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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
Volume 15 Issue 20
아시아태평양암예방학회 (Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention)
Self-Collection Tools for Routine Cervical Cancer Screening: A Review
Othman, Nor Hayati (Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia) ;
Zaki, Fatma Hariati Mohamad (Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia)
https://doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.20.8563
Sub-optimal participation is a major problem with cervical cancer screening in developing countries which have no organized national screening program. There are various notable factors such as 'embarrassment', 'discomfort' and 'no time' cited by women as they are often also the bread winners for the family. Implementation of self-sampling methods may increase their participation. The aim of this article was to provide a survey of various types of self-sampling tools which are commonly used in collection of cervical cells. We reviewed currently available self-sampling devices and collated the advantages and disadvantages of each in terms of its acceptance and its accuracy in giving desired results. In general, regardless of which device is used, self-sampling for cervical scrapings is highly acceptable to women in most of the studies cited.
Self-sampling;cervical cancer;Pap smear;review
연구 과제 주관 기관 : Universiti Sains Malaysia
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Wild: Adam Vay could be Hungary's first NHL player
July 13, 2016 / NationalTeamsOfIceHockey / Comments Off on Wild: Adam Vay could be Hungary's first NHL player
By Jace Frederick – Twin Cities Pioneer Press
Adam Vay received a confidence lift at the world championships in Russia in May.
Vay and the Hungarian national team fell 5-1 to the United States in the group stage, but the margin of defeat would have been worse if not for Vay's 32 saves.
After the game, as the two teams went through the handshake line, Vay piled up the compliments.
"A couple guys when we shook hands they said 'Good job, you did a good job,' " said Vay, who made his development camp debut on Monday at Xcel Energy Center. "It was a good boost for me and my ego."And his professional stock.
While Hungary won just one game at the world championship, Vay stopped 91 of the 100 shots he saw in the tournament — including a 45-save performance against Finland, who went on to win the silver.
That caught the attention of several NHL teams, including the Wild. The only problem for Minnesota, assistant general manager Brent Flahr said, was Vay didn't even have an agent for the Wild to contact.
But by that point, agents were fighting over the chance to represent Vay. One of Minnesota's goalie consultants knew the Hungarian coach, so the Wild were finally able to reach Vay, and he was immediately intrigued by the opportunity to potentially see NHL playing time.
"Minnesota was the best opportunity for everything," Vay said. "So I said the first time 'OK, yes.' "Vay signed with the Wild on May 18.
Vay touched on the disparity of play between Hungary and the rest of the teams at the world championships. Hungary isn't a hockey hot bed. A few Hungarians have been drafted, but no players from Hungary have ever skated for an NHL team.
Vay could be the first.
"I always loved the NHL, and that was my dream," he said, "to play in the NHL."
Vay, who moved to Slovakia for six years when he was 10, said people in Hungary laughed at him when he'd state his mission. Now he has believers, for good reason.
Flahr said the 22-year-old goaltender has "terrific" athleticism, is in great shape and is highly competitive.
Oh, and he's big, too. The roster lists him at 6 feet 5, 228 pounds. Vay looks like an NHL goaltender."You can't teach the athleticism that he has and the size that he has," Flahr said.
Still, there will likely be an adjustment period for Vay. Flahr said it'll be important for Vay to see plenty of ice time early on, mentioning the difference in the North American rink size and playing with traffic in front of the net as potential challenges. That might mean playing for Iowa in the American Hockey League would be a better fit initially.
"I think there's things that our goaltending group is going to help him with and quiet down his play a little bit and be more efficient," Flahr said. "Our scouts that were (in Russia) felt that he was worth the investment, and a guy that we could work with and hopefully help out and be able to get here one day."
If Vay does that, it'll be a historic Hungarian achievement.
"I'll do my best," Vay said. "If I'm that good and I play in the NHL, then I'll just be happy."
Adam Vay could be Hungary's first NHL player
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New Rules Will Set Us Back Says Taxi Firm
A10 Taxis
TAXI firms in Ely have expressed concern at a series of new vehicle regulations which could end up costing them thousands of pounds to satisfy. According to new rules, many taxis in the district will have to adopt a single uniform colour with an official
TAXI firms in Ely have expressed concern at a series of new vehicle regulations which could end up costing them thousands of pounds to satisfy.
According to new rules, many taxis in the district will have to adopt a single uniform colour with an official district council logo for cars also required but taxi firms are concerned by the new rules and believe that the changes will cost thousands of pounds.
The decision to introduce the changes was agreed earlier this month at a meeting of the district council's licensing committee following lengthy consultations.
Despite several meetings with councillors however, John Skipper, joint-owner of A10 taxis in Ely, remained unhappy: "When we first started out in Ely we had five cars and now we have 34, we have worked hard to improve our business but these new rules will set us back, he said.
"I don't think any of the new rules are what the public wants and from what we have been told it is going to cost us around £2000 a car to get them re-sprayed to fit in with the new standardised colour.
"I really don't think that people in the trade were involved enough in this process."
Once a new colour for taxis has been decided in consultation with the council, taxi firms will have to change the relevant cars within their fleets inside a five year period, with changes to signage and licences also required.
Cllr Bill Hunt, member of the licensing committee, said: "What Ely needs is a safe and professional taxi service and I believe that what was agreed will provide that.
"In this process we had to balance the needs of the public with the best interests of the taxi firms and I think that there has been compromise on both sides to reach a suitable outcome.


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Q: Is there a fix for skipping a YouTube video in a playlist, if video is "unavailable" I have an aggregated list (queried from mySql db) of YouTube videos in an HTML 5 media player playlist. But over time, YouTube will disable certain videos due to copyright or judgement issues, but the links are still in my list. Can anyone recommend a JS or other solution or article that sees if the video link does not start in x amount of time to initiate a skip or next action.  Please advise.
No solutions, because extensive googling has no suggestions.
my basic logic is if video does not play after x seconds, then skip, otherwise play.
// THIS ACTUALLY CHECKS PLAYTIME AND ADD TO A COUNTER - CAN I USE SOMETHING SIMILAR?

var counter = 0;
var currentIndex_inc = 0;
function onProgress() {

if(player.currentTime() <= 1){
    counter = 0;
}

//-- ------------------------------------- -->
// ----- COUNTER - If track plays longer than 30 seconds - add 1 --------
//-- ------------------------------------- -->
if(player.currentTime() >= 30  && trackURL != ''){
    if(counter==0){
    counter = 1;
    var playlist_name = "<?php echo $playlist ; ?>";
    var play_type = "<?php echo $type ; ?>";
    var trackURL = player.currentSrc();
    track_source = trackURL.src ;

        if(typeof(track_source)==="undefined"){
         track_source = trackURL;
        };

