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using System.Threading.Tasks;

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{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var a = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
            var b = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());

            while (b != 0)
            {
                var oldB = b;
                b = a % b;
                a = oldB;
            }

            Console.WriteLine(a);
        }
    }
}

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No Longer a SECRET Unique Common Sense Strategies for Children with Sensory or Motor Challenges
Authors: Doreit Bialer, Lucy Jane Miller
Publisher: Sensory Resources
Publication date: 10/1/2011
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Dr. Miller's mobilization of the research community, SPD now appears in two diagnostic manuals: the ICDL'sDiagnostic Manual for Infancy and Early ChildhoodandThe Diagnostic Classification: Zero to Three. Her application has led to consideration of SPD for inclusion in the 2013 revision of theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-V). Dr. Miller has also developed seven nationally standardized tests for use worldwide to assess and diagnose SPD and other developmental disorders and delays. Dr. Miller's widespread recognition and enormous credibility within the professional community are part of the reason that advanced clinicians travel from all over the United States and other countries to be mentored by Dr. Miller and her team at the SPD Foundation (formerly KID Foundation) she founded three decades ago. The prominence of Dr. Miller's research, her compassion and connection with sensational families, and her ability to explain the science of SPD clearly and empathetically make her a natural interview subject. She has been featured on NBC's Today Show and ABC's 20/20, inThe New York Timesand numerous other popular and professional publications. She is the author of more than sixty articles and/or chapters in scientific and professional journals, magazines, and textbooks and is a frequent presenter or speaker at conferences and workshops worldwide. She has received more than thirty funded awards and grants to further research on SPD and other childhood disabilities. In 2004, Dr. Miller received the Award of Merit from the American Occupational Therapy Association, the profession's highest honor, reserved for those therapists who have made an outstanding global contribution to the field. In 2005, she was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian award by the state of Colorado for her three decades of work with children who have Sensory Processing Disorder.
A Letter to Parents
A Letter to Teachers
The Eight Sensory Systems, Sensory Processing, and SPD
Revealing "A SECRET" to Intervention
Sensory Modulation Disorder�Sensory Overresponsivity
Sensory Modulation Disorder�Sensory Underresponsivity
Sensory Modulation Disorder�Sensory Craving
Sensory Discrimination Disorder
Sensory-based Motor Disorder�Postural Disorder
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Laxman Kumar Behera is Research Fellow at Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. Click here for detail profile.
Defining the Charter of Chief of Defence Staff
Having decided to create the post of CDS, the next logical step for the government is to define its charter of duties and responsibilities. The government needs to examine not just the CDS's role as a single-point military advisor, but also his role in other matters that are equally important in driving critical defence reforms.
Make-II: Need to Prevent Duplication of Efforts and Backdoor Entry of Import
The government's decision to allow the private sector to undertake the development of complex defence equipment is a step in the right direction. It will help forge a larger innovation system to meet the diverse requirements of national security. However, caution may be required to avoid duplication of efforts and prevent indirect import.
Rebuilding ordnance factories
Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Laxman Behera's article on the proposed corporatization of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), titled 'Rebuilding ordnance factories' has been published in Business Standard on August 30, 2019.
In a bold move, the government has floated a proposal to corporatise the Kolkata-headquartered Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), under which there are 41 factories with combined manpower strength of over 82,000, writes Dr Behera.
In Favour of Corporatisation of Ordnance Factory Board
As a corporatised entity, the OFB will be in a far better position to respond to the market dynamics and face the competition effectively.
India's Defence Budget 2019-20
With the latest Union budget keeping the MoD interim allocation unchanged, the MoD has an uphill task in managing its resources and in funding its modernisation programmes.
Economic Situation To Weigh Heavily On Resource Allocation Decisions
Research Fellow, IDSA, Dr Laxman Behera's article on defence allocation in the new budget, titled, 'Economic Situation to Weigh Heavily on Resource Allocation Decisions' has been published by NDTV Profit on June 18, 2019.
The difficult situations that the economy is presently going through will weigh heavily on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's resource allocation decisions, writes Dr Behera.
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Defence Agenda for Modi Government 2.0
Implementing the outlined 27 reform measures in four broad areas – Planning, Defence Budget, Acquisition and Make in India – would strengthen defence preparedness and build a credible defence industrial base.
Mission Shakti: What Next?
India needs a comprehensive space security architecture consisting of a dedicated Space Command for operational aspects as well as an exclusive Defence Space Research Agency to focus on scientific and technical aspects.
AK-203: A Boost for the Army and Make in India
That the AK-203 would be produced in India with 100 per cent indigenous content in less than three years makes it a win-win deal for the Army and the Make in India initiative, with Ordnance Factory Korwa emerging as the biggest winner.
Sujan R. Chinoy and Laxman Kumar Behera
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Pheidole zoster — вид муравьёв рода  из подсемейства Myrmicinae (Formicidae). Неотропика: Бразилия, Перу. Мелкие муравьи (длина около 2 мм) желтовато-коричневого цвета (характерные для других членов рода  большеголовые солдаты у этого вида вдвое крупнее). На проподеуме имеются относительно короткие шипы. Тело покрыто многочисленными длинными щетинками. Усики рабочих и самок 12-члениковые (13 у самцов) с 3-члениковой булавой. Стебелёк между грудкой и брюшком состоит из двух члеников: петиолюса и постпетиолюса (последний четко отделен от брюшка). Мелкие рабочие: ширина головы — 0,70 мм, длина головы равна 0,74 мм, длина скапуса усика — 0,68 мм. Крупные рабочие (солдаты): ширина головы — 1,64 мм, длина головы равна 1,82 мм, длина скапуса усика — 0,82 мм. Сходны по строению с видами Pheidole alpinensis, Pheidole exarata, Pheidole excubitor, Pheidole germaini, Pheidole grandinodus, Pheidole obrima, Pheidole rogeri, Pheidole stulta и Pheidole tristis из группы Pheidole tristis, отличаясь от них широким постпетиолем, поперечными бороздками пронотума, скульптурой тела и окраской. Видовое название Ph. zoster дано по признаку широкого постпетиоля (греч. zoster — пояс).

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Q: how is binding a value to variable different than returning a value to variable? I was reading the Rust programming language manual,
let x = (let y = 6);
this produces an error cause: The let y = 6 statement does not return a value, so there isn't anything
for x to bind to. This is different from what happens in other languages, such
as C and Ruby, where the assignment returns the value of the assignment. In
those languages, you can write x = y = 6 and have both x and y contain the
value 6 ; that is not the case in Rust.
what is difference between binding and returning a value?
let x = (let y = 6);
gives an error

A: Initialized declarations are statements but not expressions; they look like assignments, but are not.  An initialized declaration is let x = 1 but an assignment is x = 1 (note the absence of let).
Rust is like other languages in that many syntactical constructs that are valid statements do not return a useful value, but Rust is different in that many constructs that are only valid in statement position in other languages can be used in expression position in Rust.  For example, you can assign the result of a loop, which is almost always () (the unit value, the closest thing Rust has to the concept of "void" from other languages).  More commonly, you see the result of an if/else chain bound to a variable.
Assignment expressions always produce the unit value ().  So you can do this:
let mut x;
let mut y;

x = y = 1;

println!("{:?} {:?}", x, y);

Like other languages, y will have an integral type and be assigned the value 1.  Unlike other languages, x will have the type () and be assigned the value ()!  The output of this program is:
() 1

what is difference between binding and returning a value?

