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We Don't Actually Dislike Him Jan. 21, 2013
Guy Fieri to Open Winery and Event Space in Sonoma
Welcome to Flavortown. Photo: Getty Images
Guy Fieri, who grew up in rural Humboldt County, California and opened his first restaurant in Sonoma in 1996 before becoming a TV celebrity, is now branching out into the wine business. A year ago he bought a piece of property in Santa Rosa with five acres of vineyard on it, and as the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat reports, he's planning to attach a public tasting room to an existing house (lately used as a crash pad for his friends), and use the place for wine-related events throughout the year. Whether the labels on his estate wines will have his spiky-haired mug on them, and whether they'll be called Pimpin' Pinot and Rockin' Rosé, remains to be seen.
Fieri has already been selling grapes to a few vineyards with existing contracts on the property, including esteemed Pinot producer William Selyem. And Fieri's dad, Jim Ferry, who's been managing the wine side of things, says this year's Pinot "came out real good."
Sonoma County has a love-hate relationship with hometown boy Fieri — born Guy Ferry, but he changed it back to the family's original Italian spelling in 1996 when he opened his first Johnny Garlic's in Santa Rosa. While it's always nice to claim that a celebrity hails from your town, when that celebrity is Fieri and when the internet goes wild for a hilarious New York Times beat-down of one of your chain restaurants, that pride turns quickly to schadenfreude. (The food blog associated with the Press-Democrat was quick to insist after that review dropped that they've "never set foot" in one of Fieri's two Santa Rosa restaurants.)
We look forward to this tasting room opening, and to Lady Gaga purchasing the Sonoma vineyard she's always wanted, so that tourists may trek between Coppola, Gaga, and Fieri to their heart's content.
Guy Fieri jumps into the wine business [Press-Democrat]
Related: Sonoma Wants to Disown Hometown Boy Guy Fieri Too
Accused Guy Fieri Lambo Thief Seeks Change of Venue for Trial
Lady Gaga Possibly Shopping for a Vineyard in Sonoma
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Q: What does ObjectName(parameter) refer in the structure OBJECT_ATTRIBUTE? I found this structure called OBJECT_ATTRIBUTE in one of the nt dll functions..I was curious to know about that structure and I went through its documentation(msdn)...In the OBJECT_ATTRIBUTE structure there is a parameter called PUNICODE_STRING objectName...As per the msdn documentation..it says that the objectName "the name of the object for which a handle is to be opened" which is actually a name or some root directory,am confused with this.Can anybody explain this term "name of the object"(root directory).what it represents.

A: This structure is used by device drivers and other kernel mode code to specify attributes of file objects. When you open a file with the NtOpenFile or IoCreateFile functions, you have to pass an OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES with the name of the file.
The ObjectName member of the structure is simply a pointer to an UNICODE_STRING structure containing the file or directory name.

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Q: Is it possible to use Magic Launcher with Minecraft 1.6.1? I tried Minecraft 1.6.1 a couple of days ago and noticed that the Launcher and the directory layout changed.
I wonder if there is any information available if Magic Launcher supports 1.6.1 and if I can just use it as before, switching back and forth between 1.5.x and 1.6.x versions?
I also read on some forums that I could use the new launcher to do everything that Magic Launcher can do. Is that true? And if yes, is there a tutorial available somewhere?

A: Yes - you can use Magic Launcher with Minecraft 1.6

Choose 1.6.x from the 'Environment' dropdown.
As for the new Minecraft launcher, I still find Magic Launcher to be more functional.

A: Well the new launcher although it does offer multiple jars and minecraft instances it's not quite the same as magic launcher. On the subject of using magic launcher with 1.6.x. he explains the method to get 1.6.x. If you really need to update what you can do is update through the official launcher then move your files over into magic launcher manually.


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To whale watch, we all must make sacrifices
Fred Felleman
Two orcas in Elliott Bay (Photo courtesy of Fred Felleman)
Scan the card rack on any Washington state ferry and you'll find whale watch operators' brochures featuring breaching orcas with promises of seeing the whales — or your next trip is free.
It has become clear that it will take a lot to ensure southern resident killer whale sightings here in the future. Recent media coverage of starving and grieving whales has raised great concern in the general public over the whales' tragic trajectory.
As the midterm elections took place Nov. 6, Gov. Jay Inslee's Orca Task Force was convened to finalize its report for delivery to the governor on Friday, in time to influence the 2019 Legislature.
Appropriately, the task force has already recommended a three- to five-year moratorium on whale watching operations targeting the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whale Community. But the whales' survival ultimately will come down to their ability to eat salmon.
Human impacts on orcas — such as through whale watching cruises — would be buffered if the whales weren't starving. As the top predator of the sea, orcas can choose among all potential prey, but Washington's resident whales evolved to specialize on Chinook, or King, the largest and most threatened of the salmon.
It's our historic and ongoing failure to protect and restore salmon habitat that has resulted in this emergency situation. Immediacy must be the highest priority: We can't assume the whales have even the three to five years it will take to produce an adult Chinook from a hatchery.
So we must start boosting fish populations in substantial numbers. But it's not just about numbers: We must ensure that those fish are available within the whales' range, that the whales are able to detect them, and that they're able to catch the few left they can detect.
Making Chinook: More adult Chinook could quickly be made available by reducing the tens of thousands caught accidentally, including by the Alaskan pollock and coastal hake fishing crews. Use of net cameras, Chinook excluder devices and other innovations need to be voluntarily implemented throughout the fleets immediately. And fishermen need to be offered incentives to adopt wide-ranging measures to reduce bycatch, as was done for sea turtles and dolphins elsewhere.
Finding Chinook: Reducing underwater noise that interferes with the whales' echolocation would improve their ability to detect salmon. The Port of Vancouver's ECHO program has commercial vessel operators voluntarily slowing their ships to reduce noise. The Ports of Seattle (where I'm a commissioner) and Tacoma are exploring how to support such efforts in collaboration with Washington State Ferries.
Catching Chinook: We need to limit boat proximity to the whales to reduce disturbances that both impair the whale's ability to catch fish, pollute the air, and carry threat of collisions. That's why the task force's call for a whale watching moratorium makes sense. Furthermore, the prominence of commercial operators also makes it easier for recreational boaters to find the whales.
Already, recreational boaters who encounter the whales must stay at least 200 yards away. Like commercial operators, recreational boaters should no longer be permitted to pursue the whales, and if the boaters encounter whales, they should be required to travel slowly in the opposite direction until at least a quarter mile away before increasing speed. They should also turn off depth sounders that operate within the whale's hearing range.
It's also critical to better understand the behavior of Chinook salmon in order to craft appropriate whale conservation plans. The whales are keenly aware of where Chinook aggregate and the best places to catch them. Historically, when the whales frequented the Salish Sea, they were regularly encountered along the west side of San Juan Island swimming back and forth apparently reflecting the Chinooks' response to the tidal currents – a behavior I call "the westside shuffle."
The whales use the shore and shallow bottom features, such as Salmon Bank, to increase foraging efficiency by cutting off potential Chinook escape routes. Not surprisingly, fishing crews have also found this region to be highly productive. Boaters and sport fishers frequent these nearshore waters using their sonar to find fish for extended periods. They also travel at high speeds between their marinas and fishing holes. This appears to be contributing to the displacement of the whales from their preferred nearshore habitat and has resulted in many unintentional interactions, which may account for the occurrence of propeller scars.
This is not to suggest that the whales don't also forage offshore. As "cruising" predators pursuing migratory prey, the whales target the salmon where they concentrate while foraging opportunistically en route between destinations, such as the west side of San Juan Island and the Georgia Strait, in close proximity to the Fraser River.
Then there is the omnipresent risk of a catastrophic oil spill that would render all our efforts moot, with immediate, devastating and permanent impacts to the Salish Sea and survival of our endangered orca. Killer whales do not appear to avoid oil. Less than a week after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, a pod was observed surfacing in the slick. Within a year, 13 of them were dead.
The Canadian government's plan to triple the output of the TransMountain Pipeline poses the greatest increase in oil spill risk for the region. The task force needs to call for the governor to re-emphasize his opposition to the pipeline expansion. Inslee also needs to voice opposition to proposals for the expansion of the Puget Sound Pipeline, which directly connects Alberta's vast heavy oil reserves with Washington state's oil refineries and their tanker terminals, which could be used for crude oil exports.
There's also plenty of risk associated with the existing movements of oil from Washington's five refineries. The Department of Ecology completed a draft report of the movements of oil on barges, which have received far less attention than tankers, despite making many more transits through the Salish Sea. Based in part on those findings, the Legislature should initiate a rulemaking requiring the use of additional tug escorts and emergency response tugs to prevent spills from oil barges and other oil-carrying vessels not currently facing the same escort requirements as tankers.
No single activity is responsible for the whales' decline. Fortunately for the whale watch operators, there are other whales in the sea. Whale watching brochures have already been modified to guarantee that guests will see a whale, though not necessarily an endangered orca.
Ultimately, since the task force report is being sent to the governor and Legislature and many of the recommendations call for additional funding (and political will) to implement existing regulations, the single most important thing the public can do for the whales is to vote. While there was an excellent turnout for this midterm election, resulting in a more progressive state Legislature, the lack of support for Climate Initiative 1631 was truly disheartening. The oil industry has an unlimited budget to thwart the public good through an unprecedented disinformation campaign, but cries to the bank when called on to spend money to increase the safety with which toxic oils are moved within the Salish Sea.
The bottom line is that we all have to be prepared to make some sacrifices, because the whales don't come with any guarantees.
Fred Felleman is a Seattle Port Commissioner.
Threats against journalists feel more dangerous in 2021
It's hard to look away from the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and armed protests in Olympia, especially if you're a journalist under attack.
Donna Gordon Blankinship

