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Address of the Free Constitutionalists to the People of the United States Lysander Spooner (Boston: Thayer & Eldridge, 1860). Table of Contents Note to Second Edition. Address. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII. XXIII. XXIV. A Few friends of freedom, who believe the Constitution of the United States to be a sufficient warrant for giving liberty to... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
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ANARCHISM: Its Philosophy and ldeal. Translated from the German by Harry Lyman Koopman. Ever reviled, accursed,-n'er understood, Thou art the grisly terror of our age. "Wreck of all order," cry the multitude, "Art thou, and war and murder's endless rage." O, let them cry. To them that ne'er have striven, The truth that lies behind a word to find, To them the word's right meaning was not given. They shall continue blind among the blind. But thou, O word, so clear, so strong, so pure, That sayest all which I for goal have taken. I give thee to the future! -Thine secure When each at last unto himself shall waken. Comes it in sunshine? In the tempest's thrill? I cannot tell......but it the earth shall see! I am an Anarchist! Wherefore I will No... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
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ANARCHIST COMMUNISM: ITS BASIS AND PRINCIPLES Section I Section II Additional Note to "Anarchist Communism" I Anarchism, the no-government system of socialism, has a double origin. It is an outgrowth of the two great movements of thought in the economic and the political fields which characterize the nineteenth century, and especially its second part. In common with all socialists, the anarchists hold that the private ownership of land, capital, and machinery has had its time; that it is condemned to disappear; and that all requisites for production must, and will, become the common property of society, and be managed in common by the producers of wealth. And in common with the most advanced representatives of political radicalism, they mai... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
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(From a Correspondent.) So strong and so widespread are the pretensions of "governments" to-day, that it is difficult for any civilized community to remain anarchistic without being interfered with or "annexed" by one or the other of them. it is therefore interesting to discover from the 'Colonial Office List' (Harrison & Sons) that the British empire includes at least one successful anarchist commune. Judging train the following account it is in no need of the so-called indispensable "laws" of majority rule. We hope it may be long before busybody philanthropy imposes any such chains upon it. "Tristan d'Acunha and Gough Island are the principal of a group of islands lying in lat. 37 deg. 6 min. S. and long. 12 deg. 2 min. W. It was take... (From : AnarchyArchives.)
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(Originally published in the Contemporary Review, and then reprinted as a pamphlet by Benjamin R. Tucker, 1884) An Anarchist on Anarchy by Elisée Reclus "It is a pity that such men as Elisée Reclus cannot be promptly shot." – Providence Press To most Englishmen, the word Anarchy is so evil-sounding that ordinary readers of the Contemporary Review will probably turn from these pages with aversion, wondering how anybody could have the audacity to write them. With the crowd of commonplace chatterers we are already past praying for; no reproach is too bitter for us, no epithet too insulting. Public speakers on social and political subjects find that abuse of Anarchists is an unfailing passport to public favor. Every... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
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I. THE PLACE OF THE COMMUNE IN SOCIALIST EVOLUTION On March 18, 1871, the people of Paris rose against a despised and detested government, and proclaimed the city independent free, belonging to itself. This overthrow of the central power took place without the usual stage effects of revolution, without the firing of guns, without the shedding of blood upon barricades. When the armed people came out into the streets, the rulers fled away, the troops evacuated the town, the civil functionaries hurriedly retreated to Versailles carrying everything they could with them. The government evaporated like a pond of stagnant water in a spring breeze, and on the nineteenth the great city of Paris found herself free from the impurity which had defiled ... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
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THE CONQUEST OF BREAD by P. Kropotkin CHAPTER III ANARCHIST COMMUNISM I EVERY society which has abolished private property will be forced, we maintain, to organize itself on the lines of Communistic Anarchy. Anarchy leads to Communism, and Communism to Anarchy, both alike being expressions of the predominant tendency in modern societies, the pursuit of equality. Time was when a peasant family could consider the corn which it grew, or the woolen garments woven in the cottage, as the products of its own toil. But even then this way of looking at things was not quite correct. There were the roads and the bridges made in common, the swamps drained by common toil, and the communal pastures enclosed by hedges which were kept in repair by each and all. If the looms for weaving or the dyes for coloring f...
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Park Narodowy Skamieniałego Lasu (ang. Petrified Forest National Park) – park narodowy położony w Stanach Zjednoczonych, w stanie Arizona, na terenie Pustyni Pstrej. Nazwa parku pochodzi od licznych egzemplarzy skrzemieniałego drewna, które występują na jego obszarze.

Obszar parku został pierwotnie objęty ochroną decyzją prezydenta Theodore'a Roosevelta z 8 grudnia 1906, który utworzył w tym regionie pomnik narodowy pod nazwą Petrified Forest National Monument. Granice pomnika były później kilkakrotnie zmieniane. Ostatecznie Kongres Stanów Zjednoczonych decyzją z 28 marca 1958 podniósł rangę obszaru chronionego do parku narodowego, ustanawiając Park Narodowy Skamieniałego Lasu. Proces legislacyjny trwał kilka lat i ostatecznie park narodowy powstał 9 grudnia 1962. Granice obszaru objętego ochroną po raz kolejny uległy zmianie w 2006, gdy prezydent George W. Bush powiększył powierzchnię parku z 379 km² do 884 km².

