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Everglades Python Hunting Therapeutic for 'Swamp Ape' War Vets
Allison Nielsen
March 31, 2017 - 6:00am
Ankle-deep in mud, sweat dripping from his brow, Tom Rahill can't help but smile.
For miles and miles, all Rahill sees is a vast swath of sawgrass. The straw-colored, waist-high blades envelop him in a sea of nature's beauty. The air is warm, thick with humidity. The sound of chirping birds fills the air.
For Rahill, the Everglades is therapy. For Rahill, the Everglades is freedom. For Rahill, the Everglades is home.
By day, Rahill works in information technology for a major airline. But his true passion lies nestled deep within the swamp, hunting Burmese pythons in the Everglades.
Since he began hunting pythons in 2008, Rahill has caught more than 400 snakes. Only three have slipped out of his grip.
His longtime passion for the hunt has netted him a spot on the South Florida Water Management District's python hunting roster this year. Thousands applied but only 25 hunters earned a coveted spot on the official team.
The group's goal is simple: kill as many pythons as possible before June 1.
Rahill, known as the "python whisperer," heads up the Swamp Apes, a group of hunters composed of newly-returned military veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq. They're still suffering from residual war trauma and many are victims of post-traumatic stress disorder.
They're home, on friendly soil, but with a sense of mission unaccomplished, they're doing a job few are prepared to do -- hunting down pythons in Everglades National Park.
The idea for the python hunting squad was borne from a serious concern for the Everglades ecosystem. Pythons, an invasive species, have reached a population estimated at more than 150,000 in the Glades.
One of the ecosystem's biggest predators, Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission experts say the snakes threaten the area's precious wildlife, consuming everything in sight and wreaking havoc on the region, one bite at a time.
To make a dent in the python population, the South Florida Water Management District has thrown $200,000 into the pilot program to pay hunters to eradicate the snakes from the Everglades.
Hunters like Rahill aren't tempted by a fat paycheck, though -- because there isn't one.
"[The salary] is a whopping $8.10 an hour," he said. "The first 4 feet is $50. It's $25 for every additional foot."
Instead of a chance to make money, Rahill sees each python hunt as an opportunity to find peace among nature in the largest wilderness east of the Mississippi River.
Rahill and the Swamp Apes frequently travel to the Everglades for their own version of therapy. Each hunt is a guiding light on the path back to normalcy for veterans who have seen both war and bloodshed.
The Swamp Apes' military training, Rahill said, makes them more vigilant hunters than the average Joe. Because they are specially trained, they are able to focus in incredibly dire situations, similar to the harsh conditions of the Everglades, where the temperature frequently climbs to 90 degrees or higher.
Watching the military veterans concentrate on the hunt, Rahill said, helps them take their minds off their other stressors. Many vets have confessed the search for pythons has helped them overcome their traumas when nothing else would help.
"I get emotional just thinking about it," Rahill said, tears filling his eyes.
Rahill has a special relationship with the pythons. They turn him into a bucket of emotions. He names each one. He sings to them. He jokes with them. Overall, Rahill respects the serpentine beasts which have now made the Everglades their home.
Other hunters agree.
"I learned a lot about snakes and gained a real respect for them," said Swamp Ape Melanie Aycock. "I don't have a fear of them anymore. I respect them."
Some days are better for hunting pythons than others. The ideal conditions include cold nights with misty mornings, forcing the cooled pythons to warm themselves by basking in the sun. On days like those, usually in January and February, hunters can usually drive down the road and nab snakes without even wading into the marsh.
Hunters are contributing to research regardless of whether a python hunt is successful. They strap on GPS modules for each search, which gives information about the whereabouts (or lack thereof) of pythons. This information gives SFWMD a better idea of where the snakes are so they can plan accordingly and send more hunters to specific areas to help nab snakes.
Rahill has grown to empathize with the pythons, but acknowledges they have to be killed for the good of the environment.
"It's a bittersweet thing, but it has to be done," he said. "The damage, left unchecked, could spread through the entire state of Florida."
Each day brings a new challenge for the hunters. Some days they're successful and bag several snakes in one go -- other days, the snakes play hide-and-seek with python hunters, burrowing away in grass near the river banks, waiting to be found.
But every time, Rahill says, is an opportunity to make a difference in the life of a suffering person -- all by being outside and hunting pythons.
"It evokes a lot of emotion in everyone when you catch a python," he told Sunshine State News. "You have the opportunity to open up and bond with each other."
Reach reporter Allison Nielsen by email at allison@sunshinestatenews.com or follow her on Twitter: @AllisonNielsen.
Python hissperer!
Permalink Submitted by Paul Golembiewski on April 6, 2017 - 3:20pm
Harrison Ford might want in
Permalink Submitted by Paul Golembiewski on April 6, 2017 - 9:31am
Harrison Ford might want in on this! ; )
The initial focus of the
Permalink Submitted by Rhmooney3 on April 1, 2017 - 8:07am
The initial focus of the Swamp Ape group was clearing exotic invasive plants, as I recall. Hopefully, they are continuing to do so too. Mr Rahall claims to have gotten over 400 pythons. Is there documentation of that?
Permalink Submitted by Melanie Norwood... on April 2, 2017 - 10:31pm
The initial focus of the Swamp Apes (SA) group was and continues to be U.S. military veterans. The SA has taken on projects involving exotic plant removal/trail clearing and invasive species removal; however, the mission/focus has always been the veterans. The group has grown to specialize in python removal because it is by far its most popular activity. If the U.S. Geological Survey will share the documented capture count, then yes, there is a way to verify the number of pythons Mr. Rahill has caught. I hope this is helpful.
Put a bounty on them that
Permalink Submitted by The Trapper on March 31, 2017 - 7:45pm
Put a bounty on them that would encourage young school teachers who loathe snakes to run one over, get out and lop its head off and take it to the post office for $200. We don't need a bounty based on a bunch of government people that want to educate these guys and gals. We need a bounty large enough for the people that can really go kill the snakes to bother with it. And not people that want to get their picture in the paper.
...Makes sense to me,...If
Permalink Submitted by C Breeze on April 2, 2017 - 11:23am
...Makes sense to me,...If you're going to hunt them, then *HUNT* them ! The "bounty" is the only way (It's how the Buffalo was eradicated by the "Railroad" paid hunters who traded Buffalo hides for bounties)!!! We've got to stop "fiddle-phuquing" around by turning this "invasive-destruction" into a "social experiment" ( which is what "progressive-Liberals" LOVE to do)...
Allison, great article.
Permalink Submitted by Melanie Norwood... on March 31, 2017 - 3:59pm
Allison, great article. Thank you for spending time with us yesterday. Even though we didn't catch any pythons, the experience was well worth it.
"Melanie" Norwood,.."Melanie"
"Melanie" Norwood,.."Melanie" Aycock;...(same person??)...I smell a typical Allison "contrived news article" meant to appease and assuage reader fears...as opposed to TRUTH & SOLUTION ! "Manipulation" is a terrible thing in the "media complex business".
Hi there. I am "Melanie
Hi there. I am "Melanie Norwood Aycock" and "Melanie Aycock." I posted a comment here with my full name, and the system cut off my last name after "Norwood" and followed it with the period marks. Have a nice day.
Dear Melanie:
Permalink Submitted by John Warzybok on June 15, 2017 - 8:03pm
Dear Melanie: You and I spoke briefly over the telephone several weeks ago. I also spoke with your husband and later on I did hear from Mr. Rahill. But since then I never heard anything from anyone again about coming down to Florida to join the Swamp Apes Team.
If I understood you article
Permalink Submitted by Ted S Herrle on March 31, 2017 - 11:26am
If I understood you article correctly there is a bounty on the pythons based on length
Put a bounty on them. The
Permalink Submitted by The Trapper on March 31, 2017 - 8:23am
Put a bounty on them. The Everglade fauna ecosystem is already toast. No marsh rabbits. No possums. No coons. No bobcats, No wading birds. They don't need to be studied, they need to be killed.


