text:
Cross Currents In Federal Preemption of State and Local Immigration Law Under Trump
Preemption of federal immigration law over punitive state immigration laws was a hot topic until very recently, especially when Arizona enacted a tough enforcement law known as SB1070. The Obama administration fiercely challenged the law under the preemption doctrine, which ended up in the Supreme Court in Arizona v. USA. Although the majority opinion found most of the provisions of SB1070 preempted, the Supreme Court nevertheless upheld Section 2B, popularly referred to as the "show me your papers law." The Court's logic of upholding Section 2B was that it did not create a new state immigration law, but merely allowed state enforcement personnel to obtain a federal determination as to whether a person they had lawfully apprehended was lawfully present in the United States. Many other states introduced copycat "show me your papers laws."
Texas just passed a law SB 4 that includes not only "show me your papers" provisions, but also imposes sanctions on sheriffs, local police and even campus police departments if they do not share information with federal immigration authorities, do not honor a detainer or prevent a state enforcement officer from seeking a determination of immigration status of a person under a lawful detention or arrest. The sanctions include civil penalties and criminal penalties, as well as removal of persons holding elective or appointed positions who violate the law.
Will the Trump administration challenge similar state encroachments on federal immigration law like President Obama did? Or do we need to be writing the obituary of the preemption doctrine when it relates to federal immigration law? Even if the Texas law goes unchallenged by the federal government which it likely will, will private plaintiffs be able to challenge the law under the preemption doctrine? Preemption stems from the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution (Article VI, Clause 2), which establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the supreme law of the land. While there are notable exceptions when a state immigration law is not preempted, a state law that conflicts with federal immigration law stands a good chance of being preempted under the Supremacy Clause.
A good test of how preemption will play out in the future is Arizona's appeal of the Ninth Circuit decision in Arizona Dream Act Coalition v. Brewer. The Ninth Circuit held that Arizona was precluded from discriminating against an employment authorization document (EAD) issued to a recipient under President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program as valid proof of eligibility for an Arizona driver's license. Under DACA, young people who came to the United States before the age of 16 and fell out status could apply for deferred action and an EAD.
On August 15, 2012, when DACA took effect, Arizona's then Governor Janet Brewer tried everything in her book to de-legitimize DACA in Arizona. DACA would not confer lawful or authorized status, according to an Arizona executive order signed by Governor Brewer. Arizona's Motor Vehicle Division announced that it would not accept an EAD issued to DACA recipients pursuant to 8 CFR 274a.12(c)(14) with code C33 as proof that their presence was authorized under federal law for purpose of granting a driver's license.
In 2013, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) further tried to justify its animus toward DACA by revising its policy to only recognize EADs if 1) the applicant has formal immigration status; 2) the applicant is on a path to obtain formal immigration status; or 3) the relief sought or obtained is expressly pursuant to the INA. Under these new criteria, Arizona refused to grant driver's licenses not only to DACA recipients but also to beneficiaries of traditional deferred action and deferred enforced departure. It continued to grant driver's licenses only from applicants with EADs pursuant to 8 CFR 274a.12(c)(9), those who had filed adjustment of status applications, or 8 CFR 274a.12(c)(10), those who had applied for cancellation of removal. Under this revision, even one who received deferred action other than DACA under 8 CFR274a.12(c)(14) would now be deprived of a driver's license.
On April 5, 2016, the Ninth Circuit in Arizona Dream Coalition found that these arbitrary classifications defining authorized status were preempted under federal law and put to rest Arizona's "exercise in regulatory bricolage." Although the Ninth Circuit also found that these distinctions between different EADs likely violated the Equal Protection Clause, in order to avoid unnecessary constitutional adjudications, the Court found that these arbitrary classifications under Arizona's law were preempted as they encroached on the exclusive federal authority to create immigration classifications. While Arizona sought to exalt the status of an EAD that was obtained when one sought adjustment of status or cancellation of removal, the Ninth Circuit gave short shrift to such arbitrary classification. There is no difference if one receives an EAD though cancellation of removal or through deferred action as submitting a cancellation application does not signify that the applicant is on a clear path to formal legal status. Such an application could well be denied. In this regard, noncitizens holding an EAD under C9 or C10 are in no different a position than one who has received an EAD pursuant to DACA under C33. The following extract from the Ninth Circuit's opinion is worth quoting:
Arizona thus distinguishes between noncitizens based on its own definition of "authorized presence," one that neither mirrors nor borrows from the federal immigration classification scheme. And by arranging federal classifications in the way it prefers, Arizona impermissibly assumes the federal prerogative of creating immigration classifications according to its own design
Since the Ninth Circuit's ruling in Arizona Dream Act Coalition, there has been a dramatic shift in the way unauthorized immigrants are viewed since Trump's presidency. As part of his election campaign against unauthorized immigrants, Trump railed against DACA as a vivid example of President Obama's unconstitutional usurpation of powers from Congress. But after his inauguration, Trump did a volte face stating that he would not immediately rescind DACA and would deal with these kids "with heart." DACA's fate tenuously hangs in balance, and completely subject to the whims of a tempestuous president. Still, unauthorized immigrants who crossed the border are conflated with criminals, and any crimes that may have been perpetrated by such a noncitizen is viewed as preventable if the individual was either deported before the crime occurred or was not let in at all. The Trump administration issued an Executive Order that beefs up enforcement, essentially reverses carefully calibrated enforcement priorities of the Obama administration and threatens to sanction sanctuary jurisdictions by cutting off federal funds.
Arizona, perhaps emboldened after Trump's presidency, recently challenged the Ninth Circuit ruling in the Supreme Court. In its March 29, 2017 petition for a writ of certiorari, Arizona contended that the Ninth Circuit erred by assuming that President Obama's DACA program that granted deferred action to young adults brought to the U.S. illegally as minors was a valid "federal law" that can trump state police power. The granting of licenses is a state concern and cannot be preempted by an unlawful exercise by Obama, Arizona further argued. Fourteen states have joined Arizona's bid to overturn the Ninth Circuit ruling by filing an amicus brief. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton affirmed when unveiling the amicus brief, "We stand with Arizona against illegal federal overreach by the former president, who bypassed Congress to enact an immigration program he did not have the authority to create." It is unlikely that the Trump administration will come in the way of these states in their challenge.
Still, despite the Trump's administration's reluctance to defend preemption and DACA, the rule of law ought to trump presidential caprice. Although Texas v. USA challenging President Obama's Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) ended up as a 4-4 draw in an 8-member Supreme Court after Justice Scalia's death, there are other robust decisions that uphold preemption by virtue of the fact that the federal government has the ability to exercise discretion regarding immigration enforcement. In Villas at Parkside Partners v. Farmers Branch, 726 F.3d 524 (5th Cir. 2013), the conservative Fifth Circuit struck down a Farmers Branch, TX, ordinance on preemption grounds because it conflicted with federal law regarding the ability of aliens not lawfully present in the United States to remain in the US. The Fifth Circuit also noted that the federal government's ability to exercise discretion relating to removal of non-citizens is a key reason for a state or local regulation of immigration being preempted under the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution:
Whereas the Supreme Court has made clear that there are "significant complexities involved in [making] . . . the determination whether a person is removable," and the decision is "entrusted to the discretion of the Federal Government," Arizona, 132 S. Ct. at 2506; see also Plyler, 457 U.S. at 236 (Blackmun, J., concurring) ("[T]he structure of the immigration statutes makes it impossible for the State to determine which aliens are entitled to residence, and which eventually will be deported."), the Ordinance allows state courts to assess the legality of a non-citizen's presence absent a "preclusive" federal determination, opening the door to conflicting state and federal rulings on the question.
However, the lower Fifth Circuit decision in Texas v. USA upholding the preliminary injunction still provides ammunition to those who wish to bolster state immigration laws. The states' amicus brief in support of Arizona's challenge in Arizona Dream Coalition draws heavily from the Fifth Circuit decision in asserting that DACA, like DAPA which conferred deferred action on undocumented parents of citizen or resident children, was viewed as unlawful. The states amicus argues that President Obama created a category that gave lawful presence to aliens who were otherwise not authorized to remain in the United States. Like DAPA, which was successfully challenged, DACA, according to the amicus brief, also cannot bestow lawful presence by the Executive, and thus DACA cannot preempt Arizona state law in not recognizing an EAD of a DACA recipient. If the Supreme Court decides to hear Arizona Dream Coalition, it will be pitted against Arizona v. United States.
Till then, notwithstanding the Trump administration disavowing prosecutorial discretion to broad classes of people, the federal government's discretionary authority as a basis for preemption still stands, as poignantly articulated by the Supreme Court in Arizona v. United States:
A principal feature of the removal system is the broad discretion exercised by immigration officials…… Federal officials, as an initial matter, must decide whether it makes sense to pursue removal at all. If removal proceedings commence, aliens may seek asylum and other discretionary relief allowing them to remain in the country or at least to leave without formal removal….
Discretion in the enforcement of immigration law embraces immediate human concerns. Unauthorized workers trying to support their families, for example, likely pose less danger than alien smugglers or aliens who commit a serious crime. The equities of an individual case may turn on many factors, including whether the alien has children born in the United States, long ties to the community, or a record of distinguished military service. Some discretionary decisions involve policy choices that bear on this Nation's international relations. Returning an alien to his own country may be deemed inappropriate even where he has committed a removable offense or fails to meet the criteria for admission. The foreign state maybe mired in civil war, complicit in political persecution, or enduring conditions that create a real risk that the alien or his family will be harmed upon return. The dynamic nature of relations with other countries requires the Executive Branch to ensure that enforcement policies are consistent with this Nation's foreign policy with respect to these and other realities.
Given strong precedents in favor of preemption, there is hope that state immigration enforcement laws can still be successfully challenged. On the other hand, it is not clear whether the broad discretion in federal immigration enforcement as recognized in Arizona v. USA be applicable to a federal program like DAPA or even DACA, and if DAPA or DACA is viewed as overstepping executive authority, whether they could be used as a basis for preempting a state law that does not accord recognition to recipients of such programs for state benefits such as driver's licenses. Now that Justice Gorsuch is the ninth nominee, it remains to be seen whether the Supreme Court's majority will uphold the reasoning of the Fifth Circuit in Texas v. USA or continue to uphold the federal government's broad discretion, as recognized in Arizona v. USA. Clearly, the current Trump administration would have no interest in again pursuing Texas v. USA on its merits even though it has not rescinded President Obama's DAPA memorandum of November 20, 2014. The current decision in Texas v. USA is a preliminary injunction and not a decision on the merits.
There is yet another emerging trend that is worthy of observation. In the Trump era, immigration friendly states and localities, known as sanctuary jurisdictions, have decided not to cooperate with federal immigration authorities with respect to routinely sharing information of foreign nationals who may be arrested in the state penal system or honoring a federal immigration detainer. In San Francisco v. Trump, San Francisco and Santa Clara Country successfully challenged Executive Order 13768, "Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States," which, in addition to outlining a number of immigration enforcement policies, purports to "[e]nsure that jurisdictions that fail to comply with applicable Federal law do not receive Federal funds, except as mandated by law" and to establish a procedure whereby "sanctuary jurisdictions" shall be ineligible to receive federal grants." In the preliminary injunction order, the court in San Francisco v. Trump, among other things, held (citing Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898 (1997)) that the federal government cannot compel the states to enact or administer a federal regulatory program under the Tenth Amendment. The new Texas law SB 4 was enacted by the state, and so it will be difficult to argue under Printz v. US that the federal government cannot compel a state to do its bidding. It is uncertain whether the show me your papers part of SB 4 can be preempted in light of Arizona v. USA upholding s similar show me your papers provision, Section 2B of SB 1070. A challenge will have to be brought by a private plaintiff that the Texas SB 4 law is preempted as it forces state entities to get into the business federal immigration enforcement, which is a purely federal matter. It also makes the state's compliance with a detainer mandatory, when federal courts have held that such compliance is not mandatory. See e.g. Galazara v. Szalezyj. At the same time, because Section 2B was upheld in Arizona v. USA, it may be difficult to challenge the similar show me your paper provision in SB 4. Still, a way to challenge this is to demonstrate that it penalizes an entity for preventing an officer from making such a determination, and so challenging the penalty rather than the ability of a local enforcement authority to make the determination of the immigration status may be a way to thread the needle. Moreover, Arizona's 2B was upheld as a preliminary injunction before the law took effect. If there are instances of egregious violations, 2B and other similar provisions can be challenged again.
There is some irony that those who disfavor Arizona style immigration enforcement laws, including yours truly, cheered when the federal district court ruled in favor of San Francisco and Santa Clara County. Upon careful reflection, this is not a case of double standards. From a policy perspective, state immigration enforcement laws ought to be preempted as they can lead to discrimination and uneven enforcement when untrained state police mistakenly detain people, including potentially US citizens, who may be here lawfully. Even state laws that "indirectly" enforce immigration law through landlord-tenant ordinances or by penalizing employers who hire unauthorized immigrants, state enforcers are more likely to make errors in determining who is authorized to remain in the United States and who is not. In Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, the Supreme Court upheld Arizona's employment sanction law as it fell under a savings clause of a federal statutory provision, 8 U.S.C. § 1324a(h)(2), that otherwise preempted state law. Even in Whiting, Chief Justice Roberts assumed that there would be no errors in verifying the status of employees as the state would check with a federal database pursuant to 8 USC 1373(c). If the federal determination revealed the person was a US citizen, that would make it obvious that the person was authorized to work. Conversely, if the federal determination revealed that the person has been removed, the Chief Justice erroneously assumed that this would reveal that the person is not authorized to work. However, even those with removal orders can obtain work authorization in many instances, a prime example being one who is under an order of supervision pursuant to 8 CFR 274a.12(c)(18). David Isaacson astutely points out, "The fact that even the Chief Justice of the United States could make this mistake may shed some light on why the prospect of state officials attempting to implement immigration law strikes many attorneys who work in the immigration field as highly inadvisable." On the other hand, the federal government should not be compelling states to share information as it would undermine trust in local the local policy who may need to work with local communities, including undocumented immigrants, in preventing crime. Even if there are a few cases of undocumented immigrants who have perpetrated crimes, using the immigration system as a pretext for preventing crimes is not the solution. Crimes are committed in every community, and even by Americans. Immigrants do not have a propensity to commit more crimes. Indeed, a Cato Institute report establishes that immigrants, even undocumented immigrants, commit lesser crimes than native Americans. There is a role for immigration enforcement under the INA by the federal government and states should not be in the same business.
There is a lot of turbulence in preemption doctrine, with some states passing immigrant unfriendly laws and others passing immigrant friendly laws. The prior Obama administration directed its ire at immigrant unfriendly states while the Trump administration is directing its ire at immigrant friendly states. Now is certainly not the time to close the book on the tumultuous story of preemption as a new chapter is being written.


