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Unchanged safety outcomes in deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson disease despite a decentralization of care: Clinical article
Robert A. McGovern, John P. Sheehy, Brad E. Zacharia, Andrew K. Chan, Blair Ford, Guy M. Mckhann
Object. Early work on deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery, when procedures were mostly carried out in a small number of high-volume centers, demonstrated a relationship between surgical volume and procedural safety. However, over the past decade, DBS has become more widely available in the community rather than solely at academic medical centers. The authors examined the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) to study the safety of DBS surgery for Parkinson disease (PD) in association with this change in practice patterns. Methods. The NIS is a stratified sample of 20% of all patient discharges from nonfederal hospitals in the United States. The authors identified patients with a primary diagnosis of PD (332.0) and a primary procedure code for implantation/ replacement of intracranial neurostimulator leads (02.93) who underwent surgery between 2002 and 2009. They analyzed outcomes using univariate and hierarchical, logistic regression analyses. Results. The total number of DBS cases remained stable from 2002 through 2009. Despite older and sicker patients undergoing DBS, procedural safety (rates of non-home discharges, complications) remained stable. Patients at low-volume hospitals were virtually indistinguishable from those at high-volume hospitals, except that patients at low-volume hospitals had slightly higher comorbidity scores (0.90 vs 0.75, p < 0.01). Complications, non-home discharges, length of hospital stay, and mortality rates did not significantly differ between low- and high-volume hospitals when accounting for hospital-related variables (caseload, teaching status, location). Conclusions. Prior investigations have demonstrated a robust volume-outcome relationship for a variety of surgical procedures. However, the present study supports safety of DBS at smaller-volume centers. Prospective studies are required to determine whether low-volume centers and higher-volume centers have similar DBS efficacy, a critical factor in determining whether DBS is comparable between centers.
Journal of neurosurgery
https://doi.org/10.3171/2013.8.JNS13475
Nationwide Inpatient Sample
10.3171/2013.8.JNS13475
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McGovern, R. A., Sheehy, J. P., Zacharia, B. E., Chan, A. K., Ford, B., & Mckhann, G. M. (2013). Unchanged safety outcomes in deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson disease despite a decentralization of care: Clinical article. Journal of neurosurgery, 119(6), 1546-1555. https://doi.org/10.3171/2013.8.JNS13475
Unchanged safety outcomes in deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson disease despite a decentralization of care : Clinical article. / McGovern, Robert A.; Sheehy, John P.; Zacharia, Brad E.; Chan, Andrew K.; Ford, Blair; Mckhann, Guy M.
In: Journal of neurosurgery, Vol. 119, No. 6, 01.12.2013, p. 1546-1555.
McGovern, RA, Sheehy, JP, Zacharia, BE, Chan, AK, Ford, B & Mckhann, GM 2013, 'Unchanged safety outcomes in deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson disease despite a decentralization of care: Clinical article', Journal of neurosurgery, vol. 119, no. 6, pp. 1546-1555. https://doi.org/10.3171/2013.8.JNS13475
McGovern RA, Sheehy JP, Zacharia BE, Chan AK, Ford B, Mckhann GM. Unchanged safety outcomes in deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson disease despite a decentralization of care: Clinical article. Journal of neurosurgery. 2013 Dec 1;119(6):1546-1555. https://doi.org/10.3171/2013.8.JNS13475
McGovern, Robert A. ; Sheehy, John P. ; Zacharia, Brad E. ; Chan, Andrew K. ; Ford, Blair ; Mckhann, Guy M. / Unchanged safety outcomes in deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson disease despite a decentralization of care : Clinical article. In: Journal of neurosurgery. 2013 ; Vol. 119, No. 6. pp. 1546-1555.
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President @realDonaldTrump and @SecPompeo participate in a Press Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 28, 2019.
President Trump and Secretary Pompeo Speak to the Media
President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participate in a Press Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 28, 2019. – U.S. Department of State
2…………> Racehorse Business: Cartel Front
A South Texas man and his son pleaded guilty to using a racehorse business to conceal a transnational drug trafficking organization with ties to some of Mexico's biggest drug cartels.
Raul Beltran Jr., 50, and his son Edward Beltran, 24, both of Rio Grande City, Texas, pleaded guilty Feb. 25 to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance (more than 1,000 kilograms of marij.Beltran and his son Edward each face up to life in federal prison and a maximum fine of $10 million.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/south-texas-father-son-plead-guilty-using-racehorse-business-conceal-transnational
3…………> Crooks Cove: Wire & Securities Fraud
Michael A. Liberty, 58, of Windermere, Florida, and Paul E. Hess, 63, of Braintree, Massachusetts, were each charged in an indictment filed in the District of Maine with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, four counts of wire fraud and one count of securities fraud.
In addition, Liberty was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and three counts of money laundering.
Liberty and Hess solicited investments in Mozido, a privately held financial technology start-up company that offered users an ability to make payments using their mobile phones.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-defendants-charged-connection-alleged-multimillion-dollar-investment-fraud-scheme
4………….> President Trump and Comrade Un: One Night Stand
The nuclear dance between President Trump and North Korean leader Comrade Un collapsed after the two sides failed to reach a deal due to a stand-off over US sanctions on the reclusive nation, a disappointing end to high-stakes meetings meant to disarm a global threat.
In a news conference after the sudden end to the talks, Mr. Trump said the breakdown occurred over North Korea's insistence that all punishing sanctions the US had imposed be lifted without Pyongyang committing to eliminate its entire nuclear arsenal.
Both leaders' motorcades roared in a cloud of smoke away from the downtown Hanoi summit site within minutes of each other, after both a most advertised lunch and the signing ceremony were cancelled.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-28/donald-trump-kim-jong-un-cut-short-vietnam-nuclear-summit/10859310
5…………> Meteorite Hunt: Antarctica
Hunting for pieces of outer space rock in one of the most desolate places on our planet is not easy, to say the least. Why would someone do that?
With the 60% of the world's meteorites found in Antarctica, the payoff may be in the millions, should a sign of extra terrestrial life is found.
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1…………> US/North Korea Deal: No Rush
"Speed is not that important to me, I have great respect for Chairman Kim, and his country, and believe that it will be something economically that will be almost hard to compete with for many countries. It has such potential," President Trump said in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, where he is meeting Comrade Un.
The second summit since Mr.Trump took office amid heightened tensions over the North's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons testing has lead to negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang that have since have stalled, and while there have been no additional missile tests, Comrade Un has made further progress toward denuclearization contingent on the easing of biting international sanctions.
Comrade Un told reporters in a possibly unprecedented response to a shouted question, "It's too early to tell, but I wouldn't say that I'm pessimistic."
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-north-koreas-kim-kick-off-second-day-of-summit/1404985
2…………> ISIS Supporter: In The Slammer
"Today's sentencing shows the dedication of the National Security Division and our partners to hold accountable those who seek to provide material support to foreign terrorist organizations and to conduct violence on their behalf.
Amer Sinan Alhaggagi was sentenced today to 188 months for attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and identity theft charges.
"Alhaggagi wanted to carry out deadly terrorist attacks in the United States in the name of ISIS," said Assistant Attorney General Demers.
"I commend the work of the agents, analysts, and prosecutors who are responsible for this case".
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/isis-supporter-sentenced-almost-16-years-attempting-provide-material-support-foreign
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-28/captured-indian-pilot-becomes-face-of-kashmir-crisis/10855776
4…………> Judah Cohen Attacking Trump: Impeachment 101?
Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen described him as a racist and conman who forced supporters to cover up politically damaging allegations about sex and lied about his business interests in Russia throughout the campaign that sent him to the White House,
Saying he's "not protecting Mr Trump anymore", and disclosing that Federal prosecutors are investigating Trump's conversations, the convicted felon and liar testified that Mr. Trump had advance knowledge and embraced the news that emails damaging to Hillary Clinton would be released.
Shaking off relentless criticism from Republicans anxious to paint him as a dishonest person, Cohen became the first Trump insider to pull back the curtain on his version of the inner workings of Mr Trump's political and business operations.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-28/donald-trumps-former-lawyer-michael-cohen-testifies/10855572
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Long position at 22900, sell stop at 25100 triggered for a gain of 1900 points, last position short 25050, cover short 25150 for a loss of 100 points, new position long 25150, sell stop 25850 for a gain of 700 points.
Stocks down 73 to 25985, DJ futures -28, rally continuing due to anti-tariff talks to end the government shutdown and China spending 1 trillion dollars to buy US products.
Gold down to 1320.1 and USD/CHF at 1.00 due to President Trump setting tariffs on Chinese products.
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Michael Cohen was one of many lawyers who represented me (unfortunately). He had other clients also. He was just disbarred by the State Supreme Court for lying & fraud. He did bad things unrelated to Trump. He is lying in order to reduce his prison time. Using Crooked's lawyer!
