Choosing the proper EMR solution for your practice is a challenging process that has been made even more challenging by the requirements of the HITECH Act. Even more distressing, it has changed the primary focus from choosing the solution that best fits your needs to choosing the solution that will most likely provide stimulus reimbursement funds. We say "most likely" because the funds are anything but guaranteed. Remember they are paid out over a period of 5 years and only as a percentage of allowable Medicare (or Medicaid) charges and only if you can show "meaningful use" consistent with the legislation's definition of that term.
If you have been following the debate surrounding the implementation of Electronic Medical Records systems, you may have noticed a gradual, reversal in tone. All the early stories spoke of a glorious future where EMR technology made every medical practitioner's job easier and saved huge sums of money in the process. But in more recent months, study after study has shown that most EMR installations fail to provide cost savings. Moreover, the majority of these installations are so cumbersome and problematic, they are under-utilized or not employed at all.
While this may seem surprising, change, especially when it impacts an entire organization, is almost always far more difficult to implement than to imagine. Inevitably, it takes longer, costs more and succeeds less than anyone would anticipate.
As an alternative to setting up an onsite EMR system, consider an EMR-compatible Electronic Document Management solution. This solution lowers upfront expenditures, delivers immediate benefits and keeps you eligible for the top level of Medicare reimbursement, all regardless of which HITECH path you ultimately choose.
With Electronic Document Management, you can convert your active paper medical charts to a system that streamlines chart management and consistently delivers increased physician/provider productivity, the very area where EMRs come up short.
An outcome is preferable over uncertainty.
A dollar of real savings, today is worth more than a dollar of potential savings in the future.
Where rewards are similar, it is better to choose lower risk than higher risk.
Solutions that are simple, rather than complex , have a greater chance of acceptance and success.
Electronic Document Management adheres to the above principles through an outsourced, web-based, on-demand, hosted system that features substantial SaaS (Software as a Service) benefits. GRM's EDM, for instance, stores and retrieves data with state-of-the art efficiency, security and reliability. Clients such as your organization benefit without the expense of designing, maintaining, supporting, upgrading and learning an on-premise system.
Consider the best and worst cases of HITECH EMR system implementation, and you'll see how Electronic Document Management is a much better way to go, no matter what your organization's plans may be for the future.
HITECH Best Case Scenario — The government has provided a solid list of certified EMR software applications, the definition of "meaningful use" is clear and funding is available. You evaluate, purchase and implement a certified EMR application, train your staff on its use, convert all relevant medical charts to electronic records, ensure that all medical practitioners follow and document all guidelines provided in the "meaningful use" documentation. In this case, over a period of five years, you receive the maximum incentives paid by HITECH and the upfront investment in your EMR solution is eventually repaid.
The downside here is that the vast majority of studies show that the greatest cost comes from losses in physician/provider productivity, not in the expense of purchasing or implementing the EMR solution itself.
In every study of EMR installation the simplest, earliest, greatest and most consistent way to gain efficiency is to automate the retrieval and management of medical charts. Though a full-blown EMR solution provides vastly greater functionality, that functionally does not appear to improve productivity or reduce costs. But Electronic Document Management does. Electronic Document Management is proven to increase, rather than lower physician/provider productivity. HITECH Worst Case Scenario– There are problems in some or all areas of certification, meaningful use and funding. Consequently, while you incur all the costs to evaluate, purchase and implement an EMR solution, you do not receive any HITECH incentives from the government. Also, failing to show "meaningful use," reduces your Medicare reimbursements with a 2% decrease in 2015 that rises to a 3%-5% decrease in 2018 and beyond.
Electronic Document Management, on the other hand, eliminates the need for upfront hardware/software purchases as well as the costs of maintaining, upgrading and training. Because it is a SaaS pay-as-you-go system, you can realize immediate benefits and more likely quality for "meaningful use" Medicare reimbursements without risking a large, upfront capital expenditure.
Of course, there is a third possibility, that of making no investment in EMR Technology While this choice does not require any additional investment or effort, you will be subject to the aforementioned reductions in Medicare reimbursements. Also, your organization's current aggregate chart management costs, with no Electronic Document Management implemented, will remain the same. All in all, you will continue to incur all the costs of your existing system with no additional benefits.
So, given the less-than-stellar record of EMRs and the prospect of staying with current systems that become increasingly problematic to manage, your healthcare organization can either budget more money to cover the cost of future change or reject change and continue to pay current built-in costs. Or, as we suggest, you can opt for the immediate benefits, EMR compatibility and little or no upfront expense of Electronic Document Management.
Electronic Document Management can make your charts instantly available online from anywhere at any time. Instead of Xeroxing, faxing or shipping Fed Ex, in many cases, it all becomes as simple as sending and receiving email.
True to the rationales behind its development, here is a review of how Electronic Document Management can provide your healthcare organization with immediate benefits that far exceed the implementation of an on-premise EMR system.
Electronic Document Management solutions have a proven track record of providing a high Return on Investment, with many Software as a Service solutions showing a positive ROI in under 1 year. Conversely, EMRs have a 50% de-installation rate, with most showing a negative ROI even after 3 years.
A dollar of real savings today is worth more than a dollar of potential savings in the future.
Moving your charts into an EDM system can improve the productivity of your staff in both the short and long term. The sooner solutions are in place, the greater the savings.
As provided by GRM, EDM is Software as a Service, meaning you can experience the benefits of Electronic Document Management without purchasing any hardware or software. You can also have a complete solution implemented in days. With high upfront costs, implementation time measured in months to a year and a de-installation rate of 50% you almost can't find a more risky business technology investment than EMR.
Solutions that are simple, rather than complex, have a greater chance of acceptance and success.
A document management system delivered over the web can be learned in under 15 minutes for most users without the need to download or install software. It doesn't get much simpler than that.
Electronic Document Management provides convenient time-saving accessibility from any web browser. It's speed and efficiency virtually eliminates the time-consuming loss or misplacement of documents. And because the system is highly intuitive, it can be learned quickly with little training.
No matter how you look at it, Electronic Document Management really is the least risky, least costly and potentially most beneficial, most profitable, most open-ended solution to meeting HITECH EMR-related requirements.
EDM is available from GRM as part of our innovative integrated solutions designed to transform hardcopy/electronic hybrid, siloed environments into cohesive, accurate, accessible and compliant electronic patient data systems.
GRM's full-cycle Information Management Suite includes components such as secure, offsite storage facilities, Scan-on-Request, 24/7 Flexible Pickups and Deliveries, the Blended Solution bridge from a hard copy to digital environment and the EDM Online Health Record Center. This total lifecycle approach enables and enhances the automation of numerous healthcare workflow processes. Throughout, GRM works in partnership with your organization to design, develop and apply records and information standards and practices that best serve the realistic needs of your day-to-day operations.


Baltimore schools interim CEO Tisha Edwards blames the principals for not "owning" their "leadership role" by not doing more to reach out to families and make sure students make it to school.
Edwards pointed out instances when school officials could have notified parents of their kids' serial absenteeism and didn't. So perhaps there's more they could do. But it's hard to see how this measure, while perhaps helping the district very grim and serious and zero-tolerance-y, will have much practical effect beyond making principals who already have to deal with chronic absenteeism feel even more embattled.
Why did you use that picture? Is this a problem at City College? I don't think it is a school with excessive absenteeism.


