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Radiation Does A Bright Number On Europa
As the icy, ocean-filled moon Europa orbits Jupiter, it withstands a relentless pummeling of radiation. Jupiter zaps Europa's surface night and day with electrons and other particles, bathing it in high-energy radiation.
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Hubble Captures Crisp New Image of Jupiter and Europa
This latest image of Jupiter, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 25 August 2020, was captured when the planet was 653 million kilometres from Earth.
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Europa Clipper High-Gain Antenna Undergoes Testing
This is a high-gain antenna (HGA) and a future version of it will send and receive signals to and from Earth from a looping orbit around Jupiter.
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Europa's Optical Aurora
Auroral emissions provide opportunities to study the tenuous atmospheres of Solar System satellites, revealing the presence and abundance of molecular and atomic species as well as their spatial and temporal variability.
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Europa And Other Planetary Bodies May Have Extremely Low-Density Surfaces
Spacecraft landing on Jupiter's moon Europa could see the craft sink due to high surface porosity, research by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Robert Nelson shows.
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Possible Plate Tectonics on Europa
A Brown University study provides new evidence that the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa may have plate tectonics similar to those on Earth.
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New Insights into Ocean Worlds Enceladus and Europa
Two veteran NASA missions are providing new details about icy, ocean-bearing moons of Jupiter and Saturn, further heightening the scientific interest of these and other "ocean worlds" in our solar system and beyond.
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NASA's Europa Flyby Mission Moves into Design Phase
A mission to examine the habitability of Jupiter's ocean-bearing moon Europa is taking one step closer to the launchpad, with the recent completion of a major NASA review.
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NASA Receives Science Report on Europa Lander Concept
A report on the potential science value of a lander on the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa has been delivered to NASA, and the agency is now engaging the broader science community to open a discussion about its findings.
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Evidence of Water Vapor Plumes on Europa
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. This finding bolsters other Hubble observations suggesting the icy moon erupts with high altitude water vapor plumes.
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Europa's Heaving Ice Might Make More Heat Than Previously Thought
Jupiter's moon Europa is under a constant gravitational assault. As it orbits, Europa's icy surface heaves and falls with the pull of Jupiter's gravity, creating enough heat, scientists think, to support a global ocean beneath the moon's solid shell.
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Probing the Mysteries of Europa
Jupiter's moon Europa is believed to possess a large salty ocean beneath its icy exterior, and that ocean, scientists say, has the potential to harbor life.
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Europa - Chaos on a Watery World
Jupiter's moon Europa is brimming with water. Although it is thought to be mostly made up of rocky material, the moon is wrapped in a thick layer of water - some frozen to form an icy crust, some potentially pooled in shallow underground lakes or layers of slush, and vast quantities more lurking even deeper still in the form of a giant subsurface ocean.
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Using Antarctica to Prepare for Europa Mission
Four bleary-eyed men wearing grease-smeared tan jackets or red parkas emerge from what first appears to be a leftover prop from a Mad Max film. Nine silver smokestacks tower above nine fire-engine-red hot water tanks, all bolted down to a large sled.
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Signs of Europa Plumes Remain Elusive in Search of Cassini Data
The new research provides a snapshot of Europa's state of activity at that time, and suggests that if there is plume activity, it is likely intermittent.
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Stunning Remastered View of Europa
Scientists have produced a new version of what is perhaps NASA's best view of Jupiter's ice-covered moon, Europa.
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Europa CubeSat Proposals Selected for Study
NASA has chosen proposals from 10 universities to study CubeSat concepts that could enhance a Europa mission concept currently under study by NASA.
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Evidence of 'Diving' Tectonic Plates on Jupiter's Moon Europa
Scientists have found evidence of plate tectonics on Jupiter's moon Europa. This indicates the first sign of this type of surface-shifting geological activity on a world other than Earth.
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Reddish Bands on Europa
This colorized image of Jupiter's moon Europa is a product of clear-filter grayscale data from one orbit of NASA's Galileo spacecraft, combined with lower-resolution color data taken on a different orbit.
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Exploring Europa - Ocean Worlds of the Outer Solar System
Where is the best place to find living life beyond Earth? It may be a small, ice-covered moon of Jupiter or Saturn that harbors some of the most habitable real estate in our Solar System.
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Failing to File Income Taxes= 8 months in Jail!
Former Denham Springs resident Roderick Dewitt Aguillard III was sentenced Wednesday in Baton Rouge to eight months in federal prison after admitting that he did not file income tax returns on $2.3 million he earned over a four-year-period.
Failure to file a federal income tax return is a misdemeanor crime that is punishable by no more than one year in prison.
Aguillard, 42, now lives and works in Atlanta, Ga. He pleaded guilty to one count of failure to file a federal income tax return for 2007. He admitted in court records that he also did not file federal income tax returns for 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Rene I. Salomon told Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson that Aguillard has never paid $312,200 in taxes due on the $2.3 million he earned in wages and from the sale of his ownership interest in a private company over that four-year period.
Aguillard has been aware for years of his tax obligations to the federal government, Salomon said, but "efforts to recover those funds have been exhausted."
Aguillard did not address the judge.
Rhett Paul Spano, Aguillard's attorney, told Jackson his client is "a hard worker and supports his family."
In signed admissions filed in federal court, Aguillard agreed that he did not file tax returns for the four years mentioned in his criminal case and that he "has failed to file tax returns since 2003."
Aguillard also agreed in those admissions "that he simply ignored the multiple notices and attempts to garner his compliance with tax laws."
According to documents Aguillard signed with both his attorney and the prosecutor, his "excuse for failing to file his tax returns in 2006 and 2007 was that he got divorced in 2005, claimed to not have documents, and became overwhelmed because his tax problems had become 'too large to deal with.' He also alleged that his ex-spouse kept important documents from him. Aguillard's ex-wife denies the allegation of withholding important tax records."
Jackson, the judge, told Aguillard: "It is a privilege to live and work in the United States."
The judge ordered Aguillard to report to federal prison by 2 p.m. June 24 to begin serving his eight-month term of incarceration. Jackson also ordered Aguillard to serve a post-prison term of one year under the supervision of federal investigators. And the judge ordered Aguillard to pay restitution of $312,200 to the Internal Revenue Service.
Criminal defense attorney Michael S. Walsh, who is president of the Baton Rouge Bar Association as well as chairman of the criminal law section of the Louisiana State Bar Association, confirmed that one year in prison is the maximum term that can be imposed on a person who fails to file a federal income tax return.
To obtain a conviction in such cases, Walsh said, there must be a substantial amount of taxes involved. The defendant must fail to pay those taxes, and that failure must be willful.
U.S. Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. said the felony crime of tax evasion is punishable by as many as five years in federal prison. But Cazayoux noted that more than a failure to file a federal tax return is needed to prosecute a defendant for tax evasion.
The deliberate filing of a false tax return can result in a charge of tax evasion, Cazayoux explained. Concealment of income, keeping double and differing sets of financial records and destruction of financial records also can trigger prosecution for tax evasion, the prosecutor added.
In Aguillard's case, Cazayoux said he hopes the eight-month prison term "will send a message to anyone thinking of not paying their taxes. They will be held accountable."
This story was modified on May 24, 2013, because Rhett Paul Spano, the attorney for Roderick Dewitt Aguillard III, was misquoted as saying his client has bipolar disorder. Spano had said Aguillard's minor son has the disorder, not Aguillard. The Advocate regrets the error.
** Article is from The Advocate- May 23rd by Bill Lodge
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Department of Defense DoD Exoskeleton Technical Interchange Meeting
Rita Vazquez-Torres
Mr. Dale Ormond, Principal Director Research, in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense -Research, and Engineering (OUSD R&E) and Mr. Doug Tamilio, Technical Director, US Army Natick Soldier RD&E Center (NSRDEC) sponsored a "DoD Exoskeleton Technical Interchange Meeting" hosted at the NSRDEC facility in Massachusetts. The purpose of the meeting was to gather elite actors, innovators and stakeholders from Industry and Academia to update and educate key DoD decision makers and program managers on two primary topics of interest: "state of the market" and "state of the academia."
