From the moment he is born your baby will start to express himself through crying, making eye contact and by using facial expressions.
This early form of communication is your baby's first attempt at language. You can encourage this early stage of your baby's speech development by talking, singing and reading to him.
Your new baby will pay more attention to voices talking than to any other sounds because his brain is tuned to pick up the texture, pattern and rhythm of language.
But before he can speak himself, he must be able to understand and process information, have the ability to communicate and the physical ability to control the dozens of muscles which are involved in speech. All this takes time and your baby will need your help.
Your baby will learn to talk by listening to voices and working out the sounds that make up words, so the more you talk to him the greater the chance he has to pick up words.
Some researchers say that the more one-to-one conversations and early games a baby has, the more advanced his language will be by the time he reaches the age of two.
When your baby coos and babbles at you, make eye contact and stop and listen. When he stops, it's your turn to respond with enthusiasm before pausing and waiting for him to 'talk' back.
This will teach him that conversation is a two-way process. Be guided by your baby - he'll make it obvious when he's had enough.
These will help your child learn about turn-taking, listening and joining in - all essential skills for communicating.
Psychologists believe that music can be of real benefit to babies in the earliest months of their lives when their brain connections are forming.
Songs and rhymes often include some physical interaction as well as repetition of words which make them a fun way of learning different sounds.
It's never too early to share books with your baby. Books will help him to develop visual, vocabulary and listening skills.
Sitting looking at picture books is a great way to spend some quality time together, so make a point of spending some part of each day sharing a book with your baby and include a bedtime story as part of his bedtime routine.
As your baby gets older he will want to 'read' books by himself so choose books with brightly coloured pictures that are sturdy enough to withstand rough treatment, yet small enough for little hands to hold.
Your local library will have a children's section and may run story time sessions along with other activities for babies and young children. Go to:www.gov.uk/local-library-services to find a library near you.


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Small Supernumerary Marker Chromosomes in Human Infertility.
Copy number variations in spermatogenic failure patients with chromosomal abnormalities and unexplained azoospermia.
Characterization and meiotic segregation of a supernumerary marker chromosome in sperm of infertile males: case report and literature review.
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Canadian Sentenced to Death in China for Drug Trafficking
By Ryan Gandolfo, January 14, 2019
Dalian City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg to death on Monday, January 14 for drug smuggling. The notice released by the court also states that all of Schellenberg's assets have been seized and that more details about the case will become known in the coming days.
This is not the Canadian's first sentencing. On November 20, 2018, Schellenberg was sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined RMB150,000 by Dalian City Intermediate People's Court. He was to be deported after his sentence was complete.
According to Beijing Evening News, Schellenberg decided to appeal the initial ruling, which led to another court hearing at Liaoning Provincial Higher People's Court on December 29, 2018. The decision to appeal the first ruling came back to haunt Schellenberg as a Liaoning People's Court prosecutor argued the initial sentence was too lenient.
The case went back to Dalian Intermediate People's Court where the court accused Schellenberg of being a part of a drug smuggling operation that aimed to transport 222 kilograms of methamphetamine from China to Australia. The court ruled that, in accordance with the regulations stipulated by Chinese criminal law, Schellenberg would be given the death penalty, as well as forfeit all of his assets.
In a report by Ecns.cn, court officials told CGTN that Schellenberg did not want Canadian media present at his hearing and did not want fellow Canadians to hear about the case. He now has up to 10 days to appeal the ruling.
Schellenberg may join a long list of foreigners to be executed under Chinese law. John Kamm, executive director of the Dui Hua Foundation, an organization that advocates for political prisoners in China, spoke at length to Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail, stating that 19 foreigners were executed for drug-related offenses between 2009 and 2015.
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Medical tourism at its best.
Google's China-based google.cn search webpage, launched in 2006, had a turbulent time operating on the Chinese mainland.
There are fears that travel during the holidays will exacerbate the latest wave of infections.
Are You Paying Too Much for Your China Expat Health Insurance?
It pays to ask the right questions!
This Day in History: The Death of Puyi, China's Last Emperor
Puyi was only 3 years old when he sat on the 'Dragon Throne.'
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Ye Jianhui was sentenced last Friday by the Foshan Municipal Intermediate Court.

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Get Rich Focusing On The Big And The SmallEliminate The Muda!
Venturing into the world of blogging has brought me new insights and perspectives. For example; Ramit Sethi on IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com challenges you to take action and shares a different view on money and finance.
As I mentioned, I hate frugality and all the frugality sites that waste my time focusing on saving money on frozen orange juice and rice cakes so I can save $1 per week. $1? I find that much money in my shoe every day.
I'm not trying to save $1 or even $10 per week, because it's not worth changing your behavior for that kind of money. Guys, we're aiming to save $1,000 in 30 days. That's why this series will not include retarded suggestions like "Start a garden" or "Buy day-old food from bakeries." I certainly won't tell you to cut your rent or move to a cheaper place, because NOBODY WILL DO IT! Does anyone ever follow those stupid tips? No, but it sure makes other personal-finance authors feel good about themselves for coming up with a suggestion that theoretically, maybe, somehow could save money for the moron who would do it. Not here.
Ramit is not the only financial blogger who has this perspective but he tends to be the most vocal. There is no doubt that Ramit will help you save and save big, but I cannot help but wonder how much Ramit leaves behind because he is unwilling to open his eyes to the potential in frugality.
Contrary to some bloggers opinions, being frugal is not about serious alterations to one's lifestyle. It is not about sacrificing everything that makes you happy. Being frugal by definition is: economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful.
Take for a moment Ramits comments about saving $1 or $10 per week. If you could just save $1 per week that adds up to $1562 over 30 years and that's if you simply stuffed it in a mattress. Invest it at a miserly rate of 7% and you have over $5,000. $10 per week gains you $15620 or over $53,000 in 30 years.
It seems to me, Ramit undermines his own "anti-frugal" position when he gives suggestions such as Buy Generic For Stuff You Don't Care About and Turn Your Thermostat Down 3 Degrees. Both are great suggestions and both great examples of being frugal.
Being frugal is really more about awareness than it is about sacrifice. When you are blind to an opportunity to are certain to miss it. Once you see the light, once you have an intrinsic desire frugality is easy and natural.
A) Something that everyone can implement.
B) Something that is S.M.A.R.T (Specific, Measurable, Atrainable, Realistic, Time Based) In this case, time based means you can implement it now.
How much more mundane can you get then brushing your teeth? This is something that everyone does, hopefully.
Whenever you watch the TV commercials of people getting ready to brush your teeth you see them lay a bead of toothpaste across the brush. You really don't need this much and in fact may actually be doing more harm than good by using excessive amounts of toothpaste.
Patients who abuse toothpaste typically dislike the color of their teeth. These individuals mistakenly believe that the more they brush their teeth, the whiter they will become. Actually, the opposite occurs; as the enamel becomes thinner, the dentine is closer to the surface, resulting in a darker overall appearance, which, encourages more brushing.
Truly, you only need about a pea sized dab of toothpaste on a brush. What is the financial impact of avoiding the excess? A typical tube of toothpaste has 6.2 oz of toothpaste. Brushing twice each day a tube of toothpaste should last about 22 days. Roughly speaking to cover the bristles of a toothbrush is equivalent to 3 large pea sized dabs, meaning that you should get about 66 days. Looking at a year of use that means the conventional approach would require nearly 16 tubes of toothpaste while the appropriate and frugal approach would use about 5.5 tubes.
Recently I found the price of toothpaste to average $5.98 per tube. The total annual difference is $62.79, added up over 30 year's time with a meager 7% interest that is over $6,000!
$6,000 with toothpaste! And how many more consumables are there that you can also save pennies and dollars with? You can buy generics for stuff you don't care about, you can turn down the thermostat 3 degrees, you can prepare a little less each night for dinner, you can wear a jacket one more season, you can pack a lunch a few days each week, avoid the coffee shop on the other days, sew your own clothes, repair your own plumbing and mow your own lawn.
Many bloggers like to focus on the opportunity to increase your income; they see this as being the easiest and fastest way to increase wealth. But they are tripping over dollars to pick up the quarters. Saving money is always easier and more profitable than making money!
Really good points Greg. Two sides to the wealth equation, and I'd rather focusing on making BIG BUCKS than just saving a dollar here and there.
BTW, what are your thoughts on Ramit? Do you find it ironic that when he wasn't rich at 24, he was telling people how to be rich?


