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The Ultimate Guide to the Czech Republic
By Briana Seftel
The Czech Republic is so much more than Prague. Located in the heart of Central Europe, this storybook country is home to grand palaces, vast swaths of forest, jewel box villages and lots of beer. Whether you're planning a quick getaway or a weeks-long sojourn, here's everything you need to see, eat and drink in the Czech Republic.
The capital city of Prague will likely be your first stop on a trip to the Czech Republic, and for good reason. Known as "the City of a Hundred Spires," Prague was once was the capital of the kingdom of Bohemia and the major city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Today, Prague can easily rival Paris in terms of beauty, with its elegant bridges, grand cathedrals and baroque buildings.
One of the most picturesque destinations in Europe, Cesky Krumlov is a fairy tale town come to life. Situated in South Bohemia, the town sits above the Vltava River and is dominated by a stunning castle. Consider staying at least two nights in town to appreciate its beauty from morning until night.
Follow in the footsteps of James Bond in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), a beautiful spa town in west Bohemia. For centuries, visitors have been drawn to the town for its thermal springs as well as its elegant colonnades and luxury hotels like the Grandhotel Pupp. Book your spa treatment well in advance and feel your stresses melt away.
The former capital of Moravia, often overlooked by tourists, has really come into its own. Instead of crowds, you'll find Czech students strolling the bustling Masarykova street and Villa Tugendhat, a modernist structure designed by Mies van der Rohe. Also in the city is the world's second-largest ossuary, The St. James Church, with 5,000 skeletons on display.
You'll be drinking a lot of pilsner with a visit to its birthplace, Pilsen! Beer lovers flock to Pilsner Urquell brewery, where pilsner was first created in 1842. But this city isn't just about beer. Stroll the pretty Republic Square with St Bartholomew's Cathedral and the Renaissance Town Hall, then check out the network of underground tunnels dating back to the 14th century.
Bohemian Switzerland National Park
Just a 90-minute drive from Prague, Bohemian Switzerland National Park is world's away from the bustling capital. The youngest of the country's four national parks, this park is home to incredible rock features like the Pravčická brána, Europe's largest sandstone rock arch.
Sumava National Park
Nestled on the Czech-Austrian border, Sumava National Park is a forested wonderland and the country's largest national park. Covered by 80% of forest, the park is often referred to as the green heart of Europe. Visitors can discover vast spruce forests, glacial lakes, peat bogs and more.
A magical world awaits in the Punkva Caves, a series of prehistoric limestone caves situated below the Moravian Karst. You'll feel like you're on another planet as you wind your way through some 1,100 caves, with stalagmites and stalactites almost touching. A highlight is Macocha Abyss, a surreal sinkhole that's the largest of its kind in Central Europe.
Moravian Wine Region
While the Czech Republic may be known for beer, the country also produces an impressive selection of wine! Located in the southeast part of the country, Moravia is the main wine producing region with lush vineyards and charming villages. Base yourself out of Brno and explore this off-the-radar wine region.
One of the most visited tourist attractions in the country, Sedlec Ossuary is a Roman Catholic church made up of about 40,000 to 70,000 human skeletons. Originally the site of a famous cemetery, in 1870 a local woodcrafter was asked to arrange the thousands of bones into art, transforming the graveyard into what we see today. Known as "The Bone Church," visitors can stare in awe at the bone chandelier, chalices, candelabras and more.
For a double dose of royal splendor, head to South Moravia to see the Lednice-Valtice palace complex. Head first to Lednice Palace, the 17th century summer residence of the Princes of Liechtenstein. Tour the stunning English Gothic palace, then make your way to Valtice, a Baroque castle surrounded by large fortified walls.
Karlstejn Castle
Completed in 1365 on the order of Charles IV, Karlstejn Castle was built to protect the crown jewels of the Holy Roman Empire. Today, it is a popular day trip from Prague. As you approach the castle on a hill, you'll think you've entered into a Disney movie. While much of the castle's interior is off limits to visitors, there's nothing quite like seeing this castle from afar.
The Czech Republic has the highest consumption of beer per capita in the world - that's a lot of beer! Whether you're in Prague or a tiny town in Moravia, you'll find the beer flowing as freely as water. Grab a pilsner or lager and say "Na zdraví" (to your health).
Knedlíky
Knedlíky, or traditional Czech dumplings, are a staple of Czechian cuisine and served with many dishes including the quintessential dish vepřo knedlo zelo (roast pork). Like German knödel, these bread dumplings are the perfect accompaniment to hearty stews, roasts, soups and more.
You may think of goulash as a strictly Hungarian dish, but this stew can actually be found all over Europe. In the Czech Republic, goulash is most commonly made with beef and served with dumplings.
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Does the word "Gaffeln" sound strange to anyone else? I'm hearing "gaf-fefelen". Is that does how its pronounced?
Thanks. It's pronounced they way you said in other questions as well so I figured something was up here.
Gaffel is on Forvo but I couldn't find gaffeln. I assume it sounds like gaffen.
Looks like the audio has been updated, so my comment no longer applies.
I think something has to be a bit more boxlike/cylindrical etc. until you can say it. Or things like: in the middle of smthg. I mean, there are many more incidents, but for objects they should be more closed.
Hi, 'på' can be translated by 'in' or only by 'on'?
It can be translated as "in", but that would be a completely different context. "Han sade det på svenska." "He said it in Swedish." Prepositions rarely have one single direct translation, they're often context-dependent.
In an earlier sentence "The fork is on the plate" translated to "Gaffeln ligger på tallriken", but here är is used. Is there a difference in these two situations or are är and ligger interchangeable?
är is the most neutral version, but it's synonymous with ligger here since forks are considered to be lying down on the plate.
Similarly, a table either är i köket or står i köket, since it's considered to be standing. Swedish uses positional verbs like this a lot.