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"In Messenger, we fixed a couple of issues where in some cases you could not re-establish video calls or file sharing activities after losing your network connection. Also, sometimes your status messages and display picture were not synchronizing correctly between PCs, so you'd see a notification that changes made would not be seen on other computers. We also made various performance and stability improvements.
In Photo Gallery, we made a design change so that geotagging no longer overwrites GPS coordinates in image files.
We corrected various problems with language translation," revealed Microsfot.
Note: If you downloaded Windows Live Essentials 2011 prior to December 2nd or bought a PC with Windows Live Essentials 2011 preinstalled, it's recommend that you install this update.
This optional update will download a package that only includes the new changes from the originally released version. You won't have to go through the entire setup for Windows Live Essentials. You may, however, need to reboot your computer after installation is complete. If you start a new installation, or upgrade to Windows Live Essentials 2011 today, your installation will include QFE1.
You can check to see if you have QFE1 installed by looking at the version number in the About dialog for Messenger or Windows Live Photo Gallery. If your version number is 15.4.3508.1109, you're running the latest and greatest released build. If you're running version 15.4.3502.0922, we highly recommend that you install this update.


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"Not everything worthwhile can be measured, and not everything that can be measured is worthwhile."
This is my take on an idea that has been voiced by others, and which reminds us of the limitations on quantifying true value.
My hero in measuring is W. Edwards Deming, who basically taught that it's very easy to draw the wrong conclusions about data (see his "Red Bead Experiment"), so you teach the tools of measurement to those closest to the process, and you support them in learning how to use those measures to understand a process and make improvements. (Think about who that would be in education.)
He said: "The most important things cannot be measured." And: "The most important things are unknown or unknowable."
(Deming, credited with inspiring Japan's post-WWII economic "miracle," had a lot of other really good things to say about how we run organizations that really apply to education. We'll save those for another day.)
William Bruce Cameron said that "...not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted" (often inaccurately attributed to Einstein). The alliteration has probably added to the popularity of that quote, but I find it a little distracting.
Likewise, the version I remember from my dad, Fred Hargadon--who as dean of admissions at both Stanford and then Princeton thought a lot about how students are measures--was alliterative, and gave its own spin: "Because we cannot measure the things that have the most meaning, we give the most meaning to the things we can measure."
There's a sense in my dad's quote that is unsettling. My version, Deming's, and Cameron's give the sense of benign error; I hear in my dad's version the possibility that this may be a human cognitive flaw. Even more intriguing, is it possible that we may sometimes be guilty of knowingly taking a shortcut in promoting simplistic measures to avoid harder, deeper, more reasoned thinking?
This latter interpretation, unfortunately, is how I see the current testing debate and dialog. The idea that the kind of tests we are focusing on nationally will actually helping students or our society rests on very shallow thinking.


Emergency management in Lawrence County wants you to mind your butts.
According to KYTC, Northbound I-75 is currently shut down at the Winchester Road exit.
Lexington Police say a man implied he had a weapon and robbed a CVS Pharmacy on Old Todds Road.
A stretch of Iron Works Pike in Lexington reopened Friday night after being closed for hours due to a dump truck accident.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says that thermoplastic marking operations are scheduled for New Circle Road/KY 4.
The Midway Fire Department is working to clear a large tree that fell into the road after storms Friday.
A road is scheduled to be closed in downtown Lexington Wednesday.
Some roads in eastern and southeastern Kentucky were snow-covered and slick Thursday night, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
Kentucky 490 has reopened after a hazmat situation Thursday afternoon.
Old Paris Road at North Broadway is shut down in both directions because of icy conditions.
The roads could be filled with tired drivers as millions travel for Thanksgiving.
Two women were injured, one of them critically, after swerving and crashing to avoid hitting an animal in the road outside London, according to the Laurel County Sheriff's Office.
The preliminary autopsy on a baby found dead on La Rochelle Road in Lexington Sunday shows no apparent trauma, according to the Fayette County coroner.
A Republican lawmaker in Kentucky has filed legislation that would ban protesters from blocking the streets without a permit and shield drivers who unintentionally hit them from criminal and civil penalties.
Starting today Lexington drivers have a new route available when going in and out of downtown.


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iPad Magazine
ASTRONAUT MAGAZINE NO. 3 — OUT NOW!
Astronaut Magazine is a a labour of love put together by a group of friends in Berlin. It's a good-looking, digital indie magazine that thrives on our passion for stunning photography, smart films and inspiring stories. An astronaut is curious, fearless and bold. Our magazine features the works of many creative people who share these qualities, from photographers to musicians, from filmmakers to illustrators. But, more importantly, we also want to be a mouthpiece for people who aren't heard from enough. Sharing these stories in a personal and unique way, Astronaut Magazine offers an exciting way to interact with video, image and text. It is an immersive experience that celebrates all those who dare to explore the limits of creativity and all those who revel in new discovery. This one's for you.
The teaser trailer for issue 3 takes you around the world, through the issue and back again in 63 seconds.
Astronaut Magazine is a space where independent filmmakers, photographers, and other artists can show and talk about their work and pet projects, which are often completed in their spare time, with little to no funding and minimal technical support. As a reader and user, you are given a front row seat to fascinating stories while getting to know these protagonists through interviews, videos, and photo series. These characters are sometimes in front of the camera, sometimes behind it, and occasionally on either side of it.
The use of film allows you to delve right into these stories and the iPad's interactive capabilities allows you to manipulate and engage firsthand with the content; making the magazine a wholly immersive experience. Astronaut Magazine thrives on stories about people who are undaunted by the untried and untested and who are not afraid to be too ambitious. It is a stage for the courageous, for the unflinching and for the daydreamer in all of us.
This third issue of Astronaut Magazine explores the basic impulse to take in and be inspired by your surroundings. Each project is particular to the environment in which it was created, whether it's on a highway on the West coast of America or on the icy planes of the South Pole. Because of this, each story carries a distinct and palpable sense of place. This sense is shaped by the feelings and meaning attached to these places by the filmmakers, photographers and artists we've chosen for this issue.
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Finally, the second mission is a go. We're back to report on beautiful stories and intelligent films. We're thrilled with the feedback from our first issue, which has definitely encouraged us to keep going, to keep growing, and to keep improving. This is our second and more confident step towards realizing a fantastic digital magazine that is dedicated to both stimulating content and a clear editorial design. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed making it.
Astronaut Magazine was born from an intense desire to tell great stories, whether these feature famous filmmakers, undiscovered rookies or unknown amateurs. We want to bring together stories about people who can't help but try to accomplish great things, about people who are passionate, interesting and driven. In this first issue, we have chosen our videos, photographs and words carefully and given these three interacting elements the space to tell a whole, uninterrupted, fascinating story. Houston, we have an app!
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He showed a 3D print of a heart with visible vessels; the miniature heart measured less than 3 centimetres in size. These tissue samples were experimentally reprogrammed to become "pluripotent" or de-identified stem cells. Tal Dvir's laboratory in Tel Aviv University April 15, 2019, Israel. Using the patient's materials means the chance of organ rejection by the body is slim to none.
The impact: Heart disease causes one in four deaths in the U.S. (about 610,000 people a year), and there's a shortage of heart donors for transplants, so 3D-printed hearts could help solve a major issue.
Development of replacement organs is not something new, with the first human to receive an artificial heart occurring in 2014.
The researchers published their findings in the peer-reviewed journal, Advanced Science. The cellular material from the tissues was used as the bionic ink for the printer.
The next step is culturing printed hearts in the lab and "teaching them to behave" like hearts, Dvir added. "In fact, this method allows us to print any organ that is required for a transplant and we believe that this method opens the door to future technologies, which will make the need for organ donors completely unnecessary".
"Ideally, the biomaterial should possess the same biochemical, mechanical and topographical properties of the patient's tissues", said Dvir. The cells of the 3D heart are able to contract, but are not yet able to pump, scientists told reporters.
For starters, creating a human heart would take much longer and require billions of cells - not just millions. They hope in the next 10 years, organ printers will be in hospitals "around the world" and the procedures will be a routine practice.


