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about scipop
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scipop is edited and
authored by: Assoc.
Professor Katherine
Pandora, of the
Department, at the
Univ. of Oklahoma
are welcome!
Department of the
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In the fall of 2000, I taught Science and Popular
Culture — a lower-division general education course — for the first time. I knew of a few examples of graduate topics courses on this subject, but I was pretty much working from scratch to figure out how to pull this field together for undergraduates. The huge holes that existed in the literature and the lack of accessible materials (due to their being outdated, or overpriced, or filled with off-putting specialist jargon, or useful but out-of-print, etc.) led me to begin experimenting with preparing my own edited and annotated source documents with weblinks, and presenting them digitally through my course website, as a supplementary webfolio.
After several years of experimenting with student use of the webfolio, thinking through the next, more advanced steps proved to be rather tricky -- the digital landscape was changing with the appearance of what would be called web 2.0 (think wikipedia, social bookmarking, facebook, flickr and youtube for starters), and time had shown that there was more skepticism about digital humanities than support for it in my home academic environment. But working on the webfolio had convinced me about the direction in which I was headed: toward a place where being a digital historian was a realistic option as a core part of my portfolio.
One result of this commitment is that I've reconceptualized how to design and make use of the course's webfolio, upgrading it and other digital materials from a supplementary status to foundational elements -- and thus reworking the course itself from a lecture/discussion format to a hybrid course (a blend of face-to-face and online learning). That's the version that goes online for Fall 2010. I welcome any thoughts, comments, suggestions, and critiques you may have as the webfolio begins taking shape over the summer!
But the webfolio is meant to stand alone as well -- that is, "to make sense" as a resource whether or not someone takes my "Science and Popular Culture" course. Beyond how I and my students make use of it, customize it, and relate it to it in any given year, it will only have fulfilled the sweat equity I have put into it if it serves as a portal about science and popular culture for others to also think with, interact with, and ultimately, appropriate, for their own needs and questions and intellectual purposes.
For more on why I do this, see my plenary address on historians of science and the public in the digital age.
short-term & long-term goals
The intent behind the webfolio is to stimulate interest in science and popular culture, provide resources for teaching and research, and contribute to wider public discussions about issues related to science and the public (as a start on this, see the scipop blog, petri dish).
Ultimately, the three goals of the webfolio are: 1) to serve as an experiment in public history, becoming part of a larger conversation about science, culture, and history; 2) to bring resources to audiences which don't normally visit archives or have collections of materials at hand; and 3) to provide a space for a community of researchers, both within and outside of the academy, to work with and learn from each other.
In the final analysis, the point will be not simply to transfer familiar forms of historical practice into static digital formats, but to explore new ways of thinking about and doing history. As Edward L. Ayers reflected in words that are still relevant from his 1999 essay, The Pasts and Futures of Digital History:
"New technology has not affected the books and articles that form the foundation of what we [historians] teach. Other parts of the academy have sustained long-running debates over the effect of electronic media on writing, but those discussions have bypassed the historical profession almost entirely. Discussions of epistemology, narrative, and audience that have animated literary studies have had no discernable impact on historians.
…The possibilities and obvious complications of those [digital] archives may create pressures toward, temptations toward, narratives that try to keep more facets of experience and perception in play. We might be able to imagine ways to write that let us deal more effectively with multiple sequences, multiple voices, multiple outcomes, multiple implications."
In short, Ayers, suggests, "a major goal of mature hypertextual history will be to embody complexity as well as to describe it…hypertext, in fact, could represent a new kind of rationality and empiricism." I have come to believe that Ayers is correct, and that the only way to see what may lie ahead is to dust off my dead reckoning skills and push off from shore.
collaborative preparation: thank-yous
As a founding member of the Human-Technology Interaction Center (HTIC) which existed for a decade here at OU, I've been fortunate to work with a number of talented interdisciplinary colleagues over the years from psychology, engineering, computer science, communication, and management and information systems (some still here, others not) on issues related to computer-mediated communication in particular and human-technology interaction in general.
In starting out, cognitive psychologist Francis Durso was especially helpful in encouraging a humanist to join in the fun; our co-taught course on The Past and Future of Humans and Technology in 1997, along with a grant from the College of Arts and Sciences which provided for seven experts to give talks and meet with our seminar students, helped provide me with an education of my own as well (working through ideas from scientists and scholars such as Donald Norman on user-centered design, Peter Pirolli on humans as informavores, Lee Sproull on electronic communities, Carolyn Marvin on when old technologies are new, and Paul Edwards on the legacies of information systems from the cold war).
As part of HTIC's summer NSF-sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates program over six years, I also had the good fortune to supervise research — social scientific, historical, and philosophical — on human-technology interaction, and this too helped to spur my interest in not simply studying the digital world but of becoming a participant in it as well through digital humanities. All of this helped me work on my practical skills as well, as I concocted various forms of self-study courses on digital pedagogy from the vantage point of history and the humanities, computer-mediated communication, the rhetoric of digital media, web design (and tools such as Dreamweaver, CSS, image-editing software and more), and then kept moving forward in learning about new apps for the collaborative creation of information and for sharing it (wikis, rss feeds, blogging, podcasts, folksonomies, and so on).
My experiences with supervising these students' research projects and my own on-going web-based explorations led to my proposal to teach a course in the Department of History on the topic of history in the era of the internet: The Future of the Past: History in the Digital Age. As the students and I compared print history with digital history, and public history with academic history, I came to both a deeper understanding of history and new media and a much more tangible sense of how a digital community of inquiry can work, even if only temporarily. I owe these students a deep debt of gratitude for signing on to an experimental course!
I am also grateful for being chosen to participate in 2001 in one of the Echo Project's early workshops on digital archives in the history of science and technology, which helped to support my spadework on a childhood memories database project. OU's Information Technology Committee within the College of Arts and Sciences has provided funding for aspects of this project related to using digital archives in support of undergraduate teaching, and an award from the Faculty Senate to develop a special website that draws on materials contained in scipop allowed for the development of "Little Scientists at Home in Victorian Times." Graduate student Natalie Peck was also of great assistance in helping me plan the early stages of this project, and grad students Cornelia Lambert and Kate Sheppard have been wonderful collaborators during this latest phase of tinkering and planning.
each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of a universe he shall appear to himself
to inhabit.
— william james
............................. useful bookmarks
Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, & Presenting the Past on the Web — Daniel Cohen & Roy Rosenzweig (2006)
"The Pasts and Futures of Digital History" — Edward L. Ayers (1999)
Our Cultural Commonwealth — ACLS Report on Cyberinfra-structure for the Humanities & Social Sciences (2006) [pdf file]
"Roundup of Digital History Blogs" at Digital History Hacks
History Carnival — monthly showcase of weblog posts about history
my related material
plenary address on: the public and academic history of science & technology in the digital age / 2005
science & popular culture [2010 class]
the future of the past: history in the digital age [2006 syllabus]
quotation: William James, The Principles of Psychology, vol. 1 (1890), p. 424, original emphasis.
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NHL News : Report: Tampering in the Karlsson trade?
Report: Tampering in the Karlsson trade?
Oh boy… here we go! The Sharks could find themselves in BIG trouble.
Published on Wednesday, September 19 2018 by HockeyFeed in NHL News
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It's been nearly a week since the Ottawa Senators pulled the trigger on the biggest trade in franchise history, shipping superstar captain Erik Karlsson to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for forward Chris Tierney, defenseman Dylan Demelo, prospects Josh Norris and Rudolfs Balcers along with a package of draft picks.
Rumor has it that the Tampa Bay Lightning, Dallas Stars and Vegas Golden Knights were also in on Karlsson trade talks, but things fell apart when it became apparent that Karlsson was not interested in a sign and trade type scenario. So… how come Sharks general manager Doug Wilson was so willing to roll the dice on such a risky transaction? While it may not seem like Wilson and the Sharks paid an exorbitant price to acquire Karlsson, the fact remains that he could end up being merely a one year rental… if that's the case then the price they Sharks paid looks significantly higher. Well… maybe, just maybe the Sharks had some inside intel from head coach Peter DeBoer.
In a report from The Ottawa Sun's Bruce Garrioch, DeBoer admitted that he met with both Erik Karlsson and his wife Melinda Karlsson in the days leading up to the blockbuster trade that shocked the entire NHL. What did they discuss? We don't know. Did they talk about potentially signing in San Jose long term? We don't know. What we DO know is that Karlsson and DeBoer met in Toronto… and that's reason enough to raise suspicions.
Peter DeBoer tells San Jose media he met with Erik and Melinda Karlsson in Toronto a couple of days before trade was finalized along with GM Doug Wilson.
Interestingly enough, Karlsson claimed that this trade blindsided him and came as a "complete surprise", despite hearing his name in trade rumors for the better part of the past six months. Was that a lie? Did he know a trade with the Sharks was imminent? At the very least he HAD to have known that the Sharks were working on a way to trade for him.
In the end, none of it really matters… unless the NHL deems DeBoer's actions to be considered tampering and then the team will have a REAL mess on their hands. No word yet on whether or not the NHL is investigating this matter, but you can bet that Sens fans will be calling for Karlsson's head if it turns out that he had been scheming along with the Sharks brass all along. The soap opera in Ottawa continues, even with Karlsson now on the other side of the continent.
Source: Bruce Garrioch
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This is after a local newspaper reported on the state of local blind athletes who took part in the recently held National Blind Athletic Meet. With this centre, players can get the latest coaching techniques from well-qualified government coaches.
The government has made arrangements for blind as well para athletes to start a special training centre in all districts of Punjab. The objective is to make them professional sportspersons so that can compete with national and international players.


