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Do SAT and ACT Scores Really Matter?
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Standardized testing has been central to the college application process for decades. In the hallways of high schools all over the world, it isn't uncommon to hear students discussing ways to "up their score." This has become somewhat of a mantra students are ingrained with, because they believe the numbers 2400 (now, 1600) or 36 will magically get them accepted into the college of their dreams. But how much emphasis should students really put into these test scores? What do they really measure?
The SAT, which was first known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test in 1923, was designed to be a test to measure a student's ability to perform in college. It was also developed with good intentions to help students with humble backgrounds get noticed by Ivy League schools. However, standardized testing no longer achieves either goal it originally set out to accomplish.
Former Dean of Admissions at Bates College William Hiss led a study to analyze whether students who were admitted with standardized test scores did better in college than those who didn't. He tracked this data over several years and monitored the grade and graduation rates of the students in both subsets. The results shows that there's a negligible difference between the two groups with only a 0.05% difference in GPA, and a 0.6% difference in graduation rates.
Alongside Hiss' data, there has also been numerous studies that claim high school GPA is actually a much better indication of whether a student will be successful in college. Bob Schaeffer, public education director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing agrees. He believes that "no test can truly measure "aptitude" for academic success because school performance is not based on a single factor."
More importantly, the SAT has also grown to become more and more advantageous for students from more privileged backgrounds. The ability to afford test prep gives students a better chance to score higher, and the upbringing environment also comes into play.
This has caused many universities to take action and make these test optional in their application. Top schools like Wesleyan University and George Washington University have recently joined the other 850 test-optional colleges, and the trend is just beginning.
Whether you take the SAT or the ACT, just remember the results are not necessarily indicative of how successful you will be in life.
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Major Groups > Gilled Mushrooms > Pale-Spored > Lactarius > Lactarius "rubidus"
Lactarius rubidus Methven nom. prov.
For years this West-Coast species passed as Lactarius camphoratus and as a variety of the eastern species Lactarius fragilis, despite substantial differences. While Lactarius rubidus does have the characteristic burned-sugar odor of this species complex, it is larger and redder than the other species; it also has waterier (say that three times fast), scantier milk and differs on microscopic features (see below).
Methven (1997) promoted Hesler & Smith's Lactarius fragilis var. rubidus to the level of species, but the species name is provisional according to the rules of taxonomy since a type collection was not designated and a Latin diagnosis was not provided.
Ecology: Mycorrhizal with oaks (coast live oak and tanoak) and with Douglas-fir; growing alone, scattered, gregariously, or in loose clusters; fall and winter; on the West Coast.
Cap: 2-8 cm; convex, becoming flat or shallowly vase-shaped; dry or sticky; somewhat wrinkled or uneven, but otherwise smooth; reddish brown to orangish brown.
Gills: Attached to the stem or running slightly down it; close or nearly distant; very pale orange, developing cinnamon stains and discolorations but not staining from the milk.
Stem: 2-7 cm long; up to 1.5 cm thick; colored like the cap or paler; more or less equal; smooth; without pot-holes; often with orangish fuzz at the base.
Flesh: Very pale orange; not staining when sliced.
Milk: Watery or whey-like; not copious; not staining tissues.
Odor and Taste: Odor like maple syrup or burned sugar, becoming stronger when the mushroom is dried; taste mild.
Spore Print: Pale yellow or whitish.
Chemical Reactions: KOH on cap negative.
Microscopic Features: Spores 6-8 µ; round or nearly so; ornamentation 0.5-1.0 µ high, as amyloid warts and connectors forming partial reticula. Macrocystidia absent. Pileipellis a hyphoepithelium.
REFERENCES: (Hesler & Smith, 1979) Methven, 1997. (Arora, 1986; Methven, 1997; Kuo, 2007.) Herb. Kuo 02200309, 01130522, 01131106.


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Q: IOS, convert from Obj-c to swift Can someone help me convert this method into swift?
-(void) camera:(DJICamera*)camera didReceivedVideoData:(uint8_t*)videoBuffer length:(int)length {
    uint8_t* pBuffer = (uint8_t*)malloc(length);
    memcpy(pBuffer, videoBuffer, length);
    [[VideoPreviewer instance].dataQueue push:pBuffer length:length];
}

My translation was just the below, however, the app crashes.
As it requires a USB connection to a drone in this case, i can't debug it.
func camera(camera: DJICamera!, didReceivedVideoData videoBuffer: UnsafeMutablePointer<UInt8>, length: Int32)
{
    VideoPreviewer.instance().dataQueue.push(videoBuffer, length: length)
}

A: I compiled and it worked.
func camera(camera: DJICamera!, didReceivedVideoData videoBuffer: UnsafeMutablePointer<UInt8>, length: Int32) {
        // keep 'buffer' as 'var', 'let' will crash VideoPreviewer
        var buffer = UnsafeMutablePointer<UInt8>.alloc(Int(length))
        memcpy(buffer, videoBuffer, Int(length))
        VideoPreviewer.instance().dataQueue.push(buffer, length: length)
    }

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Can Low-T Cause Migraines?
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When it comes to health concerns, what's true for women often isn't true for men, but that may not be the case with migraine headaches.
In women, hormonal dips in estrogen and progesterone during menstruation sometimes trigger migraines. Researchers are discovering that low levels of the male sex hormone testosterone may play a role in causing migraine and other types of headaches in men. And in some cases, replacing testosterone may help resolve the headache along with other problems associated with low testosterone -- decreased sex drive, erectile dysfunction, fatigue, and mood changes. Still, the medical literature is far from definitive. In fact, just one small study from the Cleveland Clinic, involving nine men and women, touches on the connection between low testosterone and headache. In the study, men who were treated with testosterone basically were cured of headaches, while women only experienced some relief.
Low-T and Migraine Headaches: The Connection
Joseph Alukal, MD, an assistant professor in the obstetrics and gynecology and urology departments at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, said that low testosterone levels are always on his diagnostic radar. "I have heard men say that their headaches had gotten much less frequent after being treated with testosterone replacement therapy for other issues," he said.
Migraine relief may well be an added benefit for some but not all men with low testosterone. Still, testosterone replacement therapy is hardly a panacea and should be used only when low testosterone levels have been documented. Even then some caveats apply.
"One of the reliable side effects is that it impairs sperm, so if a man wants to have children, I don't use it," Dr. Alukal said. Testosterone is also not appropriate for men who have high red blood cell counts. And, there are mixed data on what role testosterone replacement can or should play among men with prostate cancer.
Merle L. Diamond, MD, associate director of the Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago, always asks about a person's libido during diagnosis. "Low testosterone has been reported as a cause of headache pain, and sometimes we will test for it," she said.
And Jed Diamond, PhD, author of the book Men Alive: Stop Killer Stress With Simple Energy Healing Tools and director of the MenAlive men's health program in Willits, Calif., noted that there's no downside to measuring testosterone levels in men with headache or other health complaints. "This should be done as part of a regular checkup," he said. "There are all sorts of health problems that are associated with low testosterone, and headache may be one of them. It's feasible that treating low testosterone in people who are having headaches will improve them."Low-T and Migraine Headaches: The Future
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Cael was born on May 9, 2011 in Davenport.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at Chambers Funeral Home in Eldridge. Rev. Dr. Arthur Bergren will officiate. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 20th at Chambers Funeral Home in Eldridge. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that toys be purchased and donated to a children's charity in Cael's name or memorials can be made to the family for donation to a children's charity.
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Q: How to hide and show elements with animation and easing effects I have an N level menu structure where I have to hide the child menus in all levels at first and show them on hover of the parent menu..I had been trying this I got to hide all the children and show them on click but the issue is when I click on other parent the menu which is previuosly opened has to be closed and its child should be in hidden state if I go click that menu again and I want some easing and animation effects while opening and closing the menu it should work as a toggle.
This is what I have been trying to do:
$(document).ready(function(){
$("li").children('ul').hide();
$("li a").click(function(){
$(this).next('ul').toggle();
$(this).parent().siblings('li').children('ul').hide();

here is the js fiddle of what i am trying to do
i should not use any classes and or any attributes on the menu only the top level ul has the class remaining every thing should be done in jquery i need the easing and animation part to

