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(Updated Oct. 1, 2003)
Samsung Introduces New Handsets - Mobile Entertainment Terminals
Source: 3g.co.uk newsletter
ASIA : Samsung redefines mobile communication at DigitAll Inspiration 2003, as it unveils a broad range of innovative, feature-packed handsets. Whether it's catching the latest television program, getting that important email, or taking a snapshot, SAMSUNG will demonstrate a mobile phone to meet any communication or entertainment need.
The line of mobile intelligent terminals, or MITs, is designed to allow users to bring their most important data with them on the road. These terminals pack more computing power than laptops a decade ago, with the power of integrated high-speed wireless communication. The devices are not limited to mere emailing or office document editing; rather, they are capable of playing multimedia content such as digital music or video clips.
Understanding that each consumer has different needs than the next, SAMSUNG Electronics is offering a variety of options to choose from. SAMSUNG is the only major handset manufacturer to offer handsets based on Palm, PocketPC, and Symbian operating systems.
SPH-i700, a mobile intelligent terminal built around the Pocket PC Phone Edition operating system from Microsoft, includes Pocket Office for business needs, Windows Media Player for multimedia file playback and MSN Messenger for text messaging. Thanks to the integrated CDMA 2000 1X wireless communication module, the SPH-i700 enhances all these functions with broadband wireless connectivity. In addition, the device includes a built-in VGA camera with a rotating lens to enable consumers the ability to share images taken to be wirelessly shared with friends or colleagues.
SGH-D700 is a GSM/GPRS phone based on Symbian OS with full multimedia features, including video messaging and movie clip playback. Additionally, the device has camcorder functionality with rotating screen and camera lens for enhanced usability?giving consumers the ability to capture those special moments, without having to lug around an extra device. Further, to allow best use of SGH-D700's extensive multimedia features, the designers at SAMSUNG added support for MMC (multimedia card) memory expansion. The crystal clear 65,000 color TFT LCD screen ensures the best viewing experience.
SPH-i500 is SAMSUNG's newest terminal based on the Palm OS. This CDMA 2000 1X enabled mobile intelligent terminal features a compact, clamshell phone design measuring only 54X 87 X 21.5 mm when folded. The handset boasts a 65k color-capable TFT LCD screen, dual touch screen panels with separated display and graffiti areas, Easy Text Input, voice activated dialing and voice memo, and 16 polyphonic sounds. It is a fully-fledged Palm PDA and is completely compatible with all Palm applications.
SPH-i500 allows for faster and more reliable file transfers than ever before. And, built-in communication applications, as well as various third party Web browsers and email applications, allow the phone to serve as a fully portable all-in-one wireless Web terminal.
Entertainment On-the-Go
SAMSUNG's newest handsets are not only intelligent, but also fun. SAMSUNG's latest handsets, the SGH-E715 and SGH-P705, are compact entertainment devices with clamshell design form-factors.
SGH-E715 is a compact and lightweight dual-frequency GSM/GPRS phone with an embedded VGA camera. This unique folding model has a camera mounted on the front and an internal antenna. The external LCD can be used as the viewfinder, allowing for picture-taking without ever having to open the phone. Various stored image templates can be used to decorate the snapshots. And, with its LED light, the SGH-E715 can even take clear, sharp images in the dark.
SGH-P705 is a phone and an NTSC television that's small and light enough to fit in your shirt pocket, which also provides full GSM/GPRS capabilities. Despite the diminutive size, the device's striking, 262,144 color TFT LCD display provides true to life images to ensure viewing pleasure. And, if a particular scene grabs your interest, SGH-P705 can even capture that image can and send it to other parties using embedded multimedia messaging service support. The phone also includes 40 polyphonic ring tones and a built-in WAP 2.0 browser to match up to any other GPRS phone in the market.
THE PHONE SPECS FOLLOW
Model SPH-i700
Size 132x70x16mm
Display 65K Color TFT-LCD(240x320)
Battery 1050mAh/2000mAh
Memory Phone : F/M 32Mb+SRAM 8Mb
PDA : F/M 32MB+SDRAM 64MB
OS PocketPC 2002
Mode 1X Digital Only(800/1900)
Model SGH-D700
Platform Symbian 6.1, S60 1.2
Dimension 89 x 49 x 26mm
Camera Built-in (VGA)
Display 65K TFT 176x208
Messaging MMS / Email
Java O
Feature Camcorder / Voice Reco / MP3 / MMC
Size 54x87x21.5mm
Display 162x176, 65,000 color TFT LCD
Battery 800/ 1100/ 1600mAh Li-Ion
Memory Flash ROM 8MB + DRAM 16MB
OS Palm OS 4.1
CPU MSM5100 & Dragonball 66MHz
Mode CDMA IX Tri Mode
Melody CMX 16 poly
Design Clam Shell
Model SGH-E715
Camera ¼", VGA, CMOS
Source: www.3g.co.uk and http://www.samsung.com
MobileInfo Comments and Advisory: Samsung is coming on strong as an important handset vendor - close on the heels of Nokia. Mobile entertainment handsets will be successful in Asia first.


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- Mini-buses of 10, 16, 19 and 24 seats.
Material: The main brand in terms of chassis is Mercedes, followed by MAN and Iveco. As far as bodywork is concerned let us highlight Irizar, leader in the coach sector together with the Catalan companies Beulas and IndCar.
- Special trailer equipped for transporting bicycles for cycling enthusiast.
- Coaches with convertible seats in bunk-beds for long-distance overnight journeys.
V.I.P concept: We have a few vehicles that one can consider VIPs, large seats, etc..., our concept is based on obtaining what has always been missing in coaches: space. In this way, within the limitations imposed by our manufacturers, our criteria has been as simple as that: remove seats to obtain more space. As a result, we have living space in mini-buses that are capable of accommodating for 21 which at the present are for 16, they could accommodate for 22 but they seat 19 at the present moment, in another 14 can fit but we thought 10 would be more comfortable; the conventional coaches of 55 seats are 12 metres long but ours have grown to 13 and 14 metres. This is our VIP concept: obtain space.


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Q: Atmosphere WebSocketProtocol Broadcast I have a working jetty-based WebSocket server that I need to migrate to use Atmosphere.  I need to write incoming WebSockets messages to an internal queue for subsequent processing and the original message is returned o the client as positive acknowledgement of the transaction.
I've implemented using the WebSocketProtocol API of Atmosphere.  The connection gets brought up successfully and a single message is sent from the client to the server.  However, no response is received and it appears the connection gets closed.
Here are the log messages for the connection request:
INFO  [2015-05-19 14:46:08,222] org.eclipse.jetty.server.ServerConnector: Started application@1db9d253{HTTP/1.1}{0.0.0.0:9090}
INFO  [2015-05-19 14:46:08,236] org.eclipse.jetty.server.ServerConnector: Started admin@6f5f892c{HTTP/1.1}{0.0.0.0:8081}
INFO  [2015-05-19 14:46:08,237] org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server: Started @15902ms
INFO  [2015-05-19 14:46:08,344] com.df.sensoringest.services.SensorIngestServiceIntegrationTest: Connecting to: ws://localhost:9090/dF/sensorIngest
127.0.0.1 - - [19/May/2015:14:46:08 +0000] "GET /dF/sensorIngest HTTP/1.1" 101 - "-" "-"  259
INFO  [2015-05-19 14:46:09,014] com.df.sensoringest.services.SensorIngestServiceIntegrationTest: Connected: WebSocketSession[websocket=JettyListenerEventDriver[com.df.sensoringest.services.SensorIngestServiceIntegrationTest$TestClient],behavior=CLIENT,connection=WebSocketClientConnection@79056e19{IDLE}{f=Flusher[queueSize=0,aggregateSize=0,failure=null],g=Generator[CLIENT,validating],p=Parser@2b100b71[ExtensionStack,s=START,c=0,len=0,f=null,p=WebSocketPolicy@6c4a33a4[behavior=CLIENT,maxTextMessageSize=65536,maxTextMessageBufferSize=32768,maxBinaryMessageSize=65536,maxBinaryMessageBufferSize=32768,asyncWriteTimeout=60000,idleTimeout=300000,inputBufferSize=4096]]},remote=WebSocketRemoteEndpoint@432bf2ff[batching=true],incoming=JettyListenerEventDriver[com.df.sensoringest.services.SensorIngestServiceIntegrationTest$TestClient],outgoing=ExtensionStack[queueSize=0,extensions=[],incoming=org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.common.WebSocketSession,outgoing=org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.client.io.WebSocketClientConnection]]
INFO  [2015-05-19 14:46:09,032] com.df.sensoringest.resources.socket.SocketResource: connection requested: 4c3b4254-a3bc-4a1f-900b-3b8ad9b9afc6

