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About Frontier Texas
Frontier Texas! is a world class interactive museum and visitor center located in downtown Abilene, Texas.
Located in historic downtown Abilene, Frontier Texas is a western heritage center that allows visitors to relive the Old West through the magic of state-of-the-art technology. Frontier Texas brings the frontier to life and lets visitors meet people who played out their lives on the Texas frontier. Frontier Texas also serves as the official visitor center for Abilene and the Texas Forts Trail Region.
NEW EXHIBITS ARE NOW OPEN! "Blood & Treasure on the Frontier" features a new high definition, surround-sound welcome theater. The new "Early Texas" exhibit area showcases the natural history of the region including artifacts, interactive discovery stations and beautiful large murals by local artist HC Zachry and much more.
Frontier Texas is a 501(C)3 Nonprofit organization located at 625 North First Street, Abilene, TX. The facility is operated under the direction of a board of directors consisting of volunteer from throughout the community. The museum has a staff of 4 full time and 3 part time employees.
For museum hours and prices Click Here.
Click below for our Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Financial Audit Report:
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Location and Mailing Address:
625 North First Street
Staff: (email: frontiertexas.com)
Jeff Salmon, Executive Director (jeff@)
Chris Allen, Operations Manager (chris@)
Pam Thomas, Museum Education (pam@)
Patrice Sharbutt, Accounting (patrice@)
Rebecca Ressler, Visitor Services Manager (rebecca@)
A Wild Land
13,000 Years of cultures smashed by the forces of this region
Welcome Theater
A twelve minute introduction to Frontier Texas!
Comanche Empire
From the 1700s-1800s the Comanches dominated the Southern Plains.
Located in historic downtown Abilene, Frontier Texas is a western heritage center that brings the Old West to life with the help of state-of-the-art technology. Frontier Texas also serves as the official visitor center for Abilene and the Texas Forts Trail Region.
Copyright Frontier Texas 1836-2014


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10 Great Songs Built Around the 808
buzz | By Tom Hawking | January 16, 2014
Charanjit Singh — "Raga Bhairav"
You could really choose any of the tracks off the Indian composer's remarkable and much-heralded Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat, a 1982 album that did strange and wonderful things with the sound of the 808 (and also its cousin, the bass synth TB-303, later to be much beloved of acid house producers). Largely ignored on its release, this album was rediscovered in the 2000s and greeted with astonishment — Singh had created the sound of acid house, at least five years before anyone in the West started playing with the weird sounds you could get out of these boxes.
A Guy Called Gerald Afrika Bambaata Charanjit Singh Cybotron HTRK Kanye West Lil Wayne Marvin Gaye SOS Band Talking Heads
The 8 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: 'Fast Color,' 'Bisbee '17'
Book Excerpt: The Complex Politics of Landing Man on the Moon
Gorgeous New Illustrations for George R.R. Martin's 'A Game of Thrones'
Haunting, Exquisite Photos of Venice at Night

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This tuck shop gives students easy access to most of their needs including snacks and refreshments as well as toiletries. One important factor that ought to be known is that all the products are being sold at an extremely low price. Any small amount of profit which is made is directly reinvested into buying new stock as well as providing larger variety of stock. The tuck shop is located in front of the library.


All staff photos published in the Record-Eagle print edition during the week of August 9-15, 2009. Note: Some photos may not be available until late afternoon on the day published. Photos published on Saturday and Sunday will be available for purchase Monday.
"He's been really tired lately; he's been showing all day," said Kirsi Wildfong, 9, after her goat Snowflake decided to take a break in the beginner goat-packing obstacle course on Sunday at the Northwestern Michigan Fair.


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Q: Logwatch not sending email I'm trying to send logs to my email. I'm doing this via SSH.
I edited the file:

/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logwatch.conf

and edited these lines:
Output = mail
Format = html
Encode = none

MailTo = foo@bar.com

I have tried:

sudo logwatch

But the command just hangs there but is still responsive. E.g. I can still press enter to go to the next line.
I've tried doing it manually with:

sudo logwatch --detail Low --mailto email@address --service all --range yesterday

Same problem.
After a few minutes it stops and I can enter another command. I check my email but theres nothing from logwatch. Even in my spam/junk folder.
Any idea what's happening?
EDIT: I have iptables, fail2ban and ufw installed. If that makes any difference.
I have also tried:
echo "This is a test" | mail -s Testing foobar@gmail.com

I recieved the email in my spam folder. I feel like the problem is Logwatch.

A: Please have a look at your MTA's log files, e.g. /var/log/exim4/mainlog and watch out for SMTP errors.
I suggest this as I had a very similar situation, in which my e-mail provider's SMTP-server classified the e-mails produced by logwatch as spam, refusing to forward them. Other e-mails, as demonstrated by you, passed.
Workaround:
In my case it helped to save logwatch's output into a file and attaching it to an e-mail:
#!/bin/bash
tmpfile="/tmp/logwatch.txt"
/usr/sbin/logwatch > $tmpfile
echo "attached." | mail -s "logwatch output" -A "$tmpfile" email@provider

On debian, logwatch comes with a script scheduled by cron (located in /etc/cron.daily). You can use this snippet to modify it.

A: possible cause is you are not using the sendmail but mail to send emails then:
nano /usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logwatch.conf
find and replace:

#mailer = "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t"

with

mailer = "/usr/bin/mail"

or with the executable of your choise.
then test with
sudo /usr/sbin/logwatch --output mail --format html --range yesterday --service all
sending of regular mail sending can be tested with
echo "This is the body of the email" | mail -s "This is the subject line" recepientmail@outlook.com