AlzheimersNet is your guide to memory care in Quitman, GA. Memory care facilities offer housing and care for older adults with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. Memory care empowers seniors who have memory loss to stay as active and engaged as they possibly can, while living in a dignified, comfortable and secure environment. Our local Senior Living Advisors are widely knowledgeable about dementia care in Quitman, GA and surrounding areas. After an initial assessment, your advisor will recommend a list of memory care facilities that most closely match your loved one's essential needs for care and living preferences, as well as your family's finances.
Expertly prepared meals are provided to residents, speech therapy is available on-site by a visiting speech therapist, caregiver staff can deal with any wandering issues residents may have, staff is trained to deal with any exit seeking behaviors that may need to be handled, and this community administers patient medications.
The facility has staff that can administer insulin to manage diabetic needs, Southern Care Retirement Home can handle behavioral issues that some residents might be inclined to, this community has been built specifically to support memory and dementia care, this community administers patient medications, and hospice is an option available at this location.
Nurses are on staff, there is a doctor on call, a dentist visits this location regularly, the community is secured for the safety of residents that might be exit seeking, and wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location.
Speech therapy is offered via a speech therapist who comes to the community regularly, high tech wander guards can prevent memory care residents from leaving the property, hospice is an option available at this location, aging in place allows residents to remain in one location as their care needs change, and the community is licensed for 36 residents.
The minimum allowable age of residents is 21, staff monitors medication and reminds residents when it's time to take them, trained staff can assist with injectable medication, respite care is offered, and the community is licensed for 4 residents.
Rooms have a private bath, the community is secured for the safety of memory care residents that might be prone to wander, transportation is available for additional cost, this location was renovated in 2010, and the community is licensed for 5 residents.
Nutritious meals are provided to residents, the minimum allowable age of residents is 55, physical therapy can be done without leaving the community by a visiting physical therapist, regular occupational therapy by a visiting therapist helps you stay active and engaged, and resident parking is available to residents who drive.


CRESTVIEW � The City Council has unanimously approved the first of two final steps in adopting new building permit fees. The ordinance will move to an Oct. 14 workshop before coming before the council Oct. 28 for a final vote.
City building official Jonathan Bilby has worked on revising the city's outdated code for more than a year. The new code should assure the Building Department is self-sufficient, no longer subsidized by general fund money.
Bilby, responding to a concern expressed by Councilman Mickey Rytman, said the International Building Code is referenced only in connection with guidelines for unsafe structures provisions.
To further assure the code won't be applied to Crestview's fee schedule, Bilby said he can revise the proposed schedule again to adopt the international code's provisions by reference.
Crestview's code, adopted Sept. 23, could include the International Building Code�s relevant passages as an exhibit at the end of the new city fee schedule, Bilby said.


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ABANDONED MICHIGAN: Newport Missile Base Near Detroit
Screenshot courtesy of Chosen Won, youtube
The photo gallery below shows many pictures of the abandoned Newport Missile Base, just south of Detroit. The base operated from 1955 - 1963 and is in a state of deterioration and vandalism, a far cry from it's former self. In fact, by now most - or all - of these buildings have been demolished.
What's so special about it?
According to loc.gov, "The Newport NIKE Missile Battery.....is one of sixteen original NIKE Missile Batteries that surrounded the city of Detroit, Michigan in 1958.....significant for its role in American military history, the history of the Cold War, and specifically the history of the Detroit Defense Area."
To see photos of what it looked like in the early 1960's, CLICK HERE.
I don't know the legalities of walking around the area, so any curiosity seekers will have to find out when you get there. It may be gated, it may not. Either way, it's an historic Michigan spot. Unfortunately, as I already mentioned, by now there may not be any structures left standing.
It's located next to Nike Park on Newport Road, between N. Telegraph & Grafton roads, west of Newport and north of Monroe.
TOUR OF THE ABANDONED NEWPORT MISSILE BASE
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The summer is flying by and August is upon us. August means tomatoes and they are in such abundance that it typically means that I'll be eating tomatoes for a month straight. I always navigate my way to the heirlooms, with their bumpy crackly features. They're odd and some might call them ugly, but I find them beautiful. To me, their flavor is hard to beat. They are great fresh, but not so great when it comes to frying because of their juiciness. That's where, my hero, the green tomato steps in. I love fried green tomatoes and there's a local restaurant that serves them up just right.
The Farmhouse has a "Farm-to-Table, Tip-to-Tail" ideology that supports local farmers and they create an ever changing seasonal menu that's interesting and gives me an excuse to go back regularly. Everything is fresh and made from scratch. It feels good to know that I'm supporting something meaningful and responsible. I'm also eating beautiful food that's delicious and that feels good as well. Everyone wins. Recently, I had The Farmhouse's fried green tomatoes with onion & pepper jam and goat cheese. It hit all the right spots. Crunchy, tender, sweet, and tangy. I enjoyed it so much that it inspired me to create my own version of it, in the form of a tartine. One with fried green tomatoes, whipped thyme goat cheese, and peach chutney.
Tartines have a special place in my heart, as does chutney. I find that many of my meaningful memories are tied to food, because it always involves the people I love. Memories of sharing my first stellar tartine with my husband, while traveling abroad. Memories of house-made chutney, in my first pastry kitchen. Standing around the chutney pot, surrounded by my closest friends (who also happened to be my co-workers), scraping the left over bits from the bottom of the pan with broken crackers. A bond created by the food we shared.
Peach chutney adds the spicy-sweet, to the crunchy-salty, of this tartine. You can use whatever sturdy seasonal fruit you have on hand, in place of the peaches. As the seasons change, it's fun to try different flavors. I hope you share this with the people in your life and enjoy creating your own food memories.
In a stand mixer or with a hand-held mixer, whip together chevre, sour cream, thyme leaves, salt, and pepper until combined and smooth. Set aside or refrigerate if not ready to use right away.
In a medium sauce pan, combine vinegar and sugars. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Add red pepper, onion, jalapeno, garlic, ginger, and salt. Simmer for 20 minutes or until liquid has reduced and thickened. Add peaches and simmer an additional 5-10 minutes, until peaches are tender. Remove from the heat and allow to cool for 15 minutes in the pot. You can store the chutney, in a clean container, for up to one week in the refrigerator. Serve at room temperature or slightly warm; however, you like it best.
*To blanch the fresh peaches: With a pairing knife, cut a small "x" into the bottom of each peach and set them aside. Bring a large pot of water to a boil, then gently place the peaches into the pot for 2-3 minutes. With a slotted spoon, remove the peaches and place them immediately into a bowl of ice water. With a pairing knife, peel back the skins at the "x" corners.
Combine flour, garlic powder, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish. Whisk together egg and buttermilk in a separate shallow dish. Combine panko bread crumbs and cayenne in another dish. Dredge the tomatoes first in the egg buttermilk mixture. Then, the seasoned flour. Again, into the egg buttermilk mixture and finally dredge in the panko. Make sure they are well coated. Place 2-3 pieces, in a hot frying pan filled with a layer of oil that will reach half way up the side of the tomato slices. Fry the tomatoes, turning as needed, until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Transfer to paper towels and season with salt.
To serve, spread each slice of bread with a layer of whipped thyme goat cheese, then add a layer of peach chutney, and top with slices of fried green tomatoes. If desired, add a small handful of lightly dressed mixed greens on top.


