There would be 49 pitches within in a whole-tone scale, or 114 in a regular scale before reaching the next octave. Perhaps even a next subdivision. It was just fantasy. He had no means to try. But his depression had gone.
Behind the highest mountains were forested mountains, and behind the forests were deserts where it could be flaming hot. Hotter than he ever imagined would exist on earth, though he had read about it in books – but one can not feel heat from a book, of course. He also crossed main roads full with almost soundless cars, trucks and buses and trains in the middle of the deserts. Then there were mountain peaks that were always scorching hot during the day and ice cold during the night, and on which grew no trees and where there were hardly any places to hide. Then again weeks further he traveled through lush landscapes of sharp snow-less mountain peaks and broad rivers, silently following their course of immense and awful beauty. He felt very small and humble in such landscapes. He took boats, and at one time entered a side river between awe-inspiring mountains, and met, on a very desolate place, gigantic statues in the rocks, twenty five times the size of himself of 'people' who looked somewhat like the Buddha he new from his home country, but much bigger, and much less friendly in facial expression. They expressed intelligent brute power rather than kindness and wisdom. How small was he himself between all this! He traveled and traveled, and came in caves full of colorful paintings and sculptures of godlike people, but also saw paintings of beings flying through the sky, mostly painted above these godlike man and women, with the same beautiful mindless eyes as had seen himself so many times in the faces of his nature spirits. So these painters in the caves of who knows how many hundreds or thousands of years ago, knew about these 'unseen beings.' As much as he himself did! But then they must also have known about the real gods!! But now, there was only silence, apart from sometimes a few, mostly big white or pink skinned visitors with a camera. They never staid long after taking their picture. They had no time. Time and silence enough to think and meditate for Shano. So he met people and peoples and cultures, rivers and mountains, small and big animals, heat and snow, hardship and comfort. There were times when he could find nothing to eat, but it happened never longer than a few days in a row, so he would survive. His mind became clearer and clearer. He understood much more of his philosophy books, and even things not discussed in these books. He wondered if he would ever die, or life forever – like they say about the gods. He still wanted to learn more, understand more, experience more, travel more – but also he felt that some day life would change for him again.
He went to many other cities, sometimes stayed a few days or a week. Most of them were much cleaner than the city in which he had lived a few years, and people seemed better in some places. He saw strange people going into and coming out of strange temples with lions on the roofs and dragons painted everywhere. Everyone was looking for God or many gods or symbols or idols of gods, and was worshiping them with incense and lights, but nobody seemed to know the real gods. It gave the people both consolation and despair to visit these temples. At some places people were singing together in large houses with large heave-pointing towers built for god or the gods or a great teacher from the remote past. All these places, sacred texts, images, shrines and gigantic and impressive prayer halls were called holy, and had survived despite all modern science and technology. Each of these things were built according to phantasies of people who had never met a real God, but still yearned for Him or It or Them, and had used their best powers of imagination. Sometimes they had felt that the gods or their messengers themselves had helped them to form their phantasies. All these things had some strange beauty in its own way, however primitive many idols and rituals were. There was a hope and at the same time almost desperate doubt in the people's minds about the real meaning of life, and sometimes many people felt that the gods or God or the Master had left them alone because of their own sins, and thus felt guilty. But Shano noticed that all of these things had reality and truth at their core – even though nor he nor anyone else could describe it. He also felt clearly that one day he would know, but how to reach that knowledge was escaping him – he had but a faint intuition. He also knew, or at least hoped, that the spiritual poverty in the human hearts would be replaced, first by dawning mental understanding, then by real inner wealth, so great that money and selfishness would become but trifles or memories from an idiot past.
After a long trek he came to a city with most beautiful ancient blue and green tiled buildings, where people looked again different, spoke again very different languages (though many spoke English also) and had a very different religions from what he had met so far. Above the city were flyovers on which were speeding slender trains, sometimes these ran more than three hundred fifty miles per hour on the longer stretches, but almost noiseless. There were hardly any cars, and it was very clean. Individuals were moving on the smooth streets either on splendid bicycles or on and in vehicles as noiseless and clean as the trains. They had all possible technical things, like in every city, but at the same time many artisans lived in that city, making fine pottery, colorful geometric tiles, carpets of amazing design of the warmest natural colors, mostly deep red, but also royal blue and natural green and black; their architecture was amazingly beautiful – almost heavenly, I would say. In general, there were many kinds of fine handicrafts. It also had a huge tower, at least a thousand feet high, may be more, and in front of it was a big square. You could enter it through a door below on the square, and behind the door was another door, belonging to an elevator bringing you to the very top of the building within seconds. From the top of the building you had a marvelous view over the city and the surrounding landscape and you could see its gigantic domes down below in their bright glassy blue and blue-green colors. Between the domes you saw the transport system running through the city, and out of and into the city, as far as the horizon, lingering out to the rest of the world. It was like a network of glistering silk threads spun together into a loose carpet. They were all connected, so the travelers along these lines could go from anywhere to anywhere. Extensions of this network he had seen everywhere since he had left the highest mountains, but Shano had always chosen to walk. Despite all modernity, people had kept their own heart, and had never been so blinded as to forget beauty. Even their modern buildings and transport system reflected a beauty that seemed almost heavenly – as far as Shano could imagine heaven. The religion of these people was that they prayed to only one God, who could not be seen, of which no image could be made, who had no form because His body alone was all form, whose name could not really be known, but was all and contained all and by whom everything was created from himself by means of the infallible intelligent energy from himself; and all beings were there to pray to him and to learn and to experience while being invisibly guided according to their true devotion, until they would forever go to heaven. But, apart from some scholars and mystics, the people didn't understand very much of it mentally. These people had some calmness, some wisdom, they understood that being with God means walking in the ways of God as best as you can – and that included beauty and contentment; but they knew nothing about Shano's invisible world. However he could clearly see that it was there – and most of that wasn't of the worst kind at all. It seemed as if everything was praying, directing his better self to something higher, from which it came. He felt that some of the people in these cities really possessed great wisdom, but hid it for everyone but their intimate friends. Such people would keep themselves far from technical gadgets and TV's and world news, but they seemed to understand the world better and deeper than those who did have TV's and a hundred different communication gadgets. Even today, they were widely respected, even by those who did have all such things. Not everything was light though. The city had millions of inhabitants, and some parts were less prosperous, though never really poor, because there was a well-developed social system, in which the wealthier people donated a part of their income for the good of the less fortunate. At a few places he saw a faint darkness as a fog hanging around houses and some streets. That is were some very fanatic people lived, little educated, but cherished the added believe that theirs was the only good religion and theirs was the only God, and that all people who didn't believe in their God (the Only True One, as they had misconstrued from the teachings of the educated), and some of them thought of violence and waging war about far away nations. But they were only a rather powerless remainder of former generations where such people had really been aggressive. Now they were mostly peaceful outside, but not really in their minds. They belonged to the past, but could potentially rise again in the future.
Shano liked the city and stayed the whole (very) cold winter, in a rented room looking out to one of the blue green domes. Sometimes it was freezing dozens of degrees below zero, but on the whole the climate was sunny and comfortable. He met many wise people who gave him much to think as well as artists and artisans. Of course his favorites were players and builders of musical instruments. He still cherished his wish to become a musician and instrument builder himself. They played the ancient instruments, but played modern music based on old traditions, mixed with the subtleties they had learned from other cultures, especially from the far east and south, but also from the far west; and the greatest of them added new subtleties to the music that were nor ancient nor modern – perhaps they were of all times for those who can hear them. Thus something new had been born in art, a remarkable start for musical development in the future. Shano learned to play some of these instruments – amazingly quick and sensitive, and his teachers really regretted when he decided to continue his journey. He himself regretted it also, but there was some urge, some undefined expectation that drove him on. Every good and evil that always dwells in every city was there also, but this city was definitely much more beautiful, more widely build, more cultured and well-organized than the city he has lived from his 14th to 16th year.


