My nephew loved playing with the small plastic food set at my parents' house, so when I found out that he didn't have any play food at home, his Christmas gift became obvious. But I can't simply buy play food for him. I have to do something WAY more complicated and time-consuming. I decided on a theme: a play deli. I found patterns and ideas online for various food items, and made an apron for him with the logo I designed for his deli ironed on to it. One thing I had seen at various places online were different types of fruit, which seemed to fall within my general theme. I loved the bright color of the watermelon slices I saw, but couldn't find a pattern. So I set out to design one myself. I'm very pleased with how it turned out, so I thought I'd share my work. I am including instructions on how to make the pattern, so you can decide on the dimensions yourself. Or, if you're like me and would rather just print off an existing pattern, the one I used here is attached as well that you can scale to your desired size.
The first step is to decide how large you want your watermelon slice to be. I chose for the length of the straight sides to be 5 inches, including the rind which I decided would be 1 inch. You can chose any dimensions you want, but I would suggest whole numbers, since we'll be doing some math later to figure out the length of one of the pieces. Using a ruler or square edge, draw 2 lines at a right angle, each the same length.
Next, taking your compass or other tool you prefer for creating an arc, connect the ends of both lines. Then, moving 1 inch back towards the corner, create a second arc. This will be the pattern for the pink and dark green parts of the wedge sides of the slice.
For the rectangular flat sides of the watermelon slice create rectangle the same length as the lines you drew for the large side, in this case 5 inches, and make them about as wide as you made the rind part of the wedge pattern, in this case 1 inch. Then, make a line inside the rectangle, the same distance from one edge that you used when you made the rind pattern, in this case 1 inch. We will want a small light green piece as the transition between the dark green rind and the pink fruit pieces of the wedge side, so create a rectangle as long as the width of the other rectangle (here 1 inch) and make the width about a quarter of the length (here 1/4 inch).
To create the pattern for the light green arch for the large wedge sides, make a mark on the cardstock, then, using a ruler or square, make a dot the length you made the pattern for the pink fruit, here 4 inches, in a right angle to each other just like you did when you made the wedge pattern. Then, using the same width as the smaller light green pattern (here 1/4 inch), make a mark on either side of the dot so that the distance between these marks is your intended width with the original dot in the middle. Using a compass, connect the inner dot from each edge and the outer dot from each edge. Do not connect the middle dot (the one 4 inches from the corner). We want this piece to overlap the connection between the fruit and the rind, so we want there to be a smaller arc than the connection on once side and a larger arc on the other.
Now we need to create a pattern for the dark green outside rind piece. Here is where the math comes in. We need the length of the arc we drew for the large wedge pattern. Since we used a right angle, we know that this will be exactly 1/4 of a circle. We can determine the length of the arc by taking the length of our pattern (5 inches), and multiply it by 2 to get the diameter of the circle (10 inches). To get the circumference, or distance around the edge, of the entire circle we multiply 10 inches by pi, or 3.14. This gives us 31.4 inches. Since this is 1/4 of a circle we divide 31.4 by 4 to get the length of our arc, which here is 7.85. It's best to round up because we can always cut off any extra later, so I made my rectangle 8 inches by 1 inch (the width of the rind and the side rectangles).
For the seeds, I free-handed some teardrops. These I just used as a reference for size when I cut them out. It's really difficult to pin and cut out shapes that small, so I cut them out free hand and used the drawings I did for size guides.
After you have completed creating your pattern (or printing out the one I have provided) cut out all the pieces. Tear off a piece of freezer paper and tape it to your work surface. Using the marker, trace around each pattern twice, except for the outside rind which will only require 1 piece. When I do this I write on the pattern what color it is supposed to be so I don't get confused later.
Using the pattern for the entire wedge side (both the pink fruit and dark green rind), trace on the batting (if you're using it). Then make a few layers (I ended up using 5), pin them together and cut out just inside of the traced line. You can always trim it a little bit later if it's too big to fit inside the felt shell.
Cut out all of the traced freezer paper patterns and arrange them on the felt. Use an iron (a low setting is fine--it doesn't take a lot of heat to melt the plastic on the freezer paper) to adhere the pattern to the felt.
Cut out all of the pieces. For all pieces except the large pink wedges, cut the length of all the pieces a little bit outside the pattern. It's important to keep the width the same as the pattern, but you need to add a little allowance at the end of every piece beside the 2 big pink wedges. You will regret it if you don't. My picture doesn't reflect that, because I learned this too late and had to re-cut some pieces and was too irritated to retake the pictures. This will allow you to line up the light green pieces without shorting yourself in either direction. You can always trim any pieces that hang over. As long as you keep the large pink pieces the size of your initial patterns, everything else will work out just fine if you give yourself some extra felt at the ends.
If you didn't want to buy freezer paper you can always pin the patterns directly to the felt. I used to do that until I read about the freezer paper trick. It worked fine pinning the pattern pieces, but sometimes I wouldn't be able to cut precisely (especially if the pattern was narrow) and other times I would stick my fingers on the pins. I love the ease of the freezer paper, but it is not absolutely necessary for this. If you used the freezer paper you can now just peel it off of the cut out pieces. They can be reused if you decide you want to make more watermelon slices. I've reused freezer paper patterns 4 or 5 times with no problems.
Step 12: And Now for the Fun Part--Sewing!
The first pieces we're going to sew together are the two parts of the wedge sides. Thread your needle with 3 strands of the 6 strand embroidery floss (the color doesn't matter here because it will be covered up by the light green arcs). Hold the pieces together, with both edges to be joined facing up. Starting from between the pieces, whipstich the pieces together. Unfold them out flat and they should be nicely joined together. Repeat for the other side.
Now pin the light green arches over the stitches you just made. Using 3 stands of floss that matches your light green felt, whipstitch both sides of the light green arch to the bigger piece. Repeat for the other large side.
For the rectangular flat sides of the slice, you'll line up the pink and dark green pieces lengthwise, just as you did for the large pieces, whipstitching them with whatever color floss you want. Then pin the light green rectangles over the stitches and whipstitch with light green floss like you did on the light green arches. Repeat for the other side.
Now that you have all your pieces constructed, it's time to put them all together. At this point you'll want to trim the dark green rinds on the wedge pieces (along with the light green arches) to make a straight line. Starting at one end of the outside arc of the dark green rind, whipstitch, using 3 strands of the dark green floss, the long edge of the outer rind piece, making sure to keep you knots inside. Continue to the other end of the arch and then trim the rectangle even with the end.
Line up the light green rectangle with the light green arch from the larger piece and pin them together. Make sure that you have enough at both ends of the rectangle (the pink end and the dark green end) to meet up with the edges of the larger piece. Using floss that matches the felt you are sewing in that area, whipstitch the rectangle sides to one of the wedges. Sew the other rectangular side to the other side of the same wedge piece.
Now you should have one of the wedge sides with the 3 rectangles sewn to it, 1 to a side. Using pink floss, whipstich the ends of the sides together at the point, trimming them even first. Trim the dark green ends even and whipstitch it to the curved side. You should now have something resembling a pink and green container, with all sides joined together except the top.
Now, place the layers of batting (or polyester fiber fill if you're using that) into the "container" you just finished to make sure they will fill it up properly. Add more layers until you are satisfied it's is as "puffy" as you want. Remove them and pin the remaining wedge side to the top of one of the rectangular sides. As before, whipstitch this side using the floss that matches the color of the felt you are sewing together. After this side is sewn together, replace the filling and whipstitch the remaining sides.
Now you should have a fully enclosed plush watermelon slice. Cut out some teardrop shapes from the black felt for the seeds. Varying the sizes is best, because I think that looks more realistic. But if you prefer them to all be the same size--go for it! That's the wonderful part about creating things yourself--you're in charge!
Using a knotted piece of black floss, sew through one side of the seed near the edge. Then hold it in place, knot side down, somewhere in the pink area of the slice. Sew around the edge of the seed, into the pink felt, and then come back up somewhere else in the seed along the edge. There's no rhyme or reason to how I sewed the seeds, I just brought the needle back up where it was comfortable for my hand, making sure it was fairly secure. After you are satisfied the seed is sewn securely, knot the thread to one of the other stitches, then run the needle under the seed, coming up through the middle. Cut the thread off as close to the felt as you can. This prevents a little thread hanging off the side where you made your knot. Continue sewing seeds to all the pink sides. Use as many as you like.
Step 20: OK, Now You're Done!
Now you have completed your felt watermelon slice! And since we didn't use any glue, if this ever starts to look dirty, you can hand wash and air dry it. (Because, let's face it, if kids are playing with this, it's going to get sticky at some point) I hope this inspires you to design more of your own food to create a non-messy culinary adventure for the kid in your life!
Great sewing tutorial. Good luck in the sewing contest.


