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Algae Blooms Destroying the Bay
Debbie Howard (left) and Jamie Strong, biologists with the Department of Natural Resources. CNS photo by James Hale.
By CATHERINE KRIKSTAN
ANNAPOLIS - From brown and mahogany tides to slick surface masses of blue-green scum, stretches of unnaturally abundant algae drift through the Chesapeake Bay.
Some of the more benign blooms merely produce foul odors. Others form sweeping masses that block sunlight from reaching the submerged seagrass that provides a habitat for young fish and crabs.
Although it is an integral part of the watershed, too much algae can suffocate marine life, endangering the state's seafood industry, tourism economy and bay culture.
"We need algae. Fish feed on algae. But when you have too much algae, that's when you have a problem," said Bruce Michael, director of Resource Assessment Services at the Department of Natural Resources.
"When these algae grow and bloom into large concentrations, they eventually die off and sink to the bottom. The decomposition of these [blooms] robs the water of the oxygen that is needed for shellfish and finfish" to survive, Michael said.
Some algae blooms can, in high concentrations, produce toxic chemicals that can harm marine life, pets, livestock and humans.
After the "pfiesteria hysteria" of 1997, in which a toxic pfiesteria bloom incited public panic about water quality, the Department of Natural Resources' bay monitoring program was expanded. It now aims to asses every river in the watershed and the main stem of the bay, monitoring harmful algae blooms and coming up with plans to ease the problem.
Biologist Debbie Howard spends some workdays touring the watershed in a state van, armed with the tools that are needed for monitoring water quality -- empty water jugs, glass flasks, a black and white secchi disk that measures underwater light penetration and a device that filters water through small, circular pads.
Decomposed organic matter turns the once white pads an army green before Howard wraps them in silver foil to send to the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons.
There, the pads are tested for nutrients, an excess of which is the principal cause of most algae blooms. This information is then used to locate problem areas in the bay and to determine the efficacy of the state's current management strategies, Howard said.
Howard took her monitoring tools out of the van and into the water this month, touring Cecil County's Elk River with fellow biologist Jamie Strong.
Their boat zigzagged from monitoring station to monitoring station, getting a full perspective of the waterway, tracking the growth of submerged aquatic vegetation. Bobbing atop of an algae bloom, the boat's chlorophyll readings were off the charts.
In October, the Department of Natural Resources has reported microcystis aeruginosa blooms in the Transquaking River and mahogany tides in Old Road Bay and the Potomac.
Limiting the frequency of these blooms means limiting the nutrients that enter the bay through urban and agricultural runoff.
"That means upgrading wastewater treatment plants, looking at developing best management practices to put on our farm fields, planting cover crops [and] reducing air pollution," Michael said.
"As long as we can get the resources to help reduce nutrient pollution ... that will probably make the biggest difference for reducing the amount of algae blooms that we actually see," Michael said.
After decades of declining water quality, the government has accelerated its bay cleanup efforts. In May, President Obama issued an executive order requiring federal agencies to develop a solid plan for bay cleanup.
A second draft of the plan is expected to be released in November.
In September, Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md., introduced legislation that would provide incentives for watershed states to improve water quality and give the Environmental Protection Agency the power to punish those states that fail to meet federal water quality standards.
Watershed states like Maryland have pledged to restore the bay through the protection and restoration of water quality, living resources and habitat.
"We have been making progress. It's just not as much progress as we would like to see. On a large scale, it's going to take time," Michael said.
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VIENNA – More than 300 clerics representing the majority of Austria's Muslims are expressing support for a declaration condemning extremism and terrorism and urging their followers to integrate by actively participating in Austrian society.
The initiative was launched by the Society of the Islamic Faith in Austria, which normally speaks for all Muslim groups in the country. At a signing ceremony Wednesday, society head Ibrahim Olgun said the declaration was meant as a clarification for the "black sheep" among Muslims who turn to extremism in the name of their religion.
The document condemns "terrorist and extremist violence worldwide." It supports "pluralism, democracy and the rule of law as outlined in the Austrian constitution."
Olgun says about 180 imams signed the declaration while the others sent emails of support.


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The tradeshow connected companies and consumers from across the world, and served to help improve strategies for developing, protecting and operating in the world's oceans.
With 70 miles of coastline, a concentrated military presence and innovation-driven technology companies, San Diego has emerged as a hub for maritime technology. Driving this point home, local companies large and small set up shop at Oceanology International North America – from Ocean Aero with its unmanned surface and underwater vehicles to SonTek with its underwater sensors, or Planck Aerosystems that can land an aerial drone autonomously on a moving vessel. Attendees got first-hand access to current and impending innovation in maritime and bluetech.


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Q: Bounded filtrations of chain complexes I am currently reading Joseph Rotman's book "An Introduction to Homological Algebra" (2nd edition) and I'm struggling with the definition of a bounded filtration given there. According to the book,

A filtration $(F^pM)$ of a graded module $M = (M_n)$ is $\textbf{bounded}$ if, for each $n$, there exist integers $s = s(n)$ and $t = t(n)$ such that $$F^sM_n = \{0\} \quad \quad \text{and} \quad \quad F^tM_n = M_n.$$

I am not having any problem with the definition as such, but I'm confused by the following paragraph:

If $\{F^p\}$ is a bounded filtration of a complex $\textbf{C}$, then the induced filtration on homology is also bounded, and with the same bounds. More precisely, we know that if $i^p: F^p \rightarrow \textbf{C}$ is the inclusion, then $\Phi^pH_n = \text{im }i^p_*$, where $i^p_*: H_n(F^p) \rightarrow H_n(\textbf{C})$. Since $F^s = 0$ and $F^t = \textbf{C}$, we have $\Phi^sH_n = \{0\}$ and $\Phi^tH_n = H_n$.

How do we know that $F^s= 0$ and $F^t = \textbf{C}$? By definition, $s$ and $t$ depend on $n$, so I can't see any reason, why there should exist $s$ and $t$ such that $F^sM_n = \{0\}, F^tM_n = C_n$ for $\textbf{all}$ $n$.
I thought at first that this might be a mistake by the author, but this cannot be found in the errata and moreover, he uses this later in a proof.
You can find the section of the book I am refering to on http://www.math.unam.mx/javier/homologica/rotman.pdf (p. 638 of the PDF file, p .628 of the book).
Thank you very much for your help!

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Title Harmonious triads : physicists, musicians, and instrument makers in nineteenth-century Germany / Myles W. Jackson.
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.
Physical description x, 395 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographic references (p. -388) and index.
Contents E.F.F. Chladni : the nodal point between acoustician and musical-instrument maker -- Singing savants : music for the Volk -- The organic versus the mechanical -- Wilhelm Weber, reed pipes, and adiabatic phenomena -- The fetish of precision I : Scheibler's tonometer and tuning technique -- The fetish of precision II : standardizing music -- Physics, machines, and musical pedagogy.
Subject Music -- Acoustics and physics -- 19th century.
Music -- Germany -- 19th century -- Philosophy and aesthetics.


