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Ukraine: U.S. Against Arms Deal With Libya
December 09, 1996 00:00 GMT
By Sonia Winter
Washington, 10 December 1996 (RFE/RL) - The United States says it would take very seriously allegations that Ukraine is selling missiles to Libya.
White House spokesman Michael Mccurry said yesterday the United States has concerns about the government of Libya and about the commitment of Ukraine and other countries to non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
"We would raise those concerns very directly," Mccurry said. He was referring to a report in the "Washington Times" newspaper which said Ukraine has agreed to sell short-range ballistic missiles to Libya and service its Russian-made submarines in deals estimated to be worth $510 million.
At the U.S. State Department, spokesman Glyn Davies said the United States regards Libya as "a rogue state" because its government supports international terrorism.
Davies said the United States believes Ukraine is committed to upholding the U.S. position. He noted that earlier this year, the United States discussed with the Ukrainian government concerns about trading with Libya.
The U.S. Congress has attached a provision blocking all U.S. assistance to Ukraine if that country is engaged in trading arms with Libya. In the current fiscal year, the United States planned to spend $225 million on Ukraine.

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Saturn makes a beautifully striped ornament in this natural-color image, showing its north polar hexagon and central vortex (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)
Posted on October 28, 2016 by Matt Williams
If it Wasn't Already Strange Enough, now Saturn's Hexagon Storm is Changing Color
Ever since the Voyager 2 made its historic flyby of Saturn, astronomers have been aware of the persistent hexagonal storm around the gas giant's north pole. This a six-sided jetstream has been a constant source of fascination, due to its sheer size and immense power. Measuring some 13,800 km (8,600 mi) across, this weather system is greater in size than planet Earth.
And thanks to the latest data to be provided by the Cassini space probe, which entered orbit around Saturn in 2009, it seems that this storm is even stranger than previously thought. Based on images snapped between 2012 and 2016, the storm appears to have undergone a change in color, from a bluish haze to a golden-brown hue.
The reasons for this change remain something of a mystery, but scientists theorize that it may be the result of seasonal changes due to the approaching summer solstice (which will take place in May of 2017). Specifically, they believe that the change is being driven by an increase in the production of photochemical hazes in the atmosphere, which is due to increased exposure to sunlight.
Natural color images taken by NASA's Cassini wide-angle camera, showing the changing appearance of Saturn's north polar region between 2012 and 2016.. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/Hampton University
This reasoning is based in part on past observations of seasonal change on Saturn. Like Earth, Saturn experiences seasons because its axis is tilted relative to its orbital plane (26.73°). But since its orbital period is almost 30 years, these seasons last for seven years.
Between November 1995 and August 2009, the hexagonal storm also underwent some serious changes, which coincided with Saturn going from its Autumnal to its Spring Equinox. During this period, the north polar atmosphere became clear of aerosols produced by photochemical reactions, which was also attributed to the fact that the northern polar region was receiving less in the way of sunlight.
However, since that time, the polar atmosphere has been exposed to continuous sunlight, and this has coincided with aerosols being produced inside the hexagon, making the polar atmosphere appear hazy. As Linda J. Spilker, the Cassini mission's project scientist, told Universe Today via email:
"We have seen dramatic changes in the color inside Saturn's north polar hexagon in the last 4 years. That color change is probably the result of changing seasons at Saturn, as Saturn moves toward northern summer solstice in May 2017. As more sunlight shines on the hexagon, more haze particles are produced and this haze gives the hexagon a more golden color."
Diagram showing he main events of Saturn's year, and where in the Saturnian year the Voyager 1 and Cassini missions occurred. Credit: Ralph Lorenz
All of this has helped scientists to test theoretical models of Saturn's atmosphere. In the past, it has been speculated that this six-sided storm acts as a barrier that prevents outside haze particles from entering. The previous differences in color – the planet's atmosphere being golden while the polar storm was darker and bluish – certainly seemed to bear this out.
The fact that it is now changing color and starting to look more like the rest of the atmosphere could mean that the chemical composition of the polar region is now changing and becoming more like the rest of the planet. Other effects, which include changes in atmospheric circulation (which are in turn the result of seasonally shifting solar heating patterns) might also be influencing the winds in the polar regions.
Needless to say, the giant planets of the Solar System have always been a source of fascination for scientists and astronomers. And if these latest images are any indication, it is that we still have much to learn about the dynamics of their atmospheres.
"It is very exciting to see this transformation in Saturn's hexagon color with changing seasons," said Spilker. "With Saturn seasons over 7 years long, these new results show us that it is certainly worth the wait."
The seasons on Saturn, visualized with images taken by the Hubble Heritage Team. Credit: R. G. French (Wellesley College) et al./NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
It also shows that Cassini, which has been in operation since 1997, is still able to provide new insights into Saturn and its system of moons. In recent weeks, this included information about seasonal variations on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. By April 22nd, 2017, the probe will commence its final 22 orbits of Saturn. Barring any mission extensions, it is scheduled enter into Saturn's atmosphere (thus ending its mission) on Sept. 15th, 2017.
