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Updated 2 April, 2018 - 18:58 Caleb Strom
The question of how to create life does not just go back to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, when the eponymous character used forbidden science to create life. Humans have been interested in creating artificial life since at least classical antiquity and probably much earlier. One manifestation of this is the idea of the homunculus, a diminutive humanoid creature that was believed to be created through magical means.
The history of the idea of the homunculus combines many topics. It is related to early medical theories about reproduction and gestation, early ideas about spontaneous generation and the origin of life, and even the modern fields of genetic engineering and cybernetics.
The homunculus is a diminutive humanoid creature believed to be created through magical alchemical means. 19th century engraving of Homunculus from Goethe's Faust part II ( public domain ).
No Egg Involved
In Renaissance medicine, it was believed that the main life-giving force in reproduction came from the man in the form of the semen. The womb was believed to simply be a warm, nutrient-rich vessel for the embryo to grow and be nourished, though the womb was believed to provide the raw materials needed to make an adult. The raw material which the fetus used to mature were considered important in determining what kind of individual the person would become.
This idea that the semen is the main ingredient needed to produce new life in the womb and that the womb is just a passive vessel goes back to Aristotle, who was considered the primary authority on natural science in the Medieval and late Classical worlds.
'The Alchemist' by Mattheus van Hellemont ( public domain )
Womb Could Be Replaced by a Warm Chamber
Aristotle did not believe that humans could be artificially made outside of the natural mode of sexual reproduction and childbirth, but his ideas did leave open such a possibility. If the human womb was only a vessel for the fetus, then it could be theoretically exchanged with another vessel provided that human semen was used. Other than the sperm, it was thought that all that was needed was a warm chamber and some sort of raw material which could even be rotting meat.
These early ideas about human reproduction have long since been discredited, but they made the creation of the homunculus seem as plausible during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance as cloning is today.
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Spontaneous Generation
Another idea that made the creation of the homunculus seem credible was spontaneous generation. Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance philosophers all believed that simple creatures like flies, frogs, and mice could spontaneously arise from inert matter. Flies, for example, were believed to spontaneously form on rotting meat.
The idea of a homunculus spontaneously emerging from inert matter with the addition of semen is very similar to the idea of spontaneous generation which made the idea more acceptable to the mainstream science of the day.
The Homunculus 'Recipes'
By the early Middle Ages, alchemists and philosophers had begun to compile recipes for making a homunculus. One recipe, described in a text called the Book of the Cow , tells of an elaborate process where a female animal, either a cow or ewe, had to be artificially inseminated with a mixture of semen and a type of phosphorescent mineral and then beheaded when the soon-to-be homunculus was born. After the homunculus was born, it would be fed blood. Other recipes required a female monkey or a mare instead.
The homunculus was believed to have supernatural powers such as the ability to control the motion and appearance of the moon and allow humans to transform themselves into sheep and cows. Fluids from the body of the homunculus were believed to endow the maker of the homunculus with the ability to walk on water among other supernatural abilities.
Homunculus in the Vial. Illustration of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Part Two, Act II, laboratory, 1899 ( public domain )
Sperm + Rotting Meat = Humanoid Creature
One recipe, proposed by the 15 th century alchemist Paracelsus, instructed the alchemist to artificially inseminate a horse and allow the semen to putrefy within the womb. He also believed that a homunculus could be created by simply putting sperm in a sealed container with material such as rotting meat or even manure! His instructions as provided in his text De Natura Rerum are as follows :
"Let the Sperm of a man by itself be putrified in a gourd glasse, sealed up, with the highest degree of putrefaction in Horse dung, for the space of forty days, or so long untill it begin to bee alive, move, and stir, which may easily be seen. After this time it will be something like a Man, yet transparent, and without a body. Now after this, if it bee every day warily, and prudently nourished and fed with the Arcanum of Mans blood, and bee for the space of forty weeks kept in a constant, equall heat of Horsedung, it will become a true, and living infant, having all the members of an infant, which is born of a woman, but it will be far lesse. This wee call Homunculus, or Artificiall [Man?]. And this is afterwards to be brought up with as great care, and diligence as any other infant, until it come to riper years of understanding. Now this is one of the greatest secrets that God ever made known to mortall, sinfull man. For this is a miracle, and one of the great wonders of God, and secret above all secrets, and deservedly it ought to be kept amongst the secrets until the last times, when nothing shall be hid [the apocalypse], but all things made manifest." Paracelsus (via Sandrovigius), De Natura Rerum. Of the Nature of Things.
Portrait of 15 th century alchemist Paracelsus ( public domain )
An Artificial Human
Part of the idea of creating a homunculus was creating an artificial human which makes it comparable to the Jewish tale of the golem which could be created from dust by an especially righteous rabbi. There was opposition by some leaders in the church to the making of homunculi since it was considered playing God and because it was thought wrong to create an intelligent, human-like creature just to be a servant.
The golem is first formed in the shape of a human being. Illustration of a golem by Philippe Semeria. The Hebrew word for Truth, one of the names of God, is written on his forehead. ( CC by SA 3.0 )
Homunculus Ethics
In this way, the narrative of the homunculus mirrors modern debates about genetic engineering and cybernetics. Modern "alchemists" endeavor to make "homunculi" from genetic modification and cybernetics. Many objections to these modern enterprises are very similar objections to the creation of homunculi, particularly the debate over whether homunculi could be considered full persons.
Homunculi were considered powerful but of limited intelligence and reasoning ability, thus they were subhuman and could be enslaved. Not everyone agreed that homunculi were slaves by nature though and some insisted that homunculi must have rational souls.
This mirrors a similar debate today, namely how should genetically modified individuals and AI's be treated? Can they be equivalent to genetically baseline, biological humans? Should they be given the same rights as humans? Do they have souls? The strange idea of the homunculus is surprisingly relevant today as the dreams of yesterday's alchemists, artificial life, become the real inventions and creations of today's scientists and engineers.
Top image: Alchemical illustration of a Homunculus in a vial ( new-moster.wikia.com)
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Snow, Kathleen R. "Homunculus in Paracelsus," Tristram Shandy", and" Faust"." The Journal of English
and Germanic Philology 79.1 (1980): 67-74.
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Letters: A Journal for the Study of Knowledge, Politics, and the Arts 1 (2010): 4-15.
LaGrandeur, Kevin. "Ancient Definitions of Personhood and Difficult Social Precedents: The Homunculus,
the Golem, and Aristotle." Journal of Evolution & Technology 24.3 (2014).
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Lothar Fendler, född 13 augusti 1913 i Breslau, död 7 mars 1983 i Stuttgart, var en tysk SS-Sturmbannführer.