Binding is when you give a name to a value.  let x = 1; binds the value 1 to the name x.  let foo = bar(); binds whatever value bar() returns to the name foo.
"Returning a value" happens from functions, but the more general concept of "evaluating to a value" happens with every expression-level construct in Rust, which includes blocks such as if and loop.

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Public Transport Experience: Both the new 81 and the new 82 are shown as running via "Greystones" in the stops list. No sane member of the Sheffield public would agree with that.
The Man on the Lancaster Omnibus a man appears with a Kermit the Frog puppet that he attempts to place before the damaged bus in order to take a photograph. A policemen, with no sense of humour, tells him to hop it.
Public Transport Experience: Despite a barrage of criticism from the public and from its own staff, the PTE seems oblivious to the problems. The answer is always the same, "if it's on the computer, it must be right!"
Focus Transport: First has placed an order for 301 Wrightbus vehicles including 274 of its "StreetLite Micro Hybrid" buses, one of the most fuel efficient buses on the market.
Great British Bus Routes: Arriva 110 links Britain's second city with what was once the capital of much of England. Operated by Arriva, it runs every 15 minutes Mon-Sat daytimes, 30 mins Sunday daytimes and hourly in the evenings.
Are all the Enviro 400s here now or are there 4 more to be delivered?
Unless there has been a change recently (which is always possible) then there are still 4 more due - I had heard March.
Can I scent a Green Flash coming up? Now where would a flashy route be that has a vehicle requirement as low as four?
If it's a 'Green Flash', then the green coded routes on the map are Southway and Whitley; however the only route that uses 4 vehicles is the 14.
So that would be the Hooe/Turnchapel route I would suspect. First can and WILL retaliate though I am sure deep into citybus heartlands.
I'm not convinced. I am sure Citybus will eventually look at Mount Batten - but I suspect they would use DDs on that. I agree that First would hit back too!
and I moaned about still not hard out ,there getting to big ,there cant even run buses to times ,if u look on face book ever one moaning ,there want sort out there routes got and them running on time .before new routes ,and most Plymouth feed up with citybus ,,and first got new routes comeing in I hard ,come on first go after city bus routes ,see how there like it .at least first are wining in keyham ,torpoint efford ,plymstock saltash taviastock .and new 3a route ..see people do like first bus .better driver,s and help full .
Anon 21 Jan 2014 10:26 and 10:35.... these two comments look like they are written by the same person judging by the poor composition and spelling etc. They are too difficult to read, do not make sense and really should not have been published.
I wonder if these will go onto the 32 Torpoint service to help release double deckers!
what possible new route could this be ?
Could it not just be to begin replacing the N plate darts?
It seems a lot of routes are being upgraded to double deck which will take care of most of the batch of older stock, but some routes will not warrant that sort of capacity.
Maybe for the 8/9. With First providing a cheaper service (ignoring special offers) Citybus may try attract people with newer buses.
The 118 is a Devon County Council tendered service, so, unless Citybus want to take the tender off Beacon Bus - which is most unlikely as they would then have to run through to Barnstaple - this is a non-starter. I don't get the impression that Citybus are into taking small companies on anyway.
Now Western Greyhound appear to be pulling out of the Callington service - on which they would appear to be carrying better loads than First - the way may be open to Citybus to muscle in on the 76. With a journey time of under an hour, even via St. Dominick, two buses would cover an hourly service; four buses could provide either a half-hourly service or else an extension at one end or the other. Launceston? Derriford?
They would only have to run the 118 to Barnstaple if the county council want them to, according to the tender specification. Just because the 118 goes to Barnstaple at the moment does not mean it still will in April. We have not had official notification that this is the route for these buses but there are enough people telling me this for me to believe it!
I jumped in too soon with the 576, didn't I? It looks as though what WG want to do is leave off the section between Launceston and Bude. The new registration is good news because, judging by loadings seen, most Callington passengers seem to prefer WG over First - probably because the route is more direct, missing out St. Dominick, the loop through the industrial estate and bumping down Fore Street in Saltash.
If Citybus really have got an eye on part of the 118, I wonder if they see a commercial possibility in a service from Plymouth to Okehampton timed to be in between the 12s. With a few short workings to Tavistock, this would give a 15-minute frequency over that section with alternate green flashes giving an hourly service to Okehampton. But is there really enough business to sustain an hourly service from Okehampton to Plymouth?
But there I go - speculating again!
32 is fine, why do people it is empty all the time.
Well the 9 could do with new buses as the ones they put on the 9 now sound like there gonna blow going up efford lane!
They may well be for the 8/9. Before May last year, when the 8/9 were merged with the 23/24 it required two buses; two for the 8 and two fir the 9. The 23/24 used to require three buses, which were 3 MPDs. When the 8/9/23/24 were merged together, the 3 MPDs were moved onto the 20, though have now gone onto the 14.
They could be for the 8/9, although there'd be VOSA Timetable changes for the 8/9 and 23/24 if that was the case to enable them to be separate services again.


2018 is about to witness how technology enters the mainstream through increased adoption in IoT. Though we are still at the beginning of the changes that IoT will bring to our world, in a prediction made by HIS, there will be around 70 billion IoT devices in existence by the end of 2025. Due to the seamless and robust integration between IoT and the Cloud, the physical and computation worlds are getting closer together in a reflective way.
In the recent future, the resource-efficient machine learning algorithms will develop the efficiency for Edge Devices to take over a rising number of computing requirements. Edge Computing has high privacy and can reduce latency and is expected to evolve significantly over the coming year.
Moreover, big data has also grown massively due to IoT, and blockchain technology can take IoT's ability to help companies target consumers more efficiently to the next level.
But the biggest concern here lays with the hackers, as all internet-based technologies will face security challenges with the expansion in IoT. As more devices get connected to each other, hackers will present new levels of concern for security experts.
As there is an increase in the potential for vulnerabilities in global infrastructure systems with rising industrial IoT, new challenges emerge along with it for network security experts to prevent malevolent attacks on businesses, governments, and individuals.
Saying that one must conclude that despite the growing risk, IoT has already made a profound impact on our lives, and will dramatically alter our world over the coming year.


