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Q: Use Escaped url in Django url regex mismatch I'm trying to use an escaped url as a re_path variable for an object identifier in my API. The logic to connect the escaped url to an object is there, but I can't figure out why the regex is not matching.
In my head, a GET request with the following url /objects/http%3A%2F%2F0.0.0.0%3A3030%2Fu%2F%3Fid%3Dc789793d-9538-4a27-9dd0-7bb487253da1/foo should be parsed into obj = 'http%3A%2F%2F0.0.0.0%3A3030%2Fu%2F%3Fid%3Dc789793d-9538-4a27-9dd0-7bb487253da1' and field = 'foo' for further processing. Ultimately, returning the object and 200. However I am getting a 404 with a very specific Django error that only proliferates when Django unfruitfully iterates through all the paths available.
<HttpResponseNotFound status_code=404, "text/html">
(Pdb) response.content
b'\n<!doctype html>\n\n\n  <title>Not Found</title>\n\n\n
Not Found

The requested resource was not found on this server.
\n\n\n'

I know the path exists as when I examine the urlpatterns, the path is present:
(Pdb) pp object_router.get_urls()
[
    ...
    <URLPattern '^(?P<obj>https?[-a-zA-Z0-9%._\+~#=]+)/(?P<field>foo|bar)\/?$' [name='test-detail-foobar']>
]

The url is escaped with urllib.parse.quote(obj.url, safe="")
Regexs tried:

*

*r"https?[-a-zA-Z0-9%._+~#=]+"

*r"https?[%23A](www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{2,256}(\.[a-z]{2,6})?\b([-a-zA-Z0-9@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)(?=\/foo)" https://regexr.com/6ue7b

*r"(https?://(www.)?)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%.+~#=]{2,256}(.[a-z]{2,6})?\b([-a-zA-Z0-9@:%+.~#?&//=]*)
Edit:
Based off the Django Path Convertor path regex, I've changed my regex to https?.+ with the compiled version as '(?P<obj>https?.+)/(?P<field>foo|bar)\\/?$'. This is moving in the right direction, however I've further identified some weirdness. Basically it seems that escaping the path variable url (obj) is partially to blame for the mismatch as an unescaped url (without query parameters) will return a differently handled API response. Further more, adding a query parameters/a question mark, once again returns us back to the Django 404.

A: Consider a simple project like this:
urls.py
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, re_path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    re_path(r"https?[-a-zA-Z0-9%._+~#=]+", views.test, name="test"),
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
]

views.py
from django.http import HttpResponse

def test(request, obj, field):
    print(f"The object is {obj}")
    print(f"The field is {field}")
    return HttpResponse("Test test")

When visiting the following URL: /objects/http%3A%2F%2F0.0.0.0%3A3030%2Fu%2F%3Fid%3Dc789793d-9538-4a27-9dd0-7bb487253da1/foo
You get this error:

(I've outlined the relevant part with red.)
Django automatically decodes the encoded URL and only then applies the regex match. objects/http%3A%2F%2F0.0.0.0%3A3030%2Fu%2F%3Fid%3Dc789793d-9538-4a27-9dd0-7bb487253da1/foo becomes objects/http://0.0.0.0:3030/u/?id=c789793d-9538-4a27-9dd0-7bb487253da1/foo. You will have to write the equivalent regex expression that matches against the decoded URL.
Something like this will work:
urls.py
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, re_path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    re_path(r"(?P<obj>https?:\/\/.*\?id=[\d\w-]+)\/(?P<field>foo|bar)", views.test, name="test"),
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
]

views.py
from django.http import HttpResponse

def test(request, obj, field):
    print(f"The object is {obj}")
    print(f"The field is {field}")
    return HttpResponse("Test test")

Visiting the URL /objects/http%3A%2F%2F0.0.0.0%3A3030%2Fu%2F%3Fid%3Dc789793d-9538-4a27-9dd0-7bb487253da1/foo will print the following to the console:
The object is http://0.0.0.0:3030/u/?id=c789793d-9538-4a27-9dd0-7bb487253da1
The field is foo

A: If I am understanding your issue properly, it looks like you are attempting to get a regex match and immediately send a request to the resultant url?
If that is the case, you are sending the request to an improperly formatted url. The first regex you posted looks like it works just fine to get the result you are asking for, however it results in a url that is still encoded.
You need to "unquote" the url prior to making the request.
import re
from urllib.parse import unquote

path = '/objects/http%3A%2F%2F0.0.0.0%3A3030%2Fu%2F%3Fid%3Dc789793d-9538-4a27-9dd0-7bb487253da1/foo'

resp = re.search("https?[-a-zA-Z0-9%._+~#=]+", path)
url = resp[0]
print(url)
print(unquote(url))

results in and output of:
http%3A%2F%2F0.0.0.0%3A3030%2Fu%2F%3Fid%3Dc789793d-9538-4a27-9dd0-7bb487253da1

http://0.0.0.0:3030/u/?id=c789793d-9538-4a27-9dd0-7bb487253da1


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This will create a unique configuration file in AWS CloudWatch Logs that will be stored in etc/config directory.
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For more deployment details about AWS CloudWatch Logs, please visit the AWS CloudWatch Logs Documentation.
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Q: Using SETX to configure a pc's LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable Various Windows applications such as Matlab, Altair, Nastran etc use license servers, which require a system environment variable - LM_LICENSE_FILE, to be updated which would take a value along the lines of: %MSC_LICENSE_FILE%;%MATLAB_LICENSE_FILE%;%ALTAIR_LM_LICENSE_FILE% (if these 3 apps were installed).
Setting the variable for the individual apps using SETX is easy:
SETX MATLAB_LICENSE_FILE PORT@SERVER /M
But how would I set the LM_LICENSE_FILE variable to reflect the apps installed on a pc that reference this variable using a .cmd file?  Ideally it would query the pc to see what apps (apps that use LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variables) are installed, set the individual app system environment variable and then set the correct LM_LICENSE_VARIABLE value.
Regards and thanks in advance

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Once you've built up a list of installed programs your batch file can then add the required environment variables with the proper values.

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October 6, 2015 Florida, Football, gatorbytes, Geoff Collins.
The redshirt freshman, who on Tuesday was named the Davey O'Brien Quarterback of the Week, has led the Gators to a perfect 5-0 mark through the early going and ranks in the top 20 in three statistical categories – touchdown passes (tied-15th, 10), points responsible for (tied-17th, 72) and completion percentage (20th, .672).
But Grier's development would arguably have been slowed if it weren't for the progression of Florida's wide receivers.
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But sometimes, I don't need all the parameters and I wish to have a no-op instruction to consume the parameters of no use.
Is there such a command ? If no, is there a way to simulate it ?
Define "block" and "connector" commands in TikZ?


