So, apparently (read: according to my wife), it's a Thing (read: trending a bit on Twitter) to claim that untreated mental illness is a font for creativity.
Okay. To be fair, sometimes it very well may be. There are those whose art IS their mental illness, or more precisely their illness is the inspiration for their art. For these folks, I suppose, it's reasonable to assume treating the illness may hamper their art. Would Stephen King write the horrors he does if he were medicated to cope with his nightmares? (Is that even possible?!) I mean, obviously, until he ran out of the memory of any not-yet-written nightmares … but after?
A frequent example is Van Gogh … no idea why. For one, in some respects he WAS medicated. Not well, but he was. And even modern meds … well … in some ways there's no difference between using opium and using Xanax besides the side-effects. But never mind that he blows the argument that way, which can be counter argued that booze and getting high aren't medicating, how about the fact he painted such beauty and life in spite of his "tortured soul"? I'm pretty sure his depression didn't create his work, it just cut it off at the age of 30.
My wife, is less creative unmedicated. Without meds she can not write. She's also arguably not a functional adult or even a strictly function hominid lifeform, but she can't write for her anxiety issues.
Me? I can't actually say. I mean if my oestrogen levels sink below some threshold it triggers depression (this is a woman thing … cis/trans doesn't matter … men suffer similarly for low testosterone … fun fact for the day) so I suppose my HRT is medication for depression, but my depression is far more complex than that. I don't medicate, though. Not really because I l'm afraid I couldn't write without depression. If I'm depressed I avoid writing, after all … partly because it goes in dark directions and I'm not into goth fic so generally hate what I write, but also because I can't seem to get the motivation and focus to. But when depression isn't dragging me down I quite enjoy writing. So, arguably, meds would be a Good Idea. I just look at the side effects of anti-depressants and figure I'd rather cope because they would make me depressed.
I'm not going to take a side in the argument. There shouldn't be sides, nor should there be an argument. Mostly, I think, the 'illness is art' are quite mad and part of a group I wrote about before who feel Art Must Be Torture! (Load of bollox).
No. As is my wont I'll stay right here in the realm of reality and rationality. Each human is unique. That uniqueness is important. Nothing works universally. Some people should definitely medicate, some definitely oughtn't, still others can take it or leave it. Let's chill and let it go.
My single point of firm belief is that some drugs are over prescribed. Many psychiatrists and psychologists do feel too many GPs will see someone seems stressed or down and give them a psych drug with no further evaluation, no actual attempt at therapy. Some GPs and psychologists alike are a little too happy to give Timmy and Suzy a Ritalin script … even when they don't need it and thus a creative child becomes a zombie. But this is not a mental illness thing, this is a modern western (especially the for-profit American) medical profession thing and pathologicalising and medicating everything & sundry. So, ultimately, I suppose it comes back to moderation.
It's amazing. Nothing is good in extremes. Change for the sake of change can be as terrible as holding onto tradition too strongly. Even rights have an interesting point of moderation: your rights and mine should not impede each other. Thus laws against theft, murder, wanton discrimination … these are sensible. Your right to religion shouldn't impede my right to service BUT my right to service shouldn't impede the rights of a church or church affiliated service (but that service shouldn't get anyone's tax dollars either, it's only fair after all).
I ramble. If you haven't caught on to this you've not been paying attention. But really, this is one of the internet's more colossally asinine arguments. Let artists medicate or not. And if an artist may be in danger for their mental illness, let's recommend they may want to seek help … conversely those suffering for their treatment should be encouraged to cease or reevaluate said therapies. It's balance, baby.
P.s. I can't concentrate to go back over this for proofreading, so hopefully my recent bouts of extreme dyslexia this week won't have impacted this too badly.


