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Gold and silver increases while oil dips
By nicholas turner On Apr 21, 2021
The precious metal prices increased on April 21. On Multi Commodity Exchange, gold futures rose by 0.4%, while the white metal gained 0.9%.
In international markets, gold rates were flat, giving up early gains. Meanwhile, spot gold boosted by 0.1% and settled at $1,778.19. Remarkably, it increased by 0.6% in the previous session.
Weakening U.S. bond yields supported the yellow metal, but gains were capped by a stronger greenback.
Today, the greenback recovered from a seven-week low hit overnight, making the yellow metal expensive for holders of other currencies. Moreover, benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yields dipped below 1.6%, reducing the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding bullion.
Furthermore, silver increased by 0.1% at $25.89 per ounce. Palladium is up by 0.4% to $2,778.93 and platinum was trading at $1,187.
Oil dips amid concern that resurgent infections will harm demand in some economies
Oil sank amid concern that a resurgent virus will harm demand in some economies. Meanwhile, industry data indicated a slight increase in U.S. inventories.
West Texas Intermediate shrank 2.1%, extending Tuesday's slump. The renewed spread of coronavirus in countries such as India casts a pall over the global economic recovery, even as signs of an improvement in energy demand elsewhere continue to mount. Moreover, prices also responded to a slightly stronger greenback, which curbs the appeal of commodities priced in the currency.
Another essential thing to mention is that oil's value has boosted by more than a quarter this year as vaccines are rolled out and mobility increased.
According to Giovanni Staunovo, a commodity analyst at UBS Group AG, a stronger dollar and concern that increasing coronavirus infections will slow down the oil demand recovery" are underpinning price moves on Wednesday.
Moreover, the American Petroleum Institute reported a 436,000-barrel weekly gain in crude stockpiles, while gasoline supplies dropped by over 1.6 million barrels. If confirmed by the government later on April 21, it would be the first build in crude inventories in four weeks.
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I've always thought the best model for a franchise is one of sustained excellence.Unfortunately runs like the 90's Braves and the current Dodgers usually get viewed as disappointments by typical fans, who possess short memories and poor perspectives.
The Braves and the Yankees showed the past and future in the 1990s. The Yankees won four of five World Series titles and three in a row. They are considered a dynasty, as it was known then. The Braves won the division year after year, but only one World Series. No one talks about them the same way, even though for the decade they were probably the better team. They had a great process for keeping the team good, constantly moving out weak players for stronger ones, often developed from within. That may be the only type of dynasty we see going forward.


Dr Meg Game is an ecologist for the City of London Corporation. She provides advice on the ecological management of Hampstead Heath as well as Highgate Wood and Queen's Park in London. This advice aims to conserve the natural environment in these places and allow people to enjoy them. She conducts site surveys and monitors and writes management plans as well as liaising with staff, volunteers and members of the public. We talked to her about the Hampstead Heath Ponds Project.
The Hampstead Heath Ponds Project is a complex engineering and landscaping project. Hampstead Heath is fortunate in having around thirty much-loved ponds, most of which are formed by man-made dams which are up to three hundred years old. The City of London Corporation is responsible for ensuring that the pond dams on Hampstead Heath are safe. With this in mind the City is carrying out works on two chains of ponds on Hampstead Heath. This work will ensure the dams on Hampstead Heath can withstand extreme rainfall events, and will include important ecological improvements. On both chains some work will occur at most ponds, but to reduce the impact at the more environmentally sensitive ponds, work will be concentrated at the Model Boating Pond on the Highgate Chain, and at the Catchpit Valley on the Hampstead Chain.
Why have such dramatic changes been planned?
Three of the ponds are large enough to be classed as 'large raised reservoirs' under the Reservoir Act 1975. This means they are subject to a statutory inspection regime by a government appointed panel engineer. This engineer has advised the City of London to take action to minimise the risk to life, property and infrastructure in North London. The City aims to limit the works while making the dams safe and minimising the impact on the natural environment of the Heath. As a result they have decided that it is preferable that the work should be carried out in a holistic way along the chains of ponds (rather than be confined to the three largest ponds). This is an approach supported by stakeholders and rather than being 'dramatic' actually spreads the load, allowing a more environmental, sensitive scheme. It will also avoid further potential works having to be undertaken in the future if the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 is fully implemented.
What makes the ponds ecologically special?
What makes the ponds special is their close proximity to Central London and the multitude of people who are able to enjoy them and the Heath. There are even three bathing ponds where the public can swim surrounded by nature. In the context of Britain as a whole the ponds' ecology is not particularly special. However, Hampstead Heath is very good as far as bats are concerned. There are around nine species of bat found there. There is also a good range of common bird species that people can see, including the impressive looking kingfisher. People are able to enjoy fishing in the ponds, and can see a good variety of dragonflies. In short the Ponds, the Heath and their ecology add to urban life. It is a place where people can experience the countryside just six kilometres from Trafalgar Square in Central London.
How does one start measuring the impact of a project such as this on local ecology?
In order to measure the impact of such a project it is important to know what species can be found in the area before work begins. Therefore a lot of time and money was put into surveying the main groups of plants and animals found in the areas where work would be occurring, including birds, bats, plants, amphibians, reptiles and insects. Though you cannot really survey all insects we look at just some as it is such an enormous group. We also looked at long term data we already had regarding the wildlife. When the work has been completed we will undertake further surveys and compare them with the surveys from before work began.
As well as surveying the wildlife we have looked at the environment itself. It particular we have been monitoring different aspects water quality, including dissolved oxygen levels and phosphorous. Water quality is to be monitored throughout the work for any signs of change.
What short term impacts might the project have on local ecology and are there any particular species that will need special attention during the works?
There will be some disturbance to certain species during the project, however we are doing everything we can to limit that. We are aware that it may disrupt a small number of nesting birds, for example coots who have in the past nested in a section of the Model Boating Pond that is going to be drained. We have had to dissuade birds from nesting in certain areas by netting off the vegetation, collecting sticks and other nesting materials as well as clearing scrubby vegetation in which they might nest. We have tried to plan the timetable of the works so there is limited disruption to nesting birds. Some trees have had to be cut down but this has a greater effect on the landscape than the ecology of the area. It should have minimal effect on birds as there are thousands of trees on the Heath and many birds, such as wrens and robins, usually prefer to nest in bramble and scrub.
There may be some disturbance to fish as we will be de-silting a number of the ponds. This may make the water more turbid and reduce oxygen levels. However, we will only be de-silting a part of any pond at any time, while oxygenating the water in the other part. This should encourage the fish away from the area being de-silted. A section of the Model Boating pond will be drained. We will drain it half way down, and then move any fish from that section to the main section of the pond. Then we will gradually drain the rest so that we can move any fish that were originally overlooked.
To what extent can species 'migrate' to other sites while the works are being carried out?
This depends very much on the species. Mobile species such as birds and bats can move away unless they are in the process of breeding. However, I do not expect there to be much impact on the wildlife of the Heath during the works so most will not need to migrate.
How might biodiversity be improved as a result of the project?
For this project I believe the net benefit will far outweigh any negative effect. The extra vegetation around the ponds and in the wildflower meadows will be much better than what we have now, and will encourage greater biodiversity. Using the Stock pond as an example, by cutting down some trees around the edges there will be much better light, which is beneficial for aquatic vegetation. It was a fairly stagnant pond, but after reducing the shade, de-silting and the addition of more marginal plants there will be much better water quality, benefiting a range of wildlife including fish, aquatic invertebrates, ducks, kingfisher and heron. Aquatic vegetation will be planted at a number of the ponds, and wild flowers sown on the newly built dams that will increase the plant diversity, which in turn can aid the diversity of other wildlife, like bees and butterflies.
The place within an ecosystem that a particular species occupies in terms of space and nutritional requirements.
Choosing one of the species mentioned in the interview, students can research the particular ecological niche that that species occupies. From this students can create a list of ways in which the ponds at Hampstead Heath fulfil this niche.
Students can be asked to list the different factors that should be considered for an environmental impact assessment of the works that are being carried out on the ponds as part of the Hampstead Heath Ponds Project. Students may like to give these a weighting which compares how important each factor is, something which can lead into a further discussion.
Using the Hampstead Heath Ponds Project website and a blank map of the site (or an ArcGIS overview) students can annotate the map to show where the main works are taking place. They can also shade the ponds and their surroundings to show which areas would be most impacted (for good and bad) from an environmental and indeed social perspective.


