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Hate Trump? You Should Have Voted for Ron Paul
by Jonathan Taylor
I see a lot of angry and depressed liberals these days despairing about what has happened to their world. The promised coronation of the Queen of Chaos was cancelled and we got (insert insulting nickname of choice) instead. Just the other day I saw a spokesperson from Resist Fascism! or some similarly named group screaming at Fox News viewers that Trump is not only Hitler (old news) but that he will in fact be worse than Hitler. Worse than Hitler? Do we even have a threat level color for that?
As I puzzle to make sense of the daily media hyperventilating, I think back a few years to the relatively tranquil Republican primaries of 2008 and 2012. At the time I was not making myself many friends. I'd harangue anyone who would listen that we had a unique occasion to – if we could just get together, man! – put someone in the White House who would permanently dismantle the American War Machine. I'm talking of course about perennial libertarian hopeful, Ron Paul. In his 2012 primary run in particular Paul made some astonishing promises that I'm pretty sure he meant to at least try to keep. For one, he was going to slash the US military budget in half. Along with that, no more unnecessary wars. For icing on the cake he was going to shutter the CIA's entire operations wing, making The Company nothing more than an intelligence gathering analytical department. And NSA mass surveillance would soon be a thing of the past.
In other words, Paul was planning to kill off the Deep State. Nobody knew this term then but almost everyone does now. While the original meaning was a bit more precise, the people who run the government from the shadows and have recently been hard at work making up stories about peeing Russian prostitutes while plotting a neocon-backed coup.
There were a few on the left receptive to Dr. Paul's message. My support for him increased when I attended one of his rallies on my campus and noticed that his crowd was far more diverse than very fake news had led me to believe. Tailoring his message to the college students in attendance, Paul explained that his highest priority was ending US military intervention abroad. He said that while he had a dim view of entitlements (no surprise there) he had no plans to suddenly cut them. In fact he said that would be cruel, or something along those lines, showing more compassion for the poor than libertarians are normally known for or than neoliberal Democrats actually have.
But the vast majority of people I talked to just couldn't make this leap of faith. First of all, he was a Republican and obviously the Democratic party inspires such rapturous devotion that it is impossible to even contemplate not voting for whoever's turn it this time round. Second, those entitlements. I explained that Paul said he wasn't going to cut them, at least not right away, but that didn't matter because he was going to cut them right away according to the always accurate corporate news media and DailyKos. Third, and most importantly, the racist newsletters.
Some twenty years prior someone associated with then Congressman Paul had put out some newsletters with racist content in his name. Paul didn't write them but likely approved them, despite later disavowing their content. The Democrats, fearing Paul poaching voters from the left enthused about his support for legalizing drugs and ending daily drone attacks, ran with this story as hard as they could. Before long, I was being told with authority that Ron Paul was literally a Nazi. (Fortunately people weren't being encouraged to punch anyone the media called a Nazi yet since Ron Paul is rather old and frail). He is also in fact white, much like Hitler. So of course at the end of the day his main objective must be to kill Jews and blacks, possibly by cutting the Departments of Education and Energy. When I would protest this narrative I started getting righteous rejoinders, like "what are you, a (Jewish) Nazi? Paul is an old white guy from Texas. He may have racist thoughts in his head! The fact his policies might prevent wars that cost millions of non-white lives doesn't change that fact, man."
So, despite kind words and hints of cooperation from Ralph Nader and Dennis Kucinich and a bit of consideration from consistently anti-war publications such as Counterpunch, few Democrats crossed over and supported him and Paul was trounced in the primary both times. All according to liberal plans. And the rest is history. With the aid of the redoubtable Ms. Clinton, President Obama destroyed Libya and sponsored a coup in Honduras in his first term. Then he helped further destroy Syria and helped launch a coup in Ukraine in his second.
And the destruction of Syria and Libya and subsequent chaos led to the beginning of the ongoing refugee crisis and the growth and consolidation of territory by ISIS, who according to Wikileaks were funded by our good friends in Saudi Arabia and Qatar with the direct knowledge of Secretary Clinton and President Obama, if not by the US directly. Which caused untold deaths and an enormous human rights catastrophe fueling even more of an exodus.
As the genuinely shell-shocked war refugees poured into European countries ill-prepared to absorb them, economic migrants and perhaps some opportunists blended in. Europe's problems integrating immigrant Muslim populations weren't new, but the sheer numbers created a host of new tensions throughout the continent, and the increased Islamist attacks related to ISIS in France, Germany, Turkey, Switzerland, Belgium, and elsewhere didn't help. Predictably, the cumulative effect of these fairly enormous changes increased the popularity of far right movements all over the continent. And helped the rise of one Donald J Trump.
Why is Trump now president? One would need to write books about all that happened in the campaign but the prevailing narratives of "Russian hacking", FBI interference, or the Great Meme War and deplorable power of Kek don't tell the entire story (though those are all entertaining fake news stories to be sure). The real underlying causes lie in the enormous geopolitical consequences of the Obama presidency's disastrous foreign policy, and Bush's before them.
Imagine a Paul presidency. If Syria is not subjected to a vicious, interminable civil war, with the US funding "moderate rebels" like Al Qaeda, Syrian refugees don't pour out of the country into Europe. Nativism stays around previous levels. ISIS may still exist but as a smaller regional terror army, and European jihadi attacks would be fewer and farther between. As Gaddafi told the world, Libya was the bulwark stopping mass population movements and jihadists across the Mediterranean into Europe. If Libya had not been destabilized, the refugee crisis would have either not occurred or been significantly smaller in scope.
Trump's campaign success was built in large part around his talk about immigration and terrorism, and to a lesser extent, American interventionism. Trump brutally and frankly expressed fears about what was happening in Europe and promised the public that only he would make sure it never happened here. Whatever us educated types think about the complex relationship between Middle East conflict, mass Muslim immigration, and terrorism matters less than what the electorate thinks. And they think that these things are related to each other and thus the less we have of each of them the better off we will be.
Trump was only able to leverage that message into victory because of what was happening on the ground in Europe and the Mideast. Each bone-chilling new ISIS video reinforced his message, and he invoked them consistently. Each news story about no-go zones or mass sexual assaults in Europe raised his numbers in the polls. Each major terrorist attack in Europe or the US brought his campaign back from the edge of defeat. Throw in what looked like honest questioning of the insanity of our foreign policies in the Middle East and an espousal of anti-interventionism , particularly in regards to Russia, whom Americans generally couldn't care less about and would really prefer not to engage in a nuclear exchange with, and he started to look like the saner of the two candidates. Given Trump's personality, this was a remarkable achievement. But at least here was someone who seemed to realize what a mess had been made by our Middle East policies, running against one of the architects of the mess herself.
So if you're angry or scared about Trump right now, or praying for a Deep State coup that would destroy American democracy for once and for all, please remember that you had not one but two chances to put partisanship aside and join a movement to elect the most major party anti-war candidate in decades. And none of this would have happened.
But I forgot. Newsletters.
Jonathan Taylor is professor of Geography at California State University, Fullerton.
Jonathan Taylor is a Professor in the Geography Department at California State University, Fullerton.


