This funding is being matched by a 10 per cent contribution by the GLA of €335,160 (£279,300), taking the funding for a three year support team to €3,351,600 (£2,793,000). The funding will provide a RE:NEW Support Team to 14 July 2017.
Capita will catalyse investment of £352 million through supporting retrofit to 175,000 properties in London over the next three years. This intervention is the largest and most ambitious retrofit programme anywhere in the UK and will save 93,000 annual tonnes of carbon by 2017.
An incentivisation model is built into the contract based on these three key performance indicators (KPI) and Capita have committed to achieving these through putting 20% of fees at risk.
Below is the three year KPI profile.
A new GLA webpage sets out a revised and comprehensive list of RE:NEW Support Team Specialist Services available to local authorities.
The London Assembly has highlighted patchy progress reporting from the RE:NEW team to its members over the past few years (see here and here). In response to this criticism, the Mayor has now committed to providing quarterly reports.
August 2014: The Mayor provided the following insight in his latest #AskBoris Twitter session.
I quite liked this – and so did several others it seems – with the issue picked up in the Telegraph, Fox News,and Evening Standard.
The deadline for entries is 31 August 2014.
August 2014: A major consultation has been issued by the May0r setting out the capital's infrastructure challenges over the period to 2050.
"With energy demands at risk of outstripping supply and key developments such as those at Nine Elms at risk of delay as a result, the Mayor argues a strong long term plan to use energy more efficiently and bring in new capacity where we can is vital. A short term investment of £210m on electricity substations is required but in the long term changes to the regulatory regime must be considered as well as plans to supply a quarter of London's energy from local sources and exploit the capital's waste heat resource.
the GLA will be working with UK Power Networks, developers, the London boroughs, Ofgem and the Government to ensure necessary regulatory changes are enacted to maintain London's energy supply.
Table 1 (page 70) of the consultation paper provides an estimate that an incredible £148 billion of capital expenditure is required on energy infrastructure in London by 2050. The energy estimate assumes over 50 per cent of London's energy is produced locally by 2050.
A major Arup study accompanies the consultation, 'The cost of London's long-term infrastructure', and provides much more detail around the two modelling scenarios ('hybrid' and 'centralised') undertaken – which are based around DECC's 2050 Pathways calculator – to reach the £148bn cost estimate.
The consultation period will last for three months with responses requested by 31 October 2014 ands plans to publish a final report in early 2015.
"In the 1930s, in the midst of London's pea-soup fog, Battersea Power Station was the first power station in the world to deploy an innovative technology known as "Flue Gas Desulphurisation" (FGD) to clean up sulphur dioxide in its toxic fumes – a key cause of London's air pollution.
"The cost of that technology was significant and in the 1930s there were no financial or regulatory incentives to deploy FGD. Battersea was ahead of its time – for a variety of reasons, it took another 70 years before the technology was fully commercialised. But FGD is now installed in over 1700 power stations across the world and the energy industry expects to invest around $8bn in the technology in 2015 alone.
The Minister's information is referenced to a case study by the UKERC which goes into a lot more detail – and highlights the role that councils played in bringing forward new energy technology!
"Where does Boris stand on climate change"?


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Rescued Goose And Mini Horse Refuse To Be Separated From Each Other
Waffles and Hemingway took care of each other when no one else would 💕
By Lily Feinn
Meet Waffles and Hemingway — an unlikely pair who prove you can get through anything with a good buddy by your side.
In July, reports of negligence led officials with the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to a property in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. In the same pen, officials found Waffles, a miniature horse, and a very protective goose named Hemingway.
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"They were being kept in filthy conditions without adequate shelter," Cindy Kelly, director of communications with the Bucks County SPCA (BCSPCA), told The Dodo. "We don't know how long they lived together, but … right from the start it seemed to us that these two shared a special bond."
Waffles and Hemmingway on the Bucks County property. | BCSPCA
Officials brought Waffles and Hemingway to the SPCA barn, where they now live in the same stall. In the months since arriving, the two have grown even closer in this new environment: "The pair just seem happy to be together and Hemingway especially wants to keep it that way," Kelly said. "They seem to comfort each other."
Staffers who catch glimpses of Waffles and Hemingway during a private moment can't help but be moved by the way the two animals care for each other, noted Kelly: "A staff member looked into the stall once and saw Hemingway with his head and neck leaning across Waffles' back."
It's clear Hemingway will do anything for his friend, who has needed some medical attention since arriving at the SPCA. At times, this has made treating the mini horse a bit more complicated.
"Hemingway just gets protective and he doesn't want to get split up from his friend," Kelly said. "Hemingway will honk or flap his wings if he thinks you're trying to get between them."
The bonded animals' sweet friendship has sparked interest from around the country, and adoption inquiries have come flooding in. In just one week, the BCSPCA has received over 300 applications and over a hundred phone calls from potential adopters.
As soon as Waffles gets cleared by the veterinary team, the two will be ready to find their forever home — together.
The two friends have been through so much, noted Kelly, and they can look forward to a bright future thanks to one concerned citizen: "These guys are doing very well and have a good chance at a very happy ending, but it's only because someone reported their concerns."
If you are interested in adopting Hemingway and Waffles, you can fill out an adoption application on the BCSPCA website.

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Congress leader Alpesh Thakor may join BJP next week: Sources
Alpesh Thakor, an MLA from Radhanpur constituency in north Gujarat, said that he took the decision to resign as Congress MLA because he was being 'insulted' and 'harassed' by the party.
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Congress leader Alpesh Thakor is expected to join BJP next week. Sources told Zee Media that Alpesh can now formally join the saffron party as he had resigned as Congress MLA on Friday after casting his vote in the bypoll held for two vacant Rajya Sabha seats. Sources added that Alpesh will reveal his future plans in the next two days.
According to reports, Alpesh allegedly cross-voted in the bypoll which was held as two Rajya Sabha seats fell vacant after BJP leaders Amit Shah and Smriti Irani resigned following their victory in recently held Lok Sabha election.
Alpesh, an MLA from Radhanpur constituency in north Gujarat, said that he took the decision to resign as Congress MLA because he was being 'insulted' and 'harassed' by the party.
"We were always deceived after joining the Congress party. We had told the senior party leaders that honest leaders are oppressed. I had decided to join the party putting our faith in Rahul Gandhi but unfortunately, he could not do anything. We were insulted again and again," Alpesh told ANI.
It may be recalled that in April, Thakor had resigned from all positions within the Congress but he had not resigned as Congress MLA then. In June, the Congress had filed a plea before the Gujarat High Court seeking direction to the Assembly Speaker for disqualifying Alpesh as an MLA after he resigned from the membership of the party.
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UK envoy to US quits after spat over leaked e-mail critical of Donald Trump


