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A Woman of Valor
The cast of Tribes. From left, around the table: Mare Winninham (standing), Jeff Perry, Will Brill, Russell Harvard, Gayle Rankin (back to camera) and Susan Pourfar
After a performance of Nina Raine's Tribes, directed by David Cromer (now playing at the Barrow Street Theater), the other night, I was in the lobby as a group of mostly women made a very big deal over Russell Harvard, the actor who played Billy. He was great, don't get me wrong. But he wasn't by any means the best in show. That title belongs to Mare Winningham, playing his mother, a smolderingly constipated housewife eclipsed by the various shadows her family members cast.
Mare Winningham as Beth
It's hard to play the kind of obstructed creativity that this mother is about to burst from, but Winningham embodies it. There is no overt anger, no rage in her demeanor, just a seemingly congenial family person who seems to have everything she could want. But in her eyes as she watches her family unravel in front of her, in her voice as she argues about the words in her detective novel or the decision to have company visit, in her tiny flitting fingers that are incapable of stillness, the combustion seems imminent.
Winningham's Beth resonates for women of her generation (although Beth is a full decade older than the actress, which, by the way, seems like a very brave choice for an actor who competes with women who would kill to be able to play 50 again, and there's no real going back). Her husband Christopher (Jeff Perry), retired from active work, spends his days pontificating or studying. Satisfied to lounge around while his faithful mate does the chores and keeps the family engine running, he is all too quick to upbraid his children, to demean his wife, to spout pronouncements of superiority wherever he can. He is neither a good man nor a bad one, but his rages are dangerous, caustic, razing the stanchions of his wife's and offspring's self-esteem.
Director David Cromer
These are people who have lost the art of hearing. They are, as Director David Cromer said in an interview, "All funny, smart, loving good people who still screw everything up." Billy, the youngest child, is deaf, but his disability is only partly the result of his lack of physically hearing, and the others are the ones who are most handicapped. Deafness, insists Billy's girlfriend Ruth (Gayle Rankin), herself in the process of losing her hearing, is a handicap, despite what political correctness would have us believe, and every member of this family is profoundly deaf. Every member except Beth perhaps.
Daniel's (Will Brill) ability to hear is failing as the voices in his head increasingly drown out those of his sister, brother and parents; he is a failing academic floundering for ballast. Sylvia (Susan Pourfar), the sister, an aspiring opera star, can only hear what pertains to herself, what negates or supports her growing self-doubt. Christopher hears only what he wants to hear, and he is so enamored of his own voice, that that is what he prefers to listen to most of the time. For Beth, the crux of her life has been engaging with these bright, complex people, and it is suddenly clear to her that engagement was perhaps superficial, that none of them has ever really let the others in.
Beth is trapped in a whirlpool, and her great sense of humor, her ability to compartmentalize aspects of their life, her resilience are fraying all at once. Suddenly the great achievement of her young adulthood, her crowning accomplishment — that Billy need not sign because he is so adept at lip reading and making sense of spoken language in English and in French — has been rejected. Billy wants to be more deaf, to sign and to eschew the hearing world. Daniel and Sylvia, who resent Billy as much as they love him — and Daniel needs him — cannot seem to find their own source of sustenance. They look to Beth to save them, but she, now suddenly groping for a buoy of her own, has nothing left to offer.
Christopher (Jeff Perry) looks on while Daniel (Russell Harvard) explains his feeling of isolation
In each moment, Winningham's small frame bends a bit more, walks a little less deliberately, seems a bit more fragile. It's subtle, but it's there. She has nurtured this brood, this childishly demanding spouse and their eclectic offspring, and she is swirling in what feels like failure. The only one who has any strength at all is Billy, and he has found himself by rejecting her gift. The rest of them are stuck, mired in their choler, their resentments for things they feel they should have had but never did. The cacophony of their self-pity inures them to all but the whirr of their encroaching panic.
Beth needs silence so that she can find the true sound of her own voice, but as anyone who knows deafness will tell you, there is no silence in the land of the deaf. There is persistent, inescapable noise that shatters all peace. And Beth's notes are left muffled by the growing din.
But truly giving and never resentful, Winningham infuses a last burst energy at the end of the play, just after the lights come up for the curtain call. Still in character, Winninham, nearly drained by what has transpired, wraps herself around Daniel, whose last moment has emotionally destroyed both the actor and his alter self, and she holds him for a moment while he recharges himself with her love.
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Uber's Chinese Rival Didi is Worth Apple a Billion Dollars
Apple Inc has invested $1 billion in Chinese ride-hailing
service Didi Chuxing, a move that Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said would help
the company better understand the critical Chinese market.
The tech giant's rare investment gives it a stake in two burgeoning waves of
technology – the sharing economy and car technology – as the iPhone business
that propelled it to record profitability shows signs of maturing.
Apple is trying to reinvigorate sales in China, where it has come under greater
pressure from regulators, and Cook is traveling to the country this month.
The move aligns Apple with Uber Technologies Inc's chief rival in China, as
automakers and technology companies forge new alliances and make cross investments.
General Motors, for example, recently bought autonomous driving technology company
Cruise Automation and has also taken a stake in US ride-sharing company Lyft.
Cook said in an interview that he saw opportunities for Apple and Didi Chuxing to
collaborate in the future.
Tim Cook, CEO, Apple Inc
We are making the investment for a number of strategic reasons, including a chance to learn more about certain segments of the China market," he said. "Of course, we believe it will deliver a strong return on our invested capital over time as well
Didi Chuxing, formerly known as Didi Kuaidi, said in a statement that the funding
from Apple was the single largest investment it has ever received. The company,
which previously raised several billion dollars, dominates the ride-sharing market
in China.
The company said it completes more than 11 million rides a day, with more than 87 percent of the market for private car-hailing in China.
"After all the hints about the service business and what they would like to do in the future, it's all starting to fit together," he said.
Investors are eagerly watching to see whether Apple will enter the automotive business.
Apple has hired a wide range of automotive experts, and the company is exploring building a self-driving car, sources have told Reuters.
Bob O'Donnell, Analyst, TECHnalysis Research
This investment shows they are thinking not just about cars but business models around transportation, and that is a very encouraging and interesting sign,
Cook said Apple remained focused on the in-car experience with its CarPlay system, which links smartphones to vehicle infotainment systems.
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Austin Marathon and FitRankings Launch Corporate Challenge
November 9, 2016 /in Press Release /by tteichh5e
High Five Events is proud to launch the 2017 Austin Marathon® presented by NXP Corporate Challenge along with FitRankings. Companies and organizations of all sizes are invited to participate in the 2017 Corporate Challenge, which will utilize FitRankings' universal platform for tracking fitness activity. The winning companies will be awarded the Mayor's Cup and have bragging rights for a year.
"We're excited to have FitRankings implement their cutting-edge technology," said Jack Murray, co-owner of High Five Events. "Austin is one of the fittest cities in the country and this Corporate Challenge will highlight that fact."
The Corporate Challenge will challenge businesses to compete against one another for the Mayor's Cup and allow their employees to track their training and race-day activity. FitRankings ranks companies and individuals using real-time data from the latest wearable devices and fitness apps. Their algorithm converts all activity into one metric (MET Minutes) that is recognized by the Centers for Disease Control. Sign up for the Corporate Challenge through FitRankings, add your company, and join the Austin Marathon Challenge.
"We believe work is a sport and we understand training for a marathon can be lonely," said Patrick Hitchins, CEO of FitRankings. "FitRankings' technology will allow employees, companies, and the larger Austin business community to connect, compete, and come together in a meaningful way ahead of the event."
