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Herb Smaltz is the Founder, President & CEO of CIO Consult, LLC. He works with healthcare provider and vendor organizations to provide CIO-level professional services to include IT strategic planning, IT governance, IT product market placement advice, RFI/RFP planning and oversight, IT executive & staff coaching and mentoring, IT departmental assessments, IT project portfolio management office planning and evaluation and a number of other services design to maximize IT organizational performance.
Prior to founding CIO Consult, Herb founded Health Care DataWorks, a healthcare business intelligence software company which earned the distinction of a Gartner "Cool Vendor" prior to being acquired in 2015. Prior to his consulting & entrepreneurial career, Herb served as the CIO of the Ohio State University Medical Center, a $1.7B, 6 hospital academic medical center comprising more than 1100 beds and over 13,000 FTEs. In his role as CIO of OSUMC, he led an IT organization of 255 individuals with an annual operating budget of $42M. In addition, he served as an Associate Vice-President for Health Sciences leading collaborative initiatives between the three mission areas of the medical center: research, academics and patient care.
Herb has over 25 years of experience in healthcare management with all but four of those years as CIO/CKO at various sized organizations including a 20-bed community hospital, a 300-bed tertiary referral medical center, an 1100-bed tertiary referral medical center, a 5-state region, a 7-country international region and at the corporate headquarters of a $6.2B globally distributed integrated delivery system. He is a Fellow of the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (FHIMSS) and has served on the HIMSS Board of Directors (BOD) from 2002-2005 and as the HIMSS 2004-2005 BOD Vice Chair. In addition, he is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) and a two-time CIO-100 award recipient.
Herb also holds certifications in Knowledge Management from the Knowledge Management Certification Board (KMCB). In addition, he has served as an associate professor at UAB, Birmingham, AL, and as a research professor at the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Herb earned a BS in Management Information Systems from the University of Tampa, FL in 1985, an MBA from Ohio State University in 1992 and a Ph.D. in Business Administration - Information & Management Science from Florida State University in 1999.
His recent publications include Information Systems for Healthcare Management, 8th Edition, with Gerald Glandon & Donna Slovensky, Health Administration Press, Chicago, IL, 2014; The Healthcare Information Technology Planning Fieldbook, with George "Buddy" Hickman, HIMSS Publications, Chicago, IL, 2008; The Executive's Guide to Electronic Health Records with E. Berner, Health Administration Press, Chicago, IL, 2007; The CEO-CIO Partnership: Harnessing the Value of Information Technology in Healthcare, eds. Smaltz, D., Glaser, J., Skinner, R. & Cunningham III, T, HIMSS Publications, Chicago, IL, 2005.

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Fu padre di Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, più noto come il Parmigianino.

Biografia
Figlio di Bartolomeo, fu allievo del cremonese Francesco Tacconi. Operò principalmente nell'area tra Parma e Piacenza, anche se si ha notizia di un suo viaggio a Venezia, dove si pensa si sia recato per studiare i suoi principali riferimenti stilistici: Antonello da Messina, Giovanni Bellini e Alvise Vivarini.

Seppur ora mancante di alcuni dei dipinti, la sua opera più maestosa resta senz'altro il polittico composto da otto tavole e quattro tondi conservato presso la basilica di Santa Maria delle Grazie a Cortemaggiore.

Morì all'età di circa 45 anni durante un'epidemia di peste.

Opere

 Ritratto di uomo, 1480-89, Milano, Pinacoteca di Brera
 Madonna col Bambino, Padova, Museo civico
 Madonna con i santi Francesco e Giovanni Battista, 1491, Parma, Galleria nazionale
 Battesimo di Cristo, 1493, Parma, Duomo
 Madonna col Bambino e due santi, 1494, Londra, National Gallery
 Resurrezione di Cristo, copia del dipinto di Giovanni Bellini, 1497, Strasburgo, Musée des Beaux-Arts
 Polittico, 1499, basilica di Santa Maria delle Grazie a Cortemaggiore
 Pietà, 1500, Napoli, Museo di Capodimonte
 Madonna adorata dalle sante Caterina da Siena e Caterina d'Alessandria, 1502, Berlino, Gemäldegalerie
 Conversione di san Paolo, 1504, Parma
 Cristo benedicente, 1504, Poznań, National Museum
 Madonna col Bambino e le sante Chiara e Caterina, 1504, Berlino
 Cristo alla colonna, 1506 circa, Zagabria, Strossmayerova Galerija
 Madonna col Bambino che tiene un uccellino e due santi, Baltimora, Walters Art Gallery
 Ritratto di musico, 1515, Parma, Galleria nazionale
 San Cristoforo, Budapest, Museo di Belle Arti
 Trittico della Madonna e due santi, Cremona, Museo civico Ala Ponzone
 Madonna e due santi, Londra, British Museum
 Testa di giovanetto, Londra, Victoria and Albert Museum
 Profilo di giovane , Londra, Buckingham Palace
 Ecce Homo (firmato), Milano, Collezione Altomani
 Sacra famiglia, Milano, Museo Poldi Pezzoli
 Busto virile, Modena, Galleria Estense
 Madonna, Sarasota, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
 Adorazione dei pastori, Torino, Galleria Sabauda
 Lunetta della Madonna e l'Eterno, Venezia, Musei civici veneziani

Bibliografia
 Roberto Lasagni, Dizionario biografico dei Parmigiani, ed. PPS, Parma 1999