Further Reading: NASA/JPL/Caltech
CategoriesAstronomy, Cassini, Saturn TagsCassini mission, Featured, Saturn, saturn's hexagonal storm, seasonal changes, Voyager 2
2 Replies to "If it Wasn't Already Strange Enough, now Saturn's Hexagon Storm is Changing Color"
btraymd says:
Hexagonal storm???? Really? Is that the best that the standard model has to offer? This is a perfect example of how little predictive value the standard model has and how it offers no explanations for easily observed data.
First….stop thinking gravity is the driving force for the formation of stars. solar systems and galaxies. It is not. Even with the mathematical creation of dark matter to salvage the failed model it still doesn't work. Ignore the fact that "dark matter" has never been confirmed despite 20 years of intense research and the waste of trillions of research dollars.
How about applying the known laws of plasma physics and electrical engineering to aid in the interpretation of recent radio telescope data. Case in point is the hexagonal shape observed at the polar region of Saturn (also at Jupiter's poles as well). This was predicted and is in complete accordance with the model that elucidates massive Birkeland currents entering the poles of the planets within the Sun's electromagnetic influence. The hexagonal shape of the current (see Donald Scott's presentation titled "Modelling Birkeland currents") has been perfectly explained using sound, well documented principles of electrical engineering and reproduced in many plasma physics laboratories (see the SAFIRE Project). Once astrophysicists become well versed with the propagation of charged particles as double layered sheaths of plasma then they will be much less mystified by current radio telescope data.
The observations made regarding color change are not too difficult to understand. What is color anyway??? Just different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation…..and our brain's feeble attempt to recognize the difference. The change in color should have given scientists a clue that this was purely an electromagnetic phenomenon. It's not unlike the beautiful changes in color we witness in the sky at our own poles, known as the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. Kristen Birkeland finally received the Nobel Prize 100 years after recognizing the electric currents that powered this phenomenon. Of course he was ridiculed and ignored for 100 years until satellite data verified his theory. It's mind boggling that the mainstream today still fails to acknowledge that electromagnetism is the guiding force for star and galaxy formation. Their dedication to dark matter, black holes, neutron stars, dark energy, singularities, the big bang, accretion discs and the idea that gravity can bend light will stand as a monument to the ability of brilliant men to be so stupid. All it takes is the collective decision to ignore certain facts which invalidate their carefully designed theories. For example, gravity cannot possibly affect light since light has no mass. Diffraction easily explains the results Einstein used to create the concept of "gravitational lensing". Another incorrect concept which is the basis for the big bang is "red shift". A student of Edwin Hubble that studied at the Max Planck Inst. in Germany with him was a truly gifted radio astronomer and was actually called a ""modern day Gallileo". His name was Halton Arp. He published years of meticulously collected data in a book titled "Seeing Red". Carl Sagan commented that if Arp's work was confirmed it would invalidate the big bang theory and the theory of expansion of the universe. To be brief, Arp's data suggested that red shift was an intrinsic variable related to age and not reflective of velocity. Recent radio telescopic data supports his findings. Quasars were detected in the same arm of a spiral galaxy with markedly different red shifts….this data was irrefutable and has been ignored, buried and overlooked by mainstream astronomers. But they surely now know the house of cards is about to come tumbling down. I don't even want to go into the current model of the Sun. It is so pathetic and tragically contradicted by all recent data it is truly embarrassing that any legitimate scientist still supports the model. Nuclear explosions in the core of the sun……really? Oh yea, where else could the neutrinos come from??? Jesus….if this is the best our astrophysicists can come up with we need to take applications from the general public. The lack of understanding of plasma physics and electrical engineering principles in NASA scientists is obvious. This deficit in knowledge has limited their interpretation of recent radio telescope data and left them with ridiculous models that have no predictive value, make no common sense and defy the known laws of physics…..not a good platform.
For example, they refer to the surface of the sun as comprised of "photospheric granules"….whatever they are. It is mind boggling that their lack of knowledge in plasma physics prevents them from understanding that the surface of the sun consists of Anode Tufts. The SAFIRE Project has perfectly reproduced the findings which confirm this model. It is beyond curious that while knowing the surface of the sun is comprised of plasma and surrounded by powerful magnetic fields that No One is willing to admit it is an electromagnetically driven body. What else could it be??? The problem with acknowledging this obvious fact is that the whole gravity based model of star formation will then need to be discarded. And that means all the funding for pointless research into the gravity based model such as finding dark matter can be discarded as well. This also means the well meaning scientists that have perpetrated the fraud known as the "Standard Model" will be de-funded and ignored by history.
Mark Slater says:
What a fantastic and well written comment. Good to read someones finally standing up to the main stream idiots defending dieing ideas. I would like to add i think that the hexagon atop saturn is more simple than we realise, magnetism has a centripetal vortex which pulls matter closer together, the tighest formation under pressure results in packing atoms into hexagonal close packing or geometric placements, around a single point, this create hexagons in the geology or atmosphere of the planets with a strong enough magnetic core. All planets have hexagons in their north poles geology as can be seen with the naked eye on all of nasas photos 9just look for them). Find a facebook page called electric field lines to see what I mean. Ken wheelers book, 'uncovering the secrets of magnetism' explains all we need to figure out what's going on in all of nature, cosmology and the attempts of particle physics. the mainstream is embarrassed and faulty in all of its conclusions. Ha i laugh at Brian Coxx and his ignorant, arrogant and bigot comments correcting people with his poor knowledge of truth.