Great meeting and dinner with Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam tonight. Looking forward to continuing our discussions tomorrow! #HanoiSummit
Great meetings and dinner tonight in Vietnam with Kim Jong Un of North Korea. Very good dialogue. Resuming tomorrow!
All false reporting (guessing) on my intentions with respect to North Korea. Kim Jong Un and I will try very hard to work something out on Denuclearization & then making North Korea an Economic Powerhouse. I believe that China, Russia, Japan & South Korea will be very helpful!
Fiat Chrysler will be adding more than 6,500 JOBS in Michigan (Detroit area), doubling its hourly workforce as part of a 4.5 Billion Dollar investment. Thank you Fiat Chrysler. They are all coming back to the USA, it's where the action is!
I have now spent more time in Vietnam than Da Nang Dick Blumenthal, the third rate Senator from Connecticut (how is Connecticut doing?). His war stories of his heroism in Vietnam were a total fraud – he was never even there. We talked about it today with Vietnamese leaders!
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No I did not. I support a minimum wage. I do not however believe in a minimum guarantee for people "unwilling to work" which was the question asked of me.
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Senate Democrats just voted against legislation to prevent the killing of newborn infant children. The Democrat position on abortion is now so extreme that they don't mind executing babies AFTER birth….
.…This will be remembered as one of the most shocking votes in the history of Congress. If there is one thing we should all agree on, it's protecting the lives of innocent babies.
The Democrats should stop talking about what I should do with North Korea and ask themselves instead why they didn't do "it" during eight years of the Obama Administration?
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United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced the sentencing of a Honduran man, currently serving a sentence of eight to 20 years in state prison for the raping a child.
Juan Ramon-Vasquez, 51, was sentenced to 21 months' imprisonment, to be served consecutive to his state sentence, for his federal crime of illegal reentry to the United States after deportation.
The City of Philadelphia did not to comply with a detainer lodged by ICE for Ramon-Vasquez, who was instead released from custody by the Philadelphia Department of Prisons.
After his release, Ramon-Vasquez proceeded to repeatedly rape a young child. The defendant is currently serving a sentence of eight to 20 years in state prison for the rapes.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/honduran-national-convicted-child-rape-sentenced-federal-prison-re-entry-after
3…………> Cryptocurrency Scam: Las Vegas
The founder and principal operator of My Big Coin Pay Inc. (My Big Coin), a purported cryptocurrency and virtual payment services company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, was charged in an indictment unsealed today for his alleged participation in a scheme to defraud investors by marketing and selling fraudulent virtual currency.
Randall Crater, 48, of East Hampton, New York, was charged in an indictment filed in the District of Massachusetts with four counts of wire fraud and three counts of unlawful monetary transactions.
Crater was arrested this morning and will appear today in U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Florid.
The indictment alleges that between 2014 and 2017, Crater and others created the fraudulent virtual currency "My Big Coins" or "Coins" and marketed this fraudulent currency to investors using misrepresentations about its nature and value. Crater and his associates allegedly falsely claimed that Coins were a fully functioning cryptocurrency backed by valuable assets such as gold.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/new-york-man-charged-cryptocurrency-scheme
4…………> Indian Jets Shot Down: Kashmir "Burning"
Pakistan's air force has shot down two Indian warplanes, capturing an Indian pilot, after they crossed the boundary between the two nuclear-armed rivals in the disputed territory of Kashmir, according to a military spokesman.
The frightful escalation came hours after Pakistan said mortar shells fired by Indian troops from across the frontier dividing the two sectors of Kashmir killed six civilians and wounded several others.
Pakistan's army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor said Pakistani troops captured the Indian pilot. One of the downed planes crashed in Pakistan's part of Kashmir while the other went down in an Indian-controlled section of the Himalayan region. (ABC)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-27/pakistan-shoots-down-two-indian-jets-in-kashmir/10854976
5…………> Trump Crucified: Judah Cohen Presiding
Convicted liar and felon Michael Cohen alleged that Mr. Stone rang Mr. Trump to say he had been speaking to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who told him there would be a "massive dump" of emails within a couple of days that would politically embarrass Hillary Clinton's White House campaign.
The previously compromised witness said Mr. Trump responded along the lines of "wouldn't that be great".
This is yet another chapter of the relentless attack by "Deep State" to negate the voice of the American people, impeach a legally elected US President, and usher the destruction of our country and Constitution. (BBC)
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Parks & Outdoor Activities — Garden City got its name for a very good reason - there is a good number of parks for family weekend outings and relaxing day out. One of them would be Pier C. Park on Sinatra Drive. This park has everything that young children might want in an outdoor environment; and while the children are playing in the park's facilities, grownups are treated to a stunning view. Hoboken Waterfront Walkway offers more than kid-friendly facilities; organize a group outing for hiking, running, jogging, bicycling activities or do some people-watching at cafes, restaurants and diners conveniently located around the park. Church Square Park on Willow Avenue, in the meantime, features basketball, tennis and picnic amenities together with a pavilion and dog park. Washington Square Park played host to countless events in the past and they include annual festivals, art exhibits, markets and concerts. The park is also dog-friendly. Lakeside Trail, in the meantime has paved paths and offer view of the beaches off of Hudson River for visitors to enjoy.
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Today's Livestreams (Alanis Morissette, Kevin Morby, Swamp Dogg, Dehd, more)
Amanda Hatfield
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NOTE: We post the newest livestreams in a new post every day. Make sure you're reading the newest edition of our roundup - check the livestream tag HERE for the latest.
LAST UPDATED: 9/10 at 5:00 PM ET
HERE ARE TODAY'S LIVESTREAMS (Thursday, 9/10):
Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian continues his weekly meditation livestream series at 8:30 AM ET on Facebook.
MoMA PS1 and The Creative Independent's Room Tone streaming series continues at 3 PM ET on Instagram.
Dehd does a KEXP At Home set at 4 PM ET on YouTube.
Tim Burgess of The Charlatans is presenting daily Twitter listening parties for classic (and sometimes new) indie and alternative albums, with commentary from the artists who made them. Today they'll discuss Sports Team's Deep Down Happy at 4 PM ET and Michael Kiwanuka's Kiwanuka at 5 PM ET.
Alanis Morissette gives an opening keynote conversation at the virtual 2020 Pop Conference at 6 PM ET on NPR Music's YouTube.
Rough Trade continues their Transmissions livestream series at 6 PM ET on their Instagram with a set from Anjimile.
Jesse Malin's livestream series "The Fine Art of Self Distancing" continues at 7 PM ET on Veeps. Today's episode includes a tribute to Walter Lure from Howie Pyro, and a conversation with Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie.
A panel about the legacy of Bruce Lee, "Be Water," streams at 7 PM ET via The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, with Fab Five Freddy, BV alumni and filmmaker Bao Nguyen, author Jeff Chang, and more.
Baroness perform their 2019 album Gold & Grey in full from Long Island City's Culture Lab LIC at The Plaxall Gallery at 8 PM ET. Tickets to watch are on sale now.
Swamp Dogg plays a Pioneer Works Broadcast at 8 PM ET; RSVP to watch.
Margo Price performs at an empty Brooklyn Bowl Nashville at 8 PM ET on fans.com, and tickets are on sale now.
Saint Vitus Bar's interview series continues tonight at 8 PM ET on Instagram. Tonight they'll talk to Yvette Young of Covet.
Kevin Morby is performing his albums in full in a livestream series on Noonchorus. Tonight he plays Harlem River at 9 PM ET.
Lavender Country hosts "To The Front" on The Hideout's Noonchorus at 9 PM ET, and tickets are on sale now.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah perform on Twitch every Thursday at 9 PM ET.
John Vanderslice and Tierney Tough of The Pauses perform at 10 PM ET on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch, as part of Noise Pop's No Place Like Home benefit series.
Say Hi continues his "Living Zoom Tour" of 30-50 person capacity Zoom shows to replace his tour at 10 PM ET, and tickets are on sale now.
Jeff Tweedy's livestream series "The Tweedy Show" streams most nights on Instagram at 10 PM ET.
Nick Cave's Bad Seed TeeVee broadcasts videos, live performances, interviews, and more 24/7 on YouTube.
MORE STUFF TO WATCH AND LISTEN TO FROM HOME
Every day, we're posting more of our favorite live concert videos here. Also, check out our latest album reviews in Notable Releases and Bill's Indie Basement and subscribe to our monthly Spotify playlist to listen to some of our favorite new songs.
Missed livestreams or other quarantine/isolation videos from earlier this week/previous weeks? Watch archives of Lou Barlow playing a new Dinosaur Jr. song, Kurt Vile covering John Prine, American Football playing "Stay Home" while staying home, Matt Berninger on Colbert, full set videos from Primavera Sound, Paul Simon & Edie Brickell, PUP's Stefan Babcock, Billie Joe Armstrong, Matt Freeman playing Rancid, Op Ivy, and Motorhead, Baroness, Bon Iver, Julien Baker, James Blake, Dashboard Confessional, The Hives, Brian Fallon covering Lana Del Rey and talking with Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional, Ben Gibbard covering The Beatles, Metallica, Mutoid Man, Jeff Tweedy, John Prine covers, Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires covering Radiohead, Jim James covering The Beatles and Bill Withers, Angel Olsen covering Roxy Music and Tori Amos, The Tallest Man on Earth covering Wilco, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Iver, Joni Mitchell, John Lennon, The Strokes, The National, Daniel Johnston and more, Phoebe Bridgers covering Conor Oberst, and The 1975, and Code Orange.
