Some recent antics of our Superintendent of Education, a Jindal appointee and charter schools advocate.
This series of overlapping essays examines the articulation of race and the state as it appears in literary and cultural discourse in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Authors and works discussed include Brazilian authors Aluízio de Azevedo (O Mulato), Mário de Andrade (modernismo, canonicity and ethnography), Gilberto Freyre (Casa-Grande e Senzala and other writings), and Spanish American and Chicano/U.S. Latino writers from Simón Bolívar through Jorge Isaacs to Gloria Anzaldúa. The title engages a line from Cirilo Villaverde's novel Cecilia Valdés (1882), whose narrator proposes that it takes a "discerning eye" to see race and color as Caribbean life requires. Errors in perception arise here from insufficiently subtle understandings of racial mixture and hierarchy. The foreign observer fails to navigate his place and loses his footing. The criollo subject understands that race and color must be seen and taken into account, yet realizes that the knowledge which permits effective action within the existing hierarchy is useful only so long as it is concealed.
My central insight for this project is that when at Angostura (1819) Bolívar proclaimed "La sangre de nuestros ciudadanos es diferente; mezclémosla para unirla" he makes a double gesture: the new nations are conceived in racial terms, but are expected at the same time to move, at least at the level of public discourse, beyond race. The mestizaje that would become the signature of many Latin American nations is neither a mixture that dissolves race nor a transgression against racial hierarchies, but a hyperracial strategy to unify the nation and contain the lower classes; it does so by maintaining hierarchies at the same time as it blocks discussion or analysis of these. This double gesture is echoed and struggled with in literary and cultural texts for the next nearly two hundred years. Several studies from the past decade have presented strong critiques of the mestizaje paradigm; this work does not need redoing, but work on race itself has only just begun (Andermann, Lund, Poole, Sanjinés).
Rather than rework now canonical discussions of hybridity and its relationship to national identity, this project examines racial hierarchy and state power as these inform the conflictive terrain on which writers have articulated racial meaning and the idea of the modern. The project considers race as a fundamental element in modern state formations (David Theo Goldberg) and perhaps in modernity itself (Denise Ferreira da Silva). From this perspective hierarchization is not simply a vestige of the past but a structuring axis in current social processes as well. Literary works are not only respresentations or programmatic texts but also interventions pointing beyond the interpretive frames in which they arise. The 19th and early 20th century articulations of race and state may not in fact be resolved by the exaltations of hybridity of the 1920s and 1930s, and a second look at configurations of these matters predating the "reajuste cultural" (Osorio) of modernismo and vanguardia may shed light upon the ways in which race, state, nation, identity, color, and culture rearticulate each other today.
My class cannot read Larra and they are seniors. They cannot read him. The vocabulary is too esoteric, the sentences too long, the references too esoteric — but mostly the issue is, these articles are somewhat complex texts. Events are narrated and commented upon and the students would prefer that each artículo de costumbres were separated into two texts: a story, and and explanation of what the story is intended to illustrate. One student said reading Larra was "traumatic" and is causing him to consider dropping the major. Another said Larra was "random" — there is no order in his texts, no clear reason why the characters he discusses might be of interest.
Surely I would do better in life if I did something for the Larra students like show modern films and put them in discussion groups, but is this not to shortchange them, being as we are in the Peninsular survey? Do you think it would be ethical to skip the 18th, 19th and part of the 20th century in the Peninsular survey 1700-2013?
What I should probably do is create a history and culture course where a few literary excerpts are read. I could lecture on the writers and have students memorize summaries of their works. I could give "objective" tests. This course would take a great deal of study and development, and is not "me," and would surely not constitute the "cutting corners on teaching" the efficiency experts require.
I have decided we are in April, 2004, before I got involved with that ex who showed me blogging software and thus, to his great ire, a way to escape from him. In any case I had just written a really interesting essay for this book I am still working on and I was very pleased with it.
I was not being careful and I got kidnapped, so to speak, by my ex, and the entire experience was truly devastating, but without it I would not have understood certain prior experiences, such as Reeducation.
That was when I lost my place in this project and I feel time has stood still since. I remember periods where I did not even remember I was working on this project since all the energy I had, had to go to tolerating the relationship.
I could not leave for the same reasons as I had so much difficulty turning down the honor society this week — I kept being told I was really needed and also that it was a true honor, and I was taught early on that if people love you, you must give them everything they want.
But I felt jubilant in April, 2004 before all these things happened and I think I may start counting time from then. I do not want to go back, though — if I went back in time, I would go further, but I do not want to return to that moment because I am, now, so different from the person who got kidnapped, then.
Doing what one wishes, what one thinks best, always gives the best results. I am not raised to even imagine doing this, but to choose the most interesting thing off a preapproved list or to choose, from the list, what is desired for me. I am still trying to learn to do as I see fit rather than to discard my desires and professional opinions out of hand.
→I wanted to take this afternoon off and I did not allow myself to do so, and this was detrimental.
→I could, in theory, really get into radical pedagogy, and write articles with titles like ¿Qué es una clase? One can do and be interested in so many things if one allows oneself to think on the theoretical side of life. It is just a question of time and the fact that this is not my first interest. Or, I would do this if I did not have so many different classes to teach.
Best use of time today would have been to sleep at the pool. Brilliant ideas would have come to me. I will remember this; that is how I was before.
Vichy State University is so openly crooked it is hard to believe. Here is Raymond Seed in case you do not trust Van Heerden. Note that Voyiadjis and Dokka were elite professors. Bassiouni is retiring with honors and Ruffner has escaped to Georgia.
By Jan. 5, 2006, less than five months after the deadly flooding of New Orleans, it appeared that some LSU officials were preparing to end van Heerden's LSU career.
George Z. Voyiadjis, chairman of LSU's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, sent an email that day to Zaki Bassiouni, dean of LSU's College of Engineering.
As van Heerden repeated his allegations against the corps, powerful figures at LSU intensified their expressions of dissatisfaction with him.
Roy K. Dokka, director of LSU's Spatial Reference Center and Center for GeoInformatics, sent an email Oct. 24, 2005, to Michael Ruffner, vice chancellor of LSU's Office of Communications and University Relations.
In which I take a great and scary risk, succeed, and improve although I am still unsettled, and exhausted, and worried since it is all I got done.
I spent today dealing with my honor society problem. I mean all day. Realizing I was going to say no, figuring out how, doing it, recovering from it. This is not efficient — especially because the reason I had as much difficulty was that I was so tired, and now I am more tired, and have lost a day of work I cannot afford to lose. But I have been through it.
Advantage of joining: peoples' feelings are not hurt. Disadvantages: cost, a day wasted at initiation, the expectation of renewal and future service to the organization. I finally decided I would have to join. Then I went to join and found I could not do it. I looked at my list of other things I want and need and I could not do it.
I did not know what to do. I considered asking the department and college whether it were really required and decided that was ridiculous. I spent hours composing the decline e-mail. I wanted to explain what actually valuable professional expenses were and I refrained. I wanted to explain the things I have renounced this year (every year in which inflation rises and salaries remain flat I renounce some things) and I refrained. I apologized for not having been still more direct, sooner.
I had to decline or I would not feel like a person. Once I had pressed send I did not feel free. I felt as though I had closed off a world I should not have closed off.
Walking along the path I then ran into a department chair, not mine but a department chair, and I asked him whether it were a faux pas to turn down membership in this honor society here. He said of course not, and was gratifyingly surprised that I was even concerned. I got e-mail from the honor society directors and despite the pressure to join it is not a serious problem to have refused.
I would get so much more done and enjoy life so much more if I did not have to handle these images.
→We/they love you, so it is your duty to relinquish everything, give all your blood, and chop yourself apart so we/they can eat you.
→If you do not do this you will starve in the cold on the streets. There, anyone will be able to do anything to you, the pretense of decorum we have here will be torn away, and you will die after great suffering.
→Do the right thing, then, take the path that will satisfy us. It is also the least painful of your two possible deaths. Come, give us everything you have and start dismembering yourself now.
These sentences are like ghastly fingers pulling me below ground. I have days where it is hard to keep the images from crowding in. License to be a coldhearted scientist helps a great deal with this.


Alan Khazei wears his red City Year jacket at an event today to clean up Shubow Park in Brighton. Alan cofounded City Year, the youth service organization based in Boston and 19 cities around the country. It looks to us like Alan and his campaign for U.S. Senate are shovel ready.


