i recently purchased a snorkel for my lap swimming that i enjoy so much. i am no Michael Phelps when it comes to swimming, my technique isn't even probably a sight to behold…or it might be just not in a complimentary way. i have always had a hard time breathing so swim with my head lifted out of the water which after swimming for 30 minutes or more really begins to give you a crick in the neck. i have seen others use them, have always wanted one and finally so (because of a gift card i received for my birthday) i purchased one.
i do not regret my purchase but man oh man, it has definitely taken some getting use to…some adjustments were needed. i have noticed however, now with some time under my trunks, that i am focusing more on my technique. i am more aware of where i am, how i am kicking, my arm strokes, each breath even. At first it was completely foreign all i could think about was breathing underwater! i was underwater, for all intents and purposes anyway, and breathing isn't something you do underwater…unless you are a fish.
Often times we as Christians can flail about trying to figure out how to "live" as a "Christian". We know some practical things and well, it doesn't make sense that we are free in Christ. When we feel bound by the world that we are so familiar. So, we try beating against the wind in vain attempts at figuring out "how" to be "good enough".
Let me start here: Ephesians 2:4-5 "But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)"… It's Jesus who makes us ALIVE, not anything we do! When i figured out that that snorkel was making it so that i could breath, that it wasn't me breathing underwater but this device was in affect breathing, supplying the oxygen to my lungs, it help with the prospective which allowed me to be free in the water.
Like learning to swim with a snorkel it does get easier…but you have to allow yourself room to understand that it isn't you that is making water into air but that you are reliant upon the snorkel. The same is true in faith, in learning and growing we must realize that it isn't under our own ability that we are saved but we are reliant upon Jesus. We are called to run the race diligently, prepare earnestly, be prepared in season and out to give the reasons for the hope that we have. We are on a journey that requires the ability to rely on someone else…even when the culture tells us to be self-reliant.
Not that we will ever be perfect or never need reminding but there will come a day that as we walk this road called "Faith" that we will begin to live….What good did our pride do us? What good were our wealth and pretension? These things have all passed away like a shadow. They're gone like old news. They're gone like a ship passing through a storm-tossed sea: once it has passed, it leaves no trace of its passing; its keel leaves no lasting mark on the waves. That's all disappeared in the way a bird flies through the air and leaves no hint of its path: it beats its wings against the thin air, dives with a rush, uses its wings to circle round—yet afterward there's no sign in the air that the bird was ever there. It's all vanished like an arrow that's shot at its target: the air opens up as the arrow flies through it but immediately closes up behind the arrow, and no one can detect any trace of the arrow's path. (taken from Wisdom 5:8-12 a book found in the Apocrypha).
Have you availed yourself to the means of grace this week? This is the question that has stirred my heart and mind for the past several weeks, in fact i cannot let go of it. It continues to be the focus of thought for me. In so much as i am unable to set it aside i have decided to embrace it and make it a part of who i am. The questions origin is from John Wesley who asked it of his house church leaders and congregants of those groups started by Wesley on his missionary journey's.
Have you allowed yourself to enter into worship freely? Have you read the Word? Have you prayed? Have you gathered on purpose with the Body of Christ? Have you partaken in the Lord's Supper? Have you given yourself to be baptized? Have you made yourself available to Christian Charity or Hospitality? These are not works, these are ways in which we make ourselves available to God's grace for us…it flows freely from the thrown of grace, freely receive it, by making yourself available.
Let me encourage you, if you find yourself going through the motions in which you haven't made yourself available to God's grace this week, with this from Colossians 1:9-14. i will let this read us out.
9 Because of this, since the day we heard about you, we haven't stopped praying for you and asking for you to be filled with the knowledge of God's will, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding. 10 We're praying this so that you can live lives that are worthy of the Lord and pleasing to him in every way: by producing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God; 11 by being strengthened through his glorious might so that you endure everything and have patience;12 and by giving thanks with joy to the Father. He made it so you could take part in the inheritance, in light granted to God's holy people. 13 He rescued us from the control of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son he loves. 14 He set us free through the Son and forgave our sins.
Although i must say that i am not one for partial verse extractions like this…so here it is in its contexts; James 4:7-10 (NLT).
In its context we read there is a lot involved in drawing near to God…but it really does boil down to Wesley's question, "Have you availed (made yourself available) to the means of grace (God's grace, freely given) this week?" Have you drawn near to God? Well, have you?
It is hard to understand sometimes, what you ask? Life. That is pretty much a no brainer right? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to come to the conclusion that life doesn't always make sense. In fact kids will say it all the time, "That doesn't make any sense!" And, they are usually 100% correct but we try to pacify them with things like, "You'll understand when you get older" or my personal favorite, "You don't need to understand." On the contrary helping people to understand, the art of not understanding is vital to civilization. Life, isn't always fair. Let's look at a story in Scripture about "talents"; We find it in Matthew 25:14-30.
Here is the story in a nutshell; The master of the house is setting out on a Journey. He gives to three of his servants some money. To one he gives 5 talents or basically 5 sacks of gold or silver. To another he gives two talents and to a third he gives one. He gave to each of them according to their ability. Let me pause here to make a point, Jesus is telling this story, and it is good and profound. But, it doesn't seem to make sense now does it? i mean why the difference in amounts? i get that it is based on ability but even if one has a lesser ability shouldn't he at least have equal chance? Meaning equal opportunity with equal resources?
These questions stump a lot of people. We live in a world that has struggled with this idea and have made attempts to make things "fair" for all. Time and time again these efforts have fallen short, for various reasons. Life just isn't fair, and that doesn't make sense therefore, we as an intelligent species attempt to correct it. i mean why not, shouldn't life be fair? This is going to be a two part series, this week i want to focus on the first part of this story told by Jesus. The master gave to his servants, according to their abilities. Did you catch that? Their ability. We all have various abilities and we receive based on those abilities.
Shouldn't we all have the same ability, the same chance, the same resources? Why are some abilities worth more than other abilities? What was Jesus trying to teach his disciples with this story? i think the lesson is multifaceted. 1. Not all abilities are worth the same however, all people are worth the same. 2. Opportunities are earned. 3. Abilities are another form of diversity.
We should spend less time worrying about fairness and spend more time finding out where we fit in. How does our diversity help society better itself? You see one seeks its own, the other shares; One maintains status quo, the other expands its horizons; One hides, the other explores. Jesus is looking for those that will share, expand, and explore. The take away, seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness….we won't always understand but we always have opportunity to share, expand and explore life.


