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I am wearing my rain gear with layers of clothing bundled underneath as I walk on a grassy trail laced with mud. I don't mind the mud nor do I mind the cold drizzle on my face. In a lifetime of Monday thru Friday, 9-5 numbness, the cold drizzle is a welcome. It makes me feel alive.
On a particular section of trail, I find a banditry of chickadee. Their chatter is loud and overwhelming. I do not know what they are saying for I do not speak chickadian. Perhaps I am the subject of their banter, disrupting them on a day where they do not expect many humans?
They unwittingly halt me in my tracks. As I stand there looking up, something tells me to look down….
At my feet, I discover another world…. a glowing white shelf mushroom carpeted by brilliant green moss, set contrast to a dark saturated tree stump. I no longer hear the clatter of the chickadees, because I am lost in the contour of the moss. My eyes follow every fern-like curve. I observe its green gradient from dark green- to medium- to light- to white tips.
The chickadees are not amused by my fern moss and mushroom rapture, so they maintain their scold. I know when I'm not welcome. I'm leaving. I'm leaving.
I walk away knowing the secret of where my beauties live…..under the chant of the chickadees.
It is our responsibility as artists to find what they are trying to distract you from, and paint it … or carve it … or sculpt it … write about it. You're doing a great job fulfilling your responsibility … . Thank you for your art!
Ha ha ha…raccoons of the bird world. 😀 They are feisty aren't they? I do like sleep more though….
Are you certain it was not wrens that were chattering? I put up 4 wren homes and the chattering is pretty loud, especially at 4:30 am. Then the chicadees sing with their two note melody and it's quite a cacophony of sounds!


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Q: SonarQube "Close this ConfigurableApplicationContext" in Spring Boot project I have blocker issue "Close this "ConfigurableApplicationContext"" in main method
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    SpringApplication.run(MyApplication.class, args);
}

I've tried code from SonarQube example
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    ConfigurableApplicationContext context = null;
    try
    {
        context = SpringApplication.run(MyApplication.class, args);
    }
    finally
    {
        if (context != null) {
            context.close();
        }
    }
}

but it closes the context right after starting.
How to fix this issue?

A: The issue that SonarQube is reporting is a false positive and should be ignored. SonarQube's FAQ lists some options for removing false positives:

False-Positive and Won't Fix
You can mark individual issues as False Positive or Won't Fix through the issues interface. However, this solution doesn't work across branches - you'll have to re-mark the issue False Positive for each branch under analysis. So an in-code approach may be preferable if multiple branches of a project are under analysis:
//NOSONAR
You can use the mechanism embedded in rules engine (//NOPMD...) or the generic mechanism implemented in SonarQube: put //NOSONAR at the end of the line of the issue. This will suppress the issue.
Switch Off Issues
You can review an issue to flag it as false positive directly from the user interface.

A: If you have a web application, the application context will be destroyed (I think by ContextLoaderListener, not sure), no explicit code is needed.
In the case of a command line application, the context must be destroyed manually, otherwise beans will not be destroyed properly - @PreDestroy methods will not be called. E.g:
@Bean
public ApplicationRunner applicationRunner() {
    return new ApplicationRunner() {
        public void run(ApplicationArguments args) throws Exception {

            try {
                doStuff();
            } finally {
                context.close();
            }
        }

I noticed this when a Cassandra session stayed open after my spring boot command line application has finished.

A: I was always thinking, that it is false/positive.
But you can test this with a this few lines.
@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
@SpringBootTest
public class YourApplicationTest {

    @Test
    public void shouldLoadApplicationContext() {
    }

    @Test
    public void applicationTest() {
        YourApplication.main(new String[] {});
    }

}

Now Sonar is saying, this is tested!
(Kudos goes out to: Robert @ https://stackoverflow.com/a/41775613/863403)

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Rockets: Harden's 57 points were just short of his career-best 61 against the Knicks on Jan. 23. . Eric Gordon (rest) was given the night off, and Kenneth Faried sat out with left knee soreness. … Harden's streak of five straight double-doubles ended. … Houston made 21 3-pointers, the most by a Memphis opponent this season and second-most in Grizzlies franchise history (23 by the Pistons on April 8, 2018).
Grizzlies: Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel, signed recently by the Memphis Express of the Alliance of American Football, attended the game. … Conley has scored at least 20 points in six straight games, matching the longest such streak of his career. … Memphis recorded no blocks for the first time this season.


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Towards a common future: The path to equality in the Commonwealth (2020).
Building Stronger Equality Movements: Executive Summary (2020).
Building Stronger Equality Movements: Intergenerational approaches to advancing women's and LGBT+ rights in the Commonwealth (2020).
Building Stronger Equality Movements: Intersectional approaches to advancing women's and LGBT+ rights in the Commonwealth (2020).
Building Stronger Equality Movements: Managing backlash against women's and LGBT+ rights movements in the Commonwealth (2020).
Changing the Law - A Case Study: Pakistan Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2018 (2019). (Urdu version).
Changing the Law - A Case Study: Pakistan Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2018 (2019). (English version).
A Guide for Commonwealth Leaders - Activate Your Power: Engaging Youth to Reform Discriminatory Laws (2019).
A Fairer Future: Law reform and advocacy opportunities for women and PIDSOGIESC+ rights in the Commonwealth Pacific (2019).
The Power of ICT: Enhancing Opportunities for youth engagement in governance processes (2017).
A Commonwealth Toolkit for Policy Progress on LGBT Rights (2016). View the factsheet.
The Gender Agenda: Youth Perspectives from across the Commonwealth (2015).
Preventing Child Marriage in the Commonwealth: the Role of Education (2015).
Collaboration and Consensus: Building a Constructive Commonwealth Approach to LGBT Rights (2015).
Hidden Violence in the Commonwealth (2014). View the infographic.
The Commonwealth and Human Rights: Priorities from Colombo to Valletta (2014).
Empowering Girls: What the Commonwealth can do to end Early and Forced Child Marriage (2013).
Because You're a Girl: Growing up in the Commonwealth (2011).
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"Love Takes Time" is a song by the soft rock band Orleans. It peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1979 and was their biggest hit since their 1976 single "Still the One."  The song also reached number 13 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart.  In Canada, "Love Takes Time" peaked at #23 for two weeks.

