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<?php

use Janus\ServiceRegistry\Bundle\CoreBundle\DependencyInjection\ConfigProxy;

require __DIR__ . '/_includes.php';

$janus_config = sspmod_janus_DiContainer::getInstance()->getConfig();
$authsource = $janus_config->getValue('auth', 'login-admin');

$as = new SimpleSAML_Auth_Simple($authsource);

if (!$as->isAuthenticated()) {
    echo json_encode(array("status" => "error_no_session"));
    throw new SimpleSAML_Error_Exception('No valid session');
}

$ALLOWED_FUNCTIONS = array(
    'uploadFile',
    'getARP',
    'validateMetadataField',
    'markAsRead',
    'getMessageList',
    'getMessage',
    'deleteSubscription',
    'addSubscription',
    'updateSubscription',
    'deleteUser',
    'editUser',
    'getEntityUsers',
    'getNonEntityUsers',
    'removeUserFromEntity',
    'addUserToEntity',
    'deleteEntity',
    'disableEntity',
    'enableEntity',
);

if(!isset($_POST)) {
    header('400 Bad Request');
    die(json_encode(array('status'=>'error_no_post')));
}

if(!isset($_POST['func'])) {
    header('400 Bad Request');
    die(json_encode(array('status'=>'error_no_func')));
}

$function_name = (string)$_POST['func'];

if (!in_array($function_name, $ALLOWED_FUNCTIONS)) {
    header('400 Bad Request');
    die(json_encode(array('status'=>'error_disallowed_func')));
}

$csrf_provider = sspmod_janus_DiContainer::getInstance()->getCsrfProvider();
if (!isset($_POST['csrf_token']) || !$csrf_provider->isCsrfTokenValid('ajax', $_POST['csrf_token'])) {
    header('400 Bad Request');
    SimpleSAML_Logger::warning('Janus: [SECURITY] CSRF token not found or invalid');
    die(json_encode(array('status'=>'error_csrf')));
}

$user = getUser($as, $janus_config);
$securityContext = sspmod_janus_DiContainer::getInstance()->getSecurityContext();

// ??? is 'allentities' the right permission for enabling superuser status ???
$superuser = $securityContext->isGranted('allentities');

// if (isset($params['uid']) && !$superuser) { $params['uid'] = $user->getUid(); }
// Gross hack - sometimes we need to check the permissions in situ
// therefore we put $user and $guard into $params with special names ...
$_POST['__uid'] = $user->getUid();
$_POST['__userid'] = $user->getUserid();
$_POST['__superuser'] = $superuser;

// Check that user is allowed to touch entity
if (isset($_POST['eid'])) {
    checkEntityPermission($janus_config, $_POST);
}

// a non superuser may only use ENTITYUPDATE-<eid> - check for allowed eid here
if (isset($_POST['subscription']) && !$superuser) {
    if (!preg_match('/^ENTITYUPDATE-(\d+)$/', $_POST['subscription'], $matched)) {
        echo json_encode(array('status' => 'permission_denied')); exit;
    }
    $_POST['eid'] = $matched[1];
    checkEntityPermission($janus_config, $_POST);
}

// Make function call
// other checks are done in each function ...
$return = $function_name($_POST);

$result = array();
// Did function return a result
if ($return) {
    if(is_array($return)) {
        $result = array_merge($result, $return);
    }
    if(!isset($result['status'])) {
        $result['status'] = 'success';
    }
} else {
    header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
    $result['status'] = 'error_func_call';
}

echo json_encode($result);

function getUser(SimpleSAML_Auth_Simple $as, ConfigProxy $janus_config)
{
    // Get data from config
    /** @var string $useridattr */
    $useridattr = $janus_config->getValue('useridattr', 'eduPersonPrincipalName');

    // Validate user
    $attributes = $as->getAttributes();

    // Check if userid exists
    if (!isset($attributes[$useridattr])) {
        echo json_encode(array('status' => 'user_id_is_missing')); exit;
    }

    $userid = $attributes[$useridattr][0];

    $user = new sspmod_janus_User();
    $user->setUserid($userid);
    $user->load(sspmod_janus_User::USERID_LOAD);
    return $user;
}

// Checking of entity permissions is done before calling the function
// other checks are done in the each function
function checkEntityPermission($janus_config, $params)
{
    // now check entity
    $mcontroller = sspmod_janus_DiContainer::getInstance()->getEntityController();

    if(!$entity = $mcontroller->setEntity($params['eid'])) {
        echo json_encode(array('status' => 'error_in_setEntity')); exit;
    }

    $mcontroller->loadEntity();

    $allowedUsers = $mcontroller->getUsers();
    if(!(array_key_exists($params['__userid'], $allowedUsers) || $params['__superuser'])) {
        echo json_encode(array('status' => 'permission_denied')); exit;
    }
}

function getARP($params) {
    if(!isset($params['aid'])) {
        return false;
    }

    $arp = new sspmod_janus_ARP();
    $arp->setAid((int)$params['aid']);
    $arp->load();

    $attributes = $arp->getAttributes();
    if(empty($attributes)) {
        $attributes = array();
    }
    ksort($attributes);
    return array(
        'aid'           => $arp->getAid(),
        'name'          => $arp->getName(),
        'description'   => $arp->getDescription(),
        'is_default'    => $arp->isDefault(),
        'attributes'    => $attributes
    );
}

function validateMetadataField($params) {
    if(!isset($params['userfunc'])) {
        return false;
    }
    include(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/lib/Validation/Metadata.php');
    if(!isset($functions[$params['userfunc']])) {
        return array('status' => 'no_such_user_func');
    }
    $function = create_function('$value', $functions[$params['userfunc']]['code']);
    $return = $function($params['value']);
    return array('valid' => $return);
}

function markAsRead($params) {
    if(!isset($params['mid'])) {
        return FALSE;
    }

    // getMessage does access control and sends 'permission_denied' directly to client ...

    getMessage($params);
    $pm = new sspmod_janus_Postman();
    $return = $pm->MarkAsRead($params['mid']);

    return $return;
}

function getMessageList($params) {

    // only a superuser can get a messagelist for other users
    if ($params['uid'] != $params['__uid'] && !$params['__superuser']) {
        echo json_encode(array('status' => 'permission_denied')); exit;
    }

    $uid = $params['uid'];
    $page = $params['page'];
    $pm = new sspmod_janus_Postman();
    $output = array();
    $messages = $pm->getMessages($uid, $page);
    if(empty($messages)) {
        $output[] = 'Empty';
    } else {
        foreach($messages AS $message) {
            if($message['read'] == 'no') {
                $output[] = '
';
                $output[] = '<input type="checkbox" name="message_cb[]" value="message_cb-'. $message['mid'] .'"> '. date("d/n-Y H:i:s", strtotime($message['created'])) .' - '. $message['subject'] .'';
                $output[] = '
';
            } else {
                $output[] = '
';
                $output[] = '<input type="checkbox" name="message_cb[]" value="message_cb-'. $message['mid'] .'"> '. date("d/n-Y H:i:s", strtotime($message['created'])) .' - '. $message['subject'] .'';
                $output[] = '
';
            }
            $output[] = '

';
        }
    }

    return array('data' => join(' ', $output),
                 'page' => $page,
                 'status' => 'success');
}

function getMessage($params) {
    if(!isset($params['mid'])) {
        return FALSE;
    }

    $janus_config = sspmod_janus_DiContainer::getInstance()->getConfig();

    $pm = new sspmod_janus_Postman();
    $message = $pm->getMessage($params['mid']);

    if ($message['uid'] != $params['__uid'] && !$params['__superuser']) {
            echo json_encode(array('status' => 'permission_denied')); exit;
    }

    $user = new sspmod_janus_User();
    $user->setUid($message['from']);
    $user->load();

    $return = wordwrap($message['message'], 75, "\n", TRUE);

    return array(
        'data' => $return,
        'from' => htmlspecialchars($user->getUserid()),
        'address' => htmlspecialchars($message['subscription']),
    );
}

function deleteSubscription($params) {
    if(!isset($params['uid'])) {
        return FALSE;
    }
    if(!isset($params['sid'])) {
        return FALSE;
    }

    // only the user herself can delete a subscription
    if ($params['uid'] != $params['__uid']) {
        echo json_encode(array('status' => 'permission_denied')); exit;
    }

    $pm = new sspmod_janus_Postman();
    $return = $pm->unSubscribe($params['uid'], $params['sid']);

    return $return;
}

function addSubscription($params) {
    if(!isset($params['uid'])) {
        return FALSE;
    }
    if(!isset($params['subscription'])) {
        return FALSE;
    }

    // only the user herself can make a new subscription
    if ($params['uid'] != $params['__uid']) {
        echo json_encode(array('status' => 'permission_denied')); exit;
    }

    $pm = new sspmod_janus_Postman();
    $return = $pm->subscribe($params['uid'], $params['subscription']);

    if($return === false) {
        return array('status' => 'User is already subscribing to that address');
    }

    return array('sid' => $return);
}

function updateSubscription($params) {
    if(!isset($params['uid'])) {
        return FALSE;
    }
    if(!isset($params['sid'])) {
        return FALSE;
    }
    if(!isset($params['type'])) {
        return FALSE;
    }

    // only the user herself can update a subscription
    if ($params['uid'] != $params['__uid']) {
        echo json_encode(array('status' => 'permission_denied')); exit;
    }

