Buying a HUD home is NOT joining the military, so stop with the stupid "orders" already.
Make no mistake about it. HUD is a bureaucracy and as such, is more concerned about enforcing idiotic requirements than it is in its mission to help citzens aquire housing.
Latest case in point: buyer is only giver thirty days to close and will probably close on time. But HUD requires an extension five days in advance of the contract expiration date. So even if you think that you will probably make the deadline, you can't take the chance and must file the extension.
Oh, and you also have to deliver a certified check made out to HUD in the amount of $375.00. Even the fee will be waived the check has to be delivered first.
So a buyer has to withdraw nearly four hundred dollars from their account, deliver it to the closing agent, only to get the check back two days later.
There is a word for this. It is "torture." HUD is hell-bent on torturing buyers and their agents that are attempting to take these properties off their hands at MARKET value.
I'm certain that the bureaucrats that came up with this are having a good laugh.
I for one, do not think that it is funny.
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Authors: Pöhn, Birgit
Title: Cannabinoids as neuroprotective agents in cellular rotenone-models for Parkinson's disease.
Other title: Cannabinoide als neuroprotektive Substanzen in zellulären Rotenon-Modellen für Morbus Parkinson
Moldzio Rudolf
Novak Johannes
Graduation date: 23.08.11
Phytocannabinoids are being discussed as neuroprotective agents. There is evidence that some phytocannabinoids can protect against excitotoxicity, oxidative stress and neuroinflammatinon. All these processes play a pivotal role in PD, Chorea Huntington and multiple sclerosis. The objective of this study was to elucidate neuroprotective effects of the two cannabinoids THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD (cannabidiol) in two different cell culture models. These models include primary mesencephalic cell culture and a neuroblastoma cell line (N18TG2). In both models, rotenone, an inhibitor of complex I of the respiratory chain, was used to induce oxidative stress. Treatment with rotenone results in increased radical production and depletion of ATP. This substance is used as a toxin to mimic PD, as it is also capable of causing the formation of Lewy bodies, which are characteristic for PD. In mesencephalic cell culture, we examined parameters of cell viability and oxidative stress after incubation with cannabinoids and/or rotenone for 48h. Both THC and CBD were able to reduce rotenone-induced dopaminergic cell loss significantly. THC and CBD were also capable of counteracting glutathione depletion by rotenone. Propidium iodide uptake was significantly increased by rotenone, but no significant difference was found for cannabinoid treated cells. Determination of SOD activity revealed no significant changes. Neuroblastoma cells were used to quantify superoxide radical production by ESR. We found out that THC and CBD do not decrease superoxide radical production induced by rotenone. Propidiumiodide uptake was not increased after treatment with rotenone, suggesting that neuroblastoma cells are less sensitive to rotenone than mesencephalic cell culture. It can be concluded that CBD and THC exhibit neuroprotective properties in mesencephalic cell culture treated with rotenone. THC and CBD do not exert these actions by directly reducing superoxide production. The alteration of glutathione levels may point to a mechanism of cannabinoids to alleviate rotenone toxicity. But it is also possible that cannabinoids scavenge other radicals than superoxide.

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Samsung has been pretty keen on releasing their upcoming 3rd generation tablets over the past couple of months. They've already introduced 3 tablets of different sizes and they're ready to unveil their prices and US availability this time. Samsung has released three tablets on the inauguration of their next generation tablets with a price-tag of $199, $299 and $399 respectively for the 7.0, 8.0 and 10.1-inch tablets in US. Most of the online retailers and other retailers like Walmart, Amazon.com will start to ship those tablets within July 7 and Samsung is ready to accept pre-orders from June 25.
The three tablets share some of its specs except for the display resolution and some other criteria. For starters, the 7.0-inch tablet features 1.2 GHz Dual-Core processor accompanied by 1 GB RAM as well as massive 8 GB internal storage. Well, if the storage seems short, you can always upgrade it up to 64GB through microSD card slot. It also sports a TFT screen display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. Except for that, it has 3.0-megapixels rear and 1.3-megapixels front faced camera which means it'll support video calling features. As well as the Samsung's own built-in apps, it runs on Android Jelly Bean 4.1.
The 8.0-inch Galaxy Tab 3 sports extended processor like Exynos 1.5 GHz Dual-Core equipping 1.5 GB RAM. The display resolution is upgraded to 1280 x 800 pixels for crispier view and better viewing angles. Internal storage has been doubled up to 16 GB and you can of course increase it via micro-SD card slot. It features 5-megapixels rear camera and 1.3-megapixels front facing camera on its specifications. The tablet is supposed to run pretty smoothly on Jelly Bean 4.2.
The Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-tablet is the first one to make its debut in US for having an Intel Atom Clover Trail processor with a clock speed of 1.6 GHz. It shares the same display resolution as the 8.0-inch tablet but it has a lower PPI. But, it features massive 6,800 mAh battery to back up several days' usage. The rear camera is downgraded to 3.0-megapixels with the RAM being decreased to 1GB only. It also comes with Jelly Bean 4.2 and 16 GB internal storage.
Samsung is offering $10 worth Play Store voucher and free 50 GB Dropbox storage up to the next 2 years for all of the 3rd generation models.
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Q: Github double-counting commits published to two separate remotes Earlier this year I worked on a project and pushed my commits to a remote private repository on Github, initially set up by a separate party (under an organization). That party's sole contribution to the repository was setting it up and adding an initial README.MD. All other commits were my own.
Recently, I set up my own private repository on Github and pushed all my commits to it as well (since I didn't have full control over the other party's repository). All the pushed commits have the same author and data across the two repositories.
But now my contributions for the project are being double-counted on the contributions calendar heat map shown on my Github profile page. For instance, it lists 90 contributions on Dec 7 (whereas I had 45 prior to the push).

Is there any way for me to prevent the double-counting without changing the visibility of the repositories?
I looked up what GitHub documentation I could find, but all I could find was the option of hiding private contributions altogether (not an option for me at the moment), and troubleshooting steps related to commits NOT being counted at all.

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Upon entering the Big Island vacation home, a gourmet kitchen will be on your left. This kitchen has a generous amount of counter space and updated stainless steel appliances. The chef in the group will be able to whip up anything from a tasty treat to a mouthwatering meal. When dinner is ready to be served, call your guests over to the dining table with seating for four for a home cooked meal. Alternatively dine outside on the private lanai - you are in Hawaii after all. The lanai is surrounded by lush tropical greenery. A BBQ is available alongside patio furniture.
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British actor Albert Finney, five-time Oscar nominee, dies aged 82
February 9, 2019 9:40 AM by DZRH News Online
LONDON (Reuters) – British actor Albert Finney, who rose to fame on a post-war wave of gritty, working-class dramas and became an Oscar-nominated international star, has died at the age of 82.
Finney died after a short illness, the BBC reported on Friday.
Born in Salford, Greater Manchester, in 1936, he began his career as a Shakespearean theater actor.
He made his name in 1960 with "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning," one of a new generation of down-to-earth British films dubbed kitchen-sink dramas in which he played an angry young factory worker.
His fame spread further when he was cast as the lead in bawdy historical romp "Tom Jones" in 1963, which won four Oscars including Best Picture and brought Finney the first of his four nominations for Best Actor.
Finney, who twice refused official honors including a knighthood, also starred as Hercule Poirot in "Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and appeared in Erin Brockovich (2000) – for which he was nominated as Best Supporting Actor – and the James Bond film "Skyfall" (2012).
He also continued to grace the stage, tackling meaty Shakespearean roles including King Lear, Hamlet, and Macbeth.
"His performances in plays by Shakespeare, Chekhov, and other iconic playwrights throughout the 60s, 70s, and 80s stand apart as some of the greatest in our 200-year history," London's Old Vic Theatre said on Twitter.
Finney revealed in 2011 he had been suffering from kidney cancer.
"We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Albert Finney," the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) said on Twitter.
"…Finney will be warmly remembered for his powerful performances in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Tom Jones, Big Fish and many more."
He was married three times, to actors Jane Wenham and Anouk Aimeé between 1957-61 and 1970-78 respectively, and travel agent Pene Delmage in 2006. He is survived by Delmage and his son Simon, from his first marriage.
