I'm fortunate that I get the chance to do some occasional (and not so occasional) traveling for work, mostly to Los Angeles. Recently I had the chance to stay at the Andaz Hotel in West Hollywood, which has a storied history in rock and roll, but now they just include these orange dog-like things in every hotel room. There's zero chance I notice somethign like that and not figure out something weird to do with it…so I took the dog and make a little Instagram story with it over the three nights I stayed at the Andaz.
Reaction on my Facebook (mostly family and closer friends) was mixed. Instagram didn't care that much as I don't have many followers, but Twitter (mostly people I don't know) seemed to enjoy it. Not sure if picture storytelling via Instagram is something I'll dabble in again, but it was a fun experiment even if I have to deal with people asking my why I didn't buy the dog to take home with me (it was $250 and a bit like this had a 3 day shelf-life).


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Oracle Puts Out FAQ File on Its iSeries Plans
April 17, 2006 Timothy Prickett Morgan
Last week, I told you about how Oracle and IBM were working together to rebuild the channel for the former J.D. Edwards ERP application suites, the RPG-based World suite and the cross-platform EnterpriseOne suite. In that story, I discussed with IBM how Oracle might be encouraged to fully support i5/OS with its future Project Fusion ERP suite, which is a future Java-based suite that Oracle is working on and which is supposed to be the kicker for the Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JDE EnterpriseOne, and JDE World software suites.
What I didn't know last week was that Oracle had
Branch Office Managers Nervous About Data Security
According to survey conducted by Certeon, a company that has created security appliances known as the S-Series to secure and accelerate traffic on wide area networks, the managers of branch offices in the world are a bit nervous about data security–and rightly so.
Certeon conducted a survey of attendees at the SharePoint Connections Conference in Orlando, Florida, a few weeks ago, and decided to share the results with the world. The survey respondents were IT managers in the healthcare, manufacturing, government, defense, education, energy, and financial services industries, including the managers of Boeing, Bosch, Coca-Cola and Progressive Insurance. Of
New IBM Deal Gives Decent Trade-In Rebates on Old Gear
As I reported in the last week's issue, IBM is getting set to raise monthly maintenance fees on AS/400 servers by 9 percent or so starting July 1. This maintenance hike is the stick that Big Blue often uses to move customers ahead to newer iron. The stick is usually accompanied by a carrot, and last Friday, IBM put that side of the carrot-and-stick promotion out.
Specifically, IBM announced a trade-in promotion that gives companies who exchange their AS/400 or iSeries servers for a new System i machine. This trade-in promotion is meant to represent the approximate fair market
Raz-Lee Security, Advantage International Announce iSeries Partnership
Nanuet, New York-based Raz-Lee Security, a security software provider for the iSeries and System i server lines, said last week that it had inked a partnership with Advantage International Systems, an IBM business partner located in Palm Harbor, Florida.
Advantage International was founded a decade ago and provides turnkey iSeries and System i solutions aimed at customer relationship management, business intelligence, and high availability clustering workloads. The company is a reseller of iTera's Echo2 product for HA clustering of OS/400-based servers. The company also sells the NGS-IQ business intelligence software from New Generation Software and the System
Next Up on the System i: Python
Strictly speaking, the popular open source software stack that is abbreviated as LAMP should really be shortened to LAMPPP, since the stack is comprised of the Linux operating system, the Apache Web server, the MySQL database, and the three programming languages made popular for Web programming: Perl, Python, and PHP. While the OS/400 platform has informally supported Perl for years, and is just now getting official support for PHP, what you might not know is that two Python variants also run natively on the box.
Of course, running and having support–which means IBM's official blessing and
RAID Buys Assets of Zzyzx–Formerly eStorage, Formerly BCC Technologies
A small innovative storage array maker called RAID Incorporated has acquired the assets of another storage maker with a presence in the iSeries market and with the improbable name of Zzyzx Peripherals.
In November 2005, Zzyzx got a toe in the OS/400 market when it acquired eStorage, both of which hail from California. (Zzyzz was located in San Diego, while eStorage was located in Irvine.) The reason why eStorage was interesting to the iSeries market was because BCC Technologies, the midrange storage company, was rebranded as eStorage in March 2003 after founder David Breisacher left the company and the
Red Hat Buys JBoss–Your Move, Novell
There have been rumors since early this year that open source and commercial Java middleware distributor JBoss was in play, and that software giant Oracle was pursuing the company as well as Zend Technologies, which distributes a popular open source alternative to Java called PHP. JBoss was definitely in play, but the company has agreed to be acquired by commercial Linux distributor Red Hat for $350 million rather than Oracle, which oddly enough puts Novell in a funny position.
Under the acquisition deal, Red Hat is giving JBoss, which is a privately held company that is headquartered in Atlanta,
CA Buys Cybermation to Bolster System Management Software
Software powerhouse CA, formerly known as Computer Associates but joining the ranks of silly companies that think an abbreviation is a proper name for a corporation, announced last week that it had acquired cross-platform job scheduling specialist Cybermation for $75 million in cash.
While CA has divested itself from a lot of its OS/400-related products (including the PRMS and Interbiz suites, which were sold off to SSA Global), it still has the Synon 4GL development language, now called AllFusion and now, by virtue of the Cybermation acquisition, CA has a tool that can hook into OS/400 and i5/OS
Mad Dog 21/21: Patent Lather
April 17, 2006 Hesh Wiener
A while ago, in 1449 to be precise, King Henry VI of England issued a written proclamation bearing his official seal that for 20 years granted Flemish-born John of Utynam the exclusive right to make stained glass using his special process. Many other similar declarations, called litterae patentes or letters patent, meaning open letters, followed, each granting a monopoly to its holder. Only some went to inventors. Then and now, not every invention is patentable. In the Elizabethan era, you couldn't patent a toilet bowl; today you can't get an unequivocal patent on software in Europe. In both cases,
Job Posting Areas Created on the IT Jungle Forums
At the request of a number of IT Jungle Forums users, we have added a new Job Postings section to the forums. Headhunters and companies sometimes abuse forums by posting open job positions all over the place, and we are having none of that. We want to help people get work and companies find good people, so there are some ground rules.
We have created specific areas for people looking for jobs and companies looking for people, and in our no-nonsense fashion, these areas are called Job Postings–People Looking for Work and Job Postings–Companies Looking for People.
Anyone who

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Bitcoin still a smart investment, or no?
So...how's about those cryptocurrencies, am I right?
Ok, so I'll admit I'm a fairweather investor who pays the same kind of attention to investor news as a kid on red cordial pays attention in class. That said, I've noticed cryptocurrencies like bitcoin kinda slipping out of the headlines recently, and other than kicking myself that I didn't invest in them a long time ago, I'm curious if they're still worthwhile? A good way to diversify? Utterly crazy?
I'm kind of lost as to where they sit in the grand scheme of things, and of course any article I can find on the current state of these things is from people all interested in taking their cut of the profits so of course they think it's a good idea.


