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Doc Zone, a documentary series produced by CBC Television, is now airing, Meltdown, a four part investigation into the great financial debacle of 2008. Along the way, the CBC's Terence McKenna takes viewers "behind the headlines and into the backrooms at the highest levels of world governments and banking institutions, revealing the astonishing level of backstabbing and tension behind the scenes as the world came dangerously close to another Great Depression."
Above, we have posted the first episode called "The Men Who Crashed the World." The remaining programs can be watched by clicking here and scrolling down the page. Or by heading to Al Jazeera's English site, which also hosts the four-part series. Thanks to William for sending along this film. It's now added to the Documentary section of our collection of Free Movies Online.
Before he became a fixture on 60 Minutes, Mike Wallace hosted his own short-lived TV show, The Mike Wallace Interview (1957-58), which let Americans get an up-close and personal view of some legendary figures - Frank Lloyd Wright, Eleanor Roosevelt, Reinhold Niebuhr, Aldous Huxley, Erich Fromm, Adlai Stevenson, Henry Kissinger, and Gloria Swanson.
Then let's also add Salvador Dali to the list. In 1958, Wallace tried to demystify "the enigma that is Salvador Dali," and it didn't go terribly well. It turns out that surrealist painters give surreal answers to conventional interview questions too. Pretty quickly, Wallace capitulates and says, "I must confess, you lost me halfway through." Happily for us, the video makes for some good viewing more than 50 years later.
Part 1 appears above; and Part 2 continues here.


You can add a teardrop trailer tent to your setup to expand your camping area. Some tents are specifically made for teardrop trailers so that they are attached to each other.
Other people simply use their own regular tents (that they already have) and set it up off to the side somewhere.
I have also seen people use a canopy to get similar results. The goal is to extend the area and protect yourself from the elements.
This way if it rains you're not stuck in your 4 x 8 teardrop trailer where you can't stand up!
It's 6'2" tall, has windows, and seals completely shut. This tent might be compatible with your current teardrop trailer--or one that you're thinking of building/buying.
Click here to see pictures of this teardrop trailer tent over at Camp Inn's website. Link opens in a new window.
For those of us who love to do it ourselves and not spend the extra money, a canopy is a great option that many already use.
Here's one way to do it with a canopy over the galley.
A closer look of the previous link.


Matthew preaches on the idea of greatness, based off of a few passages in Luke 9.
Noel shares thoughts from Hebrews 1-2.
Noel talks about the power of words.
As we start on the Lectionary track, Noel brings a lesson titled, "The Favouring of the Poor."
Noel reflects on Peter's text on Elders in the church. What should leadership look like?
Sam and Tristan respond to Matt's sermon on suffering.
Noel speaks about what it means to live as "exiles" in an ever-changing world.
Noel talks about what it truly means to submit to God's authority.
Matt talks about what it means to live as a holy person.
Noel continues our series from 1 Peter.
Matthew talks about art and music and why the church needs to continue to invest in it.
Noel continues our worship series.
Noel continues our worship series by looping back around to talk about the 3-legged stool.
He is Risen! Noel invites us to celebrate the resurrection narrative together.
Noel finishes the Luke series by speaking of Jesus' return to heaven.
Matt speaks about the surface story and the deeper story found on The Road to Emmaus.
Noel explains our hope in the resurrection of Jesus.
Noel talks about the decision that the first century people were given: Jesus or Barabbas?
Noel gives the first sermon of 2018 to continue the Luke series.
Noel presents a Christmas eve sermon to close out the advent series.
Noel speaks about rejoicing in relation to the coming of Christ.
Noel continues the advent series.
Guest speaker Nathan Brown speaks to us today about four aspects of the Christian life.
Luke shares with us the story of how Jesus bears even the pain of our own betrayals.
Jesus teaches on the nearness of Judgement and the Kingdom of God.
In his exchange with the Sadducees, Jesus teaches that He is Lord of the living and the dead.
Noel talks to the McGrath's for this week's Post Sermon Podcast. We hope you enjoy!
Noel and Don discuss Don's sermon.
Here's a compilation of interviews that Matthew did with his friends on the topic of worship.
Noel, Matt, and Phyllis discuss the story of the blind beggar from Luke 18.
Noel shares a sermon from Luke 18 about wealth and power.
Matthew, Noel, and Sandy respond to Noel's sermon.
Noel shares from Luke 18 and explains that it's not all about us: It's all about God.
Matt, Noel, and Heather continue to discuss where to look for the Kingdom of God.
Noel continues a series on the Kingdom of God.
Noel begins a 2 part series on the Kingdom of God.
This week's podcast focuses on faith, gratitude, and a mercy rabbit trail.
Noel shares a sermon on forgiveness and the importance of that for Christians.
Matt and Noel discuss Noel' sermon from Luke 16 on this pilot episode of the post-sermon podcast.
Don Rose speaks at Tintern about Jesus, Peter, and life's storms.
Noel shares a sermon from Luke 16 as we continue our series through Luke.
The economy of the upside-down kingdom can be seen in the way God values lost things.
Jesus uses the parable of the Samaritan to reveal how much we actually do love God.
Noel explains what Jesus requires from his followers in the sermon from Luke this week.
Noel speaks about "coming down off the mountain" with Jesus.
Matthew speaks about the revelation of the Messiah and a call to take up your cross.
Noel helps us put ourselves in Jairus' shoes by telling a story from Luke 8.
Matthew shares a sermon on this gospel miracle and God's power over evil.
Noel sheds new light on this familiar story.
Noel gives us meaningful thoughts from this familiar parable.
Noel shares a sermon on Luke 7:36-50.
Noel brings a lesson on the power of God revealed as Strength in Weakness.
This is the audio from our recent youth-led worship at Tintern.
Noel continues our journey through Acts by telling of a story from chapter 10.
Listen in as Noel discusses how he spent some of the time during his sabbatical.
Noel brings a lesson on the story of "Doubting Thomas" and puts it in a new light.
Ralph discusses the way in which Jesus serves as the better high priest.
This is a recording of the adult class time after Greg Whitfield's sermon.
Noel highlights the issue of first world problems and how they relate to the Christmas story.
Noel discusses the question that John the Baptist puts to Jesus, and Jesus' response.
Noel brings us a lesson before our annual Celebration of Thanks potluck lunch.
Noel brings us a message of the prophet Jonah and how God redeems our mistakes for His glory.
Noel begins our series looking at conflict and resolution through the book of Jonah.
Aaron brings the parable of the unforgiving servant into modern times.
Noel brings a Mother's Day lesson concerning, what else, the love of a mother.
"Freedom to Love" by Noel Walker. Recorded on Sunday October 27 at Tintern Church of Christ.
"United in Christ" by Aaron Maleare. Recorded on Sunday September 22 at Tintern Church of Christ.
"I Have a Dream" by Wayford Smith. Recorded on Sunday August 4, 2013 at Tintern Church of Christ.
"Living by Faith" by Noel Walker. Recorded on Sunday July 14, 2013 at Tintern Church of Christ.
"Only the Gospel" by Noel Walker. Recorded on Sunday, June 30, 2013 at Tintern Church of Christ.
This sermon began our journey through The Story.