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Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, Development Approvals, you will process – to approval – development applications pertaining to municipal servicing matters and undertake engineering analyses required due to development activity. More specifically, you will review and comment on development applications daily, as well as review and approve engineering drawings and site servicing plans for sewer and water capacity, stormwater management, shoring and tiebacks drawings and for servicing permit issuance. As a Development Coordinator, you will also be expected to prepare municipal servicing agreements, and present results in written and verbal formats to City staff, elected officials, and the public.
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Reporting to the Manager, Capital Projects, the Clerk, Water Meter Program is responsible for administration related to the implementation of the Water Meter Replacement Program (WMRP). The Clerk will acquire or verify information from existing accounts, assist in developing a replacement database, track work orders and water meter inventory, liaise with contractors and verify work order status and work billings, attend project management meetings and enter data into MS Dynamics/Great Plains accounting software. This position will also support the broader administrative needs of the Capital Projects and Public Works team as required.


One of the pleasures of writing a blog like mine is that I get to learn from my readers just as they learn from me. In a comment on the previous exercise on cyclic equality, reader Maurits pointed to Booth's algorithm, which I had never previously heard of. Note that Booth's algorithm is somewhat different than the one we gave in the previous exercise, since Booth's algorithm relies on an ordering predicate between elements of the cycle while our algorithm relies only on an equality predicate.
The algorithm uses a modified preprocessing function from the Knuth-Morris-Pratt string search algorithm. The failure function for the string is computed as normal, but the string is rotated during the computation so some indices must be computed more than once as they wrap around. Once all indices of the failure function have been successfully computed without the string rotating again, the minimal lexicographical rotation is known to be found and its starting index is returned. The correctness of the algorithm is somewhat difficult to understand, but it is easy to implement.
Your task is to implement the cyclic equality test of the prior exercise using Booth's linear-time algorithm. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your own solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.


Join a team of women who will journey to Kenya to serve alongside Rev. Hezron & Rev. Florence Cheruiyot, in the city of Kisimu.
The Lott Carey Baptist Ministry was established in Kenya in 1986. The core activities in Kenya are evangelism, church planting, HIV/AIDS ministry; provision of medicine, a widow's program. For many years, Lott Carey Baptist Ministries has provided annual support to various ministries in Kenya. Through this partnership, the ministries in Kenya have been able to expand outreach into the Rift Valley region with the construction of churches and other ongoing ministry programs.
While in Kenya, the WISE will open and dedicate the Lott Carey Women's Resource Center. They will also visit the Kids Home, visit the projects completed by the widows and visit grandmothers in the villages.
Your presence and service will be a witness to Christ's love and compassion for the people.
'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me' Matthew 25:40.