'Profiles in Waste' is a series highlighting some of the smaller abuses of your tax dollars. Although small compared to viral billion dollar waste, effective oversight means finding the small before it turns into the big.
This week we highlight the Computers for Learning (CFL) program. The CFL program was established in 1996 in response to an executive order (EO) signed by President Bill Clinton. CFL was created to "ensure American children [had] the skills needed to succeed in the 21st century," thus the EO essentially streamlined the transfer of excess and surplus federal computer equipment to schools and nonprofits.
Each federal agency is required to identify educationally useful federal equipment that it no longer needs and transfer it to a school or nonprofit. Agencies either deal with schools or nonprofits directly or use the CFL website administered by the General Services Administration (GSA).
The website displays available federal IT equipment and allows schools and educational nonprofits to request equipment based on their need. In order to use the website, schools and educational nonprofits must register and provide valid credentials and paperwork. However, while GSA verifies eligible schools through a Department of Education database, it does not verify any information from educational nonprofits, making the database a target for fraudulent activity.
According to a recent report, "GSA does not have adequate controls to prevent ineligible organizations from registering and receiving donations of IT equipment." As a result, in 2016, ineligible nonprofits received over $2.5 million in federally owned IT equipment. Further, GSA does not monitor ineligible recipients because it is the donating agency's job to check, but almost 40% of agencies sampled did not know they were required to ensure organizations were eligible and met requirements.
Interested in doing your own research? Check out our Agency Toolkit, a compilation of the best government reports. In addition, you can search for more waste from GSA here, on the GSA reports homepage.


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\section{Introduction}
\label{intro}

The observed trend that the metallicity of nearby galaxies decreases
with galaxy mass has been well established in the literature
\citep[e.g.,][]{T04,Lee06}.  This trend has also recently been
observed at high redshifts \citep[][hereafter S05 and E06,
respectively]{Savaglio05,Erb06}.  The gas metallicity of a galaxy
depends on reprocessed material from its stars and subsequent inflow
and outflow of gas.  The mass-metallicity relationship (MZR) thus
provides insight into two physical mechanisms important to the
evolution of galaxies: star formation efficiency and gas
inflow/outflow.

In a ``closed box'' system (no inflow or outflow of material),
metallicity {\it Z} is given by
\begin{equation}
Z = y\, {\rm ln} f_{gas}^{\rm -1},
\label{eq:1}
\end{equation}
where {\it y} is the nucleosynthetic metal yield produced by stars
and {\it f$_{gas}$} is the gas mass fraction (M$_{gas}$/[M$_{gas}$ +
M$_{stars}$]) \citep[e.g.,][]{Tinsley}.
In general, low mass galaxies are observed to have higher gas
fractions than high mass galaxies \citep[e.g.,][]{Geha06, West05}.
This observation can easily explain the origin of the
{\it M$_*$-Z} relation (MZR) in the context of the closed box model.
In this scenario, low mass galaxies are gas rich because they are
inefficient at turning gas into stars, likely due to their low
surface densities \citep{Kennicutt98, MK01, Verde02, JD04}.

Alternatively, SNe feedback might expel gas in galactic
winds.  In this scenario the loss of metals becomes progressively
more important at lower masses due to shallower halo potential wells
\citep[for a review see][]{vcb05} and leads to the observed
{\it M$_*$-Z} trend.
However, the importance of supernova feedback as a function of galaxy
mass has been investigated by various groups, with results that are
still debated \citep[][E06]{vcb05, Geha06, JD06}.

Recently, studies have investigated how the MZR evolves with cosmic
time \citep[S05, E06,][]{Dave06, deRossi06, kobayashi06, tkg06}.  Fully
cosmological numerical experiments are one of the best tools to infer the
relative importance of star formation (SF) and feedback processes in a
realistic setting \citep[e.g.,][hereafter G06]{Okamoto05, Robertson06,
Governato06}.  In this Letter, we investigate the origin and evolution of
the MZR in a concordance $\Lambda$CDM cosmological setting with N-body + SPH
simulations which include a physically motivated treatment of SF and SN
feedback.  These simulations allow us to study the formation history of
galaxies over range of masses, and thus quantify the importance of feedback
and blowout versus low SF efficiencies over their lifetimes.

\section{The Simulations}
\label{sims}

The simulations used in this study are the culmination of an effort to
create realistic disk galaxies.  As discussed in G06, at z=0 disk
galaxies in our simulations fall on the Tully-Fisher (TF) and baryonic TF
relations \citep{G97, McGaugh05} and the age-mass relation \citep{Mac04}.
This is and important improvement over previous works, and is made possible
due to the inclusion of a simple but physically
motivated recipe \citep[full details in][]{Stinson06} to describe SF and
the effects of subsequent SNe feedback.  Our adopted SN feedback and
cosmic UV background \citep{HM96} also drastically reduce the number of
galaxy satellites containing a significant stellar population, making
many of them ``dark'' \citep{Quinn96, Moore99}.  Thus, the SN and
SF efficiency parameters were adopted as in G06, with an IMF from
\citet{Kroupa}, with no additional tuning of the parameters to affect metals.
Metal enrichment from both SN Ia\&II is followed based on the prescription
of \citet{Raiteri}, who adopt yields from \citet{Thielemann} for SN\,Ia, and
\citet{WW93} for SN\,II.

We selected four ``field'' regions (d$\rho$/$\rho$ $\sim$ 0.1)
from a low resolution, dark matter (DM) simulation run in GASOLINE
\citep{Wadsley} using a concordance, flat, $\Lambda$-dominated cosmology:
$\Omega_0=0.3$, $\Lambda$=0.7, $h=0.7$, $\sigma_8=0.9$, shape
parameter $\Gamma=0.21$, and $\Omega_{b}=0.039$ \citep{Perl97, E02}.
These field regions were resimulated at higher resolution using the
volume renormalization technique \citep{KW93}, which allows us to
resolve fine structure while capturing the effect of large scale torques.
The field regions are centered around galaxies with peak rotation
velocity V$_{rot}$ $\sim$ 150 and 275 km/s, with each high resolution
region having a comoving volume of  $\sim$100--1000 Mpc$^3$.  Two of
the main galaxies are described in detail in G06, but for this
study they have been rerun at higher resolution.  At z=0, these runs
yield a sample of 31 high resolution disk and dwarf galaxies over a range
of peak velocities 30 km/s $<$ V$_{rot}$ $<$ 275 km/s, or total halo
masses from 3.4$\times$10$^9$ M$_{\odot}$ to 1.1$\times$10$^{12}$
M$_{\odot}$.  Seven of these 31 galaxies are satellites of the primaries.
Galaxies and their parent halos were identified using
AHF\footnote{{\bf{A}}MIGA's {\bf{H}}alo {\bf{F}}inder, available for
download at http://www.aip.de/People/aknebe/AMIGA} \citep{Knebe, GK04}.
Our highest (lowest) resolution runs have particle masses of
7.6$\times$10$^5$ M$_{\odot}$ (4.9$\times$10$^6$ M$_{\odot}$),
1.3$\times$10$^5$ M$_{\odot}$ (8.5$\times$10$^5$ M$_{\odot}$), and
3.8$\times$10$^4$ M$_{\odot}$ (2.5$\times$10$^5$ M$_{\odot}$) for DM,
gas, and stars, respectively, and a force resolution
of 0.15-0.3 kpc.

\section{The Origin of the MZR}
\label{origin}

The MZR for 31 high resolution galaxies in
our simulations is shown in Fig.~\ref{fig1}, at both z=0 and z=2.  The
solid curved line is the empirical fit for $>$ 53,000 galaxies in SDSS
from \citet[][hereafter T04]{T04}.  It has been shifted down by 0.26 dex
as found by E06 to correct for the fact that the method used by T04 is
known to systematically find O abundances up to 0.3 dex larger than other
methods \citep[T04, S05, E06][]{Lee06}.  The galaxies in our sample at
z=0 match the empirical fit of T04 extremely well, reproducing
the observed trend over almost 4 orders of magnitude in stellar
mass.  We note that our lowest mass galaxies, however, have a lower O
abundance than that found for dwarf irregular galaxies by \citet{Lee06}.

Fig.~\ref{fig1} also shows that the MZR for our simulated galaxies at
z=2 (open diamonds) is in excellent agreement with high redshift data.
The error bars overplotted on Fig.~\ref{fig1} display the observational
z=2 results from E06.  We have identified in the simulations the z=0
galaxies corresponding to those plotted at z=2.  The dotted lines in
Fig.~\ref{fig1} connect a few of these galaxies, which are representative
of how all the galaxies have evolved in the {\it M$_*$-Z} plane with time.

To make a meaningful comparison with the T04 sample, Fig.~\ref{fig1} uses
only cool gas particles (with temperature $<$ 40,000 K) within the radius
of each galaxy that encloses 2/3 of the stellar mass.  The median
``observed'' diameter for our galaxies is 5 kpc, similar to that found
by T04.  At z=2 we included all cold gas in each galaxy.
Even if we include all cool gas at z=0, the {\it M$_*$-Z} trend is
unchanged up to 10$^{10}$ M$_{\odot}$, showing that the evolution seen
in Fig.~\ref{fig1} is not an effect of our measurements.

