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Joseph Myron Harrington 62, passed away on July 1 2019. Joe was born August 3, 1956 to Joseph and Amy (Anderson) Harrington in Kansas City, who preceded him in death and lived here most of his life. Joe was a proud to be a Mason, a Shriner, as well as a member of the Scottish Rite. He is survived by his wife Karen Harrington, stepsons Jonathan Broughton, Jared Broughton and Kaylee Isley, two step grandchildren Alaina Henks and Carter Broughton whom he loved dearly, brother Kevin and wife Joni Harrington, sister in law Wanda Marshall, two sisters and numerous nieces and nephews. There will be a celebration of life Saturday, July 6th at 11 at the Jackson County Shrine Cub 120 1/2 S Pleasant Independence ,Mo 64050
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Q: how to return response to postman using nodejs I am learning nodejs with express. So i have connected mongodb and fetching data from db using nodejs. When i hit the url from postman, i can able to retrieve data but the problem is can't able to return response to postman. I can see the result in console. if i tried setTimeout , it's working fine .. but that is not a proper way to do it. I tried res.send() method to return response but of no use. Kindly help me to solve this
 app.post('/getmongo',function (req,res){
    console.log("I received a request");
    console.log(req.body.filters)
    filters = req.body.filters
    console.log(typeof filters)
    var ism = []
    db.collection('collection_name').find(filters,function(err,data){
         if(err){
            console.log(err)
            return res.send(500,'something went wrong')
         }
         else{

             data.each(function(err,doc){
                 console.log(doc)
                 ism.push(doc)
             });
             setTimeout(function(){res.send({"ISM":ism})},1000)
         }
    });

 });

A: Instead of iterating within the data and inserting the result in an array, you could return the find result as an array.
Therefore, your function will look something like this:
app.post('/getmongo', function(req, res) {
    filters = req.body.filters;
    db.collection('collection_name').find(filters).toArray(function(err, docs) {
        if (err) {
            console.log(err);
            return res.send(500, 'something went wrong');
        } else {
            res.send({"ISM": docs});

            // If you want to return JSON
            // res.json({"ISM": docs});
        }
    });
});

http://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/3.1/quick-start/quick-start/#find-documents-with-a-query-filter

A: It is sending the null data because of its asynchronous nature.
You can use a hack like this.
data.each(function(err,doc){
            console.log(doc)
            ism.push(doc)
            if(data.length === ism.length) {
              res.send({"ISM":ism})
            }
 });

A: Your data parameter is not "Your data" :D , It is a Cursor object, and each function is a async function. Without setTimeout, data.each (not like Array.prototype.forEach) and res.send({"ISM":ism}) will run in the same time (ism now is []).
If you want keep using cusor method, you have to change some of code:
data.each(function(err,doc){
    if(doc !== null) {
        console.log(doc)
        ism.push(doc)
    } else {
        // close you db connection...
        res.send({"ISM":ism})
    }
});

Or, you could use .toArray method (if you are using require('mongodb').MongoClient) to get data back:
db.collection('collection_name').find(filters).toArray(function(err, items){
    if(err){
       console.log(err)
       return res.send(500,'something went wrong')
    }
    else{
        res.send({"ISM": items})
    }
})

https://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/api-generated/cursor.html

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Please see attached paper for overview and detailed explanation about Containment in the Seattle Testbed.

## Building and Configuring
Start by creating a directory using preparetest.py. We'll call this directory testdir.

1) In testdir, copy all CNC Core Modules, as listed below. If you are planning to run experiments, also copy the CNC experiment modules (listed below) to testdir.
Also, copy the 'seattlegeni_xmlrpc.py' file from trunk
seattlegeni
xmlrpc_clients to the testdir directory.
Finally, copy the 'send_gmail.py' file from trunk
integrationtests
common to the testdir directory.

2) A config file must be created that will describe the topology of the containment server farm (Seattle Node Directory Service). It must be named 'cnc_server_list.txt', and must list the information of every server in the farm. Each line describes a different server, and each line must follow this exact format: <server_ip>:<server_port> <server public key>

3) A config file must be created that will describe the backup configuration of the containment server farm (Seattle Node Directory Service). The file must be named 'cnc_backup_config.txt.' If it is left empty, it indicates the server farm should use no backup configuration. This is fine for most experiments. See comments on cncFileParser_read_backup_config in cncFileParser.repy for information on how to specify a backup configuration.

4) Copy 'restrictions.cnc' into the test directory if you are planning to run the Seattle Node Directory Service (cncStandaloneServer.repy is used to run this service).

5) If you are planning to run the Seattle Node Directory Service, run:
```
python repypp.py cncStandaloneServer.repy cncStandaloneServer.py
```

If you are planning to run experiments from the directory, run:
```
python repypp.py cncallpairsping.repy cncallpairsping.py
python repypp.py deploycncexperiment.mix deploycncexperiment.py
```

6) If you are planning to run the Seattle Node Directory Service, copy testdir to every machine in your farm.

## Running the Seattle Node Directory Service
Prior to this section, please complete the steps in the 'Building and Configuring' Section
On every machine on your farm run:
```
python repy.py restrictions.cnc cncStandaloneServer.py <local available port to use> <user key range lower> <user key range upper> <server public key> <server private key>
```
Please see the paper attached for more information on keyranges. Basically, the combined keyranges of all servers on your farm should cover the entire keyspace from 0 to 999, endpoints inclusive. When specifying the keyrange parameters to the server, the endpoints are includes. For example, if I specify lower 0 and upper 333 for a server, that server will cover the keyrange from 0 to 333 with endpoints 0 and 333 included. Keyranges of different servers should not overlap. For example, it would not be correct to have one server with keyrange 0-333 and another server with keyrange 333-666, since these ranges overlap for the value 333.

## Running an Experiment
Prior to this section, please complete the steps in the 'Building and Configuring' and 'Running the Seattle Node Directory Service' sections.

1) Run a command in the following format to start the experiment.
```
python deploycncexperiment.py wan <number clients> <experiment run duration in seconds> <number of client groups>
```

The nummber of client groups argument basically indicates the nubmer of unique keys. The script will set up clients to have one userkey each. So for 2 client groups, half of the VMs will have one key, and the other half will share a completely different key.

For example, the following command will run an experiment with 100 clients for 20 minutes, with all clients sharing the same single userkey.
```
python deploycncexperiment.py wan 100 1200 1
```

2) Wait for the experiment to complete. This may take a few hours if the number of clients is greater than 100 due to high costs of setting up the experiment and downloaging the log data. You can track the progress of the experiment in the log file generated by the script named 'cnc_experiment_out'.

3) Once the experiment is completed, there will be a subdirectory in testdir (on the machine the experiment script was run from) generated with a collection of logs from all the clients in the experiment. We will refer to this subdirectory as 'the result directory'. Stop all Seattle Node Directory Servers in your farm. From each machine in your farm, look inside the testdir directory and find the logfiles with the prefix 'cncserverlog'. Copy these files to the result directory.