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In evacuated Oakmont, unburned homes and an eerie silence
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J.K. Dineen and Jill Tucker Oct. 15, 2017 Updated: Oct. 15, 2017 12:48 p.m.
1of61Captain Mike Harrison of Santa Rosa Fire directs his team of firefighters in containing a small roadside fire in the Oakmont neighborhood of Santa Rosa. Amid an evacuation order, homes remained unburned.Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle
2of61A Cal Fire firefighter works on hot spots on a hill in the Oakmont area of Santa Rosa.Photo: Jeff Chiu, Associated Press
3of61Leonard George sprays down trees in front of his house in the Oakmont area of Santa Rosa.Photo: Jeff Chiu, Associated Press
4of61Most residents of Oakmont evacuated the area.Photo: Jeff Chiu, Associated Press
5of61Smoke from the Tubbs Fire rises high into the air as the firestorm continues to burn out of control near Santa Rosa, Calif. on Wednesday Oct. 11, 2017.Photo: Paul Chinn, The Chronicle
6of61Petaluma firefighter Greg Taylor takes a break at a large home that burned in The Ranch subdivision in Sonoma, Calif., on Saturday, October 14, 2017.Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
7of61Santa Cruz firefighters' Josiah Gist and Ian Adams carry a hose over the pool of a large home that burned in The Ranch subdivision in Sonoma, Calif., on Saturday, October 14, 2017.Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
8of61The chimney is all that remains standing at a large home that burned in The Ranch subdivision in Sonoma, Calif., on Saturday, October 14, 2017.Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
9of61Three firefighters look at a large home that burned in The Ranch subdivision in Sonoma, Calif., on Saturday, October 14, 2017.Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
10of61A firefighter walks through what remains of a large home that burned in The Ranch subdivision in Sonoma, Calif., on Saturday, October 14, 2017.Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
11of61Josiah Gist (right) joins fellow Santa Cruz firefighters in using pool water in firefighting efforts at a large home that burned in The Ranch subdivision in Sonoma, Calif., on Saturday, October 14, 2017.Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
12of61Smoke in the hills east of Sonoma, Calif., on Saturday, October 14, 2017.Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
13of61The sun sets over Sonoma, Calif., on Saturday, October 14, 2017.Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle
14of61Search and Rescue personnel look for human remains in the Journey's End Mobile Home park following the damage caused by the Tubbs Fire on Oct. 13, 2017 in Santa Rosa. Twenty four people have died in wildfires that have burned tens of thousands of acres and destroyed over 3,500 homes and businesses in several Northern California counties.Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images
15of61A CalFire firefighter uses a hand tool as he monitors a firing operation while battling the Tubbs Fire on Oct. 12, 2017 near Calistoga, Calif. At least thirty one people have died in wildfires that have burned tens of thousands of acres and destroyed over 3,500 homes and businesses in several Northern California counties. Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
16of61A stairwell smolders as a home burns during the Tubbs Fire on Oct. 12, 2017 near Calistoga, Calif. At least thirty one people have died in wildfires that have burned tens of thousands of acres and destroyed over 3,500 homes and businesses in several Northern California counties. Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
17of61CalFire firefighters monitor a firing operation as they battle the Tubbs Fire on Oct. 12, 2017 near Calistoga, Calif. At least thirty one people have died in wildfires that have burned tens of thousands of acres and destroyed over 3,500 homes and businesses in several Northen California counties.Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
18of61Firefighters try to extinguish a house fire during the Tubbs Fire on Oct. 12, 2017 near Calistoga, Calif. At least thirty one people have died in wildfires that have burned tens of thousands of acres and destroyed over 3,500 homes and businesses in several Northern California counties. Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
19of61CalFire firefighters monitor a firing operation as they battle the Tubbs Fire on Oct.12, 2017 near Calistoga, Calif. At least thirty one people have died in wildfires that have burned tens of thousands of acres and destroyed over 3,500 homes and businesses in several Northern California counties. Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
20of61A CalFire firefighter uses a hose to monitor hot spots during a firing operation while battling the Tubbs Fire on Oct. 12, 2017 near Calistoga, Calif. At least thirty one people have died in wildfires that have burned tens of thousands of acres and destroyed over 3,500 homes and businesses in several Northern California counties. Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
21of61Firefighters try to extibguish a house fire during the Tubbs Fire on Oct. 12, 2017 near Calistoga, Calif. At least thirty one people have died in wildfires that have burned tens of thousands of acres and destroyed over 3,500 homes and businesses in several Northern California counties. Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
22of61Jimmie Allen, pries a piece of metal that had melted during the fire and had solidified next to his car in Coffey Park on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 in Napa. Allen's home in Coffey Park burned in the Tubbs Fire.Photo: Lea Suzuki, The Chronicle
23of61Smoke from the Tubbs Fire rises high into the air as the firestorm continues to burn out of control near Santa Rosa on Wednesday Oct. 11, 2017.Photo: Paul Chinn, The Chronicle
24of61BART police officer Trabanino mans a Tubbs Fire checkpoint on Bennett Valley Rd. in Santa Rosa. on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. He was telling a evacuee that the area is still closed to residents.Photo: Noah Berger, Special to The Chronicle
25of61Homes leveled by the Tubbs fire line the Coffey Park neighborhood of Santa Rosa on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.Photo: Noah Berger, Special to The Chronicle
26of61Rubble lines the interior of a K-mart store scorched by the Tubbs fire in Santa Rosa on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.Photo: Noah Berger, Special to The Chronicle
27of61Massive flames from the Tubbs Fire consumes thick grasses and tall trees near Santa Rosa on Wednesday Oct. 11, 2017.Photo: Paul Chinn, The Chronicle
28of61A primary school classroom at St. Rose School is seen with damages caused by the Tubbs fire in Santa Rosa on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.Photo: Alex Washburn, The Chronicle
29of61Karen Balestieri and Heidi Facciano (left to right) marvel at a pond of live koi fish which survived the Tubbs fire in the neighborhood referred to by locals as 'old fountaingrove' in Santa Rosa on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.Photo: Alex Washburn, The Chronicle
30of61A helicopter makes a water drop on flames from the Tubbs fire on a hill as it gets closer to homes off of Bennett Valley Road on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 in Santa Rosa. Photo: Lea Suzuki, The Chronicle
31of61Brian Kitchen (left) and son Tarreyl Kitchen (right) wash their hands off in a pool after sifting through the remains of their house after it was destroyed in the Tubbs fire in the Coffey Park neighborhood of Santa Rosa on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017.Photo: Gabrielle Lurie, The Chronicle
32of61A wall stands at a Chanterelle Circle home destroyed by the Tubbs fire in the Fountaingrove area of Santa Rosa on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017.Photo: Noah Berger, Special to The Chronicle
34of61Firefighters work to contain the Tubbs fire at the Overlook apartment complex off of Bicentennial Way in Santa Rosa on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.Photo: Gabrielle Lurie/The Chronicle
35of61A resident rushes to save his home as an out of control wildfire moves through the area on October 9, 2017 in Glen Ellen, Calif.
Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
36of61Firefighter, Derick O'Leary, left, and Danny Dortch help fight off incoming fires on Baird Road in Santa Rosa, Calif. Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.Photo: Mason Trinca/Special to The Chronicle
37of61A laundromat inside the Journey's End mobile home park burns during a the Tubbs fire on Mendocino Avenue in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.Photo: Gabrielle Lurie, The Chronicle
38of61A wall stands at a Chanterelle Circle home destroyed by the Tubbs fire in the Fountaingrove area of Santa Rosa, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017.Photo: Noah Berger/Special to The Chronicle
39of61Steph Gediman, (left) comforts Brandi Burns in front of Burns' destroyed at the scene of the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa on Monday Oct. 9, 2017. Massive wildfires ripped through Napa and Sonoma counties early Monday, destroying hundreds of homes and businesses on Monday Oct. 9, 2017Photo: Michael Macor/The Chronicle
40of61A statue of Jesus is seen while firefighters work to contain the Tubbs fire at Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.Photo: Gabrielle Lurie/The Chronicle
41of61Neighbors rush to help save a house with their water buckets on Baird Road in Santa Rosa on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.Photo: Mason Trinca/Special to The Chronicle
42of61A palm tree is engulfed in smoke as the Tubbs fire tears through the Journey's End mobile home on Mendocino Avenue in Santa Rosa on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.Photo: Gabrielle Lurie/The Chronicle
43of61Captain Mike Harrison of Santa Rosa fire directs his team of firefighters in containing a small roadside fire in the Oakmont neighborhood of Santa Rosa, Ca. on Tuesday Oct. 10, 2017.
Photo: Michael Macor/The Chronicle
44of61The Journey's End mobile home park burns during a the Tubbs fire on Mendocino Avenue in Santa Rosa on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.Photo: Gabrielle Lurie, The Chronicle
45of61The Fountain Grove Inn hotel burns during the Tubbs fire on Fountaingrove Pkwy in Santa Rosa on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.Photo: Gabrielle Lurie, The Chronicle
46of61People watch the sunset through smoke in the air from a fire on Mount Veeter in Napa on Tuesday, October 10, 2017.Photo: Elijah Nouvelage, Special to the Chronicle
47of61Front gate to a property along WarnSprings Rd. in Glen Ellen on Oct. 9, 2017.
Photo: Peter DaSilva/Special to The Chronicle
48of61Brian Kitchen (left) and son Tarreyl Kitchen (right) wash their hands off in a pool after sifting through the remains of their house after it was destroyed in the Tubbs fire in the Coffey Park neighborhood of Santa Rosa on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017.Photo: Gabrielle Lurie/The Chronicle