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The 2002 MBNA America 500 was the fourth stock car race of the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the fifth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 10, 2002, in Hampton, Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a  permanent asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 325 laps to complete. Tony Stewart, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would pass the worn-out car of Ward Burton with 23 to go to win his 13th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series win and his first of the season. To fill out the podium, Dale Earnhardt Jr. of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. and Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a track in Hampton, Georgia, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It is a 1.54-mile (2.48 km) quad-oval track with a seating capacity of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two 1.5-mile (2.4 km) ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit.

Entry list

Practice

First practice
The first practice session was held on Friday, March 8, at 11:20 AM EST, and would last for two hours. Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.118 and an average speed of .

Second practice
The second practice session was held on Saturday, March 9, at 9:30 AM EST, and would last for 45 minutes. Ryan Newman of Penske Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.896 and an average speed of .

Third and final practice
The third and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Saturday, March 9, at 11:15 AM EST, and would last for 45 minutes. Jerry Nadeau of Hendrick Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.110 and an average speed of .

Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, March 8, at 3:05 PM EST. Each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap. Positions 1-36 would be decided on time, while positions 37-43 would be based on provisionals. Six spots are awarded by the use of provisionals based on owner's points. The seventh is awarded to a past champion who has not otherwise qualified for the race. If no past champ needs the provisional, the next team in the owner points will be awarded a provisional.

Bill Elliott of Evernham Motorsports would win the pole, setting a time of 28.944 and an average speed of .

Two drivers would fail to qualify: Ron Hornaday Jr. and Carl Long.

Full qualifying results

Race results

References

2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
NASCAR races at Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 2002 sports events in the United States
2002 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)

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Q: Examples of intractable prior distribution I am curious if there are some known examples of Bayesian models where the prior distribution chosen is itself intractable. That is, suppose we have the data distribution $Y | \theta \sim F(\theta)$ and $\theta \sim \pi(\theta)$ with
$$
\pi(\theta) = c \tilde{\pi}(\theta)\,
$$
where $\tilde{\pi}(\theta)$ is known, but $c$ is unknown. This will obviously result in the posterior distribution being doubly intractable. But doubly intractable posterior distributions are often so due to the intractability of the likelihood. This makes me curious if there is known work for when we must assume a prior distribution that is intractable.

A: Here is an example that I'm aware of, although surely one can think of others on the same line.
The goal is to encourage separation between the means of a mixture, the model is stated as
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y_i \sim \sum_{j=1}^H w_j N(\cdot \mid \mu_j, \sigma^2_j) \\
\sigma^2_j \sim g(\cdot) \quad (iid) \\
w_1, \ldots, w_H \sim Dirichlet(\alpha) \\
\mu_1, \ldots, \mu_H \sim \pi(\mu_1, \ldots, \mu_H)
$$
and $\pi(\mu_1, \ldots, \mu_H) \propto \prod_{j=1}^H f(\mu_h) \times \prod_{j<h} h(\mu_j , \mu_h)$ where $h(x, y)$ is a monotonically decreasing function of the distance between $x$ and $y$.
A technical report can be found here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.04457

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Museums are dedicated to collecting, caring, studying and exhibiting the objects of lasting value and interest. Collections are the museum's essence. The Australian Museum was established in 1827 but the beginning of its collections cannot be precisely dated. Probably the Museum already had some collections when William Holmes was appointed Museum Keeper in 1829. Three years later some collections were accessible for public viewing, when Dr George Bennett visited the 'Sydney Museum' [Australian Museum] in 1832. In his opinion the best in 'presentation and numbers' was the collection of birds, followed by mammals and reptiles. Bennett recommended extending the collections by the addition of 'native weapons, utensils and other specimens of the arts as existing among Aborigines' (Wanderings in New South Wales … London 1834, p. 67-9). In 1835 Bennett himself became Secretary and Curator of the Museum, a role similar to a director. He set out to 'extend the collections' and presided over the acquisitions of the first 'native weapons'.
In 1835 Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, Surveyor General presented to the Museum 23 Aboriginal artefacts (and 64 birds) gathered on his expedition to western New South Wales. In 1836, retired captain, Philip Parker King and Commander Morgan Lewis donated about 50 artefacts collected during their rescue expedition to Torres Strait.
King was a member of the first Museum Board of Trustees (the Committee of Superintendence of the Australian Museum and Royal Botanic Gardens) and made his donation to the institution he was appointed to foster. Mitchells' artefacts were probably the first anthropology collections ever acquired by the Australian Museum.


Are child custody decisions really that lopsided in Oklahoma, though? What exactly are the laws in Oklahoma pertaining to child custody?
In Oklahoma, child custody laws are outlined in the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. When we discuss custody, there are two types of custody at issue: legal custody and physical custody. Often times, physical custody is described as "visitation" or the amount of time the child(ren) spend with each parent. Legal custody is the ability to make decisions regarding the child(ren)'s health, education, welfare, and more.


Most of the work being done on batteries is about increasing the capacities and charging time, but researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a battery that addresses another pain point. The system designed by doctoral candidate Mya Le Thai can be cycled hundreds of thousands of times without wearing out, which could lead to a battery that never needs to be replaced.
The experimental battery is composed of gold nanowires, which have been a favorite topic of study for energy researchers. These structures, which are thousands of times thinner than a human hair, have extremely high conductivity and surface area, making them ideal for the transfer and storage of electrons. The problem has always been that gold nanowires wear out quickly when used in conventional lithium-ion systems.
A standard lithium-ion battery like the one in your phone begins to show degradation of the electrodes after a few hundred cycles. Even under laboratory conditions, the best you can get is a few thousand cycles before things start breaking down. Thai mitigated this by coating gold nanowires with a manganese dioxide shell. This electrolyte has a gel-like consistency that appears to stabilize the nanowires and prevents them from breaking down.
Thai tested the battery when encased in gel, and found that it completed 200,000 discharge cycles in the space of a few months with no loss of capacity. Many devices have moved to embedded batteries that are not user-replaceable. With most other components entirely solid-state, the battery is often the first thing to wear out. You can either pay to have the cell replaced or just throw the phone away. A battery that doesn't wear out could lead to less e-waste and happier consumers. Give it a few years, and maybe this technology will be suitable for commercialization.


