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The Social Brain • 2020 • episode "2/4" • The Curious Mind
Category: Brain
The traditional narrative is that humans are selfish. If pushed, the story goes, we look after ourselves first and others later. In this episode, we see how modern neuroscience has blown that myth apart.
The Curious Mind • 2020 • 4 episodes •
The Imperfect Brain
For most of human history, our brains dealt with pretty straight forward problems. But that brain is the exact same one we now use to post pictures of our pets on social media, fill out Excel spreadsheets, and worry about the next payment on our credit card.
2020 • Brain
The Social Brain
The Super-Charged Brain
Our brain is always making decisions - Nigel explores how it does this, and if we can help it to make better ones? Is it possible to change the brain we're born with to a supercharged brain?
What is your Brain?
In the first episode, we explore the apparently very simple question: What is your brain? This is something humans have been struggling to understand for millennia and science for several decades.
OCD: A Monster in my Mind
Most of us think that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is just over fussy tidying. But it's actually much more serious. Sophie has to check that she hasn't killed people, looking for dead bodies wherever she goes, Richard is terrified of touching the bin, and Nanda is about to have pioneering brain surgery to stop her worrying about components on her body - that her eyebrow might not be aligned or that she has bad breath. Professor Uta Frith meets the people living with OCD, looks at the therapy available and asks what neuroscience can offer by way of a cure.
Horizon • 2015 • Brain
Will to Win
We're always competing, even when we least expect it. The will to win is an instinct that's kept our species alive. In this programme we discover why coming out on top feels so great and why losing feels so bad.
3/4 • Human Instinct • Brain
In this episode I visit a researcher who is studying memory by using machine learning and neuroimaging to detect and predict people's brain states. I also travel to Japan to meet with a team working on ways to record the content of peoples' dreams.
S3E8 • Mind Field • 2019 • Brain
The Child's Brain: Syllable from Sound
A child's brain is a magnificent engine for learning. A child learns to crawl, then walk, run and explore. A child learns to reason, to pay attention, to remember, but nowhere is learning more dramatic than in the way a child learns language. As children, we acquire language -- the hallmark of being human.
2/5 • The Secret Life of the Brain • 2002 • Brain
Invasion of the Brain Snatchers
We like to believe we're in control. But if what we're discovering about parasites is anything to go by, who is really in control is a lot more complicated, and a lot more interesting, than we ever imagined. So let "The Nature of Things with David Suzuki" help you get over the ick factor, and explore the world of parasites. So let "The Nature of Things with David Suzuki" help you get over the ick factor, and explore the world of parasites. Scientists have collected hundreds of examples of parasites that brainwash their hosts. And now researchers are starting to untangle these parasites' evolutionary tricks of the trade. In the coastal estuaries of California, Professor Kevin Lafferty of the United States Geological Survey introduces us to a flatworm that lives in three hosts - a snail, a fish and a bird. This parasite's influence is so profound that it tips the balance of the local ecosystem
S53E05 • The Nature of Things • 2013 • Brain
My Amazing Brain: Richard's War
Horizon follows the story of Richard Gray and his remarkable recovery from a life-changing catastrophic stroke. The film shows the rarely seen journey back to recovery. Recorded by his documentary film-maker wife Fiona over four years, this film shows the hard work of recovery. Initially bed bound and unable to do anything, including speak, the initial outlook was bleak, yet occasionally small glimmers of hope emerged. Armed always with her camera, Fiona captures the moment Richard moves his fingers for the first time, and then over months she documents his struggle to relearn how to walk again. The story also features poignant footage delivered in a series of flashbacks, in which we see and hear Richard at his professional best. He was a peacekeeper with the United Nations, immersed in the brutal war in Sarajevo, Bosnia. We also hear from the surgeons and clinicians who were integral to Richard's remarkable recovery, from describing life-saving, high-risk reconstructive surgery to intensive rehabilitation programmes that push the former soldier to his limits.


• Set aside a certain amount of time each day just to do what you want to do.
How about 1 hour each day? If that's not "possible," start with smaller increments of time, say 15 minutes, and work your way up.
• Doing part of something is better than doing nothing.
Even if you can't complete a task or a project, it is better to take a small "chunk" out of it rather than letting the whole thing slide until later. If you absolutely "hate" working in that manner, then just make sure you set aside a specific time to complete the entire task or project.
This isn't always easy, but it can make a world of difference. Even if you don't want to say "No" completely, try to set limits around how much you will do and when.
Save up non-urgent errands so that you can do those that are logistically close to one another.
How much is your time worth? It may be worth the cost of hiring someone to do things like mow your lawn, clean your house, AND you will be purchasing the precious commodity of time. It's more than okay to ask for help.
• Do the yucky stuff first.
Take care of the tasks that you dislike so that you don't waste precious mental time ruminating about not having done them!
• Are the things you feel you "have" to do really necessary?
It can be easy to get caught up in the details to the detriment of the big picture.
Do they need to be part of your life? What would happen if you eliminated or reduced your time spent on/with them?
• And, most importantly, set aside time each week to do something special.
Make sure that, no matter how busy you are, you take time to play. Spending time with friends, outdoors, at the movies, whatever makes you happy, is essential in helping you be the most focused and effective you can be with your time.


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Keep drilling ladies and gentleman!