    $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: "_inc/2018_process_counter.php",
        dataType: "text",
            data: {
                playlist_name: playlist_name,track_source:track_source }
    }).done(function( data ) {
});
    }
    return false;
}

Logic:
If (video link does not start || video link == live){
   skip
} else if (video link does start || video link == dead) {
   play
}

List Code with Queru - based on successful reply. The answer works for a single id but not a list... See my code below:
if ($result_a->num_rows > 0) {
        // output data of each row
        while($row = $result_a->fetch_assoc()) {
            $id = $row['id'];
            $share_key = $row['share_key'];
            echo $row['id'];
            echo '
';
            echo $row['artist'];
            echo '
';
            echo $row['title'];
            echo '
';
            echo $row['source_url'];
            echo '
';
            $my_link = $row['source_url'];

            $testlink = substr($my_link, strrpos($my_link, '/' )+1)."\n";

            echo '
';
            echo $testlink;
            echo '
';

            //# is ERROR = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mpcDWpYSA
            // $url = "https://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mpcDWpYSA"; //# test video deleted.

            //# is OK = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLuh_O4mYbA
            $url = "https://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=".$testlink; //# test working (not deleted).
            echo $url;
            echo '
';
            try
            {
                set_error_handler(function() { /* # temp ignore Warnings/Errors */ });

                $fop = fopen($url, "rb");
                if ( !$fop && $fop==false) { throw new Exception(); }

                restore_error_handler(); //# restore Warnings/Errors

                echo "OK 200 ::: Youtube video was found";
            }
            catch ( Exception $e )
            { echo "Error 404 ::: Youtube video not found (deleted or bad link)"; }

            echo '
';

        }
    } else {
        // echo "0 results";
    }

A:
"...YouTube will disable certain videos due to copyright or judgement issues, but the links are still in my list. Can anyone recommend a JS or other solution or article that sees if the video link does not start in x amount of time to initiate a skip or next action. Please advise."

Since you're already involving PHP code, then one possible option is these steps:
1) Make a request to https://www.youtube.com/oembed? + Youtube video URL.
Example request:
https://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mpcDWpYSA

2) Use fopen to check video availability. Note a file_exists($url) will not work correctly with Youtube servers (they always return some page content, even if video itself has been removed).
Testable example code below :
(will echo "OK 200" or "ERROR 404", depending on video status...)
<?php

    //# is ERROR = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mpcDWpYSA
    $url = "https://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mpcDWpYSA"; //# test video deleted.

    //# is OK = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLuh_O4mYbA
    //$url = "https://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLuh_O4mYbA"; //# test working (not deleted).

    try
    {
        set_error_handler(function() { /* # temp ignore Warnings/Errors */ });

        $fop = fopen($url, "rb");
        if ( !$fop && $fop==false) { throw new Exception(); }

        restore_error_handler(); //# restore Warnings/Errors

        echo "OK 200 ::: Youtube video was found";
    }
    catch ( Exception $e )
    { echo "Error 404 ::: Youtube video not found (deleted or bad link)"; }

?>

Option 2:
You can also achieve same result by using file_get_contents with a request to Youtube's get_video_info?.
Example request :
https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=R5mpcDWpYSA

Example code :
<?php

    //# ERROR = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mpcDWpYSA
    $url = "https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=R5mpcDWpYSA"; //# test video deleted.

    //# OK = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLuh_O4mYbA
    //$url = "https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=mLuh_O4mYbA"; //# test working (not deleted).

    $src = file_get_contents($url);

    //# find text... playabilityStatus%22%3A%7B%22status%22%3A%22OK ...
    $str1 = "playabilityStatus%22%3A%7B%22status%22%3A%22";
    $pos = strpos($src, $str1);

    $result = substr( $src, $pos + (strlen($str1)), 5);