After the connection is established, I send a single message which is received by the WebSocket server:
INFO  [2015-05-19 14:46:16,015] com.df.sensoringest.services.SensorIngestServiceIntegrationTest: sending: This is a test message
INFO  [2015-05-19 14:46:16,035] com.df.sensoringest.resources.socket.SocketResource: received: This is a test message
INFO  [2015-05-19 14:46:16,352] com.df.sensoringest.resources.socket.SocketResource: connection closed: 4c3b4254-a3bc-4a1f-900b-3b8ad9b9afc6

The response is never received by the client and the connection gets closed.  There are no exceptions being thrown so I'm not sure what's going on.
Here is the WebSocket server code:
@Slf4j
@WebSocketProtocolService
public class SocketResource implements WebSocketProtocol {

  @Override
  public List<AtmosphereRequest> onMessage(WebSocket webSocket, String data) {
    log.info("received: {}", data);
    webSocket.resource().getBroadcaster().broadcast(data);
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public List<AtmosphereRequest>
      onMessage(WebSocket webSocket, byte[] data, int offset, int length) {
    try {
      String bStr = new String(data, "UTF-8");
      log.info("received unexpected byte message: {}", bStr);
    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
      log.error("unsupported text encoding: {}", e);
    }
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public void configure(AtmosphereConfig config) {
    log.info("config method called");
  }

  @Override
  public void onOpen(WebSocket webSocket) {
    log.info("connection requested: {}", webSocket.resource().uuid());
  }

  @Override
  public void onClose(WebSocket webSocket) {
    log.info("connection closed: {}", webSocket.resource().uuid());
  }

  @Override
  public void onError(WebSocket webSocket, WebSocketProcessor.WebSocketException t) {
    log.error("websocket error: {}", t.getMessage());
    log.error("status {}, message {}", t.response().getStatus(), t.response().getStatusMessage());
  }
}

and here is the test client:
  /**
   * The Test WebSockets Client
   */
  public static class TestClient extends WebSocketAdapter {
    @Override
    public void onWebSocketClose(int statusCode, String reason) {
      log.error("websocket session closed: {}, {}", statusCode, reason);
    }

    @Override
    public void onWebSocketConnect(Session session) {
      log.info("Connected: {}", session);
      try {
        Thread.sleep((long)(5 * DateTimeConstants.MILLIS_PER_SECOND));
      } catch (Exception e) {
        log.error("sleep interrupted ...", e);
      }

      try {
        log.info("sending: {}", sensorMessage);
        session.getRemote().sendString(sensorMessage);
      } catch (Exception e) {
        log.error("error sending message: {}", e);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public void onWebSocketError(Throwable cause) {
      log.info("unexpected websockets exception: {}", cause);
    }

    @Override
    public void onWebSocketBinary(byte[] payload, int offset, int len) {
      log.info("unexpected binary message received");
    }

    @Override
    public void onWebSocketText(String message) {
      if (message != null) {
        response = message;
        log.info("websocket response received: {}", message);
      }
    }
  }

So, after all of this, what am I doing incorrectly or not doing to cause the connection to close and the broadcast back to the client to fail?

A: I was not setting the broadcaster in my onOpen() method.  After doing this, and getting the broadcaster in my onMessage() method, I now get the response I was looking for in the client.
Here is the new socket resource code:
/**
 * Example resource to show integration of Atmosphere within Dropwizard.
 */
@Slf4j
@WebSocketProtocolService
public class SocketResource implements WebSocketProtocol {

  @Inject
  private BroadcasterFactory factory;

  private int requestCount = 1;

  @Override
  public List<AtmosphereRequest> onMessage(WebSocket webSocket, String data) {
    Broadcaster b = webSocket.resource().getBroadcaster();
    b.broadcast(data);
    log.info("broadcaster: {}", b);
    log.info("received: {}", data);
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public List<AtmosphereRequest>
      onMessage(WebSocket webSocket, byte[] data, int offset, int length) {
    try {
      String bStr = new String(data, "UTF-8");
      log.info("received unexpected byte message: {}", bStr);
    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
      log.error("unsupported text encoding: {}", e);
    }
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public void configure(AtmosphereConfig config) {
    log.info("config method called");
  }

  @Override
  public void onOpen(WebSocket webSocket) {
    log.info("connection requested: {}", webSocket.resource().uuid());
    webSocket.resource().setBroadcaster(factory.lookup("/sensorIngest/" +
        requestCount++, true)).suspend(-1);
  }

  @Override
  public void onClose(WebSocket webSocket) {
    log.info("connection closed: {}", webSocket.resource().uuid());
  }

  @Override
  public void onError(WebSocket webSocket, WebSocketProcessor.WebSocketException t) {
    log.error("websocket error: {}", t.getMessage());
    log.error("status {}, message {}", t.response().getStatus(), t.response().getStatusMessage());
  }

I am open to improvements as I'm really new to Atmosphere.  The one thing I have not figured out is how to send the server response to only one client.

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Or, intro? Anyway, I had 750 words to sum up horror comics for NPR, since they kept coming up when we were curating the 100 Horror list. Was cool, trying to make everything fit.
He's Adrian Veidt with a cosmic version of the Redeker Plan, yeah? It's a good build for a bad guy. I miss his old "I want to kill half the universe as a gift for Death, whom I love love love"-angle from the comics, but I think this version plays better. Or, it doesn't have a self-destruct button built in.
Also, wonder if Deadpool will say anything about Brolin being both Thanos and Cable? Or, how can he not?