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Rick Ross Signs With ICM Partners
LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — Rapper Rick Ross has signed with agency ICM Partners for representation in all aspects of his career.
Ross's represntation for concerts at ICM will be handled by Zach Iser and Caroline Yim, Billboard reported. Previously, rapper's live bookings were handled by his in-house team.
Ross's most recent album, 2012's "God Forgives I Don't" bowed at #1 on the Billboard 200, selling more than half a million copies to date, according to Neilsen Soundscan. The album marks the fourth release for Ross to hit #1.
His next effor, "Mastermind" is on the books for release later this year.
Ross's management will continue to be handled by Lyor Cohen, Todd Moscowitz and gucci pucci.
In addition to Ross, ICM also represents a wide range of acts, including Beyonce, Muse, the Strokes, Elvis Costello, Neil Young, Aretha Franklin, Trey Songz, Band of Horses, Kendrick Lamar, Dave Stewart, Chaka Khan, Ben Folds, Iggy Pop, Silversun Pickups, Earl Sweatshirt, Gym Class Heroes, J. Cole, Sean Kingston, Tyga, Big Sean, Regina Spektor, Alice in Chains and Cage the Elephant, among others.
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It is a leading higher medical education provider in the Russian Federation. It is proud of its highly-qualified teaching staff, advanced researchers and experienced physicians whose names are world-famous. The academy was established in 1933 and over the course of 80 years, it has trained more than 21500 doctors and nursing managers. Nowadays 351 teachers including 86 Doctors of Medicine and 212 Candidates of Medicine provide a high level of teaching process at 52 departments and 28 clinical bases of the academy. Over 2800 students study at the academy including the foreign ones.
The academy has been training international students since 1988. Students from 113 states of the former Soviet Union, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa have studied at our academy.
Over this period 3000 physicians, dentists, and pediatricians have been trained for foreign countries. Izhevsk State Medical Academy is one of the famous centers of medical education and science with a long and glorious history. Studying at the Medical Academy is much more difficult than in other universities because the future doctor simply cannot allow himself not to know or understand something. We are proud of our teachers, graduates and highly skilled professionals who successfully work for the benefit of medical science and practical healthcare. To be worthy of our history we are working hard every day and are optimistic about our future. High professionalism of our staff, the development of effective medical, educational and social technologies, new scientific studies are all the keys to the successful work for the benefit of the society what is the most important mission of Izhevsk State Medical Academy.
Faculties ISMA: The education process is organized at four departments, including General Medicine, Pediatrics, Dentistry, and Department of Post-graduate and Professional Training. The academic staff regularly participates in international conferences and symposia. Practical courses are taught at the best city hospitals and out-patient clinics which enables us to apply the most advanced teaching methods. Below you can find out brief information and contact details of each department. All students can also visit the center for practical skills. Every entrant is able to prepare for exams in center of pre-academy and additional training where workers of academy prepare them for entering examinations.
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U.S.-Taliban peace talks are now 'dead', Trump says after cancelling secret meeting
By Deb Riechmann, Matthew Lee and Robert Burns	The Associated Press
Updated September 9, 2019 8:33 pm
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U.S. peace talks with the Taliban are now "dead," President Donald Trump declared Monday, one day after he abruptly canceled a secret meeting he had arranged with Taliban and Afghan leaders aimed at ending America's longest war.
Trump's remark to reporters at the White House suggested he sees no point in resuming a nearly yearlong effort to reach a political settlement with the Taliban, whose protection of al-Qaida extremists in Afghanistan prompted the U.S. to invade after the 9/11 attacks.
READ MORE: Taliban warn of more American deaths after Trump ends peace talks
Asked about the peace talks, Trump said, "They're dead. They're dead. As far as I'm concerned, they're dead."
It's unclear whether Trump will go ahead with planned U.S. troop cuts and how the collapse of his talks will play out in deeply divided Afghanistan.
In his remarks to reporters Monday, Trump said his administration is "looking at" whether to proceed with troop reductions that had been one element of the preliminary deal with the Taliban struck by presidential envoy Zalmay Khalilzad.
WATCH: Trump calls off secret talks with Taliban
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"We'd like to get out, but we'll get out at the right time," Trump said.
What had seemed like a potential deal to end America's longest war unraveled, with Trump and the Taliban blaming each other for the collapse of nearly a year of U.S.-Taliban negotiations in Doha, Qatar.
The insurgents are now promising more bloodshed, and American advocates of withdrawing from the battlefield questioned on Monday whether Trump's decision to cancel what he called plans for a secret meeting with Taliban and Afghan leaders at the Camp David, Maryland, presidential retreat over the weekend had poisoned the prospects for peace.
"The Camp David ploy appears to have been an attempt to satisfy Trump's obsession with carefully curated public spectacles — to seal the deal, largely produced by special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban negotiators, with the president's imprimatur," said John Glaser director of foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute.
READ MORE: Trump uses Twitter to call off secret meeting with Taliban leaders
Trump has been talking of a need to withdraw U.S. troops from the "endless war" in Afghanistan since his 2016 presidential campaign. And he said anew in a tweet on Monday, "We have been serving as policemen in Afghanistan, and that was not meant to be the job of our Great Soldiers, the finest on earth."
He added, without explanation, "Over the last four days, we have been hitting our Enemy harder than at any time in the last ten years."
There has been no evidence of a major U.S. military escalation.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended Trump's weekend moves.
WATCH: 'They're dead': Trump explains why he cancelled Camp David meeting with Taliban
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"When the Taliban tried to gain negotiating advantage by conducting terror attacks inside of the country, President Trump made the right decision to say that's not going to work," Pompeo said Sunday.
Trump said he called off negotiations because of a recent Taliban bombing in Kabul that killed a U.S. service member, even though nine other Americans have died since June 25 in Taliban-orchestrated violence. But the emerging agreement had started unraveling days earlier after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani postponed his trip to Washington and the Taliban refused to travel to the U.S. before a deal was signed, according to a former senior Afghan official.
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As Trump's re-election campaign heats up, his quest to withdraw the remaining 13,000 to 14,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan remains unfulfilled — so far.
At the Pentagon, spokesman Jonathan Hoffman declined Monday to comment on the outlook for the administration's plan to reduce the U.S. troop level in Afghanistan to 8,600.
READ MORE: U.S. Secretary of State says Taliban 'overreached' in attack that killed U.S. soldier
Democrats said Trump's decision to nix a deal with the Taliban was evidence that he was moving too quickly to get one. Far from guaranteeing a cease-fire, the deal only included Taliban commitments to reduce violence in Kabul and neighbouring Parwan province, where the U.S. has a military base.
The Taliban have refused to negotiate with the Afghan government it sees as illegitimate and a puppet of the West. So, the Trump administration tried another approach, negotiating with the Taliban first to get a deal that would lead to Taliban talks with Afghans inside and outside the government.
A U.S. official familiar with the Taliban negotiations said the "very closely held" idea of a Camp David meeting was first discussed up to a week and a half ago. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations.
WATCH: Pompeo defends U.S. meeting for peace talks with Taliban amid cancellation
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Pompeo defends U.S. meeting for peace talks with Taliban amid cancellation
Some administration officials, including national security adviser John Bolton, did not back the agreement with the Taliban as it was written, the official said. They didn't think the Taliban can be trusted. Bolton advised the president to draw down the U.S. force to 8,600 — enough to counter terror threats — and "let it be" until a better deal could be hammered out, the official said.
Khalilzad, the lead U.S. negotiator, recently announced that he had reached an agreement in principle with the Taliban. Under the deal, the U.S. would withdraw about 5,000 U.S. troops within 135 days of signing. In exchange, the insurgents agreed to reduce violence and prevent Afghanistan from being used as a launch pad for global terror attacks, including from a local Islamic State affiliate and al-Qaida.
Pompeo said the Taliban agreed to break with al-Qaida — something that past administrations have failed to get the Taliban to do.
The insurgent group hosted al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden as he masterminded the 9/11 attacks in 2001. After the attacks, the U.S. ousted the Taliban, which had ruled Afghanistan with a harsh version of Islamic law from 1996 to 2000.
WATCH: Kabul Taliban bombing kills 16 and injures dozens
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Kabul Taliban bombing kills 16 and injures dozens
But problems quickly emerged. On Thursday, a second Taliban car bomb exploded near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, killing 12 people including a U.S. soldier. Khalilzad abruptly returned to Doha, Qatar for at least two days of negotiations with the Taliban. He has since been recalled to Washington.
It's unclear if the talks will resume because the Taliban won't trust future deals they negotiate with the U.S. if they think Trump might then change course, according to the former senior Afghan official, who was not authorized to discuss the issue and spoke only on condition of anonymity. The official, who has discussed the peace process with U.S. and Afghan officials, said Khalilzad's team was not aware of Trump's plans to tweet the end of the talks Saturday evening.
READ MORE: What a troop withdrawal would look like if the U.S. and Taliban reach an agreement: expert
Trump's suspension of the negotiations "will harm America more than anyone else," the Taliban said in a statement.
The former Afghan official said the deal fell apart for two main reasons. First, the Taliban refused to sign an agreement that didn't state the end date for a complete withdrawal of American forces. That date was to be either November 2020, the same month of the U.S. presidential election, or January 2021, he said.
The U.S.-Taliban agreement was to be followed by Taliban talks with Afghans inside and outside the government to chart a political future for the country. Ghani told Khalilzad that putting a withdrawal date in the agreement would undermine the all-Afghan discourse before it began; the Taliban would have leverage in those negotiations from the get-go because the U.S. troops would be on a timeline to permanently withdraw.
WATCH: What a troop withdrawal would look like if the U.S. and Taliban reach an agreement
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Secondly, the U.S. was unsuccessful in convincing Ghani to postpone the Afghan presidential election set for Sept. 28, the official said. The U.S. argued that if the elections were held and Ghani won, his opponents and other anti-Ghani factions would protest the results, creating a political crisis that would make the all-Afghan talks untenable. Other disagreements included why the deal did not address the Taliban's linkages to Pakistan and prisoner-hostage exchanges, the official said.
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The Gentlemen's Club
By: Gary M. Douglas
Narrated by: Gary M. Douglas, Dr. Dain Heer
Narrated by: Gary M. Douglas,Dr. Dain Heer
Blessed Possibilities
Narrated by: Donnielle Carter
Blessed Possibilities is about the blessed choice of possibility we have available to create things we never even realized were possible. Instead of being the phenomenon we truly are on planet Earth, most of us keep trying to create the way other people do. We choose to diminish our awareness, hide our talents, and abandon our desires so we can live the way everyone else does. Blessed possibilities are about opening to the choice of new possibility. "Why aren't you sharing your beauty and your talents?" Gary asks.
Narrator is exhausted
Salon Des Femmes
Narrated by: Christine McCarthy
Gary Douglas is on a mission to end the perpetual conflict between men and women. Salon des Femmes is based on a series of teleclasses Douglas held with a group of women. They discussed men; sex; relationships; men's and women's roles; and creating amazing, harmonious relationships. It blends the groundbreaking Access Consciousness® tools and processes, insightful revelations, and heartwarming inspiration.
Exploring the fun and potency of being a woman
By Passion for Books on 17-12-18
Money Isn't the Problem, You Are
By: Dain Heer, Gary M. Douglas
Narrated by: Connor Hill
This audiobook offers you out-of-the-box concepts with money. Money Isn't the Problem, You Are is written for people who live in a constant state of difficulty around money, whether it's spending too much, not having enough, or having too much. In Money Isn't the Problem, You Are, Gary Douglas and Dain Heer share processes, tools, and points of view that you can use to change the way money flows into your life.
Simple yet practical and fun
Are You Sure You Want One?
By: Simone Milasas, Brendon Watt
Narrated by: Simone Milasas
This is not your average relationship book. There is no "sugarcoating", just practical tips and tools written from the authors, Simone and Brendon, so you can have both the male and female perspective. Warning: You might not like what you hear! If you would like to have a great relationship, whether it is with someone else or with yourself, then this book might just be for you.
Terrible audio quality
By Anonymous on 01-05-21
Beyond the Utopian Ideal
Narrated by: Sul Wynne-Jones
Most people operate from a fixed idea or concept of how things are supposed to be, rather functioning in the moment, where they can change anything as needed to accomplish and create more. This creates a tremendous limitation. We use conceptual constructs to create a purpose and a sense of rightness. Relationship, sex, sexuality, family, and the future are examples of conceptual constructs. Society is a construct. Culture, religion, and reputation are constructs. These things are not actually real; they are conceptual realities that have been dropped into our existence.
awsome book
By imene on 08-01-22
The Key to Unlocking Success
By: Chutisa Bowman, Steven Bowman, Gary Douglas
Narrated by: Paul Leonard
This Conscious Leadership book is a gift to every individual, leader, and organisation dedicated to creating a life that is greater than what they now have, and to making a difference in the world. It is an invitation for those people who choose to be more conscious in their leadership, with an emphasis that no particular way is right or wrong.
Being You, Changing the World
By: Dr. Dain Heer
Narrated by: Dr. Dain Heer