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Open Letter From Indigenous Women Scholars Regarding Discussions of Andrea Smith
byIndian Country Today
We write to respond to widespread public discussion of well-known scholar-activist Andrea Smith's history of contradictory claims to Cherokee identity through both enrollment and lineal descent. While concerns about her claims have been known and discussed within various indigenous women's circles for years, many people are hearing details about them for the first time. The news has provoked a variety of responses from those committed to antiracist, antisexist, and anticolonial analyses and actions, including shock, incredulity, fear, anger, denial, and great sadness. Thus, differing and sometimes conflicting assumptions about the meanings and intentions of this discussion are circulating on social media. A prominent fear is that the discussion is motivated by a desire to undermine, police or ostracize an individual; another is that the work people find important in developing their understandings of colonization and sexual violence might now have to be jettisoned.
We hope to reframe this discussion and to collectively clarify what we believe to be core issues at stake. We are indigenous women scholars from a number of different indigenous nations, communities, academic disciplines, and geographies who are committed to working for gender, sexual, and racial justice in the context of decolonization. We write with the intention to open up discussion. We hope to elicit productive dialogues about deeply fraught and painful issues, and to suggest paths forward for continued and complex analysis of the roles identity plays in the work we do. We do not claim to represent all indigenous women in Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) or a monolithic indigenous feminism. There is diverse work within NAIS and Native/Indigenous gender, sexuality, and feminist studies, and also diverse perspectives within Native/Indigenous academic and activist communities about feminism. We respect that diversity. Additionally, we want to acknowledge the kinds of professional vulnerabilities that NAIS scholars are subject to, especially intergenerationally, through the politics of race, gender, and sexuality. Therefore, we did not invite untenured or adjunct faculty to sign this statement.
We call first and foremost for accountability to the communities in which we claim membership. This is not a call for the punitive or the exclusionary. This case evokes people's fears and vulnerabilities about very real histories of disenfranchisement, expulsion, discrimination, and normative policing in Indian Country and beyond. Thus it bears repeating: our concerns about Andrea Smith do not emerge from statist forms of enrollment or non-enrollment, federal recognition or lack thereof. They are not about blood quantum or other biologically essentialist notions of identity. Nor are they about cultural purity or authenticity, or imposing standards of identification that those who would work for or with indigenous communities must meet.
Rather, our concerns are about the profound need for transparency and responsibility in light of the traumatic histories of colonization, slavery, and genocide that shape the present. Andrea Smith has a decades-long history of self-contradictory stories of identity and affiliation testified to by numerous scholars and activists, including her admission to four separate parties that she has no claim to Cherokee ancestry at all. She purportedly promised to no longer identify as Cherokee, and yet in her subsequent appearances and publications she continues to assert herself as a non-specific "Native woman" or a "woman of color" scholar to antiracist activist communities in ways that we believe have destructive intellectual and political consequences. Presenting herself as generically indigenous, and allowing others to represent her as Cherokee, Andrea Smith allows herself to stand in as the representative of collectivities to which she has demonstrated no accountability, and undermines the integrity and vibrancy of Cherokee cultural and political survival. Her lack of clarity and consistency in her self-presentation adds to the vulnerability of the communities and constituents she purports to represent, including students and activists she mentors and who cite and engage her work. This concerns us as indigenous women committed to opening spaces for scholars and activists with whom we work and who come after us.
Asking for accountability to our communities and collectivities is not limited to Andrea Smith. Asking for transparency, self-reflexivity, and honesty about our complex histories and scholarly investments is motivated by the desire to strengthen ethical indigenous scholarship by both indigenous and non-indigenous scholars. This is one of the core guiding values of indigenous feminisms, and we believe that the long history of indigenous feminisms cannot and should not be reduced to Smith's work as representative or originary, even as we recognize that her work on sexual violence and colonialism has had a profound impact on a wide range of constituencies.
Though some express fear that the power of indigenous feminist critique might be undermined by raising these concerns, such fear is a reflection of the urgent need for scholars in and beyond indigenous studies to extend their reading and citational practices to include the length and breadth of indigenous women's writings and activism over the years. Indigenous women have always been at the forefront of their communities in naming and combatting colonization, genocide, and gendered violence. Looking at the US and Canada alone, work by Paula Gunn Allen, Kim Anderson, Beth Brant, Chrystos, Sarah Deer, Ella Deloria, Jennifer Denetdale, Mishuana Goeman, Joy Harjo, Sarah Hunt, E. Pauline Johnson, Winona LaDuke, Emma LaRoque, Lee Maracle, Bea Medicine, Dian Millon, Deborah Miranda, Dory Nason, Melissa K. Nelson, Jessica Bissett-Perea, Kimberly Robertson, Luana Ross, Priscilla Settee, Audra Simpson, Leanne Simpson, Lina Sunseri, Elle-Maija Tailfeathers, and Melanie Yazzie to name only some, demonstrates the vitality and richness of indigenous women's voices that speak against the racial, gendered, and sexualized violences of colonialism.
Given the intellectual and emotional labor that Andrea Smith's silence and lack of accountability has required us all—supporter or critic—to undertake, we would like to also ask for reflection and care in the stories generated to make sense of her contradictions and her silences. The history of Cherokee removal and dispossession is deeply woven into the same southeastern landscapes shaped by slavery and anti-black racism, and the Cherokee Nation's disenfranchisement of the Freedmen must continue to be ethically addressed and challenged. So too must efforts to expunge the rolls of entire families in indigenous nations across this continent. At the same time, we recognize that histories of "playing Indian" have gone hand in hand with dispossession of land in Indian Territory during allotment. Playing Indian is enabled by and supports the dominant narrative that indigenous peoples are vanishing or already vanished. The material consequences of that narrative includes ongoing claims by the state, by science, and by non-indigenous individuals to indigenous lands, sacred sites, remains, and both individual and group representations of us. Our concerns are grounded in these histories, and we challenge both individual and structural forms of indigenous erasure.
Smith's self-acknowledged false claims and lack of clarity on her own identity perpetuate deeply ingrained notions of race—black, white, and Indian—that run counter to indigenous modes of kinship, family, and community connection. When she and others continue to produce her as Cherokee, indigenous, and/or as a woman of color by default, they reinforce a history in which settlers have sought to appropriate every aspect of indigenous life and absolve themselves of their own complicity with continued dispossession of both indigenous territory and existence.
The stories we tell have consequences, and the harm that some stories produce goes beyond their individual context. One of the devastating consequences of Smith having served as the often singular representative of indigeneity in a variety of academic and activist social justice contexts is damage to strategic alliance building, especially between indigenous and non-indigenous women of color. Accountability to communities, kinship networks and multiple histories is part of the difficult work scholars of indigenous and critical race studies must be willing to undertake to ensure that our work combats rather than reinforces or leaves untouched the intricate dynamics of heteropatriarchal racist colonialism.
Our desire here is to help move forward productive conversations surrounding the specific case of Andrea Smith and to also contextualize them within larger discussions long held in NAIS, a crucial field of inquiry. We hope that this current moment can provide scholars and activists involved with NAIS, critical ethnic studies, gender, sexuality and queer studies, and multiple activist communities an opportunity to expand their methodologies, citational practices, pedagogies, curriculum, advising/mentoring, and political organizing. We hope to foster collaboration across our fields and communities that builds our solidarity with LGBTQ, women of color, and all progressive anti-racist and decolonial scholars and activists, and that contributes to our ethical, integral, and accountable relations with one another. We do not ask anyone to step back from dialogue and disagreement, only that all proceed thoughtfully, with awareness of the often conflictual histories of dispossession, oppression and loss that underpin these conversations.
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Tony 'RadarX' Jones is Community Manager for PoxNora, a turn-based online multiplayer strategy game developed by Sony Online Entertainment's (SOE) Tucson Studio. He is responsible for communicating player feedback and getting the word out about the game and the many features it has to offer players, including the recent Facebook launch of PoxNora, making it SOE's first Facebook game. Ten Ton Hammer recently caught up with Tony Jones to talk about the game's newest expansion and its launch on Facebook.
The reception to the Facebook portal has been quite remarkable. Inside Social Games identified us as one of the top 15 fastest growing Facebook games two weeks in a row. We're seeing a wave of new players trying out PoxNora, which is very exciting. As a company, we are providing as much support as we can for the Facebook community including giving away a free battlegroup just for registering.
To read the latest guides, news, and features you can visit our PoxNora Game Page.


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Michael Mace Tonight On Computer Outlook
Tonight's guest will be none other than the former Chief Competitive Officer, Michael Mace on the Computer Outlook radio program. The show airs live at 7pm CST/CDT and those of us not in the Las Vegas area can listen live via the Internet at this link. simply choose your prefered stream and you should be good to go. If you miss the live broadcast, there will be a podcast available at a later date.
You may recall that Michael Mace gave the closing keynote at the 2005 PalmSource Developers Conference, which drew record numbers for a closing keynote. His presentation was rich with information and insight into what the future may hold for the mobile landscape, which Palm OS has a large vested intrest in. Shortly after the conference, PalmSource had a huge layoff and Mace was one of the casualities. A month or so later and PalmSource was purchased by Access. Suffice to say that it's been a crazy couple of months since the Dev Con.
Tonight we'll be catching up with Michael Mace, finding out what a wild ride it's been since the DevCon, what he's been up to since then and what he's working on in the near future. There will be plenty of great conversation, because no one has his pulse on the mobile space like Mace.
About Michael Mace
Michael Mace is currently a consultant and writer for the blogs Mobile Opportunity and Map The Future, in addition to currently working on a book on business strategy. Previously, Michael served as the Chief Competitive Officer and Vice President at PalmSource and earlier as Palm. Prior to joining Palm, he served as Vice President of Marketing for Softbook Press, a leader in the creation of ebook devices and publishing systems; and Director of Worldwide Marketing for Silicon Graphics' Windows products division, which produced the company's first Intel processor-based products. Michael has also held a variety of leadership positions at Apple, including Director of Mac Platform Marketing and Director of Marketing for the Home and Education Division. He also founded Century Software, which produced the world's first downloadable PostScript type fonts, and has worked as a journalist. Michael holds a degree in international relations from UCLA.
About Computer Outlook
Computer Outlook is a daily technology radio program which broadcasts live out of Las Vegas. They have approximately 30 affiliates nation-wide as well as a very large Internet based audience as well. Computer Outlook covers the gambit when it comes to technology. Each show focuses on one particular avenue of technology, such as Linux, Wireless and Palm Handhelds, just to name a few.
John Iasiuolo, the show host, has a varied background in the business world, including a successful career in the entertainment industry. He has recognized a need for computer education targeting both home and business users?no techno-babble! Using this concept, John asks the questions we would all like answered.
I'm the co-host of the "Palm Handheld 'Lifestyle'" monthly show, which airs live on the 3rd Thursday of every month.


