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The Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads had both arrived in Arizona by 1880. Ranching started to flourish, and raising sheep to a major enterprise among white pioneers, and only grew from a Navajo occupation. In order to protect public lands from depletion, the United States Forestry provided grazing permits sometime after 1897. Arizona remained a frontier territory in 1912, until it was granted statehood.
The immigration of Mormons encouraged farming in the southernmost portion of the territory. Many streams were diverted allowing the irrigation of some 200,000 acres by 1900. In 1911, when the Roosevelt Dam opened, a federally funded project was established and the valleys of Arizona were transformed and experienced massive irrigation projects within New River. While the mines in New River weren't unionized until the middle 1930's,and in 1917 and 1915, strikes occurred at the copper mines of Morenci and Clifton and Morenci and at the mines in Bisbee.
Defense industries were established in New River, Arizona in WW II. After the end of the war, manufacturing, primarily in the electronic industries, continued to develop, particularly around Tucson and Phoenix. During the 1960's, manufacturing in New River became economically supreme over mining in New River. New River experienced some amazing economic growth, and in the 1970's and 1980's, which attracted other high-tech industries with the potential for enormous growth.
It is difficult to categorize New River. However, the community doesn't have an identity crisis. The residents of New River people understand that New River, which is a welcoming and gritty place where, as you walk along the roadsides with your dog, you don't have to worry about human predators, but rather watch out for rattlesnakes. As they drive, people will wave even if they don't know you. There is even an arena in the community, which is a memorial to a little girl who loved horses whose life was taken in an air tragedy. She would have loved the idea of an arena in New River.
All of the neighbors in New River know each other, and if you need a well dug, or your pipes fixed, it will probably be a neighbor who will do the work. That neighbor might live many miles away. However they are still a neighbor, and somebody referred them because the same people or known to the both of you.
There aren't many rivers in Arizona. Some call the dry riverbeds rivers. Sometime during the year, those rivers will run. The locals often joke about every time there was water in the river beds, the bridges would wash out every However, when you didn't need them, they could always depend on those bridges.
The only actual river in New River is a-sand and river rock bed with many different bridges, although there wasn't much water below the bridge. During the rainy season in February, this heavy precipitates the violent monsoons in the summertime. Then the riverbed becomes a seasonal stream that will be flowing with great force. Following each large storm, recent erosion is obvious.
Desert run-off has the strength that shouldn't be taken lightly. Every year, people lose their lives while trying to cross. Washes are in fact a deathtrap, and the occasional Hummer as well as the boulders and trees are carried along on the white capped water are evidence of its strength.
There is an ambience of some western biker's hybrid flavor, which can be enjoyed while hanging around or on the roomy patio for late night dancing to live music, or early morning breakfast at the Roadrunner. There, on busy nights, live bull riding can be watched. During mornings on the weekend the colorful language can be heard by of the bikers, who will swear up a blue streak, even by the women.
A restaurant known as the Station offers a great meal. People are often be surprised at their delicious menu and enjoy the relaxed feeling in the dining room. The Station offers the best rib eye steak in the community along with their rosemary fries. There is also an outdoor patio. Anybody of age can also drink a few beers, and will be anxious to hear the karaoke on Sunday nights.
There is also a sports bar next to New River Road known as Gizmo's, as well as the River Side Plaza in a small strip mall. New River Road, which is lined with roadside shrines, in honor of those who passed away on the rather winding road. There are also many other winding roads in New River, where it would pay to drive slowly.
The curvy roads and hilly lands make for an organic feel, a tapestry of rugged beauty. Straight lines and symmetry cause tension, as any artist can attest to. It would be rather difficult to live in New River without the tense. New River is a wonderful place to live, work, or play as also being a great place to raise a family.


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Thursday 18 March 2021 (other days)
Thursday of the 4th week of Lent
(optional commemoration of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor)
St Cyril of Jerusalem (315 - 386)
Other saints: St Edward the Martyr (962 - 978)
Hallam: 18 Mar
Plymouth: 23 Jun
He was the eldest son of King Edgar of the English, and on Edgar's death in 975 the kingship was contested, with some supporting Edward's claim and others supporting his much younger half-brother Æthelred (known to history as 'Ethelred the Unready'). Edward was chosen as king and was crowned by his main clerical supporters, Archbishops Dunstan and Oswald of Worcester.
The great nobles of the kingdom quarrelled, and civil war almost broke out. The nobles took advantage of Edward's weakness to dispossess the Benedictine reformed monasteries of lands and other properties which King Edgar had granted to them. Edward was murdered at Corfe Castle on 18 March 978 in circumstances which are not altogether clear.
His body was reburied with great ceremony at Shaftesbury Abbey early in 980. In 1001 his remains were moved to a more prominent place in the abbey, probably with the blessing of his half-brother King Æthelred. Edward was already reckoned a saint by this time.
Second Reading: Pope St Leo the Great (- 461)
Leo was born in Etruria and became Pope in 440. He was a true shepherd and father of souls. He constantly strove to keep the faith whole and strenuously defended the unity of the Church. He repelled the invasions of the barbarians or alleviated their effects, famously persuading Attila the Hun not to march on Rome in 452, and preventing the invading Vandals from massacring the population in 455.
Leo left many doctrinal and spiritual writings behind and a number of them are included in the Office of Readings to this day. He died in 461.
Isaiah 55:6-7 ©
Seek the Lord while he is still to be found, call to him while he is still near. Let the wicked man abandon his way, the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn back to the Lord who will take pity on him, to our God who is rich in forgiving.
Deuteronomy 30:2-3 ©
If you return to the Lord your God, if you obey his voice with all your heart and soul in everything I enjoin on you today, you and your children, then the Lord your God will bring back your captives and will have pity on you.
Hebrews 10:35-36 ©
Continue to have confidence, since the reward is so great. You will need endurance to do God's will and gain what he has promised.

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John Mauldin: No sign of imminent recession
Erik Townsend welcomes John Mauldin to MacroVoices. Erik and John discuss:
Is this the end or just the beginning of this small market dislocation?
What is the reason that we have a back up of interest rates?
How far can the 10-year go before something breaks and what are the risks?
With China's banking assets now at 44 trillion how will this end?
Is inflation coming and what are the consequences?
What were some of the surprises from the SIC conference this year?
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John Mauldin Chairman, Mauldin Economics President, Mauldin Solutions, LLC President, Mauldin Securities, LLC
"Central bankers, businessmen, and investors continually try to beat History to a pulp, but History always wins the final rounds." —John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline, 2001.
When investors, financial professionals, and discerning citizens need a big-picture view of what's going on in the economy, they turn to John Mauldin. And for good reason. John has dedicated more than 30 years to keeping people informed about financial risk.
John is a visionary thinker, a noted financial expert, a New York Times best-selling author, a pioneering online commentator, and the publisher of one of the first publications to provide investors with free, unbiased information and guidance—Thoughts from the Frontline.
Thoughts from the Frontline began as John's way of sharing his thoughts with a few associates. Some 16 years later, it is one of the most widely read investment newsletters in the world. From his timely warnings of impending recessions in 2000 and 2008, prescient calls on market moves to thoughtful pieces on what the new Republican administration should do in in 2017, John has blazed his own trail as one of the most respected macroeconomic minds in the field.
He publishes Thoughts from the Frontline through Mauldin Economics, of which he is Chairman. Mauldin Economics publishes a growing number of investing resources, including both free and paid publications aimed at helping investors thrive in today's challenging economy. John is also President of Mauldin Solutions, LLC, an investment advisory firm registered with multiple states; and President and a registered principal of Mauldin Securities, LLC, member FINRA-SIPC.
Together with Mauldin Economics, John proudly hosts the Strategic Investment Conference, an annual gathering of some of the world's most brilliant economists and analysts. Thanks to its blue-ribbon lineup of past speakers and growing reputation as an incubator of forward-thinking investment strategies, the SIC is fast becoming one of the most hotly anticipated economic events of the year.
Additionally, John's books have appeared on the New York Times best-seller list four times. His current book count (because he always has at least one more in the works) is seven including:
Bull's Eye Investing: Targeting Real Returns in a Smoke and Mirrors Market
Endgame: The End of the Debt Supercycle and How It Changes Everything
Code Red: How to Protect Your Savings from the Coming Crisis  A Great Leap Forward?
Making Sense of China's Cooling Credit Boom
High Stakes Rebalancing, Geopolitical Rise, & Reserve Currency Dream
Just One Thing: Twelve of the World's Best Investors Reveal the One Strategy You Can't Overlook
The Little Book of Bull's Eye Investing: Finding Value, Generating Absolute Returns and Controlling Risk in Turbulent Markets
John is a frequent speaker at conferences around the world and is a sought-after contributor to numerous financial publications, as well as a regular guest on TV and radio.
He currently lives in Dallas, Texas and is the proud father of seven children, five of whom are adopted.