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New simulation app enhances resuscitation skills training
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Evan Brownie, M.D., works with the iSumulate technology that offers a new way to teach life-saving skills to health care providers. (photo by Susan Urmy)
by Kathy Whitney and Sarah Carpenter
Vanderbilt University Medical Center's resuscitation program is taking advantage of software technology to help teach lifesaving skills to health care providers who work in critical care.
While attending the EMS World Expo in January Jeff Hileman, manager of the resuscitation program, learned about an iPad app called iSimulate, a defibrillator and patient vital sign simulator that offers an innovative way to deliver high-quality life-saving training.
Critical care nurses, physicians and EMS providers are required to attend an advanced cardiac life support class (ACLS) every two years to keep their skills up to date.
Using the app, instructors program multiple real-life scenarios on one iPad while the students who are attending the ACLS class view them on a second iPad that fits into the iSimulate defibrillator bag. The bag contains the same equipment that a standard defibrillator does — wires for looking at rhythm, a blood pressure cuff, and all of the apparatuses that attach to patients.
"The defibrillators we've used for years only show cardiac rhythm and rate, and can't be adjusted to allow for a dynamic learning experience," Hileman said. "The iSimulate app shows temperature, invasive and non-invasive blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate and end tidal CO2. It adds an increase in fidelity and allows students to use critical thinking based on real time values."
Pierre Massion, M.D., Ingram Professor of Cancer Research and director of the Thoracic Program at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, recently attended an ACLS class and found the technology to be helpful.
"The ACLS class was good as always, an important refresher on latest ACLS guidelines with clinically relevant scenarios. The great simulation allowed integration of all critically monitored variables including PETCO2 (capnography) for monitoring of quality chest compressions and return to spontaneous circulation," said Massion, who works in the Division of Allergy Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
A new iPad app uses simulation technology to deliver life-saving training to health care providers in an innovative way. (photo by Susan Urmy)
After returning from the EMS World Expo, Hileman approached the Workforce Performance Operations (WPO) team with a request for iPads.
"Jeff came to us with a technology need that would allow for innovation in learning delivery. We were excited to enable his piloting period of the app and are excited by the great feedback the students are sharing," said Anne Marie Danko, associate director of WPO.
ACLS instructor Epiphany Moore has enjoyed integrating the technology.
"It's a great tool for demonstrating real-time vitals, compression artifact and the patient's responses to interventions. The app enables the students and me to witness a patient's presentation in a more realistic way," she said.
"From what we've observed, instructors using the app are able to catch on quickly. You don't need to be an iPad or app expert to successfully use it. It was important that ad-hoc instructors could easily put it to use," Hileman said.
With the piloting period almost finished, Hileman looks forward to its more permanent implementation. In addition to ACLS, he'd like to see it added to the pediatric advanced life support (PALS) courses in the future. There are currently six scenarios used in training for ACLS and 18 for PALS.
"This app could be extremely effective for PALS training — its functionality includes video inputs and voice technology and that would really benefit the student experience," Hileman said.
"We saw a need for more realism in our learning events and a lot of products on the market today are cool but very expensive. High fidelity mannequins can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and are prone to mechanical problems and oftentimes require a biomedical staff to support them. The upkeep is tremendous. This simulator app creates an experience similar to that of a high fidelity mannequin without the cost."
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Three Killed, Many Injured in Tel Aviv Shooting
Jerusalem - Three people were killed and more than a dozen others wounded in a shooting at a bar in a busy area of Tel Aviv late on Thursday, Israeli officials said.
The suspected gunman was killed by security forces following a manhunt, according to a statement from Israel's General Security Service on Friday morning.
"At the end of a chase by the security forces, the terrorist who carried out the attack in Tel Aviv was located and thwarted," the statement read.
The General Security Service said the suspect was shot and killed by the Shabak security forces following an exchange of fire.
The suspect was "located by the Shabak (General security service) while hiding near a mosque in Jaffa and during an exchange of fire with the Shabak and YAMAM (Israel's counter terror National unit) fighters, he was killed on the spot," the statement said.
It identified the gunman as Raed Hazem, a 28-year-old from the Palestinian city of Jenin in the West Bank, who had "no clear organizational affiliation, no security background and no previous arrests." The service said Hazem did not have a permit to enter Israel and was an illegal resident.
The investigation into the attack continues, according to the General Security Service.
The incident happened at a bar on Dizengoff Street, a popular dining area in the center of the city, an Israeli police commander said.
The number of wounded was not immediately clear. Speaking on Israeli TV, Tel Aviv police commander Ami Eshed put the number at more than a dozen.
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Cost Comparison of Online Vs On-campus Pharmacy Degree Programs
Online pharmacy degree programs have become increasingly popular in recent years, offering students the opportunity to earn their degrees from the comfort of their own homes.
On-campus pharmacy degree programs, on the other hand, require students to attend classes in person at a college or university. In this blog post, we will compare the costs of online and on-campus pharmacy degree programs to help students make an informed decision about which option is best for them.
One of the major differences between online and on-campus pharmacy degree programs is the cost of tuition. Online programs tend to be less expensive than on-campus programs, as they do not have the added cost of housing, transportation, and other expenses associated with attending college in person. For example, the University of Michigan's on-campus Doctor of Pharmacy program costs around $37,000 per year in tuition, while their online Doctor of Pharmacy program costs around $27,000 per year in tuition.
However, it's important to note that the cost of tuition is just one factor to consider when comparing online and on-campus pharmacy degree programs. Students also need to factor in the cost of textbooks, which can be significantly higher for online programs. This is because online programs often require students to purchase electronic versions of textbooks, which can be more expensive than physical copies. Additionally, online programs may require students to purchase additional software or equipment, such as a computer or internet access, which can also add to the overall cost.
Another factor to consider is the cost of living. On-campus students will need to pay for housing and meals, while online students may be able to save money by living at home or in a cheaper location. This can make a significant difference in the overall cost of earning a pharmacy degree, as housing and meals can add thousands of dollars to the cost of an on-campus program.
In addition to tuition and living expenses, there are other costs to consider when comparing online and on-campus pharmacy degree programs. For example, on-campus students may need to pay for transportation to and from campus, while online students may not have this expense. On-campus students may also need to pay for parking or a campus recreation center membership, which online students may not need.
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If you're considering pursuing a pharmacy degree, you may be wondering whether an online or on-campus program is the best choice for you. One important factor to consider is cost. In this article, we'll compare the costs of online and on-campus pharmacy degree programs to help you make an informed decision.
One of the main costs to consider when comparing online and on-campus pharmacy degree programs is tuition. Tuition costs can vary significantly between different schools and programs, so it's important to do your research and compare costs at multiple schools.
On-campus pharmacy degree programs typically cost more than online programs. According to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), the average tuition and fees for an on-campus pharmacy degree program in the 2020-2021 academic year was $29,763 per year for in-state students and $46,973 per year for out-of-state students.
In comparison, online pharmacy degree programs tend to be less expensive than on-campus programs. According to the AACP, the average tuition and fees for an online pharmacy degree program in the 2020-2021 academic year was $14,802 per year for in-state students and $26,741 per year for out-of-state students.
It's worth noting that these averages may not reflect the costs of individual schools, so it's important to check the tuition and fees for specific programs before making a decision.
In addition to tuition, there are several other costs to consider when comparing online and on-campus pharmacy degree programs. These include:
Many schools charge fees in addition to tuition, such as application fees, registration fees, and technology fees. These fees can vary significantly between schools, so it's important to check with each school to get a complete picture of the costs.
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If you're considering an on-campus program, you'll also need to factor in the cost of housing and other living expenses. These can vary depending on whether you're living on campus or off campus, as well as the location of the school.