About High Five Events: Beginning with the launch of a single triathlon in 2003, High Five Events has grown to become one of the largest privately owned event production companies in the United States. In addition to the events it owns and produces, the Austin, Texas-based company offers consulting and event production services to dozens of additional events each year. High Five Events is community-centric and has more than 83 years' experience organizing large events across different venue types in a variety of locations. Follow High Five Events on Twitter (@highfiveevents), Instagram (@highfiveevents), and Facebook (facebook.com/HighFiveEventsWorldWide/) for news and updates.
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Average Cost Of Public Transit By Country
Should you want to go and visit and not spend on cabs or are looking to make a move into a different city, the cost of public transport, especially when exploring, is something that will affect you.
Red London bus
As a general rule the cost of public transit is closely related cost of living in a particular city. Therefore it is no surprise to find places like Copenhagen and Stockholm at the top of the list and Cairo at the bottom. None of this is particularly shocking, there are however a few interesting exceptions on the list that are worth a deeper look.
Tokyo is well known as one of the most expensive cities in the world, however the cost of public transport comes in at a very reasonable average price of $1.50. In part this is because of government policy to encourage the use of public transit, something that is clearly required in a city with so many people. There is however another reason that Tokyo can keep its transit costs down and that has to do with utilization.
In most cities it is fairly common to see buses or subways that have very few people on them, this is a serious problem since the operating costs remain the same regardless of how many people are using the system. This is not generally a problem for a city like Tokyo that has a very high population density, the subways are almost always full and this keeps the cost per user down. If you take a look at the list of the cities with the lowest public transportation fares one of the things that you will notice is that they almost all have high population densities.
The other interesting city in terms of cost of public transport is Moscow. To a large extent it benefits from having a high population density just like Tokyo. It also has the advantage of having an excellent infrastructure. During the communist era the government invested huge sums of money to build one of the finest subway systems in the world. Despite its age the system remains excellent which helps to encourage people to use it and as we have already seen the more users a system has the less expensive fares tend to be.
Based on what has been said above about population density and infrastructure it would seem that London should have low transit costs as well, clearly this is not the case. The reason for this seems to be that the government have decided to limit how much they are wiling to spend on their transit system. All public transportation systems are subsidized to varying degrees and London like most other European cities tends to put the majority of the cost on the user. In large part this is because the majority of people in London still use their own car to get around. Obviously this makes it a lot harder to get the support needed to spend money on the transit system when only a minority of people are using it.
There are a lot of factors that go into determining the cost of public transportation, which makes it very difficult to make generalizations. It is however clear that large cities with high population densities have a huge advantage in terms of operating their system and that this is generally reflected in the price.
Which Country Has the Most Expensive Public Transit?
Copenhagen has the highest cost of public transport of anywhere in the world, with a one-way trip carrying a cost of around 4.60 USD.
Cities Worldwide
Cost (Bus, tram or metro - US $)
1 Copenhagen 4.60
2 Stockholm 4.20
3 London 4.00
4 Zurich 3.80
5 Oslo 3.80
6 Auckland 3.20
7 Dublin 3.20
8 Geneva 3.10
9 Frankfurt 3.00
10 Berlin 2.90
11 Helsinki 2.90
12 Munich 2.90
13 New York 2.80
14 Amsterdam 2.70
15 Montreal 2.60
16 Sydney 2.60
17 Toronto 2.40
18 Vienna 2.30
19 Miami 2.30
20 Barcelona 2.30
21 Brussels 2.20
22 Luxembourg 2.20
23 Paris 2.00
24 Madrid 2.00
25 Lyon 2.00
26 Chicago 1.90
27 Tel Aviv 1.80
28 Lisbon 1.80
29 Tallinn 1.70
30 Nicosia 1.60
31 Milan 1.60
32 Rome 1.60
33 Los Angeles 1.50
34 Ljubljana 1.50
35 Tokyo 1.50
36 Athens 1.40
37 Hong Kong 1.30
38 Budapest 1.30
39 Riga 1.30
40 Prague 1.20
41 Rio de Janeiro 1.20
42 Santiago de Chile 1.10
43 Seoul 1.10
44 Dubai 1.10
45 Sao Paulo 1.10
46 Doha 0.90
47 Bratislava 0.90
48 Vilnius 0.90
49 Warsaw 0.90
50 Moscow 0.90
51 Johannesburg 0.80
52 Manama (Bahrain) 0.80
53 Bangkok 0.70
54 Istanbul 0.70
55 Lima 0.70
56 Bogota 0.70
57 Mumbai (Bombay) 0.70
58 Sofia 0.60
59 Nairobi 0.60
60 Beijing 0.50
61 Manila 0.50
62 Buenos Aires 0.50
63 Taipeh 0.50
64 Bucharest 0.50
65 Kuala Lumpur 0.40
66 New Delhi 0.40
67 Shanghai 0.40
68 Mexico City 0.30
69 Jakarta 0.30
70 Kiev 0.20
71 Cairo 0.20
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The Curious Case of Edward Mordrake, "The Man With Two Faces"
A very intriguing story to have gained popularity in recent times is that of the 19th-century English nobleman, Edward Mordrake who was born with a rare condition that resulted in him having two faces. This case tormented the young man so much that he wanted doctors to remove the face which he allegedly referred to as 'devil twin'. For reasons which are yet to be specified, the doctors, as at then, never removed the second face. Well, it is very possible that they lacked the sophisticated equipment needed to carry out such a surgical procedure.
However, there have also been quite a number of speculations on whether the story was even true in the first place as no concrete evidence of Edward's existence has ever been found. On the other hand, there have been recent occurrences of abnormal births very similar to Edward Mordrake's case which underlines the possibility of the existence. Read on to know more about the curious case of Edward Mordrake's two-face story.
Who Was Edward Mordrake, The Man With Two Faces?
Edward Mordake is known to have existed sometime in the 19th century. Legend has it that he came from a well-respected British family and he was, in fact, their heir. However, a rare facial feature plagued this nobleman. He reportedly had two faces – a normal face and one at the back of his head which the young man referred to as his 'devil twin'. The second face has been described as that of a female that had a drooling mouth and a set of eyes. This was far from Edward's main face which has been described as graceful and charming. More so, the second face does not eat nor talk but the young man often complains that it mutters things in his head even when he was asleep. It also gives sinister expressions whenever Edward Mordrake was joyful and when he is sad, the 'devil twin' will be smiling.
Life became quite unbearable for the young man and records have it that he requested on several occasions for doctors to get rid of the 'devil twin'. However, that never happened and by the time he turned 23 years old, he took his own life, leaving behind strict orders for the face to be removed before he was buried as he wanted to find rest in his grave.
How True Is The Curious Case of Edward Mordrake's Faces?
It still remains a highly debated topic about the existence of such a mutated man like Edward Mordrake. Although his story is believed to have been extracted from what was referred to as "Royal Scientific Society" according to Charles Lotin Hildreth, a writer, it is yet to be ascertained whether such an organization even existed. However, in spite of the doubts that surround this story that has been handed down from generation to generation, a medical abnormality called "Craniofacial duplication" is believed to cause such a deformity or abnormal cell mutation in embryos. This case is so serious that infants born with such a condition do not usually live very long. Edward's case, on the other hand, was different as he lived with his second face for a while which makes his story very questionable.
In recent times though, there have been a couple of strange facial features too that can be likened to Edward Mordrake's case. This includes that of Lali Singh who was born with what looks like two faces in 2008. The little girl was, however, not taken for medical treatments, she was rather worshiped in her village as they believed she represented the re-birth of Durga, a Hindu goddess with numerous limbs. Upon her death, a few months after her birth, a temple was built to honor her memory.
