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Arvydas Juozaitis warns of an imminent wave of emigration and suggests schools begin military training
March 5, 2019 Kristina Pocyte CORPORATE, Opinion 0
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"It's not foreign policy but domestic policy that's important now" said Mr. Juozaitis after arriving at a discussion at the East European Studies Centre (RESC).
This he believes has become evident during President Grybauskaitė's term of office. "Domestic policy is a sign of the quality of foreign policy" said Mr. Juozaitis who is running for president.
"You can't hide from the fact that Lithuania emptying and social exclusion is growing. It's grown from five to sevenfold", he noted. "The decline in demographics is taking on even greater proportions. We're going to be faced with large-scale emigration."
After sharing his insights, Mr. Juozaitis named three major blocks: education, civil protection and law enforcement.
"Out of fourteen ministries only thirteen are needed for party quotas. And it is possible to create an education council, it's not difficult", was his proposal to change appointments for the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport.
He states that physical preparedness of the youth must be changed. "Military training must be set up in the senior classes" said Mr. Juozaitis "This year pupils are having two physical exercise lessons a week".
The four most important camps
"Foreign policy must start with the European Union. One's own shirt is always closer to one's body" he said. "There's no getting out of this neighbourhood. The first of the four camps is neighbours".
Arvydas Juozaitis named the main neighbours and made proposals on what changes must be made. He believes that Latvia is Lithuania's best neighbour, however he says that this neighbour has been largely ignored. "Presidential relations are dead, something totally unacceptable. Latvia's centenary was celebrated without Lithuania", he said reminding us that Dalia Grybauskaitė couldn't get to Latvia because of a faulty aircraft.
In Mr. Juozaitis's opinion Latvia's economic leverage and opportunities are also not being utilised. "Latvia isn't in the spotlight" he stated, adding that links with Latvia should of a cultural and economic nature.
According to him, Latvia would be the first country he'll visit if he is elected president.
And there's another neighbour – Poland. "The keys to NATO are in Poland. The Suvalki corridor is very important for both of us" he said. The third neighbour is Belarus which, according to Mr. Juozaitis, is nurturing a generation inspired with the air of freedom. "Over the past thirty years, Belarus, even though it's a Russian satellite, has nurtured a generation that has tasted freedom" he said. "It could very well be that Belarus will one day change its name to Litva".
According to Mr. Juozaitis, discussions on the change in name should start after the current president's term. "It's still early days but the youth's opportunities, prospects, hopes and expectations of freedom are linked to Lithuania. With Litva. They feel more and more like the descendants of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania" he said.
He said that now "the president's policy toward Belarus is very restrained".
On a different note, Mr. Juozaitis says that it's necessary to communicate with Ukraine. "The most important goal is for Ukraine to remain united. Here we can only play a regional neighbourhood role. Lithuania does not need to do something on its own," said Mr. Juozaitis.
And the last and biggest neighbour is Russia. In Mr. Juozaitis's opinion, our position with this neighbour is the most unique in Europe. "Kaliningrad is a heart of Lithuanian culture" he said and added that "we should treat Russia carefully" but he gave no details as to what "carefully" means.
Relations with the big states
Astravyets is a sore tooth that just recently become an abscess. There are lots of reasons for that which we won't discuss, we ourselves have contributed to it with Ignalina. There's lack of agreement in this regard with Latvia even though Latvia has less of a connection than Lithuania has. But Latvia as I understand is not one for economic interests", he said in answer to a discussion on Astravyets. After discussing the situation, he nevertheless said that he does not have an exact answer as to what to do.
On relations with the US, Mr. Juozaitis said that he doesn't see any great conflict or trouble however he did speak about the Merkel – Trump conflict.
"Europe, has deceived itself in thinking that it can influence America. But then so has America if it thinks that it can have influence on stopping the disintegration of Europe" said Mr. Juozaitis.
In his opinion there is something more important – the US's conflict with China.
China's influence he believes can be felt even in Lithuania, especially on the coast. "China has its own strategy stipulated by the high echelons of the communist party", he said. "You have to imagine the scales, ambitions, strategies and opportunities. Europe will have to defend itself as one. I see Lithuania as being at the eastern edge of Europe on which the Chinese have set their sights and it's there we must defend ourselves together with our European partners.
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The philosopher, politician and writer was one of the first to announce his decision to run in the presidential election. He broke this news officially last year at Biržai Castle.
Arvydas Juozaitis was one of the initiators of Lithuania's perestroika movement. He was an editor of cultural publications and advisor on educational affairs to the then prime minister Algirdas Brazauskas. Later on, he was the Lithuanian cultural affairs attaché in Kaliningrad district.
After announcing that he was running, Mr. Juozaitis gave a speech during which he stated the current position in which Lithuania finds itself. According to him, currently in Lithuania there are two lives – the political elite's and the regular citizens'.
According to the philosopher, there the four most important "towers" in Lithuania are language, family, national education and justice. He believes that all of these "towers" are somewhat ruined. The Lithuanian language he says is going astray. It's hotly debated now as to what a family is and according to Mr. Juozaitis there's an attempt to turn it into nothing. In the meantime, education is currently an interim yard for various ministers and programs.
Mr. Juozaitis has already gathered more than eight thousand electronic signatures. Presidential candidates may be elected by electronic or paper signatures by 28 March and submitted to the Central Election Commission (VRK).
The minimum number of signatures required to get to the next round is 20 thousand.
After endorsing the signatures on 12 June, the VRK will present the final list of candidates.
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I would mention that I did not find a write up about your version of the "dictionary" of words, maybe a brief description of the "words" may be in order. Keep in mind the people that will be trying this have no idea as to what Forth is, or what the existing "words" do.
I think we can cut Peter a little slack here. Right now, I'd rather have his time spent developing rather than documenting a still changing dictionary. His sources are rather well documented as far as finding the words defined so far.