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David Morris, owner of Bread Garden, pioneer baker
By Frances Dinkelspiel
April 122013, 12:30 p.m. Aug. 132016
David Morris in 2010
David Morris, whose Bread Garden bakery on Domingo Avenue in Berkeley was the one of the first to offer fresh, handmade croissants and baguettes when it opened in 1973, died on April 3 of cancer. He was 65.
Morris, who operated The Bread Garden for 39 years, shut it down in 2012 because of dwindling sales. In the summer of 2012 he opened a similar bakery in Paso Robles to much acclaim and appreciation from the community.
"Amazing breads!" wrote one customer on Yelp! "Will certainly be going back often. Picked up a couple of goodies too. Yummy. Just what Paso needed!"
Morris bequeathed the bakery to his longtime manager, Sandy Luong, who lives in Emeryville. Luong had assisted Morris in getting the Paso Robles Bakery open.
"I do have full intention of keeping it open and seeing David's dream of starting a new bakery in a new location followed through," said Luong, who plans to commute back and forth between the Bay Area and Paso Robles.
Luong said Morris learned he was ill at the end of January but did not want to tell her until she finished her nursing studies in March. The disease progressed more rapidly than people expected and Morris had a friend call Luong and say he needed to talk to her. He died two weeks later.
"I was shocked," said Luong. "He was a great teacher, a great friend, a great owner."
When Morris opened The Bread Garden there were very few bakeries in Berkeley. Seven years after he opened, Peet's opened two doors down on Domingo and Morris and Alfred Peet struck a deal: Peet's would offer coffee and patrons could wander to The Bread Garden for pastries.
The deal worked for decades until a new corporation bought Peet's. The company immediately put pastries in Peet's and Morris saw his sales dwindle.
He tried to fight back. In 2010 Morris put a sign in the window of The Bread Garden "Prefer Day-old pastries? Then buy them from Peet's." Morris was trying to make the point that he cooked his pastries around 1 a.m. the day they were sold, but Peet's baked them a day earlier.
Morris also had a sign in his store on and off for a few years saying if business did not improve he would have to move the bakery. City Councilman Gordon Wozniak, who said he was "addicted" to The Bread Garden's morning buns, tried to drum up business for the bakery by introducing Morris to the manager of the Claremont Hotel. The resort did start using products from The Bread Garden.
But the bakery universe in Berkeley had changed dramatically over 39 years as numerous other enterprises opened and supermarkets started to carry fresh bread. There were eight bakeries when Morris opened; there were 38 when he closed. So in 2012, Morris moved operations to Paso Robles.
Still, his legacy in Berkeley endures. Andrea Mok, now program manager at Ashby Gardens, worked at The Bread Garden for ten years. She started as a dishwasher while in high school and eventually moved to the front of the store. Morris, said Mok, was an excellent employer. He provided health care benefits for all the employees, even part- time retail clerks.
"That says a lot about his fairness and progressive attitude towards running a business," said Mok, who added Morris was not driven to make money. "There were a lot of us 20-somethings running around trying to figure ourselves out while making and selling bread, and The Bread Garden gave us a warm, safe, fragrant place with a regular paycheck – and health insurance to anchor our lives."
Morris was also an urban farmer in Berkeley. He kept bees, made honey, wine and beer, and raised chickens. He was also a black belt in Aikido and studied with Steve Sasaki Sensei of Aikido of Berkeley for 30 years. After Morris' death, the school put up a tribute on its web page.
Memorial services for Morris are pending.
Bread Garden closes [05.29.12]
Does Peet's sell day-old pastries? The owner of the Bread Garden thinks so. [02.21.10]
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Choosing the right WordPress theme for your site is a very important step in the site building process. Choose the wrong theme and you'll end up with a design you're unsatisfied with and a site that doesn't help you reach your goals.
But, where do you start? After all, there are thousands of different themes for you to choose from, and you don't have the time to sort through every single one. Trying to find the right theme can seem like quite the overwhelming task.
Below we highlight a few important considerations you'll want to take into account when selecting a WordPress theme for your new blog.
Before you even begin the theme selection process it's important that you take note of what you're actually looking for in a WordPress theme. This will help you to narrow the selection process, so you can more easily find what you're looking for.
What's the purpose of your blog? Is it primarily an online journal, or do you want to build a business?
Will video be the main focus of your blog?
Do you need a static homepage or do you prefer a traditional blogroll?
Do you want your blog to have a minimal, creative, or corporate feel?
What level of customization do you require?
Beyond answering the questions above spend some time browsing other sites in your space, so you can get a feel for what you like, and what elements are must-haves for your own site.
Once you have a better idea of what you're looking for it's time to decide whether you're going to go for a free or premium theme. Free themes make a solid choice if you're not trying to monetize your blog in any way, or you don't demand any extensive customization features.
There are a lot of high-quality free themes, but don't expect the same level of support and customization options from free themes.
Premium themes are generally higher quality, come with support teams, and have an abundance of customization options. Typically, you'll be able to find the perfect premium theme to fit your chosen niche.
What Else Should You Look for in a WordPress Theme?
When browsing for WordPress themes there are a few additional things you'll want to keep in mind. Not every theme will have every single feature you desire, but that's where WordPress plugins come in. Still, you'll want to choose a theme that has the following features.
Sadly, there are still themes out there on the market that aren't responsive. With Google's big mobile smackdown, your site needs to be mobile-friendly if you want to compete.
Make sure you check your theme's responsiveness before you decide to install it on your site. Typically, you'll be able to preview the theme on mobile, desktop, and landscape view before you decide to buy or download.
When you choose a WordPress theme the chances are high that there are dozens, or hundreds, of other websites out there using the same theme. For that reason, you'll want to be able to easily customize your site to give it a unique look and feel.
We're guessing you don't want to have to hire a developer, and you prefer to customize your site yourself. If so, then you'll need to ensure there's extensive documentation, or tutorials, which will walk you through setting up and customizing your site.
Customer reviews don't lie. Make sure to spend time reading customer reviews and feedback. If you find that the overall customer base is frustrated and can't get the theme to work, then you should steer clear. There are plenty of themes on the market that have stellar customer reviews.
There are numerous places online where you can download free and premium themes. The best source for free WordPress themes is going to be the WordPress theme depository. You can even filter themes listed here by the features you're looking for. The WordPress theme repository also has a selection of paid WordPress themes that are very high quality as well.
ThemeForest is one of the largest WordPress theme marketplaces on the internet. You have the ability to use search filters to find the exact theme you're looking for. Plus, most of the themes here have dozens of reviews from past customers, so you can determine the actual quality of the theme before you buy.
StudioPress has an outstanding reputation for offering some of the highest quality themes on the market. You'll be able to filter your search by theme features, or the niche you're building your site in. All of their themes are easy to customize and come with extensive documentation to help you set up your theme and customize it accordingly.
Elegant Themes currently has a customer base of over 430,000. That number alone should tell you that their themes are high-quality. They offer a number of themes that are geared towards specific niches. All of their themes are rather "elegant." The team has also developed a number of high-quality WordPress plugins that you might want to use as well.
Hopefully, the tips above will help you choose the best WordPress theme for your new WordPress blog.
Have any questions related to choosing the right WordPress theme? Ask away in the comments below.
ThemeForest is great wordpress theme !
although depending of what users want to show or publish, there are lost of theme. The ones listed here are one of the best!


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Q: How to burn 8.13GB iso into DVD R-DL 8.7GB My 2TB HDD is full filled with files. I can't delete those. Also I burned some files into dvd's. But, I have lot of software's, PC, XBOX, PS3 Games. Some of software's and Games is in 8.2GB to 8.16GB sizes ISO images. I want to know how can I burn these files into normal blank 8.7GB DVD R DL.
I search in Google also. But, every search results take me to the same main thing about iHas burner. I don't know much of this.
I used imgBurner, Nero and PowerISO also. All software saying that my DVD has no spaces to write that image.
When I am searching in google I found something unique solution. It's saying use imax burner.
and I follow these videos also.

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*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbcVCihJHMQ.

*http://team-xecuter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132140.

But not useful.
Can anyone help me on this? Many Many Thanks.

A: Any burning program will work.  If Windows, CDBurnerXP is free and will burn ISO images.
You can always burn less than the capacity of the DVD, just not more.  Even if the ISO is < 8.7G it will only burn as much as is needed.  You're not required to fill it up.


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Here's the schedule if you'd like to come by tram.
Every 10 minutes between 4:42 and 6:30 and between 19:30 and 21:10.
Here are the different points of departure if you want to come by bus.
On Saturdays every 20mn, on Sundays every 30-40mn.
If you are staying at the Coque Hotel, please consult the special rates on the Coque Hotel website.
The directions how to reach d'Coque are given for information only and are subject to change. For more specific information please go to www.vdl.lu, and/or www.mobiliteit.lu.


