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The New Zealand Harkness Fellowships are intended to enable outstanding mid-career professionals in any field of study or vocation except health policy, to undertake a Fellowship programme which best suits their professional and personal objectives.
Philanthropist Edward Harkness
The Fellowships seek to reinforce New Zealand-United States' links by enabling actual or potential leaders and opinion formers in New Zealand to benefit from new ideas, practices and new contacts in the US.
From 1922, The Commonwealth Fund of New York, a philanthropic enterprise established by the Harkness family in 1918, provided Fellowships to enable young and mid career professionals to spend up to 21 months in the United States to pursue graduate training or research. Fellows were drawn from a range of countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and some continental European countries. In 1996 however, the Board of the Commonwealth Fund decided to focus the Fellowships on health care policy and practice, which was in fact more in keeping with the overall purpose of the Fund itself.
Since 1997, the Fund has enabled promising mid-career professionals in the health sector—academic researchers, clinicians, hospital and insurance managers, government health policy-makers, and health journalists—from Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom to spend up to 12 months as a Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice.
Fellows work with leading U.S. experts to study a critical issue on the health policy agenda in both the U.S. and their home country. The Commonwealth Fund administers the New Zealand Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice. You can visit their website or contact Toni Ashton at toni.ashton@auckland.ac.nz for more information.
Harkness House, New York – a stopping off point for many visiting fellows.
Mindful that the original Harkness Fellowships had enabled a generation of young emerging leaders from both the public and private sectors in New Zealand to benefit from what was a life-changing experience in the United States, a small group of New Zealand Harkness alumni established The New Zealand Harkness Fellowships Trust (Inc) ("NZHFT"), by a trust deed on 12 December 1997, to support 'general purpose' fellowships promoting exchanges between the United States of America and New Zealand. The establishment of this Trust, and its intent to award additional Fellowships for tenure in the US, was endorsed by the Commonwealth Fund.
Previous New Zealand Harkness Fellows ( under the 'old scheme') have included managers in the public and private sectors, lawyers, policy analysts, economists, academics, journalists, social scientists, educators, artists, and central and local government officers. Many Harkness Fellows have gone on to reach the top of their chosen professions.
Harkness Fellows Hugh Fletcher, Bridget Liddell and Professor Richard Faull
Well-known Fellows include:
Roger Blakeley ( former Secretary for the Environment, and Secretary of Internal Affairs), is currently Chief Planning Officer for the Auckland Council responsible for the Auckland Plan.
Rob Cameron is Managing Director of Cameron Partners, an investment banking and private equity firm
Peter Douglas is Chief Executive of Te Ohu Kai Moana, the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission
Whaimutu Dewes, is Managing director at Whainiho Developments Ltd and a prominent Maori professional director
Professor Richard Faull, is a world renowned neuroscientist at the Auckland University Medical School
Hugh Fletcher, is former Chief Executive of Fletcher Challenge, and a prominent businessman
Andrew Kibblewhite is Chief Executive of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
Dr Murray Milner is a former chief engineer at the Post Office and currently chair of the National Health IT Board
Professor Ron Paterson, is currently Professor of Law at Auckland University, and formerly a highly regarded Health and Disability Commissioner
Dr Karen Poutasi, is former Director General of Health, currently CE of the NZ Qualifications Authority
Kara Puketapu, is a leader of the Te Āti Awa iwi in Waiwhetū, Lower Hutt,. He has a doctorate from the University of Chicago. Puketapu grew up in Taranaki and rose through the ranks of the Ministry of Maori Affairs (later named the Ministry of Māori Affairs and ultimately Te Puni Kōkiri) to become Secretary of Maori Affairs.
Sir Bruce Robertson is a retired judge of the Court of Appeal and chairman of the Law Commission
Sir John Robertson, was former Secretary of Justice and Chief Ombudsman ( deceased)
Brian Tyler, is a former Auditor General
Sir Wilson Whineray, was a renowned All Black captain and prominent business leader (recently deceased)
Bridget Liddell, Managing Principal of Fahrenheit 212 Equity, provides leadership to companies seeking to successfully commercialise their products and services in the US.
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That is Jenny Harkness and Rodger Moller
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I also follow Peter Griffin's website. That's why this one is pretty familiar. You guys also check it out. It is called petergriffin.co.nz
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So: You want to be a better feminist, a better ally, or basically just more aware of social issues, and you don't know where to start? Perfect! Here's the series for you. I've put together a couple blog posts that are baby steps into a couple areas of feminism and intersectionality that I hope will help expand your horizons a little – I know that in creating them, they certainly helped expand mine!
Step one of this journey begins with examining whiteness. In my personal experience, white is considered the "default" race – as a person of color growing up, I never really saw anyone that looked like me on TV, and the Indian characters I did see were all deeply stereotypical. I'll never forget the moment when I was watching Quantico, and as Priyanka Chopra's character cried on my TV screen about her personal tragedy, I cried with her, because I was finally able to see someone that looked like me, dressed like me, talked like me, and that I could truly connect with in the media I consumed. I know a lot of people nowadays are familiar with the concept of privilege, and how we can have and not have privileges, but I want to focus specifically on unpacking white privilege and whiteness. I think this is something we focus a little less on, and I hope unpacking this will be a refreshing take on privilege for you! As always, I've brought some helpful scholars from academia and their perspectives to help me out with this!
Let's cover some basics: whiteness is a social construct and an ideology, just like how race and gender are social constructs that we have prescribed meaning to. But that doesn't mean it doesn't have an impact on our daily lives. Stuart Hall in 1995 wrote that ideologies can seem like a "given", so, if whiteness feels like the norm, or like it's a "given", then it's an ideology. But, the problem with whiteness as an ideology is that it's elusive. Raka Shome writes, "whiteness always becomes something that is about someone else, about something else, but never about itself. … [Whiteness is] that sense of material and cultural entitlement that is enabled, and the sense of social agency that is produced, when we see the world constantly constructed in our image, through our needs, and through our frame of reference." To put it simpler, whiteness is a way of describing the ideology behind white privilege – it's an entitlement to a certain world and way of life.
This sense of whiteness as the default can be incredibly confusing for people of color, as explained by W.E.B. DuBois: "It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity." DuBois' double consciousness means that not only does he see the world through his own eyes, but also through the lens of how he is perceived in whiteness. People of color have to navigate through this double thinking, conscious and subconscious, on a daily basis, whereas people who are white don't have to do that because they are considered the norm. So, white privilege isn't just about the opportunities you're getting in life, it's also about how much easier or harder it is for you to navigate your daily life because of this constant consciousness (or lack of, if you're white).
So how do we deal with this? How do we check our white privilege and see how deep it goes? And ultimately, if you're white, what do you do about it? Robert Jensen, in his book "The Heart of Whiteness" talks about white fear and white guilt, and I think these are two aspects to whiteness and white privilege that we don't often think about. First, he talks about guilt. White people say they often feel guilty about slavery, but guilt implies responsibility. It's impossible to be responsible for something that happened before you were born. But, he says, by focusing on guilt in this abstract way and centering it on something that happened before their birth means that they don't have to feel guilty about specific cases, which is a convenient way to avoid accountability. Also, this abstract guilt means they don't have to take action, because it makes them feel paralysed and like there's nothing they can do.
White readers, do you feel so guilty about white privilege that you can't seem to do anything about it? If so, you're stuck in some pretty abstract guilt. Instead, Jensen says, you should feel guilty for the racist acts you've committed in your lifetime, and your failures to do all you can to resist white supremacy and work against it, and feeling enough guilt to make sure you won't repeat those mistakes. This makes your guilt actionable – you can work to reduce your guilt, rather than be overwhelmed by it.
Next, Jensen talks about white fear. The first two fears of white people are the fear of facing the reality that some of what white people have is unearned, and that if racial equality suddenly happened, that white people would lose what they have and the things they own. This redistribution of wealth would absolutely be a good thing, but when your life is comfortable, having to give that up can be scary for white people.
Third, he says, white people fear a world in which non-white people may gain significant power. I think this is perhaps one of the easiest fears of whiteness to spot – for example, Donald Trump and his infamous wall with Mexico is a blatant example of how white people fear "they" are all going to keep "coming here and taking our jobs". Amidst all of this, subconsciously, there's also a fear that non-white people might treat white people just as badly as they have been treated for so many years.
Lastly, Jensen says white people fear being "seen through" by non-white people. We all carry some traces of racism – maybe it's from our upbringing or the stereotypes we've heard. White people fear that despite their antiracist vocabulary, that they might say the wrong thing, make a mistake and reveal some accidental inner racism and be exposed as a fraud. In response to this, Jensen suggests that you recognise that fear publicly, and let it go.
Do you see yourself or the people around you in any of these ideas about white guilt and fear? If so, great! It's okay to feel guilty and scared, but you also need to do something about it, and Jensen has a helpful suggestion for that too: people of color need you to channel your guilt and fear into productive anger. Jensen says you need to get angry, stay angry, but don't let it swallow you info self-righteousness. Let your passion for justice fuel your work but don't let it overlook your own flaws and failures. Recognise your white privilege, your guilt, and your fears, but work to improve the world you live in.
I'd love to hear from you – what surprised you in this post? What resonated? Do you feel like this helps you make a little more sense of how whiteness and white privilege works, and also what to do about it? Let me know!
DuBois, W. (1994). The Souls of Black Folk (pp. 7-15). Dover Publications.
Hall, S. (1995). The Whites of Their Eyes: Racist Ideologies in the Media. In G. Dines & J. Humez, Gender, Race and Class in Media: A Critical Reader (pp. 18-22). Thousand Oaks: Sage Press.
Jensen, R. (2005). The Heart of Whiteness (pp. 45-65). San Francisco: City Lights Publishing.
Shome, R. (2000). Outing whiteness. Critical Studies In Media Communication, 17(3), 366-371. doi: 10.1080/15295030009388402