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European drug regulator backs mixing COVID-19 vaccines
Pedestrians wear masks to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 as they walk past a store decorated as part of Christmas lightings, in Paris, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. The new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in more European countries just days after being identified in South Africa, leaving governments around the world scrambling to stop the spread. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union drug regulator gave its backing Tuesday to mixing different types of vaccines in initial vaccination and booster campaigns to battle the coronavirus.
The European Medicines Agency said in a statement that using different types of vaccines together, known as heterologous vaccination, can provide protection against COVID-19.
The announcement comes as much of Europe is facing rising infection and hospital rates and concerns about the new omicron variant.
The EMA, together with the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, said that a mix-and-match strategy could give nations more options in vaccination campaigns as much of the continent seeks to contain the latest surge in the pandemic.
"The evidence available so far with different types of authorized vaccines indicates that a heterologous booster appears as good as or better in terms of immune responses than a homologous booster," the agencies said in a statement.
"While research is ongoing to provide more evidence on long-term safety, duration of immunity and effectiveness, the use of heterologous schedules may offer flexibility in terms of vaccination options, particularly to reduce the impact on the vaccine rollout should a vaccine not be available for any reason," they added.
The agencies looked at data for mRNA vaccines like the Pfizer shot and so-called viral vector vaccines such as the one made by Johnson & Johnson. The two types of vaccines use different technologies to spur the body to fight the coronavirus.
U.S. and U.K. authorities have already given the green light to mixing and matching vaccines in booster campaigns.
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BATON ROUGE, La (BRPROUD) ––– As violent crime continues to plague the capital city, the Baton Rouge Police Department has high hopes that bringing back the Citizens Academy program will bring new beginnings.
The goal is for this program to help bridge the gap between law enforcement and the community. "We do know how important it is to have the community involved in our daily activity is beneficial to us to solving cases," says L'Jean McKneely with BRPD.
The Democratic senators, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, faced strong criticism from Black leaders and civil rights organizations for failing to take on what critics call the "Jim Crow filibuster."
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If you're in the market for a new 4K/UHD TV, an understanding of High Dynamic Range (HDR) is essential to make sure all your equipment is compatible. HDR is what sets 4K/UHD systems apart. It's not available on High Definition (HD) TVs.
The second approach is to understand which TV, peripherals, streaming services, broadcasters and movie studios support which formats. This will help in the selection of equipment, content and services.
Recently, I wrote some Apple TV buying advice.
I've decided to split the HDR video chart into eight separate ones because the single chart got too cluttered and too confusing.
Here's the article showing his new work.
Along the way, you'll also pick up a lot of details when it comes to 4K/UHD/HDR.


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Alex Silverman joined KYW Newsradio as Program Director in September 2018. He previously served as Assistant Director of News and Programming at WCBS Newsradio 880 in New York City, where he guided KYW's sister station through a modern refresh and re-image of its iconic news radio brand. After joining WCBS in 2011 he helped lead coverage of major news events in New York and around the country, including Hurricane Sandy, the Boston Marathon bombings, and the Orlando nightclub shooting.
In 2018, Silverman received a national Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of the transportation crisis in New York. From 2010-2011 he was a reporter and anchor at KIRO-FM in Seattle, and from 2008-2010 he was a reporter and morning news anchor at WSYR-AM in Syracuse, N.Y., where he graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Silverman has also served as an adjunct instructor at Fordham University, where he designed a course titled "Social Media for Journalists."


For the year 2019, MAE faculty members have won three College of Engineering mini-grant awards. The faculty members involved are Drs. Igor Sevostianov, Fangjun Shu, Sarada Kuravi, Andreas Gross, and Krishna Kota. Click here to learn more about the mini-grant program.
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A well-oiled, end-to-end workflow is key to a radiology department's success. To achieve such workflow, departments need to assess and measure their current state workflow and establish benchmarks so they can identify improvement. To complicate matters, radiology operations are complex with a multitude of variables and challenges. Inefficiency in radiology impacts emergency departments, operating rooms, inpatients, and other patient care providers. It can result in longer turnaround times and slow delivery of results, treatment, and overall patient care. Thus, an efficient workflow in the radiology department is paramount to a health system's operational success.
The large volume of exams performed within a radiology department presents the greatest challenge to workflow efficiency. Meeting agreed-upon SLAs within budgetary constraints can seem impossible. Fortunately, real-time locating system workflow and patient flow software that works with both EHR- and PACS-driven workflows can be integrated to communicate relevant details regarding patients, exam schedule, order completion, etc. In addition, patient and technologist location capabilities improve situational awareness around the operational delivery of care. These types of integrations result in increased productivity, capacity, and shorter wait times.
Balancing capacity and staffing to meet patient needs can be extremely difficult. Be sure to involve staff in the workflow optimization process. Workload orchestration solutions can significantly enhance workload balancing through automatic, rules-based prioritization and dynamic assignment.
Historically, radiology PACS have been disconnected from EHRs. This lack of interoperability creates workflow challenges both inside and outside the radiology department. Health systems that want to meet meaningful use requirements and improve workflow to achieve clinical and operational KPIs must make the technology investments necessary to link PACS with the EHR.
Radiology departments are often spread out across a hospital. Logistical challenges of transporting patients between areas exist for nursing staff, transport staff, technologists and radiologists. Patient flow can be refined and the patient's journey through radiology can be accelerated by implementing data visualization tools. For example, Enterprise Visibility from Change Healthcare takes data that is hidden in your EHR, RIS, and other systems and transforms them into visual cues that the entire enterprise can see. This helps organizations increase the number of patients seen daily and optimize utilization of expensive equipment investments.
Radiology departments deal with multiple workflows running simultaneously with numerous modalities. This often causes a bottleneck in the registration/check-in process. A patient-tracking solution can help break down communication siloes between modalities to minimize bottlenecks and keep the entire organization working toward the same priorities and goals. Many patients show up at the same time for different exams. Some exams take a matter of moments to complete, while other exams take as much as an hour or more to complete. Patients in a waiting area do not understand why others who checked in after them are called back sooner. Thus, managing expectations is important and the responsibility should lie with the administrator who checks in the patient. If approximate wait times are communicated as well as an explanation for earlier call backs, patient satisfaction will improve. Timers in a patient tracking system can help administrators keep an eye on how long specific studies are taking, and helps the administrator accurately manage expectations to keep patients apprised of when they will be seen.
Radiologists are under more pressure to participate in patient care and perform tasks beyond diagnostic reading. In order for them to use their clinical expertise most effectively, analytics and business intelligence can help reveal areas where they still need to optimize workflow.
Hospitals can optimize this workflow and create more efficient clinical operations and better patient care. To do so, they need to standardize reporting metrics and improve overall communication between the radiology department and hospital management. The payoff will be a smoother operation and more satisfied patients.
Gar F. Bodenheimer BS, CRA, RT (R)(MR) ARRT, is a Senior Radiology Operations Consultant for Change Healthcare.
Revenue cycle management (RCM) staff and resources are being challenged as never before, what with growing healthcare regulatory changes and slow patient payments.


Hey guys, I had an opportunity to meet the former songbird of the Philippines, Miss Ivy Violan after she performed an hour mini concert during a Mason's pre Valentine's Day Party on February 9, 2013 held at the Masonic Center in Los Angeles, California! She's very talented, nice and remains to be beautiful after all these years! Well done, Ivy Violan!


