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Q: Calculate the euclidean distance in scipy csr matrix I need to calculate the Euclidean Distance between all points that is stored in csr sparse matrix and some lists of points. It would be easier for me to convert the csr to a dense one, but I couldn't due to the lack of memory, so I need to keep it as csr.
So for example I have this data_csr sparse matrix (view in both, csr and dense):
data_csr
(0, 2)  4
(1, 0)  1
(1, 4)  2
(2, 0)  2
(2, 3)  1
(3, 5)  1
(4, 0)  4
(4, 2)  3
(4, 3)  2

data_csr.todense()
[[0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0]
 [1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0]
 [2, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0]
 [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1]
 [4, 0, 3, 2, 0, 0]]

and this center lists of points:
center
array([[0, 1, 2, 2, 4, 1],
      [3, 4, 1, 2, 4, 0]])

using the scipy.spatial package, the Euclidean Distance array between data_csr and center  will be like the one below. So each point, of total 6 points, in each row of center was calculated against all rows in data_csr. The first row of the result array(2,5) is the ED between the first row of center and all rows in data_csr.
scipy.spatial.distance.cdist(center, data_csr, 'euclidean')

array([[ 5.09901951,  3.87298335,  5.19615242,  5.        ,  5.91607978],
      [ 7.34846923,  5.38516481,  5.91607978,  6.8556546 ,  6.08276253]])

What I've learned so far that I can get the nonzero values as well the indices with:
data_csr.data
array([4, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 4, 3, 2])

data_csr.indices
array([2, 0, 4, 0, 3, 5, 0, 2, 3])

But still I can't figure out how to calculate the ED between these two objects.

A: Pairwise euclidian distance on sparse matrices is implemented in sklearn (as pointed out by hpaulj, the scipy implementation does not work on sparse matrices).
Example on hpaulj example:
import scipy.sparse
import sklearn.metrics.pairwise
data = [4,1,2,2,1,1,4,3,2]
col = [0,1,1,2,2,3,4,4,4]
row = [2,0,4,0,3,5,0,2,3]
M = scipy.sparse.csr_matrix((data,(col,row)))
distances = sklearn.metrics.pairwise.pairwise_distances(M,M)

Documentation: http://scikit-learn.org/stable/modules/generated/sklearn.metrics.pairwise.pairwise_distances.html

A: So let's create your matrix (too bad you didn't give inputs that I could copy-n-paste)
In [114]: data=[4,1,2,2,1,1,4,3,2]
In [115]: col=[0,1,1,2,2,3,4,4,4]
In [116]: row=[2,0,4,0,3,5,0,2,3]
In [117]: M=sparse.csr_matrix((data,(col,row)))

In [118]: M
Out[118]:
<5x6 sparse matrix of type '<type 'numpy.int32'>'
    with 9 stored elements in Compressed Sparse Row format>

In [119]: M.A
Out[119]:
array([[0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0],
       [1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0],
       [2, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1],
       [4, 0, 3, 2, 0, 0]])

In [121]: center=np.array([[0,1,2,2,4,1],[3,4,1,2,4,0]])

So how did you calculate the distance?  M.A is (5,6), center is (2,6).  It's not obvious what you are doing with these two arrays.
As for access to the 'raw' sparse values, the coo format is easiest to understand.  It's the same row,col,data stuff I used to create the matrix
In [131]: M.tocoo().data
Out[131]: array([4, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 4, 3, 2])

In [132]: M.tocoo().col
Out[132]: array([2, 0, 4, 0, 3, 5, 0, 2, 3])

In [133]: M.tocoo().row
Out[133]: array([0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4])

The csr stores the same info in data, indices and indptr arrays. But you have to do some math to pull to the i,j values from the last 2.  csr multiplication routines make good use of these arrays.
In general it is better to do multiplication with csr matrices than addition/subtraction.
I await further clarification.

spatial.distance.cdist(center,M.A, 'euclidean')
Out[156]:
array([[ 5.09901951,  3.87298335,  5.19615242,  5.        ,  5.91607978],
       [ 7.34846923,  5.38516481,  5.91607978,  6.8556546 ,  6.08276253]])

What we need to do is study this function, and understand its inputs.  We may have to go beyond its docs and look at the code.
But looking at this code I see steps to ensure that xB is 2d array, with the same number of columns as xA.  Then for euclidian it calls
_distance_wrap.cdist_euclidean_wrap(_convert_to_double(XA),
                                    _convert_to_double(XB), dm)

which looks like a wrapper on some C code.  I can't imagine any way of feeding it a sparse matrix.
You could iterate over rows; calling dist with M[[0],:].A is the same as M.A[[0],:] - except for speed.  Iterating over rows of a sparse matrix is kind of slow, as much because it has to construct a new sparse matrix at each iteration.  csr and lil are the 2 fastest for row iteration.
Here's something that might be faster - directly iterating on the attributes of the lil format:
 def foo(a,b,n):
    # make a dense array from data,row
    res = np.zeros((1,n))
    res[0,b]=a
    return res

In [190]: Ml=M.tolil()

In [191]: Ml.data
Out[191]: array([[4], [1, 2], [2, 1], [1], [4, 3, 2]], dtype=object)

In [192]: Ml.rows
Out[192]: array([[2], [0, 4], [0, 3], [5], [0, 2, 3]], dtype=object)

In [193]: rowgen=(foo(a,b,6) for a,b in zip(Ml.data,Ml.rows))

In [194]: np.concatenate([spatial.distance.cdist(center,row, 'euclidean') for row in rowgen],axis=1)
Out[194]:
array([[ 5.09901951,  3.87298335,  5.19615242,  5.        ,  5.91607978],
       [ 7.34846923,  5.38516481,  5.91607978,  6.8556546 ,  6.08276253]])

For now I'll skip the time tests.