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Half of the country has an investment relationship, but over 90% has a banking one. Case Foundation is organizing to bring Mighty to SXSW 2018 alongside Calvert Foundation and Swell Investing to talk about tech platforms that are engaging Milennials to manage their money for impact. Themes discussed at SXSW tend to be discussed all year, and tech bringing transparency into the flows of community capital for the advancement of communities should be one of them. Please vote for transparency of choice of impact for everyone to make it to the SXSW stage.
Please vote for transparency of choice of impact for everyone to make it to the SXSW stage.
Mighty is excited to have been named 1 of 125 social enterprises (1 of 48 in the US) accepted into the 2017 startup cohort awarded scholarships to SOCAP 17 in recognition of commitment to building businesses that will create a positive impact for communities. Mighty team will participate in a pre-SOCAP workshop for impact startup awardees on October 10, prior to attending SOCAP October 11-13 in San Francisco.
To see a list of all impact startups awarded, click here.
On June 13th, Impact Engine hosted a panel discussion and networking event Is the Bank Account the Onramp to Bringing Impact Investing Mainstream? by partnering with Coalition Impact in Chicago and Mighty Deposits, a technology platform that connects impact-oriented customers with impact-focused banks. The focus of the discussion panel was what banking for impact looks like now and its future opportunities.
Banking for impact is the power that people have to choose socially-responsible banks, such as those that power small businesses and local farms. By investing their money, banks can leave a positive social impact.
A platform like Mighty is one solution to this dilemma. A marketplace for people to shop banks at the intersection of money and meaning, Mighty helps people find banks that support the same causes they do.
"If you want your money to impact black neighborhoods, investing in black-owned banks in black neighborhoods is a big way you can impact that," Abello suggests.
Mighty identifies these community-oriented banks and informs about their footprint. That way, people have better access to the power they've always had to invest in banks that share their values.
Panelists spoke of a depth to banking that hasn't been explored much to date—the impact of individual deposits. A little known fact, banking for impact can involve just the simple act of depositing money in socially-conscious banks.
"When we're talking about the power of banks and what they can do, deposits are the low-hanging fruit," pointed out panelist Ronald Milsap, manager of Mission-Based Deposits at Urban Partnership Bank, one of two certified black-governed banks in the city of Chicago.
The discussion touched upon the current state of banking across the country.
The panelists affirmed the potential of banks to create positive social impact in the future.
"The conversation is moving to: here are the ways banks can do good and be good businesses at the same time," Mark Newberg, Director of Impact Strategies for Wombie Carlyle, said.
Is the Bank Account the Onramp to Bringing Impact Investing Mainstream?
Join Us Tuesday, 6/13 at Coalition Impact in Chicago, panel begins 5:15p, networking runs 6:30-7p. RSVP via Eventbrite, here.
Oscar Perry Abello is a New York City-based Fast Company + Next City featured journalist covering urban and community development across the United States, with a focus on the impact and role of finance in driving social and economic justice. Oscar is an alumnus of Villanova University, where he received a B.A. in Economics, with a minor in Peace and Justice Studies.
Ronald Milsap is Manager of Mission-Based Deposits at Urban Partnership Bank, one of two certified black-goverened banks in the City of Chicago. He previously worked with U.S. Bank. Ronald received his B.A. in Business from Morehouse College and serves on boards for My Block My Hood My City, Urban Initiatives and Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School.
Mark Newberg is Director of Impact Strategies for Womble Carlyle, where he supports the growth of business in the Impact Economy. His previous roles include Deputy Director of Global Innovation Summit, Senior Policy Advisor at the US SBA, and Advisor to the New Orleans City Council post Hurricane Katrina. Mark holds a JD from Tulane and writes on the impact economy for Forbes, HuffPost and The National Law Review.
Megan Hryndza is Founder + CEO of Mighty, a startup to shop banks at the intersection of money and meaning for customers prioritizing bank services focused on community and environmental investments. She previously worked with Starcom, Kraft, City First Bank of DC, the Global Alliance for Banking on Values, Women's World Banking. Megan completed her B.S. in Science at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and certificate in Big Data Management from MIT.


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LWE Interviews Schwarzmann
For Henrik Schwarz and Frank Weidemann (of Âme), their collaborative project Schwarzmann is like a musical vacation. Here these core members of the Innervisions family put aside the established songs and sounds used in their various other projects to to let their creativity loose. Each having grown comfortable with live performance after several years on the road, the German duo channel this experience into wholly improvised live PAs whose sounds are determined by the room and the occasion. In fact, they're offering their take on ambient for Need2Soul and Oval Space Music's event featuring the legendary Manuel Göttsching this Thursday, September 5th. LWE caught up with Henrik and Frank via Skype to discuss the roots of the project, why they value improvising, and if or when we can expect Schwarzmann releases.
How did you two decide to collaborate together as Schwarzmann?
Frank Wiedemann: Well, I think that's quite a logical progression because we made music together for a couple of years already, different combinations, and we both had fun in improvising and playing, finding tracks together by improvising. At some Innervisions showcase, we just played back-to-back live sets, and that brought us to the idea to found this project and just do improvised music as good as we can.
I wonder how was doing stuff like A Critical Mass informing this new project? Did it sort of shape what you want to do, based on your past experiences?
FW: This is just one of the steps, you know what I mean? I mean obviously, Henrik started playing live since 500 years, and at a certain point, we all decided to form A Critical Mass. And that was a big step for all of us, I might say — music-wise and also performance-wise. And after A Critical Mass, I finally decided for myself to do the Âme live act, you know? And then I do this since four years, I think, or five years — I don't know exactly — and since two years or three years, I'm also secure in what I'm doing, I was learning an instrument, playing live shows with Ableton. So we came to the point that we are ready now to do this.
Henrik Schwarz: At some point it just felt super easy. We felt like we got rid of the technical problems in the background. We can go onstage and even without much preparation — and we have a different setup every time — we feel ready and safe together because we know somehow it's going to work out. When we passed that point, I think that's when we thought, "Yeah, let's try it out and see what happens." If you really do it onstage — like, what we have done in the studio for so many years is now brought to the stage.
So what exactly is the nature of the project? Is it a studio project at all, or is it mostly just live?
HS: It's improvised electronic music.
FW: When we do rehearsals, what we just do at the moment, it's not that we are, preparing tracks for a show that we do, it's more that we see, "OK, we can go this direction, this direction, this direction, and then we maybe have four or three — like, you know the Real Book? The jazz Real Book? If you play a song from the Real Book, you have, one page of eight chords or ten chords or sixteen chords, or whatever. And the melody. That's what's written down, and I think that's our approach with what we also want to do, is like, "OK, this song contains these four harmonies and this melody and maybe this vocal sample that we just drop in. Everything else is free. Or we just improvise as we just did it here, and just play. And it's super exciting to do this because you and the audience never knows what comes out at the end.
Have you guys been hitting "Record"?
HS: We should, actually, but it happens so often that we just say, "Aw, shit. Nobody recorded." And it happens all the time, actually.
FW: Often, yeah.
HS: We have some recordings, but we missed some really nice moments. But yeah, that's really part of the nature of the project, also.
So I guess we won't be seeing a lot of Scharzmann records on the shelves any time soon.
FW: Or every day one.
Fair enough. Individually, the music that you guys make is pretty different from one another. Obviously, there are some common threads, but what should we expect sound-wise from Schwarzmann?
HS: Everything.
FW: Everything.
HS: Yeah, because, what we play next week is going to be a so-called ambient show. So we just play ambient, or what we think of it, or what the room gives us and what we think of it in combination. Even for us, it's a surprise every time. We don't know where it's going. We just know it's going to work out together. That's the most important part. So we could play a techno stage, we can play a house stage, we can do whatever we want. That's how we feel, anyway. Just like Frank said, we have some chords and maybe some melodies, but you can play them in any kind. You can play them hard, soft, slow, with a bass drum or without. And we choose the sounds just as they come out of the synths, and then we react to what we hear. It's all real time.
FW: We played a show at Berghain — not at Panorama Bar, but at Berghain. We also played at Panorama Bar, which was different. But we also played Cocoricò, which is like Italian tech-house madness, you know? And then we played Melt Festival, which was really nice to do. Then we also played smaller clubs, and it's like — you never know. Now we have this ambient thing, and the great thing about this project is that we can really react on this. When Henrik plays his music or I play my solo show or Âme's solo show, it's always a bit in boundaries. You have certain parameters that you can shift to play it faster or a bit louder or a bit deeper or whatever. But at the end, you had like kept them in the songs that are pre-made, the sounds and everything. And here, it's everything really totally free. Everything can happen.
Since both of you have projects of you own, is Schwarzmann going to be a regular collaboration or something more sporadic?
HS: It is already a regular one. I would say so. We both have so many other things going on all the time, so —
FW: I would say it's a bit like our playground. It's like freedom for — you don't have to do that many preparations for it. Just bring the stuff — more equipment than usual.
What kind of equipment is involved?
FW: It's totally different. I mean the heart of everything is still the computer. We both have our laptops, which are not synced, by the way. And then each of us brings a couple of synthesizers, and the more — the longer we play, the smaller they get, like this little thing or, I don't know, this little thing, which is a drum computer. Little tiny things that just sound radical good.
HS: A couple of synths, a mixing desk, and a sequencer. Or a computer as a sequencer, very classic electronic setup, in a way.
So what's coming up from Schwarzmann?
FW: We could talk about a virtual album that has been released two months ago, plus the virtual 12″ that we released with it and remixes that we did on our own. [laughs]
HS: Well, let's say maybe we have 10 or 20 hours of recordings, and there's some nice stuff in there, I think. And we just need to find the time to grab it and make a record out of it. So there's a lot of material ready already, and there will be something coming as soon as possible.
FW: Henrik had a lot to do with his band for the Melt Festival, for his show; I had this tour with Howling; I want to a new 12″ with Kristian [Beyer, of Âme]. Henrik just released something with Jesse Rose — that's Black Rose. He's obviously still in for Innversions, too. So there's plenty of things to do for all of us. And for other projects, too, we cannot talk yet about. I'm really looking forward to this: Henrik's playing his instruments for the ADE in Amsterdam, and I'm so excited about this. I just did a 12″ with Marcel Dettmann because of this ballet thing we did together. So there's so much work. And this is actually, like I said, it's the easy playground, and there's no pressure, you know? We don't feel like, "Oh, we have to put out something." We don't even feel that we need a press picture.
HS: It's a special project. Whenever somebody is asking us for a show and, "Can you do something special?" we can do Schwarzmann because it's always special. Because it's absolutely a unique show. You don't get two times the same thing. Never.
» Steve Mizek | September 4th, 2013
Tags: ame, feature, frank weidemann, henrik schwarz, innervisions, interview, steve