I have the 2015 YZ250FX. I'm short and ride very technical trails all winter and in the summer/fall the track is my only option here in SoCal.
I installed a lowered seat and a DeVol lowering link on my current bike and I really enjoy the set up. Its now just a tiny bit taller than my riding partners 2016 KTM 450XC-F, which still pisses me off haha. Obviously I'm starting to do jumps a bit more as I'm on the track and as I'm improving I'm riding the bike harder and utilizing more of the suspension and and power.
I feel the next step is to pull the lowering link off, and purchase a lowered sub frame from JGR and maybe do the Yamaha tuner. The lowered subframe is $500 + labor. Tuner is, you know.
Id honestly leave the bike as is and just keep riding it if you're enjoying it. With only 17 hours I don't see the point of selling for a 17' model. Get the tuner and play with that. And keep an eye out to see if any redesigns come with the 18's.
Isn't the 17 supposed to be way improved, or is that all BS?
Is the tuner the same ecu tuner as the 250F? My mechanic has the 250 ecu for all his race clients.
And the magic map is called the "Dirt Bike Magazine" setup?
Not sure about that map. I tried a bunch and settled on the DBT map, liked the low end grunt it gave mine. Ran that for the majority of the time I owned the bike. The hard hitting was good for faster type stuff as well.
If the height is working for you now, why pull the link off? Seems like that's just throwing money at a problem that's already solved. Lowering link, internal lowering, lowered subframe are all effectively doing the same thing just in different ways with slightly different results. Unless you're unhappy with it I don't see a reason to do something else.
I run the PC link and it works great. Not because I need it lower (I'm 6'-2") but because the bike handles drastically better with the rear lowered.
I say just load your map of choice on it with the tuner and RIDE! I prefer the hard hitting map for my type of riding. DBM map is good too.
Changing out lowering link for lowered subframe and stock link will allow me to jump. Lowering link is not for jumping.
Is the hard hitting map a Yamaha map?
Wut? You can't jump with a lowering link?
All buying a 17 will do is make your wallet 3-4k lighter. Worse that happens jumping with a lowering link is that the rear tire might rub the rear fender when bottomed. Doubtful unless it was lowered a bunch.
I have both the 2015 and the 2017 250FX's. I am shocked at how few hits I am getting for my 2015 bike that I have for sale on Craigs list. Seems like KTM's are easier to sell. Anyway, forget the expensive subframe. If you are short (like me), go back to the stock link and get your forks and shock lowered 1" by a professional suspension tuner with different springs that match your weight better. Cost me about $850 to do it total, which included a minor revalve. If you ride technical single track being able to dab at the appropriate time is important (at least to me). Lowering your suspension will make your bike much more fun to ride as you won't be struggling to be able to touch the ground when necessary. I've been riding a while and have had my last three bikes professionally lowered. It makes a HUGE difference in the fun factor. BTW, the 2017FX is noticeably more powerful than the 2015, especially in lower rpms where I spend most of my time on my bike. Not even close to a 350 kind of thing, but noticeable. It has a slightly louder exhaust tone due to the bigger head pipe. If you guys know of someone in the NW who wants to buy a 2015FX (with brand new 2017 forks, shock and wheels/tires), mine has 147 hours but is in impeccable condition!
I suppose there is some truth to that if you're using the Devolo Lowering Link. It's more of an aggressive drop than the PC link, and similar others. Are you bottoming out enough to hit the rear fender? If not then it's of no consequence.
My question, how would lowering with a link be any different than lowering the subframe regarding rear fender clearance. You're still losing an inch of clearance either way.
I don't know the technical answer, but if there was no difference, every racer 5'9" and shorter would use a lowering link, so the subframe/suspension drop must be superior. I imagine the suspension drop is the best because it doesn't change the steering geometry?
Not the same application by I tried a first generation Yamalink 1.5" link on my YZ125 when first getting back into MX a few years ago (I' m 5'8").
After many attempts in fine tuning it ended in frustration, went back to stock and learned to live with the high seat height.
handling wise it did corner well but the rear tire bottomed out in the fender on relatively small jumps.
newer links seem better designed and with moderate height 'gains' in mind.
Oppositely the Kouba CRF2 link on my CRF250X (5/8" drop) is fine for trail riding, no jumping so no above mentioned issues to report.
If I remember right, the JGR sub frame only lowers the height about 1/2"? Thats a lot of money to get 1/2".