Inspired by Sarah Cooper's Lava Meets Sea quilt at Coopcrafts, I set about creating my own version.
I decided to go with teal instead of aqua, and batiks instead of solids. My half square triangles (hst) are 3" finished. To begin, I cut a bunch of 4" squares--as in, I didn't count since I was too busy cutting plenty. Mathematically speaking, the exact measurement for half square triangles should be 7/8" larger than your finished size. However, this only works in a perfect world. If you live on my planet, this always results in half square triangles that are too small and a square-ish, but not exactly square, shape. It works much better to cut the squares a teensy bit larger, so you can make sure they end up being 3 1/2" unfinished after any stitching and pressing imperfections and distortion.
I matched up pairs of squares, right (pretty) sides together, making sure there was a lighter and darker value, so I had sets of dark red with lighter red, dark red with light teal, dark teal with light red, and dark teal with light teal.
The next step in the process was drawing a diagonal line from one corner to the opposite corner of the wrong side of the lighter-colored squares. I like to use a Bohin chalk pencil or Frixion pen, but a pencil is a perfectly acceptable option if that's what's handy.
I sew 1/4" on either side of the drawn line. I chain my squares through the machine sewing on the left side of each square without severing the thread between squares, flip the whole thing around and sew 1/4" away from the other side of the drawn line.
Leaving the line of thread connected, I press one triangle flap open, rotate the chain of squares around so the square that was on the far right is on the far left. Press the other flap open.
Cut from corner to corner along your draw line, making two separate half square triangles.
The sweet folks at Bloc_loc sent me a 6 1/2" half square triangle ruler to evaluate. I highly recommend it! There is a groove down the middle that nestles against the seam of half square triangles so the ruler will not slide around, assuring a safe and accurate cut. Additionally, the process of using the ruler eliminates the need to remove dog ears (the tiny triangles that stick out from underneath the half square triangle) in a separate step. While you can, and I previously did, use a regular, square acrylic ruler, this is so much easier. I don't have to take longer trying to exert enough downward pressure on the ruler to prevent it from moving and taking a chunk out of my block, or worse, my finger.
To use the ruler, lay the groove against the seam and push it as far forward as possible, while still having a tiny bit of fabric poke out beyond the edge of the ruler.
Square up two sides. I hold the ruler with my left hand and cut off the right and top edges.
If you have a rotating cutting mat, turn it around and slide the Bloc_loc ruler down along the seam line. If not, rotate the ruler with the hst still nestled underneath it, so that the corner that was on top is now on bottom. Slide it to your unfinished measurement (finished size of the block plus 1/2"). Since my half square triangles are going to be 3" finished, I lined up my already-cut edges with the 3 1/2" marks. Another advantage to this ruler is the nice thin, easy-to-read lines. There aren't all those wide yellow marks every 1/8" getting in the way. Cut along the edges of the ruler to square your block to the desired size.
Bloc_loc also makes hst rulers in 1.5", 2.5", 3.5", 4.5", 5.5", 6.5", and 12.5", as well as flying geese rulers, in case you want to purchase a size specifically suited for your project of incorporate flying geese units. I found using the Bloc_loc ruler to be easy and quick. It's one of those "Where have you been all my life?" notions. Thank you, Bloc_loc.
Here's my progress thus far. I plan to swap out some of the pieces with those that have better contrast, but I am loving what I am seeing.
Stunning!! Thanks for the bloc lock tips, too!
Thank you, and you're welcome! It's always a pleasure to have you stop by.
Love the quilt. Bright colors and and a great layout. Don't you just love the bloc rulers!
Thanks for your encouragement. I do love the Bloc_loc rulers! I have a strong affection for anything that saves me time.
Great tips and the quilt is going to be beautiful! I just purchased the flying geese ruler - cannot wait to get it! I heard that they don't work as well if seams are pressed open - is that true?
The grove in the Bloc_loc rulers nestles against seams. It they are pressed open, there is not a higher and lower side. This would make it difficult for the ruler grooves to lock against the seam, as both sides would be even. I do not press seams open for flying geese. I use this method for their construction: http://www.patchpieces.com/files/flyinggeese.pdf. In general, I usually press the direction the seams tend to lean toward. If I am sewing together fabrics, and one is much lighter than another, I press toward the darker fabric to avoid the darker fabric seam shadowing through the lighter fabric. This means the seam is underneath the darker fabric. If I have extreme bulk on both sides of a seam (like the center of a compass or two flying geese points converging), I press open.
I've loved that quilt for a while, so I'm excited to see the one you're making! It looks great so far, I love the batiks in it!
the colors in this quilt are so mesmerizing together. I just love the way they're blended!
visiting from crazy mum quilts. This is stunning and amazing. I am so pleased I linked over to see it.
OMGGGGGG. Just flipped out of your color choices. Stunning!
Is there a list of fabrics needed and layout anywhere? I would love to make this quilt in red and green or black and turquoise!


The earth is a marvelous place, but sometimes you have to look beyond it for your fashion inspiration. The sun, moon, stars, and planets have been the source of mystery and fascination for a long time, so it's no wonder that they also show up in fashion. We think celestial elements are especially striking in accessories, and have put together a list of the three key accessories from this trend. Read on if you're ready to spice up your style with an extraterrestrial vibe.
Being a sun-seeker is all well and good, but it's important to make sure that your eyes stay safe. Sunglasses help you protect yourself in a celestial style. We've shown you how to decorate sunglasses frames, so you can always add rhinestones or star-shaped stickers to your heart's content, but the next level is making sure your lenses stand out. Luckily, there's Planet i, a brand of sunglasses with sparkly lenses that make you feel like you're viewing the world through a star cluster. Its different sunglass styles have names like Space Cowboy, Extraterrestrial Clear, and Moonwalkers. Check them out, and find yourself experiencing a whole new meaning to the term starry eyed.
A space-themed watch doesn't have to look like the tacky one with Jupiter printed on the watch face that you had in grade school – nowadays, you can be classy and represent the solar system at the same time. Take Omega watches, for example. These Swiss luxury watches come in many different styles, and the brand name itself reminds us of Omega Centauri, the Milky Way's largest globular cluster. What's most impressive, though, is that Omega has long been connected with astronauts and space agencies, and one of its watches was even worn by the first astronauts who set foot on the moon in 1969. If you want to blend the down-to-earth practicality of wearing a watch in the digital age, with out-of-this-world functionality and reputation, Omega watches are the way to go.
Last but not least, earrings are perfect for adorning your body with star stuff. Star-shaped earrings have been popular for a while, so you can find them in almost any store that sells jewelry. But if you're interested in helping out fellow star-supporters, consider browsing the assortment of handmade earrings on Etsy.com. From hoops to studs to threader earrings, there are many different ways to broadcast your love of stars to others in your orbit.