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Robert Morin, SA Live Producer
Published: May 28, 2021, 8:57 AM
Updated: May 28, 2021, 9:09 PM
Tags: SA Live, gigi's cupcakes, food, dessert
SA Dessert shop hosts hero party + you're invited
Gigi's Cupcakes teams up with Miss San Antonio to give big gift to local heroes
Published: May 28, 2021, 8:57 AM Updated: May 28, 2021, 9:09 PM
Gigi's Cupcakes teams up with Miss San Antonio 2021 for contest & party
SAN ANTONIO – Gigi's Cupcakes and Miss San Antonio 2021, Natalie Torresdey, are shining a spotlight on people doing great things in the San Antonio community. They've teamed up to give a local unsung hero and a frontline hero a dessert gift package worth $500.
The winners will be celebrated at a Hero Appreciation Event hosted by Gigi's Cupcakes. The public is invited to attend on Saturday at their store at 434 N. Loop 1604 in San Antonio.
Nominations were taken on the Gigi's Cupcakes Facebook and Instagram pages, but entries are now closed.
At this weekend's event, there will be free cupcakes, a cupcake swirling contest, sweet treat raffles and the hero award presentation. It's happening from noon to 3 p.m. this Saturday, so don't miss the fun!
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Running a business isn't a piece of cake. In addition what your calculated budget is, you should also take in consideration for some hidden costs. If you are not prepared and careful enough, these hidden costs can run your startups or business to the grounds.
Startup costs have skyrocketed over the years. Startup costs can easily pile up. It's easy to be befuddled by the real estate, website development, initial inventory, opening promotions costs.
So before you go to your boss to quit your job and startup a new business, take a look at these points to really understand the hidden cost of running a business.
To start up a business you need funding. To get funds entrepreneurs often get loans from a bank or other lenders. But if you are just starting out with no business experience, then it will be quite difficult to get a loan. In fact, you are lucky, if you get a loan at all.
With no business experience or an established company with the revenue documents, then your loan will depend on your personal financial situation. And if have a bad credit score, you can only expect to get a loan with bad payment term.
Out of desperation young startups agree to all condition only to fall into the trap of starting a debt cycle. With a bad term, you will have to pay in a lot in interest, leaving you with only a little money to work with. This way you will be forced to overdraft as you won't be able to pay off your loan on time.
This will drag your credit score down, leaving a little chance of ever getting approved to get a loan in the future. So if you are just starting out a business then be aware of this hidden cost of loan interest.
Choosing how much to spend o insurance can be a bit confusing. It mostly depends on what types of business you operate, how big your business is, revenue, location, previous issues, current risk factors, number of employees and industry. To keep up with these policies, $1000 a year on each policy will be spent.
If you are operating your business on a tight budget, then paying for all these insurance will only put you in a tighter position. However, you must be prepared for a rainy day. Many young businesses have been washed up by a disaster that financially broke them.
Insurance like property insurance or liability insurance is vital for small businesses. If a fire breaks out or your water pipeline gets licked or tornado destroys your avenue or even if you get robbed then your property insurance can save your business.
If your business gets sued by someone for selling a faulty product or any other reason then your liability insurance will pay a large settlement that you won't be able to pay. In some states, unemployment insurance is required.
Talk to an insurance agent who is willing to get to know your business and your financial ability to find you the most suitable insurances. An insurance agent who specializes in small business or startups can find your insurance policies with the best rates.
People with jobs don't need to worry about taxes much. It is because mostly your fair share of taxes was paid automatically by the payroll department. The company you work for probably covered part of your bill. But when you are a business owner, you will have to pay a self-employment taxes.
Self-employment tax is a big deal. Even if you are not making a lot of money, you still own something to your government. Not paying taxes is considered a crime in most of the states. You might think that you won't have to pay a significant amount until you make a marginal profit. But that is only possible if a sales or income tax is imposed on you. However, that cannot always be the case. It depends on the size of the business you are operating or the nature of your business.
If you earn more than $400 a year then you will be imposed with 12.4% of your wage for Social Security tax and 2.9% of your wage for Medical Tax. So in total, 15.3% of your wage will have to pay as self-employment tax.
Legal fees are considered number one hidden cost for running a business. Small business owners are most likely to settle a case than litigate than any large corporation. And the trial lawyers understand this weakness, so small business owners are the main target of the lawsuits. In most cases, the settlements are between $1000 to $5000 depending on the case. Even if you settle a suit, your insurance premium rise which drives up the costs.
Even after running your business with ease for years, you should leave some important aspects of operating your business to other professionals. Ask the experts in your team to help you with legal and financial obligations.
With time, you will notice that legal and accounting fees quickly add up. Take advice from your lawyers and accountants to make the best choice for your business. Without their professional service, you might end up making the wrong and uninformed decision for your business.
When you let your customers pay you with credit cards, they can make a larger purchase. Thus, you get more revenue. But offering your customers to make payment with credit cards can increase your costs. Credit cards company charges a fee for every transaction you make. The terms and fees vary from companies to companies. Research the company's terms and fees before you make a decision.
To offer your clientele pay you with credit cards, you will need to set up a merchant account through your bank. When the application process is completed then you will be approved to accept huge credit cards payments. Then your banks will allow you to buy or lease credit cards equipment. You can get an online payment processor if you want to run your business online.
To make your startup or business considered legal, you need to apply for various permits and licenses depending on what product or service you sell and what industry you work in. Many start their business without knowing this legal stuff and find themselves in trouble. Many states consider operating a business without permits or license to be a criminal offense.
No matter what type of business you start, you will always need some kind of permits or licenses. For example, you need to apply for zoning or land use permits so that your federal government or state government can check if you have enough parking area around your business's location. Contact your state department to know the specific requirements.
The types of business you run will also play a role in what type of permits or license should you be applying for. You need to take into consideration the permit fees and charges. Most of the times, business owners need to renew their permits or licenses.
When calculating the amount you will pay your employee, take some factors like taxes, benefits and, perks into consideration. Otherwise, you will get yourself in a tighter position for being uninformed.
According to research, the overall costs run from 1.25 to 1.4 times the basic pay. Employment taxes, healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, vacation benefits and worker's compensation increases the costs. The research also states that a $50,000 salary can cost up to $70,000. What you are expected to pay can be enough reason to run your business to the grounds.
Although they don't cost as much as you think, over the years they will add up to a lot of money. So when you are making a budget for your startup costs, take these costs into considerations.
It takes money to make money. Which means you need money to generate more money. But you must know how to manage your money and how to spend it wisely to establish your business. Many entrepreneurs get trapped in debt and hit the bottom line.
So whether you are just starting out your own business or thinking about expanding your business, consider these hidden costs. As unmotivating as it may sound, it's better to be prepared than finding yourself in debt.


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Final Fantasy VII Remake has been delayed by a month
Gare – Tuesday, January 14, 2020 10:23 PM
The upcoming remake of Final Fantasy VII has been pushed back from its original release date of March 3 – it will now be launching on April 10, Square Enix has revealed. In a developer message, producer Yoshinori Kitase describes the delay as a "tough decision", one that has been made with the intention of giving FF7R a few more weeks of extra polish. Considering how long fans have been anticipating the game, I suppose waiting another month shouldn't be too much of a big deal at this point.
Final Fantasy VII will be available on PlayStation 4.
Final Fantasy VII Remake to bring drastic changes to the classic JRPG
Final Fantasy VII Remake's latest trailer has action, minigames, frogs
Final Fantasy VII remake gets new trailer, promises to reveal more in June
Final Fantasy X, X-2 and XII are coming to Xbox One and Switch this April
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From Jakob Nielsen, "Children's Websites: Usability in Designing for Kids," which cbd posted a while back. I don't always agree with Nielsen's proclamations about all things internets, but this seems pretty interesting and potentially useful for English 444.
Speaking of which: some of my teaching evaluation reviews from this last summer's section of English 444 and English 328 were pretty bad, and I think it's mostly because the 7.5 week summer term makes students kind of crabby, and because this is another short term that comes after the short spring term. I try to warn students, try to repeat often the mantra of "it isn't half as long, it's twice as fast," but often to no avail. Next year/this school year, I'm scheduled for spring term teaching, so we'll see if that makes much difference, and I am also tentatively scheduled to teach a section of 444 this winter as an overload.