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e-Supervision (VI). How can e-supervision contribute to improve doctoral education in Africa
By Ismael Peña-López (@ictlogist), 31 October 2013
Main categories: Education & e-Learning, ICT4D, Meetings
Other tags: chrissie_boughey, e-research, e-supervision, itir_akdogan, ousmane_thiare, paul_okemo, ple, plephd
Notes from the workshop on Doctoral education and e-Supervision , organized by the Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP), the International Association of Universities (IAU), the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) and the Kenyatta University (KU) within the project Personal Learning Environment (PLE)-PhD project financed through the IAU LEADHER programme, and held in Barcelona, Spain, in October 31, 2013. More notes on this event: plephd.
Questions/guidelines prepared by the session moderator, Ismael Peña-López
What are the main challenges for quality MSc/PhD supervision in Africa?
Are they more of a technological, financial or cultural nature?
How is Africa different from e.g. Europe in this sense?
Do you foresee any convergence of methodologies and culture in doing research in general and supervision in particular in the world?
How can ICTs in general contribute to addressing these challenges?
How can e-learning in general contribute to addressing these challenges?
How can ICTs and e-learning be translated into e-supervision? …in Africa?
What is the hottest topic/challenge in supervision in Africa?
How could e-supervision address it?
What is the most emerging topic/challenge of e-supervision in Africa?
How should it be addressed it?
Round Table: How can e-supervision contribute to improve doctoral education in Africa
Itir Akdogan, Social Research/Media and Communication Studies, Helsinki University (via videoconference)
Access to technology, not only infrastructures but cultural: lack of habit to use ICT for academic research, preference for face-to-face.
Lack of access to information.
Lack of research culture, of pressure to publish.
Role of ICTs:
Increase of research culture.
Improve interaction, not only one-to-one, but collective.
Modest is good, simple but effective solutions.
Beware of exclusion because of e-euphoria: need to keep on with face-to-face event important for networking.
Paul Okemo, Dean of Graduate School, Kenyatta University (KU), Kenya
Importance of development of human resources and knowledge generation.
There is a national commitment to improve the amount of people educated, which has been successful. But now the massive intake of new students, especially at the PhD level, is seriously challenging the system.
e-supervision can help in providing a solution to this challenge.
We try no to go online on expense of quality.
One of the major challenges of e-supervision is monitoring to ensure quality.
Another issue is how to assess all the work that the students are doing.
About the costs, it is likely that connection costs are lower than travel costs to attend face-to-face meetings.
An important challenge is the change of mindset, both for students and supervisors.
Expectations:
Learn from others.
Try and benchmark what everyone else is doing and share milestones.
Chrissie Boughey and Sioux McKenna, Rhodes University, South Africa
In order to gain a doctorate you have to demonstrate that you are like other doctors.
And in order to do that you have to use language in a specific way. PhD training is about teaching someone to be particular type of knower, in oder to speak, write and act in particular way.
Supervision is about bringing the student in the particular world of the text, the written text.
The danger of e-supervision is what happens that is not tracked, that is not formalized by technology, the lack context, the lack of physical contact. And the formal places where academic stuff happens cannot be substituted by other practices: so we have to learn how to make both worlds be compatible, how to go from e-supervision onto the formality of the academic world. It's important to translate what has been "e-discussed" into the paper, the communication, the journal, which is the language that the academic world speaks.
Ousmane Thiare?, IT Specialist, Professor, Universite? Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, Senegal
In Senegal as in other places of Western Africa infrastructure still is an issue.
And, again, not only infrastructures, but culture.
Besides, there is also is the fear that technology will replace human beings (i.e. professors) and make them irrelevant.
Necessary to have a work plan, a commitment, a kind of "contract" where roles and procedures are defined in detail.
Ismael Peña-López: Do you foresee any convergence of methodologies and culture in doing research in general and supervision in particular in the world? Can e-supervision work towards a standard in supervision? Okemo: e-supervision is going to internationalize supervision and research in general. Whether this is going to end up in standardization, that is not sure that is going to happen. It will sure bring closer different approaches, but merging them or making them converge, that is another thing that does not necessarily will happen. Boughey: this is unlikely to happen among disciplines, especially between sciences and humanities. The gap sure can be bridged, but not closed at all: the objects of research are too different.
Akdogan: when talking about e-supervision, the effort to bridge the traditional and e-research worlds should be shared. On the other hand, it may well be that e-research is more demanding than traditional research, and thus the translation would be much easier and even better than 100% offline students, which are usually less engaged. So, e-research requires more engagement, which is good, and more effort as exposure pushes towards it.
Stephen Nyaga: what would be the most effective way of monitoring e-supervisors and the whole process? Akdogan: don't think there should be a standard and each university should have their own way. In any case, it should be simple, easy tools, with a clear schedule. Okemo: the same way that traditional supervision is structured, also e-supervision could be structured in its own way. Akdogan: but, of course, adapted to the online world and flexibility.
Ismael Peña-López: about monitoring the e-supervisor, there are two more ways. First, if we believe in a transformative approach to e-supervision, then the whole process of research and of making of the thesis will be open and we can monitor not the e-supervisor, but the outcomes of their supervision in the successes and procedures of their students. Second, if we understand the supervisors as researchers themselves and, thus, as learners, then they will have too open personal learning environments which we will be able to monitor, to follow, to interact with.
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Footy fans have had their say on each club's chances of winning the 2019 competition, making the top eight, just missing the eight or finishing at the foot of the ladder.
The Roosters are the only team widely predicted to finish the year as premiers, with Newcastle and North Queensland are expected to challenge for a finals berth after missing the eight last season.
A huge amount of off-season player and coaching moves have swung the voting in the past couple of weeks, with Brisbane and South Sydney both receiving bumps after finalising their long-anticipated coach switch.
Cronulla, who have replaced Valentine Holmes with Shaun Johnson, are expected to slide from fourth to seventh, while Johnson's old club the Warriors and a Bulldogs team which lost David Klemmer to Newcastle are both tipped to drop three places on the ladder to 11th and 15th respectively.
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Olga was visiting a sister in New York City, while I was away on a business trip. A friend from Baltimore, whom Olga met in New York, told her that she had just read a newspaper article about a minister in Baltimore who had become interested in religious healing. His first healing service was to take place in his Baltimore church on Tuesday the following week. Since Olga and I were in this work, her friend was sure we would want to attend this meeting.
… Olga arrived home in time to attend that healing service on Tuesday morning at the Mt. Vernon Place Methodist Church in Baltimore. As she came into the church, she met a lady we have both known many years, and they sat together. After the service this friend suggested that Olga should come up and meet the minister, Dr. Albert E. Day.
After the introduction they talked briefly. In a hurried sentence or two Olga managed to tell him of her own interest in healing. Dr. Day suggested that she stop in at his office and leave her name and address with his secretary. This Olga did — and promptly forgot about it, with no anticipation that she would ever hear from him again.
". . . The following Thursday morning, around 8:00 A.M., I found my thoughts dwelling on the minister and the healing service. I made every effort to dismiss these thoughts; after all, the minister did not call me, so why all the excitement? However, by 8:30 that morning something that refused to be silenced insisted that the minister had need of my help and experience in the field of healing and that I was to phone him. I actually felt a strong push in the back that made me fall across the bed as I was making up the bed.
"I called out, 'O God, please don't let me make a fool of myself. I have never forced myself on anyone. The man has my phone number and if he is interested he will phone.' This was ridiculous — all the years my husband and I have been doing this work we have never gone to anyone offering our services. However, this command to contact the minister kept after me until at 9:00 A.M. I found myself calling the church office. The secretary informed me that Dr. Day was not in, was not expected because this was his day away from the office.
"I thanked the secretary with much relief; now I would not make a fool of myself. Before I could hang up a voice said, 'I'm the associate minister — may I help?' Very briefly, I told him my name and my interest in healing. Dr. Day's associate minister said, 'Oh — we've been looking for your phone number — the secretary misplaced it. May I call at your home to see you?' I answered that I would rather see him at the church office. By 10:00 A.M. I was at the church office, wondering all the while what on earth possessed me to be doing all this.
[*]Ambrose A. Worrall with Olga N. Worrall, The Gift of Healing. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. Copyright (c) 1965 by Harper & Row, Publishers.