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Dr. Reimo Zoschke's group studies translational regulation and ribosome behavior in plants. Their projects focus on plastid translation and its interconnections with cytosolic and mitochondrial protein synthesis. Thereby, they aim to understand the specific characteristics of the plastid ribosome and its translational features. Furthermore, they want to unravel how translational regulation contributes to acclimation processes in changing environmental conditions (i.e., light and temperature) and which cis-elements and trans-factors are involved in the modulation of translational activity.
The functionality of genes is determined by their expression into proteins. Gene expression is a multistep process, but so far comprehensive analyses of gene expression have mostly focused on measurements of transcriptional dynamics. However, considerable regulation occurs at the translational level. Recent technical advances allow us to study translational dynamics at a genome-wide scale and in very high resolution. Thereby, we aim to understand the behavior of plant cell's ribosomes, the protein-biosynthesis machineries, and the contribution of translational regulation to the dynamics in gene expression.
Like the nucleus, chloroplasts contain a genome and gene expression machinery. Plastid gene expression is essential for plant development and viability and is mainly regulated at the post-transcriptional and translational levels. However, little is known about translational regulation in plastids including the mechanisms and players involved. Translating ribosomes leave footprints on their mRNA template, which can be used to comprehensively trace the translational activity of mRNAs in a method called ribosome profiling. Ribosome profiling has been used to study ribosome behavior at codon resolution and translational regulation at a genome-wide scale. Recently, we adapted this approach to elucidate the function of plastid translation factors and to unravel the cotranslational membrane-insertion of plastid-encoded thylakoid proteins.
Which questions do we want to answer?
1. How is the chloroplast translatome defined?
By ribosome profiling we elucidate the plastid ORFeome, the translated regions of the plastid genome, including start/stop codons, splice junctions and translationally relevant editing sites. Thereby, we will clarify if any of the non-conserved plastid ORFs are translated and whether or not so far unidentified small reading frames exist. Additionally, we will provide detailed insights into chloroplast ribosome behavior and its potential interdependence with co-translational processes (e.g., protein targeting).
2. How does translation control gene expression during acclimation?
Light and temperature signals are known abiotic triggers of acclimation processes in plants. Using ribosome profiling, we analyze how translation controls the dynamics of the plastid proteome during acclimation to changing light and temperature conditions. Furthermore, we aim to understand how these regulatory translation processes are coordinated between the three genetic compartments of the plant cell (i.e., nucleus/cytosol, plastids and mitochondria).
mRNA cis-elements and protein trans-factors regulate translation.
3. How is translation regulated?
Different mRNA elements and protein factors can control translation processes directly or indirectly. To identify mRNA elements, we analyze sequences upstream of translationally co-regulated genes. Moreover, we apply different biochemical approaches to identify proteins which interact with the chloroplast translation machinery. By this, we aim to uncover potential protein factors regulating protein biosynthesis. Finally, we analyze translational regulation during assembly of the photosynthetic machinery. In algae, feedback mechanisms are known to regulate translation of photosynthetic proteins. Our group will utilize diverse tobacco mutants impaired in the assembly of photosynthetic complexes to prove the existence of analogous feedback regulation mechanisms in land plant chloroplasts.
4. How do ribosomal proteins and tRNAs modify plastid translation behavior?
Most ribosomal proteins are essential for translation. However, some chloroplast ribosomal proteins are dispensable. Nonessential ribosomal proteins were speculated to regulate translation, however, their true molecular functions are unknown. Moreover, tRNAs are essential components of the translational machinery, working as a physical link between the mRNA and the nascent polypeptide. Interestingly, plastids do not encode the full set of tRNAs. In addition, it was shown that five tRNAs in tobacco plastids are nonessential. By ribosome profiling we analyze translation in mutants of nonessential ribosomal proteins and tRNAs. Thereby we aim to understand how an altered tRNA pool influences translation characteristics, and how nonessential ribosomal proteins may modulate translational activity.


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This Classic Homemade Macaroni and Cheese recipe uses a homemade cheese sauce, but it's so easy you'll want to make it all the time!
We used to have this Macaroni and Cheese recipe when I was growing up. It is still one of my go-to comfort foods!
I like to use the large elbow pasta in my mac & cheese. You pick the shape that you like – small elbows, shells, cavatappi (like in this Garlic-Parm Mac & Cheese). This post has some tips for choosing the "right" types of pasta for different recipes.
I love to make this cheese sauce! Tell people that you used a homemade cheese sauce and they will be super-impressed… I won't tell them how easy it is! It does take a little bit of time, and a lot of stirring. If you use a giant stockpot like mine to cook your pasta, your pasta will be cooked and your sauce will be ready right about the same time!
The biggest trick to the cheese sauce is to get everything ready before you start. Measure out the flour and seasonings, and get the Velveeta all cubed up. Once it starts to get hot, everything happens pretty quickly… and then you have time to be patient and stir again. Use a big saucepan like this one, and make friends with your whisk! You'll want the whisk to make a paste with melted butter, flour, and seasonings. And whisk as you're pouring the milk into the paste – whisking will help the paste incorporate into the milk and you won't end up with a lumpy sauce.
I love a good crunchy top on my baked mac & cheese, so I use buttered Panko bread crumbs. If you don't like Panko (or don't have any handy), try crushed corn flakes or crushed Chex cereal. Mix the crumbs with melted butter, and sprinkle them over the top. After the macaroni and cheese bakes, you can turn on the broiler for a few minutes to get the top nice and brown.
I have been known to eat a big plate of this macaroni and cheese as a meal all by itself… But you probably should pair it with something. You could brown a pound of ground meat and mix it in with the macaroni and cheese sauce before you bake it. (I would recommend ground beef or ground pork.) Or you could make up a simple main dish to go with it.
What favorite comfort food do you remember growing up?
This Classic Homemade Macaroni and Cheese recipe uses a homemade cheese sauce, but it's so easy you'll want to make it all the time!
In a large stockpot, cook pasta according to directions on box. Cook pasta al dente. Drain, and place pasta in a lightly greased 9x13 baking dish.
While pasta is cooking, make cheese sauce. Prepare all ingredients before starting.
Add flour, paprika, salt, and pepper to melted butter, whisking until a paste is formed.
Add milk to the paste, whisking as you pour the milk. Whisk until the paste and milk are combined.
Heat milk mixture until it starts to thicken and bubble on the edges, stirring frequently.
When the milk mixture starts to thicken, add the cubed Velveeta, about a quarter of the cheese at a time. Stir frequently, and let the cheese melt before adding more.
Once all the cheese is melted, pour over the cooked pasta. Stir well to combine.
In a microwave-safe bowl, melt 3 Tablespoons butter. Add Panko bread crumbs, and mix with a fork to combine.
Sprinkle Panko crumbs on top of macaroni and cheese.
Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes, until hot and bubbly.
If desired, turn on broiler for 2-4 minutes until top is brown and crunchy.
This very similar to Mom's cheese sauce recipe from her 1943 Joy of Cooking. It also calls for "a few grains if cayenne" and an optional 1/2 t dry mustard.
She would love seeing this?