"Project explores potential for use of iPad in education at Penn State," which is another story about what the headline suggests. The one thing that's a little different/unusual is I sort of know a couple of the people involved with this project.
Tweet Library is a software for keeping a Tweet library on an iPad, which is all fine and good, though I personally would prefer to have it on my desktop.
Here's a pretty interesting assignment from Bill Wolff at Rowan University, "wrtf10 assignment 2: mixin', mashin', and remixin'." There's a couple of different things I can steal/borrow here for stuff students are doing this term in both 328 and 121.
I don't know exactly how much this matters, but here's a link to a blog that links to a site called Haltadefinizione, which has super-duper high resolution/detailed images of some famous paintings.


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Theoretical and Practical Research in the Economic Fields
Vol 4 No 2 (2013): TPREF Volume IV Issue 2(8) Winter 2013 /
AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR INFLATION IN THE PHILIPPINES USING MARKOV-SWITCHING AND LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS
Christopher John F. CRUZ Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Philippines
Claire Dennis S. MAPA University of the Philippines School of Statistics, Philippines
With the adoption of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) of the Inflation Targeting (IT) framework in 2002, average inflation went down in the past decade from historical average. However, the BSP's inflation targets were breached several times since 2002. Against this backdrop, this paper attempts to develop an early warning system (EWS) model for predicting the occurrence of high inflation in the Philippines. Episodes of high and low inflation were identified using Markov-switching models. Using the outcomes of the regime classification, logistic regression models are then estimated with the objective of quantifying the possibility of the occurrence of high inflation episodes. Empirical results show that the proposed EWS model has some potential as a complementary tool in the BSP's monetary policy formulation based on the in-sample and out-of sample forecasting performance.
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[4]	Cruz, A. (2009). Revised Single-Equation Model for Forecasting Inflation: Preliminary Results. BSP Economic Newsletter, 9(5).
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[6]	Debelle, G., and Hoon Lim, C. (1998). Preliminary Considerations of an Inflation Targeting Framework for the Philippines, IMF Working Paper WP/98/39. Available at the IMF website: www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/wp9839.pdf.
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Social Neuroscience and Social Psychology
Faculties & Institutes
Faculty of Human Sciences
Dr. Thomas Baumgartner
thomas.baumgartner@psy.unibe.ch
University of Bern
Department of Social Neuroscience and Social Psychology
3012 Bern / Switzerland
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Curriculums Vitae
Baumgartner, T.*, Dahinden, F.M.*, Gianotti, L.R.R. & Knoch, D. (2019). Neural traits characterize unconditional cooperators, conditional cooperators, and noncooperators in group‐based cooperation. Human Brain Mapping. (*shared first co-authorship). Link to article.
Baumgartner, T., Nash, K., Hill, C., & Knoch, D. (2015). Neuroanatomy of intergroup bias: A white matter microstructure study of individual differences. Neuroimage, 122, 345-354. download (pdf, 1.0 MB)
Baumgartner,T., Gianotti, L., Knoch, D. (2013). Baseline activation in anterior insula predicts inter-individual differences in deceptive behavior. Biological Psychology, 94, 192-197. download (pdf, 878KB)
Baumgartner,T., Schiller, B., Hill, C., Knoch, D. (2013). Impartiality in humans is predicted by brain structure of dorsomedial prefrontal Cortex. Neuroimage, 81, 317-324. download (pdf, 578KB)
Baumgartner, T., Schiller, B., Rieskamp, J., Gianotti, L., Knoch, D. (2014). Diminishing parochialism in intergroup conflict by disrupting the right temporo-parietal junction. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9, 653-660. download (pdf, 251KB)
Baumgartner, T., Knoch, D., Hotz, P., Eisenegger, C., Fehr, E. (2011). Dorsolateral and ventromedial prefrontal cortex orchestrate normative choice. Nature Neuroscience, 14, 1468-1474. download (pdf, 667KB)
Baumgartner, T., Götte, L., Gügler, R., Fehr, E. (2012). The mentalizing network orchestrates the impact of parochial altruism on social norm enforcement. Human Brain Mapping, 33, 1452-1469. download (pdf, 2.1 MB)
Baumgartner, T., Fischbacher, U., Feierabend, A., Lutz, K., & Fehr, E. (2009). The Neural Circuitry of a Broken Promise. Neuron, 64, 756-770. download (pdf, 1.3 MB)
Baumgartner, T., Heinrichs, M., Vonlanthen, A., Fischbacher, U. & Fehr, E. (2008). Oxytocin Shapes the Neural Circuitry of Trust and Trust Adaption in Humans. Neuron, 58, 639-650. download (pdf, 648KB)
Baumgartner, T., Speck, D., Wettstein, D., Masnari, O., Beeli, G., Jäncke, L. (2008). Feeling present in arousing virtual reality worlds: prefrontal brain regions differentially orchestrate presence experience in adults and children. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2, 1-12. download (pdf, 2.6 MB)
Social Decision-Making: The Interacting Brain
Langenbach, B.P., Berger, S., Baumgartner, T. & Knoch, D. (2019). Cognitive resources moderate the relationship between pro-environmental attitudes and green behavior. Environment and Behavior. Link to article
Rudorf, S., Baumgartner, T., Knoch, D. (2019). Peer effects on control-averse behavior. Scientific reports. Link to article.
Schiller, B.*, Gianotti, L.R.R.*, Baumgartner, T., Knoch, D. (2019). Theta resting EEG in the right TPJ is associated with individual differences in implicit intergroup bias. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. (*shared first co-authorship). Link to article.
Baumgartner, T.*, Langenbach, B.P.*, Gianotti, L.R.R., Müri, R.M. & Knoch, D. (2019). Frequency of everyday proenvironmental behaviour is explained by baseline activation in lateral prefrontal cortex. Scientific reports. (*shared first co-authorship). Link to article
Gianotti, L.R.R.*, Dahinden, F.M.*, Baumgartner, T. & Knoch, D. (2018). Understanding Individual Differences in Domain-General Prosociality: A Resting EEG Study. Brain Topography. (*shared first co-authorship). Link to article
Gianotti, L.R.R.*, Nash, K.*, Baumgartner, T., Dahinden, F.M. & Knoch, D. (2018). Neural signatures of different behavioral types in fairness norm compliance. Scientific reports. (*shared first co-authorship). Link to article
Saulin, A.*, Baumgartner, T.*, Gianotti, L.R.R., Hofmann, W. & Knoch, D. (2018). Frequency of helping friends and helping strangers is explained by different neural signatures. Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. (*shared first co-authorship). Link to article
Rudorf, S., Baumgartner, T., Markett, S., Schmelz, K., Wiest, R., Fischbacher, U., Knoch, D. (2018). Intrinsic connectivity networks underlying individual differences in control-averse behavior. Human Brain Mapping. Download (PDF, 1.4 MB)
Calluso, C., Saulin, A., Baumgartner, T. & Knoch, D. (2018). Distinct patterns of cognitive conflict dynamics in promise keepers and promise breakers. Frontiers in Psychology. Link to article.
Rudorf, S., Schmelz, K., Baumgartner, T., Wiest, R., Fischbacher, U., Knoch, D. (2018). Neural mechanisms underlying individual differences in control-averse behavior. Journal of Neuroscience. Link to article.
Nash, K.*, Baumgartner, T.*, Knoch, D. (2017). Group-focused morality is associated with limited conflict detection and resolution capacity: Neuroanatomical evidence. Biological Psychology, 123, 235-240. (*shared first co-authorship). Download (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Baumgartner, T., Saulin, A., Hein, G., Knoch, D. (2016). Structural Differences in Insular Cortex Reflect Vicarious Injustice Sensitivity. PLoS ONE 11(12): e0167538. Link to article.
Schiller, B.*, Gianotti, L.R.R*, Baumgartner, T., Nash K., Koenig, T. & Knoch, D. (2016). Clocking the social mind by identifying mental processes in the IAT with electrical neuroimaging. PNAS, 113 (10), 2786-2791.(*shared first co-authorship). Link to article.