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Financial stress, regime switching and macrodynamics: Theory and empirics for the US, the EU and non-EU countries
Semmler, Willi
Chen, Pu
Pu Chen
Willi Semmler Sr.
Over-borrowing and financial stress has recently become an important issue in macroeconomic and policy discussions in the US as well as in the EU. In this paper the authors study two regimes of financial stress. In a regime of high financial stress, stress shocks can have large and persistent impacts on the real side of the economy whereas in regimes of low stress, shocks can easily dissipate having no lasting effects. In order to study the macroeconomic dynamics, with alternative paths resulting from financial stress shocks, the authors introduce a macromodel with a finance-macro link which uses a multi-period decision framework of economic agents. The agents can, in a finite horizon context, borrow and accumulate assets where however the above two scenarios may occur. The model is solved through nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC). Empirically the authors use a multi-regime VAR (MRVAR) to study the impact of financial stress shocks on the macroeconomy in a large number of countries.
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DOI: 10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2014-20
File URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2014-20
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File URL: https://libkey.io/10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2014-20?utm_source=ideas
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Financial Stress; Macro dynamics; MRVAR;
E3 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles
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Dubliner hailed a hero after working tirelessly to support southside community during COVID-19 pandemic
'I don't believe in just sitting back. I believe if you can help people, go for it and help them'
Aakanksha Surve
Rosemount Family Resource Centre Manager Louise Keogh
Meet Louise Keogh, an inspirational local hero who has been working tirelessly to support her south Dublin community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Louise, along with her team at the Rosemount Family Resource Centre in Dundrum, have been doing everything they can from making and delivering food parcels to providing counselling to those who may need it to helping parents who may be struggling with homeschooling during the lockdown.
The Dubliner has been hailed a community hero for all her fantastic work in helping disadvantaged families.
Louise, who is the manager of the family centre, said: "I don't believe in just sitting back. I believe if you can help people, go for it and help them. Because there's a lot of problems out there at the moment and the world can be a cruel place but kindness doesn't take much."
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Louise and her colleagues have been out in the field supporting 58 disadvantaged families during the crisis.
She said: "The food distribution has been huge. A lot of people have presented themselves with not being able to provide food for the families.
"So we have been doing the food packs in collaboration with Serve The City as well as the Food Cloud with Lidl where we donate food that can't be sold in the store due to damaged packaging.
"The amount of people now that are presenting themselves with poverty due to food is just so high. Three days a week we'd have to be out and deliver food to the families."
Louise added: "A lot of people lost their income but the addictions in the house have gotten worse. The drinking addiction and the gambling addiction online has gotten worse.
"When the pubs were open, they'd be in the pub and then they'd come home. But now they're just going to the off licence and buying as much as they can. The increase in alcoholism has gone up by 25%. Same with gambling online."
She said the team would use their regular food deliveries to check up on the families as levels of domestic violence have gone up since the start of the lockdown.
She said: "Domestic violence has gone up at the moment. We're getting to see what's really happening in the families.
"We have family support workers here so we'd be going with them to see the signs and make sure everything's okay. And if there were any red flags, we'd get them moved into a safe house, which has happened during the pandemic."
Louise said it has been an especially challenging time for her because her partner is battling stage four cancer.
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The brave mum-of-one said: "The role I took on- [I thought] 'oh my god, I'm putting him at risk', but you know what, we were all together and it all worked out in the end."
Louise and her team have been protecting themselves by wearing the right PPE and following social distancing during their house calls.
She added: "We all had our PPE stuff on us and we would knock on the door and go back out at the gate and talk to them from there, and leave the meals on the doorstep. So that's how we ensured none of us got it because we never had any contact."
They have had to come up with a number of creative solutions to keep the family resource centre going during the lockdown.
She said: "Now we have classes going online because we're a small centre, and due to the 2 metre distancing it could be a challenge. So at the moment we're delivering a knitting class online and it's so successful, it's great.
"And we've had to give a lend of iPads to people so they could use them. Our family support worker went out to show them how Zoom works. It was very challenging but we got there in the end."
The centre is also doing a virtual coffee morning on Fridays for the eldery who may be lonely cocooning in their own homes.
Louise added: "At the end of July we're starting a wellness class online. We're trying to get everything online. So we're giving everyone a lend of our iPads and our laptops.
"Because a lot of families won't have those gadgets, the laptops and all that. They can't afford it. So we'd been giving the laptops to the kids in our homework club because they're very disadvantaged."
Louise also said that more people have been reaching out to them as lockdown restrictions have started to ease.
"The counsellors have been inundated as some people are really nervous coming outside the doors now because of it. We've had to employ more counsellors because of it.
"We're preparing more food parcels for all the local families on a daIly basis. People have rang me up looking for help with parenting skills because they feel this has really tested them."


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Wicked Painty | Michelle Champlin
Playful Creative Exploration
Artist Statement (Abbreviated Version)
My paintings, sketches, and digital art examine emotions, the notion that both joy and pain exist together when considering life as a whole, and the concept that everyone possesses a unique, valid experience. I seek to inquire into the ways in which several emotions can exist simultaneously.
I am also driven to promote learning and personal growth. I work with a variety of populations and learn a great deal from these individuals and their perspectives. We each have an inimitable perspective that when shared, can expose others to new ways of thinking and can allow for insight into our lives. Art gives us the power to convey, which leads to knowledge and personal development.
One of my favorite projects consists of several self-portraits. Through these, I've attempted to convey a range of emotions–all of which relate to the love and loss I've experienced. The images vary in terms of line quality and abstraction. Layering and fusing sketches digitally and relating color to emotion, are elements I've been experimenting with in this work. My work is an examination of joyful and painful aspects of life—and more immediately, it's an exploration of joy and love and their significance. The lens through which I experience life has been shaped in relation to my mother's passion for life, her extreme love, and her death, which occurred when I was 12. My childhood experiences taught me to cherish joyful moments, family, and the important parts of life of which love is the significance.
Artist Statement (Extended Version)
My paintings, sketches, and digital art examine emotions, the notion that both joy and pain exist together when considering life as a whole, and the concept that each individual possesses a unique and valid experience. I seek to inquire into the ways in which joy, sadness, calm, anger, and anxiety can exist simultaneously.
I am also driven to promote learning and personal growth. I work with a variety of populations and learn a great deal from these individuals and their perspectives on the world. We each have an inimitable perspective that when shared, can expose others to a new way of thinking or can allow for new insight into our lives. Art gives us the power to convey, which leads to knowledge and personal development for both those receiving information and those expressing information. These truths fuel my inspiration as an artist and as a human.
One of my favorite projects consists of several self-portraits. Through these sketches, paintings, and digital works, I've attempted to convey a range of emotions–all of which relate to the love and loss I've experienced. When feeling emotion, I sketch—typically working from photos. The images vary in terms of line quality and abstraction. When dealing with emotions that I perceive as feeling heavy—such as anxiety– lines appear thicker and create rigid shapes. My intention is to demonstrate that life consists of moments that are unpleasant and at times, we tend to avoid acknowledging these experiences–especially when related to loss and death. Layering and fusing sketches digitally and relating color to emotion, are also elements I've been experimenting with in this work. I've associated colors with shorter wavelengths—which can be more challenging for the human eye to see—with emotions that are difficult to feel, and colors with longer wavelengths—typically easier to see—with pleasant emotions. Other aspects of this work include contemplation around the fact that when all colors exist together as light, white is created, and the act of intuitively adding color to portraits. My desire is to express my emotions and to acknowledge that joyful and painful emotions are real, significant aspects of life. I also strive to inquire into the notion that the thorny elements of life may not discount the joyous. The agonizing moments may even enhance the pleasurable because they help us to understand pain. After experiencing loss, joy may be felt more deeply—we appreciate the beautiful parts of life on a new level.
My work is an examination of both joyful and painful aspects of life—and more immediately, it is an exploration of joy and love and their significance. The lens through which I see and experience life has been shaped significantly in relation to my mother's passion for life, her extreme love, and her death, which occurred when I was 12. My childhood experiences taught me to cherish joyful moments, family, and the truly important parts of life of which love is the significance.
--Art gives us an opportunity to see in a new way, a vehicle to learn, and the power to convey.
© 2023 Wicked Painty | Michelle Champlin. All rights reserved.


Chimney Rock and Independence Rock (which we—and the pioneers—reach later in the trip) are perhaps the most familiar images that spring to mind when one thinks of the Oregon Trail. I mean, besides covered wagons, open plains, buffalo, and things that cause dysentery. It makes sense—both Chimney Rock and Independence Rock are really big landmarks. In fact, Chimney Rock is one of the more often-sketched landmarks that appear in the diaries and notebooks of pioneers and naturalists who made it as far as this western Nebraska rock formation—probably because it's just so distinctive, and it was more so before 160 more years of erosion took its toll.
We made it to the parking area of this national historic site and wandered up to the fence that keeps the masses far away from the land surrounding the rock, and the rock itself. It still made for a pretty spectacular view of this still awe-inspiring landmark (if you like things like that, and we do). The Nebraska state quarter is probably my second favorite (behind the California quarter), and with all due respect to "the sower", the unicameral legislature, and Chief Standing Bear (the other finalists for the quarter), I'm glad Chimney Rock is on it.
After considering the rock, and the sign, we hopped in George and zoomed toward Fort Laramie.
Distance ahead to Fort Laramie: In the game, pioneers would be on the trail for 86 miles before reaching Fort Laramie. In our car in 2011, it was a 79 mile trip that took just about an hour (I did say "zoom").
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Chiloquin Airport
Chiloquin State Airport…
The City of Chiloquin received permission from the state to establish the Chiloquin Airport in 1934. When the airport was completed in 1946 it was the 55th airport in the state.
The airport was originally black-topped with ordinary asphalt that deteriorated, developing cracks and frost heaves that made it unsafe to use. In 1960 the state took over the operation of the airport in order to maintain and regulate it. A master plan was drawn up in 1980 but little was done until 1992 when the Airport Support Group (Richard Bastian, Chuck Wells, Dorothy Witcraft and Lillian Headley) was established. The group raised $5000, which was used to study the feasibility of establishing a usable, safe airstrip.
By 1997 the airstrip had been realigned, rebuilt, and resurfaced using a more durable surface. The airport is maintained by the Oregon Dept. of Aeronautics and has approach and marker lights lit 24 hours/day.
In good weather the airport is used by 50-60 privately owned aircraft each month. UPS and FedEx use the Chiloquin Airport as an alternate landing field when the Klamath Falls airport is fogged in. Other users include search and rescue groups, small package carriers, firefighters, police and medics, as well as private citizens.
Air traffic control at the airport in Klamath Falls are in charge of traffic in and out of the Chiloquin airport.


