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Authentic Engagement
"You have to have the guts to engage with your own spiritual journey, which is what life is for. It can be reflected in art, but art won't take you there on its own. You actually have to use your inquiring mind and question yourself and the bullshit of things. You have to avoid getting tied up in intellectual and ironic gameplay, which will not give you liberation. You're going to get it only through authentic engagement." -Billy Chyldish, British artist
The One Art Movement
Artless Art
Lao Tzu, author of Tao Te Ching, riding bull
"True straightness seems crooked.
True wisdom seems foolish.
True art seems artless.
The Master allows things to happen.
She shapes events as they come.
She stays out of the way
and lets the Tao speak for itself."
— Tao Te Ching, Chap: 45
The Source of Artistic Inspiration: Stillness
"Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance". Morgan Freeman
I am often asked where I get my artistic inspiration. I find that it is an awkward question to answer sometimes, so I mention some artists and writers I admire. But really, in my experience, inspiration does not happen as a direct cause-and-effect action. I am not able to 'go get inspired'. It would be more accurate to say that I do not find inspiration anywhere, but when I am in stillness it finds me.
If inspiration could be obtained by simply going out and finding it somewhere, everyone would go find it. Unfortunately, inspiration cannot be obtained on demand.
However, an open and creative mind can be available to discover loose particles of interesting things floating around in life like bits of ideas, feelings and perceptions. And because you enjoy them, you carry them around with you for awhile, like favorite rocks in a kid's pocket. Then one day you discover that some of those loose bits of life have connected themselves together in surprising ways. Then a light goes on and you say "Ah ha!" The Ah-ha! moment is when we become consciously aware of something that had already been working in us at a deeper level without us being aware of it. So the artist, in my opinion, has little to do with causing inspiration, it arises out of stillness naturally on its own.
Morris Graves and Consciousness
"Consciousness Achieving the Form of a Cup XV" by Morris Graves
When I have shared artist Morris Graves' statement "My first interest is in being. Along the way I am an artist." with fellow artists they sometimes misunderstand its meaning. They think he is saying that he really doesn't care about art all that much. Otherwise he would have said his first interest is in art, so he must not have been a very committed artist.
However, given his vast output of artwork it would be inaccurate to think that he was not committed. I believe in his statement he is placing the state of his consciousness ahead of the art-making process. Because he knew that art is a reflection of the artists state of consciousness. But most artists are so preoccupied with their process that they rarely step back to consider the state or quality of their consciousness from which their artwork arises. Graves called that state "being". And to be grounded in the state of pure being was to Graves a prerequisite for producing meaningful art. His interest in the subject of being and consciousness can be found in many of his works.
"Embryo Seeking Consciousness" by Morris Graves
The Post Personal Project, in Seattle, July 6, 2017, 5-8 pm
I am thrilled to announce my art exhibition at Magnuson Park Gallery/Space Gallery, in Seattle. Please join my friends and I at the opening reception on July 6, 2017, 5-8 pm.
I also offered a gallery talk (Here) on the strange and wonderful topic of Post Personalism on Saturday, July 15, at 1 pm.
Rothko's Pocket of Silence
"Many of us who are driven by this life, are desperately searching for pockets of silence where we can root and grow. We must all hope we find them". --Mark Rothko
Similar to Rothko, Edward Hopper once commented that he loved quite, empty places, like the interior of empty rooms. I also think Rothko's "pocket of silence" relates to French philosopher Blaise Pascal's saying "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone."
Perhaps if Rothko had known the pocket of silence more deeply, his life might not have ended so tragically. Some people have said that Rothko's art is very spiritual. and I think it is. His paintings are like "pockets of silence". There is even a Rothko Chapel where people can sit and meditate in a space filled with his paintings on the walls. It is unfortunate that Rothko could offer the pocket of silence to others but was unable to fully know it for himself.
My belief is that it is most important for an artist to develop a philosophy about life. Then he does not put paint on canvas, he puts himself on canvas.
I love Lawrence's statement because it is suggest that the deeper artist asks deeper questions and is not merely applying an aesthetic affectation to the canvas.
Coffee At Zoka in Tangletown
I'm drawing in my sketchbook at Zoka Coffee House right now. I am overhearing four people (in their 30s?) at the next table talking about "how cool it would be to share one consciousness, and to be one with everyone". Just an ordinary conversation these days, apparently.
Georges Braque: "Art Is A Wound That Turns To Light"
"Art is a wound that turns into light." - Georges Braque
Art is a wound because it documents human suffering. It reveal humanity's psychological pain. Art—the wound, turns into light when it enables us to see the pain. Once we see the pain, healing begins.
The "light" symbolizes a new state of consciousness that transcends the old wounded state. Another way of saying it is that out of suffering comes beauty, like the pains of birth, I am told. This was true in Van Gogh's case. His life was apparently full of suffering and yet we are in awe of the beauty of his artwork.
The wound is an opening, like a door, or a gash that opens into light. We have to go through the wound to reach the light beyond. We do not evolve if we do not face our wounds then move beyond them.