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Has Iran replaced Al-Qaeda as the greatest terror threat?
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WhoWee
Given the disclosures of the thwarted terrorist attack on US soil, has Iran replaced Al-Qaeda as our greatest threat?
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-iran-tied-terror-plot-washington-dc-disrupted/story?id=14711933
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/11/iranians-charged-over-terror-plot-in-us/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2-arrested-in-alleged-plot-to-kill-us-ambassador-to-saudi-arabia/2011/10/11/gIQAykavcL_story.html [Broken]
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-09-28/middleeast/world_meast_iran-navy_1_iranian-announcement-iranian-state-news-iran-today?_s=PM:MIDDLEEAST [Broken]
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Proton Soup
no. in fact the "weapon of mass destruction" rhetoric being used already in reference to a bomb is highly suspect. no way in hades am i going to in any way get behind a sorry excuse to get ourselves into yet another quagmire. just no. NO FREAKING WAY! just put this guy in jail and walk away.
It sounds more like a car bomb. The real issue is they planned to cross the Mexican border with a drug cartel - to commit a terrorist attack on US soil. We need to tighten our borders.
WhoWee said:
yeah, and that's another thing. Eric Holder is currently embroiled in a little scandal called "Fast and Furious" where we've been shipping guns into Mexico funding their little terrorism war on the people of Mexico. this all stinks to high heaven, and we need to stop, get our bearings, and figure out just what the heck is going on in our government.
Hepth
The real issue is they planned to cross the Mexican border with a drug cartel - to commit a terrorist attack on US soil. We need to tighten our borders.
Wow, how is that the real issue, and how is that what they planned?
I get that he wanted the cartel to carry out the bombing, and I would ASSUME they already have people in the united states, even as actual American citizens. Arbabsiar is a US citizen, he was just meeting with people in Mexico to make contacts with the cartel. He also flew to Mexico from Germany, and possibly planned on crossing the border to get back into the US but HE'S A US CITIZEN, so it's not like he was trying to sneak across. Assuming no warrants he would have no problem crossing back into the US at the border, NOR SHOULD HE.
Why do you want to move a terrorism issue to a border issue. Unless you have some proof that wasn't in your links that they planned on crossing the border to carry out this attack ,I just don't see how you stretch to that being the "real issue" after reading those 4 articles. Maybe I missed something in one of them.
Hepth said:
From the links
"According to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday, Arbabsiar met with a DEA informant — who was posing as a representative of a Mexican drug cartel — to arrange the killing. At one point, the complaint says, Arbabsiar told the informant that he would need four men to carry out the ambassador's murder and that he would pay $1.5 million for the operation.
As a down payment, Arbabsiar allegedly later arranged for $100,000 to be wired to an account that was secretly overseen by the FBI.
"Though it reads like the pages of a Hollywood script, the impact would have been very real and many lives would have been lost," said FBI Director Robert Mueller."
This tells us we have a legitimate threat and very little chance of stopping a major weapon from crossing the border if these groups were to coordinate efforts.
Again, I don't see anything that would lead me to believe that the bomb as well as the 4 operatives would not already be inside the US. Cartels have tons of people and resources within the borders already, and I'm sure there are plenty of US citizen cartel members. (Though I'd assume they wouldn't be in this case.)
phinds
Hepth, you are using logic and observation of facts to confront a discussion that is laden with emotion and has, as these things so often do, brought in side issues that, along with the emotion, are a distraction to any helpful discussion of the topic at hand. What I've noticed over the years is that what you are doing is, unfortunately, an exercise in what the military call "pissing up a rope".
If the cartel was involved at any level - they need to be shut down aggressively. If they weren't involved - they need to understand the severity of consequences if they ever decide to participate.
phinds said:
I agree this is an emotional issue and the exercise you've described is applicable to both the security along the soft under-belly of the US border and our handling of Iran.
It's quite clear that if the border isn't secured - it will be exploited. That is the most immediate threat to the security of the US at this moment and both the Mexican government and the cartels need to understand it is unacceptable.
The second problem is the Iranian attitude that they can do whatever they want without consequence. IMO - we need to communicate to the people of Iran - some of them rallied against the leadership a few months ago - and let them know the dangerous path their leaders have chosen. It should be made clear that actions have consequences.
Personally, I think we should make it very clear to the people of Iran that their leaders have gone too far and if their military forces cross the border into Iraq when we leave - they will be met by 1,000 missiles.
I believe the people of Iran will make the sane choice - if given the opportunity and the motivation - enough is enough.
we're currently killing people in at least 3 states surrounding Iran at the moment. and for all you know, we may also be conducting operations in Iran itself. so please, clam down and try to get some perspective.
Proton Soup said:
I've long believed the key to dealing with Iran is to appeal to her people. We missed the last opportunity and now the door has swung wide open.
As for Mexico and the drug cartels - no mas!
Adyssa
If you replace Iranian/Iran with American/America that paragraph still makes entirely too much sense.
Adyssa said:
Actually, an Iranian General seems to agree with you.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/09/masoud-jazayeri-wall-street_n_1002598.html [Broken]
"Jazayeri said President Barack Obama's election promises of change have reached a dead end.
"The failure of the U.S. president to resolve the Wall Street crisis will turn this economic movement into a political and social movement protesting the very structure of the U.S. government," the official IRNA news agency quoted Jazayeri as saying Sunday.
"A revolution and a comprehensive movement against corruption in the U.S. is in the making. The last phase will be the collapse of the Western capitalist system," he said, according to IRNA."
Apparently the Iranian leaders think the US and it's leadership is weak?
no, he's saying it's corrupt.
I disagree - he's saying the President could not keep his promise - this implies weakness rather than corruption.
mege
The article said corruption, but is definately implying weakness. They're related though - corruption implies the need to accomplish things underhandedly, which is leadership weakness. A strong leader could do things in the open and by the rules and be just as effective.
The government corruption does extend beyond President Obama, but outwardly he's our figurehead so it all gets put on him.
I remember President Bush being called an evil warmonger - but was he ever called corrupt and weak by other countries? Instead I remember many references to being a cowboy (which has connotations of being strong, but perjoratively independent (but still not dependant on corruption)).
Char. Limit
I find it funny how many conservatives want to "tighten the borders", apparently without realizing how much that would cost. Odd, considering they scream about anything else that costs any amount of money.
Char. Limit said:
The general security of our country is one thing that most Republicans would buy into without too much problem - if it were done efficiently. I thought the willingness to spend money on security was one of the big beefs that collectivists have with the right? Why is this a suprise?
Personally, I am on the fence about it (hehehe). Can we effectively control our borders against plots like this? There is also the flip side - a fence works both ways. It keeps people out, but it also keeps people in. However, absent any real internal enforcement (aka Arizona-type enforcement) we need to be doing something to understand whom is in our country and why.
We need to put the resources somewhere and the Mexican border's a war zone. What's the alternative - wait until something happens and re-deploy to Iran?
Bobbywhy
In my opinion, no, Iran has NOT replaced Al-Qaeda as our greatest threat. This alleged plot, if true, was to take place here, but not against the USA. It was alleged to be against a Saudi ambassador.
mheslep
I find $3600B/year of spending and $1600B/year of borrowing worth screaming about.
A full US southern border fence is estimated to cost about http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/systems/mexico-wall.htm" [Broken] Consider that against the costs imposed by illegal immigration and drug traffic across that border, and the benefit to US society if illegal flow could by cut from ~500,000/year to 50,000/year or so, and perhaps replaced by legal immigration.
Bobbywhy said:
Are you joking?
Arbabsiar is a bumbling idiot.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...-connections/2011/10/11/gIQAV6rfdL_story.html
why would he be joking? this is not a direct attack on the US, but on saudi arabia. it certainly doesn't even come close to justifying a war.
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PPLNSG - Pay Per Last N Groups (or shifts). Similar to PPLNS, but shares are grouped into "shifts" which are paid as a whole.
PPS - Pay Per Share. Each submitted share is worth certain amount of BTC. Since finding a block requires <current difficulty> shares on average, a PPS method with 0% fee would be 12.5 BTC divided by <current difficulty>. It is risky for pool operators, hence the fee is highest.
Prop. - Proportional. When block is found, the reward is distributed among all workers proportionally to how much shares each of them has found.
FPPS - Full Pay Per Share. Similar to PPS,but not only divide regular block reward (12.5 BTC for now) but also some of the transaction fees. Calculate a standard transaction fee within a certain period and distribute it to miners according to their hash power contributions in the pool. It will increase the miners' earnings by sharing some of the transaction fees.
The following pools are known or strongly suspected to be mining on top of blocks before fully validating them with Bitcoin Core 0.9.5 or later. Miners doing this have already lost over $50,000 USD during the 4 July 2015 fork and have created a situation where small numbers of confirmations are much less useful than they normally are.
↑ Note that pool hashrate is largely irrelevant but can be seen as a popularity measurement. It is a theoretical security issue if one pool gains above 50% of the total computational power of the network, thus consider joining a pool based on other metrics. The pool's total hash rate is very dynamic on most pools. Over time, as the network grows, so does most pool's hash rates. The displayed values are the pool's relative sizes based on the network: Small: less than 2%, Medium: 2%-10% Large: greater than 10% of the network.
↑ Merged mining allows miners to mine on multiple block chains at the same time with the same hashing.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 The difficulty of the shares can be changed by the user.
↑ Merged mining can be done on a "solo mining" basis (payouts in the merged chain are not pooled).
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Sometimes my kids forget themselves and think that they are the parent, but by the widening of my eyes with the burst blood vessels in there corners soon jogs their memories of who is actually in charge. Now I'm not saying that they don't have a say in my house, but as well as the fact that children should be seen and not heard but also as they remember that I'm madam speaker. Mine is a democratic household…. Ahemm.
Members of Parliament are backing calls so that 16 and 17 year olds can vote, what is that all about? So we say that they cannot drink at that age because their not responsible enough, marriage without parental consent is also out of the question, and don't even think about getting a tattoo before you're 18, yet the government will give these youngsters the responsibility to make a dent in decisions for our nation. Talk about a way to confuse our youth.
Although the vote isn't binding on the Government, the Conservatives are against it, but Labour and the Liberal Democrats are all for it. As a result, 16 and 17 year olds are expected to vote in next years referendum on Scottish independence. Does the Government want to push for the age reduction because they feel that they might be able to manipulate the youth?
I mean…Come on… If you don't look over 25 in a supermarket you have to do the long walk of shame to put your booze back (which I might add constantly happens to me), yet school kids are being given the opportunity to vote. Now I'm not belittling the brain capacity of our youth, but society can very quickly rob us of our childhood one way or another, but I guess all of this is only relevant if you think that your vote counts or not?
If you are 30 plus, think back to when you were in your teens what your young mind was consumed with, was it politics? I'm sure 9 out of 10 people will say no. Your mind was probably in the same gutter as mine.
I went to visit my friend today only to find her wrestling with her dog, after the laughter had subsided I asked her what she was doing, she informed me that her dog had worms and all other ailments. Apparently, she was sick and tired of it dragging its backside along her carpet (yuk) so she was trying to force feed him pills to help aide his ailments because as we all know dogs cannot administer there own medication, but if they could it would be a fine trick. My friend loves her dog dearly and will let him lick her face, while she pets and spoils him.
Unfortunately this wasn't the case for many Ethiopian Jewish immigrant women living in Israel, who unbeknown to them were given the contraception injection Depo-Provera without their consent.
The government (as they would) denied all knowledge of this invasive act, although the Health Ministry's Director General has since ordered gynaecologists to cease administering the drug (the very same drug the government know nothing about). It was a mystery as to why birth rates had dropped considerably in these women; they were given the drug every three months, which is a long lasting and highly effective contraception. This is no doubt an infringement of these women's rights and a violation of their bodies.
About 100,000 Ethiopian Jews relocated to Israel under the Law of Return since the 1980s. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that illegal immigrants from Africa threaten the Israeli's existence as a Jewish Democratic state, (but I guess that's a whole different debate).
That aside, what is the governments excuse for the administration of this birth control, which is should surely be a personal decision? The lack of respect and dignity for these women is outrageous, this is definitely a case of if we tolerate this, without doubt our children will be next, well I guess if they keep injecting these women, there will be no children to even think about.
Now back to my friend, I seem to think that her dog got his own back, I watched him vigorously licking his backside, then he trotted over to my friend who as per usual petted and spoilt him, while he….. Yes…. Licked her face, I would have wretched if I didn't find it so funny.
I was so sick of people using my mug at work and then not washing it up properly leaving their dried dead skin on the rim and then leaving the inside in such a state that only copious amounts of bleach could cleanse it. I decided to buy them all a personalised mug, now there isn't any excuse to use anyone else's. Although just in case of mutiny, I now hide my mug… And I don't mean my face.
Well the NHS isn't thinking about personalising mugs but they are thinking about personalising drug treatments. Scientists are introducing the human genome project into doctor's surgeries. These personalised treatments for cancer patients will be put into practice within the next five or ten years. Well this is what they tell us, surely there must be a drug that can cure most ailments, yet they choose to let people wait. Why? Because money talks.
The legal drug industry is a lucrative business. Why make money from just one pill when they can make billions from many pills. We are made to think that this is an idea in process? Do they have the finished product ready to go? Pharmaceutical companies are the biggest drug pushers going. I know it sounds awful but even though they tell us that personalised medicine called rapid DNA sequencing (not quite so rapid though eh) could save millions on the NHS and could prevent cancer spreading, we the people are a commodity so the more drugs dispensed to we the people the more profit there is for these legal drug pushers.
Tomorrow's world ideas were formed in yester year, so all of these so called cures are available but it just serves their purpose to filter it out slowly, killing off us useless eaters. You can see one doctor on the NHS and then change to private and see the same doctor but get treated differently, sad but true.
I used to know a guy who used to personalise drugs, he would write the name of his buyers on the little bags.
I used to think that I lived like everyone else until I realised I was the only person who used newspaper or leaves to wipe my bottom. Friends harshly but fairly told me I was poor, I daren't tell them what they thought they were drinking whenever I made them a cup of tea or coffee. The soil in my back garden is quite rich…. Shhhh.
I know I'm not the only poor person around, and for those of you in my club be prepared the rise of council tax bills. If you are on benefits and currently pay little or no council tax or if you are in a low paid job, then the tax increase will affect you. Since the Government imposed a 10 per cent cut on available budgets, local councils have reduced council tax benefits for low earners, which I think is very gracious of them….. Not….
As if things aren't bad enough, it feels like just another kick in the backside for us. I can understand why people struggle to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but we've got to remember 'they' put is in this position in the first place. It leaves a bad taste in the mouth to know that some of Britain's poorest families are already struggling with falling wages as well as job cuts whilst the cost of living continues to rise, yet tax credits, benefits etc are being severely severed. It's seems like a doom to fail situation.
Some local council's are demanding a higher payment for low income, which means their support, will not be as generous as the current system. Two in three councils will impose a flash rate cash cut, which some of you older folks will recall played a leading role in Maggie Thatcher's downfall in 1990 and was later scrapped along side her job. But I guess not many people cried over that fact.
Governments state that they are all for the people, but we the people forever fail to witness their love for us. We don't care or want to hear about whether Nick Clegg will be sending is son to a public, state or private school, most of us are struggling to keep our kids in school uniform, so to keep rubbing their wealth in our faces is just rude, to the point where we find it quite 'taxing'.
At the moment everything we hear about on the news is all about money, whether we have it or not. I know I keep banging on about the community spirit, but when money comes and goes and you're part of a community it matters not. The Dells sang about things being "All about the Paper".
Most people think without money, their life isn't worth much. These are the times when we need to pool our resources if we want to survive. Remember as Malcolm X once said "Tomorrow's belongs to those who prepare for it today".


