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CTM and Diversity: An Unprovoked Rejoinder
03 Apr 2013 — Henning Lahmann
In his account of last month's CTM festival, published two weeks ago, author Warren O'Neill originally had included the following paragraph:
However, one cannot talk about this year's CTM without mentioning the distinct lack of female artists. Over the course of the whole week, I saw only three women performing, and though for sure there were female artists I wasn't able to see even including those, I'd be surprised if it reached double figures. Of course some might argue that this is a problem of the experimental music culture at large and that the blame shouldn't be put on organisers (Considering that just about everybody's label of 2012, Berlin-based PAN, has had only two women on its 40-strong roster, both as a part of a male-female duo, lends some weight to this point of view). But due to the theme of the festival you would think they'd have done a better job. The same can be said of other aspects of diversity; and for a festival aiming to be 'full of contrasts', rather disappointingly it was composed mainly of white males in their 20s and 30s coming from Western Europe or North America.
After some back and forth with both Warren and Jan Rohlf, CTM Festival's main curator (before someone feels inclined to point out the obvious irony: yes, male white dudes in their 20s and 30s from Western Europe discussing the topic), I eventually decided to remove the paragraph during the editing process. Not because I believe the assertions to be incorrect or not justified. In fact, most readers will be aware that the observations are in themselves not exactly new. Shortly after the end of the festival, Berlin's BarbNerdy sparked some discussion and indeed some outrage with a post on her blog that initially counted only one performing female artist during CTM, before eventually settling the figure at six. Despite that uncertainty, the DJ/writer's rage was voiced in unambiguous terms. "We have 2013 and you really make us to bring up the mad discussion about 'do we need a quota?' again. I'm against it. (…) But If you do not start digging deeper and check out the fantastic female musicians out there (…) [then] we need a quota just to gain more attention." The intervention was backed up with some bare facts by the website female:pressure, a self-described 'international database and support network of women in the fields of electronic music and digital arts'. Numerically assessing various global festivals of recent date, female:pressure came up for CTM with a total of 18 female and seven mixed artists/projects. At the same time, 153 male musicians performed at the festival, alongside three of 'unknown', or probably rather undetermined, gender. A perplexing figure indeed.
So what about Warren's assessment then? When confronted with his critique, Jan Rohlf, while admitting that it "surely would have been good to have more female musicians" at the festival, pointed not only to common organisational restraints – such as past bookings, other Berlin bookers' recent activity, theme, current productions, financial capabilities, availability of artists, conception of individual programme items – and CTM's more favourable record in this regard, with past editions of the festival itself but also considering the organisation's numerous other activities over the course of a year. He also compared the Berlin festival's lineup with that of other thematically similar events, in particular last October's edition of Krakow's Unsound Festival, which by his own account did not feature a higher proportion of female artists. This impression is in fact supported by female:pressure's findings. While CTM 'at least' exhibits a ratio of 16.3 percent female musicians, Unsound hits at a mere 12.6. The conceptually akin Mutek Espagne and Mutek Montreal come in at 8.3 and 17.9, respectively.
However, insisting on the latter clarification, what Jan Rohlf stressed first and foremost was the overall situation of society, emphasizing the point already conceded by Warren as well: there simply are fewer female electronic musicians than male, which necessarily leads to a lower presence of women performing at electronic music festivals. And for sure, at first glance it appears difficult to escape the argument's validity. Asked about her opinion, UK-based journalist Steph Kretowicz, whose own apt take on the festival week can still be found over at Dummy, concurred. "I think the problem of representing women in electronic music is much more complicated than placing an onus on a festival organiser to fill some kind of 'quota'. The fact is, there are fewer women working within the electronic arts. In the same way that there are fewer women journalists and fewer women construction workers – it's simply a reflection of the systems of society at large. This is an issue, not only of opportunity but of conditioning. We still exist in an extremely gendered, patriarchal society and those people, defined as women, are not encouraged to excel in traditionally masculine fields. That's not to mention issues of 'raced' artforms, which I think is also crucial for analysis. As Holly Herndon said, when asked about being one of few women appearing to take part in artist talks at CTM, 'it's not just not women'." And it surely isn't just festivals: Looking at this very website, I would be surprised if an actual numerical evaluation would not bring to light figures somewhere close to female:pressure's findings, despite the fact that both our favourite album of 2012 and our favourite track had been produced by female electronic artists. Artists, by the way, who were both present at CTM, a fact that's somewhat telling I suppose.
Strikingly, in his response Jan Rohlf pointed to an essay by pansexual/transgender artist Terre Thaemlitz aka DJ Sprinkles entitled "Statement of Purpose. Identifying Social Content in Japanese Electronic Music", included in the anthology Gendertronics. Der Körper in der elektronischen Musik [The Body in Electronic Music, ed.], edited by club transmediale and published by Suhrkamp in 2004. Thaemlitz basically arrives at the same conclusion, while furthermore asserting that "[o]ne of the keys to developing and spreading practices on a wide-scale basis is wide-scale necessity. But frankly speaking, the fundamental assumption that there is a necessity for more (white?) women producers of electronic music (not to mention transgendered producers) imbues electronic music with a degree of cultural importance that (…) I ultimately find lacking". Eventually, she even "dare[s] to suggest there are some cultural spheres in which 'equal representation' will never exist on a material level".
So is that it? No doubt – I do agree that curators of contemporary music festivals are not the first ones to blame when it comes to the blatant lack of woman artists present at those occasions, which is why both Warren's initial review and BarbNerdy's piece might come across as slightly unfair to those directly involved in the organisation of a festival as complex and challenging as CTM. And I also don't really believe in any sort of actual conspiracy to preserve male dominance at the event, as suggested by BarbNerdy. If anything, what the festival revealed last month was the need for a discussion that's still to be started. Still, I also wonder if it is that simple the other way round, too.
However, I'm not so sure if I can agree that we should accept that 'culture' might simply not 'need' more non-male electronic musicians, as Thaemlitz bluntly asserts. That would essentially entail asking already active woman producers to basically accept the fact that they probably will continue to not be booked in the future. Quite the contrary, I wonder why we don't assume the possibility that festival booking could actually make a crucial difference insofar as an increase of female artists at such much-noticed public events may set an example that could in itself encourage more women to get into electronic music, or to put their stuff out there, or getting more labels to sign them. Why not, instead of relying on a bottom up conjecture and just continue with the assumption that once there are 'enough' women in electronic music, booking will follow suit automatically, why not just as well suggest that what we should establish in fact is the exact opposite. After all, it is not really 'the women' – or, rather, the whole non-western white male part of the population – who somehow need to step up and 'emancipate'. If the ideas of enlightenment ever meant anything, it surely is that society at large that is in urgent need of progression. And when it comes to avant-garde pop culture, I wonder if music festivals couldn't play a much more significant role in attempting to achieve that than they seem ready to admit.
For now, I'm unsure if the talk about quotas will lead anywhere ultimately; so I'm not willing to advocate them here and now. But if the real issue is a question of conditioning, as Steph suggests, why not start conditioning society by means of progressive booking and journalistic coverage? In other words, where should that necessary and anticipated change come from if not through those who write about electronic music or organise music festivals? If perceived correctly, forward-thinking curatorship in whatever field shouldn't be the conclusion of socio-cultural shift, but stand firmly at its outset. It's not called avant-garde for nothing. So for what it's worth, maybe we should just all try a little harder next time – because it seems to me that The Golden Age is still a long way off.


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That the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.
that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is housed inside the curtains of a tent.
That the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
that the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains."
that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
I dwell in a house of cedar - That is, a house whose principal beams, ceiling, and wainscot, were cedar.
Dwelleth within curtains - Having no other residence but the tabernacle, which was a place covered with the skins of beasts, Exodus 26:14.
Nathan the prophet - Here first mentioned, but playing an important part afterward (e. g. 2 Samuel 12:1; 1 Kings 1:10; 1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 9:29). From the two last passages it appears that he wrote the history of David's reign, and a part at least of Solomon's. His distinctive title is the prophet, that of Gad the seer (compare 1 Samuel 9:9). He was probably nuch younger than David. In 2 Samuel 7:3, he spoke his own private opinion; in 2 Samuel 7:4, this was corrected by the word of the Lord.
7:2 Curtains - That is, in a tent or tabernacle, ver. 6 , composed of several curtains.