4)On the machine the experiment script was run on, browse to the parent directory of testdir. Copy analyze_logs.py to this directory (analyze_logs.py is in the cnc code in the cncSystemPerformance directory). Then, making sure you are in the parent directory of test dir (not in testdir directory), run the following command to analyze your results.
```
python analyze_logs.py  testdir [name of result dir] > temp.txt
```
In place of [name of result dir], make sure to enter the actual name of the result directory.
This may take a fw minutes to run depending on the number and size of the logs.

The report will be stored in the file temp.txt.

## CNC Core Modules
The following modues are used in the Seattle Node Containment system. Please note that unless specified otherwise, when we refer to the term userkey, we mean cncuserkey, not the userkeys Seattle uses to assign VMs. Cncuserkeys are essentially hashes of Seattle userkeys.

keyrangelib.repy - Library that provides utility and helper functions for key range related tasks. These include tasks such as converting from Seattle userkeys to cncuserkeys, or looking up the address of the supporting server for a particular userkey.

cncSignData.repy - Handles tasks related to packet signing. This is essentially a wrapper around signeddata.repy that makes it easier to use with the containment system.

cncperformance.repy - Includes funtions whose purpose is to improve the performance of the cnc system. Currently it only provides functionality for compressing and restoring ip,port information, but more may be added to this modeule later as optimizations are made.

cncmultifilelog.repy - provides simple interface to the cnc system for logging. It allows for two types of logging, single and multi-file. Multifile logging splits logs accross many files which is helpful for downloading experiment data from VMs as it avoids timeouts associated with retriveving what would otherwise be massive log files.

cncFileParser.repy - used to read configuration files for both client and server.

cncperfutils.repy - This module handles tracking of the order packets arrive in for diagnostic/debugging purposes. All calls to this method should be removed from production code (debug and experiments only).

cncclient.repy - provides client interface to the containment system. It handles registration, update processing and other cnc related tasks transparently. To use this library, the caller (which will be the dedicated VM on each node hosting the client service) must first call cncclient_initialize, specifying a free port that can be used by the system. cnc_sendmess and cnc_openconn are written to handle the restricting of sending traffic and opening connections. Similar methods need to be written for receiving traffic and waiting for connections.

cncStandaloneServer.repy - Server module for the containment system. Handles registration, update dissemination, and query requests for a specified keyrange.

## Experiment Modules
These modules are used only for running experiments, collecting data, and analyzing data.

cncallpairsping.repy - all-pairs-ping program that has containment restrictions on sending traffic. It detects which addresses to ping using the seattle contralized advertize server (looking up the specific experiment name, each client only pings other client with which it shares at least one key). For debugging and test purposes, it provides callers the option of specifying a set of userkeys to use (in place of Seattle userkeys).

cncdeploylib.mix - provides numerous low level utilities for management of VMs. These include uploading of files, collecting log information (which is split accross multiple files as it has been collected with multifilelog), and ressetting/stopping of VMs.

deployallpairspingtest.mix - provides methods used to automatically deploy the all pairs ping program on VMs. Not standalone, used to provide helper methods to deploycncexperiment.mix

deploycncservers.mix - provides methods used to automatically deploy the cnc servers on VMs. Note, this method of testing the cnc system is not reccomended. Not standalone, used to provide helper methods to

deploycncexperiment.mix - support for automatically aquiring arbitrary numbers of VMs and running containment experiments. The recommeded way to use this script is to first manually configure and start the server, then use this script to aquire and start clients.

analyze_logs.py - a result analysis script that will parse log files from the Seattle Node Directory service and from its clients to determine information such as cache accuracy, load on clients, and load on servers.