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Q: MPAndroidChart moveViewToX not always working I'm implementing a paging solution and load data when I reach the left side of the graph (using setOnChartGestureListener), the data is displayed in reverse order (with negative x values). After loading the new set of data the viewport should jump to the first loaded entry, but the method moveViewToX is giving sometimes erratic behavior and will not move the viewport.
I've tried different hacks, like a delayed moveViewToX, calling moveViewToX from other places, even adding a button to the activity calling moveViewToX is not working.
I searched stackoverflow and found a similar problem related to moveViewToX but didn't solve the problem (HorizontalBarChart moveViewToX doesn't work).
I'm using this version of MPAndroidChart
com.github.PhilJay:MPAndroidChart:v3.1.0

I reduced the code to a minimum in order to reproduce the behavior.
activity_device_graph.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:clipToPadding="false"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/keyline_5">

    <com.github.mikephil.charting.charts.LineChart
        android:id="@+id/chart"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_margin="15dp"/>

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

ChartTestActivity.java
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.MotionEvent;

import com.github.mikephil.charting.charts.LineChart;
import com.github.mikephil.charting.components.Legend;
import com.github.mikephil.charting.components.XAxis;
import com.github.mikephil.charting.components.YAxis;
import com.github.mikephil.charting.data.Entry;
import com.github.mikephil.charting.data.LineData;
import com.github.mikephil.charting.data.LineDataSet;
import com.github.mikephil.charting.interfaces.datasets.ILineDataSet;
import com.github.mikephil.charting.listener.ChartTouchListener;
import com.github.mikephil.charting.listener.OnChartGestureListener;
import com.github.mikephil.charting.utils.EntryXComparator;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ListIterator;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import es.arpa.sensor.iot.R;

public class ChartTestActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private final static String TAG = ChartTestActivity.class.getSimpleName();

    private final static int ENTRIES_PER_PAGE = 100;

    private LineChart mChart;
    private int mPageCount = 0;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_device_graph);
        mChart = (LineChart) findViewById(R.id.chart);

        initChart();

        getData(mPageCount);
    }

    private void initChart() {

        mChart.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
        mChart.getDescription().setEnabled(false);
        mChart.setDrawGridBackground(false);

        mChart.setScaleYEnabled(false);
        mChart.setExtraBottomOffset(20);

        // X-Axis Style
        XAxis xAxis = mChart.getXAxis();
        xAxis.enableGridDashedLine(10f, 10f, 0f);
        xAxis.setPosition(XAxis.XAxisPosition.BOTTOM);

        // Y-Axis Style
        YAxis yAxis = mChart.getAxisLeft();
        yAxis.enableGridDashedLine(10f, 10f, 0f);
        yAxis.setAxisMinimum(0);
        yAxis.setAxisMaximum(20);
        mChart.getAxisRight().setEnabled(false);

        // Create a dataset
        ArrayList<Entry> values = new ArrayList<>();
        LineDataSet set = new LineDataSet(values, "TEST");
        set.setLineWidth(3f);
        set.setColor(getColor(R.color.purple_200));
        set.setDrawCircles(false);

        // Hide data point values
        set.setDrawValues(false);

        // Selection indicator
        set.setHighLightColor(Color.RED);
        set.setHighlightLineWidth(1f);

        // Customize legend entry
        set.setForm(Legend.LegendForm.LINE);
        set.setFormLineWidth(3f);
        set.setFormSize(30.f);

        ArrayList<ILineDataSet> dataSets = new ArrayList<>();
        dataSets.add(set);

        LineData data = new LineData(dataSets);
        mChart.setData(data);

        mChart.setOnChartGestureListener(new OnChartGestureListener() {
            @Override
            public void onChartGestureStart(MotionEvent me, ChartTouchListener.ChartGesture lastPerformedGesture) {
            }

            @Override
            public void onChartGestureEnd(MotionEvent me, ChartTouchListener.ChartGesture lastPerformedGesture) {
                if (mChart.getLowestVisibleX() == mChart.getXAxis().getAxisMinimum())
                    getData(mPageCount++);
            }

            @Override
            public void onChartLongPressed(MotionEvent me) {

            }

            @Override
            public void onChartDoubleTapped(MotionEvent me) {

            }

            @Override
            public void onChartSingleTapped(MotionEvent me) {

            }

            @Override
            public void onChartFling(MotionEvent me1, MotionEvent me2, float velocityX, float velocityY) {

            }

            @Override
            public void onChartScale(MotionEvent me, float scaleX, float scaleY) {

            }

            @Override
            public void onChartTranslate(MotionEvent me, float dX, float dY) {

            }
        });
    }

    private void getData(int page) {
        LoadDataAsyncTask task = new LoadDataAsyncTask(new LoadDataListener<List<Entry>>() {
            @Override
            public void taskFinished(List<Entry> result) {
                ListIterator it = result.listIterator();
                LineDataSet set = (LineDataSet) mChart.getData().getDataSetByIndex(0);
                Entry jumpTo = null;
                while (it.hasNext()) {
                    Entry entry = (Entry) it.next();
                    set.addEntry(entry);
                    if (jumpTo == null)
                        jumpTo = entry;
                }

                Collections.sort(set.getValues(), new EntryXComparator());

                set.notifyDataSetChanged();
                mChart.getData().notifyDataChanged();
                mChart.notifyDataSetChanged();
                mChart.invalidate();

                mChart.setVisibleXRangeMaximum(50);
                mChart.setVisibleXRangeMinimum(10);

                // This statement should jump at the beginning of the added entries
                mChart.moveViewToX(jumpTo.getX());
            }

        });
        task.execute(page);
    }

    public interface LoadDataListener<T> {
        void taskFinished(T result);
    }

    public class LoadDataAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Integer, Void, List<Entry>> {

        private LoadDataListener mListener;

        public LoadDataAsyncTask(LoadDataListener loadDataListener) {
            mListener = loadDataListener;
        }

        @Override
        protected List<Entry> doInBackground(Integer... params) {
            List<Entry> values = new ArrayList<>();
            int page = params[0];
            for (int i = 0; i < ENTRIES_PER_PAGE; i++) {
                int xValue = -(i + (page * ENTRIES_PER_PAGE));
                int yValue = page;
                values.add(new Entry(xValue, yValue));
            }
            return values;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(List<Entry> result) {
            super.onPostExecute(result);
            if (mListener != null)
                mListener.taskFinished(result);
        }

    }
}

Any help would be appreciated, thanks

A: Reliable working solution which doesn't permanently disable flinging:

*

*disable drag deceleration and dispatch a touch event (to cancel possible existing flings):
isDragDecelerationEnabled = false
dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent.obtain(SystemClock.uptimeMillis(),
SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN, 0f, 0f, 0))

*set data, etc.

