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Dr. Prata serves as Discussant at PAA 2017
April 10, 2017 / Tomomi Mori / News
The Population Association of America (PAA) is a nonprofit, scientific, professional organization established to promote the improvement, advancement and progress of the human race through research of problems related to human population.
PAA members include demographers, sociologists, economists, public health professionals, and other individuals interested in research and education in the population field.
PAA membership has grown to 3,000 reflecting professional interest in the population field. Members receive Demography, the bi-monthly journal of the Association, and PAA Affairs, the quarterly on-line newsletter.
The Population Association of America Conference 2017 will be held in Chicago, IL from April 27 – 29th.
229 Maternal Health and Mortality
DISCUSSANT: Ndola Prata, University of California, Berkeley
CHAIR: Saifuddin Ahmed, Johns Hopkins University
Topic 4. Health and Mortality
10:45 am–12:15 pm — Waldorf Room
229-1 Timing and Correlates of Pregnancy-Related Death: Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa
Leena Merdad, King Abdulaziz University; Mohamed Mahmoud Ali, World Health Organization (WHO)
229-2 Development of a Tool to Measure Person-Centered Care During Labor and Delivery in Developing Settings: Validation in a Rural and an Urban Kenyan Population
Patience A. Afulani, University of California, San Francisco; Nadia Diamond-Smith, University of California, San Francisco; May Sudhinaraset, University of California, San Francisco
229-3 A Decomposition of Trends in the Nonmarital Infant Mortality Ratios in the United States: 1983–2010
Wen Fan, Boston College; Liying Luo, Pennsylvania State University
229-4 Maternal, Neonatal, and Stillbirth Deaths Caused by Decreased Utilization of Essential Maternal Healthcare in the Context of the 2014 Ebola Epidemic in Sierra Leone
Laura Sochas, London School of Economics and Political Science; Andrew Channon, University of Southampton; Sara Nam, Options Consultancy Services
Call for Proposals: Undergraduate Summer Internship/Fellowship in Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment
March 16, 2017 / Tomomi Mori / News
The University of California Global Health Institute's Center of Expertise on Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment is accepting proposals for UP TO $1,500 to support University of California undergraduate students pursuing unpaid internships/fellowships during the summer of 2017.
Women's Health Gender & Empowerment COE
The Center of Expertise (COE) on Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment is Center of the University of California Global Health Institute (http://ucghi.universityofcalifornia.edu/coes/womens-health/index.aspx). Advances in women's health are globally impeded by poverty, limited access to educational and economic opportunities, gender bias and discrimination, unjust laws, and insufficient state accountability. These forces intersect to restrict women's access to vital health services and the information they need to improve their lives. By prioritizing women's health concerns, rights, and empowerment, this COE is uniquely poised to catalyze societal-level changes that will yield sustainable improvements in health and well-being for women on a global scale.
Mission: We envision a world in which all women and girls are empowered and healthy. Our mission is to promote justice, equity and scientific advances to reduce gender and health disparities globally. Grounded in human rights principles, our approach is interdisciplinary and transformative. Through innovative research, education and international collaboration, we build and strengthen the capacity of the next generation of leaders in women's health and empowerment. Our core activities focus on assuring safe motherhood, reducing violence against women, improving access to family planning and reproductive technologies, advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights, preventing HIV/AIDS, and reducing environmental threats to women's health.
Summer Internship/Fellowship: Our goal is to provide money to support undergraduate students to be involved in innovative research, programs and policy development activities in the areas of women's health gender and empowerment, and who specifically investigate the intersection and interrelated nature of these three areas. Our aim is to allocate funds efficiently to the most meritorious proposals. We expect to fund nine proposals for summer research projects.
Timeline: The deadline for this call for small grant proposals is April 15, 2017 at 5 PM PST, but we will accept applications prior to this date. Proposals may request up to $1,500, to be spent by September 15, 2017, after which remaining funds revert to the COE.
Eligibility: The competition is open to undergraduate students only, at any of the UC campuses. Activities during the internship/fellowship must specifically be at the nexus of women's health gender and empowerment. The internship/fellowship can be conducted domestically or internationally. Applicants must be enrolled at a UC campus for the following academic year (i.e., typically not seniors unless enrolling in a graduate program at one of the UC schools). 10 Awards prioritized 1 for each campus. Awardees are required to attend the COE's annual retreat in winter 2017 and make a 5-minute presentation on their internship/project. Awardees will be matched with a COE mentor, based on the topic of their internship/project. The awardee will be expected to set up at least two meetings (in person or via telephone/Skype) with his/her COE mentor, to take place during the award period; and seek feedback from his/her COE mentor on the project presentation to be made at the annual retreat.
Application Format: Applicants should submit a two-page concept proposal that provides a brief background of the issue(s) to be addressed during the internship/fellowship and a description of the project aims, describes the activities to take place, summarizes the team's (including the mentor's) expertise, and gives a timeline. A budget synopsis should also be submitted (not counted against the two-page limit), as well as an updated resume. Additionally, the mentor from the sponsoring organization must submit a letter addressed to the committee describing the resources that will be made available to the intern, including mentorship and equipment. Funds can be used for paying a stipend for unpaid internships, purchasing project supplies, travel (international or domestic), and other reasonable expenses (but typically not for equipment).
Submit proposals by email to Chiao-Wen Lan, (chiaowen@ucla.edu). The application material should be sent as one single word document. All proposals will be evaluated by a review committee made up of CoE members. Results will be announced by May 15, 2017.
Publication Highlight: Establishing a Referral System for Safe and Legal Abortion Care: A Pilot Project on the Thailand-Burma Border
Maggie Hobstetter, J.D., M.P.H., served as a Bixby Packard Fellow from 2012-2016, in a dual capacity as Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Specialist with the Bixby Center and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation's Population and Reproductive Health Program. Maggie's research draws on her experience on the Thailand-Burma border, where she conducted research and managed reproductive health projects.