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Sid Meier's Civilization VI Review
Matthew Nunez March 12, 2017
If there is a game that shows how meticulous and strategic it is to build and run a nation to prosperity, the Civilization series is the best example. Developed by Firaxis Games, Sid Meier's Civilization VI is the latest in the series of nation building, governing, leading your people to glory or defeat based on your actions. The game is very popular for its long-term strategy gameplay, excellent music score, difficulty in mastering, and overall fun in customizing. It's so popular that mods have been developed for the games starting with its last big title, Civilization V, and the tradition continues in Civilization VI. However, while the game might seem familiar to veterans of the series, what would a newcomer think about this game?
The first thing that came to mind when I played Civilization VI is that this is much different from most Turn Based Strategy games I've played. Most of those games focus on dominating your opponent by building an army and conquering land. While you can do that in Civilization VI, you have the freedom to pursue other options as well. You can develop a reputation for being the most cultural, religious, or scientific force on the planet. These things can be achieved by building wonders, spreading your faith, or advancing in technology. Each gameplay experience is different based on various changes such as your point of origin, who your rival civilizations are, and what conditions are needed to win the game. Each new game will play differently and keep the gamer focused and interested. One can slowly grow used to the game and develop a feel for it at a pace that best suits you while trying different ways to win.
Each game is started with one settler unit and one warrior unit. After finding the right spot for your capital city, you can take your civilization into any path you want wish. Want to focus on discovering land and new civilizations with your scout units to build up alliances and trade? Go ahead. Build an army to fight barbarians and ravage city states? Feel free to do so. Desire to advance your technology to open campuses and attract great scientists? It's all yours to do.
The game is long and most games can last hours at a time depending on how many rival civilizations you have. You'll find yourself constantly planning both domestic and foreign affairs while adjusting to changes such as war, diplomacy, and even revolts. It's important to expand your territory, keep your people happy, and decide what to research at the time. This all seems to be much for a player to learn, but the game comes with a tutorial, an advisor for helping decisions, and a guide-book for how each gameplay element affects you. To be fair, it may seem too advanced for players who are more into action the pace.
The game's visual is very beautiful as well. Firaxis Games always goes with interesting art styles for their games and the latest Civilization series is no different. Blending a perfect balance of realism and animated looks, the art displays a very lively world with a nice blend of colors and characters. Seeing your civilization grow from a single capital to an empire filled with cities, churches, pyramids, harbors, airfields, and more is a breath-taking experience. You'll also find yourself intrigued by the various leaders of the civilizations who include famous figures in real history such as Queen Cleopatra, Peter the Great, Saladin, Queen Victoria, and President Teddy Roosevelt. Each leader not only looks like their historical counterpart, but the facial expressions and animations are very lively as well (it's always a laugh to piss off Queen Victoria!). The leaders also speak in their respective nation's language as well, so there is that element of extra effort the develops put in.
If there were to be any negatives about the game, I would say that there are two things. One, the game is hard to master; even at the less difficult levels. The AI is very brutal and is stacked to beating you in all sorts of ways. It's better to start off on the lower difficulties and work with, at most, four rival civilizations to start before advancing. Online matches tend to be challenging as well, since most who play are people who have mastered previous versions of Civilization. Second, it's very long and playing online matches tend to drag out a lot of time. You should only play this game when you have the time to play it, while being prepared to learn it through loss and challenge. There are ways of speeding the game up a bit, but if you're the type of person who likes online games that end within thirty-minutes, you're going to be disappointed here.
The final thing I must talk about are two unique factors when it comes to this game. First, this is one of the best musical soundtracks I have ever heard. Each nation has its own theme for times of peace, war and progress. The music becomes more modern sounding music as you advance into different eras. The second, is that this game makes you want to learn more about the real civilizations in our history. You'll want to know why Teddy's unique unit is called "The Rough Riders" or why Hojo Tokimune likes civilizations with strong military, culture, and faith. You read up about them, their nations, their units, their policies and more. Rarely does a game want you to learn so much about history and culture like Civilization does.
I enjoyed playing Civilization VI. I encourage those who prefer strategy games to play this one. I also encourage people who enjoy a personal hobby of human history and culture to play. I give this game an 8 out of 10 for his great gameplay, music, and historical accuracy with some minus points due to the difficulty and time it takes to play this game.
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K-State women's basketball team ranked 25th in latest AP Poll
Kansas State center Ayoka Lee during an NCAA basketball game on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 in Manhattan, Kan. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)(Colin E. Braley | AP)
By Mitchel Summers
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - After an exceptional start to the season, Kansas State's women's basketball team has finally cracked the latest AP Top 25 polls.
K-State ranked 25th in the new Associated Press rankings released today. It marks the first time the Wildcats have been ranked since the end of the 2016-2017 season.
The Wildcats (13-2, 3-0 in Big 12) are off to the best start after 15 games since the 2008-09 season and its first 3-0 start in conference play since the 2011-12 season.
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Politeness Strategies in the 1992 Vice Presidential and Presidential Debates
By Hinck, Edward A.; Hinck, Shelly S.