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Walker Morris scoops both Commercial Property and Intellectual Property awards at Yorkshire Legal Awards 2019
Walker Morris won big at last night's Yorkshire Legal Awards 2019 taking home both the Commercial Property Award and the Intellectual Property Award.
Launched in 2000, the Yorkshire Legal Awards bring together the region's legal community to recognise and celebrate its achievements. The awards were judged by a prestigious panel from the Yorkshire legal community and took place at New Dock Hall.
The awards come on the back of a strong year for both teams. The Real Estate Team has continued to advise on some of the largest, innovative commercial property deals in the region including: advising Crosslane on its £125m JV with Harrison Street for new student housing developments and advising a Canadian investor on the purchase and funding of both The Cube in Birmingham – the 25 storey 450,000 sq foot mixed use development comprising 135 flats, 111,500 square feet of offices, shops a hotel and a skyline restaurant; and Wembley Central – a cosmopolitan new urban quarter and community hub located close to Wembley Stadium.
The Intellectual Property Team has also had a busy year acting in relation to a wide array of high profile IP matters, including: acting on behalf Warburtons in the defence of a passing off claim brought against it by Associated British Foods Plc in the High Court; assisting with the management and enhancement of the trade mark portfolio of Pipers Crisps in advance of its sale to PepsiCo and continuing to act on behalf of Deckers Outdoor Corporation (owners of the iconic UGG brand) in relation to a variety of disputes involving its designs.
Malcolm Simpson, Managing Partner at Walker Morris commented:
"We are delighted to receive two awards at last night's Yorkshire Legal Awards 2019. It is a fantastic achievement for both teams and demonstrates the quality of our people. The best people attract the best clients and work.
"I would like to congratulate both Teams for their hard work and dedication. Both the Commercial Property and the Intellectual Property awards showcase the national and international clients we support and our ability to compete head on with City law firms from our offices here in Leeds."
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Further thoughts...and this week's Cadno
Update 9th November; Carmarthenshire Council have top billing in Private Eye's Rotten Boroughs column (again), out today.
Also today, from Mrs Angry's excellent Broken Barnet blog; The Ritual of Vengeance: Welsh blogger Jacqui Thompson fights for her home which also includes the Private Eye article referred to above.
Update 12th November; Carmarthenshire's Roll of Dishonour is also well worth a read, from south Wales blogger, Oggy Bloggy Ogwr.
Update 21st November; County Councillor Sian Caiach makes a request to Council leader Emlyn Dole
(This post continues from; Chief Executive of Carmarthenshire Council applies to force sale of my home)
With what has been written by others over the past couple of weeks, Cneifiwr here, and here, Cllr Sian Caiach here, and the Madaxeman here, as well as various online reports there is little left for me to say. I urge you to have a read of the articles, and the comments and judge for yourselves whether or not the council, and Mr James have descended, yet again, not only into a legal, but a moral minefield with the consistency of gloopy mud.
According to Cllr Lenny (Plaid) their group is meeting today (7th) to try and resolve this intractable situation.. I have no idea what they will propose, if anything.
All I can say is that the final charging order hearing has not yet been held, and neither has Mr James' attempt to force sale of my home, both of which I will resist with all the resources I can muster, which mainly consists of simplicity and common sense. And fight.
I will not be handing over my house keys anytime soon.
I thank everyone who has sent messages and comments of support.
The issue of the currently unenforced and illegal counterclaim costs of £41,000 is being studiously avoided. I asked Cllr Lenny if the council were going to ask Mr James to pay it back...he didn't answer that one.
Sadly, a question tabled by Cllr Caiach for this whole matter to be discussed, in the open, at Wednesday's meeting of full council was rejected. What a bloody surprise. I understand a private response was sent by Emlyn Dole (Plaid council leader) who yet again shows his undying loyalty to Mark James by refusing to accept that the counterclaim payments were profoundly unlawful.
In fact, with the council funding the action, and the council (supposedly, and in theory...) having any damages, the Derbyshire Rule that a governing body cannot sue has been blown to pieces by the actions of Mr James and the executive. But I knew that all along. It took some serious digging into my blog to find anything actionable for Mr James to take forward, and the posts complained of were months old and involved just three words 'pinocchio', and 'slush fund', which turned out to be rather slushy after all.
This week's Herald carries several articles and letters about all this. A series of detailed questions were put to the council by the Herald, and they refused to answer any of them, the questions can be seen on Cneifiwr's blog.
Before I leave you with this week's Cadno opinion piece from the Herald, I must just mention that I had a response this morning to my complaints to Dyfed Powys Police (see earlier post here). None of my complaints have been upheld; there was no conflict of interest and no, they're no revoking the Police Information Notice which will stay on record for fourteen months.
One point I did notice was that Mr James made his complaints to the police (in a letter to the Chief Constable, as you do..) on the 22nd January this year, yet he didn't bother to provide a detailed statement until more than five months later...
I have yet to study the report in detail, and I have yet to decide whether to take it further given the current pressure I'm under from someone who's motives seem even more questionable (updated post) than I first thought.
Anyway, more on that, in due course...here's Cadno;
Cadno and the disgusting act
A saying, often attributed to Einstein, suggests that common sense is made up of the prejudices one acquires before the age of 18.
That does not say much for some things that are incontrovertible common sense: for example, 'if you pick it, it won't get better'. Carmarthenshire County Council carried on picking at a gnat's bite, and has managed to create an open and festering sore which has exposed the rotten matter at its core.
In light of that, Cadno supposes that there is a very special sense in which common sense means not those things which people know to be true but no longer believe.
Either one of those categorisations would encompass the current actions of Carmarthenshire County Council and its bike-riding chief executive.
It beggars belief that the Executive Board imagines it has a cat in hell's chance of recovering anything like the £190k of public money it blew on Mr James's defence of a libel action brought against him by Jacqui Thompson. It follows, therefore, that the additional costs being incurred by the council in pursuing the matter are simply public money being pissed away as though the authority was an incontinent drunk after a savage night on the Stella Artois.
In addition, the money the council has wasted in office time and resources, scuttling around County Hall in support of the original litigation or scouring the internet and the blogosphere on what is, to any rational examination, a vendetta against an individual has not only been wasted but is practically incalculable. After all, it is our money they are wasting for their own good and the benefit of their most senior employee.
This issue is examined at length elsewhere in this newspaper in a masterly dissection of the council's track record on this subject by Y Cneifiwr, but what Cadno is homing in on is one very simple question - not the right and the wrong, but the waste of what we are always told are 'scarce' resources when the hope of recovery of a meaningful contribution being received in respect of those resources are vanishingly small.
The Herald has previously revealed Mr James' estimable gift for inaccurate precis, when we revealed that his assertion that no offers had been made to settle his judgement against Mrs Thompson was so wrong it suggested a somewhat casual relationship between what he said and what was true.
The fact that he repeated to The Herald a claim he made to Wales Online, little knowing that we had a copy of the offer letters - plural - speaks volumes of his conduct.
And yet, despite that, the council are still engaged in acting as the executive arm of Mr James; wounded amour propre.
It is a bloody disgrace and the councillors involved in rubber-stamping this shameful and wasteful exercise should hang their heads in shame. And it is to the undying shame of the current administration that it is continuing the folly embarked upon by the clueless bunch of well-meaning dupes and time-servers that preceded them. It taints the whole of Carmarthenshire's local government, in which there are many fine initiatives and sound future plans, that the Party of Wales is now merged and indistinguishable from the Party of James.
When you think about common sense, readers, do you think that it is common sense to take political capital and goodwill and waste it fighting a battle that was picked by your predecessor in favour of someone who is unelectable? Put it another way, knowing what they know about Mark James now, how many of the current Labour and Plaid membership would have endorsed his original appointment?
Cadno reckons not bloody many, if any.
We have a chief executive under whose carefree guidance Carmarthenshire became indistinguishable from a kleptocracy and synonymous with self-serving sharp-dealing and the public waste of public money, still leading councillors not by the noses but by the rings through their noses.