A few runs were repeated at lower resolutions (1/2 and 1/20 of the
mass resolution).  Low resolution runs undergo less SF,
thus decreasing both M$_*$ and the total amount of O produced.
Our results from each run begin to significantly diverge from each other
($\Delta$M$_*$ $>$ 20\%, $\Delta$12+log(O/H) $>$ 0.2 dex) if the number
of DM particles in a halo drops below a few thousand and/or mass and
force resolution degrade too much.  Note that this low resolution effect
can lead to an artificially steeper {\it M$_*$-Z} trend, making it essential
that results converge.  Informed by these resolution tests, we have only
included galaxies with more than 3500 DM particles in our sample (at
high and low redshift), ensuring that their stellar and metal content
have converged.

Having shown that our simulations reproduce the observed MZR at both
z=0 and z=2, we will next examine the origin of this relation.  We focus
on the importance of preferential metal loss versus low SF efficiency
at low masses in producing the MZR.

\subsection{The Role of Mass Loss}
\label{massloss}

An observable quantity commonly used to investigate mass loss from
galaxies is the effective yield, {\it y$_{eff}$}.  From Eq.~\ref{eq:1}, we
can define the effective yield,
\begin{equation}
y_{eff} = Z/({\rm ln} f_{gas}^{\rm -1}).
\label{eq:2}
\end{equation}
In a closed box system, {\it y$_{eff}$} is equal to the true stellar
nucleosynthetic yield, but it can be inferred from
Eq.~\ref{eq:2} that {\it y$_{eff}$} may deviate from the true yield due to
inflow or outflow of gas.  The top panel of Fig.~\ref{fig2} shows
{\it y$_{eff}$} for our galaxies, derived again using inner cold gas
abundances, versus the total baryonic mass of our galaxies at z=0 (black
circles).  The effective yields reproduce the observed trend from T04 (solid
line) over most of our mass range.  Our two lowest mass galaxies have
{\it y$_{eff}$} below that found by \citet{Lee06}, likely because
these two have undergone additional tidal stripping of gas.

The black circles in the bottom panel of Fig.~\ref{fig2} show the
baryonic to dark mass ratio (B/DM) of our galaxies, normalized by the
cosmic ratio (the seven satellite galaxies have been excluded from this
panel).  In our simulations, large deviations below B/DM = 1 can only
be produced by mass loss.  Our lowest mass galaxies have lost up to 98\% of
their baryonic mass.

Using the halos defined by AHF (our halo finder), we identify a given halo
and its gas particles back to z=3.  Once all the gas particles that have ever
belonged to a galaxy back to z=3 are identified, those particles that are no
longer within the virial radius at z=0 are considered to be gas ``lost'' from
the galaxy.  The grey points in both panels of Fig.~\ref{fig2} represent
this information, for all gas (remaining + lost).

When we include all of the gas lost since z = 3, we find that our low mass
galaxies still have B/DM that fall significantly below the cosmic ratio.
The bottom panel of Fig.~\ref{fig2} show that our lowest mass galaxies have
lost 50 - 90\% of their baryons prior to z = 3.  We verify that a
UV only simulation (SNe feedback turned off) removes up to 80\% of baryons
from our lowest mass galaxies, but that these galaxies evolve as closed boxes
once SF commences.  We thus find that SNe induced mass loss can account
for up to 20\% of baryon loss from galaxies with
M$_{bar}$ $<$ 1$\times$10$^8$ M$_{\odot}$.  Additional gas loss can occur
via tidal stripping.

Thus, Fig.~\ref{fig2} clearly demonstrates that gas has been preferentially
lost from our lowest mass galaxies, and that this gas loss is responsible for
the observed {\it y$_{eff}$}-M$_{bar}$ trend.  However, when all gas
(remaining + lost) is used to rederive the MZR (Fig.~\ref{fig1}), the
observed trend that lower mass galaxies have lower metallicities still
exists, and it cannot be mass loss alone that causes the MZR.

\subsection{Star Formation Efficiencies}
\label{sfe}

As explained above, the mass loss experienced by our lowest mass galaxies
cannot account for the overall {\it M$_*$-Z} trend seen in Fig.~\ref{fig1}.
We now investigate whether SF efficiencies can explain the origin of
this trend.
If lower mass galaxies convert gas into stars less efficiently than
higher mass galaxies, then they will require a much longer period of
time to enrich the remaining gas to the same metallicity as higher mass
galaxies.  This effect can lead to the observed MZR,
with or without mass loss as an additional contributor.

We verified that all of our galaxies follow the Schmidt-Kennicutt law for
SF \citep{Kennicutt98, MK01}.  Our galaxies span a factor of 250 in gas
surface densities, yielding a SFR that varies by over three decades from
our lowest to highest mass galaxies.  Our lowest mass galaxies are thus
incredibly inefficient at SF compared to our high mass galaxies.  The
consumption rate (SFR/M$_{coldgas}$) of our lowest mass galaxies is about
two decades lower than our highest mass galaxies.  That is, while our
highest mass galaxies will use up all their gas in 1 Gyr or less, our
lowest mass galaxies will take up to 60 Gyr if they continue SF at
their current rate.

Fig.~\ref{fig3} shows the gas mass fraction, {\it f$_{gas}$}, versus
rotational velocity for our galaxies (satellite galaxies excluded).  As
found by recent observations of isolated galaxies \citep[e.g,][]
{West05, Geha06}, lower mass galaxies have increasing gas fractions,
implying that lower mass galaxies have been less efficient at making
stars.  Note that while the lowest mass galaxies in our sample have
lost more than 90\% of their baryons (Fig.~\ref{fig2}), they remain
gas rich due to their low SF efficiencies (with the exception of two
that have been tidally stripped of much of their gas).

We reran our simulations without SNe feedback.  In our models,
without this feedback the MZR is flat because low mass galaxies
experience unrealistically high SF rates, resulting in an
overproduction of metals.  This difference with the runs that do
include SNe demonstrates that energy injection by SNe into the ISM
regulates SF efficiency, independent of whether SNe also
lead to mass loss.  SNe feedback thus indirectly affects the shape of
the MZR by modulating the gas surface densities, and hence
the SFR, with galaxy mass.

\section{The Evolution of the MZR}
\label{evolution}

Fig.~\ref{fig3} shows that our simulated galaxies at z=2 are less
evolved than their z=0 counterparts, with z=2 galaxies being much more
gas rich at a given rotational velocity than at z=0.  By z=0, they
have consumed more of their gas, increasing both their stellar mass and
O abundance; hence the evolution of the MZR as shown in Fig.~\ref{fig1}.

Both S05 and E06 examined the MZR at z$\sim$0.7 and z$\sim$2, respectively,
and drew conclusions similar to ours.  As pointed out by S05 and
\citet{Pettini06}, at a given metallicity the high z data are about an
order of magnitude more massive than the z=0 trend (Fig.~\ref{fig1}).  This
suggests that more massive galaxies enrich at a faster rate than lower mass
galaxies.  This is supported by our results in section~\ref{sfe}.  Both S05
and E06 conclude that the evolution of the MZR is best described by a model
in which low mass galaxies are inefficient at SF relative to high mass galaxies
for a similar formation epoch.  Thus the period of SF is lengthened in lower
mass galaxies and they remain more gas rich at a given redshift.

We find that a shift downward by 0.3 dex in $\Delta$log(O/H) from fit shown
in Fig.~\ref{fig1} is an excellent fit to our z=2 data, as was also found
by E06.  A shift in $\Delta$log(M$_*$) is much too steep to match our
simulations.  Thus, we find that the slope of the MZR remains relatively
constant with redshift, but the normalization increases with time.

\section{Conclusions}

We have presented results from high resolution simulations of field
galaxies in a $\Lambda$CDM context. The simulations are carried to
z=0 and include SF and a physically motivated description
of the effects of SNe feedback and metal enrichment. We have shown
in previous work (G06) that this approach leads to disk galaxies that
fall on the TF and baryonic TF relations and reproduce the age-mass
relation of disk galaxies and abundance of galaxy satellites.  Here we
present a natural extension of this analysis, showing that the simulated
galaxies are also in excellent agreement with the observed MZR both at
z=0 and z=2.

Simulated galaxies match both the slope and normalization of the MZR
over four orders of magnitude in stellar mass. We find that
the slope of the MZR is roughly constant with redshift, but that its
normalization increases with time.  Such evolution agrees with the high-z
observations of E06, and with early theoretical predictions \citep{Dave06,
deRossi06}.  Furthermore, the mass scales of the turnovers in our
simulated {\it Z}, {\it y$_{eff}$}, B/DM, and {\it f$_{gas}$} versus
mass relations are in good agreement with a range of previous
observational and theoretical studies that find critical transitions
at $\sim$120 km/s \citep[e.g.,][]{JD04, Keres, DB06}.