SOME of the people trying this have no idea what forth is, others have been using forth and are excited to see what Peter is doing and are looking at his code to see how it works and what he's done "under the hood" and how he has implemented standard/common words.
I've been watching the debates and troubles with SimpleIDE and Spin in general and particular in building Tachyon (and PropForth) so it was time to take some time and see what this was all about.
8) Hit the blue button in SimpleIDE and it compile the spin code, loaded my QuickStart and the terminal window popped up talking to Tachyon.
9) typed in WORDS and saw that Peter has been a busy, busy boy creating Forth!!
That seemed pretty simple and a well spent 15 minutes or so to try out two useful tools.
...and I can now do the same thing on my Mac and on My Linux machines without any concerns (except maybe for some terminal issues).
I mentioned, in a post, that my objective was to have SimpleIDE for Spin compile the source code and burn the EEPROM. For whatever reason it compiled and loaded but Tachyon was not working. The same thing happened when I used the Propeller tool to compile the source code. The problem was solved when I just downloaded the Tachyon binary and had the Propeller tool burn the EEPROM. A side note, I am not sure if a lot of the beginners know how to load a bin file from within the Propeller tool, I sure don't.
I sort of described it already.
I am still playing around with it, so will hold back on my thoughts about that. I must say it is a barebones setup, so it may be a struggle to really get a good feel for it. I would mention that I did not find a write up about your version of the "dictionary" of words, maybe a brief description of the "words" may be in order. Keep in mind the people that will be trying this have no idea as to what Forth is, or what the existing "words" do.
Try the Intro page and just bear with it and follow along and try the few things mentioned. There are reference links to Forth at the bottom of the page which covers Forth in general. The rest of the information is to be found in the online source documents which attempts to combine source and documentation. I did attempt to start a glossary of Forth words but alas, there are only 24 hours in a day and I already use 25 of them.
BTW, those peripherals you mentioned are trivial and very easily interfaced to directly from Tachyon without the need for any special PASM drivers. I use many different types of RTCs and Winbond Serial Flash etc. XBEE is only serial basically.
I'm trying out SimpleIDE on LinuxMint 13 with Cinnamon desktop, it looks good so far, I have just got to get it to compile properly! BST has been good to me, I like to be able to see the listing to make sure the compiler is doing what I want it to and to help debug any problems. It's unfortunate that Brad never made the source for BST open.
I tried another scratch build using SimpleIDE, and it worked. The first time I did this, I made a very bad assumption, without looking at the code, I took for granted that _clkmode = pll16x, and _xinfreq = 5_000_000, plus baud = 57_000. A very bad mistake on my part, now with those values set correctly, for my board anyway, using SimpleIDE to run Tachyon works like a charm.
I had some more time to play with Tachyon, and I think I am starting to like the experience. I also did a WORDS, and it printed out a bunch of words, I am assuming that is the dictionary, in its present state? Some of the words are somewhat self explanatory, but some, for example CLS, did not do what I expected. I expected the screen to be cleared, that did not happen.
The other thing that I am having trouble understanding is BACKUP. Does this mean that when you create a bunch of words that equal a small program, and do BACKUP, all of the words and small program gets saved, so when you REBOOT, or do new start all of the stuff is there, and does not have to be retyped?
Thanks Peter, this is starting to look good.
well, I did take some time. I am very impressed by your Forth and I did want a fast FORTH.
But -sorry- at that moment it was a system, that cannot work with multiple cogs, a system that is changing very fast, a system that is rather different to standards and has got only it's commented source as docu. Frankly speaking this system is still not so very useful at this very moment, sorry again. I think Forth is a little bit different to BASIC or C, because when you use Forth, you want to understand, what Forth does.
I have now seen, that you have started a webpage with some explanations and there is backup and cold now written as UPPERCASE. So this looks very promising for the future and I am sure, that I will be back again... Good luck with this nice work!
Rough crowd on a 6 week old baby!
sorry my English is not good enough, what exactly means "rough crowd"?
Sorry Peter. I suppose I'm too outspoken right or wrong, and can't seem to avoid getting lumps either way.
LinuxMint13 is one of my test platforms. The last Debian package works there. I'll post an update soon.
I was just joking with Peter. Tachyon has been around for less than 6 weeks and there have been a number of comments as to its completeness and usability. He had made a reference to his 6 week old baby in an earlier posting.
It may not be production ready but it is impressive the features it has, the speed at which it has been created and the potential it has.
You were complimentary, correct in your statements and said you'd be back to check it out.
Seems to be a great improvement. Very stable so far. Multiple passes at DEMO interspersed with VGA/CON sequences ... CLRSCNs ... HOMEs ... etc ... such sequences, in the past, absolutely would have caused a hard lockup requiring a hardware reset.
Time for a modest bow (as befits a 6 week old!), Peter.
I have moved most of the old binaries from Dropbox into a sub-folder called "old". Now there are only two, why? Because the kernel has been updated to handle baudrate as a variable so now the standard binaries are set for 57600 baud and either a 5MHz or 10MHz crystal with VGA (and for now a 6MHz binary). When you extend the kernel with EXTEND.fth you can change the baudrate from there as well as turn off the VGA.
@Brian: Thanks Brian, trouble is I am far too aware of all the "little things" that need to be checked and things I have not implemented yet. I've been bogged down a little with using Tachyon in some applications so I'm itching to get the keyboard and SD stuff up and running now. I think that lockup you mentioned may have been to do with the output redirection word VGA which used to have a bug. The normal demo doesn't use this though.
I just checked your latest source and binaries folder, it seems that you are only going to support Tachyon1v0-VGA, meaning includes VGA? I noticed that when I run that particular version with my QuickStart board, it lights up LED16, and LED17, which is becoming very annoying. So, I guess if you could offer up exactly what lines of code I would have to comment out to fix it so it is strictly a serial terminal experience?