It is arguably their third most popular song overall, behind "Dance with Me" and "Still the One," and their most popular song without lead singer John Hall. Written by Larry Hoppen and Marilyn Mason, it was the first track on the band's 1979 album Forever.

Critical reception
The song received mixed reviews. Though popular, the song was called "bubbly but shallow" by the Lawrence Journal-World.  Cash Box said it has "a strong, rolling chorus" as well as "synthesizer coloration, firm pounding beat, piano, searing guitar fills, tambourine and dynamic singing." Record World called it "a slick pop rocker right in the same mold [as previous Orleans' hits]."

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Community managers are getting lazy. I think it's because many who actually hold the title, aren't really doing the job. On some level, it isn't their fault. The people hiring them don't know what they're looking for and many are strictly numbers driven.
Success is measured in "likes" and 'comments." Job descriptions mention the growth of a Facebook or Twitter community, when there isn't one in existence in the first place. Fans and followers do not constitute a community. But despite how I feel about that, which is all based on experience, the jobs are plenty and that is a good thing. But community management is an art and a craft that must be fostered and developed.
1. They are constantly asking users to help them reach specific milestones. You've seen it before: "Help us get to 5,000 fans," "Like this post so we can beat our record of 90 likes on a single post," Five more comments to reach 100, come on..post!" Does this sound familiar? I know you've seen it. This is the absolute laziest way to grow a community. It's all about numbers to the people who do this. I hate to even refer to them as community managers. They could care less about actual engagement. They're just looking for bragging rights.
2. They don't bother to learn about community management as a craft, or how to improve. I am not saying they don't read or subscribe to blogs about social media. They do that. But they probably don't read blogs about community management or take time to visit other successful communities to see what makes them great. They're not reading Rich Millington's Feverbee, Martin Reed's Community Spark, Blaise Grimes-Viort, Connie Bensen, Alison Michalk, emoderation, The Community Roundtable, Dawn Foster's Fast Wonder, or Patrick O'Keefe. When you care about community management, you connect with these thought leaders.
3. They don't contribute as much as they should. Any community manager worth their weight knows that oftentimes you have to be the biggest contributor. The others fail to realize that they must lead by example and if they would just communicate with members of the community, they'd soon become an influential force with the ability to make things happen.They'd rather ask participants to "share their stories" on some boring topic and deem themselves an expert at engagement once the entries start rolling in.
4. They phone it in, scheduling posts in bulk with no interest in real-time conversations. These community manager-types don't deal with the present or what's happening in the real world. Timeliness is unimportant, as long as they reach those numbers. They automate it all, and set cruise control.
5. They spend more time searching for their next social media job than fostering dialogue and discussions. This one needs no explanation. There is nothing wrong with being ambitious. I certainly fit the bill. But why not focus on actually growing a successful community so that when you do get that next opportunity, you're a shoe-in?
I've interviewed many people who tell me they know how to engage and they've run all sorts of campaigns that tripled a company's fan base and ran a successful Twitter chat. But when the conversation gets deep and I try to hone in on how they engage and maintain a user base, the answers are pretty thin. It's clear that they haven't been in the trenches, or if they were, they didn't want to be there.
So there you have the five habits of highly ineffective community managers. There are definitely more and I do plan to bring them to light over the next few months. In the meantime, if there are any others you've seen, I'd love to hear about them.
Sounds to me like the reason so many of these ineffective community managers are ineffective is because they're spending all of their time as social media managers.
Community managers don't care about fans, likes, tweets or followers. Community managers care about people and community.
You just said a mouthful Greg. I couldn't agree more. There is a real difference and I'm glad to be in the company of someone who knows it. Thanks for your comment!
Community managers also need to get the organizations they work for to care about more than followers, likes and shares. That can be a tough road…making it easy to go the lazy route…versus try to build community.
Anytime, Blaise. You know I enjoy your work. And yes, Greg was spot on!
Hey Melany: It CAN be tough but you and I both know that the community manager MUST be an advocate for the community. I found that reporting small successes went a long way and kept the big wigs in the loop on the community's overall effectiveness and success.
Thanks for the mention, Angela. I appreciate it. Hope all is well.
BE they lazy or mis-titled, I do not know. Of significance to me is that there are so few real communities out there – the reality is that they are one dimensional groups of people who are tolerated and resourced providing they enhance the capacity of the marketing arm of the host organisation. I am just as cynical about the host organisations that seek to build a presence. Perhaps this is a reflection of the way that communities are valued generally in society? Who are the community builders in society at large? They tend not to be those with a strong sense of self entitlement, with short term myopic goals for their own interests, and they don't focus on control and command type leadership.
Hi Angela, great post and thanks so kindly for the mention! It would seem that collectively we have a bee in our bonnet, it was only a few days ago I wrote an article for an Australian industry website reminding people that community managers weren't born last week and that the skill set and knowledge dates back for decades – well beyond the existence of Facebook!
Amen to that, Alison. You are right about that. Some of the Facebook pages don't have communities at all. It is so misguided and I cringe when I hear people talk about community management that way. Please share the link to that post. I'd love to read it!
Alison, I would very much like to read your article, can you send along the url?
Jill, applaud your thinking. Countless leaders have and will continue to do important work in communities irrespective of the ability to monetize communities now with technology advances.
Mostly I'm grateful Angela to get connected with you and other like minded individuals as leadership can be lonely.