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Day After Baghat Attack, IGP Kashmir Chairs Security Review Meeting
11:16 pm February 20, 2021
SRINAGAR: Kashmir police chief, Vijay Kumar on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting at Police Control Room (PCR) Srinagar to review the security situation in view of recent militant attacks in the summer capital, especially Friday's attack in Baghat in which two policemen lost their lives.
IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar and IG CRPF during a meeting in Srinagar on Saturday, February 20, 2021.
A police spokesman, in a statement, said that Kumar told officers to strengthen the security grid and ensure better coordination among themselves and with other sister agencies to ensure that no such attack takes place in the future.
The IGP said that there is a huge importance of 'Round the clock' checkpoints at strategic locations and 'Surprise CASO'[cordon-and-search-operations] at crowded places.
He said that placing cut-off points on exit routes immediately after such incidents and using high reaches to dominate the area should be put in practice. "Drones shall be used to check and identify suspicious movements."
Kumar was also briefed regarding the security measures put in place to counter attacks and to maintain the law and order situation across the Valley, as a large number of 'tourists' will be visiting in the coming summer season.
While urging his officers to be vigilant and to take all necessary precautions to ensure the maintenance of law & order in the city, IGP asked the zonal SSP to take strict action against the people intending to disturb the 'prevailing peace' in the Valley.
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A Tribute to Henri Bortoft
It was with great sadness that we learnt of Henri Bortoft's passing away on the 29th December 2012.
Henri was a hugely important philosopher of science, and, in his earlier days, an outstanding physicist who had worked closely with David Bohm on the implications of quantum mechanics for our understanding of wholeness.
Henri was much more than an intellectual; he was an alchemist of the imagination. His work was concerned with the dynamics of life as it is lived, rather than with mere ideas. He went beyond a purely physical understanding of wholeness to explore a living sense of how we can truly experience the world in a manner deeply inspired by Goethe, as encapsulated in his first book The Wholeness of Nature (Floris Books, 1996).
Henri was a founding teacher on the college's MSc in Holistic Science with his friend and colleague Professor Brian Goodwin, the principal instigator of our groundbreaking postgraduate degree. Henri faithfully taught on the course each year from its inception in 1998 until 2012, when, already quite unwell, he made the huge effort of travelling to the college to teach for three days, a contribution that was hugely appreciated by the MSc students and indeed by everyone at the college.
Henri's work is the foundation not only of the MSc itself, but also of the expanded science that is so sorely needed in this time of global crisis – a science that values an intuitive knowing of nature's qualities as much as conventional quantitative approaches.
Henri's intellectual and intuitive grasp of science, and of its history and philosophy were extraordinary. His presence, his powerful dynamism and his eloquence brought his considerable insights to life within the minds and souls of the many students who were privileged to learn with him over the years here at the college. During his sessions we knew that we were in the presence of a truly great philosopher whose understanding of the nature of wholeness, the history and philosophy of science, of phenomenology and of Goethe's way of science were deeply original and transformative.
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The Finding of Erichthonius is a fragment of a larger painting by Peter Paul Rubens, produced around 1632 or 1633. It is now held at the Allen Memorial Art Museum in Oberlin, Ohio. It shows the discovery of Erichthonius in a basket by one of the daughters of Cecrops (either Pandrosus or Aglaulus).

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The problem with terrorist attacks is that they succeed. They succeed in causing shock and terror, or at least fear. Even expressions of defiance against terrorism, or expressions of determination not to be terrorised, are framed with the fear that is their intended objective. And if we were not shocked, we would have lost something of our humanity. But we have to resist the temptation to be drawn into a deep cycle of anger and further violence.
Before the attacks in Paris, I was planning to talk about Rene Girard, a professor of literature in France and California, and his mimetic theory. Perhaps he's still relevant – perhaps more so. He suggests that human beings are driven by desires to imitate others: we want what we do because others have it. The social consequences of this, if not controlled, lead to conflict. Conflict leads to violence, and violence to the need for scapegoats, people to blame.
Girard was initially an atheist, who through his study found in the Bible the one religious text that denounced scapegoating and exposed it as a lie. This led to a conversion. The ultimate scapegoat was Jesus, who through his crucifixion and resurrection demonstrates once and for all that the practice is fatally flawed; the cross, if we heed it, takes away its power.
The terrorist seeks to exploit mimetic desire, and the desire for a scapegoat, to spread shock, fear and terror, and more violence as people seek human retribution, pre-empting God's action. The shock, horror and fear remain.
But there is a deeper reality, one in which Jesus shows, through his own willingness to suffer for what is right, that human scapegoating only leads to more violence and death. Rene Girard, with his mimetic theory, reminds us that we have a choice about whether to live our lives trying to imitate others, or whether the only one worth imitating, and not in envy, but in pursuit of justice, is Jesus.


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Q: Conductivity Matrix (Symmetry Information) I'm trying to understand the symmetry content of the conductivity matrix: one information is, presence of time-reversal symmetry causes the off-diagonal terms to vanish. When this is broken (e.g. in Hall effect) off-diagonal terms become finite. (A side question is, why is the conductivity matrix always anti-symmetric?!) Apart from that, does it contain any information about the spin of the charge carriers. My guess would be it should not, as one computes conductivity using classical theory. If I take a spin-orbit coupled (SOC) system (where inversion symmetry is broken), will the SOC information be present in the conductivity matrix? If it is, then how? What other symmetries in the system are relevant for the conductivity matrix?

A: The two-dimensional conductivity matrix can be written as $\sigma=\left[\begin{array}{cc}\sigma_{xx} & \sigma_{xy}\\\sigma_{yx} & \sigma_{yy}\end{array}\right]$ which represents the current response to the enternal elecric field $j_\alpha=\sigma_{\alpha\beta}E_\beta$, where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ is $x$ or $y$.
The anti-symmetry part of $\sigma$ matrix is non-zero only if time-reversal symmetry is broken because of the Onsager reciprocity relation. When applying an magnetic field the reciprocity relation becomes $\sigma_{\alpha\beta}(H)=\sigma_{\beta\alpha}(-H)$. Then the antisymmetric part can arise.
If the system has rotation symmetry, at least 3-fold discrete rotational symmetry, the off-diagonal part can be proved to be pure antisymmetric $\sigma_{xy}=-\sigma_{yx}$: The rotation operation matrix is $R=\left[\begin{array}{cc}
\cos\theta & -\sin\theta\\
\sin\theta & \cos\theta
\end{array}\right]$. When the system has 3-fold rotational symmetry $\theta=2\pi/3$, from $R\sigma R^{-1}=\sigma$, it can be proved that $\sigma_{xy}=-\sigma_{yx}$, as well as $\sigma_{xx}=\sigma_{yy}$.

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Identifying FANYs in Newspaper Cutting
Filed under: 1914-18 WW1,Faulder,France,Honours,Photographs,Status: Update as Information Arises — Tags: FANY, Faulder, Military Medal — David @ 12:28 am
This post ties into the post about Evelyn Faulder's Military Medal. Recent comments by Juliet Webster have prompted me to revisit this story. There is a press cutting in the family (from the Daily Mirror of 23 July 1918):
Cutting; Photo of MM Award Winners
But who is who?
Evelyn Faulder's award of the Military Medal
Filed under: 1914-18 WW1,Biography,Faulder,France,Honours,Status: Update as Information Arises,Work/Business — Tags: Ambulance, FANY, Faulder, Honours, Huddersfield, Military Medal, War, Western Front, Work/Business, World War One, Yorkshire — David @ 7:26 pm
Portrait of Evelyn Faulder MM, F.A.N.Y. by kind permission FANY (PRVC)
Evelyn Faulder drove an Ambulance with the FANY during World War One.
Third daughter of Joseph Sewell Faulder & Emily Story . My Great Aunt.
During the Great War she served (from April 1916) with the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) in France and Flanders. The FANY were originally set up with the rather romantic idea that horsewomen could ride out onto the battlefield and scoop up wounded soldiers and bring them back to safety. In practice they drove heavy motor ambulances.
Her medal index card indicates that she achieved the rank of sergeant.
The London Gazette of 5 July 1918 gives the following citation:
His Majesty the KING has been pleased to approve of the award of the Military Medal to the under mentioned Ladies -for distinguished services in the Field, as recorded: —
Miss Sarah Bonnell, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry,
Miss Evelyn Gordon-Brown, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry,
Miss Aileen Maude Faulkner, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry,
Miss Evelyn Faulder, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry,
Miss Nellie Dewhurst, V.A.D., attd. First Aid Nursing Yeomanry.
For gallantry and conspicuous devotion to duty, when an ammunition dump had been set on fire by enemy bombs and the only available ambulance for the removal of wounded had been destroyed. These ladies subsequently arrived with three ambulances, and, despite the danger arising from various explosions, succeeded in removing all the wounded. Their conduct throughout was splendid. War Office, 8th July, 1918. (more…)


