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Brooklyn Food Conference
Changing the food system in Brooklyn, neighborhood. by neighborhood
Urban Farmer: Micheline Brown
May 10, 2012 By Winton Wedderburn Leave a Comment
Written by Angela Martenez for the Brooklyn Food Coalition
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Park Slope urban farmer Micheline Brown followed the sheep. Not as she slept, though they did lead her to sweet dreams… that came true.
As a child growing up in the Midwest, Brown loved sheep and dreamed of one day having her own sheep farm. She remembers knitting, sewing, quilting, crocheting –anything to do with textiles (and the sheep who create them). "I've always been a maker," she says, "Anything to do with your hands." After college, Brown's love of textiles and her craft-making hands led her to the Big Apple where she became a costumer for hit shows like "The Sopranos" and "Sex and the City," Broadway's "Rent" as well as at the Metropolitan Opera.
Three years ago, Brown had landed a position with CBS' award-winning "The Good Wife," a show she describes as "awesome." And yet, as much as she loved her work, Brown realized something was missing. She wanted a career that felt more personally fulfilling, one that aligned with her politics in a way that her costuming work didn't. Brown decided to become a farmer, as many in her family had been. "My grandparents grew up on farms where they would grow their own food." But she saw a difference between the farming of her grandparents' generation and modern agricultural practice. "They had diversified farms. Now, a lot of my family has giant fields where they grow corn and soybeans. You don't see vegetable farms like you would a hundred years ago. So the produce in stores throughout the United States is trucked in from California, Florida, Mexico, Holland… Monoculture is a huge problem throughout the world, but especially in North American farmland. It's degrading our eco-systems and heavily dependent on fossil fuels. And because there's no diversity of crops, they have huge pest problems. So they're dependent on petroleum pesticides and herbicides."
Rather than move back to the Midwest to hone her farming skills, Brown knew she wanted to stay in the city. "I'm African-American and it's really important for me to live among other black people and people of all sorts." She realized she could grow food where she lived when she learned about urban agriculture projects around the country. After monthly weekend-long intensives at Will Allen's renowned Growing Power in Milwaukee, Brown quit her job. For the better part of a year, she immersed herself in urban farming at Growing Power's Milwaukee and Chicago farms, as well at D-Town Farm run by the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network. She even found a way to weave her past into her budding new career as a food grower: "I started teaching teenagers how to knit and crochet in the winter because things were slowing down." Somewhere, a sheep was undoubtedly bleating in approval.
Soon after returning to Park Slope, Brown joined Project Eats, a self-described ArtAction that combines art and social strategies to create sustainably-grown, local food, business training and community development.
In partnership with public high schools and community-based organizations, Project Eats helps grow fresh vegetables—from arugula to Romanesco-on sites in Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx and sell them to community and farmers' markets and restaurants. These food-growing efforts fill a dire need in marginalized urban communities. "If there's a grocery store in a black or Latino neighborhood, they're not necessarily as good or with the freshest food as other neighborhoods. Go to any bodega in Brownsville, Bed-Stuy, East New York – all the stuff is full of sugar," explains Brown. In addition, they help with a line of health and body products called Brie's Garden, working with high school students to mix and package products like lip and tattoo balms using herbs grown at Project Eats' farms. The students then learn business-planning and profit-sharing skills by creating enterprises that sell the products. Some of the proceeds go back to Project Eats farms and fellowships for other community members to train with Project Eats.
One of the biggest challenges Brown sees in urban farming is maximizing production with limited space. "We grow on less than 2 acres," she explains, "So we try to grow as much food in that space as we can, like leafy greens that don't take as much time to grow as grains do." But the real key, Brown explains, is improving the soil with compost. "The problem is there's a lot of contaminated soil directly underneath where we grow, mostly heavy metals such as lead and mercury." Brown sees opportunities for Project Eats to increase compost production by using NYC waste material. "We're hoping to take this nutrient-rich waste that would normally be going into a landfill and turn it into healthy, viable soil." Brown is teaching composting at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens as well as to Project Eats' high-school students."I'm a fan of perma-composting with worms. "There's a community garden with an area that has a lot of trees, which isn't great for growing broccoli but where we can grow good soil with big worm bins."
Beyond the challenges of urban agriculture, Brown finds connections with farmers of all generations to be one of the most rewarding aspects of her new career. "I get to work with kids all the time and that's a really beautiful thing." At a farming site in Brownsville, she had an unexpected surprise. "We had a bunch of stuff still growing since it was a mild winter, things that got sweeter when they stayed in the ground. I asked these boys if they wanted some broccoli. They were a little hesitant at first. But every day they've come back. They've never had broccoli that tasted that good. We have moms come who are waiting for the school bus at the end of the school day, neighbors walking by. You don't get that in rural areas."
Brown remembers one fellow farmer in particular. "One of our elders came in to prep her beds and harvest all these collard greens," she explains. "We have water that comes from the hydrant and don't have a big sink. So we rigged something up and washed her collards and put them in bags for her family and neighbors. She told me about when she first moved to Brownsville in 1958. She asked if I was going to be there for the rest of the summer and was glad there was going to be someone there so she wouldn't be there alone. She has knowledge that I don't. And I get to honor the traditions and wisdom of our elders. It's deeply, deeply satisfying to be able to watch stuff grow, to watch people enjoy the food. And to listen to people's stories which I couldn't when I worked in film and television."
For her, the challenges of each day are myriad and rewarding. "Farming uses every single muscle," she explains, "from my biceps to my brain. It's constant problem-solving and being resourceful."
Brown's can-do approach helps even more dreams come true through Sisters Grow, an organization she founded for food-growing women and girls of African descent. "When I started, I looked around to work with other African-American women, to get inspired and ask for help. I didn't find that so I created it." What began as a Facebook group eventually turned into a road trip. "We drove a caravan from upstate New York to Detroit and from DC/Maryland to Virginia. We'd stop and meet with black women farmers and growers along the way," says Brown. "We're keeping each other inspired and motivated." Now, members of Sisters Grow have begun working together, expanding their food-growing potential. Brown hopes Sisters Grow will one day offer scholarships to young women who dream of becoming farmers but can't afford to intern for low stipends. That's not open to a lot of kids of color. A scholarship fund can supplement the income these farms pay."
Brown sees Brooklyn Food Coalition's mission resonating strongly with her values. "Fair access to food, ethical treatment of all the food workers-whether you're a farmer in Brooklyn or upstate, whether you work at a restaurant or a grocery store—and supporting the environment – these three tenets are important to me." She brings this passion and her commitment to creating community and food justice to her work as a BFC steering committee member.
Brown is excited about the inclusive approach BFC has taken in developing the upcoming Brooklyn Food Conference. "Faith-based organizations, families, programming for teenagers, workshops for growing your own food, information on fracking – there's something for everyone. Brooklyn is this amazing dynamic place. We have such a diversity of people and types of food – all ethnic backgrounds and all the places in the US, it's everybody." Brown will be speaking on a panel for Black Urban Growers (BUGS) on food justice, in addition to helping develop workshops and coordinate logistics for the conference.
Ultimately, Brown believes the urban farm movement can be a crucial part of creating an alternative food system where communities are in control of their own food sources. "I would like to see a lot more of our food grown locally. There's so much space that could be used for growing food so that we're not so dependent on trucking our food around. People are always so surprised to hear about urban farming. I would like it not to be a novelty."
Filed Under: Sustainability, Urban Agriculture Tagged With: Angela Martenez, Brooklyn Food Coalition, Brooklyn Food Conference, local food, Micheline Brown, Urban Agriculture
Milk Not Jails!
May 2, 2012 By Winton Wedderburn 1 Comment
Written by Becca Kinsella for the Brooklyn Food Coalition
Lauren Melodia | Milk Not Jails
Lauren Melodia of Bedstuy, Brooklyn is not new to the food movement. Having spent the last seven years working in community gardens, as a staff member at local farmers markets and most recently managing a local farm share in Bedstuy, her collaboration with others to start the Milk Not Jails project may be seen as an extension of her previous experience. Lauren, in collaboration with others, started Milk Not Jails to simultaneously support local farmers and decrease rural upstate communities' dependency on the prison system. The constituencies supported by the criminal justice system are the same as those supported by the agriculture system. Therefore, Milk Not Jails seeks to combine efforts and tackle both issues at the same time. Lauren explains, "for those that are politically active, we all want to get involved in one movement or one issue at a time, but everything is so interconnected. What we're trying to do with Milk Not Jails is see how different movements can support each other."
Milk Not Jails is grassroots campaign that has been volunteer run since it was founded in March 2010. The volunteers that comprise Milk Not Jails are urban and rural residents of New York state, food enthusiasts, prison families, farmers, and formerly incarcerated people. As mentioned, Milk Not Jails' volunteers have two immediate goals for New York State. They would like to see communities invest in the agricultural economy in rural areas of New York. Milk Not Jails is concerned for the future of the food industry as it has been industrialized and continues to move further from a regional industry to a more global focused industry. The volunteers at Milk Not Jails believe that small farming and heritage processes are more sustainable than the global systems that exist but international policies make it more and more difficult for the small family farms or farms with animal friendly processes to survive. Secondly, Milk Not Jails aims to end the dependency on New York's dysfunctional prison system. Lauren explains the dysfunction that exists in the criminal justice system, "there is no interest in crime prevention but rather an encouraged dependency on the system to serve as an economy for rural communities."
Melodia with co-organizer Tychist Baker after being unlawfully arrested in Buffalo, NY
Despite being a young organization, Milk Not Jails has already seen many successes. Lauren notes that the campaign is built on relationships, both political and economical, that are mutually beneficial. In the past two years Milk Not Jails has gained the support of thirty criminal justice organizations, reached out to two hundred fifty farmers, and established rapport with individuals from both urban and rural areas. Lauren emphasizes that the key to establishing these relationships is coming up with a new and creative way to discuss issues that are not novel but rather have existed for some time without a means of discussing. Milk Not Jails is framing the importance of eating local or consuming from local farms in a very new way which is why being a part of networks such as the Brooklyn Food Coalition is so important to spreading the message in the
Milk Not Jail's participation in the Brooklyn Food Conference will help educate the population in Brooklyn that is excited about eating fresh local produce. Brooklynites will learn about how consumption of these locally farmed goods will result in a movement against the dysfunctional policing that happens in their communities and will improve the food industry in their state. Milk Not Jails will be providing information from their table at the BFC about where residents can purchase locally sourced milk. For more information visit them online: milknotjails.wordpress.com
Filed Under: Food Policy, Sustainability Tagged With: Brooklyn Food Coalition, Brooklyn Food Conference, farmers, Lauren Melodia, Milk Not Jails, prison, Tychist Baker
April 23, 2012 By Winton Wedderburn 2 Comments