    if( $result{0} == "O" && $result{1} == "K" )
    { echo "OK 200 ::: Youtube video was found"; }
    else
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Goldman Sachs: What's in a Name?
Eric L. Young
It appears that Goldman Sachs is aptly named. Goldman has already been busted by the SEC for its role in an allegedly fraudulent scheme, which involved betting that mortgages would fail. Now, according to a former Goldman trader, big banks involved in precious metals trading have been keeping gold and silver prices down–and are making big profits regardless of the movement of the market.
The whistleblower, Andrew Maguire, was supposed to testify before the Commodities Futures Trade Commission last week, but was kicked off the list at the last minute. It's usually not a good idea to slight a whistleblower with information this hot, particularly one with 40 years of trading experience in the metal pits, so Maguire went public.
According to Maguire, HSBC engages in illegal naked shorting, in that it short sells shares of gold that do not actually exist. Short selling appears to be rife in the metal trading pits, and it's not much of a surprise that this is the same risky selling strategy that got Goldman Sachs in trouble with the SEC (and also earned them a lot of money). The basic goal of short selling is to make money when a security goes down in price.
In short selling, there is obviously an incentive for the trader to work towards keeping the price of a security down. Maguire alleges that this is exactly what another huge bank–J.P. Morgan–does while trading gold and silver. At the same time, J.P. Morgan is insulated from losses by the Federal Reserve. Know who ultimately pays the price? You may have just paid a nice little chunk of it last week on April 15th…
Some people believe that the price of gold and silver would be much higher without the intervention of the big banks and their short selling extravaganza. Indeed, since Maguire's whistleblowing emails were released, gold has gained 6.5% and silver has gained 10%.
Maguire is just another example of how important it is for industry insiders to come forward and blow the whistle. The aforementioned banks claim to know nothing about short selling precious metals, of course, but there is no denying the effect of Maguire's revelations on the price of gold and silver. The proof is in the pudding–or the pit!
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Thames Ironworks Community FC- A Unique Organization
Oct 14, 2017 Community, Sunday League, Thames Ironworks, West Ham United
Thames Ironworks FC was the original name of West Ham United, so it holds a special place in most Hammers fans' hearts. This article is not about them though, it's about a new community centered club of the same name that was established in February 2017. What makes the club so unique though is what they stand for, instead of being a breakaway club like FC United or closer to home like an AFC West Ham, they are club run by the fans of West Ham. These aren't some fans disgruntled about a particular owner or moving away from tradition, these are some everyday lads who want to give back to the community whilst playing a bit of football on the way. In order to get a better picture of Thames Ironworks Community FC and what it stands for, I interviewed the manager, Graham Thompson and the team captain, Ben Glander. They were both top lads who offered me a great insight into the club's ideology and the hardships they have faced in starting up the club.
Thames Ironworks Community FC – Established in February 2017
Graham Thompson, (Manager) – I grew up in East Ham and Plaistow. East Ham lad.
Ben Glander (Captain) – My name is Ben, I was born in Lewisham originally before moving to Dartford which is where I currently live.
Give us a bit of background about yourself?
GT – I love my football. West Ham fan for all my sins so I could never be accused of being a glory hunter. Helped in starting up Westhamfantv and professional wife annoyer.
BG – I've always been into sports as I enjoy physical activity. I take pride in trying to keep myself in shape, I go to the gym three times a week and I enjoy playing video games.
Do you have any previous experience in football or management?
GT – I've been an assistant before but this is my first time in the hotseat. I was Scott Colliers assistant at Newham United. He now helps me with Thames Ironworks.
BG – I played football up until I was 17, I had Kent country trials at that age. Unfortunately I didn't make the cut which is when I fell out of love with the game. Took up Refereeing and did my coaching badges. It was only until recently when I started to play football again.
Have you done any coaching badges/do you plan on doing any?
GT – I did do my Level 1 and 2 badges but that was over 15 years ago. I'd like to redo my Level 2 and see if I can push on from there.
Do you have any football related aspirations?
GT – I did want to play for West Ham, but I don't think they need a 41 year old left back! I would like to get my Level 3 qualification and possibly move into non league football.
BG – Not as of recent, every person can dream and I obviously had a dream at a young age but there comes a time where you need to be realistic. Currently I just try to work hard and you never know what can happen in the future.
Ben Glander leads by example
Where did you find out about the club?
GT – The idea was kicked around by Nicky Hawkins – who is the chairman – probably around February or March this year. Initially I was just going to be doing committee stuff, i.e. attending league meetings and that kind of thing. Things worked out nicely though.
BG – I have watched Westhamfantv for a while and followed them on Twitter. I saw the first trial advertised on Twitter I did not attend due to me not being interested in playing again. It was only 3 weeks later when they had a second trial I decided the night before I would attend and I'm glad I did.
What do you think of the club's ideology and what it stands for?
GT – I think it's great. A community club run by fans for fans. We really want this to become a true community club, eventually we hope to have junior sides, women sides and vets teams. Otherwise known as old man's football.
BG – Obviously it's a team that was founded by West Ham fans. That was the main attraction in me wanting to join. The club are trying to build a community and I am looking forward to the journey ahead.
Why were you made team captain?
BG – I feel like the reason I was made captain was that I made an early impression in pre-season with some solid performances. Trying to encourage the team, was the most talkative on the pitch and always trying to bring a good vibe to the team. Always attending training and working hard on and off the pitch was a major part.
The 'Poundland Payet' – Theo Towli
Who are the ones to watch on your team?
GT – Wayne Gittens one of our centre backs, very cool and composed and a great organizer. Ben Glander the skipper is very solid in the centre of the pitch. Theo Towli is our playmaker and we have a potent strike force too.
BG – We have a couple of good technical players, Theo (Towli) has made a good start to the season regarding goals and assists. Reece (Lewis) has found his scoring boots but we have recently signed a player called Benji (Kamberi); tall and skillful, he is definitely someone to look out for.
What do you think the club can realistically achieve?
GT – I believe we can push for promotion in our first season. There are a couple of other good sides in our division and we are not too far off them.
BG – Judging by the first games of the season we have played some of the league's better teams and have given them a run for their money. Unfortunately, we haven't converted our chances into points, but I'm confident we can push for a promotion place this season.
What is your philosophy as a manager?
GT – I believe in playing football on the floor, as the great Brian Clough said " If god had intended us to play in the air he would have given us wings." I also want the lads to enjoy playing and have fun.
What difficulties faced you in starting up the club?
GT – Funding was an issue because the club was started in a very short space of time. So it was a bit of a rush to secure funding and also find a ground at short notice.
Finding players, like Reece Lewis, was not a problem.
How hard was it to gather players / decide on the team?
GT – We held 2 trials and i believe we had 60-70 players turn up, so numbers were not a problem. The picking of the squad was a joint effort by the committee so everyone had some input. I think even we were surprised by the numbers.
BG – Gathering players to join the team was simple, everyone went through the trial process in which about 80 people turned up.
How did you get the funding to start the club?
GT – We were successful in an application to the Football Foundation for a grant. We also had a go fund me page which people donaed to and we will be forever grateful for that.
Which West Ham manager/player do you relate to the most?
GT – John Lyall is the greatest manager we have had in my humble opinion. I'd like to get my team playing like the West Ham of old.
BG – I would probably say Pedro Obiang. Good in the tackle, but also have a good range of passing and physical strength.
Channeling his inner John Lyall? Graham Thompson believes his team can go far – and look good whilst doing it.
As you can see they are just a couple of normal West Ham fans who have gone through a lot of effort to get Thames Ironworks Community FC off the ground and to implement the ideas that appealed to them. Giving fans the chance to play out the closest thing to their dream in playing for a club related to West Ham. An example of the good relations between the clubs is when the club's Umbro kits didn't arrive in time for the start of the season, West Ham provided them with a kit. A unique and brilliant club which will no doubt lead to the creation of more fan based clubs. You can see Thames Ironworks Community FC in action at Newham United Training Ground.
Find out more about Thames Ironworks Community FC, its progression and match highlights on their YouTube channel. Follow @TIWCFC_Official on Twitter and Facebook to keep up to date with their latest fixtures and results.
Do you know of any other local community clubs who deserve to have their stories told? Let us know you think about the work Thames Ironworks Community FC are doing in the comments below!
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False equivalences, Reporting, specious comparisons
Bicameral poxism
In the category of sloppy pseudo-balance-driven reporting today, we have the following comparison between George Will's making stuff up and Al Gore's exaggerating a consequence of a well-established phenomenon. The New York Times' Andrew Revkin writes:
In the effort to shape the public's views on global climate change, hyperbole is an ever-present temptation on all sides of the debate.
Earlier this month, former Vice President Al Gore and the Washington Post columnist George Will made strong public statements about global warning — from starkly divergent viewpoints.
Mr. Gore, addressing a hall filled with scientists in Chicago, showed a slide that illustrated a sharp spike in fires, floods and other calamities around the world and warned the audience that global warming "is creating weather-related disasters that are completely unprecedented."
