Well…yes, I guess my time has come.
As my birthday approaches, I've been doing a lot of thinking– the cyperworld is a brilliant world, but a world where I often fail at. Growing older gives me some sort of melancholy feeling and with that comes my decision.
As much as I love blogging, I think we all know news-blogging isn't for me.
I've loved being here so much! It's been an amazing experience. I want to thank CW/Batcat for recommending me and Hijuyo for adding me. 🙂 As well as all the PHB readers for commenting and being able to stand my random posts.
Besides, I am the Doctor's Companion, right? 😉 I should be time travelling!
My true love gave to meeee, a new Poptropica poster from Zazzle!
There's even more in store!
We've just added a new item to our store at Zazzle: this poster featuring hundreds of Poptropican characters!
That's a pretty cool poster, don't ya think? How many Poptropicans can you name?
Gosh, quite a lot. T__T That would be an interesting thing to hang in my room and count every night, instead of sheep!
The prices vary from different sizes to different paper type, ranging to the highest (as far as I could see, though I may be wrong) $19.75.
Meh, too bad I happen to be about $19.75 short.
Also, in time for the holiday season, don't forget to pick up the free "Holiday Ball" costume from the Poptropica Store if you haven't already! Comes in red, green, and blue. Thanks to ND from the PHC for the image.
Hi guys! Slightly long time no see. I'd first like to say I hope you all had a great Halloween and you didn't worsen your cold like I did. Or get any rocks for candy, which I can't quite admit happened to me.
Second, let's congratulate the first ten finishers of Game Show Island! w00t!
Many Poptropicans have already defeated the robots at their own game (shows), and made Poptropica safe for humans again. As we usually do, we want to take a minute to recognize the first 10 players to complete Game Show Island — starting with a familiar face in the first spot.
"Get in the game" in binary. We gotta get our, get our, get our get our head in the game!
Meh, High School Musical isn't my thing.
Next, Dr. Hare's on the move again.
It's Halloween, and while most people are thinking about treats, Dr. Hare is thinking about how to trick the world into submitting to his fuzzy-fisted rule. Here is, once again in a new city.
My first thought was to associate the clock in the background with Big Ben, but in truth, Dr. Hare would never make it to London without me. I'd force him to take me with him even if it meant dealing with an evil pink bunny, because if there's any place I want to go, it's London!
Hmm, where do you think he is this time?
Hey look, a trailer for Game Show Island!
Haven't played Game Show Island yet? Here's a look at what you're missing!
Game Show Island is now available for Poptropica Members, and non-members can play the limited demo. Visit Poptropica now to play!
Ooh, you lucky ducky members, it looks like a great new island!
LE GASP! Robots ruling the world?
And so the members once again get a new Store surprise!
From now until the end of September, Poptropica Members can get the Paper Boy and Girl costumes, as well as the Skullduggery Pirate, from the Poptropica Store. Act fast — they'll be gone when September is. Not a Member yet? Find out how to become a Poptropica Member today!
Luckily, these amazing outfits are back for you lucky Poptropica Members. But only for September– you'll have to act quick about it! The Skullduggery one is especially fitting because today, September 19th, 2011, is International Talk Like A Pirate Day! ARR!
Now you can look super cool while looking like a human patch of paper and wearing eyepatches– all while finishing Mystery Train Island!
There was once a gloomy place called the internet.
People roamed this area, poking people, writing on walls, and stalking others without their knowledge. They stared at moving square pictures, and resided in odd things called "Yootoobs" and "Face Books".
But then, on September1st, 2007, came a miracle for those who were tired of these grounds of virtual mafias and farms.
You may have noticed this banner around the bottom of the home page. Did the creators put it there for kicks and giggles?
September 1st symbolizes the 4th birthday of Poptropica, silly!
The creator's have something to say as well.
It's hard to believe, but Poptropica's birthday is nearly upon us! This September will mark four years since we launched our site with only a single Island and a dream. Now we're up to 21 Islands, loads of mini-games, hundreds of costumes and Gold Cards, and millions upon millions of our very dearest friends — all of you!
That's why we'd like you to help us celebrate our birthday in style. All throughout September, Poptropicans will have a chance to win a special birthday prize by visiting any common room. We'll also be re-releasing some classic costumes to the Poptropica Store for a limited time only. And everyone who visits the Store can get a free birthday balloon.
Read all the details on our fourth birthday page. And thanks to everyone who has made Poptropica such a wonderful place to play for the past four years. We've got a lot more in store for you in the years to come!
Read more at the special page just for Poptropica's Fourth Birthday!
It includes information such as the fact that the Special Edition golden Renegade Robot and Steamworks Mech Pilots are coming back to the store, FREE, though for members only.
Remember the 3rd birthday balloons? Well, they're back, only updated to 4th years! You can get a free one in the store, and also search for the extra special one in multiplayer rooms to receive a cake costume.
Aside from this great mark in Poptropica history, you can also find two new (well, not very new) games, once again for free, in the Store. The sumo wrestling one, as well as the Shrink Shot game.
Thanks to Machine Lord for the tips!
Introducing our last Poptropica Superstar for the week: Sporty Boa!
Sporty Boa is a longtime Poptropica Member who was among the first to finish Shrink Ray Island. She's also an expert Star Link player, with a lifetime record of 29 wins and only 2 losses! You might want to think twice before accepting that challenge in a common room.
Congratulations, Sporty Boa, on being today's Poptropica Superstar!
We'll be sure to feature more Poptropica Superstars in the future, so keep an eye out. The next Poptropica Superstar could be you!
Keep Poptropica'n, 'cause you could be the next Poptropica Superstar!
Fast food, the best way to advertise to kids!
Good news to those who eat at Hardee's and Carl's Jr, because the best online game in the world has just arrived!
Poptropica at Hardee's and Carl's Jr.!
Dr. Hare shows his appreciation for the Cool Kids Combo.
Plus, each toy comes with a code that you can redeem for an in-game prize, by visiting www.poptropica.com/coolkids.
Don't spoil your appetite — there's always a lot more Poptropica fun right around the corner.
Silly rabbit, Trix and a Cool Kid's meal is for kid– oh, wait, right.
For those who don't know, redeeming the above codes is a bit like buying a membership or game cards.
First, enter you username and password.
Next, verify your Poptropican and enter your code.


The 2018 Komen Baton Rouge Affiliate Race for the Cure — GET INVOLVED!
As the world's leading breast cancer organization, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is committed to ending breast cancer forever. On March 3, 2018, Tyler & Possa will again join thousands of others playing a part in the annual Komen Baton Rouge Affiliate Race for the Cure®. We'd like to invite you to join our team or consider making a donation. Our team is open to anyone, so please spread the word to others who may be interested in supporting this worthy cause.
Click HERE to register for our team!
You can register online up until the day before the Race. Tyler & Possa will be ordering shirts on February 18. If you register by then, you will be able to pick up both your Komen team packet and your Tyler & Possa team t-shirt Thursday and Friday before the Race during regular office hours (8:30 – 5:30). If you register after that date, Tyler & Possa will order a limited number of extra shirts but cannot guarantee size or availability.
The Running Ribbon Award is given annually to an outstanding family, group, or organization that has helped advance the promise of Susan G. Komen to save lives and end breast cancer through fundraising, volunteerism and/or educational efforts for Komen Baton Rouge.
We are grateful for of all of the wonderful support Team Tyler & Possa has given our Affiliate over the years. Their many efforts include largest Race for the Cure Team, highest fundraising team, Jambalaya for the Cure participant and winner, Team T-shirt participant and winner, top fundraiser (Joseph Possa), Pink Honor Roll members, and a Pink Ribbon Bowl team. Additionally, Tyler & Possa Professional Law Corporation has sponsored Race for the Cure, the Pink Ribbon Bowl, and the Perfectly Pink Luncheon for Life.
Receiving the award for Tyler & Possa were Stephanie Possa-Delgado and Ian Navarre.