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Vanity Fair announced that Campaign Hollywood, their annual weeklong celebration leading up to the Academy Awards®, will return for its nineteenth season. Vanity Fair Campaign Hollywood has become synonymous with Oscar week, celebrating the year's best talent, artists and stories while reflecting the beauty, art, and excitement of Hollywood, in a way that only Vanity Fair can.
Vanity Fair and partners Barneys New York, Genesis, Lancôme Paris, Proenza Schouler and Apple Music will host events throughout the week leading up to the Oscars®.
Barneys New York returns for the fifth year as Campaign Hollywood's premiere luxury retail partner. Lancôme Paris is returning for their sixth year as the beauty partner of Campaign Hollywood, and Genesis will be returning for the second year as the luxury automotive sponsor, providing luxury transportation and experiences for VIP guests to Campaign Hollywood events throughout the week.
Vanity Fair, Barneys New York and Sony Pictures Classics Celebrate "Call Me By Your Name" with a private cocktail party at the Chateau Marmont on Wednesday night, with the cast, filmmakers and friends of the film. A donation is being made to The Trevor Project on behalf of the Barneys New York Foundation to support LGBTQ youth.
Vanity Fair and Lancôme Paris Toast Women in Hollywood, hosted by Radhika Jones and Ava DuVernay, at Soho House West Hollywood. The event will celebrate leading and inspirational women in the entertainment industry, with a donation being made to Time's Up on behalf of all in attendance.
Vanity Fair and Fashion Designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez Celebrate the Launch of Proenza Schouler's First Fragrance, Arizona. Guests will enjoy an intimate cocktail reception and lunch inspired by the fragrance at a private residence in Beverly Hills.
Vanity Fair and Genesis along with 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures Celebrate Nominated Films including "The Shape of Water," "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," "The Post," "The Greatest Showman," "Ferdinand," "Logan," and "War for the Plant of the Apes." Special guests at the private event will receive VIP transportation courtesy of luxury car sponsor, Genesis.
Vanity Fair and Nespresso Celebrate the Academy Awards with a private viewing party at the Nespresso Beverly Hills Boutique. Guests will enjoy the Ultimate Coffee Experience at the Boutique, with custom Nespresso cocktails, delicious food and plenty of quality coffee, while watching the awards ceremony.
Vanity Fair and Apple Music Celebrate entertainment's "Standout Voices" at Spago. The event will gather actors, musicians, filmmakers, and other creators at the top of their craft for an evening designed to shine a light on creativity, originality, and Hollywood's promising future. Guests will enjoy a custom dinner while watching the Academy Awards broadcast.


Iona Prep pole vaulting coach Jerry Cahill, who has cystic fibrosis, works to promote CF research with support from Stony Point third graders.
STONY POINT – He was 10 when his parents were told the diagnosis — the reason why he kept getting pneumonia, the reason for his chronic cough.
Six years, they were told. That was all the time he likely had.
Forty-five years later, Jerry Cahill was maybe six months from death, hooked to oxygen with 18% lung capacity.
Then after several "emotional roller-coaster rides" — summoned trips to the hospital only to learn a problem with the promised donor lungs had been discovered — a good, healthy pair of lungs arrived from Florida.
And with them, Jerry Cahill got to buy another calendar.
Cahill will celebrate the seventh anniversary of his life-saving double lung transplant April 18.
He's going to jump in the ocean — temperature be damned.
"It's just a celebration of life," said the Iona Prep and Ursuline pole vault coach.
And it has been some life.
He once slept in a misting tent designed to eliminate as much mucus as possible from his lungs — a "dark ages" treatment, he said.
No one thought of marrying and starting a family.
"Today, a lot of people's dreams come true," Cahill said.
With medical advances, the average life expectancy of those with cystic fibrosis has increased since Cahill's youth but it's still only early 40s.
Cahill will turn 63 in June.
A pole vaulter at Brooklyn's Xaverian High School, then at UConn and then for the New York Athletic Club, his best height was a lofty 16-3.
Now he coaches kids, hoping they'll beat his mark.
And while he no longer vaults, he's out there, every second, every day gulping in deep breaths of life.
At his surgeon's urging, he ran a 10K to benefit cystic fibrosis research just three months after his transplant.
His knees balk when he does a lot of running, so he's now more into cycling.
He'll do a 500-mile fundraising ride this September in the Bayou.
And he's checked off five 100-mile rides to date.
"Forty-five more to go," he explained, noting he plans to do one in every state.
So he bumps fists or elbows and doesn't shake hands. He avoids large crowds. He wears a mask when he goes to the hospital. He doesn't take public transportation anymore. And when he travels, as he often does to talk about cystic fibrosis, he makes sure he knows where the nearest transplant center is, just in case.
But those are small concessions.
And his life is lecturing, raising funds, pushing kids to raise their expectations of themselves in pole vaulting and beyond, and pushing himself.
"I just love life and being active and doing and seeing other people learn and be happy. I'm just driven by that," Cahill said.
He doesn't let his pole vault kids make excuses because he makes none.
He exercises six days a week, usually 90 minutes a day.
And his lungs don't mind.
His 18% lung capacity is now 105%.
"I try to honor my donor every day," he said.
Cahill gladly talks about all of this, explaining how a double lung transplant is needed for someone with cystic fibrosis because otherwise the remaining unhealthy lung will infect the other.
Talking increases awareness. And awareness grows interest and interest can generate research dollars and then maybe an early 40s death expectation becomes 50s or 60s. Or maybe, as he hopes, a cure is found.
He was explaining this Thursday in an easy-to-understand way to the third-graders in Jennifer LaBier's third-grade class at Stony Point Elementary School, which is part of the North Rockland School District.
It's not a stretch to say — as LaBier does — that Cahill is a hero to her students.
They've read the six kids books he's written that deal with cystic fibrosis.
And many people's lives in North Rockland were shaken by the disease when, two years ago, the high school varsity cheerleading coach Lauren Bunyan Gould, who was just 32, died from it.
Before that, LaBier's kids had learned at least a little about the disease.
In 2015, her then-third-graders came up with an idea of combining elements of athletic contests, games and a fair into a charity-benefiting North Rockland Sports Day.
That idea has exploded into $75,000 raised in five years.
With Sports Day on deck for Saturday 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the high school, Stony Point's third-graders have already raised $15,000 in sponsorship and donation. And with $10-per-family admission/$5 mud run charges and raffles for things like a Nick Jonas-signed guitar, that total is sure to go much higher.
As always, it will be split among Friends of Karen, Stand Up to Cancer, North Rockland families in need and the Boomer Esiason Foundation, the group for which Cahill has volunteered since before his transplant. Founded by the former NFL quarterback whose son Gunner has the disease, it supports cystic fibrosis research geared toward finding a cure and aims to improve the lives of those with the disease.
To that end, Cahill has devised exercise programs for those with CF and started the foundation's scholarship program.
"We all want to be strong super heroes," he said.
He is theirs and, in some ways, they his.
Before he left, the kids sang some verses of, "The Fight Song" to him.
The lyrics include the line, "This is my fight song, take back my life song."
Cahill smiled. He has done that and is working to make sure others have that chance, too.


