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Fall 2007 Editor's Note
By brad.weikel@gmail.com Published December 9, 2007 Editor's Note, Issue I Fall 2007, Journal, Journal Volume VIII
It is with great pleasure, and a healthy dose of pride, that I introduce the Fall 2007 Issue of gnovis – the culmination of an exhilarating but busy summer and fall. Though labeled Volume 8, Number 1, this issue is, to my knowledge, the first formal issue released by gnovis: six articles, published simultaneously, as a set. As a principally online journal, gnovis has in the past—for better or worse—had the ability to accept and publish articles on a rolling basis. However, in the interests of increasing our output, locking down our workflow, and expanding our readership, we decided that it was time to switch to a more traditional publication process.
The result? This issue alone contains more papers than were published in any one of the previous four academic years, and we're only halfway through the year. Our submission rate has nearly doubled over last year, and we've received a very welcome influx of articles from outside of Georgetown University, one of which has been included in this issue.
Our new publication process isn't the only change at gnovis this year. We've also diversified our online content, which now includes a blog and a podcast, in addition to the journal. All of our content is available on our website, at www.gnovisjournal.org.
It should come as no surprise, given the broad fields of inquiry that gnovis draws upon, that the articles in this issue offer a rich diversity of topics and perspectives. There is a risk, of course, of grouping together topics so disparate that they merely float around each other, like oil and water. There is also a risk of forging implausible links, in an attempt to knead those disparate topics into a cohesive theme. In the descriptions that follow, I will strike a compromise, pointing out the linkages where they are the strongest, but basking in the variety where they are not.
Our first three papers deal, in various ways, with the democratization of production in contemporary
culture, exploring questions of access, control, collaboration, ideology, and resistance.
The Economics of Cultural Legitimacy in Hip Hop's Counterpublic Space, contributed by Mike Moore, examines authenticity in hip hop culture. In a delightful fusion of critical theory with cultural artifacts, he emphasizes, in particular, the fluidity of cultural borders, and advocates for a more inclusive understanding of cultural difference.
In The Origins and Implications of Free Software Karl Arthur Giverholt provides a historical look at the open source/free software movement, framed by a case study of GNU/Linux, and argues for a shift from economics to ethics in the way we think about ownership, work, and technology. Giverholt is a Master's candidate in Humanities and Social Thought at New York University, and is the first author to be published in gnovis without a prior affiliation with Georgetown University. We are very grateful for his contribution.
Termeh Rassi, in YouTube:Examining a Revolution, questions the popular notion that YouTube directly challenges normative capitalist production, suggesting that the website may be an evolution of the existing production system, rather than a revolution against it.
From there, our issue takes a bit of a departure from its own apparent trajectory. In The Formative Power of Wartime Rhetoric: A Critical Discursive Analysis of Presidential Speech, Megan Weintraub gives us an insightful comparison of the rhetorical tactics of JFK and George W. Bush, focusing largely on the common ways that their respective speeches legitimated their claims of an enemy and garnered support for military engagement.
Mahvish Khan, in Cooking Your Way to Completeness: The Food Network Phenomenon and the
Creation of a New Domestic Paragon – the Ideal Hostess, analyzes gender norms on the Food Network as it shifts the notion of cooking from a womanly chore to a mark of leisure. Like Moore's article, Khan's weaves a delightful and impressive path from theory to pop culture and back again.
Finally, in Modern Surveillance Methods and Public Trust, Nicholas Proferes explores the changing nature of privacy and surveillance in our current era of ubiquitous and networked technologies, and the challenges these rapid changes present to aging policies and legal precedents. Proferes remind us that—even as we enjoy our hip hop collection on our iPod, our open source editing tools, our endless stream of cute-kitten videos, our streamed political news, and even episodes of our favorite cooking show—we are participating in a culture that is mediated by technology, that is both invigorated and threatened by those technologies, and that there is a tremendous amount at stake.
Our hope is that this issue is just the first phase of the successful expansion of gnovis in the coming years, and that the articles within will inspire, inform, and raise a challenge for
future contributors. If, as I have hinted, these papers are somewhat disparate in topic, there is nonetheless much that they have in common: a vitality of purpose, grounded in the many facets of contemporary culture—technological, political, social and creative; a commitment to interdisciplinary rigor and ambition; and a distinct awareness of the relationship between the present and the past.
I hope you enjoy this issue. Looking ahead briefly, we plan to repeat this effort in the spring semester
with a second issue, followed in the summer by a special themed issue, focused on the changing role of media and technology in politics and elections. Details about future issues, as well as our blog, podcast, and resources for graduate students, can be found on our website at http://gnovisjournal.org/
— Brad Weikel
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So I'll go ahead and tell it, if I may be so bold.
So if there's ladies present, I suggest they leave the room.
And all that gittin' up at night was spoilin' all my dreams.
There's one more small procedure, that I must always do".
He said, "Now drop yer trousers and bend over this here bench.
I've got to feel inside ya, regardless of the stench".
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Go to the laboratory and have them check yer PSA.
With yer enormous prostate, I'm much afraid of cancer.
Next week, he called me in and said, "Old man, ye're in a fix.
We must take a biopsy, a procedure done right here.
He says, "Take all yer clothes off an' lay on this here table.
Lay on yer side and an' pull up yer knees as far as ya are able".
Then along comes a young nurse. She looked so sweet and dear.
She took a camera on a tube and shoved it up my rear.
And it gave the term "hidden camera" a completely different meaning.
Then the doctor brought a gun out, like the ones they use for nails.
When he loaded it with needles, I started turnin' pale.
Then he started shootin' needles into me one by one.
It only stung a bit at first, but it dang sure wasn't fun.
It was hurtin' me like fury, and I figger'd he was mean.
That I almost danced an Irish jig when on my feet I stood.
Next week, he called me in an' said, "The prognosis ain't so great.
We've jest got to do somethin' before it gits too late.
The casket maker giggled; the mortician danced with glee.
But I've got a new procedure that's surely bound to please ya.
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An' I know that what I tell ya won't make ya feel too glad.
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Cuz, leastwise, I can barbecue a steak until it's done.
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The Middle Ground #9: How Would I Know, Why Should I Care?
One of the truly heartbreaking things about comics that aren't published by The Big Two is the number of amazing books, series or sometimes even careers that just seem to… well, disappear, really. There's no one reason behind it - books can go out of print because of low sales, rights can lapse, publishers can fold, whatever – and, unless creators are dogged, determined and/or very lucky (I'd claim that Eddie Campbell is the former two, but I wouldn't be surprised if he claimed an element of the latter, as well, in the continual presence of his Alec series in bookstores throughout the years and various publishers, whether they be Escape, Acme, self-published or Top Shelf), really great books can disappear in the process.
One of my favorite comics ever made is Nick Abadzis' Hugo Tate… which, I'm guessing, a lot of you (most, maybe?) have probably never heard of. It ran alongside Tank Girl and early work by Philip Bond (Wired World, another sadly lost classic; as great as Bond's art is, he was a really fun writer, as well. Hey, Dark Horse, fancy collecting his Cheeky Wee Budgie Boy strip in a one-shot someday?) in the dearly departed Deadline, a British anthology that ran in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was this freeform series about an everyday guy called Hugo, and his friends. There was no massive overarching narrative to the series, no agenda it was trying to put forward or anything like that, but there was something about the way that Abadzis created the series that was… I'm at a loss to explain it properly: Lyrical, maybe? Honest? Sincere, at the very least; you could see him grow as the series progressed, but the heart and sincerity stayed as true no matter how far he explored his craft. It culminated in a series of stories where (the British) Hugo traveled across America with the wrong road trip buddy, and those stories were so unlike anything I'd read before then that my mind was blown by the potential of comics in an entirely different direction to everything I'd been reading beforehand (Genre stuff, mostly, through things like 2000AD and superhero books from America). Of course, Hugo is lost to the ages; Deadline folded after the failure of the Tank Girl movie, Tundra (which published a collection of the American road trip stories) folded even before then, and Abadzis pretty much disappeared from the comic scene until First Second put out his (heartbreakingly good) Laika a few years ago.
I've often thought, in my stupider moments, that I'd love to preside over a publisher that reprinted lost classics like that; something that would bring Hugo Tate back into print, or Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell's social satire The New Adventures of Hitler (Complete with Morrissey cameo! That's how you get "the kids" to read your comics!), or John Smith and Sean Philips' Straitgate or or or…! And then, of course, I calm down and realize that, not only do I not work in publishing, but that, if I headed up a line like this, I'd quickly find myself fired for losing my employees all manner of money. But a boy can dream, right…?