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SCM NEWS & OPINIONS
Utah Appellate Highlights, Utah Appeals Court, May 2017
Express Recovery Services v. Olson
2017 UT App 71 (Apr. 27, 2017)
In this suit over an employment contract, the defendant asserted a counterclaim, seeking a setoff (but no net damage award). Neither party prevailed on their claims at trial. The court of appeals held that, although he had not prevailed on his claims, Olson was the prevailing party for purposes of a contractual attorney's fee award, because he had achieved his optimal outcome: zero recovery.
Spencer v. Glover
The court of appeals affirmed the dismissal of an attorney's defamation complaint against a former client who posted an unfavorable review online. The court analyzed the review in detail and concluded that the majority of the statements in it could not be objectively verified, which weighed in favor of the court's ultimate determination that the unfavorable online review expressed an opinion and was not defamatory under Utah law.
ConocoPhillips Co. v. Utah Dep't of Transportation
2017 UT App 68 (April 20, 2017)
Discussing experiential expert testimony, the court of appeals held the district court did not abuse its discretion in excluding excerpts of an expert's deposition, where the expert failed to explain how prior experience supported the particular opinion at issue.
Miller v. West Valley City
The court of appeals affirmed the dismissal of the appellants' claims for premises liability and negligence arising from an accident in a West Valley City swimming pool, concluding that the appellant failed to sufficiently plead a waiver of immunity under the Governmental Immunity Act. On the premises liability claim, the court concluded that governmental immunity is only waived for defective or dangerous conditions of a building, which does not extend to the conditions inside the building or conditions unrelated to the structure of the building, such as the condition alleged by the appellant (another teenager obstructing her swim lane). The court concluded that the negligence claim was barred by the public duty doctrine, and that the appellant had not established the special relationship with West Valley City necessary to support her claim.
State v. Courtney
2017 UT App 62 (Apr. 6, 2017)
A member of the jury venire made comments that prejudiced the entire jury pool. The court held that trial counsel's failure to timely move for a mistrial, before the jury was sworn, constituted ineffective assistance of counsel.
State ex rel. M.L.
2017 UT App 61 (Mar. 30, 2017)
The central issue here was whether the juvenile court had subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate parentage after the mother had voluntarily relinquished her parental rights. The court of appeals denied the State's petition, concluding that the juvenile court's jurisdiction extended to the father's petition to adjudicate parentage pursuant to the joinder provision of the Utah Uniform Parentage Act because the petition had been joined with the child welfare proceeding before the Mother relinquished her parental rights.
Judd v. Bowen
In this appeal of a dispute arising out of the use of a driveway in Big Cottonwood Canyon, the court of appeals held that the district court correctly awarded the claimant a prescriptive easement for the purpose of using the driveway to access the claimant's property, but erred in determining that the claimant was entitled to use the driveway for parking purposes. In doing so, the court engages in a thorough discussion of the standards governing prescriptive easements, adverse possession, and continuous use.
Case summaries for Appellate Highlights are authored by members of Snow Christensen & Martineau's Appellate Practice Group. For more information, visit our Appellate Highlights page.

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Eagles game vs. Seahawks flexed to afternoon start
By Nick Fierro
The NFL has flexed the Philadelphia Eagles' clash with the Seattle Seahawks on Nov. 24 from an 8:20 p.m. start on NBC to a 1 p.m. start on FOX. NBC will instead get to broadcast a meeting of first-place teams when the San Francisco 49ers host the Green Bay Packers
This would seem to be a slight break for the Eagles (5-4), who will be at home to face a team that's coming all the way across the country. But the Seahawks (8-2) will have this coming weekend off after upsetting the 49ers on Monday night.
The Eagles host New England this coming Sunday. Both teams had last week off.
Morning Call reporter Nick Fierro can be reached at 610-778-2243 or nfierro@mcall.com.


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Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy
by Priscilla Clapp
Edition: Second
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version updates that classic analysis of the role played by the federal bureaucracy—civilian career officials, political appointees, and military officers—and Congress in formulating U.S. national security policy, illustrating how policy decisions are actually made. Government agencies, departments, and individuals all have certain interests to preserve and promote. Those priorities, and the conflicts they sometimes spark, heavily influence the formulation and implementation of foreign policy. A decision that looks like an orchestrated attempt to influence another country may in fact represent a shaky compromise between rival elements within the U.S. government. The authors provide numerous examples of bureaucratic maneuvering and reveal how they have influenced our international relations. The revised edition includes new examples of bureaucratic politics from the past three decades, from Jimmy Carter's view of the State Department to conflicts between George W. Bush and the bureaucracy regarding Iraq. The second edition also includes a new analysis of Congress's role in the politics of foreign policymaking.
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Pioneering research
Visualiseringscenter C Ida Ling Flanagan
Visualiseringscenter
LiU conducts world-leading research within the field that encompasses both advanced image processing and the conversion of enormous amounts of data into understandable images, maps and diagrams. The results are also used for augmented reality and immersive environments.
Ever-increasing amounts of information and torrents of data are placing ever-greater demands on us with respect to sorting and analysing, in order to take wise and well-informed decisions.
Visualiseringscenter 2017
Research at LiU has produced advanced algorithms and methods to convert terabytes of data to the megabytes that humans can cope with and understand. Just as important are the processes by which instructions are sent back to the systems as useful signals. People and automatic systems must be able to collaborate in a robust and trustworthy manner, even in emergencies.
Huge quantities of information can be visualised in diagrams and graphs. Virtual objects can be placed into images of real surroundings, in a technique known as "augmented reality". Immersive environments, such as the Dome in Visualization Center C, open new possibilities, but place additional demands on both calculation methods and design. Pioneering research in these areas is carried out at LiU.
The future may bring an intelligent holographic avatar that answers questions and provides support and advice. There's already one in the LiU laboratory.
LiU's research has resulted in commercial products such as the visualisation table, which is sold all over the world, and in highly praised arenas open to the public, such as Visualization Center C in Norrköping.
The part of Visualization Center C open to the public is operated by Norrköping municipality, while research at Visualization Center C is carried out by a consortium that includes the Division for Media and Information Technology at Linköping University and RISE Interactive C-Studio.
Turning huge amounts if data into information (short video, eng)
Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV)
CMIV conducts focused front-line research providing solutions to tomorrow's clinical issues. The CMIV mission is to develop future methods and tools for image analysis and visualization for applications within health care and medical research.
Computational Design for Optimality and Robustness
The aim of the project is developing and using computational design methods for design of gas turbine components. The project is a collaboration with Siemens Energy AB.
Simulation of Cardiac Blood Flow from CT
Advanced CT creates amazing visualization of the beating heart. However, the complex interactions of blood flow are not fully reflected by these images. This project aims to extract blood flow data from CT images using image-based simulations.
Seeing Organ Function
Seeing organ function (SOF) is a visionary project with ambitious goals. By starting with a medical problem we work interdisciplinary, linking medical research and clinical use with novel technique.
Analytic Imaging Diagnostics Arena (AIDA) is a national arena for research and innovation on analytic image-based diagnostics.
Musical sonification
Sound can be used to simplify understanding of a visual representation of research data, or to improve the outcome of an interaction between human and a machine. To use sound in this way is called sonification.
WASP at MIT
Our research environment is located at the division of Media and Information Technology on Campus Norrköping. Our work draws on 20 years of research, focusing on visualization and interaction in the context of AI, autonomous systems and software.
Immersive Visualization
The Immersive Visualization group is conducting research and development in a range of technologies to create an immersive and engaging visualization of data.
Visual Learning and Communication
Our research is about teaching and learning science with visualizations. We focus on biology and molecular sciences, and are interested in both learning with and design of visualizations.
Media Design and Image Reproduction
Our work is fundamentally about communication. How might we combine digital and analog media to convey information, insights and emotions? How might we create engaging and captivating experiences through modern information technology?
We develop novel analysis, visualization and exploration techniques for a better understanding and communication of large data.
The group focuses on the explorative analysis and visualization of typically large and complex information spaces. We develop novel interactive visualization methods and tools that are able to efficiently support analysts from various domains.
Computer Graphics and Image Processing
The computer graphics and image processing group is driving a number of research projects directed towards the development of theory and methodology for image capture, image analysis and image synthesis.
Visualisation Center C awarded at international film festival
Visualisation Center C at Campus Norrköping won the prize for best 3D film at the international film festival Fulldome Festival in Brno, Czech Republic, on July 30, 2021.
New ultrathin material created under extreme pressure
An international research team with members from Linköping University has discovered a new material with a thickness of a single layer of atoms. The properties of the material, beryllonitrene, are similar to those of graphene.
Unique research photon-counting CT scanner to CMIV
The Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization is first in the world to install a completely new type of computer tomograph in a clinical environment. It provides considerably higher resolution and gives significantly smaller radiation doses.
An important donation with an impact
"Donations such as this one from the Stig Wadström Foundation make an impact on a university. It will give us room for manoeuvre and open new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration", says Vice-Chancellor Jan-Ingvar Jönsson.
Towards a more user centred control system design
A control room in the industrial sector often comprises a wall of shining displays showing different parts of the production process. In her doctoral thesis, Veronika Domova aimed to develop a control system design, better adapted to human abilities.
Success for two online conferences
The organisers had planned for 1,000 participants at the two conferences in visualisation in Norrköping, Eurographics and Eurovis. But 2,300 registered, and they presented 100 streamed video sessions that have been viewed nearly 38,000 times. So far.
Unique Resource for AI Research in Medical Imaging
One of the world's most powerful systems for artificial intelligence (AI) computation has landed at Linköping University. The system will serve as a national resource for projects within AIDA.
Norrköping home to world's first professor of exploranation
Ben Shedd, winner of several awards for his scientific films for dome cinemas, is LiU's first guest professor in visual scientific communication. The guest professorship has been financed by a donation from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
Anders Ynnerman elected to visualisation hall of fame
Thirty-two people from all over the world have been selected to become members of the newly formed IEEE Visualization Academy. One of them is professor Anders Ynnerman. "It's extremely gratifying to be recognised as one of the pioneers", he says.
Finding boat locations using images
In his doctoral thesis, Bertil Grelsson shows that it is perfectly possible to navigate at sea and in the air with the aid of images. As long as it's not too misty. The methods provide an important component in safe and robust navigation.
Three new Wallenberg Scholars at LiU
Three professors at LiU, Anders Ynnerman, Erik G. Larsson and Igor Abrikosov, have been selected as Wallenberg Scholars in 2019, which means that they each receive SEK 18 million for free research in the coming five years.
AI research needs major investment in infrastructure
"We have survived the AI winter: now we need suitable infrastructure to break the ice." The words are those of Anders Ynnerman, professor at LiU who once again is standing on the barricades to unite the Swedish research community.
Paradigm shift to give superfast supercomputers
"In just a few years we'll have supercomputers that work at exaflop speeds. We are witnessing a paradigm shift." The words are those of Thomas Sterling, a grand old man in supercomputing and professor at Indiana University, visiting NSC and LiU.
Sweden's largest supercomputer brought online
The National Supercomputer Centre, NSC, celebrated its 30th birthday by bringing five supercomputers online, the largest, Tetralith, currently the most powerful in the Nordic region. It also deepens the collaboration between NSC, SMHI and MET Norway.
Technology for augmented intelligence
Augmented intelligence is the first platform in the Vinnova-financed Visual Sweden, based at LiU's Campus Norrköping. Two new laboratories constitute meeting places in which researchers can collaborate with participating companies.
Travel through the universe with OpenSpace
We can go on a trip to Mars and wander through the red sand, or why not drop in on Pluto? The research project OpenSpace, led by LiU professor Anders Ynnerman, is now opening the universe for visits.
Safe space travel with Sciss
The Sciss company arose during the aftermath of the Columbia space shuttle disaster in 2003. LiU alumnus Staffan Klashed was head of the company for its first 12 years, and today Sciss markets the planetariums and experiences all over world.
Billion kronor programme for Swedish AI research
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has granted an additional billion Swedish kronor to extend the Wallenberg Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP), with a broad investment into artificial intelligence.
Exploranation opens science for everyone
"We are facing a new scientific paradigm, since advanced fundamental research can now be presented in a manner that visitors understand. We call this 'Exploranation' " says Anders Ynnerman at the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation Symposium.
Human or robot, or a bit of both
The topic of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Jubilee Symposium held at LiU was "Materials and Technology for a Digital Future". The symposium focussed on technology and materials that mimic humans, but the range of topics was broad.
Magnetic resonance finds fatty liver
Taking tissue samples to diagnose fatty liver can be replaced in most cases by a painless magnetic resonance investigation, according to a new study.
LiU awarded jubilee grant from KAW
Visualization Center C in Norrköping will be the hub in a major science project funded by SEK 150 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Five science centres will participate – in Norrköping, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Umeå.
Mummy visualisation impresses
World-leading technology from Linköping University and Visualization Center C has been described in a prestigious journal of computer science, Communications of the ACM, where it has received a great deal of attention.
Grab hold of the nanoworld
Is the nanorevolution at the door? Maybe. Researchers are working on developing visual worlds that will get the general public to understand the risks and advantages of nano technology.
Work within interaction design focus on user experience. The research also studies how visualisation of huge quantities of data can be experienced as reliable decision-support information, and how the expertise of the user can be exploited.
Media technology deals with images as carrier of large quantities of information. Research encompasses graphic design and art, the quality of reproductions and advanced colour theory as well as visualization for flat screens and dome theatres in 3D.
Visualiseringscenter C
Consists of five actors: the public arena Visualiseringscenter C, Cnema, RISE C-Studio, Norrköping Science Park, and C-research – research conducted by the division for Media and Information Technology, Linköping University.


