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Sheriff: Man pistol-whipped during home invasion was likely targeted
Authorities are searching for three intruders after a Palmdale man was pistol-whipped during a home-invasion robbery ...
Posted: May 1, 2018 9:48 AM
Updated: May 1, 2018 9:48 AM
Authorities are searching for three intruders after a Palmdale man was pistol-whipped during a home-invasion robbery Sunday night.
The incident occurred in the 4000 block of Stable Drive about 9:45 p.m.
Three men, including one armed with a gun, entered the home wearing dark clothing, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Lt. Steve De Jong said.
The men did not need to force entry into the home, which was unsecured, De Jong said.
Once inside, the intruders encountered a man in his 70s and a woman whose age was unknown.
The man was pistol-whipped during the incident and transported to a local hospital with minor head injuries, De Jong said.
Authorities said the victim, who has not been completely cooperative with investigators, was likely targeted in the attack, De Jong said.
The woman did not appear to have been injured.
Investigators said another roommate was not home at the time.
It was unclear if the intruders asked for or took anything during the incident, which officials described as a burglary and assault with a deadly weapon.
Authorities did not know if the three intruders fled the neighborhood in a vehicle or on foot.
Postal worker pistol whipped at rural post office
Mom describes attempted home invasion
Trump whips up immigration storm over children
Man wanted for stealing puppy during home invasion
Man detained for carrying loaded pistol at Norfolk International Airport
A Texas resident killed three people in an apparent home invasion, sheriff says
GOP leaders promise to whip hard-line immigration bill
Investors turn to gold as stocks get whipped around

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Senior White House Advisor Dan Pfeiffer responded on Sunday to growing frustration with President Barack Obama's inaccurate promise that individuals would be able to stay on their healthcare plans once his signature legislation was implemented.
A historian said Friday that Americans often fail to recognize the meaning behind President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address ahead of the speech's 150th anniversary this month.
America might have just missed out on Richard Nixon's psychedelic rock album, according to Tevi Troy. In his new book, What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted: 200 Years of Popular Culture in the White House, the presidential historian and former Bush administration official writes that Grace Slick, Jefferson Airplane's lead singer, attempted to crash a White House reception for Finch College graduates—a group that included both Slick and Nixon's daughter, Tricia—with a plan to spike the president's tea with LSD.
A new ad from a prominent conservative group could bolster Republican Bradley Byrne's Tea Party credentials in the days before he faces Dean Young in a special election for a House seat in Alabama.


On April 21, Rundata 2016 of smart city solutions exchange conference of was held in Shenyang the last one station. Representatives of Rundata and more than 200 contractors from Shenyang and the surrounding areas, agents and customers gathered at Shenyang Golden Hotel, opened a interactive exchange meeting on smart & safe city construction. Guests at the scene have experienced of the new products of Rundata, in-depth understanding of the full range of security solutions of Rundata.
With the rise and push of smart city construction, safe city is in the trend of "high-definition, integration, intelligent, practical", putting forward of video images and data processing and application higher requirements. City surveillance system has become an important mean to maintain public order, crack down on crime, enhance urban management, and network monitoring has become an important part of the Safe City Construction. Wherein the transmission system is the whole social security video surveillance network data transmission platform, taking the task of the video data transmission from the access point to the core, and to display devices, is the blood of the entire monitor network set up. As a leading brand for PoE switch, Rundata launched a series of PoE switches, 10 Gigabit switches specialized for monitoring, and the corresponding proposed various security solutions.
Conference began from the speech of the representative from Rundata General Manager Office, including comprehensive introduction of our relevant information, and our company's positioning in the field of security. In 2016, Rundata will maintain the leader position of PoE switch to push further diversification of products, lunch variety security special 10 Gigabit switches, PON-PoE switches, security special wireless bridge, oath to become the first supplier offering 10 Gigabit PoE switches security solution, long distance wireless transmission expert and lead a new era of 10 Gigabit PoE switches security solution and optical network transmission security. At the same time, he stated that Fengrunda is a security eco-enterprises focusing on technological innovation, high quality, brand building, not only providing customers with a complete cost-effective security transmission solutions, but also offering partners with comprehensive marketing support.
Later, the engineers of Rundata showed the audience the PoE switches, 10 Gigabit switches, Wireless AP, Ethernet switches and other products and solutions. With advanced technology and strong functional application, and solution applicability. We have won most attentions and praise from visitors.
PoE power transmission has been a dedicated field of Rundata, with elite research and development team and a relatively wide line of hardware products, from cost-effective star products to high-end managed and lighting-proof PoE switches, product types and models are unique in our industry. We have developed many precision and advanced products, including mini-PoE switches, high-power PoE switches, Gigabit PoE switches, smart managed PoE switches and ect., keep to lead the industry trend.
The new DF5700 series 10 Gigabit switches, due to the use of advanced Broadcom chip, matching with RUNOS system of Rundata, have the feature of cross-device port aggregation, single IP management, the reliability and security is the industry-leading, backplane bandwidth is up to 650Gbps. When the engineer introduces: "The 10Gigabit series is ideal choice for users to build high-performance, easy to manage, easy to expand, low-cost access."
The 10 Gigabit series switch work with other PoE switches together will help to create flexible applications for variety of scenarios and environments, such as full 10 Gigabit security solutions, PoE security solutions, wireless AP solutions. These solutions combined with a set of advanced high-tech products, not only become the most effective solution for security industry but also provide a reference model and strong support for construction of smart cities and harmonious cities. Many visitors said that some solutions can really help them to solve the problems from network construction, reducing operating costs of security systems.
In the product introduction, a UFO sharp 300M ceiling wireless AP from Rundata takes a lot attention. This PoE supported wireless AP, for data transmission and power supply just need a cable; plug and play, without setting to create a wireless network; supports advanced encryption WPA2 wireless security and WDS, in the basis of network security protection, easily extend wireless network coverage.
Further more, Rundata also launched the first PON-PoE switches in our industry to meet the market requirement for optical network transmission, and the corresponding solutions. This solution uses DF5700 series, PoE switches and PON-PoE switches and other products, with the use of optical fiber transmission, breaking the bottlenecks of the traditional cable transmission, let the data covers broadly and long distances, and the construction and maintenance is easier. This solution will play an invaluable role in the future security city.
At the last of the meeting, we carried out a variety of interactive activities, such as short speech, raffle, dinner parties. A lot of the audiences got on stage to share their reflections to cooperate with Rundata, confidence and the determination to create a bright furture. In the lucky draw prize, the prize is PoE switch from Rundata. At the same time, marketing manager from Rundata also brought up the latest promotions, let new and regular customers feel the real preferential policies from us. After the meeting, representatives from Rundata and other guests got together to enjoy a sumptuous dinner.
This meeting reached a comprehensive explanation about the innovative principal of development of Rundata "connection possibilities", bringing in Shenyang market a brand-new innovative technologies and solutions concept. The success of the meeting provides them with more products and technology, knowledge and thinking, reasonable and flexible solutions, playing a role in the promotion for the development of security in Northeast China.
Thus, the Rundata 2016 smart city solutions Exchange Conference began from March 22 got a perfect ending. Exchange lasted month, we went through four core cities, brought thousands of partners to first-hand products, solutions and cooperation information, making the PoE products, technologies and solutions from Rundata win more market.
Copyright©2011-2018 Shenzhen Fengrunda Technology Co.,Ltd.


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The Orlando Consort es un conjunto vocal del Reino Unido que interpreta música medieval y del primer Renacimiento. Fue fundado en 1988 en el seno del Early Music Centre of Great Britain

Está formado por cuatro miembros principales: Robert Harre-Jones (contratenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Angus Smith (tenor) y Donald Greig (barítono). Aparte de sus actividades con este grupo, sus miembros colaboran con otros conjuntos como The Tallis Scholars, Gabrieli Consort & Players o Taverner Consort. También incorporan otros cantantes cuando el repertorio a interpretar lo requiere.

En los últimos años ha incorporado en sus programas música contemporánea y ha colaborado con el cuarteto de jazz Perfect Houseplants.

