Technology combines solar hot water panels with one large fresnel lens to flash the hot water to steam for running a turbine to generate 6 kW of electricity, all for around $6,000, with an ROI of 3-5 years.
How can this setup be 60% efficient at producing electricity out of sunlight via steam when the most efficient steam turbine powered generator is only 30% efficient?
I rate this as Not Congress:Top 100 Technologies -- RD at this time. This is neither original nor a commercial product.
The basic concept is doable and could deliver significantly lower costs. Fresnel lens do have the ability to generate significant heat. This is easy and roughly 80% to 90% efficient in converting solar energy to steam. However, his claim of 60% efficiency is complete BS. The best steam engines are ~25% to 30% efficient in converting steam to mechanical energy. The real efficiency would be more along the lines of 80% x 30% ~ 24% with potentially additional losses in the steam pipe system and the generation/inverter systems. However, some efficiency could be recovered by using the excess heat energy to heat water for hot water or for home heating.
However, 'steam-powered electrical generation systems are highly regulated because they can be extremely dangerous and deadly' if improperly designed, allowed to corrode, and/or improperly maintained. The challenge is in a) designing a flash boiler and steam engine that is safe, b) that can operate unattended, be idiot proof, c) meets ASME steam boiler, engine, and safety standards, d) obtain state level boiler operating permits and approval, and e) has the necessary engineering design signoffs for installation.
This system does not [appear to] address these five critical requirements. Furthermore, these five requirements implicity require a properly funded commercial entity with sufficient insurance. Given most state regulation of steam, this concept would not be practical for most homes due to safety concerns. Just consider the liability and bad press that would result from one accidental venting of steam that burns some kid. For a residential application, it would have to be foolproof and extensively tested to ensure it is safe even following failures. In addition, it would have to be installed in a location outside of the house (outdoors or in a shed) where it is secure and could not harm children. If a company can meet all five of these criteria, this approach would be a top ten technology.
The net result is that if a person lies about their resume or uses titles or ranks that they did not earn to make them sound more distinguished, one cannot trust other claims they may make about a technology or venture.
Respectfully, I think we're perhaps being a little too tough here. A.) The guy claims to have a working prototype or at least something he's made from an old television screen that seems to work. B.) His max electrical efficiency is going to be about 30%, but as all turbines go, cogenration systems are the way to boost this number (he's just not marketing that fact well). C.) He's got "bang for the buck" on his side (and that's big in my book) D.) I think it shouldn't be too difficult to get these computerized to a fail safe mode and installed on rooftops or in non-childeren activity areas. E.) Readily available/manufactured components (no silicon shortages). I think we're looking at a contender, I gave it a top 50.
I have been aware of his site for almost two years, have done similar experiments with fresnel lenses, and have done a lot of research investigating what would be required to make such a system work. They have a real tech geek coolness factor, start fires in ~30 seconds or less, and can melt metals.
The safety and regulatory issues here are very significant and non-trivial. I have seen no evidence that he has done anything to comply with all regulatory requirements for operating steam boilers and engine, or meet ASME standards. Meet those two, and this moves up a notch to barely be a top 100 tech. Run this device without them, you are going to have significant legal exposure for violating various laws regulating the operation of steam boilers and the state regulators can and will shut down your business.
Aside from the fresnel lens that are commercially available for ~$40 each, the boiler assembly and the steam engine are not off the shelf, readily available components. Since there is not an ASME specification for solar boilers, one would have to go through extra regulatory scrutiny and have a registered professional engineer sign off on the design and get the state boiler regulator in each state that you wish to do business to sign off on it as well. The steam world is very conservative for a very good reason - steam boilers and engines can be lethal. They also have thermal shock, corrossion, and maintenance issues that can lead to failures over time (hence the regulatory requirements for annual hydraulic water pressure tests and the requirement of keeping a trained boiler operator on site at all time when operating).
The bang for the buck variable here is positive if you do it as a DIY project. However, once you add lawyers, insurance, trained boiler operators, and regulators into the mix, the costs inflate substantially -- much like the ladders at Home Depot that cost $50 to make and $250 for the insurance. Many steam regulators will not allow these devices to run unattended without a trained steam boiler operator present when running. Add the labor component, and the good economics evaporate for home scale systems (for utility or MW scale systems the labor cost per watt is minimal). This is why stirling engines make more commercial sense for this application than a steam engine, despite their having substantially more technical challenges to manufacture.
Most importantly, I don't see the team, funding, and organization needed to implement a viable business. This model is mostly about execution. I don't see "Sir" Charles as being someone who could successfully execute all of the steps required to be successful.
I'm actually on board with Dr. George on this one. This is a good proof-of-concept, but you are not going to get solar boilers on roofs...in this country. Is this a product for this country? Maybe...maybe not. I can tell you, having lived in West Africa, I could have 30 of these things running a village and pumping water right now. Don't forget a what system like this can do as flash steam distillation to improve the quality of water in a remote location. Can you use it to turn a turbine? Maybe. Would I?...probably not.
Don't be to hard on this type of device, they worked great in the 1900-30's when they pumped water in Pasadena, California through the Orange groves. 'This is a better and cheaper use of direct solar power than silicon and it needs to be promoted and improved'. It may be using water now but it could eventually lead to Stirling or an Ericson's Cycle that gets in excess of 51% efficiency (according to the RAND Group.) I wouldn't get too caught up on efficiencies on these low tech systems. I don't care if I have to use a hydraulic pump ramming a pneumatic piston pushing a spring against a rubber band snapping at a mouse as long as it works, its cheap and sustainable.
You are looking for inexpensive systems that perform a work function. Now drop this onto a team of brilliant DIY garage engineers and see where it goes. I bet it gets pretty interesting.
I noticed that Dr.George has stated "The best steam engines are ~25% to 30% efficient in converting steam to mechanical energy.". I am not certain why he would say this, as steam turbines even years ago demonstrated efficiencies of 75% or more, and some units today rank at 90% or better. Power plants in operation today also show a fuel-to electrical power efficiency of 75% to 85%.
When you consider that we do not use fuel per se, only raw heat, our efficiencies of 60% are very reasonable. Electrical generators typically have an efficiency of 93% to 97%. In the worst case here, using a steam turbine with 75% efficiency and a generator of 93% efficieny, you would get a yield of 69.75% from front to back. Best case would be slightly better than 90%.
The scale of our system dictates a certain loss of heat due to the square-cube law. Larger systems have a smaller surface to volume ratio and tend to retain heat more effectively. This helps to raise their efficiencies significantly.
Later he does state: "However, some efficiency could be recovered by using the excess heat energy to heat water for hot water or for home heating." Clearly he did not hear this in the program that one aspect of our system is that 'we recover the waste heat for hot water and radiant heating'. I would not hazard a guess at our end efficiency taking the heated water into account until we have completed our testing and characterization.
Finally, he writes: "This system does not [appear to] address these five critical requirements." Since he has not seen the system only heard a rough description of it, it is not possible for him to make a reasonable assessment. Nothing was mentioned of the installation, location, safety features, or any other of his concerns. Therefore, his pronouncement seems a bit hasty due to lack of facts to deal with.
So I feel that his assessment is probably missing something, or perhaps he is not truly aware of the parameters of steam turbines and electrical generators (although that seems unlikely to me considering his credentials). 'His concerns about safety are in fact addressed in our system'. My focus [in the Directory:Charles Shults' Fresnel Solar Design] was on the availability of this technology for people, rather than debating the safety points. People want to know what is coming down the pipe and when it comes to evaluating the systems, they will have questions about safety and operation which we will answer for them.
One thing that is odd is his statement: "Only the King or Queen of England can knight individuals". This is false. It is based on a belief that knights only exist at the whim of England. How does this belief persist? 'Many countries have knights' this exclusivity is based on the belief that the Scots (who have their own set of royalty that is in fact now recognized by Burke's) cannot possibly have knights of their own. A knight is not defined as being a product of England, nor do knights of other cultures depend on the blessing of the crown for their existence.
One hour [Jan. 28, 2008 Directory:Charles Shults' Fresnel Solar Design duration] does not really allow a great enough span of time for the revelation of these points. And, for what it is worth, this sort of treatment is common from people of letters who encounter somebody who has not attended a university and develops something significant. This is a shame because great and useful collaborations can result from the differences in experience and viewpoint that each of us has.
Thank you for graciously allowing me to appear on your show. I will happily provide more material substantiation for our system in the near future as well as more detailed technical specifications.
For the purposes of his application (a 5-10 KW solar concentrator), 25%-30% efficiency is about the maximum one can get. Smaller steam engines and turbines have inherent limits relative to their megawatt scale big brothers. The largest GE Power turbines achieve efficiencies in the 30% to 42% range. They can reach 50% to 60% if used in a combined cycle process where the waste heat is used. If you add cogeneration using the waste heat in a secondary turbine, you can get to 85% to 90% total system efficiency. However, this requires superheated steam in constant high pressures which would be extremely difficult to maintain in a fresnel lens ./ flash boiler system operating solely on solar power. Since solar output varies from hour to hour, you will have a much lower-grade, variable pressure steam relative to the steam used in megawatt scale nuclear or fossil fueled plants. This significantly reduces the efficiency of the system.
All of the above estimates are based on direct generation of clean AC power (something that may not be possible given the variable steam temperature and pressure). DC to AC power inverters have efficiencies between 80% and 96%, depending on the inverter chosen.
As for being knighted, those are the rules for the United Kingdom and Scotland is part of the UK. The United States does not use or recognize these titles. Mr Shults uses this (non-official) title to embellish his bio and sound more distinguished. The reality is that he never went to college and it is probable that his resume exagerates and embellishes his work experience. I don't have a problem with his lack of a college degree but I do have a problem with [un-official use of] titles and possible embellishing of resumes. Such behavior destroys trust and if I cannot trust you about titles and resume items, I cannot trust your claims about new energy devices or products.
In defense of Mr. Shults, I think you are taking a leap to assume that he has an embellished resume, which you have never inspected. Having worked 10 years at Martin Marietta Aerospace, etc., he is not likely to have embellished his resume, nor needed to. As for the title of "Sir", your usage of the terms "fake or purchased" is completely unfair. As you pointed out earlier, he was knighted in Scotland by Dr. Nelson Ying, the Baron of Balquhain. http://www.bautforum.com/conspiracy-theories/33150-setting-record-straight-sir-charles-shults.html Your point on formalities about how and where the term "Sir" may or may not be used within the UK's stipulations for such, may be true but frankly, my respect for titles and rules is not that great. I don't care where the fork is placed at my dinner table, so long as I have a fork. I will not refuse to eat if it is placed on the right, rather than the left and I'm not much inclined to aspire to be able to eat at dinner tables where such distinctions are fussed over. I find this shallow and intentionally belittling to those who can't afford such luxury.
There are other Americans who proudly display their title of "Sir" such as Sir Richard Branson. It don't think it is offensive or inappropriate if someone who has been knighted wishes to use the "Sir" appellation. Actually, I think it's pretty cool, and shows an international sensibility and connection -- and international citizen, rather than confined to his country of origin for his identity.
If Dr. George has questions about my claims or my resume, I insist that he perform a full background check. It will prove to be quite illuminating. My Department of Defense DoD-48 form is on file, NATO records of an unclassified nature are available, and if needed, he can verify my personal tooling stamps on the hardware if he is capable of getting the needed security clearances.
As a token I am attaching [below] a link to a picture of myself inside a secured facility in front of a Pershing II nuclear missile equipped with a live warhead for testing purposes. I am located front and center with the curly hair, wearing the yellow secret clearance badge. The project head was Dr. Carrol Whitescarver, the older gentleman with the blue badge located over my left shoulder.
The telephone pole structure in the background is the nuclear EMP simulator facility.
Design and feel I need to mention a correction to some energy figures.
energy density figure is very clearly wrong and needs to be corrected.
per square centimetre (that's only logical) - not 12MW per square cm.
need to email in to correct it.


