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The Herbarium now comprises nearly 1,750,000 specimens. The corresponding curators and collection managers as well as the approximate sizes of the various collections and their special strengths are described below.
Algae (96,000 Specimens)
M. J. Wynne, Curator Emeritus
This collection is strong in marine algae from New England, Florida, Bermuda, and the West Indies and has good representation from all of eastern North America from Labrador and Newfoundland to Texas. Holdings are good from Central and South American coasts and exceptional from the Galapagos Islands. The Pacific coast of the United States, including Alaska, and of Canada is well represented, as are Japan, Indonesia, South Africa, the Indian Ocean, and the Marshall Islands. The collection includes much material from classical exsiccate sets, including the Phycotheca Boreali-Americana of about 45 folios and W. H. Harvey's specimens from Australia, Ceylon, and the Friendly Islands. It also contains the former personal herbaria of W. R. Taylor and M. J. Wynne, the basis for much of their work on the systematics and floristics of seaweeds.
Bryophytes (163,000 Specimens) - type database
A. Harrington, Collection Manager
The bryophyte collection has more than the usual importance associated with herbaria its size, owing to a long association with research bryologists such as W. C. Steere, R. Schuster, and H. Crum. The best representation is from eastern North America, especially the Great Lakes area, but the collection has significant material from Europe, Japan, Central America, northern South America, and the West Indies. The holdings in Mexican mosses are especially rich. The bryophyte herbarium has the first set of duplicates from the William Mitten herbarium, including many types and other rarities cited in Mitten's all-important Musci Austro-Americani. The specimens of H. H. Bartlett's Sphagnum herbarium were identified by C. Warnstorf and cited in his monumental Sphagnologia universalis, many of them as types. In 1985 our holdings in bryophytes of the Great lakes region were further strengthened by a gift of 8000 specimens from I. Schnooberger.
Fungi (280,000 Specimens) - type database
T. James, Curator
The fungal herbarium is extraordinarily strong in North American higher fungi, with, among others, the collections of A. H. Smith (agarics, boletes, and gastromycetes), C. H. Kauffman (agarics), D. Baxter (polypores), R. L. Shaffer (agarics), and R. Fogel (hypogeous fungi). Material on which the taxonomic studies of E. B. Mains, on the Uredinales, insecticolous fungi, and Geoglossaceae, and of B. Kanouse, on discomycetes are largely based is in the collection, as are many of L. E. Wehmeyer's pyrenomycetous fungi. The personal herbarium of F. K. Sparrow, which contains mostly specimens of the parasitic genera Physoderma and Urophlyctis as well as a microscope-slide collection of aquatic fungi, is also included. The fungal herbarium is rich in the classical mycological exsiccati sets and contains several historically important, originally private collections such as those of H. A. Kelly and H. C. Beardslee Jr.
Lichens (57,000 Specimens) - type database
A. Harrington , Collection Manager
The prime importance of the lichen collection derives from the fact that it includes the herbarium of Bruce Fink, upon which his Lichen Flora of the United States is largely based. Many of Fink's specimens were compared with type material in European herbaria by the leading lichenologist of the time, Alexander Zahlbruckner. The lichen herbarium has a good representation from most parts of the United States and southern Canada and also from Puerto Rico and British Honduras. Michigan is well covered by the collections of J. Lowe, H. Imshaug, C. Wetmore, and R. Harris, and the Rocky Mountains by those of E. B. Mains, A. H. Smith, and H. Imshaug. Exchange has resulted in an abundance of European specimens, making the herbarium a good research and reference resource. About 10,000 specimens in the lichen collection have been studies by thin-layer chromatography, with the data obtained recorded on their packets.
Vascular Plants (1,100,000 Specimens) - type database
C. Anderson, Research Scientist Emeritus
P.E. Berry, Curator Emeritus
C.W. Dick, Curator
R. K. Rabeler, Senior Research Collection Manager
A. A. Reznicek, Curator Emeritus
B. Ruhfel, Research Collection Manager
In pteridophytes, the Copeland herbarium gives the collection great strength from eastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific region; indeed, we probably have the western hemisphere's best collection of ferns from southeastern Asia. Hawaii is exceptionally well represented, and coverage of continental United States is excellent, partly due to the acquisition of the American Fern Society herbarium; the North American collections of W. H. Wagner are another strength of the collection. For vascular in general, the collection from Michigan and the Great Lakes area is outstanding. Large additions have been the personal herbarium of C. K. Dodge, of Port Huron, Michigan (40,000 specimens), and the herbarium of Parke, Davis & Company (50,000 sheets), and we have the collections of E. G. Voss. A. A. Reznicek, and many others. The collection of Mexican vascular plants is one of the largest in the world outside of Mexico itself, thanks mainly to the efforts of C. L. Lundell, R. McVaugh, W. R. Anderson, and their students. The accumulations of H. H. Bartlett are particularly rich in specimens from southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific region, and have been supplemented by collections of W. Koelz and R. Chand. Neotropical Myrtaceae and Malpighiaceae are well represented, due to the studies of R. McVaugh, W. R. Anderson, and their associates, and the acquisitions of F. J. Hermann's collection of Cyperaceae gives the Herbarium important holdings in that family, which are being actively increased by A. A. Reznicek.
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Declan Nerney has been a leading artist in the Irish Country Music Scene for many years. Born in Drumlish, Co. Longford, he was raised on a farm and has a passion for vintage tractors, as a youth Declan was influenced by artists on record and those he saw live, the former included the Beatles, Duane Eddy, Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones, while among the latter were Philomena Begley, the Capitol Showband and Joe Dolan.
Declan bought a guitar and taught himself to play from records and by the age of 16 he was playing with the Hi-Lo's, a local showband. Declan continued to move between bands before opting for a solo career and his big break came with his autobiographical song "The Marquee in Drumlish" He proved to be very popular as a live dance and concert performer across Ireland and also in the USA. He is a very a successful recording artist and has a huge following and charts on a regular basis not only in Ireland but in Scotland and England and his recordings are sought worldwide.
Over the past couple of years the popular Mayo singer has played on music weekends and concerts for the likes of Nathan Carter and Michael English and is constantly in demand for live shows. 2019 is set to be a very busy year for Stuart with trips to Spain, Portugal Scotland, Blackpool and London along with playing all over Ireland. Check out Stuart's No.1 iTunes summer hit single 'The Streets Of Galway' which is available to request on all radio stations nationwide.
Exhilarating, exciting, engaging, evoking – these are just some of the words used by their many fans and friends alike to describe the After Dark experience. And this superb reputation rings through every performance of this award winning wedding band.
A first time attendee to an After Dark performance should prepare to be amazed. The band has that certain "je ne sais quoi" that evokes the audience and attracts their return time and time again. The quirky rhythms and mix of soulful sounds, eclectic classics and swinging hits will have you on your feet instantaneously. Over the past few years, the After Dark stage show has been enhanced by adding new members to keep the ambience fresh and contemporary. A combination of unrivalled musical talent, close harmonies, incredible vocal ability, energy and the desire to entertain makes this a spectacular not to be missed.
Tony and Theresa Kehoe will be celebrating 46 years playing music this year, formed in 1972, Theresa and The Stars have been playing the Social Dancing, Weddings, Parties, Concerts and Pub scene since. They have toured all over Ireland and England and the highlight of their career was playing on Two's Company Live Video from The Breamer Rooms Dublin in 1990. Their first recording was in 1990 for the World Cup a song written by the late Des Wilson of the Cotton Mill Boys especially for the World Cup competition for RTE.
Tony is the Voice of South East Radio Country and Irish Show where he presents on Mon to Fri 6 to 8pm, Sat 7am to 10am, Sun 11am to 1. Their Albums to date are 'Curracloe By The Sea', ' Mist Upon The Morning', 'The Wexford Heart' recorded for the Bi-Centenary of 1798, 'Tony and Theresa's Favourites', '40 Years On', 'Underneath The Lights' and 'James Connolly' recorded for the 1916 Celebrations.
Still as popular as ever on the music scene the present Band members are Tony Kehoe Drums, Vocals, Theresa Kehoe Bass Guitar, Accordion, Vocals and Sound, Andrew Smith Keyboards. They are very popular as a backing band around the South East where they have backed all the top Country Artists.
The talents of the dancers in the Caroline L. Fleming Academy makes for an energetic and high energy show accompanied by the local Tinahely Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, encouraged by the many proud parents, family and fans in the huge audience this part of the show attracts.