A: You could add some animations using slideUp() and slideDown().
jsFiddle
$(document).ready(function(){
    $("li").children('ul').hide();
    $("li a").click(function(){
        $(this).next('ul').find('ul').hide();
        $(this).next('ul').slideDown();
        $(this).parent().siblings('li').children('ul').slideUp();
    });
});

You could also do this fairly easily by using CSS3 transitions with a class on the active list item.
EDIT: I understand now, try adding this to hide all inner lists when you click to open one.
$(this).next('ul').find('ul').hide();

A: To complete @Tyriar answer, this is how to use the JQueryUI easing effects : http://jqueryui.com/effect/#easing
http://jsfiddle.net/6u4LJ/2/
$(document).ready(function () {
    $("li").children('ul').hide();
    $("li a").click(function () {
        $(this).next('ul').animate({
            height: "show"
        }, 2000, 'easeInOutBounce');
        $(this).parent().siblings('li').children('ul').animate({
            height: "hide"
        }, 2000, 'easeInOutBounce');
    });
});


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South Africa's energy crisis team unveils finance plan that could bring a just transition
by Leonie Joubert
South Africa is a kingpin of the Global South: we are the biggest carbon emitter on the African continent, and the 14th biggest globally. Our economy runs on a grid of ageing coal power stations, and our financially-crippled national utility, Eskom, doesn't have the money to replace them. But a new funding proposal sitting with government could rescue the utility from financial ruin, force the rapid phase-out of coal, and pool funds to catch the workers who will lose their livelihoods as coal energy dwindles. Leonie Joubert reports
South Africa energy sector is based on coal fired power (Public Domain)
South Africa's national utility Eskom is the lead character in the energy and emissions landscape in Africa, which is why this column has given it so much attention. Because of the size of the SA economy, and how big our emissions profile is compared with other African countries, what happens to this energy giant has significant implications for global efforts to meet the United Nations targets of nearly halving emission within 10 years, and getting down to net zero emissions by mid-century.
Eskom, and South Africa's coal-to-liquids giant Sasol, produce three-quarters of the country's carbon pollution. About 90 percent of Eskom's power gets generated by coal fired power stations, most of which are falling into disrepair and will need to be replaced with new power stations.
But the utility is in the midst of a financial crisis, and no longer has money to pay for general operations, let alone service its debts. South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa appointed a specialist task team to come up with solutions to the crisis, and there has long been speculation that this might be a golden opportunity for the country to make the rapid transition towards utility-scale renewable energy.
Last month, the Eskom Sustainability Task Team presented the presidency with a proposal that might do just that. Billed as the Just Transition Transaction plan, the funding arrangement will likely be a US$11 billion package of local and international commercial and concessionary finance that will be pulled together through a blended climate-finance vehicle which will fund Eskom over two decades through a tailored 'transition fund'.
But this finance will come with tight conditions. Funders will only commit to provide financial backing if the SA government agrees to an accelerated phase-out of coal. Once the fund is operational, if the state fails to meet agreed-upon decarbonising targets over the course of the five-yearly pay-outs, some kind of penalty will apply. Either interest rates on the funds will ratchet up, funding will stop, or the funds will need to be repaid.
This is according to Dr Emily Tyler, an independent climate economist who contributes to drawing up the proposal.
Speaking at a global divestment conference held here in Cape Town in September, Tyler said the transaction plan is a way to 'plug the hole in Eskom's balance sheets' but will also provide a mechanism to pool funds that can be used to support workers who will be left stranded as coal mining and power generation phase out.
This transition away from coal is inevitable, according to many energy analysts here, as global finance institutions turn their backs on funding or insuring new-coal developments in response to the urgent UN goals for cutting carbon pollution. Multilateral development banks (such as the World Bank, and the New Development Bank, the so-called 'Brics bank'), development finance institutions (banks that are majority-owned by national governments and tend to fund development projects that the private sector is not willing to finance), and private banks are increasingly losing their appetite to invest in coal technology.
But because of South Africa's legacy of coal power generation, and the many heavy industries that have thrived in this economy ecosystem, the country has a large number of people employed in this industry.
'Workers and communities (in this industry) will be decimated by the inevitable transition away from coal,' Tyler said at the conference. 'This transaction fund is a way of getting climate finance from development finance institutions to pay for accelerated coal phase down, (but in) a managed way that doesn't decimate the economy and communities.'
She said there is 'currently no just transition plan in place within the government'.
However, political factions within government may cloud the critical energy policy decision-making, expected in the next few months. While the National Treasury recently called for much greater investment in utility scale renewable power because of its job creation and emissions reduction potential (laid out in its Economic transformation, inclusive growth, and competitiveness: Towards an economic strategy for South Africa document, released recently), there are concerns that a pro-coal agenda in government may still win out.
Leonie Joubert is a science writer and journalist based in Cape Town, South Africa. Her work focuses on climate change, energy policy, urban food security, and giving communications support to various academic and civil society organisations.
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One attractive strategy for the jobs transition is to build a lot of pumped hydro to firm the growing supply of variable wind and solar. South Africa, like may other countries, has plenty of hills and mountains over 1000m, and the world atlas of over 600,000 potential sites prepared by Andrew Blakers at ANU in Canberra lists many possibilities in SA.
These sites are off-river closed-cycle projects: you do not need to interfere with river flows or ecology significantly, and only need a modest stream to top up evaporation losses. Pumped hydro has numerous advantages over other forms of storage: it is a fully mature, century-old technology with known costs; it is the cheapest form of large-scale storage; and in construction it creates many manual jobs whose profile is a pretty good match to underground mining. The main disadvantage is that like all large-scale construction, a pumped hydro scheme takes some time, say five years from investment decision to completion, But that turns into a plus for the jobs. Pumped hydro spans a wide range of economic sizes, from 100 MW or so to to the3 GW behemoth at Bath County and Fengning..
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As a result, the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act (MMRSA) also established the need for independent marijuana testing facilities. Here are the Southern California cities that have approved marijuana testing facilities.
The city of Costa Mesa passed Measure X to allow medical marijuana testing laboratories in certain industrial zones within the city. The industrial zones are to be located north of South Coast Dr. and west of Harbor Blvd in the Manufacturing Park (MP) and Planned Development Industrial (PDI) zones only. The authorized zones for these facilities exclude any portion of the South Coast Collection, or any lot within 500 feet of Moon Park.
The measure also subjects the testing facilities to conditional use permit and business permits, along with a host of requirements, including premises security, background checks, liability insurance, loss prevention measures, and business records.
However, retail sale or distribution of medical marijuana or marijuana products are still prohibited, along with dispensaries and cultivation. The permits for these businesses. valid for two years only, are to be issued by the City CEO and are non-transferable.
Application Process: Interested parties must submit a business permit application to the city. Then background checks will be performed on the principals of the company followed by an application for a conditional use permit.
The cost to set up a marijuana testing facility in Costa Mesa includes a $21,525 fee for a medical marijuana business permit, $27,508 for a medical marijuana conditional use permit, $341 for individual background checks and $59 for police fingerprinting. These fees are addition to a business license, which must be obtained first and renewed annually. The medical marijuana business permit must also be renewed every year and the fees are the same as the initial cost.
In September 2016, the Lynwood Planning Commission conducted a noticed public hearing on proposed amendments to the Lynwood Zoning Ordinance, and recommended amending the zoning district where cannabis commercial facilities are allowed, to allow such facilities in the manufacturing zone of the City only.
The testing facilities are required to maintain its testing results as a part of its records. The city manager is authorized to formulate, adopt, and amend the testing rules regarding the safety and potency of medical cannabis at Licensed Premises. The City Manager also has the authorization to contract with one or more independent testing laboratories in order to assist the city manager in performing periodic and random testing.
Application Process: The process to open a commercial marijuana business in Lynwood. begins with an evaluation and ranking and criminal history check. Applicants are then required to obtain a "Zoning Verification Letter" from the Building, Safety, and Planning Department in City Hall. The "Zoning Verification Letter" must be included with the applicant's Commercial Cannabis Business Form. One principal may also be required to pass a Cannabis Expertise Examination.
The application fees are $235.21 for the Zoning Verification Letter, $300 per principal for the background check. The commercial cannabis business fee is $3,701, which is Phase 1 of the process. Phases 2-4 of the eligibility, ranking, and recommendation processes require a total of $3,402 in fees to be paid.
In Los Angeles, marijuana testing facilities are permitted to operate within limited commercial and most industrial zones as a result of a November 2016 ballot measure that passed and will go into effect on January 1, 2018. Marijuana businesses operating within the City are required to have their marijuana periodically tested by an independent and licensed testing facility. In addition, the City recently approved Measure M, giving the City Council and Mayor the authority to regulate all aspects of commercial cannabis activity in the City.
The city of Long Beach approved Measure MM permitting marijuana businesses, including marijuana cultivation, distribution, manufacturing and testing businesses. The ordinance repealed the City's ban on cannabis businesses, reduced the City's marijuana taxes.
The ordinance prohibits medical marijuana businesses from being located in exclusively residential zones, within 1000 feet of schools or beaches, or within 1000 feet of parks or libraries. Marijuana businesses are also subject to food handling, testing, labeling, and packaging regulations.
While it did not establish an upper limit on licenses for testing facilities, the measure does permit up to 100 non-dispensary businesses to operate within the City. A testing laboratory may apply for a business license permit application for the specific purpose of testing medical marijuana, however the licensee must also apply for a State issued MMRSA Type 8 Testing Laboratory license within 6 months from notice that the State is issuing such license.
Until such time as the State begins to issue MMRSA Type 8 Testing Laboratory licenses, the City of Long Beach permits laboratory to be conducted by a testing laboratory that has otherwise adopted a standard operating procedure for testing and calibration. All testing shall be compliant with the MMRSA standards.
Application Process: The application process to open a marijuana lab testing facility in Long Beach follows the standard business license application process in Long Beach. Applications for Cultivation and Lab Testing Licenses can be submitted beginning May 1, 2017 and applicants must also submit a Laboratory Testing Operating Plan. The application fees are charged based on the number of owners and business managers and range from $200.45 for 1 owner to $925.45 for 6 owners.
Permit cards are issued after the plans for the facility are approved. The Business License Division will receive electronic proof from each of the inspecting agencies as the inspections are performed and approved. The business must receive a Certificate of Occupancy before any license will be issued.


