I lived in Nashville for almost six years writing and playing country music. I made an independent album under the name Ben McKay (McKay is my middle name:). Give it a listen here.
To Mom and Dad for supporting me always from the beginning…To The Curlee's: thank you for believing. Thank you, Keith, for the counsel…To the Spurlock's, Granny Brown, Papa Ward, the Pritchett's, the Hannaman's, the Moler's, and the Heard's…To all the teachers who have taught me, the writers who have written with me, the musicians who've played with me, the friends who have supported me (especially Melanie and the Garmezy's), and the audiences who have listened to me. May this be the first chapter in one of your all-time favorite books…To my band, Mountain Gravel – you have made me a better musician and performer. I look forward to so many shows…Hannah, for listening to endless vocal takes and crazy ideas.
Thanks Mike for the loyalty – especially when it's not convenient.
always been right there. I know that will never change. Thank you.
Olivia, my everything: thank you for our life together, our music, our love.
My music and this album would not be the same without you.
Lord, I rejoice for my steps are ordered by You.


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"Always On" YouTube Measurement Enabled in Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings
3 minute read | October 2022
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Ubiquitous measurement of YouTube ad campaigns gives unprecedented view of ad performance and delivers comparability ahead of Nielsen ONE
New York – October 4, 2022 – Nielsen's "always on" Digital Ad Ratings (DAR) will now measure YouTube video ad campaigns. This release expands Nielsen's coverage of YouTube and YouTube TV in DAR and will provide advertisers and agencies with the data needed to better understand reach, manage frequency and prove the efficacy of media buys across desktop, mobile and connected TV (CTV). Nielsen's "always on" measurement is critical for advertisers and publishers because it expands visibility into a campaign's performance, leveraging data to drive more efficient media plans and, ultimately, a higher return on investment.
Delivering the right ad to the right audience has been a challenge for advertisers and publishers. In order to validate that ads are reaching the intended audience—and to make more informed decisions for future campaigns—advertisers and publishers need more comprehensive insights in an increasingly dynamic and fragmented media landscape. Continuous, "always on" measurement on YouTube simplifies campaign measurement by eliminating the need for advertisers and agencies to manually tag or enable campaigns. Marketers who enable "always on" DAR will have more impressions data to improve the ability to deliver ads to desired audiences, understand reach and manage frequency, and better understand the audience that sees the advertisement.
"By enabling continuous 'always on' measurement on YouTube, we're helping advertisers to get a better understanding of one of the leading and largest ad supported platforms," said Kim Gilberti, SVP, Product Management, Nielsen. "By achieving true cross-channel comparability, this marks an important milestone in Nielsen's steady march toward delivering Nielsen ONE, which will provide a comparable, deduplicated view into the channels and platforms all audiences consume, across all screens."
Nielsen will now enable U.S. advertisers and agencies to receive "always on" Digital Ad Ratings YouTube measurement across platforms to better analyze performance metrics across all ad campaigns. This launch continues Nielsen's industry-leading work in the digital ad space with YouTube, following the YouTube CTV in Digital Ad Ratings launch in 2020, the YouTube TV CTV co-viewing launch in April 2022, and Nielsen Four-Screen Ad Deduplication launch in July 2022. These announcements are all significant steps in the path to Nielsen ONE, the forthcoming cross-media measurement platform launching in December 2022, designed to deliver comparable metrics across screens and various stages of the media lifecycle.
Nielsen shapes the world's media and content as a global leader in audience measurement, data and analytics. Through our understanding of people and their behaviors across all channels and platforms, we empower our clients with independent and actionable intelligence so they can connect and engage with their audiences—now and into the future.
An S&P 500 company, Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) operates around the world in more than 55 countries. Learn more at www.nielsen.com or www.nielsen.com/investors and connect with us on social media.
Sarah Muratore
sarah.muratore@nielsen.com