There was also a case of a man named Chang Tzu Ping born in China towards the end of the 70s or early in the 80s. His second face had a mouth, a distorted tongue, a couple of teeth, as well as other facial features. Chang's second face did not move on its own but it was dependent on the movement of his main face. He was eventually taken to America for a face surgery and he became the main theme on the TV show That's Incredible. However, after the success of his surgery, no further news was heard of Chang. This also made viewers question the authenticity of the show just like the tale of Edward Mordrake.
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How to change the scored labels into some other name?
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Looking into the SociaVirtualistic Future
Let's get this out of the way. One of the primary reasons I'm writing this is in response to a request by John Carmack for coherent commentary about the recent acquisition of Oculus VR by Facebook. My hope is that he does, in fact, read this and maybe drop a comment in response. <fanboy>Hi John!</fanboy> I've been a huge Carmack fan since the early ID days, so please excuse the fanboyism.
And I *just* saw the news that Michael Abrash has joined Oculus as well, which is also incredibly exciting. Abrash is an Assembly GOD. <Insert more fanboyism here />
Ok, on to the topic a hand. The Oculus Rift is a VR headset that got its public start with a Kickstarter campaign in September of 2012. It blew away it's meager goal of $250,000 and raked in almost $2.5 Million. For a mere $275 and some patience, contributors would receive an unassembled prototype of the Oculus Rift. Toss in another $25 and you received an assembled version.
But what is the Oculus Rift? According to the Kickstarter campaign :
Oculus Rift is a new virtual reality (VR) headset designed specifically for video games that will change the way you think about gaming forever. With an incredibly wide field of view, high resolution display, and ultra-low latency head tracking, the Rift provides a truly immersive experience that allows you to step inside your favorite game and explore new worlds like never before.
In short, the Rift is the culmination of every VR lover's dreams. Put a pair of these puppies on and magic appears before your eyes.
For myself, Rift was interesting, but probably not something I could ever use. Unfortunately, I suffer from Amblyopia, or Lazy Eye as it's commonly called. I'm told I don't see 3D. Going to 3D movies pretty much confirms this for me since nothing ever jumps out of the screen. So as cool as VR sounds to me, I would miss out on the 3D aspect. Though it might be possible to "tweak" the headset and adjust the angles a bit to force my eyes to see 3D. I'm not sure if that's good for my eyes, though.
At any rate, the Rift sounds like an amazing piece of technology. In the past year I've watched a number of videos demonstrating the capabilities of the Rift. From the Hak5 crew to Ben Heck, the reviews have all been positive.
And then I learned that John Carmack joined Oculus. I think that was about the time I realized that Oculus was the real deal. John is a visionary in so many different ways. One can argue that modern 3D gaming is largely in part to the work he did in the field. In more recent years, his visions have aimed a bit higher with his rocket company, Armadillo Aerospace. Armadillo started winding down last year, right about the time that John joined Oculus, leaving him plenty of time to deep dive into a new venture.
For anyone paying attention, Oculus was recently acquired by Facebook for a mere $2 Billion. Since the announcement, I've seen a lot of hatred being tossed around on Twitter. Some of this hatred seems to be Kickstarter backers who are under some sort of delusion that makes them believe they have a say in anything they back. I see this a lot, especially when a project is taking longer than they believe it should.
I can easily write several blog posts on my personal views about this, but to sum it up quickly, if you back a project, you're contributing to make something a reality. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't. But Kickstarter clearly states that you're merely contributing financial backing, not gaining a stake in a potential product and/or company. Nor are you guaranteed to receive the perks you've contributed towards. So suck it up and get over it. You never had control to begin with.
I think Notch, of Minecraft fame, wrote a really good post about his feeling on the subject. I think he has his head right. He contributed, did his part, and though it's not working out the way he wanted, he's still willing to wish the venture luck. He may not want to play in that particular sandbox, but that's his choice.
VR in a social setting is fairly interesting. In his first Oculus blog post, Michael Abrash mentioned reading Neal Stephenson's incredible novel, Snow Crash. Snow Crash provided me with a view of what virtual reality might bring to daily life. Around the same time, the movie Lawnmower Man was released. Again, VR was brought into the forefront of my mind. But despite the promises of books and movies, VR remained elusive.
More recently, I read a novel by Ernest Cline, Ready Player One. Without giving too much away, the novel centers around a technology called the OASIS. Funnily enough, the OASIS is, effectively, a massive social network that users interact with via VR rigs. OASIS was the first thing I thought about when I heard about the Facebook / Oculus acquisition.
For myself, my concern is Facebook. Despite being a massively popular platform, I think users still distrust Facebook quite a bit. I lasted about 2 weeks on Facebook before having my account deleted. I understand their business model and I have no interest in taking part. Unfortunately, I'm starting to miss out on some aspects of Internet life since some sites are requiring Facebook accounts for access. Ah well, I guess they miss out on me as well.
I have a lot of distrust in Facebook at the moment. They wield an incredible amount of information about users and, to be honest, they're nowhere near transparent enough for me to believe what they say. Google is slightly better, but there's some distrust there as well. But more than just the distrust, I'm afraid that Facebook is going to take something amazing and destroy it in a backwards attempt to monetize it. I'm afraid that Facebook is the IOI of this story. (It's a Ready Player One reference. Go read it, you can thank me later)
Ultimately, I have no stake in this particular game. At least, not yet, anyway. Maybe I'm wrong and Facebook makes all the right moves. Maybe they become a power for good and are able to bring VR to the masses. Maybe people like Carmack and Abrash can protect Oculus and fend off any fumbling attempts Facebook may make at clumsy monetization. I'm not sure how this will play out, only time will tell.
How will we know how things are going? Well, for one, watching his Facebook interacts with this new property will be pretty telling. I think if Facebook is able to sit in the shadows and watch rather than kicking in the front door and taking over, maybe Oculus will have a chance to thrive. Watching what products are ultimately released by Oculus will be another telling aspect. While I fully expect that Oculus will add some sort of Facebook integration into the SDK over time, I'm also hoping that they continue to provide an SDK for standalone applications.
I sincerely wish Carmack, Abrash, and the rest of the Oculus team the best. I think they're in a position where they can make amazing things happen, and I'm eager to see what comes next.
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Monitoring as a Lifestyle
A few years ago, I wrote a blog entry about losing weight using the Wii Fit. This worked really well for me and I was quite happy with the weight I lost. But I found, over time, that I put at least some of the weight back on. Most of this, I believe, was due to not having a full understanding of how much I was eating.
I've since switched from using the Wii Fit to using the XBox Kinect for fitness. I also go to fitness classes outside of home, but that's a more recent change. But this blog entry isn't really about fitness alone. It's about monitoring your lifestyle, keeping track of the data you generate on a daily basis. Right now, I track a lot of personal data about my weight, what I eat, how often I work out, how I sleep, etc.
Allow me to lay out some of the tools I use on a daily basis. First off, my phone. I happen to be an iPhone user at the moment, though any modern smartphone has somewhat similar capabilities. Using my phone, I can view and edit my data whenever I need to, wherever I am. There are literally thousands of applications that can be used to track data about yourself. I'm hoping to be able to aggregate all or most of this data in a single location at some point, but for now, it's spread across a few different services.
I'm typically fairly private about my data and I tend to avoid most cloud services. However, I have found that it's virtually impossible to do the type of tracking I want without having to building every single tool myself. So, instead, I use a few online services and provide them with virtually no personal information about myself beyond what is required to make the service work.
