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At IEEE, we remain dedicated to serving our global membership by expanding our communities of technical professionals, supporting the development and dissemination of research and technology and advancing humanity through our technical work; with a focus on maintaining IEEE as a more transparent, diverse and inclusive organization, our efforts will ensure IEEE's readiness and significant role in leading the next technological revolution. In 2019, IEEE volunteers and members around the world collaborated to create transformative technologies, in areas ranging from electrical and electronic engineering, computer science, biomedical engineering and information and communication technologies, among others. IEEE delivered insightful research and impactful contributions to broad audiences, championing the next generation of technologies that will benefit society in the years ahead.
IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. In 2019 IEEE has a total 417,007 members from more than 160 countries worldwide; student memberships were 124,442; total IEEE society memberships were 335,452 from 39 IEEE Societies. In 2019 IEEE launched the IEEE app to allow users to discover everything IEEE offers, users can see, read, personalize and choose how to engage and connect to all things IEEE, as well as network globally. IEEE continued to engage with global communities and increase the leadership role it plays through its outreach to improve technology infrastructure and support engineering education where it is needed through a number of collaborative projects.
IEEE SIGHT is a global network of IEEE volunteers partnering with underserved communities and local organizations to identify and address critical problems. Some success stories from 2019 include:.1)_The IEEE Uganda Section SIGHT (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology) helped save lives at Ugandan Health Center, where the Group received funding.to install solar technology that provides a dependable and sustainable source of Power at the Mukujju Health Center IV. This reliable energy is helping to ensure that all medical equipment functions efficiently and that the lights stay on throughout the night, thus reducing the risk of maternal and infant deaths during childbirth, 2) IEEE launched a virtual events program providing access to technical information from IEEE conferences and workshops, creating greater efficiencies and opportunities in Africa by eliminating the need to travel long distances. The program, focused on the goal of building engineering capacity in underserved African nations, now serves over 1,000 African technologists annually, 3) IEEE Engineering Projects In Community Service (EPICS) hosted the EPICS Expos, with hundreds of business leaders and students in attendance. IEEE is having an impact by providing assistance to address the housing shortage in local communities, monitoring and improving community gardens, assisting canines with amputated limbs and providing an early warning system for communities prone to flooding, 4) IEEE's Mobile Outreach Vehicle (MOVE) was deployed to assist victims of natural disasters where volunteers provided critical communications infrastructure and support to a federal resource center and to American Red Cross responders working In the affected community.
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The IEEE Xplore(R) Digital Library, one of the world's largest collections of technical literature in engineering, computer science and related technologies, reached a new milestone in 2019 with 5 million documents now available in its vast repository. In 2019, IEEE continued to deliver groundbreaking research in its industry-leading publications and share its technical expertise around the world on the technologies that will shape the future. IEEE Xplore(R) had over 184 million in total usage in 2019 (PDF downloads and HTML views), publishes 250,000 new articles each year, and over 20,000 new articles each month; the collection includes contents from: 200 IEEE journals & magazines, 1,900 annual conferences, over 1,100 active technology standards, 400 eLearning courses, and 4,000 ebooks.
Other 2019.IEEE publications included_178,995 conference articles,_82,494 journal articles, and.6,551 magazine articles. lEEE's publishing program continues to grow and evolve for both subscription journals and open access titles..lEEE launched new gold, fully open access journals spanning a wide range of technologies including telecommunications, computing, .biomedical engineering, automotive technology, signal processing, industry applications, power and energy and more The launch of TechRxiv.org was the latest addition to open access tools available to authors. The preprint server allows authors to post early and fully open versions of their articles, and obtain feedback before publication. IEEE maintains its position as one of the top publishers of science and technology journals, continuing to be a trusted source for communicating quality technical information that will help inspire the next breakthrough technologies.
In 2019, IEEE sponsored 1,969 conferences and events in 103 countries worldwide with over 547,000 attendees, they ranged from larger conferences that have been taking place for 50 years to smaller events highlighting up-and-coming technologies. Conferences produce groundbreaking research in various technology areas recognized by academia and industry. Highlights.include:.1) Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition.(OFC)_held in San Diego, CA with the field of interest of communication, networking and broadcast technologies, photonics and electrooptics,_2).IEEE Conference on Computer--Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) held in Long Branch, CA with the field of interest in back-end image processing, learning/recognition and utilization, 3).IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) held in San Antonio, TX with field of interest of aerospace components, circuits, devices and systems, nuclear engineering, photonics and electrooptics. In 2019, IEEE is also dedicated to helping young professionals\ advance and stay relevant in their careers and affect change in their organizations. Highlights include: the IEEE·USA EVO (Evolution of You) Leadership Conference in Pittsburgh, PA ,.which provided a broad range of speakers to inspire future leaders, 2) the Slingshot Entrepreneurial Competition at the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) tech festival featured judges from IEEE N3XT(R), events designed to bring together technology entrepreneurs to promote innovation, identifying candidates who aligned with the IEEE core mission of fostering technology for the benefit of humanity. The competition included 2,400 startups from 120 countries. IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) hosted a Singapore Networking Night in which an IEEE panel of speakers from diverse backgrounds discussed the critical factors in achieving leadership roles in technology. Technologists from over 35 countries globally attended this year's IEEE WIE International Leadership Conference in Austin, TX, including executives from influential organizations with over 70 speakers. The theme focused on increasing the number of women in middle-to senior-level positions.
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IEEE standards drive the functionality, capabilities and interoperability of a wide range of products and services that transform the way people live, work and communicate, and many of them address the importance of social, economic and ethical challenges posed by emerging technologies. In 2019, 110 new standards were approved for publication out of over 1,100 active with 825 under development. IEEE Future Directions released two critical technology roadmaps in 2019 designed to help inform industry about how to overcome challenges and embrace opportunities. This includes integrating advanced technologies such as 5G and the Internet of Things into electronic devices and systems. IEEE also engaged in multiple efforts to ensure that Artificial Intelligence (Al) affects society in a positive way. Highlights include: 1) IEEE gathered with other global leaders to debate the challenges faced in today's Al-enabled world at the Tallinn Digital Summit (TDS, 2) IEEE Executive Director Steve Welby led the IEEE delegation and addressed the topic: How to Foster Public Trust in Intelligent Technologies and Systems. 3) the publication of Ethically Aligned Design, First Edition: A Vision for Prioritizing Human Well-being with Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (EAD), a comprehensive body of work that sets out high-level ethical principles, key issues and practical recommendations. EAD data was included in the U.S. Defense Innovation Board's recommendations to the U.S. Department of Defense on the ethical use of Al , 4) the release of Al: A Global Survey, an IEEE-USA research effort providing valuable insights into how 26 nations across the globe are using laws and regulations to encourage, promote, integrate and control emerging Al technologies. In addition, IEEE Future Directions provides IEEE volunteers and members with a forum to contribute fresh ideas to advance the latest technologies. Focus areas include: 1) Blockchain for Cryptocurrency and cybersecurity, 2) Brain for the brain/machine interaction, 3) Digital Reality for Al, machine learning, 4) Future Networks for 5G and beyond, 5) Quantum for advanced quantum technologies, and 6) Rebooting Computing for rethinking the computer and interfaces. As part of its diversity and inclusion efforts, IEEE adopted a new diversity statement to illustrate its dedication to maintaining a culture that is diverse, inclusive and respectful, welcoming all who make contributions in their technical field of interest.
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"IEEE: One Voice" takes a look into the world of engineering and is aimed at making those involved in that community proud of all their hard work and dedication to the field, while also encouraging those who are not affiliated with IEEE to feel good about the contributions of technology to society.
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IEEE ILN provided over 700 courses of the latest in continuing education in engineering, technology and more, ensuring technologists stay relevant in their fast-changing industries.
At IEEE, we remain dedicated to serving our global membership by expanding our communities of technical professionals, supporting the development and dissemination of research and technology and advancing humanity through our technical work; with a focus on maintaining IEEE as a more transparent, diverse and inclusive organization, our efforts will ensure IEEE's readiness and significant role in leading the next technological revolution. In 2019, IEEE volunteers and members around the world collaborated to create transformative technologies, in areas ranging from electrical and electronic engineering, computer science, biomedical engineering and information and communication technologies, among others. IEEE delivered insightful research and impactful contributions to broad audiences, championing the next generation of technologies that will benefit society in the years ahead. For additional 2019 IEEE significant activities, see Part III on page 2, and IEEE 2019 Annual Report.
MEMBERSHIP/PUBLIC IMPERATIVE: IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. In 2019 IEEE has a total 417,007 members from more than 160 countries worldwide; student memberships were 124,442; total IEEE society memberships were 335,452 from 39 IEEE Societies. In 2019 IEEE launched the IEEE app to allow users to discover everything IEEE offers, users can see, read, personalize and choose how to engage and connect to all things IEEE, as well as network globally. IEEE continued to engage with global communities and increase the leadership role it plays through its outreach to improve technology infrastructure and support engineering education where it is needed through a number of collaborative projects. PERIODICALS: The IEEE Xplore(R) Digital Library, one of the world's largest collections of technical literature in engineering, computer science and related technologies, reached a new milestone in 2019 with 5 million documents now available in its vast repository. In 2019, IEEE continued to deliver groundbreaking research in its industry-leading publications and share its technical expertise around the world on the technologies that will shape the future. IEEE Xplore(R) had over 184 million in total usage in 2019 (PDF downloads and HTML views), publishes 250,000 new articles each year, and over 20,000 new articles each month; the collection includes contents from: 200 IEEE journals & magazines, 1,900 annual conferences, over 1,100 active technology standards, 400 eLearning courses, and 4,000 ebooks.
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Brendan the Voyager starts life near the sea, on the Kilfenora side of Tralee Bay in 486AD. On the night of his birth, the local bishop, Eric, sees signs in the sky, signifying the importance of the event. He experiences it as "an attendance of angels in shining white garments all round that land". He tells the happy parents of the child, Findlug of Alltraighe Caille and Cara, who decide to christen their son 'Broen-finn', meaning 'fair drop'.
As an infant, Brendan is fostered by Saint Ita, and instructed in the scriptures by Bishop Erc. Brendan is ordained a priest by Erc in 512. Over the course of the next eighteen years, he established monastic foundations at Ardfert, and at Shanakeel on the Dingle peninsula.
From an early age, Brendan hears his calling by God, and is inspired by the Gospel passage which promises a rich reward to those who forsake everything: "Whoever leaves father and mother and sister and lands for my sake will receive a hundred fold in the present and will possess everlasting life."
An encounter with a holy man called Barinthus proves to be a pivotal point in Brendan's life. Barinthus tells him of a journey, which he and his son Mernoc made to an island called the Land of the Saints.
In this heavenly place, they had no bodily needs and no sense of the passage of time. Deep calls to deep, and the story resonates in Brendan's soul.
Enchanted by the possibility of attaining such closeness to the divine, Brendan tells fourteen of his monastic brethren that he wants to find the Land of the Saints. In a dream, an angel comes to him, saying, "Arise Brendan, that which thou hast requested, thou shalt receive of God, that is to visit the Land of Promise". Brendan walks by himself to the mountain, which comes to be known as Cnoc Bhréanainn, from which he looks westwards to ocean for the place he longs to find. As he succumbs to sleep, the angel comes to him again with a promise: "Henceforth, I will ever be with thee, and I will show thee that one day, the fair island which thou hast seen and which thou desirest to find."
The spiritual fulfilment, which Brendan craves, is never easily attained. He knows that he will have to go to extremes, away from his people and all that he knows, to the very edge of the world. There will be suffering and sacrifice.
With his faith affirmed, Brendan sails to Enda of Aran, remaining three days on the island. After this, the brethren start making preparations for their forthcoming journey. As they sail off into the ocean, Enda, Pupa and Ronad come to see them off.
As a journey, it is as much a spiritual odyssey as a physical expedition, lasting an exhausting five years. During this time, Brendan and his crew encounter mixed fortunes. As an experience, it is in turn, hostile and inviting. Testing conditions take their toll on the crew, both physically and mentally, and casualties occur.
Along the way, there is a fortuitous meeting with a man known as the Procurator. He acts an advocate, comforter and guide to Brendan, someone to encourage him in his radical endeavours. Journeying outwards into an uncertain world, Brendan is also travelling inwards, discovering his self. It is a voyage on which he needs moral support. Bit by bit, Brendan and his crew come closer to their goal.
During their time at sea, the monks hold firm to their monastic rule, strictly observing the Church calendar. As far away as they are, they remain connected to the rhythm and discipline of the monasteries on terra firma.
After five years, Brendan and his crew return to a tumultuous reception in the west of Ireland. Brendan is a celebrated personality, an inspiration to those he comes into contact with. He awakens in many the call to religious life.
Brendan visits Bishop Erc and his foster mother, Ita. The latter is annoyed that Brendan didn't come to her for advice prior to his voyage. When she sets eyes on what he sailed in, she loses no time in telling Brendan that it isn't suitable for his purpose. He is promptly given instructions for the assembly of a larger, sturdier craft.
And so, for his second journey - for he has not yet achieved his heart's desire - Brendan goes to sea in a boat that is better equipped, and also better manned. His inspirational powers have caught the imagination of such worldly men as shipwrights and smithies who have begged to come along. This is a fortunate development, as this second spell at sea is every bit as taxing and dangerous as the first.
Between the creatures of the deep and the birds of the air, this is an incident-packed two years for the sailors, illustrating all the perils and bounty of nature. It is a fantastic voyage.
Finally, Brendan comes to his Land of Promise, the heavenly state so long desired. It is remembered afterwards as a "region of Paradise, where will be found health without sickness, pleasure without contention, attendance of angels, meadows in scent as fair blessed flowers". Blissful indeed, but not intended as a permanent resting place for one on this side of eternity. Having thus tasted nirvana, Brendan knows he must return to land and complete his mission in the world.
His first stop-off on his return is at Aran, where Enda and Pupa are overjoyed to receive him and his crew. Brendan and company stay here a month, recovering from their time at sea, before sailing down to Inis da Droma near Limerick.
Back on land, Brendan dedicates himself to the foundation of monasteries. He travels to Britain, establishing religious houses in parts of Scotland Wales. Returning home once more, he founds monasteries in Clare and Mayo, at Ardfert in Kerry, and most famously, at Clonfert in Galway, in 577AD. Brendan decides on Clonfert as his resting place.
After a long and busy life, Brendan dies at the age of ninety-three, in Annaghdown, at the monastic site, which he founded for his sister Bríg. Before he expires, he blesses his sister and his brethren, and asks them to transport his mortal remains to Clonfert. There are many places which would vie for the honour of his body and relics, and Brendan wants to rest where he belongs.