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By Sean Palmerston Blogs, Featured, The Editor's Blog August 22, 2009
ALICE COOPER & BLUE OYSTER CULT fans in Ontario unite! BLUE COUPE returns!
While HELLBOUND is primarily a metal publication concentrating on the most recent releases and current bands, we have no problem giving credit where credit is due and celebrating the rich history of influential hard rock and metal bands that paved the way for the current scene.
Two of the most important American bands of the early seventies were ALICE COOPER and BLUE OYSTER CULT. Both bands had a string of successful studio albums, sell-out tours and even hit singles on the radio. Some of the key members of the original versions of both these bands have joined force in a new live band called BLUE COUPE, who are playing some shows in Southern Ontario this week:
Sat 08/22 Hamilton ON @ This Ain't Hollywood
Sun 08/23 Ottawa ON @ Elmdale Tavern
Tues 08/25 Toronto ON @ Cadillac Lounge
BC played in Hamilton back in April and I interviewed BOC founding members Albert and Joe Bouchard about the new band for Hamilton's VIEW Magazine and have reprinted that interview below. Before you get to that though, I just wanted to give this band my personal endorsement of being an entertaining band worth checking out. They do 2+ hours of classic BOC and A COOPER material and, for these Canadian shows, have TEENAGE HEAD's Gord Lewis sitting in on second guitar (and have apparently learned 6 TH songs too). Check them out this weekend if you're in Southern Ontario and here is my promised interview
BOC'S BOUCHARD BROTHERS REBORN IN BLUE COUPE
Following up on the success of his Hamilton debut last April with his all– Canadian backing band the Outrageous Canadians, former Blue Oyster Cult drummer Albert Bouchard is returning to Hamilton this Saturday playing with not one but two bands on the same night. The show will mark his return Hamilton performance with the OCs and he will also be playing a full show with the band Blue Coupe, which also features his brother Joe Bouchard (also ex–BOC) on guitar and original Alice Cooper band member Dennis Dunaway on bass.
Much like the Outrageous Canadians, Blue Coupe is a band that was formed by chance. "The money was too good to pass up," laughs Albert Bouchard over the phone from New York. "Joe and Dennis had already been playing together for a long time in his band, the Dennis Dunaway Project, but he later asked me to play some shows with him when another drummer couldn't make it. Joe, being my brother, came down to the gig and got up on stage with us and we had a blast."
"A promoter was out in the crowd and asked us if we'd consider doing a show for him in this incarnation. We weren't sure about it but Joe said ask him for a lot of money and if he goes for it we'll do it. He went for it, we did the show and it went great so we decided to see if there was interest to do anymore. There was and we have been doing Blue Coupe shows ever since."
There is a lot of seminal '70s rock and roll history in the bones of these three musicians, all of whom have known each other for decades. The Bouchards are of course brothers and grew up in upstate New York around the 1000 Islands region, learning how to play musical instruments while listening to Canadian rock and roll stations from Kingston and Ottawa. Shortly after Joe joined brother Albert's Long Island, NY based band the Soft White Underbelly in 1970, the band signed to Columbia Records, changed their name to Blue Oyster Cult and forged a path through the early '70s to become one of the most popular U.S. hard rock bands of that decade. Dunaway was the original bassist in the Alice Cooper Band. He performed on every album up until 1974's Muscle Of Love and co–wrote many of the band's biggest hits, including "School's Out," "I'm Eighteen" and "Is It My Body."
"We've known Dennis for a long time," says Albert Bouchard. "First we used to go see Alice Cooper live, then we did a two show audition for them in Massachusetts that got Blue Oyster Cult the gig as their opening band. We did a couple of really big North American tours with them in the early '70s at their peak, which was just fantastic."
"We met Dennis in the '70s, but I realized in the early '80s that we both lived in Connecticut," adds Joe Bouchard. "Coming from the same place musically, in the '80s we started jamming together and having fun. We played in a band together before this [BDS with former Alice Cooper drummer Neale Smith] and we're having a lot of fun doing this now too."
"We don't really need to rehearse. We all know where each other is coming from musically and Albert and Dennis react so well on stage together that it is just a blast playing with them both doing these songs. The set is pretty much half BOC, half Alice Cooper but we do spice it up with some covers and I play a few songs off my new album too."
The new album that Joe Bouchard speaks of is his new solo album, Jukebox In My Head. Out now on CD – he's hoping the vinyl version arrives before they leave for Canada – it is his first solo outing and features Bouchard on guitar, his original instrument (he switched to bass to join BOC) and it is well worth investigating. Outside of the album and Blue Coupe, Bouchard has also been playing in a trio with Simon Kirke of Bad Company and Tommy Shannon of Double Trouble. "He's a gig junkie," says Albert Bouchard lovingly of his brother. "He lives for playing live and does it as much as he possibly can."
This trip to Canada sees Blue Coupe doing three shows, with the finale happening here in Hamilton. The show should prove to be a quite interesting one, as they have an additional guitarist sitting in with them who is well known in Hamilton music circles. Gord Lewis formed Teenage Head during his school days at Westdale High School in the early '70s and was a big Alice Cooper fan. This Saturday Lewis will sit in with Blue Coupe during their set and will get to add his own style into songs off Love It To Death and Secret Treaties that he's been a fan since his own early years learning how to play. And, of course, the Outrageous Canadians will also be playing loads of great BOC songs, a good chunk of which come from the Imaginos project which, if the rumours are true, the Canadian and Bouchard may record in its entirety sometime later on – possibly with original BOC producer Sandy Pearlman somehow involved. V
[SEAN PALMERSTON]
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Postcards From Natalie Zed, Set #9
Hey Hellbound Readers, welcome to the first Postcards From Natalie Zed for 2011. We met Natalie just about a year ago now when she won our big year end contest, taking home more than 50 CDs, records, posters and t-shirts. In a surprise move, Natalie then asked us if she could review her winnings for us. How could we say no?
Well, Natalie is all done with her original batch but has decided to keep on doing her postcard sized reviews for us. So, without further adieu, here is part nine of her ongoing series which we like to call "Postcards From Natalie Zed". This set includes reviews of DAWNBRINGER, CASTAVET, KYLESA and more.


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Selkirk is an unincorporated community in Wichita County, Kansas, United States.  It is located between Leoti and Tribune.

History
Selkirk had a post office between 1887 and 1980.

References

Further reading

External links
 Wichita County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

Unincorporated communities in Wichita County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas

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1. Heat broiler; set rack 4 inches from heat. Rub salmon all over with salt and pepper. Arrange on a rimmed baking sheet; sprinkle top of fillets with 1 teaspoon chili powder. Arrange zucchini around salmon; sprinkle with remaining teaspoon chili powder, and season with salt and pepper.
2. Broil until fish is opaque throughout and zucchini is tender, 8 to 10 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat oil over high heat. Add corn and garlic; cook, tossing, until corn is tender and beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in scallions and salsa; season generously with salt and pepper. To serve, place fillets on plates, and serve with zucchini and half the corn. Reserve other half of the corn for next day. Garnish with lime wedges, if desired.