You might say that, having won the action, the council is entitled to attempt recovery of its costs, That much, it could be said, is common sense.
Well common sense is wrong, readers, with knobs on.
Councils have many interlocking responsibilities, the primary one of which is to act in the public interest with public resources. cadno does not go so far to suggest that having notably failed in that duty in any number of projects, not carrying that duty in the present circumstances is an option.
Not only do two wrongs not make one right, but there are practical constraints to consider. The council, it could be argued, is duty bound to ameliorate the impact of its own decision to bankroll Mr James; defence upon the public purse.
The answer to that is yes and no. The council is bound to consider whether or not recovery is possible, but the present position is that Mr James' claim for damages awarded to him personally as a direct result of the Council's largesse takes priority over the Council's claim for costs. The council is, or should be, well-aware of Mrs Thompson's capacity to satisfy any part not only of the council's claim for costs but also Mr James claim for damages. And all the mock 'Chinese Walls' argument in the world wil not convince any reasonable person, reasonably informed, to the contrary.
Mrs Thompson has no money. There is a limited amount of capital in the family home which could be converted into cash, but the value recovered as a result of a forced sale of the capital asset is going to be markedly less than the true capital value of her share in the matrimonial home.
The council was aware of the risk of not effecting recovery right at the outset but pressed on regardless.
In private practice that sort of chimpery would result in a very unhappy client looking to their legal advisor to make good the shortfall between what they were awarded and any receipts, especially if the lawyer failed to advise the body maintaining or funding the action (the lawyer's client) to secure a pre-emptive charge over any damages paid to the party it bankrolled (the litigant). That is part of proper analysis of what is part of 'litigation risk', which encompasses not only the likelihood of victory but the odds of recovery once a case is won.
It is obvious to anyone but the dimmest and most backward of lawyers that the threat of financial ruin is generally only effective when the person threatened has finances to pay the debt.
Anything else is rather, in Lyndon Johnson's deathless phrase, like wetting yourself in public; it gives you a momentary warm feeling but to anyone else witnessing it, it's disgusting.
Wavell said...
The Council could easily recover that amount of money by getting in "method study" / "time and motion" advisers (that's what they used to call them anyway)to look at the CCC management efficiency levels.
Any self respecting company uses this method of saving when problems arise.
CCC take months to carry out a weeks work and prefer to use costly outside sources rather than their existing "experts" who would be free.
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As Oggy Blogger says - the silence from our Government Ministers is deafening. Where the hell is their responsibility to Welsh people? When a local authority runs out of the control of it's elected members, with it's Chief Executive behaving like someone resembling a Godfather, then it is most definitely time for OUR Welsh Government to restore democracy for the taxpayers of Carmarthenshire. It can be extremely concerning for ordinary people to know that their council is not only compared to 'a cicilian cartel' but to also know that that statement is absolutely correct. Wake up Ministers and take control for the sake of the taxpayers of Carmarthenshire.
Further to Anon 14-47.it is very disturbing as Oggy Blogger states that the Welsh Government as a group seem unwilling to call to account the dubious actions of the executive led Carmarthen County Council. Why is this? There is plenty enough evidence in the public domain that would warrant at the very least a Public Enquiry into this Council. How much longer should the unelected members of the Council as well as the elected Councillors be prepared to stand up and be counted in exposing the many wrongdoings that are apparent to even those with a scant knowledge as to how democracy should be seen to have a place in local government. Far too many decisions are made by the executive members with next to no input from other council members.The latest threat to make the local blogger Jacqui Thompson homeless is a prime example of the totally vindictive nature of the Chief Executive who has chosen to blatantly disregard the views of the First Minister and indeed the Welsh Audit Office as regards "the unlawful " payments made to him by the Council.One must presume that "shameless behaviour" is considered as such when anyone dare to question or use their democratic right to question the council. If and when that happens then the unlimited funds available to the council are used to pursue such people.
Anon at 21.49
X-RAY BBC would be good
Saw this on Facebook a couple of day's ago - Well said 'AnonyNurse'!
Jacqui and the Beanstalk
Myths and legends, ancient fairy tales,
Yet resonate with life in modern Wales,
Where some in power verge on the despotic,
Their blinkered hangers-on too idiotic
To check and balance what their leaders do,
But dumbly opt to join the puppet crew.
Grand Puppet Master - imp in giant's guise -,
(Vainglorious projects, castles in the skies) …
Who stamps on all who subject him to scrutiny,
Since opposition's tantamount to mutiny …
With grasping hand jammed in the public purse,
This "giant" 'mongst men can execute his curse,
And see to it a woman's home is lost,
Regardless of injustice or of cost.
So, chin up, Jacqui T., our giant killer,
Legendary blogger, true bean-spiller;
You spilled the beans, the beans-talk grew so big,
The "giant" feared you'd jeopardize his gig;
You climbed the beanstalk, risking wrath and enmity,
But he has the Golden Goose – funded indemnity.
(Hubble bubble, toil and trouble,
Passions burn, resentments bubble;
Brown nose of puppet, sycophant's guile,
So cut the strings and cramp his style) …
AnonyNurse
I agree, if the Welsh Government continue to ignore their responsibilities to the people of Wales, we need them to explain why they feel they are not. If they are not, then we must defer to Westminster. We do have rights under the Human Rights Act and these must be recognised by Ministers.
I'm living in a county, where the officers and councillors seem completely removed from their constituents . Leanne Wood wants an independent Wales, this will take us poor peasants in Carmarthenshire back to the dark ages. Although, it feels like we are living in them at the moment. There is no accountability , and it's only Bloggers like Jacqui and writers like Cadno, in The Herald that have made the public aware of these absurd issues in Carmarthenshire. Thank god for the Internet. There's no hiding place, but they don't care anyway!
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Glorious film delights in all that is magical about the cinema
It's been a little over 30 years since moviegoing audiences were first treated to Cinema Paradiso, Giuseppe Tornatore's love letter to the joy and magic of film. Having been released to a deluge of wonder and praise from audiences and critics alike, it's a film which has now so become a part of the fabric of modern cinematic culture that it occasionally slips from view. But although new trends or shock releases might obscure it, the pure and simple delight that it weaves through the story cannot help but captivate. It truly is a rare gem.
The film tells the story of Salvatore "Toto" Di Vita, a renowned Italian film director, who grew up as a mischievous apprentice projectionist at his villages local cinema in the late 1940s. The tale centres around the dilapidated picture house, the gruff but loveable projectionist, Alfredo (Philippe Noiret) and the various colourful characters of the town. Over the years we see Toto grow from carefree boy, obsessed with the reels and magical images, turn into proteogenic projectionist and later wistfully romantic youth. All of which is merely part of the discovery of the central mystery – why did he leave the village and never return for over 30 years?
It's a fascinating and beautiful reconstruction of post-war Italy, re-imagined into an idealised and almost mythically quaint version of itself; Tornatore's work with cinematographer Blasco Giurato having captured a timeless and ardently Italian beauty in almost every frame. The cast are sublime throughout, most especially the three actors who take turns playing Toto, Salvatore Cascio as the boy, Marco Leonardi as the youth, and the grown man, Jacques Perrin. If the film has a minor niggle, it perhaps lies in a few scattered moments of fairly obvious dubbing on several of the French actors, but those are only rarely noticeable and only at the outset, before the film draws you fully in.
In these trying times when cinema balances on a precipice of uncertainty, there's hardly been a more apt time to bask in the glow of everything that is joyful and wonderous about the silver screen. Cinema Paradiso is a masterpiece, not only of Italian cinema, but as a landmark film of its day that hold true as a genuine classic for all time.
This new 4k remaster of the film comes with a plethora of extras, interviews and an insightful commentary track. Additionally it also includes the 30 minute longer, and somewhat more emotionally complex director's cut of the film (which was not provided for review). Given that this is a masterpiece that has not only withstood the test of time, but still resonates now, it's hard not to recommend to cinephiles everywhere.
Available on Blu-ray from Mon 7 Dec 2020
Giuseppe Tornatore / Italy / 1988 / 124 mins