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Matthew Lee Anderson's Vision for Top-Shelf Ministry
Why the Mere Orthodoxy blogger wants churches to keep the bar high—and help people reach it.
"The church is anti-intellectual." If you're a church leader—and especially if you're an evangelical—you've probably heard that claim a thousand times before. (Heck, we've even made it.) But while the prophetic shadow of Mark Noll's The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind may still loom large over the landscape of American Christianity, a growing number of bright lights are giving an increasingly thoughtful church reason to hope. One of those lights is Matthew Lee Anderson.
You probably know Anderson as the founder and erstwhile regular contributor to the blog Mere Orthodoxy, where he's written lengthy essays on everything from Trump's implications for evangelicals to sexual ethics to why "deep reading" is vital for a robust faith. His most recent book, The End of Our Exploring (Moody, 2013), argues for the importance of question-asking to the Christian faith, urging a dogged pursuit of intellectual integrity that, as he says in this week's episode of The Calling, has implications for local church ministry:
The way to reach the broadest swath of people is not by setting the intellectual bar low, but by setting it high and by persuading everyone that they can rise to it—not by being an intellectualist, but by presenting your sermons in a way that is challenging for everyone in the room, and maybe particularly challenging for the most intellectually inclined people in the room, but still aesthetically compelling enough that those who are not ordered that way or don't dispose themselves that way will still be interested in what you're saying. I think that's the hardest challenge that pastors have.One of the main frustrations ...
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Margaret T. 'Marty' (McDevitt) Dorety passed away Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. She was 82.
Born in Philadelphia on July 10, 1931 to James and Marie McDevitt, she was the sister to the late Mary McAndrew and James McDevitt.
Marty was the wife of the late John A. Dorety. She was the mother of Michael F., John G., and Susan Marie (Dorety) Crum and grandmother to John 'Jake' Crum, Marie Dorety, Emily Crum and John 'Jack' Dorety, and Erin Dorety.
Marty was active as president of the Women's Council at Good Shepherd Parish in Camp Hill, Pa., the Boy Scouts, United Cerebral Palsy, Bucks County Senior Games, Bucks County Special Olympics, and Council Rock Sage Program.
She was a dedicated care giver, wife, mother, grandmother and friend.
Marty loved to travel and learn through the Elder Hostile tours.
Visitation will be 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. followed by her Funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m., Monday at St. John Neuman Nursing Home, 10400 Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia, PA, 19116.