So what am I using, anyway? Let's start with how I track my diet. I'm using a service called My Fitness Pal to track what my daily caloric intake is. This has significantly helped me redefine my dietary habits and helped me to realize how much I should be eating. Previously, I would try to reduce my intake by spreading out meals over the course of the day. While this is a great habit, in the end I believe I was eating more than I should have been, despite my intent. Using the MyFitnessPal application, I get a clear view of where I stand at any point during the day. I've been able to significantly reduce my intake without having to shun the foods I love.
On the fitness side of things, I work out every morning before work using XBox Kinect and Your Shape Fitness. I switched over to this when the original Your Shape game came out and I've been quite happy. The Wii Fit is a great tool to start with, and it has the benefit of checking your weight every time you play, something I do miss with Your Shape, but the exercises became far too easy to complete. Your Shape pushes a bit harder, bringing a higher level of exercise to my daily routine. And now with the new version, they've raised the bar a bit, allowing me to push even harder. There are a few areas I'd like to see improvements in, but overall, I don't have many complaints.
Using the Your Shape app on my phone, I get a readout of my exercise for the day, as well as an estimate of the calories I burned. I take this information and enter it into the My Fitness Pal application. Doing this allows me to increase my allotment of calories for the day based on how active I have been. In a way, I guess it works like a reward system, granting me the ability to enjoy a little more each day I spend time to work out.
I also wear a Jawbone Up. The Up is a pretty cool little device that tracks your movement during the day and your sleep patterns at night. It can also be used to track your food, though the interface for this is a bit lacking, which is why I use MyFitnessPal. The Up gives me a great view of how active I am during the day, as well as a view of how well I'm sleeping at night. Jawbone has had a bit of a hard time with this particular product, but my personal experience has been pretty positive thus far.
I have a few applications on my phone for tracking runs, though I use them for walking instead.. I'm not much of a runner. These applications are a dime a dozen, and I don't really have a preference at this point. As long as the application has feedback on distance and route, it's typically good enough. The application for the Up has this capability as well, though I haven't had a chance to try it out yet.
And finally, I use an application to track my weight on a daily basis. One of the first things I do in the morning is weigh myself. I'm currently using an application called TargetWeight by Tactio. Basically, this application tracks your weight over time, offering up a few features to help along the way. If you enter a target weight, the application will show you the weight left to lose as part of the icon on your phone. Additionally, it will attempt to predict when you'll hit your target rate based on the historical date it has collected. There's a nice graphical view of your weight over time as well. Entering your weight is a quick process each morning and is one of the biggest motivators for me. There's also an option to use a WiFi enabled Withings scale to wirelessly enter your data.
All together, these various applications and tools allow me to gain better insight into my daily health. This is obviously not for everyone, but for myself it has worked wonders. I've lost about 30 pounds or so in the past 2 months, and I'm getting quite close to my current target weight. To each his own, but this is working wonders for me.
Author Jason FrisvoldPosted on April 6, 2012 November 6, 2018 Categories TechnologyTags fitness, games, technologyLeave a comment on Monitoring as a Lifestyle
Video games are incredibly fun to play. There are those out there, however, that argue that game players are being de-sensitized to violence by playing these games. For a very long time, I've argued against this, citing games as a cathartic activity rather than a damaging one. My view has changed, however, due to this image that I stumbled across recently.
(via Wonderland Blog via Maneggs)
Author Jason FrisvoldPosted on September 17, 2010 November 12, 2018 Categories NoneTags games, humorLeave a comment on Desensitization
Playbox Three-Sixt-Wii!
I was fortunate enough to obtain both a PlayStation 3 and an Xbox 360 recently. I've owned a Wii since it was launched back in 2006. The Wii was always relegated as a non-contender in the "next-gen" console wars. The Wuu has definitely held its own, however, effectively carving its own niche. Instead of concentrating on graphics and processor technology, they went in a completely different direction, creating a new way to play games with their innovative controller.
I have been a Playstation guy for a while. While I never owned the original Playstation, I did get the Playstation 2 on the day it was released. The PS2 was the clear winner in the previous generation of consoles, handily beating the Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast. Microsoft was late to the game with the original Xbox, which didn't seem to do very well. The Playstation 3 has been a powerhouse since it was released. It clearly has better graphics then any other system out there, and the processing power of the system is incredible. Games on this thing look incredible, but despite this, I don't think Sony is doing very well.
The Xbox 360 is a pretty decent machine, despite the red-ring issue they initially had. It doesn't have the power or graphical prowess of the PS3, but it does have a pretty strong backing. I'm not a hardcore Microsoft hater, but I'm not exactly a fan either. I've essentially moved on from Windows and I use either Linux or OS X now. Despite this, I've been drawn to the Xbox 360 for some time now. I had avoided purchasing one, but then, I had avoided purchasing a PS3 as well. Since getting both a PS3 and an Xbox 360, however, I've noticed that I'm drawn more towards the 360 and I've grown curious as to the reasoning behind this. I think I've finally identified it.
If you want your platform to do well, you need to build a community around it. Microsoft's Xbox team has done this, in spades. Marketing is one thing, and there is a massive marketing force behind the 360, but community can really make or break things. The PS3 has a little bit of a community, mostly centering around the PS blog. Nintendo's community is virtually nonexistent. But the 360 community is just huge and engaging. Major Nelson and his team do an incredible job promoting the 360 while keeping their content entertaining and diverse. The 360 itself encompasses a ton of community building with a stream of new content about new games, videos, and music.
I think Microsoft's Xbox team has clearly won this round of the console wars. The advent of the Kinect and the Move, round two is clearly on its way. The Kinect seems to be out to an early lead, however, with the Move being mostly ignored as a copy of the Wii motion controllers. Nintendo doesn't seem to have a play in this latest round, though one could argue they were first to market when they initially launched.
I enjoy playing all three consoles, but the Xbox clearly seems to be winning in my home. Microsoft is doing an incredible job thus far with the Xbox and I'm hoping they continue they way they're going.
Author Jason FrisvoldPosted on August 12, 2010 November 6, 2018 Categories NoneTags games, microsoft, nintendo, ps3, sony, wii, xboxLeave a comment on Playbox Three-Sixt-Wii!
I ran across this today.. Quite a fun game… I'll have to check out the TV series as well. :) Hopefully Channel 4 won't mind me hosting a copy locally… :)
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Aperture Science Updates
E3 is in full swing and among the myriad of incredible announcements and demos, the fine folks over at Aperture Science demonstrated some of their new technology. Below are some absolutely incredible videos showing off all that is Portal 2. I am so incredibly excited about this game and cannot wait to get my hands on it.
Just look at the beauty of the environment they've designed for Portal 2… The bright white of the original Portal lab is marred by rust and wear as well as encroachment from the outside.
The new game mechanics are simply brilliant. I can't wait to see how creative you can get with the various mechanics. I'm sure the achievements available will reflect this as well.
According to what I've read, Valve brought on the team from Digipen that came up with Tag and added that technology to Portal. The result is the gels you see being used to provide additional bounce or speed boosts.
2011 cannot get here fast enough.. Let's just hope I have enough time to play before the world ends in 2012!
Author Jason FrisvoldPosted on June 17, 2010 November 12, 2018 Categories NoneTags games, humor, technologyLeave a comment on Aperture Science Updates
Aperture Science Announcement
Valve released Steam for the Mac on Wednesday, and along with the celebration comes a free copy of Portal! From what I can see, it's a free version available for Windows or Mac, so go grab it!