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''Cordelia's mind is under attack. Angel will stop at nothing to discover the source.''
That Vision Thing - 3ADH02
Written by Jeffrey Bell - Directed by Bill Norton - First Aired on October 1st, 2001
Synopsis - Creature Feature - Cool Quotes - References - Continuity - Goofs - Trivia - The Morgue - Cast - Famous Faces - Points Of View
The Short: Cordelia gets a number of visions which leave her physically harmed and send Angel on quests for a magical coin and key. When the crew ask the host of Caritas to help learn why Cordelia's visions are now injuring her, he discovers that these visions are not coming from the Powers That Be, but from a psychic hacker. Angel learns Lilah Morgan of Wolfram & Hart arranged for the false visions, and she blackmails Angel to use the coin and key to rescue a man Wolfram & Hart want back from a hell dimension. Angel brings the man back, and exchanges the man for Cordelia's restoration. Angel kills the psychic and then tells Lilah if she ever tries to get to him through Cordelia again he will kill Lilah.
The Long: After a ''Previously on Angel'' segment (see Continuity #1) we open on Wesley and Gunn talking as they eat Chinese food. They say hello to Cordelia as Fred critiques them. Gunn tries to get her to use chop sticks or a fork. Cordelia is on the edge because she hasn't had a vision in a while. Gavin Park walks in and Cordelia is taken by his fashion sense (see Reference #1). Gavin notices Fred is new, and Wesley tells him to piss off. Angel walks out and Gavin leaves him a stack of building code violations. Cordelia tells him off as she compliments his suit. Angel is happy to see Fred is out and about (see Cool Quotes #1). Cordelia has a vision about two clawed demons in an herbalist shop and a coin. She sends Angel to find the coin (see Reference #2). Cordelia walks to the bathroom, where she struggles with the pain. Wesley wants to know how many claws the demons had, and she counts the slashes on her stomach. (Listen to the teaser here.)
The old Chinese man and woman who run the Van Hoa Dong herbalist shop don't seem to be quite human, able to form long razor-sharp claws, and are very spry. They are also able to sense Angel is a vampire. The pair of them guarded a magical coin which could be used along with a key to open a dimensional door.
Another unnamed demon is a boil covered demon who guards a key, which could be used along with a the coin to open a dimensional door.
Known in the credits only as the young man in fez, is a psychic with an exposed brain. He is able to levitate and was able to hack into Cordelia's connection to the Powers That Be and send her false and damaging visions.
In this episode we meet a guardian named Skip, who appears to be an armored warrior who guards the man, and his will keeps the man constantly in flame, in eternal torment. Skip is able to sense Angel is a vampire, but that he works for the Powers That Be, like he does.
Angel: ''Fred! Good to see you out and about.''
Fred: ''It is, isn't it? Out and about. I've been forking with Gunn.''
Well, it's been a few years hasn't it Fred?
Angel: ''...and it's your job to keep him here.''
Skip: ''Yeah. I'm Skip.''
Angel: ''Angel. So, ah, you live in here, Skip?''
Skip: ''No. I commute. It's not too bad, about twenty minutes.''
Angel: ''Uh, what keeps him in the fire?''
Skip: ''My will.''
Angel: ''How come he's not screaming in pain?''
Skip: ''Oh, he is. My will prevents him from being heard. I mean there is only so many 'oh my god! The pain! Please make it stop!' that you can listen to before it starts to bug the crap out of you.''
Angel: ''I see your point.''
Okay, Skip needs his own television show, or at least he could be Angel's new sidekick.
Cordelia: ''Oh. Hi. I'm sorry I didn't hear you sneak up on us. Must be those tastefully expensive Gucci Loafers. Totally our fault.''
Gucci is a high end Italian brand of clothing and accessories. It was created by Guccio Gucci (1881-1953), the son of a Florentine leather craftsman. As a young man, he went to Paris and then London, where he gained an appreciation of cosmopolitan culture, sophistication, and aesthetics. He returned to Italy in 1920 and opened the first Gucci shop in Florence. Guccio began with finely crafted accessories for horseback riders. As the firm grew, Guccio's sons Aldo, Vasco and Rodolfo opened new shops in Florence, Rome, and Milan. In 1953, against their father's strong advice, Aldo and Rodolfo opened the first overseas boutique in New York City. A new pair of Gucci loafers can retail for over $300! They have an official web site at http://www.gucci.com/.
Cordelia: ''There is a coin and, uhm, two clawed things, it's in China town I think. An herbalist's shop.''
Chinatown is north of downtown Los Angeles. Where the Union Station was built in the '30s, was old Chinatown, but it was relocated. It has a web site at http://www.chinatownla.com/. (Thanks to Marsia from the Watcher's Diary for finding this.)
Gunn: ''Since when can't a brother buy some ginseng tea?''
Ginseng is the common name for the Araliaceae, a family of tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees that are often prickly and sometimes grow as climbing forms. The true ginseng (Panax ginseng), long prized by the Chinese for its medicinal qualities, was in such demand that a North American ginseng, P. quinquefolius, was imported in large quantities as a substitute. Both species have been all but exterminated in the wild by commercial exploitation. The herbal medicine ginseng is prepared from the plants' dried roots; it is used as a mild sedative and to increase stamina.
Fred: ''Has, has anyone ever told you you're exactly like Lassie? Yeah. You're like Angel's Lassie. Sure, he does most of the saving but it's your visions that tell him that Timmy is trapped in the well, or the robbers are hiding in the barn. He really needs and depends on you.''
Cordelia: ''Well, thanks. I'd be flattered except for the Lassie being a dog part. Dennis, a little help here?''
Lassie is a 1954 television series which starred a collie of the same name. It also starred Jon Provost as Lassie's owner Timmy. The plot of Lassie often included Lassie finding out about some danger and getting to Timmy to get help.
Host demon: ''Way outside of my area of expertise, I should caution, but hey? Who knew William Shatner could sing? Okay, bad example.''
William Shatner is a Canadian born actor who is best known for his television and film roll as Captain James T. Kirk from the 1966 series Star Trek and it's sequels. In 1970 he released a long playing record called The Transformed Man. You can listen to a clip of him here. He reprised his singing career when he became the spokesman for http://www.priceline.com/. He has an official web site at http://www.williamshatner.com/.
Cordelia: ''Was it there? Because I'm gonna be really ticked off if I'm all Phantom of the Opera and there wasn't a key.''
The Phantom of the Opera is a story based on the 1910 french novel Le Fant�me de l'Opera by Gaston Leroux. It has been made into a number of plays and films. Plot: A masked man haunts a Paris opera where he frightens off the leading lady so that a lesser actress who he loves from afar can take her part.
Cordelia: ''It's not like I'm morally against letting a demon into my subconscious for a quick lookee-loo. Hey, might be fun, but with the Powers That Be doing this whole 'book of Job' thing, the last thing I want is more noise in my head.''
The Book of Job is a book of the Bible. The book is of unknown authorship and date, although many scholars assign it to a time between 600 B.C. and 400 B.C. A lament in narrative form, the subject is the problem of good and evil in the world: ''Why do the just suffer and the wicked flourish?'' In the prose prologue Satan obtains God's permission to test the unsuspecting Job, whom God regards as ''a perfect and an upright man''; accordingly, all that Job has is destroyed, and he is physically afflicted.
Angel: ''That's not why I need you. You're important, and the visions are just after market extras like a Hurst shifter or Craiger wheels.''
Known as ''America's Number 1 Shifter'' Hurst maintains a wide variety of quality products for the performance enthusiast. Over the years, Hurst has been the OEM supplier for the Pontiac GTO, Plymouth Barracuda, Plymouth SuperBird, Ford Mustang Boss 302, Oldsmobile and AMC just to name a few.
Craiger is an after market wheel manufacturer that was popular with hotrodders in the 1950, 1960's and 1970's. (Thanks to Bob Ignash for helping with this.)
Host demon: ''You're Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, and you're relaxed and you're spinning and the camera is swirling and, ouch! Careful, honey, you've got some power of your own!''
Julie Andrews is an actress born in England in 1935 as Julie Elizabeth Wells. She debuted on Broadway at the age of 19.
The Sound of Music is 1965 musical film. Plot: Baron Von Trapp, a widower, runs his home near Salzburg like the ship he once commanded. That changes when Maria arrives from the convent to be the new governess of his seven children. Their romps through the hills inspire all to sing and to find joy in the smallest things, like raindrops on window panes. With a renewed zest for life, the baron hosts a party to introduce his new fiance. Maria knows then she does not want to be a nun. She marries the baron. The happy ever after part is threatened when Austria's new German rulers want the baron back in military service. This film has an official web site at http://www.foxhome.com/soundofmusic/. This film was referenced by Jenny in The Dark Age and Buffy in Beauty and the Beasts.
Host demon: ''My fault, my fault. I just love that movie so much! Okay. Ready to try again? Okay. Now let's go looking for the Powers That Be. See if we can reach out and touch someone.''
''Reach out and touch someone'' was the slogan of telephone company AT&T.
Lilah ''How many times did I tell you that if we don't have your 1099 on file that payroll can't cut you a check.''
A 1099 is a series of forms issued by the Internal Revenue Service for stating your income. You can download printable copies of the various 1099 forms at http://www.irs.gov/prod/forms_pubs/irs-pdf/irs-pdf.htm.
Man in fez: ''You're the boss. John Hancock and, done!''