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A businesswoman from Bristol is launching an online contest to sell her million-pound 19th-century cottage in Pill.
Hat-maker Tricia Hamilton, who runs Tricia Designs, plans to use proceeds from the competition, which costs £10 a ticket to enter, to reinvest in her business and will also give a donation to charity.
The ticket price has been raised from £2 to £10 – there are 150,000 tickets being sold – but the competition will be open to everyone on February 15. And each household in the UK can apply for one ticket for free.
The property, called Roselands, is a four-bedroom cottage with 17 rooms over three floors, including three bathrooms, two reception rooms, and several outhouses.
Built in 1829 and coming with half an acre of land, the house has been on the market for over a year. But Tricia says she just hasn't found the right buyer.
The property, she explains, is "relatively cheap" to run, thanks to solar panels and a fruit and vegetable garden.
The designer plans to move to Oxted, in Surrey, to be with her two children and 91-year-old mother.
She said: "It's very unique, which works well for such an unconventional sale. I'd describe it as a Tardis as it's much more spacious than it first appears.
"It's also fairly cheap to run. I've only turned the water heating on seven times in a whole year. Also, I rarely have to buy fruit or veg during the summer."
Tricia says the house is worth £1 million following thorough renovation on the property, but she took over £300,000 off the original asking price while it was on the market.
Under the terms and conditions of the competition, the winner will have all the fees and stamp duty paid for them.