Mr. Will, in a column attacking what he said were exaggerated claims about global warming's risks, chided climate scientists for predicting an ice age three decades ago and asserted that a pause in warming in recent years and the recent expansion of polar sea ice undermined visions of calamity ahead.
Both men, experts said afterward, were guilty of inaccuracies and overstatements.
In the first place, George Will is on record for denying that global warming is taking place–he's not just denying its risks.
Gore, on the other hand, engaged in hyperbole about the risks of global warming, a phenomenon qualified scientists justifiably believe to be taking place.
The difference, seems to me, is fairly obvious. Is what Gore says wrong? Probably. But obviously not in the same Will is wrong.
Here's some prescience by Revkin:
In a paper being published in the March-April edition of the journal Environment, Matthew C. Nisbet, a professor of communications at American University, said Mr. Gore's approach, focusing on language of crisis and catastrophe, could actually be serving the other side in the fight.
"There is little evidence to suggest that it is effective at building broad-based support for policy action," Dr. Nisbet said. "Perhaps worse, his message is very easily countered by people such as Will as global-warming alarmism, shifting the focus back to their preferred emphasis on scientific uncertainty and dueling expert views."
But Dr. Nisbet said that for Mr. Will, there was little downside in stretching the bounds of science to sow doubt.
Criticism of Mr. Will's columns, Dr. Nisbet said, "only serves to draw attention to his claims while reinforcing a larger false narrative that liberals and the mainstream press are seeking to censor rival scientific evidence and views."
Indeed, perhaps Nisbet could add that a primary cause of doubt in the public's mind is reporting of this variety. Perhaps it is Revkin's job to help us see the difference between Al Gore's occasional and not wholly unsupported exaggeration and George Will's dishonest rejection of well-established science. George Wil, in other words, is to blame for making stuff up. This is not somehow Al Gore's fault.
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End of stupid questions
11/6/2008 John Casey 1 Comment
After eight years of grunting and chanting instead of reasoning and discussing, this excerpt from a tape of Obama discussing a May 2007 debate performance is refreshing.
Obama continues: "When you have to be cheerful all the time and try to perform and act like [the tape is unclear; Obama appears to be poking fun at his opponents], I'm sure that some of it has to do with nerves or anxiety and not having done this before, I'm sure. And in my own head, you know, there's—I don't consider this to be a good format for me, which makes me more cautious. When you're going into something thinking, 'This is not my best …' I often find myself trapped by the questions and thinking to myself, 'You know, this is a stupid question, but let me … answer it.' Instead of being appropriately [the tape is garbled]. So when Brian Williams is asking me about what's a personal thing that you've done [that's green], and I say, you know, 'Well, I planted a bunch of trees.' And he says, 'I'm talking about personal.' What I'm thinking in my head is, 'Well, the truth is, Brian, we can't solve global warming because I f–––ing changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective'."
While this may not be the end of stupid media questions–boxers or briefs Brian? How much do you pay for your haircut?–it is at least an end one particularly awful instantiation of stupidity (see the video at the link as well):
However, perhaps one of the most astounding and previously unknown tidbits about Sarah Palin has to do with her already dubious grasp of geography. According to Fox News Chief Political Correspondent Carl Cameron, there was great concern within the McCain campaign that Palin lacked "a degree of knowledgeability necessary to be a running mate, a vice president, a heartbeat away from the presidency," in part because she didn't know which countries were in NAFTA, and she "didn't understand that Africa was a continent, rather than a series, a country just in itself."
Now give those third graders–wink wink wink–some extra credit!
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George Will, Things that are false
I've got a fever
Speaking of facts–I mean whether they matter on the op-ed page–pointing out that someone else has distorted or minimized or ignored inconvenient facts seems to me to be one of the hallmarks of an op-ed since it's one of the key moves in any critical argument. Perhaps for that reason alone op-ed editors ought to be ever more vigilant for claims such as the following from George Will:
Regarding McCain's "central facts," the U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization, which helped establish the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — co-winner, with Al Gore, of the Nobel Peace Prize — says global temperatures have not risen in a decade. So Congress might be arriving late at the save-the-planet party. Better late than never? No. When government, ever eager to expand its grip on the governed and their wealth, manufactures hysteria as an excuse for doing so, then: better never.
Sounds like the IPCC says the globe isn't warming. But:
Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea level.
That's the IPCC report of 2007. Will seems to think temperature and climate are the same thing. They're obviously not. Can't someone at the Post tell him?
The rest of his piece seemed a perfectly fine excursus on why some proposed measure to address global warming (cap and trade of carbon emissions) is a bad idea. It might be. But not because global warming is a communist hoax. What communist hoax would use a capitalist system–trading and markets–to undermine capitalism? But maybe that's just what the communists want us to think.
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Envirocommunism
The President of the Czech Republic has helped Charles Krauthammer find the true enemy of freedom. It's knowledge about the natural world. This knowledge is especially dangerous if Krauthammer doesn't have the patience, time, or expertise to understand it. He writes:
Predictions of catastrophe depend on models. Models depend on assumptions about complex planetary systems — from ocean currents to cloud formation — that no one fully understands. Which is why the models are inherently flawed and forever changing. The doomsday scenarios posit a cascade of events, each with a certain probability. The multiple improbability of their simultaneous occurrence renders all such predictions entirely speculative.
Yet on the basis of this speculation, environmental activists, attended by compliant scientists and opportunistic politicians, are advocating radical economic and social regulation. "The largest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy and prosperity," warns Czech President Vaclav Klaus, "is no longer socialism. It is, instead, the ambitious, arrogant, unscrupulous ideology of environmentalism."
If you doubt the arrogance, you haven't seen that Newsweek cover story that declared the global warming debate over. Consider: If Newton's laws of motion could, after 200 years of unfailing experimental and experiential confirmation, be overthrown, it requires religious fervor to believe that global warming — infinitely more untested, complex and speculative — is a closed issue.
But declaring it closed has its rewards. It not only dismisses skeptics as the running dogs of reaction, i.e., of Exxon, Cheney and now Klaus. By fiat, it also hugely re-empowers the intellectual left.
For a century, an ambitious, arrogant, unscrupulous knowledge class — social planners, scientists, intellectuals, experts and their left-wing political allies — arrogated to themselves the right to rule either in the name of the oppressed working class (communism) or, in its more benign form, by virtue of their superior expertise in achieving the highest social progress by means of state planning (socialism).
Two decades ago, however, socialism and communism died rudely, then were buried forever by the empirical demonstration of the superiority of market capitalism everywhere from Thatcher's England to Deng's China, where just the partial abolition of socialism lifted more people out of poverty more rapidly than ever in human history.
Just as the ash heap of history beckoned, the intellectual left was handed the ultimate salvation: environmentalism. Now the experts will regulate your life not in the name of the proletariat or Fabian socialism but — even better — in the name of Earth itself.
Such a combination of straw men (the weakest versions of global warming arguments–not to Newsweeks's idea of "debate" about global warming), red herrings (communism, socialism, etc.), ad hominem (arrogant scientists are just trying to rule the world), ad ignorantiam (since we don't know much about the effects of carbon, let's do nothing. . . ), and just plain non sequiturs (Newton's law of motion was "overthrown" so distrust everything short of that) has not been seen for, um, weeks on this page.
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George Will, Straw Man, Things that are false
Built on sand
George Will compares the housing "crisis" (his scare quotes) to another one of his famous pseudo crises:
The housing perhaps-not-entirely-a-crisis resembles, in one particular, the curious consensus about the global warming "crisis," concerning which, the assumption is: Although Earth's temperature has risen and fallen through many millennia, the temperature was exactly right when, in the 1960s, Al Gore became interested in the subject.
There is a big difference, someone ought to point out, between the "climate" and the "weather" or the "temperature" at any given year. Suggesting that these are the same–and then pointing out how silly global warming is–is just dumb. I'm not even sure if this would rise to the standard of the straw man. At least with the straw man you have to approximate someone's real argument in order to make the deception work.
Anyway, on the strength of this astounding misunderstanding, Will launches into an a priori, and rhetorical-question-driven, assault on the housing crisis. He writes:
Are we to assume that last year, when housing prices were, say, 10 percent higher than they are now, they were exactly right? If so, why is that so? Because the market had set those prices, therefore they were where they belonged? But if the market was the proper arbiter of value then, why is it not the proper arbiter now? Whatever happened to the belief, way back in 2007, that there was a housing "bubble"? Or to the more ancient consensus that, because of, among other things, the deductibility of mortgage interest payments from taxable income, too much American capital flows into the housing stock?
Where's the drooling dunce who holds the position Will ever so skillfully skewers (that's two alliterations) here? Nowhere I bet. People may be wrong about the nature of the housing issue–they may even exaggerate it in a bit of political hyperbole–but Will should do us a favor of describing someone's actual position rather than the a priori incoherence of a straw man's position.
George WillGlobal WarmingHousing CrisisStraw Man


