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By	Sharyn Hamey
Five O' One Nine is the postcode of the Adelaide suburb musician Kevan Keeler grew up in. It is also the title of his debut album, a collection of songs inspired by rock 'n' roll, science fiction and B grade horror movies.
"It's the first album I have ever done. It was one of those bucket list things I suppose." Kevan has been in cover bands for much of his life. This album came about from a conversation Kevan was having with some mates but it was actually one of his mate's young sons who inspired Kevan to record the album. "He said to me 'Hey Kev, have you ever done any of your own music?' and I said 'Actually, no I haven't,' and he said 'Why not?' I said 'You know what? That's a really good point." Eighteen months later, Kevan has released the album Five O' One Nine.
Initially Kevan had visions of the album being a singer/songwriter style album, similar to the works of Tom Petty but when he started talking to his musician mates, the album took another direction. "They started offering me song ideas, offering songs that were partially written or even fully completed songs and said 'Here mate, have a listen. What you think?' It became apparent pretty quickly that it wasn't going to be an introspective album. It had to be a full blown rock 'n' roll album which is what it has ended up being. It's fundamentally a rock 'n' roll album. It's very rooted in the 70's and 80's genre and style of music." That said, Kevan did also point out that "There's a few flavours on it and that was deliberate. I could've just stuck with one genre but I always loved albums that took you on a journey and that had different feels and different styles and different flavours on there and so that's what we've done with it. It's not all just one style."
Kevan was very fortunate to have some experienced musicians record with him on this album. Dave Blight, who is Cold Chisel's harmonica player and is famous for his sublime harmonica playing on Khe Sanh, plays harmonica on the bluesy 'Black Cat Bone' track. Also on this track is Pete Jenkins who was in Angry Anderson's band for a while. He plays slide and rhythm guitar and co-wrote the song. Kevan's best mate Ward Purcell "Who is just a fantastic guitar player. His style is very much that 80's hard rock style," plays on the high energy rock style tunes. Steve Williams of Wa Wa Nee and Choirboys played on three songs. "Steve is so versatile. Originally he was going to put some 12 string guitar on just one track. He came to the studio with all these other guitars and he started putting down some nylon string acoustic on one of the songs as well as the 12 string and it just blew our minds."
Also on the album are the Bissonette Brothers, Matt and Gregg. These musicians have played with some of the biggest names in music history. Both have played with Ringo Starr and David Lee Roth, whilst Gregg can add Toto, Linda Ronstadt, Doobie Brothers and more to his list and Matt can add Joe Satriani, Boz Scaggs, Don Henley, Rick Springfield, Elton John and more to his. "To have those guys on the album is just fantastic. They were doing my sessions and fitting me in between touring commitments with Ringo Starr and Elton John. That was surreal in terms of having guys of that calibre, being so cool about doing it, and really enthusiastic and so professional with the way they go about everything. It was an absolute pleasure to work with those guys."
Amazingly, the Bissonette Brothers' recordings were done in LA, whilst Kevan and the other musicians were recording in Adelaide. Tracks were being sent back and forth across the internet. "One of the beauties of modern technology is you can be in different recording studios in different parts of the world and end up with a final outcome that sounds like you were all together in the one room," Kevan explained to me. There was also a lot of old school style recording with all of the other musicians being together in the studio playing songs live. "We had an engineer and a producer. A lot of people now try to do it all themselves because you can be a one stop shop. But if you are a songwriter and are prepared to collaborate with other musicians and songwriters you are going to get other ideas thrown at you that you wouldn't necessarily think of yourself. You've got to learn to be not too precious or fall in love with your own songs too early in the process either, because you've got to be prepared to give up something, particularly if you are working with other songwriters. You've got to be prepared that what you think might be the way you want something, that somebody else is probably going to come at it from another angle." Kevan went onto say "With songs, and I reckon any songwriter or musician would say this, is they are like your children and it's really hard to give it to somebody else and then be prepared for them to not necessarily rip it to shreds but to critique it and you need to be open to that and take it in the right context and not be too precious about it."
Kevan originally thought he would be inspired by his family and friends for the songs. "I was going to write songs about my friends and my family but that's not what we ended up with." Instead, the songs, with the influence of Ward's rock guitar licks, ended up being inspired by some of Kevan's other loves. "I've always loved science fiction movies and B grade 1950's/60's sci-fi horror movies. The song 'Conspiracy' is all about conspiracy theories. I'm not saying what ones I believe or don't believe, but it's a tongue in cheek song about people out there who believe the moon landing was fake, that Elvis is still alive and working at 7/11 in Memphis and in area 51 and all that stuff."
"Crazy Kid is about a serial killer. 'Wrong Side of the Tracks' references the legend of Robert Johnson but told from the perspective of a smoky hot female guitar player that follows the legend of Robert Johnson. She goes down to the crossroads and does the deal and sells her soul for fame and fortune and rock stardom."
Kevan is very proud that this album is a collaborative effort and of the mutual respect from all involved. "It has my name on it but it was a collaborative thing and everybody that was involved in it was so critical to the final outcome. I didn't given anyone really very much direction in what I wanted. I was specific in a few things but for the most part I was 'Hey, you know what you are doing. You just do your thing and we'll be totally happy with what we get.'"
Music runs in the family. Kevan's oldest son has recently formed a band with some mates. They are writing and jamming together regularly but this dad is concerned about how they will be able to progress. "I am a bit concerned about what kids are going to be able to do and achieve as young musicians moving forward. I don't want to harp on about the good ol' days but there was a time period in Adelaide when just in Hindley Street alone there would be, on a Friday and Saturday night, twenty live music venues just along this one strip. It's one thing being a cover act but it's a whole different ball game trying to be an original act these days."
He told me his son enjoys the same sort of music as himself; the old stuff like Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, Van Halen, Kiss and Sabbath. "There has always been disposable pop music. That's been around forever but the stuff that has stood the test of time and has real integrity and sounds as fresh now as the day it was written… well, there's a reason why people are still listening to The Beatles, The Stones, The Angels, Chisel and the Oils. It has integrity and it just stands up."
Talking of music standing up to the test of time, Kevan told me that he recently went to see The Rolling Stones in Adelaide. "Mick Jagger, what an incredible front man, the energy he had. I was just blown away." Mick's performance reminded Kevan that, just as we say here at Rock Club 40, 'You are never too old to rock 'n' roll.'
by Suzanne Bunker
Copyright © Suzanne Bunker 2014. All rights reserved
Kevan's album can be purchased at www.cdbaby/cd/kevanKeeler
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Jarnhamar said:
I had my chain of command unofficially tell us (our Pl) that they didn't want us taking warning shots anymore because they didn't want to risk ROE escalations and deal with collateral damage. We're in armored vehicles and "they can withstand VBIEDs".
Towards the end of our tour we were also given pen flares to use for warning shots (instead) and had investigations initiated every time we used a pen flare. We lost faith and confidence in our chain of command to "have our back" when we were following our issued ROEs.
These people are known as 'cowards', of course. Sadly, they escape back to their desks without being taken to task in many cases.
It's sad to say, but I don't trust the system not to throw me or anyone else under the first passing bus if it suits their purposes.
Allstate, they're not in my mind, unless those hands were doing to me what I do mosquitoes. Not the good hands of the commercials.
OldSolduer
Hamish Seggie said:
This is what happens when a nation forgets what waging war is all about, and we've forgotten it too. Instead of providing good advice and training, we worry about toys and technology. We've forgetten that it takes real soldiers to man LAVs, tanks, planes and ships. We have micro managers at all levels who cannot trust the troops to do the right thing and instead of holding people accountable, ban everything. We are more concerned about some of the stupid mandatory training than we are about making sure our troops can shoot.....and hit what they aim at.
Instead of training to win, we train not to break the Rules of Engagement. I cannot imagine Field Marshal Montgomery or General Patton listening to some lawyer advise them on how to win a war.
I'll say this right now: This will cost soldiers lives. Either they will die because the ROE is overly restrictive or they will do some time in jail.
Ok rant ends.....unless I think of anything else to say....and I probably will.
Just to remind you all where I stand.
Too many "leaders" are nothing but politicians in a uniform.
daftandbarmy said:
With a Meritorious Service Medal to boot ;D
With stuff like this I find there is a disconnect between what happens on the ground and with who makes the ROEs.
Fighting age male digging a hole on the side of the road at 3am and placing something inside in the same spot 3 previous IEDs have went off.
2006 you could shoot them.
2008 you need positive ID. Can you physically see an IED? No? Go to jail if you shoot them (at 3am burying something in an IED hot spot)
I heard this. Would this be TF 1-08?
3-08 but I would guess 1-08 was probably the same.
Flashman lives!
Scoobie Newbie
End of 3-06 went the that way actually.
While I was with TF 1-07, manning the OP at Sperwan Ghar, I spotted two teenage boys, one carrying a sandbag with a large rectangular object in it the other a shovel. They were walking near the end of Brown route, and luckily I could keep sight of them through a 30X scope the sniper det had genorousily loaned us, but then lost sight of them in the rolling terrain near the road junction. We reported it, it was acknowledged, but nothing else happened. There was no one to send out to investigate, and we were certainly not going to be allowed to spool up a fire mission.