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The Storytelling Animal: A Conversation with Jonathan Gottschall
By Maria Konnikova on April 19, 2012
Stories are all around us. But what is it about the story that holds such a powerful grip on the human imagination? That's the question that Jonathan Gottschall tackles in his new book, The Storytelling Animal. Stories can change our behavior. They can influence our perceptions. They may even have the potential to, quite literally, change the flow of history—or at least some parts of it.
In the following conversation, Gottschall explores the nature of human affinity for narrative and reflects on the future of story in the age of the Internet, video games, films, and ever-evolving media that may threaten to undermine—or at least, to change in unpredictable ways—the traditional bounds of our storytelling past.
MK: What was your inspiration for the book? Why did you choose psychology (as opposed to say, philosophy) as your main approach path?
JG: My work seeks to bridge the gap between the two cultures of the humanities and sciences. How can we use science to better understand fiction? And what can scientists learn from fiction and the other arts?
But the idea for this specific book came to me not from research but from a song. I was driving down the highway and happened to hear the country music artist Chuck Wicks singing "Stealing Cinderella"—a song about a little girl growing up to leave her father behind. Before I knew it, I was blind from tears, and I had to veer off on the road to get control of myself and to mourn the time—still more than a decade off—when my own little girls would fly the nest. I sat there on the side of the road feeling sheepish and wondering, "What just happened?"
Who hasn't had a similar experience? When we submit to fiction--whether in novels, songs, or films—we allow ourselves to be invaded by storytellers who seize control of us cognitively and emotionally. I wrote the book to try to understand how stories—the fake struggles of fake people—could have such power over us.
MK: Why hasn't this book been written before? In other words, why is it so easy for us to be taken in by story—and yet much more difficult to ask the question that you posed, why exactly it is that we are taken in?
JG: Well, I do draw on a lot of excellent research by people working in a similar vein. But I agree with the spirit of your question: If story is such a big deal in human life, why doesn't it get more attention? I think it's because, in general, we just aren't fully aware of it. In the same way that plankton isn't aware that it's tumbling through salt water, we humans aren't aware that we are constantly moving through story—from novels, to films, to religious myths, to dreams and fantasies, to jokes, pro wrestling, and children's make believe.
Then there's the problem of academic boundaries. In universities, we chop story to pieces and spread it across departments. Psychologists get dreams. Musicologists get song. Literary scholars get novels. Anthropologists and folklorists get traditional tales. And so on. This keeps us from seeing stories--from opera librettos to nightmares--as aspects of a unified mental process involving the construction of imaginative scenarios. And it keeps us from seeing how story infiltrates every aspect of how we live and think.
MK: Mind wandering, according to research by psychologist Daniel Gilbert, makes us unhappy. And yet it seems to be our brain's default state. Do you see a balance between daydreaming—which, as you point out, we engage in all the time—and being "in the moment," so to speak?
JG: It would be nice if we could strike that balance, but I'm skeptical. Our daydreams, like our night dreams, usually just happen. Typically, we don't will them into being, and it is very hard to suppress them (as anyone who has tried to quiet a racing mind at 4 AM knows). To me, this is so cool: our brains are constantly generating these little inner films, and "we" don't really have a say in it.
MK: You talk about the fine line between creativity and insanity. How do we keep our storytelling in check, so that it is a productive and not a destructive force in our lives?
JG: The human mind is addicted to stories. We make them up all time, and we can easily be taken in by them. Once we latch on to a story (be it a religious narrative or a conspiracy theory) it's hard to give it up. So we need to be wary of the power of story. But, on the other hand, a little fiction can be a good thing. Take our own life stories. We all have a story that we tell about ourselves—about who we are, what our formative experiences were, and what our lives mean. But psychologists have shown that these stories aren't very trustworthy. They are based on distorted memories and wildly optimistic assessments of our own qualities. Yet, crafting these stories—and believing them—seems to be preserve our mental health. People who don't overrate their own personal qualities tend to get depressed. So the little fictions we make up about ourselves are healthy, so long as they don't cross over into narcissistic travesty.
MK: You raise some powerful examples of the ability of story to, quite literally, change the course of history, including that of Adolf Hitler. In describing Wagner's effect on Hitler, you write, "But even historians who are skeptical of the Rienzi story do not deny that Wagner's sprawling hero saga—with their Germain gods and knights, their Valkyries and giants, their stark portrayals of good and evil—helped shape Hitler's character." What makes a story so powerful? Could Hitler, for instance, have appropriated some other content—and used it to tell the same story of his destiny? In other words, was there a story that he wanted to tell, that he then superimposed on to Wagner's sagas, or was the Wagner the real inspiration or cause behind Hitler's changing identity?
JG: We'll never know for sure. This is one of those counter-factual questions that historians love to speculate about—to tell historical stories about. Egomaniacal Hitler may have been primed to fasten on to a narrative like Wagner's Rienzi—one that flattered his sense of vast personal promise. But when Hitler first saw Rienzi he was just sixteen; at that time he dreamed of conquering the world with art, not armies. He wanted to be a great painter. It seems possible that a different story could have moved Hitler—and thus history—in a different direction.
I use Hitler's relationship to Wagner—and other less controversial instances of story changing history (like Uncle Tom's Cabin)—as an entry point into psychological research. Studies show that we overestimate our immunities to story. Fiction shapes our attitudes, actions, and values more than we know. I think story is one of the most powerful shaping forces in human life.
MK: You recount an anecdote about your daughter, Abby, learning for the first time about Christopher Columbus. As you point out, "what Abigail was taught is mostly fiction, not history. It is a story that is simply wrong in most details and misleading in the rest." You go on to note that, "Throughout most of our history, we've taught myths." Is this tendency to mythologize the past a bad thing, or does it help us remember better by storifying events, so to speak? Is there a balance between story and factual accuracy?
JG: The standard story of Columbus's discovery of the new world is much closer to myth than history. The dark side of Columbus's journey is left out, and the heroic side (and there is a heroic side of it) is embellished. But myths have a purpose, and being factually "true" isn't one of them. Myths modify and regulate behavior. They bond people together around a common identity. But myths have a dark side as well. Take the supernatural myths of religion. In 1869 the German evolutionist Gustav Jager prefigured modern theorists like David Sloan Wilson when he suggested that religion is "a weapon in the [Darwinian] struggle for survival." As Jager's language suggests, this doesn't make religion a good thing. There are good things about religion, including the way its stories bind people into more harmonious collectives. But there is an obvious dark side to religion too: the way it is so readily weaponized. Religion draws co-religionists together and drives those of different faiths apart.
MK: You describe your daughters as spending a good part of their early years in Neverland—as, indeed, do most children. Why do we lose that childlike effortlessness of make believe? Would it be beneficial to nurture it and maintain it? What positive value is there in the types of adult game communities, such as LARP (live action role playing), that you describe?
JG: I admire LARPers. Most of us stop making believe sometime in middle childhood. But LARPers decide, as adults, that they want to re-enter Neverland, and so they do. The LARP community is small, but there's now a huge number of grownups playing online versions of LARP like The World of Warcraft. These video games offer make-believe role-play inside a digital Neverland. For me, this all supports the Peter Pan principle: Humans are the species that just won't grow up. We may stop acting out our stories, but we never actually leave Neverland, never stop pretending. We just gradually change how we do it. Instead of making up our stories and acting them out—as children do—we spend more and more time inside the fantasies created by others: novels, TV shows, plays, video games, and so on.