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By Gary Vineberg
Posted on September 16, 2018 by Gary Vineberg
I regret profoundly that I was not an American and not born in Greenwich Village.
It was almost five years ago when Chris suddenly passed away. Since then my life has changed — yet remains much the same.
Looking for a picture of her on this occasion, I found one from our trip to England and Wales with our friends James and Nicky just weeks before she died. That was the last time she saw her mother Cathy. She posed next to a statue of John Lennon we had found in a Liverpool street. Gazing at the photo I can't help but imagine the two of them having a conversation somewhere. Chris could win over anybody.
In December 1980 I was driving from graduate school in California to an unknown future in New York City. At nighttime in the middle of Nebraska I heard on the radio that John had been shot in front of the Dakota apartment building. This made me wonder: How could I go there now? John was an early idol of mine, along with Bob Dylan and all the other artists that have drawn me here since my youth.
I came anyway, followed by Chris several years later. Nearly 40 years after my arrival I imagine her with me, walking the Greenwich Village streets we both loved. Like John she left us far too soon. But I doubt I'll regret spending the rest of my time in the city that became our final home.
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12 thoughts on "Imagining"
Hank Schiffman on September 17, 2018 at 7:06 pm said:
Five years in a flash.
The world she knew had a degree of optimism, missing today. The disbelief that people actually leave us short of memories, artifacts and dreams, was shocking to learn as a child. We develop to transform it to grief. The finality of it all diminishes us all.
Again, goodbye Chris.
Reissa Gibbs on September 17, 2018 at 8:52 pm said:
Chris was such a ray of light.
She was warm and engaging and we all miss her and think of her often. The last time I spoke to her was shortly after your trip to England. She had such a great time. I can still hear her voice.
Thinking of you and her today and always.
Susie Kessler on September 17, 2018 at 10:35 pm said:
Chris was a bright and shining light. Always positive, always hopeful, with a contagious laugh and a heart as big as they get. I miss her terribly. I was blessed to have known her for the time that I did.
Hugs to you, Gary, and Cathy too.
Perry Bellam on September 17, 2018 at 10:35 pm said:
I think of Chris sadly, fondly, often.
Alison MacPhee on September 18, 2018 at 2:02 am said:
I Will never forget meeting you and Chris on the train home from London. We were firm friends by the time we reached Waverley.
Chris was a hugely warm, funny and an engaging presence. A light went out when she passed on.
Hope you are doing okay, Gary. Love to see you any time.
Mike MacPhee on September 18, 2018 at 2:19 am said:
Remembering her voice, her laugh, her stories and her irrepressible sense of optimism. She brings a smile even to the dour Scots..
Barbara Becker on September 18, 2018 at 4:20 am said:
Beautiful reflection, Gary.
We think of you and Cathy always on this anniversary, on her birthday, on Halloween (the boys' favorite time with her) and a hundred times in between.
This photo says so much about her sense of ease and ever-present joy. And could that be, hanging out of her hand, her "co-pilot" of Diet Coke?
So much love to you.
Jen Carley on September 18, 2018 at 10:19 am said:
I enjoyed meeting Chris and corresponding with her from time to time. She was so radiant and a lot of fun to talk to.
I will be thinking of her, and you, on Saturday.
Cheri Fogleman on September 19, 2018 at 5:53 pm said:
And she's holding her same "coffee" mug. I miss her every day. Love to you, Gary. Thank you for posting and sharing.
David Bolotsky on September 19, 2018 at 7:02 pm said:
Thanks for writing this, Gary. Chris was such a gem. We have a photo of her on our piano and see her every day — her radiant smile brightens our days. I can still hear her laughing and giving you a loving ribbing, as only she could. 🙂
Louanne Roark on September 21, 2018 at 5:17 am said:
I think of Chris often and miss her always.
I am still shocked when I remember that my lifelong friend is gone, but her ebullient, joyful spirit and love of life is with us always. I smile every time I think of her and remember how easily she made everything (even 12-hour work days!) feel like a fun, exciting adventure!
Hugs and love to you, Gary.
Adria De Landri on September 22, 2018 at 6:02 pm said:
Lovely tribute, Gary. Chris, I think of you often and always miss you, especially our nights on the roof garden.
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Greens did not back a ban on glyphosate because it was outside the mandate of pesticide special committee, pledging to battle for it at the right time and moment, Greens co-rapporteur on the final report, Bart Staes, explained in an interview with EURACTIV.com.
On 16 January, the European Parliament approved by an overwhelming majority a non-binding report calling for a rethink of EU authorisation procedure for pesticides, drafted by centre-right MEP Norbert Lins (EPP) and Green MEP Bart Staes.
The list of recommendations was the last act of the special parliamentary committee that was set up last year in the wake of the EU's controversial decision to re-authorise glyphosate.
After the vote, the Greens were heavily criticised for making a pact with the centre-right EPP group to block amendments tabled by the other groups, including one tabled by by left-wing GUE/NGL group which called for an immediate EU glyphosate ban.
The Belgian MEP and co-rapporteur on the file, Bart Staes, explained the Green's position in an exclusive interview with EURACTIV.
According to Staes, the wish of the committee was to deliver a final report with real recommendations and contents – "no blah blah", as he said – and with a majority of at least two third in the hemicycle.
"The amendment tabled by GUE/NGL that asked for glyphosate ban was in this context, to be honest, out of scope," he said.
A political agreement between the two co-rapporteurs and their political parties ensured that all the amendments tabled by the conservative (ECR) and leftist (GUE/NGL) groups were defeated, saving the overall approach of the report and 11 months of work.
"Let us be clear, as a Green MEP and as the Green group in the European Parliament, we're in favour of a glyphosate ban and we proved that through our actions in the Parliament in the last four-five years," he said.
He recalled the Greens battle on shortening the time period for the reapproval of glyphosate, as the Commission had initially proposed an authorisation for another 15 years.
"We did fight that in the Parliament and we were successful. In the end, it was only authorised for another five years [until 2022], meaning that as early as the end of 2019 the whole process will start again," he said.
When glyphosate authorisation is discussed again, "you will find the Greens and other environmentalists there, in order to have a real debate on the dangers of glyphosate for public health, for animals and for our ecosystems," said Staes.
A European Citizens Initiative on glyphosate, signed by one million eighty thousand people, has called for a ban on glyphosate, with Staes adding that "we will fight for that by the end of this year when the glyphosate taskforce will be probably set".
Asked how working with the EPP was, he said that, although it was not easy due to their divergent views on how to produce foods and the overall agricultural system, cooperation with the co-rapporteur Norbert Lins was good.
Greens are more prone to promote agro-ecology, while the EPP's centre-right MEPs like to describe their party's approach as "science-based", meaning that "scientific research is the be-all and end-all," says Lins.
"As Greens, we also have a science-based approach, because it's about securing that science is objective and independent and transparent from industrial lobbies," Staes said.
"The debate was highly polarised but I think we did a remarkable thing combining different approaches and bring together on the one hand water and on the other hand fire," he added.
The Green MEP highlighted that the two groups always agreed on the need for an evolution of the 2009 regulation on pesticides authorisation rather than a radical overhaul.
"How could I go for a revolution if I know that the regulation has been negotiated by a green rapporteur and adopted by the Parliament with a rather large majority at that time?" he said.
Staes pointed out that the final report was welcomed by many stakeholders, including industry, NGOs and environmental activists. "I had talks with the umbrella organisation of pesticides producers, who considered it a very valuable report even if they don't like everything in it," he said.
"It was not perfect and to be honest if I would have been the only rapporteur I would have tried to get in other points of view or be more provocative," he confessed.
"But I think the Parliament can be proud of having voted a real blueprint and the starting point for the European Commission to change the pesticides regulation of 2009," he said.
"And if I will be re-elected, I will certainly follow up it and assure that all the recommendations of Parliament are taken into account," the MEP concluded.