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Different Ways of Working Tailor Mayzent for Early SPMS Patients, Novartis Says
April 10, 2019 September 3, 2019
by Jose Marques Lopes PhD
In News, SPMS.
The effectiveness of Mayzent (siponimod) in both the brain and the body make it an oral therapy tailored for people with early secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS), according to Dan Bar-Zohar, MD, top executive with Novartis, the treatment's developer.
Mayzent was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), which, besides "active" SPMS, included clinically isolated syndrome and relapsing-remitting disease (RRMS).
In studies like the pivotal EXPAND Phase 3 clinical trial (NCT01665144), "we saw an effect on brain volume loss reduction which may be indicative for increased remyelination and a decrease in the diffuse damage, and we're very excited about that," Bar-Zohar, global head of neuroscience development at Novartis, said in an interview last week with Multiple Sclerosis News Today.
The decision to develop the therapy was based on the efficacy of compounds known as S1P receptor modulators in MS. Gilenya (fingolimod, also marketed by Novartis), is such an example, as it targets the S1P1 subtype found in nerve cells and immune brain cells called microglia.
Mayzent also has very high affinity for another subtype, called S1P5.
"The thinking with siponimod [Mayzent] is that it tickles different subsets of S1P receptors, and the thought was that it could be more effective, particularly in progressive MS than, for example, fingolimod (Gilenya)," Robert Fox, a neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic, said in a separate interview.
That's because Mayzent enters the brain "avidly," Fox and Bar-Zohar said, where two cell types implicated in the accumulation of injury contain high levels of S1P5: astrocytes, involved in the formation of the blood-brain barrier, and oligodendrocytes, the cells that form the myelin sheet around nerve fibers.
Preclinical work in animals suggested that Mayzent acts through S1P5 on these cells to ease clinical symptoms of progressive disease. This work "suggests that Mayzent has beneficial effects through these cells, through … astrocyctes and through oligodendrocytes in order to ameliorate clinical symptoms of progressive disease," Bar-Zohar said.
But Mayzent also acts outside the brain. By targeting S1P receptors, the therapy traps lymphocytes in lymph nodes, preventing these cells from reaching the brain and promote inflammation.
So, considering Mayzent's actions inside and outside the brain, as well as the findings in animals, "it makes a lot of sense to treat SPMS," Bar-Zohar said.
Linking clinical benefits to a therapy's mechanism of action, however, can be quite difficult thing. As noted in Mayzent's label, "the mechanism by which siponimod [Mayzent] exerts therapeutic effects in multiple sclerosis is [still] unknown." Added Fox: "In clinical medicine, what we have to do is listen to the mechanism of action, and then shrug our shoulders and look at the empiric data."
"There's a lot of things we don't know," he added. "For example, dimethyl fumarate, or Tecfidera, has been used for many, many years in MS, and we still don't know exactly how that drug works."
Mayzent's half-life — the time required for its amount in the body to be reduced to half — is considerably shorter than Gilenya's (30 hours vs. six-to-nine days). According to Bar-Zohar, this aspect of its pharmacological profile enables starting treatment slowly, lessening the risk of a slowed heart rate, which is a well-known side effect of Gilenya mediated via S1P1.
Yet, the common S1P1 targeting makes the two therapies' safety profile quite similar, Bar-Zohar said, although head-to-head comparisons have not been made. "We know the challenges and we can address them."
"We must remember that not treating the patient who is transitioning to SPMS is a safety issue in itself," he said, explaining that delayed treatment means more lost nerve cells. "Time is worth neurons."
Overall, Mayzent's attributes make it the right answer for these patients. "This entire package of the efficacy data, the pharmacokinetic profile, the mechanism of action make it [Mayzent] very unique and tailored for the patient population with SPMS," he said.
Likely future trials
Novartis is planning to test the therapy in pediatric patients after it concludes ongoing discussions with the European Medicines Agency regarding Mayzent's approval in Europe.
The company is currently conducting a Phase 3 study in the U.S., named EXCHANGE (NCT03623243), assessomg the safety and tolerability of switching patients from other disease-modifying therapies to Mayzent. This trial – currently enrolling (more information is here) – is intended to help patients and physicians better understand the treatment's safety profile.
A future trial, still in planning phases, aims to look at the benefits of identifying SPMS early and starting treatment with Mayzent compared to keeping patients on their current therapy. According to Bar-Zohar, such study will likely enroll patients transitioning from RRMS.
"The goal will be to show that, in these cases, Mayzent offers, I would say, a much better mid-term and long-term outcome," he said.
In its effort for earlier SPMS detection, the company is also developing an algorithm to better assess the transition from RRMS, and to promote discussion between patients and physicians. Novartis plans to use this tool in upcoming trials.
Jose Marques Lopes PhD
José is a science news writer with a PhD in Neuroscience from Universidade of Porto, in Portugal. He has studied Biochemistry also at Universidade do Porto and was a postdoctoral associate at Weill Cornell Medicine, in New York, and at The University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario. His work ranged from the association of central cardiovascular and pain control to the neurobiological basis of hypertension, and the molecular pathways driving Alzheimer's disease.
Tagged Dan Bar-Zohar, EXCHANGE, EXPAND trial, Gilenya, Mayzent, Novartis, Robert Fox, SPMS.
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Rachel Aaron was a debutante author nearly two years ago however with the release of Spirit's End three days ago, she brings to an end to her wonderful series that has enthralled and gained many readers with each book. The following interview can be considered as a follow-up to the previous interview and has a lot of spoilers in regards to the series' main plot, world history, her new series and much much more. Please be WARNED that reading the interview before finishing Spirit's End will most likely ruin the read. For those who have read the entire series, this is the inside-info jackpot, get ready to have your mind blown with all the revelations and tidbits about the world …
Q] With the release of Spirit's End next week, this release heralds the end of your debut series. Nowadays with so many debut authors struggling to cap off their series, What do you think was your secret to finishing yours?
RA: Orbit's commitment to their authors! I actually sold the final two books to the Eli series shortly after turning in the third book, The Spirit Eater. The series hadn't even come out yet, but Orbit is the sort of publisher that's still committed to growing their authors and supporting their list even if the first books aren't best sellers. That's a rare thing and something to be celebrated, I think. I am very very happy they believed in Eli so strongly and extremely thankful that I got to finish his story.
Now, if you're talking about the actual writing part of finishing a series, that actually wasn't so hard. I knew from the very beginning how the series ended, so Spirit's End was mostly a roll down hill for me. I might not have known exactly how I would get there, but I always knew where I was going with Eli, and that let me weave the story much tighter than I could have if I'd played it by ear. It's much easier to look like you know what you're doing when you actually do know what you're doing, more or less.
Q] Many readers feel that your series began on a lighter manner/tone and ended on a much different one. What's your say on such thoughts?
RA: I can understand their complaints, and I do believe they are legitimate concerns, but if I had it to do again, I'd probably make the first books a little darker rather than make the later books lighter. Since I always knew where the story was going, the darker trend wasn't a surprise for me. Eli's history was in place from book 1, draft 1, and it's a pretty dark story. He's got a lot going on under that charming exterior, and when you start getting into that, naturally, the books are going to get darker.
That said, I think the thing I'm most proud of in the Eli books is how the characters stayed true to themselves even while things were going crazy. As one of my Goodreads reviews said, "the world might be ending, but Eli's still Eli." In the end, I think this is the core of the series, the fact that even though the world is getting pretty scary, Eli, Josef, Nico, and Miranda are still the same people we fell in love with in The Spirit Thief. In that aspect at least, I don't think the books changed at all. It's the same folks, they just had to put on their serious pants for the grand finale.
Q] In my review of Spirit's End, I had noted that Benehime's character felt a bit shortchanged. Obviously you needed an all-powerful villain but from a character's standpoint do you think her actions were justified?
RA: Oh, Benehime. I felt very, very sorry for her. One of the things I try to do all of my villains is make them understandable. I wanted people to empathize with her, because in a lot of ways, she is a victim. At the same time, a great deal of her suffering is self inflicted. Everything that made her a villain was her own choice, and there are several places in the novel where she's offered a way out... and (not to spoil anything) she doesn't take it.
In a way, her story is very common. She wanted the one thing she couldn't have, and she destroyed herself trying to possess it. Her story was one of obsession and loneliness, and as I said, I pity her very much. But I still think she made the wrong decision at pretty much every turn, and she paid for it. That was what I tried to show, that her decision to be cruel and selfish, to not consider the feelings or wants or well being of others, it was these things that made her a villain. Redemption was always there, but she couldn't bring herself to take it, and that's the true tragedy of Benehime.
So, to answer your question, I don't think she was short changed (because she could have stopped being the villain at any point), but I do feel very sorry for her. She really did love Eli, and she was a very loving and good person at one point. But then, this is why all powerful beings probably shouldn't have feelings: personal problems become worldwide disasters!
Q] I noticed that your next series is under a partial pseudonym, what prompted this change?
RA: Orbit requested it for a few reasons. My new series is a Science Fiction action adventure romance staring an extremely badass female powered armor mercenary. Devi, my main character, is a very in your face kind of lady, and while she is charming in her own rough way, she's definitely not Eli. (Funny story, the Devi and Eli in my head actually dislike each other a lot. I think it's because they both want to be the main character.) Also, the series features a strong romance, sex, lots of firefights, and cursing, which is a decided shift from the much more PG Eli books. It's still not as adult as, say, Joe Abercrombie, but the Devi books are definitely not appropriate for my younger readers.
With so many differences in tone and style plus the switch in genres, Orbit wanted to start me over. The Rachel Bach name was my suggestion since Bach is my husband's last name and he helped me enormously in the creation of Devi's world. That said, if you enjoyed the Eli series (especially the fights) and aren't offended by some cursing and chopping aliens in half, you'd probably like Devi. She and Josef would have a great time together! Also, powered armor is just cool. Not enough books have badass powered armor.
Q] Continuing from the previous question, the blurb for Fortune's Pawn, the first book of the Deviana Morris series is intriguing to say the least. Can you tell us about the story and more about the world its set in?
RA: Absolutely! Actually, I think the new blurb sums it up nicely:
"All her life, powered armor mercenary Deviana Morris has wanted one thing: to join the Devastators, the most elite armor unit on her home planet of Paradox. But it's hard to get noticed on a planet of billions. To speed things up, Devi takes a job aboard the Glorious Fool, a trade ship so dangerous that one year of service on its security team counts as five anywhere else."
"The ship's terrible record doesn't worry Devi at first, but when the captain starts sending her into impossibly dangerous situations no trader should ever get into, she beings to suspect that the Glorious Fool's problems are more than bad luck. But with her career on the line, Devi's determined to keep her nose down, despite her growing concern about the captain's strange missions, his creepy silent daughter, and the ship's insufferably sexy cook, Rupert Charkov, who is definitely more than what he seems. Maybe even more than human."
"With the mysteries piling up and life on the Fool getting more dangerous by the second, Devi's knows she's going to have to get some answers fast, before all the secrets send her home in a body bag."
Basically, Devi, our fearless heroine, is determined to jump to the front of the line on her career. To this end, she takes a very dangerous job aboard a trade ship that is, of course, more than what it seems. That said, the Devi books read much more like urban fantasy than hardcore military SciFi. They're still very much science fiction, but more in the Anne McCaffrey / Joss Whedon vein than Heinlein or Herbert. So if you like your space adventures with lots of action, character drama, mystery, and romance, Devi just might be for you. Fortune's Pawn, comes out next May, and I can't wait. It's going to be AWESOME.
Q] Another funny thing I noticed was that the question regarding Eli's bounty neatly got sidetracked in the climatic events of the last two books. Do you believe Eli can ever reach that milestone?
RA: He's going to hit a million gold or die trying. He just had to go deal with all that pesky end of the world nonsense, but now he's back on track for what's REALLY important: making his numbers bigger. Eli is a very goal driven individual!
And if he ever does hit a million gold, he'll start going for two million. It's the journey, not the destination.
Q] Let's talk about some spoilery stuff, what do you think has actually happened in the outside? How did the world come about to be as it is? Who created the powers?
RA: *SPOILERS* This was the first thing I worked out. Humans are actually a very new addition to this world, it used to be the spirits and the demons who balanced each other in a predator/prey relationship. There was also a Creator who created new spirits as they were eaten, so though the world was constantly being destroyed, it never got any smaller. However, one day, the balance shifted. Demons started eating more, and the Creator couldn't keep up.
I don't actually know what changed, but once it got rolling, the problem grew exponentially. In the end, the Creator realized his entire creation was going to be gobbled up, so he made a life boat, the world as we know it. But it was too small for him to actually fit into. So he made three children out of his own body, the Powers, and put them inside to keep an eye on things while he stayed out to try and put the world back to equilibrium. It's like a father putting his three kids in a life boat and pushing them away from the sinking ship, saying "I'll see you soon," but then he never comes back. This is the saddest part of the Eli world for me, because it was only supposed to be temporary. It was a life boat, not a home. The idea was that the demons would starve with nothing to eat, which would solve the imbalance and the spirits could come back out. But that never happened, and so the temporary fix became permanent. Benehime and her brothers got stuck doing their jobs forever with no rest, and it made them a little crazy.
The Eli world is only about ten thousand years old, and it really is a bubble floating in the blackness while monsters gnaw on it, trying to get the food inside. Honestly, it's a very scary place, and even now that the power has been divided and spirits are no longer doomed to fall into entropy, the underlying problem hasn't really been solved.
Q] What about sequels, would you ever want to return to this fascinating world, now that no human is spirit-deaf anymore?
RA: Right now I don't have any plans to do more books in the Eli world, but I'm not going to rule them out completely. As I just said above, the real problem of the world hasn't actually been fixed. The Lord of Storms is the Hunter now, and spirits and humans are actually able to work together for the first time, but the demons are still out there and the creator is still lost. So if I ever did do another book, I'd probably deal with this problem. Trouble is, it wouldn't be an Eli book. He's done with all this heroic nonsense. So that kind of dampens my enthusiasm.
Q] In your previous interview, you mentioned that Eli's world has a Sun and Moon but does not orbit a star. I found that to be a very neat thing, what more can you tell us about this strange world vis-a-vis such quirky facts?
RA: I envision their world more like a diorama than a real universe. There used to be a sun and a moon and all that normal stuff, but it all got eaten ages ago, so there is literally NOTHING outside. Everything the people see inside the sphere is just a projection to keep up the appearance of normalcy. It really is just a painted sky, which was something I played on during the climactic final battle to drive home just how screwed we were. Lots of fun!
Q] As a writer, you debuted with fantasy. What other genres do you want to write in? Conversely what are the genres that you don't want to venture in?
RA: Well, Science Fiction, obviously, though I've been told I write SciFi like fantasy, so take that as you will. I'm very interested in YA and middle grade urban fantasy and fantasy, as well as some near future Science Fiction (the Devi books are written a thousand years out, so they might as well be another universe).
I've had some great ideas for non-genre books, but every time I try to write one, I get bored half way through and quit. Genre is what I love and I really don't think I'll ever leave it. I need my magic an my space ships!
Q] I liked reading Spirit's Oath, which was about how Miranda and Gin's first met each other. Any chance you will be exploring the other characters via such prequel shorts?
RA: I originally had three planned. Miranda's was the first, then a short for how Eli and Josef met, then a really funny little bit about Giuseppe Monpress and Alber Whitefall having this catty, protracted fight over an opera box when Eli was a teenage apprentice thief (which, admittedly, might have been only funny to me because the older Monpress and Whitefall are two of my favorite characters who didn't get nearly enough page time).
Unfortunately, I'm really really bad at writing short fiction. I've always been a novelist, and whenever I try to go shorter, I'm never happy with it. It always comes out somehow too long but still feeling rushed. I still want to tell these stories, so I'm not going to say these won't get written, just that novels are my first love and priority.
Q] You also recently released a non-fiction book, could you expound how it came together?
RA: Yes! I have an ebook called 2k to 10k: Writing Faster, Writing Better, and Writing More of What You Love based off my "How I Went From Writing 2,000 Words a Day to 10,000 Words a Day" blog post that went crazy viral last year and other successful posts. All the posts were cleaned up and expanded for publication, plus I added a few new additions on things like character development and story structure just for the ebook.
I mostly wrote this book because I had a lot people asking me writing questions, and my blog just wasn't doing the job. It was too hard to read posts in order, and organization was just a pain. I really wanted to have something I could just give someone and say "you want to know how I write fast? Here!", and since books were what I knew, a book was what I wrote.
It was also a great way for me to experiment with self publishing, something I've always been kind of interested in but never had a chance to really try. And I've got to say, Amazon has made it stupidly easy to put out a book. Also, I love being able to track my own sales in real time, something you just can't do in traditional publishing.
The book is $0.99, which I think is a perfect price seeing as it's only 30,000 words long. Also, I feel it's vital to have a low barrier to entry for new writers since so many of us have very little disposable income and writing books can be such a gamble. So far, the response has been absolutely wonderful. I've had tons of writers tell me that my book helped them double their word count, which never fails to make my day. I'm really, really happy I wrote the book and I hope it continues to help writers meet their goals. After all, I'm a huge reader as well as a writer, and more writers writing faster means more books for me!
Q] With the recent flurry of releases in the fantasy genre, readers are always on the lookout for new books and authors. Who would be your favorites amongst your contemporaries and any new authors that you have taken a shine to?
RA: Oh gosh, let's see. Well, I've been nursing a serious girl crush on N.K. Jemisin, who's been cementing her reputation as a non-stop awesome factory lately. Seriously, is this woman capable of writing a story that doesn't make it into my all time favorites folder? Also, I just finished and adored Jim Hines new book, Libriomancer, and while it's not really a new release, I really enjoyed J.M. McDermott's Dogsland books. Especially Never Knew Another, which gets my vote for having one of the best titles in modern fantasy and is a spectacularly creepy read.
Those are just a few, but it's really hard to decide. There's just so so so much good fantasy out right now and so little time to read. Oh, such problems to have!
Q] What's next for you in terms of new projects? Can you tell us anything about the book, which you are currently writing?
RA: Right now I'm finishing up the third Devi Morris book, Heaven's Queen, which is due in January and, being the end of the series, is one hell of a wild ride. Once that's over, though, I'm actually out of contracted work, so it'll be time to think up something new. I'm toying around with a few YA fantasy ideas, but I don't have anything definitive yet.
Even though I'm using Rachel Bach for my SciFi books, though, I'm keeping my blog as Pretentious Title and my Twitter handle as @Rachel_Aaron because I'm just too dug in to switch. That said, I'll be doing all sorts of new writing stuff, Eli updates, and give aways there for the foreseeable future. So come follow me, you'll be in good company!
Thank you so much for the interview. As always, it was a total blast!
M. R. Mathias said...
Nice Interview!
Thanks M.R.
Elfy said...
For some reason Spirit War never appeared on booksheleves down here. I waited until Spirit's End came out and ordered both from overseas. I look forward to reading the end of what was a fresh and enjoyable new series.