This is a very different book: It is written for the dreamers of this world - the people who KNOW that something different is possible - but who have never had the tools before.... This is a Handbook for Generating Infinite Possibilities and Dynamic Change. For you. And the world. Ten years ago, Dr. Dain Heer started as a chiropractor in California, USA. Seemingly successful and happy, Dain Heer was on the verge of suicide when he came across Access Consciousness. With this modality, based on question and choice, Dr. Heer's life began to expand and grow with more ease and speed than even he could have imagined possible.
Life changer for sure
By Jane Pettitt on 03-04-15
Narrated by: Gary M. Douglas
As Jake Rayne travels through Idahaho in his classic '57 Thunderbird, a devastating accident is the catalyst for a journey he isn't expecting. Alone in the deep forest, with his body battered and broken, Jake calls out for help. And the help he finds changes not only his life but his whole reality.
Fantastic story but very poorly read.
By emma deyn on 06-12-16
Divorceless Relationships
By: Gary M Douglas, Dr. Dain Heer
Narrated by: Max Zoulek
Most of us spend a lot of time divorcing parts and pieces of ourselves in order to care for someone else. How often does divorcing you really work in the long run? A "divorceless" relationship is one where you don't have to divorce any part of you in order to be in a relationship with someone else. It is a place where everyone and everything you are in a relationship with can become greater as a result of the relationship.
awsomness
By Era on 17-07-18
Talk to the Animals
Narrated by: Suzy Godsey
alk to the Animals by Gary M. Douglas & Dr. Dain Heer gives you pragmatic tools and techniques to actually talk to the animals and contribute to the earth! What if peace was a natural state for animals? When you create or tap into a place of peace for your horse, dog or cat, then everything becomes calm, cool and collected...you're in the zone. Did you know that every animal, plant and structure on this planet has consciousness and desires to gift to you? If you are unwilling to receive, then you miss out on what they wish to give you. You also limit your ability to receive in every area of life...the money you can have, what you can experience and what is possible for you! Did you know animals can talk? It's interesting to observe animals misbehaving when we don't listen to them.
highly valuable information regarding energy work
Right Body for You
By: Donnielle Carter, Gary M. Douglas
What would it be like to begin enjoying your body no matter what size, shape, age, or fitness? Isn't it time to stop the patterns and habits with your body that keep you stuck? Is your body an ease or burden? This is a very different perspective about bodies and your ability to change yours. It might all be easier than you ever knew was possible!
Different possibilities for bodies
Choosing Happiness
By: Rudrani Devi
Narrated by: Rudrani Devi
In Choosing Happiness, Rüdrani Devi explores the many reasons why we might not choose happiness and offers ten key tools, along with many others from the Access Consciousness® movement, that helped her navigate choosing a journey to happiness, sometimes against all odds. She shares how her entire life had been about being positive, choosing joy over sadness, and being the proverbial half glass full gal; although deep down, she knew somehow it wasn't authentic happiness.
Beauty in the Break Up
By: Julie Tuton
Narrated by: Julie Tuton
Do you know that your relationship is no longer working for you? Do you believe you don't have choice? What if that's not true? After 20 years of marriage, I realized it was kinder to break up than to stay.... Rather than bringing forward the pain of relationships past, you can apply the tools in my sex steps for unwinding, dissolving past trauma, and learning to create a lighter and brighter future. What are you waiting for?
The Manual You Should Have Been Given When You Were Born
The Manual You Should Have Been Given When You Were Born is not like any other body book you've ever experienced. This audiobook may go against everything you've ever thought, everything you've been taught, everything you've read, and everything you have brought that everyone else believes. It doesn't claim to give you all the answers. Instead, it will encourage you to ask the questions that will allow you to enjoy the body you currently have and to create your body so you can truly enjoy it.
Beyond awful
By lozpot on 11-12-21
Joy of Business
By: Simone Milasas
What if BUSINESS was JOYFUL and FUN? What if it was so much more than you ever perceived possible? If you were creating your business from the JOY of it - what would you choose? What would you change? What would you choose if you knew you could not fail? Business is JOY, it's creation, it's generative. It can be the adventure of LIVING. Australia's Simone Milasas is a dynamic business leader with a difference. She is the worldwide coordinator of Access Consciousness (www.accessconsciousness.com), the founder of Good Vibes For You (www.goodvibesforyou.com), and the creative spark that ignited The Joy of Business.
I got this book 2 days ago and I am truly amazed
By sue cotts on 05-08-16
Would You Teach a Fish to Climb a Tree?
A Different Take on Kids with ADD, ADHD, OCD, and Autism
By: Dain Heer, Gary M. Douglas, Anne Maxwell
Narrated by: Anne Maxwell
Would You Teach a Fish to Climb a Tree?: A Different Take on Kids with ADD, ADHD, OCD and Autism provides us with a refreshing and new perspective on these children who are so different from their peers. Co-authored by three practitioners who have had remarkable success working with them, this audiobook is filled with practical tools, stories, observations, and life-changing questions that can be used by anyone who has one of these kids in their life.
This is not a helpful book.
By Pauline on 07-06-18
Talk to the Entities
By: Shannon O'Hara
Welcome the first book written by Shannon O'Hara, founder and creator of Talk To The Entities®; a global company educating and empowering people in the area of entities using the amazing tools of Access Consciousness®. Come along on Shannon's amazing journey growing up, talking with and seeing ghosts, as well as all the struggles, difficulties, joy and magic along the way. If you have ever had any curiosity about this subject at all, this book is for you.
Amazing inspiring stories but not so practical
By Sylven Claessen on 12-06-19
The Lies of Money: Who Are You Being?
By: Dr. Lisa Cooney
Narrated by: Dr. Lisa Cooney
The Lies of Money: Who are you Being? is dedicated to all of you out there struggling with money. To all of you feeling like the debt or financial worry you are in is a big black hole that you will never climb out of or get beyond. You can have the living you desire. You can create the money, cash, currencies, investments, and vacations you like.
Poorly recorded and edited.
By shaumbra on 12-07-20
In The Gentlemen's Club, Gary Douglas, the founder of Access Consciousness®, and a diverse group of men talk candidly about women, relationships, sex, sexual energy, masturbation, and being a man in this reality.
Their wide-ranging conversations are, in turn, funny, moving, outrageous, raunchy, and profound. Douglas offers ground-breaking Access Consciousness tools and processes, insightful revelations, and incredible information about how talk to a woman, stimulate her body, create orgasms by expansion rather than contraction, and create sex and relationship from an awareness of "what is", rather than a fixed point of view about "what they are supposed to be.
Speaking of relationships, he says, "Sometimes, people say to me, 'You don't like relationships.' No. It's that I don't like bad relationships. I see no reason for there to ever be a bad relationship. If you have a relationship, it should be something that adds to your life and makes it greater and better and more fun. If a relationship doesn't do that, why be in one?"
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Professor of Employment Law visits Trinidad and Tobago to help tackle corruption
Whistleblowing expert David Lewis asked by Trinidad's Transparency Institute to advise on anti-corruption methods
Middlesex University Professor of Employment Law David Lewis has returned from Trinidad and Tobago after visiting the country to talk about whistleblowing as an anti-corruption tool.
Professor Lewis, who is currently conducting research for the Francis review of whistleblowing in the NHS, was asked to lend his expertise by Trinidad's Transparency Institute and the British High Commission, which is keen to assist countries experiencing problems with corruption – Trinidad and Tobago having fallen to 85th place in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index.
His first engagement was a lecture at the Hugh Wooding Law School attended by staff, students and members of the judiciary. He then took part in a meeting at the British High Commission in Port of Spain where the practical possibilities for making an impact on the Trinidadian Government were discussed. This was followed by a keynote address at the annual fundraising event for the country's Transparency Institute attended by business people, practising lawyers, NGO advisers, senior civil servants and representatives from the ILO, EU and several high commissions.
On day three of his visit, Professor Lewis's final engagement was to lead a session at the Ministry of Finance for the Caricom Secretariat where he discussed the role of whistleblowing in safeguarding procurement arrangements with permanent secretaries, ministry representatives, NGO's, bankers and senior executives working in the private sector.
"It seems clear to me that one of the main reasons corruption is so prevalent in Trinidad and Tobago is that there is no political will to take effective action to combat it," commented Professor Lewis.
"Procurement and general integrity statutes have been approved by parliament but there is no effective whistleblowing legislation. Since Trinidad is no longer regarded as an under-developed nation, in my opinion there is no good reason for it to lag behind Jamaica in respect of whistleblowing measures."
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Jake Curtis is a native of Decatur, IL who has adopted St. Louis as his home because of its rich music culture and unapologetic love for the Blues. His playing style is emotional and evocative rather than technical which lends itself well to live performances.
After joining the Army at the age of 18, Jake honed his guitar skills playing wherever and whenever he could. His travels in the military presented interesting opportunities over the years, playing everywhere from the Irish Pubs from when he was stationed in Germany, or playing in front of other soldiers at impromptu gigs in Iraq.
Jake's playing style is heavily influenced by the music he grew up listening to. At the age of 7, Jake found himself obsessed with the album, "John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers featuring Eric Clapton", and as he would say, "It was all downhill from there". That led to weekly trips to the public library to find as many blues records as he could.
These days you can find Jake Stationed at Jefferson Barracks in South City St. Louis by day, and by night stationed at places like Hammerstone's and The Broadway Oyster Bar.
Jake Curtis also fronts the, "National Blues Museum Jam Band", and can be found on Washington Street leading the jam at the Museum every Thursday starting at 6:00.
A self-avowed "gear nerd," Curtis plays Strats, Teles, and Les Pauls but he admits to a preference for Fender amps.
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Q – Where do you hope your guitar will take you?
A – I just want to keep getting better and see how it will go. I hope that eventually when people hear my name they will immediately think… "great blues guitar player.
Q – What's it like being a blues musician in St. Louis?
A – Playing in St. Louis is refreshing. There are world class blues musicians playing here all the time and lots of outlets to play. The fans are discriminating, and they get the music. Besides gigs you can play at a jam session almost any night of the week. Fellow musicians are supportive and nurturing which feeds the addiction and keeps me coming back.
Q – Who are your musical influences?
A – Eric Clapton, Ace Frehley, Alex Lifeson of Rush, and of course Jimmy Page who was always stealing stuff from the Blues guys. But it goes way back. I came across a Chicago blues compilation called "Living Chicago Blues" at the library that introduced me to the blues at 8 years old. It was so raw it made an impression.
Q – You have a reputation for playing whenever possible, so what's your favorite; playing live, studio work or practicing in your basement?
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Obamacare Premium Hikes to Hit Rural Americans the Hardest
Within states, rural areas often face higher premiums than their urban counterparts. Yet two of the most rural states saw some of the lowest premium increases this year.
by Mattie Quinn | November 1, 2016 AT 5:00 PM
(AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
It was hard to miss the news from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week: Health-care premiums on the marketplace are rising by an average of 25 percent for the open enrollment season that starts today.
Health experts have been bracing for a sharp hike in premiums for months now, ever since most major insurers announced they would offer fewer or no plans on the exchanges, creating monopolies in roughly a third of the country.
But not everywhere will actually see a 25 percent hike. While some states are witnessing skyrocketing rates, others are seeing modest increases and a few counties are even seeing cheaper premiums than last year.
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Regardless of what state someone lives in, though, rural Americans are facing fewer options and thus higher premiums than their urban counterparts.
In Colorado, for example, premiums are jumping 20 percent -- a change that Joe Hanel of the Colorado Health Institute attributes to higher rates in the rural part of the state because of its older, perhaps sicker population. Couple an older population with fewer providers and hospitals, and prices are inevitably going to jump, he said.
"Price of care and quantity of providers really drives what people have to pay," said Hanel.
A standard bronze plan in Denver will cost $230 this year before subsidies, but for a resident in rural Mesa County, that same bronze plan will run $424 before subsidies. (It should be noted, however, that most people won't actually be impacted by rising premiums because about 85 percent of marketplace participants receive financial assistance from the federal government.)
The story is similar in Oklahoma.
The state will have a 76 percent increase in premiums, one of the highest in the nation. That could be attributed to any number of reasons: Rates that were set too low in the first place, an expensive pool of people using the marketplace and the fact that the state has just one carrier.
But Mike Rhoads, a spokesman with the state's insurance department, also pins the rate hike to the fact that Oklahoma is a largely rural state. Insurance companies have been losing money in the exchanges, so to protect themselves, "they narrow their networks. And rural areas are catching the brunt of that," he said.
Ironically, North Dakota and Wyoming -- two very rural states -- had some of the lowest premium increases this year at 7 percent. Denise Burke, with the Wyoming Department of Insurance, said that could be attributed to proper rate-setting.
"We were the outliers a few years ago with the highest premiums in the nation, but now we're moving more towards the center," she said.
She also noted that, unlike most states, Wyoming doesn't have any urban centers to compete with for price and providers.
"We're a rural state across the board, there's really no distinction from one county to the other when it comes to population," she said. "We're always going to be an expensive state -- we just don't have the population centers to make us financially viable."
While prices seem to be increasing in rural areas, that might not prevent rural Americans from getting plans through the state marketplaces. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 90 percent of rural Americans qualify for a subsidy. And in 2016, 1 in 5 plans purchased on the marketplace was from someone in a rural area.
*CORRECTION: A previous version of this story misspelled Mike Rhoads' name.
Mattie Quinn | Staff Writer | mquinn@governing.com | @mattiekquinn