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Things to do in Doha: 25 - 31 July, 2021
Are you looking forward to a brand new week in Qatar? See what events are in store for you here! Our Things To Do listing comes out every Sunday at 10:00 am, so do check it out. For more events around you, visit iloveqatar.net/events!
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6th Local Dates Festival 2021
The 16-day date festival showcases different varieties like the Khalas, Al Shishi, Al Khanizi, Barhi, Iraqi, Silji, Sufri, Nabt Saif, Al Sawafi, and Khurdi, and will be sold at reasonable prices. Over 80 farms are participating in this annual festival.
Location: Al Ahmad Square, Souq Waqif
Date: 15 July 2021 - 30 July 2021
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Help your children with learning difficulties reach their full potential by joining Leo Kanner's Summer Camp. The center has fun and engaging activities for children in a caring and play-based environment. For every child enrolled, a sibling can join in the fun for free!
Location: Al Gharafa, Qatar
Date: 1 July 2021 - 26 August 2021
Time: 08:00 am - 05:00 pm
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Seagrass Tales, Dugong Trails
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Do you know all about Dugongs in Qatar and other fun facts? The National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) in collaboration with ExxonMobil Research Qatar (EMRQ) is currently running an exhibition on Dugongs. This exhibition introduces these amazing creatures and their habitat through fun facts and interactive exhibits. You will also get to learn about the important work of scientists studying Dugongs in Qatar and how we can protect them and their environment through both science and everyday actions.
Location: National Museum of Qatar
Date: 10 June 2021 - 1 September 2021
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Mal Lawal 3 - Celebrating collectors in our community
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If you love museums and exhibitions, you're going to love this one too! Mal Lawal, in this edition, features 26 collectors and a variety of objects, including manuscripts, weapons, maps, coins, heritage items, jewellery, clothing, vintage cars and more. Are you excited?
Date: 18 June 2021 - 15 September 2021
Time: Saturday to Thursday: 09:00 am – 07:00 pm, Friday: 1.30 pm – 07:00 pm
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Date: 13 June 2021 - 31 December 2021
Website: https://www.katara.net/whats-on/events/women-of-the-pandemic-virtual-exhibition
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Enjoy a beautifully curated virtual exhibition by Kuwaiti artist May Al Saad from the comfort of your home. This will surely be a great experience!
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Date: 1 April 2021 - 31 December 2021
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The Changing Public Image of Smoking in the United States: 1964–2014
K. Michael Cummings and Robert N. Proctor
K. Michael Cummings
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina; and 2History Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Robert N. Proctor
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-0798 Published January 2014
Tobacco use behaviors in the U.S. have changed significantly over the past century. After a steep increase in cigarette use rates over the first half of the 20th century, adult smoking prevalence rates started declining from their peak reached in 1964. Improved understanding of the health risks of smoking has been aided by the U.S. Surgeon General's Reports, issued on a nearly annual basis starting in 1964. Among the many forces driving down smoking prevalence were the recognition of tobacco use as an addiction and cause of cancer, along with concerns about the ill effects of breathing secondhand smoke. These factors contributed to the declining social acceptance of smoking, especially with the advent of legal restrictions on smoking in public spaces, mass media counter-marketing campaigns, and higher taxes on cigarettes. This article reviews some of the forces that have helped change the public image of smoking, focusing on the 50 years since the 1964 Surgeon General's Report on smoking and health. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 23(1); 32–36. ©2014 AACR.
The United States over the past century has seen a dramatic shift in attitudes toward tobacco, which, in turn, has influenced the increase and decrease of cigarette consumption and smoking-related cancer deaths (1–4). This article reviews some of the various forces that have helped change the public image of smoking, with a particular focus on the 50 years since the 1964 Surgeon General's Report on smoking and health.
Tobacco Use and Marketing before 1964
Cigarette smoking grew rapidly in America in the early part of the 20th century, following the invention of automatic cigarette rolling machines and the increase of advertising and promotion on an unprecedented scale (4). Cigarette use grew despite opposition from temperance advocates and religious leaders concerned that smoking would lead to alcohol abuse and narcotic drugs, especially among youth (1, 4). During the first half of the century, however, neither the public nor most physicians recognized a significant health threat from smoking, even though the increase of lung cancer prompted epidemiologic research beginning as early as the 1920s (1, 4). With the end of Prohibition (in 1933) and the decline of the temperance movement, advertising in the 1930s and 1940s was defined by campaigns, which often included explicit health claims, such as "They don't get your wind" (Camel, 1935), "gentle on my throat" (Lucky Strike, 1937), "play safe with your throat" (Philip Morris, 1941), and "Fresh as mountain air" (Old Gold, 1946; refs. 4, 5). Smokers of Camels were even encouraged to smoke a cigarette between every course of a Thanksgiving meal—as an "aid to digestion." Except for a brief period around the Great Depression, per capita cigarette consumption increased steadily until 1953 (1, 4, 5), by which time 47% of American adults were smoking cigarettes (58% of males and 36% of females), and half of all physicians (6).
In the early 1950s, evidence implicating smoking as a cause of lung cancer began to appear more frequently in medical journals and the popular press (1, 4). Cigarette sales declined in 1953 and the first part of 1954, but quickly rebounded as manufacturers rushed to introduce and market "filtered" cigarettes to allay health concerns. The emergence of the filter tip cigarette was a direct response to the publicity given to evidence linking smoking and cancer, and consumers reacted by shifting over to the new designs (4, 7). In 1952, filtered cigarettes accounted for less than 2% of sales; by 1957 this had grown to 40% and would surpass 60% by 1966 (7, 8). The advertised benefits of filters were illusory, however, given that smokers of filtered brands often inhaled as much or more tar, nicotine, and noxious gases as smokers of unfiltered cigarettes (9–11). Filters were not really even filters in any meaningful sense, because there was no such thing as "clean smoke." The industry had recognized this as early as the 1930s, but smokers were led to believe they were safer (4).
By 1957, the evidence implicating smoking as a causative factor in lung cancer had been established to a high degree of scientific certainty, leading to the first official statement from the US Public Health Service (USPHS) implicating smoking as a cause of lung cancer (12, 13). The tobacco industry also took notice of the emerging evidence, but instead of acknowledging what they knew to be true, hired a public relations firm (in December 1953) to implement a massive campaign to challenge the evidence (1, 4, 14). Medical doctors and academic scholars were hired to defend the industry's claim that the evidence was "merely statistical" or based only on "animal evidence" (1, 4, 14). The public relations campaign—which would extend for over 40 years—was designed with the goal of reassuring the public, especially current smokers, that the question of whether smoking caused harm was an "open controversy" (1, 4, 14).
Tobacco Use and Marketing after 1964
The 1964 report of the Surgeon General's Advisory Committee marks the beginning of a significant shift in public attitudes about smoking (1, 2, 4). Declining adult per capita cigarette consumption after 1964 followed increasing public appreciation of the dangers of tobacco use, accompanied by increasing efforts to regulate the use, sale, and advertising of tobacco products (15, 16). In the United States, in 1965 approximately 42% of adults were current smokers (52% of men and 34% of women; ref. 17). By contrast, in 2011 less than 20% of adults were current smokers, with significant variations from state to state (18). Also, a major defining characteristic of smoking prevalence today is socioeconomic status, with higher smoking rates found among the poor and less educated and also among individuals with mental health and substance abuse diagnoses (19). Adult per capita consumption has declined by about 70% since 1963, the year before the Surgeon General's Report (20). Total per capita consumption continued to increase until 1975, however, due in part to a significant increase in youth smoking (20).
Since 1964, there has also been a dramatic shift in the public's knowledge and attitudes about smoking (2). In the mid-1960s it was still common to see doctors, athletes, and radio, movie and TV celebrities smoking or advertising different cigarette brands, and cigarette companies were major sponsors of popular shows on all three television networks (21). The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 1967 commented on how it was "impossible for Americans of almost any age to avoid cigarette advertising" (8), which is hardly surprising given the levels of money involved. In 2010, the U.S. Surgeon General reported that from 1940 into 2005, an estimated $250 billion was spent in the United States on cigarette advertising (adjusted for inflation, in 2006 dollars; ref. 22).
The Modern Era of Tobacco Control
The 1964 Surgeon General's Report received widespread media coverage and prompted a decline in cigarette sales in the first two months following its release (8). In 1966, the first cautionary label appeared on cigarette packs, stating that cigarette smoking "may be hazardous to your health" (8, 15). The warnings were updated in 1970 and again in 1985, although their effectiveness has been the subject of much scientific debate (8, 15, 23–25). In 1967, antismoking advertisements began to air on television as part of a Federal Communications Commission Fairness Doctrine ruling requiring broadcasters to run an antismoking advertisement for every cigarette ad aired (15, 16). Compliance with this ruling was incomplete, as cigarette ads ran in a ratio of about 4 to 1 compared with antismoking ads. Despite this inequality, smoking rates dropped dramatically during this period (16). Cigarette ads were banned from television and radio in 1971, which also put an end to Fairness Doctrine advertisements (15, 16).
The public perception of smoking about this time began to shift, making smoking a less acceptable social practice. A poll conducted in 1966 found only 40% of Americans recognizing smoking as a major cause of cancer, whereas 27% said it was a minor cause and one third said the science was not yet able to tell (2). In 2001, Gallup re-asked this same question and found 71% of Americans naming smoking as a major cause of cancer, with 11% saying it was a minor cause and 16% unsure (26).
Public attitudes about the cigarette smoke of others have also changed over the past 50 years. In the 1960s and even into the 1970s and 1980s, smoking was permitted nearly everywhere: smokers could light up at work, in hospitals, in school buildings, in bars, in restaurants, and even on buses, trains, and planes (1, 4). Evidence about the health consequences of secondhand smoke strengthened in the 1970s and 1980s, and policies limiting where people could use cigarettes became more common (1, 4, 27). By 2012, 30 states and hundreds of individual communities in the United States had adopted comprehensive laws prohibiting smoking in workplaces, restaurants, and bars (28). The shift in public attitudes is reflected in Gallup polls from 2001 to 2011, in which the percentage of Americans favoring a ban on smoking in all public places increased from 39% to 59% (29). Cigarette use has become more inconvenient, which has further helped to reduce smoking (30–32).
The 1988 Surgeon General's Report helped to further stigmatize tobacco use. The report examined why people persist in smoking despite recognition of its harms, and concluded that smoking was not just a "habit" but was in fact addictive in ways similar to the dependency-creating powers of heroin, cocaine, and other drugs of abuse (33). In 1980, only 37% of smokers had labeled smoking an addiction, but by 2002 that had increased to 74% (23, 26).