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David Icke Discussion
Why do most people that listen to David cherry-pick what he says?🤔
By Guardian,
December 19, 2021 in David Icke Discussion
9 minutes ago, Origin said:
Human - Why are you here? To experience..
You cannot find it in books, in words, in interpretations that are based on illusions. In repetitions of word patterns that others have put together.
You can't experience anything in a collective. Because everyone creates their own experience. You made a significant mistake in placing it in a template.
But human knowledge consists of a countless number of errors. You feel threatened when someone else questions it. What would it mean if someone else could understand more than I do? Because of my inability, I will harm others because of it. With words.
Then I retreat again into my little world of misconceptions. Tell myself that I was right and my truth is the right one. And I think that I am awakened. But the truth is that you have not understood anything that cannot be squeezed into a human concept. You are still blind and you are not one step closer to the source of reality.
The human clown world projects illusions of what is promoted as the great awakening. But that great unknown has not changed the all-encompassing pattern of representation of reality. And it has never done it.
Weird way of putting it. But I do agree.
I especially agree with:
"You cannot find it in books, in words, in interpretations that are based on illusions. In repetitions of word patterns that others have put together.
You can't experience anything in a collective"
"You are still blind and you are not one step closer to the source of reality."
99.9% of people do this mistake over and over again. And never learn from it.
Sheepy
No worries because they are coming for Mr Icke, as the slow drip has started with MSM stories of people killing their children because they believed in Lizard people and people committing suicide for being fans of David Icke and listening to other people here. Method in madness as they say.
On 12/21/2021 at 5:30 PM, Guardian said:
Exactly, you can't find it in books however I'm an avid reader of what you may term alternative points of view .
I believe that has been brought about due to my nature in part (I don't believe anything that people tell me till I looked into it myself) but mostly I think I'm a product of circumstance,I would say that my life has been anything but normal, and there lies the social conditioning or lack there of. Put it this way I have seen and experienced so much strange shit over the years if you didn't start to question societies norms of reality you would have to be brain dead
1 hour ago, peter said:
Would you share some of this strange shit you have experience?
Please do. I am looking for answers. And every one of us has a little bit.
They were in the old forum and in this one under paranormal experiences
On 12/19/2021 at 9:22 AM, Guardian said:
Your mind is not ready? Afraid of what others think? What is it?
Tangibility/evidence. There are reams of evidence for the human hierarchy of the nwo, but not much as far as i can gather for dark entities. The last 3 or so chapters in David's latest book are quite theoretical. When "real" world shit is happening, people want real world instigators, not theoretical entities. Yes this world is probably not very real in the grand scheme, but in this lifetime, it's what we have to work with.
MarkBirtley
People don't believe in their existence because they have the impression that it's fiction and goes against science when it in fact doesn't. Those are creatures operating on an electromagnetic level but are able to tune their frequencies, which doesn't go against science at all, even though our "science" is not the absolute truth and it's full of unknowns/mistakes (which history has proven time and again). Somehow people think that now we are so technologically advanced, so it's laughable to even think that those beings exist. IMO that stems from arrogance. Anyone with enough humility would come to the conclusion that those beings are a real thing. There's enough content on the internet to prove it, in case a person never witnessed it irl.
Edited January 11 by MarkBirtley
21 hours ago, MarkBirtley said:
There's enough content on the internet to prove it, in case a person never witnessed it irl.
Can you link some?
1 hour ago, spideysensei said:
Check Abderraouf Ben Halima on Youtube: they get imprisoned in a catcher's body (a catcher is someone who was recently possessed and thus has some kind of temporary opening that allows the catcher to capture those beings, I'm not sure but I think they're called channelers on these forums), he then interrogates them about certain conspiracies of the elite and of magicians that use the aid of those creatures.
On 1/8/2022 at 11:58 PM, spideysensei said:
If you sit on your ass and never develop your consciousness to the required levels, which is true of 99.999% of people.
The vids are all 50 min + in a language i don't understand. How does this prove it? You said it doesn't go against science, how so?
13 minutes ago, Apotheosis said:
You could work all your life and still not get there. If the knowledge is this rarefied it's out of our hands anyway. We may as well focus our efforts on the human actors.
28 minutes ago, spideysensei said:
He sometimes uploads videos where speaks English only, but most of his videos have subtitles in many languages, including English
I second that.
You could work all your life and still not get there.
No, you couldn't.
If the knowledge is this rarefied it's out of our hands anyway.
It's fiction, it's forbidden, it's dangerous, or it's impossible except to a small elite. This story, which is a lie, has been told from the beginning.
We may as well focus our efforts on the human actors.
How's that been working out for humans?
When you speak like this, when you express such thoughts you are here, you are unwittingly acting as a conduit for them. These thoughts are not human, in the true sense. They don't originate with the atman. They just pop into the "head" and find verbal expression, and if any judgment occurs between the two, it's judgment according false criteria and patterns of thought which have also been implanted in our samsaric complex. This is a given, since having found ones true self, discovered ones free will, and gained control over the content of ones mind so as to have ones own thoughts, one would invariably also have encountered and unmasked these "dark powers".
Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.
If and when you find the truth, you will know it. But how you will know it, that can't be expressed in language to those who don't already have gnosis.
On 1/13/2022 at 12:38 AM, Apotheosis said:
It could be expressed. It can only be compiled with an extreme bandwidth of all perceptible anomalies. The requirement is to know them all. Where and when they emerged. The anomalous patterns have been assigned in the most impossible places. Also where it has passed on notions to certain humans. And even then, something has to agree. The more a human being can understand, the less he or she will be able to interfere. No one follows the same path. For this reason, the entire accumulated knowledge can be regarded to a very large extent as a worthless interpretation. Nothing should ever be prematurely interpreted as certain knowledge. In the end, there will be very little left.
7 hours ago, Origin said:
It could be expressed.
Again, language cannot convey meaning where there is no underlying experience . Do you think a blind person who has never seen can have any idea of what a word like "red" is intended to communicate? No, he cannot, and no possible language can convey it to him.
8 hours ago, Apotheosis said:
It has the potential to convey something to every level of existence. I have detected an extraordinary variety of possibilities. And I am sure that it can also teach deaf blind people something to get ahead. Everything is predefined. It doesn't matter if they are wild nature tribes or within the fictional 21st century. This also concerns some who are already further along than the currently known possibilities.
You rather mean that no one can pass on their level of experience to others. There is an all-encompassing version of how it is expressed. If it were not so I would not be implying this. But this means an impossible paradox. But..I'm sure that the most challenging thing was to pass on very simplified versions to drive the development forward. These people also exist. And no, I am not one of those.
Something is able to do exactly that and we as so-called humans seem to have certain possibilities to be able to understand exactly that. It's just that humans can't fathom this magnitude. No one is forced to rise above their own limits here. It could not force me to do anything either....
On 1/12/2022 at 11:38 PM, Apotheosis said:
This is a given, since having found ones true self, discovered ones free will, and gained control over the content of ones mind so as to have ones own thoughts, one would invariably also have encountered and unmasked these "dark powers".
So have you found your 'true self' and gained 'free will'? Otherwise, on what basis do you believe it?
Whatever they think they've found has made them angry & miserable.
novymir
2 hours ago, BlueSky said:
So, are you afraid of those feelings? Are they "inappropriate", "worthless", and invalid? Something to avoid or run away from? Do you assume this is the state or condition of them all the time? Is "negativity" "bad", all the time, what about most of the time, or half of the time? How does Truth operate, what is It's purpose, in the context of this "experience"?
Why do you think they push all those psych-drugs(anti-anxiety/anti-depressants, etc) so much? Why do you think so many get addicted to both legal and illegal drugs/alchohol?
Do you believe one must be in a "good-mood" regarding this "experience"(so-called life and world) all the time to "raise their vibration" and "ascend"? Or else?
Do you believe this "world" is Divine Creation?
What is disillusionment?
Is D.I. in error? What does he mean by "non-human" force? What does he mean by "counterfeit world, simulation"?
2 hours ago, novymir said:
"So, are you afraid of those feelings? Are they "inappropriate", "worthless", and invalid? Something to avoid or run away from?"
Only when those feelings turn into actions that hurt myself or others, then it's natural to be afraid.
"Do you assume this is the state or condition of them all the time?"
Probably not. Maybe they use the forum to purge.
"How does Truth operate, what is It's purpose, in the context of this "experience"?"
If you're referring to God or Source when you write Truth Then anger & misery are the ego not the Truth.
"Why do you think they push all those psych-drugs(anti-anxiety/anti-depressants, etc) so much?"
To make money from our misery.
"Do you believe one must be in a "good-mood" regarding this "experience"(so-called life and world) all the time to "raise their vibration" and "ascend"? Or else?"
Wisdom is gained through adversity that's true. Then to recognising the ego for what it is. Until that's mastered this plane will be the school. My conclusion so far.
"Do you believe this "world" is Divine Creation?"
I think the one thing created it all. This simulation included.
"What is disillusionment?"
I think that's been covered in the above
thethinkingrebel
I've been studying this stuff on and off for about 15 years. I first read the Biggest Secret in the year 2000 - at the time I was enjoying the topics in the book about UFOs. More recently (perhaps the last 5 years), I've ventured into he study of the archons, and the gnostic texts, and also reading the works of Crowley. It's all much more cemented for me that there is indeed an extra dimensional element to the whole 'conspiracy', and that extra dimensional element explains ghosts, ufos, EVP, cryptozoology, the Mandela effect, alien abduction, OOBE, timeslips, and of course - the reptilians.
Whether or not they actually are reptilians isn't cemented - after all they have the ability to shape shift, and not only that they're a 4th dimensional expression into he three dimensional, just as if we were to venture into the 2 dimensional we would look like circles and lines to the inhabitants - they are wearing human bodysuits, and hybridised humans so they can inhabit them. The true nature of these beings is truly unknown.
I have seen the greys personally, so I know from experience that something is 'out there' - after that experience in 2011 and my years of processing it - nothing would surprise me now.
Posted Monday at 03:46 PM
20 hours ago, thethinkingrebel said:
You saw an outline similar to the many variants drawn by humans. That was visually stored in you. And that is exactly what you have set for yourself. You have done the same what you understand as objects. Your brain has also projected the classic shapes of so-called UFOs onto what you see. In case you saw it outside, dreams don't mean anything. That happens to anyone who will notice it a few times in their lives. But when you have seen it many times, you will notice something extraordinary. That what you see will change dramatically and everything will become clearer.
It's all possible, i have no special insight into the nature of reality, but i think this maxim is apt here - extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
A lot of the shape shifty videos i've seen i'm not impressed by. There's maybe one or two incidents that really seemed quite weird and not immediately explainable, but the rest are usually poor quality with obvious compression artifacts. If there were so many who apparently shapeshift into reptilians, why are we not seeing it more often with higher definition cameras? (Or are we? I don't know, perhaps there is evidence out there).
Not a single Experiencer has ever succeeded in making a clear recording. Nothing exists that is capable of recording even one image clearly. What can be seen has nothing to do with our perceptible reality. None of this will a human ever be able to touch with his hands..