    // check for user only updating her own subscriptions is in $pm->updateSubscription
    $pm = new sspmod_janus_Postman();
    $return = $pm->updateSubscription($params['sid'], $params['uid'], $params['type']);

    return $return;
}

function editUser($params) {
    if(empty($params['uid']) || empty($params['userid']) || !isset($params['active']) || empty($params['type'])) {
        return array('status' => 'missing_param');
    }

    if (!$params['__superuser']) {
        echo json_encode(array('status' => 'permission_denied')); exit;
    }

    $janus_config = sspmod_janus_DiContainer::getInstance()->getConfig();

    $uid = $params['uid'];

    $user = new sspmod_janus_User();
    $user->setUid($uid);
    $user->load(sspmod_janus_User::UID_LOAD);
    $user->setActive($params['active']);
    $user->setUserid($params['userid']);
    $user->setType($params['type']);
    $user->save();
    return array('uid' => $uid);
}

function getEntityUsers($params) {
    if(!isset($params['eid'])) {
        return FALSE;
    }

    $eid = $params['eid'];

    $util = new sspmod_janus_AdminUtil();
    $users = $util->hasAccess($eid);

    $return = array();
    foreach($users AS $user) {
        $return[] = array('optionValue' => $user['uid'], 'optionDisplay' => $user['userid']);
    }

    usort($return, function($a, $b){
        return strcasecmp($a['optionDisplay'], $b['optionDisplay']);
    });

    return array('data' => $return);
}

function getNonEntityUsers($params) {
    if(!isset($params['eid'])) {
        return FALSE;
    }

    $eid = $params['eid'];

    $util = new sspmod_janus_AdminUtil();
    $users = $util->hasNoAccess($eid);

    $return = array();
    foreach($users AS $user) {
        $return[] = array('optionValue' => $user['uid'], 'optionDisplay' => $user['userid']);
    }

    usort($return, function($a, $b){
        return strcasecmp($a['optionDisplay'], $b['optionDisplay']);
    });

    return array('data' => $return);
}

function removeUserFromEntity($params) {
    if(!isset($params['eid']) || !isset($params['uid'])) {
        return FALSE;
    }

    $eid = $params['eid'];
    $uid = $params['uid'];

    $util = new sspmod_janus_AdminUtil();
    if(!$util->removeUserFromEntity($eid, $uid)) {
        return FALSE;
    }
    return array('eid' => $eid, 'uid' => $uid);
}

function addUserToEntity($params) {
    if(!isset($params['eid']) || !isset($params['uid'])) {
        return FALSE;
    }

    $eid = $params['eid'];
    $uid = $params['uid'];

    # security hack - uid is actually userid ie. user@example.com - convert it to a janus uid as expected for further processing
    $janus_config = sspmod_janus_DiContainer::getInstance()->getConfig();
    $user = new sspmod_janus_User();

    $user->setUserid($uid);
    if ($user->load(sspmod_janus_User::USERID_LOAD) === false) { echo json_encode(array('status' => 'Unknown user')); exit; }
    $actual_uid = $user->getUid();

    $util = new sspmod_janus_AdminUtil();
    try {
        if(!$userid = $util->addUserToEntity($eid, $actual_uid)) {
            return FALSE;
        }
    } catch (Exception $e) {
        echo json_encode(array('status' => 'An unspecified error occurred')); exit;
    }
    return array('eid' => $eid, 'uid' => $actual_uid, 'userid' => $userid);
}

function deleteEntity($params)
{
    if(!isset($params['eid'])) {
        return FALSE;
    }

    $eid = $params['eid'];

    $util = new sspmod_janus_AdminUtil();
    $util->deleteEntity($eid);

    return array('eid' => $eid);
}

function disableEntity($params)
{
    if(!isset($params['eid'])) {
        return FALSE;
    }

    $eid = $params['eid'];

    $util = new sspmod_janus_AdminUtil();
    $util->disableEntity($eid);

    return array('eid' => $eid);
}

function enableEntity($params)
{
    if(!isset($params['eid'])) {
        return FALSE;
    }

    $eid = $params['eid'];

    $util = new sspmod_janus_AdminUtil();
    $util->enableEntity($eid);

    return array('eid' => $eid);
}

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Q: Using Razor without Visual Studio? System.Web.WebPages.Html.HtmlHelper vs. System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper I am trying to create a website using some of the Razor functionality, but without using Visual Studio. The main reason for this is that I'm currently mainly working from a Mac, and I'd like to use Coda for editing the pages.
I don't need a programmable website, in the sense of database access, that sort of thing, but I'd like to use RenderPartial so that I can split up the pages and implement some common functionality, like menus and so on.
So, I tried the following:

*

*I created a new site under IIS7

*I dropped in a .cshtml file with this code: @DateTime.Now

*I opened it through Chrome

This displayed the current date and time, so clearly the razor engine executes.
Then I tried the following code:
@Html.RenderPartial("menu.cshtml")

and I get this error message:

c:\inetpub\drip\dev2\index.cshtml(1,12): error CS1061: 'System.Web.WebPages.Html.HtmlHelper' does not contain a definition for 'RenderPartial' and no extension method 'RenderPartial' accepting a first argument of type 'System.Web.WebPages.Html.HtmlHelper' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Clearly, the identifier Html refers to a different class than I expected.
So, is there a tutorial on how to do this? Is it at all possible?
This code:
@Html.GetType().FullName

Outputs this:

System.Web.WebPages.Html.HtmlHelper

I don't need to use Html as the identifier, if I can create my own variable referring to the right object/type/class instance, that'd be more than enough for me.

A:
Clearly, the identifier Html refers to a different class than I expected.

Yes, it refers to System.Web.WebPages.Html.HtmlHelper which is used by WebPages. In ASP.NET MVC it is the System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper class.
The base class of your template is the WebPage class whereas in ASP.NET MVC it is the WebViewPage class.
But since you are using WebPages you could rely only on the methods defined by it. For example if you wanted to include a partial you could do the following:
~/_SiteLayout.cshtml:
<!DOCTYPE html>

        <meta charset="utf-8" />
        <title>test</title>

        @RenderBody()

~/Default.cshtml:
@{
    Layout = "~/_SiteLayout.cshtml";
    Page.Title = "Welcome to my Web Site!";
}

Welcome

@RenderPage("Menu.cshtml")

~/Menu.cshtml:
@{
    Layout = null;
}

Some menu

web.config:
<configuration>
    <system.web>
        <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" />
    </system.web>
</configuration>

You may take a look at the WebPages documentation. There are lots of tutorials out there.

A: You seem to need to reference System.Web.Mvc.Html in your web.config to be able to use extension methods from RenderPartialExtensions class
<system.web.webPages.razor>
   <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
   <pages pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage">
     <namespaces>
       <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
       <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
       <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
       <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
     </namespaces>
   </pages>
</system.web.webPages.razor>