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This is a confounding book, one that is both pleasing and frustrating. Neither dense nor scholarly, it is a reasonably well-documented, satisfyingly comprehensive (enough), periodically informative, and pleasant, non-demanding read. It is perhaps not trying to be the deeper more analytical book that I wish it were, but it could certainly do better. It is peppered with nuggets of excellent facts and observations, making this a treasure-trove for anyone seeking to discover the genre. However, one must wade through all-too-often vapid prose to find the good stuff. It is pretty light reading, but not always in the best sense. Despite this, both newbies and seasoned Italo-progheads can learn much from these pages. My familiarity with the sub-genre notwithstanding, I learned quite a bit from Parentin's book, and I thank him for that. It is great to have another book take on this rich topic, though this is not likely to supplant Augusto Croce's massive (nearly 800-page) Italian Prog tome. But, Parentin's book is somewhat meatier than Paolo Barotto's The Return of Italian Pop, which was itself a welcome publication in 1998 – essentially the first substantive English-language publication on Italian progressive pock. Parentin's self-published book is a bit disappointing in that such a sizeable book is less substantive than its girth promises. It comes off as a bit light in terms of analysis, which is often lacking or astoundingly cursory. Alas, its weight of pages is not matched by weight of content. One is left wishing that more editorial discretion was prevailed upon. This is a reasonably good book that could have been a very good book. But, given the specialized nature of the topic, we should be glad that Parentin was able to publish this at all. Warts and all, it is a useful contribution to an all-too-small field of publication on one of the richest traditions of progressive rock music. What is perhaps most frustrating is that Parentin seems fully capable of writing a more substantive book than he delivers. His passion and amicability are apparent, but one wishes that he would have crafted a volume that lives up to his obvious depth of knowledge. The extensive use of quotes by the musicians adds an effective, first-hand historical tone, somewhat bolstering the gravitas of the text. Though the interviews are drawn from previously published sources (mainly internet), their collation into the author's narrative effectively provides both an anecdotal and legitimizing basis to the story.
The book is divided into four parts of varying lengths and degrees of depth, though the two do not necessarily align. Part I – The Italian prog explained to my little cousins Down Under (45 pages); Part II – Rock Progressivo Italiano as a separate subgenre of Progressive Rock (27 pages); Part III – A listening experience: my very personal play-list (232 pages); Part IV – A journey through the contemporary Italian prog scene (46 pages).
Parts I and II in particular are good for providing historical background and contextual analysis. Among Parentin's best contributions is the discussion of the socio-political climate in Italy and its impact on the formulation and development of progressive music in the country. This is the most well-researched and intelligent aspect of the book – one that warrants further investigation. Indeed, among the frustrations of the book is the feeling that Parentin has so much more to offer here. A great book could be teased out of an expanded (and seriously edited!) take on these first two chapters.
Part I (The Italian prog explained to my little cousins Down Under) contains much of the most substantive part of the book, though disingenuously couched as a paternalistic apologia letter to the author's Australian relatives (huh?). From this inauspicious opening, Parentin launches into a very nice, informative, and insightful discussion of the historical context in which the progressive rock genre incubated in Italy – from the Beats to the specifically Italian climate of song tradition to the emergence of the pop festivals in the early 1970s. In paying particular attention to the political and cultural climate in which Italian prog was forged, Parentin offers useful historical insight. The socio-political situation that transcended pure aesthetics is noted as a key concept to understanding how "…the Italian Progressive Rock movement was the expression of an artistic and social commitment and gave voice to a whole generation. It was never meant just for pure entertainment. (p. 20)." More pointedly, "to go to a concert in the Seventies was considered a political act… (p. 21)." While some prog fans less familiar with the socio-political climate of Italy during this time might see such statements as hyperbole, particularly if they try to parallel this with the phenomenon in England, such deep-politicization of musical activity was indeed the case in Italy (not unlike Germany). Of course, this applies most notably to the overtly political bands such as Area, Stormy Six, and Osanna, as the author discusses. He also adds insight into the complex political aspects that affected even those groups that were intentionally not political. Even performing a concert was tied to the intense socio-political scenario of the turbulent "years of lead" of the seventies. In the deeply politicized climate, violence was frequently directed at bands from both the left and the right – often bringing about the premature demise of many a promising group. This was a very different from the comparatively more staid English scene. It is interesting indeed that the Golden Age of Italian Progressive Rock coincided with one of Modern Italy's most divisive turbulent eras – the "years of lead." Parentin's contextualization helps explain both the eventual decline in the Italian progressive rock scene and the all-too-common phenomenon of one-album bands. (How many of us have wondered why so many great Italian bands seem short-lived, producing only one album, and often a poorly recorded one at that? Parentin gives excellent context for answering this question). Political, social, and economic factors combined to eventually quash the progressive experimentalism that allowed for the creation of genuinely experimental popular music. Perhaps the real miracle of it all is how much superb music was made, despite the often trying climate. As Area put it, the "joy and revolution" sparked creativity, but also stymied financial success. (It is no wonder that bands such as PFM, Banco, and Le Orme all tried to break into international markets by making English-language albums). Parentin does an admirable job in addressing the complex context in which Rock Progressivo Italiano was born, flourished, and floundered.
Part II (Rock Progressivo Italiano as a separate subgenre of Progressive Rock) is a short chapter that addresses various aspects of the music in an attempt to get at what is particularly Italian about the sub-genre. Insights can be found regarding the use of language, production, and other factors, but the brevity of treatment confounds the realization of the tantalizing promise of the chapter. The section on the visual/theatrical aspects of Italian Progressive Rock is a great idea – one that begs far more elaboration beyond its three-page allotment. The rather cursory discussion only scratches the surface of the rich theatrical and visual aspects of Italian Progressive Rock. Album cover art is only briefly discussed, and even then in an often vague and uninformative manner. One senses that Parentin has much more insight to offer in this regard, and it is disappointing that this is omitted.
Part III (A listening experience: my very personal play-list) makes up the lion's share of the book (over two-thirds of the pages), including discussions of a hundred "key" albums. The idea is not bad, but it is a bit of a pity that so much pagination is spent here, as it is not the strong-point of the book. It is essentially the author's informal review of his list of favorite albums. But, the list is good and provides a useful (and discriminating) source-list for essential listening. As such, this is less something that one might read cover-to-cover, as it is more of a reference guide. However, given its rather cursory treatment of each album, its value as a reference is also somewhat limited.
The list gets off to a very promising start, appearing as an introduction to the genre. It is not chronological, but it (obliquely) tells the story of Italian progressive rock, allowing main concepts to unfold. Beginning with Banco del Mutuo Soccorso's Darwin! (1972), Parentin underscores the elevated musical quality, lyrical richness, and lush majesty so typical of Italian progressive rock. Proper historical chronology is dutifully addressed vis-à-vis the first Italian concept album – I Giganti's 1971 Terra in Bocca – and the first full-fledged Italian progressive rock album – Le Orme's 1971 Collage. Once these key moments are set up, Parentin develops a more organic discussion of the genre's characteristics and major albums. All the major albums are there, as are many all-too-overlooked gems and obscurities – both old and new.
The mixing of old and new albums is welcome in its temporally ecumenical purview, emphasizing the ongoing vitality of Italian progressive rock. But the order of the list often seems positively arbitrary, despite the author's (occasionally forced) attempts at linking successive entries. One wonders if it might have been more effective to list them more-or-less chronologically so as to relate the story of Italian Progressive Rock in a coherent, historical narrative. As it is, the list comes across as a bit willy-nilly, thereby losing a lot of potential for providing historical insight. If it were to trace a chronological progression, this section would have been a great compliment to the geographic examination offered in Part IV.
Part IV (A journey through the contemporary Italian prog scene) offers a novel and very informative approach by examining the "map of Italian Progressive Rock" through a region-by-region examination, as though offering a topographic travelogue through the genre. While ostensibly devoted to new bands and the contemporary scene, the region-by-region overview of the entire history of Italian prog beautifully illuminates the genre's history along geographic lines. This is a very successful approach – one of the most brilliant conceits of the book – in that it highlights the regional diversity among the all-too-often clumped-together Rock Progressive Italiano scene. It also highlights just how widespread it is – literally throughout Italy. (I did not even know that prog bands from Sardegnia existed!).
The book is in desperate need of copy-editing. Though the author might be forgiven for many infelicities of writing given the fact that he is not writing in his mother tongue, this all-the-more underscores the need for outside editorial input. Awkward turns-of-phrase, improper punctuation, odd footnote formatting, and a plethora of minor errors all undermine the gravitas of the book's insights. The author frequently slips into cliché and fluffy writing that can undermine essentially good observations. That said, there are some cleverly imbedded prog references throughout, adding a fun sense of play that will be amusing to those well-versed enough in prog to catch the references. As revealed in such divertimenti, the writing is unassuming and familiar, often charmingly so. However, other-times the writing is clunky and awkward. It does, however, make for a simple read that is chatty and not too demanding, can be digested in tiny bits, but is still informative. The book could bolster its seriousness and intellectual weight to more felicitous results.
However, when all is said and done, despite my (lamentably extensive) criticisms, I enjoyed the book and even learned a great deal from its pages. It is a worthy addition to the growing bibliography on progressive rock.


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Q: The operator calculation of Helmholtz equation? I am reading the beam propagation method (BPM) in optical imaging paper. I find a paper solve the Helmholtz equation in the inhomogeneous media. The paper is:
Light propagation in graded-index optical fibers, M. D. Feit and J. A. Fleck, Jr
They use the operator form to solve the equation, I never see this kind of operator calculation to solve the classical eletromagnetic proble before.  I can intuitively understand how it is going on. But I want to learn more about this and acquire such method. However, i am not a mathmatical stduent. I don't want to learn a full book of the function analysis or some group theory to just acquire this. I mean is there some good,simple and not very long pages reading material to learn this kind of technique.
Besides, there are some places that i don't understand in the paper.

*

*Question 1:

Like the equation (3)

How to obtain this? Now the the expansion for $(1+x)^{1/2}$ is not hold for the Laplacian operator?

*The second place i don't understand is:

Why it is equivalent to the Helmholtz equation? Intuitively, I know that using the angular spectrum to solve the Helmholtz equation, we can get maybe the top solution. However, is there or mathmatical derivation of this? From top to expression to the equation (10).

A: Consider $A := \sqrt{\nabla_\perp^2 + k^2I}$ and $B=kI$ where $k$ is a real positive number. Since $[A,B]=0$, it holds $$(A-B)(A+B) = A^2 +AB-BA -B^2 = A^2 +BA-BA -B^2 = A^2-B^2\:.$$ Hence
$$A = \frac{A^2-B^2}{A+B} + B\:.$$
That is your first identity.
Regarding the second issue, the equation you want to solve is
$$\left(\nabla^2_\perp + k^2 + \frac{\partial^2}{\partial z^2}\right)E=0 \tag{1}\:.$$
You can factorize it as
$$\left(\sqrt{\nabla^2_\perp + k^2} + i \frac{\partial }{\partial z}\right) \left(\sqrt{\nabla^2_\perp + k^2} - i \frac{\partial }{\partial z} \right) E=0\:.$$
In summary, if you are able do solve both equations
$$\left(\sqrt{\nabla^2_\perp + k^2} \pm i \frac{\partial }{\partial z}\right) E_\pm=0$$
you are done by using twice the form of the solution.
As the paper declares on its first page, the solutions of the equations above are
$$E_\pm(x,y,z) = e^{\mp i z\sqrt{\nabla^2_\perp + k^2}} E_\pm(x,y,0)\:.$$
Using the initial identity,
$$E_\pm(x,y,z) = e^{\mp i z\left[\frac{\nabla_\perp^2}{\sqrt{\nabla^2_\perp + k^2}+ k}+ k\right]} E_\pm(x,y,0)
=e^{\mp i k z} e^{\mp i z\frac{\nabla_\perp^2}{\sqrt{\nabla^2_\perp + k^2}+k}} E_\pm(x,y,0)\:.$$
So, the information stored in
$$e^{\mp i z\frac{\nabla_\perp^2}{\sqrt{\nabla^2_\perp + k^2}+k}} E_\pm(x,y,0)\:,$$
taking the trivial phase $e^{\mp i k z}$ into account, permits to solve (1).
In this sense the said operation is ``equivalent'' to solve (1). I omitted a huge number of mathematical subtleties which do not affect the physical substance here.
COMMENT. Reading quite superficially the paper I realized that what I indicated by $k$ is actually a function of $x,y$ and not a constant. If it is really true my derivation does not hold, but also the your first identity  declared in the paper is false. It is of crucial relevance that $\nabla_\perp^2$ commutes with $k$.