Galaxies with M$_{bar}$ $<$ 10$^{8}$ M$_{\odot}$ (V$_{rot}$$\sim$50
km/s), lose a significant amount of their baryons due to combined
heating from the cosmic UV field and SN feedback.  Baryon loss due to
SN feedback results in a
{\it y$_{eff}$}-M$_{bar}$ trend in agreement with the results from
the SDSS (T04).  However, including gas that has been lost from
galaxies does not alter the O abundances significantly, and does not
change the overall shape of the MZR, confirming that
the lower O abundances in our low mass galaxies are primarily due to
their low SF efficiencies rather than directly to blowouts.  Despite
strong baryon loss from their halos, we find that our cold gas
fractions at low galaxy masses are in qualitative agreement with recent
observational samples \citep{Geha06}.

SN feedback plays a crucial role in lowering the SF efficiency in low
mass galaxies and originating the turnover in the MZR at the observed
scales.  Without energy injection from SNe to regulate SF, gas that
remains in galaxies rapidly cools, forms stars, and increases the O
abundance, even by z=2 (see G06 for additional shortcomings of the no
feedback case). With feedback from SNe turned off, small
galaxies produce too many metals too early at the expense of their
cold gas content, producing {\it M$_*$-Z} and {\it y$_{eff}$}-M$_{bar}$
relations too flat compared to observations, in agreement with some
early theoretical predictions \citep{deRossi06, JD06}.  SN feedback
prevents low mass galaxies from enriching their gas to a high
metallicity at all redshifts.  In our runs, star formation in small
field galaxies occurs over extended periods of time until the present,
in agreement with observations \citep{Dolphin05}.

\acknowledgments

We would like to thank C. Brook, H. Lee, E. Skillman, K. Venn,
J. Dalcanton, A. Kravtsov, and A. West for helpful conversations
during this project.  Support for this work was provided by the
Spitzer Space Telescope Theoretical Research Program.  FG
acknowledges support from NSF grant AST-0098557.  Simulations were
run at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, SDSC, and Cineca.
AB, GS, and TQ were supported by NSF ITR grant PHY-0205413.

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Contextually focused form of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy that uses MINDFULNESS and behavioral activation to increase patients' psychological flexibility in areas such as ability to engage in values-based, positive behaviors while experiencing difficult thoughts, emotions, or sensations.
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Six Grocery Stores Have Recalled Peaches, Plums, And Nectarines Over Listeria Concerns
The FDA posted a recall notice for fruit from stores like Walmart, Costco, and Aldi.
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Just days after Whole Foods issued a recall for prepared food containing spinach, another recall has hit grocery stores. The new food recall is affecting six different chains, and they're warning customers who've recently purchased stone fruits including peaches, plums, and nectarines.
As Business Insider reports, the FDA has posted a recall notice from fruit distributer Jac. Vandenberg, Inc. on certain types of fresh fruit sold by six grocery stores: Aldi, Costco, Walmart, Fairway, Market Basket, and Hannaford. As their notice states, nectarines, peaches, and plums may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes in 18 states, but there have been no illness reported so far.
The 18 states affected by the recall are Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia.
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Listeria is an organism that can cause high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Listeria can also cause cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children and elderly people, and it can cause miscarriage and stillbirths among pregnant women.
If you have purchased fresh peaches, nectarines, or plums from stores in these states, you can return them to the store for a full refund. You can also contact Jac. Vandenberg, Inc. at compliance@jacvandenberg.com with questions.
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NY State Industrial Coatings, Inc. can devise effective Health, Safety and Environmental plans specific to your general industry and construction site needs. The basic and necessary purpose of a current and all-encompassing HSE plan is to outline specific rules and regulations relevant to your company and facility.
The health and safety industry is evolving and there are always updates and ways to improve upon any safety record. NY State Industrial Coatings, Inc., devise and implement a Health, Safety and Environmental plan that evolves when you need it to and serves to better help you reach a level of compliance you can be confident in.


A Green Steps energy audit was conducted recently and the community centre has already implemented the recommended energy efficiency measures. CORENA funds will help them install rooftop solar PV to further reduce their carbon emissions.
Note: The 'At subsequent projects' figures should be a bit higher than shown below. This is because we temporarily used some Big Win funds to help fund some of our early Quick Win projects, and when we later repaid that amount to the Big Win fund we used two loan repayments from Camden ($1,346) to help pay that back. That money is now achieving reductions in carbon emissions via the Big Win landlord-tenant solar scheme, but that benefit is not reflected in the table shown below.
Number of days in operation: 1443.
Note: The cost of this project is high for a 7.8kW system due to several atypical factors. It is really two separate systems, one for the child care area and one for the main office area, meaning two new input-output meters are required. Micro-inverters, which make the project a bit more expensive, are used so that the inverters are well out of reach of the children, and some extra electrical upgrade work is required to enable solar to be installed. Despite this, the project is reasonably cost effective due to the high rate currently paid for grid electricity, and it will pay for itself in 6.9 years.
Thanks to Tom and Rachel of Down to Earth Sustainable Solutions. They provide environmental and energy efficiency services in SA, and generously volunteered their time to assess requirements, seek quotes, and organise work details for this project.


Representation and Identity within post-conflict Northern Ireland is the main imperative of my work. Using a range of formal techniques drawn from the canon of fine art classicism, I work in dialogue between idealised versions of society expressed through the classical period and potential constructions of the ideal within contemporary, post-conflict, Northern Ireland.
A large proportion of my work at present is made using Parian porcelain, a hard paste porcelain that is famed for emulating Parian marble, the substance used for carving many of the Greek and Roman sculptures from antiquity. Even though Parian is extremely hard after firing, the nature of the material exudes a kind of softness and elasticity, (almost fleshy) which at the same time formally emulates the characteristics of marble. In content, the reference to the classical period that the work allows enables me to make a conceptual bridge between idealised versions of society much in debate during the classical period and the necessity for continually suspended versions of the ideal within a post-conflict society. Northern Ireland as a region is consistently working towards peace; persistently speaking and striving to move towards an indeterminate point in the future where real, meaningful and lasting peace between tribal communities has been realized. The schism between idealized forms of civil society and consistently suspended versions of the ideal in post conflict society is at the heart of this work.
The materials involved in this work contain Porcelain, Parian Porcelain, Irish Lace, Underglaze, China Paint, Gold, Platinum & Pearl Lustres. This body of work was made from 2009 - 2014.
Several pieces are part of the Collection of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and in private collections nationally and internationally.
Each piece is individually cast and hand painted.


Toyota developing PS3-compatible track box for FR-S and Subaru BRZ.
Toyota is developing a new event recorder for the GT86, Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ that will allow drivers to upload data from the track to their PS3s.
Racing simulators like Forza Motorsports and Gran Turismo are extremely popular with their realistic driving and race track experience. It allows gamers to get their hands on a Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa and drive on the Nurburgring Grand Prix Circuit. But up until now, drivers have not been able to drive their own car in one of the games. But as Digital Trends reports, that could all change with the new "black box" technology that Toyota is developing.
Toyota is developing a new "black box" technology for its GT86, Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ that will allow drivers to record data from their personal track days and put it on an owner's PlayStation 3. The technology is not new as black box recorders are used to record specific automobile data in cars to determine the cause of crashes. And professional race teams use this telemetric data by way of sensors in the race car that pick up everything from lap times to sensitive data like minor throttle changes and braking application by the driver.
This existing technology will be linked by Toyota with video games and will give Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ owners a whole new way of interacting with their cars. Toyota has not said what data the system would record, but it is likely that top speed, average speed and lap times will be available for download to compare with other drivers around the world. Toyota has already begun to map tracks from around the globe that will allow the virtual component to be a part of the system. Toyota will include an online tutorial and demonstrations, which will help drivers improve their lap times.
Drivers of the Japanese sports cars will be able to go to the track and have their own race team onboard that will record their results. They can then watch their laps on a PS3, compare their results with other drivers and see where they need improvement.
Toyota has not given a release date, but they will make it available on new Toyota GT86s in Japan and Europe, and the Scion FR-S and the Subaru BRZ sports cars here in the U.S. It will be available for retrofitting onto older models.
The already fun-to-drive Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ will be the first sports cars to cross over to the popular world of gaming.