Fendler var år 1941 tillförordnad chef för Sonderkommando 4b inom Einsatzgruppe C och ansvarig för massakrer på civilpersoner i Ukraina. Senare blev han chef för en av RSHA:s underavdelningar.

Vid Einsatzgruppenrättegången i Nürnberg 1947–1948 dömdes Fendler för krigsförbrytelser och brott mot mänskligheten till 10 års fängelse, men straffet omvandlades i januari 1951 till 8 års fängelse. Han frisläpptes dock redan i mars samma år.

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Der Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs ist ein Amt im Außenministerium der Vereinigten Staaten und Leiter des Bureau for Consular Affairs. Er untersteht dem Under Secretary of State for Management.

Der Kongress der Vereinigten Staaten gründete mit dem Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 am 27. Juni 1952 das Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, welches von einem Assistant Secretary of State for Security and Consular Affairs geleitet wurde. 26 Jahre später änderte der Kongress seinen Namen mit dem Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1978 zu Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs.

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Q: Getting not defined error when converting a nested list into list comprehension in python Code without List comprehension which is working fine
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Now let's talk about A3 Problem Solving.
A3 Problem Solving is something that comes to us from Toyota and uses the A3 tool.
it comes from the international paper size A3, which is roughly 11x17 inches.
to be able to share them on a single sheet of paper.
became the tool of choice for capturing those ideas on a single sheet of paper.
It also had the benefit of creating visible thinking.
through the problem using the A3.
potential interventions that might be helpful to address a problem.
And most importantly, it's an iterative process.
So it's very important that we learn as we go, as we're attacking this problem.
collaborative problem solving, and we know that teams outperform individuals.
we are bringing in all the folks needed to help solve this problem.
in using the scientific method to solve a problem as we work through our A3.
And this communication also helps build consensus.
into our interventions that we'll select to help address the problem.
what's not working and what our next step should be.
not as important as the problem solving process.
mentoring, and as such it can take many different types of formats.
One of the biggest tips is to only fill in as much as you know.
try to complete an A3 tool at one sitting by themselves.
should have a good understanding of the problem.
the best way to avoid that is to go to the gemba.
will give you a much better understanding of the problem that you want to address.
depending on the organization and the problem that you're addressing.
metrics and goals and also an analysis of root causes.
wants to get at what problem are we trying to solve and what do we know about it.
the people who are on the front line, the subject matter experts.
to address those root causes that you've come to consensus on.
interventions and then next steps to continuously iterate on the process.
you absolutely can use pencil if desired, not important that it's on a computer.
because you are going to want to revise as needed based on new information.
will want to capture on that document.
as mentioned, it's an iterative document so it will change over time.
So important to capture which version you're looking at.
I mentioned earlier the scientific method.
understanding the data that will help identify the true reasons for failures.
And we'll go into these in more detail in a follow on module.
However, some of the tools are swim lanes, process maps.
We also have five why's, fishbone diagram and pareto diagrams.
the A3 really does become your story board.
So you want to use pictures and graphs generously to tell the story.
And as mentioned at the beginning, it's more than just a tool.
mindset for continuous improvement and learning.


