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New York – Land of Indestructible Wonder
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Day 5 of my 'Little Adventure' – March 18th 2015
My holiday is coming to a close – I have 2 days left in New York, and as days off for my friend, Roz, have come to an end, I must fly solo. As mentioned in my previous posts, I was nervous of going into the city on my own, but Tom's advice paid off.
Tom(Roz's husband) suggested to take a cab from Grand Central Station directly to the Staten Island Ferry terminal (approx. $20) Thus avoiding using the bus/subway. The ferry is FREE and essentially works a loop journey; it brings passengers past the Statue of Liberty on the outward leg, while offering great panoramic views of the bay. I have to admit that I was uninterested in doing the full tour of the statue and was quite happy to avail of a free ferry ride, while taking in the famous Manhattan sky line.
By the end of the trip, any anxiety was blown away by the Hudson breeze and I was excited to go and find the National Museum of the American Indian.
If you have read my earlier posts, you will have noted how I took an interest in the American Indians, and so a stop off at the museum was a must for me. The museum is located in the beautifully restored Custom House and houses temporary and permanent exhibitions. And NO! This is NOT a place used to voice the woes and grievances of the native people – on the contrary, it celebrates their wonderful culture and talents.
I lost 3 blissful hours in this diverse world of history, art and exhibits – and decided in support, to buy all my New York souvenirs here. No apples on T-shirts for me or 'Lady Liberty' in miniature- I was bringing home some Native tees and handmade jewelry.
Leaving there, I found my way up to Ground Zero, or the 9/11 Memorial as it is now known. This may be controversial to say, but I wasn't really that keen on going there – not for fear of any emotional upset – I thought I did not have any emotional investment in it. But as I was in the neighborhood, why not take a gander……
How surprised was I!
I called into the 9/11 Tribute Centre…..and left there a blubbering mess.
The Tribute Center, is just that, and tells the story of the before, during and after. It is incredibly moving – there is no shame in crying in public here.
I can't put into words the emotions felt but one of the most moving for me was this (see photo below) – it is the jacket and helmet of a fallen firefighter. His jacket was found in one place, the helmet another, and the fireman himself never found at all. The jacket is ripped the full length of his back – I will let your imagination do the rest……
Twisted girder of Twin Towers
As for the memorial place itself – Pictures can't capture it – the feeling of a sacred place – the quiet (in the center of a city) – this hallowed space – I won't go into detail, as unless you have been there, it is too hard to explain – here are my poor efforts to capture it.
once where there were towering steeples
Here is a birds eye view, courtesy of National September 11th Memorial
Eagles View
I couldn't help but think of my brother's lyrics of one of his songs (written pre 9/11)
American Townland
by Fergus O'Farrell – band-Interference
Won't you settle down, stop fighting for your gods…
Oh, settle down, stop fighting for your gods.
They can't hear you now, not with the noise of your guns.
Once were towering steeples
Now there's a soaring eagle
A crescent moon and a rising sun
Our prayers ascending, but what good will they bring?
If all that's willin' is more and more killin'
to listen to the full version of the song, introduced by Oscar Winner, Glen Hansard, click here
Recently, while out walking with my seven year old, he took me into a 'secret' forest and talked up a great game of imagery and action – he called it the 'Land of Indestructible Wonder'. I am not sure where he got that from, but I was impressed. It sounded great.
When you say it out loud it resonates beautifully.
The Land of Indestructible Wonder.
It would make a great fantasy book title……..and then I thought…..maybe it isn't fantasy….
how apt for New York -because that is exactly what it is…..
The Land of Indestructible Wonder
New York – a Little Irish Lakota connection
April 3, 2015 April 14, 2015 / lydialittlekgirl	/ 1 Comment
Day Two in New York – Sunday 15th March 2015
In a previous blog, I mentioned that one of the many reasons that justified my trip to the Big Apple, was to visit relatives.
Do you know the exact address of YOUR extended family scattered about the world?
Well, I had only a vague idea of where my rellies were, and did not fully investigate their address until I was ensconced on site at 'base camp' that was Mamaroneck, and iphone in hand.
I knew the rellies lived in Scarsdale (remembered easily due to the mad diet my mother was always on in the 70's and 80's) but I had no idea where Scarsdale was in relation to New York city and Mamaroneck.
Well would you believe it but – according to Google maps, and GPS – we were a mere 10 minutes drive from the rellie's house in Scarsdale!
hop skip and a jump away
Now here's the thing – Rellies has a broad term doesn't it?
My true blood relatives, are the O'Farrell-Gallo side, and their very good friends, the Dunnes, have become ours too over the years.
Tim and Cindy Dunne visited us during the summer of 2014 in West Cork, and naturally, the courtesy was being extended as I was now on their home turf.
There is no way I could have left American soil without linking up with them.
In any case, the arrangements were that we would all meet at the Dunne's in Scarsdale on Sunday, for a late morning brunch.
So we descended en masse to Scarsdale with a gift of a good bottle of wine, and obligatory giant bars of Cadbury's chocolate. I had an additional gift for the Dunnes.
My brother, Fergus O'Farrell, is a singer song writer. And he wanted me to pass on a couple of CD's of his two albums to the Dunnes. While Fergus's songs are available commercially (visit his web site here) one of these songs was particularly special and he wanted to give signed copies to them.
Bear with me as I now FLASHBACK to the summer 2014 when Tim and Cindy had visited us in Ireland. Cindy was telling us as part of the general chit chat that she was now retired and had the time to volunteer with the Pine Ridge Lakota reservation and specifically, with the Lakota Children's Enrichment foundation – this was as a result of their daughter, Maggie, who works very closely with the Lakota children on the reservation. As it natural with these things, Maggie's mother had taken an interest too.
I added my bit that, I felt the Irish could relate (if even just a little) having had our share of colonisation and banishment, oppression, genocide, treaty breaking etc. I shared the story of how good the Native American's had been to the Irish during the Great Famine (1845-52), sending over funds, following their own Trail of Tears.
To think, the Native American Indians had so little and gave so much to our people.
And I shared news of how, in recognition of this wonderful aid, there is a sculptor planned to be unveiled in Cork. (For details of this see more here)
proposed 'Feather' sculpture
Back to us at brunch in the USA Spring 2015 and I was delighted to pass on my brother's CD which features his song 'Gold' (as sung in the movie Once, and performed as part of the Broadway show)
These CD's do not have the original version which includes has a speech recorded that precedes the song.
Fergus had written a personal note to the Dunnes, included in the CD, explaining that the song, although perceived as a love song, was actually an environmental song that had been inspired by a speech he had heard.
I played the original version song to the full room and wasn't I thrilled to be able to report that the speech was delivered by the Great Grand daughter of Chief Hollow Horn, of the Lakota tribe. ( I will include a link here once I figure out how to upload to audio to the blog so you can hear the full rendition)
This as you can imagine made a wonderful impression. Great discussion followed as to the coincidence etc.
Admittedly, while Fergus never knew the Lakota connection when he wrote the song, we are only delighted to now put the two together.
Serendipity? Fate? Maybe the Great Spirit would have a say on that.
In any case, the morning was filled by a circle of friends, new and old, sharing food, chatting, and exchanging stories.
There was that special moment when I realised how wonderful these kind of gatherings are – and how lucky I was to be right in the middle of it. My mind slipped back to a time when the same lands might have had a tribe somewhere near by where others too may have gathered, shared stories and exchanged gifts.
There was no mass for me on that Sunday – but I figure any God wouldn't have minded.
Hollow Horn Bear
(ca. 1850 – 1913)
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Chain of Responsibility vs. Chain of Command
Types of Businesses to Start
By Neil Kokemuller
Difficult Situations Managers Can Face & How to Deal With Them
What Does it Mean to Say an Employee Challenged Authority?
Business Etiquette and the Chain of Command
Factors Favoring a Strategy of Employee Empowerment
Examples of an Employee Resisting Authority
Chain of responsibility and chain of command are both critical, but distinct concepts to recognize in your small business. Chain of responsibility refers to the way in which actions and decisions move to different employees in a typical workflow. Precise flow of work and responsibility is critical in small companies where single mishaps can mean major losses. Chain of command refers to the hierarchical reporting relationships in the organization.
Chain of Responsibility Basics
When clients or patrons approach a business with a product, service or support need, the first employee contact may not have the authority, responsibility and resources to complete fulfill the request. A chain of responsibility is a formal outline of the path a particular request follows as it goes through various decision and action steps. A mortgage lender, for instance, outlines a chain of responsibility for how a loan is processed from the time a consultant takes an application to the time the loan is approved and closed.
Having the most efficient and logical chain of responsibility is a key concern in optimizing small business costs and profit. The fewer steps or people involved to complete a process the better. Technology has helped in efficient responsibility chains. Customer relationship management software, for instance, allows organizations to communicate internally as orders go from sales to shipping and installation and follow-up support. Poorly communicated workflows and responsibilities is a key roadblock to efficient chains of responsibility. Poor training can lead to employees passing on tasks to the wrong person as well, which causes delays or poor results.
Chain of Command Basics
A chain of command is present in any organization with a formal structure. Small businesses usually have relatively shallow command chains, but even a company with an owner, manager and one employee has a chain of command. In essence, the chain outlines the reporting relationships and amount of authority held at each level of the organization. It refers to the intended order or flow of communication of decisions, concerns and feedback. A retail sales associate, in typical situations, should communicate concerns with a store manager before going directly to a district or regional manager.
A clearly communicated and maintained chain of command can improve company morale, promote better teamwork and enhance manager-employee relationships. Front-line employees who go directly to managers with questions and concerns create a closer relationship at the team or department level. In this way, small companies have advantages. A core challenge to the chain of command occurs when owners or managers at any level operate unethically or abuse power. The retail associate may struggle to follow the chain of command if his manager is harassing, abusive or acting unethically. In these cases, the employee may feel compelled to bypass one step on the chain.
Clemson University: Chain of Command
Second Wind Consultants: Teach Your Employees to Respect the Chain of Command
Neil Kokemuller has been an active business, finance and education writer and content media website developer since 2007. He has been a college marketing professor since 2004. Kokemuller has additional professional experience in marketing, retail and small business. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Iowa State University.
The Importance of Following the Chain of Command in Business
Policy & Procedures for the Chain of Command
Risk Assessment Plan & Organizational Structure
How to Sell Your Product Into a Retail Chain
Chain of Command in a Bar or a Restaurant
Differences in Hierarchical or Adaptive Structures as Effective Organizational Structures
The Advantages & Disadvantages of a Mixed Model Approach
The Advantages of a Small Business Over a Big Chain
Responsibilities That Come With the Flat Organizational Model
1 The Importance of Following the Chain of Command in Business
2 Policy & Procedures for the Chain of Command
3 Risk Assessment Plan & Organizational Structure
4 How to Sell Your Product Into a Retail Chain

