The year of our wedding. Megan and I got married in Mendocino followed by an amazing fourteen day stay in Kauai, Hawaii. Plus an few amazing sunset photos of our favorite wacky city and beach hometown, Santa Cruz.
Plumeria flowers at Waimea Plantation Cottages in Kauai.
Agricultural taro fields at Hanalei Valley in Kauai.
A fountain drain at Allerton Gardens in Kauai.
An awesome fountain gazebo deep in the Allerton Gardens in Kauai.
The Allerton Gardens are an extremely relaxing and magical place. There are several beautiful fountains and endless jungle gardens to explore.
The mermaid fountain at the Allerton Gardens in Kauai, Hawaii.
On a routine walk back from Seabright Breach and the Walton Lighthouse, I was lucky enough to have my camera for this amazing sunset and silhouetted tree shot.


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Cultural Sniping
What a term – strikes and snowstorms! Time for all of us to reflect perhaps on forces bigger even than the Department of History of Art. (As you'll know, today – Friday 9 March – is not a strike day, but the strike continues next week Monday- Friday 12-16 March. More on the strike here, and please watch your email inboxes for updates.)
Meanwhile, in the interstices, our 50th anniversary events continue – fittingly celebrating a vision of the university as a place open to the world and engaged in its struggles. THIS EVENING, our Anniversary Exhibition opens in the Peltz Gallery with a reception at 6pm. 'Cultural Sniping: Photographic Collaborations in the Jo Spence Memorial Library Archive' showcases important materials from the archive (housed in the School of Arts) of the late Jo Spence, British photographer, writer, and self-described 'cultural sniper'. It traces links and collaborations in activist art, radical publications, community photography and phototherapy from the 1970s and 1980s. Consistent with Spence's ethos of radical pedagogy, the exhibition focuses on her collaborative working methods. It opens up the archive, displaying books, magazines, journals, collages, photographs, posters, pamphlets, notes, letters and props, to provide insights into Spence's practices and the culture, politics and activism informing them. This has all come about as a unique collaboration between staff and students, involving Birkbeck History of Art lecturer, Patrizia Di Bello, Associate Research Fellow Frances Hatherly, and a group of History of Art and History of Art with Photography students. It's on until 28 April so please take a look. (In case you've yet to discover it, the Peltz Gallery is in Gordon Square next to the reception area.)
I just snuck in to see how the installation was going, and it looks amazing… Here are the curators in action, eyeballing posters to see if they're straight.
On Saturday 24 February two of the 'Forward Looking' anniversary workshops took place in the cinema, each focused on a distinct aspect of museums and museology. In the morning we heard various positions on 'Making a Difference: Do Museums Matter in a Changing World?', organised by Annie Coombes and Gabriel Koureas, while the afternoon, organised by Fiona Candlin, was devoted to 'Museums Futures in a Time of Austerity'. Both workshops were a compelling mix of academic research and voices from professional practice, and concluded in lively discussions involving the speakers and audience. The day also marked an exciting new development for us: the launch of the department's newest research centre, the Centre for Museum Cultures – more on that soon…
The beginning of the UCU strike on 22-23 February meant that the anniversary lecture by V&A director Tristram Hunt and the 'Future of Studying Old Art' and the 'Futures for Publishing in Art History' workshops were postponed – readers of this blog will be the first to know the rescheduled dates.
Next month own Lynda Nead is giving a major public lecture, 'Greyscale and Colour: The Hues of Nation and Empire in Post-War Britain' at the V&A on Monday 9 April 2018 at 7pm – special rates for students.
And here's a message from the Birkbeck History of Art Society about a great opportunity coming up next week:
Birkbeck History of Art Society has an opportunity to take you to a FREE tour to the Painted Hall ceiling in Old Royal Naval College (Greenwich) next Tuesday (13th of March) at 1 pm.The usual cost of the tickets is 11 pounds, so don't miss out!
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see James Thornhill's masterpiece up close, thanks to the conservation project currently in place.
Please note that that the ceiling is 18 high and you will be using steps, so comfortable shoes are a must. Additionally, let us know if you require wheelchair access.
Due to the specifics of the structure we only take a group of 20 people to see the ceiling. Book your place by writing to us at hoartsociety@gmail.com. Places are on first come, first serve basis. See you there!
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Streamlining process — Organizations that used to purchase and control devices for employees are getting out of the business. It costs far less to decommission Blackberry servers and get out of the cycle of purchasing new hardware for employees. (I have had direct conversations with companies who have saved thousands of dollars per a decommissioned Blackberry, but there is some debate as to the real cost savings: http://www.cio.com/article/703511/BYOD_If_You_Think_You_re_Saving_Money_Think_Again).
Supporting employee choice — At the same time that management wants to save money, employees want a single device based on their preferences for both personal and corporate use.
In a BYOD environment, companies must balance corporate needs, such as compliance with HIPPA and PCI DSS, with employee expectations of privacy and independence. A new generational technology divide has emerged in the workplace. Early Blackberry users were given the company owned device by their employer. Although the device may have been used for some personal calls or email, it was clearly a corporate asset. Today, new employees have been using a smart phone for years. Younger employees expect to control their own device. These same employees would be horrified to learn that many current acceptable use policies (AUP) give employers virtually all control over a device. With changing employee expectations, organizations will be compelled to adapt the way they manage mobile devices.
An employee is hired and is told that he can use his personal mobile device for work. He downloads the appropriate apps and his device is now on the corporate network. Unfortunately, after several months the employee is fired. Through an automated process, human resources decommissions the employee's credentials. As a part of this automated process, the employee's mobile device is fully wiped and restored to factory presets. Although upon hiring, the employee might have signed a contract that in small print permitted the device wipe, he was unaware that it would happen. He loses valuable personal pictures and data that can never be replaced and had nothing to do with his employment. The employer may face a costly lawsuit for destroying the data.
Jail broken and rooted devices. Jail breaking an iPhone or rooting an Android allows device users to gain functionality that may be disallowed by a handset carrier or manufacturer. Online guides and free software make this process straightforward and easy for people with moderate technical know-how. Many current endpoint management solutions allow companies to ban jail broken and rooted devices from the corporate network. A full ban is an easy policy decision, but may fail to increase security and could only alienate tech savvy, valuable employees. Organizations and vendors should investigate the full implications of a blanket ban.
Web traffic, geolocation and activity monitoring. Traditional lines of what an employer can and can't monitor are fairly straight forward and understood. An employee using a corporate owned mobile device understands that their web traffic and other activities might be monitored. In a BYOD mobile environment, when does the monitoring end? It is in both the employer's and employee's interest to prevent 24/7 activity monitoring. Collecting mobile device web, relocation and other activity information could expose a company to liability or drag them into other legal proceedings. At the same time, employees have a right to shield purely personal activities from their employer.
Illegal content. If an employee stores or downloads copywritten material on a corporate device they can clearly be disciplined and reported to authorities. With BYOD, companies risk employees connecting devices that contain illegal content to the network. Does the company have an obligation to report the content if they find out about it, or so long as corporate resources were never used, does the employee have a right to privacy? Organization will need to create unambiguous policies on how they will treat these situations in order to limit risk.
The reign of the corporate owned Blackberry has clearly fallen and creating consistent policies to address device management and governance of BYOD devices is still evolving. Most current software device management solutions are either monolithic and destroy the native device experience, or are point solutions that lack full security or compliance capabilities. Corporate risk must be reduced through new offerings while at the same time meeting the expectations that employees have for privacy and control over their device.
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Q: Get child element in another child element of XML I have a XML file that goes like this... (the XML file was taken from web services [WCF] after passing some value into it.)
<Title>
  <Questions>
    <QuestionID> 1 </QuestionID>
    <QuestionType> Quiz </QuestionType>
    <Question> What is the shape? </Question>
    <SubQuestionSequence> Part 1 </SubQuestionSequence>
    <SubQuestions>
           <Keywords> Ring </Keywords>
           <ParentQuestionID> 1 </ParentQuestionID>
    </SubQuestions>
    <SubQuestionSequence> Part2 </SubQuestionSequence>
    <SubQuestions>
           <Keywords> Round </Keywords>
           <ParentQuestionID> 1 </ParentQuestionID>
    </SubQuestions>
  </Questions>
</Title>