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Meet-the-team New Year's edition 2023 – Anna
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Learn more about Anna and her recap of 2022 at GenomSys and her outlook for 2023 for herself and the company through the following quick questions:
Happy New Year Anna. What was your most outstanding achievement at GenomSys in 2022?
I started to work at GenomSys about three months ago, but right from the first days I was passionate about the technologies, projects and applications we are creating. I was fortune to start working on the new User Interface version of GenomSys Variant Analyzer and I got to decide, together with my great colleagues, which web technologies to use to create a unique and better experience for our platform users.
What was the most important thing you learned in 2022?
GenomSys's working environment and technologies are very innovative, so there is always something new to learn about our genomic analysis and find a better way to provide the best solutions to our users. I learned to be more proactive in dealing with the fast-paced changes and challenges that technologies bring us.
What are your expectations for you and/or GenomSys for 2023?
My best wishes and expectations for 2023 are to see this company grow and to be a part of it, together with my colleagues who started before me and believe in the potential of this company as much as I do. I think GenomSys has all the potential, knowledge and professional figures to become a great player in the field of genomics.
If you have any further questions for Anna or about GenomSys, please feel free to contact us.


You can hear people talk all over the community about how important it is to use local people and stores. But why is it so important? Sometimes it seems like the big-name companies are easier to access because they have a higher budget for marketing and that is who we hear about all the time. So why is it really important that you use electrician Tulsa locally?
One of the reasons it is important to use local businesses and servicemen is because it really does give back to your community. We all pay taxes and if you are using a local business or Source than those taxes are going right back to the community where they came from. Bigger companies pay their taxes in other areas where ever they might be headquartered. If we support more businesses locally, then more businesses will be able to survive here creating more jobs for local residents and more businesses that are easily accessible for residents so they don't have to go elsewhere for what they need.
Another benefit to using local servicemen and businesses is the fact that they are familiar with the area and also have a more friendly feeling about them. They are concerned with you as a customer and will know better about what products you will need for this particular area other than somebody who is coming from a long distance or just sending you something who might not have all the details or your best interest in mind. Most of them are good guys probably but they do not know the exact needs of Tulsa, the weather, or other things that can affect your home or place of business.
The biggest benefit of using a local company is that they are usually cheaper. If you are using a big company that has franchise doubt that franchisee is paying they do to the big company as well as taxes and everything else that we all pay. So, it is hard for them to match local prices if they are always paying more money 2 they're franchisor. The additional cost could be anywhere from a few dollars to a quite large amount depending on what they're cut is and what fees they have to pay.
Sometimes it is not always convenient to take a little more time to research a local company and find out how they can help you, when big company seems so much easier initially to use. But if you let look past their marketing, then you will soon find that local is better and that the big companies just don't have as much experience with this whole say area or the residence. In some cases they are also poorly trained and not adequate to be fixing and servicing some things. This can be especially true in the electrician Tulsa field. Electricians have to be very careful with their training because electricity can be so dangerous. It takes many certificates and years of training and schooling to become an electrician. In our company we do not hire anyone who is not qualified. We can teach a qualified electrician how to do some skills that he might not be familiar with but he would already have a basic background in electric energy and an understanding of the basic do's and don'ts. We definitely would never send an unqualified electrician to do a job that he has never done before or that he is not qualified for. We do our training with a more experienced electrician until the new electrician is ready to perform the necessary skills on his own only after many hours of supervised practice and a bad ground and certificate of electrician and years of experience as what would qualify someone to be hired as one of our electricians.