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16.6% of women in District of Columbia live in poverty. The national figure is 12.0%.
34.9% of female-headed households in District of Columbia live in poverty.
National figure: 33.8%
18.6% of women 65 and older in District of Columbia live in poverty.
Women in District of Columbia typically make $0.87 for every dollar paid to men. The national figure is $0.82.
Black women in District of Columbia typically make $0.51 cents for every dollar paid to white men.
National figure: $0.62
Latina women in District of Columbia typically make $0.50 cents for every dollar paid to white men.
3.3% of women aged 19-64 in District of Columbia are uninsured. Nationally, 11.0% are uninsured.
3.5% of women of reproductive age (19-54) in District of Columbia are uninsured.
10.3% of women in District of Columbia reported not receiving health care at some point in the last 12 months due to cost.
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Liao Xiaoyan (; * 8. Januar 1987) ist eine ehemalige chinesische Leichtathletin, die sich auf den Hammerwurf spezialisiert hat.

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Der einzige internationale Erfolg von Liao Xiaoyan war der Sieg bei den Asienmeisterschaften im Jahr 2007, als sie den Hammer auf eine Weite von 60,58 m beförderte. Sie setzte ihre sportliche Laufbahn bis ins Jahr 2011 fort, wo sie im Alter von 24 Jahren in Shenzhen ihren letzten Wettkampf bestritt.