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Trace analysis of ethinyl estradiol in casein diet using gas chromatography with electron capture detection. (1/374)
Ethinyl estradiol (EE2) is an extremely potent synthetic estrogen and a common component in oral contraceptives. The drug has a well-characterized pharmacological profile and is used as a positive control in toxicological investigations of compounds having estrogenic activity. An analytical method developed for the determination of low microg/kg levels of EE2 in a casein-based rodent diet is presented. A methanol extract of casein diet is purified for instrumental analysis by a 3-fold solid-phase extraction process. The sample extract is derivatized with pentafluoropropionic anhydride to the pentafluoropropionyl product and analyzed by capillary gas chromatography with electron-capture detection. Recoveries of EE2 from casein diet fortified at 5, 10, and 50 microg/kg average 88.8% and have a relative standard deviation (%) of 7.2. The method limit of detection in a casein-based diet is 1 microg/kg. (+info)
Superheated water extraction of essential oils of Origanum micranthum. (2/374)
Superheated water extraction is used to extract essential oil of leaves of Origanum micranthum. The effect of different temperatures on the essential oil profile and rate of extraction as a function of time is investigated. The components of essential oil of Origanum micranthum are removed from the aqueous extract by C18 solid-phase extraction. The identification of components is carried out using comprehensive gas chromatography-time of flight-mass spectrometry. The number of extracted components is almost the same; however, the concentrations change with changing temperature. The highest yield (0.64%) is found at a temperature of 150 degrees C, 2 mL/min and 60 bar for 30 min. The increasing temperature from 100 degrees C to 175 degrees C increased the rate of extraction of six selected components of essential oil of Origanum micranthum. cis-Sabinenehydrate exhibits the fastest rate of extraction at all temperatures studied. Some degradation products are observed at a temperature of 175 degrees C. (+info)
Development of an impregnated reagent and automation of solid-phase analytical derivatization for carbonyls: proof of principle. (3/374)
This study undertakes reduction of scale and automation of a solid-phase analytical derivatization of carbonyls with 2,4-dinitrophenylhyrazine on a styrene-divinylbenzene resin (XAD-2). Three processes are tested. In the batch process, an aqueous phase consisting of 50 microL of sample and 150 microL of reagent solution is contacted with 6 mg XAD-2 by shaking. An impregnated reagent consisting of 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine hydrochloride (DNPH) deposited on XAD-2 enables two additional processes. In-vial derivatization with an impregnated reagent requires shaking 50 microL of sample with 6 mg of the impregnated reagent and reduced the reaction time from 10 to 5 min. The third process involves packing impregnated reagent a mini-column and flowing 50 microL of sample through under positive pressure supplied by a Harvard Pump. This reduces sample preparation time to 1 min. Studies are conducted with worst-case model analytes: butanone, 2-pentanone, and malonyldialdehyde. The carbonyl of the two ketones is hindered, and, thus, these two compounds react very slowly with DNPH in aqueous solution. Malonyldialdehyde is highly water soluble, and it does not react in aqueous phase but also would not sorb onto XAD-2 for reaction. Nevertheless, derivatization/extraction of all model compounds any of the three procedures result in reproducible and high yields. (+info)
Simplified method for determining the radiochemical purity of 99mTc-MAG3. (4/374)
99mTc-Mercaptoacetyltriglycine is used for dynamic renal imaging, and the summary of product characteristics (SPC) for the European formulation specifies a shelf life of 1 or 4 h, depending on the reconstitution volume of the kit. To minimize the time required to test the radiochemical purity, a simplified quality control method was developed. METHODS: To satisfy the recommendations of the International Commission on Harmonisation, results obtained with the methods described in the European and American SPCs were compared with those obtained with the simplified method. Further validation of the new method was performed by comparison with the standard 2-strip thin-layer chromatographic method as well as tests for linearity and limits of detection and quantification. RESULTS: The simplified method provided results comparable to those provided by the registered SPC methods but was more rapid to perform and used smaller volumes of solvents. CONCLUSION: The simplified method is a reasonable alternative to the registered SPC methods. (+info)
Improved method of plasma 8-Isoprostane measurement and association analyses with habitual drinking and smoking. (5/374)
AIM: To develop a simple and accurate method for quantifying 8-isoprostane in plasma by employing a combination of two-step solid-phase extraction of samples and a commercially available ELISA kit, and by this method to examine the effects of drinking and smoking habits against the levels of plasma 8-isoprostane in healthy Japanese volunteers. METHODS: Plasma 8-isoprostane was extracted with ODS gel suspension followed by NH(2) Sep-Pak column. The 8-isoprostane fractions were assayed using a commercially available ELISA kit. We measured plasma 8-isoprostane levels in 157 healthy Japanese volunteers divided into three groups (64 non-habitual drinkers, 56 moderate drinkers and 37 habitual drinkers) according to their alcohol consumption per week. Genotypes of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) were also determined to investigate the plasma 8-isoprostane levels with reference to drinking habits. In addition, the plasma 8-isoprostane levels of 96 non-smokers and 61 smokers from the same subjects were compared. RESULTS: Our method fulfilled all the requirements for use in routine clinical assays with respect to sensitivity, intra- and inter-assay reproducibility, accuracy and dynamic assay range. Significant increases of plasma 8-isoprostane levels were observed in female habitual drinkers when compared with those of non-habitual drinkers (t = 5.494, P<0.0001) as well as moderate drinkers (t = 3.542, P<0.005), and 8-isoprostane levels were also significantly different between ALDH2*2/1 and ALDH2*1/1 in the female habitual drinkers (t = 6.930, P<0.0001), suggesting that excessive drinking of alcohol may increase oxidization stress, especially in females. On the contrary, no significant difference of the plasma 8-isoprostane levels was observed between non-smokers and smokers. CONCLUSION: Our present method was proved to be a simple and accurate tool for measuring plasma 8-isoprostane. However, the clinical utility of plasma 8-isoprostane for drinking and smoking habits was limited since elevated 8-isoprostane levels were observed in female heavy drinkers, and no association was found between smokers and nonsmokers. (+info)
Evidence against a direct interaction between intracellular carbonic anhydrase II and pure C-terminal domains of SLC4 bicarbonate transporters. (6/374)
Based on solid-phase binding assays with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay detection, previous investigators suggested that intracellular carbonic anhydrase II (CA II) interacts at high affinity with the C-terminal (Ct) domains of SLC4 bicarbonate-transport proteins, expressed as glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion proteins, to form functional HCO3- metabolons. Here we re-evaluated this protein-protein interaction using two solid-phase binding assays. We first compared the ability of the Ct domain of three SLC4 transporters, SLC4-A1 (AE1), SLC4-A4 (NBCe1), and SLC4-A8 (NDCBE), to bind immobilized CA II, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay detection. We found that when expressed as GST fusion proteins, all three bind to CA II (Kd 300-600 nM) better than does pure GST. However, we detected no binding of pure SLC4-Ct peptides to immobilized CA II. Second, we reversed assay orientation by immobilizing the SLC4-Ct fusion proteins or peptides. We found that more CA II binds to GST than to any of the three GST-SLC4-Ct fusion proteins. Furthermore, we detected no binding of CA II to any of the immobilized pure SLC4-Ct peptides. Finally, we used surface plasmon resonance to detect possible rapid interactions between CA II and the pure peptides. Although we detected acetazolamide binding to immobilized CA II and specific antibodies binding to immobilized SLC4-Ct peptides, we detected no binding of CA II to immobilized SLC4-Ct or vice versa. Thus, although an HCO3 metabolon may exist, CA II cannot bind directly to pure SLC4-Ct peptides and can bind to GST-SLC4-Ct fusion proteins only when the CA II is immobilized and the fusion protein is soluble, and not vice versa. (+info)
Control of matrix effects in the analysis of urinary F2-isoprostanes using novel multidimensional solid-phase extraction and LC-MS/MS. (7/374)
F(2)-isoprostanes (F(2)-iPs), established markers of oxidative stress, exist as four sets of regioisomers. Simultaneous and specific determination of F(2)-iPs can be achieved by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). We developed novel methods for urine sample preparation and HPLC to control matrix-related ion suppression effects in the LC-MS/MS analysis of F(2)-iPs. A selective solid-phase extraction (SPE) wash protocol was developed with an Oasis HLB (hydrophilic-lipophilic balance) SPE cartridge using an elution profile of [(3)H]8-iso-prostaglandin (PG)F(2alpha) (iPF(2alpha)-III) when the methanol concentration was increased under acidic, neutral, and base wash conditions. A multidimensional (MD)-SPE method that incorporated size exclusion chromatography [corrected] reverse-phase chromatography, and normal-phase chromatography was developed using an Oasis HLB SPE cartridge and an HLB microElution SPE plate. Average extraction recoveries of the deuterated internal standards of iPF(2alpha)-III and iPF(2alpha)-VI were 62 +/- 8% and 60 +/- 10%. A buffer-free HPLC method for the separation of F(2)-iP isomers was developed on base-deactivated C8 columns. Average matrix effects for iPF(2alpha)-III and iPF(2alpha)-VI were 95 +/- 6% and 103 +/- 5%. The clean extraction of urine F(2)-iPs using MD-SPE and the separation of F(2)-iP isomers using a novel HPLC method did not cause apparent ion suppression in the analysis of iPF(2alpha)-III and iPF(2alpha)-VI using LC-MS/MS. These findings should be useful for establishing a routine LC-MS/MS method for the analysis of F(2)-iPs. (+info)
Enantioanalysis of bisoprolol in human plasma with a macrocyclic antibiotic HPLC chiral column using fluorescence detection and solid phase extraction. (8/374)
A sensitive, enantioselective, high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method was developed and validated to determine S-(-)- and R-(+)-bisoprolol in human plasma. Baseline resolution was achieved using the teicoplanin macrocyclic antibiotic chiral stationary phase (CSP) known as Chirobiotic T with a polar ionic mobile phase (PIM) consisting of methanol-glacial acetic acid-triethylamine (100 : 0.02 : 0.025, v/v/v) at a flow rate of 1.5 ml/min and fluorescence detection set at 275 nm for excitation and 305 nm for emission. All analyses with S-(-)-atenolol as the internal standard were conducted at ambient temperature. The assay involved the use of a solid-phase extraction procedure for human plasma samples prior to HPLC analysis. The C18 cartridge gave good recovery rates for both enantiomers without any interference. The method was validated over the range of 20-200 ng/ml for each enantiomer concentration. Recovery rates for S-(-)- and R-(+)-bisoprolol enantiomers were in the range of 95-102%. The method proved to be precise (within-run precision expressed as % RSD ranged from 1.0-6.2% and between-run precision ranged from 0.9-6.7%) and accurate (within-run accuracies expressed as percentage error ranged from 0.2-4.8% and between-run accuracies ranged from 0.3-1.7%). The limit of quantitation and limit of detection for each enantiomer in human plasma were 20 and 5 ng/ml, respectively. (+info)

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The summer is a busy time for zenith pr, with a focus on event management and pr for a number of projects, including the upcoming Blackrock Animation Film Festival. I thought this would be an ideal time to share some tips on organising an event.
Give yourself as much time as possible to plan and prepare in advance. Depending on the nature of the event this might be anything from six weeks to one year. Major events will generally require six months of planning.
2. Establish your committee or team and allocate roles and responsibilities.
List key tasks to be completed each week in the run up to your event and determine who should look after what. Make a note of major deadlines and of any holiday periods taking place in a given week. It's also worth including post-event activities that may need to happen.
This will need to be reviewed on a regular basis with items added and subtracted as changes are made.
Be very specific about your requirements – surface space, set-up and tear down time needed, audio-visual and staging, private areas/offices, accommodation, catering, deliveries etc. Be aware of fire and safety regulations. Get a written contract!
6. Plan the programme of activities – what happens when and where.
7. Organise transport and accommodation.
Choose menus, wines, cutlery, dinner ware and table settings that are appropriate for your event.
If you are organising live entertainment ensure you see a performance in advance.
Find out their requirements ie sound, equipment, set-up, dressing room, etc.
10. Plan the guest list. Organise marketing materials and/or invitations.
11. Organise presentation packs and/or gifts, novelties, awards, speaker papers to be handed out to guests.
12. Develop signage requirements with a design agency or your internal design department.
13. Prepare a list of suppliers, with full contact details, and ensure each member of staff has a copy.
14. Inviting the media? Give them what they need - parking, a storage area for cables, interview room (with interviews pre-arranged in advance), internet support, extra telephone lines, refreshments, press kit.
15. Define each team member's role on the day of the event and ensure that everyone is fully briefed as to what is expected of them.
16. Post event, organise a prompt de-briefing. Produce a wrap-up report with conclusions and recommendations.
This week, I'll be speaking at a DLR County Enterprise Board START Network meeting and sharing some tips on dealing with the media. I will also be advising these new business owners on how to kick start and drive an effective PR campaign themselves.
Many people are afraid of approaching journalists but, remember, they need you as much as you need them! Newspapers, radio and television programmes need stories and your business could be of interest to them. However, you need to prepare before you pick up that phone. You need to know who to contact, when and how to contact them and what you're going to tell them. Could it really be as simple as that?
With a proper plan, some professional know-how and a dash of courage, you can generate great exposure for your business that will get people talking.
Do you need help launching your business?
Would you like details of our next Driving Your Own PR Campaign workshop?
Contact Zoe Healy to kick off your PR campaign.