James Joyce said the same thing as Braque but in a slightly different way: "History is the nightmare from which I am trying to awake." Contained in history is the record of human insanity and suffering. But when we finally awaken, we realize that our awakening was brought about by our suffering.
Jolly Good Fellow
Chade-Meng Tan was hired by Google to be the company's official Jolly Good Fellow (That is his formal job description). His job is to "spread compassion, good will and world peace throughout the company". In this 15 minute video Chade-Meng Tan talks about compassion as the true source of business success. I found it relevant to the post personal project in so many ways. One is that compassion could also be a true source of artistic inspiration. Making me wonder, how would an artist express compassion through art?
https://www.ted.com/talks/chade_meng_tan_everyday_compassion_at_google?language=en#t-32844
The Fire in the Heart
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)
The true artist has a faith in what he or she is doing that is so strong it doesn't matter if anyone has a negative opinion about it.
This was true of the Impressionists. It was true of Van Gogh.
If great artists of the past had stopped creating art the moment someone said an unpleasant thing about it then we would not be speaking off them today.
Genius moves forward regardless of personal inadequacies. It never stops. It persists regardless of any deficiencies in skill, precision or talent.
Many of the greatest artist of the world were never talented. They just never gave up. It is because of their audacity and passion regardless of their limitations that we are able to be inspired by them today.
That doesn't mean a person should never accept advice or criticism, it just means that advice and criticism will not stop you.
Some may say, Yes, what you say may be true of a genius, or some great artist, but certainly not me.
The only difference between you and a truly great artists is that the truly great artist doesn't think about himself; how he's measuring up. Instead, he is busy applying 100% of his attention to his creativity.
Internal criticism is the worst. If you believe in your negative opinions about yourself, they will crush you. But why be crushed?
Believing you are either great or inadequate if for amateurs. If you have a fire in your heart then let it burn through your life and into the world. The rest will take care of itself.
True Self-Interest
"True self-interest is alway in the true self-interest of others." —ph
Be The Change You Want to See
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
"Be the change you want to see in the world." —Mahatma Gandhi
If that same inspiration could be applied to the art world then we could say "Be the change you want to see in the art world".
If you have a passion to make beautiful, truthful and meaningful art in an art world that sometimes seems superficial and self-centric, then you are the one to bring the change that you want to see.
-ph
Our Magnificent Endowment
Great artists of the past, such as Vincent Van Gogh, gave their lives passionately to their art while believing that their effort was somehow spiritually valuable to themselves and to all of humanity.
But if we artists today are merely focused on amassing wealth and celebrity then their profound effort, spiritual depth and passion will have been wasted and misunderstood.
The degree of superficiality in the art world today implies that the soulful struggle of artists of the past is now irrelevant. Who cares about substance, depth, honorable purpose or a profound connection to nature and humanity when achieving immediate popularity feels so much better?
Let us not squander the magnificent endowment bequeathed to us by Van Gogh and so many other ancestor artists.
Some Van Gogh quotes
"Your profession is not what brings home your paycheck. Your profession is what you were put on Earth to do. With such passion and such intensity that it becomes a spiritual calling."
[Today we might say "vocation" instead of "profession". Vocation indicates that an activity is a heartfelt calling, not merely a means of earning an income. -ph]
"I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it."
"If you hear a voice within you saying, 'You are not an artist,' then by all means make art . . . and that voice will be silenced, but only by working."
"The sun itself cannot make the world bright without souls to feel its light."
Thinking Outside the Self
There is the saying "Think outside the box". In the post personal project there is the saying "Think outside the self". Today the self is the new box.
Great Art is an Escape From Personality
T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)
"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality."
-T.S. Eliot
Excerpt from Morris Graves' Artist Statment
Morris Graves Self Portrait (1910-2001)
" . . . I have learned that art and nature are mind's Environment within which we can detect the essence of man's Being and Purpose, and from which we can draw clues to guide our journey from partial consciousness to full consciousness."
"I paint to evolve a changing language of symbols and language with which to remark upon the qualities of our mysterious capacities which direct us toward ultimate reality."
Essay on Morris Graves (excerpt)
Painting by Morris Graves
"A clearly defined, if subtle, line separates Graves' art from most of his contemporaries. He is one of the very few twentieth century artists for whom the creation of art is an act of reverence and perhaps the only one of stature for whom it is largely a means of lovingly (but persistently) reaching upward, outward, and inward toward greater and simpler dimensions of being and evidence of the divine. Here he stands quite alone."
The last sentence of the above states "Here he stands quite alone." A post personal artist would respond: "Not any more."
Being Before Stardom - Sting
"For real musicians there is a spiritual component to what they do thats got nothing to with worldly success. Their music is much more of an inner journey. Any other success is just frosting on the cake. There is the idea you can go on American idol and suddenly become a star, but if you bypass that spiritual work your success will be wafer thin."
—Sting speaking in the documentary "Twenty Feet from Stardom", 2013 (at 1:11:00)