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Q: Merge Cells with Duplicate Data VBA I'm trying to get a Macro working to merge cells with duplicate data.  It will work on small numbers of cells, but I get the following error if I try to run it on a larger group of cells.  I'm not sure if there's a more efficient way for excel to run through this.
Run-Time error '1004':
Method 'Range' of object '_Global' failed
Here's the code:
Sub MergeDuplicates()
 Dim varData As Variant, varContent As Variant
 Dim strMyRange As String
 Application.ScreenUpdating = False
 Application.DisplayAlerts = False
     strMyRange = ActiveCell.Address
     varContent = ActiveCell.Value
     For Each varData In Selection.Cells
         If varData.Value <> varContent Then
             strMyRange = strMyRange & ":" & Cells(varData.Row - 1, varData.Column).Address & ", " & Cells(varData.Row, varData.Column).Address
             varContent = Cells(varData.Row, varData.Column).Value
         End If
     Next
     strMyRange = strMyRange & Mid(Selection.Address, InStr(1, Selection.Address, ":"), Len(Selection.Address))
     Range(strMyRange).Merge
 Application.DisplayAlerts = True
 Application.ScreenUpdating = True
 End Sub

A: I have recreated the issue using the code you posted and it is working for me. I did what you suggested and put the merge into the For loop. Then I split strMyRange using the comma as the delimiter. I set up a test to look for the ":" character in TestArray(0). If it is in that target string, then I know it is ready for the merge. After that I reset strMyRange to the TestArray(1) which is the beginning of the next range.
Note: I was able to step through it with the debugger with 100 cells and it worked. Then I tried running it without any code breakpoints, but it merged all the selected cells. I put a 1 second wait statement right before the final merge and that seems to work.
Here is the code:
 Sub MergeDuplicates()
 Dim varData As Variant, varContent As Variant
 Dim strMyRange As String
 Dim TestArray() As String
 Dim target As String
 Dim pos As Integer

Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
 strMyRange = ActiveCell.Address
 varContent = ActiveCell.Value
 For Each varData In Selection.Cells
     If varData.Value <> varContent Then
         strMyRange = strMyRange & ":" & Cells(varData.Row - 1, varData.Column).Address & ", " & Cells(varData.Row, varData.Column).Address
         TestArray = Split(strMyRange, ",")
         target = TestArray(0)
         pos = InStr(target, ":")
         If (pos > 0) Then
            Range(target).Merge
            strMyRange = TestArray(1)
         End If
         varContent = Cells(varData.Row, varData.Column).Value
     End If
 Next
 strMyRange = strMyRange & Mid(Selection.Address, InStr(1, Selection.Address, ":"), Len(Selection.Address))
 Application.Wait (Now + #12:00:01 AM#) 'This helps the application run OK if there are no breakpoints.
 Range(strMyRange).Merge
 Application.DisplayAlerts = True
 Application.ScreenUpdating = True
 End Sub

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There is a back and forth argument about cutting the cord with the cable TV to use other options. Generally, the cost of cable TV has been on the rise, and most people opt to watch FSU basketball online. There is a sharp decline in the number of people who are paying for cable TV, and if you have been left behind, you can now also learn how to catch all the Florida State University action without having to pay for cable TV.
For those of you who are still not sure if cutting the cord is the way to go, you should realize that there are so many options available for you to watch Florida State basketball online. This means that you can actually stop paying for the cable service completely and still enjoy all the games. There is a paradigm shift in the cable TV usage, and things are changing rapidly.
Before you cut the cord, there are some key issues that you need to be sure of. The main alternative to cable TV is Florida State basketball live stream. As such, you will be watching all the games over the internet. You need to be sure of the stability of your internet connection and how fast it is in order to watch FSU game live.
In most cases, the online streaming services require internet connections with speeds of about 15 Mbps. This will make it easier to watch Florida State basketball online without any buffering interferences. When the streaming service is not reliable, you may still face buffering issues, even with an excellent internet connection.
There are so many streaming services on the internet that allow you to use their streaming services. The good news is that most of these main service providers offer a free trial period or about 7 days. You can take advantage and watch Florida State basketball online during this trial period provided.
This means that you will watch all the games, without cable and not pay for the services. Some of the best options that offer live streaming services include PlayStation Vue, DirecTV Now, Sling TV, WatchESPN, CBS ALL ACCESS and Hulu Plus among others. If you are a new subscriber the trial window period will grant you free Florida State basketball live stream.
Most of these service providers allow a single stream at a go, and therefore you need to make your choices carefully. If you are tempted to stream movies and other TV shows, you may end up missing the opportunity to enjoy the Florida State University games.