MK: You point out that people are reading less fiction because they are finding their stories elsewhere—TV, music, video games. Studies have shown that readers of fiction are more empathetic, have better social skills, and are generally more understanding than their non-fiction reading counterparts. (And you make the point in your book that stories are, essentially, moral.) Do you think we can get this same benefit from stories that aren't fiction in the traditional sense—that is, stories told through non-literary means?
JG: Yes, I do. I think you find story's primordial patterns in television, film, and video game narratives. I argue in the book, that fiction is both endlessly variable, and shockingly uniform. As you cross cultures and move around in history, you find the same basic concerns and the same basic story structure. The technology of story changes—from oral tales, to clay tablets, to medieval codices, to printed books, to movie screens, iPads, and Kindles. But the stories themselves don't ever change. They have the same old obsessions. And that won't change until human nature changes.
MK: You write, "The real threat isn't that story will fade out of human life in the future; it's that story will take it over completely." That point of view contrasts, I think, with the approach of someone like Jane McGonigal, who argues in Reality is Broken that games could be the answer to all of our problems and that play is really our ideal state. Do you see your views as opposed or as complementary? What do you think of her argument?
JG: Reality is Broken is an interesting book, and I see our arguments as mainly complementary. I think we agree that the booming popularity of story-centric video games owes to the way that virtual worlds are becoming, in many ways, more appealing than real life (and these are still the early days; imagine what these games will be like a few decades from now). I guess I'm more pessimistic about the implications than McGonigal. I see storytelling moving in the direction of Star Trek's holodeck. On the holodeck, Star Trek's characters enter into holonovels, where they get to actually be the heroine of a romance novel or the hero of a detective story. The holodeck is a computerized walk-in closet that allows the user to simulate anything in absolutely realistic detail. But I think Star Trek's creators underplay the holodeck's destructive potential. If you had a technology that allowed you to live any story you wanted, why would you ever come out? Why would you ever want to stop being god?
Jonathan Gottschall is the author of "The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). He is an English professor at Washington and Jefferson College in Pennsylvania.
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Imidacloprid - Expert overview - Bayer (2001)
With reference to Cox, Caroline (2001), Insecticide Factsheet / Imidacloprid, Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP),
Journal of Pesticide Reform, Vol. 21, No.1, pp.15-21
Bayer experts from different scientific fields compiled this position paper to allow a balanced assessment of imidacloprid.
In the NCAP fact sheet detailed information about imidacloprid has been compiled but with reference mainly to the intrinsic properties of the active ingredient. The whole article is therefore based mainly on the description of the hazards of imidacloprid. Presenting study results in this way is misleading and does not allow an objective overview or understanding.
Before a crop protection product can be marketed it has to pass a thorough investigation by each national regulatory authority. In this procedure, in all countries with high registration standards, a risk assessment is performed in line with internationally harmonised, standardised and validated testing guidelines. As a first step all studies are targeted to find out the intrinsic toxicity (hazard identification) of the compound and to establish dosages at which such an effect can not be observed (NOAEL = no-observed adverse effect level). These are the values which are mainly referred to in the NCAP fact sheet. In order to minimise or exclude any possible risk for the farmer, the consumer or the environment, it is important to collect information about the possible exposure. Even if a product is highly toxic for e.g. insects - if it is almost impossible that the insect will ever get in touch with this product these insects are not at risk! This is the second - and very important - step in a reasonable risk assessment that is often left out in the NCAP fact sheet. The NCAP fact sheet deals only with the intrinsic properties of imidacloprid (no real risk assessment of using the products), is citing studies without giving the whole picture and refers mainly to laboratory work, the results of which cannot directly be applied to practical field conditions.
In 1985, Bayer chemists synthesised imidacloprid for the first time. Because of its new mode of action controlling many important pests already resistant to other insecticides and its excellent systemic properties allowing a lot of innovative application techniques, farmers made this compound the most successful insecticide world wide within a decade. Today imidacloprid is marketed in more than 120 countries protecting more than 140 crops.
How does imidacloprid work?
Imidacloprid works differently to other insecticides presently being marketed (i.e. carbamates, organophosphates and pyrethroids). The mode of action is based on interference of the transmission of impulses in the nerve system of insects. Similar to the naturally occurring signal-transmitting acetylcholine, imidacloprid stimulates certain nerve cells by acting on a receptor protein. In contrast to acetylcholine, which is quickly degraded by the enzyme acetylcholine-esterase, imidacloprid is inactivated either very slowly or not at all. It has both contact and ingestion activity. The target pest's feeding activity ceases within minutes to hours, and death occurs usually within 24 - 48 hours but can take up to 7 days depending on the mode of application. As to its performance: good reliable control, high selectivity, quick knock-down/protection and long residual activity are key features.
Systemic properties
Imidacloprid is characterised by its excellent systemic properties. The uptake of the active substance via the roots is an important prerequisite for soil-directed application, e.g. via irrigation systems (drench), in-furrow application, granular application including seedling-box application in rice, or seed treatment. Because of the excellent systemic activity and the low application rates, imidacloprid can be used as a seed dressing - trademark Gaucho® - as well as for foliar, soil and stem treatment - trademarks Confidor®, Admire®.
Biological spectrum
The biological spectrum of imidacloprid covers a broad range of target pests, such as:
sucking insects: aphids, whiteflies, leaf- and planthoppers, thrips, scales, mealy bugs, bugs, psyllids, phylloxera;
coleoptera (beetles): leaf beetles (e.g. Colorado potato beetle, rice water weevil), wireworms, grubs, flea beetles;
others: lepidopterous leafminers, some dipterous pests, termites, locusts, and fleas.
The trademarks for imidacloprid as a termiticide are Hachikusan® (Japan), Premise® (USA, Australia, Asia, world-wide). Under the trademark Advantage® it has been used commercially as a veterinary medicinal product for flea control on cats and dogs in the USA since 1996 and in Europe since 1997.
How toxic is imidacloprid?
Active ingredients to be used in plant protection must undergo an extensive battery of toxicological studies. The objective of these studies is to establish the toxicological hazard potential of the compound after single and repeated exposure so that an assessment can then be made of the risk to humans as users of the formulation and as consumers of the treated foodstuffs.
Accordingly, the toxicological testing performed with imidacloprid included a wide range of different study types:
The duration of compound administration to different species was increased progressively; from one single application (acute toxicity), through repeated feeding over several weeks (subacute/subchronic toxicity) to two year feeding (chronic toxicity).
All possible routes of administration were included (oral, dermal and inhalation).
The potential for specific toxic action such as developmental or reproduction toxicity, oncogenicity, neurotoxicity and genotoxicity, was checked.
From the results of these comprehensive studies it can be concluded that imidacloprid has a favourable toxicological profile for warm-blooded mammals. The symptoms observed following oral intake consisted of behavioural, respiratory and motility disturbances; narrowed palpebral fissures, transient trembling and spasms. They were reversible within six days. Imidacloprid was found to have practically no acute dermal toxicity and low acute inhalation toxicity. It is not irritating to skin or eyes and is not a skin sensitizer.
Mutagenity
No evidence of an oncogenic potential of imidacloprid was found in either the rat or the mouse long-term feeding studies. Imidacloprid exhibits no genotoxic or mutagenic potential under in vivo conditions.
Effects on reproduction
The reproductive toxicity of imidacloprid was investigated in a two-generation study in rats and in developmental toxicity studies in rats and rabbits. Reproduction behaviour and outcome were not negatively affected.
Overall the data show that imidacloprid has no primary reproductive toxicity and exerts no teratogenic potential.
Acute / Subchronic Toxicity