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Q: mysqli_insert_id after commit always returns zero Here's my (simplified) code.
$sql = "
INSERT INTO Orders
  (
    UserID,
    DeliverToID,
    BillToID
  )
  VALUES
  (?,?,?)
  ";
$stmt = $conn->prepare($sql);
$stmt->bind_param('iii', $userId, $deliveryID, $billingID);
$stmt->execute();
$conn->commit();
$orderID = mysqli_insert_id($conn);

The problem is that mysqli_insert_id always returns zero.
The Orders table has an Auto Generated column, so according to the docs, it SHOULD work.
However, I found if I move the mysqli_insert_id to before the commit, then it returns the last inserted ID just fine.
But I don't understand why and I can't find anything in the PHP online docs to explain it, apart from a comment from 11 years ago, stating the same problem, but with no plausible explanation.

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Hollywood loves a good villain and with #OscarsSoWhite no longer trending, superhero movies have been cast as the new enemy plaguing the industry this awards season, despite the fact that comic book movies are the tentpoles that prop up the movie business.
This is a joke article, right?
Benedict Cumberbatch doesn't even need an Oscar now that he's got a decade of superhero work ahead of him.


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The court legalized the penalty to Voronezh, the capital threatening the judge
The Moscow city court upheld the sentence of a fine in the amount of 270 thousand rubles to the resident of Voronezh Mikhail Kvasov, who was convicted of Internet threats of the Metropolitan judge Stanislav Minin, told RIA Novosti press-service of the court.
"The Moscow city court upheld the decision of the Meshchansky district court of Moscow without change, the appeal complaint – without satisfaction", - told the Agency interlocutor. The hearing took place without an audience.
In early March of this year petty-bourgeois court of capital has appointed the man a fine of 280 thousand rubles, but they spent several days in custody, the sum was reduced by 10 thousand. Mobile phone brand Huawei, which Kvasov has committed a crime, the court decided to pay state income.
Under article "threat by murder, causing of harm to health, destruction or damage of property against a judge," Kvasov was threatened with punishment up to three years of imprisonment. Blame the 34-year-old native of Hungary was not recognized. As stated by his lawyer Olga'she, a resident of Voronezh did not intend to threaten anyone with murder, and in his comments was referring to an abstract situation.
From the indictment it follows that Kvasov under the photo of the judge of the Tver court of Moscow Stanislav Minin in social networks has left a comment, which "encouraged the public" to go to rallies. The man added that he intends to kill Minin and is not afraid of criminal prosecution. Earlier media reports suggested that Kvasova was delayed because of threats to another Metropolitan judge Alexei Krivoruchko.
Minin had been the day before interrogated in court in the closed mode. As later told protection Kvasova, the judge said he still feels safe. Minin explained that is not a user of social networking, about online threats in the address learned from the press service of the Moscow city court, conducting daily monitoring of the most popular network resources.
In the case of threats Krivoruchko took place Eugene wiggle-tails, Polovtsian Sergey and Alexey Veresov. SK the Russian Federation dismissed the case against the Polovets in connection with absence of structure of a crime, the wiggle-tails was sentenced to a fine of 110 thousand rubles, Veresova fined 160 thousand rubles. The latter was charged that on the page and in one of the communities on "Vkontakte" he was accompanied by a photo of the judge Krivoruchko threatening comment. The wiggle-tails, according to the investigation, left a similar message in Twitter.
Minin in September, prologo year sentenced the programmer Konstantin Kotova to 4 years in colony of General regime on the article about repeated violation of the established order of the meeting or pickets. Kotov became the second person in the country, has received real term for similar charges - the first was Ildar Dading, but in his case Supreme court the conviction was overturned. This spring, the court of cassation sent the case Kotova in Moscow city court previously recognized the legitimate sentence, for review. In the end, the appellate court reduced the sentence the cats to one and a half years in prison.
#Konstantin Kotov
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class DatadogSync
  # Update dashboards in Datadog from the local filesystem (import to DD).
  #
  # ==== Attributes
  # * +dashboards_path+ - local path where to load json files from (String)
  # * +title_pattern+ - pattern to filter dashboards by name using regex, empty by default (String)
  # ==== Returns
  # * IDs of updated dashboards (Array)
  def update_dashboards(dashboards_path, title_pattern="", format=:json)
    regex = Regexp.new(title_pattern)
    base_path = File.expand_path(dashboards_path)

    unless File.directory?(base_path)
      logger.error "Provided gashboards path does not exist."
      raise DoesNotExist
    end

    all_dash_files = Dir.glob(File.join(base_path, "*"))

    logger.info "Found #{all_dash_files.count} local dashboards"

    filtered_dashes = []
    filtered_dashes_ids = []

    all_dash_files.each do |file|
      data = case format
      when :yaml
        load_yaml_file(file)
      else
        load_json_file(file)
      end
      if data["title"] =~ regex
        filtered_dashes << data
        filtered_dashes_ids << data["id"]
      end
    end

    logger.info "Updating #{filtered_dashes.count} dashboards with pattern /#{title_pattern}/ from '#{base_path}'"

    import_dashboards(filtered_dashes)

    return filtered_dashes_ids
  end

  private

  def import_dashboards(dashes)
    dashes.each do |dash|
      import_dashboard(dash)
    end
  end

  def import_dashboard(dash)
    dd_client.update_dashboard(
      dash["id"], dash["title"], dash["description"],
      dash["graphs"], dash["template_variables"]
    )
  end
end

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McDonough (McDonogh)  is an Irish surname.

McDonough, McDonogh may also refer to:

Place names
McDonough, Delaware
McDonough, Georgia
McDonogh, Louisiana
McDonough, New York
McDonough County, Illinois
MacDonough Island, Island County, Washington
McDonogh Place Historic District, Baltimore, Maryland
Lake McDonough, Barkhamsted, Connecticut

Schools in the United States
McDonogh No. 35 Senior High School, New Orleans, Louisiana
McDonogh 19 Elementary School, New Orleans, Louisiana
John McDonogh High School, New Orleans, Louisiana
McDonogh School, a college-preparatory school in Owings Mills, Maryland
Maurice J. McDonough High School, Charles County, Maryland
McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Alma Grace McDonough Health and Recreation Center, Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia

Ships
USS Macdonough (DD-9), an early destroyer that served from 1900 to 1919
USS Macdonough (DD-331), a Clemson-class destroyer that served from 1920 to 1930
USS Macdonough (DD-351), a Farragut-class destroyer that served from 1934 to 1945
USS Macdonough (DDG-39), a Farragut-class guided missile frigate (destroyer leader) that served from 1959 to 1992
, an 1862 ferryboat acquired by the Union Navy for use as a gunboat during the American Civil War