Since the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debates, researchers have assessed audience members' use of information regarding a candidate's personality, advocacy skills, ideology, political image, political record, vision of leadership, stand on the issues, as well as other aspects of leadership potential. However, one type of information that has not been investigated in studies of political debates concerns the politeness of the candidates, the degree to which they attack and defend the political face of opposing candidates. This study develops an approach to political debates based on the idea that politeness is an important dimension of political leadership and contributes to an audience's understanding of political image, a central concern in the evaluation of a political candidate. To determine if candidates utilized different politeness strategies, we examined the 1992 vice presidential and presidential debates using Kline's operationalization of Brown and Levinson's politeness theory.
While politeness has been studied mainly within interpersonal contexts, the prevailing conditions of disagreement in the ritualized confrontations of a political debate place positive face resources of participating candidates at risk. Political debate discourse can be understood as contests about presidential character, political image, and candidate self-esteem--all elements of positive face as defined by Brown and Levinson. To illustrate how debates threaten positive face, we review Brown and Levinson's concepts of positive and negative face, explain why positive face dominates candidate concerns in the debates, and consider how examining positive face in debates extends Brown and Levinson's theory beyond interpersonal contexts.
POLITENESS THEORY
Brown and Levinson's politeness theory is based on Goffman's (1967) claim that selfimage is an important element of human interaction. Face-saving is defined in terms of identity management--the need to preserve one's self-esteem or face wants in interaction. Brown and Levinson assert that face-saving strategies are recognized universally as necessary for interactions to proceed. While interactants may recognize the need and importance of maintaining the face wants of all involved, Brown and Levinson argue that face-threatening acts are routinely committed.
Two types of face wants have been studied. Positive face is the need for a person to maintain a favorable self-image; negative face is the expectation that one will be free of imposition or obligations in pursuing one's goals. Positive face is threatened when disagreement occurs. Negative face is threatened when requests occur. Three social factors are theorized to account for differences in perceptions of how serious a face-threatening act (FTA) is in a transaction: relative power (P), distance (D), and ranking of imposition (R).
Positive face is at risk when interactants hold equal power. In this circumstance, disagreement threatens the positive face of the interactants (Holtgraves, 1997). Presuming the disagreement can be resolved, one or the other will be wrong in his/her claims. The risk of arguing and disagreeing naturally calls into question interactants' competence as advocates. Negative face is at risk when there is an asymmetrical relationship of power between interactants. If a subordinate makes a request of a superior, the subordinate must frame and phrase the request in such a way that it does not impede the superior's freedom or autonomy in the interaction.
Positive face is most relevant for the study of political debates. Political candidates are equal on the stage of debate--the mystery of office is unavailable to incumbents when they stand beside the challenger. A debate presumes each person is equal in power so that the deciding difference is measured in terms of one's arguments, not wealth, title, or prestige. The debate is held to reveal and test the candidates' position on the issues. …
Publication: Argumentation and Advocacy
Publication date: Spring 2002
Hinck, Edward A.
Hinck, Shelly S.
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WORLD VOICE: How to Host a GAVI Global Tea Party!
Host a GAVI Global Tea Party!
Who wants to add a spin on their regular ladies night out?
How about throwing a GAVI Global Tea Party? It's easy!
The GAVI Alliance is a public and private global health partnership which carries out vaccination programs in developing countries. And the GAVI Global Tea Party is a grass-roots movement of people talking around the world over tea, about immunizations for children in developing nations. There is even a documentary being made out of these international tea parties.
Brew some tea, get out your tea-cups, throw in some snacks, cakes or anything you prefer to eat with a cuppa!
Next, fire up the computer and fire up some GAVI videos featuring mothers and children around the world benefitting from well needed immunization programs. These videos are great conversation starters! You can discuss what you saw in the videos and your views about spreading awareness.
Just three steps – it is as simple as that. Host a party, drink tea, talk about immunizations, ask how interested your guests are about continuing the conversation on immunizations.
Your tea party can be as varied as you want it to be. You can have a minimum of 2 people to 50 people, or however many people, talking about helping to save the lives of children. Did you know that a child dies from a vaccine preventable disease every 20 seconds? Consider helping us shout out about how important it is to have these conversations on global health.
Ideas for your own party can include your own ethnic or geographical spin on it! Or you can just do something as simple as hanging around in a coffee shop for just 5 minutes to view and discuss the videos or host a party in your child's school for half a day along with the other parents.
There are no hard and fast rules about how you go about raising awareness to help immunize children, many who lack access to vaccines and good medical care.
Some World Moms Bloggers have already hosted their own GAVI-WMB tea parties! Jennifer Burden, founder of World Moms Blog hosted the first party. Allison Charelston of New York did a very memorable party. Lady E of Indonesia did her party in a very scenic place with very beautiful china cups. From India, I did a very informal tea party with my neighbours.
Check all the above links to see how each blogger did it her own way.
Join the GAVI Global Tea Party movement and help save the lives of children in your own fun tea-party kind of way! And…why tea? It's available in most places on the globe, something to bring us and our compassion to the cause together.