The consequences of that could have been worse if it weren't for luck. Just before last light, one of our Gun Dets went up to Ma'sum Ghar to retrieve a M777 a CLP had left there (too dangerous for the CLP to bring it to Sper apparently, but not too dangerous for the Gun Tp to go get it). The next day, the gun Tp at Patrol Base Wilson came down to Sper with essential stores for the gun (that had somehow been dropped there instead of MSG). When they made the turn onto Brown route, they spotted a pressure plate type IED that was partially sticking up out of the gravel. The track marks from a TLAV that had gone out the night before could clearly be seen over the IED, by luck it was a dud. Later it was removed by the engineers
A few weeks later, while travelling with 9 Tac, I was in an ambush along route Summit, near the ford in front of Ma'sum Ghar. Two anti-tank teams, one with an RPG the other with an 82 recoiless, were going after the Bn Commander. The enemy were unsuccessful, despite getting a couple of rounds off each. Just as this started, what looked like goat herders ran from the area of the shooting through some low brush. The enemy ditched their hardware and ran out through their back-blast clouds, then through the dense brush. When they broke out through the more scattered brush, the BC (Maj Dan Bobbitt) spotted them, put his LAV gunner onto them but then they could see through their sights they had no weapons. They got away on motorbikes hidden nearby behind a low wall
Such were the ROE then, and in telling that story to those from 1-06 and 3-06 they're surprised that we didn't engage them.
The way I look at it, such are COIN operations, and the situation evolves. It seems to me the early stages of the deployment were somewhat unusual, and that the way we dealt with it later was more typical for COIN; to engage can actually make the situation worse in the long run.
Soldiers might reflexively chafe at this idea, and some reading this stuff about Lorrance might be going that route.
But think about those two short scenarios I throw out there. Sending 81mm mortar rds to take out a suspect IED laying team is just as likely to hit farmers nearby that don't have anything to do with it. In the ambush, we could just as easily of shot the goat herders nearby that ran out of that same low brush we seen the others go through later. You might want to rationalize those we seen going through the brush were involved somehow, maybe as spotters, but it happened so fast there would be no way you could prove that
I put those two stories out there, and I'm sure there are many many others reading this with far more experiences like those, to make the point that you have to respect the ROE and the situation you're given. When you read the Army Times article, I get the sense Lorrance's Platoon got that, Lorrance didn't. Personally, I think he was rightly convicted and sentenced.
It's a slippery slope -- but to me, the tie always goes to the runner.
I do not believe for one instance that folks in Afghan with a bike, and radio in areas like that are simply simple villagers.
Yes, it seems the Lt was a little childish (and maybe criminal) in some of his other antics, but having his guys remove the threat was not one, if given the fact others in the party did test positive for GSR, then it's was a good call.
The sentence is asinine, the issue with the falsified report on the incoming fire, to me smacks that he should have been relieved due to ethics, as well as the idiocy of shooting into the village without a target.
Anyone near a road with a shovel is a legitimate threat - unless they are part of a road construction crew - and then I'd keep glass on them anyway.
I generally despise JAG's (no offence FJAG, you seem to be a good guy) - but the level of stupidity generated by Military lawyers is incredible.
We can drop bombs on people, but the idiocy of parts of the Hague Convention continues, and no one has stopped to think that the whole expanding bullet stupidity was long before thermobaric munitions, effective fragmenting munitions etc.
It is a war - get over it.
I mean why not go back and charge all the remaining WWII Bomber crews with murder - that makes about as much sense...
KevinB said:
WRT Americans I find it crazy that they will sentence a guy like this to 20 years for shooting someone who can arguabaly be a legitimate threat yet no one seems to blink when their drones shoot helfire missiles into villages.
FJAG
Amongst lawyers there's an old adage "Everyone hates lawyers in general but loves their own lawyer". My experience has been that the higher up in the CoC you go the more the operational commanders are prone to like their legal advisors and to respect their opinions. At the lower levels the lawyers become the easy scapegoats.
Key issue. ROEs are NOT dictated by legal officers.
The starting point is that the Government of Canada (like the US and most other countries) has committed itself to certain international legal standards through treaties, acceptance of customs of war etc which regulate how its military employs the use of force.
In any given campaign, the Government of Canada exercises control over how its military employs force through ROEs issued on its behalf through the CDS. In developing those ROE, the CDS, through the J3 side, incorporates three considerations: 1. ensuring national policies are maintained, 2. define what limits on the use of force are to be put in place, and 3. ensure use of force stays within international or domestic legal bounds.
The first two considerations are entirely driven by government and/or operational policy and/or requirements. The third factor is one where the JAG (not just a legal officer, but "THE" JAG) must sign off indicating that the particular ROE that has been developed by the ops folks are within the appropriate law. Generally that's not a problem because the ROE development process is a very mature one and in many ways the ops people develop ROE from a set of pre-approved clauses.
Once issued, ROE are orders issued by the CDS to his deployed forces. At that point the conditions for the use of force which may employed by the subordinate commanders has been set. Commanders in the field cannot use any greater force but may request a modification of ROEs from the CDS where necessary. Legal officers in the field have absolutely no power to restrict issued ROEs. Their role is to solely to "advise" their supported commanders during targeting procedures, as to whether or not the commander's intended action falls either within the ROE or outside of it.
The law of armed conflict has changed considerably since the dum dum bullet. There have been numerous new treaties over the last four decades addressing both weapon systems and humanitarian law. I have my personal views about "Bomber" Harris, but to paraphrase, "that was then, this is now".
The problem as I said before is that in highly complex environments you can't always reconcile each and every tactical situation on the ground with the "big picture" national policies and objectives. There was a point both in Iraq and Afghanistan where senior government and military leadership came to believe that robust military operations were counter-productive to the overall objective of creating stable indigenous governments capable of providing for their own security and economy. How correct that belief was or how productive the subsequent response was has been and continues to be a highly debated topic. What is absolutely clear, however, is that in Afghanistan, first ISAF and subsequently OEF forces, turned to kinder and gentler ROEs. The point that I want to make is that this was not a legal decision; it was a high level military/political one.
I'm not making any judgement calls as to who's right or wrong here. The guy on the ground with his M4 in hand has one view of the world and, for him, that's reality. But at the same time, the guy sitting back in Kabul or Washington also has a view of the world and, for him, that's reality. Neither one is a bad guy, nor stupid, nor insensitive; they're just guys trying to do the best job they can in the environment within which they operate. That said, the ROEs are orders and lieutenants who disobey them should expect to have someone rip them a new one.
:cheers:
Tibbson
:goodpost: Wow, well put. I had a pretty good idea of the process but you have laid it out nicely. Thank you.
Thx FJAG for the clear illustration.
I think Hell is frozen over.
Infanteer said:
My eyes and my ears are my universe, all else is heresy ;D
You probably had a clearer understanding of the roes
Army.ca Dinosaur
FJAG said:
Just a 'few' (quite a few) years ago, I ran into a colleague whose girlfriend was involved in drawing up ROE's. She was neither a Lawyer, nor did she have any military background other than being employed by DND in this capacity. She was a 'Political Scientist'. I lost faith in logical and effective ROE's actually being produced, that would cover the situations that the 'end users' would face, after that tidbit was given to me.
Thank you FJAG for clarifying the JAG's position.
Loachman
Former Army Pilot in Drag
TUAV Flight helped remove two four-man IED emplacement teams from the Taliban order of battle in mid-January 2009. No IEDs were seen prior to the corrective action taken, just a pair of guys digging in the middle of Ring Road South well outside of regular road-repair crew working hours in each case. The first involved Predator, B1, and A10 strikes, and the second OH58D and F15 strikes.
That second engagement was one of the best days I ever spent on the job.
The pair of A10s, by the way, were the only aircraft that failed to hit a target.
Loachman said:
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Bio identical progesterone cream is a natural solution to some very real problems. "Bio Identical" simply means that the hormone is identical in it's molecular form as the hormone that the body produces naturally.
The pharmaceutical companies would like us to believe that the synthetic hormones that they produce and sell for exorbitant prices are the same as bio identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT). That's rubbish!
The synthetic hormones like Premarin, Prempro, and Provera produced by the pharmaceutical companies start out as bio identical hormones, but they aren't able to patented. No, those greedy little monsters always put themselves first, in my opinion. They alter the molecular structure in order to claim a patent and pass off their new concoction as a wonder drug, when in reality it's nothing more than a slow acting poison.
including the Women's Health Initiative, have shown that synthetic hormones increase a woman's risk of heart attacks, stroke, breast and uterine cancer, and Alzheimer's. Commonly prescribed synthetic hormones such as Premarin or Prempro, are a potential poison to these women and significant changes must be made in the ways these patients are advised and treated by their physicians."
That really makes me angry! I want to blame the doctors, too, who prescribe these life threatening treatments, but I know that so many of them are genuinely goodhearted men and women who are trying to do the right thing, but are just ignorant of the truth. That doesn't really excuse them, since they have a duty of care to find out the truth, but I can understand that they are bombarded with their workload and bamboozled by the mainstream rhetoric.