In the meantime, here's a video from Aperture Science (Thanks Boing Boing).
And remember, The cake is a lie…
Author Jason FrisvoldPosted on May 14, 2010 November 12, 2018 Categories NoneTags cake, games, mediaLeave a comment on Aperture Science Announcement
Games as saviors?
I watched a video yesterday about using video games as a means to help solve world problems. It sounds outrageous at first, until you really think about the problem. But first, how about watching the video :
Ok, now that you have some background, let's think about this for a bit. Technology is amazing, and has brought us many advancements. Gaming is one of those advancements. We have the capability of creating entire universes, purely for our own amusement. People spend hours each day exploring these worlds. Players are typically working toward completing goals set forth by the game designers. When a player completes a goal, they are rewarded. Sometimes rewards are new items, monetary in nature, or perhaps clues to other goals. Each goal is within the reach of the player, though some goals may require more work to attain.
Miss McGonigal argues that the devotion that players show to games can be harnessed and used to help solve real-world problems. Players feel empowered by games, finding within them a way to control what happens to them. Games teach players that they can accomplish the goals set before them, bringing with it an excitement to continue.
I had the opportunity to participate in a discussion about this topic with a group of college students. Opinions ranged from a general distaste of gaming, seeing it as a waste of time, to an embrace of the ideas presented in the video. For myself, I believe that many of the ideas Miss McGonigal presents have a lot of merit. Some of the students argued that such realistic games would be complicated and uninteresting. However, I would argue that such realistic games have already proven to be big hits.
Take, for example, The Sims. The Sims was a huge hit, with players spending hours in the game adjusting various aspects of their character's lives. I found the entire phenomenon to be absolutely fascinating. I honestly don't know what the draw of the game was. Regardless, it did extremely well, proving that such a game could succeed.
Imagine taking a real-world problem and creating a game to represent that problem. At the very least, such a game can foster conversation about the problem. It can also lead to unique ideas about how to solve the problem, even though those playing the game may not be well-versed on the topic.
It's definitely an avenue worth tackling, especially as future generations spend more time online. If we can find a way to harness the energy and excitement that gaming generates, we may be able to find solutions to many of the worlds most perplexing problems.
Author Jason FrisvoldPosted on April 9, 2010 November 6, 2018 Categories Games, TechnologyTags games, technology, TEDLeave a comment on Games as saviors?
Gaming Legend
I ran across an article on Gamasutra a few months ago, and I've had it in my list of things to write about since then. I decided to finally get to writing about it today.
Scott Miller is the founder of Apogee Software. Apogee, and it's sister-company, 3D Realms, are makers of some of the greatest games I've played. I grew up with these guys!
If we travel back a few years, back to the BBS days, there was a rather well-known BBS called Software Creations. I fondly remember dialing in weekly to check on the latest Apogee releases. Of course, I also remember, less fondly, getting in a helluva lot of trouble for running up the phone bill too. But, in the end, I think it was worth it. Apogee made some of the best games of that time and being the first on the virtual block with their latest creation was stuff of legend.
But Apogee was more than just a game company. They helped spawn a PC gaming revolution. Before Apogee, game makers either sold their games commercially, or released them as shareware, hoping users who downloaded their games would send them a few bucks. Commercial games relied solely on marketing and flashy ads while shareware authors relied solely on faith.
Apogee can be credited with bringing shareware to the masses and kickstarting the PC gaming revolution. They broke their games into multiple parts and released the first part for free, radically changing the well-established shareware model. This served as a fully-functional demo, enough to get you hooked, and then sold the rest of the game as a commercial product. And so the episodic model was born. They were also responsible for helping kickstart one of the most well-known game development companies, id Software.
Apogee started in 1986 with ASCII-based games such as Beyond the Titanic and the Kroz series. From there they moved into 2D CGA/EGA games such as Crystal Caves, Bio Menace, and, Duke Nukem, which would go on to become one of their most popular properties. Shortly after Apogee started doing business as 3D Realms in 1996, they released Duke Nukem 3D, arguably their greatest hit.
In the 20+ year history of Apogee and 3D Realms, they have released in excess of 70+ games. Unfortunately, most of these releases were from before Apogee entered the 3D age and formed 3D Realms, but then, most publishers have slowed output considerably since then due to the big budget games they create. More recently, 3D Realms has been working with external development teams.
3D Realm announced in May that it will be closing its doors, though they have since made announcements regarding an overhaul of their online store, as well as the release of a Prey-based iPhone game. Both of these announcements came roughly 1 month after the announcement of their imminent closing. According to Scott Miller, however, only the internal development team was released and 3D Realms will continue to do business. Miller claims there are still several titles in development by external teams.
Even today, Apogee continues to move in new directions. Scott Miller helped form a new game company, the Radar Group, which aims to take new ideas and form them into marketable properties for games, television, and movies. The Radar Group aims to take gaming into a whole new direction.
The Apogee name has been licensed to a new group of developers who aim to revive the label. According to Scott Miller, the new Apogee group is working on a Duke Nukem Trilogy and an up-to-date version of Rise of the Triad. RotT was originally intended as a Wolfenstein 3D sequel until ID Software pulled the plug.
While most of the gaming world has moved on to bigger titles, and while Apogee's role seems to have diminished somewhat, it's good to remember where it all started. Apogee helped make PC gaming what it is today. And who knows, perhaps they have something else up their sleeve.
Author Jason FrisvoldPosted on November 22, 2009 November 6, 2018 Categories NoneTags 3d realms, apogee, gamesLeave a comment on Gaming Legend
Moral Outrage
I just caught this story over on slashdot. The details are quite a bit fuzzy here, but the general premise is that the new Modern Warfare 2 game has scenes of terrorism. This is a bit more than just a cut scene, though, as it appears the player is actively participating in the action. Keep in mind, though, that this game is, as yet, unreleased. There is no real context here, so we don't know why the player is participating in these acts. [Update] As I'm writing this, there have been some updates. Apparently Activision UK has authenticated the footage, claiming it's an optional scenario.
Video footage is being taken down very rapidly by Activision, the publisher, so good luck finding live footage. At the time of writing, this site does have some rather fuzzy video.
The outrage is obviously centered around the terrorism portrayed in the video. From what I've seen, it looks like the player is participating in a terroristic act, that of killing civilians in an airport. The video shows mass carnage with no remorse, shooting people in the back, shooting civilians as they flee or attempt to help others, and tossing grenades into masses of people. Here is a still shot from the video:
Let's keep in mind, however, that we're talking about a mature rated game. This is NOT a game for children. But people are "outraged" anyway. And I have to ask, why? Let's think about this for a bit. First, there have been claims throughout the years that games de-sensitize you from violence. That games are "murder simulators," and other such insanity. Yet, after this footage was leaked, we hear outrage from gamers about the improper nature of it and how it makes some people feel uncomfortable. They wonder if Infinity Ward, the creators, are going to far.
I don't see a problem here, though. This is a game designed to be as realistic as possible. And guess what, people die in real life. There are terrorist acts that actually involve real terrorists. So viewing the action through the guise of a terrorist is a perfectly valid way to tell a story. They do it in books, and they do it in movies. This just ups the interactivity a bit more. And, if it makes the player feel uncomfortable in the process, then it's doing a damn good job, isn't it. How about we make the player think a bit. Let's show them how things really are. Not everything is a fantasy game, we can use games as a teaching tool too. Learning how the terrorists see things, what choices they make and how quickly they sometimes make them is important to understanding them.
