Pretty much sums up my state of mind.
Really, is it so wrong that I'm happy to have the "third and final" off to full-day-5-days-a-week-kindergarten?
Not really, I'm crying on the inside.
Anyway, this joyous occasion also means structured days, which means planning ahead for lunches and dinners.
I decided to get in front of it this year by doing what makes sense, planning meals for the week ahead. I spent the better part of yesterday sourcing new, delicious yet nutritious recipes for dinners and lunches. I won't promise to post menus, daily, I promise. But I do have for you today's lunch menu for the kids. I hope it inspires you with new ideas beyond the ol' PB&J.
For the kindergartner, I have to provide an extra snack, as required by the school. I found this really awesome recipe on Her Royal Highness' website.
Flatten bread slices with a rolling pin. Spread cream-cheese mixture over slices.
Lay 2 carrot and 2 cucumber matchsticks at the bottom of each slice — let ends hand over edges.
Roll up bread, pressing gently to seal, then cut each roll into 4 equal pieces.
I am one of those stubborn folk who has never tried sushi so therefore I hate it…..I cringed when I read sushi "surprise" but that is a creative and fun idea for me to enjoy!!!
I am one of those people who will try anything once knowing that if I don't like it, I never have to eat it again….I'm just greedy like that :). That said, it took me the first 30years of my life to try sushi, and it was love at first bite! I just couldn't get enough! I loved it so much I started making it at home, since it gets pricey to feed a family of 5 (Yes, my kids LOVE it too!) I'd suggest starting with the California Roll. It's not raw, and not very exotic, so you don't have to worry about the raw fish. Sushi actually means 'vinegared rice', not raw fish, lol. If you don't like it, then I guess you never will, but California roll is a good place to start. Good luck!


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Bay Area native Veronica Roberts stepped into her new role as director of the Cantor Arts Center in July, around the time the museum opened The Faces of Ruth Asawa.
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The New Director of the Cantor Arrives at Stanford
By Sheryl Nonnenberg
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Veronica Roberts may be new to the director position at the Cantor Arts Center, but she is hardly a stranger to the Stanford museum. The Bay Area native shares that her grandmother, whom she describes as a "guiding force in my life," was a docent there for more than 35 years. "I remember most how much she cherished her role as a docent and how meaningful it was to her life and identity, especially as a woman of her generation," says Roberts.
In 2017, when Roberts was curator of modern and contemporary art at the University of Texas at Austin's Blanton Museum of Art, she organized the Nina Katchadourian: Curiouser touring exhibition, which opened at the Cantor that year. She fondly recalls experiencing the show with her grandmother. "I remember how many people wanted to talk to her and tell me how lucky I was to be her granddaughter," says Roberts. "It is one of my last memories with her."
Roberts grew up in San Francisco and, after graduating from University High School, earned bachelor's and master's degrees in art history from Williams College and UC Santa Barbara, respectively. She worked at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum and, most recently, the Blanton.
With tenures at institutions in large cities and academic settings, what does Roberts see as the advantage to being on the Stanford campus? "One of the most exciting aspects of working at a university is student engagement and making the museum accessible to some of the brightest minds around," she says. In a nod to Stanford's commitment to encouraging its undergrads to have a truly interdisciplinary experience, Roberts adds, "I have already noticed how many science students come to the museum, and I admire the breadth of genuine intellectual curiosity that is overflowing on this campus."
Although her new role will not allow time to curate exhibitions, Roberts maintains, "I remain deeply committed to artists and to helping shape the artistic program and collection with the great curators and other colleagues here." Indeed, one of the main motivations for her taking the job was the museum's Asian American Art Initiative, cofounded by Cantor curator Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander and art history professor Marci Kwon. "When I learned of the initiative — to foster scholarship, exhibitions and collecting of Asian American art — I thought it was visionary," says Roberts.
Having lived all over the country, Roberts seems to revel in a return to her roots. "I have really missed the mountains, the ocean, the produce and Asian food," she says. "I will miss spring-fed swimming pools and breakfast tacos in Austin, but I have a love of redwoods and dumplings that runs deep."
Her arrival at Stanford in early July means that she is now settled in and ready for arguably the biggest fundraising event on the Peninsula cultural calendar: Museums by Moonlight. The biennial gala — which includes alfresco cocktails in the company of Richard Serra's "Sequence," followed by dinner and dancing in the fabulous setting of the Rodin Sculpture Garden — takes place on September 17. (It was skipped last year because of the pandemic.) The greatly anticipated affair benefits both the Cantor and the Anderson Collection, allowing for free admission for all as well as school programs for grades K through 12 at the pair of neighboring museums.
The honorary chairs for the gala are Komal Shah and Gaurav Garg. Known as both a Silicon Valley tech power couple and important art collectors, they also sponsor Stanford's highly regarded Artists on the Future series of talks (the most recent, in June, featured Amy Sherald and Calida Rawles in conversation). Shah and Garg's personal art collection focuses on women artists and artists of color.
"Discovering the Cantor museum almost 31 years ago was an immensely fortunate serendipity," says Shah, who holds a master's in computer science from Stanford. "I remember being mesmerized, calmed and uplifted, all at once, as I lingered amongst the old Chinese and Indian artifacts, trying to decode the paintings and the process. The Cantor was such a wonderful escape from the programming assignments du jour!"
For both Shah and Roberts, the goals of inclusion, diversity and equity are in the forefront as they usher the museum into a new era. "An art museum in a university setting has to feel open and inviting to all by showcasing art that speaks to every member of the student and larger community, regardless of race and gender," explains Shah. "It is also imperative that the Cantor lead other university museums by example, in the way it honors diversity and addresses social justice."
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Developing effective dementia care strategies for a loved one who has been diagnosed with this medical condition or is in the early stages of minor memory loss is important to ensure quality care. It can be frustrating for the dementia patient when they have difficulties remembering things, places, names, and other aspects of their lives.
This can lead to changes in personality where the patient can become upset, irate, angry, and confused. For caregivers, being able to provide assistance during these times is important by finding a common ground they can utilize to help the patient refocus. One such effective treatment that is being utilized is art therapy.
Art therapy can cover a wide array of different types of solutions, ranging from visiting art galleries to visiting with art students and developing patient appropriate art projects. For instance, the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. recently finished a pilot educational program for caregivers and patients with dementia.
This form of art therapy helps stimulate memory centers of the brain as patients view works of art, and it has been successful in some patients. They can recall childhood memories, family members, and other aspects of their personal lives they may have been struggling to remember previously.
The University of Alabama Honors College has pioneered another form of art therapy to help with dementia care. In this program, art students are paired with dementia patients and given the assignment to learn the patients' life story during an eight-week program.
Aside from these two types of community-based programs, caregivers can develop their own art therapy programs customized to their patients' needs. They should schedule time each day and work with the patient on various crafts and art projects, from coloring or painting pictures to assembling models.
In addition, caregivers can schedule outings to nearby art museums with weekly or bi-monthly visits and use the National Gallery of Art's program model and focus visits on just a few paintings or works of art. Art therapy has the ability to help draw out memories from deep within the mind in patients who are currently struggling to remember specific events and periods of their lives.
While they may not fully recall every detail, through art, they are able to find a moment of peace and happiness. To learn more about in-home care assistance programs and services in the San Antonio area for dementia patients, please feel free to contact Home Care Assistance, a leading provider of home care San Antonio families can turn to, at 210-858-6280 today!