A viral WhatsApp message has been spreading like wildfire because it claims that this Jan 31 would be a public holiday. But it seems like it is not true.
The viral message tagged along with a The Star article which its headline stated that the new King will take his oath of office on Jan 31. The message said Malaysians could get 11 days of consecutive holidays by taking annual leaves on February 4, 7 and 8 as there will be four public holidays in the week − the Agong's Inauguration day (Jan 31), Federal Territory Day (Feb 1), Chinese New Year (Feb 5 & 6).
However, the daily's article did not specify that the day the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong takes oath would be a public holiday. It merely reported that the Conference of Rulers will hold a meeting on Jan 24 to decide who will be the King and the elected Sultan will be sworn-in on Jan 31.
The new King will then have the freedom to choose when to hold his ceremonial installation, which will be a holiday according to past records.
When Sultan Muhammad V was sworn-in as the King on Dec 13, 2016, NST quoted the then Chief Secretary to the Government as saying that it would not be a holiday as claimed by social media news. The public holiday eventually fell on April 24, 2017, where the Kelantan Sultan decided that the day would be his installation ceremony.
Dr Mohammad Shamsuddin, an expert on Malay customs from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, said the newly elected King will choose when to celebrate his Royal stint which normally holds within a year after swearing-in.
"While the taking of oath of office is done among the Conference of Rulers themselves, the installation ceremony is largely a public affair, to announce to the public and the world that the country has installed a new King," explained Mohammad.
In a statement, Malaysia Government Call Centre (MyGCC) has also clarified that this Jan 31 will not be a public holiday.
"According to the information given by the Office of the Keeper of the Rulers Malaysia, 31 January 2019 (Thursday) is the 252nd Conference of Rulers to choose the King and sign the oath of the position.
"We would like to inform that there will not be a public holiday for that date because it is not the King's ceremonial installation.
"The King's ceremonial installation public holiday will be announced by the Cabinet after the meeting and the King's declaration," MyGCC cited the Office of the Keeper of the Rulers Malaysia as saying.
There you have it, guys! It is not a public holiday. Stop sending fake news around to get your friends and family excited for nothing.


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Sarothrias amabilis  — вид мелких жуков рода Sarothrias из семейства Якобсонииды (Jacobsoniidae). Юго-Восточная Азия.

Распространение
Малайзия.

Описание
Очень мелкие жуки, которые имеют длину около 2 мм, желтовато-коричневого цвета. Надкрылья с вдавленными 1, 2 и 3 рядами, 2 и 3-й ряды соединяются не доходя до уровня метакокс. Пронотум лишён чешуевидных щетинок.
Эпиплевральный и латеральный кили оканчиваются на одном уровне. Формула лапок 3-3-3, булава усиков 3-члениковая.

Вид  был впервые описан в 1995 году австралийским колеоптерологом Станиславом Адамом Слипинским (Stanislaw Adam Ślipiński) и швейцарским энтомологом Иваном Лёблом (Ivan von Löbl) , а его валидный статус подтверждён в ходе ревизии, проведённой в 2015 году китайскими энтомологами (Wen-Xuan Bi, Шанхай; Chang-Chin Chen, Tianjin New Wei San Industrial Company, Limited, Tianjin; Mei-Ying Lin, National Zoological Museum of China, Пекин, Китай).

Примечания

Литература

Ссылки
 Australian Faunal Directory
 eol.org
Якобсонииды
Насекомые Азии
Животные, описанные в 1995 году
Эндемики Малайзии

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Risks of secondary solid cancers among allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients who receive conditioning without total body irradiation are not well known. We evaluated the incidence and risk factors for solid cancers after HCT using high-dose busulfan-cyclophosphamide conditioning in 4318 recipients of first allogeneic HCT for acute myeloid leukemia in first complete remission (N = 1742) and chronic myeloid leukemia in first chronic phase (N = 2576). Our cohort represented 22 041 person-years at risk. Sixty-six solid cancers were reported at a median of 6 years after HCT. The cumulative-incidence of solid cancers at 5 and 10 years after HCT was 0.6% and 1.2% among acute myeloid leukemia and 0.9% and 2.4% among chronic myeloid leukemia patients. In comparison to general population incidence rates, HCT recipients had 1.4× higher than expected rate of invasive solid cancers (95% confidence interval, 1.08-1.79, P = .01). Significantly elevated risks were observed for tumors of the oral cavity, esophagus, lung, soft tissue, and brain. Chronic graft-versus-host disease was an independent risk factor for all solid cancers, and especially cancers of the oral cavity. Recipients of allogeneic HCT using busulfan-cyclophosphamide conditioning are at risk for developing solid cancers. Their incidence continues to increase with time, and lifelong cancer surveillance is warranted in this population.


The Ministry of Labour of the Dominican Republic has issued an official communiqué confirming that the upcoming "Día de los Santos Reyes" annual non-working public holiday would be observed, for the first time, on its traditional date of Monday, January 6, 2014.
The aforementioned announcement is in line with last fall's official listing of public holidays in the Dominican Republic for the year 2014 (24-Oct-2013), and follows the 1997 "Ley No. 139-97 mediante la cual los días feriados del calendario que coincidan con los días martes y miércoles, jueves o viernes" (19-Jun-1997), as amended last summer (27-Jul-2013) by a bill which removes the January 6 and 26 annual non-working public holidays from the scope of the law 139-97 which regulates non-working public holidays in the Dominican Republic.