At the 2012 conference there will be so much to see and do. One of the topics you're sure to hear plenty about is sustainability; one of the 3 Pillars the Brooklyn Food Coalition was founded on. Just what is sustainability anyway? Lisa Yakuboff, a volunteer of the BFC tells us more about it.
Hydroponics food system at Food Pantry in Bed-Stuy
Local Foods and Sustainable Agriculture
Written by Lisa Yakuboff for the Brooklyn Food Coalition
Interest in local foods and sustainable agriculture is growing rapidly across the country, but what is it and why should it interest you? Sustainability is defined as using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged. It is maintainable, supportable, tenable and justifiable.
The Environmental Protection Agency explains "sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations."
Have you ever thought about all of the work it took to get a piece of food from the place that it was produced to your table at home? For something as simple as broccoli there are many questions that can be asked about the journey from farm to plate: How much water was used to grow it and where did the water come from? Was it grown with synthetic fertilizers and chemical pesticides? Could there have been run-off into local water supplies? Did those chemicals have any effect on local ecosystems? Even if it was grown in a "healthy" or organic way, where was it grown and how many miles did it have to travel to end up on your plate? How much gas was used in transportation? What energy went into its packaging?
Sustainability takes into account the many facets of the process, including production, processing, distribution, consumption, and waste disposal, and looks to brings farmers closer to consumers by producing fruits and vegetables or raising livestock or fish closer to the places they are sold. It takes anywhere from 1-4 weeks for produce to reach your table once it has been harvested, and it could have traveled 1,200 – 1,500 miles or more to reach you. The further food has to travel, the less fresh, tasty and nutritious it is, the more resources it uses, the more waste it creates, the less healthy it is for you, your family, and for future generations.
New Yorkers have been supporting sustainable methods for years by creating community gardens, participating in community-supported agriculture (CSAs), and encouraging the growth of the urban farming movement through rooftop farming, open lot farms, window farms, and other nontraditional farms that work to grow food closer to the place it will be consumed. Sustainability does not only impact environment and health, it stimulates and supports local economies by bringing businesses closer to home. It encourages greater food security because the closer producers are to homes and neighborhoods, the higher the access people in the area have to more nutritious and affordable food.
Although we in Brooklyn have been supporting and taking part in sustainable practices, our borough is still rife with food deserts, where families have little or no access to fresh, healthy food. The potential to strengthen and grow the sustainable movement in Brooklyn is so high. Communities can demand it, come together, and make it so. There are more community gardens and local farms to plant. There are more CSAs to support. It is up to us to take a stand and ensure that we, and ALL of our neighbors, have and will continue to have access to food that is nutritious and sustainably grown. It is our right and our duty to protect our health, our local economy, our families and neighbors, by protecting the materials that we will need for future generations in a sustainable way.
Filed Under: Sustainability Tagged With: food access, local food, Sustainability
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The nature of perception is to understand the world based on one's vantage point. The nature of judgment is to reason about the world based on one's vantage point. Frequently our perceptions shift in ways that are unexpected and we appear like we have fallen off the script. Some people may even do that to us deliberately by challenging us that we are speaking from a script in the first place. That is because one should not act on a perception but should act on judgment as long as judgment is not impaired. Judgment for example calls upon us to use scripts to speak and relate to other people. Judgment asks us to avoid using what would be the alternative to these scripts which would be the laws of the jungle. Judgment also asks us to recognize what it means to have impaired judgment. We don't have impaired judgment when we do wildly absurd things though that can be a symptom of impaired judgment. We have impaired judgment when we perceive our friends to be enemies. In short when we perceive we are anything but American if we are American in the United States, we are in impaired judgment. And that usually results from thinking that identity is something intrinsic to a person when it is bestowed upon a person as a mark of honor by a state. In short, if you have forgotten your own story, you will not know how to live. My story is the United States story with the allies Japan, Israel, and Taiwan. My dalliances with Europe as all things come to an end. Because I was accepted in Europe as an individual, and not as a member of my group. But we ask ourselves, which of your friends were actually European? Well some of them had ancestors in Europe. But it would be misleading to think of a Eurocentric worldview where each ethnic group dominates. I want to be a thinker. But not if it leads here. The American model doesn't work and in my judgment I use the Canadian model. The first school was UK, the second Irish. We just heard today the UK school did well in that it sold six books without even any advertising. The Irish school though is struggling because it needed the support from the UK school and support is lacking as there was the expectation of a whole lot more books sold. That is okay because the Irish school is mostly about working not making money. And there's plenty of work still. The next school is the French Canadian or rather just Canadian school. Why did the Canadian model work while the American one fell apart? Because American Disney movies don't take into one thing: sometimes time elapses and you meet people out of order. In short you aren't always the center of attention. It would be borderline to assume everything around you must follow a script. Instead of being random which is beautiful because randomness isn't a force, it is Force per second which is power or like a Jedi force push. The American side now stabilized, we can understand that the American side spent what would have been the proceeds on what would have been the book sales driven by Americans on buying Japan and now I have a family. In short perception should never lead to fear or bewilderment only judgment should lead to emotions of such. Some people are naturally perceptive instead of judgmental. Maybe they think they are in a script. But I can tell you they aren't, as the perception of a script is not reality. It is railroaded thought to think script follows script. Fiction in short is defined by that it never happened and is not true so even if it were to happen it is not true it must have been staged. For alternative to fiction we use the Canadian school system. And then we can add fiction. But fiction with no school system under it is like a castle built on sand. In reality though a school system displaces fiction as they are two different ways of growing up. One is based in reality. One is based in imagination. Growing up in reality is coming of age. Growing up in imagination is mental breakdown and it only gets worse and worse. Come back to reality and drop the fiction.
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Looking back over the last little while, I find that my intellectual, emotional and spiritual life has really turned a corner, and I find myself with a mindset that is accelerated beyond what I would have ever expected only a year and a half ago. A few months before 2014 began, my wife Maritza and I had just lost our most beloved Niea, a sharpei who was almost twelve years old, and whom we, a childless couple, had always considered to be our daughter. We were both still in a stage of grieving for the life that we could no longer live with Niea visibly by our side. I shared my feelings with several close friends who understood our deep love for our sweet dog-daughter.
One friend in particular, Bruce, still dropped by and visited for several hours every Friday, and we would talk about all things metaphysical and paranormal: our Friday happy hour. Bruce is a very aware friend who shares many interests in common with me: extra-terrestrials, past lives, living philosophy, crystals, shamanism, angelic beings and much more along these lines. We had met while I was temporarily hosting a public access show on UFOs and metaphysics called "Cosmic Chronicles," which was produced by two friends. Immediately after each taping of the live television shows every couple weeks, all the people associated with the show would leave the television studio and gather at a local restaurant affectionately known as the Village Idiot. After striking up a friendship there, Bruce and I would eventually begin to meet at my shop every Friday afternoon for ongoing metaphysical dialogue. For about three hours every week, we share all sorts of news articles, videos, and jabber on about incidents from our lives, our individual dreams and any strange or notable experiences or insights that may have occurred over each past week.
Bruce really encouraged me to attend Clelland's upcoming owl lecture at the IUFOC event. Even though my finances were in rough shape, I felt the urge to hear this UFO researcher speak, and managed to scrape the money together to attend the mid-February 2014 event for a day and a half with Maritza. As it turned out, my visit to the conference also allowed me to prove to myself that I could be the "new" me– out in the open about my healings– in public around friends, esteemed colleagues and complete strangers.
At that point in 2014, Maritza and I had been married for twenty-three years, and all of those years I have avidly been exploring and researching in depth the UFO phenomenon. Maritza tolerated it and indulged me, and while sharing some interest, she does not have the same level of passion for the UFO research that I do. And while Maritza believed me about the events that I claimed that I had with the four-foot white owl, she had no proof or evidence of any kind, and so she simply took my word for it that the encounter had happened, just as I had explained over the years many times to various friends with her by my side. But now, here was a researcher with many similar cases involving UFOS, four-foot-owls and people who experience seeing both.
During the lecture, Clelland posted an image made from the perspective behind a steering wheel looking, over the hood of a car, at a large owl standing in the middle of the road, identical in perspective to a drawing that I had sketched shortly after the incident with the owl during the rainstorm in May 1987, a drawing Maritza knew well. We both turned and looked at each other incredulously, with our jaws dropped to the floor.
Then, Clelland brought out a standee of a four foot owl, and that did it: Maritza realized that this was a phenomenon not unique to me, her husband, and that changed us both monumentally in terms of us both together accepting the reality of all of this, and the healings and my preoccupation with UFO-related phenomena and metaphysics. Also, I'd like to make it clear that I do not feel that I was 'abducted'; I feel that I had a 'contact' incident, related to medical issues (partially with my sinuses) back in 1987.
But then, something far stranger was to occur that afternoon than the mutual epiphanies for Maritza and I.
About thirty minutes into Clelland's lecture, something began to happen that shocked me. Never before had I seen anything like this. Vertically, along Clelland's right side, stood a carbon copy of Clelland's shape, but all in a dark green emerald light-body. This green light-body mirrored the movements of Clelland, but out of sync. Clelland, who was at the podium but sometimes moved out from behind it and around it, would move, and then just a split second after, the head, torso and legs of the green light-body would move the same movement, the same direction, and yet other times the green light-body would move first and then Clelland himself would move the same way a split second after. Because this had never happened to me before– seeing someone and one of their mirrored light-bodies–I was a little shocked and awed, and in hushed tones, I told Maritza what I was seeing. Maritza did not want us to attract any attention, and kept hushing me quiet, but I was fit to be tied. I couldn't believe that I was seeing what I was seeing, and it lasted the next forty five minutes until he finished and left the stage. Afterward, I went up and checked the stage for mirrors, plastic or glass in front of the stage or anything that would fully account for what I saw. There was nothing unusual at all around the very simple stage and camera set.
As it turned out, I was fortunate enough to talk with Clelland for a couple hours later after the lecture, and I admired his detailed approach to his subject matter, as well as his keen artistic skill. And as Maritza and I left the convention and lecture hall and walked to the parking lot near the desert's edge, from just to the north of the Yavapai convention center, an owl began hooting, almost as if the owl was serenading us at sunset as we approached our rental car. How about that for some owl synchronicity!