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Placer gold was mined for about 8 miles of Wolf Creek. Claims extend from about 2 miles above its junction with the Melozitna River and the mining continued upstream for 6 miles. The site is at the midpoint of the mining claims, 0.2 mile west of the center of section 12, T. 1 S., R. 23 E., Kateel River Meridian. The location is accurate to within 500 feet. This record includes gold placer mining claims staked on unnamed tributaries to Wolf Creek.
Upper Wolf Creek drains the northwestern part of the Lower Cretaceous (111 +/3 Ma) Melozitna pluton, a stock of porphyritic, locally gneissic, biotite quartz monzonite (Patton and others, 1977). The lower 8 miles of Wolf Creek crosses an area of Cretaceous to Precambrian rocks covered by Quaternary surficial deposits. The rocks include Precambrian or Paleozoic quartzite and micaceous quartzite, and subordinate quartz-mica schist, marble, and calc-silicate rock; Permian to Jurassic, spilitic basalt and diabase; and Lower Cretaceous conglomerate.
Mining claims were located by Leon and Ethel Tromblee on Yoder, Younder, Crooked, and West creeks from 1955 to 1957 (Kardex file 047-002; unpublished record, Alaska Division of Mining, Land & Water). Younder Creek is described by them as a tributary of the Melozitna River, but its location apparently coincides with that of Wolf Creek on the 1962 edition of the Melozitna B-3 topographic map; and West Creek may coincide with West Fork on the B-3 map. The Tromblees located 21 claims on Younder Creek from 1955 to 1956; 9 mining claims on Crooked Creek in 1956 and 1957; and 4 claims on West Creek in 1957. The only development work on these claims was sinking shafts and building a cabin in 1957. Francois Masschelin and George Swanson staked 13 mining claims on West Creek from 1957 to 1959, but there is no record of work on their claims (Kardex file 047-011; unpublished record, Alaska Division of Mining, Land & Water).
Kenneth Frederic staked 19 mining claims on Wolf Creek in 1983 (Kardex files 047-020 and 047-021; unpublished records, Alaska Division of Mining, Land & Water). In 1984, Frederic melted through the permafrost on Big Red claim #7, and dug a shaft 11 feet deep on bench gravels. He also dug numerous test holes, up to 5 feet deep, on adjacent claims.
Nancy Castle located the Wolfie #1 to #5 claims in 1984 and Bill Suess assisted in sinking shafts up to 5 feet deep (Kardex file 047-023; unpublished record, Alaska Division of Mining, Land & Water). Gravel from the shafts was tested for placer gold by putting the material through a rocker box. Additional samples were sent to Anchorage for testing. An 11-foot shaft was sunk in 1985. By 1986, Castle held 32 mining claims on Wolf Creek; and Suess conducted annual labor consisting of burning timber to melt permafrost while sinking shafts, timber-cribbing shafts and drifts, and digging open cuts on the benches. The shafts ranged from 8 to 20 feet deep, and the bench cuts ranged from 3 to 6 feet deep. The 32 claims were worked on and maintained through 2004, with 32 to 75 person-days of work per year (Kardex file 047-023; unpublished record, Alaska Division of Mining, Land & Water; unpublished Alaska Department of Natural Resources Office of the Recorder records). The work included building a windlass, digging shafts up to 27 feet deep, hand sluicing gravel, drifting, mining the creek with hand tools, and processing mined material through a hand sluice. Several tributaries to Wolf Creek were also staked at that time. Assessment work included test pits and surface sampling in 1992 on the Fox #1 to #3 claims (Kardex file 047-026; unpublished record, Alaska Division of Mining, Land & Water); the Beaver #1 to #6 claims (Kardex file 047-025; unpublished record, Alaska Division of Mining, Land & Water); and the Pike #1 claim (Kardex file 047-024; unpublished record, Alaska Division of Mining, Land & Water). No work was recorded on those tributaries after 1992, but the 32 claims on Wolf Creek were active through 2004 (unpublished Alaska Department of Natural Resources Office of the Recorder records).
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Quaternary.
Mining claims were located by Leon and Ethel Tromblee on Yoder, Younder, Crooked, and West Creeks from 1955 to 1957 (Kardex file 047-002; unpublished record, Alaska Division of Mining, Land & Water). Younder Creek is described by them as a tributary of the Melozitna River, but its location apparently coincides with that of Wolf Creek on the 1962 edition of the Melozitna B-3 topographic map; and West Creek may coincide with West Fork on the B-3 map. The Tromblees located 21 claims on Younder Creek from 1955 to 1956; 9 mining claims on Crooked Creek in 1956 and 1957; and 4 claims on West Creek in 1957. The only development work known on these claims was sinking shafts and building a cabin in 1957. Francois Masschelin and George Swanson staked 13 mining claims on West Creek from 1957 to 1959, but there is no record of work on their claims (Kardex file 047-011; unpublished record, Alaska Division of Mining, Land & Water).
Nancy Castle located the Wolfie #1 to #5 claims in 1984 and Bill Suess assisted in sinking shafts up to 5 feet deep (Kardex file 047-023; unpublished record, Alaska Division of Mining, Land & Water). Gravel from the shafts was tested for placer gold by putting the material through a rocker box. Additional samples were sent to Anchorage for testing. An 11-foot shaft was sunk in 1985. By 1986, Castle held 32 mining claims on Wolf Creek; and Suess conducted annual labor consisting of burning timber to melt permafrost while sinking shafts, timber-cribbing shafts and drifts, and digging open cuts on the benches. The shafts ranged from 8 to 20 feet deep, and the bench cuts ranged from 3 to 6 feet deep. The 32 claims were worked on and maintained through 2004 (Kardex file 047-023; unpublished record, Alaska Division of Mining, Land & Water; unpublished Alaska Department of Natural Resources Office of the Recorder records). The work included building a windlass, digging shafts up to 27 feet deep, hand sluicing gravel, drifting, mining the creek with hand tools, and processing mined material through a hand sluice. Several tributaries to Wolf Creek were also staked at that time. Assessment work included test pits and surface sampling in 1992 on the Fox #1 to #3 claims (Kardex file 047-026; unpublished record, Alaska Division of Mining, Land & Water); the Beaver #1 to #6 claims (Kardex file 047-025; unpublished record, Alaska Division of Mining, Land & Water); and the Pike #1 claim (Kardex file 047-024; unpublished record, Alaska Division of Mining, Land & Water). No work was recorded on those tributaries after 1992, but the 32 claims on Wolf Creek were active through 2004 (unpublished Alaska Department of Natural Resources Office of the Recorder records).
Reserve estimates
Apparently none.
There has been considerable activity intermittently on a number of claims on Wolf Creek and its tributaries from 1955 to 2004; there is no record of production but they have been some.
This site is the Younder Creek, U.S. BLM MILS location 0020470017 (Oddenino and others, 1995; Interagency Minerals Coordinating Group, 2004).
Interagency Minerals Coordinating Group, 2004, Alaska Mineral Locations Database [MAS (Minerals Availability System) and MILS (Mineral Industry Location System)], http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/dem.html (select Melozitna quadrangle).
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1995, Minerals Availability System / Minerals Industry Location System CD-ROM MAS/MILS CD-ROM: U.S. Bureau of Mines Special Publication 95-12.
Patton, W.W., Jr., Miller, T.P., Chapman, R.M., and Yeend, W., 1977, Geologic map of the Melozitna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-147, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
D.J. Szumigala (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)

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More than one-third of perimenopausal women develop insomnia
by The North American Menopause Society
Millions of women may likely be sleep-deprived. It's already a known fact that women are more predisposed to insomnia. Now a new study presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) earlier this month suggests that perimenopausal women have an even greater risk for developing insomnia. Considering that perimenopause will affect roughly 500 million women within the next decade, that's a lot of tired women.
What's worse is that the study found that insomnia symptoms are likely to get worse and more prevalent in the later stages of perimenopause (the transition period to menopause). In fact, the odds of having any one symptom of insomnia were 1.3 times greater for those in late stage versus early stage of perimenopause. The odds of developing chronic insomnia were 1.5 times greater for those in perimenopause than pre-perimenopause.
"We found that there was a lot of research regarding insomnia in general but very little that addressed the insomnia trajectory in one of the higher risk groups of women—those transitioning to menopause," says Dr. Colleen Ciano of the College of Nursing at The Pennsylvania State University and lead author of the study.
The most common sleep-related complaints include: difficulty falling asleep, waking after sleep onset, and sleep quality. Of the 3,302 study participants, more than one-third suffered from insomnia, reporting "awakenings" as the most frequent insomnia symptom.
"Given the strong link between insomnia and such poor health outcomes as heart disease and obesity, this study offers valuable insight for physicians who are treating middle-aged patients and considering various preventative treatment options," says Dr. Wulf Utian, NAMS executive director.
Less sleep may mean less sex after menopause
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Norman Hobson (born 22 August 1933) is a former professional footballer who played as a right back for Shrewsbury Town. Norman signed from Oswestry Town in October 1954 and spent 8 seasons at Shrewsbury, making 212 league appearances scoring 5 goals along with 10 FA Cup appearances, 2 league cup appearances with 1 goal. He moved to the Telford-based Sankey's Football Club in January 1962. In 1958/59 season he won promotion with Shrewsbury Town to 3rd tier of English football and played under legendary Town player manager Arthur Rowley. His last appearance for Shrewsbury was on 7 January 1962 in a 1–1 away draw at Aldershot in the 3rd round of the FA Cup. He also played a part in the Shrewsbury team that got to the League Cup semi final that same year. Hobson captained Colwyun Bay to the Welsh League (North) title in 1965.