I've got your money. I want to give it back to you. Really, I do. Although your money is beautiful, with pictures of queens, reindeer, and large birds, and has charming names like Loonies and Toonies, unfortuantely, it's almost worthless here. Our vending machines don't want it. Coin Star doesn't want it. No one likes to get it in change, and who pays with change anyway? The bank won't take it. And I bet you folks would like to have it back.
I would come over myself and give it back to you but I can't because: a) even though you're very nice about letting me come in to your country, my own country insists on strip-searching me when I return, and b) I'm afraid I'll end up accidentally bringing back more of your money with me, thus starting the whole process over. So you can see why I can't come. But, you could come here and get it. Americans love Canadians. After all, you gave us hockey, Michael J. Fox and Canadian bacon. As a people, you're wonderfully polite and kind, and have quaint expressions like "queuing up" which we find charming. Your national anthem, O Canada (which, thanks to televised hockey, I almost know by heart) is melodic and rousing. In fact, this past Canada Day, July 1 BTW, my hockey-loving son and I faced Canada and saluted you with our own robust rendition.
But, I digress. If it's okay with you, I'll leave the money in a big paper bag just across the Blue Water Bridge. Come and get it whenever you're ready. If your economy is anything like ours right now, chances are you'll need it. Thanks Canadian friends.
PS: Since you're coming anyway, maybe you can bring us some of your national health care. We can't seem to get it right here, and you've been doing it for years, so you've probably got it down now.
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Loved the pictures. Didn't realize how beautiful their coins were. Of course, even our penny is pretty when it is shiny and new, I suppose. And isn't the truth about re-entering our country!
Thanks, though I can't take credit for the pictures. Their money really is beautiful – some of the coins have different colored centers. The paper money, which we don't see much over here, is all different colors – orange, green purple pink. I once had a Candian say to me that they can't figure out our paper bills because they're all the same color.
As for the money, I will take it!! I probably have some to give you of yours too 🙂 Your money doesn't work in our vending machines either…what the heck is that all about?
Sorry about misidentifying your moose – we don't see them much around here, but we do see reindeer when we go to the Christmas tree farm. And we see regular deer too, which we hit with our cars.
Maybe the money not working in each other's machines is a conspiracy to keep Americans and Canadians from intermingling…who knows what might happen then. Thanks for stopping by.
Honestly, I don't agree with Redneckprincess. The situation she describes is horrific, I agree, and the politicians are not handling it well, I agree. But the health care system itself is wonderful. You weren't around in Canada before we had it. I was. People were afraid to get sick. If they did get sick, they wouldn't go to the doctor because THEY COULDN'T AFFORD IT.
True that the hospitals weren't filled to overflowing then. That's because people couldn't afford to go to the hospital. So they died at home. I suppose that's marginally better than dying at Tim Horton's, but then, at least at Tim Horton's, there was a chance that some medically trained personnel would be along to help…maybe. There was no chance at home unless the poor harried doctor could make a quick house call in his many busy rounds to homes and to the hospital.
Nowadays, I have a ton of things medically wrong with me…diabetes being one of the lesser things. I am not afraid to go to the doctor. I go, because of our national healthcare system. If he sends me to the hospital, which happened frequently last year, I am not afraid to go, because of our national healthcare system. If I am in dire need of a specialist, my doctor sends me to one. I am not afraid to go, even although the cost of a specialist is astronomical, because of our national healthcare system. And when I have to go to the drugstore to get the shitload of pills that I need to keep me alive, I am not afraid to go, nor do I decide I can live, maybe, without them. Because of our national healthcare system.
Yes, in the larger centres the shortage of doctors is appalling. It's nothing to go to a medical walk-in clinic and wait four hours to see a doctor. And yes, the government had better start sweetening the pot for our doctors, who are currently overworked and mostly underpaid, or they will start going south. Our brain drain has extended to our medical personnel who are much appreciated by our American counterparts. But that is not necessarily the healthcare system itself…that's the politicians sitting on their thumbs.
I believe our national healthcare system is great. I lived in Pennsylvania for a while and was terrified when I got really sick. I simply did not have enough money to go to the doctor, and I had no medical insurance. I didn't. I remained sick for about two months. The first month I was wishing I would die. I got over it, but I was lucky. If they had had to rush me to the hospital, I would have had no way of paying. Then what?
I think the people most qualified to comment on the Canadian Health Care system are those who are using it now, so I'll leave it to you, Redneck Princess and any others who wish to hash it out.
About 20-some years ago, I think right after your national health care was born, we were camping in Canada and the kids got sick, probably with strep throat. We took them to the nearest doctor …well I guess it would be better to just turn this into another post, since it's an interesting story.
In my job, I work in a free clinic for folks who don't have insurance. About 40% of the patients are diabetic – we do a lot of wrangling to get their meds, test strips, etc. In the richest country in the world. So by comparrison, sounds like you're better off with your health care than many folks here.
It's crazy here sometimes. We could probably turn it into a sport if we wanted to. This time of year I worry about running into one on my bike too – I think the deer would win that one.
Thanks Sandra. I agonized over this post because I didn't want to offend any Canadians, but I figured that you all have a wonderful sense of humor and appreciate satire. And after all, it is April 1st.
I'm pretty sure we don't strip search Canadians coming in, just Americans coming back. If you change your mind, let me know and I'll drop off the money.
I found that not only hilarious (maybe you had to see it), but a little telling in a way that mere newspaper headlines couldn't. I think at the time the Canadian dollar was worth 40 cents compared to the U.S. dollar.
Your little post was really cute. Not only that, it was true. I lived in Pennsylvania for about a year and a half and had a terrible time trying to use Canadian money in the pop machines or to exchange my Canadian money, even the bills. The little town bank wouldn't even look at them. I had to get someone from D.C. to take my money and exchange it at one of the big banks there.
Thanks for the reassurance. I definitely did not want the whole country of Canada mad at me.
What prompted my post was I was finding and sorting through all sorts of coins at my parents house – my dad had jars of coins that he'd save, hoping to find one that was rare or valuable. I kept coming across Canadian change (we tend to see it often in Michigan anyway) and voila' a post was born.
Yes, they're pretty sneaky. Or maybe Texas is how far away we Michiganders have to go to get rid of it. Since we have numerous crossings into Canada here, we're pretty used to seeing their money.
Yeah, he almost got me on that one. Guess the loose change will make up for the war?
Love this…made me smile. You are a lovely story teller Donna.
Thanks Ann, I hope she enjoys it.
I really enjoyed reading this. Thanks for being so willing to give away your Canadian coinage. I live in the US, but everytime I go home to Canada, I inevitably come back with a lot of Loonies and Toonies…and like you, I have nowhere to use it.
Don't forget they gave us Justin Bieber too… haha!
Oh, I had no idea on that one. I haven't been keeping up on The Biebster.
Give it to me. We're going to Canada this summer, so I can "take it back" (translate "spend") it for you.
Thanks. Are you an American transplanted to Canada?
I was wondering how true the Tim Horton's thing was. Maybe you had to be there. I think one reason the US is against national heathcare is that the people with good healthcare know that they might have to endure average to mediocre health care once it's dispensed to everyone. Can you imagine the Tim Horton's effect here?
You are a great storyteller. As an American living in Canada who travels between countries almost every month, I have the issue both ways and my change purse is full. Then I am digging around when trying to use some of it in order to pick the lucky coin of the right country!
Use the pennies, nickels, and dimes for throwing in a fountain and make a wish. Don't throw the loonies and toonies in. Maybe you could stand by the border and trade off with a Canadian hitting the bridge who has some leftover US coins. A new way to make friends?
Great suggestions Techy. Maybe someday we'll meet at the border and can swap our coins!
Great post. You certainly have a flare for all things Canadian.
Thanks Michelle. I'm a big fan of my delightful neighbors to the east (and north).
I think we ought to make HG an honorary Canadian. Whaddya think, fellow Canucks?
Hurray, I would love that. O, Canada!
Um, I have to be extra careful when I spend U.S. dollars…they're all the same colour! Unlike Canadian paper money.
And all bitcinin' and moaning about Canadian health care system: As a Canadian cyclist I'm horrified that not all American cyclists have health insurance. My father has cancer….and he is looked after by the best cancer teaching/research hospital in Ontario..because he happens to live in its city.
He's low income but doesn't pay much. Some Canadians are awfully naïve about how much Americans must pay for monthly premiums to the private health insurers.. Super naïve.
I've had other Canadians say the same thing to me about our money – that it is all the same color and they can't tell it apart. I think that is true, but we are all used to it being that way. Plus, we think your money looks like "play" money because it IS so colorful – to us it looks fake. I do think it's neat living so close to another country that is very like ours, but also very different. It is great to be exposed to those cultural differences and realize that not everyone thinks like us. Americans who live in the middle of the country and don't purposely travel to Canada miss out on that, but here in Michigan, it's pretty easy to get to Canada for a visit.
As far as the insurance goes – I've hear some Candians say the insurance is great, others say they have to wait too long for things they need done, aka rationing. Over here, many people have great insurance and many have none at all. I'd like to see that evened out. I work in a free clinic for folks without insurance, and although we try to offer the very best care we can, there are some things that we just can't get fixed for our patients because they cost too much.
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your views. Since you mentioned being a cyclist, I'll have to stop by and check out your blog as well. Over here, I'm still waiting for weather warm enough to get my bike out.