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Global Modified Starches Market - Trends & Forecast, 2016-2022
Publisher: Market Research Future
Publication: Date: 14-Apr-17
Product Code: MRF-1811105
Market Scenario
Owing to a huge demand from the food and beverages industry, modified starches market, in the present as well as in the near future, is expected to experience an exponential market growth. There is a rise in the demand for modified starches due to the rapid growth of the food industry. The food and beverage industry has a huge demand for modified starches. Researchers have invented techniques to modify starch, by using chemicals and enzymes; these modified starches are used as food additive in various applications, including their usage as stabilizing, emulsifying, thickening, and freeze-thaw stabilizing agents. Modified starches have a remarkable number of uses in a variety of food, such as bakeries, snacks, beverages, as well as functional food. In functional food, modified starches are used as fat replacer and texture enhancer and for added nutritional properties, high-temperature stability, and flavor and oil encapsulation.
The global modified starches market has been segmented by region, which comprises North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of the World. The North American region is dominating the modified starches market. The market volume in this region is projected to reach 43.92 MMT by 2022 with a growth rate of 3.93%. Availability of cheap raw materials, low production costs, and fewer stringent environmental regulations are driving the market growth in this region. Additionally, the Asia Pacific region seems to be a lucrative market for the investors to produce starch at more competitive prices than countries in Europe and North America. Europe is anticipated to grow at an exponential pace over the assessment period, owing to the rising demand for modified starches from the paper and textile industries.
The modified starch market has been segmented on the basis of source, form, application, and functionality. Modified starch market, by source, includes corn, wheat, cassava, potato, and others. Corn is dominating the source segment and is expected to witness an exponential growth of 4.25%. Modified starches market, by form, includes powder, liquid, and gel. Powdered modified starch is dominating in the form segment and is projected to reach 19.96 MMT by 2022. Modified starches market, by application, includes food & beverages and non-food application. Food & beverages is dominating the application segment and is projected to reach 57.58 MMT, at a CAGR of 3.94%.
The leading market players in the global modified starches market primarily are Ingredion Incorporated (U.S.), Archer Daniels Midland Company (U.S.), Roquette Fr�res (France), Tate & Lyle PLC (U.K), Agrana Beteiligungs-AG (Austria), Grain Processing Corporation (U.S.), and Cargill, Incorporated (U.S.)
- Modified starches manufacturers
- Food and beverages manufacturers
- Textiles
- Personal care
- Retailers & wholesalers
- E-commerce companies
- Traders, importers, and exporters
- Modified starches are extensively used in food & beverages and this sector will witness a CAGR of 3.94% and is projected to reach 57.58 MMT, until 2022.
- Asia Pacific is projected to dominate the modified starches market and will witness a CAGR of 4.22% until 2022.
Regional and Country Analysis of Global Modified Starches Market Development and Demand Forecast to 2022 Market
As per MRFR analysis, the global modified starches market has witnessed continuous demand during the last few years and is projected to reach 33.10 MMT by 2022, at a CAGR of 4.22%, with respect to production volume, during the forecast period.
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From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 28 September 1791
To Benjamin Lincoln1
Sepr 28. 1791
The law making provision for the reduction of the public debt requiring that an account of the purchases should be laid before Congress within the first fourteen days of each session,2 and as I am informed that only a part of the purchases made by you, yet appears on the books of the Treasury, I am to request that you will without delay have this business completed and all such stock as may stand on the books of any Commissioner of loans transferred immediately to those of the Treasury in the names of the Trustees of the Sinking Fund as described in the Act.3
You will observe the particulars which by the 3d. Section of that act are to enter into the Report of the Trustees; as these particulars must necessarily come from you, I request an abstract or statement of your purchases in which they shall be specified.
With great consideration & esteem I am Sir Your obedient
A Hamilton
Benjamin Lincoln Esqr
ALS, RG 36, Collector of Customs at Boston, Letters from the Treasury, 1789–1808, National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters to the Collector at Boston, National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters to Collectors at Small Ports, "Set G," National Archives.
1. For background to this letter, see H to Lincoln, February 1, 1791.
2. Section 3 of "An Act making Provision for the Reduction of the Public Debt" reads as follows: "And be it further enacted, That accounts of the application of the said monies shall be rendered for settlement as other public accounts, accompanied with returns of the amount of the said debt purchased therewith, at the end of every quarter of a year, to be computed from the time of commencing the purchases aforesaid: and that a full and exact report of the proceedings of the said five persons, or any three of them, including a statement of the disbursements and purchases made under their direction, specifying the times thereof, the prices at which, and the parties from whom the same may be made, shall be laid before Congress, within the first fourteen days of each session which may ensue the present, during the execution of their said trust" (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 186–87 [August 12, 1790]).
3. Section 2 of "An Act making Provision for the Reduction of the Public Debt" reads in part as follows: "And be it further enacted, That the purchases to be made of the said debt, shall be made under the direction of the President of the Senate, the Chief Justice, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Attorney General for the time being; and who, or any three of whom, with the approbation of the President of the United States, shall cause the said purchases to be made in such manner, and under such regulations as shall appear to them best calculated to fulfill the intent of this act" (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America (Boston, 1845). description ends 186).
Lincoln, Benjamin
"From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 28 September 1791," Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-09-02-0201. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 9, August 1791 – December 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1965, pp. 244–245.]
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Annual Cybersecurity Report
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Emerging Technology Back to Home
UK Space Industry in Ambitious Push for £250 Billion Growth
- Conor Reynolds
Low orbit satellites and telecommunications development central to the ambitions – but was a government press release slightly misleading?
UKspace, the trade association for the UK's space industry, has published an ambitious growth plan for the sector that aims to double the worth of space industrial activities across the economy from £250 billion to £500 billion.
The "Prosperity from Space" report highlights increasing international competition and laments "the absence of a joined up, UK-focused, long-term national programme that allows us to unlock the full potential of our industrial-academic powerbase."
The decision to leave the EU creates particular need to "raise our game and avoid complacency" the report emphasises, saying UK Space needs to nearly double its workforce, adding a further 30,000 to the 38,000 already employed in the sector.
The report recommends focussing UK national effort on four prioritised market verticals, all of which if doubling in size would have significant impact on the sectors Computer Business Review widely covers.
Earth Information Services, a market UK Space anticipates to be worth £20 billlion in coming years, with an emphasis on "real-time global awareness, navigation, analytics and security for the advanced data economy.
Connectivity Services, loosely described by the association as "delivering broadband and 5G for everyone – at home and on the move, on the road, in the air or at sea, anywhere around the globe". The emphasis appears to be on low orbit satellites.
In Space Robotics, including new appliocations for science, enterprise and consumers and
Low Cost Access to Space, maximising the value of the UK's spaceports and
launch from the UK, a £10 billion forecast market, making the UK a home for low-cost launch services and developing platform technologies to promote even lower cost access to space"
Lipservice or a Real Push?
A press release championing the UK Space report was put out by the UK Space Agency alongside the Department for International Trade, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy – suggesting political support for the move.
But the UK's actual commitment to a sustained investment from the Treasury could be questioned. Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation Sam Gyimah stated in the announcement: ''We want the UK to thrive in the commercial space age and have committed £150 million in our Industrial Strategy to help develop advanced rocket engines.''
Of this figures, Computer Business Review determined that only £50 million was previously unannounced; something confirmed in a call to his department.
His office told us: "We will support this, subject to business case through a £50 million programme to enable new satellite launch services and low gravity spaceflights from UK spaceports, building on £99 million that we are already investing to build the National Satellite Test Facility.''
The government, instead, aims to stimulate up to £1 billion of private investment in UK space infrastructure through "smart Government procurement", generating an additional £5 billion in export revenues from a "Space is Great" export campaign, it said.
Will that be enough? UKspace is clear about what's needed: "Space is an R&D intensive sector that requires co-investment from Government. There are some elements of this strategy that only government can deliver such as creating the innovative regulatory environment needed for all-new activities in space, or being the 'anchor-customer' of services to incentivise investment in infrastructure."
Big Space, Big Money
The UK's space sector was valued at £13.7 billion in 2015 and is estimated to a have 6.5 percent share of the global space market, one that is dominated by Russia, China, India and America.
The benefit of Space industrial technology to the wider business community is evident in its use to provide analysis or solutions on earth.
Mappair, designed by UK company Earth Sense, for example has created, using satellite data, a HD map of air pollution in the UK. British space industrial companies' draw investment from outside of the UK not just via EU funding but from companies such as Boeing who have recently invested in Oxfordshire based Reaction Engines who are working on the next generation of hypersonic flight and orbital space craft.
UK Space Punches Above Its Weight
The UK's space sector meanwhile continues to punch above its weight. Airbus provides 25% of the planet's telecommunications satellites and leads some of the most complex science and exploration missions in the world. Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL), the pioneer that 'changed the economics of space' is building 22 payloads for the Galileo navigation service, with 12 more on the way.
Meanwhile, Guildford-based Earth-i is developing Europe's first video from space service, offering high definition video data and insight to customers in logistics, finance, resource management and other knowledge intensive sectors. In Scotland, ÅAC Clyde (formerly ClydeSpace) has become the number one supplier of shoebox sized 'cube sats' and even sells some of its technology online.
"The emergence of a new breed of highly ambitious, privately funded operator is creating an inflection point for the entire sector. Our highly evolved and innovative space ecosystem is attracting many of them to the UK, where they will co-exist with established key-players such as Inmarsat, Avanti and Thales Alenia Space-UK," the report notes.
It adds: "One of these is OneWeb, a global telecommunications company, based in London, building a network of 900 low Earth orbit satellites to provide low latency, high speed, affordable broadband. Others include Effective Space Solutions for logistics and satellite servicing in orbit and Astroscale for satellite and debris removal. Also moving here is Orbital Micro Systems, relocating from Colorado to the fast-growing space-cluster at Harwell, Oxfordshire."
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Q: Could Dark Matter particles that don't couple to quarks or leptons have been produced? With what we know about physics, is it possible that when the universe 'began', around when quarks and leptons were produced, another particle, which doesn't couple to either quarks, leptons or photons was also produced ? The only other way that we can observe its existence is via the effects of its gravitational field. In others words, some ''dark-matter-particle'' that doesn't interact with known forms of matter, except through gravity?