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Facility with "life-size" moving Gundam statue opens in Yokohama near Tokyo
KYODO NEWS - Dec 20, 2020 - 15:07 | Arts, All, Japan
A theme facility with an 18-meter "life-size" moving statue of Gundam, a giant robot featured in a Japanese science fiction animation series, opened Saturday in Yokohama, near Tokyo.
A "life-size" moving statue of the Gundam robot is shown to the media on Nov. 30, 2020. (Copyright Sotsu, Sunrise)(Kyodo)
The new statue, which has more than 20 moving parts, was built at the Gundam Factory Yokohama complex after the 40th anniversary of the broadcasting of the "Mobile Suit Gundam" TV series was marked last year.
Visitors can climb to observation decks at 15 meters to 18 meters on the Gundam-Dock Tower to have close-up views of the anime icon, while the statue will take different poses every half an hour and will be lit up in the evening, according to the facility operator, Evolving G Corp.
At the Gundam-Lab exhibition facility on the site, a virtual reality dome has been installed to simulate sitting inside the cockpit of the 25-ton mobile suit.
At an opening ceremony held Friday, animator Yoshiyuki Tomino who created the series thanked people involved in building the statue, saying, "I hadn't expected anyone to make it for real."
The Gundam Factory Yokohama site was previously scheduled to open in October but it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The site will be open until March 31, 2022.
Admission fees are 1,650 yen ($16) for visitors aged 13 or older, 1,100 yen for those from 7 to 12, and free for 6 or younger if accompanied by a paying adult. To enter the observation decks will cost an additional 3,300 yen per guest.
A 18-meter-high "life-size" moving statue of the Gundam robot from the "Mobile Suit Gundam" anime series is shown to the media at a theme park in Yokohama, eastern Japan, on Nov. 30, 2020. (Copyright Sotsu, Sunrise)(Kyodo)
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Print a help message describing all options sprio.
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The cluster to issue commands to. Only one cluster name may be specified. Note that the SlurmDBD must be up for this option to work properly.
Display the normalized priority factors for the selected jobs.
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If no corresponding commandline option is specified, sprio will use the value of the following environment variables.
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Home » Fire breaks out on set of Sanjay Dutt's film 'Bhoomi'
Published On : Sat, Jun 3rd, 2017
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Fire breaks out on set of Sanjay Dutt's film 'Bhoomi'
Actress Aditi Rao Hydari escaped unhurt when fire broke out on the set of Sanjay Dutt's comeback film, "Bhoomi".
Aditi was shooting a wedding song when the blaze erupted.
The incident happened late on Thursday evening in Mumbai's RK studio and the shooting had to be stopped for the day as the makers wanted everyone on the set to be safe, a press release issued here said.
A massive set has been put up at the RK Studio, where more than 300 dancers are part of the wedding song, it said.
The song features Aditi and Sidhant Gupta. It is being choreographed by Ganesh Acharya.
"Bhoomi" is an emotional and sensitive revenge drama that explores the relationship between a father (Dutt) and daughter (Aditi).
Produced by T-Series and Legend Studios and directed by Omung Kumar, "Bhoomi" releases worldwide on September 22.
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const test = require('ava');
const fs = require('fs');
const Promise = require('bluebird');
require('dotenv').config();

Promise.promisifyAll(fs);

const skyward = require('./index');

const writeResults = prefix => ({ raw, data }) => Promise.all([
  fs.writeFileAsync(`./tmp/test/${prefix}_raw.html`, raw),
  fs.writeFileAsync(`./tmp/test/${prefix}_data.json`, JSON.stringify(data, null, 2)),
]);

const { SKY_USER, SKY_PASS, SKY_URL } = process.env;
const myisd = skyward(SKY_URL);

test.serial.skip('scrapeReport api integration', t => (
  myisd.scrapeReport(SKY_USER, SKY_PASS)
    .then(writeResults('report'))
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    .catch(t.fail)
));

test.serial.skip('scrapeGradebook api integration', t => (
  myisd.scrapeGradebook(SKY_USER, SKY_PASS, { course: 97791, bucket: 'TERM 1' })
    .then(writeResults('gradebook'))
    .then(t.pass)
    .catch(t.fail)
));

test.serial.skip('scrapeHistory api integration', t => (
  myisd.scrapeHistory(SKY_USER, SKY_PASS)
    .then(writeResults('history'))
    .then(t.pass)
    .catch(t.fail)
));

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WE ARE CLOSED THIS MONDAY 21st OF MAY ALL DAY SO WE CAN MOVE OUR UPSTAIRS FOOD KITCHEN TO OUR BRAND NEW KITCHEN DOWNSTAIRS.
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UK plans for Human Rights Court reform revealed
The UK Government's proposals for restricting the right to take cases to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg have been revealed in the media.
Ministers have circulated a draft "Brighton Declaration" to the other Council of Europe member states ahead of a summit to take place in the Sussex town in April, during the UK's six-month presidency of the Council.
Under the plans, applicants seeking to take a case to the Human Rights Court would have less time to do so, perhaps as little as two months from the date of final judgment of the national court instead of six as at present.
The court would also be precluded from taking on cases that are "identical in substance to a claim that has been considered by a national court", unless the national court had "manifestly made an error in its interpretation of the Convention", or the case "raises a serious question about the way the Convention is interpreted or applied".
The UK wants to restrict the ability of the court to intervene in cases such as prisoners' voting rights, and the deportation of the Islamic cleric Abu Qatada. Ministers further propose that the principle of "margin of appreciation", applied by the court to give national governments some leeway in how they apply the Convention, should extend to how governments implement the court's judgments. The further principle of subsidiarity would also be extended to require the Human Rights Court to consider whether a decision taken at national level on how to implement a decision was within a state's discretion.
It also suggests a new procedure under which the Human Rights Court could offer non-binding advisory opinions, under a procedure analogous to referring a case to the Court of Justice of the European Union on a point of EU law.
The court's backlog of about 160,000 cases should be tackled by appointing more judges, the draft states. Meanwhile a commission should be set up to rethink the future of the court and the Convention.
All 47 member countries would have to agree any reforms before they can take effect, and while there is said to be support for reform, the proposals to curb the court's powers are likely to prove controversial. Judges at the court itself have been critical of the UK's approach.


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Q: Numerical series in using Numpy I want to make a series using Numpy. For example, starting with the value n = 2 I want to create the series:
terms = numpy.array([2, 6, 24, 120, 720,...])

where each successive term multiplies the previous term by the first term in the series, added to an incrementing index. For example, the above would be
terms[1] = terms[0] * (terms[0] + 1)
terms[2] = terms[1] * (terms[0] + 2)
terms[3] = terms[2] * (terms[0] + 3)
terms[4] = terms[3] * (terms[0] + 4)

Can this be done with Numpy? If not, what is the cleanest way that this can be done without a for-loop?

A: You could use np.accumulate:
import numpy as np

size  = 5
n     = 2
terms = np.multiply.accumulate(np.arange(size) + n)

[  2   6  24 120 720]

You can also do that without numpy (albeit slower):
from itertools import accumulate

size  = 5
n     = 2
terms = [*accumulate(range(n,size+n),lambda a,b:a*b)]

[2, 6, 24, 120, 720]

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"Eat a Bug!" Family Arts Day is one of AMSET's most popular events, where children and their families are tempted to try the creepy, crawly delicacy of fried crickets. Hands-on art activities focus on our current exhibition, Dornith Doherty: Oasis and Celia Eberle: In the Garden of Ozymandias. Visitors will learn about Day of the Dead, make sugar skulls and are invited to participate in our Halloween Costume Contest. As always face painting and refreshments round out this "SPOOKtacular" event.


I think its safe to say we are all desperate for the game to get the go ahead on Saturday.
Read more: "Time To Start Performing At Home"
In my last article, I stated that we must turn up against Formartine and we ended up facing the nightmare scenario where literally half the squad didn't turn up because of illness. That said, no team should be three down inside eleven minutes and I think it exposed a naivety about us which has appeared in flashes this season.
Read more: "We're Looking To Turn The Corner"
Tomorrow is a day that we simply must turn up. Our recent record against Formartine has been much like our recent form in general which has been unacceptable. It is a strange atmosphere in the dressing room in that while we are frustrated with the way that results have gone there is still a good bond between the boys and we want to do well for each other. However that will count for nothing unless we are putting points on the board at 4.45 today.
Three defeats in a row with no goals scored doesn't make very good reading but the last two performances have been very positive.
As a team we felt hard done by to have not got any points from the home match against Buckie and had a point to prove against Brora. We put in a massive shift up there and felt robbed as Barney was clearly tripped and before we knew it we were a man and a goal down. However that is football and it is a fast learning curve for us but we will not be faulted for effort.
Following my last game for the club tonight I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everybody behind the scenes and the supporters for all their backing during my time at the club.