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Sci-Fi & FantasyCyberServe Inc.
CyberServe Inc.
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Jim Babbage
Carol Bool
CyberServe Inc.CEO -- Owner Daryl Babbage.
Cybertized -- Part 1
"What! And you said nothing!" Carol was spitting mad now.
"There was nothing I could do that would change the situation. You know I hate the whole concept and idea of it."
"Oh sure you do, and you just hate the money it brings in too don't you?"
Jim knew nothing he could say at the moment that would help so he kept quiet. He didn't want to fight with her, and certainly not in a public bar. People were already looking at the them. It was plain to all that the young couple were having a nasty fight.
"I'll be right back, and you can use some of your uncles, money to get me another drink, a double!"
Jim nodded as Carol slipped out of the booth and walked to the ladies room. Stomped was more like it, but in her little black dress, stomping or not, she looked really sensational.
Jim got the drinks and was sitting at the table waiting for Carol to return. Carol opposed the new Cyberdization Laws, which allowed criminals to be sentenced to be Cyberdized, turning them into safe obedient Cyborg Drones. For Jim the situation wasn't so simple. Jim huffed a bit as he thought that Carol was angry at him for being who he was, but she was happy for him to spend his money on her! She could be a bitch at times when she felt like it, and the whole issue of cyber-drones had her well and truly worked up. Jim thought it was terrible to be a washed up ex-con. Carol just wouldn't understand. The Cyber Project was officially the brain child of his uncle, who had founded his company 10 years ago, and today it was the leading manufacturer of Cyborgs. Daryll Babbage was almost like a father to Jim. After his dad and mom had been killed, in a car crash, Daryl had brought him up, and had nurtured Jim's love of science. That made him almost a traitor to Carol sometimes. She was an activist who flitted from protect to protest. They had known each other since year one at school, and had gone from being best friends to lovers almost without realising it. Now they lived in the spacious apartment Jim had bought last year, with money he earned from working at CyberServe Inc. Carol had no idea just how deeply involved he was with the whole human cyborg project. She wasn't stupid and she knew that recently he had been keeping things from her. No Carol was too headstrong and clever sometimes for her own good.
He glanced up and saw her returning from the ladies. She sat down sliding her tanned legs under the table and flashing a lot of thigh as she did it. He looked at her and tried to gauge what sort of a mood she was in. She was slim fit and had a body many models would die for. She was definitely drop dead gorgeous! How had he ever managed to hook up with her! He ran his eyes up from her thighs to her rounded 34C breasts and up to her face framed with its long auburn hair that was fins and wavy and fell to well below her shoulders. Her blue eyes were no longer angry and had a hint of lustful amusement in them. She always knew when he gave her the look over!
"I'm sorry, I let the whole cyborg thing ruin our night out. I know it's hard for you, being related to the high and mighty Daryl Babbage, and having to work for him too."
Jim was pleased she wasn't shouting anymore, but he knew her too well to think she would drop the whole issue. She might;et it lie now and they would almost certainly be having great sex soon, but sometime soon she would pick up where they had left off, like a dog with a bone. Still she was right about tonight, so why let it ruin the rest of the evening and what was to come later.
"It's all right, the night is still young and we can..." Jim wasn't able to finish what he was saying as Carol's cell phone went off. She looked annoyed, and mouthed sorry to him as she answered it.
Jim saw her face go pale, and her eyes widened with shock. She said, "Say that again Jane. I want to be sure I heard you correctly....oh.... ahah ....yes....yes we must....ah, I can't talk now, in a bar with people....yes that will be fine....later then, bye and thanks for letting me know."
"What was that about Carol?"
"Ah nothing. Sorry it's kinda of personal, it's Jane ... she is..a needs my help...sorry girlie stuff . I'm so sorry but I have to go."
"Ah OK, can I do anything to help?"
"No definitely not....ah, no sorry." She sounded flustered, worried, angry and confused all at once. Something was very wrong and she was hiding it from him.
Carol bent down and gave him a quick kiss and hurried off. She took the car keys too. Just then his cell rang with the emergency work tone.
"Jim here, what's up?"
"Jim, It's Daryl, we've had a break in and things have gone crazy here, we need you to come immediately. Don't tell Carol."
"OK, send a car or I'll have to get a cab. Carol just left and she took the car."
"Tell me where you are and I'll arrange for you to be picked up. The driver will bring you up to speed on the ride here."
With no warning he hung up after Jim had told him the name of the bar.
Something was really wrong for Daryl to act like that, and was Carol's strange call and behaviour connected to it? Was he being paranoid to think there might be a connection?
Thirty five minutes later Jim was standing in the lab. It was half wrecked. Luckily all the sensitive equipment was in the other lab, the one the public never saw. Two masked women were sitting sullenly on plastic lab chairs. Security guards standing over them making sure they were going nowhere. He recognised both of them with a shock, as the ski masks were pulled off the girls. Carol's younger sister and her best friend Jane! A scream echoed down the corridor outside the lab and the door banged open as a burly security guard hauled another masked female saboteur into the room.
"Get off me you fascist pig." Jim groaned as he recognised the voice, "Carol!"
"Jim! What are you doing here?"
"I work here remember!"
The head of security said, "I think you need to see what they discovered.."
They all watched the cell phone video, pics, doc pics and Jim swallowed hard as the implications of it hit home. Someone had been careless and left extremely sensitive data out in the open. He grew really angry. The work here had to remain in-company it was too valuable to be allowed to fall into the hands of competitors.
"They can't be allowed to make this public Jim you know that."
"I know, maybe I can talk them around." Jim looked at Daryl as he said it, he knew they were way too dedicated to keep quiet about this. Also if the public found out they would be terrified too. They'd act all righteous and have the company shut down. Jim could well believe that he and Darly would end up in jail too. His assistant was definitely going to get a roasting for leaving this information out.
"Jim grow an backbone and stand up to your fucking uncle for once." Carol spat at him.
"You know they must be silenced, permanently Jim. Carol is just too dedicted to fighting Cyberdizing, and too stupid to see the benefits our work offers."