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The name of TDT is derived from an issue that is of special interest to us: the inherent tension between corporate director authority and judicial freedom to review corporate director conduct - often said to be the defining tension in today's corporate governance.
I'm piping in from Europe briefly to point you to the Sunday Times's article on the best paid London lawyers. Takeaway: it's great for the few people who get to be barristers (that is, the nuts qualification limitation that the UK imposes on lawyers who want to appear in court) that they have a barrister requirement. The corporate guys who pull down three to five million bucks a year work "80 hour weeks" or "every hour God gives." The top barristers? Well, they make slightly more money, and they spend many of the hours that God gives doing things other than working. One is the "cleverest man in England," summers (as in, spends the whole summer) in Bordeaux, and is writing a three volume history on one of England's obscure but lengthy late-medieval wars. Another "starts at 8.30, leaves at 5.30." A third lists his passions as "opera, riding, gardening, olive farming," and has a house in Hampshire and a villa in Tuscany.
I imagine this article is being passed around New York law firms, where one gets the sense that litigators are only vaguely tolerated, with some bemusement.
Just in time for March Madness, Sneaker Wars has just come out, recounting the modest origins of the now-multinational multi-billion-dollar sports shoe industry. I just happened to catch the book review in this morning's WSJ. The story begins with the Dassler brothers' little Bavarian shoe factory, started during the thick of WWII. Fraternal rivalry caused the brothers Adi and Rudi to part company in the late 1940s, when Rudi walked across the river to the other side of town--the medieval town of Herzogenaurach--to set up a competing factory. Adi Dassler's shoe became, of course, Adidas. Rudi developed the Puma brand. Together, the rivaling brothers and their rival brands came to dominate the world sports shoe industry for decades. Adi and Rudi pioneered what are today's standard marketing strategies for sporting goods and other consumer goods, giving away free shoes to athletes and later paying stars to wear the logo.
It's a treat for me to read about the history of Adidas. Anyone who played grade-school basketball in the 70s remembers the dominant basketball shoes--Converse All-Stars and the Adidas Superstar, with the latter gradually overtaking the former both in the pros and in the school yard. According to Wikipedia, three quarters of all NBA players in the mid-70s were wearing the Superstar. I remember well getting my first pair. They were navy felt with white stripes (I know, I know . . . but remember, this was the 70s). I was a mediocre basketball player at best, but at least the shoes looked cool.
The sports shoe industry took a big jolt in the mid-80s, when Phil Knight signed Michael Jordon for Nike and launched the Air Jordan, which became the best-selling basketball shoe ever. Nike has dominated the U.S. market ever since, though Adidas and Puma appear to be making comebacks. You can read about Adidas' recent comeback efforts with its signing of David Beckham in the Prologue to Sneaker Wars.
On Wednesday, the SEC voted unanimously to recommend that non-US based companies be allowed to rely on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS, promulgated by IASB--the international accounting standards board) without having to include GAAP reconciliation, as is currently required.
A few weeks back, the eighth annual meeting of the SEC Historical Society occurred. Its focus: Beyond Borders: A New Approach to the Regulation of Global Securities Offerings. The discussion centered around a proposal for a regime of mutual recognition with the EU regarding large issuers (WKSIs, more or less), which was presented by Ed Greene of Citi Markets and Banking.
And finally, the SRO arms of NYSE and NASDAQ are officially combining as SIRA--the Securities Industry Regulatory Authority. While not technically an international development, it's consistent with the increasing international consolidation among exchanges (the WSJ piece referred to NYSE Regulation as a "unit of NYSE Euronext Inc."). NASDAQ CEO Mary Schapiro also suggested the possibility of some movement toward principles-based regulation, similar to LSE. Perhaps a competitive adjustment?
In any event, my flight is boarding. Internet access willing, stay tuned for more from Addis.
The "ouster" of Klaus Kleinfeld as CEO of Siemens is a big corporate governance story, even though it doesn't register so vibrantly in the US. Kleinfeld was not formally terminated. He left after learning that shareholder representatives on the supervisory board were searching for his replacement. As our readers surely know, Siemens is attempting to move beyond a series of scandals, and even though Kleinfeld has not been directly implicated in any criminal activity, his presence was an obstacle to a fresh start for the company.
In the reports of the events that I have been reading, one of the central characters in the drama is Josef Ackermann, chief executive of Deutsche Bank AG, which is a large shareholder of Siemens. Ackermann is a member of the supervisory board, which has 20 members, half of whom are elected by Siemens' employees. According to the W$J, "Labor representatives on the board had said in recent days they were still undecided on whether to support Mr. Kleinfeld when his contract came up for renewal yesterday."
So this looks like a classic block shareholder story, in which Deutsche Bank monitors the top managers of the company and intervenes in a moment of crisis. Would the same underlying facts have the same result in the US? Well, that's hard to say, but my guess is that Kleinfeld stays if Siemens is a US company. Cf. HP (Mark Hurd) and Apple (Steve Jobs).
The AIM market is booming. In 2005 AIM had 335 IPOs compared to NASDAQ's 35. The deal size comparisons are also telling. The average technology IPO deal size on the NASDAQ was $117.5 million, on the AIM it was $18.7 million. The AIM supported the smaller deals. Interestingly, the enterprise value as a multiple of revenue was lower on the NASDAQ 4.7x than on the AIM, at 6.3x. AIM investors were willing to accept more risk. The London market has successfully created a public offering market for small and micro cap companies. To remain competitive, the United States trading markets need to mount a successful competitor to this market.
Let's say that you have a job that allows you to travel during the summer. You do most of your work online, so as long as you have an internet connection, you can be anywhere. And let's say that you love all of Europe, but you prefer to focus on one country per summer, rather than hopping around.
As each day's headlines attest, the world's stock exchange business is consolidating. The NYSE has bid for Euronext, the company that owns and operates the Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Lisbon stock exchanges and the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange. The Deutsche Borse had also made a bid, but its offer appears to be floundering, as Euronext shareholders voted recently expressing their preference for the NYSE's bid. Predator and prey, Deutsche Bourse and Euronext are also each pursuing a deal with Borsa Italiana. NASDAQ has bid for the London Stock Exchange, as have the Deutsche Bourse and Macquarie Bank of Australia. NASDAQ already owns over a quarter of LSE's shares, making rival bidding difficult. Whew!
The conventional story for this consolidation seems to be the inexorable scale economies that come from pushing more trading volume through expensive computerized trading systems with unlimited capacity. Given the technological advances, the world's securities trading may be a winner-take-all market, and once the large start-up costs of the trading infrastructure are sunk, it behooves each exchange to gobble up as much volume as possible. For consumers, the story goes, benefits will come in the form of cheaper trades at better prices.
This conventional story comes with a number of interesting complications, though—economic, regulatory, and political. On the economics, while competition among exchanges to capture scale economies is surely an important impetus to consolidation, as the Economist points out, the exchanges are also coming under increasing pressure from alternative trading venues. First off, the big Wall Street firms are increasingly internalizing their crossing trades--matching buy and sell orders internally instead of sending them to the exchanges for execution. In addition, brokerage firms are registering their internal crossing networks as alternative trading systems with the SEC, thereby bringing in regulatory oversight, which allows for connections with external networks and increased liquidity. Second, over-the-counter trading via brokers is becoming more and more popular. Third, block trading by institutions is more and more being conducted over private electronic trading systems like Liquidnet and Pipeline, where anonymity is more readily available. So exchanges as a group are losing market share. Up to two-thirds of British share trading and 75% of German trading now occur off-exchange. The consolidation of exchanges turns out to be as much survival strategy as innovative cost cutting strategy.
– Joint ownership of a U.S. exchange and a non-US exchange would not result in automatic application of U.S. securities regulation to the listing or trading activities of the non-U.S. exchange.
– Whether a non-U.S. exchange, and thereby its listed companies, would be subject to U.S. registration depends upon a careful analysis of the activities of the non-U.S. exchange in the United States.
– The non-U.S. exchange would only become subject to U.S. securities laws if that exchange is operating within the U.S., not merely because it is affiliated with a U.S. exchange.
This is of course no small concern. In 2000, ninety percent of the world's IPO dollars were raised in the US; in 2005, ninety percent of the world's IPO dollars were raised outside the US. SOX has largely been blamed for this IPO flight from the US. FSA chair Callum McCarthy did note, however, the possibility that the merged NASDAQ-LSE entity itself might seek to rationalize its regulatory structure by consolidating its operations within one jurisdiction in order to subject itself to only one regulatory regime. He went so far as to suggest the possibility that some day the LSE might not be subject to UK regulation.
On the political end, it's not difficult to imagine the nationalistic pressures being brought to bear on these various deals. The French are keen to preserve a strong French exchange overseen by French regulators, and the NYSE promoted itself as Euronext's best merger partner for augmenting Paris as the premier European financial center. OTOH, the NYSE has also made noises about starting an new exchange in London to compete with LSE, thereby undermining its professed commitment to promoting Paris. Deutsche Borse has also found itself in political hot water over the conduct of its Euronext bid. Just the other day, DB sweetened its offer for Euronext, attempting to appease the French by promising that the office of the chairman of the supervisory board of the merged company would be in Paris, and that the merged company would use French technology for trading shares. Not only was Euronext not impressed, but German politicians and DB employees on its supervisory board moved to block attempts to shift businesses elsewhere. A politician from the German state of Hesse, DB's home state, professed that DB "has definitely gone too far," and threatened to revoke DB's license if concessions cost too many jobs in Frankfurt. Germany's minister for trade and industry noted that any deal would have to preserve "the central role of Frankfurt."
From its inception, the (non) application of SOX to foreign issuers has been controversial. Now the whistleblower protections of SOX have come into focus as another avenue for crossborder tensions. The ABA Journal has a nice summary of current issues. Europe, it turns out, is much less enamored of whistleblowers than we are in the States. While "Americans like to elevate whistle-blowers to near folk-here status, from Daniel Ellsberg . . . to Sherron Watkins," in Europe, whistleblowers are often thought of as informants, as rats. in Germany, "the term term most likely conjures up memories of the Gestapo . . . . In France, the term evokes images of the Vichy regime's collaboration with the Nazis and of neighbors ratting out one another."
No wonder that the EU has had some trouble coming to terms with the application of the new Sox whistleblower provisions to its issuers crosslisted in the US--especially the requirement that issuers establish procedures to allow employees to file internal whistleblowing complaints anonymously. Europeans are apparently more concerned about the privacy and reputation of the accused. "[W]hile the Americans are most concerned with protecting whistle-blowers to ensure market integrity, Europeans place a higher premium on guarding personal reputations of targets of complaints, which sometimes arise out of spite, revenge or other suspect motives."
Well, at least about the health effects of smoking.
A simple decomposition suggests that these belief differences can explain between one quarter and one-half of the difference in smoking rates between the U.S. and Europe. We present some evidence suggesting that these differences in beliefs are themselves the result of concerted government action emphasizing the harms of smoking.
Cigarettes are more expensive in Europe because of higher taxes on tobacco, so if cost were the driving force, Americans would smoke more than Europeans. Higher income levels in the U.S. might also suggest that smoking should be more popular here, as the monetary costs of smoking as a percentage of income would be lower. Then again, high income levels may cause people to quit smoking, as they have more to lose. Income levels have some explanatory value, but they are not the best predictor of smoking levels.
Regulation seems to play a role. Workplace bans raise the costs associated with smoking, and that seems to reduce consumption. But both Europe and the U.S. haves such regulations -- indeed, the authors conclude that Europe is more regulated than the U.S. in this regard, though that seems hard to believe.
Both smokers (83 percent) and non-smokers (94 percent) in the US strongly believe that smoking [is harmful to health.] By contrast, 52 percent of German smokers and 84 percent of German nonsmokers shared that belief. Beliefs appear to be specific to the society, much more than to the individual who smokes or not.
... From 1933 to 1952, cigarette smoking rose every year. Indeed, between 1920 and 1952, cigarette consumption fell only during the bleakest years of the great depression (confirming the positive income elasticity of cigarette consumption at lower income levels). Between 1952 and 1954, cigarette smoking took its first dramatic drop. From 1952-1953 smoking dropped by 3 percent, followed by an additional 6 percent the following year. While it is possible that this drop was due to something other than changing beliefs about the health risks of cigarettes, contemporary observers certainly thought that the decline in smoking was the result of the health scare. For example, the treasurer of the American Tobacco Company said in 1954 that "there is a tendency to ascribe the drop in cigarette consumption almost entirely to the so called 'cancer scare'." (New York Times, May 7, 1954, p.35).
The reaction in the marketplace proceeded along several dimensions. On the one hand, manufacturers and the public responded by making cigarettes somewhat safer. Use of filtered cigarettes rose from less than 2 percent in 1952 to more than 20 percent in 1955. Edward R. Murrow on the air linked the rise of filtered cigarettes to heightened fears about the dangers of cigarettes. On the other hand, the cigarette industry fought back through advertising. Using their vast advertising budgets and spending on their own rival research (which unsurprisingly found that cigarettes were harmless), cigarette companies were able to overcome the negative publicity associated with these early studies. Smoking rose again from 1954 through 1963.
Increasing evidence in the medical community showed the harms from smoking, and in 1964, the Surgeon General issued his famous warning about the health consequences of smoking. In 1966, the Federal Trade Commission required cigarettes to be sold with a label warning that "cigarettes may be hazardous to your health." Both the federal government and private groups like the American Cancer Society mounted campaigns meant to increase awareness of the health consequences of smoking. The fruits of this campaign are apparent in public opinion surveys. In 1960, 50 percent of Americans believed that cigarette smoking was one of the causes of lung cancer. By 1969, the share was 71 percent (Cutler and Kadiyala, 2003). One sees this in the consumption data as well. In 1964 alone, cigarette smoking fell by 3 percent, and smoking was down by 8 percent by 1970.
Since the 1950s, beliefs about the harms of smoking have cemented. The Gallup Organization (Gallup, 1981) documented a rising belief that smoking was dangerous. By the 1980s, Viscusi (1992) finds that people actually overestimated the health risks of smoking. As noted above, over 90 percent of Americans now believe that smoking causes cancer. A strong circumstantial case links the decline of smoking to the expansion of information about the harms of smoking. [D]ata on the share of people who have ever smoked show a decline beginning in cohorts coming of smoking age after 1964. Other evidence about the link between perception and smoking comes from individual correlations between beliefs and actions. Smoking rates among those who believe that smoking a pack or more of cigarettes per day has a great risk are only 23 percent, compared to 52 percent among those who do not believe that link. If beliefs causally affect smoking (and not the reverse, as with cognitive dissonance), it suggests a large impact of beliefs on actions.
All of this makes me wonder about the obesity problem in the U.S. The authors have another (older) paper on that. Blame your freezer, microwave, and dishwasher, they say: "technological innovations which made it possible for food to be mass prepared far from the point of consumption, and consumed with lower time costs of preparation and cleaning." Anti-obesity public health campaigns are more recent than anti-smoking campaigns, but the link between education and behavior is encouraging.
Thanks to NPR's "Talk of the Nation" for the tip.
Four explosions in London's transport system have killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens more in what Prime Minister Tony Blair said was an apparent terrorist attack. A group calling itself the "Secret Organization group of al-Qaeda Organization in Europe" claimed responsibility in a Web site posting. The authenticity of the claim could not immediately be verified.
Prayers are flying across the pond.
There's always a big fuss when the Presidency of the EU changes and this time Tony Blair's Labour Government is trying to making the most of its opportunity to set its mark on EU policy-making. There is a new White Paper on the EU. All of the big questions are on the table - including the future of enlargement, the common agricultural policy and the European social model. The White Paper seems to suggest that the UK wants to fix everything that is wrong with Europe. A big task.
The UK's Department of Trade and Industry is involved in many of the things Blair says he wants to achieve - the idea that the EU should focus on encouraging research and development and entrepreneurship is within the DTI's remit (there is to be a Council meeting on Competitiveness the week after next). And better regulation, especially better business regulation is also a matter of interest to the DTI (although financial regulation really belongs to Gordon Brown). So the DTI has some new web pages on the UK's Presidency and the DTI.
The DTI is going to work with stakeholders in trying to achieve its aims, and so links from one of its web pages to web pages about Europe for the Institute of Directors and the Confederation of British Industry. You have to hunt around a bit to find consumers but there is a Consumer and Competition Policy link. Other stakeholders don't really appear on these pages, although the DTI has some responsibilities in relation to employment and the Government wants to make sure that employees who want to will be free to work more than 48 hours per week. I guess some stakeholders have bigger stakes than others.
According to the BBC (which has a link from this page), the UK is the first EU Member State to adopt an animated logo for its Presidency of the EU. The clip shows a group of swans flying in formation from left to right of the screen. The BBC article mentions a number of possible meanings this logo might be understood to have, but does not include the possibility of a shift from left to right in political terms.
First, improving the policy making process by better consultation and Impact Assessments (which should include measuring the burden on business and testing the impact on the EU's international competitiveness). Second, reducing the volume and complexity of EU legislation. Third, reviewing the impact and outcomes of existing legislation.
Businesses and investors alike need appropriate and efficient regulation, not over-regulation but better regulation.
Somehow I don't think the EU will be following the lead of British Columbia in developing simpler, standards-based securities regulation for a while yet (if at all). After all, the EU's not-yet-complete Financial Services Action Plan has already taken a very long time, and will be keeping a lot of lawyers in business for the foreseeable future.