Han grabado para los sellos discográficos Metronome, Archiv y Harmonia Mundi USA.

Discografía
 1990 - Alleluia Nativitas. Music and Carols for a Medieval Christmas. Metronome 1001.
 1990 - Philippe de Vitry and the Ars Nova. Amon Ra 49.
 1992 - Worcester Fragments. English sacred music of the late Middle Ages. Amon Ra 59.
 1993 - Loyset Compère. Mass, Motets, Songs. Metronome 1002.
 1994 - Popes & Antipopes. Music for the Courts of Avignon & Rome. Metronome 1008.
 1995 - John Dunstaple. Metronome 1009.
 1995 - Passion. Metronome 1015.
 1995 - Pierre de La Rue: Missa De Sancto Job. ORF Shop CD 150.
 1996 - Ockeghem: Missa De plus en plus & Chansons. DG Archiv "Blue" 471 727.
 1996 - Mystery of Notre Dame. Chant & Polyphony. Archiv 477 5004.
 1997 - Dreams in the Pleasure Garden. Machaut: Chansons. DG Archiv 457 618-2 AH.
 1997 - Extempore. Blend medieval church music with contemporary jazz and eastern rythms to create a new soundscape of original music. Orlando Consort y Perfect Houseplants. Linn CKD 076.
 1998 - The Saracen and the Dove. Music from the Courts of Padua and Pavia around 1400. Archiv Produktion 459 620-2.
 1999 - Josquin Desprez: Motets. DG Archiv 463 473-2.
 2001 - Food, Wine & Song. Music & Feasting in Renaissance Europe. Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7314.
 2001 - The Call of the Phoenix. Rare 15th-century English Church music. Harmonia Mundi USA 907297.
 2002 - Extempore II. A modern Mass for the Feast of St Michael based on the medieval melody L'homme armé. Orlando Consort y Perfect Houseplants. Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7319.
 2002 - The Toledo Summit. Early 16th c. Spanish and Flemish Songs and Motets. Harmonia Mundi USA 907328.
 2003 - Busnois: Missa "O crux lignum", Motets, Chansons. Harmonia Mundi USA 907333.
 2004 - Medieval Gardens. The Rose, the Lily & the Whortleberry. Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7398.
 2006 - Medieval Christmas. Tenth- to Sixteenth-Century secular & liturgical music for Feasts days. Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7418.
 2008 - Scattered Rhymes. Obras de Tarik O'Regan, Guillaume de Machaut, Gavin Bryars y Guillaume Dufay. Junto con el Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, dirigido por Paul Hillier. Harmonia Mundi USA HMU 80 7469 (SACD).
 2010 - Mantra. Musical Conversations Across the Indian Ocean. Con Jonathan Mayer, Shahid Khan y Kuljit Bhamra. Keda Records KEDCD 68
 2013 - Machaut: Songs from Le voir dit. Hyperion CDA 67727.
 2015 - Machaut: The Dart of Love. Hyperion 68008.
 2015 - Loyset Compère: Magnificat. Motets & Chansons. Hyperion 68069.
 2016 - Machaut: A Burning Heart. Hyperion 68103.
 2017 - Beneath the Northern Star. The Rise of English Polyphony, 1275-1430. Hyperion 68132.
 2017 - Machaut: Sovereign Beauty. Hyperion 68134.
 2018 - Machaut: Fortune's Child. Hyperion 68195.
 2018 - Machaut: The Gentle Physician. Hyperion 68206.
 2019 - Guillaume Dufay: Lament for Constantinople & other songs. Hyperion 68236.
 2021 - Machaut: The Lion of Nobility. Hyperion 68318.

Álbumes junto con otros grupos:
 2003 - Resonanzen 2003. Krieg und Frieden. ORF "Edition Alte Musik" CD 341 (3 SACD).

Véase también
 Grupos de música antigua

Notas

Enlaces externos
 Discografía del grupo en medieval.org (en inglés)
 Artículo en Goldberg Magazine  (en inglés)

Grupos de música antigua del Reino Unido
Grupos de música medieval
Grupos de música renacentista

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Inc. Magazine Names Smith-Dahmer Associates to List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
NEW YORK, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. magazine named Smith-Dahmer Associates LLC to its fourth annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive list of the nation's fastest-growing private companies, for the second time in three years. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy — America's independent-minded entrepreneurs. "The leaders of the companies on this year's Inc. 5000 have figured out how to grow their businesses during the longest recession since the Great Depression," said Inc. president Bob LaPointe. "The 2010 Inc. 5000 showcases a particularly hardy group of entrepreneurs."
Smith-Dahmer Associates LLC (SDA), a 19 year-old consulting and market research firm, grew during the economic downturn through a focus on innovation and strategic consulting relationships. SDA built upon their broad offering of research methodologies through the launch of innovative products like eStudio™, a suite of online and technology-based research tools that capture in-the-moment experiences and greater geographic breadth of respondents. Additionally, SDA has continued to grow strong client relationships across industries including durables, health care, consumer packaged goods, education and retail.
"We are honored to have been named to the Inc. 5000 again," said Ellen Taaffe, President, Smith-Dahmer Associates. "Our team's innovative thinking and creative problem solving have driven us forward and will continue to drive success for our company and our clients in the years to come."
Despite the fact that most of this year's measuring period of 2006-2009 took place during the latest recession, aggregate revenue among the companies on the list actually increased to $321.6 billion, up more than 50 percent from last year. This year's Inc. 5000 employ a record 1.4 million people, up from one million on last year's list. With unemployment remaining stubbornly high, policymakers and business leaders will do well to look to the Inc. 5000 companies for fresh ideas on achieving growth and creating jobs.
About Inc. Magazine
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures LLC, Inc. (www.inc.com) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today's innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 712,647, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing and technology. Visit us online at www.inc.com.
About Smith-Dahmer Associates
Established in St. Joseph, Mich., in 1991, Smith-Dahmer Associates LLC is a privately held marketing research consultancy that applies innovative technology and creative problem solving to customers in both the considered purchase and consumables sectors. The firm employs 36 associates in St. Joseph, Minneapolis, Chicago, Washington D.C., Santa Barbara, and Rochester, New York. For more information, visit the website at www.smithdahmer.com.
SOURCE Smith-Dahmer Associates LLC
For further information: Ellen Taaffe, President of Smith-Dahmer Associates LLC, +1-269-983-4748, ellentaaffe@smithdahmer.com


We have had an amazing half term, we, your local bloggers have been spending our half term to tell you about the fabulous things we have done.
Right now I am going to recap about some of the achievements we have acquired. This year is the first as a primary school; we have recently joined with the infant school. We are now actually linked to the key stage 1 school.
Last month was Black History Month, a month to celebrate all the wonderful things black people have done. 6MG did an assembly to tell us about the great things black people have such as; the civil rights rule and equality.
It has been guide a successful season for sports as well; we are doing extremely well in competitions. We have eliminated nearly half of the schools in Luton because of our astounding sports teams.
Last half term it was a reflective term where we remembered those who fought on our behalf. Amazingly we raise around £614.50 on Pink Day for Breast Cancer. In our topics we have been thinking about how we can show love to others and family members.
It is pretty obvious to say that last term was action packed. That is why we should keep looking to the future and achieve greater things.