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Boron Nanotubes
The main ingredient in clown makeup is being used to create a nano-material that could protect astronauts from solar radiation.
http://audio.scienceupdate.com/100101_sciup_nano.mp3
Can clown makeup protect astronauts? I'm Bob Hirshon and this is Science Update.
Boron nitride is used to make clown makeup. Now it's being spun into microscopically fine, super-strong fibers that could be used for bulletproof vests and even spaceships. Michael Smith is staff scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center. He says astronauts going on long trips through space need to be protected from solar radiation.
MICHAEL SMITH (NASA Langley Research Center):
Boron is a perfect natural absorber of the thermal neutrons that will go through you body and turn your DNA into something else that you don't want it to be.
The fibers are produced using a high energy laser at Jefferson Laboratory in Hampton, VA and spun into a super strong yarn. Smith thinks the nanotubes have countless uses.
SMITH:
It's really a root technology. You've got our iron age your copper age—this could spawn a new age.
But first they'll have to scale up production to make the fibers commercially viable. I'm Bob Hirshon for AAAS, the science society.


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Bush & McCain Blackmail America With Economic Terrorism
Ferocious fear-mongering rhetoric, possible cancellation of presidential election as financial terrorists threaten Americans with chaos unless power-grabbing bailout bill is passed
From shying away from even mentioning such terms as "recession," "unemployment" or "bank failures," Bush, Bernanke and Paulson are now vigorously invoking the fear of financial meltdown as part of a campaign of economic terror to blackmail the American people into accepting the power-grabbing "bailout," while John McCain, who last week said the fundamentals of the economy are strong, is now all but threatening to cancel the election should the proposal not receive swift passage.
Bush's speech last night was a throwback to his March 2003 stump before the invasion of Iraq – replace words like "weapons of mass destruction" with "financial panic" and the tone of the two is not dissimilar.
Bush rammed home the fear by appealing to people's personal anxieties.
"More banks could fail, including some in your community. The stock market would drop even more, which would reduce the value of your retirement account. The value of your home could plummet. Foreclosures would rise dramatically," barked the President.
"And if you own a business or a farm, you would find it harder and more expensive to get credit. More businesses would close their doors, and millions of Americans could lose their jobs."
Bernanke and Paulson spewed similar rhetoric during Tuesday's Senate Banking Committee meeting. Compare their dire proclamations with their outright refusal to even entertain the notion of a recession as little as seven months ago.
Now Paulson tells us that people "should be scared" and that the only solution is for taxpayers to foot the bill to the tune of $700 billion dollars – a number we now learn was simply pulled out of thin air by the Treasury – while the Federal Reserve swallows up all manner of new regulation powers.
It seems that almost overnight these three stooges have gone from behaving like sedated zombies to end-times doomsayers.
Furthermore, John McCain, the man who as recently as last week proclaimed that "the fundamentals of the economy are sound," is now canceling presidential debates, and some fear greasing the skids for the postponement of the presidential election itself, by insisting he and Obama "return to Washington" in order to put their weight behind the bailout.
As the George Washington Blog notes, McCain is basically implying, "Vote for the bailout or I'll pull out of the election".
The financial terrorism being perpetrated by Bush, McCain, Bernanke, Paulson and the rest of these criminals in threatening Americans with unbridled chaos unless they acquiesce to political demands, and the coordinated ferocity with which it is being delivered, is necessary for the crooks because they are desperate to get the bailout passed before Congress really has a chance to digest exactly what it stands for.
This is what's called the "shock doctrine," the accelerated passage of what is essentially dictatorial legislation without proper scrutiny by means of exploiting a temporary state of fear.
This is not just about $700 billion of taxpayers' money and the continued sacking of the dollar, it's about the imposition of a giant new infrastructure of control and regulation on behalf of the private, run for profit, Federal Reserve.
Bush even alluded to it last night, stating that Paulson's bailout would mean the "Federal Reserve would be authorized to take a closer look at the operations of companies across the financial spectrum."
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But this is merely scratching the surface. As Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., said, "This massive bailout is not a solution. It is financial socialism and it's un-American." In fact properly defined, one could label it "national socialism," otherwise known as fascism.
As professor of economics at New York University Nouriel Roubini framed it, welcome to the United Socialist States of America and "the most radical regime change in global economic and financial affairs in decades".
The plan was drawn up months ago, lying in wait for the right crisis to see it enacted, just as the Patriot Act was prepared well in advance of 9/11.
The Treasury's fact sheet about the bailout states, "The Secretary will have the discretion, in consultation with the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, to purchase other assets, as deemed necessary to effectively stabilize financial markets."
This gives the government and the Federal Reserve carte blanche to do whatever they want to long as it is done in the name of stabilizing financial markets, they can nationalize any company or industry and use taxpayer money, above and beyond the initial $700 billion, for whatever purpose is deemed necessary, without any oversight. Paulson's bailout plan is also unreviewable by any court, it will remain in perpetuity.
Paulson's draft bailout plans says: "The Secretary's authority to purchase mortgage-related assets under this Act shall be limited to $700,000,000,000 outstanding at any one time."
As Chris Martenson writes, "This means that $700 billion is NOT the cost of this dangerous legislation, it is only the amount that can be outstanding at any one time. After, say, $100 billion of bad mortgages are disposed of, another $100 billion can be bought. In short, these four little words assure that there is NO LIMIT to the potential size of this bailout. This means that $700 billion is a rolling amount, not a ceiling."
"The bill would bar courts from reviewing actions taken under its authority," reports Bloomberg.
The Bush administration seeks "dictatorial power unreviewable by the third branch of government, the courts, to try to resolve the crisis," said Frank Razzano, a former assistant chief trial attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission now at Pepper Hamilton LLP in Washington. "We are taking a huge leap of faith."
"It sounds like Paulson is asking to be a financial dictator, for a limited period of time," said historian John Steele Gordon.
Reporter Larisa Alexandrovna calls it "the final stages of the coup," noting, "This manufactured crisis is now to be remedied, if the fiscal fascists get their way, with the total transfer of Congressional powers (the few that still remain) to the Executive Branch and the total transfer of public funds into corporate (via government as intermediary) hands."
The legislation would provide billions to foreign central banks in addition to private foreign banks.
The proposed move represents a total shift of U.S. taxpayers' funds into the hands of powerful private interests, some of which do not even represent American companies.
The bailout bill represents the most fascist centralization of power in America since 9/11 and the Patriot Act – and many would argue that it even trumps that. The fiscal terrorists hope to ram through their agenda by appealing to people's fears about the economy, their jobs, their houses and their pensions. But the temporary pain brought on by a Wall Street crash and a severe recession would be nothing compared to the long term death knell that the bailout bill would mean to the free market and economic liberty in America.
This article was posted: Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 4:17 am


A great start to the year for my man's prediction that international pressure would force the pace in Venezuela. Actually, he said invasion by Brazil + Columbia, with top-cover from Trump.
Canada is a bit of a bonus! We await the actual invasion with bated breath.
And then, of course, we look forward to Corbyn raising the tattered old flags of the International Brigade ... Books those flights, Momentumites.
A video poster called Florida Maquis on YouTube makes some interesting videos. I suspect he's a lefty of some kind but given that hardly anything is written about South America in general and Venezuela in particular, they give an otherwise absent insight into the goings-on in that part of the world.
I note Arron Bastani is in full defending mode. Ha, pity the Corbynites, having to defend this nonsense for weeks. shame.
Excuse my ignorance, but isn't Venezuela one of those countries that outsiders made to fail to show that its system couldn't work?
The lad does well in the interview at the end.
EK - any way around the press paywall?
It's usually better to keep out of a shambles like Venezuela - leave it alone so that its decay can be blamed unambiguously on its rulers.