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1204 The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople.
1606 England adopts the Union Jack as its flag.
1770 Parliament repeals the Townsend Acts.
1782 The British navy wins its only naval engagement against the colonists in the American Revolution at the Battle of Saints, off Dominica.
1811 The first colonists arrive at Cape Disappointment, Washington.
The Civil war erupts as Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
1864 Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, in Tennessee.
1877 The first catcher's mask is used in a baseball game.
1911 Pierre Prier completes the first non-stop London-Paris flight in three hours and 56 minutes.
1916 American cavalrymen and Mexican bandit troops clash at Parral, Mexico.
1927 The British Cabinet comes out in favor of voting rights for women.
1944 The U.S. Twentieth Air Force is activated to begin the strategic bombing of Japan.
1945 President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies at Warm Spring, Georgia. Harry S. Truman becomes president.
1954 Bill Haley records "Rock Around the Clock."
1955 Dr. Jonas Salk's discovery of a polio vaccine is announced.
1961 Soviet Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes first man to orbit the Earth.
1963 Police use dogs and cattle prods on peaceful civil rights demonstrators in Birmingham, Alabama.
1966 Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American major league umpire.
1983 Harold Washington is elected the first black mayor of Chicago.
Guy Builds NERF Dart Gun That Breaks The Sound Barrier
NERF modders were obsessed with pushing their store-bought NERF guns to the limit, but once those limits were reached they ditched the guns and started making devices built to launch darts further than ever before.Recently YouTuber Giaco Whatever created a pneumatic "gun" that launches NERF darts at such a high speed those little foam and plastic darts actually break the sound barrier, traveling at around 800 meters per second. The NERF wars are about to turn deadly...
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Canadians Unhappy After Netflix Airbrushes 'Anne' For American Audience
Digitally altering the famous freckle-faced heroine lands Netflix in trouble.
Should Scotland Become a Province of Canada?
Scotland narrowly defeated a referendum on leaving the United Kingdom in 2014, but that was before the Brexit vote. Now the Scottish parliament is pushing for another referendum, which would allow them to divorce the UK and stay with the European Union. But there may be another possibility. Canadian writer Ken McGoogan has proposed that Scotland become a part of Canada.
Mr McGoogan says that if Scotland were to join Canada, it would enjoy a lot more independence and hold a lot more power than it currently does with Great Britain.
Scotland would be Canada's third largest province, with 5.3 million people, which would give it significant political sway. Add to that the millions of Canadians who, like Mr McGoogan, have Scottish ancestry, and you'd have a national-ethnic bloc about 10m strong, he reasons.
More importantly, Canadian provinces are in charge of more aspects of governance than Scotland has been afforded as part of the UK.
Sure, there's the whole Atlantic ocean between Scotland and Canada, but Hawaii is even further from the rest of the United States. Read more about McGoogan's plan at BBC News.
Brain processes that make dreams discovered
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Kentucky Coal Mining Museum Embraces Alternative Energy
Benham is a small town in Harlan County, Kentucky. It was founded as a coal camp by International Harvester in the early 20th century. During a year my father taught science at the local school (which is now a hotel), I was born in the company clinic. At the time, my grandfather managed the company store, which is now the Kentucky Coal Mining Museum. The town has replaced coal mining with tourism as its most prominent business, and now it's even replacing coal as its energy source. The coal mining museum is installing 80 solar panels on its roof to provide light and heat for the building.
Tre' Sexton said he was surprised when his company, Bluegrass Solar, was approached about the project. If there was one building in eastern Kentucky that wouldn't have a solar-power system, you'd think it would be the coal museum, he said.
"Really the first time that I sat down and was talking about it with everybody, I was like...are you for real? They're really going to go for this?" Sexton said. "I mean, that would be like showing up at a bank and they ask you if you'd mind taking some of this money out of the vault."
But putting solar panels on top of the coal museum makes sense economically, Sexton said. Public attractions like this one can't be profitable if they're dealing with expensive electric bills every month. And people in eastern Kentucky are becoming more interested in alternative energy options.
It's a sign of the times. Local officials welcome the idea. When the solar panel system is completed, any excess energy gathered will be fed back into the grid, which will benefit Benham's 500 or so residents.
Hackers Cause Mayhem In Dallas By Setting Off All Of The City's Tornado Sirens
Unbeknownst to many there are sirens set up throughout the city of Dallas, Texas to warn the citizens in case of tornado or other natural disaster, a total of 156 emergency weather sirens to be exact.
These sirens are designed to go off a section at a time if a tornado decides to rip through the city, but at just before midnight on April 7th every single siren in the city started screaming:
It took city officials an hour and a half to realize they wouldn't be able to fix the problem- because the system had been hacked:
By 1:20 a.m., flummoxed officials had decided the only way to stop the noise was "to unplug the radio systems and the repeater, and pretty much turn the siren system completely off," as emergency management director Rocky Vaz explained to reporters the next day.
At that same news conference (ironically drowned out at one point by ambulance sirens) city spokeswoman Sana Syed announced that the 95 minutes of howling had not been a glitch after all.
"It does appear at this time it was a hack," she said. "And we do believe it came from the Dallas area."
Officials have ruled out a remote hack — telling reporters someone gained physical access to a hub connecting all the sirens, which may not be turned on again until Monday as the city tries to figure out who, how and why.
