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L.A. Moran Reforestation Center
CAL FIRE provides a substantial seed bank as insurance against poor seed crop years and for providing the widest possible genetic variety of forest tree species. This long-term depository contributes to restoration of native trees lost to wildfire, insects and disease; avoiding losses of tree species threatened with extirpation or extinction; and mitigates the uncertainties associated with tree species and forest ecosystem adaptation to climate change. The seed bank is located in the L.A. Moran Reforestation Center (LAMRC) in Yolo County in Davis, California. LAMRC specializes in forest tree cone and seed processing and seed bank storage. CAL FIRE staff at the center continues to provide technical assistance to forest industry, other agency, and private landowners on cone and seed matters and seed collection activities. Cone and seed processing services are available at rates set by the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. The L.A. Moran Reforestation Center can be reached at (530) 753-2441 for information about cone and seed processing, seed availability for approved projects, and private nursery resources.
Update on the CAL FIRE nurseries, seedling production and availability:
In 2011 CAL FIRE ceased all nursery operations due to ongoing state budget reductions. This closure had profound effects on the production of conifer seedlings for private landowners. CAL FIRE and the Board of Forestry continue to evaluate strategies for providing nursery and reforestation services for the state's public and private forests, consistent with statutory authorities. Central to these efforts are identification of new funding sources or partnerships to support these operations. A recent partnership involving the United States Forest Service (USFS), El Dorado Resource Conservation District and CAL FIRE is providing preordered seedlings to be sold to private landowners. These seedlings are pre-ordered for delivery one year in the future with seeds provided by CAL FIRE and the USFS providing the growing space. Each year, CAL FIRE will also prepare a speculation seed order that will make it easier and faster for landowners to purchase seed zone adapted seedlings.
CAL FIRE is currently in the process of re-starting the Nursery Program at the L. A. Moran Reforestation Center. Work has begun to re-store two existing greenhouses located at the Reforestation Center with a new Greenhouse to be constructed during the summer/fall of 2020. The two restored greenhouses should be ready to use in time for the 2020 sowing season beginning in March of 2020. Seedlings to be grown will focus on those areas affected by the tree mortality in the Southern Sierra and the recent wildfires that occurred in Northern California. CAL FIRE will also continue to partner with the USFS and the El Dorado Resource Conservation District to also provide seedlings for affected landowners.
Please contact your local CAL FIRE Unit Forester, a Registered Professional Forester, or manager of LAMRC for the most recent information on seedling availability through private nurseries and/or the El Dorado Resource Conservation District.


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Hell Hawks! gets the nod in Combat Aircraft — Dec. 2008
December 22, 2008 By TOM JONES Leave a Comment
Hell Hawks! received praise this month from Denis J. Calvert, writing in Combat Aircraft magazine (December 2008). Mr. Calvert noted:
"This volume balances gripping first-hand accounts, many recounted by veterans in their own words, with broader analysis of the progress of the air war and the Hell Hawks' part in it through to VE Day. The accounts are at times exciting, tragic, horrific, poignant, and reflective. What comes through at all times is the courage of the pilots who daily braved flak and fighters to provide the closest of close air support to the troops on the ground."
Verdict — "Unit histories come little better than this."
I'm grateful for Mr. Calvert's praise, and would add that Hell Hawks! is not just a unit history. It is a wider human interest story of young Americans at war, caught up in the most intense combat the world had ever seen. This aerial band of brothers included not just pilots, but the ground crewmen without whose dedication the Thunderbolts of the Hell Hawks would never have gotten airborne.
A Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday to all!
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In Traditional Acupuncture we make a diagnosis based on your physical, mental, and emotional health over time.
We take into account your medical history, your blood relative's medical history, your lifestyle, and how your health has changed over the years. No two individuals are the same and every treatment will be individually tailored. We will need to take notes of any medications you are taking including any holistic medicines. We will need to know your blood pressure reading, take your pulse on both wrists, and examine your tongue. Typically the time taken is up to 90 Mins.
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This exhibition does not try to show a finished project, but a process of work, designed for a concrete project. We wanted to present the values used to identify iGuzzini and the distinctive rigor when developing its products in the field of the industrial design. Thus an industrial object, the exposition tries to explain the progress of an idea from its origin to the successive verifications, until its drawn materialization, revealing the rigorous and intense process that turns possible the final definition of a great ambition.


When the 2018 Honda Accord Hybrid makes its first appearance in the showroom at Chapman Honda next spring, expect a refined, no-compromise vehicle with a totally new design and anticipated range of more than 600 miles. As impressive as the outside looks, the interior will be even more stunning with the use of upscale, soft-touch materials that create a sophisticated atmosphere. The new Accord Hybrid technology cup will be overflowing with both entertainment and safety options that are sure to make this newest entrant into the Accord lineup one of the most popular Hondas ever.
Honda has added four levels of regenerative braking to its new Accord Hybrid, allowing the driver to use the engine torque to not only slow the vehicle down but adds power back into the battery. Unlike some other hybrids, the use of a paddle shifter lets you temper the use of the regenerative braking depending on the speed and level of decline. Honda has mastered this technology to create a smooth, more pleasurable experience than other hybrids you might have driven. It provides a near-perfect braking experience that wastes as little energy as possible.
The intelligent Honda Accord Hybrid comes with a standard suite of Honda Sensing technologies designed to get you and your passengers to your intended destination all in one piece. The collision mitigation braking system warns you of a possible crash and then takes action to slow you down if you fail to act. Adaptive cruise control keeps a safe distance between you and the vehicle you're following, slowing you down and even stopping to avoid a collision. Road departure mitigation, lane keeping assist and traffic sign recognition are other camera and sensor-driven features designed to provide you with safe travels.
If you can't wait for the new Accord Hybrid to arrive, Chapman Honda is having a fantastic sale through the holidays where you can get 0.9 percent financing on select models and up to 90 days until the first payment is due. Qualified lessees can lease a 2017 Honda Pilot for just $319 a month. Need dependable transportation on a budget? If you qualify, the 2017 Honda Civic LX CVT is leasing for just $118 a month and the 2017 Honda HR-V LX 2WD CVT is available for a special $199 a month lease rate. Special conditions do apply, so stop by Chapman Honda today and make your Holidays a little brighter by taking home a brand-new Honda.


Ted Michael Everidge lost his life in a fatal motorcycle accident on March 1, 2008 in Las Vegas Nevada.
Ted is survived by his wife, Brandi Jean (Foster) Everidge, his 6 yr old son, Logan Theodore Everidge and his 3 yr old daughter, Faith Lorraine Everidge of Las Vegas, Nevada.
He is also survived by his mother, Elena (Salvati) Ferguson and his step-father, Roger Ferguson of Farmington, N.H. and his brother, Timothy A. Everidge of Lebanon, Maine. His father, Jackie Everidge , died in 2004 and his step-mother Nancy Everidge of Taunton, Mass.. Ted is also survived by his aunt, Donna Collins of Hanover, Massachusetts and cousin, Angela Salmon of Hanover, Massachusetts. He also has numerous relatives.
Ted Michael Everidge was born in Whitesburg, KY on February 26th, 1979 to mother, Elena Salvati and father, Jackie Everidge. Ted moved to Farmington NH in his fifth grade of Elementary School and graduated Salutatorian from Farmington High school in 1997. He was a member of The National Honor's Society, The Farmington Basketball club and many other extracurricular activities in town.
Ted then attended Northeastern University from 1997 to 2001. At that time he and Brandi, his high school sweetheart married and they moved to Biloxi, Mississippi where Ted attended Tech School for the United States Air Force. They were stationed at Keesler Air Force Base.
In 2002, Ted was assigned to Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada where he remained the rest of his Air Force career. He was proudly worked with the 763rd Maintenance Squadron of Search and Rescue.
Receiving many awards during his Air Force career such as Expert Marksman, Outstanding Unit of Year, Valedictorian of Airman Leadership School and most recently nominated for NCO of the Year from Nellis Air Force Base.
Ted 's favorite time was spent with his wife, Brandi and children, Logan and Faith. Other interests included being a part of the squadron's basketball team, an avid gamer and working on his motorcycle.
Ted's love of family, life and God was were his top priorities and well as his commitment to his country.
Calling hours are Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 pm at Peaslee Funeral Home, 24 Central Street, Farmington, NH 03835. A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 2:00 pm at Nute Ridge Bible Chapel, 100 Nute's Road, Milton, NH 03851 with Rev. Richard Arnold, pastor, officiating. Interment with military honors will be in the spring at Pine Grove Cemetery in Farmington. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made by contacting the Farmington National Bank as college fund is being set up for the children of Ted and Brandi Everidge. To express condolences, please visit: www.peasleefuneralhome.com or click on the comments link below.