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If you're considering an online program, you may have to pay for travel to attend in-person components of the program, such as internships or clinical rotations. These costs can vary depending on the location of the school and your own personal circumstances.
Both online and on-campus pharmacy degree programs may be eligible for financial aid, including grants, scholarships, and student loans. It's important to do your research and explore your options for financial aid to help cover the costs of your education.
In conclusion, online pharmacy degree programs tend to be less expensive than on-campus programs, but there are several other costs to consider when comparing the two options. It's important to do your research and carefully consider all of the costs and financial aid options before making a decision.
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That's what you provide as an egg donor. You're not just making a difference to their day, you're offering them a chance to change their lives and be happier people. You're acting selflessly, giving something of yourself to help those who can't naturally conceive by themselves. You're quite literally their wing-man, watching out for them. It's a great thing that you're doing, and we feel honored to have you on our team.
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With the second developer beta being seeded of iOS 12.2 today, some new details have been uncovered.
It has been confirmed that in iOS 12.2, the next major software update for Apple's mobile operating system, the company will be introducing four new Animoji to the mix. As pictured today by MacRumors, which you can see above, there is a boar, shark, giraffe, and owl that can be used to take advantage of the TrueDepth camera system in the iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and the iPhone XR. That also includes support for the new iPad Pro as well.
As is par for the course with Animoji, the feature will use the TrueDepth Camera system to track your facial movements, including your tongue, and show that as the animated character's face moving. The hardware can track more than 50 movements in the facial region.
There are 24 Animoji now, including these four new additions. The big names up to this point include the dragon, panda, unicorn, and monkey. There are several other options, including the lion, rooster, ghost, alien, fox, cat, dog, t-rex, koala, skull, bear, and panda.
These four new options are pretty great, especially in their overall design. The owl is pretty adorable! The giraffe is pretty awesome, too. Though, I think I might have to start using the shark Animoji quite a bit to send some messages to a friend who is scared to death of sharks. Hopefully it doesn't scar him for life.
What's your favorite Animoji of the new batch? Do you use this feature at all?


In late 1995 a joint university/industry/government consortium initiated the Holographic Data Storage System (HDSS) programme, with the initial goals of developing several key components for the system, including a high-capacity, high-bandwidth spatial light modulator used for data input; optimised sensor arrays for data output; and a high-power red-light, semiconductor laser. At the same time, the HDSS researchers were to explore issues relating to the optical systems architecture (such as multiplexing schemes and access modes), data encoding/decoding methods, signal processing techniques, and the requirements of target applications. Into the programme's final year, progress has been such that consortium member – IBM Research Division – believed that holograms could hold the key to high-capacity data storage in the next millennium.
it is by going beyond recording only on the surface, to recording through the full depth of the medium that holographic data storage is able to break through the density limits of conventional storage.
The combination of high storage densities, fast transfer rates, with durable, reliable, low cost media, make holography poised to become a compelling choice for next-generation storage solution to the data archival requirements of the commercial, medical, governmental and broadcast industries.
Holographic storage uses two laser beams, a reference and a data beam to create an interference pattern at a medium where the two beams intersect. This intersection causes a stable physical or chemical change which is stored in the medium. This is the write sequence. During reading, the action of the reference beam and the stored interference pattern in the medium recreates this data beam which may be sensed by a detector array. The medium may be a rotating disk containing a polymeric material, or an optically sensitive single crystal.
Tokyo-based Optware Corporation, a leading developer of Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) storage products, has developed a system – referred to as collinear holography – in which the reference and information beams are handled as a pencil of coaxial light, rather than the two-beam interference method widely used in the past. This breakthrough mechanism has led to a dramatic simplification and downsizing of the previously bulky and complicated systems required to generate holograms, and in early 2005 ECMA created a technical committee to develop a standardisation strategy for Holographic Information Storage (HIS) systems, that was initially based upon Optware's Collinear Technologies.
One of the major challenges in the area of holographic data storage has been the development of suitable storage materials. Holographic media must satisfy stringent criteria, including high dynamic range, high photosensitivity, dimensional stability, optical clarity and flatness, non-destructive readout, millimetre thickness, and environmental and thermal stability. Many groups centred in large commercial research organisations had looked at this problem, and most had given up without success.
However, one of those that that persevered was InPhase Technologies, founded in December 2000 as a Lucent Technologies venture, spun out of Bell Labs research. Eventually, their efforts were to bear fruit, with the development of a new class of photopolymer materials which satisfied the criteria for a commercial viability, and which was to lead to a successful public demonstration of a prototype of the very first holographic data storage drive, during 2005.
Typical photopolymers use a single chemistry for bonding molecules together to form the media and to perform the recording. The InPhase polymer system utilises materials that use two distinct chemistries that are independent yet compatible. One chemistry is used to form the media and to control the mechanical, manufacturing, and archive life parameters. The second chemistry is used during the recording process. These two chemistries do not interact or interfere with each other, thus enabling high dynamic range with extremely good dimensional stability during recording.
Dubbed the Tapestry Drive, the first commercial units are expected to be delivered to OEMs in October 2006. The first drives in the family will be WORM devices with a capacity of 300GB on a single 12cm removable disk. InPhase expect to increase this to 800GB in late 2007 and to 1.6TB in 2010. All this family of drives will be fully backward compatible.


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BATON ROUGE - Les Miles said there may be a discussion coming about his status as LSU's head football coach, but he won't get into it until the last game of the season is behind him and his Tigers.
Miles took a few minutes at the start of his weekly press conference to address the rumors that LSU's three-game losing skid could mean he was out as head coach. He said the discussion was a valid one, but not one he was going to let distract him from coaching.
Miles also remarked he didn't plan on reading a lot of newspapers or watching TV until the Texas A&M game is behind him, and referenced rumors in 2007 that he was leaving for Michigan which turned out to be false.
Some media outlets speculated before Saturday's Ole Miss game that Miles could be playing for his job at the Magnolia Bowl. After LSU put up a lopsided 38-17 loss, NOLA.com reported that LSU donors were on board buying out his contract, which would take $15 million, and hiring Florida State's Jimbo Fisher.
When asked Monday about the rumors, Fisher told media in Florida he does not comment about job rumors and "there is no opening" at LSU.
Jimbo on LSU rumors. 'I have no comment. I have a policy I don't speak about jobs. (says unfair to everyone). And there is no opening.'#FSU
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LSU dropped out of the national rankings after the loss to Ole Miss. They had been ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation before the post-bye week losing streak happened.
The Tigers host Texas A&M in Baton Rouge Saturday, Nov. 28 with kickoff set for 6:30 p.m.
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Customers will be able to buy or sell cryptocurrencies for fiat money. The Skrill wallet supports more than 40 such currencies. The cryptos buy / sell service will be implemented using a well-known cryptocurrency exchange, but Skrill does not disclose its name.
Skrill also plans to launch this new offer on additional markets and add the service to its mobile application and Paysafe Neteller digital wallet in the near future.
"The world of cryptocurrency trading is exciting and dynamic, and our digital wallet service very much lends itself to this environment. I'm confident that the ability to trade in cryptocurrencies quickly and easily through Skrill will appeal to consumers both now and in the future," said Lorenzo Pellegrino, CEO of Skrill, Neteller and Income Access.
Currently, the service does not provide an opportunity to pay with cryptocurrencies, only the exchange of cryptocurrencies for fiat money and vice versa. However, in the future, the payment function is likely to become available. At the moment, clients from 30 countries of the world can use the Skrill cryptos buy/sell service. Over time, the list of countries will expand.


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Reversing the 'brain drain' with new ideas, spaces
aldavis@press-citizen.com
Local efforts are ramping up to quell the dilemma of well-educated, skilled workers leaving the state after graduation, known colloquially as the "brain drain."