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HomeApplication NoteUltra High Resolution AFM
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Ultra High Resolution AFM
Ultra-High Resolution Atomic Force Microscopy
Gerald Pascual, Byong Kim, and Keibock Lee
Technical Marketing, Park Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA
The goal of all forms of microscopy is to enable the observation of increasingly smaller objects and their details and characteristics which cannot be seen without aid. Naturally, the course of scientific investigation demands that we eventually test the absolute limits of available metrology techniques and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is no exception. AFM has been demonstrated to be capable of generating images with resolutions high enough to visualize sample features measured in fractions of nanometers—such images are often referred to as having achieved a so-called "atomic resolution." However despite this moniker, the resolution of these images is not at a level detailed enough to reveal individual atoms, but rather only the resonance of the spaces between atoms that make up materials with atomically flat surfaces [1, 2, 3], such as graphite or mica. The surfaces of these materials are arranged in uniform lattices with constants that are only several tenths of a nanometer wide and are being scanned with probes which feature tip radius curvatures that are greater in size by an order of magnitude (2-5 nm). A fresh tip detecting the resonance of features smaller than its radius curvature can be compared to an open palm running over the keys on a keyboard. By using tactile feedback one can render a mental image of the approximate layout of the keyboard, but would have great difficulty in making out single keys. Modern AFM systems, including those produced by Park Systems, are capable of producing "atomic resolution" images with features as small as few tenths of an angstrom, but the distinction of imaging by resonance versus imaging solely from the cantilever feedback response must be made. Until probe manufacturing has advanced to a point where tip radius curvatures can be on the order of widths of single atoms, innovations in ultra-high resolution AFM must come from other avenues.
Since the true resolution limit of AFM imaging is dependent on the geometry of the probe tip, logic dictates that to maintain the highest image quality for the longest amount of time consideration must be taken to preserve tips during and across multiple scans. Contact mode, the most basic AFM operation technique, requires the probe to be dragged across the surface of the sample in order to obtain topography data. The nature of this tip-sample engagement makes probe blunting a concern as higher tip radius curvatures result in decreased spatial resolution and therefore less accurate imaging. Increased long-term supply expenses to maintain stocks of contact mode probes are an additional concern for many laboratories. To maintain the highest ultra-high resolution for the longest duration and in the most cost-effective manner, AFM images should be taken in non-contact mode instead. In this operation technique, an oscillating probe's tip's distance from the sample surface during a scan is maintained by a precise, high-speed feedback loop. These state-of-the art electronics, such as those found in NX-series system architecture from Park Systems [4] keep the probe in the non-contact regime of the van der Waals forces between the atoms of its tip and those of the sample. Deviations in the amplitude of the probe's oscillation are recorded as the probe traces over the sample and are then used to create topography images. As the tip and probe do not make direct contact during scanning, tip longevity is dramatically increased with no observable loss in resolution over dozens of scans [5].
Demonstrating the efficacy of non-contact mode for ultra-high resolution AFM imaging requires a challenging sample with features that rival the smallest tip radius curvatures of commercially available AFM probes. To further strengthen the argument for non-contact mode's increased tip longevity across multiple scans, the sample must also be regarded by the research community for its difficulty as a subject for consistent, reproducible nanoscale imaging. Nanomaterials that meet both of these criteria are those that feature moiré patterns. These are secondary and visually evident patterns that are a result of periodic patterns (such as atomic lattices) being placed on top of one another and are then rotated to create a new distinct and offset design. Repeatable high resolution imaging of moiré patterns and the super lattice constants which comprise them present significant challenges if not done with non-contact mode AFM because the resolution that has to be achieved is about the size of the tip radius curvature. Any loss in tip sharpness such as the blunting effect prevalent in contact mode AFM, would introduce an unacceptable handicap to the repeatability of data acquisition. Combating this obstacle to produce any kind of serviceable AFM image and data, let alone one at an ultra-high resolution for the technique, is a tall order even for experienced AFM operators as hardware limitations and constant scan parameter optimization through trial-and-error further complicate the task. Removing any kind of additional disadvantage that increased tip deterioration would pose is a welcome reprieve for this application.
The ultra-high resolution of AFM, together with the advantages of modern system architecture and robust automation software, was demonstrated in a graphene/hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) sample evaluation conducted by Park Systems using a Park NX10 AFM system powered by Park SmartScan operation software. The sample consisted of an hBN substrate overlaid with a graphene layer and was scanned under ambient air. The purpose of the evaluation was to assess the Park NX10's ability to characterize the topography of the moiré pattern that wascreated when one layer was set on top of the other and offset by rotation. Using non-contact AFM mode and a standard AFM probe tip [6], the Park NX10 was able to successfully image the moiré pattern super lattice constant of the sample [7] in scans as large as 500 x 500 nm (see Figure 1a). A second scan (see Figure 1b), this time at 250 x 250 nm, was collected referencing a single isolated sample defect in the upper-left quadrant of the initial 500 x 500 nm scan as a landmark. The super lattice pattern around the defect in the center is now even more visually evident than before.
Fig. 1 — A series of four non-contact AFM topographical images of a graphene sample exhibiting moiré patterns: (a) at 500 x 500 nm, (b) at 250 x 250 nm, (c) at 125 x 125 nm, and (d) at 60 x 60 nm. All images were taken with a Park NX10 AFM system using the Park SmartScan operating software's Auto mode.
The final two scans in the series serve as the most compelling evidence in demonstrating the Park NX10's ability to maintain its ultra-high resolution even after multiple scans with the same AFM tip. In Figure 1c, the diagonal striations superimposed onto the moiré pattern become evident as they repeat across the surface of the sample. The final image in the series, Figure 1d, was taken at a scan size of 60 x 60 nm and provides the clearest evidence that not only are the super lattice constants of the moiré pattern about 15 nm [7] in width, but that the spacing between each striation on the moiré pattern is roughly 4-5 nm in length.Observations of such striations in graphene/hBN systems have been previously reported [8]. This latter distance is in line with the expected tip radius curvature values for the AFM tip used to acquire all four sets of data. Given the consistency and clarity of the data as the acquired images increase in magnification and the generally accepted difficulty of the sample to characterize with AFM, this achievement is truly remarkable. This accomplishment of resolving five nanometer periodic features is compounded even further when one considers that this data can now be collected by inexperienced researchers guided by the automation software. These demonstrated advantages of non-contact mode for ultra-high resolution AFM imaging can only become more valuable as tip radius curvatures decrease and the effect of tip blunting becomes more pronounced as we characterize smaller and smaller features on our samples.
We are thankful to Patrick Gallagher of Stanford University for providing the graphene/hBN sample used to acquire the images presented in this report.
[1] Park, S. Ultimate Resolution of AFM in Air.Retrieved from http://www.advancedspm.com(2004).
[2] Mizes, H., Park, S., & Harrison, W. Phys. Rev. B 36 4491 (1987).
[3] Albrecht, T.A., Mizes, H.A., Nogami, J., et al. App. Phys. Lett. 52, 362 (1988)
[4] Park NX10 – Technical Info. Retrieved from http://www.parkafm.com/index.php/products/research-afm/park-nx10/technical-info (2016)
[5] True Non-Contact™ Mode. Retrieved from http://www.parkafm.com/index.php/park-spm-modes/91-standard-imaging-mode/217-true-non-contact-mode (2016)
[6] AFM tips PPP-NCHR. Retrieved from http://www.nanosensors.com/PointProbe-Plus-Non-Contact-Tapping-Mode-High-Resonance-Frequency-Reflex-Coating-afm-tip-PPP-NCHR (2016)
[7] Zandiatashbar, A.Automated Non-Destructive Imaging and Characterization of Graphene/hBN Moiré Pattern with Non-Contact Mode AFM.NanoScientific, Fall 2015 14-17 (2015)
[8] Gallagher, P., Lee, M., Amet, F., et.al. Nature Comm. 7 10745 (2016)