text:
Forums > Inkopolis Plaza > RP Square >
World-building of Splatoon
Discussion in 'RP Square' started by Aykorn, Aug 9, 2015.
VeryButter Semi-Pro Squid
EatALLTehCereal
Okay, so I'm just gonna throw this into the thread almost directly from the Australian Splatoon tumblr.
"Acidity in water"? As far as I know, water is in the middle of the acid/base scale so unless there's a lot of pollution in the water, the water shouldn't be "acidic" at all.
Exactly, our lovely squid. There is so much pollution in the water, left over from the previous inhabitants of the Earth, that the acidity in the water reacts with the ink residue on an inklings skin.
Normal, clean water doesn't hurt them. Natunally.
But then why, in game, does Cap'n Cuttlefish state that "Inklings can't handle water" and Callie & Marie said during the Waterslides vs Rollercoaster splatfest that Inkling's can't swim?
With most major bodies of water unswimmabubble, do you think most inklings would take the time to learn?
I think it's pretty solid. Despite being unofficial, they got some pretty solid headcanons.
#61 VeryButter, Sep 24, 2015
epicRedHot likes this.
Aykorn Inkling Commander
A_korn
VeryButter said: ↑
Oh boy, back to the "inklings and water."
Ehh I'm not so sure about the whole acidity, I need some convincing about that.
I've actually thought up a new headcanon for why they can't swim. If their bodies really are made of ink, ink is probably heavier than water, as it could be made up of water and other compounds, and thus in water inklings simply sink. Inklings squid forms probably weigh a lot/ are pretty dense, too.
But since, like humans, they are also mostly water, they can probably drink it and shower with water (ride water slides), but if they're completely submerged they "break" from water pressure.
So ink in solid form (more ink than water) sinks, Ink in liquid form becomes soluble and disperses. Inklings are too heavy to swim and they eventually break apart.
I think since turf wars are controlled, they protect inklings from drowning like how they protect people from falling off buildings.
#62 Aykorn, Sep 24, 2015
DarkGold777 likes this.
DarkGold777 Inkling Cadet
DarkGold777
Aykorn said: ↑
Oh my gosh. I love this theory. It also brings up an explanation as to why Inklings splat in water instead of my failsafe theory... But then again, maybe they only use the failsafe for falling from heights or DCing (or, in-universe, leaving a battle to take care of something).
#63 DarkGold777, Sep 24, 2015
Aykorn likes this.
This makes a lot more sense...
World-building is fun.
Rustic said: ↑
Aside from that X-Scar, which I believe to afflict anyone who would pilot an Octoweapon. Maybe that's why we see giant tentacles emerge out of it and have the general characteristic of the 'X-Scar'.
So I wanted to bring back this idea because I liked it. Ocotarian forces stuff in general, anyone?
I've heard the theory (I don't know if I agree with it) that Octavio controls all the great Octo-weapons because we see this particular tentacle scar each time, but I like the x-scar being the mark of an octoweapon pilot.
What do you think about Story mode's Octarian forces and Great Octoweapons?
Alright so, I saw an incredible animated movie this week (totally watch Song of the Sea if you can) about Irish folklore, specifically Selkies, and long story short, I was reminded of this awesome headcanon I saw way back on reddit.
I just realized the reason why there are giant Tanuki and Kitsune statues watching over the plaza.
They are shapeshifters.
Inklings (and to a limited extent, Octarians) are also able to shapeshift, and doing so is an integral part of their life. Inklings revered these youkai enough to construct huge statues as guardians.
[WARNING: FAN SPECULATION/HEADCANON AHEAD]
I like the idea that there are creation myths where the youkai taught the Inklings how to transform, or tricked them in a way that backfired.
My personal favorite "creation myth" idea: The Kitsune tempted the squids into taking the form of an ancient creature, "Man", (though, like the Kitsune who cannot hide her tails, the Squid-Men could not hide their tentacles and beaks) but the squids regretted it and wanted to return to the sea they knew, once they saw how little land there was to live on.
The Tanuki offered to teach them how to turn back into squids, but he made fools of them by teaching them to turn into squids made of ink who would dissolve in the ocean.
The two youkai did not anticipate, however, that the wily Inklings would use both forms freely, and since they could not return to the ocean, they made weapons with their new hands that drew from their new ink forms, and conquered the land.
Octarian versions of this myth usually have the squids get tricked first, but then the wily octopi figure out how to take advantage of the situation and pretend to be tricked, only to then save their less-intelligent Inkling brethren by showing them what their new powers could really do.
The Inkling version maintains that the Octarians copied them after the fact.
Very old versions of the myth, at least 120 years old, say that both squids and octopi crawled onto land simultaneously.
Any other splatoon folk lore and mythology ideas? 'Cause this was soooo cool.
#66 Aykorn, Oct 1, 2015
jackabee likes this.
BlueDogXL Semi-Pro Squid
CarawiiU
The Inklings tricked the guard into carelessly pulling that plug mentioned in the Sunken Scrolls...
#67 BlueDogXL, Oct 1, 2015
jackabee Inkster Jr.
Jackabee24
I think my favorite thing about the Splatoon world building is, in short, all of the world building. It's easy for people to make characters out of these essentially blank slate squids and build off of their personalities into the wider world. I'm a sucker for that stuff, no pun intended.
But as for folk lore and mythology? I'd love to think that there's some far-reaching stuff on Judd, being that he's a 12,000+ year old land mammal and has been judging an influential game since (most likely) its inception. Maybe Inklings have some cool origin myths/legends/tall tales, which he just...lets them think, because it's amusing to him. Cat wakes up in the future, can accurately determine the amount of area covered by a certain color, is treated as a cultural icon by squid people. Hey, it beats licking his own butt.
#68 jackabee, Oct 1, 2015
BlueDogXL and ReedRGale like this.
redacteddd Banned (6 points)
Since Hightide Era isn't getting a whole lotta love by people and by the PR/Advertising dudes, I like to think that in-universe, they're the equivalent of Devo, in the sense that they got famous for making quirky songs and looking weird, but it's all actually hardcore political satire that doesn't flow well with modern society.
#69 redacteddd, Oct 5, 2015
Plutoniumcube Pro Squid
Enteryourname
This is a bit unrelated, but why would the inklings look so suspiciously like humans? I mean, I don't see how they'd evolve so smoothly into that without human genetics involved as the common theories seem to go. Perhaps fragments of dead humans became integrated into the genetics of the squid eggs but that probably would be impossible.
Now that I think of it, maybe the findings of human relics may have contributed to their evolution. Due to global warming, cold blood wasn't very reliable so they adopted a consistent body temperature and became a bit more similar to humanity. After the death of humans, the squid's quick propulsion technique could have help them survive in a humanless world. The Octarians, although intelligent, may not have such an advantage. The world at this point may have most of it's life at sea due to cooler temperatures but I won't bet on it. The squid like specimens may become amphibious at this point since there may not be many natural predators. By the land, they may find helpful human tools that gave them an edge in survival. Thus, they had evolved to take advantage of such to become more human like. However, becoming as humanoid as modern Inklings would seemingly not be reasonable. From this, they may have developed their world on human technology. Perhaps they relied on the Zapfish because of humanity's mistakes. Since their wa so little land, they based their whole culture on the value of land and thus, Turf Wars became an integral part of their culture, much more than battle was to humanity as they had so many resources from humanity to advance themselves. The Octarians may have followed a similar path, however, the octopus population didn't find a need to evolve and become land based because of potential supremacy. However, they might have been pushed away at some point by predators and learned from Inklings and humans to a lesser extent and used technology to give them abilities akin to the dominant Inklings making up for the body parts they might not have.
#70 Plutoniumcube, Oct 17, 2015
Joseph Staleknight Inkling Fleet Admiral
JStaleknight
Interesting theory! So, how do Octolings fit in? After all, they're also humanoid like the Inklings...
#71 Joseph Staleknight, Oct 17, 2015
I would say after Agent 3, they gave in and let the Octolings, under careful watch for five years, mingle with Inklings. And whooda thunk, they learned to get along like PB & J!
#72 BlueDogXL, Oct 17, 2015
There might have been a social divide that caused the octolings. Perhaps the working class of the Octarians needed such utilities and evolved as such. However, the others that may have worked in mental computation or not at all may not have evolved for such needs.
Also, the octolings may have just been a genetic experiment as a result of Octarian breeding farms should they exist. Maybe stuff like this troubled them in the end. I honestly think a good fraction of the octarians are much more intelligent than the inklings but are much more set back in terms of technology.
Lasted edited by : Oct 18, 2015
Rustic Inkling Commander
Plutoniumcube said: ↑
the octarians are much more intelligent than the inklings but are much more set back in terms of technology.
This is the part, where I am slightly confused.
The Octarians are clearly much more advanced in comparison to the Inklings, who has the Floating platforms, the massive sky boxes, and the machines that we could only dream of? They do. In one of the Sunken Scrolls, they are stated to be working outside the realms of science, probably verging on sorcery. (HERESY!) The Octarian's even have a massive Octobot, a massive robot resembling an Octopus. (See Sunken Scrolls) Their only weakness however, is the amount of power it requires to probably power just one dome.
#74 Rustic, Oct 21, 2015
@Rustic
You're right. But where I was coming at by ways of lack of technology is their somewhat archaic, at this point, approaches to such objects. They're, no doubt about it, advanced. However, their approach seems to be too inefficient to some extent. It's almost as if they're rather ambitious and focusing all of their power on such a thing. The Inklings however, seemed to be prospering in many fields due to the ideas and technologies left behind by humanity having widespread variants for models of weapons, clothes, ideas etc. that they learned from humanity. Now that I think of it, the Octarians might be a group just forced to innovate due to suppression. They are advanced in some technologies but somewhat primitive in other regards.
I know this is a pretty weak argument, but I just vomited what was on my mind.
Hammerhead bridge would have been finished if it weren't for the fact that it's such a good map for ink battling.
#76 redacteddd, Oct 25, 2015
Joseph Staleknight likes this.
I think I found a theory of as to why inklings die when they touch too much water: It's just evolutionarily logical. With an inkling being revived when it had been splatted for potentially thousands of years (after all how would turf wars been so culturally popular if you were puttin your life at stake for most of it's history?) I think their best bet when in water is to not risk drowning and just evaporate instead.
Inklings don't die, they only splat. Also, it's only mentioned that Inklings "can't swim", and only that, so I'm assuming they self-splat themselves somehow to avoid drowning and die for real, rather then have to splat because their bodies can't handle touching too much water (which is not proven true, if I may restate).
#78 DarkGold777, Oct 26, 2015
The French version makes it absolutely clear that inklings can't ever fall in large bodies of water, with Marie staying "Evolution wasn't kind to us..."
redacteddd said: ↑
Did it say anything about splatting from water contact, specifically?

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Awesome Adjustable Height Coffee Dining Table Foter Of To. The Best Of Adjustable Height Coffee Dining Table Foter To. Modern Transforming Tables Resource Furniture Multifunctional In Coffee Table To Dining. Extraordinary Best 25 Convertible Coffee Table Ideas On Pinterest Outdoor To Dining. Remarkable Adjustable Height Coffee Dining Table Foter At To. Spacious Adjustable Height Coffee Dining Table Foter On To. Exquisite Best 25 Convertible Coffee Table Ideas On Pinterest Outdoor In To Dining. Vanity Awesome Coffee Table Transforms To Dining With Home Design On. Eye Catching Convertible Coffee Dining Table Convertable Converting Extending At To. Magnificent Best 25 Convertible Coffee Table Ideas On Pinterest Outdoor To Dining. Charming This Table Tranforms From A Coffee To Dining YouTube On. Picturesque More Functions In A Compact Design Convertible Coffee Tables Of Table To Dining. Best Choice Of Transformer Furniture Dwell S Convertible Coffee Table TreeHugger At To Dining. Tremendeous The MK1 Transforming Coffee Table Can Convert Into A Dining At To. Enchanting Van Keppel Green VKG Camel Convertible Dining Or Coffee Table For On To. Alluring Coffee Table Converts To Dining At. Amusing Adjustable Height Coffee Dining Table Foter In To.


