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I am a regular organizer of seminars, workshops, conferences, and other mathematical gatherings. Below you can find information on the events, past, current, and future.
Algebra, Geometry, and Number Theory Seminar
The seminar of the Algebra, Geometry, and Number Theory group at the University of South Carolina featuring both external and internal speakers. If you are interested in speaking, please contact any of us. Held at the University of South Carolina.
Joint AMS-SMF-EMS Meeting Special Session on Derived Categories and Rationality -- July 5-9, 2021
Determining whether a given field extension is purely transcendental, also known as the Lüroth problem, is one of the most basic questions in mathematics. In the geometric context, the rationality of an algebraic variety is a central question in algebraic geometry. In recent decades, the derived category of coherent sheaves has been developed into a robust tool for subtly encoding geometric information. Once viewed as a book-keeping tool for homological invariants, the study of derived categories has connected algebraic geometry to far-flung areas, including noncommutative algebra, symplectic geometry, string theory, higher category theory, and homotopy theory, in deep and interesting ways. The structure of the derived category of coherent sheaves on a variety X is intimately connected with questions of rationality of X. The momentum behind this topic and the remaining unexplored territory make it a wonderful time to bring together experts in both areas to share results and pollinate future advances.
Organized with Emanuele Macrì (Paris-Saclay) and Patrick McFaddin (Fordam). Held at the Université de Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France during a joint meeting of the American Mathematical Society, Société Mathématique de France, and European Mathematical Society.
MCA 2021 Special Session on Mathematical-Physical Aspects of Toric and Tropical Geometry -- July 19-24, 2021
This special session, to the upcoming Mathematical Congress of the Americas, will bring together leading experts in the Americas and their collaborators to discuss the state of the art of tropical and toric geometry from the perspective of mathematical physics (integrable systems, string theory, mirror symmetry, and related areas).
Organized with David Favero (Alberta) and Ernesto Lupercio (UNAM). To be held virtually during MCA 2021.
BIRS Workshop on Birational, Categorical, and Derived Algebraic Geometry -- TBD
Do not despair. The in-person workshop scheduled still exists! The new dates will be set soon.
Organized with David Favero (Alberta) and Nitin Chidambaram (Bonn). Held at the Banff International Research Station.
A colloquium-style seminar series I created in 2014 to provide an opportunity for graduate students to their current ideas with their colleagues. Interspersed within are talks and panels focused on career development. Topics have included: picking a major advisor, applying for jobs, and navigating the graduate program. While I am no longer the faculty advisor, the Graduate Colloquium is alive and strong. Held at the University of South Carolina.
CMS Winter Meeting Special Session on Derived Categories and (Non)commuative Algebraic Geometry -- December 7-8, 2020
As part of the 2020 Canadian Mathematical Society Winter Meeting in Montreal, there will be a special session on derived categories and (non)commutative algebraic geometry. This event will connect a researchers in Canada with the broader world community to exchange ideas and drive progress. The event has moved to a virtual format. To attend, please register.
Organized with David Favero (Alberta) and Nitin Chidambaram (MPIM Bonn). Held virtually during the 2020 Canadian Mathematical Society Winter Meeting.
(Virtual) BIRS Workshop on Birational, Categorical, and Derived Algebraic Geometry -- November 1-6, 2020
Birational geometry is a classical mathematic subject dating back to the late 1800s. It aims to classify geometric shapes by looking at the majority of their points and asks "if I remove some points from shape A and some other points from shape B, do they become the same shape?". This turns out to be a surprisingly difficult and fundamental mathematical question. Perhaps more surprising is that the classification of geometric shapes from birational geometry is related to the classification of abstract mathematical gadgets called derived categories, a formal language developed by prominent mathematicians in France in the 1960s. However, the relationship between derived categories and birational geometry remains unproven.
One avenue to pursue this connection is through a modern mathematical subject known as "derived algebraic geometry". This workshop brings together experts in birational geometry, derived categories, and derived algebraic geometry in an effort to connect the disciplines and more thoroughly understand this deep mathematical phenomenon.
Organized with David Favero (Alberta) and Nitin Chidambaram (MPIM Bonn). Held virtually through the Banff International Research Station.
Fields Institute Thematic Program on Homological Algebra of Mirror Symmetry -- July 1-December 31 2019
Mirror Symmetry is a phenomenon first observed to occur in High-energy Theoretical Physics. Since the early 90s, mirror symmetry has been used to solve difficult mathematical problems known as curve-counting or enumerative questions in Algebraic Geometry. In his 1994 ICM address, Kontsevich proposed that mediating the rich geometry of Mirror Symmetry was abstract foundational mathematics which amounts to a categorical equivalence. From this sprang the conjecture of Homological Mirror Symmetry (HMS). HMS views two very different areas of mathematics, Symplectic Geometry and Algebraic Geometry, as opposite sides of the same categorical coin. Today, HMS is the cornerstone of an extremely active research field, reaching in influence far beyond its original formulation as a duality between Calabi-Yau manifolds, to such subjects as representation theory, singularity theory, and knot theory. At the core of the HMS research community are three different groups of researchers: algebraic geometers, symplectic geometers, and mathematical physicists. This thematic period will focus on teaching young researchers all aspects of the field. This 6-month thematic period will consist of algebraic geometers, symplectic geometers, and mathematical physicists from around the world focusing on the most modern aspects of HMS with an emphasis on engagement with students and young researchers.
There were six workshops and conferences
Graduate Summer School on Homological Algebra of Mirror Symmetry -- July 29 - August 2
Undergraduate Summer School on Homological Algebra of Mirror Symmetry -- July 29 - August 2
New Structures in Algebraic Geometry and their Symplectic Interpretations -- August 6-9