A: Yes, there have been suggestions that such particles exist, and an example is the sterile neutrino.
But your question is a little more involved than you might think at first sight. For example if the sterile neutrino only interacts through gravity what interaction caused it to be created in the first place? There is nothing in the Standard Model that could create such particles. However we expect that the Standard Model is a low energy approximation and as we work backwards in time towards the Big Bang and the energies get higher we'll need a grand unified theory like SO(10) and ultimately a quantum theory of gravity (which may or may not be String Theory). These contain interactions that can create particles like sterile neutrinos. However this remains a speculative area of Physics and at the moment we can't say definitely whether such particles exist or if they exist how they were created.

A: This answer is within the current physics and theoretical understanding, which  has developed a successful formalism that includes all the experimentally seen particles in the Standard Model. The model has been very successful in predicting several new particles using its symmetry and mathematics, the experimental observation of the Higgs boson serving as perhaps the last point of validation.
This model does not include gravity and theorists are working hard to form a model that will encompass the standard model's  $SU(3) \times SU(2) \times U(1)$ group structure, in  more complicated models that include the quantization of gravity. String models promise to be able to do so but the theories have not advance to the point of proposing a solid model from the thousands of possibilities. Once such a model is proposed it can be checked on whether there exist predictions for particles that to first order interact only with the gravitational field.
There are proposals to see the results of graviton resonances at the LHC, and it might be that in some string model a first order stable or long living gravitation only particles will appear in the final formulation. Certainly though the particle would interact in higher orders with other particles within the standard formulations of the theory.

A: Let us clearly draw the line between two things here, since the question can easily involve opinion based answers, which may also be dubbed non-mainstream (which isn't welcome on this site).
1) The existence of dark matter is generally believed by a majority of the Physics community, since astronomical observations, notably by the Planck space observatory, suggest that visible matter makes up only $\sim 5 \%$ of the total mass energy of the universe. Most conveniently, that means that some matter isn't visible to us, hence we call it 'dark', and look at extensions of current theoretical frameworks to account for them, as John and Anna have mentioned in their answers.
However, there are alternatives, which are intended towards accounting for these observations without including any extra invisible matter, such as the Modified Newtonian Dynamics Approach. If this is proved correct with time, we won't need to worry about the dark-matter particles you are asking about. The final answer is really far off, since neither of these mentioned approaches can claim to be the final word on this subject.
2) Regarding ''Dark Matter Particles'', as dmckee mentions in a comment, one can't be absolutely sure as to how to look for them with the current set of theoretical understanding, yet I am aware of certain experimental groups having reported measurements relating to WIMPs, such as the widely popularized Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) experiment. The strategy here is to measure the recoil energy of a nucleus in a Nucleus-WIMP collision, which is more or less a direct detection as compared to the indirect method - analyzing the debris in WIMP decays or annihilations. They had reported some measurements, at roughly $3\sigma$ level, which are encouraging signs, though not conclusive yet. (An alternative reference can be found here ). (Sidenote - The trust level is a little higher than $3\sigma$;  nobody believed the Higgs boson ''discovery'', till a $5\sigma$ measurement was reported.)
A completely consistent theory of their genesis, is an issue that can be settled only after we know for sure that they exist. Right now, neither the theoretical nor the experimental status of this problem can warrant that. Or worst case, if MoND works out fine, we may not even need them. Only time will tell.

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Q: Write a dataframe into a JSON array file with Spark We have the following code:
 val sparkSession = SparkSession.builder
  .master("local")
  .appName("example")
  .getOrCreate()

val data = Seq(
  Row(1, "a","b","c","d"),
  Row(5, "z","b","c","d")

)

val schema = StructType(
  List(
    StructField("id", IntegerType, true),
    StructField("f2", StringType, true),
    StructField("f3", StringType, true),
    StructField("f4", StringType, true),
    StructField("f5", StringType, true)
  )
)

val df1 = sparkSession.createDataFrame(
  sparkSession.sparkContext.parallelize(data),
  schema
)

Goal is write that dataframe in a JSON array :
[{"id":1,"f2":"a","f3":"b","f4":"c","f5":"d"},
 {"id":5,"f2":"z","f3":"b","f4":"c","f5":"d"}]

So we need this two square brackets but dataframe size is over 50Gb so the solution df1.toJSON.collect.mkString("[", "," , "]" ) is not valid. Are there some way to solve this issue with Spark with a good performance?
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local function printProperties( properties, indent )
    --Print the name and ID of the current namespace.
    local spacename = properties:getNamespace()
    local id = properties:getId()
    local chindentTable = {}
    local  i = 1
    for i = 1, indent * 2  do
        chindentTable[i] = ' '
    end
    chindentTable[i] = '\0'
    local chindent = table.concat(chindentTable)

    print(string.format("%sNamespace: %s  ID: %s\n%s{", chindent, spacename, id, chindent))

    --Print all properties in this namespace.
    local name = properties:getNextProperty()
    local value = nil
    while name ~= nil do
        value = properties:getString(name)
        print(string.format("%s%s = %s", chindent, name, value))
        name = properties:getNextProperty()
    end

    local space = properties:getNextNamespace()
    while space ~= nil do
        printProperties(space, indent+1)
        space = properties:getNextNamespace()
    end

    print(string.format("%s}\n",chindent))
end

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----MaterialSystemBaseTest
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local MaterialSystemBaseTest = class("MaterialSystemBaseTest", function ()
    local layer = cc.Layer:create()
    return layer
end)

function MaterialSystemBaseTest:ctor()

    Helper.initWithLayer(self)
    Helper.titleLabel:setString(self:title())
    Helper.subtitleLabel:setString(self:subtitle())

    local function onNodeEvent(event)
        if "enter" == event then
            self:onEnter()
        elseif "exit" == event then
            self:onExit()
        end
    end

    self:registerScriptHandler(onNodeEvent)
end

function MaterialSystemBaseTest:title()
    return "Material System"
end

function MaterialSystemBaseTest:subtitle()
    return ""
end

function MaterialSystemBaseTest:onEnter()

end

function MaterialSystemBaseTest:onExit()

end

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----Material_Sprite3DTest
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local Material_Sprite3DTest = class("Material_Sprite3DTest", MaterialSystemBaseTest)

function Material_Sprite3DTest:subtitle()
    return "Material System on Sprite3D"
end

function Material_Sprite3DTest:onEnter()
    local sprite = cc.Sprite3D:create("Sprite3DTest/boss1.obj")
    sprite:setScale(8.0)
    sprite:setTexture("Sprite3DTest/boss.png")
    self:addChild(sprite)
    sprite:setNormalizedPosition(cc.p(0.5,0.5))
end