The methods to take child elements as below (written in C#), the commented area is supposed to call the class of subQuestion, but i'm not sure how to write that part :
public class Questions {

    public int QuestionID { get; set; }
    public string QuestionType { get; set; }
    public string Question { get; set; }
    public string SubQuestionSequence { get; set; }
    //suppose to call subQuestion here
}

public class SubQuestion {

    public string Keywords { get ; set ; }
    public int ParentQuestionID { get; set; }

}

The actual code behind of the file, also the query area, i does not know how to call if they have another sub section:
void client_GetQuestionCompleted(object sender, GetQuestionCompletedEventArgs e)
{
     if (e.Error != null)
         return;

     string result = e.Result.Nodes[0].ToString();
     XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(result);

     var QuestionDetails = from Query in doc.Descendants("QuestionDetail")
                           select new Questions
                           {
                                QuestionID = (int)Query.Element("QuestionID"),
                                QuestionType = (string)Query.Element("QuestionType"),
                                Question = (string)Query.Element("Question"),
                                SubQuestionSequence = (string)Query.Element("SubQuestionSequence")
                           };

     int z = 0;
     foreach (var QuestionDetail in QuestionDetails)
     {
           qID = QuestionDetail.QuestionID;
           qType = QuestionDetail.QuestionType;
           quest = QuestionDetail.Question;
           subQS = QuestionDetail.SubQuestionSequence;

           z++;

     }
}

As you can see from the top, how can i take the child elements of SubQuestions (The keywords and ParentQuestionID) where SubQuestion itself already is a child element ?
[edit] how can i retrieve the repeated element in the child element ? I want some part to loop and retrieve data, and some doesn't need to loop to retrieve.
   int z = 0;
   foreach (var QuestionDetail in QuestionDetails)
   {
        qID = QuestionDetail.QuestionID;
        qType = QuestionDetail.QuestionType;
        quest = QuestionDetail.Question;
        subQS[z] = QuestionDetail.SubQuestionSequence;
        //doing it this way, i can only retrieve one row of record only,
        //even though i used an array to save.
        subKeyword[z] = QuestionDetail.SubQuestion.Keywords;

        z++;

   }

A: As long as there is only a single SubQuestions element you can simply access Query.Element("SubQuestions").Element("Keywords") respectively Query.Element("SubQuestions").Element("ParentQuestionID").
[edit]
As for you class with an object of the type SubQuestion you would simply use
public class Questions {

    public int QuestionID { get; set; }
    public string QuestionType { get; set; }
    public string Question { get; set; }
    public string SubQuestionSequence { get; set; }
    public SubQuestion SubQuestion{ get; set; }
}

public class SubQuestion {

    public string Keywords { get ; set ; }
    public int ParentQuestionID { get; set; }