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Walking toward the Staten Island Ferry on my way to work, I noticed a boat departing, when it should have been arriving. Being in the exact spot it would normally be, but headed in the wrong direction, it was, at first, disorienting. I checked my watch: 2:53. "This is not good," I thought. Making my way down the ramp, I encountered throngs of pinstriped Yankees fans, coming from the opposite direction, and was suddenly struck with the realization that the Yankees parade — celebrating their World Series victory — was today. At the foot of the terminal, a young couple, both wearing Yankees jerseys, made out as I took the steps two at a time.
Inside the terminal, the usual afternoon crowd, shift workers and tourists, waited for the door to open. I moved into place between the two giant aquariums. An announcement sounded: "The three o'clock ferry is approximately ten minutes late due to unusually heavy foot traffic at the Whitehall Terminal." Now I was going to be late for work because of the Yankees. The final indignity, in a season rife with indignities, for a Mets fan. Backing off, I turned to the aquarium at my left, as the large white fish, anthropomorphized so that its face appeared somewhat distraught, stared at me.
Sports Illustrated picked the Mets to win it all — I know all about the curse. It was over by the All-Star break. And then — The Horror! — a Yankees/Phillies World Series. I wasn't even going to watch, I told everyone who asked. I didn't care who won. Or, more precisely, couldn't bare to see either win. Then last week, my play, "Avoid Direct Sunlight," was produced at The American Theatre of Actors, and after Wednesday's Opening Night, my friend Brandon and I, looking for someplace to talk about the show, and catch up, ended up at the Cosmic Diner, and Game One was on the TV mounted on the wall. When I saw the Yankees were down 2-0 in the sixth, my reaction was, "Yeah!" Who was I kidding? As much as I despised the rival Phillies, I couldn't root for the Yankees. As we ate, passersby would regularly gather at the window to catch a glimpse of the action on the screen. By the time our waiter, who'd grown old during his eternal shift, had brought us the check, the Yankees were down 6-0. When I got to the ferry, I checked the score on my phone, and was relieved to see that the final was 6-1. No pie tonight, I thought. Over the next week, I caught snatches of the game here and there. Pitch by Pitch on MLB.com, while waiting for the boat in the Whitehall Terminal on my way home from the theater. The Jumbotron in Times Square, which made Pedro's curve appear to break like a whiffle ball. A bar on 8th Avenue on Halloween, where Dean — who'd come to the show that night — and I anxiously waited out the A-Rod home-run video review with three cheerleader slasher victims. When the call was overturned, and A-Rod awarded a home-run, the bloody cheerleaders cheered.
The PA system sounded again, announcing that the boat was approaching the dock, and would be loading shortly. Yankees fans flooded the perimeter of the terminal. Hundreds of them. Thousands. All wearing jerseys. Carrying banners. Even inside the holding chamber, chants of "Let's go Yankees!" and "Twen-ty-seven!" filled the air. Someone clanged a pot, or, at least, had an electronic device that simulated the sound of a pot being clanged — that's more what it sounded like. In a Proustian moment, I was suddenly overcome by nostalgia. When the Yankees won the World Series in '78, I was a sophomore at Curtis High School on Staten Island. The day of the championship parade… I was in the school library… I don't know what I was doing in the library. Was it a scheduled library period? Was there such a thing as a scheduled library period? Whatever. I was in the library. And Angela Benn — I can still picture her in faded jeans and ski jacket with orange and brown chevrons at the collar — asked if I wanted to cut school and go to the parade. And I said no. (I should confess, I had a crush on Angie, the depths of which led me, after she commented on how she liked my T-shirt featuring an iron-on Siberian Husky, along with "Sarge," the name of the family Siberian Husky, to change out of it during gym, and present it to her that afternoon.) Everyone's got regrets. Two or three that wake you in the middle of the night, shirt damp. And then a longer list, that seem to come out of nowhere, like catching a glimpse of someone in a crowd that you think you recognize from your past. This would be, like, number 89 on my list.
The door finally opened, twenty minutes late, and the crowd pushed forward. The man next to me said, "Did the Yankees win it today?" I offered up a sideways glance, to discover an aging biker in a scarred black leather motorcycle jacket and bandana, from which hung a grey ponytail. His face, though weathered, was kind. Like he'd found peace through sobriety. "They won on Wednesday," I said. He looked confused. "Today was the parade." This made sense of the world for him, and his expression was overcome with joy. He explained how his TV had broken just prior to the World Series. When I commiserated with him, he said, "I don't care that I didn't see it. Just as long as they won!" Emphasis on "they." The Yankees. Heads turned as a fight broke out by the entrance, and when I turned back, the amorphous crowd had shifted as it squeezed through the door, and the kind biker was gone.
Settling into my regular seat on the top deck of the boat, I put on my headphones, and took out my play to work on the rewrite. As we approached Manhattan, I packed up my bag and made my way to the lower deck, so that I could exit ahead of the crowd. I negotiated the mob of Yankees fans milling about in front of the terminal, and hurried down to the subway and, dodging a man with a guide book, oblivious that the doors were about to close in his face, jumped on the 1 Train just before it pulled out of the station. We arrived at Chambers simultaneously as the 2 express, and I scurried across the platform and squeezed in, and got to Times Square just a few minutes late for work.
This summer, Tom Diriwachter has a one-act play, "Pests," in The Drafts at Horse Trade 10 Minute Play Festival, as well as a new full-length play, "Age Out," at Theater For the New City.


A university isn't just a collection of buildings, professors and students but also a state of mind — a gathering spot to celebrate humanity's thirst for knowledge about the world around us and our place in it. That's one of the principal lessons of At Berkeley, a thoroughly absorbing documentary about the University of California at Berkeley from veteran filmmaker Frederick Wiseman. With his trademark restraint and intelligence, Wiseman delivers a portrait not just of college life in the early 21st century but also a comprehensive study of the tension between different generations and an exploration of the many (sometimes warring) factors that contribute to the foundation of an elite educational institution.
At Berkeley ultimately transcends its subject matter to get at something ineffable and yet so universal about existence.
Running at just over four hours, At Berkeley will pose a challenge on the theatrical front, but devotees of the prolific Wiseman, who turns 84 next year, will seek out the film no matter its length. Still, this will be a limited niche player after enjoying successful stops at fall film festivals such as Venice, Toronto and New York.
Filmed over three months during the fall of 2010 and utilising a crew of only three, At Berkeley continues Wiseman's tradition of eschewing voiceover, talking-head interviews, a music score, or title cards to identify any of the participants. Instead, Wiseman provides an immersive experience in which the audience sees different aspects of life at the renowned Northern California campus, one of America's most prestigious public universities. We meet then-Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau as he holds meetings concerning budget shortfalls and campus security, but we also sit in on classes that range from zoology to public policy to poetry, hearing not just from teachers but also students.
Because Wiseman never supplies context for what we're watching — nor does he worry about grafting any sort of artificial narrative onto the proceedings — it's incumbent upon the audience to be patient and allow the documentarian's initially seemingly arbitrary selection of scenes to slowly coalesce into a unified vision. With their fly-on-the-wall immediacy, Wiseman's films have always been fascinated by institutions, investigating how people come together — whether it be in dance troupes, boxing gyms or state hospitals — and how hierarchies and social orders begin to form. Consequently, there's no central figure in At Berkeley; instead, Wiseman weaves together a rich tapestry of separate events that collectively suggests a sense of contemporary university life.
At Berkeley's scenes roughly fall into two categories — those in the classroom and those involving administrators conducting the business of a university — and it's telling that Wiseman doesn't seem to favour one group over the other. Rather, Wiseman seems to be arguing that a college as respected and diverse as Berkeley's consists of many different facets whose interdependence is crucial, even if the individual parts don't always recognize this.
That point becomes clear near the end of At Berkeley when students stage a protest to decry state budget cuts that resulted in higher admission fees and faculty layoffs. In his dispassionately observant style, Wiseman shows not just the student protesters but also the university administrators who must decide how to respond to the students' demands. As the film demonstrates, both groups are working toward the same goal — ensuring that Berkeley remains a premier university — but their divergent actions are a by-product of their different perspectives, agendas and ages, an unavoidable but perhaps necessary friction that stirs innovation and passion in institutes of higher learning.
Also in keeping with Wiseman's tendencies, At Berkeley is intrigued by process, presenting many different types of classes with all kinds of students and professors. What's striking is that the actual work involved in education hasn't changed that much over the years, despite technological innovations and cultural shifts: As always, it requires engaged, thoughtful teachers and receptive, inquisitive pupils.
Though some class scenes may run on too long, individual viewers will probably disagree about which filmed classes are the most stimulating, Wiseman offering a buffet of different educational disciplines that illustrate the breadth of student interests. Though they may pad At Berkeley's running time, these classroom scenes may also be part of Wiseman's overall point: Each of us has a world of knowledge available to us, if only we're curious enough to be engrossed in a number of subjects.
Because Berkeley has far fewer administrators than students, it's natural that we get a better sense of the personality of someone like Birgeneau than we do any of the university's young people, who tend only to appear in one scene and then vanish from the film. It's a slight imbalance, but by dint of its length At Berkeley nonetheless captures much of the collegiate experience in abstract yet striking ways: the football games, the pep rallies, the study sessions, the amateur talent shows, the expression of ideas, and the general idealism of youth.
But such is Wiseman's evenhanded approach that At Berkeley also subtly undercuts its locale's intellectually and emotionally invigorating environment with scenes of banal hanging-out, as well as moments of maintenance crews silently cleaning the campus grounds. As with Wiseman's best films, At Berkeley ultimately transcends its subject matter to get at something ineffable and yet so universal about existence, its promise, mystery, disappointment and drudgery all wonderfully mixed together.