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 Football League Fourth Division promotion 1958–59

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League of Evil Switch Review
Posted by James Romero | Aug 31, 2017 | Indie, Reviews, video review, Videos | 0
League of Evil is an action game where you, as a bionic super-agent, take on the mission to defeat the League of Evil. This basically means killing the evil scientist at the end of each level with a punch to the head!
In terms of the audio here there is nothing truly memorable. There are a bunch of chiptunes which fit the game really well. The sound effects are ok and suit this type of game.
The visuals will not blow you away here; they are nice and simple. They look 8-bit and it's good that there are some variations to the themes but other than a slight colour change the levels look very samey after a while. The hazards all look fine and you can definitely tell where not to go! I love the little character designs throughout and have to say the developer has done a great job there. The game looks great in both handheld and in docked mode.
The gameplay is very simple. You have to reach the scientist to kick his head off which, I might add, is very satisfying. As the protagonist you can double jump and jump side to side from walls. You can also jump from a wall and then use your second jump to jump again. The controls are tight and feel a lot better than playing on my phone (where I also own this game).
One of my biggest annoyances on this game is the way the character bounces off the wall making me seek the opposite wall when all I want to do is jump upwards. It just didn't feel natural and I felt the same way about the original. When I bought it back in 2011 for my mobile device it was the same then as it is now in terms of gameplay. It's a game you can play in nice, short bursts and I remember it fondly for its fun and addictive 'just one more go' nature. However, one of the key differences between playing it on a mobile or tablet is not having to use the touch screen which I was never fond of. So it's great that I can finally use some physical buttons to play the game which feels much better to me.
There are 140 levels and 6 themes spread over 4 worlds on the Switch version. Some of the levels are longer and some are incredibly short. The aim is always the same – to reach the end and kill the Evil scientist. If you complete the level quickly you will get 3 stars so this is great for speed runners. You can also take a small detour to pick up the briefcases laid out on each level to show off how great you are but this will not get you anything extra and, if anything, will stop you getting 3 stars. My suggestion is for you to complete each level twice; once to get 3 stars as you need speed and then another to get the brief case or vice versa. The briefcases are often placed in really annoying, hard to reach locations so be prepared to die…a lot!
You will have to manoeuvre your way through a number of hazards and kill different types of enemies who have all sorts of weapons to take you down as you progress. At first it will just be a soldier carrying a small gun and you will have to dodge the bullet fired at you. Later on, you will have missile launchers fired at you. There are no bosses in this game which I found disappointing. I think that would have made the game a lot more interesting and broken up the repetitiveness of it. For me, the game just lacks a little in variety. You kind of know what you are going to get and there is not going to be much that will surprise you here; I am not sure that even with the level editor that will change too much.
The basic level editor allows you to upload your own creations to the Switch server which is cool. It will be good to see some levels made by players, when the game becomes available, to see what devilish type of levels people are going to conjure up. The level editor is a breeze to use and you can create your own level in minutes. Truth be told though, I just like to play the levels rather than design them but, for those of you who like to build things, this is a fun addition to the game.
Even though you can potentially play this for free on a mobile device right now, there is still value to be found in the Switch version. This will suit those of you who consider yourselves hardcode gamers as I am sure you will want to perfect each level by picking up the briefcase and completing the level in blistering time to get those 3 stars but, as mentioned above, you will need to complete most levels twice to do this. For those of you who are casual gamers just looking for a short burst of fun to complete a few levels at a time, there is something here for you also as there is no requirement to pick up the hard to reach briefcase or even to complete the level quickly. Take your time and complete each level as slowly or as quickly as you like. It will take a good amount of time to complete this game and to perfect it depending on your skill level!
Summary League of Evil is a nice, simple and challenging platformer but it's up against some really top quality platform games on the Switch right now which, even though more expensive, for me offer a greater experience. However, if you want something to keep you occupied and challenged in short busts, with many new added levels for the Switch, and you want a level editor to build your own levels (which is not offered on the mobile or tablet versions) then League of Evil on Switch offers its own unique experience. My advice is to download this on a tablet or mobile if you are able to and check it out to see if the gameplay is for you before shelling out the coin for the Switch version.
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oh man, i've been in bed a lot of the day for days now with some bug that i'm caving in and going to the doctor's to get antibiotics for tomorrow. we live in bodies. tv lives on the internet.
so anyway, here's a totally metaphysical article about how to teach kids about time.


I remember when we started thinking about switching Mia from her crib into a bed. She wasn't yet trying to climb out of her crib so we wanted to make the switch before she began attempting to. We purchased a toddler bed and began thinking of the best and safest ways for us to make the switch. I wanted to share some of my tips for having a smooth adjustment when transitioning children from crib to bed.
1. Make sure your little one is ready. There is no perfect age to switch your little one from a crib to a bed, it all depends on the child. If your child is comfortable in their crib and not attempting to climb out then there isn't much reason to rush them into a bed unless they ask for a bed. If your child is often attempting to climb out of their crib than it is a great time to make the transition. If you are unsure if they are ready talk to them about beds and see if they seem interested.
2. Develop a bedtime routine if you do not have one already. If you already have a bedtime routine continue to follow that routine, if you do not have a routine yet find one that works well for your family.Routine and consistency helps children to feel comfortable. For Mia our routine was bath time, reading three books, and then bed.
3. Try to avoid making the switch during other changes. If you are moving, potty training, expecting another child, or something else that is a big change wait to make the switch. It is often recommended to make the switch two months before a baby comes if you are expecting in order to give children time to adjust.
4. Make sure they are safe. I know that this sounds completely obvious but double check to ensure that any place they can access is safe. Check cords of blinds, outlets, wires, even toys that could be dangerous. We used a baby gate to block off certain areas of the house that we did not want Mia accessing.
5. Let your little ones pick out their bed or bedding/pillows for their new bed. When we were ready to make the switch to a toddler bed we took Mia out and let her pick bedding and a throw pillow to match her bedding. She also picked out a few other items for her room that matched her bedding. All of this made her feel more comfortable in her space since she had some part in making it her own.
6. Keep comfort items close. My daughter had a pink blanket and a stuffed puppy that she loved to sleep with. We made sure to make a special spot for both in her new bed. If your children have something such as a blanket or stuffed animal that makes them feel safe find a space in their bed for it to help them to feel comfortable.
7. Provide positive reinforcement! Make sleeping in their bed a big deal. After nights that children remain in their bed provide them with a treat such as stickers or an extra story at bedtime.


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Q: Scan Barcode from image ZBar I scan any barcode by using zbar at that time this API scans a barcode also It scans an image.
any one please help me to do this...assume that I have one Mazza Bottle in that bottle Barcode is there But particular barcode is on Orange plastic. Ween ever I scan any barcode image at that time zbar scans barcode with orange color... So I just want to nget barcode not any other portion than barcode.
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Racial Justice Research Projects
IU researchers exploring allyship, police reform, Black Lives Matter, more with funding from Racial Justice Research Fund
Following the killing of George Floyd in May 2020, statements of solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the Black community abounded, issued by hundreds of businesses, organizations and institutions, large and small. But how did Black Americans respond to these statements?
Expressions of "organizational allyship" and how they may backfire is the focus of a new research project by Veronica Derricks, Eva Pietri, and India Johnson. Derricks and Pietri are assistant professors of psychology at IUPUI; Johnson is an assistant professor of psychology at Butler University.
"Many organizations aim to disseminate statements that signal allyship with Black Americans, but there is limited understanding of what may cause these efforts to backfire," Derricks said. "Investigating this is particularly important given that these statements are often designed specifically to engage members of marginalized groups. Understanding what prompts disengagement from organizations has important implications for racial and ethnic parity and more equitable outcomes for all."
This is just one of the projects funded by IU's new Racial Justice Research Fund, established in June 2020 to provide seed funding for projects from across IU that address the systemic conditions fostering racism in our country.
The impact of training on police reforms is the focus of a study by Jill Nicholson-Crotty and Sean Nicholson-Crotty, both professors in the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Using a survey of training academies and programs, the researchers will examine the factors that influence adoption of non-stress training regimes and the impact of those practices on officer behavior in the field, including on use of force.
Fabio Rojas, a professor of sociology in the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences, will analyze large-scale quantitative data from social media, public opinion surveys, and publicly available datasets to develop a comprehensive understanding of how the Black Lives Matter movement has changed American society.
IU's Racial Justice Research Fund is jointly supported by the Office of the Vice President for Research and the Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs.
James Wimbush
"I am extremely pleased to see the breadth and caliber of the research proposals submitted addressing racial inequity and social injustice," said James C. Wimbush, vice president for diversity, equity, and multicultural affairs; dean of The University Graduate School; and Johnson Chair for Diversity and Leadership. "This research will further IU's work in creating diverse, equitable, and inclusive communities at home and across our nation."
Fred H. Cate
It's expected that the first round of funding will be followed by an additional round of support in early fall.
"Universities have a collective responsibility to create and apply solutions-oriented research as our state and our nation are seized by another pandemic, one much older and more pernicious than COVID-19—the pandemic of racial discrimination, inequality, and injustice," said Vice President for Research Fred H. Cate. "The Racial Justice Research Fund is critically needed to understand this pandemic, and I look forward to the ways these projects will equip us all to fight it in every aspect of our lives and our society."
Projects receiving financial support in the first round of funding are:
Veronica Derricks, School of Science, IUPUI, "Not my organization: Examining how Black Americans' perceptions of performative allyship affects their sense of identity safety within organizations"
Tyrone Freeman, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, "The Giving Syllabus Toolkit Project: Teaching and Study Resources for Decolonizing Philanthropy"
Virgil Gregory, School of Social Work, "Racial Injustice and Cultural Trauma in African American Men: A Mixed-Methods Study"
Pamela Jackson, College of Arts & Sciences, "IU Social Empathy Laboratory: Proof of Concept"
Breanca Merritt, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, "Piloting an Assessment Tool for Racially Equitable Policy Design in Government Agencies"
Jill Nicholson-Crotty, O'Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs, "Police Training Reforms and Racial Disparities in Policing Outcomes"
Laurie Paarlberg, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Community Philanthropic Response to COVID-19"
Fabio Rojas, College of Arts & Sciences, "What is the Impact of Black Lives Matter on American Society?"
Sally Wasmuth, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, "Black Voices for Occupational Justice"
Find more information about IU's Racial Justice Research Fund.