Read Someone Hacked Every Tornado Siren In Dallas. It Was Loud. here
Rachel Maddow Refuses To Be Distracted By Dumbass Trump's Syria Stunt
Rachel Maddow Refuses To Be Distracted By Dumbass Trump's Syria Stunt, Keeps Connecting Russian Dots
While the rest of cable news fawns over Dumbass Trump's ineffective and unauthorized strike in Syria, Maddow didn't flinch.…
Capitalism Doesn't Generate Public Good
Capitalism's Invisible Hand Doesn't Generate Public Good
New Mexico Outlaws 'Lunch-Shaming' Hungry Children
Why on earth would this need to even be addressed legislatively? Wingnuts. That's why.
From Shell-Shock to PTSD
From Shell-Shock to PTSD, a Century of Invisible War Trauma
The Abusive and Cruel Stanford Prison Experiment
Has America Become the Reality of the Abusive and Cruel Stanford Prison Experiment?
Renters Avoid Giving Money to Kushner
An Activist Built a Website to Help Renters Avoid Giving Money to Kushner
Destroying Years of Work by Obama to Reform Violent Practices
Sessions Giving Free Reign to Police Departments Destroying Years of Work by Obama to Reform Violent Practices
Dumbass Trump's Sycophants Vicious and Divisive Agendas
Sycophants Who Stole The Election For Dumbass Trump Are Pursuing Vicious and Divisive Agendas
DOE Is Spending a Mind-Boggling Amount of Money to Protect DeVos
The Department of Education Is Spending a Mind-Boggling Amount of Money to Protect DeVos
Octopuses Are Big Weirdos
We all know octopuses and squid are weird. What you might not know is just how weird they are. In fact, these creatures actually use their RNA in a quite different way than practically any other animal on earth:
Stanford University geneticist Jin Billy Li heard about Joshua Rosenthal's work on RNA editing in squid, his jaw dropped. That's because the work, published today in the journal Cell, revealed that many cephalopods present a monumental exception to how living things use the information in DNA to make proteins. In nearly every other animal, RNA—the middleman in that process—faithfully transmits the message in the genes. But octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish (but not their dumber relatives, the nautiluses) edit their RNA, changing the message that gets read out to make proteins.
But there is a dropback to the adaptation -it means that octopuses and squid slow down their genome evolution.
You can read more about what these findings mean over on Wired.
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Singer-Songwriter Shootout! – July 28 @7pm
As the sun sets on a hot summer day, songwriters from across Davis shall gather to test their skills in musical duel. Join us as guest or competitor July 28th for our first in a series of Singer-Songwriter Competitions. Candidates will compete for a Premium D'Addario Acousitc Guitar Bundle, and the top three performers will qualify to move on to the Grand Showdown in January!
Those who wish to compete should contact Wyatt at the Watermelon Music store by phone at 530-758-4010, or by email themelonball@watermelonmusic.com. Get your bid in soon as spots are limited to 25 performers. All songs must adhere to the following rules:
Must be less than 5 minutes in length
Must be a solo performance
Must be original music
Must be "Family Friendly" (No swearin'!)
Tom Peron & Tim Metz Kind of Blue All Stars! – July 21 @7pm
The iconic Miles Davis album, Kind of Blue, is held aloft as one of the great all-time jazz records. Now you can hear some of the best jazz musicians in the Sacramento area recreate this iconic album right in your backyard at Watermelon Music.
When first released, Kind of Blue pioneered the use of modal harmonies. Miles utilized common practices like 12-bar blues patterns with new spins on melodious improvisation that would set his sound apart from the then popular bebop. Songs like "So What" and "Freddy Freeloader" would leave such an impression on the jazz community that they are still popular repertoire to this day.
Tom Peron and Tim Metz serve as faculty jazz instructors at the University of the Pacific, and have established themselves as long-standing members of the Sacramento area jazz elite.
Tim Metz is an academically-trained musician with a true feel for the subtle nuances in rhythm that add texture and musicality to jazz standards and new compositions alike. Graduating from Rio Americano, Metz went on to the prestigious William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, where he graduated with a B.A. in Jazz Performance in August 2001. It was at WPU that Metz was able to study and play with some of the leading lights in the international jazz scene, a list of names that include: Rufus Reid, Conrad Herwig, Lynn Seaton, Don Braden, Dr. David Demsey, Steve Wilson, Horacee Arnold, and John Riley. Metz returned to his home town of Sacramento in 2001. Metz's drumming style displays a diverse set of influences, including Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette, Paul Motian, Art Blakey, Max Roach, "Philly" Joe Jones and Jimmy Cobb. It is in the subtle combination of these influences that Metz's style is truly brought forth: a drummer that approaches his instrument with a sense of musicality that is fresh, interesting, and exciting. The Sacramento News & Review calls Metz's drumming "astonishing" and "surprising," and calls Metz himself a "real star."
Doors open at 6:30.
Below is a video of these awesome performers playing Cantaloupe Island back in 2016!
Flute Choir Concert – July 19 @ 7:30pm
The Davis Youth Flute Choir will perform a FREE concert under the instruction of Maki Kuper! All are welcome to this community event!
CLOSED Sunday – Limited Parking Monday and Tuesday
Watermelon Music will be CLOSED on Sunday July 15th.
We will also have Limited Parking on Monday July 16th and Tuesday July 17th due to construction.
We are having our parking lot repaired on Monday and Tuesday the 16th and 17th resulting in limited parking at our store and lesson studios during those days. Parking will still be available on the street, and in some of the nearby parking lots. However, it might be a good day to ride your bike to Watermelon to avoid potential traffic!
June Composer Birthday Discounts
On June 1, 2018 By admin
During the month of June, Watermelon Music is celebrating the birthdays of:
Aram Khachaturian: Born June 6, 1903
Robert Schumann: Born June 8, 1810
Edvard Grieg: Born June 15, 1843
Mention their birthdays or place an online order, and receive 20% off of any titles by Khachaturian, Schumann or Grieg until the end of June.