Jim knew his uncle was right, and Carol saw the look of resignation on his face, for a second he seemed to hate himself for it, and then her for causing this trouble.
"I know, but we don't need to kill them. I have a better idea."
The security guards carried the three squirming girls towards the wall at the back of the lab. Jim pressed a concealed button. The girls stopped wriggling and looked on wide eyed as a section of wall slid aside revealing a large lab filled with equipment.
Daryl was smiling and was looking proud. Jim felt both excited and sad. Carol realised with revulsion that this aroused Jim.
"XC04 activate. Come here." Jim watched the horrified look on the girl's faces as they realised he had a Cyborg here.
"Affirmative Master."
The thing was 5'9" tall, with a shiny metallic blue skin that completely covered it, except for it head, breasts, ass and crotch, which looked like normal human skin. Carol looked at the thing and saw it's face bore a striking resemblance to her. It's head was bald an a data port was located at the base of the neck, it's skin and metal joined seamlessly and flowed down to the hairless pussy and ass that formed a the lower human looking section. She shuddered thinking that once this had been a real person. Now it was just a servant, and a play thing as she guessed this thing was fully capable of sex.
"XCO4 target this girl. Initiate compliance protocol Pre-Drone 1."
Carol felt a cold chill run down her spine, hopefully she was wrong. The thing raised its hand and a dull hum and a green glow emanated from it. The drone placed it's hand in front of Jane's face. Carol cast a quick look at Jim and was disgusted to seem him watching intently and he was turned on by this. Looking back at Jane she saw her friend try to turn her head head away, but the security guard clamped his hands to the side of her head and made her look at the glowing green cyborg hand. Slowly Jane started to struggle less, she seemed to stop caring and her face went blank.
"Protol Pre-Drone-1 Complete Master. Initate Protocol Pre-Drone 2?"
The drones emotionless voice was mirrored in Jane's state as she sat stiffly upright, her face blank of emotion and her eyes empty of any awareness of her surroundings.
"Do it XC04. If successful return to your alcove to continue recharging."
Pointing at Jane the Drone said, "Stand up, remove all your garments, and await further instructions."
Carol was horrified as Jane stiffly stood up and took her clothes off. Jane was terrified of people seeing her naked in public!
The Drone watched Jane, and when she was naked and standing stock still, it turned and walked to a corner alcove and stepped inside it. The alcove hummed, a cable snaked out and plugged itself into the data-port in her neck, supports fastened themselves to the drones arms and legs and its eyes started to glow green as it recharged.
The security guards were grinning and leering at Jane, and Carol was disgusted to see the security head, Jim and his uncle were no better.
Carol's sister was shaking with fear and screamed, "Perverts. You can't do this its not right."
Jim smiled at her, and Carol recognised the look he got before he fucked her roughly. "I will not be doing this to you two, no Jane will become a drone. But neither of you will be drones."
A sense of relief flooded through Carol as she heard Jim say that. "Now Pre-Drone go to the table there and lie down on it."
The entranced Jane replied, "Affirmative."
Carol was sickened to see her friend treated like this, but she was also fascinated to see what would happen, especially now she was not going to become a drone too. She felt guilty at her desire to see Jane converted. Poor Jane she had always been so caring so dedicated to the public good.
Jim pressed a button and metal bands clamped themselves around Jane's wrists and ankles. With a loud click a collar snapped shut around her neck. The table whizzed as it moved Jane into X shape.
Jim had always been turned on by X-frames, so Carol wasn't surprised that he had made his lab equipment into a hi-tech version of one. He really was sick, she had never realised until now just how sick!
Jim pressed a series of menu options on the control screen. Metal tubes rose up from the sides of the table and buried themselves into Jane's naked flesh and started pumping something into her. A few seconds later Jane screamed, "What the fuck are you doing to me? Let me go...please... Carol what are they doing?"
Tears started to pour down Carol's face. Somehow it seemed so clinical with a passive compliant subject, but now a fully conscious and terrified Jane tore at her emotions.
"I am so so sorry Jane. Please stop this Jim, we won't tell anyone...please!" Carol implored him to stop, but he was actually smiling!
Jane screamed in agony as more fluid was pumped into her through the metal tubes and now it burned.
A hood descended covering Jane's face, partially muffling her screams, it forced a gag into her mouth and more fluid was pumped into her. The hood now completely enclosed Jane's head and the screaming stopped. A smell of burning flesh filled the room. The hood whirred and it lifted off Jane's head revealing a bloody red face and skull. Carol realised the hood had burned her hair off and had removed the top layer of skin from her face and skull. A data cable neatly plugged itself into Jane's newly fitted data-port at the base of her neck.
Carol jumped as the computer announced, "Drone body modification phase 1 complete."
"What does that mean?" Carol asked fearfully. This was a horror show but she couldn't stop her curiosity.
"Jane is mentally unaltered at the moment, physically she has all the nanobots required for conversion in her body, but they are inactive." Jim was loving this and Carol was surprised he could have kept this sadistic side from her. "If we released her now she would just have the scarring from the facial skinning. Nothing we couldn't fix easily. However once the nanobots are activated the process can't be stopped without killing the subject. So she is either converted successfully or we cremate her."
"Please please stop this." Carol pleaded and her sister nodded through her own tears.
"And not let you see the conversion phase! It's so wonderful to watch." And he clicked a button on the control panel. The table started to whirr and hum loudly again.
"Noooooo. You bastard Jim." Carol looked at Jane bathed in the eerie blow light from the table and overhead projectors. Jane's body suddenly started to thrash against her restraints. After a few minutes Jane lay still. Colour seemed to ooze out of her skin spreading a blue film over most of her body. The colour deepened in colour until it was the metallic blue of the Drone they had just seen. It seemed to ripple and then took on a shiny smooth look. Skin colour flowed over Jane's face and skull repairing the bloody wounds. It rippled and the face was no longer Jane's but appered to be a blend of Carol and Jane's features. New skin covered Jane's exposed tits, pussy and ass too.