This Saturday the North Beach received the first day of Nazare Challenge, the Portuguese event of the Big Wave Tour. João de Macedo, Alex Botelho, Hugo Vau, António Silva and Nic von Rupp are the five big Portuguese surfers on this challenge.
The challenge started early in the morning and the 1st and 2nd heats were held. Lucas Chianca, Billy Kemper, Nathan Florence, João de Macedo, Hugo Vau and Pedro Calado played the 1st heat. Tom Butler, Carlos Burle, Aroon Gold, Alex Botelho, Peter Mel and Jamie Mitchel played the 2nd heat. Lucas Chianca, Billy Kemper, Nathan Florence, Alex Botelho, Peter Mel and Jamie Mitchel made it through to the first semi-final.
The conditions were adverse and the surfers had difficulties in catching the waves, due to the strong wind. We remember that in the Big Wave Tour the surfers have to catch the waves in paddle, no jet skis are allowed, which becomes a difficult challenge when the wind is not favorable.
After 3 hours of hold, the comissioners decided to finish the challenge for today. The wind changed direction and the safety conditions were not the ideas. The Nazaré Challenge is on standy and tomorrow at 7:30am there is a new check up on the conditions. If the event progresses, they must complete 5 events.
IMPORTANT: The Nazaré Challenge will go ON if the conditions are proper. The commissioners will check it out tomorrow morning.