Luccombe Cottage is part of a complex of charming country cottages in a beautiful setting of the Avill Valley between Dunster and Timberscombe, within the Exmoor National Park. This property has a double bedrooms with en-suite shower room, plus two further twin bedrooms.
Luccombe Cottage Luccombe is an 'upside down' cottage that occupies the east end of the South Barn, a large stone building that used to be part of the old farm. The property has one double bedrooms with en-suite shower room, plus two twin bedrooms.
There are two entrances into Luccombe Cottage, one from the main courtyard and the other from the back of the South Barn.
Entering from the courtyard, on the lower ground floor there is a hallway that leads to the double bedroom with en-suite shower room. There is a staircase that goes up several steps to the upper ground floor. Here you will find two twin bedrooms and a bathroom (with bath and shower). The secondary entrance is off this level.
The lounge and kitchen is up more stairs to the first floor where it is light and airy. There are great views across our fields and the Avill Valley.
Set in a beautiful location approximately 3 miles outside Dunster in a valley. The cottage was an upside down property so anyone with mobility issues should have the downstairs bedroom that has an ensuite. On the second floor are two twin bedrooms and the main bathroom. Here there is a door to the outside to the recycling area and a walk around the grounds. The top floor is the best part. We were here in the snow and the view from the Velux Windows was beautiful. You can open the window full to enjoy the superb views and take pictures. This floors houses a well equipped kitchen and dining area and the leads to the lounge. This has two sofas and a comfortable arm chair. You can not park at the cottage but you can take the car down and unload and then pop the car back at the car park near the entrance. There are pretty grounds to walk around and include a tennis court, trampoline, indoor heated games room with pool table, table soccer. The best indoor activity is the heated pool with newly installed hot tub. A great base to go and explore this area and very relaxing to come back to. We were here in sub zero temperatures and the cottage was lovely and warm.


Illinois: Pardons in the Balance?
"Justice delayed is justice denied. My administration is fully committed to erasing this shameful log jam of cases in a methodical manner and with all deliberate speed ... We are working tirelessly to solve this problem and to make sure it never happens again."
Of course, the daunting project is something Quinn's Republican opponent, Bill Brady, may or may not have any interest in taking on ... we suspect the latter to be the case. In the past, Brady has been critical of Quinn's efforts while, at the same time, refusing to even acknowledge that there is a clemency problem and, as a consequence, offering no solutions.
Meanwhile, they are still counting the votes here in Illinois! See our coverage of Governor Quinn's clemency efforts here.


The Florya Atatürk Deniz Köşkü was built for Atatürk in Florya in 1935. Built on columns driven into the seabed and connected to land by a bridge, Atatürk lived here during the summer months and hosted meetings and foreign guests here as well.
The Florya Atatürk Sea Pavilion (Florya Atatürk Deniz Köşkü) was built for Atatürk in Florya in 1935.
Built on columns driven into the seabed and connected to land by a bridge, Atatürk lived here during the summer months, holding meetings and hosting foreign guests.
After his death it was used for a time by later presidents, later opened to public after restoration and today exhibits objects from the period when it was in use as a residence for heads of state.


Microsoft has released the 5th major Windows 10 update (version 1803) on April 30, 2018. So many new features and technologies have been introduced in the Windows 10 April 2018 update. But several Windows 10 users fail to install the update because of some issues with Windows 10 Update Assistant tool. Thousands of Windows 10 users have rushed to Windows support center for a real time solution so that they can catch up the latest Windows update.
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iPhone XS is a major breakthrough in the Apple smartphone lineage. In sync with the outright security and privacy features of its predecessors, the Apple iPhone XS is made up of myriad innovative components that bring it on the cutting-edge of smartphone technology. One among the exclusive features of this revolutionary iPhone is the first-of-its-kind 7nm A12 bionic chip – the smartest and the most powerful smartphone chip ever to augment your experience with photos, gaming, speed, and almost everything you do with your phone. Apple's new processor will boost your iPhone performance by up to 15% while lowering the power usage by up to 50%. The 8-core next-generation neural engine powered gadget with its advance dual-camera system will help you unravel new creative possibilities and re-define smartphone photography. The big, custom OLED display on iPhone XS shows accurately detailed colors in the industry, true blacks and HDR. With an ultra-durable glass back, cover that facilitates wireless charging and a big screen size of 5.8 inches, the Apple iPhone XS offers an immersive experience to its users. The price of iPhone XS differs based on its storage capacity. The various storage options available are 64GB, 128GB, 256GB and 512GB. You can also choose from a total of three colors – silver, space grey and gold. With dual-sized super retina displays, advanced face ID, smart HDR technology, true depth camera and surgical stainless less body, the iPhone XS price is certainly justified.


In nature healthy plants live in intimate association with a staggering diversity of microbes. We aim to understand how plants communicate with these microorganisms and discriminate pathogenic from beneficial microbes. The innate immune system of plants and mechanisms of microbial pathogenesis define major research themes and have a central role in understanding interactions of the plant host with microbial pathogens. Although the structure of the plant immune system ensures effective protection against most pathogens, few intruders succeed to colonize plants. In such cases plant immune receptors fail to recognize a pathogen or the invader evolved mechanisms to suppress immune responses. Our goal is to define a regulatory network for the plant immune system that can identify key regulatory steps, define important structural modules, and make predictions on how component and pathway activities can be changed to modulate plant defense outputs and growth.
The establishment of plant-associated microbial communities with healthy plants, called the plant microbiota, defines a second major research theme. Revealing molecular functions of these microbial assemblages for plant growth and health has priority in our discovery program with beneficial microbes. This includes microbe-mediated nutrient mobilization from soil for plant growth and indirect pathogen protection through microbe-microbe interactions. We seek to understand how plants take advantage of the microbiota to adapt to adverse environments, which is key to identify molecular principles underlying plant-microbe ecology. Our long-term objective is to develop an integrated molecular concept that can explain how plants manage simultaneously pathogenic and beneficial microbes to ensure plant survival and maximize plant fitness. Much of our microbiology work involves the study of plant interactions with bacteria, fungi or oomycetes. We are pursuing an integrated approach that connects genetics, molecular biology, and biochemistry with computer science.
Together, our research should provide insights to how the plant immune system and the plant microbiota can be modified to improve plant protection and plant productivity using molecular breeding techniques.


The group, which is fighting the supermarket giant's plans to transform the empty pub into an express store, spotted the graffiti last week.
It quickly got in touch with the council which swiftly painted over the more offensive parts of the message.
Chairman of FPAG, Mark Newcombe, said the graffiti had nothing to do with its members and urged the vandals to channel their anti-Tesco feelings into more positive methods.
"It upset some of the local residents, that is for sure," he added.
"It is not really helping our cause to be writing graffiti."


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Александр Владимирович Бу́бнов (род. , ) — российский , литературный критик и ; визуальный поэт, , автор-исполнитель, педагог, композитор, теоретик и практик палиндромии и экспериментальных форм стиха, доктор филологических наук. Член Русского ПЕН-центра, Российского союза профессиональных литераторов (РСПЛ), Южнорусского Союза писателей (ЮРСП) и Союза журналистов России. Основатель и куратор арт-лит-фестиваля «Курский контекст» и Фестиваля Литературного Эксперимента (ФЛЭ).

Автор диссертаций на соискание учёной степени кандидата филологических наук «Языковые особенности русского палиндрома» (Тамбов, 1997) и доктора филологических наук «Лингвопоэтические и лексикографические аспекты палиндромии» (Орёл, 2002). Автор терминов, фиксирующих новые формы и приёмы в комбинаторной поэзии: монопалиндром, кругозвучие (циклофон), пантограмма (омограмма), буквологика (буквология) и др.

Биография
Александр Владимирович Бубнов родился 25 апреля 1959 года в Курске. Окончил школу № 4 (1976) и Курский политехнический институт (ныне — ЮЗГУ), где получил специальность инженера по направлению "теплогазоснабжение и вентиляция" (1981). Учась в институте, поступил в музыкальную школу № 4 Курска, вечернее отделение которой окончил в 1983 году (по классу фортепиано). С 1983 по 1987 год, уже работая педагогом, учился на историко-теоретическом отделении Курского музыкального училища (ныне — Курский музыкальный колледж им. Г. В. Свиридова). В течение 25 лет работал педагогом дополнительного образования в Курске (Дом пионеров / Дом детского творчества Железнодорожного округа), а также в Серпухове и Москве по авторским программам «Словесно-интеллектуальные игры и игровые формы литературного творчества» (разработал авторские игры «Трилогос», «Бубики», «Тетралог», «Гексалог» и многие др.), «Основы художественной фотографии», «Авторская песня и основы гитарного аккомпанемента» (разработал авторскую демократичную методику по освоению песенного гитарного аккомпанемента «с нуля» без углубления в теорию музыки и нотную грамоту).