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Israel dismisses "nonsense" Iran charge it seeks to trick U.S. into war
Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz speaks at the third East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) meeting which is hosted by Egypt and brings together Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan and the Palestinians in Cairo
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -An Israeli official on Sunday dismissed as "nonsense" an allegation by the Iranian foreign minister that Israel was trying to trick the United States into waging war on Iran.
It was Israel that needed to be on alert for possible Iranian strikes on the one-year anniversary on Sunday of the assassination of Tehran's top general, Qassem Soleimani, in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq, Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said on Kan public radio.
Washington blames Iran-backed militia for regular rocket attacks on U.S. facilities in Iraq, including near the U.S. embassy. No known Iran-backed groups have claimed responsibility.
On Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter: "New intelligence from Iraq indicate that Israeli agent-provocateurs are plotting attacks against Americans — putting an outgoing (President Donald) Trump in a bind with a fake casus belli."
"Be careful of a trap, @realDonaldTrump. Any fireworks will backfire badly, particularly against your same BFFs," Zarif wrote, in what appeared to be a veiled threat against Israel.
Steinitz said the remarks showed that Iran, after mounting U.S. sanctions billed as curbing its nuclear programme and involvement in regional conflict-zones, was "under pressure - economic pressure, and pressure in terms of national security".
"We hear this nonsense by Zarif, that Israel would set off terrorist attacks against the United States - this really is total nonsense," Steinitz told Kan public radio.
"But on the other hand it is a warning sign - a warning sign that Iran is taking aim at Israel, is looking for excuses to lash out at Israel, and therefore we need to have our finger on the pulse and be at the highest state of alert."
The U.S. military flew two nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the Middle East in a message of deterrence to Iran on Wednesday, but the bombers have since left the region.
Interviewed separately on Kan, Israeli Culture Minister Chili Tropper, who like Steinitz sits in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet, confirmed media reports that Israel was on heightened alert for the Soleimani anniversary.
Asked what possible Iranian reprisals Israel was anticipating, Tropper said: "I cannot comment."
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Arkansas man accused of beating officer with US flagpole
An Arkansas man was accused Thursday of beating a police officer with a pole flying a U.S. flag during last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to court documents. In an arrest affidavit filed Thursday in federal court in Washington, an FBI agent said Peter Francis Stager is shown in video and photographs striking a prone police officer repeatedly with the flagpole after rioters dragged the officer down the Capitol's west stairs. Confidential informants had recognized Stager in riot video and photographs and alerted authorities, who have charged Stager with interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder, according to the affidavit.
Trump's team is reportedly trying to assemble a crowd for a 'major send-off' hours before Biden's inauguration
President Trump is planning to exit the White House on the morning of Jan. 20, a few hours before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in a short distance away, CNN reports. "Eager for a final taste of the pomp of being president, Trump has asked for a major send-off," and "as one of their final acts, Trump's team is working to organize a crowd to see him off on the morning of Biden's inauguration, when he plans to depart Washington while still president" for a flight to Palm Beach, Florida, where his term will officially end at noon.There are 20,000 National Guard troops currently deployed or en route to Washington, D.C., ahead of Biden's inauguration, because the last crowd Trump drew to the White House morphed into an insurrectionist mob that stormed the Capitol.Plans are still being ironed out, CNN says, but "Trump told people he did not like the idea of departing Washington for a final time as an ex-president, flying aboard an airplane no longer known as Air Force One. He also did not particularly like the thought of requesting the use of the plane from Biden." The Bidens will wake up on Inauguration Day at nearby Blair House, CNN reports, adding that "its use was offered to them by the State Department rather than the Trumps, who refuse to make contact with the incoming president and first lady.""Trump has expressed interest to some in a military-style sendoff and a crowd of supporters," CNN says, but it's unclear "whether that occurs at the White House, Joint Base Andrews, or his final destination, Palm Beach International Airport."Outgoing U.S. presidents almost always attend the swearing-in of their successors, Defense One notes, and "in recent decades, the outgoing president and first lady walk down the back steps of the Capitol to an awaiting helicopter, which then makes the short five-minute flight over to Joint Base Andrews in nearby Maryland. Upon arriving at Andrews, the former president and first lady are usually greeted by a military honor guard, former staffers, friends, and other well wishers." Two senior Pentagon officials confirmed to Defense One on Thursday that, in a break with recent tradition, no military farewell is being planned for Trump.More stories from theweek.com Trump's vaccine delay is getting suspicious 5 scathing cartoons about Trump's second impeachment The worst-case scenario for America's immediate future
France tightens coronavirus border controls, imposes earlier curfew
France will strengthen border controls and bring forward its night curfew by two hours to 6 p.m. for at least a fortnight as it tries to slow the spread of coronavirus infections, the government said on Thursday. France has the seventh highest death toll in the world and the government is particularly worried by the more-transmissible coronavirus variant first detected in Britain, which now accounts for about 1% of new cases. From Monday, all people travelling to France from outside the European Union will have to show a negative COVID-19 test and self-isolate for a week upon arrival.
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OTT Video Drives Streaming Media Player Sales
The rapid adoption and growth of Over-the-Top (OTT) video entertainment -- such as Netflix in the U.S. market -- is generating interest for various consumer electronics (CE) products that support streaming media services.
One of these products, the streaming media player -- which is sometimes called an OTT set-top box or a digital media adapter, such as the Roku -- has enjoyed significant growth over the past two years.
Worldwide streaming media player unit shipments are projected to increase in 2011, finishing the year at just over 3.6 million, according to the latest market study by In-Stat.
"There are some significant challenges facing the market for streaming media players," according to Mike Paxton, Research Director at In-Stat.
Foremost among them is how to competitively position streaming media players against other products -- such as connected Blu-ray players and video game consoles, that are more common in both consumer households and in retail stores.
In-Stat notes that the ability to stream IP video is rapidly becoming a common CE product feature, rather than the central function of a device. Therefore, some leading streaming media player vendors may de-emphasize their stand-alone devices and focus future product development efforts on their streaming media software platform.
Other findings from the latest In-Stat market study include:
- North America is the largest market for streaming media player products, accounting for 82 percent of all worldwide product unit shipments in 2010.
- Apple TV remains the leading streaming media player product on the market.
- The increasing availability of Internet-connected TV sets and hybrid set top boxes will also impact the long-term viability of the streaming media player market.
- Even with the challenges surrounding the market segment, In-Stat is forecasting that the worldwide installed base of streaming media players will surpass 15 million by 2015.
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Be positive about math _ Our kids like to imitate us; if we send a negative message to them about our own experiences they may simply accept it and believe their own experiences will be the same. So do not groan about how much you hated math in school and definitely do not make flippant comments like you were lucky you learned to count as that is all that you need in life.
This affords me the opportunity to publicize World Maths Day which took place on the first Wednesday in March. There students of all ages from all over the world went online (it's free) to play mental math against each other. Last year 287ꯠ students from 98 countries participated to answer over 38 million questions. This year they hoped to break 50 million questions and did so magnificently answering over 150 million questions and I am sure they had great fun doing it.


Guelph is located in the heart of southwestern Ontario. Only an hour away from the provincial capital of Toronto, and close to many other major cities, it's a good location for seniors. There are countless day trip options, affordable housing options, and many cultural events and local happenings to keep them occupied. To enjoy everything the area has to offer, many seniors are taking precautions by investing in medical alarms to provide them with some added protection when they are out and about or even relaxing in their home. Medical monitors from Life Assure provide you with the protection you need, allow seniors to live alone, and allow them to live an independent lifestyle they can enjoy, worry free.
Safety is always a top priority for seniors in Guelph and the surrounding area. From slips and falls to medical emergencies, there are many situations where elderly people require immediate assistance. This is exactly what our medical alerts devices offer – we offer emergency assistance at the click of a button – no need to dial 911 or get to the phone. We are here to help you 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Having a medical monitoring system helps seniors remain independent and live at home, and it also gives their family members a sense of relief that their family member is taken care of and can get the help they need.
One of the big fears for seniors as they get older is falling. Even something as a simple slip and fall can cause significant injury. From broken wrists, arms, and even broken hips, there is no shortage of injuries that seniors can suffer from if they have a fall. Unfortunately, falls are one of the most common injuries for seniors. They are many everyday activities that could cause a fall – all things seniors need to be conscious of at all times, from slipping in the bathtub, falling on stairs, slipping on ice or wet surfaces, and many other situations.
Perhaps the biggest fear of falling has to do with being able to get help. A fall often makes it very difficult for seniors to get to the phone and call for help. Our fall detection feature ensures that you can get help, no matter where or when you fall. The pendants that you can get with our medical alarms have a fall detection sensor. If you fall, we are automatically notified – you don't even need to press your button. We will stay with you until help arrives. This fall detection features gives you the peace of mind in knowing that even if you fall and are not close to the phone, help will be on the way, right away!
For more information about Guelph medical alert systems and their fall detection capabilities, please contact us any time. We are more than happy to answer your questions and help you process your order for our medical alarm products.


A premium color fishfinder at a surprisingly affordable price, the echo™ 500C features a big, bright QVGA color display. A powerful 500W sonar transmitter scans depths to 1,900' with extra sensitive Garmin HD-ID™ target tracking technology. Dual beamwidth delivers optimal transducer performance for deep or shallow water, with up to 120° of fish-scanning area, and excellent fish target tracking and bottom profiles. For an uninterrupted view of the sonar image, echo 500c boasts Garmin Smooth Scaling™ technology, which means you won't lose sight of the sonar history as the unit changes depth ranges. It also features the ability to rewind your sonar history in order to ensure that you haven't missed a thing.