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The Louisville Leopards Varsity Football Team defeated the Cardinal Mooney Cardinals 31-21 Friday night at Louisville Leopards Stadium. With the victory, Louisville improves to 4-3 on the season.
Quarterback Colton Jones finished 25 of 39 for 316 yards and threw 4 touchdowns to lead the Leopards offense. Ryan Pukys was the recipient of 3 of those touchdown passes and finished as Louisville's leading receiver with 5 catches for 86 yards. Davis Burick also caught a 9 yard touchdown pass with four minutes left in the contest to give the Leopards a commanding 31-21 advantage. Burick would finish with 4 catches for 48 yards.
Runningback Max Hartline also tallied 143 total yards of offense. He made 5 catches for 74 yards and also rushed the ball 15 times for 69 yards. Hartline recorded 58 of his 69 rushing yards in the second half and dragged defenders for two key first downs on Louisville's final game sealing drive.
Other top receivers for the Leopards included Bryce Zuppe with 5 receptions for 70 yards and Jared Mathie with 6 catches for 38 yards.
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Congress approves first major cyber bill in years
by Cory Bennett - 12/18/15 12:07 PM ET
The final text of a major cybersecurity bill passed both chambers of Congress on Friday as part of a sweeping omnibus spending package.
The bill, which provides incentives for companies to share data on hacking threats with the government without fear of facing customer lawsuits, now heads to the president's desk.
{mosads}The White House has indicated it will sign the $1.15 trillion spending bill, which will also make the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 law.
The bill is the biggest piece of cyber legislation Congress has passed since a 2013 holiday shopping season data breach at Target started a tidal wave of hacks that have since hit retailers like Home Depot, banks like JPMorgan Stanley, health insurers like Anthem and government agencies like the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Collectively, these breaches have exposed hundreds of millions of Americans' personal data.
"It is the most significant effort by Congress to address the cyber threat to date," said House Intelligence Committee ranking member Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a co-sponsor of one of the House bills.
The passage is a huge win for Intelligence and Homeland Security leaders in both the House and Senate, some of whom have been at work for years on some iteration of the measure.
"We wanted to get it done for five years and there's been a lot of work," House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), another co-sponsor, told The Hill after the vote. "We're happy to get it across the finish line."
These proponents believe the bill will help combat hackers and reduce the fallout from these catastrophic data breaches that have exposed hundreds of millions of Americans' personal information in the last few years.
"It's a first-step bill," Senate Intelligence Committee ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who co-sponsored the upper chamber's bill, told The Hill on Friday. "It permits information sharing that is by companies with other companies and with the federal government, as long as they strip private information."
"I feel very good about it," she added.
But the bill's approval also deals a blow to privacy advocates and digital rights groups, only months after they scored a major victory with the USA Freedom Act, a bill that overhauled some of the National Security Agency's more controversial surveillance programs.
Privacy advocates have warned that the cyber bill will simply restore surveillance powers to the NSA, by allowing companies to share large swaths of personal data with the government.
Other critics have also expressed concerns that the bill would do nothing to prevent the kind of hacks — like the OPM breach — that were used to justify its passage.
"You can negotiate dollar amounts, but you can't negotiate the Constitution," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), who earlier this week sent letters to members protesting both the content of the final text and its inclusion in the omnibus.
"I think it's a surveillance bill posing as a data security bill, and I think that's very wrong," she told The Hill after the vote.
Over the last year, the privacy community has lobbied hard against the bill. But ultimately, even a ferocious 11th-hour campaign in recent weeks couldn't stop Congress's rare momentum.
The omnibus passed the House by a 316-113 vote. Two hours later, the Senate approved it, 65-33.
Numerous lawmakers objected to the cyber bill's inclusion in the one-year spending bill. Several members even told The Hill the cyber text was their primary reason for opposing the omnibus.
But their disapproval wasn't enough to derail the entire omnibus.
"There's plenty wrong with this omnibus, but there's nothing more egregious than the cyber language they secretly slipped in," Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) told The Hill on Wednesday.
As the omnibus was working its way through both chambers on Friday, a coalition of outside digital rights groups and civil liberties advocates delivered a petition with 110,000 signatures urging the White House to veto the bill.
"Please make clear that you will veto any cyber sharing legislation that fails to protect our fundamental rights," the petition said. "Mass digital surveillance must end."
But the White House has signaled it was pleased the cyber bill got attached to the omnibus.
The Obama administration has come around on the bill since expressing some initial reservations, citing improvements in the text's privacy provisions. In recent months, White House officials had even chastised Congress not moving faster to approve the legislation.
"Congress just played really dirty, and we're disappointed the White House is going along with it," said Tiffiniy Cheng, co-founder of Fight for the Future, a digital rights group that has been directing a campaign opposing the cyber bill.
The cyber bill navigated a bumpy road to passage.
Since a similar cyber bill failed last Congress, lawmakers had worked to appease the privacy advocates that were driving opposition to the efforts.
The Cybersecurity Act includes a series of concessions as a result. For instance, the bill encourages companies to share information only through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), seen as the agency best suited to scrub out personal details before any cyber threat data is shared across the government.
"If this bill had been the conclusion of the negotiations last session, the privacy community would have leapt to embrace it because it essentially met all of the asks," Schiff said. "But the goalposts have moved and that's just the nature of the legislative process."
Throughout 2015, the measure was also repeatedly roped into the contentious surveillance debate, held up by procedural squabbles and derailed by other priorities such as the Iran nuclear deal, Planned Parenthood funding and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a widespread trade deal among 12 Pacific Rim countries.
While the House passed its two complementary measures in April, the Senate was only able to turn to its companion legislation in October, after striking a deal that allowed opponents to offer a series of privacy-focused amendments. Despite considerable support, that slate of edits failed just before a final vote in favor of the Senate bill.
The bills passed both chambers with a strong majority, but faced a growing drumbeat of criticism from the tech sector.
Shortly before the Senate passed its bill, major tech trade groups said they were unable to support the measure, splitting from many prominent industry groups in the finance and retail sectors. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce also lobbied heavily in favor of the legislation.
Major Silicon Valley players such as Apple, Twitter and Yelp all came out against the measure around the same time. Numerous top tech firms and social media have indicated they will simply not participate in the information-sharing program set up under the bill.
But the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 has finally cleared all the roadblocks that stood in its way.
Feinstein insisted passing the final measure is the most important move Congress has made to combat hackers.
"On cyber? Oh yeah."
But, she added, "It's just the beginning."
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Q: Issue validating user passwords in ASP .NET Core 3.1 I have an application built using .NET Framework 4.7.1 with ASP .NET Identity to authenticate our users and I am rewriting the authentication part of this application using IdentityServer4 with .NET CORE 3.1 with Identity Core and I am having an issue: after I make a login in the new app, the old one stops to validate the user I used in the new app.
Steps to reproduce:

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*Login in the old app: Success

*Login in the new app: Success

*Login in the old app: Fail, the user password cannot be validated

Does anyone know how to solve this issue?
Thanks

A: I found out that the new Application was updating the user password hash in the database.
After I found it, I added the following lines of code in the beginning of the Startup.ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) method:
services.Configure<PasswordHasherOptions>(options => {
    options.CompatibilityMode = PasswordHasherCompatibilityMode.IdentityV2;
});

This code enabled the compatibility mode with older versions of the .NET Identity and this fixed the issue, the user's passwords are being validated fine and no updates are done to the database anymore.