Opening on April 25th, the two-day Interchange featured local and national participant panelists, uniformed members and civilian program management leaders. Mr. Ormond, and Tamilio were joined by BG Vincent Malone to encourage the exo-hungry audience to "think creatively and innovatively" in the quest for the ultimate dynamic and disruptive capabilities to meet the Chief of Staff Army's priorities. The driver for exoskeletons is not solely the challenge issued by Gen Milley in August 2017, but a DoD-wide search for capabilities that will improve service member's operational effectiveness, quality of life… and where needed, rehabilitation and recovery for hundreds of uniformed members and their families deserving of improved mobility, reduced pain, faster recovery from injury or simply improving everyday activities – sports, work or home. The forum was meant as a provocative and educational meeting. The meeting outcomes (one in many more of its kind) are being used to carve a targeted Exoskeleton Plan, and support a timely, relevant, robust, and much-needed S&T and fielding investment strategy.
Mr. August Cole, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council launched the 2 days with an enterprising discussion on engineering, science, sci-fi and "the art of the impossible made possible:" "Skeleton Crew: What Sci-Fi Heroes and Villains Reveal About the Future of Exoskeletons." Mr. Cole reflected on the wealth of information that should be harvested from the diasporic "FICINT" (Sci-Fi Intelligence) community, their culture, trends and case studies. He stated that we owe much of the exoskeleton impetus to Hollywood, Marvel and DC comics encouraging the audience to extrapolate and use it's imaginative resources to push the "what we know today" into "what we can only imagine made real" tomorrow.
Familiar WearRAcon 2018 faces from industry reminded us that Exos are HERE. NOW. In use. With favorable feedback from workers and serious attention from insurers and Corporate investors. Their message – where companies invest in health and wellness, there is a direct relationship to productivity and quality of life. Less downtime and certainly a connection to reducing pain. Not without caveats, but increasingly undeniable benefits that outweigh the [minimal] risks. With the market young and emerging, there is still much room to continue to explore and improve products. Consensus remained to investigate and apply the right tool for the right job. DoD recognized that it's not a matter of when or how. It's a matter of dedicated funding and educating, training and familiarizing consumers with physical augmentation devices. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are already changing how we look at warfare and peacekeeping operations. Cognitive and physical augmentation are among the next untapped technological waves with promising potential.
Day 2 focused on Academia and identifying gaps in science and technology. Where Day 1 highlighted the "here and now", Day 2 sparked controversy and discussion. Some academics feel that the road to Exoskeletons is still unpaved and a ways to go, while others are more confident in the state of the market and exploring the "next horizon" – that spot where Exoskeletons respond organically to its wearer through the central nervous system.
The theme for both days boiled down to need for requirements and funding. Developers are ready to deliver. And open to establishing productive relationships and dialogue with the Defense community. Academics are ready to work on glaring science and technology questions. DoD components are prime to explore the uses and potential benefits of Exoskeleton technologies consistent with the Army Futures Vision, SOCOM TALOS, Shipyard Maintenance, Aircraft Cargo Loading and Unloading, Soldier Rehabilitation, and much more. Gracious hosts on the base provided transportation, logistics assistance, and professional hospitality. ASTM 48.91 made a call for the May Open Ballot Voting. Other announcements included the "by invitation only" Army focused exoskeleton roundtable in June and Army user focus groups as well as the Fall NATO Explosive Ordnance Device Working Group, hosted by Slovakia and to be held in Prague.
OUSD R&E and the cast of government representatives are eager and ready to move forward. And so are we.
Special thanks for this wonderful article submission to our guest author: Rita (Rita Gonzalez) Vazquez-Torres
Rita (Rita Gonzalez) Vazquez-Torres is a Senior Technology and Programs Strategist with 20+ years of entrepreneurial government Science and Technology Policy and leadership experience. She has served as Senior Industrial Security/Special Security for Special Programs; Business Development/Strategic Outreach Liaison and team leader. more…
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PHILADELPHIA MUSSAR INSTITUTE
Mussar in the climate of Conservative Judaism and the teaching of Emmanuel Levinas
Mesillat Yesharim
By Rabbi Moshe Hayyim Luzzatto
With a Contemporary Commentary by Ira F. Stone
Chapter 3: Concerning the Divisions of Watchfulness
One who wishes to watch over him or herself must take two things into consideration. First he or she must consider what constitutes the true good that a person should choose and the true evil that he or she should flee from; and second, one must consider one's actions, to discover whether they appertain to the category of good or to that of evil. This applies to times when there is a question of performing a specific action and to times when there is no such question. When there is a question of performing a specific action, one should do nothing before weighing the action in the scale of the aforementioned understanding. And when there is no such question, the idea should take the form of one's bringing before oneself the remembrance of one's deed in general and weighing them, likewise, in the scales of this criterion to determine what they contain of evil, so that one may cast it aside, and what of good, so that one may be constant in it and strengthen it. If one finds in them any evil, one should consider and attempt to reason out what device might be used to turn aside from evil and to be cleansed of it. Our sages of blessed memory taught us this in their statement (Eruvin 13b), "It would be better for a man not to have been created…but now that he has been created, let him examine his deed. Others say, 'Let him "feel" his deeds.'" It is to be seen that these two versions constitute two sound beneficial exhortations. For "examination" of one's deeds refers to an investigation of one's deeds in general and a consideration of them to determine whether they might not include certain actions which should not be performed, which are not in accordance with God's mitzvoth and God's statutes, any such actions to be completely eradicated. "Feeling," however, implies the investigation even of the good actions themselves to determine whether they involve any leaning which is not good or any bad aspect which it is necessary to remove and to eradicate. This is analogous to a person's feeling a garment to determine whether its material is good and sturdy or weak and rotted. In the same respect one must "feel" one's actions by subjecting them to a most exhaustive examination to determine their nature, so that one might remain free of any impurities
In an extraordinarily comprehensive analysis of the act of watchfulness Ramchal "informs" the time we have set aside for reflection with value. That is, once we have accustomed ourselves to pause and reflect, we need to have"content" by which to measure the behavior we are reflecting upon. This content is drawn from Torah and explains the centrality of Talmud Torah to Mussar consciousness. While Torah is not static and, as we've learned, is not only a text but is, rather, the acquisition of a soul bound up in our acceptance of responsibility for another, yet the text itself plays a vital role both as witness to this responsibility and the discourse which identifies and refines the specific details of our responsibility. Thus after we learn to pause and reflect Torah provides us with the discourse by which to evaluate ourselves and also the tool by which we can expand the trait of watchfulness towards the horizon of infinity.
The second piece of learning to profit spiritually from the trait of watchfulness requires that we learn to bring our now value laden reflection on ourselves to bear on our actions. As we have suggested earlier, this requires an ability to reflect on our deeds. That reflection, through Torah, is now an evaluative reflection. Typically such reflection is most easily performed after the fact. However, the goal is to eventually, through more and more diligent reflection, to be able to reflect on our deeds as we perform them and ultimately to reach a stage where we are able to reflect on our deeds before we act.
The final stage of watchfulness as described in this paragraph by Ramchal goes beyond what might so far be construed as merely intellectual process. Basing himself on a talmudic word play that equates examining one's deeds with "feeling" one's deeds, Ramchal enters into the world of emotion and intuition. His example of the reach of these non-intellectual factors is particularly instructive. While it is natural to assume that our spiritual assessment focus on those deeds that are patently in need of improvement, and such an analysis satisfies our intellect, true growth occurs when we can look at the deeds that our intellect would assure us are good and proper.
It is in regard to these that we begin to discern how deceptive our intellect can be, how much a tool of the Yetzer HaRa it can be. For in most of our best moments our actions are an admixture of emotional drives, of the need for recognition, false self-satisfaction and greed, not to mention anger, jealousy and lust. When we can look into our good deeds and discern these emotions at work behind them, when we can focus attention on rectifying these, then the trait of watchfulness has truly been internalized.
To summarize, a person should observe all of his or her actions and watch over all of his or her ways so as not to leave a bad habit or a bad trait, let alone a sin or a crime. I see a need for a person to carefully examine his or her ways and to weigh them daily in the manner of great merchants who constantly evaluate all of their undertakings so that they do not miscarry. One should set aside definite times and hours for this weighing so that it is not a fortuitous matter, but one which is conducted with the greatest regularity; for it yields rich returns.