Nationals from 80 countries who visit Sri Lanka for tourist purposes are exempt from visa requirements and automatically receive a free 30-day visa on arrival. Those from these countries who visit for purposes other than tourism should obtain prior visas from a Sri Lankan Consular Office. For nationals of other countries there is a varying fee for the 30-day visa.
Sri Lanka is a year round destination with an abundance of sunshine all year round. The average temperature is around 27°C – 30°C in most parts of Island. The temperature gradually drops as the land rises towards the hill country, with some parts of the highland as low as below 10°C.
If you are visiting the cultural and religious sites, it is a must that you wear appropriate clothing. Gents are required to wear trousers to cover their knees or a "sarong" with a shirt or T-shirt. Ladies should ideally wear decent attire such as a trouser or a skirt to cover the knees and a blouse or T-shirt. It may not be advisable for ladies to wear deep necked or a sleeveless top.
If you are interested in booking a Round Trip program, the flight times is an important component when making the maximum use of your stay. Most travellers prefer to stay near airport in the first night (if they arrive in evenings). However most European and Middle East carriers arrive early morning to Sri Lanka which is ideal for most travellers to start the tour in the same day.
If you need a doctor, please contact the hotel reception. The hotel will have a doctor within the hotel premises or nearby. Pharmacies can generally be found at the commercial center of most towns.
International Direct Dial-ling (IDD) facilities are available at all city hotels, resorts, post offices and telecommunication centers. Postal services are provided at most hotels and at the local post office or authorized sub-post offices. Telegrams and faxes can be handed over to the hotel reception for transmission.
It is customary to tip drivers, guides and hotel housekeeping/restaurant staff if the service is satisfactory. This is solely at your discretion.
Visitors to Sri Lanka bringing in more than US$10,000 should declare the amount to the Customs on arrival. All unspent rupees converted from foreign currencies can be re-converted to the original currency on departure as long as encasement receipts can be produced.
Mobile phones have been made so affordable in Sri Lanka that almost everybody has one, and coverage has extended beyond the major cities. There are four main network operators on the island; Dialog GSM , Mobitel, Etisalat, Airtel and Hutch. If you'd rather not use your own mobile phone on roaming but still want to be contactable, the cheapest alternative is to get a mobile phone connection with one of these major companies. All these phone companies have a pay-as-you-go plan where you can buy a local SIM card for around Rs.300 (that will work in GSM phones from Europe, the Middle East and Australasia) and keep adding money to the connection as you require it. You will find recharge cards at any corner store throughout the island.


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Contact Movie Worksheet (1997, PG)
Contact (1997) is based on a novel by Carl Sagan. This film depicts the struggles of Ellie Arroway, a SETI researcher, to find meaning through the comple
Contact (1997) is based on a novel by Carl Sagan. This film depicts the struggles of Ellie Arroway, a SETI researcher, to find meaning through the complex societal web that sometimes places faith and religion against science and logic. The theme of the movie, at its heart, is a philosophical debate between the merits and meaning of love, compassion, faith, and metaphysical mystery, versus the objective, non-judgmental, and quantifiable realm of the hard sciences. This film makes a grand comparison between Ellie Arroway's personal journey to enlightenment, and humanities struggle with the ramifications brought by our technological capabilities. Just as Ellie found a meaningful balance between science and belief, human civilization must also strike a balance between our scientific technological capabilities and our decisions on how to use them wisely.
The scientific topics discussed in the movie include the Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity, time dilation, light years, wormholes, and the SETI Program.
The film is well-suited for the following classes: astronomy, general science, physical science, physics, the humanities, and psychology.
The runtime is 2:22 minutes. The 45-question movie guide worksheet is slip-up over 4 days of classroom viewing, with about 36 minutes of viewing per day. The questions are higher-order in nature. They ask the students to analyze and apply the concepts discussed in the film, form a substantiated opinion, and then write an explanation based on their individual interpretation.
The Right Stuff Movie Worksheet (1984, PG)
This movie chronicles the development of America's space program from Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier to John Glenn's orbit of the Earth. The
This movie chronicles the development of America's space program from Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier to John Glenn's orbit of the Earth. The film touches on a number of scientific, social, and engineering topics. The theme of the movie centers around humanity's drive to push the boundaries of what is possible, in terms of the marriage between science and technology. But sprinkled in that marriage is the human element, complete with the highs and lows that result from trying to push the envelope.