Increasingly, research has demonstrated that the interventions that have the greatest impact on reducing tobacco use are those that alter the social contexts and incentives for using tobacco (15, 34, 35). Research has shown that the most potent demand-reducing influences on tobacco use have been interventions that impact virtually all smokers repeatedly, such as higher taxes on tobacco products, comprehensive advertising bans, graphic pack warnings, mass media campaigns, and smoke-free policies (15, 34, 35). Despite promises of the efficacy of different stop smoking treatments, there is not much evidence that any of these therapies have dramatically reduced rates of tobacco use because too few smokers use them when they try to quit (36).
The Tobacco Industry's Response
As public health efforts to discourage tobacco use evolved over the past half century, so too did the industry's efforts to counter such efforts to protect their financial interests (1, 4, 14–16, 27). Publicity surrounding the 1964 Surgeon General's Report provided yet another opportunity for cigarette companies to compete for smokers, more and more of whom were becoming concerned about the dangers of smoking. To do so, the companies capitalized on the acknowledged link between tar inhalation and cancer by engineering and marketing cigarettes with lower machine-measured tar yields, even though they recognized that these would not necessarily deliver less tar and therefore less disease (37). Cigarette manufacturers recognized that low tar cigarettes were not a real solution to the smoking and health problem, because "low tars" did not in fact deliver any less tar into the lungs of smokers (9–11). Unfortunately, many smokers switched to low tar cigarettes believing them to be safer (4, 37–40). The evidence today is that smoking "low tar" cigarettes can be even more dangerous—as smokers tend to smoke such cigarettes more intensively—drawing the smoke more deeply into the lungs, for example (41). Filters also reduce the particle size of smoke, allowing it to be more deeply inhaled (42).
In the years following the release of the 1964 Surgeon General's Report, the tobacco industry also stepped up its public relations campaign aimed at reassuring the public, especially smokers, that there was no real link between smoking and disease (14). The success of this campaign is described in the 1981 Federal Trade Commission report, which found millions of Americans still poorly informed about the serious health risks of smoking (23).
The 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between the cigarette companies and various state attorneys general also had a nontrivial impact on the tobacco industry (1, 14, 43). The MSA settled state lawsuits against the industry for smoking-related costs in the states' Medicaid systems, scheduling the states to receive billions of dollars while also increasing the price of cigarettes (43). The MSA also required the release of previously secret internal company records, revealing much of what they had known about smoking–disease links and effectively ending the industry's false controversy campaign (1, 4, 14). In 1999, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its own suit against the tobacco industry for violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. In August 2006, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler concluded that the tobacco companies "conspired to violate the substantive provisions of RICO" and in fact "violated those substantive provisions" (44).
In October 2000, Philip Morris on its website acknowledged "an overwhelming medical and scientific consensus that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema and other serious disease in smokers" (45). Today, all of the major tobacco companies have websites acknowledging that smoking is a cause of disease and that smoking is addictive. Yet none of these companies has ever admitted that millions of people have died as a result of smoking their products or that addiction to nicotine can cause death. No company has admitted ever marketing to children, or lying to the public, or forming a conspiracy to deny the hazards of smoking, or that the cigarettes that they sell today are as deadly as those sold a century ago (4). In court, the companies continue to challenge allegations about nicotine addiction and smoking causing illness. The tobacco companies have not yet accepted responsibility for their past illegal acts, and still today oppose remedial actions such as corrective statements (as ordered by the Court in the DOJ case) and policies that would discourage smoking, notably graphic health warnings, responsible retailing standards, and higher cigarette taxes earmarked for cancer research. The companies have also not made good on their repeated promises to stop producing cigarettes, should they ever be shown to be causing bodily harm (45, 46).
The tobacco industry is continuing to evolve and adapt to new regulations on tobacco products, a declining domestic cigarette market, and growing international cigarette business (25). Perhaps the most interesting recent development has been the rapid growth of electronic cigarettes. What started out as a novelty sold primarily on the Internet has quickly grown into a billion dollar a year enterprise pushing cigarette makers to enlarge their offerings (47). In 2008, RJ Reynolds (now Reynolds American, Inc.) acquired the Conwood Smokeless Tobacco Company and gave that entity a new name: the American Snuff Company. In 2009, Reynolds launched Camel Snus, a pouch-like device for sucking in the mouth, and the following year introduced Camel dissolvable tobacco orbs and sticks. Reynolds has also acquired the rights to market Zonnic nicotine replacement products and purchased Niconovum AB, a Swedish company making oral nicotine replacement therapies. And in 2013, Reynolds began test marketing a new electronic cigarette ("Vuse") complete with the company's first television ads since the 1970s.
Meanwhile Lorillard, makers of Newport cigarettes, in 2012 acquired Blu Electronic Cigarettes, a leading manufacturer of cigarettes designed to be "vaped" rather than "smoked." And Philip Morris has entered this territory. The company in 2003 changed its name to Altria, and in 2009 acquired the US Smokeless Tobacco Company. Shortly thereafter, Altria began marketing Marlboro Snus along with other smokeless products such as Skoal and Copenhagen in the United States, while devoting an increasing share of resources to its business overseas. And in 2013, Phillip Morris announced that it, too, would introduce its own electronic cigarette, the "Mark Ten."
Although some predictions have cigarette consumption dropping to near trivial levels in the United States over the next half century, the trend in other parts of the world is less encouraging (25). Cigarette consumption is increasing in many low- and middle-income countries as cigarette manufacturers have shifted much of their marketing, promotion, and production into these emerging economies. Smoking remains the leading cause of preventable illness and premature death in most parts of the world, killing approximately 6 million people every year (48). Especially in developing nations, cigarette use is still perceived as a rite of passage into adulthood and an ordinary and noncontroversial behavior for adults, especially males (49).
The global effort to reduce the burden of tobacco use has been aided by the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the first global health treaty, negotiated under the auspices of the World Health Organization (50). The FCTC has been ratified by more than 170 countries, though the United States has yet to join in. Ratification of the treaty obligates countries to implement a comprehensive set of policies, including higher taxes, effective health warning labels, and smoke-free policies (50). The tobacco industry continues to work against efforts by governments to adopt policies that will effectively limit cigarette marketing and protect public health (51).
It is more critical than ever that the medical and public health community adopt evidence-based guidelines to ensure that governments implement the kinds of policies and programs that will be effective in reducing tobacco use. Interventions to reduce tobacco use will need to evolve in the future to reflect shifting public attitudes and innovations by the industry to adjust to a changing regulatory environment. Increasing attention should also be given to more imaginative "endgame" strategies that envision a world entirely free of tobacco (4, 46, 52). Cigarette smoking as we have known it had a historical beginning, and at some point will hopefully come to an end.
K.M. Cummings and R.N. Proctor have served in the past and continue to serve as paid expert witnesses for plaintiffs in litigation against the tobacco industry.
Conception and design: K.M. Cummings, R.N. Proctor
Development of methodology: K.M. Cummings, R.N. Proctor
Acquisition of data (provided animals, acquired and managed patients, provided facilities, etc.): K.M. Cummings, R.N. Proctor
Analysis and interpretation of data (e.g., statistical analysis, biostatistics, computational analysis): K.M. Cummings, R.N. Proctor
Writing, review, and/or revision of the manuscript: K.M. Cummings, R.N. Proctor
Administrative, technical, or material support (i.e., reporting or organizing data, constructing databases): K.M. Cummings
K.M. Cummings received salary support from the research funded by grants from the National Cancer Institute of the United States (P01 CA138389 and P30 CA138313).
This article is being published as part of the AACR's commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health. You are encouraged to visit http://www.aacr.org/surgeongeneral for information on additional AACR publications and activities related to the recognition of this important anniversary.
Received August 6, 2013.
Revision received November 1, 2013.
Accepted November 5, 2013.
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The "Exceptional" Blogger - Are You One Of Them?
How do you differentiate passionate bloggers from the heap of dollar-chasers around?
These days, it seems as if laziness has crept into our business lives.
A lot of bloggers no longer research the topic before jamming the keyboard. How pathetic?
They prefer the easy route. They can write 2,000 words article without studying the market. But doing this has its negative effects.
It doesn't make you exceptional – the content you put out on your blog may not 'hook' the reader, which is your primary goal.
Blogging as we know it today has evolved. Recent market research shows that over 100,000 new blogs are hosted on daily basis. These blogs need fresh contents and I know you do too.
So, how do you differentiate and stand out from the crowded blogosphere?
That's a tough question, but I got you covered. Listed below are 2 professional ways to hone your blog's value and pique the right readers. Stick to these proven marketing activities and your blog would build you and funnel BIG profits into your bank account.
To be honest with you, there is no alternative to market research. Before you put a pen to paper or your hands to keyboard, do your research first.
If you want to write about search engine optimization, for instance, Google has made it clear that you need to write quality content. And with the changes going on with search algorithms, including webspam penalty policy, writing from your head or brain will not impact prospects or make any difference.
Even if you're an expert, there are important search engine processes you don't know. And this applies to other industries. When you research, you gain upper hand to strike and craft exceptional article. This article will be different from the stacks already indexed by search engines.
I know there are prolific and creative writers around, but you can't produce more than you know. It takes extra knowledge to write 5 quality articles every day. And if that's your limit, don't struggle to write more. If you do, the juicy aspect would be gone.
Honestly, a lot of bloggers churn articles, instead of crafting a masterpiece. Off course, you can't be perfect but try to publish what others want to read – if your blog doesn't put smiles in readers' faces, you've wasted a rare gift from Mother Nature – TIME.
To craft means to do a task with skill, thoughtfulness and focus. How thoughtful are you and what skills have you acquired to help in crafting top notch contents? If you've little knowledge about social media marketing, how can you blog about it?
To churn means to 'move violently.' To pursue someone or run to win prize – As a freelance writer, there were moments in my life when I was churning articles to make more money. I thought I was smart.
I wasn't producing quality contents and this impeded my freelance writing journey and was about ruining my career.
But I've learned to take things easy, give attention to extensive research and work on perfecting my craft, instead of churning, padding and stuffing articles just to make money.
Success begins on the inside. Knowing you're 'exceptional' would help you reconsider, when doing a task. You don't want to complete a task that makes you regret or demean your brand. Know who you're and how unique your work should be and pursue this vision with all your might.
An exceptional blogger is a person who knows how to craft articles, write catchy headlines and invests quality time in market research before writing a word. Are you exceptional in your blogging career? Share your comments. I can't wait to read your views.