Newsletter created by WKU Theatre & Dance regarding activities and upcoming events. This issue includes information regarding homecoming, dinner theatre, Theatre 100 renovation and updates on students and alumni.
Eison, Sheila. Alex Haley Opens School Reform Week . . .
Skipper, Bob. Speakers Highlight School Reform Week . . .
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Now, at this point, we have two branches, the master branch and the input-feature branch. Our feature branch is complete at this point. We have done all of the development.
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James Tavernier finds second season at Rangers much tougher
Like many of his team-mates at Rangers, James Tavernier is currently suffering from a dose of second-season '¨syndrome.
James Tavernier is determined Rangers will bounce back after Wednesday s defeat by Hearts. Picture: SNS.
The attacking right-back garnered individual plaudits during his first campaign with the Ibrox club, setting a new record of 15 goals in a season by a defender and earning a place in the PFA Scotland Championship Team of the Year.
Life in the top flight has proved far more testing for Tavernier. He has netted just twice thus far, while his defensive abilities have been placed under increasing scrutiny.
While Rangers remain in second place in the Premiership table, their 4-1 defeat by Hearts at Tynecastle on Wednesday night has raised fresh doubts about the level of progress they are making under Mark Warburton's management.
It has intensified the pressure Tavernier and his team-mates will be under to bounce back against Ross County at Ibrox this afternoon and the 25-year-old former Newcastle and Wigan man admits the adjustment to Premiership football has been challenging.
"It's obviously been different compared to last season when we dominated most of the teams we played," said Tavernier. "But now there's a little bit more quality where they can punish you in this league.
"Obviously some teams are still defending with ten men and they do have better players to do that with, so it's harder to break teams down. But we've shown signs where we can break them down later in games. On the flipside, you also have teams that can score against you with a slight chance in this league, so it's an improved league but I feel with the group of lads we've got we can go on another good run now until we play one of the big teams again.
"We know we started off the season slow and not the way we did last season, whether that was due to new players coming in and taking time to gel. Halfway through the season, we now have to start winning games no matter what. The new additions in January, Emerson Hyndman and Jon Toral, have fitted in great so at this time there should be no excuses. We just have to press on.
"How we handle this situation is by winning games. That's the only way you can answer criticism or give the fans the reaction they want."
Rangers' defeat at Tynecastle was littered with basic defensive errors, following up their previous 2-0 defeat at the same venue in November when Tavernier was at fault for both goals.
"Wednesday was a total disappointment and we didn't see that result coming," he added. "We didn't help ourselves conceding two sloppy goals at the start of each half. Straightaway that gave their fans something to sing about and gives their players encouragement and more drive. It certainly made the game harder. From the last game it was two mistakes from me that cost us the game.
"We don't mean to make mistakes and that's the whole learning curve of football. You're always trying to improve and being a better player and we always say we win together and lose together. It's disappointing to send the fans home unhappy and we were all devastated when we got into the dressing room after the game.
"We've looked back at the game and found ways to improve ourselves. Most of the time it's not always the same mistake over and over again, so we just have to learn together and be better for it. Ultimately we need to set things straight on Saturday against Ross County and get the three points."


Jena, November 09, 2018 – The laser pioneer biolitec® set standards when it developed the ELVeS® Radial® method for the minimally invasive endovenous treatment of varicose veins and launched it on the market in 2008. The next revolution followed in 2012 with the ELVeS® Radial® 2-ring fiber, which was expanded to include two light rings that divide the laser power into two equal parts of 50% each and thus produce even more homogeneous radiation. The side effects can be reduced even further with a very high occlusion rate, further minimizing postoperative pain and ecchymosis. Since 2017, the ELVeS® Radial® 2ring slim fiber with a diameter of only 1.3 mm has been available and thus offers the possibility of treating perforating veins and side branches as well as more complicated anatomical structures and stripping relapses in addition to the larger trunk veins.
In urology the minimally invasive laser treatment LIFE of biolitec® with its channel technique is particularly suitable for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia in high-risk patients. Urologists at Harasanshin Hospital Fukuoka in Japan helped develop this special channel technique and operated on 26 patients who either suffer from diabetes and/or have to take anticoagulants. With the channel technique, surgery could be performed much faster than with conventional procedures – on average 1 hour – and a large cavity could be achieved without having to remove the tissue completely. Side effects such as swelling, dysuria or retention, which are particularly common in large glands, did not occur.
Already at the beginning of this year biolitec® presented its "Sharp tip" laser fiber especially for microsurgical procedures. This needle-shaped fiber tip is the first laser fiber worldwide that can cut and coagulate without coupled or adapted separate endings. The surgeon can easily guide the glass fiber and thus in most cases completely replace the classic scalpel. This enables even safer handling compared to conventional laser systems. The "Sharp tip" fiber is the first laser scalpel made of a homogeneous piece of glass fiber that can be used, for example, to perform slip-eye operations simply and precisely.
The biolitec® team presents at this year's Medica in Dusseldorf at booth H46 in hall 10 not only the above mentioned innovations but also the complete range of the proven LEONARDO® laser family.


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The main way for radiation belt electrons to be lost inside geosynchronous orbit is to the Earth's atmosphere. This is called relativistic electron precipitation or REP for short. We observe the bremsstrahlung X-rays produced as the electrons are scattered into the atmosphere. Since the X-rays don't penetrate to the ground, we use high altitude balloons to carry our X-ray detectors to an altitude of more than 120,000 feet (~35km). Unlike spacecraft which move quickly through a precipitation region, balloons offer a nearly-stationary platform from which the temporal and spatial structure of the precipitation can be studied.


I first shot 'lines of city' in Canterbury and then again in a Sussex village. Looking for patterns and repetition is a great way to take in your surroundings and as I am back in Brighton for a few months before I start my MA in London I thought it'd be a great way to look at my hometown from a new perspective.
If you're in a creative rut or struggling to find something to photograph try this out, it's a great excuse to get out with your camera and enjoy exploring.


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By Liz Clancy Lerner — It doesn't take much to get Tom Lemke fired up.
Just ask him about his neighborhood – a place he has called home for 63 years -- and his frustration is evident.
"They say we're a slum – run down. That's the way we've always been treated." Lemke said all this as he takes a deep breath into his oxygen mask. "We have really been abused . . . and we have really tried to take care of the area."
A rusty sign on the corner of Second Street and Wallace Avenue.
In Wilber Heights abandoned homes sit next to recycling plants, which sit next to trash-filled lots that are adjacent to trailer homes – all of this within 36 acres.
"This wasn't a properly thought-out thing in the first place and it's so complicated that it's difficult to resolve at any time," said John Hall, the Champaign County Planning and Zoning Director.
Residential development isn't the goal of the ordinance, which is why it contains rules against maintaining and rebuilding homes in Wilber Heights.
Interactive Graphic — Click the image to learn the layout of the land and the history behind the community.
Eleven years ago a driver lost control of his car, crashing into the home's front porch and destroying it. Lemke was about to rebuild his porch when the Champaign County Planning and Zoning Department told him that he couldn't.
This means that if a fire were to burn down a house in Wilber Heights, then the homeowner could not legally rebuild a home on their his lot. And in Lemke's case, he could not legally replace his deck. So, following ordinance rules, he kept the renovation to 10 percent.
Three concrete steps now lead to the front door of his house. Aesthetically, it's not what he had wanted, but it is what the county demanded.
The restrictions also affect home prices because residents cannot substantially improve their homes. According to a 1992 planning and zoning document from former Champaign County Zoning Administrator, Frank DiNovio, "They are also unlikely to be able to realize a market value of their property very much greater than its current use value as a dwelling."
The size of the lots also prevents individuals from selling for much higher industrial property prices. "Industrial property is typically worth five times more than residential, but the homeowners would have to sell at the same time. If they sold one at a time, that wouldn't happen," said Clyde Forrest. But asking lifelong residents to move at the same time is not likely.
Yet, commercial properties have not been selling as well as residential properties because – much like residential mortgages – mortgages for commercial properties have not been as easily available as they once were, said Fred McDonald, president of Champaign County Association of Realtors.
While federal stimulus money has been used help jump-start residential property sales, it's not been available for commercial property, McDonald said.
"Commercial (property) now is a bigger concern," he said.
"On the industrial side, values are lower," he said.
If one of the area's rental properties stops generating rental income, then "the land becomes worth more than the house," Wavering said.