That's why it is so important for YOU to do your own due diligence when it comes to researching what is best for you and your health. We can't rely on our local doctor to know everything about everything. They are only human and subject to all the foibles as the rest of us.
When finally confronted with the subject of hormonal health, I decided to do some reading and find out the truth about bio-identical hormones. One of the first books on the subject that I read was by Dr. John R. Lee. Dr. Lee has spent many years studying hormone balance and treating women with natural progesterone cream to improve their health with great success.
If you suffer from "female problems" before menopause, during menopause, or after menopause, the research and practical experience has shown that bio identical progesterone cream is the safest and most effective solution available.
Bio identical progesterone is plant based and taken from a particular type of wild yam (Dioscorea villosa) and even from soybeans. They are able to take specific components called diosgenin from these plants and convert them to natural progesterone in the laboratory. This progesterone is the same "make-up" as the kind our body produces. That's what our body needs.
When the pharmaceutical's synthetic hormones claim to be made from diosgenin, they aren't lying - just deceiving. ;-) They do get that same inexpensive diosgenin from the wild yam, but they add ingredients to it that alters it just enough to ruin it (and of course patent it). Do those synthetic hormones still work on the symptoms that are problematic? Yes, indeed they do in many cases. But they can also have very serious and life threatening side effects.
Guess what? Genuine Bio Identical Progesterone Creams have no known negative side effects after more than thirty years of regular use.
Or contact me if you live outside the US.
Just because something claims to be natural, made from wild yam extract, and a bio identical progesterone, doesn't mean it is going to be good quality, or even have hardly any significant progesterone in it. This is another caution you need to be aware of.
The cream you use not only needs to have a high level of natural progesterone per ounce, but it needs to be in a proper carrier medium so that your body will be able to absorb it efficiently.
In his book, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause, Dr. Lee listed about 40 different good quality products at the time that had been tested in an independent laboratory.
I personally have tried 3 of them on the list and found from experience that AIM's Renewed Balance progesterone cream was the most effective and best progesterone cream for me. I have used it ever since. The value is quite good, too. For $26, the jar lasts me about 3 months. You'll need to determine the right amount of bio identical progesterone cream you need each day for yourself, but it generally ranges between an 1/8 to 1/4 of a teaspoon (15-20 mg.).
Take control of your own long term health and well being. Make the decision to research your options and decide if natural hormone replacement therapy is right for you.
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Cambodia Seizes $7M Worth Of Marijuana (International Business Times)
About $7 million worth of marijuana stuffed into coffee bags has been seized by police in Cambodia as the country cracks down on the drug, according to the Associated Press. The 1.5 tons of marijuana confiscated during a series of raids is the largest haul police have made since the crackdown began 15 years ago.
The marijuana was smuggled in from Laos in bags of the popular coffee brand Dao and was intended to go to a third country, but officials would not say where the final destination was. Officials did not say who was behind the smuggling, but said they believed it was a Westerner and that three suspects were arrested over the weekend in Phnom Penh, the Daily Mail reported.
"They planned to smuggle the marijuana to third countries where the price is high," Gen. Khieu Samon, head of the Interior Ministry's anti-drug force, told the Daily Mail.
During the raids, police also took about 1 ½ liters of cannabis oil.
Cambodia was known for years to have a relaxed attitude when it came to marijuana, the AP reported. That began to change about 15 years ago, when the country banned the growth of marijuana due to pressure from the West.
In the first half of 2015 alone, about 2,000 suspected drug traffickers have been arrested in Cambodia. In June, Cambodian officials seized 55 kilograms (about 121 pounds) of methamphetamine and heroin that came from Laos.
#Cambodia arrested more people for #drugs in 2015 than whole of 2014, as drugs become cheaper & easily available: http://t.co/Sl50K8SBZJ
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Wojo: In the end, Spartans beaten at their own game
Minneapolis — They squeezed everything they could out of this run, out of themselves, right until the end, when a rough and rugged opponent squeezed the last breath out of them.
In some ways, the Spartans helped create the monster that beat them, a Texas Tech team that models itself after Michigan State, and then in a stifling Final Four battle, broke the model. The Spartans missed shots they usually make, but also didn't get shots they normally take, not against a brutally magnificent Texas Tech defense.
Michigan State looked in the mirror Saturday night and saw an image of itself, wearing red. The Red Raiders did what they've done all year, sticking and swatting and suffocating, and the Spartans ran out of answers. Their season ended in a 61-51 defeat, and they'll lament lost opportunities because the national title was ripe to be won.
Texas Tech will face Virginia for the championship Monday night, and the Cavaliers are wholly vulnerable, as evidenced by their one-point escape against Auburn. The Spartans seemed poised to churn on after slicing a 13-point deficit to 52-51 with three minutes left, but couldn't score again. This was no fluke, as Texas Tech's toughness and tenacity were even better than advertised, and by the end, the Spartans looked worn out.
Matt McQuaid fired a shot just as his leg cramped up, and he airballed it. Down 54-51, he had an open 3-pointer to tie, and it rattled out. Cassius Winston's path to the basket was consistently blocked, and he finished with 16 points but shot only 4-for-16 and collected only two assists. As connected as Michigan State (32-7) has been all season — from a Big Ten co-championship to a Big Ten Tournament championship to the Final Four — the Red Raiders snapped that connection.
"They deserved to beat us, they played better than us, they made some incredible shots late, they were the tougher team, they just were," Izzo said. "I don't think I did a good job for Cassius, poor kid, when we weren't making any shots and they doubled him. It's hard, especially when you lose not playing your best."
No tears
Texas Tech's second-ranked defense was holding opponents to a field-goal percentage of 36.9, and the Spartans couldn't reach that. They shot 31.9 percent and Kenny Goins was scoreless (0-for-4). Even McQuaid, who shot them into the game with three 3-pointers, didn't have much left down the stretch.
If this looked vaguely familiar, that's because it was. Just 10 days ago, the Red Raiders harassed Michigan into a horrid offensive performance in a 63-44 thumping. The Spartans hung much closer and had a legitimate chance to win, but in the final minutes, Texas Tech's star, Jarrett Culver, finally got loose for a couple huge baskets.
The Michigan State locker room afterward was quiet, but the players weren't openly distraught. There were no tears, perhaps because they had no emotions left to give. They didn't lose at the buzzer, which might have mitigated the pain, and they did complete a terrific season, if not completely satisfying.
"I'm stuck in the middle," Winston said, forever composed. "I'm hurt we came up short, hurt we sent (seniors) Kenny and Quaido out like that, hurt that we could've played better and won a championship. At the same time, I can't be mad. I feel like a lot of guys gave everything they had, even more than we expected out of them. You get that from guys, it's hard to be mad, hard to be down."
Players after player echoed that sentiment, and with a talented core of three starters — Winston, Xavier Tillman, Aaron Henry — set to return, this didn't feel like a final chapter. It did leave Izzo short again of that elusive second national championship. In his eight Final Fours, he's reached the title game only twice, winning in 2000.
That's the lingering disappointment, but this actually was one of his finest coaching jobs, guiding a team that lost two starters for various lengths due to injury, and never got Nick Ward back to full strength. Izzo also didn't seem down, but lamented what the Spartans just missed.
"You never can feel good because you never know if you'll ever get back here, so I'm not gonna pretend to feel good tonight," Izzo said. "But I bet you a couple days from now, I'm gonna be so damn proud of this team for not only what they accomplished, but how they did it, and the joy they brought. It was an incredible year just being around them."
All they had
Two tough-minded teams grappled for two-plus sweaty hours in front of 72,711 fans in the Vikings' football stadium, and it felt like a gridiron clash. Texas Tech's shifting, churning defensive scheme was something to behold, and Chris Beard wasn't bashful about his admiration for Michigan State and his coaching counterpart.
"I have so much respect for them," Beard said. "Coach Izzo's handshake and kind words to me after the game is something I'll never forget in my career. We knew we weren't going to out-tough Michigan State, but we wanted to try to match their toughness."
They matched it tediously, tirelessly. At halftime, Texas Tech led 23-21, the lowest-scoring half in a national semifinal since Michigan State led Wisconsin 19-17 back in 2000.
This game was going to be decided by one or two short shooting streaks, and the Red Raiders had them. First, Matt Mooney got hot, hitting four 3-pointers to push Texas Tech to a 48-35 lead. Later, Culver was clutch.
In between, the Spartans kept grinding back, and the final crusher was when McQuaid's potential tying 3 spun out with 1:50 left.
"I think I started running back a little early," McQuaid said. "I thought it was good. It just didn't go my way."
His head was down but he didn't cave to misery. The Spartans lost to a worthy foe with a wicked defense and a rising star as coach. The Red Raiders didn't even have their shot-blocking star, Tariq Owens, for part of the game with a twisted ankle.
Both teams threw hay-makers (and quite a few bricks), and ultimately, the Spartans were beaten at their own game.
Wojo: In the end, Spartans beaten at their own game Niyo: Last shot for MSU's McQuaid, Goins ends in sadness Michigan State's offense falls short as Texas Tech wins NCAA semifinal Michigan State's final run doesn't take it over the finish line After Spartans loss, Winston and Ward offer no hints about next season
"They're just aggressive on defense, real big and physical," Goins said. "They did their thing and we just didn't respond the right way. I guess you had to know at some point, all dreams have to end. But I'm still proud of my team for what we did this year."
They looked like they could've done more, that's the part that will gnaw at them. But as you saw them gasp to the end, perhaps they did as much as they could.