MOSCOW, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Russian oil producer Rosneft estimates the book value of stakes it holds in three oil projects in Venezuela at 138 billion roubles ($2.11 billion), a financial report it published on Tuesday showed.
The book value was given for Rosneft shares in Petromonagas, Petrovictoria and the Junin 6 project. Rosneft also has shares in Petroperija and Boqueron projects in Venezuela.


What t'hell is that guy looking at?
He's examining your precious stubble.
is there a statue of a child holding a severed hand that he's looking at?
The guy behind you has awesome shades.
Creepy. Reminds me of Mr Herbert from Family Guy (CLAME).
He's wondering why a younger version of himself is sitting in his lap.
This is my second Whiskerino. Hoping this is not really "The Final Chapter."


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Q: Printing an object python class I wrote the following program:
def split_and_add(invoer):
    rij = invoer.split('=')
    rows = []
    for line in rij:
        rows.append(process_row(line))
    return rows

def process_row(line):
    temp_coordinate_row = CoordinatRow()
    rij = line.split()
    for coordinate in rij:
        coor = process_coordinate(coordinate)
        temp_coordinate_row.add_coordinaterow(coor)
    return temp_coordinate_row

def process_coordinate(coordinate):
   cords = coordinate.split(',')
   return Coordinate(int(cords[0]),int(cords[1]))

bestand = file_input()
rows = split_and_add(bestand)
for row in range(0,len(rows)-1):
    rij = rows[row].weave(rows[row+1])
    print rij

With this class:
class CoordinatRow(object):

def __init__(self):
    self.coordinaterow = []

def add_coordinaterow(self, coordinate):
    self.coordinaterow.append(coordinate)

def weave(self,other):
    lijst = []
    for i in range(len(self.coordinaterow)):
        lijst.append(self.coordinaterow[i])
        try:
            lijst.append(other.coordinaterow[i])
        except IndexError:
            pass
    self.coordinaterow = lijst
    return self.coordinaterow

However there is an error in
for row in range(0,len(rows)-1):
    rij = rows[row].weave(rows[row+1])
    print rij

The outcome of the print statement is as follows:
[<Coordinates.Coordinate object at 0x021F5630>, <Coordinates.Coordinate object at 0x021F56D0>]

It seems as if the program doesn't acces the actual object and printing it. What am i doing wrong here ?

A: This isn't an error. This is exactly what it means for Python to "access the actual object and print it". This is what the default string representation for a class looks like.
If you want to customize the string representation of your class, you do that by defining a __repr__ method. The typical way to do it is to write a method that returns something that looks like a constructor call for your class.
Since you haven't shown us the definition of Coordinate, I'll make some assumptions here:
class Coordinate(object):
    def __init__(self, x, y):
        self.x, self.y = x, y
    # your other existing methods
    def __repr__(self):
        return '{}({}, {})'.format(type(self).__name__, self.x, self.y)

If you don't define this yourself, you end up inheriting __repr__ from object, which looks something like:
return '<{} object at {:#010x}>'.format(type(self).__qualname__, id(self))

Sometimes you also want a more human-readable version of your objects. In that case, you also want to define a __str__ method:
    def __str__(self):
        return '<{}, {}>'.format(self.x, self.y)

Now:
>>> c = Coordinate(1, 2)
>>> c
Coordinate(1, 2)
>>> print(c)
<1, 2>

But notice that the __str__ of a list calls __repr__ on all of its members:
>>> cs = [c]
>>> print(cs)
[Coordinate(1, 2)]

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Canada faces a shortage of 3,000 pilots and 55,000 workers overall in the aviation industry by 2025 — caused by retirements, industry growth and barriers to recruiting new workers.
The labour shortage is so severe that a national strategy is in the works to address it.
But there are many problems, industry and Transport Canada officials heard at a forum Tuesday in Ottawa. Flight school costs at least $75,000 to reach an employable level. These schools may require students to live long distances from home.
Women and Indigenous people are under-represented at all levels. And younger pilots have to "pay their dues" at low-paying jobs for rural and northern airlines until they can move on to bigger aircraft.
"We're flying more and more and we will continue to fly more and more," Transport Minister Marc Garneau told the group Tuesday.
The missing workers span a wide range of careers — as pilots but also in aircraft manufacturing and maintenance. The sector today employs 154,000.
"If we don't have the workers, the jobs are going offshore and we won't get them back," Robert Donald warned the forum. He is the executive director of the Canadian Council for Aviation and Aerospace, a research organization supported by the industry.
"Air travel — it's going to double. And you need people to fly those planes and to maintain those planes," said Theresa Davis-Woodhouse, CCAA's director of project management.
By 2025 Canada will need 7,300 new pilots, she said. But there are fewer than 1,200 new pilots graduating each year, and nearly half of these are foreign students. As well, only 70 per cent of graduating pilots go on to work in the industry.
That will create a "critical shortage" of 3,000 pilots by 2025, she said. And if new rules that limit flying hours to reduce pilots' fatigue are passed, the shortage will be higher.
"There's (also) aircraft maintenance technicians, there's avionics technicians, composite fabricators, there's engineers" who are in short supply, she said.
"Welders, painters — we have 30 trades," Donald added. "It's in making the airplanes, fixing the airplanes and flying the airplanes. And there is explosive growth in India and Asia, as their middle class starts to fly. That is creating a global demand for skilled workers," and foreign airlines are recruiting workers from Canada. This makes it harder for Canadian companies to find workers.
A big issue is that young people leaving school aren't aware of the career opportunities.
"Not enough of them know," Davis-Woodhouse said. There are some high school programs in aviation maintenance "but generally they are not aware of the career path they could take.
"Industry needs to do more to get the message out that there are high-skill, exciting, high-paying jobs available immediately for graduates" in aviation fields, Donald said.
A Transport Canada discussion paper distributed at the forum says that "there is heightened competition with other sectors that offer higher wages, as well as a lack of visibility for careers in the aviation industry due to limited post-secondary institutions offering aviation programs.
A second paper adds that in the past it used to take 10 years for a pilot to find a job on a national airline.


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La diosgenina es un Δ5 espirostano obtenido por hidrólisis de la saponina dioscina. Se encuentra en abundancia significativa en las raíces de las especies Dioscorea composita y Dioscorea floribunda.

Usos
Debido a su semejanza estructural, se utiliza como materia prima en la producción sintética de hormonas esteroidales.

Síntesis de esteroides

Síntesis del precursor común

1) Protección del doble enlace
Como primer paso de la síntesis de esteroides se procede a la protección del doble enlace con bromo (Br2).