Suede stream their 2010 Royal Albert Hall reunion show at 12 PM ET on YouTube.
Lacuna Coil perform Black Anima in full from Alcatraz Club at 3 PM ET on A-Live for their "Live from the Apocalypse" show. Tickets are on sale now.
Wild Nothing is "playing records from my collection, pulling out some Wild Nothing demos and old radio sessions from time to time and taking questions and occasionally requests in the chat" on Twitch at 3 PM ET on Fridays.
Low perform on Instagram at 4 PM ET every Friday.
New Colossus Festival continue their weekly livestream series at 5 PM ET on Facebook.
Amanda Shires' streaming series is back on YouTube on Fridays at 6 PM ET.
Long Neck's "Around the Campfire" series streams at 7 PM ET on Twitch with Chris Farren, Nova One, Field Mouse and Worriers.
Elsewhere streams Sunstreams, a series of benefit shows from their rooftop space, on Fridays at 7 PM ET on Twitch.
Saint Vitus Bar's interview series continues tonight at 8 PM ET on Instagram. Tonight they'll talk to Heather Gabel of Hide.
Lucero are streaming the "Family Block Party" over two nights from Minglewood Hall, at 9 PM ET on veeps.com. Special guests Laura Jane Grace, Esme Patterson, L.A. Edwards and Jade Jackson are set to appear, and tickets are on sale now.
A-Trak, Aluna, The Black Madonna, Cakes Da Killa, Nosaj Thing, Rich Medina, Sofi Tukker, Soul Clap, Tokimonsta, Tygapaw, Yaeji and more perform at a series of Rave the Vote voter registration drive livestreams.
Robert Fripp of King Crimson is sharing soundscapes, part of his Music for Quiet Moments series, every Friday.
Rolling Loud's virtual festival "Loud Stream" streams at 5 PM ET on Twitch, featuring Swae Lee, Ski Mask the Slump God, Polo G, NLE Choppa, Lil Skies, Pouya, Lil Keed, Smokepurpp, Fat Nick, Duke Deuce, Maliibu Miitch and more over its two days.
Sleaford Mods celebrate the release of All That Glue with a livestreamed performance from London's 100 Club at 8 PM ET. Tickets are on sale now.
Hamilton Leithauser streams a set from Woodstock's Levon Helm Studios at 8 PM ET on seated.com, and tickets are on sale now.
A group of all-star drummers, including Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Rick Allen (Def Leppard), Charlie Benante (Anthrax), Ray Luzier (Korn), Stewart Copeland (The Police), Carmine Appice, Mike Portnoy, Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree, King Crimson), and more, come together to pay tribute to Rush's Neil Peart at 8 PM ET on fite.tv. Tickets to watch are on sale.
Jay Gonzalez of Drive-By Truckers does a musical variety show, where he and guests perform his Mess of Happiness solo album, at 9 PM ET, and tickets are on sale now.
Richard Thompson plays his new EP, Bloody Noses, and classic hits, at the first of three livestreams, at 5 PM ET on mandolin.com. Tickets are on sale now.
Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle go head to head for a Verzuz battle on Instagram at 8 PM ET.
Say Hi continues his "Living Zoom Tour" of 30-50 person capacity Zoom shows to replace his tour at 8 PM ET, and tickets are on sale now.
The World Festival at Hollywood Bowl streams at 9:30 PM ET on KCRW, with Rodrigo y Gabriela (their 7/14/2013 set) and DeVotchKa (their 7/14/2013 set).
La Blogotheque's Stay Away Shows stream every Tuesday at 1 PM ET on Instagram.
The Killers perform on Pandora Live at 8:45 PM ET.
David Bazan of Pedro the Lion plays songs from home on Wednesdays at 7 PM ET on davidbazan.com.
Dave Matthews Band are streaming previous shows on Wednesdays at 8 PM ET on dmbdrivein.com.
Marco Benevento is streaming a solo piano performance on Noonchorus at 9 PM ET. Tickets are on sale now.
Devendra Banhart is "playing songs in the order they were written" on noonchorus.com at 9 PM ET, 9 PM CET, and 9 PM JST. Tonight he'll play songs from Cripple Crow, and Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon.
Patterson Hood's streaming series continues with "Betamax Guillotine" on Noonchorus at 9 PM ET.
Kevin Morby is performing his albums in full in a livestream series on Noonchorus. Tonight he plays Still Life at 9 PM ET.
Abortion Access Front streams "Do Re #MeToo," "sexist songs reclaimed by righteous feminists," at 9 PM ET, with Margaret Cho, Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go's, Nina Gordon & Louise Post of Veruca Salt, Laura Jane Grace of Against Me!, Holly Miranda, Sally Timms of The Mekons, and more. Tickets are on sale now.
Lamb of God perform their new self-titled album in full at 5 PM ET, with Bleed From Within opening. Tickets to watch are on sale now.
Cold Waves is streaming a virtual edition through Sunday on Twitch, starting at 6 PM ET each night. Tonight features a broadcast of their first year, from 2012, featuring The Cocks Members, Chemlab, Final Cut, 16Volt, Damage Manual (acoustic), Czar, Acumen Nation, The Clay People, I:Scintilla, Cyanotic, Go Fight and Iron Lung Corp.
Because Jewish's indie music-friendly High Holy Days services, 'Bowl Hashanah,' will be livestreamed this year (from an audience-less Brooklyn Bowl). It begins tonight at 7:30 PM ET for Rosh Hashanah. Guests throughout the weekend include Lenny Kaye, Brian Chase of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Alex Bleeker of Real Estate, Dave Harrington of Darkside<?b>, and more.
Bill Frisell Trio perform from Blue Note at 8 PM ET; tickets are on sale now.
The first part of Sheryl Crow's "Songs From the Big Green Barn," the "Outside," electric show, airs at 9 PM ET; tickets are on sale now.
Because Jewish's indie music-friendly High Holy Days services, 'Bowl Hashanah,' will be livestreamed this year (from an audience-less Brooklyn Bowl). It continues today at 10 AM for Rosh Hashanah. Guests throughout the weekend include Lenny Kaye, Brian Chase of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Alex Bleeker of Real Estate, Dave Harrington of Darkside<?b>, and more.
The second part of Sheryl Crow's "Songs From the Big Green Barn," the "Inside," acoustic show, airs at 1 PM ET; tickets are on sale now.
Perfume Genius, backed by a six-piece band and string quartet, performs live from LA's The Palace Theater at 3 PM ET. Tickets are on sale now.
NOFX play 1992's White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean in full (for the first time ever) at 5 PM ET on a livestream from Fat Mike's backyard, alongside sets from Slightly Stoopid, Fishbone, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, and Get Dead. The flyer also "more special guests" before naming Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace, Avenged Sevenfold, comedians, graffiti artists, and "all night campfire stories." Tickets are on sale now.
Cold Waves is streaming a virtual edition through Sunday on Twitch, starting at 6 PM ET each night. Tonight features live sets from Meat Beat Manifesto, DHS, Ash Code and Cyanotic; rare and previously unseen footage of The Young Gods, Front Line Assembly, Test Dept, Chemlab, OHGR, Lead Into Gold, C-Tec, 16volt Vs. Acumen, Cocksure and Bile; and classic industrial videos with commentary tracks from Richard 23 and Patrick Codenys of Front 242, Paul Barker of Ministry, Chris Connelly of The Revolting Cocks, Martin Atkins of Killing Joke, Chris Vienna of Nine Inch Nails, and Eric Zimmerman.
Cold Waves is streaming a virtual edition through today on Twitch, starting at 6 PM ET. Tonight features the debut stream of Eric Richter's documentary Last Call 2350: The Neo Documentary, an audio/video homage to Dave Medusa and his Chicago nightclub, and a goodbye to Severed Heads.
The World Festival at Hollywood Bowl streams at 9:30 PM ET on KCRW, with Cibo Matto (their 6/26/2011 set) and St. Vincent (her 8/30/2015 set).
Rachel Browne of Field Mouse and Photo Ops perform on a Nine Mile Touring showcase on Baby's All Right's Baby TV streaming series at 8 PM ET, and tickets are on sale now.
Devendra Banhart is "playing songs in the order they were written" on noonchorus.com at 9 PM ET, 9 PM CET, and 9 PM JST. Tonight he'll play songs from What Will We Be and Mala.
Mike Cooley of Drive-By Truckers performs at 9 PM ET, and tickets are on sale now.
Pop Montreal is happening virtually, and in person, through September 27. The digital program is still to be announced.
Sylvan Esso do a KEXP At Home set at 6 PM ET on YouTube.
Philly Music Fest streams on their site at 7 PM ET, with The Districts, Japanese Breakfast and more.
Kevin Morby is performing his albums in full in a livestream series on Noonchorus. Tonight he plays Singing Saw at 9 PM ET.
Courtney Marie Andrews is sharing an intimate performance of her new album, Old Flowers, at 9 PM ET. Tickets to watch are on sale now.
Kelly Hogan hosts "To The Front" on The Hideout's Noonchorus at 9 PM ET, and tickets are on sale now.
Sondre Lerche streams "Solo Patience: Live in Lofoten" at 9:30 PM ET; tickets are on sale now.
Thao Nguyen of Thao & The Get Down Stay Down performs at 10 PM ET on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch, as part of Noise Pop's No Place Like Home benefit series.
Pygmalion streams through Saturday with Ilana Glazer, Napoleon Dynamite Live, Jonathan Ames, Dan Savage, Nate Mendel of Foo Fighters, Sudan Archives, Luis Paez-Pumar, Samer Kalaf, Tasha, Ellen Kempner of Palehound, Franklin James Fisher of Algiers, and more.
Lamb of God perform 2004's Ashes of the Wake in full at 5 PM ET, with Whitechapel opening. Tickets to watch are on sale now.
Philly Music Fest streams on their site at 7 PM ET, with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Langhorne Slim, and more.
Long Neck's "Around the Campfire" series streams at 7 PM ET on Twitch with Baby Grill, gobbinjr, and Oceanator.
Phony Ppl perform from Blue Note at 8 PM ET; tickets are on sale.
Melodic metalcore vets Darkest Hour continue their 25th anniversary celebration with a livestream show at 7 PM ET to benefit Washington DC's The Black Cat. Tickets are on sale now.
Farm Aid celebrates its 35th anniversary at 8 PM ET on YouTube, AXS TV, and fans.com, with Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Chris Stapleton, Edie Brickell with Charlie Sexton, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff, Valerie June, the War and Treaty, Black Pumas, Jamey Johnson, Jon Batiste, Particle Kid, and Kelsey Waldon.
Osees' full band Levitation Session show streams at 8 PM ET, and tickets are on sale now.
Jay Gonzalez of Drive-By Truckers does an all-request livestream at 9 PM ET, and tickets are on sale now.
Pygmalion streams through today with Ilana Glazer, Napoleon Dynamite Live, Jonathan Ames, Dan Savage, Nate Mendel of Foo Fighters, Sudan Archives, Luis Paez-Pumar, Samer Kalaf, Tasha, Ellen Kempner of Palehound, Franklin James Fisher of Algiers, and more.
Richard Thompson plays Fairport Convention era music from the '60s and '70s at the second of three livestreams, at 5 PM ET on mandolin.com. Tickets are on sale now.
Because Jewish's indie music-friendly High Holy Days services, 'Bowl Hashanah,' will be livestreamed this year (from an audience-less Brooklyn Bowl). It continues tonight at 7 PM ET for the Kol Nidre. Guests throughout the weekend include Lenny Kaye, Brian Chase of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Alex Bleeker of Real Estate, Dave Harrington of Darkside<?b>, and more.