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Below is a listing of previous Astrotech Space Operations missions.
Mission Name
GPS III SV04
GPS III SV04 is the fourth in a series of 10 upgraded GPS III satellites for the military that will join the current constellation of satellites already in orbit. They will help provide positioning, navigation and timing services for more than four billion users worldwide. GPS III-SV04 will replace an aging predecessor that was launched 20 years ago.
Launch Site
CCAFS
SkySat-19, 20, 21
SkySat-19, 20, 21 are the final three spacecraft that will complete the SkySat imaging constellation, bringing the fleet total to twenty-one. The constellation will be able to image anywhere in the world seven times per day (up to twelve times per day in some locations).
GPS III SV03 is the third United States Space Force (USSF) mission launch and the second National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission to be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. SV03 will add another military code (M-Code) capable satellite to the constellation as the USSF team continues to modernize the GPS fleet. M-Code will provide more accurate military signals with improved anti-jamming capabilities for the warfighter.
SkySat-16, 17, 18 are Earth-imaging spacecraft for Planet. They were successfully launched with fifty-eight SpaceX Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket, utilizing the company's small satellite rideshare service. The final SkySat spacecraft are scheduled to launch on another Starlink rideshare mission in 2020.
AEHF-6
The first mission for the United States Space Force, AEHF-6 will complete a constellation of satellites at the core of the US military communications. AEHF satellites provide secure, survivable and jam-resistant protected communications to U.S. warfighters, military units and facilities around the globe.
Atlas V
Solar Orbiter is a joint collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency. This is the first mission that will provide images of the sun's north and south poles using a suite of six instruments on board that will capture the spacecraft's view. Having a visual understanding of the sun's poles is important because it can provide more insight about the sun's powerful magnetic field and how it affects Earth.
The Lockheed Martin-built satellite, GPS III SV02 known as "Magellan" (in honor of Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese navigator who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe), was carried to orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV (4,2) launch vehicle, the final flight for the Delta IV medium launch vehicle. Magellan will join the current GPS constellation comprised of 31 operational spacecraft. Each satellite circles the Earth twice per day, providing the "Gold Standard" of position, navigation and timing services for billions of users worldwide.
Delta IV Medium
The AEHF-5 satellite joins four previous satellites in the AEHF constellation launched by Atlas 5 rockets in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2018. The first four AEHF satellites in orbit allowed the Air Force's new generation of secure, nuclear-hardened voice, video and data relay spacecraft to span the globe. The addition of a fifth AEHF geostationary relay satellite will grow the network's capacity and resiliency.
WGS-10
The WGS-10 satellite, built by the Boeing Space Systems, is an important element of the new high-capacity satellite communications system. Each WGS satellite provides more wideband communications capacity than the entire Defense Satellite Communications System.
NROL-71
A Delta IV-Heavy rocket delivered to orbit a satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office.
The United States' Global Positioning System (GPS) delivers positioning, navigation, and timing services supporting vital U.S. and allied operations worldwide, and underpins critical financial, transportation, and agricultural infrastructure that billions of users have come to depend on daily. The United States Air Force's first GPS III satellite will augment the current constellation of 31 operational GPS satellites.
This newest generation of GPS satellites is designed and built to deliver positioning, navigation, and timing information with three times better accuracy, and up to eight times improved anti-jamming capability. GPS is used by over four billion users and supports critical missions worldwide.
Built by Lockheed Martin, the AEHF 4 satellite joins three previous satellites in the AEHF constellation launched by Atlas 5 rockets in 2010, 2012 and 2013. With four AEHF satellites in orbit, the Air Force's new generation of secure, nuclear-hardened voice, video and data relay spacecraft will provide global coverage.
ICESat-2
ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite 2), part of NASA's Earth Observing System, is a satellite mission for measuring ice sheet elevation and sea ice thickness, as well as land topography and vegetation characteristics. The ICESat-2 project is being managed by Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The sole instrument was designed and built by the center, and the bus was provided by Orbital ATK. The satellite was launched on a Delta II rocket provided by United Launch Alliance. This was the last launch of the Delta ll launch vehicle.
Parker Solar Probe (PSP) is a NASA robotic spacecraft en route to probe the outer corona of the Sun. It will approach to within 8.86 solar radii (3.85 million miles) from the "surface" (photosphere) of the Sun and will travel, at closest approach, as fast as 430,000 mph. PSP will assess the structure and dynamics of the Sun's coronal plasma and magnetic field, the energy flow that heats the solar corona and impels the solar wind, and the mechanisms that accelerate energetic particles.
InSight is a robotic lander designed to study the interior of the planet Mars. The mission is expected to land on the surface of Mars (landing site: Elysium Planitia) on 26 November 2018, where it will deploy a seismometer and burrow a heat probe. It will also perform a radio science experiment to study the internal structure of Mars
AFSPC-11
Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-11 is a dual-payload mission. The first payload is the Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM (CBAS) satellite. The secondary payload is the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) Augmented Geosynchronous Laboratory Experiment satellite (EAGLE). CBAS is a military satellite communications spacecraft destined for geosynchronous orbit to provide communications relay capabilities to support senior leaders and combatant commanders. EAGLE hosts experiments designed to detect, identify, and attribute threatening behavior as well as enhance space situational awareness.
GOES-S
NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-S) is the second satellite in a series of next-generation weather satellites. It will launch to a geostationary position over the U.S. to provide images of storms and help predict weather forecasts, severe weather outlooks, watches, warnings, lightning conditions and longer-term forecasting.
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on (GRACE-FO) mission is a partnership between NASA and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The Mission will continue the work of tracking Earth's water movement to monitor changes in underground water storage, the amount of water in large lakes and rivers, soil moisture, ice sheets and glaciers, and sea level caused by the addition of water to the ocean.
ORS-5
Orbital ATK's Minotaur IV space launch vehicle launched the ORS-5 mission for the U.S. Air Force as a part of the Orbital/Suborbital Program-3 (OSP-3) contract. ORS-5, also known as SensorSat, is designed to scan for other satellites and debris to aid the U.S. military's tracking of objects in geosynchronous orbit.
Minotaur IV
TDRS-M
The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite – (TDRS-M) is the last of a generation of NASA satellites providing communication and tracking services between orbiting spacecraft and ground control, supporting the International Space Station, Hubble Telescope, and other missions.
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 Claudio Ariel Rojas, futbolista guatemalteco.
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Snow Leopard Siblings Arrive in Omaha
Photo Credits: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium is proud to announce the birth of two Snow Leopard cubs on May 22.
When they were one month old, the male and female cubs weighed just over five pounds. The cubs' parents are Rosemary and Pasha. Rosemary is 5-years-old, weighs approximately 78 pounds, and has lived at the Zoo since 2015. Pasha is 10-years-old, weighs approximately 106 pounds, and arrived at the Zoo in 2012.
Dad can currently be seen by guests in the Asian Highlands exhibit. This pair also had a cub named Victoria in 2017. Victoria recently went to live at the Binder Park Zoo near Battle Creek, Michigan.
Snow Leopards are listed as "Vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List. There are only an estimated 2,700 - 3,300 Snow Leopards left in the world. The main threats facing them include loss of habitat, retaliatory killing from predation on livestock, and illegal trade in furs, bones and other body parts.
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium is a dedicated member of the Snow Leopard Species Survival Plan (SSP), a program that works to maintain a genetically stable assurance population of Snow Leopards in zoos. Research conducted by the Zoo's nutrition and reproductive physiology departments has provided valuable information to the Snow Leopard SSP that is helping to improve the care and management of these amazing cats around the world.