Benjamin Graham taught that Intelligent Investors must do a thorough fundamental analysis of investment opportunities to determine their intrinsic value and inherent risk. This is best done by utilizing a systematic approach to analysis that will provide investors with a sense of how a specific company compares to another company or by reviewing the 10 Stocks for Using A Benjamin Graham Value Investing Strategy – August 2016. By using the ModernGraham method one can review a company's historical accomplishments and determine an intrinsic value that can be compared across industries. What follows is a stock analysis showing a specific look at how CBS Corporation (CBS) fares in the ModernGraham valuation model.
Company Profile (obtained from Google Finance): CBS Corporation is a mass media company. The Company's segments include Entertainment, Cable Networks, Publishing and Local Broadcasting. Its Entertainment segment is composed of the CBS Television Network; CBS Television Studios; CBS Global Distribution Group (composed of CBS Studios International and CBS Television Distribution); CBS Interactive, and CBS Films. The Company's Cable Networks segment is composed of Showtime Networks; CBS Sports Network, and Smithsonian Networks. The Publishing segment is composed of Simon & Schuster, which publishes and distributes consumer books under imprints, such as Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books, Scribner, Gallery Books, Touchstone and Atria Books. The Local Broadcasting segment is composed of CBS Television Stations, its approximately 30 owned broadcast television stations, and CBS Radio, through which it owns and operates radio stations in the United States markets. It operates businesses, which span the media and entertainment industries.
CBS Corporation is suitable for the Enterprising Investor but not the more conservative Defensive Investor. The Defensive Investor is concerned with the low current ratio, insufficient earnings stability or growth over the last ten years, and the high PB ratio. The Enterprising Investor is only concerned with the level of debt relative to the net current assets. As a result, all Enterprising Investors following the ModernGraham approach should feel comfortable proceeding with the analysis.
As for a valuation, the company appears to be Undervalued after growing its EPSmg (normalized earnings) from $0.4 in 2012 to an estimated $3.69 for 2016. This level of demonstrated earnings growth outpaces the market's implied estimate of 2.8% annual earnings growth over the next 7-10 years. As a result, the ModernGraham valuation model, based on the Benjamin Graham value investing formula, returns an estimate of intrinsic value above the price.
At the time of valuation, further research into CBS Corporation revealed the company was trading above its Graham Number of $32.64. The company pays a dividend of $0.6 per share, for a yield of 1.2% Its PEmg (price over earnings per share – ModernGraham) was 14.1, which was below the industry average of 40.02, which by some methods of valuation makes it one of the most undervalued stocks in its industry. Finally, the company was trading above its Net Current Asset Value (NCAV) of $-27.81.
CBS Corporation performs fairly well in the ModernGraham grading system, scoring a B-.
Benjamin Graham taught that Intelligent Investors must do a thorough fundamental analysis of investment opportunities to determine their intrinsic value and inherent risk. This is best done by utilizing a systematic approach to analysis that will provide investors with a sense of how a specific company compares to another company or by reviewing the 10 Companies Benjamin Graham Would Invest In Today – March 2016. By using the ModernGraham method one can review a company's historical accomplishments and determine an intrinsic value that can be compared across industries. What follows is a stock analysis showing a specific look at how CBS Corporation (CBS) fares in the ModernGraham valuation model.
As for a valuation, the company appears to be Undervalued after growing its EPSmg (normalized earnings) from $0.4 in 2012 to an estimated $3.73 for 2016. This level of demonstrated earnings growth outpaces the market's implied estimate of 3.02% annual earnings growth over the next 7-10 years. As a result, the ModernGraham valuation model, based on Benjamin Graham's formula, returns an estimate of intrinsic value above the price.
CBS Corporation performs fairly well in the ModernGraham grading system, scoring a B.
Benjamin Graham taught that Intelligent Investors must do a thorough fundamental analysis of investment opportunities to determine their intrinsic value and inherent risk. This is best done by utilizing a systematic approach to analysis that will provide investors with a sense of how a specific company compares to another company or by reviewing the 10 Most Undervalued Companies for the Defensive Investor – October 2015. By using the ModernGraham method one can review a company's historical accomplishments and determine an intrinsic value that can be compared across industries. What follows is a stock analysis showing a specific look at how CBS Corporation (CBS) fares in the ModernGraham valuation model.
Company Profile (obtained from Google Finance): CBS Corporation is a mass media company. The Company operates through segments, including Entertainment, Cable Networks, Publishing and Local Broadcasting. The Entertainment segment is composed of the CBS Television Network, CBS Television Studios, CBS Global Distribution Group, CBS Interactive and CBS Films. The Cable Networks segment is composed of Showtime Networks, which operates program services, such as Showtime, The Movie Channel, and Flix; CBS Sports Network, and Smithsonian Networks, which operates a program service, Smithsonian Channel. The Publishing segment is composed of Simon & Schuster, which publishes and distributes consumer books under imprints such as Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books, Scribner and Atria Books. The Local Broadcasting segment is composed of CBS Television Stations, the Company's 30 owned broadcast television stations, and CBS Radio, through which the Company owns and operates 117 radio stations in 26 United States markets.
CBS Corporation qualifies for the Enterprising Investor but not the more conservative Defensive Investor. The Defensive Investor is concerned with the low current ratio, insufficient earnings growth or stability over the last ten years, and the high PB ratio. The Enterprising Investor is only initially concerned by the level of debt relative to the net current assets. As a result, all Enterprising Investors following the ModernGraham approach based on Benjamin Graham's methods should feel comfortable proceeding with further research into the company.
As for a valuation, the company appears to be undervalued after growing its EPSmg (normalized earnings) from a loss of $1.23 in 2011 to an estimated gain of $3.79 for 2015. This level of demonstrated earnings growth outpaces the market's implied estimate of 2.4% annual earnings growth over the next 7-10 years. As a result, the ModernGraham valuation model, based on Benjamin Graham's formula, returns an estimate of intrinsic value above the price.
The next part of the analysis is up to individual investors, and requires discussion of the company's prospects. What do you think? What value would you put on CBS Corporation (CBS)? Where do you see the company going in the future? Is there a company you like better? Leave a comment on our Facebook page or mention @ModernGraham on Twitter to discuss.
Benjamin Graham taught that Intelligent Investors must do a thorough fundamental analysis of investment opportunities to determine their intrinsic value and inherent risk. This is best done by utilizing a systematic approach to analysis that will provide investors with a sense of how a specific company compares to another company or by reviewing the 5 Most Undervalued Companies for the Defensive Investor – July 2015. By using the ModernGraham method one can review a company's historical accomplishments and determine an intrinsic value that can be compared across industries. What follows is a stock analysis showing a specific look at how CBS Corporation (CBS) fares in the ModernGraham valuation model.
CBS Corporation qualifies for the Enterprising Investor but is not suitable for the more conservative Defensive Investor. The Defensive Investor is concerned with the low current ratio, insufficient earnings growth or stability over the last ten years, and the high PB ratio. The Enterprising Investor is only concerned with the level of debt relative to the net current assets. As a result, all Enterprising Investors following the ModernGraham approach based on Benjamin Graham's methods should feel comfortable proceeding with further research into the company.
As for a valuation, the company appears to be undervalued after growing its EPSmg (normalized earnings) from a loss of $1.23 in 2011 to an estimated gain of $3.53 for 2015. This level of demonstrated earnings growth outpaces the market's implied estimate of 2.84% annual earnings growth over the next 7-10 years. As a result, the ModernGraham valuation model, based on Benjamin Graham's formula, returns an estimate of intrinsic value above the price.
The author did not hold a position in any company mentioned in this article at the time of publication and had no intention of changing that position within the next 72 hours. Logo taken from Wikipedia for the sole purpose of identifying the company; this article is not affiliated with the company in any manner.
Benjamin Graham taught that Intelligent Investors must do a thorough fundamental analysis of investment opportunities to determine their intrinsic value and inherent risk. This is best done by utilizing a systematic approach to analysis that will provide investors with a sense of how a specific company compares to another company or by reviewing the 5 Most Undervalued Companies for the Defensive Investor – April 2015. By using the ModernGraham method one can review a company's historical accomplishments and determine an intrinsic value that can be compared across industries. What follows is a specific look at how CBS Corporation (CBS) fares in the ModernGraham valuation model.
Company Profile (obtained from Google Finance): CBS Corporation operates businesses which span the media and entertainment industries. The Company operates in four segments. The Entertainment segment includes the CBS Television Network; CBS Television Studios; CBS Global Distribution Group (composed of CBS Studios International and CBS Television Distribution); CBS Films, and CBS Interactive. The Cable Networks segment includes Showtime Networks, the Company's subscription program services; CBS Sports Network, the Company's cable network focused on college athletics and other sports; and Smithsonian Networks, which operates Smithsonian Channel, a basic cable program service. The Publishing segment is composed of Simon & Schuster, which publishes and distributes consumer books. The Local Broadcasting segment includes CBS Television Stations, the Company's 30 owned broadcast television stations, and CBS Radio, through which the Company owns and operates 126 radio stations in 27 United States markets.
CBS Corporation is suitable for the Enterprising Investor but not for the Defensive Investor. The Defensive Investor is concerned by the low current ratio, the insufficient earnings growth or stability over the last ten years, and the high PB ratio, while the Enterprising Investor is only concerned by the level of debt relative to the net current assets. As a result, Enterprising Investors following the ModernGraham approach based on Benjamin Graham's methods should feel very comfortable proceeding with further research and comparing the company to other opportunities. From a valuation side of things, the company appears to be undervalued after growing its EPSmg (normalized earnings) from a loss of $1.23 in 2011 to an estimated gain of $3.64 for 2015. This level of demonstrated growth outpaces the market's implied estimate of 3.94% earnings growth and leads the ModernGraham valuation model, based on Benjamin Graham's formula, to return an estimate of intrinsic value well above the price.
Benjamin Graham taught that Intelligent Investors must do a thorough fundamental analysis of investment opportunities to determine their intrinsic value and inherent risk. This is best done by utilizing a systematic approach to analysis that will provide investors with a sense of how a specific company compares to another company or by reviewing the 5 Most Undervalued Companies for the Defensive Investor – December 2014. By using the ModernGraham method one can review a company's historical accomplishments and determine an intrinsic value that can be compared across industries. What follows is a specific look at how CBS Corporation (CBS) fares in the ModernGraham valuation model.
Company Profile (obtained from Google Finance): CBS Corporation is a mass media company. The Company has operations in segments, which include Entertainment, Cable Networks, Publishing, Local Broadcasting and Outdoor. During the year ended December 31, 2011, contributions to the Company's consolidated revenues from its segments were Entertainment 52%, Cable Networks 11%, Publishing 6%, Local Broadcasting 19% and Outdoor 13%. During 2011, it generated approximately 15% of its total revenues from international regions. Effective March 26, 2013, the Company acquired 50% interest in The TV Guide Network from Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. In June 2013, the Company acquired TV Guide Digital, which includes the popular TVGuide.com and TV Guide Mobile properties. In October 2013, Platinum Equity and CBS Corporation announced that an affiliate of Platinum Equity acquired the assets of CBS Outdoor International (CBSO International).
CBS Corporation is suitable for the Enterprising Investor but not the more conservative Defensive Investor. The Defensive Investor is concerned with the low current ratio, lack of sufficient earnings stability or growth over the last ten years, along with the high PB ratio. The Enterprising Investor is only concerned by the level of debt relative to the net current assets. As a result, Enterprising Investors following the ModernGraham approach based on Benjamin Graham's methods should feel very comfortable proceeding with further research and comparing the company to other opportunities. As for a valuation, the company appears to be undervalued after growing its EPSmg (normalized earnings) from a loss of $2.68 in 2010 to an estimated gain of $3.37 for 2014. This level of demonstrated growth is greater than the market's implied estimate of 4.05% earnings growth and leads the ModernGraham valuation model, based on Benjamin Graham's formula, to return an estimate of intrinsic value above the price.
Be sure to check out previous ModernGraham valuations of CBS Corporation (CBS) for greater perspective!
Disclaimer: The author did not hold a position in CBS Corporation (CBS) or in any other company mentioned in this article at the time of publication and had no intention of changing that position within the next 72 hours. Logo taken from Wikipedia for the sole purpose of identifying the company; this article is not affiliated with the company in any manner.
CBS Corp is a company that has seen a surge over the last few years, growing EPSmg (normalized earnings) from -$6.99 in 2008 to an estimated $2.20 for 2013. However, the company does not satisfy the requirements for either the Defensive Investor or Enterprising Investor. The current ratio is too low for either investor type, the company had some negative earnings years in the 10 year period, the earnings have not grown sufficiently over the 10 year period, and the PEmg ratio is too high. As a result, Intelligent Investors seeking to follow Benjamin Graham's value investing methods may wish to seek other opportunities by reviewing other companies that do pass these requirements. From a valuation side, due to the solid growth in earnings recently, the company fares well, and would appear to be undervalued at the present time.
What do you think? Do you agree that CBS Corp is undervalued? What would be your assessment? Is the company not suitable for Defensive Investors or Enterprising Investors? Leave a comment on our Facebook page or mention @ModernGraham on Twitter to discuss.
Disclaimer: The author did not hold a position in CBS Corp (CBS) at the time of publication and had no intention of changing that position within the next 72 hours.