A statewide survey last year of 1,657 graduate and professional students showed less than 48 percent would likely stay in Iowa after graduation, and less than 15 percent said they would likely stay in rural parts of the state. Employment opportunities were the biggest factor in determining where to locate after graduation, according to the report.
With that in mind, groups in the Iowa City area are coming together to grow businesses founded by undergraduates, graduates, entrepreneurs and faculty.
The Iowa City Area Development Group, known for bringing IC CoLab co-working spaces to the area in 2013, has partnered with Iowa City and the University of Iowa on one of the latest efforts to reduce the brain drain through MERGE. The new downtown co-working space will provide access to new technologies like 3-D printing for tech company startups and recent graduates.
Co-working spaces are collaborative, shared working spaces available to multiple businesses. There also are ICAD Group CoLabs in Coralville and North Liberty.
The Iowa City CoLab small business incubator this year moved into MERGE, which has filled the city-owned space on the pedestrian mall left by The Wedge at 136 S. Dubuque St. Mark Nolte, president of the Iowa City Area Development Group, said the new space and partnerships offer enhanced opportunities for small businesses and those looking to take advantage of co-working spaces.
"When we started the CoLabs, we were trying to do more to reverse the brain drain and to try and keep more creative people, more entrepreneurs, here. That's really the rationale behind starting a space like this," Nolte said. "There's so much talent and so many brilliant people that we need to make sure we are creating spaces for and encouraging them to stay in the area to start new ventures."
He said that before MERGE, the group had worked with about 40 small businesses, and about 10 of them have graduated out into their own space.
The new two-level space features 18 startup offices on the lower level and about 30 co-working spaces, and also will have expanded programming space and computer labs. Last year, ICAD Group signed a four-year lease with the city for the space, agreeing to pay $24,000 a year for the first two years and $30,000 the next two years.
The project this year received a $1.5 million grant from the Iowa Economic Development Authority to purchase a 3-D printer and establish a prototype studio. The studio will be used to create biomedical and other devices and high-quality prototypes that startups can deliver to potential investors, said David Conrad, assistant vice president for economic development in the UI Office for Research and Economic Development.
"A lot of the biomedical engineering students ended up going to Minneapolis because there's already a big medical device industry there and there aren't a lot of places in Iowa to do that," Conrad said. "This studio will give startups access to equipment that they probably wouldn't be able to buy, and can give students an opportunity to start using the space and working with experts."
According to the MERGE website, the studio will have two experienced engineering coordinators on hand, one with a degree in electrical engineering and another with a degree in 3-D design.
"We'll probably have some classes, or at least some labs in 3-D design studio, taught there to get students comfortable and used to coming to the space. If they come there for class, they may discover it and start hanging out there and working there more," Conrad said.
Nolte said the space will be closed for renovations in September, funded in part by an $800,000 contribution from UI and a matching grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, and will reopen in January.
In the meantime, recent graduates like Chance Morgan are taking advantage of the space.
Morgan, 23, graduated in May and works for Keven Mellen, who about four years ago founded high-quality graphic design and branding company Creative Mellen. Mellen, 44, said he had been growing his business through the CoLab before moving over to MERGE, and next month plans to move in above the former Austin Burke location at 26 S. Clinton St., where OPN Architects also is moving.
"I didn't plan to stay here originally, even though I love the Midwest. I knew a lot of the good design jobs are more available in bigger cities on the East and West coasts," Morgan said Thursday. "It's great to see more creative opportunities in the Creative Corridor, especially with how artsy it is around here. It's also nice to be in a collaborative space like this and to get feedback from some of our other colleagues here."
Creative Mellen has allowed Morgan to get his name out there, he said, and take on more freelance design work for local small businesses.
Nolte said the startup and co-working spaces will be nearly full when they open next year, and said he has high hopes for MERGE.
"We as a community need to plant our flag and be able to attract people from all over the country, if not the world, to live here," Nolte said. "With MERGE, I think you're going to see a number of new tech companies growing up and popping up around town that may have otherwise gone and moved on to Chicago or some other place. With all of the partners, we're all trying to do a better job, and I think we're making some headway.
"I think people are starting to say, 'I don't need to leave when I graduate. I don't need to go somewhere else to grow this business, I've got everything I need right here,' " he said.
Reach Andy Davis at 319-887-5404 or at aldavis@press-citizen.com, and follow him on Twitter as @BylineAndyDavis.
Financial incentives to stay
Last year, Joshua Schoenfeld, president of the University of Iowa's Graduate and Professional Student Government, along with his counterparts at Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa, proposed a statewide tax break to incentivize students to remain in Iowa after they graduate.
The proposal called for a 50 percent tax break for graduate and professional students for the first five years after graduation, and 75 percent for graduates who locate to rural areas in Iowa.
Though the proposal was not included in Gov. Terry Branstad's education budget for the 2016-17 school year, its report highlighted students' desires to leave the state.
In a survey of 1,657 graduate and professional students from across the state, 47.6 percent said they would likely stay in Iowa after graduation, and only 14.6 percent of students said they would likely stay in rural parts of the state. Employment opportunities were the biggest factor in determining where to locate after graduation, according to the report.
While the report said a tax incentive by itself is not likely to change a graduate's mind, 88.4 percent of the undecided students said they would remain in the state with an incentive. At the same time, 56.1 percent of students who said they would be unlikely to stay in the state said they might reconsider that decision given an incentive.
Schoenfeld said the proposal is being adjusted to increase the incentive amounts. Over the past year, he said, he and others working on the proposal have been working with state legislators to request an official cost analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency.
"Based on that fiscal analysis, they said they could potentially sponsor or co-sponsor a bill in the Legislature this coming year," Schoenfeld said.


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Home Wrestling News Why Bray Wyatt's Firefly Funhouse Almost Didn't Happen- Exciting Plans Ahead
Why Bray Wyatt's Firefly Funhouse Almost Didn't Happen- Exciting Plans Ahead
Ever since it debuted on WWE RAW this week, Bray Wyatt and his Firefly Funhouse have taken the wrestling world by storm on social media.
It appears to be a huge hit with fans thus far, but it almost wasn't going to happen at all. The idea behind Bray Wyatt's new character is essentially Mr. Roger's Neighborhood meets Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
The idea is reportedly for him to be the creepiest and the scariest character that they've produced in recent years and for him to be unbeaten for the foreseeable future. They also have created some crazy segments with input from Jason Jordan, Triple H, and even The Undertaker.
Jason Baker who does special effects and has worked on "Jack Reacher" is said to have helped direct the vignettes with Bray and also built the puppets. WWE actually considered dropping the gimmick altogether after feedback on Tuesday morning from WWE shareholders and sponsors voicing their opinions on it.
They aren't fans of the whole cult leader of children vibe but despite that WWE sees this as a hit and is going to move forward. Nikki Cross and Lars Sullivan with Bray as the New Wyatt Family was planned just in case but it appears that is not happening.
Hopefully for both WWE and Bray Wyatt it is and takes Wyatt to the next level that he's been searching for since arriving in WWE.
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DI Women's Basketball Player of the Week – No. 9
Westmont's Canitez wins four National Player of the Week honor
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By Alan Grosbach, Manager of Communications and Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo - Tugce Canitez of Westmont (Calif.) has been named the NAIA National Division I Women's Basketball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Canitez, who is the final weekly honoree for the 2012-13 season, was selected based on her performances from Feb. 25 - March 3 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/unaffiliated group winners.
Canitez, a native of Izmir, Turkey, notched her Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) leading - seventh nationally - 18th double-double of the season with 27 points and 20 rebounds in Westmont's 62-47 win against San Diego Christian (Calif.) in the semifinals of the GSAC Tournament on March 1. The senior forward shot 7-for-13 (53.8 percent) from the field and 13-of-16 (81.3 percent) at the foul line. She also added four assists and one steal in the effort.