The World Festival at Hollywood Bowl streams at 9:30 PM ET on KCRW, with Little Dragon (their 6/17/2018 set) and Jimmy Cliff (his 7/25/2010 set).
Pop Montreal is happening virtually, and in person, through today. The digital program is still to be announced.
Because Jewish's indie music-friendly High Holy Days services, 'Bowl Hashanah,' will be livestreamed this year (from an audience-less Brooklyn Bowl). It concludes today at 10 AM ET for Yom Kippur. Guests throughout the weekend include Lenny Kaye, Brian Chase of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Alex Bleeker of Real Estate, Dave Harrington of Darkside<?b>, and more.
Laraaji streams "Sun Piano" at 8 PM ET on noonchorus.com, presented with Le Poisson Rouge; tickets are on sale now.
Phish will show previous shows monthly at 8:30 PM ET on webcast.livephish.com for their "Dinner And A Movie: An Archival Video Series."
Devendra Banhart is "playing songs in the order they were written" on noonchorus.com at 9 PM ET, 9 PM CET, and 9 PM JST. Tonight he'll play songs from Ape in Pink Marble and Ma.
Patterson Hood's streaming series continues with a Q&A/request line show on Noonchorus at 9 PM ET.
Venus Fest streams on Facebook and YouTube at 8 PM ET, with Lido Pimienta, Hand Habits and Ansley Simpson.
Johanna Warren performs at 8 PM ET on noonchorus.com, and tickets are on sale now.
The New York Burlesque Festival streams on burlesquegalaxy.com at 8 PM ET, with Mod Carousel, Kitten 'n Lou, Jake Dupree, Jessabelle Thunder, Ferri Maya, Violetta Poison, Bishop Of Burlesque, Red Tongued Raven, Darlinda Just Darlinda, The Apocalypse Sisters, Seedy Edie, and Margo Mayhem.
Kevin Morby is performing his albums in full in a livestream series on Noonchorus. Tonight he plays City Music at 9 PM ET.
Venus Fest streams on Facebook and YouTube at 8 PM ET, with U.S. Girls, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Wild Black and Ceréna Sierra.
The New York Burlesque Festival streams on burlesquegalaxy.com at 8 PM ET, with Jeez Loueez, Bettie Blackheart, Little Brooklyn, MisSa Blue, Broody Valentino, Gin Minsky, Baby Ray, Nasty Canasta, Samson Night, Francine "The Lucid Dream," Baby LeStrange, and Frank Doggenstein.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass streams a virtual fest through Sunday, featuring Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, Amythyst Kiah, The War and Treaty, Steve Earle and The Halfgrass Dukes, Yola, John Doe, Chuck Prophet, Patty Griffin, Birds of Chicago, Los Coast, Shakey Graves and more. More details are tba.
Joe Russo's Almost Dead performs at the Lockn' Festival site at over three nights on Fans.com. Ticket sales, and more details, to be released soon.
Sudan Archives, Kadhja Bonet, Okay Kaya, Madison McFerrin, and more perform at virtual fest Midway at 6:30 PM ET, and tickets are on sale now.
The New York Burlesque Festival streams on burlesquegalaxy.com at 8 PM ET, with Izohnny, Julie Atlas Muz, Ray Gunn, Angie Pontani, Zelia Rose, Dirty Martini, The Maine Attraction, Broadway Brassy, RedBone, Frankie Fictitious, and The Evil Hate Monkey.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass streams a virtual fest through Sunday, featuring Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, Amythyst Kiah, The War and Treaty, Steve Earle and The Halfgrass Dukes, Yola, John Doe, and more. More details are tba.
Sunday, October 4
The World Festival at Hollywood Bowl streams at 9:30 PM ET on KCRW, with Flying Lotus (his 6/17/2018 set) and Santigold (her 6/21/2009 set).
The New Yorker Fest's 2020 virtual edition kicks off at 6 PM ET with a talk with Dr. Anthony Fauci and Michael Specter (tickets) and continues at 8 PM ET with a talk with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Andrew Marantz (tickets).
The New Yorker Fest's 2020 virtual edition continues at 6 PM ET with a talk with Margaret Atwood and Jia Tolentino (tickets) and 8 PM ET with a talk with Noah Hawley, Chris Rock and Doreen St. Félix (tickets).
The New Yorker Fest's 2020 virtual edition continues at 6 PM ET with a talk with Ira Glass and Malcolm Gladwell, and at 8 PM ET with a talk with Steve Martin, Jerry Seinfeld, and Susan Morrison.
Anais Mitchell and Patrick Page celebrate the launch of Working on a Song: The Lyrics of Hadestown at 7 PM ET; tickets are on sale now.
Mike Cooley of Drive-By Truckers does a Q&A show at 9 PM ET, and tickets are on sale now.
The New Yorker Fest's 2020 virtual edition continues at 8 PM ET with a talk and performance from Emanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma (tickets).
Kevin Morby is performing his albums in full in a livestream series on Noonchorus. Tonight he plays Oh My God at 9 PM ET.
The New Yorker Fest's 2020 virtual edition continues at 6 PM ET with a talk with Natasha Lyonne, Maya Rudloph and Michael Schulman (a href="https://festival.newyorker.com/agenda/session/337261">tickets).
Future Islands play their only show of 2020 from their hometown of Baltimore, featuring new songs and classics, at 10 PM ET. Tickets are on sale now.
Just for Laughs streams a virtual festival through Saturday, featuring Howie Mandel, Hannah Gadsby, Tituss Burgess, Sarah Cooper, Nicole Byer, Trixie Mattel, Jo Koy, Kenya Barris, Amber Ruffin, Jenny Hagel, Andy Kindler, DeAnne Smith and more.
The New Yorker Fest's 2020 virtual edition continues at 4 PM ET with a talk with Jonathan Franzen, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Bill McKibben, at 6 PM ET with a talk with Bryan Stevenson and Elizabeth Alexander, and at 8 PM ET with a talk and performance from Fiona Apple (tickets).
Just for Laughs streams a virtual festival through today, featuring Howie Mandel, Hannah Gadsby, Tituss Burgess, Sarah Cooper, Nicole Byer, Trixie Mattel, Jo Koy, Kenya Barris, Amber Ruffin, Jenny Hagel, Andy Kindler, DeAnne Smith and more.
The New Yorker Fest's 2020 virtual edition continues at 4 PM ET with a talk with Eric H. Holider Jr., Sherrilyn Ifill and Jelani Cobb (tickets).
Richard Thompson does an all-request show at 5 PM ET on mandolin.com. Tickets are on sale now.
The World Festival at Hollywood Bowl streams at 9:30 PM ET on KCRW, with Sigur Ros (their 9/24/2016 set) and Toro y Moi (his 6/16/2019 set).
Laraaji streams "Moon Piano" at 8 PM ET on noonchorus.com, presented with Le Poisson Rouge; tickets are on sale now.
Kevin Morby is performing his albums in full in a livestream series on Noonchorus. Tonight he plays Sundowner at 9 PM ET.
Laraaji streams "Through Luminous Eyes" at 8 PM ET on noonchorus.com, presented with Le Poisson Rouge; tickets are on sale now.
Bjork is livingstreaming Orkestral concerts from Reykjavík's Harpa Hall at 10 PM ET. Today's is with a 15 piece chamber ensemble from Iceland Symphony Orchestra & conductor Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason, and they're performing songs from Homogenic, Vulnicura and more. Tickets are on sale now.
Bjork is livingstreaming Orkestral concerts from Reykjavík's Harpa Hall at 10 PM ET. Today's is with Hamrahlið Choir & conductor Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir, and they're performing songs from Medulla, Biofilia, Utopia and more. Tickets are on sale now.
Bjork is livingstreaming Orkestral concerts from Reykjavík's Harpa Hall at 10 PM ET. Today's is with brass from the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, flute septet Viibra, harpist Katie Buckley & pianist Jónas Sen, and they're performing songs from Vespertine, Volta, Utopia and more. Tickets are on sale now.
Sunday, February 7
Bjork is livingstreaming Orkestral concerts from Reykjavík's Harpa Hall at 10 PM ET. Today's is with strings from Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, harpist Katie Buckley & conductor Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason, and they're performing songs from Post, Vespertine, Dancer in the Dark and more. Tickets are on sale now.
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Nas Majeed Former Brunel Student: First in Sports Science, Last to fall in love
By Sam Begg
This Love Island Star is a hit with the UK public, but for all the wrong reasons…
(From: @nas_jm)
Nas Majeed is a 23-year-old from London. He graduated from Brunel University receiving a first in Sports science which for most of us is a dream we aspire to achieve.
He has also starred on the hit TV series Love Island, in which men and women go into a luxurious Villa in the search for love. The best couple receives £50,000 as prize.
Nas has described himself as an "eight out of ten" and like an "Onion" each layer highlighting a vibrant personality. But arguably like an onion, he has also been a shoulder for the girls to cry on about other guys in the Villa.
Unfortunately, we have yet to see Nas form any intimate bonds with any of the girls in the villa quite yet, avoiding packing his bags thanks to another contestant, Sianise, who saved him from the long Journey home.
It was quite clear to the viewers that this was purely out of friendship rather than any physical attraction, as shown by the brief conversation of "mates before dates" before the elimination that night. Other couples were seen kissing whereas Nas and Sianise had a short brief hug.
Kimberly from twitter greatly demonstrates most of the British Public opinions on the situation through the following tweet:
This highlights fundamental issues within Love Island. The show relies on putting a lot of pressure on young men and women to find "love." Could you even imagine having to go into a villa, (even though it is breath-taking) having a few days with a select number of men and women, then forcing yourself to get with a certain person just so you could stay there?
The argument could be made that they did choose to sign up for it, but at the same time I could imagine it being quite traumatic having to go through multiple heartbreaks in such a short period.
The problem does not lie in Nas and his personality, it's just that he does not conform to the expectations of the show. From the impression he gives to us, he seems like a genuinely kind guy. He fits into the stereotype of that nice guy friend that every girl seems to have.
So, will Nas find someone? Of course, he will. From Love Island? That we can't be too sure about. Statistically, only a small percentage of couples from Love Island stay together after the show. The Evening Standard, in January 2020, published that between 2015 and 2018, only 19% of the couples from the show are still together. So, keep your chin up Nas. We're rooting for you!
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Join UWS staff and students for conversations about life and faith. This event is a great forum for building understanding, making new friends and finding your place in the UWS community. A light lunch and refreshments will be provided. Chaplaincy are holding further events across campuses. Visit the Chaplaincy events webpage for further information.