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By Tressa Joy | December 7, 2021
Advances in digital pathology instrumentation have led to its widespread implementation across biotechnology and pharmaceutical R&D operations. High-resolution digital slide scanning systems have paved the way for whole tissue sections to be rapidly scanned and presented as digital slides to collaborators worldwide, with image quality approaching that of the glass slide. The development of tools to perform sophisticated analysis at the whole-slide level has led to additional applications of this technology. Many large biopharma organizations are routinely using digital pathology for a number of applications including multisite slide sharing, global pathology teleconferencing, and pathologist-to-pathologist consultation just to name a few. While the progress has been significant, there is still much room for improvement for digital pathology technologies to impact translational and precision medicine.
The role of digital pathology in advancing the future of translational medicine
The interdisciplinary approach of translational medicine allows researchers to precisely understand how discoveries and treatments impact each patient. In the context of cancer therapy, a comprehensive understanding of the unique genetic characteristics of tumors and their metabolic pathways are essential to developing drugs that can target individuals with specific genetic composition to deliver a targeted therapy.
The drug discovery and development pipeline to target anomalies at a more personalized level requires concurrent development of companion biomarkers to identify which patient will benefit from the newly discovered drug. In one instance described by Alexander et. al., a digital pathology workflow was used in a retrospective analysis of biopsy samples to identify potential predictive markers for response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with esophageal cancer1. Results of such analyses can be instrumental in developing assays to target biomarkers to track response to targeted therapeutic strategies. This is where powerful digital pathology tools offer immense potential to upgrade research breakthroughs into molecular profiling and subsequent drug development and biomarker validation, accelerating potential therapeutic interventions
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The critical role of a digital pathology platform
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Data access: Retrieve the data for rapid digital review. Use global search feature for quick access into data nested within repositories, folders, cases, and images. The data can be viewed in table view with configurable metadata.
Gather insights: Concentriq for Research provides out of the box bi-directional integration with major third party image analysis software. Furthermore, researchers can harness real world evidence and predictive insights with our open and natively computational platform.
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Key takeaways to transforming translational medicine
Organizations have recognized the value of an integrated approach with strong collaboration and a fluid exchange of information across discovery, clinical development, and commercialization to implement a successful translational medicine program. A robust digital pathology platform is the key to empower these researchers engaged in translational medicine to streamline drug discovery and biomarker validations to enable breakthrough discoveries. Combined with today's knowledge, future advancements in predictive algorithms have the potential to take image based research to the next level. Together with a powerful image management system, a modern digital pathology software ecosystem is capable of competitively managing and extracting insights from image based research at scale allowing the potential to accelerate therapeutic interventions.
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10 Reasons Why Tik Tok Has Gained So Much Traction
The popularity of social networking applications has been skyrocketing over the past several years, which is not surprising. Making a choice on which app is best for you might be challenging with so many alternatives available. But out of all the platforms, TikTok stands out as one that has swiftly acquired popularity. TikTok gained hundreds of millions of users quickly and has become an instant success. With more content producers joining every day, TikTok is presently one of the most well-liked social media sites.
Gained So Much Traction
But what is it about TikTok that makes it so successful? We will look at a number of factors that contribute to Tik Tok's popularity in this blog article. There are several elements influencing TikTok's emergence as a worldwide platform, from its cutting-edge video technology to the sheer volume of content it offers. We'll look at why users enjoy making and watching TikTok videos as well as what makes the app unique compared to other social networks.
Allows Users To Create And Share Short Videos
The ability to produce and share 10-second films is TikTok's most appealing feature. Because of how easy it is to use; the app is appealing to anyone searching for instant amusement or a means to express themselves. Users also have access to a variety of editing tools that they may use to improve the aesthetic appeal and level of engagement of their films. Adding music, sound effects, or filters to the videos is also quite easy. Additionally, you have the option to share videos you upload to TikTok on other social networking platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Videos Are Automatically Sorted into Categories
Another factor contributing to TikTok's popularity is its capability to categorize videos automatically, making it simple for users to locate content that interests them. This makes using the app considerably simpler and encourages users to see other types of movies that they would not have otherwise. Additionally, popular hashtags encourage the sharing of videos that are connected to breaking news or current events. One may also purchase likes and follows from reputable sellers. It is simple to browse and buy here.
Access To A Global Audience
Due to its accessibility to a global audience, TikTok has gained a lot of appeal. It is simple to search and exchange material with individuals from other nations because there are more than 500 million monthly active users worldwide. This offers viewers the ability to find a range of distinctive material in one location and aids producers in fast gaining international reputation. Additionally, TikTok gives you a chance to showcase your material on a global scale if you want the app to become popular worldwide.
Engaging User Interface
One of the main things that sets TikTok apart from other social networking applications is its user interface. Users will find it simpler to utilize the site because of its straightforward design and appealing aesthetic. Users may also customize their TikTok experience by personalizing their profile page and finding information that is relevant to their interests thanks to the variety of options that are offered. Additionally, people may express themselves creatively and make more fascinating films with tools like filters and effects.
A Growing Network Of Content Creators
TikTok has seen a surge in new content providers as users get more accustomed to using the app. The amount of information that is accessible on TikTok is continually expanding as new content producers upload to its library every day. Users are encouraged by this to locate intriguing new individuals and material. Additionally, because of the app's highly sophisticated algorithms, users are constantly exposed to new videos when they scroll through their feeds.
Tik Tok doesn't have any adverts or sponsored posts, in contrast to other social networking networks. Users may take advantage of this to enjoy their experience free from brand advertisements or promotional postings. You can be confident that all of the information on the app is authentic and was produced by actual app users as you go through it. Users of TikTok may expect a more genuine experience as a result.
Unique Format
With its video format, Tik Tok differs from other social networking networks. Its films are generally about 10-15 seconds long, which makes it simple to fast ingest a variety of information. This keeps viewers interested in the platform and encourages them to stay watching as they navigate through their feeds. Lip-syncing and dancing to songs are other common trends, which provide artists the chance to show off their own skills and get creative with their video.
Content Variety Is Endless
Due to an increasing number of content creators joining the site daily, TikTok's video collection is extensive and continuously changing. Along with these users comes a wide range of material, including lip-syncing performances, comedy routines, dancing competitions, how-to lessons, and much more. With so much variety, the app appeals to a wide audience and keeps users interested. Users may also quickly search for the kinds of stuff they're interested in when they're seeking for fresh information.
User Engagement Is High