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Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem Book Summary and Study Guide
Anthony Bozza Booklist Anthony Bozza Message Board
Detailed plot synopsis reviews of Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem
Eminem has a gang full of groupies, and lives the life of a king. All the girls take his underpants. Eminem is the world's most controversial rapper. This story explains the happenings of his life. The first time he rapped, when he got his first deal, the first release of a cd, interviews on MTV, his first performance, life-long lessons, and the reason to the way he thinks, and the way he behaves. Anthony Bozza gives us a look on the early life of Eminem when he was known as Slim Shady.
The review of this Book prepared by Victoria Pantopoulos
Chapter Analysis of Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem
job/profession: - musician Job/profession/poverty story - Yes Period of greatest activity? - 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender - Male Profession/status: - musician Ethnicity - White Nationality - American
United States - Yes
Book makes you feel? - in awe - like laughing If this is a kid's book: - Age 14-16 Pictures/Illustrations? - A few 1-5 B&W How much dialogue in bio? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 76%-100% of book
Books with storylines, themes & endings like Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem
With a Little Help From My Friends: the Making of Sergeant Pepper by George Martin
The Man Called Cash by Steve Turner
It's All Downhill From Here by Andrew Schwab
Sex & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll: The life of Ian Dury by Richard Balls
Ozzie by Ozzie Nelson
Anthony Bozza Books Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s).


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from mock import Mock
from mock import patch
from test import CollectorTestCase
from test import get_collector_config
from test import unittest
try:
    from cStringIO import StringIO
except ImportError:
    from StringIO import StringIO

from diamond.collector import Collector

from synapse import SynapseCollector

################################################################################

class TestSynapseCollector(CollectorTestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        config = get_collector_config('SynapseCollector', {})
        self.collector = SynapseCollector(config, None)

    @patch.object(Collector, 'publish')
    @patch('synapse.open')
    def test_works_with_real_data(self, open_mock, publish_mock):
        open_mock.return_value = self.getFixture('synapse_conf')
        self.collector.collect()
        self.assertPublishedMany(
            publish_mock,
            {
                'synapse.backend_count': 2,
                'synapse.frontend_count': 1,
            },
        )

    @patch.object(Collector, 'publish')
    @patch('synapse.open')
    def test_graceful_failure_on_json_error(self, open_mock, publish_mock):
        open_mock.return_value = self.getFixture('bad_metrics')
        self.collector.collect()
        self.assertPublishedMany(publish_mock, {})

################################################################################
if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main()

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Q: How to get grid items --wpf I made WPF application named as WpfApplication7.It has several folders. One of them is named as Assign_Rights . I have created a UserControl in this folder and named it as Assignment_Rights. Inside this user control i have created a grid    and bind it to data explicitly! Now There is button name as Click New. It shows me that PK(Primary Key-Value) of a selected item from grid.
User n = grid.GetRow(view.FocusedRowHandle) as User;
int abc = n.Primary_Key;

Question:  As i wrote code to get PK of Selected item it generated error at
int abc = n.Primary_Key;
by saying
Error  'WpfApplication7.Assign_Rights.User' does not contain a definition for 'Primary_Key' and no extension method 'Primary_Key' accepting a first argument of type 'WpfApplication7.Assign_Rights.User' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) D:\Backup_WPFAppliacation7\New folder\WpfApplication7\WpfApplication7\Assign_Rights\Assignment_Rights.xaml.cs   59  28  WpfApplication7
How to Solve this Error?
EDIT
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using DevExpress.Xpf.Core;
using DevExpress.Xpf.Grid;
namespace WpfApplication7.Assign_Rights
    {
    public partial class Assignment_Rights : UserControl
        {
        int useridd;
        nrcsaEntities d = new nrcsaEntities();
        public Assignment_Rights()
            {
            InitializeComponent();
           }

        private void ToggleButton1_Click_1(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
            {
            if (view.IsRowSelected(view.FocusedRowHandle) == false)
                {
                DXMessageBox.Show("Please Select any Item From Grid List");
                }

            else
                {

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                var getd = from p in d.Users select p;

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Sophia Alexander is the author of The Silk Trilogy. Loosely based on the lives of three generations of her ancestors, these historical novels are set in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, spanning from 1899 thru the 1940's. Her writing is inspired by family stories, genealogical research, fanciful romanticizations, and intuitive guesswork.
Also in the works is a biographical novel about Sophia Dorothea of Celle, the wife of King George I. This series will be about the Hanoverian monarchs of Great Britain--more distant ancestors, if her family tree holds true.
In honor of her children, Sophia Alexander has also penned a couple of young adult fantasy short stories set in Savannah. The first of these is published in the Savannah Anthology 2015--and is available to you for free by signing up for my email list (see above).
Copyright © Sophia Alexander. All rights reserved.


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Dora the Explorer Song
The Dora the Explorer theme song is beloved by children around the world. Once they hear the familiar tune, they are transported to the world of Dora's adventures. The song can even be a comfort to pre-schoolers during times of distress. They love Dora as a friend and, therefore, they're eager to sing her praises.
Song-Filled Dora Videos
Dora has emerged as a video star-and so children are eager to have Dora videos added to their personal video collections. For instance, you can purchase a video which features two music-filled Dora episodes: In one, Dora has to locate musical instruments so her local band can have a parade. In a second episode, Pablo's magical flute is lost in a storm and must be found. In each episode, Dora and Boots fly to the rescue in their cheerful style. Your child is likely to enjoy singing along to the Dora the Explorer lyrics and dancing to the infectious music. The video is appropriate for children ages two to five.
An Enchanting Compact Disc
You might also consider purchasing a Dora CD for your child. The CD is not only entertaining, but educational as well. Dora and her friends sing in both English and Spanish. The tunes are short, lasting only a minute, so they should accommodate your child's brief attention span. This is a must-have product for any true fan of the Nick Jr. animated television series.
Some Memorable Moments
A cartoon can provide a lifetime of pleasant memories for your child. By visiting Dora the Explorer site myspace.com, you can learn all about Dora and her music. For instance, you might not realize that the phrase "lo hicimos" which Dora and Boots sing at the end of the show is a Spanish phrase meaning "We did it!" Also, the "Vamonos!" you often hear on the show means "Let's Go" in Spanish. Since Dora is bilingual, she shows week in and week out that speaking Spanish is not only an effective means of communication-it can also be a source of satisfaction. By checking out the Dora Playtime site, you can learn a great deal about this prominent children's television figure.
More Information on Dora the Explorer:
Dora The Explorer Games
Dora The Explorer Pictures
Dora The Explorer Coloring Pages
Dora The Explorer Clothes
Dora The Explorer Talking Kitchen
Dora The Explorer Live
Dora The Explorer Birthday Party
Dora The Explorer Bedding
Dora The Explorer Dolls and Toys
Dora The Explorer Ride On Toys


The four-time champion was given a ride-through for riding the wrong way down the track before the delayed start.
He was then penalised for clashing with Aleix Espargaro and seven-time winner Valentino Rossi, sending Rossi off his bike. The Italian finished in 19th.