The annual Lampeter Food Festival at Lampeter University promises a lively programme of cookery demonstrations from local chefs which will be running all day long where you can taste the dishes and feel inspired to try the recipes at home.
A lively programme of cookery demonstrations from local chefs will be running all day long in our cookery tent where you can taste the dishes and feel inspired to try the recipes at home.
There is limited parking on the University campus, which is sign posted, but there are also pay and display car parks in the town. Disabled parking very close to the Festival; please follow the signs.
By Car: Lampeter is situated in the Teifi Valley at the junction of the A482 and A485 roads, approximately 1 hour from Swansea, and 45 minutes from Carmarthen or Aberystwyth.
There is free on street parking in Lampeter, and a free car park at the Cwmmins, and Pay and Display car parks at the Rookery and Market Street. There are very limited parking facilities for disabled badge holders only in the university grounds.
By Bus: Lampeter is served by good bus services which connect with Arriva Trains at Carmarthen and Aberystwyth.
By Train: The nearest railways stations are Carmarthen and Aberystwyth. For more travel information, please visit Traveline Cymru or call 0871 200 22 33.


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Glaucous Sedge Carex glaucodea Tuckerman ex Olney
Carex glaucodea
Stephen M. Young
Monocotyledoneae (Monocots)
Cyperaceae (Sedge Family)
Listed as Threatened by New York State: likely to become Endangered in the foreseeable future. For animals, taking, importation, transportation, or possession is prohibited, except under license or permit. For plants, removal or damage without the consent of the landowner is prohibited.
Imperiled in New York - Very vulnerable to disappearing from New York due to rarity or other factors; typically 6 to 20 populations or locations in New York, very few individuals, very restricted range, few remaining acres (or miles of stream), and/or steep declines.
G5T5
Secure globally - Both the species as a whole and the subspecies/variety are common in the world; widespread and abundant (but may be rare in some parts of its range).
Glaucodea means gray-green (Fernald 1970), which is the color of the leaves and is created by a thin waxy coating on the surface of the leaf blades.
There are six existing populations but more are expected to be found as more people become familiar with the identification of this species. There are 10 historical occurrences.
In the past five years at least five new populations have been found. Most likely these populations have been overlooked in the past. Ten populations are considered historical because they have not been seen in recent years but again this may simply be due to the fact that they have been overlooked recently. Overall short-term trends are not clear.
There is one extant population that has been known for over 120 years. This population is quite healthy and robust. At least two populations are believed to be extirpated. Other information regarding long term trends is not available.
No management needs known.
Carex glaucodea occurs in wet to dry-mesic deciduous forests and old fields. It occurs on the edges of seasonal swamps and in seasonally wet depressions in more open environments. Plants can often be found in roads and deer or human paths through forests. These roads and paths probably are helping the seed bank germinate. Also, these roads and paths often have more compacted soils creating slightly wetter situations preferred by C. glaucodea (New York Natural Heritage Program 2005). Mesic to wet-mesic deciduous forests or seasonally moist prairies, usually in clays or loams (Naczi and Bryson 2002). Dry to moist calcareous woods or fields (Rhoads and Block 2000). Wet woods, swamps, moist fields (Gleason & Cronquist 1991). Calcareous woods and meadows (Fernald 1970).
Associated Ecological Communities
Appalachian oak-hickory forest (guide)
A hardwood forest that occurs on well-drained sites, usually on ridgetops, upper slopes, or south- and west-facing slopes. The soils are usually loams or sandy loams. This is a broadly defined forest community with several regional and edaphic variants. The dominant trees include red oak, white oak, and/or black oak. Mixed with the oaks, usually at lower densities, are pignut, shagbark, and/or sweet pignut hickory.
Chestnut oak forest (guide)
A hardwood forest that occurs on well-drained sites in glaciated portions of the Appalachians, and on the coastal plain. This forest is similar to the Allegheny oak forest; it is distinguished by fewer canopy dominants and a less diverse shrublayer and groundlayer flora. Dominant trees are typically chestnut oak and red oak.
Perched swamp white oak swamp (guide)
A swamp that occurs in a shallow depression on a forested hillside where the water table is locally perched above the surrounding groundwater level. The water level fluctuates seasonally; the swamp may be flooded in spring and nearly dry by late summer. The dominant tree is swamp white oak, which may form a nearly pure, open canopy stand in areas that are permanently saturated.
Successional old field
A meadow dominated by forbs and grasses that occurs on sites that have been cleared and plowed (for farming or development), and then abandoned or only occasionally mowed.
Successional southern hardwoods
A hardwood or mixed forest that occurs on sites that have been cleared or otherwise disturbed. Canopy trees are usually relatively young in age (25-50 years old) and signs of earlier forest disturbance are often evident. Characteristic trees and shrubs include any of the following: American elm, slippery elm, white ash, red maple, box elder, silver maple, sassafras, gray birch, hawthorn, eastern red cedar, and choke-cherry.
Associated Species
Acer rubrum var. rubrum (common red maple)
Carex bushii (Bush's sedge)
Carex nigromarginata (black-edged sedge)
Carya glabra (pignut hickory)
Cuscuta sp.
Danthonia spicata (poverty grass)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Hamamelis virginiana (witch-hazel)
Hypoxis hirsuta (yellow star-grass)
Juncus tenuis (path rush)
Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco)
Lyonia ligustrina
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stilt grass)
Ostrya virginiana (hop hornbeam, ironwood)
Pinus rigida (pitch pine)
Pinus strobus (white pine)
Polygonum spp.
Prunus pumila var. susquehanae
Quercus alba (white oak)
Quercus coccinea (scarlet oak)
Quercus palustris (pin oak)
Quercus rubra (northern red oak)
Saururus cernuus (lizard's-tail)
Carex glaucodea is known mostly from eastern New York (Albany and Rensselaer Counties south to Long Island) but is also known from a couple of sites in central New York.
This sedge occurs from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut west to New York, Ontario, Ohio, and Missouri south to North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas.
This sedge is a densely tufted grass-like plant with leaves covered with a white waxy covering (glaucous) and up to (5.1-)5.7-10.8 mm wide. Flowering/fruiting stalks (culms) are 10-50 cm tall and contain 3-6 elongated clusters of flowers/fruits (spikes) that are arranged along the culm. Fruits (perigynia) have many fine impressed longitudinal nerves (Naczi and Bryson 2002).
Carex glaucodea has glaucous leaves. The bases of the culms are yellow-brown. The inflorescence consists of one terminal staminate spike which is 7-35 mm long and 2-5 lateral pistillate spikes. The peduncles of the pistillate spikes are smooth. Perigynia are spirally arranged along the axis of the spike, 3.2-4(-4.1) mm long, gradually taper to the apex, have no or only a tiny (0-0.3 mm long) beak, and have 43-54 impressed longitudinal nerves. Pistillate scales are relatively short awned tipped with awns 0-1(-1.5) mm long. Achenes have beaks that are bent (0-)30-90 degrees (Naczi and Bryson 2002).
Best Life Stage for Proper Identification
The glaucous leaves make this Carex a little easier to identify vegetatively although fruits are still necessary to make a positive identification. Mature ample specimens with notes on whether the leaves are glaucous or not are best for identification.
In New York, this species is quite distinctive. There are two other Carex species (C. granularis and C. laxiculmis var. laxiculmis) which look similar vegetatively. Carex granularis has smaller perigynia (2.2-3.1(-3.7) mm long vs. to 3.2-4(-4.1) for C. glaucodea); "nerves" of the perigynia raised (vs. impressed); and beaks of the perigynia, when present, sometimes bent (vs. never bent). Carex laxiculmis has pistillate peduncles flexuous and drooping (vs. stiffer and erect to ascending); 4-9 perigynia per spike (vs. 10-45); and sharply triangular perigynia in cross section (vs. obtusely triangular) (Yatskievych 1999, Naczi and Bryson 2002).
Other members of section Griseae in New York, which C. glaucodea is part of, have green leaves (vs. glaucous) and pistillate scales with longer awns (vs. short or no awns). Awns can occasionally be variable in length. Carex glaucodea is the only member of section Griseae that will appear highly glaucous.
The species is in fruit from June to mid-July. Fruits can sometimes be found on plants later in the season. The best time to survey for this species is mid-June to mid-July.
The time of year you would expect to find Glaucous Sedge fruiting in New York.
Glaucous Sedge Images
Glaucous Sedge
Carex glaucodea Tuckerman ex Olney
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Anthophyta
Class Monocotyledoneae (Monocots)
Order Cyperales
Family Cyperaceae (Sedge Family)
Additional Common Names
Carex flaccosperma var. glaucodea (Tuckerman ex Olney) Kukenth.
Comments on the Classification
Carex glaucodea along with C. flaccosperma have been variously treated by many authors. Some authors treat C. glaucodea as a variety of C. flaccosperma (e.g. Fernald 1970), others lump the two together (e.g. Gleason and Cronquist 1991), and others treat the two at the species level. Naczi (1991) shows that the two should be considered distinct at the species level based on morphology, cytology, ecology, geography, and natural hybridization. In addition, Naczi (1997) described a new species C. pigra which is intermediate in perigynia length between C. glaucodea and C. flaccosperma. This may have been part of the reason why some botanists were confused regarding the status of C. glaucodea and C. flaccosperma. In New York, we only have one taxon, C. glaucodea. Carex pigra and C. flaccosperma occur further south and west of New York.
Best Identification Reference
Naczi, R.F.C. and C.T. Bryson. 2002. Carex Linnaeus sect. Griseae (L.H. Bailey) Kükenthal. Pages 448-461 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (editors), Flora of North America, north of Mexico, Volume 23, Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. 608pp + xxiv.
Other References
Fernald, M.L. 1950. Gray's manual of botany. 8th edition. D. Van Nostrand, New York. 1632 pp.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America, North of Mexico. Volume 23. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. 608 pp.
Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York. 910 pp.
Holmgren, Noel. 1998. The Illustrated Companion to Gleason and Cronquist's Manual. Illustrations of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.
Mitchell, Richard S. and Gordon C. Tucker. 1997. Revised Checklist of New York State Plants. Contributions to a Flora of New York State. Checklist IV. Bulletin No. 490. New York State Museum. Albany, NY. 400 pp.
Naczi, R.F.C. 1991. Systematics of Carex flaccosperma and C. glaucodea (section Griseae, Cyperaceae). Supplement to American Journal of Botany 78: 205.
New York Natural Heritage Program. 2010. Biotics database. New York Natural Heritage Program. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Albany, NY.
Reschke, Carol. 1990. Ecological communities of New York State. New York Natural Heritage Program, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Latham, NY. 96 pp. plus xi.
Rhoads, Ann F. and Timothy A. Block. 2000. The Plants of Pennsylvania, an Illustrated Manual. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA.
Weldy, T. and D. Werier. 2010. New York flora atlas. [S.M. Landry, K.N. Campbell, and L.D. Mabe (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research http://www.fccdr.usf.edu/. University of South Florida http://www.usf.edu/]. New York Flora Association http://newyork.plantatlas.usf.edu/, Albany, New York
Yatskievych, G. 1999. Steyermark's Flora of Missouri, Volume 1. Revised edition. Missouri Department of Conservation, Jefferson City and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
New York Flora Atlas
USDA Plants Database
Information for this guide was last updated on: June 22, 2005
New York Natural Heritage Program. 2023. Online Conservation Guide for Carex glaucodea. Available from: https://guides.nynhp.org/glaucous-sedge/. Accessed January 30, 2023.