"Are all anglers liars, or do all liars fish?" goes the old saying. Not according to this writer, who claims every one of these stories is completely and utterly true!
While leaning over the rail of a boat off the Belgian coast, Gosselin Deleus lost his prescription glasses. A month later, the glasses were discovered in the belly of a monkfish. Deleus learned of the discovery while reading a local fishing magazine that had reported the catch. He contacted the fisherman, who returned the glasses.
In Stockholm, Sweden, a fisherman harvesting wild mussels in the cold Norwegian Sea was shucking his catch when he came across an engagement ring engraved with a name. The ring was returned to its grateful owner, who'd lost it overboard two years earlier.
When fisherman Matthew Clark stood in front of the cameras and accepted his first-place check, the crowd cheered. His bass was a lunker at 13 pounds and easily outweighed the competition in the annual Bailiwick Bass Club Open — until local bass fisherman Shane Bentley spotted something familiar. Bentley had recently visited a nearby aquarium, where he'd seen a similarly sized fish swimming in one of the tanks. Both fish had unusual markings across their foreheads. Bentley returned to the aquarium and alerted the director, who discovered the bass was missing. Local police were called, and Clark was arrested. Turns out the tournament cheat was desperate to pay off a debt, so he broke into the aquarium at night by scaling an adjacent cliff with a rope ladder. After a thorough investigation, Clark admitted to the theft, was fined 100 hours of community service, and forbidden to enter future local tournaments.
Leon Hale of The Houston Chronicle reported that a man fishing for snapper outside of Freeport, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico lost an heirloom ring overboard. The ring had been passed down from generation to generation and contained his great-grandfather's initials, JHC, on the inside of the band. A year later, that same fisherman was cleaning a catch of snapper when he spotted a ring inside one of the fish bellies. Unfortunately, it was not his ring. But it was engraved with initials and the name of a small high school in Illinois. The fisherman contacted the school and was able to track down the ring's owner, a very nice young woman. The two began corresponding and eventually married. Years later, they were visiting San Francisco and stopped at a fishmonger's shop in Chinatown. On a shelf near the back of the shop was a collection of objects for sale — objects the fishmonger had found inside the bellies of the fish he sold. There were money clips, military dog tags, miscellaneous jewelry, pocket knives, coins, and yes, you guessed it, an heirloom ring with the JHC engraved on the inner band!
When a cloudburst drenched the tee boxes of the Salisbury Golf Club in Wiltshire, England, it dumped more than rain. Bouncing off the closely cropped grass were koi and goldfish. Carl Horrax, manager of the old course, at first thought it was a gag until he saw the amount of fish pouring down from the sky. Course member Michael Cartwright was also flummoxed. But later that day, scientists confirmed that a waterspout had sucked the fish from a nearby pond and transferred the swirling critters to the golf course.
It sounds like a great advertisement: John Bembers was fishing from a boat on Lake Michigan when he dropped his watch overboard. Three years later, Thomas Kresnak discovered the watch — still ticking! — inside the belly of a 42-pound salmon.
It was a typically cold winter's day in central Maine when fishing guide Greg Trefethen and a pal were drilling holes with a power auger through the thick ice on Long Pond. Rumors of a fat lake trout had both men willing to brave the freezing temperature, but as the mercury dropped, they were eager to bait their hooks, set their traps, and return to the relative comfort of their nearby ice shanty.
Trefethen, who wore prosthetic legs after losing both while stationed aboard a naval vessel that ran afoul of a particularly powerful typhoon, quickly bored their first hole, but as he began to remove the heavy auger, a fountain of icy water surged from the hole and sloshed over his prosthetic feet.
As Trefethen worked the auger free of the ice and set it on the snow, he found his feet had frozen in place. Literally. Unable to move, Trefethen called out to his friend to hurry to the shanty and retrieve a hammer and chisel. Minutes later, the men began to hammer and chip away at Trefethen's artificial toes. Halfway through the ordeal, a local ranger checking for fishing licenses spied the unusual scene and hurried to help.
"As the ranger closed in," Trefethen said, "I decided it would be funny to play a practical joke on him. These guys are usually pretty bored this time of year, so I started screaming in pain. I yelled out that I was losing my feet to frostbite. His eyes widened and he rushed up to us. That's when I unhinged my legs and dropped to the ice. He was so shocked he didn't think to ask for our fishing licenses, which was a good thing because my buddy's license was expired and he hadn't renewed it yet."
The largest fish ever caught stand-up style was pulled in by Tracy Melton of Los Alamitos, California. The blue marlin was hooked off Madeira, Portugal, and weighed an astounding 1,083 pounds.
The Maryland State Department of Natural Resources planted tracking devices into as many as 3,000 wild largemouth bass in an attempt to follow their migratory and growth patterns. As the years went by, authorities began tracking the fish to a private fish farm. Confused and curious, officials soon discovered that the owner of the farm was buying the illegally captured bass from poachers, then shipping them to restaurants around the country and to markets in Asia. By the time the illegal trade was halted, the owner had reportedly made more than $150,000 in profit. He was charged with trafficking in the interstate sale of a protected species and faced more than five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
These amusing stories have been excerpted from Incredible — and True! — Fishing Stories by Shaun Morey (Workman). Copyright© 2014. Available directly from Workman Publishing.


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Q: How do I open a exe on a remote computer I need a powershell script that I can run from a host computer that will restart a exe (like excel or something) on a remote computer.
I've tried using possession, invoke-command, and psexec, but to no avail.
I even thought of a way to be on a host computer, and try to execute a script that is on the remote server.
I don't get any errors for these, which makes it hard to know what's happening/if it's even happening.
I've tried this in my scripts:
& EXCEL.exe
I expect the application to open on the remote computer.

A: This solved my question. I made a generic version of what I ended up doing:
$remoteComputer = "ComputerName"

$appLocation = "C:\Windows\notepad"

$taskName = "openNotepad"

$delay = (get-date).AddMinutes(1) #adds 1 minute to the current time

$newTime = get-date $delay -format HH:mm:ss #24 HR format

echo (get-date -Uformat %T)

echo $newTime #compare the time difference

$null = schtasks /create /s $remoteComputer /TN $taskName /TR $appLocation /SC ONCE /ST $newTime

start-sleep -s 65 #schtasks can't perform on the same minute, and needs a wait time before it will delete the task