Nusra Front, Al Qaeda's Syria wing, intends to capture Damascus and oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the group's leader said in a broadcast on Wednesday.
Nusra Front has made gains in northwestern Syria alongside other insurgents in recent weeks, seizing the city of Idlib in March and the town of Jisr al-Shughour town last month, bringing them closer to the government-held coastline.
It is the most powerful faction in Syria opposing both Assad and Islamic State, an offshoot of al Qaeda. Both have been hit by U.S.-led air strikes.
It was not clear where the interview took place and Golani's face was not shown. He sat on an ornate chair opposite the interviewer, his back to the camera.
He said to be safe, members of Syria's Alawite minority sect should renounce Assad and change their beliefs.
"If they drop weapons, disavow Assad, do not send their men to fight for him and return to Islam, then they are our brothers," he said. Assad is a member of the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam.
Golani, who said his group got no foreign funding, wore a checked shirt and a black scarf covering his head and shoulders. A black flag used by the group was placed on the table between him and the interviewer.
Golani added that Alawites were part of a sect that had "moved outside the religion of God and of Islam." He said Nusra Front, who are Sunni Muslims, were not at war with Christians.
He also condemned the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah, which backs Assad. He said Hezbollah knew its fate was linked to the Syrian leader and its efforts to save him were in vain.
Nusra Front is listed as a terrorist organisation by the United States and has been sanctioned by the U.N. Security Council. But it is more powerful than the mainstream groups favoured by the United States and its Arab allies in the fight against both Islamic State and Assad's government.
Golani said there was no such thing as Khorasan Group in Syria. "We only heard about this name when the Americans said it," Golani said.
Apart from its recent battlefield gains in the northwest, Nusra Front is a major force in fighting against government forces and allied militia around the northern city of Aleppo.
It is also fighting in southern Syria, where the army and allied militia have begun a major offensive. Its fighters have frequently clashed with Islamic State in a number of locations.