I tried Tera Term, the program has changed from what I remember it being about four or five years ago. The program is more "real" terminal screen oriented, which I like, and the fact that you can paste to the screen in an effective manner is also a plus. A thumbs up on that program.
I just gave the "Forth Primer" a cursory look, and I noticed it gives a good preliminary introduction which is good. But, where do I find a good explanation for something like the words BACKUP and AUTORUN? Or are these two words just pertaining specifically to your dictionary?
As I spend more time with Tachyon, I find it is becoming more familiar, and therefore less "Yoda" like, as one forum member described it. Very good job Peter, I can hardly wait to see what all this looks like when it finally "grows up", hopefully we can see a fast growth rate LOL.
There's a readme.txt in the dropbox folder which addresses the VGA plus even at present you can type NOVGA to kill the VGA cog. BACKUP and other special functions are covered quite a bit in the Introduction page so make sure you have a read of it especially with a system running.
The latest binaries start up at 57600 baud and after you have loaded EXTEND.fth you can change this with BAUDRATE which becomes effective after the next reboot (hit ^C or ALT-B to send a break from TeraTerm).
I kind of thought that those two lines would be it, but I wanted to make sure. Thanks Peter.
Peter and I exchanged some back channel emails and he gave me some code to get me started writing code to interface to an Emic2 Text-To-Speech module.
Easier said than done. But after a couple of hours hitting myself on the forehead, it all came together ... the devil indeed is in the details.
Great to see some Tachyon .fth that drive Parallax "sensors". While the code is very straight forward for the adapt forth'r I think it would be great for you to fully explain everything in your code so the neophyte can follow along. Assume nothing. Again thanks for contributing your efforts.
I've decided to make some project pages available which have both code and documentation, schematics etc. There are stacks of devices that I have already interfaced to but here's one for starters that I just started working on yesterday. It's still a WIP but this gives you an idea. I will place the links at the bottom of the Intro page.
Peter, I really like the "ProjectDoc" format. Everything in one place, clear schematics, nicely formatted code, theory as a bonus!! These should be a great addition.
Yes, it looks good and it works! Win-win. If anyone wants to know how to interface a device using TACHYON then just ask as I will consider these for future project pages.
BTW, ANYONE at all, even die-hard C coders (no fun) should consider loading TACHYON onto any new prototype because it's the mother of all debuggers, and friendly too (if you have bothered to learn some of the etiquette involved to talk nicely that is). In fact this is where OpenFirmware (and funnily enough Java (C programmers version of Forth) at the same place years later ) was used to test out new Sun Sparc prototypes. In the beginning Forth was the fastest way to get software up and running on a new CPU where the old compilers were useless and because it is was such a great debugging tool in that you could write complete programs and test suites in it that it was incorporated into Sun workstation ROMs and evolved into OpenFirmware.
I took the time to play with TACHYON the first time the other night.. I can definitely see the attraction here.
I compiled my own source using my VGAplus/Quickstart combo. The VGA demo was a little glitchy, but still very cool, and for some reason I couldn't get the extended features to stick when the unit is powered down. Are these written to EEPROM, or do they need to be reloaded at each power up?
Ether way, are there any Forth applications which were designed which would run on this setup?
Great job Peter. I'm not completely a Forth convert, but I'm definitely planning some more time with this.
Hi Jeff, I'm shocked, absolutely shocked (Casa Blanca I think) that the extended features didn't backup to EEPROM. Normally after loading in a fresh kernel the idea is to download EXTEND.fth and if there were no errors in download (usually due to coming in too fast without handshaking) then it will do an automatic backup. So just make sure that you have enough line delay on your terminal settings (30 to 50ms) and that there were no errors. However the VGA DEMO does not do an automatic backup because it's a demo but you can tell it to at any time by typing BACKUP. The VGA demo is overlapping into ROM until I free up some more memory so you will see some garbage at the bottom of the screen when it's not blanked. Is that what you mean by "glitched".
"rough crowd" just means unduly critical, hard to please.
Keep up the great work, Peter.
I'm going to try you're direct PS/2 USB keyboard with my Kensington "Keyboard for Life" that came with one of those ugly USB/PS/2 adapters. Interesting App note.
Could Peter (and the group) attempt to sketch out the high level functional requirements, the required functions, the code specific code that implements each and the tests that prove the code? Just a sketch. It doesn't have to be complete at least not right off the bat. But if Peter could make a start, and post it on his google docs, other folks could at least poke at it and maybe fill in some stuff... Hopefully, if would grow as more folks read the drafts, and scratch their heads and fill in more details they figure out. Kind of an organic, untended review process?
This is kind of a big request, and unusual I know. BUT this requirements-function-code-test trace is found on most successful projects I've encountered. I think could be a value add for maintainability and training, and well worth the effort.
Also, I'm working on designing something like this for another project, and I need more data on what works well and what to avoid. You guys are working well together, I want to capture what you do well and try to make a sequence of behavior that others can emulate on more projects. This project is BIG enough to include multiple folks, yet small enough for this experiment to be manageable.
Any takers? Too nuts? Thanks for your consideration.
Yup. EasyWriter, the first word processor for the original IBM PC was written in Forth. I remember it fondly.
Am I missing something, or is a VGA display required to run Tachyon? Is there not a version that is serial only so I can play with it on a QuickStart of EFX-TEK board? Forgive me if this is a stupid question, I still feel a bit out of the clubhouse on this whole Forth thing, but I'm very interested.


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I received a proof of this at the beginning of May, but sadly didn't get a chance to read it before I went to an event in London and got to meet the author. I really wish I had, although it's probably better that I hadn't or I'd have monopolised her for hours until she was dying for an opportunity to escape! In the end it was a book that led to me staying up to finish it, and then having to leave the landing light on.