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Roberts A, Thomas WD, Guarner J, Lamirande EW, Babcock GJ, Greenough TC, Vogel L, Hayes N, Sullivan JL, Zaki S, Subbarao K, Ambrosino DM. Therapy with a severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus-neutralizing human monoclonal antibody reduces disease severity and viral burden in golden Syrian hamsters. J Infect Dis. 2006 Mar 1; 193(5):685-92. PMID: 16453264.
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All the work's been done on this easy living home on the sunny side of Volcano. In a prime location in the subdivision, backing to a 7 acre common area, the 27000 acre Keauhou Ranch and within walking distance of the Volcano Winery! Since purchase in 2013 owners have dedicated hours in clearing invasive plants from the common area and replanting with natives. This has opened up a mountain and sunset view from the newly enlarged patio off the Family Room. Landscaping, rock walls, fencing and a pond with waterfall complete the pretty picture outside. The Sellers are Master Gardeners and you will appreciate their handiwork from the moment you drive in. A natural outcropping of Pahoehoe lava borders the street boundary, providing privacy from the road and the perfect location for a pond and waterfall outside your front window!
The home has also been tastefully upgraded with all fresh paint in and out, new easy care flooring, appliances, bathroom counter tops, fixtures, etc. A complete list of improvements is attached at tool bar. The frosting on this lovely cake is the photovoltaic electric panels which net meter back to HELCO. Average monthly electric bill over the past two years has been $28! All furniture is available and negotiable outside escrow. You will see the value here with the thoughtful improvements and all the extras. Truly one of a kind. Join me on the sunny side of Volcano in Lava Zone 3 with access to Spectrum cable and paved County roads.


A very long sand and pebble beach with more rocks towards the west.
Very popular with fossil hunters though beware of unstable cliffs.
Lyme Regis Monmouth Beach is on the Jurassic Coast.
The tide at Lyme Regis Monmouth Beach is currently rising. High tide will be at approximately 11:55 AM, and the next low tide will be at approximately 5:21 PM.
There is parking for 500 cars - a charge applies.
around 10 miles east as the seagull flies, around 14 miles by road.
around 7 miles west-southwest as the seagull flies, around 10 miles by road.
Visitor information for Lyme Regis Monmouth Beach, Dorset, England. Weather, tides, visitor comments, beach facilities, photos, nearest postcode, beach information and nearby accommodation.


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Enviro-Fraud: Why Intermittent Wind & Solar Can't Reduce Carbon Dioxide Gas Emissions — STOP THESE THINGS
August 30, 2022 August 30, 2022 kaykiser
The greatest fraud in history started with the idea that you can run an economy on sunshine and breezes. Sequentially, inevitably, every myth and lie put forward by renewable energy rent seekers and their shrinking band of acolytes gets busted and exposed. Lines like: wind power is cheaper than coal (it isn't); the wind is […]
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Friday Funny – There is No Climate Emergency* — Watts Up With That?
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Unless you are on the doom news payroll. Josh writes: "There is No Climate Emergency!" say a whole load of scientists from all over the world in a declaration. A…
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Failed Climate Predictions – Willie Soon, PhD — Watts Up With That?
Doctors for Disaster Preparedness Published August 19, 2022 Presentation by Willie Soon, PhD, Independent Scientist, CERES https://www.ceres-science.com, https://parler.com/williesoon DDP, Las Vegas August 15, 2022 Also available on our Vdeo page.
James Webb Telescope Images are evidence against the Big Bang Theory and Expanding Universe Model
The unexpected new data coming back from the telescope are inspiring panic among astronomers
Physicist Eric J. Lerner comes to the point:
"To everyone who sees them, the new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images of the cosmos are beautifully awe-inspiring. But to most professional astronomers and cosmologists, they are also extremely surprising—not at all what was predicted by theory. In the flood of technical astronomical papers published online since July 12, the authors report again and again that the images show surprisingly many galaxies, galaxies that are surprisingly smooth, surprisingly small and surprisingly old. Lots of surprises, and not necessarily pleasant ones. One paper's title begins with the candid exclamation: "Panic!"
Why do the JWST's images inspire panic among cosmologists? And what theory's predictions are they contradicting? The papers don't actually say. The truth that these papers don't report is that the hypothesis that the JWST's images are blatantly and repeatedly contradicting is the Big Bang Hypothesis that the universe began 14 billion years ago in an incredibly hot, dense state and has been expanding ever since. Since that hypothesis has been defended for decades as unquestionable truth by the vast majority of cosmological theorists, the new data is causing these theorists to panic. "Right now I find myself lying awake at three in the morning," says Alison Kirkpatrick, an astronomer at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, "and wondering if everything I've done is wrong." [Update: Kirkpatrick has protested Lerner's handling of this quotation. See Note below.]ERIC J. LERNER, "THE BIG BANG DIDN'T HAPPEN" AT IAI.TV (AUGUST 11, 2022)
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In this quirky and chilling thriller, the lives of four mentally unbalanced desert travellers violently collide. Sandra is a depressed woman heading to pick up her streetwise sister Alice, Jake is a stressed out criminal psychologist and Santini is an angry lunatic. One of them is a serial killer.
The film fell too quickly into the serial-killer mode and lost the edge it never had but always wanted.
[American Perfekt] wants to get by on quirkiness and so-called charm alone, and it just doesn't work.
This was one of those crime thrillers that came along in the wake of Quentin Tarantino's emergence and tried to emulate his style for 'cool' violence. The only thing this has in common with Q.T. though, is Pulp Fiction's Amanda Plummer and Jackie Brown's Robert Forster in the cast. The rest pales in comparison, and frankly, I don't see much of a resemblance. A young woman (Faruza Balk) travelling through the desert on her way to meet her sister (Plummer) crosses paths with a psychotic physician (Forster) who decides his actions on the flip of a coin. When I seen this years ago, I was thoroughly entertained and thought it was a highly original and exciting film. On second viewing, it doesn't quite stand up to scrutiny. The originality I thought it once had is basically taken from novelist Luke Reinhart's "The Dice Man". What is an intriguing premise is played out with such a lack of urgency that it becomes very tedious, very quickly. It picks up when Fairuza Balk arrives in town though and Forster's psycho pychologist begins to reveal himself. However, he's still a little tepid and despite a decent performance, he's not nearly menacing enough. There are a few things worthy of admiration but it's the pacing that's all wrong, letting down a decent cast and missing an opportunity for genuine thrills. A half baked psychological thriller that aims high but ultimately falls hard from it's intended target.