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----Material_MultipleSprite3D
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local Material_MultipleSprite3D = class("Material_MultipleSprite3D", MaterialSystemBaseTest)

function Material_MultipleSprite3D:subtitle()
    return "Sprites with multiple meshes"
end

function Material_MultipleSprite3D:onEnter()
    local names =
    {
        "Sprite3DTest/ReskinGirl.c3b",
        "Sprite3DTest/ReskinGirl.c3b",
        "Sprite3DTest/ReskinGirl.c3b",
        "Sprite3DTest/ReskinGirl.c3b",
        "Sprite3DTest/ReskinGirl.c3b",
        "Sprite3DTest/ReskinGirl.c3b",
        "Sprite3DTest/ReskinGirl.c3b",
        "Sprite3DTest/ReskinGirl.c3b",
    }

    local totalNames = #names

    local size = cc.Director:getInstance():getWinSize()

    for i = 1 , totalNames do
        local sprite = cc.Sprite3D:create(names[i])
        self:addChild(sprite)
        sprite:setPosition(cc.p((size.width/(totalNames+1)) * i, size.height/4))
        sprite:setScale(3)
    end
end

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----Material_2DEffects
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local Material_2DEffects = class("Material_2DEffects", MaterialSystemBaseTest)

function Material_2DEffects:subtitle()
    return "Testing effects on Sprite"
end

function Material_2DEffects:onEnter()
    local properties = cc.Properties:createNonRefCounted("Materials/2d_effects.material#sample")

    -- Print the properties of every namespace within this one.
    -- TODO
    printProperties(properties, 0)

    local mat1 = cc.Material:createWithProperties(properties)

    local spriteBlur = cc.Sprite:create("Images/grossini.png")
    spriteBlur:setNormalizedPosition(cc.p(0.2, 0.5))
    self:addChild(spriteBlur)
    spriteBlur:setGLProgramState(mat1:getTechniqueByName("blur"):getPassByIndex(0):getGLProgramState())

    local spriteOutline = cc.Sprite:create("Images/grossini.png")
    spriteOutline:setNormalizedPosition(cc.p(0.4, 0.5))
    self:addChild(spriteOutline)
    spriteOutline:setGLProgramState(mat1:getTechniqueByName("outline"):getPassByIndex(0):getGLProgramState())

    local spriteNoise = cc.Sprite:create("Images/grossini.png")
    spriteNoise:setNormalizedPosition(cc.p(0.6, 0.5))
    self:addChild(spriteNoise)
    spriteNoise:setGLProgramState(mat1:getTechniqueByName("noise"):getPassByIndex(0):getGLProgramState())

    local spriteEdgeDetect = cc.Sprite:create("Images/grossini.png")
    spriteEdgeDetect:setNormalizedPosition(cc.p(0.8, 0.5))
    self:addChild(spriteEdgeDetect)
    spriteEdgeDetect:setGLProgramState(mat1:getTechniqueByName("edge_detect"):getPassByIndex(0):getGLProgramState())
end

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----Material_setTechnique
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local Material_setTechnique = class("Material_setTechnique", MaterialSystemBaseTest)

function Material_setTechnique:subtitle()
    return "Testing setTechnique()"
end

function Material_setTechnique:onEnter()
    local sprite = cc.Sprite3D:create("Sprite3DTest/boss1.obj")
    sprite:setScale(6)
    self:addChild(sprite)
    sprite:setNormalizedPosition(cc.p(0.5,0.5))

    local mat = cc.Material:createWithFilename("Materials/3d_effects.material")
    sprite:setMaterial(mat)

    --lights
    local light1 = cc.AmbientLight:create(cc.c3b(255, 0, 0))
    self:addChild(light1)

    local light2 = cc.DirectionLight:create(cc.vec3(-1,1,0), cc.c3b(0, 255, 0))
    self:addChild(light2)
    local techniqueState = 0
    local scheduler = cc.Director:getInstance():getScheduler()
    self._schedulerEntry = scheduler:scheduleScriptFunc(function(dt)
        if 0 == techniqueState then
            sprite:getMaterial(0):setTechnique("lit")
        elseif 1 == techniqueState then
            sprite:getMaterial(0):setTechnique("normal")
        elseif 2 == techniqueState then
            sprite:getMaterial(0):setTechnique("outline")
        end

        techniqueState = techniqueState + 1
        if techniqueState > 2 then
            techniqueState = 0
        end
    end, 1, false)

    local rot = cc.RotateBy:create(5, cc.vec3(30,60,270))
    local repeatAction = cc.RepeatForever:create(rot)
    sprite:runAction(repeatAction)
end

function Material_setTechnique:onExit()
    local scheduler = cc.Director:getInstance():getScheduler()
    scheduler:unscheduleScriptEntry(self._schedulerEntry)
end

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----Material_clone
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local Material_clone = class("Material_clone", MaterialSystemBaseTest)

function Material_clone:subtitle()
    return "Testing material:clone()"
end

function Material_clone:onEnter()
    local sprite = cc.Sprite3D:create("Sprite3DTest/boss1.obj")
    sprite:setScale(3)
    self:addChild(sprite)
    sprite:setNormalizedPosition(cc.p(0.25, 0.5))

    local mat = cc.Material:createWithFilename("Materials/3d_effects.material")
    sprite:setMaterial(mat)

    local rot = cc.RotateBy:create(5, cc.vec3(360,240,120))
    local repeatAction = cc.RepeatForever:create(rot)
    sprite:runAction(repeatAction)

    -- sprite 2... using same material
    local sprite2 = cc.Sprite3D:create("Sprite3DTest/boss1.obj")
    sprite2:setScale(3)
    self:addChild(sprite2)
    sprite2:setNormalizedPosition(cc.p(0.5, 0.5))
    sprite2:setMaterial(mat)
    sprite2:runAction(repeatAction:clone())

    -- sprite 3... using cloned material
    local sprite3 = cc.Sprite3D:create("Sprite3DTest/boss1.obj")
    sprite3:setScale(3)
    self:addChild(sprite3)
    sprite3:setNormalizedPosition(cc.p(0.75, 0.5))
    local mat2 = mat:clone()
    sprite3:setMaterial(mat2)
    sprite3:runAction(repeatAction:clone())