Thom Knoles is recognized as one of the world's foremost teachers of the Veda's true meaning and application. In a six-seminar course of 78 hours recorded over a 2 year period, Thom delves deeply into the Veda and draws out pearls of wisdom that are nothing short of life-changing. Students of Exploring the Veda learn techniques for deepening meditation, for correcting the mistakes of the mind and heart, and for manifesting the life experiences that reveal true fulfillment.
This course is made up of 6 classes, and the classes must be taken in order. The classes are held on evenings and weekends in six 10 – 16 hour seminars, usually Friday evening, and Saturday and Sunday during the day. They are conducted in a "semi-retreat" format, which means that students come together with an Initiator serving as the teacher and facilitator, listen to the lectures, then have a Q&A session with the class members and the Initiator/Teacher. Each course includes healthy vegetarian meals.
This course starts several times throughout the year, in various locations, with the classes offered in order (we call this a "track"). Students are strongly encouraged to start a "track" and take all classes in order, but if you must skip a class due to scheduling requirements, you can most likely make up the class by sitting in on another Teacher's "track". Your commitment would not be to the entire series, rather to each individual seminar. The basis for moving to the next level is contingent on feeling naturally inspired to do so.
In order to participate in Exploring the Veda you must have taken Introduction to Meditation and be actively practicing meditation.
Each class is $600. Payment for each course must be received at least 2 days prior to commencement of the class, and payment can be made with cash, check or a major credit card.
These classes are offered at various times around the world by Meditation Initiators.


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By Paul Jackson
Tuesday February 28, 2006 at 6:30 am
Midterm U.S. elections could spark real race
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The Governor's Mansion is an intriguing place, but even though I'm an honourary member of Republicans Abroad, Arnold Schwarzenegger hasn't invited me over yet.
Perhaps he's heard I've only ever seen two of his movies and yawned my way through both of them.
Actually, when on initially learning a couple of years ago Arnie was contemplating running for the governorship of California, I naturally assumed he would run as a Democrat, being married to Maria Shriver of the Kennedy clan.
With that, I planned to pen a column deploring how an individual who personified violence on the screen could consider himself suitable for such a position.
Then, on learning he was running on the Republican ticket, I changed gears and lauded him for coming to the U.S. and with sheer hard work and enterprise, achieving almost legendary status.
Yes, a credit to himself, his adopted country and eminently suitable to be governor.
California is a little like B.C. politically.
It either swings to the Liberal-Left or the Far Right.
Unpredictable.
But at least Cindy Sheehan has decided not to run for the Senate, thus allowing people of all political flavours to breathe a sigh of relief.
Sheehan is the publicity hound whose son voluntarily twice enlisted in the military, was killed in Iraq, and at that point the mother, who hadn't paid much attention to her offspring until then, decided to take out her anger on President George W. Bush personally.
Bush met with her once, but that wasn't enough, so Sheehan hysterically started calling him all kinds of rude names, and was miffed when he wouldn't meet with her again.
The Michael Moore and Teddy Kennedy types painted Sheehan as a heroic mother figure—ignoring all the details of her rather embarrassing personal life, which, this being the U.S.—were quickly revealed.
Anyway, another woman whose name is still considered newsworthy here is the long suffering wife of womanizer Bill Clinton, New York Senator Hillary Clinton.
Hillary believes she's the frontrunner for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, even though she changes her position on issues day-by-day.
At one time on the Liberal-left, Clinton has now moved to the centre, and is even described by some as a hawk on the war in Iraq, which puts her on the opposite side of her sister fanatic, Sheehan.
This women's libber now refers to abortion as "a tragic choice" but in circuitous ways, never comes out against it.
Her convenient move to the centre is meant to appeal to mainstream America, but a hard core of her own party finds her now enthusiastic support for Iraq unsettling.
That said, if Clinton actually looks like she's able to get the Democrats back in the White House, they aren't going to ostracize her on Iraq as they have done to Senator Joe Lieberman, who has been pro-Iraq from day one.
Lieberman is an old-fashioned Democrat in that he holds principles which don't shift with the tide and he doesn't believe in always exhibiting the feigned outrage of Teddy Kennedy at everything Bush and the Republicans do.
It's been mentioned Bush is so impressed with Lieberman he might even ask him to take Donald Rumsfeld's place as secretary of defence in the Republican administration.
This would naturally have Democrats gnashing their teeth in fury—which would be a delight to see.
Some of the Democratic hierarchy are alarmed that Clinton would be a disaster for them—perhaps middle America won't swallow her harridan-like persona—and are casting around for saleable alternatives.
Sadly, it won't be the decent and dignified Lieberman, even if he doesn't become secretary of defence, and who has taken a stab at the presidential bid before.
Three names being bandied about are John Edwards, the hapless John Kerry's vice-presidential running mate in 2004, Virginia's Mark Warner, or Wisconsin's Russ Feingold.
Edwards is a rich, rich class-action layer, Feingold is as anti-Iraq war as anyone can get, and soft on national security. Warner is almost without blemish.
The November midterm elections will be a harbinger.
If the Republicans manage to hold their own, the Democrats will pause and ponder another presidential defeat, but if they make gains, the race will really be on.
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The Agrius Rage helmet is the latest addition to the Agrius Motorbike range. The Rage offers much more than you would expect from a helmet at this price point. A fully removable liner, Pinlock ready visor and 5 point ventilation system help to make the Rage helmet the best value motorbike helmet on the market!


Checked skirt and Light fawn Blouse, Maroon socks with cream stripes, black shoes and school badge.
Light fawn skirt and checked Blouse, Maroon socks with cream stripes, black shoes and school badge.
Light fawn shorts and checked shirts, Maroon socks with cream stripes, black shoes, school belt and school badge. Std. VI to X shall wear full trousers.
All pupils must wear proper undergarments.
White skirt, White blouse, Keds and white socks, school badge.
Pupils must strictly follow the school regulations regarding the school uniform. If a pupil's appearance does not confirm to the standards of the school, the pupil will be first warned and subsequently sent home to change the uniform. Pupils from VI to X are strictly warned against wearing tight fit. Any student found in such will be asked to get it changed immediately.
A pupil's birthday dress is as he/she likes, NO JEWELLRY should be worn as the school doesn't hold any responsibility for the loss of any such.
N.B.:All students from Nursery to Std. X must wear Keds and white socks for P.T. Periods.


John, aka 'Bampa' has just submitted this photo for the DragonDrop Adventure T-Shirt Gallery. Two first; 1./ the first DD shirt shot from Canada, 2./ The first time a DD shirt has ever been worn tucked in. You can see the CN Tower in the background. He apologised for it being out of focus – poorly camera.


Company CURVES FOR WOMEN is located in the city of HAMILTON. The legal address of the company is 3707 ROSSGATE CT STE B. Other interesting information can be found on working days by phone (513) 738-3340. The scheme of travel to the company CURVES FOR WOMEN can be viewed on the interactive map.


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Five Named to CIC Hall of Leaders
HIL ANDERSON, SENIOR EDITOR
Alexandria, VA – Peggy Daidakis, executive director of the Baltimore Convention Center, and Eduardo Chaillo, former head of the Mexico Tourism Board, were among the five honorees named to the Convention Industry Council (CIC) Hall of Leaders Class of 2013.
Joining Daidakis and Chaillo at the formal induction October 13 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas will be Jorge Castex, a pioneer of Argentina's trade show industry; Liz Erickson, director, meetings & incentives, for Fairmont-Raffles-Swissôtel, and Stephen Powell, vice president, worldwide sales, Intercontinental Hotels Group. The induction will be held prior to IMEX America in Las Vegas.
The Hall of Leaders honorees were nominated by CIC member organizations and the general industry community based on those who substantially contributed to the industry and whose efforts continue to shape it. "The 2013 Class of Hall of Leaders honorees clearly meet the criteria for this award," said Karen Kotowski, CEO of the CIC. "All have shown remarkable leadership and their prolific work continues to advance the field."
* Daidakis has been part of every major redevelopment in Baltimore's meeting and tourism history. In 1978, she was instrumental in creating Baltimore's convention and visitors bureau. She reached a milestone in 1986, becoming the first woman to manage and operate a convention center in the U.S. As co-chair of a joint IAVM-DMAI committee, she was a key force in creating the landmark white paper, "Best Practices, Convention Center Sales and Convention Center Operations."
* Chaillo was instrumental in launching Mexico chapters of the Professional Convention Management Association and International Congress and Convention Association. He was instrumental in launching the Economic Significance Study of the Mexico Meetings Industry to articulate the value of events to the Mexican economy. He is committed to elevating the image and standards of the profession through credentialing, involvement and education.
* Castex began organizing conventions in exhibitions in Argentina in the 1970s and was chair of the International Association of Professional Congress Organisers Training Academy for 10 years.
* Erickson has more than 40 years experience in the hospitality industry and currently oversees strategy for the Fairmont brand.
* Powell was youngest-ever president of Meeting Professionals International and an early industry proponent of technology's role in association community building.
Reach Karen Kotowski at (571) 527-3116 or kkotowski@conventionindustry.org


Let's cook and eat together!
Thea Harvey-Barratt of Your Yummy Life Coaching will be our guide for this evening. Thea understands what it means to live the good life. Her life has taken her across Europe, studying food, culture and cooking, to training as a certified health coach specializing in helping people who lead full lives reclaim the everyday pleasures of healthy living and the slow food movement.
One of the aims of the Slow Food movement is to "defend …good food, gastronomic pleasure and a slow pace of life." Making candy by hand is a way of taking a store-bought junk food and making it into a sensual, creative life-affirming experience. It's not nearly as hard as you think. In this class, we will make sweet treats from scratch using real, whole food, fair trade ingredients – no high fructose corn syrup, GMOs, or artificial anything. Each person will leave with a box of delights for themselves or to share with their sweetie.
For more information contact Thea Harvey at 845-532-2236.
Get Tickets at the link below. Hurry, tickets are limited and will sell out quickly.