MANILA, Philippines - Beyond the traditional new year's eve (NYE) celebration are the countdown and special events happening around Mega and Metro Manila. On December 31, several establishments and companies will have their grandest welcome to 2015 and the year of Green Wooden Sheep through Countdown to 2015 festivities.
Choose now where are you going as we compile once again the Top 15 places and events to celebrate new year's eve in the metro. Countdown to 2015 is definitely the best and meaningful event this year - full of fireworks, party peeps, bountiful banquet, music and revelry in epic proportions to usher in the New Year.
Experience the best of music to usher in year 2015. International and multi-platinum RNB dance sensation Chris Brown, along with Bamboo, Enrique Gil, Sam Concepcion, KZ Tandigan, Morisette, and Japan's Tempura Kidz, are set to perform at The 2015 Philippine Countdown New Year's Eve Concert. On Dec. 31, the massive gates of the world's largest indoor stadium, the Philippine Arena, shall be opened to ticket holders who will get the once-in-lifetime experience of welcoming 2015 with the most celebrated mix of OPM bands and other world-class artists.
Ticket holders not only get to witness big one concert, but may also watch the biggest and the most-stellar line-up OPM bands, featuring: Parokya Ni Edgar, Kjwan, Rico Blanco, Up Dharma Down, Callalily, SpongeCola, Itchyworms, Sandwich, Imago, 6CycleMind, Mayonnaise, Barbie Almalbis, Kitchie Nadal, Silent Sanctuary, and many more!
On December 30, The Voice Kids, Shamrock, Hajji Alejandro, Asin, Willie Nepomuceno, Coritha, FBC Rebirth, Juan Rodrigo and Rey Valera will be performing live at the Philippine Stadium.
Additional entertainment for the whole family includes parade, bazaars and all your favorite carnival rides and attractions.
Tickets to The 2015 Philippine Countdown New Year's Eve Concert is now available at Ticketnet. Get your tickets online at www.ticketnet.com.ph or at Ticketnet outlets. For inquiries you may also call the Ticketnet Hotline at 911-5555.
Megaworld Lifestyle Malls and Eastwood City is celebrating the New Year with a bang through an Awesome line-up of spectacular performances and activities from the country's brightest music stars at its New Year Countdown to 2015, the official New Year Countdown of Quezon City.
Popstar royalty Sarah Geronimo will be leading the Eastwood - Quezon City New Year Countdown to 2015 on December 31, performing at 8PM at the Eastwood Mall Open Park. Named Yes Magazine's Most Beautiful Star of 2014, Sarah continues to win both fans and accolades here and abroad, and was even tapped by Disney Channel to sing Tangled's The Glow.
Sarah Geronimo topbills an equally stellar lineup of performers, which include acclaimed Pinoy bands Pupil and Sandwich, popular teen stars James Reid and Nadine Lustre, pop singers Anja Aguilar and Jason Farol, who was mentored by AmericanIdol's Kelly Clarkson in the American TV series Duets, internet sensation Donnalyn Bartolome, rapper Shehyee and Freestyle's Top Suzara and Jinky Vidal.
Hosting this year's countdown are MTV Pinoy VJs Yassi Pressman, Chris Schneider and Kito Romualdez and ending the night with more awesomeness is DJ Ace Ramos.
Start the New Year in an Awesome way with star-studded performances at the Eastwood - Quezon City New Year Countdown to 2015! For more information, you may call the Megaworld Lifestyle Malls Concierge at 709-9888 or 709-0888, 0917-8380111 or visit megaworldlifestylemalls website.
Welcome 2015 with a bang! Take part in the most colorful and chic New Year celebration with Countdown to 2015: The GMA-7 New Year Special. Happening on December 31, 2014 from 10:00pm onwards at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds. It will feature Chef Boy Logro and other big artists from the Kapuso network.
TV5 has partnered with the Quezon City government to welcome 2015 with the grandest New Year Countdown in the country. With the intention of "spreading happy and positive vibes" for the coming year, TV5 is preparing for the biggest New Year countdown.
A whole day fair open to the public, the Happy Network's countdown will be highlighted by a grand showcase of fireworks display and a 3D mapping show that is said to be at par with other famous New Year celebrations around the globe such as those at Times Square in New York, The Eye in London, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, and The Opera House in Sydney, among others.
The countdown will be broadcast live at TV5 starting at 10:30 p.m. More details here.
Manila will experience a unique and more festive new year countdown this year as the city government, headed by Mayor Joseph "Erap" Estrada, in cooperation with the Mare Foundation, will bring the country's first-ever 3-D video mapping pyro/laser lights musical, Sulong Manila 2015 Countdown over the stretch of Roxas Boulevard on New Year's Eve, Dec. 31.
"An exciting line-up of performances by world-class acts, festive menus crafted by internationally renowned chefs, special Yuletide events and award-winning pyromusical extravagance awaits you!"
A brand new Toyota Fortuner is up for grabs as Solaire Resort & Casino ushers in the New Year! You could also win exciting gadgets and free play or slot credits. Every 100 points you earn from December 24. 2014 - January 1, 2015 gets you a ticket. Visit Solaire website for more details.
Spectacular Pyromusical by the Manila bay at the strike of 12mn, presented by international award-winning pyrotechnic team. It can be viewed by guests at the outdoors area at the main lobby.
"If you count yourself among the stars and you're looking for a star-studded party on New Year's Eve in Manila, then look no further. Resorts World Manila is once again bringing you its coolest party of the year with the Starriest New Year's Eve Party!
This one-night New Year's countdown shindig will fill your appetite with the brightest star performers as well as various star-clad party goers.
Starting off with Banda Kawayan playing Christmas classics using their traditional bamboo musical instruments, followed by a brilliant spectacle of lights and sounds with our country's biggest indoor Christmas lantern display.
Everything's going to be a "starrific" blast from here onwards with the Dawn, Ely Buendia, Yeng Constantino, Mitoy and Draybers, Princess Velasco and the Main Cast Band, all of whom are going to rock and rouse you up in welcoming a lucky and prosperous New Year."
Skye W High Street: "Ring in 2015 with a bang as #Skye brings you dynamic DJ duo DJ @raverepublic with support from @djedong, @kbhaw, and @djdavidardiente for our 4th annual #NewYearsEveParty this December 31st, Wednesday! The countdown starts at 10PM! Door charge is Php1,000 and comes with free drink. For table packages and reservations, please contact 478 4284 or 0932 856 7593."
HyvE: "Let's all welcome 2015 with a bang this December 31st with DJ RayRay for our 2nd annual New Year's Eve Party! The FIRST 300 people to arrive from the Hyve Guestlist hotline get FREE ENTRY! Send in your names before 7PM of December 30 to 0917 552 9084. Doors open at 10PM."
Prive: "Welcome 2015 at the Privé New Year's Eve Ball and get ready for a night you will never forget! Book your tables now at +63917.898.8181."
Aracama Manila: "Join Aracama's New Year's Eve celebration with Karl Ty, Emil Angeles, Badboy Jeff and MC Millz. The event will be hosted by Iya Silos, Toby Benjamin and Charlie Alipio. Contact +63917 861 2702 for tables."
"Countdown to 2015 at Manila's most luxurious ultra lounge with Pangaea Manila's Black & White New Year's Ball. Catch Chicago-based Jump Smokers plus music by #1 Bali-Singapore DJ Mikey Moran and our very own DJs Nina & Steal."
For information and table reservations, contact +63 917 3813398 or email PangaeaTableReservations@cod-manila.com.
End 2014 on a delicious note with a spectacular gourmet spread at Spectrum.
Dine during the New Year's Eve dinner buffet and gain exclusive access to the 9th floor Pool Bar New Year's Eve Countdown Party. Guests can also choose to start the year right by partaking in a sumptuous New Year's Day brunch or dinner feasts.
New Year's Eve dinner buffet is at Php 4,195 net per person (with access to the Pool Bar Countdown Party and glass of champagne).
For more information, please call the Holiday Hotline at +63 2 555 9848 or email dining.makati@fairmont.com.
While you're having a merry Christmas day with your loved ones, are you all set for New Year's Eve? It will be glitz, glitter and glam for 2014's final send-off party at The Lobby - the "Crystal" Gala Ball and Dinner. The Dinner Buffet is from 9:00 pm to 12 midnight; the Band plays from 9:00 pm to 2:00 am. For inquiries or reservations, please call (63-2) 887 2888 or e-mail: diningpmn@peninsula.com.
Start the year right with a menu of activities celebrating 2015 featuring a petite à la carte selection consumable at Php2,500+++ from 6pm to 10pm and after-party access with tickets available at Php500+++ per person with a complimentary drink.
Le Bar sets the stage for the annual New Year's countdown and colorful balloon drop. Overlooking the magnifique Manila Bay, witness the burst of colors in the annual fireworks display officially greeting the New Year. Featured femme trio - The Zombettes spins hot tracks in a sensational countdown after-party.
Free admission to the New Year's Eve after-party for hotel guests and Le Bar diners. To make an online reservation or inquiry, visit here.
"Welcome 2015 with a lavish dinner at 22 Prime, and a Michael Jackson themed dance party at the Columbus Room on the 42nd floor. A stunning panoramic view of fireworks in the Metro Manila skyline caps off a fabulous midnight countdown. 15% discount for the first 30 tickets purchased on or before December 23, 2014. For inquiries, e-mail rsvn@discovery.com.ph or call (02) 719-6931 to 32."
"Come join the countdown to 2015 and witness the most amazing view of the fireworks at the Deck. Witness the perfect view of Rockwell Makati, Bonifacio Global City and Ortigas! Come and celebrate 2015 with with bottles of cava and music from Vask DJs. For table reservations, you may call: 09178065292."
"Enjoy the buffer dinner, live band and WIN from our raffle prizes. Most of all, stay with the people who care."
1. For Makati residents, the New Year's Eve Countdown and Street Party usually held along Ayala Avenue has been cancelled this year.
Instead, the Makati city government is planning to donate the event's hefty budget of PHP 30 million to the victims of Typhoon Ruby.
2. ABS-CBN New Year's Countdown is Live on Bandila on Wednesday night. It will cover all the New Year's Eve Festivities around the Metro.
3. Photos and information presented above are from official Facebook pages and websites of different establishments or companies with New Year Countdown to 2015. TheSummitExpress.com compiled the top 15 places and events for the benefit of its readers.
Share now this post if you find this informative. Like Us on Facebook or Follow Us on Twitter for more interesting and original stories. Happy New Year my dearest thesummitexpress.com readers!