2) Clivaje espiroacetálico
El clivaje del sustituyente espiroacetal se produce con anhídrido acético a altas temperaturas.

3) Oxidación
Se produce la oxidación del doble enlace, abriéndose de este modo el anillo E.

4) Hidrólisis
Con una base en condiciones suaves se produce la hidrólisis de los ésteres y la posterior eliminación del protón del carbono 17, formándose un doble enlace. La 5α,6β-dibromo-3β-hidroxipregn-16-en-20-ona producida es el precursor común en la síntesis de hormonas esteroidales.

Referencias

 (20α,22R,25S)-Spirosta-5-ene-3β-ol. Chemical Book.

Espirostanos

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Hey Jude, look at me: Sadie's naked airbrush protest turns into a battle of the exes for Law
By Ben Todd
Updated: 15:55 EDT, 15 January 2010
Jude Law probably won't know where to look.
As his on-again girlfriend Sienna Miller strolled on the beach in a skimpy bikini, his ex-wife Sadie Frost was pictured in a smouldering naked pose for a fashion magazine.
With her ex's ex firmly back in the picture, Miss Frost was obviously determined not to fade into the background.
Happy in my own skin: Sadie Frost poses naked in the photo she wanted to show the real her
Which could be why the mother of four chose this precise moment to put on such a voluptuous display of forty-something glamour.
She insists she posed naked - with a minimum of airbrushing - to make a critical point about the fashion for altering the reality of women's bodies in magazine photographs and films.
'I want to make a big point here,' she said. 'It's not about taking my clothes off using digital trickery to make me look slimmer.'
She said she had found it 'incredibly nerve-racking' to strip off for Grazia magazine.
And she insisted no re-touching or air-brushing was used to change the way she looked - apart from removing two bruises from her legs.
'I really am baring all,' she said. 'I, like many women, am anxious about the way I look, but I've overcome my fears and posed nude to show that I'm like any other woman.
'I have bits I like - my boobs, my shoulders, my arms; and bits I'm not so keen on - my bum and my stomach.
'But I love my body because it works. It's given birth to four children, it's healthy and, like everyone's, has been through some tough times.'
Law with then-wife Sadie Frost in 2001 (left) and with girlfriend Sienna Miller in 2004
Miss Frost, 44, said it was time for women to stop torturing their bodies into unrealistic shapes.
'I want us to forget about faddy diets and frenzied 6am gym visits. It's time to treat our bodies with a bit more TLC.
'Do you really want to be size zero? Especially if you are missing out on the finest delicacies in life?
'You can be naturally fit, yet feminine - happy and healthy in your own skin. You don't have to have that perfect body, because that perfect body doesn't really exist.
'The last decade was all about size zero and surgery. It was so bad for women, so bad for our self-esteem, our bodies.'
Miss Frost said she had never had any cosmetic surgery.
She admitting she had been 'tempted' in the past but criticised the tendency for it to be seen as an instant solution to dissatisfaction about one's looks.
The full interview with Sadie Frost appears in this week's Grazia magazine
'We've got into this state where women see a problem and their first thought is surgery. It's so wrong,' she said.
'I admit I have been tempted in the past. I found a good surgeon and went to talk to him.
'But the idea of a knife going near my face absolutely terrified me, so in the end I decided against it. I now look for alternatives.'
Miss Frost has three children from her marriage to Law - Rafferty, 13, Iris, nine, and seven-year- old Rudy.
Her eldest son, Finlay, 19, is from her first marriage to Spandau Ballet guitarist Gary Kemp.
Law is currently in the Bahamas with the children after a stint in a New York play. It was while in the U.S. that he rekindled his relationship with Miss Miller.
They broke up in 2005 after he had an affair with his children's nanny.
But last month they decided to give their romance another go.
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It was 1982. Reagan was president and in the Navy the money was flowing in like the sea through a 16-inch shell hole below the waterline. At Naval Air Stations around the globe Helo Bubbas were working up Combat Search and Rescue (C-SAR) procedures at a feverish pace.
The failed hostage rescue mission in Iran had cast a broad shadow.
The heavies in Warshington didn't want untrained U.S. forces making more stupid mistakes.
The word came down to train and train hard. Money was no object. In my neck of the woods at NAS Oceana we got more helos, more crews, and more maintainers. Flight hours doubled, doubled again, then doubled again. Machine gun mounts came out of storage and old, fat, veet-nam guys appeared to show us how to mount them. Armor kits came out of storage and were bolted on. M-2 and M-60 machine guns appeared and all the aviators -- including the drivers and even some of the girls -- learned the care and feeding of .50 and .30 caliber machine guns. As you might imagine, the Sea Kings could be real pigs when full of gas and loaded down with armor, guns, and a shitload of ammo. At least in comparison to the way they flew in bare-bones SAR mode, when as stripped down Golf models they were pretty sprightly. But if the mission became real world C-SAR, you were taking a pig to the dance so you'd better be able to dance with her.
We started flying with sidearms on dedicated C-SAR hops and some of us flew armed all the time. It seemed to me a prudent habit to develop. The issue piece was the Smith & Wesson Model 59, a double action/single action (DA/SA) automatic pistol chambered in 9 millimeter and featuring a double stack magazine with a 14 round capacity. We added rifles to the mix as well in the form of a couple of M-16-A1's, each with a pair of cloth bandoleers of 20 round magazines. Some of our scenarios included putting a pair of crewmen on the ground to search for and locate the rescuee, and they needed more firepower than a pistol in such situations. We shot thousands and thousands of live rounds.
It was great fun. There were a lot of moments when we'd look at each other, faces split in enormous grins, and channel Flounder from Animal House.
One day we flew a C-SAR profile which we called a snatch. The idea was that an aviator was down in dense tree cover ("triple canopy jungle" as we described it) with bad guys closing in. Our training site was the Navy Dare complex near Manteo in North Carolina. It was a live fire range so we could blaze away.
To rescue the survivor we'd zip in at low altitude, hover over the survivor's smoke while blazing away with an M-60 aft and an M-2 forward, send the jungle penetrator down, haul up the survivor, then haul ass. Of course we couldn't have a real live human on the ground, not with a bunch of half-trained monkeys on the guns, so the penetrator was pre-weighted with 170 pounds of sandbags. We'd fly over the site, toss out a smoke, then make an orbit and come in hot and do our thing. Did I mention this stuff was fun?
As we came hard into the hover with lots of flare and g on the airframe the tail rotor departed the aircraft and the helo immediately began to spin violently. There was exactly one option for survival and that was to dump the collective and put it down immediately. Which is exactly what the HAC did. Straight down through the 40-foot trees. We hit the ground no more than five seconds after losing the tail rotor.
It was an incredibly violent experience. We three in the back were on gunner's belts but we bounced around like rocks in a blender. When all violent motion had ceased and the rain of rotor blades and tree limbs had abated we all unassed and met about 50 yards in front of the nose of the helo. Of what used to be a helo but was now a smoking wreck. All five of us were absolutely beat to shit, but the broken nose I'd collected was the worst injury.
When the range crew showed up to look at the bodies they expected to find they instead found us smoking cigarettes and laughing uproariously. I can't begin to describe how funny everything was at that moment. It was less funny at medical two hours later when the mishap investigation began, and even less funny when the adrenaline wore off and our bodies reminded us of the beating we'd taken.
As things turned out the cause was mechanical rather than human. The investigation was brief and the findings straightforward. We were all back on the flight schedule within a week or two, and we had a replacement helo on station sooner than that.
Now what does any of this have to do with ejection seats?
Well, the following video is quite interesting. One of the reasons the concept was never fielded is that most of the time when helos crash they're already out of the envelope for the system as described. It's usually better and more survivable just to ride the pig in and see if you can limp (or swim) away.
It's a pretty cool video though.
Paul L. Quandt October 20, 2019 at 7:35 AM
Aaahhh, life was so much fun when we were young and foolish. ( I think that [ " young and foolish " ] must be a redundancy. ) Also explains many of the aches and pains we have now.
Please sir, my I ( we ) have some more? I know there are several books lurking inside your head, eager to get out so that your readers may have the joy of them. ( As ever, when you have the time with everything else you must do. )
PrairieAdventure October 20, 2019 at 2:52 PM
It was so remarkably fun! Which is why I'm okay with the aches and pains. Not that I don't bitch about 'em.
You've convinced me Paul. I'm working on it. Which is not to say I'll be successful on the publishing front, but I shall endeavour mightily to have it placed in front of you, one way or the other. As long as I don't get abducted by aliens.
WOW!!! That hilo film shows that the Navy was only concerned about the crew in the front part. "We three in the back..." were SOL. That must have given you the 'warm and fuzzies' when you saw the test results.
Oh yes. When I saw the cartoon graphic thumbnail for the video I shook my head and tisked. Firetrucking eggheads and their slide rules...
You know, you are damn lucky that you are not included in some bloggers postscript about lost shipmates. Things falling out of the air are dangerous, indeed.
Yeah, we know, "young and foolish" and "just doing your job." Still damn lucky. For which we are grateful.
John Blackshoe
I dig it. Not many days go by when I don't realize the gravy of survival is very good indeed. I will always wonder why them and not me. It used to bother me incredibly, nowadays less, though the pain of loss has never abated and will never abate. The universe doesn't allow me to know the why, but faith allows me to navigate anyway.
Old NFO October 20, 2019 at 8:05 PM
Autorotations are 'such' fun... Not... Only had ONE live one, thankfully not into the trees. You were lucky to walk away, quick reactions by the pilots saved y'all on that one. And yes, we were young and stupid... And living the dream! :-)
In theory into the trees is good as they dissipate energy. If they don't also kill you. The HAC was a gem, a Vietnam vet who had more hours flying through trees than I had altogether, may he Rest in Peace. But hell yes, we were living the dream!
SCOTTtheBADGER October 20, 2019 at 11:10 PM
When I was 7, my folks took us kids to the Barron County Fair, in Rice Lake, WI. There was a Bell 47 that had been brought in on a truck, and assembled for a helicopter ride company. While taking a test flight, something in the transmission failed, locking the rotor. Fifty years later I still vividly remember that thing falling out of the sky, and how quiet it became after it hit. The pilot hit his head on the canopy dome, and drowned. I do not entirely trust helicopters, to this day.
PrairieAdventure October 21, 2019 at 8:29 AM
Quite a thing for a youngster to experience. It's a good lesson, but reality can have a lot of sting to it.
What's not to trust in a helicopter? Ten-thousand parts vibrating so badly they are rejected by the planet, swooping around in loose formation connected only by spit and baling wire, with idiot apes in colorful scarves and steel toed boots along for the thrill of the thing. Can't see anything there not to trust...
OldAFSarge October 21, 2019 at 10:51 AM
PrairieAdventure October 21, 2019 at 12:14 PM
That's a good assessment. :)
a bear October 22, 2019 at 10:33 AM
Huh, I always wanted a vehicle with a self-destruct button... just be careful where you set your coffee cup.