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Smoking and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescent Girls Are "Red Flag" for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
First-time study shows smoking and depression in adolescents have negative impact on bone mineral density, say investigators in the Journal of Adolescent Health
Philadelphia, PA, April 3, 2013
Depression, anxiety, and smoking are associated with lower bone mineral density (BMD) in adults, but these factors have not previously been studied during adolescence, when more than 50% of bone accrual occurs. This longitudinal preliminary study is the first to demonstrate that smoking and depressive symptoms in adolescent girls have a negative impact on adolescent bone accrual and may become a red flag for a future constrained by low bone mass or osteoporosis and higher fracture rates in postmenopausal years. The study is published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, the official journal of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM).
Osteoporosis is a costly health problem. Although it is primarily evident in postmenopausal women, its roots can be traced to periods of growth, including adolescence. The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that ten million Americans already have osteoporosis and an additional 34 million are at risk. In 2005, there were an estimated two million fractures attributed to osteoporosis costing an estimated $19 billion. These numbers are expected to rise to three million fractures and $25.3 billion in costs each year by 2025, presenting a significant public health burden.
Meta-analyses have shown that adult depression is associated with osteoporosis and lower bone mineral density (BMD). Smoking also has a negative impact on bone health, with adult smokers having lower BMD compared to nonsmokers, likely increasing lifetime fracture risk by as much as 31%.
Depression and anxiety increase in adolescence, particularly in girls, and smoking and alcohol use are often initiated at this time. Both depression and substance use often become chronic after adolescence. There is however a dearth of information on whether these factors affect bone accrual in adolescence.
Investigators from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and The Pennsylvania State University recruited 262 healthy girls between 11 and 19 years from a teen health clinic in a large children's hospital and its surrounding community to represent typically developing adolescents and enrolled them in four age cohorts (11, 13, 15, and 17 years). The goal was to have each age cohort reflect the number of smokers proportional to national statistics. The girls each attended three annual onsite visits. Phone interviews were conducted at three-month intervals between annual visits.
Bone accrual trajectories from ages 11 to 19 were estimated for total-body bone mineral content (TB BMC) and lumbar spine and total hip bone mineral density (BMD).
Investigators found that while smokers entered adolescence with equivalent levels of lumbar spine and total hip BMD, overall BMD accrual across adolescence was significantly lower as smoking frequency increased. Depressive symptoms showed a slightly different pattern. Girls with higher levels of symptoms had significantly lower lumbar spine BMD consistently across adolescence. There also was no association between alcohol use or anxiety symptoms or their interactions with age on any bone measure.
"Adolescence is a crucial period of development that lays the foundation for women's health across the lifespan," says lead investigator Lorah D. Dorn, PhD, of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati, Ohio. "As much bone is accrued in the two years surrounding menarche as is lost in the last four decades of life.
"To our knowledge, our study is the first to test and demonstrate that smoking behavior and depressive symptoms in girls have a negative impact on bone accrual across adolescence. It may be premature to advocate screening for BMD in adolescents with depressive symptoms or those who smoke, but our study should be replicated to determine whether greater vigilance in monitoring bone mineral status is necessary," she concludes.
In a commentary published in the same issue Giovanni Cizza, MD, PhD, MHSc, and Kristina I. Rother, MD, MHSc, of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, praised the clinical and public health importance of the research question and mentioned a number of potential biological and social factors that may have contributed to these interesting results, such as the role of body-mass index (BMI), socio-economic status, meal schedules, and the difficulty of identifying depressive symptoms in adolescence, which is "a time of great changes and psychological turmoil."
Cizza and Rother pose a number of questions, concluding that, "More research is needed to better understand the mechanisms mediating bone accrual; as an example, do sleep disturbances, whether due to depressive symptoms or simply secondary to voluntary sleep deprivation, impair bone accrual?"
"Longitudinal Impact of Substance Use and Depressive Symptoms on Bone Accrual Among Girls Aged 11-19 Years," by Lorah D. Dorn, PhD, Sarah J. Beal, PhD, Heidi J. Kalkwarf, PhD, Stephanie Pabst, Med, Jennie G. Noll, PhD, and Elizabeth J. Susman, PhD. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.10.005
"An Ounce of Prevention: Securing Bone Health in Adolescence," by Giovanni Cizza, MD, PhD, and Kristina I. Rother, MD. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.01.016
Both are published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 52, Issue 4 (April 2013), published by Elsevier.
Full text of the article is available to credentialed journalists upon request. Contact Eileen Leahy at +1 732 238 3628 or e.leahy@elsevier.com to obtain copies. Journalists wishing to interview Lorah D. Dorn should contact Nicholas Miller at 513-803-6035, nicholas.miller@cchmc.org, or Jim Feuer at 513-636-4656, jim.feuer@cchmc.org. Journalists may contact Giovanni Cizza at cizzag@intra.niddk.nih.gov.
About Journal of Adolescent Health (www.jahonline.org)
The Journal of Adolescent Health is a multidisciplinary scientific Journal, which seeks to publish new research findings in the field of Adolescent Medicine and Health ranging from the basic biological and behavioral sciences to public health and policy. It is the official publication of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM), www.adolescenthealth.org, a multidisciplinary organization committed to improving the health and well-being of adolescents. One of the Society's primary goals is the development, synthesis, and dissemination of scientific and scholarly knowledge unique to the health needs of adolescents. To meet this goal, the Society established the Journal of Adolescent Health in 1980.
According to the Journal Citation Reports®, published by Thomson Reuters, Journal of Adolescent Health has a 2011 Impact Factor of 3.334, and is ranked 8th of 113 journals in Pediatrics.
Eileen Leahy
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USWNT vs. China, 2015 World Cup: Time, TV schedule, streaming and more
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The United States are three wins away from winning the World Cup. All that stands in their way now are China, Germany or France and then the final. But before the Americans can look forward to the much-anticipated semifinal that will pit two of the world's top three teams against each other, first they have to take care of China.