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Inside Hamilton's Museums
De John Goddard
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Exploring Hamilton through its heritage museums.
Inside Hamilton's Museums helps to satisfy a growing curiosity about Canada's steel capital as it evolves into a post-industrial city and cultural destination. With an emphasis on storytelling and unsung heroes, the book identifies where Sergeant Alexander Fraser bayonetted seven enemy soldiers in a shocking attack to save Upper Canada in 1813. It evokes the day in 1939 when King George VI and Queen Elizabeth opened the Queen Elizabeth Way, the first intercity divided highway in North America. And it illuminates the four months in 1846 when an otherwise immensely privileged teenager, Sophia MacNab, documented her mother's excruciating demise.
Appealing to Hamiltonians and visitors alike, the book brings to life the former residents of Dundurn Castle, Whitehern Historic House, the Old Waterworks, Battlefield House, Griffin House, the Joseph Brant Museum, and the Erland Lee Museum, birthplace of the Women's Institutes.
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John Goddard is an author, magazine writer, and former Toronto Star reporter. His books include Inside the Museums: Toronto's Heritage Sites and Their Most Prized Objects and Rock and Roll Toronto, with pop critic Richard Crouse. John lives in Toronto.
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Inside Hamilton's Museums - John Goddard
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
DUNDURN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
WHITEHERN HISTORIC HOUSE AND GARDEN
HAMILTON MUSEUM OF STEAM AND TECHNOLOGY
BATTLEFIELD HOUSE MUSEUM AND PARK
JOSEPH BRANT MUSEUM
ERLAND LEE MUSEUM
A medical test found a small growth a few years ago in my intestines. Cancer could not be ruled out. Surgery was recommended. Do you want to do it in Toronto or do you want the best? asked the specialist in Toronto, where I live, and when I said, the best, he referred me to Dr. Mehran Anvari at St. Joseph's Hospital in Hamilton.
Dr. Anvari found no cancer and the incision healed well, forever placing Hamilton high in my affections. Sometimes fondness for a city comes from a happy childhood experience in the place, or a love affair with somebody who is from there. For me, emotional closeness to Hamilton came from being wheeled down the corridors of the Sister Mary Grace Wing at St. Joseph's Hospital, through a set of wide, automatic doors, and into a bright operating theatre smelling of fresh laundry where Dr. Anvari, with businesslike cheerfulness, wished me, Good morning.
On one of my pre-op trips to Hamilton, I visited a heritage-house museum two blocks from the downtown GO Centre. The museum is called Whitehern Historic House and Garden, built in about 1852. I was writing a book at the time on Toronto's heritage museums, since published as Inside the Museums: Toronto's Heritage Sites and Their Most Prized Objects. I like these museums because of the family stories they tell and because of the rare objects they often display. I also like them for the way they deepen a connection to a city. I can hardly walk through my own neighbourhood now, in what was once the Town of York, without feeling the haughty presence of Bishop John Strachan or the irascible spirit of William Lyon Mackenzie.
I visited other Hamilton museums. The one I most tell friends about is the one I most resisted seeing at first — the Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology. I didn't want a science lecture. The place turned out to be one of the best little museums in the country, a gem, and the perfect introduction to Hamilton's heritage-museum network. The Steam and Tech is an old waterworks originally powered by two giant steam engines to pump fresh drinking water from Lake Ontario into people's homes and shops as running water. Walk through its doors and you instantly step into 1859. All the antique machinery, wooden floorboards, and polished balustrades are still there, and one of the engines still turns, powered now by an electric motor to re-create the exact motion the pistons and pumps traced more than 150 years ago.
There were other surprises. Toronto has Casa Loma, an architectural horror built by a disagreeable man whose name goes largely forgotten. I excluded Casa Loma from my Toronto book and approached Dundurn Castle with skepticism. I need not have worried. Dundurn endures as a tasteful and captivating mansion, built by Sir Allan Napier MacNab, whose rags-to-riches story is inseparable from Hamilton's. I liked his exuberance and ambition, and his daughter left behind one of the era's most endearing artifacts. When she was thirteen years old, as her mother lay slowly dying of a lung disease, Sophia MacNab wrote a tender diary that illuminates daily life at Dundurn in mid-nineteenth-century Upper Canada.
Battlefield House I knew I would like, especially its annual re-enactment of the Battle of Stoney Creek, which stopped the American army from overrunning the colony in the War of 1812. Griffin House, the Joseph Brant Museum, and the Erland Lee Museum, all in their different ways, told me stories of the city that would be difficult to access any other way. I discovered teenager Billy Green, the accidental spy who helped the British against the Americans. I saw the eighteen-carat gold ring that Mohawk leader Joseph Brant bought to identify his body if he were killed. I came to admire the resourcefulness of refugee slaves Enerals Griffin and Sophia Pooley, and the curious drive of homemaking champion Adelaide Hoodless.
The one complaint I had was the same as I had had in Toronto. After visiting a museum, I wanted something to take away, something to read. At Whitehern, the interpreter/guide led me upstairs to the upper hallway and offered me a chair in front of a wall display of family photos. The guide then delivered a brilliant introduction. With the photos as a reference, she steered me through three generations of McQuestens and their various accomplishments and misadventures. It was a riveting story but a lot to take in. I wanted a way to digest the material afterward. Biographer Mary Anderson has written a couple of books on the McQuestens, which I have since enjoyed, and I found John C. Best's biography of Thomas McQuesten informative. But I also wanted something simpler and more immediate.
Photographs hang in an upstairs hallway like a McQuesten family tree. Historic interpreters tell a riveting story of three generations of accomplishments and misadventures.
Photo by John Goddard
I have written the book that I wanted to read. It comes at a time when Torontonians are curious about Hamilton. The Toronto media keep running stories about how up-and-coming the city is, how cheap the real estate can be, and how appealing it has proved to independent artists colonizing the city's north end. The reports tell of the monthly Art Crawl of gallery openings and the annual James Street Supercrawl music festival. They tell of a city in transition from a robust industrial past to a knowledge-based economy with an expanding cultural infrastructure. In my research I also discovered the city to be bicycle-friendly, with a network of lanes and routes, and teeming with natural attractions — from the Royal Botanical Gardens, which includes the Cootes Paradise Nature Reserve, to the many conservation areas and waterfalls.
I have written not only for outsiders and newcomers but also for old-stock Hamiltonians. I suspect that most have not visited all of their local heritage museums. I encourage them to do so. Entry fees are cheap. The Hamilton Public Library also offers free passes that can be borrowed for two weeks to visit Dundurn, Whitehern, the Waterworks, Battlefield House, and Griffin House.
I have focused on heritage-house museums, most of them owned and operated by the City of Hamilton. One exception is the Erland Lee Museum, owned by the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. The other is the Joseph Brant Museum, on Hamilton's border in Burlington. Hamilton also operates the Children's Museum, which I left out. It is less a museum than an activity centre, or what it calls a place where learning happens through play. Other omissions include the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, and the HMCS Haida Naval Museum, none of which fit my heritage-house theme.
Sometimes I stopped for coffee at the first Tim Hortons, at Ottawa Street North and Dunsmure Road in Hamilton's east end. Instead of a low-slung 1964 coffee hut, I found a sleek two-storey building with much glass and an upstairs memorabilia section that does not live up to its billing as a museum. A future edition of this book might include the Dundas Museum & Archives built in 1956 with money from the industrialist Bertram family. The museum recently underwent a major renovation and expansion, and its main permanent local-history exhibition is undergoing redevelopment. A future edition might also include the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre housed in the 1860 Hamilton Custom House. Although not yet a full-fledged museum with regular hours, the centre holds special events and stages exhibitions dedicated to workers, their unions, and other labour-related interests.