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Not so long ago when leader of the Young Guns crew Nik was studying Polymechanics his father and friends bought an old barn that was filled with cars and mopeds. In a corner was a little bike by German marque Zündapp that the older Swiss lads had no interest in due to its shocking condition. But with his studies calling for a final major project Nik made a bid for the bike and with his best mate Aramis they set about creating one of the coolest school projects you'll ever see, a venture that resulted in the Speed Shop they now call work.
Zündapp was founded during the period of the First World War in Nuremberg Germany as a producer of detonators and tools but as the war ended like so many European companies they had to find things other than weapons to make and turned their hand to engines and motorcycles. They would diversify many times over the decades producing microcars and mopeds, a collaboration with that small German name Porsche and even supplying engines for airplanes. But like any motorcycle company that survived the Second World War they discovered the market had an appetite for small commuter bikes and for five years starting in 1962 Zündapp filled that void with the Sport Combinette, which is exactly what is pictured before you.
The first part of the bike to get some love and attention was the 49cc single cylinder 2 stroke that in good condition pumps out 2.6hp @ a low 4600rpm. Like many German machines the little smoker is fuelled by a Bing carby that no doubt needed a good clean after all those years sitting in a barn. The fan cooled engine with 3 speed gearbox was now ready to hoon Nik and his mates around town, which you better believe they did just that. Too add some street cred the single header pipe was heat wrapped and the stock chamber muffler painted black as replacements are unavailable and the original chrome would have long since peeled away.
The Sport Combinette is an astonishing light bike, even for a 49cc, so it should be no surprise that much of the frame is alloy and not steal. With the intention of creating a Zundapp Café Racer Nik cut the frame to remove any of the tabs and pieces that weren't absolutely essential and then sent it off to be sandblasted and then returned so the alloy could be polished. The factory tank has been beautifully restored to its original condition, with a period correct petcock and clear line supplying fuel to the engine. All parts that were not painted or polished have been powder coated in black to give a great contrast and provide a crack proof finish. While the side covers remain in their raw alloy finish with new polished hex head bolts and original factory knobs holding them on.
A café racer needs a single humped seat to be truly recognisable and Nik made the seat and the mounts himself from a mix of poly and alloy materials before Aramis took over and did the stunning two tone leather work with black studs. It's easy to see why the young guys from Rapperswil knew their calling was bike building and even as kids on their first build like true speed shop guys they took a sheet of alloy and hand formed the rear fender from scratch. To further enhance the café credentials the factory bars have been replaced with clubmans and just a single switch is left in place along with the factory levers that have been polished like the rest of the bike.
A standard Sport Combinette comes with an enormous front guard that looks like it was styled off of an early 60's Caddy and in pursuit of weight saving speed and style it was ditched entirely. The front forks have been fitted with gators and powder coated and are held in place by triple trees that are crafted by the Young Guns themselves. On the standard machine the alloy swingarm supports two spring-less shocks per side but these have been swapped out for longer, single, coil over shock replacements. A heavily grilled headlight gives the Zundapp a spot of toughness for the streets and the rims have been polished before being fitted with some 60's style rubber.
It took the Young Guns just 5 weeks to complete the project and set their lives on course for a long journey in bike building. This machine was not only the start of the Young Guns Speed Shop, it's also taught me a whole lot about the history of a once great company.


Welcome back to my daily blog. Today I had sometime to walk around Vancouver Olympic village area. and did a quick fashion shoot with @rndphotography ! It feels great to wear something nice and under the crisp spring weather. Still cold though!
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Home News Does Lumosity Work?
Does Lumosity work? No personally I don't think Lumosity 'works'. But I suppose that depends on how you define 'works'.
Is Lumosity fun? Yes. Can you improve at their games? Yes. Again, does Lumosity work?
However, because you are seeing improvement at THEIR specific games does that mean it works? I don't think it does. As a memory expert myself with some decent accomplishments in the field of memory I can say from my point of view I would NEVER recommend Lumosity to someone to improve memory.
So here is the question. If brain training games just get you better at a specific skill (such as memorizing shapes), how helpful is it to memorize shapes in life? So, does Lumosity work?
Then why not learn a skill (such as the method of loci) to learn how to memorize something specific that is useful.
Those are my thoughts on does Lumosity work?


japanese architect shigeru ban has been commissioned to design a 420-acre site dedicated to the production of whiskey. ban and his firm will transform a disused quarry into 'kentucky owl park', a destination that will include rickhouses for aging, a bottling center, and a state-of-the-art distillery. there are also plans for a vintage train to stop on the property, connecting the site to other distilleries along kentucky's bourbon trail.
the project was unveiled by stoli group, the division of SPI group responsible for the management, distribution, and marketing of kentucky owl bourbon. the complex will host a collection of buildings, carefully sited within the natural landscape, that boast an industrial vernacular design aesthetic. shigeru ban's vision for the project hearkens back to the 19th century with long-span steel structures that have been reinterpreted with the use of mass timber.
each building will have a distinct structural form that incorporates visual elements of the local bourbon-making process. perhaps the focal point of the scheme will be a trio of pyramidal buildings, which sit at the center of the site. meanwhile, the quarry pits will be turned into lakes with crystal-clear, limestone-filtered water.


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Elections board rejects most challenges in Bloomingburg vote
Steve IsraelTimes Herald-Record
Nov 20, 2014 at 2:00 AM Nov 21, 2014 at 1:28 AM
BLOOMINGBURG -- This eastern Sullivan County village appeared to inch closer to dissolution Thursday when the Sullivan County Board of Elections tossed out 62 of 69 voter registration challenges.
It was supporters of the dissolution who filed the challenges.
The voters whose registrations were rejected were apparently aligned with developer Shalom Lamm. His 396-home Hasidic development spurred the move by its opponents to dissolve Bloomingburg into the Town of Mamakating. They feared the development and its residents would overwhelm this one-stoplight village of some 400. Lamm's vote – and those of the family of his business partner, Kenneth Nakdimen - were among the few upheld.
Lack of proof of residency was the primary reason for the rejections, according to the Board of Elections.
"With the exception of a few driver's licenses and/or vehicle registrations with Bloomingburg addresses the returned questionnaires contained virtually NO proof of residency such as paid tax or utility bills, rent payments, tuition receipts or employment verification," said a letter signed by BOE Commissioners Ann Prusiniski and Rodney Gaebel. "On the other hand, EVERY returned questionnaire contained a statement asserting that individual's right to vote from Bloomingburg."
Still, since about 200 votes were apparently cast and sequestered before they were opened, the result of the Sept. 30 dissolution vote won't be known before they're opened and ruled upon by Sullivan County Supreme Court Judge Stephan Schick. He had to make a similar decision in the March vote for Mayor, when Lamm opponents successfully challenged more than 100 votes of the developer's supporters.
A leading proponent of the dissolution, who opposes Lamm's development, welcomed the result.
"Yes, it's good news," said Holly Roche, who heads the Rural Community Coalition.
But a spokesman for Lamm denounced the decision.
"Incredibly, the Sullivan County Board of Elections has denied the existence of a Jewish community in Bloomingburg," said Michael Fragin, a spokesman for the Bloomingburg Jewish Community Council and Lamm.
"Anyone coming to Bloomingburg on any day of the week will see Chasidic Jews going about their daily lives. But, according to the Sullivan Board of Elections, there are fewer than five Chasidic Jews living or attending school in Bloomingburg. That some public officials would deny the rights of certain Americans based on their religious beliefs, dress, and language is an affront to the Constitution and should alarm defenders of Jewish rights and voter's rights everywhere."
sisrael@th-record.com