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Vladimir Zworykin () est un physicien et ingénieur russe, naturalisé américain en 1924 après la Révolution russe, né le  à Mourom en Russie et décédé le  à Princeton aux États-Unis. Il a mis au point le tube à rayon cathodique.

Biographie

Étudiant, il est l'un des disciples de Boris Rosing, l'un des inventeurs du tube cathodique. En 1923, il dépose un brevet sur l'iconoscope. Ensuite, alors qu'il travaille chez Westinghouse, on l'oblige à des recherches plus sérieuses, et c'est donc le  qu'il présente son premier téléviseur, le kinéscope.

En 1931, il va perfectionner et permettre la production industrielle du tube analyseur des caméras vidéos (désormais remplacés par des capteurs CCD). Philo Farnsworth avait mis au point le tube de prise de vue, mais les moyens financiers lui manquaient pour poursuivre dans une voie industrielle.

En 1933, il met au point l'iconoscope, tube de prise de vue qui permet les grands progrès de la télévision cathodique.

Il réalise ensuite, en 1936, les premiers photomultiplicateurs et perfectionne le microscope électronique, puis se consacre à l'électronique médicale.

Jusqu'à sa retraite en 1954, il conduit des recherches dans le domaine télévisuel, notamment chez RCA.

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  Biographie sur le site Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
  Biographie sur le site de l'université hébraïque de Jérusalem
  Entretien avec Vladimir Zworykin le 4 juillet 1975

Physicien russe du XXe siècle
Physicien américain du XXe siècle
Étudiant de l'université impériale de Saint-Pétersbourg
Étudiant de l'université de Pittsburgh
Histoire des techniques de télévision
Récipiendaire de la National Medal of Science
Membre de la National Inventors Hall of Fame
Membre de la Société américaine de physique
Membre de l'Académie américaine des arts et des sciences
Naissance en juillet 1888
Naissance dans le gouvernement de Vladimir
Naissance à Mourom
Décès en juillet 1982
Décès à Princeton (New Jersey)
Décès à 94 ans
Lauréat de la IEEE Medal of Honor

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A new rival for bitcoin – and for cash
Cryptocurrency Ripple was created by a California-based start-up of the same name as a way for financial institutions to make cross-border payments quickly and securely.
by: Ben Judge
Cryptocurrencies are the financial world's biggest thing at the moment. It's almost impossible to escape the hype surrounding bitcoin (BTC), of course it is the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency. At the time of writing, one bitcoin is worth something in the order of $5,700, having risen over 770% in the last year, giving it a market capitalisation of over $95bn. But it's far from the only cryptocurrency making waves. Ether (ETH) has had an even more impressive rise than bitcoin, soaring by some 2,700% in the last 12 months. Its current value of $327 makes it the world's second-biggest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $31bn. But even more impressive than that is the performance of ripple (XRP). This is the third-biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, currently worth some $10bn, and has seen its price climb by more than 3,300% in the last year. However, because of the number of tokens that have been issued 100 billion were created at the outset it doesn't command anything like the nominal price of bitcoin, or even ethereum: the dollar/XRP exchange rate is just $0.25.
That's no bad thing. Bitcoin's value derives in part from its fame among speculators and partly from being the cryptocurrency world's favourite store of value. Ether is used on the hugely popular blockchain and smart contracts platform Ethereum, on which many of the current crypto-bubble initial coin offerings (ICOs) are built. The trouble with bitcoin is that, while it is fine as digital gold a place to store your wealth it is terrible at being a currency. The network just doesn't have the capacity. It can take days for transactions to be settled, and if you're only spending a small amount, the fees you have to pay can sometimes outstrip the value of your transaction. Ripple aims to overcome those restrictions and claims to be "the fastest and most scalable digital asset, enabling real-time global payments anywhere in the world". It "consistently handles around 1,500 transactions per second", and claims to be scalable to handle "the same throughput as Visa" (50,000 transactions a second). Payments can be settled in just four seconds.
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Ripple was created by a California-based start-up of the same name as a way for financial institutions to make cross-border payments quickly and securely the firm says it can save banks $3.76 on each payment. And an impressive number of finance houses seem to be buying into its potential. More than 100 institutions have now joined its blockchain network, RippleNet, including UBS, Standard Chartered and Santander. Ripple was selected by the Bank of England to participate in trials for an overhaul of its interbank settlement system, where it demonstrated a proof of concept to transfer funds between two central banks.
Hence Ripple is a curious hybrid."Most fintech start-ups fall into one of two camps: those that want to compete with banks and those that want to save banks from themselves," as Brian Patrick Eha puts it in American Banker. "Ripple is the rare exception that wants to do both." While it could be tremendously disruptive to international banking, it is working with the major financial institutions in the hope that they will adopt its technology. "Rather than rail against the status quo, they decided to work with banks to improve it."
In the news this week
Julian Assange, founder of anonymous whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, took to Twitter this week to thank the US government for imposing financial sanctions on his organisation. After WikiLeaks published classified documents relating to the US armed forces' actions in Iraq and Afghanistan, the site was prevented from using mainstream banking institutions. That meant that he was "forced to become an early investor in bitcoin", says Fortune. According to Assange, he and his organisation have made "50,000% returns".
The way that bitcoin works means that every transaction has to be verified before it is accepted onto the distributed ledger that makes up the blockchain. This is done by bitcoin miners who perform complex mathematical calculations, which takes a great deal of computing power. Exactly how much power is up for debate, but a report by Dutch bank ING claims each bitcoin transaction takes up about 200kWh of electricity. That's enough to power an average UK home for almost three weeks, and makes it one of the most power-hungry ways of spending. Ethereum, the second-most popular cryptocurrency, takes 37kWh of electricity. Even that is much higher than the cost per transaction on the Visa network, which ING puts at 0.01kWh. In the course of a year, bitcoin consumes 21tWh, as much energy as Azerbaijan. If bitcoin were a country it would rank number 71 in global energy consumption. Ethereum's annual consumption of 4.4tWh ranks it at 121, between Moldova and Brunei. The calculations were performed by cryptocurrency analyst Digiconomist.
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Legislation Naming the New Nashville Federal Courthouse in Honor of Fred Thompson Heads to President's Desk
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 24, 2017 – U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) along with U.S. Representatives Diane Black (R-Tenn.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.), John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-Tenn.), Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), David Kustoff (R-Tenn.) and Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) today urged the president to sign bipartisan legislation to name the new Nashville federal courthouse in honor of former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson.
Senator Alexander said: "Tennesseans and our country were fortunate that public service attracted Fred Thompson. His personality had a streak of magic – he was authentic, purposeful and principled – and he worked hard. After graduating from Vanderbilt University law school, he served in Nashville as Assistant United States Attorney. In 1973, Sen. Howard Baker named him minority counsel in the U.S. Senate Watergate hearings. In 1994, Tennesseans elected him United States Senator and two years later re-elected him to a full six year term. He was an actor in more than 20 movies. I can think of no one else who is more appropriate to name the new Nashville federal courthouse in honor of than Fred. I'm glad the House and Senate passed this legislation, and I urge the president to sign it without delay."
Senator Corker said: "Fred Thompson was one of a kind. He served the people of Tennessee and our country with great distinction, and through his many different roles in public life, Fred never forgot where he came from. I was proud to call him a friend and am pleased this legislation now heads to the president's desk for his signature."
Representative Black said: "Fred Thompson was a statesman who led with conviction, and he was a visionary who helped turn our state into the conservative success story that it is today. Tennessee shines brighter because of Fred Thompson's service. This courthouse will serve as a worthy tribute to his enduring legacy."
Representative Blackburn said: "Fred Thompson served our community, state and nation with distinction. It is right and fitting that the Federal Courthouse in Nashville bear his name. It is a testament to his legacy and leadership."
Representative Cooper said: "I am thankful that the 20-year process of getting a new federal courthouse for Nashville is finally nearing completion. Sens. Alexander and Corker deserve great credit, as does our House appropriator, Rep. Fleischmann. The Thompson Courthouse should be a place where every American can get equal justice under law."
Representative Cohen: "It is an honor to be a cosponsor of the bipartisan bill in the House to honor my friend Fred Thompson. Fred served the United States Senate and the state of Tennessee with distinction for 8 years. He was a proud graduate of the University of Memphis and the only U of M grad to ever serve in the Senate. I was present when the National Conference of State Legislatures awarded him the Restoring the Balance Award for his dedication to federalism. For Fred, it was not a political or campaign issue, it was his philosophy. Fred was always encouraging to me and I valued our friendship. He led an eclectic life from his time as an outstanding congressional staffer during the Watergate hearings and as a fine attorney, actor, and public servant. It is most appropriate that we name the federal courthouse in Nashville after this great American."
Representative DesJarlais said: "From working as a young attorney highlighting corruption in the White House and Tennessee's governor's mansion, to being a familiar face on movies and television, to serving our state as a United States Senator, Fred Thompson will always be known as a favorite son of Tennessee. His service will be a part of the rich history of our state, and I am happy to join my colleagues in supporting this initiative."
Representative Duncan said: "This is a fitting tribute to Senator Fred Thompson who was a strong, independent voice for Tennessee and somebody for whom I had great admiration and respect. Even though he achieved great national prominence, he never forgot his Tennessee roots."
Representative Fleischmann said: "Senator Fred Thompson gave many years of dedicated service to Tennessee and this great nation. I am very pleased the Senate has passed the legislation naming a Federal Courthouse after him, and I look forward to President Trump signing the bill into law."
Representative Kustoff said: "As a lawyer and a lawmaker, I am continually inspired by Fred Thompson's dedication to the pursuit of justice. His remarkable talent and passion for public service will always be celebrated by Tennesseans. I am pleased this legislation has passed both chambers of Congress and will now head to President Trump's desk to become law."
Representative Roe said: "I'm glad to see this bill to honor Senator Thompson has been passed by the House and Senate. Fred was a dedicated public servant, and I hope the president will quickly sign this legislation to honor the memory of a great statesman and Tennessean."
Full funding for construction of the new Nashville federal courthouse was provided by Congress in the fiscal year 2016 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which was approved by both the House of Representatives and the Senate in December of 2015. The new courthouse will be constructed by the General Services Administration and will be located at 719 Church Street.
Fred Thompson was first elected to the United States Senate in 1994 and served as a Senator from the State of Tennessee until 2003. Sen. Thompson graduated from Memphis State University in 1964 and Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1967. He also served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the State of Tennessee before serving as minority counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee in 1973. Sen. Thompson passed away on Nov. 1, 2015.
On Jan. 9, members of the Tennessee delegation introduced a bipartisan bill to name the new Nashville federal courthouse in honor of Fred Thompson. On March 7, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved the legislation. The Senate passed the legislation today, and now the bill will be sent to the president so it can be signed into law.
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Ginevra ist der Titel einer Novelle von Ferdinand von Saar, die 1890 erstmals erschien.