In addition to efforts taking place on Zoo grounds, Omaha's Zoo and Aquarium supports the Snow Leopard Trust, an organization working out in the field within Snow Leopard habitat. Snow Leopard Trust focuses primarily on community education directed toward improving the relationships between herders and big cats by creating incentives for the community to protect Snow Leopards and their ecosystem. To learn more about Snow Leopard Trust's mission, visit: www.snowleopard.org
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San Francisco Snow Leopard Cubs Go Public
San Francisco Zoo & Gardens is pleased to announce the arrival of two Snow Leopard cubs!
The male and female were born on June 7 to mom, Dawa, and father, Jimmy G. This is Dawa's first pregnancy, and San Francisco Zoological Society staff has been closely monitoring the new mom and her cubs. The Zoo reports that Dawa is highly attentive to her cubs.
"As a mother of twins myself, I am overjoyed that we are able to contribute to the survival of this majestic species," said Tanya Peterson, CEO & Zoo Director of the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens.
The cubs made their public debut in their outdoor enclosure on August 9. Because of their age, the cubs do not currently have a set public schedule and will not be on permanent public display until a later date.
Photo Credits: Marianne Hale / San Francisco Zoo
Snow Leopards (Panthera uncia) are from the mountain ranges of South and Central Asia. They are one of the most highly vulnerable big cat species in the world.
The species is currently listed as "Vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). A recent census estimated that there are 7,463 – 7,989 (2016) left in the wild. Illegal poaching is a major threat to their population. They are often killed for their fur and bones, which are used in traditional medicines. Other threats include loss of prey and human conflict, as Snow Leopards sometimes prey on domestic livestock and are killed by herders in retaliation.
The San Francisco Zoo & Gardens has had an active Snow Leopard breeding program since 1958.
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'Soon-to-be-Named' Snow Leopards Raise Funds
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo recently announced a naming opportunity for their new Snow Leopard cub triplets that were born on April 22.
Until tomorrow, August 7, fans can cast their vote to help name the three-month-old cubs and contribute to species conservation efforts.
The naming opportunity coincides with the cubs move to the new state-of-the-art Asian Highlands destination that opened at the Zoo in June. Following several months of growth and development, the cubs and their mom, Sombra, are now ready to enjoy the larger and more complex spaces offered by Asian Highlands, including the cub yard with specially designed climbing platforms for younger cats.
To participate in the naming opportunity, guests of the Zoo and fans can cast their vote(s), in person, at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in the Asian Highlands destination or online with a donation to Cleveland Metroparks Zoo through the Future for Wildlife Fund at www.futureforwildlife.org/cubnamin.
The cub trio is made up of two males and one female. Voters can choose from the following names:
Bodhi – meaning enlightenment
Goji – meaning goji berry, a fruit native to Asia
Nisha – meaning night
Omid – meaning hope
Zara – meaning flower
Photo Credits: Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Funds raised will directly support Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's conservation efforts to protect Snow Leopards in Central Asia in partnership with the Snow Leopard Trust. The cub names will be selected based on three names that receive the highest combined donation total online and on Zoo grounds. Online votes can be made at: www.futureforwildlife.org/cubnaming . Voting ends at midnight August 7, 2018.
Scientists estimate that there are fewer than 7,000 Snow Leopards remaining in the remote mountains of central Asia. Poaching, prey loss and habitat loss are the primary threats to this solitary and elusive cat.
The cub triplets were born weighing just over one pound each and now each top more than 13 pounds. The cubs will remain with their mom, Sombra, until they become independent, which typically occurs around 1.5 years of age.
More great pics, below the fold!
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Attack of the Snow Leopard Cub!
A Snow Leopard cub born this summer at the Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Bronx Zoo has made its public debut.
The female cub, who has not yet been named, plays and wrestles with her mother, K2, in the photos and video below. Baby animals develop important skills through play, and K2 is proving to be a patient teacher even when her cub is in "attack mode."
Photo Credit: Julie Larsen Mayer/WCS
The cub is the second-generation offspring of Leo – a Snow Leopard who was rescued as a young orphaned cub after being found in the high mountains of northern Pakistan in 2005. Leo was brought to the Bronx Zoo in 2006 as part of a historic collaboration between WCS and the U.S. and Pakistani governments.
The cub's father, Naltar, was sired by Leo in 2013.
"This Snow Leopard cub is special not only because it is an ambassador for its species, but because of its lineage," said Dr. Patrick Thomas, WCS Vice President and General Curator, and Bronx Zoo Associate Director who was part of the delegation who brought Leo from Pakistan. "Leo and his descendants, including this cub, will help bolster the health and genetics of the Snow Leopard population in AZA-accredited zoos."
More than 70 cubs have been born at the Bronx Zoo – more the than any other zoo in North America – and the Bronx was the first zoo in the United States to exhibit the species in 1903. The Bronx Zoo breeds Snow Leopards as part of the Species Survival Plan (SSP), a cooperative breeding program designed to enhance the genetic viability of animal populations in zoos and aquariums accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
Snow Leopards are native to remote mountains of Central Asia and parts of China, Mongolia, Russia, India and Bhutan. WCS has worked for decades on Snow Leopard conservation programs in the field with current projects in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and western China. Past projects have also included work with Snow Leopards in Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia.
In Pakistan, WCS has been implementing a community-based conservation program since 1997 to help protect the Snow Leopard and other wildlife. The program includes education, training, and institution building for community resource management. WCS has helped create over 60 natural resource committees and trained over 100 community rangers to monitor Snow Leopards and other wildlife and stop deforestation and poaching that threatens these species and local livelihoods.
As a result of ongoing conservation efforts, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently reclassified Snow Leopards from Endangered to Threatened. The species' survival is still at risk and continues to face threats that stem from human activities such as habitat loss and illegal killings.
See more photos of the playful cub below.
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Snow Leopard Cub Takes It Outside
When Woodland Park Zoo keepers opened the door allowing Aibek, a 2-month-old Snow Leopard, to leave the maternity den for the first time, the cub zipped outside so fast that he beat his mom into the outdoor habitat.
Photo Credit: Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren/Woodland Park Zoo
Aibek immediately began pouncing, climbing, and stealthily sneaking around the enclosure amid a light drizzling rain. He climbed to the top of the habitat's rocky hill and promptly found a spot that was nearly out of sight to the crowd that had gathered to greet him – typical of Snow Leopards, which are elusive in the wild, too.
You first met Aibek, who was born July 6, on ZooBorns when he was just a few weeks old. Like all wild Snow Leopards, he spent the first two months of his life snuggled in a cozy den with his mother, feeding exclusively on her milk. While mom Helen and her cub were bonding in the den, keepers were able to conduct occasional wellness checks and observed that Helen was providing excellent care for her cub. Now a healthy 10 pounds, Aibek has started eating meat but still nurses from his mom.
Aibek is the first single cub to be born at the zoo. Snow Leopards typically have litters of two or three cubs, so keepers expected Aibek to be rather timid since he had no siblings to wrestle and play with. But so far, Aibek has demonstrated confidence as he explores the outdoors, and Helen is an experienced mother who knows how to keep her cub safe.
Snow Leopards are listed as a Vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. These cats live in the high mountain ranges of Russia and several Central Asian nations, including in Afghanistan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal and Pakistan. According to the Snow Leopard Trust, the wild population of Snow Leopards is estimated to be between 3,920 and 6,390 individuals.
More photos and info below!
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Snow Leopard Siblings Debut at L.A. Zoo
The Los Angeles Zoo is thrilled to announce the birth of two endangered Snow Leopard cubs!
A male and female were born on May 12 and May 13 to a three-year-old mother, Georgina, and a five-year-old father, Fred. The cubs are the first offspring for the adults, who were paired together in July 2015 as a part of a Species Survival Plan (SSP).
The new siblings spent several months behind the scenes bonding with their mother and getting to know the animal care staff. At four months old, the cubs have now gained enough strength and coordination to navigate their outdoor habitat and make their public debut.