This will be the first time that the U.S. and China have met in a World Cup since the final in 1999, which the Americans won on penalty kicks in the most famous women's soccer match of all time. Since then, the Chinese have fallen off the map, failing to qualify for World Cups and generally becoming an afterthought, but they are back with an exceedingly young and talented team that has made their way to the quarterfinals.
The match kicks off at 7:30 p.m. ET at Lansdowne Stadium in Ottawa, where the U.S. has not played in this World Cup. It will be televised in the U.S. on FOX, giving it a primetime network TV spot. As has been the case for U.S. matches all tournament long, J.P. Dellacamera, Tony Dicicco and Cat Whitehill will be on the call. FOX will air a 30-minute pre-game show from Vancouver and while there will not be a post-game show, World Cup Tonight will air at midnight E.T on Fox Sports 1, as always does.
In addition to the English-language TV coverage, NBC Deportes will show the match in Spanish and you can watch it on your computer, tablet or cell phone with the Fox Sports Go app.
Match date/time: Friday, 7:30 p.m. ET
Venue: Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa, Canada
TV: FOX (English), NBC Deportes (Spanish)
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President Donald Trump's top health official said Monday that the administration plans to turn up the heat on the pharmaceutical industry if it doesn't work with the government to help lower the price of drugs in the U.S.
"If industry isn't willing to work with us to lower prices, President Trump and this administration will keep turning up the pressure," Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said during a speech in Washington, D.C., offering more details of a plan he and Trump laid out Friday.
While the drug pricing plan outlined dozens of proposals to pressure drugmakers and reshape a supply and administration system worth hundreds of billions of dollars, it was dismissed as somewhat toothless by Wall Street, since it takes little immediate action.
Azar, a former executive for Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co., said that many of the proposals could come via regulation, without the need for new laws from Congress.
The administration's plan doesn't include direct negotiation of prices by the government in Medicare, something Trump had previously threatened. Instead, Azar said that the government would give more power to private-sector pharmacy-benefit managers to negotiate on patients' behalf.
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Christopher Jackson, former dean of Concordia's Faculty of Fine Arts and co-founder of the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal (SMAM), died Friday, September 25, at the age of 67, from lung cancer complications.
The organist, conductor and academic is remembered as a "pillar of Canada's early music scene" in an obituary published in Le Devoir.
Jackson joined the Department of Music as a full-time faculty member in 1978. He assumed several administrative roles, including dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts from 1994 until 2005.
Close friend and colleague Liselyn Adams, current chair of the Department of Music, served as associate dean under Jackson. She remembers his singular drive to improve the faculty. "He brought it into a more modern university footing ... He was a brilliant leader in his own quiet way," she says.
In the late 1990s, Jackson worked with the dean of Engineering at the time, Nabil Esmail, to come up with a plan for what is now the Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex (EV) Building. Both faculties were keen to upgrade their facilities.
Jackson worked hard to bring the different Fine Arts departments closer together. "That connection and the idea of scholarship that went beyond your own narrow discipline was very important to him," Adams says.
As director of the Grey Nuns project, Jackson was also very supportive of Concordia's successful negotiations to purchase the large heritage structure on René Lévesque Boulevard.
As a musician and conductor, Jackson was widely recognized as one of Montreal's leading figures in the international early music scene. He co-founded SMAM in 1974, at a time when the movement to revive early music, played on the original instruments, was taking off in Europe and North America.
"He was front and centre of that movement in Montreal," says Adams. During its beginning years, the studio was an orchestra as well as a choir, and Adams joined as a baroque flutist shortly after moving to Montreal in 1977.
Jackson was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2009, in recognition of his contribution to music. He leaves behind his wife, trombonist Dominique Lortie, and their three sons, Mathieu, Simon and Nicholas.
Those who desire may make a memorial donation to his life's work: the Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal, or Concordia's Faculty of Fine Arts, via the Christopher Jackson Fund.


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Fabricators Forum 2003
Michael Reis
Over the past few years, natural stone fabricators have become a very integral part of the Coverings exhibition, which took place in Orlando, FL, from March 24 to 27. The event's "Vision 2003" series of education sessions featured a broad range of topics that were of interest to today's fabricators. On the opening day of the event, Stone World hosted a "Fabricators Forum," where fabricators from around the country were on hand to candidly share their experiences in the business.
The session, which was attended by over 80 fabricators from shops of all sizes, focused on a broad range of topics, including CNC technology, installation, templating, safety and even bookkeeping. The following is a synopsis of the topics discussed at the Fabricators Forum and the general feelings of the fabricators who were present at the event.
Q: What is the extent of automated equipment in your shop? Have you found the expense to be worth it?
Generally speaking, the fabricators participating in the forum were mixed on the degree of computerized machinery present in their operations. While virtually all of the participants reported an interest in CNC technology, many still did not operate this type of machinery in their shops. One fabricator who fabricates work for the New Orleans and Panama City, FL, area said he fabricates 40 to 50 kitchens a week with no CNC technology. His equipment includes three line polishers and two bridge saws, and he has a total of seven installation teams.
Those fabricators who did report using CNC technology said they "found it to be more than worth the investment." "We thought we might have a challenge, but it has [accomplished] more than we could have imagined," stated one fabricator. Fabricators who responded typically fabricated between 7 and 10 kitchens per week, and revenue was reported to be around $5,000 to $6,000 per kitchen fabricated.
Of those who invested in CNC machinery, none of the participants reported that it took a long period of time to "grow into" the equipment from a business standpoint. In general, once the machine was up and running, it was in use at all times. One operator reported that annual sales were just under $1 million before operating the CNC machinery, but that they quickly surpassed that mark. "In a little 2,000-square-foot shop, we are doing 2,500 to 3,000 square feet per month," said one user of CNC technology. Another company stated that they were already using one CNC machine from Z. Bavelloni, and they had another machine on the way.
As far as operation of the machine, the CNC users at the forum reported that multiple users are able to work the computerized equipment, although they also noted that there is typically one worker who is the primary operator of the machine. "If he is down, the machine is down," said one fabricator. As a result, many of the shops said that everyone takes vacation at the same time.