I am a co-PI of the Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA) project, led by Prof Lisa Beal and funded by the U.S.A. National Science Foundation (NSF) for its US component. More broadly, ASCA is an international research project with partners from South Africa, the USA, and the Netherlands, with funding support from the South African Departments of Science and Technology (DST) and Environmental Affairs (DEA), the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Royal Dutch Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ). It is designed to provide long term observations of Agulhas Current volume, heat and salt transport and its variability from mesoscale (eddies), through seasonal to interannual timescales. This is achieved by means of two shelf and seven full-depth tall moorings, interspersed with five Current- and Pressure-recording Inverted Echo Sounders (CPIES), measuring pressure, current velocities, temperatures and salinities. The ASCA shelf and tall moorings extend 200 km offshore along the descending TOPEX/Jason satellite ground track #96, through the core of the Agulhas Current, with CPIES measurements extending the array to 300 km offshore.
I am leading this NSF-funded collaborative research project with Dr. J.M. Lilly from Northwest Research Associates and Dr. R. Harcourt from the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington. The goal of this project is to better understand the dynamics of the ocean surface boundary layer through the first global study of the wind stress to ocean current transfer function. This is to be accomplished by analyzing in detail the response to wind forcing in the global array of surface drifters, which sample the ocean currents in the vicinity of their 15 m drogue depth. The global analysis is to be informed and tested by (i) a prototype study from the SPURS region, near a well-instrumented air-sea flux mooring, and (ii) analysis of synthetic data generated with a recently improved turbulence closure model that explicitly includes Langmuir turbulence. The hypotheses that wind, wave, and stratification state substantially modify near-surface mixing will be tested by examining dependencies of the transfer function on various environmental parameters, such as Langmuir number. Observed patterns will then be interpreted and scrutinized by deriving new theoretical approximations to the expected transfer functions characterizing different mixing processes.
I have produced with colleagues at AOML and NorthWest Research Associates a new global surface drifter dataset at hourly resolution. This dataset is freely available through the Global Drifter Program Data Assembly Center hosted at NOAA/AOML in Miami, FL. The dataset is described in Elipot S., R. Lumpkin, R. C. Perez, J. M. Lilly, J. J. Early and A. M. Sykulski (2016), A global surface drifter dataset at hourly resolution, doi:10.1002/2016JC011716. This on-going project is funded through The Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS).


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package io.janusproject.tests.modules.hazelcast;

import java.util.UUID;

import com.hazelcast.nio.serialization.StreamSerializer;
import io.janusproject.modules.hazelcast.SpaceIDSerializer;
import org.arakhne.afc.vmutil.ClassLoaderFinder;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

import io.sarl.lang.core.SpaceID;
import io.sarl.tests.api.Nullable;
import io.sarl.util.OpenEventSpaceSpecification;

/**
 * @author $Author: sgalland$
 * @version $FullVersion$
 * @mavengroupid $GroupId$
 * @mavenartifactid $ArtifactId$
 */
@SuppressWarnings("all")
public class SpaceIDSerializerTest extends AbstractSerializerTest {

	@Nullable
	private StreamSerializer serializer;

	@Before
	public void setUp() throws Exception {
		ClassLoaderFinder.setPreferredClassLoader(getClass().getClassLoader());
		this.serializer = new SpaceIDSerializer();
	}

	@After
	public void tearDown() {
		ClassLoaderFinder.popPreferredClassLoader();
	}

	@Test
	public void getTypeId() throws Exception {
		assertEquals(
				SpaceIDSerializer.SPACE_ID_CLASS_TYPE,
				this.serializer.getTypeId());
	}

	@Test
	public void writeRead() throws Exception {
		assertWriteRead(
				new SpaceID(UUID.randomUUID(), UUID.randomUUID(), OpenEventSpaceSpecification.class),
				this.serializer);
	}

}

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North Salem Daily Voice serves North Salem, NY
North Salem Pianist Misha Dichter Against Moving Composer's Remains
Misha Dichter at the grave site of Sergei Rachmaninoff. Photo Credit: Skip Pearlman
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VALHALLA, N.Y. -- A famed pianist is speaking out against the idea of moving Russian's composer Sergei Rachmaninoff's remains from Valhalla to Russia.
"It's the most idiotic thing I've seen in a while," Misha Dichter, who lives in North Salem, said.
A Russian government official said Rachmaninoff's body should be exhumed from the Kensico Cemetery and sent back to Russia, despite the objections of Rachmaninoff's family.
Rachmaninoff's great-great granddaughter said the composer, who died in 1943, wanted to be buried in Switzerland, but was buried at Kensico Cemetery because his body could not be delivered due to World War II, according to the New York Times.
Rachmaninoff left Russia in 1917 during the Russian Revolution.
"It should be enough that his family says it's stupid and they should leave him," Dichter said. "This must be the same person in Moscow who wants Crimea back. It would be sacrilege to consider moving him."
Dichter is famous for his recordings of Brahms piano concerti with Kurt Masur and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Brahms solo works including the Handel Variations, Beethoven piano sonatas, the complete Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies, the Liszt Piano Concerti with André Previn and the Pittsburgh Symphony, and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with Neville Marriner and the Philharmonica Orchestra, as well as music of Chopin, Mussorgsky, Schubert, Schumann, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky.
He was born in Shanghai in 1945, his Polish parents having fled Poland at the outbreak of World War II. He moved with his family to Los Angeles at the age of two and began piano lessons four years later. Dichter enrolled at Julliard and at the age of 20 entered the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, which helped launch his career.
Dichter said Rachmaninoff was central to his life and to his musical career.
"He's the ultimate pianist," Dichter said. "Pianists hold him very dearly. It's a shame nationalism has to rear its ugly head in Russia. This is a big mistake by the Russians."
North Salem Daily Voice!