Other uses
McDonough County Courthouse, in Macomb, Illinois
McDonough Gymnasium, a multi-purpose arena in Washington, D.C.
McDonough Museum of Art, in Youngstown, Ohio
McDonough Park, a stadium in Geneva, New York
McDonogh Road, in Baltimore County, Maryland
McDonough–Fayetteville Road, part of Georgia State Route 920 in Metro Atlanta area, Georgia
McDonough syndrome, medical condition

See also

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About September 23
September 23, 2022 is the 266th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 99 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Virgo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
September 23: More About This Day
It is frequently the day of the Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the day of the Vernal Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.
What Happened On September 23
Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the Investiture Controversy.
The Merchant Royal, carrying a treasure worth over a billion US dollars, is lost at sea off Land's End.
First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.
American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
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Audit Committees and Auditor Independence—ALGA Presentation to the San Diego City Council. San Diego voters subsequently adopted a ballot measure establishing a more independent performance audit structure (reporting to an audit committee) based on ALGA's advice.
Benefits of Audit Committees and Independent Performance Auditors—ALGA Presentation to the League of California Cities.
Presentation to Oakland Unified School District Board—The school district subsequently established an audit function.
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On Monday, February 12th, 2018, at 7:30 pm, the Eugene City Council voted 5-2 (Clark & Taylor opposed, Semple absent) for Resolution No. 5219 to refer the Citizens for Sensible Oversight proposal for an independent performance auditor to voters on the May 2018 ballot.
On Wednesday, January 24th, 2018, at noon, the Eugene City Council held a fifth work session on the issue of a city auditor:
Agenda & materials
On Monday, January 22nd, 2018, at 7:30 pm, the Eugene City Council held a public forum, at which many spoke on the issue of a city auditor:
On Wednesday, January 17th, 2018, at noon, the Eugene City Council held a fourth work session on the issue of a city auditor:
On Wednesday, January 10th, 2018, at noon, the Eugene City Council held a third work session on the issue of a city auditor:
On Monday, January 8th, 2018, at 7:30 pm, the Eugene City Council held a public forum, at which many spoke on the issue of a city auditor:
On Monday, December 11th, 2017, 5:30–7:00 pm, the Eugene City Council held a second work session on the issue of a city auditor:
On Monday, November 20th, 2017, 5:30–7:00 pm, the Eugene City Council held a first work session on the issue of a city auditor:
The Eugene Performance Auditor Study Group has completed it work and submitted its findings to Eugene Mayor Lucy Vinis, the Eugene City Council, and the community:
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For information about Eugene Mayor Lucy Vinis, her blog, and her monthly dashboard of city efforts, please visit her official page.
For information about the upcoming May 2018 election, please see information for the Eugene City Recorder.
For information about the Citizens for Sensible Oversight (CSO) alternative please visit CitizensForSensibleOversight.org.
For information about the ballot initiative Measure 20-283 by chief petitioners Bonny Bettman McCornack, David Monk and George Brown, please visit CityAccountability.org.
For information about Check and Balances, the nonprofit Bonny Bettman McCornack, David Monk, Paul Nicholson and Wayne Lottinville established "to engage in research, outreach, and education to help guide policy and financial decision making by our community and its elected and non-elected leadership," please visit Checks-Balances.org.
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The social struggles of our time are better witnessed in the streets.
Many of the greatest youth development theorists over the past half-century have described adolescence as an "era of commitment." Evidence of this premise was apparent during the high school walkout and protest Nov. 2 on campus. While some media sources and anti-protesters chose to coarsely focus on how these young people "skipped class," they failed to recognize a number of important aspects.
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Q: Classical geometric interpretation of spinors A lot of notions in differential geometry have direct meaning in Physics. For example:

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*A Riemannian metric is a way to encode distances on a manifold and in Physics it is the gravitational field. The curvature of the Levi-Civita connection gives the strength of the gravitation in a certain sense,

*A principal $G$-connection is a object that allows us to do parallel transport conveniently with respect to an action of a certain Lie group $G$, and in Physics it is a gauge field, that is a field that is related to a fundamental interaction, for instance a principal $U(1)$-connection can be seen as the electromagnetic field. The curvature of the connection gives the field strength, in a way.

I would like to have an interpretation of what is a spinor field (when the manifold on which we are working admits a spin structure) in classical differential geometry, that is a section of the spinor bundle. By classical differential geometry I mean typical manifolds, not supermanifolds. This is because, for me, spinors in the theory of supermanifolds, play a different role, since in a way they are "odd spacetime coordinates". I am interested in the geometry of classical fields: a spinor field represents "matter" (fermions) whereas gauge fields (that is, principal connections) represent "forces" (bosons). But this is Physics. I am interested in a mathematical interpretation like:

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*Riemannian metric = gravitational field = a way to measure distances,

*Principal connection = gauge field = a way to do parallel transport,

*Spinor field = matter field = what in Mathematics?

So my questions are:
In classical differential geometry (that is, ordinary manifolds), how can we interpret geometrically spinor fields? How can we interpret the spin connection and its curvature?
Thanks.
EDIT: In a comment below I was saying that spinor geometry is of fundamental importance to the Atiyah-Singer theorem. So perhaps this gives a lead to other people to help me with the interpretation of spinors in classical differential geometry.