Our sages of blessed memory have explicitly taught us the need for such an evaluation. As they said (Bava Batra 78b), "Therefore the rulers say. 'Let us enter into an accounting' (Numbers 21:27). Therefore the rulers over their evil inclinations say, 'Let us come and compute the world's account, the loss entailed by the performance of a mitzvah, against the gain that one secures through it, and the gain that one acquires through a transgression against the loss that it entails…"
In this summary, Ramchal introduces the specific technique that will allow an individual to effectuate the trait of watchfulness in his or her life. It is a technique that will become central to the evolution of Mussar consciousness and Mussar pedagogy over a century later in the program of Rabbi Israel Salanter. As we have already seen, critical for Ramchal is the habituation of a time for reflection and evaluation of one's deeds. Here he suggests that in order to be effective such a time must be set aside every day. In effect he is adding to the regular practice of traditional Judaism. He defends this addition on the basis of both what we might call common sense or worldly wisdom and upon the words of the sages.
From the perspective of common sense, Ramchal simply appeals to the ordinary course of events for anyone involved in an important business venture. Such a person must constantly be taking stock. Each day the merchant must determine the available stock. Each night he or she must determine what remains in order to know the extent of the day's sales and to prepare for the next day. Moreover, most merchants are so enamored of their goods (that we call what we sell "goods" raises fascinating possibility for digression that we will not follow here. Yet on the notion that the pursuit of the good is the engine that powers the development of human consciousness it is striking that both the notion of providing good for others and benefiting from providing such goods is built into our language in the mercantile sense.) If our business activities require such attention daily, then Ramchal assumes we will conclude that the health of our souls requires no less.
He goes further. Based on the Talmudic passage in which the verse from the book of Numbers is interpreted, he comes very close to adding a mitzvah, making the act of daily Heshbon HaNefesh into a commandment. Central to Mussar practice is the process of Heshbon HaNefesh, literally "An Accounting of the Soul." Mussar practice presupposes an individual who is willing to set aside a regular time to pause and reflect upon his or her life.
Heshbon HaNefesh begins with solitude. In order to look into our soul clearly we must avoid the distractions, which often divert our attention from ourselves. Simply practicing being in a room alone, of being aware of all the distractions that our own imaginations furnish seemingly unbidden, is an important exercise preliminary to Heshbon HaNefesh. In truth, these diversions are not unbidden. They come at our inner request in order to "protect" our soul from scrutiny. In the language of Mussar tradition, the source of these diversions is the Yetzer HaRa, the inclination for evil. We reiterate, this can be an important and useful term. Our fear of confronting ourselves is certainly inextricable from our sense of ourselves. It is part and parcel of our very constitution. It is the record of every disappointment, rejection, and failure. It is the echo of disappointment, rejection, and failure that reach us from beyond our self enclosure, from the lives of those others who have had a share in bringing us into being itself. This accumulation of pain otherwise than from our being is justifiably called the Yetzer HaRa.
It is this Yetzer HaRa that pushes us to obscure the view of our soul through the diversions of everyday life. Solitude strips away those diversions forcing the Yetzer HaRa to generate diversions out of our own consciousness, which are, in turn, overcome by virtue of being exposed to the light of our reflection. Once these diversions have been dissipated we can focus on the particular character traits that stand in the way of our bearing the burden of another and of thus experiencing the penetration of the Infinite into our finite lives. The remedy for whichever particular traits are under scrutiny that will be offered in more detail below by Ramchal is Talmud Torah. That is to say, that while the acquisition of Torah via bearing the burden of another rightly precedes learning Torah, never the less when we have cleared away the guile and pretense by which we normally view our behavior, study of specific verses and texts of the tradition whose content addresses the traits in question can penetrate deeply within us and cause a change in our behavior. Thus, acquisition of Torah and learning Torah are inextricably bound together in such away that each is the cause of the other.
This is true counsel could not have been given, nor its truth recognized by any except those who had already departed from beneath the hand of their evil inclination and come to could not have been given, nor its truth recognized by any except those who had already departed from beneath the hand of their evil inclination and come to dominate it. If one is still imprisoned by one's evil inclination, they cannot see this truth and they cannot recognize it. For the evil inclination literally blinds their eyes and they become as one who walks in the darkness, where there are stumbling blocks before them which their eyes do not see. As our Sages of blessed memory said (Bava Metzia 83b), "You laid down darkness and it was night" (Psalms 104:20). This refers to this world which is similar to night. How wondrous is this truthful commentary to him who concentrates upon understanding it. For the darkness of night can cause two types of errors in relation to a person's eye: it may either cover the eye so that it does not see what is there at all, or it may deceive a person so that a pillar appears to him as a person, or a person as a man. In like manner, the earthiness and materialism of this world is the darkness of night to the mind's eye and causes people to err in two ways. First it does not permit one to see the stumbling blocks in the ways of the world, so that the fools walk securely, fall and are lost without having experienced any fear… Second, even worse than the first error, stems from the distortion of their sight, so that they see evil as though it were goodness itself, and good as if it were evil, and, because of this, strengthen themselves in clinging to their evil ways.
The spiritual effort that is described by the trait of watchfulness turns out, upon reflection, to be anything but elementary. That is to say, it is not the person controlled by his or her evil impulse who benefits in the first place from watchfulness, but rather the person who has already made strides in distancing him or herself from this impulse. This is surprising, perhaps, it is somewhat disheartening, but it highlights the psycho-spiritual acumen of Ramchal and, at the same time, strikes us as sobering but true. Sobering because we have so far to go, but true because we have, perhaps, already begun to sense that the depth of effort involved in watchfulness requires a commitment that is not commensurate with our merely having read Mesillat Yesharim to this point. We will return to the import of this sobering truth below. For the moment we turn to consider, if you will, its source, the psycho-spiritual acumen of the author.
At the very moment that Ramchal moves from what we might call the theoretical to the practical, the very moment that we know that we must stop reading and start living, the moment when we are brought to the point of following with assent the steps that he is describing, Ramchal chooses to "refuse" our progress on the grounds that it has been too intellectual, in the first place, and by definition superficial. If we have been merely reading his book, despite his warning in the introduction that this is not a book meant to be read, but a book meant to be studied, then any further forward progress through the text will be futile. We are not ready for the rigors of watchfulness, let alone cleanliness, purity, zeal or the like. What's worse, not being ready will not only preclude further understanding, but will retard whatever progress we may have made. We will turn against the book, turn away from it and feel justified in clinging to the self-satisfaction of our present behavior. This is because we have not really internalized the lessons of the very first words of the book, neither the Introduction nor the first chapter. They are not, we realize meant to be introductory in the conventional literary sense. They are the first steps in a spiritual-ethical transformation. The trait of watchfulness, let alone the later traits, is built upon the foundation that we have already blithely read and in all likelihood, forgotten!
What are we to do? The simple but complex answer is: go back to the beginning! This time not to read but to study. To say each line of text aloud, to chant it, to have it chanted to us by a companion, to open our heart as well as are mind so that we truly accept our mission to seek the happiness implicit in our creation through our pursuit of the good. We must return to King David's psalm and seek to experience the song and service of God's goodness in the only sure way that we can in this world: by serving the living expression of God in the world, our neighbor. We must bear the yoke of our neighbor before we can aspire to live in the house of the Lord. Or, we must understand that this world in which we live can be styled the house of the Lord by virtue of our service. Before we can begin the more arduous exercises aimed at spiritual-ethical perfection we must already have given ourselves over to the simple mandate of acquiring Torah that we've mentioned before, bearing the burden of the other.
The language that Ramchal chooses to describe this necessary first crisis in our spiritual growth is also of great interest and sensitivity. He talks about this crisis in terms of darkness and defines the two pitfalls of darkness that we must become aware of even, perhaps especially, at this early stage in the process. The obvious pitfall of darkness is not being able to see. Despite its being obvious it is no less important for that and we shall explore its implications. But more critical and more full of insight is the distortions that occur in the dark. Worse than not seeing anything is seeing one thing and by reason of the distortion of the darkness calling it something that it isn't. Calling what is evil good and acting upon it is worse than merely doing what is evil. Such is the crisis we have brought ourselves to while trying to learn the path to perfection by mere intellectual means and thinking it could be easily done.