Registration is now open for the Extension Milwaukee County 4-H Fair Talent Show! The Talent Show will take place on June 8th from 1 PM to 2 PM at the Summit Place Office Complex (6737 W Washington St., West Allis, WI 53214). Youth ages 5-19 are welcome to participate. All entries must be approved by the talent show committee. To enter in the talent show, please complete this registration form by May 25th. You will receive a confirmation if selected to participate.
If you're performing in a group, all members must register separately and include the same title of your performance.
All youth should be accompanied by an adult.
Acts must be 10 minutes or less.
All acts must be youth appropriate.
Why: Share your talent and learn more about 4-H Youth programming available to you.


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Q: How to handle selection when using GMSAutocompleteFetcher in iOS? I have google place autocomplete which display an GMSAutocompleteFetcher. the code is come from Google developer website but the problem is I can't find a way how to handle selection right after user seeing the words appear on the textView to display it as place ID, so far this is my code:
    import UIKit
    import GoogleMaps

    class FetcherSampleViewController: UIViewController {

      var textField: UITextField?
      var resultText: UITextView?
      var fetcher: GMSAutocompleteFetcher?

      override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "handletap:")
        self.view.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
        self.edgesForExtendedLayout = .None

        // Set bounds to inner-west Sydney Australia.
        let neBoundsCorner = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: -33.843366,
          longitude: 151.134002)
        let swBoundsCorner = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: -33.875725,
          longitude: 151.200349)
        let bounds = GMSCoordinateBounds(coordinate: neBoundsCorner,
          coordinate: swBoundsCorner)

        // Set up the autocomplete filter.
        let filter = GMSAutocompleteFilter()
        filter.type = .Establishment

        // Create the fetcher.
        fetcher = GMSAutocompleteFetcher(bounds: bounds, filter: filter)
        fetcher?.delegate = self

        textField = UITextField(frame: CGRect(x: 5.0, y: 0,
          width: self.view.bounds.size.width - 5.0, height: 44.0))
        textField?.autoresizingMask = .FlexibleWidth
        textField?.addTarget(self, action: "textFieldDidChange:",
          forControlEvents: .EditingChanged)

        resultText = UITextView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 45.0,
          width: self.view.bounds.size.width,
          height: self.view.bounds.size.height - 45.0))
        resultText?.backgroundColor = UIColor(white: 0.95, alpha: 1.0)
        resultText?.text = "No Results"
        resultText?.editable = false
        resultText?.addGestureRecognizer(tap)
        self.view.addSubview(textField!)
        self.view.addSubview(resultText!)
      }

      func textFieldDidChange(textField: UITextField) {
        fetcher?.sourceTextHasChanged(textField.text!)
      }
      func handletap (sender: UITapGestureRecognizer){
      print("I dont know what to do here")

      }
    }

    extension FetcherSampleViewController: GMSAutocompleteFetcherDelegate {
      func didAutocompleteWithPredictions(predictions: [GMSAutocompletePrediction]) {
    let resultsStr = NSMutableAttributedString()
    for prediction in predictions {
        resultsStr.appendAttributedString(prediction.attributedPrimaryText)
        resultsStr.appendAttributedString(NSAttributedString(string: "\n"))
    }
    resultText?.attributedText = resultsStr
}

      func didFailAutocompleteWithError(error: NSError) {
        resultText?.text = error.localizedDescription
      }
    }

I use UITapGestureRecognizer but I don't know what should I do. If you can help me I would appreciate it :)

A: Since all the predictions are just newline-delimited rows in a text field, it's going to be difficult to tell which of them the user tapped on.
How about instead of a UITextView, you use a UITableView and have one row per prediction. This will make it easy to detect which prediction was selected.

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Outdoors, Leisure and Sports
Fees suspended at Oregon and Washington state parks on New Year's Day
Jefferson Public Radio | By Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB
Published January 1, 2023 at 5:46 AM PST
Courtesy: Oregon State Parks Department
Hikers go on a first day of the year adventure at Cottonwood Canyon.
Oregon's fee break is an attempt to encourage more people to head outdoors to start 2023. Washington's fee-free day was put in place in 2011, when that state started charging for vehicle access to its parks and other state recreation sites.
The Oregon State Parks Department is suspending fees on New Year's Day as a way to get more people to visit. Washington, where a parking pass is typically required to drive into any state park, is also suspending fees as part of that state's First Day Hikes program.
Oregon has about 250 parks; admission to most is free, but 25 charge parking fees for drivers. Those fees are being dropped for the day, and rangers will lead educational adventures.
For example, people can join a two-mile hike at L. L. Stub Stewart State Park, south of Vernonia. Boomscooter Trail is renowned for wildlife viewing or just enjoying the outdoors.
Oregon parks department spokesman Jason Resch said he's headed to Tryon State Park on Jan. 1. He sees getting outdoors as somewhat spiritual.
"It's a first-day adventure. Or maybe a New Year's resolution," said Resch.
"Whether it's just getting outside more, or experiencing something new … To me that is a pretty big part of why I love it so much."
Courtesy Oregon State Parks Department
Hikers assemble for a walk on the first day of the year at Fort Stevens State Park.
Washington's First Day Hikes program was launched in 2011, when that state introduced the Discover Pass for vehicle access to state parks and other state recreation sites. The pass costs $30 annually or $10 for a one-day visit, except on a dozen designated no-fee days each year.
Oregon's parks department is tweaking its message slightly this year, calling the events "First Day Adventures," rather than "First Day Hikes." Agency leaders want to make sure everyone feels welcome.
While first-day adventurers are welcome to go snowshoeing or skiing, no special equipment is needed for the ranger-led events. But many state parks will be cold and snowy. Visitors should dress in layers, wear sturdy shoes and bring water.
A camera or binoculars is also good for viewing wildlife.
Fees for overnight camping and other services remain in place.
First day of the year hike at L. L. Stub Stewart State Park.
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Anti-P2P lawyers accused of copyright hypocrisy
The US Copyright Group has gone after 14,000+ P2P users in court so far this …
Nate Anderson - Jul 31, 2010 11:08 pm UTC
Have the copyright enforcers been caught with their hands in the cookie jar? The blog TorrentFreak today published its claim that the US Copyright Group, which has filed more than 14,000 lawsuits against anonymous P2P movie sharers, ripped off another copyright settlement group in crafting its own settlement website.
The site was tipped off by a reader, who claimed that US Copyright Group had jacked code and visual elements from Copyright Settlements, which is in a similar business: sue P2P users, then send them letters demanding a settlement to avoid trial.
The sweet smell of hypocrisy!
Or was it? We checked in with Tom Dunlap, a partner at the law firm of Dunlap, Grubb, & Weaver and the force behind US Copyright Group. He claimed to be the victim of a hit job, and he notes that the existing version of his law firm's site bears little resemblance to the TorrentFreak picture.
"We have a company that designed the website for us (in New York)," he told Ars. "Our site does not look like or have anything to do with the other site (please look at the two sites—and not what is in the article—which does not make sense to me). We never had a live site like the one pictured in the article. I think this is a baseless attack to generate some negative comments. I suppose it was successful, but it is entirely not truthful to my knowledge. All we can do is modify the text though an interface in a program called Salesforce, we can't even put the pictures and such on the site ourselves."
TorrentFreak compared the two sites
But TorrentFreak stands by its story. Site founder Ernesto told Ars that he personally saw the USCG site when it resembled the Copyright Settlements site, but he does admit that the site may not have been "live" at the time. "It was not linked on any of their sites, so 'not in use' would be a better way to describe it," he said.
TorrentFreak's story must have had some accuracy to it, as the USCG site even today continued to use elements from the competing site. In the course of watching it over the afternoon, we saw one image (a stylized "sign in" box) replaced with the word "placeholder." Then, a bit later, this was replaced in turn with the words "Please Login." A striped background box apparently cribbed from Copyright Settlements' site (it even had the same filename) was also scrubbed.
By late in the day, the orange arrow had gone, replaced with a blue one. And the logos for credit cards were replaced with the words, "All Major Credit Cards Accepted."
The USCG site, this afternoon
A few hours later
It's difficult to know what, if anything, to make of this. One can imagine easily enough that the web designers did indeed begin with the Copyright Settlements site as a structural model and simply forget to remove a couple of small design elements before the site went live.
If true, one expects that USCG lawyers will offer the same level of understanding to those defendants who offer their own responses about a total lack of knowledge of any nefarious behavior—numerous handwritten examples of which have already been sent to the DC court where these cases are being considered.
Let's talk "copyright"
The story took an even more bizarre turn when a source who has previously contacted Ars about Dunlap, Grubb, & Weaver wrote in to alert us to something else: the law firm's own page on "copyright" contains text identical to that found on a much larger legal practice's own website.
Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver notes that "Copyright is a form of legal protection for written works including computer software, music and recordings, dramatic works, choreographic works, photographs, paintings, graphics, sculptures, audio video works, and architectural works. Generally any creative work that can be seen, heard or touched (either directly or with the aid of a machine) is protected by copyright laws. As such Copyright can provide significant protection for a broad range of intellectual property. However, securing all of the benefits of copyright protection can be tricky and failure to take certain prescribed action can result in loss of rights."
Good stuff, huh?
The law firm of Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, which appears to employ far more attorneys than Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver, certainly thinks so. Its own definition is identical.
A second paragraph appears to be identical in its entirety, as well.
We're not clear where this text came from, who may have copied from whom, or if the entire thing is (legally) cribbed from a trade group or public domain source. But we do know that Google can only find two instances of this paragraph on the entire Internet: one at each law firm.
We followed up with Tom Dunlap, who merely told us that "copyright is defined by the US Code."
Nate Anderson Nate is the deputy editor at Ars Technica, where he oversees long-form feature content and writes about technology law and policy. He is the author of The Internet Police: How Crime Went Online, and the Cops Followed.
Email nate@arstechnica.com // Twitter @natexanderson