Canitez currently ranks fourth on Westmont's all-time scoring list with 1,253 career points in less than two seasons. She leads the NAIA in defensive rebounding per game (9.1), while ranking second in points per game (21.6) and third in rebounds per game (12.3). Canitez is the first single-season four-time NAIA National Division I Women's Basketball Player of the Week award winner, dating back to the 2007-2008 season.
For a complete list of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
For the complete Player of the Week calendar, click here.
Nominees: Katie Scherder, William Woods (Mo.); Courtney Sturdivant, West Virginia Tech; Nia Nolan, West Virginia Tech; Amber Tully, West Virginia Tech; Jessica Pace, Cumberland (Tenn.); Jenna Adams, Lee (Tenn.); Britney Joseph, Central Methodist (Mo.); April Perry, Southern-New Orleans (La.).
2013 Division I Women's Basketball Players of the Week
Week 1 (Jan. 8): Amber Arceneaux-Francis, St. Thomas (Texas)
Week 2 (Jan. 15): Kourtney Tyra, Georgetown (Ky.)
Week 3 (Jan. 22): Tugce Canitez, Westmont (Calif.)
Week 4 (Jan. 29): Arnissa Galloway, Southern Poly (Ga.)
Week 5 (Feb. 5): Tugce Canitez, Westmont (Calif.)
Week 6 (Feb. 12): Tugce Canitez, Westmont (Calif.)
Week 7 (Feb. 19): Jenna Adams, Lee (Tenn.)
Week 8 (Feb. 26): Brittany Carter, Faulkner (Ala.)
Week 9 (March 5): Tugce Canitez, Westmont (Calif.)
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She asked, "What stifles you"?
That's a good question. Am I stifled? My first reaction is nothing stifles me. But I guess the real deal is that no outside source stifles me. I'm pretty direct and don't hold back much. And who would actually try to stifle me? I don't think many would try.
These days I'm tending to stifle myself. I'm not being very successful but I'm trying. I have paid a pretty hefty price for not curtailing thoughts and comments so now I'm trying to take that extra second before I speak, write or act. Is it helping? In some areas, yes. I'm not use to holding back so I find myself with missteps, but yes, it's a better way to be.
I am blessed the stifle switch seems to automatically turn off and all the words and thoughts appear.
There is a force field protecting my story telling from the restraints I now heap on my real life.
We are told the more exposed the writing the better. Well at least for the first draft. Then the revisions and edits can fix and hide the episodes no one has the right to read about. There needs to be secrets.
If I can keep writing about everything and not hold back I should be fine.
Then maybe publish under a pen name. We all know I would never do that.
But back to the real world… stifle what I say and do? Yes, it is probably the best option. There have been so many times I have gotten myself in trouble. Maybe it's time I learned that my happiness might just depend on the reins I should gladly put on myself.
So there it is… being me stifles me. It seems like a very sad state.
And a little ironic side note… this is not the post I wanted to use this week. This was my second choice. Yes, I stifled myself.


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Home Public Speaking Often asked: What Is Kairos In Public Speaking?
Often asked: What Is Kairos In Public Speaking?
Kairos (Greek for "right time," "season" or "opportunity") • Refers to the "timeliness" of an argument. • Often, for an ad or an argument to be successful, it needs appropriate tone and. structure and come at the right time.
According to Kinneavy, kairosis "the appropriateness of the discourse to the particular circumstances of the time, place, speaker, and audience involved" (84). Other scholars suggest that " kairosrefers to a struggle, at the point of rhetorical intervention, between situational factors" (Sheridan, Michel, and Ridolfo).
1 What's an example of kairos?
2 How do you explain kairos?
3 How do you use kairos in a speech?
4 How is kairos used in advertising?
5 What is the purpose of kairos?
6 What is the importance of kairos?
7 What happens on a kairos retreat?
8 Why is decorum part of kairos?
9 What does kairos time mean?
10 How can kairos help you communicate more effectively?
11 How do you write kairos?
12 What is Kairotic moment?
13 Is Kairos a God?
14 What is Telos and Kairos?
15 What is Kairos and Exigence?
What's an example of kairos?
Kairos means taking advantage of or even creating a perfect moment to deliver a particular message. Consider, for example, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
How do you explain kairos?
Kairos is a rhetorical strategy that considers the timeliness of an argument or message, and its place in the zeitgeist. The term comes from the Greek for "right time," "opportunity," or "season." Modern Greek also defines kairos as "weather." A kairos appeal depends a great deal on knowing which way the wind blows.
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How do you use kairos in a speech?
How to use kairos
Create an important moment in your story.
Consider how your audience will feel about this moment.
Understand the times you're living in and how this affects the moment.
Create a meaningful message about that particular moment.
How is kairos used in advertising?
Kairos is a persuasive technique that uses takes advantage using the perfect timing to encourage people to act or make a decision. This advertisement was very effective in spreading the word about the horrors of domestic violence.
What is the purpose of kairos?
Kairos, adapted from Greek to mean "God's Time," is a Christian retreat program geared toward deepening one's faith, identity, relationships, and connection to God's role in our lives. This retreat is an opportunity to find meaning in the highs and lows of your life.
What is the importance of kairos?
The Importance of Kairos. Kairos is important because audience is important. Since rhetoric is about communication, you have to think about your audience – what they bring to the table, how they think about the issue, and how they're likely to respond to your message. Naturally, kairos is part of that.
What happens on a kairos retreat?
What happens on the retreat? Like any retreat, Kairos is an experience of the self, others, and God. Students spend time in reflection, discussion, and prayer, both individually and with others on the retreat. Student and teacher leaders facilitate the exercises and activities.
Why is decorum part of kairos?
decorum. A central rhetorical principle requiring one's words and subject matter be aptly fit to each other, to the circumstances and occasion (kairos), the audience, and the speaker. Though initially just one of several virtues of style ("aptum"), decorum has become a governing concept for all of rhetoric.
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What does kairos time mean?
: a time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action: the opportune and decisive moment.
How can kairos help you communicate more effectively?
Kairos is all about finding the opportune time to persuade your audience. If you want to invite people to a party, but you invite them three months in advance, they may forget. If you invite them the day before, they may have other plans. As the saying goes, timing is everything.
How do you write kairos?
How to Write Kairos
Think hard about your audience and how they might feel about your moment.
What is Kairotic moment?
turning point. when push comes to shove.
Is Kairos a God?
Representations. According to ancient Greeks, Kairos was the god of the "fleeting moment"; "a favorable opportunity opposing the fate of man". A bronze statue of Kairos is known in literature, made by the famous Greek sculptor Lysippos. It stood at his home, in the Agora of Hellenistic Sikyon.
What is Telos and Kairos?
Telos is a term Aristotle used to explain the particular purpose or attitude of a speech. In this resource, telos means "purpose." Kairos. Kairos is a term that refers to the elements of a speech that acknowledge and draw support from the particular setting, time, and place that a speech occurs.
What is Kairos and Exigence?
As nouns the difference between kairos and exigence is that kairos is a time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action; the opportune and decisive moment while exigence is exigency.
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Biden? Biden? Anyone remember Joe Biden?
Jake Turcotte
By Jimmy Orr
In case the American voting population may have forgotten, there is another vice presidential nominee out there. His name is Joe Biden.
He could be the equivalent of the Professor and Mary Ann in the first year of Gilligan's Island where they were just referred to as "the rest" in the popular sitcom theme song. But as "Island" fans will remember, in season two they were given their proper billing at the end of the song.
Just like the forgotten duo, Joe Biden is back and getting his proper recognition. Why? Well, it's because of Sarah Palin, sure, but news is news.
He's gearing up for his October 2 debate with the "moose-shooter" (as Barack Obama described Governor Palin recently). And he's doing it by preparing with another female Governor who shares similarities with Palin.