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It's much easier and, in many cases, you don't even have to go to the site itself because Archistar has all of the information.
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Didn't have much time to edit the pictures but here are some pics I took at the LA anime convention. Hope you guys enjoy!
LOL does anyone else notice they were taking a picture right next to a no taking pictures sign?
Actually, they were about to move the sign when I was taking my pics. Someone put the sign at the wrong place, since that part of the hotel was booked as a designated photo area.
Wow lots of these are soo coo, these people truly go all out on dressing up.
Bassam wrote: Wow lots of these are soo coo, these people truly go all out on dressing up.
And the jist of it is that I didn't even get a chance to take pics of the real good outfits out there. There were some that were even better but they were always surrounded my so many people and I couldn't wait to get a chance to takes pics. I wanted to check out other things there. I'll probably do a better job next year when they do it again although I think they have another one planned for later this year which I am not sure about.
Yea who knows, if AC ever has a Con I'm sure we will have people that will dress up but I wonder how far will they go to dress up.. I know we will have one its when thats uncertain.
Yep it would be in GA as the poll says in the control panel.
Those are soo cool, i wonder if they make their own costume or did they buy it?
Alright guys; while you can comment on the pictures, its become a bit excessive. Tone it down a bit please. I dont want to have people scrolling through several posts with no pictures. At the very least; post a cos-play picture with your post, atleast then it will have some form of beneficial meaning to the thread.
Oh amazing cosplays! <333 I really want to live in Japan and be a pro. photographer and I really would love to do cosplay shots too.


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Six months of tunnelling work to begin soon in Three Brooks nature reserve
Work to construct part of a major new sewer link is expected to get under way in Bradley Stoke's Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve in April, Wessex Water has announced.
The new 5km-long link will run from Frampton Cotterell to Bradley Stoke, where it will join up with an existing section of the Frome Valley Relief Sewer (FVRS) that was constructed in the early 1990s.
Once the "missing link" is completed, the FVRS will divert waste water flows from Yate to the Bristol sewage treatment works in Avonmouth via a route around the north of Bristol, rather than alongside the Frome Valley and through the centre of Bristol.
The work within the nature reserve, which is expected to last for approximately six months, will involve setting up a work compound centred on the triangular area of grass near the 'duck pond', where two picnic tables were recently installed by Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC). Here, a six-metre deep underground chamber will be constructed from where a tunnel will be bored to accommodate the new 1.8m-diameter sewer pipe. The tunnel will run from the chamber near the 'duck pond' to a point on the other side of the M4 motorway.
Wessex Water's project manager Mike Bryant informed the January meeting of BSTC's Planning Committee that the work at the nature reserve site will be carried out using 12-hour daytime shifts for five days per week. The first five to six weeks of work are expected to create the most noise, while the tunnelling shaft is constructed. Thereafter, there will be much less noise as the work will be going on underground and equipment on the surface (such as generators) will be "almost silent".
A new vehicle access point into the nature reserve will be built off Bradley Stoke Way, close to the bridge over Stoke Brook, allowing construction vehicles to enter and leave the reserve along the short section of Concorde Way which leads down to the brook. The Journal understands that a planning application for this new access point will be submitted to South Gloucestershire Council in the next few weeks.
Cllr Keith Cranney requested that wheel washing facilities be installed, to avoid mud being transferred from vehicles onto the public roads, but Mr Bryant assured him that all the paths used by the construction vehicles will be surfaced with stone, so "there should be no mud".
Responding to reports that construction vehicles have already been seen in the nature reserve, a Wessex Water spokesperson said:
"We have undertaken some ground investigation works at the nature reserve in preparation for the scheme, which is due to start on 24th April. This was carried out in full consultation with the local councils."
"These investigations are now complete and work on the scheme will start as planned in April. We will be meeting members of the Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group and other community groups to keep them informed."
"Over the next few weeks we will be contacting local residents to inform them of our planned works."
• For more information on the Frome Valley Relief Sewer project, visit www.wessexwater.co.uk/frome-valley-relief-sewer/
Photo: The picnic area by the 'duck pond' will become a construction site for six months.
Above: Map showing proposed final phase of the Frome Valley relief sewer between Frampton Cotterell and Bradley Stoke.
This article originally appeared in the February 2017 issue of the Bradley Stoke Journal news magazine (on page 19). The magazine is delivered FREE, EVERY MONTH, to 9,500 homes in Bradley Stoke, Little Stoke and Stoke Lodge. Phone 01454 300 400 to enquire about advertising or leaflet insertion.
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See: Planning application for construction vehicles to access nature reserve from Bradley Stoke Way
The above article also reveals that vegetation clearance in the nature reserve starts Monday 6th March 2017.


Pianist Dan Kramlich has established himself as one of Seattle's most sought after performers, educators, and adjudicators. His style was informed by jazz legends Fred Hersch and Billy Hart, with whom he worked extensively while studying at Western Michigan University.
He currently performs with his own group, the Dan Kramlich Grunge Trio, as well as the Javatown Swing Orchestra, Jennifer Kienzle, and many others.
Dan also maintains a busy teaching studio. He currently directs the jazz ensemble at Seattle Pacific University, teaches class piano at Bellevue College, and maintains a busy private teaching studio in Seattle.


Remember Elbowgate? No, didn't think so. While not profound as far as national events are concerned, Elbowgate does serve as an enlightening bit of drama that exposes the less-than-sunny ways of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.


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The new world of social enterprise
Traditional demarcations between the public, private and third sectors are being blurred, with new forms of philanthropy and social enterprise emerging, according to the Centre for Social Impact's Professor Peter Shergold.
Traditional demarcations between the public, private and third sectors are becoming blurred, with new forms of philanthropy and social enterprise emerging, according to the Centre for Social Impact's (CSI) Professor Peter Shergold.
The CSI chief joined the Centre's Director of Teaching and Learning, Associate Professor Cheryl Kernot and Professor Michelle Haber from the Children's Cancer Institute, for a panel discussion on 'The New World of Social Enterprise'.
Moderated by the chief executive of The Benevolent Society, Richard Spencer, the discussion was part of the UNSW BrainFood series of public events.
Professor Shergold likened the changes underway to a "silent revolution".
"There is a move from traditional philanthropy towards social investment: not-for-profit organisations are being joined by a range of social enterprises in a variety of forms and there is an increased recognition of social innovation as a way to ensure Australia can develop as a socially inclusive, environmentally sustainable society."
The CSI is committed to fostering "socially responsible business management" which has a powerful resonance in light of the global financial crisis, Professor Shergold said.
The CSI is a national initiative launched this year aimed at driving social innovation by building the capacity of Australia's not-for-profit organisations and strengthening their relationship to the private and government sectors. Its founding partners are the Australian School of Business at UNSW, Melbourne Business School at the University of Melbourne and the Asia-Pacific Centre for Philanthropy and Social Investment at Swinburne University of Technology.
For more on this story visit the Australian School of Business
Media Contact: Marie Kelly | 9385 5895 | mariek@unsw.edu.au
The wider learning's gates, the greater the public pay-off
Comment: Power to the people
Macquarie invests $2 million in social innovation
Cheryl Kernot joins the CSI
Governor-General launches CSI
Peter Shergold
UNSW brainfood lecture
Centre for Social Impact


The Christian Broadcasting Network is looking to cast two roles for an upcoming project. It is a narrative story focused on a young African American woman who due to being molested as a little girl made lots of bad choices. By 19, she had three children out of wedlock and became a stripper to help support her family. She became a lesbian. Years later, she surrendered her life to Christ. She married and had major health issues that were life threatening. After she prays she gets healed. Today she is a minister of the gospel with her husband.
Please send your resume, headshot, and (if you have one) reel to Michelle Wilson, michelle.wilson@cbn.org, if you have any interest or questions. Thank you!