A: For the first part of the question
we pose : $x=\Delta_{\perp}\;\;, y=\frac{\omega}{c}n$
the second member of the equation becomes:
$\frac{x^{2}}{\sqrt{x^{2}+y^{2}}+y}+y=\frac{x^{2}(\sqrt{x^{2}+y^{2}}-y)}{(\sqrt{x^{2}+y^{2}}+y)(\sqrt{x^{2}+y^{2}}-y)}+y=\frac{x^{2}(\sqrt{x^{2}+y^{2}}-y)}{x^{2}}+y=(x^{2}+y^{2})^{\frac{1}{2}}$

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What's up with Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution
bearcounty
Is this worth my time or am I better off sticking with the original series?
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I don't really know much about it, but I always thought the one thing that could make Eureka Seven better was if it wasn't so long. So I'm definitely interested in a movie version.
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Originally posted by bearcounty View Post
Definitely stick with the original series to get the better and more complete/comprehensive story. Having seen the first film (can't speak for the remaining 2 as of yet, especially when the next one looks very different), Hi-Evolution is going for a very weird recap/alternate retelling of the series with changes all over the place whilst keeping the general story intact.
The first film opens up with a flashback to one of the major events of the show that was only ever alluded to but then turns into recap of the show's middle portion (being recalled by the lead Renton in present time as a framing device), that jumps all over the place with constant subtitles telling us the names, ages and other details of characters or objects. Plus the constant jumping all over the timeline is spelled out for us by the subtitles specifically stating how far ago the event is from the time Renton is currently at.
There is thematic payoff to this but it demands so much of the audience's attention that it gets tiring really fast and there's a lot of scenes that repeat as if to hammer the situation in more than necessary. Give it a go after you've seen the show if any of what I said interests you but otherwise, you're fine without it.
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Originally posted by JRPictures View Post
Just watched it and I totally agree. It's a real shame because as you say thematically there is a pay off to this film and you can definitely sense that given a proper full alternate retelling that doesn't need to jump all over the timeline of the original series to try to be coherent that there is a decent film in there somewhere. It's unfortunate because as a mega fan of the orignal series I was really hopeful for this film trilogy, I was even okay with the alternate retelling angle because I enjoyed the original movie quite abit and that was similarly an alternate retelling.
I'll always support and look forward to more Eureka Seven, the original series is just that good. So despite the stuttering attempts to recapture that over the years I'll always go along for the ride.
I gave this first film a 6/10, i.e Fair on my scale. It was okay and once getting over the hurdle of the major change in this timeline I followed it well enough. But yeah this could have been so much better, so much more. Hopefully the preview for the next film isn't misleading us in terms of how much of it will be new vs reused footage. I'm expecting Anemone scenes from the original but hopefully not too many.
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Now that Funimation is pushing the sequel Anemone out in 2020 on blu-ray, I was curious if anyone has had a chance to see it yet? Is it more or less what we got with the first film, or is the sequel a bit more unique?
I've read up on spoilers (and had an online friend corroborate them for me) and I can say for sure it is much more unique than the first film and goes in a wildly different direction than one would expect. It has an actual new story throughout the whole film this time rather than being a pseudo-recap of the show but it also finds a narrative gimmick to squeeze in scenes from the original series in a more different manner (the Anemone of this film is jumping into some metaphysical world where she inhabits the Anemone of the series during several of her fight scenes against Renton and/or Eureka).
The big reveal of the movie (which I obviously wont give away) is easily the most controversial thing about it from all the responses of those in Japan and at the screenings at Anime Expo and Scotland Loves Anime. It acts as a tie in to all the major Eureka Seven projects that have come in the past (original tv series, Pocketful of Rainbows movie, AO, the mangas, video games etc) and the reason that ties them all together is the controversial point of it.
Honestly hard to say what the ultimate purpose of these films are now. None of the material in this second film matches with the after credits preview in Movie 1 and the 3rd & final film's been delayed all the way to 2021 to boot so it's anyone's guess.
EDIT: Especially based off this recently released & very short teaser for the final film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBDLDTq1Hx0
Last edited by JRPictures; 12-23-2019, 05:24 PM.
I'll say you've certainly piqued my curiosity. I was at least indifferent on whether or not I should dip my toes back into these films. But I shall give Anemone a watch once it hits shelves.

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#include <sstream>
using namespace std;

#include <PLCM.hpp>

#include <internals/Counters.hpp>
#include <internals/Dataset.hpp>
#include <internals/ExplorationStep.hpp>
#include <io/MultiThreadedFileCollector.hpp>
#include <io/NullCollector.hpp>
#include <io/PatternSortCollector.hpp>
#include <io/StdOutCollector.hpp>
#include <util/MemoryUsage.hpp>
#include <util/ProgressWatcherThread.hpp>
#include <util/Helpers.h>
#include <util/SimpleDigest.h>

using namespace util;
using namespace io;

// initialize static variables
unique_ptr<PLCM::thread_map> PLCM::threads = nullptr;
PLCM::thread_map* PLCM::threads_fast = nullptr;

PLCM::PLCM(struct Options *options) {
	uint32_t nbThreads = options->num_threads;
	if (nbThreads < 1) {
		cerr << "nbThreads has to be > 0, given " << nbThreads <<
				". Aborting.";
		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	}
	collector = instanciateCollector(options);
	threads = unique_ptr<thread_map>(new thread_map());
	threads_fast = threads.get();
	progressWatch = unique_ptr<ProgressWatcherThread>(
			new ProgressWatcherThread());
	for (uint i = 0; i < PLCMCounters::Number_of_PLCMCounters; ++i) {
				globalCounters[i] = 0;
	}
}

PLCM::~PLCM() {
}

void PLCM::collect(int32_t support, vector<int32_t>* pattern) {
	collector->collect(support, pattern);
}

void PLCM::lcm(shared_ptr<ExplorationStep> initState, uint32_t num_threads) {
	if (initState->pattern->size() > 0) {
		collector->collect(
				initState->counters->transactionsCount,
				initState->pattern.get());
	}

	progressWatch->setInitState(initState);

	createThreads(num_threads);
	initializeAndStartThreads(initState);

	progressWatch->start();

	for (auto it = threads_fast->begin(); it != threads_fast->end(); ++it) {
		auto t = it->second.get();
		t->join();
		for (uint i = 0; i < PLCMCounters::Number_of_PLCMCounters; ++i) {
			globalCounters[i] += t->counters[i];
		}
	}

	progressWatch->stop();
}

void PLCM::display(ostream& stream,
		map<string, uint64_t>& additionalcounters) {
	stream << "{\"name\":\"PLCM\", \"threads\":" << threads_fast->size();

	for (uint i = 0; i < PLCMCounters::Number_of_PLCMCounters; ++i) {
		stream << ", \"" << PLCMCountersNames[(PLCMCounters)i] <<
				"\":" << globalCounters[i];
	}

	for (auto entry : additionalcounters) {
		stream << ", \"" << entry.first << "\":" << entry.second;
	}

	stream << "}" << endl;
}

int64_t PLCM::closeCollector() {
	return collector->close();
}

int32_t PLCM::getAveragePatternLength() {
	return collector->getAveragePatternLength();
}

uint32_t PLCM::getDefaultNumThreads() {
	unsigned concurentThreadsSupported = thread::hardware_concurrency();
	if (concurentThreadsSupported == 0)
	{
		cerr << "Warning: could not get the number of concurrent threads supported"
				" by your system." << endl;
		concurentThreadsSupported = 4;
	}
	else
	{
	    cout << "Info: your system supports " << concurentThreadsSupported <<
	    		" concurrent threads." << endl;
	}

	return concurentThreadsSupported;
}

int PLCM::main(int argc, char** argv) {

	uint32_t default_num_threads = getDefaultNumThreads();

	TCLAP::CmdLine cmd("Parallel LCM, C++ implementation.");

	TCLAP::SwitchArg benchmark_mode("b","benchmark",
			"Benchmark mode: patterns are not outputted at "
			"all (in which case OUTPUT_PATH is ignored)", cmd);
	TCLAP::SwitchArg memory_usage("m","mem-usage",
			"Periodically display memory usage during execution "
			"(instanciates a periodic watcher thread)", cmd);
	TCLAP::SwitchArg sort_items("s", "sort-items",
			"Sort items in outputted patterns, in ascending order", cmd);
	ostringstream oss_explain;
	oss_explain << "How many threads will be launched (defaults to " <<
		default_num_threads << ")";
	TCLAP::ValueArg<uint32_t> num_threads("t", "num-threads",
			oss_explain.str(), false, default_num_threads,
			"num_threads", cmd);
	TCLAP::SwitchArg verbose("v", "verbose",
			"Enable verbose mode, which logs every extension "
			"of the empty pattern", cmd);
	TCLAP::SwitchArg ultra_verbose("V", "ultra-verbose",
			"Enable ultra-verbose mode, which logs every pattern extension"
			" (use with care: it may produce a LOT of output)", cmd);
	TCLAP::UnlabeledValueArg<string> input_path("INPUT_PATH",
			"The path of the file to mine into.", true, "None", "in_file", cmd);
	TCLAP::UnlabeledValueArg<uint32_t> minsup("MINSUP",
			"The minimum support of items.", true, 10, "min_support", cmd);
	TCLAP::UnlabeledValueArg<string> output_path("OUTPUT_PATH",
			"The path of the file where results should be dumped "
			"(defaults to standard output).", false, "-", "out_file", cmd);