Home » Academics » Schools » School of Science, Engineering and Technology » Faculty » Jose Tormos Melendez, Ph.D.
Jose Tormos Melendez, Ph.D., received a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of the Sacred Heart in San Juan, Puerto Rico. During his years as an undergraduate, he was involved in Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico–Rio Piedras isolating and analyzing soil samples that contain novel fatty acids with potential medicinal applications. After graduation, he worked in the Chemical Technology Division at Argonne National Laboratories in Chicago.
Tormos Melendez earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Iowa, where he used enzyme kinetics and isotope effects with UV-Vis spectrophotometry to demonstrate the accumulation of a tetrahedral intermediate in the active site of the enzymes acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme found in the neuromuscular junction; and butyrylcholinesterase, an enzyme that has been the target of several nerve agents.
As a postdoctoral research fellow, he joined the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. During that time, he established that an enzyme from P. anserina is a nitroalkane oxidase, upgrading the protein from its original classification as hypothetical. Tormos Melendez also used site-directed mutagenesis and enzyme kinetics to determine the structure and the role of specific residues in substrate binding and specificity for the mammalian enzyme polyamine oxidase.
As an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Biochemistry at UTHSCSA, Tormos Melendez used X-ray crystallography to obtain the first mammalian crystal structure of the enzyme polyamine oxidase and further study the structural and binding differences among the different polyamine oxidase enzymes.
His career goal is to teach and establish his own biochemistry laboratory at St. Mary's University. Tormos Melendez enjoys the University's diverse student population and its interdisciplinary approach to science education through the overlap of different departments and courses to expose students to a broader learning experience in science.
Tormos, J. R., Henderson Pozzi, M. and Fitzpatrick, P. F. Arch. of Biochem. and Biophys.; 2012; (In press). "Mechanistic Studies of Mammalian Polyamine Oxidase: Role of Histidine 64".
Tormos, J. R. Taylor, A. B., Colette, S. B., Hart, P. J. and Fitzptrick, P. F. Biochemistry; 2010; 49 (24), 5035 – 5041. "Identification of a Hypothetical Protein from Podospora anserina as a Nitroalkane Oxidase".
Tormos, J. R., Wiley, K. L., Wang, Y., Fournier, D., Masson, P., Nachon, P. and Quinn, D. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010; 132 (50), 17751 – 17759. "Accumulation of Tetrahedral Intermediates in Cholinesterase Catalysis: A Secondary Isotope Effect Study".
Wiley, K. L, Tormos, J. R. and Quinn, D. M. Chem-Biol Interact; 2010; 187 (1 – 3), 124 – 127. "A secondary isotope effect study of equine serum butyrylcholinesterase-catalyzed hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine".
Tormos, J. R., Wiley, K. L., Seravalli, J., Nachon, F., Masson, P., Nicolet, Y., Quinn, D. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (Communication); 2005; 127, 14538 – 14539. "The Reactant State for Substrate-Activated Turnover of Acetylthiocholine by Butyrylcholinesterase is a Tetrahedral Intermediate".


"In loaning money to a prospective buyer of property, I'm not giving advice; I'm negotiating," emphasized PeoplesBank CEO Tom Senecal '88 in a visit to HTM professor Bob Wilson's course, Real Estate Finance, Analysis, and Investments. "I'm not in the business of owning property; I'm in the business of loaning money," added Senecal, whose network of community-focused banks rule as the largest mutual bank business in western Massachusetts. The Isenberg accounting graduate revealed a banker's perspective that shed light on a case study recently tackled by the students.
This year's Accounting Alumnus of the Year is John McNamara '81 '82 M.S., Assurance Shareholder with Sullivan Bille, P.C. McNamara will be honored on April 20th at Isenberg's Annual Accounting Banquet at The Log Cabin in Holyoke.
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NEW GLARUS - Three Green County high school students competed in the American Legion's Constitutional Speech contest, Sunday, Jan. 9, at the New Glarus High/Middle School.Contestants were required to give an 8- to 10-minute prepared oration on a topic of their choice related to the United States Constitution. They were also assigned a topic on which they then gave a 3- to 5-minute oration. The assigned topic was one of four topics that related to specific articles of the Constitution.Zachary R. Clark, a junior at New Glarus High School, was this year's winner.


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Great adventure for someone who wants a taste of vietnam. Our guide Manh went above and beyond making sure we got the best of everything.
Vietnam snapshot tour was absolutely amazing our guide Manh Nguyen was fabulous he went above and beyond to make sure we all had the best adventure, best food and best experience ever.
It's been more than 36 years since our first small group set out to discover Nepal. It's this heritage and our reputation that keeps travellers coming back time and time again.
We appeal to the well-travelled, discerning traveller. The one who chooses value over price, and wants to immerse themselves in a place instead of just ticking landmarks off a bucket list. The type of person who would rather stay in a family run B&B built in a 16th century Venetian convent than a forgettable hotel. We're for travellers who want inclusions along the way instead of fiddling around for loose change.
Almost 20 years ago, Peregrine led an industry revolution by solely employing locally born leaders. This innovative approach gives our travellers a deeper insight into the countries they visit. Doorways are opened and a true understanding of the place is fostered.
At Peregrine, we travel in intimate groups and take the time to get under the skin of a destination. Of course we all want to see the Taj Mahal in India. But imagine then heading to a remote Rajasthani village and learning about rural life while in the company of locals. Seeing the famous sites is a must, but it's often the memory of wandering through a small village or sharing dinner with a local family that will leave a lasting impact.


The Crawford High Performance / High Pressure Coolant Tank is designed specifically for road or track applications.
The Crawford High Performance / High Pressure Coolant Tank is designed specifically for road or track applications. Not only was this unit tested for day to day use on Crawford's shop test mule for nearly a year in cold, hot and varying altitudes it has also been tested on multiple race applications, from Auto-Cross, Time Attack, Endurance Racing and even the most brutal of racing, Rally.
The current evolution of the Crawford High Performance Coolant Tank has been refined to work in the Subaru OEM locations with no modifications needed. The Crawford High Performance Coolant Tank has been fitted with a high pressure 27-29 PSI (1.8-2.0 bar) Moroso Radiator cap to handle everything from real world daily driving to conditions of the heat at Las Vegas International Race Way, reaching well into the 100 degree mark.
The benefit of increasing the coolant pressure is the ability to run higher coolant temperatures without the fear of the coolant boiling inside the engine. This higher pressure effectively raises the boiling point of the coolant from 248 degrees Fahrenheit or 120 degrees Celsius to 272F or 133C. This is an increase of 24 degrees Fahrenheit or 13 degrees Celsius over the stock STI radiator cap and an increased safety margin for your engine.
The High Performance Coolant Tank comes fitted with a billet filler neck for added durability and protection against leaks even when driving for extended periods of time. It is made from 100% aircraft grade aluminum and is fully Tig welded. The reliability of this piece can be seen not only in the American made craftsmanship, but also from the quality of the product during short day to day commutes, where temperatures rise and fall dramatically, and even the epic of racing conditions and endurance racing, where extreme engine temperatures are the norm.
Each Crawford High Pressure Coolant Tank is powder coated a semi-gloss black for the appealing OEM look under the hood and connects directly to the OEM coolant hoses with no modifications needed. Although, we recommend that a set of high quality / high pressure radiator hoses (such as Samco) are used when installing the Crawford High Pressure Coolant Tank in order to maintain a reliable high pressure system.


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> The annual report is still alive -- Check it out!
The annual report is still alive -- Check it out!
Globalization of markets, round-the-clock cross-border investment flows, internationalization of reporting standards, the increased complexity of reporting requirements have resulted in an overall improvement of reporting practices (a good aspect) and a larger degree of homogenization of annual reports (not always for the better) over the last decade. In addition, the Net and mobile communication tools have opened new channels to reach anyone anyplace at any time (with pros and cons, once again).
Mixed together, those trends make the reporting challenge more daunting, report makers' job more difficult, and evaluation or comparison more complicated. So much that since the launch of the Annual Report on Annual Reports we have heard regularly obituaries about the extinction of annual reports (see e.g. "The death of the annual report" by David Robinson, a professor at the Haas School of Business, in October 2007). More than fifty years since the creation of annual reports (probably pioneered by IBM), and seventeen years after our first survey, the annual report is still alive –with and without changes. How come?
Publishing an annual report is mandatory. This probably explains why thousands of companies just stick to a legal format and simply go for reporting as a necessary evil or as (accounting) business as usual.
If reporting annually is primarily done to meet legal and regulatory obligations, good reporting tends to depart from ready-to-wear forms and goes beyond compliance. As the then CEO of Canadian BMO bank once wrote in his annual report message: "Reporting is not just about complying." If only more report makers could walk that talk! A big frustration indeed is that too many reports now tend to look and sound like each other (a downside of globalization). Where is that differentiation, trumpeted by branding, advertising and other marketing specialists?
The annual report remains (one of) the major place(s) to set out the company strategy, put it in perspective, check its execution –and problems faced. A recent survey conducted among buy-side investors worldwide by U.S.-based Rivel Research showed the clarity of business strategy and growth potential as the two major aspects considered for long-term investment. Where else can it be better explained than in an annual report?
The average report reader (shareholder, investor, analyst, stakeholder...) spends indisputably less time reading annuals than in the past (some alarming reports talk about five minutes!). The report lifecycle is also probably shorter than it was (like for many things today). This doesn't make annuals irrelevant, but certainly implies making them more engaging and compelling, and even sometimes building and structuring them differently towards a better and quicker use.
Annual reports have become more oriented towards broader stakeholder audiences than towards shareholders and stock investors only. That has increased readership. According to some recent surveys, one third of investment decisions are based on non-financial attributes. In the last decade, companies producing sustainability or responsibility reports have increased fifteenfold. Balanced scorecard, triple bottom line and integrated reports are no longer exceptions.
"A report created annually that provides an analysis and assessment of the trends of the past year" is the neutral and traditional definition provided by an online accounting website. Today's reporting should also look forward. Still, too many reports "do not reveal about how companies (will) create value over the long-term," as Paul Druckman of the International Integrated Reporting Council recently pointed out. "Most annual reports actually say very little about how companies and corporate executives plan to get from point A to point B, or give other information required to gauge future performance," says Shelley Taylor, a reporting expert.
Reporting is increasingly happening online (and going mobile too), with many annuals reaching their audience via special online versions or websites. Things have moved so fast that the web format has almost turned commonplace in some areas. Is the medium the message? Not completely, and hopefully. Online is a channel, like prints still are. It serves as a vehicle for contents, which shouldn't sacrifice substance to web gimmickry.
To keep up with trends and changes, and at the same time to maintain continuity, e.com as a report assessment consultancy and ReportWatch as a rating process have tried to strike a balance between keeping old reporting standards and updating/upgrading report evaluation tools (criteria have been grouped and condensed in 2013). Not always an easy job! In the first five years of the Annual Report on Annual Reports two-thirds of top 100 reports were rated B maximum or lower on key reporting areas. This year, 60 percent of top 300 reports have been rated B+ or higher. Despite a gap between lowest marked reports and top ones almost as big as a decade ago, in the 2013 edition there is a 25-mark difference between top 10 annuals and the ones ranked around 200-250. That is much, or a little, depending on the viewpoint. That probably also explains why there is a tie for the number one rank (among many ties -invisible, as marks are not public- in our scoring table), between two annuals picked for various reasons.
In its seventeenth edition, the Annual Report on Annual Reports is still made for report makers and advisers who commit themselves to doing a good job, who strive for higher/highest reporting standards, who aim at bringing and adding value for shareholders, investors and other stakeholders.