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Perspective > Medscape Neurology > Ask the Experts
Prescription Monitoring Programs: Do They Work?
Aaron Gilson, MS, MSSW, PhD
How can I tell if a patient is doctor shopping for prescription drugs? Do prescription monitoring programs work?
Response from Aaron Gilson, MS, MSSW, PhD
Senior Scientist, Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
National, state, and local media coverage reinforces the public health imperative to effectively mitigate morbidity and mortality resulting from the nonmedical use of prescription opioid analgesics. Although disparate diversion sources exist for prescription medications,[1,2] "doctor shopping" (eg, obtaining the same or similar drugs from more than 1 practitioner) has long been recognized as an important method by which drugs enter the illicit market.[3] To address this diversion source, 34 states have an operational prescription monitoring program (PMP) in which information about dispensed medications is entered into an electronic database. Practitioners can then access this information for their patients to determine whether additional medications are being acquired from other clinicians.
PMPs have proliferated in the last 2 decades, but only about 10 research articles have been published, and most of these have focused on the effect of state-mandated use of government-issued serialized prescription forms for Schedule II medications on practitioner prescribing.[4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14] Results demonstrated that many practitioners avoided prescribing Schedule II medications and instead used medications that the program did not cover (termed the "substitution effect").[15] Such findings have limited relevance today because few programs continue to require a serialized form, but they substantiate the contention that drug control programs focusing on a single medication class can contribute to a pronounced substitution effect.[16]
Therefore, little is known about the success of PMPs in identifying and reducing doctor shopping. Only 1 recent study has attempted to describe the distribution of individuals receiving prescriptions for Schedule II opioids from number of prescribers and pharmacies, finding that more than 90% of individuals used either 1 or 2 prescribers and a single pharmacy.[5] This study also highlights the importance of using PMPs as a clinical tool to guide treatment decision making and patient care choices. The following conditions should facilitate this:
The PMP should collect information about medications of multiple schedules;
Practitioners should have electronic access to accurate prescribing information soon after it is entered;
Educational programs should be provided to database users about data access and utilization; and
Practitioners should not be obligated to check the database before prescribing a medication.
A critical consideration with respect to the effect of PMPs on patient care is how prescribers use the accessed data. For example, what should a physician do if he or she determines that a patient has obtained opioid prescriptions from 2 other practitioners and had them filled at separate pharmacies? Absent a valid method to operationalize the concept of doctor shopping, as well as considering the possibility that the patient information is incorrect, false positives can occur, and patients could be erroneously labeled as abusers or drug seekers.[5] Also, doctor shopping is not motivated solely by illicit intent. A patient who is inadequately treated by a practitioner may seek additional analgesia, a phenomenon known as "pseudoaddiction."[17] Successfully translating PMP data into practice often requires clinicians to navigate through this complex and ill-defined landscape.
In conclusion, the PMP is but one mechanism to address a single source of nonmedically used prescription opioids, and further resources must be directed toward evaluating program effects. Consequently, a broader approach is warranted to effectively reduce the public health problem of medication abuse and diversion. Given this context, PMPs still can serve a crucial function by making prescription data readily available for clinical use, but it is up to practitioners to use the information to benefit their patients' treatment needs. Efforts are underway within various states to enhance the clinical utility of PMPs, including educational programs for database users, but more can and must be done to make this objective a reality for prescribing practitioners.
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This topic covers qualifying service and operational service for the Korean hostilities, as well as, service in the Demilitarised Zone after the ending of the Australian commitment.
served in the operational area to which the person was allotted. More ?
between 28 April 1952 and 19 April 1956 (both dates included) served in Japan although their unit was allotted for duty in connection with the Korean Conflict. More ?
Defence force personnel continued to serve in Korea after 19 April 1956. Personnel were employed in a non-operational role as it was considered service had returned to normal peacetime conditions.
The exception to this was service as military observers in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ). Such service in the DMZ is classified as Operational Service but not Qualifying Service.