Параллельно с профессиональной педагогической деятельностью в 1997 году Александр Бубнов окончил аспирантуру Тамбовского госуниверситета и в 2001 году — докторантуру Орловского госуниверситета. Первый рядовой педагог дополнительного образования в России, защитивший докторскую диссертацию (первая диссертация по проблемам палиндрома и «игровой» поэзии в целом). Перед защитой, в феврале 2003 года, Александр Владимирович стал победителем Курского областного конкурса педагогов дополнительного образования «Сердце отдаю детям». В 1998—2000 гг. читал авторский курс «Развивающая лингвистика» в Курском государственном педагогическом университете (ныне - Курский госуниверситет), в 2008—2010 гг. — авторские курсы по истории русской философии и философии точных наук в качестве профессора Московской Академии образования (МАО), параллельно и позже — в 2004—2015 гг. — курсы «Концепции и модели журналистики», «Теория и практика работы с научным текстом», «Актуальные проблемы современной науки и журналистика», «Межкультурные коммуникации» и многие другие в качестве доцента и профессора кафедр Курского института социального образования — филиала РГСУ. Сферы научных и преподавательских интересов автора: лингвистика, лингвопоэтика, теория и история литературы и журналистики, стиховедение, риторика, философия, культурология и др. Александр Владимирович является организатором многих литературных проектов, которые проходят в культурных центрах Москвы и Курска. Тема буквологической литературы и словесных игр для таких проектов разрабатывается им с 1990-х годов.

Творчество
Стихи, палиндромические и визуальные стихи, эссе и критические статьи печатались в антологиях и сборниках, а также в журналах «Смена», «Волга», «Персона», «Журнал ПОэтов», «Дети Ра», «Футурум АРТ», «Иероглиф», «Новое литературное обозрение», «Новая реальность», «Другое полушарие», «Южное сияние» (Одесса), «Луч» (Удмуртия), «Пражский парнас» (Прага), «Черновик» (Нью-Йорк), «MADI Art Periodical» (Будапешт), «Stetoscope» (Париж), «Reflection» (Чикаго) и др.

Награды и премии
 Лауреат Международной литературной премии имени Петра Вегина (2008), учреждённой литературно-музыкальным салоном «Дом Берлиных» (Лос-Анджелес, США) совместно с Всеамериканским Фондом Булата Окуджавы;
 Лауреат VI Международного Пражского фестиваля в номинации «Публицистика» (2013);
 Лауреат премии журнала «Дети Ра» (2014), (2016) в номинации "Поэзия";
 Дипломант Международного литературного Волошинского конкурса в номинации «Фотопоэзия / Литпроцесс non-stop» (2015);
 Победитель Международного творческого конкурса «МИРСКОНЦА-2015» (в номинации "Музыка"), организованного Домом-музеем Велимира Хлебникова в Астрахани к 130-летию со дня рождения Поэта;
 Лауреат журнала «Зинзивер» в номинации "критика" (2015);
  Всероссийского литературного Фестиваля Фестивалей «ЛиФФт» (2017);
 Международная отметина имени отца русского футуризма Давида Бурлюка (2017).

Книги
 Бубнов А. В. Первая книга третьего тысячелетия (Первая авторская книга стихов, от начала и до конца сочинённая и изданная в третьем тысячелетии). — : Изд. дом «Юность», 2001. — 56 с. (илл. автора) ISBN 5-88653-039-8
 Бубнов А. В. !Я отстой отстоя!: Стихи, палиндромы и др.: Книга в спичечном коробке с одной спичкой. Курск — Москва: АСМ, 2006. — 12 с. [под псевд. F.FON BUBNOFF]
 Бубнов А. В. Полное собранЬе сочинений: Стихотворения. — : Академия исследований культуры, 2015. — 237 с.: цв. портр. — ISBN 978-5-94396-194-6

Критические статьи
 Александр Бубнов «Жанры, строфы, стили, языки...» / Ростов-на-Дону: «Дон» № 4, 2015 — 6.
 Александр Бубнов «Стиховая звезда Александра Вепрёва» / Ижевск: «Луч» № 3, 2017.
 Александр Бубнов «В лаборатории свободного слова» / Одесса: «Южное Сияние» № 2, 2018<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.zhurmir.ru/content/v-laboratorii-svobodnogo-slova |title='Александр Бубнов «В лаборатории свободного слова» |access-date=2021-02-10 |archive-date=2018-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020203413/http://www.zhurmir.ru/content/v-laboratorii-svobodnogo-slova |deadlink=no }}</ref>.
 Александр Бубнов «Интегральная "игра в бисер" в стихотворении Нади Делаланд "Туман спадает…"» / Одесса: «Южное Сияние» № 2, 2020.
 Александр Бубнов'' «Интеграция свободы и игры» / Одесса: «Южное Сияние» № 4, 2020.

Научные труды

Фестиваль Литературного Эксперимента
6 августа и 9 августа в Москве 2019 года, в Культурном центре академика Д.С. Лихачева, состоялся первый Фестиваль Литературного Эксперимента (ФЛЭ). Дата фестиваля была выбрана не случайно — 6 августа родились Дмитрий Авалиани (1938–2003), Георгий Спешнев (1912–1987) и Владимир Бурич (1932–1994), каждый из которых своими литературными экспериментами расширил представления о стиле, форме и языке. Фестиваль Литературного Эксперимента (ФЛЭ) провёл его основатель и куратор — Александр Бубнов. 6 августа 2020 года ФЛЭ проводился второй раз. Без рефлексии эксперимент теряет смысл, поэтому ФЛЭ продолжился 9 августа проектом «РеФЛЭксикон».

В 2022 году в Культурном центре академика Д. С. Лихачева прошёл III Фестиваль литературного эксперимента (ФЛЭ). В рамках мероприятия прошли III Интегральные чтения и презентация первого выпуска «Антология Интегрального стиха».

Интервью
 «Новые известия» 2017, 2 декабря: Александр Бубнов: "Созерцаю теперь, огорошенный, незаконнорожденные стихи…";
 «Курская правда» №128, 2017: "Курский авангард в мировом контексте";
 «Городские известия» № 3957, 2017 / Павел Рыжков: "В ПЕН-клубе вот что происходит...";
 Еженедельник «Курск»: Образы «Курского контекста», Беседовал Олег Качмарский;
 Телерадиокомпания «Сейм»: «Этим вечером» 20.02.15;
 «Курская правда» № 168, 2009: Вероника Тутенко: «В "сетях" Слова».

Отзывы

Александр Бубнов — поэт нового типа. Научные изыскания не мешают ему писать душевную, тонкую лирику. Звание доктора филологических наук не препятствует перфомансам и бардовскому исполнению своих стихов. Единство всех этих разносторонних интересов и умений — впечатляет.