    -- testing clone
    -- should affect both sprite 1 and sprite 2
    mat:setTechnique("outline")
end

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----Material_clone
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local Material_clone = class("Material_clone", MaterialSystemBaseTest)

function Material_clone:subtitle()
    return "Testing material->clone()"
end

function Material_clone:onEnter()
    local sprite = cc.Sprite3D:create("Sprite3DTest/boss1.obj")
    sprite:setScale(3)
    self:addChild(sprite)
    sprite:setNormalizedPosition(cc.p(0.25, 0.5))

    local mat = cc.Material:createWithFilename("Materials/3d_effects.material")
    sprite:setMaterial(mat)

    local rot = cc.RotateBy:create(5, cc.vec3(360,240,120))
    local repeatAction = cc.RepeatForever:create(rot)
    sprite:runAction(repeatAction)

    -- sprite 2... using same material
    local sprite2 = cc.Sprite3D:create("Sprite3DTest/boss1.obj")
    sprite2:setScale(3)
    self:addChild(sprite2)
    sprite2:setNormalizedPosition(cc.p(0.5, 0.5))
    sprite2:setMaterial(mat)
    sprite2:runAction(repeatAction:clone())

    -- sprite 3... using cloned material
    local sprite3 = cc.Sprite3D:create("Sprite3DTest/boss1.obj")
    sprite3:setScale(3)
    self:addChild(sprite3)
    sprite3:setNormalizedPosition(cc.p(0.75, 0.5))
    local mat2 = mat:clone()
    sprite3:setMaterial(mat2)
    sprite3:runAction(repeatAction:clone())

    -- testing clone
    -- should affect both sprite 1 and sprite 2
    mat:setTechnique("outline")
end

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----Material_parsePerformance
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local Material_parsePerformance = class("Material_parsePerformance", MaterialSystemBaseTest)

function Material_parsePerformance:subtitle()
    return "Testing parsing performance"
end

function Material_parsePerformance:onEnter()
    local begin = os.clock()

    for i = 1,5000 do
        cc.Material:createWithFilename("Materials/2d_effects.material")
        cc.Material:createWithFilename("Materials/3d_effects.material")
    end

    print("Parsing took: ", os.clock() - begin)
end

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----Material_clone
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function MaterialSystemTest()

    local scene = cc.Scene:createWithPhysics()

    Helper.createFunctionTable =
    {
        Material_2DEffects.create,
        Material_setTechnique.create,
        Material_clone.create,
        Material_MultipleSprite3D.create,
        Material_Sprite3DTest.create,
        Material_parsePerformance.create,
    }

    scene:addChild(Material_2DEffects.create())
    scene:addChild(CreateBackMenuItem())