The Geometry and Algebra of Landau-Ginzburg Models -- September 16-20
Workshop on Higher Structures in Geometry and Physics -- November 18-22
Floer Homology Bootcamp -- December 2-6
plus a regular seminar. Kenji Fukaya (SCGP) gave the Coexter Lecture Series. The program supported five postdoctoral researchers and many short and long term visitors.
Organized with Mohammed Abouzaid (Columbia), Kevin Costello (Perimeter), David Favero (Alberta), Ludmil Katzarkov (Miami/Vienna), Ailsa Keating (Cambridge), Tony Pantev (Penn), Johannes Walcher (Heidelberg), and Ursula Whitcher (AMS/Michigan). Held at the Fields Institute. Partial funding provided by the Fields Insitute and the National Science Foundation.
PIMS Summer School: A Superschool on Derived Categories and D-branes -- July 17-23 2016
In 1992 during his Fields medal address to the International Congress of Mathematicians, Maxim Kontsevich proposed that derived categories in Algebraic Geometry could take on a role as boundary conditions for vibrating strings (D-branes) - the smallest units of space and time in String Theory. This is now the ansatz for Kontsevich's Noncommutative Geometry, a prominent field of study in modern Algebraic Geometry and Mathematical-Physics. We brought together 17 early career researchers (graduate and postdoctoral) along with 1 mentor, Eric Sharpe (VaTech) for a Pacific Insitute of Mathematics summer school in Edmonton which studies derived categories both from the perspective of Algebraic Geometry and as D-branes in String Theory. Our aim was to generate bi-lingual researchers working at the interface of high-energy physics and algebraic geometry.
The notes from the Super School are available as a book. Organized with Charles Doran (Alberta & Harvard) and David Favero (Alberta). Held at the University of Alberta. Partial funding provided by the Pacific Insitute for the Mathematics, the National Science Foundation, and the University of South Carolina.
BIRS Workshop on Homological Mirror Geometry -- March 6-11 2016
Mirror symmetry, as originally conceived by physicists in the 80's, relates pairs of distinct (Calabi-Yau) manifolds by identifying the seemingly disparate features of the algebraic geometry of one with the symplectic geometry of the other. Since their introduction, conjectures stemming from mirror symmetry have been a continual source of fascination for mathematicians due to the indirect nature of the relationship: the precise underlying mathematical structures indentified under mirror symmetry are often of very different nature, supplying a deep, and often mysterious, duality.
Birational geometry, on the other hand, is one of the most classical areas of algebraic geometry, with foundations dating back at least to the late 1800's. Birational geometry aims to classify the fundamental objects of algebraic geometry by understanding their "generic" behavior. Guided over the decades by luminaries such as Zariski, Kodaira, and Hironaka, it has evolved into one of the richest theories in modern algebraic geometry. In recent years, efforts by several research groups have elucidated several concrete ways in which the birational theory of varieties can be interpreted in terms of mirror symmetry constructions, yielding intriguing new perspectives on classical geometric themes.
This workshop capitalized on the developing momentum which lies at the intersection of these two subjects. Organized with Colin Diemer (IHES) and David Favero (Alberta). Held at the Banff International Research Station.
AMS Southeast Sectional Special Session on Mirror Symmetry -- November 8-9, 2014
This event was a Special Session at the American Mathematical Society Southeastern regional meeting. The focus was on Mirror Symmetry broadly. We had 15 speakers from across the USA.
Organized with David Favero (Alberta). Held at UNC-Greensboro.
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry in the Southeast -- November 8-10 2013
Seven Commutative Algebraists and Algebraic Geometers have moved to the Southeast since 2011. The conference is designed to welcome these new hires, to foster collaborations between researchers at different institutions, and to encourage and nurture interaction between the Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry communities.
The conferences involved 66 participants from across the Southeast and as far away as Japan. There were nine plenary lecture plus a poster session for early career researchers.
Organized with Jesse Kass (UofSC), Andy Kustin (UofSC), and Adela Vraciu (UofSC). Partial funding was provided by the National Science Foundation. Held at the University of South Carolina.
ESI Thematic Program on The Geometry of Topological D-branes, Categories, and Applications -- April 22-July 6 2013
Over the last several years, a variety of new categorical structures have been discovered by physicists. Furthermore, it has become transparently evident that the higher categorical language is beautifully suited to describing cornerstone concepts in modern theoretical physics. The goal of this project was to develop these structures even further. As we head into the second decade of the 21st century, modern geometry and theoretical physics are more intertwined than ever before. The convergence of ideas from mathematics and physics is accelerating at the same time as elementary particle physics is on the cusp of a profound revolution to be brought about by the new experimental results coming out of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). These will serve to identify among the multitude of theoretical possibilities currently open, which ones best address quantum field theory at the high energy scale. At the same time, a lot of mathematical work remains to be done to provide a suitable framework for the new physical theories that are being proposed. The geometric objects which we investigate today are the foundations for such a framework: homological mirror symmetry is the mathematical realization of dualities among sypersymmetric theories and higher categories are the mathematical foundation for quantum field theories. These new flavors of geometry, in which categorical structures play a primordial role, will certainly continue to play a fundamental role in the 21st century theoretical physics. Developing these new categorical structures was the main goal of the ESI activity Geometry of Topological D-Branes, Categories, and Applications.
Three workshops
Matrix factorizations
Birational geometry and Geometric Invariant Theory
Higher Categories and Topological Quantum Field Theories
plus a series of lectures by experts occurred during the thematic period. The event saw 77 invited scientists visit.
Organized with David Favero (Alberta), Sergei Gukov (Caltech), Anton Kapustin (Caltech), Ludmil Katzarkov (Vienna), Yan Soibelman (Kansas State). Held at the Erwin Schrodinger Institute. Partial funding provided by the ESI.