The fabricators who spoke at the forum also noted that learning the equipment is not as much of a challenge as it used to be. "Six years ago, it was new and a little challenging to learn," said one fabricator. "Now it's a no-brainer." Another stated: "Our guys have been doing it awhile, and so now it can be set up pretty easily and quickly." One challenge with the workers was that they sometimes "psychologically don't think production can be doubled," one user explained. "People need to see that it can be done."
According to the fabricators at the roundtable, the greatest benefit of CNC technology is increased production, with reports of the machinery being able to cut and profile a piece in less than an hour. "We recently went to CNC, and for the last nine years we had been doing everything by hand," said one fabricator. "Our machine, if we push it, can cut, polish and do sinkholes on two kitchens a day easily," said another.
Q: What are the ways in which shops are handling their water recycling?
Most of the fabricators who commented said they are using a standard bag filtration system, including one participant who had just established a new 5,000-square-foot shop and was using a clear air filtration system with overhead fans. Another reported that the only fresh water used at the shop is what goes through the spindle of the CNC machine.
Q: What is the best and fastest way to cut and polish sinkholes without the use of CNC or waterjet?
The first response to this topic was to "be really quick on the draw" by making sure to remove large chunks of material as quickly as possible. Another fabricator explained that his firm has actually begun selling sinks to end users. This way, he is able to store an inventory of templates that will correspond to the exact sinks that will be used in the final applications. He added that the profit margin on the sale of sinks was fairly attractive.
Q: What is the best product to make hard templates?
The first fabricator who responded to this topic reported using a product called UHMW, a very hard plastic material that is also used for marine purposes as well a variety of other applications in the manufacturing industry. Other popular choices included wood and cardboard.
However, many of the fabricators reported that there are difficulties in templating that go beyond the material for the templates. "One problem we have in our shop is to make sure the customer/builder has the necessary things in place [at the job site] when we go to make the template. It's a huge problem for us, because it can throw the whole schedule off [if they cannot measure properly]." One fabricator said they will add a separate "trip charge" in these instances, but others felt that this could cause a dispute with the customer.
Overall, the fabricators felt that educating the customer was paramount in ensuring the success of a job. "We have to educate the customer and ask what they have, and then we take pictures [of the job site] so we have them on hand," said one participant.
And before doing the installation, fabricators said that advance communication with the customer or the builder is critical. "We call ahead of time before we go out and do the installation to be sure that we're not going to get there and find out someone is painting or something like that."
Q: Should templating and installation costs be included in the contracted price at a fixed amount, or should they be charged separately as extras (hourly rates)?
Fabricators were somewhat split on this issue, and their responses tended to vary based on the presumed tax laws of the states they worked within. "For tax purposes, we are selling a finished product, so we include [templating] in the final price, and we tax that," stated one fabricator. Another fabricator reported that their accountant wanted them to break down the final price -- with 80% as the finished product (which is taxable), and 20% as templating and installation (which is not taxed).
But even the state tax laws themselves seem to be a "gray area" for fabricators, with no clear regulations on what can be taxed and what cannot. "[The tax legislators] really don't give you a way to cover yourselves, but then they can come after you when they want to," said one fabricator. As a result, several fabricators said they would prefer to charge the tax for everything rather than face a tax audit down the road.
Q: Are rods necessary around cut-outs?
The fabricators who answered this question were virtually unanimous that it was necessary to rod. However, fabricators were not as consistent with the material used for rodding. While many use regular steel products, a fabricator at another session pointed out that these can eventually rust, causing discoloration on the surface of the stone over time. He said that the use of stainless steel rods are critical to avoid this situation.
Q: What kind of safety measures do people take so that when moving materials, a slab does not fall and injure employees?
The initial response to this question was by a fabricator who had a fatal accident at his facility in November of 2002. He explained that the worker had accidentally pulled the slab onto himself. "It happened in the yard. We have a rule of two men on a slab, and he didn't follow that policy. There really needs to be some kind of safety device developed. A policy of having two guys on a slab is not enough."
A total of 500 slabs are stored at the facility, mostly on A-frames. "I find that the racks can be more dangerous than A-frames," the fabricator said. "The Marble Institute of America says that you should use two men, with one on each side and not in the middle, and that's what we follow. But I would like everyone to keep their minds on [developing a new safety device], and maybe we can come up with something."
Other fabricators agreed that slab handling can be a treacherous task, particularly when the workers don't follow the company policies. "You can't idiot-proof the situation, and you can't avoid every situation," said one fabricator. "You just have to educate your workers in the best way possible."
One company said they had three near-fatal slab falls in their shop, and each could be attributed to people not following procedures and employees not thinking about what they are doing. "One guy tried to pull two slabs out by himself," he said.
A suggested solution to this was to carefully monitor the temperament of each employee in the shop and to continually remind them of the rules. "If he starts to get carried away, you can warn him, and if it keeps happening, then you let him go," said one fabricator. "It's like good drivers and bad drivers. Some guys are emotional and hot-headed. With other guys, nothing bothers them. That is the kind of guy you want around."
Ultimately, the fabricators felt that it is the responsibility of the owner to maintain a safety program in the shop. "You have to keep an eye on your workers. I have let people go for [not following safety procedures.]." Several companies reported that they require workers to familiarize themselves with the MIA Technical Module entitled "Stone Shop Safety" so they can better understand these procedures.
Fabricators also pointed out that they shouldn't assume that their workers know how to lift properly. "When I've gone on the jobsite, I was very surprised to see that many guys don't know how to lift. It really opened my eyes. I wrote to the MIA about belts, and they said that no belt can make up for lifting improperly."
Q: When seaming the countertops in the field, there may be slight lippage. How do you keep the polish the same as the factory polish when you need to remove lippage from the seam?