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Are you mad about Madonna's sensuous body? If you are wondering how to stay in shape just like the Material Girl, you must consume organic whole grains foods and practice yoga everyday. Madonna has incorporated Far East and Indian ancient lifestyle philosophies to her daily fitness regime. Macrobiotic diet and Ashtanga yoga are responsible for keeping Madonna fit.
Macrobiotic diet comprises of whole grains and organic foods. This diet is derived from philosophy of the Far East, which believes in balancing the yin and yang energies. Half of macrobiotic diet consists of whole grains. Raw, pickled or cooked seasonal vegetables comprise a quarter of daily serving. Sea vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds and soups should make 15 percent of your daily food intake. Protein will be limited to consumption of legumes and fish, and it will comprise 10 percent of your daily food.
Macrobiotic diet does not recommend consumption of poultry and dairy products. Therefore, you can consider eliminating eggs, cheese and meat from your diet. Sugar, alcohol, chocolates, honey, vanilla, artificial vinegar and even spices are not allowed in macrobiotic diets. Non-aromatic tea is the only beverage recommended in macrobiotic diet. Intake of tropical or semitropical fruits and fruits juices, artificial drinks, soda and coffee are not allowed in macrobiotic diet.
To stay healthy, you should eat only organic foods. Macrobiotic lifestyle requires consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables. Microwave cooking is taboo in macrobiotic diet. Eating should be done in a relaxed manner. You should chew your foods slowly, in order to ease the digestion process.
Ashtanga yoga is a process of synchronizing our breathing pattern with a series of physical postures. While practicing Ashtanga yoga, the body produces intense heat, which increases perspiration. It is believed that the organs and muscles of the body detoxifies through sweating. Ashtanga yoga is believed to improve the blood circulation of the body. Besides improving our physical health, Ashtanga yoga also calms our mind.


"If you want to do movie A, then I'm gonna need you to do movie B for us. No movie B for us, no movie A for you."
This dichotomy can go further. An actor may be seen doing mainstream commercial films, and then does something that is almost transparently awards fodder. Makes sense sometimes: too much looking like a sell-out and the actor's legitimacy as an artist erodes in the audience's minds and hearts. An actor can only appear so commercial before looking less like an artist. They risk drifting from "actor I go to see act" to "actor I go to see try to sell me something" or even more on to "actor who is product spokesperson who only tells me things because they are paid to." Just because I can on a Sunday afternoon, let's go even further on this binary.
Motivation is something both we and every character have and have in common. We and our characters want things. Much of acting training focuses on your character's wants. Sometimes it is expanded or refined as what your character wants the other characters to do, or give, and sometimes what your character wants to have happen, where they want to be, literally or metaphorically (ex: Chekhov's Three Sisters want to go to Moscow, Hamlet wants to set things right but not hastily do anything himself).
As people outside of work we also have motivations, objectives, goals. If we don't get what we want (like happiness, fulfillment, food) our characters not only won't get what they want, but never exist. We are the foundation our roles are built on. Starve us, starve or outright kill our characters. Even in moments of great peace and contentment, where no hedonistic or even loftier want crosses our minds and hearts, eventually we will need to eat again, to sleep. It is not permanently possible to be without want, to be without hunger.
So to act, or even live, we need to eat. Both literally and figuratively. If we are hungry for food, our work will suffer. If we are hungry long enough, for food or other essentials, we cease to exist. If we are exceedingly hungry for less edible things, like contentment, material comfort, stability, human connection, we will not do our best work, but even more vital, our lives, the only ones we get to live, will suffer. They may even end early from stress or depression. Or simply be half lived.
If we work a non-acting day job it is not merely to pay the rent/mortgage and cell phone bill. We do it so we are not in panic, worry and anxiety throughout our days and nights. We do it because rightly or wrongly money is the universal scorecard often used to gauge success and value. We do it because we may only feel comfortable in a home of a certain quality or location. Marketing and ads are often built on this: part of who we tell ourselves we are is based on what we have materially and what we have in the bank.
Our characters do this too. Willy Lowman in "Death of a Salesman" is all but entirely defined by his struggle between who his income has said he is and who he may be in every non-financial sense. Every role we play is someone who has their own view of what money they have now, could have, and want to have. And in life we each have our own beliefs. One actor may feel on the financial edge if their net worth is less than $100,000, another only worries if they don't know where money for next month's bills is coming from. Some people are uncomfortable if they have less than $20,000 in the bank, some only get antsy once they have more than $20,000 dollars debt. For both, the transactional need to have money to buy food is not all that concerns them. Satisfied or not, we hunger, as all humans do, for more than food.
A role may compensate you in a few different ways, but the key in an emotional sense may be how it feeds your material life and how it feeds your immaterial life, how it feeds you and how it feeds you artistically. No shame in taking a role for the money, and there is nothing wrong in taking a role for the joy. Landlords, banks and grocers do not take joy as payment. That concrete reality, that artistic satisfaction alone may not feed you, may be a good thing. Needing to fund your life may keep you more balanced, healthier, and from purely having your head in the clouds. Sustaining oneself physically as well as spiritually, emotionally, artistically, is healthier than being lopsided either way. But even if it weren't, even if it would be better if the concrete world had no sway with us, if it would be nicer feeling if finances and business realities and such didn't affect us, that does not seem to be the way the universe is configured.
Just as focusing too much on the finances of our work would not be good, focusing too much on the artistic to the exclusion of the practical is not good. Balance what feeds you and what feeds you artistically. Let hunger to do great work and to live a great life both get attention. And reading my own words, I'm off to lunch. Feed yourself well.


The forum attracts the participation of adolescents from three ASEAN countries, namely Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, and outstanding Secondary and High School students in Hanoi, along with a representative team from Board of Organization.
At the beginning of the debate, YNGO – non-governmental organization for youth show a connective performance – the song We are the world that convey the message of the role of ASEAN youth in general and that in the world as a whole.
The performance brought exciting atmosphere to the whole guests as well as adolescents from ASEAN countries.
In the jubilant atmosphere, ASEAN "young leaders" started to debate on the environmental issues with their creativity, and enthusiasm.
Acute environmental issues as well as the solutions for these global problems were stated by ASEAN children at the forum. More than that, they also showed their viewpoints on essential qualities to become a future "leader" as well as an excellent diplomat of the world.
The competition among future leaders is taken place with healthy manners and attitudes. The forum promises to bring interesting surprises until the end.