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Die York Utilities Corporation war eine Bahngesellschaft in Maine und New Hampshire (Vereinigte Staaten), die ein Netz von Überlandstraßenbahnen betrieb.

Geschichte
Die York Utilities hatte mehrere Vorgängergesellschaften, die kleinere Straßenbahnbetriebe entlang und in der Nähe der Küste zwischen Saco und Portsmouth gebaut hatten. Bereits 1893 wurde die Mousam River Railroad zwischen Sanford und Springvale eröffnet. Die Strecke hatte in Springvale eine Gleisverbindung zur Bahnstrecke Portland–Rochester. 1899 nahm die Sanford and Cape Porpoise Railway die Strecke von Sanford über Kennebunk und Town House bis zum Hafen Cape Porpoise an der Küste in Betrieb. 1900 wurde die Atlantic Shore Line Railway (ASLR) gegründet, die am 4. Juli des gleichen Jahres ihre erste Strecke von Kennebunkport nach Town House eröffnete. Am 1. April 1904 kaufte die ASLR die beiden anderen Gesellschaften sowie die Sanford Power Company auf. Neben dem Personentransport fand auf den Strecken auch Güterverkehr, vor allem Stückguttransport, statt.

Die Strecke Kennebunkport–Town House wurde am 24. Juli 1904 bis Biddeford verlängert, wo an der Kreuzung Birch/Alfred Street Anschluss an die Biddeford and Saco Railroad bestand. Am 1. Februar 1906 erwarb die ASLR die Portsmouth, Dover and York Street Railway, die neben einer Fähre von Kittery nach Portsmouth Straßenbahnstrecken von Kittery über York Harbor nach York Beach und über Eliot und Great Works (heute Jewett) nach South Berwick, sowie eine Querverbindung von York Point nach Eliot und eine Zweigstrecke von South Berwick Junction südlich von Great Works nach Dover (New Hampshire) betrieb. Der Abschnitt in New Hampshire gehörte der Dover and Eliot Street Railway, die durch die Portsmouth, Dover&York gepachtet worden war. Die Endstelle in Kittery lag auf Badgers Island an der Fährstation. Diese Strecken waren 1903 fertiggestellt worden. Eine Verbindung der beiden Netze zwischen York Beach und Kennebunk wurde am 21. Juli 1907 eröffnet. Im Juli 1909 erwarb die Gesellschaft noch die Alfred Light and Power Company. 1910 ging die Bahngesellschaft in Konkurs und wurde am 1. Januar 1911 als Atlantic Shore Railway neu aufgestellt.

Nach einem erneuten Konkurs 1915 und der daraus resultierenden Wiederausgliederung der Portsmouth, Dover and York Street Railway (PD&Y) wurde 1922 schließlich die York Utilities Corporation gegründet, die die Bahn – ohne die PD&Y – übernahm. 1923 ging die letzte Neubaustrecke, eine Umtrassierung der Strecke zwischen Sanford und Springvale, in Betrieb. In den darauffolgenden Jahren wurde das Netz jedoch schrittweise stillgelegt. Am 31. März 1924 endete der Verkehr auf der erst 17 Jahre alten Strecke zwischen York Beach und Kennebunk, die PD&Y hatte ihren Betrieb bereits im Jahr zuvor eingestellt. 1925 wurde die Strecke von Arundel nach Cape Porpoise stillgelegt. Dem folgte 1927 die Strecke von Sanford über Kennebunkport nach Biddeford. Die nur etwa 3,5 Kilometer lange Reststrecke von Sanford nach Springvale wurde noch bis 1947 betrieben und 1949 an die Sanford and Eastern Railroad verkauft, die die elektrischen Anlagen abbaute und die Strecke noch bis 1961 im Güterverkehr benutzte.

Das Seashore Trolley Museum an der Log Cabin Road nördlich von Arundel wurde 1939 gegründet und betreibt seit einigen Jahren eine Museumsstraßenbahnstrecke. Sie beginnt am Museum und verläuft auf eigenem Bahnkörper auf der Trasse der früheren York-Utilities-Strecke nordwärts in Richtung Biddeford. Nach etwa zwei Kilometern endet die Strecke in einer Gleisschleife. Das Museum besitzt die Trasse bis Biddeford und plant einen Wiederaufbau der Strecke bis dorthin.

Literatur

Roger Borrup: Mousam River Railroad and Atlantic Shore Line Railway. (Transportation, Volume IV.) National Historical Society, Inc., Stratford CT, 1950.
Osmond R. Cummings: Atlantic Shore Line Railway: Its predecessors and its successors. Connecticut Electric Railway Association, 1957.
George W. Hilton und John F. Due: The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford University Press, Stanford CA, 1960. ISBN 0-8047-4014-3
Robert M. Lindsell: The Rail Lines of Northern New England. Branch Line Press, Pepperell, MA 2000, ISBN 0-942147-06-5.
First Annual Report, Public Utilities Commission, State of Maine. Sentinel Publishing Co., Waterville ME, 1915. Seiten 175–6.