Schiller, B.*, Baumgartner, T.*, Knoch, D. (2014). Intergroup bias in third-party punishment stems from both ingroup favoritism and outgroup discrimination. Evolution and Human Behavior, 35, 169-175. (*shared first co-authership) download (pdf, 432KB)
Nash, K., Schiller, B., Gianotti, L.R.R., Baumgartner, T., Knoch, D. (2014). "Electrophysiological Indices of Response Inhibition in a Go/NoGo Task Predict Self-Control in a Social Context." Plos One. download (pdf, 624KB)
Baumgartner,T., Gianotti, L., Knoch, D. (2013). Who is honest and why: Baseline activation in anterior insula predicts inter-individual differences in deceptive behavior. Biological Psychology, 94, 192-197. download (pdf, 878KB)
Baumgartner, T., Schiller, B., Rieskamp, J., Gianotti, L., Knoch, D. (2013).Diminishing parochialism in intergroup conflict by disrupting the right temporo-parietal junction. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9, 653-660. download (pdf, 251KB)
Baumgartner, T., Knoch, D., Hotz, P., Eisenegger C., Fehr E. (2011). Dorsolateral and ventromedial prefrontal cortex orchestrate normative choice. Nature Neuroscience, 14, 1468-1474. download (pdf, 667KB)
Baumgartner, T., Heinrichs, M., Vonlanthen, A., Fischbacher, U., & Fehr, E. (2008).Oxytocin shapes the neural circuitry of trust and trust adaptation in humans. Neuron, 58, 639-650. download (pdf, 648KB)
Knoch, D., Gianotti, L.R.R., Baumgartner, T., Fehr, E. (2010). A neural marker of costly punishment behavior. Psychological Science, 21, 337-342. download (pdf, 426KB)
Heinrichs, M., Baumgartner, T., Kirschbaum, C., & Ehlert, U. (2003). Social support and oxytocin interact to suppress cortisol and subjective responses to psychosocial stress. Biol.Psychiatry, 54, 1389-1398. download (pdf, 173KB)
Emotional Perception and Experience: The Aroused Brain
Baumgartner, T., Willi M. & Jäncke L. (2007). Modulation of corticospinal activity by strong emotions evoked by pictures and classical music: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Neuroreport, 18, 261-265. download (pdf, 140KB)
Baumgartner, T., Esslen, M. & Jäncke, L. (2006). From emotion perception to emotion experience: Emotions evoked by pictures and classical music. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 60, 34-43. download (pdf, 289KB)
Baumgartner, T., Lutz, K., Schmidt, C. & Jäncke, L. (2006). The emotional power of music: How music enhances the feeling of affective pictures. Brain Research, 1075, 151-164. download (pdf, 422KB)
Kaffenberger, Tina, Brühl, A.B., Baumgartner, T., Jäncke, L. & Herwig, U. (2010). Negative bias of processing ambiguously cued emotional stimuli. Neuroreport, 21, 601-605. download (pdf, 191KB)
Kaffenberger, T., Baumgartner, T., Koeneke, S., Jancke, L., & Herwig, U. (2008). Chronometric features of processing unpleasant stimuli: a functional MRI-based transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Neuroreport, 19, 777-781. download (pdf, 125KB)
Virtual Reality: The Regulating Role of the Prefrontal Cortex
Jäncke, L., Cheetham, M. & Baumgartner, T. (2009). Virtual reality and the role of the prefrontal cortex in adults and children. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 3, 52-59. download (pdf, 1.7 MB)
Baumgartner, T., Speck, D., Wettstein, D., Masnari, O., Beeli, G., & Jäncke, L. (2008). Feeling present in arousing virtual reality worlds: prefrontal brain regions differentially orchestrate presence experience in adults and children. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2, 1-12. download (pdf, 2.6 MB)
Baumgartner, T., Valko, L., Esslen, M. & Jäncke, L. (2006). Neural correlate of Spatial Presence in an arousing and non-interactive virtual reality world – an EEG and Psychophysiology study. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 9, 30-45. download (pdf, 247KB)
Beeli, G., Casutt, G., Baumgartner, T., & Jancke, L. (2008). Modulating presence and impulsiveness by external stimulation of the brain. Behav Brain Funct, 4, 1-7. download (pdf, 636KB)
Dey, M., Gschwend, B., Baumgartner, T., Jäncke, P. & Jäncke L. (2006). Effekte von Musik auf das Fahrverhalten. Zeitschrift für Verkehrssicherheit, 52, 32-36. download (pdf, 623KB)
Wirth, W., Hartmann, T., Böcking, S., Vorderer, P., Klimmt, C., Schramm, H., Saari, T., Laarni, J., Ravaja, N., Ribeiro Gouveia, F., Baumgartner, T. et al. (2007). A process model of the formation of Spatial Presence experiences. Media Psychology, 9, 493-525. download (pdf, 276KB)
Emotional Anticipation: The Pessimistic Brain
Herwig, U., Brühl, A.B., Kaffenberger, T., Baumgartner, T., Boeker, H., & Jäncke, L. (2009). Neural correlates of 'pessimistic' attitude in depression. Psychological Medicine, 40, 789-800. download (pdf, 175KB)
Herwig, U., Baumgartner, T., Kaffenberger, T., Brühl, A., Kottlow, M., Schreiter-Gasser, U., Abler, B., Jancke, L., and Rufer, M. (2007). Modulation of anticipatory emotion and perception processing by cognitive control. Neuroimage, 37, 652-662. download (pdf, 1.1 MB)
Herwig, U., Kaffenberger, T., Baumgartner, T. & Jäncke L. (2007). Neural correlate of a "pessimistic" attitude when anticipating events of unknown emotional valence. Neuroimage, 34, 848-858. download (pdf, 928KB)
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I investigate the foundations of human emotional and social behavior using a multi-method and interdisciplinary approach combining theories, paradigms, and techniques from disciplines as varied as neuroscience (e.g., functional and structural MRI, TMS, combined TMS-fMRI, EEG), social psychology (e.g., questionnaires, social stress paradigms), psychobiology (e.g., hormonal and autonomic measures), and economics (e.g., game theoretic paradigms such as the ultimatum, trust and prisoner's dilemma games).
More specifically, I am interested in the study of the neural and hormonal mechanisms underlying social and non-social decision making; emotional perception, experience and anticipation. My further research involves the study of emotion-regulation capacities, their role in (social) decision making, and their impact on emotional experience and anticipation.
since August 2014
Senior Scientific researcher at the Department of Social Neuroscience and Social Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland
Senior Scientific researcher at the Institute for Psychology, Department of Social and Affective Neuroscience & Department of Economic Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland
Scientific researcher (Post-Doc) at the Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, Laboratory for Social and Neural Systems Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Dissertation Thesis: Neural Correlates of Higher Cognitive and Emotional Functions of the Human Brain (summa cum laude)
PhD Studies in Neuroscience at the University of Zurich, Department of Neuropsychology (Supervisor Prof. Dr. L. Jäncke)
Graduation: Master in Psychology, Psychopathology and Neurophysiology (summa cum laude)
Master Thesis: Social support and Oxytocin interact to suppress cortisol and subjective responses to psychosocial stress
Studies of Psychology, Psychopathology and Neurophysiology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland
Methodenseminar: Einführung in die Analyse von fMRI-Daten (HS 2019)
Affektive Neurowissenschaften (HS 2018)
Hands-on introduction to brain stimulation techniques (FS 2018)
Der Einfluss von Emotionen auf soziale Entscheidungsprozesse und Verhalten (FS 2016)
Der Einfluss von Emotionen auf soziale Entscheidungsprozesse und Verhalten (HS 2014)
University of Zurich and Basel
Seminar in Affective and Social Neuroscience:
Summer Term 2004 until Winter Term 2012: 12 seminars
Neuropsychological Methods (EEG, fMRI, PET, TMS):
Summer Term 2003 and Winter Term 2004: 2 seminars
Block course in neuropsychological methods (EEG, fMRI, PET, TMS):
Winter Term 2004: 1 seminar
Baumgartner, Thomas
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Forgotten Books: THE SHADOW UNMASKS (1937, 2008)
Will Murray's new Doc Savage novel The Sinister Shadow (reviewed HERE), put me in such a Shadowy mood that I decided it was time to finally take a look at The Shadow Unmasks.