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Dr. Cynthia Kolb Whitney
Dr. Cynthia Kolb Whitney (Abstracts)
How Electrodynamics with Statistical Mechanics Can Imply Gravitation (2013) [Updated 5 years ago]
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Lessons from the Field: The 2013 John Chappell Memorial Lecture (2013) [Updated 8 years ago]
About the Arrow of Time (2012) [Updated 5 years ago]
A New Theory for Important New Technologies (2011) [Updated 1 decade ago]
Maxwell Theory and Galilean Relativity (2010) [Updated 1 decade ago]
Maxwell's Maximum (2009) [Updated 8 years ago]
Electric and Magnetic Fields According to Hermann Minkowski (2008) [Updated 1 decade ago]
by Zbigniew Oziewicz, Cynthia Kolb Whitney read the paper:
Physics as a Building Project in Need of Design Review (2008) [Updated 8 years ago]
Mainstreaming: A Personal Progress Report (2008) [Updated 1 decade ago]
by Cynthia Kolb Whitney
The Neutron: A Challenge for Post-Maxwell Physics (2008) [Updated 1 decade ago]
On the Visual Images that Atoms Create (2007) [Updated 1 decade ago]
On the Visual Images that Galaxies Create (2007) [Updated 1 decade ago]
Relativistic Dynamics in Basic Chemistry (2007) [Updated 5 years ago]
On What Optical Systems Can See (2006) [Updated 1 decade ago]
On What Electromagnetic Systems Can Feel (2006) [Updated 5 years ago]
Algebraic Chemistry: Parts I-V (2006) [Updated 1 decade ago]
Essentials on Special Relativity Theory (2006) [Updated 4 years ago]
?Algebraic Chemistry? Based on a ?PIRT? (2006) [Updated 1 decade ago]
SRT?s ?Rosetta Stone? (2005) [Updated 5 years ago]
GRT?s ?Flat Spot? (2005) [Updated 5 years ago]
Planck's Constant: A Yin/Yang Balance (2005) [Updated 1 decade ago]
An Astronomy Model within an Infinite Universe (2004) [Updated 5 years ago]
by Eit Gaastra, Cynthia Kolb Whitney read the paper:
This is NOT Einstein's Postulate (2004) [Updated 1 decade ago]
Editorial Comments (of NPA Conference #10 Proceedings) (2003) [Updated 5 years ago]
by Hal Fox, Cynthia Kolb Whitney read the paper:
Spectroscopy's 'Relativistic' Keystone (2003) [Updated 5 years ago]
Do Atoms Really Have 'States'? (2002) [Updated 1 decade ago]
Begging the Questions (2000) [Updated 5 years ago]
General Considerations about Mass Variation (2000) [Updated 1 decade ago]
by Franco Selleri, Georg Galeczki, Cynthia Kolb Whitney, Clarence L. Dulaney
SRT: About That Light in the Beginning (1998) [Updated 5 years ago]
Distinct Questions in Relativity Theory (1998) [Updated 5 years ago]
The Twins, the Mesons, and the Paradox (1997) [Updated 1 decade ago]
A Quantum of Light Shed on Classical Potentials and Fields (1997) [Updated 8 years ago]
'Light' is the Subject, not the Object! (1997) [Updated 5 years ago]
Finding Absolution for Special Relativity Theory - Part III (1997) [Updated 4 years ago]
Finding Absolution for Special Relativity Theory - Part I (1996) [Updated 4 years ago]
Finding Absolution for Special Relativity Theory - Part II (1996) [Updated 4 years ago]
How Can Spirals Persist? (1995) [Updated 1 decade ago]
Special Relativity Theory Aberrated (1994) [Updated 4 years ago]
Discussion Between C. K. Whitney and S. Marinov on Silvertooth's Experiment (1993) [Updated 1 decade ago]
by Stefan Marinov, Cynthia Kolb Whitney
A New Michelson-Morley Experiment (1992) [Updated 5 years ago]
by Wilbur Silvertooth, Cynthia Kolb Whitney read the paper:
What's Wrong With Standard Relativistic Fields? (1992) [Updated 1 decade ago]
A Gedanken Experiment With Relativistic Fields (1991) [Updated 1 decade ago]
If Sagnac and Michelson-Gale, Why Not Michelson-Morley? (1990) [Updated 1 decade ago]
by Howard C. Hayden, Cynthia Kolb Whitney read the paper:
Inner Products in Relativistic Field Theory (1989) [Updated 5 years ago]
On The Properties of Retarded Coordinates (1989) [Updated 5 years ago]
Radiative Reaction in Classical Electrodynamics (1989) [Updated 5 years ago]
Radiative Reaction on Fields (1989) [Updated 5 years ago]
Manifest Covariance in Relativistic Potential Theory (1988) [Updated 5 years ago]
A New Perspective on the Hydrogen Atom (1988) [Updated 5 years ago]
Harmonics in the Hydrogen Atom (1988) [Updated 5 years ago]
Multiple States in the Hydrogen Atom (1988) [Updated 5 years ago]
Distribution of Stars as Test Particles in a Two-Body Background Field (1987) [Updated 1 decade ago]
Compressible Fluid Dynamics Study (1986) [Updated 5 years ago]
by Jan Peter Roos, Cynthia Kolb Whitney read the paper:
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This paper shows how the phenomenon of gravitational attraction can arise from known Electrodynamics when it is combined with ideas from the discipline of Statistical Mechanics. The key input from Electrodynamics is the classical understanding about magnetic interactions between tiny current elements. The key input
from Statistical Mechanics is the classical idea of distribution among possible energy states based on maximum entropy.
This paper shows how the phenomenon of gravitational attraction can arise from known Electrodynamics when it is combined with ideas from the discipline of Statistical Mechanics. The key input from Electrodynamics is the classical understanding about magnetic interactions between tiny current elements. The key input from Statistical Mechanics is the classical idea of distribution among possible energy states based on maximum entropy.
Like most of you listening to this lecture, or reading this hardcopy later, I have been on a life-long journey, meandering to be sure, but progressing I think. I believe in the possibility of reaching a place where there will be a bit more understanding about what is going on in the physical universe. Along the way, I have gotten swatted down a lot. So will you. But there are some funny stories to tell about all those swat experiences, and laughter does overcome just about everything. So herein are my best ?Swat Stories'. I hope my stories will help you through your own journeys.
becomes an inevitable part of the mathematical description of all systems. That point is the appearance of Maxwell?s four coupled field equations. Very early, the four coupled field equations were inserted one into another to produce two uncoupled wave equations. This manipulation revealed the finite wave propagation speed . Compared to Newtonian physics, the finite wave propagation speed was something new in Physics. But it wasn't then tied into the development of irreversibility, because the two wave equations themselves are time reversal invariant. However, the original coupled field equations are not time reversal invariant, and from that fact there flows an important story that has implications concerning the status we should attribute to Einstein's Special Relativity Theory (SRT).
This paper responds to two of the 2010 NPA Conference offerings: 1) a presentation concerning the current status of ?Cold Fusion', and 2) a paper discussing the properties and behavior of ?Brown's Gas'. The objective of the present paper is to provide a unified theoretical understanding of the experimental facts from both of those technologies. The basis for this theoretical understanding has been developing for about ten years, with most of the foundational ideas having been introduced at earlier NPA conferences, and then presented in a variety of other venues, under the general title ?Algebraic Chemistry'. The experimental facts of Cold Fusion and of Brown's Gas appear to be consistent with the theoretical framework provided by Algebraic Chemistry. That framework now promises to offer practical guidance on matters such as choosing materials, conditions, etc., to maximize the efficiency of the new technologies.
The Natural Philosophy Alliance (NPA) sponsors regular international conferences for presenting high-quality papers discussing aspects of philosophy in the sciences. Many papers offer challenges to accepted orthodoxy in the sciences, especially in physics. Everything from the micro-physics of quantum mechanics to the macro-physics of cosmology is entertained.
Though the main interest of the NPA is in challenging orthodoxy in the sciences, it will also feature papers defending such orthodoxy. Our ultimate purpose is to enable participants to articulate their own understanding of the truth. All papers are reviewed by society officers, and sometimes by other members, before presentation in conferences, and they are edited, sometimes very significantly, prior to publication in the Proceedings of the NPA.
NPA is, in turn, the only component of the non-profit corporation: The Natural Philosophy Foundation, Inc., (NPF). The NPF was incorporated in the State of Maryland on July 17, 1995 with the intent to become a long-term science fostering charity organization
This paper looks in detail at the situation that develops with Maxwell's coupled field equations when the
initial condition constitutes a pair of field pulses, in E and B, with finite total energy, such as would be needed
to plausibly model a light signal for SRT, or a photon for QM. What emerges from the analysis is that, during
propagation, the initial pulses always tend to spread longitudinally into complex waveforms exhibiting oscillation.
So 'light in flight' is never a simple pair of pulses. It is a pair of spread-out waveforms, with maxima in
the middle and long oscillating tails fore and aft. The waveform centroid may be said to travel at light speed c,
but that fact alone does not at all adequately characterize light signals for SRT, or photons for QM.
This paper develops a blueprint for the historical development of physics in general, highlighting present-day contributions from NPA participants in particular. The metaphor for physics as a building project involves a number of unwieldy building blocks in not-completely-stable relation to each other. Stresses and strains are pointed out, and redesign/rebuilding efforts are recommended.
After 15 years of nurturing within the NPA, some of my ideas are now getting some mainstream attention. How did such a thing ever start to happen? For what it may be worth to other NPA people with similar goals, I will opine a bit on that question.
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Every element in the Periodic Table admits a set of ?ionization potentials? (IP?s), the number of them being equal to the element nuclear charge Z. If we knew all the IP?s for all of the known elements, we would have on the order of 5000 data items. We do not presently have nearly that many of them, since most of them are as yet too difficult to measure. In fact, less than 400 of them are readily available. Nevertheless, this is a rich database for study in parallel with study of physical theory. It reveals a recurring regular pattern, with clarity sufficient to imply plausible predictions about all the thousands of IP data points not yet measured. It proves that existing theories are wrong in several respects, and it can guide the development of a better theory. I first began talking about this exercise to this audience here at Storrs four years ago, and the present paper is a further update. The developing physical theory avoids the unprovable postulates concerning constant light speed c and action quantum h that were so basic to physics in the 20th century, and replaces them both with just one possibly provable new postulate concerning light propagation. The new theory is more consistent with the observable behavior of IP?s. It also explains the stability of neutral atoms overall, and recently also the stability of same-sign charge clusters, which I believe are constituents of all trans-Hydrogenic atoms.
The visual image of a spiral galaxy is one of the most tantalizing images in Nature. And it is very pervasive. Whether large or small, young or old, heavily or sparsely populated with stars, galaxies usually show spiral arms. And this is true despite the fact that galaxies are not rigid bodies, so any particular structure ought to unravel over time, and so ought not to appear pervasive at any moment in time. The mechanism that creates and sustains the pervasive spiral galaxy form is presently a subject for debate. Candidate mechanisms include both gravitational and electromagnetic ones. With several candidates on the table, I feel free to add another. It is my belief that common results usually arise from common causes. So what else is common in cosmology? Two-body systems are. I believe the common mechanism behind spiral galaxy structure is provided by a super-massive two-body system at the heart of every such galaxy. If there is any non-infinite speed associated with gravity, then the same kind of analysis that my first paper discusses for electromagnetic stability in atoms and charge clusters also applies to galaxies. A super massive two-body system at the heart of a galaxy leads to a spiral shaped background field that the normal sized stars of the galaxy fall into, thereby creating the spiral appearance. I first began writing about this subject in the 1980?s, but have so far not reprised it for this audience. My thanks go to Alexander Scarborough for rekindling my enthusiasm.
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It is a dictum of Einstein?s Special Relativity Theory (SRT) that the strictly inertial motion of any physical system cannot be detected without some reference external to the system. This dictum has been tested through the years by a variety of optical experiments. Usually, the motivation has been to re-open the case with regard to the concept of a ?luminiferous aether?, which had dominated much of scientific thought in the century before Einstein?s revolution. Results have generally been proclaimed ?null?, although in actuality they have sometimes been rather ambiguous, and the more so the more recent the work is. But aversion to anything like the old ?luminiferous aether? still hinders acknowledgment of any such results. It is my belief that any linear velocity with respect to which an optical system can be reversed can indeed be sensed, but that the proper inference to be drawn from that fact does not concern any kind of ?luminiferous aether?, or even modern ?physical ether?. Instead, the proper inference is that revision of Einstein?s light speed postulate is needed. A modified postulate, different but still ether-free, is shown to lead to observed results.
Within the classical description of the electromagnetic fields that are created by a rapidly moving source, there exists a fascinating curiosity. The curiosity is revealed in a simple scenario in which the source traverses a sinusoid in a plane as viewed by a stationary observer. This motion is a superposition of two basic parts: a high-speed linear translation, plus a low-amplitude harmonic oscillation. The linear translation creates Coulomb-Ampere fields, and the oscillation creates radiation fields. The curiosity is that, while the Poynting vector for the radiation is always pointing from the ?causally-connected?, or ?retarded?, position of the source, the Coulomb attraction/repulsion never is. The classical description that produces this curiosity dates from the turn of the twentieth century, with the work of Lienard and Wiechert. Although their work predates Einstein?s work, it is nevertheless consistent with his light speed postulate, and so has survived along with his Special Relativity Theory (SRT) for all this time, despite any curiosities that ensue. It is my belief that appropriately revising the postulate can remove this curiosity, as well as all other curiosities attendant to SRT.