Weblinks

Bahngesellschaft (Maine)
Ehemaliger Straßenbahnbetrieb (Vereinigte Staaten)

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Vape pens and e-cigs continue to enjoy popularity all across the state of California, with people using them to consume tobacco, marijuana concentrates, and a variety of aromatic oils. These vapes and pens are powered by lithium batteries, which makes them convenient as they can be easily recharged.
However, this type of battery isn't always safe to use, especially when manufacturers use cheap or knock off materials. For this post, we're discussing the risks that shoddily produced vape pens and e-cigs can pose to users, particularly when it comes to the included lithium batteries.
Over the last few years, reports of exploding or combusting vape/e-cig batteries have continued to mount. Batteries have been known to rapidly heat up in people's pockets, mouths, and while they hold their vapes, causing serious burns and severe injuries such as holes in people's tongues or mouths.
This is not just rumors or folk tales being taken out of proportion either. These reports are so recurring that as of 2015, the Federal Aviation Association has banned passengers from carrying vape pens/e-cigs and any batteries in their luggage, as they pose a serious risk of fire.
When properly designed and manufactured, vape pen and e-cig batteries don't pose an increased risk of fire or combustion. However, the industry is filled with knock off or substandard products, a total lack of quality control, a lack of regulations, and other bad practices that lead to a high of faulty batteries.
When lithium batteries explode or combust, causing serious injury or worse, who can be held responsible? This falls under products liability, which means that a variety of parties could be held liable, from vendors and sellers who are aware of potential risks and issues to manufacturers who continue relying on subpar or unsafe batteries and other materials and/or have failed to address known issues.
If you or someone you know has been injured by a faulty battery in a vape pen or e-cig, know that there are ways for you to recover the compensation that you deserve. Here's where the help of a qualified personal injury attorney is vital, someone who fully understands the ins and outs of products liability laws in California.
To learn more about this topic, and to consult with a qualified personal injury attorney, we invite you to reach out to us at the Law Office of Dean Petrulakis. Remember, we offer no-commitment, free initial consultations, so don't hesitate to call us at your earliest convenience.
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Non-Unanimous Jury Law in Oregon
By Aliza Kaplan
In 1934, Oregon amended its constitution to allow for non-unanimous jury verdicts in criminal cases, excluding those cases where a defendant is on trial for first-degree murder, making it one of only two states (along with Louisiana) that allowed non-unanimous jury convictions in criminal felony cases. All other states and the federal government required that jury verdicts be unanimous in such cases. The non-unanimous jury rule, passed as a ballot measure in 1934, was a result of social conditions and a notorious murder trial and was intended, at least in part, to dampen the influence of racial, ethnic, and religious minorities on juries.
The trial involved Jacob Silverman, a hotel proprietor in Portland, who was charged with the murder of Jimmy Walker near Scappoose in April 1933. During jury deliberations, eleven jurors wanted to find Silverman guilty of first-degree murder, but one did not, so they compromised by finding him guilty of manslaughter. Many Oregonians were outraged at the lesser verdict, and the Oregon legislature proposed a constitutional amendment less than a month after Silverman was sentenced.
In the 1934 Voter Pamphlet published by the Secretary of State, advocates for the change argued that the amendment would "prevent one or two jurors from controlling the verdict or causing a disagreement," results that can be costly to taxpayers and can cause congestion in the courts. Local news outlets supported the amendment by citing corrupt jurors and untrained immigrants as the cause of hung juries. "The increased urbanization of American life," the November 25, 1933, Oregonian editorialized, "and the vast immigration into America from southern and eastern Europe, of people untrained in the jury system, have combined to make the jury of twelve increasingly unwieldy and unsatisfactory." The only argument against the amendment noted the irony of excluding the most egregious crimes from the less burdensome non-unanimous jury (increasing the likelihood of acquittal for first-degree murder) and suggested higher pay for district attorneys (who supported the measure) in order to attract competent lawyers to the job.
Oregonians approved the amendment with 58 percent of the vote. As a result, Article 1, Section 11 of the Oregon Constitution directs that "in the circuit court ten members of the jury may render a verdict of guilty or not guilty, save and except a verdict of guilty of first degree murder, which shall be found only by a unanimous verdict, and not otherwise."
The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees rights to the accused in a criminal prosecution, including the right to a trial by jury, but it is silent as to whether a jury verdict must be unanimous. In 1968, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the issue of non-unanimous juries in Duncan v. Louisiana, ruling that the right to a jury trial is a fundamental right to be incorporated against the states by the Fourteenth Amendment and that unanimity is a characteristic of that right. (The incorporation doctrine is a constitutional doctrine through which provisions of the Bill of Rights are made applicable to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment).
Yet, four years later, in Apodaca v. Oregon (1972) and Johnson v. Louisiana (1972), the U.S. Supreme Court declined to require unanimity in state criminal cases. In Apodaca, the Court held that state juries may convict a defendant by less than unanimity even though federal law requires federal juries to reach criminal verdicts unanimously. The opinion was split. Four Justices found that the Sixth Amendment did not mandate unanimity, while four Justices found that it did and that the Fourteenth Amendment incorporated the requirement against the states. Justice Lewis Powell, writing alone and deciding the outcome of the case, found that the Sixth Amendment required unanimity in federal cases but not in state cases.
The split court in Apodaca was important, because there was still debate over whether non-unanimous jury verdicts violate a criminal defendant's constitutional rights. Advocates argued that all states, including Oregon, should be subjected to the unanimous jury requirement in accordance with the U.S. Constitution because it is a right provided by the Sixth Amendment and ensures that the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt is met. They also argued that not only do non-unanimous jury verdicts infringe on Oregonians' constitutional rights, but they also lead to the conviction of innocent defendants and disregard minority juror viewpoints.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on April 20, 2020, in Ramos v. Louisiana, that the Constitution banned non-unanimous jury verdicts in criminal cases. The decision will affect defendants and prisoners in Louisiana and Oregon, the only two states that have allowed such verdicts. Despite these state provisions, there has never been any dispute that the unanimous jury requirement applies to the federal government. The question in Ramos v. Louisiana was whether that aspect of the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial applied to the states, as well. Over the last 75 years or so, the Court has applied just about every other provision of the Bill of Rights to the states, but in 1972 it deviated from that practice, declining to apply the unanimous jury requirement in a similar fashion. In Ramos v. Louisiana, however, the 1972 decision was rejected. The six-justice court majority — composed of conservatives and liberals — said the earlier ruling was a mistake. In reaching its decision, Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the majority, laid out the history behind the laws in both states. In Oregon, the adoption of the non-unanimous jury rule, Gorsuch wrote, "can similarly be traced to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and efforts to dilute the influence of racial and ethnic and religious minorities on Oregon juries."
Voter pamphlet, 1934.
Courtesy Oregon State Library
Excerpts from the 1934 Oregon Voter Pamphlet
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution declared that the fed…
Death with Dignity Law
In 1994, Oregon voters were the first in the nation to approve an act t…
Ramos v Louisiana, 18-5924, S. Ct. (April 20, 2020). https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-5924_n6io.pdf
OR. CONST. art I, § 11.
One Juror Against Eleven, THE MORNING OREGONIAN, Nov. 25, 1933.
Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145 (1968).
Apodaca v. Oregon, 406 U.S. 404 (1972).
Johnson v. Louisiana, 406 U.S. 356 (1972).
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Valerie, will enjoy a two nights stay for two at the luxurious Atlantis The Palm and will enjoy a 3 course meal at celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsay's Bread Street Kitchen and Bar. Known for its delectable British European menu, Valerie looks forward to dining at the famed chefs restaurant.