Experiments in Opera, ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble), and M.o.M., Inc. celebrate the life and legacy of Pauline Oliveros with the premiere of her opera collaboration with writer / director IONE. Encompassing the Nubian Diaspora and the life of Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener of Khartoum, the opera uses live performance, electronics and moving images to create a deep dream exploration of Nubian soul and Colonial Mind. EiO will also present selections from Rainbird, a work-in-development between EiO co-founder Aaron Siegel and director Mallory Catlett, based on the work of author Janet Frame.
Experiments in Opera is a composer-driven company focused on re-writing the story of opera. EiO invites composers, directors, designers and performers to create new work that embraces unconventional mediums, a range of production scales, and explores collaboration between all types of artists working to share their visions. International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) is an artist collective committed to transforming the way music is created and experienced. As performer, curator, and educator, ICE explores how new music intersects with communities across the world. M.o.M., Inc. (The Ministry of Maåt) is an international spiritual and educational organization nurturing the a harmonious and balanced world community.
IONE is an author / playwright / director and an improvising text-sound artist. She has taught and performed throughout the world with her partner and spouse of 30 years, Pauline Oliveros. IONE was Artistic Director of Deep Listening Institute for 15 years and currently works as a Deep Listening Certification Instructor at the Center for Deep Listening in Troy, NY. As Founding Director of M.o.M., Inc. (The Ministry of Maåt), IONE encourages and supports women's well-being and sustains a vibrant international community of writers, visual artists, and musicians.
Experiments in Opera's 2017 Season is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and the Casement Fund.
The Ministry of Maåt's 2017 performance of The Nubian Word for Flowers; A Phantom Opera is a made possible by Map Fund.
The MAP Fund, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
ICE's 2017-18 performances and commissioning activities are made possible by the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Booth Ferris Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, A.N. and Pearl G. Barnett Family Foundation, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts, Amphion Foundation, MAP Fund, Pew Charitable Trusts, Pacific Harmony Foundation, Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, Casement Fund, BMI Foundation, as well as public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council for the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. Yamaha Artist Services New York is the exclusive piano provider for ICE.


Francestown is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire with a population of around 2,000. The small town was named after Frances Deering Wentworth who was the wife of Governor John Wentworth. The town was known for its high-quality soapstone which was mined here until the 1890s.
There is a great variety of Francestown NH properties available, from log homes to large Colonial estates.
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Archaeological and vernacular heritage coexistence in rural areas: Didyma, Turkey
Polat E. O., Aslan E. H., Cetin B. C.
International Conference on Vernacular Heritage and Earthen Architecture (CIAV) / VerSus / 7th ATP, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal, 16 - 20 October 2013, pp.507-512
City: Vila Nova de Cerveira
Country: Portugal
As in the case of the ancient ruins of Didyma, Yoran Village, is an archaeological heritage and vernacular architecture. They are located together, side by side on the top of the ancient ruins, like other multi-layered Anatolian settlements. Yoran Village dates back to 8000 B.C., and it is a rural settlement, which has the Temple of Apollo in the heart, surrounded by vernacular architecture. One or two storied courtyard-type houses and organic streets define a modest tissue, and the use of spolia on vernacular architecture supports the authenticity of the place. The village is registered as an 'archaeological conservation site' bounded by newly built up areas and agricultural lands. The aim of the study is to evaluate the data from field survey of Yoran Village, to reveal tangible and intangible values, particular to vernacular and archaeological heritage, and to discuss the potentials that will support the preservation of authentic character, in terms of integrated conservation, cultural tourism, and sustainability.


One of the things I learnt early on in my career as a dealer is that most collectors do not look at their stamps. That is why most collections - in the areas in which I specialise in - are full of fakes. As someone once said, when you buy one of these collections in auction, you know that somewhere in it there will be a genuine stamp.
You know that there is going to be a problem with the ARTAR catalog when you look at the cover. Ten stamps from the 1919- 23 period of classic Armenian philately are illustrated, in colour. If I was looking at these in an auction catalog, I would count at least one as a fake.
The most common Armenian cancellation of the 1919 - 23 period is ERIVAN "b". It came into use some years before and it remained in use until 1924 - 25. Not surprisingly it has been forged: Tchilingirian and Ashford illustrate four different forgeries, Ceresa lists six. Since they wrote their books, new forgeries have been made.
The ARTAR catalog contains at least 25 colour illustrations which include strikes of ERIVAN "b", the first ones on page 9 and the last on page 183. I count 11 illustrations which show genuine examples of this cancellation; 7 which show forged cancellations; and 7 which I would not want to determine on the basis of a visual inspection of the catalog page - some are cancellations on dark stamps and so on. Some of the faked cancels I have seen before, outside the pages of this catalog.
If you want to see how I am doing it, compare the cancellation shown on page 12 with that shown as a receiver cancellation on page 49. Pay espcial attention to how the serial "b" is formed (I am sorry; I do not have Cyrillic on Blogger). The item on page 12 is the one with a forged cancellation. The item on page 49 shows an example of the genuine cancellation.
In my view, the author of a specialist catalog - someone with over 40 years' collecting experience - ought to have weeded out most of these fake cancels - they are not so hard to detect.
It is even easier to detect the faked ALEXANDROPOL "zhe" cancellation which seems to be of just one recent type and which I have seen before outside the pages of this catalog. I count at least 7 illustrations showing ALEXANDROPOL "zhe", of which 2 are genuine, 4 are fakes, and 1 not possible to determine.
Go to page 17 to see a very clear example of the fake, and page 166 to see a clear example of the genuine item on a lovely piece. Look at the serial "zhe" ; on the fake, this is a very poor copy indeed and its thin and elongated form has nothing to do with ageing or inking. The shape is completely wrong.
In general I agree with Trevor Pateman's comments on he stamps of the TSFSR, however I would add a warning regarding the Star Overprints. My researches have revealed 23 different genuine star overprints, all of which are known used on genuine covers of the period. The differences are tabulated on page 257 of my Azerbaijan handbook secfion of the 'big Ceresa'. At that time I identified 22 different forgeries and have added several more since. The characteristics of the forgeries are tabulated on page 292. Great care must be taken with this issue since a number of Atar's illustrations are of forged material.
Good News for Armenia Collectors!