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But instead of the crystal, a DIP8 TTL package. I also want to build one for 75 Meters for use as a 10 watt QRP TX for when I get my General at NearFest X.
I figured it might be simple to series modulate the final and use an external audio amp for audio source.
Would appreciate some help with the design. Of course, for the BC band version, I'd limit input power to 100mw in observance of FCC regs.
Would appreciate any help I can get and I know there's some *very* knowledgeable folks here.
Sorry the graphic didn't seem to work... stupid Anglefire hosting.... so I copied the circuit to my own webserver and linked it from there.
Someone's gotta know a few suggestions???
I am not an expert at all on this.
Perhaps if you were more specific about what exactly the "TTL oscillator" consists of, either the circuit or part number?
Also there are now a number of DDS chips available that do this and more... kits even.
I think the biggest issue will be getting rid of the unwanted carp that may come forth from the "oscillator".
The 1MHz version, I wish to just use the oscillator since that is fewer parts and less money. I plan to clean up the square output using an LC Tank to create a sine output, then buffer the resultant sine before heavily filtering out harmonics using a high Q filter.
I just need help with the design process. I'm told this is where the AM experts are.
You could "bend" a 4 MHz crystal about 5-10 kHz before you lose the stability of the crystal or oscillation stops all together.
ok, thanks for your inputs. I'm open to suggestions to make this with my 3 goals stated above in mind. The idea is to design a transmitter that is cheap and easy to build... it does not need to put out a lot of power, just a dozen watts or so to get on the air when I get my general privs in a couple weeks.
I've been enjoying the AM'ers on 3875 a LOT! listening on my Realistic DX-440 (yes I need a better receiver, but it works for now).
I hope to someday assemble a better station, but for now just looking for a simple start.
The 1MHz transmitter is just for some fun to toy around with - playing some internet radio and old time radio on my RCA Strato-world receiver.
I'm really looking forward to joining up on 3875khz soon!
I do not think this circuit is going to work. But that is the least of the issues.
The power levels you are talking about, assuming you will not be using a amplifier, are going to be just to low to use on 75m. Unless you have a killer antenna (something like a dipole, balanced fed, at 70'+ in height) you're just not going to be heard very well at all. IF at all!
I know it's fun to build and experiment, but don't rely on small transmitter to get out on the low bands and be your primary communication radio. It's just frustrating. The time spent will not realize anything other than a working curiosity, and not be anything useful for communication on 75m AM. You would be better served by some inexpensive BA (boatanchor). They can be had, in working condition, relatively on the cheap.
Or if you need to build, look into the Class-E stuff. Easy to build, high power and known to work (proven performance)! You can even build a small one, say 50W carrier, and be heard well.
But good luck with the circuit.
Well not AM I use a TTL osc for a crystal spotter and have for several years. It works well. I use variuos chips , right now I beleive it is a 7400 or some version of it. I clip the crystal in the holder (two small alligator clamps) push the button and set the receiver. I run a Vintage station and use regens for recvers ) I pop the crystal back in my transmitter and I am in busness and right on frequency. I did build a qrp transmitter once with the same circuit but a power transisitor final. Still have it. Built in a wooden Tea Box. I called it "Tempest in a teabox" Biggest problem with all these circuits is low power. Low power is fine of you live in an area with nearby towns and a decent ham population but here on the north shore of lake ontario you can were out a lot of batteries waiting for an answer. I would think you would need 4 stages at least to get decent power at all. I was trying that but got back into tubes and radios that glow inthe dark and the ttl stuff and solid state is now gathering dust. Still I would encourage you to give it a shot. You have to make a certain amount of smoke in you carreer as a ham. Tis the best way to learn. If you believe you have a workable idea give it a shot and see how it turns out.
Use a dirt simple Hartley oscillator using a couple of transistors. This is what I use - it's simple, simple, simple. If you want to get more sophisticated and make a better VFO, operate the oscillator at twice the frequency (about 7 mHz if you want to get on 75 meters) and divide it by 2 using a J-K flip flop. Then you can leave the oscillator running all of the time, and just turn on the flip flop when you transmit. This system will be MUCH more stable.
Here is a schematic. As you can see, there are few parts. The flip flops are both in the same DIP package. You could eliminate the relay (and relay driver transistors) and the circuit that drives an external frequency counter if you don't want these.
You can buy an Epson TTL programmable clock oscillator (SG 8002) for $6 or so from DigiKey programmed for any frequency you wish with a standard TTL output. You can drive a small Mosfet (2N7000 or equal) with it or drive a small Mosfet driver IC (Microchip make a good cheap one that is used in the Retro 75 and 40 )) and drive a medium size Mosfet. Either mosfet output can be driven in class D or E for a very efficient CW transmitter or drive the final with modulated DC and get AM out.
I have found the Epson chip to be excellent and very stable. I have one running a 22 meter Hifer beacon and the frequency has been measured against WWV - the chip is 13.554 Mhz and it was measured at 13.554004 Mhz in Kansas. I am transmitting in SC at 4 mW.
The Epson chip is half the price of a custom crystal and it ships in one day.
Those things look pretty good. How is the phase noise? My [limited] experimentation with these sorts of devices has shown a lot of phase noise (an unacceptable amount for anything high power), but there are much better chips out there now. How is the Epson?
Run it through a 14013 flip flop which divides the frequency by two or four and drive the transistor through a 4049 with all sections in parallel.
The phase noise is not good, but it depends on frequency. I wouldn't use it for anything over 10 watts or so. They are pretty stable though.
Cheap is the key - DigiKey has them for $5.10 from 1-150 Mhz or so. Way better than a crystal and dividers for simple stuff. My QRSS3 beacon uses one at 13.554 and I use the output enable (pin 1) driven directly from a PIC12F509 and chirp is not a problem.
I run the output into a PC mount 100 ohm pot and then drive a 7 pole 50 ohm filter. I get variable power from 0-10 mW. I run the beacon at 4 mW into a ground plane antenna - Best DX is ME from SC on the first day.
I think your question more specifically is, "Can the output of a digital (square wave) oscillator be used as an RF signal source". The answer is yes, provided you pass that signal through sufficient stages of low pass filtering to eliminate the unwanted harmonics. Many quality signal generators, even starting with relatively clean sinusoids use many levels of filtering before deriving the final output.
You'll note that Steve's VFO, which is a tried and true design, uses logic circuits at the output. However, this is intended to drive a Class E stage where logical on/off is the desirable feature.
If you want to drive a conventional RF stage you may consider taking the output of Steve's VFO before Q2 and buffering/filtering from there. Light coupling into the filter stages helps selectivity but should be done inductively. The capacitive divider shown in your circuits output will favor the higher harmonics.
See you at NEARFest and good luck on the test.
A square wave doesn't really need all that much filtering to clean it up nicely. An unfiltered square wave harmonics drop off at 6db per octave and there are no even harmonic components. That means the 3rd is down 12 db and the 5th is down 24db.
A real simple 50 ohm 5 pole filter will take the 3rd harmonic of a 3.5 Mhz square wave down 30 db and the 5th down over 60db.
That is a pretty clean sine wave with three caps and two small toroidal inductors - adding 2 more poles (another cap and inductor) really cleans things up. A resonant antenna cleans it up even more.
Steve uses a novel circuit to vary the duty cycle of the square wave drive in his VFO. I have used it in a class E Medfer beacon and it works very well.
I agree, there is basically no need to do any filtering along the way. Keep it square all the way into the Class D or E final and clean it up with a serious post filter. This also will yield the best efficiency.
Ok them I have a question then.
If you filter post, how are you measuring amplification efficiency? Broadband or only the operating frequency. If the Class D or E circuit is passing and amplifying all the harmonics and the fundamental wouldn't that skew the efficiency? Make it appear higher, in other words. Also it seems to me you would be using available power to amplify harmonics that never reach the antenna. Isn't that power wasted in filtering? Also wouldn't the filter design need to be substantially larger to handle the power. Why not simply pre-filter?
I'm asking because I don't know.
Don't think of the final amplifier as an amplifier, think of it as a switch. The less time that the switch is in the linear region, the better the efficiency, so fast switching as with a square wave will yield the most power. Yes you will lose the power of the harmonics, but we only want the fundamental anyway, and the loss is fairly low even when you combine all of the harmonic energy.
I apologize if I missed something but is John attempting to build a Class D/E transmitter or a conventional Class C transmitter?
In either case I agree with all the previous postings, just not sure what the application is. Aside from the FET final shown in the first post it's not clear to me what Class is being pursued. I initially assumed Class C.