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How could humans re-populate a new planet without conventional procreation
This question is a spin-off of this question
In my world humanity is faced with extinction and must devise a way to escape their barren planet. So say they take a space ship to the new planet and unfortunately everyone dies in a crash landing. Fortunately, the "INSERT BIOLOGICAL MARVEL HERE" that was loaded on the ship breaks/escapes/activates and human dna/rna/bacteria/etc is released into the atmosphere. A few hundred million years later, cave men rule the planet.
I don't know enough about science to come up with something plausible that would allow some kind of DNA-like (preferably biological, not robotic or "artificial" like bishop in aliens) stuff to ensure the continuation of the human race.
In my mind, the ship crashes, and two vials of liquid break and their contents are leaked onto the new world. Basically, what is in those vials?
Although not complete, I had some ideas that may be fodder for your minds.
Idea #1:
If human DNA were to be altered so that not only the liver can regenerate, but the whole body? Is there some way of turning this into an exceedingly long process to give the planet some time to catch up?
Could there be a way to re-wind human evolution to the early ocean dwelling stages? Say like a tiny organism or something else very easily transportable? Assuming that conditions are similar, I don't think it's too crazy to propose that an almost human species could evolve from that.
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$\begingroup$ "I don't know enough about science to come up with something plausible" - too bad. I'm afraid the more science someone knows, the harder it will be to come up with something plausible.... $\endgroup$ – Mołot Sep 12 '16 at 17:28
$\begingroup$ But... is there any DNA-based life there? $\endgroup$ – Mołot Sep 12 '16 at 17:29
$\begingroup$ Keep in mind it's for a book, so if I can fool 99% of the readers into not calling me on my shenanigans, I'm happy. $\endgroup$ – Matthew Goulart Sep 12 '16 at 17:29
$\begingroup$ @Mołot if there needs to be, there can be. The planet is only devoid of any sentient life. So no humanoids, no quadrupeds, fish, etc... Just bacteria and microscopic organisms. Of course, if any of that makes it impossible, then I can bend the rules a little. The state of the planet is less important than making this question work. $\endgroup$ – Matthew Goulart Sep 12 '16 at 17:31
This is inspired by my imagined explanation of the weird opening scene in Prometheus.
Imagine you are a god of evolutionary biology: you're immortal (or near enough), you have experienced billions of years of biological evolution and many times have witnessed the emergence of complex organisms. You create a massively complicated system (lets call it the Codex) which encodes a secret nudge factor in junk DNA. The nudge factor is massive, elegant and flexible, but it's not small. Encoding it takes almost as much DNA as is used to encode the organism itself.
Every evolutionary step across billions of years is subject to nudges from the Codex. You're not controlling it, you're not monitoring it. You just it set up as a guide, a blind watchmaker, a steward of evolution. You encoded it into the first organism so every organism inherits it. In an ultimate act of faith in your abilities, and a profound respect for the fact that the last step of creation is relinquishing of direct control, you turned it loose and walked away.
The Codex prompts organisms to evolve genetic exchange mechanisms including bacterial RNA swaps and sexual reproduction in complex organisms. And maybe later, crazy stuff puny humans have never thought of (spoiler alert ;- )
Eyes are super useful. The Codex nudges each branch of evolution to evolve eyes (eyes actually evolved independently on earth many times). Your nudge factor helps ensure balanced and stable ecosystems (vultures evolved independently many times because apparently they're a useful balancing factor).
You're using the natural processes of evolution to evolve novel and interesting variations along the lines of your ideal template (yourself). Rinse and repeat on every world in the goldilocks zone in the galaxy. Bam, bipedal, self-aware, hominids will emerge throughout the galaxy.
Oops, you just asked for one planet. Sorry, I god...excuse me GOT carried away.
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$\begingroup$ In the case where there's already life there you'll have to encode your Codex into a virus which can insert the code into the DNA of one or more species. $\endgroup$ – jorfus Sep 12 '16 at 18:34
$\begingroup$ this reminds me of the idea of a "Universal Migrator" from the band Ayreon, definitely worth a listen! $\endgroup$ – skeletim Sep 13 '16 at 18:09
Nanites - tiny robots that are the scifi fad right now.
Vial 1 contains the DNA of a million people. The DNA is housed in single celled organisms whose sole purpose is to store DNA. Additionally, this vial contains a chemical based "activator", that will, on contact, activate inert MESH nanites.
Vial 2 contains cell blanks - akin to stem cells but having nothing to instruct them how to grow. Additionally, this vial is full of microscopic MESH nanites, powered down and inert.
Multi Energy Sourced Healing nanites are microscopic robots capable of maintaining and repairing biological cell structures based on the raw DNA of the host. The DNA provides the coding sequence required to map the organisms cellular makeup.
MESH nanites can even create new life from blanks, once a DNA sequence is obtained. The technology has been known to lengthen an organisms lifespan almost indefinitely. They are able to draw power from light, from chemical reactions, or from the host organism. MESH nanites are also capable of maintaining each other as well as canibalizing "dead" nanites to build new nanites. But eventually, attrition will win the day unless the nanites are replenished with new units every couple hundred years.
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$\begingroup$ While this is very creative and entertaining, it doesn't really fit the narrative. In my world, humanity is not that advanced, they are hardly able to create a space-worthy vessel in time to avoid their demise. $\endgroup$ – Matthew Goulart Sep 12 '16 at 18:12
$\begingroup$ It's your story, but if humans can barely travel from A to B in space, I sincerely doubt they've cracked the human genome to the point primordial goo A+B = human, even given the cook time of millions of years $\endgroup$ – Steve Mangiameli Sep 12 '16 at 18:41
$\begingroup$ Your thinking from a real-life standpoint. Perhaps instead of transistors and similar discoveries, the history of MY humanity has been mostly of biological discoveries. They are much more evolved in biology than they are in electronics or other fields. $\endgroup$ – Matthew Goulart Sep 12 '16 at 18:43
$\begingroup$ Hopefully you can "flesh" that world out ;-) But many of the biological breakthroughs we have today were made in large part to electro and computative breakthroughs. It's realllllllllly hard to decode DNA without a computer and run the types of simulations that enable us to reason what may have happened "way back when". $\endgroup$ – Steve Mangiameli Sep 12 '16 at 18:48
$\begingroup$ You have a good point.... $\endgroup$ – Matthew Goulart Sep 12 '16 at 18:48
DNA won't do. Any scientific method won't do. But you are writing science fiction.
Humanity is going extinct? So they can't afford to be sick or die stupid death. And planet Earth is poisoned, so cancer is most dangerous mass murderer. Imagine nanobots able fix DNA. Human DNA. At least the parts we have in common.
On a spaceships they would go with simpler design. Why to put all this selection mechanisms in? They only give mass to `bots. There is no non-human life on ship, nothing Greenpeace would care. So these `bots are made to fix all cells that needs to be fixed. Oh, and ship has self - repairing nanobots generator. Or `bots don't break easily. Or they can self replicate.
So what's happen when these are accidentally released? They find a living cell that's around proper size and try to "fix" it into a proper human cell. Most of the time, they fail. But some victims live. A bit closer to mammal. Then, a bit closer to human. It would take millennia and it would be grotesque quite often, but would work. Some organisms would develop immunity, after they acquired some human traits. Some before. And some got forcibly twisted to be humans.
MołotMołot
$\begingroup$ The OP states elsewhere that their humans don't have the tech to create the nanobots/nanites. However we could build off your answer and have some alien force put these nanobots on the planet before the crash to be a catalyst for evolution that acts on DNA and/or amino acid chains. The aliens programmed the bots to facilitate but not dictate evolution. Our DNA would give us a jump start on local bacteria. That could be the handwavium glue that makes it possible, as well as an opening for sequels as the nanobot evolved humans search for their ruined home world and/or the nanobot creators. $\endgroup$ – Erik Sep 12 '16 at 20:28
The tricky part is that human beings are very complex, and very finicky about their environment. As noted in answers to your previous question, there's no simple way to go from a bit of DNA to a full-grown human without some serious future-tech machinery. And since you noted that your humans are barely capable of starflight, they probably can't create living humans just from their DNA, much less having it happen by accident.
So, if we can't rely on something that exists on the human ship, let's assume our solution comes from the planet itself. I'll go with the weaker part of the question (habitable planet with simple life), since it makes everything else a bit more plausible :)
The human ship was an Ark. It contained samples of DNA of many of Earth's life forms, selected specifically in an attempt to recreate an Earth-like ecosystem (of course, a much simpler version of it). Plants to capture carbon dioxide, water and sunlight in Earthly sugars. Bacteria and algae to produce the main source of oxygen, and seed the oceans with nutrients. Another bacteria and funghi to create a soil cycle. The bare essentials to produce a world that's habitable for humans. As a part of this, a bunch of seed environments were ready on the Ark, to kickstart the whole thing, and cryo chambers to let the supervisors manage the project over the scope of many human lifetimes. Sadly, the ship crashed, and everyone on board has been killed. Well, everyone, except for the seed environments - and the primitive Earth organisms get sprayed all around the Planet. Most of them survive, and replicate - it so happens that they are much better at what they do than all of their native competitors. The environment starts filling with Earthly sugars, amino acids, fats, proteins... easily accessible raw materials, which happen to not be compatible with the existing Planet life.
The Planet life is rather primitive in Earthly terms. They have many similiarities, but aren't able to process Earthly proteins and fats at all, and even the sugars give them trouble. DNA is too stable to be broken apart by the locals. And as the ecosystem quickly (over thousands of years) becomes dominated by Earthly "raw" materials (remember, the Earthly life is much better at processing material and sunlight, and easily outcompetes the locals), Planet's indigenous life is in jeopardy, as its entire food supply starts to quickly disappear. Many of the locals tried to digest the Earthlings, but with no success - leaving the invaders inside the cells and bodies of the locals, neither being able to consume the other. Ultimately, it only served as a way to spread the Earthlings further. Until...
Finally, under just the right environmental conditions, a small portion of the indigenous population managed to break through the cells of the invaders. The two organisms effectively merged together - their cell boundaries broken, the locals enslaving the Earthlings to produce energy for them (it so happens that both the Planetians and the Earthlings use ATP for cell energy transfer), to hijack on their ability to process Earthly materials, and to more effectively capture sunlight. A tiny portion of the local portion manages to unwrap the invader DNA in just the right places, to use the invader ability to break down and synthesize proteins, and a tiny portion of those manage to incorporate the cell organelles of the invaders in their own cells. The tiny population quickly spreads all over the planet - while it's not much better than the invaders, it can at least fully exploit food sources of the invaders; keeping close check on their own genetic information, while preserving the useful bits from the Earthling's. Since they only use rather small portions of the Earthling genetic code, there's significant pressure to avoid replicating the "unused" bits, but it is more than counter-acted by every tiny trick that is found in the previously unused bits. Most of the time, the random unwrapping results in waste, or even in the death of the organism - but as the new tricks improve the adaptability of the locals, they quickly grow in number. The result is a somewhat pruned genetic information of the Earthlings, taking over more and more functions in their "host" organism. And then...
The DNA vials from the Ark start leaking. The locals, ravenous for any new Earthling genetic information, start absorbing the information, replicating it with them as they always do, trying many different ways of unwrapping it, and unlocking the processes described in the information. Predictably, this is met with little success - it's very unlikely that you'd get a viable organism just by randomly trying to execute various parts of their genetic code, even when most of yourself has already transformed to something very similar to Earth life. But while the chance is tiny, it isn't zero. And finally, it happens - the right kind of mixed local-Earthling happens to unlock the right part of the "stolen" DNA... and result in horrible outgrowths, nothing like the locals have ever seen - the Earthly processes using all the infrastructure of the surrounding local cells to spark the beginning of Earthly plant life, sprouting as grasses and funghi and bushes and trees...
The local meta-cells are quite adaptable, working with many different kinds of Earthly DNA. Most of the time, the synthesis fails, but the invader's DNA usually stays the same throughout, giving many chances at repeated attempts to recreate Earthly life. More and more complex life starts getting hold, relying on their host Planetians to spread their kind before their own replication have a chance of working. The relationship is quite symbiotic - even as the different kinds of symbiotes start devouring each other, funghi reclaiming the dead (and sometimes not so dead) bodies of the plants, Earthly soil bacteria finally getting all the nutrients they need, fixing more and more nitrogen and other nutrients in the soil, quickly spreading more and more advanced life forms all over the Planet.
Even plants are a huge stretch of imagination, the conditions for a creation of a viable seed-organism being extremely unlikely. But there's trillions of the native meta-organisms, each trying with their own copies of Earthly DNA, merging together in huge colonies in an effort to produce a viable Earth-organism, and they do have the plans - they just have to find the right conditions, the right sets of instructions to execute in just the right way, and over time, it happens, and enriches the environment. Eventually, there's enough of Earthly species to start reproducing on their own, spreading in a race for diversity to cover all the ecosystems of Planet, creating thousands of new species. And then...
Come the insects. The native meta-organisms don't stop trying, keep reiterating over the absorbed DNA, mix together with other organisms, Earthly and local, and eventually, manage to build a functioning reproductive system in a meta-plant, capable of producing insect younglings; not quite like they would be in their natural environment - with no adults to take care of them, they rely on their home-plant for shelter and food, until they are fully grown and capable of raising the next generations, and producing viable reproductive individuals, which quickly spread all over the Planet - some still clinging to their home-plants, while others are barely different from their Earthly brethren.
But while much more complicated than anything that came before, the conditions to grow a mammal or a reptile from "scratch" are even more so. While everything necessary to create the organs is in the genetic information, it's mind bogglingly unlikely they would be executed in combined in just the right way to produce the necessary environment. It's quite unlikely that there would be enough of the original DNA left, given how much of a waste it is to replicate large swathes of information that is never used - but then again, the same is true for our own junk in our own DNA; full information survives, just because the random changes to make the information shorter are very likely to break the parts that are necessary. It finally happens - home-plants with full blown wombs and egg-production-facilities, relying on their newly formed animals to spread their own seed.
The first humans are rather troublesome. They are huge, requiring lots of nutrients to grow. When they leave their reproduction chambers, they are all but hopeless - and the meta-organisms have no way to help them; there's no way to use the information they have to help with the maturation of a human. Still, many human-plants survive, by using the babies as carriers of their seed, the "fruits" becoming popular enough with the "predators". But by then, simpler mammals have already proliferated enough. And mammals have this weird connection, the "cuteness" factor, which works quite well accross species... simpler species nurturing the more complex ones, which in turn become populous and ready to nurture even more complex ones... all the way to the wolf that takes care of the helpless human twins, nurturing them and caring for them until they are themselves capable of taking care of their own (from other human-plants), forming a symbiotic relationship with the wolves that would last for ages - becoming surprisingly strong as they mature, something that Planet has never seen before...