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Aamir Khan (; * 14. März 1965 in Bombay, Maharashtra, als Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan) ist ein indischer Schauspieler, Produzent und Filmregisseur. Er gehört zu den bekanntesten Akteuren des Hindi-Films und wurde mit Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) einem breiten Publikum bekannt.

Leben
Aamir Khan wurde in eine Familie geboren, die Verbindung zur Filmindustrie hatte. Sein Vater Tahir Hussain war Produzent, sein Onkel Nasir Hussain Regisseur. Er ist ein Nachfahre von Abul Kalam Azad, einem afghanischen Tadschiken aus Herat, der später indischer Schriftsteller, Freiheitskämpfer und Minister wurde.

Aamir Khan heiratete am 18. April 1986 Reena Dutta. Sie haben zwei Kinder. Im Dezember 2002 trennten sich beide nach einer 16-jährigen Ehe. Seit dem 28. Dezember 2005 ist Khan mit Kiran Rao verheiratet, am 1. Dezember 2011 wurde ihr gemeinsamer Sohn geboren.

Karriere
Aamir hat in einigen Filmen mitgespielt, bei denen sein Cousin Mansoor Khan Regie führte. Aamirs Bruder Faizal ist ebenfalls Schauspieler. Aamir begann seine Karriere als Kinderdarsteller im Film Yaadon Ki Baraat (1973), als er acht Jahre alt war. Er schrieb das Drehbuch für den Film Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke (1993), in dem er auch selbst mitspielte. Außerdem hat er auch selbst in dem erfolgreichen Film Ghulam gesungen.

Aamir ist bekannt dafür, immer nur an einem Film zu arbeiten, anstelle an vielen gleichzeitig, was sehr ungewöhnlich in Bollywood ist. Aamirs Perfektionismus lohnte sich in seiner ersten Produktion: Lagaan – Es war einmal in Indien war ein großer Erfolg und gewann eine Nominierung für den Oscar in der Kategorie Bester fremdsprachiger Film im Jahr 2002. Im darauffolgenden Jahr wurde er mit dem Padma Shri ausgezeichnet.

Sein Projekt namens The Rising – Aufstand der Helden (2005), das sowohl auf Englisch als auch auf Hindi gedreht wurde, hat am Startwochenende alle Kinorekorde in Indien gebrochen. Er spielte in diesem Film die Rolle von Mangal Pandey, einem Mitglied in der Armee der britischen Ostindien-Kompanie und ein Führer der indischen Rebellion im Jahr 1857. Von den Filmen Rang De Basanti – Die Farbe Safran und The Rising – Aufstand der Helden abgesehen, hat er einen Vertrag für den Film Fanaa mit dem Regisseur Kunal Kohli abgeschlossen, in dem auch Kajol eine Rolle übernommen hat.

2007 realisierte Khan mit Taare Zameen Par – Ein Stern auf Erden sein Debüt als Filmregisseur in dem er auch eine der beiden Hauptrollen bekleidete. Das Drama erzählt die Geschichte eines fantasievollen, achtjährigen Jungen, der unter einer Lernschwäche leidet und von seinen frustrierten Eltern der Disziplin wegen in eine Internatsschule geschickt wird. Dort freundet sich der Junge mit seinem neuen und motivierten Kunstlehrer an, der das Potential des Jungen erkennt und fördert. Khans Regie-Erstling war großer Erfolg bei Kritikern in Indien beschieden und gewann 2008 den Filmfare Award in den Kategorien Film und Regie. Im selben Jahr setzte sich Taare Zameen Par als offizieller Kandidat Indiens für eine Oscar-Nominierung in der Kategorie Bester fremdsprachiger Film gegen Ashutosh Gowarikers Historienfilm Jodhaa Akbar, Umesh Vinayak Kulkarnis Komödie Valu und den Film Tingya durch.

2008 spielte Khan in dem gleichnamigen Remake Ghajini einen Mörder mit anterograder Amnesie, der den Tod seiner Frau rächen möchte. Der Film ist von echten Ereignissen inspiriert worden und der Charakter Sanjay Singhania benutzt Fotos und Notizen, um sich zu orientieren.

Durch öffentliche Forderungen für eine (bessere) Entschädigung der Betroffenen der Sardar-Sarovar-Talsperre am Narmada im indischen Bundesstaat Gujarat geriet Aamir in Konflikt mit der BJP.

2011 wurde er in die Wettbewerbsjury der 61. Internationalen Filmfestspiele von Berlin berufen.

Seit März 2012 ist Khan in der indischen Fernsehsendung Truth Alone Prevails Talkgastgeber. Die Sendung erreicht historisch phänomenale Einschaltquoten in Indien mit wöchentlich mehr als 470 Millionen indischen Zuschauern.

In dem dritten Teil von Yash Raj Films Dhoom-Reihe spielte Khan 2013 eine Doppelrolle. In dem Actionfilm ist er mit Katrina Kaif, Abhishek Bachchan und Uday Chopra zusammen zu sehen.

2014 geriet Khan mit seinem Film PK mit gewaltbereiten Hindus in Konflikt. Hindus warfen ihm als Muslim vor, dass er andere Religionen mit seinem Film ins Lächerliche ziehen würde. Er wies aber jegliche Anschuldigungen ab und verkündete, dass er jede Religion respektiere.

Aamir Khans deutscher Synchronsprecher war seit der Erstausstrahlung von Lagaan – Es war einmal in Indien im Jahr 2004 bis zu seinem Tod 2014 Philipp Brammer, doch gelegentlich lieh ihm auch Andreas Fröhlich seine Stimme.

2017 wurde er in die Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) aufgenommen, die jährlich die Oscars vergibt.

Filmografie

Schauspieler
 1973: Yaadon Ki Baaraat
 1974: Madhosh
 1983: Holi
 1988: Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
 1989: Love Love Love
 1989: Raakh
 1990: Dil
 1990: Tum Mere Ho
 1990: Awwal Number
 1990: Deewana Mujh Sa Nahin
 1990: Jawani Zindabad
 1991: Afsana Pyaar Ka
 1991: Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin
 1992: Parampara
 1992: Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
 1992: Daulat Ki Jung
 1992: Isi Ka Naam Zindagi
 1992: Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
 1993: Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke
 1994: Andaz Apna Apna
 1995: Rangeela
 1995: Baazi
 1995: Aatank Hi Aatank
 1995: Akele Hum Akele Tum
 1996: Raja Hindustani – Taxi ins Glück (Raja Hindustani)
 1997: Ishq
 1998: Earth
 1998: Ghulam
 1999: Mann
 1999: Sarfarosh
 2000: Mela
 2001: Dil Chahta Hai
 2001: Lagaan – Es war einmal in Indien (Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India)
 2005: The Rising – Aufstand der Helden (Mangal Pandey: The Rising)
 2006: Fanaa
 2006: Rang De Basanti – Die Farbe Safran (Rang De Basanti)
 2007: Taare Zameen Par – Ein Stern auf Erden (Taare Zameen Par)
 2008: Ghajini
 2009: Luck by Chance – Liebe, Glück und andere Zufälle (Luck by Chance) (Gastauftritt)
 2009: 3 Idiots
 2010: Bombay Diaries (Dhobi Ghat)
 2011: Delhi Belly (Gastauftritt)
 2012: Talaash: The Answer Lies Within
 2013: Bombay Talkies
 2013: Dhoom: 3
 2014: PK
 2015: Dil Dhadakne Do (Sprecher in Hindi von Pluto Mehra)
 2016: Dangal
 2017: Secret Superstar
 2018: Thugs of Hindustan

Produzent
 2001: Lagaan – Es war einmal in Indien (Lagaan)
 2003: Madness In The Desert (Dokumentarfilm)
 2007: Taare Zameen Par – Ein Stern auf Erden (Taare Zameen Par)
 2008: Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na - Du liebst mich, du liebst mich nicht
 2010: Peepli Live
 2011: Bombay Diaries (Dhobi Ghat)
 2011: Delhi Belly
 2012: Talaash: The Answer Lies Within
 2016: Dangal

Regie
 2007: Taare Zameen Par – Ein Stern auf Erden (Taare Zameen Par)

Auszeichnungen

National Film Awards
 1988: Spezialpreis der Jury – Raakh und Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
 2001: Bester Unterhaltungsfilm – Lagaan – Es war einmal in Indien (Lagaan) als Produzent (geteilt mit Ashutosh Gowarikar)
 2007: Bester Film über Familienwerte –  Taare Zameen Par – Ein Stern auf Erden (Taare Zameen Par)