Social Good for international mothers and children efforts are a part of our collaborative mission statement that the writers created at World Moms Blog. We are happy to volunteer this grass-roots awareness idea that we created especially with the work of The GAVI Alliance in mind!
In fact, this tea party was the first international opportunity for social good in the long list of volunteerism for World Moms Blog. We'd like to revive it and get the ball rolling again!
Do you want to be a part of the oldest and first social good initiative of World Moms Blog? Contact me, Purnima Ramakrishnan or Jennifer Burden at worldmomsblog@gmail.com, and we shall guide you in this socially conscious spin on your next gathering!
This is an original World Moms Blog Post written by Purnima RamaKrishnan in India.
It was nice to have some deep conversation among my friends around helping children! The GAVI videos that we played during our party on the computer made conversation so easy and it was a nice alternative to a ladies day or night out in the name of social good!
I want to host one! I'd love to have a Boston tea party.


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Bloom - A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli
By the 1930s Elsa Schiaparelli had captivated the fashion world in Paris, but before that, she was a little girl in Rome who didn't feel pretty at all. Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli is the enchanting story for young readers of how a young girl used her imagination and emerged from plain to extraordinary.As a young girl in Rome, Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973) felt "brutta" (ugly) and searched all around her for beauty. Seeing the colors of Rome's flower market one day, young Elsa tried to plant seeds in her ears and nose, hoping to blossom like a flower. All she got was sick, but from that moment, she discovered her own wild imagination.In the 1920 and '30s, influenced by her friends in the surrealist art movement, Schiaparelli created a vast collection of unique fashion designs—hats shaped like shoes, a dress adorned with lobsters, gloves with fingernails, a dress with drawers and so many more. She mixed her own bold colors and invented her own signature shades, including shocking pink.
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Nicole LaPointe
Nicole came to work at the Northern Vermont AHEC in 2009. She began work in the field of public health in 2000 as a community organizer to improve access to health and human services for the uninsured. She received a Master's Degree in Social Work in 2001 from the University of New Hampshire. Nicole worked with the Northern New Hampshire AHEC from 2005 until she joined the Northern Vermont AHEC as Executive Director. She lives on her family's farm in West Burke with her husband and young son
Mary E. Fleck
Mary joined the AHEC staff in 1998, following 10 years as practice manager for Newport Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. At Northern Vermont AHEC, Mary manages the day-to-day operations including finances, facilities, information systems and publication & design. Mary resides in Barton and moonlights as a professional vocalist and lyricist, performing with local choirs and the musical comedy group, Wing-it.
Carlinne DeLima
Health Careers Counselor / Coordinator
Carlinne joined the AHEC in 2016 as a social work intern from Salem State University in Massachusetts. In May of 2017, she received her Bachelor's of Social Work, and In July accepted the position of Health Careers Counselor. Carlinne's professional interests include advocacy, social justice, working with immigrant families, and supporting and empowering communities.
Sakshi Puri
Health Science Educator
Sakshi started working at Northern Vermont AHEC in September of 2017. Prior to that, she worked as an infectious disease epidemiologist at a local health department in South Texas. She also has experience working in STEM education as well as biological research. Sakshi has a Bachelor's degree in Biology and Philosophy and a Master's degree in Public Health. Sakshi's professional interests include science communication & education, bioethics, infectious diseases, and social justice, especially in the context of education and health. She likes to spend most of her free time exploring new places & ideas, and hanging out with her golden retriever, Max.
Jenny Mayor
Jenny came to AHEC after 12 years as a special education paraprofessional. At Northern Vermont AHEC, Jenny organizes program participant data, manages the Primary Care Workforce Survey, and coordinates student & resident housing and the Educational Loan Repayment program for primary care providers. Previously she worked as a home companion. Currently Jenny is a church organist, professional harpist and occasional pet-sitter.


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Baron Dr. Carl (Karl) Ludwig von Reichenbach (full name: Karl Ludwig Freiherr von Reichenbach) (February 12, 1788 – January 1869) was a notable chemist, geologist, metallurgist, naturalist, industrialist and philosopher, and a member of the prestigious Prussian Academy of Sciences. He is best known for his discoveries of several chemical products of economic importance, extracted from tar, such as eupione, waxy paraffin, pittacal (the first synthetic dye) and phenol (an antiseptic). He also dedicated himself in his last years to research a field of energy which he believed was emanating from all living things, which he called the Odic force.
It transpires from this conversation that the medium could see auras, which is somewhat fascinating. Notice how this ability is neither investigated nor even further examined. This would have been an ideal time to test the types of aura seen and the relationship between auras and health or for example moods. But no, Tyndall's objective is to attempt to prove her a liar using trickery.
She is very tactful in response to his question about the magnet "No; I am not en rapport with you". This is another way of saying that spiritually you are a dead duck and about as open and sympathetic to being communicated with as a spitting cobra.
But he comes a cropper here because we can now bring in Mr Alexander, who also spotted this little trick.
A description of the experience
SCIENCE AND THE "SPIRITS"
Some time previously I had visited Baron Reichenbach, in Vienna, and I now asked the young lady who sat beside me whether she could see any of the curious things which he describes—the light emitted by crystals, for example?
Here is the conversation which followed, as extracted from my notes, written on the day following the seance.