Summary: Women from Burma living in Thailand are generally unable to access safe abortion care—even for cases that clearly fall within the legal exceptions—because of a lack of knowledge of the Thai medical and legal systems, restrictions on travel and movement, the costs associated with the procedure, a dearth of culturally and linguistically compatible providers, and stigma. As a consequence, women from Burma on both sides of the border suffer significant reproductive health morbidities as a result of unsafe abortion. This context motivated the pilot project described in this report. We detail the three-year, collaborative effort by the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot, Thailand, and a multidisciplinary team of North American reproductive health specialists to determine the feasibility of establishing a referral system for abortion care. We then present the outcomes of more than two dozen cases in which women from Burma who met the criteria for a safe, legal abortion were referred to a qualified and legal Thai providers.
To view the publication and pdf, please click here.
Summer Internship Opportunities with YLabs
March 2, 2017 / Tomomi Mori / News
Please see attached information on two opportunities coming up with YLabs, an Oakland based nonprofit that helps governments and local organizations design, evaluate and scale up new ways to improve young peoples' health and economic futures. Both are working on reproductive health projects and there is funding to support student travel to the field (India, Kenya, Rwanda).
For more information, please view the flyer here.
Job Opening: Senior Technical Coordinator, Jhpiego
February 26, 2017 / Tomomi Mori / News
Based in Baltimore, Maryland, the Senior Technical Coordinator will coordinate and support program, financial, contractual, monitoring and administrative functions for Gates Foundation funded Family Planning Special Projects within Jhpiego Technical Leadership Office's Family Planning and Reproductive Health (FPRH) Unit.
For more information on qualifications and requirements, follow this link.
Bixby Center led by Dr. Prata contributes to Family Planning High Impact Practices
Bixby Center's work, led by Dr. Ndola Prata contributes to Family Planning High Impact Practices' brief titled "Community Health Workers: Bringing family planning services to where people live and work".
Dr. Prata's work with community health workers in family planning is part of what FP2020 is recommending as a high impact practice to increase contraceptive use.
To view the brief by HIP, click here!
New Publication: Women's Limited Choice and Availability of Modern Contraception at Retail Outlets and Public-Sector Facilities in Luanda, Angola, 2012–2015
Dr. Ndola Prata and Bixby Research Specialist Karen Weidert have published an article in Global Health: Science and Practice
Title: Women's Limited Choice and Availability of Modern Contraception at Retail Outlets and Public-Sector Facilities in Luanda, Angola, 2012–2015
Authors: Benjamin Nieto-Andrade, Eva Fidel, Rebecca Simmons, Dana Sievers, Anya Fedorova, Suzanne Bell, Karen Weidert, Ndola Prata
Despite high rates of unintended pregnancy, access to a wide range of contraceptive methods, especially injectables and long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), is severely limited in both public and private facilities. Knowledge of contraceptive choices is likewise limited, yet a substantial proportion of women are not using their preferred method among the methods they know of.
To view the abstract and full pdf, click here!
Check out the new Innovations for Youth (I4Y) Website!
February 7, 2017 / Tomomi Mori / News
Innovations for Youth (I4Y) has a new website! Click here to check it out:
I4Y Website
About I4Y:
To address the many challenges adolescents face, Bixby Director Dr. Ndola Prada joined fellow School of Public Health faculty Dr. Colette (Coco) Auerswald (SPH) and Dr. Emily Ozer in co-founding Innovations for Youth (I4Y). I4Y focuses on the social determinants of health, health disparities, connectedness, and networks for adolescents through a multidisciplinary and multigenerational approach. Adolescent health is shaped by social and structural, as well as individual factors – economic inequality, stigma, and more. Policy must address this broad spectrum of health determinants. Unfortunately, the most at-risk populations including street and out-of-school youth, ethnic minorities, and immigrants tend to be hard to reach and are often those most ignored by policy and debate. Furthermore, recent improvements to childhood health globally will be wasted if adolescent health outcomes are neglected.
Coupling the Bixby Center's insights into adolescent reproductive health and behavior with expertise from other disciplines, I4Y strives to address these policy shortcomings and provide today's young people with best practices in health services designed to improve individual and population health and well-being to help youth and their communities thrive. I4Y allows for efficient and effective collaborative work to address the multidisciplinary nature of the issues facing adolescents and the complexities that some of the interventions may require. I4Y provides a platform to work on designing a blueprint for adolescent health – when, where, and with what message we can intervene to gain improvements in health outcomes.
For more information about I4Y, follow this link!
Dr. Ndola Prata partnering with Rwandan Ministry of Health and Rwandan Biomedical Center
Ndola Prata, Director of the Bixby Center and Co-Director of I4Y (Innovations for Youth), is partnering with the Rwandan Ministry of Health and Rwandan Biomedical Center to advance options to target youth access to reproductive health services.
Dr. Prata is currently collaborating with the Rwandan Biomedical Center in two districts, Huye and Musanze, to integrate family planning into primary health services for all women. Women coming to a health facility for any reason are offered family planning services and receive other reproductive health services in a single visit.
Examples of of entry service points at a health facility are maternity, ANC, HIV, etc. Next steps are to provide the same critical services to youth, by linking facility-based youth corners to youth centers. These changes to policy present significant advances for woman and youth in the country and serve as a model for the region.
Dr. Prata Speaks at United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Conference
January 30, 2017 / Tomomi Mori / News
On January 23, 2017, the University of California, Davis hosted the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Conference: Research to Action on the African Continent. The conference featured how academic institutions can play a role in delivering on the UN Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) in three key thematic areas: access to clean energy and water, sustainable food production, and healthy lives and well-being.
Our Director, Dr. Ndola Prata was a speaker at this conference representing UC Berkeley Bixby Center!
The conference focused on Africa and aimed to demonstrate in a concrete fashion and on an international stage how universities can foster interdisciplinary collaborations and solutions.
There was a diverse group of participants including faculty, staff, and students representing Colleges and Schools across the UC Davis campus and from partner institutions: UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, and Stanford University.
Please follow this link for the SDG Conference website: http://unsdg.ucdavis.edu/index.html and click here for the speaker bios: http://unsdg.ucdavis.edu/UN%20SDG%20Conference%20Bios.pdf