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Structure of the PIN/LC8 dimer with a bound peptide.
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The structure of the protein known both as neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitory protein, PIN (protein inhibitor of nNOS), and also as the 8 kDa dynein light chain (LC8) has been solved by X-ray diffraction. Two PIN/LC8 monomers related by a two-fold axis form a rectangular dimer. Two pairs of alpha-helices cover opposite faces, and each pair of helices packs against a beta-sheet with five antiparallel beta-strands. Each five-stranded beta-sheet contains four strands from one monomer and a fifth strand from the other monomer. A 13-residue peptide from nNOS is bound to the dimer in a deep hydrophobic groove as a sixth antiparallel beta-strand. The structure provides key insights into dimerization of and peptide binding by the multifunctional PIN/LC8 protein.


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You all are bearing the brunt of my late winter boredom here, hence lots of posting of pics.
I did a search and was shocked to not find any threads for this yet. Seemed like a good one to start. Waterways are vitally important to us all, and pretty much all of them have some beauty all of their own.
Going to start off with two pics. First, from a couple days ago, the Missouri River featuring Goat Island. I spent quite a while glassing the area with binoculars and found a new (to me) eagle nest as well as two eagles on Goat Island.
And for something completely different, here's one from Hance Creek in the Grand Canyon. At this point it kind of disappears into the gravel at some places. It was amazing to fall asleep to the cacophony of frogs singing in the early evening here.
Rivers and streams are never boring.
Rivers and streams may be my favorite things to see and be around when hiking and backpacking. And in general. Awesome thread idea.
One of my favorite shots from last summer. The South Buffalo Fork.
Sunset during an overnight canoe trip down the Missouri River in April of 2015.
Here's an interesting memory I ran across. In the summer of 2012 we experienced a severe drought here. During that time, due to irrigation and other water demands, a portion of the Platte River was sucked completely dry. I took some pictures of it at Columbus NE, I believe, where Highway 81 crosses the river.
It is dumbfounding what this thing has managed to do, relentlessly running for 6 million years as it has.
Sorry I'm having a love affair with the Colorado River and the canyons it has ground away.
Reminds me of warming up in camp with a nice cup of hot chocolate! Yum!
Muddy Creek was not so muddy this past weekend.
Day dreaming a bit this Friday afternoon - back on the North Fork of the Yellowstone.


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A second House panel started taking testimony Wednesday on a bill that would allow for saliva testing to detect the presence of drugs in motorists, hearing talk of legal challenges and suggested changes to safeguard the legislation.
"I'm confident it will be hotly litigated," Vermont Public Safety Commissioner Thomas Anderson, a former federal prosecutor and backer of the saliva testing legislation, told members of the House Judiciary Committee.
In testimony earlier this session before the House Transportation Committee, both the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont and the state Office of the Defender General have said they expect to challenge the legislation, should it become law.
The House Transportation Committee ultimately approved the bill, H.237, by a vote of 10-0-1. The full House by a voice vote last week referred the legislation to the House Judiciary Committee for further review. That panel is taking testimony this week.
Debate on the bill follows the passage last month of H.511, legalizing the possession of up to one ounce of pot and the cultivation of two mature and four immature marijuana plants. That bill becomes effective July 1.
On Wednesday, Rep. Tom Burditt, R-West Rutland, a House Judiciary Committee member, asked Chloé White, policy director at the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont, if a change could be made to the bill that would lead to her organization's support for the legislation.
Burditt suggested including a provision requiring an officer to obtain a warrant before saliva testing a motorist for drugs.
"I think it would ameliorate a lot of our concerns," White responded.
Currently, the legislation does not include such a warrant provision. A warrant is required to obtain a blood sample from a motorist, but not for a breath test.
Anderson, the public safety commissioner, agreed Wednesday that the matter of whether a warrant should be needed by officers to obtain an evidentiary saliva sample from a motorist is an important issue.
"That determination should be done the by courts," Anderson told the committee.
At this point in time, he said, the only way to test for the presence of drugs in a driver believed to be impaired is a blood test, a time-consuming process often administered well after a traffic stop. If a warrant were required for saliva testing, similar problems would arise, Anderson said.
In addition to determining whether a warrant would be needed to obtain an evidentiary salvia sample, it's also expected that the admissibility of the results will ultimately need to be decided by a court, he said.
That court process could take a year or more before final rulings by the Vermont Supreme Court, he said.
Anderson also reiterated testimony he previously provided to the House Transportation Committee. He urged the panel to approve the legislation providing law enforcement officers the means to use saliva testing on drivers "reasonably suspected" of being drug-impaired.
Anderson told members of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that a non-evidentiary roadside saliva test would be an added tool for officers to use in trying to determine if a motorist is impaired.
If the results of a roadside saliva test are positive for marijuana, or a series of other drugs, including opioids, an evidentiary saliva test would follow. That "confirming" test would be sent to the state laboratory for more detailed results.
Anderson told the committee that there is no scientific standard, or per se level, for determining impairment based on detectable levels of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.
Anderson, a member of the Governor's Marijuana Advisory Commission and the Governor's Opioid Coordination Council, said both panels advocate for the need for a saliva test to help detect drugged driving.
Opponents of the saliva testing bill argue that while the results show the presence of drugs, they don't prove impairment.
White, of the ACLU, also told the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that the procedure to obtain saliva is more "bodily" invasive than a breath test used to detect alcohol levels for motorists.
"In an age of this creeping government and private sector intrusion we think we should reject the normalization of another bodily invasion test," she said.
To address highway safety, White said the state already has effective tools to determine a motorist's impairment. Those tools, she said, include field sobriety tests.
Also, she said, while the legislation doesn't establish a per se limit for marijuana, the results will still factor into whether a person is charged.
The committee is expected to hear additional testimony on the legislation through the week.