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The History of Bootlegging in America
Topics: Prohibition in the United States, The Great Gatsby, Al Capone, Alcoholic beverage / Pages: 6 (1913 words) / Published: Sep 26th, 2010
Bootlegging: How it Affected Americans
Bootlegging didn 't end when the 18th amendment was repealed. Bootlegging has a long history in America and its meaning has evolved over the years. During the prohibition era the consumption of alcohol was illegal and in modern times the illegal obtaining of consumer media is considered bootlegging. Bootlegging in the early times spawned the practice of rum running which was another extension of bootlegging. This bootlegging is mentioned was described in The Great Gatsby in which one of the main characters runs a bootlegging business. America 's history is one that includes bootlegging that existed in the 1920s with the illegal consumption of alcohol and still exists today with the obtaining of copyrighted material illegally.
The word bootlegging originated in the Midwest when people put flasks of alcohol in their boots (Bootlegging 2). Bootlegging is defined as something, as a recording, made, reproduced, or sold illegally or without authorization. This practice took place long before the 18th amendment (prohibiting the consumption of alcohol) was put into place. It was mainly practiced by farmers who thought of it as an easy way to get money, but this later expanded into urban areas. Even before the 18th Amendment was passed many towns and cities started the prohibition making it easier to pass in congress. The 18th Amendment was the culmination of a century of attempts to get rid of alcohol. After the 18th amendment was put into place was when bootlegging became a rampant practice. Prohibition changed the way the nation viewed authority, the court system, wealth, and class.
Bootlegging was a practice that involved violence, gangs, and illegal practices such as rum running. Rum running in the United States was the smuggling alcohol from other countries such as Canada and the Bahamas (Everetts 129). Rum running was an extensive and risky business with the American coast guard out looking for rum runners all the time. Rum
Cited: Allen, Everetts. "Rumrunners." _The Black Ship: Rumrunners of Prohibition_. 1965. Rpt. in _Prohibition_. Ed. Dennis Nishi. Farmington ill, Mi: Greenhaven Press, 2003. 129-134. Print. Batchelor, Bob. "Bootlegging." Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley Kutler. 3rd ed. Vol. 3. New York: Charles Scibner 's Sons, 2003. 503-504. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 12 Jan 2010. "Bootlegging." _Encyclop_ædia _Britannica_. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Enclyclopædia Britannica, 2010. Web. 19 Jan 2010 Fitzgerald,F. Scott. _The Great Gatsby_. New York: Scribner, 2004. "Piracy." _Encyclop_ædia _Britannica_. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Enclyclopædia Britannica, 2010. Web. 19 Jan 2010 Rolfe, Pamela. "_New Pirates of the Spanish Main: Myriad Factors Lead to Rampant Illegal Downloading_." Hollywood Reporter. 403-48 (2008): 10. Student Resource Center Bronze Print. 19 Jan. 2010 Ruopp, Thomas. Personal Interview. 15 Jan 2010.
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Bootlegging During The 1920's
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war for indep, the am revolution. • The Young Republic (1790-1830): the first 40 years of the am history, marked the transition to a republic democracy. • The Antebellum Period (1830-1860): Before the civil war • The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1880) The period: 1600s to 1880 Aristotle: "The beginning is half the whole". "Indians" When Americas was settled in 1492, America was a desert, a waste land. • The first settlers had probably crossed the Bering Strait at various….
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Figure 1: Evolution of the magnetic state of a thin FeO layer during growth, investigated via nuclear resonant scattering. The disappearance of temporal beats after oxidation indicates that a predominantly nonmagnetic oxide is formed. Deposition of Fe leads to the formation of a chemically pure FeO layer. Further deposition leads to ferromagnetic ordering in the top Fe layer and hence, to the increase of the magnetic ordering temperature of the FeO, which becomes antiferromagnetic at room temperature.
Figure 2: Temperature dependence of the magnetic hyperfine field distribution of a buried FeO layer, as extracted from evaluation of the nuclear time spectra. Below 90 K an additional component appears around a hyper fine field of 25 T that is attributed to interfacial spin freezing.
Published as: "Stabilization of Antiferromagnetic Order in FeO Nanolayers", Physical Review Letters 103, 097201 (2009).
Ferromagnetic order in thin films is strongly affected when their thickness is reduced to the nanometre regime. The main reason for this are thermal excitations that lead to fluctuations of the magnetic moments. It is well known that thick antiferromagnetic buffer layers with a high magnetic anisotropy can be used to stabilize magnetic order in ultra-thin ferromagnetic films. This effect is of high importance for modern data storage technology. On the way to further miniaturization one consequently asks what happens to antiferromagnetic layers in the ultra thin limit and how their magnetic properties are influenced by surrounding magnetic material. These questions are subject of an investigation involving ultra-thin layers of Fe and its native oxide.
Following the pioneering work of Beach et al. who revealed intriguing magnetic properties of ultrathin native iron oxide layers , we studied the growth of nanometer thin FeO layers via nuclear resonant scattering (NRS). Surprisingly, we found that once a FeO layer is sandwiched between ferromagnetic layers, a drastic increase of its Néel temperature (the temperature below which antiferromagnetic order appears) is observed. The high sensitivity of the experimental method to magnetization dynamics (close to the GHz regime) allowed to reveal that at very low temperatures interfacial spin freezing occurs that leads to exchange bias.
The NRS experiment was performed in-situ at the ID18 beamline of ESRF. The isotope sensitivity of NRS, in combination with a probe layer approach, was used to select only the signal originating from the oxide layer (see Fig. 1). In this way one discriminates against the strong magnetic signal of the neighbouring Fe metal, which normally prevents the detection of the oxide's magnetic state using conventional techniques. This approach was used to monitor the chemical and magnetic state of the oxide layer during its growth. The basic results are summarized in Fig. 1. We start with a 2 nm 56Fe layer on top of which a 0.6 nm 57Fe layer (the NRS active isotope) is deposited. This layer is subsequently oxidized by controlled admission of oxygen into the vacuum chamber. A sudden change from pure magnetic Fe to a chemically disordered, predominantly non-magnetic oxide is observed. Remarkably, the deposition of one atomic layer of Fe on top of this non-stoichiometric oxide leads to the formation of a chemically pure FeO layer , which appears to be non-magnetic. With further deposition of Fe, a sharp magnetic transition is observed in the oxide, which indicates that its Néel temperature TN has effectively climbed above room temperature. We expect that this magnetic transition coincides with the appearance of long range ferromagnetism in the top Fe layer, which is only possible once a critical thickness is reached. Ex-situ temperature dependent measurements allowed us to estimate the TN to be as high as 800 K, very close to the Curie temperature TC of the neighbouring Fe layer. This similarity is not a coincidence, as the proximity of very thin ferromagnetic layers often leads to a convergence of TN towards the TC of the ferromagnetic material.
For antiferromagnetic FeO in contact with a ferromagnet one expects a horizontal shift of the hysteresis loop, the so-called exchange bias phenomenon. Here, however, this shift is observed only at temperatures below 30 K. The analysis of the NRS data revealed that at the same temperature where the exchange bias transition takes place an extra magnetic component in the hyperfine field distribution appears, shown in Fig. 2. This component could be attributed to spins which progressively freeze in with decreasing temperature and remain in a fixed orientation below 30 K. From that we can deduce that exchange bias in this system is linked with interfacial spin freezing.
In conclusion, this study unravels in a remarkably clear fashion how the magnetic state of an ultra-thin antiferromagnetic layer can be stabilized by adjacent ferromagnets. As a result its effective Néel temperature raises by several hundreds of Kelvin. In the case of FeO, this leads to antiferromagnetic order at room temperature, an effect which mediates strong interlayer coupling in Fe/FeO multilayers . In contrast, the temperature below which exchange bias is observed decreases with decreasing thickness of the oxide layer, pointing to a stabilization mechanism that is related to interfacial spin freezing.
 G.S.D. Beach, F.T. Parker, D.J. Smith, P.A. Crozier, A.E. Berkowitz, "New Magnetic Order in Buried Native Iron Oxide Layers", Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 267201 (2003).
 S. Couet, K. Schlage, Th. Diederich, R. Rüffer, K. Theis-Bröhl, B.P. Toperverg, K. Zhernenkov, H. Zabel, R. Röhlsberger, "The magnetic structure of coupled Fe/FeO multilayers revealed by nuclear resonant and neutron scattering methods", New J. Phys. 11, 013038 (2009).