*move the view and schedule a job to re-enable drag deceleration
moveViewToX(10f)
postDelayed({ isDragDecelerationEnabled = true}, 100L)
This makes sure the drag deceleration runs after the job to move the view finishes.
When using the animated version (moveViewToAnimated) the delay needs to be adjusted accordingly.
The solution is not the most elegant, as working with scheduled jobs is never 100% accurate.

A: If you use chart.isDragDecelerationEnabled = false it may work, but you'll lose the smooth scroll animation

A: moveViewToX will not baypass the X axis maximum. i mean that if you move the view to 100f when the x axis maximum is 50 it will just move to the maximum. so i solved that by specifying manually the x axis maximum and the maximum visible x range. take alook at this code and try to understand it the you can modify it as you need.
    LineData plot = temperatureChart.getData();
    temperatureChart.getXAxis().setAxisMaximum(plot.getXMax() + 10f);
    temperatureChart.moveViewToX();

    temperatureChart.notifyDataSetChanged(plot.getXMax()+10f);

    if(temperatureChart.getVisibleXRange()!=20) {
        temperatureChart.setVisibleXRangeMaximum(20f);
    }

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On the record, and even off, auto manufacturers are usually fairly discreet about their competitors.
But starting this year, we've heard more open mutterings from several makers on the topic of gas mileage. "Our cars achieve their EPA ratings in real-world use," they'll say pointedly. "Not like some of our competitors."
Now the dispute over whether and whose EPA ratings reflect real-world fuel efficiency has broken into the open.
The Consumer Watchdog organization, located in Santa Monica, California, called yesterday for the EPA to re-test the 2011 Hyundai Elantra compact, which is rated at 29 mpg city, 40 mpg highway, for a combined gas-mileage rating of 33 mpg.
"A trail of disappointed drivers" only achieves mileage ratings in the mid-20s under real-world conditions, says Judy Dugan, research director for Consumer Watchdog, citing online discussion forums with Elantra owners, and published results from road testers at USA Today, Motor Trend, and the 20-mpg city mileage recorded by Consumers Union.
The organization asks the EPA to test the Elantra in its own facility. If EPA results vary from the existing figures, it asks the agency to levy penalties on Hyundai that would include " fines, notification to buyers of its recent Elantra models and rebates that cover drivers' added cost of fuel for average yearly miles driven."
Jim Trainor, Hyundai's national manager of product PR, said the carmaker "stands by the EPA numbers," and pointed to the 39-mpg highway figure achieved by Consumers Union in a 2011 Elantra.
He declined to say whether Hyundai would have a formal response to Consumer Watchdog's request, noting that the story broke only late last night.
In our own case, we tested a 2011 Hyundai Elantra sedan last April. Our overall mileage figure was between 34.2 mpg, or right on the EPA combined rating. We had just tested a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco with six-speed manual too, also rated at 33 mpg, which which we got 34.4 mpg.
Across dozens of test cars, we usually hit the combined EPA rating and often get fuel efficiency figures that are 1 or 2 mpg higher, since our road test route has more high-speed driving than stop-and-go urban and suburban miles. Our experience with the Elantra pretty much stayed true to that rule.
We should note here that we do not "hypermile," or drive to wring every drop of energy out of gasoline. Instead, we want to give readers a sense of how a new car behaves in average real-world usage.
It's worth noting that the automakers submit self-certified results to the EPA; the agency does not test every car model, engine, and transmission combination--each of which is separately rated--every year.
Some automakers are now quietly discussing whether they should ask the EPA to certify the results they achieve--perhaps those for their most fuel-efficient vehicles, because high MPG figures have become such a marketing draw.
Hyundai has aggressively promoted its EPA mileage ratings, going so far as to challenge other automakers to report their monthly sales of cars rated at 40 mpg or better.
No other maker does that, in part because their 40-mpg-rated models are often specific trim levels of model lines, usually at an extra cost, with lower ratings for the base vehicle.
Ford has its SFE models of the Fiesta and Focus, for example, and Chevrolet has its Cruze Eco (and soon a 2013 Malibu Eco too).
We can't help but wonder if this will be a case of "live by the sword, die by the sword."
We'll keep you posted on the outcome of Consumer Watchdog's request. Meanwhile, tell us what you think: Is Hyundai gaming the gas-mileage ratings system?


Due to the success of the first movie, 'Catching Fire' is now being produced. The film's costume designers made a minimum of 1,800 elaborate costumes for the citizens of the Capitol. More than 35 full-time makeup artists were needed to work on the main characters and over 500 extras. Taylor Swift contributed two songs to the soundtrack: "Eyes Open" and "Safe & Sound" featuring The Civil Wars. Actor Alexander Ludwig gained 30 to 40 pounds in order to play the role of Cato. Author Suzanne Collins came up with the idea for the book after watching footage of the invasion of Iraq and a reality TV show. The two ideas combined to form "The Hunger Games." 18. It took 2 and a half hours to transform Elizabeth Banks into Effie, but 45 minutes less when she wore gloves, instead of having hernails done. Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth think that the only way The Hunger Games and Twilight are similar is that they both have large fanbases. Alexander Ludwig says that the best thing about playing Cato is that he can be free with the role and be as bad as he wants. Jennifer Lawrence recorded "Rue's Lullaby" for the Hunger Games soundtrack. Alexander Ludwig found the scene where Rue is decorated with flowers 'extremely moving'. Elizabeth Banks says she's a massive fan of Peeta, because he's a lover, not a fighter. Jackie Emerson goes around to the extras and crew and introduces herself as much as she can. All principle characters were on a high protein diet and worked out every morning. , however, with Ian Mc Shane and Frances Conroy, is what put him on the map as a contender for heftier fantasy roles.That was almost five years before Ludwig beefed up to play Cato, the character he would come to think of as exhibiting "the dark side of humanity." The young Ludwig took his role in the blockbuster very seriously. She finished high school to years early to pursue her acting career. She auditioned for the role of Bella in the Twilight Saga. Jennifer Lawrence came in 7th this year for Total Film's 30 Hottest Rising Actors Right Now' list. She says the only time she is ever serious is in front of the camera. Jennifer Lawrence says that she could watch Bridget Jones's Diary over and over. She has revealed that she would like to direct at some point, but she doesn't know where she will be in 10 years. She refuses to have a Facebook or Twitter account, just like Liam Hemsworth. Jennifer Lawrence was first discovered when a photographer took her picture in New York. Actor Chris Hemsworth ("Thor") told his brother Liam Hemsworth he needed to lose weight to play the role of Gale. Jennifer Lawrence won her first oscar when she was 22, and fell over on her way up to the stage. On the last day of her six week training, she had an accident where she hit a wall while running at full speed. Chris took on the role of Katniss during their practice. His first job was in a bakery in Australia called 'Bakers Delight'. He almost played the lead role in Thor, but the part went to his brother Chris Hemsworth. Liam told his agents that he would burn his house down if the rold of Gale went to another actor. He puts on an American accent for The Hunger Games, although he is from Melbourne, Australia. One of his favourite things to do in his spare time is to go skateboarding. He once split the back of his ear open when a ball hit him. She pulled out of playing the female lead in savages to play Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games instead. While growing up, she was a total tomboy, she played field hockey, softball and basketball on an all-boys ream. After all, his character was supposed to be starving! Liam started acting on an Australian TV show called 'Neighbours' where he played Josh Taylor, an athletic paraplegic. Liam used to be a competitive surfer, and he was competing with the top surfers in Victoria, Australia. When he was practicing for his auditions, he got his brother Chris to help him.
"That was the reason I did the movie, really," Ludwig told Celebuzz about channeling the amoral character."If I could get the audience to sympathize with Cato for one second at the end of that movie, I did what I wanted to do." So, does the new hot star have a girlfriend?