Jake E. Lee (who rose to fame as a member of Ozzy Osbourne's band on the Bark At The Moon and Ultimate Sin albums in the 80's)'s Red Red Dragon Cartel is back on the road in support of the group's ambitious second album, Patina. The group played the Chicago market with a stop at The Forge in Joliet on March 13, 2019.
The band, featuring Jake E. Lee on guitar, Anthony Esposito on bass, Phil Varone on drums, and singer Darren James Smith, are modern day hard rock. Fans of Jake's post Ozzy band, Badlands, will feel right at home with the current group's vibe… and the band has been performing the Badlands hit, High Wire, in recent shows.


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Analysing the relative importance of saving time for travellers
The Department for Transport wanted to determine consumer values of travel time savings and reliability – key policy tools for transport planners throughout the industry. The brief was for a very large and wide-ranging study which – in addition to car, rail, bus and other public transport modes – would also cover walking and cycling.
In partnership with Arup and ITS Leeds, we designed a three phase programme: two stages of qualitative research followed by a substantial quantitative survey. The first phase of qualitative research was exploratory in nature – using a combination of focus groups and depth interviews we probed how different options could be presented to respondents. Various options were then evaluated in the second phase – using cognitive interviews and pilots, we tested terminology and language to ensure that comprehension would be optimised in the quantitative phase of the project. Phase 3 was the Stated Preference element of the project, a mixed methodology survey involving 11,000 interviews over an eight week period.
The output comprised a series of updated value of time measures for the different modes of travel. Our findings also concentrated on looking at segmented differences in the output. The insights from this research are used to underpin important policy and investment decisions.
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Q: Floating point determinism when reading text files I'm writing some code that needs to be deterministic across platforms. To avoid small floating point rounding errors in math, I'm using a fixed precision class based on an integer instead of a float.
However, the code is given plain text configuration files that use decimals like "0.1234" which I'm then converting to the fixed point type.
So my question: will loading a float value from a text file always have the same initial floating point value regardless of system architecture?
Perhaps another way of stating the question: is floating point non-determinism ONLY introduced when you perform math operations on different platforms, but if you're just loading values then all architectures can represent exactly the same set of float values?

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will loading a float value from a text file always have the same initial floating point value regardless of system architecture?

No. Different C++ implementations may use different floating-point formats. It might not be possible for one implementation's double to represent the same value that another implementation produces for input of "0.1234".
However, IEEE-754 binary32 and binary64 are widely used for float and double.
However again, C++ implementations vary in quality and might not produce good results when converting decimal input to double.
Converting text input to floating-point and then to fixed-point is feasible given limits on the numbers supported, in both magnitude and precision, but requires knowledge of the formats and skill in dealing with them. Writing your own code to convert directly from decimal text to the fixed-point format may be easier.

is floating point non-determinism ONLY introduced when you perform math operations on different platforms,…

Conversion from decimal numerals in text to binary floating-point is an operation that may have rounding errors.

… but if you're just loading values then all architectures can represent exactly the same set of float values?

No, but many use IEEE-754 binary32 and binary64.

To avoid small floating point rounding errors in math, I'm using a fixed precision class based on an integer instead of a float.

Fixed-point arithmetic is subject to rounding errors too. All finite-size numeric formats are.

A: IEEE floating points are deterministic.
Many C++ compilers do intermediate results in higher precision than what you ask for.  This can cause differences between compilers asto what value is calculated.
Asking for a file to be compiled with strict IEEE eliminates that.
Whatever IO library you are using could guarantee what you want regardless; but you could just read the value as a string, then convert to fixed point yourself to avoid having to enforce compiler flags or rely on your library's guarantee.
It is plausible that some library converting a string formatted like 123.4567 to a float could get a different value than some other library and compiler for some dedimal value.  Most won't, but I'm imagining a case where adding 6/1000 is done at higher precision on one compiler, and the difference is enough to cause a rounding difference when finally converted back to a 32 bit float.
As a guess, it would be extremely rare.
And as it is rare, libraries might not even know they have such a bug, and either not document it or document that they are deterministic and be wrong about it for 1 out of billions of cases.

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Perhaps another way of stating the question: is floating point non-determinism ONLY introduced when you perform math operations on different platforms, but if you're just loading values then all architectures can represent exactly the same set of float values?

How would you convert the string "1234" to the number one thousand, two hundred and thirty four? Aren't you going to have to do some math, like figuring out that the "1" digit is in the thousands place and doing something like:
(1 * 1,000) + (2 * 100) + (3 * 10) + (4 * 1)
So your question is based on a flawed premise. You aren't "loading" anything. You are converting a base 10 representation of a floating-point number into the value it corresponds to. That is a sequence of math operations.
So even if floating point non-determinism is only introduced when you perform math operations, that is what you are doing somewhere under the hood.