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A judge labelled the men said to have forced 41-year-old Sarah Meredith to perform the sex act on the Patterdale terrier in Birkenhead, Merseyside, "grotesque"
A woman who performed sex acts on a dog claims she was "forced" to do it.
Sarah Meredith, 41, was spared jail and ordered to attend rehab over the incident involving a Patterdale terrier.
She claimed she was "forced" to perform the sex acts by men who egged her on.
A judge labelled the men "grotesque" and said Meredith was also the victim of abuse that day, reports the Liverpool Echo.
The men have not yet faced prosecution, and Meredith has refused to identify them, the court heard.
Wirral Magistrates' Court was told Meredith, of no fixed address, had taken Philip Thomas' dog for a walk from Birkenhead, when she abused the animal.
Paula Groggan, prosecuting, today told the court that police were made aware of the incident after a video of the act was sent to the dog's owner.
They arrived at his address where he showed officers the video – after which he was charged with possessing extreme pornography and admitted the offence at Liverpool Magistrates' Court on August 20.
Ms Groggan explained that there were two video clips.
In one, a male is seen holding the dog underneath its front legs while Meredith is "egged on" to perform the act.
The second video shows Meredith performing a different sex act on the dog.
In both videos people who do not appear on the video can be heard laughing.
The court heard that after taking the dog for a walk for Thomas, who suffers from mobility issues, Meredith told his mother she had "done something really bad" but would not divulge what.
In interview she told officers that while in the park two males, who she refused to name, threatened her with violence and told her to perform a sex act on the dog.
Meredith told officers the men spat on her and explained she wasn't aware she was being filmed.
Ms Groggan said: "She was ashamed and disgusted in herself for doing it."
She confirmed that the dog was seized and after being examined by a vet suffered no physical injuries, but Ms Groggan noted that during the video it appears distressed.
The court heard Meredith has a "lengthy record".
Meredith pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to an animal at Wirral Magistrates' Court on August 18 this year.
Sarah Fergusson, defending, said: "It's fair to say this is a highly unusual case."
Ms Fergusson explained that Meredith is set to be picked up for a rehab clinic tomorrow, where she may remain for up to two years.
She said: "The basis of her offending is her vulnerability."
Ms Fergusson explained that Meredith was particularly vulnerable in the lead-up to the incident.
She asked the judge to look at suspending any custodial threshold to allow Meredith to go to rehab and address "the problem that caused this offending behaviour."
Ms Fergusson explained that in the past Meredith had been clean and sober for six and a half years.
The court also heard that while Meredith does have a number of previous convictions it is the "record of somebody who relies on illicit substances", noting she has no convictions of a similar nature to this incident.
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The judge accepted that the offence crossed the threshold of custody, but said that Meredith is also "vulnerable" and was victimised by the "grotesque" men who have not yet faced prosecution.
The judge said: "You are also a victim, you were also abused in a sickening manner by those individuals."
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It's Science, Folks, Not Politics: The Great 'Cosmos' Debate
Home Published May 8, 2014 - 1:30pm
In America today, what might be called the "Spirit of Brokenness" has seized hold of one of our two major political parties, with the result that a battle of more than the usual urgency is being fought over the most fundamental of moral and spiritual issues: constructiveness vs. destructiveness, justice vs. destructiveness, compassion vs. cruelty. And the truth vs. the lie.
We live in one of those times, in other words, in which in our nation something appropriately called "the battle between good and evil" is especially central to the dynamics of the era.
But over the long haul, in human systems, much of the foundational work to advance Wholeness in the world does not partake in any obvious way of the ways of combat. At the same time, when the battle does come - as has now in America - the long, slow, patient work of making the world a better place has a strong bearing upon the battle's outcome.
A quite lovely illustration of both the patient work of goodness, and the eventual relevance of that quiet work for future battles, can be found in the excellent current television series, "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey."
This series is, of course, a kind of sequel to the famous series, "Cosmos," that was hosted by Carl Sagan more than 30 years ago. It is at the end of the first installment of the series that we learn that the new host, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, is not just the replacement for the late Professor Sagan but that the connection between the two men goes much deeper.
Here's how the story is told on one site:
Standing on the same seaside cliff in Northern California where Sagan filmed some of his scenes from the original series, deGrasse Tyson pulled out a 1970s ledger to show that Sagan had scheduled a day to meet with a then 17-year-old Neil, a kid from the Bronx who had applied to Cornell.
DeGrasse Tyson had his own artifact from that day - Sagan had given him a copy of one of his paperbacks, The Cosmic Collection, and had signed it to him, encouraging the aspiring scientist. DeGrasse Tyson explained how important that day was (even though he decided to go to Harvard instead):
"At the end of the day, he drove me back to the bus station. The snow was falling harder. He wrote his phone number, his home phone number, on a scrap of paper. And he said, "If the bus can't get through, call me. Spend the night at my home, with my family."
"I already knew I wanted to become a scientist, but that afternoon I learned from Carl the kind of person I wanted to become. He reached out to me and to countless others. Inspiring so many of us to study, teach, and do science. Science is a cooperative enterprise, spanning the generations."
What is beautiful and whole in this is many-layered.
We start with the marvelous humanity of the older man, Carl Sagan. This eminent man reaches out here in so many ways to a youngster (African-American, incidentally), who aspires to be a scientist. He gives his time, his signed book, and an offer to help if help is needed.
Here is shown something that all of us, in countless ways in diverse situations, are in a position to do: to nurture the best in others, particularly but not only the young, to support and encourage our fellow human creatures to grow and flourish into the best of their potential. How much more whole the world would be if we all availed ourselves, as Carl Sagan did in this story, of our opportunities to support the best hopes and the hearts of our fellows.
The imparting of the pattern of wholeness is also clearly conveyed by the testimony of the recipient of this kindness and encouragement. Dr. Tyson decided then, he tells us, that he wanted to become not only a scientist like Sagan, but "the kind of person" Sagan had shown himself to be.
The pattern of "Pay it forward" is one of the ways that the force of the Good advances in the world. (Unfortunately, of course, the patterns of brokenness can also be "paid forward," as when abused children become child abusers.)
In addition, the pattern of love and respect is here publicly perpetuated by the wonderful tribute that Dr. Tyson pays here to Carl Sagan. It's a tribute of which the passage quoted here is only a part. And it was very moving. The generosity of spirit that Sagan showed the young Tyson is now brought full circle in this tribute by the generous and loving tribute he presents to the millions watching this series.
But there is one more way that what Sagan imparted to Tyson back nearly forty years ago has served the force of wholeness. That has to do with the ways in which the excellent series that Tyson is now bringing to American homes is entirely pertinent to the high-stakes battle being fought in America today.
The Battle for Truth
Although Wholeness gets imparted in many ways, many that have no direct connection with good "battling" against evil, such are the complex interweavings of forces in the world, the interplay of cause and effect, that the viewer of this outstanding new Cosmos series can see something important about the long-term nature of that battle: i.e., how the wholeness in the form of human kindness that Sagan extended is now bearing fruit quite relevant to the battle between good and evil in America today.
The series that Dr. Tyson is hosting is clearly not only about teaching people some important scientific truths about our universe, and about the unfolding of life on earth. It's about all that, but also more than that.
One might say that this new Cosmos series is a long advertisement for science. But it would be still more accurate to say that it is a forceful argument for the honest and open-minded pursuit of the truth and against those forces that impose dogma as a tyranny over the human mind.
Again and again in the series, Dr. Tyson tells us of heroes who, asking questions, followed the truth wherever it led. And repeatedly, he contrasts these heroes with those who, with closed and narrow minds, insisted on blocking honest inquiry and on using raw power to impose their falsehoods on their societies.
Here are two examples.
One of the heroes is Giordano Bruno. Bruno had ideas of the vastness of the universe that have proved correct (by a "lucky guess," Dr. Tyson suggests). But his ideas differed from the dogmas being enforced by the Inquisition, and Bruno ended his life imprisoned for years and then burned at the stake.
A second hero was the ancient Chinese philosopher, Motze, who propounded much of what might be called the scientific method. Dr. Tyson presents his open-mindedness in a suitably positive light, and then shows how a tyranny known by the name "Legalism" subsequently arose in China to snuff out that movement, burning books and burying alive those scholars who would not yield to the dogmas of the new rulers.
But it's more than just the stories. In Dr. Tyson's entire presentation one intuits an implicit awareness that his voice is being raised in a cultural/political context in America today in which the spirit of truth-seeking is embattled. One can sense in Tyson's persistent advocacy of the spirit of honest inquiry that science represents an effort to counter those forces in America today that partake of the same spirit that burned Bruno in medieval Italy and burned the books in ancient China.
The battle between the forces of wholeness and those of brokenness, of which I speak repeatedly here, takes many forms. But surely one of the most important is the battle between the spirit of the truth and the spirit of the lie.
Truth is one of the vital forms of wholeness. For our beliefs to correspond to reality is a kind of wholeness. For our beliefs to be in conflict with reality is a form of brokenness. And a force that continually works to spread falsehoods -- which is one of the most striking aspects of the spirit that has taken possession of the American right in our times -- is a force of destruction, of brokenness, of evil, of death.
(In the cosmos series, the image of skulls is used to accompany the stories of those earthly powers that use force to strangle the truth.)
As Dr. Tyson now talks to a mass audience of Americans through this series, we see one of the long-maturing fruits of what Carl Sagan sowed in encouraging the young 17 year-old kid from the Bronx. The generosity of heart shown some forty years ago has become a force to battle to rescue our nation whose integrity is now under siege from the spirit of the Lie.