This book constitutes the toroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of five international workshops held in conjunction with PAKDD 2011 in Shenzhen, China, in May 2011: the International Workshop on Behavior Informatics (BI 2011), the Workshop on Quality Issues, Measures of Interestingness and Evaluation of Data Mining Models (QIMIE 2011), the Workshop on Biologically Inspired Techniques for Data Mining (BDM 2011), the Workshop on Advances and Issues in Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Data Mining (AI-TCM 2011), and the Second Workshop on Data Mining for Healthcare Management (DMGHM 2011). The book also includes papers from the First PAKDD Doctoral Symposium on Data Mining (DSDM 2011). The 42 papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics discussing emerging techniques in the field of knowledge discovery in databases and their application domains extending to previously unexplored areas such as data mining based on optimization techniques from biological behavior of animals and applications in Traditional Chinese Medicine clinical research and health care management.


@agowa338, just so you are aware we have a dedicated Working Group for vmware.
That must be working but a little bit complicated.
Why not just replace to default_name = self.params['name'].translate(str.maketrans('', '', string.punctuation)?
Could you please try to simplify this code? @kobayashi had a good suggestion to consider.
@Tomorrow9 Could you please comment on this change ? Thanks.
As python2 compatibilty is now broken.
I reverted the suggested implementation of @kobayashi, as that causes incompatibility with python2.
If anyone knows a cleaner implementation that works with python2 and python3, I'm happy to swap it. But this is the cleanest implementation that works with python2 and python3 that I could think off.
Yes, my suggestion only focused on python3. @agowa338 's original is better for compatibility.