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Q: How can I show face Recognition window( code written in python using dlib,opencv) in my web application I have a php web application for registration. In this application I am also storing face data of person into database along with all the other information.
For face data I am using python  (dlib and opencv) . I am executing this python   file using ajax call through php. when I am executing this python then a separate window is opening for face recognition.
I want to open this window inside one of html tag in php application .

A: For a web application, you would need a javascript + HTML + CSS front end.
I don't know if you would need to rewrite your python code in javascript, or possibly just use javascript to send image data to your python code.
If you want to rewrite in js, check out the OpenCV.js library.
Or, as I'm not sure of the details, you might want to take a picture of the user and send it to the server to run in your python.  You can use the WebRTC API, with navigator.getUserMedia to take a photo with the user's web camera (I think, the last time I looked into that the API was changing fast - but a google search for those terms should get you in the right direction)


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Educational Series: Saving Vanishing Wildlife From Oblivion
A bald eagle soaring over a wild river; a mother grizzly bear and her cubs roaming through one of the last great tracts of unbroken forest; a sea otter frolicking through a coastal kelp forest; all of these awe-inspiring sights were at some point in imminent danger of vanishing forever. The fact that these and hundreds of other incredible plant and animal species still survive today is largely thanks to one of the most important environmental laws ever passed in the United States: the Endangered Species Act.
Up through the middle of the twentieth century, it was perfectly legal in the United States to kill most plant and animal species or destroy their habitat, even if that meant the entire species might disappear and never recover. For thousands of years, North America's rich plant and animal life had lived in balance with Native American societies, who had found ways to utilize the land's resources without endangering other species. However, once European colonists arrived in what would become the United States, pressures like overhunting quickly exterminated animals like the passenger pigeon, Eskimo curlew, and Steller's sea cow. Hundreds of others, from grizzly bears to gray wolves to California condors, seemed on the point of vanishing too.
Fortunately, the 1960s and '70s saw an increase in awareness of and concern about environmental issues. Books like Rachel Carson's Silent Spring helped highlight the risks of environmental pollution, while organizations like Greenpeace drew attention to the plight of charismatic species like whales. Over the span of less than two decades, millions of people realized our country's rich natural heritage could soon vanish. In response, in 1966 Congress passed the Endangered Species Preservation Act, the first comprehensive law seeking to protect endangered species and their habitat.
A precursor to the modern Endangered Species Act, the Preservation Act instructed the U.S. Departments of Interior, Agriculture, and Defense to take certain steps to protect at-risk animals. However, a lack of specifics as to how the law should be enforced left many species vulnerable to continued decline. Furthermore, the 1966 law did not cover plants or many invertebrates, leaving vast swaths of the country's biodiversity completely unprotected.
In 1973, Senator Harrison A. Williams introduced the modern Endangered Species Act, a stronger piece of legislation meant to replace the 1966 law. The ESA, as it came to be known, was passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate. Later that year, the House of Representatives voted 390-12 to approve its own version of the bill. The final Endangered Species Act was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 28th, 1973.
The Endangered Species Act made many changes to protect at-risk species. For one thing, the new law covered plants and all types of animals (including invertebrates). It also contained specific definitions of what constitutes a "threatened" or "endangered" species, increased prohibitions on killing and harming protected species, and banned federal authorization of projects that would destroy essential habitat of imperiled plants and animals. With these new protections in place species which were once on the brink of extinction began to slowly recover.
So how exactly does the law work? In order to receive protection from the Endangered Species Act a plant or animal must first be proposed for inclusion on the Endangered Species List, which designates which species are considered at risk of extinction. New listing proposals are reviewed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (for land-dwelling and freshwater species), or the National Marine Fisheries Service (for marine species).
Perhaps the biggest weakness of the Endangered Species Act is that reviewing a proposed listing can take several years–and in the meantime the species usually receives no protection. This means a plant or animal can literally go extinct while waiting to be protected. Still, once a species does make it onto the Endangered Species List it receives life-saving help. Federal agencies must come up with a recovery plan for the species and designate critical protected habitat it needs to survive. Killing, harming, or harassing members of the species becomes illegal. More than 1,600 animals and plants are currently included on the Endangered Species List.
Once a species has recovered to the point where it is no longer considered at risk, it can be "delisted," or removed from the Endangered Species List. This is the final step in recovery, and means the species' numbers have increased to the point where it no longer requires the ESA's protection. The bald eagle, peregrine falcon, and American alligator are all examples of recovered species that have been delisted from the ESA.
Even for species that have not yet been delisted, the ESA has proven extremely effective in reducing their risk of extinction. Forty years after the ESA was passed, conservation groups found 99% of listed species had been prevented from going extinct. According to the Center for Biological Diversity, scientists believe at least 227 species would have vanished by now without the ESA's protections.
So who could have a problem with such a successful, important environmental law? Unfortunately, large corporate interests have long had a goal of rolling back the Endangered Species Act, precisely because it has been successful at limiting logging, mining, and other activities in critical species habitat. Environmental groups and a concerned public have fought back most major attempts to weaken the law up to now. However, today, the Endangered Species Act may itself be in more danger than ever before.
Current threats to the Endangered Species Act have come from both the Trump administration and Congress. In July, the administration proposed making a series of changes to how the ESA is implemented. These would include reduced protections for plants and animals classified as "threatened" rather than "endangered" (endangered species are considered at near-term risk of extinction, while threatened species are at likely risk of becoming endangered). The changes would also reduce requirements that federal agencies consider long-term environmental impacts like climate change when assessing whether a species warrants protection.
Meanwhile, Republican members of Congress are pushing legislation that would weaken the Endangered Species Act. Some of these bills target specific species like the greater sage grouse and lesser prairie-chicken, which live on land sought after by the oil and gas industry. Certain members of Congress have proposed excluding these species from protection–a move that could prove deadly to their survival.
Thanks largely to the Endangered Species Act, animals like the bald eagle which were once poised on the threshold of extinction have now recovered and can be seen in the wild by thousands of people all across the U.S. However, without action from concerned wildlife lovers everywhere, countless other species could be deprived of the ESA's life-saving protections in the future. You can stand up for the Endangered Species Act by calling or writing to your members of Congress and asking them to vote against any attacks on this important law. With enough voices speaking out for endangered species, the ESA can continue to protect hundreds of animals and plants for generations to come.
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This week's challenge...Saving Vanishing Wildlife From Oblivion.
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How many species are currently protected by the Endangered Species Act?
Fewer than 100
Which of these species has been "delisted" from the Endangered Species Act?
Whooping crane
Black-footed ferret
Greater sage grouse
Which U.S. President signed the Endangered Species Act?
What causes an endangered species to be delisted?
When the economic costs of protecting the species are believed to outweigh the benefits
When the species has reached a healthy, sustainable population and no longer needs protection
When the species is judged not charismatic enough to be worth protecting
What has to happen before a species is added to the Endangered Species List?
The listing must be personally approved by the President
Congress must vote on the proposed listing
The listing is reviewed by the Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service
Scientists must verify fewer than 100 individuals of the species survive
In what year was the modern version of the Endangered Species Act passed?
What protections does the ESA provide for protected species?
Killing or harassing the species is illegal
Critical habitat for the species is protected from development
Federal agencies must come up with a species recovery plan