A statue outside the original 1964 Tim Hortons, in Hamilton's east end, shows Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Tim Horton in full stride. An upstairs memorabilia section displays period uniforms and models of vintage doughnuts.
This book covers four bigger heritage museums and three smaller ones. The chapters are weighted accordingly. Each begins with a statement answering the question Why go? Museum websites always list addresses, opening hours, admission prices, and special events, but rarely say why anybody might want to visit the place. This book does.
For each museum I also give directions by public transit. I do not own a car but live near Toronto's Union Station GO Transit terminal. I almost always travel to Hamilton on a GO bus, sometimes mounting my bicycle on the front rack. The local Hamilton bus system still goes by the charming name of Hamilton Street Railway and in addition to keeping a helpful website issues a printed route map.
Most chapters first tell about the people associated with the house, or waterworks, or battlefield. Anybody like me wanting to keep the Whitehern characters straight now has a handy guide. Most chapters also give what I call a walk-through, a section taking the reader mentally through the museum and pointing out the highlights. This section is best read before visiting the museum, or afterward, or both. Other sections address various other angles.
The 1860 Custom House, on Stuart Street near the port and railway yards, houses the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre. A fledgling museum, it holds special events and stages labour-oriented exhibitions.
Five of the seven museums covered are designated National Historic Sites: Dundurn Castle, Whitehern, the Waterworks, Battlefield Park, and the Erland Lee Museum.
The book's title comes from my favourite Bob Dylan song, Visions of Johanna, and the line that begins Inside the museums. Some of the museum experts who helped me are acknowledged in the text but many are not, or deserve to be again. I thank Ken Heaman, Tom Minnes, Elizabeth Tessier, Debra Seabrook, Susan Ramsay, Kimberly Watson, Anne Jarvis, Daryl Mactavish, Alyssa Gomori, and Joanna Rickert-Hall. Special guidance came from Ian Kerr-Wilson and Christopher Redford. I have already mentioned my esteem for Dr. Mehran Anvari. For friendship and other support I am grateful to October Browne, Anne Finlay, Michael Green, Carol Green, Fabienne Heim, Rolf Heim, Suzanne Jaeger, Lucrezia LaRusso, and Marie Royer. At Dundurn Press special thanks goes to president and publisher Kirk Howard, who named his company after Dundurn Castle and gave this project his blessing. I hold particular regard for Margaret Bryant, who brought me to the publishing house. Thank you also to editorial director Carrie Gleason, publicist Jaclyn Hodsdon, and to my editor on this book, Michael Carroll.
Dundurn Castle once stood as the biggest house in British North America. It reflects the outsized personality of its builder, Sir Allan Napier MacNab, a man of wealth, taste, and what he liked to call devilish cunning. In his day he stood as one of the colony's best-known citizens, and far and away Hamilton's leading mover and shaker. Little girls tend to fall in love with his daughter, Sophia MacNab, whose portrait hangs in the drawing room, showing her at the age of four wearing a coral necklace. Of Hamilton's museums, Dundurn Castle ranks as the biggest and most famous. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, serves as its royal patron. Admission includes entry to the Hamilton Military Museum, occupying MacNab's former gatehouse and specializing in the War of 1812.
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Getting There by Public Transit
The GO bus from Toronto will stop on request at Main Street West and Dundurn Street South. From there, walk straight north for about fifteen minutes to Dundurn Castle. You can also take the bus to the Hamilton GO Centre and catch a No. 8 York bus to York Boulevard at Strathcona Avenue North at the edge of the Dundurn property.
(AND HAMILTON MILITARY MUSEUM)
To express his outsized personality, Allan MacNab built an Italianate villa modelled after the sprawling farmhouses of Tuscany. Hamilton's House, senior curator Ken Heaman calls it.
SIR ALLAN OF DUNDURN, THE MAN HERO
Allan MacNab arrived in Hamilton with almost nothing more to lose. His life had hit a low point. He had three small children, three adult sisters lived with him as dependents, his assets totalled $8, and his wife was dying. Less severe circumstances might have defeated an ordinary man, but MacNab could never be called ordinary. At twenty-eight years old, he possessed a buoyant enthusiasm for life. He was energetic and handsome. He stood taller than average, with a large chest tapering to the waist, and he possessed a rare physical courage, distinguishing himself at fifteen as the Boy Hero of the War of 1812. He was outgoing and convivial. He liked people and people liked him. In almost everything he tackled he showed dynamism and talent, although his biographers say he could be more of a doer than a thinker. Surprisingly little capacity for quiet reflection, writes Donald R. Beer in Sir Allan Napier MacNab. Not much given to the processes of abstract thought, writes Marion MacRae in MacNab of Dundurn. He could also be underhanded and devious. I am devilish cunning, he once boasted, and it is seldom I am caught. Most of all he possessed a burning ambition. He fancied himself a descendant of the chiefs of Scotland's Clan MacNab, destined to play the role of landed aristocrat in the New World, with all the responsibilities that came with such a station, and all the rewards and entitlements. Within a decade of arriving nearly penniless in Hamilton, MacNab would emerge as a central figure in the town's social and economic life and build the largest house in British North America.
Sir Allan Napier MacNab sports furry mutton chops and a high lawyer's collar in an undated portrait hanging in the front entrance hall of Dundurn Castle. He possessed a buoyant enthusiasm for life and a rare physical courage.
Photo by John Goddard courtesy of Dundurn National Historic Site
He had dreamed of it, hoped for it, perhaps at times despaired of achieving it, biographer MacRae says of the mansion, Dundurn, meaning Fort on the Hill. For him, she says, the house was not so much an economic symbol as an extension of personality.
Allan Napier MacNab was born in 1798 at Niagara-on-the-Lake, then called Newark, capital of the British colony of Upper Canada. His father was a former aide-de-camp to John Graves Simcoe, a British military commander appointed as the colony's first lieutenant governor. Simcoe moved the capital to Toronto, which he called York. The MacNabs soon followed, and young Allan grew up there with three sisters and a brother, and he attended the village's first pioneer school. In 1813, when he was fifteen, an American naval fleet landed at York as part of an attempt to conquer British North America in the War of 1812. Young MacNab rushed to the capital's defence. I volunteered, he later recalled, [and] accompanied the grenadier company of the Eighth Regiment to prevent the landing of the Americans.
Despite the regiment's best efforts, the invaders overran York and set fire to the British barracks, naval docks, and Parliament Buildings. The British Army fled and MacNab went with them. At Kingston, British naval commander James Yeo hired him as a midshipman for an attack on the American base across the lake at Sackets Harbor, New York, and when the attack failed, MacNab returned to his Niagara birthplace to join the 100th Regiment under Lieutenant-Colonel John Murray.
In those days, troops generally restricted their fighting to the battlefields. By late 1813, however, the war had turned nasty. As the American militia retreated over the border, they burned Newark to the ground. It was December. The weather was cold. Ninety-eight houses, barns, and stables went up in flames, as did all the public buildings, including the jail, courthouse, and library. Four hundred people were left homeless in the snow, the majority of them women and children. Most of the men were either serving in the Canadian militia or sitting imprisoned across the border in upper New York State.
One week later, at around midnight, Colonel Murray led a stealth revenge attack. A force of 562 men, including MacNab, overran Fort Niagara. The British killed sixty-five American soldiers and sustained six dead of their own. The retaliation did not end there. Over the next ten
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Warmest greetings of solidarity on the occasion of your 5th General Assembly! Despite the vast distance between us, as overseas supporters of Karapatan and defenders of human rights, we stand firmly with you in advancing the theme of the Assembly "With Feist and Fervor, Fight Against State Terrorism!" We are submerged in the disheartening news that human rights violations against indigenous people, peasant farmers, and other oppressed sectors are heightening throughout the archipelago. We recognize and support the timeliness of CHRA-Karapatan's Assembly to unite the Cordillera region on the urgent human rights work that must be launched to combat violent state-sanctioned repression fueled by President Aquino's United States-backed counterinsurgency program Oplan Bayanihan. As neoliberal globalization proliferates – threatening Philippine sovereignty through sham free-trade agreements like the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, deregulating legal protections that allow foreign large-scale mining companies and agribusinesses to destroy the natural ecology, and keeping the Filipino people slaves to a feudal economy that exploits labor and ancestral lands – we affirm that it is your just duty to fiercely resist these systems by any means necessary, because you are on the frontlines of this struggle.