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depthsploitation
Reflections & Ruminations on 3-D genre films
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As pertaining to motion pictures, describes any film that exploits, in its marketing or promotion, the use of stereoscopic (3-dimensional) filmmaking techniques.
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Frankenstein's Bloody Terror
December 1, 2009 was a very sad day for me when I heard of the passing of Spanish horror icon Jocium Molina who many a horror fan will know better under his pseudonym Paul Naschy.
While no stranger to the lycanthrope Waldamar Daninsky, a character that Naschy is most closely associated with, I was just getting acquainted with the man and his body of work as I began my research for Depthsploitation. I had begun reading his autobiography, Memoirs of a Wolfman, a few weeks earlier and had pitched La marca del Hombre lobo (1968) --his first wolfman film and shot in 3-D no less-- as a Classic Cut feature to Rue Morgue Magazine. Paul Naschy was definitely on my mind at the time.
My Classic Cut was published in the March issue of Rue Morgue Magazine (#98), which featured an excellent tribute to Paul Naschy and his films. Naschy fans should definitely track down a copy. Since the film is still fresh in my mind I though I'd take some time here on the blog to talk about it. Consider it an addendum to the article.
As a 3-D film La marca del Hombre lobo is difficult to critique. While the original 1968 Spanish posters clearly declare the film to be en relieve (the Spanish equivalent of 3-D), in North America the film screened at most a handful of times, and in a much different edit to the prints we have now.
The original Naschy film had been bought for North American distribution by producer Sam Sherman's company Independent-International Pictures, to replace the film Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971), which had already been offered to theatre owners but was in a state of limbo (it's negative was being held by a lab and didn't look like it would ever get returned to Sherman and IIP). Sherman needed a Frankenstein film so he re-titled La marca del Hombre lobo to Frankenstein's Bloody Terror (1971) and added a voice-over prologue that declared the Frankenstein family had been inflicted with the werewolf's curse and had changed it's name to Wolfstein. It was stretch on Sherman's part to tie Naschy's werewolf film to a Frankenstein monster flick. Even though the euro-horror film included vampires, there wasn't a hint of a mad doctor creating monsters from human cadavers. Sherman also lopped off about 11 minutes from the head of the film and made many minor changes throughout. Despite its creative marketing, or perhaps due to it, the film began to do well on the drive-in / grindhouse circuit.
Frankenstein's Bloody Terror was also promoted as being in 70mm, even though Sherman had been working off a 35mm U.K. version of the film that had been called Hell's Creatures. He'd used 70mm Chill-o-rama to describe the film after he had heard that it was originally produced and shot as a Hi Fi Stereo 70 m/m production. What Sherman didn't realize at the time was that Hi Fi Stereo 70 m/m was a German company that specialized in 3-D production. The film was not however a true 70mm film, but that it was shot with both stereo eye views (the left and the right) anamorphically squeezed onto the 70mm frame. When Sherman found out that he could market a 3-D version of Frankenstein's Bloody Terror he pulled the flat version film from release and immediately set upon producing a 3-D version of the film. This is when the trouble began.
Very few theatres in North America could play a 3-D film in the side-by-side 70mm format thatLa marca del Hombre lobo had been shot in. The film would have to be converted to a format that could be shown and that was the over-and-under format, one that would see an explosion in the early 80's. The film was converted by Film Effects of Hollywood who later prepared prints for another Hi-Fi Stereo 70mm production Leibe en drei dimensionen (1973) a.k.a. Love in 3-D. The master elements used to create the over-and-under version were of poor quality according to Film Effects --likely because they were working from a 70mm print duplicated from a negative that was now over 3 years old.
Images from the original 1969 Hi-Fi Stereo 70mm print
of La marca del Hombre lobo. It shows how left and
right eye images were placed in a side-by-side format.
These images can be viewed in 3-D using the cross-eyed method.
Sherman ran into further problems during the English audio versioning of the film. Working with the English dub and effects that he had created for the flat version of Frankenstein's Bloody Terror, Sherman found that the audio no longer was in sync. It's his belief that the flat version of the film and the 3-D version of the film may have utilized different takes. It's also possible that a different camera was used to photograph the flat version. If this is the case any flat version of the film would be a poor indication of any 3 dimensional screen piercing effects of general shot composition that may exist in the flat version, making an assessment of the film's 3-D quality a tenuous one.
Compounding IIP and Sherman's problems further was a deal he had made with investors in the 3-D version of Frankenstein's Bloody Terror. In addition to providing funds to help create the over-under prints they were also to supply the projection lenses, which would be used in theatres to recombine the left and right eye images for audiences. A lucrative investment for them if the film were to be a success since every theatre showing the film would need to have one. Alas, the lenses were made cheaply out of poured acrylic plastic which wreaked havoc on the quality of projection. No matter how well La marca del Hombre lobo had been made, Frankenstein's Bloody Terror's 3-D was a mess. After it's première screening a reviewer referred to the film as being seen "through glasses darkly". The 3-D release of Frankenstein's Bloody Terror was a bust and negative word of mouth quickly killed it. The film wouldn't be seen again until it appeared on television, slowly building a fan base and helping to turn Paul Nashy into an icon.
So that's a bit of back-story. In my next post I'll take a look at the film itself.
on Sunday, April 25, 2010
Labels: Frankenstein's Bloody Terror, Hi Fi Stereo 70 m/m, Independent-International Pictures, la marca del Hombre Lobo, Paul Naschy, Rue Morgue Magazine, Sam Sherman
Welcome strangers.
Welcome the inagural post of my 3-D film blog. While I've deliberated long and hard over what this first post should be, the fact is it will never be as eloquent and prophetic as I'd like. So instead I'll just start...
At the beginning of the millennium I said it, out loud to at the very least a handful of skeptic filmmaking friends. "3-D is going to make a comeback. Mark my words."
Ten years later, thanks to a major push from entertainment producers like Sony, it would seem my words have come true. 3-D television is just around the corner and the motion picture industry is releasing 3-D features at a rate that hasn't been seen since the 1950's. There have been books and festivals that highlight those films of yesteryear, but what about the period between 1952 and now. All those films that exploited the 3rd dimension to attract movie goers in the lost period of 3-D. An era that saw plenty of 3-D films, but few that are heralded let alone seen outside of a few golden age films like The Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954), or House of Wax (1953).
I realized that I wanted to write a book that told the story behind these films. No, that's not exactly true; writing is hard… and time consuming… and a lot of work.
So what I really wanted was to read a book that told the story behind these three dimensional genre films. Since no one's come forward and written it, and since even after extensive surfing across the World Wide Web information of many of these films comes up short, I decided that I'll answer the call and write this book. A book we'll call depthsploitation, for lack of a better word and because it looks good in print (but try tying your tongue over it as you pronounce it out loud).
My thoughts and feelings about this subset of movies called 3-D, will end up here. I also hope to share with you some of my revelations about the films from the period of depthsploitation (between the late 50's to the mid 80's).
With this blog I'm also putting out and open call. I need interviews with the people who were there. So if you were one of the lucky few who saw Hot Heir (1982) in a theatre, have memories of any Stereo HiFi 70 m/m Production (I can find only 3 so far, Love in 3-D (1973), Con la muerte a la espalda (1967) and La marca del Hombre lobo (1968)) being screening either in North America or Europe or were involved in the never to be Rock 'n Roll Motel just click your mouse on arrow under the masthead. My email contact is there. I'd love to hear all about it.
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Pedro Julio Serrano
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Pedro Julio Serrano: "Unteaching" an Island…
11/02/2013 13/02/2013 Pedro Julio Serrano
Profile of Puerto Rico's Most Prominent Human Rights Activist
By CRISTINA COSTANTINI | ABC News/Univisión
The words "CUÍDATE, PATO" were scrawled across a piece of paper that had been tucked under Pedro Julio Serrano's windshield wiper.
"'Take care of yourself, faggot,' it means in English'," Pedro Julio said.