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TV News Record: Focus on North Korea
Posted on July 7, 2017 by Nancy Watzman
By Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman
Following the U.S. government's confirmation that North Korea had successfully fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, we focus on statements by public officials and pundits on the nuclear threat from the Korean Peninsula, including some past fact-checked segments.
What top-rated cable shows aired the day after
On Fox News, "Tucker Carlson Tonight" focused his report on the missile launch by interviewing Michael Malice, a New York-based ghost writer and author of Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Biography of Kim Yong In, along with George Friedman a founder of Geopolitical Futures. Malice said the launch amounted to a commercial for the country's product, "It's a great sales pitch to show they have weapons they could sell and make a lot of money off of." Friedman emphasized that the "Chinese have no reason to solve this," and also said he didn't think North Korea has a "capable" nuclear missile at this point.
Over on MSNBC, Rachel Maddow interviewed NBC's national security reporter, Courtney Kube, who said that North Korea hadn't demonstrated its capability to deliver a nuclear warhead yet, although "I don't know if you would find anyone in the U.S. military at the highest levels who would say with confidence or certainty that they don't absolutely have that capability. I think that they're hopeful they do not, since they haven't demonstrated or tested it."
In the first hour of Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN, John Berman, sitting in for Cooper, placed North Korea's launch in a global context with President Donald Trump's trip to Europe, interviewing a panel of former public officials, David Gergen, who advised Republican and Democratic presidents; John Kirby, who was a spokesperson for the State Department under the Obama administration, and Shamila Chaudry, who served on the National Security Council under the Obama administration.
What Congressional leaders have said about North Korea
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R., Ky., on April 2o17, mentioned North Korea in context of the U.S. missile strike on Syria in response to chemical attacks on civilians as "a message to Iran and North Korea and the Russians that America intends to lead again."
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R., Wis., when talking about a bill to strengthen sanctions back in 2016, said "[Obama's] strategy of strategic patience with North Korea, it's just not working."
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D., Calif., in April 2017, said "The president is playing with fire when he's talking about North Korea. We have to exhaust every diplomatic remedy."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D., N.Y., in April 2017, said "The only way to really stop North Korea from doing what it's doing short of war is to get China to fully cooperate, because they control all the trade. They control the entire economy, really, of North Korea. My view is to get the Chinese to do something real, you have to be tough with them on trade. Trade is their mother's milk."
And now for some past fact-checked segments on North Korea.
Trump never said that more countries should acquire nuclear weapons (False)
In November 2016, not long after he won the election, then-President-elect Donald Trump tweeted:
The @nytimes states today that DJT believes "more countries should acquire nuclear weapons." How dishonest are they. I never said this!
Lauren Carroll, reporting for PolitiFact, rated this claim "false," citing several examples from the campaign trail where Trump had said just that. For example, in April 2016, Fox News' Chris Wallace asked, "You want to have a nuclear arms race on the Korean peninsula?" Later in the broadcast, Trump said about Japan and South Korea, ""Maybe they would be better off — including with nukes, yes, including with nukes."
China has "total control" over North Korea (Mostly False)
During a Republican primary debate in January 2016, Trump said that China has "total control just about" over North Korea. Reporting for PolitiFact, Louis Jacobson rated this claim as "mostly false." "He has a point that China holds significant leverage over North Korea if it wishes to exercise it, since China provides the vast majority of North Korea's international trade, including food and fuel imports. But Trump's assertion, even slightly hedged as it is, overlooks some significant limits to that leverage, notably the North Korean government's willingness to follow its own drummer even if that means its people suffer. The fact that North Korea recently conducted a nuclear test over the strenuous objections of China suggests that Beijing lacks anything approaching 'total control' over North Korea."
China accounts for 90 percent of North Korea's trade (True)
In April 2017, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told the U.N. Security Council, "But China, accounting for 90 percent of North Korean trade, China alone has economic leverage over Pyongyang that is unique, and its role is therefore particularly important."
PolitiFact's John Kruzel rated this claim as "true." "China's role as an outsize trade partner of North Korea is a relatively new development. Since 2000, trade with the rest of the world has dropped off, as Chinese trade has risen. While the ratio is subject to change based on political factors, China now accounts for around 90 percent of North Korean trade."
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John Douglas Krook (* 1. Juli 1897; † 3. September 1971) war ein schwedischer Fußballspieler.

Werdegang
Krook begann seine Karriere bei GAIS. 1923 verließ er den Klub in Richtung Örgryte IS. Zunächst vertrat er den Klub in der Svenska Serien, die er mit der Mannschaft an der Seite von Robert Zander, Sven Rydell und Sven Friberg am Ende der Spielzeit 1923/24 als Westmeister nach zwei 1:0-Erfolgen durch den Ostmeister AIK gewann. In der Folge berücksichtigte ihn das Auswahlkomitee in der schwedischen Nationalmannschaft, für die er im Juni 1924 beim 3:2-Auswärtserfolg gegen die dänischen Nationalelf debütierte.

Unter dem Spitznamen "Världens bästa back" (weltbester Verteidiger) qualifizierte Krook sich mit dem Göteborger Klub im Sommer 1924 zudem für die erste Spielzeit der Allsvenskan. Trotz nur zwei Saisonniederlagen erreichte er mit der Mannschaft zum Auftakt nur den dritten Tabellenrang hinter den Ortsrivalen GAIS und IFK Göteborg. In der Spielzeit 1925/26 führte er an der Seite von Torschützenkönig Carl-Erik Holmberg und Knut Sandegren den Klub zum ersten Tabellenplatz der ersten Liga, der Meistertitel wurde allerdings seinerzeit offiziell nicht vergeben. Zwei Jahre später wiederholte er mit Henning Helgesson, Ivar Klingström und Evert Lundquist aufgrund des besseren Torquotienten gegenüber dem punktgleichen Konkurrenten Helsingborgs IF.

Parallel hielt Krook sich in der Auswahlmannschaft. Bis 1929 lief er im blau-goldenen Trikot der Nationalmannschaft auf, eine Teilnahme an einem großen Turnier blieb ihm verwehrt. In seinen 21 Länderspielen blieb der Abwehrspieler ohne Torerfolg.