Getting ready to rumble
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm will play the part of Sarah Palin in multiple sparring sessions preparing the sometimes-gaffe prone Senator for the upcoming showdown.
Granholm and Palin are both sitting Governors. They're both in the same age bracket and both competed in beauty pageants. In fact, Granholm once appeared on "The Dating Game." And they've both been described as "tough as nails."
Just a sample
Biden gave a little preview of his strategy at a fundraiser last night in Chicago.
"I know what she's going to try to do," told the gathering of supporters. "She's going to try to make it as personal as she can. She's going to take a lot of straight lefts and jabs at me, she's going to try to get me to respond, she's going to try to get me to respond in a personal way. That's not my style. I'm not going to do it."
His style? Not small ball. Not the stuff currently circulating around the blogs and news sites like the "Bridge to Nowhere" or her story of listing the Alaska state plane on Ebay, he said. He's going large.
"What I care about is what in God's name she's going to do – along with John McCain – about the thousands of people who don't have health care," he said.
Further, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, he's going to ask her about "the superhighway of terror between Pakistan and Afghanistan where my helicopter was forced down...John McCain wants to know where Bin Laden and the gates of Hell are? I can tell him where. That's where Al Qaeda is. That's where Bin Ladin is. It's not in the country of Iraq."
Don't believe them polls
He also cautioned the group about reading too much into recent polls which show an exodus of women leaving the Obama-Biden ticket to the McCain-Palin team.
"The press is exaggerating how white women are all of a sudden for Sarah Palin," Biden said. "We still have more women voting for Barack Obama than for John McCain."
The upcoming debate is scheduled for October 2 at Washington University in St. Louis and begins at 8pm (CT).
Is Joe Biden dragging Obama down?
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Why Fox News dropped Sarah Palin


Delays are inevitable today for Great Western Railway services to and from London Paddington due to a derailment of a train yesterday afternoon.
But Great Western Railway have confirmed that there will be no delays for trains running from Plymouth.
The rear power car of the Great Western Railway train partially left the track as it departed for Penzance in Cornwall shortly before midday on Sunday, August 20.
A spokesperson for the rail firm claimed that the train was "travelling at extremely low speed" and no injuries were reported following the incident.
GWR confirmed that it will be operating with one less platform at Paddington but High speed trains will be unaffected.
Passengers on board at the time were transferred to an alternative service and other trains leaving the station continued to run to their original timetables.
BBC Travel Southwest tweeted this morning that services will be affected due to the train leaving the track at midday in Cornwall.
The tweet noted that Great Western Railway services "to and from London Paddington subject to delays due to earlier derailment at Paddington".
Passenger Patrycja Pyka tweeted that platforms one and two are closed at Paddington.
And this is the second time a train has derailed at a major London station in a week.
On Tuesday, August 15, a South West train left tracks after it hit a barrier train at Waterloo station causing major disruption for commuters.
Then on the same day, a Great Northern train crashed into buffers as it arrived at King's Cross.


In the previous column, we discussed the new Microsoft® ASP.NET 2.0 (formerly referred to as ASP.NET "Whidbey") provider design pattern, a pattern that allows for a pluggable Business Logic Layer (BLL) and Data Access Layer (DAL) for published APIs. This pattern is being used throughout the new ASP.NET 2.0 infrastructure features; it allows you to unplug our default implementation of an API and plug-in your own—a very powerful capability. To learn more about the pattern, make sure to read Part 1 of this article.
A point brought up in the previous article discussed the conundrum the ASP.NET team faced while building the Personalization system used for ASP.NET 2.0. The problem was choosing the right data model: standard SQL tables versus a schema approach. Someone pointed out that the provider pattern doesn't solve this, which is 100% correct. What it does allow is the flexibility to choose which data model makes the most sense for your organization. An important note about the pattern: it doesn't solve how you store your data, but it does abstract that decision out of your programming interface.
Where the provider pattern differs from normal abstraction layers is that the class containing the implementation and DAL is not fixed and easily replaced, either at design time or at run time. One of the major points of the pattern is that the implementer can choose which model works for them, rather than the person who originally created the API, such as the ASP.NET team.
Another question that arose from the pattern: Why use a NameValueCollection versus using an XmlNode as a parameter on the Initialize() method of ProviderBase class? Furthermore, why support only a flat attribute/value collection in the configuration section versus supporting richer hierarchical XML?
We chose to use a flat attribute/value collection for configuration data since this can be easily described through a schema used for configuration. If you need to specify additional properties for your provider, the recommendation is to create a separate configuration entry where this more complex configuration data should go—you could simply reference it from the provider's attribute/value section and the provider would know where to find the rest of its configuration data. As for why the Initialize() method doesn't support an XmlNode parameter (or other XML-related type): Put simply, it is unnecessary since the attribute list is flat (not to mention that a NameValueCollection is a lot easier to work with than a full XmlNode).
In the previous article, I referred to the new Membership base class from which new classes must be derived as MembershipProviderBase. This is incorrect, and is simply MembershipProvider.
Now that we're done with the housekeeping, let's investigate how you can implement the Provider Design Pattern today in your ASP.NET 1.1 applications in anticipation of ASP.NET 2.0.
It seems these days that software "patterns" are all the rage. Patterns are useful because they allow developers and architects to describe solutions to common problems with well-known terms. It's important to keep in mind, though, that while patterns are wonderfully helpful, they aren't always the right solution to every problem. Before using any pattern, take the time to decide if the pattern is right for the problem you are attempting to solve. You'll find that many times there is a good fit, but many times there is not.
The problem addressed by the provider pattern is the ability to publish APIs and support a pluggable implementation for those APIs. Something we find very desirable, and something many software vendors may also choose to use, but it is not necessary for every application.
Truly, the pattern itself only formalizes something that many developers have done previously: allow for a pluggable abstraction layer. For example, Commerce Server supports a pluggable layer for its personalization system, requiring developers to write a component implementing OleDb; something only a handful of people truly can accomplish, or for that matter desire to accomplish. The difference with the provider pattern is that it is a simple and approachable pattern for abstracting the APIs themselves.
The provider pattern introduced with ASP.NET 2.0 is much like other designs we've implemented for the Microsoft® .NET Framework; simplicity and approachability are high priorities. Implementing the provider pattern is simple, so simple it can be accomplished with ASP.NET 1.1 code. In fact, the original implementation was done in ASP.NET 1.1. The pattern itself is merely a set of rules dictating one way to build pluggable software.
An abstract base class defining a contract. The abstract base class has all the abstract methods and properties required to implement the public API it supports. For example, the new ASP.NET 2.0 Membership feature defines an abstract base class, MembershipProvider. This class mirrors the methods and properties defined in the Membership API. Furthermore, the MembershipProvider derives from another base class, ProviderBase. ProviderBase is a class common to all providers. Developers create their own classes, derive from the MembershipProvider, and override methods and properties with their own implementation. This resulting class is known as the provider. Using the rules set forth in the provider specification, a custom class that implemented MembershipProvider and used Microsoft® SQL Server as the data store would likely be a class named SqlMembershipProvider.
Aside: If you're wondering why we chose to use abstract base classes instead of interfaces: We did in fact use interfaces in the Alpha released at PDC. We chose to use abstract base classes since they are easier to version; interfaces are immutable. The interface versus abstract base class argument is saved for a future article, perhaps in the blogsphere @ http://weblogs.asp.net.
Configuration information. Once an implementation of the feature provider class is created, it must be described in the configuration section. For a given feature, an unlimited number of providers may be defined. The appropriate provider is instantiated at run time from information defined in the configuration file. It is possible to change providers at run time too, allowing for a dynamic change between, say, a SQL Server provider and an Oracle provider. The description of the provider within configuration provides all the information so that the provider can be instantiated in the running application.