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Possible Cure for Dementia Found by Taiwan Researchers
TAINAN, Taiwan
A southern Taiwan-based National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) research team has discovered that rapamycin, a drug as a autophagy activator is a possible treatment to alleviating frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), one of the mainly causes of dementia, and so far no medication can be used.
The medical breakthrough made by the team led by Kuen-Jer Tsai, professor of the Institute of Clinical Medicine and Institute of Basic Medical Science, NCKU, was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, PNAS on September 11th.
To activate autophagy, the process of self-digestion by a cell, is the crucial discovery of the research, according to Tsai adding that autophagy activators rescue and alleviate pathogensis of a mouse model with protein pathies of the TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43), a neuronal activity, which is the main syndrome of FTLD.
"The pathological and clinical syndrome of FTLD including the brain atrophy of frontal and temporal lobe, memory loss, speechless, neuromotor disorders, even would be complicating with motor neuron disease," said Kuen-Jer Tsai.
In the elderly population over the age of 65, FTLD is the fourth most common reasons of dementia, only after Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia and vascular dementia.
However, FTLD is the second common reasons of dementia just next to Alzheimer's disease in the populations less than 65 years old, according to the team.
Recent studies have found the mis-metabolism of a protein, which can affect TDP-43, is correlated to several neurodegenerative diseases, including FTLD and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS.
In the earlier stage, Kuen-Jer Tsai's team had transgenically overexpressed TDP-43 in the forebrain of a mouse, successfully development an animal model existing phenotypic characteristics mimicking of FTLD.
Tsai's team applied the animal models give autophagy activator in the early stage of pathology, discovering that not only maintaining the learning/memory ability of the animal model but also slow down the loss the motor function, and reducing cytosolic overexpression TDP-43 and its abnormally aggregation, therefore ameliorating the proteinopathy-induced neuronal apoptosis.
Delivering the autophagy activators at the late stage of disease progression can ameliorate the motor function, according to Tsai.
The team has also showed that spermidine, carbamazepine, and tamoxifen are autophagy activators like rapamycin could also be used to the treatment of FTLD.
Sonia Chuang, +886-6-275-7575 Ext.
sonia20@mail.ncku.edu.tw
TimeLine: Possible Cure for Dementia Found by Taiwan
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Few personalities in the LA Music scene have done more to push house & electronic music forward than Mick Cole. The UK expatriate has traveled far since planting his roots firmly on L.A. soil in 1987. Playing over 2500 gigs 10,000 hrs on the decks.
From working the seedy backroom dance floors of the rave club scene as a premier chill-out dj in the early nineties to US label manager for iconic British dance label Deconstruction Records in the latter. From tea boy at KROQ to broadcasting the sounds of the Universal underground for Groove Radio and the Aussie based SPIKE Radio network in early 2K. Cole has always carried a passion for his music collection.
Coles most notable accomplishments are L.A.'s longest running weekly dance club night The Monday Social and the legendary Moonshadows Blue Lounge. Two of L.A.'s trendiest hangouts for music fine food and goodtimes.
Monday is the club goers Sabbath. It's notorious for being the stay at home night to recuperate from the weekend maneuvers and late-night activities. But for nearly two decades, Cole and partner Freddy Be have given Los Angeles beat seekers a long weekend with the Monday Social club. Origionally at the legendary Louis X1V restaurant thru Las Palmas, The Nacional, Playhouse and now at LA's premier night club, SOUND Hollywood the Bud Brothers drive the sound of the underground LA house scene.
The art of bringing beats to unique locations is a Cole specialty, something he pioneered a few years back when he first bought his sounds to the trendy indoor/outdoor spot. Café des Artistes (note: the compilation of the same name produced and mixed by Cole is worth seeking out), and it's something he still does several days of the week at Moonshadows, the picturesque, open-air, ocean-side locale on Malibu beach. A sound track for Moonshadows was released in 2006 under the title "Summer Of Six" and is exclusively available at Moonshadows.
But please, make no mistake, although Cole is licensed to chill at the aforementioned exotic locations and Hollywood's celebrity parties, he is also qualified the rock the party that rocks the body and has done so opening gigs for Moby, The Chemical Brothers, Orbital, Underworld, Darren Emerson and with one of Cole's legendary opening deejay sets, kicking off the first official Coachella festival.


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ADHD and Obesity Share a Genetic Link to Patients' Propensity for Instant Gratification
Delay discounting — or the tendency to choose immediate rewards over future ones — shares genetic links with both ADHD and obesity, according to a large genetic survey.
By Devon Frye
Would you rather be handed $100 right now — or get $200 next month?
According to a large new study, you are more likely to choose the former if you have ADHD or are obese. This research was the first to identify underlying genetic causes behind this preference for instant gratification, known as delay discounting.
To identify the genetic roots of delay discounting, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) recruited more than 23,000 members of the genetic testing company 23andMe. Subjects answered a series of survey questions — for example, "Would you rather have $55 today or $75 in 61 Days?" — that assessed their tendency toward delay discounting. Results were then cross-referenced with subjects' chromosomal markers.
The researchers found that approximately 12 percent of a subject's variation in delay discounting could be linked to a specific range of genes. Those genes overlapped significantly with those linked to ADHD and obesity — as well as other related conditions like depression, nicotine addiction, and schizophrenia.
While the results may come as little surprise to those living with ADHD — particularly those with poor impulse control — understanding the genetic markers behind delay discounting is critical to managing behaviors that can have long-term consequences, the researchers said.
"A person's ability to delay gratification is not just a curiosity," said senior author Abraham Palmer, Ph.D. "It's integrally important to physical and mental health.
"A person's economic success is tied to delay discounting," he continued. "Take seeking higher education and saving for retirement as examples — these future rewards are valuable in today's economy, but we're finding that not everyone has the same inclination to achieve them."
The next stage of research, Palmer said, will be to use rodent models to determine if altering genes linked to delay discounting has any impact on behavior. If it does, he theorized, scientists may be able to determine how the drive for instant gratification works on a molecular level.
The study1 was published December 11 in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
1 Sanchez-Roige, Sandra, et al. "Genome-Wide Association Study of Delay Discounting in 23,217 Adult Research Participants of European Ancestry." Nature Neuroscience, Nov. 2017, doi:10.1038/s41593-017-0032-x.
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Lars Breuer, To the Happy Few, 2015. Chiselled and gold-plated brass, wooden frame, 73 x 58cm. Courtesy: the artist and MARS gallery, Melbourne.
MARS gallery presents German artist Lars Breuer's first solo exhibition in Australia. Breuer's work is based on minimalistic tendencies of the 20th century, with conceptual references to art history and literature. Often working with a self-designed grid-like italic typography, text and slogans appear like icons in their own right. This rhythmic and dynamic composition changes between its semantics of the words and its quality as an abstract pattern.
Breuer's exhibition coincides with the unveiling of a public installation across MARS Gallery's ten-metre-high, east facing external wall, proudly supported by the City of Stonnington.