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Newsweek Video- Terror Dominates the first decade of the 21st Century
Newsweek has done a great job at condensing the news and events of this past decade into a short 7 minute film.
Of course US news and its elections take center stage but pertinently enough Terrorism seems to have dominated this decade in more ways then one. Ofcourse some direct associations can be made with each American President and the corresponding World Wars and events also. Ironically Madonna and Britney Spear's kiss hogs more screen time than the 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. A foreboding and predictive way in which the media is already heading towards titillation rather than truthful fact informing. If NDTV made this, would they give Rakhi Sawant's 'swayamvar' more time than the Naxalite problem? Probably yes I say.
The Fort Hood attack and it's coverage in the US is a scary example of stereo typing and even ignorant reporting. More to come on that.
So will the next ten years have a corresponding increase in headlines on Terror? What's your prediction?
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Meeting Malalai Joya and Made in Pakistan
I had the great fortune of meeting Malalai Joya, a wonderful voice against the occupation in Afghanistan. She is against the warlords and drug lords in Afghanistan who she says are just as bad as the Taliban and are becoming stronger and more corrupt with the support of the US. A good account of the talk, written by Ellora Derenoncourt can be read here on the South Asia Solidarity Initiative site.
It was an honor to stand by this incredible human being.
In solidarity with Malalai Joya at the Graduate Center, CUNY.
On a separate but related note, this Sunday The South Asian International Film Festival SAIFF is screening 'Made in Pakistan' which appears to be an interesting documentary posing a fresh un-stereotyped view on what Pakistanis themselves feel and are doing in their country. Possibly some good post Halloween realism.
Tickets can be purchased here
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Malalai Joya – 'A Woman Among Warlords' speaking in NYC
Malalai Joya is speaking tomorrow at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.
This extraordinary woman and her story of courage and spirit is just what the World needs! During the Taliban rule Malalai Joya started underground schools in defiance of the oppressive militants. She spoke out against the war criminals and drug Lords of Afghanistan and at the age of 27 stood for parliament elections while facing death threats. Her enemies call her a 'dead woman walking'. "I am young and I want to live. But I say to those who would eliminate my voice: 'I am ready, wherever and whenever you might strike. You can cut down the flower, but nothing can stop the coming of the spring." The Independant has done a great story on her while The Gaurdian features her message to the British people. After being deposed in 2007 for publicly denouncing the corrupt war Lords in the Aghani Parliament her voice sounds a signal of truth and justice at a time when words like democracy and freedom are being misused to send more troops into Afghanistan.
Malalai Joya
Watch Wide Angle's documentary about this Woman Among Warlords. It's an incredible story about about one woman's conviction and strength to stand against deadly wrongs and believe in her power as an individual. If this doesn't move you and Hollywood's heroic tales do, then we all might as well ask Will Smith to save the World. Because according to me the cards are on the table and increasing troops in Afghanistan is America trying to star in Hollywood's next version of 'The Declaration of Independence.'
Come hear these women raise their voices.
THE SKYLIGHT ROOM, 3 PM—5 PM
CUNY GRADUATE CENTER, 365 FIFTH AVE @ 34TH ST.
Malalai Joya, Minister of Parliament in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. She is the author of A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice (Simon and Schuster, 2009).
Awista Ayub fled Afghanistan in 1981 for the U.S. After the fall of the Taliban, she returned to Kabul and founded the Afghan Youth Sports Exchange, dedicated to nurturing Afghan girls through soccer. Her work is the subject of However Tall the Mountain (Hyperion 2009).
Nasrine Gross, founder of The Roqia Center for Women's Rights, Studies and Education in Afghanistan. Professor Gross' work is profiled in Walking the Precipice: Witness to the Rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan (Feminist Press, 2009).
Moderated by: Laura Flanders, GritTV
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More about Mumbai
It's important to understand Mumbai and what it's all about. Recently a fantastic fifty reasons were penned down by Kanika Parab & Mansi Poddar on CNNGo about why Mumbai should be considered the greatest city in the World. The list includes six features which play a relevant role in 'The Taxi Takes on Terror.'
So at number three there is the Famous Ladies Specials which even got press in the New York Times article I posted. Yes it's good for Indian women to have a hassle free commute.Though I think woman, all around the World have commuting stories of alarm and horror that they could share.
Leopold Cafe, and it's distinctive charm and toughness is at number 24. I know that people still throng this bar and the 26/11 attack didn't make any dent in it's popularity. In fact more people probably go to see the bullet holes and shattered glass now more than ever.
And at number three we have the taxis! The 'kalee peelee' or black and yellow cabs which are fun and noisy, old and sacred, tarnished and decorated, sturdy and yet unfortunately slowly leaving the landscape of the city. The Government has passed a law that forbids taxis that are older than 25 years to stay on the streets. So the iconic Fiat taxis are being replaced by zippier Omnis, Santros and Marutis. But you'll get to see a lot of these soon to be vintage classics on The Taxi Takes. So stay glued:)
The 'dhobhi ghats' of Bombay are a historic place where the laundry of Bombay comes to be washed at row upon rows of stone wash pens. A 'dhobhi' is a washerman and nearly two hundred 'dhobhis' will wash clothes together at any given time. I met two of these 'dhobhis' who have been washing clothes in Bombay as part of a profession that has been passed on to them by their grand fathers. At one point when the taxi driver and two washermen were talking in the taxi, I chuckled to myself thinking I really had an incredible slice of the working class! So at number 37 we have the Dhobhi ghats.
Haji Ali , the miraculous floating Dargah comes in at number 43. Built in 1431 by Sayed Peer Haji Ali Shah Bukhari, a rich Muslim merchant it is one of the most recognizable structures off the coast of Southern Mumbai. I have some wonderful footage of the taxi driver Jamid Ali standing near the mosque , by the water's edge as the sun was setting behind him. He sang a song he had written in dedication to his mother, who died when he was nine. I'll put a clip of him on his profile page eventually.
The last reason was because there were so many holidays in Mumbai. Due to it's multi cultural, multi ethnic and secular nature India houses every religion in the World. So at any given time of the year Indians can expect to have a holiday celebrating either a Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, Parsi, Buddhist, Sikh or Jain tradition.
The other reasons are also fun, brilliant and definitely worth a read for anyone who has heard of Mumbai but never been there. A great city in a wonderful country. More on Mumbai later.
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Rory Stewart's insights on Afghanistan
I just heard Rory Stewart on Channel Thirteen talk about his views on if the US is doing the right thing by increasing troops in Afghanistan. Mr. Stewart is currently the Ryan Family Professor of the Practice of Human Rights and the Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. As a former British soldier he walked across Afghanistan in 2002 getting to know the Afghan people, understanding its culture and studying the country. He writes about his experiences in his book, The Places in Between
He eloquently spoke about how he believes that the US goal of creating a Nation State in Afghanistan with the indirect goal of added US security from the Taliban, Al Qaeda and other terrorist outfits was impractical.
He goes on to add that it might take several decades for Afghanistan to have basic education, infrastructure, a judicial and military system etc. institutions that Pakistan has. However in my mind, this does not necessarily imply security against terrorism.
Unlike Mr. Stewart I am not an authority on such issues, but I do firmly believe that Pakistan's current political instability and situation should be of greater concern to the US than Afghanistan. A new documentary called RethinkAfghanistan is currently online to be viewed. I'm personally not in favor of another war, this time Obama's war!
An excerpt from Rory Stewart's Irresistible Illusion :
"Furthermore, there are no self-evident connections between the key objectives of counter-terrorism, development, democracy/ state-building and counter-insurgency. Counter-insurgency is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for state-building. You could create a stable legitimate state without winning a counter-insurgency campaign (India, which is far more stable and legitimate than Afghanistan, is still fighting several long counter-insurgency campaigns from Assam to Kashmir). You could win a counter-insurgency campaign without creating a stable state (if such a state also required the rule of law and a legitimate domestic economy). Nor is there any necessary connection between state-formation and terrorism. Our confusions are well illustrated by the debates about whether Iraq was a rogue state harbouring terrorists (as Bush claimed) or an authoritarian state which excluded terrorists (as was in fact the case).
It is impossible for Britain and its allies to build an Afghan state. They have no clear picture of this promised 'state', and such a thing could come only from an Afghan national movement, not as a gift from foreigners. Is a centralised state, in any case, an appropriate model for a mountainous country, with strong traditions of local self-government and autonomy, significant ethnic differences, but strong shared moral values? And even were stronger central institutions to emerge, would they assist Western national security objectives? Afghanistan is starting from a very low base: 30 years of investment might allow its army, police, civil service and economy to approach the levels of Pakistan. But Osama bin Laden is still in Pakistan, not Afghanistan. He chooses to be there precisely because Pakistan can be more assertive in its state sovereignty than Afghanistan and restricts US operations. From a narrow (and harsh) US national security perspective, a poor failed state could be easier to handle than a more developed one: Yemen is less threatening than Iran, Somalia than Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan than Pakistan."
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3 Responses to "Rory Stewart's insights on Afghanistan"
eliotter Says:
Just saw the same thing, and I share the concerns. His advice at the end seems spot-on. But Barack is his own man, charting a course, so only time will tell.
Bunny Smedley Says:
It would have been great had you been able to make the point you raise in your second paragraph – about the relationship between development and security, and the crucial relevance of Pakistan to the USA – to Rory Stewart directly, as his answer presumably would have been quite interesting. I also wish the interview had included questions about the relationship between the USA and Iran – he walked across Iran on the same journey that included Afghanistan, so he ought to have insights of some value. But then I guess there is only so much time in any given interview, and so very many questions ….
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:06 am
Well one one hand more development and infrastructure can create nuclear weapons which can help in increasing National security if you go by the tenants of the Non Proliferation Treaty. But in this case I feel that the US trying to develop Afghanistan will not necessarily solve National US security problems for now, since as R. Stewart points out the terrorists are hiding in Pakistan, which being a stronger and more developed nation than Afghanistan can actually shelter them against the World community.
Hollywood and Media- Creating reels about the real Muslim.
One of the notions I wanted to explore in the taxi dialogues was perceptions about Muslims. It's a tough one to deal with and can come across as being ill informed. However I wanted to give the chance for this topic to surface. There is a shot of a young Hindu driver, Ram Singh asking an old Muslim passenger with a white beard this question. He asks, rather apologetically but also with a hint of curiosity, "If you don't mind my asking, why does it seem that all terrorists are Muslims?" In fact any taxi drivers removed symbols of their faith after the 1992 – 93 communal riots in Bombay.
So the taxi drivers and passengers both had some prolific comments to make. But they didn't look at the media or cinema and how it creates images. Post 26/11 there has been enough media bashing in India and Bollywood isn't critiqued enough by the masses anyways. However Bollywood's grand daddy Hollywood has surely come under the radar.
Yesterday I came across this gallery about Muslim celebrities in Hollywood. There are some fine men and women featured. But there seems to be an underlying current that their work is or should be directly connected to their faith. I think it may or may not be. In the case of 'Allah Made me Funny', it's perfect to use humor to break down stereotypes and perceptions. The moment you laugh or don't laugh about something, you either realize your beliefs on something or change your take on it by the simple act of laughing.
I also came across a great event at The Asian Pacific American Institute at NYU. It will be held today, the 25th of September between 6 and 8 pm at Tisch. Dr. Jack Shaheen is having a screening of his documentary, 'Guilty Hollywood's Verdict on Arabs After 9/11′ followed by a Q and A of his work.
Go to http://www.apa.nyu.edu/ to RSVP. It's open to the public.
And please keep commenting on the blog itself and not on Facebook
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Taxi Drivers speak out @ The Sikh International Film Festival 2009
It's nice to come to a foreign land and find that the taxi drivers speak your language! It's a good feeling and as a documentary filmmaker I jumped to the chance of doing something with this observation. In 2007 I went out on the streets of Manhattan and interviewed Indian and Pakistani taxi drivers about what they felt about New York, how they came here, 9/11, the War in Iraq and the War on Terror.
I started my prowl with the camera at the famous 'Punjabi Deli' on Houston streets where you'll always see a bunch of taxis parked. This is a huge omen of how good a place is. Similar to when you look into a restaurant or cafe and can judge how good it is by the volume of people dining or waiting outside. 'Punjabi Deli' has affordable food and it's home cooked Indian food. My uncle in Jersey has been known to drive down, pick me up, take me out to a fancy bar for a drink and then head to Punjabi Delhi for food he describes as 'dil khush kar deta hai', literally translated to mean 'makes my heart happy.'
So I'm rambling away from the taxi drivers and point. Eventually I made a short film titled, 'Street Smarts' which focuses on racial profiling post 9/11 and my short got selected to the Sikh International Film Festival.
I'm heading out to the venue now and hope some of you can make it. Take a taxi to Asia Society and tell the driver about the film. Who knows maybe he's in it. Once when I got in a cab and spoke to the driver about my project, he'd seen my taxi film on youtube! Keeping my fingers crossed for some synchronicity in the city this week:)
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Make Way for Women in Trains and Taxis.
My first text message for today was from my friend Alci telling me about a cover story in today's New York Times. Something about Indian women and women only compartments in trains. "Indian Women find New Peace in Rail Commute" talks about how the Indian Government has started 'women only' compartments in trains in the big urban cities of New Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Chennai as a way of providing more safety to larger numbers of working women who have entered the work force in a country that is patriarchal and gender dictated in many ways.
Now I know that 'Ladies Specials' as they are also called have existed for a while in Mumbai local trains and some seats are even reserved for ladies in buses in different cities. When I was in Bombay I would travel by the general compartment, only if I had a male friend along and even then I got glares and stares my way. The one exception was one late night after filming when I got on and started taking pictures with my camera. I ended up making friends with two mothers and their children on their way back from a wedding which is a separate incident all together.
So to be perfectly honest this cover story on the New York Times front page comes as a surprise to me. Yes I admit that many westerners might find this story shocking and news worthy in many ways. Being victimized and asserting their rights is an issue that Indian women face on a daily basis thanks to a legacy which consists of traditions like 'sati', where women would burn themselves along with their dead husbands on the funeral pyre, female infanticide and foeticide, notions of purity and pollution from the caste system that lead to maternity deaths, dowry and even dowry deaths. The fact that Indian women are empowering themselves, becoming financially independent and standing on their own two feet to get to work and earn for their family is a step that is in effect a giant leap across decades of norms and traditions. So yes I think it's a positive step to ensure ladies have a safe commute to their workplace.
And why not?! It's what the New York City MTA is trying to enforce through their new anti harassment ad campaign that I saw the other day in the subway. Enough ladies in New York have a hard time in public spaces and this too in a country that championed female empowerment and suffrage half a century before India even became free of the shackles of colonialism.
So I still wonder why the NYT's put this story on it's cover today and that too without even mentioning the efforts made by it's own Mass Transit Authorities to ensure a peaceful commute to ladies. The 'white man's burden' was what the British called their efforts to help educate and empower the masses in India. Under this guise of charity work they enacted a subtle and enslaving colonialization. Talking of the distress and oppression of women in India or Afghanistan can also be the perfect PR war cry to ensure independence to Afghanistan and its women. History has proven that women are often used as pawns in some man's game of power politics.
Which makes me think of Sameena, a woman who plays by her own rules. She is 23 years old, Muslim and divorced her husband because he would beat her. She stands up for what she believes and wears a burkha most of the time. Except for when she sits in the front seat and drives a taxi in Mumbai. A woman that represents great independence and shatters many stereotypes in one drive. You'll hear more from her soon.
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5 Responses to "Make Way for Women in Trains and Taxis."
Don Briggs Says:
They follow the same practice of segregating the women in Japan too, but only during peak hours when the trains are jam packed. There is also a big problem with women being fondled in the trains that are so crowded that the conductors on the platforms actually shove people into them. I guess there is a sense of anonymity in these trains that are so full. Even in one of the most "civilized" countries in the world this problem exists.
Your take on the story seems a bit hyperbolic. I don't know who the author is (he is listed as Hari Kumar, but who knows what his real name is – the actor Kal Penn comes to mind – real name Kalpen Suresh Modi), but Mr. Kumar has written several other stories from India so I would assume that he is a regular correspondent for the Times. As to why they put it on the cover, I might guess that it was because of the photo. If you look at the other stories on the front page, none of them have the compelling visual that the train picture offers. A gifted photographer like yourself should recognize this appeal.
I really enjoy your blog entries and found the tone of this one to be a bit knee jerk. I could say more, but perhaps this is a blog entry that would have benefited from a day of reflection.
Don Briggw Says:
I am sorry for making my comments on your previous post. I think I might be a bit sensitive to a perception of US bias when there is so much current internal distortion of US domestic political discourse that troubles me so greatly.
Please don't make the assumption that I dismiss your observations so cavalierly.
Don, you have a valid point and criticism. Tying US policy into the story is a little way out of a connection but then again I do believe that the US foreign policies come up with great causes like the weapons of Mass destruction etc. to carry out their own vested interests.
Yes women all over the World face harassment, Indian women more so because of the history of social traditions I mentioned. The author, Hari Kumar has done a good job of stating the facts but with little background into the larger issues surrounding the status of women in India. And that's something which should not be overlooked in a story of this nature I feel.
Yes the images in the NYT's story are great and thanks I'm taking your comment as a compliment about my own amateur photography.
D. Karnani Says:
I guess you Gen X and younger Indian women have not travelled in buses much in Delhi – back in our days (the late 60′s)we used to call them "massage machines"- when you are packed in like sardines – you never know who is going to touch who where – most inappropriately. And if a girl complained, instead of helping, the other passaengers laughed at you or smirked. Not much has changed in 40 years – ask your mom about her bus rides in her school/college days – I'm sure she will have a few good stories!
I have traveled in Delhi buses though I'll admit not many times and yes I think all women in Delhi know to some extent of what you talk of.
I'll have to ask my mother about her take on all this soon!