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Dragon Quest Builders 2 – Demo Version and First Gameplay
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The demo version of the game Dragon Quest Builders 2 announced during the presentation of the game in Japan. It is not yet known about the release date, but it should appear before the release December 20.
Dragon Quest Builders 2 sequel to the role-playing video game Dragon Quest Builders from Square Enix. The player in the builder's role must fulfill an important mission for the development of the world in order to break the plans of the Order of the Hargons. Currently, Square Enix is concentrating on completing the main game. After that, the team will take a demo.
In the previous game, the corrupt priest Hargon and the God of Destruction Malroth were defeated. Peace has come, but the threat of the Order of the Hargoniv has returned to destroy the world. The inhabitants in the Dragon Quest Builders 2 includes:
Pero – The bar showgirl.
Massimo – A man who is good at mining.
Carlo – A former blacksmith
The main character falls on the shore of the Desert Island (Vacant Island). Here you will not find any people or settlements. Only single plants and living beings. This location is the main in the game because the goal of the player is to build the terrain and restore life on this forgotten deserted island.
The game is aimed at users of the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
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Published on 11.6.2021 in Vol 23 , No 6 (2021) :June
Health Information Seeking Behaviors on Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among American Social Networking Site Users: Survey Study
Stephen Neely 1 ; Christina Eldredge 2 ; Ron Sanders 3
Stephen Neely1, PhD ;
Christina Eldredge2, MD, PhD ;
Ron Sanders3, DPA
1School of Public Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
2School of Information, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
3Florida Center for Cybersecurity, School of Information, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
Stephen Neely, PhD
4202 E Fowler Ave
Tampa, FL, 33620
Email: srneely@usf.edu
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Background: In recent years, medical journals have emphasized the increasingly critical role that social media plays in the dissemination of public health information and disease prevention guidelines. However, platforms such as Facebook and Twitter continue to pose unique challenges for clinical health care providers and public health officials alike. In order to effectively communicate during public health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, it is increasingly critical for health care providers and public health officials to understand how patients gather health-related information on the internet and adjudicate the merits of such information.
Objective: With that goal in mind, we conducted a survey of 1003 US-based adults to better understand how health consumers have used social media to learn and stay informed about the COVID-19 pandemic, the extent to which they have relied on credible scientific information sources, and how they have gone about fact-checking pandemic-related information.
Methods: A web-based survey was conducted with a sample that was purchased through an industry-leading market research provider. The results were reported with a 95% confidence level and a margin of error of 3. Participants included 1003 US-based adults (aged ≥18 years). Participants were selected via a stratified quota sampling approach to ensure that the sample was representative of the US population. Balanced quotas were determined (by region of the country) for gender, age, race, and ethnicity.
Results: The results showed a heavy reliance on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic; more than three-quarters of respondents (762/1003, 76%) reported that they have relied on social media at least "a little," and 59.2% (594/1003) of respondents indicated that they read information about COVID-19 on social media at least once per week. According to the findings, most social media users (638/1003, 63.6%) were unlikely to fact-check what they see on the internet with a health professional, despite the high levels of mistrust in the accuracy of COVID-19–related information on social media. We also found a greater likelihood of undergoing vaccination among those following more credible scientific sources on social media during the pandemic (χ216=50.790; φ=0.258; P<.001).
Conclusions: The findings suggest that health professionals will need to be both strategic and proactive when engaging with health consumers on social media if they hope to counteract the deleterious effects of misinformation and disinformation. Effective training, institutional support, and proactive collaboration can help health professionals adapt to the evolving patterns of health information seeking.
social media; internet; communication; public health; COVID-19; usage; United States; information seeking; web-based health information; survey; mistrust
In recent years, medical journals have emphasized the increasingly critical role that social networking sites (SNSs) play in the dissemination of public health information and disease prevention guidelines [1,2]. Still, platforms such as Facebook and Twitter continue to pose unique challenges for clinical health care providers and public health officials alike. Although the public has grown more reliant on social media to stay informed during times of crisis [3], the information they receive comes from a variety of sources that are not always official or objective in nature. Health professionals often lack the time and resources that are necessary to keep pace with the rapidity of these web-based information environments. Moreover, effective health communications are increasingly complicated by factors such as politicization, antiscientific sentiments, and the potential that social networks have in rapidly spreading false information [4-6]. These challenges are perhaps the most acute under crisis conditions, which place unique strains on both health care systems and traditional information networks [7,8].
Although these concerns extend beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, their urgency has been underscored by the ongoing crisis. From the outset of the pandemic, public health officials noted an alarming volume of erroneous misinformation (as well as malicious disinformation) associated with COVID-19 on social media. Estimates from early studies have suggested that as much as 25% of the COVID-19–related information circulating on platforms like Twitter may contain some degree of misinformation [9]. The World Health Organization labeled this phenomenon as an "infodemic" and suggested that such misinformation can "lead to poor observance of public health measures, thus reducing their effectiveness and endangering countries' ability to stop the pandemic" [10].
In order to effectively communicate during public health emergencies, it is increasingly critical for health professionals to understand how patients gather health-related information on the internet and adjudicate the merits of such information. However, while much has been written about social media's expanding role in health communications, very little empirical data have been collected to examine how the public actually uses social media to learn and stay informed about ongoing health emergencies. To that end, we conducted a survey of 1003 American adults in order to better understand how heavily they have relied on social media and the specific ways in which they have used social media to learn about the COVID-19 pandemic. In light of the growing concerns over the proliferation of misinformation on social media, this study also aims to aid both health care practitioners and researchers in understanding how SNS users interact with and rely on credible scientific sources and how they have gone about fact-checking pandemic-related information. Collectively, this study seeks to better inform health communications through an enriched understanding of social media's evolving role in health information seeking.
A web-based survey of 1003 US-based adults was conducted (January 9 to January 12, 2021) through Prodege MR, an industry-leading market research provider. This survey was funded by Florida's Center for Cybersecurity at the University of South Florida. Survey respondents were selected by using a stratified quota sampling approach to ensure that the sample was representative. Balanced quotas were determined (by region of the country) for gender, age, race, ethnicity, and education based on the US Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey (ACS). Table 1 provides a summary of the comparison between sample respondents and the 2019 ACS data.
The initial sampling target was a total of 1067 individuals (which represents a margin of error 3.0 for the US population). However, data cleaning revealed a small number of incomplete and unusable responses, resulting in a total sample size of 1003 (a margin of error 3.09 for the US population). The results were reported with a 95% confidence level and a margin of error of 3.09. It is worth noting that the data collection method necessarily excluded those who lack internet access. However, given that the focus of the study was on social media users, this did not represent a serious threat to validity. Perhaps more importantly, the method naturally underrepresented those with lower levels of education. We made deliberate attempts to target this group during survey administration, though a gap persisted for those lacking a high school diploma (Table 1).
Table 1. Sample comparison.a
Characteristic Sample in this study, % 2019 American Community Survey, %
Female 51.2 51.1
Male 48.8 48.9
18-24 11.3 11.9
35-44 17 16.5
≥65 20.8 21.2
Black or African American 15.7 15.1
White 73.2 76.4
Asian or Pacific Islander 7.9 7.6
American Indian or Alaska Native 1 0.8
Other 2.2 0.2
Hispanic 17.7 17.5
Non-Hispanic 82.3 82.5
Less than high school 6.8 11.4
High school or equivalent 25.9 27.6
Some college or an associate degree 34 30.4
4-year degree 21.5 19.3
Graduate or professional degree 11.7 11.4
aData are from the Florida Center for Cybersecurity's January 2021 COVID-19 survey.
Although the growing importance of social media in health communications has been widely discussed, our understanding of these trends, particularly those at the consumer level, has been largely anecdotal. The results reported below add some empirical context to our general understanding of these trends while also contributing important new data to enhance our understanding of how SNS users seek out and fact-check medical information during a public health emergency. The results are reported in subsections that follow the organization of the survey.
Reliance and Confidence
The results from the survey affirm that Americans have relied heavily on social media to stay informed about COVID-19. Among the survey respondents, more than three-quarters (762/1003, 76%) stated that they have relied on social media at least "a little" to stay informed about the COVID-19 pandemic, while just under half (458/1003, 45.6%) reported that they have relied on social media "a lot" (Table 2). Further, 59.2% (594/1003) of respondents indicated that they read information about COVID-19 on social media at least once per week, while roughly one-third (323/1003, 32.2%) do so every day. These responses highlight the extent to which social media has become a primary source of health information for Americans; a large number of users (762/1003, 76%) reported that they do not merely encounter such content on the internet but also rely on platforms such as Facebook and Twitter for health information.
Table 2. Reliance on social media for pandemic-related information.a
Questions and responses Respondents, n (%)
How much have you relied on social media to stay informed about the COVID-19 pandemic?
A great deal 208 (20.7)
A lot 250 (24.9)
A little 304 (30.3)
Not at all 241 (24)
On average, how often do you read information about COVID-19 on social media?
Every day 323 (32.2)
A few days a week 271 (27)
Once a week 112 (11.2)
Less often 297 (29.6)
I am confident in the accuracy of the information I see about COVID-19 on social media
Strongly agree 73 (7.3)
Somewhat agree 250 (24.9)
Neither agree nor disagree 252 (25.1)
Somewhat disagree 188 (18.7)
Strongly disagree 240 (23.9)
Although people's reliance on SNSs has been remarkably high throughout the pandemic, only about one-third of respondents (323/1003, 32.2%) expressed confidence in the accuracy of the information that they receive about COVID-19 on social media. Although paradoxical, this finding is consistent with prior studies that have shown a similar lack of confidence in the accuracy of news and political information on the internet, despite the increased reliance on such web-based media for information seeking [11]. In our study, this may, at least in part, reflect the sharp politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic [12]. Among the survey respondents, more three-quarters (761/1003, 76.1%) agreed that "politics has made it harder to learn the truth about Covid-19." For health professionals, this highlights the extent to which the politicization of public health efforts can obscure scientific guidance and complicate health communications, especially when treatment and mitigation become matters of public policy.
Fact-checking Social Media
It has been recently been noted in medical literature that identifying and mitigating misinformation on social media is a growing priority for health professionals [4]. It has also been pointed out that doing so will require proactive steps, such as "meeting people where they are and through the information networks and devices they use for day-to-day interactions" [13]. With these goals in mind, it is important for health professionals to understand the propensity of social media users to validate and verify (ie, fact-check) potential misinformation that they encounter on the internet and to understand the types of sources that social media users are turning to for guidance during public health crises. Prior research has suggested that rigorous fact-checking is less common on social media [14], and the survey responses appear to affirm this suggestion. Only about one-third of respondents (365/1003, 36.4%) indicated that they have "talked to a doctor or healthcare professional about the accuracy of something they saw on social media related to Covid-19" (Table 3). In contrast, respondents were almost twice as likely to have "talked to friends, family, or coworkers" about such information (686/1003, 68.4%), and 22% of respondents were more likely to have conducted their own internet research (578/1003, 57.6%) to fact-check COVID-19–related information on social media.
Table 3. Fact-checking pandemic-related information on social media.a
Responses to the following question: "Please indicate whether or not you\'ve done each of the following since the start of the pandemic?" Respondents, n (%)
"…done internet research to fact-check something that I saw on social media related to COVID-19" 578 (57.6)
"…talked to friends, family, or coworkers about the accuracy of something I saw on social media related to COVID-19" 686 (68.4)
"…talked to my doctor or a healthcare professional about the accuracy of something that I saw on social media related to COVID-19" 365 (36.4)
Following Scientific Sources
Although only about one-third of respondents reported actively fact-checking information with a medical professional, 581/762 (76.2%) reported that they followed at least 1 authoritative scientific source on social media during the pandemic (Figure 1). The data in Figure 1 only represent those who reported at least "a little" reliance on social media to stay informed about COVID-19 (n=762). More than one-quarter of respondents began following the Centers for Disease Control (210/762, 27.6%), their state public health department (205/762, 26.9%), or their local public health department (201/762, 26.4%). Just under one-quarter of respondents reported following an infectious disease expert such as Dr Anthony Fauci (171/762, 22.4%). Further, one-fifth of respondents (154/762, 20.2%) reported following their own personal doctor or physician, while 101/762 (13.2%) began following "another healthcare professional."
Figure 1. Health Information Sources "Followed" (As % of Respondents).
Perhaps surprisingly, the data showed that respondents were slightly more likely to have followed institutional actors on social media (ie, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or a public health department) than they were to have followed individual health experts (ie, their personal physician or an infectious disease expert). This is somewhat inconsistent with findings from prior research, which have suggested that individual actors are typically more influential on social media [15,16]. The nature and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic may account for this difference, though additional research into this topic is warranted in order to better inform professional best practices.
On one hand, the responses were promising in the sense that most social media users did appear to have intentionally expanded their web-based networks during the pandemic to include credible institutional and individual medical and scientific sources (ie, 581/762 [76.2%] have followed at least 1 authoritative scientific source). On the other hand, it was noteworthy that nearly one-quarter of those who relied on social media for pandemic-related information (181/762, 23.8%) did not choose to follow such sources, and only one-fifth of respondents (154/762, 20.2%) began engaging with their own personal physician (ie, the health care provider whom they are most likely to trust for personalized health guidance) on social media.
Scientific Credibility and Vaccine Intentions
As previous literature has suggested, the dissemination of credible scientific information on social media is necessary for disease prevention and effective public health management. The crosstabs from our survey highlighted one specific example of this; those who opted to follow credible scientific sources were significantly more likely to indicate that they will accept a COVID-19 vaccine (P<.001). When asked, 588/1003 (58.6%) of respondents to the survey reported that they would definitely or probably undergo vaccination [17]. Those who followed at least 2 credible public health or medical sources were 10% more likely to indicate that they would "definitely get vaccinated" than those who did not follow any such sources (Table 4). Those who followed 4 or more such sources were over 25% more likely to report the same response.
Table 4. Medical sources and vaccine intentions.a
Intentions Number of medical sources followed
None 1 2-3 4-5 ≥6
Will definitely undergo vaccination, % 28.2 31.7 38.8 55 55.6
Will probably undergo vaccination, % 24.9 23 24.9 17.5 14.8
May or may not undergo vaccination, % 16.6 15.5 19.6 23.8 18.5
Will probably not undergo vaccination, % 14.4 11.7 6.2 0 3.7
Will definitely not undergo vaccination, % 16 18.1 10.5 3.8 7.4
aChi-square test results: χ216=50.790; φ=0.258; P<.001.
In contrast, nearly one-third (55/181, 30.4%) of those who did not follow any public health or medical sources said that they would either "probably not" or "definitely not" undergo vaccination. This number fell by roughly 50% among those following at least 2 of the aforementioned sources. A chi-square test showed that the differences were statistically significant (χ216=50.790; φ=0.258; P<.001). This observed relationship likely reflects some degree of simultaneity. However, the data did suggest that exposure to credible scientific information on the internet is positively related to compliance with pandemic mitigation measures. Given the high vaccination levels needed to achieve herd immunity, closing even small informational gaps could prove critical to ending the COVID-19 pandemic.
Data from the Pew Research Center show that social media is slowly but steadily supplanting traditional information mediums as a primary source of news and information for many Americans [18]. It has become increasingly clear from existing literature (including our own research) that this trend includes personal and public health information seeking behaviors as well. In this study, we surveyed 1003 American adults on their use of social media to learn about the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey responses confirmed that health consumers have relied heavily on social media to stay up to date with and informed about the COVID-19 pandemic. More than three-quarters (762/1003, 76%) of respondents stated that they have relied on social media at least "a little," and 59.2% (594/1003) of respondents indicated that they read information about COVID-19 on social media at least once per week. The heavy reliance on social media observed among US-based SNS users is consistent with findings from recent research conducted in various international settings, including China [19] and Europe [20].
Our findings also showed that only about one-third of SNS users (365/1003, 36.4%) have fact-checked pandemic-related information with a medical professional, despite the widespread distrust in the accuracy of COVID-19–related information that is shared on social media. Although disconcerting, this observation is consistent with the previous finding that rigorous fact-checking is relatively uncommon on social media [14]. We also found a greater likelihood of undergoing vaccination among those following more credible scientific sources on social media (χ216=50.790; φ=0.258; P<.001), suggesting that scientific credibility may be crucial when promoting compliance with public health guidelines. Recent research has suggested that social media has been instrumental in the spread of vaccine hesitancy [21,22], thereby underscoring the need for health professionals and scientific experts to actively engage with patients and health consumers on social networks in order to address common misconceptions about vaccine safety and efficacy.
Our findings highlight the increasing importance of social media in health information seeking and thus highlight its potential value to health professionals as a conduit for personal and public health communications. However, the growing popularity of SNS platforms for health information seeking is not without its potential drawbacks. Among such drawbacks is the noted propensity for SNSs to facilitate the rapid and widespread dissemination of misinformation and disinformation [4,5,23]. Several studies have examined the presence and effects of misinformation related to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. One early analysis of pandemic-related messaging on Twitter suggested that as much as 25% of COVID-19–related information that is being circulated on the platform may contain some degree of misinformation [9]. Recent studies have found that exposure to misinformation on the internet is linked to decreases in the awareness of and compliance with preventative and mitigation measures [24,25]. Although the anonymous and instantaneous nature of social networks can contribute to the rapid spread of health-related misinformation, some research has suggested that social media may also offer an effective avenue for health professionals to counter speculation and misinformation. For example, in a recent experimental study, corrective infographics circulated by the World Health Organization were found to reduce scientific misperceptions about COVID-19 prevention [26].
Another potential drawback of people's increasing reliance on SNS platforms is the potential for social media overload to increase anxiety and adversely impact the psychological well-being of patients and SNS users. Several recent studies have documented this propensity during the COVID-19 pandemic, though these concerns are likely to be germane to any sustained public health or emergency scenario. One study of young SNS users in the United Kingdom found that information overload related to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in diminished psychological well-being, including unhealthy levels of the fear of COVID-19 [27]. A similar study that was conducted in Hong Kong during 2020 found a correlation between social media usage and pandemic-related anxiety as well as diminished social trust in information [28]. Although our results showed an increased reliance on social media for health information seeking, these previous findings have suggested that this trend may have adverse mental health impacts for some SNS users—a fact that health professionals will need to be increasingly cognizant of when considering best practices for health communications.
When put into context with the emerging body of literature, our findings suggest that health professionals will need to become increasingly savvy when it comes to social media usage—not just reactively (ie, "setting the record straight") but also proactively. Given the fact that 76% (762/1003) of health consumers in this survey have relied on social media at least "a little" as a source of health information during the pandemic, accurate and consistent messaging by credible public health organizations is just a start. Based on our research, we believe that this will require more active engagement between health professionals and patients and consumers. To achieve this degree of engagement, health professionals and public health organizations will need to cultivate and customize state-of-the-art social engineering skills to include data mining and natural language processing skills as well as skills that can only be called "active measures" (ie, those for monitoring, anticipating, and responding to misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms), especially during a public health crisis [29]. Furthermore, future research should explore recommendations for institutional policies regarding social media use by government and public health institutions [30].
At the patient level, given the apparent reticence of many social media users to connect with health professionals when fact-checking web-based information, it may be necessary for providers to more deliberately engage patients in conversations about the medical information that they are encountering on social media. Along with raising these issues individually in clinical settings, health care providers can also leverage the evolving functionality of platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to organize live question-and-answer sessions or fact-checking sessions for their patients and communities. For example, during the Zika virus outbreak, the US Department of Health and Human Services held digital town halls via social media. These were routinely advertised through posts such as the following:
Don't miss the @HHSGov #AtoZika Twitter Town Hall tomorrow, Aug. 30, 10 a.m. Submit questions using #AtoZika. #Zika
More deliberate networking efforts between local providers and public health agencies may be an effective means of organizing and promoting such events in order to counter misinformation on the internet.
Although these types of broadly targeted communications are critical to effective pandemic management, recent research has also suggested that for many SNS users, personal appeals from reputable practicing physicians may be a more effective means of public health messaging via social media [32]. This type of messaging may be of particular importance in the case of politicized public health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, one recent study found that reliance and trust in institutional information sources declined between March and April of 2020 as the pandemic became increasingly politicized [33]. However, our findings suggest that even during the COVID-19 pandemic, a notably low number of Americans have chosen to follow their own clinical providers on social media. Although this may be due to personal choice, the lack of a health care provider presence on social media could be a factor of that choice. For example, a prior survey of physicians indicated that confidentiality, organizational support, and time are all significant barriers to social media adoption [30]. Physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners may need more training on how to effectively use social media to engage with and inform their patient populations. Among other things, such training should address health care providers' concerns regarding governance, ethics, trust, and patient privacy [34,35]. Notably, prominent organizations such as the Mayo Clinic have already begun incorporating social media literacy into the academic training of health professionals [36].
It is important to acknowledge that adding social media–related duties to the duties of an already overextended health care workforce may further exacerbate the burnout that is experienced by many care providers [37]. However, these data underscore the increasing tendency of patients and consumers to rely on SNS platforms for health-related information. We believe that effective training, institutional support, and proactive collaboration can help health professionals adapt to the evolving patterns of health information seeking behaviors while also protecting the well-being of providers, especially in the midst of an already taxing pandemic.
Funding for this project was provided by the Florida Center for Cybersecurity at the University of South Florida.
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Battle of the Boulevard
Lipscomb (8-6) 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 2 2 18 18 2
2B: Chris Bashlor 2; Chandler Chambers
HR: Zeke Doson
3B: Devon Gardner
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Belmont University Baseball returns to the diamond Tuesday, March 12 for this year's first round of the Battle of the Boulevard against nearby rival, Lipscomb. First pitch at E.S. Rose Park is slated for 4:00 p.m. CT.
Belmont and Lipscomb are no strangers. The Bruins lead the all-time series 30-18 dating back to the first season in program history, 1954. Last season the teams met twice, and Belmont won both matchups. Last year's matchup at E.S. Rose Park ended in dramatic fashion as the squad's went into a decisive ninth inning. Lipscomb scored three runs in the top of the ninth to tie things up and sophomore Jackson Campbell (Russellville, Ky.) delivered a walk off double to secure the Belmont victory.
SCOUTING THE BISONS
Lipscomb is coming off a series win over Hartford last weekend. The Bisons defeated Hartford twice winning 7-0 on Friday and 9-8 on Sunday. The team is hitting .283 as a squad and has an ERA of 5.17.
Belmont is riding a recent surge of momentum, picking up three wins last week. The Bruins defeated MTSU on Wednesday and picked up a series victory on the opening weekend of conference play. Belmont won two of three against preseason Ohio Valley Conference favorite Morehead State last weekend.
Tuesday's game will be streamed on ESPN+ and an audio stream will also be available via belmontbruins.com. Live stats will also be available. As always, fans can follow @belmontbaseball on twitter for live updates throughout the game.