That story, from the first August, 1937 issue of The Shadow's mag, was finally reprinted in 2008, paired with the tale that followed two weeks later, The Yellow Band.
Figuring this would be a special story, I'd been saving it until I was in just the right mood. But while I was right about being in the mood, I was wrong about the story. It involves a fairly clever jewel theft scheme, but there's very little mystery because the reader (and apparently the Shadow) knows what's happening right from the start. The best that can be said is that our hero is involved in a couple of good shootouts along the way - but isn't he always? And his number one agent Harry Vincent faces a creative torture method. He's trapped in a Chinese laundry and stretched on a rack made of ironing boards and laundry wringers. Aside from that - blah.
The setup for the Shadow revealing his identity is more interesting. As depicted on the cover, The Shadow, in the guise of Lamont Cranston, meets police Commissioner Weston outside his club. Then an incovenient newsboy provides a paper announcing that Cranston (this being the real Cranston) has been injured in a plane crash in Europe. Temporarily denied the use of his favorite false identity, the Shadow makes the peculiar leap of logic that his best course is to revert to his true (and heretofore unnamed) secret identity of Kent Allard, an aviator thought to have crashed in the South America some twelve years earlier.
Smack in the middle of the story, in a scene unrelated to the jewel theft plot, the Shadow reveals himself to a friend, and tells his tale. He was, we learn, an Ace fighter pilot in WWI. Known to the enemy as The Dark Eagle, he worked as a roving secret agent behind the lines, where he presumably honed his shadowy skills. After the war he flew to Guatamala and cultivated a friendship with the Xinca Indians, who believed him to be a god from the sky. He then came secretly to New York, where he adopted the identity of the Shadow.
The Dark Eagle stuff seems well thought out, and is backed up by passages in several earlier adventures. But the Guatamala angle is a bit goofy, and smacks of something Walter Gibson dreamed up on the spot.
That Gibson was on a spot is revealed by Will Murray in the Nostalgia Ventures reprint. With the premiere of the Shadow radio program fast approaching, and presenting the simplified notion that the Shadow and Cranston were one and the same, the Street & Smith Poo-Bahs ordered Gibson to reveal the Shadow's true identity pronto. The logic of this escapes me, but the result was that Gibson was forced to come up with this yarn quickly. My guess is that the jewel robbery stuff was already plotted - if not written - and he just inserted the Kent Allard story to keep his bosses happy.
As pointed out by Frank Eisburger Jr. in Gangland's Doom (a former Fogotten Book, HERE, and now available in a new edition from Altus Press), the details of Allard's wartime and post-war activities, in addition to the origin of his girasol ring, do not jibe with much of what was said in earlier novels.
Bottom line, the Shadow's unmasking (aside from the great cover) was far less dramatic and satisfying than it promised - and deserved - to be.
Labels: Forgotten Books, Pulps, The Shadow
JoeK said...
I think everyone agrees that this issue was subpar considering the "big Secret" being revealed. In about five years time, Kent Allard is pretty much forgotten (as are pretty much all of the Shadow's other aliases). When Bruce Elliott begins writing, he even stops being the Shadow and just becomes Lamont Cranston amateur detective.
John Olsen's review talks a bit about the Shadow's rings and has a sound clip of Walter Gibson explaining that there were actually two fire opal rings.
http://home.comcast.net/~deshadow/reviews/shadow131.html
George Kelley said...
You and Bill Crider are into THE SHADOW this week. I may have to go back and read some, too!
IIRC, the earlier novels, like "The Eyes of the Shadow" and "The Shadow Laughs," dropped hints that the Shadow was Lamont Cranston. In one, for example, the Shadow was wounded in a gunfight, and then Cranston turned up later with a gunshot wound. By the time the radio series premiered, a lot of fans probably assumed that his real identity was Cranston, although (again, IIRC) the idea that Cranston was just one of the Shadow's disguises was revealed in the pulp series before 1937.
I seem to remember one or two stories where it was implied that Kent Allard's face was horribly mutilated in WWI.
Philip Jose Farmer ("Tarzan Alive," "Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life") speculated that Kent Allard/the Shadow, Richard Wentworth/the Spider, and G-8 were all the same shell-shocked veteran, who had developed multiple personalities. Maybe the Shadow, Doc Savage, and the Avenger all got their gold from the same lost native South American civilization.
"Lamont Cranston, amateur detective" and "Doc Savage, scientific detective" were probably attempts to update the characters and make them more realistic.
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Carrie Compare is amazing! She played the Dragon on the national tour of Shrek! She even recorded the new song for the tour!
Your opening made me laugh because I happened to see Fool For Love and Trip of Love (for the second time) on the same day. I did not like Fool For Love much either. It was rather bland and aimless and for short play it felt quite long. I've certainly seen worse plays but this did nothing for me. The part about the "transaction scene" was very true. I suppose there's something to be said about the hold the characters and their secret (assuming it wasn't all or partially a lie) have on each other but to have them keep leaving the scene and coming back was just dull to watch on stage. I think it would have been slightly more effective on film but in the theatre you know they have to come back at some point so there's no tension. You're just waiting for it to happen.
I bought a ticket for that concert of The Secret Garden before any casting was announced. I am very excited to see Sydney Lucas again but I hope they figure out the Equity thing.
Also, yes, Julianna Margulies is shockingly thin in person.


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From Outstanding Oslo to the Norwegian Normal. How Oslo's Climate and Energy Strategy can inspire the boldest possible climate action worldwide
By Mark Watts, Executive Director of C40
The mission of C40 is to spot world-leading best practice in climate action by individual cities and use it to inspire others. Many of these best practices begin as ideas in a city's climate action plan. It might not be everyone's idea of entertainment, but while my fellow passengers were enjoying films on a long journey earlier this month, I was transfixed by the Climate and Energy Strategy for Oslo, a contender as the most impressive example of the genre anywhere in the world, and which deserves to be shared far and wide.*
It's not just that Oslo's targets are demanding in both the short and long term, but the plan is backed up by an annual climate budgeting process that makes these targets entirely achievable. Oslo's governance process also makes decisions and priorities on climate much more transparent. If the City is not on track, it spurs a discussion on the allocation of the financial resources needed to deliver the carbon reduction objectives laid out in the strategy.
Oslo's goal is to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 36% below 1990 levels (the year the Kyoto Climate Protocol came into force and thus a widely-used base year) by 2020. That doesn't sound so dramatic and many cities established similar goals ten or twenty years ago. But as Oslo's emissions at the end of 2015 were roughly the same as in 1990, Oslo's impressive current Governing Mayor, Raymond Johansen, has committed to deliver close to 10% emissions reductions for each year of his term.
I don't know of any other major city where the mayor has set such an ambitious near-term goal that they will be personally mandated to deliver (although I'd loved to be proved wrong). By 2030 the goal is to have cut emissions by 95% from 1990s levels, which again is off the scale of most cities' aspirations. Even more impressively, Oslo have front-loaded their commitments, rather than hoping to deliver the steep reductions in the later years of the plan.
Of course, targets are all well and good, but action is what really counts. As C40's 'Deadline 2020' analysis makes clear, the world and each city within it has a finite carbon budget to use if we are genuinely attempting to stay within the 'safe' boundaries of climate change defined by climate scientists. Oslo's climate budget gives me confidence that the city really will deliver on its commitments.
Launched in 2017, the climate budget process is managed by Oslo's finance department, rather than the environment team, running simultaneously with the annual financial budgeting process. The governance system that has been put in place means the city council can only approve spending plans which have a realistic chance of delivering GHG reduction outcomes, consistent with the goals of the climate strategy. Thus climate goals are given primacy in the financial budgeting process.
This is exactly the type of rigorous and innovative policymaking that we need from all levels of government and businesses if we are serious about achieving a climate safe future.
Having established a climate budget, the Governing Mayor and his coalition partners, including Lan Marie Nguyen Berg, Vice Mayor for Environment and Transport for the City of Oslo, have committed to policies which stay within its boundaries. Thus Oslo's 2018 Climate Budget includes tough measures such as:
Introducing new rush-hour toll-road traffic charges, with exemptions for low and zero-carbon vehicles;
A 5% increase in public transport capacity in 12 months, while keeping down fares, so that mass transit is cost-competitive with car travel;
A program to deliver a zero-emission public transport fleet by 2020;
Phasing out oil-fired heating systems;
Stringent climate requirements for municipal procurement;
Increased capacity in the city planning department "in order to ensure climate-friendly urban development."