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Women's Leadership Training
February 15, 2019 Ann Flores Leadership 0
Women have managed to occupy certain positions of decision making but mostly in areas considered staff such as Finance, Marketing, and Human Resources. To ensure that women can move to areas of greater strategic importance for the business, such as Operations or Sales, they should be exposed to projects and experiences where they can exercise decision making with impact on the business.
To build the next generation of women leaders, among other things, it is important that mothers and fathers encourage their daughters to practice sports, to strengthen confidence, self-esteem and teamwork skills.
How does sports help women leadership?
There is no better training ground to achieve success in business than sport. Discipline, preparation, sacrifice, perseverance, resistance, overcoming, teamwork, respect for the rules, focus on objectives, are all qualities necessary to achieve business and sporting success.
Many of the world's leading women leaders practiced competitive sports at a high level.
An interesting study has analysed female participation in the Olympic Games, from Rome 1960 to London 2012 – the first time in the history of the modern Games that all competing countries included women in their delegations.
The researchers found that countries where women had a higher level of education and greater participation in the workforce had won more medals in the women's Olympic events.
The Olympic Games have an enormous influence on world popular culture and public perception. So the sports success of women can lead to what researchers call a "virtuous circle" to improve the perception and role of women in different societies.
Sport is a world that allows us to study quite clearly the complex set of dynamics between groups. In all areas, but especially in sport, the leader is not one who knows how to behave in one way, but one who knows how to behave in the right way at the right time, in order to improve both the level of productivity and the satisfaction of the team members.
Characteristics of a true leader
The true leader should not be a rigid person from a mental and behavioural point of view, because otherwise, any change in the structure or objectives of the group would lead to its inevitable fall, at the same time it must have specific characteristics that allow it to get to this position.
The first and foremost of these skills is adaptability, that is, the ability to adapt behaviour to unique and different problem situations that require specific responses and reactions.
The leader must be able to adapt to different problems, must be based on experience, know and be aware of their behaviour and its consequences both for the benefit of the organisation and for the satisfaction of the team.
This consideration leads us to the conclusion that the leader capable, not so much of reaching, how to maintain his position is one who knows how to be versatile and eclectic in his behaviour.
This is true in sports and even more so in business. The flexibility and ability to listen to the team and then adapt to the circumstances are the main characteristics of the female leadership style.
Achievements and womens leadership training qualities demonstrated in the sports environment represent a key factor for the selection of new talent. Competition plays an important role in the construction of leadership potential because it trains to achieve goals and work as a team.
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This is how Mission Mangal Fooled You on Mangalyaan
If you have seen the Akshay Kumar Starrer first Bollywood movie on space science narrating a so-called "true story" of India's journey to a Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) 'Mission Mangal', chances are that you now believe that women were at the centre of the mission and they did all the hard work to make us proud. But in this article, I will show you that it was not the case as the Director Jagan Shakti, Producer R Balki and the production companies Hope Productions, Fox Star Studios and Cape of Good films would want you to believe.
A poster of the movie – Mission Mangal
Myths Created by Mission Mangal
There are several myths created by Mission Mangal that projected a wrong history –
Myth 1: Mangalyaan Was Women Centric
If you have just watched the movie on an Independence Day morning, a time selected carefully around India's successful rendezvous with moon in Chandrayaan 2 you must be feeling proud of 'women scientists' who did all the hard work for MOM mission apart from some male scientist represented by Akshay Kumar (name of scientist doesn't matter here as the names were just representative ones). But let me tell you that the reality on the Mars Orbiter Mission (M.O.M.) was completely opposite, i.e. hardly any contribution from women scientists as I will explain later.
Myth 2: The Name MOM Because Someone Became Pregnant
Also let me tell you that if Mission Mangal had you believe that the name of the mission was selected as MOM after a woman scientist became pregnant and some creative member just like that selected Mars Orbiter Mission out of that acronym, you will be wrong again. Because these mission names are selected before the mission. The work for Mangalyaan mission started in 2012 and the name of the mission was also selected then. Mars Orbiter Mission, because that is the most natural English explanation of the mission's objective.
Myth 3: Women Did All Calculations
Wrong!! Most of the complex mathematical calculations were done by the male scientists. It was Dr M Annadurai's responsibility to design a low-cost Mars Orbiter Mission. He was the then Director of ISAC, ISRO and was also involved in Chandrayaan 1 mission and could help design a low-cost mission.
Efficient use of onboard payload including fuel was the concern of Dr A S Kiran Kumar who was an expert of worst-case scenarios and who monitored this with the help of V Kesava Raju, Mission Director who helped in fuel calculation and Dr Anil Bhardwaj, Director Space Physics Lab, VSSC who helped in deciding the actual payload of 15 KG that Mangalyaan carried with it.
Building the Artificial Intelligent (AI) system on Mangalyaan was the responsibility of S Arunan, Project Director of Mars Orbiter Mission.
Designing complicated flight dynamics and manoeuvres were the responsibility of B S Kiran Kumar, Associate Project Director, Flight Dynamics. He was an expert in mathematical modelling and helped ISRO overcome many challenges including the time when Mangalyaan faced a major roadblock during its fourth stage of ignition. When the satellite didn't catch the intended velocity to come out of earth's gravitational influence, it was his calculations that saved India's mission to give it a much need thrust. So, you understand this didn't happen just on the fly and within a few seconds.
Testing of Mangalyaan was carried out by the team of S Arunan. Remember, this was the most crucial team of the project that could make or break the mission over Mars. This is because all conditions that the Mars Orbiter Mission could face in outer space needed to be simulated on earth and tested well before the launch.
Myth 4: Women Scientists Overworked During the Mission
The movie shows that all women working in two shifts to make MOM successful. ISRO also clarified at different stages that all team members worked extra to make the mission successful. However, the movie only showed the women's contribution whereas the main hard-working people were men. Given the tight timeline for this interplanetary mission, it was inevitable. However, S Arunan who was responsible for the entire mission and was overseeing the testing of Mangalyaan had continuously lived in ISRO satellite centre for 15 months. In an interview with Pallava Bagla, an NDTV science journalist and the author of the book "Reaching for the stars: India's journey to Mars and beyond" and on an NDTV show, he said that. The requirement of testing was rigorous.
Myth 5: They were Women Scientists Associated with Mangalyaan
This viral photo that took rounds during the Mangalyaan mission of some women celebrating in ISRO office made people believe that they were ISRO women scientists was wrong. Mission Mangal team carried on this myth and they are continuing the same lie even today.
A Mission to Mars is a joy for all of us. Does that mean we need to show admin staff as scientists? Mission Mangal Movie Spreads the lie that these are scientists whereas ISRO confirmed they are admin staff. So should we add women security guards, cleaners and cooks as scientists too?
ISRO clarified then in a press release that they were their admin staff and not women scientists. To know more you can check this BBC News Link.
Now in order to show that women were the substantial force behind the Mangalyaan mission the movie carries on with the lie spread during the actual launch.
Myth 6: Scientists Discussed Sex, Virginity in off-hours
Mission Mangal would have made you believe that Indian women space scientists discuss sex, virginity, experience needed to have sex before marriage etc with their male colleagues and going to pubs and drinking n driving are the most happening things in the lives of ISRO scientists. Now many viewers like you may be thinking that when the ace scientists are doing this then what's wrong in it and many youngsters will find nothing wrong in these 'cool' lifestyles.
Even though ISRO is open culture, that means even junior staff can ask uncomfortable scientific questions to top bosses, that doesn't mean these men and women go to discuss sex or in their limited off-hours they hit pubs and night clubs. Even worse, the movie showed Vidya Balan's husband driving his car after drinking in a pub, which is again setting a wrong example.
What Did Rocket Women Really Do?
Now let's come to the point of actual contribution (if any) made by women in MOM or Mangalyaan mission. The two women who made any significant and noteworthy contribution as scientists (yes not as tea delivery admin staff or as sweepers) were Nadini Harinath who was the Deputy Operations Director, Mars Orbiter Mission and Ritu Karidhal – Deputy Operations Director, Mars Orbiter Mission. You may also find many other names popping up in many news channels and also at the end of the movie but in reality, none of them had any significant contribution compared to what is discussed here.
What Nadini and Ritu did for the mission was to 'correctly' navigate Mangalyaan in outer space to mars. In outer space keeping direction right is a challenge and our ancestral astronomers Aryabhatta and Baraha Mihir had achieved that centuries ago using primitive equipment. Nandini and Ritu used some stars as their benchmark to find out the way. The women in Mars Orbiter Mission or Mangalyaan mission also did the same using most modern equipment and also with the help of a loudmouth Antenna, placed in Pialallu near Bangalore. This antenna was however managed by the team of L Srinivasan, Deputy Director, GSNA.
The Myth of Eight Rocket Women Behind M.O.M.
You may find many articles in mainstream media about these 8 women being the main force behind the Mars Orbiter Mission. In fact, the web series Mission Over Mars (M.O.M.) is another feminist propaganda to show women as the main force behind Mangalyaan. So, it is important to analyze each woman's (so-called) contribution –
Minal Sampath (Systems Engineer)
Anuradha TK (Program Director, ISRO Satellite Center)
Ritu Karidhal (Deputy Operations Director, M.O.M.)
Moumita Dutta (Project Manager)
Nandini Harinath (Deputy Operations Director, M.O.M.)
Kirti Faujdar (Contribution in M.O.M. unknown)
N Valarmathi (Contribution in Mangalyaan unknown)
Dr Tessy Thomas (Contribution in Mangalyaan unknown)