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elgep created the topic: Tacoma Group Still Active?
The current HVN USA map (as of 8/11/16) shows that there is an active group in Tacoma, Washington. Does anyone know if that group is still active? I am asking on behalf of a friend. I live in Portland, OR but I'd be glad to drive 3 hours up there and take her to a meeting because I'm pretty sure connecting with other hearing voices people will help her see she is not alone and it will encourage her to choose to live.
If this group is not active, is there an online community she can connect with? She is comfortable communicating online and has the technology to do so.
I appreciate your help and send love and healing your way.
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The group in Tacoma is still very much an active group. They even have their own website: http://pugetsoundhearingvoices.org/ and Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pugetsoundhearingvoices/.
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Every year around mid-January it happens, we get reminded of all those purchases we made over the holiday season as the credit card bills start to come in. After the holidays you may find yourself with a lot of debt.
It always seems that no matter how hard we try we always spend more money than we wanted to at the holidays. Getting this debt paid off should be your priority for the New Year.
Make a list of your holiday credit card debt. Make sure that you put all the debt you accumulated during the holiday season. This will help you to face what you have so that you can have a plan of action to get it paid off in a timely manner. Facing the debit is the first step to getting rid of it.
Make changes in your spending habits so that you can push some of that money to paying off your debts. The best way to accomplish this is to make another list of the things you spend money on each month. Things such as expensive coffee can be reduced and that extra money can go to pay off the holiday debt you have.
Clean out your closet and try to sell those items you do not use. You might be surprised as to the amount of money you can raise to send directly to the credit card company to get your balances reduced. Make sure that you part with those things that are sitting around and haven�t been touched in years.
If you aren�t able to pay off the balance right away, there may be some options you can try to save you a little money down the road. Sometimes you can find one credit card with a lower interest rate that you can do a balance transfer on. For small to medium debts, sometimes this can be a great way to get a handle on things. Combining a bunch of smaller higher interest debts into one lower interest debt can usually not only help to keep things organized, but may save you money in the long term as well. Even if it is five or ten dollars, try to always pay more than the minimum. If you feel that you can budget even five dollars over your minimum monthly payments do so.
Contact your service providers. Sometimes all you have to do is ask. You may be able to get a promotional rate with your household bills such as gas and electric, and you can then use the money you save to put towards your credit and debts.
Finally, use your experience from this past holiday season for next time. Begin planning now for 2014 Christmas. Use Boxing Week sales to get gifts for the next holiday season. Pick up gifts during the year as you see them on sale. And most importantly, start saving now for Christmas. Putting away $10-$25 a pay will go a long way when it comes to shopping for Christmas 2014. You won�t have to put anything on credit when you go and spend next time.


Height FX is a dedicated height seeker and the producer of the Height Effects. Whether he is wrong or right, he is still a devoted height seeker and is capable at minimum of producing constructive failures that we can learn from(in contrast to scams like Height Max which provide no relevant information).
Here's what I've said about inhibiting Estrogen to Increase Height. Essentially I found data that supported the hypothesis that growth plate de-activation occurs as a result of depletion of mesenchymal stem cells in the growth plate. This theory is good for Lateral Synovial Joint Loading as it does not preclude the fact that the growth plates merely deactivate rather than fuse and thus are subject to the recruitment of new mesenchymal stem cells into the growth plate.
Height FX has a different theory and believes that inhibiting Estrogen is the key to unlimited height. Under Height FX's model Lateral Synovial Joint Loading will only work in children by trabecular microfractures enabling the recruitment of new stem cells and in adults by Lateral Synovial Joint Loading stretching the cortical bone. He believes that Growth Plate Fusion is a constant war between chondrogenesis and osteogenesis. If you can tip the scales in favor of chondrogenesis(whether through localized methods or endocronoligical ones) over osteogenesis(slow it down by inhibiting Estrogen) then you can increase your final maximum height.
The Michael Phelps paradox of long arms without long legs shows how important localized factors are. It is completely explainable by endocronological means to have a long torso but short arms and legs as they are determined by different endocronological mechanisms. But for people like Michael Phelps who has the leg length of a 5'8" male and the arm span of someone who is 6'8" that can only be explained by factors localized within the growth plate.
If Estrogen plays such a large role in growth plate fusion, then how do high bodyfat percentage people(body fat produces estrogen) like Queen Latifah, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Dr. Phil manage to be so tall? They most likely have enhanced sensitivity to insulin. Bone does have metabolic factors. Their enhanced sensitivity to insulin enables them to more rapidly gain height(plus muscle and fat mass) faster than the estrogen can take it away.
The correlation between body size and height is also explainable by the exhaustion of proliferative capacity growth plate model. The correlation is only perceived and height is mostly determined by localized factors within the growth plate(with possibly things that affect mesenchymal stem cells like IGF-1 making a difference).
Height FX recommends Letrozole as it suppresses Estrogen activity but he also believes that chondrogenesis must be accelerated by extraneous IGF-1/HGH. The reason that HGH doesn't cause gigantism is that HGH accelerates both chondrogenesis and osteogenesis.
It remains to be seen whether the endochronolocial model or the localized stem cell model is correct or whether a third model is in place.


To call 83-year-old Jackie Raser a cancer survivor is an understatement.Diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer in 2008, she underwent more than a year of intensive drug therapy at a nearby hospital. When that failed to stop the tumor's growth, doctors there told her she had just months to live.
Instead, the party was a new beginning for Raser.One of the guests told Harris about Dr. Ignatius Ou, a UC Irvine Health oncologist and researcher at the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center who was conducting clinical trials of a drug targeting gene mutations in non-small cell lung cancers.
When Ou learned that Raser had one of the rare mutations the drug crizotinib is designed to treat, he immediately enrolled her in a trial. The results exceeded all expectations.
"When my mother started crizotinib, she was struggling to breathe and had a terrible cough," Harris says.
Just two weeks later, Raser's cough had improvedand the tumor had shrunk to a degree that surprised even Ou. Within three months, it was dormant. "Although crizotinib doesn't cure cancer, it can block genetic pathways that cause tumor cells to grow," Ou explains.
Moreover, Raser's experience is changing the way lung cancer is approached nationwide. A published report on her response to crizotinib helped lead the National Comprehensive Cancer Network to recommend using the drug with this unusual type of lung cancer.
Ou says that treatment of the disease has evolved dramatically in the last few years. Tumors now undergo molecular profiling, and therapies are tailored to each patient's unique cancer. These targeted measures have a much higher success rate and tend to be less toxic than older regimens.