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State attorney reviews draft documents
Berl Tiskus
Students from Nkwusm, the Salish Immersion School, listen to the water rights discussion.
Last Updated: 10/9/2012 11:17:40 PM | By Berl Tiskus
POLSON — The negotiating teams for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the State of Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission and the United States met on Oct. 1. The teams are working towards presenting a compact to the Montana Legislature in January.
With that date looming and drafts of the water rights compact and ordinance almost completed, recent meetings have been crowded with interested people.
RWRCC staff attorney Jay Weiner presented an in-depth overview and review of the drafts of the compact and ordinance. There are three gaps in the draft, Weiner said. They are: protection for irrigators who are on streams not covered by the Flathead Indian Irrigation Program; 24 irrigators and their rights on the Little Bitterroot; and the use of 11,000 acre feet of water from Hungry Horse Dam.
The two main parts of the draft agreement are Article 2, the quantification of the CSKT's water rights and Article 4, exercising administration of those rights, Weiner said.
The proposed compact is unique in that it provides for a unitary management board and reserving tribal claims to off-reservation water.
As proposed, the unitary management board will consist of two members appointed by the CSKT Tribal Council and two members appointed by the governor of Montana. A fifth member of the board will be chosen by the other four. The United States has proposed a non-voting member, but that is still under negotiation. A quorum would need four members. For the board to pass a motion, three members must vote yes.
"Everyone goes equally before the board," Weiner added.
There is also a built-in appeal process.
The Flathead Indian Irrigation Project water use agreement concerns the exercise and administration of both the FFIP water rights and the instream flow rights for streams used by the irrigation project. The CSKT, the Flathead Joint Board of Control and the United States are still working on the agreement and are accepting comments. The water use agreement is envisioned as critical protection for existing users on the FIIP.
The draft documents are available on the CSKT website at www.cskt.org website or on the Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission. website
The next negotiation meeting will be on Oct. 24 at 9 a.m. in CSKT Tribal Council Chambers in Pablo. On the evening of Oct. 23, there will a public information meeting on the water rights negotiations at the Ronan Community Center at 7 p.m.
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The town of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Harper's or Harper's Ferry is notable among "trail towns" not just as a national historic district, but because it is home to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) headquarters. Although it is currently closer to Springer Mountain than to Mount Katahdin by several hundred miles, many thru-hikers consider Harper's Ferry the ceremonial halfway point of their trek. For northbound thru-hikers, reaching Harper's Ferry is also frequently very close to the halfway point for the number of days they will spend on the trail. See also ATC.
Fun Fact: Harpers Ferry is known as the location of abolitionist John Brown's raid on the armory with a multiracial group of twenty-one men, including a fugitive slave, during the Civil War in 1859.


Our team of educators and staff are dedicated to helping your child succeed both academically and personally. No matter what barriers stand between your child and your child's education, we are here to help your child do their best.
We have many fun things planned the third quarter of the year! Please plan on attending a board meeting, or PTO meeting this year! We would love to see you there!
Mrs. Barrett joined CATA in 2013. She currently teaches middle school social studies and is the testing coordinator for the school. Mrs. Barrett is passionate about social studies and the individual development of each child. Mrs. Barrett plans an annual field trip which coincides with the Social Studies curriculum in middle school. Previous trips included Washington D.C. and Boston. Mrs. Barrett holds a Bachelor's degree and teaching credential from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.


Uh Oh. What Toxics Are Lurking In Your Home?
Expert Kunjan Shah knows her "toxic" stuff, as she shares tips for avoiding such problems in our homes.
What can you do to protect your family from toxic chemicals in your home? In short, fight with your dollars.
On Nov. 12, Kunjan Shah, local architect and expert on healthy building systems, raised the specter of toxins lurking in our homes for a GreenTown talk at the Los Altos Library. Among her recommendations, are to look for specific labels and certifications that protect the health of you and your family.
Chemicals are ubiquitous in our environment. Pregnant women tested by researchers at UCSF were found to have, on average, 43 toxic chemicals in their blood, many of which were banned in the 1970s. These chemicals are visible in our children as well where autism rates in the population have increased dramatically – from 1 in 2500 in 1985 to 1 in 88 in 2012. Chronic conditions, such as asthma, behavior/learning disorders, and obesity, are also on the rise from 28% in 1988 to 52% in 2006.
Wonder how these toxics "slip into" our lives? Food, drugs and cosmetics, regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), are the only products that companies need to demonstrate are safe. All other products and the chemicals in them – think furniture, building products, food storage containers, and toys – are virtually unregulated.
Under the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), the burden of proving an "unreasonable risk" to health and safety lies not with the manufacturer, but with EPA. So in 1976, when TSCA went into effect, 62,000 chemicals were "grandfathered in,"( i.e., considered acceptable without any testing). Since then, 20,000+ "new" chemicals have been introduced. Each is innocent until proven guilty. Manufacturers have provided EPA with only scant data on these chemicals. More than two-thirds have no data at all. Of the original 62,000, 200 have been tested and only five have been regulated: PCBs, halogenated chlorofluoroalkanes, dioxin, asbestos and hexavalent chromium. Of the new chemicals, only four chemicals – used in metal working fluids – have restricted use. In short, TSCA has no teeth.
Among the most common hazards are flame retardants, volatile organic compounds and formaldehyde. So where are these lurking in your home?
Flame retardants are found in just about anything with foam, e.g., home insulation, couches, carpet padding, and baby products. The various flame retardant chemicals change our cell structure and function, affecting learning, reproduction (reducing sperm counts and delaying conception), and suppress the immune system, contributing to cancer. Some of the most prevalent bioaccumulate in the environment, such that marine mammals have 100 times the concentration compared to smaller aquatic animals. Source: Green Policy Institute, 2014.
In the U.S., flame retardant additives in furniture foam, insulation and baby products, became the norm after California issued its flammability standard – Technical Bulletin 117 – in 1975. Ironically, flame retardants added to furniture foam do not prevent ignition, which typically starts on the fabric. Further, they do not reduce fire severity or provide increased escape time.
The Green Science Policy Institute and others have been working to counter the 1975 standard. Key among its successes is a replacement standard, TB117-2013, which adds a smolder test for fabric. This standard addresses how and where fires start. Cigarettes on couch fabric is the leading cause of furniture fires. Flame retardant chemicals in the filling are not required to meet TB117-2013. However, caveat emptor, the new standard does ban the use of flame retardants in foam, so when purchasing a couch or chair, buyers should check with the retailer to ensure that the furniture BOTH: (1) complies with TB117-2013; and (2) does not include harmful flame retardants.
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Formaldehyde is a readily available and inexpensive chemical. It is found in many products, ranging from building products; glues and adhesives; permanent-press and wrinkle-free fabrics; paper product coatings; certain insulation materials, and other household products. Pressed-wood products containing formaldehyde adhesives or resins, such as particleboard, plywood and fiberboard, are a significant source of formaldehyde in homes. Formaldehyde inhalation can irritate the nose and throat, cause a burning sensation in the eyes and result in difficulty breathing. It can also trigger asthma symptoms in people with asthma and is a known human carcinogen.
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I corpi di Lewy sono degli aggregati proteici anormali che si sviluppano all'interno delle cellule nervose, contribuendo alla demenza associata al morbo di Parkinson (PD), alla demenza da corpo di Lewy e ad alcuni altri disturbi. I corpi di Lewy sono anche osservabili in caso di atrofia sistemica multipla, in particolare nella variante parkinsoniana.
Vengono identificati mediante esame immunoistochimico al microscopio del tessuto nervoso interessato. I corpi di Lewy appaiono come masse sferiche che spostano altri componenti cellulari. Un corpo di Lewy sottocorticale può essere trovato con maggiore probabilità all'interno del tronco cerebrale (e più specificamente nella substantia nigra). Può comunque essere identificato anche all'interno della corteccia cerebrale. Per questo motivo si parla di due varianti morfologiche: i corpi di Lewy sottocorticali (localizzati principalmente nel tronco encefalico) e corpi di Lewy corticali. Un classico corpo di Lewy è rappresentato da una massa di forma sferica, un'inclusione citoplasmatica eosinofila costituita da un nucleo denso circondato da un alone di fibrillare radiale di 10 nm, il cui principale componente strutturale è l'alfa-sinucleina. Un corpo di Lewy corticale è invece meno definito e non presenta l'alone, ma è pur sempre costituito da fibrille di alfa-sinucleina.