It was 1998 and the then-24-year-old Pedro Julio was running as the first openly gay candidate of the Puerto Rican House of Representatives. He spent a few seconds inspecting his green Toyota after reading the hateful words of warning, and noticing his car hood wasn't pushed down fully, he called a good friend to take another look at the vehicle. His brake chords had been cut — an attempt to intimidate, injure, or kill the young candidate.
Anti-gay hate crimes are rampant on the island, which has a population of 3.5 million, about the size of Connecticut. Nearly two dozen members of the LGBT community were murdered in Puerto Rico between 2009 and 2011 alone.
Pedro Julio, who has led the for fight lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights in Puerto Rico over the past decade and a half, still doesn't go a day without some form of hate or bullying from the many who despise him. Now 38 years old, he is one of the most recognizable, and most controversial, public figures in Puerto Rico. For some on the island, he is a living historical icon, a Gandhi with a Twitter account, and for others, he embodies the erosion of a traditional Puerto Rico and its moral code.
From his dimly-lit office in Manhattan's Financial District, Pedro Julio, a thin man with a school-boy's part, influences many of tomorrow's headlines in Puerto Rico's top newspapers. With posts on Facebook and Twitter every hour which go out to his more than 60,000 followers, Serrano drives the news cycle.
Currently, he's advocating that a gruesome murder of a member of the gay community be investigated as a hate crime and pushing for the passage of a marriage equality bill on the island.
"I hope to be married in Puerto Rico," he said last month, in an interview on local TV. But, on the day I joined him in his office last month, he'd only slept a couple of hours in the previous two days, something not out of the ordinary for him. The night before, a key Puerto Rican political adviser on the government's payroll called him a gross, promiscuous scoundrel over Twitter and Pedro Julio was considering bringing the case to court. Her contract was not renewed because of her offense.
His phone buzzed every few seconds with messages of love and support, but also messages of derision, and bigotry from Puerto Ricans living on the island and from those who have migrated to the mainland as part of a larger boricua diaspora.
"My job is physically and emotionally exhausting," he told me.
As I spoke with him, Pedro Julio's face underwent extraordinary emotional shifts at a rapid pace. He smiled with large white teeth as he told me a story about how his future husband Steven Toledo fell in love with him at first sight. Seconds later, his face turned sharp, his jowls clenched, and his tone became authoritative, as he prepared for one of his four phone interviews with Puerto Rican media that morning.
Dethroning the Queen of Puerto Rico's Airways
Last month, Pedro Julio won perhaps the biggest victory of his entire life, when he helped bring down the most popular television show on the island, called SuperXclusivo. In 2006, a sassy life-sized she-puppet who sat atop a red and silver throne named La Comay tore Pedro Julio apart on television for his activism on the island. As part of his/her vicious attack (the puppet is voiced by a man named Antulio 'Kobbo' Santarrosa'), La Comay called him a "pato" — a word which literally means 'duck,' but is considered a derogatory term for gay men on the island.
At the time, Pedro Julio demanded an apology from the lady-puppet and his co-host Hector Travieso. But instead, La Comay responded:
"Look, Pedro Julio Serrano, we, the Puerto Rican people, are not at fault for the fact that you have these repressed desires, for the fact that you are a 'pato,'" La Comay said in Spanish on the show which aired on WAPA TV.
After that show, Santarrosa and Travieso had to apologize, and Pedro Julio told the Spanish news outlet EFE, "[Santarrosa's] greatest punishment, as a homophobic man, will be that an open and proud gay man will be the one to oust him from television."
But few believed it possible to dethrone the queen of Puerto Rico's airwaves. The same show has also faced criticism for using the word "monos" or monkeys to describe black people, for attempting to "out" individuals they believed were gay, and for poking fun at women for their weight. But in December of 2012, Santarrosa would make his fatal move by presenting the possibility that the victim of a brutal murder on the island had brought it on himself by soliciting prostitution.
"Was this man, José Enrique, asking for this?" La Comay asked.
It was the last straw. The statement triggered Puerto Rican activist and I.T. specialist Carlos Rivera to start a Facebook group called "Boicot La Comay," which in a few days ballooned to 70,000 people. Pedro Julio would be the driving force and spokesperson in the boycott which successfully pressured Coca-Cola, Ford, Chevrolet, WalMart, AT&T, and Sprint, and more than 40 other companies to pull their ad dollars from the program.
Pedro Julio says social media has provided the perfect tool to lead his movement.
"It's an instrument which levels the field. No one has to go through intermediaries anymore," Pedro Julio said. "Social media is like a public plaza, which allows us to denounce or support what we want, and people don't even have to go to the street anymore to do it."
Critics said the movement was censorship from a small minority, but Pedro Julio says that the mass outcry pressured companies, concerned for their image, to make good business decisions.
"Freedom of expression is not an absolute right. It reaches a limit when you abuse the dignity of another person," said Pedro Julio. "And that's what La Comay did constantly. She was a bully."
Just over a month after the boycott started, Santarrosa resigned, and the show was canceled. A 15 year reign at the top was over.
Growing Up and Coming Out
Born in the Southern city of Ponce in 1974, and raised in Isla Verde, in the San Juan metropolitan area, Pedro Julio's biological father left shortly after he was born. The second of four brothers, he was raised by his mother Alicia Burgos and her husband of 30 years, Héctor Mújica, who Pedro Julio calls his father. Burgos and Mújica say their son has been defending people, asking questions, and fighting for justice from a very young age.
PHOTO: At age 13, Pedro Julio organized his first rally after a schoolmate was killed in drug-related gang violence.
The grandson of journalist who fought injustice through his reportage, Pedro Julio initially pursued a degree in media at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. But at the age of 19, after having unprotected sex with his first sexual partner, Pedro Julio tested positive for HIV.
"He knew, but he didn't tell me," Pedro Julio said. "But you know, I take responsibility for it, I have to."
On the same day that Pedro Julio came as gay out to his parents, he also told them that he had HIV.
"The gay thing, I didn't care about. I only cared about the health of my child. It's impossible for a mother to think that her son will die before [she will], and it was very hard. It was hard because of the HIV, not because of the gay thing," Burgos said. "It was a shock, I won't deny it."
And so Pedro Julio dropped out of school, unable to balance his school work and his recent discovery. From there, he entered the world of activism and politics, working to promote awareness and fair treatment of the LGBT community on a not-so-receptive island.
The incident with Pedro Julio's green Toyota wouldn't be the first, or the last, threat on his life. A couple of months after the unsolved crime (most crimes in Puerto Rico go unsolved), Pedro Julio was followed by a pickup truck, and narrowly escape the four men with shotguns that pursued him.
"Their intent was to scare me, and it worked," Pedro Julio said. "I was terrified."
On a third occasion, Pedro Julio was followed through winding streets and back alleys by yet another car in San Juan while with his mother was in the car. To this day, Burgos believes that her son is risking his life with his work. As a mother, she has tried to convince him that sticking his neck out isn't worth it.
"A lot of times I say to him, 'Please, go slow,' but you know I talk to him about it, and he always turns me around," she said. "I leave understanding what he's doing, and that's his life, and that's what he wants to do and I'll respect him for that and I'll back him all the way."
Burgos says she feels relieved that her son moved to New York City ten years ago, where he works as a spokesperson for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, because he's less subject to be a target of the rampant anti-gay violence on the island.
But that doesn't mean Pedro Julio doesn't return periodically to stir up controversy.
Kissing the Hate Away
When I visited Pedro Julio in his office, a yellowed newspaper cover hung on the wall behind him.
The image of Pedro Julio kissing his boyfriend, Steven, spread across the front page and the caption read "Amor gay sacude al Capitolio" or "Gay love shakes the Capitol." Pedro Julio, wearing a white suit, eyes-closed, and Steven, head-angled to the side, were caught in a momentary kiss, which occurred while Pedro Julio was attending a hearing on civil unions on the island. The two men say they were aware that the act of kissing would cause controversy, but felt that it was being true to who they are to kiss in public.
"There was a tacit understanding that we're in the public eye," Toledo told me. "But we wanted to be who we are consistently, as part of maintaining our integrity, and so we kissed normally."
The front page cover, which scandalized a conservative Puerto Rico at the time and upset some even with the pro-gay movement for being "too extreme," might seem distinctly conventional for anyone who has lived in an LGBT-friendly city in recent years.