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Q: Pine Script compiler type error in 'if' blocks I'm trying to get familiar with pine script.
For that I'm trying to write a simple strategy, that will place boxes on the chart.
But I'm getting the following error and maybe you can help me out with this.
The compiler error message says:
lines 31:45: Return type of one of the 'if' blocks is not compatible with return type of other block(s) (series[box]; void)

For me it is hard to understand the meaning of the error message.
I checked the indentation and the types for comparison.
Do you have any idea about that?
The code is the following:
// This source code is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0 at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/
//@version=4
strategy("My Script", overlay=true)

// run on daily chart

// globals
var box[] up_boxes = array.new_box(0)
var float[] up_boxes_closes = array.new_float(0)

var box[] down_boxes = array.new_box(0)
var float[] down_boxes_closes = array.new_float(0)

// check for new boxes
// upper
if (low > high[1])
    array.push(up_boxes, box.new(left=bar_index[1], top=high[1], bottom=low, right=bar_index))
    array.push(up_boxes_closes, high[1])
// lower
else if (high < low[1])
    array.push(down_boxes, box.new(left=bar_index[1], top=low[1], bottom=high, right=bar_index))
    array.push(down_boxes_closes, low[1])

// check if boxes can be removed (no longer updated)
for i = 0 to array.size(up_boxes) - 1
    // reomve from the array, if our price is higher, else extend it
    float close_price = array.get(up_boxes_closes, i)
    float actual_price = high[0]
    if (actual_price >= close_price)
        array.remove(up_boxes_closes, i)
        array.remove(up_boxes, i)
    else
        id = array.get(up_boxes, i)
        box.set_right(id, bar_index)

// check if boxes can be removed (no longer updated)
//for j = 0 to array.size(down_boxes) - 1
//    // reomve from the array, if our price is lower, else extend it
//    if (low < array.get(down_boxes_closes, j))
//        array.remove(down_boxes_closes, j)
//        array.remove(down_boxes, j)
//    else
//        box.set_right(array.get(down_boxes, j), bar_index)