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The Joys of Carriage Houses
Home|Blog|Uncategorized|The Joys of Carriage Houses
Contemplating a carriage house instead of an attached garage for your Katahdin Cedar Log Home? Not only do they offer a lot of potential for extra living and storage, carriage houses add a unique sensibility that is hard to measure.
Where did carriage houses originate?
Carriage houses were originally designed to house the horses and carriages used for transportation before the advent of the automobile. Architecturally, they featured tall ceilings, wide doorways for the carriages and animal access, as well as a second story for living or storage space. They were usually built in a similar style to the adjacent home, yet set a bit apart, because of the animals.
Add a Multifunction Building to Your Home
Carriage houses are typically built with two to three bays for vehicles and a second floor. The second floor can be left rough for extra storage or fully finished to provide extra living space. In municipal building code "speak," carriage houses can be defined as Accessory Dwelling Units or ADUs. If your building lot is zoned to accommodate an ADU, this opens up a wealth of opportunities for the potential added living space.
Simpler Construction
At a square foot cost, carriage houses are less expensive to build than a traditional house, requiring only a slab on footings for foundation, and at least in the lower area, minimal finishing. If you think you may want to finish off the second floor as living space, you may want to consider some rough plumbing, wiring and other services within the carriage house. Make sure your electrician supplies the carriage house with enough power for the garage space operations as well as any living space usage.
Carve Out a Home Office
It's hard to say whether remote working will remain a trend that lasts, but your carriage house could be the site of a terrific home office area that doubles as guest space. A quiet refuge away from the family will boost your productivity and make working from home a pleasure.
Space for Guests
If you entertain a lot, having an extra place for guests away from the main house is an ideal situation that the carriage house handles with ease. You'll need to have at least a ¾ bath for guests. You may want to include a small sink and counter set up so they can brew a cup of coffee in the morning.
Accessory Dwellings for Generations
ADUs are also a new way to think about what real estate brokers called '"in-law" apartments. These were small self-contained apartments to house a parent or other family member to keep them close to family, while providing privacy. Accessory dwellings may also house renters both long-term and holiday guests through services like AirBNB. To legally conform with local codes, you'll want to check with your town code enforcement officer about what's permitted for ADUs in your town.
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There is a wide range of apps available to assist with language learning. These can range from simple flashcard applications to complex guided learning systems with all sorts of different features. As language students, we can be tempted to try apps such as Duolingo to try and learn to speak fluently, but can you learn to speak fluently with Duolingo?
In order to answer this question, we must first examine what Duolingo is, look at how it works, and read up on the effectiveness and theory behind gamified learning. There is all sorts of research on the topic of language learning, both individually and in a classroom/immersion setting. Tapping into the power of this research with a properly constructed assisted learning app is potentially a great way to tie a lot of the cutting-edge methods for language study together.
That being said, there are obviously both good and bad apps out there for qualifying language studies. In order to make sure we can learn to speak fluently with Duolingo, we must take the proper precautions to make sure we are examining it fairly and accurately. The first thing we'll be taking a look at is what Duolingo has to offer, and how it all works.
Duolingo is a suite of assisted learning apps for language which uses gamification to motivate students towards fluency. Gamification is the practice of introducing simple elements from role-playing games into the learning process, in order to make studying activities more interesting, and add an element of motivation to the method of teaching. There have been all sorts of studies on why this works, and the reasoning lies deep within our subconscious minds.
Just like with video games and slot machines, certain types of stimulus used in gamified interfaces are built to subconsciously motivate your brain towards wanting to continue and progress. Anybody who has played role-playing games extensively probably knows what it feels like to want just one more level-up. This same cycle of subconscious motivation can and has been effectively used to motivate people in a wide range of pursuits, not just language learning.
You can find all sorts of gamified motivation apps for things like workout routines, self-improvement, and anything else that people find it difficult to keep doing. This is a powerful tool for people who have trouble motivating themselves organically, and it has a lot of potentials when it comes to language learning especially.
Duolingo uses the concept of gamification to great effectiveness in its language lessons. There is a huge curriculum of effective activities for studying and practicing speech, reading comprehension, and listening. The app will also keep track of how many days in a row you manage to get some study time in, and remind you when you start to lag behind.
For users who want a more intensive course with more resources and mechanics, there is also Duolingo plus. This is a paid subscription which allows users to study without ads. Plus users also get added features like streak repair and offline studying for when you don't have access to wifi.
The paid version costs $6.99 per month and also helps support the Duolingo mission of bringing free education to millions. The cost is a little steep considering the lessons themselves are free, but it's still a low price to pay for being able to learn a language to fluency with Duolingo. There is also a free seven-day trial available for users who want to give Duolingo plus a try without having to pay up front.
For teachers, there is also Duolingo for the classroom. This version allows teachers to gamify their curriculum and supplement their classes with Duolingo's effective and fun-to-use lesson plan interface. Although we won't be covering too much of this functionality in this article, curious readers should definitely check out Duolingo's site for information on the classroom app.
If you're skeptical about the process, and you want to know some of the science behind gamified learning, Duolingo actually has a language learning theory and research section on its website. Visiting the page and reading through the entries will give you a good idea of the concepts behind the lesson structures and gamified mechanics of the Duolingo system. There is a lot of information available, with new papers by linguistic experts about cutting-edge language learning methods and why they work.
While Duolingo is a very popular tool for gamified language learning and one of the premier resources for free gamified language study on the market, there are some things that students should keep in mind when considering Duolingo. Just like with anything else, language learning is different for everybody, and if you already have a good system in place to motivate yourself to study every day, it might be unnecessary, or even harmful to insist on gamified interfaces like Duolingo.
In order to get a well-rounded idea of what Duolingo has to offer, as well as the areas in which it tends to come up short, we're going to take a closer look at the different advantages and disadvantages we've identified with working through Duolingo.
Gamified interface for learning languages. The gamification method, as we mentioned earlier, allows people to stay motivated through gamified mechanics as they study. Along with the diverse and well-researched lessons available, this makes Duolingo a very effective tool for beginners and intermediate language learners.
A wide range of lessons designed to teach speaking, listening, and reading skills. This ensures that users take a balanced approach to their studies, and do not neglect essential areas of language comprehension.
Scientifically based language research and regular improvements. Duolingo publicly displays scientific research papers that influence its language learning curriculum. You can log on and actually read the papers themselves through Duolingo's website.
Learn a wide range of languages, from Mandarin to Romanian to High Valyrian. The sheer amount of language courses offered by Duolingo is staggering, co, pared to other free language learning resources.
Participate in a forum designed to help students connect with one another. Connecting with other language learners of all experience levels is an essential step to making sure you're learning the right way. Without an avenue to reach other students for support and encouragement with Duolingo, it can be difficult to feel like you're studying effectively.
Share in a diverse range of learning methods and study techniques. Duolingo employs some of the latest in cutting-edge linguistic research in order to provide an effective learning landscape for its users. Tapping into the power of this research for free is an opportunity too good for many language students to pass up.
Learn at your own pace. This is a great advantage that most language learning apps have to offer. Duolingo allows you to learn at your own pace so that you don't get bogged down with grammar and vocab if you're still struggling with pronunciation.
Take your studies anywhere you go. Mobile apps available for Android and iOS ensure that you'll be able to take Duolingo with you wherever you go, allowing you to study any time or place that is effective for you.
Some features limited to certain apps, such as mobile-only support for offline study.
Other methods may be necessary to supplement higher-level learning. Duolingo is effective for beginners and intermediate level students. Taking it farther may require supplementary resources.
Some users feel like the grammar lessons are slightly lacking. Although Duolingo's curriculum is based on good science and responsible research, the proportion of grammar lessons seems a bit low, considering the importance of grammar itself.
Some of the gamified features are too forgiving. While gamification is great to help motivate users, some of the gamified mechanics are a little bit forgiving, which can end up with students practicing bad habits.
Although there is a wide range of available languages, some are still not available, such as Serbian, or Finnish. While Duolingo adds new language lessons with decent frequency, there is no real order to it, and languages in high demand among users are still waiting to be featured.
So, Can You Learn To Speak Fluently With Duolingo?
Like with any other language learning resource, the effectiveness will really depend on the user. For some people that have trouble motivating themselves organically, using apps like Duolingo can be a very effective way of staying interested. For other people that already have good study habits and are looking for something a little more advanced, Duolingo will probably be a little different from what you're looking for.
There are a wealth of language learning resources available, both for free and with paid subscriptions. Having a tool such as Duolingo at your disposal is a great way to take advantage of your free time o learn a new skill. If you're curious about Duolingo and want to give it a try, you can head on over to their website and get started right away!


Best Deals, Savings, Contests for Canadians along with important recall information.
Chapters Indigo's clearance sale, which is listing items at up to 90% off Canada-wide. Needless to say, this might be the best of time year to get some shopping done on home decor, fashion and more!


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Mar 2 Different Worlds
MARCH 2019 (V.II I.III)
Lydia Wei is an artist and writer living in Gaithersburg, Maryland. She is a junior at Richard Montgomery High School, and her work has been previously recognized by the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and the Young Poets Network. During her free time, she loves making chocolate chip cookies.
"I've always been inspired by biology, natural sciences, and history. I find the microscopic structures that make up our own bodies fascinating and beautiful, and I love learning about the mysteries of molecular processes or ancient history. Biology and history are traditionally viewed as very serious and restrained subjects; however, in my collages, I add an element of 'pop' by using bright and bold colors, wacky juxtapositions, and just a dash of humor. I always hope that my collages can make viewers smile and reveal the innate beauty present in the wonderful worlds of science and history."
lydia wei, collage, natural, color
Mar 2 Daphne and Apollo
Feb 6 Education for all
Mar 2 Dominican Trancender
Mar 2 Alterations


Support Komen Austin and get a $1,000 solar rebate.
In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we will make a $50 donation to Susan G. Komen Austin if you schedule a consultation with us to learn about solar power for your home during the month of October, and we will donate another $300 if you choose to install solar panels with us. We are also offering you a $1,000 rebate* on home solar panels to make it more affordable for you to start saving money with solar power.


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module MinecraftSyncedMap
  require "thor"
  require 'colorize'

  class CommandLine < Thor

    desc "update", "sync map, generate, and update server"
    def update
      pull
      build
      build_poi
      push
    end

    desc 'pull', "pull map from server"
    def pull
      MinecraftSyncedMap::Base.set_settings!
      MinecraftSyncedMap::Base.download_world
      MinecraftSyncedMap::Base.download_map
    end

    desc 'build', "build map tiles locally"
    def build
      MinecraftSyncedMap::Base.set_settings!
      MinecraftSyncedMap::Base.generate_map
    end

    desc 'build_poi', "build poi cache"
    def build_poi
      MinecraftSyncedMap::Base.set_settings!
      MinecraftSyncedMap::Base.generate_pois
    end

    desc 'push', "push map to server"
    def push
      MinecraftSyncedMap::Base.set_settings!
      MinecraftSyncedMap::Base.upload_map
    end

  end

end

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I am here. Breathing. Seeing. Hearing. Feeling. Observing. Feeling. Reflecting. Feeling. I am here.
I wasn't planned by my parents so in a way, you could say that I was a 'mistake'. But they choose to give me the greatest gift – LIFE. I breathe. I am here.
I open my eyes and watch the rise of the sun while the moon sets and I think, "Look at that! I live to see another day!". It is amazing because I am here to see it. I am here.
I close my eyes and I hear life. It's happening all around me. The trees sway their branches while housing the birds who chirp and sing the most beautiful morning song. I listen. The mindful trees and birds are embracing me in their circle and making me feel their vocal hug. I am here.
Inside of me, my heart is beating and as I close my eyes, I observe its position. Quickly, I realize that it's never alone for it's surrounded by layers of protection which form almost a tunnel that allows the echo of its beat to be felt. I feel its strengths and high points but as I observe more carefully I hear its pains, fears, regrets and disappointments. But I feel it. I am here.
I open my eyes and look up at the ceiling and I reflect on its imperfections. I don't need a mirror for the ceiling is reflecting back all of what I break myself down to be – imperfect. There are so many imperfections that the more time I spend reflecting the more they all blend into one amazing roof over my head which has come to me at the cost of experience. I feel as if it's a lot to deal with but the sun is shining bright, the birds are still chirping, my heart is still beating and I am reminded…..I am here.
I could stop there, couldn't I? For I breathe, I see, I hear, I observe and above all, I feel all….but am I really feeling all? I sit up and put a hand over my chest. Somewhere deep inside, there is a voice of light. It's warm and comforting. It's a slew of colours, sounds and shapes. I can't quite decide which way to look at it or feel it for it comes to me when I'm at my lowest of lows. It has no limits and it is as intense and free as I need it to be. Am I controlling it or is it controlling me? I close my eyes and that is when I realize. Its name is love. I smile and allow my hand to fall by my side. My eyelids open and I realize that that is what I am here for – love! Love for me and for all that I do. Love for life, breath, sight, hearing, and love for all things which bring me back to me and remind me that I truly AM here.