    return scene
end

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Hot Drinks Outside celebrates synergies in our community
By Kira Judge
By combining Hot Drinks Outside and Friends of Cycling, we are gaining interest and support from our community. Our next host is Radiance Cohousing at 475 Avenue L South (corner of Avenue L S and 18th street). It is an amazing synergy of our community! SES Solar Co-operative — which helped Radiance with its solar installation — is our newest Friends of Cycling sponsor.
Have you heard about SES? If not, here's your chance to learn more. Full disclosure: I serve as their communication chair and published an article in WHOLIfe Magazine. I love and dream of solar energy progressing in Saskatchewan and Canada.
I have been enjoying working with so many innovative and incredible talented volunteers. When you show up at Hot Drinks Outside this Friday between 7am to 9am at the Radiance Cohousing you will meet Michael Nemeth, vice-president of SES Solar Co-op. He and his partner Shannon Dyck are trailblazers of passive housing in Saskatchewan. Friday morning, you'll have a chance to learn more about passive housing that morning. And enjoy free coffee and cream, and a crackling fire to warm up by, all courtesy of Michael and Shannon!
Another exciting thing about this week's meetup spot is that you will be able to learn how to use Saskatoon CarShare Cooperative's 100% solar-powered electric car. My partner, Robert, and I are proud supporters of Saskatoon CarShare Cooperative.
But wait…there's more! Hot Drinks Outside has been invited to hold our meetups at several other sites where SES Solar Co-ops projects are successfully providing solar energy for the buildings and businesses in our community. So stay tuned for future Fridays.
When we envisioned the Hot Drinks Outside for YXE, we wanted it to be a celebration of winter, cycling, community…and hot drinks outside. It is turning into a great celebration of the many synergies in our community — while supporting and celebrating one another!
A big shout out to Life Outside Gear Exchange, last week's host for Hot Drinks Outside. Thanks for having us!
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As children we called it the "green" beans (lubya hedra) to differentiate it from a similar dish made with a tomato base.
Wash spinach thoroughly, drain. Saute in hot oil. Let cool, grind it in the processor.
Cilantro, washed, drained and chopped.
Green onions, cleaned and chopped.
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Always curious
Associate Professor Aw Swee Eng's keenness for research and curiosity about how things work led to his appointment as the first head of SGH's nuclear medicine unit.
He was fond of "blowing things up" and experimented with self-made gunpowder, with shop-bought everyday materials. The young boy went to a concrete bridge in his hometown of Kampar, in Malaysia's Perak province, to see how well it worked. When lit, his explosive powder did not quite go off with a bang but gave off a subdued "voom!".
Recalling that he was "crafty" enough not to get caught, the now-84-year-old Associate Professor Aw Swee Eng, Emeritus Consultant, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Singapore General Hospital (SGH), noted that it was his keen interest in biochemistry and strong sense of curiosity to find out how things work that led to the episode of boyhood mischief.
Many years later, those qualities would stand him in good stead. His reputation for teaching biochemistry to medical students in an engaging and relevant manner, and interest in research, reached the ears of the late Dr Kwa Soon Bee, then charged with transforming and modernising the healthcare sector. Dr Kwa, who was Medical Director of SGH (1972-1984) and Permanent Secretary of Health (1984-1996), convinced Assoc Prof Aw to start and head Singapore's first nuclear medicine unit at SGH.
"I was not trained as a nuclear medicine person. But I like challenges," said Assoc Prof Aw.
It would be a specialised unit that takes Singapore medicine a step further, using sophisticated radioimmunoassay (RIA) equipment to analyse blood samples.
Established as the Department of Nuclear Medicine in 1980, the department grew quickly, with increasingly complex procedures added to its range of activities. It started with 40 types of RIA tests and a few technetium-99 scans, as well as radioactive iodine to treat hyperthyroidism.
Today, even more kinds of various radioactive materials are used for diagnosis and therapy. Injected into the blood, they emit very fine rays captured on state-of-the-art SPECT (single-photon emission computed tomography) or PET (positron emission tomography) machines to measure the cells' metabolic activity. Besides diagnosis, nuclear medicine procedures also offer targeted radionuclide therapy for difficult-to-treat and advanced cancers. Radioactive drugs seek out and bind themselves to cancer cells, before delivering a high-dose of radiation to kill the malignant cells and sparing healthy ones.
To date, the avid researcher has published close to 80 papers in local and international refereed journals. "I was interested in antigen, antibody reaction and immunology," said Assoc Prof Aw.
He also promoted the research culture in SGH in the early days, and served as the hospital's first Director of the Department of Clinical Research from 1989 to 2009. This became an early platform to kick-start the research careers and achievements of many doctors and staff, including Singapore's leading clinician-scientists, who have gone on to receive many prestigious accolades and achieve national and international recognition for their research.
Assoc Prof Aw was Chairman of the SGH Institutional Review Board (IRB) from 1993 to 2009 and subsequently the SingHealth Centralised IRB for another six years, as well as Chairman of A*STAR IRB since 2017.
He is well loved and respected by his staff, not least for his keen sense of humour, but also his humility and concern for others. Some of the work of his department and that of Pathology were similarly concerned with diagnosis of blood samples, and he envisaged that some RIA tests would eventually be moved to Pathology. Over the years since then, the department has continued to grow and develop new areas of radionuclide imaging and therapy for patient care, and is currently one of the most recognised centres for nuclear medicine and theranostics (therapeutics and diagnostics) in the region.
The spunky boy matured into a deeply religious man, conducting and recording bible studies and courses at his church. The father of two — both in healthcare — and grandfather of three wanted to teach at one time. But his interest in the broader questions about life pulled him in a different direction. Lauded for his life's work in the specialty, and possibly deemed as Singapore's Father of Nuclear Medicine, Assoc Prof Aw was bestowed the esteemed title of Emeritus Consultant this year.