A: substitute else with if actual_price < close_price instead

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Diversity and Inclusion: The Influence of African-American Art in Southern California
The Ontario Museum of History & Art and Guest Curator, Jerry Weems, present Diversity and Inclusion: The Influence of African-American Art in Southern California on exhibit now through Sunday, February 25, 2018. This open call exhibit displays how regional artists are influenced by the raw and expressive beauty of the African-American experience. Visitors will enjoy viewing artwork with a wide range of subject matter and technique.
Diversity and Inclusion features fifty-one artists of different race and ethnic backgrounds who use a variety of media such as oil, acrylic, clay, metal, fiber, textiles, photography, ink, graphite, and installations. Diversity and Inclusion will "showcase the arts of individuals that are truly underrepresented in the cultural landscape of Southern California. There is a great deal of talent and creativity that is being overlooked by galleries and educational institutions. It's our desire to bring recognition/affirmation of these participating visual artists and provide a venue that their work can be seen," Jerry Weems, Guest Curator. The main mission of this exhibit is to educate and present the various artistic expressions that best illuminates the ideals and aesthetics of Diversity and Inclusion.
Exhibiting artists are Allyson Allen, Bill Anderson, A.S. Ashley, Sharon Barnes, Mirla Bernasconi, Akeem Brandon, Jean Brantley, Demarcus Brown, Lisa Cabrera, Art Carrillo, Vanessa Cobarrubias, Carolyn Cunningham, Otha "Vakseen" Davis, III, Valena Dismukes, Katie Foley-Meyer, Tom Fontanes, Tony Gangitano, Tm Gratkowski, Grace Lynne Haynes, Sy Hearn, Capt. James, Bruce Jones, Alex Ledante, Talita Long, Richard May, III, Laurence Merrill-Dillman, Melinda Milton, Eric Myles, Riea Owens, Pache Pace, Juan Pacheco, Cat Chiu Phillips, Theresa Polley-Shellcroft, Christian Ramirez, Zachariah Rivera, LP Ǽkili Ross, Lyle Rushing, Lisa Isabella Russo, Jermaine Saunders, Sarah Stone, Katherine Taylor, Linda Ternoir, Steve Thomas, Virginia Vilichis, Lisa Diane Wedgeworth, Jerry Weems, Chris Wesley, Cynthia Wierschen, Patricia Woodlin, Karien Zachery.
Activities in conjunction with this Exhibit:
Artists Reception and Artist Talk
Saturday, January 27, 2018 from 2 PM to 4 PM
Meet the artists of Diversity and Inclusion: The Influence of African-American Art in Southern California exhibit and attend an Artist Talk highlighting the exhibit topics. Light refreshments and hors d'oeuvers will be served. Program is free, reservations required. Call the Museum at (909) 395-2510 for additional information and to make reservations.
About The Ontario Museum of History & Art
The Ontario Museum of History & Art is located at 225 S. Euclid Avenue, Ontario, California 91762. Gallery hours are Noon to 4 PM, Thursday through Sunday. Admission is free. For more information call (909) 395-2510, email at [email protected], or visit www.ontarioca.gov/museum. The Ontario Museum of History & Art is a public-private museum operated by the City of Ontario with support from the non-profit Ontario Museum of History & Art, Associates.
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Can Chocolate Make You Happy?
Stephanie Garr
12th of October 2020
Biting into a rich, silky piece of dark chocolate offers far more than just instant gratification for your tastebuds. It can be an emotional, mood-boosting experience triggered by chemical reactions, sensory stimulation, and good ol' nostalgia. Even before that chocolate slips seductively past your lips, your brain is already lighting up in anticipation.
So, can chocolate make you happy? It's a question many eager researchers—and many more chocoholics—have been attempting to prove for decades. The Mayas, Aztecs, and indigenous tribes of Ecuador likely already knew the answer thousands of years ago, without any formal scientific studies. Still, there's a growing amount of evidence to show that chocolate, particularly 100% pure cacao, is loaded with natural compounds whose main mission is to make you feel good.
Here's what we know—so far—about why chocolate makes you happy.
Theobromine is the star player in dark chocolate, and the reason we call cacao the "food of the gods." The word itself is derived from Greek: theo meaning "god" and broma "food." It's a stimulant with a similar structure to caffeine. It increases heart rate and blood flow, lowers blood pressure, enhances performance, and improves your mood.
Theobromine's stimulating effects are (paradoxically) gentle and calming to the nervous system. This means you won't experience the same jitters, crash, or sleep disruption of caffeine. The most concentrated source of theobromine is found in the cocoa bean, so the darker the chocolate, the better.
Theobromine + Caffeine
Caffeine is also present in chocolate—a full dark chocolate bar can contain around 75 mg of caffeine (about 20 mg less than a cup of coffee)—and researchers think it could work synergistically alongside theobromine. The two compounds may be largely responsible for why we enjoy eating chocolate so much.
In one study, volunteers took a drink along with a capsule that contained the same amount of caffeine and theobromine typically found in a 50-gram bar of dark chocolate. The group ended up liking the drink more than when it was paired with just a placebo.
Phenylethylamine (PEA)
As a result of the thermal processing and fermentation of cacao, chocolate contains trace amounts of phenylethylamine or the "love drug." This natural antidepressant stimulates the release of endorphins, which lock into the opiate receptors in our brains, reducing pain and boosting mood. PEA also triggers the production of "feel-good" neurotransmitters including dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin. It raises blood pressure and heart rate and softly heightens our senses.
All of these effects unite when we fall in love—or from the sky. PEA levels skyrocket when you see your crush or jump out of a plane. Eating chocolate may not offer quite the same euphoric rush. It may not even pass the blood-brain barrier to reach the brain. Still, PEA could potentially play a vital role in boosting mood when combined with chocolate's numerous other compounds.
Anandamide
Dark chocolate contains anandamide, which also occurs naturally in the brain. Taken from the Sanskrit word ananda, meaning bliss (hence its nickname, the "bliss molecule"), this lipid neurotransmitter activates cannabinoid receptors in brain cells, much like THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. It boosts dopamine production and increases feelings of happiness and elation.
Of course, the high isn't quite the same—you'd have to eat about 25 pounds of cacao to get there—but chocolate does contain two other chemicals similar to anandamide that help slow its breakdown in the brain. This creates, a longer-lasting, if subtle, sense of bliss.
Tryptophan, Magnesium, Antioxidants, and More
There are over 300 more chemicals in chocolate, many that offer a range of health benefits, and some that still need to be studied. Dark chocolate contains the amino acid tryptophan, a well-recognized serotonin producer. It's also one of the best food sources of magnesium, an important mineral that allows the body to relax.
A one-ounce serving of dark chocolate contains 64 mg of magnesium. That's 16% of the recommended daily intake. Add to that an abundance of other essential minerals, antioxidants, flavanols, and prebiotic fiber—all which makes us feel better in more ways than one.
It Tastes Good!
As you're fully aware, chocolate is extremely palatable, making the simple act of eating it a pleasurable experience. Palatability is also linked to the opioid system in our bodies. Opioids, such as endorphins, are released when we eat food that we like, enhancing our enjoyment even further.
The mouthfeel of chocolate is another major part of its appeal: the way the cocoa butter perfectly melts in your mouth and coats your tongue. The taste, sweetness, and aroma add to chocolate's temptation as well. Researchers are still unsure whether such sensory properties are innate or acquired, and whether they may be affected by a person's current state of mind.
Beyond its extraordinary chemical composition, chocolate makes us feel good simply because we think it will. Its undeniable influence over our mood is something that's been ingrained in our collective unconscious—possibly since as far back as cacao's origins in Ecuador some 5,000 years ago.
From a more modern standpoint, we've all seen the film trope: the scorned lover drowning their sorrows in a box of chocolates. We've been programmed to view chocolate as a coping mechanism, a delectable cure for the blues, and one study set out to prove just that. The experiment, which had subjects listen to either sad or happy music, found that those listening to the sad tunes ended up eating far more chocolate.
Chocolate and Mood
Several of chocolate's many health- and happiness-promoting compounds (theobromine, PEA, anandamide, etc.) have been isolated and tested separately. Still, it's unclear how these chemicals, combined with our emotional and psychological connections with chocolate, all work together to impact our overall mood.
How chocolate makes us happy may still be a bit of a mystery among scientists. That it continues to give us joy—bite by bite—remains an indisputable fact for the rest of us.
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Reason For Hope: Do Mormons believe in Hell?
O how great the goodness of our God, who prepareth a way for our escape from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that monster, death and hell, which I call the death of the body, and also the death of the spirit.
And because of the way of deliverance of our God, the Holy One of Israel, this death, of which I have spoken, which is the temporal, shall deliver up its dead; which death is the grave.
It's pretty clear from the Book of Mormon that Joseph Smith believed in a literal hell, where people, the devil and his angels live in torment, that is defined as a spiritual death or separation from God. He calls it an "endless" torment, meaning "forever" and "without end."
However, Mormons believe hell is temporary...for most people.
HELL: Latter-day revelation speaks of hell in at least two senses. First, it is the temporary abode in the spirit world for those who were disobedient in mortality. In this sense, hell has an end. The spirits there will be taught the gospel, and sometime following their repentance they will be resurrected to a degree of glory of which they are worthy. Those who will not repent, but are nevertheless not sons of perdition, will remain in hell throughout the Millennium. After these thousand years of torment, they will be resurrected to a telestial glory (D&C 76:81–86; 88:100–101).
People have an opportunity to accept the gospel, repent and leave hell.
Those who refuse will remain in hell for a thousand years, then they will go to telestial glory, which is kind of the ground floor of heaven.
Finally, the "filthy" (Satan, demons and sons of perdition), those who deny Christ will live in hell.
There are some fundamental problems with that view of hell.
Jesus never speaks of a second chance after we die. If there was, wouldn't he mention it? How could anyone know this valuable information but Jesus Christ?
There is no distinction of sinners in the Bible. "Perdition" means hell. A son of perdition is one who makes his home in hell. There are two degrees of sinners in the Book of Mormon - those who reject God and those who REALLY reject God. What's the difference?
What makes the Book of Mormon believe that people will accept on the other side? If people can accept on the other side, why accept here on earth, if we have another chance? I could murder on earth without repentance and still get into heaven, eventually.
The Book of Mormon more closely describes a Biblical hell than the future revelation of hell given in Doctrines and Covenants written by Joseph Smith in 1832. DID JOSEPH SMITH RECEIVE CLEARER INFORMATION ABOUT HELL THAN JESUS?
The Mormon church has a narrow view of how many will be in hell. It sees hell emptying out with people accepting Mormon doctrine. Jesus in Matthew 7:13-14 says the road to destruction (Hell) is wide and many will go to it.
2 Nephi 28:21-23 says many churches (Joseph Smith believed that included all of them) that preach a false doctrine (not Mormonism) were going to hell. That's a lot of people!
So is hell heavily populated or sparsely populated? Is hell "endless" or "temporary"? Even Mormons seem confused as to what hell is.