A: The following is an elaboration of the point of view that spinors are "square roots" of vectors (or rather of isotropic vectors). I will restrict my attention to 3-dimensional Euclidean vectors, because I am much less familiar with higher dimensional cases and do not want to claim too much. Even then, I don't consider myself an expert and am likely to get some things wrong.
Consider the vector space $\mathbb{C}^3$ with the bilinear (not Hermitian) form $v\cdot w=v_1 w_1 + v_2 w_2 + v_3 w_3$. The group $O(3)$ is the group of linear transformations preserving this bilinear form. Let $N\subset \mathbb{C}^3$ be the subset of isotropic (or null) vectors, those satisfying $v\cdot v=0$. Since we are in a complex vector space, there are plenty of such vectors. In fact, they form a subvariety of dimension 2, which is invariant under the action of $O(3)$.
For fun, we can consider the question (or approximations to it) of whether the 2-dimensional space $N$ can be polynomially or rationally parametrized by $\mathbb{C}^2$. Now, I will not dwell on this question in its generality and will only notice that $N$ does in fact admit a local cover (so not quite a parametrization) by $\mathbb{C}^2$. Except at $v=0$ that is; I'm sure there is a more correct term than local cover that takes this into account, but I don't know it. This cover map is given by a homogeneous quadratic polynomial and is 2-to-1. This space $\mathbb{C}^2$ is the usual spinor space and this cover map is well known.
At this point, we can start playing all the usual games with the cover map $\mathbb{C}^2\to N$. For example, paths in $N$ can be lifted to paths in $\mathbb{C}^2$. In particular, a closed path in $N$, produced by the action on a vector of a closed path in $O(3)$ that starts and ends at the identity, will lift to a path in $\mathbb{C}^2$, which will not necessarily be closed. This is the well known property that spinors are negated by a $2\pi$ rotation.
It is perhaps not surprising then that the action of $O(3)$ on $N$ can be lifted to the action of a cover of $O(3)$ on $\mathbb{C}^2$. What is surprising to me in this construction is that the lifted action on $\mathbb{C}^2$ is linear. Perhaps this property of the construction is obvious for some reason, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
Now, for a 3-dimensional Riemannian manifold, the above construction can be generalized, fibre-wise, by complexifying its tangent bundle. Since parallel transport of vectors leaves the sub-bundle of isotropic vectors invariant, it can also be lifted to parallel transport of spinors.
So, finally getting to your question, in classical differential geometry of Riemannian 3-manifolds, I think one can think of spinors and various actions on them as (lifts of) isotropic vectors and corresponding actions on them. The spinor point of view reveals some nice properties that are not apparent otherwise: (a) the nonlinear subvariety isotropic vectors can be (2-to-1, quadratically) parametrized by a linear space, (b) rotations lift to the parametrizing space as linear transformations. I believe these ideas generalize to higher dimensions, but I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to give any of the details.

A: A spinor field in classical differential geometry is just a section of a spinor bundle, which is by definition associated bundle constructed from the spinor representation and the orthonormal frame bundle. I am not aware of any truly geometrical interpretations but I am not an expert. Maybe it can be worthwhile to look at low dimension, especially at dimension 4.
The use of spinor fields in classical differential geometry is however vast and very much influenced by physics. A prototype result is that existence of special solutions of certain `geometrical' equations implies restrictions on the geometry of the manifold.
Also, if you want to define square root of the Laplace-Beltrami operator (i.e. Dirac operator) then you are led to spinor bundle and spinor fields.

A: As far as I know, this sort of structure was first invoked by Dirac in order to take a square root of the Laplacian, and this he was doing in order to write down Lorentz invariant Klein-Gordon equations.  It is a useful exercise to try to solve the equation $D^2 = \Delta$ on a Euclidean space $V$ for a first order operator $D$; you will find that the coefficients have to satisfy certain relations that cannot be satisfied by ordinary real or complex numbers.  The algebraic structure required to obtain these relations is provided by an algebra $A$ with $V$ as a linear subspace such that $v^2 = -||v||^2 1$ in the algebra.  In other words, you need to take a "square root" of your quadratic form.
In brief, a spinor bundle on a Riemannian manifold is a setting for taking a square root of the Riemannian metric.  To be precise, it is a bundle $S$ on which tangent vectors act as bundle morphisms in such a way that $v^2 s = -||v||^2 s$.  In Dirac's equation, the coefficients of $D$ were given by certain matrices (the "Pauli spin matrices"), and thus he was thinking of $D$ as taking values in a vector space which carries a representation of the algebra $A$.  Thus the spinor bundle is a global version of that vector space.
That tells you what properties the spinor bundle is supposed to have, but it doesn't tell you what the bundle actually is.  If you look it up in a book, you will find that the spinor bundle is an associated bundle to a principal $Spin(n)$ (or $Spin^c(n)$) bundle via the spin representation, but to me that is only a little more helpful than defining a Riemannian metric to be a reduction of structure group from the principal $GL(n)$-bundle of frames to a $O(n)$-bundle.
Here is what I would consider to be a more concrete and well-motivated description.  Let us return to the algebra $A$ associated to a Euclidean space $V = \mathbb{R}^n$ as above.  The universal example of such an algebra is the Clifford algebra $Cl(V)$, equipped with a natural left action of $V$.  Choosing an orthonormal basis for $V$, one can describe $\mathbb{R}_n := Cl(V)$ as the universal algebra over $\mathbb{R}$ generated by symbols $e_1, \ldots, e_n$ subject to the relations $e_j^2 = -1$ and $e_j e_k = -e_k e_j$ for $i \neq j$.  It is not hard to see that $Cl(V)$ is isomorphic as a vector space (but not as an algebra) to the exterior algebra of $V$, and thus $Cl(V)$ inherits a natural $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ grading, given by products of even / odd numbers of generators.  Notice that right multiplication by the $j$th generator is an odd anti-involution, so a choice of orthonormal basis for $V$ gives $Cl(V)$ the structure of a $n$-multigraded super algebra.
We can define a (real) spinor bundle of a $n$-manifold to be a bundle which is locally isomorphic to the trivial bundle whose fibers are given by $\mathbb{R}_n$ equipped with a left action of the tangent bundle and a $n$-multigrading structure coming from a choice of local orthonormal frame.  There is an obvious notion of complex spinor bundle as well: just use the complex Clifford algebra $\mathbb{C}_n$.  Note that the fiber dimension of this bundle will be twice that of the bundle obtained via the spin representation, but the multigrading operators can be used to "reduce" my version of the spinor bundle down to the usual version.  There are lots of reasons why I believe it is more convenient to think of a spinor bundle as a bundle of Clifford algebras with extra supersymmetry data, but I will briefly focus on a topological reason that I think cuts to the heart of the matter.
The existence of a real spinor bundle on a manifold $M$ (a "Spin structure") is a rather severe condition.  The complexification of a real spinor bundle is a complex spinor bundle, but not all complex spinor bundles ("Spin$^c$ structures") arise in this way.  For example, any complex manifold has a spin$^c$ structure, but even $\mathbb{C}P^2$ fails to have a spin structure.  An orientation on $M$ can be recovered from a choice of spin$^c$ structure, and indeed "spin$^c$-able" is only a little bit stronger than orientable - most orientable manifolds that you can name are probably spin$^c$-able.  My point in bringing this up is to relate spinor bundles to K-homology, the generalized homology theory dual to topological K-theory.  In ordinary homology theory, a choice of orientation on an $n$-manifold $M$ is the same thing as a choice of fundamental class in $H_n(M)$. Similarly, a choice of real / complex spinor bundle on a $n$-manifold $M$ is the same thing as a choice of fundamental class in the $n$th degree real / complex K-homology of $M$ (the multigrading data are crucial here).  This observation is the starting point for some of the more conceptual proofs of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem, but this answer has gone on long enough.  I hope it helps!