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X-Men themed expansion for Legendary: Marvel card game is coming tomorrow
The 27th expansion for the game.
News by Alex Meehan Senior Staff Writer
About Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game
Rules complexity: Medium
Strategic depth: Medium
Experience the X-Men: Messiah Complex storyline through the latest expansion for Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game.
Based on the climax of the famous House of M storyline for the X-Men comics series, in which a newborn mutant becomes the catalyst of a war between mutantkind, Messiah Complex is an upcoming board game expansion that will have players working together - and sometimes against one another - to determine the fate of the world itself. After the decimation of mutants, the remaining members of the X-Men must fight to survive, teaming up against various masterminds and villain groups that seek to destroy them.
Featuring 200 cards, the Messiah Complex expansion includes eight different heroes to choose from, as well as three masterminds to face-off against in the deckbuilding game. Alongside the masterminds are four villain groups and two henchpeople groups, with four schemes for players to either prevent or assist. Messiah Complex also sees the return of sidekicks to Marvel Legendary, with players able to acquire helpful characters to aid them in their fight. Players will need to look out for the three special bystanders contained in the expansion and ensure that they are rescued from whatever conflict they might run into.
Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game sees one to five players taking on the roles of classic heroes from the Marvel Comics Universe - including Spider-Man, the Hulk, Hawkeye and Wolverine - and attempting to defeat a mastermind villain such as Loki or Dr Doom. Each player will have their own starting hero deck, with the opportunity to acquire more cards to their decks by recruiting the various hero cards from the marketplace.
Alongside recruitable heroes, players will also come across villains that they will need to fight to prevent them from making an escape. Every turn, a new villain card will be added to the villain row, pushing any existing cards along to make room. If the villain row is ever filled, one of the villains escapes and the heroes take damage. Certain villains can also kidnap innocent bystanders and run off with them, forcing the players to miss out on the bonus of saving them. If too many villains escape or if a player character takes too many wounds, then the players lose the Marvel game. However, if players manage to fight the mastermind and deal enough damage, then they win the game.
Messiah Complex was created by Devin Low, the designer behind the original Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game, as well as several other expansions for the co-op game including the Spider-Man themed Paint the Town Red and Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game - Guardians of the Galaxy.
Upper Deck is the publisher responsible for releasing Messiah Complex - as well as the Legendary: Marvel Deck Building Game - with the expansion being published in association with Marvel Entertainment.
Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game - Messiah Complex is set to be released on January 19th (tomorrow) at a retail release price of £43 ($58).
Alex Meehan
After writing for Kotaku UK, Waypoint and Official Xbox Magazine, Alex became a member of the Dicebreaker editorial family. Having been producing news, features, previews and opinion pieces for Dicebreaker for the past three years, Alex has had plenty of opportunity to indulge in her love of meaty strategy board games and gothic RPGS. Besides writing, Alex appears in Dicebreaker's D&D actual play series Storybreakers and haunts the occasional stream on the Dicebreaker YouTube channel.
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A) Your album, e.g. from David Guetta, is correctly shown in iTunes on all of your devices, but on the PC file directory it is saved wrongly, for example, in the directory "unknown artist".
B) Your album, e.g. a compilation, is correctly saved on your PC and correctly shown in iTunes on your Mac/PC, but in different and wrong ways on your other devices.
A) You should delete the complete album on your Mac/PC without deleting the album in the cloud. Load the album back from the cloud and then run iTunes Match and wait for a while to let iTunes Match sync correctly (I recommend to drink a cup of coffee or a bottle of beer in order to stay calm ). If you stayed cool, you will find the album correctly saved in the right directory on your Mac/PC!
B) For the case B) is the other way round: You should delete the complete album in the cloud and keep the album on your Mac/PC. Load again the album into iTunes and, after that, run iTunes Match and wait for a longer while to let iTunes Match sync correctly (I recommend to drink at a minimum 2 cups of coffee or 2 bottles of beer in order to stay calm ). If you stayed cool, you will find the album correctly displayed on your other devices!


Benjamin Wachs: Are we getting our money's worth with New York charter schools?
We need to know not only how much we're spending on charter schools, but whether we're getting the desired results.
If I were a charter school, I wouldn't want the state comptroller poking around my books either.
I would prefer to be audited — as they do — only by the organization holding my charter, with which I would have a pre-existing (and probably cozy) relationship: not some state official whom I can't even invite out to lunch.
If I were a charter school, I might even sue the state to prevent that nosy comptroller from getting to audit me — as charter schools have done — and I would appeal the case to the state's highest court, as they announced they would last week.
But speaking as a citizen, I'd much rather have an independent auditor monitoring charter schools to make sure their money is well spent.
Hopefully we'll get that. But, speaking as a citizen, it's not the audit I really want.
Because the issue with charter schools, and every school in New York, isn't how much money we're paying for them: We know we're paying an awful lot. In fact, according to the Public Policy Institute of New York State, we spend the most per student of any state in America — almost three times as much as other states.
While it's important for the comptroller to make sure that public money isn't being funneled to inappropriate places — like the stock market — we already know how much money any given school is getting. That's easy to find.
What we don't know is what we're getting for our money.
To this day, the New York State Board of Regents has never called for an independent comparison of the different kinds of schools in New York to see which methods really work better for their different populations.
Do New York charter schools actually perform better than public schools with similar student bodies? Couldn't tell ya — the research hasn't been done. How do some kinds of charter schools compare to others? Don't know. How do either public or charter schools compare to the few schools in New York state — the "consortium" schools, like the School Without Walls here in Rochester — that follow entirely different learning models than the Regents exams?
Once again, the research has never been done.
The state says it has a measurement, of course: the Regents exams. By making every student take them, we know how well they're doing in every kind of school district. But you can compare Regents exam scores all day — I think, in fact, they have a guy whose job is to do that — and still not learn anything helpful.
2) By using only test scores as a measurement, you can't adequately compare schools where lesson plans are based on standardized testing with schools like the School Without Walls that emphasize reports, projects, and real-world application.
3) The test scores don't tell us anything we really want to know anyway. What we want to know is: Will these kids go to college? Will they succeed in the real world? Have they learned what they need to in order to be healthy, productive members of society? Have they learned to educate themselves on their own time? Regents exam scores tell you none of that.
Before we start worrying about how much money we're spending, it would help if we had information about what to spend it on — and how much it costs to do it right. Without a large-scale independent analysis, we'll never have that kind of information.
It's especially important because the small studies that have been done yield provocative and compelling conclusions. Consortium schools in New York City, made up of the same demographics as other public schools, have higher attendance, fewer drop-outs, higher graduation rates, and higher college attendance than schools that rely on a Regents exam-based curriculum. In Rochester, the School Without Walls likewise keeps more of its kids in school and sends more of them to college.
You'd think the state would want to know how that works.
Unlike charter schools, Dan Drmacich, the principal of the School Without Walls, tells me he welcomes independent investigation into his school.
Charter schools should certainly be subject to a full public review of their finances by the state's chief financial officer — anything less is an abuse of the public trust.
But the independent reviews shouldn't end there. It's not enough to know what we're spending, we need to know what we're spending it on.
Benjamin Wachs writes for Messenger Post Media's print and online editions.