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Sensory changes after traditional and ultrasound-assisted liposuction using computer-assisted analysis
Suzanne A. Trott, Rod J. Rohrich, Samuel J. Beran, Jeffrey M. Kenkel, William P. Adams, Jack B. Robinson
Postoperative sensory changes (i.e., hypesthesias) that occur after suction-assisted lipoplasty (SAL) are expected clinical sequelae. These disturbances usually return to normal within several weeks to months postoperatively. The presumed mechanism of injury is direct trauma to the peripheral nerves from the suction cannula. In addition, the potential for demyelination of peripheral nerves secondary to cavitation during ultrasound- assisted liposuction (UAL) is well known. Quantitative data describing hypesthesia after both procedures are limited. The purpose of this study was to objectively evaluate the severity and duration of postoperative hypesthesia after liposuction to better educate patients preoperatively. Furthermore, the authors use the three-stage UAL technique and wanted to determine whether a clinical difference in sensory return existed between suction- and ultrasound-treated areas. A total of 21 patients underwent liposuction performed by the senior author (R.J.R.). The abdomen, flanks, thighs, and medial knees were tested for objective sensation with the Pressure Specified Sensory Device preoperatively and at 2, 6, and 10 weeks postoperatively. A total of 102 sites were tested. On average, the SAL- treated areas improved to normal sensation by 6 weeks, whereas the UAL- treated areas took, on average, 10 weeks to recover. The severity of the hypesthesia was not correlated with larger aspiration volumes or longer UAL exposure time per site. At 10 weeks, 90 percent of UAL-treated patients and 89 percent of liposuction patients overall had recovered normal sensation. This study provides the body-contouring surgeon with good, objective data with which to educate patients regarding sensory return after liposuction.
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Trott, S. A., Rohrich, R. J., Beran, S. J., Kenkel, J. M., Adams, W. P., & Robinson, J. B. (1999). Sensory changes after traditional and ultrasound-assisted liposuction using computer-assisted analysis. Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 103(7), 2016-2028. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006534-199906000-00033
Sensory changes after traditional and ultrasound-assisted liposuction using computer-assisted analysis. / Trott, Suzanne A.; Rohrich, Rod J.; Beran, Samuel J. et al.
In: Plastic and reconstructive surgery, Vol. 103, No. 7, 01.06.1999, p. 2016-2028.
Trott, SA, Rohrich, RJ, Beran, SJ, Kenkel, JM, Adams, WP & Robinson, JB 1999, 'Sensory changes after traditional and ultrasound-assisted liposuction using computer-assisted analysis', Plastic and reconstructive surgery, vol. 103, no. 7, pp. 2016-2028. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006534-199906000-00033
Trott SA, Rohrich RJ, Beran SJ, Kenkel JM, Adams WP, Robinson JB. Sensory changes after traditional and ultrasound-assisted liposuction using computer-assisted analysis. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 1999 Jun 1;103(7):2016-2028. doi: 10.1097/00006534-199906000-00033
Trott, Suzanne A. ; Rohrich, Rod J. ; Beran, Samuel J. et al. / Sensory changes after traditional and ultrasound-assisted liposuction using computer-assisted analysis. In: Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 1999 ; Vol. 103, No. 7. pp. 2016-2028.
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Q: Better way to handle navigation between ContentControls in WPF MVVM? I am currently developing a C# WPF application and am trying to follow the MVVM design pattern.
The way it is working now, is I am using a ContentControl in my main window and binding it to the CurrentViewModel, and declaring in App.xaml my datatemplates. When I want to change the current view in the main window, all I have to do is change the CurrentViewModel property in the main window's view model, which works well. Also, in order to not have a direct reference of a view model (by doing new blablaViewModel() in a view model), I have a singleton FlowManager class that I call in the ICommand function, and the instantiation is done in that class rather than the view model.
The problem with this approach, is that for each view I add to my application, I have to add a datatemplate in App.xaml, an enum entry in my FlowManager class and a new case in my switch() in the ChangePage() function, a new ICommand in my MainViewModel, on top of adding the code for the actual view and creating it's own view model.
Here is an example of how I handle the flow of my application:
In MainWindow.xaml, I have the following layout:
<Window x:Class="EveExcelMineralUpdater.Views.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:viewModels="clr-namespace:EveExcelMineralUpdater.ViewModels"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="720" Width="1280">
    <Grid>
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="15*"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="auto"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="85*"/>
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