"Drone Body Modification Complete. Commencing Drone control protocol Installation."
"Now once this stage is complete we have a new drone. Would you like to have the new drone Carol? Or you Sally?"
"Bastard. And to think I loved you!"
"Jim is quite a piece of work. Quite brilliant, he even experimented on his own parents as a boy... Oh that's right the car crash story was a cover up. He lobotomised them with his faulty nanobot." Daryl didn't seem a bit upset at his brother and sister-in-laws deaths.
Carol's mouth was hanging open as she realised just how criminally insane Jim was.
"So Jim invented the whole cyber conversion process, and you just exploited it?"
Daryl smiled at Jim warmly, "She is extremely clever just as you said. I can see why you like her, well apart from the obvious smoking hot body. Which I am dying to see soon"
"What the fuck! You said I wasn't..." Carol didn't get a chance to finish as Jim jumped in, " wasn't going to turn you into a drone. I never said we were not going to convert you."
Fear welled up in her again as she looked at the new Drone that had been her friend Jane. Sally was whimpering softly too.
"Drone Protocol Installation Complete. Drone Bootup Commencing."
The table lowered Jane to the ground, the clamps released and she stood up took a step forward and said, "Drone XC09 Initial status check 100%. Awaiting Instructions."
"Report Owner status."
"Unit Drone XC09 is the property of CyberServe Inc."
"Oh Jane, I am so terribly sorry." The new drone took no notice of Carol.
"Jane looks a lot more compliant now. You remember the time you and Jane refused to have a foursome with me and her boyfriend? You wouldn't even put on a show for us or do threesomes. Well she nolonger has any inhibitions honey." Jim sounded so turned on it scare the shit out of Carol.
"I thought you were joking you fucking whacko!"
"Fucking whacko eh. XCO9 engage Sex Mode with that security guard."
Carol watched her ex-friend expertly pull the guard's cock out and proceeded to give him a BJ. As she watched she felt herself tingling and felt herself getting wet. She always had enjoyed being tied and used sexually, but she was surprised that this should float her boat!
"XC04, come here engage Sex Mode 2 with the prisoner designated Sally."
"Keep it away from me. Nooo." Sally was being held by an excited guard as XC04 ripped Sally's clothes off as if they were made of paper.
"You will obey Mistress XC04 or be punished. Lie on your back.Open your legs wide."
"Fuck you bitch." Sally shouted hysterically.
Carol was crying again as she watched Jane now riding the naked guard and her naked sister being slapped and thrown to the lab floor.
"You will obey Mistress XC04 or be punished. Lie on your back. Open your legs wide."
Sobbing Sally did as she was told. The drone's slap had nearly broken her jaw.
Horrified and fascinated Carol watched as Sally was eaten by the drone and she was moaning with pleasure despite the terrible situation. Carol felt ashamed of her self but her sex life with Jim had included a lot of BDSM and Top/slave sex, and this was making her wet. Sally screamed as the drone licked her clit and plunged three fingers deep inside her soaking wet shaved pussy. Carol's hand started to rub her own pussy unconsciously. The guards were enjoying watching Carol as she had exposed herself. Her hitched up dress revealing she had o panties on. She had taken them off in the ladies at the bar, intending to get Jim to finger her on the ride home.
Daryl looked at his watch and said, "As much fun as this is we still have to finish with Sally and Carol quickly. Time is running out and we need everything squared away before the first staff members arrive in the morning."
Jim looked disappointed but nodded. "XC09, XC04 engage normal drone mode and strap Sally onto the processing table."
Sally tried to scramble to her feet but XC04's hands clamps around her arm in a vice like grip, despite being covered in Sally's pussy juice.
Carol looked at Sally on the x-frame table, trying to shut out her screams as the tubes inserted themselves into her.
Jim tapped on the control panel and Sally managed to yell, "Fuck you all, ahhhhhhh" Her remaining curses and screams were muffled as the hood covered her face.
Carol called over, "You're a sick perverted shit head and a fucking liar. You said we wouldn't be drones and there Sally is on that table being turned into one of your monsters. And I guess I'm going to follow her next?"
"No you two will not be drones Carol, that is the truth, and yes you will be next."
"How sure are you this will work?" Daryl was licking his lips as the hood detached itself revealing the skinned face of a now silent and unconscious Sally. Carol felt so sad as she looked at her sister, but she was scared shitless at the idea of being strapped there herself, undergoing that abomination of a process.
"ArtSoul-alpha-1123.4z body modification phase 1 complete." The computer announced.
"An alpha programme? Does that mean it's likely to fail?" Carol asked. She was horrified at the whole situation she still wanted her sister to survive, if you could called the life after this conversion as living.
"Yes and in that case we have to terminate the subject. Despite what you think I do love you and want alive, so your sister is the first test subject for programme. If it works you will have an AI soul and be better than human."
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Disease: Guinea Worm Disease (Dracunculiasis)
Guinea worm disease facts*
*Guinea worm disease facts by John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP
Dracunculiasis, more commonly known as Guinea worm disease (GWD), is a preventable infection caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis.
In 2011, only four countries reported cases of GWD: Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, and South Sudan.
Anyone who drinks standing pond water contaminated by persons with GWD is at risk for infection.
About 1 year after a person drinks contaminated water, the adult female Guinea worm emerges from a painful blister on the skin of the infected person.
A few days to hours before the worm emerges, the person may develop symptoms of fever, swelling, and pain in the area. More than 90% of the worms appear on the legs and feet.
There is no drug to treat Guinea worm disease (GWD) and no vaccine to prevent infection. Once the worm emerges from the wound, it can only be pulled out a few centimeters each day and wrapped around a piece of gauze or small stick. This process usually takes weeks or months. The worm can also be surgically removed by a doctor before an ulcer forms.
To prevent GWD, education on how to make drinking water safe is key.
What is dracunculiasis?
Dracunculiasis, more commonly known as Guinea worm disease (GWD), is a preventable infection caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis. Infection affects poor communities in remote parts of Africa that do not have safe water to drink.