Filmfare Awards
 1989: Bestes Debüt – Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
 1997: Bester Hauptdarsteller – Raja Hindustani
 2002: Bester Hauptdarsteller – Lagaan
 2002: Bester Film for Lagaan
 2007: Kritikerpreis: Bester Darsteller – Rang De Basanti – Die Farbe Safran (Rang De Basanti)
 2008: Bester Film – Taare Zameen Par
 2008: Beste Regie for Taare Zameen Par

Star Screen Awards
 1997: Bester Hauptdarsteller – Raja Hindustani
 2002: Bester Film – Lagaan
 2008: Bester Nebendarsteller – Taare Zameen Par
 2008: Beste Regie – Taare Zameen Par
 2008: Bestes Regiedebüt – Taare Zameen Par

Zee Cine Awards
 2000: Bester Hauptdarsteller – Sarfarosh
 2002: Bester Hauptdarsteller – Lagaan
 2008: Beste Regie – Taare Zameen Par

International Indian Film Academy Awards
 2002: Bester Hauptdarsteller – Lagaan
 2002: Bester Film – Lagaan
 2009: Film des Jahrzehnts – Lagaan

Weitere Auszeichnungen
 2003: Padma Shri – Indischer Nationalpreis
 2010: Padma Bhushan

 2002: Bollywood Movie Awards – Bester Hauptdarsteller in Lagaan
 2002: Bollywood Movie Awards - Kritikerpreis: Bester Darsteller in Dil Chahta Hai
 2009: Bollywood Hungama Surfers Choice Movie Awards 2008 – "Best Actor Award" in Ghajini

Weblinks

 Aamir Khan @ SPICE
 'I can't change how I am: Aamir', Artikel im Indian Express 27. Mai 2006
 Ausführlichere Biographie/Filmografie: Aamir Khan

Einzelnachweise

Filmschauspieler
Filmregisseur
Träger des Padma Bhushan
Träger des Padma Shri
Kinderdarsteller
Inder
Geboren 1965
Mann

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Twice a year, the Care Center hosts a job fair featuring local employers seeking to fill roles in their organizations—and Thursday's was the highest attended yet! More than 130 employers filled the Main Lobby and Mezzanine level, offering a wide array of opportunities for those seeking employment. "As a church, we can feel very encouraged and motivated that employers from the surrounding communities are so enthusiastic about coming to our campus," says Care Center Program Manager Anne Rand.
Hundreds of participants flooded the church, many coming early to receive free haircuts, get a resume review, capture a headshot, or pick out the perfect outfit. The lobby buzzed with energy as people explored the job options available to them. "There is a trust that has been built over the years that every organization and person who comes in our doors will be welcomed, valued, and supported by our team of friendly volunteers," continues Anne. "You can feel that positive energy as you walk around the job fair."
A core group of Guest Experience volunteers came to greet, hold doors, and provide direction, creating a fantastic first impression. A team of therapy dogs also joined in, seeking to ease nerves, put smiles on faces, and lighten the atmosphere during a potentially stressful job hunt. "This really is the church shining bright," says Guest Experience Director Joy DeLaere. "We love to show people that they are welcome here, and so many were willing to jump in and enthusiastically serve attendees and employers any way they could."
Learn more about the Care Center's employment services here.
Last weekend, we launched a resource called the Road to Peace, a process of reflection, forgiveness, and confession, culminating with surrender at the cross. The Road to Peace is an individual journey you are encouraged to share with your small group and close community.
Begin by watching the teaching by Discipleship Director Rick Shurtz. If you didn't receive a journal, you can download a copy here to take notes during the message.
You can go deeper by attending an upcoming workshop. "We know people are in different places on their journey—some needing to redeem pain, discover the power of Scripture, gain tips on parenting through difficult times, or even navigate the complexities of depression," says Rick. "I encourage you to explore the upcoming workshops and find one—or more—that will help you on this journey."
Learn more about the Road to Peace and discover all upcoming workshops here.


Photo of Seti Afoa courtesy of the Samoa Observer.
Seti Afoa is building quite a legacy with his organization and promotion of competitive open water swims in his native Samoa. He is laying the foundation for a bright future, but it is built on layers of passion and countless hours of dedication and hard work.
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: When did you start organizing your first events and open water swims?
Seti Afoa: It began in 2011 when I brought over to Samoa a group of 22 friends for a swim holiday. I was living in New Zealand then. Then in 2012 I moved to Samoa to start the Samoa Swim Series.
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: What is your motivation to organize these events?
Seti Afoa: First on the list is tourism; that is, showcasing the beauty of Samoa and bringing into the country new visitors who would otherwise not think of coming here. Secondly, is the immense amount of personal relationships that take place in the swims, not just between me and the swimmers, but among each other. There is a magic that takes place on our swim events and everyone feels it. This is why I have a high rate of return visitors each year.
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Is the number of participants growing year by year?
Seti Afoa: It is increasing in total over all our events. In the marquee Samoa Swim Series, the number reaches 140 which is about the maximum.
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: How many local swimmers and how many non-Samoan swimmers take part in your events, on average?
Seti Afoa: There are about 30 local swimmers in the swims; they are not included in the numbers above.
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Who works as your safety personnel in the events? Did you have to teach/coach them?
Seti Afoa: My Safety and Swim Director is Mike Cochrane, himself a legend of Down Under swimming. Mike currently holds the record for FOSS tally Down Under with 305 km racing in a year. He's a friend of mine from New Zealand who I first met when he came to his first Samoa Swim Series in 2013.
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: What are some of your dreams or goals in the future for your events?
Seti Afoa: In the very long run, I would like Samoa Swims to continue long after I am not here anymore or cannot carry on. I'm a staff of one. I do everything including the website management and entries, run races, marketing, sponsorship, etc., etc. This is not sustainable and I would like it to be. Simply, I cannot afford a staff member or have the support from the government and tourism to grow Samoa Swims in the way I would like to. Secondly, to consolidate the other swims, Five Islands, Apolima Strait.
You will notice that some of my events start off with a sole participant or very few, if I believe there is a future for the event (e.g., The Tour of Samoa (Cycling) started with 1 rider first year, 14 in second year and 27 in third year. Similarly Five Islands Challenge started with 3 swimmers three years ago. We are going to have 20 or so next year, already booked. The Samoa Swim Series started with 22 swimmers and now has over 100 participants each year.
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: What are some of your dreams or goals in the future for the local swimmers?
Seti Afoa: Our local swimmers fit into two categories. There is a strong programme towards national representation in the Olympic pathway. That is pool-based and is well established. It is also an elite sport and is not accessible to 99% of Samoans because the pool is in Apia, away from the villages. I am not involved in that side of things.
My focus is open water swimming. I would like very much for Samoa to develop a fearless approach to swimming in the ocean from Samoans.
Samoa was a nation of swimmers once upon a time in our history.
As a population, we are [now] afraid of the sea. People do not swim because they are afraid of the water. Developing open water swimming for me means introducing Samoans in the villages to the biggest swimming pool there is: the lagoons in their front yards. We have a programme in one of the villages right now, where training takes place in the lagoon. There are 20-30 youngsters involved in that programme, four of them swam their very first 10 km marathon swim in the Pacific Open Water Challenge in August, a few months ago. My next goal is to see one of the local swimmers take on Apolima Strait solo - thereby setting the example for other Samoan youngsters.
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Do you have many younger (age-group) swimmers or older (masters) swimmers participating in your events?
Seti Afoa: Yes - children from the village programme swim in the Samoa Swim Series and other local races. The masters group train with me twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday. That is in the lagoon in Apia.
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: What kinds of awards do you offer for your winners? Are the awards (e.g., trophies) based on local traditions?
Seti Afoa: The award for the Apolima Strait Swim is Savai'i Citizenship for solo swimmers. It is a token award for courage and will to challenge yourself to finish. Savai'i is a big island, a mythical place where Polynesia originated from (Savai'i/Hawai'i).
The award for the Samoa Swim Series winner is a big Tanoa / Cultural Bowl. The award for the 5 km and 10 km Pacific Open Water Challenge races are Tanoa and wooden-carved medals.
In addition to the cultural awards, there is a lot of culture that goes on with the marquee Samoa Swim Series event. We open with the Prime Minister and a parade behind the police band through town. There are the school visits and the Traditional Island Prize Giving night which is another highlight.
The awards for the winners at the Five Islands Challenge is the Islander Award and carved individual medals and trophies.
Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Do you do anything in your events that are based on Samoan history or tradition or culture?
Seti Afoa: The names of some of my events are aligned with our culture. The Warrior Race is the Half-Ironman event. Sau'ai Savai'i is a 3/4 Ironman. Sau'ai is the mythical giant that lived on Savai'i and was fearless. Savai'i Citizenship for the Apolima Strait Swim is referenced to the Legend of Savai'i. The Legends' Dinner in Auckland honoured all the swimmers from the Apolima Strait Swim.
There are more swim videos from Samoa on Afoa's YouTube Channel where he is the commentator.
To vote for the WOWSA Awards, visit here. Online voting continues until December 31st 2016.


Happy birthday to Max M (shih-tzu), who just turned 10 years old! Max decided to celebrate with a little running around the air-conditioned room with his pals Fergus M.(King Charles cavelier), Mushu (Brussels griffon), Foxy B-S.(golden mix), Tilly B. (puggle), and Lily B. (beagle). You are the youngest 10-year-old we know, Max! Happy birthday from all your friends!