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Nach dem Diner einer Tischgesellschaft erzählt ein alter Oberst eine seiner alten Liebesgeschichten.

Binnenerzählung:

Als 20-jähriger Fähnrich lernte der spätere Oberst bei einer Tanzerei in Leitmeritz ein liebliches, sechzehnjähriges Mädchen namens Ginevra Maresch kennen. Sie lebt mit ihrer Mutter, einer geborenen Italienerin, in einem bescheidenen Häuschen am Rande der Stadt. Der Vater, ein ehemaliger Offizier, der seinen Abschied genommen hat, um die geliebte Frau heiraten zu können, ist als kleiner Beamter vor drei Jahren gestorben. Die beiden jungen Menschen verlieben sich. Sie tauschen Ring und Schmuck und die Stunden, die sie gemeinsam im Hause der Mutter verbringen, erscheinen ihnen beiden als die Zeit eines traumhaften Glückes. Bis durch Vermittlung eines Onkels in Wien der Erzähler ganz plötzlich befördert und nach der Hauptstadt versetzt wird.

Natürlich schwört man sich beim Abschied ewige Treue, und anfangs wechselt man auch wöchentlich zärtliche Briefe, aber dann wird der junge Leutnant Adjutant des Bataillonskommandeurs, und dessen Frau, eine weltgewandte polnische Gräfin, gewinnt bald eine fesselnde Anziehungskraft auf den noch unerfahrenen jungen Mann. So gerät Ginevra immer mehr in Vergessenheit, der Briefwechsel schläft ein, sogar ein Brief von Ginevras Mutter bleibt ungeöffnet und wird achtlos verloren. Bis dann eines Tages Ginevra selbst bei ihm in Trauer erscheint, ihren Schmuck, der vom Vater stammt, zurückfordert, den Ring aber behält zur Erinnerung an «die glücklichste Zeit» ihres Lebens.

Den Offizier lenken Feldzüge und Kämpfe von dem schmerzlich beschämenden Erlebnis ab. Später erfährt er, dass Ginevra einen erfolgreichen Triester Kaufmann geheiratet hat. An seiner und einer erwachsenen Tochter Seite glaubt er sie in Wien einmal gesehen zu haben.

"Die Erzählung "Ginevra" … spiegelt das alte Thema von Schein und Sein vor dem Hintergrund der Zeit- und Moralgeschichte der Biedermeierzeit wider. Ein unzeitgemäßes und zerbrechendes Liebesideal wird verwoben mit symbolischen Bezügen, die von der mittelalterlichen hohen Minne über die italienische Renaissance bis zum russischen Realismus reichen. …"

Literatur
 Ferdinand von Saar / Karlheinz Rossbacher: Ginevra und andere Novellen. Ullstein Taschenbuchverlag, 1983. ISBN 978-3548301495
 Stefan Schröder (Hg.): Ferdinand von Saar: Kritische Texte und Deutungen. Band 6: Ginevra. Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1996. ISBN 978-3-484-10734-2

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Donald Trump Picks His Team for the White House
Donald Trump is spending time preparing for his future term in office as the next president of the United States. After winning the presidential election when polls and forecasts predicted Hillary Clinton was going to be the first female president of the United States, Donald Trump is still riding high on a wave of popular support. It is Trump supporters that are looking at the choices he is making and the people he selects to join him at the White House two months from now. Donald Trump entered the presidential race as an outsider to politics and throughout the campaign has had a difficult relationship with the Republican establishment. However, the future Trump administration is going to give a nod to the GOP as well.
Trump Nominates Reince Priebus and Stephen K. Bannon
Over the weekend, President-elect Donald Trump made two nominations from the team that he is going to take with him to the White House. The nominations paint a picture of a White House where President Donald Trump tries to make some concessions to the Republican establishment. It will also be a White House where Donald Trump is aware of the votes that got him elected and the change that he promised during the presidential campaign.
One of the nominations is Reince Priebus, who is going to be Donald Trump's chief of staff at the White house. At age 44, Reince Priebus is the head of the Republican National Committee and a Washington insider. Since securing the GOP nomination after winning the primaries, Donald Trump had had a good relationship with Reince Priebus, one time calling him a "superstar". The head of the RNC has strong credentials with Republicans on the Hill. His nomination as chief of staff is going to go well with most Republicans. The nomination also shows that President-elect Donald Trump is willing to work with the establishment.
The other nomination that Donald Trump announced was for the position of chief strategist and senior counselor. That spot is going to go to Stephen K. Bannon, the man who ran his campaign. At age 62, he is a controversial figure that has openly attacked the political establishment on several occasions. Stephen K. Bannon was the head of Breitbart News, a conservative news outlet that supported Donald Trump.
Donald Trump Brings His Team to the White House
President-elect Donald Trump spoke well of the Reince Priebus and Stephen K. Bannon. He credited them for the contribution they had to his success in the election. He also spoke of the future goals of the Trump administration.
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Q: Proving the existence of a subset, given the Lebesgue outer measure If c ∈ R, E is a bounded subset of ℝ such that outer Lebesgue measure m*(E) > 0 and 0 < c < m∗(E). How can I show that there exists a subset F of E such that m*(F) = c?