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My Contribution: I served an important role as a messenger and clerk in the Pennsylvania State Capitol building. I led numerous organizations and societies in Harrisburg and consistently advocated for African American rights and equity. I organized the installation of a fountain honoring Dr. Jones at the entrance to 12th Street Park. My mother was the first Black resident to own a house in Verbeketown in the Sixth Ward.
My Legacy: I was an essential worker for the State Capitol. My role as a messenger made me a trusted member of state operations while my activism and engagement in my community made me a leader of advocacy and political work during my time. My work as a political advocate and active leader in the Sixth Ward united Black Harrisburgers and cultivated a sense of resilience amid the community despite the ongoing displacement of many African Americans in Harrisburg due to the Capitol Extension Project. I was recognized as an outstanding leader even in my own day in the Pennsylvania Negro Business Directory published in 1910.
About Me: "Mr. Burrs' operations are of a purely local character, and he has succeeded in building up quite a large and profitable business." Pennsylvania Negro Business Directory, 1910.
Full Name: Harry Burrs
Birth Date: March 25, 1877
Death Date: December 6, 1958
Place of Birth: Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Race: Black (1880-1920 Federal Censuses), "Negro" (1930-1940 Federal Censuses)
Places of Residence: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 1430 Marion Street (1900), 130 Fulton Street (1910), 1407 Marion Street (1917-1930), and 516 Calder Street (1940-1958)
Connection to the Old Eighth Ward: Active in organizations grounded in the Eight Ward; participated in advocacy work alongside on behalf of many Eighth Warders.
Family Members: Father: George Burrs. Mother: Elizabeth Franklin Burrs. Siblings: George W. Burrs and Lizzie Burrs.
Education: Harrisburg High School graduate (1899)
Occupations: Elevator Boy (1900). State Capitol Messenger. Capitol Clerk (1930).
Church Membership: Harris A.M.E. Zion Church (likely).
Activism: Dauphin County Afro-American League (President); Unity Lodge No. 71, Colored Elks (Exalted Ruler, treasurer, district deputy for Central Pennsylvania); Elliott Association for Colored Grads of Harrisburg High Schools (organizer and president, 1901-1910); Sixth Ward Social Club (host); Sixth Ward Casino Baseball Team (manager); and Lincoln Cemetery Decoration Day (orator, 1899).
Connections: Peter Blackwell, John P. Scott, Rev. William H. Marshall, Sylvester Burris, William Howard Day, John W. Simpson, and Dr. William H. Jones.


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Gal Gadot and Chris Pine meet again in trailer for 'Wonder Woman 1984'
Posted 7:47 AM, December 9, 2019, by CNN Wire
She will fight for those who cannot fight for themselves. That's because she's Wonder Woman, and now she's finally back.
The first trailer for "Wonder Woman 1984," starring Gal Gadot, was released Sunday.
The first look at the highly anticipated follow-up to "Wonder Woman" shows Diana Prince reuniting with her love, Steve Trevor, played by Chris Pine.
This might have come as a surprise to many as Trevor's plane blew up in the first film, which was set during World War I, decades before.
Here's the complete list of movies, shows you'll be able binge on Disney+ starting Tuesday
In the trailer, set in the 1980s, Gadot is once again at the center of the action, dodging bullets, crushing guns with her bare firsts, and, of course, saving lives.
During San Diego Comic-Con in July 2018, Gadot said the movie wasn't a sequel, but its "own story."
"Wonder Woman" is the first major superhero franchise to be led by a woman, director Patty Jenkins. The film earned more than $103 million in its North American opening last June, the biggest ever for a female director.
The film's release date is June 5, 2020.
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'Speak of the Devil': special event for New York peeps (and geeks)
My friend the Rev. John Cush—back in New York, on break from Rome, where he's a dean at the North American College—will be featured at a special event tomorrow night. (H/T to Deacon Steve Greydanus!). It's taking place at the Sheen Center in lower Manhattan:
Join us for a lively conversation about the Netflix web TV series Marvel's Daredevil, with members of the show's creative team, who will discuss what goes into making a hit television series. They will be joined by other speakers, who will talk about the moral themes the show explores.
Julie Schubert (Casting Director, Daredevil; House of Cards (Emmy Nominated);Outcast; Luke Cage) Matthew O'Brien (Director, Original Programming, Marvel TV) Rev. John Cush (Academic Dean of the Pontifical North American College in Rome and Theological Expert for Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero by Larry Tye) Khaldoun Sweis, PhD, (Associate Professor of Philosophy at Olive-Harvey College and tutor in philosophy with Oxford University in England.) About the Show:Daredevil follows Matt Murdock, attorney by day and vigilante by night. Blinded in an accident as a child, Murdock uses his heightened senses as Daredevil to fight crime on the streets of New York after the sun goes down. Tickets: $15
Check out the website for additional details.
Fr. Cush is a die-hard comic book fan and an honest-to-goodness geek. He's also an enthusiastic raconteur and teacher, and a great dinner companion. But I digress. If you're in the neighborhood, go. Listen. Geek out. You'll have a great time.
Below is an image of him with me and my wife from our recent visit to Rome.