This entry was posted in Cara Mia Delgatto and the Bye-Bye Birdie, Free Reads and tagged elder care, good works, serialized short story, therapeutic value of pets by Joanna Campbell Slan. Bookmark the permalink.
Really enjoying this short story. It's been fun to read just enough each day to wonder what's next.
Love the story. Can't wait to see how it ends!
It's wonderful – hits so close to home with my mother-in-law in a nursing home, too. She'll be 100 in October!!! Some very dedicated caregivers – takes special people.
Love it and all the stories you write. Can't wait for tomorrow's installment.
As with all of your stories, I want to keep reading, so make it as long as it needs to be!
Really enjoying this story, will actually be sad to see it end. Hope that in the future you will do some more short story's like this.
Very good story! Hanging on every word. Can't wait to see how it all turns out!


text:
Ankaraobato (Analamanga), een plaats en gemeente in het district Antananarivo-Atsimondrano in de Malagassische regio Analamanga
Ankaraobato (Boeny), een plaats en gemeente in het district Marovoay in de Malagassische regio Boeny

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Built with assistance from world famous tactical instructor Kyle E. Lamb, the VTAC® 2 Point Sling augments any standard size rifle or submachine gun to provide superior flexibility and security in any tactical situation. Quick-adjust action lets you rapidly transition between shoulders or pull your firearm in close for tighter support in close quarters. Heavy duty nylon construction ensures both enhanced durability and all-weather traction.


Kendriya Vidyalaya, Srinagar Recruitment 2017 , Apply for PGT, TGT, PRT and Other Posts.
Kendriya Vidyalaya, Srinagar invited applications from the eligible candidates for recruitment to the post for PGT, TGT, PRT, and vocational Instructor. The candidates eligible for the post can register online through the prescribed format available on the official websites and walk in interview to be conducted on 25 February 2017.
Walk in Interview Date: 25 February 2017.
eligible for the post can register online through the prescribed format available on the official websites and walk in interview to be conducted at Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2, Air Force Station, Srinagar on 25 February 2017.


text:
One win away: Allen gets going, Celtics get advantage in series
Mike Fine
May 29, 2008 at 12:01 AM May 29, 2008 at 11:08 PM
Kevin Garnett has this way of getting in his teammates' ears. We all know that. He gets on Leon Powe and Big Baby Davis, and he's always imparting some kind of wisdom to young Rajon Rondo. It's just that perhaps we wouldn't expect him to be doing likewise to an old dog like Ray Allen.
With Allen struggling as he had in the playoffs, though, Garnett was, well, all to happy to get into his head, too. "Ray is one of the big reasons why we're in position to do a lot of things this year," Garnett said after his team's 106-102 Game 5 victory over the Pistons Wednesday night at the rocking Garden.
"Both of us (he was sitting alongside Paul Pierce) are happy for him because he was in a slump, and we kept motivating him, talking to him and letting him know from a big standpoint trying to get him open and trying to get him some open looks and some easier looks."
Well, it worked quite nicely. Allen scored 29 points on 9-for-15 shooting as the Celtics took The Big One, the one that sends them back to Detroit Friday. And, hey, don't make any plans for Sunday just yet. That's when Game 7 is scheduled in Boston.
Garnett's little "talks" apparently did have an effect, but just what does he say?
"I can't repeat that," he said. "Too many cuss words. I don't have a clean version. The explicit version gets right to it: 'Hey, beep beep. Shoot the beep beep. It goes something like that."
Yes, he really said "beep beep."
It's not that Allen needed much motivation, but he certainly needed the help. Kendrick Perkins played the game of his playoff life, with 18 points and 16 rebounds, Garnett poured in 31 points and Rondo somehow snuck in 13 assists between his missed layups and dangerous lob passes. He also did a creditable job on the Pistons' Chauncey Billups, who led his team with 26 points (Richard Hamilton had 25).
It was Allen, though, who lit a fire under his team, helping build a 17-point lead that was whittled down to only one with 1:23 left, and it happened to be Allen who calmly sank two free throws with 6.3 seconds left.
He hit his first jumper – the first of his five 3-pointers – 3:25 into the game and he never did let up, canning nine of 15 shots. Now, let's not get the idea that it was Garnett who got Allen's offense going, but it never hurts to have an intense ally.
"He's going to bring the intensity," Allen said. "He's going to make sure that he lights a fire under everybody's butt when they're out there on the floor. You always know he's got your back."
None of the Celtics had come down on Allen for averaging only 13.2 points in the playoffs. Nobody was dwelling on his 1-for-6, four-point performance in Game 7 against Cleveland or his 0-for-4 in Game 1 of that series. Nobody gave a darn about three straight single-figure performances, either.
They did know he would bust out at some point.
"I knew he had one in him," said Celts coach Doc Rivers. "He's a great player. He hasn't stopped being (a great player). He just hadn't played well in awhile. It didn't bother me. It didn't stop me from running things for him. He got it going."
The beauty of this great win, this necessary win, was that while Allen got it going, he wasn't alone. The Celtics, sluggish early, came on like gangbusters late in the first half, when they reeled off 11 straight points, holding the Pistons to one field goal over the final 4:49 of the second. It got them a six-point halftime lead, and they quickly built it to 17, partly on the strength of Allen's two third-quarter 3-pointers. He was not alone, though.
Perkins was tremendous. Really flat-out tremendous, exerting an offensive aggressiveness rarely seen. "I thought I was going to provide energy for the team," he said. "I was going to be aggressive offensively. I knew our Big 3 veteran guys … I knew if I was up in age, up in my 30s, and a young fellow was right there, I'd want him to go all out for me, too."
Perkins went all out, as did Rondo, with his career-high 13 assists. As did Garnett with his 31 points, but that's to be expected, of course. What mattered is that the Celtics, despite their late-game slippage, had it when it counted, in the biggest game of their lives – and that's no exaggeration.
"It's one of the biggest games that we played all year long," said Pierce. "A crucial game at home … and we knew it was going to be one of the toughest games of the series. We said that coming into it, that this is like a Game 7, and we responded. We knew it wasn't going to be easy."
And it probably wouldn't have gone down without Allen.
"Ray is going to continue to be Ray, regardless of how he shoots," Pierce said. "Just his presence on the floor alone is a great help. Tonight he just happened to have it really, really going. He was real aggressive pretty much throughout the game, and we're going to need that from him. If he plays like that, it's tough to beat us."
Keep that in mind when the Celtics return home for Game 7 Sunday.
Mike Fine may be reached at mikefine@ledger.com.


Where faith, family, and fun come together.
MUC is pleased to announce the launch of Dual Interfaith Visitation Program that will allow your community or congregation members to visit the MUC and host MUC members. We humbly invite you for an opportunity to share resources and improve our community.
Building tours, Q & A Session with the Imam, and prayers observations can be arranged for onsite events. To arrange for onsite or offsite presentation, please send us an email using the form below. Thank you.
Send Us Your Questions or Comments Using the Form Below!
If you have questions about the Discover Islam DVD Set, please feel free to contact us using the form below.
The mission of the Muslim Unity Center Interfaith Committee is to build long-lasting relationships with our neighbors – whether they be communities, congregations, or individuals. We aim to build bridges in order to share knowledge, foster understanding, and generate goodwill – with common respect among all of us as fellow Americans. Despite negative perceptions and rhetoric against Islam, we know that real trust and goodwill comes from individual interaction in the local community. With that in mind, we continually aim to engage with our neighbors to learn from each other, to support one another, to partner in serving the community at large, and to maintain an honest dialogue with each other.


text:
Q: Why is DBMS Scheduler changing database session language? I have LEVSTAT_PLNGRP procedure that needs to be called at certain time and in response it makes an entry in one of the DB table.
Initially select VALUE from V$NLS_PARAMETERS; query returns SWEDISH as output.
when I run LEVSTAT_PLNGRP procedure manually, it makes correct data entry in respective table and select VALUE from V$NLS_PARAMETERS; query returns SWEDISH as output after the run.
But when I try to run LEVSTAT_PLNGRP procedure via DBMS Scheduler, it fails to make entry in the table and select VALUE from V$NLS_PARAMETERS; query returns ENGLISH as output after the run.
Does DBMS scheduler change the language of the DB session or is there a default parameter set somewhere?

A: DBMS_SCHEDULER uses the NLS settings of the session that created the job.  Which may not be the same as the NLS settings of the session that created the procedure.
For example, my session default NLS_LANGUAGE is ENGLISH:
SQL> declare a number; begin a := 1/0; end;
  2  /
declare a number; begin a := 1/0; end;
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01476: divisor is equal to zero
ORA-06512: at line 1

If I change it to Swedish and create the job it runs with Swedish:
SQL> alter session set nls_language = 'Swedish';

Session ar andrad.

SQL> begin
  2     dbms_scheduler.create_job(
  3             job_name => 'TEST_JOB1',
  4             job_type => 'PLSQL_BLOCK',
  5             job_action => 'declare a number; begin a := 1/0; end;',
  6             enabled => true
  7     );
  8  end;
  9  /

PL/SQL-procedur har utforts.