Medium: - "Oh, yes; but I see light around all bodies."
I - "Even in perfect darkness?"
Medium: - "Yes; I see luminous atmospheres round all people. The atmosphere which surrounds Mr. R. C. would fill this room with light."
I - "You are aware of the effects ascribed by Baron Reichenbach to magnets?"
Medium: - "Yes; but a magnet makes me terribly ill."
I - "Am I to understand that, if this room were perfectly dark, you could tell whether it contained a magnet, without being informed of the fact?"
Medium.—"I should know of its presence on entering the room."
I – "How?"
Medium.—"'I should be rendered instantly ill."
I - "How do you feel to-day?"
Medium,—" Particularly well; I have not been so well for months."
I— "Then, may I ask you whether there is, at the present moment, a magnet in my possession?"
The young lady looked at me, blushed, and stammered,
"No; I am not en rapport with you."
I sat at her right hand, and a left-hand pocket, within six inches of her person, contained a magnet.
Spiritualism: A Narrative with a Discussion – Patrick Proctor Alexander
APPENDIX. Professor Tyndall 'on science and spirits: '
In yet another instance, as it seems to me, Dr. Tyndall was not quite so above-board as he might have been. A young lady present (the Medium of the party, in fact) having asserted that she was made ill by the presence of a magnet, the little dialogue which took place between her and Dr. Tyndall was thus brought' to a conclusion: —
Medium: 'I should know of its presence on entering the room.'
'How ? '
Medium : 'I should be rendered instantly ill.'
'How do you feel to-day ?'
Medium : 'Particularly well ; I have not been so well for months.'
'Then, may I ask you whether there is at the present moment a magnet in my possession ? '
The young lady looked at me, blushed, and stammered, ' No, I am not en rapport with you.'
I sat at her right hand and a left-hand pocket within six inches of her person contained a magnet'
Dr. Tyndall, however, as in the other cases, 'kept the secret to himself,' and did not produce the magnet. On a point of gentlemanly tenderness to the lady, it no doubt was that he did not.
His gentlemanly feeling, unhappily, in this instance, expressed itself a little at the expense of Scientific strictness.
….we can fancy some of those concerned in the Seance retorting certain of his remarks about them in a way he might not quite like, yet might find it not easy to reply to. Against certain of these — very specially the Medium and a particular person, X. — he very plainly implies a charge of wilful imposture : his ' conviction,' not obscurely hinted, is, that in this practical sense they were - untruthful persons; and his little Paper is naught, except as proving them so to his own satisfaction, and that of his intelligent readers.
But X., as before the world and his friends, is probably as reputable a person as Dr. Tyndall — though inferior in Scientific attainment — and as little held capable of untruthfulness ; in which case, it seems to me, he might here have some word to say to Dr. Tyndall.
'You broadly insinuate against me' he might say, ' imposture and untruth ; I am conscious of my own truthfulness, but by no means quite so well convinced of yours. Your procedure has throughout been underhand ; you now promulgate facts, as explanatory of the phenomena, which you carefully " kept to yourself" at the time, as unwilling that they should be tested, perhaps as afraid lest they might be so. That indeed they were facts at all, we have nothing but your bare word to certify. As to the magnet you say you had in your pocket, why the deuce didn't you produce it ? I desire evidence that you had it; and, failing such evidence, must meantime decline to believe you had. You very plainly hint I am fraudulent in the interest of a stupid imposture : I beg to return you the compliment; and see cause to suspect you of fraud, in the interest of the Science you are so proud of, which that so-called imposture might confound, if you failed before the world to discredit it.
The personal interest in the matter is obvious which might tempt you to unfairness in this matter; my personal temptation to unfairness on the other side, is, I venture to say, not by any means quite so obvious.'
To all which, what could Dr. Tyndall reply?
Solely, that he was known to be incapable of such fraud as that insinuated. X. would then of course rejoin, that he ' was known to be incapable, etc.' ; and as neither of the gentlemen could possibly be at any loss for witnesses to his perfect integrity of character, here the matter must needs rest.
I venture to think there must be something radically at fault in a method of Scientist investigation which, after a considerable circuit, lands us at so beggarly a result as this. I trust it is needless to say that no one can for an instant suspect a man like Dr. Tyndall of any such conduct as that above indicated ; not the less the retort (supposed) of X. is plainly, from his own point of view (supposed), a perfectly competent and legitimate one; and its competence, which cannot be denied, is the measure of the Scientific incompetence of Professor Tyndall's procedure.
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EA announces The Sims 3
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Electronic Arts has just unveiled the latest game in The Sims franchise, imaginatively titled The Sims 3. EA is touting the game as it's new flagship next-gen PC game and is projecting a 2009 release.
Personally, we would have thought the flagship game would have been Spore - but it looks like there's enough Will Wright to spread around. Oh, ew.
The Sims 3 is being billed as featuring a wholly new and next-gen engine and a larger neighbourhood to play in. The game has been in development for three years now and is hoping to deliver "unlimited customisation" to players, as well as new realistic personalities.
The Sims franchise is now one of the biggest games out there and has sold a total of 98 million copies - impressive even if you can't stand the game.