"We're so excited to welcome these cubs," said Stephanie Zielinski, animal keeper at the Los Angeles Zoo. "There is less known about these beautiful cats than most of the other large cat species due to the extreme habitat Snow Leopards have evolved to live in the wild. This is why it's such an honor to be able to educate the public and give them the opportunity to observe this elusive species here in Los Angeles."
The Zoo's animal care staff began working with the cubs early on, separating the mom for short amounts of time to allow her rest and to help her grow accustomed to animal care staff being around her young. These interactions with the cubs helped animal care staff conduct regular exams, give vaccinations, and eventually lead to an easier transition when introducing the cubs to the outdoor habitat.
Photo Credits: Los Angeles Zoo / Tad Motoyama (Images: 1,2,5) / Jamie Pham (3,4,6,7)
Snow Leopards in the wild are found in unforgiving environments in the cold, high mountains of Central Asia throughout 12 countries. The habitats range from alpine meadows to treeless, rocky mountains. Due to the high altitudes of its habitat, the animal has evolved to have a large nasal cavity to breathe the thin air and can retain oxygen well. The cats have a thick fur, which allows them to keep warm, and a long tail they can wrap around themselves for added warmth and protection for their ears and face. Their paws have hair cushions that act as snowshoes and also provide protection from sharp rocks. Smoky gray and blurred black markings on the cat's pale gray or cream-colored coat provide them with handy camouflage in the mountains. Snow Leopards can tolerate extreme temperatures of 104 degrees Fahrenheit down to 40 degrees below zero.
While Snow Leopards have perfectly adapted to the cold, barren landscape of their high-altitude home, human threats have created an uncertain future for the cats. Habitat destruction, prey base depletion, illegal trade, poaching, and conflict with the local people have led to a significant decline with only an estimated population of between 2,000 to 7,000 Snow Leopards left in the wild.
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Meet Kitai the Endangered Snow Leopard Cub
A blue-eyed bundle of fluff arrived at Tierpark Berlin on June 13: Kitai the Snow Leopard cub!
Kitai was born to parents Maya and Bataar, both six years old. This is their third litter together.
Photo Credit: Berlin Zoo
The now two-month-old cub recently had a health check, at which he received vaccinations and an ID chip. The vaccinations are the same as all housecats receive for protection against distemper and other feline diseases.
Kitai's name was chosen from among more than 1,000 suggestions made by zoo fans. The word "Kitai" or "Catai" is a variation of "Cathay," which is what China was called during the times of Marco Polo. Snow Leopards are found in the mountains of Central Asia. The largest population resides in China.
At eight weeks old, Kitai weighed about eight pounds. As an adult, he may weigh 100-150 pounds. For now, Kitai spends nearly all his time with Maya in their den, but last week the staff opened the door into the main exhibit to give mother and son the chance to explore outdoors. It is completely up to Kitai and Maya to decide if and when they go outside.
Snow Leopards are among the most endangered of all big Cats. Recent data from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) states that there are between 4,000-6,500 mature Snow Leopards spread across 12 Asian nations. A Global Snow Leopard Forum has been established to address the threats facing Snow Leopards, which include depletion of prey, illegal trade, and conflict with people.
Zoo Berlin is active in protecting Snow Leopards, and a total of 13 cubs have been born there in the last 20 years.
See more photos of Kitai below.
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Sweet Snow Leopard Cub Born at Woodland Park Zoo
On July 6, a 12-year-old Snow Leopard named Helen gave birth to a male cub at Woodland Park Zoo.
The new cub is the first offspring for mom and her 12-year-old mate, Dhirin (pronounced as dir-in). Helen has given birth to two previous litters, with a different mate.
The mom and cub are currently in an off-view maternity den, to allow bonding and proper nursing, in a quieter setting. Zoo staff has been monitoring the mother and cub through a closed-circuit system to watch for normal behaviors.
The Zoo anticipates putting the cub and mom in the outdoor exhibit in late September. Woodland Park Zoo will be providing updates about the cub and will host a public naming via their blog and Facebook page.
As part of the exemplary animal care and health program for the Zoo's thousand-plus animals, animal health staff performed a neonatal exam on July 20, the first time the newborn cub was handled. At that time, the cub weighed 2.6 pounds.
"Our overall assessment is the cub appears to be healthy. His eyelids are beginning to open—one eye is already open and one remains closed—the eyelids normally open around two weeks. His belly was full of milk, which means the cub is nursing and being nourished," said Dr. Darin Collins, Woodland Park Zoo's director of animal health.
Veterinarians will perform health check-ups every couple of weeks for weight monitoring, vaccinations, and critical blood and fecal sampling.
"Helen's track record of providing excellent maternal skills to her past cubs continues with this cub. She's nurturing her cub very well, they're bonding and the cub appears to be progressing normally," said Deanna DeBo, an animal collection manager at Woodland Park Zoo.
Photo Credits: Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren/Woodland Park Zoo
The cub's parents, Helen and Dhirin, were paired under the Snow Leopard Species Survival Plan (SSP), a conservation breeding program across accredited zoos to help ensure a healthy, self-sustaining population of Snow Leopards. Helen has lived at Woodland Park Zoo since 2008, and Dhirin arrived from Oklahoma City Zoo in 2014.
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Snow Leopard Cubs vs. Christmas Tree
A trio of endangered eight-month-old Snow Leopard cubs at the Tulsa Zoo got early Christmas presents from their keepers – including a life-sized cardboard Christmas tree. In a matter of minutes, the curious cubs felled the tree, then went on to explore giant candy canes, garlands, and more.
Photo Credit: Ruth Holland/Tulsa Zoo
All of these items are enrichment for the cats. Enrichment provides novel smells, textures, tastes, or play items to stimulate animals physically and mentally.
Born May 3, the cubs' birth was recommended by the Snow Leopard Species Survival Plan of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which manages rare species to maintain high genetic diversity. Sherab, their mother, takes excellent care of her cubs.
Named Kavi, Amir, and Zahra, the cubs have experienced some health challenges since birth. All three were born with congenital abnormalities in their eyelids, which resulted in incomplete eyelid formation. These abnormalities left their eyes more vulnerable to trauma or other damage. Eyelid abnormalities affect domestic and exotic felines, including Snow Leopards. To correct these abnormalities, the zoo enlisted the help of a veterinary ophthalmologist who performed corrective surgeries to give the cubs more functional eyelids. The surgeries were a success, so each cub now has properly functioning eyelids. To ensure their safety and wellbeing, Kavi, Amir and Zahra remained behind-the-scenes with mom, Sherab, for their first few months as they received constant care and monitoring.
Native to Central Asia's mountainous areas from Afghanistan to Kazakstan and Russia to northern India and China, Snow Leopards are listed as endangered due to poaching and habitat loss.
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"It's the Great Pumpkin…!"
Pumpkins and Jack-o-Lanterns are indicative of the fall season…and Halloween.
Zoo Keepers work hard to keep their animals healthy and happy. Enrichment toys and activities are an important tool that Keepers utilize to help in that pursuit. Enrichment items encourage natural behavior and stimulate the senses…and what could be more stimulating, this time of year, than celebrating by tearing into a bright orange pumpkin!
Happy Halloween from ZooBorns!
Image 1: (Lynx) Tierpark Hellabrunn / Marc Muller
Image 2: "Red Pandas, Jung and Nima, get into the Halloween spirit"/ Chester Zoo
Image 3: (Snow leopard) Woodland Park Zoo
Image 4: (Amur Tiger) Woburn Safari Park
Image 5: Piglets-in-a-pumpkin/ Tierpark Berlin
Image 6: "Andean Bear, Bernie, tucks into honey-coated treats"/ Chester Zoo
Image 7: "Black Jaguar, Goshi, enjoys and early treat"/ Chester Zoo
Images 8, 9: Elephant Pumpkin Stomp/ Denver Zoo
Image 10: (Chimpanzee)/ Detroit Zoo/ Jennie Miller
Image 11: (Bison)/ Detroit Zoo/ Jennie Miller
Image 12: (Giraffe "Mpenzi")/ Detroit Zoo/ Jennie Miller
Image 13: (Hippo)/ Woodland Park Zoo/ Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren
Image 14: (Tiger)/ Woodland Park Zoo/ Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren
Image 15: (Maned Wolf)/ Woodland Park Zoo/ Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren
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Q: Sequential addition of points on a circle, optimizing asymptotic packing radius Suppose I have to put $N$ points $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_N$ on the circle $S^1$ of length 1 so as to achieve the largest minimum separation (packing radius). The optimal solution is the equally spaced arrangement $x_k = k/N \bmod 1$, which achieves $\min_{i<j}\|x_i-x_j\| = 1/N$.
However, suppose I didn't know in advance the number of points $N$ I needed to put down, and I had to put the points down one by one. I am not allowed to move points that are already placed, and I want to a process that, when compared to the optimum for fixed $N$, does not do much worse asymptotically. More precisely:

Problem: what is the sequence $x_i$, $i=1,2,\ldots$, that maximizes $\mu=\lim\inf_N \min_{1\le i<j\le N} \|x_i-x_j\|/(1/N)$?

First example: greedy process. Put the first point at 0, the second at 1/2, and each subsequent one so as to bisect the largest empty interval. This gives $\mu=1/2$: when we add the $(2^k+1)$th point, the smallest separation is $1/2^{k+1}$.
Second example: Let $x_k = k\phi \bmod 1$, where $\phi = (\sqrt{5}-1)/2\approx 0.618$ is the inverse golden ratio. This process achieves $\mu = \phi$.

Conjecture: $\mu = \phi$ is optimal.

I think I know how to prove that among linear sequences $x_k = k\alpha$, that $\alpha=\phi$ (or any quadratic irrational whose continued fraction expansion is eventually all ones) is optimal, and I can start to imagine how to treat polynomial sequences, but I would like to know whether it's true that no sequence can do better than $x_k = k \phi$.
Motivation: the motivation for this problem is from phyllotaxis (the arrangement of leaves and other plant parts along the growth a plant), where the golden angle and Fibonacci spirals are commonly observed. Many researchers from D'arcy Thompson to Adil Mughal and Denis Weaire have proposed mechanism associated with packing problems that result in the appearance of the golden angle and Fibonacci spirals. From a mathematical perspective, the optimization problem I propose here seems to be the neatest and most succinct that has this pattern as a solution.
UPDATE: Christian Remling's answer, which I have accepted, provides convincing evidence that my conjecture is in fact wrong, which is very exciting. His answer gives an alternative process, which might be able to give the real optimal $\mu$. I added an answer heuristically analyzing Christian's process and arguing that $\mu=1/\log(4)\approx 0.721$ might be the optimal asymptotic separation that can be achieved with this process.

A: This is really a comment, but it's getting a bit long for the comment box.
I want to point out that in addition to what you call the "greedy process," there's another obvious attempt, which could be called the "stingy process."
Let a target $\mu$ be given. There's basically one rule, namely don't squander unused space unless absolutely forced to. More formally, if I have already chosen points $0\le x_1, \ldots , x_N\le a$, then these define $N$ intervals $I_j$. I must now place the next point such that the minimum distance is $\ge\mu/(N+1)$ (I will keep the whole sequence $\ge\mu$, not just the $\liminf$). If I have an interval of length at least twice this distance, then I put my point inside such an interval (let's say inside the smallest one that works and I will also make one distance equal to $\mu/(N+1)$, though that might not be optimal). If not, then I grudgingly add an interval of that length to the right end of the current configuration.
This gives me intervals that get subdivided, and every once in a while a new interval gets added at the current right endpoint. The whole procedure will be a success if the limit of these right endpoints is $\le 1$.
I fooled around some with this; let's take $\mu=1$. Then the first few points are
$$
0, 1/2, 1/2+1/3, 1/4, 1/2+1/3+1/5, 1/2+1/6, \ldots
$$
It seems that $\lim a_N =1/2+1/3+1/5+1/7+1/11+1/14+\ldots \simeq 1.4$. If this is correct (but I'm not making any strong claims it is), then it means that we can get $\mu\simeq 1/1.4\simeq 0.7$, which is better than the golden mean.
In any event, it should be easy (for someone more computer savvy) to do the numerics and get a more reliable estimate.

A: I will show $\mu = \tfrac{1}{\log 4}$.

I first prove the upper bound $\mu \leq \tfrac{1}{\log 4}$.  Fix a positive integer $r$. For $0 \leq k \leq r-1$, let $N_k$ be $2^{k/r} N$ rounded to the nearest integer, where $N$ is a large parameter. Considering the $N_{r-1}$ intervals present at time $N_{r-1}$, let $X_k$ be the number of them created between times $N_{k-1}$ and $N_k$; with $X_0$ the number created before time $N_0$. Then
$$X_0 \frac{\mu}{N_0} + X_1 \frac{\mu}{N_1} + \cdots + X_{r-1} \frac{\mu}{N_{r-1}} \leq 1.$$
Set $S_k=X_0+X_1+\cdots +X_k$; we can rewrite the above equation as
$$\mu \left( S_0 \left(\frac{1}{N_0} - \frac{1}{N_1}\right) + S_1 \left(\frac{1}{N_1} - \frac{1}{N_2} \right) + \cdots + S_{r-2} \left(\frac{1}{N_{r-2}} - \frac{1}{N_{r-1}}\right) + S_{r-1} \frac{1}{N_{r-1}} \right) \leq 1.$$
Now, $S_k$ is the number of those intervals present at final time $N_{r-1}$ which were created before time $N_k$, so we have $S_k \geq N_k - (N_{r-1} - N_k)=2 N_k - N_{r-1}$.  The coefficient $\tfrac{1}{N_k} - \tfrac{1}{N_{k+1}}$ on the left hand side is positive, so we have
$$\mu \left(
(2N_0-N_{r-1}) \left(\frac{1}{N_0} - \frac{1}{N_1}\right)+
(2N_1-N_{r-1}) \left(\frac{1}{N_1} - \frac{1}{N_2}\right)+\cdots+
(2N_{r-2}-N_{r-1}) \left(\frac{1}{N_{r-2}} - \frac{1}{N_{r-1}}\right)+\frac{N_{r-1}}{N_{r-1}} \right) \leq 1.$$
We gather terms with the same denominator to obtain
$$\mu \left( \frac{2N_0-N_{r-1}}{N_0} + \frac{2 N_1 - 2 N_0}{N_1} + \cdots + \frac{2 N_{r-1} - 2 N_{r-2}}{N_{r-1}} \right) \leq 1$$
or
$$\mu \left( 2r - \frac{N_{r-1}}{N_0} - \frac{2 N_0}{N_1} - \cdots - \frac{2 N_{r-2}}{N_{r-1}} \right) \leq 1.$$
Plugging in our optimized values:
$$\mu \left( 2r - r 2^{(r-1)/r} \right) \leq 1$$
so
$$\mu \leq \frac{1}{2r (1-2^{-1/r})}.$$
Finally, taking the limit as $r \to \infty$ gives $\mu \leq \tfrac{1}{\log 4}$ as promised.