John Hancock (1737-1793) was a political leader in the American Revolution and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. His signature is the first and largest listed on the Declaration, and the name John Hancock has come to mean signature.
Cordelia: ''Angel, what you did for me was unbelievably selfless, and brave, and amazing, and it's so great to know that the next vision I have will just be blindingly painful and not turn me into Elephant Man or anything.''
The Elephant Man was the show name of John Merrick, who lived in the late 1800s in England. He was discovered in 1884 by Frederick Treves, a famous and accomplished physician during his time, while being exhibited by the last of a string of back-room showmen. John Merrick died in 1890. His massive skull was too heavy to be easily supported, and during his sleep his head fell backward, dislocating his neck.
Yoro Mountains of Honduras
The Republic of Honduras, Central America is the second largest of the Central American countries. Honduras is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, on the east and south by Nicaragua, on the southwest by El Salvador and the Pacific Ocean, and on the west by Guatemala.
Angel: ''Previously on Angel.''
Over The Rainbow - Gavin Park introduces himself to a bored Angel. Cordelia is made a slave in Pylea. Constable Narwek arrests Fred.
Through The Looking Glass - Angel saves Fred.
Heartthrob - Cordelia has a vision. She says the visions are killing her. A pregnant Darla is looking for a shaman.
Reprise - Angel and Darla have sex. Angel wakes up.
Epiphany - Angel kicks Darla out and tells her if he ever sees her again he will kill her.
Gavin: ''Look, just because they gave you Lindsey's old office doesn't mean...''
Lilah: ''I have this office because I earned it. As did Lindsey. He sacrificed his flesh and blood for this company, literally had his hand cut off, fighting against Angel. What are you doing? Building code violations.''
To Shanshu In L.A. - Lindsey lost his hand fighting Angel.
Redefinition - Lindsey and Lilah were made joint acting co-vice presidents of special projects at Wolfram & Hart.
During the fight in the herbalist shop, the old man lands with his face down as Angel knocks him out, but then the man is laying face up when Angel notices the coin on him. (Thanks to Marsia from the Watcher's Diary for finding this.)
When Angel steps out of the car to exchange the guy for curing Cordelia, you can see his reflection in the wet pavement, despite that fact that he is a vampire and should cast no reflection.
The official WB photo gallery for this episode is at http://www.thewb.com/Popups/PhotoGallery/0,8200,21018,00.html.
You can download the official trailer for this episode at http://www.thewb.com/Popups/Trailers/0,8204,19366,00.html.
Gavin Park is the 40th reoccurring non-star character on the show. He was last seen in Over The Rainbow.
There are some problems with the closed captioning. First it has Angel referring to ''Krager wheels'', but the after market wheel manufacturer is called Craiger. In the scene where Angel talks to Skip, Skip says ''My will prevents him from being heard. I mean there is only so many 'oh my god! The pain! Please make it stop!' that you can listen to before it starts to bug the crap out of you.'', but the captioning says ''My will prevents him from being hurt.'' which makes less sense considering what he said in his next line.
New name for Angel: His Royal Badness (by the host demon).
The young man in fez: In the limo, impaled in the head with a metal bar by Angel.
David Boreanaz as Angel
Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase
Alexis Denisof as Wesley Wyndham-Pryce
J. August Richards as Charles Gunn
Amy Acker as Winifred "Fred" Burkle
Andy Hallett as the Host Demon (Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan)
Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
Frank Salsedo as the Shaman
Daniel Dae Kim as Gavin Park
David Denman as Skip
Julie Benz as Darla
Justin Shilton as the Young Man (William "Billy" Blim)
Ken Takemoto as the Old Chinese Man
Alice Lo as the Old Chinese Woman
Mitchell Gibney as the Innocuous Man
Bob Sattler as the Masked Man
Kal Penn as the Young Man in Fez
Brian Tahash as the Constable Narwek (Uncredited, seen in flashbacks to Over The Rainbow.)
David Denman, who played Skip, played Sheriff Wallace in the X-Files episode Field Trip 6.21.
Kal Penn, who played the young man in fez, played Kurt in Beer Bad.
They could do more to be cryptic, but NOT MUCH. Fred seems to like forking with Gunn, but I think she's more a Wes-woman. I liked Skip, I hope we see him again. I guess Angel is a daddy.
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Is a Black Hole in Thermal Equilibrium with its Thermal Atmosphere?
A Schwarzchild black hole has a "thermal atmosphere" in the region $r_{s} < r < (3/2)r_{s}$ where $r_{s}$ is the Schwarzchild radius [1, 2]. The thermal atmosphere is comprised of radiation quanta that are entangled with quanta behind the horizon [1, 3]. The radiation quanta that slowly leak out of the atmosphere constitute the radiation that Hawking found (Hawking radiation) [1, 4]. Far from the black hole, the radiation has a temperature $T_{hawking} = \frac{1}{8 \pi M}$. The temperature of the thermal atmosphere is $T_{atm} = \frac{1}{2 \pi \rho}$ where $\rho$ is the proper distance to the horizon. This shows that the temperature of the thermal atmosphere diverges as one approaches the horizon [1, 2, 3]
Hawking showed that a Schwarzchild black hole can be in thermal equilibrium with blackbody radiation at a temperature $T_{eq} = \frac{5}{32 \pi M} = \frac{5}{4}T_{hawking}$, if the "size" (radius) of the total (black hole + radiation) system does not exceed $\frac{3}{2}r_{s}$ [1, 2]. This implies that a black hole in thermal equilibrium with blackbody radiation has the same size as a black hole surrounded by its thermal atmosphere.
Given the fact that the radiation in the thermal atmosphere leaks away very slowly, can we conclude black hole is approximately in thermal equilibrium with its thermal atmosphere?
Susskind, Leonard and Lindesay, James, An Introduction to Black Holes, Information and the String Theory Revolution. The Holographic Universe}, World Scientific, 1st Edition, 2005.
Jacobson, Ted Introductory Lectures on Black Hole Thermodynamics http://www.physics.umd.edu/grt/taj/776b/lectures.pdf
Harlow, Daniel Jerusalem Lectures on Black Holes and Quantum Information arxiv:1409.1231v4
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January is Glaucoma Awareness Month
Glaucoma is a serious condition that can cause blindness. Over 3 million Americans have glaucoma. It is often called
"the sneak thief of sight" since many people are unaware that glaucoma has few symptoms or warning signs in its early stages.
It is more common in women than in men and it also may run in the family.
Glaucoma is a group of diseases that damage the eye's optic nerve and can result in vision loss and blindness. It can steal sight without any warning.
Are You at Risk For Glaucoma?
Although the most common forms primarily affect the middle-aged and the elderly, glaucoma can affect people of all ages. So, everyone is at risk for glaucoma.
There are certain groups than others that are at higher risk. It's important if you are at high risk to become aware of early symptoms, increase early diagnosis, and start treatment to preserve vision.
People at high risk for glaucoma should get a complete eye exam, including eye dilation, every one or two years.
The following are groups at higher risk for developing glaucoma.
After cataracts, glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness among African Americans and people of African descent. Glaucoma is six to eight times more common in African Americans than in Caucasians.
People Over 60
Glaucoma is much more common among older people. You are six times more likely to get glaucoma if you are over 60 years old.
Family Members with Glaucoma
If members of your immediate family have glaucoma, you are at a much higher risk than the rest of the population. Family history increases risk of glaucoma four to nine times.
Hispanics in Older Age Groups
Recent studies indicate that the risk for Hispanic populations is greater than those of predominantly European ancestry, and that the risk increases among Hispanics over age 60.
People of Asian descent appear to be at increased risk for angle-closure glaucoma. Angle-closure glaucoma accounts for less than 10% of all diagnosed cases of glaucoma. People of Japanese descent are at higher risk for normal-tension glaucoma.
Steroid Users
Some evidence links steroid use to glaucoma.
Injury to the eye may cause secondary open-angle glaucoma. This type of glaucoma can occur immediately after the injury or years later.
Blunt injuries that "bruise" the eye (called blunt trauma) or injuries that penetrate the eye can damage the eye's drainage system, leading to traumatic glaucoma.
The most common cause is sports-related injuries such as baseball or boxing.
Other Risk Factors
Other possible risk factors include:
High myopia (nearsightedness)
Central corneal thickness less than .5 mm.
Glaucoma TreatmentsThere is no cure for glaucoma-yet. However, medication or surgery can delay or prevent further vision loss. The appropriate treatment depends upon the type of glaucoma among other factors. Early detection is vital to stopping the progress of the disease. That's why early diagnosis is very important.Glaucoma treatments include medicines, laser trabeculoplasty, conventional surgery, or a combination of any of these. While these treatments may save remaining vision, they do not improve sight already lost from glaucoma
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DeSimone Consulting Engineers is a structural engineering firm founded by Vincent J. DeSimone in 1969 in New York City. The firm provides structural engineering services to architects, owners and developers, and performs structural analysis and design for all types of buildings at all project phases. DeSimone also launched a Property Loss Consulting division in 2016. The company has offices in New York City, Miami, San Francisco, New Haven, Las Vegas, Houston, Abu Dhabi, Boston, Chicago, and Medellin. , DeSimone has designed over 10,000 projects in 40 states and 45 countries.