One response to this question was simply to not seam with the lip. "If I find warped slabs, generally some kind of splash will go on, and we'll block it, put another stone face-to-face and clamp it."
The fabricators agreed that it takes "true craftsmanship and patience" to face-grind the lips when necessary. One participant said he found success with Alpha 3-inch resin pads. "We use the ones that don't bend. You stop at 2000 and switch to the Alpha black or white buff pad. You can't grind it too much, though. Some materials turn white."
To avoid problems in the field, one fabricator said that all of the projects are first laid out in the shop "to make sure we have a consistent look, regardless of material."
Q: What do people do with waste (cut-offs)?
This was a common issue for many of the fabricators present at the forum. Most said they find no value in these products, and the best situation would be to find someone that would be willing to haul it away. Others suggested using a Dumpster that is emptied once a week.
However, most of the fabricators said that selling cut-offs, or even cut-offs that have some value added, is more trouble than it is worth. "People see [the waste] and maybe they're interested in having you do something with it, but then they're also saying, 'Well, I'm not going to pay much for it. It's your garbage.'"
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Models of Bounded Rationality: Volume 1: Economic Analysis and Public Policy - The MIT Press (Paperback)
Herbert A. Simon (author)
The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Herbert Simon in 1978. At Carnegie-Mellon University he holds the title of Professor of Computer Science and Psychology. These two facts together delineate the range and uniqueness of his contributions in creating meaningful interactions among fields that developed in isolation but that are all concerned with human decision-making and problem-solving processes. In particular, Simon has brought the insights of decision theory, organization theory (especially as it applies to the business firm), behavior modeling, cognitive psychology, and the study of artificial intelligence to bear on economic questions. This has led not only to new conceptual dimensions for theoretical constructions, but also to a new humanizing realism in economics, a way of taking into account and dealing with human behavior and interactions that lie at the root of all economic activity.
The sixty papers and essays contained in these two volumes are grouped under eight sections, each with a brief introductory essay. These are: Some Questions of Public Policy, Dynamic Programming Under Uncertainty; Technological Change; The Structure of Economic Systems; The Business Firm as an Organization; The Economics of Information Processing; Economics and Psychology; and Substantive and Procedural Reality. Most of Simon's papers on classical and neoclassical economic theory are contained in volume one. The second volume collects his papers on behavioral theory, with some overlap between the two volumes. The second edition of Simon's widely read and referenced The Sciences of the Artificial was published by The MIT Press 1981 and is available in both hardcover and paperback.
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SEC Charges Former Morgan Stanley Executive with FCPA Violations and Investment Adviser Fraud
Washington, D.C., April 25, 2012 —
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former executive at Morgan Stanley with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) as well as securities laws for investment advisers by secretly acquiring millions of dollars worth of real estate investments for himself and an influential Chinese official who in turn steered business to Morgan Stanley's funds.
The SEC alleges that Garth R. Peterson, who was a managing director in Morgan Stanley's real estate investment and fund advisory business, had a personal friendship and secret business relationship with the former Chairman of Yongye Enterprise (Group) Co. – a Chinese state-owned entity with influence over the success of Morgan Stanley's real estate business in Shanghai. Peterson secretly arranged to have at least $1.8 million paid to himself and the Chinese official that he disguised as finder's fees that Morgan Stanley's funds owed to third parties. Peterson also secretly arranged for him, the Chinese official, and an attorney to acquire a valuable Shanghai real estate interest from a Morgan Stanley fund. Peterson was acquiring an interest from the fund but negotiated both sides of the transaction. In exchange for offers and payments from Peterson, the Chinese official helped Peterson and Morgan Stanley obtain business while personally benefitting from some of these same investments. Peterson's deception, self-dealing, and misappropriation breached the fiduciary duties he owed to Morgan Stanley's funds as their representative.
Peterson agreed to a settlement of the SEC's charges in which he will be permanently barred from the securities industry, pay more than $250,000 in disgorgement, and relinquish his interest in the valuable Shanghai real estate (currently valued at approximately $3.4 million) that he secretly acquired through his misconduct. The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a related criminal case against Peterson.
"Peterson crossed the line not once, but twice. He secretly bribed a government official to illegally win business for his employer and enriched himself in violation of his fiduciary duty to Morgan Stanley's clients," said Robert Khuzami, Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement. "This case illustrates the SEC's commitment to holding individuals accountable for FCPA violations, particularly employees who intentionally circumvent their company's internal controls."
Kara Novaco Brockmeyer, Chief of the SEC Enforcement Division's FCPA Unit, added, "As a rogue employee who took advantage of his firm and its investment advisory clients, Peterson orchestrated a scheme to illegally win business while lining his own pockets and those of an influential Chinese official."
According to the SEC's complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Peterson's violations occurred from at least 2004 to 2007. His principal responsibility at Morgan Stanley was to evaluate, negotiate, acquire, manage and sell real estate investments on behalf of Morgan Stanley's advisers and funds. He was terminated in 2008 due to his FCPA misconduct.
The SEC alleges that Peterson led Morgan Stanley's effort to build a Chinese real estate investment portfolio for its real estate funds by cultivating a relationship with the Chinese official and taking advantage of his ability to steer opportunities to Morgan Stanley and his influence in helping with needed governmental approvals. Morgan Stanley thus partnered with Yongye on a number of significant Chinese real estate investments. At the same time, Peterson and the Chinese official expanded their personal business dealings both in a real estate interest secretly acquired from Morgan Stanley as well as by investing together in Chinese franchises of well-known U.S. fast food restaurants. Peterson failed to disclose these investments in annual disclosures that Morgan Stanley required him to make as part of his employment.
According to the SEC's complaint, Peterson openly credited the Chinese official with helping obtain approvals required from other Chinese government entities for a deal to close. He wrote to several Morgan Stanley employees in response to an e-mail discussing the terms of one of Yongye's purported investments, "Everyone pls keep in mind the big picture here. YY gave us this deal. ... So we owe them a favor relating to this deal. ... This should be very easy and friendly." In another e-mail a week later, Peterson described "YYI" as "our friends who are coming in because WE OWE THEM A FAVOR."