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If you haven't noticed, Red Box Movie rental kiosks have popped up all over the place. Most notably are the Red Box' at the grocery store, which makes perfect sense, you're going to the store anyway, why not put a movie rental at check-out.
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Buffalo is rolling out an all new USB Blu-Ray player for your laptop. What is particularely interseting about this offer is the forward thinking support for the 3D format.


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GA 201 | How to Apply Lean to the Airline Industry with David Acklin
By Jessica Bush • February 8, 2018
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This week's guest is David Acklin from Hawaiian Airlines. David explained how they improved their interline baggage process, including how they got other airlines involved. An MP3 version of this episode is available for download here.
David's background (2:05)
Continuous improvement at Hawaiian Airlines (3:04)
David's favorite Deming quote (5:03)
About interline baggage (6:35)
What the problem was (9:29)
How they convinced other airlines to participate (11:30)
The resistance they experienced (14:58)
The countermeasures they implemented (19:17)
Their results (21:41)
The reaction from Hawaiian Airlines leadership (22:27)
What David would do differently (23:39)
What "continuous improvement leadership" means (25:28)
How David practices continuous improvement at home (26:52)
Where people struggle (28:05)
What David is most proud of as it relates to continuous improvement (30:31)
David's final words of wisdom (32:10)
David on LinkedIn
David's Email
Describe a time when you had to convince other people to participate in a continuous improvement initiative. How did it go? Was it easy? Difficult?
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A new tax on social media has produced results in Uganda, rankling numerous who see the revenue measure as an assault on free discourse. The tax on users of social media sites, for example, Facebook was first proposed by long-lasting pioneer Yoweri Museveni, who grumbled of online prattle in a March letter that encouraged the finance minister to fund-raise "to adapt to the results." notwithstanding the typical data charges, social media users currently should pay forthright a day by day require of Shs200 (5 cents) to get to all social media sites.
Service providers, including provincial telecom giant MTN, said in a joint proclamation Sunday that beginning July 1 the exact would be charged on "Over The Top services," including access to sites, for example, Instagram, Twitter & LinkedIn. The tax will be deducted by service providers that will at that point pay to the government revenue service. Numerous Ugandans are "unpleasant" because of that the tax "was gotten lacking honesty," said Ladislaus Rwakafuuzi, a conspicuous human rights legal advisor. "The explanations behind it were hostile to individuals, were against social, not development-oriented," he said Monday.
From the social media levy, the government would like to collect about Shs400 billion (about $100 million) in the current financial year. Around 17 million of Uganda's 41 million individuals are active web users, as per government figures. This isn't the first time Uganda's government has taken activities generally observed as checking social media use in the nation.
In February 2016, as Ugandans voted in a presidential election, authorities blocked access to Facebook & Twitter, refering to unspecified security dangers. That survey, won by Museveni, was defaced by affirmations of fraud and late conveyance of voting materials in some opposition fortresses.
Museveni, who took control by force in 1981 and remains a U.S. partner on regional security, could lead for almost 5 decades after lawmakers a year ago passed a bill evacuating an age limit on the presidency. Museveni, whose age is 73, have been ineligible to run again under a constitutional provision that kept anybody 75 or more from holding the presidency. The casting off of the age hindrance fortified charges by adversaries who say Museveni needs to lead forever.


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How to I tell what Role I am currently in (1-20 or by name) Was hoping the event would give me that ID.
It's unfortunate that role refers to both the role a character plays (tank,dps,heal,support) and to a specific saved set of souls + points.
The use of Event.Unit.Availability.Full lets you use Inspect.TEMPORARY.Role() at a point where it should return a valid result.
Then the function that handles Event.TEMPORARY.Role gets as a parameter a number corresponding to the role that has become active.
Note: * Added Inspect.Role.List(). This lets you list the role names that the player has. Eventually, Inspect.Role.Detail() will join this, but that hasn't happened yet. You can find out which role the player *currently* uses with Inspect.TEMPORARY.Role(). Note that their ID schemas are off-by-one compared to each other.


IUP will host four candidates for the position of director of Financial Aid on campus next week on February 5, 6, 7, and 8.
Each candidate will give a presentation on the topic "What Is the Role of Financial Aid in Enrollment Management in Higher Education?" Each presentation will be followed by a brief Q&A.
All presentations will take place in the Admissions Suite, room 120 of Sutton Hall, from 9:05–9:35 a.m. each day. These presentations are open to the entire university community.
The agenda and resume for each candidate will be available via IUP Daily in advance of their presentation.