TikTok has a very high user engagement rate, with users spending more time there than on many other social media platforms. This is because of the algorithm used by TikTok, which recommends films based on users' likes and preferences. The likelihood that users will find material that speaks to them grows as they spend more time using the app, which results in increased engagement rates overall.
Interactive Filters & Effects
Compared to other social media networks, TikTok features some of the most imaginative filters and effects. Users may add extra effects, music, and graphics to their videos to make them more appealing to them. These features are intended to encourage user creativity and make it simple for anybody to quickly and simply generate attention grabbing material. Users may also select from hundreds of various sounds and effects to further improve their films when they submit them.
In conclusion, the reasons why TikTok has been so successful are pretty persuasive. Users find it to be a compelling platform because of its user-friendly layout, broad collection of material, interesting filters and effects, and feeling of community it fosters. TikTok is set to be popular in the upcoming years thanks to its continually expanding library of videos and trends.
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Everyone knows that sleepovers are enjoyable, but did you realize that they are also important for your child's development?
Sending your daughter away for her first sleepover is stressful but organizing a party in your own house is much more so. Although you'll feel better knowing you can oversee the kids, organizing a great slumber party takes time and imagination.
The advice provided here will make your planning as simple and stress-free as possible. Continue reading to uncover the finest slumber party recommendations for your daughter.
Important Tips for a Slumber Party
1.Before the Slumber Party, consult with all the parents.
Even if you provide a list of instructions on your invitation, it's always a good idea to talk with all the attendees' parents before the party. This is a chance to learn more about each girl.
Check with each parent to see if their daughter has any dietary sensitivities. If you're concerned about one of the girl's safety, you might urge her parents to prepare snacks and a proper meal for her.
Some girls may become homesick or have other anxieties about spending the night away from home. When you talk about these things ahead of time, you can plan for potential problems and ensure that every visitor has a great experience.
2.Party Snacks: Simple Recipes to Keep the Party Going
Sleepovers are a rare occurrence. This implies you should allow your children to enjoy a bit more than normal.
While there are several quick snack ideas you may create at home, it's occasionally preferable to stick with store-bought goods. This is the most secure method of ensuring that every finicky eater gets something they can appreciate.
Classic party meals include chips, candies, pretzels, popcorn, and fruit. You may take your kid grocery shopping with you so she can assist you in selecting a few snacks. She'll appreciate being able to create her special night.
3.Plan a variety of sleepover activities.
There's likely to be a lot of laughter and shenanigans when you have a group of buddies in one place. You'll want to keep the girls entertained by organizing crafts, games, and other activities.
If they desire a relaxed activity, assemble a few board games and place them in a corner of the room. Other activities may include crafting friendship bracelets, preparing a treat, or playing hide & seek.
You may plan a few of these activities ahead of time, but it's better to let the kids choose what they want to do and when they want to do it. Girls are sometimes happy to sit and converse for hours. If you make a list of games, your daughter will be able to find you if she needs assistance setting up the next activity.
4. Matching pajamas with her friends
Best buddies enjoy matching outfits. Your daughter's pals will be overjoyed that their pajamas match. This stage includes contacting the parents ahead of time to determine whether they can all purchase a matching set. You may also buy the PJs yourself if you know everyone's sizes and have the money.
If pajamas are out of your price range, you might look for less-priced matching things such as teddy bear slippers, sleeping masks, socks, and robes.
5.Stock up on Essentials
When it comes to sending their children away for the night, every parent has the best of intentions. Even the best-prepared people might forget about something as simple as a toothbrush while packing.
This is why it's a good idea to store up a few things that could be overlooked. Preparing ahead of time eliminates the need for a last-minute run to the shop or allows the youngster to go without that requirement.
Toothbrushes, sleeping bags, pillows, jammies, and plush animals are just a few of the goods that might make the girls feel more at ease while they are away from home.
Plan Your Party Now
You'll know what to work on first and what to do during the kids' gathering now that you have a guide to preparing the ultimate slumber party. Just be sure to plan ahead of time so you have enough time to prepare and let your child's
Hamza Fazal is a reporter for The Hear UP. After graduating from the University of Abbottabad, Hamza got an internship at the NPR and worked as a reporter and producer. Hamza has also worked as a reporter for the Medium. Hamza covers health and science for The Hear UP.
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VATICAN - Cardinal Parolin, "Why we are in dialogue with China"
Wednesday, 31 January 2018 local churches mission pope francis
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We publish the interview with Vatican's Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin launched today on Vatican Insider, a religious information website of the Italian daily La Stampa
Interview with the Secretary of State who responds to the accusations made against the Holy See regarding the ongoing contacts, "We trust that the Chinese faithful, thanks to their spirit of faith, will know how to recognize that our action is animated by trust in the Lord and does not answer to worldly logic"
Gianni Valente
Several signals (including opaque operations, actual political manipulations, and even sabotage) indicate that important developments may occur in contacts between the Holy See and the Government of the People's Republic of China. The time is right to listen to an authoritative word, which will help to grasp what the Pope and the Holy See really have at heart. And with our Chinese brothers and sisters in mind, help to dispel suspicions and artificial fumes, to look at the ecclesial heart of the whole question, outside politicized narratives. For this reason, Vatican Insider interviewed Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of His Holiness.
Eminence, what can you tell us about the dialogue between the Holy See and the People's Republic of China?
"As it is well known, with the advent of "New China", there were, for the life of the Church in that great country, moments of serious contrasts and severe suffering. Since the eighties, however, contacts have been established between representatives of the Holy See and of People's China, who have known different seasons and alternating events. The Holy See has always maintained a pastoral approach, trying to overcome the contrasts and making itself available for a respectful and constructive dialogue with the civil authorities. Pope Benedict XVI well represented the spirit of this dialogue in his 2007 Letter to Chinese Catholics, "the solution to existing problems cannot be pursued via an ongoing conflict with the legitimate civil authorities " (n. 4). In Pope Francis' pontificate, the ongoing negotiations move exactly along these lines: constructive openness to dialogue and fidelity to the genuine Tradition of the Church".
What are the concrete expectations of the Holy See from this dialogue?
"First of all, I would like to make a premise: in China, perhaps more than elsewhere, Catholics have been able to preserve, despite the many difficulties and sufferings, the authentic deposit of faith, keeping firmly the bond of hierarchical communion between the Bishops and the Successor of Peter, as a visible guarantee of faith itself. In fact, communion between the Bishop of Rome and all Catholic Bishops touches the heart of the Church's unity: it is not a private matter between the Pope and the Chinese Bishops or between the Apostolic See and civil authorities. Having said that, the main purpose of the Holy See in the ongoing dialogue is precisely that of safeguarding communion within the Church, in the wake of genuine Tradition and constant ecclesiastical discipline. You see, in China there are not two Churches, but two communities of faithful called to follow a gradual path of reconciliation towards unity. It is not, therefore, a matter of maintaining a perennial conflict between opposing principles and structures, but of finding realistic pastoral solutions that allow Catholics to live their faith and to continue together the work of evangelization in the specific Chinese context".
The communion of which you have spoken calls into question the delicate issue of the episcopal appointments, which are stirring up much controversy. Will a potential agreement on this issue succeed in resolving the problems of the Church in China in a fair manner?