Примечания

Ссылки

 Александр Бубнов в "Малой Курской Энциклопедии"

 Александр Бубнов в «Журнальном зале»
 Александр Бубнов в «Читальном зале»
 Страничка автора на евразийском журнальном портале «МЕГАЛИТ»
 Александр Бубнов на сайте Поэзия.ру
 Александр Бубнов в журнале «Луч»
 Александр Бубнов на интернет-портале «Стихи.ру»
 «45-я параллель». Смотри на меня без очков (Опыт автобиографии)
 «Божестворчество» AlexanDr V. Bubnov / Александр Бубнов. 24.01.2016. Москва, ЦДЛ.
 Александр Бубнов в Facebook

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New Zealand initiates bill to ban guns used in terror attack
police minister
New Zealand lawmakers pass initial vote for new gun controls
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New Zealanders hand over their weapons in exchange for money
New Zealand passes gun reform laws in wake of Christchurch terror attack
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Police Minister Stuart Nash said that if lawmakers pass the bill as expected, the new law will take effect April 12, less than a month after the March 15 terror attacks.
Police guard the site of Friday's shooting undergoing investigation, outside the Linwood Mosque, in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 18, 2019. (Reuters)
New Zealand's government on Monday introduced a bill it plans to rush into law that would ban the types of weapons a terrorist used to kill 50 people at two mosques.
Plans for law changes were first announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in the days after the attacks, when the government imposed an immediate ban on the sales of such weapons.
The bill has bipartisan support and could even pass with a unanimous vote of all 120 lawmakers.
"These are guns that are designed to kill people," Nash said.
He said one of the weapons used by the gunman was an AR-15 style rifle, and that all the weapons the gunman used in the attacks would be banned.
The bill would ban "military-style" semi-automatic guns and high-capacity magazines.
It would also ban semi-automatic shotguns that could be fitted with detachable magazines and pump-action shotguns that can hold more than five rounds.
The bill wouldn't ban guns often used by farmers and hunters, including semi -automatic .22-caliber or smaller guns that hold up to 10 rounds, or shotguns that hold up to five rounds.
Nash said the gunman had left a national legacy of harm, pain and grief. He said the gunman was able to buy a semi-automatic guns and high-capacity magazines legally, and then put them together to create military-style weapons.
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Finlandia Junior Prize nominations for Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff and My Little Creature by Linda Bondestam & Ulf Stark
We are beyond thrilled to announce that YA fantasy author Maria Turtschaninoff and the author-illustrator team of Ulf Stark and Linda Bondestam have been nominated for the prestigious Finlandia Junior Prize. Given by the Finnish Book Foundation, the prize is worth 30,000 euros.
Turtschaninoff was nominated for her latest novel Maresi (Schildts & Söderströms 2014), Part I in the Red Abbey Chronicles. Linda Bondestam and Ulf Stark, meanwhile, were nominated for My Little Creature (Min egen lilla liten, Schildts & Söderströms 2014), a picture book about the tragic love between a creature living in the dark and a ray of sunshine. This is the second Finlandia Junior nomination in both Turtschaninoff and Bondestam's careers. The winner will be announced on November 20th.
Prize jury motivations for Maresi:
"This story of a matriarchal society, a haven for girls who have escaped a stiff and threatening worldview formed by conservative beliefs, is dramatic, skilfully told and appealing to many senses. In this memorable and ferocious suspense fantasy one can also find connections to the realities of women and girls in modern societies. The coming-of-age story of two girls contains many compelling mythical and ritualistic components. Knowledge and learning give the main character power to change the world. A reader begins to feel this sense of will as well."
– Finlandia Junior Prize 2014 jury
Prize jury motivations for My Little Creature:
"Inside all of us lives a lonely creature who longs for tenderness, love and closeness. My Little Creature is an optimistic story of the way in which caring for someone can bring a spark into one's life. A grown-up can find layered references in the book, from Plato's cave to the fairy tale about a ray of sun and a troll. Encountering those different from us, the transitory nature of existence and letting go are themes that appeal to both children and adults. The book's adorable illustrations play off the peaceful rhythm of the text."
About the Red Abbey Chronicles by Maria Turtschaninoff:
Maresi, Book I: The Red Abbey, located on a small island, is a refuge and a haven for girls. One of them is Maresi, a thoughtful and empathetic 13-year-old who fled here from famine and poverty four years ago. She loves learning and books, and spends her time in the vast library in the House of Knowledge. The dangers of the outside world enter the island in the form of Jai, a girl who has fled her home after seeing her father and uncle bury her sister alive for speaking to a young man. Soon Jai's father and a crew of hired thugs arrive on the island in an attempt to steal her away, and Maresi is confronted with her worst fears: she can no longer hide in books and words but must be the one who acts.
A prequel to Maresi, Book II (Schildts & Söderströms) will tell the story of the First Sisters, and how they came to flee a harem in the faraway Eastern Lands and eventually establish the Red Abbey.
A sequel to Maresi, Book III (Schildts & Söderströms) will follow Maresi after she leaves the Red Abbey and sets out to establish a school in the oppressed province of Rovas.
RIGHTS SOLD: Maresi
Original publisher: FINLAND, Schildts & Söderströms
FINLAND, Tammi
SWEDEN, Berghs
Reading materials: The Red Abbey Chronicles
Book I, Maresi: English sample and synopsis
Full English text available in December
Swedish edition
Book II, sequel to Maresi: English synopsis
RIGHTS SOLD: My Little Creature
FINLAND, Teos Publishers (Finnish)
Reading materials: My Little Creature
Full Swedish text
English synopsis


what I know about the Vietnam War.
My parents sold the TV.
I know about the Vietnam War.
or why my father's face grew dark.
know about the Vietnam war.
took a part of me with them.
worked muscles: could it be he?
and hold it hold it hold it.
In the US, we celebrate Memorial Day today. Few of us do more than take advantage of a day off, but we have a day off to remember those who have lost their lives to war. For me, remember those who have gone to war reminds me of the importance to work for peace.
A little background to this poem: in the late 1960s and early 1970smy mom worked with Viet Nam war vets and other addicts in the Port Hueneme area near Point Mugu Base. Because of the Port and the Base, drugs were very easy to find. For many years, I wanted to write about the war and the vets I knew, and the sorrow I felt, and one day at a stop light this poem came to me, and I wrote it down. Yes, I am the speaker in the poem.
Whose lives were sacrificed, but never lost.
And sacrifice is hallowed all our days.
I will remember those who kept me free.
very heartfelt! thank you for sharing your poem!
That's the kind of poem I would write about Vite Nam. I really don't know enough about it, either, except what I saw when the soldiers came home. So, so well written!
That is a wonderful moving tribute poem. The repetition gives it a kind of haunting melodic quality and the unique personal perspective gives the poem depth and resonance, raises it above the generic. Poetry can have a purpose beyond self expression, it can be used as a way of remembering and embedding certain ideals and this poem is a perfect example of that.
Better not to know, but don't let that allow us to forget.