A: Let $E \subset \mathbb{R}$ be bounded with positive outer measure and let $f: \mathbb{R} \to [0,\infty]$ be defined by $f(x) = m^*((-\infty,x] \cap E)$. Let $x_n$ be a decreasing sequence of real numbers converging to $x$. Then $(-\infty,x] = \bigcap_{n=1}^\infty (-\infty, x_n]$. Using continuity from above, since $m*((-\infty, x_1]\cap E) < \infty$ given that $E$ is bounded, we obtain
\begin{align*}f(x) & = m^*((-\infty,x] \cap E\\
& = m^* \left( \bigcap_{n=1}^\infty (-\infty, x_n]\cap E\right) \\
& = \lim_{n\to \infty} m^*((-\infty, x_n]\cap E)\\
& = \lim_{n\to \infty} f(x_n).
\end{align*}
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A: Since $E$ is bounded, it is contained in some interval $[-M, M]$. The desired result will follow if we can show that the function $f(x) = m^*([-M, x] \cap E)$ is continuous, because $f(-M) = m^*(\emptyset) = 0$ and $f(M) = m^*(E) > c$, and thus by the intermediate value theorem there must be some $x_0 \in [-M, M]$ such that $f(x_0) = c$. Then $F = [-M,x_0] \cap E$ has the required properties.
Let $h > 0$. By subadditivity of $m^*$, we have
$$\begin{aligned}
f(x+h) &= m^*([-M, x+h] \cap E) \\
&\leq m^*([-M, x] \cap E) + m^*((x, x+h] \cap E) \\
&= f(x) + m^*((x, x+h] \cap E) \\
&\leq f(x) + m^*((x, x+h]) \\
&= f(x) + h
\end{aligned}$$
and therefore $0 \leq f(x+h) - f(x) \leq h$.
Similarly, if $h < 0$, we have
$$\begin{aligned}
f(x) &= m^*((-M,x] \cap E) \\
&\leq m^*((-M,x+h] \cap E) + m^*((x+h,x] \cap E) \\
&= f(x+h) + m^*((x+h,x] \cap E) \\
&\leq f(x+h) + m^*((x+h,x]) \\
&= f(x+h) - h \\
\end{aligned}$$
and therefore $h \leq f(x+h) - f(x) \leq 0$.
Combining the above results we conclude that $\lim_{h \to 0}f(x+h) = f(x)$, hence $f$ is continuous as desired.