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Grunt Style Expands Sponsorship of Spencer Boyd Into NASCAR Xfinity Series
Concord, NC (June 5, 2017) – Spencer Boyd Racing and SS Green Light Racing officials announced today that Grunt Style is supporting Spencer Boyd's move up to NASCAR's Xfinity Series. Starting as a developmental driver with Rick Ware Racing going back to Legends Cars, Spencer will drive the No. 07 Grunt Style Chevrolet Camaro in multiple races this year.
Grunt Style is a lifestyle apparel brand founded by Former US Drill Sergeant, Daniel Alarik. Grunt Style believes in Pride in Self, in Military, and in Country. Spencer will continue to celebrate our nation's military and honoring our veterans this year with new partner SS Green Light Racing.
"This opportunity happened a lot more quickly than I could have ever imagined," remarks Boyd. "Because of the relationship that Rick (Ware) and Bobby (Dotter) have, I got the chance to spend some time in the SS Greenlight shop with Jason Miller before the Charlotte Truck race. We bonded very quickly. I had a good run at Kansas followed up by a solid race at Charlotte, then the conversations escalated. As I was looking at the emails back and forth and it was becoming a reality, I realized I'm going to be racing with Ricky Bobby this year!"
Grunt Style CEO, Daniel Alarik said about their support of Spencer, "Spencer is a member of our family. To see him advance is a very proud moment for our brand and our over 200 employees. We are a growing company with a growing NASCAR star. We wish him the best of luck in this next step in his career."
"We saw something special in Spencer when he ran back to back top 20's at two track debuts," states Bobby Dotter. "With some available races and good timing, Rick Ware and I discussed Spencer's future and it worked out. He is a hands-on driver who is involved at the shop so we are excited about the partnership. Spencer's first race will be Pocono on June 10."
Spencer reflected on this season to date, "We didn't have the start to the season that we wanted but its racing and we all know you just have to keep digging. I'm going to continue to work hard to make the most of the opportunities that come my way. This is a big step and I'm grateful to have such supportive sponsors and partners in chasing my dream. Now it's time to Shake and Bake…"
The Pocono Green 250 from Pocono Raceway can be seen live, Saturday, June 10th on FOX. Race coverage will begin at 1:o0 p.m. EST, and the event can also be heard live on MRN Radio as well as SiriusXM Radio, channel 90.
This Day in Military History – On June 5, 1944, Allied troops were making final preparations for Operation Overlord. The invasion of Normandy, France commonly known as D-Day would follow on June 6, 1944.
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Indie Retro News: Holcan Warrior of the Sun - Another fab C64 game teased by Trevor Storey and team!
Holcan Warrior of the Sun - Another fab C64 game teased by Trevor Storey and team!
There hasn't been a month gone by this year that T Storey, G Rottensteiner, A Volkers and S Collier haven't been mentioning C64 games that are currently in development, teased as possible projects or released into the wild. We've had the release of Barnsley Badger, Argus, Organism and even Rocky Memphis The Legend Of Atlantis that have graced our commodore screens this year. So what's next you might ask for the C64? This game 'Holcan Warrior of the Sun'! A possible project that might once again see a big box release.
Just as with the case of all the other games they've released, each one started off as just a few screenshots and ideas that have turned into incredible products pushed out into the wild and onto your shelves. Holcan Warrior of the Sun will probably no exception, but unlike the great games released previously this one looks as if it it may be styled on the classic game that is The Last Ninja!