"People told me we were moving too fast, that we were doing the movement a big disservice," he said."But it was just a kiss."
Pedro Julio's controversial tactics have brought him dear friends, as well as outspoken enemies.
He receives dozens of messages of love and solidarity from his many ardent supporters, including celebrities like singer Ricky Martin and Rene Pérez Joglar of Calle 13. A text from his 19-year old brother Antonio that said he'd stand by his brother through anything, moved Pedro Julio to tears as he read it aloud to me at his desk.
Pedro Julio must also face those who despise him, and cope with a constant barrage of bullying through the very same means which has empowered his movement.
"Muérete, marica," read one tweet directed towards Pedro Julio and myself last month after I tweeted an article about the La Comay controversy. Translation: "Go kill yourself, fag."
But not all of Pedro Julio's opponents are anonymous homophobes on Twitter. One Puerto Rican blogger Emmanuel Serrano Hernández, who blogs under the moniker Gazoo Starr, is an outspoken critic of the activist.
He wrote a blog earlier this month called "Un peligro para todos" (Translation: A danger for everyone), which is a play on the name of Pedro Julio's organization which advocates human rights on the island called "Puerto Rico Para Tod@s." The post received more than 2,000 likes on Facebook, and prompted the creation of a Facebook and Twitter accounts called Boycott Pedro Julio, which each have over one thousand followers.
In his post, Hernández sticks with some of the most popular critiques of Pedro Julio. Hernández says that Pedro Julio actually censors free speech, that he purports to speak for an entire Puerto Rico, even though he speaks for a small minority, that he craves media-attention, that he doesn't even live on the island that he seeks to influence, and that he's an indiscriminate complainer.
"What happened here was victory of the censorship by a few, lead by the hysterical Pedro Julio Serrano," Starr wrote. "Pedro Julio, you don't represent me nor do you represent Puerto Rico, and you especially don't represent us residing in New York and coming here to complain and brag."
Pedro Julio's closest friends say he is misunderstood by some Puerto Ricans who only see Pedro Julio amidst controversy. He appears on radio shows, talk shows, and is quoted almost daily in the island's biggest newspapers, fighting against the powers that be.
But for those who know him well, Pedro Julio's private persona is much less serious. He's a laugher, a prankster, and a charmer, his close friends say. He especially loves scaring his mother, most recently by pretending he was a ghost.
One of his best friends, Karlo Karlo, a makeup artist and gay rights activist in New York City, says that Pedro Julio can get anyone on his side, if he's given the chance.
When Pedro Julio was seated next to two conservative women in their late sixties from "el campo," or rural Puerto Rico, last year at a dinner at a close friends' house in Queens, Karlo Karlo says that at first tensions were high.
"These two ladies were very very religious. They were evangelical, and they only knew Pedro Julio from seeing him on television," Karlo Karlo said. "But by the end of the night, were all laughing so hard. I mean, we were all truly having fun, and these two ladies loved Pedro Julio. They just couldn't get enough of him."
By the end of the night, the women were converts.
"'Pedro Julio, sabes que en realidad tú eres un muchacho muy bueno. Es que siempre te veo peleando en la televisión," one woman told him, according to Karlo Karlo. (Translation: Pedro Julio, you know what you're actually a very good man. It's just that I always see you fighting on the television.)
Since the dinner, the two women have continued to ask for Pedro Julio to visit, and when they returned to el campo they shared with their fellow lady-friends what they believed was Pedro Julio's biggest secret of all — he's a closeted nice guy.
Pedro Julio's life hasn't been easy. He had a heart condition as a child which would cause him to faint, he survived cancer at the age of 36, he was hospitalized after collapsing from exhaustion at 38, and for the last two decades he's had to deal with the realities of living with HIV.
Still, Serrano is perfectionist, a micro-manager, and a "work-horse," as he terms it. Despite a compromised immune system, Pedro Julio routinely goes 24, 36, and even 40 hours without sleeping. To his frustration, his body often gives out before he does.
"I've had to learn that I'm human," Pedro Julio said. Pedro Julio's struggles have lead him to realize how short life is, and has made him impatient to finish his work and spread his message.
"I'm very impatient. I feel desperate to finish already. I always want to accelerate the pace of things," he said. "I just want to convince everyone. I feel like if I just talk to anyone, I can convince them."
His boyfriend, and his mother, have tried to step in, but Pedro Julio doesn't like hearing it.
"He has HIV, you know, and he's always been delicate with his health, so I'm always concerned," his mother said. "He gets exhausted physically and emotionally, and I told him he needs to slow down, but he won't. Nobody can stop him."
Pedro Julio's work habits have taken a toll on other people in his life including his future husband Steven. The couple broke up for nearly two years because Toledo felt that Pedro Julio wasn't able to balance the activism with the relationship. But they both say they're happier than ever, and that they're working hard to make it work.
Although the two work in LGBT advocacy, there's are a number of ways they don't see eye-to-eye. Steven, a Bronx-native, loves wilderness and hiking. Pedro Julio doesn't. But part of working on their relationship means that Pedro Julio has agreed to take more camping expeditions.
"I just need access to a bathroom, a shower, and a place to charge my phone, and to be connected with what's going on in the world," Pedro Julio said. They also have vastly different dietary habits. Pedro Julio describes Toledo as "almost vegan" and Toledo says Pedro Julio "runs away from anything green." The couple is getting married in New York in the next year and planning to have a child through a surrogate. If it's a boy, he'd be named Gianmarco, but the girls name remains subject for debate.
I met up with Pedro Julio in his neighborhood in Jackson Heights, where the couple lives with their mean little dog Coquí, named after Puerto Rico's national frog, and their kind golden retriever puppy named Ralph. Pedro Julio took me to a Uruguayan restaurant where, true to form, we ate almost a dozen varieties of grilled meat. He interrupted the meal only to respond to tweets from a handful of Puerto Rican politicians and conduct a quick radio interview.
After finishing our parillada, he told me he is planning to move back to Puerto Rico with his new family next year, and "won't rule out" a 2016 run for political office of some sort. "Actually, I'm considering it," Pedro Julio said, with a flash of his a white smile, but declined to go into further detail.
A Politician, An Activist, A Teacher
Above all, Pedro Julio is a teacher, his closest friend, Karlo Karlo said. Nearly every Facebook post, blog, and tweet that Pedro Julio shares has a moral to it. His favorite phrases repeat messages of peace and harmony: "Human dignity is inalienable," "Equality is inevitable," "With solidarity and respect for all."
"He teaches us all so much," Karlo Karlo said. When he told Pedro Julio's father that his son was a teacher, Karlo Karlo says he'll never forget how he was corrected.
"Pedro Julio is not teaching people," Mújica told him. "He's unteaching them and that is much harder."
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My experience competing in the International Brain Bee Championship
December 9, 2019 in Announcements, Diploma Programme (DP), Events, IB Community Stories, IB in Practice, Inspiring alumni, University stories
National neuroscience competition winner and recent IB Diploma Programme (DP) graduate Jenny Sun ranks top 10 in the International Brain Bee World Championship in Korea.
Jenny together with the other participants at the International Brain Bee Competition
Jenny Sun has the "Best Brain" in Canada, after winning the Canadian National Brain Bee earlier this year. She also ranked 10th out of 28 countries in the 2019 International Brain Bee World Championship that took place in Korea, in September.
Jenny, who attended Old Scona Academic High School, in Edmonton, Canada won a CA$1,500 cash prize for her national efforts. The neuroscience competition for teenagers tests students on neuroanatomy, patient diagnosis and trivia.
Her interest in neuroscience is relatively new: "It began around 11th grade, when I was contemplating which subject I wanted to pursue in university," explains Jenny. "I discovered neuroscience as a potential field of interest and found it to be complex and fascinating. I became eager to learn more about the nervous system – its functions, its growth, and the causes for its disorders."
"The best part of the competition was meeting other intelligent, like-minded people from all around the world"
Jenny had a friend who won second place at the Canadian National Brain Bee the previous year, and started a club at school to encourage others to participate. "I thought the competition would be a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the field that I hoped to study in the future. So, I signed myself up for the regional chapter and ranked first place, which allowed me to head to the National Brain Bee."