49of61Police officers search for signs of Karen Aycock, a Coffey Park resident who has been missing since the Tubbs fire roared through her neighborhood, in Santa Rosa on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017.Photo: Noah Berger/Special to The Chronicle
50of61Nikki Albrecht takes a break in front of her mother's destroyed home at the scene of the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa on Monday Oct. 9, 2017. Massive wildfires ripped through Napa and Sonoma counties early Monday, destroying hundreds of homes and businesses on Monday Oct. 9, 2017Photo: Michael Macor/The Chronicle
51of61Smoke from the Tubbs fire is seen off of Bicentennial Way in Santa Rosa on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.Photo: Gabrielle Lurie, The Chronicle
52of61The remains of the homes in the Coffey Park neighborhood are seen from the air in Santa Rosa on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017.Photo: Elijah Nouvelage, Special to the Chronicle
54of61Smoldering fires are seen in the remains of the Hilton Sonoma Wine Country hotel in Santa Rosa on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017.Photo: Elijah Nouvelage, Special to the Chronicle
55of61Alameda County Sheriff deputy carries in oxygen tanks to one of the wards at the at the Sonoma Developmental Center during a mandatory evacuation as the Tubbs Fire threatens the town of Glen Ellen, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.Photo: Peter DaSilva, Special to The Chronicle
56of61Maria Norris and her husband Keith lost their home in the fire, in Santa Rosa on Monday October 9, 2017. Massive wildfires ripped through Napa and Sonoma counties early Monday, destroying hundreds of homes and businesses on Monday Oct. 9, 2017Photo: Michael Macor/The Chronicle
57of61Keith Norris shows what his car destroyed in the fire looked like before the fire, in Santa Rosa on Monday Oct. 9, 2017. Massive wildfires ripped through Napa and Sonoma counties early Monday, destroying hundreds of homes and businesses on Monday October 9, 2017Photo: Michael Macor/The Chronicle
58of61Homeowner Phil Rush looks at the remains of his home destroyed by wildfire in Santa Rosa on Oct. 11, 2017. Rush said he and his wife and dog escaped with only their medication, a bag of dog food when flames overtook their entire neighborhood on October 9. The toll from Northern California's ranging wildfires continued to grow as officials said the fires destroyed up to 2,000 structures and killed at least 17 people.
Photo: ROBYN BECK, AFP/Getty Images
59of61Arilyn Edwards, 6, stands beside her bike in front of the rubble of her Santa Rosa home on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. The bike, which was a gift for her 6th birthday on Oct. 6, was destroyed as fire ripped through her neighborhood on Sunday evening.Photo: Guy Wathen, The Chronicle
60of61Brian Gilman displays antique tea cups he found while digging through the rubble of his mother's home on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 in Santa Rosa. "She lost everything but the clothes she was wearing, her medicine, everything else is gone except for the two cups she asked for. According to Gilman the cups are over 200 years old.Photo: Guy Wathen, The Chronicle
61of61John Palmer, left, who escaped as flames surrounded his home, covers his eyes while waiting to return to his burned residence on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, in Glen Ellen, Calif. At right is a resident who declined to be identified.Photo: Noah Berger/Special to The Chronicle
The communities between Santa Rosa and Kenwood remained eerily quiet Sunday with residents from Oakmont and other nearby areas continuing to heed mandatory evacuation orders. Everyone except John Stewart, who was watering trees across the street from his still-standing house on Highway 12.
"I guess there was an evacuation," he said. "I must have been taking a nap at the time."
Stewart actually had stayed behind hoping he could save his home. He remained despite a lack of power for five days. On Friday, at about 10 p.m., the lights came back on and his house was still there, he said.
His wife, a nurse, had decided to stay in a hotel and he was hoping she could return home Sunday.
"She's a nurse and needs her work stuff," he said.
But it didn't look like the all clear was coming anytime soon.
Nearby, neighborhoods were empty, stores and wineries were closed. About a half dozen houses on the west side of the highway had burned to the ground and plumes of smoke could still be seen from the hills to the east, above the highway.
Deputy sheriffs on dirt bikes patrolled the area.
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Rain 'very likely' coming to Wine Country fire zones
There was good news amid the bad. Cal Fire spokesman Mark Beveridge confirmed that no homes were destroyed in Oakmont, a senior community of neat ranch homes and rolling golf courses. It also remained under evacuation orders, as do all areas and roads north and south of Highway 12 between Adobe Canyon Road and Calistoga Road.
The most active portion of the Tubbs Fire is the northeastern portion around Red Hill and Mount St. Helena.
Sonoma County officials announced they had started assessing evacuated areas of the unincorporated county for damage and to determine dangers present and the repairs required before evacuation orders can be lifted.
At the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Oakmont residents Judith and Barry Moorman, who had been at the evacuation shelter there since Monday, said they were bracing for at least a few more days, sleeping on green cots next to strangers who had become close friends.
"It feels surreal," Judith Moorman said. "I think it's going to be seven to 10 days here."
J.K. Dineen and Jill Tucker are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. Email: jkdineen@sfchronicle.com and jtucker@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @sfjkdineen and @jilltucker
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State of the Judiciary: Increasing SPD Rate Paid to Private Bar a Top Priority
Oct. 31, 2018 – Addressing the low hourly rate paid to private bar attorneys who take public defender cases is a priority for Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Roggensack, who delivered the State of the Judiciary Address today.
"Currently, I am working with Kelli Thompson, State Public Defender, and members of the legislature to move forward on increases in the pay rates for contract public defenders," Chief Justice Roggensack said. "Increasing those rates is necessary to assure that every defendant in a criminal trial has accessible, competent counsel."
Private bar attorneys handle overflow and conflict cases on contract through the State Public Defender's Office to ensure criminal defendants' right to counsel in criminal cases. The hourly rate paid to handle those cases is $40, the lowest rate in the country.
The Wisconsin Legislature set the $40 rate ($25 per hour for travel time) 23 years ago in 1995. It was a $5 change from the $35 per hour rate set in 1978, 40 years ago. The $40 hourly rate is the same regardless of the case type or the lawyer's experience.
In prior years, the private bar has handled about 40 percent of SPD's cases. But fewer lawyers are taking them – the rate hardly covers overhead – and many are handled by inexperienced attorneys under flat-fee contracts creating conflicts of interest, according to John Birdsall of the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (WACDL).
This raises the question of whether defendants are receiving effective assistance of counsel, a constitutional right. Birdsall's group, in a petition that was submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court last year, said the $40 rate is creating a constitutional crisis. The State Bar of Wisconsin's Board of Governors voted to support the petition.
Absent legislative action, WACDL asked the state supreme court to increase the SPD rate from $40 to $100 per hour. The court declined to do so, explaining that constitutional issues must be presented to the court as a case or controversy.
However, the court acknowledged that the $40 rate is "unreasonable" and urged the legislature to work with the judiciary and others "to ensure adequate funding for the SPD that is urgently needed to forestall what is clearly an emerging constitutional crisis."
Now, the supreme court seems poised to collaborate for a solution on the SPD rate issue. The chief justice also said she would be working with the attorney general to increase the number of assistant district attorneys to improve caseload efficiency.
E-filing and Data Collection
Chief Justice Roggensack noted the success of mandatory e-filing implementation in all 72 counties for small claims, criminal, paternity, probate, family, traffic, ordinance, guardianship, and judgment/lien cases. But case management is only one benefit.
"This ongoing data collection provides an opportunity to create a searchable data warehouse that can be used to statistically analyze many facets of court participation in the Wisconsin criminal justice system, as well as our work with children and families and in civil disputes," the chief justice said.
Roggensack noted the court system hired a director of research and justice statistics who will focus on data-related projects, including an assessment of evidence-based decision-making as a best practice in Wisconsin.
She also said the court system will continue efforts – through the director of research and statistics – to analyze any disparities between African Americans and similarly situated Caucasian defendants along the spectrum of the criminal justice system.
Business Court and Treatment Court
Chief Justice Roggensack said 35 cases have been filed under the Business Court pilot project that began in 2017 in Waukesha County and the Eighth Judicial District.
The cases advanced to the commercial docket have included intellectual property disputes, prohibited business activity, unfair competition, and tortious interference.
"These types of cases typically take about 36 months to resolve in a normal docket. However, in the commercial docket 14 cases have been resolved in less than one year," said Roggensack, noting business court judges are recommending expansion.
Roggensack noted that Wisconsin now has 86 treatment courts, and Wisconsin was selected to receive technical assistance from the National Drug Court Institute "to develop and implement a peer review process" to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.
"The main goal of treatment court is recovery," she said. "In order for participants to achieve and maintain recovery, they must change their social network and be open to addressing emotional, mental, and physical health concerns."
Chief Justice Roggensack delivered the State of the Judiciary Address to kick off the Wisconsin Judicial Conference. The full transcript is available on the court's website.
Director of State Courts Randy Koschnick gave a Director of State Courts' Address, which is also available on the court's website, www.wicourts.gov.