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Race Issues
When The 1978 Revelation Took Place...
By AddamS, July 31, 2008 in Race Issues
AddamS 47
I'm asking this without an agenda, I'm really just curious.
There are some older people here who were members at the time of the 1978 revelation that allowed Black men to become priesthood holders. Do you know of any people that left the church because of this revelation?
The thought occurred to me because it was a fairly dramatic change and I figure there must have been some people who thought the church was going down an incorrect road. For instance, if the church brought back polygamy today (assuming it was legalized in the U.S.) I would imagine there would be some people that would leave over it, just as there were in Joseph Smith's time.
Zakuska 658
Creates Beasts Of The Earth
I heard a lot of people did... but that might just be a faith promoting rumor of a seven year old.
MatthewG 3
Resident Chef and Amateur (bad) Apologist
Location:Charlotte,NC
Interests:See blog
My parents knew some people in Mesa, AZ though I'd have to call my Mom to find out who and how many. Interestingly enough Arizona was the last state to approve the MLK holiday. Growing up people I knew seemed to always blame Mesa for killing the vote every year. No idea if true or not just what I was told growing up.
HiJolly 132
Mormon Mystic
Location:Utah, USA
I was seventeen; I and most members I talked to about it assumed that there would be - but I did not know of any myself.
I've heard one or two people say they left for that reason at the time on Van Hale's radio pgm, FWIW.
HiJolly
Seasoned Member: Separates Light & Dark
I've heard people say that but I've never heard anyone point to a specific person they actually knew. I think that it was probably only a very tiny fringe of people in the Church who had serious issues with it. I think the days of major policy change in the Church are over. The Church will never introduce something new which goes so strongly against cultural norms (like polygamy) and all the other 'controversial' Church practices are shared by enough of mainstream Christians (such as positions on SSM) that changing them would gain them as many enemies as friends .
Connolly 1
Brings forth the process of evolution
It could be that more people left the church over the ear-ring thing.
When looking for an excuse to leave, any excuse will do.
Deborah 2,003
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Location:South Jordan UT
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I agree. I did not know of anyone who left over the Priesthood issue. I heard a lot of people speculate that some would leave. I think most people were very happy about it and those who had questions hopefully resolved them with prayer. I know that many of us wondered if it would happen in our lifetime and when it did we were elated. We had a wonderful black family in our ward in North Carolina and I thought of them when I heard the news. No doubt some, as Connolly said, used this as the excuse to leave the church.
ebeddoulos 133
A gentle man and a gentleman
Location:Idaho, USA
My bride and I were at a stake dance, chaperoning I believe, when it was announced. I can remember the excitement and the buzz. In all the intervening years, I have yet to meet anyone who left the church over this revelatory change in policy. This subject has been discussed in several priesthood quorum meetings with pretty much the same result. The assumption is that there must have been a few but nobody knows anyone who did,
SolarPowered 0
In all the intervening years, I have yet to meet anyone who left the church over this revelatory change in policy.
Gee, I haven't run into anybody at Church who left the Church over the revelation, either.
Seriously, I don't remember anyone in my ward leaving because of it.
1aardvark 0
Newbie: Without form, and void
My husband's grandfather wasn't happy about the revelation.... but he didn't leave the church. He did however state that he didn't think he could be in the temple with a black person.....
rpn 1,810
I presume you know that "not running into them" would be highly likely if someone left the church.
Did the church 1978 statistics show any difference in the rate of growth?
Id assume it increased? Can anyone confirm?
Garden Girl 4,224
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I was raised believing that one day the ban would be lifted... even BY said it would in some of his later writings...
Humor impaired today, are we? I was poking fun at ebeddoulos' post.
kolipoki09 170
Gadianton Rhetor
Well, I can tell you that four of my converts on my mission were all grateful for Official Declaration 2, especially this March when I was able to witness my first convert and her husband, both african americans, be sealed in the Dallas Temple. However, one thing that frustrates me are all of the "supposed reasons" people come up with for why they were withheld from the priesthood in the first place.
Acts 17:26- "And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation ;"
Obiwan 55
The Priesthood issue was such a "non-issue" in the Church itself, that I found the Churches teachings and it's people to be one of the "least" racist of any pre-1978, so much so that I didn't even learn of the ban until a few years after.
In all my travels around the Church and religions, I heard of know-one who left the Church because of this issue.
The rumor mill was that there might have been someone here or there, but know-one ever knew.
This is further evidence that the Church and it's people were never "racist", and the policy wasn't based on "racism" in relation to the Church anyway.
Note, how prior to discovering the LDS Church I found most religions or at least the people inside them to be pretty racist. Only a few small ones did I not detect anything. The only major ones that I really didn't detect anything was the Catholic and LDS Churches and the people therein. My further point however in what's interesting about this, is that after the Priesthood Ban was lifted, "racism" almost immediately disappeared from most of America. However, it did resettle itself "a little" with black America in the form of reverse racism. Though, it's possible that that particular percentage/degree had already existed prior.
smac97 13,429
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My Dad has mentioned to me a few times that he knew a few folks who left the Church over the lifting of the ban in 1978.
-Smac
Daniel Peterson 1,661
"B-List Academic"
I heard that some people left the Church, but never actually knew of any specific cases and, in the intervening years, have never met anybody who did nor anybody who actually claimed to know anybody who did.
Bill "Papa" Lee 3,136
Actually joined Feb 7, 2007...TBM Here!
Location:Atlanta, Georgia
Interests:Poems
Amen...two quick stories of such individuals
1. One guy left because JS misspelled his name in a revelation
2. A married couple left because JS was rolling around on the floor with some kids playing...they felt that was undignified.
urroner 494
LbutHRPBofDCP
I left the church because of the priesthood issue. I was at a meeting in Provo and had to run home and call some people and tell them about it.
Lightbearer 374
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Having been born and raised in the south (NE Florida) some may think this odd, but I did not know of anyone who left the Church because of the revelation in 1978. In fact quite the opposite, people rejoiced when the revelation was announced and I was relieved since I would be going on a Mission the following year. That is the way it was in the area in which I lived, I cannot speak for Utah or any other part of the country but it seemed to be will received throughout the Church except maybe among some apostates that I never heard about. The first black Missionary I ever saw was in the MTC when I was there (Oct 1979) and the first convert baptisms I had were a black couple from the Dominican Republic who lived in Toronto Canada. It was wonderful that the revelation occurred in my lifetime and especially before my serving a mission. It is a shame that our "critics" still whine and complain and try to make some sort of Anti-Mormon issue out of it after 30 years. But this generation seems to be like that, they love to criticize things from another time that they did not live through and cannot possibly understand.
I knew some one who left....because the Church changed the name of it magazines.
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I heard at the time that some folks of a certain political bent in certain remote parts of Idaho left, but never saw anything like confirmation of the [alleged] fact.
Thanks for all of the responses, I was really curious what thinsg were like then.
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I donâ??t think that the Priesthood issue was about racism, on a similar note, the Church never had an official or unofficial policy about inter-racial marriages.