Many successes have already been recorded and the city is constantly ramping up ambition. In 2016, for the first time, more journeys in Oslo were made by public transport than by car.
In a week when C40 released new research that consumption based emissions – those generated from all goods and services consumed in a city - can increase the carbon footprint of cities by more than 60%, Oslo's Department of Environment and Transport is examining how its 2030 climate strategy can take account of such emissions. This would make Oslo one of the first cities in the world to address the total carbon footprint of the city.
Challenges also remain. The city is growing fast and the construction boom is still largely powered by dirty diesel generators. New city procurement rules will require zero-emission power on municipally-run developments, but it will be a bigger task to apply this universally and even more so to reduce the emissions embodied in construction materials. The Governing Mayor has already asked C40 to consider how it can help cities address this issue. A challenge I was pleased to accept.
A further sobering thought is that while Oslo's climate plan represents the absolute pinnacle of ambition amongst the world's cities, its 10% per year reduction target is actually about the level we need from all advanced (post)industrialised countries for the next decade. After around 2030 the cuts need to get even steeper – about 20% per year – for the world to finally achieve the necessary emission reductions to ensure a long term sustainable future.
In the finest C40 tradition, today's outstanding best practice in Oslo needs to become tomorrow's business as usual across the whole C40 family.
*I write this in the hope and expectation that quite a few friends in other C40 cities will indeed challenge this assertion! Good – we need competition and a race to the top in climate ambition.
Mark Watts
C40 Voices


WASHINGTON - At the height of a national debate where Republican members of Congress have veered to extremist tactics and rhetoric to address immigration and the children seeking refuge, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) launches its second series of ads, highlighting the Republican Party's appalling language and record on immigration.
As part of SEIU's multifaceted campaign to mobilize Latino voters and hold Republicans accountable for blocking immigration reform, the series of radio ads will run in Colorado, California and Nevada—targeting Congressmen Cory Gardner (CO-4; current Colorado Republican candidate for U.S. Senate), Mike Coffman (CO-6), David Valadao (CA-21) and Joe Heck (NV-3).
The new ads also urge the Latino electorate to register to vote online at www.mifuturo.org. The ads will run for two weeks as members of Congress head back to their districts for the August congressional recess.
The series of Spanish-language radio ads underscores House Republicans' votes against DREAMers and their current rhetoric on the Central American children who have fled from violence and poverty.
The radio ads are the latest series following the national television ad campaign that aired earlier this month.
It's simply unacceptable: Mike Coffman & Cory Gardner, together with the Republicans, have blocked immigration reform.
Worse yet, they voted to deport our DREAMers.
And now, this is the limit-‐Republicans attack our children at the border as if they were criminals.
Stop with the attacks! Our community is united.
We need leaders who will fight for our community. That's why this November we will vote against Mike Coffman, Cory Gardner, and the Republicans.
We ARE registering and we ARE voting.
Go to MI FUTURO DOT ORG and register today!
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Es simplemente inaceptable: Mike Coffman y Cory Gardner, junto con otros republicanos, bloquearon la reforma migratoria.
Peor todavía, votaron para deportar a nuestros DREAMers.
¡Ya basta con los ataques! Nuestro pueblo está unido.
Necesitamos líderes que luchen por nuestra comunidad. Por eso, este noviembre tenemos que votar en contra de Mike Coffman, Cory Gardner y los republicanos!
¡Vamos a registrarnos y vamos a votar!
¡Ve a MI FUTURO PUNTO ORG, y regístrate hoy mismo!
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A Guide to Bodø
By Christian Hoiberg
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Visit Saltstraumen
Bodø Cathedral
Nordland Museum
Norwegian Aviation Museum
Hike the Historic Fykantrappa
Explore Svartisen Glacier
Chase the Northern Lights
Bodø is the largest city in the Nordland county and the second largest in Northern Norway. However, it's not only the fact that it's a larger town (by Norwegian standards) that attracts large groups of visitors every year. Located just north of the Arctic Circle, Bodø has much to offer all year.
With its 50.000 residents, Bodø is the 12th largest town in Norway. It's seen tremendous growth during the last years, though, and aims to increase the population to 70.000 within 2030.
Since Bodø lies just north of the Arctic Circle, the midnight sun is visible from the 2nd of June until 10th of July. This is a natural phenomenon that attracts large groups of tourists every year. Can you imagine, the sun doesn't set for more than a month (24 hours of sunlight!).
Even though the town is north of the Arctic Circle, there is no true polar night in Bodø. This is because of the atmospheric refraction, which basically means that the border for the polar night is slightly further north of the Arctic Circle than Bodø (you don't need to travel further than to the Lofoten Islands until you have true polar nights). However, the high mountains in the south block the sun so the sun is practically gone from the city between early January to early December.
Now that you know a little about Bodø, let's look at some things you can do during a visit:
No article about Bodø is complete without mentioning Saltstraumen; the world's strongest maelstrom. More than 400 million cubic meters of water pass through the 3km long and 150 meters wide strait every 6 hours with speeds up to 20 knots. The unique location has become an eldorado for both fishermen and divers with its abundance of saithe, cod, wolffish, rosefish, and halibut. Coalfish is also a specialty of the area and the largest one documented was 22.7kg, captured on a fishing rod.
The phenomenon isn't only popular among fishermen and divers. It's become one of the most visited attractions in the Bodø area and there are several tour buses departing daily from the center. It's also possible to take RIB boat tours onto the maelstrom which is a guaranteed unique experience.
If you wish to visit without attending a tour, make sure that you've familiarized yourself with the tides as the current varies greatly. You want to visit when it's at the strongest.
While in the area you should also visit Saltstraumen Museum where you can learn about one of Norway's oldest human settlements (approximately 11,000 years old), Norway's oldest musical instrument, local boats and Viking ships and more.
The Cathedral of Bodø (Bodø Domkirke in Norwegian) is well worth a quick visit. This unique and beautiful church was built in 1956 after the town's previous church was ruined when the city center was bombed in 1940 during World War II. An architectural competition was held in 1946 which was won by Blakstad & Munthe Kaas. The church became one of the first in Norway to have a detached steeple.
There's also a memorial for those who died in Bodø during World War II. It sais: Til de fra Bodø som gav sitt liv for Norge under krig og okkupasjon 1940–1945. Ingen nevnt, ingen glemt, which translates "To those from Bodø who gave their lives for Norway during the war and occupation 1940–1945. None named, None forgotten."
The Nordland Museum was established in 1888, although the building where the museum now is situated is from 1904. Most of its historic collections were damaged or destroyed after two bombs hit the museum during World War II. It didn't function as a museum during the years of the war either as it housed the National Gathering (National Samling), a fascist party that was active from 1933 to 1945.
Today the museum building has been preserved by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage and currently holds a total of 4 exhibitions. The exhibitions are quite diverse but they all include local history dating from the Viking era until the mid-1950s.
The Norwegian Aviation Museum is among the most popular museums in Bodø and its vast collection of aircrafts surprises most that visit. It's the national aviation museum in Norway and is the biggest of all aviation museums in Scandinavia. The museum displays Norway's aviation history since the beginning and up until today. The museum is divided into two sections; military and civilian aircraft. Some of the highlights you can see at the museum are civilian aircrafts, military aircrafts and helicopters.
Even though it's a couple hours drive out of town, hiking Fykantrappa is a unique experience that is highly recommended when visiting the Bodø region. It can also be combined with an overnight stay and excursion at the beautiful Svartisen Glacier.
Fykantrappa is a wooden staircase clinging to the mountainside that was built in 1919 by "Rallare". Rallare were poor people who lived day to day but had a lifestyle where they wandered around without many worries. The staircase was needed to be able to build a hydropower station and it provided temporary work to Rallare who was wandering through and looking to earn some extra money.
The staircase is well maintained and is approximately 1.7 kilometers long with a total of 300 meters altitude and 1129 steps. The views on the way up are spectacular and this will be a hike you'll remember for life.