... and thus Rome is born.
I wouldn't call this the hardest sci-fi around. There's nothing here that would be outright impossible, but it's incredibly unlikely that something like this would happen. There's a lot of points where you deal with fragile things that survive against all odds - the DNA not deteriorating before it gets used, not being pruned by the natives, the fact that none of the local populations started becoming dominant as something else than the meta-organisms that recreate Earthly life...
But it should be quite enough to support an entertaining story without too much suspension of disbelief. It gives interesting opportunities to show clashes of the local and the Earthly. There's plenty of space for interesting organisms (and especially complex symbiotical relationships, given how central symbiosis is to the whole scenario) that quickly diversified in the rather empty ecosystem.
I want to copy from my previous answer to previous variant of this question:
Human DNA is irrelevant.
If your new barren planet has no life, it has no free oxygen (oxygen is ONLY created as a byproduct of plant life).
So your two vials need to contain bacteria which can live without the presence of the oxygen - there are few such old archea surviving on Earth.
Will take you many millions of years to develop more complicated life forms. Evolution is random, there is NO GUARANTEE that plants will develop (creating free oxygen) and humanoids develop later, unless your landing vessel is capable of guiding the evolution over many millions of years.
And even then, how you say extinguish dinosaurs, allowing mammals to take over the planet?
If you want scientifically-plausible answer, you need to read up on evolution. hint: Evolution has no goal. Wikipedia is a good start.
OK, reading the comments to question, now your planet already has some bacteria. So evolution already started. Your vials can either add few lifeforms, of even likely not be able to outcompete planet's original lifeforms, and die out.
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$\begingroup$ "Oxygen is only created as a byproduct of plant life" - that is a false presumption since stars (not our own) can and do contain oxygen and certainly have no plant life. While a star does not need oxygen to burn, stars that contain oxygen can use it as a catalyst for nuclear reaction. Also this article: arstechnica.com/science/2014/10/… $\endgroup$ – Jesse Williams Sep 12 '16 at 17:38
$\begingroup$ @JesseWilliams - Yes, stars create atoms of oxygen, but oxygen is highly reactive and is bound (lots of it in CO2). On our planet, only plants convert CO2 and H2O to sugars and oxygen. On other planets, with different atmosphere, life can work differently. Might not even be based on carbohydrates. $\endgroup$ – Peter M. - stands for Monica Sep 12 '16 at 17:44
$\begingroup$ Did you look at the linked article regarding creation of atmospheric oxygen without plants? Yes, on our planet, currently, oxygen is mostly created through plant processes. However, this isn't a requirement for oxygen at all. In fact, a planet with a CO2-laden atmosphere that was reasonably close to its star could have VUV reactions that would create oxygen on an otherwise lifeless planet. $\endgroup$ – Jesse Williams Sep 12 '16 at 17:49
$\begingroup$ ... yes, and such free oxygen would react (burn, rust etc) and be chemically bound to something. Certainly plants "create" oxygen in different sense (as a result of a chemical reaction - no new atoms are created) than star does (which creates new oxygen atoms in nuclear reaction). Such misleading comments remind me why I should ignore wordbuilding. $\endgroup$ – Peter M. - stands for Monica Sep 12 '16 at 18:40
$\begingroup$ @JesseWilliams You've misunderstood that article. You can get ppm amounts of oxygen by that VUV process, which are clearly spectroscopically visible in an astronomic survey, and were previously believed to be a clear sign of (beginning) life. But to oxidise a planetary crust to the level that O2 contents larger than a few hundred ppm can exist in the atmosphere is hardly possible that way. $\endgroup$ – Karl Sep 12 '16 at 23:00
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Middletown man convicted of rape of a child
Posted 3:56 PM, November 9, 2015, by Howard Sheppard, Updated at 04:22PM, November 9, 2015
Richard Soto
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. – A Dauphin County jury has convicted Richard Soto, of Middletown, of Rape of a Child and other related sexual offenses.
Prosecutors say Soto assaulted the child in many different ways over a two year period when she was ages 6 through 8. The child told her mother about the assaults in the middle of 2013, and instead of protecting the child, her mother told her not to tell anyone and that she would "beat her butt." As a result of her failure to seek help for her daughter, the victim's mother was charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child. The mother pleaded guilty to that charge earlier this year. The victim no longer lives with her mother as the mother continues to steadfastly support Soto.
The incidents of sexual assault came to light around Halloween 2013, when the victim and her classmates were tasked with decorating and coloring a picture of a monster. When the victim drew a penis on the monster, the teacher notified the guidance counselor, and the guidance counselor notified the proper authorities. Upon further questioning, the victim provided very graphic details about the sex acts committed against her, details only a child who was sexually assaulted would know. At trial, the victim's mother took the stand in support of the defendant; he also testified in his own defense.
After three days of testimony, and approximately 5 hours of deliberation, the jury was unable to reach a verdict verdict by Friday evening. President Judge Richard A. Lewis sent the jury home for the weekend and instructed them to resume deliberations at 9:00 this morning. After deliberating for approximately another hour this morning, the jury returned to the courtroom and returned a verdict of guilty on all charges.
In addition to Rape of a Child, Soto was convicted of Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse with a Child, Aggravated Indecent Assault, Indecent Assault, Unlawful Contact with a Minor, Corruption of a Minor and Indecent Exposure.
District Attorney Abby Trovinger who prosecuted the case reacted to the verdict. "This little girl is one of the bravest people I have ever met. She has overcome so many obstacles in her life, and she continues to have hope for the future. She's an inspiration, and it's been a great honor of my career to prosecute this case on behalf of the Commonwealth. I will do my very best to see to it that this defendant can never do this to another child ever again."
Sentencing is scheduled for January 19, 2016 at 1:30 pm. The Soto faces a maximum sentence of 159 years in state prison.
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I'll be looking back at the year in my next blog post but without doubt one of the highlights for us both has been the support and kindness we've been shown by so many folks since we arrived at Weir Quay in May and the new friends we've made as we've settled into our new life afloat.
It's a calm and peaceful Christmas Eve here in Falmouth Marina, we're relaxing tonight, spending Christmas Day with my Mom & Dad and we've just been invited for drinks aboard a neighbours boat on Boxing Day. It'll be fun.
We wish you all a peaceful and happy holiday.
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Happy New Year Neil & Gail!!
Hope you're both warm enough and hope to come down and see you before you set off for Portugal or warmer climes!
Today the last day of the year I finally finished reading your blog since the first post! It´s been 18 straight days. Some of them I just read some posts but others I would spent more than 10 hours reading… it was like I was building a boat in my mind.
Neil last time I felt this void I´ve just finished reading "One Hundred Years of Solitude", where Gabriel Garcia depicted all those fantastic characters.
Neil you are a hero and inspire all of us, the dreamers. Your blog have great content indeed and maybe you can put some link for donation.
Another idea to generate some income is crowdfunding. You can sell some turistic sailing tours in Gleda!! Uhuuuu! Maybe some sailing class or even a "Day with Neil" where you can show Gleda in details and give dreamers some valuable tips.
I wish you sunny days and live long with Gail and Gleda. God bless you and your love ones.
Giovani, thank you so much for your comments over the past days, your resilience in reading all of my posts is incredible and your words far too kind.
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How golf helped me to finally talk about my war experiences
I'll never forget the sound of the guns. Our ships firing on the bluffs above the sand. Their armaments shooting over our heads, back at our boats.
I was 24 years old when I landed at Omaha Beach in Normandy for my first day of combat. I don't recall being nervous — I was confident in my training. It was June 7, 1944. My regiment, the 175th infantry, was sent in one day after D-Day, and because we were fresh, our job was to relieve the tired units and push deeper into France. We battled through what people now call hedgerows — lines of vegetation that farmers used to separate pastures. Germans planted guns in them. They had this new machine gun called the M42, and it was the scariest weapon we faced. It could fire 1,500 rounds a minute.
A close up of Steven Melnikoff's service medals.
On June 17, we were fighting to take a little town called St. Lo when I was hit in the throat by one of those German guns and went down immediately. My best friend was killed that day, and so was my captain. But I was fortunate. I recovered at a hospital in England, returned to my battalion and finished out the war. On V-E Day I was right there in Berlin as the armistice was signed. I felt lucky in more ways than one.
After the war, I studied mechanical engineering and got a supervisor job at a company called Bethlehem Steel. I was able to give my wife, Joyce, and our three kids, Steve, Jeffrey and Amy, a nice, middle-class life. Joyce and I were married for 59 years before she died 11 years ago. Thanks to my job, I started playing golf. All the managers at Bethlehem received a membership to Sparrows Point Country Club, near the Baltimore Beltway. When I retired, I played more. I also finally started thinking and talking about my war experiences. Golf helped with that.
These days I follow a strict golf schedule: I play Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Sometimes guys get upset with me because I won't play two days in a row. But it's just too hard on me. You see, I'm 99 years old. Here's one secret to playing a full 18 at my age: I only allow myself one practice swing for every shot. My warm-up is maybe four swings. When you're 99, you can't swing a club 400 times a round. It's just too much. But I practice my short game, and I'm a confident putter. My handicap has never been lower than 18; today it's 32. I've never had a hole-in-one, but I once holed a 5-iron for an eagle. That's the best shot of my life.
My playing partner that day was my foreman at Bethlehem. Now I play golf with his son — and he wishes he could putt like me. We also have a league, all seniors, and we play for big money. We put up five bucks and play like hell to win back 10 or 12. I putt everything out, and sometimes I break my age. We have fun, but we're competitive. Hey, we want to win! Then we come in and have lunch, and I take a nap.
Greg Norman gifted Melnikoff a new set of Cobra clubs.
How am I still playing at age 99? I'm sure I have good genes. My parents were immigrants, and my mom cooked wholesome foods. We never had McDonald's. I also have a positive attitude on and off the course. Even in my work, I was one of those guys who showed up ready to go.
Today I live in Cockeysville, Md., just north of Baltimore. I've met some great people, including Greg Norman, who have helped me play golf around the world. Last fall I played in Australia and California — and Normandy. That course is near the beach, and you can see some of the old German gun emplacements. I hustled through there nearly 75 years ago under a lot more stress. I'll be honest: most of us don't talk much about the war, and for a long time I didn't either. But now I think it's important. There aren't many of us left.
So, thanks to golf, I'm able to share my story and promote my cause, the Greatest Generations Foundation. I never thought I'd appear in GOLF magazine, but I'm very happy to do so. People call us the greatest generation. Well, I think golf is the greatest game.
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ResMed Inc., one of San Diego's largest medical device companies, is evaluating whether it should move its headquarters outside of California.
ResMed CEO Peter C. Farrell cited California's tax increases, strengthening union presence, strict regulations and the Democratic majority in the state Legislature as reasons the company is looking elsewhere. The company posted revenue of more than $1 billion last year.
A board-appointed task force is looking at Texas, South Carolina, Singapore and Ireland as potential future hubs for the company. Farrell said the committee will present its findings at ResMed's next board meeting in February.
The company, founded in 1989 in Australia and headquartered in San Diego since 1990, is a world leader in manufacturing devices that assist patients suffering from sleep apnea. It employs about 400 in California, and 3,700 worldwide. In 2009, ResMed spent about $120 million to build its new, 250,000-square-foot headquarters in San Diego.
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No new admissions to sheltered workshops, minister says
By Moira WelshInvestigative News reporter
Mon., Nov. 16, 2015timer3 min. read
Ontario is moving to stop new admissions to the provincially funded sheltered workshops where people with intellectual disabilities labour for pennies a day, says the Minister of Community and Social Services.
"I don't ever want to see someone who has not been involved in a sheltered workshop move into one," Minister Helena Jaczek said. "That would not, in my view, be acceptable at all."
Jaczek was responding to the Star's series on the segregated workshops, where people with intellectual disabilities spend decades getting "employment training" even though most never leave.
Many enjoy the social life and a place to go during the day, but miss out on opportunities for real employment and legitimate wages, the Star found. Instead, they live on Ontario Disability Support Program benefits of roughly $850 a month and, critics say, they do menial labour that provides negligible job training.
Asked how she will ensure the workshops will stop admitting new clients, Jaczek said the ministry could add specific directives to the contracts of agencies that get provincial money to run the workshops.
"I'm going to talk to our officials in the ministry about how we tailor the contracts — the service agreements that we have with transfer payment agencies," she said. "Perhaps we can bring a greater degree of specificity as to what we expect."
In the United States, new federal legislation limits youth with disabilities from working for low wages. Individual states, such as Vermont, eliminated workshops more than a decade ago. Others, such as New York, are discussing the similar action now. In Oregon, workshops will be phased out as part of a court settlement from a class-action lawsuit.
Ontario advocates pushing for legitimate employment applauded Jaczek's promise to stop admissions, saying until now there has been no significant commitment for change.
"Wow. That's pretty significant," said Mark Wafer, a multiple Tim Hortons franchise owner who has employed 122 people with disabilities during the last 20 years. "It's a first step. A small step, but a very important one.
"This shows that the government has realized that sheltered workshops are no longer valid," Wafer said.
Jaczek said her ministry will "look very closely" at legislative changes.
"Let's face it. The (Star's) attention to the issue is very useful. It makes everyone stop and think. I want to thank you for this because it does bring the mind to bear on the subject. And we're going to be looking at this."
Jaczek said she wants to end the sheltered workshop model — which was set up to retrain injured soldiers in the early 1900s — but must ensure that "nobody is left high and dry ... we want to do it in a really thoughtful way.
"We want to eliminate sheltered workshops. No question about that. How we move forward, how we do it, with all of the interests of the people involved at the heart of what we are doing is going to take some time, but I see steady progress."
There's no need for a long period of study, said Michael Bach, executive vice-president of the Canadian Association for Community Living.
"We've been talking about getting out of sheltered workshops for 40 years," Bach said. "It's hard to believe the ministry is saying it's going to take time to look at this."
He said the government must get tougher on the agencies. That means making no new admissions a ministry policy, as Jaczek suggested. And, it must force agencies to respond to ministry efforts for data collection on workshops and day programs.
The Star reported that the ministry has no idea how many people with intellectual disabilities are in workshops or day programs. In 2014, the ministry sent out a survey asking for detailed information but less than half — 170 — of the 370 agencies responded.
Based on those limited responses, the ministry said that 3,463 individuals were participating in "52 simulated work settings, including training centres, day programs, vocational training and sheltered workshop-like programs, across the province."
"I find that extremely troubling," Bach said. "The fact that the ministry can send out a survey and have a (less than) 50-per-cent response and not even know the services that are being provided, much less the actual numbers. They can't tell us what people are actually getting for tax dollars."
In order to create government-wide "employment first" policies to replace workshops, Ontario must use empirical evidence from data, he said.
"The fact that we can't get the data is a real problem."