White Metal Resources Corp. ("White Metal" or the "Company") is pleased to announce signing a letter of intent to acquire the Shebandowan Property from Benton Resources Inc ("Benton"). The Benton claims lie directly south of White Metal's 100%-owned Vanguard Property located in the Shebandowan Greenstone Belt.
The Shebandowan Property is located approximately 20 kilometers east of the past producing Coldstream Mine which produced 102 million pounds of copper, 440,000 ounces of silver and 22,000 ounces of gold (Canadian Mines Handbook, 1968-69, p251). Also to the west of the Shebandowan Property is the Moss Lake gold mine which has a total resource (all categories) of 3.13 million ounces of gold (NI 43-101 Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimate - Moss Lake Deposit, May 2013, Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd.). In 2011 Benton completed a diamond drilling program on the Shebandowan Property to test various rock and soil geochemistry and geophysical induced polarization (IP) anomalies for gold. The best results from the diamond drilling program were 19.5g/t Au over 0.80m in hole SH-11-003 and numerous intersections of 1 to 2 g/t Au over narrow intervals in SH-11-007 (see Benton PR dated June 7, 2011). The Shebandowan Property borders White Metal's 100%-owned Vanguard property which hosts two historical resources known as the East Vanguard and West Vanguard properties. The East Vanguard property has a historical resource of 100,000 tons grading 1.8% Cu, 4.5% Zn, 6.8g/t Ag and 5g/t Au while the West Vanguard deposit contains 200,000 tons of 1.3% Cu, 1.5% Zn, and 8.62g/t Ag (Allegheny Mines Corporation, NR November 1997). It should be noted that these historical resource estimates for the deposits were calculated prior to CIM National Instrument 43-101 guidelines and as such should only be considered from a historical point of view. A qualified person has not completed sufficient work to classify the historical estimates as current mineral resources.
The southern portion of the Shebandowan Property is along strike approximately 10 kilometers west of the Shebandowan nickel-copper mine which was in production from 1972 to 1998 and produced 8.34 million tons of 2.0% nickel, 1.2% copper and 3.96g/t PGE plus gold (MNDM MDI52B09SE00003, June 12, 2007). This southern portion of the Shebandowan Property is host to various copper, gold and silver occurrences such as Copper Island. The Copper Island trend is identified by an alteration zone that has been traced by geophysics for roughly 1.8 kilometers (MNDM Assessment File 53B09NW069). Of importance is an 800m long untested airborne electromagnetic conductor (EM) located along trend from the Copper Island Occurrence. Benton's 2011 diamond drilling program (hole SH-11-001) intersected units of gabbro, diorite, and a 0.26 meter interval described as black mafic intrusion with 50% sulfides. Assay results from this section ran 0.4% copper, 0.11 nickel, 0.09% cobalt and 228ppm gold over 0.26m.
From compilation and research work that has been completed to date, White Metal believes there is not only potential to uncover additional resources but also cobalt potential. From a review of data from the Coldstream mine it is believed the mine deposit hosted significant cobalt credits that were discarded in the tailings. Sampling of the mine core by the Ontario Geological Survey (Lavigne, M. and Scott, J. 1989-1992. Ontario Geological Survey, Resident Geologist) indicated assay results of up to 0.36% cobalt. A review of historic drilling on the East Vanguard property completed by Oval Bay Consulting in 1997 indicated assays grading up to 0.156% cobalt. The Company also believes there is potential to find copper and cobalt along the Copper Island trend of the property as the only recorded assay results for cobalt was completed by Benton during their 2011 drilling campaign.
The proposed agreement includes 11 claim blocks totaling 150 claim units. White Metal will pay Benton Resources $15,000 and 200,000 shares to acquire 100% interest in the claims with Benton retaining a 2% Net Smelter Return (NSR), subject to acceptance and approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. White Metal has the option to purchase 1% of the NSR for $1,000,000.00.
In the event that White Metal should release a NI43-101 compliant mineral resource on any of the claims set out in the agreement, it will pay to Benton $500,000 in cash, equivalent shares or a combination of cash and shares at the election of White Metal.
Paul E. Nielsen is the qualified person responsible for this release and has prepared, supervised and approved the preparation of the scientific and technical disclosure contained within the release.


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HomeEntertainment NewsSomebody Cheating?: Cardi B Files For Divorce From Migo's Member Offset
Somebody Cheating?: Cardi B Files For Divorce From Migo's Member Offset
Cardi B applied for a divorce from Migos rapper Offset, Hollywood Unlocked, TMZ, and The Blast post. Online records in Fulton County, Georgia reveal that Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar (aka Cardi B) and Kiari Kendrell Cephus (aka Offset) are in disputed divorce proceedings.
Today the complaint has been filed (15 September). A hearing is due to take place on November 4, according to Page Six.
Cardi B and Offset were secretly married in September 2017, making the news public with an on-stage proposal later that month. Cardi announced her pregnancy on Saturday Night Live in April 2018. In July 2018, she gave birth to her daughter, Kulture Kiari Cephus.
In December 2018, Cardi B said that she and Offset had broken up. "I'm always going to have a lot of love for him because he's the father of my daughter," Cardi said at the time.
Shortly afterwards, Offset disrupted Cardi's set at Rolling Loud with flowers and begged, "TAKE ME BACK, CARDI." The two reconciled, with Offset joining Cardi on stage as she accepted her 2019 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
I knew Cardi and Offset's relationship was bad when I seen this 😭 pic.twitter.com/XYmxascr9M
— Jah 🈵 (@Jah2Solid) September 15, 2020
Offset in the other room watching Cardi signing the divorce papers pic.twitter.com/zLrOzZ4CL0
— PM 🎭 (@reIags) September 15, 2020


With Mueller report submitted, Trump's legal team feels "cautious optimism" — With Robert Mueller's delivery of his report, and word from the Justice Department that he would have no more indictments, President Trump's legal team believes the immediate threat to the presidency has passed.
CNN Forced To Admit Mueller Report Vindicates Trump — MEDIA — CNN pundits are admitting that Mueller's final report vindicates President Donald Trump, undercutting the frenzied coverage the network has given the Russia investigation since its inception.
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This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 12:20 PM ET, March 23, 2019.


Thousands of students put down their textbooks and picked up their signs to come out and strike worldwide over the lack of action taking place to create policy to prevent climate change and environmental destruction. It is no secret that climate change is a hot topic, similar to our ever rising global temperature, but our leaders still are denying us the only change that we want. We had high aspirations with the Paris Climate Accord in 2015 and were all shocked with the publication of the IPCC's 2018 climate report, which warned us that if we go over a global temperature increase of 1.5 degrees celsius we would face catastrophic changes to our current environments. Yet, no serious action has been taken.
Donald Trump has failed to lead us in to the necessary transition that we need in order to build a sustainable future. Like coal and oil we need to bury his ideas as well as the rest of our nations climate deniers. We have run out of time and can no longer pretend that nothing is happening. Many would like to argue that climate change isn't real and this is all a liberal agenda to take power away from political leaders and the wealthy one percenters. It's true, the students showing up to strike on March 15th proved that we don't give a damn about our coal and fossil fuel industry or the 1% for that matter. That we would rather live in a world with shiny solar panels than in a world that is exploiting our resources and our people.
There is no way to deny the facts that these extractions and industries are killing our earth.
Speaking to those present at the strike it was reassuring that they felt so passionately about change. These children are our future. They are going to be the ones calling the shots and voting in only a few short years.
Being a millennial myself it was hard to see how we have failed the younger generations. It doesn't seem like the majority of previous generations share our guilt.
All the momentum from the strike can be traced back to one 16 year-old, Greta Thunberg, who's first protest against a worldwide mindset is now a global platform being represented by Friday's for Future. Thankfully, because of social media we have been able to join together globally to bring her initiative for a greener planet to life.
As we continue to follow Greta's example we hope that the turn out from this global strike that took over 128 locations will be a wave of policy that protects or environment rather than a never ending wave of trash, which can be see washing upon the shores of the Philippines.
Concerned mother, Rahil, explained that "there should be more people [who care] and show people in government, in every country, that the earth is in danger and we should do something about climate change." She also expressed how she believes that "our children are in danger [and] there should be more plans for the future".
It is obvious that we have to start paying attention to the world around us and push through the never ending climate deniers. We need policies like the Green New Deal and infrastructure reform to start existing in a sustainable world with a sustainable economy that focuses on renewable sources of energy and product production. We also need to call out the separation amongst socio-economic classes and the fight to be sustainable. Minority groups and those below the poverty line are going to be the first to feel the negative effects of climate change. This is no longer a threat of the environment, but a threat against our people who have continuously been oppressed in more ways than one.
Whatever you want to call the environmental movement, let it be climate change, sustainable transitions, or anything else you decide to come up with, we can no longer afford to keep the change and the power within the wealthiest classes. We needed reform and we needed it yesterday.