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Marilou Castillo Gonzalez, 76, returned to her heavenly father on November 23, 2018 in San Antonio. Her faith and family supported her throughout her battle with cancer and her families love and support is a testament to her devotion and love of God.
Marilou was blessed and survived by her husband of 56 years, Armin J. Gonzalez and daughters Anna Marie (Jesus†) Ramirez, Alma Delia (Alex) Soto, Patricia (Paul) Kittle, Mary Lou (Nicholas) Terille, her six siblings: Marta Velazquez, Melivia Botana, Jose Castillo, Maria Minerva Chavez, Manuel Castillo, Mario Castillo and her 16 grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Manuel and Maria Enriquez de Allen, step-father Harold Allen, eldest sister Minerva Castillo and son-in-law Jesus F. Ramirez.
Born in Mexico, Marilou immigrated to the United States in the 50's. Despite her humble beginnings and education, she worked hard and put herself through cosmetology school, opening her own salon in Chicago in the 60's, Mary Lou's Beauty Salon. Later moving her young family to Laredo, Marilou became a long-time resident, dedicated business woman, and retired hairstylist with over 50 years in the industry. Marilou was owner of The Hair Loom, an established, preeminent salon in the community. A lover of music and prose, she was featured as one of Chicago's first Mexican women published poets in 2015 with "Recuerdos Y Sentimiento" (1978), by Chicago online cultural magazine El Beisman and Latin Studies expert and professor, Marc Zimmerman. A singer songwriter, Marilou's body of musical works led her to compete several of her compositions in Festival OTI de la Canción in the 80's, winning her a spot among the 10 finalists, from 136 competitors. A lover of gardening, active church volunteer and generous member of the community, she often gave of her time and talents to seniors, immigrants, the homeless, and always opened her door to all. She was a devout prayer warrior and Cursillista, and will be deeply missed.
The family would like to extend their sincere thanks to all family, friends, neighbors, including the Compassus Houston & San Antonio teams, all her Dr's, nurses and staff, for their loving care and attentive treatment throughout her battle.
The family will receive condolences the evening of Friday the 30th of November 2018 from 4 to 9 p.m. at Joe Jackson Heights Funeral Chapel; where a Vigil for the Deceased and Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m.
Funeral procession will depart the chapel at 10:40 a.m. on Saturday the 1st of December 2018 to Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, where a Mass of Christian Burial will be offered for the repose of her soul, beginning at 11 a.m. officiated by longtime family friend, Father John Francis Bentley, BBD.
Rite of Committal and Interment will continue to the family plot at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be: Rafael Ramirez, Gabriel Ramirez, Miguel Ramirez, Uriel Ramirez, Roman Soto, Alex Soto, Nick Terille, Paul Kittle and serving as an Honorary Pallbearer will be her beloved husband, Armin Gonzalez.
Arrangements are under the care and direction of the funeral service professionals at Joe Jackson Heights Funeral & Cremation Services, 719 Loring at Cortez, Laredo, TX 78040, 956.722.8850.