Only 20 minutes away from Fykantrappa you'll find the magnificent Svartisen Glacier; Norway's second biggest glacier.
The glacier is a total of 370 square kilometers and the lowest point is less than 20 meters above sea level, making it very accessible. There are several tours you can attend from Bodø and you can choose between doing a long day tour or include an overnight stay. The hike from the parking to the glacier takes approximately one hour.
You've got a chance of witnessing the magical Aurora Borealis (northern lights) if you're visiting Bodø somewhere between early September and early April. It's no guarantee that you'll be able to spot the green phenomenon dance in the sky but if you pay attention to the forecast, or sign up for a local tour, the chances might increase. Bodø is a great place to look for the northern lights but there are certain aspects you need to keep in mind to increase the possibility of spotting them. If seeing the northern lights is one of the goals for your travels I highly recommend reading our article How to See the Northern Lights.
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Aldine Press was the printing office started by Aldus Manutius in 1494 in Venice, from which were issued the celebrated Aldine editions of the classics of the time. The Aldine Press is famous in the history of typography, among other things, for the introduction of italics. The press was the first to issue printed books in the small octavo size, similar to that of a modern paperback, and like that intended for portability and ease of reading. The press issued 127 editions during the lifetime of Aldus. The press was continued after Aldus's death in 1515 by his wife and her father until his son Paolo (1512–1574) took over. His grandson Aldo then ran the firm until his death in 1597. Due to the firm's commercial success many pirated editions were also produced in Lyons and elsewhere. Today, antique books printed by the Aldine Press in Venice are referred to as Aldines.
Selected Aldine editions
1495–1498 Aristotle
1499 Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
1501 Francesco Petrarca, Le cose volgari
1502 Dante
1502 Herodotus
1502 Sophocles
1503 Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum in septem libros
1504 and 1517 Homer
1513 Plato
1513 Pindar (editio princeps), Callimachus' Hymns, Dionysius Periegetes, Lycophron (editio princeps)
1514 Institutionum grammaticarum libri quatuor
1514 Virgil (the first of the italic type pocket octavo editions)
1528 Baldassare Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier (first printing)
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Milan principal enters plea in GPS tracking case
Maranda Faris
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Milan High School Principal John "Flipper" Burks entered a best interest plea agreement Thursday in Madison County General Sessions court.
Burks was cited on a charge of electronic tracking of a motor vehicle in October. He was suspended from his position as principal by the Milan Special School District.
Burks' attorney, Bradley Owens, said the charges will be dismissed in a year.
"After the state heard both sides of this story, both the district attorney and the judge allowed Mr. Burks to enter this agreement while maintaining his innocence," Owens said. "He still maintains his innocence."
Owens said once the case is dismissed, the misdemeanor charge will be removed from his record.
"This case will be completely dismissed after one year, and this will come off his record as if this never happened," Owens said.
Milan Special School District Director of Schools Jonathan Criswell said he has not had a chance to meet with Burks to discuss his employment with the school system. Criswell said he hoped to meet with Burks on Friday.
Burks was suspended without pay after he turned himself in to the Madison County Sheriff's Office.
Court documents say Burks was seen squatting next to a car at the LIFT Wellness Center in downtown Jackson and reaching underneath the car. This occurred three times, once in September, and again on Oct. 8 and Oct. 11.
Madison County Sheriff's Office investigators interviewed Daymon and Susan Warren, who owned the vehicle, and said they were not aware that a GPS tracking device was on their car, court documents say.
Burks' charge is a misdemeanor, and he was issued a criminal summons to appear in court.
Burks had previously contacted Jackson-Madison County School Board members, expressing interest in the superintendent position. Current Superintendent Verna Ruffin's contract will expire in June, but the school board hopes to hire a new superintendent before the contract runs out.
Burks emailed his interest on Oct. 10, but withdrew himself from consideration on Oct. 18.
Reach Maranda at (731) 425-9657. Follow her on Twitter: @MarandaFaris


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This ethnography documents and explores the social, political, and material consequences of militarization in the borderlands of Arizona. Based on two years of fieldwork in Phoenix, Tucson, and other communities along the US-Mexico border, the author identifies militarization as a social and political phenomenon that gradually reconfigures both individuals and communities. Through ethnographic instances, she explores how the vocabularies of race, nationalism, and patriotism decrease political engagement and simultaneously increase conflict within the borderland communities.
1 Arizona and Its "Conditions of Possibility"
Nicole I. Torres is currently a Senior Fellow at Harborview Medical Center at the University of Washington.


The Justice Department says Attorney General William Barr will hold a 6:30 a.m. PT Thursday news conference on the special counsel's report on Russian election interference.
The Justice Department says Attorney General William Barr will hold a news conference Thursday morning on special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
The news conference will be held at 6:30 a.m. PT at the Justice Department in Washington. Barr will be joined by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
The Justice Department has said a redacted version of Mueller's report will be released Thursday.
Mueller officially concluded his investigation late last month and submitted a nearly 400-page report to Barr.
NEW: Attorney General William Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to hold press conference on release of Mueller report on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. ET, DOJ says.
The investigation officially ended late last month. A confidential report sent to Barr was followed by a four-page letter to Congress that said the special counsel didn't find a criminal conspiracy between Russia and Trump associates.
JUST IN: Mueller report expected to be released to Congress and the public on Thursday, according to Justice Department spokeswoman.
Last week Attorney General William Barr said a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report would be coming "hopefully next week."
The timeline mentioned by Barr at a Senate hearing on his department's budget is a tweak from comments he made a day earlier. Barr said at a House hearing Tuesday that the report was coming "within a week."
Barr made the comments as senators questioned him on the specifics of the report and what he would be redacting. Democrats have said they won't accept redactions and will fight to get the full report.
Democrats have raised questions about how Barr was so quickly able to boil down Mueller's report into four pages.
He says Mueller wasn't involved in preparing the letter to Congress because it was "my letter."
He says Mueller's report will have portions redacted but they would be color-coded to indicate why the information could not be made public.
Barr said in a four-page summary of Mueller's main conclusions that Mueller didn't find a criminal conspiracy between the campaign and the Kremlin.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin says special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation report validated Moscow's repeated denials of collusion with U.S. between President Donald Trump's campaign.
The Russian leader said he hopes partisan fighting in Washington eases so the U.S. and Russia can focus on issues of mutual interest, such as nuclear arms control, fighting terrorism and climate change. Asked if Russia would support Trump's re-election in 2020, Putin said only that Moscow would "respect the choice of the American people."


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August 29, 2021 December 8, 2021 dreddymd Dangerous Drugs and Medicine, Diseases & Disorders, News & Reviews, vaccination
Most covid deaths now occurring in "fully vaccinated" people
The government of the United Kingdom has released new data showing that the vast majority of "delta variant" deaths are occurring among people who got "fully vaccinated" for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19).
Only one third of all deaths supposedly caused by the delta variant are occurring in people who did not get the jab, which clearly shows that "Operation Warp Speed" is an utter failure – assuming that "saving lives" was the goal, anyway.
From February 1 through August 2, the U.K. recorded 742 deaths allegedly caused by the delta variant. Of these, 402 were fully vaccinated while 79 had received just one shot. The remaining 253 cases were unvaccinated.
You can view the official government report outlining the data at this link.
"If you get covid having been vaccinated, according to this data, you are much more likely to die than if you were not vaccinated!" writes Chris Waldburger on his Substack.
"Obviously some allowance must be made for more elderly people being vaccinated, but not enough to change the bottom line: This vaccine is not nearly as effective as advertised."
Covid vaccinations must stop in the best interest of public health
In every country where Fauci Flu shot uptake is high, including in Israel, deaths and hospitalizations are soaring.
A whopping 60 percent of all new hospitalizations in Israel are "fully vaccinated" patients who are now being told by their government that they need a third "booster" shot in order to stay "safe" against vaccine-caused mutations.
"The powers that be will not admit there is something terribly wrong," Waldburger adds, calling for "a complete recalibration of global policy" as "the only moral option" here.
"They will not acknowledge the clear science that people with natural immunity, and the young and healthy, do not need to take the risks of these injections."