My question is, why not just forgo all the severing, add six more parachutes, and save the whole thing?
It's because engineers love to play with explosives, isn't it?
It's a good question. I think you're right about the explosives; who doesn't like 'splosives? I think that sometimes the fun and excitement of making something cool pushes real world considerations aside. When helos are doing helo stuff there is so rarely sufficient time and altitude to push buttons and yank handles. The stuff the driver is already holding on to is the only thing there's time to manipulate. Fortunately there's lots of energy on tap in the rotor system which you can usually trade for cushioning lift at the bottom of an autorotation. There are times when a whole vehicle recovery system or ejection seats could save lives, but they are rare and the tradeoff has significant downsides. So you pretty much rely on young and immortal people to crew the pigs!
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Research Proposal of Starbucks
1.The Starbucks "Sing Your Own Song Event" 2. The purpose is to answers the central question: How can music contribute to conveying Starbucks' experience to the Dutch consumer? 3.(a) What is the new concept to be tested? (b) How can music contribute to conveying Starbucks' experience to the Dutch consumer? (c) Why do people avoid the Starbucks brand?
(d) Why do people have an unfavourable attitude towards Starbucks, so much so that they avoid the brand? (e) What and Why Starbucks brand has been know all over the world? 4. The research undertaken will be from the Constructivist epistemology with an Interpretist theoretical view. The reason underlying this is that the Constructivist epistemology views reality (of which there are multiple) as being constructed by human interaction. It is shaped by social conventions, process and culture (Crotty, 1998).
The Interpretist view leads itself well here because the goal is understand the meaning within a social context (Orlikowski and Baroudi (1991). In this case the research is to uncover the reasons behind the social phenomenon "brand avoidance" within the Starbuck context. As brands are "bundles of meaning" (Lee, 2007) and this research is within a social context which has been constructed by human process, qualitative research will be used to provide rich and insightful meanings into attitude and brand avoidance for Starbucks. The limitation 1) being that the results will have low generalisability (Hair et al, 2006). What kind of company is Starbucks?
* How did the brand develop to become a Multinational? * What is the company's Mission and Vision? 2) What is the Starbucks experience exactly? * The Starbucks experience: a "Second Home" * The specific aspects that convey the experience 3) How do the Dutch customers perceive the current Starbucks experience? * Why do they go to Starbucks? * How do they feel about the atmosphere inside the coffee shops? * Are they familiar with the "Second Home" experience? 4) Is music important for the Starbucks experience, looking at what music already does for this brand? * Is there already a connection between the brand and music? * Are there examples of this brand and using music?
5) How do other brands put their experience concept into practice? * Examples * Cases * What media is used in the customer communication? 6) What is an optimal experience looking at the current "Experience Economy"? * What are the ingredients of an optimal experience? * The definition of a meaningful experience * The 4 realms * Co-creation 7) What form should the concept take? * How do you get the customers familiar with the new concept? * What media should be used? Why? * What is the optimal form for this concept? * What are the best "Experience Settings"?
8) What do the Starbucks customers think of the new concept? * Focus groups + Mood board * Questionnaire * Does it suit with their perceptions and experience of the brand? * What do customers think about the connection between Starbucks and music?
5. Starbucks is a multinational company who purchase and roast whole coffee beans. They sell these along with a variety of hot and cold beverages, food, teas and coffee accessories. The head office is in Seattle, USA, which is also the location of the first store. The company's net profit for 2008 is $316.8 million; however profits have decreased by 77% in the first 2009 quarter (New York Times, 2009). Starbucks was voted one of the best retail environments by Brand Channel in 2009, with comments like "The right blend of flavours in the decor, service, product, sensory experience with a shot of neighbourhood authenticity".
In comparison with other European countries, Starbucks is rather new on the Dutch coffee market. The Starbucks experience seems less exploited among the Dutch consumers. This thesis will demonstrate the effect of music and how music can convey the Starbucks experience in order to "engage" the customers with the brand. The research will verify the way a creative "Music Event" can contribute to reaching this goal by answering the central question: How can music contribute to conveying Starbucks' experience to the Dutch consumer?
Starbucks originated in the United States in 1971. The company introduced a new concept that became famous all over the whole world. The experience of drinking a luxury cup of coffee was combined with a comfortable environment. The brand experience of Starbucks is described as a "Second Home" in which a "sense of belonging" is important. The relaxed in-store atmosphere, customized quality coffee, good service, high level of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and a warm flow of music in-store, are all considered important factors in creating this experience.
Music has been a specific tool to "translate" the brand experience for years and Starbucks keeps developing this part of the experience by using new technology and networks to recommend their favourite music to the consumer. Customers agree that music can be used to create a suitable atmosphere for a "Second Home" experience. However, customer research demonstrates that this experience is not fully developed in the Netherlands. The most important reasons are: store location and the fact that Starbucks is a recent entry to the Dutch market.
Case studies demonstrate that other brands use music to create an interactive customer experience in order to engage their customers. The best way to put this into practice is by using a combination of virtual and physical settings. Social Media is considered an effective medium to communicate with the consumer in an interactive way. Theory on the "Experience Economy" demonstrates that by adding a "Meaningful Experience", a brand can distinguish itself from its competitors.
A Meaningful Experience should consist of "flow" and aspects of "the four experiential realms". In addition the experience should be formed through co-creation, where the company and customers collaborate in the creation process. By analysing the findings at this point, sub question 7 was answered: What form should the Starbucks music event take? The music event was called "The Sing Your Own Song Event", and it is created by customers for customers. Qualitative and quantitative research demonstrates that customers are enthusiastic about the event. In their opinion the event suits the brand.
* What is the new concept to be tested? This thesis focuses on Starbucks and music. Research will be undertaken on to what extent music can contribute to conveying Starbucks' brand experience to the Dutch consumer. Starbucks does not seem to utilize music to its full potential to convey its experience on the Dutch market. A reason for this could be that the Dutch market is a relatively new one for Starbucks, in comparison to other operational European markets that were already penetrated. The fact that Starbucks is new in the market could result in the fact that the brand experience is underdeveloped for Dutch consumers.
It seems that a part of the Dutch customers do not "live" the brand experience (yet) to its full extent. This assumption should be examined with qualitative and quantitative customer research on the connection between the Dutch consumer and the brand experience. A new concept could better convey this brand experience and familiarise Dutch consumers with it. In this way the Dutch consumer will be further connected to the brand. This should prevent Starbucks from losing its uniqueness and "soul" (Nagel, 2011).
A unique, creative concept was invented for the Netherlands to discover if music can contribute to improving the Dutch Starbucks experience. This new concept is: "Starbucks Music Event", a festival organized by Starbucks, in which customers can taste the beverages freshly made by Starbucks-baristas while listening to live music. A unique way of establishing contact with the Starbucks experience outside the shop, in a suitable setting. The smell and taste of coffee combined with the sense of music.
The objective of this concept is to open the eyes of the Starbucks customers in the Netherlands, in order to fully engage them to the brand, using music as a tool to 'translate' the Starbucks experience. This thesis will clarify if the new concept could work, if it suits the brand, if it suits the customers, what the ingredients of the experience should be according to the "Experience Economy" theory and how the concept should be carried out. *
* Why a new concept? In the Netherlands, Starbucks introduced its concept on 25 June 2007, by opening its first shops at Schiphol airport. Before this, Starbucks was only present in the headquarters of Nike in Hilversum. (Vrijdenker, 2009). After this, the company found a Dutch partner, Servex b.v., that enabled them to open shops at the main railway stations such as Utrecht Centraal (August 2009), Amsterdam Centraal (November 2009) and Leiden Centraal (January 2010).
According to AT5, the railway stations were a start for further expansion in the Dutch market. Starbucks announced that they were planning to open stores in the city centre of Amsterdam in the summer of 2008 (AT5, 2011). They opened their first coffee shop in the city centre in Liedsestraat, Amsterdam on April 21 2011. In comparison with other European countries, Starbucks is rather new in the Dutch coffee market. The Starbucks experience seems less exploited among the Dutch consumers. *
According to CEO Howard Schultz, Starbucks is aware of the fact that they should not be complacent despite their head start, even though the unique culture, the intimacy of the brand and the exclusive customer experience encourage people to return (Michelli, 2010). According to Schultz, Starbucks should stay small while growing big (Michelli, 2010). Starbucks should be sure to be faithful to its concept in order to maintain this head start on its competitors. According to CEO Howard Schultz, in its focus on fast growth Starbucks is starting to change from an exclusive brand to a mass product (Nagel, 2011).
Customers seem to find Starbucks too ordinary and too expensive (Nagel, 2011). Starbucks should stay true to its brand experience during the development of a new concept. It is obvious that there are many competitors in the coffee market; however, it is impossible for competitors to copy the unique idea and vision behind a brand (Rijkenberg, 2005). According to Jan Rijkenberg, success should not be considered the end point, but as a signal that the company is on the right track. After that, the focus should not decrease.
The "concept brand", a brand with a clear, integrated story, should continue to surprise and maintain its creativity to keep their fans and followers alive (Rijkenberg, 2005). "Especially for young adults it is important that a brand stimulates, entertains and comes up with new innovative concepts. They want to be able to get in touch with a brand. According to them a brand should have a meaning and should show a particular way of life.
Especially the changes, new ideas of a brand and being present in surprising ways is respected and rewarded." (Rijkenberg, 2005) A new music concept as "Starbucks Music Event" could help the consumer get in touch with Starbucks in a surprising way. This thesis will demonstrate the opportunities of music and how it can convey the Starbucks Experience in order to "engage" the customers with the brand.
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Q: JQuery and Inline & External CSS I know the following JQuery will remove an attribute from an image tag
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But how can I do the same if the img tag in in the following format?