In 2018, a Cochrane review concluded that there was a need for more research in the area, in part because of the lack of consistency in methodologies across different studies. The reviewers were reasonably confident that music could affect mood and depression in people with dementia but could not draw definitive conclusions about other effects. They recommended that future research should specifically consider the duration of effects in relation to the duration of sessions.
Practice of Playlist for Life is based upon the evidence-based Gerdner Protocol 5th Edition developed over the course of twenty years at Stanford University. In particular, Playlist for Life promotes the use of 'therapeutic scheduling' ie timing listening sessions for thirty minutes before difficult times or activities.
The protocol describes how correct use of playlists is proven to bring about reductions in (1) use of psychotropic medication (2) use of restraints (3) stress and distress (4) wandering.
These outcomes have all been observed in various small-scale evaluations of Playlist for Life within the NHS. You can review summaries of these studies below.
The Cruden Foundation is helping us to part-fund a PhD at Glasgow Caledonian University exploring the impact of playlists on the culture of care within care homes.
Understanding Dementia: Run by the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre this free online course is completed by all staff at Playlist for Life as part of their induction.
Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives: Run by University College of London and Created Out of Mind this online course explores how the arts can improve the lives of people with dementia. You can do the basic course for free or sign up for the upgraded version.


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Zhang Mei: Why You Should Still Travel to China Amid Trade War
Zhang Mei
Tourists take photos among flowers in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province on March 31. Photo: IC Photo
A few weeks back, I took my daughters back to China to visit their grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins — the usual sprawling Chinese family. Eager to curb the girls' screen time, I jumped at my aunt's suggestion to go blueberry picking.
Most of my relatives live in Chengjiang, a small town that borders one of the cleanest alpine lakes in Southwest China's Yunnan province, called Fuxian Lake. "Fuxian" means "gently touching a fairy" and you can understand why when you look out at the lake cradled in the surrounding mountains. A few years ago, the government designated the lake as a water source of strategic importance. Since then, immense effort has been given over to keeping the water clean. Fertilizer-heavy fields of tobacco and snow peas have given way to a green belt of lavender and lotus flowers. Organic blueberry farms have sprouted up like bamboo shoots in the springtime. And the berries are juicing Chengjiang's economy.
At the berry farm, we walked through an empty shed where we each picked up a basket and headed for the berry patch. There is something extremely satisfying about holding a big fat berry in one's fingers. After filling our baskets, we presented our harvest to a farmer who weighed and boxed them for us. Then I noticed something. A Huawei phone on a tripod was connected to a power cord, aiming at the table with baskets of blueberries.
"What's that for?" I asked.
"Livestreaming," the farmer, named Chen Yun, answered casually.
"Livestreaming for what?" I asked, my curiosity growing.
"To sell blueberries on Taobao of course." He glanced at me to see whether I was serious. "Everybody's doing it."
He then explained that he is in charge of social media and online sales for this farm. Each day, hundreds of people watch the stream and then place orders on Taobao. He then packs the berries in a white plastic foam box, adds an icepack on the side and ships the box out that same evening. The berries make their way to homes or offices in Shanghai and Beijing by noon the next day.
He handed us our berries together with a business card, and then sat down in front of the camera. He channeled the tone of an emcee in front of a live audience as he spoke into the phone. "Dear viewers, live from the banks of the beautiful Fuxian Lake, I have a Chinese-American lady visiting with her two daughters. They are here to pick our delicious organic blueberries …"
Off he went into the virtual world, weaving the visiting Americans into his sales pitch, leaving me to marvel at the new reality of a blueberry farmer in China.
The crazy irony of a traveler's life is that we can occupy two different worlds simultaneously. As I walked from the blueberry farm, an email with the title "China Itinerary concerns" landed into my inbox. It said: "… We have serious concerns about the grave and unpredictable political climate now existing between the U.S. and China. We … are wondering if Americans in general are being welcomed by the Chinese people throughout the land and villages …"
Yet while those concerns might be justified, at the same time, my Eurasian daughters and I were deployed by a blueberry farmer to boost sales.
I'll leave the serious discussion of the trade war and U.S.-China relations to the pundits, but I am more than happy to share some experiences from the road to make the point: trade war or no trade war, you should still come to visit China.
First all, the government is the government, people are people. What makes a trip special is the people you meet along the way, not the government.
Tourists learn a folk dance in Lhoka, Tibet Autonomous Region, on May 10, 2018. Photo: VCG
When, a long time ago, I told my late grandmother that I was dating an American, her immediate response was to launch into a story. "In the 1940s, we were living in Kunming. The war was going on. One day, the siren went off. We immediately jumped into a ditch by the side of the road. I looked up. I could see the Japanese sun painted on the belly of the plane. We braced for the worst. Then another plane came chasing after the first. We looked up again, and I could see the jaws of a shark. It was the Flying Tigers! The Americans were here to save us. Americans, good people." With that, I got my grandmother's blessing.
Memories as such are passed on from generation to generation, and I don't think my grandmother's view was singular. I have spoken with guides and drivers all over China, and one of the questions is, "tell me a story about your favorite client." The stories are often about an American lady who takes time off on Fridays to volunteer at an orphanage; or an American couple insisting on finding the chief of the Shanghai Museum because they want to donate a prized family collection.
The stories go on and on, and they haven't changed for the past 20 years. Such human stories don't get a mention in the news, but they are, in my opinion, more real than the trade war.
The small kindness of strangers doesn't make the news, but it makes the trip.
Secondly, the troubles between the United States and China don't make China any less interesting as a place to visit. I would argue, that makes it more urgent to travel to China and judge for oneself.
The iconic sites will always be there. And they are better presented than before. There are interpretive experiences and conservation efforts at the Forbidden City and Dunhuang.
But it's the changing fabric of Chinese society that is the most fascinating.
One example is in education and parenting. Amy Chua's book "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" set off a heated debate about childrearing philosophies, pitting East against West. My daughters' travel to China showed them a childhood they could never imagine.
Because we were visiting home, a family dinner was a must. All of the aunts and uncles and cousins were there. We drove to a posh private school to pick up my nephew Xiaoyu for dinner. He was waiting for us at the entrance, dressed in a spiffy school uniform that wouldn't have looked out of place at Eton. He carried a backpack. We arrived at the restaurant, and my girls ran to the pingpong table for a few games before dinner. Meanwhile Xiaoyu sank into the corner of the private dining room, and started on his biology test sheets. I asked him to stop studying and come play. He looked at me and quietly said, "No." In fact, normally he would not even be allowed to come out for dinner. Dismissal from school is at 9 p.m. This night, his teacher allowed him to bring his homework to dinner and asked for a photocopy of his completed work by 8 p.m.!
My girls, visiting China between a trip to Costa Rica and two weeks of tennis camp at Stanford, were in shock. Are my girls not working hard enough? Are they going to make it in the future? Who is getting a better education? Who has a better life? Are these even the right questions to ask?
That's what traveling to China makes us ponder.
Lastly, I am a perpetual optimist. The fear caused by current political turmoil will be short-lived.
When 9/11 occurred, my business was only in its second year. The phone rang and rang and emails flooded in — all cancelations for the fall season of 2001. We were doomed, I was convinced. By December, a few adventurous travel agents came to test the waters. By May 2002, traveler bookings had pushed our capacity to the limit.
The day I knew SARS was serious was when our contractor paused the renovation on our courtyard office in Beijing. He was going home, for fear of the life-threatening virus. That was May 2003. All of our colleagues went on a delayed pay plan and a three-month summer sabbatical. I figured, if I could keep cash outflows to a minimum, we could last one year. By August, the phone started to ring. By September, we repaid all our staff.
This time, U.S.-China relations are in turbulent waters. Will the storm reign over the entire Pacific Ocean? Or is this just a treacherous patch in the eye of the storm? Only time will tell.
Mark Twain once said: "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts."
He said that in 1869. It could not be any truer today.
Zhang Mei is the founder of WildChina, an award-winning travel company, and author of "Travels Through Dali With a Leg of Ham," out via Penguin Books. She is a native of Southwest China's Yunnan province and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Follow Mei's travels on Instagram at @wildchinamei
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Q: TypeError: tuple indices must be integers or slices, not str using Python Core API? I am trying to filter some data using the Python Core API, which is through Apache Spark, but I am coming into this error, and I am unable to solve it in terms of the data I have:

TypeError: tuple indices must be integers or slices, not str

Now, this is a sample of my data structure:
This is the code I am using to filter my data, but it keeps giving me that error. I am simply trying to return the business_id, city and stars from my dataset.
(my_rdd
    .filter(lambda x: x['city']=='Toronto')
    .map(lambda x: (x['business_id'], x['city'], x['stars']))
).take(5)

Any guidance on how to filter my data would be helpful.
Thanks.