The Alpen-Lauf Hohwacht is a multi-terrain running event held annually in the summer in the Baltic Sea resort of Hohwacht in the state of Schleswig-Holstein in the far north of Germany.
It comprises a Bambinilauf for children, a 5k run and walk (one lap) and a 10k run (two laps).
Starting at the Edeka Alpen supermarket on Seestraße, near the beach, the route is undulating, varied and very scenic as it takes the runners through dense woods, up to a viewing point on the cliffs and along the beach promenade.


The world's increasing globalization requires more interaction among people from diverse backgrounds. People no longer live and work in an insular environment; they are now part of a worldwide economy competing within a global framework. For this reason, profit and non-profit organizations need to become more diversified to remain competitive. Maximizing and capitalizing on workplace diversity is an important issue for management.
Supervisors and managers need to recognize the ways in which the workplace is changing and evolving. Managing diversity is a significant organizational challenge, so managerial skills must adapt to accommodate a multicultural work environment.
This document is designed to help managers effectively manage diverse workforces. It provides a general definition for workplace diversity, discusses the benefits and challenges of managing diverse workplaces, and presents effective strategies for managing diverse workforces.
Diversity can be defined as acknowledging, understanding, accepting, and valuing differences among people with respect to age, class, race, ethnicity, gender, disabilities, etc. (Esty et al. 1995).
Companies need to embrace diversity and look for ways to become inclusive organizations because diversity has the potential to yield greater work productivity and competitive advantages (SHRM 1995). Stephen Butler, co-chair of the Business-Higher Education Forum, believes diversity is an invaluable competitive asset (Robinson 2002). Managing diversity is a key component of effective people management in the workplace (Black Enterprise 2001).
Demographic changes (women in the workplace, organizational restructuring, and equal opportunity legislation) will require organizations to review their management practices and develop new and creative approaches to managing people. Positive changes will increase work performance and customer service.
The number of dual-income families and single working mothers has changed the dynamics of the workplace. Changes in the family structure means that there are fewer traditional family roles (Zweigenhaft and Domhoff 1998).
Significant changes in the workplace have occurred due to downsizing and outsourcing, which has greatly affected human resource management. Globalization and new technologies have changed workplace practices, and there has been a trend toward longer working hours (Losyk 1996). Generally speaking, organizational restructuring usually results in fewer people doing more work.
Changes in federal and state equal opportunity legislations have made discrimination in the workplace illegal. These laws specify the rights and responsibilities of both associates (employees) and employers in the workplace and hold both groups accountable.
Diversity is beneficial to both associates and employers. Although associates are interdependent in the workplace, respecting individual differences can increase productivity. Diversity in the workplace can reduce lawsuits and increase marketing opportunities, recruitment, creativity, and business image (Esty et al. 1995). In an era when flexibility and creativity are keys to competitiveness, diversity is critical for an organization's success. Also, the consequences (loss of time and money) should not be overlooked.
There are challenges to managing a diverse work population. Managing diversity is more than simply acknowledging differences in people. It involves recognizing the value of differences, combating discrimination, and promoting inclusiveness. Managers may also be challenged with losses in personnel and work productivity due to prejudice and discrimination, as well as complaints and legal actions against the organization (Devoe 1999).
Negative attitudes and behaviors can be barriers to organizational diversity because they can harm working relationships and damage morale and work productivity (Esty et al. 1995). Negative attitudes and behaviors in the workplace include prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination, which should never be used by management for hiring, retention, and termination practices (could lead to costly litigation).
Effective managers are aware that certain skills are necessary for creating a successful, diverse workforce. First, managers must understand discrimination and its consequences. Second, managers must recognize their own cultural biases and prejudices (Koonce 2001). Diversity is not about differences among groups, but rather about differences among individuals. Each individual is unique and does not represent or speak for a particular group. Finally, managers must be willing to change the organization if necessary (Koonce 2001). Organizations need to learn how to manage diversity in the workplace to be successful in the future (Flagg 2002).
Unfortunately, there is no single recipe for success. It mainly depends on the manager's ability to understand what is best for the organization based on teamwork and the dynamics of the workplace. According to Roosevelt (2001), managing diversity is a comprehensive process for creating a work environment that includes everyone. When creating a successful diverse workforce, an effective manager should focus on personal awareness. Both managers and associates need to be aware of their personal biases. Therefore, organizations need to develop, implement, and maintain ongoing training because a one-day session of training will not change people's behaviors (Koonce 2001). Managers must also understand that fairness is not necessarily equality. There are always exceptions to the rule.
Managing diversity is about more than equal employment opportunity and affirmative action (Losyk 1996). Managers should expect change to be slow, while at the same time encouraging change (Koonce 2001).
Another vital requirement when dealing with diversity is promoting a safe place for associates to communicate (Koonce 2001). Social gatherings and business meetings, where every member must listen and have the chance to speak, are good ways to create dialogues. Managers should implement policies such as mentoring programs to provide associates access to information and opportunities. Also, associates should never be denied necessary, constructive, critical feedback for learning about mistakes and successes (Flagg 2002).
A diverse workforce is a reflection of a changing world and marketplace. Diverse work teams bring high value to organizations. Respecting individual differences will benefit the workplace by creating a competitive edge and increasing work productivity. Diversity management benefits associates by creating a fair and safe environment where everyone has access to opportunities and challenges. Management tools in a diverse workforce should be used to educate everyone about diversity and its issues, including laws and regulations. Most workplaces are made up of diverse cultures, so organizations need to learn how to adapt to be successful.
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Flagg, A. 2002. "Managing diverse workgroups successfully." United Behavioral Health.
Koonce, R. 2001. "Redefining diversity: It's not just the right thing to do; it also makes good business sense." Training and Development (December).
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Zweigenhaft, R.L., and G.W. Domhoff. 1998. Diversity in the power elite: Have women and minorities reached the top? New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
This document is HR022, one of a series of the Food and Resource Economics Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date June 2002. Revised October 2015. Visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.
Kelli Green, former graduate student; Mayra López, former graduate student; Allen Wysocki, associate dean and professor; Karl Kepner, emeritus professor; Derek Farnsworth, assistant professor; and Jennifer L. Clark, senior lecturer, Food and Resource Economics Department; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.