Yesterday we hiked from Sankhu to Nagarkot (link to map, we didn't make it all the way to Hotel Sunrise though). We hired a school van to take us to the starting point and pick us up at the end. The scenery was beautiful and it was great to get out of the city, my first time to do so in fact (Jeremiah's gotten out on a number of bike rides so he was excited for me to see it). The hike was uphill, and by the end we were exhausted, but it felt good to be active. Jeremiah was awesome (even after his quick food poisoning bout the previous night) and carried Tegan on his back the whole way and for almost the whole 3-4 hours we walked she was content to hang out up there and see the sights.
Clearly from the photos I took, you can tell I was enamored with all the green. It's such a stark contrast to the concrete and construction rubble of the city. We will be going back out soon for more hikes for sure!
PS - Dad, that sun shade on the carrier was amazing. She would have fried without it!
awesome pics- looks like a great place to trek. I am reasonably jealous.


They also deserved what came just moments later, when they jogged off the court and into the tunnel, waving to the season-best crowd of 4,181 that remained on hand to give them a standing ovation at Mizzou Arena.
"In all my career, I've never felt something like that after a game," said senior center Liz Smith.
The win was Missouri's first over a top 10 team since it beat Baylor on Jan. 23, 2010. It also was the program's first under head coach Robin Pingeton, who was hired in April 2010 to revive a largely dormant program.
"It's a statement win," said Pingeton, whose team improves to 14-8 overall, 3-5 in the Southeastern Conference. "It certainly doesn't define us … no win or loss defines this program.
Especially when you consider how bad the Vols beat the Tigers when the two teams met in Knoxville earlier this season. Tennessee handed Missouri an 84-39 loss on Jan. 10, a game in which the Tigers committed 22 turnovers overall and trailed by 27 at halftime.
Yet, less than a month later, the Tigers found a way to hand Tennessee, 17-5, its first loss in the SEC (8-1).
Missouri only gave up 34 points in those three categories on Sunday, and it didn't take long to see that this would not be a repeat of the bashing the Tigers received in Knoxville. The first half was close the whole way, with Tennessee — which never led by more than five — taking a 37-34 lead into the break.
"We obviously learned from our mistakes," said Missouri sophomore guard Morgan Eye, who finished with a game-high 26 points.
Eye, who went 6-for-12 from three-point range, was a big reason the Tigers pulled away in the second half, too. She scored 15 points after the break, and teamed up with junior forward Bri Kulas (who scored 11 of her 20 points after halftime) to power Missouri down the stretch as the Tigers — who knocked down 11 of 24 three-pointers (45.8 percent) against a Tennessee defense that coach Holly Warlick later called undisciplined — built a lead that grew to as many as 17 points.
Warlick also cited her team's free-throw shooting (12-of-20 from the line) and inability to finish near the rim as primary reasons for being outscored 46-26 after halftime.
"You can't give a team like Missouri 11 threes and expect to be in the game when you miss free throws and layups," said Warlick, whose team shot 23-of-55 (41.8 percent) from the field.
Warlick also pointed out, rather innocently, that the Vols were decimated by injuries. Center Isabelle Harrison, who had 15 points and 12 rebounds against the Tigers in Knoxville, missed the game with an injury, while the Vols had two more key players — senior guard Kamiko Williams and freshman forward Jasmine Jones — go down with injuries during the course of the game.
The injury to Williams, who finished with a team-high 14 points and six rebounds despite playing just 17 minutes, was particularly devastating. When she went out, Tennessee actually led 41-39 with 17 minutes left in the second half. Missouri proceeded to outscore the Vols 41-22 the rest of the way.
"She was one of the few that were playing hard and kept us in the game," said Warlick, who added that Tennessee could not press Missouri on Sunday like it did in Knoxville due to a lack of bodies.
However, Warlick and her players also made it clear that Missouri simply outplayed them, and clearly deserved to win this game. The Tigers packed it in on defense with Harrison out, and the Vols simply could not make them pay from the perimeter.
The game also marked a homecoming of sorts for Spani, the daughter of former Chiefs linebacker Gary Spani. She was one of the top prep players in the nation out of Metro Academy four years ago and had offers from everywhere, including Missouri. She was one of five Vols to finish in double figures, scoring 12 points in 39 minutes in front of an estimated 60 family and friends.
"I just wish we could have put on a better performance," Spani said.
Spani's counterparts on the Missouri side, however, were on the opposite end of that spectrum. Determined to defend their home court, they played with pride on Sunday, and were rewarded with arguably the program's biggest win in years.