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'Stranger Things': 7 family-friendly movies that influenced Netflix's hit show
Drew Barrymore and the title character of "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982), one of the 1980s Steven Spielberg films that served as an inspiration for the Netflix hit show "Stranger Things." - photo by Jeff Peterson
To say that Stranger Things has a lot of 1980s pop culture references would be a massive understatement.
From the John Carpenter-esque synthesizer soundtrack to the glowing red font used for the title (which would look perfectly at home on pretty much any vintage Stephen King paperback), virtually every detail of Netflixs smash-hit sci-fi/horror series is dripping with nostalgic 80s references.
The fact that it doesnt collapse under the weight of all the movies, books, TV shows and comics that it pays homage to is, frankly, a major achievement in its own right.
And even more remarkable? The fact that although "Stranger Things" has been Frankenstein-ed together from so many sources, it is still somehow good enough to stand alongside the best of them.
With all nine episodes of Season 2 becoming available on Netflix this Friday, Oct. 27, just in time for Halloween, now might be the perfect opportunity to brush up on some of Stranger Things influences either before or after binging on the new season.
An exhaustive list of all the movies referenced in the first season alone would go on forever and include a lot of very R-rated fare stuff like The Thing, Scanners, It, Carrie, even Akira. To start out, though, here are a few key movies suitable for most ages that any Stranger Things fan has to know in order to fully appreciate the creepy world of Hawkins, Indiana and the Upside Down.
(Warning for anyone who hasnt watched Season 1: Potential spoilers abound.)
E.T.: The Extraterrestrial
Broad similarities between Stranger Things and E.T. arent hard to spot. Both feature stories of a nerdy kid befriending a strange, super-powered entity, moving her/it into his house (unbeknownst to said kids parents) and having to escape from sinister government agents dressed in Hazmat suits.
Beyond that basic premise, though, the first season of Stranger Things is jam-packed with tons of nods to Steven Spielbergs 1982 classic, including, for instance, Elevens blonde wig which, lets be honest, she wears a lot better than E.T. ever did and a scene in which she explores Mikes house while nobodys home that feels almost identical to a similar one in E.T.
And then, of course, theres the blatant product placement (Eggo Waffles vs. Reeses Pieces).
All of this culminates with a chase thats basically the inverse of the iconic bicycle scene in E.T. instead of jumping over the white van headed straight for Mike and the gang, Eleven uses her powers to flip the van over them.
While Mike and Elevens story draws on one Steven Spielberg-directed alien movie, Joyces (Winona Ryder) search for her missing son is more influenced by Spielbergs earlier crack at extraterrestrials, 1977s Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Specifically, the ways in which her obsession manifests i.e. stringing up Christmas lights all around her house and painting the alphabet on her wall like a giant Ouija board mirror Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) and his mashed potato models of Devils Tower National Monument. Viewed from the outside, both characters cant help but seem crazy to everyone else until, that is, theyre suddenly the only ones who seem to know whats going on.
The Last Starfighter"
The plot of this 1984 cult movie about a video game junkie whos recruited to save an alien race thanks to his unparalleled gaming skills captures one of the ultimate geek fantasies: that all those hours spent on something everyone tells you is a waste of time will, someday, prove invaluable. The same idea pops up in Stranger Things. This time, it's Mike and his friends knowledge of pop culture touchstones like Dungeons and Dragons, Star Wars, etc., that help them wrap their heads around and ultimately face off against the new threats that many of the adults in the series are unable to cope with.
Although this list features a disproportionately high number of Spielberg movies, Stephen Kings influence on Stranger Things is equally pronounced. So much so that the author himself tweeted that watching the series was like watching Steve Kings Greatest Hits, and then adding, I mean that in a good way.
A coming-of-age story about four 12-year-olds hunting for the body of a missing boy in the woods near their homes, 1986s Stand By Me, based on Kings novella The Body, is just one clear source of inspiration from Kings vast bibliography:
One scene from Stranger Things, in particular, showing Eleven, Mike, Dustin and Lucas trekking along train tracks, is a clear visual reference to Stand By Me.
(Note: "Stand By Me" is rated R by the MPAA. CommonSenseMedia.org, however, lists it as suitable for ages 14 and above.)
Another movie about a group of kids on an adventure, this Spielberg-produced, Richard Donner-directed classic is another obvious source of inspiration, especially in the way the younger, nerdy kids in both movies have to team up with the older, cooler siblings to try to save their towns from destruction. Barb from Stranger Things is even a dead ringer (no pun intended) for Martha Plimptons Stef in Goonies.
And one more reason The Goonies is necessary viewing for Stranger Things fans is that its star, Sean Astin, is one of a few new cast members in Stranger Things Season 2.
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Although this is one of the 80s staples that features the least in the Stranger Things universe, Mike and his friends are Star Wars fans, as any right-minded 80s kid would have been, and one important detail is brought up on multiple occasions. Namely, when Dustin suspects that Eleven might be withholding important information from the group, he calls her Lando geek shorthand for someone who has betrayed the trust of others, referencing Lando Calrissians betrayal of Han and Leia in Empire.
Of course, for anyone who had seen Return of the Jedi, which came out in 1983 (the same year in which Stranger Things is set), Lando does redeem himself, foreshadowing Elevens own character arc in a pretty clever way.
Yep, one more movie Spielberg had a hand in, this time as producer (and possibly, if some accounts are to be believed, as de facto director, too).
This 1982 horror classic, which began its life as an early draft for what would eventually become E.T., follows a family terrorized by ghosts after moving into a new house. The similarities to Stranger Things, however, become far more apparent in the third act when the spirits living in the house abduct the youngest daughter, sucking her into another dimension where a demon known as The Beast refuses to let her go, forcing her mother to go in after her.
Bonus: Ghostbusters
Ivan Reitmans horror-comedy masterpiece doesnt pop up anywhere in Stranger Things, season 1 for a very simple reason: In the world of the series, it hadnt been released yet. But it is going to feature in the second season, which takes place almost a year later in 1984 the same year Ghostbusters came out. So for anyone who hasnt already seen it, now is definitely a good time.


Éditions Moulinsart, our publishing division, is publishing a new book written by Michael Farr, the renowned British Tintinologist, and journalist. In this book, the author selects his twelve favourite characters from The Adventures of Tintin. This generously illustrated book examines the inspiration behind the characters, how they came into being and how they developed through the adventures.


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Kryptoportyk (portyk pozorny) – rodzaj portyku, obudowanego ze wszystkich stron, w którym kolumny podtrzymujące konstrukcję dachu stoją tuż przy murze lub są w niego wtopione (półkolumny).  W starożytności była to podłużna budowla całkowicie lub częściowo zagłębiona w ziemi doświetlona otworami wykonanymi w sklepieniu lub w ścianach bocznych. Najczęściej pełniła rolę przejścia w czasie niepogody, ale również magazynowano w niej żywność.

W czasach nowożytnych stosowany w architekturze ogrodowej, jako ukryte przejście.

Zobacz też

 krypta
 portyk

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Części budynku
Budowle ogrodowe