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After the majority of the Mid-Atlantic area received higher-than-average rainfall during the month of May, there is a below normal probability of releases from the Washington metropolitan area reservoirs for the upcoming season. Read more in the Water Supply Outlook.
After a dry spell, river flows are rising toward normal, and the Water Supply Outlook predicts a low probability for drought operations this summer and fall.
There is a below normal probability of releases from the Washington metropolitan area's back-up water supply reservoirs for the 2015 summer and fall seasons. Generally, the use of Jennings Randolph and Little Seneca reservoirs is triggered by low flows brought about by a combination of low summer precipitation and low groundwater levels. The MARFC's Water Resource Outlook for the southern portion of the Middle Atlantic reports that precipitation in the month of August has been below normal, with a basin averaged precipitation 1.9 inches below normal. Precipitation is expected to be below normal to above normal in the next month. Low precipitation and river flow caused COOP to initiate daily monitoring and reporting of Potomac River flows and withdrawals on August 31. COOP will continue to prepare for the possibility that more serious drought conditions could develop in the upcoming weeks. At present, there is sufficient flow in the Potomac River to meet the Washington metropolitan area's water demands without augmentation from upstream reservoirs. In the event that low-flow conditions do develop, the Washington metropolitan area is wellprotected from a water supply shortage because of carefully designed drought-contingency plans.
There is a 3 to 12 percent conditional probability that natural Potomac flow will drop below 600- to 700-million gallons per day (MGD) at Little Falls through December 31 of this year; at these flow levels, water supply releases from Jennings Randolph and Little Seneca reservoirs may occur. Releases occur when predicted flow is less than demand plus a required flow-by. Drinking water demand ranges from 400 to 700 MGD during the summer months and the minimum flow-by at Little Falls is 100 MGD. Note that natural flow is defined as observed flow at the Little Falls gage plus total Washington metropolitan Potomac withdrawals, with an adjustment made to remove the effect of North Branch reservoir releases on stream flow.
The conditional probability is estimated by analyzing the historical stream flow records and giving consideration to recent stream flow values, precipitation totals for the prior 12 months, current groundwater levels, and the current Palmer Drought Index. Past years in which watershed conditions most closely resemble current conditions are weighted more heavily in the determination of conditional probability. The historical, or unconditional, probability is based on an analysis of the historical record without weighing for current conditions. The conditional probability of 3 to 12 percent compares to a historical probability of 7 to 14 percent and is considered the more reliable indicator.
Note: Natural flow at Little Falls was slightly below the 1200 MGD on September 1. The WSO's probabilistic model uses a monthly time step and relies on data from the previous months to compute conditional probabilities for the coming months. Results shown in the last column of the table below reflect conditions as of August 31.
The existing water supplies that serve more than four million residents can adequately meet demands through the Year 2035, according to a new study by the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB). Drought conditions as severe as the worst drought on record will likely require some form of mandatory use restrictions, however.
Looking further to 2040, the current supply system could experience considerable stress requiring stronger use restrictions, and some reservoir resources may be exhausted. During a severe 2040 drought there also is a small probability that the flow of the Potomac River could drop slightly below the environmental flow guideline of 100 million gallons per day (mgd) as measured at Little Falls Dam.
The study also assessed possible effects of climate change on the system. The impact on water supply varies dramatically depending on the change in stream flow that may result from changes in precipitation and temperature. Results from this study indicate that in the event of a severe drought with 2040 forecasted demands, the following range of potential impacts on the system could be expected.
If summer flows fall by 10 percent or more: During a severe drought, most system reservoirs would be drained and on some days the system would be unable to meet water supply demands and the 100 mgd environmental flow-by at Little Falls.
If summer flows change by 0 to +10 percent: the moderate increase in flows would not be enough to prevent some water use restrictions from occurring during a severe drought; some reservoir storage could be seriously depleted.
If summer flows rise by 20 percent or more: a substantial increase in flows would increase metropolitan area water supplies sufficiently to allow the current metropolitan area system to meet forecasted 2040 demands.
The region's water suppliers should continue their efforts to identify and evaluate potential new water supply storage facilities and conduct an evaluation of the relative benefits of new storage facilities, non-structural changes in operations, and other options. Enhance flow forecasting abilities to allow more precise operation and avoidance of shortages.
Further develop ICPRB's database and model of Potomac basin water withdrawals and consumptive use to provide a sound foundation for basin-wide water supply planning and for a planned basin-wide comprehensive plan.
The study is performed every five years by the ICPRB Section for Water Supply Operations on the Potomac River (CO-OP). The CO-OP works with the metropolitan area water suppliers to coordinate normally independent water supply operations during droughts, and studies the water supply system to improve operations and plan for its future reliability.
You can download the complete study on the ICPRB website.
The ICPRB CO-OP works closely with the Washington metropolitan area water utilities, Fairfax Water, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Washington Aqueduct Division, which collectively provide the bulk of potable water to the region's residents. The suppliers usually operate independently, but work together with CO-OP during drought conditions to assure that all demands are met equitably. The CO-OP also provides important services, including annual drought exercises an analyses of potential changes to the existing system.
There is a below normal probability of releases from the Washington metropolitan area's back-up water supply reservoirs for the 2015 summer and fall seasons. Generally, the use of Jennings Randolph and Little Seneca reservoirs is triggered by low flows brought about by a combination of low summer precipitation and low groundwater levels. The MARFC's Water Resource Outlook for the southern portion of the Middle Atlantic reports that precipitation in the month of July has been scattered and variable, with a basin averaged precipitation 0.5 inches below normal. Precipitation is expected to be near or above normal in the next month. Dry weather conditions are still possible later this summer. At present, there is sufficient flow in the Potomac River to meet the Washington metropolitan area's water demands without augmentation from upstream reservoirs. In the event that low-flow conditions do develop, the Washington metropolitan area is well-protected from a water supply shortage because of carefully designed drought-contingency plans.
There is a 1 to 4 percent conditional probability that natural Potomac flow will drop below 600- to 700-million gallons per day (MGD) at Little Falls through December 31 of this year; at these flow levels, water supply releases from Jennings Randolph and Little Seneca reservoirs may occur. Releases occur when predicted flow is less than demand plus a required flow-by. Drinking water demand ranges from 400 to 700 MGD during the summer months and the minimum flow-by at Little Falls is 100 MGD. Note that natural flow is defined as observed flow at the Little Falls gage plus total Washington metropolitan Potomac withdrawals, with an adjustment made to remove the effect of North Branch reservoir releases on stream flow.
The conditional probability is estimated by analyzing the historical stream flow records and giving consideration to recent stream flow values, precipitation totals for the prior 12 months, current groundwater levels, and the current Palmer Drought Index. Past years in which watershed conditions most closely resemble current conditions are weighted more heavily in the determination of conditional probability. The historical, or unconditional, probability is based on an analysis of the historical record without weighting for current conditions. The conditional probability of 1 to 4 percent compares to a historical probability of 7 to 15 percent and is considered the more reliable indicator.
There is below normal probability of releases from the Washington metropolitan area's back-up water supply reservoirs for the 2015 summer and fall seasons. Generally, the use of Jennings Randolph and Little Seneca reservoirs is triggered by low flows brought about by a combination of low summer precipitation and low groundwater levels. According to MARFC's Water Resource Outlook for the southern portion of the Middle Atlantic there has been enough precipitation to offset any long-term dry weather conditions in the Potomac basin. At present, there is sufficient flow in the Potomac River to meet Washington metropolitan area's water demands without augmentation from upstream reservoirs. In the event that low-flow conditions do develop, the metro area is well-protected from a water supply shortage because of carefully designed drought-contingency plans.
There is a 6 to 11 percent conditional probability that natural Potomac flow will drop below 600- to 700-million gallons per day (MGD) at Little Falls through December 31 of this year; at these flow levels, water supply releases from Jennings Randolph and Little Seneca reservoirs may occur. Releases occur when predicted flow is less than demand plus a required flow-by. Demand ranges from 400 to 700 MGD during the summer months and the minimum flow-by at Little Falls is 100 MGD. Note that natural flow is defined as observed flow at the Little Falls gage plus total Washington metropolitan Potomac withdrawals, with an adjustment made to remove the effect of North Branch reservoir releases on stream flow.
The conditional probability is estimated by analyzing the historical stream flow records and giving consideration to recent stream flow values, precipitation totals for the prior 12 months, current groundwater levels, and the current Palmer Drought Index. Past years in which watershed conditions most closely resemble current conditions are weighted more heavily in the determination of conditional probability. The historical, or unconditional, probability is based on an analysis of the historical record without weighting for current conditions. The conditional probability of 6 to 11 percent compares to a historical probability of 8 to 15 percent and is considered the more reliable indicator.
Learn more about the Water Supply Outlook.
There is below normal probability of releases from the Washington metropolitan area's back-up water supply reservoirs for the 2015 summer and fall seasons. Generally, the use of Jennings Randolph and Little Seneca reservoirs is triggered by low flows brought about by a combination of low summer precipitation and low groundwater levels. According to MARFC's Water Resource Outlook for the southern portion of the Middle Atlantic there has been enough precipitation to offset some of the developing dry weather conditions in the Potomac basin. If precipitation continues to be below normal, however, degradation in the outlook may occur. At present, there is sufficient flow in the Potomac River to meet the Washington metropolitan area's water demands without augmentation from upstream reservoirs. In the event that low-flow conditions do develop, the metro area is well protected from a water supply shortage because of carefully designed drought-contingency plans.
There is a 5 to 10 percent conditional probability that natural Potomac flow will drop below 600 to 700 million gallons per day (MGD) at Little Falls through December 31 of this year; at these flow levels, water supply releases from Jennings Randolph and Little Seneca reservoirs may occur. Releases occur when predicted flow is less than demand plus a required flow-by. Demand ranges from 400 to 700 MGD during the summer months and the minimum flow-by at Little Falls is 100 MGD. Note that natural flow is defined as observed flow at the Little Falls gage plus total Washington metropolitan Potomac withdrawals, with an adjustment made to remove the effect of North Branch reservoir releases on stream flow.
The conditional probability is estimated by analyzing the historical stream flow records and giving consideration to recent stream flow values, precipitation totals for the prior 12 months, current groundwater levels, and the current Palmer Drought Index. Past years in which watershed conditions most closely resemble current conditions are weighted more heavily in the determination of conditional probability. The historical, or unconditional, probability is based on an analysis of the historical record without weighting for current conditions. The conditional probability of 5 to 10 percent compares to a historical probability of 8 to 15 percent and is considered the more reliable indicator.