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Q: Url redirect from one to another url using htaccess Currently this is in my .htaccess file
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RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /dev/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /dev/index.php [L]
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But when ever user enters this url http://test-site.com  should redirect to http://test-site.com/dev/
Could any one please help me in this regard?

A: With your shown samples, attempts, please try following htaccess rules file. Please make sure to clear your browser cache before testing your URLs. I have also put comments before new rule and before a small fix in existing rule.
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RewriteRule ^/?$ /dev? [R=301,L]
RewriteBase /dev/
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RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [NC,L]
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This week, I stay in Seattle to finish preparation for my upcoming Art Show!
I am so excited to share my work. I finished sealing a painting, finished another painting, and started one today. I've been at the studio since 8:30 this morning.
It is quite fun that I have the opportunity to work as an artist at many levels. Sometimes the work is as simple as creating stick figures to illustrate yoga poses. This is actually how I plan my classes, as well. I map out the class in stick figures so that I can focus my attention on the group of students, and not worry about notes. In fact, I usually plan the class, and never refer to the notes, but it helps me prepare mentally a toolkit around an intention for the practice for the day, so the work is not wasted. And, I have a journal full of illustrated yoga classes, as well as movement classes.


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EDITOR QUEEG AND THE ORANGE PEEL MENACE
BAN BUSTER BROWN, HOOLIGAN
HE'S NOT OUR PRESIDENT
BURBANK'S FOLLIES
BUT OF WHAT USE IS A "MUFFLER?"
UPGRADE YOUR PHONE
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMSTOCK HOUSE
COMSTOCK HOUSE NEARLY FINISHED
Why did Santa Rosans take a tumble whenever orange peels appeared on the sidewalk? The Press Democrat also reported this was a hazard the spring before, when likewise the fruity threat lurked on Fourth street. Or could it be that there was just some fuddy-duddy at the newspaper with a Queeg-like obsession over orange peels? Let's see: editor Ernest L. Finley lived at 1127 McDonald Avenue, and if he walked to his downtown office on Exchange Avenue, he'd probably pass the scene of the slippery crimes all the time...
ORANGE PEEL NUISANCE STILL KEPT UP HERE
On Thursday morning on one block of pavement on Fourth street no less than eight pieces of orange peel were noticed on the walk along which pedestrians were passing. One citizen stopped on his way down town and took time to kick the dangerous refuse into the street. Of late several people have had serious falls by stepping on pieces of peel. There is an ordinance which should govern the matter and the only remedy seems to be to make example of offenders. Children on their way to school eating oranges should receive some instruction of the danger caused by the thoughtlessness of allowing the peel to fall on the sidewalk. Some older people are also in need of a reminder.
- Press Democrat, March 17, 1905
Labels: 1905, FinleyEL, odd
The first Sunday funnies appeared in 1897; probably the following Monday, the first critic snorted indignantly that comics were corrupting the youth of America.
In early 1905, a growing number of newspapers were offering Sunday comics sections that included such gentle offerings as Little Sammy Sneeze, a strip about a small child with high-velocity sneezes, and The Upside-Downs of Little Lady Lovekins and Old Man Muffaroo, a novelty cartoon meant to be viewed from both ends. The roughest stuff came from the Katzenjammer Kids (a slapstick cartoon that probably inspired many of the contemporary nickelodeon comedies) and Buster Brown -- in the panel to the right, he had just released some mice at a ladies' party. Both were about pranksters that might have been the great-great grandpas of Bart Simpson, although these rapscallions rarely got away with their misdeeds; Hans and Fritz usually ended up with spankings, and Buster always repented with a final panel reminding kids to obey their parents, tell the truth, or uphold other virtues.
Neither Santa Rosa paper had a Sunday comic supplement in 1904, so the author is probably criticizing funnies that came with the San Francisco Examiner or San Francisco Sunday Call.
FUNNY PAPERS ARE DISCUSSED BY CLUB
The Saturday Afternoon Club held a very interesting meeting Saturday afternoon at the High School... Mrs. C. D. Barnett read a paper on "The Influence of the Funny Paper." She took the position that the paper had a bad influence on children and they would be better without it.
- Press Democrat, February 5, 1905
Labels: 1905, children, media, social club
Hurrah for Teddy Roosevelt! In the 1904 elections, he came close to bringing the nation together for the first time since the Civil War -- even in the "Solid South" outpost that was Santa Rosa, Teddy won every precinct by comfortable margins, despite the Press Democrat's race baiting and hysteric attacks on Republican candidates (including an over-the-top editorial cartoon showing a "Rooseveltism" bayonet through the U.S. Constitution). But it was time to end the snarky attacks once it was clear that the community -- and presumably the paper's readership -- overwhelmingly backed a new direction for the country. Right?
Well, no. The PD complained that the "useless and uncalled for" inauguration ceremony had killed dear old Senator Bate, a former Confederate general. Worse yet, an African-American had been appointed to a position of authority!
AN UNNECESSARY AFFRONT
Just what reason President Roosevelt has for appointing a negro to the position of collector of the Port of New York is not plain, unless it is his desire to humiliate as much as possible the white people compelled to do business with that branch of the revenue department. It cannot even be urged in extenuation that such "recognition" is justified by the fact that a large number of the persons brought into contact with the official in charge there are colored, as might possibly be said of some of the southern ports. Not one man in a thousand having business with the collector of the New York port is a negro. The office is the most important of its kind in the United States, and should most certainly go to a white man rather than a negro. The President's determination to name a colored man to the place is an unnecessary and uncalled-for affront, not only to the people of New York but of the entire nation.
-- Press Democrat, March 14, 1905
USELESS AND UNCALLED FOR
The pomp and pageantry attending presidential inaugurations in this country has become so conspicuous as to occasion wide-spread criticism all of which appears to be justified. Why should a citizen of the United States, just because he has been temporarily elevated to the position of chief executive of the nation, seek to outdo the princes and potentates of Europe in their display of the material attributes of mere temporal power? A well-known Washington correspondent in discussing the matter says:
["]All the fuss and feathers, fanfarronade [sic], fiddlesticks and the cheap and tawdry blare of trumpets attendant upon the inauguration of a President of these United States are passed and gone, the crowds have melted away, and there is not a man in the city not the direct beneficiary of all this noise and beating of tomtoms who is sorry that it is over.
["]Some day maybe the people of the nation will have the good sense to elect a man President who will eschew all this tommyrot and who will refuse to have anything to do with it. He will be unpopular with the saloon and the hotel men, but he will have the thanks of all the quiet and orderly people of the city and the country.
["]If they are to continue this idiocy, then why in the name of common sense do they not change the date of holding this inauguration to the 30th day of April? You can be assured of the nastiest weather on record on the 4th of March each year in this city of any time during the year. And each year, or at least each inauguration, sees its harvest of death from colds contracted from exposure under inclement skies while the President is delivering his inaugural address.
["]This time the victim was dear old Senator Bate of Tennessee. He took cold and lived only four days after sitting fifteen minutes in the cold March wind that was blowing while on the reviewing stand. There is no telling how many more that we will never hear of, and thus it is at each recurring inauguration. This parade of nonsense and noise is becoming greater each time. Either the American people are getting closer to the ideas of the effete monarchies of the old world, and long to have a king to install on his throne, or else are going crazy. It is the opinion of all right-thinking people here that the thing ought to be stopped.["]
The pompous display of wealth and power on state occasions is a survival of the days of barbarism, when the heads of government considered it necessary -- and rightfully so -- to impress the people with the exalted station and claims of superiority...do these conditions exist in this enlightened land? If so, well and good; if not, such tomfoolry [sic], as was carried on in Washington a couple of weeks ago should be abandoned forever as useless and uncalled for.