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Ch. 3: Conscious Peace: World Peace Depends upon Our Collective Consciousness by William T. Hathaway
by William T. Hathaway
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Conscious Peace:
World Peace Depends upon Our Collective Consciousness
RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War
Published by Trine Day
I was sitting in full lotus, body wrapped in a blanket, mind rapt in deep stillness, breathing lightly, wisps of air curling into the infinite space behind my closed eyes. My mantra had gone beyond sound to become a pulse of light in an emptiness that contained everything.
An electric shock flashed down my spine and through my body. My headsnapped back, limbs jerked, a cry burst from my throat. Every muscle in my body contracted — neck rigid, jaws clenched, forehead tight. Bolts of pain shot through me in all directions, then drew together in my chest. Heart attack! I thought. I managed to lie down, then noticed I wasn't breathing — maybe I was already dead. I groaned and gulped a huge breath, which stirred a whirl of thoughts and images.
Vietnam again: Rotor wind from a hovering helicopter flails the water of a rice paddy while farmers run frantically for cover. Points of fire spark out from a bamboo grove to become dopplered whines past my ears. A plane dives on the grove to release a bomb which tumbles end over end and bursts into an orange globe of napalm. A man in my arms shakes in spasms as his chest gushes blood.
I held my head and tried to force the images out, but the montage of scenes flowed on, needing release. I could only lie there under a torrent of grief, regret, terror, and guilt. My chest felt like it was caving in under the pressure. I clung to my mantra like a lifeline to sanity. I was breathing in short, shallow gasps, but gradually my breath slowed and deepened, the feelings became less gripping, and I reoriented back into the here and now: my small room in Spain on a Transcendental Meditation teacher training course.
I lay on my narrow bed stunned by this flashback from four years ago when I'd been a Green Beret in Vietnam. I had thought I'd left all that behind, but here it was again.
I sat up and was able to do some yoga exercises but couldn't meditate. Instead I took a walk on the beach. For the rest of that day and the next I was confused and irritable and could hardly meditate or sleep. But the following day I felt lightened and relieved, purged of a load of trauma, and my meditations were clear. My anxiety about the war was much less; the violence was in the past, not raging right now in my head.
Gradually I became aware of a delicate joy permeating not just me but also my surroundings. I knew somehow it had always been there, inhering deep in everything, but my stress had been blocking my perception of it. I felt closer to the other people on the course, connected by a shared consciousness. Then I started feeling closer to everything around me; birds and grass, even rocks and water were basically the same as me. Our surface separations were an illusion; essentially we were all one consciousness expressing itself in different forms. Rather than being just an isolated individual, I knew I was united with the universe, joined in a field of felicity. This perception faded after a few days, but it gave me a glimpse of what enlightenment must be like.
The whole experience was a dramatic example of what Maharishi Mahesh Yogi called "unstressing," the nervous system's purging itself of blockages caused by our past actions. Since my past actions had been extreme, the healing process was also extreme.
I had begun meditating in 1968, several months after returning from the war. I'd come back laden with fear and anger, but I had denied those emotions, burying them under an "I'm all right, Jack," attitude. I was tough, I could take it, I was a survivor. Within certain parameters I could function well, but when my superficial control broke down, I would fall into self-destructive depressions. I finally had to admit I was carrying a huge burden of stress, and I knew I had to get rid of that before I could live at peace with myself or anyone else.
My best friend from Special Forces, Keith Parker, had started doing Transcendental Meditation and said it made his mind clear and calm. I tried it and found he was right. When I meditated, I sat with eyes closed and thought a mantra, a sound without meaning that took my mind to quieter, finer levels and eventually beyond all mental activity to deep silence. Subjectively, TM was like diving down through an inner ocean into a realm of serenity. The effects were more real than anything I'd experienced through prayer or psychedelics. My stress and pressure began to be relieved.
I started going on World Peace Assemblies, large courses led by Maharishi or one of his assistants where we meditated as a group. This strengthened the effects, making me feel both tranquil and energized. Then I attended this four-month course to learn to be a teacher of Transcendental Meditation. Every day we did hours of "rounding," repeating cycles of meditation, yoga asanas, and breathing exercises, each taking us deeper towards transcendental consciousness. Afternoons and evenings Maharishi would answer questions and teach us how to be teachers of meditation.
One of his favorite topics was the connection between modern science and Vedic science. After getting a master's degree in physics, he had studied metaphysics with one of the great swamis of India, so he could integrate both worlds. He taught us how the unified field that physics has discovered is the same as our own consciousness, that the fundamental level of the universe is the fundamental level of ourselves. And most importantly, he taught us how to experience this unity, where the duality of subject and object disappears and separation merges into oneness. This is the source of creation, a realm of bliss where even the concept of enemy doesn't exist. It's the level from which energy manifests into matter and form. Enlightened people live there all the time, but all of us can experience it, and once we do, our reality is different.
Ordinarily, our awareness is directed via sense perception outwards to physical objects. When we meditate, we reverse this direction and move our awareness back towards its source, the unified field. The mind goes inward and perceives progressively more refined levels of thinking until all thoughts drop away and we reach the ground state of transcendental consciousness, in which the mind is alert but without thoughts, pure awareness without an object. In place of thoughts, we are filled with a joy that can only be described as divine. Here we are united with all of creation. We are no longer observing the universe; we are the universe.
The path to transcendental consciousness, however, is not always smooth. Our stresses — the inner effects of past actions — can make our mind murky and unsettled, thus blocking us off from a clear experience of the transcendent. But stress can be healed.During Transcendental Meditation the nervous system repairs itself and removes the obstructions so that our awareness isn't confined to the surface thinking level but can flow into the silent depths, providing deep rest for the mind and body. In this physiological condition, stress is cured and higher states of consciousness experienced.
The process can be unsettling because as stresses are dissolved, some of their qualities may affect our awareness in the form of physical pain, old buried emotions, or hectic streams of thoughts. Sometimes the unconscious has to be made conscious before it can be healed. I'd had a first-hand experience of this sort of unstressing, and it cleared away my war trauma. I haven't had a flashback in all the years since then, but I've had many experiences of the blissful unity that came afterwards.
The deep calm of meditation is more than just a subjective experience. Physiological research has shown that during TM oxygen consumption decreases twice as much as it does during deep sleep. Brain waves become more coherent, changing from the usual scattered, disordered patterns into synchronized waves coordinating across both hemispheres, an indication of more integrated mental functioning. Blood flow to the brain increases. On the skin, electrical conductance decreases, a sign of relaxation. In the blood stream, the stress hormone cortisol decreases; serotonin, a neurotransmitter that relieves depression and promotes well being, increases; arginine vasopressin, a hormone that regulates blood pressure and improves memory and learning ability, increases; blood lactate level decreases, indicating lessened anxiety. And rather than being in a trance, the person is fully alert and aware of the surroundings. This physiological condition defines a fourth state of consciousness distinct from the three usual states of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep. In this rejuvenating transcendental consciousness, the physiology repairs the damage done by traumatic events and illnesses.
More than anything else I've experienced, Transcendental Meditation creates a peaceful inner change. The personality and basic self remain the same, but fear and hostility diminish. We become friendlier to ourselves, and so we can be friendlier to others. As our personal stresses are healed, the mind functions better and we gain access to more of our mental potential. We're more able to perceive and correct the sources of social stress that surround us.
Recent research has shown that the effects don't stop with the individual. Large groups of people meditating together produce coherence and stability not just in themselves but also in the society around them. This extended effect has been demonstrated in experiments in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Iowa, Washington DC, New Delhi, Manila, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Iran, and Holland where large groups met for long meditations. During every assembly, crime, violence, and accidents in the surrounding region dropped and the composite Quality of Life Index for public health, economics, and social harmony rose. All the changes were statistically highly significant. The groups of meditators improved the whole society: negativity decreased, positivity increased. After the assemblies ended, the figures returned to their previous levels. The results were calculated by comparing data from different time periods to insure that the only variable was the meditation course, thus establishing it as the cause of the change.
I attended two of these assemblies, in Washington DC and Iowa, and the experiences were wonderful. Meditating with thousands of other people strengthens the results. The mental emanations reinforce one another into a palpable effect of group consciousness. I enjoyed deeper levels of inner silence and clearer infusions of transcendental energy. Outside of meditation, we treated one another with a harmony and tenderness that I'd never experienced in a group of people before. It was a taste of what an ideal society could be like.
How can meditators sitting with their eyes closed influence people many miles away? Quantum physics describes how everything in the universe is connected through underlying fields of energy. The electromagnetic field is an example. A transmitter sends waves through this invisible field, and receivers many miles away instantly convert them into sound and pictures. Similarly, our minds send mental energy through the field of consciousness that connects everyone. We are all continually transmitting and receiving these influences. The mental atmospherewe share is loaded with them, and the program they're broadcasting is frequently one of fear, frustration, anger and aggression. This toxicity pollutes the collective consciousness, resulting in cloudy thinking and harmful actions. All of us are affected — and infected — to some degree by this. Under this sway, persons with a heavy load of personal stress become more prone to turn to crime to solve their problems. As this negative atmosphere intensifies and the pressures mount, groups of people turn to themass criminality of warfare.
Wars are hurricanes of the collective consciousness. Hurricanes relieve the physical atmosphere of excess heat that has built up. They result afterwards in a more balanced climatic condition, but they do that destructively. Similarly, wars relieve excess stress in the psychic atmosphere and bring a temporary peace, but their destructiveness generates more stress and another war.
In contrast to this stormy approach, a meditator in transcendental consciousness broadcasts the qualities inherent to this plane: peace, orderliness, harmony. And when many meditators reach transcendental consciousness together, their energies reinforce one another into a surge of positivity that overrides the stressful emissions of the surrounding population. The minds of everyone in the area receive this broadcast of coherence. It's a very subtle effect that is under the limen of most people's perceptual awareness, but they are influenced through this field where all human minds are joined. This life-nurturing energy purifies the collective consciousness of fear and hostility before those negative forces can build up and erupt into crime and war.
New experiments demonstrated the effects on war. As civil war was raging in Lebanon, a group gathered nearby in Israel to practice long meditations. During their assembly, the intensity of fighting in Lebanon lessened and war deaths plummeted. In Israel, crime, traffic accidents, fires, and other indicators of social disorder decreased. All the changes were statistically highly significant.
A further experiment showed even more dramatic results. According to the ancient Vedic tradition, if a very large number of people meditate together, positive influences will occur globally. Maharishi decided to test this with seven thousand meditators, the square root of one percent of the world population. He gathered them together at the TM university in Fairfield, Iowa, for long meditations. The results thousands of miles away in Lebanon were a seventy-one percent decrease in war deaths, a sixty-eight percent decrease in injuries, a forty-eight percent decrease in combat incidents, and a sixty-six percent increase in cooperative efforts to end the civil war. A time-series analysis of the results confirmed the causation.
Groups of seven thousand meditators also reduce terrorism. During three of these large assemblies, worldwide terrorism dropped by an average of seventy-two percent as compared to all other weeks in a two-year period, based on data compiled by the Rand Corporation. Statistical analysis ruled out the possibility that the reduction was due to cycles, trends, seasonal changes, or drifts in the measures used.
Peer-reviewed studies of these experiments have been published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Mind and Behavior, Journal of Crime and Justice, Social Indicators Research, and other academic publications. Twenty-three studies based on fifty experiments document the long-distance effects of large groups of meditators in reducing violence and improving quality of life.
With this overwhelming evidence Maharishi approached the governments of the world and requested that they establish these groups on a permanent basis to secure peace and social harmony.
The governments of the world weren't interested.
So Maharishi decided to build a long-term group. With the help of a wealthy donor he constructed a residential center in India and filled it with seven thousand meditators practicing several hours a day. The other experiments had been short-term,lasting a few weeks or months, but this one lasted two years — a time that fundamentally changed the world. The Cold War ended, communism collapsed, the people of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union freed themselves of totalitarian rule, the Berlin Wallcame down, eighty nations signed an agreement that saved the ozone layer, black and white South Africans dismantled apartheid, hostile borders became open and friendly, former enemies signed arms reduction and nonaggression treaties. It was a period of unprecedented good will, a breakthrough for world peace.
But the donor ran out of money. He had already expended most of his fortune supporting the group and couldn't continue. Maharishi tried again to convince governments to take over the funding, an amount per year that was a fraction of what they spend on the military per one heartbeat.
Again, no government was interested. Why did they turn down such a scientifically verified program that would cost little, harm nothing, and possibly bring world peace?
Inthree of the countries that participated in the initial experiments, the governments were thrown out of office after the assemblies. Three dictators — the Shah in Iran, Somoza in Nicaragua, and Marcos in the Philippines — had invited the TM teachers because their populations were rising in rebellion. They hoped the meditating groups would act as a social tranquilizer that would pacify the rebels. The opposite turned out to be the case. The increased coherence generated by the groups enabled the whole society to join together and throw out the dictators with a minimum of violence. Other governments didn't want to risk losing power through a similar upsurge in the collective consciousness of their people.
Another reason was that although many governments pay lip service to peace, they don't really want it. What they want is to use the military to control their people and enforce their aggressive foreign policies. They also profit from the arms trade; peace would be bad for business.
A third reason is that the concept of meditators being able to decrease violence half the world away is just too unconventional for most politicians to comprehend. It doesn't fit the worldview they've been educated into. Our society is still living in the shadow of nineteenth-century empiricism, where matter was seen as the basis of reality. Science has moved far beyond this position, but the old view still has a lingering effect on our thinking, causing us to reject what we don't understand. The insights of unified field physics are only slowly being absorbed by the general population. Most people can't yet comprehend that energy rather than matter is the basic component of the universe, and that this energy is identical with our own consciousness.
In addition, the intellectual rebellion against dogmatic religion has gone to the opposite extreme where many people now embrace skepticism as the ultimate wisdom. Doubt has become the new orthodoxy, and definitive statements about the world are automatically suspect.
Seeing consciousness as primary and matter as being manifested from it is a whole different way of looking at the universe and will require some getting used to. But every paradigm shift in human thinking has had to confront the prejudices of its time. As Arthur Schopenhauer said, a new worldview is first ridiculed, then attacked, and finally accepted as self-evident.
But unfortunately in the early 1990s when the group of seven thousand meditators had to be dissolved, negative consequences followed swiftly: The USA decided for full-spectrum dominance and developed new nuclear weapons; the first Gulf War broke out; Yugoslavia dissolved into violent chaos; terrorism multiplied. Destructive trends in all areas of life continue to engulf us.
Maharishi didn't give up, though. He started rebuilding the group on his own. To finance it, he raised the prices for learning TM and for his ayurvedic health programs. Although Maharishi died in 2008, there's currently a group of four thousand in India and two thousand in Iowa, both of them growing. If the number of meditators continues to increase, we could all be in for a new era.
Scientific evidence indicates this technique can cure the root cause of war — stress in the collective consciousness — and bring world peace. This could be the most important discovery of our time, and we can all participate in it. Several studies have shown that individuals meditating on their own for twenty minutes twice a day also contribute to this effect. More information and citations on the research can be found at www.permanentpeace.org.
"Conscious Peace: World Peace Depends upon Our Collective Consciousness" is a chapter from RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War, which presents the experiences of war resisters, deserters, and peace activists from the USA, Europe, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Recently released by Trine Day, it's a journey along diverse paths of nonviolence, the true stories of people working for peace in unconventional ways. Other chapters are posted on Dandelion Salad and on a page of the publisher's website at http://media.trineday.com/radicalpeace.
William T. Hathaway's other books include A WORLD OF HURT (Rinehart Foundation Award), CD-RING, and SUMMER SNOW. He is an adjunct professor of American studies at the University of Oldenburg in Germany. A selection of his writing is available at www.peacewriter.org.
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Jeff | September 22, 2011 at 9:41 PM
Anything that promotes peace may be optimistic but so is believing man wil deny his ego and adopt a Christ consciousness. My faith is based in both of these optimisms.
rocketkirchner | August 26, 2011 at 2:14 PM
it is a lie when you study what Meister Ekhart said about technique being an end in and of itself . That is what the Queitists did . i have practiced meditation for 40 years . 37 of them since i have been a christian practitioner . the end goal is to go beyond the dualism of pessimism and optimism to real hope . real hope is found in the act of the resurrection of Jesus .
concerning scientific research on TM , the verdict is not out . if you read "The universe in a single atom " by the Dalia Lama you will find the Buddhist/Science dialogue pioneering further than TM in this regard by having Tibetan monks scanned in EEGS. Also, the Buddhist paradigm does not hold meditation as an end in and of itself , but rather a means to an end. I have been to the Maharishis headquarters in Fairfield Iowa more than once and have observed the problems with TM.
one more thing , in regards to the resurrection of Jesus , it lives within the believer and the life flows like a river if the practitioner is willing to die to self . that "life" is what one should be focusing in on like a lazor beam in order to truly transcend every circumstance. Trappist monk Thomas Merton said that "contemplation is not psychological trickery but theological grace". the difference between TM and the christian mystic is the difference between trickery and grace.
rocket | August 24, 2011 at 8:53 PM
what a lie! this is just the Quietist heresy recycled from the 14th century that Tauler and Rusbroek sought to combat. to make transcendental meditation a savior or and in and of itself thinking that that will bring world peace is a lie . it won't work . in fact it is obstruction to allowing Christ to really change the human heart that will last . if you reduce everything to technique than all you have is technique.
and let me add — there is a world of difference between optimism and real hope . TM is optimistic . the New testament provides real hope .
Transcendental Meditation, Australia | August 25, 2011 at 11:43 PM
Hi Rocket,
What specifically makes this a lie? The scientific research referred to in this article on the benefits of TM for both individual health and world peace have been peer-reviewed and published.
TM is more than just 'optimistic'. It's realistic and scientifically validated.