The national competition win helped Jenny secure a summer internship in Dr Harley Kurata's laboratory at the University of Alberta, Canada – an experience she describes as invaluable.
Jenny's world championship ranking is an immense achievement, considering she had a very full schedule at the time – exams, an internship, a vacation to China, and managing her transition to the University of Alberta.
Jenny receiving the first place trophy and a cash prize of CA$1,500 for winning the Canadian National Brain Bee Competition
"I did begin to panic at one point about whether or not I'd be able to cover enough material in time. However, I eventually realized that the purpose of this competition was for me to learn more about neuroscience and develop a passion for the field. In the end, it is not about what rank I received, but the experience and the new things I learned.
"The best part of the competition was meeting other intelligent, like-minded people from all around the world who are dedicating their time into studying neuroscience. Being able to visit Korea was a great experience as well. Overall, I really enjoyed my time at the International Brain Bee. It is an event I will always remember."
The competition also put Jenny in good stead for university. "My understanding of several brain structures and functions became deeper than I could've anticipated," she says. "This competition has allowed me to glimpse the neuroscience and medical fields as early as high school, which I find is really extraordinary. Studying for the competition also helped me prepare for my biology HL exams."
As for the future, Jenny wants to continue to learn more about the human nervous system, while also contributing to identifying and treating nervous system disorders.
"Currently, my interests lie in learning more about the mechanisms behind epilepsies and seizures. If I could expand on these interests in the future, perhaps during my undergraduate degree, then I would be ecstatic. I am quite set on pursuing a neuroscience-related career, but, wherever I eventually end up, I hope to make an impact on our scientific and healthcare communities."
This article is part of a series of stories from IB World magazine that bring to life the wonderful initiatives undertaken by IB students and educators from around the globe. Follow these stories on Twitter @IBorganization #IBcommunitystories. Share your great stories and experiences: email editor@ibo.org
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and rapidly changing -- so I am going to keep investigating while they work the bugs out.
However, I have to buy and integrate components in March as I have a 1,500 mile motorcycle trip starting April 3 which would be a great time to test my systems integration.
I have a Tank Bag (sits on top of gas tank) with a clear map pouch into which a 10 inch tablet will fit. So it is locked in place and I can see the screen.
You are right about visibility in direct sun but - hopefully - voice turn-by-turn will compensate.
Is there any place that lists accuracy by GPS chip-set ??
Best by tablet mfg & model ??
Not that I know of. Unless you are expecting to be in difficult mountainous terrain with lots of tight valleys or high density cities with tall buildings, any GPS chip set should do the job just fine. It is the difficult situations where the S4 and MTK II chips really show their stuff. I expect on a bike trip that any one device can do the job you need. They are all way better than years ago!
So I don't need the best chipset made - that is good to know.
do you think they are good enough for navigating back roads in the middle of nowhere ??
The quality of the GPS is not the determing factor in success on back roads. Unless, as stated before, you expect to be in tight canyons where the view of satellites is limited. What is really important is the accuracy of the mapping software you use in those areas!!
I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 tablet. I'm running CoPilot on it for my navigation. I drive some very tight 2 lane roads in WV & VA and have yet to have it drop a GPS lock. Some of the canyons are literally 2 lanes wide, plus a small stream, with steep walls on both sides, covered with trees. In those areas, I do drop my XM signal.
Just thought I'd weigh in.
That's good to know Malaki. There seems to be a dearth of information of the performance of internal GPS in devices and how they compare to external ones these days. I wonder if it is using a common chipset.
The only thing I see for the specs on the GPS is "A-GPS".
I have the tablet mounted in a holder on the dash of the truck. But, I've had it in my basement bathroom (center of my house) and it kept a full GPS signal.
If I understand it correctly, A-GPS refers to the ability of the device to use cell tower triangulation to assist in GPS accuracy. You would have to have the cellular service activated and nearby service to use this though. This could be a problem in remote and mountainous terrain.
It is my understanding that A-GPS is just a cell tower faster assist on First location acquisition but provides no help thereafter.
My tablet is a wifi-only version - it doesn't have the cellular "functions".
You're correct on the cellular part of it, though. Strange.
That is good to know Malaki. So, the GPS is sensitive enough to work in a difficult location without the cellular assist.
I believe there was some confusing advertising that came out with standalone GPS devices about the time cellular assist a-gps was introduced. From what I saw AGPS was just a method of getting a faster initialization by using an ephemeris table from the internet.
True assited gps uses traingulation of known cell tower locations to give an accurate location to the device. I assume the cell towers broadcast there location as it is certainly fixed. If 3 or more were available it would provide a very detailed fix.
Trick that works:: search for 3G Tablets.
You still have to dig deep to get confirmation - but the odds are in your favor.
Sort of silly paying extra for 3g (cellular) if you aren't planning on using it though. It usually costs as much as a standalone BT GPS.
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The Beam and the Quest: Their Connection, a Sure Lead to the Future
Opinions By Sukari Alex Owuru Aug 23, 2021 No Comments4 Mins Read
In March 2018, a publication was made and I read of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) where it states clearly the role of media and investigative journalism in combating corruption.
It says the "media and investigative journalism play a crucial role in bringing allegations of corruption to light and fighting against impunity". An international consortium of investigative journalists is an example of international cooperation that leads to tangible results in bringing financial and economic crime to the attention of the public and law enforcement authorities.
Media reporting is an essential—albeit untapped—the source of detection in corruption cases. (Chapter 4 of the OECD study. December 2017).
In summary, the report in chapter 4 from the study includes further information collected through country reviews undertaken by the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions and through responses to the OECD Survey on Investigative Journalism. It also explores good practices and challenges in the detection of international corruption cases via media reporting and investigative journalism.
The birth of the Beam Newspaper in 2002 (as was and still is) has its stand of not to report happenings copied from other sources or mere hearsay but to gather information first hand through investigative journalism; giving excellence in reportage and building character in journalism.
The Beam Newspaper as a local tabloid (as many saw it) got into the heart of its vendors and readers to the extent readers would seek the opinion/report in the Beam Newspaper to accept what's in the media space. The Beam Newspaper separates TRUTH FROM FALSEHOOD; uncovering facts hidden even by those who are placed in positions of responsibility. Investigative journalism and accurate reportage have been the thriving grace of the Beam Newspaper.
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19 years after, the advancement in the magic wands and power of the pen in the informative mission of the Beam Newspaper cannot be overemphasized. What the local tabloid has impacted in society transcends international arguments.
In these 19 years and more to count, the Beam Newspaper went through her dark days but something keeps keeping it because it is true that 'good ventures are fought against; even by good people, especially the uninformed ones'. Alas, the Beam keeps beaming.
The founder/Editor in Chief, Adaoha Obiaruko Christie Ndukwe, a seasoned figure and an indisputable authority in the media space; one certified as an investigative journalist chose not to end with the Beam Newspaper but shoot farther a little more as she aimed higher to establish the Citizen's Quest for Truth Initiative CQTI, a Non-Governmental Organization with the mission to take the truth the informative journalism through a different and entirely new angle altogether. With the Beam Newspaper, she separates truth from falsehood and in the Citizen's Quest for Truth Initiative; she leads you to SEE FOR YOURSELF.
With bright minds and hearts willing to engrave their names on the rocks of time, the CQTI took the society by storm and with Chief Obiaruko Ndukwe leading from the middle to the front, the Quest has touched the society from government-related issues to community trust and development et al.