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Tokyo Story
Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story is an exercise in simplicity. With static shots placed a bit below eye level (though not tilted), he tells an economical story: Two elders visit their grown children, who neglect them because of their busy city lives. The parents return home, the wife falls ill and die, and the children must make a trip to her funeral.
It doesn't get much more complicated than that, yet Ozu, without once insisting upon himself, molds one of the finest movies ever made to examine the generational gap. It's a movie completely geared towards postwar Japan, yet its simplicity grants the film a universality. The elders speak with guarded emotions, while the children are losing tradition to Western influence, while the grandchildren, who know only a postwar upbringing, are petulant and spoiled.
Ozu moves the film forward at a snail's pace, yet he knows that it's just the right speed. His camera, which moves within a shot a grand total of one time, lingers on scenes, both before and after any action occurs. These shots flatten the sets, which in most cases would be a bad thing, yet here they add texture to the In between, he inserts what Roger Ebert termed "pillow shots," filler images of the city around them. These shots are totally unnecessary and unrelated, yet they somehow enhance the mood of the story. Most directors track action, but Ozu seems to track emotion.
Watching the film unfold is a slow ride to devastation. The elders, Shukichi and Tomi, speak with carefully chosen words and communicate their real feelings behind polite nods and agreements, yet you can tell they are disappointed with their children and especially their grandkids. Shukichi and Tomi meet their grandchildren for the first time, yet these kids barely pause to say hello before running back to their rooms. In one scene, the grandparents reflect upon how their children turned out, agreeing at last that they're "better than average."
During their stay, the children make plans to spend time with their parents, only to complain that they can't get away from work. Ironically, the only person who treats the elders well is their widowed daughter-in-law Noriko, a fact which Shukichi remarks upon near the end. Eventually, the children, feeling guilty (perhaps more so because Noriko has taken time out to spend with people who aren't even blood relatives), send their parents to a spa. The surrounding area is so noisy that the two cannot sleep. In the morning, Shukichi, in his guarded, polite way, says, "Let's go back home."
On the way home, the two stop by to see their youngest son. Tomi spends some more time with Noriko, while Shukichi goes out drinking with an old friend. These two scenes show the two at their most emotional; under the influence of alcohol, Shukichi finally loosens up and criticizes his children and their changing lifestyle, while Tomi expresses her emotions in a far subtler way. Tomi, like her husband, communicates in politeness, but her thanks to Noriko are more than perfunctory. She encourages Noriko, who has not remarried in the 8 years since her husband's death, to move on, that she cannot bear to see her daughter-in-law spend the rest of her days alone out of grief for her own son. It's the only connection the elders make with anyone other than each other in the whole film.
And then, on the journey back, Tomi dies. The family travels to the funeral, and at last there is genuine emotion from the children and grandchildren. Just watch the compartmentalized grief in Chishu Ryu's face as he conveys all the hidden agony of a man who lost his lifelong soulmate. The very last exchange of the film is heartbreaking; Shukichi's neighbor offers her condolences, to which he responds, in his typically polite way "Oh, she was a headstrong woman ... but if I knew things would come to this, I'd have been kinder to her," then, "Living alone like this, the days will get very long."
What makes Ozu's film so transcendent is that it's not a scathing attack on younger generations. The children genuinely mean well and do feel bad, but they maintain they can't get off work. Maybe they can't; it's wrong to assume that a system of vacations and sick days is the same in Japan as it is in the US. They are caught in the middle between fading Traditionalism and the growing influence of American occupation and don't know quite what to make of it. Ozu doesn't judge them; he only illustrates the fundamental disconnect between generations. Critics cite Ozu as the most Japanese of directors, but that belies the universal appeal of this character study. A softly crushing film, Tokyo Story earns it place near the top of the list of the greatest movies ever made.
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Seven Essential Ingredients for Change Management
Section 12 - References and Acknowledgements - I
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IMC (1996); Book Review on Transforming the Organisation by Francis J Gouillart & James N Kelly, (McGraw-Hill, 1995)
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International Business Times; (2014), Moving in One Direction, Review, (AFR October 31, 2014)
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Irving, John; (2014), Save & Saviour, Summer, (AFRmagazine, 2013)
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Researchers at Louisville University, UCLA and the Pavlov Institute of Physiology have helped four wheelchair bound men with lower body paralysis to regain movement in their legs by zapping their spinal cords with electricity. The researchers built upon the work of another study that found that epidural stimulation helped a paralyzed man in Oregon to regain some movement in his limbs. The findings of the current study could help researchers develop devices for those suffering from paralysis.
In the current study, the researchers used an electrical stimulator to send pulses into the four men's spinal cords, thereby allowing their spinal cords to reuse the broken neural network and control the movements of their limbs. Because of the stimulation, the men are now able to move their toes, ankles and hips. The treatment also improved their overall health with improved blood circulation, muscle mass, and greater general well-being.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, an estimated 200,000 people suffer from a debilitating spinal cord injury in the U.S. The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that runs down the middle of the back and sends signals back and forth between the brain and the body. A spinal cord injury disrupts these signals, resulting in full or partial paralysis, depending on the severity and where the injury occurred in the spinal cord. However, the current research shows great promise in the ability of those with a spinal cord injury to recover.