CD Release Show at the Ritz Theater in Minneapolis on Saturday, September 6!
This is the second podcast episode in a series of 14 which will feature a track from my new CD release.
a. This is a break-up song which was written before the 35 W bridge collapse. But now when I perform this song, I think about that infamous collapse.
b. This song isn't literally about poker, but it's a symbol for the end of a relationship playing itself out.
Learn more about Better Known Vacancy and all songs on the new CD in my book called Daughters of the Dead Sea. The book is included in electronic format (PDF) on the CD.


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Bob Iannucci is associate dean and director of Carnegie Mellon University's Silicon Valley campus and is also a distinguished service professor at the CMU Silicon Valley and director of the CyLab Mobility Research Center.
He is founder and owner of RAI Laboratory LLC – a firm that develops advanced mobile computing technology. Bob is also a consultant, advising clients on mobile systems strategy.
Previously, Bob was Chief Technology Officer and Head of the worldwide Research Center for Nokia. As CTO, he initiated and led two major initiatives to fundamentally re-think and redesign the Nokia user interface and to re-architect Nokia phones at the silicon system level.
Bob played a defining role in Nokia's research and development work, transforming new technology creation from a closed- to an open-innovation model. As head of the research center, he opened new laboratories as joint efforts with MIT, Stanford, the University of Cambridge (nanotechnology) and other leading institutions to transform Nokia's technology creation ecosystem beyond hardware to internet-based, developer-focused software platforms.
Under his guidance, Nokia created TrafficWorks (traffic congestion prediction and re-routing), the Morph Concept (enabling dramatic advances of functionality in mobile phones using nanotechnology) and Point and Find (zero-click search using a phone's camera and image recognition technology).
Bob holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is the author and co-author of two books and several academic papers.
Learn more about Bob Iannucci on his website at http://www.iannucci.org/
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Klaver, CEL, Wisselink, D.D., C.J.A. Punt (Cornelis), Snaebjornsson, P, Crezee, J., Aalbers, A.G.J., Brandt, A., Bremers, A.J., Burger, J.W.A., Fabry, H.F.J., et al. Ferenschild, F., S. Festen (Sebastiaan), van Grevenstein, WMU, Hemmer, P.H., de Hingh, I., Kok, N.F.M., Musters, GD, Schoonderwoerd, L., J.B. Tuynman, van de Ven, A.W.H., van Westreenen, H. L., M.J. Wiezer (Marinus), Zimmerman, D.D.E., van Zweeden, A.A., M.G.W. Dijkgraaf (Marcel) and Tanis, PJ
Adjuvant hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced colon cancer (COLOPEC): a multicentre, open-label, randomised trial
Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology , Volume 4 - Issue 10 p. 761- 770
Background Nearly a quarter of patients with locally advanced (T4 stage) or perforated colon cancer are at risk of developing peritoneal metastases, often without curative treatment options. We aimed to determine the efficacy of adjuvant hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in patients with locally advanced colon cancer. Methods This multicentre, open-label trial was done in nine hospitals that specialised in HIPEC in the Netherlands. Patients with clinical or pathological T4N0–2M0-stage tumours or perforated colon cancer were randomly assigned (1:1), with a web-based randomisation application, before resection of the primary tumour, to adjuvant HIPEC followed by routine adjuvant systemic chemotherapy (experimental group) or to adjuvant systemic chemotherapy alone (control group). Patients were stratified by tumour characteristic (T4 or perforation), age (<65 years or ≥65 years), and surgical approach of the primary tumour resection (laparoscopic or open). Key eligibility criteria included age between 18 and 75 years, adequate clinical condition for HIPEC, and intention to start adjuvant systemic chemotherapy. Patients with metastatic disease were ineligible. Adjuvant HIPEC consisted of fluorouracil (400 mg/m²) and leucovorin (20 mg/m²) delivered intravenously followed by intraperitoneal delivery of oxaliplatin (460 mg/m²) for 30 min at 42°C, delivered simultaneously or within 5–8 weeks after primary tumour resection. In all patients without evidence of recurrent disease at 18 months, a diagnostic laparoscopy was done. The primary endpoint was peritoneal metastasis free-survival at 18 months, measured in the intention-to-treat population, with the Kaplan-Meier method. Adverse events were assessed in all patients who received assigned treatment. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02231086. Findings Between April 1, 2015, and Feb 20, 2017, 204 patients were randomly assigned to treatment (102 in each group). In the HIPEC group, two patients withdrew consent after randomisation. In this group, 19 (19%) of 100 patients were diagnosed with peritoneal metastases: nine (47%) during surgical exploration preceding intentional adjuvant HIPEC, eight (42%) during routine follow-up, and two (11%) during diagnostic laparoscopy at 18-months. In the control group, 23 (23%) of 102 patients were diagnosed with peritoneal metastases, of whom seven (30%) were diagnosed by laparoscopy at 18-months and 16 during regular follow-up (therefore making them ineligible for diagnostic laparoscopy). In the intention-to-treat analysis (n=202), there was no difference in peritoneal-free survival at 18-months (80·9% [95% CI 73·3–88·5] for the experimental group vs 76·2% [68·0–84·4] for the control group, logrank one-sided p=0·28). 12 (14%) of 87 patients who received adjuvant HIPEC developed postoperative complications and one (1%) encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis. Interpretation In patients with T4 or perforated colon cancer, treatment with adjuvant HIPEC with oxaliplatin did not improve peritoneal metastasis-free survival at 18 months. Routine use of adjuvant HIPEC is not advocated on the basis of this trial.
Persistent URL dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2468-1253(19)30239-0, hdl.handle.net/1765/121062
Journal Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Organisation Department of Surgery
Klaver, CEL, Wisselink, D.D., Punt, C.J.A, Snaebjornsson, P, Crezee, J., Aalbers, A.G.J., … Tanis, PJ. (2019). Adjuvant hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced colon cancer (COLOPEC): a multicentre, open-label, randomised trial. Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 4(10), 761–770. doi:10.1016/s2468-1253(19)30239-0


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Five-year-olds go on utterly pathetic school trip
A CLASS of five-year-olds have been taken on a pitiful school trip that really was not worth the effort.
The children boarded a coach carrying their labelled lunch boxes and travelled a short distance to a local wool museum that left none of them full of excitement.
Father Tom Booker said: "The wool museum? Jesus. That's the sort of place I take them on Saturdays when I need to be somewhere quiet because I've got a hangover.
"There's some sort of loom and loads of bobbins. Christ knows why you'd be interested in those. Plus it's only a mile away. I had to fill in a permission slip and send in cash in an envelope for that?
"My son Noah didn't even mention he'd been there, and normally he bores us shitless with every minor thing that happens at school, like seeing a particularly large bird in the playground.
"Maybe we need to send him to a better school where they'd take him to see a plastic dinosaur."
Teacher Miss Kramer said: "During the three-minute journey two children pissed themselves and one was sick everywhere. That's why we can't have more ambition."
Are you a twat or do you just like polo?
We've all asked ourselves – am I a regular twat or just a fan of the ridiculously upper-class sport polo? Take our test and find out.
When you see a horse, what do you think?
A. I bet that four-legged wanker can't go faster than my Audi.
B. I could jump on that thing's back then hit a ball across a massive field with dreadful toffs called Raphael and Ozzie.
Do you know how to play polo?
A. No. But I do support Chelsea.
B. Of course I do. Would I be wearing these ridiculous jodhpurs and strange boots and carrying a silly mallet if I didn't?
Have you seen Meghan Markle recently?
A. Yes, she was on the Daily Mail website while I was looking for sideboobs and racism.
B. Yah, she was at the polo just the other day. I'd boff that gorgeous filly.
Mostly As. You are a twat, but not one who plays polo. That's something. Just don't take up polo.
Mostly Bs. You love polo but are possibly not a twat in lots of other ways, such as having a direct debit with Amnesty International. But you probably don't.