Labels: 1905, politics, race, RooseveltTeddy
Santa Rosa, like so many American towns, defines itself through reflected glory. Today the town clings to the renown of the late Charles Schulz to lend it a personality; so many statues and other tributes abound here that we might as well rename the place "Snoopyville" and have done with it (note to Chamber of Commerce: a single over-sized Charlie Brown, or Snoopy, or Woodstock is whimsy; streets chockablock with colossal boy, bird, and beagle monuments are a cornucopia of urban blight).
Before Schulz, Luther Burbank reigned alone as Santa Rosa's iconic figure for nearly a century, albeit most of that time posthumously. While alive, the reserved and studious Burbank was pressed into service not only as the town's ambassador, but imposed upon to perform as its main tourist attraction; Northern California travel bureaus expected him to personally conduct group tours of his gardens, and he faced a tiring daily gauntlet of gardening groupies trekking to his home on pilgrimage.
As worshiped as he was by the general public, Burbank was viewed skeptically by many in the scientific community, and considered even to be a charlatan. By chance, a pair of newspaper items that appeared a few days apart in early 1905 illustrate the paradox that was Burbank. The first article below announces that Burbank was awarded an annual grant from the prestigious Carnegie Institution "to secure the efforts of Mr. Burbank for science." The item a couple of weeks later finds Burbank pitching pseudo-science to the local horticultural society.
This essay goes into greater background than usual because it's now mostly forgotten that Burbank and his work were matters of some controversy in his day. Details here also lay the groundwork for future posts; Luther Burbank repeatedly pops up in the Comstock House story from this point onwards (although many details are not yet well understood). We know it was Burbank who encouraged matriarch Nellie Comstock to move her family to Santa Rosa in 1908, where young Hilliard would become one of the fortunate few allowed to work in his gardens. Two of her older children were part of the Roycrofters movement founded by Elbert Hubbard, who came out to visit Burbank (and the Comstocks as well?) the following year. We also know Nellie was apparently a close friend of the colorful Oscar Binner, whose goal of publishing a hands-on guide to Burbank's methodology was stymied both by the Carnegie Institution and Burbank's disorganization. And somewhere along the way, Burbank supposedly made a gift of the unusual flowering dogwood and/or copper beech that still stand, side by side, outside the back door of Comstock House. All in all, the history of Luther Burbank and the Comstocks -- and maybe the Oates as well, to some degree -- are joined together like players in E.L. Doctorow's great novel, "Ragtime," where the lives of disparate remarkable people criss-cross in unexpected ways.
Burbank was near the pinnacle of his fame in 1905, thanks in part to a couple of notable magazine articles. The summer before, a writer named W.S. Harwood had written an adulatory feature on Burbank in the widely-read magazine Scribner's which did much to cement the Burbank-Wizard legend in the public mind. A more serious article on Burbank's work appeared a few months later in Popular Science Monthly, written by no less than Stanford University president David Starr Jordan. Both authors expanded their articles into books; Harwood's "New Creations in Plant Life" appeared later in 1905, and included a quote from Jordan on Burbank's scientific bona fides that would be much repeated : "If his place is outside the temple of science, there are not many of the rest of us who will be found fit to enter."1
But it was the grant from the Carnegie Institution of $10,000 a year, "for so long a time as may be mutually agreeable," that really gave Burbank's status a boost; the prestigious Institution was known for funding only the pursuit of pure science. It also meant that Burbank now had some measure of financial security for the first time in his life; no longer would he be dependent upon scrounging up buyers willing to take a chance on his latest and greatest wonder.
Harwood's biography, published a few months after the announcement, has a chapter on the Carnegie grant, promising Burbank's secrets will be at last revealed for the benefit of the world: "Mr. Burbank has by no means been lacking in the matter of general scientific record, but the new arrangements will give opportunity for the registering of much that should be preserved... it was utterly out of the question for Mr. Burbank to prepare such elaborate data as will now be of record, greatly as he desired it, though it will appear in the description of his novel plan books that he never for a moment lost sight of the absolute necessity of fundamental records... as the work progresses through the years, there will be publication of the data compiled and set in order by trained men."2
To assist Burbank, a separate grant provided for a researcher to visit Burbank in Santa Rosa and learn his "tricks," as the Institution's president put it.3 After a false start with a researcher who quit after a few months, Carnegie himself suggested to trustees that "a man of science, who perhaps has done nothing, should go cap in hand" to Burbank. And so a young botanist named George Harrison Shull made his first cross-country trip to visit Burbank in 1906.
Shull found him willing to answer direct questions, but otherwise not very cooperative. Burbank did most of his work in his head, relying on his years of experience and remarkable memory; explaining to Shull the reasoning behind why he chose a particular seed or blossom probably would not only have slowed his morning field work to a crawl, but it even might have been impossible for Burbank to articulate the complex chain of reasoning behind his decisions.
As a result of his eccentric methods, Shull found few records of any of his experiments were kept on paper, and much of what he did write down was recorded in a personal code. Burbank worked haphazardly, creating irreproducible hybrids; he even sometimes applied pollen from several species to the same blossom, and as many as 500 grafts were made on a single tree.4
The definitive biography of Burbank, "A Gardener Touched With Genius" by Peter Dreyer, provides more details from Shull's unpublished writings: "All of Burbank's methods, Shull noted, were of the simplest kind. None of them would have been considered satisfactory by an investigator interested in the genetic relationships of the plants he worked with. Burbank himself admitted that had he been conducting a scientific experiment, he would have done things differently. But, he insisted, his work was nonetheless scientific for all that. It was in fact of a higher scientific type, he maintained, since he achieved the desired results without superfluous operations or unnecessary expenditure of effort, thus permitting the accomplishment of more work than would otherwise have been possible. Shull discovered, as others had done before him, that Burbank keenly resented suggestions that he was not a scientific man."5
Burbank's lack of a formal scientific education was a core part of the Burbank mystique at the time. As 1905 biographer Harwood described, "...he read such few practical books on botany and the breeding of plants as he could find, but these, save in some manner of nomenclature and detail, were of little use to him. He soon found out that he stood face to face with Nature, and only from her lips could he learn her secrets."6
But the problem wasn't simply that Burbank lacked a university degree -- it was that his attitude was the antithesis of scientific inquiry; Burbank hated to be criticized or questioned. In a telling anecdote, Burbank showed Shull a row of hybrid plums with green and purple leaves. Mendel's theory predicted a 3 to 1 split between the two colors in the hybrid, but it appeared that only about ten percent of the leaves were green -- proof, Burbank said, that Mendel's theory was wrong. But Shull actually counted the leaves, and found an almost perfect 3:1 ratio; it was only an optical illusion that there seemed to be more purple leaves. When Shull pointed out the error, Burbank dismissed the facts as irrelevant: "I never count anything," he told Shull. 7
It's sometimes hard to tell where Burbank straddled the line between arrogance and ignorance. Burbank told Shull "he figured that he had by that time surpassed Darwin in the number of plants he had raised and therefore he was the greatest authority on plant life that had ever lived," and should be considered the greatest authority on the subject of evolution.8 Later, Burbank admitted in a letter that he'd never actually read "The Origin Of Species."
As seen in the local newspaper article below, Burbank had also whipped up a universal theory of sub-atomic "kinetic" forces that could only be understood on a spiritual or extrasensory level. It sounds like bad science fiction, and actually wouldn't be surprising to learn that George Lucas modeled Star Wars' theory of "The Force" after Burbank's ideas. In his Popular Science Monthly article, David Starr Jordan quoted Burbank's summary of his theory: "The facts of plant life demand a kinetic theory of evolution...The time will come when the theory of ions will be thrown aside and no line left between force and matter. We can not get the right perspective in science unless we go beyond our senses. A dead material universe moved by outside forces is in itself highly improbable, but a universe of force alone is probable, but requires great effort to make it conceivable, because we must conceive it in the terms of our sense experience."9