Wife and one of the grandsons, on street last night in Caloocan, Metro Manila, PH.
Funny thing is, he doesn't speak English yet so he tries to talk to me and I don't understand Tagalog. English isn't taught until they are in school (English is the official language), so you also have to figure out the approximate 17 dialects. I know very little at this point. My wife tries to teach me but without being immersed in it 24/7 it just isn't happening. My wife can converse in a couple of the dialects very well, although there are differences. National language is listed as Filipino, which doesn't really exist seperately. Probably mostly Tagalog.
She can also speak some Mandarin and Japanese.
Not my shot but one heck of a shot right after The Ohio State band finished the National Anthem for the Rose Bowl game. Yes, the pilot was from Ohio!
Funny thing about welfare bums. The more you feed them the more there are that show up.
Have they no refuge or resource? Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?
On occasion there are little lead objects that help prepare them for the oven.
Feeding for harvest doesn't make them bums then, does it?
I would suggest moving on from Dickens to Swift---A Modest Proposal.
Since all the trees got tossed around here our "cottage in the woods" isn't anymore, so the yard is ugly but look at this. Yesterday was busy but at about 7a when I opened the curtains it was the most colorful I've seen in a while.
Perhaps foretelling of the massacre that happened last night?
A good point. These wild Turkeys are nothing like store bought. Best wild game meat out there but the breasts are the only thing you can use. On the ridge top they are supper but in the valley they are pets.
Back from Palawan... lots of trees for shade, always a breeze. I' sure you've never seen a Toyota like this. No telling what it really is. Nice stainless steel body so it won't rust. They'll build you anything you want here. I've seen jeepneys with Mercedes logos on the front, too.
Palawan has a large number of pearl farms, bringing a boost to the economy. Started by a Frenchman, Jacques Branellec. He found an area perfect for the mixture of science and nature to develop pearls allowed to mature in the largest of the pearl oyster, pinctada maxima. There is a pearl farm close to where we were but I don't know if it is one of the Jewelmer farms. Below is a pic of some jewelmer pearls. I didn't take it.
Our little hotel is behind this church and run by some Jesuits as a training school for a career in hospitality. They don't have hot water in the rooms, but really, we didn't need it. It only cost us $100 for six nights. Although the room had airconditioning (which wasn't really necessary with the breeze), the power was off in the part of town were were in a couple of nights we were there.
Inside church in front of our little hotel. Weird, there's a Loyola College across the street, hotel run by the Jesuits there. The nuns are Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres. The church is now managed by the diocese.
Alice laughed. "There's no use trying" she said. "One can't believe impossible things."
I daresay you haven't had much practice." said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
This is Pidot with one of my wife's nieces. He worked as a commercial photographer in Manila, but now lives in Culion, Palawan as a painter (signs, houses, etc.). He also makes beautiful lamps and crafts for the tourists. He used to play guitar until he lost part of a finger on his left hand.
Incredibly softspoken and polite, we had a great time talking about large format photography.
Screen shot of the movie Valerian. Streamed from Amazon Prime, via a Roku 3.


Producers from hit BBC One prime time series Eat Well For Less? are looking for families/households who would like to eat well and save some money on their weekly shop.
The show follows Masterchef's Gregg Wallace and award winning greengrocer Chris Bavin on a mission to prove that it is possible for families and household to save money on their food budget without scrimping on taste and nutrition.
They hope by analysing the shopping habits of UK families, they can help to show where we can source the best and cheapest quality food.
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I am a big fan of florals. My hope is that floral print continues to be on trend because I (like many others) cannot get enough!
I have had this floral dress for exactly 7 years (yes, 7 years)! It was a thrift find from college that I wear just about every spring and summer. It's bright, colorful, and apparently timeless, who knew!? This dress can be worn to brunches, weddings, baby showers, and casual gatherings (of course). The simple straw bag was another great thrift find. Fashion is constantly repeating, so thrifting is my secret way of protecting my pocket (haha) and still looking great (post on this coming soon, of course).
The pumps are a favorite investment piece that I have had for about 3 years now ( a classic pump will serve you well). The designer's name is Lauren Marinis and she makes beautiful pumps in unique colors with a nice high heel. These staple pumps have been clutch, they add an easy splash of color to my outfits and dress up even the most casual jeans.
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About 900 students at Longmont's Timberline PK-8 sat in the fields around the school on Monday and studied a sliver of the sun through protective glasses, emitting a chorus of "wow" and "cool." Most St. Vrain Valley and Boulder Valley students went outside Monday to join the millions across the country experiencing the eclipse.
The spacesuit designed to be worn aboard SpaceX's Dragon capsule turns up the coolness dial for spaceflight, as befits a company that's a corporate cousin of the Tesla electric-car venture.
"This is as close to flying an actual space mission as you can probably get without being an astronaut," says Ron Franco, an American Airlines pilot and a retired U.S. Air Force colonel. In 2016, he volunteered for NASA's Human Exploration Research Analog as part of a four-person, 30-day, simulated mission to the asteroid Geographos. HERA, which operates in a hangar at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, goes to great lengths to make the mission as realistic as possible; the project's goal is to research what humans will need to handle long-duration space exploration.
NASA's most advanced launch vehicle is undergoing a variety of testing before the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will be used to launch astronauts in the agency's Orion spacecraft on missions to explore deep space. In one particular series of tests, this advanced piece of machinery is getting a fresh coat of paint.
University educators: Are you looking for ways to incorporate the latest satellite data into your coursework and student research? You are invited to attend the GOES-R Series Faculty Virtual Course, a series of seven interactive webinars that provide an introduction to the new capabilities offered by the latest-generation GOES-R series weather satellite.
On Aug. 22, 2017, officials at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley broke ground for a new Biosciences Collaborative Facility. The Biosciences Collaborative Facility will be a two-story, 40,000-square-foot building housing wet chemistry laboratories designed with the latest technology to serve NASA's programs in fundamental space biology, astrobiology and bioengineering.
Tremendous amounts of soot, lofted into the air from global wildfires following a massive asteroid strike 66 million years ago, would have plunged Earth into darkness for nearly two years, according to a news release from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). This event would have shut down photosynthesis, drastically cooled the planet and contributed to the mass extinction that marked the end of the age of dinosaurs.
Forty years ago, NASA launched twin robotic explorers on a mission to travel farther out than any spacecraft had gone before, and today, they continue to be our most distant emissaries. The story of those probes, and of the people behind them, is the focus of the aptly-titled documentary, "The Farthest," airing Wednesday (Aug. 23) on PBS.
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The commercial optical fiber market is a large one compared to the free-space optical market, but the folks at LGS Innovations, a former subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, see that changing. The company has been working in the optical communications and technologies space for more than 20 years, mostly related to government work. Now, the commercial sector is coming around.
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A NASA rocket mission to study disturbances in the upper atmosphere that interfere with communication and technology systems will form night-time white artificial clouds visible by residents of the Republic of the Marshall Islands during two rocket flights to occur between August 29 and September 9. The Waves and Instabilities from a Neutral Dynamo, or WINDY, mission will study a phenomenon that occurs in the ionosphere – a layer of charged particles in the upper atmosphere.
NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate released a Request for Information (RFI) to potential partners for a technology demonstration of advanced solar electric propulsion (SEP) technology on Aug. 8, with responses due by Sept. 8, 2017. NASA has been developing advanced SEP technologies in the form of large, lightweight solar arrays, and an electric propulsion system that includes a 13-kilowatt Hall Effect thruster with magnetic shielding, a power processing unit and a xenon flow controller.
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The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) announced today the recipients of its annual awards program. The program recognizes innovators and leaders who are supporting the enrichment and advancement of women in the engineering community from industry to education. SWE award recipients include professionals and collegiates from influential businesses, corporations and universities across the globe.
For the second consecutive year, Ball Aerospace was recognized by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics as a Top Performing Supplier. This award identifies the top two percent of a supply base of 1,200 Lockheed Martin suppliers.
NASA just got one step closer to its most ambitious spacecraft ever: One that can carry humans to the moon, Mars and perhaps beyond. It's called Orion. And Lockheed Martin (LMT), NASA's contractor for the project, said the latest version of the vessel was powered on for the first time Tuesday morning, lighting up the intricate on-board computers that will one day help guide Orion through the vacuum of space.
For the first time, astronomers have succeeded in obtaining a map of the turbulent motions in the atmosphere of a star other than the Sun, thanks to an innovative technique that combines three telescopes at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on Cerro Paranal located in northern Chile.