Now, for the lower bound. Again, fix a positive integer $r$. Divide the circle into $r$ equal arcs; each arc will be subdivided into intervals. At any point in our process there will be some integer $k$ such that one arc is divided into some intervals of length $2^{-k/r}$ and some of length $2^{-(k+r)/r}$; the other $r-1$ arcs will contain intervals of only one length, namely $2^{-j/r}$ for $k<j<k+r$. (Obviously, I am ignoring rounding issues.) As time ticks on, we subdivide the intervals in the first arc until they are all split in half, then move to the next arc, and so on.
This achieves (again, ignoring rounding)
$$\mu = 2^{-(k+r)/r} \left( \frac{2^{k/r}}{r} +\frac{2^{(k+1)/r}}{r} + \cdots \frac{2^{(k+r-1)/r}}{r} \right) =  \frac{1}{2r(2^{1/r}-1)}.$$
Again, sending $r \to \infty$ achieves $\tfrac{1}{\log 4}$.
 Here is a slicker, though less motivated way, to achieve the lower bound. We will number the points starting with $x_0$ at position $0$. For $n >0$, write $n = 2^q+r$ with $0 \leq r <2^q$ and put $x_n$ at $\log_2\left(\tfrac{2n+1}{2^{q+1}}\right)$. So the first few points are $0$, $\log_2(1+1/2)$, $\log_2(1+1/4)$, $\log_2(1+3/4)$, $\log_2(1+1/8)$, $\log_2(1+3/8)$, $\log_2(1+5/8)$, $\log_2(1+7/8)$, ... When point $x_n$ is inserted, the smallest interval will either be the one just to the right of $x_n$ or else the furthest right interval. Approximating $\log$ by its linearization, these have lengths roughly $\tfrac{2^{q+1}}{(2n+1) \log 2} \tfrac{1}{2^{q+1}}=\tfrac{1}{(2n+1) \log 2}$ and $\tfrac{1}{2 \log 2} \tfrac{1}{2^q}=\tfrac{1}{2^{q+1} \log 2}$ respectively.
Multiplying these by $n+1$ (the number of intervals) gives $\tfrac{n+1}{(2n+1) \log 2}$ and $\tfrac{n+1}{2^{q+1} \log 2}$. The former approaches $\tfrac{1}{\log 4}$ while the latter oscillates between $\tfrac{1}{\log 2}$ and $\tfrac{1}{\log 4}$.

A: In this second answer, I want to discuss an upper bound on $\mu$ (not optimal, and I don't think this argument could give an optimal bound, even after fine tuning).
Suppose we have placed $N$ points such that (as required) the corresponding $N$ intervals $I_j$ have lengths $|I_j|\ge \mu/N$. Let's now position the next $N$ points. More specifically, let's denote by $k_j\ge 0$ the number of new points that I put into $I_j$. For this to be possible, I obviously need $|I_j|\ge (k_j+1)\mu/(2N)$.
Let $1\le S\le N$ be the number $j$'s with $k_j\ge 1$ (that is, the number of intervals that I actually use). Then
$$
(N-S)\frac{\mu}{N} + \sum (k_j+1)\frac{\mu}{2N} \le 1 ,
$$
and since $\sum k_j=N$, this gives that
$$
\mu\le \frac{2}{3-S/N} .\quad\quad\quad\quad (1)
$$
Of course, this is not useful if $S/N\simeq 1$.
So we now need to look at this case $S\ge (1-a)N$ separately. I want to bound from below the lengths of these $S$ intervals. The worst case scenario arises when we first position the $aN$ remaining points, and then put $S$ points into that many new intervals. Then the $j$th such interval must have length $\ge 2\mu/(N+aN+j)$, for a total length of at least
$$
2\mu \sum_{j=1}^{(1-a)N} \frac{1}{(1+a)N+j}\simeq 2\mu \int_0^{(1-a)N} \frac{dx}{(1+a)N+x} =2\mu\log \frac{2}{1+a} .
$$
Thus $\mu\le \frac{1}{a+2\log 2/(1+a)}$ (the extra $a$ comes from the length $\ge a\mu$ of the remaining $Na$ intervals),
and when combined with (1), this gives the unconditional bound
$$
\mu\le\max \left\{ \frac{2}{2+a} , \frac{1}{a+2\log 2/(1+a)} \right\} ,
$$
valid for all $0<a\le 1$.
The optimal $a$ seems to be around $a=0.3$, and then this gives $\mu\le 0.87$.

A: Thinking more about Christian's stingy process, I have a new conjecture for the optimal $\mu$. I motivate the conjecture by modeling the evolution of the distribution of empty interval lengths in the continuum limit. Let $t=N$ be the number of steps the process has taken, and let $t p(x,t)dx$ be the number of intervals with length between $xt$ and $(x+dx)t$. There are two normalization conditions on $p(x,t)$:

*

*There are a total of $t$ intervals: $\int_0^{\infty} p(x)dx = 1$.

*The interval lengths add up to 1: $\int_0^{\infty} xp(x)dx = 1$.

There are three processes that change $p(x,t)$ over time:

*

*$x=\text{length}\times t$ increases.

*$p = \text{count}/t$ decreases.

*One interval of length around $2\mu/t$ (i.e. $x=2\mu$), gets removed, and replaced by two intervals of length around $\mu/t$ each.

As a PDE, this is:
$$\frac{\partial p}{\partial t} =  -\frac{2p}{t} - \frac{x}{t}\frac{\partial p}{\partial x} + \frac{2}{t}\delta(x-\mu) -\frac{1}{t}\delta(x-2\mu)$$
If the stingy process continues forever, we expect it to reach a stationary distribution $p(x)$, which would be governed by the ODE:
$$\frac{dp}{dx} = \frac{1}{x}\left[2\delta(x-\mu)-\delta(x-2\mu)-2p\right]$$
The solution to the ODE away from the source terms is $p(x)=c/x^2$, so we get $p(x) = c_0 /x^2$ for $x<\mu$, $p(x) = c_1 /x^2$ for $\mu<x<2\mu$, and $p(x) = c_2 /x^2$ for $x>\mu$. For normalization not to blow up, $c_0=0$. From matching the discontinuities to the source terms, $c_1 = 2\mu$ and $c_2=0$. Finally, from the second normalization condition we get $\mu=1/\log(4) \approx 0.72135$.
This matches pretty well with the limit where I was able to get the stingy process to not terminate in my numeric experiments. So, the new conjecture is that the optimal $\mu$ is $1/\log(4)$.