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Simon Hewett is the Principal Conductor of the Stuttgart Opera, and Principal Conductor of the Hamburg Ballet. In addition to his commitments with these two companies, he has performed regularly in recent seasons with Opera Australia in Sydney and Melbourne, the Komische Oper in Berlin, and the Paris Opera Ballet. His performances are frequently praised for their stylistic fluency, emotional intensity and technical precision.
Simon Hewett studied clarinet and conducting at the University of Queensland, graduating with First Class Honours and a University Medal. At 19 he was the youngest ever finalist in the ABC Young Conductor of the Year Award, and conducted the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Hindemith's "Symphonische Metamorphosen". In 1998 he was awarded a German Government Scholarship and studied operatic and symphonic conducting for 3 years at the Franz Liszt Hochschule für Musik in Weimar, Germany.
From 2002-03 Simon Hewett was a member of Opera Australia's Young Artists' Programme, and made his debut at the Sydney Opera house in October 2003, conducting Bizet's "Les Pêcheurs du perles". He was immediately reengaged for performances of "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" in 2004. He has since returned regularly to Opera Australia as a guest conductor, for "Tosca" (2005), "Turandot" (2006), and to lead the revival of Harry Kupfer's critically acclaimed production of "Otello" (2008). He returned to Sydney in 2009 for "Aida" and a new production of "Così fan tutte" with director Jim Sharman. In 2011 he conducted "Macbeth" for Opera Australia and "Falstaff" for the West Australian Opera. In 2012 he led critically acclaimed new productions of "Le Nozze di Figaro" and "Salome" for Opera Australia.
In 2005 Simone Young invited Simon Hewett to join the Hamburg State Opera as Resident Conductor and Assistant Music Director. Since his debut with "La Traviata" in 2005, he has conducted over 200 performances in Hamburg of a large repertoire of opera and ballet. In 2008 he debuted at the Komische Oper with "Il Barbiere di Siviglia", returning in 2010 for "Die Entführung aus dem Serail".
Following successful performances of "Der Fliegende Holländer" for the Stuttgart Opera in 2010, Simon Hewett was invited to become Principal Conductor. In 2012/13 he led revivals of "Die Fledermaus" and "Tosca". He has since conducted new productions of "La Bohème" and "Khovanshchina", and a wide range of other repertoire in Stuttgart including "Die Fledermaus", "Nabucco", "Tosca", "Madama Butterfly", "Eugene Onegin" and "Der Freischütz".
As a symphonic conductor Simon Hewett has appeared with the Melbourne Symphony, Sydney Symphony and West Australian Symphony Orchestras. His interest in contemporary music is documented through his long relationship with the Elision Contemporary Music Ensemble, with whom he has performed frequently since 1996, touring with them to Korea in 1997 and Europe in 1998. He has performed with Elision at all of Australia's major festivals, conducting the world premieres of Richard Barrett's "Opening of the Mouth", and Liza Lim's opera "Moon Spirit Feasting". His CD of Richard Barrett's "Opening of the Mouth" with the Elision Ensemble was reviewed by the BBC Music Magazine upon its release as "Pick of the Month".
Since conducting the premiere of John Neumeier's "Parzival" at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden in 2006, Simon Hewett has enjoyed a close and productive collaboration with the Hamburg Ballet. He has toured with the Hamburg Ballet to the Salzburg Festival, Australia, the United States of America and Japan. His performances of John Neumeier's production of Mahler's 3rd Symphony at the Paris Opera were broadcast in cinemas worldwide and recorded for DVD release. He led the world premiere of John Neumeier's ballet "Tatiana" (2014), also recorded for DVD release, and the premiere of a new ballet based on the life of the celebrated Italian actress Eleonora Duse (2015). In December 2016 he will lead the German Premiere of "The Song of the Earth", a ballet by John Neumeier to music by Gustav Mahler.
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The Philharmonic State Orchestra is Hamburg's largest and oldest orchestra, looking back on many years of musical history. When the "Philharmonic Orchestra" and the "Orchestra of the Hamburg Municipal Theatre" merged in 1934, two tradition-steeped orchestras combined. Philharmonic concerts have been performed in Hamburg since 1828, artists such as Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt and Johannes Brahms being regular guests of the Philharmonic Society. The history of the opera company goes back even further: Hamburg has been home to musical theatre since 1678, even if a regular opera or theatre orchestra was only formed later. To this day, the Philharmonic State Orchestra has embodied the sound of the Hansa City, a concert and opera orchestra in one.
During its long history, the orchestra encountered great artist personalities. Apart from composers of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, such as Telemann, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Mahler, Prokofiev and Stravinsky, since the 20th century chief conductors such as Karl Muck, Joseph Keilberth, Eugen Jochum, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Horst Stein, Aldo Ceccato, Christoph von Dohnányi, Gerd Albrecht, Ingo Metzmacher and Simone Young have shaped the orchestra's sound. Renowned conductors of the pre-war era such as Otto Klemperer, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Bruno Walter, Karl Böhm and Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt gave brilliant performances, as did outstanding conductors of our times: suffice it to mention Christian Thielemann, Semyon Bychkov, Kirill Petrenko, Sir Neville Marriner, Valery Gergiev and Sir Roger Norrington.
Starting with the 2015/2016 season, Kent Nagano has taken on the position of Hamburg's General Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Philharmonic State Orchestra and the Hamburg State Opera. In his first season Kent Nagano initiated a new project, the Philharmonic Academy, focusing on experimentation and chamber music. In 2016 Nagano and the Philharmonic undertook a successful three-week concert tour in South America, a tour of Spain followed in 2019. Since 2017 Kent Nagano and the Philharmonic State Orchestra have continued the traditional Philharmonic Concerts at the new Elbphilharmonie, for which they commissioned Jörg Widmann to compose the oratorio ARCHE, which was given its world premiere during the hall's opening festivities. The concert recording has been released at ECM.
The Philharmonic State Orchestra offers approximately 35 concerts per season and performs more than 240 performances per year at the Hamburg State Opera and the Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, making it Hamburg's busiest orchestra. The stylistic bandwidth covered by the 140 musicians, ranging from historically informed performance practice to contemporary works and including concert, opera and ballet repertoire, is unique throughout Germany. Chamber Music has a long tradition at the Philharmonic State Orchestra: what began in 1929 with a concert series for chamber orchestra has been continued since 1968 by a series of chamber music only.
In 2008 Simone Young and the Philharmonic State Orchestra won the Brahms Award of the Schleswig-Holstein Brahms Society. The orchestra has recorded the complete Ring by Wagner as well as the complete symphonies of Johannes Brahms and Anton Bruckner – the latter in the rarely-performed original versions – as well as works by Mahler, Hindemith and Berg, and has released DVDs of opera and ballet productions by Hosokawa, Offenbach, Reimann, Auerbach, J.S. Bach, Puccini, Poulenc and Weber.
The members of the Philharmonic State Orchestra feel equally beholden to Hamburg's musical tradition and responsible for the city's artistic future. Since 1978 the musicians have been participating in education programmes in Hamburg's schools. Today, the orchestra maintains a broad education programme, including school and kindergarten visits, patronage for music projects, introductory events for children and family concerts. The orchestra's own academy prepares young musicians for their professional careers. The Philharmonic's musicians thereby make an equally enjoyable and valuable contribution to tomorrow's music education in the music metropolis of Hamburg.
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C.S. Lewis' Till We Have Faces was the deliberate culmination of a lifelong project. Despite this deliberation, the novel has proven consistently problematic for critics because of its multi-faceted symbolism and profusion of themes. Lewis was publicly absorbed with mythology, so many critics have attempts to apply either Lewis' own ideas about mythology or a Jungian approach to the work. These readings, while useful, frequently subordinate valid alternative readings. Through a combination of reader-response criticism and deconstruction, this thesis argues that Lewis intentionally subverted the expectorations of evangelical fan base by establishing the internal tension of certain binaries and then suggesting their inability to be resolved.
Griffith, Robert A., "Battling Words: an Alternative Reading of C.S. Lewis' Til We Have Faces" (2005). MSU Graduate Theses. 1084.