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For a long time (don't make me count) I had been wanting to meet Terry and Rachel Dodson, husband and wife comics creative team (he pencils and she inks–both also color their work on occasion) and this WonderCon made it happen!
Terry sketched me a lovely image of Nemesis (from the current Wonder Woman storyline) just before the Con ended on Sunday. Many thanks to Rachel Dodson, who wasn't the keenest on having her picture taken and seemed a bit surprised that I wanted her to sign my copies of Wonder Woman too. These two really inspire me. I love the idea of being able to be in a relationship and partners in your creative collaboration. It gives me hope.
At his panel, Terry revealed some of the origins of how he and Rachel started working together (Rachel's not a comics buff and considers her inking his work her day job). You can read more about the panel here and more about the Dodsons here.


Harrison was on the show to promote "42," in which he plays legendary baseball executive Branch Rickey. His performance is earning excellent reviews.
In Harrison's long, successful career, he's played space rogue Branch Solo, swashbuckling archaeologist Branch Jones, Captain Branch Vostrikov in "K-19: The Widowmaker," President Branch Marshall in "Air Force One," and the title character in "Regarding Branch."
He's certainly cornered the market on a certain category of movie role.
I'm a regular Branch Leibovitz!
Always an appropriate greeting! Back atcha!
I decided to go out on a limb for that one.
"These are not the gums you're looking for." Jeez, what was up with his response to being in Star Wars again? Thought he was going to take Dave's head off.
Dunno. Maybe there's a difficult negotiation.


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Re: Programming *is* much more than "just writing code".
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Mathematicians, physicists, chemists and engineers go out of their way to avoid textual descriptions of their theorems and designs. Their nomenclatures have evolved over hundreds of years through hard won, practical experience. Much greater time periods than the computer industry, and computer code has existed. In every case, they have evolved not because someone decided that it would be a 'good idea'; or as a form of protectionism al la the use of Latin in religious ceremonies, legal work and matters of state; nor because they are too lazy to write their technical descriptions out in full in 'proper English' (French, German, Italian etc.).
Hopefully you'll pardon a nit-picky digression, on the grounds that it's at least mildly interesting.
Legal Latin belongs in the former group, not the latter. Legal writing has every reason to be precise, and the use of phrases from a dead language serve that end. They're useful because they aren't used or understood in other contexts.
Take the phrase, per stirpes: literally, it means "by the stocks". If your will leaves money to your children per stirpes, you're invoking a recursive algorithm. Each of your children represents a branch, and the money will be divided evenly amongst those branches, if anyone is left alive in them. So, for instance, you leave $100,000 to your five children per stirpes, but at the time of your death only three of them are alive. Poor Gregor had a tragic mushrooming accident, and left no children, so his share is divided amongst the other branches. Thus, the three who are alive each get $25,000. Unfortunately, your boy Ike died before you did... but he had five children. Four of them get $5000... but sadly, Ike's daughter Prudence was in the boat with him when the leeches attacked, so her two children wind up with $2500 apiece.
The legal definition of per stirpes accounts for more than this. You could insert the definition in each place you wanted it, as if you were expanding a macro, but whether the result would be clearer is dubious at best.
Even then, if your late son married, and then divorced, a woman with children, to they get shares? If second cousins from different branches married, had a daughter, and then died, does she inherit from both branches? A millenium of common law rulings clarifies a lot of unusual situations with per stirpes, but not the description of per stirpes you wrote.
The very fact that phrases like per stirpes and corpus delicti are foreign ensures that those using them mean something very particular. They are, in any case, no more difficult than comparable English terms, such as "replevin" or "tortefeasor".
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"replevin" or "tortefeasor".
I laughed, and I hope you will to. According to google, it should be "tortfeasor" (no 'e') by a margin of 322,000 to 6 :p
None the less, your point is well taken. In the context of modern law, the use of these pointed, sparse remnents of Latin are indeed a shorthand notation with very particular meanings.
In my defense, I was thinking more about the historical practice whereby all legal documents had to be enscribed entirely in Latin. A practice that came about, or rather survived, mostly because it meant that only the privileded few could produce, read or hope to benefit from them. Not to mention that it meant that laywers were required to produce and interpret them.
To a great extent, the latter practice still persists albeit that the Latin content is not the root cause. For example, 25 years ago, when I purchased my first flat, it cost me £365 in laywers fees to complete the purchase of a 15% share of a £12,000 property.
2 years ago, I self-conveyanced the transfer and sale of a let property (£200,000;my previous home), and completed the entire transaction for £65. The only complications were due to the other party's lawyer raising and re-raising a series of totally pedantic points, in what the other party and I concluded was an attempt to put him off of the purchase, simply because I was not using a lawyer.
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"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
"Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."
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The BNI Girls Bowling improved to 3-1 in the Greater Lake County Conference IHSB at Stardust Bowl Merrillville (Monday 10-23.) The Warrior Girls swept the short -handed Clark High School team 20-0. Anchor bowler Skylar Lane (11) turned in an impressive 423 two game series (212-211) to lead the girls. Grace Roach (10) contributed a 159 game and Emily Rokos (10) added a solid 152 effort.
The Warrior Boys split points (10-10) with Morton High but won the match on total pins 1490 – 1448. Captain Ameer Lawrence (11) continues to lead the team with yet another strong outing Monday posting games of 216-256 (472 series) to lead the Warriors in the come from behind win. Senior Brandon Otero added a fine 244 game (413 series) to the boys pinfall.