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Coroutines built-in support vs library
This is a chapter from the book Kotlin Coroutines. You can find it on LeanPub or Amazon.
When talking about coroutines, it's common to refer to them as a single concept. In fact, they consist of two components: built-in support provided by the Kotlin language (compiler support and elements in the Kotlin standard library), and the Kotlin Coroutines library (named kotlinx.coroutines). Sometimes they are treated as the same entity, but they are very different from each other.
Built-in language support is designed to be minimalistic and give as much freedom as possible. It can be used to reproduce practically any concurrency style known from other programming languages, but it is not convenient to use it directly. Most of its elements, such as suspendCoroutine or Continuation, are supposed to be used by library creators rather than by application developers.
On the other hand, we have the kotlinx.coroutines library. This is a separate dependency that needs to be added to the project. It's built on top of the built-in language support. It is way easier to use and gives developers a concrete concurrence style.
Built-in support
kotlinx.coroutines library
Compiler support and elements in the Kotlin standard library. Separate dependency needs to be added to the project.
Elements are in the kotlin.coroutines package. Elements are in the kotlinx.coroutines package.
Minimalistic, provides a few basic elements (like Continuation or suspendCoroutine) and the suspend keyword. Provides many elements (like launch, async, Deferred).
Hard to use directly. Designed for direct use.
Allows nearly any concurrence style. Designed for one concrete concurrence style.
Currently, built-in support and the kotlinx.coroutines library are nearly always used together, but that's not a requirement. Many computer science papers1 show the universality of the suspension concept. It was also shown by the team working on the Kotlin Coroutines library. When looking for the best concurrency style, they used built-in Kotlin support to reproduce the concurrency styles from many other languages (like Go's Goroutines). The current concurrency style offered by kotlinx.coroutines is elegant, convenient, and aligned with other patterns in the programming ecosystem. However, patterns and programming styles change over time. Maybe one day our community will come up with a better concurrency style. If so, someone will most likely be able to implement it by using built-in Kotlin support and ship it as a separate library. This promising new library might even replace the kotlinx.coroutines library. Who knows what the future will bring?
For example, Revisiting coroutines (2009) by Ana Lúcia De Moura and Roberto Ierusalimschy, and Continuations and coroutines (1984), by Christopher T. Haynes, Daniel P. Friedman, and Mitchell Wand.
Nicola Corti
Nicola Corti is a Google Developer Expert for Kotlin. He has been working with the language since before version 1.0 and he is the maintainer of several open-source libraries and tools.
He's currently working as Android Infrastructure Engineer at Spotify in Stockholm, Sweden.
Furthermore, he is an active member of the developer community. His involvement goes from speaking at international conferences about Mobile development to leading communities across Europe (GDG Pisa, KUG Hamburg, GDG Sthlm Android).
In his free time, he also loves baking, photography, and running.
Ibrahim Yilmaz
Garima Jain
Garima Jain, Google Developer Expert - Android, also known as @ragdroid works as a Principal Android Engineer at GoDaddy Studio. She is an international speaker and an active technical blogger. She enjoys interacting with other people from the community and sharing her thoughts with them. In her leisure time, she loves watching television shows, playing TT, and basketball. Due to her love for fiction and coding, she loves to mix technology with fiction to present her ideas and experiments with others.
Jana Jarolimova