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The present paper continues on from my 2004 PIRT paper entitled ?Can Chemical Data Support a ?PIRT???. The present paper first provides more detail on the variation of ionization potentials within the periods of the Period-ic Table. The description developed refers to the standard quantum numbers n,l,s ( n=1 to infinity, l=0 to n−1, s=−1/2,+1/2) for single-electron states that are incorporated into successively larger atoms. The empiri-cal Madelung and Hund rules that are found in today?s chemistry textbooks provide the nominal filling order for sin-gle-electron states. Using this filling order, a simple empirical formula is developed for the local slopes on a log plot of the ionization potentials. The formula is quite accurate for first ionization potentials, but becomes less accurate for higher-order ionization potentials. This fact could well be related to the fact that the filling order that actually occurs in Nature departs from the standard one for about 20% of the known elements. Accordingly, the filling order for single-electron states is itself investigated next. A more efficacious empirical rule is developed. Like the stan-dard one, it involves sums of traditional quantum numbers, but unlike the standard one, judiciously chosen coeffi-cients that are powers of 2 provide the needed improvements. The resulting formulation automatically directs atten-tion to the elements for which the departures from the textbook rules actually do occur. The paper concludes with an indication of future work.
The history of mathematical physics has seen its Newtonian era, with its Euclidean concept of Space, its Universal Time, and its Galilean Velocity, and then its Einsteinian era, with its relativistic concepts of spacetime and velocity. The present-day understanding is that these two eras represent two different and incommensurable worldviews; that the Einsteinian worldview can completely replace the Newtonain worldview, because the Newtonian worldview is at best a limiting approximation to the ?correct? Einsteinian worldview. By contrast, the present author believes that the two worldviews are exactly that: two views of one reality, expressed in two different mathematical languages. But once a ?multilingual dictionary?, a ?Rosetta Stone?, is provided, the two different worldviews can produce the same mental understanding. The key ingredient for such a ?Rosetta Stone? is a third worldview. One possible basis for such a third worldview is a revised postulate about the way in which light propagates. This author presented one such postulate to this audience at our last conference, and the present paper gives the resulting ?Rosetta Stone?. Once the ?Rosetta Stone? is in hand, all the worldviews can produce the same, though new, mental understanding. This new mental understanding can be re-expressed in natural (verbal) language that is more nuanced and precise, less paradox-ridden and confusing, than was heretofore imagined.
In classical physics, a potential is an entity whose physical effects are revealed by its derivatives. For example, the gradient of Newtonian gravitational potential is gravitational force per unit mass responding, the gradient of Coulomb potential is an electric field, the time derivative of Ampere vector potential augments that electric field, and the curl of that vector potential is the magnetic field. In quantum physics, the vector potential can produce an effect directly: a phase shift. This is, perhaps, an example of a potential producing a physical effect without any differentiation. Likewise in GRT, the gravitational potential can produce physical effects directly: it can slow clocks, redden light emitted, or bend light passing by, and contribute to orbit precessions. All this is very confounding. We might, perhaps, be well advised to create a different word for ?potentials? that require no differentiation to cause a physical effect. On the other hand, it could be that the physical effects observed ought to be attributed, not to potentials per se, but rather to appropriate second derivatives thereof. This paper discusses candidate second order expressions to account for the GRT effects. The new second-order expressions work in the scenarios for which we presently have data (primarily GPS scenarios), but could be discriminated from GRT in a new, but available, scenario: we need to document how an atomic clock runs at the saddle-point of the gravitational potential between two source masses, such as Earth and Moon.
2005 ANPA Proceedings
In a Universe infinite in space and time, Population II stars may blacken, cool down, assemble hydrogen, and ignite as Population I stars, which finally blacken too, assemble hydrogen, etc. In this way, stars with very big heavy-element cores may come to existence, which may explain the intrinsic (gravitational) redshift of white dwarfs as well as the intrinsic (gravitational) redshift of bright blue stars. When celestial objects (with heavy elements) become very big, the gravitational contraction may become so high that endothermic reactions start: elements may fuse into elements higher than iron while absorbing low temperature (CBR) radiation, which may explain pulsars. When celestial objects become extremely big, then a reaction may start that turns elements higher than iron into very small elements, mainly HII and electrons, which then may explain radio loud activity by AGNs. Shrunken remnants of old galaxies may become the nuclei of new galaxies as well as the nuclei of AGNs. The cause of solar system formation may by objects (future planets) that travel through interstellar space, attracted to stars.
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In-physics we are sometimes confronted with situations that obviously raise some questions. But too often we just don't see the obvious questions. Accepted paradigms just blind us. This paper takes note of several example situations and the questions they obviously raise: 1) The "shell" structure of the Periodic Table of the chemical elements is not matched by the "radial quantum number states" offered by Quantum Mechanics. 2) Spectral lines are characterized in part by the so-called Rydberg factor, which involves the square of the naked nuclear charge, showing no effect of nuclear shielding by inner electron shells. 3) In some situations, like charges sometimes seem to cluster together, contrary to prevailing theories about electromagnetics. 4) The so-called "arrow of time" seems to conflict with the apparent time-reversibility of so many equations in physics. Some candidate explanations for such anomalies are developed within the context of simple Galilean, non-relativistic theory.
When Einstein began his construction of Special Relativity Theory in 1905. he used just logic plus the then-known facts about light. At the time. light was deemed describable by Maxwell's equations reduced to a wave-equation. wherein there was a product parameter (epsilon)0(mu)0 that was apparently the same for any observer, and should be interpretable as the inverse square of a wave speed c. Einstein sidestepped the question of what was waving (the aether?) and focused on the speed. thereby arriving at SRT.
Just a year later. Einstein was beginning to delve into new and previously unanticipated characteristics of light: it's apparently quantum character in black body radiation and in atomic emission and absorption. Apparently, light was not a wave but a particle. The photon was born. Later Einstein recognized photons to be indistinguishable, and participated in the development of Bose-Einstein statistics. He proposed the phenomenon of light amplification by stimulated emission, which led ultimately to the technology of lasers and all their present-day applications in coherent optics.
Today we know that all light sources are at least a little bit coherent, and we know there are non-local effects in systems involving multiple and entangled photons. There is convincing evidence that light is not a point particle but rather some sort of extended body, within which communication is instantaneous.
What if all this had been known before the development of SRT? Would things have looked different?
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Einstein's special theory of relativity has left us with an enduring topic of concern in its prediction of time dilation. This prediction appears well validated in the apparently slow decay of rapidly moving unstable particles. But the prediction also apparently leads to the well-known ?Twin Paradox?, which confounds ordinary logic. The present paper attempts to shed new light on this subject.
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Is propagating light an infinitely extending wave? Or a collection of compact particles? The conventional twentieth-century answer has been "both": a wave -expanding spherical, plane, or converging spherical, as needed -or a photon bullet, as needed. We know that light emission and absorption apparently come in quanta. This behavior seems inconsistent with a continuous oscillating wave, and that is why we have imagined the photon bullets. But we know also that interference effects occur, and they seem inconsistent with independent photon bullets -which is why we still use the wave model.
But the truth about light may really be "neither". This paper explores an obvious variation on the existing models: light not as a "thing" (e.g. amplitude, phase, energy), but rather as a "process? (i.e. the propagation process).
Imagine two steps: a period of expansion/extension, followed by a period of contraction/collapse. Such a model turns out to be extraordinarily rich with implications. All of the familiar features of special relativity theory follow without mystery: apparent clock slowing, length contraction, velocity limitation, etc. In addition, important features of general relativity theory also follow: apparent gravitational effects on clocks, gravitational red shifts, light bending, etc.
It is difficult to find critical work about Einstein's Theory of Relativity in most standard physics journals. Galilean Electrodynamics, founded by the late Dr. Petr Beckmann in 1989, is a notable exception. Since Einstein's 1905 paper, Relativity has had many critics and although it is widely accepted today, there is still a minority who question the central tenets of Relativity Theory. Galilean Electrodynamics is devoted to publishing high quality scientific papers, refereed by professional scientists, that are critical of Special Relativity, General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Big Bang theory and other establishment doctrines.
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We have augmented a Michelson-Morley interferometer with additional instrumentation and secured additional measurements of a type not previously reported by other researchers. Where the original Michelson-Morley experiment looked only at the interference between two beams that had traversed the two interferometer arms, we look at the standing-wave interference within one of the arms as well. Assuming that the interferometer is resident in an inertial coordinate frame, special relativity theory predicts nodes spaced /2 apart. Our experiment shows a departure from this expected nodal spacing. The discrepancy is here shown to be consistent with an anisotropy in the speed of light having the form c( ) = c/[1+(v0/c) cos ( ) ], where c is the usual 3 ? 108 m/s, v0 is about 378 km/s, and = 0 lies in a unique direction relative to fixed stars. The apparent v0 is consistent with both the known anisotropy of background cosmic radiation and the believed orbital velocity of the Sun in the Milky Way Galaxy.
It is difficult to find critical work about Einstein's Theory of Relativity in most standard physics journals. Galilean Electrodynamics, founded by the late Petr Beckman in 1989, is a notable exception. Since Einstein's 1905 paper, Relativity has had many critics and although it is widely accepted today, there is still a minority who question the central tenets of Relativity Theory. Galilean Electrodynamics is devoted to publishing high quality scientific papers, refereed by professional scientists, that are critical of Special Relativity, General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Big Bang theory and other establishment doctrines.
The report includes the results of an investigation to identify. promising dynamic field-matter interactions with the scalar velocity potential of vacuum space by using the theory of compressible fluid dynamics. A two-dimensional fluid dynamic field-field interaction matrix of flow singularities was developed. Early in the study the analysis . was shifted from the fluid dynamic non-linear description towards the relativistic nonlinear description. Both deSCriptions were developed in parallel for the qualitative and quantitative determination of non-zero surface integrals. The investigation showed that a non-zero surface integral is to be found in the radiation reaction of a two-body system such as the hydrogen atom. Uncovering an error in the derivation of the Lienard-Wiechert potentials provides the theoretical basis for a mechanism to couple radiation energy from space into matter through rotational torque moments arising from non-linear retardation of the position of the radiation source. This principle will be applied in the construction of proof-of-principle experiments, proposed to be carried out in Phase II.
The zero point quantum energy fluctuations that appear to explain the energy exchange are still considered by the investigators as a tentative solution for 0 process that can be better described by a theory with a new first principle n-dimensional fundamental framework of mathematical physics in which the presence of energy with a finite signal propagation speed is the first and only condition to develop the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics (see R. E. Var; "On a New Mathematical Framework for Fundamental Theoretical Physics", Foundations of Physics, Vol. 5, No.3., September 1975).
Physicists have always believed that classical field-matter energy exchange is strictly one-way, fields receiving energy and matter losing it, via radiation. That belief is consistent with the accepted formulation for potentials created by relativistically moving sources. But that formulation has recently been shown to embed an error. Correction of the error allows reverse energy transfer, from fields to matter. Though previously unexpected, this mechanism becomes credible by offering a candidate explanation for certain otherwise mysterious natural phenomena.
The mechanism behind the reverse energy transfer is relativistic torquing within any interacting multi-body system. The existence of relativistic torquing invites human intervention, to induce controlled energy transfer that can be tapped for human purposes such as propulsion. The design of an engineering system to demonstrate such a function on a laboratory scale is here discussed.
In summary, the theoretical study of this Phase I effort positively identified one principle for energy extraction from the vacuum space energy density as that of relativistic torquing due to non-linear effects, brought about by retardation of time and position in the language of relativity, with nature's example of the hydrogen atom. Based on this principle two field-matter geometries are identified as promising candidates for Phase II proof-of-principle experimental testing. The expected result of this principle is non-rotational energy if the non-linear torquing energy can be made to exceed dissipative energy effects of the experiment itself.