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Ford GT: 10 Facts You Need To Know
Supercars are often accompanied by super-sized misconceptions. The motoring press and the public seem to form their own opinions, so that's why we enjoy helping you find the perfect ride. Ford shocked everyone with the new GT. From styling to suspension, it broke all the rules. Let's take a deeper look at this amazing machine to see why it should be part of your collection. Here are our top 10 facts that will help your decision making.
10. Ford Chooses You
Along with your new Ford GT, you will have a contract between yourself and FoMoCo which prohibits resale and includes a Right of Refusal clause. Several high-profile owners have found themselves in hot water for overlooking the details of the agreement.
9. DSSV Suspension
The future of ride control has arrived. A new type of shock absorber has been patented by Multimatic, the Canadian racing engineers that Ford contracted to build the GT. A Dynamic Suspension Spool Valve does away with twin-tube shocks and replaces it with a computer-controlled high-pressure hydraulic system.
8. Jekyll & Hyde
All great cars have different personalities between track and street situations. Ford has capitalized on this by endowing the GT with two suspension systems. Using the DSSV shocks mentioned above, the car has coil-overs for normal height and torsion bars for race mode. The first production car to have two independent systems, the driver is offered 2.7″ lower ride height without affecting the control arm geometry.
7. EcoBoost
Every previous version of the Ford GT has been powered by a V8. But they chose to embrace the 3.5 liter EcoBoost V6 for the heart of the new GT. It is the ultimate version of the engine Ford uses across their lineup. If you haven't experienced a late model F150 Raptor, these compact powerhouses make big block power while offering great MPG
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6. Eye On The Prize
When development began in 2013, one goal stood above all others: LeMans. Ford set an aggressive timeline of deliverables to make sure 2016 would have the same winner as 1966. Their efforts paid off with a repeat victory in the GT class. It took a half-century but the results speak for themselves. Ford was undefeated from '66 to '70, so look forward to that story another day.
5. All About That Buttress
Taking inspiration from medieval cathedrals, the rear fenders are connected to the roof with flying buttresses. A buttress is how roofs transfer loads to the ground, and Ford used them to create an aerodynamic advantage that channels air through the body. Even the taillights have hollow centers to prevent turbulence behind the car. The result is incredible grip and downforce.
4. Carbon Fiber Everywhere
The GT is Ford's first carbon fiber body. Multimatic weaves the components together as one piece before it heads to the Autoclave. It places the Blue Oval among the likes of McLaren, Pagani, and the Lexus LFA.
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A USB cord under the dash can connect to your smartphone to record every aspect of your Ford GT. It makes use of an HD camera in the front bumper to record your laps. Every bit of data from throttle to tire temperatures is also compiled to help you become a master of your machine.
2. Limited Production
Building each car is expensive. The time and materials along with the salaries of skilled engineers have prompted Ford to only build 250 cars annually. Enthusiasts voiced their sadness on this subject, which made them change their minds. Instead of a two-year run, the GT will be in production for 4 years. This means only 1,000 cars will be made so make sure you're on the list.
1. Chicken Or The Egg
Everyone loved the 2005 Ford GT because it was inspired by the vintage GT40 race car. The new Ford GT is not a street car with racing inspiration. It is a race car that happens to be street legal.
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Pickard's stellar play hasn't created a goalie controversy, insists Roy
By Ryan DadounDec 19, 2014, 9:02 AM EST
The Colorado Avalanche lost in overtime to Pittsburgh last night, but goaltender Calvin Pickard can't be blamed for that. He turned aside 47 consecutive Penguins shots before finally seeing his shutout bid end 62:24 minutes into the contest. The 22-year-old goalie did his job and then some, but how long will the Avalanche keep giving him work?
With a 2.27 GAA and .934 save percentage in 11 games, Pickard has been by far Colorado's best goaltender this season, but Avalanche coach Patrick Roy isn't about to abandon Semyon Varlamov. When the 2014 Vezina Trophy finalist has recovered from his groin injury, he'll once again be the team's starting goaltender and Pickard will likely head back to the minors, according to the Denver Post.
"Let's not forget what Varly did for this team last year. Varly is our No. 1 goalie and he will be our No. 1 goalie," Roy said. "We'll see when he comes back and how he plays. But I understand everybody has seen how Pickard is playing and everybody is very excited about him. But we were all very excited about Varly last year."
Then what about backup Reto Berra, who has a 3.57 GAA and .882 save percentage in 10 contests? He doesn't have Varlamov's history of success. In fact, Berra only has 30 more games worth of NHL experience than Pickard despite the roughly five year age gap between them.
It's much harder to make the argument that Berra is more deserving of his depth chart spot than Pickard, but ultimately Berra's contract (he's in the first season of a three-year, $4.35 million deal) and a desire to see the younger Pickard play regularly, even if it's in the AHL, makes Roy's decision "easy." At least for now.
"Next year will be tough," Roy said. He later added, "The formula works really well and it's got to be a wake-up call for Berra. He needs to see what's going on right now and compete better in practice. We're certainly never going to tell our players not to challenge the other players."