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The St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station will be an immersive and engaging experience offering unique perspectives of our underwater world.
From the local streams and rivers to the depths of the oceans, take a journey with us and explore the hidden treasures of the Missouri and Mississippi waterways, appreciate the "monsters" of our global rivers and delight in the stealth and grace of our oceans' greatest predators. Passport not required.
Immerse yourself into the natural beauty and rich history of the city's two most prominent rivers, the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. Here you will explore some of nature's hidden treasures as they swim beside and above you. In the Confluence Gallery, you'll have a window into these unique rivers and experience the lives of some of the region's most important fish; from largemouth bass and crappie to two of the region's most unique "living fossils", paddlefish and longnose gar.
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Governor signs Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act
Northwest Religious Liberty Association
Press Release – July 21, 2009
The Stage Was Set
On a sweltering Friday summer evening, and just two minutes prior to going on stage before approximately 2,000 Seventh-day Adventist Christians at the Gladstone, Oregon Campmeeting, the Honorable Representative Dave Hunt (D), Speaker of the House of Representatives for the Oregon Legislature, informed the president and staff of the Northwest Religious Liberty Association that Governor Ted Kulongoski had quietly signed Senate Bill 786, the Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act, the day before, on Thursday, July 16, 2009.This was like music to our ears, as naysayers who did not fully understand the nature of the bill had been publicly urging the governor to veto it.
After this surprising announcement, the lobbying team of the Northwest Religious Liberty Association (NRLA), represented by Greg Hamilton (its president), Doug Clayville (pastor of the Dallas and Fall City church district located just west of Salem, and vice president for the Oregon chapter of NRLA), and Rhonda Bolton (administrative assistant), were in a state of euphoric shock as they quickly processed this information while walking on stage to honor and thank the Speaker for his sponsorship of our bill.
Representative Hunt Publicly Recognized as a Champion of Religious Freedom
Greg Hamilton thanked the Speaker for his faithful diligence in championing religious freedom for all people of faith in Oregon, including Seventh-day Adventist Christians, by giving him a plaque with the symbol of the torch of religious freedom. He also praised Representative Hunt "for championing such a noble cause in the State of Oregon" and for "your foresight and leadership in making the Oregon bill the potential model for both state and federal Workplace Religious Freedom Acts."
Hunt, who represents the Gladstone District, District 40, accepted our well-deserved praise and our gift honoring his efforts. He then praised the energetic and professional lobbying efforts of NRLA to get the bill passed, and thanked Seventh-day Adventists for supporting it. The crowd was energized with loud applauses throughout his "thank you" speech, particularly as he stated that we still have a lot to do in shoring up the free exercise of religion in Oregon, and that workplace religious freedom was just the beginning of his efforts in concert with NRLA.
Many in the audience were not aware that Representa-tive Hunt once served as President of the American Baptist Churches USA. At the start of Oregon's 2009 Legislative Session he established a Biblical theme for all of his colleagues in the House to follow: of sharpening swords into plowshares. Every day-as he did on this night-he wore a metal pin of a plow on the lapel of his suit coat as a reminder to his colleagues. He gave a pin to each member, both Republicans and Democrats.
The Northwest Religious Liberty Association has had a close working relationship with Representative Hunt since the 2003 legislative session when they worked together on the Oregon Religious Freedom Act, which focused on restoring the "compelling state interest" and "least restrictive means" constitutional tests for the free exercise of religion in Oregon.
But that bill effort kept coming up short. So Representative Hunt, in consultation with NRLA, and others, came up with the idea in 2005 of initiating the Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act, which affects Title VII Law involving civil rights and religious discrimination in the workplace.
Originally started in the House as HB 3539 during the 2007 legislative session, and reintroduced in 2009 as SB 786, this Act sought to change the definition of a business "undue hardship" for employees seeking "holy day" and "religious apparel" accommodations in the workplace and employers whose litigations costs rose in correlation with the increase in the number of minority faith group members and the number of religious discrimination claims being filed against them. This legislative Act, therefore, helps all people of faith, including religious minorities.
From the vantage point of the Northwest Religious Liberty Association, the approximately one hundred and fifty individuals that seek out its workplace mediation services each year, the evidence is clear that people of faith in the workplace too often confront impossible conflicts between their employment and their religious convictions.
Understanding the Specifics
What this Act does is clarify the responsibility of employers to accommodate the scheduling of leave time for the observation of religious holy days, or for the wearing of religious apparel in the workplace unless it poses a "significant difficulty or expense" to their business(es).
More specifically, it restores the original federal Title VII legal standard involving religious discrimination which obligated employers to demonstrate that they reasonably attempted to accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs and practices of their employees before claiming that such beliefs and practices posed a "significant difficulty" and "expense" for their business(es).
It also defines "undue hardship" more coherently.
In January 2008, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) encouraged employers, in an official Title VII religious discrimination guideline, to document how and why a religious accommodation posed an "undue" business "hardship." But this guideline is just that, only a guideline, and thus unenforceable. While the guideline is a helpful encouragement to employers, previous Oregon law provided employers with little basis for defending the decision to accommodate or to deny accommodation. As a result, employers often waved the claim of "undue hardship" like a magic wand without having to 1) define, explain, or demonstrate what that "undue hardship" was to the employee, or 2) how it really adversely affected their business in administrative terms, or in dollars and cents.
Some employers have regularly defined "undue hardship" as anything that caused a business "inconvenience," and have used it as a false legal pretext to refuse, as a matter of policy, to accom-modate religious requests. A few unfortunate Supreme Court decisions, beginning with TWA v. Hardison, 432 U.S. 63 (1977), reduced the definition of "undue hardship" to a "de minimis" or "mini-mal cost" standard in favor of the employer. As a result, this significantly placed people of faith at a disadvantage in the workplace and created unnecessary unemployment hardships for them. That is why the new law signed by Governor Kulongoski defines "undue hardship" as a "significant diffi-culty" and "expense" and will help relieve employers of so many discrimination claims against them.
The Successful Aftermath
Senate Bill 786 passed the Oregon Senate by a 63% percent vote on May 5 and by a 66% percent vote in the Oregon House of Representatives on May 29. Despite some controversy surrounding the bill in the last several days, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski signed the bill July 16, 2009.
Representative Hunt left us a signed copy of the bill from the Governor's Office which will be displayed at our Northwest Adventist Headquarters in Ridgefield, Washington.
We are, of course, thrilled and exhausted. The Northwest Religious Liberty Association team-along with the invaluable and timely assistance of attorney Michael Peabody, and the Senate Judiciary Committee testimonies of David Miller and Shani Balverio-put every professional effort possible toward a successful end. We did it for "you."
Thanks for your ongoing prayers and support. It was much appreciated.
The most appropriate summary is that God is gracious, God is good.
Visit the Northwest Religious Liberty Association online at http://www.nrla.com
To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last – but eat you he will.
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Public opinion has swayed back and forth on Network in the decades since its release in 1976. To its many fans, the film's cynical take on the feedback loop between the media and the outraged public has remained freakishly prescient, all but predicting the rise of the frothy-mouthed ravings that now cover the internet. To others, Paddy Chayefsky's script went too broad, denouncing vague evils while indulging in fits of self-righteousness that have presently trickled down to the lesser works of Aaron Sorkin. As with pretty much any movie, it comes down to a matter of taste, but there's no denying that Sidney Lumet's film retains a troubling relevance in today's cultural and political climate. We are indeed mad as hell, and so long as the option exists, we'd prefer to not take it anymore.
What better time then for an onstage revival of the classic film? The New York Times reported last week that in a new theatrical adaptation of the film set for a run in London later this year, none other than Bryan Cranston will take over the Howard Beale role originated by Peter Finch. Acclaimed dramatist Ivo van Hove has been tapped to direct the production, giving new life to the crackling story of one network TV station exploitatively overhauling its programming in the wake of an anchor's on-air meltdown. The script won't migrate from the screen to the proscenium entirely unchanged, either; Billy Elliot screenwriter Lee Hall has been credited with adapting Chayefsky's original screenplay.
The show has slated an opening date in November at London's National Theatre, and tickets for this high-profile production are sure to fly. Brace yourself for a whole lot of cries of "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!" from the rush line when they run out of seats.