The remainder of the specification, while important, is just window dressing to ensure all providers look, feel, and act similarly. Okay, I guess that means it is part of the pattern too!
Let's walk through a simple example demonstrating how this pattern can be implemented today in ASP.NET 1.1.
The methods in the Membership class are static, so we can simply call Membership.Validate() versus having to instantiate the Membership class before use. While not part of the provider design pattern per se, use of static methods is a common design for classes implementing providers. In theory we could now start writing tests, or for that matter start planning applications to use this new Membership API.
The common ProviderBase base class is used to force some implementation detail, but also to allow applications to work with any provider in a generic manner. That is, any implementation of the provider specification should allow for the implemented class to be cast to ProviderBase. This behavior is useful mainly to tools that can work with various providers, for example, easily enumerate the list of providers displaying the name of each.
Finally, we need to compile these classes into an assembly, such as SqlMembership.dll, and deploy it to our application's \bin directory. We could create instances of SqlMembershipProvider and call its methods to create and validate users. The problem now is that we're dependent upon that implementation. Remember, we want to use the generic Membership API, which decouples us from any one particular implementation and allows us to replace our Microsoft SQL Server implementation with an Oracle implementation or maybe a different SQL Server implementation.
Wait for It, Wait for It... the AH HA!
Okay, so far we've taken a fairly simple requirement and now have 4 classes. Seems like a lot of work just to create users and validate credentials—and that doesn't even include any of the stored procedure logic or data schema! True, but keep in mind that we're currently also having to build a lot of infrastructure that is simply part of ASP.NET 2.0.
What's still missing is how we connect the SqlMembership.dll assembly into our application so when Membership.ValidateUser() is called, it forwards it to an instance of SqlMembershipProvider's ValidateUser() method.
The linkage between our 'provider' implementation and our API is accomplished through the configuration system. Again, while it's simply part of ASP.NET 2.0 to use the provider pattern in .NET 1.1, there are several things we have to build. To begin with, we need to create a configuration section and configuration section handler for our Membership feature.
A configuration section handler is used for managing the custom <membership> configuration settings.
There is a <providers> section used to define the providers available for Membership; we've defined only one. Note, while not demonstrated here, other provider entries may be inherited from parent configuration applications.
The implementation exists in a provider class named SqlMembershipProvider in the namespace, NothinButAspNet, in the assembly, SqlMembership.dll.
A connection string is specified for connecting to the appropriate database.
Now that we've defined the provider, let's look at how it gets loaded and made available to the Membership API.
When calling routines on the Membership class, internally it will always forwards those calls to an instance of the MembershipProvider—first creating an instance of MembershipProvider using a factory method, Instance(), and then calling the appropriate base class method on the retrieved instance. The Instance() method doesn't really return an instance of MembershipProvider. It is an abstract class; rather, a class that derives from MembershipProvider, such as SqlMembershipProvider.
Note the actual implementation of how the provider class is instantiated is different in ASP.NET 2.0. Use of an Instance() factory method is simply one technique and instantiates the class on demand.
What the Instance() method does is really the heart of the provider pattern in our example. It uses reflection to dynamically load the class marked as the defaultProvider from configuration, caches a reference to the constructor of the class (if it has not already been loaded), and then returns an instance of the provider class.
Note This trick, caching an instance to the constructor, yields an enormous performance benefit over having to use reflection on each call. Brady Gaster actually ran some numbers on this a while back: http://weblogs.asp.net/tatochip/archive/2003/11/26/39958.aspx. This modification is an extension of the Dynamic Assembly Loader pattern, and an extension I would strongly encourage using for the sake of performance.
We've left out some details for brevity, namely implementing the Providers collection on our Membership class or the Provider property. In a complete implementation, we would implement these properties to add behaviors for accessing the current provider as well as any other providers that may be configured for the system. The Provider and Providers property give us runtime access to any providers added in the configuration <providers> section and further allow us to cast the instance back to its original type, allowing us to access methods or properties that are not part of the base class the provider class overrides.
We created our own class that derived from MembershipProvider and overrode the methods of the base class with our own functionality. We added an entry into the <membership> configuration section describing the class we created. When we use the Membership API, it internally uses our custom class, logic, and SQL Server data store. If someone wanted to customize the behavior further, say add support for Oracle, they would simply create an OracleMembershipProvider, add it to configuration, and then Membership APIs would internally use an Oracle database instead of SQL Server.
We created several helper classes along the way, which added complexity to the examples. It's worth noting that to accomplish the same example in ASP.NET 2.0, all we would have to do is create a class deriving from MembershipProvider and then create an entry in the <membership> <providers> section of web.config. The provider pattern is incredibly powerful; in ASP.NET 2.0 it truly opens new enterprise-level accessibility doors that were not possible before. Systems architects can design and implement providers for common ASP.NET features from session state to new areas, such as membership or personalization. Developers familiar with ASP.NET will use the well-documented public APIs, such as Membership or Session, but unbeknownst to them, internally the APIs may be communicating with a mainframe and executing all manner of custom logic.
Two applications today that implement this pattern include the ASP.NET Forums and DotNetNuke, both of which are source projects that publish their code and allow external contributions. If you are building componentized infrastructure today, I would strongly encourage you to follow the provider design pattern. Not only will it allow you to make the system pluggable, but it will better prepare you for the move to ASP.NET 2.0.
The power of the provider design pattern is the ability to dynamically replace or extend the behavior of published APIs without needing source access to the API itself. The provider pattern is not just a data abstraction layer, but a full API abstraction layer. For the ASP.NET team, it means we can create implementations that ship with ASP.NET, but it also in turn means you can extend or replace our implementation with your own while still supporting a public API. Beautiful, isn't it?
In our next article, we're going to look at how to write an implementation of SQL Server database cache invalidation using the same model employed by ASP.NET 2.0. There are many solutions available for this today, ranging from extended stored procedures that callback to the server (the first of which was written by yours truly), to having SQL Server write to a common file that can be monitored for changes by the ASP.NET Cache. We'll look at all these techniques, as well as point out their shortcomings and why you shouldn't be using them when it comes to writing large-scale applications. We'll also look at the techniques you should be using.
Rob Howard is a program manager on the Microsoft Web Platform and Tools team, and helped design many of the new ASP.NET 2.0 infrastructure features (including the new provider design pattern). When he's not working, he plays hockey on the Dallas, TX Microsoft hockey team and spends time with his family. You can read more about what Rob's up to by visiting his blog at http://weblogs.asp.net/rhoward, or send him an e-mail message at rhoward@devadvice.com.


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September 14, 2021 | 16:06 (GMT+7)
Europe tour by N.A. Chairman enjoys greater-than-expected success
The working trip to Europe from September 5 to 11 by Chairman of the National Assembly (N.A.) Vuong Dinh Hue secured success beyond expectation, contributing to the enhancement of multilateral diplomacy and Vietnam's relations with the countries he visited, an official said.
NA Chairman's remarks at opening of WCSP5
NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attends AIPA-42 opening ceremony
Remarks by NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue at 42nd AIPA General Assembly
The top legislator of Vietnam and his entourage attended the Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament (WCSP5) in Austria, paid working visits to the European Parliament and Belgium, and made an official visit to Finland.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung
Highlighting the tour's achievements, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung said Chairman Hue directly took part in the WCSP5, delivered an important speech at its plenary session, and gave remarks on some specific issues. He also engaged in tens of bilateral meetings with parliamentary leaders from Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa on this occasion.
World parliamentary leaders highly valued the Vietnamese N.A.'s activeness, proactiveness, and high sense of responsibility in helping promote multilateral parliamentary diplomacy, Dung said.
He noted that the trip continued demonstrating the smooth coordination between parliamentary diplomacy and State diplomacy and sent the world the image of an open, proactive, and active Vietnam that is a responsible member of the international community and ready to cooperate and share experience with others to surmount COVID-19 together and boost post-pandemic development.