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Dear Mama: The Evolution of Afeni Shakur
0 Posted by Blackthen - November 14, 2018 - BLACK WOMEN, CELEBRITIES, LATEST POSTS
Afeni Shakur was born Alice Faye Williams on January 10, 1947, in Lumberton, North Carolina, a prominent station in the timber industry along the Lumber River. The daughter of Rosa Belle, a homemaker, and Walter Williams, Jr., a trucker, Shakur and her sister, Gloria Jean, had a troubled childhood. "My momma left my dad because he was kickin' her ass," Shakur said in a 1997 interview in People magazine. In 1958 Shakur, her mother, and sister moved to New York City, where Shakur attended the Bronx High School of Science. A troubled child, Shakur reported later that she began using cocaine when she was about fifteen years old, and she struggled with drug addiction for most of her life.
Shakur joined the emerging Black Panther movement in 1964, after meeting an associate of Malcolm X who was recruiting among youth in the Bronx. Shakur told biographer Jasmine Guy, the Black Panthers "took my rage and channeled it. They educated my mind and gave me direction." Shakur began writing articles for the party's newsletter, the Panther Post, and was largely successful in crafting a misdirection campaign that led FBI agents to believe that the Panther Party was fading. In 1968 Shakur moved in with fellow Panther Lumumba Abdul Shakur and changed her name to Afeni Shakur.
Shakur and twenty fellow-Panthers were arrested on April 2, 1969, and charged with several counts of conspiracy to bomb police stations, department stores, and other public places in New York City. Shakur was released on bail in the fall of 1970 and became pregnant by New Jersey truck driver William Garland. Shortly thereafter, Shakur's bail was revoked, and she was returned to jail to await trial.
Shakur and the other defendants went to trial in 1971, in what came to be known as the Panther 21 trial. Shakur defended herself, despite objections from her codefendants. The case lasted for more than five months, and Shakur was largely responsible for defeating the prosecution's case, according to an account of the trial in the book The Briar Patch, by former lawyer Murray Kempton. In her cross-examination of undercover detective Ralph White, Shakur performed like a seasoned attorney and won her freedom in May of 1971. On June 16, 1971, Shakur gave birth to her son, whom she reportedly named Lesane Parish Crooks, but who she later dubbed Tupac Amaru Shakur, a name derived from the Inca words for "shining serpent."
Though Shakur never returned to the Black Panther movement, she remained proud of that period in her life, saying in a 2004 interview with Tavis Smiley that the Black Panthers taught her "to always believe in yourself, and as a woman who was in the Black Panther Party, to believe that my opinion is worth more or as much as anybody else."
Shakur took a job as a paralegal working for Richard Fischbein in the Bronx and married Mutulu Shakur, who acted as stepfather to her son and became the father of Shakur's daughter, Sekyiwa. Mutulu Shakur supported Tupac as his son even after his relationship with Shakur ended in 1982. Mutulu Shakur was an activist in the New Afrika independence movement of the 1960s and later became a prominent drug-detoxification and acupuncture specialist in New York City.
Shakur later described herself as a poor mother, though she was always proud of her son, Tupac, who showed an early promise as a performer and exhibited his mother's independence. In 1984 Shakur moved her family to Baltimore, Maryland, where her son attended the Baltimore School for the Performing Arts, studying dance and music.
Shakur became addicted to crack cocaine in the early 1980s and was unable to hold a job, using welfare payments to care for her children. She said of this period to Smiley, "When I was on drugs my spirit was dead." Shakur moved her family to Marin County, California, in 1988 in an attempt to leave her drug use behind. Shakur's son left in 1989 because of her drug use and had no contact with his family for a couple of years. He started performing as a dancer and "hype man" with the alternative rap group Digital Underground, and in 1991 released the album 2Pacalypse Now, which became a major hit and launched the young rapper into stardom. Afeni Shakur returned to New York City in early 1991 and began attending Narcotics Anonymous meetings. She managed to overcome her addiction that spring, "through the grace of God," as she told Smiley. Soon afterward she reconciled with her son.
Tupac Shakur rapidly became a multimillion-dollar recording star, and he brought his mother to the public eye through such tribute songs as "Dear Mama," in which he explored his feelings about his mother's drug addiction and the difficulties of his youth. Though successful, Tupac Shakur lived an unstable life and was involved in serious legal issues, including 1993 charges of sexual abuse, for which he was later convicted and sentenced to over a year in prison. He also was convicted in 1994 of attacking a former employer and served fifteen days in jail for that offense. In 1994 Tupac Shakur was shot five times and recovered, blaming a feud within the recording industry for the attempt on his life. His life ended in September of 1996 when he was shot four times and pronounced dead at University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Before his death, Tupac Shakur made arrangements for his mother to receive a $16,000 monthly salary from his estate and purchased a home for her in Stone Mountain, Georgia. After her son's death, Afeni Shakur and her former employer Richard Fischbein became coexecutors of Tupac Shakur's estate, which was estimated at between $8 and $10 million in 1997 and included a library of unreleased material estimated at a value of more than $100 million.
In 1997 Afeni Shakur created Amaru Entertainment, a company established to handle the release of her son's posthumous material beginning with The Don Killuminati in 1997 and followed by eight additional albums, a licensed film biography, and several books about her son's life. In 2007 Shakur signed an agreement with EverGreen Copyrights to release a number of new albums, including remixes of Tupac Shakur's biggest hits and, potentially, a Broadway show from a script entitled "Live 2 Tell" written by Tupac Shakur.
Afeni Shakur used part of her fortune to establish a charitable organization, the Tupac Amaru Foundation for the Arts, which sponsors programs to help young people succeed in art and musical projects. The foundation features a day camp for children, provides scholarships and grants for young artists, and hosts charitable events. She established the Makaveli Branded clothing line in 2003, with a portion of the proceeds used to support expansion of the Tupac Shakur Center for the Arts in Stone Mountain, Georgia. In 2006 she added a six-acre memorial park to the complex, with areas for meditation, pavilions for visitors, and a seven-foot statue of her son.
Shakur told Smiley she believed her son died at an "embryonic" stage in his life but that his short life had an enormous impact. "That's what people are who have that impact on us. They are ahead of their time. They can't help it," she told Smiley. "They get put into a small, frail body, and they are given a light that is much too bright for that cavity," but added, "Tupac had a complete life, nevertheless."
In 2004 the actress and author Jasmine Guy released a biography of Shakur, entitled Afeni Shakur: Evolution of a Revolutionary, which documents Shakur's early life, involvement with the Black Panthers, and later life dealing with the death and estate of her son. Shakur met Guy, a friend of her son, in 1994 shortly after the first attempt on Tupac Shakur's life, and they developed an enduring friendship. The importance of the biography to Guy was that Shakur's life covered a cross section of African-American history from her days in the segregated South, through the civil rights revolution of the 1960s, to the violent street culture associated with rap music during the 1990s.
On the tenth anniversary of her son' murder, Shakur reflected on the impact his legacy has had on her life and work. She told National Public Radio, "It has helped me a lot in these ten years to stay focused and trying to grasp for a higher ground because of the love that people have shown to him and to me. It gives me a sense of responsibility to those people. They believed in all the good parts of Tupac, and they show me that in their lives—in that they use Tupac to push them over hurdles and through unpleasantness or hardships and trauma."
She will be missed……
Foner, Philip S., The Black Panthers Speak, Da Capo Press, 2002.
Guy, Jasmine, Afeni Shakur: Evolution of a Revolutionary, Simon and Schuster, 2005.
Entertainment Weekly, July 25, 1997, p. 22.
Jet, December 29, 1997, p. 60.
People, December 1, 1997, p. 151.
Time, September 25, 2006, p. 72.
Afeni ShakurAlice Faye WilliamsLesane Parish CrooksMutulu ShakurPanther 21TupacTupac Amaru ShakurTUPAC SHAKUR
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McConnell's Vaccination Remarks Angry GOP
Republicans are not cheery about the remarks of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who seems to them to be acting like democrats. Mitch grumbled at Americans for not being sensible enough to get a vaccination of Covid-19, which is worsening day in and day out. He implied implicitly that more lockdowns were on the way if those shots of vaccines did not go into the arms of the people as quickly as possible without any further delay.
Republicans believe that it is the choice of people themselves if they want to get vaccinated or not. The government cannot force them to get vaccinated under the pretext of a lockdown and cannot pressurize the public. What would come with the lockdown would be more jeopardizing. There will be more marches in comparison to what occurred in Paris and London. It would be of no help. Like a Republican, Mitch should make threats in the manner he does. Otherwise, if he cannot stand for freedom like republicans, he should renounce his membership.
According to the republicans, it is their right to freedom to get the shots or not. Considering it a sense of responsibility, their leader addressed them to do their part and save the country from further damage. They took over Twitter to hold him accountable for his address, which was the opposite of what a Republican would say. He was attacked and cursed by both sides.
Mitch McConnell: "The GOP is the party of limited government!"
Also Mitch McConnell: "Everybody get the jab now or we're shutting down America again!" https://t.co/sjESnNybF1
— Emerald Robinson ✝ (@EmeraldRobinson) July 21, 2021
People went to the extent of warning him that if he does not do what is expected of him, he will not win upcoming Elections, and they would give up on him. Apart from restraining from calling for a shutdown, Mitch should stand against Biden's tireless effort to repress speech, yet he fails at it.
There's an election in 2022, so @LeaderMcConnell might want to act accordingly. https://t.co/jYXsCUJ5iF
— Kira (@RealKiraDavis) July 21, 2021