Professor Jean-Claude Tardif (Montreal Heart Institute Research Centre and Professor of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) discusses the aims, rationale and recently released results of the COMMANDER-HF trial.
Speaker Disclosure: Professor Jean-Claude Tardif has the following disclosures in relation to this video interview: grants from Amarin, AstraZeneca, DalCor, Esperion, Ionis, Pfizer, Sanofi and Servier. Honoraria from DalCor, Pfizer, Sanofi, Servier. Minor equity interest in DalCor.


Cancer research is essential in evaluating the safety and effectiveness of emerging cancer treatments, which in turn can lead to ground-breaking advancements in cancer care. Given limited research funding, allocating resources in alignment with societal burden is essential. However, evidence shows that such alignment does not typically occur. The objective of the present study was to provide an updated overview of site-specific cancer research investment in Canada and to explore potential discrepancies between the site-specific burden and the level of research investment.
The 10 cancer sites with the highest mortality in 2015—which included brain, female breast, colorectal, leukemia, lung, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, ovary, pancreas, prostate, and uterus—were selected for the analysis. Information about site-specific research investment and cancer burden (raw incidence and mortality) was obtained from the Canadian Cancer Research Survey and Statistics Canada's cansim (the Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System) respectively. The ratio of site-specific research investment to site-specific burden was used as an indicator of overfunding (ratio > 1) or underfunding (ratio < 1).
The 3 cancer sites with the highest research investments were leukemia, prostate, and breast, which together represented 51.3% of 2015 cancer research funding. Conversely, the 3 cancer sites with the lowest investments were uterus, pancreas, and ovary, which together represented 7.8% of 2015 research funding. Relative to site-specific cancer burden, the lung, uterus, and colorectal sites were consistently the most underfunded.
Observed discrepancies between cancer burden and research investment indicate that some cancer sites (such as lung, colorectal, and uterus) seem to be underfunded when site-specific incidence and mortality are taken into consideration.