David Adès is an Australian poet who has been living in Pittsburgh since 2011. He has been a member of Friendly Street Poets since 1979. His collection, Mapping the World, was commended for the Anne Elder Award 2008. His poetry is widely published and has recently been anthologised in Australian Love Poems, The Stars Like Sand: Australian Speculative Poetry, APoems 2013, Volume 2 of the Australian Poetry Members' Anthology and Volume 3 of the Australian Poetry Members' Anthology 2014. David was recently awarded the University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor's International Poetry Prize 2014 for his poem "Dazzled," and shortlisted for the Newcastle Poetry Prize 2014. Read.


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Hot Chips 2018: Microsoft Azure Sphere Live Blog (5:30pm PT, 12:30am UTC)
by Ian Cutress on August 20, 2018 8:18 PM EST
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08:18PM EDT - For the security section of Hot Chips, the first talk is from Microsoft on their Azure Sphere, which is an end-to-end solution for securing microcontroller powered devices with the cloud.
08:19PM EDT - We're starting early
08:19PM EDT - Azure Sphere is about microcontrollers
08:20PM EDT - MCUs are used everywhere
08:20PM EDT - Don't require massive processing - most are not even 32-bit devices
08:20PM EDT - low cost, older fabs
08:20PM EDT - Those old fabs now offer a wide variety of performance and connectivity and on-chip memory
08:21PM EDT - 9b connected devices shipped in 2017
08:21PM EDT - Large attack surface
08:22PM EDT - Only required 100k devices with Mirai to cripple services
08:22PM EDT - Azure sphere requires a sphere classified MCU
08:23PM EDT - Uses MS OS on the MCU for security
08:24PM EDT - Hardware has to participate in security
08:24PM EDT - each device has to have a unique ID
08:24PM EDT - no one security measure is bulletproof
08:24PM EDT - ensure one feature doesn't reveal all the secrets
08:24PM EDT - security code has to be small and contained and protected
08:25PM EDT - compartments for code
08:25PM EDT - managing the code space
08:25PM EDT - certificates for security
08:25PM EDT - Azure Sphere MCUs don't use passwords
08:25PM EDT - people don't change root passwords
08:25PM EDT - generate device specific certificates for cloud service authentification
08:25PM EDT - means of failure reporting
08:25PM EDT - also needs to be updateable
08:26PM EDT - no point having devices that can't be updated
08:26PM EDT - Need to do it securely
08:26PM EDT - Need to ensure older softeware can't run
08:27PM EDT - Most MCUs that exist are low cost, scalar. For Azure Sphere, need processor with an MMU
08:27PM EDT - Needed to isolate processes
08:28PM EDT - First Azure Sphere MCU is 40nm process from Mediatek, 300m SRAM transistors (most of them)
08:28PM EDT - SiP, two flash die in package
08:28PM EDT - low cost plastic package
08:28PM EDT - single 3.3V supply - all other voltages handled on chip
08:29PM EDT - 5 main processing systems on chip
08:29PM EDT - Microsoft Pluton security core
08:29PM EDT - Cortex M4F for IO
08:30PM EDT - WiFi up to 802.11n, dual band
08:30PM EDT - 1T/1R
08:30PM EDT - Uses N9 32-bit RISC core
08:30PM EDT - Chip wasn't targeted at a particular system, so a fairly standard chip with collection of IO
08:31PM EDT - Plenty of flexibility
08:31PM EDT - Analog sampler
08:31PM EDT - I2C, SPI, UART, GPIO, PWM outputs, external interrupts
08:32PM EDT - OS runs on Cortex A7 at 500 MHz
08:32PM EDT - Neon/FPU present
08:32PM EDT - 4MB system memory
08:32PM EDT - OS runs almost completely in memory
08:32PM EDT - Pluton is the security subsystem
08:33PM EDT - 200 MHz M4 processor, uses ROM for initialization
08:33PM EDT - ROM does cert validation of security code
08:33PM EDT - Runs all code local out of coupled 128kB
08:33PM EDT - Dedicated e-fuse macro
08:34PM EDT - stored in a fashion where hardware can use them but software can't read them
08:34PM EDT - Stores security state in e-fuse
08:34PM EDT - rollback protection fuses so older software doesn't run
08:34PM EDT - Pluton is Microsoft IP
08:35PM EDT - Has all control features for keys and fuse bits
08:35PM EDT - Private/public chip key pair generated on chip
08:35PM EDT - SHA and AES engines
08:36PM EDT - List of features (not all of features)
08:37PM EDT - Every unit in the device has a firewall
08:37PM EDT - Can isolate every device to its own memory region
08:37PM EDT - Configuration bits are sticky - can be set on boot and can't be edited except at boot if required
08:39PM EDT - Internal OS based on Linux
08:40PM EDT - Time for Q&A
08:41PM EDT - Q: Any plans to open source the Pluton core? A: Software will be open source, hardware will be royalty based
08:42PM EDT - Q: Who owns the root key in a distributed product? A: Depends what you mean. for the OS, Microsoft. For the application it's the manufacturer.
08:42PM EDT - Q: No way for the user to restrict silent updates? A: Not in the plans today, aside from disconnecting the device.
08:44PM EDT - Q: How you plan to provision these devices? Instrastructure? A: That infrastructure exists today. Provisioning such as certificates happens as a co-op process between IC manufacturer and Microsoft. It works with the cloud as it is manufactured. It's unique to the chip, based on the public key.
08:46PM EDT - Q: In the history, companies with new MCU architectures tend to have trouble. What's MS' background? A: We didn't do any new instruction sets. The processors are made by Arm and Andes N9. There's no new extensions here.
08:48PM EDT - Q: Can you disclose any physical adjustments made to protect side channel attacks? A: We can't talk much about what's done in hardware. Can say that we do restrict the keys, and side channels go after that - the hardware means attacks don't have the same opportunity to attack crypto engines to extract those keys.
08:49PM EDT - Q: The PSU is on chip. Are there multiple power domains? A: Yes, portions of the design can be shut down as needed. Revalidation occurs on power cycles, not power down of separate domains
08:51PM EDT - Q: Infrastructure is built around IP from Arm and Andes. Are you agnostic - are you happy to work with RISC-V etc? A: We're not completely committed to cores, that was just used with Mediatek based on experience. We will look into support, depending on our team
08:51PM EDT - Q: What's the power consumption of that Mediatek chip? A: We focused this chip on wall-connected devices, not battery, but it does have a super low power mode of 7 micro-watts. Normal power can be as high of 600 mW. Without Wi-Fi it's about 200mW.
08:52PM EDT - That's a wrap. Next talk is on Google Titan. https://www.anandtech.com/show/13248
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'Miraculous' St Peter bird is able to walk on water
By Craig Campbell
September 14, 2016, 12:01 am Updated: September 14, 2016, 9:17 am
The storm petrel is a fascinating seabird (Getty Images)
AS the bird with a Holy name and a special walk, the storm petrel sets the feathers flying, wherever it goes.
These incredible seabirds are named after St Peter, and the name was given to them in particular because of their uncanny ability to seemingly walk on the water.
St Peter, of course, was the Apostle who witnessed Jesus do this, and the same man who came to Rome and spread the Gospel far and wide.
If you've ever seen the storm petrel apparently standing on the water's surface, leaning down to pluck fish, you'll know it's one of Mother Nature's most awesome sights.
Peter, the Fishermen, was said to have also walked on the water, but immediately began to sink when his faith wavered.
There are equally-fascinating tales surrounding the storm petrel, a bird clever enough to hide in ships' lees for protection during storms.
Early sailors called them Mother Carey's Chickens, due to their appearance being taken as a storm warning, and the name was based on Mater Cara, a form of name for the Blessed Virgin Mary.
And you thought they were just another bird.
In parts of France, folklore claims that the storm petrel is actually the spirit of sea captains who had badly maltreated their crews, and are now doomed to fly over — and walk upon — the oceans for all eternity.
Other myths claim they are the souls of drowned sailors and, as they are often seen as heralding bad news and bad weather, they've also been called waterwitches, Satanites and other devilish names.
They aren't choosy about which waters they walk on, found in every sea and ocean, across the globe, and they like tucking into planktonic crustaceans and smaller fish.
They fly a bit like bats, with a lot of fluttering, another thing that makes them decidedly different from most other birds.
They like to find a mate and remain in that monogamous relationship for as long as possible, sharing incubation and other parental duties, and they have just the one main weakness.
On the odd occasions where they make a temporary home on islands with feral cats or rats, they tend to be easily picked off.
This is why they have worked out which islands around the world don't have any cat or rat population, though they can still get caught out.
Because of the storm petrel's long association with coming storms and hardships, many revolutionary groups have named themselves after it.
This is why we've seen armies in the Spanish Civil War, German anarchist gangs, Russian communists and others all call themselves the Stormy Petrels.
We're not sure what St Peter would make of that, but we don't think that he would be overly chuffed!
The smallest of all seabirds, they have short wings but long legs for standing on the water, and we reckon that they might just be the most interesting, Holy birds around!
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The Illawarra Reintegration Centre opened on 2 June 2017 to accommodate 60 minimum security offenders.
34-40 Lady Penryhn Drive
Unanderra NSW 2526
Unanderra, NSW, 2526
The centre is located approximately 98 km south of Sydney, 9 km south of Wollongong, 190 km north of Batemans Bay and 224 km north east of Canberra.
City Rail Trains - 131 500
The nearest railway station (Unanderra) is located 1 km west of the centre. Visit NSW TrainLink for timetables
Taxis & Coaches – 02 4254 2111
Private Transport
From Sydney, follow the M1 south down Mount Ousley. Take the Five Islands Road exit. Turn left into Five Islands Road. Turn right at the roundabout into Glastonbury Avenue. Turn right into Berkeley Road Turn left into Lady Penryhn Drive. Continue along Lady Penryhn Drive to the gaol which is set back on the right hand side of the road up a driveway.
Visitor Parking is available on site. Disabled parking and access also provided on site.
Inmates are able to have one visit a week, allowing a maximum of four adult visitors only or two adult visitors and a manageable number of children (maximum four children).
Bookings & Visiting Times
All visits must be pre-booked by calling (02) 4239 7700 on Monday or Friday between 10am and 2pm. Please provide details of every person visiting.
Saturday and Sunday: 8.30am - 11am
Visitors should phone the Centre before travelling on the morning of the visit to confirm that the Centre will be operating visits on the day.
Each visit group is permitted to bring up to $40 (including small denominations and coins as limited change available) for prepackaged visit snack bags.
Appropriate clothing must be worn (no midriffs, low-cut, backless, singlet tops, strapless tops or short skirts). Appropriate footwear (no thongs).
All jewellery must be removed including ear and body piercings (with the exception of wedding bands).
All visitors will be subject to a search by a metal detector.
Any necessary medications will require a medical certificate.
Metal implants will need to be supported by a medical certificate.
Use of toilets is prohibited in the visits area unless a medical certificate is provided stating necessity.
No hooded jumpers/jackets, hats, scarves, handkerchiefs or sunglasses.
No photos, letters, magazines, cigarettes, cameras, mobile phones, pets, alcohol, drugs, syringes, weapons, blankets, folding money, food or drink to be taken into the centre.
No item of clothing is to be removed in the visits area.
No offensive or sexual behaviour is allowed.
Failure to comply with any direction may result in your visit being denied.
Money and Property Information
Visitors may deposit up to $600 per calendar month electronically into an inmate's account.
Legal and Professional Visits and Telephone Calls
The requesting party must submit in writing on letterhead and be addressed to the Manager of Security,
Times and days legal and professional visits and phone calls can take place are as follows:
Tuesday: 10.30am - 1.30pm
Wednesday: 10.30am - 1.30pm
Thursday: 10.30am - 1.30pm
On arrival to the centre please present your:
Current Law Society Identification Card
Written confirmation of appointment
Offender Services and Programs
The Offender Services and Programs team offers a range of treatment programs and services to reduce recidivism and to improve offender's motivation to participate in offence-related, transitional and resettlement programs.
Inmates are offered employment and vocational training opportunities while in custody. Employment and training opportunities for offenders at Illawarra Reintegration Centre will be strongly focused on community projects work.