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Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (https://jjie.org/2010/10/29/research-center-employs-model-help-atrisk-kids/)
Research Center Employs New Model to Help At-Risk Kids
By Karen Edwards | October 29, 2010
In Florida, black kids make up 39 percent of imprisoned juveniles, although they only account for 21.5 percent of the state's youth population, according to Department of Juvenile Justice data from 2009 through 2010.
Florida A&M University partnered with the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice to build the Juvenile Justice Research Institute in response to minority over-representation in Florida's juvenile justice system.
The center, which opened Wednesday, focuses on researching minority over-representation while providing non-traditional juvenile justice services that address the needs of high-risk kids.
The Institute uses a model called the Situational Environmental Circumstances Pilot (SECP), which stresses the importance of individual development, academic achievement, job readiness and family and community support for at-risk children. SECP teaches kids about things like goal setting, effectively communicating and creating employability skills.
Minority over-representation in the juvenile justice system is a nationwide problem and exists when the proportion of minority kids in jail exceeds the proportion that minority groups represent in the general population.
To view the full press release, click here.
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
About Karen Edwards
Karen is the Writer/Online Content Producer for JJIE. She's a recent graduate from Kennesaw State University with a degree in Communication.
More by Karen
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BAM.PF.A : Convert or Hold?
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The most logical way to analyze the question of whether or not to convert is through the theory of Preferred Pairs, for which a calculator is available. Briefly, a Strong Pair is defined as a pair of securities that can be interconverted in the future (e.g., BAM.PF.A and the FloatingReset, BAM.PF.K, that will exist if enough holders convert). Since they will be interconvertible on this future date, it may be assumed that they will be priced identically on this date (if they aren't then holders will simply convert en masse to the higher-priced issue). And since they will be priced identically on a given date in the future, any current difference in price must be offset by expectations of an equal and opposite value of dividends to be received in the interim. And since the dividend rate on one element of the pair is both fixed and known, the implied average rate of the other, floating rate, instrument can be determined. Finally, we say, we may compare these average rates and take a view regarding the actual future course of that rate relative to the implied rate, which will provide us with guidance on which element of the pair is likely to outperform the other until the next interconversion date, at which time the process will be repeated.
The market appears to be relatively uninterested in floating rate product; most of the implied rates until the next interconversion are scattered around the current 3-month bill rate although the averages for investment-grade and junk issues are have diverged slightly, at +1.73% and +1.46%, respectively – pretty close to the market rate. Whatever might be the result of the next few Bank of Canada overnight rate decisions, I suggest that it is unlikely that the average rate over the next five years will be lower than current – but if you disagree, of course, you may interpret the data any way you like.
Based on current market conditions, I suggest that the FloatingResets that will result from conversion are likely to be cheap and trading below the price of their FixedReset counterparts. Therefore, I recommend that holders of BAM.PF.A continue to hold the issue and not to convert.
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Modern Operation Mockingbird: "Everyone Who Disagrees with Me Is a Russian Propagandist"
Harrison Koehli
Tue, 29 Nov 2016 22:16 UTC
SOTT.net recently had the honor of being smeared as a vehicle for Russian propaganda. The dubious, anonymous "PropOrNot" site listed us as one among 200 or so such websites - witting or unwitting dupes of the Kremlin's propagandists. Thankfully, we're in mostly good company. It's hard to know whether to take them seriously or not. The site gives the impression of perhaps being a too-clever hoax, which would be hilarious given that the Washington Post among others actually takes them seriously. I mean, come on, the first thing you see on their website is a fake interview, conducted by a comedian, with two actors pretending to be Russian propagandists!)
But leaving that aside, it's still rich. Pretty much every alternative news website you can think of is included on the list. PropOrNot's logic seems to run something like this:
Western governments and media say A. (A is true.)
Russian government and media says not-A. (Not-A is not true.)
Alternative media also says not-A.
Therefore, alternative media are either witting or unwitting peddlers of Russian lies.
First, this assumes that the western media and government are telling the truth. Second, it assumes that the Russian government always lies. So the alternative media is put in awkward and contrived position: anytime the Russian government tells the truth, and the alternative media makes the same claims, the latter can simply be written off as Russian propaganda. Which is total nonsense. The fact that the people behind PropOrNot, if they're sincere in their claims, think this is the case says a lot about what they think of their readers: they think they're idiots.
As Wayne Madsen (whose articles are carried by intrepidreport.com and strategic-culture.org, both on PropOrNot's list) put it recently:
The Post's article [regurgitating PropOrNot's claims] is worthy of the CIA-generated propaganda spun by the paper at the height of the Cold War-era MOCKINGBIRD.
Follow the hyperlink above to see some prime examples of fake stories carried by what PropOrNot calls "actual reporters". Then, put some things into perspective. Mainstream reporters are not all bad. Local papers and investigative researchers do some good work. That's not the problem. The problem can be summed up in one abbreviation: WMDs.
When the CIA and what Peter Dale Scott calls the "deep state" want to start a war, demonize a foreign leader who doesn't play by their rules, or destabilize a foreign country, they rely on the media to tell lies, wittingly or unwittingly. The alternative media was calling BS on WMDs from the very beginning, and we have been vindicated. It was a massive lie among countless others in the past dozen or so years. The lies about Gadaffi were another prime example. And again, the alternative media were proven correct.
The biggest media lies today regard Russia and Syria. And the real propagandists just can't stand the fact that readers aren't interested in, or buying (literally and figuratively) their BS. It's gotten to the absurd point that Western leaders are calling for more anti-Russian sanctions in response to the Syrian Army freeing 40% of eastern Aleppo from al-Qaeda and its affiliates. Which is absurd. Apparently, Western leaders and their propagandists would rather have tens to hundreds of thousands of people held hostage by terrorists (and subject to "indiscriminate" Russian/Syrian airstrikes that "deliberately target" civilians and hospitals) than to have those thousands safe from said airstrikes and under the control of the Syrian government, where they can receive medical care (because the "last hospital" in eastern Aleppo was destroyed and there are only "two pediatricians"), food, shelter, etc. And where they want to be. Heads I win, tails you lose.
See the above dynamic in visual form below, featuring propagandist-in-chief John Kirby (warning: Russian propaganda alert!):
And another video showing interviews with residents of eastern Aleppo freed from al-Qaeda by the Syrian Army and their allies.
Actually, I've gotta say, I'm a bit ticked at the Russians. For years, all the alt media had to put up with for telling the truth was being called "conspiracy theorists". But now, on the occasions where the Russian government tells the truth, we're put in the uncomfortable position of having to agree with them. The least they could do is actually spread some of those rubles around. Just sayin' 'sall.
And the ironic thing is, while the alt media is being blamed for being Russian propaganda, it's actually the Western media that is American/European deep-state propaganda. As Madsen points out above, it's not a new thing. From its very inception, the CIA has had willing stooges in the media. For example, I recommend checking out these articles archived on SOTT:
Wikleaks and Imperial Mobilization - The CIA's "Mighty Wurlitzer"
Zahir Ebrahim, Project Human Beings First
[The phrase "Mighty Wurlitzer"] used to be the honorific of Frank Wisner, the first chief of political warfare for the Central Intelligence Agency, used to describe the C.I.A.'s plethora of front organizations and news media stooges that he was capable of playing (like a great organ with many keyboards) for synthesizing any propaganda tune that was needed for the day. More details may be gleaned in the disclosures of Operation Mockingbird.
Operation Mockingbird is alive and well and living in your TV
Rory Hall, The Daily Coin
If you are unaware of Operation Mockingbird or question whether the mainstream media - think CNN, Fox, CBS, NBC, ABC and "newspapers" like The Tribune, LA Times, NY Times, Reuters and so many others, are manipulated by the CIA and Operation Mockingbird please explain this,