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FCW Insider: This week's to-dos... Rising Star award nominations... Send in Doan's arrow photo... Vote for the best government themed movie... Check out the newest government blog... and wish happy birthdays...
FCW Insider: This week's to-dos…Rising Star award nominations…Vote for the best government themed movie…Check out the newest government blog…and wish happy birthdays…
I was trying to get these done yesterday, but…we lost our network in the afternoon. Joy. So…Tuesday's to-dos…
We are in the final throws of nominations for the 2008 Rising Star awards program.
In case you don't know, the Rising Star program recognizes the good work done by younger people -- the up-and-comers. We specifically have not put an age limit on these people for a few reasons. First off, an arbitrary cut off just doesn't seem to make sense. (Somebody is "rising" at 40, but "risen" at 41?) Furthermore, particularly post-9/11, there were many people who changed careers choosing public service as a way of giving back. We didn't want to discount those people. So we have described the candidates as "people in the first third of their career in this community." It is not exact, but, paradoxically, I think it is more accurate.
The 2008 Rising Star program will be the fourth year we have gone through this process. And we essentially have mirrored the selection process on FCW's successful and prestigious Federal 100 awards program.
But this year, we are expanding the program. For 2008, Rising Star is being presented across the 1105 Government Information Group publications. FCW will feature the policy/management winners; GCN will profile the technology winners; and Washington Technology will feature the contractor/business winners. So, there is plenty of opportunity to highlight good work.
Nominations are open and -- just because you read the FCW Insider, I'll let you know that we'll keep nominations open until at least close of business on Monday, May 5. The form is relatively easy. Just go to www.fcw.com/risingstar and it will redirect you.
And pretty much everybody in this community is eligible -- feds, state and local government workers, vendors, subcontractors. If you do work for government, you're eligible.
More on this as the week goes on, but nominate away at www.fcw.com/risingstar.
Doan's arrows -- I need a photo
OK, who was down at GSA Expo last week? Well, apparently GSA Administrator Lurita Doan showed up at expo's award ceremony covered in arrows.
One person reported that she had arrows all over her body. She even picked up her leg to show an arrow through her knee. The text of the speech even includes stage directions.
So -- for those of you who were there -- I MUST HAVE A COPY OF THE PHOTO YOU TOOK! Really! I won't say where I got it, of course. Just send it along to [email protected].
I know somebody has a photo!
Best government movie vote is on
We are also in the final throws of voting for our best government movie bracket. Frankly, this went on a bit longer then it should have, but…
The final pits Mr. Smith Goes to Washington against -- if you can believe it -- The Hunt for Red October. You can vote at www.fcw.com/polls. We'll keep the tally going until Thursday morning at 11a.m. ET.
NOTE: Only the top poll is "live." The other one will take your answer, but... we're not checking them. So just the top poll question at www.fcw.com/polls.
Transportation blog
The newest government blogger is Transportation Secretary Mary Peters.
DOT today launched its blog, creatively called The Fast Lane. It can be found at fastlane.dot.gov. Peters along with others will be posting. Peters isn't the first secretary to blog. That honor goes to HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt, whose blog can be found at secretarysblog.hhs.gov/my_weblog. Leavitt spoke to NPR about his blog.
He takes his blogging quite seriously: writing from his BlackBerry at all hours, responding to comments and making sure to post several times a week.
Birthdays this week
A bunch of birthdays this week.
Today…Harvard Prof. Andrew McAfee, who FCW profiled last year and who essentially invented the term Enterprise 2.0. McAfee, who has a blog that is well worth reading, is going to be one of the keynote speakers at 1105 Government Information Group's Government Leadership Summit.
Tomorrow (April 30)... GSA CIO Casey Coleman
Tomorrow (April 30)... Kate Hudson Walker of GAO and president of the Young Government Leaders.
Thursday (May 1)... Harvard Prof. Steve Kelman, who is also an FCW columnist and blogger.
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U.S. Lags Way Behind Europe In Number Of Women In The Boardroom
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Head of Confindustria Emma Marcegaglia attends a press conference ahead of a meeting ' Project... [+] business in Italy' on September 30, 2011 in Rome. ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images
I'm happy any time I can blow the horn for Luxembourg, my adopted home. On that score, the latest Global Diversity Analysis from professional services firm Egon Zehnder that surveys women in boardrooms around the world offers a few nice notes - although the global symphony they sit within sounds a bit off-key.
First, the relatively good news. According to the study, gender parity internationally is on an upward swing in the 1,491 public companies in 44 countries they surveyed - with women occupying 19% of board seats of the largest companies, compared to 14% in 2012, and increasing a "modest" three percentage points in the past two years.
Zehnder notes that since it began tracking the issue 12 years ago "diversity is most effectively manifested in those countries where gender diversity has sparked a movement through social, cultural, regulatory, leadership or political ambition, or the simple power of persuasion."
Graph: Egon Zehnder
The highest flyers - Italy and France, among others - "have been literally transformed" as a result of government quotas, with the share of women on Italian boards increasing from 8% to 32% and in France from 21% to 38%.
My little plug for Luxembourg comes here: It ranks 7th on the list in terms of growth of boardroom diversity at about 12%. That compares with the U.S. at about 1%.
Overall, in fact, the global winner is Western Europe, where board diversity has grown from 8% in 2004 to 26% last year (compared to 18.5% globally) - with a full one-third of that in the past two years alone, indicating a notable acceleration. And nine of the top 10 countries in terms of progress over the past four years were in the region.
Western Europe shines some light Graph: Egon Zehnder
"Our findings show that 84% of all large company boards globally (market capitalization of at least €6 billion) include at least one woman director, up from 76% in 2012," Egon Zehnder CEO Rajeev Vasudeva notes.
But I can't gloss the negative with too much positive. Because Vasudeva and the report overall - the company's most comprehensive to date - are not so positive.
"Despite social and economic progress in other areas of the business world, diversity at the leadership level, particularly in the boardroom, has not kept pace," he concludes. "We see that, sadly, progress is slow. In some countries or regions, there is virtually no improvement. Change in the gender diversity of boards is not occurring at the rate commensurate with how the world is evolving in many other ways."
Some have a lot farther to travel Graph: Egon Zehnder
One culprit is low annual turnover on boards. "Our experience and independent research suggest that, for gender diversity to start to have a meaningful impact on governance, a board must have three women directors," Vasudeva recommends. That magic number signifies a "tipping point for transformative and sustainable change" that was documented in a 2006 Harvard Business Review diversity study on Fortune 500 companies.
At the current growth rate, that tipping point won't be hit before 2021 - and gender parity is two decades down the road.
The U.S. is particularly weak - "an example of a market that has fallen behind when it comes to reaching this critical mass for true diversity change, despite being an early pioneer of diversity globally." It's been "stagnant" for the past four years, with just one 1% growth and at 2.1 women per board, "fallen far short" of the tipping point. Overall, it's been relatively frozen at about 20% diversity for the past four years.
The report also notes that the U.S. is one of only two countries in the world that doesn't guarantee new mothers any paid maternity leave, which "has hindered women from looking beyond the childbearing years to reach the executive positions that enable them to enter the pipeline for board-level positions."
Again, Western Europe gets kudos for its "much stronger social benefit systems to support the needs of different genders."
Zehnder's "Diversity Champions" list - 16 countries that have hit the encouraging "3" - goes in this order (those with asterisks have set legal quotas): *France (5.2), *Germany (4.6), *Italy (4.1), Sweden (4.1), *Norway (3.9), *Belgium (3.8), Austria (3.2), Canada (3.1), South Africa (3.0), *Spain (3.0), *Denmark (2.9), United Kingdom (2.8), *Finland (2.6), Republic of Ireland (2.6), *Netherlands (2.5) and Poland (2.5).
There's documented financial incentive for diversity. Zehnder cites a 2016 Peterson Institute for International Economics study of some 22,000 global companies that claimed an average 15% increase in net revenue margin among companies that went from no women on their boards to 30%.