In an acute and a subchronic neurotoxicity screening study in rats investigating specific neuro-toxicological parameters by a functional observation battery, by automated motor activity measurements, and by special neurohistopathology, no primary neurotoxic effects were found for imidacloprid. All effects observed were related to the general toxicity of this compound.
In conclusion, no specific areas of concern were identified in the toxicological profile for imidacloprid and no-observed adverse effect levels (NOAEL) were established. In a risk assessment using the lowest relevant NOAEL of the most sensitive species for a comparison with exposure values predicted for specific use scenarios always resulted in high margins of safety indicating that imidacloprid is safe for both, the operator and the consumer.
How toxic is imidacloprid for the environment ?
The ecotoxicological part of the NCAP article is implying hazards and risks to many groups of organisms by only mentioning the respective intrinsic toxicity values.
While it is acknowledged that imidacloprid is highly toxic to some groups of organisms e.g. insects, a high intrinsic toxicity alone does not mean a high risk.
With reference to the NCAP fact sheet the following examples of misleading wording are given.
Bird problems?
It is stated that "Other problems caused by imidacloprid in birds include ..... reduced egg production and hatching success (at exposures of 234 ppm in food).". It is, however, omitted that these effects occurred in a study where birds were fed the treated diet exclusively over a period of more than 20 weeks. Under natural conditions, such an exposure (at this level over such a long time) is completely unrealistic.
Egg shell thinning in birds?
In its first assessment EPA came to the conclusion that egg shell thinning was found in the avian reproduction study. It could be demonstrated, however, that this finding was due to an artefact in the measurements and that imidacloprid caused no eggshell thinning. This explanation was accepted by EPA thus it seems astonishing that the respective documentation is not cited in the NCAP paper, despite obviously detailed research and access to EPA internal communication documents.
Effects on earthworms
It is correct that imidacloprid is acutely toxic to earthworms. The sublethal effects shown in laboratory studies on e.g. sperm deformities or DNA damage must be seen in relation to exposure in the field. If these effects were relevant to natural conditions, they should also be detectable under practical conditions. Long-term field studies were performed under different agricultural conditions in which imidacloprid was applied over several years again and again. In no case did a long term-effect on earthworm populations occur. Thus, these laboratory-derived effects have no relevance to the field (due to lack of sufficiently high exposure or because they are not biologically relevant at the population level).
Effects on cats?
Linking the death of a cat, that was already ill with cancer to the treatment with a preparation containing imidacloprid is more than speculatory: in five years of world-wide monitoring of the use of imidacloprid preparations on cats, no single causal relationship between the death of a cat and the treatment with imidacloprid has been found. In addition the original paper states that imidacloprid was proven not to be the cause of death of this cat which also suffered from a final stage chronic cardiomyopathy.
Furthermore many millions of cats are treated yearly world-wide with imidacloprid preparations against fleas without any side effect. In several large, well-controlled GLP trials, cats - including weaned kittens at the age of eight weeks - received doses five-fold above the recommended therapeutic level with no signs of adverse effects.
How is the imidacloprid resistance management designed?
Since its introduction into the market more than ten years ago, and due to Bayer's responsible care approach and strong support from the academic community, a strategy was designed to maintain this useful agricultural tool in the market for as long as possible, also with a view to future chloronicotinyls under development. Bayer has performed baseline susceptibility and cross-resistance studies for imidacloprid, and, on the basis of all these studies, guidelines were developed to prevent the development of possible resistance and cross-resistance (see Bayer AG (2000): Technical Information Brochure Confidor, Leverkusen).
There is an ongoing world-wide monitoring of critical field populations, which has shown no evident shift in sensitivity. Only two very local incidences of resistance related field failures (Long Island, USA, Colorado potato beetle; Almeria, Spain, whiteflies in greenhouses) have been reported.
Many studies have shown that there is no cross-resistance with any other class of insecticides, confirming imidacloprid's unique mode of action. However, there is no doubt that, if any real resistance has been established in any pest(s), this problem cannot be solved by using other neonicotinoids.
What happens to imidacloprid in the environment?
The success of imidacloprid as a crop protection product would have been unthinkable had its short and long term impact on the environment brought about any adverse effects or irreversible changes. Assuming a use pattern which guarantees the desired protective effects, the behaviour in and between the compartments of the environment, biosphere, soil, water, and atmosphere, depends on physico-chemical and chemical properties defined principally by the chemical structure. Climatic differences and diversities of the soils must also be taken also into account. Which of the theoretical outcomes will predominate following application of a crop protection product, degradation, persistence, binding to soil, volatilisation, translocation into groundwater, runoff into surface due to rainfall after application, must be established either from physico-chemical data or by direct measurements.
In the case of imidacloprid it was proven beyond doubt that persistence of residues in soil due to repetitive application over several years; translocation into deeper soil horizons, groundwater, adjacent crops or surface waters; volatilisation; and transport through the air into other regions can be ruled out. This has been confirmed again and again by world-wide and long-term experience following its use in all major crops.
Degradation in soil
There is broad evidence from research at Bayer, as well as from independent sources that imidacloprid is degraded continuously though not very rapidly. Practical trials conducted under northern European conditions showed the half-life for dissipation to be less than six months.
Degradation ends with complete mineralization to carbon dioxide, though binding of intermediate degradates to soil also occurs. It is important to draw a line between relatively long lasting residence time and persistence in the soil. Imidacloprid cannot be classified as being persistent as it does not accumulate. Long-term trials under worst case conditions with the repeated use of imidacloprid over several years have demonstrated that maximum concentrations in soil will reach a plateau and will decline if no further applications occur.
Mobility in soil and leaching into groundwater
The translocation behaviour and particularly the leaching potential of a crop protection chemical from soil into groundwater is equivalent to its inclination for hydrophilic interactions or for interactions especially with water. Imidacloprid contains in its molecular structure substituents which cause a relatively high water solubility and a low affinity to hydrophobic structures found in ordinary organic matter. The parameters, which characterise this affinity, are the partition coefficient for the system octanol-water (Pow-value) and the soil adsorption coefficient normalised to the content of organic carbon (Koc-value). Pow and Koc-values are in a range where, translocation in soil and from soil is still negligible under ordinary conditions, but where the mobility is already sufficiently high for systemic action into the roots of plants or within plants for pest control.
Behaviour in water
Though imidacloprid is not intended to be applied directly in water, it nevertheless may enter water bodies due to spray drift or in extreme situations by runoff from treated fields after rainfall. It has been shown that no unacceptable harmful effects would occur under these circumstances as the substance will undergo complete elimination from water by photolytic reactions and by microbial activity. Though the substance is stable in sterile water in the dark, it decomposes readily under the influence of light. Biotic processes under the influence of microbes present in natural water and its sediments present another mechanism for the elimination of imidacloprid.
Behaviour in air
The principal feature of imidacloprid regarding its behaviour in air is its non-volatility. Its extremely low vapour pressure in combination with a relatively high water solubility precludes direct evaporation or evaporation driven by evaporating water from soil or plant surfaces. If the substance were to be found in air samples it could only be due to an aerosol resulting from spray application. Nevertheless, a transport of imidacloprid over larger distances in the air is negligible as its chemical life-time in the atmosphere is extremely short.
The use of imidacloprid in agriculture does not entail unacceptable harmful effects for the environment as the substance will disappear under all circumstances from the compartments soil, water and air.