A: I think you are mistaking in the use of filter and map here. Both of them are used to update lists, and returns lists.
Both of them take a function as parameter (that's the case in the object version, you can also find a functional version which takes the input list as second parameter) and apply it on each item of the input list to build the output list. What differs though is their usage of the function:

*

*filter uses it to, well, filter the input list. The function should return a boolean which indicates whether or not to include the item in the output list.

*map uses it to build a new list of the same length as the old one, but with values updated using the provided function.

Now that being said, I believe you have the error TypeError: tuple indices must be integers or slices, not str when you try to filter the list.
On the first loop, the filter function will try to run the function against the first element of the list. This first element is the tuple ('7v91woy8IpLrqXsRvxj_vw', (({'average_stars': 3.41, 'compliment_cool': 9, ...}))). The problem is that you are trying to access a value of this tuple using a string, as if it was a dictionary, which is not permitted in python (and doesn't make much sense).
To extract the data you need, I would go with something much more simple:
item = my_rdd[0]
(item[1][1]['business_id'], item[1][1]['city'], item[1][1]['stars'])

A: Sinc your data is nested in tuples, you need to specify the tuple indices in your filter and map:
result = (my_rdd
    .filter(lambda x: x[1][1]['city']=='Toronto')
    .map(lambda x: (x[1][1]['business_id'], x[1][1]['city'], x[1][1]['stars']))
)

print(result.collect())
[('7v91woy8IpLrqXsRvxj_vw', 'Toronto', 3.0)]

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Tarte is a brand that I think is best known for their blushes. Known to be longwearing (they promise 12 hours of wear time), these blushes pop up in many beauty favorites and make up collections. A while ago, I decided to buy my first Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in the shade Achiote. Here's what I think.
Tarte is exclusively sold in the US in stores, but it is available from some other retailers in other countries. I bought mine from Sephora, through their website for $29. It is definitely a high end brand and at first I never understood the hype. I swatched these blushes multiple times in store and found them to be lackluster and not that great at all. So why did I decide to bite the bullet? Because I had heard these swatch terribly, but are great on the cheeks.
Tarte packaging is quite sleek and simple which I like. The compact reminds me a bit of a macaron and comes with a full mirror in the lid. There is no added brush, but I generally never use those so I don't mind. Each blush comes in a compact that is close to the color of the actual blush. This makes it easy to reach for the right shade if you own more than one shade.
Another initial drawback for me was that I couldn't pick a shade. Many of them either didn't appeal to me or looked like shades I already owned. Then I found Achiote which looked to be unique and actually swatched best out of all that I tried. There are 14 colors available: not too long ago, Tarte released some new shades to extend the range, which I find much more interesting.
While the compact makes it look like this blush will be a peach, it is in fact more of a coral. Looking at the pan you can see it has a reddish/ pink undertone. The blush is also fully matte.
It is very difficult to swatch Tarte blushes. The color pay off always seems to not be there or to swatch patchy. There is just something about this formula that doesn't like being picked up with fingers. As you can see, the swatch looks diffused but that's just because it blends straight away. I had a hard time building this up to this much color: but that is a good thing. While feeling stiff with fingers, with a brush this product applies much more nicely as it is a blush that is easy to control despite the bright shade.
In fact, once applied this blush is very subtle. I think that is due to the fairly stiff formula. It simply makes it impossible for you to pick up too much product on the brush and allows you to build up a nice flush without looking like a clown. The blush blends perfectly into the skin and I really like how natural this appears. It truly looks like it is part of my skin. They stay put nicely, but I never have much issue with blush disappearing on my skin to begin with.
Are Tarte Amazonian Clay blushes worth the money to invest in? Yes they are! It may seem a bit lackluster at first but this is one of my favorite blushes in my collection. If you can find a shade that is right for you, this will be a product that will last you a long time and that will allow you to get your money's worth. In fact, I like this so much that I bought another one in a more neutral shade.
What do you think of the Tarte Amazonian Clay blush in Achiote?
Love how the blush sets on your skin! It is beautiful!
Thanks, Tarte blushes are great.
I own the shade Captivating and I love it!
Sounds like a great shade too.
Ik zie niet zoveel verschil eigenlijk.. Helemaal voor die prijs. Wel een fijn review!
Dank je. Dat is dus precies waarom ik heeeel lang getwijfeld heb om er één te kopen. Het effect is zo natuurlijk en dat is eigenlijk wat je wilt met een blush.
The pattern on this blush is beautiful!
And it supposedly takes ages to wear off.
Tarte is great indeed. My best tip would be to just keep going and learn by doing. That's how I did it.
Big L.O.V.E for this pretty blush ;-).
There are so many gorgeous blushes out there, but this one definitely has a special place.
I tried this recently and while I was skeptical. I loved it!!
I know right?! Something about those blushes that just makes them not so great at first glance, but they are great if you truly give them a chance.
I love these blushes but find the shade selection a bit drab. So glad they expanded the range.


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James Craige, CFA Co-Chief Investment Officer, Head of Emerging Markets
James is one of the founding partners of Stone Harbor Investment Partners and is a member of the firm's Executive Committee. In his role as Co-CIO and Head of Emerging Markets Debt at Stone Harbor, James heads a team that manages emerging markets and global high yield portfolios for institutions including public and private pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, and insurance companies globally. Prior to helping found Stone Harbor in 2006, James served as a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager for Emerging Markets Debt, and as a member of the Investment Policy Committee at Citigroup Asset Management. He held similar positions at Salomon Brothers, which he joined in 1992, prior to it being purchased by Citigroup in 1998. James began his career as a fixed-income Trading Associate at Lehman Brothers in 1989. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society New York. James attained a BS in Finance from the University of Vermont in 1989 and serves on the Board of Advisors of the Grossman School of Business.


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Q: Apache won't start with added VirtualHost, but gives no error in error log I am using EasyPHP (version 16.1.1) for Apache server (installed version 2.4.18 x86). I need to add a new VirtualHost, so now the whole VirtualHost section of httpd.conf looks like this:
# VIRTUAL HOSTS
## Virtualhost localweb
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
DocumentRoot "C:\Program Files (x86)\EasyPHP-Devserver-16.1\eds-www"
ServerName 127.0.0.1
<Directory "C:\Program Files (x86)\EasyPHP-Devserver-16.1\eds-www">
    Options FollowSymLinks Indexes ExecCGI
    AllowOverride All
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from 127.0.0.1
    Deny from all
    Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:8080>
UseCanonicalName Off
ServerAdmin marekbuchtela@gmail.com
ServerName posis
ServerAlias posis.tovarna
VirtualDocumentRoot "C:\Users\marek\is\tovarna\public"
</VirtualHost>

The first one is the default one made by EasyPHP, the second one is added by me. However in this setup, the Apache won't start. When I remove the second VirtualHost, everything works fine, but with it, it just won't start at all. I have checked the error log and there is no output at all.
Any ideas why is this happening/how to fix it?
Thanks

A: Switch VirtualDocumentRoot "C:\Users\marek\is\tovarna\public"for DocumentRoot "C:\Users\marek\is\tovarna\public"
If by any chance you keep getting the error, show error_log output

A: There is another instance other than the answer given by ezra-s as to why EasyPHP server won't start and the Apache error log is empty.
When declaring paths in the vhosts file, it is important that the directories referenced in those paths exist. If you provide the following VirtualHost information, for example:
<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "D:/MyApp/public_html"
    ServerName myapp.local
    ErrorLog "D:/MyApp/logs/error.log"
    CustomLog "D:/MyApp/logs/apache.log" common
</VirtualHost>

...but you don't have a D: drive, or the directories D:/MyApp/ and D:/MyApp/logs/ don't exist, then you'll get a "silent fail" in Apache when starting the HTTP server from the EasyPHP console.