Also how to do the same if the CSS in in an external file

A: If you do
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jQuery will remove the height style from the element

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Survey: The first step of SQ3R is to survey the chapter.Surveymeans to observe the layout of something and get an idea of how it is constructed.Skimover the chapter and observe the titles and subtitles, take a look at the graphics, and make a mental note of the overall layout.
The survey of the chapter gives you an idea of what the author considers most important. Once you have surveyed the chapter, you will have a mental framework of the reading assignment. Jot down any words that are in bold or italics.
Question: Jot down questions that address the chapter titles and boldface (or italicized) words you've noted.
Read: Now that you have a framework in your mind, you can begin to read for deeper understanding.
Start at the beginning and read the chapter, but stop and write down test questions for yourself as you go, fill-in-the-blank style. Why do this? Sometimes things make perfect sense as we read, but not so much sense later on, as we try to remember. The questions you form will help the information "sticks" in your head.
Recite: When you reach the end of a particular passage or section, quiz yourself on the questions you've written. Do you know the material well enough to answer your own questions? It's a good idea to read and answer aloud to yourself.
Review: For best results, the review step of SQ3R should take place a day after the other steps. Go back to review your questions, and see if you can answer them all easily. If not, go back and review the survey and the reading steps.


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Pet Shop Boys' Pandemonium Tour returns to the UK this summer for 5 more shows
The Pet Shop Boys not only released their new Pandemonium live CD/DVD package in the UK this week — just two months after it was filmed in London — but the duo also announced the concert film's namesake tour will play a five-date encore in England this summer. Tickets go on sale Friday for the brief UK trek, which runs from July 13 to 23 and hits parts of the country not visited during the 2009 portion of the Pandemonium Tour, cities such as Blackpool, Bournemouth and Newcastle. The Pet Shop Boys also will play the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Spain, on May 29; that fest's bill also includes Pixies, Pavement and The Fall.
See full tour dates after the jump…
Pet Shop Boys tour dates:
May 29: Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona, Spain
July 13: Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, UK
July 19: Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK
July 20: International Centre, Bournmouth, UK
July 21: International Arena, Cardiff, UK
July 23: Newcastle Arena, Newcastle, UK
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