Mike is the former President, CEO and Chief Creative Officer of Marsteller, the corporate storytelling arm of Burson Marsteller.
He has held senior management positions at BBDO, Grey, Citigate, and Young & Rubicam.
Dave has led creative departments at Fidelity's Waterstreet, Larry Miller, and iXL, at one time the world's second largest web strategy and development firm. He has served as CMO of various venture-backed firms and continues to consult directly with clients.
Previously, he was a group creative director at the Boston office of BBDO and at Ingalls.
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Peter led the creative practice of eCRM consultancy Digital Lighthouse where he was responsible for creating internal and external websites for many of Wall Street's largest firms. He has held senior creative positions at N.W. Ayer and Young & Rubicam.
Joe loves working on the difficult challenges—the ones that get solved by understanding the hard facts on the ground and by developing the kinds of strategies that reshape the landscape…in your favor.
Joe's analyses and advice have helped global companies like Bayer to make winning, multi-billion dollar decisions. That's why Vertex Pharma asked Joe to help them to develop concepts for social media, mobile apps, and wearable telemetry devices.
For 35 years, Roland has developed award-winning communications programs for leading academic institutions.
An expert in all areas of collegiate marketing and communications, he has advised two presidents of the University of Texas at Dallas; a dean of Vermont Law School; three presidents of Dartmouth College; and three presidents of Bates College.
Prior to forming BCM, Brenda developed media strategies for Fortune 500 companies at Lord, Geller, Federico, Einstein and Marquardt and Roche.
In addition to expertise in traditional and online media planning, she is known as a particularly tough negotiator.


As we found out in The Force Awakens, Rey is a whole new kind of Rebel. If you dig her style, make sure you show it off right with this Star Wars tank dress. This vibrant skater style dress has an ombre fade and slick sublimated print art from the new movie on the skirt. Combine that with a classic Rebel logo and some choice words to live by and there's not likely to be a more fashionable look in this galaxy or the one far, far away. Pick up this Rebel Vehicle Hoodie Tank Dress and you're sure to be envied by other fans!


Dammit the cosplayer broke into the ER room someone call the cops.
What were you wearing exactly? Did you identify yourself as a doctor?
Regardless of what they are wearing, help should always be appreciated. Marines are mandatory first responders. Imagine what we'd be wearing if we stopped to help someone else.
No, more info is not needed. This person took time out of their day to stop and help and these people were ungrateful assholes. Obviously qualified to administer aid effectively until further help arrived, they were still assholes.
Actually it is better to not help. Civilians (which OP was at the time) can be sued for administering unwanted aid. Even if you're first aid certified, the best thing to do in the case of an emergency is just to make sure the area is clear and wait for the paramedics. The only exception being if people have life threatening injuries.
So much for running around dressed as Fluttershy! Society is not ready for a Brony.
"PhD, and you're in MY way."
No the Doc is in the way, EMT's are trained for the field. Doc's are trained for the hospital. But their still dicks for the cosplay remark.
Read the text. The doc arrived before the paramedics.
yeah, hi, i DID read the text. OP should've told the paramedics when they got there that they are a doctor. was that not clear?
When you are cosplaying Doctor Who and you go "Hi, I'm a doctor", there can be some misunderstanding.
That's when you show them your Hospital ID and say well, I'll see you kids at the hospital where we REAL doctors work.
Wow, I would have filed a complaint. Even if you weren't a doctor, that's no way to talk to someone that was actually helping people who were in need of emergency aid.


We moved our AkS Superdraft to the first weekend of the season, May 6-7, a great way to find a team or get some swings in before the season kicks into gear.
Since Memorial Day weekend, May 27-28, was now open, because of the SuperDraft move, AkS is putting together a a Coed tourney with details to come. It will be a fundraiser for the American Cancer Association's Relay for Life.
The 15th Annual AKS Classic is schedule for Aug. 26-27.
Anchorage Sports will host 23 tourneys with their City Tourneys, Coed July 29-30 and Mens/Womens Aug. 12-13, getting the biggest changes as all are now three game elimination tourneys. They've also added 5/5/5 men's and women's tourneys on July 15. This is a new format and we'll have an explanation page about it soon. They will also host State Tourneys in the following divisions; Coed, Men's and Women's Comp.
Anchor Town Sports has 5 tourneys weekends on their schedule lead by their popular One-Pitch tourney on June 10-11. State tourneys hosted; Men's D.
Kenai's Firecracker, the Valdez Magic and the Seward tourneys will be the the weekend, July 1-2, just before the Fourth of July.
Mat-Su Softball will stick with their Memorial tourney on June 2-4 and the ever popular Mug-Shot Showdown on July 21-23, they will also host the Coed B and Men's C State tourneys.


A dizzying amount of inspiration, advice and information is available for planning weddings in our wired (and wireless) modern world. Almost anything can be researched, reviewed or reserved with a few keystrokes or touches to the screen of a smartphone.
Convenient as that is, nothing beats being able to talk face-to-face with wedding experts and actually see, touch, hear, smell and taste all the different things they can do to help you create your perfect, memorable wedding day.
For Eugene-area brides- and grooms-to-be, the Oregon Wedding Showcase offers twice-annual opportunities to do this valuable type of planning with several dozen experts under one roof. The fall show is this Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19-20, at Lane Events Center in Eugene.
Exhibitors at the show include caterers, florists, photographers, bridal shops, wedding planners, disc jockeys, event destinations, bridal gift registries, entertainers and more.
Oregon Wedding Showcase organizer Judy Van Valkenberg says the event not only puts couples in touch with the experts who can turn their wedding-day dreams into reality, but for those who are just starting the process, it provides a window into current wedding trends that might help inspire those dreams.
The appeal of such themed weddings is driven in part, she says, by an abundance of ideas for creative decorations � �every different thing you can imagine to make a wedding your own� � to be found online on Pinterest and elsewhere.
All these and more trends will be on display in two daily wedding fashion shows, at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., and at an on-site gown sale that offers brides a rare chance to save on one of their most important wedding purchases.
Potentially, Van Valkenberg says, couples can save �thousands� of dollars by taking advantage of the gown sale and show discounts from many other vendors, and by entering to win one of five Las Vegas getaways.
Several exhibitors are new to the show: BG Fantasy Flowers; Jaime Kae Hazen Photography; Absolutely Impressive (photography, DJ services); Country Financial (insurance); Mneme Media (videography); Shadow Masters & Sound Photography; and The Pampered Chef, which has a new bridal registry program.
Also, Van Valkenberg notes that established vendor River Bend Resort, a popular wedding and reception venue in Harrisburg, is now River Life Resort; and Mikilas Boot Camp, a local fitness program used by many brides, is now part of Absolute Fitness.