The SEC alleges that a Morgan Stanley compliance officer specifically informed Peterson in 2004 that employees of Yongye, a Chinese state-owned entity, were government officials for purposes of the FCPA. Peterson also received at least 35 FCPA compliance reminders from Morgan Stanley, but nonetheless committed the FCPA violations.
The SEC's complaint charges Peterson with violations of the anti-bribery, books and records and internal control provisions of the FCPA, and with aiding and abetting violations of the anti-fraud provisions of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Peterson consented to a court order requiring him to disgorge $254,589 and relinquish to a court-appointed receiver the interest he secretly acquired from Morgan Stanley's fund in the Jin Lin Tiandi Serviced Apartments. Peterson's interest has a current estimated value of approximately $3.4 million. The proposed settlement is subject to court approval. Peterson also has consented to permanent industry bars based on the anticipated entry of the injunctions against him and his criminal conviction.
The SEC acknowledges the assistance of the Fraud Section of DOJ's Criminal Division, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Morgan Stanley, which is not charged in the matter, cooperated with the SEC's inquiry and conducted a thorough internal investigation to determine the scope of the improper payments and other misconduct involved.
The SEC's investigation was conducted by David Neuman of the Asset Management Unit and Assistant Director Greg Faragasso, and the litigation was led by Richard Hong.
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USDA Funds Six International Research Projects on Climate-Smart Agriculture
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Accepting Applications for 2020 Borlaug Fellowships
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2020 Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program. The program offers training and collaborative research opportunities to early and mid-career...
Accepting Applications for 2019 Borlaug Global Research Alliance Fellowships
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2019 Borlaug Global Research Alliance Fellowships. Fellows will work with a mentor at USDA's Agricultural Research Service or a U.S. university for up to 12 weeks on resilient...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2019 Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program. The program offers training and collaborative research opportunities to scientists...
Pioneering Export Markets with the Cochran Fellowship Program
It's been a busy fall for the FAS Cochran Fellowship Program. In September and October 2017, more than 200 Cochran Fellows from 32 countries traveled to the United States to enhance their knowledge and technical skills. The fellows, many of them...
Accepting Applications for 2018 Borlaug Cocoa Fellowships
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2018 Borlaug Global Cocoa Initiative Fellowships. Fellows will work with a mentor at USDA's Agricultural Research Service or a U.S. university for up to 12 weeks on research...
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Every year, Center Theatre Group commissions two to three playwrights as part of Community Partnerships to develop short plays that will be performed in public libraries across Boyle Heights. While the past few short plays have been transitioned onto an online platform (Community Stories) due to COVID-19, CTG is looking forward to the return of li...
From musicals to stage plays to miniseries and films, adaptations of A Christmas Carol continue to be produced, performed, and patronized. During Christmastime, homes are decorated, specialty dishes are made, carolers sing, photos are taken with Santa, gifts are purchased, and A Christmas Carol is enjoyed. Charles Dickens' classic story of a co...
The Making of Music and Lighting in Jack Thorne's 'A Christmas Carol'
Jack Thorne's adaptation of A Christmas Carol is staged unlike any other version of this story before it. The critically acclaimed, Tony Award®-winning production, originally conceived and directed by Matthew Warchus, is as beautiful and enchanting as you would expect a holiday extravaganza to be. Warchus wanted to transform this iteration of A...
Actor Gregg Daniel (HBO's Insecure) currently appears in The Duat by playwright Roger Q. Mason and director Taibi Magar as part of our series Not a Moment, But a Movement, in collaboration with Watts Village Theater Company and The Fire This Time Festival. Filmed live at the Kirk Douglas Theatre and available on demand through August 12, 2021, T...
After a year and a half of our theatres being dark, we're slowly transitioning back to live performances. For Marike Splint and Center Theatre Group, that transition involves a pair of your best headphones, a specially designed mobile app, and a trip to Los Angeles State Historic Park. 32 ACRES–a soundwalk for the Los Angeles State Historic Par...
When Alex Alpharaoh was two months old, he and his 15-year-old mother were almost killed in a bomb blast in La Limonada, a shantytown in Guatemala City. To escape the violence, they began their journey to the United States, where they would start their lives anew in Los Angeles, albeit in the shadows, undocumented.
Ritchie's Tenure as Only the Second Artistic Director of Los Angeles' Largest Nonprofit Theatre Organization Will Have Spanned 17 Years
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Meet the 2021 Sherwood Award Winners: D'Lo and Mikaal Sulaiman
Despite a year of shutdowns and the closure of venues around the country, theatre has survived, and art continues to go on. That's why we are honored to announce that Center Theatre Group has selected two winners of the Dorothy and Richard Sherwood Award—D'Lo and Mikaal Sulaiman, both multi-talented theatremakers, artists, and changemakers. �...
In Not a Moment, But a Movement, 3 Theatres Join in the Pursuit of Elevating Black Artists
"It was great because it wasn't just for me–this is for us. This is for Black people. I hear a story that I see myself reflected in, and it's right here. And that's really special." —Bruce Lemon, Co-Artistic Director of Watts Village Theater Company
Playwright Kemp Powers takes Hollywood by storm before turning to our Digital Stage
For Kemp Powers, 2021 has already been quite the year—and it's only February. After over two decades of writing, Powers has finally had the chance to experience what so many aspiring creatives can only dream about with the celebration of two debut screenplays. "It's been surreal, to be honest. It's weird to have your work out there in th...


The city of Porto have an amazing range of good cafes around. You can go to the traditional ones with incredible and historical architecture or the more hip and cool new ones. All with great food, Portuguese pastries and off course, coffee.
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A café, bar and restaurant, right on the beach.
A part of Porto's history, this cafe has been around since 1899.
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