From the names and designations given above that feminists and mainstream media promotes as main contributors to Mangalyaan mission, you can easily understand who were relevant. Only the three names marked in bold were significant. Anuradha TK who was a very senior scientist was the director of ISRO Satellite centre. Now, ISRO satellites might be used for the launch but that doesn't mean she had to do anything beyond her personal role. So, the main contribution (if any) comes only from two of the 8 rocket women mentioned above, Ritu Karidhal and Nandini Harinath and their contribution is already mentioned in the section above.
What did RTI Reveal About Contribution
Some RTI activists filed an RTI petition with ISRO asking for the details of significant contributors to India's Mangalyaan mission. There were many such RTI applicants who basically asked the same set of questions to understand the most significant or outstanding contributors to the mission and ISRO has always said that it was a team effort that led to the success of Mars Orbiter Mission.
ISRO was categorical about mentioning Mangalyaan was a team effort. Mission Mangal made it a few persons achievement
Mission Mangal – The Movie
If we just focus on the movie, Mission Mangal fails as a movie to me. It doesn't generate enough curiosity about science missions rather it shows India's space mission a Jugaad system. The selection of material for the craft, the design of the vehicle or even the last-minute decision taken about lift-off are all biggest put-off for any technology enthusiast.
Mission Mangal in this aspect failed to generate much-needed respect for country's scientific scholars that they could innovate to such an extent that the world would copy them. The everyday science we use has Physics and Chemistry in them. The movie terribly fails in recognizing the fact. When the need to generate enough curiosity in young minds, the movie made our space technology a halua-puri science as if each of these were not well thought out.
The one overdramatic representation that I wanted to talk about was the all of a sudden decision taken to launch the vehicle after aborting the mission. As if, our space program is dependent on such impromptu decisions. All these don't excite young minds, rather puts them off and they hardly know that it was not so.
Since ISRO director K Sivan's name is used in the movie and Prime Minister Narendra Modiji is the minister for our Science and Technology, I would like to ask both of them –
'Sir, the use of Prof Sivan's name shows (to an ordinary person like me) ISRO's approval to the movie the way it was shown. I knew that ISRO gives many benefits to women including but not limited to, marks relaxation, score benefits etc. Not sure if ISRO gives them easy promotion as well. But have you now started taking women who discuss sex and virginity in off-hours? Do you take women scientists who smoke cigerettes to get fresh air? Do your scientists engage in drunken street brawls? Do you now allow halua-puri to be fried in ISRO centres to understand the science behind it? If the answer of any of these questions is 'No', then how come ISRO director's name appear in a movie degrading our scientists?"
When the need and expectation from the first Indian movie on Space technology to bring excitement in young minds about space science, show them how disciplined our scientists are and how much hard-working and dedicated they are for their country, Mission Mangal tried to show scientists as using expletives, Drinking alcohol land going to pubs (some however practice Kathakali or classical music), scientists traveling in Bangalore metro drunk and fighting with fellow passengers and sorts of Bollywood evils in our revered scientists. All these create more confusion in young minds about the good and bad of society. The unsuspecting minds will believe these to be true of our scientists and will indulge more into these habits and will still believe that they will be out future space scientists and will be able to deliver halua-puri science like this. Paramaanu stood out in these scientific aspects and being a movie on space science Mission Mangal's failure was not expected (that doesn't mean people will not watch it). Akshay and his team of show-off women gang failed to ignite right spots in young minds and hence I give this movie 1.5 star out of 5 stars.
National Geographic documentary on Mangalyaan
ISRO Archive
DD National Archive
NDTV Archive
ISRO Admin staff – BBC News Link
Mission Mangal was not as female-centric as Mission Mangal will show you – Business Insider
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/11522U2AhVz-D8Yy5VNfN_pCG0oUH_xP6/view
mk rao says:
Movie showed that one sun storm help the mission to succeed, I don't think scientists depend on luck.
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Diversity in the housing market was a promise of the Fair Housing Act. This past April, fifty years ago, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act of 1968. In that landmark legislation (FHA), the nation took a major step forward in realizing Dr. Martin Luther King's dream of erasing housing inequality in all American communities. For decades there was bias and discrimination, but upon adoption of the Act, the FHA prohibited discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of housing. The goal was to make housing markets more open by holding developers, owners, property managers, and lenders accountable to eliminating exclusionary practices and attitudes in their decisions about minorities, and other identities, being afforded the opportunity to build their foundation for life's success, thru purchasing or renting a home. Then question now is, are there still unconscious biases and prejudicial practices in the housing market?
· Are we looking at the people who need affordable housing assistance as a resource to be cultivated rather than a problem to be fixed?
· Are we focusing on equity (fairness) or equality (sameness) when looking for solutions to affordable housing?
· Are we equipped to collect and report data that identifies where disparities exists?
· Does there remain a shortage of affordable housing for low and extremely low-income families?
· Are we educating our communities on real estate ownership as a bridge to wealth creation?
· Do all ethnicities have the unrestricted right to invest in real property, as well as rent it?
· Are we partnering with like minded organizations to make a bigger impact in advocating for affordable housing for all?
There remains a shortage of affordable housing for low and extremely low-income people in the Bay Area, which greatly impacts their long-term economic security. As an organization we're looking at how to advocate for the legal protection for renters and homeowners; increase the sheer number of housing opportunities for low-income families; and how to educate our communities about their financial stability, so there is true equity and inclusion in the marketplace. Today, CHDC provides affordable housing and other support services to low-income communities throughout the Bay Area and we're focusing on Race, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in our operations and decision-making policies. We're joining the larger conversation about racial equity within the affordable housing market, conversations that leads to action. We hope you'll join. It's more than talking about equity, equality, diversity, and inclusion. But that's where we can start.
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I've had the pleasure of knowing journalist Bonnie Warren of New Orleans, enjoying her home and garden features in Ne...
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I've had the pleasure of knowing journalist Bonnie Warren of New Orleans, enjoying her home and garden features in New Orleans magazine for years. Naturally, I was thrilled to see Warren had compiled a selection of these fabulous homes in her debut book, "New Orleans Historic Homes," published by Pelican Publishing.
Complemented by beautiful photographs by Cheryl Gerber, the book offers readers sneak peeks into some of the finest homes of the Crescent City, in a wide variety of neighborhoods. There's the Creole "bargeboard" cottage in the Faubourg Bouligny with its "secret garden," the colorful Midcity beauty, ironically a few blocks from the owners' weekend getaway home (also spotlighted in the book) and my personal favorite, a 1828 Creole cottage in Treme, built with bricks hauled across Lake Pontchartrain from St. Tammany Parish, among so many more.
Home details such as local artwork and unique antiques are as fun to absorb as the interior designs. The history behind these homes is equally fascinating.
Warren was the founding editor of New Orleans Homes and Lifestyles and the former city editor of Better Homes and Gardens. Her publication list is impressive, as is Gerber's bio, which includes Rolling Stones, Elle Décor and GQ. I've heard rumors that more books may be coming from this duo. Let's hope so.
Another great book from Pelican for home and garden lovers, especially now that azaleas are in bloom and the Audubon Pilgrimage is this weekend, is the reissue of "The Majesty of St. Francisville" by Lee Malone, with photography by Kerri McCaffety. St. Francisville is a small town with a massive collection of historic properties, not to mention exquisite gardens, and this book offers a guide to it all.
Monroe attorney David Ingram Burkett must have had the perfect childhood for his adorable picture book, "Old McIngram Had a Farm," relates life on a farm will make you pack up city life and head to the country.
The book follows a young boy visiting his grandparents' farm (Burkett's real farm is in Mer Rouge), experiencing the animals, machinery, a smelly outhouse — even running into a ditch while learning to drive. The accompanying illustrations are equally as charming, filled with animals in the background creating their own stories and humor.
Burkett offers the perfect book for spring, a time when drives to the country and — if you're lucky — a grandparents' farm is on the agenda. Let's hope this talented attorney writes more of these delightful tales.
Other new children's books out now include:
After both the relocation of Native Americans to Oklahoma, and the following land rush, small parcels of land were given to Creek freedmen, former slaves or free men and women of color who were part of the Creek nation. Children were included and one of those landowners was young Sarah Rector. When oil was discovered on her property, she not only became wealthy, but famous as well. Her story drew so much attention, she retreated from pubic view, only to cause more publicity.
Rector's story, along with the history of Oklahoma, the Trail of Tears, African Americans in the mix and much more is the subject of Tonya Bolden's "Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America," a fascinating history lesson through the life of a child forced into the spotlight.
Leif N. Pederson, along with illustrator Tim Banfell, both of Slidell, have penned a delightful book of rhyme centered around a swamp band of animals performing in the moonlight. "The Adventures of the Swamp Kids: The Missing Chord" follows the band as they struggle to rehearse for a contest, until Sashay the crawfish comes to the rescue with a washing tub bass. This fun Louisiana-themed book includes instructions for kids to make their own washtub bass as well as a "Lagniappe Lesson" by Cajun musician Doug Kershaw.
Cheré Coen is the author of "Haunted Lafayette, Louisiana" and "Exploring Cajun Country: A Historic Guide to Acadiana," both from The History Press, and co-author of "Magic's in the Bag: Creating Spellbinding Gris Gris Bags and Sachets." She teaches writing at UL-Lafayette's Continuing Education. Write her at cherecoen@gmail.com.
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Currently I have these two directory structures
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and
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What I would like is to have everything in the same root directory AND share private assemblies, similarly to this...
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I understand the above structure is impossible since assembly probing outside the applications directory is prohibited.
Any input in this matter is greatly appreciated.