	// Parse the argv array	(will exit if invalid)
	cmd.parse( argc, argv );

	unique_ptr<PLCM::Options> options(new PLCM::Options {
			benchmark_mode.getValue(),
			memory_usage.getValue(),
			sort_items.getValue(),
			num_threads.getValue(),
			verbose.getValue(),
			ultra_verbose.getValue(),
			input_path.getValue(),
			minsup.getValue(),
			output_path.getValue()
	});

	// run the main procedure
	standalone(move(options) /* transfer ownership */);

	REPORT_DIGEST_STATS();
	return 0;
}

void PLCM::standalone(unique_ptr<PLCM::Options> options) {
	unique_ptr<MemoryUsage::WatcherThread> memoryWatch = nullptr;

	if (options->memory_usage) {
		memoryWatch = unique_ptr<MemoryUsage::WatcherThread>(
				new MemoryUsage::WatcherThread());
		memoryWatch->start();
	}

	if (options->ultra_verbose)
	{
		ExplorationStep::verbose = true;
		ExplorationStep::ultraVerbose = true;
	}
	else
	{
		ExplorationStep::verbose = options->verbose;
	}

	double chrono = Helpers::precise_time();
	shared_ptr<ExplorationStep> initState = make_shared<ExplorationStep>(
			options->minsup, options->input_path);
	double loadingTime = Helpers::precise_time() - chrono;
	cerr << "Dataset loaded in " << loadingTime << "s" << endl;

	PLCM miner(options.get());

	chrono = Helpers::precise_time();
	miner.lcm(initState, options->num_threads);
	chrono = Helpers::precise_time() - chrono;

	map<string, uint64_t> additionalcounters;
	additionalcounters["miningTime"] = chrono*1000 /* milliseconds */;
	additionalcounters["outputtedPatterns"] = miner.closeCollector();
	additionalcounters["loadingTime"] = loadingTime*1000 /* milliseconds */;
	additionalcounters["avgPatternLength"] =
			(uint64_t) miner.getAveragePatternLength();

	if (memoryWatch != nullptr) {
		memoryWatch->stop();
	}

	/* We always give this because its cheap: the kernel records
	 * the peak memory usage accross the life of processes,
	 * so we just have to request it here, at the end of the execution. */
	additionalcounters["maxUsedMemory"] = MemoryUsage::getPeakMemoryUsage();

	miner.display(cerr, additionalcounters);
}

PLCMThread* PLCM::getCurrentThread() {
	static __thread PLCMThread *result = nullptr;

	if (result == nullptr)
		result = (*threads_fast)[this_thread::get_id()].get();
	return result;
}

void PLCM::createThreads(int32_t nbThreads) {
	cpu_set_t cpu_set;
	sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &cpu_set);
	int num_cpus = CPU_COUNT(&cpu_set);
	int index_cpu;

	for (int i = 0; i < nbThreads; i++) {
		index_cpu = i%num_cpus;
		auto t = new PLCMThread(i, this, index_cpu);
		(*threads_fast)[t->getId()] = unique_ptr<PLCMThread>(t);
	}
}

void PLCM::initializeAndStartThreads(shared_ptr<ExplorationStep> initState) {
	for (auto it = threads_fast->begin(); it != threads_fast->end(); ++it) {
		it->second->init(initState);
		it->second->start();
	}
}

shared_ptr<ExplorationStep> PLCM::stealJob(PLCMThread* thief) {

	/* we try to avoid too much concurrency, with all thread trying
	 * to steal jobs to the same victim.
	 *
	 * For example, thread 3 will preferably steal a job to thread 4,
	 * or 5, or 6, ... or N, or 0, or 1, or 2.
	 */

	const thread::id thief_id = thief->getId();

	// point to the thread following the thief
	auto it = threads_fast->begin();
	for (; it->first != thief_id; ++it) { }
	++it;

	// the thief can steal a job to any thread except itself
	size_t num_stealable_threads = threads_fast->size() -1;

	shared_ptr<ExplorationStep> job;
	// try each thread pointed by it, in turn
	for (size_t index = 0; index < num_stealable_threads; ++index) {
		if (it == threads_fast->end())
			it = threads_fast->begin();
		job = it->second->giveJob(thief);
		if (job != nullptr) {
			//cout << "Job stolen: thread " << it->second->getHumanReadableId()
			//		<< " to " << thief->getHumanReadableId() << endl;
			return job;
		}

		++it;
	}
	return nullptr;
}

unique_ptr<PatternsCollector> PLCM::instanciateCollector(PLCM::Options *options) {
	PatternsCollector* collector = nullptr;

	if (options->benchmark_mode) {
		collector = new NullCollector();
	} else {
		if (options->output_path != "-") {
			collector = new MultiThreadedFileCollector(
						options->output_path);
		} else {
			collector = new StdOutCollector();
		}

		if (options->sort_items) {
			collector = new PatternSortCollector(collector);
		}
	}

	return unique_ptr<PatternsCollector>(collector);
}

PLCMThread::PLCMThread(uint32_t human_readable_id,
		PLCM* PLCM_instance, int index_cpu) {
	_human_readable_id = human_readable_id;
	stackedJobs = new vector<shared_ptr<ExplorationStep> >();
	stackedJobs_storage = unique_ptr<vector<shared_ptr<ExplorationStep> > >(
			stackedJobs); // auto delete

	_PLCM_instance = PLCM_instance;
	_index_cpu = index_cpu;
	should_start = false; // wait for the signal
	_thread = new thread(&PLCMThread::run, this);
	_thread_storage = unique_ptr<thread>(_thread); // auto delete
	for (uint i = 0; i < PLCM::PLCMCounters::Number_of_PLCMCounters; ++i) {
		counters[i] = 0;
	}
}

thread::id PLCMThread::getId() {
	return _thread->get_id();
}

uint32_t PLCMThread::getHumanReadableId() {
	return _human_readable_id;
}

void PLCMThread::run() {
	// 1st, set the thread affinity
	cpu_set_t cpu_set;
	CPU_ZERO(&cpu_set);
	CPU_SET(_index_cpu, &cpu_set);
	sched_setaffinity(0, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &cpu_set);

	// then, wait for the start condition
	{
		unique_lock<mutex> ul(starting_mutex);
		while (!should_start)	// handle spurious wake-ups
		{
			cond_should_start.wait(ul);
		}
	}

	// no need to readlock, this thread is the only one that can do
	// writes
	bool exit = false;
	while (!exit) {
		shared_ptr<ExplorationStep> sj = nullptr;
		if (!stackedJobs->empty()) {
			sj = stackedJobs->back();

			unique_ptr<ExplorationStep> extended = sj->next();
			// iterator is finished, remove it from the stack
			if (extended == nullptr) {
				ReadWriteLock::WriteGuard lg(_lock);
				stackedJobs->pop_back();
				counters[PLCM::PLCMCounters::ExplorationStepInstances]++;
				counters[PLCM::PLCMCounters::ExplorationStepCatchedWrongFirstParents] +=
						sj->getCatchedWrongFirstParentCount();
			} else {
				lcm(move(extended) /* transfer ownership */);
			}
		} else { // our list was empty, we should steal from another
					// thread
			shared_ptr<ExplorationStep> stolj = _PLCM_instance->stealJob(this);
			if (stolj == nullptr) {
				exit = true;
			} else {
				lcm(stolj);
			}
		}
	}
}

void PLCMThread::init(shared_ptr<ExplorationStep> initState) {
	ReadWriteLock::WriteGuard lg(_lock);
	stackedJobs->push_back(initState);
}

void PLCMThread::join() {
	_thread->join();
}

void PLCMThread::start() {
	{
		lock_guard<mutex> lg(starting_mutex);
		should_start = true;
	}
	cond_should_start.notify_one();
}

void PLCMThread::lcm(shared_ptr<ExplorationStep> state) {
#ifdef PRINT_STEPS
	cout << state->id << endl;
#endif
	_PLCM_instance->collect(
			state->counters->transactionsCount,
			state->pattern.get());
	{
		ReadWriteLock::WriteGuard lg(_lock);
		stackedJobs->push_back(state);
	}
}

shared_ptr<ExplorationStep> PLCMThread::giveJob(PLCMThread* thief) {
	// here we need to readlock because the owner thread can write
	ReadWriteLock::ReadGuard lg(_lock);
	for (uint32_t stealPos = 0; stealPos < stackedJobs->size(); stealPos++) {
		shared_ptr<ExplorationStep> sj = stackedJobs->at(stealPos);
		shared_ptr<ExplorationStep> next = Helpers::unique_to_shared(sj->next());

		if (next != nullptr) {
			thief->init(sj);
			return next;
		}
	}
	return nullptr;
}