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High, snowsure and sunny slopes, lots of them long and gentle.
Linked to Zermatt in Switzerland via the Plateau Rosa.
Beautiful picturesque scenery and views of the Matterhorn.
- Free helmet hire for children aged 14 years and under when hiring skis/board and boots.
Discounted lift passes for adults aged 64 years and over, and free lift passes for adults aged 80 years and over.
Cervinia boasts an excellent range of over 50 cafés and restaurants, at good prices. The standards are generally very high, with local ingredients and friendly service, whether you go for a quick pizza or a full gourmet meal.
• Lo Copa Pan – One of the most popular thanks to the rustic décor, relaxing ambience and passionate hosts. Enjoy delicious local fare like game and fish, homemade pasta, steaks and fondue, all paired with local wines, specially selected for you by Vincenzo.
• Wood – The place to go for high-end dining in the Italian Alps. The sophisticated menu includes unusual dishes, like savoury rice pudding with crispy ham, as well as nostalgic offerings like Grandma's apple pie.
• Grivola – Small, cosy and designed like a traditional Aosta Valley rascard (old wooden house). Here you'll get beautifully-prepared homemade dishes served by Roberto and his team. It's slightly more than the average prices, but the generous portions are worth it. Pizzas, pastas and steak on the menu leave the mouth watering until it arrives.
• Ymeletrob – The grill is right in the middle of the restaurant and their Sicilian chef will serve up the best fish dishes, pizzas and grilled meats right in front of you. Rustic feel and great atmosphere.
• Metzelet – An intimate restaurant with a wooden chalet feel, in front of the open fire to enjoy the best cheese dishes around. A wide selection of local, traditional mountain dishes, and the recommended tartiflette and raclette will have you thinking you're in France. It's certainly a winner.
• Chalet Etoile (between Blue 26 and Blue 4 pistes) – Renowned for its gourmet food, this popular, family-run restaurant offers Italian cuisine with a Swedish twist, served by friendly Swedish staff. You'll still find the owner - Ulla, in the kitchen daily, serving and creating new dishes. Chalet Etoile is now so good, it's often listed as one of the best mountain restaurants in the world and highly regarded on TripAdvisor.
• Foyer Des Guides (Red 1 piste) – Found in the Valtournenche part of the ski area, this family-run favourite is one not to be missed. Sit out on the large south-facing terrace, or head inside and experience the chalet-style restaurant with all its natural woods, stone and open fire. Try traditional mountain dishes like polenta or the extremely popular BBQ ribs. Make a reservation ahead of time, particularly for the patio.
• Plan Torette (Bue 5 piste) – Located at the top of the Cretaz chairlift, or half way down Blue 5 from Plan Maison, this is a great place to grab a hearty lunch. There's a range of filling fare, from the typical Italian pizzas, to the freshly-made BBQ burgers; arguably the best burgers on the mountain. Whilst up there, make the most of the south-facing terrace and relax with a drink in a beanbag or deckchair.
• Bontadini (top of Bontadini chairlift) – Split between the huge self-service restaurant and the glass-fronted à la carte area, so you can take your pick of Valdostana specialities and international favourites.
Chez Vrony (Blue 6 piste) –Exploring Zermatt way? Possibly one of the best mountain restaurants in the Alps, this place offers impeccable hospitality, incredible views of the Matterhorn and amazing food, made with love using recipes handed down for generations.
Cervinia isn't among the most buzzing villages in Italy, but you definitely won't be disappointed with the nightlife here. Make sure you go out at the weekends though, because that's when it's the most lively.
• Lo Copa Pan – If you want a Guinness on tap, this is the only place you can get one with their wide selection of beers and lagers at the beer bar. This bustling, centrally-located bar also does 2-for-1 drinks daily between 4pm and 5pm and often hosts wine tasting and acoustic live music.
• The Aprés Ski Bar, Hotel Principi Della Nevi– Located on Red 3 back to the village, you can enjoy a cocktail on the decking - beside a pool - and unleash your moves to the sounds played by the epic DJs.
• The Dragon – If you're near the Cretaz lifts, pop in here for an après drink at the traditional Irish-themed pub. Grab a refreshing cider and get on their free WiFi to share your great shots from the day.
• Sound Nightclub – If, after a few drinks in town, you don't want the night to end, head to Sound nightclub. Open until the early hours, you'll be dancing away to a range of music from across the years, including some of their themed 80s and 90s nights.
The day before New Year's Eve is as big as the event itself, with torchlight descents, a light and laser display on the Matterhorn, music and fireworks - perfect with a mulled wine or extra chocolatey hot chocolate.
In Cervinia, the end of the year is celebrated with a huge street party. DJs, tonnes of music, banners and streamers galore. It's a whole lot of fun and you'd be silly to miss it.
During Aosta's annual Christmas Fair, the Roman theatre is transformed into an Alpine village. Stroll through its streets sampling local wines and regional food. Browse through the many handicrafts, soaps, candles and furniture for that perfect gift or souvenir.
• Start the day on Red 7 when the sun's out and conditions are good - the views are fantastic and it's usually quiet. • At 11km, Red 11 is one of Europe's longest runs, and Red 6 is a slalom run, perfect for testing your skills.
Our friendly airport team will meet you on your arrival and get you on your way to resort. Crystal reps will be available when you get to Cervinia to ensure that you have everything you need to hit the mountain on the first day. If you need anything during your trip, just check our free Crystal Ski Explorer app to find out where they'll be, and come and have a chat. If you need assistance, you can call the Crystal team 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
As Cervinia is full of narrow and pedestrianised streets, our coaches can't get around town very easily. Therefore, when you arrive in resort, you'll be dropped off at a coach park at the entrance of resort, near to the Eidelweiss Hotel. From here, you'll either head off on foot, or be picked up by a smaller vehicle and taken to your accommodation. Bags will be shuttled to the hotels separately via taxi. If you need to walk, make sure you wear some sturdy shoes and warm clothing - it can get snowy and slippery underfoot.
Lift pass coverage: Local lift pass covers all lifts in Cervinia and Valtournenche plus 2 days in the other Val d'Aosta resorts (La Thuile, Courmayeur, Pila, Gressoney and Champoluc). Area lift pass covers Cervinia, Valtournenche and Zermatt.
Please note: Board tuition available to book locally, subject to minimum group numbers.
Includes 6 day area lift pass, 6 days equipment hire, 5 days tuition and child helmet.
Klein Matterhorn-Valtournenche. A 22km Red run with spectacular views.
· Cervinia, Fornet-Bontadini area (pistes 26/27) – Indian park. 400m long and 100m wide with rails, kickers, big air and music. Open 7 days a week.
. Valtournenche, Salette area – Cime Bianche Wild West Zone. Ideal for beginners with rails, boxes and easy/intermediate jumps.
· Zermatt, Plateau Rosà – Gravity Snowpark. Complete with rails, boxes, tables and two small jumps, five medium jumps and three large jumps.