On this day in 1978, November 18, over 900 people died of cyanide poisoning administered in an act of "revolutionary suicide." Many were under duress. 304 were minors. None were given a choice. Today is the anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre at the Peoples Temple in Guyana.
Jim Jones considered himself an "apostolic socialist." After meeting criticism in Indianapolis he moved to San Francisco. There, he gained public and political support. In 1976 he moved his cult to the English-speaking but far left leaning Guyana. "Jonestown" was billed as a "socialist paradise." The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project was formed.
Paradise it was not. The members were required to work long hours of hard manual labor as the soil was poor. There wasn't easy access to clean water. Days were spent working, watching and listening to communist propaganda, and listening to a near constant broadcast of Jim Jones himself over the town's speakers. And you could not leave.
As family members and friends back in the States got more and more worried, an investigation was launched. Senator Leo Ryan led a group of his staff, media, and members of a concerned relatives group. After days of negotiation, Senator Ryan was set to return to the States. He stated that his report would be mostly positive. However, he had with him 14 defectors.
The health and particularly mental health of Jim Jones had declined. This investigation and the defection of his followers sent him down an even more dangerous, but probably inevitable path. As he was apt to record himself, the "death tape" details what next transpired. One of the "defectors" was a plant. Senator Ryan and four others were killed. Nine others were wounded on the airstrip. There was no chance for Jonestown now. No one would survive.
In addition to those five killed at the airstrip, 909 died at Jonestown– two by gunshot wound, the rest by ingesting a combination of Flavor Aid and cyanide. I am opting to not describe the acts of adults toward children or any other further description. The details are disturbing. You can listen to the tape and hear the adults talking calmly while children scream. I don't need to describe it to you, you can look that up.
This painting by American artist and illustrator Andrew Brandou is so creepily haunting. It's part of a series entitled "As a Man Thinketh, So He Is," which depict several different scenes at Jonestown before the massacre. You can see the entire collection here. As a Man Thinketh.
Brandou paints in a style similar to old children's books. They remind me a lot of the Little Golden Books, which I think is partly why I find them disturbing, but somehow beautiful at the same time. This painting, Medication, shows a variety of animals queuing up peacefully to their death. I think this is an illusion to Jim Jones's so-called "rainbow family" and his integrationalist ideals.
A mother cat with a screaming kitten, an elderly dog glancing nervously at the already fallen bodies of his comrades, a vixen nurse looking determined to complete her job. A hare looks behind him to a bear with a gun. The bear seems to be the only one smiling. Interestingly, Jim Jones himself isn't present in this painting, as he is represented as a lion in the rest of the series. Possibly an acknowledgment that he himself didn't die of poison, but an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
One has to wonder if this could still happen today in this world of constant communication. But then I think about all those that blindly follow what a talking head tells them, regardless of the absurdity or improbability or down right immorality. There may never be another day when so many people physically drink the proverbial Kool-aid, but people drink in poison every day. Turn off the constant propaganda being broadcast non-stop. We don't have to listen to that voice.


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De Kerk van Sint-Maria in Lyskirchen (Duits: Sankt Maria in Lyskerchen) is de kleinste van de twaalf romaanse basilieken in de Duitse stad Keulen. De kerk is gelegen in de oude binnenstad van Keulen aan de oever van de Rijn en wordt in het onderhoud bijgestaan door de Förderverein Romanische Kirchen Köln. De kerk heeft als bijnamen "Kerk der Rijnschippers" en (vanwege de kleur) "de roze kerk".

Geschiedenis
De kerk werd voor het eerst in het jaar 948 in een oorkonde genoemd. De naam Lyskirchen voert terug op de stichting van de kerk door ene Lysolfus, een persoon die hoorde tot een Keuls patriciërsgeslacht.

De kerk is niet alleen de kleinste van de grote romaanse kerken in Keulen, het is ook de enige kerk waarvan de historische gewelffresco's uit de 13e eeuw voor het grootste deel behouden zijn. De fresco's werden in de jaren 1879-1881 blootgelegd. Naar een nabijgelegen plaats werd de kerk oorspronkelijk Sint-Maria in Nothausen genoemd.

De huidige drieschepige bouw ontstond rond 1210-1220. Hierbij gaat het om een basiliek met galerijen, waarvan de oostelijke apsis door twee torens geflankeerd wordt. Alleen de noordelijke toren werd voltooid. In de 17e eeuw werd de kerk voor een belangrijk deel in gotische stijl verbouwd.

De kerk leed onder de Britse bombardementen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog aanzienlijke schade. Alhoewel de daken werden verwoest, bleven de gewelven met de fresco's als door een wonder intact. In de periode 1947-1962 volgde de wederopbouw van de kerk.

Bezienswaardigheden
De kerk bezit buiten de bijzondere fresco's nog een aantal kunstvoorwerpen.

Kerkschip:
 Een 13e-eeuws doopbekken.
 Twee houten beelden van de Heilige Nicolaas en de Heilige Maternus; beide beelden zijn afkomstig van het voormalige barokke hoogaltaar.
 De Schippersmadonna, een 2,05 meter hoog beeld uit 1410-1420.
 Gebrandschilderde ramen in het noordelijk zijschip uit 1520/30.

Koor:
 Een Madonna met Kind in het hoogaltaar van 1,15 meter hoog uit de eerste helft van de 14e eeuw.
 Een schilderij van de Annunciatie

Tijdbalk van de kerk
 948 Eerste vermelding van de kerk in een document van aartsbisschop Wigfried
 1067 De toenmalige genoemde kerk van St. Maria in Nothausen wordt door Anno II toegewezen aan het Sint-Jorisstift.
 1106 De kerk komt door de uitbreiding van de stadsmuren binnen de stadsgrenzen te liggen.
 1135/42 De kerk wordt als 'ecclesia Lisolvi' (Kerk van Lisolvus) genoemd.
 1180 Nieuwbouw van de Keulse stadsmuur; de sacristie van de kerk wordt op de muur gebouwd.
 1200 De nieuwe oostelijke bouw van de kerk wordt voltooid, daarna wordt het oude kerkschip afgebroken en opnieuw gebouwd.
 1250 De gewelven van het schip worden beschilderd; de fresco's zijn de belangrijkste nog bestaande romaanse decoraties van de kerk en stellen taferelen uit de Bijbel en heiligenlevens voor.
 1520/30 Verbouw van de kerk; bijna alle romaanse vensters (behalve die van de galerijen) worden door maaswerkvensters vervangen; de zijbeuken krijgen steunberen.
 1658/62 De gewelven van koor en apsis worden afgebroken en na verhoging van de muren vervangen door nieuwe gewelven.
 1663/65 Oprichting van een barok hoogaltaar.
 1697(?) De romaanse waaiervensters van de galerijen worden door rondbogige vensters vervangen.
 1784 IJsgang en hoogwater beschadigen en verwoesten gedeeltelijk de inrichting van de kerk. In 1785 wordt een nieuw hoogaltaar opgericht.
 1811 De crypte wordt dichtgemetseld en de kerk krijgt een nieuwe, verhoogde vloer.
 1827 In het koor worden vensters dichtgemetseld.
 1860/76 Renovatie van de kerk; westelijke gevel wordt in neoromaanse stijl gewijzigd, barokke details aan de buitenbouw verwijderd, gebrandschilderde glazen voor de apsisvensters, een nieuw hoogaltaar en altaren in de koorkapellen.
 1879/81 De laatromaanse fresco's worden ontdekt en gerestaureerd.
 1918 Renovatie van de crypte.
 1934 Hernieuwde restauratie van de fresco's.
 1942/43 Verwoesting tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog maar de schade is minder groot als bij andere Keulse kerken; kerkdak wordt vernield door oorlogsgeweld; de gewelven blijven met de fresco's behouden, de tongewelven van de galerijen stortten in en beschadiging aan het gebouw door luchtdruk bij de bombardementen.
 1947/62 Wederopbouw van de kerk.
 1972/77 Restauratie van de gewelfbeschildering waarbij latere overschilderingen worden verwijderd.
 1982/89 Buitenrestauratie, in het bijzonder aan de westelijke gevel en het noordelijk zijschip, de oorspronkelijke kleurstelling van de kerk in roze, grijs en wit hersteld.