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Joint Commission Confers First Integrated Care Certification
The initial certification belongs to Parrish Medical Center, a 210-bed, not-for-profit public medical center in Titusville, Fla., that is a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network.
The Joint Commission has awarded its first Integrated Care Certification, a certification that was introduced in July 2015 to recognize hospitals and ambulatory care settings excellent at integrating information-sharing, transitions of care, hand-off communications, and other key activities as a patient moves between the hospital and outpatient care settings. "The overarching goal is interactive engagement of providers and patients throughout the care cycle. By integrating care across the continuum, this positively affects patient outcomes," according to the commission.
"On behalf of The Joint Commission, I want to congratulate Parrish Medical Center on becoming the first organization in the country to earn the Integrated Care Certification," said Mark Pelletier RN, MS, chief operating officer of Accreditation and Certification Operations for the commission. "This certification recognizes Parrish Medical Center's dedication to improving patient outcomes with better coordinated care. It is also a benefit to the surrounding community Parrish serves, and it reflects its commitment to ensuring high-quality care transcends the walls of its hospitals."
According to the commission, Integrated Care Certification can help foster collaboration, highlight risk sharing, help to reduce adverse events, promote "patient centeredness," and help to identify and reduce redundancies.
"I want to congratulate The Joint Commission for establishing this groundbreaking certification program that recognizes the importance of integrated care for the benefit of the patients and communities we serve," said George Mikitarian, president and CEO of Parrish Medical Center. "We are therefore proud and humbled to be the nation's first to earn Integrated Care Certification. Completing the voluntary certification process continues to afford us the opportunity to demonstrate that our community-based network of hospitals, physicians, and outpatient services are effectively working together to improve patient care and quality and to reduce costs."