Former Washington Post publisher Philip Graham "believing that the function of the press was more often than not to mobilize consent for the policies of the government, was one of the architects of what became a widespread practice: the use and manipulation of journalists by the CIA". This scandal was known by its code name Operation MOCKINGBIRD. Former Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein cites a former CIA deputy director as saying, "It was widely known that Phil Graham was someone you could get help from". More recently the Post provided cover for CIA personality Joseph Fernandez by "refusing to print his name for over a year up until the day his indictment was announced ...for crimes committed in his official capacity as CIA station chief in Costa Rica". [Source]
"You could get a journalist cheaper than a good call girl, for a couple hundred dollars a month." - CIA operative discussing with Philip Graham, editor Washington Post, on the availability and prices of journalists willing to peddle CIA propaganda and cover stories. Katherine The Great, by Deborah Davis (New York: Sheridan Square Press, 1991)
The 25 rules of disinformation and propaganda
Kristan T. Harris, American Intelligence Report
Operation Mockingbird ran from the 50s to the 70s, and was scaled back in the mid '70s when the CIA came under heat for all the psychopathic things they got exposed doing by the Church Committee. In a nutshell, the CIA recruited "journalists" to place the stories the CIA wanted. It developed entire media front companies in the form of magazines and student organizations. Here's some more Russian propaganda for you, exposing Mockingbird and its modern equivalents:
That should put the following article into context:
Why are American and Western media outlets so afraid of RT?
Adam H. Johnson, The Nation
Just the same, while Russia Today toes the Kremlin's line on foreign policy, it also provides an outlet to marginalized issues and voices stateside. RT, for example, has covered the recent prison strikes—the largest in American history—twice. So far CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and Rutenberg's employer, The New York Times, haven't covered them at all. RT aggressively covered Occupy Wall Street early on while the rest of corporate US media were marginalizing from afar (for this effort RT was nominated for an Emmy). Perhaps Rutenberg and those Deeply Concerned about RT can see why there may be a market for RT to fill here. In many ways, RT's success, to the extent it has had any, is as much an indictment of American corporate media as it is an expression of sinister Kremlin disinformation.
Also missing from the posturing over RT is a bit of perspective. For decades the United States has supported similar tactics overseas to push their agenda—from the Voice of America and its assortment of spin offs to "pro-democracy" initiatives that often, with the help of Western NGO and think tanks, funnel money horizontally by sponsoring pundits who write in foreign media outlets. The professional hand-wringing classes make a distinction: that US-backed media are truthful and held to higher standards. While this is true in a strict sense, often times this simply means the United States is better at information war, not that it does less of it. The CIA helped produce, without disclosure, Argo and Zero Dark Thirty, two glowing CIA commercials. The US government, via USAID, secretly created a fake social-media platform and infiltrated the hip-hop scene in Cuba to "stir unrest" and undermine the government. The Department of Defense runs a $100 million program to manipulate social media overseas, complete with fake sock-puppet profiles in "Arabic, Farsi, Urdu and Pashto." How many Americans are aware of these practices? Probably a lot fewer than know about Putin's evil cable network.
The thing about "the Kremlin's line on foreign policy" is that, often times, that line is not simply disinformation. It's just information. The Maidan in Ukraine was a U.S.-backed coup. Crimea did want to rejoin Russia. The moderate rebels in Syria are jihadists. Sometimes, it's just advantageous to tell the truth, especially if your "partners" are so obviously lying.
Harrison Koehli co-hosts SOTT Radio Network's MindMatters, and is an editor for Red Pill Press. He has been interviewed on several North American radio shows about his writings on the study of ponerology. In addition to music and books, Harrison enjoys tobacco and bacon (often at the same time) and dislikes cell phones, vegetables, and fascists (commies too).
graeme15b · 2016-11-30T22:52:33Z
Reader comment
All the lies the MSM have been spouting for years are coming back to haunt them. Good.
More and more people are not buying it anymore. I hope to see a lot of them folding soon, though that will mean a lot of people losing their jobs. Still thats better than a lot of people losing their lives, families, homes, and countries.
Ned Ludd · 2016-11-30T23:55:23Z
I used to be a newspaper junkie. I care less about them all. I used to watch news TV. Hardly use the thing now. I get my news from the internet. And it is in the spirit of SOTT.
shane.aldrich · 2016-12-01T03:23:20Z
ICANN WHOIS
I just looked up who is in charge of the propornot.com domain
The registration is private for Domains By Proxy, LLC. DomainsByProxy.com
After looking up that, it was revealed that DomainsByProxy.com is run by...
Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC
Somebody is trying to hide here. They don't want to be outed for the propogandists that they are. Who is GoDaddy helping achieve this massive disinfo?
Franq · 2016-12-01T15:57:52Z
I ran into this article on Sorcha Faal's website. Not very trustworthy mostly, but sometimes the info is interesting, to say the least. About Romney and O'Donnell funding this propornot domain.
wwix · 2016-12-01T09:35:38Z
I, for one, am actually quite grateful for that list, as I had never before come across such a comprehensive compilation of alternative news sites, many of which I hadn't known yet. Lots of stuff to check out.....
Btw, Mike Adams is offering a USD 10k reward for information that leads to the identification of the people behind PropOrNot.
So Says the Pedophile Protecting
mass media. The reality is this their attempt to undermine the fact they are participating in the covering up of the fact that an individual who was supposedly going to be the White House Chief of Staff of the very person they all supported was evidently involved in doinking Pizza Boys and or worse.
katesisco · 2016-12-01T13:44:48Z
What goes on..........
in the macro world --USING POWER TO CONFISCATE ANOTHER COUNTRY'S AIR SPACE AND CALL IT A NO FLY ZONE is exactly what you see in the micro world--USING POWER TO ENACT MIDNIGHT LEGISLATION TO CONFISCATE PRIVATE PROPERTY.
HashAttack2 · 2016-12-01T13:50:26Z
"Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me"
The western media dug their own grave ... I never consume their products any more (no newspapers, to MSM news)
The MSM force us to into a situation where two narratives are opposed and we have to decide which one is true and which one is false. We have numerous historic references and Occam's razor to aid us in our decisions
The MSM has force fed us terrorists and St Killary, sexed up dossiers and oppressive surveillance
Why should anyone trust a compulsive liar
Rowan Cocoan · 2016-12-05T02:26:25Z
Fool me once-won't get fooled again
'Fool me once- uh, er -won't get fooled again.'*
As it could have only been: 'DumbYa Bush*t" going 'off script.'
R.C.
*Per recollection.
Ray Joseph Cormier · 2016-12-01T13:51:08Z
From this Day forward, let the spirit of these letters from Matthew, Mark and Luke increase;
For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing concealed that will not be known and illuminated.
Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
Martina · 2016-12-01T16:04:34Z
Как обычно:)
so what's wrong with being a Russian Propagandist?
Ruth · 2016-12-02T00:54:36Z
It might offend some people if the term was deliberately made up to discredit truth tellers.
Lisa Montez · 2016-12-02T06:22:18Z
Edward Bernays
And let's not forget Edward Bernays, the father of propaganda (and nephew of Sigmund Freud, another evil liar). Bernays was Woodrow Wilson's PR guy promoting WWI. He then went into the private sector and created the very successful campaign for Lucky Strike cigarettes, marketing them to unsuspecting women. Disgusting. And did I mention evil?
nedlud · 2016-12-02T13:02:11Z
Gradually, one realizes that duality is a very severe and lasting psychosis.
Gradually, one comes to wonder why God 'allows' it.
And gradually, one comes to understand.
We are not like God.
But perhaps we can be.
God willing.
ned,
Ananda · 2016-12-03T19:21:07Z
Hey man, just leave god out of this. This is all down to right wing crazies.
beltri · 2016-12-03T19:47:50Z
It's ALL bullshit and illusions...with enough truth to get some people hooked into it.
Best to transcend it instead of getting caught up in it. See the bigger picture of things, too, not just passing shit like this.
Sometimes it's best to just unplug and not even play, so to speak.
agni · 2016-12-03T21:24:54Z
Have no fear. Trump and Putin going to make media great again. Drain the media swamp !
Ron_Doe · 2016-12-04T09:32:56Z
Deny and Deflect, and Attack
The modis operandi of the psychopath is to deny and deflect, and then to attack the accuser.
Having control of the MSM is paramount to achieving these aims.
You shouldn't be surprised
Remember that the first casualty of war is the truth.......
and the Yanks have been at war for years.