I am really looking forward to the Winter is Coming series on HBO. The previews have been fantastic, and even though Sean Bean is a good 15 years older than the role he portrays…it's Sean Bean. If you want noble + troubled in fantasy, he is a go-to guy. The rest of the cast as seen in the previews seems fine, if a little too clean and pretty for the grimdarkgrim world George R.R. Martin created.
Having now seen both The Adjustment Bureau and Source Code, I am reminded that the hardest thing a science fiction film can do is nail the ending. Both of these decent science fiction movies fall short in that department, and though Source Code is a superior movie in acting, directing, pacing & all the rest, the second of its two supposed endings is SO weak that it cast a pall over the rest of the movie that I had previously enjoyed a great deal. Boo! I like a twist now and then, but really, stop writing kooky endings that invalidate the entire emotional premise of the rest of the movie.
I have read about a third of Patrick Rothfuss's immediate bestseller The Wise Man's Fear, and so far it's enjoyable, if not as "squeeee" as the first book in his Kingkiller series. The university bits have a sort of puckish Harry Potter vibe to go with the carousing and magical exposition, and while I'm enjoying it, it's starting to feel more weighty and less downright entertaining than the last book. That said, Rothfuss can actually write funny, and for epic, high-faluting fantasy, that's fairly rare.
Something else I've been enjoying: Michael Stackpole's At the Queen's Command, his fantasy retelling of The Last of the Mohicans and assorted other colonial novels and sources. It's an alternate French & Indian war with dragons and magick gunpowder, and while the characterization is SO broad (no old country person can do right, though at least a few new country people seem capable of doing wrong), it's an entertaining treatment of a historical period I've always found fascinating.
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Vortex Software
Vortex Software was a video game developer founded by Costa Panayi and Paul Canter in the early 1980s to sell the game Cosmos which Panayi had developed for the Sinclair ZX81. They converted the game to the ZX Spectrum, but due to the low sales of the ZX81 version they licensed the game to Abbex.
Luke Andrews, Costa's brother-in-law, and Crete Panayi, Costa's brother, became involved to handle the business affairs and advertising respectively. The company was based at 280 Brooklands Road, Manchester, M23 9HD.
In the summer of 1984, Mark Haigh-Hutchinson was offered a position and ported several of the games to the Amstrad CPC in addition to writing Alien Highway for the ZX Spectrum. Chris Wood and David Aubrey-Jones were also associated with Vortex as outside contractors.
The company produced several notable games for the 8-bit home computers of the period. Deflektor was also ported to the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST.
After the production of Hostile All Terrain Encounter in 1988, Costa spent the next two years deciding where he wanted to go. In 1990 Vortex was reborn with Costa, Mark and Luke and the intention to develop a game for the Amiga and Atari ST. They developed a much enhanced version of Highway Encounter in just three months, but unfortunately they never managed to find a software publisher for the game, so it remained unpublished.
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Theo Canter
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Marc Canter
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Inspired Riding Cantering Tips
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417 – Canter Pirouette with Jessica Ransehousen and Trot to Canter
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A Lapland Canter with the Actual Santa
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Ep 168 - Canter
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The Canter's - Deep Well
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Canter Therapy Ep1: Intro
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2: Explaining Canter Therapy
Santa, Canter, Banter
How to Ride Medium Canter
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How to Ride Working Canter
How to Train Canter Pirouettes
How to Ride Counter Canter
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How to Ride Extended Canter
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How to Ride Collected Canter
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This article was written by newly appointed PromoKitchen Chef Russell Bird of The Promo Addict.
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At the moment we have a big demand for distributor mentors and supplier mentees right now, maybe you could help us clear that up. However, if you don't fit in the categories above, don't let that stop you from signing up. We are excited to have you and will pair you with someone as soon as possible.
If the mentor program isn't the right fit for you, we still have a place for you to help! There is always a need for piping hot, thought provoking content, and we can also always use volunteers.
After going through the PromoKitchen Mentorship program almost three years ago now, I emailed Charity about becoming a Chef. I was a well seasoned rep with knowledge to share and the drive to do more in the industry. I was ready to help, so I read the code of conduct found here: http://www.promokitchen.org/member-manifesto/ and sent an email in to apply to be a chef. The response I got was both measured and motivating; it basically said, "Keep doing what you are doing. Chefs become chefs mostly by volunteering time and creating content. Do this consistently and you'll earn your apron in no time!"
About a year and a half later PromoKitchen rolled out it's first Sous Chef Program, which is a way for eager people like me to get involved. I read about the Sous Chef Program here http://www.promokitchen.org/sous-chef/ and immediately thought "Here is my chance to be helpful!" I helped out at the PK mixer in Vegas 2017 as my first official duty.
In the spring of this year I started on the mentorship committee along side Johanna Gottlieb (https://www.asicentral.com/news/magazines/counselor/may-2017/2017-hot-list-johanna-gottlieb/ ), yes THE Johanna Gottlieb! From her I have learned a ton about how the mentor committee works, how people are matched, and everything that goes into making sure all of you wonderful people that want to help are paired with the right person! We have been working with Eric Granata of Robyn to optimize the pairing process to make it more efficient. Our hard work paid off. The program is growing and all three of us, Johanna, Eric, and Myself became the newest Chefs of PromoKitchen!
Looking back at my own story and the "how to get involved" page, I have done almost item available.
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Had a great re-union with Southern Cross IV and Virtue and Vice. It was brief but terrific to see them again. We met in Turks and Caicos and spent a lot of time with them in Luperon. While we were weathered-in at Luperon we toured Puerto Plata, went over water falls and spent hours at Captain Steve's.
Haven't seen them for 3 seasons. Really great couples sharing similar adventures.
We didn't get much time with them but we are hoping for more time when we head back down south.
Cheers! Left over cava from Isabella and Andy's daughter's wedding in Grenada.
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It provides 3 option to make a bootable rescue media; using a blank CD or DVD, a USB drive, or you can create an ISO file and burn it later as per your requirement. The rescue software supports both 32-bit and 64-bit systems.
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Dixon psychic facing more theft charges
By Kathleen A Schultz Shaw Media
DIXON — A Dixon woman accused of stealing more than $100,000 from a 72-year-old Sterling woman over the course of three months is facing even more felony charges.
Michelle Marks, 46, of Dixon, former owner of Miss Michelle's Psychic Reader & Spiritual Advisor, was arrested June 28, 2017, after the woman went to Sterling police to report she was being scammed.
Because the business was in Dixon, Marks was charged in Lee County court with two counts of exploitation of an elderly person, one for "knowingly and by deception" gaining control of more than $15,000, the other for more than $50,000, according to court documents. Each carries 4 to 15 years in prison.
She also was charged with theft of more than $100,000 but less than $500,000, which carries 3 to 7 years; and possession of a firearm and ammunition without a FOID card, both misdemeanors.
On July 9, State's Attorney Matt Klahn amended those charges to include two more counts of theft, one accusing Marks of stealing more than $5,000, and the other of more than $10,000 but less than $100,000. Each also is punishable by 3 to 7 years.
The thefts occurred between Nov. 10, 2016, and Jan. 17, 2017, the documents say.
Marks, free since posting $15,000 of her $150,000 bond on July 7, 2017, has a status hearing Aug. 16.
In January 2015, when she opened an office in Princeton, Marks told the Bureau County Republican that she was a fourth-generation psychic who had been doing readings for 25 years.
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Cartagena de Indias, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site from 1984, is located in the Caribbean region of Colombia. This magic city impresses the whole world with its enchanting colonial appearance, the Republican Architecture and with its various attactives: busy nightlife, cultural festivals, surprising landscapes, stunning beaches, excellent cuisine, important tourist infrastructures. It is exciting walking along the streets and observe the colonial buildings, the Palace of the Inquisition, the Clock Tower, San Felipe walls and castle and enjoy the warm and quiet breeze coming from the parks and squares. The cuisine is another important aspect of the city. There are various possibilities for the tourists who want to try new and exotic experiences, tasting the flavorrs of local and international cuisine.
The "Chiva Rumbera" tour will make you discover the nightlife of Cartagena between good food and fun.
The Chiva Rumbera Tour is a tour of the city by the typical Colombian colorful bus. It includes live music, national liquors, fritos y picos (traditional colombian food), a tour through the main districts of the city, accompanied by the best atmosphere to play. We begin to pick up the customers from the different hotels from 8:00 pm till 08:45 pm. The tour ends in a nightclub in the old tow, Here everyone will decide whether to stay in the beautiful city or get back to the hotel.