For it is not enough that they lack the ability to see the truth, the evil staring them in the face, but they also see fit to find powerful substantiations and empirical evidence supporting their evil theories and false ideas. This is the great evil which embraces them and brings them to the pit of destruction. As Scripture states (Isaiah 6:10) "The heart of this nation has become fatted, and its ears have become heavy, and its eyes have turned aside, lest…" All this because of their being under the influence of the darkness and subject to the rule of the evil inclination. But those who have already freed themselves from this bondage see the truth clearly and can advise others in relation to it.
Thus we must return to the beginning to overcome our reticence at confronting the evil inclination, for it is the power of this inclination to convince us that what we see as evil is actually good. It is the power of self-deception that is entwined with every rationalization which most stands in the way of spiritual progress. It is especially so in that the evil inclination makes use of our most natural desire. Thus it makes especial sense to return to the beginning of Mesillat Yesharim for it is there that we first encountered the basic building block of Jewish spirituality, the desire for the good, which is also the desire for pleasure. It is the distinction between the two and their necessary overlap which we must explore and evaluate in the shadow of the persistence of evil. Ramchal uses scripture to describe this as having a "fatted heart" which should not be understood only in terms of an excess of material possessions, as we learned earlier, since both the poor and the rich are susceptible to spiritual blindness, but rather refers to the inability to distinguish between different types of desire.
Rather, we need to understand the image of the "fatted heart" as a spiritual/philosophical term. Or better still as a perceptional term, for it has to do with how we see, in the deepest meaning of seeing. The characteristics that comprise the "fatted heart" have to do with the way we see ourselves in the world, or how we create a world of meaning through our vision of ourselves in the world. When we create a world in which our individual needs constitute the whole of the meaning of that world then the world that we create will be "fatted" or filled with our own neediness. However, when the world we create is a world engendered from the soul rather than from the ego, that is, out of our desire to serve the needs of our desired, our beloved, then it will be a world in which the good of the other and our true good will be eminently "visible."
To what is this analogous? To a garden-maze, a type of garden common among the ruling class, which is planted for the sake of amusement. The plants there are arranged in walls between which are found many confusing and interlacing paths, all similar to one another, the purpose of the whole being to challenge one to reach a portico on their midst. Some of the paths are straight ones which lead directly to the portico, but some cause one to stray, and to wander from it. The walker between the paths has no way of seeing or knowing whether he or she is on the true or false path; for they are all similar, presenting no difference whatsoever to the observing eye. One does not reach the goal unless they have perfect familiarity and visual acquaintance with the paths through their having traversed them and reached the portico. One who occupies a commanding position in the portico, however, sees all of the paths and can discriminate between the true and the false ones. Such a one is in a position to warn those who walk upon them and tell them, "This is the path; take it!" One who is willing to believe this will reach the designated spot; but one who is not willing to believe this, but would rather trust in their eyes, will certainly remain lost and fail to reach it. So too, in relation to the idea under discussion. One who has not yet achieved dominion over the Yetzer HaRa is in the midst of the paths and cannot distinguish between them. But those who rule over their Yetzer HaRa, those who have reached the portico, who have already left the paths and who clearly see all of the ways before their eyes – they can advise those who are willing to listen, and it is to them that we must trust.
The analogy that Ramchal uses to exemplify this state of spiritual "fat-heartedness" is that of the garden maze. It is precisely an example of the fact that seeing the visible is not sufficient for spiritual growth. Regardless of how good one's visual acuity is in the maze the true path cannot be discerned. Not because vision is misleading but because despite its being accurate it is not enough. Rather, knowledge derived from a source other than experience is necessary. Knowledge is more important, more accurate, than vision. But not just any knowledge will do. The knowledge that is needed is the knowledge of how little one knows! The important knowledge is the knowledge that leads to seeking a teacher who has already achieved the vantage from the portico, conquered the Yetzer HaRa. Presumably Ramchal is explaining precisely his role in our progress.
And what is the advice that they give us? "'Let us enter into an accounting.' Let us compute the world's account." For they have already experienced, and seen, and learned that this alone is the true path by which a person may reach the good that they seek, and that there is none beside this.
What we can expect to learn from Ramchal, or any true spiritual teacher, is not the answer but the method of finding our own answer. That method is Heshbon HaNefesh, the reflective accounting of our actions which is at the heart of Mussar. Through the application of Heshbon HaNefesh the teacher has already learned how to control and transform the Yetzer HaRa and is therefore "in the portico."
What emerges from all this is that a person must constantly – at all times, and particularly during a regularly appointed time of solitude – reflect upon the true path (according to the ordinance of the Torah) that a person must walk upon. After engaging in such reflection one will come to consider whether or not their deeds travel along this path. For in doing so it will be certainly be easy to cleanse oneself of all evil and to correct one's ways. As Scripture states: (Lamentations 3:40) "Let us seek out our ways and examine them, and we will return to God.
Ramchal uses the end of this chapter to surprise us with the fact that the trait of watchfulness is not only crucial, not only foundational for what is to come, but already requires a significant spiritual turn. This turn has already been described in the preceding chapters. In the actual flow of Mussar instruction we would, in fact return to the beginning. We would review more intensely our commitment to the goals and obligations that were laid out in chapter one and the centrality of the commands outlined in chapter two. However, we will continue on to the next chapter in the expectation that such spiritual effort has been expended.
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Science Advisor to President Trump
I've been interested in who would fill the position of Science Advisor to Donald Trump since I posted this article (on LinkedIn) a year ago. Kelvin K. Droegemeier (pictured [1]) was confirmed by the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee to be the Head of the OSTP. However, he still has one final hurdle of approval by the full Senate to overcome later in the year. I've been reading about him, his scientific background, his career, and religious convictions. He reminds me a lot of my late father-in-law, both in the resemblance of his photograph and in aspects of his character. I'm hopeful that he just might be the voice of reason in that America needs in the White House right now. I'll tell you why later in this article.
The Office (OSTP)
The office of Science Advisor to the President dates back to World War II under Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was first instituted as the Office Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) and chaired by Vannevar Bush until 1951. Under Harry S. Truman, from 1951, it became known as the President's Science Advisory Commission. (PSAC). Under Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1957, the PSAC was moved to Washington where it was instrumental in advising the president on the so-called "Space Race" in response to the launch of Sputnik I by the USSR.
The current Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) came about after Richard M. Nixon scraped the PSAC after the second Science Advisor that he appointed, Edward E. David Jr, resigned. In 1976, under Gerald R. Ford Jr, the OSTP was established to advise the President and executive officers on a broad range of science and technology issues. After Nixon, the office of Science Advisor became a very political one; with something of a wary divide between most presidents [2] and their advisors.
Indeed, Edward David, himself, said: "Science and politics may meet in the White House … but they don't mix well [3]."
A similar wariness has existed between President Donald J. Trump and the OSTP. The office of the Science Advisor has remained unoccupied for the last 20 months. However, on 1 August, Droegemeier became the Presidental nominee for the position The nominee has appeared before a Senate committee, hearing on 23 August where his nomination was confirmed by a vote of the same committee (on 5 September). The last hurdle is for the Senate to approve the nomination.
In an administration that has rewritten so many of the rules, in this case, we have a scientist appointed as science advisor. Furthermore, his posting has been widely applauded by the scientific community A welcome piece of calmness in a stormy sea of controversy and division on so many other issues confronting this administration.
The Droegemeir appointment is a bit of a departure from the tendency to appoint physicists in this office but a scientist from a more applied field is welcome, especially as his field is predicting extreme weather. If the current national pattern of severe and costly hurricanes, floods, droughts, and forest fires continues, then he'll be kept very busy on policy for these matters alone.
Dr. Droegemeir is no stranger to politics of both colors having served previously on the National Science Board (which controls the National Science Foundation) under both George W. Bush and Barrack Obama. But according to John Holdren, the previous science adviser to Obama, the biggest obstacle is the President himself:
"He will have many challenges in his new post, not [the] least of which that there is no evidence President Trump is interested in science" [4].
Certainly, Droegemeier is late to the party and its difficult to see how much headway he can make in the time remaining for the current administration. My hope is that he can bring the argument of the "miracle machine" of innovation that he wrote about, with Daniel Reed, in the Des Moines Register [5].
In that article, the authors point out that science and technology innovation has generated more than half of US economic growth since WWII. They also point out the danger to the US economy of falling behind to other nations, if investment in science and particularly, basic science, is not competitively maintained.