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Someone asked me: is she a superwoman and I couldn't find a better adjective to qualify this grand leader for generational change.
Through the recently established CQTI, she had developed readers, improved writers, made business ideas blossom and into fruition and here, I am also a product of her school of mind development.
The New Living Translation of the Bible explains better the verse in Habakkuk 2:3 as: "This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed". This is true in the case with the Beam Newspaper and her relationship with the CQTI. The story is of a gradually nursed vision that is leading to a grand opening of what the media is yet to experience.
Now, the QUEST TELEVISION (QUEST-TV) is underway and through to this, it shall, again, unveil a side that will clearly take the world by storm.
Separating the truth from falsehood can only (as it has been now), happen WHEN YOU SEE FOR YOURSELF. The Beam Newspaper and the Citizen's Quest for Truth Initiative rocks.
Sukari Alex Owuru (SMG) is a public relations practitioner based in Port Harcourt
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Ayahuasca Placebo Gives Same Psychological Benefits at Ritualistic Ceremony
Paul Seaburn November 30, 2021
Psilocybin "magic" mushrooms are getting all of the love and attention from the medical community these days as more legal studies show the benefits of this psychedelic drug in managed doses for treating PTSD, addictions and other mental afflictions. As it becomes more legal and acceptable, the former ritualistic aspects of obtaining and using psilocybin are diminished – just as the once communal sharing of smoked marijuana is replaced by legal pills, gummies, infused food and other forms that are more often consumed when alone. Consuming psychoactive ayahuasca tea hasn't yet reached that level yet, and a new study shows it why – placebo studies have demonstrated that participation in the ritual of ayahuasca consumption produces many of the same results. Is this good news or bad for ayahuasca tourism?
The room of an Ayahuasca ceremony and yoga practice (Shutterstock)
"Previous research in naturalistic settings has suggested that ingestion of ayahuasca can improve mental health and well-being; however, these studies were not placebo controlled and did not control for the possibility of expectation bias. This naturalistic observational study was designed to assess whether mental health changes were produced by ayahuasca or by set and setting. Assessments were made pre- and post-ayahuasca sessions in 30 experienced participants of ayahuasca retreats hosted in the Netherlands, Spain, and Germany. Participants consumed ayahuasca (N = 14) or placebo (N = 16)."
The study, led by Malin Uthaug and a team of researchers in the Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology at Maastricht University in The Netherlands, was published in the journal Psychopharmacology and reviewed recently by PsyPost. Uthang and her team saw that ayahuasca has quickly moved from a spiritual hallucinogenic ritual used by Amazon tribes to a tourist attraction at ayahuasca retreat centers where the beverage of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and β-carboline alkaloids is consumed to achieve altered states of consciousness and hallucinations in pseudo-ritualistic settings under the watch of facilitators. Because of the illegality in many countries and the ritual participation, ayahuasca usage has rarely if ever been studied scientifically, especially with a placebo.
To conduct the experiment, the researchers visited six different ayahuasca retreats in the Netherlands, Spain, and Germany. The participants were 12 men and 18 women who had previous experience with ayahuasca and were now in training to become future facilitators. Distribution of the placebos was blind and random. The ceremonies contained the usual music and singing – the only difference was that the participants completed questionnaires before and after the ceremony to measure their empathy, ego dissolution, depression, anxiety, stress, and altered states of consciousness.
The results were surprising.
"Compared to baseline, symptoms reduced in both groups after the ceremony, independent of treatment."
Uthang and her team found that the ayahuasca ritual with a placebo produced many of the same results as observed in those who consumed the real beverage — reductions in stress, anxiety, and depression. The only real difference between the two groups was in empathy – those receiving the drug had more empathy after the ceremony.
Some caveats — the participants knew they were part of a study, were already experienced users of ayahuasca and knew what to expect, and the dosages given were lower than those normally used in ceremonies. However, the study concludes that the ayahuasca ceremony and the support of the group and the facilitators offers psychological benefits to the participants independent of the drug.
Will people be interested in non-ayahuasca tours? Can ayahuasca be dispensed in micro doses to offer the benefits of both the ceremony and the drug? Will it ever be legalized? The past pioneers of psychedelics are undoubtedly watching with wonder and frustration.
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Ajax reach an agreement with Abdelhak Nouri's family
Dutch football club Ajax Amsterdam said on Monday they had paid 7.85 million euros in compensation to the family of former player Abdelhak Nouri, who suffered brain damage in July 2017 following a heart attack during a friendly match.
Former Ajax international goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar said in a statement: "We are all aware that the suffering for Abdelhak and his relatives is far from over. The situation remains a very sad situation and we feel it here as well at Ajax.
Moroccan-born Nouri, now 24, suffered a heart attack on July 8, 2017, while playing for his club in a friendly against Germany's Werder Bremen in Austria, after which he fell into a coma due to "serious and permanent brain damage", according to the club, which terminated the player's contract in March 2020.
Nouri has been in a coma for more than four years with his family taking care of him at home since the catastrophic incident. The player's family appealed to the federal jury in June 2018, demanding compensation from the club to pay for his lifelong care.
Ajax soon agreed to take full responsibility for the player's fate and apologized to the family, admitting that the medical treatment Nouri received after the incident was not enough.
After reaching a friendly agreement between the parties, Ajax will compensate the player's family with a net amount of 7 million and 850 thousand euros, ending legal proceedings against him.
The club explained that since the summer of 2017, Ajax has also reimbursed the costs for the health care that Nouri receives, and will continue to do so.
"It is good that an agreement has been reached so that we can close the file," said Van der Sar, while the player's father Mohamed Nouri said in a statement that "Ajax's participation and commitment have been very influential over all these years".
"Ajax has been an integral part of our lives since Abdelhak was a boy. "We cherish the relationship with the people within the club and with the loyal fans.
Until his contract was terminated in March 2020, Ajax continued to pay the player for the duration of his absence.
Nouri grew up at Ajax and progressed through the age levels before moving to the first team in the summer of 2016. He made 15 appearances at the start of the 2016-2017 season and was considered a young talent at a club known for bringing up prominent players who later moved to major European clubs.
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Syrian refugee family arrives in Charlottetown
A family of Syrian refugees that landed in Charlottetown on Friday night says they're happy to be safe, but have mixed feelings about escaping the violence in their home country.
Family fled Syria more than a year ago; lived in single room in Lebanon before coming to P.E.I.
CBC News · Posted: Sep 26, 2015 9:33 AM AT | Last Updated: September 26, 2015
Members of P.E.I. Syrian community hold signs at the airport as they away the arrival of Awak Alkhalil and his family on Friday night. (Jessica Doria-Brown/CBC)
A family of Syrian refugees that landed in Charlottetown on Friday night says they're happy to be safe, but are worried about their friends and family still living in their home country.
Awak Alkhalil and his family fled Syria more than a year ago. For a time they lived in a single room in Lebanon. They were greeted at the Charlottetown airport by members of the island's Syrian community holding welcome signs and flags.
Being on the island is a far cry from the sounds of bombs and shotguns Alkhalil says his family is used to.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. Thank you Canada. Thank you government of Canada," he said.
In Syria, Alkhalil worked as an agricultural engineer and his wife was employed at a bank. They hope to find work soon to provide for their children. But in the meantime, Alkhalil said he can't stop thinking about friends and family still living in Syria.
Susan Nye-Brothers with the Charlottetown Diocese Refugee Committee, a group that helped bring the family to P.E.I., says that's a common worry among refugees.
"What I continue to hear from family members is that it's really hard for them to sleep at night, knowing their family members are still at risk," she said.
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Q: two consecutive uppercase REST controller laravel Hi guys I hope someone can help me, I'm using laravel 4 and I have a REST controller like this
Route::controller('example', 'SomeClass');