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Losing your sense of self: Ontological Insecurity
Whether long-lived or momentary, ontological insecurity is associated with intense existential disorientation. To explore how this is connected to echolocation, it's useful to go back to a core question such as: How do we recognize ourselves?
A brief summary of ontological security
ontological security is a sense of stability that emerges in response to the need to experience oneself as a whole, continuous person in time rather than constantly changing.
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Annette Markham is Professor of Media and Communication and Director of the Digital Ethnography Research Centre at RMIT University, Australia, and Professor MSO (on leave) of Information Studies and Digital Design at Aarhus University, Denmark. She holds a PhD in organizational theory (Purdue University, 1997), with special emphasis on interpretive qualitative methods. She has been researching the impact of digitalization on identity and organizing practices since 1995 and now holds specializations in the lived experience of human/machine interactions, impact of datafication and algorithmic logics on social practices, and critical approaches to digital and algorithmic identity. She also studies research methodologies to devise ethical models for speculative, mixed-method, ethnographic, and multi-entity research design. Methods specializations include guided digital autoethnography, critical pedagogy, arts-based interventions, citizen social science, digital and data literacy through critical pedagogy, and digital ethnography.
Annette co- founded and directed the international Masters degree program in Digital Living at Aarhus University from 2013-2020 and was co-director of Aarhus University's Digital Living Research Centre. She created and directed the Future Making Research Consortium, a collaboratory to bring together scholars, artists, and activists, particularly early career researchers, to study the intersection of digital technology, ways of being in the world, and future possible meanings, practices, and social structures. She regularly hosts post-graduate workshops, an annual Skagen Institute Conference on Transgressive Methods, PhD summer schools, and special interest seminars and symposia in the area of digital culture, ethical decision making in automated and algorithmic society, citizen social science research methods, and participatory models for scholarly activism. Her writing can be found in a range of international journals, books, and edited collections. Access various publications, note recent or upcoming talks, or see Annette Markham's full CV.
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Telehealth privacy and security: Investment and education are key, attorney says
by mmiliard | Jul 2, 2020 | Digital Health, Health News, Telehealth | 0 comments
The size, scope and rapidity of new telehealth and remote patient monitoring rollouts since the onset of the coronavirus crisis has been remarkable.
Hospitals and practices that had never before deployed virtual care tools learned quickly how to integrate them. Those that had experience saw massive increases in the number of video visits.
But if telehealth is relatively easy to roll out and scale up, keeping the massive amounts of structured and unstructured data it generates is something more of a challenge.
Even though the HHS Office for Civil rights offered wide latitude back in March for the types of consumer technologies that can be used for virtual visits, effective privacy policies and security strategies are still imperative for telehealth rollout.
But whether it's clinicians or staff who may not be used to the new tech and workflows, or the new X factor of patients using their own devices and home Wi-Fi for virtual consults, the challenges are many.
Geoffrey Lottenberg, a partner with Berger Singerman LLP, focuses on the intersection of technology and privacy, and has some useful perspective for providers who may be trying to get their arms around the cybersecurity implications of telehealth.
When it comes to getting a good handle on telehealth security, a fundamental first step is figuring out how those virtual visits work.
"The biggest thing is selecting the appropriate means by which to conduct telemedicine," said Lottenberg.
Recent allowances made by HHS Office for Civil rights, which said it won't impose penalties on providers who use non-HIPAA-compliant consumer platforms such as FaceTime, Facebook Messenger or Skype, were game-changers for many small practices and outpatient providers, enabling them to connect with patients quickly and easily.
Even so, "I don't I don't feel like the traditional or video conferencing stuff is enough." said Lottenberg, adding that practices "have to be really, really careful with that, because while you may think that they are private in the sense that public users on those sites cannot necessarily access them, those systems tend to be much more prone and exposed to hackers."
Providers truly committed to robust telehealth security "have got to spend the money to find an encrypted, password protected teleconferencing means," he said. "I would stick with the mainstream (vendors) because they tend to spend more money on security.
"We saw what happened with Zoom pretty quickly," he added, by way of example. "Everybody realized about a week in that the system wasn't strong enough from a security standpoint to really address all the issues that we're going to come at it. You've got to spend the money. Go out to get a master service agreement that ensures you're getting access to the maximum level of security."
Provider and patient education is key
Effective education for clinicians and staff about the new processes and workflows for this new care paradigm is also essential.
Lottenberg said to consider "actual logistics of scheduling telehealth and running into issues where you're trying to use the same password and login when you're seeing patients in succession. You can run into problems where people are inadvertently accessing sessions at the wrong time and jumping in the middle of somebody else's session."
And effective and secure virtual care deployment "requires a lot of attention on the front end, and then a lot of maintenance throughout the process of actually using it to make sure you're controlling who can get in and get out of any session at any given time," he said.
""It requires a lot of attention on the front end, and then a lot of maintenance throughout the process of actually using it to make sure you're controlling who can get in and get out of any session at any given time."
Geoffrey Lottenberg, Berger Singerman LLP
"Providers need to be educating the nurses and doctors that are doing the consultations on how to use these systems. Their assistants and their staff need to be trained on how and when and why to send out credentials. It just requires a lot of maintenance and training and knowledge to get it done right."
And not just on the provider side. Patients, too, are now key players in the data privacy equation. It's imperative that they be educated about security best practices and the role they can play in keeping their own health data safe as they connect from home on their own Wi-Fi networks.
"You have to have your patients accepting those policies and understanding what the risks are: 'We're launching this new way of telehealth. Here's how it works. Here are the dos and don'ts and here's some frequently asked questions,'" said Lottenberg.
"You have to just go through that process. It's another thing that your compliance department has to worry about."
Remote patient monitoring: Data (lots of it) in motion
Going forward, as telehealth becomes the new normal, so will its close cousin, remote patient monitoring – for which, even though it's much more complex than most video-based consults, with multiple streams of real-time data at rest and in-transit, "all the same concerns apply," said Lottenberg – just at a larger scale.
"When you're talking about monitoring data, you're talking about long-term transmittal, storage and access to all of this PHI which is covered by HIPAA," he explained. "The volume of data is going to increase substantially. Which means that the exposure to breaches is going to do the risk becomes much higher because you can only control so much data."
Telemetry systems and medical devices "are going to have to be more advanced," said Lottenberg. "You're going to have to have stronger protection for all that data. And then the providers are going to have to figure out: What is the minimum number of people who actually need access to this information, in order to maintain general data privacy?
"That information should all be accessed by the minimum number of people required to have a need to know," he explained. "So it's just going to extend, again, the compliance and the time spent to actually analyze these things, understanding that many more patients are going to have these digital devices that are going to be constantly sending data on the Internet."
Unlike more traditional medical device management – a patient with a pacemaker going in once every three months to the doctor's office and somebody specific reading the data and storing it locally – RPM is internet based, which means it's prone to attacks. And remember, a lot of people are using their home internet to send that data. So what systems can the healthcare providers put in place to address all those issues?"
For more perspective on telehealth and RPM security strategies, tune into my new on-demand HIMSS webinar, The Cybersecurity Implications of Telehealth: Safeguarding the New Normal of Virtual Care, where I speak with the deputy director of NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, the chief information security officer of Sentara Healthcare and a UK-based physician and cybersecurity expert about providers' new privacy and security responsibilities, now that virtual care is widespread.
Security in the COVID-19 Era
This month we look at how the COVID-19 pandemic is fundamentally changing healthcare organizations' approaches to security, now and in the future.
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The Ford Motor Company's River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan was completed in 1928 at a site along the River Rouge. The manufacturing complex was the largest, and most productive such plant of its time. Henry Ford had the factory set up so that the company could not only manufacture as many parts as possible, but also ship by company boats most the of raw materials needed in production.
Today we are featuring seven images of the assembly line in the 1932-'34 period and following the photos a 1938 video, A Trip Through the River Rouge Plant showing the operation in detail. The photos are courtesy of the Henry Ford, where you can to learn about the Henry Ford Museum and Dearborn Village.
The Ford Motor Company's River Rouge Complex August, 1931.
Completed chassis' with front sheet metal being added on the assembly line, September 1, 1933.
Engine drop into the chassis 1934.
Steering Wheel Molding Machine November 15, 1934.
Narrated by Lowell Thomas, A Trip through the River Rouge Plant documents the manufacture of a new Ford from the processing of raw materials to the finished product as it winds it's way through the giant plant in 1938. The watermark at the top disappears at the 1:30 mark.


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There was a time when movie critics could complain about the childishness of Star Wars.
But even in 1983, when this clip was aired on ABC's Nightline, it was already going out of fashion to treat popular entertainments as infantilizing forces. John Simon of National Review tells Ted Koppel that the Star Wars movies "are completely dehumanizing," adding, "Let's face it, they are for children, or for childish adults, they're not for adult mentalities, which unfortunately means they are not for a lot of my fellow critics, who also lack adult mentalities." Among other complaints, he says, "You have three lousy actors in the main roles who don't contribute much flesh and blood."
Robert Ebert and Gene Siskel have good fun with the Grinch trying to steal Star Wars, and why not? They not only easily won the argument about Star Wars, but also the meta-argument, one that is unchallenged today: that childish entertainments are also serious entertainments, that low-brow and high-brow are increasingly meaningless distinctions, and that liking something is itself evidence of artistic merit. But there was a time when that was not the case—which coincided, perhaps not coincidentally, with a time when such matters were discussed, semi-seriously, on television.