It's Not My Stuff, Man!
When it comes to using a wheelchair, I find few aspects more embarrassing and incriminating than my backpack.
I should also clarify that when I say my backpack, I don't really mean my backpack. Sure, the backpack hangs on the back of my wheelchair, but the backpack, itself, is essentially community property. The fact is, I can barely reach my backpack, and I certainly can't see what's in it, so I rarely use the darn thing; however, everyone else can both reach it, and see what's in it – which is where the trouble begins, in that order.
As it turns out, backpacks are heavily in need by those who walk, but drastically underused, so it seems like whomever I'm with catches on to my backpack as the perfect place to store their stuff, which they then forget in my backpack. Then, my backpack ends up like a magician's hat, where I never see what goes into it, but I'm always shocked by what comes out.
The last time that I was at a sporting event, the security guard asked me what was in my backpack, and when I told him it was empty, I wasn't the least bit concerned when he looked inside my empty backpack – that is, till he started pulling stuff out.
At some point, I suppose that I'd better get more control over my wheelchair's backpack before I really get myself in trouble. Like the other night, this woman put her purse in my backpack for safe keeping at an event, and I guess it turned upside down at some point. So, the next morning, my wife went to stuff my rain gear in my backpack as I left for work, only to find lipstick and a carton of pantyhose in my backpack.
As I said, I really need to get control over my backpack.
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There are countless ways to improve athletic performance, and in the words of Dan John, "Everything works…for about six weeks." I've mentioned before my training philosophy and some of the methods I use to coach my athletes, but I've never listed my goals. These goals help shape my coaching style and programming methods.
This may seem counter-intuitive, as the basic concept of strength training is to continually complete tasks more difficult than the one before in an attempt to elicit an over-compensatory response, increasing strength. While it is important to progressively increase resistance and other variables to continue to make gains (remember, everything works for about 2-6 weeks…then nothing works), it is also important to factor in other stresses on the system. If an athlete is practicing 20-40 hours per week, competing another 10+ hours, while committing another 5 hours to strength training, the cumulative fatigue can hinder performance or possibly result in injury. Factor in emotional stress, such as school, relationships, family life, etc. and it becomes clear that efficiency in training is key.
I once had a coaching change with a football team I was working with that put me in an interesting situation. The first head coach had been with the team for a few years, knew his athletes, and built his system around big, slow athletes and preferred a ground and pound approach. The workouts fit that description – athletes had high levels of absolute strength, a decent amount of power, and minimal aerobic conditioning. The new coach came in, installed his air attack scheme and said he needed fast athletes that can run an up-tempo game plan. While this wasn't the best use of the athletes we had on hand, the coach wanted to run what he had success with, so we changed the training to accommodate the new demands (this was early in my coaching career when I thought total overhauls were necessary). The athletes lost some of their maximum strength, but maintained their power and improved their conditioning as well as speed with the new program. As a strength coach, it's important to remember where you fall in the grand scheme of things. We are support staff – we are there to work with the head coaches and within their framework. It is our responsibility to prepare athletes for the demands of their specific program. Give them the tools to produce in their sport, given their coach's game plan, and with the specific demands of their position, and you are positioning them for success.
This ties together the above two points. Why are we doing Exercise A instead of B? Why are we performing reps at Weight X instead of Y? Why can't I do extra work on my off-day tomorrow? The more an athlete understands the "why" of a training plan, the more they can dedicate themselves to it and achieving the goals of the program. If they can see the big picture – factor in practice schedule, competition, and recovery time – then they can control their urge to do what they want to do at the moment, and focus on what they want over the long haul. A championship trophy is worth more to an athlete than an extra ten pounds on the bar today.
These are three of my goals as a strength and conditioning coach, which help shape my interactions with my athletes. I recognize not all coaches agree with these ideas, and I respect that. Again…everything works, and everything has its place, these are just some of my observations from coaching.


There is only one biology school in West Palm Beach for faculty to choose from. Below are statistics and other relevant data to help analyze the state of biology and biology education in West Palm Beach, which includes biology training at the biology bachelors degree level.
Of the 12,080 biology professionals employed in Florida, 700 work in West Palm Beach. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of biology professionals in West Palm Beach has grown by 4%. Overall employment in West Palm Beach has also increased.
In West Palm Beach, salaries for biology professionals have increased. West Palm Beach biology professionals made $59,810 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for biology professionals in West Palm Beach was $47,043 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in West Palm Beach.
Biology professionals in West Palm Beach earn a median salary of $56,905 per year. The 10% of biology professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $34,570 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $86,780 per year.
West Palm Beach biology professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.
Many of West Palm Beach's biology professionals are graduates of the only accredited biology school in the city.
West Palm Beach's biology school offers one biology degree and certificate program.
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Jude Law explodes as hot-headed safecracker in 'Dom Hemingway'
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(Reuters) – With an extra 20 pounds, an impressive paunch and bad teeth, actor Jude Law, best known for his golden boy roles, transforms himself into a sleazy, ranting southeast London safecracker in the film "Dom Hemingway."
It is Law, Oscar nominated for "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Cold Mountain," as he hasn't been seen before – unfit, unkempt and with a penchant for delivering expletive-filled speeches.
In the film, which opens in select U.S. theaters on Wednesday, Law plays Dom Hemingway, a damaged, hot-headed crook released from prison after a 12-year stint for not ratting on his crime boss.
He paid a high price for his loyalty in lost years, missed opportunities and estrangement from his daughter and is hell-bent on collecting his money and making up for lost time.
The role enabled Law, 41, to mine the southeast London streets of his childhood for the character and to discard any lingering remnants of his matinee idol image.
"The golden boy thing was never a mantle I went out looking for. That was something I was told I was," said Law, adding that for him it was always about the work.
"To me it was like who cares if it's about the work? And now, having walked those minefields and survived, and having worked for 20-odd years, it feels like at last having gone over that hump we can maybe just talk about the work," he added.
From the opening scene when he pontificates about his manhood, through drinking binges and brawls, Law holds nothing back as Hemingway, who is the complete opposite of the tightly coiled Russian aristocrat Karenin he played in the 2012 drama "Anna Karenina," based on Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel.
"The joy of the job is getting to mine these different characters," he said.
'A LOT OF UNLEASHING'
The website film.com called Law's Hemingway "a career-best performance," and Scotland's Daily Record said he "fills the screen with a gloriously over-the-top character."
"Dom Hemingway gives (Law) a chance to sink his teeth into one of the meatiest personalities in a genre know for larger-than-life types," said the trade magazine Variety.
American screenwriter and director Richard Shepard ("The Matador") was a big fan of British gangster movies such as "Sexy Beast" and "Mona Lisa," and always wanted to make a film in the British capital.
"I had the DNA of a lot of British gangster movies in my brain," he said. "This is about a low-level safecracker who is a mess."
Richard E. Grant ("Withnail and I") plays Hemingway's loyal friend Dickie, a part Shepard wrote for him. Mexican actor Demian Bichir, a 2012 best actor nominee for "A Better Life," is Hemingway's former boss and Emilia Clarke, of HBO's "Game of Thrones," is his daughter Evelyn.
For the title role Shepard envisioned an actor who had never played a gangster type before.
"I wanted someone who is a matinee idol a hair or two past his matinee-idol time and who is a risk-taker by nature," he said. "Very early on in the process Jude's name came up."
Law, who collaborated with Shepard in fleshing out Hemingway, was attracted by his honesty, unpolished offensiveness, poetic wit and his explosive energy.
"The energy of this man was what drew, in a way, drew me to him, the opportunity to unleash. There was a lot of unleashing," Law said.
"It was a chance to play someone who is completely unfiltered and raging and ranting. It was wonderfully cathartic," he added.


ISLAMABAD, Sep 18 (APP):Federal Minister for National Health Services Aamer Mehmood Kiani Tuesday said that government was working with realistic approach to overcome the economic crisis in the country.
Talking to media persons here outside Parliament House, he said that no tax was being imposed on the common man, adding that only people financially strong would be brought into the tax net.
He said that the Finance Supplementary Amendment Bill, 2018 was presented in the Upper House which would be in the best interest of the country.
He said that those who criticizing dam fund raising campaign should keep in mind that with involvement of the nation, dams' construction could be completed soon.
He said that his ministry would start work on the up-gradation of hospitals and other health facilities in the country.