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From North Korea to Israel – 2019 will see important elections in several parts of the world. Discorsivo has assembled the electoral battles and campaigns one should look out for.
Despite democracy being under attack in many countries, 2019 will witness again the execution of a fundamental democratic procedure, namely the right to cast a vote in free and open elections. Find below a non-exhaustive list of this year's noteworthy electoral processes around the world.
"The big one takes place in May." European Parliament, Strasburg.
The big one takes place in May: The European elections – in which the citizens of all EU member states choose their representatives for the European Parliament in Brussels and Strasburg – will attract attention not just for the sheer size of the electorate (512 million people) but most importantly for the battle between pro-Europeans and populist forces. Expect Brexit and fake news to become major issues in the preceding debate.
Before that, Finland, Estonia and Moldova still have to hold parliamentary elections. Furthermore, four German federal states will vote on their Landtag, and it remains to be seen if Merkel's slow retreat from power has any implications for the results of her Conservative party there.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a decisive election. In April, Israelis are called to elect a new Parliament, and Netanyahu's party might potentially be kicked out of government.
2019 will be a politically exciting year for many African states. The citizens of Nigeria, Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique will get to participate in general elections, and in Tunisia both parliament and president will face electoral scrutiny at the end of the year.
The largest democracy in the world will hold a general election: India. Another noteworthy election will take place in Afghanistan, where security concerns are going to dominate the electoral process. In any case the new President will take over a country that still faces a myriad of challenges. Interestingly, North Korea officially has parliamentary elections scheduled as well, though one might wonder if fairness and transparency will accompany the entire procedure.
The absence of either presidential or midterm elections means that the United States can enjoy electoral calm this year, before 2020 will see a hot campaign for head of state – possible contenders are already lining up. Canada will be subject to some regional and federal elections, but generally nothing that will cause extensive media coverage abroad.
The South American continent will experience a hot autumn, apart from the tensions in Venezuela which have already rocked the entire region. Argentina, Bolivia and Uruguay are all set to hold general elections in October this year, as are Panama and Guatemala, if only during spring. At the Southernmost tip, the Falkland Islands will organize a referendum on its electoral system in November.