I see that some of my readers are prone to a little conspiracy theorising. Don't worry, I'm not about to take a cheap shot at you here; quite the opposite in fact. All I actually want to say is don't let others make you feel small simply because you refuse to run with the herd. The Native American peoples understood herd mentality and exploited it mercilessly by getting thousands of bison to run straight off cliffs.
That's the real danger in any society, people who are too afraid to think for themselves, too willing to go along to get along. And the moment someone proposes that – just maybe – things are not quite as they are presented, it's always the most fearful, the most herd-minded, among us that want to tear them down and call them crazy.
To call someone a crazy conspiracy theorist simply for suggesting that perhaps the power elite conspires among themselves to ensure that they hang on to that power, reflects the half-baked thought process of an idiot child.
Anyone who has been watching the American Presidential nominations can see that there has been a ridiculous amount of conspiring to subvert the democratic process going on. Anyone but the mainstream media, that is. Their collective and selective blindness is nothing short of staggering.
So kudos to you, the free thinkers out there, you who dare to consider (and write about) the other possibilities; no matter how unsettling they might be. You may get it wrong a lot of the time, but at least you're asking questions which, after all, is supposed to be one of the sacred duties of an educated and conscientious citizenry.
This is almost certainly the last time politics will ever be mentioned on this blog.
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Scientist recounts strange long journey to study consciousness
By Lewis Dunn
In a scene from a new documentary titled "Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness," Allen Institute neuroscientist Christof Koch watches Puget Sound as he travels on a Washington state ferry. (Umbrella films)
Could magic mushrooms hold the key that unlocks the secrets of consciousness?
Well, maybe not the only key. But Allen Institute neuroscientist Christof Koch says hallucinogenic drugs such as psilocybin, the active ingredient found in certain types of fungi, may help clinical research into the roots of depression, ecstasy and what is hidden under our sense of self.
"What they can teach us about consciousness is that the self is only one aspect of consciousness," Koch says in the latest episode of the Fiction Science podcast. "You are still very conscious, and very often this is associated with states of ecstasy, or states of fear or terror, or a combination of ecstasy and terror. … What is remarkable is that in all of these states the self is gone, and very often the outside world is gone, yet you are very aware.
The quest to understand consciousness through detailed analysis of the structure and function of the brain, scientific studies of religious and traditional practices – and yes, research into the effects of psychedelic drugs – is at the center of a film. 102 minute documentary titled "Aware: Glimpses of Conscience."
"Aware" has been on the film festival circuit for weeks, and an online screening will be the centerpiece of a live broadcast event slated for November 10. The documentary will also air on PBS next April as part of the public television channel Independent Lentil Series.
Koch, who is the chief scientist of the Seattle-based Allen Institute's MindScope brain mapping program, is one of the stars of the show.
Koch says he agreed to participate in the project because filmmakers Frauke Sandig and Eric Black were asking "interesting questions" about conscience.
Among these questions: Do animals and plants have levels of consciousness? How do Tibetan Buddhist monks, meditators and traditional Mayan healers feel when they enter altered states? Are there clinical applications for psilocybin and other hallucinogens?
Koch himself explored more than one path leading to the Secret Garden of Consciousness: In addition to mapping the brain to the nanoscale, he worked with other neuroscientists to develop a "conscious meter" that could be used. to measure patient awareness. that do not respond to treatment.
"We're developing this procedure where you basically hit the brain with a magnetic pulse, and you measure the reverberation, and you can look at the complexity of the EEG. [brain wave pattern]"Said Koch." If it's complex, the patient is probably aware although they may not respond. If it's low complex, the patient is not completely there.… It shows progress on this. very old mind-body problem, so we are not doomed forever to walk in epistemic fog.
Another more personal path concerns psilocybin. In the film, Koch recounts his experience taking magic mushrooms under the guidance of experts.
"They're totally magical in the sense that you lose your sense of yourself a little bit – you know, that constant nagging voice in your head that reminds you of your inadequacy and the things you still haven't done, and so on." , did he declare. me. "And you can be out there in the world. So it's sort of an enhanced mindfulness.
Neuroscientist Christof Koch in his laboratory at the Allen Institute. (Umbrella films)
Koch isn't the only one with a professional interest in psychedelics. "There are currently 55 different clinical trials for various psychiatric conditions in which psilocybin is used – one or two trials with psilocybin for, say, the treatment of major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, cancer-related anxiety. , alcoholism, etc. ., etc. ", did he declare. "It's always in combination with a therapist, so it's never alone."
This month, Seattle City Council unanimously passed a resolution calling for the priority to be removed from enforcement of laws banning the use of psilocybin and other natural hallucinogens. Koch said such measures, coupled with other clinical research, could eventually bring hallucinogenic drugs into the medical mainstream.
"What could happen, once some of these drugs are approved and pass phase 3 clinical trials and are approved by the FDA, still with a therapist, then you can see your doctor and he can prescribe it off-label," Koch said. . "So you can say to your doctor, 'I'm feeling a little depressed,' whatever. And then the doctor can say, yes, then we'll give you two doses. "
The connection to psilocybin comes out even more strongly during the film's interviews with Roland Griffiths, director of the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins University. Griffiths and his colleagues have conducted more than 600 experimental sessions in which psilocybin has been given to patients, including patients with life-threatening cancer cases.
"Measurements of depression are dropping markedly," Griffiths says in the documentary.
Another researcher featured in "Aware", Monica Gagliano, is conducting experiments at the University of Sydney and other research institutes to determine the level of awareness plants have of their environment.
"We know that trees and plants are not only able to detect sounds in their surroundings, but that they would also produce their own sounds," she says in the film. "The incredible amount of data emerging in the field of plant behavior and communication obviously raises more uncomfortable questions as to whether plants are actually sensitive, intelligent and conscious. "
Koch wouldn't go that far. But he suspects that animals (including his dog) have different levels of consciousness. This would be predicted by a conceptual framework known as Integrated Information Theory, or IIT – a theory adopted by Koch. One of the ideas behind IIT is that the level of consciousness is determined by the amount of irreducible integration built into an information system.
The theory has sparked much debate in neurological circles, and at least one experimental campaign has been organized to determine whether IIT or a competing model called Global Neural Workspace Theory better explains the nature of consciousness.
If the IIT is correct, Koch says it would rule out the sci-fi scenario where computers become aware.
He recognizes that artificial intelligence may one day become able to mimic all of the characteristics of human intelligence, "including writing books and painting and doing all the other things that we think are unique to us."
"So the question is, if they can be as smart as we are, don't they also share our consciousness?" And this is where IIT differs, "Koch said. "You can simulate the behavior… but that doesn't mean you have the same causal power. It's like you can simulate the gravity associated with a black hole, but funny enough, you don't have to worry about being sucked into cavitation.
The answer to the question might be different if the inventors succeed in building a neuromorphic computer that mimics the structure and function of the human brain, rather than just simulating human-level intelligence. But it could take decades, even centuries.
Koch, who turns 65 in November, is fully aware that he likely won't see all of the mysteries of consciousness revealed in his lifetime.
"We're making progress on things like the conscious meter, but it's slow," he said. "If you are a scientist, you know that you are standing on the shoulders of giants, and it is a generational project to light up the darkness of the world and try to understand, in a rational way, the place that we humans in particular , let's occupy in the universe. It is something very humiliating… but it is the mission that I have chosen for my own life.
So, is there a mystery Koch would like to see revealed? Even he was surprised by the answer he found: "Are there other intelligences out there? he said. "I mean like a human, not just insects."
For example, is there a chance that extraterrestrials will broadcast unmistakable signals picked up by the search for extraterrestrial intelligence? Could they send an interstellar asteroid like Oumuamua through our solar system as a calling card?
"It would be nice to have some certainty," Koch said, "because it would drastically change the discussion on planet Earth."
This report was originally published on Alan Boyle's Cosmic Journal. Check out the original post for bonus links to Koch's favorite consciousness film, the top book on his reading list, and other recommendations from the Cosmic Log Used Book Club.
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Kiev: The US administration, led by Trump, has always consistently supported Ukraine in the fight against corruption, in strengthening defense capabilities, and in protecting democracy and Ukrainian freedoms.
This was stated by US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo in an interview for KCMO radio.
"With regard to Ukraine, we focused on several things. First of all, this is a country with a deep history of corruption. And our mission, the mission of our ambassador, the mission of Mr. Walker was very clear - it consisted of creating a set of tools for the new leadership, President Zelensky and his the team could achieve what they announced during the campaign, namely, reducing the risk of corruption", - said the US Secretary of State.
In addition, he mentioned the Russian aggression in the Donbass and the annexation of Crimea.
"Then President Obama refused to provide them with the weapons systems needed to protect the state", - said Pompeo.
According to him, President Trump has taken a consistent position on this issue: he has three times approved the provision of American weapons to Ukraine.
"We also provided the Ukrainian side with technical assistance, which the previous administration refused to provide. We persistently support the Ukrainian people," the head of American diplomacy emphasized.
In addition, Pompeo emphasized, Washington was focused on preserving democracy and freedom in Ukraine, as well as on a European scale, and at the same time on protecting Americans.