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HCM City considers removing student ranking scheme
HCMC has proposed removing the ranking of students in class and school, explaining that the removal will lift pressure on students and teachers and eliminate the so-called 'achievement disease'.
The proposal has stirred a strong debate among educators and parents. Those who advocate the removal say GPAs and rankings in school do not have a positive significance, and that school scores do not determine success of students in their future lives.
Meanwhile, those who are against the idea say students need to know their real learning capability to make reasonable decisions for their lives.
Nga Nguyen, a mother of two primary school students, said student ranking puts pressure on students.
"Parents all want their children to be good learners and ranked among the best students in class, but they don't spend time to listen to children to know what the children want," she commented.
Sharing the same view, Thanh Mai, a VietNamNet reader, said there was no need to rank students every semester and every year. "The ranking makes students hungry for success and triggers contention among students, while it doesn't bring any benefits," she commented.
"Instead, encourage students to become creative by applying the knowledge they receive from lessons to reality," she said.
"It's time to change. Schools need to make students happy, not put pressure on them," commented Nguyen Tung Lam, another reader.
Lam, who called himself a 'modern father', said he never asks his children about their scores because he is sure the children always try their best and that is enough.
"An effective education is one in which students can both study and play, and can express their ideas. If students can lift the burden from their shoulders, they can become more creative," Lam said, adding that western education systems follow this way.
Meanwhile, older parents are more conservative than young ones. For them, student ranking is an indispensable part of education.
"Schools should always be associated with scores and ratings," said Bui Thanh Tai, a former teacher.
Tai said one must not blame the 'achievement disease' on the ranking scheme.
"The ranking scheme is not faulty. Blame parents, who are too hungry for success and force their children to obtain higher positions in rankings," he said.
Rankings can offer information about students' learning capability, thus giving a 'driving force' for students to become better. Ranking serves as the basis for educators to assess students' abilities, and for students to know what they are good at and what they need to do to become better.
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Senior Peter Jackson gets his first surgical practice and news appearance in Moscow
By Nour Chibani and Hannah Mansour|October 24, 2021
Photo courtesy of NTV
CVHS senior Peter Jackson interning at the Young Surgeons Program at the Pirogov Medical Research Institute in Moscow, Russia.
Everyone, at some point in their childhood, has been asked the popular question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" CVHS senior Peter Jackson always knew the answer to this question: a pediatrician.
From a young age, Jackson realized he wanted to pursue a career in the medical field, but his internship at the Young Surgeons Program at the Pirogov Medical Research Institute in Moscow, Russia this past summer is what allowed him to explore his new passion for surgery. The program strives to educate and prepare students in the field of surgery by providing them with both lectures and hands-on experience.
"I've been wanting to explore surgery because I want to go into the pre-med track in college, and I've always been interested in surgery. I've shadowed a couple of doctors in the past, but this really gave me first, hands-on experience with professionals," said Jackson.
This internship was not a typical medical experience where one would watch the doctor perform surgeries; it was an experience where Jackson himself would stimulate the surgeries.
"It's unlike any other program that I've ever seen or heard of. You get to go into a research institute and professionals teach you directly what they would do in their daily life. Then, they have high-tech simulation dummies and real professional tools that you can use to recreate what they're doing," said Jackson.
Jackson's favorite and most memorable part of the internship was performing his very first surgery on not a human but a pig.
"We were given a machine, and we were able to kill the cancerous tumor cells inside of the pig, and there was a little camera attached to this pole. Then, you press the button, and you were able to heat up the end of it, and it would, through electrical currencies, light up, and it would be like a flaming stove. Then, you just cut out the harmful stuff. It was very interesting," said Jackson.
Every great experience has its not-so-pleasant side. For Jackson, it was that Russian was not his first language.
"I was in the middle of a lecture, and I did not understand something, so I had to ask about five questions in a row, just to understand what they're talking about, which is a little embarrassing," said Jackson.
Little did he know that this language barrier would get him featured on Russian national news.
"I was actually one of the only people from another country. The news came to the institute because this is a one-of-a-kind program. So, they were asking around, 'who should we interview?' and all of the professionals said, 'there's this one American, you should definitely interview him. He's very curious and wants to learn. We don't get many of these over here, and it'd be interesting.' So, then two different channels came to me: the main channels of Russia," said Jackson.
Completing this internship motivated Jackson to continue working in the field. He now plans on participating in similar internships in the future.
"I actually have an internship with a doctor way down at the Baylor School of Medicine, and I'm going to start soon. I'm not exactly sure what day, but we're going to be researching epigenetic genes and ontogenesis. I'm going to be helping him with various experiments and research," said Jackson.
Although the medical field has always attracted Jackson, his mother is the main inspiration for him to be a surgeon.
"I've always been so stem-oriented because my mother has battled through cancer twice, which really pushed me to want to pursue the field even more. Just being able to directly help people has always been something that I've wanted to do, and surgery and medicine, just the field in general, really allows me to do that," said Jackson.
My inspiration is my mother. She has suffered a lot in life to get where she is. So, I push on for her. "
— Peter Jackson
Q&A with Peter Jackson
Q: How did your expectations of the program differ from reality?
A: Coming into the program, I thought it would be very long because it was every day from nine to six. I thought that I would just be super tired after the day since I would have been sitting in a classroom listening to lectures. But, it was a very stimulating experience; everyone was ready to work and ready to help. Every day I came out feeling great like I learned a lot, and I had a great experience.
Q: Describe your first interaction in the program.
A: His name was Vanya. I don't know why but he was the one I became closest with. We just kind of clicked instantly. His father is actually a surgeon and so he knows a lot about this. He's also been practicing English in and out of school and always wanted to talk to an American. It was kind of fun because we got along very well and he was always there to help me.
Q: Tell us three fun facts about yourself that no one knows about you.
A: I love skiing. I have done it almost every year of my life. I go to a lot of places around the world, with my mom. It's like her hobby and I really enjoy it too. Second, I go to Italy every year and my mom has a festival in Italy, where I play the piano at the recitals. Three, I really enjoy reading articles.
Nour Chibani, Staff Writer
Hi! My name is Nour Chibani. I am a senior who enjoys debating, writing, and singing.
Hannah Mansour, Staff Writer
I am a senior and enjoy playing piano, swimming, and shopping :)
Caoilin Krathaus is your local hippie Greta Thunberg
Senior Caitlin Liman describes her journey as a dancer
Lishan Bartlett-Will and Baayan Badarna lead CVHS's first-ever girls' soccer season as a part of UIL
Life after CVHS: Jessica and Jahrel's journey at Ivy Leagues
Junior Audrey Kim: dancing to express not impress
Stephanie Chen– plexar puzzler, color guard coordinator, cross-stitching sage and math master
Micah Harris and the "Furry Faces of Innocence" on his phone
Senior Jake Wolff is your undercover elephant whisperer
Sprouting creativity: An exploration of junior Elliot Choi's creative process
Assistant Principal Juan Garner's 26-year pedagogical history is tied to CVHS' own history
Caitlin Liman • Nov 18, 2021 at 9:28 pm
Intriguing indeed! I enjoyed learned about this surprise of Peter's and only wished for more details on how he got these fantastic opportunities so that I could hop on the bandwagon of assured success XD Awesome job, Hannah & Nour!
https://cvhsnews.org/6417/features/aspiring-surgeon-peter-jackson-appears-on-russian-news/#comment-1013
Vivian • Oct 22, 2021 at 5:23 pm
His internship sounds so cool. Good job!
https://cvhsnews.org/6417/features/aspiring-surgeon-peter-jackson-appears-on-russian-news/#comment-910
Nadia Talanker • Oct 22, 2021 at 2:19 pm
this is such an interesting feature! the internship itself is really unique and compelling but the writing is what ties it together. the only thing i can really think of adding is more media, like maybe what the place he interned at looked like
overall, a super interesting article!
Atahan Koksoy • Oct 22, 2021 at 2:16 pm
Very intriguing article. I would have liked to see some more literary elements and descriptions, but this was very well written. Good Job!
Abigail Nunez • Oct 22, 2021 at 2:10 pm
This is a very inspirational story in my opinion, I liked how the quotes led to an insight of Peter's personality.