A wild, apex predator released into the local countryside after an 800-year absence. From my view, this radical campaign is driven, not from a concern for local residents, but from a dangerous desire to re-wild our populated wilderness.
You may not be aware, but merely 20 miles away in Kielder Forest there are plans to reintroduce the lynx, a wildcat right at the top of the food chain, into the UK. Local farmers and residents whom I have spoken to are horrified at the idea and the proposers of this reintroduction, the Lynx UK Trust, have in my opinion, not put forward a convincing case.
To put it simply, I oppose this move. The lynx itself is not an endangered species. In fact since 2008 it has sat in the category of 'Least Concern' on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Therefore, from an environmental viewpoint, the case has yet to be made to me that this reintroduction is either desirable or necessary.
Equally, it is patently clear that if released into west Northumberland the lynx would kill farm animals and livestock, and possibly make a walk or a bike ride a little daunting for humans. Just this year, a lynx that escaped from Dartmoor Zoo went on to attack, and kill lambs before being recaptured.
I should make it clear that I am a lover of my domestic tabby cat, and I am a big supporter of rural tourism. But I am strongly against allowing wild predators to run amok and there is little evidence to support that the lynx would stay in Kielder Forest. For me this is a crucial point. Kielder is not Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite, or a part of the Siberian Taiga. Reintroduction on such a densely populated island as ours poses real risks, and concerns for local communities. We simply do not have the vast wilderness of some other countries where wild animal reintroduction has a far lower impact on people in the surrounding area.
I have decided to formally consult residents and workers in the Kielder area by asking them to complete a survey. It is extremely important to me as the local MP that constituents have their voices heard.
The survey asked those in the affected region whether or not they wished to see lynx let loose in Kielder Forest, and their reasons for why they feel this way. So far over 89 per cent I have received back have been against reintroduction.
The local opposition to this could not be more explicit. I met with the National Farmers' Union (NFU) in late September and have spoken to many farmers. Not one I have spoken to is in favour of the introduction of the lynx.
The NFU and county councillor for Kielder and Bellingham, John Riddle, are strongly opposed.
The proposal, put forward by the Lynx UK Trust, argues that this will be good for eco-tourism. I disagree.
Rural tourism is a crucial sector of the Northumberland economy, making-up some 13 per cent of all jobs, and 11.8 per cent (£665m) of the whole county's economy. Yet it seems that the reintroduction would put off visitors from travelling to the Kielder Forest region.
Constituents have already contacted me, prior to the surveys being distributed, to express their discomfort at the thought of their young children playing in the forest with lynx roaming free, and told me that they would regrettably but categorically avoid visiting the area in future.
This is especially bad news for local business such as the Kielder Castle Forest Park Centre and the number of farms in the area. Equally, it seems nonsensical to think of lynx as a pull for eco-tourism when the animals themselves are extremely reclusive, and difficult to find – hardly the ideal set of characteristics for nature spotting.
The final decision is to be taken by Natural England, and this will not be for some time. In the interim I wanted to get the views, and concerns of all my affected constituents. I am now eagerly awaiting replies to the survey I sent out, and will act in accordance with those concerns.
However, from the outset my reservations are substantial. All those that I have heard from so far are deeply concerned by this move, and I think on many accounts, quite rightly so.