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AC Hotels (Antonio Catalán) és una de les principals cadenes hoteleres d'Espanya. El 2008 tenia 91 hotels operatius i més de 3.500 empleats. Va ser fundada per Antonio Catalán, i actualment és activa a Espanya, Itàlia i Portugal. L'empresa es va crear el 1997 quan Catalán va vendre les accions que tenia a NH. Amb els beneficis va crear un projecte d'hotels majoritàriament urbans que amb el temps ha esdevingut una de les principals cadenes hoteleres de l'estat.

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I will reflect upon my choices that I made in the past. I will think about things and organize them to have a better future.
I will feel happy and secure about a long-term investment (maybe that nice graphic card I just bought). You'd be surprised to know that I got plenty of Cups cards when I bought my first computer, I love computers after all.
The advice today is that I should be flexible because change is part of life and I should not count that my situation will last forever, change may be waiting for me at the corner.
I should take care of plants to counteract the damages done to Nature. I should learn to have a more ecological living and donate money to charities supporting nature and wildlife. I should take a walk in nature, give my blessings to it and talk to this fairy.


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Q: What is the relationship between higher-order derivations (in the sense of Hasse-Schmidt) and differential operators? Let $A$ and $B$ be $R$-algebras. A Hasse-Schmidt $m$-derivation $D : A \to B$ is a tuple $(D_0, D_1, \dots, D_m)$ of $R$-linear maps $A \to B$ satisfying the generalized Leibniz law,
$$ D_k(xy) = \sum_{p + q = k} D_p(x) D_q(y) $$
If $M$ is an $A$-module, an $R$-linear map $D : A \to M$ is an $n$-th-order differential operator (in the sense of EGA) if, for each $x \in A$ the $R$-linear map,
$$ a \mapsto D(xa) - x D(a) $$
is an $(n-1)$-th-order differential operator. Also, a zeroth order differential operator is by definition an $A$-module map $A \to M$.
Now it is easy to show that if $D$ is a Hasse-Schmidt $m$-derivation then each $D_k$ is a $k$-th-order differential operator. In characteristic zero, I believe these operators (ranging over all $D$) generate the entire space of $n$-th-order differential operators. Is this true in positive characteristic?
These operators arise when studying jet schemes. If $X$ is a $k$-scheme, one definition of $J_m(X)$ is the scheme representing the functor,
$$ T \mapsto \mathrm{Hom}(T \times \Delta^m, X) $$
where $\Delta^m = \mathrm{Spec}(k[t]/(t^{m+1}))$. If $X = \mathrm{Spec}(A)$ then this functor restricted to affine schemes $\mathrm{Spec}(B)$ is exactly the functor,
$$ B \mapsto \mathrm{Der}_{\text{HS}}^m(A, B) $$
of Hasse-Schmidt $m$-derivations over $k$ as these correspond to $k$-algebra maps $A \to B[t]/(t^{m+1})$.
Another reasonable definition of the jet scheme is the total space of the jet bundle, $J^m(\mathcal{O}_X)$ which is defined as $\mathcal{O}_{X \times X} / \mathcal{I}_\Delta^{m+1}$ where $\mathcal{I}_{\Delta}$ is the ideal of the diagonal. This bundle is universal for $m$-th order differential operators meaning,
$$ \mathrm{Hom}_{\mathcal{O}}(J^m(\mathcal{O}_X), -) = \mathrm{Diff}^m(\mathcal{O}, -) $$
In the case $m = 1$ we see that $J_1(X)$ is the total space of the tangent bundle of $X$ and $J^1(\mathcal{O})$ is a trivial extension of $\Omega_X$ by $\mathcal{O}$ so its total space is just a trivial extension of $J_1(X)$.
What, in general, is the relationship between these two schemes? There are obvious maps from the fact that Hasse-Schmidt derivations are differential operators but I don't see what more can be said.


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Optimal Timing for Drainage of Infected Lymphocysts After Lymphadenectomy for Gynecologic Cancer
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Lucio Cornelio Cinna (en latín, Lucius Cornelius L. f. Cinna) fue un político y militar de la República Romana.

Cónsul romano en el año 127 a. C., con Lucio Casio Longino Ravila como colega.

Fue el padre de Lucio Cornelio Cinna, líder del partido popular romano durante el periodo en que Sila estaba en Oriente (87 a. C. a 84 a. C.).

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Barcelona still have a bloated squad in certain areas so more outgoings are likely in the January transfer window.
Poor form in recent games has exposed the shortcomings in Barcelona's squad depth because there isn't a right-footed centre-back to rotate in for Gerard Pique, but there is an abundance of midfielders as well as a number of players who fill similar roles. Therefore, the squad is likely to be cut down in January through either these players either deciding to leave or being forced out.
The Brazilian midfielder was close to leaving in the summer, but a move never materialised. He was on loan at Internazionale for the second half of last season and they had the option to sign him permanently at the end, although they opted not to do so.
Unlike the other two players mentioned above, Rafinha has featured in competitive games. His impressive performances in the pre-season matches potentially played a large part in that. However, he has been unable to replicate that in the four appearances he has made across all competitions. He has started two games but he was taken off at half-time and in the 57th minute in those.
Barcelona may have to lower their asking price for the 25-year-old if they want to sell him in January due to how little he has played recently. His brief spell in Italy served as a reminder of his ability as he took over the attacking midfield role for I Nerazzurri with two goals and three assists in 1047 minutes.
He doesn't appear to feature as a major component in Valverde's plans because he offers little that isn't already covered by other players in the team. Philippe Coutinho has been moved into a more advanced position which opened up a midfield space. Arthur seems to have won the battle for that role while Carles Alena and Riqui Puig look destined to be the next midfielders from La Masia to become established in the first-team.