Nel campo dell'istopatologia, i corpi di Lewy corticali sono una caratteristica distintiva della demenza con corpi di Lewy (DLB), ma possono occasionalmente essere osservati anche nei neuroni con le inclusioni caratteristiche della malattia di Pick e della degenerazione cortico-basale, così come nei pazienti con altre taupatie.

Storia
Nel 1910, il neurologo Fritz Heinrich Lewy studiava a Berlino per il suo dottorato. Egli fu il primo medico a notare che alcune insolite proteine nel cervello portavano alcune persone ad agire e pensare in modo anormale. Gli scienziati del tempo non avevano molti strumenti per determinare la natura e funzione di queste proteine. La sua scoperta divenne nota con il termine di corpo di Lewy, e con questo nome apparve in un manuale di neurologia nel 1912. All'incirca nello stesso periodo analoghe ricerche furono portate avanti da un altro scienziato, Gonzalo Rodríguez Lafora. Nel 1913, Lafora descrisse un altro caso ma riconobbe che Lewy lo aveva anticipato di pochi mesi nella scoperta. Un altro scienziato, Konstantin Nikolaevich Trétiakoff nel 1919 identificò gli stessi corpi nella substantia nigra dei cervelli di pazienti affetti da malattia di Parkinson. Infine fu solo nel 1923 che Lewy pubblicò ufficialmente le sue scoperte in un libro "The Study on Muscle Tone and Movement. Including Systematic Investigations on the Clinic, Physiology, Pathology, and Pathogenesis of Paralysis agitans".

Biologia cellulare

Il corpo di Lewy è composto dall'alfa-sinucleina associata con altre proteine come l'ubiquitina, la proteina dei neurofilamenti e l'alfa B cristallina. Possono anche essere presenti proteine Tau e i corpi di Lewy possono occasionalmente essere circondati da grovigli neurofibrillari. I corpi di Lewy e i grovigli neurofibrillari (NFT) possono occasionalmente esistere nello stesso neurone, in particolare a livello dell'amigdala.
Si ritiene che tale formazione rappresenti un aggresoma all'interno della cellula.

Neuriti di Lewy
I neuriti Lewy sono anormali neuriti (processi neuronali) in neuroni malati, contenenti materiale granulare e filamenti di un'anormale α-sinucleina, simili a quelli che si ritrovano nei corpi di Lewy. Come i corpi di Lewy, i neuriti di Lewy sono una caratteristica delle cosiddette α-sinucleinopatie (ad esempio la demenza con corpi di Lewy, il morbo di Parkinson e l'atrofia multisistemica). Si trovano anche nella regione CA2-3 dell'ippocampo in corso di malattia di Alzheimer.

Patologie associate
La principale malattia associata alla presenza dei corpi di Lewy è la malattia di Parkinson; tali corpi sono presenti anche all'interno dei neuroni di pazienti affetti da alcuni tipi di demenza e, più specificatamente nei neuroni di soggetti affetti da una variante della malattia di Alzheimer, la sindrome di Hallervorden-Spatz.

Le inclusioni costituite da alfa-sinucleina diverse dai corpi di Lewy sono presenti nelle cellule della glia nell'atrofia multi-sistemica, dove prendono il nome di inclusioni citoplasmatiche gliali.

Note

Altri progetti

Anatomia patologica del sistema nervoso

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School copies draft of honor code from Web
Are students part of 'cut and paste' culture?
SAN ANTONIO However, the wording in a draft by students at the University of Texas at San Antonio appears to match another school's code - without proper attribution.
The student currently in charge of the honor code project said it was an oversight, but cheating experts say it illustrates a sloppiness among Internet-era students who don't know how to cite sources properly and think of their computers as cut-and-paste machines.
"That's the consequence of the Internet and the availability of things," said Daniel Wueste, director of the Rutland Institute for Ethics at Clemson University. "It doesn't feel like what would be in a book. You Google it and here it comes."
Student Akshay Thusu said that when he took over the project a month ago he inherited a draft by earlier project participants, including a group of students who attended a conference five years ago put on by The Center for Academic Integrity at Clemson.
Materials from the conference, which are used by many universities, were probably the main source of UTSA's proposed code, Thusu said. That's why parts of the Texas draft match word-for-word the online version of Brigham Young University's code.
BYU credited the Center for Academic Integrity, but the San Antonio draft doesn't.
That will change, said Thusu, who plans to include proper citation and attribution when the draft is submitted to the faculty senate.
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In keeping with their promise to rebuild the team through speed, fundamentals, defense and timely hitting, the White Sox hired Tim Raines as their first-base/baserunning coach.
A seven-time All-Star who ranks fifth in career steals with 808, Raines replaces Rafael Santana and rejoins his old White Sox playing buddy Ozzie Guillen, who also coached Raines with the Florida Marlins.
"I think [the Sox] want to run more than last year," Raines, 45, said. "They also want to place an emphasis on running the bases, going around first base hard [after a single], going from first to third, scoring from second. That can mean the difference in winning and losing games."
For the last few seasons, the White Sox have been known mostly as a plodding, home-run-hitting team, although Raines stressed "every team can be fundamentally sound."
Last season the Sox stole only 78 bases, with no player swiping 20. Paul Konerko has never stolen more than one base in any of his seven major-league seasons and Frank Thomas has stolen four in his last five seasons.
So how many can his old teammate Thomas steal?
"Ummm, none?" Raines said with a laugh. "We'll see about that. Maybe we'll get the big guy going."
Raines, whose best seasons were with Montreal, hit .294 in a 23-year career that included the 1991-95 seasons as the Sox's leadoff hitter. He played with his son, Tim Jr., with Baltimore in 2001 and last season managed Montreal's Class A team in Brevard County, Fla.
While Raines said he had other opportunities to coach, he chose the Sox and Guillen.
"You want to be a coach for a manager you know and you know what to look for," he said. "Ozzie was my coach the last years I played. We got the feel for each other and we played together five years [with the Sox]. Knowing the guy, playing with the guy, being with the guy, you know what he wants."
Raines and Guillen have sometimes been too close to each other. On April 21, 1992, shortstop Guillen and left fielder Raines collided while chasing a popup. Guillen tore knee ligaments that kept him out the rest of that season, although he came back to play five more years with the Sox.
"That made us closer," Raines said. "It was two guys playing hard-nosed baseball. That's the way we played the game."
Raines led the National League in stolen bases each of his first four seasons (1981-84), including 71 as a rookie and a career-high 90 in 1983. He reached the postseason five teams, winning the World Series with the Yankees twice. In 1993, he tied an ALCS record by collecting 12 hits for the Sox against Toronto.
Raines also admitted using cocaine during his early playing days in Montreal and later spent hours speaking to youth about the dangers of drugs.
He says he has "gone through the same things [as today's players], seen all, done all. I don't think there's anything a guy can ask me I can't give a legitimate answer to."
With Raines' hiring, the coaching staff is now complete. Five of the seven--Guillen, Raines, Harold Baines, Joey Cora and Greg Walker--played on White Sox teams that reached the postseason and are trying to remold this team in their image.