Engineering

Exoskeleton buildings

DeSimone is recognized for its work with exoskeleton buildings, including the award-winning residential building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan at 170 Amsterdam Avenue. The 20-story residential high-rise features a concrete exoskeleton with a diagrid design and was developed using newly available modeling technology. The building's exoskeleton moves the structure to the exterior, allowing for flexible floor plans free of columns. A specialized concrete mix was used for the exterior structure which was made to look like limestone. Fiberglass was also used also used on the exterior. DeSimone was nominated and received a Diamond Award for Structural Systems from the American Council of Engineering Companies in 2016 for their work on 170 Amsterdam.

DeSimone is also the structural engineering firm for One Thousand Museum in Miami, Florida. Designed by Zaha Hadid, the building is the first skyscraper by the Pritzker-winning architect in the United States. DeSimone developed a curved "root" exoskeleton structure to support the building. The record setting auger cast pile deep foundation system was installed by HJ Foundation, part of the keller Group. Like with The Grove at Grand Bay project, placing the buildings support systems on the exterior allows for increased space inside and reduces the amount of materials used. The exoskeleton structure was originally purely cosmetic, but DeSimone was able to integrate the design into the structural engineering, creating the exterior support structure out of hollow, precast, concrete panels.

Twisting buildings

DeSimone engineered the first truly twisting towers in the US with The Grove at Grand Bay towers in Miami, Florida designed by the Danish starchitect Bjarke Ingels. Grove at Grand Bay features two 20-story buildings with 98 apartments that feature 12-foot high ceilings and 14-foot deep balconies. The twisting element of the buildings has a total rotation of 38 degrees, and provides panoramic views of the Biscayne Bay and the Miami skyline.

Like One Thousand Museum, the auger cast pile deep foundation system for this building was by HJ Foundation, part of the Keller Group.  The twisting nature of the columns posed a number of structural challenges. The main challenge was to resist torsion generated in the tower core due to the sloping column geometry. The horizontal component of the gravity load in the columns is resolved in the slabs by transferring it to the interior core shear walls, which are the only consistently vertical structural elements in the building. DeSimone was nominated and received a Platinum Award for Structural Systems from the American Council of Engineering Companies in 2016 for their work on The Grove at Grand Bay

Skyscrapers and supertalls

DeSimone has served as structural engineer for many skyscrapers and is currently working on a supertall building, 125 Greenwich Street designed by Rafael Viñoly which tops out at over 1,000 feet. DeSimone is also the engineering firm behind 99 Hudson Street, an 889-foot residential tower under construction in Jersey City, New Jersey. Upon completion, it will be the tallest building in the state of New Jersey and the 4th tallest residential tower in the United States.

Work with "Starchitects"

DeSimone has worked on projects with many of the world's most renowned architects and architectural firms including Zaha Hadid, Bjarke Ingels, Richard Meier, Robert A.M. Stern, Foster and Partners, Rafael Viñoly, Rem Koolhas, Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), Arquitectonica, and SLCE.