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Travis Davis Adds Fourth PDRA Pro Nitrous Motorcycle World Championship
Nate Van Wagnen
Three-time Drag 965 Pro Nitrous Motorcycle world champion Travis Davis didn't set out to chase the 2022 Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) title this season, but with hard work, smart calls, and a little luck, the Georgia native secured his fourth PDRA world championship. Davis won it on the strength of two event wins in four appearances at the five races the class attended
"Winning the championship was kind of unexpected, to be honest," Davis said. "To win four of them, I'm proud of our team and everybody that helps me. We really weren't focused on the championship, just trying to develop a new engine and take a little time off, but we managed to do it. We didn't go to the Ohio race, so any time you start skipping races, championships usually aren't in play. But the races we did show up at, we either won or went rounds and put ourselves in a position to do it. You try to win them all, but you've got pretty stiff competition to do that."
Gary Rowe photo
After qualifying No. 1 at the season-opening East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech at GALOT Motorsports Park, Davis sat out the DeCerbo Construction American Doorslammer Challenge presented by Callies at Summit Motorsports Park. He came back at the North vs. South Shootout presented by Line-X and Iron Man Quick Connect Push Bar at Maryland International Raceway, winning that race and the next event, the Drag 965 Summer Shootout presented by Classic Graphix at Virginia Motorsports Park.
The Virginia win was unexpected, as Davis didn't originally plan on running the race. Weather delays allowed Davis and his team, primarily wife Brandy and son Brayden, to make the trip from the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Eastern Conference Finals in Bristol, Tennessee, to VMP for the Summer Shootout.
"That was the gamechanger in the championship," Davis said. "The way things worked out, we saw that we could make it there in time to qualify and race. I didn't even have a can of gas or a spare motor, just had the bike in the trailer. Had we not done that, the championship definitely wouldn't have happened."
Weather plagued the next two races for the Pro Nitrous Motorcycle class as well. DragWars at GALOT was canceled due to Hurricane Ian, then persistent inclement weather forced the cancellation of the Proline Racing Brian Olson Memorial World Finals presented by ProCharger at VMP before the Pro Nitrous Motorcycle final could be completed. Davis lost in the semifinals, giving him no choice but to wait and see if defending world champion Chris Garner-Jones could beat Paul Gast in the final round. That was the only way Garner-Jones could pass Davis for the championship, but weather conditions didn't allow PDRA and VMP officials to prepare the track for that final or the other World Finals late rounds.
"I never really get very emotional about points or championships," said Davis, who thanked Brandy and Brayden, as well as supporters like Dan Wagner with DTM, Walt Timblin with Timblin Chassis, Steve Nichols with Maxx ECU, MTC, Paul Gast with Fast by Gast, Worldwide Bearings, and Monster Race Products. "If it's meant to be, it's meant to be. With the weather that was coming in and us having to get back for our son's schooling, we just had to leave [after losing in the semis Sunday night]. Me and Paul [Gast] butted heads in the second round and he went 3.99, I went 4.00, and he beat me by one thou at the stripe. He's tough, he's fast, and we are too."
Davis is still working out his plans for the 2023 season. He could choose to defend his championship, or he might give 16-year-old Brayden the chance to get his feet wet in Pro Nitrous Motorcycle. The third-generation drag bike racer is already riding his dad's Pro Mod-style bike in a 4.60 index class to prepare for a future PNM debut.
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"If he does start riding, he will be a major threat for the championship right off the get-go," Davis said. "He has the desire to win as bad as anybody I've ever seen. I think when the time comes and he does get on there, he'll find himself in the winner's circle pretty quick."
Garner-Jones, the championship runner-up, started his title defense season with a win at the East Coast Nationals. He suffered an uncharacteristic DNQ at the Maryland race, then bounced back by qualifying No. 1 and reaching the final round at the Summer Shootout.
The PDRA will celebrate Davis and the other 2022 world champions at the annual PDRA Awards Banquet on Friday, Dec. 9 during the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show in Indianapolis.
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Crime, Thrillers & Mystery > Thrillers
Fiction > Fiction in translation
Dear Child (Paperback)
Romy Hausmann (author), Jamie Bulloch (translator)
A family held captive by their father and a mother who may not be all that she seems, Dear Child is a uniquely haunting experience that constantly shifts the reader's perceptions as it moves towards a pulsating finale.
Waterstones Thriller of the Month for January 2021
A windowless shack in the woods. Lena's life and that of her two children follows the rules set by their captor, the father: meals, bathroom visits, study time are strictly scheduled and meticulously observed. He protects his family from the dangers lurking in the outside world and makes sure that his children will always have a mother to look after them.
One day Lena manages to flee - but the nightmare continues. It seems as if her tormentor wants to get back what belongs to him. And then there is the question whether she really is the woman called 'Lena', who disappeared without a trace over thirteen years ago. The police and Lena's family are all desperately trying to piece together a puzzle that doesn't quite seem to fit.
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
'A chilling, original and mesmerizing work. Hausmann is a force to be reckoned with. You can't stop reading' - David Baldacci
'A peerless exercise in suspense . . . Whether treated as a study in trauma and identity or a dark, well-crafted crime narrative from multiple perspectives, it is a nail-biting fare' - Barry Forshaw, Financial Times
'Claustrophobic, terrifying and fiercely compelling, this is heartbreaking' - Daily Mail
'Dear Child is an accomplished thriller, beautifully written, intriguing and very compelling' - Peter James
'I read Dear Child in one sitting, holding my breath. Such a gripping, suspenseful and beautifully written debut. I loved it!' - Jo Spain, author of The Confession
'Hausmann makes you care about her characters even while they keep you guessing' - Sunday Express
'Told from multiple viewpoints which gives a satisfying complexity . . . An intelligent and original book' - Sunday Independent
'Equal parts mystery, thriller and family story . . . [A] tantalizingly disturbing debut . . . the overall experience is as enthralling as it is thought-provoking. Hausmann creates a dark solar system studded with twinkling stars . . . At the core of Dear Child is the constant hope that characters will be drawn back to people who mean the most to them, no matter how far apart they've been pulled. That glint of optimism is the light guiding readers as they fly through this book' - New York Times