SQL> select errors from dba_scheduler_job_run_details where job_name = 'TEST_JOB1';

ERRORS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ORA-01476: division med noll
ORA-06512: vid rad 1

SQL>

But programs should never fail because of NLS settings.  PL/SQL code should never make assumptions about client settings.  If something must be done in a specific language, avoid all implicit conversions and hard-code that language in the code.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Halloween is almost upon us and it's time for some witchy fun! Next week, on Friday October 26, two relatively lighthearted supernatural series will join the pack. NBC's Midnight, Texas, based on the book series by Charlaine Harris, author of True Blood/the Sookie Stackhouse mysteries, will return for season 2. And the entire first season of the Riverdale quasi spin off The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, from the same team who brought Archie, Veronica and Bughead to life, will debut on Netflix the same day.
In this post, let's look at Sabrina, then I'll make a second post for Midnight, Texas.
Sabrina is based on the teenage witch from the comics, most specifically from the comic series of the same name written by creator and showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who is also the showrunner for the CW's Riverdale. It's not connected to the 90s sitcom starring Melissa Joan Hart, though I imagine the writers won't be able to resist throwing in some inside jokes.
The show stars Kiernan Shipka as Sabrina Spellman, a half human-half witch teenager who has a big decision to make on her 16th birthday. Lucy Davis plays Hilda Spellman, the more maternal of Sabrina's two aunts, who act as her guardians. Miranda Otto plays Zelda Spellman, a fierce, protective witch who wants Sabrina to follow in her footsteps as a devotee of the Dark Lord. (Guess JK Rowling doesn't own that phrase.) Ross Lynch is Harvey Kinkle, Sabrina's sweet, clueless, human boyfriend, who has no idea what's really going on in the town of Greendale, where Sabrina's chilling adventures take place. The cast is rounded out by Jaz Sinclair, Michelle Gomez, Chance Perdomo, Richard Coyle, and Tati Gabrielle, who play various friends, allies and enemies of Sabrina.
Updated 10/25/18: Added video of Sabrina's comic book-style opening credits.
The poster above is playing off of Sabrina's Riverdale roots: It's a reference to the season one episode of Riverdale The Lost Weekend (#10), in which Betty forced an unwanted birthday celebration on Jughead, including a creepy a cappella version of Happy Birthday sung as she carried his cake to him.
Collider put up a pretty great review of Sabrina, including a 5 star rating from their reviewer. They describe the show as a scarily good delight and obsession, with "some genuinely spooky moments and decent jump-scares within the series, but not enough to chase away the horror-averse." Sabrina is a hero who is full of optimism, plopped in the middle of a dark environment.
"Everything ultimately works in concert, including the series' excellent pacing. If you dare to look away or glance at your phone, you might miss something pivotal, and yet, the show never feels like it's burning through plot. The overarching question is whether Sabrina will ultimately choose the Path or Light or of Night, and each episodic vignette plays into that in naturally occurring ways. (Another triumph of the series is its organic exposition, especially early on. It jumps right in and explains what you need to know when you need to know it, yet things are never confusing orforced). The show also does a wonderful job giving depth and dimension to its characters, especially those whose motivations are not immediately clear, such as the Snape-like figure of the Devil's handmaiden, Miss Wardell (Michelle Gomez), who takes the form of a Baxter High school teacher to gain access to Sabrina. Sabrina's classmates at her new witch school, like Prudence (Tati Gabrielle) — one of the Weird Sisters, who torment her — also end up with shading and depth that illustrate how heroes and villains aren't always easy to spot in the series. (It should also be noted that this is almost a show that delights in its many varied female characters; this is a show about women).
I loved season 1 of Riverdale, and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's work on Glee. Season 2 of Riverdale went too far off the deep end into serial killers, gang bangers and teenage strippers without enough substance to back up the storylines for me, but I'm definitely willing to give this team another chance. Everything I've seen about Sabrina so far looks promising, including a cast full of talented favorites from other shows and a production design to rival Riverdale's and Glee's, which was fabulous and underrated.
Season 1 of Sabrina has 10 episodes. It's already been renewed for a 2nd season. Episodes are reported to be 1 hour long.
Oh, right, there were supposed to be videos! Let' get on with that!
Media courtesy of Netflix, the CW and Spotlight, except the comic book cover, which is oddly fair use.


You really helped us unpick the situations and your insights into the various challenges we face were impressive!
Sarah's questions are incisive and pertinent: they took me to the heart of the issues I was grappling with and enabled me to see new possibilities and new ways of using existing skills, while making me more self-aware and confident.
You have always been a really good supporter of strengths and strengths profiling so this award is well deserved. You play to people's strengths which leaves people who are associated with you positive and uplifted. In this space those people can be creative and innovative and I'm reflecting on all of the wonderful work you have done for me in your career.
Hi Sarah, Thanks for getting in touch – and of course, thank you for running such a great session! I've had some brilliant feedback so far. Everyone really enjoyed it and got a lot out of it, and we're really keen to see how we can put all of our insights into practice in the workplace. So thank you.
Thanks Sarah that was a real good day. I'm still impressed at how open the team was.
Having assumed the appointment as Director of one of Vector Aerospace Ltd helicopter Business Units I needed to swiftly create an ethos of teamwork and focus from the management team down to the shopfloor. This was achieved over a series of one day off-site sessions facilitated by Sarah. Not only did this allow me the opportunity to interact with managers to associates at all levels, but it allowed me to provide clarity and direction for the year ahead. The level of success was demonstrated by the Business unit exceeding all previous targets and setting new standards for others to follow.
Consequently I was then appointed as the Director of an additional helicopter business unit with the added aspect that there was potentially going to be the difficult task of a significant downturn in work due to the planned MoD platform out of service date. Again I used the services of Sarah to facilitate a series of one day off-site events. As a result this particular business has seen an increase in productivity as opposed to the expected drop off and improvements in quality across the piste.
Sarah provides targeted and focused facilitation to meet your business needs and I would recommend her support to any other business.
Sarah has delivered 2 projects for us to date leading our Swedish and UK management teams. She has facilitated and lead the activities with great skill and professionalism. We look forward to her running our next event.
You managed to design and facilitate by far the best Away Day we have ever had. This is evident from the many positive and enthusiastic comments I have received from colleagues about the content of the event. You guided, supported and encouraged us to review, preview and dream in brilliant ways.
Thank you so much for hosting our CFE Strategy Day, it was a really interesting and enjoyable day.
Sarah worked with us to create an effective response to the results of our staff survey. Working with a small planning team, and then over 2 days with 200 people, she created a highly engaging and positive event that resulted in the generation of 18 practical ideas for future improvements. The event exceeded our expectations and generated much positive feedback. An enormous positive effect on area relationships was noticed immediately and there is a great deal of energy evident for pursuing the ideas and projects.
We are delighted by the work Sarah has done for us at a challenging time and have enjoyed working with her. We thoroughly recommend her as an experienced and skilful facilitator.


We invite you to see the whole list of amazing things that we have made especially for you in Xoono Mediabox. We hope that you enjoy our feature set.
In addition to our Xoono digital signage solution we also offer a range of complimentary services.
If you have followed our training videos on XoonoStudio, you will have seen that it is feature packed with oodles of functionality. It is a lot to take in and of course, the more time you spend working with it the more familiar you become. For those of you who need the FastTrack approach fear not, we are able to offer comprehensive one-to-one or one-to-many training courses on the digital signage management within XoonoStudio. That's right, we can provide a dedicated digital signage specialist to help you familiarise yourself (or team) with the ins and outs of XoonoStudio. These FastTrack sessions can be provided on-site or remotely via a remote desktop session. Our training professionals are fluent in English, German, French as well as Italian so language will not be an issue.
Your assigned digital signage professional will guide you through the basics of digital signage and give you the do's and don'ts of digital signage presentations. The next stage of the training is full blown on XoonoStudio. From campaigns to timelines and adding content you will be stepped through all the features of XoonoStudio at a pace suited to you.
Do you have writers block or just can't get the creative juices flowing? Or maybe you are just too busy focusing on the work and that all important business of making money. Not to worry, Xoono is well aware of these situations and offer a great service to assist you with your campaign management and associated content. Our marketing professionals and content writers are well experienced and will listen to your objectives and turnaround a solution that meets your business goals. We also work with major advertising agencies and are able to consult on your behalf.
© 2019 Xoono digital signage solution. All Rights Reserved.


St. Patrick Day & Spring 2019! Cheap flights from US cities to Dublin from just $316!
Cheap non-stop flights from various US cities to Dublin, Ireland for just $316 round trip with Oneworld Alliance!
Dublin, the capital of Ireland, is an exciting and hospitable city. Founded by the Vikings, this cosmopolitan metropolis is turning in one of the liveliest places on Earth. With iconic monuments, nearly 1000 pubs, and one of the youngest populations in anywhere on the planet, you are in for a great time!
CLICK HERE >> or follow the links below and adjust travel dates.
We recommend you to book Aspect Hotel Park with a good price and good reviews! The hotel offers a free shuttle to Temple Bar at weekends (one-way) and a regular service to and from the city center, and journey time is only 12 minutes. The hotel is located in the award-winning Park West Business Campus and is close to all other major road networks.
Late Summer! Cheap flights from Boston to Madrid, Spain from only $216! Non-stop for $273!
World's longest flight with the world's best airline! Singapore Airlines Premium Economy flights from New York to South-East Asia from only $1040!
JULY & AUGUST! Cheap flights from Albuquerque to Honolulu, Hawaii for $398!
First minute! High season flights from Boise, Idaho to San Juan, Puerto Rico from just $285!


Ordained on January 26, 2015 through the Universal Life Church.
Obtained after completing a Ministerial Duties: Ethics and Responsibilities (a 30 credit hour course) through Southwestern Institute of Healing Arts (SWIHA).
Angel Card Reader Certification comes from Hay House, Doreen Virtue and her spiritual school Angel University.
Reiki Attunements and Certificates were issued by Reiki Master Renne Saiz at Pure Energy in Bloomfield, NM.
Curanderismo:Traditional Medicine Course thru University of New Mexico. Teaching about traditional Mexican medicines, plants and ceremonies.
Issued by Phoenix Paton of ISD Oasis.