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Nokia and Tele2 expand 5G partnership in the Baltics
Nokia to supply 5G RAN solutions from its latest ReefShark-powered AirScale portfolio to Tele2 in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
The newly expanded deal marks twenty-five years of continuous cooperation with Tele2 in the region
Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced that it is extending its partnership with Tele2 to deploy 5G RAN in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in a long-term deal. The deal will continue to build on the 25 years of strong and close cooperation between Nokia and Tele2 in the Baltic region. Nokia's 5G solutions will enable Tele2 to deliver connectivity and capacity benefits at ultra-low latencies to their customers as well as reduce complexity. Nokia is the incumbent and sole supplier in the deal.
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Tommi Uitto, President of Mobile Networks at Nokia, stated: "We are delighted to extend our long-standing partnership with Tele2 in the Baltics and take great pride in being selected as their trusted 5G partner for this important deployment. Our best-in-class AirScale portfolio will deliver cutting-edge connectivity to their customers across multiple markets and I look forward to working closely with them on this project and beyond."
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Q: HTTPS login not saving the JSESSIONID in a cookie We recently changed our login to use HTTPS, and we are experiencing issues with the login.
After the login, the user is redirected to an unencrypted (HTTP) page. When it reaches this page, the site checks if the user is logged in. It creates a new session and it appears that the user is not logged in, and thus our user is redirected to the login page. If the user logs in again, it will work.
The cookies are not set as https-only, but it seems like they don't work on http pages.
Does anyone know why this might be happening.
Edit:
I should have mentioned that the page that displays the login is on a different URL. (There is a login page from the machine running the tomcat instance, but the marketing site is on a wordpress install and uses a different domain).
I can't use the HTTP request first method to set the cookie, because the default Internet Explorer settings prevent the session cookie from being saved.

A: We have this problem with our app.  We wanted a similar behavior of logging in via https, then redirecting to an http page.
The issue is that when Tomcat creates the session under https, it creates a secure cookie which can't be read in http.  Note that this keeps getting filed as a bug in Tomcat and getting marked as "not a bug".
The solution we ended up is based on the message in this forum
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=197150&start=0
Quoting from the forum thread: "One way to maintain the session in Tomcat, when the session cookie is getting created in SSL mode is to trick the browser by creating the non-secure cookie, when the secure cookie is getting created."  This is accomplished via a filter that wraps the request and overrides request.getSession().  It's worked very well for us.
As a side note, redirecting from an https to http page will pop up a warning message in some versions of Internet Explorer "You are about to be redirected to a connection that is not secure."   The only way we found to avoid this is to have the redirection be done with a meta refresh tag.  Specifically, return a blank page from the original https request with a meta tag that refreshes to an http page.  This avoids the warning message at the expense of making the code slightly more convoluted.
(I just noticed some of the advice here is a repeat of an earlier answer -- I apologize, but will post anyways since it is from direct experience).
Edit: I see in your comments you have two domains, which complicates the use of cookies.  Can you use a proxy or web server such as Apache to present just one domain to the end users?

A: When using https tomcat establishes the jsessionid through a secure cookie, which cannot be transmitted through a non-secure connection. So when you fall back to http the session is lost.
The workaround (which I haven't done it myself) seems to be establishing the session through a http request before redirecting to https, and then setting a filter in the HttpRequestWrapper to plug into the nonsecure cookie.
I don't know much about this, but here are a couple of references:

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*http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=197150

*http://tp.its.yale.edu/pipermail/cas/2006-March/002356.html

A: If you've verified the secure-only flag is off, and that the first cookie is being dropped correctly - I would guess that that there may be a path issue which is preventing the cookie from being presented again.