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It's going to be the perfect day for a football game.
So we loaded up the new van and we are headed to Columbus. Brutus has a new place to hang out LOL! It is so early it is still a little chilly. So I had to wrap up in my red quilt.
My mom got off at a different exit this time. She went all the way down to 5th Ave. And then as soon as we turned the corner onto campus we saw this sign. She was so happy.
We are on the top floor of the parking garage by the Ohio Union.
Look how awesome my wheelchair fits into the new van. We had this special rack put in just so we could do this.
Oh this is such a perfect place to park. I can get out so easy. There are people up here having a tailgate party. It smells really good.
Here we go. This is a very fast elevator.
Oh this bus is smooth. I had to have my picture taken in front of it.
Here I am at Mirror Lake. The last time I was here there was no water because they were fixing it.
We are almost to the Horseshoe. That's what they call the stadium. It was a long walk. I can't wait to see my new seats.
Here is the usher showing me where 26AA Row 11 is. Oh my gosh it is so perfect!! Thank you Kendra and everyone who helped us in the ticket office.
My mom is so happy that she can push me right to my seat. She doesn't have to lift the wheelchair over the railing anymore to lock it up.
This is the end where the band is. This is going to be so exciting.
It's time to get psyched!!
I love this so much. It is a beautiful day.
I can see the score board really easy. How do you like my necklace? I made it at my job training program when I was eighteen. Now I am 27.
Oh here is one of my favorite things. C'mon Brutus! You can do it.
How do you like my new chair bag? It is a Vera Bradley. Fancy. We had to have it checked out though because it is too big to come in here. They let us bring it when they saw it was filled with all my breathing stuff. Just in case I need it.
O.K. Here comes the band marching down the tunnel.
Oh yea!! It's alumni band day. That means there are hundreds out there playing.
Time for a selfie. Me and mom. She is also wearing a necklace I made.
Whew. It is getting a little hot out here. I better start drinking so I don't get dehydrated.
Oh ya!! Brutus is dancing.
He's a good dancer too.
OMG!!! Here come the players. There is even fireworks down on this end. I didn't even know that.
Shhh...time to get serious. They are playing the National Anthem. I always put my hand on my heart. My repaired heart. Thank you Dr. Rosenkranz.
I love to see the flag flying against the blue sky.
It's the toss to see who starts. Buckeyes win.
So this is a first. Today the Buckeyes are playing Bowling Green. My mom has degrees from both, so she is double cheering. How can she do that?
I am like so starving. So my mom said, "Hey let's go to the Panera stand." I said, "Good idea. I can get my favorite bagel and cream cheese." Wrong. No Bagels. What? How can this be a Panera Bread if there are no bagels? Ok I got a big pretzel. It was yummy.
Back to our seats just in time. Buckeyes Score!!!
I'm doing the happy dance now. These seats are so amazing!!! It is so easy for me to get in and out in my chair.
OMG! I have never been able to see this before because our seats used to be at the other end. What in the world are these crazy bandies doing?
Wonderful. Now I have to behave. Look who is behind me.
Time to hydrate again. I think my neck is getting burned.
Not again. You know what that means. Buckeyes scored.
My mom said we had to go take a break in the shade. So I am resting my eyes.
That's when we met this little guy. His name is Micah. He was taking a break with his dad too. He is so cute.
So we were just sitting here and some woman came up to my mom and wanted to know where she got her shirt. She said she wanted one. Here is the link...bb threads just in case you want one too. They come in many colors and designs.
Well it is half time and my mom is getting really hot. So that is our cue to leave. Good job to the BDBITL. See you next time.
It is so beautiful over by Mirror Lake. There is lots of shade under the trees. And ducks. I think they like me.
Oh this is so nice. A student asked if we would like her to take our picture. My mom is so happy to have it. Then we went for a little stroll.
Look where we ended up. Inside the Ohio Union. Here is good ole Brutus. He is my buddy.
Well it's time to head back to Cleveland. We have so much to do that we decided we better get home tonight.
Look at this. My new birthday van is waiting for me just where we left it. On the top floor of the garage.
We made it all the way to Medina before we needed gas. That's really good. Do you notice anything different in this picture? Haha. I moved the magnets.
Just as soon as we were getting out of the car I heard, "Sarah, Sarah." I turned around and it was my best friend Stacy. She is home for the weekend. I had to show her my new iPod. She liked it.
This was the best ending to a perfect day!! Go Buckeyes!
Sarah this is Roseann. I am Clara's mom. I am sitting here crying happy tears. I don't even live in Ohio, but to see how much joy the Buckeyes bring to your face makes me so hopeful for Clara's future. They are really most fortunate to have a fan like you. You and your mom are so special to us.
You and your mom are classic FANATICS, lol. I am glad you got a new van for all your traveling. Looks like fun, thanks for sharing.
You didn't stay for the half-time show? That's the best part! They did 4 Script Ohios! It was amazing!