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Physical Activity Is Related with Cartilage Quality in Women with Knee Osteoarthritis
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2017 Jul;49(7):1323-1330. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001238.
Matti Munukka 1 , Benjamin Waller, Arja Häkkinen, Miika T Nieminen, Eveliina Lammentausta, Urho M Kujala, Juha Paloneva, Hannu Kautiainen, Ilkka Kiviranta, Ari Heinonen
1 1Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, FINLAND; 2Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Central Finland Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, FINLAND; 3Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology, University of Oulu, Oulu, FINLAND; 4Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, FINLAND; 5Medical Research Center, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, FINLAND; 6Department of Surgery, Central Finland Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, FINLAND; 7Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FINLAND; 8Unit of Primary Health Care, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, FINLAND; and 9Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Helsinki, and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, FINLAND.
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001238
Purpose: To study the relationship between 12-month leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) level and changes in estimated biochemical composition of tibiofemoral cartilage in postmenopausal women with mild knee osteoarthritis (OA).
Methods: Originally, 87 volunteer postmenopausal women, age 60 to 68 yr, with mild knee OA (Kellgren Lawrence I/II and knee pain) participated in a randomized controlled, 4-month aquatic training trial (RCT), after which 76 completed the 12-month postintervention follow-up period. Self-reported LTPA was collected along the 12-month period using a diary from which MET task hours per month were calculated. Participants were divided into MET task hour tertiles: 1, lowest (n = 25); 2 = middle (n = 25) and 3 = highest (n = 26). The biochemical composition of the cartilage was estimated using transverse relaxation time (T2) mapping sensitive to the properties of the collagen network and delayed gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of the cartilage (dGEMRIC index) sensitive to the cartilage glycosaminoglycan content. Secondary outcomes were cardiorespiratory fitness, isometric knee extension and flexion force, and the knee injury and OA outcome questionnaire.
Results: During the 12-month follow-up period, there was a significant linear relationship between higher LTPA level and increased dGEMRIC index changes in the posterior region of interest (ROI) of the lateral (P = 0.003 for linearity) and medial (P = 0.006) femoral cartilage. Furthermore, these changes were seen in the posterior lateral femoral cartilage superficial (P = 0.004) and deep (P = 0.007) ROI and in the posterior medial superficial ROI (P < 0.001). There was no linear relationship between LTPA level and other measured variables.
Conclusions: These results suggest that higher LTPA level is related to regional increases in estimated glycosaminoglycan content of tibiofemoral cartilage in postmenopausal women with mild knee OA as measured with dGEMRIC index during a 12-month period.
Cardiorespiratory Fitness / physiology
Cartilage, Articular / metabolism*
Cartilage, Articular / pathology
Exercise / physiology*
Glycosaminoglycans / metabolism*
Knee Joint / metabolism*
Knee Joint / pathology
Osteoarthritis, Knee / metabolism*
Osteoarthritis, Knee / pathology
Glycosaminoglycans


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On verge of bear market, stocks swing violently…
On verge of bear market, stocks swing violently positive
By The New York Times | Mercury News
October 4, 2011 at 9:11 a.m.
A late frenzy on Wall Street led stocks to a sharp increase Tuesday, even as fears over a major banking crisis in Europe mounted along with expectations that Greece could soon default on its debt.
The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index spent most of the day in bear market territory, defined as a 20 percent drop from the recent peak. Less than an hour before the close, the index was down 1.9 percent. But then it lurched upward in the final 49 minutes of trading after a report said European officials were discussing plans to recapitalize the continent's banks.
The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index closed at 1,123.95, up 24.72 points, or 2.25 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 153.41 points, or 1.44 percent, to 10,808.71, and the Nasdaq composite index rose 68.99 points, or 2.95 percent, to 2,404.82.
Analysts said that although the news from Europe may have been the immediate cause of the rally, the bigger story for the markets is their sustained volatility.
Investors remain jittery as they try to make sense of the debt crisis in Europe, an uncertain economic picture in the United States and a market that has fallen significantly, pushing stocks to levels that seem like bargain prices. Seven of the past 10 trading sessions have seen moves of more than 2 percent in the Standard and Poor's index.
"It's almost a schizophrenic view from investors. Have we fallen off a cliff, or have we hit the bottom?" said Richard Peterson of Standard & Poor's Capital IQ.
The rough ride will end only when some resolution is reached in Europe, Peterson said. But that day does not seem to be approaching very quickly. There are increasing signs that the economic situation in Europe is set to worsen. The economy in the 17 countries that use the euro has already slowed to a standstill, and economists believe it could stay in a slump at least through the spring. There is widespread worry that austerity measures intended to reduce government debt will further choke Europe's economies.
The price that European governments pay for credit default swaps, which serve as insurance against default for their sovereign debt, rose sharply across Europe. After the markets closed in New York, Moody's downgraded its outlook on Italian government bonds.
Interest rates rose slightly Tuesday. The Treasury's benchmark 10-year note fell 20/32, to 102 25/32, and the yield rose to 1.82 percent from 1.75 percent late Monday.
Earlier in Europe, stocks declined sharply. In London, the FTSE 100 index fell 2.58 percent, the DAX in Frankfurt was 2.98 percent lower and the CAC 40 in Paris was down 2.61 percent.
Finance ministers from the 17 European Union nations that use the euro postponed moves to release the next installment of aid to Greece, which means that Greece will probably not receive the 8 billion euros ($10.6 billion) before November.
European banking shares fell sharply, led by Dexia, a financial concern based in Brussels whose value has plunged this week because of its exposure to Greek debt.
Traders pinned the late surge in U.S. stocks to a report on The Financial Times website that European Union finance ministers are looking at ways to reinforce the capital reserves of Europe's banks as part of a broader move to contain the crisis.
Earlier, Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, voiced concern about the U.S. economy when he addressed a congressional committee. Bernanke called on Congress to take action on jobs, but also said that the Fed was prepared to make further moves to stimulate the economy. He said the turmoil in the markets was acting as a drag on the U.S. economy.
Analysts noted the negative tone of his remarks.
"We're no longer comparing it to what you would be expecting in a recovery — it's that we're not as bad as we were in 2008. He talks about the limits of what he can do," said Eric Green, chief economist at TD Securities.
In economic data, new factory orders were down slightly in August, but not as bad as most analysts had predicted, according to figures from the Commerce Department.
Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist for Miller Tabak & Co., said that the numbers were the latest in a series of economic indicators showing that the U.S. economy was not slipping into recession.
"It's moving in the right direction, but it's moving at a very slow pace," he said.
Still, economists see the slowing economy in Europe as a troublesome sign for the United States. After the 2008 financial crisis, the U.S. economy was fueled in part by exports. Interruptions in worldwide demand could cut off that road to recovery. A strengthening dollar could also be a concern because it makes U.S. exports more expensive.
The dollar rose to a fresh nine-month high against the euro, which fell as low as $1.3144, before recovering to $1.332.