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Warren blasts Brown for "nasty insinuations" about history
By Lucy Madison
April 30, 2012 / 2:36 PM / CBS News
Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Scott Brown, who are running in Massachusetts' closely watched U.S. Senate race. CBS/Getty Images
(CBS News) Amid calls by Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown for rival Elizabeth Warren to "come clean" about whether or not she listed her Native American status on forms when applying for jobs in the 1990s, the challenger's campaign on Monday blasted the incumbent for what it cast as "nasty insinuations" about her qualifications as a teacher and a leader, and suggested he was playing on gender issues in an attempt to undermine her campaign.
"If Scott Brown has questions about Elizabeth Warren's well-known qualifications -- from her high marks as a teacher to her nationally recognized work on bankruptcy and the pressures on middle class families - he ought to ask them directly instead of hiding behind the nasty insinuation of his campaign and trying to score political points," said Mindy Myers, campaign manager for the Harvard law professor and Democratic candidate for Senate who is seeking to oust the freshman Republican.
"Once again, the qualifications and ability of a woman are being called into question by Scott Brown who did the same thing with the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan," Myers said in the prepared statement released Monday. "It's outrageous."
On Friday, the Brown campaign called on Warren to apologize for "participating in Harvard's diversity sham" by allowing the school to "claim she was a Native American in their attempts to demonstrate diversity on their campus faculty."
"For years, Harvard has claimed special minority status for Professor Elizabeth Warren as a member of a Native American tribe and their first minority hire," said Jim Barnett, Brown's campaign manager, on Friday. "That Warren allowed Harvard to hold her up as an example of their commitment to diversity in the hiring of historically disadvantaged communities is an insult to all Americans who have suffered real discrimination and mistreatment, and Warren should apologize for participating in this hypocritical sham."
Warren does have Native American lineage, her campaign told the Boston Globe. The campaign also says Warren was unaware Harvard had been promoting her as a minority professor.
According to the Globe Warren had been identified as Native American in the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) deskbook for nine years before getting a job at Harvard Law School. The Globe reports that the listings would have been based on professors self-reporting their minority status, but it does not specify in what way. The AALS was not immediately able to clarify to CBS News the process with which a professor would identify his or her minority status.
Warren began teaching at Harvard in 1995, and has been voted "best professor" twice by the graduating class.
In a statement, Charles Fried, who has been a professor at Harvard Law School for 51 years and who according to the Warren campaign was pivotal in her appointment at Harvard, disputed the notion that Warren was hired due to her minority status.
"Elizabeth was appointed because she is a terrific teacher and a productive scholar," Fried said in a statement Monday. "We were right. Her anonymous student teaching evaluations have consistently been at the very top. She is very tough and the students love her."
The battle between Brown and Warren has already become one of the most-watched campaigns of the 2012 cycle, and is expected to grow increasingly heated in the coming months. Warren, a longtime consumer advocate who helped head up the Obama administration's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), has gained national status in recent months due to her staunchly liberal politics. Both she and Brown have raised millions of dollars so far toward the Senate race.
First published on April 30, 2012 / 2:36 PM
Lucy Madison
Lucy Madison is a political reporter for CBSNews.com.


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1914 Indian Eagle. MS-64 (PCGS).This frosty, sharply struck, medium gold example would make a lovely addition to an advanced gold cabinet. Similar to the 1909, the 1914 is one of the scarcer and more underrated issues among Philadelphia Mint Indian eagles. Even so, examples that grade MS-60 to MS-64 are obtainable with ease under normal market conditions, but anything finer is rare. This is an upper end near-Gem that represents excellent value for the astute 20th century gold enthusiast.From the Fairmont Collection.