Visual and auditory development through songs and musical play make this class fun! A parent discussion time about infant/toddler development stages along with reinforcement activities to do at home makes this is informative and reassuring. This is a free class for members; non-members welcome at $87 for 7-week session.


Michael Che is a New York-based comedian, writer, and actor. He is the co-anchor of Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live. Named one of Rolling Stone's 50 Funniest People, BuzzFeed's 50 Hottest Men in Comedy, and Variety's Top 10 Comics to Watch, Che has been a writer on SNL, a correspondent on The Daily Show and has performed stand-up on Late Night with Seth Meyers and Late Show with David Letterman. He has a half hour comedy special on Comedy Central and appeared alongside Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan in the 2015 film "Top Five."


Nissan India is conducting a Voluntary Recall Campaign on approximately 4,504 vehicles of Nissan Sunny. Nissan plan to begin notifying customers from Jan-2016. Authorized Nissan retailers will install additional sub harness in the front turn signal lamp circuit, at no cost to customer.
Nissan is conducting a Voluntary Recall Campaign approximately 11,601 vehicles on the certain Nissan models for Nissan MICRA and Nissan SUNNY.Nissan plan to begin notifying customers from July 2015. Authorized Nissan retailers will rework the Engine Push button start to avoid an excessive interference condition at no cost to customer.
Nissan is conducting a voluntary recall campaign on Micra and Sunny vehicles in India regarding a driver airbag concern that was reported to Nissan by airbag supplier Takata from May 2010 to July 2012.No incidents have been reported associated with Nissan vehicles. To ensure Nissan India Quality standards, we will voluntarily correct affected cars without any cost to customers.
As part of its ongoing quality monitoring procedure Nissan has identified a potential defect in the master brake cylinder in a specific range of Micra and Sunny models produced between June 2012 to March 2013 – no other Nissan models or vehicles produced outside of this period are affected.
Nissan is committed to a high level of customer safety, service and satisfaction and we are working with our dealers to promptly address this issue. Nissan dealers will soon contact the owners of the affected vehicles.


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Improving the usability of the ecommerce site will help to build a competitive advantage. If you are the owner of an ecommerce site, certain fundamental features that an Ecommerce Website must have to bring usability to their website include; first is the logo Prominence. Make your company/brand logo visible and eye catchy to let the online user know about the creativity of the company that it has brought into its representation. Second is to bring brand loyalty at the customer ends gain their trust ad faith in the company policies. Third states that the usability of the website is not the sole purpose to increase traffic to your website. Usability with user experience brings traffic together. Forth describes the importance of content and social media.
It has been estimated that 60% of adults are using social media, which has been now used a sustainable marketing tool in the promotion of brands and services. A large fraction of online user comprising about 93% believes that a company should be associated with the social media for its branding and promotion. A little less faction of the online user believes integration with the social media is important as much as the interaction with their customers on social media networking sites. Where sites like Delicious, StumpleUpon, Digg, Twitter and Facebook plays an important role to introduce the brand with the customer.
The fifth and the most interesting one that creates an attractive look to your e commerce website, it refers to the typography and color used in the website. While designing an ecommerce website keep in mind that your customer is the online user. Right selection of the color for the website delivers an impactful vision over the eyes of the user. Ecommerce is a game of click and play, the more the user show interests in your website the more he/she will be encouraged to make a purchase. In this world of digitization a large section of the population uses smartphone to make their process easier and faster. Responsive website allows smartphone users to enjoy the shopping experience on their handset and make it more comfortable. This is the reason why responsive websites are in trend across the globe. In India online shopping has proven its significance in the past few years, which impel the international brands to invest more in the Indian commercial market.
Designing an is like a muti-faceted puzzle. A website is integrated with numerous options represented in an attractive manner to drag customer's attention. Designing an E commerce website is now being at the forefront in the online media. Shoppers are enjoying online shopping with added features with the rise of every new website.


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OMNI SOUND PROJECT SERIES :WOMEN IN AUDIO/RECORDING- CINNAMON DENISE
Cinnamon Denise is an audio engineer, vocalist, and bassoonist living in Austin, Texas. I met Cinnamon after a mutual acquaintance recommended her as a teacher for the Omni Sound Project. Our first phone call set the tone for all of our conversations: a meeting scheduled to last 15 minutes stretched into hours as we explored our shared interest in engineering, production, feminism, wellness, and of course, music. Months later, Cinnamon is one of my most trusted colleagues and friends, despite the fact that, due to the pandemic, we've never actually met in person. I connected with her via Zoom last week to learn more about her current projects.
I know you have a lot of experience with engineering and producing. What areas of audio are you involved in?
My bread and butter is doing vocal editing for voice overs, or any lead or background vocals that go in songs. I think that's because I'm a vocalist, so I know where to adjust things so that they really shine. I produce and make my own music. I work with other producers on songwriting and record vocal demos for producers. I also edit podcasts and produce podcast intros, working with my musician friends.
When you went into audio, what did you expect to be doing?
My thinking was, "I'm going to be an artist and I'm going to travel the world and sing," which I've done, but you have to figure out ways to sustain yourself while you're trying to develop your audience. I studied [audio] in school because I wanted to be able to create my own music without having to rely on somebody else, without having to have somebody record me, and have somebody to edit. To eliminate all those extra people and just make it me, not for ego reasons, but because of money reasons. Stuff like that gets expensive really quickly.
When you talk about the different types of engineering you do, are you using one DAW for everything, or do you have different software that you use for each project?
I record in ProTools and produce in Ableton. I go back and forth. For me, producing in Ableton is a lot quicker. Making something that sounds how I envisioned it just happens quicker. When you're writing, you don't need all these technical things in your way, keeping you from streamlining the creative process.
The reason why I record, and sometimes mix, in ProTools is because they have this playlist feature. You can easily take mini-takes of things and comp them. It makes for the best sounding final take. It's really easy to do in ProTools. ProTools has some really amazing recording features that I prefer to Ableton.
What do you see as being the immediate future during the pandemic in the absence of live music? Have you been thinking about how the industry is going to change?
I think it's a great opportunity for artists to capitalize on the live features of social media platforms and get really good at performing without having an extravagant setup. That takes skill, working with what you've got and making it really good. Now's a good time to make a lot of content as an artist, because people are online and looking for things to do.
That's been my focus. What can I do to capitalize on this, instead of trolling in the "this sucks" part of it. It's tricky, but it makes for the creative process to become almost exacerbated, because not only do you have to be creative in the music that you're making, but you have to be creative in how you're putting it out now. It's getting saturated, so you have to figure out how to stand out and be different, but still be authentic.
What do you see for yourself in the future? Are there any new skills you're looking to learn? I know you're becoming a yoga teacher.
Yeah, I'm always working on new things. I am learning After Effects now!
My project is to be a musician/yoga teacher who plays lo-fi hip hop, trip hop style music while practicing yoga. On my videos now, I put my music on there. People are responding, they're like, "Oh my gosh, who's the artist?" It's so important for yoga to be accessible to people of all sizes, ethnicities, and backgrounds. A big part of the scholarship that I got [to become a yoga teacher] was that I serve the Black community in some way, shape, or form. That can happen in different ways, but it's important to me for people to see themselves through the things that I'm doing, and for me to seem like a very tangible and accessible person. I want it to seem like, "You know what? If she can do it, I can do it, too."
You can use yoga as a way to connect people and you can use music, why don't we just combine the two? That's my new project, developing myself as an artist who practices yoga.
ABOUT CINNAMON DENISE
Cinnamon Denise is a musician, artist, songwriter, and audio engineer who has taught, performed, and trained in Spain, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Germany, France, South Africa, Switzerland and the U.S. She believes that music should be accessible to all and presented in a non-intimidating way. With a Master's degree in Music Technology Innovation from Berklee College of Music, Cinnamon Denise currently resides in Austin, Texas and is a core faculty member of Omni Sound Project. Connect with Cinnamon Denise : Facebook | Instagram | Twitter.
Interview by Lisa Machac
Lisa Machac is a musician and director of the Omni Sound Project, an organization dedicated to being the most accessible point of entry to the music and audio industries. Omni Sound Project strives to provide affordable opportunities for learning to under-represented communities as well as spotlight the talents of female and non-gender conforming audio professionals.
Find out more about Omni Sound Project . Connect : Facebook | Instagram