When we first developed SkyPath, the Government of the day said there was no way they would ever make such a significant investment in one project. SkyPath would have taken the entire (paltry!) $30 million annual budget the Government allocated for walking and cycling across the entire country.
So we developed the idea of a user pays "PPP" facility to fund SkyPath. However since then, things have changed..
The proposed PPP to deliver SkyPath fell over in February when consortium partner Downer Construction advised SkyPath was too small and unique to work as a PPP.
It will provide a greater reduction in greenhouse gases. With the Government's commitment to the Paris Accord on Climate Change, it would be contrary to toll Aucklanders choosing to walk and cycle.
State Highway projects are fully funded by Government. NZTA's 'SeaPath', the shared path from SkyPath to Takapuna, is to be fully funded by Government, SkyPath deserves the same funding approach.
For these reasons, SkyPath is not appropriate nor feasible as a user pays PPP facility. Responsibility for SkyPath should be taken from Council's Investment Office and assigned to NZTA, who manage the Auckland Harbour Bridge and are specialists in the funding and delivery of transport projects.
Quick crossings should be free.
A toll to walk and cycle, where cars and trucks cross for free?
This is backwards and would make a mockery of the clean green image NZ is portraying to the world.
I would like to see this project funded by charging vehicles with only 1 person for crossing.
Typical anything to make money, it should be free. Desperate and uncreative use. Why? Well what a joke and it hasn't been built yet.
Nick brings home a very good point, but I cannot see new zealand's car loving citizenry coming out in support of paying for a service someone else uses. Already central government does this with smoking and alcohol taxes and then does not pass enough of it on to supporting the health services that prop up those who paid their habit tax.
However, quick crossings should be free during certain hours, or a commuter concession, cross ten times and the rest of the year is free access. Remember, there is security planned, and this worked well on Sydney harbour. It certainly made me feel safer crossing with security. A free bridge is no use if the majority are scared to use it.
Perhaps the Toll could taper out once payback occurs and becomes smaller and more reasonable at that point.
As for cost why would return cost more than one way? Skypaths quoted statistics suggest a tourist is unlikely to walk across and visit viewing bays and then get off at the other end and then return… they are more likely to turn around near the exit and come back unless they are part of a tour group but the tour operator has no incentive to offer a return trip since a tourist will probably just ask for pickup at the end, so the cost is silly in a city of 1/4 the population of Sydney-which charges only for the viewing experience, and which has less to attract a tourist to pay that extra.
I would suggest instead, that a city bicycle or pedal quadrocycle be available for hire and/or return at each end, to gather extra revenue and encourage tourists and others to become return traffic. Security could be involve in equalizing the distribution of such cycles when there is a disproportionate or unexpected flow in one direction, and a mounted security guard can see further and travel further.
Why should pedestrians be penalised for reducing congestion? Return fare should be purchased at a discounted rate.
Is the road toll being implemented to pay for the sky path . Don't think it is a good idea . What if the exchange rates drop by 25% . Then we are in trouble .
I don't agree with charging a fee for people using the Skypath, it should be free and cars should pay for it. At least cars with only one person as someone said. Also, it should be free in peak times (6-9 and 4:30-6:30) when people is commuting to/from work and we are trying to make safer and quieter streets.
Finally, I believe that this cross will only be useful for people commuting from northcote/Hauraki/Takapuna because they can cross the Bridge quickly and without spending fuel, however all the people comingo from further areas will still need to use the car which won't help to traffic congestion. What about letting people to transport their bikes in the buses so they can ride from Britomart to different areas of the city without waiting/paying for a second bus?
There is room for much improvement here in terms of commute and traffic congestion.
Sorry I don't get it.
The Harbour Bridge is an integral part of a public road system. Crossing that bridge by car incurs no fee, yet here we have as pedestrians and cyclists have to pay a fee to use a public road. Why do we now have to pay for the lack of vision and commitments of all past and present governments, stretching back to when the Harbour Bridge was built and then made toll free.
I can cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge for free; why should that be different for Auckland?
I reckon that an annual fare should be available for commuters.
Who's gonna be willing to pay $4 per day to commute by bike?
I support this project since I am an avid cyclist but there is definitely a price point that would deter me.
Perhaps $50 per year would be acceptable?
Pimp my ride! Since the initial tolls have been removed they've been pimping the Auckland Harbour Bridge without charging a toll, they added the median barrier, flag poles, walkways for maintenance, the bungy, centurion stations for the world cup, strengthening works, etc. Now its time to add for pedestrians also toll FREE.
The second harbour crossing is prefered to be a tunnel, weve been told for years that the second crossing would cater for pedestrians, I'm sorry but tunnels don't cater for pedestrians. Therefore the commitment to provide for pedestrians in the second harbour crossing should be transfered to the skypath and be made toll FREE.
I appreciate the arguments set out by others for not paying a toll. I, however, am willing to pay it.
Motorists had to pay each time they crossed the Auckland Harbour Bridge until sufficient revenue had been generated to pay for the bridge.
The $4 return (with Hop card) is less than you would be paying in petrol, parking and other costs associated with crossing the bridge in a vehicle.
The fact is that Auckland IS different to certain other cities, and, yes, we are having to "pay" in a number of ways for lack of planning vision, particularly as regards transport.
Those who don't want to use Skypath until passage is free can just wait until it IS free.
The vision, hard work and persistence of the SkyPath team has provided a solution to non-vehicle access over the bridge, which cyclists and others have been pushing for for quite some time.
This important project may fail if users are not willing to help pay for it.
the use of a hopcard should only be incentivised if the data that is being collected by that system is open to all users, and all members of the public. if the public, and those paying the toll for project subsidise a data-collection procedure without this requirement, it leaves them vulnerable to less say in the future of the skypath. without this in place, one would think that the exclusionary stance towards cash could not be justified by anyone other than those who encase the data.
So if it should be free, how is the skypath funded? How blindly idealistic some people are. There is no such thing as a free lunch.
The proposal to charge pedestrians and cyclist/commuters to use this crossing is typical of the uninspired and backwards planning of Auckland and central government, and out of step with equivalent projects elsewhere in the world. This project and other initiatives to improve Auckland's public transport network and encourage people to leave their cars at home should be funded via levies on drivers using Auckland roads. Bring in a congestion charging for vehicles using central Auckland roads during peak hours. The majority won't leave their cars at home until the alternatives are significantly more economical and convenient.
If the Government would pay for construction, operation and maintenance crossing will be free. They are not paying for that; so the user pays. Can you suggest another way?
On the one hand, someone needs to stump up with the cash to build the walkway, be they ratepayer, taxpayer, walker/cyclist, motorist, or generous benefactor (anyone know who won Powerball last Saturday?).
On the other hand, if it's a user pays system and the pricing is not right, judging by the comments above, people won't use it in sufficient numbers to cover the costs.
I would have thought that the Skyway Team will have done their research thoroughly with regards to who the potential users are likely to be and exactly how much they're comfortable paying. I can't imagine they just 'plucked' the fare structure from from a passing motorist's backside.
That being said, looking at the comments made above, they might need to go back to the drawing board and talk some more with their potential user groups. There doesn't seem to be much support for charging a fee with only one out of the sixteen comments above actually stating that they would pay the proposed charge.
I totally agree that, ideally, we wouldn't have to pay for it. But at this stage, lets just build the bloody thing! I'd rather pay $2 and have SkyPath go ahead, rather than complain that we 'shouldn't have to' and for it to never eventuate.
Such a great initiative. Would happily pay the toll and totally agree that a toll should be payable. Yes you can drive the harbour bridge without a toll but come on guys this is a great iniative and unfortunately nothing in life is free anymore. You pay $20+ for a gym membership you dont use each week, why not pay the toll and walk to work instead. Do however think you almost need a quick lane for those walking/cycling which be a less fee to those who are visiting as tourists and have a section cordoned off to walk and enjoy the view as they please otherwise it will be very frustrating for a group of tourists to block the way for those commuting.
Great work guys, totally support it and agree a toll is suitable.
I agree with most points on here.
1. The toll should be reduced or free at peak times for commuter.
2. Provide a season pass (month/annual) for those that are regular users.
3. Add the cost to council rates for all AKL residents over a 10? year period.
Agree with Jordan Selwyn. Let's just get it done.
Anyone who is commuting now is paying a cost now, either in running a car or on public transport. This is an alternative. It has a capital cost that needs to be repaid. It is fair that the users pay for it.
There may need to be a dedicated cycle lane, so that dawdling or inattentive pedestrians do not stray into the path of a speeding cyclist, as it is easy to get up to quite a speed on the downhill run.
The price is ok with me. Ride your bike across the bridge for 20$ a week. That's a pretty cheap way to commute. You can spend that on one days parking alone.
This is a business, it's not govt/council making this happen.
Skypath can't just magic up money from nowhere.
Of course users should pay. Why should my granny who will never use it be burdened with an increase on her rates. I can't believe all those who want everything for free… There's is no free lunch!
I will use it at least a couple of times a week and be happy to pay the price. Cheaper than the ferry as well.
The second harbour crossing in Sydney was funded in part by a reintroduction of tolls on the harbour bridge and was time limited. There is also an electronic toll collection for the new crossing that goes to the PPP private construction partner for 20 years until ownership reverts to the transport authority.
A proportion of the inevitable tolls collected for the second harbour crossing should go towards speeding up paying off the constrcution costs for the Skypath so it can be offered free to return commuters.
As a potential iconic drawcard and car transport alternative you would have thought that AT and ATEED and central government would put their full weight behind this project – but that would break with a tradition of short-sightedness and mean-spiritedness that has blighted transport planning in Auckland for most of its existence.
Good on this project for breaking with tradition – I will be paying to use this fantastic addition to Auckland's community transport infrastructure and look forward to it being built as soon as possible.
Skypath is a great proposal. The benefits to Auckland are obvious. As far as financing the project goes why can it not be viewed as any other transport project in Auckland where funding is gathered from taxpayers through vehicle registration and state and local funding – there are no tolls apart from the northern gateway. If you are encouraging people to leave their cars at home and walk / cycling then surely it should be prioritised along with all the other transport initiatives in Auckland. Most people in Auckland pay taxes and own cars anyway so we are paying for the transport improvements anyway. If you can get some of these people to leave their cars at home and use the sky path then why charge them extra?
Lets just get on with it and stick it on the bill and make it free.
Come on Auckland and New Zealand lets use 'green' initiative – it has to be our future!
This is a private initiative, and as with all private ventures, costs must be recovered. Otherwise companies go bust. You might be confusing this initiative with a "charity".
Not saying I agree with a toll. But the Harbour bridge was paid for by tolls paid by motorists. While I agree with the Skypath in theory isn't it shortsighted in the overall transport picture? If infrastructure is going to be added to the harbor bridge should't it be done with a rail link alongside at the same time. Rail will have to go to the Shore at some stage its just a matter of when. Of course it would be more expensive but isn't it better to dig up the road once rather than several times to put a pipe in. I am no expert in the strength of the bridge or the feasibility of this. But in the desperation to get something happening our urban planning is getting pretty piecemeal.
Nobody should accept charges for skypath. This charging thinking is behind the eightball.
Does anywhere in the world charge for pedestrian and cycle access to city centres? I am thinking of London which doesn't. Ray says his Granny would never us skypath but does she use the local swimming pool or library? But Granny still pays for it. Somewhere we all have to pay for the greater good and getting cars off our roads save us building more roads in the future so for me as a rate payer it is a no brainer. I am not an Aucklander but the same reasoning applies nationwide.
Auckland has a traffic problem. Those that commute to work via the Skypath would alleviate that problem. Why charge people to ease Auckland's traffic problems? It makes no sense.
I agree, charging is just ridiculous; can we please see the modelling and focus group research that indicates this will be successful? I can see this going the same was as other PPP (public-private partnerships) in Australia e.g. the Lane Cove and Cross City tunnels. In the case of the former the modelling was bumped up to show that MORE cars would use the tunnel that duplicated the road above before the tunnel was built just so the numbers stacked up! And of course, they didn't, and the tunnel went broke.
Do the same for Skypath – put the toll on, and a year later when no one uses it they'll offload it for a song, government can buy it for a fraction of the cost of what it cost to build, and make it free.
Or do something good for society – put the toll on single-occupant motor vehicles using the AHB and make it free for those making an effort to have a sustainable commute (e.g. car sharing, public transport or walking/cycling). This would help encourage those contributing to society by reducing congestion, pollution, and the health burden.
I'm not going to pay $4 to go for a jog to the north shore.
Having said that, I'm really looking forward to its completion!
I think that this idea is really smart but i think that it is stupid that we as tax payers have to pay a toll fee to get some exercise.
I prefer not to have to pay (obviously), however faced with the alternative which is to drive and pay for parking in the city, then $20 a week to ride my bike across the bridge is a reasonable way to commute – I'm all for it. Bring it on.
Get it done. I am happy to pay $2 each way. Based on my current commuting patterns it likely I will be spending $800 a year as I live on the shore and work in town and cycle just about every day. I think it is egg on the face of our town planners to have bridge that tolls pedestrians and cyclists because of a lack of planning. However as an active commuter I would happily pay the toll at $2 each way to use the bridge as my the only alternatives for cycling is a 45Km cycle via upper harbour using the ferry or driving your car with you bike in the back. (yes we do that) I would be a regular. As a side note it would be nice to have a yearly pass.
I think you should have a $200 yearly pass or something like that. I.e. cheap as possible to encourage commuters to switch from cars to bike (but just expensive enough to encourage them to stick to biking) and let most of the funding come from tourists and the odd user (who won't mind paying $2).
If I was a car user but unable to bike, I wouldn't mind some of the road charges I pay being used to reduce the number of cars on the road to make my journey quicker!
In Halifax, Canada, the cars pay a toll to cross the harbour bridge but pedestrians and cyclists do not, even though the pedestrian and cycle ways (one on each side of the bridge) were added after the bridge was completed. (They were added in 1999 so Auckland is a little behind on this!) This seems to make more sense to me and I definitely would not have been happy with paying a toll as a cycling commuter relieving traffic across the bridge. Drivers in NZ need to realize that every cyclist means one less car on the road and that cyclists pay taxes too (through their income and the fact that probably also own a car so they pay fuel tax) so are entitled to city services just like drivers.
Good on you guys for sticking your neck out and getting this thing moving – ignore the typical kiwi response of why is it not free – the answer is obvious; namely it would never get built..
Some complain about a fee whereas vehicles cross free. It costs a lot more than $4 to take a car to work and back. Someone has to pay for the new pathway and the user is the best target.
If a covered path was introduced on my daily cycle commute, I'd be happy to pay $4 a day to use it. I think it's worth remembering that you can have this path direct from Northcote with a toll. Or you can have nothing.
While I personally want this SkyPath access for free from Day 1, there will be a good reason why it isn't for at least few years. We need to pay off of it. If you know Auckland Harbour Bridge's history, people driving their cars on the bridge had to pay a toll for many years before it went free. So we cannot say it is unfair that cars crossing the bridge don't have a charge because their grandfathers are charged crossing it.The people who built it need the money for building. Soon enough we will use that SkyPath for free but right now, it is time to pay for our sons and daughter's free access to the SkyPath.
Great work on getting this visionary project this far. All the best for the hearing in October.
I'm happy to pay $2 each way, its far cheaper than bussing and than the fuel for driving to work, let alone the other costs of parking, operations and maintenance. I'm surprised by the commenters opposed to paying a small fee, which in many cases will be a net saving for commuters; also it healthier!
More choices like this will also benefit other drivers – gets some cars off the road.
My comment is that it would be very unfair to place a transit charge on the skyway crossing. If you look at Sydney as our closest example- The cars are charged and the viewing platform is charged.
I currently pay $31 a week to take the bus each way to work – no effort, I stay dry when it rains and don't have to take a change of clothes. Proposing that I pay $20 for the extra effort, risk and expense of commuting by bike makes no sense. Toll the motorists to pay for the Skypath, otherwise its making a mockery of sustainable and public transport.
Best comment of all: "NZ still too car centric".
Public transport is years away from being up to par. Auckland topography and climate make it hard for a large number of people to embrace cycling and walking as a viable commuting option.
Adding the Skypath is great and glad that it will be there, not only fo commuting but as a tourist attraction in itself.
Auckland Transport is making a big push for alternative means of transportation. Cycling, rail, etc to reduce the carbon footprint and alleviate traffic.
if you want cars off the road, make it harder for them…. dont make it harder for those who want to walk or cycle or use public transport.
Why not make it useable with a Hopcard?
I live in West Auckland, so for me it would recreational. My understanding and experience is that Auckland has traffic congestion problems! And no less from the North Shore to the city both ways. I am sure there would be a great number of North Shore commuters that would be happy to cycle to the city almost every day of their working year, which would alleviate a good (stats pending) chunk of vehicle congestion? Ive travelled and observed other cities of the world and frankly don't really understand which planet our city designers and decision makers live on, always seem to be on the back foot. Decades ago Mayor Robbie put forward a strong case for a rail harbour crossing and much more re rail in and around the city, what a visionary,too bad those around him lacked the balls, and so the latter legacy goes on, toe in the water.
Having to pay a toll to walk across the bridge while cars, who belch fumes into the air and add to Auckland's heavy congestion, can pass for free is backwards and idiotic. Start implementing a toll for cars, not walkers!
I completely agree with Juan. If Council are hell-bent on using a PIP to deliver sky Path, why not charge 1 person car commuters. Much more lucrative!