Students in Philosophy 4, Sections 5 and 6, (but not Philosophy 2) are required to buy and register CPS RF response pads, or clickers. To register your clicker, you will need a credit card and a class key. The class keys are right above and also in the syllabus for each class.
Instructions for registering your response pad.
Each of the above courses has a WebCT site wherein course materials, assignments, announcements, etc, are posted.


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function demo_launch_tools(task_number)
global SPIKE_DEMO
global SDT

if task_number == 1
    Spike_display_tool;

    text_window2 =                      '         Opening the Spike Display Tool';
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,'                                                      ');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,' The tool is opened by either opening Matlab and');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,'changing directories to the Analysis sub directory of');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,'the Earlab folder and typing: Spike_display_tool or');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,'double clicking the Spike_display_tool.m file ');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,'        [Only for certain operating systems]');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,'                                               ');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,'NOTE: The Demo has only been validated for Matlab');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,'      version Release 13                         ');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,'                                               ');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,'The Spike display tool has been launched automatically');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,'the tool is running in a window labeled:        ');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,'               Spike Display Tool        ');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,'                                               ');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,' The Demo window will be kept in the foreground     ');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,'Simply click on the different windows to toggle ');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,'between the two display windows.                  ');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,'                                               ');
    text_window2 = strvcat(text_window2,'To load sample spike data click the next button');

    set(SPIKE_DEMO.gui(1),'string',text_window2)

    figure(SPIKE_DEMO.demo_window)

elseif task_number == 2

    text_window3 =                      '         Loading a Spike File';
    text_window3 = strvcat(text_window3,'                                                      ');
    text_window3 = strvcat(text_window3,' Go to the Spike Display window and double click on ');
    text_window3 = strvcat(text_window3,'the file: ''CNSpike''  in the listbox at the upper left');
    text_window3 = strvcat(text_window3,'of the display window. This will load the sample');
    text_window3 = strvcat(text_window3,'data set and display both the acoustic input file');
    text_window3 = strvcat(text_window3,'[top graph] and a dot raster of the generated spikes');
    text_window3 = strvcat(text_window3,'[lower graph]. There are several tools to manipulate');
    text_window3 = strvcat(text_window3,'the data and perform analysis of the spike trains.');
    text_window3 = strvcat(text_window3,'                                                  ');
    text_window3 = strvcat(text_window3,'The sample data is the response of 64 individual ');
    text_window3 = strvcat(text_window3,'model Bushy cells to a 500 Hz acoustic tones ');
    text_window3 = strvcat(text_window3,'presented to a full peripheral auditory model.     ');
    text_window3 = strvcat(text_window3,'                         ');
    text_window3 = strvcat(text_window3,' Once the Spike data is loaded click the next button');
    text_window3 = strvcat(text_window3,' to see simple data manipulation               ');
    text_window3 = strvcat(text_window3,'                                  ');

    set(SPIKE_DEMO.gui(1),'string',text_window3)

    figure(SPIKE_DEMO.demo_window)

elseif task_number == 3

    text_window4 =                      '         Manipulating Spike Display: Zooming';
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,'                                                      ');
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,' Go to the Spike Display window and click the button ');
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,'marked ''Zoom'' in the lower left of the display window.');
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,'The button will turn red and the the text will change');
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,'to ''Zooming''. Move the cursor over the dot raster ');
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,'plot, click over the area of interest and hold');
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,'a drag box will appear to select a subset of the graph.');
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,'Release the mouse button and the graph will resize both');
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,'the dot raster plot and the input waveform plot.');
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,'To continue zooming click the zoom button again, to zoom out');
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,'click the zoom buton and right click over the dot raster');
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,'plot, the graph will zoom out by a factor of two.');
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,'NOTE: All GUI tools have tooltip strings, simply place ');
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,'the cursor over any gui object to see text help     ');
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,'                         ');
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,'                                ');
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,' To see markersize manipulations click the next button ');
    text_window4 = strvcat(text_window4,'                                  ');

    set(SPIKE_DEMO.gui(1),'string',text_window4)

    figure(SPIKE_DEMO.demo_window)

elseif task_number == 4

    text_window5 =                      '     Manipulating Spike Display: Changing Marker size';
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,'                                                      ');
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,' Go to the Spike Display window and select the slider ');
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,'marked ''Change Marker Size'' at the lower left of the');
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,'of the dot raster plot. By moving the slider to the');
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,'right the marker used to respresent a spike will ');
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,'increase in size, moving to the left will deacrease it.');
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,'Changing marker size is particularly useful when ');
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,'zooming or loading files with various quantities of ');
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,'spikes. When zooming in or loading files with few spikes');
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,'it is helpful to increase marker size. Using the zoom');
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,'buton select a small section of the dot raster plot');
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,'the markers will be small and difficult to see, slide');
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,'the slider button to the left and increase the marker ');
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,'size. Zoom out and notice how crowded the graph appears.');
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,'Move the slider to the left to resize the markers.      ');
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,'                                ');
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,' To see simple analysis tools click the next button ');
    text_window5 = strvcat(text_window5,'                                  ');

    set(SPIKE_DEMO.gui(1),'string',text_window5)

    figure(SPIKE_DEMO.demo_window)

 elseif task_number == 5

    text_window6 =                      '     Single Fiber Analysis Tools: Selecting a Fiber';
    text_window6 = strvcat(text_window6,'                                                      ');
    text_window6 = strvcat(text_window6,' Once a spike data file is loaded, some simple analysis');
    text_window6 = strvcat(text_window6,'can be performed using the tools provided. To select a');
    text_window6 = strvcat(text_window6,'a single fiber for an analysis go to the pull down menu');
    text_window6 = strvcat(text_window6,'to the left of the dot raster plot marked: ');
    text_window6 = strvcat(text_window6,'''Fiber to Analyze'', select a fiber number by using the');
    text_window6 = strvcat(text_window6,'pull down menu and associated vertical scroll button,  ');
    text_window6 = strvcat(text_window6,'fibers between 16 and 25 are stimulated by the acoustic');
    text_window6 = strvcat(text_window6,'input signal in the sample data, fibers below and above');
    text_window6 = strvcat(text_window6,'demonstrate primarily spontaneous rate. Once a fiber is');
    text_window6 = strvcat(text_window6,'selected two analysis tools are available to analyze the');
    text_window6 = strvcat(text_window6,'single fiber responses, a period histogram and a');
    text_window6 = strvcat(text_window6,'inter spike interval (ISI) histogram. ');
    text_window6 = strvcat(text_window6,'                                                    ');
    text_window6 = strvcat(text_window6,'                                  ');
    text_window6 = strvcat(text_window6,' To see example of a period histogram click the next button');
    text_window6 = strvcat(text_window6,'                                  ');

    set(SPIKE_DEMO.gui(1),'string',text_window6)

    figure(SPIKE_DEMO.demo_window)

 elseif task_number == 6

    text_window7 =                      '     Single Fiber Analysis Tools: Period Histogram';
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,'                                                      ');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,' After a single fiber is selected, select an analysis ');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,'frequency by entering a frequency in Hertz in the');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,'textbox below the fiber select menu. The default ');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,'frequency of 500 Hz appropriate for the sample data.');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,'Once an analysis frequncy is selected, click on the');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,'circular radio button marked: '' Period Histogram'' ');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,'below the frequency analysis textbox. Once the button');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,'is clicked a small graph will appear below the radio');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,'buttons. The graph shows a bar graph representing the');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,'period histogram based on the analysis frequency, at');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,'the top of the histogram in red will appear the text');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,'''Sync='' and a number representing the Synchronization');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,'Coefficient as defined by Goldberg and Brown (1969).');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,'There will also be a thin dotted red line over the graph');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,'showing a single cycle of the analysis frequency.   ');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,'                                  ');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,' To see example of an ISI histogram click the next button');
    text_window7 = strvcat(text_window7,'                                  ');