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DOT's $35 million secret — (shhhh… it's a parking garage)
by Neena Satija
Stamford is soon to get a $35 million overhaul of parking at its train station, but city officials and residents have virtually no idea of what's coming — and they're unlikely to get it anytime soon.
"The process is a confidential one," said James Redeker, commissioner of the state Department of Transportation (DOT), which owns and operates the train station and is therefore leading the project. "[The state's plans] are arrangements that are privately negotiated to get the best deal and not, you know, a public process."
A public hearing on the state's plans to replace a dilapidated parking garage at Stamford Transportation Center is scheduled for tonight at 7. But those who attend will be weighing in on plans they haven't seen from developers whose identities are hidden. In fact, none of that information will be disclosed before the state picks a developer, which is expected to happen by the end of 2012.
The mystery shrouding the process has frustrated local officials as well as commuters, who are anxious to see improvements at Connecticut's busiest train station, where people board and disembark more than 27,000 times per day, and the waiting list for a monthly parking permit is nearly two years long.
"This is the one opportunity we're going to have for the next untold number of years to try to fix the parking situation at the second-busiest Metro-North stop that there is," Randy Skigen, president of Stamford's Board of Representatives, said in an interview Wednesday.
"It appears that the DOT is going to select somebody without a whole lot of input from the community. … there should be a lot more public notice and disclosure as to exactly what's going on before they make a final decision."
DOT Commissioner James Redeker, left, with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
"We'll certainly try [to appeal the process] both through our state legislative delegation and hopefully through the governor's office," Skigen said.
Redeker said that the state is using a new process to decide who will receive up to $35 million to build the garage, along with what is known as "transit-oriented development" around it. This could include a mix of residential, office and retail space around the station. The new process the DOT is using establishes a "public-private partnership" where instead of dictating a design to developers, the agency asks them for their own ideas. "Those ideas are proprietary," Redeker said, and will not be disclosed.
"In the world of public-private partnerships … where we're asking for ideas and money … they are ideas and they're worth money," he said.
Even top Stamford officials seem to know very little about how the state is choosing a developer. The DOT has already selected a group of qualified developers who will be able to submit final proposals Oct. 9. Laure Aubuchon, the city's director of economic development, said she did not know who those developers are, and she did not expect to see their proposals once they are submitted.
"I presume they think there is going to be more than one public hearing," Aubuchon said, referring to state transportation officials.
In fact, no other official public hearings will be scheduled to discuss this project, the DOT commissioner said.
Speeding up the process
Public-private partnerships have become a popular method across the country and globally for governments to deal with large-scale infrastructure projects, Redeker said. The goal for such a partnership for Stamford Transportation Center, he said, is to move forward as quickly as possible with improvements that have been discussed for more than a decade.
Commuters deal with worn stairwells, confusing signs throughout the station and an unpleasant atmosphere for drivers as well as pedestrians. But most agree that the most urgent problem is a lack of parking — 858 people are on the waiting list for a $70 monthly permit at the station.
The state's plan to have a developer demolish a 727-space garage built in 1986 with a new 1,000-space garage wouldn't fix the situation entirely — but Redeker said better parking management would be included in the plan.
He added that a public-private partnership would save the state money. It would be very expensive for the state to design a new parking garage on its own, he pointed out. Why not instead give private developers an incentive to do it, and the chance to build in the surrounding area?
"The DOT is not a developer," Redeker said. "We're trying to get the best possible ideas and investors in, because in the end, it will bring better value and a better final product than if we just went out and tried to do it ourselves."
Joe McGee, vice president of the Business Council of Fairfield County, has argued for such an approach by the DOT for years.
"After 10, 15 years of not doing anything, now we have a major expansion of both [the] station and parking," he said. "I think it's great."
Commuter concerns
But commuters are concerned that the final project might result in a parking garage that's farther away from the station than the current one. The DOT's request for proposals says that the new garage can be as far as a quarter of a mile away from the train station. Many say that is too far a walk for commuters.
"If you already have an hour commute and this is going to add another 10 minutes a day, I can understand how people begin to say, 'It just adds an additional amount of time to our commute,'" said Aubuchon, Stamford's economic development director.
Because no one will know what the developers' plans are, how much say commuters will have in where the garage ultimately goes isn't clear. Jim Cameron, chairman of the Connecticut Commuter Rail Council, is not optimistic.
"Whatever gets said at this public hearing will not matter," Cameron said. "This valuable piece of state land is going to be re-purposed without any input from commuters."
Why the secrecy?
In explaining why the identities and plans of developers are secret, Redeker pointed to a section in Connecticut's public disclosure law that was added two years ago.
The section says that the state can withhold documents related to "the contract award process" if "the public interest in the disclosure of such responses … is outweighed by the public interest in the confidentiality of such responses."
Redeker said it's in the public's interest to keep the plans secret because if they weren't, "the other guys would be able to steal these ideas," and the competitive nature of the competitive process would be compromised.
Even disclosing the names of developers would be a problem, Redeker said, because "you can find out the history of what they proposed somewhere else … and they lose their competitive advantage."
Toni Boucher, a Republican state senator from Wilton and ranking member of the legislature's Transportation Committee, was surprised to hear Redeker's explanation.
"That's really hard to believe," she said. "Building a garage would be proprietary?"
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Suspected suicide blast at Indonesian police station kills two
Two people were killed and eight wounded in the Indonesian city of Bandung on Wednesday when a suspected Islamic militant who may have been angered by the country's new criminal code blew himself up at a police station, authorities said.
Reuters | Jakarta | Updated: 07-12-2022 11:29 IST | Created: 07-12-2022 11:25 IST
Two people were killed and eight wounded in the Indonesian city of Bandung on Wednesday when a suspected Islamic militant who may have been angered by the country's new criminal code blew himself up at a police station, authorities said. Ahmad Ramadhan, head of the public information bureau for the National Police, said authorities were coordinating with the counter-terrorism unit to investigate the incident, which killed the suspected attacker and one police officer.
The Islamic State-inspired Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) group may have been behind the attack, Ibnu Suhendra of Indonesia's counterterrorism agency (BNPT) told Metro TV. He said JAD had carried out similar attacks in Indonesia. West Java police chief Suntana told Metro TV that authorities were investigating a blue motorbike found at the scene, which they believed was used by the attacker. Attached to the bike was a note carrying a message rejecting Indonesia's new criminal code, which parliament ratified on Tuesday.
"There was a note on the motorbike saying the criminal code is an infidel product, let's eradicate the law enforcers," Suntana said. Some religious extremists reject the laws of the state, perceiving Islam as the only legitimate authority, analysts say.
The attacker brought two bombs to the scene, Suntana said, but only had time to detonate one. Footage from the scene on Wednesay showed damage to the police station, with some debris from the building on the ground and smoke rising from the area.
Islamic militants have in recent years carried out attacks in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, including at churches, police stations and venues frequented by foreigners. In an efforts to crack down on militants, Indonesia created a tough new anti-terrorism law after suicide bombings linked to JAD.
Members of the extremist group were responsible for a series of suicide church bombings in the city of Surabaya in 2018. Those attacks were perpetrated by three families
, including young children, and killed at least 30 people. In 2021, a pair of JAD
newlyweds carried out a suicide bomb attack at a cathedral in Makassar, killing only themselves.
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GLASGOW 2018 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS APPOINTS STRIPE COMMUNICATIONS AS DIGITAL AGENCY
We are delighted to officially announce today that Stripe Communications has been appointed as digital agency to Glasgow 2018, the inaugural multi-sport European Championships event.
Our brief is to deliver digital and social strategy, campaign ideation, content creation and implementation of paid and organic digital activity across all social and web channels over the next 18 months. The team will focus on 13 key event milestones such as volunteer recruitment, the mascot launch and the European Championships event itself.
Taking advantage of the strong legacy created by the 2014 Commonwealth Games and keeping sport at the heart of communities across Glasgow and Scotland, this new event will elevate the status of European Champions and attract a potential television audience of up to 1.03 billion across the continent, with a wider audience expected via digital platforms.
Darcie Tanner, Stripe Digital Director, said: "This is a unique opportunity to continue the legacy of the Commonwealth Games and deliver innovative campaign activity across platforms and channels, and we're excited to start delivering."
Stripe was awarded the six figure account in February and work began immediately.
The European Championships will take place in multiple venues across Glasgow, such as the Emirates Arena, Gleneagles and a planned new BMX track at Knightswood Park, hosting 3,000 athletes participating in six events over 11 days.
#Legsit – Is national outrage actually what the Daily Mail wanted?
By Clara Eldridge
This morning's "legs-it" headline is shocking and has, quite rightly, caused a wave of condemnation from every sphere of the UK. The throw-back to 1950's everyday sexism has shocked even the most ardent Daily Mail detractors with the first edition seemingly unabashed by its adherent headline, and the second edition trying to soften the blow by saying it was columnist Sarah Vine's "light-hearted verdict on the big showdown".
In the minutes and hours since it hit our newsstands a lot has been written about how this is an objectification of women; how demeaning it is and how two of the, arguably, most powerful women in the UK have been reduced to shallow comments about their bodies detracting from the extremely important constitutional debate they were discussing.
The centuries-old tradition of British journalism is to distinguish 'fact' from 'opinion', to investigate and analyse as cornerstone of our democratic society. Whilst there is a tacit understanding from the public that certain papers reflect differing political views, the expectation is still that the news is reported. The Daily Mail seems to have completely forgotten this, devoting two whole pages to writing about how the two leaders looked rather than what was discussed.
Perpetuating the myth that a female's self-worth is based on her looks and the continual sexualisation of women is something the media has been striving to address, however it seems every couple of steps forward is matched by a step backwards.
So what fuels the Mail to run a headline like this? Is it an alpha-male fear that there are now more and more women in positions of power and are taking decisions which will impact all of us? I doubt it.
What motivates Sarah Vine to opine on other women in this way? Woman are frequently reminded of the damage done by passing judgement on their fellow females. Does she genuinely believe it or is it just a case of self-publicity for the Vine / Gove household? She's been on record saying "that you shouldn't judge people by their clothes, or where they live, but by who they really are" surely this should also apply to judging people by their bodies.
As much as we might all be disgusted by the views pushed in the Mail, it can't be denied that there are some intelligent people working there, the proprietors of one of the UK's biggest newspapers didn't send it out last night without realising there would be a backlash. Could this all be a cynical marketing stunt? In an era where traditional media consumption is falling, the motivation to drive publicity is immense. More people are talking about the Daily Mail today than they were last week, it has been discussed relentlessly on TV, the radio, other newspaper websites, on Twitter and elsewhere. The 'Daily Mail' brand is being amplified and its controversial reputation is being promoted nationally.
With the old traditions of journalism at risk, the rise of extremist views and provocation for the sake of clicks, is the media on the dawn of an even more perilous time than we anticipated?