Admittedly, the series is not an expression simply of Dr. Tyson. But his role is important. And we might suppose that had that positive exchange between the older man and the younger man not occurred in the 1970s, we would not have this powerful, appealing, and effective voice talking to America – on the Fox network no less – to call us to the better, and more honest, angels of our national nature.
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KISS say goodbye, but Download is back and bigger than ever
KISS - Download 2022. Photo: Download
After three years where a full festival didn't happen, it's great to be back in these hallowed grounds of Donington. The gods of Metal were smiling, too, as instead of the sometimes torrential rain that plagues events in this country, the sun was shining brightly, causing people to run for sunblock rather than ponchos, as Kiss roared into town.
Download 2022 – Friday
Words: Paul Monkhouse
As the masses gathered, there was a tangibly joyful atmosphere in the air, old friends reconnecting and this feeling of being back to an event that has meant so much to so many. Stretching back to those nascent early days of Monsters of Rock, since 1980, there's never been anywhere more important for any self-respecting Metalhead to be. But here, its survival is a massive two-fingered salute, often throwing the horns to all those who've claimed that rock is dead.
Head Honcho of Download, Andy Copping, yet again pulls things out of his famed cowboy hat for the line-up this year, someone managing to fill four stages of the main weekend with a mix of mass pulling headliners, some old favourites and a head-spinning amount of new and up and coming bands. The seismic change from those heady 1980s days where one stage on one day had six or seven bands worthy of drawing big numbers on their own long gone, this newer iteration provides the platform for multiple generations to come together and inevitably get to see legends but also find new favourite bands.
There was no better way to kick things off on the main, Apex stage than Wayward Sons, Toby Jepson's troops the perfect mix of fiery passion and rock 'n' roll nous. With the superlative songwriting of the main man, his decades of experience as a frontman and the obvious chemistry the quartet share onstage, it was impossible not to have a good time.
From joyous opener Feel Good Hit onwards, it was a high-energy blast of instant hooks, grin-inducing performances and an encapsulation of everything that's loved about rock music, guitarist Sam Woods and bass player Nic Wastell throwing shapes as unfeasibly cool drummer Phil Martin lays down the beats whilst Jepson sings his heart out. With songs like the fractured and fractious Even Up The Score and a triumphant Bloody Typical, Wayward Sons are an act that ooze class and an instant good-time feel that is offset with razor-sharp and intelligent lyrics. The world is a better place with them in it.
On the competing second stage, Ayron Jones was kicking up his own storm, his funk-infused hard rock a blend of Living Colour and Lenny Kravitz so achingly good that it had the early afternoon crowd gyrating, despite the heat.
Slightly later, Kris Barras and his band showed just how good this former MMA fighter is, his original bluesy rock having morphed into something much leaner and tougher. With a punch even heavier than he used to show in his past life, they've refined their material and added an additional metallic edge that draws from the structures of classic rock but souped it up with a modern edge.
With material as strong as blasting opener Hail Mary, the massive heft of Dead Horses and the electrifying riff of These Voices, Barras and Co are onto a winner that is seeing them fast rising up the ranks, and the bigger stages and huge audiences are a natural fit.
Along with the increasingly ferocious songs, this latest iteration of the band certainly throws themselves into the set more than ever, bass player Kelpie Mckenzie practically running a marathon during their time on stage.
It's been a pleasure to see how much they've developed, and you get the definite impression that Barras puts the same drive and intensity into the music as he did when he was fighting.
Another band impressing mightily, Bury Tomorrow had the heart and soul of genuine contenders, too, their main stage appearance pulling no punches. Kicking off with a blistering Choke, the Southampton Metalcore bruisers were going to make the most of every minute they had, the brutality aimed with laser-like precision.
With the confidence to debut Death (Even Colder) and Life (Paradise Denied) as well as favourites like Earthbound and Black Flame, here was a band who had certainly earned their place here.
With a heartfelt appreciation of KISS and an aim to get the record for the number of people over the barrier during the set, Bury Tomorrow delivered directly to the people, the whole crowd jumping to the skittering guitar of closer Cannibal. Future headliners, without much doubt.
From the stadium-filling anthems of a hugely impressive Black Veil Brides to the sludgy and electric Southern Rock of Cellar Door Moon Crow, there was something for everyone here, and hard choices had to be made when clashes of schedules arose on an all too frequent basis.
Whilst Myles Kennedy added his extraordinary vocals to his set of college hard rock and Lacuna Coil seemingly more feral than ever, Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro prowling in search of victims on the Opus stage, young New Yorkers Tempt set the Dogtooth on fire with their nattily dressed outfits, vivacity and adrenaline-soaked arena rock that marks them out as the true successors to Bon Jovi et al.
Arguably the greatest reaction of the day was reserved for two bands built for festivals in the form of Aussie wrecking crew Airbourne and Newport's very own reggae metallers Skindred. Led by brothers Joel and Ryan O'Keeffe, the Down Under bruisers could have powered Download on their own, the energy coming from the stage intense as the quartet were literally unleashed after too many months of being unable to run around in their natural habitat.
Playing the sort of high-speed bar room boogie that AC/DC made their name on, the band join that long lineage alongside the Young brothers and Rose Tattoo as pure forces of nature.
No less intense and equally as captivating, Benji Webb and his Welsh compatriots brought humour and a visceral passion to everything they did. With Webb the ultimate ringmaster, the crowd danced to his every word, the pulsating Pressure and Jump/Jump Around impossible to ignore.
Again, there's a connection here that very few bands manage, the polemic Kill The Power hitting with real force, and when a fun teasing start of We Will Rock You morphs into Big Tings, you know you have a party on your hands. Of course, the sight of tens of thousands of people doing the Newport Helicopter during Warning is one of the most warming and crazily British sights in any field anywhere on this planet and makes every Skindred show something special. Without any doubt, one of the best bands on the circuit.
Another highlight of the day was to be seen in the overspilling Dogtooth tent for the much-anticipated set by British Lion, a band who have more than demonstrated their worth beyond being the side project of Iron Maiden main man Steve Harris.
Needless to say, the bassist puts his all into the performance but so do guitarists David Hawkins and Graeme Leslie, drummer Simon Dawson and vocalist Richard Taylor, the quintet bonded by constant hours on the road together and buoyed by the success of acclaimed sophomore album The Burning.
It's often been said that British Lion are more akin to the greats like UFO than the Metal of Maiden, but there's also another, much more personal feeling to what they do, Taylor's lyrics dually universal and yet searingly soulful.
Crammed together, even in this large tent, there's a sense of community that is an ever-present bond and a communication that is truly rare. From the dark Father Lucifer through to the life-affirming power of The Chosen Ones, British Lion captivates, hearts very much on their sleeves.
Certainly, there is an intensity here, but there's also a joy that lifts hearts and songs like The Burning and Lightning shine like thousand-watt bulbs.
For many, seeing Harris up so close is a magnetic draw, but this is a unit with no one put in the shade, the expressive and physical Taylor particularly pouring his all into it. As Dawson locks perfectly with Harris to provide the engine room, Hawkins and Leslie fire off tasty solos and some great joint fretwork, the music as thrilling as it is muscular.
As demonstrated elsewhere over the site, the power of music to bring everyone together beyond match and British Lion more than earn the warmth of reception given to them.
Whilst Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes played their ragged punk-fuelled rock, The Ghost Inside eviscerated with their heavy-duty force, and the uber-cool Blues Pills wowed with their wild psychedelia before the Black Sabbath sludge of Electric Wizard, there was only one place to be for most this evening, and that was the Apex stage.
Given that this would be their very last date on UK soil, KISS were determined to pull out all the stops and 'the hottest band in the world' certainly put on a show that will be remembered for a very long time to come, it's full retina-burning, eardrum bursting majesty as regal and sparkling as anything seen the previous weekend for the Queen's diamond jubilee.
Truly, tonight had all the ingredients that you could wish for and more, more pyro, and lights than most other bands use in a lifetime and a set cherry-picked to tick all the right boxes.
With four giant inflatable figures of Paul, Gene, Tommy and Eric standing over the sides of the stage, it just took that classic spoken intro to thunder over the speakers before the huge KISS curtain dropped down with the boom of pyros as Stanley, Simmons and Thayer were lowered on platforms from the lighting rig as they, along with Singer, tore into Detroit Rock City.
In a welter of flames and fireworks, the quartet bestrode the stage, every inch the legendary figures they portrayed. The good-time bubblegum rock of Shout It Out and staples Deuce and I Love It Loud provided a perfect cross-section of their '70s pomp and '80s rebirth, a grinding War Machine complete with animated backdrop steamrolling the senses.
Whilst, at times their fortunes have been mixed, there's no doubt that the image KISS dreamt up at the start of their career has been their longest-lasting success, and for this set, everything is turned up to 11. We get all the stack healed strut, levitating drum kits, fire breathing and wam bam thank you mam tunes that have seen their shows become genuinely legendary.
From commercial successes like Heaven's On Fire and Tears Are Falling through to Cold Gin and Lick It Up, not a stone is unturned nor a box unticked, the latter featuring a nod to The Who with a snatch of Won't Get Fooled Again interwoven in its form. With Say Yeah from Sonic Boom and the titular Psycho Circus showing the band continuing to write hard hitters, their legacy never ending.
The thrills keep on coming and even the solo spots, usually a good excuse to head for the bar during most live shows for any band, are entertaining and engaging. From Eric Singer's wink to the camera during his gravity-defying drum workout or Gene Simmons blood spitting, his face lit in ghoulish green light during his bass spot, it was entertainment to the max.
Tommy Thayer showed himself to certainly not be a slouch in the guitar department, his playing fluid and forceful as he ripped out riffs that have become staples in rock folklore.
Paul Stanley got his own chance to be the focus of attention as a wire swung him over the heads of the crowds to a platform at the mixing tower for the priapic Love Gun and the irresistible disco-tastic I Was Made For Loving You, the stage one massive glitterball.
With just set-closer Black Diamond to play, this twenty-section journey through their five-decade career flew by, the sense of finality coming home to many as the last blitzkrieg of pyros lit up the sky.