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Принцип симетрії Шварца (принцип симетрії, принцип Рімана — Шварца) — метод аналітичного продовження функцій комплексної змінної.

Формулювання

Нехай функція , є аналітичною (голоморфною) на деякій області   Далі, нехай множина  є непустою і містить відкритий відрізок  на дійсній прямій,  функція  є неперервною на  і на множині  приймає виключно дійсні значення.

Тоді можна здійснити аналітичне продовження функції  з множини  на більшу множину , де , за допомогою функції:

 при
 при

Доведення

Лема
Нехай  і  — області (відкриті зв'язані множини) на комплексній площині і  є підмножиною верхньої відкритої півплощини, а  — підмножиною нижньої. Нехай відкритий відрізок  дійсної прямої є частиною границі і  і . Якщо функції  і  є голоморфними у відповідно  і  і неперервними на множинах  та  то на області  функція визначена як

є голоморфною.

Доведення леми
З умов леми випливає, що функція  є неперервною в . Згідно теореми Морери вона буде голоморфною у  якщо інтеграл від неї по границі будь-якого трикутника  є рівним нулю.

Якщо трикутник  із своєю границею належить  або , згідно інтегральної теореми Коші інтеграл від  по границі є рівним нулю адже за означенням  є голоморфною у  і .

Нехай відрізок  ділить трикутник на дві частини  і  (в залежності від типу поділу одна частина може бути чотирикутником, а інша — трикутником або обидві трикутниками) і позначимо  Тоді  і достатньо довести рівність нулю інтегралів у правій частині рівності.

Розглянемо ту із частин  і  яка належить нижній замкнутій півплощині і позначимо її , для іншої частини доведення буде аналогічним. Нехай додатне число  є достатньо малим щоб пряма  паралельна дійсній осі (і тому також відрізку  що є однією із сторін ) перетинала дві і лише дві із сторін . Позначимо через  трапецію, яка відсікається від  цією прямою і   Тоді

де остання рівність є наслідком інтегральної теореми Коші адже  із границею належить області  на якій функція  є голоморфною.

Якщо позначити  перетин  із прямою  то  і  є основами трапеції . Можна припустити, що  є меншою із цих сторін (інший випадок розглядається аналогічно). Коли  прямує до нуля то і довжини бічних сторін і різниця довжин  і  прямують до нуля як і внесок відповідних частин границі трапеції у інтеграл  адже функція  є неперервною і тому обмеженою на

Більш конкретно можна записати

Оскільки функція  є рівномірно неперервною на , то підінтегральна функція у крайній правій частині попередньої рівності рівномірно прямує до нуля коли  прямує до нуля, а тому і інтеграл  прямує до. Але цей інтеграл є рівним інтегралу  значення якого не залежить від  отже обидва ці інтеграли є рівними нулю.

Якщо  перетинається з  лише однією стороною то замість двох частин   і  буде лише одна, для якої доведення аналогічне. Якщо перетин є лише по одній вершині то є теж лише одна частина і замість трапеції  у доведенні вище є трикутник периметр якого прямує до нуля коли   прямує до нуля і тому відповідний інтеграл теж є рівним нулю. Отже і в цих випадках твердження леми є справедливим.

Доведення принципу симетрії
Оскільки функція  є голоморфною на , то  є голоморфною на . Дійсно, якщо  де  — дійсні функції дійсних змінних, то  Дійсна і уявна частини  очевидно диференційовні по , якщо це справедливо для . Також оскільки відповідні похідні функції  задовольняють умови Коші — Рімана і тому  і  тож функція  теж задовольняє умови Коші — Рімана і тому є голоморфною.

Оскільки  є підмножиною верхньої комплексної півплощини, то  є підмножиною нижньої комплексної півплощини.

Також якщо змінна  прямує до  у  то і  прямує до  у  і тоді  прямує до  Тому функція

є голоморфною на  і неперервною на  і функції  і  є рівними на  і приймають там дійсні значення.

Тому функції  і  задовольняють умови леми із  і  і відповідне продовження на  є голоморфним.

Узагальнення
Припустимо, що задані області розширеної комплексної площини (сфери Рімана) , далі,  — дуги кіл на сфері Рімана (колам на сфері Рімана відповідають кола та прямі лінії звичайної комплексної площини). Позначимо через  область, яка симетрична  щодо , аналогічно визначається .
Для визначення симетрії щодо кола використовується поняття інверсії. Тепер, якщо  аналітично (голоморфно) відображає  на , при тому , тоді  може бути аналітично продовжена до аналітичного відображення  на .
Таке продовження є єдиним і визначається в такий спосіб: якщо  є симетричними відносно  і  то  де  є симетричним до  відносно дуги

Література
 Шабат Б. В. Введение в комплексный анализ. — М.: Наука. — 1969, 577 стр.