"The Holy See knows and shares the serious sufferings endured by many Catholics in China and their generous witness to the Gospel. She knows that there are many problems for the life of the Church and that they cannot all be solved together. But, in this context, the question of the appointment of Bishops is crucial. On the other hand, we cannot forget that the freedom of the Church and the appointment of Bishops have always been recurring themes in the relations between the Holy See and the States. Certainly, the path started with China through the current contacts is gradual and still exposed to many unforeseen events, as well as new possible emergencies. No one can say in conscience that they have perfect solutions for all problems. Time and patience are needed to heal the many personal wounds inflicted on each other within the communities. Unfortunately, it is certain that there will still be misunderstandings, fatigue and suffering to be faced. But we all have confidence that, once the issue of the Episcopal appointments has been adequately considered, the remaining difficulties should no longer be such as to prevent Chinese Catholics from living in communion with each other and with the Pope. This is the important thing, so long-awaited and desired already by Saint John Paul II and Benedict XVI and today pursued with far-sightedness by Pope Francis".
What is then the true attitude of the Holy See towards Chinese authorities?
"It is important to reiterate this: in dialogue with China, the Holy See pursues a spiritual aim: to be and feel fully Catholic and, at the same time, authentically Chinese. With honesty and realism, the Church asks nothing but to profess her faith with more serenity, definitively ending a long period of contrasts, in order to give more room for greater trust and offer the positive contribution of Catholics to the good of Chinese society as a whole.
Of course, many wounds are still open today. To treat them, we need to use the balm of mercy. And if someone is asked to make a sacrifice, small or great, it must be clear to everyone that this is not the price of a political exchange, but falls within the evangelical perspective of a greater good, the good of the Church of Christ. The hope is that, when God wills it, we won't have to speak of "legitimate" and "illegitimate" Bishops, "clandestine" and "official" Bishops in the Church in China, but about meeting among brothers and sisters, learning the language of collaboration and communion again. Without this experience, how could the Church in China re-launch the journey of evangelization and bring to others the consolation of the Lord? If you are not ready to forgive, this means, unfortunately, that there are other interests to defend: but this is not an evangelical perspective".
If this is the attitude, is there not the risk of erasing the past and present suffering by wiping the slate clean?
"Quite the contrary. Many Chinese Christians, when they celebrate their martyrs who have suffered unjust trials and persecutions, remember that they have been able to rely on God, even in their fragile humanity. Now, the best way to honor this testimony and make it fruitful in the present, is to entrust the present life of Catholic communities in China to the Lord Jesus. But this cannot be done in a spiritualistic and disembodied way. This is done by choosing fidelity to the Successor of Peter, with a spirit of filial obedience, even when not everything appears immediately clear and understandable. About your question, it is not a matter of wiping the slate clean, ignoring or, almost magically erasing the painful path of so many faithful and pastors, but of investing the human and spiritual capital of so many trials to build a more serene and fraternal future, with the help of God. The Spirit who has so far guarded the faith of Chinese Catholics is the same Spirit who supports them today on the new path they have embarked upon".
Is there a council, a particular request that the Apostolic See can address to the Chinese faithful at this moment? To those who are happy before potential new developments, but also to those who are confused or have objections?
"I would like to say with great simplicity and clarity that the Church will never forget the past and present trials and sufferings of Chinese Catholics. All this is a great treasure for the universal Church. Therefore, to the Chinese Catholics I say with great fraternity: we are close to you, not only through prayer, but also through our daily commitment to accompany and support you on the path of full communion. We ask you, therefore, that no one should cling to the spirit of opposition to condemn his brother or use the past as an excuse to stir up new resentments and closures. On the contrary, we hope that each one will look with confidence at the future of the Church, beyond any human limit".
Your Eminence, do you really believe that this is possible? What is your trust based on?
"I am convinced of one thing. Trust is not the result of the strength of diplomacy or negotiations. Trust is based on the Lord who guides history. We trust that the Chinese faithful, thanks to their sense of faith, will know how to recognize that the action of the Holy See is animated by this trust, which does not respond to worldly logics. It is especially up to the pastors to help the faithful to recognize in the Pope's guidance the sure reference point for grasping God's plan in the present circumstances".
Is the Pope informed of what his collaborators do in their contacts with the Chinese government?
"Yes, the Holy Father personally follows current contacts with the authorities of the People's Republic of China. All his collaborators act in concert with him. No one takes private initiatives. Frankly, any other kind of reasoning seems to me to be out of place."
In recent times, critical expressions have emerged, also within the Church, about the approach adopted by the Holy See in dialogue with the Chinese Authorities, judged by some as a true "surrender" for political reasons. What do you think?
"I think, first of all, that in the Church there is a full right to disagree and to tell one's own criticisms, and that the Holy See has a moral duty to listen to them and to evaluate them carefully. I am also convinced that, among Christians, criticism should be directed at building communion and not at stirring up divisions. To be frank, I will tell you: I am also convinced that part of the suffering experienced by the Church in China is not so much due to the will of individuals as to the objective complexity of the situation. Therefore, it is legitimate to have different views over the most appropriate responses to the problems of the past and present. That is entirely reasonable. Having said that, I think that no personal point of view can be considered as an exclusive interpreter of what is good for Chinese Catholics. Therefore, the Holy See works to find a synthesis of truth and a practicable way to respond to the legitimate expectations of the faithful, inside and outside China. It takes greater humility and spirit of faith to discover together God's plan for the Church in China. It takes greater caution and moderation on the part of everyone in order not to fall into sterile polemics that hurt communion and rob our hope for a better future".
"I mean that we are all called to distinguish more appropriately the spiritual and pastoral dimension from that of politics. Let us start, for example, with the words we use every day. Expressions such as power, betrayal, resistance, surrender, confrontation, failure, compromise, should make room for others, such as service, dialogue, mercy, forgiveness, reconciliation, collaboration, communion. If you are not prepared to change this approach, there is a serious problem: taht of thinking and acting only politically. In this regard, the Holy See hopes for everyone a sincere pastoral conversion inspired by the Gospel of mercy, in order to learn to welcome one another among brothers and sisters, as Pope Francis has often called for".
What would you say to the Chinese leaders today?
"Look, on this point I would like to refer again to Benedict XVI's words in his Letter to the Chinese Catholics. He teaches that the mission proper to the Church is not to change the structures or administration of the State, but to proclaim to mankind Christ, the Savior of the world, relying on the power of God. The Church in China does not want to replace the state, but wants to make a positive and serene contribution for the good of all. Therefore, the Holy See's message is a message of goodwill, with the hope of continuing the dialogue undertaken in order to contribute to the life of the Catholic Church in China, to the good of the Chinese people and to World peace".
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The body of the priest who went missing since January 16 has been found
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Tapachula: in the face of the ambiguous and hesitant official position, it is important to "see, listen to and treat migrants as brothers"
AFRICA/EGYPT - Melkite Patriarch: we are in the Middle East not to "spread the Christian civilization", but to demonstrate the work of the Holy Spirit in our life
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Procession of the Black Nazarene: "Our mission is love"
AMERICA - Message from CELAM: "Let us walk and pray together for peace in the world"
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Mass for peace: Cardinal Kutwa asks the Head of State for pardon for some opponents