}

and then in your query you can use e.g.
 var QuestionDetails = from Query in doc.Descendants("QuestionDetail")
                       select new Questions
                       {
                            QuestionID = (int)Query.Element("QuestionID"),
                            QuestionType = (string)Query.Element("QuestionType"),
                            Question = (string)Query.Element("Question"),
                            SubQuestionSequence = (string)Query.Element("SubQuestionSequence"),
                            SubQuestion = new SubQuestion() {
                               Keywords = (string)Query.Element("SubQuestions").Element("Keywords"),
                               ParentQuestionID = (int)Query.Element("SubQuestions").Element("ParentQuestionID")
                            }
                       };

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It's fitting that when Darby English describes his approach to teaching, he thinks not of a word, but of an image.
During a recent session of his course, "Modern/Postmodern," English deftly evaded students' attempts to give him the last word.
As the class parsed a dense critical essay, one student called for a timeout. "Is [the author] a modernist or a postmodernist? Which side of the fence is he on?" Then he turned to English, as if for a ruling on the matter.
He is equally reluctant to identify a fixed set of pedagogical tools on which he relies.
English admits he was initially more interested in scholarship than in teaching when he embarked on an academic career. "It was by sheer accident that I discovered I could enjoy being a teacher," he says.


We say "one of a kind" perhaps a bit too often: it's become hyperbole, like Guitar Center's "once in a lifetime" events that happen bi-weekly. But this stunning machine may really deserve the "once in a lifetime opportunity" tag.
Designed for a racing effort that never materialized, the bike was built to amazingly high spec starting with a factory CB750, fitted with all the Honda racing hardware available at the time, then tucked away for safe keeping. The specification is stunning: aluminum tank and seat, handbuilt oil tank, Ceriani forks and triple trees, Dresda swingarm, Koni shocks, magnesium wheels. Basically, almost every single part of this bike is valuable or rare, and the sum is even more valuable.
Racing machines are rarely preserved as new, having never seen the track they were destined for. They are built as a means to an end, a utility, and used as such. They are beaten up, repaired, rebuilt, reskinned. Only a few become truly sought after, the ones that made history through their victories. Ford GT40s, Ferrari Testarossas, Porsche 908s. The Honda CR750 was also one of those machines. And this example has been preserved almost exactly as it was built in 1975, believed to have only ever been ridden a few test miles.
The collector who owned this bike for the last 37 years related to us that it was professionally built in 1975 from the frame-up by Yoshimura North, with no expense spared. It is believed that it was built on commission for a privateer race team that wanted to compete in the Bol d'Or 24 endurance race in France, as well as the Lemans 24 hour race. But the team's efforts never materialized and the bike never went to Europe. Instead, the bike was immediately purchased by the aforementioned collector and drained of all its fluids. It went directly into his extensive art collection and was stored in his living room as a prized piece for the next 3 decades.
I've no idea what something like this is really worth, but I think it's safe to say that the bidding should to much higher than the current $7,400. Definitely a collector, not a rider, but who'd want to risk wrecking a bike so rare anyway? It seems a shame to condemn something so clearly bred to race to another few decades in someone's living room, but it also seems a shame to risk smashing this perfect specimen to bits on road or track.