        <StackPanel Grid.Column="0">
            <Button>MarketStat Request</Button>
            <Button Command="{Binding ChangeToQuickLookCommand}">QuickLook Request</Button>
            <Button>History Request</Button>
            <Button>Route Request</Button>
            <Button>Settings</Button>
        </StackPanel>

        <Separator Grid.Column="1" Style="{StaticResource {x:Static ToolBar.SeparatorStyleKey}}" />

        <ContentControl Grid.Column="2" Content="{Binding CurrentViewModel}" />
    </Grid>
</Window>

In App.xaml.cs I start the application by creating the main window and settings its DataContext and MainViewModel property:
MainWindow mainWindow = new MainWindow();
MainViewModel mainViewModel = new MainViewModel();
mainWindow.DataContext = mainViewModel;
mainWindow.ViewModel = mainViewModel;

FlowManager.Instance.AppWindow = mainWindow;

mainWindow.Show();

In MainViewModel.cs, I handle a button request to change the CurrentView property with an ICommand like follows:
private void ChangeToQuickLook(object param)
{
    FlowManager.Instance.ChangePage(FlowManager.Pages.QuickLook);
}
...
public ICommand ChangeToQuickLookCommand
{
    get { return new RelayCommand(ChangeToQuickLook); }
}

In FlowManager.cs, I have an enum that lists all the pages (views) in my application, and the actual ChangePage() function that will change the CurrentViewModel property in my MainViewModel:
// Only one view is implemented for now, the rest are empty for now
public void ChangePage(Pages page)
{
    IViewModel newViewModel = null;

    switch (page)
    {
        case Pages.MarketStat:
            break;
        case Pages.QuickLook:
            newViewModel = new QuickLookRequestViewModel();
            break;
        case Pages.History:
            break;
        case Pages.Route:
            break;
        case Pages.Settings:
            break;
    }

    AppWindow.ViewModel.CurrentViewModel = newViewModel;
}
...
public enum Pages
{
    MarketStat,
    QuickLook,
    History,
    Route,
    Settings
}

Finally, in App.xaml, I have the list of all my datatemplates for all my views:
<Application x:Class="EveExcelMineralUpdater.App"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:viewModels="clr-namespace:EveExcelMineralUpdater.ViewModels"
             xmlns:views="clr-namespace:EveExcelMineralUpdater.Views"
             Startup="App_OnStartup">
    <Application.Resources>
        <!-- Pages DataTemplates -->
        <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type viewModels:QuickLookRequestViewModel}">
            <views:QuickLookRequestView />
        </DataTemplate>
    </Application.Resources>
</Application>

Like I said, this works well, but I can see some scalability problems as I have to modify several parts of my code in order to add a view in the application. Is there a better way to do this without the use of any frameworks?