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package net.blay09.mods.bmc.chat.emotes.twitch;

import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import net.blay09.mods.bmc.api.emote.IEmote;
import net.blay09.mods.bmc.balyware.CachedAPI;
import net.minecraft.util.IntHashMap;

import java.util.Map;

public class TwitchAPI {

	public static final String CLIENT_ID = "gdhi94otnk7c7746syjv7gkr6bizq4w";

	public static final int EMOTESET_GLOBAL = 0;
	public static final int EMOTESET_TURBO = 457;

	private static final IntHashMap<String> emoteSets = new IntHashMap<>();
	private static final IntHashMap<IEmote> twitchEmotes = new IntHashMap<>();

	public static void init() {
		JsonObject object = CachedAPI.loadCachedAPI("https://twitchemotes.com/api_cache/v2/sets.json", "twitch_emotesets.json");
		if(object != null) {
			JsonObject sets = object.get("sets").getAsJsonObject();
			for(Map.Entry<String, JsonElement> entry : sets.entrySet()) {
				emoteSets.addKey(Integer.parseInt(entry.getKey()), entry.getValue().getAsString());
			}
		}
	}

	public static String getChannelForEmoteSet(int emoteSet) {
		return emoteSets.lookup(emoteSet);
	}

	public static JsonObject loadEmotes(int... emotesets) {
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		for (int emoteset : emotesets) {
			if (sb.length() > 0) {
				sb.append(",");
			}
			sb.append(emoteset);
		}
		String url = "https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/chat/emoticon_images?client_id=" + CLIENT_ID;
		if(emotesets.length > 0) {
			url += "&emotesets=" + sb.toString();
		}
		return CachedAPI.loadCachedAPI(url, "twitch_emotes" + (sb.length() > 0 ? "-" + sb.toString() : "") + ".json");
	}

	public static void registerTwitchEmote(int id, IEmote emote) {
		twitchEmotes.addKey(id, emote);
	}

	public static IEmote getEmoteById(int id) {
		return twitchEmotes.lookup(id);
	}

}


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package example;

import com.gist.twitter.FilterParameterFetcher;
import com.gist.twitter.TwitterClient;
import com.gist.twitter.UndelimitedTwitterStreamProcessor;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Set;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import org.json.JSONTokener;;

class Example {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        if (args.length == 0) {
            System.err.println(
                "Usage: Example username:password ... [-f twitter_id ...] [-t keyword]");
            System.exit(1);
        }

        Collection<String> credentials = new ArrayList<String>();
        Collection<String> followIds = null;
        Collection<String> trackKeywords = null;

        Collection<String> list = credentials;

        for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
            String arg = args[i];
            if (arg.equals("-f")) {
                followIds = new ArrayList<String>();
                list = followIds;
            }
            else if (arg.equals("-t")) {
                trackKeywords = new ArrayList<String>();
                list = trackKeywords;
            }
            else {
                list.add(arg);
            }
        }

        final Collection<String> finalFollowIds = followIds;
        final Collection<String> finalTrackKeywords = trackKeywords;

        FilterParameterFetcher filterParameterFetcher =
            new FilterParameterFetcher() {
                public Collection<String> getFollowIds() {
                    return finalFollowIds;
                }

                public Collection<String> getTrackKeywords() {
                    return finalTrackKeywords;
                }
            };

        new TwitterClient(
            filterParameterFetcher,
            new ExampleTwitterStreamProcessor(),
            "http://stream.twitter.com/1/statuses/filter.json",
            200,
            10,
            credentials,
            60 * 1000L).execute();
    }

    /**
     * Example TwitterStreamProcessor that uses org.json.* to process the
     * stream and just prints out each tweet.  This isn't an endorsement
     * of any techniques, just an example.  In real life the tweet would
     * likely be put into some kind of queue system.
     */
    private static class ExampleTwitterStreamProcessor
        extends UndelimitedTwitterStreamProcessor {
        public void processTwitterStream(InputStream is, String credentials,
            Set<String> ids)
            throws InterruptedException, IOException {

            JSONTokener jsonTokener = new JSONTokener(
                new InputStreamReader(is, "UTF-8"));
            while (true) {
                try {
                    JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(jsonTokener);
                    System.out.println("Got " + jsonObject);
                }
                catch (JSONException ex) {
                    throw new IOException(
                        "Got JSONException: " + ex.getMessage());
                }
            }
        }
    }
}


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Entrepreneurs feel optimistic amid COVID-19: survey
87% of business owners feel confident they can recuperate quickly when faced with setbacks: RBC Poll
September 16, 2020	by CM Staff
ITU/Rowan Farrell
TORONTO — In RBC's 2020 Small Business Poll, business owners cite greater confidence than the average Canadian to remain resilient. When faced with setbacks, nearly 9 out of 10 business owners say they can bounce back, compared to 72% in the general population polled.
Similarly, business owners (88%) are more likely than the general population (73%) to report confidence in their ability to deliver creative solutions to problems.
According to survey findings, 82% of owners polled expect their business to ride out the pandemic and 22% of owners even expect to prosper in the six months ahead.
"Small businesses — and the inspiring Canadians who build them — have and always will be the backbone of our country's economy," said Lori Darlington, vice-president of Small Business and Strategic Partnerships, RBC, in a prepared statement. "Especially in these unprecedented times, entrepreneurship requires a great deal of resiliency — and fortunately, a majority of those who pursue it possess the mental strength, adaptability and business acumen needed to weather the ups and the downs of the journey. Building upon these strengths, entrepreneurs can further bolster their businesses by tapping into the right tools and guidance, and taking steps to plan and adjust during the recovery phase."
Early childhood experiences can shape the resiliency of future entrepreneurs
The resiliency that characterizes and creates Canadian entrepreneurs often finds its roots early on. In fact, more than one-in-three (34%) entrepreneurs polled indicated that they experienced financial distress or instability during childhood, compared to only 20% of Canadians polled overall.
Among those surveyed, entrepreneurs (35%) were more likely than the general population (29%) to have parents who owned a business or were self-employed. Those who were encouraged to earn money through entrepreneurial ventures during childhood had a higher chance of becoming a business owner later on, with 30% of owners reporting early entrepreneurial experiences compared to 24% in the general population.
"As these findings show, resiliency is often forged in the face of challenges," commented Darlington. "Even as the COVID-19 pandemic reshapes the small business landscape as we know it, the challenges of today promise to pave the way for a strong, new generation of Canadian entrepreneurs and businesses tomorrow."
In addition, Canadians believe that the top three priorities for businesses in the next 12 months to support their recovery and growth should be: refining their core product or service offerings (61%), contingency planning (57%) and financial prudence (51%).
Canadian small business owners optimistic as economy reopens: survey
Canadian entrepreneurs planning to invest in new projects: survey
Small biz owners plan on hiring, investment: RBC
Canadian entrepreneurs rely on full-time jobs to keep startups afloat
Rapid Dose Therapeutics executes an LOI to acquire Consolidated Craft Brands
Alberta Innovates partners with NSERC to advance research towards commercialization
NEXE launches new food manufacturing brand
5N Plus acquires stake in Microbion and secures manufacturing rights
Demers Ambulances celebrates 60 years of business
Canadians welcome technology at work, but not everybody is benefiting
Ontario to administer first COVID-19 vaccines today