Afbeeldingen

Externe links
  Website van de Sankt Maria in Lyskirchen
  St. Maria in Lyskirchen op de website van Förderverein Romanische Kirchen Köln

Basiliek in Duitsland
Kerkgebouw in het aartsbisdom Keulen
Romaans kerkgebouw
Kerkgebouw in Keulen


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***Captivating New 'Keep Waiting' Single and Video Released today on Steamhammer / SPV***
Consummate Classic Rock four-piece Space Elevator, who were formed by guitarist David Young and flamboyant lead singer The Duchess, have confirmed the release of their soaring new single and video 'Keep Waiting' on Steamhammer / SPV today.
'Keep Waiting', a powerful, perfectly performed, instantly memorable pop infused melodic rock composition, is the second single to be taken from the band's sophomore album 'Space Elevator II'.
You can watch the video here:
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Fireworks magazine's Dave Bott stated "'II' has more of an edge than the debut and Young gets to flex his solo muscles a bit more, but it is the quality of the material that makes the biggest impact. Having said that, let's not forget the vocals. I have seen the band perform live and can testify first hand that The Duchess is quality. She has the power, the passion and has the image to match. It is hard to pick highlights from this release and I find myself drawn to a different favourite with every play. From the rocky opener 'Take The Pain' through to the Queen-like closer 'Queen For A Day', (where Young channels his best Brian May) it really is a case of "all killer, no filler" and the energy levels are very high."
Powerplay magazine's Steve Swift raved "This has variety, it has expectation, it has a 70's ethos, it has oddness. Just enough of all of these makes something very special. Messrs Young, Maguire (bass) Greene (drums) and Ms Duchess should all be proud of themselves. Elevator? Top floor, please."
Classic Rock magazine's Max Bell declared "Chucking in a steady stream of ABBA-esque arrangements and nods towards 60s girl groups, Curved Air, Whitesnake and Fabienne Shine's badass 'Shakin' Street, this ultra-professional quartet don't put a foot wrong."
'Keep Waiting' is now all set to boost Space Elevator ever higher into rock's heady stratosphere when released today.
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Fernando Llorente has hailed Heung-Min Son as a "key player" following the South Korean star's return from international duty.
The 26-year-old missed three games in January while away at the Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates, but has hit the ground running since his return.
Scoring the equaliser against Watford in his first game back on 30 January, a goal followed moments later by Fernando's winner as we triumphed 2-1, he was at it again last weekend with a late strike to secure a 1-0 victory over Newcastle United at Wembley.
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Third time's the charm? Inside Hawaiian Electric's new, new plan to get to 100% renewables
Stakeholders applaud the move away from LNG but question the costs and HECO's vision
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons
The new long-term energy plan for Hawaii is getting better reviews than its two predecessors, but it won't be the last word on how the state will get to 100% renewables by 2045.
Stakeholders have raised two main concerns about the 1,800-page Power Supply Improvement Plan (PSIP), filed with regulators last month.
First, to reach the 100% renewables mandate may come at an unaffordable price for customers of the Hawaiian Electric Companies, the state's dominant electricity providers.
Second, three key stakeholder groups raised longstanding concerns about HECO's vision for distributed resources and the evolution of its business model.
HECO's first PSIP was filed in 2014, and roundly rejected by regulators in Nov. 2015. In their order and a subsequent white paper, Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) told the utility to "implement the vision for the 'electric utility of the future,'" including a "a customer focused business strategy" instead of "unrelated capital projects without strategic focus."
HECO then filed another plan last year that called for imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to help the state bridge the gap to 100% renewables. But it was contingent on PUC approval of HECO's merger with Florida-based NextEra Energy, and the utility withdrew the plan when the acquisition was rejected by regulators.
The basis of the new PSIP is a five-year action plan that would take the state to 48% renewables by 2020 and to 72% renewables by 2030. By 2021, Hawaii would have 326 MW of distributed photovoltaic solar generation (DG-PV), 360 MW of utility-scale PV, 157 MW of utility-scale wind energy, 114.7 MW of demand response (DR), and 31 MW of feed-in tariff-funded renewables.
But potential generation mixes that would get Hawaii to 100% renewables by 2045 could cost Oahu utility customers an estimated $26.5 billion by 2045. Costs to Maui and Hawaii Island utility customers add $10 billion more.
"It is not clear the over-50% increase in the utility revenue requirement through 2021 is the customer-focused, strategic investment required by [the PUC white paper],'" Earthjustice Attorney Isaac Moriwake, representing key stakeholder Sierra Club, told Utility Dive.
The emphasis on liquefied natural gas (LNG) has changed to an emphasis on wind, solar, and energy storage and that is "a definite improvement," Moriwake said. "But HECO treats distributed energy resources [DER] as something that happens to the utility and fails to envision a new system."
HECO's new PSIP
HECO Sr. VP for Planning and Technology Colton Ching insisted this PSIP does meet the two fundamental directives from the PUC white paper.
First, to meet the state's 100% renewable portfolio standard (RPS), HECO will become "the utility of the future" and build "a grid of the future," Ching said.
Second, to fund this change, HECO will displace costly oil-fueled generation with low cost renewable energy. "The [white paper] envisioned that tradeoff," Ching said. "It is the best way to get to 100% renewables."
"Substantial investment in the grid is necessary to interconnect the new renewables and to integrate the DER customers want. That is the strategic focus," he added. "That grid will be critical when there are 3,008 MW of DG on it in 2045 across all five islands."
The preliminary reaction from Hawaii Division of Consumer Advocacy Executive Director Dean Nishina is that the refocused plan is "more actionable" and "appears to have better considered an expanded portfolio of resources."
It is, however, not yet clear this is "the most cost effective plan," he added.
The nonprofit Blue Planet Foundation was one of the earliest stakeholders to push for the 100% renewables standard. Policy Director Richard Wallsgrove sees "a lot of good things" in the five-year plan but said "some of the hard questions may be pushed off."
Planning in five year phases is reasonable for HECO but "things are changing faster in the energy sector than our imaginations can keep up with," Wallsgrove said. Biofuels may offer an emissions-neutral alternative in the 2040s, but at an increased cost. "This plan modernizes thermal generation but does it make sense to plan on burning stuff in 30 years? Why not include visionary options for the longer term?"
HECO's plan to get to 100% renewables might be too expensive for ratepayers, stakeholders say.
What of the cost?
HECO developed the basic action plan and alternative long term scenarios with consultant Environmental + Energy Economics (E3), using E3's RESOLVE modeling program.
Each alternative scenario offers a resource mix out to 2045 that economic circumstances and technological advances could make the best choice.
HECO's basic long term scenario is labeled the "Post-April PSIP Plan." Alternatives include a basic "E3 Plan," an "E3 Plan with LNG," an "E3 Plan with Grid Modernization," and an "E3 Plan with Grid Modernization and LNG." Each includes variations specific to Oahu, Hawaii Island, or Maui.
Each makes "concerted efforts to minimize the financial impact on customers," the PSIP reports.
Nevertheless, Consumer Advocacy's Nishina is concerned about the size of the capital investment and "the possible cost impact on customers."
Presently, Hawaii's electricity rate and the price of the diesel oil used to generate about 80% of its power are low. Yet "customers are complaining about the rates and total bills," Nishina said. "While the proposed investments may reduce the exposure to the volatility of oil prices, such an investment will likely make electricity too expensive for many customers."
The PSIP acknowledges these impacts. The costs of grid modernization, ending fossil fuel use, and "aggressive deployment of low-cost renewables," it reports, "will move customer bills higher in the near term."
The net present value of the revenue requirements in the 2045 scenarios range from $24.9 billion to $26.5 billion. But as the state reaches its goal, the PSIP argues, "the aggressive pursuit of low-cost renewables will cause customer bills to be flat or slightly declining on a real-dollar basis."