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Eyes Above The Waves
Robert O'Callahan. Christian. Repatriate Kiwi. Hacker.
It's a relief to be able to talk about the new WebM video format. Development of WebM support in Firefox has all happened in our Auckland office (with some last-minute build support from Nick down in Timaru, and some quick hacking by Justin Dolske to make the context menu useful on Youtube). It's been crazy and stressful, but it's also been really good because WebM is going to be great for the open Web. There are several major advances here for unencumbered video on the Web:
Youtube. Youtube supporting WebM is psychologically massive. It also means we won't have to choose between our principles and being the only browser that needs plugins to play Youtube.
Better video quality. There's a lot of noise from H.264 proponents about Dark Shikari's analysis of VP8, but even he agrees it's better than H.264 Baseline, which is pretty much all H.264 on the Web today (partly because that's all most current H.264 hardware supports). We also will also make ongoing improvements, perhaps by merging in some of the work done for Theora.
Hardware support. Several companies have announced support for VP8 in their hardware.
Flash. Support for WebM in Flash may actually be the most important thing for authors and for the success of unencumbered video. It means authors will be able to publish in one format, WebM, and it will work everywhere (except the iPhone/iPad I guess!). Not only is that great for authors, it will put great pressure on the holdouts to add native WebM support. Thanks Adobe!
And thanks Google. Spending $120M on On2 and then releasing their IP assets under a BSD license is hugely appreciated.
It's important to remember that as exciting as this is, it's only the beginning. We expect significant improvements to the VP8 encoder and decoder. For Gecko, we need to get our current patches into mozilla-central, we need to fix some bugs, and we need to add a few desperately needed features to our <video> element support, such as the buffered attribute, plus a generic fullscreen API.
By the way, there's an important lesson here for all the people who were counseling us to give up on unencumbered video as a lost cause and embrace the MPEG-LA. It's a mistake to give in to despair when you don't know the future (and the world being an unpredictable place, you very rarely know the future).
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WebM should definitely solve the problem for YouTube, and most other video-sharing sites will likely follow YouTube's lead. Unfortunately, sites such as TV networks and Hulu will probably stick with Flash for the foreseeable future, because the video tag makes it easy for web browsers and other tools to offer downloads of the videos in question, and such sites don't seem to like that idea.
Screwtape 21 May 2010 at 06:15
I'm not terribly fussed about video-quality - I've been watching VP6 Flash video online for long enough - so I found the "VP8 is scarily close to the heavily-patented H.264" news from Dark Shikari's analysis to be most worrying.
My inner nerd is disappointed that WebM is immutably frozen to the current unpolished VP8 implementation, but I guess a hobbled, high-quality Free codec is better than an excellent medium-quality Free codec (Theora) or an excellent high-quality patented codec (x264).
modeless 21 May 2010 at 07:02
This is all amazing but unfortunately I think it's premature to declare victory; MPEG LA isn't defeated yet. The more worrying part of Dark Shikari's analysis is his opinion that H.264 patents almost certainly cover what VP8 is doing. Even if it isn't true, an MPEG LA lawsuit could drag on for years and kill VP8's momentum.
Google hasn't provided much in the way of assurances here. They certainly aren't going to indemnify everyone in the world against MPEG LA lawsuits, but I was hoping for at least some discussion of the issue. Instead all we have to go on is Dark Shikari's opinion. I suppose everyone besides him has been muzzled by their lawyers...
Dave 21 May 2010 at 08:06
@screwtape: VP8 is only "frozen" at the spec level, the nature of most codecs leaves plenty of room for improvement.
For example check out the changes in Theora, or the difference between a good H.264 encoder ( e.g. x264) and a bad one (e.g. Apple or Adobe's). That is all done without spec changes. Since VP8 is currently tuned to meet the misleading PNSR metric there is plenty of low hanging fruit and even right now it is better than most H.264 encoders, it just so happens that the popular GPL encoder x264 is a bit of an outlier when it comes to quality. Probably a good sign for free codecs generally.
Robert O'Callahan 21 May 2010 at 08:10
I totally agree that victory has not yet been achieved. I fully expect the MPEG-LA to fire back somehow. But I think our chances are looking good.
On patents: if VP8 turns out to require licensing from the MPEG-LA, then Google wasted most of $120M buying On2. Are they that stupid?
James 21 May 2010 at 08:38
Dave: Implementation bugs have been frozen into the spec. You won't fix those without a whole new revision.
The spec constrains the decoder and encoder, but the implementation of the decoder and encoder is by no means "frozen into the spec".
Matěj Cepl 21 May 2010 at 09:15
> the world being an unpredictable place, you very rarely know the future
Which is the reason I am sad about https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435339#c53 and eagerly waiting on resolution of https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=422540 which could save you a lot of work already.
We don't ship libraries that are LGPL-only. We only ship libraries that are at least LGPL/MPL compatible.
I don't really like this policy, but that's what it is. Recent threads on mozilla.governance discuss this in more detail.
Robert Kaiser 21 May 2010 at 13:46
First, this is great news, and the support behind it is incredibly awesome. This is surely good to see.
I wonder though if we have answers to Dark Shikari's analysis, esp. if we have made our lawers think about the patent side and if we are working with Google and others to get the spec to be improved - not sure how much that's possible in terms of what is actually in it but at least it would be good in terms of how it's written (i.e. let's care that it's made crisp and clear and not be expressed in c&p code but clear and useful descriptions).
Boris 21 May 2010 at 15:16
There's actually an interesting question regarding lawsuits here. If the MPEG-LA brings a lawsuit regarding VP8, does that exclude all MPEG-LA members from Google's VP8 license? Or just MPEG-LA itself?
> H.264 Baseline, which is pretty much all H.264 on the Web today (partly because that's all most current H.264 hardware supports)
Well, this is not exactly true. All desktop cards support High profile. The decoder on the iPhone 3GS also supports High. Most "real" devices support high (set top boxes, Blu-Ray players...) YouTube encoded videos use Main for normal qualities (360p, 480p) and High for HD (720p, 1080p) (ironically they don't use B-frames, the lack of which is VP8's greatest problem)
That said, even by DS' admission, VP8 is probably within 20% of High profile h.264, and that's great. The Flash thing is also huge. I'm a lot more optimistic now.
Anonymous, yes I should have said "most *mobile* hardware".
I believe Youtube uses Baseline for 360p.
Jeff Walden 21 May 2010 at 22:40
I elaborated my own take on the concern acknowledged in the last paragraph, for anyone interested in reading more words on this topic.
http://whereswalden.com/2010/05/20/a-brief-note-on-web-video-formats-mozilla-theora-and-h-264-in-light-of-webm/
I think the attention on Dark Shikari's post is that his was the only technical commentary on launch. All of the launch PR was focused on being open-source and royalty-free, and his post was the only one in that void and so is now being taken as fact by the hard-working tech press. I'm quite surprised that 2 days later there hasn't been a technical response from anyone. There's plenty to say; it's the best free codec, it's one of very few codecs that's better than baseline h264, it has plenty of room to grow, etc. But nobody has made any of these points - is On2 just not used to being open yet or something?
Jeffrey 22 May 2010 at 08:24
I think you're mistaken about Flash supporting WebM. Adobe has only said it supports the VP8 codec not the WebM container format. I think it's likely to be only be supported through a format like FLV or F4V.
Also, I never heard them specifically say that they will install the codec on DirectShow (or GStreamer and QuickTime). They haven't done that with any of their other codecs. So IE9 users will still have to install a separate one themselves.
voracity 22 May 2010 at 12:59
What annoys me most about Dark Shikari's post is that, while he's clearly a smart guy, he doesn't seem to understand that Google is staffed by smart guys too.
The patent issue has been the elephant in the room that *everyone* is talking about --- it is the *only* reason Google et al. are looking at an alternative. Google would have spent the vast bulk of the time since the On2 purchase going over the source code and algorithms with the finest of fine tooth combs. Nobody, and *least* of all Google, would have taken On2's statements about the patent-free status of VP8 on face value.
Shikari's post makes for a great technical insight into VP8, but he has thrown in his own baseless scaremongering about patent issues. (IANAL indeed!) I can't imagine that he would have had much experience with avoiding patents or patent issues --- especially given the project he works on.
@anonymous: the iPhone 3GS does not support anything higher than H,264 baseline. See for yourself:
http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
I've heard it said that the newest iPhones could support more in theory, but Apple won't transfer the better files because they want to keep things standard across the installed base. They wouldn't like it if people stopped serving baseline as they've got some 100 million customers who can't view anything better.
The iPad only does Main profile too, so I doubt the next iPhone expected to be launched in the summer will do anything higher than that.
(Wikipedia actually claims that the Mac OS X decoder in Quicktime doesn't even do High Profile, but that's got to be wrong surely?)
But more importantly, even though Youtube is always at the core of this debate (even now it's on the righteous side), it doesn't reflect the average website that just wants to stick a single file on the web and have it viewed everywhere and by everyone. The only contenders for that are H.264 baseline and VP8, and if quality is the deciding factor (which it never is) then VP8 will win.
pd 24 May 2010 at 12:08
The "lesson to be learned" is that Google cash bankrolls the vast majority of 'open' ideology. It is not "giving in to despair" to acknowledge that "open" is not always pragmatic.
Another lesson is not "giving in to" hype. The article by Jason Garret-Glaser:
http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/?p=377
gives a much more realistic view than that coming out of the WebM partners and thankfully it's not concluded with a faith-oriented "lesson" suggesting skepticism is a "mistake".