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U.S. government agencies to use AI to cull and cut outdated regulations
Posted on: October 22, 2020 By Adolfo Eliazàt
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(This Oct 16 story restores dropped words in first paragraph to say tens of thousands of pages, not tens of pages; corrects fourth paragraph to say 185,000 pages remaining, not published annually)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said Friday that federal agencies will use artificial intelligence to eliminate outdated, obsolete, and inconsistent requirements across tens of thousands of pages of government regulations.
A 2019 pilot project used machine learning algorithms and natural language processing at the Department of Health and Human Services. The test run found hundreds of technical errors and outdated requirements in agency rulebooks, including requests to submit materials by fax.
OMB said all federal agencies are being encouraged to update regulations using AI and several agencies have already agreed to do so.
Over the last four years, the number of pages in the Code of Federal Regulations has remained at about 185,000.
White House OMB director Russell Vought said the AI effort would help agencies "update a regulatory code marked by decades of neglect and lack of reform."
Under the initiative agencies will use AI technology and other software "to comb through thousands and thousands of regulatory code pages to look for places where code can be updated, reconciled, and general scrubbed of technical mistakes," the White House said.
Participating agencies include the Transportation Department, the Agriculture Department, the Labor Department and the Interior Department.
The General Services Administration will assist agencies in identifying technology partners and facilitate contracts.
The Trump administration had made deregulation a key priority, while critics say the administration has failed to ensure adequate regulatory safeguards.
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Study Shows Paxlovid Decreases COVID-19 Related Hospitalizations and Deaths
by Moises Hernandez, age 18
A new study shows that a treatment for COVID-19 significantly reduces hospitalization and death rates. Patients prescribed Paxlovid are about five times less likely to be hospitalized and ten times less likely to die, compared to patients to whom the medication is not prescribed, according to a study published on Epic Research.
In December 2021, Pfizer's Paxlovid received emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to be used as a treatment for mild-to-moderate symptoms in those 12 and older at high risk of developing severe symptoms that could lead to hospitalization or death. Factors that could put someone in this category include age, pregnancy, obesity, kidney disease, cancer, and serious heart conditions.
In March 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration launched the "Test to Treat" initiative. Through this, a single location can be the place where someone can be tested for COVID-19, see a healthcare provider, receive a prescription for treatment, and have that prescription filled. [Read More]
How Teens Learn to Avoid Risky Behavior
by Jacob L. Dunn, age 12
Many teenagers engage in risky behavior, such as committing crimes, due to impulsiveness. There are various factors that influence teenagers to be so impulsive, including social and peer pressure and a difficulty in controlling their actions.
In social situations, teenagers can experience peer pressure and stress related to their social environment. This can lead some teens to commit actions that could put them in scary or dangerous situations that are unknown to them. While many people may assume that a contributing factor for why teens engage in such risky behavior is because they underestimate the possible negative outcomes of their actions. However, the opposite is the case, according to postdoctoral student at New York University, Agnieszka Tymula.
"Relative to adults, adolescents engage more in unknown risks than they do in known risks," stated Tymula. She claims that instead, teens are more open to this sense of the unknown, which serves as one explanation for the ways that the teenage brain works when it comes to high-risk situations. [Read More]
Fake Medicine, Real Results
by Moises A. Hernandez, age 17
The placebo effect, as doctors call it, is something that creates a real and positive change in a person's body but cannot be explained by the characteristics of the placebo itself. Something as simple as a father saying to a little girl who fell and bumped her knee, "I'll kiss it and make it better," can make the girl forget her pain.
With just a puff of air, a kiss, or a few kind words, a loving person can stop the pain of a child. Even though it should have no effect, a real change happens in the person's body. That is why placebos are vital in medical research. In clinical trials, for example, a pill that contains no medicine but looks just like one with medicine is given to some participants. Researchers do this to show that people who are actually taking the medicine get better compared to those who really are not, therefore proving that a new medicine works.
"Placebos don't do anything for bacteria," Kathryn Hall, a medical researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital said. "Placebos can't fight cancer. They can't fight viruses." [Read More]
Thousands of Sick Kids Linked to Lead Pipes in Milwaukee
by Sydney Steidl, age 15
More than 9,000 Wisconsin children were found to have lead poisoning between 2018 and 2020, with nearly two out of three of those children from Milwaukee County.
There are many possible causes for lead exposure and eventual poisoning, including lead-based paints and lead-tainted water, soil, and dust. Lead-based pipes and paints were often used in homes built many decades ago, so it is no surprise that 90% of children with lead poisoning in Wisconsin live in homes built before 1950.
Out of Milwaukee County children tested in 2020, about 5.6% were positive for lead poisoning. Exposure to lead can impair brain and nervous system functions and result in severe learning, behavioral, and growth problems in children. [Read More]
The World's Population is Now 8 billion
by Jonah Smith, age 13
If you looked up on Google how many people were on Earth, the answer would be 7.8 billion people. But according to the United Nations, on November 15th, 2022 our population finally hit 8 billion. The population is still rising, but the rate of growth has slowed. The rate the U.N. based their last predictions on was the rate of growth from 2017. At that time, the U.N. predicted that the world's population could reach 11.2 billion people by the year 2100. With this new data, the population is now expected to peak during the 2080s at 10.4 billion people. Once it peaks, the numbers will plateau until 2100.
This new information also highlights the challenges linked with population growth, said Maria-Francesca Spatolisano of the U.N. during a news conference on July 11th, 2022. These challenges include meeting people's social and economic needs (food, water, shelter, etc.), as well as how people use Earth's resources and alter the environment.
The population will grow differently across various areas. For example, high-income countries, which have low birth rates, will grow due to more people moving there, a U.N. report predicts. In low-income countries, populations will rise as there are more births than deaths. This report also states that in 61 countries, populations are expected to drop by one percent or more between now and 2050. The net effect is that overall, populations are still expected to rise. [Read More]
To Stop the Spread of Dengue Fever, Scientists Infected Mosquitoes with Something Else
by Samuel Garduño, age 14
Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that carries the deadly dengue virus, began as a forest insect in the sub-Saharan part of Africa, but one lineage evolved to enjoy the urban environment. Transported through slave ships, these mosquitoes have traveled globally for centuries, carrying viruses like dengue. Today, dengue is recognized by the World Health Organization as a top ten global threat. Dengue infects around 390 million people and kills about 25,000 individuals annually. Dengue may be a lethal virus, but there's a solution: Wolbachia.
The bacterium Wolbachia was discovered in 1924 in a different mosquito species, but it wasn't until the 1980's that scientists realized its astounding ability to spread and to control the dengue virus. Mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia can't be infected with dengue, thus helping to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. With equal importance, Wolbachia spreads quickly among mosquitoes. It allows an insect mother containing the bacteria to produce more abundantly and pass the bacteria to her offspring. Therefore, Wolbachia is a fast and effective method of combating dengue. The bacteria is also an eco-friendly and non-toxic method of controlling dengue; it doesn't even kill mosquitoes!
Oliver Brady, a dengue expert at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, stated that "Wolbachia is a highly effective intervention against dengue." To test the effectiveness of Wolbachia, the nonprofit World Mosquito Program (WMP) conducted a test in 2017 in the city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Researchers split the city into 24 sectors and released the carrier mosquitoes in half of them. In a year, results showed that 95 percent of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes contained Wolbachia. Starting in January 2018, fever comparisons were done between the Wolbachia and Wolbachia-free zones. [Read More]
Astronauts Face Bone Weakness While in Space
by Moore Vang, age 13
Astronauts may want to prepare for their next space mission by bringing exercise gear for their legs.
When astronauts spend time in space, they undergo some loss of internal support in their bones. This leads to the bones becoming thinner than before taking off into space. Space trips that last at least six months are equivalent to about 20 years of aging through bone loss. However, a new study shows that a year back on Earth rebuilds about half the strength originally lost in the affected bones. Leigh Gabel, an exercise scientist at the University of Calgary in Canada, says that "bones are a living organ" and that the bones in our body are "constantly remodeling." Gabel was a part of a team with 17 astronauts who spent from four to seven months in space. Their team used a certain type of a CT or computer tomography scan to show the bones in their bodies, which was used to measure the structure of their bones on a fine scale. They focused primarily on the structures of the lower leg and lower arm which showed details on a scale of 61 micrometers.
The astronauts took images of the bones in the lower arm and leg four times: once before they took flight, when they returned home, and then again six and 12 months later. From each of those photos, Gabel's team could determine the bone strength and density. A year after returning to Earth, astronauts that went to space for fewer than six months regained all their bone strength they had before taking the flight. However, those who stayed longer in space suffered more permanent bone loss in their shin bones. Surprisingly, the lower arm showed almost no loss, likely due to the bone not being weight-bearing, unlike the lower leg bones on Earth. Instead, arm bones get stronger in space than on Earth because astronauts rely on exercising their arms by pushing off handles and doorways in space. [Read More]
Can Walking Improve Your Memory?
by Mariama Bah, age 14
Until the late 1990s, scientists believed that human brains were fixed and through aging, decreased in function. This belief has since changed due to studies indicating that our brains continue to make neurons, cells that transmit information to other cells in our body and allow creation of thoughts and memories. Studies also showed that exercise could increase neurogenesis, which is the process of creating neurons.
Studies revealed that human brains create new neurons throughout life and it is possible to accelerate neurogenesis through exercise, but these studies mainly focused on gray matter. With white matter, it was a different story. White matter, brain wiring connecting the neurons, is considered fragile and was thought to weaken as aging occurred. That is until a professor of neuroscience and human development at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Agnieszka Burzynska, and her team of graduate students decided to test whether white matter is just as malleable as gray matter.
The team recruited 250 older people and tested their aerobic and cognitive skills, then divided them into three groups. The first, the control group, did stretching and balancing exercises three days a week; the second group began walking together three times a week for forty minutes; and the third started taking dance classes together three times a week. After six months, the groups re-did the skills tests and all but the control group saw improvement, both physically and mentally, with the walkers exhibiting the most improvement. The scientists found that the white matter in the brain of the walkers and dancers had grown. The stretchers however, showed degeneration of the white matter and did poorly on their cognitive tests. [Read More]
New Study Suggests Cannabis May Cause
Long Term Changes to Teen Brains
by Kelly Vazquez, age 16