Dr. Menahem Anderman founded Advanced Automotive Batteries (AAB) in 2000 to provide up-to-date information on the most pivotal issues that impact the technology and market of advanced vehicles and the batteries that will power them. AAB offered single and multi-client reports, and successfully launched the international Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC). In 2010, to keep pace with the rapidly developing technology and market, AAB expanded to two conferences annually with the addition of events in Europe and Asia. For 15 years, the AABC events have been renowned for attracting professionals from the xEV world, and the three tiers of the battery supply chain.
In June of 2015, Cambridge EnerTech, a division of Cambridge Innovation Institute, acquired AAB's bi-annual conferences. Phillips Kuhl, President of Cambridge Innovation Institute, stated, "We are delighted to be able to add these two very successful and focused conferences to our growing lineup of rechargeable battery events." Dr. Anderman remains actively involved in program development for AABC and will be chairing sessions for the 2016 conferences.
The 2016 European Advanced Automotive & Industrial Battery Conference (AABC Europe) will be held in Mainz, Germany, January 25-28. It will offer a four-day program that will examine the advances in energy storage technologies and the expanding market for advanced batteries, with a focus on the European perspective.
The 2016 Advanced Automotive & Stationary Battery Conference (AABC 2016), the premier international battery conference, will be held at the COBO Center in Detroit, June 13-17, 2016. Top energy storage technologists from leading car companies from the U.S., Asia, and Europe, as well as their international suppliers, will convene to discuss the advances in technology and market for advanced automotive batteries.
For complete program details, please visit AdvancedAutoBat.com.


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That time when Toronto TV was fit for aerobics
It's that time of the year again when the gluttonous excess of making merry has to be atoned and gyms are brimming over with new puffy faces who probably won't last a month. While Good Life memberships or Jillian Michaels and Skinny Bitch DVDs are the most common instruments for getting fit in the new year, there was time not all that long ago when local broadcasters were mad for fitness shows and created some amusing shows celebrating the art of getting fit.
In the sweaty wake of Jane Fonda's Workout, the VHS juggernaut of 1982, Fitness and aerobic workouts became as crucially trend defining to the 1980s as a sockless Don Jonson, leg warmers and "Just say no". Most famous and still fondly recalled three decades later was The 20 Minute Workout, a cheap as chips studio production from animation upstarts Nelvana, which aired on the still burgeoning Citytv and featured a bevy of spandex adorned beauties grooving with a pulsating electro soundtrack (later released on vinyl).
Only 2 seasons of 20 Minute Workout were produced- all 65 episodes were filmed at Magder Studios in Scarborough – however the series ran daily in syndication for years and developed a questionable cult following based mostly around "Aerobics Queen of the 80s," Bess Motta, who led the workout in its first season and also co-starred as Linda Hamilton's unlucky flat mate in the original Terminator (1984). While the show did wonders to raise the profile of regular aerobic activity, it was the mildly sleazy style in which the show was filmed and marketed that brought it so much infamy (one of the many unfounded rumours that plagued the show in the early days was that it's camera crew shot pornographic films in between aerobic sets, although with promos like the one below it's not hard to see why so many people were hoodwinked).
Although nothing matched the gargantuan popularity of 20 Minute Workout, there were many pretenders – The Fitness People, Fitness Break, Fit for Life and Toronto Today's daily installment of Flexercize with the breathless Vyvyan Campbell.
One of the more bizarre workout series was CHCH 11's Good Morning Workout which featured the host Pamela Callyer working out with her dog.
While the majority of shows were aimed squarely at young women, there were also fitness programs created at TVOntario aimed at both a much younger, and much older audience.
Around the same time, Participaction and the Province of Ontario were buying a lot of airtime to promote fitness and getting into shape with public service announcements like this:
It's mildly amusing to look back on what worked but mostly didn't in that decade as the initial rat race to monetize fitness kicked off and made so many people rich, especially 20 Minute Workout. It was the cash cow that built the house of Nelvana (although they would much rather acknowledge their vintage kid shows like Inspector Gadget and The Care Bears), and most likely gently ushered a generation of young boys into adulthood, but like so many other legendary Canadian TV series the legacy is mostly forgotten and unavailable, with only a handful of fuzzy bootleg DVDs and torrents floating around the darker corners of the internet. While the aerobic content is out-dated, those old episodes are a great time capsule of the fitness mad decade that was the 1980s.
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Insurance adjustors are well aware of the growing presence of insurance fraud in this country. If insurance fraud were a company it would be listed in the Fortune 500. Cope Investigative Services, LLC a leading insurance investigator has been working such cases, with proven results for decades. C.I.S. investigations have saved insurance companies millions of dollars in payments of fraudulent claims. The lead insurance investigator, Charles C. Cope, is a Certified Fraud Examiner. He has worked on insurance fraud cases involving, but not limited to, burglary, auto theft, personal injury, workers compensation, and disability. Clients trust Cope Investigative Services, LLC to conduct thorough investigations legally and professionally. The speed at which C.I.S. investigators respond to the scene when requested, facilitates immediate results.


But for now, all he had to do was ignore the pain in his side, make it over the next bend, then finally hike through the northern edge of the Kinsingers' property. Once he did all that, the road would be flat. A whole lot easier to walk on.was ignore the pain in his side, make it over the next bend, then finally hike through the northern edge of the Kinsingers' property. Once he did all that, the road would be flat. A whole lot easier to walk on.
He winced as he shifted his stuffed army-green backpack on his left shoulder, wishing that his right one wasn't as bruised as it was. 'Course, if he was making wishes, he should probably start with wishing that he didn't have a black eye or cut lip. From there he could wish his ribs weren't hurting, either.with wishing that he didn't have a black eye or cut lip. From there he could wish his ribs weren't hurting, either.


Have an 1986 Honda Spree. All of a sudden no spark. New coil, new CDI, kill switch good. How do I check to see if the stator faulty?
Could be something as simple as a defective spark plug cap. Don't waste your money buying unnecessary parts. The regulator/rectifier is only used to charge the battery. It has absolutely nothing to do with the spark plug firing. There is a "pulse coil" near the stator. #2 http://www.partsfish.com/oemparts/a/hon/506b9cbff870023420a20097/alternator It acts like a set of points and tells the coil when to fire the spark plug. A service manual is necessary to learn of the specs to test it.
Could be the stator or the regulator/rectifier. You need a multimeter. Check the voltage to the battery first, should read about 13.5V-14.5V with the engine RUNNING (ha-ha). Check the voltage from the stator to the rec/reg engine running. So, replace the reg/rect first and hopefully that's good, If not the stator is next.
Now you wanna check stuff? Thought you were using the random replacement method of troubleshooting. You sure it ain't got a magneto with, like, a lighting coil? Hazya got a shop book? Them's got troubleshootin' and, like, circuit descriptions, dude.
Es normal que una moto nueva no prenda como debe de ser con motor frío Es desir solo con apretar freno y el botón de ensendido sin acelerar? What is a salicylate? Why do you need to be aware of them? Are dirt bikes street legal in mississippi? E-grom/Boom 2000w scoot/bike. Do I need motorcycle license and plate for this scoot. Location Sf? Coolster 125cc semi auto pit bike vs SSR sr125 semi auto pit bike who wins and which has better quality n durability!!!!which is the fastest?


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If you've ever watched the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, chances are you're familiar with the bouncy, tousled waves that most of the Angels model down the runway. Thanks to our backstage sneak peeks in years past, we happen to know that celebrity hairstylist Sarah Potempa swears by her trusty Beachwaver to get the job done. This year, she'll be heading to Paris to recreate those flawless manes once more, and she'll be bringing the Angels' favorite curling iron along for the ride. It's always a good time to test out these holiday party-ready waves, but today there's an extra reason to grab your own Beachwaver. While the high-tech hot tool normally retails at $200, Amazon is offering it up for https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0175YZP5S/ref=as_li_ss_tl?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-2&pf_rd_r=C4V2AT6R0KFYA4B50PDD&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=9a008bde-14a1-4407-b4d1-f99283a0251a&pf_rd_i=16049019011&th=1&linkCode=sl1&tag=hollywoocm16-20&linkId=c3963940a8142a5c0eb918e6473ed391 35% off — meaning you can replicate the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show hair (down to the last strand!) for $130.
So, what makes this particular wand so special? It's motorized, which means you can control the curl with the press of a button. It may sound a little unnerving, but as seasoned Beachwaver users, we can tell you that it seriously cuts down on curl time. The barrel size is perfect for producing cascading curls that are neither too tight nor too lose, and the heat distribution ensures that your waves will stay intact all night long. We may not all be able to make it to Paris and watch the VS glam go down, but this is definitely the next best thing!