Sustainability

DeSimone is a U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) National Member organization. DeSimone's work on P.S. 62, The Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability, New York City's first net zero energy school, has received numerous awards including the 2016 AIANY COTE Award, Best Green Project by the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce, Architizer A+ Awards – Primary and High Schools 2016, and Engineering News Record (New York Region) – Best Green Project 2016.

Notable projects
 99 Hudson Street - Jersey City, New Jersey
 100 11th Avenue - New York, New York
 100 East 53rd Street - New York, New York
 1450 Brickell -  Miami, Florida
 17 State Street - New York, New York
 220 Central Park South - New York, New York
 360 State Street - New Haven, Connecticut
 45 East 22nd Street - New York, New York
 90 West Street - New York, New York
 900 Biscayne - Miami, Florida
 Akron Art Museum - Akron, Ohio
 Art Gallery of Alberta - Edmonton, Alberta
 Avalon Willoughby Square - Brooklyn, New York
 Casa 74 - New York, New York
 Erie Art Museum Expansion - Erie, Pennsylvania
 Four Seasons Hotel & Tower - Miami Miami, Florida
 IAC Headquarters New York, New York
 Jacksonville Public Library - Jacksonville, Florida
 Las Vegas City Hall - Las Vegas, Nevada
 Marbella South -  Jersey City, New Jersey
 Marquis - Miami, Florida
 Millennium Tower - San Francisco, California
 O'Reilly Theater - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 One Thousand Museum Tower - Miami, Florida
 Panorama Tower - Miami, Florida
 Paramount Miami World Center - Miami, Florida
 Santander Bank Building - Miami, Florida
 Sofitel New York - New York, New York
 Taubman Museum of Art - Roanoke, Virginia
 The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas - Las Vegas, Nevada
 The Modern - Fort Lee, New Jersey
 The Ritz-Carlton Washington D.C. - Washington, DC
 The Standard High Line - New York, New York
 Tower 28 - Queens, New York
 Trump SoHo - New York, New York

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Crowd gathers for historic home presentation
About 40 people have gathered at Melbourne City Hall for a presentation about one of the city's oldest surviving homes.
Crowd gathers for historic home presentation About 40 people have gathered at Melbourne City Hall for a presentation about one of the city's oldest surviving homes. Check out this story on floridatoday.com: http://on.flatoday.com/1ihBNBy
Stacey Barchenger, FLORIDA TODAY Published 5:52 p.m. ET June 17, 2014
Gallery: Green Gables
This old Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. TIM SHORTT/FLORIDA TODAY
Kelly Delmonico,AICP,is a planner with the city of Melbourne, talking about the old Wells home known as "Green Gables", located at 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. (U.S.#1). TIM SHORTT/FLORIDA TODAY
Second floor bathroom. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided.
Attic interior. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided.
Ad circa 1886. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided
Diamond windows. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided
Circa 1898. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided.
East facade. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided.
Foyer fireplace circa 1901. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided..
Foyer fireplace. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided.
Foyer fireplace circa 1901. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided.
Foyer stairs. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided.
Foyer circa 1901. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided.
Hanging light fixture in foyer. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided.
Living room circa 1901. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided.
Tower ornamentation. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided.
South facade 1897. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided.
Southeast corner circa 1902. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided.
Storm shutters on octagon porch circa 1901. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided.
Storm shutters on octagon porch. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided.
Wells Marker. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided.
WT Wells. Wells home known as "Green Gables," 1501 S.Harbor City Blvd. Provided.
The "Green Gables" house at 1501 S. Harbor City Blvd. in Melbourne is also known as the W.T. Wells House, which dates back to 1896. Now, the historic house is facing demolition.(Photo: FOR FLORIDA TODAY)Buy Photo
About 40 people have gathered at Melbourne City Hall for a presentation about a home known as Green Gables, one of the city's oldest surviving homes.
Every quarter, the city's historic preservation board selects a property or topic of public interest and does a special lecture. This time, it happens to be about Green Gables, a home at 1501 S. Harbor City Boulevard that was built in the 1890s.
Last week, the home's owners filed a permit to demolish the house. City staff say attendance tonight is about twice that of a typical lecture, likely because of news that the house may be demolished.
RELATED:Melbourne's Green Gables may go down in history
Edward Browder, who prepared a report about Green Gables and its historic significance, is giving a presentation on the history of the home, which was originally owned by William Twining Wells. The public will also be allowed to comment.
Wells, a metallurgical engineer, made most of his fortune from his patent on a method for producing "rustless iron," according to Browder. Wells also held a patent for a locomotive engine part, and maintained a pineapple plantation and orange grove locally.
Green Gables — called that because of the green color of the shingle siding in the gables — is one of the last remaining structures in Melbourne dating back to the 1800s. It was located in Melbourne's first neighborhood and oldest residential district, called Riverview Village.
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Divorce can take a toll on your emotions—and if you're not careful, it could take a toll on your assets, too.
The court likely considers all your property as joint property, but you may be allowed to preserve your right to an asset to which you have a separate property claim. This requires tracing the financial property back to its original source of separate property. For example, maybe you received an inheritance and used a portion of it to buy a home that you and your spouse lived in for years, and placed the remainder of the cash in your joint account. To prove that remaining portion of the inheritance is yours, the path of that money through the joint account would need to be traced starting from initial deposit onward. Be advised that this is a difficult task: You'll have to dig up detailed records of deposits and withdrawals to make a solid claim about how much of the remaining money is from the inheritance rather than the marital estate.
If you and your partner are joint holders of a credit card account, it's great if you can agree to pay off the card together and then close the account before the divorce is finalized. Couples separating on amicable terms shouldn't have a problem agreeing to that. But maybe your divorce doesn't fit that description. If you keep both names on an open account, and your partner fails to make his or her share of the payments, you bear the responsibility for the debt. If you're only an authorized user of the card and not the account holder, ask your partner to remove you as a user or do it yourself. Only individual and joint account holders are responsible for the charges on credit cards.
Generally, there are some complications if you and your partner decide to sell your home before the divorce is finalized. But the benefits may outweigh some of the difficulties, such as disagreements over whether to accept an offer. In a community property state, your house is likely to be considered a shared asset, in which case profits will be split equitably between both you and your partner. Additionally, the sale provides a cushion for both you and your partner to manage other financial responsibilities.
Many issues can come up when two about-to-be exes are involved in a business in one way or another. Some tips: If you are both comfortable with and capable of continuing to maintain a company together in a 50-50 partnership after the divorce, or if one partner wants to stay involved in the other's LLC business, do so – but do it wisely. Make sure each of you has clearly defined roles and functions to avoid trying to control each other's work. And consider putting in place an agreement for mediation or to allow an outside party to make decisions, just in case troubles come up. In the case of a 50-50 ownership where the spouses don't want to continue the business partnership, the company is marital property and its value divided between you. Also, experts say that even if your spouse owned a business before your marriage, if you supported the business or helped it grow during the marriage, you may reap the benefits of having a portion of the business' assets being considered marital property.
Splitting up retirement assets brings the risk of incurring taxes and fees -- certainly something you want to avoid. How to best divvy up retirement assets will depend on the type of asset they are. Some plans, like a 401(k), potentially can be rolled over into your own accounts, tax-free and penalty-free. Some retirement assets even can be split and transferred without any taxation after the divorce is finalized -- within a specific time-frame.
You don't need to hire a lawyer to handle your divorce, of course, but it's rare not to have one as you separate your lives and finances. It's also wise to bring a financial consultant into the picture early on so that you have a source to turn to in a time when you'll be making complex financial decisions, as these will have a real impact on whether you will be able to turn to your new life feeling like your finances are well-protected or not.