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Q: Why fgrep is acting weird? I am trying to use grep to extract the matching words from file1 in file2 and directing to output file.
I have file1
Acetoanaerobium sticklandii
Acetobacter pasteurianus

like >1000 species.
File2
>WP_013360383.1 ATP-dependent Clp protease ATP-binding subunit [Acetoanaerobium sticklandii]
>WP_013360396.1 ATP-dependent Clp protease ATP-binding subunit [Acetoanaerobium sticklandii]
>WP_003623694.1 multidrug efflux RND transporter permease subunit [Acetobacter pasteurianus]
>WP_003624003.1 superoxide dismutase [Acetobacter pasteurianus]
>WP_003624029.1 UDP-galactopyranose mutase [Acetobacter pasteurianus]
>WP_003624540.1 mannose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase/mannose-6-phosphate isomerase [Acetobacter pasteurianus]
>WP_077905956.1 effector protein [Salmonella enterica]
>WP_077905962.1 type III secretion system YopJ family effector AvrA [Salmonella enterica]
>WP_005544680.1 3-deoxy-8-phosphooctulonate synthase [Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans]
>WP_005545812.1 MFS transporter [Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans]
>WP_005546163.1 UTP--glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase GalU [Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans]

and so on..
when I am using the code
grep -f file1 file2 > output

or
fgrep -f file1 file2 > output

The resulting output is the list containing the last line of file1 and remaining input list is ignoring by grep. Even with -w option also the output is same.
Why the grep is behaving like this?
Is it problem with my shell?
I am using MacBook with Mojave OS version.
Please suggest me equivalent awk commands.
I tried
awk 'NR==FNR{a[$0];next}$NF in a{print}' file1 file2 > output

but resulted empty file.

A: 1st solution: Generic and faster solution than my 2nd solution here. This will look for string from [ to ] in Input_file2 irrespective of field's hard-coding here.
awk '
{ gsub(/\r/,"") }
FNR==NR{
  array[$0]
  next
}
match($0,/\[[^]]*/){
  val=substr($0,RSTART+1,RLENGTH-1)
}
(val in array)
' file1 file2

Explanation: Added detailed explanation for above.
awk '                                     ##Starting awk program from here.
{ gsub(/\r/,"") }
FNR==NR{                                  ##Checkiing condition FNR==NR which will be TRUE hen file1 is being read.
  array[$0]                               ##Creating array with index of current line.
  next                                    ##next will skip all statements from here.
}
match($0,/\[[^]]*/){                      ##Using match to match from [ to till ] in line.
  val=substr($0,RSTART+1,RLENGTH-1)       ##Creating val which has sub-string from RSTART  to RLENGH here.
}
(val in array)                            ##Checking condition if val is present in array then print that line.
' file1 file2                             ##Mentioning Input_file names here.

2nd solution: Could you please try following, written and tested with shown samples. This is more generic solution since field number is NOT hard coded in solution but this code will work irrespective of field numbers here.
awk '{ gsub(/\r/,"") } FNR==NR{array[$0];next} {for(i in array){if(match($0,i)){print;next}}}' file1 file2

Explanation: Adding detailed explanation for above.
awk '                    ##Starting awk program from here.
{ gsub(/\r/,"") }
FNR==NR{                 ##Checking condition FNR==NR if that's true then do following.
  array[$0]              ##Creating an array with index of current line.
  next                   ##next will skip further statements from here.
}
{
  for(i in array){       ##Looping through array here.
    if(match($0,i)){     ##Checking if current key is present  in current line then do following.
      print              ##Printing current line here.
      next               ##next will skip further statements from here.
    }
  }
}
'  file1 file2           ##Mentioning Input_file names here.

A: The problem is with your match condition $NF in a, means to match sticklandii] to your full line content in first file.
A better approach would be to set delimiter to process the whole string inside [..] in second file against first file
awk 'NR == FNR{ a[$0]; next } $2 in a' f1 FS='[][]' f2

The FS='[][]' before second file is to set the field separator to [] which means you can access the entries within [..] by column numbers which is $2 in your given case.

As for your original problem fgrep not working, you need to add the -F flag to make the strings from second file as "fixed" strings and not regex strings. So you can do
fgrep -Ff file1 file2


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Q: Measurable selection for conditional expectation Let $(\Omega,\mathcal{F}, P)$ be a probability space, and $\mathcal{X}\subset \mathcal{F}$ be a sub-$\sigma$-algebra. Let $X$ be an $\mathcal{X}$-measurable random variable and   $Y$ be an $\mathcal{F}$-measurable random variable. Then given a bounded continuous function $f:\mathbb{R}^2\to \mathbb{R}$, is it possible to ensure  that  there exists an $\mathcal{X}$-measurable random variable $Z$ such that
$$\mathbb{E}[f(X,Y)\mid \mathcal{X}] =f(X,Z).
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Does the condition that $\{f(x,y)\mid y\in  \textrm{Range}(Y)\}$ is convex for all $x$ help?

It is clear that if $ f(x,y)=g(x)y$ for all $x,y$, then   $Z=\mathbb{E}[Y\mid \mathcal{X}]$ satisfies the requirement. I was wondering whether it is possible to go beyond this affine case.


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'Building homes in Romania changed my life forever'
AN independent television producer from Hillsborough who spent a week building homes in a Habitat for Humanity project in Romania, has described the experience as one that has changed her life forever.
Thursday, 22nd April 2010, 1:31 pm
Updated Thursday, 22nd April 2010, 4:44 pm
Kathryn Baird, a mother-of-three, was one of the volunteers from Northern Ireland who helped build houses in Beius last October as part of the Big Build 09.
This year Big Build will go return Beius to rebuild the 'White House' where eight families are currently living in terrible conditions.
Kathryn, from Clogher Road, had never intended to head off to Romania when she volunteered for Habitat. She had simply wanted to do voluntary work locally.
She took part in a project to build homes at the Peace Line at Madrid Street in Belfast but on her first day was asked if she going to Romania.
"I found myself saying 'yes' when in reality I did not know what I was getting myself into," she said. "I am not agile, not particularly fit nor am I sporty or strong and thought I might be a hindrance rather than a help. What would I offer?
"Right up until the moment I set out if I had got an excuse not to go to Romania I would have taken it."
In fact she found she was well prepared for the physical challenge, but not the emotional.
"The homes we were building were for people left as orphans from the Ceausescu's rule, many of whom lived on the streets," she said.
"Some who had been living in the most appalling conditions and many who had the most appalling lives. It was very emotional. When we handed the keys to one family they said that it was the first time they ever had a front door.
"I met such wonderful people both from Northern Ireland and Romania, working together to help transform a community, what a privilege. The Big Build experience has changed my life forever. I would definitely encourage anyone who is toying with the idea to go, it will change your life too.
"You get to know how other people live and we felt quite proud when we completed the project.."
Kathryn admits that since she returned to Northern Ireland she has been shocked thinking how families in Romania were surviving while so much money is wasted here.
"I looked in a shop and they were selling all this tack," she said. "I remember thinking how the money could help people build so many houses in Romania. It just made me so angry."
Though Kathryn would love to return this year, she feels she has exhausted her fundraising for this year. She helped with a fundraising ball, a garden party and helped raise money for her son who went to Kenya to build a school.
To register for Big Build 2010 or to find out more information log onto to www.habitatni.co.uk or call Habitat for Humanity on 90243686
Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit, non-denominational Christian movement with a vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Since its founding in 1976, Habitat has built more than 350,000 houses worldwide. A Habitat home is completed somewhere in the world every 10 minutes.
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Hey, Sunflowers. How wonderful you are, just standing here in the sun doing your thing. There are so many of you, each adding something special to the patch. You are all so beautiful.
Hey, Sunflower. Look at you, standing there all tall and proud, soaking up that sunshine. It's hard not to notice you with that kind of confidence. My gosh, you're beautiful.
Hey, Sunflower. You're so bright and lively. It makes everyone want to get closer to you because you're a joy to be near. You make everyone around you smile, and that's really beautiful.
Hey, Sunflower. There you are, tucked away behind the other flowers. You're not one to put on a show, for you don't really like a lot of attention. But you still like to be seen now and then. I saw you, and you're beautiful.
Hey, Sunflower. Feeling a little shy today? It's okay. You don't have to reveal yourself to anyone you don't want to. I get it. Some days you just need to keep to yourself. And you know what? That's beautiful.
Hey, Sunflower. Life can feel a little crazy sometimes, can't it? Everything is spinning around you, but there you are, holding it together and staying strong—even on the days you want to start spinning, too. You're so beautiful.
Hey, Sunflower. I know how it is—some days you feel small and a little weak. The sun doesn't seem to find its way to you there in the darker areas of the patch. But look how strong you really are, growing with so little sunlight. You are really beautiful.
Hey, Sunflower. It's hard waiting for your moment when everyone around you seems to be thriving. You want to blossom now, but it hasn't quite happened yet. Keep trying—your time is coming. But remember, you don't need to bloom to be beautiful. You've already got that part down.
Hey, Sunflower. It feels so unfair, right? The other flowers have all their petals and look so perfect. You watch the other sunflowers get picked, but no one ever picks you. You want to know the truth, Sunflower? You don't need all those petals. You're unique, and that makes you beautiful.
Hey, Sunflower. I know—some days you don't want to let the world see you. Everyone expects you to be a bright, happy flower, but you don't feel so bright and happy. Maybe you're tired. Maybe you're sad. Maybe you just don't feel yourself today. Whatever it is, it's okay. Stay true to you—because that's beautiful.
Hey, Sunflower. Getting older is tough, right? You start to wrinkle and wilt, and everything about you is changing. But I see so much to admire in you. That color in your petals now? It looks like fire, like that flame still burning inside you. And look how the tiny flowers in your center have blossomed! You may be older, but you are still full of life. My gosh, you're beautiful.
Hey, Sunflower. I'm so sorry you're hurt. I know you'd give anything to be back in that field, standing tall in the sun, but here you are on the ground, getting trampled. I wish I could help. I may not know what to do, but I'll sit here with you, Sunflower, because to me—no matter what—you're beautiful.
Hey, Sunflower. Sometimes you may feel lonely, but look around you—you're never alone. Those flowers next to you? They love your company. And that bee? It needs you. You're important. And that's really beautiful.