A: After looking at @WojciechKulik comment, I have come up with the following change in my FlowManager.cs class:
public class FlowManager
{
    private static FlowManager _instance;

    private MainWindow _mainWindow;
    private ICollection<IViewModel> _viewModels;

    private FlowManager()
    {
        ViewModels = new List<IViewModel>();
    }

    public void ChangePage<TViewModel>() where TViewModel : IViewModel, new()
    {
        // If we are already on the same page as the button click, we don't change anything
        if (AppWindow.ViewModel.CurrentViewModel == null ||
            AppWindow.ViewModel.CurrentViewModel.GetType() != typeof(TViewModel))
        {
            foreach (IViewModel viewModel in ViewModels)
            {
                // If an instance of the viewmodel already exists, we switch to that one
                if (viewModel.GetType() == typeof(TViewModel))
                {
                    AppWindow.ViewModel.CurrentViewModel = viewModel;
                    return;
                }
            }

            // Else, we create a new instance of the viewmodel
            TViewModel newViewModel = new TViewModel();
            AppWindow.ViewModel.CurrentViewModel = newViewModel;
            ViewModels.Add(newViewModel);
        }
    }

    public static FlowManager Instance
    {
        get
        {
            if (_instance == null)
            {
                _instance = new FlowManager();
            }

            return _instance;
        }
    }

    public MainWindow AppWindow { get; set; }

    public ICollection<IViewModel> ViewModels { get; private set; }
}

This way, I add support for keeping the state of each of my view's viewmodel, and I got rid of my enum with an entry for each view I have in my application by using the power of Generics and reflection.
I will update this answer if I find other ways to reduce the number of places I have to modify for each view I want to add to the application.

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source ${GUNTHERDIR}/include/cmdarg.sh

cmdarg_info "header" "Script for functional motion correction"
cmdarg_info "author" "McCarthy Lab <some address>"
## required inputs
cmdarg "i:" "inputs" "Path to functional runs to motion correct"
cmdarg "o:" "outprefix" "Output prefix"
cmdarg "w:" "workdir" "Path to working directory"
## optional inputs
cmdarg "m:" "meanfunc" "Path to mean functional. If provided, each scan will be motion corrected to this image skipping any internal generation of a mean functional image" ""
cmdarg "j:" "njobs" "Number of parallel jobs" 1
cmdarg "k" "keepwdir" "Keep working directory" false
cmdarg "f" "force" "Will overwrite any existing output" false
cmdarg "l?" "log" "Log file"
## parse
cmdarg_parse "$@"
[ $# == 0 ] && exit

#### Set Variables ####

inputs=( ${cmdarg_cfg['inputs']} )
outprefix=${cmdarg_cfg['outprefix']}
workdir=${cmdarg_cfg['workdir']}
meanfunc=${cmdarg_cfg['meanfunc']}
njobs=${cmdarg_cfg['njobs']}
keepwdir=${cmdarg_cfg['keepwdir']}
overwrite=${cmdarg_cfg['force']}
_LOG_FILE=${cmdarg_cfg['log']}
[ ! -z $_LOG_FILE ] && _LOG_FILE=$( readlink -f ${_LOG_FILE} ) # absolute path (if exists)

ext=".nii.gz"

nruns=${#inputs[@]}
outdir=$(dirname $outprefix)

old_afni_deconflict=$AFNI_DECONFLICT
if [ $overwrite == true ]; then
  export AFNI_DECONFLICT="OVERWRITE"
fi

#### Log ####

source ${GUNTHERDIR}/include/log.sh

check_logfile

log_echo ""
log_echo "RUNNING: $0 $@"
log_echo "- nruns: $nruns"
log_echo "- njobs: $njobs"

#### Checks/Setup ####

source ${GUNTHERDIR}/include/io.sh

check_inputs ${inputs[@]}
[ ! -z ${meanfunc} ] && check_inputs ${meanfunc}
check_outputs $overwrite "$workdir"
[ ! -e $outdir ] && mkdir -p $outdir
[ ! -e $workdir ] && mkdir -p $workdir

# get full paths since changing paths
workdir=$( readlink -f ${workdir} )
outdir=$( readlink -f ${outdir} )
if [ ! -z ${meanfunc} ]; then
  meanfunc=$( readlink -f ${meanfunc} )
fi
for (( i = 0; i < ${#inputs[@]}; i++ )); do
  inputs[$i]=$( readlink -f ${inputs[$i]} )
done

# recheck inputs
check_inputs ${inputs[@]}
[ ! -z ${meanfunc} ] && check_inputs ${meanfunc}

# Work in the working directory
log_cmd2 "cd $workdir"

###
# First and Second Pass
###

if [[ -z "${meanfunc}" ]]; then
  meanfunc="${workdir}/init_mean_functional${ext}"

  log_echo "=== First and Second Passes"
  # We will call another script to get the mean of the functionals
  log_tcmd "func_mean_functionals.sh -i '${inputs[*]}' -w ${workdir}/meaner -o ${meanfunc} -j ${njobs}"
else
  log_echo "=== Skipping First and Second Passes using provided meanfunc instead"
fi

###
# Third and Final Pass
###

log_echo "=== Third and Final Pass"

# Get the range of scan numbers with padding of 2
ris=()
for i in `seq 1 $nruns`; do
  ri=`echo $i | awk '{printf "%02d", $1}'`
  ris+=($ri)
done

log_echo "...apply motion correction to prior mean EPI"
log_tcmd "parallel --xapply --no-notice -j $njobs --eta 3dvolreg -verbose -zpad 4 -base ${meanfunc} -maxdisp1D iter3_maxdisp_r{1}.1D -1Dfile iter3_dfile_r{1}.1D -1Dmatrix_save iter3_mat_r{1}_vr_aff12.1D -prefix iter3_epi_volreg_r{1}${ext} -twopass -Fourier {2} ::: ${ris[*]} ::: ${inputs[*]}"

log_echo "...new mean EPI of motion-corrected data"
log_tcmd "parallel --xapply --no-notice -j $njobs --eta 3dTstat -mean -prefix iter3_mean_epi_r{1}${ext} iter3_epi_volreg_r{1}${ext} ::: ${ris[*]}"

#for i in `seq 1 $nruns`; do
#  ri=`echo $i | awk '{printf "%02d", $1}'`
#  input=${inputs[i-1]}
#  log_echo "Motion correct run ${ri}"
#  # Apply motion correction to prior mean EPI
#  log_tcmd "3dvolreg -verbose -zpad 4 -base init_mean_functional${ext} -maxdisp1D iter3_maxdisp_r${ri}.1D -1Dfile iter3_dfile_r${ri}.1D -1Dmatrix_save iter3_mat_r${ri}_vr_aff12.1D -prefix iter3_epi_volreg_r${ri}${ext} -twopass -Fourier ${input}"
#  # New mean EPI of motion-corrected data
#  log_tcmd "3dTstat -mean -prefix iter3_mean_epi_r${ri}${ext} iter3_epi_volreg_r${ri}${ext}"
#done

# Combine mean EPIs from each run
log_echo "Combine mean EPIs"
log_tcmd "3dTcat -prefix iter3_mean_epis${ext} iter3_mean_epi_r*${ext}"

# Get mean EPI across runs
log_echo "Get mean EPI across runs"
log_tcmd "3dTstat -mean -prefix iter3_mean_mean_epi${ext} iter3_mean_epis${ext}"

###
# Save
###

log_echo "=== Saving"

# This takes as input a filename in the working directory
# and then an output file
# It will mv the file
# and then create a soft-link from old to new location
function move_file {
  #(infile, outfile)
  log_cmd "mv $1 $2"
  log_cmd "ln -s $2 $1"
}