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Goldsmiths University: Mocap for virtual real-time dance duets
Future thinking Goldsmiths University team collaborates with Target3D to investigate how computational arts could use motion capture to bring the world closer together for new dance performances.
Dan Strutt, Lecturer in the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, and his team of postgraduate students and industry professionals have been researching the potential application of new forms of accessible wireless and markerless motion capture in the creation, rehearsal, teaching and performance of choreographic dance work.
Having only used mocap that was pre-captured and pre-rendered on the team's previous dance projects, live, real-time and generative use of motion capture was always their goal...
The aim To connect two dancers in two different locations - one in London and one in Singapore - through the internet, to dance together within a virtual environment.
For Dan, this wasn't simply about hyping the tech up to be the next big thing, instead by experimenting and exploring he wanted to probe beyond superficial interest to see how genuinely useful this would be for dancers as a meaningful tool for choreographic communication.
Supported by Target3D and working within our Hoxton Studio, the Goldsmiths team created a virtual environment to connect Mavin Khoo, Creative Associate of Akram Khan Dance Company, with Melissa Kwek from LASALLE College of the Arts. Both Khoo, in our London space, and Kwek from a Singapore studio, danced in Noitom's Perception Neuron 32 V2 mocap suits that captured their data and distributed it 6750 miles through the network in real time. Each suit's IMU sensors were strapped to different parts of the dancers bodies, allowing the dancers to work together to devise an aesthetics of movement specific to this mode of remote working. Data was streamed from the sensors, across the world, and into graphics software to be instantly rendered, such that Goldsmiths and Lasalle could see and respond to each other's movement. A series of generative visualisations of the dance data were projected onto the walls of both locations simultaneously, the dancers responded in their own spaces, and the suits effectively communicated together.
Experimenting with both OpenFrameworks and Unreal Engine softwares,am were able to deploy and develop their differing capabilities and skills. The 2D graphic effects of OpenFrameworks were simple and minimal, working well for technical, learning and teaching applications. For example, when the dancers were synchronising movements it enabled them to tangibly visualise a direct connection. The games' engine Unreal offered a more complex 3D spatial and cinematic effect, feeling very natural in terms of each dancer being able to see the dimensions of the others body and physically communicate with them. Although less technical, this felt very aesthetically pleasing and well-adapted for performance.
The result Dan Strutt, who was pleased with the result overall, explains, "The application does seem quite useful. This is not a substitute for live performance, for the feeling of really being there, but it does do something different. It permits certain effects that you can't do with a live performance, so we're experimenting with what those are… the different kinds of interaction, the different visual aesthetics, and how you can use the data to change internal effects… all of this opens up a whole new medium which can be very pleasing for the audience. It can also change the dancer's perspective of themselves, of their own body."
"If you are a dance maker", Mavin Khoo observed, "this allows you to have a physical representation that enables you to work on something then objectively watch it. There's a tangible sense of space and body which can be useful from a creative perspective. There is potential, with a consistent long term investment into research, to explore the sense of ownership for the dancer, to enable an emotional, poetic relationship."
The future Thanks to funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the collaborative team can continue to overcome current limitations to take this system into development, creating a well-honed tool that's more simple for the end user. Further experimentation hopes to bring a series of events: including one with dancers from 3 or 4 locations performing together in one virtual space, an event with digital programmers 'hacking' the dance movement data to define what the performance looks like, and a performance in an immersive environment with a live audience.
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Хамза Фатыхович Усманов (, 24 апреля 1923 — 13 января 2009) — , почётный академик АН РБ (1998), доктор исторических наук (1978), профессор (1994), заслуженный деятель науки БАССР (1981). Участник Великой Отечественной войны.

Биография
Усманов, Хамза Фатыхович родился 24 апреля 1923 года в селе Тузлукуш Чукадымтамакской волости Белебеевского кантона БАССР, ныне Белебеевского района РБ.

Учился в Сельскохозяйственном училище республики БАССР. Перед началом Великой Отечественной войны он попал в артиллерийскую школу в Смоленске. В годы Великой Отечественной войны Х. Ф. Усманов — командир-артиллерист, прошёл путь от Курской дуги до штурма Берлина. В мае 1945 г. его батарея тяжёлых гаубиц вела прямой огонь по рейхсканцелярии Гитлера. Был трижды ранен, контужен.

Демобилизовавшись, в 1950 году Усманов Х. Ф. окончил исторический факультет Башкирского педагогического института им. К. А. Тимирязева (ныне БашГУ) и осенью 1952 г. — аспирантуру Башкирского филиала АН СССР.

В 1956 году Х. Ф. Усманов защитил кандидатскую диссертацию и в 1958 г. опубликовал свою первую монографию по истории столыпинской аграрной реформы в Башкирии. Монография Х. Ф. Усманова «Столыпинская аграрная реформа» (1958 г.) использовалась и используется в многочисленных научных трудах (обобщающих монографиях, вузовских курсах, списках обязательной литературы) в течение всей второй половины XX в.

В 1977 году Хамза Фатыхович защитил докторскую диссертацию (научный руководитель А. М. Анфимов) и в 1981 г. выпустил вторую книгу — фундаментальное исследование по пореформенной эпохе.

С 1955 г. он работал в Института истории, языка и литературы Башкирского филиала АН СССР: заведующим сектором (1978—1979), затем он — директор (1980—1988), заведующий отделом (1988—1993), главный научный сотрудник (1993—2006); проректор Бирского государственного педагогического института (1962—1963).

Областью его научных исследований была история сельского хозяйства, промышленности, революционного движения в Башкирии во 2-й половине XIX — начале XX вв.

Среди его учеников около 10 кандидатов наук. Х. Ф. Усманов состоял в Отделении социальных и гуманитарных наук АН РБ.

Скончался в январе 2009 года.

Память
С 2011 года в республике Башкортостан проводятся Усмановские чтения, посвященные трудам и жизни ученого.

Труды
Усманов, Хамза Фатыхович — автор более 200 научных работ, в том числе 25 монографий.
 Столыпинская аграрная реформа в Башкирии. Уфа: Башкнигоиздат, 1958.
 Развитие капитализма в сельском хозяйстве Башкирии в пореформенный период. М.: Наука, 1981.
 История Башкортостана с древнейших времен до 60-х годов XIX века. Уфа: Китап, 1996 (соавтор и гл. ред.).
 О существление столыпинской аграрной реформы в Башкортостане // Аграрная реформа П. А. С толыпина и современность. Уфа, 2002.

Награды
Усманов Хамза Фатыхович награждён орденами Красного Знамени (1944, 1945), Александра Невского (1944), Отечественной войны I степени (1985), II степени (1943), Красной Звезды (1943) и 14 медалями ВОВ.

Примечания

Литература
 Башкирская энциклопедия. — Уфа, 2006.
  Неутомимый труженик академической науки — Хамза Фатыхович Усманов / АН Респ. Башкортостан. Уфим. науч. центр РАН. Институт истории, языка и лит. — 2011.