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'Bad things could happen': Turning to tech to tame the crypto jungle
LONDON — "Hi guys, could you please show me a firm bid for 100 bitcoin?" a seller texts on Skype. "One sec. $10270." Two minutes later: "Sorry guys, that was an old order from Friday when skype wasn't working." "I really think we should get off skype. Bad things could happen. Someone is going to make an expensive mistake."
A messaging exchange over a potential $1 million deal, between a European asset manager looking to sell bitcoin and broker Joel Fruhman, illustrates the casual and often chaotic nature of cryptocurrency dealmaking.
Trades involving hundreds of thousands, or millions, of dollars are routinely struck via brief chats on apps like Skype, WhatsApp, WeChat or Zoom, often with scant certainty over the identities of participants or the legal basis of agreements.
"We'd end up in a Zoom call with about five 'introducers' – we didn't really know who any of them were," said Fruhman, a physicist by training who started a cryptocurrency brokerage business with his brother Dan in their British hometown of Manchester in 2018.
"And who were we? What was our credibility?"
Over-the-counter (OTC) trading – buying and selling through a broker – is now beginning to change, however.
It is moving towards electronic automation as the cryptocurrency sector matures from the province of online enthusiasts to emerging financial assets drawing increasing mainstream interest, Reuters interviews with more than a dozen industry players show.
This is a fundamental shift, as messaging apps have for years been the predominant platforms.
It is a key front in attempts by cryptocurrency enthusiasts with roots in the traditional finance industry to drag into the mainstream a singular, largely unregulated sector born on the web a decade ago as a symbol of rebellion against the establishment and offering users near-anonymity.
OTC trading is favored by big investors like hedge funds because cryptocurrency exchanges often suffer from thin liquidity, and large buy and sell orders can move the market.
But the opaqueness of the messaging process and its impracticality for use on a large scale, plus the glitches that could cause the "expensive mistake" warned of by Fruhman, have left it fraught with risk.
Now, as spreads – the differences between bid and ask prices for immediate orders – tighten as liquidity in crypto markets grows, OTC brokers and market makers are seeking to move away from unsophisticated chats and offer quotes electronically, with automated execution and settlement.
"Things have shifted quite rapidly towards electronic trading," said George Zarya, CEO of London-based cryptocurrency exchange BeQuant, which also runs an OTC desk and is planning to switch towards automation.
"Anything that is liquid – bitcoin or ethereum – these markets are going to go electronic. That's a natural path that traditional markets have gone through."
The changes are likely to appeal to larger investors using algorithms and high-frequency trading for whom split-second timings are important, according to the interviews with cryptocurrency OTC brokers, market makers and investors.
Alameda Research, a crypto trader based in California and Hong Kong, launched an almost entirely automated OTC desk around six months ago that is already seeing flows of $20 million-$30 million a day, said Ryan Salame, its Asia-Pacific head of OTC.
For Salame, the future of OTC trading is electronic, with prices for all but the smallest coins to be quoted electronically.
"This is just the next step how you stay more competitive. Each desk is trying to be more competitive and making better systems," he said. "It's just a by-product of spreads coming in so much that I can't update in the chat fast enough to give people the pricing they're expecting."
'CAN YOU SELL A FEW MILL?'
The Fruhman brothers, Joel aged 29 and Dan 28, built a contact book packed with bitcoin miners they met on internet forums and apps as they grew interested in the emerging technology.
Miners use computers to solve complex mathematical puzzles, competing against others and earning rewards in the form of new digital coins. As recently as a few years ago, individual crypto enthusiasts could mine bitcoin from their bedrooms.
But many had a problem, the Fruhmans found: They were producing bitcoin faster than they could convert them to the cash they needed to clear the hefty electricity bills run up by their high-powered computing gear working overtime.
"We saw something very clear: A bunch of guys with a lot of bitcoin valued in USD, who had no idea how to turn that into money," said Joel. "It started with one request, which was just one of these guys, our mate, who was like: 'Can you sell a few mill?'"
Late last year, in an attempt to tap bigger investors and offer more sophisticated back-office services, the brothers swapped their contact book for a stake in a startup run by ex-financiers well-versed in the infrastructure of the financial system, from escrow accounts to settlement systems.
The startup, BCB Group, then based in London's financial district, offered something the Fruhmans lacked: regular access to clients from mainstream finance willing and able to buy the regular supply of digital coin offered by their mining contacts.
"It's not the stoned 22-year-old that we were dealing with a year and a half ago," said Joel. "And it's not the equity traders, the Goldman Sachs. They're kind of in between – it's growing from one into the other."
TRADE BLOSSOMS IN BITCOIN BUBBLE
Global cryptocurrency trading volumes are highly erratic. Over the past year, bitcoin alone – by far the largest coin – has seen daily volumes of between $900 million and $3 billion, according to research firm Coin Metrics.
Brokers estimate the OTC market typically accounts for 10% to 30% of global volumes on any given day.
The OTC market blossomed as bitcoin's value soared during its 2017 bubble. That was when miners, wealthy individual investors, hedge funds and companies earning revenue in crypto grew active in the market.
Now, said the industry players who spoke to Reuters, the market is seeing a new shift as the predominance of messaging apps wanes and the more sophisticated tools used in traditional markets like equities and bonds become increasingly common.
"Doing stuff over Skype and over these voice chats is not really scalable," said Kevin Zhou, co-founder of San Francisco-based OTC desk Galois Capital.
The evolution is partly being driven by newer entrants to the sector, many of whom are tooled up with cutting-edge tech. Some, like Chicago-based Jump Trading, are from the traditional proprietary trading worlds. Others, such as Alameda Research, specialize in cryptocurrencies.
And the changes are popular with big investors.
"I prefer to use electronic because all our algorithms are fully automated," said Andrea Leccese, president of Bluesky Capital in New York, an investment firm that often runs orders of $5 million-$10 million through OTC desks. "If we can send our quote electronically to the OTC broker, it's much better for us."
"It's fair to say more or less half of OTC trading is going through technical innovation like making fully electronic platform, and that's even better on our side."
Cryptocurrency regulation is patchy across the world, with curbs on the illegal use of digital coins the priority, and the implications of increasing automation in OTC trading are unclear. But, some market players say, because the changes are likely to attract more mainstream investment they could be a factor in speeding up the introduction of the kind of securities rules seen in traditional markets.
MACHINE VS MAN
While increasing automation may be inevitable, many OTC desks are in a bind. Some clients are loath to ditch the personal relationships they have established with their brokers and the apps they use to communicate.
New York-based Genesis Global Trading sees around $1 billion a month in volume, CEO Michael Moro said. While that's down from the $2 billion-$2.5 billion a month during bitcoin's 2017 boom, volumes are now rising between 10% and 20% a month.
Genesis uses TradeBlock, a New York firm that provides tools for trading cryptocurrencies, to execute its deals – but can't completely abandon messaging apps.
"We will give market color over (Skype), but the actual transactions are over TradeBlock," Moro said. "When your clients that are buying $5, $10 million say, 'Hey, let's just chat on Skype', to get them to change their behavior and say, 'No, we don't do Skype', you end up creating a friction."
For the Fruhman brothers, personal relationships will remain key.
"The plan is to go to an automated platform, where they'll be able to request quotes on our front-end website," said Dan. "But the interesting thing is that a lot of people actually like the human-to-human interaction."
"It's not just 'like'," said Joel, quickly. "If you're trading $20 million, you're not clicking a button – you want to push on the price, you want to get a feel, you want to maybe break it up."
"I think there'll always be this human OTC component for institutional clients." (Reporting by Tom Wilson; Editing by Pravin Char)
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Internet2 Global Summit: Open Source Network Tools & DDoS Detection
by Alex Henthorn-Iwane
In my last post from the Internet2 Global Summit, I covered some of the less techie topics. In this post, I wanted to briefly cover a couple of interesting tidbits related to current open source network visualization and how Kentik can complement Internet2's forthcoming DDoS scrubbing service offering.
Open Source Projects for Network, Traffic and Performance Visualization
On the second day of the conference, I enjoyed a session called "Pragmatic Network Visualization," which covered two open source projects presented by Sean Dilda from Duke University and Jennifer Schopf at Indiana University.
Sean shared about the Duke University developed Cartographer tool. They use the tool to visualize their network, in particular how their devices interact with the network. It utilizes information gained from performing SSH connections to campus routers and switches to create maps of device to network interconnections as well as the path a packet takes through the network. They offer this tool from their website to university staff, who can search for devices by IP, MAC Address, subnet name, vrf name, or device name on the Cartographer site. While the tool is built against a Cisco-only network infrastructure, it bridges multiple different switch and router OS. Not yet portable or deployable outside of Duke, but something they're working on, you can see the presentation slides here.
Another open source project is called NetSage, which Jennifer presented. The NetSage project is led by Schopf at IU, working with folks from UC Davis and the University of Hawaii. Its goal is to understand the behaviors of the NSF-funded international transit circuits using flow data such as sFlow, performance data from deployed instances of perfSonar — which is an open source, distributed network performance system used by science networks. NetSage utilizes open source archiving to store the data, and they've built some cool visualizations on top of it to help look at traffic patterns, sources and destinations of traffic, and where transmission issues are occurring on international links. The project is entering year three of a five-year, $5M funding grant from National Science Foundation.
Kentik Highly Complementary to New DDoS Scrubbing Service
Internet2 is launching a new, clean pipe DDoS scrubbing service in conjunction with a partner commercial service provider company. The idea is that an institution will detect attacks, sends an alert to the scrubbing service operations team to start scrubbing a particular prefix. The service provider then redirects the traffic to their scrubbing center, and clean traffic is returned on a VLAN within the institution's existing Internet2 link.
The service is in a pilot phase through June 30, 2017, and is planned to be available for production use from July 1, 2017. Higher education institutions and research and education network can pass down the service to their downstream networks (universities or K-12 systems). However, there isn't anything restricting a K-12 system from subscribing to and paying for the service directly.
If an institution doesn't have on-premises DDoS detection capabilities, that can be procured by sending flow data to the service center, along with providing SNMP access to edge routers. However, the cost of that detection service add-on isn't trivial.
Kentik offers a highly complementary alternative that covers network operations, peering analytics, network anomaly and DDoS detection and triggered alerting to the scrubbing service, at a lower overall cost. For existing R&E network customers of Kentik, this is a sweet side benefit to an existing investment. For potential R&E network teams who would are considering using Internet2's scrubbing service but don't have DDoS detection capabilities, this is an ideal time to evaluate Kentik since you can get a complete network analytics and detection platform for less than detection alone.