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OCR may refer to:

Science and technology
 Optical character recognition, conversion of images of text into characters
 Organically moderated and cooled reactor, a type of nuclear reactor
 Oxidizable carbon ratio dating, a method of absolute dating
 Transvaginal oocyte retrieval, a technique used in vitro fertilization
 Oil control ring, a piston ring
 Over consolidation ratio, a consolidation measurement in geotechnical engineering

Offices of civil rights
 Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education
 State Office of Civil Rights, United States Department of State
 GSA Office of Civil Rights, General Services Administration
 HHS Office for Civil Rights, United States Department of Health and Human Services
 DOJ Office for Civil Rights, Office of Justice Programs

Economics
 Official cash rate, the interest rate paid by banks in the overnight money market
 Optimum currency region, a theoretical optimal area where one currency would make most benefit

Other uses
 Original cast recording, a recording of a stage musical featuring the show's original cast
 Otago Central Railway, now a heritage railway in Otago, New Zealand
 Ottawa Central Railway a Canadian Shortline owned by CN Rail
 OverClocked ReMix, an organization and website dedicated to preserving and paying tribute to video game music through re-orchestration and reinterpretation
 Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations, an exam board in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
 Obstacle course racing

See also
 OCR-A, a font designed to simplify character recognition
 OCR-B


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Tucker Carlson claims Biden, Harris are planning 'a new war' in Syria if elected in November
Fox News host says Dem ticket 'aren't even trying to hide' their plans 'and they haven't been for a long time'
By Yael Halon | Fox News
Tucker: How Democrats have become the party of endless wars
Tucker Carlson calls out John Kerry and Democrats for endangering troops and sending them to fight endless wars
Democrats and some Republicans are priming the public for a revival of an interventionist foreign policy if Joe Biden is elected president, Tucker Carlson warned Wednesday.
The "Tucker Carlson Tonight" host devoted the opening segment of his program to the reaction that followed President Trump's announcement that the number of U.S. troops in Iraq will be cut by more than 40% by the end of this month.
2,200 AMERICAN TROOPS LEAVING IRAQ THIS MONTH
"Too many thousands of American servicemen are deployed in dozens of countries around the world and have been for generations," Carlson said. "In some cases, there may be a good reason they are there. In many other cases though, we just don't talk about it. You're not allowed to. In Washington, mindless interventionism is very much a bipartisan project. Both parties support it."
According to the host, Trump is the only person in Washington who seems to disagree with the notion that "the more troops we send overseas the better."
"He has been talking relentlessly about bringing the troops home from countries around the world," Carlson said, "and maybe more than any other single reason, talk like that makes official Washington hate Donald Trump. "
The announcement of a reduced footprint in Iraq should be cause for "widespread celebration," Carlson argued.
"That means families united, Americans out of harm's way. But very few in Washington are celebrating. The press corps, including some people who should know better, are still telling you how much Donald Trump hates the troops and wants them to die -- the guy who's bringing them home," he asserted.
Carlson closed with a warning to voters that if the Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is elected, they "are planning a new war, this one in the far away and strategically irrelevant nation of Syria.
"They aren't even trying to hide that, and they haven't been for a long time."
Yael Halon is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to yael.halon@fox.com.