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Fathers Day is coming on the 19th so I thought I would give a list of 5 scents that I think Dad would like. I'm not going to be totally niche-y here since A) I don't know that the average Dad really needs or wants to be smelling of glove leather, Tikka Masala and sweat the way I do and B) when this is posted there will only be 5 shopping days for to one to purchase. So this list is going to be very Mall Friendly.
Bloomingdale's carries Annick Goutal, and any Dad would love a bottle of Eau de Sud. It's citrusy and green, wholly wonderful and often overlooked. At $115 for 3.4oz it's a bit on the high-side, but it's worth every penny.
They also carry the gorgeous original Acqua di Parma Colonia in the huge 6oz bottle for $136. It;s a gorgeous classic citrus that was a favorite of Cary Grant. Nothing wrong with that..
Dior Eau Sauvage is a classic for a reason. It's a gorgeous scent with its petitgrain, citrus and vetiver. It's entirely work friendly; I've been wearing it since I was a teen and will continue to do so. Heck, I might want to be buried with it. 1.7oz is $54.
Bvlgari Black would be for the more adventurous Father, with its black tea and hint of rubber. But it is a masterpiece and at $77 for 2.5 oz, a bargain.
I wrote about Tom Ford for Men last week on PST, and I have to add it to the list of scents that would be perfect for Dad's day. It smells expensive and suave, like the interiors in "A Single Man" look. You can't go wrong there. At $62 for 1.7oz it's also a steal.
If you have any suggestions for easily available scents for Father's Day, leave a comment.
Great post, Tom! Lo e all your choices! I think all the AG men's/unisex are great (Sables, Duel, all the "Orientalistes")! I'm inspired to try one for my husband! Miller Harris also is a great line and I'm thinking L'air de Rien (do you think that's too much for someone not into scent? I think he'll lo e it or hate it, and since I hate mediocracy I'm tempted to try; could always reclaim the bottle for myself :-)) or maybe Feuilles de Tabac? Our Dillards sells Miller Harris so it's easy to get, and AG and MH, in my experience work well for those sensiti e to perfumes (I adore the classic Acqua di Parma, but it brings on migraines for alot of people).
For a say, eight year old child's budget, if Dad's not super into fragrance, how about regular Old Spice? I really do like the smell. And, if I had planned ahead, I would ha e gone on ebay and scoured for mini Serges like Ambre Sultan or Arabie for said child to gi e to father.
You are so lucky that you can get Miller Harris! It used to be as Saks and then Bloomingdales and now nowhere. l'air de rien I adore, but you might want to have him try before committing. Some hate it.
I wish I'd known about l'air de rien, back when I could scrab some Miller Harris. The whole line seems to have vanished!
Actually I would look at the idea of a husband who hates cologne as a plus- no poaching.
A dad who sprays Axe and calls it hygiene however..
I know! on the Axe. Well, he's 90 now and the CNAs help him with his shower, etc so he's a lot easier on the nose. Bette Davis wuz right!
Jo Malone Lime, Basil, and Mandarin and Kenzo Air both come to mind as lovely and easy to wear and nearly impossible to overdose.
I think Cartier Declaration and Guerlain Vetiver are good, easy to find colognes that smell special but are not intimidating. Bulgari Black seems to be a love-it or hate-it perfume IMHO. Another good mall fragrance for men is Banana Republic Classic. Of course, if the Father in question is into perfume and the giftgiver's pocketbook allows, I would recommend Creed Vetiver or Cristiano Fissore Rapsodia in Blu.
My best male buddy has snaffled my bottle of Declaration, so I think that's a vote of confidence for it.
And I, too, vote for Old Spice as an ideal Dad gift. My own dear Pa wore it and I still think it smells a whole lot better than any of those Axe/Lynx deo sprays. Plus the Spokesman is a hoot.
My dad loves gifts, but he hates when we spend too much money on them (typical father-wanting us to save), so we tried the men's fragrances from Fragrance Rebel after seeing the Snoop Dogg campaign for it on facebook. They had some really great scents. I think he'll be very please. I'll be sure to let you know how he likes it.


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My photographic work in Crown Heights began c.1969 when I began teaching English and Photography in a Crown Heights high school, adjacent to the Brooklyn Museum. Since I was new to the area at that time, it was natural to become excited about the rich cultural diversity of the school and the surrounding area.
The humanistic photo-essay/book, "The Family of Man," curated by Edward Steichen for the Museum of Modern Art, in 1955, emphasized the universality of all human experience, and the inter-connectedness of all people. This inspirational work proved to be an invaluable resource for inspiring young photographers, whose lives and communities were often fractured by ethnic rivalries, inner-city ills, and much suffering. Little did I know how much the theme of this far-reaching work would shape my core feelings and subsequent photography. The present feeling of humanism, ushered in by Barack Obama's Presidency is, in a sense, a validation of so much of what my work has been striving to achieve in focusing upon the ever-widening "Circles of the Heart".
Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and the surrounding area are to be a microcosm--an inner-city anvil whereupon the workings of multiculturalism are daily being hammered out. It is somewhat paradoxical that in a community that has presumably been fractured by ethnic rivalries, inner-city ills, and much suffering, the whole of the human condition may be encountered. It has always been my intention to photograph the beauty, conflict, pride, and healing of this culturally diverse community.