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Les Miles Will Remain At LSU
campussportswriter | Dec 16, 2014 3:45 pm
LSU head coach Les Miles put the Michigan rumors to rest on Monday and will stay in Baton Rouge.
Tigers' spokesman Michael Bonnette said that Miles has not been contacted by Michigan officials and even if they were to call, he would not leave Baton Rouge for Ann Arbor.
Miles is currently in his tenth season as the Tigers head coach and boasts a record of 103-28. He led the Tigers to their third national championship in 2007 and has been a mainstay as one of the SEC's elite.
After losing the most players to the 2014 NFL draft, the Tigers were expected to go through growing pains this season. LSU showed their youth at times this season but got better as the year progressed. They defeated the then No. 3 Ole Miss Rebels and took the national championship favorite, Alabama Crimson Tide, to the brink before losing in overtime.
Although some fans are concerned with the direction of the offense moving forward, Miles has done a great job during his time at Baton Rouge and will have a healthy dose of talent at his disposal moving forward.
With Miles crossed off of the list, all signs point to a full-on press for San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh. The former Wolverine is at the top of the list to be the next head coach in Ann Arbor, but it is unknown if he truly has any interest in taking the job. Reports are he and the 49ers' relationship is all but over and will be courted by other NFL franchises such as the Oakland Raiders, Miami Dolphins, and New York Jets. Many experts believe Harbaugh will stay in put the NFL.
Harbaugh has proven to be one of the best coaches in the NFL and it will certainly be interesting where he ends up. As for Miles, Baton Rouge is where he belongs.
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I am looking for an MP3 player. I would love to get the iPod nano, but much of my collection is in WMA format, which Apple doesn't do. I want something small and sleek to bike with but with at least 2GB of space.
Oh, and I have some photos up from this weekend -my family came to visit for my birthday.
I haven't visited your site in awhile–I hope settling in to the new job goes smoothly. Happy belated birthday!
My brother thought the same – but its not really a problem as long as your WMA files are not copy-protected by DRM. Or if you have the original CDs.
iTunes (which is necessary for all iPods) will quickly convert your existing WMA collection to MP3 or AAC (set in options) and download it to your iPod.
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Can a theory ever die?
May 3, 2022 | Sarah Charley
Neglected theories will wilt and wither but can bloom again with enough attention.
W boson mass: The hardest measurement
Fermilab's CDF experiment has recently announced a measurement of the mass of the W boson with unprecedented precision. Even more interesting, the measurement disagrees with theoretical predictions. If confirmed, this could be a very big deal. In this video, Fermilab's Don Lincoln gives a far-ranging explanation of the measurement and its significance.
Jim Gates gives back
February 8, 2022 | Stephanie Melchor
National Medal of Science Recipient Sylvester James "Jim" Gates, Jr. has published multiple papers on theoretical physics with undergraduate and high school students.
What the Muon g-2 results mean for how we understand the universe
From University of Chicago News, June 18, 2021: Fermilab's muon g-2 result announced in April has theorists scratching their heads about muons behaving slightly differently than predicted in their giant accelerator.
Searching for stealthy supersymmetry
April 2, 2021 | Jim Hirschauer
U.S. CMS physicists from Fermilab and associated universities collaborating under the umbrella of the LPC make up a team that is the first to perform a new kind of search for "stealthy" supersymmetry that does not result in an obvious signature of large energy imbalance. Instead, the LPC team is looking for collisions that result in an unusually large number of particles in the detector. CMS recently published a briefing explaining their analysis.
Dear Labby: Life advice from physics
February 9, 2021 | Sarah Charley
Symmetry writer Sarah Charley answers life and relationship questions through the lens of fundamental physics. Instead of using analogies from elsewhere in life to explain science, she'll use physics analogies to explore human nature. This time, she tackles unwanted gifts, when to give up on a dream and how friendships might be like Newtonian mechanics.
The status of supersymmetry
January 12, 2021 | Scott Hershberger
Once the most popular framework for physics beyond the Standard Model, supersymmetry is facing a reckoning — but many researchers are not giving up on it yet.
Subatomic Stories: Is supersymmetry real?
November 18, 2020 | Fermilab
The principle of supersymmetry has long been one that scientists thought might be the next big discovery in science. In this episode of Subatomic Stories, Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln describes what supersymmetry is and what problems it was intended to solve.
Quarks, squarks, stops and charm at this year's Moriond conference
April 11, 2019 | Don Lincoln
This March, scientists from around the world gathered in LaThuile, Italy, for the 53rd annual Recontres de Moriond conference, one of the longest running and most prestigious conferences in particle physics. This conference is broken into two distinct weeks, with the first week usually covering electroweak physics and the second covering processes involving quantum chromodynamics. Fermilab and the LHC Physics Center were well represented at the conference.
Yearning for new physics at CERN, in a post-Higgs way
From The New York Times, June 19, 2017: Fermilab scientist Joel Butler is quoted in this article on physicists monitoring the Large Hadron Collider are seeking clues to a theory that will answer deeper questions about the cosmos.