Ant 2 is known as a dwarf galaxy. As structures emerged in the early Universe, dwarfs were the first galaxies to form, and so most of their stars are old, low-mass and metal-poor (deficient in heavy elements). But compared to the other known dwarf satellites of our Galaxy, Ant 2 is immense: it is as big as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), and a third the size of the Milky Way itself.
The researchers behind the current study – from Taiwan, the UK, the US, Australia and Germany – searched the new Gaia data for Milky Way satellites by using RR Lyrae stars. These stars are old and metal-poor, typical of those found in a dwarf galaxy. RR Lyrae change their brightness with a period of half a day, and can be located thanks to these well-defined pulses.
The team rushed to contact their colleagues in Australia, to follow up their discovery with the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) at Siding Spring Observatory. "But when we checked the coordinates for Ant 2, we realised we had a very limited window of opportunity to get additional data," noted Macquarie University astronomer Daniel Zucker, one of the Australian collaborators.
There were only a few more nights in which the mysterious object could still be observed, before the Earth's motion around the Sun rendered Ant 2 off-limits for months. If they were lucky with the weather, there was a chance to take spectra of other stars around the handful of RR Lyrae they found; with AAT spectra in hand, they would be able to confirm the nature of the object.
"We were fortunate," said Macquarie co-author Kyler Kuehn. "Our team was using the telescope at just the right time – a few weeks earlier, and we would not have known about the dwarf galaxy's existence at all; a few weeks later and the dwarf galaxy would have been completely unobservable." Indeed, even though Ant 2 could just be seen low above the horizon, the team got spectra of more than a hundred red giant stars in the phantom galaxy. "The fact that we could target Ant 2 so rapidly after its discovery is a testament to the entire team of astronomers and engineers operating the AAT," concluded Dr Kuehn.
After the data was acquired, though, there was still the matter of understanding just what the astronomers had found. "On a first look at the spectra, I thought we must be getting too many Milky Way stars mixed in our sample, because the signal seemed suspiciously strong," commented team member Ting Li. "But it turned out almost all of the spectra actually belonged to Ant 2. Thanks to the Gaia data, we got a 99% pure selection of dwarf galaxy stars."
The AAT spectra were an important piece of the puzzle. First of all, the team were able to confirm that the ghostly object was real: all the stars were moving together. Combining the redshift of Ant 2 with its proper motion, they determined the orbit of the galaxy and learned that it never comes too close to the Milky Way, always staying at least 40 kpc (about 130,000 light years) away. From the spread in the individual stellar redshifts, they also obtained the mass of the galaxy. The mass, however, was clearly far short of what was expected. The combination of small mass and enormous size meant an anomalously low density.
The spectra enabled the team to confirm that the ghostly object they spotted was real: all the stars were moving together. The researchers were also able to obtain the galaxy's mass, which was much lower than expected for an object of its size.
If it is impossible to puff the dwarf up by removing matter from it, then Ant 2 had to have been born huge. The team has yet to figure out the exact process that made Ant 2 so extended. While objects of this size and luminosity have not been predicted by current models of galaxy formation, recently it has been speculated that some dwarfs could be inflated by vigorous star formation. Stellar winds and supernova explosions would push away the unused gas, reducing the gravitational pull and allowing the dark matter to drift away as well.
"Even if star formation could re-shape the dark matter distribution in Ant 2 as it was put together, it must have acted with unprecedented efficiency," said co-author Jason Sanders.