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Synopsis: We are the future! And Nothing Can Stop Us.
Drug Dealing.
Gang Beatings.
Prostitution.
They're all part of a typical day for the students of Lincoln High. Into this academic abyss arrives Andy Norris (Slaughterhouse Five's Perry King), an idealistic and naive music teacher who has moved into the community with his pregnant wife Diane. Appalled by the crime-infested school, Norris soon crosses sabers with its teenage kingpin, the shrewd and sadistic Peter Stegman (The White Shadow's Timothy Van Patten). With Norris setting his sights on reforming Stegman, and the young miscreant declaring war on his teacher, the duo sets a fateful showdown into motion on the night of an important school orchestra performance.
Directed and co-written by Mark L. Lester (Commando, Firestarter), Class of 1984 is one of the seminal cult movies of the early 1980s. While its vision of a decaying, violence-plagued inner city school seemed over-the-top in 1982, it sadly prophesized the future of American education. Lester's film – which caused a stir at Cannes and reputedly offended one of its own screenwriters – is also notable for its cast, which includes Van Patten, Roddy McDowall and a very young Michael J. Fox. Alice Cooper performs the theme song, "I Am The Future". No longer are the students of Lincoln High the future, for the future as arrived!
Class of 1984 8.5
I saw 'Class of 1984' decades before I saw 'The Blackboard Jungle' (that classic '60s high school drama featuring Glenn Ford and Sidney Poitier – in a stand-out role!). I saw it when I was twelve, in fact, and it had a lasting impression on me: I just couldn't get over this world where teachers and students were pretty much at war, torn by gang-related turf violence.
The story was taut, the pace was tight, and the action was gripping – and, frankly, I couldn't possibly ask for anything better at that age. But time isn't always cinema's friend and, seeing it as an adult now, I recognize the editing issues, the sometimes pedestrian direction, and the somewhat off-key performances (it should be noted, however, that the movie features one of the first performances of Canadian icon Michael J. Fox; observant viewers will notice that the film was made in the Toronto-area!).
It's a shame, but it doesn't deter from my enjoyment. In fact, this film comes as close to being comfort food as anything does: every single time that I watch it, I get a sense that all is right in the world and it puts a big smile on my face; there's just something about this concrete jungle tale that pushes all my buttons in pretty much the right way.
Oh, granted, it's never going to recognized as a chef-d'oeuvre, but it thrills more than most action films of that era, it makes you think more deeply (about education, child-rearing, justice, the grey areas between right and wrong, the limits of human endurance, …etc.) than many dramas, and its gritty reality stabs right at the heart of every teenager, parent, student, teacher and authority figure.
Whether this movie was purposely fashioned after 'The Blackboard Jungle', or not, is irrelevant. It is still poignant and, sadly, timely enough in today's culture to be worth a look – it was surprisingly prescient. And, personally, I think that that it's a well under-rated film; while first-comers might not appreciate its virtues, it most certainly deserve its cult status.
Nota bene; for first-time viewers, I'd give it a 7.5… and, for the more forgiving ones, maybe an 8.0
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Британские рокеры VOODOO JOHNSON недавно отправились в студию Foel вместе с Gazz'ом Rogers'ом (ROBERT PLANT, EDITORS) для записи нового альбома "The Hope That Killed Us All", выход которого намечен на лето этого года. В настоящий момент Jacob Hansen (VOLBEAT, GINGER, MERCENARY, XERATH) в студии Hansen занимается сведением и мастерингом нового материала. "Мы очень рады, что Jacob будет сводить наш альбом, так как я считаю, что его стиль отлично подходит новым песням" - говорит гитарист группы, Paul Gethin. "Альбом немного более тяжелый и грязный, чем все то, что мы делали ранее, однако хуковые моменты по-прежнему на месте и тут мы вам приготовили еще ряд сюрпризов". В записи песни "Black Skies Mist", принял участие гитарист DIAMOND HEAD Brian Tatler.
Forming in 2007, Birmingham band Voodoo Johnson made massive waves in 2010 with the release of their debut album 10,000 Horses (produced by Romesh Dodangoda). Building on the success of their two earlier EP's, the album recieved critical acclaim from magazines such as Kerrang, Metal Hammer, Rock Sound and Big Cheese, with Classic Rock Magazine describing them as having "the potential to be global gods". Regular airplay from the likes of Johnny Doom on Kerrang radio and Bruce Dickinson on BBC Radio 6, and slots on covermount cd's for both Metal Hammer and Classic Rock's "2011 Ones to watch" cemented VJ's position as one of the best rock bands in Europe. Explosive support slots with The Answer and Duff McKagen's Loaded, as well as sharing stages with the likes of Motorhead and Monster Magnet at Hard Rock Hell and Guilfest festivals has only enhanced their growing reputation.
Having caught the attention of the band Europe, who invited VJ to support them on their UK Balls 'N Banners tour in February, and also Brian Tatler of Metallica favourites and NWOBHM legends Diamond Head (who has collaberated on the track Black Skies Mist due out in March), VJ look set to explode in 2012 with plans for a full tour of the UK and Europe and the release of an EP "Black Powder Mother Loader" on October 17th.