# Here we move the relevant outputs and then create a soft-link in the working directory
log_echo "Save output files"
for i in `seq 1 $nruns`; do
  ri=`echo $i | awk '{printf "%02d", $1}'`
  log_echo "== run ${ri}"
  move_file "iter3_maxdisp_r${ri}.1D" "${outprefix}_run${ri}_maxdisp.1D"
  move_file "iter3_dfile_r${ri}.1D" "${outprefix}_run${ri}_dfile.1D"
  move_file "iter3_mat_r${ri}_vr_aff12.1D" "${outprefix}_run${ri}_mat_vr_aff12.1D"
  move_file "iter3_epi_volreg_r${ri}${ext}" "${outprefix}_run${ri}_volreg${ext}"
done
# make a single file of registration params and get mean
log_tcmd "cat iter3_dfile_r??.1D > ${outprefix}_runall_dfile.1D"
move_file "iter3_mean_mean_epi${ext}" "${outprefix}_mean${ext}"

###
# Framewise Displacement
###

log_echo "=== Calculate framewise displacement"

for i in `seq 1 $nruns`; do
  ri=`echo $i |awk '{printf "%02d", $1}'`
  log_echo "== run ${ri}"
  log_tcmd "$python ${GUNTHERDIR}/func_motion_fd.py ${outprefix}_run${ri}_mat_vr_aff12.1D ${outprefix}_run${ri}_fd"
done
log_tcmd "cat ${outprefix}_run??_fd_abs.1D > ${outprefix}_runall_fd_abs.1D"
log_tcmd "cat ${outprefix}_run??_fd_rel.1D > ${outprefix}_runall_fd_rel.1D"

###
# Visualization
###

log_echo "=== Plot Motion"

# get range of 6 motion parameters
rot_max=`3dBrickStat -absolute -max -slow ${outprefix}_runall_dfile.1D'[0..2]'\'`
disp_max=`3dBrickStat -absolute -max -slow ${outprefix}_runall_dfile.1D'[3..5]'\'`
rot_max=`echo $rot_max | awk '{print 1.025*$1}'` # pad by 5%
disp_max=`echo $disp_max | awk '{print 1.025*$1}'` # pad by 5%
log_echo "setting rotations range to ${rot_max} radians"
log_echo "setting displacements range to ${disp_max} mm"

# get range of fd
abs_max=`3dBrickStat -absolute -max -slow ${outprefix}_runall_fd_abs.1D\'`
abs_max=`echo $abs_max|awk '{print 1.025*$1}'`
log_echo "setting absolute fd range to ${abs_max} mm"
# note that the relative fd will always be set to a minimum max range of 2mm
rel_max=`3dBrickStat -absolute -max -slow ${outprefix}_runall_fd_rel.1D\'`
temp=`echo "$rel_max" '<' 2 | bc -l`
if [ $temp == 1 ]; then rel_max=2.0; fi
rel_max=`echo $rel_max | awk '{print 1.025*$1}'`
log_echo "setting relative fd range to ${rel_max} mm"
# adjust the height of relative fd relative to the max
rel_height=`echo $rel_max | awk '{printf "%d", $1*144.0/2.05}'`

for i in `seq 1 $nruns`; do
  ri=`echo $i | awk '{printf "%02d", $1}'`
  log_echo "\n== run ${ri}"
  log_cmd "fsl_tsplot -i ${outprefix}_run${ri}_dfile.1D -t 'Run ${ri} - Rotations (radians)' --ymin=-${rot_max} --ymax=${rot_max} -u 1 --start=1 --finish=3 -a roll,pitch,yaw -w 640 -h 144 -o ${outprefix}_run${ri}_plot_rot.png"
  log_cmd "fsl_tsplot -i ${outprefix}_run${ri}_dfile.1D -t 'Run ${ri} - Translations (mm)' --ymin=-${disp_max} --ymax=${disp_max} -u 1 --start=4 --finish=6 -a dS,dL,dP -w 640 -h 144 -o ${outprefix}_run${ri}_plot_trans.png"
  log_cmd "fsl_tsplot -i ${outprefix}_run${ri}_fd_abs.1D -t 'Run ${ri} - Mean Displacement (mm) - Absolute' -u 1 -w 640 -h 144 -o ${outprefix}_run${ri}_plot_fd_abs.png"
  log_cmd "fsl_tsplot -i ${outprefix}_run${ri}_fd_rel.1D --ymin=0 --ymax=${rel_max} -t 'Run ${ri} - Mean Displacement (mm) - Relative' -u 1 -w 640 -h ${rel_height} -o ${outprefix}_run${ri}_plot_fd_rel.png"
done

###
# Covariates For Later Regressions
###

log_echo "=== Create Files For Later Regressionzzz"

log_echo "collecting the run lengths"
srunlengths=()
for i in `seq 1 $nruns`; do
  ri=`echo $i | awk '{printf "%02d", $1}'`
  nvols=`fslnvols ${outprefix}_run${ri}_volreg${ext}`
  srunlengths[$((i-1))]=$nvols
done

log_echo "compute de-meaned motion parameters (for use in regression)"
log_tcmd "${python} ${afnidir}/1d_tool.py -infile ${outprefix}_runall_dfile.1D -set_run_lengths ${srunlengths[*]} -demean -write ${outprefix}_motion_demean.1D"

log_echo "compute motion parameter derivatives (just to have)"
log_tcmd "${python} ${afnidir}/1d_tool.py -infile ${outprefix}_runall_dfile.1D -set_run_lengths ${srunlengths[*]} -derivative -demean -write ${outprefix}_motion_deriv_demean.1D"

log_echo "create file for censoring motion"
log_tcmd "${python} ${afnidir}/1d_tool.py -infile ${outprefix}_runall_dfile.1D -set_run_lengths ${srunlengths[*]} -show_censor_count -censor_prev_TR -censor_motion 1.25 ${outprefix}_motion"

# TODO: demean each run separately as well?

###
# Finalize
###

log_echo "=== Clean up"
if [ $keepwdir == false ]; then
  log_echo "Removing working directory"
  log_cmd "cd $outdir"
  log_cmd "rm ${workdir}/*"
  log_cmd "rmdir ${workdir}"
fi

# Unset AFNI_DECONFLICT
if [ $overwrite == true ]; then
  export AFNI_DECONFLICT=$old_afni_deconflict
fi

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package com.googlecode.objectify.annotation;

import com.googlecode.objectify.mapper.Mapper;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 *
This annotation causes collection fields to be converted into a map by selecting
 * out a key field of your choosing.

 *
 *
The field must be of type {@code Map}.  An instance of the Mapper will be created and
 * used to extract a key from each value; this will become the key of the map.  The actual
 * value stored in the datastore will be a simple list of the map values.

 *
 * @author Jeff Schnitzer <jeff@infohazard.org>
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.FIELD})
public @interface Mapify
{
	/**
	 * An instance of this class will be instantiated and used to extract the key from the value.
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
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OL SKOOL BLACK FLIX: Was B.A.P.S. a redux of Disorderlies?
Young black persons placed in charge of a rich ,White elderly man.
But the old dude recovers, and it's all good except the greedy relative has to call in reinforcements to speed things up.
They even take him to a disco/roller rink.
Yeah, I know there are other differences but there is a common denominator here - no acting Troy Beyer.
Truth, I liked BAPS better because Halle does have some comedic timing and I'm partial to anything shot in L.A.