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The design for our range of Russell mirrors is a homage to Gordon Russell, an inspiration to generations of English cabinetmakers. He achieved the fusion of hand and machine work, in small batches, making craft work available at affordable prices from his factory at Broadway where he "taught machines manners".
This simple design was driven by a comission in April for a large hall mirror in cherry with black walnut diamonds.
which is now available from the Bristol Guild.
In February we made a small batch of Arts & Crafts tables including a bespoke shoe cabinet for a client who loves her shoes.
The cabinet has been designed to fit a particular space and to store three very special pairs of shoes.
We are making some special inserts to protect the shelves, "shoe coasters"
customers the "red carpet treatment" by directing their customers to the trains in this now famous way.
welcome home for the shoes with a bit of "red carpet treatment"
In March we were comissioned to make a set of chests for a bedroom. The 3 pieces are matching cubes made in english oak, detailed with mitred corners and finished with wenge slips.
The cabinets have what we call "run around grain" where the grain runs all the way round the carcase and "through grain on the drawers fronts where the grain runs from one drawer front through to the next .
They are very subtle details that need a bit of planning, but nice to achieve.
The drawer bottoms are in wenge to pick up on the corner detailing.
In December we have been preparing a limited edition batch of 35 mirrors to celebrate our 35th Anniversary.
This special batch has been made from Herefordshire oak sourced within 35 miles of my workshop sustainably harvested from woodland on estates belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall. They will be available through select stores in London, Bristol, Cheltenham, Stockholm, Paris and New York from 2015. Please contact me for details.
Of particular interest was the Breuer desk manufactured by Gane of Bristol.
This must have been a culture shock for the cabinetmakers at Gane who were used to making traditional "english" furniture.
The desk, made from hollow panels of finnish birch plywood is designed more like a piece of architecture.
The design combines a steel frame with beautifully turned adjustable brass feet with a teak trough. The attention to detail far outstrips its function and is almost more beautiful than the plants it was designed to hold. This is why it apeals to me so much.
Like the Breuer desk it is a piece of "architecture"
Jim Low an local architect asked me if we would like to work away from the workshop to a few days in the summer. Tempted, we built a pair of screens for the outbuilding adjacent to his kitchen. It gave me an oppotunity to get outdoors as well as to use some of my favourtite materials chestnut & copper.
The space catches a gentle breeze and is ideal for drying flowers Annies beautiful garden.
These are my favourite nails to use on exterior jobs. 50 mm 10 gauge copper boat nails usually used for clinker built boats.
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The bolt is trimmed once all the boards are attached.
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Ancient and modern
What difference will 'weirdos and misfits' make to the civil service?
Dominic Cummings has written a modest blog inviting mathematicians, physicists, AI specialists and other experts to help him revolutionise the civil service with new standards of accurate, precision planning. Before he does so, perhaps he might reflect a little on the Ancient History side of the degree he studied at Oxford and the need for such precision.
Without any similar technology, but from experience alone, the Romans re-organised and raised tax revenues to run, for more than 500 years, a rather successful empire of 60 million people across most of Europe, north Africa and the near East. They covered it with infrastructure — 56,000 miles of roads, hundreds of harbours (built with concrete that set under water: Rome's main harbour at Ostia occupied nearly 500 acres) and thousands of miles of aqueducts (300 in Gaul alone). Frontinus's treatise on Rome's aqueducts covered sources of water (where from and where to), its quality, critical path programming to minimise disruption during repairs, varying demand, availability of surplus and so on.
None of that required extreme technical precision. This was a relief, since Romans worked with highly error- and omission-tolerant methods of measurement (volume, weight, distance, etc.). But there were instances when real precision was of vital importance. Putting up buildings — Rome covered its empire with stone-built cities — was one such example. wTake Rome's multi-tiered Colosseum, designed to hold 50,000 people. It was 15 modern storeys tall, its foundations 40ft deep, filled with concrete and brick. The outer wall alone required more than three million cubic feet of mortar-free travertine stone, held in place with 300 tons of iron clamps. Architects and craftsmen could not adopt a rough-and-ready 'it's good enough' policy for such projects.
And that is the point: such experts were available at need, as they always have been with our civil service. What difference, then, will Cummings's personal choice of experts, weirdos and misfits actually make? Their first job should surely be to find out if Cummings is right and they are actually needed: after all, no expense should be spared in 'dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good'.
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Bridge 'Birds
by Frank Murtaugh
The 2019 St. Louis Cardinals are about to take flight for what might be called a bridge season for the franchise. The tag will be especially apt when the club visits AutoZone Park to play the Memphis Redbirds in an exhibition game next Monday. After all, they play their home games 280 miles north, on the other side of the Mississippi River.
The Redbirds' parent franchise — winners of 11 World Series, the most a National League team can claim — still suits up veteran pitcher Adam Wainwright and Gold Glove catcher Yadier Molina. When the former Memphis players start their first game this year, it will be the 243rd of their careers, the most by a battery in Cardinal history. But if you're curious about this team's performance ceiling, the impact variable is the team's young talent. Can pitcher Jack Flaherty (23) enter Cy Young Award discussions? Can Harrison Bader (24) be an offensive sparkplug to match his defensive impact in center field? What about Alex Reyes (24), perennially one of the game's top pitching prospects, but coming off two years lost to injury?
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The star of the show — at least for this season — is likely to be a player who falls right between the two "bridge" extremes of aging veterans and rising stars: 31-year-old first baseman Paul Goldschmidt. Acquired in a December trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks, Goldschmidt brings a middle-order threat the Cardinals have lacked, really, since Albert Pujols departed after the 2011 championship season. Goldschmidt won four Silver Slugger awards with Arizona, slamming more than 30 home runs four times and driving in at least 110 runs three. His career slugging percentage (.532) matches the top single-season figure Matt Holliday posted in his seven-year tenure with St. Louis. Goldschmidt also won three Gold Gloves for the Diamondbacks, not an incidental factor for a team that led all of baseball in errors in 2018.