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This Wally Backman Thing Gets Weirder
January 11, 2017 Mark Berman	0 Comments
Wally Backman is accusing Sandy Alderson of blackballing him in the baseball industry in another twist in the relationship between a favorite of Mets fans and his former team.
Wally Backman says Sandy Alderson is "blackballing" him.
"There's been a bad roadblock, and I know where it's coming from," Backman told Bob Klapisch of The Bergen Record (or whatever it calls itself these days). "In the last phone call I had with Sandy (in September) he said, 'I will do anything I can to help you.' But he is not an honest man. People are telling me, 'Sandy has it in for you. You're being blackballed.'"
Alderson would not comment on Backman's claims.
Alderson fired Backman last September amid accusations he did not follow orders regarding how to use Michael Conforto and Brandon Nimmo. Backman denies this, saying he did everything asked of him.
Wally Backman managed seven years in the Mets minor league system, including five years at Triple-A. Nobody could argue with his success — he won two PCL division titles and was named manager of the year in 2014.
"The only thing I can think of is that I have a strong personality and Sandy didn't want someone like me working for him anymore, even though I'd always treated him with total respect," Backman said. "But no one was more loyal to this organization than me. No one wanted those kids to succeed more than I did."
Backman says several teams have told him he is "overqualified," which puzzles him. "How can you be overqualified when you're trying to win? No one is overqualified unless there's something else going on."
Indeed, there is something else going on with Backman. He was a rising star in the baseball world when he was hired to manage the Diamondbacks in November 2004. But then word leaked out about several legal issues involving Backman, including a DUI, a domestic violence incident and a bankruptcy filing. Four days later, the D-Backs cut ties with him. Backman was relegated to managing in the independent leagues until the Mets took a chance on him in 2009.
So why can't Wally Backman find a job? Certainly his transgressions are serious (although what does bankruptcy have to do with managing a baseball team?). But his problems have not been repeated, so why is he not forgiven? Plenty of other people have been given second chances in baseball.
It likely has more to do with how his personality would fit with today's breed of general managers. Many of these younger, analytical-minded GMs want to run the entire show and feel the manager is just a tool to do their bidding. Backman is old school and would likely not take kindly to some kid dictating the batting order. Why do you think so many managers are being hired with little or no experience? They will do anything to get the job, even if it includes taking on-field orders from above.
Backman will manage in Mexico this season, but with his track record of developing young players, it would not be a shock to see him land another minor league job sometime soon. But as far as a major league managerial gig? Don't expect that to happen, ever. The game has changed (and not necessarily for the better) and Wally Backman has not.
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Q: How to center a QMainWindow I'm using Qt but I don't know how to center a QMainWindow window. I wrote this code, but it doesn't works. Thanks in advance.
QRect screenGeometry = QApplication::desktop()->screenGeometry();
int x = (screenGeometry.width() - w->width()) / 2;
int y = (screenGeometry.height() - w->height()) / 2;
w->move(x, y); // w is a QMainWindow pointer

I get this:

A: These functions are obsolete:
QApplication::desktop()->screenGeometry()
QApplication::desktop()->availableGeometry()
QDesktopWidget::screen()

Use QScreen instead:
#include "MainWindow.h"
#include "ui_MainWindow.h"
#include <QScreen>

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
    : QMainWindow(parent)
    , ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
    ui->setupUi(this);
    move(screen()->geometry().center() - frameGeometry().center());
}

A: the following code works in the latest version of Qt 6.4.1
#include <QApplication>
#include <QScreen>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication a(argc, argv);
    MainWindow w;

    int width = w.frameGeometry().width();
    int height = w.frameGeometry().height();

    QScreen *screen = a.primaryScreen();

    int screenWidth = screen->geometry().width();
    int screenHeight = screen->geometry().height();

    w.setGeometry((screenWidth/2)-(width/2), (screenHeight/2)-(height/2), width, height);

    w.show();
    return a.exec();
}

A: Thank you to everybody. I already solved my problem, using this code.
w->setFixedSize(400, 400);
int width = w->frameGeometry().width();
int height = w->frameGeometry().height();
QDesktopWidget wid;
int screenWidth = wid.screen()->width();
int screenHeight = wid.screen()->height();
w->setGeometry((screenWidth/2)-(width/2),(screenHeight/2)-(height/2),width,height);
w->show();

I get this:

A: There's a shorter solution I saw somewhere:
show();
move(
    QApplication::desktop()->screen()->rect().center()
    - frameGeometry().center()
);

Yet, for some weird reason, the window still does not appear exactly at the center.