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In late 1968, I was living in Santa Barbara and in the habit of visiting Meher Mount and Agnes Baron every two or three weeks. It was about a one-hour drive each way.
COULD I GIVE AGNES' FRIEND A RIDE TO MEHER MOUNT?
I said sure and proceeded to steer my 1953 pink-and-black Studebaker to a modest home on upper State Street. I knocked on the door and out came a rather small, unassuming woman who was probably in her seventies.
We had a pleasant drive through the hills and the green Ojai Valley. Germaine and I exchanged pleasantries and explored various topics on the drive.
Still, I was intrigued about her relationship with Agnes, and wondered how they came to know each other. Agnes had never mentioned her until that morning.
At Meher Mount, Agnes welcomed us with a cup of tea and was clearly very happy to see Germaine. They reminisced, laughing and joking, and gradually I learned more about this mystery lady who lived a mile from me in Santa Barbara.
Germaine Curchod (1897-1989) had been Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's (1881-1955) secretary when he was working as a paleontologist and geologist in China between the world wars.
She had typed the manuscript for his most important book, The Phenomenon of Man (1955). Germaine had great respect for Teilhard and called him "le petit sant" (the little saint).
In a later visit to Meher Mount, Agnes pointed out two antique Chinese paintings of flying cranes hanging on the living room wall in the main house.
I had admired them before, but had not known that Germaine had given them to Agnes saying she just felt they belonged at Meher Mount. They were lost in the New Life Fire on October 14, 1985 which destroyed all the buildings and everything in them.
Germaine had visited Meher Mount on August 2, 1956, when Avatar Meher Baba came there. Agnes said Germaine was shy and did not feel worthy to get in line to greet Meher Baba, who was sitting in the living room of the guesthouse.
Agnes said Germaine was not one who would put herself forward, and she had to press her to get her to go in and meet Meher Baba, which Germaine did.
I never saw Germaine again, but I never forgot her gracious good cheer or the delightful meeting between her and Agnes. Later, I read books by Teilhard de Chardin and sensed something of the agony of his search through science and religion in pursuit of the ultimate.
My later encounter with Teilhard de Chardin was when I was majoring in religious studies at UCSB ('71). Teilhard had been a Jesuit priest, as well as a paleontologist and geologist. He was the author of numerous books and scientific papers.
In The Phenomenon of Man, he tried to reconcile evolution with his Catholic faith. He proposed that evolution is driven by consciousness, not by form, which is similar to what Meher Baba said.
In 1969, I wrote a paper for my Science and Religion class comparing and contrasting The Phenomenon of Man and Avatar Meher Baba's God Speaks.
Clearly, Teilhard did not know of Meher Baba, but his secretary, Germaine Curchod did.


It was a game the Seahawks had to have, no matter what they said. A home game against the Cardinals, the team with the best record in the NFC, a team in their division?
The Seahawks faced a must-win, and they rose to the occasion with a 19-3 win on Sunday.
The win puts Seattle at 7-4 and in the thick of the wild-card race, with another huge division game against the archrival 49ers looming on Thanksgiving night.
Nate Hatch, the lone survivor of last month's shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, was on hand for the game. His Twitter feed told the story of a fun day.
Several Seahawks, including running back Marshawn Lynch, visited Marysville-Pilchuck High School last week.
The Seahawks were eager to get off to a good start on Sunday and used a familiar formula to do so: An aggressive, spirited defense and plenty of Lynch on offense (more on him in a moment).
Seattle forced Arizona, playing with backup quarterback Drew Stanton into a three-and-out. When the Seahawks took over, Lynch figured in seven of the nine plays (the others were a pass to Tony Moeaki and the 27-yard field goal by Steven Hauschka).
It was the kind of start that had its roots in a team meeting Carroll had with some key players last week. Read Jerry Brewer's column about how it sparked what was a statement game for the Seahawks.
The defense puts its stamp on Sunday's game, and as Larry Stone's column points out, the unit was feeling the love, and the intensity.
The Cardinals were able to take up just about the entire clock, driving 74 yards in 15 plays and converting a 23-yard field goal by Chandler Catanzaro with 14 seconds left in the second quarter. Arizona could have gotten more, but a dropped pass in the end zone by wide receiver Jaron Brown on third-and-goal precluded that.
But as has been the case up to that point, the Seahawks sputtered on offense and had to settle for another Hauschka field goal, this one from 40 yards out with 8:34 to go in the third quarter to put Seattle up, 12-3.
At last! A touchdown by the Seahawks!
The Seahawks pieced together a nine-play, 75-yard drive that took up 5 minutes 41 seconds. Among the key plays was a 23-yard pass play from Wilson to Lynch (watch video here) and a 15-yard scramble by Wilson on third-and-11.
Bob Condotta puts Wilson's productive day in perspective in his story here.
There's never a dull moment with Lynch, and Sunday's game was no different (Read Condotta's recap here). He was the catalyst during the Seahawks' opening drive and had a big catch on the one possession that led to a touchdown. He also missed two series in the first half for what the team termed a back injury. But Carroll said after the game it was because he was sick.


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Zion Chapel (Demolished)
Derbyshire Places of Worship
Other Places of Worship in this Area
Barrow Hill, Staveley, Ebenezer Chapel (now Barrow Hill Methodist Church)
(0.22m.)
Barrow Hill, Staveley, St Andrew's Church
Barrow Hill, Staveley, St Andrew's Church Hall (Demolished)
Hollingwood, Staveley, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
New Brimington, Mount Tabor Methodist Church
Hollingwood, Staveley, St Francis of Assisi's Church
New Whittington, Wellington Street Methodist Chapel
New Whittington, St Barnabas's Mission Church
New Whittington, St Patrick's Church
Staveley, St Joseph's Catholic Church
New Whittington, New Whittington New Life Church
New Whittington, London Street Methodist Chapel
Note: distances (in miles) are calculated as the crow flies; it may be further by road or on foot.
Default Image Place of Worship has been
Demolished.
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openclipart.org
Zion Chapel (Demolished), Barrow Hill, Staveley
Zion Chapel (Demolished),
Campbell Drive,
Barrow Hill, Staveley, Derbyshire.
We believe the Chapel did NOT have a graveyard.
Note: any church within an urban environment may have had its graveyard closed after the Burial Act of 1853. Any new church built after that is unlikely to have had a graveyard at all.
This Place of Worship was founded in 1872, but we understand it was closed in 1966.
This Chapel can be seen for the first time on Old Maps of 1877, labelled as "Meth Chapel (Primitive)". Jayne Smith's Churches of Staveley webpage provides the information that it was founded in 1872. Derbyshire Record Office's Non-Conformist Register Guide includes an entry for "Zion Primitive Methodist Church" in Barrow Hill, for which there are records of baptisms for the period 1888-1922, marriages 1921-1965, and a note that it closed in 1966.
The following notice in The London Gazette of 27th May 1921 (p.4216) recorded its registration for marriages:
A Separate Building, duly certified for religious worship, named PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL, situated at Barrow Hill, in the civil parish of Staveley, in the county of Derby, in Chesterfield registration district, was, on the twentieth May, 1921, registered for solemnizing marriages therein, pursuant to 6th and 7th Wm. IV, c.85. Dated 23rd May 1921.
A corresponding notice of closure, of "ZION METHODIST CHAPEL, Barrow Hill, Staveley" (registered 20th May 1921), was published in the Gazette of 30th September 1966 (p.10661); and the building has since been demolished.
Now or formerly Primitive Methodist.
If more than one congregation has worshipped here, or its congregation has united with others, in most cases this will record its original dedication.
This Chapel was located at OS grid reference SK4150875499. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:
Zion Chapel (Demolished), Barrow Hill, Staveley shown on a Google Map.
Places of Worship in Staveley shown on a Google Map.
Streetmap.co.uk (arrow on map shows the Place of Worship's location) (verified 2018-10-15)
Bing (Ordnance Survey option) (verified 2018-10-13)
Bing Maps ('Bird's Eye' View) (verified 2018-10-15)
Ordnance Survey "getamap" (NB some of the 'Change Map' options may require a subscription) (verified 2018-10-15)
OpenStreetMap (Maps © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA) (verified 2018-10-15)
A Vision of Britain Through Time - useful for Boundary Changes (verified 2018-10-15)
www.magic.gov.uk (Modern Maps with various overlays) (verified 2018-10-15)
I have found many websites of use whilst compiling the information for this database. Here are some which deserve mention as being of special interest for Barrow Hill, Staveley, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.
Jayne Smith (formerly McHugh)'s webpage featuring Churches of Staveley. (verified 2018-10-15)
Notices of Civil Registration of Places of Worship for marriages are published in the London edition of The Gazette. Hint: search for registrations from 1998 by choosing 'Church' notices, and the option 'Registration for solemnising marriage'. (verified 2018-12-11)
The above links were selected and reviewed at the time I prepared the information, but please be aware their content may vary, or disappear entirely. These factors are outside my control.
Information last updated on 20 Dec 2014 at 11:28.
Search for other Places of Worship in Derbyshire, or in another County in this Database
Please choose a County by selecting one of the Tabs below.
Note: you MUST choose a County - searching all four at once is not an option!
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You can specify either a Place, or OS Grid Reference to search for. When you specify a Place, only entries for that place will be returned, with Places of Worship listed in alphabetical order. If you specify a Grid Reference, Places of Worship in the immediate vicinity will be listed, in order of distance from the Grid Reference supplied. The default is to list 10, but you can specify How Many you want to see, up to a maximum of 100.
You can further refine your search by supplying other search terms.
You can specify entries with ('Yes') or without ('No') photographs.
You can specify a church or chapel's Dedication, to restrict entries to those containing the term you supply as a dedication. So for instance, 'John' would return 'St John', 'St Mary and St John', 'St John the Divine' &c.
You can specify a Street address, and likewise 'George' will return George Place, St George's Street, George and Dragon, &c.
You can restrict the search to classes of Denomination. The exact denomination is always shown in the results, although the search is for broad types. Thus you can search for 'Methodist', but not 'Wesleyan Methodist' or 'Primitive Methodist'. 'Multi-denominational' includes Ecumenical Partnerships, and 'Miscellaneous' means anything not covered by other broad classes.
Please note the above provides a search of selected fields in the Derbyshire section of the Places of Worship Database on this site (churchdb.gukutils.org.uk) only. For other counties, or for a full search of the Database, you might like to try the site's Google Custom Search, which includes full webpage content.
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You may wish to take a look at our About the Places of Worship Database page for an overview of the information provided, and any limitations which may be present.
This Report was created 22 Jan 2022 - 04:43:50 GMT from information held in the Derbyshire section of the Places of Worship Database. This was last updated on 13 Oct 2021 at 14:33.
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Q: jquery mobile single pages open as popup I'm making a mobile website using with JQM v1.4.
I made the pages as each single HTML. Ex) sub1.html, sub2.html, sub3.html
Is this possible to open sub2.html as popup(dialog)  when click something in sub1.html ?