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One of the things that I love about food photography is that it constantly challenges me to try new ways of presenting my savory subject.
I'm sure you've probably noticed the images across social media featuring dry ingredients sifted and suspended in mid-air.
This fresh pear and pecan cake recipe provided a perfect opportunity to try my hand at this stop-motion effect.
Before I share more about this cake, allow me to talk about this lovely, old-fashioned tube cake pan.
I found it at a roadside flea market a while back.
It has such vintage charm with its "Swans Down Cake Pan" embossing on the small, sliding, doors on either side.
The doors not only provide ventilation for the baked cake but were also designed to allow a knife to slide into, to help release and remove the cake after it's baked.
After a bit of online research, I discovered the pan was patented back in 1923 by E. Katzinger Company in Chicago.
This old ad above was part of a promotion for Swans Down Cake Flour which included the vintage cake pan.
It was an early marketing effort to ensure that whenever home bakers used the pan, they would be reminded to use Swans Down Cake Flour.
I think this represents an interesting part of baking history and I'm happy to own a small piece of it.
Maybe it's the nostalgia or perhaps the pretty patina but whatever the appeal, these Swans Down cake pans have now become coveted collectibles.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray a 10 inch tube or bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Slightly beat the egg whites and combine them with the oil, chopped pecans and chopped pear mixture.
Whisk the flour, salt, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves. Stir in the chopped pear and sugar mixture.
Pour batter into the prepared tube or bundt pan.
Gently push 4-5 whole pears down into the batter so that they stand upright in the batter.
Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Use a wooden skewer to test the doneness of the center of the cake. Skewer should come out clean.
Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing form pan.
Allow cake to cool and lightly top with confectioner's sugar just before serving.
Another unique visual aspect to this cake is the baked-in, upright pears that make this recipe that much more interesting.
The pears are gently pushed down, right into the cake batter.
As the cake batter bakes and rises, the pears do become partially obscured but they're still distinct enough to create an amazing focal point.
This cake has a wonderful pear-filled texture and taste.
It's not too sweet but the small chunks of pears are delicious bites that work well to break up the thickness of the cake.
You'll get a nice crunch from the chopped pecans with every bite.
And I just love the way the browned, whole pears and their stems seem to be peeking out of the top of the cake… just waiting for you to cut a slice.
Speaking of slice…. how about this one below?
Initially, I wasn't so sure how the whole pears would fare in this recipe. I thought they might end up hard after baking.
However, all the pears were surprisingly soft and easy to slice.
Meanwhile, I've been making a concerted effort to remember to document a few shots of my photo setup.
I love seeing how other photographers stage and style their work and I'm happy to share a look at my arrangements too.
You don't necessarily have to have a fancy studio to achieve great shots.
This setup is just a small corner in my dining room.
If you're wondering what that weird, chrome contraption is on the other end of my camera…. it's a C-stand.
It allows me to get much better overhead shots and it's a great tool to have in your photography arsenal.
Before I started using a C-stand, the only way I could have gotten the shot below was to put everything on the floor and straddle the food.
Trust me, this setup is much better.
Have fun baking, styling and photographing your food.
You are such an amazing artist! Thank you for your beautiful post today.
You're so sweet and I really appreciate you taking the time to leave me such a nice compliment about my work.
It's my pleasure to create these posts.
Hope you have a wonderful day and enjoy this second week of Spring.
Hi Lisa, I love these action shots. You have done a great job. Those props are amazing and compliment the food very well. What lens did you use for the tablescape?
Hi Christina, thanks so much for your kind words.
I use a few different lenses for my work and the lens I used for that overhead is a 50mm Canon lens.
You can read more about the various lenses I regularly use on my FAQ page.
What a delicious way to celebrate the end of winter! Is the small monitor attached to the stand a part of the unit or is it sold separately?
The monitor is a small field monitor that is actually attached directly to the HDMI outlet on the camera itself. It shows exactly what the camera sees.
I also have a remote control switch (with a long cord) that is also plugged into the camera so that I can stand well below the camera and snap the photo.
Oh, Lisa!!! That is gorgeous! I can't believe how beautiful it looks. How in heavens did you get that dark background? it really focuses on the cake. And that cakepan. Isn't that wonderful?! To think back on all the things that have been tossed out because they were old. I wish I had my mamma's hand rotary mixer. You know the one I'm talking about. With that handle that you had to turn to get the paddles to move. Your hand model did a great job!! Big hugs!!
Yes, now that my kids are in college, I have to put them to good use when they're home-lol.
Oh, I know exactly the kind of hand rotary mixer you're talking about. You never know how something old like that can be used down the line.
But you can't grab everything, right?
Happy Spring to you, sweet friend.
WOW!!!….Now I must say that you are truly the professional food photographer!!! Yes, add this to your most extensive resume!….Gorgeous Lisa!! and how great that you found that vintage tube pan! And, that Pear cake!!!…This is one for the recipe box for sure!….Hope you are well and enjoying the fact that Spring is coming soon!
Awwww, thanks so much for that, Shirley.
I'm always on the lookout for vintage stuff like that.
I lucked out with that tube pan, for sure.
Hope you're enjoying the new Spring season.
Another stunning photography shoot of a delicious sounding recipe! I pinned this to my Cuisine Pinterest board. Thank you for the photography set-up photo. I was hoping you were sharing how to get the powdered sugar stop photo.
The key for me in getting this shot was to getting to have my on a tripod and to have the camera set on "continuous" shutter mode and also set the camera to a very fast shutter speed (I think it was 1/1250).
My daughter helped me by being my hand model and I ended up snapping about 25 shots and this one was had the most clarity. It wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. It just takes a little patients for me because I'm new at this technique.
I also ended up with far more confectioner's sugar on top of the cake than I would normally have-lol.
Thanks for giving me the idea to write a technique post on this. I'll work on that.
Hope all is well on your end and happy "almost" Spring.


Nose, Turbinate - Hyperostosis in a male B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study. Thickening of the turbinate bone is present.
Nose, Turbinate - Hyperostosis in a male B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). Numerous empty lacunae and reversal lines are present in the thickened turbinate bone.
Nose, Turbinate - Hyperostosis in a male B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study. In addition to turbinate bone thickening, there is thickening of the bone in the nasal septum and atrophy of the olfactory mucosa.
Nose, Turbinate - Hyperostosis in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. There is atrophy of some turbinates (arrows) and hyperostosis of others.
Hyperostosis is an increase in the amount of bone resulting in a thickened anatomic structure ( Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 , and Figure 4 ). Hyperostosis may be a systemic condition, and thickening of the bones of the skull may also be present. In the nose, it is often associated with atrophy of the nasal mucosa and is more commonly seen in turbinate bone, but it also occurs in the nasal septum ( Figure 3 ). The proposed pathogenesis involves decreased bone resorption due to impaired osteoclast function. In some cases, there may be atrophy of some turbinates and hyperostosis of others ( Figure 4 ).
Hyperostosis should be diagnosed whenever present and assigned a severity grade. All accompanying lesions, such as inflammation, turbinate atrophy, and olfactory epithelial atrophy, should be diagnosed separately.
National Toxicology Program. 1982. NTP TR-228. Carcinogenesis Bioassay of Vinylidene Chloride (CAS No. 75-35-4) in F344 Rats and B6C3F1 Mice (Gavage Study). NTP, Research Triangle Park, NC.
National Toxicology Program. 2011. NTP TR-566. Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of Diethylamine (CAS No. 109-89-7) in F344/N Rats and B6C3F1 Mice (Inhalation Studies). NTP, Research Triangle Park, NC.


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Deputies seize 160 grams of drugs after I-70 crash
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CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind. — Wayne County Sheriff's deputies confiscated more than 160 grams of drugs found in a crashed vehicle.
Garrett Chad Hacker, 25, of Huntington, Indiana, was arrested on three preliminary felony charges, according to a Wayne County Sheriff's Office news release. On Friday, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office formally charged him with Level 2 felony dealing cocaine and Level 2 felony dealing heroin.
If convicted of a Level 2 felony, Hacker would face a standard sentence of 17½ years and a sentencing range of 10 to 30 years as established by the Indiana Legislature.
Hacker was released Thursday from the Wayne County Jail prior to charges being filed.
About 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Deputy Brandon Krofta responded to Interstate 70 westbound near the 136 mile marker for a reported vehicle crash, the release said. Krofta noticed signs of impairment in Hacker, who was the driver and only occupant of the vehicle.
During the investigation, a large bag of white powder and a large bag of brown powder were found in a pocket of Hacker's hooded sweatshirt, according to the release. The white powder tested as 82 grams of cocaine, and the brown powder tested as 80 grams of heroin.
Deputies preliminarily charged Hacker with operating while intoxicated as a Level 6 felony along with the two Level 2 felonies when he was jailed.
Deputy Logan Schneider and Reid EMS assisted Krofta at the scene.
Hacker was sentenced Oct. 4, 2019, in Huntington County to 365 days with 359 suspended to probation after pleading guilty to operating while intoxicated and endangering people, according to court records.
Also in Huntington County, Hacker pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and visiting a common nuisance in a 2014 case. He was sentenced to six months in jail and six months of probation.