I applaud Infinity Ward for their choices. From what I've read, it sounds like they're doing it in a very responsible nature. I may pick this game up just to "speak with my wallet" as it were. Just to bring more innovation and daring to the industry. We need something new, something exciting, and yes, something that upsets our oh-so-delicate sensibilities. Bravo.
Author Jason FrisvoldPosted on October 28, 2009 November 12, 2018 Categories NoneTags activision, games, infinity ward, leaks, terrorismLeave a comment on Moral Outrage
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Second cyclist dies after being hit by car
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A second man has died after a car struck two cyclists in Sydney's north-west yesterday.
The men were riding along Kurrajong Road, Richmond, when they were hit by a car just before 5am.
One man, aged 49, was declared dead at the scene.
A cyclist was killed after being struck by a car in Richmond. (9News)
The second cyclist, a 40-year-old man, was treated by paramedics before being airlifted to Westmead Hospital in critical condition.
He died last night from his injuries.
The 19-year-old driver of the car was taken to hospital for mandatory blood and urine testing.
He was arrested and taken to Windsor Police Station before he was released pending further investigations.
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What do the Mpeketoni attacks say about conflict in Kenya?
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Both conflict events and reported fatalities increased in Kenya this month, with the most intense violence associated with an attack on civilians in Witu, Lamu island, in Kenya's Coastal region. The attack incorporates several key complex dynamics in contemporary Kenyan political violence, each of which is worth unpacking in turn.
The first is the spectre and threat of Islamist militancy. While Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack, as with the attack on Westgate in September 2013, some analysts are suspicious of this claim. The attack does not fit the profile of typical Al Shabaab attacks in Kenya, which have generally fallen into one of three categories since 2011. The first category is fairly persistent, but low-grade attacks on security forces (police and military) primarily in the former North-Eastern province near the border with Somalia. The second, sporadic, but generally low-intensity, attacks on civilians either along the coast in Mombasa (where tourists have been targeted), or in Nairobi (where nightclubs and minibus stands have been targeted), usually with low-sophistication grenade attacks. The third is high-intensity, high-profile attacks intended to garner public attention, such as the Westgate attack in Nairobi (see Figure 1 for an illustration of the clustering of events by event type and fatality rates). While the Mpeketoni attack might constitute an evolution and escalation of previous forms of violence, it is certainly a new strategy for the group if it is in fact responsible; and one which warrants closer analysis of the factors which contributed to and drive this intensification.
If the group is not responsible, but has strategically claimed responsibility for the attack in order to increase its perceived presence and capacity in Kenya, this points to a very different trend. Conventionally, the attribution of responsibility for violent conflict to Islamist groups has been driven in part by state interests in engineering an image of a state under siege by Islamist radicalism, in an effort to position themselves favourably in relation to western interests (for example, as some have argued is the case in Mauritania and Algeria); and de-legitimise and de-politicise the claims and grievances of opposition groups by branding them as terrorists (for example, through the association of Tuareg and other northern communal groups active in Mali which were variously, loosely and inconsistently aligned with Islamist militants in the area). This is not to deny the reality of Islamist violence as a growing phenomenon across Africa; but rather to highlight the potential political and strategic motivations for its labelling. By contrast, if Al Shabaab strategically claims responsibility for attacks in which it had no part, we are witnessing the reverse: the acceptance of responsibility as part of a strategy in which the militants seek to amplify their impact, their perceived global reach and their capacity.
The second dimension of Kenyan conflict highlighted by the attack is the tension between central and county control in Kenya. The President has rejected claims that Al Shabaab were responsible for the attack (in spite of the group's claims of responsibility), and instead saw the Lamu Governor Issa Timamy arrested on terrorism charges (bailed on the 30th of June). It is a surprising move in a context in which the state has previously extremely ready to attribute violence to suspected Islamist militants, even when no claims of responsibility are made. If nothing else, such a willingness to by-pass the state's preferred public enemy in favour of local politics points to the complex political tensions at play in the investiture of power in local counties. The devolution of power to county level under Kenya's 2010 constitution has often been presented as a panacea to the communal and local conflicts which pitted communal – primarily ethnic – groups against one another in a zero-sum game of demographic arithmetic contesting central power. The reality in some – but not all – counties, has in fact been the reverse: the devolution of power in areas with diverse ethnic and communal demographies has in some cases been accompanied by the devolution of violent conflict between these communities. In effect, county-level power has created yet another basis on which communal groups compete with one another for power, rather than presenting an alternative in which the pressure of competition was reduced. Cyclical violence between Pokomo and Orma ethnic militias in the former Coastal Province's Tana River county in late 2012 and early 2013, which claimed over 150 lives, is one reflection of this dynamic; while persistent inter-communal conflict in former Eastern Province's Marsabit is another.
Combined, these features point to a third dimension of Kenya's political conflict, which is the fluid and changing nature of communal violence. Early reports of the Mpeketoni attack indicated that 'non-Muslims' were singled out by the militants, while the President insists that 'local political networks' were to blame, and that the majority of those targeted were ethnic Kikuyus (see BBC News, 18 June 2014). These claims can both be true: religion and ethnicity overlap in many, though not all, of Kenya's communal groups. What growing Islamist violence in Mombasa, Kwale, Eastleigh and the north-east point to is the privileging of one of these identities over another. That many predominantly Muslim ethnic groups have historically been politically and economically marginalised, in part because of their smaller number, may create incentives for the mobilisation of collective action around increasingly religious, rather than ethnic bases.
Whenever Kenya is featured in ACLED's Conflict Trends reports, the multi-dimensional nature of the country's sometimes discrete, sometimes overlapping security challenges is emphasised. Events this month are sadly illustrative of this phenomenon (see Figure 2). In the month that a suspected Islamist attack dominated headlines, other dynamics were underscoring the volatility of the political context throughout the country: Kenya saw the highest number of riots and protests to date this year, involving a diverse range of groups from disaffected traders protesting the demolition of stores in Nakuru, to demonstrations against government landgrabbing in Kajiado, to protests against electoral procedures in Kiambu and Kwale. Elsewhere, inter-communal conflict in Baringo and Turkana claimed at least six lives. Ultimately, while the dynamics of Islamist violence in Kenya certainly pose one of the most serious threats to stability and security in the country, it is by no means the only one.
Caitriona Dowd
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Khanim Balajayeva est une joueuse d'échecs azerbaïdjanaise née le  à Qax.

Au , elle est la numéro deux azerbaïdjanaise et la  joueuse mondiale avec un classement Elo de .

Biographie et carrière

Compétitions entre jeunes
En 2010, lors du  championnat du monde d'échecs scolaire à Kayseri, en Turquie, Khanim Balajayeva remporte le titre dans la catégorie des filles de moins de 9 ans, devançant la Russe Alexandra Obolentseva.

Championne d'Azerbaïdjan
Championne d'Azerbaïdjan  en 2018, Khanim Balajayeva a obtenu le titre de maître international féminin en 2018.

Compétitions par équipes
Khanim Balajayeva a représenté l'Azerbaïdjan lors de l'Olympiade d'échecs de 2016 à Bakou et de l'Olympiade d'échecs de 2018 à Batoumi, du championnat d'Europe par équipes 2017 et du championnat du monde d'échecs par équipes féminine de 2017.

En 2018, lors de l'olympiade de Batoumi, elle remporta la médaille d'or individuelle au troisième échiquier.

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Home page E-mail: rob.blann@worthingdomecinema.com
Photo galleries documenting Worthing Dome's history.
The restoration of the Dome tower and its crowning glory in 1995 for over £300,000.
The history of
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and of Worthing cinemas.