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What's wrong with Joaquin shoulder?
What's wrong with Joaquin shoulder?
Sprengel's Deformity
The most likely diagnosis of Joaquin Phoenix's shoulder problem (from pure obversation) is Spregel's Deformity or high scapula. Sprengel's Deformity is a rare disorder present from birth, in which the shoulder blade (scapula) is too high on one side of the body.
Accordingly, Why is cleft lip causes?
Cleft lip and cleft palate are thought to be caused by a combination of genes and other factors, such as things the mother comes in contact with in her environment, or what the mother eats or drinks, or certain medications she uses during pregnancy.
Moreover, How did Joaquin Phoenix Meet Rooney Mara?
2012: They meet on a film set
Mara starred as Phoenix's ex-wife. Phoenix has since explained he was enamoured from Mara from the get-go, looking her up online and emailing her while they were working together. … "We were just friends, email friends.
Also Did Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon get along?
Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix were so nervous about having to sing that it caused tension in their relationship off-screen. Both admitted in interviews that they didn't get along and constantly argued during the six months of singing lessons prior to filming.
Can cleft lip be prevented?
You can't always prevent cleft lip and cleft palate in your baby. But there are things you can do to help reduce your baby's chances of having these birth defects: Take folic acid. Before pregnancy, take a multivitamin with 400 micrograms of folic acid in it every day.
Can a cleft lip heal itself in the womb?
Who is Joaquin Phoenix girlfriend?
Who is the father of Rooney Mara's baby?
Who played trumpet on Ring of Fire?
Who did Joaquin Phoenix kill?
How much weight did Joaquin lose for Joker?
What country has the most cleft lips?
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What country is cleft palate most common?
Can you tell if a baby has a cleft lip in the womb?
Can you see a cleft lip on ultrasound?
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Results from a new study suggest that cleft palate, one of the most common birth defects in children, could be reversed in the womb in the future.
The Oscar-winning actor, 45, and his fiancée, Oscar-nominated actress Rooney Mara, have welcomed their first child together, a son named River after Phoenix's late brother who died in 1993.
The couple named their son River after Phoenix's late brother, Hollywood star River Phoenix. Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara are speaking publicly about their baby son, River, for first time.
What we do know is that Johnny Cash recorded the song with its mariachi inspired trumpets in 1963. It topped the country charts for seven weeks and has been one of the Man in Black most recognizable tunes ever since.
On October 31, 1993, River died of an overdose outside The Viper Room in West Hollywood. Phoenix, who had accompanied his brother and older sister Rain to the club, called 911 to seek help for his dying brother. After the death, the phone call was repeatedly broadcast on TV and radio shows.
Joaquin has infamously lost 52 pounds for the role of Joker which was deemed to be both brave and dangerous by many of his fans. But, Phoenix has also garnered the reputation of being a method actor and standing true to his public image, went full in to study the character and make it his own.
The states with the highest and lowest rates were Maryland (21.46) and West Virginia (2.59), respectively. The United States cleft lip national rate averaged 7.75. Countries with the highest and lowest rates were Japan (19.05) and South Africa (3.13), respectively.
A new study finds that women who take folic acid supplements early in their pregnancy can substantially reduce their baby's chances of being born with a facial cleft.
The chances of having a baby with a cleft palate (without a cleft lip) is thought to be 1 in every 3000 live births. It is more common in Asian and Asian-American populations and less common in Africans and African-Americans.
Cleft palate and cleft lip can be detected in-utero (before birth). If an ultrasound reveals your baby has these conditions, a treatment plan can be developed even before the child is born.
Cleft lip may be detected with ultrasound beginning around the 13th week of pregnancy. As the fetus continues developing, it may be easier to accurately diagnose a cleft lip. Cleft palate that occurs alone is more difficult to see using ultrasound.
Most cases of cleft lip or palate are a one-off and it's unlikely you'll have another child with the condition. The risk of having a child with a cleft lip or palate is slightly increased if you've had a child with the condition before, but the chances of this happening are thought to be around 2 to 8%.
A year after Inventing the Abbotts came out, they split amicably after they realized their romance was going nowhere. They were together for three years. "I'm a great believer in people coming into your life, and you into theirs, for a reason.
He died of a drug overdose outside of the Viper Room in Los Angeles in October 1993, days after Joaquin's 19th birthday. River was 23 years old. Since experiencing the heartbreaking loss of his older brother, the Walk the Line star has often spoken about the inspiration River left behind.
Joaquin Phoenix and his partner Rooney Mara have been vegan and vegetarian for the majority of their lives, but the actor says their lifestyle choices don't dictate how their son River eats and he's free to make up his own mind.
Crowning is often referred to as the "ring of fire" in the birthing process. It's when your baby's head becomes visible in the birth canal after you've fully dilated. It's the home stretch — in more ways than one.
The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped belt about 40,000 km (25,000 mi) long and up to about 500 km (310 mi) wide. … Consumption of oceanic lithosphere at these convergent plate boundaries has formed oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, back-arc basins and volcanic belts.
The ring of fire eclipse is a rare phenomenon that occurs when the moon covers parts of the sun forming a cosmic halo around its edges. … It does not block the entire view of the Sun forming a dark disk on top of a larger Sun-colored.
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Fully-funded Cultural Institute PhD Studentship
School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science news Friday 12 January 2018
A collaborative doctoral project in the history of medicine between the Centre for HPS at the University of Leeds and the Thackray Medical Museum.
University of Leeds and Thackray Medical Museum
"The 'Oxford Knee': From Local Collaborations to Global Surgical Dominance, 1966-present"
Supervisors: Dr James Stark and Professor Graeme Gooday
Drawing on extensive archives at the Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds, the student will explore and explain how a chance collaboration between medicine and engineering led to a device which dominates global markets. Drawing on oral histories with practitioners and patients, correspondence, medical literature, newspapers and company records, the project will provide the first complete history of the Oxford Knee, helping us to understand how medical innovations become "successful" and the social impact of changing practices in orthopaedics.
The project is especially suited to candidates with an interest in the history of medicine or technology in the twentieth century, medical humanities, modern British history, business history, science and technology studies, science communication or medical sociology. The successful applicant will be able to shape the project in line with their interests, but research might address questions such as:
1. What processes/mechanisms lay behind the commercialisation of the Oxford Knee? How did these function to move the device from laboratory to the clinic?
2. What were the social impacts of the expanding use of the Oxford Knee? How have changing demographics influenced surgical practices?
3. What were the distinctive features of the development, application and impact of the Oxford Knee when compared to other orthopaedic procedures, such as total hip replacement?
4. How can an understanding of innovations such as the Oxford Knee shed new light on the development and adoption of contemporary innovations in medicine and surgery?
In 1966 John O'Connor, a lecturer in engineering, met with John Goodfellow, consultant orthopaedic surgeon, in Oxford to discuss their mutual interest in joints. Goodfellow was interested in human joints, but O'Connor had up to this point mainly worked on the structural joints of aeroplanes. Ten years later and they had established a rich collaboration which resulted in the first 'Oxford Knee' being implanted into a patient in June 1976. Over subsequent decades the Oxford Knee was modified a number of times, both in its construction and clinical application, and it is now the most widely-used partial knee replacement in the world.
Where you'll be based
The PhD studentship will be based jointly at the University of Leeds in the Centre for the History and Philosophy of Science and the Thackray Medical Museum. The Leeds HPS Centre has a very active graduate programme, including currently around 30 HPS research students, ten of whom are Collaborative Doctoral Awards holders. The wider School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science, within which HPS is located, has strong affiliations with the interdisciplinary Centre for Medical Humanities, and offers a stimulating interdisciplinary environment for postgraduate research. You will also have the opportunity to discuss the project with researchers working in the field of bioengineering at Leeds, providing contemporary context to the historical case study.
Founded in 1997, the Thackray Medical Museum holds one of the UK's most significant collections of over 70,000 historic medical objects and texts. Their exhibitions cover a wide range of historical subjects, with particular emphasis on the social history of medical and surgical practice. The Museum has recently received a first-round funding pass for £1.6million from the Heritage Lottery Fund for its Healthy Future redevelopment project and from 2018-22 will be a National Portfolio Organisation supported by Arts Council England.
The findings of this CDA will provide a key platform for the Museum's revised interpretation strategy and major gallery redevelopment, including a new focus on medical technology and innovation. It will also contribute significantly to public and professional understandings of the Thackray's collections and their importance.
Home-EU fees will be paid as part of the scholarship along with a maintenance grant at the same level as UK Research Councils (in the first year, at least £14,553). The project start date will be 1 October 2018, and the successful applicant will be able to undertake study on a full- or part-time basis.
To make an application, please submit the following:
• Curriculum vitae (no more than 2 sides of A4)
• Sample of writing (3,000 words max)
• Names and contact details of two academic referees
• A covering letter including a 500-word research proposal on the above project
For further details, or to informally discuss the studentship, contact lead supervisor Dr James Stark. Please send applications to J.F.Stark@leeds.ac.uk by 9 March 2018. Interviews will be held in late March/early April.
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Digital transformation and its disruptive and enabling strategies that affect the top and bottom-line of the insurance industry were the hot topics discussed at the 19th Asia CEO Insurance Summit organised by Asia Insurance Review.
Digital disruption is no longer the only strategic scenario in insurance. Organisations are now positioning themselves to face the digital future by harnessing technology to generate new and more business that is still largely derived from traditional products sold via traditional channels.
Speakers and panellists at the CEO Summit comprise global, regional and local perspectives, shared by Executives in the insurance, InsurTech and technology sectors. Here's what we took away from them on Day 1 of the 2-day summit.
Michael J Morrissey, President and CEO of International Insurance Society, said with technology rapidly advancing, and more organisations utilising and immersing into the digital world, the industry of tomorrow would not just be new products, but new risks arising from technology, economic and social disruption.
In the "4th industrial revolution", the degree of complexity would only increase over time. With technology used to manage every stage in the business process, there would also be new concepts of insurance.
Give customers a choice on how they wish to interact with insurers," she said. Consumers are modernised in this age and have developed a new buying preference. Consumers seek out ease and convenience and value high efficiency now. So providing mobile-responsive applications which are easy and simple to navigate around will edge over other products which are not easy and simple to navigate.
She summed up that technology is not a threat, but an enabler. Delving deep into the data that technology can provide will help with consumer insights and knowledge. With the right analysis, data collected can help the industry understand consumer preference, how they like to be approached, thus allowing the industry to innovate, create and understand brand perception.
He said "technology should be used to serve customers better, which in turn can lead to a lower price due to higher efficiency".