'German bestseller Dear Child by Romy Hausmann is tipped to be one of the UK's must-reads of the summer' - S Magazine
'One of the best thrillers I've read this year. Flawlessly plotted with a pace that refuses to let the reader come up for air - not that you'd want to' - Stephanie Wrobel, author of The Recovery of Rose Gold
'Wow! Such a disturbingly good read. Romy's knack of getting under a character's skin is impressive. I loved it' - Lesley Kara, author of The Rumour
'If you read only one thriller this year, choose this one. Room meets Gone Girl in this gripping novel, which will haunt you long after the last page' - Alice Feeney, author of Sometimes I Lie
'Outstanding . . . The multiple points of view and numerous plot twists sustain the breakneck pacing, but the book's real power lies in the author's insightful and sensitive portrayal of the characters involved in the tragedy. This darkly disturbing thriller definitely marks Hausmann as a writer to watch.' - Publishers Weekly
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Apple File System
What is the Relocated Items folder on macOS Catalina?
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What is the Relocated Items folder on macOS Catalina and do you need it? Here's the scoop on this new folder you see after your upgrade.
Full Fusion Drive compatibility with boot support is coming 'very soon' to Apple File System
Apple File System will soon be updated with support for the company's Fusion Drive technology. Details should be shared at Apple's developer-only event scheduled to kick off June 4.
macOS High Sierra 10.13 Supplemental Update fixes Keychain & APFS Disk Utility vulnerabilities
by Christian Zibreg on October 5, 2017 — 15 comments
That must be the fastest fix from Apple we've ever seen.
macOS High Sierra's Disk Utility exposes passwords of encrypted APFS volumes
Passwords of encrypted APFS volumes can be revealed in plain text in Disk Utility.
What you need to know about transitioning to APFS in macOS High Sierra
by Christian Zibreg on August 30, 2017 — 16 comments
macOS High Sierra comes with the new Apple File System (APFS). When you install the software update this fall, you won't be able to opt-out of the transition to APFS.
100+ new features in macOS High Sierra
by Andrew O'Hara on August 17, 2017 — 13 comments
One of the biggest yet largely unseen updates, macOS High Sierra brings many new features to Mac users. iDownloadBlog takes a closer look at some of the biggest changes in High Sierra, with an accompanying hands-on video from Andrew and the non-exhaustive list of everything that's new.
Apple brings APFS to macOS High Sierra
by Anthony Bouchard on June 5, 2017 — 6 comments
Apple has announced that macOS High Sierra will support APFS on all supported Macs.
How Apple's next-generation file system will make your data more secure across platforms
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Apple's efforts on adding even stronger security to its software platforms is coming to light with news that the company is introducing a brand new file system with "encryption as a primary feature". Called the Apple File System (APFS), the new feature is optimized for flash-based storage and engineered to "scale from an Apple Watch to a Mac Pro".
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Hudson County Postal Employee Accused of Stealing Identities to Defraud Insurance Companies
By kcora on March 28, 2017 at 1:20 pm EDT
Hudson County Jersey City
Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP) announced today that a U.S. postal employee from Hudson County has been charged with using the stolen identities of postal employees and others to file fraudulent insurance claims for jewelry and other items he falsely declared stolen.
Kayson Allen, 33, of Jersey City, was indicted on second-degree charges of insurance fraud, identity theft, and trafficking in stolen identities for allegedly obtaining the personal information of others and using it to manufacture phony identification cards and file four fraudulent insurance claims totaling more than $14,000.
He was also indicted on third-degree charges of theft by deception and attempted theft by deception in the indictment handed up by a state grand jury in Trenton on Friday.
Allen, a janitorial employee of the United States Postal Service (USPS) who worked in the Trenton Processing and Distribution Center, allegedly manufactured a cache of fraudulent identities using information stolen from personnel records at the Trenton facility.
According to prosecutors, the investigation into Allen's alleged criminal activities began when he was stopped by US Customs and Border Protection officers while trying to re-entry into the United States after a one-day trip to Canada in September 2013. A subsequent investigation revealed that Allen possessed more than 50 documents containing personal identifying information of other individuals, including Social Security numbers, falsified drivers licenses, insurance policy applications, bills and bank account information, without authorization. The case was referred to the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor early last year.
The indictment charges Allen with falsely assuming the identity of five of those individuals, including one current and three former postal employees, to defraud various insurance companies between September 1, 2012 and September 19, 2013.
Allen allegedly used the identities of the three postal workers and another person to obtain four fraudulent insurance policies in their names. He then submitted a false claim on each of the policies for thefts that never occurred.
The details of the alleged claims are as follows:
A claim filed with American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida seeking $7,750 for jewelry purportedly stolen during a robbery in Camden, NJ.
A claim filed with American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida seeking $1,387 for an iPhone and a "Joe Rodeo" watch purportedly stolen in Clearwater, Florida.
A claim filed with Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance seeking approximately $2,800 for a watch and money purportedly stolen in Tampa, Florida.
A claim filed with Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company seeking $2,327 for a gold rope chain and medallion purportedly stolen in Niagara Falls.
All but the claim to Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance were paid.
Second-degree crimes carry a sentence of five to 10 years in state prison and a criminal fine of up to $150,000; third-degree crimes carry a sentence of three to five years in state prison and a criminal fine of up to $15,000.
Acting Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Iu noted that some important cases have started with anonymous tips. People who are concerned about insurance cheating and have information about a fraud can report it anonymously by calling the toll-free hotline at 1-877-55-FRAUD, or visiting the Web site at www.NJInsurancefraud.org. State regulations permit a reward to be paid to an eligible person who provides information that leads to an arrest, prosecution and conviction for insurance fraud.