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Le Royaume de Myinsaing (birman , ) est un état qui a régné sur le centre de l'actuelle Birmanie (République de l'Union du Myanmar) de 1297 à 1310. Fondé par trois frères d'ascendance shane et birmane, il fut un des premiers petits royaumes apparus après la destruction du Royaume de Pagan en 1287.

Les trois frères, Athinhkaya, Yazathingyan et Thihathu, anciens officiers de l'armée de Pagan, avaient pris le contrôle de la région stratégique de Kyaukse au début des années 1290. En 1298, ils officialisèrent leur domination sur la Birmanie centrale en contraignant à l'abdication le roi  de Pagan, Kyawswa, vassal de la dynastie Yuan depuis . Ils régnèrent comme corégents depuis leurs palais respectifs à Myinsaing, Mekkara et Pinle. En 1301, ils repoussèrent une invasion mongole destinée à restaurer Kyawswa. Après que les Mongols eurent évacués leur base de Tagaung en 1303, toute la Birmanie centrale tomba en leur pouvoir.

Cette période est habituellement nommée dans l'histoire de la Birmanie  (birman , ), pour marquer l'émergence du pouvoir des Shans. Le royaume laissa la place en 1313 au Royaume de Pinya, d'où se sépara en 1315 le Royaume de Sagaing.

Origine
Les fondateurs du royaume étaient officiers dans l'armée du roi Narathihapati dans les dernières années du Royaume de Pagan. Leur père Theinkhabo était un frère cadet d'un saopha (prince) shan obligé de se réfugier à Kyaukse en 1260. Leur mère était fille d'un financier birman de Myinsaing. Entrés au service du roi à leur adolescence, ils reçurent après quelques années de petits titres de noblesse et furent nommés ensemble commandants de la garnison de leur ville natale. Leur sœur unique épousa un fils du roi, le prince Thihathu, futur gouverneur de Prome (Pyay).

Après le chute de Pagan

En 1287, le roi Narathihapati avait fui sa capitale Pagan (aujourd'hui Bagan), ensuite pillée par les envahisseurs mongols (Bataille de Pagan). Déjà des commandants expérimentés, les trois frères renforcèrent leur garnison à Myinsaing. Après le départ des mongols, Kyawswa succéda à son père Narathihapati ; mais il ne contrôlait plus que les alentours de Pagan, et l'empire birman avait cessé d'exister dans les faits. Le seul pouvoir réel était celui des trois frères, dont la petite armée disciplinée contrôlait le district de Kyaukse, la plus importante région agricole du royaume. Kyawswa fut obligé de les reconnaître seigneurs de Kyaukse. Vers 1293, il nomma l'aîné vice-roi de Myinsaing, le cadet vice-roi de Mekkara et le benjamin vice-roi de Pinle.