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Just pointing it out so people don't get a surprise when they log in.
Disappointed guild buffs have gone though.
EDIT: I thought all buffs got removed, but xp buff just got used up, so it seems only guild buff have been affected.
ours were just activated last night!
I will sacrifice the guild buffs of another alt for the screenshots and for science!
I actually suspect it's just guild buffs, as I think teaching disappeared due to using it up!
yep exactly. if the teaching buff disappears its because it was used up, it's the guild buffs that are disappearing erroneously.
Yeah we just turned ours back on last night and now they are gone…so sad.
Guild buffs just pinged back on, thank you to Portal Seekers for reactivating.
Yea we lost ours too. Bleh.
Same, only turned them on last night, sigh, expensive 12 hour buffs those were!
This issues is important! We actually keep loosing our buffs.
When I logged in after the patch - Our guild buff was gone that we refresh on Saturdays.
After about 20 minutes we lost our buffs again. I relogged and went to the guild machines…the buffs aren't active.
Be careful with activating guild buffs! Doesn't seem to be working!!
@james can we have a way to give ourselves a significant amount of coin and endevour on the test server so we can test this next time? I like my grapple buff and definitely would have tried to use it if I had the option.
I used every penny from the mall beacon & my coin to turn the buffs on and this morning only the lava one is on. I turned them all on within seconds of each other.
way too many coin sinks and not enough coin!
We're currently looking into this, but in the meantime, could you all give as much information as you can about the buffs that have stopped functioning, along with the moments leading up to it? For example, if you were leaving the sanctum to arrive at the area with the helices, or if you were receiving messages elsewhere in the game away from the helices, and so on.
Edit: Also, were they Minor, Greater or Super buffs?
As soon as I stepped out of the sanctum after update, on each character, guild buffs deactivated.
At one point they came back on, I assume guild reactivated, but lasted about 30 seconds and gone.
Had defeat, grapple and one other I cant remember, bit each char had slightly different set up with different factions.
had nothing to do with being near the helixes, they disappeared right after going through the portal from sanctum.


On RPM-based distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, Fedora or Scientific Linux, you can install Jenkins through yum.
Note: If running an old version of CentOS, ensure you follow the guide below.
Starting jenkins (via systemctl):  Job for jenkins.service failed. See 'systemctl status jenkins.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
The 'jenkins' user is created to run this service. If you change this to a different user via the config file, you must change the owner of /var/log/jenkins, /var/lib/jenkins, and /var/cache/jenkins.
firewall-cmd --permanent --service=jenkins --set-short="Jenkins Service Ports"
firewall-cmd --permanent --service=jenkins --set-description="Jenkins service firewalld port exceptions"
Jenkins requires Java in order to run, however yum install jenkins does not enforce that java is already installed. Check to make sure that you already have java installed by running java -version. To further make things difficult for CentOS users, the default CentOS version of Java is not compatible with Jenkins. Jenkins typically works best with a Sun implementation of Java, which is not included in CentOS for licensing reasons.
To correct this, you may need to remove the GCJ version of Java and install a Sun-compatible version.
for the third step, i imported the rpm package to the server.
For one your key does not match the download.
And secondly are you using a proxy?
The default JENKINS_HOME directory will be in /var/lib/jenkins.
Can anyone please share how to install jenkins as a service from Jenkins.war file. I am trying to install it on a Rhel 6.5 machine which sits behind a corporate firewall, so not able to access internet freely.
Unfortunately, installation seemed successful until I went to access the GUI http://:8080 and page doesn't open in browser. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi, I have the same issue. Were you able to find a fix? Thank you.
I upgraded a Jenkins 1.6 server today to LTS 2.7.4. It wasn't quite as described above.
Not sure if these are exactly right, I'm not really a sysadmin. But, after some problems and working through the messages this is what I hit on that work. I really wanted to have the LTS release, not the latest build. I had to remove the cache (there may be a better way to clear it) to get yum to install 2.7.4 instead of 2.22.
All this was on a CentOS 7.2 machine.
We changed the user in /etc/sysconfig/jenkins per below instruction and also chown -R for all 3 locations.
We are unable to launch jenkins after this. Error "Starting Jenkins runuser: cannot set groups: Operation not permitted"
Anyone had this issue? While it does seem to be permission issue, not sure if which permission needs to be granted for "new" user here.
I am trying to follow the above steps to install jenkins on Oracle Enterprise Linux7 OS.
I get connection timeout error.
Connecting to pkg.jenkins-ci.org (pkg.jenkins-ci.org)|52.202.51.185|:80... failed: Connection timed out.
Was there a major change in yesterday's 2.80 RPM-release? I launched a new Jenkins installation and, instead of the first-login prompting me for the string from the initialAdminPassword file, it let me straight into the application's privileged interface with no credential-prompting. When I explicitly rolled back to 2.79, the expected "secured by default" (credentialed) login was in place.
Fortunately, this was a pre-upgrade testing installation (in an isolated network) and not internet-exposed, but it meant we couldn't take the chance upgrading our production Jenkins from 2.76 to 2.80.
Could you please advice me on this? Thanks.
Ever since I filed the bug for 2.80, we've been experiencing intermittent issues with the `initialAdminpassword` file getting created. When it first cropped up, again, we had been running for a few weeks on 2.82 and were attempting to install 2.89 on a parallel system. We got the no `initialAdminpassword` file and assummed there'd simply been another regression. So, we blew the system away and did an explicit install of 2.88 with the intention of upgrading that install to 2.89 (or normal "upgrade" method is parallel deployment with a migration of data from old Jenkins install to new). That upgrade worked as expected, so we re-ran the procedures to verify process-validity for the Ops staff to execute. This time, 2.88 failed to create the `initialAdminpassword` file ...but a straight install of 2.89 worked. So, we did four more installs straight to 2.89: three failed; one succeeded. Similar results when 2.90 became available the next day.
Didn't update this bug or file a new one since it wasn't 100% reproducible nor manifesting at a specific version-level. Best I can suggest is keep reinstalling until it works as expected. Open a bug if you can find something repeatable you can identify.
Hi Thomas, the secrets folder and initialAdminpassword file has been created in /var/lib/jenkins. Thanks for your suggestion.
I am trying to install jenkins in my RedHat 7 machine.
I am able to install java and jenkins without any issues.
Jenkins is not able to start. i have tried yum install java and then yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk. both didnt resolve the startup issues.
Aug 10 06:43:32 *** systemd: Failed to start LSB: Jenkins Automation Server.
-- Unit jenkins.service has failed.
Aug 10 06:43:32 *** systemd: Unit jenkins.service entered failed state.
Aug 10 06:43:32 *** systemd: jenkins.service failed.
Makes it look like Java's JNA process is unhappy with your /tmp. Most frequently, I've seen this when the /tmp location is a filesystem that has the noexec option set on it.
No, /tmp has necessary permissions to exec. infact i have also even tried giving 777 to /tmp/jna–1712433994 but didnt resolve this issue with both jenkins and root users.
did you resolve your issue yet? if you didn't.