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Q: Dynamically change price range in jquery ui slider I am trying to working price range using jquery slider,
This is how it works,
When user selects slider and adjusts one side of the slider the value in the slider passes to my controller and executes, it by adding the params to url and refreshing the page.
Whats going wrong:
When user adjusts the any one side of the slider, the params are going correctly and executing correctly, but after refreshing the page, the slider range values going to default values, which i don't want, i want them according to the param values(price_min, price_max)
var PropertyPriceFilter = { min:100000, max:10000000 };
     $("#filtered-price").val((PropertyPriceFilter.min) + " - " + (PropertyPriceFilter.max));

        $("#property_price").slider({

            range:true,
            min:PropertyPriceFilter.min,
            max:PropertyPriceFilter.max,

            values:[ 100000, 10000000 ], //dynamically change values using values present in the params["price_min"] & params["price_max"]
              slide:function (event, ui) {
                $("#filtered-price").val(("Rs." + ui.values[ 0 ]) + " - " + "Rs." + (ui.values[ 1 ]))
                PropertyPriceFilter.min = ui.values[ 0 ]
                PropertyPriceFilter.max = ui.values[ 1 ]

            window.location += '&price_min=' + PropertyPriceFilter.min + '&price_max=' + PropertyPriceFilter.max;
        }
    });

_____This is the if else conditions for the values to change from params, there are logically correct, but still not working, i don't know why
if ((params["price_min"] != null) || (params["price_max"] != null))
{

    if ((params["price_min"] != null) && (params["price_max"] = null)) {
        var price_min = parseInt(params["price_min"])
        var price_max = 10000000
    }
    else if ((params["price_min"]) = null && (params["price_max"]) != null) {
        var price_min = 100000
        var price_max = parseInt(params["price_max"])
    }
    else if ((params["price_min"]) != null && (params["price_max"]) != null) {
        var price_min = parseInt(params["price_min"])
        var price_max = parseInt(params["price_max"])
    }
}
else
{
    var price_min = 100000
    var price_max = 10000000
}


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Here's Who Pays the $1 Trillion in Student Debt Obama Aims to Ease
Hatty Lee &
Julianne Hing,
Colorlines.com
Congress may be gridlocked, but that doesn't mean President Obama's hands are tied. On Wednesday the president announced that he's moving to ease Americans' student debt load with an executive order that would save borrowers "hundreds of dollars a month" in student loan payments.
Called the "Pay As You Earn" plan, starting January 2012 people would be able to cap their federal student loan payments at 10 percent of their discretionary income. Any remaining debt would be forgiven after 20 years. This cap was due to take effect in two years, but Obama's moved the timetable up. In his speech at the University of Colorado at Denver, Obama said that the plan, which would also allow students to consolidate their federal student loans under a lower interest rate, could help around 1.6 million Americans ease their monthly bills.
"Let me tell you," Obama told the cheering crowd. "I remember this. I remember writing, like, five different checks to five different agencies and if you lost one that month you couldn't get all the bills together. And if you missed the payment, suddenly you were paying a penalty."
Obama's proposal isn't exactly a new idea, but rather a revision. It's lifted from the IBR, or the income-based repayment plan, which was signed into law in September 2007 by President George W. Bush. Bush's initiative allowed students to cap their federal student loan payments at 15 percent of their discretionary income, and allowed students to walk away from the rest of their debt after 25 years.
But Obama's executive order comes at an especially dire time, when college costs are rapidly increasing and with it, the amount of debt students are taking on in order to pay for school. Among those who borrow to pay for school, students of color are disproportionately saddled with high levels of debt. We rounded up the latest numbers that show exactly how much debt college graduates are carrying around with them these days, and who's in need of relief.
Reprinted with permission of Colorlines.com. Sign up to receive Colorlines Direct, a weekly email digest of key stories on Colorlines.com. You'll get award-winning news from our multi-racial team of writers covering hot topics and a broad range of issues from a racial justice perspective.
Hatty Lee
Julianne Hing
Julianne Hing is a reporter and blogger for Colorines.com covering immigration, education, criminal justice, and occasionally fashion and pop culture. In 2009 Julianne was the recipient of USC Annenberg's Institute for Justice and Journalism fellowship, which funded a reporting project on the impacts of criminal deportation on immigrant families. She has covered police brutality issues from Oakland to New Orleans and in the summer of 2010 reported for Colorlines from the courtroom where Oscar Grant's killer, BART cop Johannes Mehserle, faced trial. Julianne became politically active in high school, and started organizing students in college around access and affordability issues. She earned her B.A. in social ecology at the University of California, Irvine, where she edited Jaded magazine, named 2007 Publication of the Year by Campus Progress. Julianne's writing has appeared on AlterNet, Truthout, Hyphen Magazine's blog, The American Prospect's blog TAPPED and Ta-Nehisi Coates' blog at The Atlantic, Racialicious, The Root and New America Media. Julianne tweets at @juliannehing.