A: JQuery mobile has the ability to open another page in a popup. Its called Popup iframes.
Open Map

    Close

Check the documentation at:
http://demos.jquerymobile.com/1.4.2/popup-iframe/
AND
http://demos.jquerymobile.com/1.4.2/popup/

A: You can check this at http://demos.jquerymobile.com/1.2.0-rc.2/docs/pages/dialog/index.html using JQM dialog it is possible. Did you checked it?


When they hear the term "digital health," many people may only think about expensive devices and services, like Fitbits. While clinics and insurers are using health analytics to improve the patient experience, there are still many with no health insurance who can't afford decent health care. A recent California Health Care Foundation report indicated that most digital health tools are not initially made to serve the low-income population, despite the fact that these individuals often need these tools the most.
Yet a number of investors and entrepreneurs are working to change that by developing digital health tools that can help everyone – not just the wealthy.
Not only can digital health companies help a large group of people who need it, but they can also grow their businesses. In the same way that Wal-Mart profits from selling low-priced goods, digital health companies can make money from selling products based on scale. As Janet Sarasohn-Kahn, author of the California Health Care Foundation report, told California Healthline, "If you can have impact [on many people], inexpensively, you can make a lot of money. If we get it right, we can do well and do good."
"Digital health companies can help a large group of people who need it."
Text4Baby, for instance, is a free service for low-income pregnant women and new mothers who don't have access to proper health care. The messaging service is set to the baby's due date, and provides tips on prenatal care, early development, immunization and other important child-care topics. Available in English and Spanish, Text4Baby has had close to a million users since 2010.
Learn more about the patient, and don't make assumptions based on education, language or internet access. For instance, according to the CHCF report, 8 out of 10 low-income individuals use text messaging, so this can be an effective means of sharing health data.
Integrate treatments with the patient's everyday life and social determinants. For example, consider that a working parent may not have time to walk extra steps each day.
Connect with the local community to develop trust with the underserved population, because many of these individuals may not be trusting of traditional social support systems.
Move from fee-for-service to value-based care, a trend that is happening in many areas of health care.
When designing home medical products, digital health companies that consider the larger population will be able to connect with a major market that has a need for their products.