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A month back , Motorola had launched the Moto G8 Plus smartphone in India
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Motorola has launched the One Hyper smartphone. The company says that this is the first smartphone from the company with a pop-up selfie camera. The company has priced the smartphone at $399.99 (Rs 28,600 approx) and will be selling it in deep sea blue, dark amber, and fresh orchid colours.
The phone comes with a 16.51 cm (6.5-inch) Full HD+ display with a screen resolution of 2340 x 1080 pixels. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 and has 4GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. The memory can be expanded up to 1TB via microSD card slot. It runs on the Android 10 operating system.
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January 2015, 35(1): 283-299. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2015.35.283
Conformal metrics on $\mathbb{R}^{2m}$ with constant Q-curvature, prescribed volume and asymptotic behavior
Ali Hyder 1, and Luca Martinazzi 1,
University of Basel, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Rheinsprung 21, 4051 Basel, Switzerland, Switzerland
Received January 2014 Revised May 2014 Published August 2014
We study the solutions $u\in C^\infty(\mathbb{R}^{2m})$ of the problem \begin{equation}\label{P0} (-\Delta)^mu=\bar Qe^{2mu}, \text{ where }\bar Q=\pm (2m-1)!, \quad V :=\int_{\mathbb{R}^{2m}}e^{2mu}dx <\infty,(1) \end{equation} particularly when $m>1$. Problem (1) corresponds to finding conformal metrics $g_u:=e^{2u}|dx|^2$ on $\mathbb{R}^{2m}$ with constant $Q$-curvature $\bar Q$ and finite volume $V$. Extending previous works of Chang-Chen, and Wei-Ye, we show that both the value $V$ and the asymptotic behavior of $u(x)$ as $|x|\to \infty$ can be simultaneously prescribed, under certain restrictions. When $\bar Q= (2m-1)!$ we need to assume $V < vol(S^{2m})$, but surprisingly for $\bar Q=-(2m-1)!$ the volume $V$ can be chosen arbitrarily.
Keywords: semilinear elliptic equations, conformal geometry, GJMS operators., $Q$-curvature.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35J30, 35J60, 53A3.
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* New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Publisher's Weekly bestseller
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"IF DAN BROWN IS A PLAGIARIST, SO WAS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE"
SECRETS OF THE CODE editor Dan Burstein comments on the controversies surrounding novelist Dan Brown's London trial on charges of plagiarism
* New, updated paperback version of Burstein's SECRETS OF THE CODE, the world's bestselling guidebook to The Da Vinci Code, announced with half a million first printing
New York – "There's no more plagiarism in Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code than there is in Shakespeare's King Lear," said Dan Burstein, editor of the bestselling book, SECRETS OF THE CODE: The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries Behind The Da Vinci Code, in a statement
released today. Burstein was reacting to the recent headline-making news from a court case in London where Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, stands accused of plagiarism by two writers of the 1982 bestseller, Holy Blood, Holy Grail.
"Perhaps no one in the world has studied the issue of the source materials for The Da Vinci Code as closely as our team of writers and editors in the 'Secrets' series," continued Burstein. "I can say with confidence that, while we found Holy Blood, Holy Grail to be very important to The Da Vinci Code, it was far from being the only book with that distinction: dozens of other books, authors, and ideas were clearly critically important as well. Indeed, the very purpose of SECRETS OF THE CODE from its inception was to introduce the reader to the cornucopia of controversial and compelling ideas from a broad range of books and other sources that Dan Brown had obviously read, digested, and used in the storyline of his work of fiction in his own way."
Burstein continued, "Shakespeare did the same thing—he borrowed the plot of King Lear and numerous other plays from prior plays. But then he added his proprietary Shakespearean touch, which made all the difference."
SECRETS OF THE CODE lets readers explore for themselves what is fact and what is fiction in The Da Vinci Code, both the book as well as the forthcoming movie. SECRETS OF THE CODE has just been released in a new and updated paperback edition with significant new content. CDS Books, an imprint of the Perseus Books Group, announced today a first printing of half a million copies of Burstein's book, which has come to be known as the world's leading guidebook for understanding The Da Vinci Code phenomenon.
"The courtroom drama over the intellectual property at the heart of The Da Vinci Code is not really a battle over plagiarism," said the award-winning author Dan Burstein. "Instead, it is a battle over the collective heritage of western civilization. These myths, legends, Jungian archetypes, alternative histories, and cosmological theories belong to all writers, to do what they will with them in fiction or nonfiction."
SECRETS OF THE CODE was a New York Times nonfiction bestseller for five months when it was first published in hardcover and has been a bestseller in many of its 30 international editions as
well. SECRETS OF THE CODE is a must-read for anyone interested in the plagiarism trial of Dan Brown or in the deeper, broader discussion of The Da Vinci Code—the novel, the upcoming movie, and the entire phenomenon that has so captivated Americans and people all over the world.
"In editing SECRETS OF THE CODE three years ago, long before the allegations of plagiarism surfaced, our editorial team sought out all the books Dan Brown might have used in his research, and licensed the right to present excerpts from many of them in our book," Burstein observed. "We included an excerpt from Holy Blood, Holy Grail in SECRETS OF THE CODE because it was obviously one of the key books Brown relied upon."
Holy Blood, Holy Grail isn't the only fascinating or controversial take on the so-called "Holy Bloodline" or other key elements of the plot of The Da Vinci Code. Far from it. SECRETS OF THE CODE follows Dan Brown's research into other works and authors that obviously influenced him as well, including Lynn Picknett's The Templar Revelation, Margaret Starbird's The Woman with the Alabaster Jar, Elaine Pagels' The Gnostic Gospels and The Nag Hammadi Library edited by James Robinson.
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George Brauchler on Crime
Defend local law enforcement and provide resources
Our police, firefighters and first responders are on the front lines of our defense and they need to be treated respectfully and with the highest regard. I will vigorously defend them when they are right, encourage improvement where needed and expect accountability at all times. I will ensure that our local law enforcement agencies have the resources that are necessary to keep our communities safe. Source: 2018 Colorado Gubernatorial campaign website george2018.com , Jul 12, 2017
Create specialized units to fight crime
Created a Domestic Violence Unit to develop prosecution specialists who can get justice in these difficult cases.
Launched a Veterans Treatment Court for offenders struggling with service-related trauma issues.
Established a Human Trafficking Team to aggressively tackle this burgeoning crime of sexual slavery.
Created a Cold Case Unit to try to make sure that those who commit the worst crimes cannot walk away from them forever.
Source: 2018 Colorado Gubernatorial campaign website george2018.com , Jul 12, 2017
Supports death penalty; would lift stays of execution
A well-known district attorney who was lead prosecutor in the case against Aurora theater shooter James Holmes, gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler assailed Gov. John Hickenlooper in 2013 for issuing a temporary stay of execution to convicted killer Nathan Dunlap. The next governor is free to lift the stay and Brauchler has indicated that he would. Source: ColoradoPolitics.com on 2018 Colorado Gubernatorial race , Apr 19, 2017
Death penalty is legitimate rule of law
Brauchler won his first race for district attorney in 2012 & boosted his profile as a strong critic of Hickenlooper's decision to grant convicted killer Nathan Dunlap a temporary reprieve from the death penalty. Brauchler said if he is elected governor he will put Dunlap's execution back on the calendar on "Day 1."
"What I'm going to do is put force behind that decision by the court, by that jury, and we're going to make something legitimate of the rule of law here in this state," he explained. His prosecution of Aurora theater shooter James Holmes once again put him in the spotlight a year into his term. He asked for the death penalty, but the jury returned a sentence for life in prison without parole--the same outcome Holmes' attorneys offered as a plea deal before the trial.
Brauchler said he plans to remain in his position as district attorney while campaigning for governor and dismissed concerns about conflicts, saying his job would come first. Source: Denver Post on 2018 Colorado gubernatorial race , Apr 5, 2017
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al-walaa wal-baraa Archives - counterjihadwarrior.com - Because Islam will NEVER EVER be a Religion of Peace - rather a barbaric, totalitarian cult, based on fear, violence, intimidation & terror.
In order to prevent "radicalisation" in the UK, has the time come to take every single Muslim child into care?
Now a senior police officer, Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, has suggested virtually the same thing – that children of convicted terrorists should be removed from their parents, in the same way that the children of convicted paedophiles should be removed from their parents.
….. If you know parents [who] believe that people of their faith or their belief, should hate everybody else and grow up to kill people, [then] for me those things are equally wicked environments to expose children to.
To be fair to both Boris Johnson and Mark Rowley, it should go without saying that the laudable goal of protecting children should be paramount in every case where there is a risk of them being exposed to a "wicked environment." However, the logical consequences on following through on such a policy would have ramifications that have almost certainly not been considered by either official in their safeguarding capacity.
You can't get much more of a "wicked environment" where innocent children are exposed to the core Islamic concept of Al-Walaa wal-Baraa.
This concept, based as it is on on Koran 60:4, instructs all devout Muslims – without exception – that they must have hatred and enmity for everyone and everything non-Muslim. This is not something that a Muslim may "cherry-pick" – it is mainstream Islamic teaching, red in tooth and claw. I challenge anyone reading this article to find a clearer example of a "wicked environment" in which to bring up children.
There is therefore a good argument to be made for a pro-active intervention in almost every case where an innocent child is in danger of being taught just this one core Islamic concept before they are old enough to question it and weigh up the consequences for themselves, and certainly a policy of pro-active intervention should apply if they are British citizens.
Admittedly this policy would put a strain on the capabilities of the police and the social services, and there would be a few grumblings from the Muslim community that would undoubtedly have to be handled in a robust manner, but as they say, no pain no gain. It would have to be worth a try considering that the alternative will almost certainly be civil war and blood on the streets within a generation or two as the Muslim demographic in this country reaches a tipping point. We owe it to our own children, as well as the innocent children currently in the care of Muslim parents, to act now.
Perhaps those officials and others sharing the same misguided mindset of political correctness, multiculturalism and diversity might also reflect that almost every other counter-terrorism policy in this country has proved to be a complete failure, a situation which could and should have been foreseen, as those policies have been based on fantasy and wishful thinking rather than reality.
Don't take my word for it – I strongly recommend that every non-Muslim should read, comprehend and inwardly digest (as my teachers used to say) every word in The Aqeedah of the Salaf.
We in the enlightened Western world base most of our moral and ethical judgements on Judaeo-Christian teachings, which have served us well over the past two millennia, and which are one hundred and eighty degrees opposed to most of the moral and ethical values of the Islamic world. Any form of child abuse is just plain wrong, and teaching the core concepts of Islam to innocent children before they are old enough to make up their own minds is child abuse beyond the shadow of a doubt.
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Kimmy I definitely am with when it comes to control. I too struggle with wanting everything to be done perfectly (aka. MY WAY) :). Thankfully we serve a very forgiving God, and are surrounded by loving people who look us in the face and tell us to chill out.