Les trois frères se conduisaient déjà en rois. Quand Wareru, fondateur en Basse-Birmanie du Royaume d'Hanthawaddy, fut reconnu vassal du royaume thaï de Sukhothaï en 1294, ce furent eux, et non Kyawswa, qui envoyèrent une armée pour récupérer cet ancien territoire de Pagan. Leur tentative fut vaine, mais elle ne laissa aucun doute sur l'état des forces en Birmanie centrale.

Le plus jeune frère, Thihathu, était le plus ambitieux et ne se contentait pas d'un simple titre de vice-roi. Il prit les titres royaux de Seigneur de l'Éléphant blanc (Hsinbyushin) et de Grand Seigneur respectivement en 1295 et 1296. Alarmé par ces manifestations de pouvoir, Kyawswa envoya en  son fils le prince héritier demander la protection des mongols à Tagaung. En , l'empereur Témur Khan reconnut Kyawswa roi de Birmanie et gratifia les trois frères de titres chinois.

Les frères interprétèrent cet arrangement comme un passage sous suzeraineté mongole destiné à réduire leur pouvoir. En décembre, ils invitèrent le roi à Myinsaing, leur capitale, pour qu'il participe à la cérémonie de dédicace d'un monastère qu'ils venaient de construire. Kyawswa eut assez de confiance dans la protection des mongols pour s'y rendre et y présider la cérémonie. Mais dès que celle-ci fut finie, il fut arrêté, détrôné et obligé de se faire moine dans le monastère qu'il venait d'inaugurer.

Invasion mongole (1301)
À Pagan, le fils de Kyawswa Sawhnit fut élu roi par la reine douairère Saw, mais il fut bientôt réduit au rôle de gouverneur sous l'autorité de Myinsaing. Un autre des fils de Kyawswa, Kumara Kassapa, s'enfuit en Chine, d'où il revint avec une armée mongole pour remettre son père sur le trône. Apprenant ce retour, les trois frères firent exécuter Kyawswa.

Les Mongols nommèrent Kumara Kassapa roi de Birmanie et entrèrent en Birmanie centrale en . La guérilla birmane et les maladies leur infligèrent de lourdes pertes avant qu'ils atteignent Myinsaing et y mettent le siège. Cependant la ville résista et ils acceptèrent de se retirer contre une très forte somme, qu'ils reçurent à titre de tribut. Ils se replièrent à Tagaung avec Kumara Kassapa. Le gouvernement du Yunnan, qui les avait envoyés, fit tuer tous les généraux à leur retour, mais n'organisa pas de nouvelle expédition. En 1303, les Mongols abolirent leur province de Chiang-Mien, centrée sur Tagaung, et se retirèrent entièrement de Haute-Birmanie.

Extension géographique
Après le départ des mongols, Myinsaing régna sans partage en Birmanie centrale. Par rapport à l'empire de Pagan ou aux royaumes plus tardifs, son territoire était plutôt réduit, couvrant tout juste la zone sèche du centre de la Birmanie. Dans le sud, Hanthawaddy et Taungû formaient des royaumes indépendants, ainsi que l'Arakan dans l'ouest. Tout le nord du royaume était entouré d'états shans. Contrairement aux mongols, ceux-ci étaient bien implantés et ils allaient jouer un rôle majeur dans l'histoire de la Birmanie (et de l'Asie du Sud-Est tout entière) au cours des siècles suivants.

Fin de Myinsaing
Thihathu, le benjamin des frères, ne voulait pas partager le pouvoir avec ceux-ci. En 1309, il se couronna roi. Le frère cadet Yazathingyan était mort en 1305, et Thihathu empoisonna l'aîné Athinhkaya en 1310. En 1313, sur les conseils des astrologues de sa cour, il déplaça sa capitale à Pinya, au bord de l'Irrawaddy, fondant le Royaume de Pinya.

Notes et références

Voir aussi
 Royaume de Pagan
 Royaume de Pinya
 Royaume de Sagaing

Histoire de la Birmanie
Myinsaing
Fondation en 1298
État fondé en 1297
État disparu en 1310