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Funny Zoe story to share: Several weeks back, the kids were playing at daycare and the teacher's daughter got stung by a bee. Zoe cannot get rid of this vision of being stung by a bee. When we put her to sleep, and she wants to get up, she screams and cries, " The bee is getting me!", among other things. I have to reassure her, there is no bee in her room and turn on all the lights to show her before she'll go back to bed.
Hoping to do some baking tonight for FHE. I've been craving sugar cutout cookies that my mom makes. I really just like the dough, but the cookies are good too. Although I think my cookie cutters may be packed up and sitting in my parents garage :( Maybe I can convince Ryan he wants to make the dough this afternoon, so it's all ready when we get home.
Hope you're have a good Monday.
I'll be sharing some cards this week and hopefully pictures of a new niece.
Congratulations on the DT! Can't wait to see what you make!
Good luck with your move, too.
You are awesome BFF! You are going to kill it on this DT! So proud of you and your hard work! Keep it up...and keep scrapping pics of my kids....LOL!
Ya!!! You totally deserve this!!
congratulations! you will rock those kits.
congrats on the DT...that's awesome!!
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Congrats on the DT position! I hope you have a blast with PDW.
congratulations, holly! I'm excited to be working with you on the DT :) And I'm right next door in WA!
Congratulations Holly!! What fantastic news!


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Often contained in gray boxes, these annoying dynamites spray fire on both sides when they go off.
This thing periodically blasts out fire.
Shoot this propellor to stop it from blowing you away.
This mostly hidden spike pops out when Duke trods upon it.
This often guards keys or exits in levels. Shoot it ten times to destroy it and get 20000 points.


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The Human Resources System (HRS) is a Social Security Administration (SSA) certified and accredited General Support System consisting of several sub-systems that we describe within this assessment.
HRS is a computer-based, multi-file personnel records system designed to meet SSA's needs for data, statistics, and information on the characteristics of its workforce. The system serves as the database for staffing, promotion plan operations, personnel research and program evaluation, management information, planning and budgeting for training, position information, and performance management. The system may maintain personnel and employment information on both present and former SSA and Disability Determination Service (DDS) employees, volunteers, students, grantees, contract employees, and individuals, including current Federal employees, submitting applications for employment with SSA, and other individuals who perform services for SSA.
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Warsow, ранее War§ow (читается Ворсоу), или сокращённо wsw, w§w — компьютерная игра в жанре трёхмерного шутера с видом от первого лица; разработана группой энтузиастов на игровом движке QFusion, который, в свою очередь, является модифицированной версией движка id Tech 2.

Исходный код игры полностью открыт, однако ресурсы являются проприетарными и доступны по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License и Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Игра выпускается в версиях для операционных систем Windows, Linux и macOS.

История разработки
Первая общедоступная версия игры — 0.04a, была размещена на официальном сайте 8 июня 2005 года. 30 июля 2012 года вышла финальная версия игры — 1.0. Последняя версия — 2.1, вышла 27 марта 2016 года. 9 февраля 2013 года разработчики выложили игру для участия в голосовании в Steam Greenlight, и, спустя семь месяцев голосования среди пользователей, 18 сентября 2013 года команда разработчиков начала подготовку игры выходу в Steam.

Warsow специально создавалась для многопользовательской игры, однако имеется и возможность игры с ботами в одиночном режиме. Концепция игры представляет собой смесь таких сетевых игр, как Unreal Tournament, QuakeWorld и модификации Challenge ProMode Arena для Quake 3. Предпочтение было отдано мультипликационной графике, с использованием цел-шейдеров, что делает игру яркой с отличной видимостью противников и уровней. От версии к версии улучшались графические возможности движка, особенно после присоединения к команде разработчиков создателя QFusion. Боты появились в Warsow с самых ранних версий. С версии 0.4 они стали делать практически все «трюки» и комбинации движений, которые учтены в игре. C версии 1.0 в игре появилась возможность собирать статистику и создавать аккаунты, привязанные к официальному сайту. В версии 1.5 появился многоязычный интерфейс с возможностью создания собственных переводов игроками. Warsow имеет современный сетевой код, сочетающий в себе возможности «предсказания» на стороне клиента () и «антилаггинга» со стороны сервера, что предоставляет комфортные условия для игроков, удалённых друг от друга.