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TOP News Honorable mention to Jun Sakuma, Team Leader of the AI Security and Privacy Team for ECML – PKDD Test-of-time Award
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Honorable mention to Jun Sakuma, Team Leader of the AI Security and Privacy Team for ECML – PKDD Test-of-time Award
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At the 2022 European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD), the program committee announced that the 2012 paper "Fairness-aware Classifier with Prejudice Remover Regularizer", whose last author, Jun Sakuma is the Team Leader of the AI Security and Privacy Team, had received an honorable mention for the conference's Test of time award.
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How to choose a right water pump? | BLDC PUMP Co., Ltd.
This guide is going to help you to choose a right water pump step by step. In fact, it's not as simple as you think.
At first, you need to know water pumps can be classified according to many different dimensions. If it was classified according to the use, it includes booster pump, transfer pump, sewage pump, metering pump, and so on. If it was classified by its material, it includes cast iron pump, cast aluminum pump, stainless steel pump, engineering plastic pump, and so on. If it was classified by drive power, it includes gasoline water pump, diesel water pump, electric AC water pump, electric DC water pump, and etc. If according to the pump's applications, there will be too many types and very hard to be counted.
Centrifugal water pump uses the centrifugal force generated by the impeller to transfer the fluid. The centrifugal force typically comes from an engine or electric motor. Centrifugal pump can serve long-time continuous operation and has a long lifespan. It is the most widely used type of water pump.
Diaphragm water pump is another common type of water pump. It relies on the reciprocating action of a membrane to change the working chamber volume to transfer the fluid. Compare to the centrifugal pump, diaphragm pump could generate an extremely high pressure. But it often has a small flow rate, a short lifespan, and a loud noise.
Peristaltic pump uses a rotor with a number of "rollers" to squeeze a flexible tube to transfer fluid. It is often used in the pharmaceutical or chemical industry to get a constant accurate flow rate.
The above three principles of the pumps contained the vast majority of pumps on the market. You may know other principles pumps, such as jet pump, gear pump, plunger pump, but that is not in our discussion today.
High-efficiency and energy-saving are undoubtedly an important trend in the future development of the water pump. So the fuel-based water pumps will be replaced, the electric water pump will be more and more popular. Based on the reasons for safety and technological progress, AC water pumps will be more replaced by low-voltage DC water pumps. The size of the pump will get smaller and more compact. Smaller and more portable, but the same performance.
Could the performance meet your needs? Almost all water pumps have two important parameters: head and flow rate. They are usually marked on the label of a pump like this: "Max head 15M, Max flow 1800LPH". But please be noted, it means this pump can achieve the max head 15 meters OR can achieve the max flow 1800 liters per hour. It doesn't mean this pump can achieve 1800 liters per hour at 15 meters height.
Certification consider your real cost! The unit price is only part of your cost. You also need to consider the pump's lifespan, maintenance cost, replacement cost. If the pump needs a continuous operation, you will need to consider your cost of the electricity. It is usually more expensive than the unit price of a pump. Furthermore, if you are going to use the pump in your products (equipment) and sell them to your customers, the reputation of your business will be your biggest cost. Therefore, a simple choice by unit price is the second common mistake people often make.
Select a right pump then!
After figuring out the above problems, the process of choosing a pump becomes clearly, but still difficult. To keep it simpler, next we will narrow down the problem as "how to choose an electric centrifugal water pump". Because the centrifugal pump can meet most of your requirements. For other types of pumps, you can refer these steps.
Ensure the pump performance can meet your needs: How high must the water be pumped and what is the flow rate requirement at this height? For example, your answer should like that: "we would like it to be 600 LPH at 5 meters height". Then check the pump performance curve and to see if it meets your requirements.
Make sure the size of the pump is suitable: easy to be installed, the inlet and outlet are easy to be connected to the pipe of your system.
What kind of liquid? Is it corrosive?
What is the liquid temperature and the ambient temperature?
What is your expected lifespan of the pump?
Does the pump need to operate continuously? and how long each time?
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Do you vote at a school or place of worship in your neighborhood on Election Day? Look around — 2018 may be the last year you do. Neighborhood polling places could become a thing of the past in San Diego in 2020, as more counties in California choose to conduct elections on the model of the California Voter's Choice Act.
Passed in 2016 and intended to both save money and improve voting flexibility, the California Voter's Choice Act changes how, where and when Californians vote. The question on researchers' and policymakers' minds: Will the changes make for the largest and most diverse electorate yet, or will they have the opposite effect?
Thad Kousser, UC San Diego Department of Political Science professor and chair, in Studio Ten300, discussing voter registration and local election trends.
UC San Diego political scientist Thad Kousser is leading a team of researchers from five UC campuses to find out.
Here's how the Voter's Choice Act works: In counties that choose to adopt the act's model, all voters are mailed a ballot 28 days before Election Day. Voters can then return their ballot by mail, drop it off at a county ballot drop box or visit a vote center in their county.
Vote centers will replace neighborhood polling places. They will give voters access to language assistance and, among other changes, enable them to register and vote the same day.
Vote centers also expand early in-person voting, beginning 10 days before a primary or general election. The act requires one vote center for every 50,000 registered voters, starting 10 days before and up through the Friday before Election Day. On Election Day and the Saturday, Sunday and Monday leading up to Election Day, one vote center is required for every 10,000 registered voters.
Of the state's 58 counties, 14 were eligible to implement the changes in 2018 and five chose to do so: Madera, Napa, Nevada, Sacramento and San Mateo. Beginning in 2020, all of California's other counties become eligible to adopt the act.
That means 2018 is the ideal cycle to begin assessing effects, Kousser said—comparing vote tallies in counties that have switched to the new model to their own earlier records, as well as comparing to counties that are continuing with the status quo.
California is transforming the way we register and vote in other ways also, Kousser said. And the UC research team he's heading up will also be looking closely at that impacts of a state mandate to hold local, municipal elections at the same time as statewide and national elections (if turnout has proven below average). Municipal elections that are "off-cycle," or not on the same schedule, are notorious for low turnout, earlier research, including by UC San Diego's Zoltan Hajnal, has shown.
Members of the UC research team — political science faculty and students from San Diego, Merced, Riverside, Berkeley and Davis — are not only looking at the voting data in the 2018 primary and general elections, they're also conducting online surveys with 10,000 voters statewide. The surveys seek to compare voter experiences with the new and status-quo styles of voting. In counties that have made the switch, Kousser said, the researchers will also be asking: What might improve the experience? And would voters be willing, for example, to pay a $1 tax to have more vote centers or have them stay open longer?
In 2019 and 2020, the researchers will also be running non-partisan randomized experiments to see what methods and messages motivate voters to get out and vote.
One of the innovations of the research, Kousser said, is that the project, funded by a grant from the University of California Multicampus Research and Programs Initiatives, is leveraging UC's presence in state government through the UC Center Sacramento and working directly with policymakers, including the office of the Secretary of State.
What really motivates people to vote?


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The Shadow VT500C is a cruiser motorcycle manufactured by Honda. Made between 1983 and 1986, this short lived model was a combination of beauty, comfort and reliability, says Total Motorcycle. There wasn't much variety between the Shadow VT500C models, with the 1986 model similar to the previously released Shadow VT500C cruisers. The average cost for a used VT500C, as of December 2010, is between $965 and $1,300, according to Total Motorcycle.
The 1986 Honda Shadow VT500C came with a four-stroke, liquid cooled V-twin engine with 491 cc of displacement. The engine used overhead camshafts and three valves per cylinder, and had a bore and stroke of 2.79 by 2.44 inches and a 10.5-to-1 compression ratio. This resulted in 47.5 horsepower at 9,000 rpm and 31 foot-pounds of torque at 7,000 rpm.
The Honda Shadow VT500 featured a six-speed transmission and a shaft final drive. The bike had single-disc brakes with one-piston calipers front and rear. It used a 3.50-16 front tire and a 130/90-16 rear tire.
The 1986 Honda Shadow VT500C had a wet weight of 443.1 lbs. The wet weight is how much the bike weighs with all necessary fluids such as oil and gasoline. The bike had a 3-gallon fuel tank and had two color options, black and Candy Scorpio Red, a dark shade. The bike featured a double seat to comfortably ride two, each with a backrest. The 1986 Shadow VT500C shipped with a side cover decal reading "Shadow 500," colored black, red and gold. While the bike's side covers were red or black, depending on the color of the bike, the engine covers were polished and the bike featured polished, round headlights.