Currently, many organizations, including The Global 2000 program of The Carter Center of Emory University, UNICEF, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the World Health Organization (WHO) are helping to eradicate the disease. Since 1986, when an estimated 3.5 million people were infected annually, the campaign has eliminated much of the disease. The number of cases went down to 542 in 2012.
In 2011, only four countries reported cases of GWD: Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, and South Sudan. All affected countries are aiming to eliminate Guinea worm disease as soon as possible.
Life cycle of Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm disease). Source: CDC
How does Guinea worm disease spread?
Approximately 1 year after a person drinks contaminated water, the adult female Guinea worm emerges from the skin of the infected person. Persons with worms protruding through the skin may enter sources of drinking water and unwittingly allow the worm to release larvae into the water. These larvae are ingested by microscopic copepods (tiny "water fleas") that live in these water sources. Persons become infected by drinking water containing the water fleas harboring the Guinea worm larvae.
Once ingested, the stomach acid digests the water fleas, but not the Guinea worm larvae. These larvae find their way to the small intestine, where they penetrate the wall of the intestine and pass into the body cavity. During the next 10-14 months, the female Guinea worm larvae grow into full size adults, 60-100 centimeters (2-3 feet) long and as wide as a cooked spaghetti noodle. These adult female worms then migrate and emerge from the skin anywhere on the body, but usually on the lower limbs.
A blister develops on the skin at the site where the worm will emerge. This blister causes a very painful burning sensation and it ruptures within 24-72 hours. Immersion of the affected limb into water helps relieve the pain but it also triggers the Guinea worm to release a milky white liquid containing millions of immature larvae into the water, thus contaminating the water supply and starting the cycle over again. For several days after it has emerged from the ulcer, the female Guinea worm is capable of releasing more larvae whenever it comes in contact with water.
What are the signs and symptoms of Guinea worm disease?
Infected persons do not usually have symptoms until about one year after they become infected. A few days to hours before the worm emerges, the person may develop a fever, swelling, and pain in the area. More than 90% of the worms appear on the legs and feet, but may occur anywhere on the body.
People, in remote, rural communities who are most commonly affected by Guinea worm disease (GWD) frequently do not have access to medical care. Emergence of the adult female worm can be very painful, slow, and disabling. Frequently, the skin lesions caused by the worm develop secondary bacterial infections, which exacerbate the pain, and extend the period of incapacitation to weeks or months. Sometimes permanent disability results if joints are infected and become locked.
What is the treatment for Guinea worm disease?
There is no drug to treat Guinea worm disease (GWD) and no vaccine to prevent infection. Once the worm emerges from the wound, it can only be pulled out a few centimeters each day and wrapped around a piece of gauze or small stick. Sometimes the worm can be pulled out completely within a few days, but this process usually takes weeks or months. Analgesics, such as aspirin or ibuprofen, can help reduce swelling; antibiotic ointment can help prevent bacterial infections. The worm can also be surgically removed by a trained doctor in a medical facility before an ulcer forms.
Where is Guinea worm disease found?
Dracunculiasis now occurs only in 4 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Transmission of the disease is most common in very remote rural villages and in areas visited by nomadic groups. In 2011, only four countries reported cases of GWD: Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, and South Sudan, with the majority of cases in South Sudan.
Asia is now free of the disease. Transmission of GWD no longer occurs in several African countries, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Mauritania, Senegal, Togo, and Uganda. No locally acquired cases of disease have been reported in these countries in the last year or more. The treatment of case importations from the remaining endemic countries requires that surveillance be maintained in formerly endemic areas until official certification. The World Health Organization has certified 180 countries free of transmission of Dracunculiasis, including six formerly endemic countries: Pakistan (in 1996), India (in 2000), Senegal and Yemen (in 2004), Central African Republic and Cameroon (in 2007).
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Home BREAKING NEWS Top Cast for 'Mira, Royal Detective' on Disney Junior
Top Cast for 'Mira, Royal Detective' on Disney Junior
'Mira, Royal Detective', an animated series, will premiere in the US and India on Disney Junior on March 22, 2020. Photo: Disney Junior.
The much-awaited Disney Junior's animated series 'Mira, Royal Detective', featuring a cast of characters set in a fictional land in India, has voiceover by top notch Indian American and Indian-origin actors. It will premiere in the U.S. on March 20, 2020.
Disney Channel India will also be premiering a sneak-peek that same day, followed by the series premiere on Sunday, March 22.
Set in the magical Indian-inspired land of Jalpur, the series introduces a brave and resourceful girl named Mira, a commoner who is appointed to the role of royal detective by the queen. Following its premiere in the U.S. and India, the series will roll out worldwide in an estimated 160 countries on Disney Channel and Disney Junior platforms globally.
'Mira, Royal Detective,' which has already been ordered for a second season, stars Freida Pinto, Kal Penn, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Hannah Simone, Jameela Jamil, Aparna Nancherla, Aasif Mandvi, Karan Soni, Maulik Pancholy, Sarayu Blue and Sarita Choudhury.
Newcomer Leela Ladnier, 16, stars as the voice of Mira, alongside additional cast members Roshni Edwards, Kamran Lucas, Karan Brar, Parvesh Cheena and Sonal Shah.
Joining the previously announced cast in recurring and guest star roles are Kunal Nayyar ("The Big Bang Theory"), Danny Pudi (Disney's "DuckTales"), Iqbal Theba ("Glee"), Sunita Mani ("GLOW"), Karen David ("Fear the Walking Dead"), Rizwan Manji ("Perfect Harmony"), Hari Kondabolu ("Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell"), Nardeep Khurmi ("Jane the Virgin"), Aarti Sequeira ("The Next Food Network Star"), Avantika Vandanapu (Disney+ Original Series "Diary of a Future President"), Julian Zane (Disney's "Doc McStuffins"), Brian George ("The Big Bang Theory"), Sakina Jaffrey ("House of Cards") and Madhur Jaffrey ("I Feel Bad").
Created for kids age 2-7 and their families, 'Mira, Royal Detective' centers on Mira, who, along with her friend Prince Neel, creative cousin Priya, and comical mongoose sidekicks Mikku and Chikku, set out on mystery-solving adventures that highlight critical thinking and encourage deductive reasoning for young viewers, according to press materials released by Disney Junior.