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ACM Curated Show Kellogg Gallery Step into a magical garden of whimsy, meander along the path among handmade ceramic totems measuring from 3' to 5' tall, all gracefully accompanied by photorealistic botanical paintings. Featuring totem artists: Peggy Bishop (New Orleans, LA), Laurie Landry (St. Petersburg, FL), Leigh Taylor Mickelson (Ossining, NY), and Kimberly Miller (Leesburg, FL); as well as Acrylic Painter Susan Martin, (Merritt Island, FL). Serenaded by the comforting babble of water fountains and meditation bells, you'll be swept…
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Searle Gallery "I have a cinematic mind that doesn't see arbitrary distinctions or boundaries between music (audio) and painting (visual) or writing (mental). But I do feel an impulsion to share what I hear, see, feel and think which I find so involving and inspiring. Time is not relevant because the spirituality of the art and humanities transcend that materials concept. The arts tend towards a universality that does not include ages, races or any material limitations.
12 x 12 Open Juried Show
Reid Hodges Gallery An all media open juried exhibition limited to works where the OUTSIDE dimensions are 12 x 12 (not larger or smaller but 12x12), whether framed or unframed. What does 12 x 12 mean? 12 inches x 12 inches or 12cm x 12cm or 12mm x 12mm. (Sorry, we can't accommodate 12 feet or yards!) On 3D pieces, two of the OUTSIDE dimensions are 12 by 12, the third can vary, as in a 12" round ceramic plate…
Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Aqueous Exhibit
Kellogg & Searle Galleries Juror: Dean Mitchell Formed in 1983, the Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society represents more than 200 members, many of whom have achieved statewide and national recognition for their works; it serves members who live along the Florida Gulf coast. FSWS was formed to foster the advancement of and promote excellence in the art of watercolor painting. Our intent is to inform and educate through exhibitions, lectures and painting demonstrations as to the best work currently being done…
Island Gallery West Curated Show
Reid Hodges Gallery IGW Curated Show In April 1990, Island Gallery West was created by a small core group of local artists on Florida's Anna Maria Island. Our gallery has evolved into a successful artists' cooperative of nearly thirty members. We offer paintings, drawings, photographs, mixed media, ceramic arts, pottery, decorative tiles, jewelry, glass mosaics and much more. The work of a different artist or group is featured each month. Snack Time by Sue Bokos