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How Wozniacki went from woes to wow
Caroline WozniackiPHOTO: AFP
Dane recalls how she achieved Grand Slam breakthrough after being written off
Caroline Wozniacki said "nobody knows" how much hard work and sheer guts she had to put in before realising her Grand Slam dream.
Twelve years, 67 weeks at world No. 1, 149 Grand Slam matches, three Major finals and countless disappointments were all made worthwhile when she was crowned Australian Open champion last Saturday.
An epic 7-6 (7/2), 3-6, 6-4 win against Simona Halep in a near-three hour match in brutal heat and humidity also elevated her back to the top of the world rankings after a six-year hiatus, the longest gap in history between spells at the top.
"Honestly, nobody knows how much work, dedication you put into it," she said with the winner's Daphne Akhurst Memorial Trophy by her side.
Following Wozniacki's second Slam final in New York in 2014, where she lost to Serena Williams, her fitness and form went on the slide.
Many observers believed she was finished and would retire, but the determined Dane, who will regain the No. 1 spot today, had other ideas.
All I could tell myself was... 'If it's going to happen, it's going to happen'. Caroline Wozniacki, on how she felt when she slid down the rankings
"All I could tell myself was, 'You know what, you've given it everything you have. If it's going to happen, it's going to happen'."
She went into the US Open in 2016 at a lowly 74th in the world, but with her desire undiminished.
"I think just I'd been through a lot of injuries at that point," the 27-year-old reflected.
"Then you start losing to some players whom you're not really thinking you should lose to. It's frustrating. I was, like, hoping eventually it's going to turn around."
Unseeded, she reached the semi-finals at Flushing Meadows that year, losing to eventual champion Angelique Kerber, and it kickstarted her climb back up the rankings.
WTA titles at Tokyo and Hong Kong followed in the next two months and she ended the 2016 season back in the top 20.
"Since then, I've been playing really consistent and really well," she said.
Last year, the resurgence continued and she reached six finals, eventually getting over the finish line by retaining her Pan-Pacific title in Tokyo in September.
Her biggest win followed at the WTA Tour Finals in Singapore two months later - that was until last Saturday in Melbourne.
"Being here tonight as a Grand Slam champion, Australian Open champion, it's very special," she said.
Wozniacki became the first Dane to win a Grand Slam and moved behind only Jana Novotna (45), Marion Bartoli (47) and Flavia Pennetta (49) for the most Major appearances before claiming one.
It is 12 years since Wozniacki first came to notice, winning junior Wimbledon.
A first Grand Slam final defeat came against Kim Clijsters in New York in 2009 and on Oct 11, 2010, she became world No. 1 for the first time.
Even if she hadn't won last Saturday, Wozniacki said she would be able to hold her head high.
"To be honest with you, regardless, I think I've had an incredible career. The end of the day, I think a lot of people would like to be in my position," she said.
"Obviously adding a Grand Slam to my CV is what caps it off."
She revealed she had received a royal seal of approval for the victory.
"I've heard from the (Danish) royal family - they've congratulated me, they were very thrilled for me," she said as she paraded her new trophy in Melbourne's botanical gardens yesterday morning.
"It's still pretty surreal. It's been a crazy last 10 hours or so. I think I'm overwhelmed, I had an hour-and-a-half sleep last night." - AFP


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The bright twang of country guitar is as much a part of country music as are lyrics about being drunk, a cheating wife, and a broken down pickup truck. Country music is as American as music can be (though don't tell Albert Lee), and relies heavily on both acoustic and electric guitars as standard equipment. Though country music used to be the exclusive domain of the south, the popularity of this music has extended well past geographic domains. As a result, country-based guitar techniques - from banjo rolls to chickin' pickin' - have influenced a number of guitarists, country and non-country alike.
Country Technique
Although some ill-informed critics often associate country-style guitar playing with "lazy strumming" and chords not moved past the third fret, the techniques demanded by country music is more diverse than some would think at first. To master country-style guitar, one has to be proficient in a wide range of techniques, including single string technique, finger-style, hybrid picking (i.e. "chickin' pickin'"), as well as steel guitar emulation. Pioneers and virtuosos in the world of country music who have mastered some or all of these techniques include such diverse talents as Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Les Paul, Jerry Reed, Albert Lee, and Brad Paisley.
Blurred Boundaries of Country Guitar
In much of today's country music, the traditional boundaries between musical genres have become blurred, so much so that at times it can be difficult to tell the difference between country music and pop or even rock music. Guitarists such as Johnny Hiland move between country, rock, and blues guitar with ease. Other guitarists such as the late Danny Gatton and Clint Strong play jazz and country equally well.
Both acoustic and electric guitars are common in both traditional and modern country music, though acoustics are generally used for rhythm support while electrics are used for soloing and fills, as well as rhythm. Although country music isn't known for producing guitar "shredders," players such as Johnny Hiland and Brad Paisley can burn with the best of them.
Please explore our section on country-style guitar further where you'll find recommended listening, books, free lessons, and equipment recommendations on how to get the "right" country sound, whether your instrument of choice is a Fender Telecaster through a Dr. Z Combo or a Gibson Les Paul through a Fender Twin Reverb.
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A mild way to upcycle plastics used in bottles into fuel and other high-value products
Researchers have found a way to upcycle plastics used in bottles into fuels and chemical feedstock. Symbolic image: pixabay.com
Plastic is ubiquitous in people's lives. Yet, when plastic-containing items have fulfilled their missions, only a small amount is recycled into new products, which are often of lower quality compared to the original material. And, transforming this waste into high-value chemicals requires substantial energy.
Now, researchers reporting in ACS' JACS Au have combined a ruthenium-carbon catalyst and mild, lower-energy reaction conditions to convert plastics used in bottles and other packaging into fuels and chemical feedstock.
Global production of sturdy, single-use plastic for toys, sterile medical packaging, and food and beverage containers is increasing. Polyolefin polymers, such as polyethylene and polypropylene, are the most common plastics used in these products because the polymers' molecular structures – long, straight chains of carbon and hydrogen atoms – make materials very durable. It's difficult to degrade the carbon-to-carbon bonds in polyolefins, however, so energy-intensive procedures using high temperatures, from 800 to 1400 F, or strong chemicals are needed to break down and recycle them. Previous studies have shown that noble metals, such as zirconium, platinum and ruthenium, can catalyze the process of splitting apart short, simple hydrocarbon chains and complicated, plant-based lignin molecules at moderate reaction temperatures requiring less energy than other techniques. So, Yuriy Román-Leshkov and colleagues wanted to see if metal-based catalysts would have a similar effect on solid polyolefins with long hydrocarbon chains, disintegrating them into usable chemicals and natural gas.
The researchers developed a method to react simple hydrocarbon chains with hydrogen in the presence of noble- or transition-metal nanoparticles under mild conditions. In their experiments, ruthenium-carbon nanoparticles converted over 90% of the hydrocarbons into shorter compounds at 392 F. Then, the team tested the new method on more complex polyolefins, including a commercially available plastic bottle. Despite not pretreating the samples, as is necessary with current energy-intensive methods, they were completely broken down into gaseous and liquid products using this new method. In contrast to current degradation methods, the reaction could be tuned so that it yielded either natural gas or a combination of natural gas and liquid alkanes. The researchers say implementing their method could help reduce the volume of post-consumer waste in landfills by recycling plastics to desirable, highly valuable alkanes, though technology to purify the products is needed to make the process economically feasible.
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Julie E. Rorrer et al.; "Conversion of Polyolefin Waste to Liquid Alkanes with Ru-Based Catalysts under Mild Conditions"; JACS Au; 2021
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