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31-yr-old withdrew from school twice and is now a career mentor to youths
By Jesley ZJuly 12, 2018Current, What's my Line?
TL;DR: Cho strongly believes in mentoring and hopes his personal testimony can help youths find their purpose in life.
31-year-old Cho Ming Xiu strikes me as a cheerful and deep thinker but there's something special about this person.
He has a heart for social service but the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) undergrad is not contented being just a social worker.
Cho, together with a few volunteers from Institute of Mental Health (IMH), founded Campus PSY (Peer Support for Youths), a non-profit organisation to equip youths and young adults with basic mental health literacy and peer helping skills.
The youths will be trained by professionals from partner mental health organizations.
Cho Ming Xiu with members from Campus Psy. (via)
This group now has 50 trained youth volunteers who are ready to act as the bridge between friends with mental disorders and professional counsellors in the tertiary institutions and workplaces.
These volunteers will keep their ear to the ground and detect early signs of mental disorders.
Little did Cho know that his passion to serve youth at risks, which he describes as "rational and purpose-driven", can be traced back to age 17.
His passion was waiting to be discovered.
Cho's junior college classmate was the last person he would have associated with a serious mental disorder.
His friend was an all-rounder.
He excelled in studies, shone as a student leader and was a sportsman. The kind that would be the envy of everyone, including the guys.
Well, let's call this person, John (not his real name), for easy reference.
John suddenly stopped attending classes and cut off all contact with his friends.
Cho then later found out from their school tutor that John withdrawn from school due to major depressive disorder.
"I didn't know what that was, neither did my friends know….we were 17. We visited him at his place and to the shock of our lives, we saw a different side of him."
John looked dishevelled.
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He looked nothing like the person Cho knew from school.
"We found it difficult to communicate with him. He didn't know how to share what he was experiencing, he just kept quiet. I think his family encouraged him to seek help. We did some research and found out that support from family and close friends is very important."
Cho and his friends visited him at his place to keep him accompany. Then, things slowly started to look up.
"He became better. We didn't know that what we were doing was called "peer support".
Cho believes that his friend is doing well now.
I asked Cho what we can we do as a friend when our loved ones are battling with mental health issues. Some of them refuse to seek help due to "face" issues.
"I'll ask them to drop me a text if they need someone to talk to. Sometimes they just need assurance. Active listening is also important – don't just listen to what they're saying, also listen to what they're not saying."
Cho signed up to be a career mentor at the Young NTUC's career mentorship programme. He hopes to pay it forward and affirm youths considering to join the social service sector that it's certainly "not a waste of time".
Cho thought he had it all figured out in his early part of life – attending a local junior college, advancing to a local university and then settling in a cushy job.
But life didn't quite turn out like what he expected.
Cho was in his second year of university when he volunteered to teach in Muhammadiyah, a Muslim boys' home in Singapore.
It was his first time working with youths at risks.
Cho realised that many of these youths had family problems and it affected their studies. So if he really wanted to help them, he knew he had to be their mentors first.
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They eventually opened up about their struggles and later on took an interest in their studies.
"The youths did well enough to get into the courses they want at ITE. When they received their results and thanked me, I was overwhelmed with joy. Money couldn't buy the happiness I was experiencing. I felt like a proud parent!"
Driven by his passion to help youths at risk, Cho quit his linguistic studies in a local university to focus his energy on helping others find their footing in life.
He then worked in a Voluntary Welfare Organisation (VWO) that helps young probationers integrate back into the community without picking up vices again.
At this point in time, Cho's life directions became clearer.
His then employer encouraged him to further his studies in social work as that's where his interest lies. It would also help support his passion towards youth work.
The 31-year-old is currently pursuing his degree in social work under the SUSS scholarship. While it may seem like he made detours in life, it eventually led him to where he was meant to be.
Taking the road less travelled
Cho met PM Lee when he represented Singapore as a Youth Corps Singapore Leader for the 30th ASEAN Summit Youth Interface with the ASEAN Leaders. (via)
I asked Cho if he has any regrets taking the road less travelled as it wasn't the first time he withdrew from school.
He did the same thing when he couldn't see a future in his second year of junior college.
I was surprised to learn that his then principal asked him if he wanted to pursue a new course in Chinese Studies in Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
"I went to JC because it offered the quickest route to university but I hated what I was studying. School life was great though, I enjoyed it!"
Cho was much happier studying in the polytechnic. He did what he always wanted and did well in academics.
"I pursued my passion, served as President for Ngee Ann Polytechnic School of Humanities (Society) and spearheaded many new projects. I also had the opportunity to teach English, Arts and Craft and all in Yunnan, China. That really opened my eyes to social work."
Despite journeying on a long winding road, Cho doesn't really regret the decisions he made.
"If I could have found my calling earlier, it would have been great but I'm grateful for having met the people whom I connected with throughout this journey".
Tips for youths who want to pursue their passion
I asked Cho if he has any advice for youths who want to drop out of school to pursue their passion. Like him.
"I'd say check with your family. That's very important. Speak to a mentor, friend and lecturers or professors. Never drop out of school unless you have a plan."
Cho is actually more practical than he appears to be.
"It'll help if you can get a basic diploma or degree that is relevant to your work. If you don't know what you want to do in life, finish up your studies, get your diploma then go out to volunteer or take up internships."
Cho wished he embraced the value of networking at an earlier age.
"Get to know the people who can bring you into the industry. Talk to industry leaders and hear from their personal experiences. Some of them might have made career switches so ask them if there are other important qualities and qualifications that are needed to do well in the sector, apart from passion."
Get up close and personal
Cho turned up as Santa Claus for IMH's patients' Christmas carnival and job club year end party last year. (via)
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If you're keen to find out more about this amazing person and the work he do, you can approach him at the Young NTUC LIT Learning Series: Youth Career Network Mentorship Programme on 25th July.
Cho has also signed up as a career mentor under the Young NTUC Youth Career Network mentorship Programme so do seize the opportunity to ask for tips if you're interested to join the social service sector!
He has a degree and years of working experience; so why can't he find a job?
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My husband and I went on a little retreat recently after a very intense week of ministry at our Bible School. As I sat contemplating on the veranda of our little cabin, the scenery in this photograph spoke to my situation. My heart was heavy with the reality of the many false teachings and cultural blind spots that surround the students who attend our Bible School. But – God whispered, in His faithful way, that He will keep His flock from stumbling. I don't have to look to any lecturer, great program, or curriculum – my role is to steadfastly pray and trust in the powerful work of our Great Teacher to do His work in minds and hearts!!!