Возникновение названия
Warsow — это отсылка к Joy Division, британской постпанковской группе конца 70-х / начала 80-х, которая до этого называлась Warsaw (с буквой A, как город в Польше). Warsow сразу стал аббревиатурой слов: Warriors of Alternate Reality — Slaughters Over the Web (Бойцы Альтернативной Реальности — Резня через Веб).

Однако SoLomoNK, автор проекта, был не до конца удовлетворён этой аббревиатурой, и в течение нескольких лет продолжал искать новую. Наконец она была создана и вполне соответствовала духу игры: Warsow is Art of Respect and Sportmanship Over the Web (Warsow — это Искусство Уважения и Спортивного мастерства Через Веб — рекурсивный акроним, частый приём в среде разработчиков ПО).

Игровой процесс

Движения
Игровой процесс Warsow сконцентрирован на скорости, прыжковых трюках и умении двигаться. Помимо классических трюков пришедших со сцены Quake, таких как Circle Jump, Strafe Jump, Double Jump, Bunny Hopping, и т. д., Warsow обладает своими специальными движениями: Wall Jump — отскок от стены, Dash — рывок, Ramp Slide — скольжение по рампе, Double Dash Jump — двойной прыжок с рывком.

Режимы игры

Игра поддерживает скрипты написанные на языке AngelScript, это позволяет создавать собственные игровые режимы без создания отдельной модификации на основе исходного кода движка. Первым детищем данной возможности стал ныне популярный режим Bomb & Defuse, в создании которого участвовало сообщество игры. Ниже представлены только стандартные режимы, поставляемые с игрой.
 Duel: поединок между двумя соперниками, выигравшим считается тот, кто наберет большее количество фрагов за ограниченный промежуток времени — обычно 10 минут. Считается наиболее трудным и зрелищным режимом, ибо результат матча целиком зависит от самого игрока, от которого требуется полная концентрации над происходящим.
 Deathmatch: стандартный для многих сетевых шутеров режим, целью которого является уничтожение других игроков для получения фрагов за ограниченное время либо до набора определённого количества очков.
 Free For All: похож на режим Deathmatch, с единственным отличием — игроки получают все оружия при респауне (рождении), а на карте имеются только патроны к ним.
 Team Deathmatch: режим Deathmatch, где игроки разбиваются на команды и соревнуются в командном зачете.
 Capture the Flag: игроки разбиваются на две команды и пытаются захватить флаг противника, чтобы принести его к своему флагу и получить очки. Имеется модификация данного режима — CTF: Tactics, с различными классами игроков — врач, танк, инженер и захватчик; так же присутствуют дополнительные предметы, как то турели и ящики с патронами ко всем оружиям.
 Instagib: аналогичен режиму Deathmatch, но каждый игрок снабжён единственным оружием, InstaGun, которое наносит фатальные повреждения при первом же попадании и имеет неограниченный боезапас. Также существуют модификации: Instagib Duel, Instagib Capture the Flag и др.
 Clan Arena: отсылка к режимам игры из серии Quake — Rocket Arena (англ.) и Clan Arena (англ.). Возможен вариант с выбором класса игрока, каждый из которых имеет дополнительные бонусы в виде увеличенного количества боеприпасов к определённой группе оружия.
 Duel Arena: Clan Arena один на один, при количестве участников больше двух — победитель раунда играет с каждым игроком в порядке очереди.
 Race: аналог модификации для Quake III DeFRaG, целью которой ставится скоростное прохождение карт (трасс). Считается тренировочным режимом, так как позволяет отточить мастерство в перемещении по карте с использованием внутриигровых трюков.
 Bomb & Defuse: командный режим игры, в котором задача состоит в том, чтобы расположить бомбу на указанном на карте месте и продержать её необходимое время, пока противник не успел её обезвредить. Аналогичен режиму Bomb / Defuse из серии Counter-Strike, правда со своими специфичными изменениями, такими как отсутствие денег и необходимости покупать оружие и боеприпасы. Чтобы установить бомбу, достаточно подойти и простоять около одной из двух обозначенных точек некоторое время. На данный момент данный режим наиболее популярен среди игроков.
 Headhunt: режим, в котором одному из игроков достаётся роль меченного, а другие игроки пытаются уничтожить его. Меченный получает очко за каждую секунду своей жизни.