Here is Ellen Mitchell's obituary. Please accept Everhere's sincere condolences.
Sadly, on April 7, 2019, Ellen Mitchell (Bundaberg, Queensland) passed away. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family. She was loved and cherished by many people including : her husband James; her children, Valerie, Bevie and Stephen.
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Arkegon är de honliga könsorganen hos mossor och ormbunksväxter (ormbunkar, fräken, lummer) och fanerogamer. Gemensamt kallas de för arkegoniater. De hanliga könsorganen hos dessa växter kallas anteridier.

Arkegonet är en flaskformig bildning, i vars botten en stor äggcell ligger. Vid befruktningen tränger sig de hanliga könscellerna (rörliga spermatozoider) genom arkegonets hals ner till äggcellen. Arkegon av samma typ men med reducerad halsdel och helt nedsänkt i frövitan förekommer även hos nakenfröiga växter. Hos gömfröiga växter är de mycket starkt reducerade.

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The graph of a power law with negative exponent.
where is the length of a football manager's career and is the number of managers dismissed at that time of their career. The actual values of the constants and vary from country to country and league to league, with the exponent lying somewhere between -2 and -3 in all cases.
For tenures greater than one year, they found that in the English Premier League, football leagues across Europe, and American football and baseball competitions, there is a straight line of this form that fits the data. Moreover, the fit is statistically significant, that is, it's not just due to chance.
Add some more sand and you'll get avalanches.
which, apart from the constants involved, is essentially the same as that for smaller avavalanches - the same type of behaviour occurrs on all scales.
What the results surprisingly show is that ability and talent, although obviously playing some role, do not play a major role in a manager's success. His survival is far more determined by the sacking and poaching thresholds and simple randomness in his team's results. 2007 Chelsea manager Avram Grant was a good example of this: as he started his tenure with a low reputation, despite his team's good results, probabilities took their toll and he was sacked at the end of the season.
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Marc West is a freelance science writer and former Assistant Editor of Plus who currently works in operations analysis in Sydney. As a wannabe Australian cricket player, the stars aligned when Marc somehow scored 114 against Mount Colah in a Sydney shires cricket game. He loves to write about science and sport and has been published in a variety of magazines and newspapers. You can read more of his writing on his personal blog.
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The Twin Paradox [Also called the "Clock Paradox"] is one of the classic "paradoxes" of Special Relativity. There have been a pavillion papers written on the subject and various forms of it surface as "refutations" of SR now and then.
Larry and Moe are twins. On his (and Moe's) 20th birthday Larry climbs in a rocket and zips off at 86.6% the speed of light. He does this for a while then he turns around and zips back to earth at the same speed. When he gets back he catches up with his twin brother Moe again and, lo and behold, Moe is 40 while Larry is only 30 (!).
The point is that Larry has been moving at such a speed that his "clocks" run half the speed of Moe's clocks due to relativistic time dilation. Therefore only half as much time has elapsed in Larry's spaceship as has elapsed back on earth with Moe. On earth 20 years have gone by but in Larry's spaceship only 10 years have gone by. Larry is younger than his twin brother Moe!
Let's see it in pictures. We'll add a planet far from earth and at rest with respect to the earth on which Moe's brother Shemp lives.
Larry leaves Moe and heads towards Shemp's planet. All clocks read 0.
Larry arrives at Shemp's planet; Larry's clock reads 5 years Shemp's and Moe's clocks read 10 years.
Larry turns around and heads back towards Moe.
Larry arrives back at earth in is 10 years younger than his twin Moe.
BUT WAIT (1): "But wait! Couldn't Larry consider himself at rest and Moe (as well as the earth) as moving? In that case Moe's clocks would run slower due to relativistic time dilation and Moe would be younger than Larry."
This attempt at applying symmetry to the situation fails due to the fact that Larry turned around in the middle of his journey. He "sloshed coffee on his shirt." Moe and Shemp, on the other hand can consider themselves in an inertial frame for the whole time. Thus the fundamental asymmetry of the situation keeps this argument from working. Since only one twin has coffee stains on his shirt HE is the one that flew away and then returned; he is the one that experienced inertial effects of changing frames.
BUT WAIT (2): "But wait! During the time that Larry was traveling away he was in an inertial frame and could consider himself at rest. During that time he could consider himself at rest and Moe and Shemp as moving. Then for that part of his journey Moe's and Shemp's clocks would be running slower than his (as measured in Larry's frame). Also on the return part of the trip he would again be in an inertial frame and could consider himself at rest (albeit with coffee stains on his shirt) and then Moe would be moving toward him. In that case Larry could again consider Moe's and Shemp's clocks as running slower than his own. Thus during BOTH phases of Larry's trip Moe's and Shemp's clocks are running slower than Larry's clock (as measured by Larry) But in Moe's and Shemp's frame Larry's clock has been running slower for the whole trip. So, special relativity must be inconsistent; it gives contradictory calculations."
The "fly in the ointment" of this argument is, as usual, ignoring the relative property of simultaneity. While it is true that during each phase of Larry's trip Moe's and Shemp's clocks are running slower than Larry's (when measured in Larry's frame) a simultaneity trick gives Moe's clock more elapsed time at the end.
To see this let's forget about the turnaround and the sloshing coffee and bring in another observer -- Curly. In this version there will be no acceleration at all. Moe sits on the earth. Larry comes flying by in his spaceship and looks at Moe's clock as he passes. It just turns out that at that instant Moe has set his clock to zero. Thus as Larry flies by his and Moe's clocks read zero. But Shemp's clock is synchronized with Moe's in Moe's and Shemp's inertial frame. Therefore by Rule 1 they are not synchronized in Larry's frame. In fact Shemp's clock (the rearward of the two) is ahead of Moe's by, in this case, 7.5 years.
In Larry's frame Moe's and Shemp's clocks are not synchronized.
Now Larry flies on for a few years. Then he encounters Curly flying in his spaceship TOWARD the earth. Curly and Larry pass each other by Shemp's planet. Curly looks in Larry's window as he flies by and sets his clock to match the reading on Larry's clock. In Larry's frame he is not flying anywhere, of course. In his frame Moe and Shemp are flying by him as he just sits there in his spaceship floating motionless in space.
Shemp's planet reaches Larry and he meets Curly traveling in the opposite direction.
In Curly's frame Moe's clock is the rearward clock and is ahead of Shemp's clock.
He flies on until he comes to earth and Curly and Moe compare clocks through their windows as Curly passes by. (or as Moe passes by if we want to look at from Curly's viewpoint.) Curly (and Moe) notice that Curly's clock reads 10 years while Moe's reads 20 years.
Earth reaches Curly and he compares clock readings with Moe.
In the first part of the trip Larry's clock recorded 5 years elapsed time while Larry noticed that Moe's and Shemp's clocks recorded 2.5 years elapsed time. In Larry's frame the other clocks were running slower than his. It was the fact that (in Larry's frame) Shemp's clock was 7.5 years ahead of Moe's that accounted for Shemp's clock reading 10 years when Larry's clock read 5 years.
As Larry leaves Moe in his wake he is aware of Moe's clock running slower than his. But that means that he knows what Moe's clock reads at any given instant. But that means simultaneity of distant events. The claim that MY clock reads 2 years while Moe's only reads 1 year involves, in its very utterance that the measurements are made simultaneously. But events which are simultaneous in one frame are not simultaneous in another. In Moe's frame the two events (1) Larry's clock says 2 years and (2) Moe's clock says one year did not occur at the same time. In fact in Moe's frame Larry's clock said 2 years long after Moe's clock said 1 year. In Moe's frame Moe's clock said 4 years at the same time that Larry's clock said 2 years. [remember: if the events are simultaneous in "their own" frame then in a frame in which they are moving the rear event happens before the front event.] In Moe's frame the rear event (Moe's clock says 1 year) happened long before the front event (Larry's clock says 2 years).
1) Larry's (and Curly's) clock reads 5 years.
2) At the same time Moe's clock reads 2.5 years.
1) Curly's (and Larry's) clock reads 5 years.
2) At the same time Moe's clock reads 17.5 years.
But he measures Moe's clock as running at half the speed as his clock so Moe's clock has added only 2.5 years since Curly set his clock. Thus Moe's clock will read 20 years -- 2.5 years more than the 17.5 that it read when Curly set his clock to 5 by looking in Larry's window.
In Moe's frame the Larry-Curly flyby was simultaneous with Moe's (and Shemp's) clock reading 10. Then Curly's clock, running slow, added only 5 years during the 10 years it took to reach earth. No matter how you cut it, Curly's clock reads 10 when he reaches earth while Moe's clock reads 20.
The elapsed time along the Larry to Curly to Moe route was less than along just the Moe route.
Simultaneity -- Don't take it for granted.


What motivates you to get out into the urban world to stand and speak for positive vision of the future?
In 2007, as he lay in the hospital, his body succumbing to the ravages of chemo and cancer, my younger brother called me out. I was there with about 30 of his family and friends. Tim had been sitting quietly in his bed, propped up, yet with his head lowered, listening to the muffled banter from everyone. I was over at the door, opening and closing it softly so that the sudden sounds would not jar him, as he loved quiet stillness.
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Cobham provides turn-key airborne surveillance operations to the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.
To provide this special mission capability, Cobham engineers modified ten Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft, combining new-generation surveillance sensors and advanced satellite communications systems with highly-reliable, long-range aircraft. Each aircraft is a live link in a national data communications chain that generates an unprecedented stream of timely, high-quality surveillance information to enable informed border security decisions in real time.
Cobham was responsible for the system integration to the platforms. The system development, completely designed at Cobham's Adelaide facilities, commenced with equipment evaluation to ensure sensor technical compliance and performance, reliability and through life support that was required to provide above the performance criteria of the contract. In addition, a consultative process with the sensor operators was undertaken to provide a functional workspace within the aircraft improving the communication of the crew.
Cobham continues to monitor improvements in sensor and platform technology and conducts system developments forums with the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service on a regular basis. System improvements have been driven through this process with the recent inclusion of the Dash 8 air operable door, providing in-flight dispatch of rescue equipment.


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Town Unveils Useful Enhancements to myProsper App
Contract Awarded for Phase 2 of Public Safety Complex
As residents become more reliant on their mobile devices to reach out to family, friends, and increasingly to companies and organizations, the Town of Prosper has unveiled some enhancements to its myProsper app. The interactive app, available at the Apple App Store and on Google Play, was originally launched in 2017 and was designed to give residents the ability to communicate directly with the Town on issues related to service delivery, repair of Town facilities, obtaining responses to questions, and providing opportunities to share information, submit ideas or connect for any other reason.
Under its latest update, released June 10 of this year, the app now includes links to the ACE water consumption portal, the broadband help desk, construction updates, and the live railroad crossing cameras. New additions to the service request feature include options such as illegal dumping, debris/litter, loose dog, park maintenance, and sign violations.
The app now also includes online service options such as pavilion rental, field reservations, and reporting a streetlight outage. Links to Town information include Town Council meetings, broadband service improvements, latest news, and sign-up for the various e-newsletters offered by the Town's staff. Links to all of Prosper's social media sites, the Town directory and website have also been added.
The app is free to download and can be used on laptops or desktop computers by visiting http://my.prospertx.gov. Registration is required to report a problem or make a request, allowing the Town to report back to the person making the request or reporting the problem. Issues may be reported anonymously, but that precludes the Town from reporting back to the individual making the report.
"The app has grown in popularity over the years, and we are glad residents are using it to communicate with us," said Robyn Battle, Executive Director of Community Services. "We have examples of residents entering a service request on the app, and having a problem resolved within a matter of hours. We hope the re-launch will encourage even more people to download the app and use it on a daily basis to get Town information and report problems."
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Supply chain management (SCM) software helps businesses better predict demand trends, negotiate the best possible deals with suppliers, optimize inventory levels, and better coordinate distribution channels. The need for SCM solutions is so great that the market continues to grow at a rapid pace. The worldwide market for supply chain management (SCM) software topped an estimated $6 billion in 2006, and is expected to reach or exceed $8 billion by 2010. Read our Top Ten report and discover if you are using the right SCM software for your business.
The top 10 supply chain management software vendors you should consider.
How the right software will help you manage sourcing, procurement, conversion, and logistics management activities.