Since the late 1930s, cannabis, otherwise known as marijuana, has been a topic of great debate in the United States. Currently, many states have legalized marijuana or decriminalized it for recreational and medical use. Despite the growing movement to legalize recreational use for adults, Matthew Albaugh, professor at University of Vermont, explains that it can still be harmful for young users. He stated,"Brain areas that change the most during adolescence may be especially vulnerable to cannabis exposure." There have been significant studies that indicate cannabis having brain altering effects on humans.
Albaugh and his team conducted a study with 799 14-year-olds throughout four European countries: Germany, France, Ireland, and England. The kids received MRI scans and five years later, the study was repeated with the same kids. During the second MRI, 46% of them said they had tried cannabis; approximately 75% said they had used the substance 10 or more times. The study showed that there was quite a contrast between the prefrontal cortex (which is responsible for decisions, impulses, and focus) of those who used cannabis and those who didn't. The prefrontal cortex had thinned faster for those who used cannabis than those who didn't, even more so for those who used it frequently. These results have been somewhat inconsistent since researchers can't experiment with real teenagers. However, results do add to the existing data that supports the claim that cannabis affects the brain's development.
Jacqueline-Marie Ferland, brain researcher at Icahn School of Medicine, explains that the thinning of the prefrontal cortex is often connected to maturing, decision making, rationality, and managing impulsivity; a properly matured prefrontal cortex can perform these functions. However, another study on young animals shows that thinning too early can cause long term problems with behavior and memory. [Read More]
Assisted Reproduction Technologies Bring Hope to Thousands of Couples Around the World
by Sandy Flores, age 15
Many people do not know that over 15% of the couples in the world cannot conceive naturally. This situation can cause a lot of sorrow and feelings of loss. Just a century ago, science could not help these couples, however, medical science has evolved over the last few decades, offering new hope for those who cannot have babies.
By the 20th century scientists understood that a woman usually produces one mature egg every month, but as the woman's body ages, she produces fewer eggs. Women stop producing eggs around the age of 40, or in some cases earlier or later. It all depends on when the woman starts menopause (the ceasing of menstruation).
By 1921 doctors were inseminating women with donor sperm. Originally this caused a lot of controversy as many people believed this practice was a form of adultery, but it is commonly accepted today. In vitro fertilization (IVF) is another alternative offered to non-fertile couples. This treatment works by removing a mature egg from the mother and mixing it with the father's sperm in a lab dish. Scientists let the zygote (fertilized egg) grow for a couple of days and then they return it to the mother's uterus where it has the opportunity to develop into a fetus. [Read More]
Epidemiologists: The Scientists Who Study Pandemics — by Eleanor Pleasnick, age 12
There are many illnesses in the world, such as the novel Coronavirus, which is currently fueling a global pandemic. Between 1918-1920, there was another pandemic: the Spanish flu pandemic. These are just a couple of examples of the diseases that epidemiologists study by observing these illnesses and their patterns. [Read More]
An Epidemic of Overdoses: Synthetic Fentanyl Causes Dramatic Increase in Opioid Addiction —
In 2020 alone, 93,331 people in the United States died from drug overdoses, a 30% increase from the previous year and the highest number on record. [Read More]
Crab Shell Bandages: the Future of Medicine? — by Dyami Rodriguez, age 16
Scientists at the University of Wuhan in China have discovered that shells from crabs, shrimps, and lobsters can help heal wounds faster, as well as reduce the chance of infection. The shells contain a material called chitin (Ky-tin), which have powerful healing properties. Scientists are testing ways to make chitin into gauzes and bandages to accelerate the healing process. [Read More]
The Worst Plague in European History Killed Millions in Just Four Years — by Dulce Maria Vazquez, age 13
Surprisingly, the Bubonic plague, known to cause one of the deadliest disease outbreaks in history, only lasted for only four years. During those four years, two million people died in the country of England alone. In total, the plague killed over 20 million people worldwide. Due to the large death poll, the Bubonic plague is commonly known as the Black Death. [Read More]
The Macabre Dissections of Andreas Vesalius Revolutionized Medical Science — by Devika Pal, age 16
Before the 16th century, there was little to no knowledge on human anatomy. Most of the information came from centuries prior and was largely incorrect. This changed in the 16th century with the anatomical discoveries of Andreas Vesalius. His works on dissecting and studying bodies helped greatly to expand the knowledge of human anatomy. [Read More]
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Apply for scholarships to Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance Intensive through merit-based awards, specialized workshops, or the Arif Mardin Music Fellowship.
Please note: You must be registered for the program in order to be considered for a scholarship. Scholarship awards from Berklee cannot be combined; there is a maximum of one award per person per program. All scholarship decisions are final. If you have already received a scholarship decision from the scholarship application process, you are not eligible to be reconsidered by reapplying for a scholarship.
Berklee offers a limited number of merit-based scholarships to Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance Intensive. Generally, most scholarships awarded range from $1,000 to $3,000. A limited number of full tuition scholarships are available (housing not included), with preference given to students enrolled in high school or secondary school. There is no federal aid for this program.
Submissions received by March 1 will be given first funding priority.
Decisions will be issued by April 8.
Decisions will be issued by April 30.
Step 1: Create an account and register for Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance Intensive.
a short essay highlighting musical and academic achievements (1,500 character limit).
*Musicians applying with an electronic digital instrument (EDI) will need to provide an additional performance video in lieu of the technical exercise. See submission guidelines below for more information specific to EDI.
Note: If you apply for a specialized workshop scholarship but are not chosen, you will automatically be considered for an Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance Intensive scholarship.
Videos must be uploaded to YouTube.
Videos can be home, live, or studio recordings.
The sound quality of the featured musician must be clearly audible (video quality is not a factor).
Each video should be three–five minutes in length.
Recordings of the performances should be recent (within the last year).
Editing or overdubbing your performance in any way is not permissible.
Videos should be similar in style but with contrasting tempos.
Accompaniment is required for the two performance videos. Performing with a band is strongly suggested, but a play-along track is acceptable. If you choose to use a play-along track, it must not contain your instrument on the track.
an original song or composition (If you submit one original, the second piece must follow one of the suggestions listed above).
any other vocal/instrumental exercises you use while practicing.
Do not use a band or play-along track for the technical exercise.
Starting pitch is acceptable for vocalists.
a short description of the musical idea behind the performance and how it's demonstrated.
Are You an EDI Performer?
Students auditioning for scholarship as EDI performers will need to provide an additional performance video in lieu of the technical exercise. They should demonstrate proficiency on a system that includes a laptop computer running Ableton Live and at least one controller.
The sound quality of the featured musician must be clearly audible (video quality is not a factor). Each video should be three–five minutes in length.
The musician must demonstrate an ability to play a musical form, including creating variations on basic parts and performing additional musical parts live.
The Summer Sessions: Women's Performance Program is a special intensive track for female musicians that addresses gender justice in the jazz community, and is included as part of Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance Intensive. Led by Grammy Award–winning drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, this track emphasizes teaching, empowerment, mentorship, and advocacy for high school and college-level students who wish to pursue careers as professional musicians. Eight outstanding female instrumentalists will be selected by Carrington to study with her and other faculty. Participants will also have the opportunity to study with guest artists.
The Summer Sessions curriculum focuses on ensemble and performance skills, stylistic vocabulary, and the history of jazz music.
The program utilizes jazz pedagogical methods to further develop the improvisational and compositional skills of instrumentalists, and focuses on issues specific to female integration in what has traditionally been a male-dominated field. Special focus will also be placed on preparing young women to be competitive in both an academic environment and the music community at large.
Late submissions received after March 1 will be issued rolling decisions based on available space.
Note: If you apply for this specialized workshop scholarship but are not chosen, you will automatically be considered for an Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance Intensive scholarship.
Accompaniment is required for the three performance videos.
Performing with a band is strongly suggested, but a play-along track is acceptable.
If you choose to use a play-along track, it must not contain your instrument on the track.
Led by artistic director and veteran rocker Marty Walsh, the Rock Workshop gives students an opportunity to gain valuable insight into the world of rock music and performance while studying at Five-Week. Berklee seeks to recruit the most talented young rock instrumentalists and vocalists in the world for this workshop, which is a specialized program designed for students interested in studying and performing rock music at the highest level. Students collaborate to develop the band's musical identify, culminating in vocal-centric recordings and performances on campus.
The Rock Workshop curriculum focuses on ensemble and performance skills, stylistic vocabulary, and the history of contemporary rock music.
a short essay highlighting your musical achievements, academic achievements, band experience, and which music groups you identify with most (1,500 character limit).
Accompaniment is required for the three performance videos. Performing with a band is strongly suggested, but a play-along track is acceptable.
Are You a Drummer, Bassist, or Keyboardist?
one rock song on acoustic guitar.
Led by Grammy Award–winning drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and Rick Dimuzio, the Jazz Workshop gives students an opportunity to gain valuable insight into the world of jazz music and performance while studying at Five-Week. Berklee seeks to recruit the most talented young jazz students in the world for this workshop, which is a specialized program designed for students interested in studying and performing jazz at the highest level. Students will explore classic and modern jazz repertoire as well as students' original music, culminating with several public performances.
The Jazz Workshop curriculum focuses on ensemble and performance skills, stylistic vocabulary, and the history of jazz music.
Accompaniment is required for the three performance videos. Performing with a band is strongly suggested, but a play-along track is acceptable. If you choose to use a play-along track, it must not contain your instrument on the track.
Video 1 should be an up-tempo piece with swing feel.
Video 2 should be a medium-tempo piece with swing feel (between 110 and 130 beats per minute).
Video 3 should be an odd-meter piece with an even eighth-note feel.
In memory of Berklee alumnus Arif Mardin '61, the American Turkish Society donates funds to support one fellowship for a student to attend Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance Intensive. Only individuals of Turkish descent or nationality are eligible to apply. One student is selected for the Arif Mardin Music Fellowship through the scholarship application process. The scholarship covers full tuition, on-campus housing, and a meal plan.
a short essay highlighting your musical and academic achievements (1,500 characters or less).
Videos should be similar in style, but with contrasting tempos.
Note: if you apply for this scholarship but are not chosen, you will automatically be considered for an Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance Intensive scholarship.
If you have any questions about scholarships, please contact the Scholarship Office directly at scholarships@berklee.edu or 617-747-8681.