Комплексний аналіз
Симетрії Шварца

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This may be as close as we get to the Levon Helm doc Ain't In It for My Health since it ain't opening here.
In 1969, up-and-comers Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas wanted to distance themselves from the existing movie studio system by creating American Zoetrope, their own artist-friendly studio. They decided to found it in a city they considered not only geographically but ideologically distant from Hollywood: San Francisco.
American Zoetrope folded when George Lucas's first feature, THX-1138, flopped hard, and in the decades since, our reputation vis-a-vis Hollywood hasn't changed much. If anything, it's gotten worse. We're not considered a major market like Los Angeles or New York, and nowhere is it more obvious than in the number of movie theaters in the City and County of San Francisco.
Both Cinema Treasures and the Village Voice report that Manhattan has about 215 distinct screens spread out among 43 different theaters, and there are, as of this writing, 89 movies to choose from. Meanwhile, there are 192 distinct screens in 40 theaters in Los Angeles, with 68 movies to choose from. You can guess where this one's going, right? San Francisco boasts a whopping 75 movie screens in 18 theaters. Add to this the fact that both Los Angeles and New York get most major releases and arthouse films a couple weeks before we do, if we get them at all; the Levon Helm documentary Ain't In It For My Health has played New York, and is opening this week in Boulder, Colo., and Concord, N.H., with no dates here. Boulder and Concord are fine cities, but come on. It's enough to give us citywide self-esteem issues.
The mitigating factors are obvious: New York and Los Angeles are bigger, their multiplexes are more multi than ours, the populations are higher, there's better public transportation and/or parking (respectively). Also Internet piracy blah blah blah, except that New York and Los Angeles have access to the same Torrents as we do, yet their theaters aren't shutting down left and right. Indeed, the endlessly fascinating cinematreasures.org reports that while there have only been 150 movie theaters in San Francisco over the past century, 199 movie theaters have been demolished in New York in that same period, and they still have twice as many open theaters as we do now. We're aware of the whole "City That Never Sleeps" jazz, but that alone can't explain why New York has been able to sustain so many more theaters than us.
San Franciscans aren't too cool for blockbusters, considering the Century 9 opened in 2006 and is hanging in there, but our arthouses are facing extinction. I miss the Red Vic more than I can properly express, and while I was not the biggest fan of the Lumiere experience, maybe if it was still open we'd get to see that Levon Helm documentary.
The hell of it is, the Lumiere closed for the single most banal reason possible: Its lease was up, and the owners couldn't reach an agreement with their landlord. Has any single force caused more damage to San Francisco culture? And is it possible New York's landlords are somehow less venal?
At this rate, our best chance to see Ain't In It For My Health in a theater will be as part of a festival. Every year in San Francisco brings both new festivals and returning favorites, and thank goodness for them all. Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral played in this year's SF Indiefest, but passed us by in its theatrical run, which goes to show how dire things have gotten: We're not getting Cronenberg films. (Sure, it's David Cronenberg's son, but that doesn't make it sting any less.) San Francisco also has a thriving microcinema scene, thanks to the Artist's Television Access, the Vortex Room, and Oddball Films.
But in the long run, San Francisco has fallen far behind in the film exhibition race. All we can do for now is to keep supporting what theaters we have left, and keep our fingers crossed that the Alamo Drafthouse's plans to reopen the New Mission Theater come to fruition.
As for the long-since resurrected American Zoetrope, in addition to that swell restaurant in the green building in North Beach, they're currently producing movies by the Coppola clan and others. Next on the roster is Jeepers Creepers 3: Cathedral, which will probably play in San Francisco whether we want it to or not.
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So, if, for example, you want to change the settings for Dark Souls 2, select that in the box next to "Profile: " to the lower left, and then edit the settings there. For more information about this hierarchy and how to use the settings editor, read this post .
We asked Durante to analyze the PC port of Dark Souls 2 in a series of articles. He also modded the game. The image above is an in-game texture, not a Photoshop. He also modded the game.
This is an ENB preset for Dark Souls II. The game actually doesn't have official support for an ENB, so the author of this had to do some tweaking. The result is a dramatic improvement to the game graphics.
I use the very latest GeDoSaTo for Dark Souls 2. The original GeDoSaTo instructions stated that AA needs to be enabled in game video options, but to DoF and SSAO should be disabled if you wish to use GeDoSaTo's SSAO.


I finally get to post some faves from Shelby's bridal session! She's hitched now so I get to show her off! I just adore her and her dress! Thanks to the fabulous Maggie Louise Bridal! You sure made one beautiful bride Shelby!


Take in the English countryside, visit a castle in Ireland, relax in Iceland's Blue Lagoon, tour the Colosseum in Rome enjoy, a food tour of Paris or ski the Swiss Alps. There are so many amazing countries to experience that it is hard to stick to just one. It's so easy to broaden your horizons with the next destination just a short luxury train; yacht or plane ride away.
Whether it's the bright lights of Paris that draw you in or the serene South of France, each region has so much to offer. Take a culinary tour of Paris or sample fine wines in Bordeaux, Champagne and Burgundy.
Italy is well-known for its art, architecture, food and fashion. See the ruins of Rome, tour the canals of Venice – each city offers new experiences, delicious traditional dishes and charming locals.