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Q: Birch algorithm does not cluster as expected I'm using Birch algorithm from scipy-learn Python package for clustering a set of points in one small city in sets of 10.
I use following code:
no = len(list_of_points)/10
brc = Birch(branching_factor=50, n_clusters=no, threshold=0.05,compute_labels=True)

In my idea, I would always end up with sets of 10 points. In my case now, I have 650 points to cluster, and n_clusters is 65.
But, my problem is that with too low threshold I end up with 1 address a cluster, just a tiny bigger threshold - 40 addresses per cluster.
What am I doing wrong here?

A: I've done some research. I took some points in two coordinate systems non metric (WGS84) and metric (Poland 1992).
I used this code:
from scipy import loadtxt
from sklearn.cluster import Birch
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

data84 = loadtxt("/home/damian/workspace/84.csv", delimiter=",")
data90 = loadtxt("/home/damian/workspace/90.csv", delimiter=",")

brc = Birch(threshold=0.5)

Then I fit our model with metric data:
brc.fit(data90)

And plot the results, where crosses were my points and circles were my subclusters:
c = brc.subcluster_centers_
plt.plot(data90[:,0], data90[:,1], '+')
plt.plot(c[:,0], c[:,1], 'o')
plt.show()

This is what I got:

You can see, that threshold value was too small, because it found subcluster in each point.
Definition of threshold:

The radius of the subcluster obtained by merging a new sample and the
  closest subcluster should be lesser than the threshold. Otherwise a
  new subcluster is started.

So in this case we need to increase this value.
For:
brc = Birch(threshold=5000)

it was much better:

And the WGS84 points for threshold 0.5:
brc = Birch(threshold=0.5)
brc.fit(data84)

Only one subcluster, not good. But in this case we should decrease threshold value, so for 0.05:
brc = Birch(threshold=0.05)
brc.fit(data84)

We've got nice results.
Conclusion:
CRS matters. You need to find a proper threshold value, depends to your data coordinate systems and distance between points. If you have non metric CRS, threshold should be relatively smaller than with the metric system. You have to know difference between meters and degrees, if the distance between two points is equal to 10000m, it will be less than 1 degree in WGS84. Check google to more accurate values.
Also there are more points than n_clusters value. It's ok, there are not centroids of clusters, but subclusters. If you try to predict something, or print labels, it will classify your point to one of n_clusters areas (or print points classified to 0,1,2,...,n_clusters label).
If you don't want to try different parameters, you can always take another algorithm. Very simple and common algorithm for clustering is K-means algorithm.
http://scikit-learn.org/stable/modules/generated/sklearn.cluster.KMeans.html
It should find n clusters for your data without care about thresholds etc.


Even though our space might be a little crammed in the Launchpad office, the Art of Living building in which HLK lives offers many other places to be productive.
Conveniently located next to the kitchen, the appropriately-named kitchen booths offer a little nook, perfect for working in an environment that feels like a TGI Friday's without all of the TGI Friday's-ness of a TGI Friday's. Although some mozzarella sticks would be nice, they would probably just make my keyboard greasy.
On the top floor of the Art of Living building exists a small strip of office space occupied by a couch that might be too comfortable, a long table and a pretty incredible view of the STL skyline. For those who watch a lot of Mad Men and think that great ideas come from staring out of windows, that's kind of true up on the mezzanine. Except there is a significant lack of drinking, smoking and suits.
There's a ping-pong table, a veritable labyrinth of old office supplies and the snack vending machine. Who am I kidding? This is not a suitable place to get work done. But I will grab a Diet Coke.
Crouching underneath where I usually work seemed like a good way to shake things up without having to actually move that much. But then my back hurt and sitting curled up in a ball just wasn't really worth it anymore.
I thought this would be a good idea for some reason. It wasn't. I don't really want to explain.
If you're one of those people who is afraid to join the real world because you're afraid that it's going to require planting yourself at a cubicle from 9-5 everyday, working at HLK couldn't be further from the truth. No one really cares where you work (except for the bathroom because that was weird) as long as you get your work done and get it done well.


Ron Takes you into the high mountains to learn extreme weather shelters and introduce you to the survival priorities.
Ron explains the heat loss mechanisms that effect the human body in a survival situation and shows ways to avoid them.
See how these thermometers help you to learn where the best site is for shelter and why certain sites can kill you.
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The New York Cosmos Stadium was a proposed  25,000-seat soccer-specific stadium and multipurpose facility.  It was to be located in the New York metropolitan area in Nassau County, just over the city border.  Plans were submitted to New York's Empire State Development Corporation.  Upon completion, it would have been the home stadium of the New York Cosmos.  The plan was abandoned in 2016.

Plan
The stadium was intended to be part of a privately financed $400 million entertainment complex known as Elmont Town Crossings, designed to be built within Belmont Park.  Along with the stadium, the project would have included a Cosmos museum, nearly 250,000 square feet of retail space and restaurants, a 175-room hotel, a pedestrian bridge over Hempstead Turnpike, better road access along the Hempstead Turnpike and Cross Island Parkway, improvements to the LIRR Belmont Park station, new parking space, a new 4.3-acre park, a youth soccer field, and remodeled recreational soccer fields nearby.  Team officials said the project would have created 500 construction jobs and 3,000 permanent, full-time jobs.

A team  of architects, engineers, and contractors were assembled for the stadium project including Populous, the Spector Group, Cameron Engineering, Turner Construction Company, and McKissack & McKissack.

Uses
The Cosmos had said the stadium would be host not only to their own matches but also to national and international soccer events, other sports (such as rugby and lacrosse), music concerts, and other local sports teams.

Given the site's location away from subway lines, and close only to a infrequently-serviced Long Island Rail Road spur line, soccer consultant Jeff L'Hote questioned whether it would be "an attractive location" for a soccer stadium.

Sports commentators speculated that, once built, the Cosmos stadium might be used as leverage to join Major League Soccer on favorable terms if the league was unable to build its own a stadium in the city.

Timeline
In 2012, the New York Empire State Development Corporation issued a request for proposals (RFP) to develop an area of underutilized land at Belmont Park.  In January 2013, the New York Cosmos submitted their plan.

While the RFPs were being evaluated, the New York Cosmos began play at James M. Shuart Stadium at Hofstra University. The new stadium was originally aimed to be completed in 2015 and opened by 2016, but had to be pushed back as time elapsed without a decision from the ESDC.

In November 2015, the ESDC asked all bidders to revise and re-submit their proposals.  The Cosmos revised their plan to remove one parcel of land. The project was one of four proposals resubmitted to the ESDC.

On December 9, 2016, the Empire State Development Corporation officially withdrew the RFP, rejecting all four plans.  After a second round of proposals (in which the Cosmos did not participate), the NHL's New York Islanders were chosen in December 2017 to develop the site with an 18,000 seat arena.