class SomeClass extends BaseController {

public function getThisIsATest() {
    return 'Hello World';
}

}

but when I try to enter the URI localhost/example/this-is-a-test
I get a 'Controller method not found.'
I'm thinking it's because the two consecutive uppercase letters in the 'getThisIsATest'
Does someone know how to fix this issue??

A: Try this:
Route::resource('example/this-is-a-test', 'SomeClassController@getThisIsATest');

OR:
Route::get('example/this-is-a-test', 'SomeClassController@getThisIsATest');

See, if that solves your problem & Do visit Laravel Controller Docs for more information
Add {{ URL::to('example/this-is-a-test'); }} and you're good to go

A: In your app/routes.php try defining your route as follows:
Route::controller("example", "testController");

And rename your controller class to
class testController extends BaseController {

  public function index(){
    // Just have it here to be safe.
  }
  public function getTest() {
    return 'Hello World';
  }
}

Now try navigating to localhost/example/test. Let me know if that works, I've never used Route::controller() before, so it's new to me as well.
Edit
As the above doesn't work for this example, try navigating to localhost/example/this-is-atest without changing your controller/route.

A: Two ways (without changing the URL)...
1. Use an additional route
Add an implicit route for the URL before the controller route:
Route::get('example/this-is-a-test', 'SomeClass@getThisIsATest');
Route::controller('example', 'SomeClass');

2. Change your method name to snake_case
You can change the method name in your controller to snake case and everything will work as excepted. (It doesn't look very pretty though)
public function get_this_is_a_test() {
    return 'Hello World';
}

Actually it even works to only write the "problematic" part in snake case: getThisIsA_test. However this looks even more weird ;)