Burbank's lack of scientific mien was shown by his pushing these kinetic-universe ideas as if they were somehow a provable theory, and not just a philosophical or metaphysical belief. An exchange of letters between Burbank and Jordan finds the Stanford president tactfully urging Burbank to keep his theory to himself, or at least frame it as a "confession of scientific faith." When Burbank, a man whom Jordan otherwise greatly respected, continued to insist that his kinetic forces somehow guided genetics, Jordan diplomatically pointed out that one can't test and prove ideas that elude definition.10 Jordan expanded and updated his magazine essay in 1909 as a book, but this time added a caveat after the summary of Burbank's theory: "Whether we accept this or not, whether or not indeed we can conceive what it means, this view of life, which Burbank shares with many other philosophers, opens to us many new vistas of thought..."11
At the same time, the Carnegie grant was proving to be a complete scientific bust. The summary reports that appeared in the Institution's yearbooks promised much, but offered only excuses why no progress was being made. From the 1905 report: "The experiments under way are the most extensive ever carried out, but from their very nature valuable results, either practical of scientific, can not be obtained at once...much valuable material for thought will undoubtedly be found in the scientific account of the experiments."12 And then in 1907, "Within the limits of this annual report Mr Burbank finds it possible to give only a brief account of his experiments and operations in plant improvement. This work which has engaged his attention for the past 39 years is of steadily growing interest and its cumulative results are more evident than ever before..."13
The blame for this failure lies entirely with Burbank, and it's difficult to view his conduct in this episode as anything but shameful. He accepted and kept the money from the generous grant, but failed to make more than a token effort to fulfill his part of the bargain. During Shull's October, 1907 visit, Burbank granted him only two hours of his time over nine days. Despite the financial freedom guaranteed by the annuity, Burbank kept an unvarying gaze on his same old goal: coming up with new plant variations that would appeal to buyers. Burbank was also striking a deal with a book publisher for a multi-volume set about his work, potentially setting himself in competition with the Institution.
The Institution's board discussed the "Burbank problem" often,14 and at a key 1908 meeting, conceded that it was unlikely that anything of scientific worth would come from the grant. Andrew Carnegie still held out that Burbank's work could prove to benefit mankind -- but at the same time, noted that he was often asked why the Institution was "subsidizing a faker." The grant was canceled the next year, and the 1909 yearbook report was briefest of all: "Dr. George H. Shull, of the departmental staff, has continued his studies of the plant developments of Luther Burbank with the expectation of completing this work by the end of the calendar year." 15
When Burbank published his 12-volume "Methods and Discoveries" in 1915, the Carnegie episode was dismissed in five short and disingenuous paragraphs. "Laboring alone, and many years in advance of his time, it was not to be expected that Luther Burbank could be interpreted in the language of contemporary science. And in fact, with true Yankee keenness, he much preferred that his benefits be reaped directly by those who practice agriculture, rather than by those who merely study agriculture..."16 A colorized photo included in the set showing Burbank with Dutch botanist Hugo de Vries originally included George Shull as well, but was cropped to remove Carnegie's researcher from the picture.
The last page of the last volume of Burbank's "Methods and Discoveries" ends with a non sequitur: "The addition of a single kernel to the ear of corn, would, in the United States alone, produce an extra annual crop of 5,100,000 bushels." It was hope for this kind of breakthrough that led Carnegie to push for continued funding of Burbank. But of the 1,000-odd plants introduced by Burbank over the course of his lifetime, only the russet potato -- a natural field mutation he came across by luck in the 1870s -- had such world-changing importance. As a businessman seeking to please customers, too often his focus was on creating novelties, such as the "fadeless flower" mentioned in one of the newspaper articles below. (Ironically, the fadeless flower, much hyped in the local papers at the time, has faded from history; the master gardener at the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens had no knowledge of the plant before I asked.)
A few years later, however, someone else would actually develop a corn hybrid that increased yields up to 50 percent, and with it, revolutionize American farming. That man was George Shull.
Lastly, there's a Ripley's-Believe-it-or-Not footnote to the story: Burbank and the Carnegie Institution researcher are buried only a couple of miles apart. In 1907, Shull brought his new wife along on one of his fruitless visits to pry information from Burbank. She died here in childbirth, along with their daughter. When Shull passed away in 1954, he was buried next to them in the Santa Rosa Odd Fellows cemetery, approximately in the middle of the row nearest the old Rural Cemetery. Next time you take out-of-towners on a homage-to-Burbank tour, make a side trip to visit the grave of the scientist Burbank shunned, and who developed a plant that really did change the world.
1William Sumner Harwood,New Creations in Plant Life: An Authoritative Account of the Life and Work of Luther Burbank, 1905, pg. 368
2Harwood, pp. 278-289
3Peter Dreyer, A Gardener Touched With Genius (Luther Burbank Home & Gardens, Santa Rosa, CA), 1985, pg. 133
4A photograph of a tree loaded with grafts can be seen in Harwood, pg. 261
5Dreyer, pp. 144-145
6Harwood, pg. 18
7Dreyer, pg. 151
9Popular Science Monthly, January, 1905, pg. 225
10Katherine Pandora, Knowledge Held in Common: Tales of Luther Burbank and Science in the American Vernacular (Isis, Vol. 92, No. 3), Sept 2001, pg. 505
11David Starr Jordan, The Scientific Aspects of Luther Burbank's Work, pg. 77
121905 Year Book - Carnegie Institution of Washington
13 1907 Year Book - Carnegie Institution of Washington
14James S. Trefil and Margaret Hindle Hazen, Good Seeing: A Century of Science at the Carnegie Institution of Washington (Joseph Henry Press), 2002. pp. 30-32
15Dreyer, pg. 173
16Luther Burbank,Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application (Luther Burbank Society), 1915, pp. 256-257
WILL BUY BURBANK'S NEW FADELESS FLOWER
Letters of Inquiry on New Creation From Foreign Countries
Luther Burbank was a visitor in San Rafael yesterday, the guest of Judge W. W. Morrow of the United States Circuit Court. Through Judge Morrow's efforts the directors of the Carnegie Institute have recognized the worth of the eminent Santa Rosan in scientific research, and made him a splendid offer recently to pursue his work along his chosen lines.
The idea of the Carnegie recognition was to put Mr. Burbank beyond the necessity of retailing his new creations the moment they had reached a state of perfection. It was their desire to secure the efforts of Mr. Burbank for science, and to put him to work on matters more important than to creating new fruits and flowers to retail to others,
The idea of the Burbank assistance from the Carnegie Institute is not generally understood. The scientist is to give an account of his expenses and expenditures in delving into the matters pertaining to his research, and for this purpose will be allowed $10,000 per annum for a series of years, the number which is not limited. The matter is for an indefinite period., which makes the assistance to Mr. Burbank all the more beneficial.
Mr. Burbank will go on with his evolutionary process and continue in his scientific researches and not make a change for a number of years. Mr. Burbank is greatly pleased with the recognition that his work has received, and will go ahead with redoubled energy in his chosen lines.
Letters pour in by the hundreds upon Mr. Burbank, many of the curiosities. Since he originated the fadeless flower he has had three letters from England, more than half a dozen from different places in the United States, one from France, one from South America, and some from other places, from paries who wish to secure the exclusive right to the gem of floriculture. Most of these writers declare that they wish the flowers for the purpose of adorning the hats and bonnets of the ladies. Mr. Burbank does not recommend this flower for that purpose, but is certain that one of its greatest uses will be in the line of millinery. It will displace other flowers now used, according to Mr. Burbank's belief.
So far he has not parted with the fadeless creation, although among the letters received there have been some tempting offers.
- Santa Rosa Republican, January 16, 1905
PAPER READ BY MR. LUTHER BURBANK
"KINETIC CREATION: A UNIVERSE OF ORGANIZED LIGHTNING," THE SUBJECT
Eminent Scientist Entertains Linnean Society and Guests at a Meeting Wednesday Evening
The members of the Linnean Society and invited guests were highly entertained at the meeting held at the residence of the Misses Hoen on Fifth street Wednesday night. When it is stated that those present had the pleasure of listening to a paper by a distinguished member of the society, Mr. Luther Burbank, the eminent botanical scientist, everyone wil realize the treat afforded.