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With mulched pathways, a small pond filled with wriggling goldfish, carefully chosen trees and a variety of hardy plants, Petchenik has created doggy nirvana in his backyard.
Finch, who can spend an entire warm, lazy Saturday in Petchenik's fenced-in yard, has everything he needs at his disposal — fresh water in the pond, places to soak up the sun or stay cool in the shade and a sort of obstacle course of planters, benches and other garden ornaments perfect for racing around or hiding his toys underneath.
Garden elements must deliver on two fronts: They must be dog-friendly but also please the owner.
"It was important to me to have a happy balance," Petchenik said. "I didn't want to turn my yard into truly a dog yard and nothing else."
The patio, made up of antique bricks, is a good example. Petchenik wanted an outdoor area for grilling and dining. "But lo and behold in the winter, the bricks heat up and that's where all my dogs would hang out on cold days," he said.
Similarly, the pond and fountain provide a soundtrack Petchenik finds relaxing. It's also a place for Finch to get a cool drink.
There are trade-offs, of course. Visitors here find few flowering perennials. Petchenik instead grows flowering plants in pots, where they will be safe from trampling by an energetic young dog. Hostas mostly withstand Finch's antics, but Petchenik admits even they look a little dog-eared by summer's end. He's been fortunate, though, that none of the dogs he has owned have been serious diggers.
And he said goodbye to grass years ago, instead creating a series of mulched pathways that lead to various garden areas.
Creating an outdoor area that is welcoming for canines, Petchenik said, "means not being able to do everything you might want to with the yard. A dog is going to run and a dog is going to occasionally dig. So the plants have to be able to survive that kind of behavior."
Professional garden designers, who also frequently must factor pets into their designs, echo that sentiment.
"The dog is the first client you meet," said Carol Lindsay, owner and head designer of Portland, Oregon-based Landscape Design in a Day. "They are always the first to get to the door."
Here, they share tips for creating a garden that pleases both dog and master.
Plan for potty. As unpleasant as it is, relieving himself is the most frequent activity your dog is likely to do in the yard. "If I see that there's a dog, one of my first questions is, 'Where does the dog go?'" said Marguerite Gluck, owner of Chicago-based Marguerite Gardens. "A lot of times, it's the wrong answer. It's, 'Right where we want the garden to be.'"
Gluck notes that her business is creating beautiful gardens, not dog runs. But planning a place for Fido to relieve himself is essential to keeping plants alive, she said. "There's no way you can have a dog peeing in the garden without killing the plants. It's throwing money away."
Plan where your dog will do her business, Gluck suggests, and then train her to go there and only there. Gluck typically creates a hidden area for clients' dogs, screening with plants if necessary.
Hardy plants work best. Fragile plants won't stand up to the stress of large or active dogs. "We don't want plants that break off easily," Gluck said. "They won't work with dogs or small children, either."
Trees and shrubs mostly do fine, as do hostas and other hardy perennials with thick leaves. Gluck recommends grasses. Precious plants can always be potted and placed away from play areas.
Be aware of toxicity. Another consideration for owners of dogs who like to chew is avoiding toxic plants. Lindsay recently went to great lengths to design a landscape free of toxic plants for a woman who trains guide dogs and welcomes new puppies frequently. The ASPCA website has a lengthy list of toxic plants that pet owners should avoid.
Go grass-free. Keeping grass alive and dealing with frequent patching is the ultimate challenge for dog owners. Some find it too much of a hassle and do away with grass altogether.
"If you want a yard designed for your dog, having grass is going to be a big challenge," Petchenik said. "There's no grass on my property at all."
Solutions will vary, depending on the type of property and the breed and number of dogs. Lindsay, who works in the Pacific Northwest, where rain and mud are perpetual challenges, has a blend of cedar chips she favors for pathways. One of her clients, who favored a more traditional look for her Tudor home, installed synthetic grass.
Hardscapes matter, too. Consider canines when choosing materials for pathways or patios. Gravel can get stuck in delicate paws. Concrete can be too hard, especially for aging pets with joint issues.
Accept limitations. Dogs and gardens can exist in harmony, but modifications are likely necessary. Wide paths and raised berms clearly mark areas designed for dogs and those for plants.
Since many dogs like to patrol perimeters, avoid elaborate plantings in those areas — or leave a space for pets to squeeze through, suggested Lindsay.
When executed well, the dog-friendly garden is a haven for both pet and owner. "Ideally the garden is a place where the dog can romp around with the owners and everyone can have a great time," Gluck said.
Caladium is just one of many plants that can be mildly or extremely toxic to dogs. Pet owners should be careful what they plant, especially if their dogs are prone to chewing plants. Keri Wiginton TNS
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Jan 29 Cold War
Bruce Steele
Foreign film, Polish
Pawel Pawlikowski, the director of the Oscar-winning Polish film Ida from 2013, earned a Best Director nomination at this year's Academy Awards for this elegiac romance set in the Poland of the 1950s. The film is also nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and for its beautiful black-and-white cinematography.
The story revolves around the love affair between Zula (Joanna Kulig), a young and spirited Polish singer, and Wiktor (Tomasz Kot), a melancholic musician, conductor and music researcher. They meet in the countryside, where Zula has grown up, when Wiktor is among a team of researchers capturing authentic Polish folk musicians and singers. Zula sees an opportunity and displays an instinctive vocal talent. (The opening scenes may remind you of the Appalachian-set Songcatcher.)
As their relationship develops, Zula and Wiktor also become pawns of the Communist government, which sends them into the West to show the world the richness of Polish culture. In Paris it becomes clear that Wiktor wants to escape the desolation of post-war Poland, but Zula resists.
The movie's most memorable sequence is the lovers' time together in the jazz-infused cafes of 1950s Paris, all gorgeously recreated, particularly the music. But to say anything about what happens after that would be to spoil the filmmaker's vision of how art, destiny, politics, love and despair intertwine.
While the film retains its focus throughout on the central couple, Pawilkowski (who wrote the original story and co-wrote the screenplay) is also making metaphoric comment on the history of his nation under Communism.
Pawilkowski's direction is indeed lyrical and captivating, but the movie is a far different experience than either Ida or Roma, the other memory movies shot in black and white to which Cold War begs comparison. While Roma is a love letter to a wounded Mexico, Cold War is a more fraught effort, born more of pain than of nostalgia.
Grade: B-plus. Rated R. Starts Feb. 1 at the Fine Arts Theatre.
Join the Asheville Movie Guys for a hosted screening at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4. Learn more on the Asheville Movie Guys' Facebook page.
(Photos: Amazon Studios)
Pawel Pawlikowski, Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot
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PeopleSoft Has '04 Shortfall Due to Bid
By | Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO – PeopleSoft Inc. (search) on Tuesday said it would not meet current Wall Street estimates for the full year because Oracle Corp.'s hostile takeover bid is crimping demand for its business software and had caused quarterly profits to fall from a year ago.
Shares of PeopleSoft, which had warned three weeks ago of lower-than-expected results, fell in after-hours trade.
PeopleSoft has said repeatedly that Oracle's (search) takeover effort has hurt demand for its products because customers fear PeopleSoft products might not be adequately supported and updated by the combined companies.
Kevin Parker, PeopleSoft's chief financial officer, said in a conference call with analysts that earlier PeopleSoft estimates for 2004 "cannot be achieved" due to the uncertainty caused by the Oracle takeover proposal.
Pleasanton, California-based PeopleSoft reported a second quarter net profit of $11 million, or 3 cents per share, compared with a net profit of $37 million, or 11 cents per share, a year earlier.
Revenue was $647.3 million up from $497.4 million.
Parker declined to provide an outlook for the third quarter and fourth quarter, but said PeopleSoft would provide updates for those quarters after a federal judge rules on whether the takeover can move forward.
A decision is likely by the end of September following a month-long trial in San Francisco (search) that ended last week.
The company said it had spent about $70 million fighting Oracle's takeover since Oracle launched its $7.7 billion bid in June 2003.
PeopleSoft reported second quarter license revenue, a barometer of future growth, of $130 million, up from about $112 million a year earlier.
Craig Conway, PeopleSoft chief executive, told analysts in the conference call that the Oracle takeover battle was an "elephant in the room" whenever PeopleSoft sales people visited clients and said several deals had been either lost or delayed due to the uncertainty caused by the trial outcome.
Charlie Di Bona, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein, said PeopleSoft's results were not surprising given PeopleSoft's warning on July 7.
But he said the company still had to answer questions about the progress it was making with integrating JD Edwards, a software company it bought in 2003. "The issue for us has been over the integration of JD Edwards," DiBona said.
PeopleSoft said it was ahead of schedule in achieving cost-savings from the merger and said it believed it would achieve cost-savings this year of between $167 million and $207 million from the JD Edwards purchase.
Conway said in an interview that PeopleSoft would also release combined JD Edwards and PeopleSoft products during the fourth quarter.
Conway also said he had not spoken with Microsoft executives about a friendly merger. During the Oracle antitrust trial, internal Microsoft e-mails revealed Microsoft had considered buying a stake in PeopleSoft.
Analysts had expected PeopleSoft to report revenue of $668.8 million and earnings per share, excluding items such as the legal costs stemming from the Oracle takeover bid, of about 15 cents. On that basis, PeopleSoft reported a profit of $51 million, or 14 cents a share.
PeopleSoft's results stood in contrast to its biggest competitors, Oracle and SAP AG of Germany.
Last week, SAP said its U.S. market share rose to 37 percent from 34 percent during the second quarter, gaining ground amid Oracle's takeover effort of PeopleSoft.
Earlier this month, Oracle reaffirmed its current first-quarter earnings outlook of 9 cents per share on total revenue growth of 6 percent to 9 percent from a year ago, led by demand for Oracle's flagship database software. Shares of PeopleSoft fell in after-hours trade. about 12 cents in after hours trade to $17.20 from after closing at $17.32, up 21 cents in regular trade on the Nasdaq. The stock has fallen some 25 percent year to date.