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A New creation at Halcyon: Chaos Class
In English, 9x have just taken part in something completely innovative and new to Halcyon. Chaos Class is a new unit aimed at promoting student voice and autonomy initiated by Ross McGowan. The class were given almost complete creative control over this unit. They chose the short stories they wanted to study, the Global Context, key concepts, a learner profile attribute and, most importantly, they chose how they wanted to learn. The class voted on each of these elements and decided to study; The Sniper, The Tell-Tale Heart, and All You Zombies. They bravely decided that they wanted to be assessed on all criteria in just the one assessment!
"We have had a fantastic response to Chaos Class. The effort put into this unit and the quality that came out at the end are among the highest I have ever seen in an MYP English class." said Mr. McGowan.
Some great examples of assessed work here.
The idea for Chaos Class was created during a staff professional development session on 'Design Thinking', a way of coming up with ideas fast and without discussing boundaries such as logistics etc until later on, which originates from how designers innovate.
"In my opinion, I really enjoyed having the freedom to choose the assessments that we could do and organise how to do the entire unit. I'm new this year, and in my old school, we never had the freedom to include our own opinions when studying a new unit. I really liked the fact that they gave the students the choice of deciding what to do (in my case, for the first time)" Maria, G9.
"For this Chaos Class unit in English, I was able to work with a partner to create a video and monologue based on 'The Sniper'. I really enjoyed this unit because I was able to develop my confidence that increased the feeling of achievement as I worked to overcome challenges. I can see that by creating a unit where the students are making choices about what they are interested in, we were able to look to the future at the many ways we will be able to share our passions and interests. In other words, this unit provided us with skills from communicating to creativity that we decided to develop on our own and that is why it was so motivating." Brooke, G9.
"I really enjoyed the Chaos Class unit and I loved creating the videos and monologues. By choosing the short stories, how we were assessed and what we were assessed on, I felt that I was really able to direct my learning. This unit was so fun and I would definitely do it again!" Mia, G9.


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Minor League Box Scores 2021
Minor League box scores, June 12
A round-up of box scores from the San Francisco Giants Minor League affiliates.
By Brady Klopfer@BradyKlopferNBA Jun 13, 2021, 4:02am PDT
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This article exists to provide links to the box scores from yesterday's Minor League Baseball games for the San Francisco Giants four affiliates, and to provide a space for you to talk about the Minors.
AAA Sacramento River Cats: @ Tacoma Rainers (Mariners)
AA Richmond Flying Squirrels: vs. Harrisburg Senators (Nationals)
High-A Eugene Emeralds: @ Everett AquaSox (Mariners)
Low-A San Jose Giants: @ Stockton Ports (A's)
Here's the schedule for today's games:
Sacramento: 1:35 p.m. PT @ Tacoma Rainers (Mariners)
Richmond: 10:05 a.m. PT vs. Harrisburg Senators (Nationals)
Eugene: 4:05 p.m. PT @ Everett AquaSox (Mariners)
San Jose: 2:09 p.m. PT @ Stockton Ports (A's)


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package Chapter06;

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.event.ComponentEvent;
import java.awt.event.ComponentListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

/**
 *              Textbook Example Program, Chapter 6
 * Class:       SimpleStamper.java
 * Purpose:     Demonstration of MouseEvents. Shapes are drawn on a black
 *              background when the user clicks the panel. If the user Shift-
 *              clicks, the panel is cleared. If the user right-clicks the
 *              panel, a blue oval is drawn. Otherwise, when the user clicks, a
 *              red rectangle is drawn. The contents of the panel are not
 *              persistent. For example, they might disappear if the panel is
 *              resized.
 *
 *              This class has a main()'ish routine, call(), to allow it to run
 *              as an application.
 *
 *      v1.1    Implemented paintComponent() and related methods instead of
 *              drawing in mousePressed() and needing to fetch the graphics
 *              component.
 *              Implemented nested classes CustomMouseListener and
 *              CustomComponentListener to better organize code and to detect
 *              and redraw window when the user resizes it.
 *              Implemented private methods for constructor to reference
 *              instead of over-rideable public ones from JPanel.
 *              Implemented setters and getters.
 *
 * @author:     Tyler Lucas
 * Student ID:  3305203
 * Date:        June 2, 2017
 * Version      1.1
 *
 * Based on and References:
 * @see
 *      Introduction to Programming Using Java, Seventh Edition,
 *      by Eck, David J., 2014: Chapter 6: Introduction to GUI Programming,
 *      pp275-278
 *
 */
public class SimpleStamper extends JPanel
{
    private static final int WINDOW_W = 4*450;
    private static final int WINDOW_H = 4*350;
    private static final int WINDOW_OFFSET_X = 4*120;
    private static final int WINDOW_OFFSET_Y = 4*70;
    /**
     * Similar to a {@code main(String[] args)} routine, is called by
     * {@link Chapter06.MainCaller}, as are all {@code call()} routines in most
     * example and exercise classes. Requires setting the appropriate boolean
     * variables in MainCaller in order to activate.
     */
    public static void call()
    {
        JFrame window = new JFrame("Simple Stamper");
        SimpleStamper content = new SimpleStamper();

        window.setContentPane(content);
        window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        window.setLocation(WINDOW_OFFSET_X, WINDOW_OFFSET_Y);
        window.setSize(WINDOW_W, WINDOW_H);
        window.setVisible(true);
    }

    /**
     * Maximum number of shapes (Components) to display at a time.
     */
    private static final int MAX_SHAPES = 25;
    private Component[] shapes = new Component[MAX_SHAPES];

    private enum NextDraw { RECT, OVAL, CLEAR }
    private NextDraw nextDraw = NextDraw.CLEAR;

    private Color backgroundColor = Color.BLACK;
    private Color fillColor;
    private Color outlineColor = Color.BLACK;
    private int mouseLocationX;
    private int mouseLocationY;

    private final CustomMouseListener mouseListener =
            new CustomMouseListener();
    private final CustomComponentListener componentListener =
            new CustomComponentListener();

    // Constructors
    /**
     * Sets the background colour of the panel to be black, and connects a new
     * MouseListener and ComponentListener.
     */
    public SimpleStamper()
    {
        setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK);
        addMouseListener();
        addComponentListener();
    }

    // Constructor helpers.
    private void addMouseListener()
    {
        addMouseListener(new CustomMouseListener());
    }

    private void addComponentListener()
    {
        addComponentListener(new CustomComponentListener());
    }

    /**
     * Nested class to detect left- (and middle-), right-, and Shift-click
     * mouse clicks, and do different stuff for each case.
     */
    public class CustomMouseListener implements MouseListener
    {   // inline anonymous class
        /**
         * Since this panel has been set to listen for mouse event on itself,
         * this method will be called when the use clicks the mouse on the panel.
         * This method is part of the MouseListener interface.
         * @param evt   MouseEvent
         */
        @Override
        public void mousePressed(MouseEvent evt)
        {
            setMouseLocationX(evt.getX());
            setMouseLocationY(evt.getY());

            if ( evt.isShiftDown() )
            {
                /* The user was holding down the Shift key. Just repaint the panel.
                *   Since this class does not define a paintComponent() method, the
                *   method from the superclass JPanel is called. That method fills the
                *   panel with its background colour (black). The effect is to clear
                *   the panel.
                */
                setNextDraw(NextDraw.CLEAR);
            }
            else if ( evt.isMetaDown())
            {
                /* User right-clicked at (x,y). Draw a blue oval centered at (x,y).
                *   A black outline around the oval will make it more distinct when
                *   shapes overlap.
                */
                setFillColor(Color.BLUE);
//                setOutlineColor(Color.BLACK);
                setNextDraw(NextDraw.OVAL);
            }
            else
            {
                /* User left- or middle-clicked at (x,y). Draw a red rectangle
                *   centered at (x,y).
                */
                setFillColor(Color.RED);
//                setOutlineColor(Color.BLACK);
                setNextDraw(NextDraw.RECT);
            }

            repaint();    // Let system know that it needs to draw something.
        }

        @Override
        public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent evt) {}
        @Override
        public void mouseExited(MouseEvent evt) {}
        @Override
        public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent evt) {}
        @Override
        public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent evt) {}
    }

    public class CustomComponentListener implements ComponentListener
    {
        @Override
        public void componentResized(ComponentEvent e)
        {
            setNextDraw(NextDraw.CLEAR);
            repaint();
        }