Been to a museum lately? How much did you pay to get inside? Ever think about where the money comes from to keep them running? Many used to be privately funded, but that changed in the last 50 years or so. As a writer who works for heritage organizations and is paid by Federal dollars routed through them, the "Big Shutdown" affects me directly too. Don't worry. I'm not starving, but it hurts. So what happened?
Private Funding. Private funding for museums used to come from generous individuals, and most often their estates. Many who founded museums in the 1950's and 60's did so for the tax benefit: a museum was a great tax shelter. Many set up heritage trusts, especially in rural areas, specifically designed around historic site preservation and education: thus the IRS 501(c)3 status of many museums. But that generation has slowly been replaced by a younger one that for whatever reason feels more entitled. Private donations to museums and historical societies fell off sharply. In short, most were in real financial trouble.
Admission Fees. I admit, I was an admission fee snob until I worked for a museum. We build a world class attraction, one of the best small museums in the state and region, spending hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars in an effort to preserve the history of Wallace, Idaho, and Idaho's Silver Valley, one of the nation's premier mining areas. We weren't the only ones. Heritage tourism is big in the area where Big Ed Pulaski fought the 1910 fires, and where Wyatt Earp spent a few short months. Yet when people walked in they regularly baulked at the admission price: $3.
That's right. Three lousy bucks to see, in my opinion, one of the coolest museums you will ever visit. Many were used to publicly funded museums on the east coast, where admission was free. But if the government shut down illustrates one thing, it is that those museums are no freer than the small one in Wallace. They are just paid for differently. I remember one woman who walked in and threatened to call her congressman, because she had to pay to get in. I asked her to please do so, perhaps he would send us some money.
Federal Grants. Many museums shifted from relying on Federal Grants rather than private donations or private grants. The private money just wasn't there any more. That's why, as the budget gets cut, museums close early, shorten hours, and sometime stop accepting donations and go into what they call "collections care" mode. Citizens have come to expect museums to be dependent on Federal money that is one of the first things cut in almost any budget. Not to mention state and county budgets, where there is now almost no room for these "non-essential" services. That's why the Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane nearly shut its doors a few years back and drastically reduced operating hours and staff. Federal grants that were cut from the budget funded nearly 75% of their operation.
And federal contracts for reports necessary for the preservation of history and archeology at various sites? You guessed it. They get cut too. And when the government shuts down, they go away. Many of these reports are funded by trusts and other methods to protect them. Those trusts are getting smaller or disappearing all together. How do you think those trusts performed when you lost half of your retirement? You guessed it again. They fared no better than your 401k.
Here's a final hint. We can't learn from history if we do not preserve it. If we do not learn from it, we are doomed to repeat it. Remember the election after the shutdown 17 years ago? Remember the turnover in the House and Senate? That's history. This is today. I'm sure there are no lessons to be learned there.
Now if anyone asks you if you know someone that is directly affected by the government shut down, you can say yes. Then look around, and realize that even if it doesn't seem like this is a big deal, it affects all of us in the long run.
PreviousThe Write Software: Which Office is Write for You?
We paid $5 for admission to the Angels Camp Museum over the summer, up in the gold mining part of California. IMO they didn't charge enough. With their amazing collections, including a massive barn dedicated to horseless vehicles, many of which are in immaculate condition, it's a wonder how they manage to stay in business. $5 didn't seem like a lot.
I love museums and visit whenever I have a chance. If the admission is free, I always leave a donation in the box in an amount that I would have paid to get in had their been a fee.


text:
The truth about applying after-sun on sunburnt skin, according to the experts
Sabrina Barr
The Independent 23 August 2019
While for some summer might mean spending days on end lapping up the glorious sunshine without a care in the world, for others it's inescapably linked with months of sore, sunburnt skin.
Taking care of your skin after excessive sun exposure is incredibly important, as failing to do so could lead to long-lasting damage.
However, if your first course of action after sustaining a sunburn is to immediately buy and apply after-sun, then you may not be doing an adequate job.
According to the experts, applying after-sun could do your skin even further harm if you don't take a thorough look at the ingredients.
That's why it may be a wise idea to opt for an aloe vera gel instead.
Applying an aloe vera gel can have a cooling effect on the skin (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
"After-sun formulas tend to have rich, thick consistencies containing oils, which create an emollient barrier on top of the skin trapping in the heat in the upper layer of the epidermis and exacerbating the inflammation and 'burn' feeling on your face," Michaella Bolder, Time Bomb skincare expert tells to The Independent.
"Plus, many over the counter after-suns will contain chemicals and/or fragrance. This will just irritate the damaged skin!"
Aloe vera has been highly regarded for a very long time due to its remedial properties, Lorraine Shrivener, director of Eden Skin Clinics, explains.
Teenagers are increasing their chances of cancer with 'sunburn art'
"Aloe vera has been a trusted skin saviour for many years," she says. "With its immediate cooling effect to the skin, it's a firm favourite for post-suncare."
According to Ms Shrivener, aloe vera is most potent when attained as a pure, clear gel.
While gels allow heat to escape from the skin, thicker creams that have been designed to lock in moisture could trap heat within the skin, making it feel cooler rather than hotter.
However, as medical director of CosmedicsUK and GP Dr Ross Perry points out, the medicinal properties of aloe vera have not technically been affirmed by scientific research.
"Aloe vera is a traditional herbal remedy believed to reduce sunburn symptoms," he explains.
"There is no scientific evidence in support of its use for sunburn, but anecdotal evidence is that it is soothing and safe and can feel cooling."
Aloe vera is a plant species that can trace its origins to the Arabian Peninsula.
Mentions of aloe vera as a curative ingredient can be found in the Ebers Papyrus, from 16th Century BC, and in Pliny the Elder's Natural History, which was written in the mid-first century AD.
Despite the supposed lack of scientific evidence to back its use as a treatment for sunburn, many health professionals still recommend it for soothing irritated skin.
Europe heatwave: Tourists warned as temperatures set to soar
"Aloe vera is thought to have a myriad of positive effects on skin, especially sunburnt skin," says Dr Natalie Spierings, consultant dermatologist at Dermatica.
"True clinical effectiveness has yet to be established. But aloe vera is not harmful and it might aid in helping calm down sunburnt skin, so it is worth giving it a try."
While some skincare experts would advise opting for a clear aloe vera gel instead of a heavier, moisturising after-sun when treating sunburn, others would suggest simply finding an after-sun that contains the plant.
"After burning the skin you should think cool and repair," says Ms Bolder.
"The best way to do this is to apply a formula with a high water and high aloe vera content - the more natural and gentle the better!
"Aloe vera has quite impressive cooling, healing and antiseptic properties so will beat a generic after-sun every time."
Using an after-sun can still be beneficial if you make sure that the ingredients are gentle and natural as possible.
http://players.brightcove.net/624246174001/default_default/index.html?videoId=5837728067001
However, if you're not entirely sure of whether a specific after-sun will do more harm than good, then going for a clear aloe vera gel would likely be your safest option.
With around 15,970 new cases of melanoma skin cancer reported in the UK between 2014 and 2016, according to Cancer Research UK, looking after your skin is of the utmost importance during the hotter months.
Dr Vikram Rajkomar, a consultant dermatologist at Pall Mall Medical who specialises in the treatment of skin diseases and skin cancer, recommends speaking to a consultant dermatologist as soon as possible if pain caused by sunburn persists.
Read more Teenagers are increasing their chances of cancer with 'sunburn art'
What is laughing gas, what are the risks of inhaling it and is it illegal?
HIV diagnoses among gay and bisexual men in England falls by 71 per cent
Wealthy people live nearly a decade longer than poorer people, study finds
Amy Schumer shares candid photo about undergoing IVF: 'I'm feeling run down and emotional'
Why you should stop using Instagram for yoga: 'It has been reduced to a show'


text:
Travis Scott will launch 'Astronomical' into the Fortnite frontier this week
Be invisible to police. $50.00 discount for the first purchase + FREE Shipping.
Travis Scott is about to get cosmic with Fortnite.
The Grammy-nominated rapper has teamed up with the online video game phenomenon to launch his new (and apparently space-themed) track "Astronomical" on Thursday (April 23).
"From April 23-25, blast off into a one of a kind musical journey featuring Travis Scott and the world premiere of a brand new track," Epic Games, the makers of Fortnite, wrote in an announcement. "Astronomical is an other-worldly experience inspired by Cactus Jack's creations, built from the ground up in Fortnite." (Cactus Jack is Scott's record label.)
Fans of Fortnite and Scott can jump into the game about 30 minutes before each scheduled "Astronomical" event (there are five of them) and will receive a free Astroworld Cyclone Glider and two space art loading screens just for tuning in. Fornite also launched a Travis Scott outfit for players that includes three variant skins (including one with a spacesuit helmet).
Here's when the events will occur:
Thursday, April 23 at 7 p.m. EDT| 4 p.m. PDT | 2300 GMTFriday, April 24 at 10 a.m. EDT | 7 a.m. PDT |1400 GMTSaturday, April 25 at 12 a.m. EDT | 9 p.m. PDT | 0400 GMTSaturday, April 25 at 11 a.m. EDT| 8 a.m. PDT | 1500 GMT Saturday, April 25 at 6 p.m. EDT | 3 p.m. PDT | 2200 GMT
The rewards for tuning in to Travis Scott's "Astronomical" debut in Fortnite on April 23, 24 and 25. (Image credit: Epic Games)
"Astroworld" is the name of Scott's celebrated album and his space-themed festival that took place last November in Houston, Texas, according to our friends at Games Radar. It bears a striking similarity to Astroland, a theme park at New York City's Coney Island, which was also home to a Cyclone roller coaster at its Luna Park. (Yes, I rode it. Yes, it was awesome.)
Today (April 21) Fortnite launched a series of Astronomical Challenges for players, that will unlock a free spacesuit helmet spray, banner and a Travis Scott emote.
Fornite's rewards for players who complete Astronomical Challenges as part of Travis Scott's "Astronomical" track debut. (Image credit: Epic Games)
Scott's "Astronomical" debut isn't the first cosmic tie-in to land in the Fortnite game.
In December, the game featured a sneak peek at the "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" movie, complete with a message from the Emperor, the Millennium Falcon and "Star Wars"-themed gear for players.
Last October, Epic Games ended Fortnite's first chapter with a massive black hole, which destroyed the game's island battleground for days until Chapter 2 launched. The game has also featured rocket launches, comets, meteors and other sci-fi themes in past seasons.
Email Tariq Malik at tmalik@space.com or follow him @tariqjmalik. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Instagram.
Source: space.com
Tags: art, Challenges, Chapter 2, epic, Epic Games, Facebook, Falcon, Fortnite, free, game, games, Image, Instagram, island, it, journey, M, Millennium Falcon, movie, musical, new, Online, or, place, rewards, Rocket, Sci-Fi, Series, skins, Space, Star Wars, theme park, unlock, Up, Video, video game