Mr. Burbank's subject was "A Kinetic Creation: a Universe of Organized Lightning." The paper was prepared to appear in an Eastern magazine and a personal request was made that no extended extracts should be made from it for local publication here.
Mr. Burbank held, among other things, that the product of the universe is force, time and space. Rhytmical vibration in space, measured by time, produced by force. And as inertia, he said, may be supposed to be the union of time and space inopposition to force we may finally conclude that our universe is not half dead but all alive - "A Kinetic Universe."
In reply to the question why certain drugs named were poisonous to the human system Mr. Burbank explained that was simply because the wave length of their atomical action was in cynchronal [sic] unison with the special wave length of the organs affected for each organ is maintaned by the selective power of the synchronous waves which in the case of food gives the right amount of stimulus, while the separated drugs give temptation, and if continued, in harmonous destructive forces.
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Following a 1904 accident, autos were finally regulated in the same manner as buggies, horses, and wheels (bicycles). Drivers were granted a bump-up from the 6 MPH max proposed by the Council in December.
REGULATE SPEED OF AUTOS NOW
EIGHT MILES AN HOUR TO BE THE SCHEDULE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
Must Slow Up on the Street Corners and Disobedience of the Ordinance Will be Punished By Fine
At the meeting of the City Council last night the ordinance regulating the speed at which automobiles may be run in the city limits was adopted and will soon become a law. The speed must not exceed eight miles and chaffeurs must slow down at street corners. Penalty for a violation of the ordinance is fixed by fine of not less than five dollars no more than $150.
In submitting the ordinance Chairman Brown suggested that the law should include the use of a "muffler" on the engine of the autos so that the machines should become "noiseless." This clause was stricken out.
- Press Democrat, January 4, 1905
Labels: 1905, automobiles
Although there were fewer than eight hundred telephones in all of Santa Rosa in early 1905, the phone company was already pressing customers to signup for upgraded services at a higher price. Also: the latest model phones are prettier, and so tiny! Omnia mutantur, nihil interit.
INCREASE FOR PHONE SERVICE
Small Raise in Price for New Four Party Lines - Contracts Now Being Made
Harry Kahn of San Francisco, contract agent of the Sunet [sic] Telephone and Telegraph Company, is in the City of the Roses for an indefinite stay. His business here is to explain to subscribers of the company the benefits to be derived from the change of the local system from ten party lines to four party lines. The company will increase the cost to subscribers for the four party lines to $1.50 per month for residences and $2 per month for business houses.
One particular feature which will recommend itself is that in case of complaints on a four party line they are easier rectified, and damages to the line are more easily repaired. Then with the smaller number of persons using the line there will be fewer responses of "Line busy" from the operator at central, and a consequent decrease of the ill humor and profanity which the subscribers are wont to use.
Manager Nephi L. Jones believes that the new phones will be here within possibly thirty days, and the work of installing them will be begun as soon as they arrive. They will be more ornamental than the ones now in use, and only about half as large...
- Santa Rosa Republican, January 9, 1905
Labels: 1905, technology
"Elegant," "graceful," "beautiful." Like a bride or debutante, the fine home that would be called Comstock House was announced to the world, March 28, 1905.
I certainly expected to find some sort of notice in the newspapers when the house was finished or when the Oates family moved in, but a long spread like this -- complete with a 3-column sketch of the house, and that being a previously unknown architectural drawing by Brainerd Jones, no less -- was a jaw-dropping surprise. No other article remotely like this had appeared in either Santa Rosa paper; it was as if the home was being welcomed into the community in its own right.
Another remarkable aspect is that the article describes the interior in such great detail; the style and appearance of the house is given only passing notice in a single sentence. Particular care was given to describing its layout and finishing details, such as the Spanish cedar, the curly redwood, the arches on the landing, and the chiffoniers (built-in drawers and cabinets).
Also interesting here is that Wyatt Oates wanted to finish off the attic and make it a billiards room. As with his earlier comment, "there will not be a room in which I can't smoke," it's unknown what wife Mattie or his mother-in-law thought of his aim to turn their home into a gentlemen's clubhouse.
Two days later, the March 30 Press Democrat also published a three-paragraph item that compressed the details below, sans artwork. That article is not included here, and notable only in that the newspaper named Brainerd Jones as the architect -- in reporting new construction, contractors are identified, but rarely the architect.
A larger version of the drawing along with comments can be found in the photo gallery.
The Handsome New Residence of Judge James W. Oates
Judge and Mrs. James W. Oates are anticipating moving into their elegant new home on Healdsburg avenue in the near future. The contractor will be finished within about ten days, and immediately thereafter the residence will be ready for occupancy.
The expression "elegant" home, does not convey an adequate idea of the beauties with which Judge and Mrs. Oates and the latter's mother, Mrs. M. S. Solomon, will be surrounded in their new home. The house is spacious, from the front porch with its dimensions of eleven by forty-three feet, through every room of ample proportions. Every convenience and comfort which can be provided has been arranged.
There is a handsome reception hall, with beautiful steps leading up to a landing, which has an approach of three arches, supported by wooden columns. The balustrade and hand carved posts of the stairs are in Spansh cedar, while the steps are of polished oak. Three stained glass windows are at the landing.
To the left of the reception hall is the spacious drawing room about about [sic] twenty-two feet square and in a bay window recess a large fire place. This is surrounded by a large curly redwood panel reaching to the ceiling. This drawing room and the dining room are finished with beamed ceiling. Separating the reception hall from the drawing room are sliding doors, which come together between four handsome round posts. To the right of the reception halls, and with an entrance off the front forch, is one of the finest dining rooms in the City of Roses. This apartment is seventeen by twenty-two, with polished pine floor, the room being done in curly redwood. A large fire place for a gas log is in this apartment. There is also a fireplace in the reception hall, where besides there is a plant window, and a good-sized sideboard is build in the wall. The ceiling of the dining room is to be tinted.
Special attention has been given to light and ventilation and clothes closet room, with other conveniences in the way of linen closets in the halls and bath rooms. Chiffoniers are built in many of the closets and two bathrooms are provided. One of the bed chambers is 16x18 feet, while another is 15x18, the latter containing four clothes closets, one of which is 8x10 feet, and containing a large chiffonier with drawers and linen closet.
The comfortable library is just to the rear of the parlor.
In all there are thirteen rooms and their arrangement is the best that modern architecture can devise. For comfort and elegance combined, the new home is one of the finest in this city.
Practically one hundred electric lights will be place in the building, and there will be sixteen lights each in the reception hall, the drawing room and dining room.
The architecture is a modified colonial, of a shingle finish, with graceful curvatures. A pretty stone fence, in keeping with the style of the house, has been constructed and workmen are employed laying out the front walks and lawns. The entire structure is to be heated by steam and radiators are placed in every room. The upper portion of the building is not finished and probably Judge Oates may conclude to make an elegant billiard room of it.
The house is being constructed by Williamson & McKenzie from plans by Brainerd Jones of Petaluma.
- Santa Rosa Republican, March 28, 1905
Labels: 1905, Comstock House, OatesJW
The speed at which they built the house was remarkable; workers began preparing the construction site just seven months earlier, working through a winter with over 31 inches of rainfall.
Colonel James W. Oates is having 275 running feet of rough stone fencing built around his new home on Healdsburg avenue. It will be colonial style and is being done by Maxwell & Barnes.
- Press Democrat "Personal Mention" column, February 25, 1904
Colonel and Mrs. James W. Oates expect to occupy their beautiful new home on Healdsburg avenue in about three weeks. I think it is one of the most complete and artistic homes in town.
- Santa Rosa Republican "Society" column, March 25, 1905