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import com.shdwlf.PotionCommands.Lang;
import com.shdwlf.PotionCommands.PotionCommands;
import org.bukkit.configuration.file.FileConfiguration;
import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerCommandPreprocessEvent;
import org.bukkit.potion.PotionEffect;
import org.bukkit.potion.PotionEffectType;

public class CommandListener implements Listener {

    private final PotionCommands plugin;

    public CommandListener(PotionCommands plugin) {
        this.plugin = plugin;
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    @EventHandler
    public void onCommand(PlayerCommandPreprocessEvent event) {
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The Latest Alinskyite Attacks On Trump Staffer Sebastian Gorka
Dr. Sebastian Gorka
Muslim culture
Muslim immigration
Nita Lowey
Red-Green Axis
refugee program
George Rasley, CHQ Editor | 5/3/17
President Donald Trump's White House staff has been subjected to an astonishing array of false and increasingly vile personal attacks by Far-Left Democrats in and out of Congress.
One of the chief objects of these scurrilous lies is Dr. Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, an expert on the subject of the Muslim war with the West, and a former Breitbart News contributor and Fox News regular.
Gorka who was born in Hungary and came to America by way of England has embraced a robust view of American exceptionalism as part of his view of how to defeat Islamism and Muslin terrorism and in the post-Obama era anyone who believes America is exceptional is bound to be a target if they are in government.
Up until this week the Left – especially Obama-era holdovers in the Trump administration – were content to criticize Dr. Gorka's professional qualifications and by implication his immigrant background through a steady drip of leaks to the media that Gorka was being fired or his role at the White House was superfluous and his in-box was empty.
"Gorka does not have much of a reputation in serious academic or policymaking circles," Stephen Walt, a professor of international affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, said to Business Insider.
"He has never published any scholarship of significance and his views on Islam and US national security are extreme even by Washington standards. His only real 'qualification' was his prior association with Breitbart News, which would be a demerit in any other administration," Walt said.
However, in a move straight out of Communist agitator Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" a group of Far-Left Democrats in Congress has now claimed – without any basis in fact – that Dr. Gorka is some sort of Neo-Nazi and an anti-Semite.
A letter signed by 55 House Democrats released on Tuesday asked President Donald Trump to "immediately dismiss" Dr. Gorka.
"As members of the US Congress who care deeply about fighting anti-Semitism at home and abroad, we urge you to immediately dismiss senior White House counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka," the letter read. "Based on recent revelations about Mr. Gorka's public support for and membership in several anti-Semitic and racist groups ... he is clearly unfit to serve in any position of responsibility in your Administration."
Far-Left Congresswoman Nita Lowey has even referred to Gorka as "a sworn member of a Nazi-allied far-right Hungarian group known as the Vitezi Rend."
According to Liel Leibovitz, writing for Tablet magazine, Lowey got this nonsense from The Forward.
Since February of this year The Forward has published no fewer than 39 pieces about Gorka reported by numerous staffers in Hungary and in New York, all of which attempt to posit some link between Sebastian Gorka and his family and Nazis and—judging by the speed with which they are picked up by Democratic Party social-media operatives and elected officials—appear to be part of an ongoing, well-organized, well-funded partisan communications effort concluded Leibovitz.
Leibovitz says that Dr. Gorka is no anti-Semite, as have other independent investigations of Sebastian Gorka's affiliations in his native Hungary. Indeed, about the worst anyone had to say about him was that he was a "self-promoter."
If being a "self-promoter" is a sin, then most of Washington is going to Hell, plus if you write books and articles and appear on TV for a living, without self-promotion you are going to get very hungry very quickly.
Sebastian Gorka's real sin isn't anti-Semitism or self-promotion – it is understanding and, through his writing and media appearances, showing a bright light on what we call the Red – Green Axis; the alliance between Islamists, especially those aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood, and Democrats.
President Trump has indicated Gorka retains his confidence, and we hope that is still true after this latest and most vile lie perpetrated by Democrats against one of Washington's real truth-tellers.