text:
SoCon adds three schools
Halifax Media Group
Depleted by a stream of realignment departures, the Southern Conference took steps toward more stability Thursday by adding East Tennessee State and Mercer as future members.
Virginia Military Institute also was extended an invitation to join the league and is expected to accept today, pending ratification from its board of visitors.
The trio of schools will come onboard the Southern Conference in July 2014. East Tennessee State and VMI, both former longtime members of the league, are making return moves.
"We're very happy," conference commissioner John Iamarino said Thursday from the league's spring meetings in Hilton Head, S.C. "The addition of these three schools, I think, solidifies our membership."
The Southern Conference has been impacted by a cycle of change during the last six months, with College of Charleston (leaving for the Colonial Athletic Association in 2013), Appalachian State (leaving for the Sun Belt in 2014), Georgia Southern (leaving for the Sun Belt in 2014), Davidson (leaving for the Atlantic 10 in 2014) and Elon University (leaving for the CAA in 2014) announcing plans to exit the league.
Bringing in East Tennessee State, Mercer, and VMI will put the Southern Conference at 10 members. Last week, when Elon revealed its intention to depart, the Southern Conference had been reduced to seven schools for the 2014-15 academic year.
Iamarino said combining the three additions with the league's remaining members — Chattanooga, Furman, Samford, The Citadel, UNC Greensboro, Western Carolina and Wofford — provides the conference with a committed group for the future and an opportunity to "rebrand" itself.
"We don't have that cloud hanging over our head now," Iamarino said, referring to the departure rumors that have persisted during the last calendar year. "There's a lot of opportunity for us. These schools are clear that they want to be together. They want to be in the Southern Conference."
This ends what was a deliberate expansion process.
Iamarino and the representatives of the Southern Conference's site committee took campus visits during the past month, touring East Tennessee State, Mercer and VMI and meeting with leaders on those institutions — while Davidson and Elon became the latest to negotiate with other leagues and leave.
East Tennessee State was in the Southern Conference from 1978-2005, before jumping to the Atlantic Sun. The Buccaneers, who discontinued their football program at the end of the 2003 season, citing financial burdens, are scheduled to restart football in 2015. Iamarino said East Tennessee State is projected to participate in a full Southern Conference football schedule in 2016.
Mercer has been in the Atlantic Sun since 1978, when it joined as a charter member of the league. The Bears are adding women's track and field and resurrecting their football program, which last played a game in 1941. Mercer will play football in the non-scholarship Pioneer League this fall before tackling a full Southern Conference schedule in 2014.
VMI was a Southern Conference member for nearly 80 years, from 1924-2003, until leaving for the Big South — a move down that allowed Elon to climb into the Southern Conference. Iamarino spoke Thursday about the valued tradition and history that VMI brings back to the Southern Conference.
The league should benefit, the commissioner said, from maintaining a presence in Georgia — Mercer is located in Macon, Ga. — and reopening a foothold in Virginia.
East Tennessee State's return figures to reinvigorate an in-state rivalry with league member Chattanooga. The Southern Conference arrivals of East Tennessee State and Mercer also should be of geographic help to league member Samford, which is in Birmingham, Ala.
"Our membership is excited about rekindling old rivalries and re-establishing new ones," Iamarino said. "Most importantly, we've been able to grow while not extending our geographic footprint to an extreme extent."


Top 10 Sendai Hotel Deals from ¥4,041/Night!
Beautiful hotel close to the train station in Sendai.
Would stay here again when in Sendai.
Concierge was excellent and made all the arrangements ! Impeccable!
Explore Sendai with Expedia's Travel Guides to find the best flights, cars, vacation packages and more!


text:
driven by the PitchBook Platform
reports Subscribe
2017 is a record year for VC funding in biotech, genetics
By Kate Clark
In September, DIY genetics testing company 23andMe raised $250 million in a round led by Sequoia. It was the largest financing for a VC-backed genetics company in what has been a record-setting year for venture capital funding in the genetics sector and the wider biotech industry, according to the PitchBook Platform.
Here's a look at how VC funding in both spaces has been on a steady upward trajectory since 2010.
Just 16 biotech companies have raised more than $200 million in a venture capital round since the start of the decade, with 23andMe's financing marking the eighth-largest investment in that timeframe. Meanwhile, biotech has cruised past its previous VC funding record of $7.3 billion set in 2015, racking up about $9.3 billion this year across 471 deals, per the PitchBook Platform.
As for genetics companies, they have raised $1.5 billion across 68 deals with at least one VC participating since the start of the year. The previous record for VC funding in genetics companies in a single year was about $1.4 billion in 2015; before that, it was $991 million. Recent rounds include a $240 million Series B for WuXi NextCODE, a platform for genomic sequence data, and $80 million for Counsyl, the provider of genomics and DNA screening technology.
Perhaps the success of consumer genetics company 23andMe—one of the few genetics unicorns—will encourage even more VCs to segue into new territory.
Check out more of our biotech coverage.
Venture Capital,
Our team will review your remarks prior to publishing.
Please check back soon to see them live.


text:
You are here: Home Page > Science & Mathematics > Computer Science > Digitized
This item has an extended shipping time. The typical delivery time is 2 weeks.
256 Pages | 10 b/w illus.
The Science of Computers and How It Shapes Our World
Peter J. Bentley
Covers the whole of computer science - from maths to engineering to social sciences - to understand how all aspects of computing are related
Tells the story of computers through interview of past pioneers and current researchers
Explains even the most complicated aspects of computer science in easy-to-read language
Provides not only the historical context and motivation behind past discoveries, but also explains the cutting edge research from the laboratory and considers the future of computers
There's a hidden science that affects every part of your life, a science so powerful that you would be hard-pressed to find a single human being on the planet unaffected by its achievements. It is the science behind computers, the machines which drive the supply and creation of power, food, medicine, money, communication, entertainment, and most goods our stores. It has transformed societies with the Internet, the digitization of information, mobile phone networks, and GPS technologies.
Written in friendly and approachable language, Digitized provides a window onto the mysterious field from which all computer technology originates, making the theory and practice of computation understandable to the general reader. This popular science book explains how and why computers were invented, how they work, and what will happen in the future. Written by a leading computer scientist, Peter J. Bentley, it tells this fascinating story using the voices of pioneers and leading experts interviewed for the book, in effect throwing open the doors of the most cutting-edge computer laboratories. Bentley explores how this young discipline grew from the early work by pioneers such as Turing, through its growth spurts in the Internet, its difficult adolescent stage where the promises of AI were never achieved and dot-com bubble burst, to its current stage as a semi-mature field, capable of remarkable achievements.
Packed with real-world examples, Digitized is the only book to explain the origins and key advances in all areas of computing: theory, hardware, software, Internet, user interfaces, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. If you have an interest in computers--whether you work with them, use them for fun, or are being taught about them in school--this book will provide an entertaining introduction to the science that's changing the world.
1. Can you compute?
2. Disposable computing
3. Your life in binary digits
4. Monkeys with world-spanning voices
5. My computer made me cry
6. Building bionic brains
7. A computer saved my life
Peter J. Bentley has been called a creative maverick computer scientist. He is an Honorary Reader at the Department of Computer Science, University College London, Collaborating Professor at the Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, a contributing editor for Wired UK, a consultant, and a freelance writer. He is author of the number one bestselling iPhone app iStethoscope Pro and of the popular science books Digital Biology, The Book of Numbers, and The Undercover Scientist. Bentley is a regular contributor to television and radio.
A short history of computer science
We challenged author Peter Bentley to name the most important and unknown people in the history of computer science in under three minutes. Which famous computer scientist had a passion for unicycles and juggling?
Read the blog post
Three Conversations with Computers
By Peter J Bentley What better way to spend an afternoon than having a friendly chat? My three friends are online chatbots ' Artificial Intelligence software designed to analyse my sentences and respond accordingly. All I do is visit a specific webpage, then type into a box in my Internet browser and they reply, just like chatting online to a human. These three (jabberwacky, iGod and ALICE) are some of the more advanced chatbots out there, the result of decades of research by computer scientists to try and achieve intelligence in a computer.
Maurice Wilkes on Alan Turing
By Peter J Bentley It is perhaps inevitable that on the anniversary of Turing's birth we should wax lyrical about Turing's great achievements, and the loss to the world following his premature death. Turing was a pioneer of theoretical computing ' his ideas are still used to this day in our attempts to understand what we can and cannot compute. His achievements are tremendous in many aspects of mathematics, computing, and the philosophy of Artificial Intelligence. But our digitized world was not created by one man alone. Turing's work was one of many key pioneers of his era. If only we could listen to the views of a direct contemporary of Turing, we might learn a more complete picture.
University Press Scholarship Online - Computer Science
Computing Possible Futures
William B. Rouse
A Dictionary of Computer Science
Andrew Butterfield, Gerard Ekembe Ngondi, and Anne Kerr
The Meaning of More
Alexis Wellwood
A Field Guide for Science Writers
Deborah Blum, Mary Knudson, and Robin Marantz Henig
The Internet As a Large-Scale Complex System
Kihong Park and Walter Willinger
Agency and the Semantic Web
Christopher Walton
J. M. Blackledge
Introduction to the Theory of Complex Systems
Stefan Thurner, Rudolf Hanel, and Peter Klimek
Introduction to Parallel Computing
W. P. Petersen and P. Arbenz
Bayesian Nets and Causality
Jon Williamson
Approximating Integrals via Monte Carlo and Deterministic Methods
Michael Evans and Tim Swartz
A Plain TEX Primer
Malcolm Clark
Machine Intelligence 13
K. Furukawa, D. Michie, and S. Muggleton
Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition
Christopher M. Bishop
Science & Mathematics > Computer Science


text:
#ifndef _AMIGAIO_H
#define _AMIGAIO_H

#ifndef H_PERL
#include "../perl.h"
#endif

struct StdioStore
{
	/* astdin...astderr are the amigaos file descriptors */
	long astdin;
	long astdout;
	long astderr;
	/* oldstdin...oldstderr are the amigados file handles */
	long oldstdin;
	long oldstdout;
	long oldstderr;
};

typedef struct StdioStore StdioStore;

/* get the amigaos file descriptors */
void amigaos_stdio_get(pTHX_ StdioStore *store);