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Visual Crash Studio (VCS) is an unique tool for the pre-design stage of product development. In order to optimally use the software capabilities it is important fully understand the specificity of VCS usage, its characteristic workflow and its application in the overall design process.
Visual Crash Studio environment enables constant verification of the model. The advantage of VCS application is the fact that calculation of a solution can be performed at each modelling stage. First calculations start at the cross section level. Subsequent calculation can be performed as each part of the structure is created. In case of simple structure calculation time should not exceed several dozen of seconds. If the structure is advanced the time required for calculation should not exceed several minutes. This way a final simulation is performed for verified and complete structure.
The approach of parallel modelling and analysis is optimal for the VCS workflow. Thanks to the very short calculation time (seconds to minutes compared to hours in FE solvers) this design process is very efficient. In consequence, VCS is recommended to be used in the pre-design stage of product development, where possibility of fast verifications and adjustments of the designed construction are essential.
As software designed for the pre-design stage, VCS does not compete with FE methodology solvers but can and should be used as their complement. VCS gives the possibility to develop, verify and optimize a construction concept with accurate crash analysis. Basing on this concept a detailed construction can be created, and additional detailed calculations conducted (with the use of FE methodology).
Using VCS in the pre-design stage of a project gives the benefit of avoiding time and cost–consuming major modifications is later stages of product development.
The company Impact Design Europe is glad to inform you about the development of Visual Crash Studio.
Please feel welcome to share with us all your comments and suggestions. We will try to meet your expectations in the future versions of VCS software.
In the newest version of Visual Crash Studio, VCS 4.0 available since spring 2017, you will find several new functionalities improving the user friendliness of our software.
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PM Visits Mojave's Burgeoning Private Spaceport
At the Mojave Air and Space Port out in California, spacecraft builders like Scaled Composites, XCOR, and Masten Space Systems are hard at work testing the next-generation private vehicles. PM paid a visit to this hub of the private space industry.
By Michael Belfiore
Michael Belfiore
The sign at the entrance to the Mojave Air and Space Port says "imagination flies here." The motto fits this collection of World War II–era hangars and outbuildings with two control towers and four airstrips in the middle of the California Desert.
In 2004, the airport became a spaceport when a three-seat rocket-powered airplane built by a company called Scaled Composites and designed by its founder and CEO Burt Rutan became the first civilian-built craft to leave Earth's atmosphere. But Rutan and his ilk put themselves on the aerospace map long before SpaceShipOne took flight, and now they're trying to make Mojave one of the most important points in the growing commercial space industry.
Recently we got to visit Mojave, where models of both SpaceShipOne and Voyager—the Rutan-designed craft that became the first to fly around the world nonstop without refueling—reside in Legacy Park. But what we'd come to see was SpaceShipTwo, the new spaceship currently in development for Virgin Galactic (though we weren't allowed to take pictures of it.)
The new ship has begun atmospheric test flights, launched into free fall from its WhiteKnightTwo mother ship at 50,000 feet. Both vehicles—SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo—were in various states of disassembly on our visit—the mother ship for its annual inspection and overhaul, the spaceship with its mid-section open to the ceiling, awaiting installation of its nitrous-oxide tank and solid-fuel rocket motor. Scaled is notoriously cagey about its test-flight schedule, but word is the spaceship could begin powered flights by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, another winged spaceship was getting ready for flight from Mojave: the Lynx, being built by XCOR Aerospace, which was founded by Rotary Rocket alums. CEO Jeff Greason, who doesn't like to tie himself to schedules either, says he hopes to see air under the landing gear by year end. So far the company has built and successfully test-fired one of the four identical 2850-pound-thrust rocket motors that will power the Lynx, is completing design work on the vehicle, and is awaiting delivery of major structural elements.
Where SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo rely on a carrier airplane to drop them from high altitude for launch, Lynx is designed to take off from the runway under its own rocket power. Engines powered by liquid oxygen and kerosene, providing greater efficiency than the SpaceShips' solid-fuel and nitrous-oxide mix, should make it possible. Like the SpaceShips, Lynx is designed for suborbital flight, just above 62 miles in altitude.
There's a vast difference in size as well. Think of SpaceShipTwo as a kind of space minivan, with seats for six passengers and two pilots. Lynx is more of a sports car, with room for only a pilot and passenger sitting side by side or a pilot and an experiment package.
The third class of rockets under development at Mojave includes the vertical takeoff/vertical landers designed, built, and flown by Masten Space Systems. The newest of the three companies we visited in Mojave, its founders (including former Bay Area IT engineer Dave Masten) were inspired to get into rockets when they stopped by the XCOR hangar during the SpaceShipOne flights.
Now this team of a dozen or so engineers and technicians is busy building a series of increasingly faster and higher-flying liquid-fuel rockets, each essentially a collection of propellant tanks, plumbing, legs, guidance system, and rocket motor attached to a metal frame. Their latest, called Xaero, is designed for flight to 5 kilometers of altitude (a little more than three miles) and return to pinpoint landings. Masten got on NASA's radar when it competed in and eventually won the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. Now it, along with XCOR, Virgin Galactic, and others, is contracted for NASA-sponsored suborbital research flights.
Long Time Coming
Things don't come quickly in the commercial space race, and not all of the dreams birthed at Mojave fully take flight. Dominating Legacy Park is the conical Roton Atmospheric Test Vehicle, or ATV, which was designed by Rotary Rocket. Former military pilots Marti Sarigul-Klijn and Brian Binnie (who later piloted SpaceShipOne) flew the thing on a trio of test flights during which the craft was lifted a few dozen feet off the ground by whirling helicopter blades tipped with rocket motors. It was to be the first series of tests of a new single-stage-to-orbit spacecraft. Instead it became the last when Rotary went bust.
Nevertheless, the builders at Mojave are an undeniably patient and persistent lot. Consider the newest project that will take shape there: Stratolaunch.
Nearly 10 years ago, Burt Rutan told Mojave airport general manager Stu Witt, an ex–fighter pilot with the patience of a desert coyote, that he wanted to build the world's largest airplane and fly high-altitude rocket launches with it from the airport. Witt set in motion a step-by-step plan to widen runways and acquire a possible hangar site. Then last month the moment came, when Paul Allen, the financier behind SpaceShipOne, announced that, you guessed it, Scaled Composites would build the world's largest aircraft under the name Stratolaunch and take off from Mojave for high-altitude rocket launches.
How did this come as a surprise after a decade of preparation? It helps to build in the middle of nowhere.
"What drove Orville and Wilbur to Kitty Hawk in 1893," Witt told PM, "was freedom from encroachment of the press, freedom from industrial espionage, and a steady breeze. The fact that we were able to keep this under wraps for nearly nine years says that we still enjoy the three elements that took Orville and Wilbur to Kitty Hawk."
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The Canadian pavilion houses Canada's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