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The New York City-based company, which is part of the Anheuser-Busch portfolio of brands, is introducing consumers to its new Ritas Spritz line.
Consisting of such flavors as white peach rosé, pear orange sangria and strawberry blueberry sangria, the line contains a lower alcohol content as well, the company said.
To celebrate the product launch, the brand is unveiling a new campaign that will feature The Ritas spokeswomen, who believe life is too short to not love what you drink, the company said.
Ritas Spritz are now available for purchase at retailers nationwide and online in four packs of 12-oz. slim cans, 16-oz. single cans and a flavor variety 12-pack of 12-oz. slim cans.


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Professorship for Open Space Development and Society
Complex changes in our society, climate change and the abandonment of the powerful guiding principle of car-oriented cities, which had been in place for many decades, require nothing less than a new way of thinking of a "city": as a healthy, fair and livable place for all.
The research and teaching activities of the Professorship for Open Space Development and Society concentrate on urban open space development on various levels of scale. We teach the theoretical principles and planning skills required for the design of dynamic and adaptable public spaces. We challenge students to think critically and be aware of the socio-spatial context of a planning task.
Particular attention is paid to the socio-cultural aspects of landscape architecture and the social performance of urban open spaces: its suitability for everyday use, the needs of different user groups, the relationship between design and use, its programming, as well as acquisition and participation processes. This also includes questions of contemporary aesthetics and the message that the constructed environment sends out to people with different social backgrounds. In addition, we focus on the future development of monument artwork and how to provide an artistic framework for the collective remembrance of different events.
Our research is both social science-oriented and interdisciplinary. It addresses urban open space development against the background of social change. In a current project, a graveyard is treated as a social space and we are challenging its design and structure in view of a changed funeral culture. Within the scope of our impact research, we evaluate the viability of planning principles and the long-term success of open space designs in residential areas. As part of a book project, we examine the dimensions of cultural diversity in urban open spaces and the environment.
Prof. Dr. Constanze Petrow
Constanze.Petrow(at)hs-gm.de Details
Creating vibrant public spaces (Sechseläuten Square, Zurich) © Constanze A. Petrow
Designing efficient open spaces for residential areas (Bruni-Kreisky-Park, Vienna) © Constanze A. Petrow
Building inclusive spaces, promoting ethnic-cultural diversity (Square Élisa-Mercœur, Nantes) © Constanze A. Petrow
Transforming remnants of the industrial era (High Line Park, New York) © Constanze A. Petrow
Turning graveyards into peaceful spaces for recreation (Assistens Kirkegard, Kopenhagen) © Constanze A. Petrow
Shaping transitions in urban mobility, reclaiming urban spaces (along the river Seine, Paris) © Constanze A. Petrow
Questioning governance structures (Bryant Park, New York) © Constanze A. Petrow
Providing space, facilitating participation (Tempelhof Airfield, Berlin) © Constanze A. Petrow


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We've released an update to our popular app, Bus Pal, which provides timetable information for Metro Tasmania's services operating in Hobart, Launceston, and Burnie. We even added an Apple Watch App!
There's a bit more info on the Secret Lab blog.
The Apple Watch deeply confuses me. On the one hand, I love the idea of a tiny wrist-mounted computer that I can write software for. It's the sort of thing I've wanted since I was a child. On the other hand, Apple's explanatory and marketing copy for the Apple Watch are unconvincing at best (e.g. "They let you do familiar things more quickly and conveniently. As well as some things that simply weren't possible before."), and completely bizarre at worst ("Apple Watch represents a new chapter in the relationship people have with technology"), and the product itself is not what I expect from Apple.
When Tim Cook announced the Apple Watch, he described it as the next chapter in Apple's story. If this is the next chapter in Apple's story, then it's probably time to stop reading since the book just got clunky to use, hard to understand, and really unnecessary. I'm disappointed, because I've spent years telling people that Apple products are better because, well, they were better, and I've always been convinced that Apple users didn't just buy things because they were trendy. The flaws in the watch product, and the outpouring of gibberish from Apple fans and commentators has done a lot to convince me that fanboys are pretty awful.
I'll post more about the watch in a few days, once I've had a chance to think more. I'm looking forward to my Pebble Time arriving next month.
Into the bin, Apple Watch!


We left Leysin on Thursday morning and decided to take the scenic, longer route towards Lavertezzo stopping in Andermatt along the way for lunch. About an hour into our trip, we came across this suspension bridge in Bellwald and just had to stop… My knees may have been shaking a bit as we made our way across. And come to find out, this bridge, the Goms Bridge, was built only this past summer to connect the Bellwald and Ernen hiking areas. It's 92 meters high and 280 meters long.
Our road trip continued over the Furka Pass and into Andermatt for lunch. We found a great restaurant called Cafe Toutoune that we would definitely recommend. We had toasted sandwiches, Carbonara pasta and Flammkuchen (really thin ham, onion & sour cream pizza). After lunch, we walked around for a bit and enjoyed the "Swissness" of Andermatt's old chalets and charming main street.
Only in Switzerland would you have a rustic, beautiful chalet with a modern, sleek addition connected!
Our original plan after lunch was to then take the St. Gotthard pass south toward Ticino, but we realized 1 pass (aka: 100 hairpin turns from the Furka pass) was enough for 1 day. Instead, we took the highway tunnel south through the mountain. The total driving time was about 4.5 hours when we finally pulled into Lavertezzo.
For centuries the people lived, in the summer months, in the Verzasca valley and migrated in the winter, with their cattle, to the lower valleys. Lavertezzo sits back in the Verzasca valley right along the Verzasca river. It's one of the most romantic places we've ever been. The traditional stone buildings look like something out of a fairy tale and it's the perfect starting point for many famous hikes including this one.
The water was stunning. The clearest I've ever seen.
Kelley kept the firing going so we stayed cozy warm!
And here's the outside of the home. It's the one with the skylight in the middle of the photo.
I felt like a little kid again exploring the narrow cobblestone sidewalks throughout this tiny 'neighborhood'. Around every corner was another photo op.
If you do decide to stay in this area, stop at the coop grocery store in Gordola before you make the drive back into the mountain towards Lavertezzo. The road is narrow and full of tight turns so it's not a drive you want to make repeatedly just to 'grab some milk'.
On the way home, we took the Google recommended route which was still not an easy ride, but beautiful none the less. It took us through the tiny town of Re, Italy where this beautiful basilica sat right along the road.
We then traveled through Domodossola, Italy and put our car on the train to travel under the Simplon pass (rather than over the curvy, make you carsick, pass). It's the perfect time for everyone to take a 20 minute nap! Check the times of the train here because it only runs once an hour.
Though there's no "easy" route to getting to Lavertezzo, it definitely won't be our last trip!
Ahhh…I'm inspired to make that drive! Your photos are amazing; the color of that water is incredible! Take me there now!
Really inspiring post, just decided to go there!