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The Testable, Falsifiable Science That Supports Human Causes of Warming
About Temperature Changes in the Ocean
Every time changes in ocean heat content make it into the news -- and it reached another high again in 2019, as it does almost every year -- woefully uninformed people like Willis Eschenbach complain that the temperature changes are oh so small, so what can it matter??
It's true that the ocean is vast and has a high mass -- 0.02% of the Earth's mass, in fact. It does not warm or cool easily. But:
a) that does not mean any change in its heat content is small, and
b) it certainly does not mean that the temperature changes by the same amount at all depths.
Exactly because the ocean is so massive, it takes a lot of heat to change its temperature -- in any region. Since 1955, the average temperature of the top 2000 meters of the ocean -- about 1/2 its average depth -- has increased by about 0.10°C. From the heat angle, that means the change in that region's heat content is about 300 ZJ (1 ZJ = 1021 J).
Exercise for the reader: compare this to the rate at which the Earth receives energy from the Sun, either at the top of the atmosphere or at the surface.
So who cares, right? Besides the question of the effect on marine life -- which I'm working on understanding, check back later, but let's point out that at equilibrium there will be little change at all -- what does this mean about the temperature change at various depths? It means it can still change by a lot by depth.
Using NOAA's data on ocean temperature anomalies and ocean heat content, we can calculate the temperature and heat changes in average regions. It's pretty simple; just recall that ΔQ = mc*ΔT (definition of specific heat). The data gives:
Put another way, here is the average temperature change as a function of ocean depth:
There's your thermocline. Calculating temperature change from changes in ocean heat content makes no sense unless you do it as a function of ocean depth.
edX Course on Global Warming Science
This looks like a good course for anyone who wants to learn the basic science of global warming. It's a step beyond the course Michael Mann taught a few years ago; this one requires knowledge of calculus, mechanics and electromagnetism -- that is to say, college freshman physics. It's taught by Kerry Emanuel (et al) of MIT, and consists of video lectures. It's free to audit. If you haven't wanted to read a climate science textbook but want to go beyond the zeroth-order energy balance equation, this looks like a good opportunity.
Pct of Earth with Warmest and Coldest Decade
Here's an interesting result from climatologist Brian Brettschneider -- the percentage of Earth with the warmest and coldest decade since 1900:
BTW, GISS found 2019 was the 2nd warmest year for the globe in their records. Easily the warmest ENSO-neutral year. And it was the warmest year in the southern hemisphere. Northern hemisphere and land-only were the 2nd warmest year. This is the 5th year in a row that the land-only anomaly was > 1°C -- for 2019 it was 1.3°C (2.3°F). For Dec-19 it was a high 1.52°C (2.74°F) -- the 3rd warmest month ever (viz. third highest anomaly).
Greta Thunberg on Living Sustainability
This really hits the nail on the head, and very simply:
Greta Thunberg: "It is impossible to live sustainably today, and that needs to change."
I don't think I've ever said this so simply. Or came close.
Record UAH Temperatures
Here we are, in a non El Nino year, and UAH calculates that the lower troposphere was at a record high temperature for December in their records (starting in 1978).
It was also a record high meteorological autumn (Sept-Nov).
The year ranked 3rd highest in their records, making it a record high ENSO-neutral year.
Who ordered that?
PS: One genius at Spencer's blog, Bob Weber, thinks we're in a "mini-ice age."
The 2020s are going to be a contest to see which denier can make the laughable statement possible. Starting out, I nominate this.
US Exporting More Oil Than It Imports
This past week the US had net negative imports of oil -- that is to say, more exports than imports. It's the least net exports since at least 1990:
Of course I don't know what's going on behind the scenes, but I wonder if US oil companies, abetted by the Trump administration, aren't engaged in a last gasp of oil drilling before climate considerations put an end to it. Making us an "energy superpower," in the words of former DOE chief Rick Perry. The gasp might last 10 years or even twenty, but they've gotta see it on the horizon, something coal saw too late.
Australian PM Gets a Firehose of Criticism
The prime minister of Australia, Scott Morrison, visited New South Wales yesterday, which has seen some of the devastating, scary wildfires. In this jaw-dropping clip, the people there gave him a good piece of their mind:
Notice the fireman near the clip's end who refuses to shame Morrison's hand. Notice Morrison feebly trying to address climate change. It was so bad Morrison scambered home.
The fires are expected to get worse.
The Rankings (for 2019 Sea Ice)
(Really, does it matter? Probably not.)
Dogs, Nature's Supreme Suck-ups
Nick Greene, at Slate, beginning to answer the reader question "I Want a Dog, but My Husband Refuses. Should I Just Do It?"
Humans didn't always like dogs. According to one widely believed theory, history's greatest friendship began thousands of years ago when packs of relatively docile wolves began loitering near hunter-gatherer camps to nosh on the leftovers and trash. These proto-pups realized this strategy was far easier than hunting, and so the species began its millennia-long effort to enter our good graces. Wolves evolved into dogs, and nature's supreme suck-ups now live inside our houses and eat specially formulated food that we invented just for them. Playing the long game worked.
Nevertheless, some Homo sapiens, like your husband, have managed to resist dogs' charm offensive. You may find it annoying, but you should be happy he's doing this now and not thousands of years ago. If he had been one of those hunter-gatherers hanging around the campfire, he might have chased away those affable wolves and changed the course of human and canine history forever. Who knows, we could all be snuggling with our domesticated possums right now.
Nick Greene usually cover sports at Slate, and he's an interesting, funny, off-kilter writer who I always read.
Merry Christmas, Everyone
Trump on Wind (Oy Vey)
On Saturday impeached President Trump gave a speech to the conservative student group Turning Point USA. He talked about wind power, and it went like most things do with Trump:
"I never understood wind," Trump said, according to Mediaite. "I know windmills very much, I have studied it better than anybody. I know it is very expensive. They are made in China and Germany mostly, very few made here, almost none, but they are manufactured, tremendous — if you are into this — tremendous fumes and gases are spewing into the atmosphere. You know we have a world, right?"
Suddenly Trump is the world's expert on wind. Suddenly he notices we have a world. Apparently doesn't connect that to his administration's policies on the environment.
"So the world is tiny compared to the universe. So tremendous, tremendous amount of fumes and everything. You talk about the carbon footprint, fumes are spewing into the air, right spewing, whether it is China or Germany, is going into the air," the president added.
Suddenly Trump cares about something's carbon footprint.
"A windmill will kill many bald eagles," he said, according to Mediate. "After a certain number, they make you turn the windmill off, that is true. By the way, they make you turn it off. And yet, if you killed one, they put you in jail. That is OK. But why is it OK for windmills to destroy the bird population?"
Suddenly Trump cares about birds.
As The Hill pointed out, wind turbines kill about 1/6th the number of birds that cats do. And coal and oil and gas kill many millions.
PS: That first sentence, "I know windmills very much" -- sounds like something a 3rd grader would say. Help us.
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Reading of the Urgenda Verdict
Here's an abbreviated reading of the Urgenda case in the Netherlands, with English subtitles. It's only 18 minutes long, and clearly stated (as far as legal language goes). It's a dream for anyone wanting reductions in greenhouse gas emissions -- the court took the science into account (which the two parties did not dispute), explained why it has jurisdiction, then gave the verdict, ruling the government must cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% by the end of 2020 (compared to 1990 levels). (Court costs are to be paid by the Dutch government, but they didn't look too high.) I don't yet know the numbers or how onerous and difficult these cuts will be.
Update: According to the BP Statistical Review 2019, the Netherlands emitted 196 Mt CO2 in 1990 and 203 Mt CO2 in 2018. So they have their work cut out for them. A 25% drop from 1990 would be 2020 emissions of 147 Mt CO2, so it's actually a 28% drop from 2018. That seems near impossible.
Watching this, it seems to me that the ruling was made on the basis of Dutch civil law, not on their adherence to the European Convention on Human Rights. But I'm not lawyer and would be happy to hear from anyone who is, or others here who followed the verdict better than I did.
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If there's anything that smells as good as tarts in the oven, it's gonna be quiches.
Quiche Yoroizuka is the latest venture by famous Tokyo patissier Toshi Yoroizuka. He has always wanted to open a quiche shop since at the age of 29 years old when he was working at a cake shop. Kitchen meals would always be the quiches sold from a shop in front of the train station and the attractive aroma and flavors unique to a quiche made him dream of his own quiche shop.
I guessed it's finally dream come true for Chef Yoroizuka as he has not only opened 2 takeaway outlets in Ikebukuro and Shibuya but also a full bistro cafe on quiches in Aoyama.
The menu is divided into two sections: Deli Quiches and Sweets Quiches. The savoury fared better than the sweet quiches mainly because the pastry shell was flakier and its inherently savoury qualities made it a natural partner for the deli fillings. This could also be a reason why savoury quiches are more common than sweet ones.
I recommend you to dine-in at the cafe unless you have an oven at home as the quiches can be reheated. This definitely helps to boost the crispness of the quiches as they tend to turn soggy faster than tarts. The Quattro cheese (\380) is a must-try for all cheese lovers as the intensity of the cheese can challenge the supremacy of Pablo's version. Encased in a butter-rich crust, Egg Benedict (\480) did not fail us with its oozy egg yolk and nondescript sauce. On the other hand, the Strawberry Custard was exceedingly sweet but luckily less so for the Matcha.


at the Schomburg Center, Sat., Sep. 15, 3:00 p.m.
I don't expect Mariela Castro to be in attendance for this event but she should return to NYC just for it. She could contribute a bit and, I'm sure, learn a lot too.
It's really a fabulous set of smart people. Be sure to RSVP. See you there!
Although Cuba has made major advances in LGBT rights in recent years, homophobia remains a problematic human rights issue. A panel of scholars, writers, and activists, featuring Jafari Allen, Emilio Bejel, Mabel Cuesta, Ignacio Estrada, Leannes Imbert, and Achy Obejas, will discuss continuing challenges.
He brings with him a passion for shaping the conversation about Cuba and her people. Born in Cuba but raised in Puerto Rico, Duany has long struggled with answering the question: Where are you from? He sometimes just answers, "I'm Cuba Rican." He became interested in the idea of migration, specifically in the Spanish-Caribbean migration, during his time in Puerto Rico and has published extensively on migration, ethnicity, race, nationalism, and transnationalism in the Caribbean and the United States.
"I would like CRI to focus more on the Cuban American community and the Cuban diaspora in the 21st century," Duany said. "I want to strengthen the CRI-faculty relationships, courses, fellowships and summer programs."
Along with his appointment at CRI, Duany also will serve as an anthropology professor in the Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies within the School of International and Public Affairs.
"Dr. Duany brings a unique perspective to our Cuban studies," said John Stack, executive director of the School of International and Public Affairs and associate dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. "His passion for Cuba and her people will help invigorate thoughtful conversations about the role Cubans play internationally and about the future of Cuba, itself."
Prior to joining FIU, Duany served as acting dean of the College of Social Sciences and professor of Anthropology at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. He currently belongs to the editorial boards of academic journals including CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Cuban Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, and Latino Studies.
Duany received his Ph.D. in Latin American Studies, specializing in anthropology, from the University of California, Berkeley. He received an M.A. in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in Psychology from Columbia University. He served as director of University of Puerto Rico's Department of Sociology and Anthropology and director of the journal Revista de Ciencias Sociales. He has had visiting teaching and research appointments at several United States' universities, including Harvard, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and the City University of New York.