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.method public static query(Landroid/content/Context;Landroid/content/ContentResolver;Landroid/net/Uri;[Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)Landroid/database/Cursor;
    .locals 3
    .parameter "context"
    .parameter "resolver"
    .parameter "uri"
    .parameter "projection"
    .parameter "selection"
    .parameter "selectionArgs"
    .parameter "sortOrder"

    .prologue
    .line 59
    :try_start_0
    invoke-virtual/range {p1 .. p6}, Landroid/content/ContentResolver;->query(Landroid/net/Uri;[Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)Landroid/database/Cursor;
    :try_end_0
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    move-result-object v1

    .line 63
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    .line 60
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    move-exception v0

    .line 61
    .local v0, e:Landroid/database/sqlite/SQLiteException;
    const-string v1, "SqliteWrapper"

    const-string v2, "Catch a SQLiteException when query: "

    invoke-static {v1, v2, v0}, Landroid/util/Log;->e(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Throwable;)I

    .line 62
    invoke-static {p0, v0}, Landroid/database/sqlite/SqliteWrapper;->checkSQLiteException(Landroid/content/Context;Landroid/database/sqlite/SQLiteException;)V

    .line 63
    const/4 v1, 0x0

    goto :goto_0
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.method public static requery(Landroid/content/Context;Landroid/database/Cursor;)Z
    .locals 3
    .parameter "context"
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    .prologue
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    invoke-interface {p1}, Landroid/database/Cursor;->requery()Z
    :try_end_0
    .catch Landroid/database/sqlite/SQLiteException; {:try_start_0 .. :try_end_0} :catch_0

    move-result v1

    .line 73
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    return v1

    .line 70
    :catch_0
    move-exception v0

    .line 71
    .local v0, e:Landroid/database/sqlite/SQLiteException;
    const-string v1, "SqliteWrapper"

    const-string v2, "Catch a SQLiteException when requery: "

    invoke-static {v1, v2, v0}, Landroid/util/Log;->e(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Throwable;)I

    .line 72
    invoke-static {p0, v0}, Landroid/database/sqlite/SqliteWrapper;->checkSQLiteException(Landroid/content/Context;Landroid/database/sqlite/SQLiteException;)V

    .line 73
    const/4 v1, 0x0

    goto :goto_0
.end method

.method public static update(Landroid/content/Context;Landroid/content/ContentResolver;Landroid/net/Uri;Landroid/content/ContentValues;Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/String;)I
    .locals 3
    .parameter "context"
    .parameter "resolver"
    .parameter "uri"
    .parameter "values"
    .parameter "where"
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    .prologue
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    invoke-virtual {p1, p2, p3, p4, p5}, Landroid/content/ContentResolver;->update(Landroid/net/Uri;Landroid/content/ContentValues;Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/String;)I
    :try_end_0
    .catch Landroid/database/sqlite/SQLiteException; {:try_start_0 .. :try_end_0} :catch_0

    move-result v1

    .line 83
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    return v1

    .line 80
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    move-exception v0

    .line 81
    .local v0, e:Landroid/database/sqlite/SQLiteException;
    const-string v1, "SqliteWrapper"

    const-string v2, "Catch a SQLiteException when update: "

    invoke-static {v1, v2, v0}, Landroid/util/Log;->e(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Throwable;)I

    .line 82
    invoke-static {p0, v0}, Landroid/database/sqlite/SqliteWrapper;->checkSQLiteException(Landroid/content/Context;Landroid/database/sqlite/SQLiteException;)V

    .line 83
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Plastic Island String Quartet video
July 6, 2022 JG Thirlwell
A new video has just been published on the JG Thirlwell YouTube Channel of a string quartet performance of the Manorexia classic 'A Plastic Island in the Pacific'. It's from the concert 'JG Thirlwell : String Quartets' at the Noguchi Sculpture Museum in Queens, NY on August 9 2015. The concert was presented by Bang On A Can. You can watch the video here.
The quartet consisted of Adrianna Mateo on violin, Elena Moon Park on violin and trumpet, Isabel Hagen on viola and Clara Kennedy on cello. Live electronic treatments and manipulations were performed on the instruments by JG Thirlwell.
Please subscribe to the JG Thirlwell YouTube channel while you are there.
Categories: NewsTags: Adrianna Mateo, Bang On A Can, Clara Kennedy, Elena Moon Park, Isabel Hagen, JG Thirlwell, Manorexia, Noguchi Sculpture Museum, string quartet, YouTube
JG Thirlwell + Ensemble performs in London
January 13, 2020 February 15, 2021 admin
JG Thirlwell + Ensemble will be performing at St Pancras Church in London on April 18 2020.
JG Thirlwell + Ensemble is a chamber group project initiated by Thirlwell in 2018. JG rearranged several pieces from the Foetus repertoire and one Wiseblood song with long time collaborator Simon Hanes (Tredici Bacci) for the instrumentation of harp, piano, viola, acoustic guitar/bass and drums. In February of 2019 they played two sold-out shows at National Sawdust in NYC.
The London iteration of the ensemble will include Manorexia alumni Angharad Davies (viola, violin), Tim Parkinson (piano) and Adam Morris (percussion) along with Thirlwell and Hanes. Tickets are available here
*UPDATE* Due to the global coronavirus pandemic, this show has been postponed indefinitely.
Categories: NewsTags: Adam Morris, Angharad Davies, Foetus, JG Thirlwell, JG Thirlwell + Ensemble, Manorexia, National Sawdust, Simon Hanes, Tim Parkinson, Tredici Bacci, Wiseblood
JG Thirlwell exclusive Limited Art Print #4 available now from Shoppe
We are proud to announce the issuing of the fourth limited edition silkscreen print by JG Thirlwell, entitled Pomoscape #4. This gorgeous art piece is a signed and numbered four-color screen print in Thirlwell's signature palette of black, red, white and gray. It is printed on French 100lb cover paper, and is 24″ x 18." which makes it easy to place in a standard sized frame. You can order the print here
The artwork is in a very small edition of 75, but only 60 copies will be made available in the Foetus Shoppe. The print sells for $75.00 plus flat postage and packaging fee of $15 in the US, $20 in Canada and $26 in the rest of the world. Since the print ships in a tube by itself, when ordering the print you cannot order other items in the same shipment. Other items (CDs, T-shirts, vinyl, tote bags, digital) must be ordered separately.
Categories: NewsTags: art print, Foetus, Foetus merchandise, Foetus Shoppe, JG Thirlwell, Manorexia, Pomoscape #4, Steroid Maximus, Xordox
We are proud to announce the issuing of the third limited edition silkscreen print by JG Thirlwell, entitled Nomoscape #3. This gorgeous art piece is a signed and numbered four-color screen print in Thirlwell's signature palette of black, red, white and gray. It is printed on French 100lb cover paper, and is 24″ x 18." which makes it easy to place in a standard sized frame.You can order the print here
Categories: NewsTags: Archer, art print, contemporaty art, Foetus, JG Thirlwell, linited edition art, Manorexia, Steroid Maximus, The Venture Bros, Xordox
Bang On A Can plays Thirlwell in Australia
The Bang On A Can Allstars are headed to Australia, and they will be performing JG Thirlwell's "Anabiosis" composition in Sydney on August 25 2018 and in Melbourne on August 28 2018.
Bang On A Can commissioned Thirlwell to compose "Anabiosis" in 2006, and Thirlwell subsequently recorded his own version, which appeared on the Manorexia album Dinoflagellate Blooms. Thirlwell then adapted the piece for the Manorexia chamber ensemble. In 2015 Thirlwell reworked the piece for the Allstars, which by now had three new members in its ranks.
In Sydney, the Bang On A Can Allstars will perform as part of Extended Play, a 12-hour micro-festival that explores and celebrates new music in every format imaginable at the City Recital Hall. You may purchase tickets for the whole festival here, or just for the Bang On A Can Allstars performance here.
At the Melbourne Recital Hall, the Allstars will perform Thirlwell's piece, along with pieces by BOAC founders David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon, plus a piece by Philip Glass. Tickets for the Melbourne concert here.
Categories: NewsTags: Anabiosis, Bang On A Can, Bang On A Can Allstars, City Recital Hall, David Lang, Dinoflagellate Blooms, Extended Play, JG Thirlwell, Julia Wolfe, Manorexia, Melbourne Recital Hall, Michael Gordon, Philip Glass
We are proud to announce the issuing of the second limited edition silkscreen print by JG Thirlwell, entitled Fomoscape #2. This gorgeous art piece is a signed and numbered four-color screen print in Thirlwell's signature palette of black, red, white and gray. It is printed on French 100lb cover paper, and is 24″ x 18." which makes it easy to place in a standard sized frame.You can order the print here
The artwork is in a very small edition of 65, but only 55 copies will be made available in the Foetus Shoppe, hence the price is slightly higher than the previous print. The print sells for $75.00 plus flat postage and packaging fee of $15 in the US, $20 in Canada and $26 in the rest off the world. Since the print ships in a tube by itself, when ordering the print you cannot order other items in the same shipment. Other items (CDs, T-shirts, vinyl, tote bags, digital) must be ordered separately.
Limited edition JG Thirlwell art print
We are proud to announce the issuing of the first limited edition silkscreen print by JG Thirlwell, entitled Domoscape#1. This gorgeous art piece is a signed and numbered four-color screen print in Thirlwell's signature palette of black, red, white and gray. It is printed on French 100lb cover paper, and is 24″ x 18." which makes it easy to place in a standard sized frame. It is an edition of 150, but only 40 copies will be made available in the Foetus Shoppe.
We have sold out of the 40 copies available from the Foetus Shoppe.
However, there are still some prints available from Kayrock, the company who made the screenprint. Kayrock's price for the print is $60 and postage costs are higher. Apologies for the high postage costs of overseas, the Kayrock site is not operated by foetus.org. Click here to purchase the print from Kayrock while supplies last.
We hope to offer further prints in the future which will be sold exclusively from foetus.org
New JG Thirlwell project Xordox releases album on Editions Mego
We are thrilled to announce to birth of JG Thirlwell's new musical project, Xordox. The premier release is an album entitled Neospection, which will be released on the Editions Mego label on June 30 2017 . Neospection is predominantly a synthesizer record, recorded at Self Immolation studios in Brooklyn, although it also includes overdubs of Buchla and Serge synthesizer created during Thirlwell's residency at the legendary EMS Studio in Stockholm. The album features Noveller's Sarah Lipstate on guitar on three of the eight tracks. You can stream the 'single' from the album, "Diamonds", at Soundcloud.The CD and digital versions come with an extra track., the 16 minute long "Asteroid Dust", and the vinyl version comes with a download code so the listener can have the whole album.
The album is available NOW for order at the Foetus Shoppe. You can listen to previews and purchase it on CD, LP or digitally here.
Categories: NewsTags: Buchla, Editions Mego, EMS studios, Foetus, JG Thirlwell, Manorexia, Neospection, Noveller, Sarah Lipstate, Serge, Steroid Maximus, Venture Bros, Xordox
Manorexia t-shirt and tote bag available now!
Ectopic Ents is proud to announce the release of the Manorexia t-shirt. Celebrating JG Thirlwell's acclaimed instrumental project, the Manorexia shirt has a two color design, with white lettering on a gray mortar and pestle, making it a perfect conversation starter for your next cocktail party or doctor visit. It is printed on a black Canvas brand soft cotton shirt, and is available in small, medium, large, XL, XXL and XXXL. Also available is the Manorexia tote bag, The handsome cotton tote bag features the Manorexia logo in white with a half-tone mortar and pestle on a black bag and is the perfect size for carrying vinyl, or anything else your heart desires. JG Thirlwell encourages you to use your tote instead of getting plastic shopping bags at your grocery store!
They're available right here at the Foetus Shoppe.
Categories: NewsTags: Ectopic Ents, Foetus merchandise, Foetus Shoppe, JG Thirlwell, Manorexia, t-shirt, tote bag
Zephyr Quartet present Exquisite Corpse at Adelaide Festival
JG Thirlwell is composing a new piece for the Australian new music string quartet Zephyr Quartet. Zephyr are commissioning a series of string works that will premiere at the Adelaide Festival in March 2016. Collectively entitled Exquisite Corpse, the suite of compositions are created in a style based on the Surrealist game, where each composer starts their composition from a short section of the previous composer's piece. The composers involved include Zoe Barry, Jherek Bischoff, Jason Sweeney, Adam Page and others, with live projected art created by Luku Kukuku and Jo Kerlogue. Performances will take place on March 7 and 8 at the Space Theatre in the Adelaide Festival Center. In 2013, Zephyr Quartet performed with JG as members of his chamber ensemble Manorexia at the Adelaide Festival with Kronos Quartet.
Categories: NewsTags: Adam Page, Adelaide Festival, Exquisite Corpse, Jason Sweeney, JG Thirlwell, Jherek Bischoff, Jo Kerlogue, Kronos Quartet, Luku Kukuku, Manorexia, Zephyr Quartet, Zoe Barry