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Biochemist seeks funding for novel cancer treatment Special
By Tim Sandle Aug 19, 2014 in Health
A biochemist who lost his wife to cancer has spent the past 10 years devoting his life to research. This has led to a device that can examine how cancer spreads. To raise funds for the project, a Kickstarter campaign has been launched.
In 2002, Dr. Jeff Allen, of San Diego, CA, lost his 46-year-old wife and mother of his two sons to cancer. Dr. Allen contacted Digital Journal to explain how this devastating loss has since turned into a life passion for both himself and his sons.
Dr. Allen has worked as an analytical biochemist for more than 20 years. In 2012, Dr. Allen formed a company called TumorGen MDx, LLC. The company is a biotechnology start-up with a mission directed at radically changing the way cancer is treated. The company's goal is to promote "The Breakthrough" which is to bring focus on human cancer stem cells (CSCs) and how they may play a pivotal role in the spread of cancer (metastasis).
The main focus is what Dr. Allen calls the "Pathway to The Breakthrough." This involves the development of what he is calling the Cancer Stem Cell Capture Chip™ (CSC3™). This is a new microfluidic device designed to find and capture extremely rare cancer stem cells.
As president and founder of TumorGen MDx, Allen also has the help of his two sons in the development of the new microfluidic device. Specifically, son Alexander, who is pursuing a degree in biology at Cal State San Marcos with a focus on studying viral pathogenic genes, has proven highly valuable in creating the design of TumorGen MDx's CSC3™ microfluidic device. Son Austin, who is studying for an engineering degree at Mira Costa College, has applied his skills and knowledge of AutoCAD® to help create the CSC3™ microfluidic chip layout.
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Funding sources for the development of the CSC3™ microfluidic chip are, of course, the key element in moving forward with this invention. TumorGen MDx has a new GoFundMe.com website available for donations with an initial goal of raising $50,000.
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Lowestoft youngsters perform at Snape
TALENTED youngsters from across the county have been given a taste of star treatment as part of an annual performance showcasing their musical skills.Around 1,400 pupils from 45 schools across Suffolk are taking to the stage at the world famous Snape Maltings Concert Hall.
TALENTED youngsters from across the county have been given a taste of star treatment as part of an annual performance showcasing their musical skills.
Around 1,400 pupils from 45 schools across Suffolk are taking to the stage at the world famous Snape Maltings Concert Hall.
As well as playing in front of an 800 strong audience the children are also given the type of treatment reserved for the top performers - with their own dressing room, crew, technical staff and dress rehearsals.
It is part of Snape Maltings' annual A Celebration of Schools' Music production - which this year is focusing on the theme 'music and the mind'.
Yesterday's concert included performances from Dell primary and Gunton primary schools in Lowestoft and Holbrook High School - which celebrated 50 years of Mowtown.
Marc Ernesti, head of marketing at Aldeburgh Music, said: 'We have had everything from traditional music to a celebration of Mowtown to mark its 50th anniversary - there has been an extraordinary eclectic mix.
'All the participants have had a wonderful time and it's a great opportunity for them to perform on stage in front of a large audience. The excitement is there for all to see - you can really feel if building in the hall.'
Sponsored by Trinity Guildhall, the event features everything from jazz and rock bands, choirs and orchestras to ensembles and cross-arts pieces, demonstrating the sheer breadth of work currently being produced in local schools.
Suffolk County Council is also involved in putting on the huge concert, which features all ages and stages of Suffolk maintained schools.
A Celebration of Schools' Music runs until March 14. Performances begin at 7pm and tickets are priced at �6 (�3 for under27s) and are available from the Aldeburgh Music Box Office on 01728 687110 or online at www.aldeburgh.co.uk .


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As the winter rainfalls desert the Western Cape, the organisers of the two-day Breede River Canoe Marathon this weekend have confirmed low water rules for the race that will double as the SA K2 River Championships for 2018.
Despite the recent snow and rain, water in the upper reaches of the Breede River above Robertson has not materialised, and with no major rain forecast before the weekend, race boss Richard Allen has confirm that the two-stage race will be raced over the lower section from Bonnievale and Kam'bati Resort outside Swellendam, where the water is deeper.
The first stage will be run from Riggton Farm outside Bonnievale to Kam'bati Resort on Saturday, covering the 33,5 kilometres usually raced on the final stage.
The second stage format will be confirmed on the day but may well span the same section of river again.
"We may start Day Two at Drew Bridge depending on the water levels," said Allen.
The race format mirrors the 2017 race, but Allen says the conditions will be a lot better than the bitterly low river raced last year.
"We will be paddling on more than double the amount of water when compared to last year, and with a substantial tail wind," said Allen.
"The DWAF measuring station at Witbrug was not even registering last year whereas it is now constant at a flow of over four cumecs (cubic metres per second)," he added.
Allen said he was thrilled with the positive way that the paddlers had dealt with the reality of the low water in the Breede system.
"It is a reality of the world that we live in that climate change is affecting our rainfall patterns and consequently the amount of water in our rivers," he said.
"it is interesting to see that the Liffey Descent in Ireland is having the same problem, and they will start on a low river, with plenty of portaging on the cards.
The low river poses a different challenge to the field of close on 200 that has entered the event. The wide river tends to settle into pools between rocky shelves and pebble beds, making the ability to quickly exit the boat and portage a distinct advantage.
Last year Stu MacLaren and his partner Kenny Rice used this speed portaging over the shallow sections to great advantage as they raced to victory.


ABBEY ORCHARD ESTATE, owned by the Peabody Trust, is tucked away behind the Westminster Abbey end of Victoria Street. Like many Peabody estates in London, the flats are organised into blocks identified by letters: L block, M block and so on. The blocks are laid out on three sides surrounding a central courtyard which only pedestrians can get in and out of.
The sign is probably of post-war vintage given its simple, plain appearance. The reference to roller skates doesn't help much as their popularity in Britain goes back to Edwardian times. The sign assumes two concentric spheres of concern. First, the interests of adult residents in not having to hear the noisy games of children echoing in the courtyard. Second, the interests of all residents against bothersome outsiders.
It is in these narrow streets, and in these close and unsalubrious lanes, courts and alleys, where squalid misery and poverty struggles with filth and wretchedness, where vice reigns unchecked and in the atmosphere of which diseases are generated and diffused.
In contrast, the Peabody estates were intended as havens of modest respectability. Each estate had a resident superintendent to collect rent and enforce rules of conduct, and the first tenants had to be vaccinated against smallpox. The sign has to be read within that enduring context: itinerant traders and buskers were not the kind of people the Peabody Trust wanted hanging around their properties.
The flats themselves have small rooms by modern standards but they're otherwise well laid-out and fairly easy to keep warm in winter due to their thick walls. On each landing there's a rubbish chute, and the clanking of the chute flap being raised and the rattling of tins, bottles and other refuse as they tumble down into large paladin bins is a distinctive soundmark of the estate.


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James Dyson's new pad: the most expensive flat in Singapore
Didi Tang
July 10 2019, 12:00pm, The Times
The super-penthouse at the top of Singapore's tallest building has panoramic views of the citywww.guocoland.com.sg
The billionaire inventor Sir James Dyson has bought the most expensive apartment in Singapore for £43.45 million (S$73.8 million).
The staunch Brexiteer purchased the three-storey penthouse just six months after his company, famed for its bagless vacuum cleaners and bladeless fans, announced its plan to move its headquarters from Britain to Singapore.
"Given the decision to locate the headquarters in Singapore and the growing focus of the company's business in the region, of course James Dyson has bought a property there," a Dyson spokesman said.
The 21,000 sq ft, five-bedroom home at Wallich Residence is in the business district, with panoramic views that take in Marina Bay and Sentosa Island, according to local media. It sits on the top three floors of a 64-storey, 290m…