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package eu.stratosphere.sql.rules;

import org.eigenbase.rel.JoinRel;
import org.eigenbase.rel.RelNode;
import org.eigenbase.rel.convert.ConverterRule;
import org.eigenbase.relopt.Convention;
import org.eigenbase.relopt.RelTraitSet;

import eu.stratosphere.sql.relOpt.StratosphereRel;
import eu.stratosphere.sql.relOpt.StratosphereSqlJoin;

public class StratosphereJoinRule extends ConverterRule {
	final public static StratosphereJoinRule INSTANCE = new StratosphereJoinRule();

	public StratosphereJoinRule() {
		super(JoinRel.class,
					Convention.NONE,
					StratosphereRel.CONVENTION,
					"StratosphereJoinRule");
	}
	@Override
	public RelNode convert(RelNode rel) {
		System.err.println("Join Rule");
		final JoinRel join = (JoinRel) rel;

		final RelTraitSet traits = join.getTraitSet().plus(StratosphereRel.CONVENTION);

		return new StratosphereSqlJoin( join.getCluster(), traits,
				convert(join.getLeft(), join.getLeft().getTraitSet().plus(StratosphereRel.CONVENTION)),
				convert(join.getRight(), join.getRight().getTraitSet().plus(StratosphereRel.CONVENTION)),
				join.getCondition(),
				join.getJoinType(), join.getVariablesStopped()
			);
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Kroc Forum ›
Peace Studies faculty from around the world attend University of Notre Dame's Summer Institute for faculty
Author: Hannah Heinzekehr
All attendees at the 2018 Summer Institute for Faculty in front of Jenkins Nanovic halls on the Notre Dame campus.
Sixty-four faculty from seven countries around the world attended the tenth annual Summer Institute (SI) for Faculty at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies from June 11-15. The SI is a week-long training for academics who want to launch or strengthen peace studies programs at their colleges or universities. This year's SI attendance was the largest in history. The event coincided with the 35-year anniversary of peace studies at the University of Notre Dame.
The SI invites colleges and universities to send teams of three or more professors, administrators and researchers for an intensive learning experience. Attendees participated in plenary sessions in the morning and then work as a team on a previously identified project or challenge facing their own institution during afternoon sessions. Kroc faculty members met with the teams to provide guidance and input when needed.
Institutions represented at this year's SI event included:
Austin (Texas) Community College
Avila University, Kansas City, Missouri
Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas
Biola University, La Mirada, California
Bjørknes University College, Oslo, Norway
Dawson College, Montreal, Quebec
International Federation of Catholic Universities Peace Studies Network
Interreligious Theological Studies Program, Sarajevo
Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois
Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
St. Thomas More College, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
Universidad de La Salle, Bogotá and Yopal, Colombia
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Unniversity of Innsbruck, Austria
University of Montevallo, Alabama
Valencia College, Orlando, Florida
Wellesley (Massachusetts) College
Since its inaugural event in 2009, the SI has hosted over 410 attendees from 115 different institutions across six continents. In addition, Kroc faculty have conducted modified programs like the SI in Uganda and are presenting a similar training in Bogota, Colombia, from June 18-22.
"At the SI, we want to make space for institutions to come to our campus for an intensive week of learning and hopefully to go home empowered with new knowledge and a curricular plan," says George A. Lopez, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies at Notre Dame and the founder of the SI. "We hope that universities will understand the perspectives and skills in peace studies as the critical citizenship education of our era."
The SI is co-sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace. The Kroc Institute is an integral part of Notre Dame's new Keough School of Global Affairs.
The 11th annual SI will take place June 10-14, 2019.
View photos from the Summer Institute:
About the Kroc Institute: The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies supports study, research and practice centered on strategies for sustainable peace and supports undergraduate, master's, and Ph.D. students in peace studies.
George A. Lopez, lopez.1@nd.edu
Hannah Heinzekehr, Director of Communications, hheinzek@nd.edu
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Ethical questions about using recombinant DNA technology were unavoidable at Asilomar
Coordinators recall how the landmark science conference took direction from powerful voices in the wings
by Rick Mullin
August 27, 2018 | APPEARED IN VOLUME 96, ISSUE 34
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Paul Berg at the Asilomar conference on recombinant DNA, where, he says, ethicists "turned the table."
The 1975 International Conference on Recombinant DNA Molecules held at the Asilomar Conference Center in California has cast a long shadow. Groundbreaking at the time, the meeting of scientists to develop guidelines on DNA research remains the template for forums on the safe and ethical use of biotechnology.
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"We wanted at Asilomar to bring together largely the science community because we were not planning to deal with some of the bigger issues that come up around genetic modification," such as defense security and social justice, says biologist David Baltimore, former president of California Institute of Technology and one of the meeting organizers.
"We really were looking at safety issues, and we felt the community with the expertise to do that was the scientific community," Baltimore says. His partner in organizing the meeting was Paul Berg, professor emeritus of biochemistry at Stanford University. The meeting was sponsored by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine.
Baltimore and Berg continue to be involved in similar conferences, notably the National Academies' 2015 summit on genome-engineering ethics, a gathering where the focus was on ethical deployment of the technology and where social scientists, ethicists, and others were represented as well as genomics researchers. The spirit of that summit and other recent meetings, Baltimore and Berg say, has been the spirit of 1975.
Related: Summit Urges Caution But Doesn't Rule Out Future Gene Editing Of Human Embryos
Ethical considerations were, in fact, unavoidable at Asilomar.
"There were bioethicists at the time—people calling themselves that," says Baltimore of philosophers and others dealing with ethical questions in the early days of biotechnology. "And there was a literary tradition, going back to Aldous Huxley," author of "Brave New World," a dystopian novel featuring a society of genetically modified citizens. Baltimore also notes the significance of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," a classic novel on scientific transgression and its consequences, which was published 200 years ago.
David Baltimore (center), now emeritus professor of biology at California Institute of Technology, talks with Phillip Sharp of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (left) and Joseph Sambrook of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory at the Asilomar conference in 1975.
Berg notes that a handful of the 150 attendees at Asilomar were not research scientists. Several lawyers were there, as well as 16 journalists from publications including Nature, the New York Times, and Rolling Stone magazine. Also in the mix was at least one professional ethicist—Dan Singer, working at the time for the Institute of Society, Ethics & Life Science.
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"Many people would say it was the ethicists that turned the table of the final decision at Asilomar," Berg says. "Up until the last night, the scientists there were inclined to say, 'Let's just go ahead and do it.' " Then the lawyers and ethicists "essentially got up and read the riot act," and people started discussing the possible consequences of things going wrong in the lab, Berg recalls. "The next morning, suddenly almost everybody opposed to any kind of regulation, any kind of guidelines, voted to impose these guidelines on themselves." He estimates that 95% of attendees voted in favor of guidelines.
Baltimore says the science community has become increasingly interested in the nontechnical aspects of how their work impacts society. "But I also think most scientists feel those are not questions they should try to answer by themselves," he says. "We should be taking advantage of the existence of a community of people concerned about this from a different point of view—from the moral and ethical or legal points of view, rather than just scientific."
Berg agrees that scientists have become increasingly more involved in questions of ethics and social justice. "And it started with Asilomar," he says.
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"Asilomar is where scientists raised the issue about concerns over the work they were doing—safety and ethical. Those have now become part of the game," Berg says. "We are moving in the direction where science's intent is always going to be contesting current procedures and standards in society."
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[New Spell] As Good As Silver | Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets-An oldschool gaming blog….
Over a dozen wererats revealed themselves, snarling as they rushed the town guard bearing rusty blades.
The court wizard snapped off a spell that temporarily blinded the vicious were-creatures. Many shook this effect off in moments and continued their advance.
The court priest snorted at stepped forward among the guardsmen. He uttered a prayer and all of the weapons suddenly flashed with a silvery glow. The wererats were taken aback and repelled quickly as the guardsmen cut a few down with hideous squeaks and shrieks.
'And that is why I am more popular in court,' said the cleric to the wizard.
The sorcerer smirked and contemplated investing in better spells.
Duration: One round per level of caster.
A clerical prayer that enchants any metal weapon temporarily to strike as if the weapon were made of silver. This causes the enchanted weapon to cause an additional 1d4 magical damage to lycanthropes, undead and infernal creatures on top of the weapon's normal damage, which is all it does to all other creatures. Enchants up to two weapons every other level (2,4,6, etc) within radius.