HECO calculations show the revenue requirements result in annual rate increases of roughly 2.5% to 3.5%, with 2% attributed to inflation, over 30 years, according to Ching.
HECO still believes bringing LNG to Hawaii will result in the lowest-cost transition to renewables, but political leadership in the state opposes it.
"The five-year action plan was not based on any single long term scenario because there is too much uncertainty," HECO's Ching said. Though different in the long term, the scenarios were "very similar, and in some cases identical, in the near term and that assured us the five-year action plan fits well with however things evolve."
Blue Planet's Wallsgrove sees this as reasonable planning and has read other analyses verifying HECO's argument about the capital expense. The approximately $26 billion in fuel cost savings through 2045 would balance the $26 billion revenue requirement, he said. "That suggests there will not be a radical increase in ratepayer costs."
Using LNG longer extends fuel costs later into the transition but does not create "big savings," Wallsgrove said.
Shifting that money into the capital expenses column does, however, provide the utility with a rate of return for the investment instead of a pass-through expense. "It raises questions about what the plan means for the utility bottom line and the utility revenue model," Wallsgrove said. "Those questions should be answered by the PUC with stakeholder input."
That is the point, Moriwake insisted. "HECO's business is at the center of this plan. The increased revenue requirement will substantially and directly benefit the utility business and its shareholders."
It could be the best plan a regulated utility like HECO could offer, he said. "But is there a more comprehensive plan that would get to 100% renewables with totally different or less costly resources? That is what we don't know."
HECO's DER vision — or lack thereof
There is little doubt of the plan's commitment to renewables. Its first principle is "renewable energy is the first option." And it leaves no question about the utility's recognition of DER.
Because "advances in technology continue to drive costs down," it reports, "we assume high levels of DER penetration and will work to enable the integration of right-sized and right-priced systems."
The grid modernization "empowers customer choice where distributed energy resources—solar PV, energy storage batteries, electric vehicles, and demand response resources—can operate at every home."
The 3,008 MW of DG PV forecast for 2045 "assumes all single-family residential homes and 20% to 25% of commercial customers produce the same amount of PV energy as they consume," the plan adds.
Ching noted that the cost of utility-scale renewables will not add to HECO's rate base. "We expect to contract for the utility-scale generation from independent power producers," he said.
"We are preparing for the high DG PV scenario and not simply the market projection," he added. "The capital expenditure in the PSIP is for the upgrades to HECO's aging transmission and distribution systems that will enable the high penetration of variable utility-scale renewables and DG PV."
The newest concern about the high DG PV scenario is reflected in just-filed proposals to the PUC by the Distributed Energy Resources Council of Hawaii (DERC), the Energy Freedom Coalition of America (EFCA), and The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC). All three groups represent significant numbers of DER providers.
Data behind the filings suggests there may be a "material mistake" in the plan, said TASC Spokesperson Robert Harris. It is "not malicious" but, if the groups are correct, the mistake could have"major ramifications."
The PSIP may "significantly" underestimate the amount of behind-the-meter (BTM) battery storage that will accompany the installation of DG PV, Harris said.
Because of a gathering set of regulatory and market factors, the filings call for terminating the export of solar to Hawaii's grid between 9AM and 4PM. One of factors was the result of the PUC's decision to terminate retail rate net energy metering (NEM).
The decision was due to the challenge to HECO's distribution system from the state's abundant DG PV. To manage over-generation, the "CGS tariff" that replaced NEM allowed only reduced remuneration for exported solar-generated electricity during non-peak demand periods. And it is almost fully subscribed.
New DG PV installations will now earn little value for exported power because HECO's resources are more than adequate to meet system needs during the high solar generation off-peak hours. Going forward, DG PV's chief value to Hawaii's solar owners will be in replacing non-peak demand high-priced electricity and even higher-priced peak demand electricity.
The increasingly affordable electricity supplied by DG PV makes this practical. The falling cost of battery storage enhances the value proposition, especially in the absence of remuneration for exported generation.
"The key point is that it is unlikely any more solar without storage is going to be coming on," Harris said. "That would potentially bring hundreds more MW of storage online sooner as a grid resource. It is a great thing but it changes all the assumptions in the PSIP."
The filings do not identify how big HECO's potential miscalculation is but Harris believes it will significantly diminish system load and alter PSIP assumptions about curtailment.
Ching believes HECO's planning is adequate to this concern. "We do account for a very high amount of distributed storage and distributed storage plus PV, as incorporated in our sales and peak forecast," Ching responded. The utility recognizes it as "flexible load" that can expand its DR portfolio as well.
There are also over 150 MW of DG-PV still to be added that, by an accounting anomaly, remain eligible for the export tariff, Ching added.
Finally, he said, a successor tariff for exported power is being developed "very quickly" by stakeholders and Hawaii utilities in an ongoing regulatory proceeding. "We've assumed that CGS successor in our DG-PV forecast."
Consumer Advocacy's Nishina said the best assessment of the plan may not be possible until the current rate restructuring is complete. "Until the rate structure and rates are properly updated, customers will not be given the appropriate pricing signals and inefficient investment decisions will continue to be made."
On the larger point of whether the PSIP represents "customer-centered strategic planning," Ching expanded his argument. "We are now building a distribution grid that proactively builds intelligence, creates a communications system, and enables a much higher level of DER."
The PSIP calls this a "paradigm shift" and promises an "integrated grid" that "will enable DER to provide the services that are lost with the deactivation of traditional centralized conventional generation."
The plan is for a modern plug-and-play grid that incorporates "advanced metering, a demand response management system, and an advanced distribution management system," the PSIP promises. "We envision an advanced distribution system where customers can plug their distributed resources into the grid."
The plan also describes utility thinking about rate designs that send price signals about EV charging so they can be used "as a load and as demand response to help with the integration of renewables," Ching said.
The state of the technology, economics, and customer adoption for things like EVs and distributed storage are changing rapidly, Ching added. The PSIP's commitment to continuous planning recognizes that "no one knows today what will happen in the long term."
Blue Planet's Wallsgrove sees in PSIP language potential new directions for HECO's business model.
"It is somewhat visionary about how electrifying transportation will be part of planning load and planning the generation to meet it," he said. "That is going out and attacking the market rather than just waiting for it."
HECO also describes revenue opportunities outside its core business that will increase the customer value proposition and acknowledges this change as necessary to remain competitive, he pointed out. Plans for EVs could "accelerate the implementation of renewable energy and storage options, while driving down the total cost of energy for all customers."
The PSIP's forecast, however, is based on historical trends and may significantly underestimate growth, Wallsgrove said. This tendency extends to DG-PV and energy efficiency and, in this way, seems to fail to meet the PUC directive to "optimize" DER, he added.
Moriwake supported his concern by arguing the PSIP still fails to fully address the PUC's objections to previous utility long-term plans for DER. "That is a symptom of utility-centric planning," he said.
Because of Hawaii's unprecedentedly high penetration of DG PV, "HECO is a national leader at integrating rooftop solar into the traditional utility grid," Moriwake said. "But the PUC directed it to find a new model that optimizes DER and makes it part of a new and transformed system instead of cramming it into the traditional utility business."
The remedy, Moriwake has come to believe, "is an independent third party to do the planning. This is now bigger than HECO."
Appendix Q and the customer exit mystery
Appendix Q, at the end of the document, is titled Customer Exit Economic Analysis. It is one extraordinary sentence:
"Pages Q-2 through Q-4 contain confidential and/or proprietary information, and are designated as 'restricted information' to be provided only to the Commission and the Consumer Advocate, and not to be distributed to any other party or participant to this proceeding or its representatives."
HECO's Ching called the appendix "a roadmap or instruction sheet for competitors to take our customers off-grid."
To date, a significant minority of customers have chosen load defection, or the use of their own DG to supply some of their power. When they do so, the utility is forced to impose system costs on other customers.
As the costs and effectiveness of DG PV, BTM battery storage, and energy efficiency measures become increasingly affordable, customers may choose grid defection, which is leaving the utility entirely.
Appendix Q apparently addresses "the $26 billion dollar question," Moriwake said. "Will escalating spending drive customers to exit the grid?"
Ching said HECO "will not share the details of the analysis with the parties in the docket because of its competitive nature."
Former PUC Chair Mina Morita, who led the commission that produced the PUC white paper guidance, called for a more public release of the information. She is concerned that market factors and state incentives will drive significant defection.
"All stakeholders, especially policymakers, need to understand whether, if prompted by misguided public policy, the $26 billion in revenue requirements in the PSIP might end in stranded assets and with dire consequences for customers remaining on the grid," she told Utility Dive.
Outside the commission, only the consumer advocate's office now knows. It has pushed for more transparency, but shares the utility's concern with revealing information that could drive defection and higher prices for remaining customers, Nishina said. The solution, he added, are new tariffs with price signals that eliminate the problem.
Ching staunchly defended the utility's decision to keep the information confidential. "We absolutely are in a competitive environment," he said. "There is nothing our competitors cannot find out but we just don't think we need to give them an instruction sheet."
Appendix Q describes the type of customer that might be more economically benefited by going off-grid and the most competitive combination of DG PV and battery system sizes, Ching said. He declined to identify specific competitors.
TASC's Harris, who represents the solar and DER providers who many see as the utility's competitors, said customer exit should be discussed publicly. "Some of the assumptions may be proprietary but discussing the end result is important."
Solar and DER providers should not be the utility's concern, he argued "It is their own customers who are making the decision to leave the grid. They are competitors. The real question is whether the utility can provide the services customers want at a price they are willing to pay."
Ching acknowledged that the best way to prevent defection is for the utility to keep electricity rates as low as possible and create added value for customers' grid-connected DER. But he also expressed concern about the potential of customers turning to diesel generators for back up and worsening the state's emissions problem.
Moriwake dismissed this. "Customer-owned solar plus battery systems are already cheaper than utility power and the PSIP assumes continued high customer adoption."
And, he added, "a 50% rate increase over the next few years could drive a lot more customer exit and show HECO is moving against the tide of history."
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Hot on the heels of the first ever sale of a pediatric review voucher for a whopping $67 million, Canadian pharmaceutical manufacturer Knight Therapeutics announced Tuesday (12 August) that it plans to auction off a similar voucher of its own.
FDA currently maintains two priority review voucher systems: one known for tropical diseases, and the other for pediatric rare diseases.
The tropical disease priority review voucher system was established under the FDA Amendment Act of 2007 (FDAAA). Under the system, companies that receive approval for a tropical disease treatment are eligible to receive a transferrable voucher that allows the bearer to receive six-month priority review status for any future product. Products undergoing priority review are generally given an approval decision—positive or negative—within six months after the applicant's filing date.
The legislation was enacted to spur development of treatment options for tropical diseases, which FDA notes have been remarkably stagnant over the last half century. "Because these diseases are found primarily in poor and developing countries, existing incentives have been insufficient to encourage development of new and innovative drug therapies," explained FDA in a 2008 guidance document on the subject. FDA said it was taking an interest in the topic given the needs of other countries and the ability of those diseases to affect Americans in an increasingly globalized economy.
Under normal circumstances, FDA only grants priority review status to products which fill a treatment void or would otherwise represent a significant advancement compared to existing treatments. Because these reviews cost more than traditional drug reviews, the cost per application is more. However, under the voucher program, any company willing to pay the additional cost of the review may have its product reviewed by FDA, the agency explained.
FDA typically reviews priority review applications within six months, instead of the standard 10 months.
But despite high expectations for the program, the tropical disease voucher system hasn't been used much, in part because it's somewhat restrictive. As FDA explains in its guidance document on the voucher, "The sponsor redeeming the voucher must notify FDA of their intent to submit a human drug application with a priority review voucher at least 365 days prior to submission of the human drug application for which a priority review voucher will be used to obtain a priority review." That advance review time makes it impractical for many companies, which may not be willing to purchase a voucher until they know their product will be able to be submitted to FDA.
And just as important, some drugs simply won't benefit from a faster review from FDA. For example, if a drug has outstanding questions that must be answered, the voucher might simply facilitate a quicker complete response letter (CRL).
And in addition to the purchase price of the voucher from another company, users of the vouchers must also pay FDA to use them—$2,325,000 per voucher as of FY 2014.
FDA has also recently established a second priority review voucher system: the rare pediatric disease priority review voucher program.
The first rare pediatric disease voucher was given to the pharmaceutical company BioMarin in February 2014 after its rare disease drug Vimizim was granted FDA approval. While FDA is still in the process of writing a guidance on the pediatric voucher program, the program, which was established under the 2012 FDA Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA), contains a notable improvement over the tropical disease voucher program.
Unlike the 365-day waiting period to use a tropical disease voucher, a pediatric rare disease voucher can be used just 90 days after notifying FDA of a company's intent to use it (Section 529).
It's a small change, but one that was apparently worthwhile to Sanofi and Regeneron, which in July 2014 purchased BioMarin's rare pediatric disease voucher for a whopping $67.5 million.
What's a Tropical Disease Voucher Worth?
But to date, no company has yet sold its tropical disease priority review voucher. Novartis, which obtained a voucher after one of its tropical disease products (Coartem) was approved, used the voucher (unsuccessfully) on Ilaris (canakinumab).
But thanks to Knight Therapeutics, we may soon know what a tropical disease voucher is worth to members of industry—if it's worth anything at all.
In an announcement on 12 August 2014, the company said it has hired an advisor to help it sell its voucher, obtained after the March 2014 approval of Impavido (miltefosine) for patients with visceral, mucosal and cutaneous leishmaniasis.
"A big pharma may want our voucher if they are behind in a race to market and want to catch up or if they are ahead in a race and don't want their competitor to hop on a faster bus," the company's CEO, Jonathan Ross Goodman, said in a statement. "We hope to be the next to sell a Priority Review Voucher and would like to set the bar high to encourage others to invest in R&D for neglected tropical diseases."
However, while the company makes mention of the high sale price of BioMarin's priority review voucher, it's worth noting (again) that tropical disease priority review vouchers have more restrictions on their use than do pediatric rare disease vouchers. The former has a 365-day waiting period, while the latter has just a 90-day waiting period before it can be used.
The takeaway: While there's still likely to be interest in purchasing Knight's voucher, its relative restrictions means there may be fewer suitors and a smaller eventual sale price than BioMarin's voucher.