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Will the 'Entrepreneur' President Embrace the Cannabis Economy?
November 11, 2016 thebudguru 3756 Views 0 Comment Cannabis, ECONOMY, Embrace, Entrepreneur, President, the, Will
Cannabis industry thought leaders share some thoughts on how the Trump administration may affect them.
Election night was a resounding success for those supporting medical and recreational cannabis legalization. Recreational use was legalized in California, Nevada, Massachusetts and Maine. Voters in Florida, North Dakota and Arkansas all approved medical marijuana initiatives. A second go-around for Florida where, two years earlier, a medical marijuana measure earned an impressive 58 percent of the vote, but was short of the 60 percent threshold needed for passage.
Voters in Montana realigned the current laws to reflect the patient interests outlined in the original 2004 medical marijuana law. Described as a restoration by NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano — "This decision restores the rights of patients and providers."
The celebrations.
Accompanying each of these victories were a new American phenomena: Cannabis legalization parties. In states like California and cities like San Francisco, cannabis industry activists, entrepreneurs and consumers anticipated a favorable outcome, with little opposition, and planned parties accordingly.
We attended an election viewing party at a San Francisco #marijuana #dispensary https://t.co/n5rbhHoJxf via @sai @IamCharloGreene #cannabis
— David L. Watts (@MoneyTrain) November 9, 2016
But lots of these "end of prohibition" parties sobered up pretty quickly as the night went on and the election of Donald Trump became apparent. This wasn't supposed to be the plan. President Obama was hands-off to state's lawmaking decisions around cannabis, and Hillary had hinted she'd be the same way. But now cannapreneurs have Trump, and that means relative uncertainty for the entrepreneurial future of cannabis.
The speculation.
Earlier this year, Merry Jane writer Zeus Tipado wrote "If you want the candidate with the highest probability of ensuring marijuana will be legal across the country, Donald Trump is your best option." Tipado cited, among other things, Trump's long critical stance on the failed drug war.
Could he be right?
Some think he'd better be. "There is always concern when authoritarian regimes grab hold because they tend to resort to harsh criminal justice strategies to control human behavior, including substance use," Amanda Reiman, the Drug Policy Alliance's manager of marijuana law and policy, told "Entrepreneur." However, during the campaign, Trump vowed to respect the states that decided to change their cannabis laws. "With the issue more popular in this election than either candidate, Trump would be wise to honor that promise and recognize that this is an issue supported by a majority of Americans," Reiman advised.
While others suspect "entrepreneur" Trump might seize cannabis as an opportunity to help deliver new federal revenues he'll need to run the country. "Trump will realize that the business opportunity in cannabis will bring jobs and much needed tax revenue to the country for each state," predicts Anton Ansalmar, founder and CEO of mobile and web seed-to-sale tracking and compliance system, Medik8mobile. "As a businessman, he will want to make sure that Mexican cartels won't dictate the future of the illegal trade."
The truth is, just as we couldn't predict how he'd behave in a national debate, we can't predict what will happen to cannabis under President Trump. He has stated he believes it should be up to states to decide. "In terms of marijuana and legalization, I think that should be a state issue, state-by-state," Trump told The Washington Post. "… Marijuana is such a big thing. I think medical should happen — right? Don't we agree? I think so. And then I really believe we should leave it up to the states."
On the other hand, he has spoken negatively about the cannabis industry in Colorado. "I really don't know," Bob Eschino, co-owner of the edibles brand Incredibles, Colorado's largest edibles company, told the Denver Post. "It's really going to come from the Senate and the Congress and the people that are making the rules."
Susan Soares, Executive Director of the 501(C) (3) cannabis organization C.A.R.E., agree it's not Trump himself that's concerning for the cannabis industry, it's those he may appoint. "If Rudy Giuliani becomes the attorney general, he is strongly against cannabis legalization and has been a strong proponent of the war on drugs," Soares relates.
Sam Chapman, founding member of New Economy Consulting LLC, a firm based in Portland Oregon focused on advising entrepreneurs and investors in the cannabis industry, feels the nation is too far down the path to be forced backwards now. "Assuming Trump doesn't completely delete the progress cannabis reform has made over the past decade (still too early to know), even in the event of a complete market crash, the market for legal cannabis is not going anywhere…The current trajectory and momentum the industry is seeing will not be easily knocked off course."
Still, presidential interference in state's progress might not be the biggest problem for entrepreneurs and investors in the cannabis industry, according to The Motley Fool. Drug rescheduling could be. Whereas, rescheduling of marijuana from schedule I to schedule II could allow for tight product regulation from the Food and Drug Administration. From cannabis industry manufacturing, packaging and marketing, to testing and certification, the FDA could add very cumbersome and costly regulations, hindering what otherwise looks like an inviting industry for entrepreneurs.
The First Test
So how confident do cannapreneurs feel on the whole?
We'll know soon enough with the industry's largest tradeshow set to take place next week in Las Vegas. The Marijuana Business Conference and Expo runs November 16-18, 2016 at the Rio Hotel. MJBizCon has for years served the industry as a gathering point immediately after national elections, a place and time for industry professionals to get a pulse on what the future will hold. "This year, the opportunities are bigger than ever before – yet so are the uncertainties, which makes this gathering all the more prescient and critical.," remarks Cassandra Farrington Co-Founder & CEO, Marijuana Business Daily and President at Anne Holland Ventures Inc. "As a cannabis industry entrepreneur myself, I'm looking forward to convening with the best and brightest of the industry, to understand what the collective wisdom says about the best paths forward."
Source – Entrepreneur
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Freshman goalkeeper helps lead Pioneers into lacrosse postseason
Posted May 5, 2011 at 11:25 am
Freshman goalkeeper Jamie Faus fields a shot in a recent lacrosse game. Photo: Alan Schaefer
Jamie Faus was a little uncertain whether he would be able to capably step in as starting goalkeeper for the University of Denver men's lacrosse team.
There is little question that the jump from high school to Division I — let alone playing for a program looking to take the next step on the national stage — presents a monumental change in expectations and competition for any athlete.
So when Faus arrived last fall from Lakeville, Conn., he promised himself a few things. Even if he ultimately did not land the Pioneers' starting goalkeeper role, Faus vowed that no one would work harder than him, and that he would play with the sort of confidence that would soon win over his new teammates.
Displaying the sort of swagger that is rare among true freshmen stepping into high-profile roles, Faus has gone from a potential question mark to a bona fide strength in just a few short months.
Faus' continued ascension will be one of the Pioneers' biggest keys as they begin their final tune-up for the NCAA tournament when DU (11-2) opens the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) tournament against Ohio State at Peter Barton Stadium.
Faus will enter the conference tournament showing off some prestigious hardware after he was named the ECAC's rookie of the year. Faus also earned a second team all-ECAC honor.
"I didn't know if I would get that spot. I'm not really one to think that way," Faus says. "I was confident that I was going to work hard, and that I was going to try and work harder than not just the other goalies, but everyone else on the team. That's in conditioning and on the field. I really wanted to show that I was confident. I didn't want to seem like I was nervous.
"Goalie is a spot where you can't really hide on the field. You really have to have that sense of confidence out there. And I wanted to make sure that the guys I was playing with had confidence in me, so that they weren't worried about me and all they would have to do is make their plays. I was confident that I would be confident, but I really didn't have any expectations."
Faus' confidence, however, was not going to carry him through the Pioneers' demanding early season schedule. Almost from the beginning of the preseason, head coach Bill Tierney admitted he was not sure what to expect out of his rookie netminder. Immediately tossing Faus into the fray for the season opener at perennial power Syracuse was fraught with enough tension it would be easy to understand if Tierney had developed ulcers.
Instead, Faus assured his coach — and his teammates — that he was the right man for the job essentially from the opening faceoff.
"First of all, it's the hardest position in the game. Secondly, we start him at Syracuse, which is the hardest place in the world to play," says Tierney, the ECAC coach of the year. "Third, to go through a 13-game schedule with only two losses and never having a really horrible game … he has just been consistent. The best part is that he is playing his best lacrosse right now, which is kind of hard to believe after such a long season for such a young player."
Faus finished the regular season ranked second in the ECAC in save percentage (.562) and fourth in goals against average (8.28) while earning four ECAC player of the week honors. Even Tierney did not expect Faus to surpass the statistical totals compiled by last season's starter, Peter Lowell. And few expected Faus to be the defensive focal point of a team that recorded a monumental victory against defending national champion Duke and is rapidly emerging on the national stage.
Faus understands there still are doubts — both about him and about Denver's new status as a national power. Continuing to turn heads, beginning in the ECAC finals and then in the NCAA tournament, certainly will erase any doubts.
"We've got to realize there are still people that are unsure about what's going on out here and how good we really are," Faus says. "I think we look at that and take it for what it is and let that fuel our fire.
"We aren't really sure we've put together a full 60 minutes of the best lacrosse we can play yet. We haven't put together a full game, I don't think, where we've done everything right start to finish. We've had great games — we played great against Duke, we played well against Notre Dame — but I think we're still improving and there is more that we can do to get better."
The ECAC conference tournament begins May 5 and continues throughout the following weekend. NCAA action begins May 14.
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Pissing On Puffins
"You know, they piss on puffins," my friend said, a couple of weeks before going to Iceland. "For fermentation or something. I dunno, I might be wrong."
"That's okay," I said. "That will be the name of whatever I write about Iceland. 'Pissing on Puffins'."
I still haven't fact-checked this.
I've been fascinated with Iceland like most music geeks since Bjork became part of the global consciousness; but especially since her album 'Homogenic', which just sounded like Iceland, helped along by one of her only lyrics about geographical identity: "I thought I could organise freedom / How Scandinavian of me!" from 'Hunter'. The album is full of blasts and mumbles of brass, like a whale breaching the waves, glaciers slowly crumbling, she sings against a very strong wind.
For a long time, Iceland was out of the question for tourists on a shoestring – like me. However, with the advent of competitive cheap airlines, and Iceland's strategy of subsidising its airlines to get people from the Western Hemisphere to fly to Europe cheaply (if they stay at least a night there) Iceland is seeing a tourism boom. In the local free mag, The Reykjavik Grapevine, I saw the ongoing polls on whether Icelanders 'liked' tourists, who come in pre-packaged droves. We're still in their favour: for the realists, tourism is what will keep Iceland – a country so far removed from the oil game – afloat. The country is geographically, and geologically, astounding. My instagram feed has been inundated with snap-happy friends who can't help but gush sharing their pics of the natural beauty of Iceland. It's hard not to take enviable postcard perfect photos of the landscape, and those I saw accelerated my plans to go there.