Freida Pinto voices Queen Shanti, the regal figure who hires Mira to investigate mysteries in the kingdom, according to Entertainment Weekly. Jameela Jamil, who just said goodbye to The Good Place, will be giving voice to a new character in 'Mira, Royal Detective', Auntie Pushpa. Kal Penn provides the voice for the adorable Mikku, one of Mira's mongoose sidekicks. Utkarsh Ambudkar lends his voice to Chikku, Mira's other mongoose sidekick. Hannah Simone takes on the character of Pinky, a young commoner. Aasif Mandvi voices Mira's father, Sahil. Aparna Nancherla (BoJack Horseman) portrays Mira's cousin Meena, the report said.
Each episode is comprised of two 11-minute stories that celebrate the cultures and customs of India by incorporating authentic food, fashion, language and art. Reflecting their importance in Indian culture, music and dance play an integral role in "Mira, Royal Detective," with each episode featuring at least one original song and dance number that showcases the diversity of the culture.
A music video featuring a mash-up of the series' main title song and Mira's song, "We're on the Case," will debut Friday, Feb. 21, on DisneyMusicVevo and in the DisneyNOW app. In conjunction with the series premiere on Friday, March 20, Walt Disney Records will release a digital soundtrack with 20 songs from the series, and the DisneyNOW app will debut a hidden object game in which players are invited to help Mira solve mysteries by following a trail of clues in an immersive 3D environment. Additional extensions for the series will continue to roll out later this year.
In advance of the series premiere, Disney Parks, Experiences & Products will debut a product line by Just Play at the 2020 American International Toy Fair. Featuring dolls, role-play products, figures, playset and more, the line is set to release Fall 2020.
Emmy® Award-nominated Sascha Paladino ("Miles from Tomorrowland") is executive producer of the series. Becca Topol ("Elena of Avalor") is series developer and story editor, and will also serve as co-producer on season two. IW Group's Shagorika Ghosh Perkins is the series' cultural consultant and consulting producer. Additional consultants include Bollywood dancer and choreographer Nakul Dev Mahajan ("So You Think You Can Dance") and music producer Deepak Ramapriyan ("Basmati Blues"). Emmy Award nominees Matthew Tishler ("High School Musical: The Musical: The Series") and Jeannie Lurie ("The Muppets") write and produce the original songs, and Amritha Vaz ("Miss India America") serves as composer. The series is produced by Wild Canary in association with Disney Junior, with animation provided by Technicolor India.
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About the Nissan Navara
Nissan Navara in considered the name for the D22 and D40 generations of Nissan pickup trucks sold in Asia while in the North, Central and South America in addition to the Philippines it happens to be sold as Nissan Frontier. The line was were only available in 1998, and also it immediate predecessor is definitely the D21 Nissan Hardbody truck. At the time of 2002, the D22 series Nissan Truck is not really sold in Japan, by using an primary market having been relocated to Canada And America. Now built with all the Smyrna, Tennessee Nissan factory.
Nissan was the pioneer associated with the "Hardbody" or "Nissan Frontier" since 1986. The most important was the D21, regarded as a small pick up. After in excess of 10 years making use of the D21, as soon as generation Navara was manufactured from 1998 and went until 2005 which was classed to be a compact sized pick up. It seemed to be replaced aided by the bigger, taller, longer D40, which Nissan now considers being a mid-size pick up truck.
The Navara gets its name coming from a Navarre region of northern Spain, and so the European version is built while at the Nissan factory in Barcelona.
The Frontier has been around since 1997 for any of the 1998 model year as an alternative for the aging 1986.5-1997 Nissan Hardbody Truck. Nissan first offered the Frontier with a 4-cylinder engine, the KA24DE, but added the V6 engine, the VG33E in 1999. Elsewhere, the Frontier had also been referred to as the Nissan Navara.
That changed, to make the introduction with regards to 2000 Frontier Crew Cab. The Crew Cab was the first compact pickup to provide a 4-door body-style in The United States. Until that point, crew cabs were large loads of versions of full-size trucks and were mainly used as commercial vehicles, although four-door compact pickups existed in Asia and Europe for a long time.
For 2001, Nissan facelifted the Frontier, introducing bolder styling small company isn't always allow it to be more appealing to younger buyers in its second generation. The Frontier was completely redone after the 2004 model year, which later resulted included in the suspension of all of the regular cab model, indefinitely.
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Datsun Japan
Frontier USA, Canada, Philippines, Argentina and Brazil
Fiera Bolivia
Terrano Chile
Pick Up Europe, Central and South America, Africa, Asia
Hard Body Republic Of South Africa
Navara Europe and Australasia
Winner Middle East (Crew Cab only)
Didsun or Datsun Persian Gulf countries
The most important Gen Frontier (2001-2004) was not sold in Japan. It was eventually only produced in Japan for export. Sales and production started in Canada And America, with Crew Cab and King Cab versions and new grille, bumper, headlights, taillights. Other body changes included a built in fender flares and tailgates. Available engines include a petrol 2.4L, 3.3L, and a 3.3L Supercharged version 210 hp (160 kW). It happens to be available with both 2-wheel and 4-wheel drive. Nissan began exporting your current free generation to central and South America where it is definitely referred to as the Nissan Frontier. Single cabs and crew cabs are on the market aided by the Petrol or Diesel engines, 2wd and 4wd. It might be to be found in Australia and New Zealand. The Brazilian plant started production around 2002 (Crew Cab Diesel 2wd or 4wd, 5-speed manual, or single cab 2wd Diesel. Only for Mexican market: petrol 2.4L manufactured in Mexico) and export to Argentina (all Brazilian versions) and Mexico (Crew Cab, Petrol 2.4L, 2wd, Manual 5-speed). The Egyptian Plant exports all the way to Middle East, along with a South African Plant to African countries. Mexican production, starting in 2008: D22 truck Single Cab Chassis and Long Bed (2wd or 4wd, Petrol 2.4L or Diesel, Crew Cab (2wd and Petrol) referred to as the D22 Pick up
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To quickly report, I had a fantastic time with everyone at CGSSS. I am however suffering from the con flu now. I'll be back in bed shortly. Hopefully I'll have some energy to edit the video clips this week.
Thanks to everyone for all the organization, carpooling, karaoke, and fun!
I still have to upload Sunday's photos.