San Marcos, Guatemala – Residents of Guatemala are struggling to cope with the effects of Tropical Depression 12E this week, a low pressure system that is proving to be much more destructive than its rather dull name would suggest. Prominent weather forecasting organizations are denying responsibility for the unexpected severity of "12E", claiming there was no evidence to suggest it would exceed the usual qualities of this type of weather scheme.
"As the name suggests, these systems tend to be fairly subtle, usually just resulting in a vaguely unpleasant feeling and overall gloomy mood, the source of which is often difficult to pinpoint. Overall, very similar to the effect of an ugly receptionist in a small office environment.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for 12E is attributing its uncharacteristic intensity to outrage over the pedestrian and impotent name it's been saddled with.
He went on to warn that 12E intends to continue lashing out across Central America until it is taken seriously enough to warrant a cooler name.
Among the list of suggestions provided were Cloud Hell, Pit of Despair T-Bone and Latino Storm Darren.
As I mentioned last time, the biggest difference this time around at Pasaj-Cap has been the weather (maybe you've heard about Tropical Depression 12E??) and the way it's affected everything else. We were just amazed at how high the lake was when we arrived over two weeks ago but since then it has simply continued to rain, on and off, all day, every day, and we now find ourselves looking back on those warm, partially sunny days of early October as some kind of crazy drought. Basically all the docks around the lake, including both of ours, are now completely submerged and hundreds of local workers are spending every daylight hour raising, rebuilding and working on new retaining walls. Why the concept of the floating dock hasn't taken off around here is a question we have yet to answer (along with what's wrong with the economy). Yet, through it all, everyone just smiles, shrugs and says "Ah, the rain. It's almost finished". Then an hour later it's raining even harder. And around the country things are even more grim. Landslides, washed out roads, apparently a massive sinkhole right in the middle of the Pacific highway. Not pretty.
As for life in Copacabana unit – well, we're well stocked with food and at least it is nice and roomy so it takes longer for cabin fever to set in. The place does happen to be littered with pots, buckets and coffee cups at the moment to catch all the random water dripping from the extensive areas of "sun" roof, but at least all the important things are safely under cement (laptops, bed, couch, my huge stash of lip balm).
Besides the rain, we are happy to report that apparently we actually learned a few things last time around and the few packing adjustments we made have considerably improved our personal quality of sloth.
– Sweats! Why I ever go anywhere without them is a mystery. Well, not really, since no matter how thoroughly you work at packing them small they still end up clogging up your backpack like a frozen turkey in a fur hat. And wearing them out is really only acceptable for pregnant women, bowling and drinking OV. But in situations like this, when we're not moving around much, they are, in a word, decadent. And, in another word, stained.
· And, naturally, Big Yellow, the bright yellow hoodie we bought in Rwanda to use "temporarily" that just keeps hanging around, surprisingly emerging as our favourite item of clothing, and which we routinely fight over like two shop teachers with a 19 year old intern.
· We also brought better speakers since, without a TV, for background noise we rely almost entirely on our iPod paired with these tiny egg shaped speakers. Well, that and the occasional avocado fart.
· Some serious ant killer.
· And this last one wasn't really anything we planned for, and I can't truthfully say we recognized the benefits at the time, but it turns out that all those nights in Southern India spent cowering, terrified and incontinent, from those ridiculously gargantuan spiders seems to have hardened us against the relatively modest horrors presented by Guatemala's practically laughable little two inch arachnids. We still aren't welcoming them into our bed with open arms like we might a female version of Gordon Ramsey, and we're still doing our best to murder them where they stand, but it's all taking place with considerably less fear and shame this time around.
· Wearing socks on our cement floors that are twice weekly polished to the shine and texture of a ceramic sculpture of James Gandolfini's breasts leaves us slipping and sliding around like a baby deer on ice, or maybe drinking gin for the first time. I've been afraid to pick up any momentum for fear of launching myself out the window to fall twenty metres to a loud, fiery death, not to mention seriously messing up all the meticulous hand weeding the guy in front of us has accomplished.
· From a dishwashing standpoint, we have yet to come up with a satisfactory method for dealing with Laynni's love of all things grease, especially considering that getting hot water to our sink involves a complex system of simultaneously running taps around the apartment requiring the timing of a Bulgarian comedian and the patience of a dead giraffe.
Everything must go! Don't miss out!
That's right, it's once again time for the End of the Rainy Season Inventory sale at The Tiny Vegetable Shack by the Corner of the Square! Avocados 3 for a $1! Potatoes 50 cents a pound! Tortillas are priced on a floating scale based on mood, weather and time of day. Strawberries 50 cents a pound! The zucchini, though, they are still 40 cents apiece. Stock changes daily…we have no idea why!
Act now, and don't miss out on these great savings!
When it comes time to venture back into the kitchen, everything goes better with butter, is what I always say. Actually, butter, oil, anything shiny that leaves a nice thick film. Those green beans taste a bit too healthy for you? Dump in a couple tablespoons of butter. Rice a bit bland? Douse them in some cooking oil. Buttered popcorn buttery but not really buttery? Add more butter! That greasy ring around your sink is how you know you've finally got it right.
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Baker & Taylor Acquires Blackwell North America
December 8, 2009 by RoryLitwin
and James Bennett
– Blackwell U.K. Acquires B&T's Lindsay and Croft in the U.K. As Part of Deal. Customers to Benefit from More than 300 Years of Bookselling Excellence –
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – December 7, 2009 – Baker & Taylor Inc. today announced it has acquired Blackwell Book Services North America (BNA) and Blackwell's Australia-based James Bennett bookseller.
Also as part of the deal, Blackwell U.K. will acquire Baker & Taylor's Lindsay and Croft business in the U.K.
"Our organizations share a passion for bookselling, a rich history and a reputation for superior customer service," said Tom Morgan, CEO of Baker & Taylor. "With our collective knowledge and breadth of scholarly inventory and value-added services, academic libraries around the world will be extremely well served."
The combination of Baker & Taylor's YBP Library Services and Blackwell's North American and Australian businesses brings together the world's most respected and trusted academic and research library service providers. The shared commitment to service through partnerships with libraries, consortia and suppliers, coupled with outstanding reputations for professionalism, knowledge and integrity, will allow the expanded U.S.-based YBP Library Services to better meet the rapidly evolving information and workflow needs of academic libraries around the globe for years to come.
In addition to the acquisitions, Baker & Taylor's YBP Library Services and Blackwell U.K. have entered into a strategic sourcing agreement under which YBP Library Services will source all U.K.-published academic material from Blackwell U.K., and Blackwell U.K. will source all U.S.-published academic material from YBP Library Services. This agreement will enable both businesses to offer their respective customers all over the globe the largest and most in-depth supply of scholarly materials.
Andrew Hutchings, Group CEO of Blackwell, said, "I am confident that this reciprocal agreement will enable Blackwell and YBP Library Services to build on their respective strengths and continue to deliver the high quality services that academic libraries around the world require."
With this acquisition, Baker & Taylor's YBP Library Services will continue to offer the collection development and workflow services – print and electronic approval plans, firm and rush orders, continuations and technical services – that customers have relied on for years.
Additional services that were previously unique to one provider, such as Blackwell's Table of Contents Catalog Enrichment Service or YBP Library Services' GOBI3 bibliographic service, will soon be offered to all customers. By combining mutual best practices, the companies can provide a superior level of customer service that was never before possible.
Amy Baldwin
www.baker-taylor.com
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New OIF Director Announced
New book: Humanism and libraries: An essay on the philosophy of librarianship