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Is there a Trucking Industry Conspiracy to Cheat on Drug Testing?
Yesterday I wrote that many experienced truck accident lawyers estimate the real number of truck drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol on our roads today may be well over 200,000. Today I'd like to expand on one of the factors allowing this to occur — what I believe is an industry-wide conspiracy allowing cheating on mandatory drug testing.
Another industry official, as quoted in DOT Drug tests Faulty, GAO Tells House Panel, by Sean McNally in the Transportation Topics Nov. 12, 2007, issue said: "Products designed to 'beat' the test are marketed brazenly on the Internet." This makes samples unreliable, even when a trucking company has a testing program in place.
Oberstar has criticized the practice of marketing and selling masking agents or synthetic samples.
"There's no other beneficial use for those products — they ought to be banned," he said.
The GAO report describes a flawed oversight system that allows truckers to fail a drug test and yet move on to driving for another company. Fewer than half of the estimated 85,000 truck drivers who test positive in random drug tests each year are believed to complete the required treatment and follow-up testing to return to their jobs, according to a story by Gregg Jones of the Dallas Morning News.
The GAO report also found that some trucking companies don't bother to conduct the required pre-employment and random drug tests and have limited incentives to do so. According to the report, only about 2 percent of all trucking companies undergo checks each year by state agencies and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which regulates interstate traffic.
If they fail both at beating the test and job-hopping, they can "state-hop," since the states don't communicate.
The report concluded that drug use could be significantly higher among truck drivers than what the random test data indicates, because not all companies actually test, urinalysis can be unreliable and results can be altered. For example, GAO investigators who posed as truckers appearing for drug tests weren't required to empty their pant pockets at 10 of 24 sites. The requirement is designed to prevent a driver from using drug-concealing agents or substituting clean urine samples.
Among the report's recommendations is the creation of a national database of truckers who fail drug tests. This could at least start weeding out the irresponsible truck drivers in exchange for the ones who truly care about safety, hopefully preventing thousands of unnecessary truck accidents.


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The Ector County Independent School District has begun the process of preparing for new virtual classes for American Sign Language, or ASL. The ECISD board voted in September 5-2 for the virtual classes to be approved. ASL is the third most requested of the five foreign languages offered by the district. Two virtual classes will be at Permian High and two others will be offered at Odessa High. The estimated cost for the teachers of the virtual classes is at roughly $60,000.
"I personally would find it difficult to learn because I wouldn't have the opportunity to speak and connect with a teacher, like physically converse," sophomore Justice Chapin said. "I'd assume it would be hard assignment wise because I feel like kids would have to submit videos and I would have difficulty with that."
Some students don't seem happy about the new class offered. They feel that the money should be going to other subjects, perhaps English and math, that are short staffed.
"The money should be spent staffing departments that are short staffed because there's just some subjects that are better learned face to face," junior Travis Trollope said.
The class was only made available for those students that had already received one credit of foreign languages in ASL and required a second.
ASL II student Carlee Marker said, "If I hadn't already taken ASL I, this would be something that would've pushed me to switch languages."
The class will be taught from an instructor from Austin, with a facilitator in the class to monitor and assist if needed.
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Google says its goal is to make Launchpad Studio a hub for the best in fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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Google has committed to using machine learning and Artificial Intelligence technologies to make its products and services smarter and more intuitive in future. To achieve this goal, the company has invested substantially to build up its capabilities in both these areas in recent years.
Now it wants to help startups from around the world that are developing AI and machine language technology from around the world to do the same. The company this week rolled out a new initiative called Google Developers Launchpad Studio that will provide technical and product support along with investment opportunities to startups involved in machine learning and AI technology.
The offer is open to organizations that are just starting up in the space regardless of how small they may be and also to more established venture-funded startups that might be planning to integrate AI and machine learning capabilities into their products.
Startups that are selected for the program will have access to a variety of resources designed to address their specific requirements, according to Google. This includes datasets, testing environments and simulation tools, product validation support, use case workshops with representatives from Fortune 500 companies and access to leading AI experts.
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Under the initiative, Google will also work on putting startups in front of investors and venture capitalists from inside Google, Silicon Valley and around the world, the company said.
To understand a startup's specific requirements Google will first conduct an assessment of the organization's goals and challenges. The long-term goal, according to Google, is to make Launchpad Studio the go-to-hub for the brightest and the best in the machine learning and AI space.
The headquarters for Launchpad Studio will be in San Francisco, but Google will host events and activities in other cities including New York, Tel Aviv and eventually London, Bangalore, Toronto and Singapore.
Such initiatives are not new for Google. Four years ago the company established an initiative dubbed Google Developers Launchpad to mentor developers and technology startups on how to get their efforts off the ground.
Under the program, Google has been offering a variety of mentoring and educational programs to both early and late stage founders. The company has established a physical facility in San Francisco where organizations that want Google's help can engage one-on-one with Google technology experts.
Startups that are selected to participate in a so-called Launchpad Accelerator program are eligible for equity-free funding from Google. They also receive two weeks of all expenses paid training at Google's headquarters and closer access to Google product teams, mentors, engineers and resources for a period of six months.
As part of the program, startups also receive training in public relations and opportunities to put their organizations in front of global media.
Google currently operates Launchpad Accelerator in multiple countries including Argentina, Brazil, India, the Philippines, Nigeria, Poland and Hungary.
Among those that Google has worked with under the program is an Israeli team applying AI to addressing transportation problems in the country, a company working on telemedicine in Brazil and an Indian company involved in optimizing online retail shopping.
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Fillon popularity tumbles, Macron, Hamon climb-French Elabe poll
PARIS, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The popularity ranking of French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon has tumbled from third to 18th position over the past month, according to a poll by Elabe for Les Echos newspaper on Thursday.
The poll gave Fillon a rating of 22 percent, down 13 percentage points from a month ago. In between, Fillon's campaign has been knocked off course by a scandal over taxpayers' money paid to his wife for work she may not have done.
Fillon has since been replaced as favourite to become president by centrist Emmanuel Macron, according to polls of voting intentitons.
Macron remained the most popular politician in the Elabe popularity poll, up two percentage points on a month ago at 43 percent.
Socialist Benoit Hamon, who won his party's presidential ticket last month, saw his popularity rating climb 10 points to 37 percent.
National Front leader Marine Le Pen, seen by polls of voting intentions as likely to lose to Macron in a deciding presidential vote on May 7, saw her popularity fall by 1 point to 28 percent. (Reporting by Andrew Callus; editing by Michel Rose)


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