Ссылки
 На сайте АН РБ
 Статья в ''Башкортостан: Краткая энциклопедия'
 Сайт «Башвестъ»

Академики Академии наук Республики Башкортостан
Специалисты по истории Башкортостана
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Ever wonder if you are 'done' or whether you should have one more child to complete your family? Well Amy Ransom has – and has lived to tell the tale.
Here she takes us through some of the things you may want to consider before you embark on having a third (or forth, fifth, sixth…) child.
Well, there's four scenarios for you right there. Yikes.
Yes, having a third child can be an all-consuming question that throws you into turmoil.
Especially when the answer is so different for everyone.
This is the part where I say, 'I wouldn't change it for the world' or 'I wouldn't turn the clock back' and churn out a hundred other cliches blah, blah, blah.
And the truth is, I wouldn't (and not just because I can't).
Because now that there are three, unique little individuals in my care, I honestly couldn't say which one I'd put back. And for the five minutes each week, where everyone is synched in happiness, I look at our family and I feel perfectly content. Complete. Proud.
It's the remaining 10,075 minutes I struggle with.
Only four months in, I'm really not qualified to write about three kids. Yet. You'd be better off heading over to the lovely 3 Children and It. She has tweens AND teenagers all sewn up.
But I've compiled a little list anyway. On what I DO know, whilst they're young.
You like sleep deprivation. Because by adding another child into the mix, you've increased the chances of SOMEONE being up by 33.3% recurring. And my. Is it recurring. Night after night after night after night.
You have an industrial washing machine and your very own Dot Cotton manning it.Because like the sleep deprivation, you also increase the washing by 33.3%. And just as kids grow bigger. So do their clothes. See where I'm going with this?
You have an enormous car. Preferably a convertible. Or an actual bus. Because even when you manage to get a car that's big enough, someone still has to sit in the middle. And how do you get to that middle seat? How indeed. I've tried flinging Godivy in and hoping she lands somewhere near the seat, going in from the boot (once I've unloaded it) and finally opening the sunroof and parachuting her in. Of course, once you have got everyone in, you'll drive off and a tiny voice will pipe up, 'Mummy, you've forgotten to strap me in.' And it begins all over again.
You like noise. And lots of it. Chatter. Questions. Whinging. Crying. I think this one is pretty self explanatory.
You like chaos and avoid routine. Because suddenly no one will do what they're asked. Even if they used to. The baby will carve out its own erratic lifestyle, based on the fact that you are erratic. And the older children will take advantage of the fact that you're dealing with the baby and use the opportunity to do any of the following a) bicker b) sample the delights of nappy cream or c) eat everything in the sweetie tin.
You like being with your partner ALL of the time. Because having three young kids is a team game. A game where neither of you ever wins but at least you lose together. Your other half can go to the pub again in four or five years. Just in case he's wondering.
You like your partner. Because otherwise no. 6 is going to KILL you.
Your family live nearby. By which I really mean upstairs. If they live any more than 10 metres away, don't even think about having another child.
You're agoraphobic and antisocial. Because not only will the effort involved in getting all five of you out prevent you from doing it very often, but you'll probably not get invited anywhere as a family again. Most dining tables are built for eight and you put their seating plan right out. Not that any of yours actually sit at the table anymore.
You don't need time for yourself. That 33.3%? Yes, you guessed it. 33.3% LESS time for you. Which I think leaves you with a deficit of about, oh 963%.
You have a full time nanny, cleaner and chauffeur. An in-house psychiatrist is worth the cash.
You have no expectations whatsoever. Of anything ever again.
None of the above puts you off.
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I have 3 chiksren 8,6&4 all girls and am a single mother.
And don't agree with any with it.
I have 3 children and think thats a load of crap!
You haven't mentioned if your 3rd because your 4th too! Our 3rd pregnancy was twins!!! 33.3% seems like luxury compared to 25%!!!!!
I completely agree. I actually feel quite sad for the person who wrote this article that they feel so put upon by their third child!!
We have got 3 and yes it was a struggle at the start my husband was working 70+ hours or more a week and I don't get ANY help from family! BUT now they are 10, 8 and 6 and a half I wouldn't have it any other way!! Yes there is a LOT of washing but we are in a very good routine! My husband has completely cut down his hours now and his help is essential though how you do it with no help from your partner I don't know!!!
What a load of rubbish! I had a 3rd child when my sons were 10 & 12 yrs old and I can honestly say hand on heart our daughter has made this family! B4 she was born we never done anything togethet or watched anything on tv or visited places. But now we have little trips to feed the ducks or visit the zoo and the best thing of all is that we are all looking forward to Christmas for the first time in years! Our little lady is so funny and full of love that she defo makes us and certainly never ever will break us!!
I've just had my third child. I'm pretending I've not just read this.
I have 3 children, they are aged 3, 2 and 12 weeks and this all sounds very familiar to what I am currently experiencing. Fantastic for those of you out there who had a larger gap between your kids and get to boast about how wonderfully you manage, I maybe should have considered the same lol and made my life a little easier but in truth no matter how hard it gets I wouldn't change a thing.
omg this is some what true I have 3 kids age 11,9,2 and omg was it a wake up call my daughter was a every 2 hour baby and trying to do school runs and house cleaning was hard work and she is still hard work my daughter is on the go all day and night none stop I love her loads just wish she give me five mins to sit lol.
My hubby does the bath and bed time so she gets time but then I have to clean up and help older ones with homework never ending.
When it was just two I had it all together working and looking after the two kids I had always had a plan this time I can't plan everytime I have always goes wrong.
I did love them and it's a crazy house but I will get there then she at big school lol.
I have 4 children although this article is suppose to be lighthearted, I must say what a load of nonsense. I wasted 0.03% of my time reading it. (Seeing as this woman loves to put everything into percentages).
What a load of rubbish!!! I have 3 children 2 boys and a girl…they are now 25, 22 and 21 and i was a single parent when they were all under 5 years old.. i coped because you just do.. loved every minute of it and wouldnt change it for the world..
I'm laughing because you've got it exactly right. Spot on. Well done! My 3rd is nearly 2 & it hasn't let up. At all. But, like you say – wouldn't change it… Etc. etc.
I am almost in tears as this wonderful woman just summarize my life. I was hysterical and laughing 😜 but so happy to learn that I am just human and other mums out there are like me.
As both my husband and I are the middle of 3, we always felt we would have 2 or 4 children.
I grew up with an older brother and a younger sister and had to always sit in the middle to stop my siblings squabbling. somehow our family never felt equalled.
When we had 2 daughters life seemed too easy, we each had a child to hold hands with and yes we had plenty of car space.
I fell pregnant when my husband was working as a milkman and I knew i would have to now have a forth.My eldest was 5 and next was 4 when i had the forth and this meant both my daughters had a baby brother of their own.I hope they never felt put out or left out like we felt being one of 3!
Now I am a nan of 6 and love it.
That's very interesting about the middle child. Sounds like you have a lovely happy family.
So glad I'm not alone with the sentiment…love my little bundles, but then again I have someone else (either my hubby, mum and sister) on hand in the evenings and I don't do the morning school run.
Laundry is a daily chore, if I get a moment to do a menu for the week then we all eat healthier, otherwise we have KFC a couple of times a week.
We went out at the weekend; started getting ready for the party at midday, reached there after 8th.
My hero is totally my mate with 3 boys who's a single mum!
I have 3 boys aged 20months, 3 & 6 yrs. I am super organised mum and everything runs like clock work. Yes there is more washing and ironing but you become organised and keep on top of it (oh and invest in a tumble dryer lol).
Yes they all have their off days and sometimes feels like they take it in turns to be naughty but that's children. Generally they are well behaved and well rounded children. Yes I agree potentially there is a chance one of them are likely to be awake at night but mine all sleep well and 6 nights out of 7 no problems we just find they all are early risers and up around 6-7am every day!
Brilliant! I'm glad I've stuck with 2!
<> Maybe <> Maybe. But entertaining definitely. As a guy with six children I can appreciate the points. Exaggerated of course, for comedy effect. But close enough for me to smile and think "Yes I've been there." Sometimes I think a sense of humour was the only thing that got me through it. Now I have six grown up adults to drive me crazy. Wouldn't have it any other way.
I can relate to this. Not everyone is the same any way. Everybody has different families. Different routines. I enjoyed reading this.!
Mum of three right here! *Hi5*, sister! 😀 6 years (Going on sixteen), 10 months and 20 months. Isobella, Brandon and Madison (Girl, boy, girl). Speaking as a practical mother, it really is a struggle, but I wouldn't change them for the world! My little boy who has speech delay and mild behavioral problems as I type this, has currently just pushed the baby over and pushed her face into the floor for the 5th time today. Now she's 10 months, she wishes to be up with the other two and walking about, so she has completely forsaken any crawling!
I spend a majority of my day teaching the kids new words 😉 and generally in a sweaty, flustere state, especially when it comes to the school run and getting those little bli…lovelies into the double pram!
Shopping is a doddle, the pram keeps me up right and hods my bags for me!…when the eldest isn't there asking for every single thing she can possibly touch and NEED in her life.