We are a shopping site to provide caring parents with a great choice of natural baby products and child toiletries. Many parents today realize the importance of feeding our children an organic healthy diet, and now we realize it is equally important to give consideration to what we put on their skin. We are sold numerous products which claim to be best for our children's skin, dermatologically tested, pediatrician tested, kind and gentle on the skin. Too many children suffer from eczema and skin problems often exasperated if not caused by the products we use. Most products contain chemicals, synthetic additives and irritants which dry our children's skin and are absorbed into their bodies. No one knows for certain what the long term effects of using these products are.
As a mother I am setting up this site to bring you high quality natural baby products without the cocktail of chemicals found in your average baby products and child toiletries. All of the natural baby products have the safest ingredients for your child's skin. We sell many organic baby products, and for each baby product we feature we show you the ingredients so you can be confident that what you use is truly natural, good for your family and better for the environment.
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Sanford Meisner, Michael Chekhov, and other Method techniques. Meisner improvs, cold reading, scene study, auditioning, on-camera, script analysis, and more. A somatic approach to living truthfully under imaginary circumstances.
We are located at 5311 Western Avenue, Boulder, Colorado, near the intersection of Arapahoe Road and 55th Street. Classes are held in Theater O, Boulder's newest black box theater space. During the winter months we often use the main stage at the Actors Academy, around the corner in the same building. Theater O is located on the west side of the building in Suite O. The main theater for the Actors Academy is located around the corner on the south side of the building in Suite D.
Take U.S. 36 to Boulder and exit on Foothills Parkway headed north. Turn right on Arapahoe Road, proceed to the third traffic light, and turn left on Conestoga Road. Follow Conestoga two blocks to where it ends, and turn left on Western Avenue. Turn into the third entrance on your right, and enter the parking lot of 5311 Western Avenue. Drive around to the west side of the building.
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Sanford Meisner, Michael Chekhov, and Integrative Body Psychotherapy (IBP).
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About the Pearson Center for Alcoholism and Addiction Research
The Pearson Center was established in 2003 through the generosity of a multi-million dollar gift. The Pearson Center combines the latest biomedical research with new clinical treatments to fight the devastating, costly, and deadly disease of alcohol and drug addiction.
Alcoholism and addiction are diseases of the spirit, behavior, and the brain. Traditional treatment involves group therapy and other psychological counseling to empower the spirit and address destructive behaviors. The physiology of the brain is often ignored.
The Pearson Center is complementing and reinforcing traditional treatments by focusing on the physiological changes in the brain that drive excessive drinking and drug use while creating vulnerability to relapse. Researchers are studying the viability of using novel medications, designed at TSRI and elsewhere, to modulate the neurological effects of alcohol and drugs of abuse, reduce excessive intake, and prevent relapse by normalizing the brain during recovery from alcoholism and addiction.
The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California and Jupiter, Florida, is a world leader in the biomedical science of alcoholism, addiction, and the brain. It provides a fertile environment for breakthroughs that will alleviate the suffering of addicted individuals and return them to their families and communities.
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Many of us have started the year determined to be more organised: no more drawers full of plastic containers with missing lids, or lone socks.
The decluttering craze is led by Japanese tidying aficionado Marie Kondo, author of a New York Times bestseller and Netflix show Tidying Up.
Charity groups such as St Vincent de Paul are reporting a 38% increase in donations, year on year, as we get rid of the clothes, books and household items that don't "spark joy" or have a place in our future.
And there is good reason to get on board, whether it's via the KonMarie method, or just having a good clear-out. Clutter can affect our anxiety levels, sleep, and ability to focus.
It can also make us less productive, triggering coping and avoidance strategies that make us more likely to snack on junk and watch TV shows (including ones about other people decluttering their lives).
My own research shows our physical environments significantly influence our cognition, emotions and subsequent behaviours, including our relationships with others.
Bursting cupboards and piles of paper stacked around the house may seem harmless enough. But research shows disorganisation and clutter have a cumulative effect on our brains.
Our brains like order, and constant visual reminders of disorganisation drain our cognitive resources, reducing our ability to focus.
The visual distraction of clutter increases cognitive overload and can reduce our working memory.
In 2011, neuroscience researchers using fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) and other physiological measurements found clearing clutter from the home and work environment resulted in a better ability to focus and process information, as well as increased productivity.
Clutter can make us feel stressed, anxious and depressed. Research from the United States in 2009, for instance, found the levels of the stress hormone cortisol were higher in mothers whose home environment was cluttered.
A chronically cluttered home environment can lead to a constant low-grade fight or flight response, taxing our resources designed for survival.
This response can trigger physical and psychological changes that affect how we fight bugs and digest food, as well as leaving us at greater risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Clutter might also have implications for our relationships with those around us. A 2016 US study, for instance, found background clutter resulted in participants being less able to correctly interpret the emotional expressions on the faces of characters in a movie.
And surprisingly, it doesn't go away when we finally get to bed. People who sleep in cluttered rooms are more likely to have sleep problems, including difficulty falling asleep and being disturbed during the night.
Could clutter really make us fat?
Multiple studies have found a link between clutter and poor eating choices.
Disorganised and messy environments led participants in one study to eat more snacks, eating twice as many cookies than participants in an organised kitchen environment.
Other research has shown that being in a messy room will make you twice as likely to eat a chocolate bar than an apple.
Finally, people with extremely cluttered homes are 77% more likely to be overweight.
Tidy homes have been found to be a predictor of physical health. Participants whose houses were cleaner were more active and had better physical health, according to another study.
Buying more and more things we think we need, and then not getting rid of them, is an actual disorder in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V). According to DSM-V, those with hoarding disorder compulsively acquire possessions on an ongoing basis and experience anxiety and mental anguish when they are thrown away.
A Yale study using fMRI showed that for people who have hoarding tendencies, discarding items can cause actual pain in regions of the brain associated with physical pain. Areas of the brain were activated that are also responsible for the pain you feel when slamming a finger in a door or burning your hand on the stove.
People who suspect they have hoarding disorder can take heart: cognitive behavioural therapy has been shown to be an effective treatment.
Participants in Marie Kondo's Netflix show Tidying Up report that her decluttering method changes their lives for the better. Indeed, her first book was called The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up.
"the broader constellation of experiences, meanings, and situations that shape and are actively shaped by a person in the creation of his or her lifeworld."
But it seems clutter isn't always bad. One study showed messy desks can make us more creative. The findings suggested neat, ordered environments make us more likely to conform to expectations and play it safe, while messy ones move us to break with the norm and look at things in a new way.
Libby Sander is an Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School at Bond University.