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This hotel is located at Side the most beautiful tourism resort with an ancient roman city and wonderful beaches .Side pronounced See-Day, is located 70 km from Antalya city center and 65 km from the airport . The aparthotel is only 1 km away from old town, 800 m from beach and 6 km from Manavgat-the local market town.
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Sam Smith - Just because a story shouldn't matter doesn't mean that it won't. A case in point is the controversy about Barack Obama's birthplace. The standard liberal response to this issue has been to dismiss those questioning the president's place of birth as wing nuts. The problem is that, as Hawaii's new governor – and a friend of the Obama family – noted recently, the issue is certain to come up in the 2012 election and thus needs to be dealt with.
And Governor Neil Abercrombie takes it somewhat personally as "I knew his mum and dad. I was here when he was born."
Both the Honolulu Advertiser and the Star Bulletin published announcements of the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Barack Obama on August 4, 1961.
So if you want to insist that Obama wasn't born in Hawaii then you not only have to believe that Governor Abercrombie is a liar but that the notices in the newspapers of the time were false. And why? Could it be that Obama's parents were launching his presidential campaign that early?
Unfortunately, however, one hard fact makes this story more complicated, namely that the state of Hawaii, citing its laws, will not release the president's full birth record and Obama has failed to asked it to do so.
While the first problem can be written off to legalistic obstinacy, the second is, to put it gently, curious. Why does a Harvard lawyer let such a claim continue to fester in public without taking the simple steps necessary to quash it?
The state has produced what might be called a certificate of the certificate, giving the basics of what the original document purportedly says. CNN has suggested that the original certificate no longer exists since all such records were discarded in 2001 but the state denies it. Hawaii is, in effect, denying the absence of something it can't or won't produce.
No one has come up with a good answer for all this, but several explanations spring to mind: perhaps the original birth certificate has disappeared. Perhaps there is some other information on the form that might embarrass Obama. Or that perhaps that natural born problem, Rahm Emmanuel, told Obama to screw it and let the complainers go to hell.
"FactCheck.org staffers have now seen, touched, examined and photographed the original birth certificate. We conclude that it meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship. Claims that the document lacks a raised seal or a signature are false. We have posted high-resolution photographs of the document as "supporting documents" to this article. Our conclusion: Obama was born in the U.S.A. just as he has always said."
But why not just tell Hawaii to let a pool of reporters and lawyers view the actual document?
The problem remains odd and is getting odder.
Further, Governor Abercrombie's effort to resolve it has come to naught. According to Abercrombie, he was told by the state attorney general that he can't see the original certificate without the consent of the individual involved.
"Abercrombie said on Tuesday that an investigation had unearthed papers proving Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961. He told Honolulu's Star-Advertiser: 'It actually exists in the archives, written down,' he said.
"But it became apparent that what had been discovered was an unspecified listing or notation of Obama's birth that someone had made in the state archives and not a birth certificate.
"And in the same interview Abercrombie suggested that a long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate for Barack Obama may not exist within the vital records maintained by the Hawaii Department of Health. . .
"He acknowledged the birth certificate issue would have 'political implications' for the next presidential election 'that we simply cannot have.'"
Neither Abercrombie through his public inquiry nor Obama through his silence seems to have helped matters. Why they are playing this game remains a question.
The irony is that, in the end, it really doesn't matter.
First of all, several judges have already rejected cases involving the matter – undoubtedly in part on the unspoken grounds that determining that Obama was not entitled to be president would tear the country apart as never before, especially when the argument is based on something as shaky as his whereabouts during a stage of life when he couldn't even pee in a toilet, let along speak the mother tongue.
– Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886), 21st president of the United States, was rumored to have been born in Canada. This was never demonstrated by his Democratic opponents, although Arthur Hinman, an attorney who had investigated Arthur's family history, raised the objection during his vice-presidential campaign and after the end of his Presidency. . .
- The eligibility of Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948) was questioned in an article written by Breckinridge Long, and published in the Chicago Legal News during the U.S. presidential election of 1916, in which Hughes was narrowly defeated by Woodrow Wilson. Long claimed that Hughes was ineligible because his father had not yet naturalized at the time of his birth and was still a British citizen. Observing that Hughes, although born in the United States, was also a British subject and therefore "enjoy[ed] a dual nationality and owe[d] a double allegiance", Long argued that a native born citizen was not natural born without a unity of U.S. citizenship and allegiance.
* George Romney (1907–1995), who ran for the Republican party nomination in 1968, was born in Mexico to U.S. parents. Romney's grandfather had emigrated to Mexico in 1886 with his three wives and children after Utah outlawed polygamy. Romney's monogamous parents retained their U.S. citizenship and returned to the United States with him in 1912. Romney never received Mexican citizenship. George Romney therefore had no allegiance to a foreign country.
* Barry Goldwater (1909–1998) was born in Phoenix, in what was then the incorporated Arizona Territory of the United States. During his presidential campaign in 1964, there was a minor controversy over Goldwater's having been born in Arizona when it was not yet a state.
* Lowell Weicker (born 1931), the former Connecticut Senator, Representative, and Governor, entered the race for the Republican party nomination of 1980 but dropped out before voting in the primaries began. He was born in Paris, France to parents who were U.S. citizens. His father was an executive for E. R. Squibb & Sons and his mother was the Indian-born daughter of a British general.
* Róger Calero (born 1969) was born in Nicaragua and ran as the Socialist Worker's Party presidential candidate in 2004 and 2008. In 2008, Calero appeared on the ballot in Delaware, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York and Vermont.
* John McCain (born 1936), who ran for the Republican party nomination in 2000 and was the Republican nominee in 2008, was born at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone. McCain never released his birth certificate to the press or independent fact checking organizations, but did show it to Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs: "A senior official of the McCain campaign showed a reporter Dobbs a copy of the senator's birth certificate issued by Canal Zone health authorities, recording his birth in the Coco Solo "family hospital."
There are other reasons not to get too worked up about all this, a key one being that even if Obama's birth was contrary to the Constitution, it would rank of one of the mildest violations of said document over the past few decades under both Republican and Democratic presidents (including Obama). Far better to tend to things like the First, Fourth and Tenth Amendments that are in serious trouble.
Driving this cause appears to be much of the same myopic miasma that allows the right to fixate on the sanctity of life still in the womb and then to become ideologically indifferent to it forever thereafter. Given their obsession, we should be grateful that they are not demanding videographic proof that Obama was conceived in Hawaii.
Finally, perhaps the best reason not to worry about this issue is that the definition of a "natural born citizen" has been a topic of a heated debate throughout our history. It wasn't well defined at the time of the Constitution was drafted and it hasn't been since.
Or they might want to study Charles Gordon's paper in the Fall 1968 Maryland Law Review entitled "Who Can Be President Of The United States: The Unresolved Enigma."
Little did he know how prescient he was.
In any event, as originally adopted, the Constitution's only oblique and inconclusive reference to the acquisition of citizenship was its grant of authority to Congress "to establish an uniform rule of naturalization." This omission to define citizenship persevered until 1868, when the fourteenth amendment was adopted. . .
A second puzzling aspect of the constitutional prescription is its naked, again undefined, reference to the "natural-born." The presidential qualification clause is the sole instance of this term's appearance in the Constitution.' The only explanation for the use of this term is the apparent belief of the Framers that its connotation was clear. With the passage of the years this has proved a mistaken assumption. . .
A third puzzling element of the constitutional declaration is its specification that the presidential aspirant must have "been fourteen years a resident of the United States." If the Framers were speaking only of the native-born, this limitation would hardly have been necessary. It can doubtless be urged that this residence qualification was intended to relate only to the portion of the qualification clause dealing with citizens of the United States at the time the Constitution was adopted. But while the language of the qualification clause obviously includes this group, it is not in context limited to them. Indeed, it seems consistent with a supposition that the "natural-born" qualification was intended to include those who had acquired United States citizenship at birth abroad. . .
My favorite legal analysis cited is this: "In Minor v. Happersett, Chief Justice Waite observed that. . . 'The Constitution of the United States did not in terms prescribe who should be citizens of the United States or of the several States, yet there were necessarily such citizens without such provision. There cannot be a nation without a people."
The search for precedents began early and ran deep. A Mr. Burke stood up in the First Congress and observed that "The case of children of American parents born abroad ought to be provided for, as was done in the case of English parents, in the 12th year of William III."
And Gordon writes that "In 1343, the situation of the foreign-born children of British subjects was discussed in Parliament. There was general agreement that the status of such children should be clarified in order to eliminate any doubts as to their rights of inheritance as Englishmen. The enactment of legislation was delayed by the ravages of the plague in England. However, in 1350, Parliament did enact a law for the express purpose of resolving existing doubts, which declared that the children born beyond the sea to British subjects 'shall have and enjoy the same benefits and advantages' as their parents in regard to the right of inheritance. The first reference to such children as natural-born subjects apparently was in a 1677 law, which dealt with the children of persons who had fled to foreign countries during the Cromwell era, and declared such persons to be natural-born subjects."
Gordon also cited Justice Goldberg's wise admonition that an "isolated phrase in the United States Constitution [cannot be] rigidly interpreted without regard to other relevant provisions and to time and circumstance."
So basically it's a huge natural born mess and one that would take more than Obama's potential six remaining years to resolve if it ever made it to court. I personally suggest a rule of thumb that children are natural citizens as long as at least one of their parents is one and provided that the kids arrive on American soil at least by the time they can, of their own volition, poop in the pot – the first clear sign that they are willing to submit to the system.
The matter, however could be far more easily resolved if someone would just come up with that damn birth certificate. Hawaii, for example, could change its law to permit it, or Obama could simply request that it be released. As it is, he has hurt himself and provided a feast for fools.