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Q: How to upload files to password protected HTTPS site using CURL? How can I upload files to a HTTPS site using CURL?
The site is also password protected.
What's the command line used to upload for that particular site?

A: Yes, you can,
$ curl --user login:password --upload-file your.file.txt https://the.url/where/that/should/go

You may need to add --insecure if you don't want cURL to check the certificate chain.

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Argyropelecus hemigymnus is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van diepzeebijlvissen (Sternoptychidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1829 door Cocco.

De soort staat op de Rode Lijst van de IUCN als niet bedreigd, beoordelingsjaar 2009. De omvang van de populatie is volgens de IUCN stabiel.

Diepzeebijlvissen
IUCN-status niet bedreigd


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I tre corsari è un film del 1952, diretto da Mario Soldati.

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Il castello dei conti di Ventimiglia viene conquistato dallo spagnolo Van Gould che uccide il conte e manda nelle Antille i tre figli. La nave viene assalita dai corsari e i tre fratelli liberati. Decidono di aggregarsi ai pirati per vendicarsi di Van Gould trasferitosi anche lui nelle Antille agli ordini del viceré.

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Nei titoli di testa compare la scritta: "tratto dal romanzo Il Corsaro Verde di Emilio Salgari".

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Collegamenti esterni

Film d'avventura
Film basati su I corsari delle Antille
Film diretti da Mario Soldati


Visiting Georgia is always wonderful for me: To meet with long term friends, to meet with family, to enjoy great foods and wine, to exchange ideas, views and philosophies about the world.
Besides these, I enjoy looking around in areas I am well aquainted with, to compare and see the development. On my last walk yesterday I took some pictures of people and corners which somehow seemed meaningful.
Georgian society is changing. Families with strong ties between all were the backbone of society, taking a great share of time every day. This seems to change. The new generation has quite a different outlook on life than their parents. While this seems normal for western societies, it was not so in Georgia. Traditions are important in Georgia. But a different life style has taken over for young families. Earning money has become more important, time has become precious and scarce.
New shopping malls have opened their doors. New products, fashion, latest styles and home deco are attracting those, who did not have this choice ten years ago, and before. Fast food restaurants are the place to go. Compared to local wages, prices seem enormous. But life style is what counts.
From what I see, society in Tbilisi is changing, split between those who can afford the new way, and those who cannot. By far not all can take part in the new way. There are old people sitting by the side walk selling nuts and chutchella to earn a few Lari. They are not the only ones left out. And since time has become scarce, families do not share the ties they used to. How much time is left to care for the family, when you want to buy all the attractive things that shops offer?
Sharing time with family was an old tradition in Georgia. Sharing time with children, sharing time with the old. Is it still? At least in Tbilisi you see this tradition disappearing. Western lifestyle has arrived in Tbilisi.
Global capital has reached Tbilisi – whoever wants to build – builds! There seem to be no restrictions.


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Australia approves Merck's patent for use of paired CRISPR nickases...
Australia approves Merck's patent for use of paired CRISPR nickases
Author : Paroma Bhattacharya | Published Date : 2018-08-17
Merck, the leading pharmaceutical and life science firm, has reportedly announced that it has availed permission for the patent application of paired CRISPR nickases from the Australian Patent Office. Sources claim that Merck's CRISPR integration patent portfolio already boasts of patents granted in Europe, Australia, China, Canada, South Korea, Israel, and Singapore.
According to trusted reports Merck's IP would be required by commercial organizations for CRISPR-based DNA insertion if the firm needs access to the right defect in the somatic cells of the patient undergoing gene therapy. Merck plans to license this patent soon for various fields.
As per the granted patent application, two CRISPR nickases are targeted to one gene target that act by slashing the opposite strands of the chromosome series to generate a bi-stranded break.
Seeking Alpha reports Udit Batra CEO, Life Science, Merck KGaA to have stated that the allowance for this new patent represents a commendable advancement in CRISPR-enabled therapeutics safety. The paired nickase CRISPR technology is particularly important for the research community that requires extremely accurate methods during the development of treatment methodologies for difficult-to-treat diseases, he further affirms.
For the uninitiated, Merck was the first company that incepted custom biomolecules for genome editing across the globe (TargeTron™ RNA-guided group II introns & CompoZr™ zinc finger nucleases), motivating the overall R&D community to adopt this technique.
According to sources, the Australian Patent Office has not only approved the patent application for paired nickases but has also declared the grant for Merck's CRISPR integration 2017 patent after four anonymously filed petitions were withdrawn.
For the record, Merck KGaA is also the first company of its kind to have manufactured arrayed CRISPR libraries that reportedly cover the whole genome, allowing for a faster cure as scientists can precisely analyze the root cause of the disease.
Paroma Bhattacharya
Paroma Bhattacharya, having completed her post-graduation in Journalism and Mass Communication, started her career in writing with resourceful and informative content development across diverse fields. Having dealt in myriad topics ranging from business to real estate, she now pens down articles for fractovia.org and other portals. She can be contacted at- [email protected] | https://twitter.com/paromab1
Swiggy eying to raise $500 million through South Korean funding
Published Date: 2019-07-15 Author: Paroma Bhattacharya
Swiggy, the online food delivery app is planning to raise funds for its next phase of expansion. The company is reportedly in talks with South Korean venture capital funds, including STIC Investments, Korea Investment Partners, Neoplux & Mirae Asset Management, to bag $500 million in a funding r... Read More
Interbit to upgrade InterbitTM platform, signs contract with Xinova
Interbit Ltd., a technology platform provider, recently announced progress of its proprietary technology platform, InterbitTM. The company revealed that it would focus solely on the development of the proprietary platform & is testing its performance to allow support of commercial opportunities ... Read More
Albertsons Companies announces to augment its online delivery system
The grocery company will enhance its online grocery delivery websites & mobile app to benefit shoppers with visual impairments Albertsons Companies LLC, a US-based grocery company recently announced an initiative to enhance its mobile application & online grocery shopping website, in... Read More


This book examines the use of expert testimony across the legal system, including the unique issues faced by mental health professionals when they are called upon to serve as expert witnesses. The book carefully reveals the evolution of laws regarding evidence admissability, the requirements established by specific court rulings for scientific and non-scientific expert testimony, and the new rules for submission of psychological expertise in court.
Can We Learn to Share Medical Resources?


The prevalence of poor health among young disadvantaged Black mothers and their children has prompted a revival of maternal activism among Black middle-class urban women. A study of the California-based "Birthing Project," founded in 1988, reveals that such activism is best understood as a modern-day version of Black activist mothering practiced by African-American clubwomen from the time of slavery to the early 1940s. This article demonstrates the legacy of "normative empathy" as a significant motivator for middle-class maternal activism and as a basis for a middle-class critique of Black mothering among the disadvantaged.