The Sims 3 will also be categorised under the new studio label system EA is using and which was described to us by Matt Atwood of BioWare. All Sims games will now come from a dedicated studio under The Sims label.
What do you reckon to The Sims games? Are they any good, or are the just for those girly casual gamers? Let us know in the forums.
Sims 3 to be announced soon?
The director of the Sims Studio has revealed that an announcement is forthcoming regarding The Sims 3.
More Spore: An interview with Thomas Vu
Shortly after our hands-on preview, we got a chance to catch up with Thomas Vu, producer for Will Wright's Spore, to put all sorts of questions to him. Find out what Thomas thinks of DirectX 10, creationism, the girl market and, um...probing.
Spore: Hands-on Preview
Spore is one of the most massive and anticipated games of recent years and we've had full hands-on access. Can one of the most ambitious games ever conceived actually hold up to our scrutiny while still being fun to play? Check out our five-page preview and see!


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Mamma.com Launches Video Search Engine
December 12, 2006 by context
Mamma.com, the Mother of all Search Engines, in conjunction with the Pixsy Media Search Platform, now offers video search capabilities. By providing visual searching based on relevance, categories, photos and videos, Mamma claims that we are now given a key tool in today's search experience. We can now enter a query into the Mamma.com search box, hit the Videos tab, and pull highly relevant results from numerous video content providers, which includes YouTube, Revver, StupidVideos.com, AddictingClips.com, Blastro, BusinessWeek, Grouper, MetaCafe, Reuters, Sharkle, Roo Media, and USA Today, among others.
Guy Faure, President and CEO of Mamma.com said, "Content is doubling on the Internet, but usership isn't. We believe strongly in the meta-search platform as a means of aggregating content on vertical platforms, and allowing our users easy points of access and clean navigation to the most relevant content in the vertical markets we currently serve: www.mammahealth.com queries the in real-time the top medical web portals on the Internet. Recently released ww.mammajobs.com queries the most recent job postings from numerous job search engines. Mamma Videos is another example of our commitment to aggregate best-of-breed content into a simple navigational format for our users."
About Mamma.com Inc.
Mamma Media Solutionsâ"¢ is a leading provider of award winning search technology for both the Web and desktop space, delivered through its properties, www.mamma.com and www.copernic.com respectively. The Company is also a top provider of online marketing solutions to advertisers, providing keyword and graphic ad placement on its large publisher network.
Mamma.com The Mother of All Search Engines® (www.mamma.com) is one of the most popular metasearch engines on the Internet, as it makes it easier and faster for people to find information by gathering the most relevant results from the best search engines on the Internet.
Through its award winning Copernic Desktop Search product, Copernic Technologies develops cutting edge search solutions bringing the power of a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use search engine right to the user's PC. It allows for instant searching of files, emails, and email attachments stored anywhere on a PC hard drive. It's desktop search application won the CNET Editors' Choice Award as well as the PC World World Class award in 2005.
More information can be found at www.mammamediasolutions.com and www.copernic.com.
Statements contained in this press release, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ materially from estimated results. Such risks and uncertainties are detailed in the Company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the Ontario Securities Commission and include but are not limited to the extent to which the results of the SEC investigation or the purported securities class action lawsuits negatively impact the Company.
About Pixsy Corporation
Pixsy Corporation is a next-generation media search platform that powers private label image and video search engines for online publishers. Pixsy has offices in San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA and was founded by a team of engineers and business leaders hailing from Microsoft, Sony, and ValueClick.
Mamma.com also recently released their Q3 2006 Financial Results:
Mamma.com Releases Q3 2006 Results
MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (MARKET WIRE) — November 14, 2006 — Mamma.com Inc. (NASDAQ: MAMA)
– Q3 net loss of $2.55 million ($0.18 per share) including write-downs of $0.983 million, class action lawsuit settlement and other costs of $0.70 million compared to loss of $1.51 million ($0.13 per share) in Q3 2005
– In November, Company enters into an agreement to settle the class action lawsuit for which it has made a provision in Q3 of 2006. The agreement is subject to court approval.
– Q3 revenues of $1.9 million compared to the same level in Q2 2006 and to $2.4 million in Q3 2005
– Operating activities provided cash of $69,000 compared to $45,000 in Q3 2005. Cash, cash equivalents and temporary investments remained at $8.5 million
Mamma.com Inc., (the "Company"), (NASDAQ: MAMA), reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2006. Unless otherwise stated, all figures in this release are in US dollars.
The Company's Q3 2006 net loss was $2,548,274 ($0.18 per share) compared to a net loss of $1,505,688 ($0.13 per share) for the same period in 2005. Net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2006, was $4,689,554 ($0.33 per share) compared to $4,895,763 ($0.40 per share) for the same period in 2005. In Q3 2006, the Company recorded a $700,000 provision for the settlement and closure of the class action case and non-recurring non-cash expenses of $983,238 for write-downs due to significant decreases in the carrying values of certain assets such as the LTRIM investment due to delays in commercialization of its technology and assets related to graphic ads due to a significant decrease revenue in this area.