A best-of-three qualification will be played between the bottom-ranked women's team of the Olympics (Japan) and the Division I winner (Czech Republic).
This series will determine the last team to join the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship in Malmö, Sweden. The loser will play in the Division I Group A tournament.
This season will have the top women's hockey nations participating in the Olympic Winter Games while the other nations play out the lower divisions for the first time ever in an Olympic year. The teams at the Olympics correspond with the top-eight nations in the IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship program, because Japan won last year's Division I Group A as well as one of the two Final Olympic Qualification events.
Because the IIHF Statutes & Bylaws don't specifically outline a promotion/relegation mode for the Women's World Championship Program during an Olympic year and following the discussions at the 2013 IIHF Semi-Annual Congress, the IIHF Council in co-operation with the IIHF Competition Committee clarified the promotion/relegation rules of this year's events in view of the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship.
A best-of-three qualification series will be played between the eighth-ranked team of the 2014 Olympic women's ice hockey tournament and the winner of the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division I Group A.
The best-of-three qualification event shall be hosted by the better-ranked team according to the 2014 IIHF Women's World Ranking established immediately after the 2014 Olympics, to be completed no later than 15th November 2014.
The winner of this best-of-three series will qualify for promotion to the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship in Malmö, Sweden, as the eighth-seeded team while the loser will play in the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division I Group A as the top-seeded team.


Stay connected on your drives with no interruption in service along the highways and byways.The Wilson Weboost Drive-3G-S is a very cost effective solution for those who want the security of connected through their phone. This device also increases the 3G data service for internet connectivity.
This Drive3G-Flex amplifier will enhance cell phone signal for multiple users inside the vehicle. The booster works on all cell phone carries and cellular connected devices such as your tablet,kindle or iPad. A easy to install magnet mount antenna is convenient and portable between vehicle and home.


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Q: What is annotation to override transaction timeout? New to EE - trying to reconfigure Weblogic's default timeout of 30 seconds without having to write up a weblogic-ejb-jar.xml file. I've used only annotations now but the only thing that I have seen is in the DD here:
<transaction-descriptor>
<trans-timeout-seconds>1200</trans-timeout-seconds>
</transaction-descriptor>
Anyway to avoid have a descriptor file just for this?

A: I feel weird answering my own question but someone at work found this annotation.
@ weblogic.javaee.TransactionTimeoutSeconds(1200)
It is Weblogic specific but in my case, it will do. For anyone else who needs it, here is the link: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24329_01/web.1211/e24972/annotations.htm#i1438354


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TSA officials put on administrative leave after security lapse
Lawmakers seek to stop reposting of TSA security document
Analysis: TSA document release show pitfalls of electronic redaction
White House calls for IT boost to fight terrorism
TSA nominee runs into flak over improper database access
Republicans ask about Erroll Southers' access of FBI criminal database 20 years ago
The improper use of a federal database two decades ago by Erroll Southers, the White House nominee to be administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), has caught the attention of Republican lawmakers.
Seven GOP senators yesterday sent a letter to Nancy Hogan, special assistant to the President, asking for more details about discrepancies in Southers' description of the incident during his nomination hearing last November.
"We believe that Mr. Southers submitted erroneous and possibly misleading information regarding ethical violations" related to the improper access, the senators wrote in their letter. Among those who signed the letter were Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.). In addition, a spokesman from Coburn's office today confirmed media reports about the senator placing a hold on Southers nomination until a reply comes from the White House.
Southers, a former FBI agent, was nominated by the Obama Administration last fall to lead the TSA. As part of disclosures he made to the Senate Homeland Security Committee during the nomination process, Southers revealed that he had been censured by the FBI for improperly accessing an FBI criminal database in 1987 and 1988.
In his original description of the issue, Southers said he had asked a San Diego police officer to access records pertaining to his ex-wife's boyfriend. But one day after his nomination was approved by the Senate in November, he admitted that he had twice accessed the records himself.
A story in the Washington Post quoted Southers, in a letter to the Senate, as saying the discrepancy resulted from his faulty recollection of the entire incident. The paper, which claimed to have seen Southers' letter, quoted him as accepting responsibility for a "grave error in judgment many years ago."
In their letter to Hogan yesterday, the Republican senators raised 13 specific questions related to Southers' actions and his description of it to the Senate. The want to know, for instance, when the White House knew about Southers' FBI censure, what other actions the agency may have taken against him and any information in documents relating to the FBI's probe of the incident.
Cases involving improper database access by people with legitimate access are not that uncommon. One of the more publicized incidents in recent times involved several employees at the U.S. State Department who in 2008 were caught improperly snooping on the passport records of dozens of high-profile individuals including then-Sen. Barack Obama and numerous others. And last year, Kaiser Permanente hospital fired 15 employees and reprimanded eight others for improperly accessing the personal medical records of Nadya Suleman, the California woman who gave birth to octuplets in January 2008.
The questions about Southers could further delay the appointment of a new TSA administrator. DeMint has already blocked Southers' appointment for more than four months now on an unrelated issue.
The controversy comes amid continuing concerns over security failures that resulted in a botched attempt to blow up an international flight to Detroit on Christmas Day. It also comes just a few weeks after the TSA found itself being blasted for accidentally posting a document containing detailed information on its airport screening procedures.
Jaikumar Vijayan covers data security and privacy issues, financial services security and e-voting for Computerworld. Follow Jaikumar on Twitter at @jaivijayan, send e-mail to jvijayan@computerworld.com or subscribe to Jaikumar's RSS feed .