Игровой движок

Игра базируется на свободном игровом движке QFusion, одним из создателей которого является Виктор Лучиц, влившийся затем в команду основных разработчиков Warsow. Данный движок, будучи сделанным на основе  1997 года, активно дорабатывался и совершенствовался на протяжении нескольких лет. Движком осуществляется поддержка текстур высокого разрешения, нескольких техник рельефного текстурирования, шейдеров GLSL, сжатие сетевых пакетов, динамических теней и освещения, а также различных эффектов постобработки, таких как FXAA.

Музыка из игры
Саундтрек в Warsow выполнен в жанре электронной музыки с примесью элементов индастриалa и хэви-метала. Автор всех композиций — американский музыкант и разработчик игры, Jihnsius. Саундтрек доступен для свободного скачивания с официального сайта.

 Menu 1 (0:32)
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 Postmatch 1 (0:20)
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 Postmatch 3 (0:27)
 Anonymous (3:50)
 Euthanasia (3:17)
 dub (4:22)
 Run Like Hell (5:36)
 Theme of Pork (4:14)
 Lysdexia (5:30)
 quot (4:23)
 Segfault (4:46)
 Dissension (3:08)
 Dissimilate (2:22)
 Futurescope Magnus (1:58)

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 OpenArena
 Nexuiz
 Tremulous
 Alien Arena
 Urban Terror
 Xonotic

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Morgan, Lauren, Robertson, Eleanor R., Hadi, Mohammed, Catchpole, Ken, Pickering, Sharon P., New, Steve, Collins, Gary and McCulloch, Peter (2013) Capturing intraoperative process deviations using a direct observational approach: The glitch method. BMJ Open, 3 (11). pp. 313-316.
Objectives To develop a sensitive, reliable tool for enumerating and evaluating technical process imperfections during surgical operations.
Design Prospective cohort study with direct observation.
Setting Operating theatres on five sites in three National Health Service Trusts.
Participants Staff taking part in elective and emergency surgical procedures in orthopaedics, trauma, vascular and plastic surgery; including anaesthetists, surgeons, nurses and operating department practitioners.
Outcome measures Reliability and validity of the glitch count method; frequency, type, temporal pattern and rate of glitches in relation to site and surgical specialty.
Results The glitch count has construct and face validity, and category agreement between observers is good (κ=0.7). Redundancy between pairs of observers significantly improves the sensitivity over a single observation. In total, 429 operations were observed and 5742 glitches were recorded (mean 14 per operation, range 0–83). Specialty-specific glitch rates varied from 6.9 to 8.3/h of operating (ns). The distribution of glitch categories was strikingly similar across specialties, with distractions the commonest type in all cases. The difference in glitch rate between specialty teams operating at different sites was larger than that between specialties (range 6.3–10.5/h, p<0.001). Forty per cent of glitches occurred in the first quarter of an operation, and only 10% occurred in the final quarter.
Conclusions The glitch method allows collection of a rich dataset suitable for analysing the changes following interventions to improve process safety, and appears reliable and sensitive. Glitches occur more frequently in the early stages of an operation. Hospital environment, culture and work systems may influence the operative process more strongly than the specialty.