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7 Use Cases of AI in 2021 That Will Impact Common Lives
Is AI going to replace humans? The short answer is- 'Yes & No'. In 2021? Certainly not. Now, the idea that AI is going be a massive rage in 2021 and the years succeeding it is generally correct. However, the rationale and the depth of this idea or understanding does not always come from an informed standpoint. This article is about busting some myths, establishing an understanding of the current state & gauging the direction in which AI is headed. The best way to do this is by understanding its involvement in our day-to-day lives.
1- Patient Care
In our previous article about AI & healthcare, we explored the concept of AI reducing the time and resources required to discover drugs but also help medical professionals like doctors & nurses. Be it through standardised tests, healthcare apps, app-based diagnostics, wearable sensors or even drugstore chatbots, base applications of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare are on the rise.
It's been said that 12.5% of women will eventually be detected to have breast cancer. While the indirect applications of AI to help in such scenarios exist (like drug discovery), direct applications like early detection of the disease, drastically reducing the cases of false positives & negatives (to help reduce the shortage of specialists or oncologists) and standardised (self-administrable in some cases like diabetes) tests are looking like the norm of the years to come.
2- Supporting Role of Internet of Medical Things
According to a Deloitte report, there are about 500,000 medical technologies available for end-use. This IoMT ecosystem consisting of everything from wearables to digital medical logs creates a consortium of devices that can prove capable of the real-time, remote measurement and analysis of patient data.
Such an expansion of the IoMT ecosystem can pave the way for other new technologies like kiosks that provide connectivity to care providers. These kiosks will further enable clinicians to monitor and treat patients remotely.
This ecosystem combined with the ability of Machine Learning to use data and suggest decisions can be an unparalleled combination in terms of helping end-user healthcare.
Google's DeepMind & NHS organisations have developed an AI to read eye scans and spot neck cancer. This points to quick patient discovery.
So, essentially, the need to visit a doctor or a hospital can be reduced with the help of AI. There will be more reliable treatment suggestions. Essentially, it will tend to be healthcare at your fingertips.
Safer Money/Banking
3- Chatbots
For retail banking, a lot of functions are already being resolved by online chatbots on bank websites. Miscellaneous queries such as about transactions and other FAQs are taken care of by automated chatbots that are becoming increasingly trained to be conversational.
This application of AI in banking also has the potential to automate personalised banking. A study by Accenture revealed that 54% of users would prefer having tools to help monitor their budget and help make spending decisions.
4- Improved Lending
AI helps banks and lenders make more accurate underwriting decisions by utilizing a variety of factors that more accurately assess borrowers. Traditionally underserved borrowers like millennials (people who have recently started earning), in the credit decision-making process are undervalued and sometimes unfairly unserved in terms of credit.
5- Cybersecurity
There are two parts to this- security & surveillance. At this point, it is important to mention that blockchain technology has been the most successful in making digital transactions, as it provides a decentralised database of information (more barriers against hacking). Blockchain is thus an effective way to make platforms & transactions secure.
When it comes to surveillance, banks could digitally depend upon Artificial Intelligence. Banks like HDFC have resorted to AI for its digital surveillance solutions that also enable fraud detection.
Home Automation/Use Cases
6- Security
Think about it. Why make it an enemy, if you can make it an ally!
Jokes apart, we're looking at a 2021 that is likely to make automated home security even more affordable. With advancements in sensor-assisted motion detection technology, automated security has become more alert. The affordability of such state-of-the-art technology however was in question. On this note, several studies suggest that the longer the people stay at home, the more the demand for home improvement.
A simple understanding of economics here would suggest that with the increase in demand for home security products, their prices will reduce, as its status shifts from 'luxury' to 'essential'. The likes of Remobell & Wyze are known for their affordability and are increasingly becoming popular as the likes of Amazon & Google inch towards them.
7- Reduced Energy Consumption
A 2017 report by Climate Change News suggested that data centres will be responsible for 20% of the global energy consumption by 2025.
Google, the owner of some of the largest data centres in the world, on the other hand, is using its DeepMind AI to reduce their energy consumption by 30%. What does that mean for an end-user? Apart from the obvious environmental benefits, it would be accurate to assume that when the cost of maintaining data centres go down, the cost of using data will also go down. For digital marketing professionals and people using automation products like assistants, this information means something.
8- Safer & cheaper food
How does Artificial Intelligence make your food safer and cheaper? Two words: 'Crop disease detection using machine learning.' Okay, that was definitely more than two. Deep learning protocols can train camera-based computers or computer vision for patch-detection & image-based plant disease detection. Patch detection & image-based plant disease detection.
A study by Steward & McDonald revealed that automated image analysis methods can be used to analyze disease symptoms of infected wheat.
African farmers lose about 49% of their estimated crop yield every year due to pests & diseases.
Agrix Tech, a Cameroonian startup has developed an AI that uses image-based recognition technology to help identify diseases & pests & offers treatment & prevention measures to farmers. As a result of the reduced wastage of crops, the overall per-unit cost of production reduces, thus reducing the market prices of products. Needless to say that there is less chance of sub-quality products entering the market.
Imagine a life without AI- no predictive text, no Google search, no YouTube suggestions, no weather predictions on your phone and the list could go on for days. But fortunately, we live in times when AI is increasingly becoming a reality; and 2021 is indeed going to be the year of technology. We have taken the technology intervention a step further and induced it to how you learn and connect. Introducing the one-of-a-kind skill-sharing and upskilling app- Kool Stories. With 200+ global skill communities, we have simplified the way you find, interact with skilled professionals, learn and upskill. This holy grail for learners and skilled individuals has made learning more streamlined and targeted with categorized content. The algorithm, dependent on the skills, interest and bucket list makes it possible to grow within skill communities. Download Kool Stories now to unleash #ReleaseYourInnerTalents.
Q1. What are AI use cases?
AI use cases include:
1.Resource optimization
2.Supply chain optimization
3.Manufacturing process optimization
4.Quality inspection and assurance
5.AI-driven research and development
6.Smart assistant
7.Automated data management
8.AI driven cybersecurity and privacy
Q2. Where do we use AI in everyday life?
We use AI in day-to-day activities, including use of navigation apps, face recognition in mobile phones, in autonomous vehicles and in spam filters in our email box.
Q3. What are some examples of AI in use?
Some examples of AI in use:
1.Chatbots
2.Text Editors
3.Search and recommendation algorithms
4.Self-driving cars
5.Social media monitoring
6.Pro-active healthcare management
Q4. How long has AI existed?
Modern AI began with attempts of many classical philosophers to describe human thinking as a symbolic system. AI was formally founded in 1956, in a conference at Dartmouth College, in New Hampshire, where the term "artificial intelligence" was coined.
Q5. Has AI been invented?
Yes AI has been invented years ago. Researchers have created software that uses AI programs that are improving day by day.
Q6. Does AI make less mistakes than humans?
AI errors are far more predictable than human errors, partly because they are systematic and because the behaviour of machines can be modelled. And the fact that AI errors are easier to predict means they are easier to fix and even prevent.
Q7. Can Artificial Intelligence help reduce human medical errors?
Yes! Medication safety systems powered by artificial intelligence help nurses stop and prevent medication errors.