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A bacterial reverse mutation assay with S. typhimurium was conducted using AD-Cyanhydrin concentrations from 25 to 1000 µg per plate. AD-Cyanhydrin was examined for mutagenic activity in the five histidine-dependent Salmonella typhimurium strains TA 1535, TA 100, TA 1537, TA 1538 and TA 98 with and without metabolic activation. Growth inhibition could be observed on TA 1535, TA 1537 and TA 1538 starting at 500 µg/plate and on TA 98 at 1000 µg/plate without S9-mix. Precipitates in the agar were found at least in the highest concentration
There was no evidence for a mutagenic activity of AD-Cyanhydrin, when tested up to the dose level of 1000 µg/plate in the absence and presence of S9 mix.
For assessment of the clastogenic potential of AD-Cyanhydrin (= ZK 74.804) a chromosome aberration test in vitro was conducted in human peripheral blood lymphocytes. The cells were treated with 5, 10 and 25 µg/ml AD-Cyanhydrin without S9 mix and with 10, 50 and 100 µg/ml with S) mix. In both assays ZK 74.804 was clearly cytotoxic at the highest concentration as proven by the reduction of the mitotic index and neither assay showed an increase in structural chromosomal aberrations in the cultures treated with ZK 74.804 as compared with the negative controls.
Based on this, AD-Cyanhydrin showed no clastogenic potential in human lymphocytes in vitro with and without metabolic activation.
Additionally, a mouse micronucleus test was conducted to investigate the potential of AD-Cyanhydrin (= ZK 74.804) to induce chromosome breakage or malfunction of the spindle apparatus. Male and female NMRI mice were treated once by gavage with 1.0, 2.5 or 5.0 g/kg body weight. Control animals were given the vehicle at 40 ml/kg in the same manner. Triaziquone (0.15 mg/kg; single i.p. treatment) served as positive control. Animals of the control and treatment groups were killed at intervals of 24, 48 and 72 hours after treatment. The positive control animals were killed 24 hours after treatment. Femur bone marrow smears were prepared and stained using May-Gruenwald and Giemsa solutions. The coded slides were examined for the presence of micronuclei in 1000 polychromatic and 1000 normochromatic erythrocytes and for the ratio of polychromatic to normochromatic erythrocytes. The micronucleated cell counts obtained with ZK 74.804 were comparable with the concurrent control values. No bone marrow depression was observed.
Therefore, AD-Cyanhydrin showed no mutagenic potential when administered by gavage up to 5 g/kg in the mouse micronucleus test.
Short description of key information:
Gene mutation in vitro (bacterial reverse mutation assay, GLP, comparable to OECD TG 471): negative in the Salmonella typhimurium strains TA 1535, TA 1537, TA 100, TA 1538 and TA 98 with and without S9 mix
[Schering AG, Report No. 6534, 1985-04-03]
Chromosome aberration in vitro (human lymphocytes, GLP, comparable to OECD TG 473): negative with and without S9 mix
[Schering AG, Report No. 7244/J, 1986-06-25]
Chromosome aberration in vivo (mouse micronucleus test, GLP, comparable to OECD TG 474): negative
Endpoint Conclusion: No adverse effect observed (negative)
Based on the study results a classification according to Directive 67/548/EEC and Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 (CLP) is not required.


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Q: pentadactyl - syntactic sugar for command On Pentadactyl: Use current tab's url in command I learned how to create a command that uses the current buffer's URL.  I'm using this to rewrite the URL to use the hypothes.is "via hypothesis" proxy:
map -builtin <C-x><C-V> :execute ':open http://via.hypothes.is/' + buffer.URL

But when I press C-xC-V I see the whole command printed out in the "echo area":
:execute ':open http://via.hypothes.is/' + buffer.URL

Is there a way to make that print out more briefly, so that that whole command has an "alias" like :via?

A: defining an alias
The simplest way would be to give the command an alias and map the keybinding to invoke that alias.
command! via :execute ':open http://via.hypothes.is/' + buffer.URL
map -b <C-x><C-V> :via

You can then execute the command either with the keybinding, or on the command line via its alias via.
executing the command immediately
That said, do you actually need the command to print out on the command line and wait for you to hit Enter? A preferable solution would be to just have the command execute immediately when you execute the keybinding. You can do that by either:

*

*adding <CR> to the end of the command you execute
map <C-x><C-v> :via<CR>

(this solution is portable to Vimperator); or

*using the -ex option to the map command.
map <C-x><C-v> -ex via

executing command and printing a message
If for some reason you don't want an actual alias, but just want the command to execute while printing "via" in the echo area, you could use a binding like this:
map <C-x><C-V> -js
\ dactyl.open('http://via.hypothes.is/' + buffer.URL);
\ commandline.echo('via',commandline.HL_INFOMSG);
\ setTimeout(function(){ commandline.echo('', commandline.HL_INFOMSG); }, 500);

The 500 at the end is the delay (in milliseconds) before the message disappears. If you want it the message to stay until you enter a new command or change tabs, just remove the last line entirely.