/* save the amigados file handles (calls amigaos_stdio_get) */
void amigaos_stdio_save(pTHX_ StdioStore *store);

/* restore the amigados file handles stored with amigaos_stdio_save */
void amigaos_stdio_restore(pTHX_ const StdioStore *store);

/* everything the child needs from the parent is in UserData,
 * then pass it through task->tc_UserData or as arg to new pthread */
struct UserData
{
	struct Task *parent;
	I32 did_pipes;
	int pp;
	SV **sp;
	SV **mark;
	PerlInterpreter *my_perl;
};

void amigaos_fork_set_userdata(
    pTHX_ struct UserData *userdata, I32 did_pipes, int pp, SV **sp, SV **mark);

void *amigaos_system_child(void *userdata);

void amigaos_post_exec(int fd, int do_report);

Pid_t amigaos_fork();
Pid_t amigaos_waitpid(pTHX_ int optype, Pid_t pid, void *argflags);

#endif

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Manuel Tardits, architect and author, asks, "[is] talking about single-family detached houses the same as talking about Tokyo?" It is a question that attempts to reconcile the idiosyncratic motivations of a city's inhabitants with that of a larger worldview of place. And yet, the fact that this query sits within the text of Tardits' recent book, Tokyo: Portraits and Fictions — a dualistic conundrum in and of itself — a shift can be made in the focus of this argument, from discussing a city built from the outside-in, to one built from the inside-out. This provides a reading of the endemic issues of 'community' facing Tokyo by narrowing in on the psychological and spatial conditions circulating from behind the facades of this city's houses.
How then should the private lives of individuals and families be spatially constructed? As an affirmation or fantasy? Can particular internal, spatial typologies promote civility, cohesion or even empathy? Should the spatial organisation of the domestic interior reflect the city? Or should it draw from the personalised 'spatial intelligence' of the owner/inhabitants? What if the culture is not of your own? What if you are not of the place? How then should one reconcile the knowledge of conflicting spatial patterns?
MIKAN, a Yokohama-based architecture practice, has designed a house embodied with this argument while negotiating the very specific spatial demands of the client – in the end providing a provocative example of how the architecture of the single-family house can be the subterfuge for omitting the city. The clients, both scientists, French and Japanese, with two children, sought out MIKAN to develop their permanent domestic haven due to the practice's unique mixture of French and Japanese designers. While the end result is a typical collaboration with the MIKAN members of Tardits, Kiwako Kamo, Masashi Sogabe and Masayoshi Takeuchi, it has been Tardits – through a process conducted primarily in French with the husband – who has refined a scheme that was finally settled on. While at the time, this was a simple matter of familiarity and convenience, it unintentionally aided in directing a particular spatial typology, one more representative of French architecture than of Japanese.
When first entering the home, you are presented with a set of stairs winding up into a stairwell. In fact, this cage d'escalier is the central core from which the entire 314sqm hôtel particulier, or mansion, revolves. Initially intended to be an exposed internal patio, the now skylight-lit shaft has become the spatial link to four self-contained 'apartments', albeit without individual cooking facilities. The home's three storeys, basement and rooftop terrace provide spaces of seclusion for the maid, guests, children and couple when doored-off at their demarcated thresholds. On the third floor, in the vaulted, communal penthouse, family members can gather. It is here the kitchen, dining and living areas have been concentrated. Built-in cabinets and a sofa assist in maximising this 51sqm space. As throughout the entire house, the meticulously detailed, custom-designed furnishings are one of the distinct characteristics of MIKAN's architecture.
It is in this spacious interior that one is made especially aware of the clear natural light that is softened by the maple wood floors – all windows at the lower levels, except the children's bedrooms are translucent – however views are directed only to the high wire cables and rooftops of surrounding buildings, with any possible acknowledgment of city life trimmed from sight.
Even the inclusion of a piano nobile (a designation for the premier floor) can be found on the first floor – somewhat diminished in size and stature. This 9sqm room, with a telescoping partition, injects a neutral zone between the children's and guests' areas. It also provides a space for displaying the couple's collection of art and will eventually be furnished with an actual piano for teaching the children how to play.
On departing the house, once descended from the main entrance, from underneath the hollowed out recess of the cantilevered portion of the structure – an unusual condition of being outside while still being inside the building's form – one recognises this transitional interlude as actually the initial stage in the grand ascension to the top of the house. Beyond the clever spatial enveloping, it is the first evidence of a retreat from the city: an interstitial space of placeless anticipation.
After experiencing the interior, confronted once again with the house's exterior, one cannot help but see its form with Paris' Haussmannian 'street wall' overtones, specifically in the dramatic hip roof, which is reminiscent of a mansard roof, minus the dormer windows and garret rooms. Remembering that one is in Japan's capital, not France's, in actuality the house's exterior, while familiar in its neutral, concrete form, when approached from the southwest, along a short incline, the entire volume appears to dynamically heave forward with the illusion of hovering over its base. Against the eclectic patchwork of a typical residential ward, the modesty with which this large form sensitively hugs the 161sqm corner site is refreshing.
MIKAN, a practice with eighteen years of experience and close to fifty built houses in its oeuvre, is part of a circle of Japanese architects who are engaged in an open debate over how to address the detached house/urban fabric issue. The exhibition Tokyo Metabolizing by Koh Kitayama, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Ryue Nishizawa, for Japan's pavilion at the 2010 International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, provided compelling propositions for reinstituting community cohesion.
The attempt was at reconciling a house's or residential development's placation of its inhabitants' detachment from their surroundings, relying more on reassessing massing/easements, potentialising unused gaps and blurring boundaries between indoor/outdoor and territories of ownership. Absent was a full unpacking of the contemporary interior, spatial systems of private living inherent in the supposed disfunctionality of urban communities.
As Tardits reminds us, one person's perceived disfunctionality is another's living sanctuary, no matter how removed from the local culture… just outside the landing from the front door. To quote him again, "Tokyo today, therefore, is an anthology of personalised bourgeois anecdotes, such as the architect Kojima Kazuhiro refers to derisively as 'watashi no chisana shiawase sekai', my own small happy world".
The 10 Star home: Australia's most sustainable home?


text:
Cinoxacin ist ein Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der Chinolon-Antibiotika. Es wurde erstmals 1970 von Lilly patentiert und zur Behandlung von Harnwegsinfektionen verwendet. In Deutschland ist die Substanz jedoch schon länger nicht mehr zugelassen.

Eigenschaften
Cinoxacin liegt in hellbrauner Kristallform vor. Es ist in den meisten polaren organischen Lösungsmitteln löslich. Es hat eine höhere Heilungsrate als die Nalidixinsäure und muss nur zweimal täglich eingenommen werden. Aufgrund der schweren Nebenwirkungen, die die Einnahme von Cinoxacin verursacht, wurde das Medikament seit April 2019 vom Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte (BfArM) in Europa vom Markt genommen.

Synthese
Die Synthese von Cinoxacin ist in der Literatur zusammenfassend beschrieben.

Einzelnachweise

Antibiotikum
Arzneistoff
Benzodioxol
Dihydroazin
Hydrazon
Ketocarbonsäure


text:
Maroussi Atena B.C. (Grčki: Μαρούσι K.A.E.) je grčki košarkaški klub iz Marousija, predgrađa Atene. Klub trenutačno igra u prvoj grčkoj košarkaškoj ligi.

Povijest
Košarkaški klub osnovan je 1950. pod nazivom Gymnastikos Syllogos Amarousiou (GSA) u Marousiju, sjevernom predgrađu Atene. Klub je u razdoblju 1960-ih i 1970-ih postizao odlične rezultate, kako u Grčkoj, tako i u Europi. Krajem 1980-ih i 1990-ih uslijedilo je loše razdoblje za klub. Maroussi se ispao iz prve grčke lige i igrao nižim ligama grčkog prvenstva. Prvu ligu ponovo su izborili krajem 1990-ih (1999.) i do danas ostali u njoj. Klub je preuzeo grčki biznismen Aris Vovos, i uz pomoć grada klub se je natrag vratio u sam vrh grčke košarke. 2001. godina bila je odlučujuća za klub. Maroussi osvaja Kup Raymonda Saporte, na mjesto trenera dolazi grčka košarkaška legenda Panagiotis Giannakis, a u momčad dolazi Vasileios Spanoulis. Time započinje dominacija Maroussija u grčkoj košarci. Klub je u sezoni 2003./04. igrao finale grčkog košarkaškog prvenstva, ali izgubili su od Panathinaikosa u Ateni. Iste godine klub je igrao u finalu FIBA Eurokupa, ali izgubili su od ruskog UNIKS Kazana. Maroussi je igrao i finale grčkog kupa 2002., ali ovaj put su poraženi od euroligaša Olympiakosa. U sezoni 2004./05. Maroussi je osvojio drugo mjesto u regularnom dijelu grčkog prvenstva. 2006. ponovo su igrali finale grčkog kupa, ali ponovo su poraženi od Panathinaikosa. Iako je klub senzacionalno osvojio treće mjesto u grčkom prvenstvu i izborio Euroligu,  klub su zbog financijske krize napustili svi sponzori, uključujući i obitelj Vovos koja je držala sve konce u rukama posljednjih godina. Zbog toga je klub raskinuo ugovore sa svim igračima nakon što nisu dobili plaće pet mjeseci. Klub su napustili ponajbolji igrači Calathes, Mavrokefalidis, Glyniadakis i Kostas Haralambidis. Međutim, situacija se znatno poboljšala, igračima su isplaćeni dugovi, a uprava kluba krenula je u popunjavanje rostera za novu sezonu koja je od velikog značenja za grčki klub jer će preko kvalifikacija imati priliku izboriti nastup u Euroligi.

Trofeji
Kup Raymonda Saporte: 2001.
 Finalisti FIBA Eurokupa: 2004.
 Doprvaci grčke lige: 2004.
 Finalisti grčkog kupa: 2002., 2006.

Trenutačna momčad

Poznate ličnosti

Poznati igrači

Poznati treneri
 Panagiotis Giannakis
 Vangelis Alexandris
 Soulis Markopoulos
 Kostas Petropoulos

Vanjske poveznice
Službena stranica
Profil na Eurocup.com
Profil na Euroleague.net

Grčki košarkaški klubovi
Atena