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But you can't see a foot forward.
Was every path clear en route?
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Were the snow capped peaks and hot springs not worth it?
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Guide and Seek: Tulga, our Man in Mongolia
Here at Wild Frontiers HQ, we were lucky to receive a visit from our friend and local guide in Mongolia, Tulga, who happened to be in London ahead of the Travel and Destinations Show and stopped by for a chat.
Tulga has been working with us for over 10 years and his passion for his country and introducing tourists to the nomadic ways and traditions of its people is infectious.
With a bright smile, Tulga gave us a thoughtful presentation on one of our tours which involves the spectacular Golden Eagle Festival, set within the majestic backdrop of the Altai Mountains.
The festival, which Tulga tells us has been running for nineteen years now, has changed over time. What was once a male-dominated event, after some cynicism, now allows women to compete too. Two years ago, only two women participated, but that number has gone up to five.
This could be attributed to one of the most famous Eagle Huntresses to have competed in the last few years, a Kazakh nomad girl by the name of Aisholpan Nurgaiv. She started training when she was just ten years old and went on to win the games at the age of thirteen.
This truly impressive feat can only really be admired by understanding the games themselves. Fortunately, Tulga was happy to explain.
'The Golden Eagle Festival is one of the biggest in the country. There are two events and the smaller of which happens in the second week of September when the weather is slightly warmer. This is when the hunting season starts, the first snowfall settles in the region and local hunters will gather to hunt foxes, whose tracks are visible in the crisp white snow.'
Their weapon of choice? A trained golden eagle, of course. Hunting is ceremoniously followed by a celebration. This old tradition is where the idea of the festival originated.
'The main festival occurs on the first weekend of October and between these two occasions, the temperature drops about ten degrees. Considering the unpredictable nature of the weather during this time, storms can blight the festival. But nothing has ever caused a festival to be cancelled, it's simply gets postponed. This is Mongolia after all.'
Every year, between 70 and 100 eagle hunters travel to just outside of Ulgii town from across Mongolia by land, to compete in the two-day festival. But there can only be one winner.
The concept of the games seems rather simple, but as Tulga explains, it doesn't by any means sound easy.
'In the first of the main games, the master must climb to the top of the mountain with his, or her, eagle. Upon releasing the eagle, it soars down from the mountain to land on the arm of a man mounted on a horse.
The second game has an extra challenge. The horse rider, at full gallop, must drag a bait, likely a dead animal, which the eagle must attack.'
It may seem like most of the work here falls to the eagle, which is why they require such rigorous training. But keep in mind that the eagles can weigh up to 7kg, which is the equivalent of catching an overweight cat on your forearm after it's flown down a mountainside using its wingspan of over 7ft in freezing cold temperatures. Rather an intimidating thought. Add to the mix the full pelt galloping on horseback and you really start getting to grips with how challenging this must be.
Naturally, the eagles can get distracted. Their impeccable eyesight can spot prey from quite a distance and Tulga warns against wearing anything red to the festival. 'The eagles can mistake this for blood and you might find yourself on the unpleasant end of some talons.'
With up to sixty eagle hunters taking their turn going up the mountain and releasing one eagle at a time, this can take hours. But luckily, the festival has plenty else to offer.
With a parade to kick the festivities off, there are horse races, archery and a goat skin competition; a sort of rugby/tug of war game on horseback.
There's also a competition in which horse riders must precisely snatch a coin from the ground at full gallop, and one where a man steals a kiss from a girl and rides away on a slow horse. In turn, the girl takes chase and whips him in response.
I steal a moment to speak to Tulga about what he particularly loves to show people on his tours. Alongside the Golden Eagle Festival in the West, which Tulga has visited over ten times, his favourite expedition is to take tourists to the North to visit the reindeer tribe.
'There are only 200 indigenous people left, they're very special. They live in teepees and the scenery there is stunning.'
The Dukha, or Tsaatan in Mongolian, are indeed very special. Their nomadic lifestyle sees them moving frequently with their herd of reindeer for hunting opportunities or to escape the warmer weather.
The activity which gets the best reaction, Tulga tells us, is the welcome dinner at the festival, when visitors get the opportunity to sit down with the hunters to chat and sing songs.
'The hunters leave their eagles outside the ger like you might park your car', he says, 'and even though people tend to enjoy the whole festival experience, this personal interaction really seems to make an impression.'
Speaking of making an impression, Tulga leaves behind a room full of people eager to visit or return to ongolia, along with some delicious Mongolian treats. I guess that's why he's such a good tour guide, he has a knack for leaving people longing for the next adventure.
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Double D Dude Ranch
By Chace Thibodeaux on September 27, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
This film is credited as being written and directed by Jamie Grefe, but if I didn't know better I would have sworn that this was a Jim Wynorski film, and that Grefe was simply one of Wynorski's many pseudonyms. Released in 2016 it has all the hallmarks of Wynorski's softcore features in the 2010's: cheap production values, a bare-bones plot, and good-looking cast of characters who get naked at the drop of the hat and simulate sex in fast-paced scenes with uptempo dance music playing that end with the female characters looking directly at the camera. But no, Jamie Grefe is an actual real person. There is a claim on the IMDB page for this film that Wynorski was originally attached to direct.
I can save myself in this review, and just post the IMDB summary:
When an beautiful but greedy and conniving temptress attempts to take over the DD Dude Ranch the very busty owner and sexy Ranch Hands that work there must pull together to outsmart her and thwart her evil plan.
Bridgette B. stars as Diana Dean, the owner of the Double D Dude Ranch, which has been in her family for six generations. Frankie Cullen and Romeo Price play Clint and Lucky Luke, her two male ranch hands. Andy San Dimas is Penelope, Allie James is Annie, Raven Rockette is Shyla and Kaylani Lei is Jill, these are all women who have just arrived at the ranch to start working there.
Kali Kavelli is Sherri Underwood, a neighboring developer who wants to buy the ranch, apparently to tear it down to make way for a highway or something. She's tried to convince Diana to sell to her before, but Diana always refuses. So Sherri starts to play dirty, trying to force Diana to sell, including sabotaging the ranch's water supply. But when that doesn't work, things start to get violent…
Also in the cast is Nick Manning as Sherri's henchman Dirk, Gigi Allens plays an unnamed woman who is an inspector for an oil company, and there's also another man who isn't named in the film nor listed in the credit, so I don't know who he's supposed to be except that he's connected to Sherri.
The film is about an hour and thirteen minutes long and during that time we get eleven sex scenes.
Six of the scenes are B/G. Frankie Cullen has scenes with Bridgette B., Andy San Dimas and Kali Kavelli. Kavelli also has scenes with Nick Manning and the unnamed actor. And Romeo Price and Gigi Allens have a scene.
Three of the scenes are lesbian scenes. There's Allie James and Bridgette B. together, Allie James and Andy San Dimas together, and a foursome with Allie, Bridgette, Raven Rockette and Kaylani Lei.