Hospice doesn't just treat the patient, it provides care for the caregiver as well.
The choice to elect hospice is an emotional one. Being a caregiver for someone receiving hospice may not be something you ever expected to do. But hospice is unique because it doesn't provide care just for the patient. Because being a hospice caregiver is an important role, hospice provides services specifically for the caregiver. Being a hospice caregiver means that you will have the support you need while you are on this hospice journey with your loved one.
After the passing of a loved one, hospice is still available to help. Hospice counselors remain in touch with family members for 13 months after the hospice patient passes. Through one-on-one counseling, support groups and community remembrance events, hospice cares for the family caregiver and wants to help him or her through their grief. Caregivers can use these support services as they need them to navigate this emotional journey.


Plant scientists at the University of East Anglia have succeeded in unravelling the complete genome sequence of the common primrose—the plant whose reproductive biology captivated the Victorian naturalist Charles Darwin.
For centuries, people have conveyed feelings of happiness and love with flowers. Now an EU research team has found that plants flower more when surrounded by relatives compared to when growing with strangers or alone.


Neil Denny, divorce lawyer with Lincoln family law specialists Diane Genders Solicitors, explains.
Don't post. Try to hold off social media usage at this sensitive time in order to avoid misunderstanding or increasing conflict. Use private direct communication instead such as the telephone, email or, why not go old school and try writing correspondence.
Don't go looking. Try to resist the temptation to review your ex's social media accounts. Assume that no good will come of it. If you go looking then expect to be offended. Remember, you are not the intended audience. People post for their supporters, not for you. If they have posted for you then it is very likely that they will have posted in order to cause you offence.
Don't rise to the bait. Remember, if the other person is trying to offend you and you get offended then you are letting them influence how you feel and behave. Do not get drawn into online fights.
If you choose to use social media then at least refrain from doing so when feeling either angry, tired, emotional or drunk and especially when feeling all four.
Do not, under any circumstances film your partner or post film of your partner on Youtube, Facebook or other sites. Try to resist showing videos of any children of the family as well.
Your social media postings could be put forward as evidence of your attitude towards your ex-partner.
You could be asked about this in front of a Judge if your case goes to a final hearing about the divorce financial claims or children arrangements.
You could also reveal information that will work against you. For example, you might reveal your whereabouts and who you were with, or reveal a new asset or a future career or relationship intention that undermines the case you are trying to put forward in court.
It might not be a case of Big Brother watching you but do not be surprised if your ex and his or her legal team is.
If you have concerns about your ex-partner's social media use or other aspects of divorce and separation then contact divorce lawyer Neil Denny at Diane Genders Solicitors, family law specialists in Lincoln on 01522 516500 today.


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Cracking the Bestseller Code: Who Cares?
April 24, 2018 Indie Publishing, Stuff That Defies Categorizingbestseller, Compromise With Sin, The Bestseller Codeleanna649
For today's post, I set out to write a review of The Bestseller Code: Anatomy of the Blockbuster Novel, by Jodie Archer and Matthew L. Jockers. But I'm abbreviating that review because as both a writer and reader I don't care much about bestseller lists.
Abbreviated Review
Writers are bombarded by countless forces that influence what goes on the page–dreams, real-life experiences, snatches of conversations, cousin Fred–and it was merely a matter of time before it came to this: an algorithm purporting to tell us how books hit the top of the charts. Believing that books don't just randomly make the New York Times bestseller lists, the authors set computers on a quest for patterns to explain how it happens. They (the computers) explored this frontier with a tool called text mining.
Topic, plot, characterization, style–the authors coded for all of these qualities and interpreted the findings. For example, in terms of topic, the top two authors were John Grisham and Danielle Steele. If putting those two authors in the same bucket seems odd, the book offers an explanation. Among the shared characteristics found in books by Grisham and Steele, the most striking is what the computer model found to be overwhelmingly present in bestselling books: human closeness and connection. "Scenes that display this most important indicator of bestselling are all about people communicating in moments of shared intimacy, shared chemistry, and shared bonds."
I found The Bestseller Code to be of interest to writers and readers in terms of not just what qualities bestsellers share, but also in terms of the authors' analysis. That said, bestseller lists don't drive the choices of many of the writers and readers I know.
I wouldn't object to seeing Compromise With Sin land on a bestseller list. But I'm happy that some people are reading and talking about it. If asked what audience I intended when I was writing it, I have to say, "I wrote a book I'd want to read." Similarly, the books I choose to read are usually recommended to me by friends.
Many of the indie authors I know write books that appeal to a niche audience, a fact that almost guarantees they won't have mass popularity. While the best of these writers strive to learn craft and meet professional standards, they don't have to twist themselves and their work into virtual pretzels to satisfy agents and publishers.
And that's the joy of going indie.
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.


Tomato is a popular common fruit which is consumed almost daily in every household in Nigeria. The fantastic crimson fruit is richly recognized for its content material in lycopene, fiber, and other essential nutrients and minerals, in addition to for its sicknesses preventing phytochemicals content material.
Tomato may be consumed in its uncooked state and also used for cooking, however it could also be processed into other kinds such as tin tomato paste, sauce, etc.
Before you could start production of tin tomato paste, you must have regards to registration and acquiring the essential licenses and permits. In reality, you can not keep away from satisfying all of the necessary necessities earlier than putting in your tin tomato manufacturing commercial enterprise in Nigeria. First thing you need to do is make sure you make the necessary requirement inquiries from already established tin tomato corporations in the united states concerning the license and allows you may want in your enterprise, because the commercial enterprise is highly regulated by using NAFDAC.
Carryout a Thorough Practicality Study If you're very extreme about beginning a tin tomato production enterprise in Nigeria, you need to make sure you collect all of the information as regards the figures and to understand how possible the enterprise would be for you. You do now not need to just soar proper into starting the business and squander your investments; you need to first perform a radical feasibility take a look at.
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Pay Special Attention to Packaging-Packaging may be very important when it comes to selling your products in Nigeria, or everywhere else. You can also have a terrific product, with extraordinary taste, however it is virtually the packaging with a view to make the primary and lasting impression on clients. In truth, it's miles the packaging that makes the difference among one tin tomato brand and the other. So, you want to make sure you pay unique interest to the packaging of your tin tomato. Also, you need to ask your self if you will only package your tomato in tins most effective, or you'll need to do a mixture of different packaging which include bottles, and sachets.
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Be aware of competition – you should be aware about the opposition and discover a way to have a completely unique selling point (UPS) to face out inside the industry. Do no longer slim your opposition to the nearby stage handiest, even though it is a good region to begin with, you must see your competition at a global scale, mainly in case you are going to enter this business working at a big scale.
You know all you need to know about tomato paste production, wish you good luck on your new success.