With a piano wheeled onstage for Beth, Singer's Elvis Presley 'Taking Care of Business' pendant catching the light as he poured his heart into the ballad and the fiery thud of Do You Love Me adding to the heartbreak, it was just left to Rock And Roll All Nite to put one final seal on the night.
Another wave of flames, fireworks and the shower of confetti heralded what was the end not just of the evening but a five-decade love affair between KISS and the UK audiences.
Saying goodbye is never easy, but the memories made will last a lifetime.
As thousands made their way back to campsites or to the Village after rumours started that either Alter Bridge or the Hollywood Vampires would be playing there that night, there can be little doubt that nothing could top the spectacle just witnessed.
Download is back and bigger than ever.
MetalTalk Download 2022 coverage can be found at MetalTalk.net/tag/download-2022
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Journal of Responsible Innovation is launched and there's a nanotechnology connection
According to an Oct. 30, 2013 news release from the Taylor & Francis Group, there's a new journal being launched, which is good news for anyone looking to get their research or creative work (which retains scholarly integrity) published in a journal focused on emerging technologies and innovation,
Journal of Responsible Innovation will focus on intersections of ethics, societal outcomes, and new technologies: New to Routledge for 2014 [Note: Routledge is a Taylor & Francis Group brand]
Scholars and practitioners in the emerging interdisciplinary field known as "responsible innovation" now have a new place to publish their work. The Journal of Responsible Innovation (JRI) will offer an opportunity to articulate, strengthen, and critique perspectives about the role of responsibility in the research and development process. JRI will also provide a forum for discussions of ethical, social and governance issues that arise in a society that places a great emphasis on innovation.
Professor David Guston, director of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University and co-director of the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes, is the journal's founding editor-in-chief. [emphasis mine] The Journal will publish three issues each year, beginning in early 2014.
"Responsible innovation isn't necessarily a new concept, but a research community is forming and we're starting to get real traction in the policy world," says Guston. "It is our hope that the journal will help solidify what responsible innovation can mean in both academic and industrial laboratories as well as in governments."
"Taylor & Francis have been working with the scholarly community for over two centuries and over the past 20 years, we have launched more new journals than any other publisher, all offering peer-reviewed, cutting-edge research," adds Editorial Director Richard Steele. "We are proud to be working with David Guston and colleagues to create a lively forum in which to publish and debate research on responsible technological innovation."
An emerging and interdisciplinary field
The term "responsible innovation" is often associated with emerging technologies—for example, nanotechnology, synthetic biology, geoengineering, and artificial intelligence—due to their uncertain but potentially revolutionary influence on society. [emphasis mine] Responsible innovation represents an attempt to think through the ethical and social complexities of these technologies before they become mainstream. And due to the broad impacts these technologies may have, responsible innovation often involves people working in a variety of roles in the innovation process.
Bearing this interdisciplinarity in mind, the Journal of Responsible Innovation (JRI) will publish not only traditional journal articles and research reports, but also reviews and perspectives on current political, technical, and cultural events. JRI will publish authors from the social sciences and the natural sciences, from ethics and engineering, and from law, design, business, and other fields. It especially hopes to see collaborations across these fields, as well.
"We want JRI to help organize a research network focused around complex societal questions," Guston says. "Work in this area has tended to be scattered across many journals and disciplines. We'd like to bring those perspectives together and start sharing our research more effectively."
Now accepting manuscripts
JRI is now soliciting submissions from scholars and practitioners interested in research questions and public issues related to responsible innovation. [emphasis mine] The journal seeks traditional research articles; perspectives or reviews containing opinion or critique of timely issues; and pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning responsible innovation. More information about the journal and the submission process can be found at www.tandfonline.com/tjri.
About The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at ASU
The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at ASU (CNS-ASU) is the world's largest center on the societal aspects of nanotechnology. CNS-ASU develops programs that integrate academic and societal concerns in order to better understand how to govern new technologies, from their birth in the laboratory to their entrance into the mainstream.
About Taylor & Francis Group
Taylor & Francis Group partners with researchers, scholarly societies, universities and libraries worldwide to bring knowledge to life. As one of the world's leading publishers of scholarly journals, books, ebooks and reference works our content spans all areas of Humanities, Social Sciences, Behavioural Sciences, Science, and Technology and Medicine.
From our network of offices in Oxford, New York, Philadelphia, Boca Raton, Boston, Melbourne, Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo, Stockholm, New Delhi and Johannesburg, Taylor & Francis staff provide local expertise and support to our editors, societies and authors and tailored, efficient customer service to our library colleagues.
You can find out more about the Journal of Responsible Innovation here, including information for would-be contributors,
JRI invites three kinds of written contributions: research articles of 6,000 to 10,000 words in length, inclusive of notes and references, that communicate original theoretical or empirical investigations; perspectives of approximately 2,000 words in length that communicate opinions, summaries, or reviews of timely issues, publications, cultural or social events, or other activities; and pedagogy, communicating in appropriate length experience in or studies of teaching, training, and learning related to responsible innovation in formal (e.g., classroom) and informal (e.g., museum) environments.
JRI is open to alternative styles or genres of writing beyond the traditional research paper or report, including creative or narrative nonfiction, dialogue, and first-person accounts, provided that scholarly completeness and integrity are retained.[emphases mine] As the journal's online environment evolves, JRI intends to invite other kinds of contributions that could include photo-essays, videos, etc. [emphasis mine]
I like to check out the editorial board for these things (from the JRI's Editorial board webpage; Note: Links have been removed),,
David. H. Guston , Arizona State University, USA
Erik Fisher , Arizona State University, USA
Armin Grunwald , ITAS , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Richard Owen , University of Exeter, UK
Tsjalling Swierstra , Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Simone van der Burg, University of Twente, the Netherlands
Wiebe Bijker , University of Maastricht, the Netherlands
Francesca Cavallaro, Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Spain
Heather Douglas , University of Waterloo, Canada
Weiwen Duan , Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China
Ulrike Felt, University of Vienna, Austria
Philippe Goujon , University of Namur, Belgium
Jonathan Hankins , Bassetti Foundation, Italy
Aharon Hauptman , University of Tel Aviv, Israel
Rachelle Hollander , National Academy of Engineering, USA
Maja Horst , University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Noela Invernizzi , Federal University of Parana, Brazil
Julian Kinderlerer , University of Cape Town, South Africa
Ralf Lindner , Frauenhofer Institut, Germany
Philip Macnaghten , Durham University, UK
Andrew Maynard , University of Michigan, USA
Carl Mitcham , Colorado School of Mines, USA
Sachin Chaturvedi , Research and Information System for Developing Countries, India
René von Schomberg, European Commission, Belgium
Doris Schroeder , University of Central Lancashire, UK
Kevin Urama , African Technology Policy Studies Network, Kenya
Frank Vanclay , University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Jeroen van den Hoven, Technical University, Delft, the Netherlands
Fern Wickson , Genok Center for Biosafety, Norway
Go Yoshizawa , Osaka University, Japan
Good luck to the publishers and to those of you who will be making submissions. As for anyone who may be as curious as I was about the connection between Routledge and Francis & Taylor, go here and scroll down about 75% of the page (briefly, Routledge is a brand).
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Why public participation/deliberation/engagement/dialogue on nanotechnology?
There's a guest blogger at 2020 Science who's attempting to answer this question about public participation. As the director of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), Barbara Herr Harthorn brings a doctorate in medical anthropology and transcultural psychiatry from UCLA and a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Bryn Mawr College and postdoctoral research in social psychology which she completed at UCSB to her perspective.
From Harthorn's posting,
To start with, why do public deliberation on nanotechnology? The simplest answers are because it's the right thing to do, and because it's a useful thing to do.
She then explains what the 'right thing to do' means,
Public participation in nanotechnology is the right thing to do because it's a legal mandate – incorporation of some element of public participation is a required element of the Congressional authorization for the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). It also enables citizens to participate more fully in the democratic process.
This is a very worthwhile (and academic) read if you are interested in the underpinnings of the public 'deliberation' process in the US. Harthorn builds on an earlier 2020 Science guest blogger (whom she mentions), David H. Guston, director for the other Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University who offered an informal history of the US process.
I am delighted to see that Harthorn also includes some details about public deliberation workshops that have been held in the US,
Both Centers for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS) established by the National Science Foundation – David's at Arizona State University (ASU) and the one I direct at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) – have engaged in public deliberation exercises. But efforts to date have been on a small scale—they've necessarily included a very limited number of participants, and have focused only on a limited subset of the spectrum of applications (CNS-UCSB's 10 public deliberation workshops in 2007 and 2009 focused on nanotech energy/environment applications or health/enhancement applications; CNS-ASU's 6 workshops in 2007 looked exclusively at human enhancement technologies). On-line deliberation and the linking of selective face-to-face deliberation results with comprehensive survey data for validating opinions and views in national samples offer some potential methods for future larger scale nano deliberations, as long as diverse publics are included. We are pursuing both strategies on a pilot basis at CNS-UCSB.
As per my posting earlier this week (Why no public dialogue about nanotechnology in Canada when hiding it can hurt the effort?), I was entirely unaware of these public deliberation exercises in the US.
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