References

External links
Gallery of renderings at Spector Group
New York Cosmos Stadium video animation

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Soccer venues in the New York metropolitan area
Sports venues in Hempstead, New York
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What I learned about Mother's Day after losing our son. – Emily L. Pittsford….Author of "A Most Incredible Witness"
You might ask…how can not having as many gifts or cards help you get through Mother's Day? Wouldn't it be the hardest day of the year for you? All those memories and emotions. And seeing all the families at the restaurants with multiple generations of mothers with balloons and gifts, love and laughter.
But so are just about every other milestones in life that were expected and not met. So what do I do with all these expectations?
It's challenging every year, I am not going to lie. I remember all the hand made cards made in grammar school. I can hear my husband and son Tim turning on the blender for Eggs Benedict in bed for me.
But as I progress through the years what I have noticed…is well…I listen to other mothers. And quite frankly I am a little taken aback. And maybe it's me, as any parent that has lost a child will tell you, we are saddened when we hear a mother complain about their children. But where did, by a political officials decree, make it so that we now legally exercise our entitlement issues onto those that we love?
When I realize a statement is beginning with "after all I've done for you", it might be time to rethink the statement.
Little own, it's not scriptural to expect payment for the things we do for others while on earth. We are to store up heavenly treasures, not earthly ones.
The larger the difference between expectations and reality the easier it is to let in bitterness and anger for what they didn't do for us come in.
And it's an easy trap to fall in to. We see the commercials and advertisement for those heart necklaces with gems in them that are representations of our children and think "wow…I should clip this ad out and put it on the refrigerator". Or on social media. They'll get the hint. As I deserve that gift. I work hard. I do everything for everyone else.
And I fell in for a few moments. My daughter was in route from San Francisco to DC over this weeknd. I told myself not to go there, but I let the thought slip in that maybe she planned the flight to stop over in San Diego. After all, it's kind of on her way home. I envisioned the hugs and sushi we'd share. And then I woke up. I had allowed myself to fall in the "false expectation" zone we easily fall prey to.
So…how do I get over it? It's a renewing of the mind. I turn those thoughts of "what if" to "what is" and be thankful.
For nothing has ever brought me greater joy than to hear someone say to me: "You must be Leanne and Tim's mom!" It's me that should be honoring God for giving them to me to watch over. And not expecting them to honor me.
Showing them the way to Him using the wonderful gift of motherhood God has bestowed on me.
After all I am still a created being. And we are to worship the creator, not the created.
And to be thankful for the gift of children.
Also one way to get over oneself, is to do something for someone else. I chose to make little gift bags of goodies for my sister in laws. To write this blog and confess my confessions to help me stay on track.
While I hope every year my daughter will…just for the heck of it, decide to visit me this weekend. I don't put demands on her. I don't want her actions to be from guilt trips. (Not that that would work any way…;).
When my prodigal daughter returns I don't think her testimony will be 'wow, I really woke up when my mother made me come home for Mother's Day'. Or any other guilt trips I could impose. Being respectful takes practice and patience. Which I am still learning. It's an attitude adjustment I choose to make. Otherwise the pitty parties are all too evident.
I am not saying that we shouldn't honor our mothers. And if you have children that do things for you…awesome! You are blessed.
And by the way, Leanne is not oblivious. She sent me these! My husband is wonderful and gives me cards. The trick though is to not expect those left behind to fill the void left behind.
Only God can do that anyway.
So I choose to not make this day a reason for entitlement. As that just leads to bitterness when my expectations are not met.
So today…as any day, I honor our place of ministry's that it is. For children are gifts to us. And we never know when our gifts could be no longer be here with us. And loosing Tim has been a great motivator as one realizes how short life can be.
Our fingerprints on these human beings is much more important than eggs benny in bed.
So blessings to all of you..enjoy the day God as given you. For we never know what tomorrow may bring.
And would love to know how you plan to spend your Mother's Day.
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Thanks for sharing this heart felt message, Emily. Wonderfully penned and beautiful thoughts. Thanks for blessing!
Thank you very much and for taking the time to read it 😊.
Thank you, and thank you for following this blog.
Your words touch me deeply. In March 2016 my mother died, then in less than 30 days, in April 2016 my only son died. I am tender and I have made plans to surround myself with people i love on Mothers day 2017. Thanks for this perfect-for-me post.
I am so sorry. There's just no perfect words are there? But almost a internal acknowledgement with each other that we know…we know the pain.
You are wise to make those plans.
May Gods peace and comfort wrap you especially well on this first Mother's Day without him.
Beautifully said Em & amen to this!
And an extra hug for your mom!
You share some very raw and intense emotions with complete honesty! Excellent read and information. Thank you for sharing!