- Patent pending? "With regard to patents, VP8 copies way too much from H.264 for anyone sane to be comfortable with it, no matter whose word is behind the claim of being patent-free. This doesn't mean that it's sure to be covered by patents, but until Google can give us evidence as to why it isn't, I would be cautious."
- Inferior quality? "VP8, as a spec, should be a bit better than H.264 Baseline Profile and VC-1. It's not even close to competitive with H.264 Main or High Profile."
- Closed to developers? "With the lack of a real spec, the VP8 software basically is the spec–and with the spec being "final", any bugs are now set in stone. Such bugs have already been found and Google has rejected fixes"
Jason is deeply invested in H.264, but he doesn't know much about patents (his project totally ignores patents). The most important point about patents is that if VP8 turns out to require MPEG-LA patent licensing, Google wasted most of $120M buying On2. One presumes they did due diligence.
Whether Jason is right about quality "as a spec" or not (he is an H.264 partisan after all), in practice we'll improve the VP8 encoder and we think it'll be more than competitive. It's also worth noting that a lot of the devices that play H.264 today only play Baseline.
A real spec for VP8 will be written.
None of that has anything to do with the lesson that unencumbered video has a fighting chance in the marketplace, and those who claimed it was "clearly doomed" would have had us surrender prematurely.
crf 24 May 2010 at 23:37
Every attempt to bring an open patent/royalty free video platform for the web will come up for criticism that it will be sunk by a patent aircraft carrier or submarine.
At some point you have to have the courage to take on these patent bogeymen, and fight, and either win or lose.
Do it. You're stronger than the fraidy-cats.
This is GREAT NEWS. If this succeeds, even if or when Mozilla dies, you'll be remembered for this, for decades.
Joshua Cogliati 25 May 2010 at 04:29
For a royalty free video platform, H.261 like video (note the 1, not a 3 or a 4) and somekind of subband audio encoding similar to MASCAM is rapidly approaching the point where it is indisputably not covered by any MPEG-LA patents simply by age since H.261 is from 1990 and MASCAM is from 1988. There is at least one MPEG-LA MPEG-2 patent expiring every month for the rest of this year ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:MPEG-2#Patents ) In about two years, MPEG-1 should be approaching this same point since the near final public committee draft came out by December 6, 1991. So claims like all video codecs are subject to MPEG-LA's patents are rapidly becoming false even in the unlikely event that they are currently true.
I would like to see more discussion of patents on VP8 from Google's direction since VP8 is newer than things like H.261 and MPEG-1. However time is not on MPEG-LA's side for stopping patent free codecs totally.
I can't help but reflect on the progress that Javascript execution speed has made over the last few years as Google, Mozilla, Opera and Apple (even Microsoft more recently) have worked diligently, sometimes in co-operation, sometimes in competition to squeeze any possible speed increase out of the already existing standard.
I'm guessing that's something else the naysayers thought impossible. It'll be interesting to see what open co-opetition can achieve in VP8 encoders and decoders as the Theora, FFMPEG and x264 projects all seem to have achieved great things within the limitations of their respective specifications.
Logan 27 May 2010 at 01:19
US patent rules prior to July 1995 mean that some patents could extend out to 2017 or so, even though they cover standards from 1990.
Crazy, but possible. In a pool with enough patents some of them will be in this category.
A review of 1000+ patents is a huge task, but achievable. My experience of large patent clearance projects suggests that pending applications pose the greatest risk. The continuation and amendment rules in USA (and some other countries) allow too much flexibility to keep something pending and present new claims that target a product that skirts a granted patent. Whether that applies in patent pools, or in this patent pool, I don't know.
Recent cases on enablement may curtail this, or provide some ammunition for litigation. But a patent system that requires full scale litigation to understand the valid scope of a patent is ....
Personally, I like the antitrust angle.
Logan:
Yes, it is possible in general that there are patents that still cover very old technology because of long times between filing and granting. As you know, for patents filed before July 1995, the length of the patent was the longer of 20 years after filing or 17 years after granting. However, for a known list of patents, it is easy to grab the filing date and granting date and figure out which patents are after a given set of prior art was published.
Here are some scripts I made to automate this process:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jrincayc/Patent_utils
Ed 30 May 2010 at 05:13
1. Unless google comes out and say. VP8 Spec will be written with Bug Fixing. Otherwise the reference Encoder ( with bug ) as it is now, will be the only encoder. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. But as a encoder that On2 has been working for a few years it is in VERY bad shape.
Personally i dont understand why we cant iron out the bugs and call it something else like VP9. Afterall there are no compatibility issues to worried. Why not fix it before problems spread.
2. Encoder takes a LONG time to tune. It will be at least a year or two before it is into good shape. Ofcoz if google decide to hire all the smart people then it may speed things up.
3. Google has lot of smart guys, as some previous poster have stated. But definitely not about Video Coding. Although they could easily hire lots...
4. What are the chances we could get Current hardware decoder to work with VP8 through software update. I know the chances is slim. But worth asking.
Omega X 31 May 2010 at 04:33
Google was never about anything but search. But now they are practically everything.
When Google bought ON2, they also bought their entire employee base. On top of that, Google has the ear of XiphOrg and a number of other smaller outfits. Both Mozilla and Opera and a ton of others can contribute code to the project.
I think its way too early to make any declarations. But I suspect that the encoder will improve very quickly.
As for the spec. I suspect that they are still deciding the details.
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What Should Republicans Do After Winning The Senate And The House?
Steve Forbes Forbes Staff
"With all thy getting, get understanding."
REPUBLICANS WILL WIN control of the Senate and increase its majority in the House of Representatives (in fact, the GOP will have its largest number of House members since 1928). Here are pieces of legislation Republicans should immediately pass in January:
--The Keystone XL Pipeline. President Obama hates anything that helps any part of the fossil fuel industry and has sidelined this project—which, from a policy viewpoint, is a no-brainer—since he took office. Trade unions are adamantly in favor of it. Such a bill would pass overwhelmingly, perhaps with enough support to override an Obama veto.
--Anti-trolling patent bill. The House easily passed legislation banning this abusive and hugely expansive anti-high-tech practice. The bill, despite deep bipartisan support, was bottled up by Harry Reid at the behest of the trial lawyers lobby, which contributes mightily to Reid and the Democratic Party. Reid's maneuver, which had the tacit consent of the White House, has enraged Silicon Valley.
--Two immigration reforms. Remove or substantially increase the absurdly low annual cap on H1B visas. Obama says he's in favor of that but wants this provision to be part of a big immigration bill. The GOP should pass it as a distinct piece of legislation. At the same time, Republicans should enact a bill that would allow foreign students who get advanced degrees here in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields to receive green cards with their diplomas.
--Repeal the medical device tax. This levy on revenue is very destructive for this critical field and is driving companies offshore. A repeal enjoys huge support from both sides of the aisle but, no surprise, Harry Reid has prevented the Senate from passing the necessary legislation.
--Repeal ObamaCare's employer and individual mandates. Both are killers for economic growth.
--Allow nationwide shopping for health insurance. The Constitution's interstate commerce clause should be applied to this field. I live in New Jersey, which has some of the stupidest, most expensive regulations in the country. Why can't I buy a policy in neighboring Pennsylvania, where regs are saner and excellent policies far less expensive?
--Arms for Ukraine. The President's weird refusal to provide arms to Ukraine to help it resist Russian aggression is dangerously feckless and may even tempt Vladimir Putin to take probing moves against the Baltic states, all of which are members of NATO, as a means of destroying NATO. Democrats and Republicans would support a bill to give beleaguered Ukraine the means to defend itself.
There is no way to quickly pass major tax reform. But Republicans should prepare legislation for business tax reform that would sharply lower the corporate tax rate, now the highest in the developed world. Such a change has widespread support, including from a goodly number of Democrats. Such a bill could be ready in a few months.
Of course, despite his party's losing both houses of Congress, President Obama may petulantly enact a sweeping amnesty for illegal immigrants. Republicans should be ready with corrective legislation—and with a lawsuit to bar Obama's unconstitutional act.
Almost all of these bills could be passed in early 2015. At the least, they would constructively set the stage for the 2016 presidential election, which will be one of the most important in our history.
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Carter was diagnosed with Burkitt Lymphoma when he was 5 years old. It's a cancer of the lymphatic system, which is made up of lymph glands, like the ones under your ears. The glands help the body fight infection, by filtering out bacteria from the fluid that passes through them.
Even though Carter and his family have already been through so much, they're not out of the woods yet. Carter will need to continue being tested for cancer at the hospital for five long years. If every single one of these tests come back negative, only then will he get the all-clear.
But Carter's wish will make him think about the adventures that await - not the struggles that he's facing today.
Each time he goes into hospital for another test, each time he has to stay at home resting up, he can look forward to the amazing day when he'll go digging for dinosaur bones. All this anticipation and excitement will help Carter continue the fight against his illness.
That's the impact that you could have on a child's life today. You really would be changing their life, not just giving them one special day - because the healing power of a wish starts long before the day it comes true, and continues long afterwards.