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Jack Warhop Autographed Vintage Baseball
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Jack Warhop (dec. 1960) was a turn of the century pitcher for the New York Highlanders and Yankees from 1908 to 1915. He is likely to be best known today for giving up Babe Ruth's very first home run on May 6, 1915. Warhop was a submarine pitcher, which earned him the nickname "Crab", with a solid Major League career. Although he had a career 3.12 ERA, he was known by many as an unlucky pitcher, posting a 69-92 win-loss record. Baseball Magazine even once called him the "unluckiest pitcher in the American League". He led the Yankees in saves 3 times, and his 114 career hit batsmen is a team record and ranks 37th on the MLB all-time hit batsmen list. While playing with Bridgeport of the Eastern League in 1927, he pitched and won both games of a double header at the age of 42, a rare achievement. A Warhop single-signed baseball is on the want list of nearly all Yankees fans who collect single-signed baseballs of their players. Offered here is one of those baseballs – a vintage baseball hand signed by Jack Warhop, which includes a PSA/DNA Letter of Authenticity.
Note: This item does not include an individually numbered TRISTAR Authentication hologram, only the PSA/DNA authentication.
Player: Warhop, Jack
Item Type: Baseball
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Q: integration for fractional laplacian Is it possible to integrate by parts the fractional laplacian $(-\Delta)^su+ u=f(u)$  in $\mathbb{R}^N$,  or is it true that $\int_{\mathbb{R}^N}u= \int_{\mathbb{R}^N} f(u) $ with $s\in (0, 1)$, $u\in H^s(\mathbb{R}^N)$.
The identity holds for the Laplacian operator.

A: Yes, this follows from the identity
$$(-\Delta^{s}u)(x)=c_{n,s}\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}\frac{u(x)-u(y)}{||x-y||^{n+2s}}\,dy,$$
$$c_{n,s}=\frac{s\,4^{s}\Gamma(s+n/2)}{\pi^{n/2}\Gamma(1-s)},$$
where the principal value of the integral should be taken. (See The Pohozaev identity for the fractional Laplacian.)
Integration over $x\in\mathbb{R}^n$ gives zero because of the antisymmetry of the integrand upon interchange $x\leftrightarrow y$, so
$$\int_{\mathbb{R}^n} [(-\Delta^{s}u)(x)+u(x)]\,dx=\int_{\mathbb{R}^n} u(x)\,dx=\int_{\mathbb{R}^n} f(u(x))\,dx,$$
as requested.


Nissan announced this week that as of next year, its flagship bakkie, the Navara will be built at its Rosslyn plant near Pretoria in South Africa. The group will invest N$3 billion in plant, equipment and training to expand the factory's role as export hub for light commercial vehicles.
Nissan already builds the NP200 and NP300 at its Rosslyn plant for the South African market as well as another 45 African countries. The factory's expansion will enable Nissan to build 30,000 units per year more than the current production volume of 35,000 units, almost doubling the facility's capacity. The full range of Navara derivatives will be produced on a new, flexible production line.
Attending the project announcement ceremony, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said "Automotive is already the largest part of South Africa's manufacturing sector, contributing around 7% to Gross Domestic Product annually and accounting for a third of manufacturing output. I am delighted Nissan will produce Navara here and congratulate the employees for their efforts in securing this important model."
Managing Director of the Nissan Group of Africa, Mike Whitfield, commented "The new Navara is the perfect model for Africa and our workforce is ready to build it. Vehicles already account for around 14% of total exports from South Africa. Navara production will allow us to expand Rosslyn's role as an export hub for Light Commercial Vehicles."
"We already have a strong industrial footprint in Africa in Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa and a planned facility in Algeria. Today's announcement highlights the continuing evolution of Africa as one of the most important global markets," stated Nissan's chairman for Africa, the Middle East and India, Peyman Kargar.
In 2016 the Navara collected the award for the International Pickup of the Year. Last year, more than 230,000 Navaras were sold worldwide.


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I have a 2007 CRD (Common Rail Diesel) Cherokee/Liberty. We have 3 members in the club, and 2 of them have broken their front differentials on outings on the wild coast transkie. Both happened in pretty easy terrain .
We have all fitted the collars and replaced mounting bushes, which are very soft with nylon bushes. Mine are so far, so good.
These vehicles were looked at as the baby Jeeps "soft roaders", but have proven to be very capable as our driving skills improve. Maybe too good for their own design.
My CRD Jeep has 2-inch Mopar lift spacers, and 245/75 mud terrain tyres which are a bit noisy on smooth tar. I have the original all-terrains for long overland trips like Namibia, the west coast trip we did last Easter. My Liberty also has proper rocksliders and jacking points front and back, and of course recovery points, although I have pointed out to the Land Rover and Toyota boys that they are just for show.
My front differential has the collar around it to hopefully stop the cracking problem. The rubber bushes are replaced with nylon bushes as the differential tips alarmingly with the original bushes. The diesel can only take a 8mm collar as crossmember, which is a lot closer than in the petrol model. Have any of you had this experience with differential problems?
This is a really comfortable open road vehicle and gives an average 10 km/litre on overland trips.
By the way, the picture with the rhinos is at Mpongo park about 35km inland of East London. It's nice to see them with their horns intact.
Larry's Comment: Neville...what a cool shot of your Liberty and the rhinos! Thanks.


Have you ever paid an outrageous price for dinner at a fine restaurant and left feeling hungry and disappointed? Well, welcome to court.
Lawyers are trained to take something simple and make it complicated. They must be taking required courses in Obfuscate and Bloviate 101, then graduate to Prevaricate and Procrastinate 666.
They minor in accounting, so billable hours for both the plaintiff and the defendant pile up, and martial arts so they can wallet whip the little guy who doesn't have time and money on their side.
All this infliction of pain and suffering is called justice. Since the 16th century, Lady Justice holding scales has been depicted wearing a blindfold. Like her I hate to see what's happening, too.
If I sound like a sore loser, don't be confused: I'm not giving up.
I believe I caught my superiors at UK HealthCare red-handed in questionable financial practices, so I filed a whistleblower lawsuit in Fayette Circuit Court when they came after me. Just Google "UK HealthCare and Kentucky Medical Services Foundation," and read all about my case.
University officials placed false documents in my personnel file, created a false narrative about my 30-year career at UK, threatened or retaliated against faculty who spoke to support me, and blatantly ignored exculpatory evidence that refuted their claims. In other words, they "fixed" the disciplinary process to insure the desired outcome.
This is UK's idea of due process?
"You will get your day in court" is the old adage. If that's your future, I'll see you there. You have my condolences.
Stay tuned to my case, which is on appeal, as I have more faith in you and the court of public opinion than the judges I've met so far.