20 years under threat of demolition, the Dome Cinema was defended by townsfolk.
The 10 years of struggle after getting the Dome listed and before receiving a Stage 1 pass from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Without any of these 5 individuals the Dome would never have been built and flourished, then later saved and restored.
Dome Cinema - What's on
Housing one of the oldest working cinemas, the historic Worthing Dome Cinema leisure complex is situated in West Sussex on the south coast of England, facing the English Channel.
This website serves as a fitting tribute to a great impresario, Carl Seebold, whose brainchild was the Dome, and includes its full history as well as the advent and decline of Worthing cinemas.
Also, this website highlights the 8 year period from 1988 - 1996 when campaigners, led by the tenacious conservationist Rob Blann, defended the early picture house against determined demolition, and later defeated a despicable plan to turn the Edwardian gem into a night club.
As well, this website details a more recent period when this entertainment complex faced an uncertain future.
An internationally recognised landmark following extensive overseas publicity attracted by the intensive campaign to save the Dome, its distinctive octagonal tower and roof , prominent on Worthing's seafront, clearly distinguishes the town's shoreline from that of any other seaside resort. For almost 100 years South Coast fishermen have used it as a navigational aid, and many still do. Not only fishermen but also divers and users of pleasure craft find it indispensable too.
Thankfully the Dome was eventually awarded a massive National Lottery grant and was extensively refurbished at a cost of £2.5 million.
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Nguyễn Khánh (Tra Vinh, 8 de novembro de 1927 – San José, 11 de janeiro de 2013) foi um general e presidente vietnamita. Khanh assumiu a presidência do Vietnã do Sul em novembro de 1963, após dar um golpe de estado em Duong Van Minh, e foi deposto em fevereiro de 1965, sendo exilado para os Estados Unidos.

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Facebook awarded a $50,000 Internet Defense Prize to a pair of German researchers with a seemingly viable approach to detecting vulnerabilities in Web applications. Johannes Dahse and Thorsten Holz from Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany on Wednesday won the new cash award for a paper outlining how to find flaws hackers could exploit, according to the California based social network. We decided to focus on creating greater opportunities and incentives for researchers to produce work that actually protects people, Facebook security engineering manager John Flynn said in a blog post.


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Home » Track Of The Day » Body Type : "Buoyancy"
Body Type : "Buoyancy"
Photo : Kristy Benjamin
Australian 4 piece Body Type release another slice of blistering brilliance in the shape of their latest single 'Buoyancy', from their forthcoming debut album Everything Is Dangerous But Nothing's Surprising. The band have covered a variety of musical bases since we tipped them back in 2019. They can do artful, dazzling, intelligent evocative indie-pop (see "Free To Air" ) or spikey jagged grunge-pop (see "Stingray"). They can also mix up all these elements as they have done quite brilliantly on "Buoyancy," which switches pace and hints at a slightly unhinged, more frenetic Courtney Barnett. It's done with style, acerbic wit and once again whets the appetite for their debut album, which will arrive on Poison City Record on May 20th . It's an album that promises to be one of the best of 2022 on this sort of form.
Everything Is Dangerous But Nothing's Surprising by Body Type
The song arrived following a text exchange poem between bandmates Annabel Blackman and Georgia Wilkinson Derums. "Buoyancy started as a playful text message exchange between Annabel and me. In many ways, the song is about grappling with internal inconsistencies and moral ambiguities in an incoherent style. It's had a few iterations – when I brought it to the group it had more of a slow Big Star spirit. Soph and Annabel made it more angular, more tongue in cheek with the guitar, which further injects the song with distorted meaning. It's also a personal reminder that when certain things are rendered uncertain those you love are an eternal rudder."
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Still, there is no question that Mr. Luger has taken over an agency with real prob lems. Many voters don't think it has done a very good job in rehabilitating addicts. And neither, apparently, does the man who set it up three years ago, Governor Rockefeller.
For if the commission has not lost the war it has been bested on several fronts. It is an agency that has been at tacked by private physicians, judges, lawyers, addicts them selves and even members of its own professional staff.
In the course of a five‐ month study of the commis sion's operations by The New York Times last year such terms as "shockingly irrele vant" and "candy‐coated penitentiary" were heard ap plied to its philosophy and treatment.
Indeed, the rancor report edly proved an intolerable burden to the agency's first chairman, Lawrence Pierce, who bore the brunt of the criticism against an agency that was, according to its de fenders, built so rapidly that major shortcomings were virtually unavoidable.
But now Mr. Luger, a one‐ time junior high school Eng lish teacher who later suc ceeded Mr. Pierce as head of the New York State Division for Youth, succeeded Mr. Pierce again.
He says he is determined to eliminate what he calls the commission's "credibility gap," to improve both staff competence and morale, to create clinically acceptable standards of record keeping and—perhaps the dirtiest job of all—end the internecine warfare that is now taking place among addiction‐treat ment agencies.
This is a war that has pro duced a prodigious amount of professional backbiting and rumormongering in the ap parent belief that if one treatment program looks bad, another program will grow fat on more state money.
¶He thinks his own staff, including many able people, suffer from poor morale and confusion over individual roles. He feels that there is a problem of internal communi cation that is both "apparent and real." In The Times study of the commission, professionals in the same re habilitation center were carrying on different pro grams of treatment without writing detailed, standard re ports on what they were do ing.
¶He wants to establish ac ceptable clinical standards for urine analysis reporting, collecting data on patient progress or the lack of it and on which approaches are used for what people— whether in commission cent ers or voluntary agencies funded by the commission. Such standards do not exist at present.
¶He says he is considering the feasibility of allowing the commission to act as the principal intake agency for all the treatment programs it finances. He is interested, he said, in seeing to it that addicts are first sent to the programs that appear most qualified to help them. Mr. Luger added, however, that this would not mean the pro grams could not continue their own intake procedures as well.
¶He is cautiously optimis tic about methadone," a syn thetic addictive opiate which, if given orally in proper dos age, blocks the desire for heroin in many addicts. But he also feels that psycho therapy—slower and without the dramatic results of methadone, must be retained because it is effective for some addicts. And he says the state will continue to look for new approaches.
The commission is a for midably complex organiza tion. After only three years of operation it had, as of March 31, 6,995 patients in its own facilities and had paid for the beds of 6,551 other individuals.
Its operating budget went from $2.6‐million in 1966–67, when it was in the planning stages, to $50.7‐million this past year. As of March 31, it had spent about $100‐mil lion for capital expenses and nearly $107‐million for op erations since it began.
It continues to be plagued by a shortage of professional people who know anything about addiction.
According to its own fig ures, between 1967 and last March 31, 42.5 per cent of all patients treated were out in the community, but many of these had returned to occa sional and even frequent mainlining of heroin.


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Basal Cell Carcinoma Chemoprevention Trial — B3C
Basal Cell Carcinoma Clinical Trial
CSP #2019 - Basal Cell Carcinoma Chemoprevention Trial (B3C)
Status Not yet recruiting
This is an intent-to-treat, split-plot design, multicenter randomized trial and the primary intervention is a double-blind comparison of Imiquimod (IMQ) vs. placebo cream for preventing basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the skin on the face at one year and over 3 years after therapy. Participants will apply the IMQ or placebo cream to the face daily at bedtime for 12 weeks. This study will recruit 1630 Veterans at high risk of BCC from 17 VA medical centers.
Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) is the most common cancer in the United States. It afflicts 2 to 3 million Americans each year, more than all non-skin cancers combined. Notably, US active duty military and Veterans are at higher risk for developing BCC, with at least 49,000 Veterans treated for the disease in 2010. BCC usually occurs on the face and hence can result in high morbidity and disfigurement with substantial associated expense both in the overall population (estimated at $3 billion in 2013), and among Veterans (estimated at $86 million in 2012) served by Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Morbidity and disfigurement are particularly important due to their impact on key facial structures (e.g. eyelids, nose, etc). After BCC diagnosis, subsequent monitoring for BCC (ex. return specialist visits for dermatologic examinations) and treatments following diagnosis (surgeries most commonly, but also radiation therapy or chemotherapy) significantly contribute to healthcare costs. This large incidence, morbidity, and cost could potentially be minimized through preventative measures, but currently there are no treatment options for preventing BCC. The primary goal of this study is to investigate the efficacy of topical Imiquimod (IMQ) for the prevention of BCC. IMQ, a topical immunostimulatory medication with a very low rate of side effects, is potentially capable of meeting this need. IMQ is already FDA approved as a safe and effective treatment for superficial BCC, as well as for actinic keratosis and nodular BCC. The investigators have reason to suspect that IMQ may also be able to prevent the occurrence of BCC or to destroy clinically-unrecognized precursors of BCC, thereby reducing the risk of BCC development. CSP #2019 is an intent-to-treat, split-plot design, multicenter randomized trial with two levels of randomization. The patient level of randomization is the primary intervention: a double-blind comparison of IMQ vs. placebo cream for preventing BCC on the face at one year and over 3 years after therapy. VA has developed an automated text message service application called Annie that can send automated treatment reminders to Veterans if they register/enroll in Annie and consent to receive Annie messages. In the center level of randomization, 9 of 17 participating VA centers will be randomly assigned to offer the participants daily study treatment reminders via the Annie app. The remaining centers will not offer daily reminders via Annie. Participants in each center will be randomly allocated (1:1) to either topical IMQ or placebo (vehicle control cream). Study participants, staff and study dermatologists will not know which treatment the participant receives. Participants will apply IMQ or placebo cream to the face daily at bedtime for a total of 12 weeks. In-person visits will occur at weeks 6 and 12 during treatment, and at months 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, and 36 during active follow-up to assess study outcomes. Full skin exams will be performed and other outcome data collected at every scheduled in-person visit. Telephone interviews will occur every week through week 13 (other than weeks 6 and 12, due to an in-person visit), as well as at months 9, 15, 21, 27, and 33. Follow-up will include 3 years of active follow-up with participants, followed by 1 year of passive follow-up during which study outcome information will only be captured from medical records. ;
Source VA Office of Research and Development
Contact Kel G Morin
Email Kel.Morin@va.gov
Phase Phase 3
Start date April 1, 2023
Completion date April 1, 2029
Recruiting NCT04552990 - Use of Jet-injection in Photodynamic Therapy for Basal Cell Carcinoma Phase 2
Active, not recruiting NCT04229277 - Fast Track Diagnosis of Skin Cancer by Advanced Imaging N/A
Recruiting NCT05608902 - Structural Description of Skin Biopsies With Dynamic Full-field Optical Coherence Tomography on Suspected Basal Cell Carcinoma Lesions, a Pilot Study (DOCTOBA)
Recruiting NCT05077033 - Intratumoral phIL12 GET Phase 1
Recruiting NCT04928222 - Placebo Microneedles in Healthy Volunteers (Part I) and Efficacy/Safety of Doxorubicin Microneedles in Basal Cell Cancer Subjects (Part II) Phase 1/Phase 2
Recruiting NCT04929535 - Hydrogen Peroxide Trial to Investigate the Efficacy of 30%H2O2 as a Topical Application Before Definitive Treatment Phase 2
Completed NCT02662244 - Long-pulsed 1064 nm Nd:YAG Laser Treatment of Basal Cell Carcinoma N/A
Completed NCT00959647 - A Study of Vismodegib (GDC-0449) in Patients Treated With Vismodegib in a Previous Genentech-sponsored Phase I or II Cancer Study Phase 2
Completed NCT00793169 - Serum Concentration of Lidocaine After Local Injection During Mohs Micrographic Surgery
Completed NCT00586040 - Photochemical Tissue Bonding Phase 2
Completed NCT00473343 - Metvix PDT in Participant With "High Risk" Basal Cell Carcinoma Phase 3
Not yet recruiting NCT05324202 - New Imaging Procedures and Therapeutic Approach in Basal Cell Carcinoma Management N/A
Withdrawn NCT04099446 - A Non-Interventional Pilot Study to Explore the Skin Microbes in Skin Cancer
Completed NCT02902822 - Tele-dermatology of Skin Cancer in a Cohort of Local Health Authority Employees in the Province of Bergamo N/A
Completed NCT01208831 - An East Asian Study of LDE225 Phase 1
Completed NCT01201915 - A Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Vismodegib (GDC-0449) in Operable Basal Cell Carcinoma Phase 2
Completed NCT01260987 - Fractional CO2 Laser Assisted Photodynamic Therapy Phase 2/Phase 3
Completed NCT01014819 - A Clinical Trial of Dermacorder for Detecting Malignant Skin Lesions N/A
Completed NCT00472043 - PDT With Metvix 160 mg/g Cream Versus PDT With Placebo Cream in Patients With Primary Nodular Basal Call Carcinoma Phase 3
Completed NCT00005660 - The Evaluation of Oral Acitretin in the Treatment of Psoriasis, Cutaneous Disorders of Keratinization, Multiple Basal Cell Carcinomas and Other Retinoid Responsive Diseases N/A
I found this clinical trial for Basal Cell Carcinoma at http://inclinicaltrials.com


AIDAN Davison, Wanderers' patient understudy goalkeeper has emerged as a surprise international candidate.
BOLTON wildlife groups have welcomed news that Red Moss at Horwich has now been officially confirmed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
A FORMER Bolton heavyweight boxer proved yesterday that brains and brawn do mix when he proudly collected a degree.
KAYLEIGH Horrocks has one desperate wish . . . to join her friends at school - any school.
Don't play on our doorstep!
THE long search to find a new site for Bolton's traditional town centre funfair has hit another hitch.
BOLTON schools have been warned that swingeing cuts are looming.
COMEDIENNE Victoria Wood brought a smile to the faces of Bolton students yesterday as she was honoured.
DETECTIVES are hunting two teenage boys who indecently assaulted a 10-year-old girl as she played in a street in Great Lever yesterday.
A HORWICH shop assistant is in line to win a Shop Assistant of the Year title - and a Vauxhall Corsa car.
FIREWORK displays have gone up in smoke because cash-starved Bolton Council says it can't afford them.
WANDERERS RES 3 NEWCASTLE RES 1 FABIAN de Freitas struck a two-goal reminder of the finishing power he believes is tailor made for the Premiership last night.
SHEFFIELD United are tracking Bury's transfer listed star Tony Rigby.
NEIL McDonald's move to Preston could be back on.
THE announcement by leisure chiefs that there will be no council-funded firework displays this year will impress local people like a damp squib.
SIR: Does Horwich Council really want to be the first town in England to introduce a dog registration scheme - more bureaucracy?
SIR: After seeing Portillo on television and reading his assumption that any young Englishman (British) would be willing to die in battle for England and the monarchy, I say what a load of rubbish.
Top Cook is high on Leigh's menu!
LEIGH are hot on the trail of one of the Cook Islands top stars.
GAIL Dootson is living testimony to the expertise and professionalism of a North-west medical team who gave her a new lease of life.
THE Bolton College Guidance Centre in Manchester Road has been awarded the prestigious ISO9002 certificate.


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