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Pantera Press acquires ANZ rights for The Mother of All Shocks by Karen Pickering
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Pantera Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of ANZ rights for The Mother of All Shocks by Karen Pickering, acquired by Publisher Lex Hirst via Jacinta di Mase.
The Mother of All Shocks is an exploration of how modern society places pressure on women to become mothers and then abandons them – or worse, punishes them – and why it doesn't have to be this way.
This compelling examination casts a forensic eye over the transition to motherhood and examines the costs to women: physical, psychological, professional, financial, social, sexual and romantic. Weaving together memoir, research and social commentary, The Mother of All Shocks will blow the lid off one of our most widely experienced social blind spots – and provide a rallying call for change.
Pickering asks why so many women come away from the early years of parenthood reeling, unable to process the totality of the change to their life. Pickering would like to say to them: 'You're right. It's monumental. It affects so many different elements of your life and your experience of the world. It's not your imagination or all in your head or something you can just push through without leaving lasting damage. I don't think you brought this on yourself when you decided to have children. I want you to feel seen and heard, and then I want us to fight like hell to change it.'
Pickering says, 'I feel like I've found the perfect fit with Pantera and Jacinta di Mase, for a book that's burning inside me! I know that Pantera shares my vision for a work that is challenging and confronting, but with a beating heart of hope for a different future. I want to change the way we look at motherhood in our culture, by asking tough questions, sharing some of my experience and expertise, and importantly, pointing us in the direction of solutions. I'm thrilled to be undertaking this project with the whole team at Pantera, because they really understand that a better society is possible if we fight for it.'
Publisher Katherine Hassett says, 'Pantera is delighted to welcome feminist writer, speaker, podcaster and organiser Karen Pickering to the list. The Mother of All Shocks is a thought-provoking, intelligent and powerful inquiry into the extensive costs of motherhood on all aspects of women's lives. We are very excited to publish Karen's book and look forward to it sparking conversation and debate around the country.'
The Mother of All Shocks will be published in early 2023.
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Hawaii by Design – Designs for Living
Good design isn't limited to buildings or houses. We shopped with this in mind, looking for clever local designers who create things worth sharing your life with.
Lori Anne Tomonari, Kathryn Drury Wagner,
photo: Alex Viarnes
Pacific Island Lure Innovations
Fishing lures by Pacific Island Lure Innovations, or PILI, have a mystique. Fishing enthusiasts, explains owner Mark Santiago, "bought them in Hawai'i, then took them home and realized they work just as well in fresh water as they do in salt." This unusual versatility, coupled with the fact the lures are scarce, means fishermen as far as Mozambique lust after PILIs. The lures ($10 to $30 each) are made of resin and foam. Santiago makes them by hand, but to keep up with demand, plans to move to machine-based production. Some will still be made by hand, and will likely be more of a collector's item. To order, call (808) 325-7213 or visit www.pililures.com.
photo: courtesy of Melia Conrad
Melia Conrad
Designer Marylea Conrad loves the word melia, or plumeria, so much that she named not only her daughter, but also her clothing line, Melia Conrad. Conrad, who also works as an editor at Ward Magazine, sister publication to HONOLULU, specializes in swimwear. We love the quality fabrics and materials (mother-of-pearl, not plastic), attention to detail (cute ruffles, easy-to-open fasteners) and versatility (straps that easily remove for sunning). Swimsuits run $80 to $120. This beach cover-up dress ($110) is made of hand-washable silk, and would look great for sundown cocktails, too. Her spring line will be available late April/early May at Split Obsession, in Koko Marina Shopping Center; The Butik, on Kapi'olani Blvd.; Rafael, on Pauahi St.; or online at www.meliaconrad.com.
Aloha Workshop
Graphic artist Mark Swanson moved to O'ahu to "decompress" after a busy career of drawing background scenes for big-time movies such as An American Tale and The Land Before Time. After spending days on the beach, colors of the Hale'iwa sunset and the lush North Shore environment found their way into his color palette and eventually onto his canvas. Swanson's Island-inspired design style comes through in Aloha Workshop, his line of bags. Fun, funky, colorful totes and cosmetic bags ($15 to $45) are available at Strong Current in Hale'iwa, Hawaiian Moon on the new Waikiki Beachwalk or online at www.alohaworkshop.com.
Laurie Baron, co-owner of Nohea Gallery, has shown swirling, woven metal creations by Cindy Luna for the past year. "Her work has such a clean, urban feeling, yet her life is deeply isolated," Baron says of Luna, a resident of Big Island's secluded Waipi'o Valley. "It's totally unlike anything anyone else is doing," she says. Nohea Gallery is the only retail outlet for Luna's designs on O'ahu. A brass basket will cost you about $80 to $100.
Kimberly Le Designs
You've heard of soccer moms; Kimberly Le Designs is run by a very busy soccer/jewelry designer mom. Kimberly Furukawa, the mother of four kids, ages 16 months to 9 years, says she squeezes in time to create her jewelry at night. "And when I am driving, I am creating in my head." Furukawa says she is inspired by "fashion and elegance." Her swingy designs conjure up a freewheeling, poetry-writing duchess, using stones such as tourmaline, sapphire, rubies and emeralds. Look for the line at Riches Hawai'i (and on its site, www.richeshawaii.com), as well as at Chelsea, in Manoa; Reflections, at the Ihilani; Silver Moon, on the North Shore; and Craft Flair and Villa Roma at Ward Warehouse. Prices range from $70 to $1,500. www.kimberlyle.com.
Matthew D'Avella
Matthew D'Avella, a native of Philadelphia, has called Kailua-Kona home for 13 years. The Island life is "more conducive to design," says the woodworker. After relocating to the Big Island, D'Avella began studying Asian design, specifically Japanese pieces from the Craftsmen's era. "It was all about skill," he says. "You knew who built it by how it was done. Their skill was their signature." In creating this mango wood tansu, D'Avella put his own signature on the traditional piece of furniture. For custom pieces, contact D'Avella at matthew@mdavella.com or (808) 326-5452, or view his portfolio at www.mdavella.com.
photo: courtesy of Matthew D'Avella
Jef Hartsel