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N Scale - Herpa - 742436 - Armored Vehicles, APC M113 - German Army (Deutsches Heer)
Prototype Type Armored Vehicles, APC M113 (Details)
Model Subtype APC
Model Variety M113
The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) that was developed and produced by the Food Machinery Corp (FMC). The M113 was sent to USAREUR to replace the mechanized infantry's M59 APCs in the 1961/62 time frame. The M113 was first tried out in combat in April 1962 after the United States provided the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) with heavy weaponry such as the M113, under the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) program. Eventually, the M113 was the most widely used armored vehicle of the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War, earning the nickname 'Green Dragon' by the Viet Cong as it was used to break through heavy thickets in the midst of the jungle to attack and overrun enemy positions. It was largely known as an "APC" or an "ACAV" (armored cavalry assault vehicle) by the allied forces.
The M113 introduced new aluminum armor that made the vehicle much lighter than earlier vehicles; it was thick enough to protect the crew and passengers against small arms fire but light enough that the vehicle was air transportable and moderately amphibious. In the U.S. Army, the M113 series have long been replaced as front-line combat vehicles by the M2 and M3 Bradleys, but large numbers are still used in support roles such as armored ambulance, mortar carrier, engineer vehicle, and command vehicle. The U.S. Army's heavy brigade combat teams are equipped with approximately 6,000 M113s and 4,000 Bradleys.
The M113's versatility spawned a wide variety of adaptations that live on worldwide, and in U.S. service. These variants together currently represent about half of U.S. Army armored vehicles. To date, it is estimated that over 80,000 M113s of all types have been produced and used by over 50 countries worldwide, making it one of the most widely used armored fighting vehicles of all time. The Military Channel's Top Ten series named the M113 the most significant infantry vehicle in history.
The U.S. Army planned to retire the M113 family of vehicles by 2018, seeking replacement with the GCV Infantry Fighting Vehicle program,[9] but now replacement of the M113 has fallen to the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) program. Thousands of M113s continue to see combat service in the Israel Defense Forces, although as of 2014 the IDF was seeking to gradually replace many of its 6,000 M113s, with Namer APCs.


A man has died following a paramotor crash at a golf course in Southport.
The crash happened at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club on Thursday at around 7pm.
Emergency services initially believed a microlight aircraft had been involved - but on Friday a Merseyside Police spokesman said it involved a paramotor, or powered paraglider.
Fire engines and the ambulance service attended along with police and screens were put up at the crash site.
A police spokesman said: "Following enquiries we can confirm the incident at Royal Birkdale Golf Course yesterday evening involved a paramotor, not a microlight as originally reported."
There were at least four police cars and two fire engines at the scene, the Liverpool Echo reports .
Merseyside Police said at the time: "Merseyside Fire and Rescue are at the scene extinguishing the fire caused when the aircraft hit the ground."


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FxPro already hold licenses from CySec (Cyprus) and FCA (United Kingdom).
FxPro Financial Services Limited ('FxPro') is pleased to announce that it has acquired authorisation by the South Africa Financial Services Board ('FSB') to operate as a Financial Service Provider ('FSP'; license no. 45052). The newly granted authorisation gives FxPro the opportunity to expand its operations on a significant scale and to reach new customers with its award-winning services.
As an online broker, FxPro currently serves clients in more than 150 countries. Clients benefit from no-dealing-desk execution, deep liquidity and competitive pricing, as well as from a continuously growing product offering that now includes 6 distinct asset classes.
FxPro Financial Services Limited remains authorised and regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission ('CySEC'; license no. 078/07).
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A theory I tested recently - would consolidating all inis into a single, massive ini allow for faster loading?
I tested this by shoving everything loaded in "Base.rte/Index.ini" and everything that was loaded using "IncludeFile" into a single ini (in correct load order) and got roughly 2-2.5 second (measured with a stopwatch :/ ) decrease in loading time.
I run Win7 x64 on i5-6600k @ 3.5GHz, 16Gb 2.4Ghz RAM on an H170 chipset motherboard.
Loading speed gains may vary depending on hardware.
The speed increase is gained by minimizing scan/read operations CC has to do while loading.
If you have a mod that has a large amount of ini files, consolidating them into a single ini once you're done with it and plan to release will speed up the loading for you and whoever downloads your mod.
Depending on the amount of inis and the amount of lines gains may not be much, but every millisecond counts.
All your original inis can be kept in their places without interference.
This base doesn't have any changes made except placeable crabs in build mode.
All uncommented code was removed to (very slightly) speed things up even more.
A tool to simplify this process to a few clicks is being worked on because doing this manually can be pretty tedious.
I'll update this thread once it's available.
Welp, guess I didn't do my homework.
Guess this can be deleted then, it doesn't bring anything new to the table, and here I thought I made a breakthrough lol.
Should make that thread a sticky across all boards cause it's right there under my nose and I missed it. MLC's tool is great.
Weegee also whooped one up but I guess we won't be needing it.
The loading speed boost is entirely because CC's text drawing is very slow. If you reduce your screen size (so that less text can be printed) loading is sped up significantly, no matter how many RTEs or files you're loading.


Class 2, and FDA Class 2) 1 mW max.
(at 150 mm) 0.8 mm max.
(at 150 mm) 2.0-mm dia.
*1. Sensing distance values are for white paper.
light from the object being measured may affect the sensing accuracy, so adjust the threshold value before use.
sensing distance. The radius is defined by light intensity of 1/e2 (13.5%) of the central light intensity.
Light will extend beyond the main beam and may be affected by conditions surrounding the object being measured.
*4. The E3C-LR12 has a fixed beam size (the focal point cannot be changed).
12 to 24 VDC ±10%, ripple (p-p) 10% max.
Load current: 50 mA max.; residual voltage: 1 V max.
Switchable between single edge and double edge detection mode.
Negative values can be displayed.
Settings can be returned to defaults as required.
Select from digital incident level + threshold or six other patterns.
Switching between normal/reversed display is possible.
1,000 VAC at 50/60 Hz for 1 min.
and the communications function for the Mobile Console will not function.
80 min each in X, Y, and Z directions.
*5. The shock resistance of the E3C-LDA0 is as follows: Destruction: 150 m/s2, 3 times each in X, Y, and Z directions.
*6. A connector for a Sensor Communications Unit is used to connect the E3C-LDA0.


Do you have questions about the possibility of mold in your home?
There is no substitute for peace of mind, especially when you consider the health and welfare of you and your family.
The more you understand about mold and how to deal with it the better.
Does your home smell like mold?
You may notice an odour, or something in your home that "appears" to be mold, but without testing, there is no way to be 100% certain.
Infrared technology is one of the best ways to find moisture without tearing your home apart!
The fact is, water retains heat and cold almost better than anything else, which is why Infrared inspections can be so useful with mold detection.
Mold awareness can make or break the sale of a home.
As a real estate professional, you have, or will come across a mold problem. Mold and water damage can significantly impact the sale of the home, affecting the buyer, seller and your pocket book.
Mold awareness seminars will give you the information you need to understand what to do when you encounter mold, and so you can help your clients and restore their confidence whether purchasing or selling a home.