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Co-Op Play is the Future of First Person Shooters
News 4/9/2010 at 8:11 AM by Nick Puleo 8
It's a sub-genre that's been around since the dawn of the arcades. But co-op has only recently gone mainstream to the lengths of having entire games built around it and bullet points on the back of boxes. Now from Triangle Games Conference comes a panel on the future of first person shooters.
The panel was moderated by Epic's director of operations John Farnsworth. Sitting on the panel was Juan Benito (co-founder and current creative director of Joystick Labs), Patrick Sebring (lead technical designer at Atomic Games), Jeff McGann (creative director on RedStorm's unannounced project), and Shaun McCabe (production director at Insomniac).
So while most of the panel agreed that Uncharted 2 was the best game they've played in recent memory, despite missing a core co-op component, it was the next question that shows just how popular cooperative play has become.
Farnsworth next asked which game elements or features are going to be the most important in moving the genre forward. Is it story? Characters? Interactions? Multiplayer? Relevance to contemporary events? Without exception, all the panelists agreed that cooperative play is the most important element in developing and sustaining the popularity of the shooter genre. McGann says it's part of leveling the playing field for players like himself who aren't competitive enough to enjoy adversarial play. Co-op also allows players to create an unscripted story where their own actions determines what happens.
Six Days in Fallujah from Atomic Games will feature co-op play start t finish, if it's ever released.
Surprisingly though the panelists said story took a backseat, and the co-op itself was generating it's own story within the games.
McCabe not only agrees but takes things one step further. Left 4 Dead, he claims, really has no story. Described purely as a single-player game, Left 4 Dead doesn't think it sounds very appealing to him, but the cooperative gameplay is the hook that makes it all work. Given the success of Left 4 Dead and other cooperative shooters, it's no longer an optional feature; it's something that consumers demand. Benito was hopeful that cooperative play might extend to other platforms and even speculated that one day iPhone or Facebook games might have a cooperative tie-in to more traditional console games.
I think it's quite good to hear that developers are realizing that gamers truly desire co-op play in their games. Do they, or we, demand it? I think that's a bit strong. But when you design a game that for all intents and purposes appears to be cooperative and it's left out - that's when we get in an uproar.
I'll look at the recent Battlefield Bad Company 2 for inspiration on this. The game in almost its entirety is played with a squad of soldiers controlled by AI. So why isn't there co-op play? Because the team at DICE decided to throw in that old schtick level of "suddenly you find yourself alone separated from your squad." This becomes an excuse for not including co-op as one level out of 20 has this style of game play. Why even include it at all? It's so cliche, it feels so forced. In my opinion this simply an aged design decision, a fear to break away from the tried and true game designs of old.
Perhaps panels like this bring to light just how important cooperative gaming is, and will challenge developers to try something different, creating deeper and richer gameplay experiences that can be shared not by yourself, but with friends.
Thanks John for the tip!
Source: Xbox360.ign.com
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The Three Circles of War
Understanding the Dynamics of Conflict in Iraq
Edited by Heather Gregg, Hy S. Rothstein, and John Arquilla
(Requires Adobe Digital Editions)
The conflict in Iraq is characterized by three faces of war: interstate conflict, civil war, and insurgency. The Coalition's invasion of Iraq in March 2003 began as an interstate war. No sooner had Saddam Hussein been successfully deposed, however, than U.S.-led forces faced a lethal insurgency. After Sunni al Qaeda in Iraq bombed the Shia al-Askari Shrine in 2006, the burgeoning conflict took on the additional element of civil war with sectarian violence between the Sunni and the Shia.
The most effective strategies in a war as complicated as the three-level conflict in Iraq are intertwined and complementary, according to the editors of this volume. For example, the "surge" in U.S. troops in 2007 went beyond an increase in manpower; the mission had changed, giving priority to public security. This new direction also simultaneously addressed the insurgency as well as the civil war by forging new, trusting relationships between Americans and Iraqis and between Sunni and Shia. This book has broad implications for future decisions about war and peace in the twenty-first century.
Heather S. Gregg is an assistant professor at the Naval Postgraduate School's department of defense analysis. Dr. Gregg is a contributing author of the RAND reports Beyond Al Qaeda (2006) and After Saddam: Prewar Planning and the Occupation of Iraq (2008).
"Throughout history, withdrawals from the battlefield have proved complex and fraught with danger. Time and again, nations have ensured future warfare by misunderstanding conflicts just ended. As the American drawdown in Iraq proceeds, Gregg, Rothstein, and Arquilla put us on the path toward wisdom—and what may pass for peace—by properly defining the dynamics of the Iraq War."—Robert Andrews, former special assistant to secretary of the Army, former assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, & former Special Forces officer in Vietnam
"The Three Circles of War is a much-needed assessment of the evolving character of the Iraq War. The editors have assembled a first-rate team of contributors who illuminate the complex nature of the war. In so doing, they highlight the challenges inherent in understanding contemporary conflicts."—Thomas Mahnken, professor of strategy, U.S. Naval War College and former deputy assistant secretary of defense for policy planning
"The Three Circles of War offers not only a thoughtful analysis on a wide range of critical issues that affected the war in Iraq, but issues that will continue to affect the wars we fight in Afghanistan and beyond. In short, this important volume should be read by anyone who wants to understand the complexities of modern-day armed conflicts, and particularly by those in the U.S. national security system with responsibility for meeting these irregular warfare challenges."—Richard Schultz, professor of international politics, Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy & coauthor of Insurgents, Terrorists, and Militias: The Warriors of Contemporary Combat
From Miniskirt to Hijab
Jacqueline Saper
Jon Marshall
Becoming Ronald Reagan
Imagining Seattle
Serin D. Houston
Unfair Labor?
David R. M. Beck
Our American Story
Edited by Joshua A. Claybourn
War Flower
Brooke King