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Afghan intelligence officials said Sunday they seized a truck in Kabul carrying more than 16 tonnes of explosives hidden in boxes marked as poultry feed.
An Afghan police officer inspects vehicles at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan August 6, 2017.
Afghan intelligence officials said Sunday they seized a truck in Kabul carrying more than 16 tonnes of explosives hidden in boxes marked as poultry feed, months after a truck bomb killed about 150 people.
The truck, with Pakistani license plates, was seized in District 9 of the capital, the National Directorate of Security said in a statement, adding that five people were arrested.
"It was loaded with explosives to make bombs, suicide vests and conduct terrorist activities in Kabul," the statement said, adding that 16,500 kg of explosives was seized.
On May 31 a massive truck bomb ripped through the Afghan capital's diplomatic quarter during the morning rush hour, killing about 150 and wounding around 400 people, mostly civilians.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack that was caused by over 1,500 kg of explosives hidden in a sewage truck, according to Western officials.
Taliban militants rarely claim responsibility for attacks that kill large numbers of civilians.
The militants have intensified their attacks since they launched their "spring offensive" in late April, with civilians bearing the brunt of the conflict.
According to UN figures, more than 26,500 civilians have died and nearly 49,000 have been injured as a result of armed conflict in Afghanistan since January 2009.


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Greetings in the name of our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ! Greater St. Paul AME Church will be having our Lay Sunday Service, on March 18th, 2018, at 3:00 pm. The purpose of the Lay Organization is to organize and train the lay members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, so that each member may utilize to the maximum the abilities and skills granted by God, in assisting with the improvement and extension of God's kingdom, and creating happiness, peace, and harmony among its members. On behalf of our Pastor, Reverend Georgia B. Morrow, we invite you to come fellowship with us, as we worship the Lord this day, in Spirit and in Truth!
Our Guest Speaker for this Lay Sunday Service will be Reverend Stanley McDonald of New Hope Baptist Church, Ashland Kentucky.
Our Theme: It's Your DUTY, to DO!
We look forward to seeing you on March 18th, 2018, God willing!


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Homogenised daily lake surface water temperature data generated from multiple satellite sensors: a long-term case study of a large sub-Alpine lake
Availability of remotely sensed multi-spectral images since the 1980's, which cover three decades of voluminous data could help researchers to study the changing dynamics of bio-physical characteristics of land and water. In this study, we introduce a new methodology to develop homogenised Lake Surface Water Temperature (LSWT) from multiple polar orbiting satellites. Precisely, we developed homogenised 1 km daily LSWT maps covering the last 30 years (1986 to 2015) combining data from 13 satellites. We used a split-window technique to derive LSWT from brightness temperatures and a modified diurnal temperature cycle model to homogenise data which were acquired between 8:00 to 17:00 UTC. Gaps in the temporal LSWT data due to the presence of clouds were filled by applying Harmonic ANalysis of Time Series (HANTS). The satellite derived LSWT maps were validated based on long-term monthly in-situ bulk temperature measurements in Lake Garda, the largest lake in Italy. We found the satellite derived homogenised LSWT being significantly correlated to in-situ data. The new LSWT time series showed a significant annual rate of increase of 0.020 °C yr−1 (*P < 0.05), and of 0.036 °C yr−1 (***P < 0.001) during summer.
Pareeth, S.; Salmaso, N.; Adrian, R.; Neteler, M. (2016). Homogenised daily lake surface water temperature data generated from multiple satellite sensors: a long-term case study of a large sub-Alpine lake. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6: 31251. doi: 10.1038/srep31251 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/36040
Citation: Pareeth, S.; Salmaso, N.; Adrian, R.; Neteler, M. (2016). Homogenised daily lake surface water temperature data generated from multiple satellite sensors: a long-term case study of a large sub-Alpine lake. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6: 31251. doi: 10.1038/srep31251 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/36040
Pareeth, Sajid
Salmaso, Nico
Adrian, R.
Neteler, Markus Georg
Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology # CRI
Authors: Pareeth, S.; Salmaso, N.; Adrian, R.; Neteler, M.
Title: Homogenised daily lake surface water temperature data generated from multiple satellite sensors: a long-term case study of a large sub-Alpine lake
Journal: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Keywords ENG: Lake Garda
IF: With Impact Factor ISI
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep31251
Pareeth_etal_2016_Homogenised daily lake surface water temperature data generated from multiple satellite sensors.pdf PDF N/A Open AccessView/Open


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Howzabout a club night just for entomologists? There'll be crawling and flying things galore at SHUNT tonight and for the next week, as the gaff has been colonised by a bunch of wannabe bugs known as SDNA. An audio-video collective, they aim to project insects over the walls of what is arguably South London's most iconic venue. Cinetaxis is dead creepy-crawly and really rather exciting. Add a whole swarm of other artists into the mix, and Shunt's usual hip musical vibes, and you've got yourself a really whacky Thursday evening. (Image/Nick Holdstock).