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Yash Raj has signed Akshay Kumar for its forthcoming project, which will be directed by Dhoom and Dhoom 2 writer Vijay Krishna Acharya aka Victor. In fact, the project marks Akshay's return to Yash Raj after Dil To Pagal Hai. However, there's tremendous speculation about the balance cast of this biggie.
A section of the media has reported that the film will star Ajay Devgan with Akshay, but trustworthy sources tells us that Saif Ali Khan will be co-starring in the film.
Now, here's something no one knows. Kareena Kapoor will play the romantic interest of Akshay and Saif in this film. Like Akshay, this film marks Kareena's return to the Yash Raj banner after Mujhse Dosti Karoge. "There were no differences between Kareena and Yash Raj as such. But the Kal Ho Naa Ho incident with the Johars created a rift and Kareena was never considered for any of Yash Raj or Dharma's films," a very, very reliable source tells me.
Back to the Akki-Saif project. Kareena has already heard the story, liked her part immensely and has given her consent to the makers. The film will be shot from April to July 2007, after which Kareena will commence shooting for Mani Ratnam's Lajjo from October 2007 onwards.


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Students at Maiden Gully Primary School discussed gender stereotypes in jobs as part of their respectful relationships program on Friday. Deputy principal Jordan Ancrum said the Rights, Resliance and Respectful Relationships  Program tackled community and family violence with lessons that broke down gender stereotypes. As part of the program, students meet and discussed careers with men and women who were in "gender stereotyped" jobs. Visitors included female police officers, firefighters, surgeons, electricians, scientists and farmers as well as a male nurse. Mr Ancrum said he was impressed that many students brokedown gender stereotypes when drawing pictures of people in certain jobs. "A number of families have parents who are police officers, so thy good idea around (females being police officers)," he said. "There was an interesting conversation in the  year 5 class where a lot of boys said only males can be surgeons. So it was important to find female surgeon, get her to visit and show that females can be surgeons. "The key message was that no matter what gender you are, you can go into any role, follow your passions and do any job you want."
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Primary school students talk gender stereotypes and respect
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Students at Maiden Gully Primary School discussed gender stereotypes in jobs as part of their respectful relationships program on Friday.
Deputy principal Jordan Ancrum said the Rights, Resliance and Respectful Relationships Program tackled community and family violence with lessons that broke down gender stereotypes.
As part of the program, students meet and discussed careers with men and women who were in "gender stereotyped" jobs.
Visitors included female police officers, firefighters, surgeons, electricians, scientists and farmers as well as a male nurse.
Mr Ancrum said he was impressed that many students brokedown gender stereotypes when drawing pictures of people in certain jobs.
"A number of families have parents who are police officers, so thy good idea around (females being police officers)," he said.
"There was an interesting conversation in the year 5 class where a lot of boys said only males can be surgeons. So it was important to find female surgeon, get her to visit and show that females can be surgeons.
"The key message was that no matter what gender you are, you can go into any role, follow your passions and do any job you want."


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4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, broken into 1" or smaller pieces.
Spray a 9" square baking dish with cooking oil spray, and dust with flour.
Melt unsweetened chocolate and butter in a double boiler, stirring frequently until smooth.
While chocolate is cooling, in a large bowl, beat eggs, sugar, vanilla, and peppermint extract until well combined.
Test brownies with a toothpick for doneness.
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Increased acceptance of ultra narrow row planting and conservation tillage top the list of technology that is changing the Texas Plains cotton industry, says a Farwell, Texas, producer.
"We've increased acreage of narrow row cotton," said Mark Williams during a farmer panel discussion on technology's role in least-cost cotton production systems at the recent Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Anaheim, Calif.
He says weed control has changed. "We have gotten rid of our cultivator and we make fewer trips across our fields. From seeding to harvest, we probably make only two or three trips."
Williams said he's still "working with plant populations of 120,000 to 130,000 per acre in ultra narrow row systems, on good land. I think 60,000 plants per acre is possible."
Williams says he's increasing irrigation efficiency to conserve a valuable but increasingly limited resource. "We apply all water beneath the crop canopy to prevent evaporation loss," he said.
Rotation is a key aspect of William's system. "Cotton yields increase from one-half to one bale per acre with a corn or grain sorghum rotation."
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"We conserve a lot of moisture with no-till," he said. "Reduced tillage has become an important part of our operation."
He's also adopted Bt and Roundup Ready technology to improve weed and insect management.
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"I'd like to see drought-tolerant cotton varieties. I want to see a seed treatment to control early-season insect pests. I would like to see a Roundup Ready variety we could spray later in the season."


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Information Sciences Letters
Hiding Information using Secret Sharing Scheme Based on Gene Expression Programming
Marghny H. Mohamed, Dep. of Computer Science, Faculty of Computers and Information Systems, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt.Follow
Mahmoud A. Mofaddel, Dep. of Computer Science and Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.Follow
Tarek Y. Abd El-Naser, New Cairo Academy, Dep. of Computer Science, Cairo, Egypt.Follow
Undoubtedly, communication process is considered as one of the most important means which contributed in the technological development. Transfer the data between people rapidly and accurately has been appeared due to the development of the internet. However, these data may be very confidential and important and may be also found by the hackers who can steal, modify and misuse it. Therefore, it is important to transfer the data with ultimate security. Steganography is one of the techniques, which is designed to deal with such type of problems. In this paper, images have been used as a cover file, because of the difficulty of doubt of presence of any hidden data. Gene expression programming (GEP) algorithm has been used with LSB technique (it is based on replacing the LSBs of cover-image with secret-image bits giving a stego-image) for hiding data and secret-sharing scheme for protect it. We have been presented a secretsharing scheme based on which a user divides the secret-image vertically into parts such that each part is embedded randomly in one cover.Only authorized of parties can reconstruct the secret-image by comparing the variance between the left edges of the selected part of secret-image with the right edges of the other parts of secret-image and vice versa. The results of the comparison guide us to obtain the parts again of the secret image. The hiding of data needs a powerful and sophisticated method such as GEP where it chooses the best places to hide the secret-image in the cover-image through a set of processes to reduce attention of presence of confidential data by reducing the distortion and also besides hiding data we need strong protection method such as the SSC method where preventing hackers From easy access to the complete secret-image.
H. Mohamed, Marghny; A. Mofaddel, Mahmoud; and Y. Abd El-Naser, Tarek (2018) "Hiding Information using Secret Sharing Scheme Based on Gene Expression Programming," Information Sciences Letters: Vol. 7 : Iss. 1 , PP -.
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If I had a pound for every time I've heard somebody say that they don't like the way their voice sounds, I'd be a multi-millionaire. Well, maybe not quite but I'd be pretty rich!
It's such a funny thing. How many times have you heard your singing, or speaking voice, back on a recording and have absolutely hated the way it sounds? As well as this, as vocal technique improves, quite often (more so for female singers) singers dislike the way their voice sounds inside their head at the higher end of their range.
Why is this? I think we should explore.
Firstly, sound creation is all about resonance and vibration. The sound waves are literally bouncing around inside us. This creates a physical sensation. We may not always be aware of it, because it's happened our whole lives but, it's there. When you listen to your voice back, for the first time, you're hearing your voice without feeling anything. That's going to be a little strange! This can often mean that we think our voices sound really nasal or just quite harsh and more often that not can think we sound higher in pitch.
When it comes to singing, the more technically correct we sing, of course, we're going to sound a little more squeaky in our heads. If the resonance is moving from chest voice to mix or in to head voice, the sound is literally bouncing around closer to our ears. This can sound harsh and loud. As well as this, the rate of vibration will be quicker, the higher we go.
The bottom line is that inside your head, you may not like the sound of your voice but outside things sound totally different. Have you ever actually wondered what Beyoncé might hear inside of her head when she sings?
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