Revenues in the third quarter of 2006 were $1,891,068, 21% below the $2,390,634 revenues for the same period in 2005. The decrease of $499,566 was exclusively due to a significant reduction in business in graphic advertising where revenues declined by $987,161 from $1,136,580 in Q3 2005 compared to $149,419 in Q3 2006. Search advertising revenues increased by $303,244 from $1,254,054 in Q3 2005 compared to $1,557,298 in Q3 2006 due to general improvement of this revenue type and Copernic's contribution. Software licensing and customized development and maintenance support increased by $184,351 due to Copernic's contribution.
Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 were $6,029,981, 23% below the $7,805,543 revenues for the same period in 2005. The decrease of $1,775,562 was exclusively due to a reduction in the graphic advertising revenues of $3,213,524 offset by increases from other types of revenues: search advertising $797,548, software licensing $256,306 and customized development and maintenance support $384,108.
Loss from continuing operations in Q3 2006 was $2,553,202, including non-recurring expenses of $1,683,238 explained above, compared to $574,314 in Q3 2005. Payout costs in Q3 2006 over search and graphic advertising revenues were at 25%, compared with 44% in Q3 2005 mainly due to product mix between search and graphic, where search has an average payout cost lower than graphic, and due to the fact that for most of Copernic search revenues no payouts are incurred. General and administration expenses decreased by $214,408 mainly due to a reduction of $280,000 of professional fees related to the SEC investigation. Product development and technical support increased by $310,136 in Q3 2006 compared to Q3 2005 mainly due to the acquisition of Copernic. In Q3 2006 the amortization of intangible assets reflected the impact of the acquisition of Copernic.
Cash, cash equivalents and temporary investments at September 30, 2006 were $8,524,613 an increase of $101,446 compared with Q2 2006.
Guy Faure, the Company's President and CEO stated: "During the third quarter we have concentrated our efforts on two objectives: the first was to develop our funnel for the Copernic Desktop Search (CDS) product and second was to continue to control costs. We released version 2.0 of our CDS offering and have had many favourable reviews about the product. Its new interface significantly improves user experience and we have enhanced the product in consideration of the private labelled program. Our search network business has delivered its best quarterly results yet this year. In order to recapture significant revenues for our Ad network, we continue to focus on premium advertisers that would potentially generate contracts with larger buys, higher CPM's and therefore higher margins. The CDS business development plan remains a high priority for the future of our company. Finally, our cost controlling measures have also resulted in maintaining a solid cash position. We will continue to closely monitor our expense level and take action when necessary." Mr. Faure added: "We are also pleased with the endorsements that we have had lately, where AOL announced the release of their OpenRide suite of products which include Copernic's Desktop Search and the recent release by Pixsy, where through a partnership with them, Mamma will soon be releasing a video meta-search service that will enable users to search through multiple video data bases such as YouTube, Revver and many others."
As announced on November 9 2006, the Company has entered into an agreement to settle the class action lawsuit currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The settlement, which must be approved by the Court, would resolve all claims asserted against the Company and the individual officer defendants. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, plaintiffs would receive US$3.15 million, $2.5 million of which would be paid by the Company's insurance carrier and $0.65 million from the Company. The settlement contains no admission of wrongdoing by the Company or the officers of the Company who are individual defendants. The Company has always maintained and continues to believe that neither the Company nor any of the individual officers named committed any wrongdoing. However, given the potential cost and uncertainty of continued litigation, the Company believes that the settlement is in the Company's best interests. Third quarter 2006 results include a provision of $0.7 million for this pending settlement and related costs.
The unaudited financial statements for the third quarter ended September 30, 2006 will soon be available on SEDAR and EDGAR and on www.mammainc.com.
Filed Under: Pixsy Media Search, Video Search Engines


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*The top level might have 15k replies.

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*A simple SQL sort and limit will probably only contain the top level.

I need to create a postgres LIMIT query, that can limit the maximum # of children at any given level, to say 10 replies.
Is there any way to do this with ltrees, without doing queries for every single leaf?

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The FSMM committee recently voted to make Joseph Hirst the official Organ Scholar. Joseph has just turned 15 and is a member of our choir and a very talented musician.
Much like an internship, an organ scholarship is designed to provide young organists with practical experience in playing, directing, and administration. Many of the skills gained are not covered in music college or university courses, so this experience is crucial to the development of future church musicians. The positions vary from institution to institution, and at St Matthew's, it is expected that the organ scholar will do some service playing and assist with the music library, and in turn be supported and nurtured by the church's organists.
Joseph had a love of music from a very early age and began to play the piano at the age of 5, followed by the clarinet at 8. He joined St Matthew's as a chorister in 2016 and began organ lessons early in 2017. Joseph now sings on the back row alongside his dad Keith.
Joseph plays a big role in the extra-curricular life of his school, Malcolm Arnold Academy, where he is involved in various bands, ensembles and choirs. He has also been fortunate enough to play with musicians from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain several times as part of their Inspire programme. In March 2018 Joseph had a master class with internationally renowned organist, David Briggs – Joseph says this experience was awesome!
Joseph now studies piano and clarinet at Birmingham Junior Conservatoire every Saturday which he is really enjoying.
Outside of music Joseph enjoys playing online games with his friends and composing his own music in genres other than classical and choral with music software and technology.
We wish Joseph well and will follow his career with interest.