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Pant played fabulous innings, showed great character: Bowling coach Mhambrey
January 13, 2022 in Latest News
Cape Town [South Africa], January 13 (ANI): Team India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey on Thursday hailed wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant's knock in the second innings of the ongoing Cape Town Test.
Pant scored an unbeaten ton as India was bundled out for 198 in the second innings, setting South Africa a target of 212. For the Proteas, Marco Jansen returned with four wickets while Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi took three each.
"It was a fabulous innings, it got us back into the match. From a personal perspective, there was pressure on him, getting runs at a crucial stage for the team, that's important. He has set the game nicely for us. Really happy with the way he played, he showed a lot of character out there because it is not an easy wicket to bat on," said Mhambrey during a virtual press conference.
"At that stage, you wanted a partnership, Virat was there at the other end, there was a need for a partnership. We batted very well, we wanted to stitch a partnership, once Virat got out, Rishabh had to take the leading role. He batted really sensibly and he gave us an opportunity to win the Test from here," he added.
Dean Elgar (30) and Keegan Petersen (48*) held their ground as South Africa gained full control against India on Day 3. At stumps, South Africa's score read 101/2 — with the hosts still needing 111 runs to win.
Team India was visibly irked after a controversial Decision Review System (DRS) call which helped South Africa skipper Dean Elgar get his LBW decision overturned in the ongoing fourth innings of the Cape Town Test here at Newlands. The controversial call evoked different reactions from KL Rahul, skipper Virat Kohli, and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
"We saw it, you saw it. I will leave it to the match referee to have a look at it. I have nothing more to say, we have seen it all, we want to just move on with the game now," said Mhambrey while replying to an ANI query.
When quizzed further on the issue, Mhambrey said: "Every individual is trying his best, sometimes at the moments like this, people do say some things, it is a game. It would be fair that we move on, let's not take this further."
When asked about Kohli's leadership style, the bowling coach said: "He is quite lively, that is how he likes to play his cricket. His energy rubs off onto the others and that is what you want from your captain."
"It is an experienced group. It is not about what kind of bowling or batting unit you have, after looking at the wicket, decisions are taken accordingly. You have to be prepared to bowl first or defend a small target. It is not about the fifth day, it is about the first day, you take a decision and then you back that decision," he added. (ANI)
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How the Thunder has braced for the cost of bringing back Paul George
by Brett Dawson
Published: Sun, May 6, 2018 12:00 AM
If Paul George, left, becomes a free agent this summer and signs a maximum contract with the Thunder, the team would owe more than $65 million in salary to George and Russell Westbrook, right, next season. [PHOTO BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN]
If the Thunder wanted to save money, it had the chance.
Two years ago when Kevin Durant left the franchise in free agency, Oklahoma City found itself at a crossroads. It could trade its remaining All-Star, Russell Westbrook, and shift into a low-cost rebuild. Or it could re-sign Westbrook for the short term and set down a high-priced path to keeping him around longer.
"We chose to keep competing," general manager Sam Presti said at a postseason news conference last week. "We chose to keep going, to see if we could find a way to stay at an elite level."
There always was going to be a cost to that, and the price of competing in the NBA is rising.
So, as the Thunder enters an offseason that will set the short-term future of the franchise, it faces the very real possibility that its 2018-19 team will be among the most expensive in the history of the NBA.
If it needs to — or more accurately, if it gets to — OKC appears set to foot the bill.
With Westbrook on a maximum contract and likely free agent Paul George due to follow suit should he choose to stay in Oklahoma City, the Thunder is looking at a roster well above the NBA's projected $101 million salary cap limit and $123 million luxury tax threshold, one that could cost more than $260 million in salary and taxes.
It's a potentially massive bill, particularly for the core of a roster coming off a first-round playoff exit, but it's one the Thunder wants the opportunity to pay. And the franchise's first decade in Oklahoma City — and its future beyond 2018-19 — could make that cost more realistic than it might seem at first glance.
In winning early with Durant and Westbrook on rookie deals — and limiting its spending around them — the Thunder laid a foundation for economical winning.
In its 10 seasons in OKC, the franchise has paid a little more than $820 million in salary, 11th most in the NBA. Its 489 regular-season wins in that span rank third in the league, its 53 playoff wins sixth. Only San Antonio (631) and Miami (555) have won more combined regular-season and postseason games than the Thunder (542) over the past decade, with Golden State close behind at 538.
Oklahoma City's cost per win during that span is about $1.5 million. Only San Antonio and Houston have won more for less.
Those wins came with the understanding that one day, the price would skyrocket, whether with Westbrook and Durant or, once Durant departed, with another piece aligned with Westbrook's prime.
In 2012, it traded James Harden rather than sign him, a move that's been widely criticized in hindsight — and no doubt is one reason why skeptics wonder if the Thunder will pay the cost to remain competitive.
But it was a younger franchise then, coming off its fourth season and third playoff appearance in OKC. It hadn't built the equity it has now, and the financial future of the league looks different.
That altered outlook will matter for the Thunder in the future. But the here and now is significant, too.
The Thunder could have had a younger, less expensive team this season. It could have kept Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis rather than deal them for George last summer. Oladipo was on a four-year, $84 million contract and Sabonis on an affordable rookie deal.
But Westbrook had in front of him the richest contract extension in NBA history that summer, and it's reasonable to assume that before he signed it — and he took all summer to do so — he needed some assurances that the Thunder would spend to put a winner around him.
In dealing for George, Oklahoma City added a second All-Star in Westbrook's age range, a piece that in theory could help him contend immediately and for the rest of his prime, if George could be convinced to stay.
That "if" still lingers. But the possibility exists that had the Thunder not traded for George, Westbrook would have gone to free agency this summer — or forced Oklahoma City to consider trading him during the season to avoid losing him for nothing as it had with Durant.
Now it has Westbrook under contract until 2023. If it wants to maximize that time, George is a key piece, and that comes at a cost.
It's part of a new normal in the NBA.
Depending on free agency decisions, as many as 16 teams could pay the tax in 2018-19, which would more than double the previous high. If LeBron James re-signs in Cleveland, the Cavaliers likely would cost even more than the Thunder. In the future, Golden State faces a massive bill if it wants to keep its core together.
Though there's some sticker shock to next season's potential payout, Presti noted last week that it "could be a one-year significant spend in order to retain a player like George in the best years of Westbrook's career."
It's true that there could be sizable savings ahead. If Carmelo Anthony fails to exercise the early termination option in his contract, the Thunder owes him $27.9 million next season, but that would come off the books in 2019-20.
Beyond that, the Thunder and the NBA appear to be in strong financial positions.
The league has made clear its interest in legalized gambling and, according to an ESPN report in January, in a 1 percent fee for every bet made on one of its games, which would generate a huge stream of revenue.
International media rights could bring new money to the league. Ultimately, so could expansion, which would include a buy-in from new teams that would be distributed to the existing ones.
Even without potential new revenue, the Thunder's value has escalated over the past decade.
The team's ownership group bought the then-Seattle SuperSonics in 2006 for $350 million. This season, the Memphis Grizzlies — with some small-market similarities to Oklahoma City — were valued at $1.3 billion. In September, the large-market Houston Rockets sold for a reported $2.2 billion.
And in the future, there's a simple way for the Thunder to cut costs.
It can rebuild.
Ultimately, that day will come. Even if the 28-year-old George remains in Oklahoma City to join Westbrook and Steven Adams, the team's franchise players eventually will age out of relevance. Whenever OKC starts over, its players will be young and its payroll will plummet.
That process might accelerate should George opt not to return, but the Thunder would rather it didn't.
Last week, Presti said the Thunder wants to "keep an elite team on the floor as long as we can."
It has a chance to do that, but there will come at a cost.
If Carmelo Anthony doesn't exercise an early-termination option in his contract, the Thunder would owe him $27.9 million next season. [PHOTO BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN]
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl isn't so much a movie as it's an event – albeit a highly entertaining one. And since we all know that attending an event takes careful planning, here's some things you should know before you get thee to the nearest theatre.
Pirates is based on a ride from Disney World, and therefore is light on plot. There's this pirate ship, see, which has been cursed. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) used to be the captain before his crew mutinied, and he's determined to take his ship back. He devises a plan that involves lifting the curse and overthrowing the new captain (Geoffrey Rush), for which he will need a young kid named Will Turner (Orlando Bloom). There is a romantically named damsel in distress (Keira Knightly) for good measure. Much sword fighting ensues.
Pirates is a campy comedy. It's a bizarre mix of Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Princess Bride and Last of the Mohicans. Although the original teaser trailers showed scary skeletal pirates marching along the bottom of the sea, it isn't scary at all. Not even the young children behind me appeared frightened. There is some good swordplay, but it's not an action movie. And even though there is a love story, it would be far less noticeable if no one squealed when there was kissing. Speaking of which…
It is possible that you will need earplugs. In case you didn't know, Orlando Bloom is currently in the throes of full teen-idol status. Every time he appears on the screen, young women will shriek and even cry. When he calms a frightened donkey, they will coo. When at the end he gets the girl, they will yell, "Oh My God! They're kissing! He's so cute!"
Johnny Depp is the gayest pirate ever to hit the mainstream. There is, perhaps, gay porn where the actors pretend to be pirates, and that possibly might be more gay. The heavy eyeliner you've glimpsed in the previews is just the beginning. He swishes, he sashays, he winks and giggles. There is even a sight gag at the end, to show the audience that director Gore Verbinski (The Ring) knows just how gay the character is.
It's 143 minutes long. That's a lot of movie, yo (ho-ho and a bottle of rum).
There are, strangely, "Pirates of the Caribbean" enthusiasts. Perhaps that will be limited to Californians who have had the luxury of being within driving distance of a Disney theme park all their lives. These people laugh at throw-away lines of dialogue and cheer at the appearance of certain props, and no one else will get it. Is it because the filmmakers have paid homage to the theme-park ride? Who knows? The group of boys next to us in the theater talked non-stop about the ride before the movie, and then declared the film "flawless." That's all I'm saying.
Pirate attire is optional. If you happen to have a hat, eye patch, red-and-white striped shirt/pants/socks sitting around at home, you should feel free to put them on before you leave the house. You will not be alone. If you don't want to go all out, a strategically placed bandana will do the trick.
Hoochie attire is also optional. I didn't know this, but apparently, if you wear a tube top the size of a dinner plate to see Pirates of the Caribbean, Movie Orlando will jump off the screen and ask you to be his girlfriend. He'll be your shining star, the one to show you where you are, etc.
There is little doubt in my mind that Pirates will make oodles of money and spawn a franchise. There are undoubtedly many adventures Jack Sparrow can have on the high seas. There are action figures and Happy Meals to sell, dammit! And the title already has that sequel-ready colon built right in.
Plus, did I mention that it's entertaining?
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