If Droegemeier can advance the cause of funding for science and technology with the current administration, then his time in the White House will be well spent.
As two of the other candidates previously considered for the role of science adviser were Yale Professor David Gelernter (a doubter of the effects of climate change) and Princeton Professor William Happer (a well-known contrarian on climate change), the question that is most often asked is "what stance will Droegemeier take on climate change whilst at the White House?"
Indeed, Droegemeier has been criticized by both Science [6] and Nature [7] for ducking the question of climate change, at his nomination hearing, when it was raised by Senator Ted Cruz. I think it's very likely Droegemeier was just being truthful because in his mind, as a weather modeler, weather and climate are distinctly different things. Anyone asking that question of him is displaying that they don't understand the difference between weather and climate.
Given how politically charged the subject of climate change is with the current administration, I would highly doubt that Droegemeier will be able to exert much influence at all. What I do think is needed is some kind of recognition from the President that thinking about science requires a different skillset than thinking about politics, government, business or more mundane issues. As the late Carl Sagan said, with typical succinctness:
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
President Trump likes to "shoot from the hip" and no issue seems out-of-bounds when it comes to offering his opinion. When it comes to science, he just doesn't have the thinking skills required and "winging it," as he likes to do, makes him look foolish.
He should stick to doing what other President's have done: rely on the experts that they appointed to give you their best advice. If Kelvin Droegemeier could convince President Trump to do this, at least for some science and technology issues, it would be a major step forward.
As to getting the administration to reconsider signing the Paris accords, that's going to take a lot more than just one man. It's going to take all our efforts, all those who call themselves scientists, both inside and outside the US, to make ourselves known.
Edit: As of 2nd January 2019 Kelvin Droegemeir was formally appointed as White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) as reported in ChemistryWorld.
[1] The photograph has been sourced from WikiCommons and originates from a National Science Foundation (NSF) online publication.
[2] The notable exceptions being the Clinton administration with Neal F. Lane and the Obama administration with John Holdren.
[3] Edward E. David Jr, quoted from David Levitan, "When a President Banishes Science From the White House": The Atlantic online, published 31 October 2016; accessed 20 September 2018.
[4] Reported by Christa Marshall. "Trump picks Okla. extreme-weather expert as science adviser": EE News online, published 1 August 2018; accessed 20 September 2018; subscription required (a free trial is available).
[5] Kelvin Droegemeier and Daniel Reed, "'Miracle machine' of U.S. innovation is in danger": Des Moines Register online, published 11 June 2017; accessed 20 September 2018.
[6] Jeffrey Mervis, "White House science nominee ducks chance to refute climate skeptic at Senate confirmation hearing": Science online, published 23 August 2018, accessed 20 September 2018.
[7] Sara Reardon, "Trump's science-adviser pick hedges on climate change": Nature 560, 536-537 (2018), available online; published 23 August 2018, accessed 20 September 2018.
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By deferring decisions to poorly understood algorithms, industry professionals effectively shed accountability for any negative effects of their code.
But do these algorithms discriminate, treating low-income and black neighborhoods and their inhabitants unfairly? It's the kind of question many researchers are starting to ask as more and more industries use algorithms to make decisions. It's true that an algorithm itself is quantitative—it boils down to a sequence of arithmetic steps for solving a problem. The danger is that these algorithms, which are trained on data produced by people, may reflect the biases in that data, perpetuating structural racism and negative biases about minority groups.


My work incorporated the notion of child play. Play is a right of childhood, it is spontaneous and fun. Italso representing a crucial aspect of children's physical, intellectual and social development. It help inchildren education, social skills and therapeutic benefits too. My work revisited child play, it is an innocence play in just like them during the process without any worry and commitment. It is as simple as it is.
We used to practice through exercise books in our learning process at school, exercise book is a good blank space for practice and express. It may be considered as the way to record the way we grows and part of our life process too. It is a space to play.
Working as a children art teacher I discovered that children reveal their emotions through doodling and tell story in their drawings. I observe how children doodle and incorporated them into my work. I adopted those images for my painting and transformed them into my own visual language. It reminds me the way I was when I was little. This process taps into the memory about my childhood where it has a lot of activities including reading picture books, playing with toys, doodling on exercise books, singing and playing music rather than playing with the latest technological gadgets.


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Well it looks like not posting in February is getting to be a tradition on this little blog. Whoops!
I'd say it's about time for an update! Let's start with Christmas. We traveled to Aunt Debbie's house ("MerryLand") in MD for a stretch of days around Christmas and just relaxed. It was really nice. Here's a Christmas greeting recorded at the time.


Readings start at 7:30 p.m. on the third Monday of the month (July 16 and August 20, 2018).
Hungry Young Poets is our summer reading series featuring regional poets as well as a musical guest. Admission is $3 at the door, and the Tree House bar will be open!
Joseph Emanuel is a poet who mostly writes about grief and identity. He was born, raised, and completed undergrad in St. Louis, and he looks forward to beginning his MFA at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in August.
Michelle Tong is a Chinese American graduate student and poet at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she helps run Melanin Speaking, a literary and arts journal for the college's multicultural community. She uses academic research and poetry to explore the intersection of diaspora, culture, and change in communities of older adults. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Margins, Waccamaw, Watershed Review, and elsewhere. She tweets @michelletong_.
Kristi Carter is the author of Red and Vast (dancing girl press, 2018), Daughter Shaman Sings Blood Anthem (Porkbelly Press, 2017) and Cosmovore (Aqueduct Press, 2017). Her poems have appeared in publications including So to Speak, poemmemoirstory, CALYX, Hawaii Review, and Nimrod. Her work examines the intersection of gender and intergenerational trauma in 20th century poetics. She holds a PhD from the University of Nebraska Lincoln and an MFA from Oklahoma State University.
Luther Hughes is a Seattle native and author of Touched (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2018). He is the founder/editor-in-chief of The Shade Journal and associate poetry editor for The Offing. A Cave Canem fellow and Windy City Times Chicago: 30 Under 30 Honoree, his work has been published or is forthcoming in New England Review, BOAAT, TriQuarterly, The Adroit Journal, and others. Luther received his MFA from the Washington University in St. Louis. You can follow him on Twitter @lutherxhughes. He thinks you are beautiful.
Winner of the 2018 Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Prize, Paul Tran is poetry editor at The Offing and Chancellor's Graduate Fellow in The Writing Program at Washington University in St. Louis. Their work appears in The New Yorker, Poetry Magazine, and elsewhere, including the anthology Inheriting the War (WW Norton, 2017) and movie Love Beats Rhymes (Lionsgate, 2017).
Syna So Pro, Syrhea Conaway, is a one woman band who uses a multiplex of effects pedals, rack units, mixers, several instruments, and drum beats to create her live sound. It can best be described as musical performance art as she dances on an array of pedals, plays the violin, guitar, keys, bass and sings to create a wall of sound stitched together piece by piece. Lyrically, Syna So Pro sings of emotional rebirth through self discovery and the challenges of bringing us closer to ourselves, while she stitches together melodic lines that weaves the messaging and music together. Do not be surprised to see her forgo all external instrumentations and rely on her voice to carry an entire performance. Focusing on the nerdery of intertwining melodies, chord progressions, and sonic sounds, Syna So Pro creates an aural ride that will etch itself in the minds of the listeners. Dubbed "A On Woman Musical Enigma", Conaway's live performances do not disappoint.
Charlotte Covey is from St. Mary's County, Maryland. In May 2018, she earned her MFA in Poetry at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. She has poetry published or forthcoming in journals such as The Normal School, Salamander Review, CALYX Journal, the minnesota review, and The Monarch Review, among others. In 2015, she was nominated for an AWP Intro Journal Award. She is co-editor-in-chief of Milk Journal.
David Alejandro Hernandez is an undocumented writer, originally from Guadalajara, Mexico, but mainly from Northern California. He holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Washington University in St. Louis, where he was recently made the 2018-2019 Senior Fellow in Poetry. Poems have appeared in the Berkeley Poetry Review and OmniVerse, and are forthcoming in Fence.
Billy Youngblood was born and raised in the Greater Los Angeles area where he lived, studied, worked, and wrote (except a brief spell in northern Pennsylvania) until moving to St. Louis to attend to Washington University, where he recently received his MFA and where he will serve as the Junior Poetry Fellow for the 2018-2019 school year.