"If you are thirsty; retrieve cold water from the tap, and drink it," one of us said in the hire car. By good fortune, three of my friends from Sydney were free to join me on the trip. We had done a little bit of study on what to see before we went, and noticed a peculiar way the hosts of travel programs overstated the obvious in an endearing way. It had become a running gag, and we indulged in impersonating the accent, which isn't unique to Bjork, after all. "If you're feeling light-headed, remember to take some breaths, you are still alive and should be breathing." Sometimes we went too far, but our control from reality was the hire car guide to returning the car to the airport, the first step of which read: "1. Drive car to the airport."
With four of us, hiring the car wasn't as expensive as it might've been, and it allowed us the freedom to take road trips stopping where we liked along the way. On one such stop – for my bladder's requirements – I hopped out of the car and was confronted by the country's lack of trees. Seeing a hillock about a hundred metres from the car, I started for it, hoping the curvature would hide me somewhat. I didn't get very far before an old man wearing a Norwegian brand pullover announced: "I wouldn't bother with that."
He had been loading camera equipment into his car, and I'd thought he was about to leave when we pulled up. I swung around and smiled, as an Australian does to a stranger, rearranging my face to utter 'mate' at any given notice. "Sorry?" I said.
"I wouldn't bother walking down there. The ground is cracked and dangerous. It's a forty minute walk to the beach. A lot further than the map suggests."
He didn't seem to wonder why I was the only one who got out of the car. My entire lower half felt full of urine.
"Oh, okay," I said. "Thanks. I'm just going to–"
"If you want to see the birds, you should go further south," he continued.
"Are there puffins this time of year?" I asked, genuinely wanting the information. He seemed like a fan.
"Oh yes," he said, craning his neck to talk to my friends in the car. "Hello, where are you all from?"
My friends, at this point, were suppressing laughter.
"Australia," one of us said.
"Oh!" said the man. "Amazing birds there."
"So we shouldn't bother here, then?" I asked, pretending I never left the car. "We really want to see puffins."
"Yes, south. Go to Dyrhólaey."
"Okay thanks very much," I said and closed the car door. We drove off, my friends loving every moment of the exchange. "He just wouldn't leave you alone!" they laughed.
"We need to stop again. Soon!" I said.
I managed to pee a little way down the road on the Reykjanes peninsula behind a taller hillock near the car park of Leif the Lucky's Bridge. The bridge spans the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, marking not only Iceland's geological position on the planet, but also its ties to both continents for free trade, and cultural influences. Before going to the country, my friends and I had read about the absence of McDonald's on the island, and a cheeseburger that the nation has kept under glass, glacially decomposing for posterity. Based on this fact, we'd imagined a country doggedly anti-American, but, as we soon found out, KFC was a major player, and the queue at the new Dunkin Donuts in the town centre of Reykjavik was enormous. It turns out that Iceland is very similar to Australia in needing to claim uniqueness yet at the same time wholly embracing American culture, lest we get left behind. This contradictory dynamic is better explained in this article, also in The Grapevine. Both countries' geographical isolation contribute to a national character that seems preoccupied with what outsiders think of it. Gratifyingly, in another article, Australia is likened to Iceland, in a very good explanation of the Nordic countries to English-speakers.
As we crossed the footbridge over continents and looked down into the shallow ravine, we saw USA spelled out with rocks. Without discussing it, we impulsively rushed down to rearrange the superpower into a cock and balls.
Later, in Reykjavik, we went to the Penis Museum. It is a collection of one man (not all are his own!), who decided one day to make money from sharing them with the public. Among all the whale private parts and the microscopic hamster's, my friend Sam's favourite penis was the elf's, which was suspended in an empty jar.
Killer Whale Penis
We decided to base ourselves in Reykjavik, taking day trips in the car, and the four of us shared an apartment in the downtown area near the water. The apartment's elevator was "the oldest in Iceland" – as our host explained – and worked in a very perfunctory manner, the door closing with a Fuck You crash and, one imagined, a deep, long-suffering sigh. It was mildly scary, and it prompted Sam to take the stairs every time.
Reykjavik is a cute Scandinavian-looking town, with the ice-sculpturesque Hallgrimskirkja lutheran church towering above it, and the crystalline Harpa concert hall welcoming the boats in the harbour. The weather in mid-August was similar to winter in Australia – three layers were necessary in the gloomier moments, but we figured you couldn't go to a country called 'Iceland' and expect a tan.
Before we did the tourist staple of going to the Blue Lagoon, we tried one of Reykjavik's local thermal spring pools, Laugardalslaug, which was a tenth of the price with less people and the same 38-39C water caressing our ailing bodies. It was perhaps better to go there first, however, because the experience of the Blue Lagoon was something else all together. If you were really strapped for cash, or travelling solo, I'd recommend just the local pool, but for a mesmeric, otherworldly experience, the Blue Lagoon still delivers, despite the tourist trappings of the restaurant ("If you would like something to eat before or after your swim in the Blue Lagoon, you can buy food at the Blue Lagoon restaurant"), and gift shop: just bring your own towels and take a packed lunch and eat in the parking lot.
The pools at the Blue Lagoon (or 'Bláa lónið' in Icelandic) aren't natural – they're man made and fed by the nearby geothermal power plant, but the bottom is not tiled, and the contrivance of the place is that it sprang up naturally in the middle of a lava field. Steam rises from the pools creating an atmosphere not unlike a science fiction alien planet where unknown monsters lurk underwater. We spent well over an hour there, submerged and wrinkling.
As only Sam and Phiona had driving licenses, I was given the task of finding places to drive to, while they did the driving. I chose places through a mixture of online research and hearsay, relying on people's superlative recommendations. After the Blue Lagoon and other places on the Reykjanes Peninsula, we decided to go North-West to the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, which I'd heard had some of the most breath-taking scenery not too far from Reykjavik. After some time driving, we came across a waterfall casually cascading by the side of the road. This was actually the first – and smallest – of many by the side of the road, but the whole car made the sound of seeing a basket of puppies suddenly, and we promptly pulled over to take photos. From Borgarnes, we drove straight to the northern coast of the peninsula to Grundarfjörður, the nearest town to the "most photographed mountain in Iceland", Kirkjufell – which, when shared on social media, got comments like: "Holy shit", and "Bloody hell m8".
From there we cut across the peninsula, south, to the little black church at Búðir, and experienced the world's most expensive and unceremonious soup in Arnarstapi. The landscape the entire way was a photo-op, which made the trip an entire day's worth of travelling.
The next day was Iceland's biggest cultural festival in Reykjavik, Menningarnott, so we stayed put, wandered the downtown, and watched people set up the stages for the many live music performances to be played around the city that night. Later, we met up with some Icelanders Phiona had met while doing the Hinchinbrook Island trek in Queensland. They answered our random questions about their country, like whether Iceland was the largest producer of bananas in Europe, and whether or not they pissed on puffins.
"I don't know about that," said Jakob, "but they pissed on the shark meat for fermentation, yes. Have you tried whale yet?"
The next day we drove towards Vik on the southern coast. It was at nearby Dyrhólaey where we would see puffins in the wild, and on the way there were several waterfalls worth checking out. At a petrol station on the outskirts of Reykjavik a young Frenchman approached our car.
"Hello!" he said. "Are you going to Vik?"
"Yes," one of us said.
"Can I come along?" he said, more than asked. (Hitchhiking is still big on the island.)
"We're quite full," we said, reluctant to have our group dynamic shaken.
"I can see there's room for me in the back!" he said, cheerfully.
Not wanting to be rude – and not really knowing how to excuse ourselves from the situation – we agreed to take him with us.
Eliot was 6'5″ and perched spider-like between Sophie and I in the back seat. He had a practiced jollity he must have been using on his drivers during his hitchhiking trip around Europe which had led him here. He was only 21, with the bluster of an educated male Engineering student, which is what he was. The hitchhiking part of his 'journey', we assumed, was more about status than actual vagrantism, but he was an inquisitive and smart guy all the same. He had been without any news for weeks and Phiona asked him if he'd heard about the attempted train-hijacking in France. Eliot hadn't and asked where it had been. Phiona tried semi-successfully with the pronunciation of Oignies, to which our hitchhiker exclaimed, "That's right near my town!"
After the passive-aggressive way in which Eliot integrated himself into our car, we got some joy in stopping wherever we liked along the way, notably Skógafoss and Seljalandsfoss, making him increasingly agitated. These waterfalls were along Iceland's ring road number 1, near the volcano Eyjafjallajökull – the one that caused air traffic delays that time in 2010, and the one Icelanders enjoy getting foreigners to try and pronounce (this delight is printed on an assortment of souvenirs). Eliot seemed to have mastered it, and Sam was getting there, but I still needed practice. The problem lies in the 'll' sound of Icelandic, which is ostensibly a 'tl' sound, but really a breathy intake with the tongue positioned to sound a normal 'l', but completely voiceless, and more like something you'd say to a horse. Anyway, here's a tutorial, and another article on the matter.
We got to Dyrhólaey, where Eliot treated himself to a beer and can of beans (the lid of which he bent and used as a spoon), and we excitedly traipsed to the edge of the cliffs to spot puffins. The sky was so murky and heavy with rain that it seemed nothing except tourists were active, until I turned and saw Sophie and Phiona waving at me to come see something.
"I was just taking a photo of the cliffs, but I got a snap of a puffin, too!" said Phiona. And sure enough, there the puffins were, over the sea, fishing and diving and returning to the cliffs intermittently, flapping their narrow marine bird wings so fast they looked like the offspring of a penguin and a hummingbird. I watched entranced, birds being a youthful passion of mine, the puffin one on the bucket list. I clambered along the cliffs to get closer, but they were so fast and tiny, it was impossible to take all their features in. I waited for a busload of tourists to vacate the lookout point I was at, and finally caught sight of a puffin ambling along the edge of the cliff before diving off it out to sea once more. Sam came along just as several more swooped over us, bringing a surprising joy to us both.
Other notable places we went to were Þingvellir National Park and Geysir, as well as Gullfoss – a spectacular waterfall system that you can get right on top of. Iceland was everything I'd hoped it would be, and a week is not enough time to see it all. I hope to return one day. But, it's time to do research, and I can tell you, dear reader, that the Vikings did indeed piss on puffins:
Two specialty dishes, eaten on exceptional occasions, are worthy of mention – if one has a strong stomach! The first delicacy was putrefied shark. After catching and killing the shark, it would be gutted, cut into large pieces and washed. A large hole in coarse gravel would be dug (well away from inhabited houses as the smell was something akin to stagnant urine!), and the fish placed therein, being pressed together firmly. More gravel and heavy rocks would be placed on top and left for about 6 – 7 weeks (3 months in winter), after which time it would be dug up, reeking of ammonia, and then hung in a drying shack for 2 – 4 months. It was then ready for eating. Puffin meat was treated similarly, and according to some sources, a refinement, included somewhere during the process, required Vikings to urinate upon the puffin, before it was dug up and cured! It was then ready to be eaten. (Yum Yum!) Fish that has been urinated upon is still eaten on occasion in Iceland today.
I hope to write more soon. This time about New York and Texas!
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1 thought on "Pissing On Puffins"
askyermom September 11, 2015 — 7:44 am
Thank you!! Now I know what to do if I see a puffin!!
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