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The Committee to Save Cooper Union is pursuing legal action as a last resort after Cooper Union's Board of Trustees and administration proceeded with their plans to abolish a 150 year tradition of free tuition, refusing alternatives that would preserve free tuition.
After carefully evaluating all of the legal options for both legal and cost-effectiveness, the Committee to Save Cooper Union decided that the best approach is to seek an injunction against charging tuition in New York Supreme Court. This option also allows us to petition the court for formation of "The Associates of Cooper Union" as required by the Cooper Union charter. The Associates would serve as a check on the Board of Trustees since the Associates' elected Council can remove Trustees by majority vote. This route also allows us to petition the court for an audit, as provided for in the charter, to help provide more detail on the fiscal mismanagement happening at Cooper Union.
One especially noteworthy fiscal issue is the Board and administration deciding to build an extravagant new academic building costing over $165 million before raising adequate funds for it. In addition, the Board and administration appear to have severely undervalued the Chrysler building when they renegotiated the lease with Tishman Speyer. There are also more recent examples of fiscal waste including spending $50,000 on celebrity speaker Fareed Zakaria, spending a total of $350,000 for Jamshed Bharucha's inauguration celebration, excessive spending on private security, and spending about $1.5 million on consultants for supporting President Bharucha's program of "reinvention" for Cooper Union.
Lack of fiscal discipline on the part of the Board is also demonstrated by their lack of follow-through on their Master Plan commitment to reduce operating expenses by 10% by 2011. This commitment to reduce operating expenses was also explicitly stated in the Board's 2006 sworn cy pres petition to the New York Supreme Court filed in order to allow the Board to borrow against the Chrysler building revenue. Instead of being reduced, expenses steadily rose from $43.7 million in 2006 to $66.8 million in 2010 (if debt service and depreciation are excluded, the rise was from $39.4m to $49.8m.) Unlike the Board's fiscal recklessness, the Working Group plan embodies the creative fiscal discipline that enabled Cooper Union to survive as a free tuition institution for over 150 years.
We are raising funds to defray the costs of a legal effort to prevent the destruction of a 150 year tradition of free tuition, require an audit and require the formation of the Associates of Cooper Union as a supervisory body. Thanks to the generous support of a number of donors we are able to bring this lawsuit, but raising additional funds will increase our chances of success. This fundraising will be split into a number of phases.
This will help defray the initial costs of bringing the legal proceedings, including legal costs, filing fees, expert witnesses and public relations assistance.
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By Dustin Rowles | Politics | October 19, 2020 |
There are 15 days until the election. Here is where we are:
Donald Trump and his surrogates continue to use Fox News to launder Russian disinformation, mostly surrounding Hunter Biden. Over four years with Trump, and barely a week has gone by without multiple scandals erupting in the Trump Administration, so many that it's exhausting to list them all. With less than a month until the election, Republicans — led by Steve Bannon and Rudy Giuliani, with an assist from folks like Senator Ron Johnson — are trying to get the same story that got Trump impeached a year ago to stick to Biden. Again. And they're trying to, uh, make some insidious implications, and Maria Bartiromo — who was once a legitimate reporter — is trying to give those allegations air.
Ron Johnson is on Fox News suggesting there's child pornography on the computer that purportedly belongs to Hunter Biden pic.twitter.com/rwvyL1UH4i
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 18, 2020
I don't know why they're so obsessed with this story. Assuming it was 100 percent accurate, exactly as the Republicans have depicted it — that Hunter Biden used his connections to secure a well-paid job on the board of a natural gas company in Ukraine, and then asked his dad to get a corrupt prosecutor fired for investigating that natural gas company — then it would be a fairly small scandal measured against the misdeeds of the Trump Administration, which, for instance, helped Saudi Arabia cover up the murder and dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist because Kushner is buddies with Prince Mohammed of the Saudi Royal family. The Hunter Biden story is absolute malarkey — total made-up bullsh*t that no legit news organization will get behind — but even the worst implications that can be drawn from it are nothing, comparatively speaking.
Meanwhile, the reporting of that Hunter Biden story in the NY Post itself is insane. First off: No legitimate news organization is going to accept evidence from Steve Bannon and Rudy Giuliani three weeks before an election without vigorous fact-checking, which is precisely why Giuliani gave it to the post. He says himself that he didn't want to take it to another newspaper that might waste a lot of time fact-checking. Hell, even reporters inside the NYPost itself had problems with the story. The guy who wrote it refused to put his name on it. They ended up slapping two bylines on it, one belonging to a former producer on Sean Hannity's show who did next to no reporting on the story, and the other belonging to a woman who didn't even know she had a byline on the story until after it was published.
Meanwhile, Guiliani can't even do a smear job right. Folks who aren't Sean Hannity or Maria Bartiromo do not give a sh*t about Giuliani's attempts to sh*t all over Joe Biden.
LOL poor Rudy. Fox and Friends doesn't even give a shit pic.twitter.com/wuklOXiiTy
— Majority Report (@majorityfm) October 16, 2020
There is one exchange, however, that has gotten a lot of attention online. Who do you want as President? The guy who berates his kid and hits him in from of his college roommate, or this guy?
pretty impressive for Guiliani to step on his own dick this bad with this attempt at ratfucking pic.twitter.com/4XkPcNIjq7
— debdrens (@debdrens) October 16, 2020
I'm sure that Don Jr. would prefer Joe Biden for a father, and I KNOW that Rudy Giuliani's daughter would, because she wrote a whole article on Vanity Fair endorsing Biden and calling her Dad a shitbag.
And yet … despite record-setting early voting numbers among Black people and those over the age of 65, despite how much more money Democrats are raising than Republicans, despite how Biden is dominating television commercial time, and despite a comfortable lead both nationally and in the battleground states, and yet, there is still a huge sense of dread, concerns that the polling leads are a mirage. Is this Hillary all over again? Is Hunter Biden "but her emails?" Is Trump going to eke out a victory in the battleground states because he refused to denounce QAnon?
If you haven't voted yet, let that fear and dread motivate you! If you have voted already and returned your ballot, I think it's OK to be cautiously optimistic for the next two weeks, if only for your mental health. I don't think the "but his emails" thing will work this time around. Joe is more well-liked than Hillary, because Joe is not a woman, and because sexist voters used Hillary's emails as their excuse not to vote for a woman they weren't going to vote for anyway.
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