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The Papers >
Letter to William Smith, circa 18 December 1835
Source Note
JS, Letter,
Kirtland Township
Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...
, Geauga Co., OH, to
13 Mar. 1811–13 Nov. 1893. Farmer, newspaper editor. Born at Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, 1811; to Norwich, Windsor Co., 1813; and to Palmyra, Ontario Co., New York, 1816...
, [
, Geauga Co., OH], [ca. 18 Dec. 1835]. Featured version copied [ca. 19 Dec. 1835] in JS, Journal, 1835–1836, pp. 80–87; handwriting of
Warren Parrish
10 Jan. 1803–3 Jan. 1877. Clergyman, gardener. Born in New York. Son of John Parrish and Ruth Farr. Married first Elizabeth (Betsey) Patten of Westmoreland Co., New Hampshire, ca. 1822. Lived at Alexandria, Jefferson Co., New York, 1830. Purchased land at...
; JS Collection, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for JS, Journal, 1835–1836.
Shortly after his dramatic confrontation with his younger brother
on 16 December, JS responded to a contrite letter he had received from William.
Letter from William Smith, 18 Dec. 1835.
According to his journal, JS had spent the day after the fight at home feeling "quite unwell."
JS, Journal, 17 Dec. 1835. The adaptation of JS's journal for his history confirms that his poor health was a result of the injuries he had sustained at William's hands. The exact nature of the injuries is not recorded. (JS History, 1834–1836, 150, 159.)
On the following morning, 18 December,
Hyrum
9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; back to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co...
visited JS's
, Ohio, home. Hyrum had also received an apologetic letter from William, which he read aloud to JS.
JS, Journal, 18 Dec. 1835; this letter from William to Hyrum Smith is not extant.
Hyrum and JS apparently spent the remainder of the morning discussing their younger brother's troubling behavior and his future welfare.
JS, Journal, 18 Dec. 1835.
The fight deeply wounded the Smith family. When
Joseph Smith Sr.
12 July 1771–14 Sept. 1840. Cooper, farmer, teacher, merchant. Born at Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Asael Smith and Mary Duty. Nominal member of Congregationalist church at Topsfield. Married to Lucy Mack by Seth Austin, 24 Jan. 1796, at Tunbridge...
Lucy Mack Smith
8 July 1775–14 May 1856. Oilcloth painter, nurse, fund-raiser, author. Born at Gilsum, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire. Daughter of Solomon Mack Sr. and Lydia Gates. Moved to Montague, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, 1779; to Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont, 1788...
called on JS the evening of 17 December, they were "sorely afflicted in mind on the account of that occurrence."
felt that JS was justified in rebuking their younger brother, and he felt "wounded to the verry soul, with the conduct of
Despite the physical injuries that William had inflicted on him, JS expressed concern for his brother's spiritual welfare and optimism about his capacity to change. After writing to his brother, JS recorded in his journal: "I have had many solemn feelings this day Concerning my Brothe[r] William and have prayed in my heart to fervently that the Lord will not cast him off but he may return to the God of Jacob and magnify his apostleship and calling."
The following letter to
offers the most detailed account of the 16 December fight and provides a glimpse of JS's feelings, personality, and demeanor. The letter also articulates some of JS's nascent ideas about the duty of
Power or authority of God. The priesthood was conferred through the laying on of hands upon adult male members of the church in good standing; no specialized training was required. Priesthood officers held responsibility for administering the sacrament of...
leaders to reprove and counsel those under their stewardship, a teaching he would develop more fully in succeeding years.
Fifteen months after writing this letter, JS explained these responsibilities to a group of church members gathered in the Kirtland temple. He told them, "It is also the privilege of the Melchisedec priesthood, to reprove, rebuke and admonish, as well as to receive revelations." He himself "rebuked and admonished his brethren frequently, and that because he loved them." "These rebukes and admonitions," he continued, were "for their temporal as well as spiritual welfare. They actually constituted a part of the duties of his station and calling." (Discourse, 6 Apr. 1837.)
The dating of JS's letter to
is unclear. The letter, as it was copied in JS's journal by
, was originally inscribed with an incorrect date of 17 December; Parrish later changed the "7" to an "8" so the date read "Friday Dec. 18th 1835." The first line of the 19 December journal entry, in Parrish's handwriting, indicates that JS spent that day at home, where he "wrote the above letter to Br. Wm. Smith." The corresponding 19 December entry in JS's history, also penned by Parrish, is slightly different. It reads, "He was at home and wrote the above letter, or rather indited it, to his brother William."
JS, Journal, 19 Dec. 1835; JS History, 1834–1836, 162.
In another, later JS history,
Willard Richards
24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co...
copied William's 18 December letter and JS's response. Before recording the latter, Richards wrote that JS "gave the following answer the same day" he received William's letter of 18 December.
JS History, vol. B-1, 668–672.
Given the aforementioned cancellation, insertion, and subsequent recording in JS's journal and histories, the letter is dated here as circa 18 December to reflect both the ambiguity of the dating and the date given by Parrish when he inscribed the letter into the journal.
JS's letter to
is no longer extant, but JS's scribes recorded three versions of the letter in various church records.
JS, Journal, 19 Dec. 1835; JS History, 1834–1836, 157–162; JS History, vol. B-1, 668–672.
Significant differences between the featured text and the copy in JS's 1834–1836 history are noted; the copy in JS's later history has no significant differences.
Additional Versions
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation *Letter to William Smith, circa 18 December 1835 Journal, 1835–1836 History, 1834–1836 History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838] "History of Joseph Smith"
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(for so we will call it, and so it shall be,) that I should not have the privilege, of reproving a younger brother, therefore I said I will speak, for I built the house, and it is as much mine as yours, or something, to that effect, (I should have said that. I helped finish the house,) I said it merely to show that it could not be, the right spirit, that would rise up for trifling matters, and undertake to put me to silence, I saw that your indignation was kindled against me, and you made towards me, I was not then to be moved, and I thought, to pull off my loose coat, least it should tangle me, and you be left to hurt me, but not with the intention, of hurting You, but you was to[o] soon for me, and having once fallen into the hands of a mob, and now been wounded in my side,
JS was dragged from his bed, beaten by a mob, and tarred and feathered in Hiram, Ohio, on 24–25 March 1832, leaving him with a long-term side injury. In a June 1834 letter to Emma, he mentioned his "side complaint." (JS History, vol. A-1, 205–207; Letter to Emma Smith, 4 June 1834.)
and now into the hands of a brother, my side gave way, and after having been rescued, from your grasp,
The 16 December 1835 entry in JS's 1834–1836 history indicates that William had "Cain like . . . sought to kill him, and had conciderably wounded him, nothwithstanding the exertions of his brothren to prevent it." (JS History, 1834–1836, 150.)