Ubu Gallery presented "Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885–1939): Drawings from the 1930s," an exhibition of over sixty rare works by one of the most mythical personas to emerge from interwar Europe. An artist, theorist and visionary, Witkiewicz, also known as Witkacy, was a central figure among the Polish intellectual elite of the 1920s and 1930s. He revealed the multiplicity of the human spirit and the flux of the everyday in his unifying concept of "Pure Form." In all aspects of his life's work, Witkiewicz championed the individual's creative spirit within the mechanized world, the latter of which he believed was alienating humanity from the true structure of the universe, in his terms the "Mystery of Existence." While the artist's proto-modern, psychological, photographic portraits (a small selection of which also will be on view) are arguably his best-known visual works, Witkiewicz's drawings offer unique insight into the eccentricities of this tortured and brilliant artist.


Canonical today announced a free trial to showcase the entirely new interface for its systems management solution, Ubuntu Advantage: Landscape.
"One of the traditional benefits to Linux has been the ease with which administrators can support themselves," said Stephen O'Grady, principal analyst at RedMonk. "But systems administrators are always looking for ways to automate repetitive tasks and reporting, which is what drives interest and demand for tools like Ubuntu Advantage: Landscape."


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Either the screen is broken or a corrupted firmware.
See firmware solution here http://www.satechhelp.co.za/8442/Ag-Chacer-Firmware. See if you can access the recovery mode by turning the phone off, press and hold the power button and volume down at the same time. If you can not access the recover mode the screen or main board might be defected visit your local phone repair shop if your are out warranty.


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De Wilde at Meta.Morf 2016 – Scandinavia's most extensive biennale for art & technology
Scandinavia's most extensive biennale for art & technology will for the fourth time be arranged in Trondheim from March 10 to May 8 with the title 'Nice to be in orbit!' We are proud to present a fantastic group of artists, researches, writers and musicians that in various ways will contribute to the 8 week…
De Wilde joins The Moon Arts team
De Wilde joins the Moon Arts Group, a collaborative team of approximately 40 members, including CMU faculty, students and alumni working alongside independent artists and professionals, coordinated through the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry in the College of Fine Arts. Together with our patron-level sponsors, 3rd Dimension Industrial 3D Printing, Arnano, the International Gemological Institute and General Dynamics…
Selected for GIANT STEPS (USA)
De Wilde and space scientist Guerric de Crombrugghe de Looringhe are selected for the prestigious 'Giant Steps' exhibition with an innovative artwork specifically designed for exhibiting on the Moon, entitled S.A.D.Astronaut. Giant Steps is organised by Vital 5 Productions in Seattle, vetting the most imaginative, innovative, and conceptually rigorous ideas. The Pacific Northwest holds a…
ISEA Hong Kong 2016
Proposal for ISEA Hong Kong 2016 submitted. Founded in the Netherlands in 1990, ISEA International (formerly Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts) is an international non-profit organisation fostering interdisciplinary academic discourse and exchange among culturally diverse organisations and individuals working with art, science and technology. The main activity of ISEA International is the annual International Symposium on…
Featured in Another History of Art – 2.500 jaar Europese kunstgeschiedenis
Interview for ART+TECHNOLOGY by Hyundai Motor Company and produced in partnership with Bloomberg Media Group
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The WSJ today carried an article about municipalities that are hiring security guards to do police work.
Hiring private guards is less expensive than hiring new officers. Oakland - facing a record $80 million budget shortfall - spends about 65% of its budget for police and fire services, including about $250,000 annually, including benefits and salary on each police officer. In contrast, for about $200,000 a year the city can contract to hire four private guards to patrol the troubled East Oakland district where four on-duty police officers were killed in March. And the company, not the city, is reponsible for insurance for the guards.
UPDATE: The WSJ reports today that the Oakland contract was cancelled because of a fraud investigation of the owners of the security firm. So much for outsourcing.
Just another reason why one should seriously consider carrying one's own protection with them.
If every able bodied citizen who was well-trained in the use of firearms, had an unblemished record, and was otherwise competent carried a weapon, and if the general culture approved of and encouraged this sort of citizen responsibility, we probably would not need so many police and/or security guards in the first place. The problem is that government claims a monopoly on defending its citizens on a day-to-day basis. And that posture of government is aided and abetted by old media and the totalitarian tendencies of political parties.
"Long Term Consequences are Grave"
Let's [Tea] Party, Miami Springs and America!
To Whom Shall We "Blue Dogs" Flee?


On Wed Dec 9th, 6th class went ice skating to Arthur's Quay in Limerick. We had the whole ice rink to ourselves !! It was hard when we started but it got easier as we went along. It was very hard to keep your balance. You could hire a seal that would allow you to push people around and it helped them to balance. After the ice skating we went to Arthur's Quay shopping centre and got milkshakes in Moody Cow. On the way home we went to Cratloe woods, had our lunch and played. It was a really good day! Thanks to John for organising this day for us.
Check out the photos in the Sixth Class blog.


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ODU falls at Marshall, drops fifth straight in another frustrating setback
By Ed Miller
| Huntington, W.Va.
Marshall running back Brenden Knox (20) breaks free from a tackle attempt by Old Dominion's Calvin Brewton (4) as he rushes for a touchdown during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, in Huntington, W.Va. (Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch via AP) (Sholten Singer / AP)
With Marshall in victory formation, Old Dominion coach Bobby Wilder began the familiar walk to midfield, his team hitting the halfway point of the season at 1-5, and 0-2 in Conference USA, after a 31-17 loss Saturday.
It was another frustrating afternoon for a team that has dropped five straight, even if this time, it was for the lack of a play here and there, rather than the complete offensive breakdown that did in the Monarchs in a loss to Western Kentucky last week.
This time, ODU stayed within a touchdown of the East Division's preseason favorite for most of the second half but couldn't close the gap.
"That's a very disappointed locker room," Wilder said. "I know I've said this before, but we're in every single game. We're right there in the game. We've just got to make those one or two decisive plays in the fourth quarter."
Unlike last week, when ODU managed just 160 yards, the offense had a pulse, and perhaps even signs of promise. A quarterback rotation evolved into a quarterback switch, with Messiah deWeaver taking over for starter Stone Smartt and getting the team moving, relatively speaking. The Monarchs finished with just 206 yards and owed two of their scores to the dynamic kick returns of redshirt freshman Blake Watson.
ODU sustained just one drive, for 77 yards.
Old Dominion quarterback Stone Smartt (4) throws a pass against Marshall during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, in Huntington, W.Va. (Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch via AP) (Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch/AP)
Still, it was something. DeWeaver completed 8 of 14 passes for a modest 100 yards. Among them was a 44-yard toss to Aaron Moore, one of several young receivers inserted into the lineup and targeted downfield.
"I knew I was going to play," said deWeaver, a junior who transferred from East Mississippi Community College after starting his career at Michigan State. "I didn't know how long I'd be in there, but they had confidence in me and let me play the rest of the way."
The quarterbacks split the first four series before deWeaver played the rest of the way. ODU had trouble protecting them both. Each was sacked four times. Wilder said they'll compete again in practice this week, and that both could play.
Unable to gain much traction running, the Monarchs couldn't keep pace with a Marshall attack that piled up 444 yards and gashed C-USA's No. 2 run defense for 236 yards.
And though the Monarchs brought pressure on Herd QB Isaiah Green, he evaded it more often than not, side-stepping and rolling out to thread passes into tight openings.
Even so, ODU had chances. Down 24-17 in the third quarter, deWeaver appeared to scramble for a first down near midfield, but officials ruled he was down, forcing a punt.
Wilder was incensed after the replay showed deWeaver had landed on an ODU player before scrambling ahead for the apparent first down.
"In games like this, those are huge difference-maker plays, because we were going to score," Wilder said.
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Perhaps. ODU had another chance late but stalled near midfield before Marshall (3-3, 1-1) put things out of reach.
If this was an accurate gauge of who the Monarchs are at mid-year, it was more palatable than last week, but still not nearly enough to beat most teams in C-USA. Not without a quantum leap from the offense and a return to form from a defense that was uncharacteristically undisciplined Saturday.
The Monarchs play at defending conference champ Alabama-Birmingham next week.
Linebacker Jordan Young said the Monarchs remain determined.
"We're just never gonna quit," he said. "We're going to keep fighting until we get that one game where we play a full 60 minutes. That one win, hopefully the next one, will get us going and put some momentum behind everything we've worked for."
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