English UK is launching a new market intelligence service which will alert its members to trends and how they are performing in relation to competitors within weeks of each quarter ending.
The Quarterly Intelligence Cohort (QUIC) will bring a range of benefits to English UK members who take part, including professional analysis, quarterly high-quality and detailed reports, accurate information on different strands of ELT, and a quick turn-round.
The full report will be available to QUIC members only, but an executive summary will be provided for other English UK members and the wider industry.
English UK is the first national ELT organisation to collect and provide market information in such reliability and depth, and also the first to offer it as a professional service to support members in their operations and marketing.
"I am really excited to announce the launch of QUIC," said Sarah Cooper, English UK's chief executive. "We believe it will help participating members enormously, with access to the latest figures and detailed analysis of UK ELT and our source markets. Each report will arrive in good time for members to use it to tweak their planning and marketing, and they can also use the statistics to benchmark their own performance against similar centres."
English UK has commissioned StudentMarketing to process the raw data from QUIC members, delivering in-depth analysis and reports to participants within six weeks of each quarter's end.
StudentMarketing's head of research Patrik Pavlacic said QUIC had many advantages for English UK members. "In these uncertain times, they will have a unique opportunity to gain access to a timely influx of business intelligence which will help them keep abreast of trends and be ahead of competition - not having to wait until annual statistics are in to see possible shifts in the market," he said.
He said QUIC was "a considerable improvement" upon English UK's long-standing Core Statistics group, which required members to take part for three years at a time, with analysis done in-house. "It will deliver a regular package of business intelligence, featuring various breakdowns, comparisons and analysis - all in an easy-to-digest format.
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Pacific ahead of the curve on challenges facing Indian Ocean
By Anthony Bergin and David Brewster
At the just concluded Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Suva, leaders launched the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent. Cornerstone priorities include climate change action, protecting the region's ocean health and sustainably managing ocean resources. This is a big step forward, reflecting the concerted efforts of our Pacific neighbours to work together to build a strong and resilient region.
The island states of the Indian Ocean share many of the same challenges faced in the Pacific, including in avoiding strategic instability.
But the Pacific is ahead of the curve on many of these issues and has a lot to offer other island states. Australia is well placed to help facilitate a conversation between the Pacific and Indian Ocean island states on a range of shared challenges. We can help bring our neighbours together to share experiences and potential solutions. Through this, Australia could help build a wider neighbourhood that is stable and resilient.
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The public policy minor provides students with a foundation in the field of public policy and allows them to make connections between public policy and other fields of study. The minor underscores the role of public policy on science and technology-based problems. Students obtain a deeper understanding of public policy and the policy making process, how policy analysis impacts policymaking, and how public policies operate within a number of specific science or technological domains.
Notes about this minor:
The minor is closed to students majoring in public policy.
Posting of the minor on the student's academic transcript requires a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the minor.
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PUBL-101
Foundations of Public Policy
This interdisciplinary course introduces the student to the key concepts of public policy, the policymaking process, the role of stakeholders and interest groups, and the basic dimensions policy analysis. Those concepts are then applied through a range of issues, such as the environment, clean energy, climate change, healthcare, cybersecurity, employment, privacy, telecommunications, and innovation, at local, state, federal and international levels.
Ethics, Values, and Public Policy
This course focuses on the connections and interplay between personal and social values, ethics, and public policy. It explores how values and norms influence public policies and how the resulting expressions of values through public policies impact the implementation and effectiveness of policy choices. It also delves into how different countries make widely different policy choices based on their citizens' values and social norms. The course also considers how new developments in science and technology influence the interplay between values, ethics, and policy across multiple issues. In addition, this course explores how to formulate values-based explanations of certain public policy preferences. Topics range across the policy issue spectrum.
STSO-201
Science and Technology Policy
Examines how local, state, federal and international policies are developed to influence innovation, the transfer of technology and industrial productivity in the United States and other selected nations.
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Introduction to Qualitative Methods
This course teaches the practical aspects of doing theoretically informed qualitative social research with policy applications. Special attention is given to the processes by which research problems are formulated, research designs selected, data gathered and interpreted, and inferences and conclusions drawn. A variety of tools, such as surveys, interviewing, and content analysis will be applied to specific case studies covering multiple policy issues.
Public Policy Analysis
This course provides students with necessary tools to help them become effective policy analysts. The course places particular emphasis on understanding the policy process, the different approaches to policy analysis, and the application of quantitative methods, such as cost-benefit analysis, sampling designs, and decision trees. Students will apply these tools to contemporary public policy decision making at the local, state, federal, and international levels.
This course provides students with an introduction to decision science and analysis. The course focuses on several important tools for making good decisions, including forecasting, risk analysis, and multi-attribute decision making. Students will apply these tools to contemporary public policy decision making at the local, state, federal, and international levels.
Technology Innovation and Public Policy
Technological innovation, the incremental and revolutionary improvements in technology, has been a major driver in economic, social, military, and political change. This course will introduce generic models of innovation that span multiple sectors including: energy, environment, health, and bio- and information-technologies. The course also analyzes how governments choose policies, such as patents, to spur and shape innovation and its impacts on the economy and society. Students will be introduced to a global perspective on innovation policy including economic competitiveness, technology transfer and appropriate technology.
Information and Communication Policy
This course examines how federal and international policies are developed to influence innovation in, and regulation of, information, computer, and telecommunications technologies. In particular the course will examine such topics as privacy, freedom of speech, cyber security, copyrights and intellectual property rights, access to information technology, and the regulation of the Internet.
This course provides an overview of energy resources, technologies, and policies designed to ensure clean, stable supplies of energy for the future. The course evaluates the impacts of fossil fuel, renewable energy, and hydrogen technologies on society and how public policies can be used to influence their development. The development of U.S. energy policy is of particular concern, although a global perspective will be integrated throughout the course.
Topics in Public Policy
Allows examination of a special problem or topical area in the field of public policy. Topics and specific content and methods vary from year to year or term to term.
Biomedical Issues
A study of the impact of science and technology on life, our view of life and of the value issues that arise from this impact.
This course introduces students to federal, state, and local environmental policies and the various policy paths leading to their establishment. Students will understand how societal values inform the content of environmental policies and the impacts, in turn, of these policies on society. In addition, the class will explore how environmental economics informs the new tools of environmental policy. The course covers a range of environmental policies at the U.S. and international levels addressing problems such as air and water pollution, climate change, energy use, and community sustainability.
* At least two courses must be taken at the 300-level or higher.
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Q: Генерация возможных вариантов Как можно сгенерировать все возможные варианты из списка?
К примеру есть список:
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Нужно чтобы программа составила все возможные варианты строк:
aaa bbb ccc
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ccc aaa bbb
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Как это вообще сделать?
Бьюсь над решением уже пару дней, но решения найти не могу .