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Press Release: Gov. Evers Announces $9 Million Neighborhood Investment Fund Grant for City of Beloit
State of Wisconsin sent this bulletin at 02/23/2022 11:09 AM CST
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 23, 2022
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov
Gov. Evers Announces $9 Million Neighborhood Investment Fund Grant for City of Beloit
BELOIT — Gov. Tony Evers today announced the city of Beloit will receive a $9 million Neighborhood Investment Fund grant to help with the development of a Community Outreach and Engagement Center at Beloit College to find solutions to complex community problems by fostering collaboration between partnerships that exist between Beloit College and the School District of Beloit, Beloit Health System, the Boys & Girls Club, Acts Housing, Community Action, and the NAACP, among others.
"Whether it's addressing affordable housing, revitalizing our main streets, or bolstering opportunities in local communities, we're making sure that our neighborhoods in every corner of the state are able to thrive for years to come," said Gov. Evers. "I am thrilled to invest these funds in the people and neighborhoods in Beloit to build on the innovation, ingenuity, and collaboration that already exists to better serve the families, workers, and communities who call Beloit home."
Beloit College plans to renovate Morse Library on campus to house the new Community Outreach and Engagement Center, and when combined with existing programs at Beloit College, it is expected the Center would touch the lives of all 36,000 Beloit residents, especially those who are otherwise underserved.
Part of a nearly $650 million investment allocated by the governor for community building and recovery efforts statewide, the Neighborhood Investment Fund program was announced in August 2021 and is administered by the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA). Grants being awarded range in size from $1 million to a maximum of $15 million and are funded through the American Rescue Plan Act. Applications opened on Sept. 30, 2021, and closed on Nov. 11, 2021. Additional information can be found on the program website. Recipients of the Neighborhood Investment Fund program will be announced on a rolling basis over the course of the next week, at which time a full list of grant awardees will be released.
"The Neighborhood Investment award from Governor Evers will make a lasting impact for the city of Beloit," said DOA Secretary-designee Kathy Blumenfeld. "Partnerships empower opportunity, and the Community Outreach and Engagement Center at Beloit College will make it possible for students and Beloit residents to get a chance to engage, take advantage of community resources, and further their career opportunities."
Wisconsinites can visit BadgerBounceback.wi.gov to view pandemic-related assistance information for families, farmers, businesses, organizations, and communities, as well as the latest data and success stories about how COVID-relief investments are making a difference across the state. For updates on other recovery-related grant opportunities, sign up for the Badger Bounceback update list.
An online version of this release is available here.
Office of the Governor • 115 East Capitol, Madison, WI 53702
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Nadolol, sold under the brand name Corgard among others, is a medication used to treat high blood pressure, heart pain, atrial fibrillation, and some inherited arrhythmic syndromes. It has also been used to prevent migraine headaches and complications of cirrhosis. It is taken orally.

Common side effects include dizziness, feeling tired, a slow heart rate, and Raynaud syndrome. Serious side effects may include heart failure and bronchospasm. Its use in pregnancy and breastfeeding is of unclear safety. It is a non-selective beta blocker and works by blocking β1-adrenergic receptors in the heart and β2-adrenergic receptors in blood vessels.

Nadolol was patented in 1970 and came into medical use in 1978. It is available as a generic medication. In 2020, it was the 340th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 700thousand prescriptions.

Medical uses

Nadolol is used to treat hypertension and for long-term treatment of angina pectoris and is approved by the FDA for these purposes.

It is regularly used off-label for control of heart rate in people with atrial fibrillation, prevention of migraine headaches; prevention of bleeding veins in people with portal hypertension caused by cirrhosis; and to treat people with high levels of thyroid hormone.

Nadolol is the preferred beta-blockers in the management of patients with LQTS for prevention of ventricular arrhythmia. It is more efficacious than selective beta blockers or propranolol in the prevention of breakthrough cardiac events. Similarly, it is the preferred type of beta blocker for treatment of patients with CPVT, as it has been shown to be more efficacious than selective beta blockers, like atenolol or bisoprolol.