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Q: LVM - after server reboot data changes of last 6 month lost I have a server setup with a Proxmox VE on LVM groups. Today I could not kill some processes, so I decided to reboot the server. This did not work eighter so I had to press the reset button. After the server booted up, the data on the server was set 6 month back in time. All files that were created since then are gone now.
1) What has happend?
2) Is there any way to get back my data?

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From a distance, this looks like a fun roller coaster to ride. It's actually an art installation. The Tiger & Turtle Magic Mountain was created in 2011 as a landscape project after local zinc factories closed after almost of century of work. Now it is one of the most unique staircases you will ever find.


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Cricket | May 20, 2017
Karn Sharma delighted to play a part
Mumbai Indians man of the match in the Qualifier victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders, Karn Sharma, is delighted to be playing a role for the side.
Karn was brilliant in the fixture picking up 4 for 16 in four overs as KKR limped to 107 all out, failing to make use of all 20 overs.
It has been a remarkable turnaround for Karn who failed to take a single wicket in five outings in the 2016 IPL.
He has picked up 13 wickets this season at an average of 15.07 and an economy rate of 7.35.
Karn said after the victory over KKR: "My bowling has come out well, it wasn't great last year but I have worked hard on it.
"This was an important game for the team as we had to qualify for the final, so I just tried to get wickets for my team and bowl them out quickly. It's a good thing that I am helping out the team."
The Mumbai Indians will be chasing their third IPL title which would make them the most successful team in the history of the competition.
Skipper Rohit Sharma hopes that the Mumbai franchise can snap their poor run against the Rising Pune Supergiant in the final.
RPS have beaten the Mumbai franchise in all three meetings this season most recently in the first qualifier at the Indians fortress of Wankhede stadium.
Rohit said after the Qualifier 2 win: "We have been really working hard. We don't shy away from going into the finals the hard way.
Today was the perfect day. Gives you a lot of confidence, bowlers set the day for us. Taking wickets at regular intervals and keeping the score under control. That's been the hallmark of this team, we're not dependent on one individual.
"In the top five, we don't have any batsman. Shows a team effort. It's not me, something we have been talking about. I just go and execute what I've been told. I rely on my gut feeling as well.
"It's very necessary to keep changing. We've not had a great history against (Rising Pune Supergiant). Just one more hurdle."
Home Cricket Karn Sharma delighted to play a part