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How Ohio's Top Election Official Plans To Register New Voters
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted
If you have an Ohio driver's license but are not registered to vote, you should be getting something in your mailbox soon from Ohio's elections chief.
Secretary of State Jon Husted says the state's voter rolls system is now linked with the Bureau of Motor Vehicles database, so he's now able to make sure Ohio drivers can be voters if they want.
"We also are going to run all of the data that we have available, cross matching with the B.M.V., to say, "look, here are a million Ohioans who have driver's licenses or state i.d.'s who are not registered to vote and we will mail them and ask them to register to vote."
Husted has worked for getting access to the BMV database in an effort to maintain voter rolls. Husted has removed more than a million people from the voter rolls since 2011 because they have died, have multiple registrations or are inactive voters who haven't shown up at the polls for years. Critics have said this "purging" has removed voters unfairly, which Husted denies.
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Classical music is all about nuance
'In 2005 [Clemency] Burton-Hill co-founded Aurora Orchestra' - Wikipedia 15/04/2012
'Aurora was founded in 2005 by conductors Nicholas Collon and Robin Ticciati, who gathered around them an ensemble of the UK's leading emerging soloists' - Aurora Orchestra website
My post on the Independent's recent Gustavo Dudamel feature has been picked up by the Radio 3 Forum, and a contributor to the forum has highlighted the two contradictory statements above. The explanation presumably is that Clemency Burton-Hill, who is a talented violinist as well as a media celebrity, was one of the original invited members of the Aurora Orchestra, but did not co-found it. Which as the forum contributor points out "isn't quite the same thing". A question of nuance maybe, but isn't classical music and journalism all about nuance? And yes, anyone can edit Wikipedia. But the article edit history and Ms Burton-Hill's personal website are also worth reading. Does classical music really need this nonsense?
Header image shows a Balter Emil Richards Crotale percussion mallet and, I quote, "These were created by Emil Richards, Mr. Hollywood Percussion, in the studios for TV and movies. Attention to musical nuance was key in the development of this series". Any copyrighted material on these pages is included as "fair use", for the purpose of study, review or critical analysis only, and will be removed at the request of copyright owner(s). Report broken links, missing images and errors to - overgrownpath at hotmail dot co dot uk Also on Facebook and Twitter.
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Pliable said…
An anonymous and invective laden comment arrives which when defused states the following:
"Musically, Aurora was co-founded by Ticciati and Collon, as I am sure the orchestra is proud to highlight on its website. Administratively the orchestra was also co-founded - with Collon and Ticciati - by Louis Watt (now Aurora chairman) and Clemency Burton-Hill."
I do not know who supplied this information. But assuming it is correct, hopefully the Aurora Orchestra will now amend its website to credit all the co-founders - musical and administrative.
http://www.auroraorchestra.com/about-us/biography/
Miranda Kate Jackson comments via Facebook -
"That struck a raw nerve!"
Yes Miranda, apparently so.
John Harte said…
Just spotted this thread on a Google alert and thought it might be useful to clarify Clemency's involvement in the creation of Aurora. The statement in the anonymous comment published above is basically accurate - ie Collon and Ticciati were the original musical founders of the orchestra; Clemency and Louis Watt were also part of the original management committee which ran Aurora behind the scenes. A small number of principal players were also closely involved in these early stages in the creation of the orchestra. All played a vital role in building the orchestra up from scratch.
You may disagree, but the biography on the Aurora website seems to me to give about the right level of detail - as most arts administrators will tell you (possibly with a hint of regret!), people tend to be more interested in artists than managers, and so it doesn't seem to me at all unusual that Collon and Ticciati should be foregrounded in this context (just as I wouldn't expect to see my name, or a list of our trustees, mentioned in the orchestra's biography when it appears in a concert programme).
Hope this clears things up. For what it's worth - and, for the avoidance of doubt, this is intended constructively rather than with any bitterness! - given this thread's focus on transparency/accuracy/high journalistic standards etc., mightn't it have been worth dropping me a line before publication, to do a bit of fact-checking? I'd much rather have the opportunity to put the orchestra's side rather than let an unknown poster have a go for me in an anonymous comment, invective-laden or otherwise.
John Harte
General Manager, Aurora Orchestra
John, thank you for this clarification which now makes the situation clear. I appreciate your additional comments and would respond as follows.
Clemency Burton-Hill has chosen to promote herself as a media figure - she is not a reclusive artist who has become the subject of unwanted media attention. Therefore people are going to scrutinise what she says about herself in the media. Sadly it appears some of her use of the media, eg the Independent Dudamel article which sparked this thread, has been disingenuous. Inevitably this disingenuity has prompted closer scrutiny of her media presence. Remember that my post relayed an observation by a third party on the Radio 3 Forum, it was not me that highlighted the contradictory statements.
I understand your point that "the biography on the Aurora website seems to me to give about the right level of detail". But the result is a disconnect. Ms Burton-Hill believes it is relevant to promote herself as a co-founder of the orchestra, whereas Aurora does not. People close to the orchestra may understand this, whereas people at a distance – like me - may not.
On the subject of checking with you before running the story, yes, in an ideal world I should have done so and I believe that in your case I would have received a prompt and honest response. But that would have been the exception, because most of those requests for information or clarification, with a few notable exceptions, are simply ignored – not even acknowledged. This is presumably because I am one of the few voices in classical music that actually speaks freely rather than toeing the establishment line.
It is interesting how members of the classical music establishment have immediately weighed in to clarify the definition of an orchestra co-founder - one with considerable belligerence. But not a single one has weighed in on whether an "independent" music journalist and media presenter should also have links with a leading artist agency. Just as they have not weighed in on the subject of sponsorship from ethically compromised companies, on orchestra tours to China, etc etc.
As I have asked before, is classical music excited about the right things?


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Man With Broken Leg Crawls Through Utah Desert for Four Days Before Being Rescued
A man with a broken leg crawled through the Utah desert for four days and three nights without any warm clothing or map before being rescued, the National Park Service reported Friday.
BLUE JOHN CANYON, Utah – A man with a broken leg crawled through the Utah desert for four days and three nights without any warm clothing or map before being rescued, the National Park Service reported Friday.
The drama in Little Blue John Canyon unfolded only a short distance from where a trapped climber was forced to cut off his own arm in an incident that was immortalized in the movie "127 Hours."
A helicopter search team found Amos Richards crawling in the canyon area late Monday, before evacuating the 64-year-old, who was suffering leg fractures, internal injuries, trauma and dehydration.
Richards, from North Carolina, had fallen about 10 feet (three meters), suffering extensive leg trauma in the process.
"Richards couldn't bear weight on his right leg, so spent the next four days and three nights crawling across the desert in an attempt to get back to his car," the Park Service said.
"He had no overnight gear, warm clothes or a map, but did have five liters of water and two power bars with him. No one knew where he was or what his plans were. It rained on him several times as he crawled across the desert."
A search began several days after rangers began investigating an abandoned campsite nearby.
Blue John Canyon was made famous by Aron Ralston, who was forced to cut off his own arm with a pocket knife after spending several days pinned by a boulder following a rock climbing accident in May 2003.
Ralston's story made worldwide headlines and has since been turned into a book and, last year, the movie "127 hours."
The Park Service said Friday that Richards is expected to make a full recovery.
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Equilume, a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out company, is a world leader in the development of innovative science-based light therapy solutions to improve the performance of animals.
Leveraging the global success of its initial market offering, the Equilume Light Mask, to assist the global horse industry to maximise reproductive efficiency and competitive performance, the company's R&D activities have seen it expand into the indoor and mobile lighting market for the dairy industry.
Today the company, now part of the Circadian Group, has announced that the initial trial of a newly developed Bovine Light Mask has seen a 9% increase in milk yields. This offers a substantial improvement in production efficiency for pasture-based dairy enterprises.
In the dairy industry, light therapy is very important for lactation in cows. In intensive zero-grazing indoor systems, lights are typically left on for 16 to 18 hours a day to regulate a hormone called melatonin. This, in turn, activates growth hormones that naturally stimulate increased lactational capacity.
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Headquartered in Co. Kildare, Equilume, a UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science spin-out company, was established in 2012 as a result of pioneering research by company founder, Dr Barbara Murphy. Her research interests are related to chronobiology, the science of biological timekeeping, and specifically how the annual and daily light-dark cycles influence animal physiology.
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