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Background: Measurement of the evoked photon is newly introduced method for measuring life activities those amplify weak light emitted from organisms. We examined the relationship of bioenergy fluctuation state in vivo with conventional physical parameters during twelve hours of daytime arousal using evoked photon measurements. Evaluation of metabolic level, one of the bioenergy state, has demonstrated its effectiveness by evoked photon. Methods: The evoked photon, a weak light emitted from organisms, is a new parameter for measuring life activities, which was recorded using gas discharge visualization (GDV) equipment, and the area and intensity of the energy field index from the GDV image glow were correlated to biorhythmic fluctuations, as corroborated by biochemical measurements of secretory-immunoglobulin A (s-IgA) levels. Result: The area and intensity of the energy field index at the time of awakening were significantly lower (p < 0.05) than the values obtained after being awake for 12 h. Conclusions: Thus, the evoked photon reflects the bioenergy of the entire body and can be used as a general indicator of physical health.
Before the establishment of modern medicine, the fact that the human body exhibits rhythmicity was well known, and the study of in vivo rhythms has been of ongoing interest in the medical community. The rhythms of the heart rate and breathing are known as immediate bodily activities. Fluctuations in physical functions associated with seasonal cycles were recorded by Hippocrates  .
In 1729, Mairan  detected that the nyctinastic movement of Mimosa pudica leaves continued regularly, even in a dark environment, leading to the discovery of the endogenous biorhythm. Richter confirmed the endogenous rhythm through animal testing in 1926  . Subsequently, Kleitman confirmed this rhythm by employing humans as experimental subjects in 1939  .
After it was established that the circadian rhythm was endogenous, Moore  and Stephan  detected the mammalian biological clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the brain, leading to the full-scale development of the science of biorhythm in 1972.
Living organisms emit extremely weak electromagnetic waves (photons) during their daily living activities. Extremely weak photons were recently identified and termed "biophotons," combining the term "bio," meaning life, and "photon," meaning quantum of light. This recent finding established the new concept of "biological light" and can provide useful information.
Evoked photons have attracted much attention as an important indicator of life. They are caused mainly by reactive oxygen and free radicals produced from the chemical excitation of biological substances in in vivo oxidative metabolic processes. Thus, this light-emitting behavior has been universally observed in conjunction with activities and physiological metabolism  .
Gas discharge visualization (GDV) is a quantum physical verification method that observes biophoton variations by analyzing the living body's electron movements. Even in inanimate objects, an increase in excited electrons indicates that the energy state has increased. For in vivo energy activity indicated by the evoked photon, the GVD characteristics need to be understood  .
In living bodies, these electron movements are the "excited electrons" delocalized in the conjugated protein molecules in the epidermis and hypodermis. This light emission has been reported to be related to the electrons in an excited state in the living body   . The GDV technology causes inanimate objects and living bodies to emit light from such electrons as strong electromagnetic fields for evaluating the electrons' energy level. Electrons are accelerated several thousand times to release spontaneous emission, and the luminescence phenomenon due to the combination of particles is captured with a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera.
Technologies that can minimize the influence of high-voltage equipment have been used to develop a GDV device that is highly reproducible and can minimize noise     . Konstantin Korotkov (Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia) caused the induction of electrons from the skin using an electromagnetic field based on the Kirlian effect. A powerful feature of GDV is the use of arithmetic means of repeated recordings of the glow image areas of all fingers in order to reliably detect stress reactions to at least certain types of external stressors   . These excited electrons are closely related to adenosine triphosphate and active oxygen, which are the basis of in vivo energy. Thus, the complete psychological and biological state can be evaluated through GDV measurements, and this can be regarded as a holistic health index for the body. By utilizing the "area" and "intensity" as basic evaluation indices, a complete interpretation of the mental and physical states needs to be correlated with the external environment. The area and the intensity can be interpreted as physically related to photon energy, and they are defined as reserve energy or converted to retained energy. The area and the intensity are also usually proportional to the normal functioning levels of the mind and body. Therefore, when a person experiences restful sleep, the level of the induced photons rises and both the light-emitting area and emission intensity increase. Based on improvements in the energy state of the body, it became possible to physically quantify the entire mental and physical conditions of the entire body.
By applying computer image analysis, the GDV device converts digital photographs of electrophotonic glow into several expedient parameters on the basis of the sizes and distributions of the flashes recorded. The GDV technique can be used to safely obtain electrophotonic Kirlian emission data; the reproducibility issues related to this method have been described extensively in the literature        .
Inspection using the evoked photons is noninvasive. Evoked biophotons can be measured quickly and unobtrusively. Considering the large volume of physiological information that is included in the emission area and the light emission intensity of the photons, to utilize evoked photons has a very high potential for applications as a first measurement method for biological and mental health information.
Research on evoked photons using GDV has primarily been conducted in the United States and Russia, and numerous reports have been submitted to the Applied Physics Society and others    . Currently, especially in European and American medical facilities, the use of GDV and evoked photons is spreading for diagnostic purposes. In Japan, only a few studies on evoked photons to biological energies have been published  , with very few studies being conducted on Japanese subjects.
In this study, our objective was to examine the daily fluctuations of the evoked photon parameter indicators and how these reflect the diurnal variation of in vivo metabolic energy.
Subjects were 25 adult men who were evaluated as medically healthy and were within the standard range of the same age for Japanese  . Their Physical characteristics were shown in Table 1.
After the aims of this study were explained to the participants in detail, they provided informed consent for living body load examinations. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences of Osaka Prefecture University.
In order to capture the daily evoked photon fluctuations of the subjects, examinations were conducted seven times a day (at 9:00, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, 19:00, and 21:00). The subjects spent most of their time at a desk and were not permitted to partake in any intense physical activity. The examination procedure involved acquiring the following data: secretory-immunoglobulin A (s-IgA)/total protein ratio, electrocardiogram data, oxygen intake data, calorie consumption data, and biophoton measurements.
The evoked photons were measured using a GDV device, Impulse Analyzer EPA (GDV) Compact (manufactured by Kirlionics Technologies International, St. Peterburg, Russia) bioelectrography device  . A GDV camera was connected to a computer, and the recorded glow image was digitally transformed using GDV capture software (version 1.9.9.2004). The GDV Analysis and Diagram software packages (both version 1.9.9), as well as the GDV Scientific Laboratory software (version 1.1.5), were used for further calculations and analyses.
Figure 1. Flow of Measurement Analysis by GDV. Place naturally on the lens and keep the angle of the finger and lens between 15˚ and 40˚. The finger (1) is placed on the GDV lens (2), and the electromagnetic field is generated on the GDV lens by the booster (5). Gas discharge (gas discharge between the finger and the lens) (3) arises by the generation of the electromagnetic field due to electrons in the skin of the finger. At that time, the resulting light emission (4) is photographed by the CCD camera (6), sent to the optical system (7), the photographed content is digitized by the video converter (8) and sent to the computer (9).
angle between the fingers and the lens was maintained at 15˚ - 40˚ (Figure 1).
The s-IgA/protein ratio was measured by directly collecting a saliva sample from the mouth into a 50 mL centrifuge tube.
The measured electrocardiogram and oxygen intake data were analyzed using a gas analyzer (IX-TA-220, Epson Seiko, Tokyo, Japan) manufactured by iWorx. The daily heart rate was recorded using a GPS sports monitor (WristableGPS SF-810, Epson Seiko, Tokyo, Japan).
Evoked photon parameters were applied to the GDV Meridian Analysis and Diagram software (version 1.9.9) and GDV Scientific Laboratory software (version 1.1.5). All GDV programs were developed by Konstantin Korotkov (Saint Petersburg State University). The value of area and intensity was calculated as the energy field index of the evoked photon parameter.
"Area" refers to the area of light emission, so the in vivo energy is high when this value is high. "Intensity" refers to the intensity of light emitted, so the in vivo energy and neural transmission ability are high when this value is high.
s-IgA/protein ratio in the saliva = (s-IgA concentration)/(total protein concentration).
If the s-IgA/protein ratio is high, the subject will show high stress resistance.
The heart rate was calculated from the electrocardiogram using the GPS sports monitor's Neo Run function for data processing. Calorie consumption was calculated from the relational formula between the heart rate and oxygen intake using the continuous heart rate recording method   .
All experimental data were compiled into Microsoft Excel 2016 (Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA, USA). For statistical analysis of daily fluctuations of the energy field parameters, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was utilized. Tukey's honestly significant difference test was used for multiple comparison assessments. Correlation coefficients were obtained using a t-test. The level of statistical significance in this study was set at 5%.
The average heart rate and daily calorie consumption of the awake subjects were 75.8 ± 9.2 beats/min and 936.4 ± 87.6 kcal, respectively. The subjects were within the standard deviation of the average Japanese person  . The heart rate variability of Subj. S.N. is shown in Figure 2 as the representative value of subjects.
Figure 2. Level of daily activities. The subjects' S.N. showed fluctuations in arousal heart rate from 9:00 to 21:00. The average heart rate was 85.9 ± 9.44 (beats/min), the maximum heart rate was 135 (beats/min), the minimum heart rate was 63 (beats/min).
Figure 3. Daily fluctuations of the energy field parameter Area. The average value and standard deviation of the energy field indicator Area at the time of awakening of all subjects from 9:00 to 21:00.
units at 13:00, 85.2 ± 5.9 units at 15:00, 84.0 ± 2.1 units at 17:00, 84.4 ± 2.2 units at 19:00, and 82.9 ± 2.1 units at 21:00 (Figure 4). A significant decrease was observed at 21:00 compared to the starting value at 9:00 (p < 0.01).The intraday fluctuation of intensity also demonstrated trimodality, similar to the area parameter. Thus, the intensity of the evoked photon parameter, which is an energy index, and the diurnal change of the region show rhythmic properties. The energy index intensity revealed fluctuations in in vivo energy during the waking hours. Therefore, various types of fatigue in the awake state can be reflected as significant decreases in the energy field parameters of area and intensity.
Figure 4. Daily fluctuations of the energy field parameter Intensity. The average value and standard deviation of the energy field index Intensity of all subjects during awakening from 9:00 to 21:00.
Figure 5. Daily fluctuations of s-IgA/total protein ratio. The average value and standard deviation of the energy field index s-IgA/total protein at the time of awakening of all subjects from 9:00 to 21:00.
17:00, 19:00, and 21:00, respectively (Figure 5). The rhythmicity matched that of the area and intensity energy indicators of the evoked photon parameter.
The three parameters showed circadian rhythms of almost the same pattern after the subjects awoke, implying that stress parameters are related to these energy parameters related to fatigue. Based on this result, the correlation between the evoked photon energy field parameters and s-IgA from saliva was corroborated.
There was a significant correlation between the area energy field index and the s-IgA level (r = 0.84, p < 0.05). There was also a significant correlation between the intensity energy field index and the s-IgA level (r = 0.78, p < 0.05).
In this study, we used a GDV device to detect the luminescence phenomena of the evoked photons. This served as an in vivo energy state diagnostic marker.
By examining the energy state in the living body through the evoked photons, we examined how diurnal variations could be captured. In the past, the verification method for investigating daily fluctuations in bioenergy relied on interviews and psychological tests     . However, it is difficult to objectively evaluate subjective elements.
Examinations and analyses by electrophysiological or biochemical means require a great deal of time. The evoked photon parameter shows the activity of the cells and the degree of the chemical reaction, and this can be an important index for quantifying living activities.
Examinations using the evoked photon parameter are noninvasive. Thus, it is possible to obtain a large amount of physiological information in a short time with a lower burden on the body. Physiological information is contained in the luminescence intensity and luminescence area of the photons. Thus, measuring the evoked photons can be useful as a preliminary measurement for obtaining biological and general health information.
The results of this study provided verification that rhythmic fluctuations can be observed over a period of 12 h starting at the time when a person arises. The observed daily fluctuations showed a trimodal diurnal variation. This was reflected in both the area and the intensity of the energy index. Furthermore, the physiochemical s-IgA level measurements from the obtained saliva samples matched the trimodal diurnal variation.
s-IgA is known to reflect the endogenous circadian rhythm   . Since the phase relation between s-IgA levels and the area and intensity of the energy field index is aligned, these indices have an internal synchronization relationship. s-IgA is also a chemical indicator of stress. Its levels decrease as the stress level increases, and vice versa. On the other hand, as the stress level increases, the production of active oxygen increases. Therefore, there is a high correlation between increases and decreases in the area and intensity to s-IgA levels. Hacker GW et al. found out that there was also a significant correlation between the GDV field index from the first moment of consciousness to the early morning (9:25-12:25) and the biochemical indicators measured from the saliva  . Numerous reports have indicated that the salivary immune protein (s-IgA) reflects fatigue levels in daily life, and many relationships between fatigue and active oxygen in the blood have also been reported. Therefore, these indicators are known to have a circadian rhythm.
The daily fluctuation of s-IgA as an indicator in this verification showed the same trend as in the previous study, and variations during the day were observed. From this fact, a diurnal variation was observed in the fatigue levels of human subjects, and since a phase relationship was recognized as showing a significant correlation with area and intensity, the area of the energy field index can reflect the levels of awakening and the degree of fatigue can be reflected in the numerical value of intensity.
From the above, the energy field indicator by GDV is expected to be a suitable index for quantifying human bioenergy in the fields of health and medicine. According to Konstantin Korotkov, GDV is the electricity that is released externally because of the change in bioenergy and body tension resulting from exercise or therapy, which is considered to be beneficial to the body. Thus, GDV can be used to evaluate the bioenergetics of the body and human health  .
In addition to conventional methods, we believe that using continuous body function measurement as one index along with this new measurement index can help provide an individualized health evaluation, although more subjects are necessary for convincing the relationship between the conventional methods and the GDV methods. The numerical value captured by the evoked photon parameter reflects a diurnal variation of fatigue stress, providing a new viewpoint for evaluating human health.
In this study, we investigated diurnal variations in energy fluctuations in human subjects using the evoked photon parameter. This evoked photon results from the weak light emission phenomenon derived mainly from reactive oxygen and free radicals in the living body. We examined the in vivo energy fluctuations during a 12 h period starting at awakening.
Biological information from the evoked photon parameter could be a useful index. The area and intensity of the energy field index showed a significant correlation with s-IgA levels, and it became clear that there was a synchronized relationship. A significant decrease (p < 0.01) was observed in the average area and intensity of the energy field index after 12 h from the initial value at awakening. In addition, the mean value of s-IgA also showed a significant decrease (p < 0.05) with respect to the initial value. A significant relationship was found in the correlation between the area/intensity and s-IgA levels. Thus, the area and intensity of the energy field index reflect fatigue and stress.
The evoked photon parameter, as captured using GDV, enables easy measurement of the diurnal variation in human body energy. We expect that this new viewpoint will be a useful evaluation tool for measuring general health.
This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (c) No. 17K01789 from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
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How to Illuminate the Garden with Solar Energy
Posted on October 3, 2019 September 21, 2021 By Adam
Whether on a modest terrace or on a large embankment, the use of light always creates a cozy and serene environment in the middle of the night.
However, electric lights with underground cables can be expensive, produce unnecessary waste of electric power and impractical. Therefore, the answer might well be sunlight.
Solar lighting technology has improved in recent years, including batteries that are easier to install and more durable, usually with a life of 1,000 nights per unit. Energy-saving light bulbs known as "LEDs" are also very effective: They resist all kinds of weather and are sold in a wide range of voltages and colors.
Jamie Durie, who has written several books on the subject and is the host of the program " The Outdoor Room " on the HGTV channel, says there are three ways to use solar lighting:
"The first is to illuminate the perimeter. This gives perspective to the land and offers a creative way to point the edge of the property, "says Durie. "Then, mark the boundaries and roads. And lastly, illuminate trees or other ornaments with bulbs from below, or by attaching solar lights on walls and fences. "
Durie is not a fan of LEDs, which he disqualifies for resembling lighting in a hospital room, and prefers amber bulbs. But when buying sunlight bulbs, make sure they are all the same shade. And for areas where more lighting is desired, place lights that have two, preferably four, LEDs.
In his projects, Durie usually combines lower voltage electric bulbs with solar light bulbs.
The easiest lights to install are the ones that stick in the grass like stakes. The key, of course, is to place the lights for maximum sun exposure. Some lights have separate photosensitive cells that can be placed away from the bulb, so that even a tree in the shade can receive light.
The spike-shaped lights can be attractive around a tree, a patio or a pool, or by spiraling around a stair railing.
There are also solar lights that float on the water, ideal for swimming pools or lagoons, and colorful markers for roads or car entrances.
Solar lights for other types of use: motion-sensitive lights that serve as a burglar alarm, workshop lights, entrance lights and even barbecue grills.
Solar lights give elegance to the garden. And the great advantage is that once the bulbs are bought, their energy source is as eternal as the Sun.
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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention (아시아태평양암예방학회)
A Model Approach to Calculate Cancer Prevalence From 5 Year Survival Data for Selected Cancer Sites in India
Takiar, Ramnath (National Cancer Registry Programme, (NCDIR)) ;
Jayant, Kasturi (Barshi PBCR)
https://doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.11.6899
Background: Prevalence is a statistic of primary interest in public health. In the absence of good follow-up facilities, it is difficult to assess the complete prevalence of cancer for a given registry area. Objective: An attempt was here made to arrive at complete prevalence including limited duration prevalence with respect to selected sites of cancer for India by fitting appropriate models to 1, 3 and 5 years cancer survival data available for selected population-based registries. Materials and Methods: Survival data, available for the registries of Bhopal, Chennai, Karunagappally, and Mumbai was pooled to generate survival for breast, cervix, ovary, lung, stomach and mouth cancers. With the available data on survival for 1, 3 and 5 years, a model was fitted and the survival curve was extended beyond 5 years (up to 35 years) for each of the selected sites. This helped in generation of survival proportions by single year and thereby survival of cancer cases. With the help of survival proportions available year-wise and the incidence, prevalence figures were arrived for selected cancer sites and for selected periods. Results: The prevalence to incidence ratio (PI ratio) stabilized after a certain duration for all the cancer sites showing that from the knowledge of incidence, the prevalence can be calculated. The stabilized P/I ratios for the cancer sites of breast, cervix, ovary, stomach, lung, mouth and for life time was observed to be 4.90, 5.33, 2.75, 1.40, 1.37, 4.04 and 3.42 respectively. Conclusions: The validity of the model approach to calculate prevalence could be demonstrated with the help of survival data of Barshi registry for cervix cancer, available for the period 1988-2006.
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This blog post is another renovation journey where some nuggets of wisdom can be found. "After the renovation, some renovation contractors will sometimes try to confuse you and tell you that certain defects are normal and expected. Please don't buy into that sort of nonsense." Great tip!


