images the better the recognition that can later be provided by the Flora Incognita App. To be honest we were surprised about so many observations. In 2018, citizen scientists collected more than one hundred thousand images through the Flora Capture App. In 2019, the community of helpers further increased and we receive many Flora Capture observations every day.
Patrick: Our interdisciplinary team has among others a substantial background in software engineering and machine learning. From the beginning, we employ latest design principles like agile development, continuous integration (CI), test-driven-development. We use a CI setup where each major code change results automatically in a new build of the changed apps, which are then automatically distributed to a closed group of testers continuously evaluating the latest app versions and reporting issues. UX and UI are very important to us. We conducted several studies with users to identify requested features and especially on how they interact with the app. We try to continuously improve UX, but we also learned that different users sometimes completely disagree what is a good or bad UX and that it is almost impossible to satisfy everybody.
You are combining existing taxonomies and methods from your area of the study of flora with new technologies of machine learning and I assume a complex technology stack. Can you tell us about the experiences of marrying these two knowledge areas and skill sets?
Patrick: Automated plant species identification is a topic mostly driven by academics specialized in computer vision, machine learning, and multimedia information retrieval so far. Only a few studies have been conducted by interdisciplinary groups of biologist and computer scientists during the last two decades. Increasingly, research is moving towards more interdisciplinary endeavors. As our project shows, effective collaboration between people from different disciplines and backgrounds is necessary to gain the benefits of joined research activities and to develop widely accepted approaches.
What are your views on the value and uses of Citizen Science as researchers who have embraced its use and as practitioners of Citizen Science? And what do you think other researchers can learn from you in developing their Citizen Science projects in other disciplines?
Jana: For me as a scientist it is a new and inspiring experience to work in a research project with a large number of volunteers willing to support our work. I have learned that there are many citizens who want to participate actively and who see themselves as citizen scientist also as part of our project. We invest a lot of resources into communication with these people through social media, via e-mails but also receive many phone calls of interested people. I think it is important to be approachable and also to share the scientific knowledge that results from the project with the people. Furthermore, it is very rewarding how people use and often love technology that we invented; or to give a presentation and have an audience that is prepared with many concrete questions and is interested in every new development step.
What are your future plans for Flora Incognita?
We are continuously working on improving the apps and especially the underlying machine intelligence services. In the near future, this will include features for organizing and working with observations, adding more species and making the whole process even more intelligent and intuitive. We would like Flora Incognita to become a standard tool for the identification of plants. This will not only need more technical advances but also a stable community of users that support our work with Flora Capture observations and contributions on species information.
Flora Incognita. Flora Capture App. Accessed 6 June 2019. https://floraincognita.com/de/apps/plant-image-capture/.
Flora Incognita. Accessed 6 June 2019. https://floraincognita.com/apps/flora-incognita-app/.
BMU. 'Nationale Strategie Zur Biologischen Vielfalt – BMU-Publikation', 2007. https://www.bmu.de/PU225.
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Dans le domaine aéronautique, on parle de queue blanche pour désigner un avion qui a été produit sans être commandé par une compagnie aérienne (ou une armée de l'air) et est donc conservé en l'attente d'un client.
Un exemple célèbre concerne l'Airbus A300. De nombreuses "queues blanches" furent produites, avant d'être achetées par Eastern Air Lines qui sauva ainsi Airbus.

L'inquiétude d'hériter de « queues blanches » à la suite d'annulations de commandes revient aux constructeurs aéronautiques en période de récession brutale, comme en 2008.

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Aéronautique


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Apparently, people are more excited about Brussels sprouts than they are pigs in blankets this year.
New research by Tesco has shown that our tastes are changing, and vegetable dishes are becoming more popular thanks to the rise of plant-based eaters.
The nationwide research showed that in Scotland, 5% of people will eat a vegan or vegetarian Christmas dinner, compared to 9% of people living in the south.
It's no surprise that Brighton was dubbed the 'vegan capital of the UK'. with 12% eating a plant-based diet.
The report also showed that Brussels sprouts were seen as a more important addition to a Christmas dinner than pigs in blankets were. Maddening.
Alongside this, 40% of households still buy a Christmas pudding, but this is mainly by over 50s – with less than a quarter of 18-34 year olds buying one themselves.
The data also shows the nation is split over that age old decision: whether or not to serve Yorkshire puddings with Christmas dinner. People in Norwich were the most likely to do so – 50%– while just 13% of people in Belfast and 19% in Edinburgh said they would.
The days of waking up and drinking until you go to bed on Christmas day are also coming to an end, too, as 14% of people surveyed said they won't be drinking at all, and a fifth saying they'll have a low intake.
Tesco's Christmas report was launched to celebrate 'the many debates and rituals that make Christmas what it is for people up and down the country,' Alessandra Bellini, the chain's aptly named chief customer officer, said.