    set(SPIKE_DEMO.gui(1),'string',text_window7)

    figure(SPIKE_DEMO.demo_window)

 elseif task_number == 7

   text_window8 =                      '     Single Fiber Analysis Tools: ISI Histogram';
   text_window8 = strvcat(text_window8,'                                                      ');
   text_window8 = strvcat(text_window8,' After a single fiber is selected, click on the circular');
   text_window8 = strvcat(text_window8,'radio button marked: ''ISI Histogram''. Once the button');
   text_window8 = strvcat(text_window8,'is clicked, the small graph below the radio buttons will');
   text_window8 = strvcat(text_window8,'change to show an Inter spike interval (ISI) histogram.');
   text_window8 = strvcat(text_window8,'At the top of the histogram in red will appear the text');
   text_window8 = strvcat(text_window8,'''Bin Size ='' and a number in milliseconds representing');
   text_window8 = strvcat(text_window8,'the bin size used to generate the histogram. ');
   text_window8 = strvcat(text_window8,'');
   text_window8 = strvcat(text_window8,'                                  ');
   text_window8 = strvcat(text_window8,' To see how to adjust bin size click the next button');
   text_window8 = strvcat(text_window8,'                                  ');

    set(SPIKE_DEMO.gui(1),'string',text_window8)

    figure(SPIKE_DEMO.demo_window)

 elseif task_number == 8

   text_window9 =                      '     Single Fiber Analysis: Adjusting Bin Size';
   text_window9 = strvcat(text_window9,'                                                      ');
   text_window9 = strvcat(text_window9,' After an analysis optionis selected a small slider  ');
   text_window9 = strvcat(text_window9,'will appear below the small analysis graph marked as');
   text_window9 = strvcat(text_window9,'''Change Bin Size''. This tool is used to adjust the');
   text_window9 = strvcat(text_window9,'bin size used to generate both the Period and ISI');
   text_window9 = strvcat(text_window9,'histograms. Moving the slider to the left will increase');
   text_window9 = strvcat(text_window9,'the bin size, to the right will decrease the bin size.');
   text_window9 = strvcat(text_window9,'This tool can be useful in matching simulation results');
   text_window9 = strvcat(text_window9,'with experimental data that may have been binned at');
   text_window9 = strvcat(text_window9,'different rates and examining the effects of binning');
   text_window9 = strvcat(text_window9,'on analysis. NOTE: for fine adjust of bin size the small');
   text_window9 = strvcat(text_window9,'rectangles at either end of the slider can be used to');
   text_window9 = strvcat(text_window9,'step through small changes in bin size.              ');
   text_window9 = strvcat(text_window9,'                                  ');
   text_window9 = strvcat(text_window9,' For general spike viewing tips click the next button');
   text_window9 = strvcat(text_window9,'                                  ');

    set(SPIKE_DEMO.gui(1),'string',text_window9)

    figure(SPIKE_DEMO.demo_window)

   elseif task_number == 9

         set(SPIKE_DEMO.gui(2),'string','CLOSE','backgroundcolor',[.7 .15 .15],'foregroundcolor',[1 1 1])

   text_window10 =                      '                     Spike Viewing Tips';
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'                                                      ');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'  The spike display window in Matlab can be resized for');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'different screen resolutions, the buttons and tools ');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'will also scale. Take note, making windows smaller may');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'cause some GUI tools to disappear or not function. ');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'Expanding windows generally does not effect gui tools.');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'When using sliders, grasp the slider button for gross ');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'changes, use the slider edge buttons for finer ');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'adjustments. The analysis tools will maintain previous');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'state, once a binsize and analysis frequency is selected');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'the view can be switched from fiber to fiber without');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'readjusting analysis parameters. When using Matlab');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'where the are many windows open and large numbers of');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'variables in the workspace, it is possible the graphics');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'will enter odd state, if this happens close the application');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'and reopen it to alleviate the problem.                    ');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'                                  ');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,' To finish the demo and leave the Viewer open');
    text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'               click the Close button                ');
   text_window10 = strvcat(text_window10,'                                  ');

    set(SPIKE_DEMO.gui(1),'string',text_window10)

    figure(SPIKE_DEMO.demo_window)
elseif task_number == 10
    close(SPIKE_DEMO.demo_window)
    figure(SDT.main)
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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#Showbiz: Boboiboy's Papa Pipi and UNDP, team up to raise river conservation awareness
01-Oct-2020 | | Groove, New Straits Times, Aref Omar
https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/groove/2020/10/628888/showbiz-boboiboys-papa-pipi-and-undp-team-raise-river-conservation
Monsta's new Papa Pipi short animation is a colaboration with UNDP in Malaysia to raise awareness on river and ocean conservation. – Pic courtesy of Monsta
KUALA LUMPUR: Animation studio Monsta recently released a new public service announcement starring Boboiboy's Papa Zola and his adorable daughter Pipi Zola.
The short episode is a collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Malaysia to raise awareness on river conservation.
Titled Sungai, Nadi Kehidupan Kita, the computer-animated clip follows the duo Papa Pipi's camping trip by the river as they discover the harmful effects of water pollution on living creatures in the ecosystems and its surrounding communities.
In line with the United Nations Sustainable Development's Goal 14: Life Below Water, the campaign serves to emphasise that positive behavioural change is the vital key to solving the world's most pressing environmental problems.
By presenting this message in a simple yet entertaining manner using Monsta's trademark humour, UNDP Malaysia seeks to inspire and educate positive behaviour change amongst the public, especially the young, and encourage community ownership in protecting Malaysia's rivers.
Monsta CEO Nizam Abdul Razak said: "We are very happy to collaborate with UNDP to spread awareness about river conservation and present it in an entertaining and easy-to-understand way."
"Papa Pipi has always been about spreading positive messages, whether it's something as simple as the importance of spending time with your children, or even bigger topics such as taking care of the environment," he added.
Malaysia has some 157 river systems, as well as a variety of tropical wetlands, forests and marine ecosystems, and is recognised as one of 17 mega-diverse countries in the world.
The river systems provide ecosystem services benefiting both rural communities and urban societies, including water supply, artisanal fisheries, the aquarium fish industry, transport routes, tourism and recreation.
However, Malaysia's rivers face threats from a wide range of pressures that threaten their biodiversity and ecological stability, with ongoing loss of fresh water flora and fauna species, and deterioration of river quality which left unmanaged can lead to socio-economic losses at the expense of people's wellbeing.
An estimated 80 per cent of marine and coastal pollution originates on land — including agricultural run-off, pesticides, untreated sewage and solid waste such as plastics.
"For protecting rivers, building communities' sense of ownership is important. We need to build awareness of conservation and galvanise communities to take action.
"We hope our audience will heed Papa Zola's call to take better care of our rivers," said Niloy Banerjee, UNDP Resident Representative for Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei Darussalam.
Monsta also recently produced the Covid-19 PSA Duduk Diam-Diam! Jauhi COVID-19!, and the catchy music video Ayuh Cuci Tangan! featuring Papa Pipi.


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