There's a threesome scene with Romeo, Raven, and Kaylani.
And there's a big finale group scene, with Allie, Bridgett, Raven, Kaylani, Andy, Frankie and Romeo.
The story is silly, and the acting is amateurish, so based on that this film would get like TWO STARS.
But Goddamn, the sex scenes are all smokin' hot! All of the women in here are gorgeous, and that IS the main reason that we watch these softcore films, isn't it? So for the sex scenes, this film gets a Chacebook rating of FIVE STARS.
Seriously, buy this film and just skip through to the sex scenes, you'll be more than satisfied.
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Music Scholarship and Awards
Music Scholarship and Awards Info
Performance Grant Audition Form
Health and Safety for Musicians
Performing Arts Themed Learning Community
The UTC Music Department provides several scholarship and award opportunities to students on the basis of talent, ability, dedication, effort, and demonstrated need. There are three basic categories of these awards: performance grants awarded to incoming freshman as well as continuing students funded through the UC Foundation, scholarships and awards given to continuing students based on personal achievement funded through endowments, and the most prestigious award, the Presser Scholar Award funded by the Theodore Presser Music Publishing Co.
Performance Grants
Performance grants are given to undergraduate and/or graduate students. The awarding of these grants reflects the music department faculty's strong commitment to developing and maintaining excellent student performing ensembles. Funding for these awards is through the UC Foundation.
Performance grants are awarded based on competitive auditions. Please see the Audition Criteria on the Audition page for specific requirements for each area. Obligations may include participation in one or more large ensembles and enrollment in applied instruction in the appropriate instrument or voice.
Performance grants are renewable for up to four years if all continuation requirements are met.
Gold Scholarship
UTC began offering the Gold Scholarship Program for First-Time Freshmen applicants beginning fall 2016. If you live outside of Tennessee but want to take advantage of the outstanding educational opportunities offered at UTC, then you want to be one of our Gold Scholars. Eligible students can qualify to pay in-state tuition or in-state tuition plus just 25% of the out-of-state fees.
Theodore Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award
The Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award is the most prestigious of the UTC Music Department awards and grants. Funding for this grant comes from the Theodore J. Presser Music Publishing Company. This grant rewards excellence.
The Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award is given to an outstanding music major at or after the end of their junior year based in recommendation of the music faculty. There is no audition for this award.
The award winner receives a one-time monetary grant. Additionally, the student is designated as a "Presser Scholar".
Authors and Artists Club Scholarship
The Authors and Artists Club Scholarship was created in 1988 by the Authors and Artists Club and is given each year by the College of Arts and Sciences based on recommendation of the Music Department faculty. It is funded by an endowment from the Authors and Artists Club through the UC Foundation and may be awarded to more than one student who will split the funds.
The Authors and Artists Club Scholarship is given to an undergraduate student who has demonstrated artistic talent, successful academic performance, and financial need in the broadest sense. The award may be continued from year to year as long as the student does not change to a course of study outside of music or withdraw from UTC. There is no audition for this award.
The monetary value of this scholarship varies from year to year as the award is based on interest income from the original endowment. The scholarship is renewed from year to year based on continuation requirements.
Earl and Judy Brown Trumpet Scholarship
The Earl and Judy Brown Trumpet Scholarship was established in 2010 through a UC Foundation Endowment.
The award is given to a music major studying trumpet who is a member of the UTC Jazz Band. The recipient is selected by the Trumpet Professor and the Director of Bands.
The monetary value of the scholarship is dependent on interest from the original endowment. The award may be renewed from year to year.
Roland Carter Endowed Scholarship
The Roland Carter Endowed Scholarship was established in 2013 in honor of the life and career of UTC professor emeritus Roland Carter. It is funded through a UC foundation endowment.
The Roland Carter Endowed Scholarship is given to an incoming or current music major who has demonstrated academic achievement and exhibits promise as a musician performing or researching American Music. The recipient is selected by the Music Department Head and the Music Dept. Faculty. Preference is given to graduates of Howard High School in Chattanooga.
Glenn Draper Music Scholarship
The Glenn Draper Music Scholarship was established in 2002 by friends and colleagues of Glenn Draper, retired University Music professor and choral director. It is funded through through a UC foundation endowment.
The Glenn Draper Music Scholarship is given to a student who has completed two successive years in UTC Choral Activities and who has demonstrated successful academic performance and/or financial need. Preference is given to music majors. There is no audition for this award.
The monetary value of the award is dependent on interest from the original endowment. The award may be renewed from year to year.
Sharon Gilley Grant Scholarship
The Sharon Gilley Grant Scholarship was created in 1984 in memory of Sharon Gilley Grant, a former student by a donation to the UC foundation.
The Sharon Gilley Grant Scholarship is awarded to a vocal music major in performance or education who participates in the UTC Opera.The award recipient is selected as a result of competitive audition.
Arthur Rivituso Piano Scholarship
The Arthur Rivituso Piano Scholarship was established in 1991 in memory of former UTC Professor Arthur Rivituso. The award is funded through a UC Foundation endowment.
The award is given to a current or upcoming advanced piano student with preference given to students who received the award previously. The award recipient is selected by the coordinator of piano studies.
Edmonia J. Simmons Endowed Scholarship in Music
The Edmonia J. Simmons Endowed Scholarship in Music was established in 1991 by friends and colleagues of Ms. Simmons, a distinguished musician and community leader. It is funded through a UC endowment.
The Edmonia J. Simmons Endowed Scholarship in Music is given to an outstanding student majoring in music or music education and demonstrating a successful musical ability and talent in addition to financial need. Preference is given to minority students. There is no audition for this award.
Stanton Palmer Trumpet Scholarship
The Stanton Palmer Trumpet Scholarship was established in 2007 in memory of Stanton Palmer, UC alumnus and musician. It is funded through a UC foundation endowment.
The award is given to a trumpet player pursuing a career in music education, or alternately to a brass player pursuing a career in music education with preference given to previous winners of the award. The student must be a member of the UTC Marching Band and UTC Jazz Band. The recipient is selected by the Trumpet Professor and the Director of Bands.
Tony D 'Andrea Music Scholarship
The Tony D 'Andrea Music Scholarship was established in 2014 to honor Professor Emeritus Tony J. D 'Andrea, Director of Bands at UTC from 1982-2005.
The scholarship is awarded to a UTC Music major who is a member of the Marching and Concert Bands. Recipients are selected by the Director of Bands and Assistant Director of Bands.
UTC Academic Scholarships
Institutional Scholarships - Deadlines begin December 1
These awards are funded by UTC and other sources. The major awards include the Chancellor's Scholarship, Provost's Scholarship, Mocs Scholarship, Chattanooga Yes!, Academic Service Scholarship and Transfer Scholarship.
Points and Awards
Department of Mathematics Scholarships and Awards