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Business, Creativity, Non Fiction, Personal Development, Professional Development
Feb 01: Perfect the Fine Art of Problem Solving with Amy Herman
Bolster your critical thinking skills, overcome obstacles, and make those hard decisions through art
Art historian and lawyer Amy E. Herman has discovered a way to use works of art to teach us how to hone our perceptions and visual intelligence, presenting a paradigm-shattering twist on problem solving that helps us find solutions to the problems we face every day.
In Fixed, Amy E. Herman gives us access to what the FBI, NATO, the State Department, Interpol, Scotland Yard, and many more organizations and their leaders have been using to solve their most intractable problems. She teaches us to see things differently, using art to challenge our default thinking and open up possibilities otherwise overlooked.
https://conversationslive.net/podcastfiles/PODCAST_FINAL_AmyHerman_030222.mp3
About Amy E. Herman – Author of Fixed: How to Perfect the Fine Art of Problem Solving.
Amy E. Herman developed The Art of Perception, Inc., in 2000 to improve medical student's observation and communication skills with their patients when she was the Head of Education at The Frick Collection in New York City. She subsequently adapted the program for a wide range of professionals and leads sessions internationally for the New York City Police Department, the FBI, the French National Police, the Department of Defense, Interpol, the State Department, Fortune 500 companies, first responders, the military, and the intelligence community.
Mar 02: Amy Herman with Fixed – How to Perfect the Fine Art of Problem-Solving
How art can help you overcome challenges, make decisions, & sharpen critical thinking skills
Wayne Dyer said "Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change." And that concept inspired today's guest to launch a whole new career as the president of The Art of Perception, Inc., based in New York.
Sometimes, all it takes to solve a problem is a paradigm shift. In Fixed, Amy E Herman shares how we can facilitate that shift and hone our powers of perception by looking at art – from paintings and sculptures to mixed media and photography. She shows how learning to see art more astutely, helps uncover deep-seated truths that often obstruct optimal decision-making.
About Amy E Herman – Author of Fixed: How to Perfect the Fine Art of Problem Solving.
Amy E Herman is the founder and president of The Art of Perception, Inc., an organization that conducts professional development courses for leaders around the world – from Secret Service agents, the FBI, the Department of Defense, Doctors Without Borders, and NATO. Herman is a lawyer and art historian. She was Head of Education at The Frick Collection, where she oversaw the museum's educational collaborations and community initiatives.
Career, Environment, Self-help
OCT 14: National Geographic's Night Sky Guy, Keep Going with Austin Kleon, & Dr. Tammy Nelson's When You're the One Who Cheats
So when the going gets tough, what do the tough do? They Keep Going! Creativity expert Austin Kleon returns with his latest book to share ways to stay creative in good times and bad.
Find out why this "writer who draws" describes himself as a mongrel, and how that benefits his work. Why he says life is for art, and not other way around. How burnout can strike even if you love what you do. And, the big question, can you separate the art from the man, and the man from the art?
Austin Kleon's New York Times bestselling books include Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work.
Are you a stargazer? Andrew Fazekas is. So much so, that his passion for stargazing developed into a star-studded career, earning him the alias "The Night Sky Guy".
Today, he shares fun science facts, such as what causes the elusive "green flash" at sunset. And sheds light on his partnership with National Geographic to take the world's first open-air, augmented-reality planetarium, to a global audience. Exciting times in Backyard Guide to the Night Sky.
A science writer, speaker, and broadcaster Andrew Fazekas writes the StarStruck for National Geographic, and is the author of Star Trek: The Official Guide to Our Universe.
Ending today's show, if you've ever been cheated on, you might find it confusing when the cheater claims they are also confused. You may not even believe them–but according to sex therapist Dr. Tammy Nelson, they're probably telling the truth.
Dr. Nelson returns to Conversations Live to help unravel confusion on both sides of the cheating situation. She'll offer tips on how to stop cheating if you're the guilty party, and ways to move forward in When You're the One Who Cheats: 10 Things You Need to Know.
Tammy Nelson, PhD is a sex and relationship expert, international speaker, author, and licensed psychotherapist. She has 30 years of experience working with individuals and couples, and you can catch our earlier conversation on The New Monogamy here.
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Health & Wellness, Lifestyle, Personal Development
Dec 12: 1] Cooking with the Muse 2] Fully Engaged
Sinking your teeth into Cooking with the Muse: A Sumptuous Gathering of Seasonal Recipes, Culinary Poetry, and Literary Fare gives you the rare opportunity to fill your stomach and fill your soul in one sitting. Chef and cookbook author Myra Kornfeld and poet and scholar Stephen Massimilla combine their talents to bring you 150 seasonal recipes, an anthology of food poems going back to ancient days, food lore and philosophy, and playful and practical preambles to feast on while you cook!
How often do you find yourself having to overcome self-doubt, your mind clinging to something negative that may not have even happened yet? In Fully Engaged: Using the Practicing Mind in Daily Life author Thomas Sterner shows you how to set goals in order to stop sabotaging your confidence, bringing clarity to your mind when it tries to obsess over the negative.
Catch Conversations Live with Vicki St. Clair every Monday at noon Pacific or Fridays at 6AM on KKNW 1150AM or 94.9FM HD. For exclusive updates throughout the rest of the week, like us on Facebook, and follow Vicki St. Clair on Twitter!
Cooking with the Muse: A Sumptuous Gathering of Seasonal Recipes, Culinary Poetry, and Literary Fare is a cookbook for all book lovers and lovers of food. This cook's literary book is also a book lover's cookbook. It is full of seasonal recipes, related poems and lore about food, commentaries on poems, delectable historical and linguistic information, and musings that celebrate the pleasures of life. Myra Kornfeld and Stephen Massimilla emphasize the richness and abundance of foods and words with which we can nourish our bodies, our senses, our hearts, and our minds. Myra is a chef, educator, and the author of three previous cookbooks who teaches traditional food workshops and ethnic cooking classes at the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York City. Stephen is a poet, scholar, professor, and painter whose work has appeared in hundreds of publications and he has been interviewed on public radio and television, presented papers at numerous conferences, and performed his work at many venues, including Carnegie Hall.
Fully Engaged: Using the Practicing Mind in Daily Life builds on the concepts Thomas Sterner first presented in his bestseller The Practicing Mind. Thomas helps you to learn how to use "thought awareness training", make peace with incompleteness, and successfully navigate confrontational situations. Thomas is the founder and CEO of The Practicing Mind Institute. He is a popular speaker who works with high-performance individuals including, athletes, industry groups and individuals, helping them to operate effectively within high-stress situations so that they can break through to new levels of mastery.
https://conversationslive.net/podcastfiles/2016-12-12-KornfeldMassimllaSterner.mp3


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Analysis: The holidays are over for the government
The headaches will already begin Sunday for Netanyahu, who will meet with the heads of the parties in his governing coalition.
By GIL HOFFMAN
Hoshana Raba, the seventh day of Succot, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem
(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
The parking lot reserved for Knesset members has been eerily quiet and empty for the past three months.
This Tuesday in particular, the only MKs who arrived apparently came to use the Knesset gym that had been closed for two weeks.
Being a Knesset member is not a bad job, if you can get it. You are off for August because it is too hot. There is no work in the first half of September in order to enable MKs to prepare for Rosh Hashana, and the second half to allow them to recover from Yom Kippur.
MKs stay home in the first half of October, because it takes time to build a succa, and also the second half because it takes time to take the succa down.
But all good things must end, even a seemingly never-ending summer/ fall vacation. On Monday, 120 MKs will return to work, and that parking lot will be full again.
That is already bad news for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The last thing he needs is for the Knesset to work. When MKs work, they tend to disagree.
They then try to highlight their disagreements to get media coverage.
And that leads to political headaches.
They will talk about their disagreements over the Amona outpost, matters of religion and state, and coalition chairman David Bitan's plan to scupper the new Israel Broadcasting Corporation and continue the current Israel Broadcasting Authority.
That final issue may seem technical and boring, but it means the world to Netanyahu, who appears to have an obsession with the media and its coverage of him.
If Bitan's plan appeared at first to be just the work of a novice coalition chairman, now it is clear that it was a trial balloon for Netanyahu himself. Netanyahu wants the fresh IBC stillborn, and the weak IBA to continue.
Bitan said the reason was that the IBC would be leftist. After the IBC hired well-known right-wing journalists who would replace left-wingers in the IBA, that argument is not particularly convincing.
Only Netanyahu knows the real reason.
When the coalition party heads meet, Netanyahu and the leaders of Yisrael Beytenu and United Torah Judaism will square off against the heads of Kulanu, Bayit Yehudi and Shas.
That battle could be the first of many that will cause Netanyahu headaches this winter. There will be more with Amona and other controversial issues.
The good news for Netanyahu is that, before too long, the Knesset will go on vacation again. The MKs will leave in March to prepare for Purim. After all, finding a costume takes time.
Tags succot