During the tour, Chairman Hue directly took part in several trade and investment promotion events, chaired business forums in the countries he set foot in, and met and listened to opinions of hundreds of representatives from large European and global enterprises.
He also witnessed the signing of tens of business contracts and memoranda of understanding on cooperation worth billions of USD between Vietnam and foreign partners, according to Deputy Minister Dung.
Another outstanding achievement of this trip is about vaccine diplomacy, he said, elaborating that the N.A. leader met Vietnamese ambassadors to Europe and assigned them to step up efforts to implement the vaccine diplomacy.
Heads of the European Parliament and the European Council voiced their support for Vietnam and pledged to encourage member states to increase assistance for the country, create conditions for Vietnam to access their spare vaccines, and help transfer vaccine production technology and provide medical equipment.
In particular, Belgium handed over 100,000 vaccine doses which were delivered to Vietnam by the flight carrying the Vietnamese delegation back home, while Slovakia also decided to present 100,000 vaccine doses to the country. Some others are also actively considering the vaccine and equipment support for Vietnam, the Deputy FM went on.
He added several foreign organizations, major Vietnamese businesses, and overseas Vietnamese donated more than 1 trillion VND (44 million USD) worth of medical supplies to the COVID-19 fight in the country.
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What is mead wine, or, to be more accurate "what is mead"? It's wine made of honey. Or hydromel. Or.. there are at least 30 other names. Yes, honey seems to be good for everything, even getting you a little drunk.
The word 'mead' comes from the Old English "meodu", meaning an alcoholic beverage created by fermenting honey with water, and various fruits, spices, grains or hops. (Hops act as a preservative and produce a bitter, beer-like flavor.) Starting from here, people have developed lots of recipes, with many flavors and aromas.
Is it alcoholic? Yes. The alcoholic content of mead may range from about 8% ABV to more than 20%.
Is it sparkling? It may be still, carbonated, or naturally sparkling.
Is it sweet? It may be dry, semi-sweet, or sweet.
Can it be made at home? Yes. The recipes are not complicated, BUT you need a lot of patience. It takes time to ferment. The best mead is obtained after 2 years. But if you are very exigent, then making a GOOD mead means perfect combination, dedication and professionalism. The good news is that we can buy it easily from a lot of shops.
AMMA: American Mead Makers Association; TTB: Tax and Trade Bureau.
Is there a difference between 'mead' and 'honey wine'?
We usually understand the same thing, even if we say 'mead' or 'honey wine". But in some cultures, due to its old roots, honey-wine is different from mead. For Hungarians mead is made of honey, water and beer-yeast (barm or yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting), while honey-wine is watered honey fermented by use of grapes or other fruits. So, it is in fact the same thing, only that mead is made with yeast and honey-wine is made with fruit.
Today we cannot make a difference, because all recipes I've found usually put both ingredients, yeast and fruit, for a faster fermentation.
Mead is known from many sources of ancient history throughout Europe, Africa and Asia. Archaeological chemists consider the presence of beeswax markers and gluconic acid, in the presence of other substances known to ferment, to be reasonably conclusive evidence of the use of honey in ancient fermented beverages.
It is considered that it was discovered by accident, with thirsty men drinking rainwater from a beehive, unaware that fermentation will have occurred and that they would become intoxicated.
• 6500-7000 BC In Northern China there have been discovered pottery vessels containing chemical signatures of a mixture of honey, rice and other fruits along with organic compounds of fermentation.
But mead was not only in European and African cultures, Mayans had mead as well, though the recipe included other substances with hallucinogenic qualities.
• 2800 – 1800 BC In Europe, residual samples were found in the characteristic ceramics of the Bell Beaker Culture.
• 1700–1100 BC Rigveda, one of the sacred books of the historical Vedic religion and Hinduism, contains hymns describing mead.
• 500 to 300 BC During the Golden Age of Ancient Greece, mead was the preferred drink. Aristotle (384–322 BC) described mead in his Meteorologica, while Pliny the Elder (AD 23–79) called mead militites in his Naturalis Historia. He differentiated wine sweetened with honey or "honey-wine" from mead.
In ancient Greece, mead was called Ambrosia or Nectar and was said to be the drink of the gods, descended from heaven as dew before being gathered by bees.
Take rainwater kept for several years, and mix a sextarius of this water with a [Roman] pound of honey. For a weaker mead, mix a sextarius of water with nineounces of honey. The whole is exposed to the sun for 40 days, and then left on a shelf near the fire. If you have no rain water, then boil spring water.
In both Insular Celtic and Germanic cultures mead was the primary heroic drink in poetry. The poem Y Gododdin, attributed to the poet Aneirin, tells about mead as part of all legendary drinking, feasting and boasting of warriors.
Archaeological research have revealed that Scandinavians were beekeepers and thus they were making mead. After winning a battle they drank mead from the skulls of those who have conquered. Polish people and Northern Germans were also beekeepers and also producers of mead.
A special building where people gathered to drink mead, eat and party. The mead hall was generally the great hall of the king.
In the Old English epic poem Beowulf, the Danish warriors drank mead. Those days, their feasting halls were called mead halls. The story of Beowulf includes a Mead-Hall called Heorot that was so big and had so much attendant laughter that the monster Grendel broke in and slaughtered the noisemakers.
The idea is met in today's movies, recording those times. For example, a mead hall is the central location of Beorn's home grounds where he serves mead and food to Bilbo Baggins, the Dwarves and Gandalf in The Hobbit.
Mead was the alcoholic beverage of choice for many in the Harry Potter series and almost killed Ron Weasley, when he drank a glass of oak-matured mead, which had been poisoned.
• in 1200 to around 1600 AD, in England, honey wine was the national drink.
Why was wine preferred to mead?
1. Some people say that commercial mead became a more obscure beverage, due to taxation and regulations governing the ingredients of alcoholic beverages. Yet, monasteries (!) kept up the old traditions of mead-making as a by-product of beekeeping, especially in areas where grapes could not be grown, and thus the old common wine could not be made. A well-known example being at Lindisfarne, where mead continues to be made to this day, albeit not in the monastery itself.
2. Most people say that between mead and wine made of grapes, the wine was for the nobles, the mead was for the poor. In those early days, it was hard to find some good grapes to make a good wine. It was expensive. Honey wasn't that hard to get, and making mead was easy. Mead was for the commoners.
But in time, choosing wine over mead was a sign of nose-in-the-air, a sign of I'm-not-poor! Everybody wanted that.
3. Another theory says that reformation movement with the New Church of England got involved, but not by prohibiting drinking mead, but by not demanding the wax candles as much as it used to. No more demand for wax, no more large quantities of combs requested, and thus small amounts of honey and even smaller amounts of mead. The cost of making mead rose up and thus mead was not for the commoners any more. Not to mention that sugar replaced honey entirely in the food industry, and the production of honey went down.
Luckily these days we are rediscovering healthy food, and with it how to grow and prepare our own food and drink.
Has honeymoon something to do with mead?
Is mead good for our health?
Mead has mystical, magical and healing reputation. What did you expect, it's made of honey!
People noticed that if they were sick, after drinking mead they will get better faster. Or got drunk and forgot all about any sickness. Either way, they seemed to be healthier.
" Hidromel is recommended, too, as very good for a cough, taken warm it promos vomiting. With the addition of oil it counteracts the poison of white lead, of henbane, also, and of halicacabum, as already stated, if taken in milk, asses' milk in particular.
It is used as an injection for diseases of the ears and in cases of fistula of the generative organs.
With crumb of bread it is applied as a poultice to the uterus, as also to tumours suddenly formed, sprains, and all affections which require soothing applications….
As for the actual benefits of mead over our health, this is going to be the subject of another article.
Clover honey How to make mead at home!