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One of the hallmarks of cancer is its ability to evade the body's main line of defence: the immune system. In most cases, a mutated or irregular cancer cell will be identified via immune mechanisms and trigger a cascade of reactions, resulting in the death of the cell in question. For cancers to be able to survive and proliferate they must avoid or overcome such an immune response, as discussed in the Basic Immune Response section of the syllabus. Therefore, it is easy to see why immunotherapy is such an attractive target for new drug treatments.
Why have immune therapies been so difficult to develop?
Many researchers see immunotherapy as the future of cancer treatment; ideally, a new drug could assist the immune system to ensure that it is able to deal with cancer on its own accord, bypassing the need for more invasive or unpleasant treatments such as surgery or chemotherapy. Why, then, has this proven to be such a difficult task?
One such example of a novel immunotherapeutic drug recently developed here in Melbourne is WEHI-539. This is a relatively small compound that, when taken orally, is able to prevent the binding of two much larger proteins which. Under normal circumstances, the binding of these proteins is the signal for the immune system to not engage in apoptosis of the cell. Therefore, this drug is able to act such that the cancer cell is no longer able to escape the immune response. Drug therapies of this sort are difficult to develop because of the large size of the immune proteins in question. Imagine trying to stop a space shuttle from docking with a satellite by using something the size of a bolt. That is the nature of the challenge, but at a molecular scale.
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The future of cancer treatment?
There are a whole family of other immunotherapies that must be given intravenously (infused straight into the bloodstream) because they are so large that they would be destroyed in the stomach if given orally. The most promising candidates of this sort are the monoclonal antibodies. Drugs within this family can be identified by the ending --mab. Monoclonal antibodies have little difficult affecting the large scale protein-protein interactions involved in the immune system as they themselves are large immune proteins.
These antibody proteins feature a common "Y" shape where two ends feature fragment antigen binding (Fab) regions and the third end has a fragment crystallisable (Fc) region. All of these regions can be modified to respond to a specific molecular target, known as an 'epitope'. These drugs are currently in use for a range of immune diseases, such as the drug infliximab. This antibody binds to a molecule abbreviated as TNF-α, thereby preventing it from binding to other immune proteins that would cause inflammation in conditions such as Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis.
By simply modifying the Fab region to recognise the sort of molecules involved in cancers (T-cell receptors expressed on tumor cells, as shown in this study, for example) they could help the immune system locate and destroy cancer cells.
While monoclonal antibodies could provide an effective and much less invasive treatment for cancer, it would raise a number of other social and ethical issues. At this early stage monoclonal antibodies are extremely expensive to produce which may be prohibitive to many cancer patients around the world without access to healthcare. Even in the case of countries such as Australia with relatively robust healthcare systems this may prove to be an issue; should the drug be accessible for free via the pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS) it could cost the taxpayer many tens-of-thousands of dollars for each cancer patient. In a future where half the population could potentially require such treatments in their lifetime, it's hard to see how this could be afforded alongside an aging population and other global economic concerns.


The term "Showrooming" has been coined as a way to describe the activities of consumers checking out what is on offer in retail stores and then making their purchase online (sometimes while still standing in the shop).
A couple of years ago, it was suggested that showrooming would be the end of the retail store. Fortunately, the reality is very different.
He goes on to say that "a greater opportunity remains for bricks and mortar retail, along with a greater challenge. The challenge is to run stores with lower margins dictated by online price matching, and to figure out where costs can be cut and the margins recaptured to support the overhead cost structure. Real-world retail is more expensive than online, so the model has to work long-term……..
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This article is taken from the website of the International Sign Association.
It deals with the importance of business signs in particular, but the main points could apply to all types of signage.
Signs are so widespread we hardly notice them. That is until we're looking for one and then we only note that in passing. We don't realize their effect on us, which is one reason why they're so effective.
Research indicates that 85% of your customers live or work within a five-mile radius of your business. But in the U.S. for example, over 18% of the population relocates annually.
Which means every year you're losing customers that you must replace with new customers, just to break even. If you only want to grow your business, you must increase your customer base. The quickest, easiest and most economical way to attract new customers is with signage.
When your business is the first one that comes to mind as a place to find a product or service, you have achieved what is called "top-of-mind awareness." Top-of-mind awareness is built and reinforced through repetition.
Who hasn't been driving down the street, stopped at a store and made a purchase, merely because they saw the sign?
At one end of the business category spectrum are companies that satisfy specific and infrequent customer needs. At the other end are businesses that fulfil general and frequent needs.
Businesses that offer products or services that meet specialized or infrequent needs must develop top-of-mind awareness so people remember the business when those needs arise. Examples of this kind of business include veterinary practices, appliance and electronics stores, locksmiths, medical and dental offices, real estate offices, and accounting and bookkeeping firms.
Businesses designed to meet frequent or impulse needs must reach out and pull people in on the spot. Examples of these include grocery stores, petrol stations, hotels, video stores, restaurants, convenience stores, and car washes.
Many of these business's customers need to make a quick decision to stop. Therefore, their signage should be eye-catching with a brief, simple message that can be read and understood quickly. The businesses must be noticed and recognized at precisely the right time by those ready to buy. If your sign is going to convince the impulse customer to stop at your business, it must be designed so that the important information is easily recognized at a glance. Because we read from the top down and left to right, the key word, graphic, or logo should be located at the top of the sign and read from left to right. Otherwise, the reader can get confused and take longer to understand the sign's message. This delay can mean the person who is seeing the sign for the first time is unable to read and react to it before driving past your business.


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