[00:01:15] peterbennett: stuarta: Fixes/30 branch for themes?
[03:19:23] jheizer: stuarta: rpi builder is back online. I wasn't sure if i was able to check the name myself or if it had to match what the master had so Ive left it. Old directory being exported that no longer existed was killing the nfs server.
[03:20:18] jheizer: I also moved the other 2 builders to a desktop I setup for the kids for christmas. It should WoL it when there is a build out there, but that's to be confirmed. Just a heads up when you see them offline as it suspends after a while of inactivity.
[03:22:24] jheizer: And I spoke too soon and see you updated it already. nm.
[09:37:56] stuarta: hmmm, is the virtual disk full...?
[12:28:02] hampton: My rawhide builder has ~3.8G for each of 28,29,30,master.
[12:28:57] stuarta: sounds about right.
[13:25:34] hampton: thanks. my rawhide builder is close.
[15:34:01] jheizer: my WoL build failed as the master timed out trying before my script woke it up.
[15:34:44] hampton: I can't believe I have to logout/login just because I updated qt libraries. Sigh.
[15:36:41] jheizer: Yeah, will do.
[15:36:44] jheizer: Be easy enough.
[15:38:13] jheizer: Nice. Should work great then.
[15:38:41] jheizer: Wife was going, what are you doing to their computer now.
[16:26:22] pvr4me_: Having a problem with mythfrontend (recent 29-fixes) and Qt 5.12 under a VM.
[16:26:45] pvr4me_: If I build and run Myth with Qt 5.9, frontend works OK.
[16:29:25] stuarta: what distro is that?
[16:35:11] stuarta: ancient chinese proverb. "may you live in interesting times"
[16:35:47] pvr4me_: During startup, the log says frontend is using the Qt painter. Can I override that to the OpenGL painter with some command line magic?
[16:36:22] pvr4me_: stuarta: have a link?
[16:45:38] pvr4me_: This version of glxinfo uses mesa?
[16:48:03] hampton: I had a compile working a couple of days ago using a homebrew setup, but I couldn't get qt to build the mysql connector so the frontend would always exit immediately.
[16:49:44] stuarta: hmm, i note that the new mac mini instead of running osx, runs chrome os????
[16:51:12] hampton: I'd like to try the homebrew setup again, as that would easily work for a buildbot.
[16:52:15] pvr4me_: hampton: you mean the packaging solution Homebrew or installing everything yourself?
[16:54:43] hampton: I think I can use homebrew to install binary packages for most of the dependencies, but I'll need to tell it to compile qt from source to (hopefully) get it to build the mysql connector.
[16:56:49] hampton: I don't recall what the problem was that I ran into there.
[16:57:36] hampton: I may circle back around to macports and see if I can get it work now.
[17:02:29] hampton: The mess is that the binary Qt releases don't have QtWebKit any more, nor it seems do the source tarballs. Using pointers from warpme I copied the QtWebKit bits from the 5.5.1 binary release to the 5.11.3 binary release, but then compiled using the 5.5.1 sources. Its twisted, and I'm not sure why it works, but it does.
[17:03:12] hampton: This will remain a mess until we migrate from QtWebKit to whatever.
[17:32:24] gigem: one Shield which outputs analog audio using a USB adaptor and others which output digital audio using HDMI. The problem happens on all of them.
[17:33:52] gigem: How do I check?
[17:35:19] hampton: homebrew won't build qt from source because I'm using Xcode 9.4.1. I'm using 9.4.1 to avoid problems with --libstdc++ vs --std::c++, or some such thing.
[17:36:06] jya: hampton: don't build qt !
[17:37:07] hampton: I think it took a couple hours last time, but how else am I go get a qt plugin to connect to mysql. Its not part of the binary package.
[17:42:13] gigem: jya: I changed every audio setting I could find. I either got the same low volume or static (the latter when I enabled digital pass through). The audi is all AC3 in my case.
[17:43:01] jya: did you enable the mixer by any chance?
[17:45:22] gigem: Do you mean the internal volume (or similar) control setting? I tried that too. We still build and use our own ffmpeg. Couldn't we make an adjustment there?
[18:30:58] gary_buhrmaster: Apple has been sort of only tolerating OpenGL for quite some time, with official deprecation announcement with 10.14. With 10.15 it is expected to be no longer available (Qt currently intends to use the MoltanVK Vulkan to Metal interposer).
[18:34:20] mark____: gary_buhrmaster: not really worried about Apple atm. Just the existing extensions – just spotted an apple 'registered' extension on the pi that would be useful to support – just want to see if anyone else supports it.
[18:35:19] gary_buhrmaster: btw, the mac mini 2018 definitely runs macOS (10.14 required). Due to the EFI locks, running anything other than macOS and Windows (via bootcamp) is problematic.
[18:35:39] jya: gigem: ffmpeg uses the coefficient provided by the ac3 tree to determine what downmix settings to use. This is why we let it do the downmix for this codec.
[18:36:04] jya: Other than that, disable myth audio muxing or volume control.
[18:38:11] gary_buhrmaster: mark____: I was mostly responding to stuarta's comment regarding the GLEngine (and if one thinks things might be problematic now, you have an interesting ride ahead. Metal(2) is the Apple future).
[19:10:25] gigem: mark____: I get nothing matching APPLE.
[19:11:07] gigem: jya: I have volume control off. All I could see it doing was lowering volumn even further. What you mean by myth audio muxing?
[19:15:59] peterbennett: gigem: I assume you turned off volume control in the shield setup ?
[19:50:37] gigem: peterbennett: Yes and no. On the Shield where audio goes to the TV using HDMI, yes, volumn control on the Shield is off. On the Shield where audio goes out a USB dongle, no, volume is controlled by the Shield.
[19:55:11] peterbennett: gigem: Are you using digital pass through ?
[20:26:54] stuarta: mark____: i may have asked this before. how useful are the opengl profiles in determining what features may be available?
[20:34:36] gigem: peterbennett: No, I'm not using any digital pass through. I'm either using stereo over analog or hdmi.
[20:34:51] peterbennett: stuarta: Should there be a fixes/30 branch for packaging, and for all the themes?
[20:37:02] peterbennett: gigem: I have a problem with low volume on one TV and I got around it with some alsa entries – but obviously that would not work with android.
[21:28:03] mark____: thanks all. stuarta: are you referrring to the output of the likes of glxinfo? if so, they should in theory be gospel. I've never heard of them being innacurate.
[21:37:44] mark____: stuarta: yes – but at the moment I just want to see how QOpenGLContext and QOpenGLFunctions works for us (as well as all the other things like QOpenGLTexture). QOpenGLFunctions gives us a core es2.0 profile – at the moment we don't need anything else (as in 3.0 etc). Only need a few procs on top of that.
[21:43:41] Steve-Goodey: Hmm, things are going well.
[21:53:35] Steve-Goodey: Three days since a forum spammer registered, maybe they've got the message. Yeah right.
[22:11:07] peterbennett: need a "git tag -a" command ?
[22:12:33] peterbennett: Don't feel bad, the FFmpeg team did the same thing and I had to report it to them before they fixed it.
[22:16:06] peterbennett: did you do push --tags ?
[22:17:15] hampton: woo hoo, Got another compile going on the mac using macports. Thanks to pvr4me_.
[22:21:13] hampton: Does the new buildbot work with the 0.8 slaves?
[22:31:42] SteveGoodey: stuarta: Would there have been an update to the stopforumspam plugin perhaps?
[23:37:13] gary_buhrmaster: stuarta: I believe in addition to the tag(s), there is the MYTH_BINARY_VERSION in libs/libmythbase/mythversion.h that might need to get adjusted for some usages which are not directly git'd (which version.sh tries to extract/use/compare).


We recently welcomed Laetitia Lise, a representative from Christian Dior, to our Northumbria University London Campus for a talk on internship opportunities available at Dior. This is of particular interest for our Advanced Practice students, as this study option for our Masters programmes gives students the opportunity to undertake an internship as part of their studies.
Dior is an internationally recognisable brand who are firmly positioned in the luxury fashion market and with the room brimming with students, Laetitia gave an inspiring talk to our students about Dior and what goes into making the brand so successful, and also discussed the internships available.
Students were eager to find out more about the opportunities available, the application process and how to best position themselves to get an internship.
As required by most roles, Laetitia advised all the students to get as much work experience as they can, including retail. This experience will give them greater knowledge of the market as well the brand.
It sounds obvious, but with a number of roles available across several business functions, Laetitia stressed the importance of knowing the role, and yourself. As an applicant, you must know the specifics of the role including the expected responsibilities and required skills, and be able to confidently put forward why you're suited for the role.
To create, maintain and build a brand such as Dior requires excellence across a number of business functions, from sales, control resource management to public relations. As such, there are many internships available in each of the departments.
To ensure the intern gains a comprehensive understanding of the business, interns are often moved around the business to work in several teams.
Places for internships are competitive, as you would expect. Starting with an introductory phone interview to discuss the role and get an idea of the applicant, applications are then followed up with interviews with a recruitment coordinator. If successful, applicants will then have interviews with managers and regional team members.
If you're interested in applying for an internship, visit the Dior website and remember Laetitia's advice when making your application.
We would like to thank Laetitia for coming into the London Campus to discuss the brilliant internship opportunities available at Dior.