I read this a long time ago, probably as a young teenager, and I loved it. This time around I got a little impatient with the speed of the narrative, which jumps years at a time and then gives lots of details about certain events, and with the constant self-sacrificing of the main character. I suspect that I'm being overly critical, and it's also possible that I'm feeling defensive because I don't give up everything for my kids, like this woman did. So, yeah, it might be guilt, because I live in a time when I can have a family and still do things for myself.
This is a book worth reading, though. You've got the story of the settling of Nebraska and also a life from childhood to old age. There's a lot to think about.


Constructor Denmark keeps the wheels on the move at AT Biler.
Products: Mobile Tyre racking. Static racking and 10 mobile units with pallet racking.
Denmark has strict requirements for the handling of tyres.
This initiative, instigated by the Labor Inspectorate, means companies need to find a way to make the storing and handling of these bulky, heavy items more ergonomic.
In addition to the mandatory requirements, AT Biler wanted to increase their storage capacity and to bring the tyres closer to the workshop.
Their current system involved mechanics having to walk to and from containers which were kept outdoors. This was not only time-consuming but impractical, unpleasant and potentially hazardous in the winter, when the containers were covered in snow.
They turned to Constructor Denmark for advice.
Constructor Denmark is one of the few companies that recognise the problems faced when storing tyres.
They have developed a bespoke solution that is being used by retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers and specialist tyre fitting outlets in many countries.
Using their range of specially constructed products and accessories, Constructor Denmark's compact storage solution with mobile tyre racking was the perfect system for AT Biler. The system, which can hold up to 1200 sets of wheels, has one static racking, and 10 mobile units with pallet racking.
The mobile units run on rails in the floor. These units move to one side, opening an aisle for picking / storage. Each pallet holds 4 wheels, and picking/storage is done with a truck. The tyre storage opens at 6.30 where the sets of tyres required for the coming working day are picked and transported to the workshop, so they are ready when the customer cars arrive.
"We have increased our storage capacity by 50% as a result of this new mobile tyre racking, and at the same time we have halved the walking distance for the employees when fetching and bringing the wheels. Furthermore, we have improved our workflow when changing tyres. In fact we carry out up to 10 changes of tyres more per day with this new storage solution." - Tom Pedersen, Manager Sales Department AT Biler.


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Über den Fußball-Verbandspokal 2011/12 wurden die Teilnehmer der 21 Landesverbände des DFB am DFB-Pokal 2012/13 ermittelt. Die Sieger der Verbandspokale waren zur Teilnahme an der ersten Runde des DFB-Pokals berechtigt. Die drei mitgliederstärksten Verbände Bayern, Niedersachsen und Westfalen entsendeten zusätzlich einen zweiten Teilnehmer. Somit qualifizierten sich 24 Amateurvereine über die Verbandspokale für den nationalen Pokalwettbewerb. Die zweiten Mannschaften der Profivereine (1. und 2. Bundesliga) durften nicht am DFB-Pokal teilnehmen.

In Niedersachsen und Westfalen qualifizierten sich zusätzlich zum Pokalsieger die unterlegenen Pokalfinalisten am DFB-Pokal, in Bayern wurde der zweite Teilnehmer durch Entscheidungsspiele ermittelt: Die beiden Verlierer der Halbfinals traten in einem direkten Duell gegeneinander an, der Sieger dieser Partie traf auf den Verlierer des Pokalfinales. Der Sieger dieses Spiels qualifizierte sich dann ebenfalls für den DFB-Pokal.

Endspielergebnisse
Die Tabelle gibt eine Übersicht über die Verbandspokal-Endspiele der Saison 2011/12. Die Mannschaften, die sich für den DFB-Pokal qualifiziert haben, sind fett dargestellt. Die Abkürzungen hinter den Vereinsnamen stehen für die Spielklassenzuordnung der gleichen Saison: 3L = 3. Fußball-Liga; RL = Regionalliga (4. Liga); OL = Oberliga (5. Liga); VL = Verbandsliga (6. Liga); LL = Landesliga (7. Liga)