I left your house, with, feelings that were indiscribale [indescribable], the scenery had changed, and all those expectations, that I had cherished, when going to your house, of brotherly kindness, charity forbearance and natural, affection, that in duty binds us not to make eachothers offenders for a word.
See Isaiah 29:20–21.
But alass! abuse, anger, malice, hatred, and rage <with a lame side> with marks, of violence <heaped> upon my body me by a brother, were the reflections of my disapointment,
In the version of the letter copied into JS's 1834–1836 history, the sentence reads, "But alas! abuse, anger, malice, hatred, and rage, are heaped upon me, by a brother; and with marks of violence upon my body, with a lame side, I left your habitation bruised and wounded; and not only oppressed with these, but more severely so in mind being born down under the reflection of my disappointment." (JS History, 1834–1836, 159.)
and with these I returned home, not able to sit down, or rise up, without help, but through the blessings of God I am now better.— [p. 83]
(for so we will call it, and so it shall be,) that I should not have the privilege, of reproving a younger brother, therefore I said I will speak, for I built the house, and it is as much mine as yours, or something, to that effect, (I should have said that. I helped finish the house,) I said it merely to show that it could not be, the right spirit, that would rise up for trifling matters, and undertake to put me to silence, I saw that your indignation was kindled against me, and you made towards me, I was not then to be moved, and I thought, to pull off my loose coat, least it should tangle me, and you be left to hurt me, but not with the intention, of hurting You, but you was too soon for me, and having once fallen into the hands of a mob, and been wounded in my side,
But alass! abuse, anger, malice, hatred, and rage with a lame side with marks, of violence heaped upon me by a brother, were the reflections of my disapointment,
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With this background, I made a surprising discovery about the way people appear to be using the VRT rules: none of them were employing, or were even really aware of, what I call our "Don't Do That" rules - anomaly detection signatures that find attempts to obfuscate bad behavior, interesting new 0-day, and other generically bad stuff. Since we've found these rules useful, and have had positive feedback from users who are running them, I've decided to highlight some of the more interesting rules in this group, both to make time-starved analysts aware of them, and to solicit further feedback on their use in the wild.
"POLICY Adobe PDF start-of-file alternate header obfuscation attempt" / SID 16354 - This looks for a technically valid, but non-standard PDF header. Will it fire on legacy documents and other odd, but perfectly valid, files? Sure. Will it also find documents where attackers are deliberately trying to evade detection by IDS, antivirus, etc.? Definitely. Given the flood of PDF exploits we've seen in the wild over the past year or so, we figure that the more tools your analysts have for finding non-standard PDFs, the better.
"POLICY Adobe PDF alternate file magic obfuscation" / SID 16390 - Same concept as SID 16354, slightly different part of the file specification.
"SQL oversized cast statement - possible sql injection obfuscation" / SID 13791 - The SQL cast() function on its own is part of any database programmer's repertoire. However, it generally doesn't appear directly in a URI - and more importantly, when it does, the data inside of the parentheses is generally under 250 characters (if the data is actually that long, it's inside of a variable somewhere - nobody wants to manually type out a string that size). Since we've seen tons of SQL-injector malware that employs calls to cast() with huge chunks of data, however, this was introduced as an easy way to catch lots of different types of malware in one fell swoop.
"SQL oversized convert statement - possible sql injection obfuscation" / SID 13987 - Same logic as SID 13791, only with an alternate SQL function.
"SQL large number of calls to ascii function - possible sql injection obfuscation" / SID 13988 - As with SID 13791, most malware being injected into a database is going to be obfuscated. The ascii() function simply converts a hexadecimal character into its ASCII equivalent, a common obfuscation technique. This rule looks for five calls to this function within a single request, which we feel strikes a balance between detecting malware that uses the call and skipping over legitimate programming uses for ascii().
"SQL large number of calls to char function - possible sql injection obfuscation" / SID 13989 - Same concept as SID 13988, different function.
"SQL large number of calls to concat function - possible sql injection obfuscation" / SID 14008 - Same concept as SID 13988, different function.
"EXPLOIT Possible Adobe PDF ActionScript byte_array heap spray attempt" / SID 15728 - Same detection as SID 15729, only used in conjunction with a flowbit that looks for files declared as PDFs (SID 15729 looks for files declared as SWF). You can thank Adobe for allowing people to embed Flash in PDFs on this one.
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"POLICY Suspicious .cn dns query" / SID 15167 - Most security analysts have seen malware hosted on insane domain names like qxpvfsztr.cn - and all it takes it one look at a name like that to know that something really fishy is going on. This rule helps your IDS find such names, by searching for DNS queries for .cn (i.e. Chinese) domains that contain 5 or more consonants in a row.
"POLICY Suspicious .ru dns query" / SID 15168 - Same concept as SID 15168, except with .ru (i.e. Russian) domains.
"WEB-ACTIVEX obfuscated ActiveX object instantiation via unescape" / SID 16573 - Metasploit sometimes hides the name of the ActiveX controls it is attempting to exploit by hex-encoding it. There is no legitimate reason to have the name of an ActiveX object that you're instantiating encoded, so we detect this behavior as likely malicious.
"WEB-ACTIVEX obfuscated ActiveX object instantiation via fromCharCode" / SID 16574 - Same concept as SID 16574, but looking for a different function to decode the name of the control.
We're always constantly thinking about new anomaly detection rules that we could add - for example, we're currently considering a rule that looks for, in essence, "var shellcode = ". Since we know that there are lots of good analysts out there who have written their own anomaly rules, if you have anything you'd like to share with us, drop us a line at research@sourcefire.com or start up a thread on the Snort-Sigs mailing list. Also, if you find that any of these rules are flagging a high percentage of normal traffic, send us samples at fp@sourcefire.com, so that we can fix things, both for you and the community at large.
I've found that many legit sites just don't have this Content-Encoding thing in their pages. And that is quite a ton of false positives for this rule.
nk99, do you have PCAPs, or even URLs? That rule is especially "broad", by design, and the more we can narrow it down, the more useful it becomes.
I get TONS of false positives on that rule too. Seems to be mostly when my Linux (Ubuntu) users are streaming internet radio. I have a pcap, where do I upload it?
AndyB: we are planning to add an upload mechanism to labs.snort.org in the near future for exactly this kind of situation. In the meantime, you can send the pcap directly to us at research@sourcefire.com.
Actually, if it helps, it seems to be the ads that are on the sides of the pages that are triggering the rule. Example, when I just went to network-tools.com to do a lookup, the ads that were served up on the side of the page triggered the rule.
nice write-up, and BTW I wish if you goes do a blog on using windbg in vulnerability research.