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Let me now sing of my friend, my friend's song concerning his vineyard. My friend had a vineyard on a fertile hillside; he spaded it, cleared it of stones, and planted the choicest vines; within it he built a watchtower, and hewed out a wine press. Then he looked for the crop of grapes, but what it yielded was wild grapes.
R/. The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.
and the beasts of the field feed upon it? R.
the son of man whom you yourself made strong. R.
if your face shine upon us, then we shall be saved. R.
Brothers and sisters: Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you.
Amen. Praise the Lord Jesus Christ.


The DSTA 10, which is how I named the 10 of us who went for Industrial Attachment last year, meet up for food and ice cream tonight. It had been longed planned; the last time we met as a group was on the last day of our Industrial Attachment and we went for a round of drinks.
It was a time of nice catching up, although not all of the 10 are there; there are only 7 of us, and the HR ladies who helped us during the IA was there as well. Hence it became some kind of informal feedback session about the process of applying for a job at DSTA in our final semester.
We went to Saizeriya, apparently a Japanese restaurant selling Italian food like pasta and pizza. The branch that we went was the City Square mall one, at Farrer Park Mrt on the NEL or purple line. The food wasn't that great, or rather it sucked, but it is cheap so I guess it's not that bad huh?
I had the mushroom soup, which was so-so. I liked the Reeds Cafe one at NUS better. I also had the seafood spagetti, which plainly sucked because the seafood wasn't fresh and the tomato sauce didn't enter the noodles so the taste was just meh. There was this thing where you can add $2.40 for free flow of drinks, but the drinks was just not up to standard. The soft drinks are not fizzy enough and tasted rather plain. Overall a disappointment; probably saved by its price.
It's nice to catch up with everyone again. It seemed that only one of us went back to DSTA to work out of the ten.
It's a little weird how we didn't end up going back to DSTA. One of the reasons is that they gave some of us a really hard time during the first interviews, so much so that it was appalling to see the difference in the intensity of the interviews. Being a former intern does not give any privileges too.
In another weird way, all but 1 is working in the private sector? Ok maybe 2, since Singapore Power is also private. The rest are in the civil service. I wonder if it has anything to do with our initial decision to join DSTA as an intern.
But no matter what, it does seem that it would be hard to meet up again once we all started working. Perhaps we would be so overwhelmed with work that the next time we meet is at least a year later?
Hopefully we'll still find in ourselves the energy to come together and catch up. Perhaps a few of us would be driving already by then.
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Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies
Low Birthweight Initiative in Lamar County Focuses on Prenatal Health and Education
BY DIANA ST. LIFER
If anyone knows that healthy women have a better chance of giving birth to healthy babies, it's Sherry Farr. As the nurse manager for the Lamar County Health Dept., Farr has seen her share of Low Birthweight (LBW) babies born in a county that has struggled for years with a LBW rate higher than the state's.
Every day in Georgia, 36 babies are born LBW. That translates to more than 13,000 infants every year being born at risk because they come into the world weighing less than 5.8 pounds. While the state's LBW statistics are staggering—they're among the nation's highest—babies in Lamar County are at even greater risk.
In 2007, Lamar County's LBW rate was 12.8 percent, compared to the state's 9.5 percent. The statistics weren't a surprise to Farr who, that same year, attended a statewide conference to address this growing public health concern. "It had already been brought to my attention that our county has one of highest rates in the state for LBW babies," she said.
While awareness about the LBW crisis was rising, the statistics were not improving. In 2010, thanks to an investment from Kaiser Permanente, Georgia Family Connection Partnership (GaFCP) took action and launched the Low Birthweight Prevention initiative, a program aimed at lowering the LBW rate in Lamar and three other counties with rates higher than the state—Butts, Spalding, and Heard.
Working individually and as a cohort to share ideas and resources, the Collaboratives have been building a comprehensive system of programs, activities, and support for women of reproductive age to promote the health and well-being of both mother and child.
"Our primary goal is showing improvement in the overall health of women of childbearing age," Farr explained. "Healthier moms mean healthier babies, which means a healthier family and a healthier community."
Over the past two years, the Lamar County Collaborative has put into action a lifestyle curriculum that includes informational materials about healthy nutrition and fitness habits, nutrition classes, and a smoking cessation program.
The work is already making a difference. In 2011, the rate for Lamar County dropped to 11.1 percent and the goal is to be at 10.5 percent or better by the end of 2013.
The year the initiative was launched, Lamar County identified 20 women who had LBW babies and found several commonalities. "If you smoke, if you're at an unhealthy weight when you get pregnant, or if you're under undue stress—these are all things can lead to your baby being born too small," Farr said.
The first step was to educate women about the risks, and then show them how and where they could take positive action. "We wanted to increase awareness, not just to the clients we serve through public health, but to other women as well," she said.
By partnering with groups and businesses throughout the county, the Lamar Collaborative gives women access to prenatal care and resources. For example, through a voucher system, Hines Pharmacy provides free supplements that contain the recommended amount of folic acid; facilitators trained through the American Cancer Society offer smoking cessation programs for mothers and their family members; and women who participate in home visits by a nurse receive grocery store gift cards as an incentive.
Two mental health care providers also are part of the initiative to give women access to support. "Part of our responsibility is to help women understand that there are people out there to help," Farr said. "Sometimes they just don't know where to go and we need to point them in the right direction."
Lamar County LBW Initiative Collaborative Partners
Lamar County Health Dept.
Lamar County Dept. of
Family and Children's Services
Right from the Start Medicaid
Upson Regional Medical Center
The Pregnancy Center
UGA Cooperative Extension Office
Lamar County WIC Office
Lamar County School System
Gordon State College
Community support is a key ingredient. "We're blessed to have a fantastic community that works together to make things better," Farr said. "People really jump on board with both feet to be involved and do what they can."
One of those people is Trisha Walker, a biology professor at Gordon State College, who spearheaded the creation of a symposium on women's health. The first was held at the college in the spring and a second in the fall. "I have a passion for infant and maternal health," said the 25-year Lamar resident who is pursing a doctorate in public health with a concentration in community health education and promotion.
The symposium is open to Gordon students as well as to the general public. "Low birthweight impacts not only families, but the community as well in terms of economic costs and population health in general." The plan is to hold a symposium each semester on campus and to expand it to include men's health issues.
Rebekah Hudgins, GaFCP community cohorts program manager, points out that nearly 70 percent of infants in Georgia who die in the first year of life are born LBW. And those who do survive often face a variety of developmental challenges and long-term disabilities, such as lower educational achievement, behavioral problems, and cognitive developmental delays. Reducing the number of LBW babies will have a positive impact on other indicators of family well-being.
Prior to launching the LBW initiative, GaFCP published Improving Infant Health: Addressing Low Birthweight in Georgia, a comprehensive compendium that presents facts, statistics, and resources, as well as actionable recommendations to improve birth outcomes.
"It was validation that the need was there and it needed to be addressed," Farr said. "It was great to have those statistics in black and white and be able to put it in front of people who can make a difference."
This year the Collaborative will continue its effort to increase community awareness about the overall family health, particularly during the reproductive years, and hopes to expand its nutrition education and smoking cessation program, and create parenting classes.
Diana St. Lifer is a professional writer with more than 25 years' experience. She holds a bachelor's degree in communications, a post-B.A. certificate in child advocacy, and is a certified professional life coach who specializes in teen and adolescent issues.
Few things give Naomi Hartman more pleasure than seeing a healthy, thriving baby, especially one who came into the world underweight. "It's fantastic to see these kids who were so small and at such a disadvantage doing really great," said Hartman, a registered nurse at Upson Regional Medical Center and case manager for the Low-Birthweight (LBW) initiative in Lamar County.
Read "Moms in Lamar County Get Support Through Case Management Program."
Low birthweight, childhood obesity, and a literacy gap are serious threats to the well-being of Georgia's families and children. Recognizing the impact these pressing issues have on the state's health, safety, and ability to prosper, Georgia Family Connection Partnership has launched three initiatives dedicated to developing and implementing strategies that address these key indicators.
Read "Eleven Family Connection Collaboratives Team Up to Tackle Key Indicators of Child and Family Well-Being."


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Q: Java program does not terminate? I've recently gotten a new 64-bit Windows Laptop that I need to set up. While trying to set up Java and a working IDE, I ran into the following issue:
I have a very simple test program that I try to run in Eclipse Oxygen 3.0 (also tried in IntelliJ, but the same problem occurred):
public class MinSuche {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int[] feld = {12, 18, 19, 22, 1, 37, 5};
        int min = feld[0];
        int a = 1;
        while(a<feld.length){
            if(feld[a]<min){
                System.out.println(min);
                min = feld[a];
                a++;
            }
        }
        System.out.println(min);
    }
}

The Compliler Compliance Level is set to 1.8 and I am using jdk1.8.0_161 (also tried Java 9, same issue; and my Eclipse apparently can't handle Java 10 yet). Now the problem:
It does not terminate on its own and the results of the System.out.println-commands do not show up in the console. I get no errors and have failed to find any other hints as to what could be wrong, but I get the feeling that this doesn't have anything to do with the code. The process just keeps running and running for minutes (maybe even hours if I let it) until I terminate it manually, nothing shows up on the console the entire time of running.
Has this happened to anyone before? What could be the problem? Or am I missing something in the code? Please help, I need a working Java IDE on my PC!

A: It's quite simple: a++ is never executed, since feld[a] (18) is not less than min (12). You need to move this statement out of the if-statement

A: Let's watch what is happening step by step:
Iteration 1:
a=1
min=12
feld[a]=18

Iteration 2:
a=1
min=12
feld[a]=18

Iteration 3,4,5....:
a=1
min=12
feld[a]=18

You need to increment a outside of the if block else it will never go through the whole array.
    while(a<feld.length){
        if(feld[a]<min){
            System.out.println(min);
            min = feld[a];
        }
        a++;
    }

This could have been easily spotted by using a debugger.

A: @jhamon and @JeroenSteenbeeke already pointed out that your need to move a++ out of the if block.
I want to add that you better use for cycle instead of while here:
public static void main(String[] args) {
        int[] feld = {12, 18, 19, 22, 1, 37, 5};
        int min = feld[0];
        int a = 1;
        for (int a = 1; a < feld.length; a++) {
            if(feld[a]<min){
                System.out.println(min);
                min = feld[a];
            }
        }
        System.out.println(min);
    }

This is more idiomatic, which may seem unimportant. But my point is that if you would have used the for cycle, you most probably would not have made the mistake you've made. (Oh my English, I hope tenses past conditional tenses make some sense here.)

A: Simply remove the a++ from the if block and place it after the if block as follows. Then your program will work fine as you expected. And there is nothing wrong with your JDK or with your IDE. Thanks!
while(a<feld.length){
        if(feld[a]<min){
            System.out.println(min);
            min = feld[a];
        }
        a++;
    }