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homeeconomy News
Here's what working 120 hours a week like Elon Musk really does to the body and the mind
By Ruth Umoh Aug 23, 2018 11:50:12 AM IST (Published)
"Working 120-hour weeks doesn't leverage your unique qualities, it wastes them," she wrote. "You can't simply power through—that's just not how our bodies and our brains work."
Those idolizing Elon Musk might rethink that notion after learning more about his punishing schedule. It's a routine experts say could make people less productive, less creative and even shave years from their lives.
Facing mounting pressure to meet production goals at Tesla, Musk says he's been working 120 hours some weeks. He also says he hasn't taken time off in years and he sometimes resorts to using sleep medication.
These habits seem to have taken their toll on Musk. The often upbeat and witty founder told the New York Times he felt exhausted. He "alternated between laughter and tears," at several points in the recent Times article and sometimes stopped talking altogether, possibly overcome by emotion.
"It's not been great, actually," Musk said. "I've had friends come by who are really concerned."
Research has found that some people are resistant to sleep deprivation but those people are few and far between, says Charlene Gamaldo, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Neurology Department and medical director at Johns Hopkins Center for Sleep. Furthermore, little research has been done to study the long-term health effects on those people.
While you can technically function on very little sleep, you won't operate at your body and mind's highest levels. When sleep deprivation becomes a lifestyle, you can short-change yourself in the long-term. "The purpose of life is to be able to function," says Andrew Westwood, a board certified sleep expert and assistant professor of neurology at Columbia University Medical College.
Here's how inadequate sleep can seriously damage your health and significantly lower your creativity and potential.
1. You'll struggle with focus
Continuous lack of sleep can negatively impact your "ability to concentrate and focus," says Westwood. When that happens, he says, other mental abilities like memory begin to degrade and your body starts to function on autopilot.
Sleep impairment can also "drive anxiety and make you feel groggy," adds Westwood, making it harder to focus on a task at hand.
One study says that after 17-19 hours without sleep our bodies function as if drunk.
Westwood points to research showing that drowsy drivers are more likely to be involved in car accidents. "That can be extrapolated to any situation," he says. "You make more errors, the
The effects of sleep deprivation are so strong that a number of industries have imposed restrictions on consecutive work hours. Pilots cannot fly more than 60 hours a week and medical residents are limited to a maximum of 80 hours a week.
2. You'll get sicker — and could shave years off your life
To function at your best, experts say the average adult needs seven to nine hours of sleep a night. However, working long hours disrupts your ability to get this amount of shuteye and may lead to difficulty falling asleep. Frequent waking and waking without feeling refreshed means your body hasn't had a chance to repair itself or recharge.
Routinely sleeping fewer than six hours a night has been linked to hypertension, diabetes, breast cancer in women, prostate cancer in menand increased mortality, according to Gamaldo. People who continuously deprive themselves of sleep are "potentially shaving years off their lives."
Research also suggests an association between sleep impairment and cognitive disorders like Alzheimer's and dementia, thanks in part to a build-up of beta-amyloid, a metabolic waste product in the brain that can get in the way of proper brain function.
Of course, you don't need to work 120 hours a week to fail to maximize the power of sleep. Gamaldo points out that environmental stimulants, like watching television or scrolling through your smartphone late at night, can impede your brain's ability to produce melatonin — a hormone that your brain normally secretes more of at night, and which tells your body when it's time to sleep and wake — disrupting rest further.
3. You'll become less productive — and less creative
Ironically, Musk works long hours in order to boost his electric car company's output. Yet, forgoing sleep for work could have the opposite desired effect and actually lower productivity.
According to Gamaldo, research shows that people who shave off just two hours of sleep from what they routinely need have a drop in their reaction time and ability to critically process information. This is especially problematic for executives who must think quickly and creatively on their feet, she says.
4. You'll make room for only short-term fixes
While many, including Musk, use caffeine to boost alertness and overcome sleepiness, this stimulant is not effective in helping people make higher level executive decisions. "It will get you through the grogginess and allow you to drive to work, but it won't help you get through writing a thesis," says Gamaldo. Plus, the effects aren't long lasting. For most people, caffeine takes 30 minutes to kick in and the mental boost is gone in 30 minutes to one hour. "It's a short term band-aid," says Gamaldo.
Another poor practice? Working long hours during the week and trying to catch up on sleep during the weekend. "You can't rob Peter today and pay Paul tomorrow," says Gamaldo. But that doesn't mean you should just throw in the towel, she warns. "It's still better than nothing."
A better idea, according to sleep experts, is to create a routine that prioritizes sleep and recharging. Those in "high power high intensity jobs," might even consider a wind-down period to transition into sleep. "Trying to go from boardroom to bedroom isn't going to work" says Westwood. "You need to decompress from your day."
Try doing things that you enjoy and find relaxing, such as writing in a diary, meditating or planning out your to-dos for the next day. "Your mind shouldn't be blank," explains Westwood, "but it also shouldn't be ruminating."
Finally, says Gamaldo, keep your wake time consistent even on weekends so that your body naturally knows when it's time to go back to bed.
"Your brain likes routine," she explains. "It likes to associate certain things with the wake state and the sleep state." Refrain from doing work in bed and go to another room when you can't sleep so your brain doesn't associate the bedroom with your "wake state."
Your room should be a dark cave, adds Gamaldo, and this environment shouldn't be for anything but "sleep, sex
5. You'll become less efficient
Musk admitted to sometimes taking Ambien, a sedative used for short-term treatment of insomnia, because "it is often a choice of no sleep or Ambien." His reliance on this drug has worried some Tesla board members, who note that sometimes the medication does not put Musk to sleep, the New York Times reports.
While some people can build up a slight tolerance to the drug, says Westwood, it's more likely that the burdens of Musk's day are trumping the sleep effects of the pill.
Another area of concern is that Ambien lasts for roughly eight hours. So if you don't get a full eight hours of sleep after taking the drug, "you'll be less efficient during the day because you're still tired," says Westwood. "And things will take longer to do."
However, medicine should not be the first recourse for sleep impairment. According to the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the best remedy is through cognitive behavioral treatment because it's much more effective and sustainable, says Gamaldo.
"Do we use sleep aids? Of course. But it should ideally be used as a short-term option," she explains. "I strive to have my patients use it no more than a few times a week, at the lowest dose, to minimize the frequency and side effects."
"The fact that
6. You'll become the worst version of yourself
Among those who reached out with concern for Musk this week was Thrive Global founder and Uber board member Arianna Huffington. Huffington has been a vocal advocate for sleep since she says she worked herself to the point of exhaustion in 2007. At one point, she said she even collapsed, coming to in a pool of her own blood.
"I can tell you with authority that when I'm exhausted, when I'm running on empty, I'm the worst version of myself," she previously told CNBC Make It.
In a recently published open letter to Musk, Huffington implored him to take better care of his health, citing how even a visionary such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt took breaks during crucial times to find fresh solutions only he could.
Source: Make It, CNBC.com
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christmas / holidays
What Your Favorite Christmas Song Says About You
"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" (from the movie)
Though you're too old for both of them, you like rhymes & cartoons (but hopefully not the version where Jim Carrey is green & furry). Despite your rhyming genius, you have a limited vocabulary, rhyming "nasty" with "wasty," & you likely believe that "arsenic sauce" is a spicier version of Tabasco.
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (by Brenda Lee)
You are inventive & dancy, & you long to host boisterous holiday parties attended by cardboard cut-outs of Michael Jordan.
"Blue Christmas" (by Elvis Presley)
You are depressing. No, seriously. I mean, maybe you also just really like classic rock, but, dude, this song is a bummer. My apologies to you & the King.
"Frosty the Snowman" (by Gene Autry)
Slightly delusional, you're known for muttering to yourself & carrying on conversations with stray cats & trying to get Parson Brown to marry you before he melts. Errr, "while he's in town."
"Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" (by Elmo and Patsy)
You enjoy whoopee cushions & plastic poop &, look, I'm just going to give it to you straight: You're the relative everyone wishes they didn't have to invite to Christmas dinner.
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" (by Band Aid)
You like to think of yourself as a big-hearted philanthropist, but face it: You are also religiously intolerant. This song is possibly the most ignorant display of multi-religious denominationalism on holiday rotation, masked by lyrics of hope & help. No, they don't know it's Christmas because they're not Christian.
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" (by any duo ever)
"Say what's in this drink?" GHB. You assault women in your spare time, but only under the cover of poor weather conditions.
"Carol of the Bells"(by people who hate me)
A Christmas purist, you may also be a cast member of Home Alone and/or a criminal. This song sounds like mayhem & evil & Manheim Steamroller & sometimes appears in my most dramatic of nightmares.
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" (by Mariah Carey)
The other kind of Christmas purist, you are likely a former teenybopper now in your mid- to late-20s who feels strongly that Mariah Carey's Christmas classic is the reigning holiday pop song - heck, the only holiday pop song. Jessica Simpson who? If, however, your favorite is the newly released Mariah Carey-hitting-on-underage-Justin-Bieber version, there are two other options: A) You're 12, or B) You're a pervert.
"Last Christmas" (by Wham!)
You're me.*
*ONLY THE WHAM VERSION COUNTS.
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Q: Do I always have to run collectstatic to serve uploaded images by apache? I have a site, where users can upload images. And it works fine in django's own server. But I am using apache to serve both my app and statics. And when I upload any image, I can't see the pics. Only when I run collectstatic I can see them. Do I always have to run collectstatic? Is there any better way to do this?
My settings.py snippet:
MEDIA_ROOT = 'C:/Users/Robin/web/leo/static'