A: Рекурсивный алгоритм. Реализация на Python без использования дополнительных библиотек.
def f(lst):
    if len(lst) <= 0:
        return []
    if len(lst) == 1:
        return [lst]

    result = []
    for i in range(0, len(lst)):
        lst2 = list(lst)
        elem = lst2.pop(i)
        sub_result = f(lst2)
        for sr in sub_result:
            l = [elem] + sr
            result.append(l)
    return result

for l in f(['aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc']):
    print(l)

Результат выполнения:
['aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc']
['aaa', 'ccc', 'bbb']
['bbb', 'aaa', 'ccc']
['bbb', 'ccc', 'aaa']
['ccc', 'aaa', 'bbb']
['ccc', 'bbb', 'aaa']

Python, с использованием модуля itertools:
import itertools

for r in itertools.permutations(['aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc']):
    print(r)

Результат выполнения:
('aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc')
('aaa', 'ccc', 'bbb')
('bbb', 'aaa', 'ccc')
('bbb', 'ccc', 'aaa')
('ccc', 'aaa', 'bbb')
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About the Social Welfare Appeals Office
From Social Welfare Appeals Office
1. Description and Functions
2. Mission Statement
3. Organisation
4. How to find the Social Welfare Appeals Office
Description and Functions
The Social Welfare Appeals Office operates independently of the Department of Social Protection.
It is charged with determining appeals by persons who are dissatisfied with decisions made by Deciding Officers or Designated Persons of the department on questions relating to entitlement to social welfare payments and insurability of employment under the Social Welfare Acts.
The statutory basis for the appeals process is contained in Part 10 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 and in Regulations made under provisions of that legislation.
Please click here for a list of the matters within the jurisdiction of the appeals process.
Further general information on the appeals process is to be found in the leaflets produced by the Office and in the Annual Reports by the Chief Appeals Officer to the Minister for Social Protection.
The mission of the Social Welfare Appeals Office is to provide an independent, accessible and fair appeals service for entitlement to social welfare payments and to deliver that service in a prompt and courteous manner.
In seeking to fulfil that role the Office places particular value on a high level of customer service and efficient administration.
The Office is headed by the Chief Appeals Officer who, as Director of the Office, has overall responsibility for the administration of the appeals service.
There is also a Deputy Chief Appeals Officer and an Office Manager who is responsible for administrative operations.
The Chief Appeals Officer, Deputy Chief Appeals Officer and Appeals Officers are appointed by the Minister for Social Protection in accordance with statutory provisions.
Social Welfare Appeals Office: Organisation Chart
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How to find the Social Welfare Appeals Office
Social Welfare Appeals Office
Social Welfare Appeals Office, D'Olier House, D'Olier Street , Dublin , D02 XY31
www.gov.ie/socialwelfareappealsoffice
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Jeremy Porter Linn (born January 6, 1975) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.  Linn set an American record in the 100-meter breaststroke while winning the silver medal in that event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He has recently been selected to be inducted in the Tennessee Athletics Hall of Fame with the class of 2017.

At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Mark Henderson, Gary Hall Jr., Jeff Rouse and Linn set a new world record in the men's 400-metre medley relay.  Linn was known for his unusual warm-up routine and unorthodox swim sets.  A typical warm-up set consisted of flips off the blocks. Linn was given the nickname "The Goat" due to his facial hair.

Linn attended the University of Tennessee from 1995 to 1998, where he was a member of the Tennessee Volunteers swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition.  He was a seventeen-time All-American.  Linn won eleven SEC swimming titles-six individual and five relay.  He also helped the Tennessee Volunteers win an SEC team championship in 1996. At the national level, he won four individual NCAA titles. Linn held the NCAA and U.S. Open record in the 100 yard breaststroke until 2007, that record was broken by Mike Alexandrov of Northwestern University.

Linn was the senior coach at the QDD Swim Team in Manassas, Virginia from September 2004 until August 2007.  Linn coached three swimmers to national championship qualifying times and he also coached three of the four QDD women in the 200-meter freestyle relay to the VSI State Senior Championships for short course in 2007, breaking the meet record and nearly breaking the five-year-old state record.  Linn coached 11 QDD athletes whom achieved USA Swimming's Scholastic All-American status for the 2006–07 school year, Linn coached for Tar Heel Aquatic Team, in Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina from August 2007 to December 2007.  He now coaches for Nations Capital swim team in northern Virginia.

See also
 List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
 List of University of Tennessee people
 World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay

References

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 VA Swimming

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Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
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20th-century American people
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As Poor Air Quality Continues, Homeless Search For Escape
By Brian Bull • Sep 15, 2020
Air quality indexes range from "unhealthy" to "hazardous" across the region, as wildfires continue to burn. And homeless people remain limited in options.
Kelly Coy, on the corner of 18th and Oak Tuesday morning.
Credit Brian Bull / KLCC
On the corner of Oak and 18th, 58-year-old Kelly Coy sits with his sign, that says "Anything helps, thank you." The Army veteran is surrounded by smog, which he says he can't do anything about.
"Y'know it's my allergies, my eyes' burning. But other than that, I can live with a little bit of smoke. It's just this fire…it was bad," Coy told me.
When asked if he had any escape or respite from the bad air, Coy said "Not really, there's nothing open. A place for day shelter, a place to take a shower. Cuz there's no place to take a shower 'round."
The City of Eugene says it's extended hours at a respite center at the Lane County Fairgrounds to noon on Thursday. That's roughly when air quality is expected to improve with incoming storm weather. An official says between COVID-19 protocols and finding buildings with proper air ventilation systems, it's hard giving people more access.
Read the response to KLCC here, sent earlier today by the City of Eugene's Community Relations Director, Laura Hammond:
"Since Sunday, the City has been operating a 24/7 clean air shelter at the Expo Center at Lane Events Center/Fairground for vulnerable populations experiencing homelessness. We are keeping the shelter open until Thursday at noon which is when the air quality advisory ends, and we will reassess the need for extending clean air shelter space as we get closer. Currently, only one section of space in the Lane Events Center is available due to another multi-day event happening there. Our homeless outreach staff have been working to share information about the shelter's availability directly through partner service providers. In addition the Hilyard Community Center will be open as a day time clean air shelter from 9am to 5pm today and through 12pm Thursday.
"The challenges of securing adequate, safe space and appropriate staffing while also protecting vulnerable community members from COVID-19 have been significant as we work to offer our community smoke respite shelter options. City staff have been actively reaching out to partners across the community in a search for overnight shelter space. We have faced a significant challenge in finding additional space that is large enough to accommodate COVID-19 protections with HVAC systems that can ensure safe air quality. We appreciate the help of community partners in identifying additional respite sites."The City of Eugene and Lane County have been working together to establish clean air shelters since Wednesday, September 9. These started out at Hilyard and Petersen Barn Community Centers and the Lane Events Center for people who do not have access to indoor shelter. The shelters were consolidated into one shelter at the Lane Events Center on Friday.
"The number of people experiencing homelessness and relying on illegal camping in Eugene and Lane County was significant prior to the COVID-19. As a result of the pandemic, capacity at local shelters and centers is even more limited to allow for physical distancing. This has added considerable additional strain on a system that had already reached capacity. Oregon Health Authority has stated that congregate shelter should be a last resort given the risks of COVID transmission. We are acutely aware of this as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in our community, a number of which have been linked to congregate care facilities.
"To date Lane County has worked with homeless service providers to distribute N95 masks, so far supplying 360. The City is currently working to set up distribution of additional masks to homeless service providers to support demand."
Copyright 2020, KLCC.
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Updated Wildfire Evacuation Information
By Love Cross & KLCC • Sep 25, 2020
Rachael McDonald/KLCC
Evacuation orders remain in place for several communities throughout the region as wildfires continue to burn, many of them without any containment. Officials have warned residents that areas under Level 3 Evacuated areas, including the roads within those areas, are closed to the public. The closures are necessary to protect the safety of everyone.
Wildfire Evacuation Resources List
As wildfire evacuation notices continue to update, here is a list of websites for up to date information in different counties.
For Fire Evacuees, An Anxious Wait To Go Back
Brian Bull / KLCC
Evacuation levels are being downgraded for some areas around the Holiday Farm Fire that's burned over 166,000 acres and destroyed more than 300 structures. As can be expected, evacuees are more than ready to come home.
COVID-19 Tests On Hold As Hazardous Air Quality Closes Testing Lab
By Love Cross • Sep 15, 2020
AirNow.gov
Wildfires and hazardous air conditions have affected COVID-19 testing in Oregon. Over the past several days, statewide testing numbers appear to have dipped. This could be due to widespread hazardous conditions causing people seeking testing to be declined.