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Filmmakers Demonstrate In Short Documentaries: Why Regenerative Ag Means Future Human Health
The Rodale Institute is encouraging folks to expand our knowledge of regenerative organic agriculture, recommending 4 films: The Biggest Little Farm & Sustainable (reviewed previously) AND two short documentaries, Farmers Footprint & Unbroken Ground now reviewed by B.A. Nilsson
This must-see 20 minute documentary takes a broad view of the consequences of corporate-style farming and the need for regenerative practices.
Produced by Patagonia Provisions, this 25 minute documentary takes a broad view of the consequences of corporate-style farming and the need for regenerative practices. explores regenerative farming, grazing, crop development and fishing.
Keep in mind that Bayer AG (best-known as the aspirin company) remains in a legal hot-seat over its weed-killer Roundup, a product it inherited when it bought Monsanto. Although Bayer agreed to pay almost $40 million over allegations that it ran misleading ads about the product, it's still got about 13,000 lawsuits – and nearly 43,000 plaintiffs – seeking damages over the link between glyphosate, Roundup's active ingredient, and a form of cancer known as Hodgkin's lymphoma. Bayer, of course, insists there's no link.
Dr. Zach Bush disagrees. He's a cancer researcher who tracked what he termed the explosive rise of cancer cases between 1996 and 2007, and discovered that the concentration of such cases was greatest not only where midwestern farmers were using heavy amounts of Roundup on their crops, but also in areas served by Mississippi River drainage tributaries. A map of the river and its drainage areas is a grim duplication of the cancer-cases map.
But this is only one of the several sobering issues presented in the 20-minute documentary Farmer's Footprint (directed by Nicol Ragland) which was produced by Bush and can be freely viewed online. It takes a broad view of the consequences of corporate-style farming and the need for regenerative practices. As a companion piece, Unbroken Ground, a 25-minute documentary by Chris Malloy, looks at themes of regeneration in several fascinating contexts. Produced by Patagonia Provisions it can be viewed for free on the company's website. We took a look at both.
Besides being a film, Farmer's Footprint is also a coalition of doctors, farmers, and others seeking to reveal the terrible consequences of chemical farming and encourage regenerative agricultural practices. They offer consulting and other educational resources, but they're also spreading the word with the first of what they plan to be a series of short films.
The inaugural movie begins with about ninety worshipful seconds of rural scene-setting before we meet Grant and Dawn Breitkreutz, who own and operate Stoney Creek Farm in Minnesota, where they practice no-till row cropping and rotational grazing. They – and their farm – are the centerpiece as we learn of their journey away from conventional farming.
As Grant observes, treated seeds were one of their problems. Ninety-nine point eight percent of corn is treated, echoes Dawn. They moved away from chemically treated – and therefore chemically needy – seeds, and the results were quick and tremendous. Says Grant, I'm convinced we don't need treatment any more. Look at the earthworms – I think we're done with that.
Dr. Allen Williams, a founding partner of Understanding Ag, LLC & Soil Health Academy (and a sixth-generation farmer himself), helped the Stoney Creek Farm's transformation. Dr. Williams taught at Mississippi State University for fifteen years before he realized that conventional farming methods were failing; he gave up academia and became a full-time rancher, changing his approach from continuous grazing management to an adaptive practice that renewed the health of his land. He has also been working as a consultant, teaching others how to do the same thing on their farms.
Williams explains that, as he was growing up, at least 90 percent of what we ate came from the farm, but my education told me that we weren't doing things right. Suddenly all of the things that we didn't seem to need when I was growing up, like the antibiotics, and a lot of the farm chemicals, and the livestock pharmaceuticals, and the feed supplements all of a sudden became very important, and I was convinced that if we were going to keep up with times, we had to have that. His conclusion? Over the years, what I've discovered is that we were having more and more problems, not less, adding, All we were doing is putting band-aids on what I now understand was a gushing wound. And, he discovered, conventional farming takes another toll: the average farmer is losing between three and four tons of topsoil annually per acre.
He notes that the quality of a farmer's life has diminished to the point where many hate what they have to do every day – dealing with chemicals while wearing protective gear. It has become harder for them to make a living, and the need for annual operating loans keep farmers heavily in debt. In the last year, he says, fifty percent plus of farmers in the U.S. are at risk of not getting their operating loans renewed.
Regenerative farming brings a different price to pay, as Dawn Breitkreutz observes. It's very hard to hold a conversation with another farmer because we don't have that much in common any more. It doesn't bother us any more, she concludes, because the benefits of what we do here … far outweigh what people are saying about us. And what we're doing is becoming slowly but surely more accepted.
Degraded soils mean deficient foods, says Zach Bush. And as America's farmers go out of business, multinational corporations are buying up the farmlands. He sees industrial farming as a huge enterprise, now susceptible to — and often suffering from — catastrophic failure. It takes a mega-industry to screw up that big. Farmers are well aware that plants and livestock are interdependent with mother nature, so, Bush concludes, We have to look to farmers for the salvation of human health.
Regenerative practices aren't limited to crop and livestock farmers. Yvon Chouinard, founder of the clothing company Patagonia, learned this throughout a life spent traveling and climbing some challenging walls of stone or ice. Chouinard recently established Patagonia Provisions, that aims to make the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, and perhaps most important, inspire solutions to the environmental crisis.
Unbroken Ground, produced by Patagonia Provisions, is filmmaker Chris Malloy's exploration of regenerative farming, regenerative grazing, diversified crop development, and restorative fishing. We need a revolution in this country, says Chouinard, and revolutions start at the bottom. He notes that his clothing company was an experiment, but it's not an experiment any more. I've proven to myself that it works. Now, applying that to food is another story. It's another experiment. But it's the most important experiment we've ever tried.
Regenerative farming has been a years-long mission for Wes Jackson, founder of The Land Institute, and he's been concentrating on grain. Grain is 70 percent of our diet, and it's grown on 70 percent of our acres, he says. The annual grain crops lead to a rapid degradation of soil, while a regenerative approach is also soil-restorative. Soil is more important than oil, and as much of a non-renewable resource.
The Land Institute is developing perennial wheat strains, which, when successful, will eliminate those problems – and success has been realized, albeit slowly. Researchers are bringing desirable qualities together in a single species, and experimental plantings have been very successful. (And there's a well-crafted animation in this segment of plant growth and its effect on soil, courtesy Mindbomb Studios.)
At the Cheyenne River Ranch in western South Dakota, Dan and Jill O'Brien have found a novel and entirely sensible approach to regenerative grazing. We were being run by the chemical industry, by the feed industry, says Dan. What we needed were indigenous animals. We went to buffalo. They are starting and finishing buffalo on grass, which also improves the flavor of the meat. And it protects the soil. Cattle eat grass to the ground, Dan explains, but not buffalo.
We're really grass farmers, adds Jill. Bison are a tool to help manage that. They're looking forward to future success even as they spread the word. The chemistry, the ecology of the landscape, and the relationship with people can be reinvigorated, says Dan. What a spectacular opportunity!
Brigid Meints is a graduate student at Washington State University, where she works at The Bread Lab, an on-campus research facility. The more corporate the plant-breeding becomes, the less variety we have available to us, and the less genetic diversity, she explains. And that's really scary, because we're going to rely more and more heavily on pesticides.
She and other students there are pursuing diversified crop development by creating crosses of plants, breeding for organic farmers. And they're welcomed by Dave Hedlin of Hedlin Family Farms in Washington's Skagit Valley. Over 80 crops of commercial significance are grown here on about 75,000 acres, says Dave, due to the maritime climate and the wonderful soil. One aim, of course, is to create crops that will yield more for the farmers, but we're also developing diversity with locally grown organic grains for craft baking, malting, brewing, and distilling.
The documentary's final segment looks at restorative fishing as practiced in the waters near Lummi Island in northwestern Washington state. Ian Kirouac is a partner with the fishing consortium Lummi Island Wild. As he says, The agricultural revolution will not come through technology, but through rediscovering the old ways of doing things.
Adds Keith Carpenter, president of Lummi Island Wild: Salmon are our identity in the northwest. They are our buffalo. As with the fate of buffalo in centuries past, they're in danger of disappearing – along with the even more endangered species that are too often hauled in alongside salmon. A regenerative approach is changing that.
Catching targeted fish – and releasing non-targeted fish – is being done with an old technique called reef-net fishing. A handful of small boats works an area that's watched by mast-perching spotters. When a school of salmon is spotted, special nets trick them into thinking they're approaching a reef, bringing them closer to the surface. The fish are then hauled in on the nets and transferred to a live well. They're examined as they pass, and the unwanted fish are tossed back into the ocean.
Each segment is beautifully illustrated – you've got nature photography at its best, helped along by the gorgeous nature of the Pacific Northwest – and the argument is sensible and convincing.
Individually, these documentaries make compelling cases for the immediate need to turn away from chemical-based farming and other destructive food-production methods. Together they present a vivid picture of hope for us and our hungry descendants.
(B.A. Nilsson, 4/13/20)
[Editor's Note (FWB): Links to our earlier review of The Biggest Little Farm and to our review of Sustainable.]