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Q: Append HTML to container element without innerHTML I need a way to append HTML to a container element without using innerHTML. The reason why I do not want to use innerHTML is because when it is use like this:
element.innerHTML += htmldata
It works by replacing all of the html first before adding the old html plus the new html. This is not good because it resets dynamic media such as embedded flash videos...
I could do it this way which works:
var e = document.createElement('span');
e.innerHTML = htmldata;
element.appendChild(e);

However the problem with that way is that there is that extra span tag in the document now which I do not want.
How can this be done then? Thanks!

A: Check out the insertAdjacentHTML() method.  The first parameter is where you want the string appended and takes ("beforebegin", "afterbegin", "beforeend", "afterend").  In the OP's situation you would use "beforeend".  The second parameter is just the html string.
Basic usage:
var d1 = document.getElementById('one');
d1.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', '
two
');

A: This is what DocumentFragment was meant for.
var frag = document.createDocumentFragment();
var span = document.createElement("span");
span.innerHTML = htmldata;
for (var i = 0, ii = span.childNodes.length; i < ii; i++) {
    frag.appendChild(span.childNodes[i]);
}
element.appendChild(frag);

document.createDocumentFragment, .childNodes

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assign the data for div with "+=" symbol you can append data including previous html data

A: alnafie has a great answer for this question. I wanted to give an example of his code for reference:

var childNumber = 3;

function addChild() {
  var parent = document.getElementById('i-want-more-children');
  var newChild = '
Child ' + childNumber + '
';
  parent.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', newChild);
  childNumber++;
}
body {
  text-align: center;
}
button {
  background: rgba(7, 99, 53, .1);
  border: 3px solid rgba(7, 99, 53, 1);
  border-radius: 5px;
  color: rgba(7, 99, 53, 1);
  cursor: pointer;
  line-height: 40px;
  font-size: 30px;
  outline: none;
  padding: 0 20px;
  transition: all .3s;
}
button:hover {
  background: rgba(7, 99, 53, 1);
  color: rgba(255,255,255,1);
}
p {
  font-size: 20px;
  font-weight: bold;
}
<button type="button" onclick="addChild()">Append Child</button>

Child 1

Child 2

Hopefully this is helpful to others.

A: To give an alternative (as using DocumentFragment does not seem to work): You can simulate it by iterating over the children of the newly generated node and only append those.
var e = document.createElement('div');
e.innerHTML = htmldata;

while(e.firstChild) {
    element.appendChild(e.firstChild);
}

A: How to fish and while using strict code. There are two prerequisite functions needed at the bottom of this post.
xml_add('before', id_('element_after'), 'Some text.');

xml_add('after', id_('element_before'), '<input type="text" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" />');

xml_add('inside', id_('element_parent'), '<input type="text" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" />');

Add multiple elements (namespace only needs to be on the parent element):
xml_add('inside', id_('element_parent'), '
<input type="text" /><input type="button" />
');

Dynamic reusable code:
function id_(id) {return (document.getElementById(id)) ? document.getElementById(id) : false;}

function xml_add(pos, e, xml)
{
 e = (typeof e == 'string' && id_(e)) ? id_(e) : e;

 if (e.nodeName)
 {
  if (pos=='after') {e.parentNode.insertBefore(document.importNode(new DOMParser().parseFromString(xml,'application/xml').childNodes[0],true),e.nextSibling);}
  else if (pos=='before') {e.parentNode.insertBefore(document.importNode(new DOMParser().parseFromString(xml,'application/xml').childNodes[0],true),e);}
  else if (pos=='inside') {e.appendChild(document.importNode(new DOMParser().parseFromString(xml,'application/xml').childNodes[0],true));}
  else if (pos=='replace') {e.parentNode.replaceChild(document.importNode(new DOMParser().parseFromString(xml,'application/xml').childNodes[0],true),e);}
  //Add fragment and have it returned.
 }
}


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Such a constant is really a global variable whose visibility can be limited with private or internal so that it is invisible outside the current module.
in the zero-based array starting at null and that way get the size of the structure.


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Q: Alojamento Web ou Alojamento Streaming? Estou a desenvolver um projeto, no qual a ideia é permitir ao utilizador ouvir (a partir de um player -> plugin em javaSript embutido na pagina index.php) a musica selecionada... No sentido de prestar um bom serviço, qual a solução ideal de alojamento para a reprodução de ficheiros MP3/audio alojados no Servidor Web? Tendo em conta o lado-servidor e lado-cliente.

A: Acredito que você terá outras variáveis como proteção de direitos autorais, mas então não existe uma resposta rápida para "qual a melhor solução", mas sim, qual a solução ideal para seu caso.
Acredito que você pode começar oferecendo o arquivo mp3 com
Content-Type: audio/mpeg
 conforme a sugestão nesta outra resposta e evoluir seu sistema a ponto de utilizar um protocolo diferente do http e entregar o serviço por streaming.