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Anti-Human IFNAR2 Antibody, Clone MMHAR-2, neutralizing (MAb)
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Anti-IFNAR2 antibody (clone MMHAR-2) to human Interferon (Alpha, Beta and Omega) Receptor 2
Blocks the biological action of Human Type I Interferons
Suitable for use in Type I IFN neutralization, flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, and immunoprecipitation
Full Product Name: Anti-Human Interferon Alpha/Beta Receptor Chain 2, Clone MMHAR-2 (MAb)
50 μg
Tech Info / Data
Formulation Supplied frozen in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) containing 0.1% Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA)
Antigen Human interferon alpha/beta receptor chain 2 (Human IFNAR2)
Isotype IgG2A
Bioactivity Measured by neutralization of interferon in cytopathic effect inhibition assay.
Specificity Neutralizes human IFN-alpha receptor; interacts with extracellular domain; binds to human IFN-alpha receptor with high affinity; blocks biological action of Type I IFNs
Storage For retention of full activity store at -70°C or below and avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles
Antigen Synonyms None
Clone MMHAR-2
Tested Applications:
Suggested Applications*:
Immunoprecipitation (1-5 μg/ml)
Immunohistochemistry (1 μg/ml)
Flow Cytometry (1-10 μg/ml)
*Please note that these applications are presented for suggested use only and have not been fully evaluated by PBL.
The Type I interferon receptor is a heterodimer consisting of IFNAR1 and IFNAR2. The IFNAR2 subunit provides most of the binding affinity for IFN and IFNAR1 is required for optimum signaling.
Colpitts, Che, et al. (2020). Hepatitis C virus exploits cyclophilin A to evade PKR. eLife, 25 pgs. PMID: 32539931. (link)
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Zavala, Kathryn, et al. (2018). Intrinsic activation of the vitamin D antimicrobial pathway by M. leprae infection is inhibited by type I IFN. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15 pgs. PMID: 30300363. (link)
Lucifora, et al. (2018). Direct antiviral properties of TLR ligands against HBV replication in immune-competent hepatocytes. Scientific Reports, 11 pgs. PMID: 29599452. (link)
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Diaz-Rodriguez, Yildian, et al. (2017). In vitro differentiated plasmacytoid dendritic cells as a tool to induce anti-leukemia activity of natural killer cells. Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, 14 pgs. PMID: 28555259. (link)
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Schwartz, Jordan (2017). Elucidation of the Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Response to HIV-1. University of Toronto, 190 pgs. PMID: no PMID. (link)
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Bowers, et al. (2014). Immune Suppression by Neutrophils in HIV-1 Infection: Role of PD-L1/PD-1 Pathway. PLOS One, 9 pgs. PMID: 24626392. (link)
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Davis, Ann, et al. (2008). A T-bet-independent role for IFN-α/β in regulating IL-2 secretion in human CD4+ central memory T cells. Journal of Immunology, 11 pgs. PMID: 19050236. (link)
Marijanovic, Zrinka, et al. (2007). Comparable potency of IFNα2 and IFNβ on immediate JAK/STAT activation but differential down-regulation of IFNAR2. Biochemical Journal, 11 pgs. PMID: 17627610. (link)
Hasan, Uzma, et al. (2007). Cell proliferation and survival induced by Toll-like receptors is antagonized by type I IFNs. PNAS, 6 pgs. PMID: 17463087. (link)
Conti, Laura, et al. (2007). In the absence of IGF-1 signaling, IFN-gamma suppresses human malignant T-cell growth. Blood Journal, 10 pgs. PMID: 17148586. (link)
van Boxel-Dezaire, Annette, et al. (2006). Complex modulation of cell type-specific signaling in response to type I interferons. Immunity, 12 pgs. PMID: 16979568. (link)
Best, et al. (2005). Inhibition of interferon-stimulated JAK-STAT signaling by a tick-borne flavivirus and identification of NS5 as an interferon antagonist. JVI, 12 pgs. PMID: 16188985. (link)
Bendriss-Vermare, Nathalie, et al. (2005). Virus overrides the propensity of human CD40L-activated plasmacytoid dendritic cells to produce Th2 mediators through synergistic induction of IFN-{gamma} and Th1 chemokine production. JLB, 13 pgs. PMID: 16081597. (link)
Nestle, Frank, et al. (2005). Plasmacytoid predendritic cells initiate psoriasis through interferon-α production. JEM, 9 pgs. PMID: 15998792. (link)
Gautier, Gregory, et al. (2005). A type I interferon autocrine–paracrine loop is involved in Toll-like receptor-induced interleukin-12p70 secretion by dendritic cells. JEM, 12 pgs. PMID: 15851485. (link)
Bekeredjian-Ding, Isabelle, et al. (2005). Plasmacytoid dendritic cells control TLR7 sensitivity of naive B cells via type I IFN. Journal of Immunology, 10 pgs. PMID: 15778362. (link)
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There is no shortage of capable realtors. Sellers and buyers don't have to look very hard or long to find someone suitable. And thanks to hot markets like Toronto and Vancouver, as well as television shows that glamourize the lifestyles of successful real estate agents, some markets are seeing new agents coming out in droves.
That's why it's important for realtors, perhaps more than ever, to set themselves apart. A great way to do that is to establish yourself in a niche market, positioning yourself as an agent who uniquely understands a particular demographic of the population.
Not sure what that niche could look like? Here are fives ideas on niche markets you could specialize in.
Parents with young children or first-time babies on the way often need to upgrade their living situation and move into a home that has more space, and is better situated when it comes to safety, parks, daycares and schools. You could be the agent who knows what new families need most.
Physical disabilities can make searching for a home an unusually difficult endeavour. A client searching for an accessible home may feel frustrated by the options and misunderstood by those who do not fully understand their needs. To work in this underserved market, start by learning the ins and outs of your province's accessibility laws, develop a deep understanding of what makes a home accessible and study what's available on the market.
Being "green" is important to a growing number of home buyers. They want efficiency, conservation and innovation without sacrificing comfort and style. To be the environmental expert realtor, you need to be abreast of the latest energy-conserving home features, the energy and cost savings, any available government incentives, and the home features and materials that aren't eco-friendly.
Individuals and couples who are new to the market will have plenty of questions, and they may be either extra cautious or overzealous. An agent who specializes in first purchases needs to be a gentle leader, providing support, education and advice without ever being pushy, impatient or condescending.
Shopping for an investment property can be a much different game than looking for a home to live in. Buyers hunting for a place to put their money into will be concerned with current and future performance of an area, manageability and upkeep required, and ideas on how to maximize potential. A realtor who focuses on investment properties needs to have a keen business mind in order to help a client strategize routes to returns, as well as a knowledge of the area and of the property from the perspective of an investor. It also doesn't hurt to personally own or have owned an investment property.
Or, if all else fails, you could do something like this.


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Q: iPhone - Uploading an app prefs file to the iPhone I'm working on a new preference file and I'm testing the app on the iPhone (I must do on th e iPhone because I work on a camera project).
During my test, I have to change my code to make sure the new preference file is well writen. As I have many tries to do this, how may I upload to the iPhone a 1.0 preference file I've downloaded earlier from the 1.0 app, to be able to test again with a new compiled 1.0.1 app ?
Thank you.

A: You can enable iTunes file sharing(set UIFileSharingEnabled to YES in your app's Info.plist) and then read your file from the Documents folder. This way you'll be able to access it semi-directly via iTunes.
Don't forget to move it someplace else when finished debugging, unless you want your users to see that file, too.