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The story is based on the Biblical story of Joseph, found in the Book of Genesis. It is set in a frame in which a narrator is telling a story (sometimes to children, encouraging them to dream). She then tells the story of Joseph, another dreamer ("Prologue," "Any Dream Will Do"). In the beginning of the main story Jacob and his 12 sons are introduced ("Jacob and Sons"). Joseph's brothers are jealous of him for his coat of many colours, a symbol of their father's preference for him ("Joseph's Coat"). It is clear from Joseph's dreams that he is destined to rule over them ("Joseph's Dreams"). To get rid of him and prevent the dreams from coming true, they attempt fratricide, but then they sell Joseph as a slave to some passing Ishmaelites ("Poor, Poor Joseph"), who take him to Egypt.
Back home, his brothers, led by Reuben and accompanied by their wives, break the news to Jacob that Joseph has been killed. They show his tattered coat smeared with his blood – really goat blood – as proof that what they say is true ("One More Angel in Heaven"). After the bereft Jacob leaves, the brothers and their wives happily celebrate the loss of Joseph.
In Egypt, Joseph is the slave of Egyptian millionaire Potiphar. He rises through the ranks of slaves and servants until he is running Potiphar's house. When Mrs. Potiphar makes advances, Joseph spurns her. She removes his shirt, feels his chest and back, squeezes his rear and blows him kisses. Potiphar overhears, barges in, sees the two together – and jumps to conclusions ("Potiphar"). Outraged, he throws Joseph in jail. Depressed, Joseph laments the situation ("Close Every Door") – but his spirits rise when he helps two prisoners put in his cell. Both are former servants of the Pharaoh and both have had bizarre dreams. Joseph interprets them. One cellmate, the Baker, will be executed, but the other, the Butler, will be returned to service. Upon hearing this, the rest of the prisoners surround Joseph and encourage him to go after his dreams ("Go, Go, Go Joseph").
The Narrator tells of impending changes in Joseph's fortunes ("A Pharaoh Story") because the Pharaoh is having dreams that no-one can interpret. Now freed, the Butler tells Pharaoh (acted in the style of Elvis Presley) of Joseph and his dream interpretation skills ("Poor, Poor Pharaoh"). Pharaoh orders Joseph to be brought in and the king tells him his dream involving seven fat cows, seven skinny cows, seven healthy ears of corn, and seven dead ears of corn ("Song of the King").
Joseph interprets the dream as seven plentiful years of crops followed by seven years of famine ("Pharaoh's Dreams Explained"). An astonished Pharaoh puts Joseph in charge of carrying out the preparations needed to endure the impending famine, and Joseph becomes the most powerful man in Egypt, second only to the Pharaoh ("Stone the Crows"). (Note: In the 2007 London revival, Pharaoh has a new song, "King of my Heart").
Back home, the famine has caught up with Joseph's brothers, who – led by the brother Simeon – express regret at selling him and deceiving their father ("Those Canaan Days"). They hear Egypt still has food and decide to go there to beg for mercy and to be fed, not realising that they will be dealing with Joseph ("The Brothers Come to Egypt"). He gives them sacksful of food and sends them on their way, but plants a golden cup in the sack of his youngest brother, Benjamin ("Grovel, Grovel"). When the brothers try to leave, Joseph stops them, asking about the "stolen cup". Each brother empties his sack, and it is revealed that Benjamin has the cup. Joseph then accuses Benjamin of robbery ("Who's the Thief?"). The other brothers, led by Judah, beg for mercy for Benjamin, imploring that Joseph take them prisoner and set Benjamin free ("Benjamin Calypso").
Seeing their selflessness and penitence, Joseph reveals himself ("Joseph All the Time") and sends for his father. The two are reunited ("Jacob in Egypt") for a happy conclusion and Joseph dons his coloured coat once more ("Finale: Any Dream Will Do (Reprise)/Give Me My Coloured Coat").
In some productions, the finale is followed by a rock/disco medley of most of the musical's major numbers ("Joseph Megamix").


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ESA Science & Technology - XMM-Newton's view of the Galactic centre - animated
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XMM-Newton's view of the Galactic centre - animated
Satellite: XMM-Newton
Depicts: Galactic Centre
Copyright: ESA/XMM-Newton/G. Ponti et al. 2019, Nature
An X-ray view of the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, where the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* is hosted. This image, obtained with ESA's XMM-Newton space observatory, shows the temperature of the X-ray emitting gas in this turbulent region, with cooler regions shown in red and hotter regions in green and blue.
The bright area at the middle of the image identifies the vicinity of Sagittarius A*. The yellow-orange features streaming above and below the centre are two colossal 'chimneys', extending hundreds of light-years each, that funnel material from the Galactic centre into two huge cosmic bubbles.
This view combines data collected in the following energy bands: 1.5–2.6 keV (shown in red); 2.35–2.56 keV (shown in green); 2.7–2.97 keV band (shown in blue). The many white patches, large and small, are artifacts where unrelated, bright, point-like X-ray sources have been removed from the image.
The individual images that make up this animated sequence are also available: the fully annotated image is here, the image without text labels is here, the image without any annotation is here.
https://sci.esa.int/s/8OdLP2A
XMM-Newton observes baby magnetar
Illustration of a magnetar
The Universe might not be expanding at the same rate everywhere
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Giant 'chimneys' vent X-rays from Milky Way's core


Ransomware remains a major threat for businesses and individuals across Ireland, a leading cyber-security event has heard.
Michael Gubbins (pictured), head of the Garda National Cyber Crime Unit, was speaking at Dublin Information Sec 18.
The third annual Dublin Information Sec 2018, Ireland's cyber security conference, took place today with cyber-security specialists addressing the major risks and threats facing businesses and organisations in Ireland.
Speaking today, Michael Gubbins, said: "Ransomware does remain a key threat. Spam, social engineering and other methods are evolving. Cryptomining malware is gradually becoming a regular low risk revenue stream for cybercriminals.
"Cyber attacks will become increasingly stealthy and harder to detect. Cooperation among all relevant actors is key. We have got to work together.
Jenny Radcliffe, an expert on the human element of security, spoke at the conference on 'people hacking' and the threat of social engineering (the human element of security) using psychological methods.
"The demon for the digital age is the hacker. It is so important to demystify this, to understand what goes on inside the head of a hacker," she said.