        @Override
        public void componentMoved(ComponentEvent e) {}
        @Override
        public void componentShown(ComponentEvent e) {}
        @Override
        public void componentHidden(ComponentEvent e) {}
    }

    private static final int SHAPE_W = 60*4;
    private static final int SHAPE_H = SHAPE_W/2;
    @Override
    public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
    {
        switch (getNextDraw()) {
            case OVAL:
                g.setColor(getFillColor());
                g.fillOval(
                        getMouseLocationX() - SHAPE_W/2,
                        getMouseLocationY() - SHAPE_H/2,
                        SHAPE_W,
                        SHAPE_H
                );
                g.setColor(getOutlineColor());
                g.drawOval(
                        getMouseLocationX() - SHAPE_W/2,
                        getMouseLocationY() - SHAPE_H/2,
                        SHAPE_W,
                        SHAPE_H
                );
                break;
            case RECT:
                g.setColor(getFillColor());
                g.fillRect(
                        getMouseLocationX() - SHAPE_W/2,
                        getMouseLocationY() - SHAPE_H/2,
                        SHAPE_W,
                        SHAPE_H
                );
                g.setColor(getOutlineColor());
                g.drawRect(
                        getMouseLocationX() - SHAPE_W/2,
                        getMouseLocationY() - SHAPE_H/2,
                        SHAPE_W,
                        SHAPE_H
                );
                break;
            case CLEAR:
            default:
                super.paintComponent(g);
                break;
        }
    }

    // Getters
    private Color getFillColor()
    {
        return this.fillColor;
    }

    private Color getOutlineColor()
    {
        return this.outlineColor;
    }

    private Color getBackgroundColor()
    {
        return this.backgroundColor;
    }

    private int getMouseLocationX()
    {
        return this.mouseLocationX;
    }

    private int getMouseLocationY()
    {
        return this.mouseLocationY;
    }

    private NextDraw getNextDraw()
    {
        return this.nextDraw;
    }

    // Setters
    private void setNextDraw(NextDraw nextDraw)
    {
        this.nextDraw = nextDraw;
    }

    private void setFillColor(Color fillColor)
    {
        this.fillColor = fillColor;
    }

    private void setOutlineColor(Color outlineColor)
    {
        this.outlineColor = outlineColor;
    }

    private void setBackgroundColor(Color backgroundColor)
    {
        this.backgroundColor = backgroundColor;
        this.setBackground(backgroundColor);
    }

    private void setMouseLocationX(int mouseLocationX)
    {
        this.mouseLocationX = mouseLocationX;
    }

    private void setMouseLocationY(int mouseLocationY)
    {
        this.mouseLocationY = mouseLocationY;
    }
}

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Home/Entertainment/Former Byker Grove star says we need to 'stop defaming Muslims' on TV and movies
Former Byker Grove star says we need to 'stop defaming Muslims' on TV and movies
Fry Electronics TeamApril 1, 2022
For Project Mirror's NextGen UK, Elisa Naeem talks with former child star, Sajid Varda, about his experience as a Muslim actor and why the industry still needs change
Sajid Varda works to support Muslims in TV and movies through his charity (
Image: YellowBellyPhoto)
The Muslim actor who first appeared in Byker Grove says there is still "a way to go" when it comes to screen performance.
Sajid Varda, who appeared in the 1996 children's film with a plot about racism, said it was a challenge at the time but an important plot to tackle.
"It was a really hard thing to do because it was all about racism and it was the first time they used the P-word in a teen movie.
"There were so many complaints to Points of View about it, people thought it was just too much for a teen movie.
"It then ranked top in magazines. A lot of white people didn't appreciate it because it was so… 'Oh, you can't say the P'.
"But [I thought] 'you guys do it all the time in real life, we just show you what you're doing'. But yes, it's a great opportunity. "
Sajid Varda pictured in the BBC show, 'Byker Grove'
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Sajid works to tackle anti-Muslim stereotypes through his charity Movies Islam UK.
He added: "There is a lot of anti-Muslim sentiment and now you are seeing that spill over into politics around the world.
"So TV and movies pretty much reflect that. Whether it's television or movies, you'll find that everything is themed around the four main types of tropes or the negative stereotypes surrounding Muslims as terrorists.
"Muslim men are misogynists. Of course, Muslim women are oppressed, and Islam is a threat to the West. "
Sajid says that the roles he's been given have focused on him being a Muslim, often with negative stereotypes.
"I can't just be a man on TV, living my life, being a Muslim," he said.
"I had to be a Muslim on TV. He's raging and going against the system and trying to blow people up, or beating up my wife or trying to oppress her or just being a problem. "
Many Muslims feel there has been a very anti-Muslim, anti-Muslim wave across TV shows and movies.
This came to the fore after the devastating events of 9/11 changed the trajectory of Muslims' lives around the world, Sajid said.
"The terrible events of that day… shaped politics and shaped industry really, in a way that became very anti-Muslim, anti-Muslim," says Sajid.
Sajid believes that the negative roles stem from the lack of Muslims on screen and works behind the scenes in the film and television industry.
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When Muslims and Muslims are vilified on screen, these attitudes can translate to real life.
Oscar-nominated Muslim actor Riz Ahmed summed it up when he said: "The representation of Muslims on screen provides information about policies enacted, people killed, countries. Invaded."
"There is a lot of fear of Islam," says Sajid. There was a lot of anti-Muslim sentiment, and now you're seeing that spill over into politics all over the world. "
He believes these negative portrayals stem in part from the lack of Muslims on screen and behind-the-scenes work in the film and television industry.
Nearly a quarter of the world's population is Muslim, but only 1% of the characters portrayed in the 100 highest-grossing US films between 2017-19 are Muslim, according to the USC Annenberg Inclusive Initiative.
Similarly, only 25.9% of screenwriters in 2020 are people of color according to the 2021 Hollywood Diversity Report.
Sajid founded Islamic Films UK to address these issues.
The charity works in film and television to support the production of films and shows with a focus on Islam.
He hopes the charity will help level the playing field of an often very special industry.
"The charity is there to really celebrate the creative talent and amazing achievements of Muslim innovators in the UK and around the world," says Sajid.
"As a platform to create a community, a hub for the Muslim creative community to meet the industry. And I suppose, have access because it's a very privileged industry.
"There is a barrier to entry, it is still very white. It's a network of very old guys, it's very crowded and it's very difficult for everyone to succeed in the industry, unless you come from a certain background. "
Sajid says some progress has been made in the direction of positive representation, pointing to Nextflix's Midnight Festival and the Channel 4 TV series Screw as examples.
In 2022, Marvel will release Ms. Marvel, a Disney miniseries focusing on the life of a teenage Muslim Pakistani-American superhero.
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'Soft' Robots From MIT and Harvard Open Up Possibilities for New Class of Bots
The science of soft robotics is making big leaps as teams from MIT and Harvard have recently shown off new prototypes, hoping to challenge the way people imagine the future of robotics.
MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, led by director Daniela Rus, already has a portfolio of untraditional robots, inspired by the movements of living creatures. Their robots fly like falcons, perch like pigeons, and swim like swordfish. This week, at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, a new robot was unveiled which moves like a snake through a pipe-like environment without the need for a human operator.
"I want to challenge the notion that robots have to look or act a certain way", says Andrew Marchese, a doctoral candidate at MIT's CSAIL who worked on the project.
Made completely of silicone rubber created using 3D printed molds, the arm is the latest entry in the burgeoning field of soft robots, whose movements are not constrained by the hard joints seen in traditional counterparts.
Soft robots has the potential to create safer, more resilient, and more efficient devices in a way that traditional rigid-bodied robotics cannot. Most robots cannot move in confined spaces and must be programmed precisely to avoid collisions, while this silicone arm, without rigid joints, can be much more nimble in it's movement.
Other so-called soft robots still have inflexible elements such as high-pressure actuators and aluminum pieces which hold everything together. CSAIL's robotic arm is so soft that a typical motor shaft cannot be attached. Instead, the team creatively solved that problem by using expandable channels on both sides which fill with pressurized air and strain the silicone, causing it to change shape and move. The team worked to develop complex algorithms to determine the curvature needed to make the diversity of motions required for the robot to navigate their pipe-like environment.
If CSIL's snake-like robotic arm isn't convincing enough, take at look at this nearly indestructible soft robot, developed at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.
Inspired by the non-rigid structure of animals like starfish and squid, and made from a composite of stiff rubber, silicone elastomer and polyamide fabric, this untethered soft robot can get up and walk freely through snow and fire and can even survive unscathed after being run over by a car. It is resistant to water, corrosion, UV damage, fire and a wide range of temperatures and environments.
Today, the combination of increased flexibility in design and manufacturing available through 3D printing, the growing variety of robust materials, and the recent surge of biomimicry, is yielding robotic machines which do not look or move anything like the mechanical looking humanoid bots envisioned in the past.
While these prototypes are in the experimental phase, future versions of both these robots could perform search and rescue tasks such as going into a collapsed building, where they could maneuver through tight spaces and withstand harmful conditions such as chemical contaminations or flames, which would be toxic to humans.
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