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Anyui - Volcanoes, Climate and the Peopling of the Americas
A pilot study in the summer of 2019
We performed ambitious fieldwork on and documentation of the little-known Anyui volcano (Fig. 1) in northeast Siberia with the long-term aim of reconstructing its eruption activity and to investigate possible effects on climate variation, mammoth extinction and human migration at the crossroads between Eurasia and the Americas. Our transdisciplinary journey to the epistemology of climate variability and human history is expected to generate novel scientific insights and footage for unconventional aesthetic filmmaking.
Fig. 1a. The Anyui volcano in northeastern Siberia (about 68°N and 166°E).
Fig. 1b. The extensive 56 km long lava flow of Anyui volcano.
Climate change has played a fundamental role in human history, and volcanic eruptions represent the main natural forcing of climate. Numerous eruptions of the past have impacted pastoral environments and agricultural systems to the extent that they have triggered major societal transformations1. Before the era of meteorological measurements, our best records of climate variability, dating back thousands of years are derived from tree rings2. Thanks to their annual dating, tree-ring chronologies are also yielding, for the first time, accurate dates of some major medieval volcanic eruptions3,4.
One region of the Earth where tree-ring evidence is critically missing is northeast Siberia. Roughly between 28,000 and 18,000 years ago, at the height of the last Ice Age, when sea-level was lower than today, northeast Siberia and northwest North America was ice-free and connected by a land bridge. This corridor between Chukotka and Alaska, called "Beringia" (Fig. 2), may have served as a biological refuge5,6, from which plants, animals and humans most likely colonized the Americas7,8. Climate and environmental change in Beringia is also central to understanding the extinction of the woolly mammoth and other megafaunas9,10.
Fig. 2: Once a continuous landmass, Beringia hosted humans at the end of the last Ice Age before colonizing the Americas (inset). Square locates Anyui volcano around 200 km west of Lake El'gygytgyn (14)
Despite its remarkable 56 km-long lava flow, Anyui volcano was only discovered in aerial photographs in 1952. Indeed, due to challenging logistics, much of Chukotka remains terra incognita to science11. Superficially, Anyui's last eruption appears very recent, though estimates of its age are contradictory12,13. Moreover, no ash from the volcano has been found in the sediments of Lake El'gygytgyn14 nor in Greenland ice cores15.
We believe Anyui holds an exceptionally rich and well-preserved archive of recent and relict trees, including those killed by the last eruption, that can reveal the first detailed record of past climatic variation for this extremely remote region, potentially stretching back more than 10,000 years. We also speculate that the eruption was witnessed by human populations and that there may be archaeological and faunal remains, both from before and after the eruption
Scientific motivation:
What is the eruptive history of Anyui volcano, and why does volcanism occur in this region, far from the tectonic plate boundary?
How did Anyui's eruptions affect local to larger-scale ecology, hydrology, climate and human populations?
What can Beringia's environmental history tell us about megafaunal extinction and the colonisation of America?
Artistic motivation:
What can an artist's approach contribute to the methodologies in the field?
How will the transdisciplinary field trip influence the artists methodology and artistic production?
How does the transdisciplinary character of the field trip push the boundaries of epistemic and aesthetic outcomes?
Prof. Dr. Ulf Büntgen
Forest Dynamics
Dendrosciences
Scientific Approach
In late August and early September 2019, we undertook the first interdisciplinary and international pilot mission to Anyui volcano, where we sampled living and dead larch trees (Fig. 3; Larix cajanderi Mayr) using increment corers and chain saws. During our pilot expedition, we used helicopter support (based out of the settlement of Kiperveem about 60 km distant) to reach the volcano and to relocate between temporary field camps on the lava flow field along a roughly 1000 m elevation gradient (Fig. 4).
Subsequent laboratory analyses of tree-ring width, wood density and chemistry at annual resolution are still ongoing. Their outcome is expected to provide rich insights into past summer temperature variability at the world's most eastern (northern/upper) treeline. Although it is possible that ring widths together with high-resolution radiocarbon (14C) measurements will yield precise dates of Anyui's most recent eruptions, we also collected a suite of rock samples for radiometric dating.
The petrology and geochemistry of these rocks will further be investigated to improve understanding of the enigmatic origins of volcanism in this region. Through integration of paleoenvironmental and geological research, we are planning to elucidate Anyui's eruption history and its impacts on ecology and human populations.
Our pilot expedition and first analytical work steps involve close collaboration with Russian colleagues from universities and institutes in Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Moscow and Yakutsk. Moreover, this pilot project draws on expertise in archaeology, biology, climatology, ecology, ethnology, history, limnology and volcanology. Our new discoveries concerning volcanic activity, climate variability and human history, that is exclusive to northeastern Siberia, will – at a later stage – be published in leading international scientific journals.
Fig. 3: Several hundred year old living and relict larch (Larix cajanderi Mayr) trees on the extensive lava flow of the Anyui volcano.
Artistic Approach
We are in the process of building an ambitious collaboration at the nexus between natural sciences, arts and humanities, and more specifically between nature and visual culture resulting in a documentary film. Inspired by the work of Werner Herzog (e.g. Happy people and Into the Inferno), footage will cover all aspects of the expedition.
With high-end production values, our film project will tell the story of Beringia and the fascinating relationships between people and environment at a critical moment in the human colonisation of the New World. The film's narrative will weave in the culture and economy of indigenous peoples living in the area today, and will resonate with the issues of socio-political transformation, past, present, future.
Further public engagement and outreach, both in the Western Hemisphere and Russia, will be achieved through Claudia Comte, an artist in residence, who will join currently proposed future expeditions to capture a multitude of ethnological and environmental aspects of the project.
Fig 4: Satellite image of Anyui volcano (ellipse) and its 56 km-long lava flow, with the photographs indicating the tremendous potential for collecting dendrochronological (living and dead tree) and geological (rock) samples. Square locates the open forest patch in the lava flow field (left picture).
Our scientific findings and documentary filmmaking will inspire a wider public fascinated by human and climate history, and increasingly concerned with future environmental change. The project is particularly timely in the context of the global climate change debate, because of the limited paleoenvironmental constraints for northeastern Siberia16,17, and in a phase when diplomatic channels between the West Hemisphere and Russia are narrowing18.
Some impressions from the pilot study in 2019
Photo plein écran
Field Team
The 2019 pilot expedition included paleoclimatologists, forest ecologists and volcanologists from England (Cambridge), Russia (Krasnoyarsk, Yakutsk and Magadan) and Switzerland (Birmensdorf).
The scientific part of the expedition was under the lead of Professor Ulf Büntgen (Environmental Systems Analysis) from the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK, supported by Professor Andreas Rigling from the Research Unit Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Switzerland and the Swiss experts Men Haupt, Cyrille Haupt and Heinz Zurfluh.
Dr. Alexander Kirdyanov (Cambridge and Krasnoyarsk), together with colleagues from Yakutsk and Magadan, organised and coordinated all logistics and administrative issues at local, national and international levels. In addition to its various scientific foci, the pilot expedition dedicated substantial capacity into the filmmaking and documentation of both the scientists and their work, as well as the indigenous people and their culture, superimposed on all aspects of Beringia's natural, societal, political and historical landscape.
The pilot expedition (including international transfers), took place from mid-August to early-September 2019 (18.08. to 08.09.). International partners arrived in Moscow and took domestic flights to Magadan, and then on to Kiperveem (67°50'30.80''N, 166°08'38.21''E), where a local logistical team was already in place. Overland travel to the volcano would be prolonged and its success uncertain due to the swampy terrain and major river crossings required and thus helicopter support is essential to efficient fieldwork. Both a large transportation helicopter and a smaller Eurocopter were available for hire in Kiiperveem, from which we reached the volcano in about one-hour flight time.
Our first field camp was located close to the volcano vent (67°11'46.14''N, 165°53'04.69''E and 570 m asl). We used further helicopter support to transfer to successive field camps along the 56 km-long lava flow field. We ranged up to several kilometres from each camp on foot to conduct the dendrochronological and geological sampling. We collected many core and disc samples from recent and relict conifers, and plenty of rock and sediment samples.
All material was air-freighted either to the UK (Cambridge), Switzerland (Birmensdorf) or the Czech Republic (Brno) for subsequent laboratory work. International visas, sampling, film and interview permits, as well as export licences were organized by the North-Eastern Federal University, Belinskogo 58, Yakutsk, 677000, Russia.
Finally, we carried out an environmental impact assessment of our fieldwork; all field camps were thoroughly cleared up. At any time, field safety was of paramount importance given the remote field site and a full risk assessment was undertaken prior to travel.
(Project partners are in boldface)
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3Büntgen U et al. (2017) Multi-proxy dating of Iceland's major pre-settlement Katla eruption to 822-823 CE. Geology 45: 783-786.
4Oppenheimer C et al. (2017) Multi-proxy dating the 'Millennium Eruption' of Changbaishan to late 946 CE. Quat Sci Rev 158: 164-171.
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14Melles M et al. (2012) 2.8 Million Years of Arctic Climate Change from Lake El'gygytgyn, NE Russia. Science 337: 315-320.
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17Meyer H et al. (2015) Long-term winter warming trend in the Siberian Arctic during the mid- to late Holocene. Nature Geosci 8: 122-125.
18Büntgen U (2016) Bridge over troubled water – valuing Russia's scientific landscape. Clim Res 70: 95-98.
Future Action
Given both the scientific success of our 2019 pilot study and its financial, logistical and methodological constrains, we are now in the process of network building and proposal writing, in tandem with intensive national and international fundraising campaigns. Due to the project's interdisciplinary nature, we are confident that future expeditions will generate exciting new insights of wide academic and societal relevance.