Joss Barton is a writer, photographer, journalist, and artist documenting queer and trans* life and love in St. Louis. She recently toured with transfemme writers collective Heartspark Press' The Transsexual Empire Strikes Back Literary Tour in December 2017. She was also a 2016 fellow at Topside Press' Writers Workshop for Trans Women Writers and a 2013 Fiction Fellow at the Lambda Literary Foundation's Emerging LGBT Writers Retreat. She has performed her work with touring queer country band Lavender Country, and Saint Louis' Metro Trans Umbrella Group, and for The Contemporary Art Museum of Saint Louis, and Nine Network's 2015 Public Media Commons Artist Showcase. She is also an alumni of the Regional Arts Commission's Community Arts Training Institute. Her writing has been published by Ethica Press, Vice Magazine, Femmescapes Zine, For Your Eyes Only Zine, HIV Here & Now, Locusts: A Post-Queer Nation Zine, Heartspark Press, Nameless Woman: An Anthology of Trans Women of Color, and Vetch Poetry: A Transgender Poetry Journal. Her first book, An Ozark Rainbow, a forthcoming collection of poetry and prose, will be published by Indolent Books.
Joe Betz is an Associate Professor of English at Ivy Tech Community College and lives in Bloomington, Indiana. He earned his MFA from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He was named a semi-finalist for the 2018 Discovery/ Boston Review Poetry Contest, a finalist for the Edna St. Vincent Millay Poetry Contest from The Tishman Review, and is a Goldstein Prize winner, given by Michigan Quarterly Review. Recent poems appear or are forthcoming in Ninth Letter, TINGE Magazine, and Gulf Stream Literary Magazine.
Frances Klein is a high school English teacher. She was born and raised in Southeast Alaska, where her parents still live. She earned her Bachelors in Secondary Education at the University of Portland, then taught in Bolivia and California before settling in Indianapolis with her husband Kris. She has been published by Tupelo Press, GFT Press, and Linden Avenue, among others.
Raphael Maurice is a poet, translator, teacher, and writer. He lives in Washington, Missouri where the river keeps its secrets.
Our musical talent for the evening is Catching the Westbound. Transplants to St. Louis from Arizona and Ohio, Emily Stuart and Andy Schreiber blend together elements of rural American music. Drawing from a catalog of original songs and 19th and 20th century folk standards, the duet weaves together syncopated string rhythms of country-blues guitar with vocal melodies that evoke the hardships and hopefulness of Appalachian Mountain gospel.


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In this project, geoscientific documents from the BC Geological Survey's Property File were scanned and used to make available additional geological information pertaining to Geoscience BC's QUEST areas. Property File is now an online database accessible at http://propertyfile.gov.bc.ca/; the original hard-copy archive contains an estimated 100 000 geoscientific documents from the last 150 years of BC's mining history, of which approximately 9000 are available online including the 2860 contributed in this project.
Documents used in this project were donated to Property File's Industry File by companies including Cyprus-Anvil, Rimfire, Chevron and Placer Dome. The documents were sorted, culled, catalogued, scanned, indexed, posted to the online database and cross-referenced with any related MINFILE occurrences. In total, 481 MINFILE occurrences were updated and 17 new MINFILE occurrences were identified.
These and other locations examined in the past and documented in Property File may have become of economic significance since the publication of the original reports. By synthesizing information found in the Property File database with the information from the ARIS and MINFILE databases and the MapPlace, exploration companies can save both cost and effort to find viable occurrences that were once unviable due to location or grade.
Geoscience BC Report 2009-17 (also released as BCGS Open File 2009-10) includes a database of all QUEST Property File documents made available online as part of this project, links to new MINFILE occurrences identified during the project and KML files for viewing the updates in Google Earth.


About a year ago, I was supporting a couple through labour when things began to stall.. contractions slowed down.. and mum and baby were both showing signs of getting tired. She'd tried changing position, going for a wee, all the oxytocin inducing techniques, but it wasn't speeding back up.. hmm we were thinking, what next? THEN, she ate a single, mini jammy dodger… We were back in business!! Things picked back up, and within the hour, she birthed her baby naturally, in the pool, like the absolute superhero she was!
When things slow down in labour, everything we learn, particularly in hypnobirthing, tells us we must be producing Adrenalin.. Are you feeling scared? Did someone new come in the room? Where's the oxytocin gone? Why has it all slowed down? But, though the hormones of labour are CRUCIAL in helping things go smoothly, there are other things we need to take into account. And one of them is food!
Um.. 'Why WOULDN'T you eat in labour?' I hear you ask! A bit of background.. Historically, almost 100 years ago now, the majority of women were put into something called 'twilight sleep' for their births- where they would be so heavily anaesthetised, they would have no memory of the birth, and unsurprisingly, eating or drinking in this state wasn't a good idea – and it came with a high risk of aspiration (inhaling vomit), and therefore, women were discouraged (or even forbidden) from eating. Fortunately 'twilight sleep' is a thing of the distant past and the current risk of aspiration whilst under general anaesthetic during birth, today is 0.0000007% (0.7 in a million!). Phewf! For some reason, even though such medicalisation of birth is now non existent, the idea of 'not eating' during labour seems to have stuck around. Hmm..
Surges (or contractions) are the muscles of the uterus contracting and releasing, for several hours or even days up to the point of birth. In order to do this, they need energy (obviously)- which as you can guess- requires food (or calories in some form)! Very little has research has been undertaken specific to the nutritional needs of women in labour, but research in sports science has found that taking in carbohydrates during 'exercise' (ie. Labour) improves performance and protects against fatigue and ketosis (where the body burns it's own fat or tissue for energy- rather than the carbohydrates from food).
So perhaps that is how the magic Jammy Dodger saved the day and saved the birth! The final sugar rush her body needed to get that baby born! They were the first thing I put in my hospital bag for our own birth, and I even almost bought shares in Jammy Dodgers.. (though any variety of sugary snack would do the trick!).
So when you're packing your birth bag or stocking the cupboards for your home birth- make sure you've got some high energy snacks in case things slow down.. If the usual methods of bringing back surges aren't working- this might just do the trick!
The current guidance in the U.K. is that low risk labouring women, including those with epidurals, should be able to drink and eat as they choose throughout labour. The only time where the recommendation is for you to not eat, is if something happens during labour where your 'risk' of c-section becomes more likely (And epidural does not increase the likelihood of c-section) or if you use opioid drugs (which can cause nausea/sickness).


You probably have wondered why there are 24pcs to 36pcs brush set in the market and how can you utilize them all on your face. Does it really have to be a different brush when blending eyeshadows? Why do we need a separate brush for liquid and powder foundation?
If you're a beginner and wondering why do you need makeup brushes to step up your makeup game, here's a quick guide to know the basic makeup brushes and what it is for.
Powder brushes usually have fluffier bristles in round shape. It is used for loose powders or even pressed ones.
Foundation brushes can be used to apply liquid foundations, without streaks and creases. It is usually in flat or flat kabuki form.
Brow brushes are often angled and has a thin and stiff end. It is used to apply brow powders and gels to create a fine brow design.
Liquid eye liners usually have a mini brush included in the package, but if you want to apply your eye liners in a more precise way, using eye liner brush is the best. It can make you grip the brush like a pen so you can form your winged eye liner on fleek better. Eye liner brush can be used on liquid or gel eye liners.
Lip brushes has a small and flat fibers that can be great for precise application. If you don't want your lipstick to be too sticky or cake-y, using lip brushes help apply lip products professionally.
Concealer brushes are usually thin and has a small brush head that can be used with cream or liquid concealer to hide redness or dark circles and other skin imperfection.
If you're a makeup rookie and doesn't use that much eye shadow, there are few kinds of eye shadow brush.
Eye Shadow Base Brush - Used to apply eye shadows on the lids. It is a flat brush that can also be used for blending the eye shadows.
Eye Shadow Blending Brush - It is used to blend mixed eye shadow shades to create a more dramatic look.
The highlighter brush usually features soft bristles and fibers. It is used to apply highlighters and bronzers to give a little shine on nose, cheeks, and forehead.