Found on the banks of streams, in deciduous woodlands, in the western USA, Darmera peltata (Indian Rhubarb) is unusual in that it begins flowering on tall stout stems before the leaves emerge. The flowers are pink with white or pale pink petals and the leaves peltate, glossy green above, turning purple during autumn. It associates particularly well with Rodgersia, Astilbe and Gunnera in a waterside setting and is best grown in a moist soil. Hardiness rating H6.
Simply remove old flowers and stems in autumn. Can be propagated from seed, but it is just as easy to divide the woody rhizome in spring. We use an old saw as they are quite tough!


Semiotics is frequently seen as having important anthropological dimensions; for example, Umberto Eco proposes that every cultural phenomenon can be studied as communication. However, some semioticians focus on the logical dimensions of the science. They examine areas belonging also to the natural sciences – such as how organisms make predictions about, and adapt to, their semiotic niche in the world (see semiosis). In general, semiotic theories take signs or sign systems as their object of study: the communication of information in living organisms is covered in biosemiotics or zoosemiosis.
Syntactics is the branch of semiotics that deals with the formal properties of signs and symbols. More precisely, syntactics deals with the "rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences." Charles Morris adds that semantics deals with the relation of signs to their designata and the objects which they may or do denote; and, pragmatics deals with the biotic aspects of semiosis, that is, with all the psychological, biological, and sociological phenomena which occur in the functioning of signs.
All that can fall within the compass of human understanding, being either, first, the nature of things, as they are in themselves, their relations, and their manner of operation: or, secondly, that which man himself ought to do, as a rational and voluntary agent, for the attainment of any end, especially happiness: or, thirdly, the ways and means whereby the knowledge of both the one and the other of these is attained and communicated; I think science may be divided properly into these three sorts.
Nor is there any thing to be relied upon in Physick, but an exact knowledge of medicinal physiology (founded on observation, not principles), semiotics, method of curing, and tried (not excogitated, not commanding) medicines.
In the nineteenth century, Charles Sanders Peirce defined what he termed "semiotic" (which he sometimes spelled as "semeiotic") as the "quasi-necessary, or formal doctrine of signs", which abstracts "what must be the characters of all signs used by...an intelligence capable of learning by experience", and which is philosophical logic pursued in terms of signs and sign processes. Charles Morris followed Peirce in using the term "semiotic" and in extending the discipline beyond human communication to animal learning and use of signals.
It is... possible to conceive of a science which studies the role of signs as part of social life. It would form part of social psychology, and hence of general psychology. We shall call it semiology (from the Greek semeîon, 'sign'). It would investigate the nature of signs and the laws governing them. Since it does not yet exist, one cannot say for certain that it will exist. But it has a right to exist, a place ready for it in advance. Linguistics is only one branch of this general science. The laws which semiology will discover will be laws applicable in linguistics, and linguistics will thus be assigned to a clearly defined place in the field of human knowledge.
—Cited in Chandler's "Semiotics For Beginners", Introduction.
Semioticians classify signs or sign systems in relation to the way they are transmitted (see modality). This process of carrying meaning depends on the use of codes that may be the individual sounds or letters that humans use to form words, the body movements they make to show attitude or emotion, or even something as general as the clothes they wear. To coin a word to refer to a thing (see lexical words), the community must agree on a simple meaning (a denotative meaning) within their language. But that word can transmit that meaning only within the language's grammatical structures and codes (see syntax and semantics). Codes also represent the values of the culture, and are able to add new shades of connotation to every aspect of life.
To explain the relationship between semiotics and communication studies, communication is defined as the process of transferring data from a source to a receiver. Hence, communication theorists construct models based on codes, media, and contexts to explain the biology, psychology, and mechanics involved. Both disciplines also recognize that the technical process cannot be separated from the fact that the receiver must decode the data, i.e., be able to distinguish the data as salient and make meaning out of it. This implies that there is a necessary overlap between semiotics and communication. Indeed, many of the concepts are shared, although in each field the emphasis is different. In Messages and Meanings: An Introduction to Semiotics, Marcel Danesi (1994) suggested that semioticians' priorities were to study signification first and communication second. A more extreme view is offered by Jean-Jacques Nattiez (1987; trans. 1990: 16), who, as a musicologist, considered the theoretical study of communication irrelevant to his application of semiotics.
Semiotics differs from linguistics in that it generalizes the definition of a sign to encompass signs in any medium or sensory modality. Thus it broadens the range of sign systems and sign relations, and extends the definition of language in what amounts to its widest analogical or metaphorical sense. Peirce's definition of the term "semiotic" as the study of necessary features of signs also has the effect of distinguishing the discipline from linguistics as the study of contingent features that the world's languages happen to have acquired in the course of human evolution.
Perhaps more difficult is the distinction between semiotics and the philosophy of language. In a sense, the difference is a difference of traditions more than a difference of subjects. Different authors have called themselves "philosopher of language" or "semiotician". This difference does not match the separation between analytic and continental philosophy. On a closer look, there may be found some differences regarding subjects. Philosophy of language pays more attention to natural languages or to languages in general, while semiotics is deeply concerned about non-linguistic signification. Philosophy of language also bears a stronger connection to linguistics, while semiotics is closer to some of the humanities (including literary theory) and to cultural anthropology.
Semiosis or semeiosis is the process that forms meaning from any organism's apprehension of the world through signs.
The importance of signs and signification has been recognized throughout much of the history of philosophy, and in psychology as well. Plato and Aristotle both explored the relationship between signs and the world, and Augustine considered the nature of the sign within a conventional system. These theories have had a lasting effect in Western philosophy, especially through Scholastic philosophy. More recently, Umberto Eco, in his Semiotics and philosophy of language, has argued that semiotic theories are implicit in the work of most, perhaps all, major thinkers.
Early theorists in this area include Charles W. Morris. Max Black attributes the work of Bertrand Russell as being seminal.
It can improve ergonomic design in situations where it is important to ensure that human beings can interact more effectively with their environments, whether it be on a large scale, as in architecture, or on a small scale, such as the configuration of instrumentation for human use.
Semiotics is only slowly establishing itself as a discipline to be respected. In some countries, its role is limited to literary criticism and an appreciation of audio and visual media, but this narrow focus can inhibit a more general study of the social and political forces shaping how different media are used and their dynamic status within modern culture. Issues of technological determinism in the choice of media and the design of communication strategies assume new importance in this age of mass media. The use of semiotic methods to reveal different levels of meaning and, sometimes, hidden motivations has led some to demonise elements of the subject as Marxist, nihilist, etc. (e.g. critical discourse analysis in Postmodernism and deconstruction in Post-structuralism).
Publication of research is both in dedicated journals such as Sign Systems Studies, established by Juri Lotman and published by Tartu University Press; Semiotica, founded by Thomas A. Sebeok and published by Mouton de Gruyter; Zeitschrift für Semiotik; European Journal of Semiotics; Versus (founded and directed by Umberto Eco), et al.; The American Journal of Semiotics; and as articles accepted in periodicals of other disciplines, especially journals oriented toward philosophy and cultural criticism. The major semiotic book series "Semiotics, Communication, Cognition", published by De Gruyter Mouton (series editors Paul Cobley and Kalevi Kull) replaces the former "Approaches to Semiotics" (over 120 volumes) and "Approaches to Applied Semiotics" (series editor Thomas A. Sebeok).


A 5-year-old girl who disappeared from a family outing in San Mateo County was found Saturday night (Oct. 1) nearly four hours after a massive search party scoured the hills west of Woodside.
The family was part of a large overnight camping trip at Huddart County Park, which covers around 900 acres of woodland, ravines and dense forest.
According to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, the girl was playing with friends at about 7:15 p.m. when she ran away from the area. Her parents were unable to find her and the child's mother called 911.
More than 75 officers and volunteers from the Sheriff's Office, the county parks department, the California Highway Patrol, and a search and rescue K-9 team joined the search effort.
The girl, who had been wearing a glow stick necklace and carrying a flashlight, was spotted by a CHP helicopter at about 11:30 p.m., according to the Sheriff's Office.
She had apparently become disoriented and wandered into a steep gorge.
The girl was not injured, but was taken to a hospital to be monitored for exposure.
The glow stick and the flashlight were definite helps.