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Q: Lorentz contraction from the book by Electrodynamics by Griffiths In the book Electrodynamics by Griffiths, derivation of Lorentz contraction is done by taking a round trip of light in a moving train.
My question is: Why don't I get the expected result by taking only one way journey of light i.e. from back end to front end of the train.

A: You are misapplying the time dilation formula, $\Delta \overline t =\sqrt{1-v^2/c^2}\ \Delta t$.
$\Delta \overline t$ is the proper time, that is the time between two events as measured in a frame of reference in which the events occur at the same place. $\Delta t$ is an improper time, the time between the same two events as measured in a frame (moving with velocity ±$v$ wrt the other frame) in which the events occur in different places.
In your one-way light transit thought experiment, the emission and arrival of the light do not occur at the same place – even in your railway carriage!


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Battlefield 2042 Won't Support Mouse or Keyboard on Console
Oct 1, 2021 Carley Garcia
Here's hoping that this changes in the future.
Less than two months away from the highly-anticipated release of Battlefield 2042, the seventeenth entry to the long-running first-person shooter series, console players might find this news a little disappointing. According to developer DICE, the game won't support keyboard or mouse setups on console–at least when the title releases this fall. In the new Community Charter listing the rules and regulations of the game in terms of player behavior, KBM is listed under the 'fair play' section, with the devs coming forward to explain in more detail.
"We can confirm that we won't be supporting this on consoles at the launch of Battlefield 2042, but we are still investigating the various options about making that available, and how it may impact cross-play. If that ever changes, you'll hear it from us first."
For those looking forward to cross-play, remember that console generations will make a difference. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players will be pooled together, and it's possible that enabling mouse and keyboard play could complicate matters a bit. For those playing the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, you'll be paired with PC players, but only if you want–yes, you can opt-out out of that. Input-based matchmaking might be an added factor to grouping players together, and throwing different input devices into the mix could throw off the balance DICE is looking to hit. Or, just as likely, the dev team might be worried about aim assist, camera speed, and other areas where playing with an analog stick is not as effective as using a mouse.
Battlefield 2042 is scheduled to release on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on November 19, 2021. Remember not to cheat, because the recently-unveiled Battlefield Community Charter lays out the penalties for in-game crimes. If you cheat, you'll be banned before you know what hit you.
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This project was part of the ISO's Strategic Planning Initiative (SPI) to address major challenges to grid reliability by enhancing pricing rules in the Day-Ahead and Real-Time Energy Markets.
The ISO evaluated changes to the design of the energy market to permit dispatchable resources to submit hourly energy offers into the Day-Ahead Energy Market and to modify the commitment cost components (start-up and no-load costs) and the incremental energy-offer component of supply offers during the operating day. The ISO also evaluated the self-scheduling rules in the context of the intraday reoffer changes and the ability for resources to submit negative-priced offers into the market.
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Coastal Weather Station Demolished Before It Could Fall Into The Ocean
By Eve Zuckoff
Published June 17, 2021 at 1:28 PM PDT
For 50 years, the National Weather Service has taken atmospheric readings twice a day from an outpost on Cape Cod. But the very storms it helps to predict have eroded the bluff where the facility sits, and this week, crews started to tear it down. Eve Zuckoff from member station WCAI reports.
EVE ZUCKOFF, BYLINE: On a sunny day at the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, meteorologist Andy Nash marvels and worries about what he sees.
ANDY NASH: There's a really nice view of the ocean right now. It's pretty. You can see sandbars off in the distance. Six, eight months ago, you couldn't see that water because there was another 50 to 80 feet of bluff and trees. And that is all gone now, and hence the need to not be here anymore.
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ZUCKOFF: Nash, who's in charge of the National Weather Service in Boston, watches as workers begin dismantling the squat gray-shingled building. Before it was decommissioned this spring, it was one of just 92 sites across the country where government meteorologists launch weather balloons to collect data about the climate and atmosphere. But since November, the bluff has eroded at an average rate of a foot and a half every week. It's a cruel irony. In this place where scientists study Mother Nature, she's telling them to leave.
EILEEN MCGOURTY: It's just an amazing thing to see and to have it happen so fast.
ZUCKOFF: That's Eileen McGourty, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who's stationed at the refuge.
MCGOURTY: You could see, like, a tree on the bank edge, and you're like, OK, that tree is not going to be there for very long. And then you come after a storm or something, and all the dirt come down with it, and you can just smell the dirt and the air. And the tree actually slides down the bluff, kind of, like, surfs its way down.
ZUCKOFF: Scientists traced the crisis back to 2017, when an April Fool's Day storm cut a channel through one of the sandbars that acts as a barrier beach.
MARK BORRELLI: Unfortunately, that flow that's going through there is just ripping that sand away from the area.
ZUCKOFF: Mark Borrelli, a coastal geologist at the Center for Coastal Studies on Cape Cod, says the problem will most likely be exacerbated by climate change. More intense storms and rising sea levels will make the ocean slam higher, harder and longer into the soft bluffs.
BORRELLI: In the 20th century, we've had about a foot of sea level rise. Well, that's going to be what we're going to see per decade if the worst-case scenario happens. It's not going to be linear, right? You're not going to see a foot every decade, but it's going to go up. It's going to have that exponential curve. So when it starts to happen - and it's already starting a little bit - it's going to get faster.
ZUCKOFF: With that threat looming, the weather station isn't the only endangered structure at the refuge. Soon, McGourty says, a boatyard, shed and dormitory for seasonal fish and wildlife workers will be in harm's way, too.
MCGOURTY: And I'll be, actually, in the next few months, laying a line of flags - basically, a line in the sand, literally - that says, once bluff erosion reaches this point, that triggers that this building will have to be removed.
ZUCKOFF: Beyond the weather station and the refuge, the impacts of rapid erosion are causing fears for the wider community, where dozens of homes sit above the same shifting sands. The National Weather Service is already looking for a new location to launch its balloons, ideally somewhere that won't be at risk of falling into the ocean anytime soon.
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After last year's dry start, Summit County golf clubs expect 'best conditions in years' thanks to heavy snowpack
Sports | May 17, 2019
A portion of Breckenridge Golf Club is seen on the evening of Thursday, May 16, in Breckenridge. The club will open 18 of its 27 holes for the season on Friday, May 24, with plans to open the remainder the following weekend.
Mitchell Lince putts on the 18th green at The River Course at Keystone Resort during the course's opening day for the 2019 season on Friday. Keystone plans to open its 18-hole Ranch Course on Friday, May 24.
Antonio Olivero / aolivero@summitdaily.com
If you ask Keystone Resort PGA professional Phil Tobias, when it comes to start-of-season weather, golf-course pros and operators such as himself like everything to be "normal."
As the golfing season gets underway this spring throughout Summit County, the question is: how close to "normal" are the conditions at local golf courses? Considering the copious snowfall the county received this winter, especially later in the season, how did it all affect courses throughout the county?
From Copper Creek Golf Course at the county's westward boundary to Keystone at the east, the answer to that question is slightly different at each location. But all in all, leaders at several clubs say the golf grounds have emerged from beneath this spring's snowpack looking better than they have in years.
"I've been here 20 years," Tobias said of Keystone's River and Ranch golf courses, "and truly, this is one of the best years I've seen coming out of the winter at both courses."
Last year, though some county courses were able to open early, dry spring weather affected the golf grounds in a different way.
"It's a 180. It's not even comparable," Tobias said of The River Course at Keystone's condition. "We're in awesome shape."
The River Course opened for the season on Friday, a week before Keystone's Ranch Course will open next Friday, May 24.
Moments after chatting in The River Course's clubhouse, snow descended on the county. It was a reminder to golfers at the county's two open courses, The River Course at Keystone and The Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks — which was the first county course to open earlier this month — that Old Man Winter hasn't completely unfurled his grip on the High Country.
For Tobias and Erroll Miller, the longtime director of golf operations at Breckenridge Golf Club, the key to a good start to golf season in the mountains revolves around Old Man Winter not blessing the county too much. Fortunately for Breckenridge Golf Club, Miller said the consistent insulation of a thick snow layer at the club throughout the winter, combined with some strong days of sunshine to melt the snow in recent weeks, has helped the club cultivate some of the best conditions, from tee to green, in years.
Considering how much more snow descended on Breckenridge compared to Keystone, Miller said the club's maintenance work is a little behind. As a result, on Friday, May 24, Breckenridge will only open 18 of its 27 holes. Due to the more north-facing slope of the club's Elk 9, it will open up a week after the Bear and Beaver 9s. Despite that, Miller is pleased with the success of the club's agronomic practices since they applied fungicide in mid-March — during the height of this winter's snowfall — to prevent snow mold on greens and tees.
The short-term drawback to all the snow: removal has been a hefty task. The long-term good news: the golf club likely won't have to ration water like last year.
"It seems a lot of years the more snow we get, the better insulation we have from winds and desecration, et cetera," Miller said. "We come out of it pretty darned good and, fortunately, 2019 is one of those years. … This year, with the amount of snow that the area received, we are ecstatic we are getting everything going next Friday. Usually by July 1, the course is in great shape. This year, gosh, by June 1 the course will be in great shape.
I'd say this is the best we've probably seen in four years."
Over at Copper Creek Golf Course, golf pro Zach Dobrota said the plan is to open June 7, a week before Copper Mountain Resort will open up its on-mountain offerings for the summer season.
If any county golf course was hit hardest by this winter's snowfall, it just might be Copper. Dobrota said on Friday the back nine of Copper's course has some snow on it still. Dobrota said that next week Copper Creek crews will delve into portions of the shady back nine where 8-foot snow banks remain alongside the course.
But a lingering layer of insulation is better than, say, three separate freeze-thaw cycles on delicate, early spring sod. Dobrota said this time last year many of Copper's putting surfaces were a kind of burnt-brown. This year, Dobrota described what he's seen as looking like the best early-season golf conditions in his 13 years in the county.
"We need a little more snow to disappear to get our heads wrapped around what we are seeing," he said. "But, so far, it's looking awesome."
Summit County golf 2019: What's new
Dobrota said Copper Creek moved its golf shop to the north side of the Copper Station building this year. The course also will roll out a new fleet of golf carts that will amount to half of the course's carts. The other half debuted at Copper Creek last year.
As for the somewhat-discussed redevelopment and potential redesign of the back nine of the course — which is in relation to a potential hotel development at the resort — Dobrota said that won't happen this summer. As such, any changes or limitations to Copper Creek won't occur until May 2020, at the earliest.
Over at Keystone, Tobias said the River and Ranch courses will soon debut a GPS system dubbed "Tagmarshal." This golf course intelligence software will work via a mobile GPS module that is adhered to golf carts. Once on the cart, the software provides a dynamic user experience for golfers where they can do such things as monitor their pace of play, see how close they are to the cart ahead and gauge the distance to checkpoints along the course as, say, the center of the green and sand traps. Previously, Keystone featured a cellphone application that provided a similar type of service to golfers. Tobias emphasized Tagmarshal is a major step forward.
"I can tell you where every single one of our golf carts are at any time on our golf course," Tobias said. "It's really robust. We can message out to the guests in the golf carts. The guests can message back to us."
Keystone will also offer what Tobias called "unlimited same-day golf." What this means is, if a golfer finishes their round on the River Course for example, and would like to continue to play on the Ranch Course, they can check tee-time availability, and if there's room, book 18 more holes at no extra charge.
Tobias also highlighted the latest technological evolution thanks to Keystone's partnership with the Callaway Golf Company: the Callaway Fit Cart. The Fit Cart provides golfers with a chance to utilize Callaway's immediate, real-time swing-analysis technology to build clubs ideal for their body and play type. The technology also provides golfers with data related to variables such as launch and spin-way.
The Keystone River Course's pro shop on Friday featured a Callaway Fit Cart, a contraption complete with dozens of shafts, heads and lofts. Tobias said interested golfers can go through a fitting process for $25. If a golfer makes a Callaway purchase as part of their fitting process, the $25 fee is waved.
"Golf is a lot like skiing," Tobias said. "When it comes to getting the right equipment — the right boot, the right ski — it's definitely worth getting professionally fit to make sure it's fun and easy."