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Nanova Biomaterials Inc. Begins Manufacturing Fluoride Dental Varnish
Posted on Monday, November 3, 2014
COLUMBIA, MO.— Nanova Biomaterials Inc., a company that grew out of research conducted at the University of Missouri, is manufacturing its first product from a plant in Columbia. The company began manufacturing a fluoride dental varnish called StarBright about a month ago after the product received approval from the Food and Drug Administration. It held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday at its $1.5 million plant in Columbia.
Hao Li, Nanova co-founder of the company and Missouri associate engineering professor, said the company hopes to have the dental varnish on the market in December.
"Getting FDA clearance is very time-consuming, so we are pretty proud" we got "everything done in a year," Li said. "That's pretty fast, I think."
Nanova was in founded in 2007 and Nanova Biomaterials was created in 2013. It uses nanotechnology to produce particles with new properties. For example, the dental varnish contains more fluoride than other products on the market, The Columbia Daily Tribune reports (https://bit.ly/1u0Q4rd ).
The company currently employs 13 people other than two university researchers who are company founders. It hopes to double its workforce by 2016 and create up to 50 jobs in the next five years.
Nanova also is working on a filling material for dental cavities that Li expects will receive FDA approval by next summer or fall.
The company has received $50,000 through the Development Tax Credit Program and it has been approved $11,500 through the Missouri Works Training Program. Nanova also has been authorized to receive $564,000 in benefits through the Missouri Quality Jobs program but it has not yet received those benefits.
Li, a native of China, has attracted investors from that country. The Chinese venture capital firm SummitView Capital has announced plans to invest $7 million in the company and the Chinese government also approved an $8 million loan package that Nanova could use to finance its growth, Li said.
Source: BMD.com


The first quarter of the year brings with it a chance to switch things up, whether in an organization's structure, branding or goals for the future. A new year, after all, reminds people about the possibility of change — as well as the benefits those changes can bring about.
Members share a few ways you can help your organization embrace change and grow this year.


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American TV host Larry King dies after being hospitalized with COVID-19
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Larry King, giant of US broadcasting who achieved worldwide fame for interviewing political leaders and celebrities, has died at the age of 87.
King conducted an estimated 50,000 interviews in his six-decade career, which included 25 years as host of the popular CNN talk show Larry King Live.
He died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to Ora Media, a production company he co-founded.
Earlier this month, he was treated in hospital for Covid-19, US media say.
The talk show host, famous for his braces and rolled-up sleeves, had faced several health problems in recent years, including heart attacks.
Larry King: US TV legend who hosted 50,000 interviews
King was married eight times to seven women and had five children. Two of them died last year within weeks of each other – daughter Chaia died from lung cancer and son Andy of a heart attack.
'Unique and lasting talent'
King carried out interviews with every sitting US president from Gerald Ford to Barack Obama and a number of world leaders. His other high-profile guests included Dr Martin Luther King, the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and Lady Gaga.
"For 63 years and across the platforms of radio, television and digital media, Larry's many thousands of interviews, awards, and global acclaim stand as a testament to his unique and lasting talent as a broadcaster," Ora Media said in a statement, without giving the cause of death.
A Chapter Closed Today!
A name in journalism, 63 years of media dominance, host of popular talkshows lost his life at the age of 87 #Covid_19 #RIPLarryKing @kingsthings @CNN #LarryKingLive pic.twitter.com/dslSzTmUHK
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So You Launched an App – Now What?
You've launched a mobile app. You're waiting for your download numbers to skyrocket. But what if your beautiful baby gets lost in the sea of newly published apps? How do you attract attention to your application without spending big bucks in the process? Check out the following fabulous resources for mobile app developers to discover delightful download-driving options where you can promote your app for free.
Although it is meant for startups, developers can submit their apps to StartupLi.st too. Whether you have a new iOS, Android, or Mac application, you can post your product for free. Frequented by early adopters and angel investors on the hunt for the next big thing, you can get your product in front of an influential tech crowd without emptying your pockets in the process.
With over 7000 followers on their Twitter feed, Launching Next is another excellent tool for app developers on the hunt for increased downloads. Submit your app's URL, details about your product, and screenshots to entice users to your site. For just a few minutes of your time, you can get your application in front of early adopters searching for new tools and tidbits to try.
Although you might think of Growth Hackers as a site for marketing professionals, their network is filled with early adopters and tech geeks searching for cool tools. If your app appeals to business users seeking to simplify their schedules, consider posting your app for free on Growth Hackers. Be prepared to defend your application and participate in feedback discussions. You might even discover new features you can incorporate into your next version thanks to the helpful feedback you'll receive from the GH crowd. With an audience of over 129,000 on Twitter, you might be surprised by the number of downloads the Growth Hacker community will send your way.
Launching an app on Google Play or in the iTunes store is only the first step. You can't submit an application and then just sit back and wait for the rave reviews to roll in. The development process was the easy part. Your toughest battle is going to be driving downloads on an ongoing basis. If you want to capitalize on the newly launched cache, it is imperative you do everything you can to promote your product in a variety of places.
Good one! Check out "BetaPage" A platform where founders/Innovators can submit their startup here, for getting feedbacks, beta subscription, early adopters, traffic and users.
Very useful information that you posted here. I am sure there are plenty of questions when it comes to your app once it has launched.
Getting the traction you need to make your app bring in the ad revenue is the hardest part. Of course, YOU love the app, but how do you get anyone else to love as much as you do?
Very nice. I have had an app available for a few short months right now, but I never really thought about a plan for getting more traffic, awareness or even followers for that matter. These tools are a great place to start!


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Home English News Take Part: The Surprising City Where Rape Victims Are Finding Justice
Take Part: The Surprising City Where Rape Victims Are Finding Justice
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY TRISTAN MCCONNELL Fatima (not her real name), 14, who was arrested after reporting a rape, poses at the Elman Centre in Mogadishu on March 24, 2015. After Fatima, 14, was raped by a tuk-tuk driver, she was arrested, detained for a month and raped repeatedly by a police officer, she and her aunt said, in a country where sexual violence is widespread and if anyone is punished, it's often the victim. AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)
In Somalia, rape and sexual violence are alarmingly commonplace. Insufficient law enforcement and fear of being punished for reporting their attacker keep women from speaking up. Between January and November of 2013, there were 1,700 rapes in the country's capital, Mogadishu, according to the United Nations. There were just 2 rape convictions in that same year.
But one method being used in another Somali city, Hargeisa, holds promise. Founded in 2008, The Baahi-Koob Cente is a "one-stop center where victims can report their crime to police while also receiving medical care, legal counsel, and psychological support," TakePart's Jacob Kushner writes. This approach is working in Hargeisa, according to Antonia Mulvey, founder of the NGO Legal Action Worldwide, and now she wants to bring its benefits to Mogadishu.
Though there was resistance at first, as well as a struggle to collect resources and funds, the center in Hargeisa has now made it possible for women to report their rapes, seek treatment, and bring justice to their attackers. Just a few years after its launch, 200 cases of sexual violence were being reported to the center each year. By 2013, the center had taken on 326 cases, 171 were prosecuted and 54 of those cases resulted in convictions. In 2014, the center had 399 cases, 191 of which were prosecuted, yielding 47 total convictions.
Similar one-stop centers are also operating in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kushner writes, with similarly promising results.
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Home » Germantown • Washington County » Unveiling the new Gehl Foods Performing Arts Pavilion in Germantown | By Andrew Davis
Unveiling the new Gehl Foods Performing Arts Pavilion in Germantown | By Andrew Davis
Author: Andrew Davis |
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June 21, 2018 – Germantown, WI – Smiling faces filled the grounds at Fireman's Park in Germantown on Wednesday for the official unveiling of the Gehl Foods Performing Arts Pavilion.
The Pavilion was introduced in 2009 as a concept for a small band shell structure in the middle of the park. The Germantown community loved the idea, and many individuals and businesses generously donated to the project.
Several of these donors were present Wednesday afternoon including representatives from Fibreform Containers Incorporated, and Keller Incorporated, as well as three members of the Marine Corp League Kettle Moraine Detachment.
Several members of the Gehl family were also at the event. Gehl Foods, a leading manufacturer of dairy-based products, has been based in Germantown for over a century.
The Gehl family created a wave of enthusiasm for the project with an upfront $100,000 donation and later an additional $25,000 donation.
The Germantown Kiwanis also played a huge role in the development of the Pavilion. John Krause, a member of the Kiwanis, led a campaign that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars and kept the interest high.