2011/12
Verbandspokal 2011/12

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The powers-that-be are pushing this week to fast track a horrible treaty which would destroy America.
The treaty is called the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).
The U.S. Trade Representative – the federal agency responsible for negotiating trade treaties – has said that the details of the TPP are classified due to "national security".
But it's not only being hidden from the American people … it's being hidden even from most U.S. Congress members.
Companies and investors would be empowered to challenge regulations, rules, government actions and court rulings — federal, state or local — before tribunals organized under the World Bank or the United Nations.
While it's falsely called a "trade agreement", only 5 out of 29 of TPP's chapters have anything to do with trade. And conservatives point out that even the 5 chapters on trade do not promote free trade. Bloomberg calls TPP a "corporatist power grab", "as democratic and transparent as a one-party state," and shrouded in "Big Brother-like secrecy".
TPP would increase the cost of consumer loans, make prescription drugs more expensive, destroy privacy, harm food safety, let Wall Street run amok, make it illegal to favor local businesses, and – yes – literally act to destroy the sovereignty of the U.S. and the other nations which sign the bill.
A very credible inside source also tells Washington's Blog that TPP contains provisions which would severely harm America's national security. Specifically, like some previous, ill-conceived treaties, TPP would allow foreign companies to buy sensitive American assets which could subject us to terror attacks or economic blackmail.
The tribunals that adjudicate these cases will be made up of private-sector (i.e., corporate) attorneys. These attorneys will rotate between serving on the tribunals and representing corporations that bring cases to be heard by the tribunals. This is a conflict of interest because the attorneys serving on the tribunals will have tremendous incentive to rule for the corporations if they want to continue to get lucrative corporate business.
This ISDS mechanism ["Investor-State Dispute Settlement" tribunals created by TPP] originates from a time when investors in wealthy, developed countries wanted to invest in projects in unstable "third-world," "banana-republic"-style countries but worried that dictators or revolutionary governments could decide to seize their property — a refinery, railroad or factory — leaving them with no recourse. So before investing, the target country agrees that in the case of disputes, a tribunal is set up outside and beyond the reach of the country's justice system (courts where the judge is a brother or other crony of the dictator, for example), providing recourse in the event of unjust seizure of property. This would make investment less risky.
To give an idea of what would happen to American law if TPP passes, just look at Equador … Its courts awarded billions against Chevron for trashing huge swaths of rainforest. But then a private arbitration panel simply ignored the country's court system. If TPP passes, we'll be treated like a third world country, and our American laws and courts will be ignored as well.
The backers of TPP – including Obama and many in Congress – are trying to approve a "fast track" procedure this week that would prevent Congress from having any real input into the agreement, or to even have the opportunity to debate what should be in the agreement.
But the treaty is so bad, that if we just defeat the attempt to fast-track it, it will die a natural death as soon as it's made public … and Congress has to engage in serious debate on the horrible agreement, and answer to its angry constituents.
The American people are already strongly opposed to TPP, and are disgusted by the proposed fast-tracking of the TPP vote. But we have to let our Congress members' know how we feel on this.
We've stopped other bad trade bills … and we can stop this one.
Make your voice heard and tell Congress NO to TPP!
Postscript: Find you House member here, and your Senator here.


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Book Review— Clash of Spirits: The History of Power and Sugar Planter Hegemony on a Visayan Island
Kenneth Paul Andrew Sze-Sian Tan
Clash of Spirits: The History of Power and Sugar Planter Hegemony on a Visayan Island
Filomeno V. Aguilar, Jr.
Honolulu / University of Hawai'i Press / 1998
This book, based on the author's doctoral thesis at Cornell University, is a history of sugar planting in Negros, a Visayan island in the Philippine archipelago. The author, who is from the Philippines and until recently taught in Australia, identifies himself as a Roman Catholic, but offers a balanced, often critical, account of the historical forces, including the Roman Catholic Church in Spain, that have shaped power relations and hegemonic formations on the island.
Aguilar's book is a wide-ranging study of the rise of sugar haciendas and the sugar-planter class from the Spanish through the American colonial periods. It is rich in detail that ranges from the anecdotal to the statistical, derived from archival materials in the Philippines, Spain, the United States, and the United Kingdom; from published scholarship; and from fieldwork involving key-informant interviews, observation of rituals, and documentation of folklore. The analysis is in two parts: the first a reconstruction of the history of the Visayan Islands under Spanish colonial rule from the late sixteenth century to 1855, when the sugar economy was established; and the second an eclectic and complex account of power and hegemonic formations surrounding the sugar-planter class since 1855. The rich material is organized around the author's well-defined theoretical positions: that the social structure is essentially fluid; that political economy is intrinsically and dialectically intertwined with culture; and that the relationship between structure and agent is mutually determining and dialectical.
We read about indigenous indios, Chinese, Chinese mestizos, waves of Augustinian and then Franciscan friars, foreign merchants, and representatives of the colonial state, all intermingling in a complex society that cannot be straightforwardly explained in terms of simple power relations. In different situations and historical circumstances, each social category possesses and utilizes varying levels of economic, social, cultural, and symbolic capital. The study examines the transformation and shifting fortunes of each social category over time and in response to external circumstances. The mestizo sugar-planter class, for example, appears quite weak in relation to a scarce indio labor force under the "neutral" Spanish colonials, but during American colonialism becomes a powerful socio-economic force whose dominance is later subject to the influx of foreign capital and technology.
Aguilar employs the cockfight, a prominent feature in local cultural practice, as a dominant metaphor to shed light on fluid developments in the socio-economic structure. Around the cockpit, gamblers play a skilled and calculated game of manoeuvre, casting their bets on cocks that have, notionally, an equal chance of winning, but whose "inner strength" – that differentiating winners from losers – only a skillful gambler can detect. Social relations were similarly ambivalent, the site of complex and risky negotiations and manoeuvre. Individuals and classes that gambled skillfully rose in prestige and power, but could just as easily fall into decline as a result of misfortune or bad judgement.
Aguilar also explores the dialectical connections between myths and folk histories on the one hand and developments in social, economic, and political structure on the other. Indio shamans such as "Papa" Isio, whose grotesque imitation of Catholic signs and ritual was an effective mode of anti-colonial resistance, had supernatural powers that commanded the following of large numbers of indio plantation laborers who had broken their debt obligations to mestizo sugar-planters. Fantastic stories were spun around prominent mestizo leaders such as Juan Araneta, who communed with a powerful preternatural spirit, was invincible to bullets, and boldly committed acts sacrilegious to Catholicism. This story relates quite clearly to the celebration of anti-colonial heroism and the anti-Catholicism of Masonic capitalism that was on the rise. We read about Kanlaon, a volcano that is really an enchanted city with a centrifugal mill producing sugar for "America" and manned by engkantos or golden-haired, blue-eyed spirits of fair complexion.
Aguilar's study is an ambitious and original attempt to reconstruct an important component of Philippine history, explaining historical dynamics in terms of local culture as a simultaneously determining and determined site of power and hegemony. Aguilar brings together a wide range of existing scholarship on Philippine history and anthropology, which he uses with concepts from cultural theory to analyze, often very convincingly, his own material obtained from archives and fieldwork. His writing is always clear and often vivid. Only its broad coverage may make it difficult for the reader to follow the central lines of argument. Strategically placed summary paragraphs and a concluding summary would not only help orient readers (as would a glossary of non-English terms), but would also integrate the material more effectively. On the other hand, this colorful and engaging book has many interesting accounts that make it accessible to a non-academic reader. Students would find in this book useful historical and ethnographic material illustrating the complex processes of negotiation under weaker forms of hegemony.
Kenneth Paul Andrew Sze-Sian Ta
The author is an assistant professor in the University Scholars Programme at the National University of Singapore. He is interested in social, cultural, and political theory and can be contacted at usptank@nus.edu.sg.
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--It seems like model Erica Mena's name has been in everyone's mouth since her controversial debut on Vh1's Love & Hip-Hop. In case you forgot, she scrapped with Kimbella during a luncheon gone wild. Following the episode, Kimbella has said her fair share of negative things about Mena but then in a random twist of fate, Mobb Deep's Prodigy got involved seemingly out of nowhere. Prodigy claims in his book, My Infamous Life, that he and Havoc tag teamed the aspiring singer. However, Mena says it's not true. Here's an official statement given to VIBE from Erica Mena about what she describes as "blatant defamation:"
For the record: Erica Mena has never been sexually involved with either party of the group Mobb Deep. Not now. Not ever. All claims in Prodigy's book are completely false. She has only worked with them in the past.
If Prodigy is referring to the time that she met them while working, please let it be known that Erica was only 16 years old at the time.
The content in this book is blatant defamation of Ms. Mena's character and is nothing more than fabricated slander - in an awful way to gain financial profit.
Although, we wish him the best in the new year, the spread of these false and malicious claims - at the expense of Erica Mena's brand and reputation - will not be taken lightly. Erica and her team are currently pursuing legal action to make sure this matter is handled, and the truth is thoroughly publicized.


The Samsung Galaxy S4 stuck in boot loop problem is definitely one of the most common issues plaguing a number of S4 users. In fact, this problem is not only limited to the Galaxy S4 but to other Android devices as well. So, let us revisit this issue and discuss additional ways to fix it.