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Betting preview for Friday's NBA games
By Jonathan Von Tobel (VSiN.com) Follow @meJVT
The reigning Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat are starting to find their form. Jimmy Butler recorded his first triple-double of the season, and the Heat won their fourth straight game by beating Houston 101-94 on the road. The win was just the second cover in the seven games since Butler has returned (2-1-4 ATS), but this was a solid buy-low spot for Miami whose market power rating had been slightly inflated due to Butler's return.
Miami has started to show some evidence that the team that upset the Milwaukee Bucks and made it to the NBA Finals is still here. Over this winning streak -- and especially last night -- the Heat's defense has been incredible. They held the Rockets to just 0.959 points per possession on Thursday, and their defensive rating of 100.3 is the best in the league. Their offense needs to improve, as they are averaging just 111.4 points every 100 possessions during this win streak, but it could be possible this is the beginning of Miami's return to form.
Speaking of offense, Houston might be a play-against team until Christian Wood returns. The Rockets have now gone 0-4 SU and ATS since losing Wood to an ankle injury, and their offense is barely scraping by with 100.3 points every 100 possessions, the worst rating in the league. Three of those four games have gone under the total as well, with the lone over coming against a New Orleans team that dropped 130 points. Houston is 3-5 SU and ATS without Wood in the lineup and 6-2 to the under in those contests.
We've got a massive Friday slate to dive into, though, so let's begin!
Note: * indicates that team is on second leg of a back-to-back.
Updated injury reports can be found here.
Updated odds for every game can be found here.
Milwaukee Bucks at Utah Jazz (-1.5, 232.5)
This is the heavyweight matchup we all deserve on a Friday night. Utah rolls into this potential NBA Finals preview white-hot, with an 18-3 SU/17-4 ATS record since the beginning of January. Since getting beat up two weeks ago by Denver's ridiculous shooting performance, the Jazz are 5-0 SU/4-1 ATS with a 14.4 net rating. They will host a Milwaukee team that is 5-1 SU and ATS since losing back-to-back games to Charlotte and New Orleans. The Bucks blew a 13-point lead in the second half on Wednesday, losing to Phoenix by a point and snapping a five-game win and cover run. So, how do we attack a game between two phenomenal teams?
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