The plan for a small band shell gave way to a beautiful pavilion that will become the focus of many Germantown activities. The Village President of Germantown, Dean Wolter, emphasized that, "This pavilion will act not only a grounds for celebrations such as 4th of July, but also as a prominent performance arts center in Germantown."
Wolter continued by accentuating the support the community has had for the project.
When referring to the foundation of the stage, which is constructed of bricks with the engraved names of some of the more prominent donors on them, Wolter commented, "Each one of these bricks represents a person or a family who believed in this project, and expressed that support through a rather large donation. Behind those, are the bricks that were purchased when people donated $25, $10, or $5. No matter the donation size, everyone in the community was part of this process, and we will all be able to enjoy this fantastic new addition to this park."
The official program concluded with the cutting of a ceremonial ribbon, but the festivities were far from over. Afterward popcorn, soda, and snacks were provided for those in attendance.
At this point, the Germantown Community Band filed onto the Pavilion. This band, directed by Jim Barnes, is celebrating its 20th
anniversary this year, and the band's many diverse members were thrilled to be playing on the newly-opened stage.
As the first notes of the Star Spangled Banner erupted from the brass and wind instruments, it became evident the Gehl Foods Performing Arts Pavilion was well worth all the time, effort, and dedication.
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If you have a stash of fabric scraps you don't know how to use, then a scrap quilt is the perfect project. Whether you're interested in stitching a fun play mat or a couch quilt to cuddle under, these free scrap strip or "I Spy" quilt patterns are sure to spark your creativity. Both are fast, easy, eye-catching, and require no special skills. Instructions are available to download and print for your convenience by clicking on the miniature pattern image, or utilize the information at Guide for Adobe Printables for additional assistance.
The strip quilting technique is done by sewing scrap strips of assorted widths directly onto a fabric foundation. The foundation can be any size and shape, but for this pattern uses an 8 1/2" square. This quilt is perfect for a throw quilt, but you can alter it easily to be larger or smaller for use on a bed or as a wall hanging.
Keep the kids busy and happy while in the car, on the sidelines of a sporting event, or during a snow day with this I Spy quilt mat. This quilt uses a variety of novelty print scraps as each square is a different image that can be spied. No two squares are duplicated. An abundance of scrap solid fabrics are also used as the borders around each square.
The definition for scrap fabric is basically a personal perception. It may be bits and pieces smaller than your hand, leftovers from previous projects, old clothing, or fabric you have acquired with no project in mind. What ever your definition, your scraps can be made into a quilt. Check out these links for additional free scrap quilt patterns and inspiration.
The Reversible Holiday Table Runner at Simply Notable allows you to show off your favorite novelty print scraps. One runner will not be enough! Done in a variety of scrap strips, you will be planning the next one before the first one is finished. This scrappy runner would be a terrific last-minute gift for friends and family.
The Easy as Pie quilt pattern offered at Crazy Mom Quilts is simple and charming. A quilting novice will appreciate the simplicity of using rectangles for this quilt top, and a fabric hoarder will love the stash-busting qualities.
If you need a simple quilt for sitting on the sidelines of your child's next sporting event, then April Rosenthal's simple Super Scrappy Soccer Quilt tutorial is a great choice. This is a unique idea for sewing a quilt. Scrap fabric squares and rectangles are sewn directly onto the blanket's layers, basically quilting as you create the quilt top. The edges of easy scrap are exposed and will fray beautifully when the quilt is washed.
The free Scrappy Summer Quilt Pattern at Cluck Cluck Sew is a fabulous way to use up an abundance of scrap bits. The 4-patch/square block combination makes this a versatile pattern for a quilt of any size.
If you have a large collection of fabric scraps but making a quilt seems overwhelming, consider scaling it down. Any quilt pattern can be made using scrap fabric, and there are many small projects you can create. Pillows, purses, potholders, eye glass cases, and coasters are just a few ideas you can complete in just an hour or two.


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Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as patroness of the Carmelite Order. The first Carmelites were Christian hermits living on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land during the late 12th and early to mid 13th century. They built in the midst of their hermitages a chapel which they dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, whom they conceived of in chivalric terms as the "Lady of the place." Our Lady of Mount Carmel is also the patron saint of Chile.
Since the 15th century, popular devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel has centered on what is commonly known as the Brown Scapular, or, the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This sacramental is associated with promises of Mary's special aid for the salvation of the devoted wearer. Traditionally, Mary is said to have given the Scapular to an early Carmelite named Saint Simon Stock. The liturgical feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is celebrated on July 16.
The solemn liturgical feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was probably first celebrated in England in the later part of the 14th century. Its object was thanksgiving to Mary, the patroness of the Carmelite Order, for the benefits she had accorded to it through its rocky early existence. The institution of the feast may have come in the wake of the vindication of their title "Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary" at Cambridge, England in 1374. The date chosen was July 17; on the European mainland this date conflicted with the feast of St. Alexis, necessitating a shift to July 16, which remains the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel throughout the Catholic Church.
The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is known to many Catholic faithful as the "scapular feast," associated with the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a devotional sacramental signifying the wearer's consecration to Mary and affiliation with the Carmelite Order.
O most beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendour of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in this my necessity. O Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein you are my Mother.
O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart, to help me in this necessity; there are none that can withstand your power.
O, show me herein you are my Mother, O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. (3 times)
Sweet Mother, I place this cause in your hands. (3 times)


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Sophie has always had a innate talent for art and illustration and decided to apply her skills by studying Art, Design and Communication Technology at RMIT. Since graduating in 2002 she has worked in numerous agencies and studios across Melbourne as an art director for many of Australia's biggest brands.
Over the years these brands have included; Lavazza, Saeco, Dilmah, Serina, Lagina, Nuttelex, Parks Victoria, The Food and Wine Show, Nova, Farm Pride, Ansell, Carsales.com.au, Miele, Cadburry, B&O, Porsche, The Natural Confectionery Company, Robot Building Supplies, Face of Australia and Dulux. And while employed at Green Scribble I worked with The National Trust, YSAS, YoDAA, FebFast, City West Water, EPA Victoria, DELWP, TWUSUPER, Cbus, Kinetic Super, City of Port Phillip and many more.
Sophie draws inspiration from far and wide, having traveled to over 30 countries and being actively involved in international creative networks. She uses her varied experiences to create intelligent design, specialising in beautiful illustration and branding.
Sophie is that rare and unique mix of talent in design – she delivers beautiful creative designs, with flair, while balancing this, as required, with the commercial realities of budget and brand. In more than five years of working with Sophie she has delivered fantastic concepts and creative work that has proved to be contemporary and timeless. Importantly Sophie's designs are relevant to the client and audience and her brands are practically developed and implemented.
Sophie is also a pleasure to work with as she takes a positive and proactive approach to projects and design.
Jeremy Beaumont
Green Scribble
127 Lygon Street Carlton
Ph: 61 3 9329 0006
Sophie was employed by The Ross Partnership as a senior art director, graphic designer and mac operator and I worked closely with her on a number of major advertising and marketing projects.
Sophie combines originality, creativity and professionalism in a way that is unusual in someone as clearly talented as she is. While her strengths are definitely in the area of design, she was also able to meet deadlines and apply herself, when required, to often tedious rote work, meeting tight deadlines and being responsible in a way that creative people often find taxing. Without exception, every piece of work she designed was exceptional, while still managing to meet restrictive briefs.
Sophie was mature and intelligent in her problem solving and attitude to difficult situations. Her manner was conciliatory and she was refreshingly amenable to even tedious tasks.
For a highly intelligent woman with more than her fair share of artistic talent, Sophie had virtually no ego. She was kind to other staff members, constructive and a delight to work with.
We were disappointed to lose someone of such talent, versatility and responsibility, but the position was not sufficiently challenging and Sophie unfortunately decided to leave at the end of 2008. She did so with the company's very good wishes and no regrets.
Please feel free to contact me if you require any further information.
Meg Sorensen
The Ross Partnership
31 Guildford Lane Melbourne
Ph: 61 3 82561644
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Volunteer interpreters are needed at Purdon Conservation Area during the peak Showy Lady Slipper Orchid blooming period from mid-June to early July. Volunteers assist visitors with plant identification and site history, and provide light maintenance. Training provided.