Waldburger also explains that natural immunity, meaning real immunity, is the best way to go. Vaccine-induced "immunity," if you can even call it that, lasts for only a very short time at best. At worst, it destroys natural immunity forever, leaving a person prone to a lifetime of disease.
You can learn more about natural immunity and why it is superior to vaccine-induced "immunity."
How many more new "variants" will emerge from the booster shots?
Now that this is becoming widely apparent with Wuhan Flu shots, governments around the world are ramping up the booster shot propaganda, claiming that a semi-annual injection is necessary for the "fully vaccinated" to stay "immune" to disease.
This makes no sense, of course, as the first two jabs clearly did nothing to promote immunity while leaving the injected prone to disease. The apparent hope, however, is that the injected will turn off their brains and just obey the orders.
Once the booster shot campaign really gets going and additional needles are plunged into arms, we expect a slew of new "variants," likely even more deadly than the last, which will drive calls for a fourth booster, and so on and so forth, forever.
The plan would seem to be to so destroy people's immune systems with these shots that they are forever reliant upon Big Pharma and the government to give them their next hit of "immunity" every six months or so.
"The truth is probably that the 253 unvaccinated deaths were from other causes, not covid or delta," speculated one commenter at Chris Waldburger's blog.
"Historians will look back and call this the malignant hypochondria era," wrote another. "So there really is something going around that's far more pernicious than Covid-19."
Chinese Virus injections are a death sentence. To keep up with the latest, visit ChemicalViolence.com.
ChrisWaldburger.Substack.com
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Philippine doctor defends use of ivermectin, says clinical studies show it is 89% effective against the coronavirus
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Starring Michael Caine as Fred and Harvey Keitel as Mick, YOUTH explores the lifelong bond between two friends vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing a screenplay in what may be his last important film for his muse Brenda. YOUTH asks if our most important and transformative experiences can come at any time – even late -- in life. The film is written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino and also stars Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, and Jane Fonda. The film is produced by Carlotta Calori, Francesca Cima and Nicola Giuliano. The filmmaking team includes director of photography Luca Bigazzi, editor Cristiano Travaglioli, production designer Ludovica Ferrario, set decorator Giulia Busnengo, composer David Lang, and costume designer Carlo Poggioli.
MICHAEL CAINE (Fred Ballinger) is a two-time Academy Award® winning film legend whose career has spanned six decades. Caine won his first Oscar® for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Woody Allen's "Hannah and Her Sisters," for which he also received Golden Globe® and BAFTA Award nominations. He took home his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar® for his role in Lasse Hallström's "The Cider House Rules," also winning a Screen Actors Guild Award® and earning Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations. His prestigious filmography includes "Alfie," "Sleuth," "Educating Rita," and "The Quiet American," all of which garnered him Oscar® nominations, as well as "The Man Who Would Be King," "Children of Men," and six films directed by Christopher Nolan: "The Dark Knight" Triology, "Inception," and "Interstellar." He can next be seen in Jon Chu's "Now You See Me: The Second Act" out June 2016 and has recently wrapped shooting Zach Braff's "Going In Style," alongside Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin.
To pigeonhole HARVEY KEITEL (Mick Boyle) as a master of edgy degenerates and killers would have dismissed the actor's many successes with surly husbands, benign cops and intrepid detectives. His prolific but slow-to-ignite career began with memorably unlikable supporting roles in Martin Scorsese character studies TAXI DRIVER and ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE. An Academy Award- nominated supporting role in BUGSY heralded a new beginning for Keitel, and he became a favorite on the indie film scene of the 1990s through his collaboration with Quentin Tarantino cult classics RESERVOIR DOGS and PULP FICTION. He also had several successes when he chose to tap his inner soft side in Jane Campion's THE PIANO, but by far, he was the go-to guy for potentially explosive everymen, grizzled police force veterans and G-men in both subtle indies and gun-blazing big budget adventures alike.
Academy Award-winning actress RACHEL WEISZ (Lena), who is known for portraying women of incredible spirit and intelligence, continues to seek out challenging projects and roles both on screen and on stage.
Receiving unanimous critical praise opposite Ralph Fiennes, in 2005 Weisz earned a Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Fernando Meirelles' film adaptation of the best-selling John le Carre novel, THE CONSTANT GARDNER. Similarly, in 2012 she received a Golden Globe Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama nomination for her highly acclaimed performance in Terence Davies' THE DEEP BLUE SEA, a film adaptation of Terrence Rattigan's play. Her performance in this independent film also earned her Best Actress awards from The New York Film Critics Circle, and the Toronto Film Critics Association.
This winter, Paul Dano will star in the Fox Searchlight film YOUTH, directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Recently, Dano wrapped production for the BBC television drama mini-series, WAR AND PEACE, directed by Tom Harper and scheduled to premiere in January 2016. Dano also recently wrapped production on the film SWISS ARMY MAN, directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Earlier this year, Dano starred as Beach Boys songwriter and musician Brian Wilson in the biopic LOVE & MERCY, for which he has been nominated for a Gotham Independent Film Award.
In 2013, Dano appeared in Steve McQueen's critically acclaimed and Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe winning 12 YEARS A SLAVE. Also in 2013, Dano starred in Warner Brothers' critically acclaimed thriller PRISONERS.
In 2007, Dano was nominated for a BAFTA for his portrayal of the identical twin brothers Paul and Eli Sunday in Paul Thomas Anderson's Academy Award nominated THERE WILL BE BLOOD. In 2006, Dano won a Critics Choice award for "Best Young Actor" for his portrayal as the voluntarily mute brother, Dwayne, in Fox Searchlight's critically acclaimed and Academy Award nominated LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris.
Jane Fonda (Brenda Morel) has earned numerous nominations and awards, including Oscars (Best Actress in 1971 for Klute and in 1978 for Coming Home) and an Emmy for her performance in The Dollmaker. Along with starring roles in dozens of highly acclaimed productions, Fonda also took on responsibilities as a film and television producer. Her credits include Coming Home, The China Syndrome, Nine to Five, Rollover, On Golden Pond, The Morning After and The Dollmaker.
In 2007 Fonda received an Honorary Palme d'Or from the Cannes Film Festival, one of only three people ever to be granted this honor until then. In 2014, she received American Film Institute's highest honor, the Life Achievement Award.
Fonda returned to Broadway in March, 2009 and received a Tony Award nomination for her role in Moisés Kaufman's 33 Variations. In February 2011 she reprised her Tony-nominated role in 33 Variations at The Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.
For three seasons Fonda appeared as media mogul Leona Lansing in an Emmy nominated performance in Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom, on HBO. Currently, Fonda stars in the Netflix hit comedy series Grace and Frankie with Lily Tomlin. She will be seen next in Paolo Sorrentino's Youth, with Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz and Paul Dano premiering December 4th in the U.S.
PAOLO SORRENTINO (Written and Directed By) made his first feature film, in 2001, L'UOMO IN PIU (ONE MAN UP. The film, selected for the Venice Film Festival, won a Silver Ribbon for Best New Director as well as two Golden Goblets. In 2004 his second film, LE CONSEQUENZE DELL'AMORE (THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE) was entered into competition at the Cannes International Film Festival. The film won numerous awards, including five David di Donatellos, four Silver Ribbons, and five Ciak d'Oro.
In 2008, with IL DIVO, Sorrentino competed at the Cannes International Film Festival and won the Jury Prize. The film went on to win seven David di Donatellos, five Ciak d'Oro, five Silver Ribbons, and an Oscar nomination for Best Make-up. In 2011, Sorrentino released his first English-language film, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE. Starring Sean Penn and Frances McDormand, the film competed at the 64TH Cannes International Film Festival. It won numerous awards including six David di Donatellos, three Silver Ribbons, and four Ciak d'Oro.
In 2013, Sorrentino competed at the Cannes International Film Festival for the fifth time with his film LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (THE GREAT BEAUTY), starring Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, and Sabrina Ferilli. The film went on to win many awards, including the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and a BAFTA, as well as five important EFA awards, including Best European Film, Best Director, and Best Actor.
YOUTH: Official HD Trailer
Youth: Personal Reasons
Youth: Levity Is Also A Perversion
Youth: What's the composer's name?
YOUTH nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song!
Youth Los Angeles Premiere
Youth scores 5 European Film Award Noms