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Launch of the Decarbonisation Strategy targeting carbon neutrality by 2030 and proposed name change to Lundin Energy AB
27.01.2020 /in Latest news /by Davide Gaio
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) is pleased to announce the launch of its Decarbonisation Strategy, which targets carbon neutrality by 2030. In relation to this, and to better reflect the business today and the clear actions and targets towards a lower carbon future, the Board is proposing to change the name of the Company to Lundin Energy AB.
Lundin Petroleum recognise the challenges of climate change combined with the increasing energy needs linked to growing global population, the international community's commitment to reduce global carbon emissions and the role that forward-thinking companies can play in this. With the Decarbonisation Strategy, the Company has formalised its ongoing commitment to reduce its carbon footprint to the lowest possible levels, through an effective combination of emissions reductions, energy efficiency, targeted research and development and carbon capture mechanisms. Also, as previously announced investment in renewable energy projects will be undertaken to replace net electricity consumption, providing these generate a good return to shareholders on a leveraged basis.
Roadmap to carbon neutrality by 2030:
• From 2020 limit average operated and non-operated portfolio carbon intensity to below 4kg CO2 per boe and from 2023 to below 2kg CO2 per boe
• In 2022 fully electrify Edvard Grieg and Johan Sverdrup Phase 2, to achieve carbon intensity for these assets of less than 1kg CO2 per boe
• From 2022 replace all net electricity usage from power from shore, through investments in renewable power generation
• To offset all business and operationally related air travel emissions through natural carbon capture, effective from 2018
• By 2030 achieve carbon neutrality across our operations as an oil and gas producer
Proposed name change to Lundin Energy AB
The Board of Lundin Petroleum is proposing to change the name of the Company to Lundin Energy AB. The proposed name change remains subject to shareholder approval at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 31 March 2020.
The Board believes that with the production growth pathway set towards the target of 200 Mboepd, coupled with sustainable, industry leading low operating costs and a carbon intensity which will be below 2 kg CO2 per boe in 2023 versus the world average of 18 kg CO2 per boe, it is clear that the Company is transforming what it delivers as well as how it is delivered. Lundin Energy better reflects what the Company is doing as an explorer and producer today and its role in supplying the energy transition with the most sustainable oil and gas production possible as an essential part of the future energy mix.
Alex Schneiter, President and CEO of Lundin Petroleum commented:
"I am personally very proud to announce the launch of our Decarbonisation Strategy, through which we are seeking to formalise our commitment to reducing emissions and our carbon footprint, in order to supply the growing demand for all types of energy with the most sustainably produced product we can. We have a target of 2030 to reach carbon neutrality across our operations and we have set out a realistic and deliverable pathway towards this, which clearly differentiates us as an independent oil and gas producer in our industry.
"I am also pleased to announce that the Board is proposing to change the name of the Company to Lundin Energy. It represents our ambition to become carbon neutral, our position as a leading provider of oil and gas in the future and recognition of our role in the changing energy mix."
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Venue: CBR Seminar Room 501-505
Host: Centre for Brain Research
Contact email: sarah.j.evans@auckland.ac.nz
Seminar by Dr Jason Kerr - Director, Department of Behavior and Brain Organization, Research Center caesar, Max-Planck, Bonn
Multiphoton-imaging, using either two or three-photon excitation, allows unambiguous access to neuronal populations and neuronal substructures located well below the cortical surface. In combination with genetically encoded activity indicators this approach can be used to infer the underlying spiking activity from large neuronal populations in the awake behaving animal, with single cell and single action-potential accuracy. I will present recent imaging and analysis tools that are necessary to accurately record activity from genetically encoded calcium indicators in neuronal populations measured in freely moving animals. I will also outline recent advances allowing simultaneous tracking of the precise head and eye positions of these freely behaving animals. In the second half of the presentation I will detail recent results from tracking head and eye movements in freely behaving Rodents, Carnivores and Scandentids, and the computational approaches for rendering the environment from their point of view. I will finish by describing the disparate strategies these mammals use to maintain binocular alignment while tracking moving targets and estimating distances and show how this relates to distinct retinal circuitry.
Bio: Dr Jason Kerr studied human anatomy at the Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology at Otago University, receiving a doctorate in neurophysiology in 1999. Thereafter he held two post-doc positions, from 1999 to late 2003 at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and then until 2005 at the MPI for Medical Research in Heidelberg. Dr. Kerr continued to work as project leader until 2006 in the department headed by Bert Sakmann, before taking up the post of leader of the Network Imaging Group at the MPI for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen. He is now Director and head of the Department of Behavior and Brain Organization at the caesar research center, a Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society and a member of the MPI for Metabolism Research, Cologne. The long-term goal of Dr. Kerr's research is to understand how mammals use their vision to make decisions and the neurobiological mechanisms that underlie this process
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A natural evolution from an IVR is utilizing AI and chatbots. IVRs evolved to also include automatic responses based on word spotting, and typically, they worked fine. But they didn't really learn. Yes, the company might have learned from recording conversations and seeing what more should be included, but that wasn't really machine learning. Now, computers and programming have evolved to some rudimentary form of machine learning.
For instance, think of your email. When you type in an "a" for instance, it might assume you are emailing to "Amy" since the number one person you email when you type in "a" is that person. The machine has learned to a certain extent. The same thing happens with Alexa. The learning is really a set of complex algorithms that delve into large databases to come up with the most appropriate potential response. In other words, the machines have gotten fast enough, and we have enough data stored, that this "learning" can occur, and can occur relatively quickly.
So, we see the rise of "chatbots," or the pop up boxes we see on websites, that ask us questions. Most likely this is a machine sending the answer. Try it – don't be afraid – it's just a computer.
I don't think we're quite at the stage yet where we can confidently "talk" to the computer and the computer can talk back to us, mainly due to latencies, but that is coming. So contact center agents are certainly safe for quite a while. Right now, this is relegated to the world of Watson and other such computers.
However, Dialogic is working with our partners on this, utilizing our media server and our applications to help with voice and/or video bot responses.
Check out how our PowerNova and PowerVille is integrated with one of our partners, IBM Watson.


Home > Can we have frictionless borders after Brexit?
Can we have frictionless borders after Brexit?
The issue of the UK's exit from the European Union is set to impact supply chain thinking for years to come. In this session at the conference James Hookham, deputy chief executive of the Freight Transport Association, will examine the key issues.
In particular, he will look at the challenges and risks that will take place with a 'no deal' scenario, as well as examining the potential changes for border and custom control.
This session will be followed by a panel discussion on the impact of Brexit on the workforce; how to retain and recruit talent; and the problems that are likely to arise.
James Hookham will be joined on the panel by Fionnuala Horrocks-Burns, employment & skills policy adviser at the British Retail Consortium, Karl-Heinz Meister, head of UK parts at MAN Truck and Bus, and Rachel Wilshaw of Oxfam.
Portcentric logistics could prove to be an effective approach to dealing with some of the potential problems created by Brexit and the possibilities will be examined by Oliver Treneman, development director, for DP World London Gateway Logistics Park. He will consider the impact of driver shortages becoming a growing challenge for the logistics industry, and look at how Britain capitalises on Brexit?


On Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Patricia (Perez) Padilla, age 67, of Hurley, NM passed away surrounded by her family.
Patricia dedicated her life to helping others, her family and her pets. She leaves behind her beloved husband, Roger Padilla Jr., whom she spent 36 years with.
She is preceded in death by her father Juan Perez and her sister Rita Holguin.
She is survived by her mother, Estella Perez, her sister Virginia and husband Raymond Cortez, her brothers Jesus and wife Joan Perez and youngest brother Stevan and wife P.D. Perez. She also leaves behind her five children, Lorie Holguin, Andrew Palmer, Diane Padilla, Roger Padilla III and Desirae Lopez and raised one grandchild as her own, Christina Ramirez.
She was proud of her 15 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. She loved her three fur "babies" Daisy, Patches and Molly who could always be found near her side.
Patricia was known for bringing her family and friends together through her love of cooking. All who knew her remember how she was always generous and giving. She will be greatly missed.
Patricia's Life Celebration will begin with a Visitation on Monday, October 22, 2018 at 6:00 pm at Salazar Mortuary, located on 400 3rd St SW, 87102. A Rosary will take place on Wednesday, October 24 2018 at 10:45 am, followed by a Mass at 11:00 am at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Church. The Committal Service will follow Mass at Mount Calvary Cemetery, and a Reception will be held at the Salazar Life Event Center, after the Committal Service.


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Native Title Law
Use this guide to find and access resources relating to the law of native title.
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Key websites
Native Title Guide (Federal Court of Australia)
The Court is responsible for managing all aspects of native title cases.
National Native Title Tribunal
The Tribunal administers the future act processes that attract the right to negotiate under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). Their role includes mediating between parties, conducting inquiries and making arbitral decisions. Via the lawyers portal searches for applications and determinations, Indigenous land use agreements (ILUAs) can be carried out. The site also has searchable spatial data and maps.
Native Title: A Simple Guide / Jeff Kildea
This paper, published by the Human Rights Council of Australia is a succinct explanation of Native Title as indicated by the subtitle - "A Paper for those who wish to understand Mabo , the Native Title Act, Wik and the Ten
Point Plan (Revised Edition incorporating the Senate's amendments)"
Native title research and access service
Connects to information and resources held in the AIATSIS collection.
AIATSIS- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torrres Strrait Islander Studies
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) is the national research and collecting institution for information and research about the cultures and lifestyles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, past and present.
Indigenous Law Centre at UNSW
Indigenous Law Centre, based at UNSW Law, is the only Indigenous law centre in Australia researching and publishing with a view to law reform advocacy, as well as advising on legal issues such as land rights claims, environment law and administrative law matters.
Mabo/Native Title/The Benefits of Native Title
A NFSA site contain videos about Eddie Mabo and the Mabo decision.
Australian Human Rights Commission
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice tab on the web page reports on the work of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner in providing and promoting a human rights perspective on native title, developing more efficient native title processes, and advocating co-existence between Indigenous and non-Indigenous interests in land based on compatible land use. It also contains links to other websites
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Carolrhoda Lab, 2017. ISBN 9781512429138
(Age: 15+) Themes: Survival. Disasters. Resilience. Santiago has elected to undertake the Bear Canyon Wilderness Therapy Programme in the Colorado mountains as a diversion from the juvenile justice system. A small party supervised by two counsellors sets off on a demanding trek designed to encourage the attendees to evaluate their lives and take responsibility for the future. Santi's character is brilliantly depicted. He's a good kid who has made a couple of poor decisions which lead to serious consequences. I found myself nodding at the entirely realistic portrayal of a lad lacking parental guidance whose ethnicity and socio-economic background limit his opportunities. When drug offences lead to criminal bad company and a custodial sentence, I groaned, not just because Santi's choices were so obviously flawed, but because this is daily reality for so many young people.
It was also refreshing to see the Wilderness Programme presented as a well-intentioned but slightly delusional attempt to help troubled youths who treated it with some derision. This was partly due to their adolescent cynicism and posturing but also because its organisation and staffing were imperfect.
Victor is another trekker and is a thoroughly unpleasant character who enjoys inflicting discomfort and humiliation on his fellows. Again, the revelation of his past steers the reader to understand and feel compassion for a young man whose future could have been so much happier and more fulfilling.
The interaction and tension between Santi and Victor and other party members is realistically portrayed and a natural disaster which leads the pair to fight for life in the company of Amelia, one of the camp counsellors is entirely plausible.
This is a good survival story which could have been brilliant. The crafting of characters, setting and events in the context of wilderness adventure created a fast-paced and satisfying read which unfortunately lost its way a little after the disaster. The inclusion of another aspect seemed contrived and unnecessary, cluttering a story which was developing nicely on its own.
This is still a worthy read and I know it will appeal to those who enjoy survival stories where individuals have to use skill and resilience to overcome significant physical and mental challenges.
I'd suggest this suits readers 15+ and the text contains some profanity which achieves a nice balance in presenting realistic teenage dialogue which the readership will identify with, but which is not particularly offensive or gratuitous.
Rob Welsh