The eldest does help me with the children, and I call her 'Little Mummy', which she thoroughly loves, but as her teachers tell me, "She talks like she writes." No stopping for breath. Bella even talks in her sleep.
Sleep- Pardon? What's that? I think I heard someone mention it once…haven't a clue! 😀 My day started at 4.30am with a packet of Ashton's and Parsons!
Speaking of the baby- She's trying to help me type.
Me and the washing machine get on great.
Here end'eth the blog'eth- Mother must go retrieve her son from the windowsill where he is currently attempting to climb out the window.
I have to disagree. I have two young kids and these points wouldn't put me off a third. They're all relevant with two kids and tbh if two are manageable a bit more washing and a bit less sleep won't add too much for a third. The main issue against a second or third for most people is financial reasons such as inability to return to work and house size.
I have three now and didn't question the decision !!!!!!
Now all of the above are relatable and I have said to people DONT HAVE A THIRD.
I love all my children INDIVIDUALLY but together I feel like they have a plan to slowly but surely drive me insane and work has become a well needed break .
Mine do however sleep and eat etc when they are supposed to its all the time between the routine times that are testing.
May just be pushed over the edge.
That's absolutely false, you sleep badly with 2, 3 is no different, just another newborn. Noise is about the same, just stereo, but so is laughter. We go out the same and each kid grows up faster than the previous one and becomes independent quicker. It fails to tell you that your heart grows another size bigger, that the kisses and love and joy multiplies by 100%.
We just had baby no 5 in the summer , exhausting does nor begin to describe it!
This is aloud of rubbish. I have 3 ages 6,4 and 2 Sleep deprived no I have routine. I handle my washing just fine. We have no car… But manage just fine. I don't let my children take advantage of me. I married my partner so I kinda hope we enjoy our time together. The point of marriage! Or family don't live by. We do it on our own. We do go out. I taught my children table manners! Nanny! what is one of those? I don't get much time to my to myself but I'm ok with that. And having expectations helps… alot.
This article is incredibly misleading. I really hope people don't base this on their decisions. It's completely ridiculous.
If this was meant to be funny. It isn't.
I thought this was funny- and spot on! Just wait till they're all at school and you think it gets easier but in fact you have 3 lots of homework and 6 less hours a day to spend with each child!!
I have to say having a third child really changed the dynamics of our little family, and took a long time to get use too. I found we had to stop doing activities we previously enjoyed with the older two because the 3rd child was too young to participate, or the family would be split and just one of us would take the older two out. I don't really agree with the article in terms of washing etc, my biggest issue was the older two missing out.
I'm sure this is a tongue in cheek blog by someone with a sense of humour and to you I say thank you for making me smile tonight.
I have 3 delightful kids who I wouldn't change for the world but this is my life, it's manic and there is no time for me and my husband but we do make a brilliant team. Add in to the equation that 2 of my children have Autism then yes sleep is seriously lacking….I survive like a lot of mums on coffee and lots of it!
I have 3 yes it is hard work, I don't have family near by, my husband at work all day everyday and on call, my car is not huge and articles like this irritate me. I lost my baby no.3 and actually have a '4th' they are all very special children. Wouldn't change a thing.
My first two were the hardest as I was trying to get used to being a mum. My third was the easiest and I felt like I'd cracked it. Loved being a mum and appreciated everything about all three of them 100%.
Wonders ladies did you all have a sense of humour failure?! Am I the only one reading this laughing ?!? I have 4 kids (and agree that while they drive me loopy I wouldn't/couldn't swap any one of them!! I read this and thought the author did a fantastic job of finding humour in the new found chaos!! For all of you with the perfect family and children who clear up and sleep through I'd suggest they are somewhat see than the kids of the author as one is a new baby and therefore unlikely to be helping with anything other than reducing her odds of sleep!!
I have 5, so clearly number 3 wasn't a problem, I'm a single mum too, and it is difficult at times, but in my opinion going from 1 to 2 is the hardest adjustment.
Ha ha I feel like this most days. My 3 are 1,3 and 5 and I totally get where you're coming from. 3 little kids requires a lot of patience, team work and infinite energy. It's interesting to see others commentating with 3 kids who have dismissed this blog as 'a load of rubbish' and their eldest is a teenager. Of course it won't resonate with you – the hard part is not the three kids, it's having had the three little kids so close together. All demanding attention, all needing fed, bums wiping, "look at me whilst I sky dive off the sofa/put coins in my mouth/drink the bath water Mummy!" It's more than exhausting. That said, it was my choice to have 3 and I didn't for a second think it would be plain sailing.
The mind has a tendency to forget pain after a few years. It's no coincidence the other comments of 'it's easy' are from mums who's 3 kids are a decade or more apart!
I think this article was a bit of fun, and has certainly made me smile and nod at some of the points, as a mother of 3 (6yrs, 4.5yrs and 18mths) – life is certainly hectic for me with 3 and a husband who does very long ours and isn't really here during the week!! Of course we wouldn't change it and yes, we spend most of our time (when not at work) on our boys whether having fun with them, taking them out, washing, cooking etc. and musical beds during the night with night terrors and nightmares etc. I'm 1 of 4 and yes, we entertained each other, but life was still busy for my full-time Mum, and is for Mums (and Dads, especially of 3+ kids), with life being about the kids in one way or another, the good, the bad and the ugly! I would definitely say I am sleep deprived and have been wondering if I'll need 2 washing machines as they get older – I wouldn't say no now!
I think this article was a bit of fun, and has certainly made me smile and nod at some of the points, as a mother of 3 (all under 4 at one point!) – life is certainly hectic for me with 3 and a husband who works very long hours!! Of course we wouldn't change it and yes, we spend most of our time (when not at work) on our boys, whether having fun with them, taking them out, washing, cooking etc. and musical beds during the night with night terrors and nightmares etc. I'm 1 of 4 and yes, we entertained each other, but life was still busy for my full-time Mum, and is for parents, especially of 3+ kids, with life being about the kids in one way or another, the good, the bad and the ugly! I would definitely say I am sleep deprived and have been wondering if I'll need 2 washing machines as they get older – I wouldn't say no now!
Wow, what a lot of 'super mums' there are commenting on this! I will admit to being a mere mortal of a mum who definitely understands the sleep deprivation, washing mountains and general chaos that kiddies can bring – and I only have two! I feel totally inadequate 😉 But I do at least have a sense of humour as I think the post was meant to be a tongue in cheek, exaggerated version of the truth. It made me smile anyway!
Haha love this. I'm one of three but with a big age gap between us all. I said to my fiance the other day about having three instead of the planned two…he said we struggle to cope with one! Reading this clarified that!
I am a mum of two, and two days ago I got sterilised. It wasn't a hard decision, my husband and I both work full time, and realised that it's hard enough finding quality time for the two wonderful girls we've got. How could we be so selfish as to throw a third child into the mix? It's not about the quantity of children that you have, but about the quality of your time and interaction with them. After a full day at work how could I possibly help daughter number one with her homework, entertain a pre-schooler look after a baby and do the rest of normal life?!
I have three. I think most of these comments were written by the Duggars.
I think the list of dont't is what I disagree with in this blog except for the point about chaos. Yes, it is adding another ball to the ones you're already juggling but it does get easier and as my mum says once you have 3 you don't notice any others (subsequent babies or other people's kids) – she has 5.
My #3 was not only the best conception shag ever ( possibly because it's one I actually remember ), he is our angel thug and all the more enjoyable because we are soooo much more laid back than we were with the 1st two. He crawls into our bed quietly at dawn, tells us he loves us and falls back to sleep in a jiffy because instead of keeping myself awake 'controlled crying' him back to sleep he got shoved in the middle from birth on so we weren't sleep so deprived.
#3 eats everything because I don't obsess over every mouthful. And #3 is so damn secure because he knows we all (siblings included) adore him. He is also the reason I hanker for #4 and the reason I hold back because I cannot imagine him not being my baby for ever.
I'm done with NO kids.
Erm I think you've all missed the point here, EVERYONE! !! its a fun story on how she's had 3 kids, not a miserable diatribe. Get over yourselves for goodness sakes….
Such an open, personal and amusing tale as a mother of 3! As a mother of a 6 year old and 2 year old triplets myself, I chuckled at your observations as many I experienced/still experiencing myself and read it with the wit and love in which it was written! You have a new follower!
Take a chill pill everyone. This lady is attempting to make a smart and sarcastic comment to lighten up out days and joke about parenting. Your all too wound up to notice. Well done to all those who parent an enjoy it everyday count your blessings. I live in a world where I like to laugh at the difficulties we find in parenting like this lady blogger. We should support not criticise.
You lot need to chill. It was a lighthearted blog based on one persons sense of humour and perspective. I think if having 3 kids makes you all so immune to humour maybe it's not such a good idea. Just saying.
I had three – not planned that way! I survived. My youngest has just turned 18. She is definitely 'her mother's daughter' the only one of my 3 that is…….and I must tell you…I find it quite scary!!!