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Q: How to measure very low current by amplifying it? I am trying to measure current from a DC circuit. So it basically I am trying to make an ammeter. I am using ACS712 20A current sensor and Arduino UNO. Theoretically, I can measure a minimum of 50 mA current using ACS712 20A and a 10-bit ADC (built-in with Arduino UNO). In practice, however, it may be 150~200 mA due to noise. My problem is that I want to plot a characteristic curve of a transistor for that I need to measure current in the microampere range.
My idea is to somehow amplify the current and then measure it using the existing setup. For example, if there is a 10 micro ampere current in my circuit, then I will place a black box in front of the ammeter that multiply the current into a factor of 10k. So, the ammeter would measure .1A or 100mA. Likewise, a 12 microA current would be amplified to .12A or 120 mA.
Now, is it possible to build such a black box? The black box can contain its own power source or anything! I heard that transistors can amplify current. How can I connect the transistor so that I gain such current?
I do not have prior experience with electronics. I only took freshman-level physics courses. So, if some parts are unclear, I apologize. I will try to provide clarity in the comments in case you ask.

A: The ACS712 has voltage output.  Rather than try to amplify the current, it would be simpler to amplify the voltage output.
More reasonable, though, would be to use a more suitable current sensor. A 20A current sensor is just not the correct tool for measuring microampere level current.
There are many other current sense sensor models available with ranges more appropriate to measuring microamperes.
If you were doing general current measurement, I'd recommend that you use one of those better ICs or modules.  They can accurately measure low current with low voltage drop to the load.
You aren't trying to measure current in general, though.
You are trying to measure the base current of a transistor in order to plot its current/voltage chart.
This means that you don't have to care in the slightest about the voltage drop across the current sensor.  You are free to measure current the old fashioned way with a shunt and a couple of voltmeters.

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*Your Arduino has a handful of analog to digital converters (ADCs) that measure voltages - two ADC channels is two voltmeters.

*A "current shunt" is any resistor with current flowing through it.  There will be a voltage drop across it that you can measure.

For your use, you can pick a high value resistor.  That wouldn't work for a general purpose ammeter because the voltage drop will be awful across it.
For your IV tracer, that's fine.
I did this very thing a couple of months ago, with this circuit:

As it is, that circuit will generate a base current from 0 to about 5 milliamperes.
I use the Timer1 library to generate a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal at about 10kHz.  With the high frequency, the simple filter is adequate to smooth the base output to DC.  The Timer1 library also gives you 10 bits of resolution on the PWM duty cycle - you can vary the output voltage with 1023 steps.
Using the two ADC channels and the known (measured) value of resistor R2, you can measure the current going to the base of your transistor.
The base signal is rather noisy, and ADCs of the Arduino aren't really up to microvolt measurements, but if you use oversampling, you can reduce the noise and gain precision at the same time.
Set the output PWM value, measure and average both channels a few thousand times each, and you have your base current.  You only need to measure the base current at the start of each trace, so while it slows things down it is not a complete show stopper.
This is a plot made using the method described above:

The base currents are give to two decimal points of precision in microamperes in the upper right corner.  They are truthfully no more precise than about 0.5 microamperes, but I needed more decimal points to be able to judge that.
Since you have the ACS712, I'd say go ahead and use it to measure the collector current but generate and measure the base current using the Arduino and a resistor.

Absolute accuracy is pretty much impossible on an IV tracer, no matter what you do.

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*The variations in room temperature alone will cause variations in the curves - measurements made on a cold day will be noticeably different than measurements made on a warm day.

*Transistors vary.  Two transistors of the same type made on the same date can give traces that are very different.

The thing about good amplifier design is that a good design doesn't care about the specific values of the transistor as far as current gain goes.
Build your tracer, and try it out.  In building it, you will learn a lot about transistors and how they work.  In using it to design an amplifier, you'll learn even more.

A: Have you tried googling "op amp current sense"? Also, eevblog ucurrent
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Don't amplify the current, convert it to voltage and amplify voltage.
Here is something more Andreas Spiess video


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Oprah: Free Download of 2 Christmas Songs!
Update: this is still available as of 5:20 am this morning!!
Oprah is giving away a free download of Andrea Bocelli's and Mary J. Blige's duet on "What Child is This" and Sugarland's "Silent Night" for free on Oprah.com. This will be available for free today only ( December 1, 2009) and will end at 11pm CST (which is 10pm Pacific).
Thanks, KC Penny Pinchin Mama!


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Primal Integration (PI) is a form of personal growth work first formulated by the Canadian Bill Swartley in the mid-1970s. Unlike many other approaches known as psychotherapy, it puts the emphasis on an individual's self-directed exploration of their own  psyche assisted by facilitators who serve the individual and are responsible for their safety. It uses an educational model and is considered to be part of humanistic psychology. It has a different approach to the better known Primal therapy formulated by Arthur Janov and is not related to it except in the broadest sense by its name and by its acceptance of the significance of early  experiences.

Description
During the late 1970s Swartley travelled in Europe and was instrumental in setting up centres for Primal Integration in Italy and Britain. Centres also exist in Canada and the USA.

Its theoretical basis emphasizes early trauma in shaping an individual's consciousness. It claims that trauma that takes place before, during and soon after birth has strong influences on how someone interprets and copes with their future life. These early preverbal traumata, as well as later difficult childhood experiences, can only be fully recognized by re-living the experience at an emotional level. This emotional expression of deep memory is called a "primal". Its expression begins the process of  integration of the experience into the personality of the individual and the re-adjustment of his or her world view. The human mind as a self healing organic process constantly draws the individual's attention to potential situations in which these traumata can be relived and integrated. The individual unconsciously blocks these pathways in order to function in everyday life. The provision of a safe environment is enough to allow the paths  to be approached. A safe environment is created through the presence of skilled facilitators and the "Stop I Mean It" rule which allows a participant to bring any activity to an immediate halt at any time.

Primal Integration was developed in parallel to the Primal therapy of Arthur Janov and shares some similarities with it, as well as the name "Primal".  There is a difference in the theoretical approach which comes down to the use of a medical model in Janov's work and a holistic or educational model in PI. The early practitioners of Primal Integration founded the International Primal Association (IPA), which had a court struggle with Janov in 1974 when he claimed the word "Primal" as his own and tried to prevent them using it in their name. The court found against Janov but at great financial cost to the IPA.

Since those early years, the IPA and Primal Integration practitioners have facilitated thousands of individuals on their healing path and have brought their theory and philosophy to countries throughout the world. The IPA's journals, website, conventions, retreats and newsletters have been promoting Primal for over 40 years.

See also
Primal therapy
Pre- and perinatal psychology
Attachment theory
 Humanistic psychology

Notes

References
 What is Primal Integration Richard Mowbray and Juliana Brown, London
 What is Primal Integration? Overview, theory and history by Sam Turton, Ontario, Canada
 The Trauma of Birth - John Rowan, Originally published in Primal Renaissance: The Journal of Primal Psychology, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 1996, pp. 36–44.

 John Rowan Interviews Bill Swartley (1977) Originally appeared in the British journal, Self and Society, The Primal Issue, June 1977.
 Healing Childhood Hurts With Deep Feeling/Primal-Oriented Therapy Esta Powell, Columbus, Ohio
 Description at the UK Association of Humanistic Psychology site Includes long book list.
 The Primal Psychotherapy Page Articles about Primal Integration and Primal Therapy

Bibliography

External links
 The International Primal Association

Psychotherapy