"I work in all mediums," says graphic artist Jef Hartsel. Hartsel is the head of Poetree, a design studio, and his hip work graces everything from T-shirts and surfboards to walls. "Living in Hawai'i really influences me, because of the natural elements. The beautiful colors, a sunset, a flower, the balance and contrast of everything." As a former professional skater, Hartsel says he visualizes much of his work in a "dynamic, moving way." The print shown is $130, framed, at Chinatown Boardroom, 1160 Nu'uanu Ave., 585-7200. You can also find Hartsel's work at Split Obsession, in Koko Marina Shopping Center, or visit his site, www.poetreemovement.com.
photos: courtesy of Wings Hawai'i
Wings Hawai'i
"A series of really cool coincidences," has enabled Wings Hawai'i to spread across the country, says Melody Torres, co-founder of the clothing and jewelry line. A chance meeting at a North Shore farmers' market founded a relationship with a boutique owner from Cape Cod. A mutual friend at a wedding introduced their partnership with a spa owner in Cancun. Meanwhile, Torres, along with college buddies Samantha Howard, Becky Dosh and Samantha Casas, continue to retail around their home base, Pa'ia, Maui. "We're stoked to work together at a job we really enjoy doing," says Howard. Shop online at www.wingshawaii.com for screen-printed panties ($14), hoodies ($62) and handmade jewelry ($85 to $150). Also check out links to boutiques around the Islands and abroad.
Laulau Woodworks
Aaron Lau's interest in woodwork began during his childhood, helping his grandfather with fix-up projects around the house. Lau established Laulau Woodworks, crafting custom-designed wooden pens. Using local woods, including macadamia nut, lychee and koa, paired with materials such as turquoise, buckeye and maple, Lau creates each pen by hand in his garage. "I never thought I'd be doing this for a living," says the self-taught designer. Over the past two years, Lau's designs have found their way into high-end stores such as Neiman Marcus, boutiques such as Into and even overseas. "It's amazing to think my pens are going to London, India and Hong Kong," Lau says. Prices start around $80. Available at Into, 40 N. Hotel St., 536-2211 or visit www.laulauwood.com.
Phuong Tran
"Ni'ihau shells are very expensive. I wanted to do something [more affordable] with a similar technique, without spoiling the Hawaiian culture," says Phuong Tran, owner of The Art Treasures Gallery. He designs long "coco-blossom shell," necklaces, popular for weddings or hula, and has them made by workers he trained in his native Vietnam. The elegant, swaying strands are $75 each. 1136 Nu'uanu Ave., 536-7789.
photo: courtesy of Konohi Designs
Kinohi Designs
If you've flipped through the yellow pages or opened your phone bill, chances are you're familiar with Jennifer Tanabe's work. The 14-year veteran of the design industry created the logo for Hawaiian Telcom during her time at local advertising agency Milici Valenti Ng Pack. Tanabe has since expanded her creativity into a small business, Kinohi Designs. Although creating wedding invitations, baby announcements and stationery has become a second full-time job for Tanabe, she doesn't mind the extra hours. "[My business] serves as a creative outlet. I have some ownership over my designs," she says. The Kinohi line is available at The Paperie at Kahala Mall and online at www.tinyprints.com or www.weddingpaperdivas.com.
photo: courtesy of IO Sport
IO sport
In a state that averages 76 degrees, the odor-eating, sweat-reducing design behind 'Iolani Sportswear's new line was an obvious next step for the local clothing company. After 53 years of designing Hawaiian print lines for men and women, the company enlisted Nick Kawakami, grandson of founder Keiji Kawakami, to reinvent the men's line. Incorporating performance technologies similar to those used in athletic wear, with a classy, youthful style, the IO Sport line is ideal for young professionals, says Kawakami. Local Macy's stores carry the men's sportswear line, featuring collared, woven shirts, graphic tees and polo shirts. Although IO Sport was created as a menswear line, Kawakami says the company will apply the performance technologies to the women's line as well. Visit www.iolanisportswear.com.
Akane Clothing
"I believe that a clever design aesthetic can be applied to the construction of any object," says Zana Tsutakawa, the woman behind trendy Akane Clothing. Although clothing is her medium of choice, "I apply the same attention to design and aesthetic when I'm cooking dinner," she says. She even let design decide where she calls home. "I do not use bright colors in my design because I live in Hawai'i; I moved to Hawai'i because I love bright colors." Tsutakawa's line is characterized by rich colors and her choice of fabrics. Each piece is created with recycled garments and fabrics, some picked up from local thrift stores. Akane clothing ranges from $50 to $200; Tsutakawa will be releasing a ready-to-wear line, with prices from $20 to $80. Visit www.akaneclothing.com for O'ahu retail locations. photo: courtesy of Akane Clothing
photo: courtesy of Fishtales
Designers Stormy Havice and Julia Sieber-Tu have brought new light to the ancient Japanese art form of gyotaku, fish printing. Havice designed her first piece in true Japanese fashion, using an actual fish to stamp paint onto a onesie. Several variations down the line, Havice and Sieber-Tu created a more streamlined—and less fishy—approach to produce their children's clothing line ($5 to $28), Fishtales. The authentic fish print is still used to create the initial image, which is scanned onto a computer. Havice gathers inspiration from living by the water in Kane'ohe. "My fiancé fishes every day, so it's a natural part of my life." Visit www.islandfishtales.com.
photo: courtesy of Alliway
Alliway
"I've always done well in warm-weather states," muses Allison Kim-Czerniak, owner and designer of Alliway. "Jewelry looks best on exposed skin." The San Francisco native has a degree in painting. "Color, balance, proportion—all these concepts are incorporated in my jewelry." She often uses organic materials, such as bamboo and coral, as well as semiprecious stones. Alliway runs in the $40 to $150 price range; a new line, Backstreet, features lower prices. You can find Alliway at Tori Richard, Shasa Emporium and other locations in Hawai'i, or visit www.alliway.com.
This article appears in the April 2007 issue of Honolulu Magazine.


This research aimed to reflect on different ways of approaching the theme of madness in fictional and scientific literatures. Therefore, writers had been consulted on their deeds records of dementia, treated according to the concepts of different ages and social and cultural contexts in which they operated. We sought copies of literature in which several criteria guided the diagnosis of madness, as well as treatment. Considering the role of fiction to present the reality theme, Machado de Assis, with the story O Alienista, Guimarães Rosa with tales "Soroco, sua mãe e sua filha" and "Darandina" and Erasmus de Rotterdam with the work: O Elogio da Loucura, which were as rich source of reflection and analysis. In an interdisciplinary approach, were asked to theoretical and literary Alfredo Bosi, Antonio Candido, Affonso Romano Sant'Anna, Bastos and Mikhail Bakhtin. Scientific literature, sought the contributions of Foucault, Amarante, Jung, Freud, and Miranda Canguilhem, Goffman and others who have dealt with the theme of madness in various nuances, giving consistency to the insights derived from this study.