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THE BONDWOMAN'S NARRATIVE
by Hannah Crafts edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
An unprecedented historical and literary event, this tale written in the 1850s is the only known novel by a female African American slave, and quite possibly the first novel written by a black woman anywhere. A work recently uncovered by renowned scholar Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., it is a stirring, page-turning story of "passing" and the adventures of a young slave as she makes her way to freedom. When Professor Gates saw that modest listing in an auction catalogue for African American artifacts, he immediately knew he could be on the verge of a major discovery. After exhaustively researching the hand-written manuscript's authenticity, he found that his instincts were right. He had purchased a genuine autobiographical novel by a female slave who called herself -- and her story's main character -- Hannah Crafts. Presented here unaltered and under its author's original title, The Bondwoman's Narrative tells of a self-educated young house slave who knows her life is limited by the brutalities of her society, but never suspects that the freedom of her plantation's beautiful new mistress is also at risk...or that a devastating secret will force them both to flee from slave hunters with another powerful, determined enemy at their heels. Together with Professor Gates's brilliant introduction -- which includes the story of his search for the real Hannah Crafts, the biographical facts that laid the groundwork for her novel, and a fascinating look at other slave narratives of the time -- The Bondwoman's Narrative offers a unique and unforgettable reading experience. In it, a voice that has never been heard rings out, and an undiscovered story at the heart of the American experience is finally told.