Founded by John Marino in 1983 and recognized as "The Toughest 48 hours in Sport," Silver State 508 is the world's premier weekend ultra cycling race. This 508-mile bicycle race is revered the world over for its epic mountain climbs, stark desert scenery, desolate roads, and its reputation as one of the toughest but most gratifying endurance challenges available, bar none.
Silver State 508 is starts and finishes in Reno, NV and crosses northern Nevada on Hwy 50, also known as "the loneliest highway in America."


Go for a leisurely walk on a summer's evening and you may be able to spot the Wild Rose Warbler. Maybe she's made up, but you can stitch her in any place you like.
The pattern is a great size for a tote bag or a cushion. It would also be fun on the back of a denim jacket. Or if you're really daring, stitch it on a skirt!


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'It's Like Someone's Speaking Through Me'
Brushy One String: 'If we can change the words and melodies and bring back the love, we can have a balance between God and man. That's what we need to put the world together.'
When filmmaker Luciano Blotta walked out of a rural Jamaican recording studio, way off the beaten path of tourists and music hounds, he saw something wildly unusual: a man with an instrument. Even more surprising, the instrument—a battered but resonant acoustic guitar—had only one string.
Blotta had encountered Brushy One-String (born Andrew Chin), son of a musical family who, despite his challenging life, had a seemingly innate ability to inspire and move even casual listeners—including millions of people who have watched and shared Brushy's videos on YouTube.
On his very first studio album, Destiny (he has also released a 2011 collection of live performances titled The King of One String/Acoustic, which includes the first studio recording of "Destiny"; and, from 1996, the import-only Do You Really Love Me?), the veteran musician evokes the sweetness of soul singers like Percy Sledge and Louis Armstrong, the grit and wit of Delta bluesmen, all woven together with a Jamaican pulse and ingenuity that shows that the island's music is about far more than reggae. Heartfelt blues combine with dancehall-style vocals on "Grey in my Blue," while uplifting, catchy ballads like "Life is for Every Man" channel a soulful intensity and profound faith.
"If we can change the words and melodies and bring back the love, we can have a balance between God and man," Brushy reflects. "That's what we need to put the world together."
Brushy One-String, 'No Man Stop Me (Good Morning Mr. Sun),' official video. From the artist's new album, Destiny.
Brushy did not have it easy: Orphaned at an early age, the thoughtful singer-songwriter did not learn to read until adulthood. But he came by his musical abilities honestly. His father, revered Jamaican soul singer Freddy McKay, passed away when Brushy was still very young, but his mother, Beverly Foster, sang all the time (she had toured with the likes of Tina Turner as a backup singer). Brushy tried his hand and voice at many styles, including playing pans on the street as a child. He even played guitar for a while as a youngster. "I didn't really know how to play, and I played so hard, all the strings broke," he recalls. "So the guitar just went under the bed."
That is, until Brushy had a vision, a dream in which he was told to play the one-string guitar. Shaken, he told some friends, who scoffed, but one insisted it was fate, and that he had to make that dream come true. Within a day, Brushy had created his one single-string arrangement of a popular tune on the radio. "The next day, I took a big broad hat and sunglasses and went to the market, and started to sing," Brushy remembers.
It was the start of musical trajectory that soon showed that Brushy's unconventional playing style was no mere gimmick. Citing Freddy Pendergrass and Shabba Ranks as major touchstones, his lively mix of influences and full sound—buoyed in part by the string's pleasant buzz, Brushy's array of percussive taps and knocks on the guitar's body—made him utterly self-sufficient, in a scene where most performers long to be hip-hop MCs or dancehall style DJs. Brushy recounts a time when he turned derision for his peculiar instrument into applause, when the local government cut the power to a stage show. Brushy convinced the promoter to let him play, to keep the crowd there. Lit by a dozen flashlights, Brushy won the audience over—and played for more than an hour, even when the lights came back on in a blaze. (An evening that inspired, "One String Play")
Brushy One String, 'They Are Going Down'
Though talented, Brushy struggled to find modest success. Songs came to him intuitively, based on the life around him. "The songs come from the situations I'm in," like the title track "Destiny," that chronicles Brushy's struggles. "It's like magic: From the situation, I don't search for something, not in my head or nowhere else. The song just comes." After a brief touring stint that included shows in Japan, he wound up kicking around his hometown of Ochos Rios.
Then destiny struck.
Blotta was wrapping up a five-year engagement with three young, emerging artists in Jamaica, filming their lives and portraying their struggles to find success and recognition, material that eventually became RiseUp, an award-winning documentary. But there was Brushy: "Brushy was sitting outside that studio with the guitar, and he said let me sing for you," Blotta says. "He sang 'Chicken in the Corn' I was already almost done with my film, and I couldn't add a new story to it. But I filmed that song, which made it into the documentary. That was it, and I just walked away. Back in the States, I realized that this man is incredible."
Brushy One String, 'Chicken in the Corn,' which is featured in the award winning documentary Rise Up, about Jamaica's music underground
Blotta returned to Jamaica, determined to shoot more footage of Brushy. He managed to track the musician down, even though he had no idea how to contact him. The two hit it off, and though Blotta had never tried to represent a musical artist before—his expertise lay in film, where he worked with directors like Spielberg, Soderbergh, and John Woo—he took on the task.
Putting the pieces together proved challenging, but Blotta watched in awe as Brushy's videos, simple yet poignant presentations of the musician performing his songs around his hometown, garnered hit after hit. Comments and emails and offers poured in, as people around the world connected to this once obscure man with one string.
One listen, though, will tell you why. There's something in Brushy's gritty, warm voice, in his pensive words and upbeat grooves, that hits at the heart and comes from somewhere profound: "It makes me tingle inside when I sing the songs that I'm singing, because they come from the soul. I'm singing, my voice is there and my guitar is there, but my mind, soul, and body are transcending," notes Brushy. "It's like someone's speaking through me."
Courtesy World Music Newswire