Baseball has never been more about pitching. (The sport produced more strikeouts than hits in 2018.) Wainwright and Flaherty will be joined in the Cardinal rotation by Miles Mikolas (an 18-game winner last season), Michael Wacha (if healthy), and a fifth member from a group that includes Reyes (starting the season in the bullpen), Dakota Hudson (the 2018 Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Year for Memphis), John Gant, and former ace Carlos Martinez (currently nursing shoulder soreness). Jordan Hicks — he of the 103 mph fastball — will be joined in the bullpen by free agent acquisition Andrew Miller, just three years ago MVP of the ALCS with Cleveland.
If you're looking for the metaphorical bridge between these Cardinals and Memphis, gaze into the dugout when the Cardinals are in the field. The last two men to manage here in Memphis — Mike Shildt and Stubby Clapp — are now the manager and first-base coach, respectively, for the parent club. Shildt has climbed the Cardinals' development ladder as methodically as any player, and won championships at the Rookie League and Double-A levels. Clapp merely won two Pacific Coast League titles (and was twice named PCL Manager of the Year) in his two seasons in Memphis. These two men were never stars as players, but they each understand the game inherently (in part because it challenged them both). Furthermore, they have been embraced by their players, respected for treating every man in the clubhouse like a valuable asset. (A common question from Shildt when greeting someone: "What did you learn today?")
The most important bridge for the Cardinal franchise is the one that leads back to postseason play. You have to go back to a time when the internet was merely a rumored military tool (1988-95) to find the club's last four-year playoff drought. (Flaherty was born in October 1995.) This won't be an easy bridge to cross for St. Louis, as Milwaukee aims to defend its NL Central title with reigning MVP Christian Yelich. The Chicago Cubs have played October baseball four years in a row, and the Cincinnati Reds intend to be in the mix with former Dodger star Yasiel Puig now hitting behind Joey Votto.
There's a numerical oddity when you look back on more than 120 years of Cardinals history. The franchise has reached a World Series in a year that ends with every digit except 9. For this to change in 2019, a proud franchise must find strength from foundation to superstructure.
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It's going to be epic Rob.
Going to visit my car next Friday....will report back then.
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Healthy trees can withstand the spiny oakworms
Les Harrison
"The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven," so wrote the Bard of Avon, William Shakespeare in his classic play the "Merchant of Venice.
The rains of 2020 in Leon County have been gentle, and not so gentle at times, but at least there has been enough of them. The occasional muddy roads and full ditches are mute testament to this bounty from above along with the lush growth of plants and trees.
The ample development of foliage county-wide had proven to be an unending buffet for all those insects and arthropods dependent upon a leafy diet. Their days are spent eating, moving to new dining options and producing replacements that can begin the cycle again.
Included among the ala-carte insect menu items are the plentiful oaks in north Florida.
Unfortunately, for anyone who tarries too long beneath one of these oak trees which is, at the time, functioning as a caterpillar café will experience something else dropping from above.
Local oakworms are hard at work preparing to preserve their species for the waning days of autumn. Their numbers are building up in the favorable weather conditions of a wet summer which produces the nourishment to consume and support their reproductive efforts.
One of the active species frequently encountered is the spiny oakworm (Anisota stigma). This is one member of a moth genus which is actually a caterpillar not a true worm.
The difference between worms and caterpillars is substantial, but caterpillars are often misidentified as worms. Their tubular shape is a stage of life for a caterpillar which ultimately becomes a butterfly or moth.
The tubular shape is usually the development pinnacle of the worm's life cycle. Most caterpillars tend to eat live vegetation while worms usually consume dead plants or animals which accelerates their decomposition and returns to the nutrients to the soil.
Healthy small oaks usually have enough vigor to leaf-out and survive the assault carried out by the Oakworms. Larger oaks have enough leaf producing capacity to out produce the caterpillars' collective ability to eat.
In addition to the Spiny Oakworms, there are Red-humped Oakworms and Yellow Striped Oakworms which are native to Leon County. As their name implies, oak leaves are the nourishment of choice.
All the oakworms are about an inch in length with bristly hairs, especially in the case of the Spiny Oakworm. Colors and body patterns are the simplest way to identify the species in this genus.
These caterpillars are rarely seen alone in a tree. They are commonly found in colonies of 50 or more, each dining on a leaf and their droppings literally rain down on anything or anyone below them.
When threatened, they curl into a U shape and remain still. Predators are commonly confused by the behavior and seek other meal choices.
Home owners and landscape managers sometimes seek methods for controlling these caterpillars, but nature does the best job. Caterpillar population's will peak in late summer to early autumn with birds, bats and others feasting on the defenseless moths before they can lay eggs.
The best advice is not to look up when under an oak tree as there may be an unpleasant surprise raining down.
To learn more about the oak caterpillars in Tallahassee and Leon County, contact the nearest UF/IFAS County Extension Office or visit https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/find-your-local-office/. To read more stories by Les Harrison visit: Outdoorauthor.com.
Les Harrison is a UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Agent Emeritus.
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Thilo Hoelscher, M.D. exploring use of FUS to treat ischemic stroke
Trained as a neurologist, Thilo Hoelscher, M.D., has travelled a long way from his native Germany and his early clinical experiences at that country's first stroke unit. Now an assistant professor in the Departments of Radiology and Neurosciences at the University of California San Diego, he is Director of its Brain Ultrasound Research Laboratory and working once again on the forefront of medicine.
As a researcher and clinician, Hoelscher has extensive experience in using transcranial ultrasound as a diagnostic tool. In 2007, he learned about high intensity focused ultrasound and became intrigued with its potential to treat the human brain. Since then, he has completed hundreds of preclinical experiments with FUS and concentrated on developing therapies based on a clot-busting technique, transcranial sonothrombolysis. He recently received a multi-million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health to study sonothrombolysis as a treatment for ischemic stroke.
Hoelscher, who received a FUSF fellowship in 2009, expects to begin pilot clinical trials in 2011 using FUS to treat stroke and believes success is inevitable. "Once it is approved for use in patients, FUS will be without equal – it will have no competition. In treating ischemic stroke, for example, it will dissolve blood clots and restore blood flow within seconds. Drugs like tPA won't be necessary," he says.
Hoelscher's work has moved beyond exploring the thermal ablative capabilities of FUS to assessing its use in precise drug delivery and its ability to induce cellular mechanisms.
Noting that the pace of FUS research is accelerating, he says. "Our work has been booming during the last six to eight months. Everything has started to progress rapidly. Researchers from all over the place are interested in focused ultrasound. Ideas and new collaborations are popping up everywhere."