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60 Doctors, Pharmacists Charged with Illegally Distributing Opioids
Dan Perez | April 18, 2019 | FeaturedNews
According to the Justice Department, federal prosecutors charged 60 pharmacists, doctors, and other medical professionals across 5 states with illegally giving out prescription opioids. It's the biggest crackdown of its kind in U.S. history.
The defendants stand accused of writing or filling prescriptions outside the course of medical practices, and prescribing them with no legitimate medical reasons to do so.
350,000 Prescriptions, Totaling More than 32 Million Pills
The list of indicted medical professionals includes dentists, general practitioners, nurse practitioners, podiatrists, and orthopedic specialists.
Authorities say they handed out about 350,000 prescriptions for controlled substances, totaling more than 32 million pills. It spans across Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Alabama, primarily in rural areas.
The Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force
The department's Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force was put together last fall to assist areas suffering from high numbers of opioid overdoses and deaths. They sent investigators and health care fraud prosecutors to several different districts to help build cases, starting in January. They then used search warrants, confidential informants, and surveillance.
"You can rest assured, when medical professionals behave like drug dealers, the Department of Justice is going to treat them like drug dealers," said Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski.
Guiding Patients Toward Addiction Treatment
Authorities recognize that closing clinics and arresting the people that were running them won't solve the addiction problems of the patients. In an effort to help guide those patients to addiction treatment, the federal criminal investigators are linking with public health officials.
Benjamin Glassman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, stated that the hope is "when these facilities are taken down, there are resources in place to give the best possible chance for those victims to get proper treatment."
Schemes Involved
One doctor arrested is accused of signing off on prescriptions through Facebook without ever seeing the patients. Some doctors are accused of handing out pills directly for cash. Some patients were given treatments they didn't need in order to get prescriptions, like a dentist accused of unnecessarily pulling a patient's teeth. One doctor had a pharmacy operating outside his waiting room, and was collecting rent from it, as well.
Other schemes included writing prescriptions at different intervals than the actual prescribed number of days, sending patients across state borders to see another practitioner, and having patients fill prescriptions at different pharmacies.
Appalachia Hit Harder than Any Other Region
"The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in American history, and Appalachia has suffered the consequences more than perhaps any other region," said Attorney General William Barr. "But the Department of Justice is doing its part to help end this crisis."
West Virginia was first in the nation for overall overdose deaths, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Ohio was second, and kentucky ranked fifth.
Nationwide, nearly 218,000 people died from overdoses related to prescription opioids between 1999 and 2017, according to the CDC. Overdose deaths related to prescription opioids were five times higher in 2017 than in 1999.
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K9100D Innovates Portable Vibration Calibration | News & Events | The Modal Shop, Inc.
THE MODAL SHOP, INC. announces the K9100D, portable vibration calibrator kit. The K9100D makes the sometimes daunting task of calibration and field check of vibration monitoring systems a quick and easy process. This calibrator kit is a battery powered, self-contained unit, designed to perform accurate calibrations with ease. The K9100D calibrates a wide array of critical machinery vibration monitoring sensors including accelerometers, velocity transducers and proximity probes to verify and ensure critical monitoring functionality. This calibrator can be used for anything from confirming alarm trip points in the plant to validating entire vibration measurement channels. The onsite calibration process allows end-to-end functionality checks while avoiding the expensive downtime required when sending sensors out for calibration.
A simple and easy to use interface makes calibration an intuitive process. With frequency capabilities ranging from 7 Hz to 10 kHz (420 to 600k CPM) over an amplitude range of up to 20 g (196 m/s2), the K9100D portable vibration calibrator is a powerful and versatile tool for field test engineers as well as laboratory technicians. The K9100D helps to produce NIST-traceable calibrations in a matter of minutes, and conforms to the ISO 9000 quality standard and ISO 17025 requirements for calibration of vibration sensors and proximity probes.
The K9100D is a robust instrument designed for the industrial environment. Housed in a heavy duty, rugged Pelican® case shell, the durable shaker element boasts a resilient carbon fiber shaker suspension system. An integrated precision reference accelerometer and state-of-the-art digital electronics provide superior control with backlit LCD display. Greatly improved battery life extends in-the-field operation up to 18 hours. Built-in storage allows the external power supply, supporting tools and accessories to be stowed directly inside the case. The complete K9100D testing kit includes a series of mounting accessories that calibrate virtually any vibration sensor, including 1/4-28 threaded mounting platforms and bases for adhesive, magnetic and custom thread patterns. A precision, broadband Fluke® Digital Multimeter (DMM) is included in the kit configuration to provide data in the field. Once data is collected, a supplied Excel spreadsheet macro simplifies data entry and creates automated ISO 17025 compliant customizable calibration certificates and reports. The only additional items required for performing calibrations are the sensors themselves with appropriate user-supplied signal conditioning.
Serving the vibration community for over 40 years, both The Modal Shop and PCB Group focus on continuing innovation and process simplification. They simplify people's lives with smart solutions that help improve the performance of people, products and processes. The K9100D is an excellent addition to the full line of proven, elegant calibration solutions from The Modal Shop.
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The tectonic history of the upper crust along the FIRE 4A profile has been interpreted in the context of extension and prolonged Paleoproterozoic rifting of the Archean basement from 2.5 to 2.0 Ga and the following compressional orogenic phase that started at ca. 2.0–1.89 Ga and took place in two, at least partly overlapping, stages (Ward et al., 1989; Sorjonen-Ward et al., 1997; Patison et al., 2006; Hölttä et al., 2007).
The first orogenic stage was dominated by northeastward compression related to the Svecofennian orogeny that accreted the Paleoproterozoic supracrustal formations of the Central Lapland greenstone belt (CLGB) onto the Archean basement. The second stage is characterized by deformation related to the overthrusting of the Lapland granulite belt towards present day southwest (Hölttä et al., 2007).
The resulting structural framework recorded by the rocks in the Central Lapland region is rather complicated and makes interpretation of the major tectonic features challenging. Archean rocks are most likely underlying most of the FIRE 4A profile but are exposed only in the northeasternmost part of it (Patison et al., 2006). The juvenile Lapland granulite belt and the reworked Inari area have also been proposed to form a part of the orogenic core of the Paleoproterozoic Lapland–Kola orogen between the Archean Kola and Karelian cratons (Daly et al., 2006).
The deeper contacts between these orogenic blocks are somewhat debatable but it is evident that the CLGB is separated from the Lapland granulite belt along a large-scale listric overthrust (the Tanaelv zone) that dips to the northeast (Daly et al., 2006; Patison et al., 2006). The relationship between the Inari area and the Lapland granulite belt has been interpreted either as a northeastward subduction of the granulite belt under the Inari area (Daly et al., 2006 and references therein) or as a jagged margin preserving the suture zone between the Karelian and Kola cratons (Patison et al., 2006).


Shearman & Sterling today launched "the FinTech Foundry," a program dedicated to supporting the FinTech-related activities of their clients and the wider global FinTech ecosystem that consists of financial institutions, FinTech start-ups, accelerators and incubators, venture capital and private equity investors, and policymakers. Blockchain, crypto assets, big data and artificial intelligence are just a few of the FinTech activities Shearman & Sterling advises on.
Closely related to the swiftly changing business environment is a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape. As financial technology companies continue to grow in size and scale, federal and state regulators are grappling with how best to foster innovation while protecting consumers and avoiding systemic risk. As a result, FinTechs are facing an inflection point regarding launching new products and technology amid a complex and ever-changing regulatory environment. Legal guidance and mentorship for traditional financial services firms as well as emerging FinTech companies is critical.
"Launching a global program that brings together all our existing expertise in FinTech is a natural progression for us. With our global footprint in key FinTech markets including London, the Bay Area, Austin, Singapore and Washington, DC, clients can rely on us to be in front of the legal and business issues impacting the industry," said Senior Partner at Shearman & Sterling David Beveridge. David further adds, "The launch of the FinTech Foundry program aligns with our strategic growth plan and more importantly the direction in which the industry is heading. This is exemplified by the recent addition of our Austin, Texas office, where our attorneys have strong emerging companies, technology and FinTech focus, and bring a wealth of expertise and experience to FinTech start-ups."
Community support – to provide FinTechs and the broader ecosystem access to curated events and an opportunity to make new connections in the industry, the firm is launching the Shearman & Sterling FinTech Salon event series.
Thought leadership – to provide clients and FinTechs with access to the most relevant knowledge and intelligence to help them navigate the changing financial services landscape. The firm's FinTech Insights, including collaborative industry reports and various forms of thought leadership, will be available on the firm's FinTech webpage.
Mentorship & advice – to support the growing FinTech sector, the firm is launching the Shearman & Sterling FinTech Advisory mentorship program dedicated to supporting FinTech start-ups shaping the future of financial services.
Shearman & Sterling has extensive experience advising the world's largest financial institutions. As the financial services sector faces new opportunities and challenges given an ever-changing regulatory landscape and entry of new non-FI entrants, the firm is committed to being at the forefront of industry developments by supporting the burgeoning FinTech community and clients in the financial services sector.
For additional information, please visit the FinTech page of our website or contact us.


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Farm value of wool in Canada 2009-2017
Farm value of wool in Canada from 2009 to 2017 (in million Canadian dollars)
by Emma Bedford, last edited Apr 30, 2019
This statistic shows the farm value of wool in Canada from 2009 to 2017. The farm value of wool amounted to approximately 1.35 million Canadian dollars in 2017, decreasing from1.72 million Canadian dollars in the previous year.
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Ethan Peck is the newcomer in 'Star Trek Discovery' 17/10/2018 20:05 (By Etienne Jean de la PERLE)
Ethan Peck is the newcomer in 'Star Trek Discovery'A new character has been unve
A new character has been unveiled on the trailer of 'Star Trek Discovery'. Indeed, the iconic persona Spock (Ethan Peck) is expected to make his entrance in the upcoming season of the show on CBS All Access.
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Taking place around 10 years before 'Star Trek: The Original Series', 'Star Trek Discovery' premiered in 2017. The storyline revolves around a war going on between the united Klingon houses and the United Federation of Planets. Ethan Peck will portray Spock who is expected to play an important role in the series' plot.
The character was introduced in the trailer
Portrayed by a variety of actors such as Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto, Spock will now be introduced in 'Star Trek Discovery'. He is one of the three main characters from the franchise alongside Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard Bones McCoy. Anson Mount, who will play Captain Pike, is also an addition to the serial's future season.
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An overview of the American actor's career
Debuting his acting career at a very young age, Ethan Peck has appeared in a multitude of pictures both on the small and big screens. He has notably won Best Actor at the 2009 Sonoma International Film Festival for his performance in 'Adopt a Sailor'. Furthermore, he also appeared in 'The Curse of Sleeping Beauty' and 'Eden'.
Further details about the TV show
The trailer for the second season of 'Star Trek Discovery' was shown at the New York Comic Con. The latest episodes featuring Ethan Peck are set to debut on January 17, 2019. The cast also comprises Sonequa Martin-Green and Doug Jones.