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The car of the future is so green, it has a garden beneath the hood
August 15, 2019 Tod Perry
Swiss auto manufacturer Rinspeed has a released a new concept car called the Oasis that's jam-packed with every feature you could possibly want — plus some you didn't even know you needed — including a garden beneath the hood.
Most importantly, it provides the industry with a glimpse into the future of transportation. The car is great for the environment, has incredible safety features, and can senselessly integrate into its passenger's lifestyle via artificial intelligence.
The Oasis is an electric car designed for personal ownership or as a self-driving, ride-sharing vehicle. Its hatchback design is almost completely see-through and it has a 5K display screen.
In the future, when everything is self-driving, the Oasis' steering wheel can be turned into a table, so you can start work early on your morning commute. It has a top speed of 80 miles per hour and solar panels are integrated into the roof design.
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The car also has an on-board "personal assistant" that uses artificial intelligence to link your personal social media accounts and calendar to the vehicle's navigation system and real-time traffic information. that way you're sure not to miss any appointments or show up to work late.
If the car battery runs low, no problem: a robot with a fresh one will be on its way.
It also has a heads-up display to help you maneuver the vehicle through tricky turns.
The car can also sense when traffic lights have gone from red to green.
It alerts you when obstacles, such as people, are in front of the car.
When entering the vehicle, you're greeted with a light display.
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The car shows its commitment to sustainability by having a garden beneath the hood that has enough space for growing radishes or even little Bonsai trees.
"Urban gardening on wheels as a new trend? A little bit out there? Maybe. But as always, the creation of Swiss mobility innovator Frank M. Rinderknecht is an oasis for inspiration in the otherwise rather expansive automotive wasteland," the company said.
via Rinspeed
The car made its debut in 2017 at the Consumer Electronics Show and the Detroit auto show. Currently, there are no plans to mass produce the Oasis, but it's given automakers a lot of great ideas to consider when planning the future of transportation.
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The car of the future is so green, it has a garden beneath the hood Reviewed by DMT.NEWS on August 15, 2019 Rating: 5
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Digital is today everywhere and its possibilities are so wide that sometimes you can feel a bit lost. CEFJ and its member Jean/Louis, a digital strategy and communication agency will help you to understand digital keys.
For this 1st workshop, we will explore digital marketing tools : digital branding, influencers power, e-RP or digital workplace. As France has a good place is this domain, what can we bring to japanese digital market which is known as technophile but not really digitized ?
Jean/Louis. is a new type of communication agency, a mix of strategy, monitoring, creativity and an integrated media (creapills). They develop multichannel campaigns for advertisers, NGOs, start-ups and partners according to their own methodology : Reputation / Acquisition / Decision.
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Cooperation on water is essential to support the need for water, food, energy, and ecosystems security leading to increased resilience locally, nationally and regionally. Shared freshwater resources comprise a special case for cooperation with large potential spillover and global impacts. Transboundary river basins cover about 50% of the earth's land surface and are home to about 40% of the world's population. 1.2 billion people live in river basins where human water use has surpassed sustainable limits. Cooperation on water, therefore, is 'a must' in most international basins to support the need for water, food, energy, and ecosystems security and increase resilience for each nation.
This is why GEF IW:LEARN together with the Global Environment Facility, is convening a session on "The Global Environment Facility: Offering opportunities for transboundary water cooperation, through its 7th Replenishment".
The Global Environment Facility has since its inception, primarily through its International Waters Focal Area been financing transboundary water cooperation across shared fresh and marine water systems. Focusing on transboundary freshwater, the GEF has together with its implementing and executing partners financed a total of 101 projects, with in 44 distinct rivers, 9 aquifers and 14 lakes. These investments totaled $567 million USD in grant financing, leveraging $2.66 billion USD in co-financing.
Session participants will gain insights on the 7th replenishment of the GEF (2018-2022), in particular the strategy and priorities of its International waters focal area.
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This beautiful Galveston vacation rental offers something stylish, something playful, and something warm for up to 8 guests. Just 7.5 miles from the historic Strand District in Galveston, and only steps from the beach below, this first-floor condo has everything you could hope for in your next beach getaway. The pretty living room is open to the dining area and kitchen - perfect for socializing with all members of your group! The natural light creates a feeling of expansiveness here, and there's plenty of places to sit down to relax. Gather around the flat screen TV on the cushy sleeper sofa, there's even free WiFi for your personal devices. The alcove on the other side of the kitchen is set up with a set of twin bunks for the kids or adults to both enjoy. Perhaps lazy the morning away reading your favorite novel. Meal times are group affairs at the banquet-style island set for four inside, and a bar to make that perfect manhattan or margarita for that afternoon downtime after a long day at the beach! The resident chef will relish in this cozy kitchen with updated appliances, plenty of cooking accessories, and a dishwasher for easy cleaning. Everything you need is here to prepare meals instead of expensive dinners out. Each bedroom offers guests their own private oasis to retreat and relax in quiet. The master bedroom features a very comfortable king-size bed and a cable TV with large window overlooking the beach and Galveston's Gulf of Mexico below. Watch the sunrise over the Gulf. The master bathroom is perfectly set up with a washer/dryer set, a tub/shower, and a spacious vanity area. The second bedroom offers a queen-sized bed, private TV with cable. You are sure to enjoy your time in this condo with all the amenities of home including free Wi-Fi to stream your favorite movie or check your social media accounts. You and your family will enjoy making memories in this beauty long after the tides have rolled in.


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A brief summary of March 2015
Mikko Posted on 2015-04-02 Posted in Monthly summaries No Comments
I don't always write new blog posts when something cool happens, so maybe I should periodically summarize the most relevant unblogged things from a longer period of time into a single post. This is a brief summary of the most exciting film related things that have happened to me in March 2015.
The blog now has a new domain name and I even managed to write a new about page!
Even though I didn't yet advertise it anywhere, I made a new high score system for the Magadheera-inspired Warrior Game that I made last year. (My record is now 353.) I hope to add support for touchscreen devices some day but right now I have no idea how to do that. Until that, it's playable only with mouse or touchpad.
I started the Super Star Project which might have been my worst decision ever. My DVD shelf is already so full! I'm glad I'm not doing a Brahmanandam Project.
Now I've finally seen Student No.1 (Telugu, 2001) which completed my list of movies directed by S. S. Rajamouli, and Gangotri (Telugu, 2003) which was my last unseen movie of Allu Arjun as the hero.
Dhoom 1+2+3
I'm quite a newbie to Hindi cinema since I've watched mostly South Indian films. While I've seen some random Hindi films before, I haven't seen anything that good that would make me watch more Hindi films instead of Telugu or Tamil films. Still Hindi films are more popular than South Indian films, so maybe I've just watched the wrong movies? Now I started to explore Hindi cinema a little more systematically than before. I began by watching Sholay (1975) which was actually quite good. I was surprised how well the songs fitted in the story, as most Indian films that I've seen have at least a couple of songs that feel a little random and disconnected from everything else. I also got DVDs of some newer "super hits", for example Dhoom and Krrish series, as well as some more or less questionable Hindi movies.
Bollywood for Beginners
Just when I started to wander around in the big and scary world of Hindi cinema, one of the greatest Indian cinema bloggers, Filmi Girl, published a book called Bollywood for Beginners. I've really enjoyed reading it so far.
I remember a day last summer when I traveled around my home town. I laughed silently in my head because I saw a man that I thought looked a little like Dhanush. Then I came home and read the unthinkable news that Dhanush was making his new film Shamitabh in Finland! I missed a screening of the movie in February but this year the Season Film Festival screened two Hindi films, Shamitabh and Raja Natwarlal, so I got another chance to see it. Both of the movies were worth watching even though I probably missed a lot of references to other Hindi films in Shamitabh. It's funny that the first Bollywood song shot in Finland is a song about toilets. I also made a fool of myself by some very bad dancing when a Bollywood dance group made the audience to try some dance moves in the cinema hall before the show, but I forgot it as soon as an enormous image of Rajinikanth appeared on the screen in Eros International's short video clip and said "Let's begin!" which already was more than enough value for the ticket price.
At least three interesting soundtrack albums for upcoming movies were released recently: M. Ghibran's Uttama Villain (Kamal Haasan), Devi Sri Prasad's S/O Satyamurthy (Allu Arjun, UPENDRA), and Ilaiyaraaja's Rudhramadevi (Anushka, Rana, Allu Arjun). I managed to watch the live stream only from Rudhramadevi's audio launch event. It was held in two different cities on consecutive days so that they released three songs a day. Anushka made a grand entrance in a royal carriage and some of the dance performances were entertaining (while some others were embarrassing).
Aa Okkadu
I also have to mention that I got the DVD of Aa Okkadu (Telugu, 2009) which has AJAY in hero role! I hope to watch it as soon as it fits into the schedule of one of my friends who also is an Ajay fan.
And finally, I now have Yoddha (2014), the Bengali remake of Magadheera, on (unsubtitled) VCD, so now I'll be able to make a screencap comparison between the two if I won't have anything better to do.
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