WHEN Evie (15) was told the news that her parents were separating, her initial reaction was one of shock, followed by grief.
Sadness might come and go, and that's totally normal and understandable. "The more you resist feeling sad, the longer your feelings may hang around," clinical psychologist Louise Shepherd says.
On the flipside, it's also okay to not feel sad at all. "It's easy to fall into the trap of judging ourselves and our feelings as good or bad but these emotions are normal and we all experience them at times," she adds.
So now the bomb has dropped and your emotions are going crazy, where do you go from here?
There'll be a whole heap of changes happening within your family, some of which will be out of your control, so it's important to try to keep your routine as normal as possible. Louise suggests calmly talking to your mom and dad to let them know how they can support you through this time.
Keeping up your regular activities, such as catching up with friends and playing sport, will give you distance from what's going on at home and allow for time to breathe. "Dropping out of your extra-curricular activities can make you feel isolated and allow too much time for negative thoughts," Yvonne says.
If your parents are trying to involve you, suggest they discuss their problems with another adult, like one of their friends. Let them know how upsetting it is to hear the details of their disagreements and explain that you think it might impact on your feelings towards both of them, Louise says.
Over time you might uncover positives from the split that you'd never thought of before. After her parents divorced Mikayla (16), discovered not only was her family unit more stable, but she also enjoyed the benefits of having two places to call home. "Going back and forth between them can be good if I want a break from a parent or sibling," she says. You might also discover you have a new outlook on what's important to you. "You could learn about how you do and don't want to act when you're in your own relationships," Yvonne says.
To get to this happy place, Louise suggests not forcing yourself to see the positives, but instead allowing yourself to be open to all the feelings and thoughts. "This acceptance gives you the potential to develop a special new relationship with each parent and bring you closer than before," she explains.
Although you're no doubt worried about your parents, it's important not to forget about your own feelings too. Yvonne advises that you seek unbiased help outside of your family. "Often parents are going through such a traumatic time themselves they may feel lost on how to help you, which means your feelings could go unheard." she says.
You can chat with a family friend, neighbour, teacher or a psychologist. Or approach your school counsellor – they're free, confidential and can help you organise special concessions for schoolwork if needed.
Most importantly, remember you're not alone and there's no shame in speaking to someone about how you're feeling.
If you're still feeling down, get in touch with the Family and Marriage Association of South Africa (Famsa, www.famsa.org.za) at 021-447-0170 (Cape Town), 011-788-4784 (Joburg) or 031-202-8987 (Durban).
Has one of your folks met someone else? Here are some pointers from our experts Louise and Yvonne on how to handle the situation.
- You're not expected to like the new person straight away. Maybe you will, maybe you won't, but do your best to be polite.
- Remember no one will ever replace your other parent, even though it might feel like that's what's happening.
- Be honest and share your needs with your parents in a respectful way.
- Mom and Dad are more likely to take your opinions seriously if you stay calm when you talk about how you feel rather than shouting and blaming them.