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Once again the field lines up according to points this weekend so it's pretty obvious the qualifying times won't matter because they don't exist. Fortunately for Tony Stewart, he crashed his car into the wall before the qualifying so by the rules, he still gets to start from the pole position. That may or may not prove to be a good thing for him and the rest of the field.
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I think the two practices on Saturday prove who is running the strongest and may give us a glimpse of who may take the checkered flag on Sunday but the most important things to consider are the fastest multiple lap times; not the fastest lap time. Oh, and just one more thought on this part; what changes will the crew chiefs make before the race starts tomorrow? In other words, who is going to be unexpectedly quicker right out of the box because of those changes? That could make a big difference.
This could prove to be a race at the Magic Mile like none in the recent past and I know you've heard me say this a lot this year, but, I'm not sure who is going to win it. I don't know if it is going to be a runaway by a couple of cars starting up front after the first part of the race or if the real drama is going to be nearer the end of the race. One thing I am sure of though; part of the credit for the win will go to the crews and their pit stops, the crew chief and his strategy and, of course, when and where the yellow flags fall in the race.
This could also be the week that Richard Childress Racing breaks into the win column. RCR has had a very lean time in Cup over the last couple of years in particular. Clint Bowyer and Casey Mears both performed well in the practices today and, if they catch a break or two, (and that is a pretty big 'IF'), either one of them could end up in Victory Lane. Jeff Burton could break out of the box at any time and pull off a good finish this weekend. With the way things have gone this year, you just never know, Kevin Harvick could turn it all around at NHMS.
Martin Truex Jr and Juan Pablo Montoya both looked good and were fast in the practices and Montoya has just broken into the top 12 for the Chase after his finish at Infineon. That puts them both in the mix for being contenders on Sunday and everyone knows that the EGR teams would definitely like to take home a victory sooner than later.
I just can't say that anybody really sticks out in my mind as 'THE' winner this weekend. There are a lot of possibilities, though. Just looking at the lap times for the last practice tells just how close the field is. If we consider the fastest recorded times for all 43 starters, we see some interesting facts. The lap times are separated by a little over a second for all 43, BUT, if we look at the top 20 spots there is less than a quarter of a second separating them. That could mean it is going to be hard to pass on a consistent basis for those starting in the rear. With this being just a 301 mile race, those starting out front are going to have their hands full with those top ten or twenty behind them. If they aren't happy with the way their cars are handling near the start of the race, they won't have a lot of time to make adjustments to them.
This is where it gets difficult for this fan, because it is hard to choose between those you would like to see win and the ones that actually can win. I really try hard to not play favorites, (even though I do have them), and I do try to weigh the stats to see who really stacks up as the possible winner. This week is pretty difficult for this fan to choose a winner but I have to try.
There are a lot of possibilities when it comes to picking a winner for Sunday's race. I see some younger drivers looking awfully good at the Magic Mile, but I'm gonna have to go with some drivers that have been around longer, you know, they're more … uh … mature(?) Yeh, that's right, more experienced in calmly getting to the front at the right time … in time to take the checkered flag ahead of the rest.
So who will it be? I'm really glad you asked that question 'cause I'm just not sure. I think it is going to be a dramatic finish and I do think the top five is going to be chock full of former Cup Champions. I mean, just look at how many are in the top ten starting positions; there are five and some of them are multiple Cup champs. Hey, it could be anyone of them, but I'm gong to pick Jeff Gordon to get back on the winning track this week. He will probably be closely followed by Tony Stewart, Kurt Bush, Jimmy Johnson, Mark Martin and Greg Biffle.
It doesn't really matter, but the one that wins this weekend is going to have to work for it. It's just not going to be handed to him on a platter.