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The Hutchins Center Explains: Why programs for young children are long-term investments
Series: The Hutchins Center Explains
Brittany Scott and Louise Sheiner Wednesday, April 12, 2017
There is mounting and dramatic evidence that transfers to low-income families early in children's lives have impacts that last well beyond the childhood years. As Kristin Butcher argues in a Hutchins Center Working Paper, work from across disciplines has developed a robust body of research indicating that children's environment in the prenatal, neonatal, and early childhood periods can profoundly affect the capacities that children develop. These capacities persist into adulthood, affecting earnings, health, and other life outcomes.
1. What adverse in utero and early childhood circumstances have been shown to affect adult outcomes?
A number of factors during pregnancy and early childhood have been linked to adult earnings, educational attainment, and health outcomes. They include:
Stress during pregnancy: Children of mothers who had higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol during pregnancy have worse health and lower educational attainment, compared to their siblings who did not have high level of cortisol present during pregnancy.
Low birthweight: Even within twin pairs, having higher birthweight is associated with higher IQ, higher likelihood of high school completion, and higher earnings as an adult.
Poverty during the early years: Even after controlling for income later in childhood, poverty before age 5 is associated with lower adult earnings and work hours. Neuroscience research shows that there are differences in the brain structures of children living in poverty that are large enough to explain much of the effect of poverty on achievement.
2. Is there evidence that interventions for low-income children have a lasting impact on adult outcomes?
Yes. Evidence suggests that programs targeting low-income families with children improve long-term health, education, and employment prospects.
In-kind benefit programs. Programs like SNAP and Medicaid improve early childhood environments and have long-lasting positive effects on a range of adult outcomes, including:
Health: For families eligible for SNAP (formerly known as food stamps), researchers have found that children who were in the prenatal period or under 5 years old when their mothers began receiving SNAP have better health and economic outcomes as adults than those whose mothers did not receive the benefit, including lower incidence of metabolic syndrome and, for women, better self-reported health. Access to food stamps for mothers in their last trimester of pregnancy also lowers neonatal mortality and increases birth weight. Medicaid eligibility early in life also improves adult health, lowering rates of obesity, disability, and adult mortality.
Brittany Scott
Research Intern - The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Louise Sheiner
The Robert S. Kerr Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Policy Director - The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy
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Education: Medicaid and Food Stamps also affects educational attainment. Access to food stamps during childhood increases the probability that girls in disadvantaged families complete high school. Children who had access to Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) at birth have improved scores in 4th and 8th grade reading compared to those who did not have access to the program.
Employment/Wages: Food stamps during childhood also lead to greater economic self-sufficiency as adults, defined as greater educational attainment, higher employment and earnings, and less reliance on welfare programs. Medicaid eligibility during childhood also provided long-run economic benefits, increasing income and decreasing EITC receipt during adulthood.
Cash benefits. Programs like the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit, which provide cash benefits to families, also have long-lasting positive effects on outcomes:
Health: The EITC has a major impact on infant health. For single mothers with low education, a $1,000 increase in the EITC income reduces the incidence of low birth weight by between 7 percent and 11 percent. Numerous studies have shown that low birth weight has significant and deleterious effects on later-in-life outcomes.
Education: Researchers have found that for each $1000 credit to the family, a child sees gains of 6% of a standard deviation in both reading and math scores, and is about 2 percentage points more likely to complete high school.
Employment/Wages: These effects on test scores suggest that a $1000 increase in the EITC can raise a child's lifetime earnings by half a percentage point.
Cash transfers may also improve long-term outcomes in other ways. More cash for parents may lead to higher spending on enrichment activities or a reduction in work hours that can increase time spent with young children, which in turn can positively influence that child's development.
3. Does it matter when transfers occur? That is, does the age of the child at the time of intervention affect adult outcomes?
One conclusion that jumps out from all of these studies is that timing matters. Helping children in their earlier years seems to have a larger beneficial impact on long-run outcomes than help received as teenagers. This result is seen most starkly in the effects of Moving to Opportunity, a program that provided vouchers for families to move out of high-poverty neighborhoods.
Education: For children ages 13 and below, moving to a lower-poverty neighborhood increased the rate of college attendance by 2.5 percentage points and improved the quality of the college attended.
Income Inequality & Social Mobility
Assessing the long-run benefits of transfers to low-income families
Kristin F. Butcher
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Income: For children ages 13 and below, moving to a lower-poverty neighborhood significantly improved earnings later in life, raising income in their mid-twenties by 31 percent. Children who were older than 13 at the time of the move actually had lower income.
4. Where can I read more about the returns to investing in children?
In addition to the papers below, you can also watch Butcher's presentation of her paper in this video of a discussion held at the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy. Other resources include:
Anna Aizer, Laura Stroud, and Stephen Buka. "Maternal Stress and Child Outcomes: Evidence from Siblings." Journal of Human Resources 51, no. 3 (2015): 523-555. http://www.nber.org/papers/w18422.pdf.
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, and Kjell G. Salvanes. "From the Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes." Quarterly Journal of Economics 122, no. 1 (2007): 409-439. http://ftp.iza.org/dp1864.pdf.
David W. Brown, Amanda E. Kowalski, and Ithai Z. Lurie. "Medicaid as an Investment in Children: What is the Long-Term Impact on Tax Receipts?" National Bureau of Economic Research, No. 20835 (2015).http://www.nber.org/papers/w20835.pdf.
Kristin F. Butcher, "Assessing the Long-Run Benefits of Transfers to Low-Income Families," Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at Brookings. (2017).
Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, and Jonah Rockoff, "New Evidence on the Long-Term Impacts of Tax Credits," Washington, DC: US Internal Revenue Service, November 2011. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/11rpchettyfriedmanrockoff.pdf
Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, and Lawrence F. Katz. "The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment." American Economic Review 106, no. 4 (2016): 855-902. http://www.nber.org/papers/w21156.pdf.
Gordon Dahl, and Lance Lochner, "The Impact of Family Income on Child Achievement: Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit," American Economic Review vol. 102, iss.5 (2012):1927-1956. http://econweb.ucsd.edu/~gdahl/papers/children-and-EITC.pdf.
Greg J. Duncan, Kathleen M. ZIol-Guest, & Ariel Kalil. "Early Childhood Poverty and Adult Attainment, Behavior and Health," Child Development vol. 81, no. 1, (2010): 306-325. http://www.ipr.northwestern.edu/events/other-events/docs/conf08-attainment/papers/duncan.pdf.
Nicole L. Hair, Jamie L. Hanson, Barbara L. Wolfe, and Seth D Pollack, "Association of Child Poverty, Brain Development, and Academic Achievement," JAMA Pediatrics, vol. 169, no. 9, (2015): 822-829. http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/childemotion/pubs/2015-AssociationOfChildPovertyBrainDevelopment.pdf.
Hilary Hoynes, Doug Miller, and David Simon, "Income, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Infant Health," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 7(1), (2015):172-211. http://www.nber.org/papers/w18206.pdf.
The Hamilton Project: 2021 in figures
Veronica Clevenstine, Wendy Edelberg, Moriah Macklin, Beatriz Rivera, and Winnie Yee
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Buriram's movie theatre is located at the New Taweekit Supercenter on Jira Road. Follow Jira Road towards Nang Rong and it will be on your right-hand side after the train tracks. Currently only Thai language movies are available for viewing.


Sandy Nichols Ward has created this website (July 2018-) in order to share "The Pine Knoll Story" which was researched and written by Janet Nichols Derouin years ago.
Sandy and Janet are first cousins – granddaughters of William Stanley Nichols, who was born and raised at Pine Knoll. We both lived near Pine Knoll for many years, and have fond memories of the place and the people. We participated in many family gatherings there in the mid-20th century, especially the 4th of July picnics, and during Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. We did not, however, know much about the origin of Pine Knoll, nor had we ever known our great-grandparents Andrew and Lizzie, who had died in the 1920's, long before we were born.
There are MANY stories that could be told about Pine Knoll. The focus of this website will be to share the early history, the people who came BEFORE us. Janet spent many years reading old letters and diaries and compiling a book. Sandy is now editing that work, and beginning to post parts here, to share Janet's work.
Pine Knoll remained in the family until 1975 when fire destroyed the entire house. It was located at 98 Preston Street, Hathorne (Danvers), Massachusetts, at the corner of Newberry Street (now Route 1). A large condominium complex now covers the area. No evidence of the Pine Knoll house, barn, or garage remains; even the knoll has been leveled. Family graves in the nearby Preston Street cemetery persist, with monuments bearing the names of Andrew Nichols, his family, and many relatives.