STATIC_ROOT = 'C:/Users/Robin/static/'

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    "C:/Users/Robin/web/leo/static",

Apache http.cont snippet:
AliasMatch ^/([^/]*\.css) C:/Users/Robin/static/styles/$1

Alias /static/ C:/Users/Robin/static/

<Directory C:/Users/Robin/static>
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Directory>

WSGIScriptAlias / C:/Users/Robin/web/leo/leo/wsgi.py

<Directory C:/Users/Robin/web/leo/leo>
<Files wsgi.py>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Files>
</Directory>

A: You should separate media files from static files. Media are for user-uploaded files, and static are for developer-provided files (usually styles and scripts). MEDIA_ROOT and STATIC_ROOT should point to different directories. You run collectstatic to copy all static files from Your source code and various apps (also third-party) to STATIC_ROOT, so Apache can serve them. You don't need to run collectstatic and anything special to serve Your media files.
Example config:
Alias /static/ C:/Users/Robin/static/
Alias /media/ C:/Users/Robin/media/

<Directory C:/Users/Robin/static>
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all
</Directory>

<Directory C:/Users/Robin/media>
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all
</Directory>


Tedious single steps and high allocation of personnel capacities nowadays affect productivity in the warehouse. Especially when it comes to receiving goods, a lot of time is wasted until arriving material is available in production and the IT systems. So what about optimization of incoming goods processes?
JUKI delivers an intelligent storage management solution to automate the incoming goods process and thus, boost productivity dramatically: the JUKI ISM Material Incoming Station, an incoming goods desk with scanner.
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TNO (gastro-) Intestinal Models ("TIM") are model systems mimicking the digestive tract. The models are dynamic computer controlled multi-compartmental systems with adjustable parameters for the physiological conditions of the stomach and intestine. Temperature, peristalsis, bile secretion, secretion of saliva, stomach and pancreas enzymes are all fully adjustable.
The TIM systems are being used to study the behavior of oral products during transit through the stomach, the small intestine and large intestine. Commonly performed studies concern the digestibility of food and food components, the bioaccessibility for absorption of pharmaceutical compounds, proteins, fat, minerals and (water- and fat-soluble) vitamins.

There are different models for the stomach and small intestine (TIM-1 and Tiny-TIM) and a model simulating the physiological conditions of the colon (TIM-2).

The TIM-1 system consists of a stomach compartment and 3 compartments for the small intestine, the duodenum, jejunum and ileum. The Tiny-TIM system consists of a stomach compartment and one single compartment for the small intestine. Samples can be harvested for analysis from these models from any compartment at any time.

TIM-2 simulates the colon, containing the microbiota as found in human colon. This model serves as a tool to study fermentation of non-digestible food components (fibers and prebiotics) and the release of drugs  specifically targeted for the colon.

References

External links
 Website of TNO Triskelion
 YouTube movie about TIM pharma
 YouTube movie about TIM food and nutrition

Digestive system
Drug discovery
Alternatives_to_animal_testing

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In The Hunger Games movie, who volunteered at the reaping to take Prim's place?
Question: In The Hunger Games movie, who volunteered at the reaping to take Prim's place?
What sport did O.J. Simpson play?
Welcher Schauspieler spielt die menschliche Fackel im Film "Die fantastischen Vier" (2005)?
At what age did Jesus of Nazareth die?


Make your favorite chocolate cupcakes and garnish the top with green colored whipped cream. Using a cone to make the shape of a Christmas tree, and then add colored sprinkles on top to make it look even prettier.
All you have to do, is cut broccoli into small pieces and then put it all together in a big plate in the shape of a Christmas tree. Add some cherry tomatoes in between layers to make it look like ornaments. And right at the top, put some yellow peppers to make it look like the Christmas star.
If you're trying to stay on the healthy side during the festive season, then you should ditch the unhealthy sweets and go for fruits to satisfy your sweet tooth. Cut the kiwi into pieces, and put all together to make a Christmas tree shape on a big plate, and then add some cherries or strawberries to make them look like ornaments.
Put the Oreo as a base to your Christmas tree, then use whipped cream to make the shape of a Christmas tree, and right at the top of the tree put some strawberries to form the ornaments.
If you love pizza as much as I do, then you should make it home. Cut the dough into Christmas tree shapes and garnish it with vegetables.
Make your own favorite cookies recipe, and shape them into Christmas trees. Enjoy a very unique Christmas with your home-made Christmas cookies.


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Vera es un pueblo ubicado en el condado de Washington en el estado estadounidense de Oklahoma. En el año 2010 tenía una población de 241 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 482 personas por km².

Geografía
Vera se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas  (36.448946, -95.880248).

Demografía
Según la Oficina del Censo en 2000 los ingresos medios por hogar en la localidad eran de $27,000 y los ingresos medios por familia eran $32,0836. Los hombres tenían unos ingresos medios de $30,000 frente a los $20,833 para las mujeres. La renta per cápita para la localidad era de $12,013. Alrededor del 9.1% de la población estaban por debajo del umbral de pobreza.

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Pueblos de Oklahoma
Localidades del condado de Washington (Oklahoma)