Carrie Underwood's much-anticipated fifth studio album, Storyteller, has finally arrived and Carrie sat down backstage at the Grand Ole Opry to talk about how all of the album's pieces fit together.
Carrie doesn't just make albums with a few good songs and the rest serve as a filler. She wants every single song to be a representation of the album as a whole and be able to be released as a single someday. Carrie and her team, collectively, pick songs to serve as singles, but she admits that the first single from any album is the most important.
Storyteller was produced by Jay Joyce, Mark Bright, and Zach Crowell with six of its 13 songs co-written by Carrie, including the Top-10-and-climbing record-breaking first single, "Smoke Break." On November 4, Carrie will return for an eighth consecutive year as co-host of the CMA Awards, where she is nominated for two awards including Female Vocalist of the Year.


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Whether in class, on committee, or volunteering with fellow medical students in CoSMO, Dr. Letica says her memories of Columbia are special due to the friendships she has forged.
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I work from a studio in Pittsburg that I like to use. I've trying to work out of Nashville but just haven't found that deep connection with my sound in the studios I've experienced up till now. Just got to go with what works.
I have a music video in the works called "The Ghost". It's inspired by Waylon Jennings, I intend on using his image as the central focus of the music video.
I'm inspired by Waylon Jennings. This guy is my idol. His songs had meaning and he was a guy who did things his own way. He had a sound that when ever you heard a Waylon Jennings song you got chills.
The music business…
has changed over the years. I guess I would have to say there's a lot more of a chance for artist like me in todays world with the internet and being able to get the music out to so many people.
I live in Woodland Pennsylvania.U.S.A.
Other than the festivals, not much of a music scene here. That's why I travel the country to places like Virginia, Texas and Tennessee.
I Can't Remember Her Name…
This song is about a girl I met and as the song goes I was so interested in her that even after being with her for a time I never really knew her name and to this day I am not really sure what it was. Sometimes I get so involved I never gave it much thought at all.
The songs are all true storys of what I have been through or seen in my life. That's why this album is so special to me. What makes it a great album is the sound that I wanted to go with the songs.
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Small countries fascinate me. That was my main reason for adding a visit to San Marino to this summer's road trip plans. I wasn't sure what I'd find. I'm not even sure what I expected of the country that proudly calls itself the oldest republic in the world. In the two days I spent there, I didn't really find out what sets it apart from the country it's surrounded by. Nor did I find out how a country with less inhabitants than the city I live in manages to have a successful economy. What I did find out, is why it's one of the most charming places I've ever visited and why everyone who is travelling to Italy should consider taking a small detour. These are my 5 reasons why you should visit San Marino.