Nadolol has the advantage of once daily dosing and thus improved patient compliance. For patients with decreased kidney function, nadolol may be dosed less often. It has also been found to be useful (off-label) for several neurological disorders such as the prevention of migraine attacks, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder(ADHD) and its use has been explored as a treatment for essential tremor and Parkinson's disease but neither is well established.

Side effects
The most common side effects include dizziness and fatigue.

Contraindications
Nadolol and other beta blockers should be used with cautions in people with heart failure and its use should not be abruptly stopped.  It is contraindicated for people with asthma, a slow heart rate and certain severe heart problems.

Mechanism of action

Nadolol is a non-selective beta blocker; that is, it non-selectively blocks both beta-1 and beta-2 receptors. It has a preference for beta-1 receptors, which are predominantly located in the heart, thereby inhibiting the effects of catecholamines and causing a decrease in heart rate and blood pressure. Its inhibition of beta-2 receptors, which are mainly located in the bronchial smooth muscle of the airways, leads to airway constriction similar to that seen in asthma. Inhibition of beta-1 receptors in the juxtaglomerular apparatus of the kidney inhibits the renin–angiotensin system, causing a decrease in vasoconstriction and a decrease in water retention. Nadolol's inhibition of beta-1 receptors in the heart and kidney leads to its effects on lowering blood pressure.

The drug impairs AV node conduction and decreases sinus rate.

Nadolol may also increase plasma triglycerides and decrease HDL-cholesterol levels.

Chemistry
Nadolol is a mixture of stereoisomers. It is polar and hydrophilic, with low lipid solubility.

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Lockheed Martin, March 01, 2016 - LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - Thai Aviation Services has informed Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, of the decision to renew its existing fleet of commercial helicopters with five S-76D medium lift and two S-92 heavy lift aircraft.
Selection of an all-new Sikorsky aircraft fleet will enable the Bangkok-based operator to continue its track record of providing safe, reliable helicopter transportation to oil and gas customers in the Gulf of Thailand. The announcement was made at the 2016 Helicopter Association International Heli-Expo show.
The new fleet replaces six older model S-76® aircraft and two S-92 aircraft currently operated by Thai Aviation Services. Acquisition of the new helicopters via a major aircraft leasing company's order book will begin in the third quarter of 2016 until all fleet aircraft are replaced by early 2017.
The S-76D helicopter is an all-new aircraft similar in external size and shape to the family of S-76 aircraft that has accumulated almost 7 million flight hours since 1979. The selection by Thai Aviation Services marks the S-76D helicopter's debut in Southeast Asia.
Noted for its high power and low noise, the S-76D model can achieve cruise speeds at much lower power settings than its S-76 family predecessors. Noticeable improvements in handling qualities in all weather conditions are a function of the new tail rotor design combined with the aerodynamic airframe and highly responsive four-axis autopilot system. S-76D aircraft are certified for 12 passengers in airline layout, or five to eight in executive configuration.
The larger S-92 helicopter has proved to be a favorite for offshore operators since 2004. The offshore community has accumulated the vast majority of the more than 950,000 flight hours on the global fleet of 275 aircraft. The S-92 cabin can seat up to 19 passengers in airline configuration.
The high volume of flight hours for both the S-76 and S-92 platforms has yielded for Sikorsky and its customers a wealth of performance data. Ongoing analysis of the HUMS data has enabled Sikorsky to forecast component and system life, resulting in markedly improved flight readiness and more productive aircraft.
About Thai Aviation Services: Over the past 26 years, Thai Aviation Services has played a vital role in the development of the Thai helicopter industry, and continues to set the standard for offshore helicopter operations in Thailand. The company operates from the U-tapao International Airport, Songkhla Naval Base and Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport in support of production and exploration activities in the Gulf of Thailand, including along the territorial waters of neighboring countries, such as Cambodia and Malaysia.