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BREAKING NEWSArborist dies after falling from tree during rescue drill at NC Zoo
Disney's Frozen becomes highest-grossing animated film ever
"Frozen" opened in Japan this weekend bringing the total amount of money grossed to $1.072 billion, which beats the old record holder, Disney's "Toy Story 3."
The film won two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.
Idina Menzel's "Let It Go" has become a cultural phenomenon after John Travolta butchered her name as he introduced her at this year's Oscars.
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They don't make politicians like 'Jack' Brookfield anymore. From mining underground in Broken Hill he 'rose like a meteor in public life' to be possibly the most extreme anti-politician ever to be elected in this country. The Great War and the years that followed saw unprecedented political turmoil in Australia, and Brookfield was in the thick of it. By the time he was fatally shot at Riverton in South Australia, Brookfield held the balance of power in NSW and had played major roles in many of the era's main political and industrial events: the Big Strike, the plot of the 'IWW Twelve' to burn down Sydney, and the bitter national conscription debate.
Dr Paul Robert Adams was born in Broken Hill. He holds a PhD from The University of Sydney and formerly taught media at The University of New England.


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March 2, 2009, 10:23 a.m.
Times Open at the NYT
The first sketches of history
By Zachary M. Seward @zseward March 2, 2009, 10:23 a.m.
If newspapers are the first draft of history, then consider these the first sketches.
In the video above, San Diego developer and artist Tim Schwartz shows off several visualizations of history he created with The New York Times' entire 158-year corpus as his dataset. They are alternately quirky, beautiful, and probing — hundreds of millions of words synthesized into coherent, historical portraits.
I met Schwartz earlier this month at Times Open, the newspaper's conference for developers. He was interested in the Times' newly released APIs, which could help facilitate his work while expanding the potential for analysis. (However, they only go back to 1981.) And while there are many potential uses for the APIs, the most exciting so far have focused on representing history through the pages of the Times, transforming piles of newsprint into informative art. Or maybe we should call it artistic journalism. In any event, it's a step up from papier-mâché.
The emerging field of visualizing newspapers appears to have just a few practitioners, but the Times APIs are likely to spread the craft. In fact, you can participate right now with a fun little application built by Derek Gottfrid, a senior software architect at the Times. It's a proof-of-concept — not high art — that lets you chart mentions of any two words in the Times for each month of 2008. I've been playing around with visually interesting pairs like the two below. Let me know what you find.
However, there's a lot to be said for the aesthetics of this field, and its pioneer is Jer Thorp, a Vancouver artist whom I've mentioned previously. Below is his latest piece, which visualizes the frequency of "socialism" (orange) and "capitalism" (green) in the Times between 1984 and 2009, sweeping around like a clock. The bursts — for instance, of socialism in 1989 — capture the charged events they represent.
Thorp, whose work is for sale, told me he's "planning on doing some physical objects that interact with" the newly released Times Newswire API. He also pointed me to a few other visualizations of newspapers, including "One week of The Guardian," a series by Dave Bowker, a designer in London. Below is a snippet of one day's work in which he sorted The Guardian's 23,067 words into news categories like death and culture. Not as much of either as you might expect! (Someone alert the Berkman Center's Ethan Zuckerman, who has championed "nutritional labeling" of news.)
Jeff Clark, a programmer outside of Toronto, was busy in 2008 playing around with various visualizations of media like the one below, which graphs the frequency of popular words in The Toronto Star throughout 2008. He also created an application called News Spectrum that charts word associations in news articles.
Aside from looking great, these pieces explode the news story model, freeing words from the confines of their original articles, while still committing acts of journalism. They also offer a more specific — and, I'd argue, more accurate — notion of history: events as they were interpreted by the newsgatherers of their time.
That sort of thinking inevitably leads to the history of history's interpreters. And along those lines, copyeditors will appreciate "The Quick Brown," a website by Amsterdam designer Jonathan Puckey that tracks headline edits on FoxNews.com. At its best, the automated site reveals those elegant but silent tweaks that tighten a phrase or clarify its meaning, like the examples below at left. Puckey also created a similar project in print, below at right, that toys with the transience of online breaking news.
There are a few more: I'm reliably informed that this beautiful German project is a visualization of newspapers, but I don't speak the language. And other artists have built works that interact with the news through search terms — like a rice cooker that activates when it finds articles about genetically modified rice and a wearable device that inflicts pain on the user upon reports of torture, war, and other bad news. (The latter appears to be just a conceptual joke, which is probably for the best.)
But sometimes all you need is a simple visualization to find order in what Thomas Carlyle called the "ever-working Chaos of Being." My friend Simon Vozick-Levinson, a music critic at Entertainment Weekly, suggested plugging the following pair of words into Gottfrid's application to capture what 2008 was really all about:
POSTED March 2, 2009, 10:23 a.m.
PART OF A SERIES Times Open at the NYT
Dave Bowker
Derek Gottfrid
Ethan Zuckerman
Jer Thorp
Jonathan Puckey
Tim Schwartz
Times Open
Seward, Zachary M.. "The first sketches of history." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 2 Mar. 2009. Web. 27 Jan. 2023.
Seward, Z. (2009, Mar. 2). The first sketches of history. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved January 27, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2009/03/the-first-sketches-of-history/
Seward, Zachary M.. "The first sketches of history." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 2, 2009. Accessed January 27, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2009/03/the-first-sketches-of-history/.
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What is the main point of The Scarlet Letter?
In The Scarlet Letter, the idea of sin and punishment is the main theme of the novel and how Hester Prynne, the main character, has been punished for her sin of adultery.
What are the major themes of the novel The Scarlet Letter?
The Scarlet Letter Themes
Sin. The Puritans believed people were born sinners.
Individuality and Conformity. As an adulterer, Hester has broken Puritan society's harsh and strict rules.
Puritanism. The Scarlet Letter presents a critical, even disdainful, view of Puritanism.
Nature.
The Occult.
What is the moral message of The Scarlet Letter?
Hester Prynne committing a sin is considered as one of the important moral in the scarlet letter. Everyone in the society commits a sin but that doesn't mean everyone should be punished like Hester a young woman who in her adultery mistakenly happens to fall in love and does the crime.
What happened in the beginning of The Scarlet Letter?
The story begins in seventeenth-century Boston, then a Puritan settlement. A young woman, Hester Prynne, is led from the town prison with her infant daughter, Pearl, in her arms and the scarlet letter "A" on her breast. A man in the crowd tells an elderly onlooker that Hester is being punished for adultery.
What is the conflict of The Scarlet Letter?
Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, develops the theme of conflict through the moral sin of Hester Prynne. Conflict is observed through Hester's difficulties with the townspeople, challenges with the Puritan way of life, struggles with herself and tensions with Roger Chillingworth.
What is the exposition of the story The Scarlet Letter?
Exposition. In 17th-Century Puritan Boston, Hester Prynne is on trial for adultery. She has a 3-month old baby named Pearl, and Hester refuses to name the father. As punishment, Hester must wear a scarlet "A" on her chest for the rest of her life.
What is the theme of The Scarlet Letter essay?
Theme of Hypocrisy in the Scarlet Letter It delves into a puritanical society and follows the life of Hester, a woman convicted of lechery. Her punishment is to permanently wear a token of her sin.
What view of life does The Scarlet Letter present?
The Scarlet Letter is written from an omniscient third-person perspective in which the narrator describes the thoughts and feeling of the main characters as well as the general sentiments of the townspeople, which shows how the characters function in their larger community.
What is the rising action of The Scarlet Letter?
The rising action is when Hester Prynne is given her punishment for the crime of adultery. Her punishment is to wear the scarlet "A" on her bosom for the rest of her life, the scarlet letter is not only a punishment but a symbol throughout the book. Of sin, and of a reminder to Hester on her crime.
By aubrey June 30, 2021
Quais as ordens dos mamiferos?
Can you still get meprobamate?