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Marvell Introduces SheevaPlug, Plug Computing Initiative
By: Nathan Eddy | February 25, 2009
Marvell intends to make "plug computing"-compact computers that plug into the wall-a viable option for companies seeking an alternative to portable PCs.
The idea of "plug computing," which essentially crams the guts of a computer into the space the size of a small power transformer, makes a lot of sense to on-the-go small businesses owners, as it allows them to use an alternative to a PC for a software service. Marvell Technology Group, based in Santa Clara, Calif., announced its Plug Computing initiative based on the company's SheevaPlug development platform.
Marvell intends to make "high-performance, always on, always connected, and environmentally friendly computing" readily available for developers and end users. A plug computer, as Marvel describes one, is small enough to plug directly into a wall socket and is designed to draw so little power that it can be left on all of the time. Unlike other embedded devices in the home, it contains a gigahertz-class processor to offer PC-class performance.
"There is no doubt that home networks need to become more intelligent and easier to use by offering value-added services for the consumer," said Simon Milner, Marvell Semiconductor's vice president and GM of enterprise business unit, consumer and communications business group, in a statement. "We have created an open computing platform for developers in a consumer and eco-friendly form factor. Marvell's goal is to accelerate the development and availability of innovative software and services in the home."
The SheevaPlug development platform uses a Marvell Kirkwood processor based on an embedded 1.2GHz Sheeva CPU equipped with 512MB of flash memory and 512MB of DRAM. The enclosure is designed to plug directly into a standard wall socket and is designed to draw less than one-tenth of the power of a typical PC being used as a home server.
Connection to the home network is via Gigabit Ethernet. Peripherals such as direct attached storage can be connected using a USB 2.0 port. Marvell says features like multiple standard Linux 2.6 kernel distributions are supported on the SheevaPlug development platform and enable rapid application development.
"Plug computing is a logical evolution for the digital home in the same way enterprise applications moved from servers to network appliances," said Hajime Nakai, the director and a member of the board of Japanese technology company Buffalo, in a statement. "Marvell is probably the only company that can pack so much processor performance into such a compact form factor."
A few products based on Marvell's SheevaPlug platform are already available, having debuted at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. Digital networking company Axentra's HipServ software is running on a SheevaPlug that offers a complete home server platform and applications suite that allows users to store, manage, share, view, or listen to digital media content in the home or remotely.
Cloud Engines, which markets the Pogoplug, connects an external hard drive to the Internet so users can share and access files from anywhere. The device won praise from the media and tech geeks alike when it launched at CES. The company is currently offering a promotion that reduces the price of the Pogoplug to $79 from $99.
Marvell also offers the SheevaPlug development kit on its Web site for $99. Linley Gwennap, principal analyst of The Linley Group, hailed Marvell's leadership in designing high-performance, power-efficient CPUs. "SheevaPlug leverages this capability to deliver an impressive amount of compute performance in an innovative form factor," Gwennap said in a statement. "As a silicon provider, Marvell is providing a flexible platform for a wide variety of applications that serves both consumers and service providers."
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Quack Accuses Dr. Oz of Ripping Him Off
Rebecca Watson July 18, 2017
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If you know me at all, you know I like Dr. Oz about as much as I like Oprah, the woman who metaphorically gave birth to him — that is to say, not at all. I loved it when he had to testify in front of Congress about the quack cures he's peddled and he got completely annihilated by Claire McCaskill.
So I was really pleased when I saw a video on YouTube claiming that Oz had plagiarized content from a doctor for use on his show. In the video, Dr. Eric Berg reveals that he had been booked on Dr. Oz's show to talk about "body types," for which he did a ton of research before the show canceled on him. Months later, he saw an episode in which Oz had another doctor on to talk about body types using Berg's script.
I watched Berg's video and found that he had a somewhat compelling case for being ripped off. The problem is that they're talking about the "body types" that we've been hearing about in magazines for several decades: apples are fat in the middle, and pears are fat in the lower body and smaller in the upper body. So it's kind of hard to say whether Dr. Jeffrey Morrison is ripping off Dr. Berg or whether they're both ripping off a 10-question quiz they found in the back of the September 1994 issue of Woman's World. "Do you tend to store all your fat in your head? You're a lollipop!"
The "body type" conversation is never just about the shape of your body, of course. No one would have come up with it unless there was a way to market something to women based on it, so enterprising quacks came up with the idea of making women buy books and meal plans based on their body type. Like, if you're an apple don't you dare eat apples because you'll only get fatter, or something like that. Morrison and Berg dress it up even more by saying that the different body shapes are influenced by hormones, and that you can eat certain foods to poop out the hormones that are making you fat. I'm not making this up. And amazingly, the two doctors disagree over what foods you should eat to poop out said hormones.
All this made me really wonder about Berg and what kind of doctor he is. It turns out, he's a chiropractor! If you don't know anything about them, you may be confused as to why a chiropractor is dealing with something other than spines. Well, it's because some chiropractors only deal with spinal issues, but way too many others think that they can cure literally any disease by adjusting your spine, and sometimes by twisting it to the point that they kill you via blood clots.
Not only is Berg a chiropractor, but he's been disciplined in the past. In 2007 he was fined $1,500 and ordered to stop promoting several bullshit weight loss and muscle-response tests that tricked patients into believing they needed to buy his herbal supplements.
I also found a blogpost from a former patient of Berg's, who said she was cajoled into giving him over $1,400 for several weight loss "treatments" that she never actually attended and only got a partial refund on. She says that the usual course is $3,000 for 12 treatment sessions, which makes me wonder why anyone thought that fining him $1,500 would do anything at all. And by the way, the treatment plan was a low-carb diet and a few minutes in a massage chair. As a reminder, the only actual way to lose weight is to eat fewer calories than you burn, which is not just free but actually costs less than you're spending now since you're eating less food. Trust me, I did it once and I could have bought a new wardrobe just from the money I saved by not drinking alcohol for a month.
So yeah, maybe Dr. Oz ripped someone off, but if he did, at least this time he ripped off a fellow quack. And for that we can all be thankful.
Rebecca is a writer, speaker, YouTube personality, and unrepentant science nerd. In addition to founding and continuing to run Skepchick, she hosts Quiz-o-Tron, a monthly science-themed quiz show and podcast that pits comedians against nerds. There is an asteroid named in her honor.
kagehi says:
"what kind of doctor he is. It turns out, he's a chiropractor!"
Are they 'actually' even doctors? Pretty sure they are *still* today only given their license to practice through their own association. The AMA doesn't consider them "doctors", they instead put them in the same category as any other "remedy" that isn't covered by the AMA's official licensing – in 1965 they called sending someone to one of these people unethical, and the practice nonsense. What changed was in 1978 when they decided a doctor could refer people to them, and in 1980, when they completely threw out all standards on ethics on this matter and declared that, "there where no longer and restrictions on associating with 'unscientific practitioners'." JAMA still doesn't recommend it as treatment. However, the AMA did get their ass handed to them in a court case – one in which the actual effectiveness of the practice was never addressed, just the likely effect on the "business" model of Chiropractors, should the AMA keep calling them fraud, and not allow patients to be referred to them. So.. if you are a total quack, just make a lot of money, then claim that, "Actually stopping people from going to you to be defrauded would destroy your business.", and apparently you can win against sound medical science.
Knew it was bogus already, but it amused me to see what I could come up with regarding how and why doctors are even allowed to send patients to these clowns. Took about 3 minutes to find not only the above, but two articles in which JAMA made some vague comment on how receiving real treatment, plus this placebo, produced vaguely better results than just real treatment (which is like.. exactly what you expect from quack nonsense and belief), and another claim, by the Chiropractic Association that his article thus claimed that, "The AMA recommended our treatment as a first choice for back pain." Someone commented on how this was a very creative interpretation (i.e., complete bull pucky). lol
The net point being, don't call these people "doctors". Not unless you mean in the same sense that Doctor Who is a Time Lord (or a medical doctor).
By Rebecca Watson