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Howard Garland Lane
Candidate for Nomination for Senator
from the Twenty-first District
Why I Am A Candidate
Republican Voters of the 21st Senatorial District
[Reprinted from a campaign pamphlet ca. 1910]
My name having been presented to the voters as a candidate, I wish to say that had a candidate been presented by a town which had not had the privilege in recent years, I would not have considered the candidacy. Waiting to be convinced that such was not the case caused my delay in entering the contest.
My town, the second in the District, has had but one senator in eighty years.
While my life is an active business one, I realize that good citizenship has other duties. In view of the above facts and in response to an urgent appeal from this and other towns I gave my consent to become a candidate.
I believe the voters of our district to be intelligent, capable of doing their own thinking and competent to choose their own candidates. I deprecate the fact that some take it upon themselves to act for the people, do their thinking for them and give offices to men of their own selection without regard to fitness and ignoring the wishes of the people.
I believe the Republican party should nominate a candidate affiliated with no special interests who can act upon all measures with his hands absolutely untied.
Being an employer of labor for many years I think I know something cf the problems that confront both employer and employee.
If I am endorsed as your candidate I shall act as to what I consider to be for the best interests of our district and welfare of the the entire State,
HOWARD G. LANE
The Town Committee's Position
In initiating and furthering the candidacy of Mr. Howard G. Lane for senator from the 21st District, the Town Committee of Hampton bases its action on three prime factors. These are herewith presented as briefly as possible, for the earnest consideration of all thinking voters in the 21st district. Our three reasons are:
(1) The excellent qualification of Mr. Howard G. Lane to represent his constituents in the Legislature.
(2) The unquestioned right of each of the several towns in a district to have a proportionate share of the representation in the State Legislature.
(3) The possession within its limits of much property of a semi-public nature, i.e. the great stretch of ocean front where National, State and Town interests merge, requiring the presence in the upper branch of a representative intelligently informed and favorably disposed regarding the development of this vast asset.
Regarding the first of these reasons, Rev. Edgar Warren of Atkinson, writing to the press says:
"In Mr. Howard G. Lane the Republicans of Hampton have a candidate who is in every way qualified to fill the high office of state senator. He is a successful and enterprising young business man. It is becoming increasingly the practice to put business men into office. Looking at it in one way the state is a great business concern, and the same qualities that are needed in the successful prosecution of a private enterprise are needed in the service of the state. The man who successfully conducts a private business would seem to be best qualified to conduct public business.
"Mr. Lane is a man of unimpeachable integrity. For ten years he has been town treasurer of Hampton. Thousands of dollars of town money have passed through his hands, and there is not a penny that is not accounted for. He is a man of independent judgment, reaching his conclusions from what he reads and hears, and not from what some one tells him. If elected he will be the representative of the whole people and not the tool of a clique or faction.
"He is a man of ability, of character, a man of clean life and good habits. He has had legislative experience, representing Hampton in the house in the last legislature. He has always been a Republican."
The second consideration needs no argument. In a country like the United States where the corporate town is the political unit, an equitable representation is had only when each of these units or towns comprising a political division is given the selection of the candidate in frequency proportionate to its voters as compared with the voting strength of the whole district. Hampton, the staunchest Republican town in the Senatorial district, has about one-eleventh of the voting strength of that party and is therefore entitled to one candidate for each eleven sent. She hasn't had one for seventy-five years, while Exeter, morally entitled to about three to Hampton's one, has elected in this period no less than eleven and is seeking to obtain the twelfth. Do you, Mr. Voter, consider this a "square deal ?"
The last of the three reasons is of no little importance. Hampton Beach is the mecca of pleasure seekers from all parts of the state, and is rapidly developing. In this development the state has a large share. Is it not in the interests of all to have in the legislative halls men who, from personal experience know what is required? The coast towns have not received justice from the state in the development of these valuable assets, largely because of the ignorance or indifference in the matter of the Senators who have been elected to represent us. This can be remedied by the nomination of Mr. Lane for the next Senator.
We respectively urge you to give these facts careful consideration.
WARREN H, HOBBS, Pres.
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, Sec'y.
Hampton Republican Town Committee
[See also, Obituary of Howard G. Lane]


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(AUCTION CATALOGUE: MORAND, Sauveur François).
Catalogue des Bronzes et autres Curiosités Egyptiennes, Etrusques, Indiennes & Chinoises; Médailles & Monnoies d'or...
2 p.l., 66, [1] pp. Small 8vo (180 x 105 mm.), late 19th-century cloth-backed marbled boards, spine gilt. Paris: P. Remy & Musier, 1773.
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([BENARD, —]). Catalogue des Bronzes, Marbres, Porcelaines, Meubles, & autres objets de curiosité. Provenant du Cabinet de M.*** Dont la Vente se fera…le Jeudi 26 Mai 1774, & jour suivans… 9 pp. Small 8vo. Paris: Chariot, 1774. More
BERTRAND, Élie.
Dictionnaire Universel des Fossiles propres et des Fossiles accidentels, contenant une Description des Terres, des...
Titles printed in red & black. 1 p.l., xxxii, 284 pp.; 1 p.l., 256 pp. Two vols. in one. 8vo, cont. sheep, spine nicely gilt. The Hague: P. Gosse, Jr. & D. Pinet, 1763.
First edition, The Hague issue (there is also an Avignon issue). Bertrand (1712-77), Swiss naturalist and geologist and a member of many scientific societies throughout Europe, wrote several interesting books on earthquakes, the structure of the earth, and other geological matters.
"Scarce. An early comprehensive dictionary defining terms used in the 18th century study of oryctology, which by today's convention would include all of the earth sciences such as geology, mineralogy... More
[DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE, Antoine Joseph].
L'Histoire Naturelle eclaircie dans une de ses parties Principales, l'Oryctologie, qui Traite des Terres, des...
Engraved allegorical frontis. & 25 finely engraved plates. Title in red & black. 4 p.l., xvi, 560 pp., one leaf of errata (final leaf a little foxed). Large 4to, cont. mottled sheep (joints & corners carefully repaired), spine gilt. Paris: De Bure, 1755.
First separate edition; this work first appeared in 1742 as part of the author's Conchyliologie. Dézallier has expanded the text for this edition and added extra illustrations. The plates in the present work are well-known for their beauty and they illustrate many rocks, minerals, and fossils. Each plate bears the name of the subscriber who paid for its production.
"Scarce. An impressive compilation of 18th century mineral knowledge. Dezallier's introduction provides a critical review of past authors and their books. This is followed by a précis of his mineralogical system that gives a tabular arrangement of minerals, stones and precious gems, that is immediately followed by a detailed discussion of the classification. Dezallier recognized three classes of minerals: Terres (earths), Pierres (stones), and all others. Within each, groupings are differentiated primarily by physical properties such as color, form, weight, etc. The author claims this method was new because it follows the natural and apparent qualities of the species it distributes; however, its principles were set forth by several predecessors, the earliest of whom was Agricola. A final section provides an excellent and detailed account of the mineralogy of France. Accompanying and scattered throughout the text are 26 finely engraved plates. These illustrations that rank among the best natural history engravings of the 18th century show minerals, stones, fossils, coral, birds and fish."–Schuh, Mineralogy & Crystallography: A Biobibliography, 1469 to 1920, 1338. More
[DÉZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE, Antoine Joseph].
L'Histoire Naturelle éclaircie dans deux de ses Parties principales, la Lithologie et la Conchyliologie, dont...
Finely engraved allegorical frontis. after Boucher (a bit foxed) & 33 finely engraved plates. Title printed in red & black. 4 p.l., 491, [1] pp. Large thick 4to, cont. polished calf (a few minor abrasions to upper cover, one small chip to headcap), spine richly gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine, a.e.g. Paris: De Bure l'Aîné, 1742.
First edition and a very handsome, large copy. Dézallier (1680-1765), counselor to the King, was one of the leading popularizers of natural history in France during the 18th century. He published descriptions of many notable natural history collections in Paris and the provinces. More
[EILENBURG, Christian Heinrich].
Description du Cabinet Roial de Dresde touchant l'Histoire Naturelle.
Engraved arms on title, an engraved headpiece depicting the Zwinger, & two engraved folding plates. 1 p.l., 101, [1] pp. Large 4to, cont. mottled & polished sheep (minor browning), spine gilt, leather lettering piece on spine. Dresden & Leipzig: G.C. Walther, 1755.
First edition, and a fine large paper copy, of the "first separate catalogue of the Dresden natural history collections housed in the magnificent baroque Zwinger (built by Poeppelmann in 1711), which also accommodated the Dresden print cabinet. This catalogue is one of the fruits of Augustus the Strong's reorganisation of the old Dresden Wunderkammer into a number of specialised collections. The collection of... More
RAZUMOVSKII (or RAZOUMOWSKY), Grigorii Kirillovic, Graf.
Histoire naturelle du Jorat et de ses Environs; et celle des trois lacs de Neufchatel...
Six folding engraved plates. 1 p.l., xvi, 322 pp.; 1 p.l., 238 pp. Two vols. 8vo, cont. marbled boards, orange & pale blue lettering pieces on spines. Lausanne: J. Mourer, 1789.
First edition. Razoumovsky (1759-1837), a wealthy Russian aristocrat, spent most of his life in Switzerland, Austria, and Italy and wrote many noteworthy works on geological and mineralogical subjects (see Zittel, pp. 91 & 119).
"Very scarce…First and only edition of an illustrated account of the fauna and geology of the Swiss Jura, in the vicinity of Neuchâtel, Murten and Biel, northwest of Bern…The first volume describes the fauna according to the Linnean system. The second includes... More