Background

Organization and building

The Canadian pavilion was designed by the Italian architects BBPR and erected between 1956 and 1957. Its architecture is more distinct than the nearby pavilions. Inside, its rooms unfold in a spiral of open and closed spaces.

The nation has been participating in the international exhibition since 1952. The National Gallery of Canada took over the Venice selection process from the Canada Council in 2010.

Representation by year
Since 1952 Canada has been represented at every Venice Biennale.

 1952 — Emily Carr, David Milne, Goodridge Roberts, Alfred Pellan
 1954 — B C Binning, Paul-Émile Borduas, Jean-Paul Riopelle
 1956 — Jack Shadbolt, Louis Archambault, Harold Town
 1958 — James Wilson Morrice, Jacques de Tonnancour, Anne Kahane, Jack Nichols
 1960 — Edmund Alleyn, Graham Coughtry, Jean Paul Lemieux, Frances Loring, Albert Dumouchel
 1962 — Jean-Paul Riopelle
 1964 — Harold Town, Elza Mayhew
 1966 — Alex Colville, Yves Gaucher, Sorel Etrog
 1968 — Ulysse Comtois, Guido Molinari
 1970 — Michael Snow
 1972 — Gershon Iskowitz, Walter Redinger
 1976 — Greg Curnoe
 1978 — Ron Martin, Henry Saxe
 1980 — Collin Campbell, Pierre Falardeau & Julien Poulin, General Idea, Tom Sherman, Lisa Steele
 1982 — Paterson Ewen
 1984 — Ian Carr-Harris, Liz Magor
 1986 — Melvin Charney, Krzysztof Wodiczko
 1988 — Roland Brener, Michel Goulet
 1990 — Geneviève Cadieux
 1993 — Robin Collyer
 1995 — Edward Poitras
 1997 — Rodney Graham
 1999 — Tom Dean
 2001 — Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller
 2003 — Jana Sterbak
 2005 — Rebecca Belmore
 2007 — David Altmejd
 2009 — Mark Lewis
 2011 — Steven Shearer
 2013 — Shary Boyle
 2015 — BGL
 2017 — Geoffrey Farmer
 2019 — Isuma
 2021 — Stan Douglas
 2024 — Kapwani Kiwanga (curator: Gaëtane Verna)

References

Bibliography

Further reading

External links

National pavilions
Canadian contemporary art

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Mighty Antanas. My findings on the most important Principal Judge Assassin are indeed a track of hatred and vengeance. It appears he must have loathed the act of physical struggle as much as he hated the Rhogar itself and thus wished for his fights to be short and lethal in the first place.
Judge Assassin is a Lore audiobook in Lords of The Fallen. This audiobook is part of the Greater Powers collection. Finding these audiobooks gives the player insight into the game's story and lore, and is necessary for completing certain Trophies and Achievements.
NG+ /Near first empty bottle location. In place where you need to roll under doors to access chest.