From the creator of Netflix's EMO the musical, Neil Triffett presents his first full-length solo show, Misery at Tasma Terrace as part of the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival until 21 April.
A bitter-sweet comedy cabaret, Misery journeys through mental health, relationship breakdowns, sexuality, and, of course, death, to ask questions about why we're so miserable and what we can do about it.
Some people are always miserable. When life is going well, they're miserable. When life is going badly, they're miserable. Neil is one of those people. After years of being an ambassador for misery, Neil has grown suspicious. Where does all this misery coming from?
With a perfect blend of the tragic and comedic, and new songs like It's Your fault that I'm Gay, I hate you a little less and I'll say I love you (if you pay by credit card), Misery will leave make you laugh, groan, and look at your misery in a different way.
"People are always trying to discover what makes us happy. I wanted to discover what's making us miserable," he adds.
Neil Triffett is an award-winning filmmaker and musical comedian whose satirical feature film EMO the Musical exploded on the international festival circuit, playing from Edinburgh Film Festival to the Berlinale, and is currently available worldwide on Netflix. His staged works have had sell-out seasons at La Mama and he has performed cabaret sets in venues all across Melbourne.
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Edward Eldridge Homesite (2915 Eldridge Avenue)
Edward Eldridge, originally from Scotland, came to Bellingham from San Francisco in 1853 along with another of the city's founding fathers, Captain Henry Roeder. When Eldridge settled in Bellingham the Federal Land Policy allotted 160-acre claims to each person. The current 2.2-acre Eldridge Homesite on a bluff overlooking Bellingham Bay is what remains from Edward Eldridge's, and his wife Teresa's, 320-acre claim that made up much of north Bellingham.
The first enterprise of Edward Eldridge upon his arrival in Bellingham was to open a lumber mill. The Eldridge mill would supply San Francisco with much of the wood needed to rebuild the city after their great fire. Eldridge soon quit the lumber industry and began teaching at Sehome School while continuing his mining ventures. After exploring a career in mining Eldridge became the first legislator ever elected from Whatcom County to the House of Territorial legislature. Eldridge continued to be a distinguished political figure in Bellingham until he died from Paresis in 1892 at the age of 63, shortly after his return as a delegate to the National Republican Convention.
The first home of the Eldridge family burned down in 1878. Their second home built in 1891, the Eldridge Mansion known as the finest home on Puget Sound and featured in the archived photograph, also burned down from a forest fire in 1894. After each fire the Eldridge family took up temporary abode in one of the outbuildings on their property. In 1907 the milkman discovered yet another fire, this time causing $7,000 in damages to the garden home occupying the site, and struggled to wake up the owners Hugh Eldridge and his wife and the hired help.
F. Stanley Piper, the same architect who designed the Bellingham National Bank Building also on the Historic Registry, constructed the current structure in 1926 for Bellingham's postmaster Hugh Eldridge. Inspired by styles from the Normandy region of France, Piper and Hugh Eldridge selected to design the mansion in the form known as French Chateauesque.
Embedded in the pavement of the driveway's entrance are the Chinook Indian words "Nesika Illihe", meaning (welcome to) "Our Land", in 3" brass letters. The long and gracious driveway leads to the front entrance and a three-car garage beside the main house. The exterior was constructed of concrete finished with stucco and fir was used to line the interior walls. The Bellingham Herald featured a detailed description of the home when it was first built, including the general floor plans. A living room, library, dining room, bedroom, kitchen, breakfast room and three fireplaces are all on the first floor. The second floor added three large bedrooms and a bath. The Brown Brothers Paint Company completed all the painting and decorating and the Columbia Valley Lumber Company supplied all the lumber and hardwood flooring.
Hugh Eldridge lived in the home until 1939. During WWII the Eldridge home was occupied by the military for offices and living space. The present owners of the Eldridge House, Mike and Cis Kennard also own the Bellingham Beauty School. They have made minor modifications to update the homes' interior, such as an exercise room in the basement. Through the Kennard's admirable care and appreciation of the homes' significance the Eldridge home has remained in good condition.
For more information see the Edward Eldridge Homesite National Register of Historic Places Nomination.
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As we prepare to end the year, it is never too early to start planning our success for the next year. Below are 14 things you can do to ensure your success in 2016.
Being a reliable source for your supervisor and seeing opportunities for your department to improve are great ways to be . . .
The following is an article I wrote that was published in the Spring 2013 Edition of the 1775. The Journal of the Adjutant General's Corps Regimental Association. The Adjutant General's Corps Regimental Associaton (AGCRA) is the U.S. Army equilavent of SHRM. I am posting this article on my blog in an attempt to show everyone who does . . .
For the final part of my transition blog I will cover some misc items.
One item I did that I believe assisted me was that I came up with a portfolio for my job search. The portfolio had products I had produced during my time in the Army and how those products increased operational capacity. I also included information on the . . .
As I related a couple of blogs ago, one of the things I did was to do my best to obtain as many LinkedIn connections as possible to assist me with my transition. I knew I wanted to concentrate my job search on the Seattle, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio areas. So I reached out to all my LinkedIn connections who lived in these areas and had . . .


I'm a professional developer for over 10 years now and was doing private dev stuff since 2000. I studied computer science (bachelor and master) and still often think I'm an idiot.
I have some ideas why this could be.
First, Twitter, haha. I follow some pretty highly skilled developers and always have the feeling I'm surrounded by brilliant minds, which makes me feel dumb. On the other hand probably <100 of the people I follow are such pros, so it's a really distorted feeling.
Second, as a dev I do new stuff all the time. Yes, I don't do one React-Native project here and then switch to HFT and then build a filesystem, but still, things are changing rather fast and every project brings its own problems to solve. Yesterday I told someone what a monad is, tomorrow I'm going crazy because the React-Native update doesn't work. A bit like "I got back from my space flight... so how does this microwave works... ah guess its bread today!"
Also, I have the feeling I'm not a fast learner. I learned to swim with 9 and riding a bike with 13, I had to do the 4th grade two times. I studied CS, but it took me much longer than the average student and I had to wait about 3 years until I got a place at an university, because my grades were so bad. Now I work as an mobile developer, this job doesn't even need a CS degree. So every time I learn something new I feel like it's some outdated crap everyone knew years before me.


St. Catharines says end coal use now!
In response to a flurry of calls and letters from concerned residents, St. Catharines' city council has unanimously supported the OCAA's call for an early end to burning coal. St. Catharines has now joined the cities of Hamilton, Kitchener and Guelph and Toronto's Board of Health in calling on the province to only use its coal plants in the event of a true power emergency.
This was a real victory for the people of St. Catharines and area who called and emailed the Mayor and Councillors urging them to support our resolution. Thank you to everyone who took the time to speak out on this important issue. Let's keep the pressure on for cleaner air, a healthier climate and fewer illnesses and asthma attacks through an early coal phase out!
P.S. Can you help us distribute ourleaflets in your community? They're free! They include postcards to politicians to phase out coal and oppose tax-payer subsidies for new nuclear reactors in Ontario.


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Japan's National Institute of Informatics has created a pair of glasses that could stop your face being recognised by devices like Google Glass.
The new glasses, which are currently still in prototype, use 11 near-infrared LEDs on the frame to shine a bright light detectable only by cameras using infrared tech.
The light source is good enough to block facial recognition algorithms the researchers at the institute claim.
The light, which is invisible to human beings, only works if the camera that is tracking you uses infrared technology. Realising this, the inventor of the glasses is already working on creating a reflective visor to combat it.
The reflective film, says the Japanese inventor, will offer the same results as the lights, but won't need to be powered.
The idea of the glasses is likely to be welcomed by those worried about being recognised in public by people wearing devices such as Google's new Google Glass device.
The smartglasses have the potential to allow wearers of the device to walk into a bar and instantly be told who is present just by looking at people.
Google Glass is expected to be available to the general public in 2014. There is no word on when the anti-Google Glass glasses will be available.


Driving up to New Plymouth we stopped off at this beach. I took some photos and one reflected the blueness of the sky in the sand. I thought that it encapsulated the experience. This cherished moment symbolised by the infinite blue.
In reality, over to the right, was an industrial complex at New Plymouth, but turn your head slightly and your cup was half full.
Last year the painting group went to Grasmere to see the local painting exhibition. Afterwards, whilst the majority went off for some retail therapy my wife and I went up to Easedale tarn. On the way up I looked out for something I could paint later. Arriving at the tarn I looked back in the direction we had come and the sunlight was catching some of the fields below. I took a few photos. Later, on our return, I found the old cottage I had seen earlier and whilst my wife settled down to read, I found a spot away from the pathway and started to do an initial drawing, then having just mixed up the colours for the first wash the heavens opened and down came the rain. There was only one thing for it. The pub.
There are other Lake District paintings on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com. Take a look.
I have tried this view before, but with a third vessel right in the foreground and taking in more of the river and buildings behind. This time I tightened the field of view, selected two vessels and went for an elongated presentation. It certainly feels a better outcome.
Normally I go down to the Alt Estuary, which flows into the Mersey Estuary, in the evening and paint. This time I decided to see the lightening effects in the morning. The bright morning light gave some new options. The way the light is reflected off the wet mud is very powerful.
I have other paintings of this estuary and of the local landscape on my website: <a href="grahammcquadefineart.com". Have a look.
Having worked through a number of floral works in readiness for a workshop and an exhibition, I decided to restart on my paintings of Liverpool. This is an amalgam of three photos. I used three colours with an addition of another couple for the grass on the left.
The contra jour effect almost kills all the colour. I hope the figures give it some vitality.
I have other paintings of Liverpool on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com Take a look.


Home / Science / Medical / How much potassium is too much?
The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute's Professor Michael Stowasser will lead the trial to investigate why blood pressure is so sensitive to dietary potassium.
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is the single greatest contributor to premature death and disability in the world.
"High dietary salt consumption has long been considered to be the primary cause of hypertension, but growing evidence indicates that low potassium consumption has an equally important role to play," Professor Stowasser said.
In this study, Professor Stowasser will investigate the 'NCC' sodium transporter in kidney tubulars, which when activated draws sodium out of urine and into the body.
When a person consumes a low-potassium diet, the renal-potassium switch turns 'on' the NCC, resulting in too much sodium being retained in the body causing increased blood pressure.
Professor Stowasser said a clinical trial would determine the effects of a high potassium diet, compared to a low potassium diet for people with hypertension.
Collaborators in the United States and Europe will conduct trials on animal models.
The research is supported with a $6 million Transatlantic Network of Excellence grant from the Foundation LeDucq, over five years.