Funny thing, didn't even know there was such a thing as "Reverse Racism" until doing a search to find a picture to go with this blog post and there is a whole wikipedia thing about it (however it is not where this pointing is going ... it is about dropping racism altogether ... having a level playing field even when you think or feel like there isn't one...seeing one anyway, in spite of what is believed). This has been coming up again recently. It came up last semester while reading all about history (it's been said it's called "his story" because history is written by the ones that win, if you win, you get to tell the story, but winning doesn't make a story true. ~Wayne Austin).
There needs to be a reminder that we will not ever know the whole story, and that we cannot see the large picture of why things happen. This is just one example but take any example from history and place yourself there in that era and see if you could possibly see it the way you are seeing it now … if we could then maybe we could see that although the founding Fathers of America left England because of oppression, they came to America and had slaves while writing "all men are created equal." However, if one could look ahead 200 years, maybe they wouldn't be so quick to judge because one has to put their self in the "history" they are reading and imagine what that time was like … the founding Fathers couldn't just abolish slavery that had been going on for thousands of years, but they were genius enough to write a document which help to lead to the abolition of slavery within 100 years and to have a black President within a little over 200 years. That is pretty damn amazing.
So yes things can move slowly, minds don't seem to change quickly. But if we revert to "reverse racism" where we go back and look and get angry about injustices that we cannot do anything about but get angry, without looking at a big picture, to see things in a way that says, "maybe I am not seeing this correctly." Then it just takes longer for the mind to change and it affects everyone around that one that will not let go of the stories.
If there is a current injustice and it is bothering you … don't speak on it … go do something about it … or leave it alone … but don't breed negativity by just complaining about something that happened without any willingness to be part of the change of making a difference.
If there is something for you to be involved in. It will show up. Otherwise, look around you … right this minute look around you. Do you really have anything to complain about? Really? Aren't all your needs met? Really, honestly aren't they. There is nothing to breed fear about or claim injustice about, unless there is and if there is, it will be something that you participate in without notoriety, without fanfare, you will do it because you are called to do it. Real change can come, by just seeing the world as it is, not stories about the world, just STOP right NOW and take a look at the world around you … not on TV … the world you/the world your body is in … right in front of your face … is there an atrocity there? Is there racism there? Is there unfairness there? Or is that all just a story you are telling? Why are you looking for reasons to not get along, just get along.
We do not need to be in tribes any longer, let us appreciate what the tribe created culturally, yet the mentality is one that no longer serves the day we are in. No more "us" and "them"... that is war. It is time to look at not how different we are, but how very much the same and in that grows compassion.
Honesty is for the self, for yourSelf. To thine own Self be True.
This speaking comes from one that has no nationality and yet includes all nationalities, has the blood of all of life in it and yet it cannot be touched by this world, neither man nor woman. It is the same for you and is held for you until the day that you claim it as your own. This speaking comes from what we are all in, that which unites us all ... not separates into categories to breed negativity and violence.
The above is taken from the writings that went on during the year 2001 on a Yahoo Groups List created by Wayne Austin.


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Q: Snowflake SQL UDF returns "Unknown user-defined function" error I am trying to build a query in Snowflake using SQL syntax. While it is mostly approachable, I am having issues creating a specific query. It appears Snowflake does not support nested SELECT statements and returns the error "Unsupported subquery type cannot be evaluated".
I would appreciate any feedback or input on how to go about solving this issue.
Here is logically how I intended the query to run:
create function demofunc(id varchar)
    returns table(
                  float,
                  float
    )
as
$$
    SELECT
      a.value1 as value1,
      func_other(id, a.value2) as value2 --where func_other returns a float and works fine
    FROM
      (
           SELECT
                     SUM(table1.value1) as value1,
                     table1.value2 as value2
           FROM      demotable table1
           WHERE
                     table1.id = id
           GROUP BY value2
      ) a
$$;

Running this yields "Unsupported subquery type cannot be evaluated", so I tried to redo it using the suggestions on Snowflake docs as shown here, https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/udf-sql.html#troubleshooting, where they suggest separating everything out into their own functions, which still did not help.
create function func_1(id varchar)
    returns table(
            value1 float,
            value2 date
    )
as
$$
  SELECT
        SUM(table1.value1) as value1,
        table1.value2 as value2
  FROM demotable table1
  WHERE
       table1.id = id
  GROUP BY value2
$$;
----------------------------------------
create function func_2(id varchar)
    returns table(
            value1 float,
            value2 float
    )
as
$$
  SELECT
      a.value1 as value1,
      func_other(id, a.value2) as value2 --where func_other returns a float and works fine
  FROM
      TABLE(func_1(id)) a
$$;
----------------------------------------
select * from TABLE(func_2('AAAAA'))

Does anyone know of a good plan of attack or workaround? Thank you.
EDIT: I have added the other function, func_other below. It seems the initial subquery problem was due to me including a function call in the "WHERE" clause of my select statement in func_other. However, in trying to ameliorate this, I caused a new error where processing is simply aborted. As a result, I now get an execution error from Snowflake's side and am currently awaiting resolution.
To try and fix this, I select both values instead of trying to use a function call in the where clause, then call a separate function, step_func_other, instead of func_other, which simply selects one of the values that the new func_other returns. All of these work independently, but when combined into the master call (func2), execution breaks down.
old:
create function func_other(id varchar, value2 date)
    returns float
as
$$
    SELECT value3 as value3
    FROM table2
    WHERE
         p_id = id
         AND p_date = func_prev(id, value2)

$$;

where func_prev is defined as:
create function func_prev(id varchar, value2 date)
    returns date
as
$$
    SELECT
         MAX(p_date) as p_date
    FROM
         table2
    WHERE
         p_id = id
         AND p_date < value2
$$;

new:
create function func_other(id varchar, value2 date)
    returns TABLE(value3 float, p_date date)
as
$$
    SELECT
        value3 as value3,
        func_prev(id, value2) as p_date
    FROM
        table2
    WHERE
        p_id = id
        AND p_date = p_date

$$;
-----------
create function step_func_other(id varchar, value2 date)
    returns float
as
$$
    SELECT
          CASE
              WHEN value2 IS NULL
                  THEN NULL
              ELSE value3
          END AS value3
    FROM
         TABLE(func_other(id, value2))
$$;


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