For children the Internet is an exciting place to explore. There are many benefits for improving learning, developing social skills and for showing a window on the world which as parents we did not have when we were young.
The school has a wide range of resources that protect children from teaching children how to be safe, having Internet filters, and many well established procedures and policies.
However, like teaching children how to cross roads, we all have our part in making sure that everyone is safe. From supervising and talking to children when they are on the computer, to 'Friending' them when they are old enough to have a social network site parents can help.
In many cases parents feel that they know less than their children about computers and the Internet. To help there is plenty of advice that can be found by clicking here and by following the various links.
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Harland Squat Stands are essential for any serious lifter, named after the Harland & Wolff cranes here in Belfast. Come with heavy duty H-base with upright/socket design. Most stands are either too flimsy or too cumbersome to maneuver around. We opted for a low profile design with a small footprint and added wheels for easy movement around the gym. Our stands come with wheels allowing them to be easily moved by one person.


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Where will I arrive following a great circle route?
I am standing on a perfect unit sphere. I can describe any point on the surface in terms of longitude and latitude because I arbitrarily marked a "North Pole" and "Prime Meridian" on the surface.
Suppose I select a non-polar point and turn to face a selected direction. If I were to walk in that direction following a great circle route for some angular distance, where would I arrive? (Walking 360° would take me back to where I started.)
For example, "Starting at 53°N 3°E, facing 80° clockwise from North, where would I arrive if I traveled 200° along this great circle?"
Note: I excluded the poles because facing in a particular direction is ambiguous. I am happy if a simpler formula doesn't work at these two points and I have to take a step to the left before calculating.
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$\begingroup$ "I excluded the poles because facing in a particular direction is ambiguous." I'd say it's the opposite. At a pole the direction you're facing corresponds directly to a longitude. $\endgroup$ – Peter Taylor Apr 18 '19 at 9:34
$\begingroup$ @PeterTaylor Say I'm at the south pole and I turn to face 10° clockwise from north. I walk 20° around that great circle. Where am I? $\endgroup$ – billpg Apr 18 '19 at 9:38
$\begingroup$ "Clockwise from North" is a useless way of naming the direction, but if you're at the South Pole and you turn $10^\circ$ clockwise from the Prime Meridian and walk $20^\circ$ you're at 10E 70S. $\endgroup$ – Peter Taylor Apr 18 '19 at 10:14
$\begingroup$ @PeterTaylor I am open to rewording my question. What I need is way to express any given great circle route that will work anywhere on the sphere. "Clockwise from north" works starting from the whole sphere except the two poles. "Clockwise from the prime meridian" only works if you are starting from the prime meridian. $\endgroup$ – billpg Apr 18 '19 at 10:32
The easiest way of thinking of a great circle is often as the intersection of a plane through the origin with the surface of the sphere. To orient it you can pick one of its polars. So one way of thinking about your problem is that you can break it down to two operations:
Convert your representation of location and facing into a polar.
Rotate the location around (the axis from the origin to) that polar by the given distance.
Given your description of your representation, I think that what you want to do is take a polar of the great circle through your position and the North Pole, rotate that polar around your position, and then rotate the position around the rotated polar.
If your position is given as latitude $\varphi$ and longitude $\theta$, the initial polar would be $(0, \theta - 90^\circ)$. It's probably easiest to do the rotations in Cartesian coordinates and then convert back to lat/long.
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You can use Spherical Trigonometry.
The convention in spherical trigonometry is that the coordinates of a point are its longitude $\theta$ and co-latitude $\phi$. The co-latitude is zero at the north pole and $90^{\circ}$ at the equator, unlike geographical latitude, which is $90^{\circ}$ at the north pole and zero at the equator.
In the figure, let's suppose that the north pole is at $A$ and your starting position is $B$, identified by its longitude $\theta_B$ and co-latitude $c=\phi_B$. Your heading is $B$, and you move through an angle $a$. We want to find the longitude and co-latitude of your final position $C$. To do so, we can start with one form of the spherical law of cosines:
$$\cos b = \cos a \cos c + \sin a \sin c \cos B$$
We know all the values on the right-hand side of the equation, so we can compute $\cos b$, and from that, $b$. Another form of the law of cosines, simply switching vertices, is $$\cos a = \cos b \cos c + \sin b \sin c \cos A$$ which we can solve for $\cos A$: $$\cos A = \frac{\cos a - \cos b \cos c}{\sin b \sin c}$$ Since we have already found the value of $b$, we again know the values of all the variables on the right-hand side, so we can compute $\cos A$ and $A$.
The end result is that the co-latitude of $C$ is $b$, and its longitude is $\theta_B + A$.
If you are not familiar with spherical trigonometry, one book is Spherical Trigonometry: For the use of colleges and schools by I. Todhunter (1886), which I think is available in hard copy from Amazon or for free in electronic form from Project Gutenberg.
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One of the perks of running a large thrift store is being able to attend the annual NARTS conference(National Association of Resale and Thrift Stores — could there be a worse acronym? Sounds like a disease!), held this year held in Indianapolis. The workshops themselves are always great learning experiences, and every year I return with more great ideas than my brain will hold. Being a closet introvert, I also come home every year with a little pang of regret that I didn't use more of my downtime getting to know some of the other participants. This year, however was different.
For starters, I was thrust into the spotlight on the first day of the conference in what is now known as "The Nightmare in Indianapolis." Those who know me well may say it was one of those things that could only happen to me.
I arrived in Indianapolis on Thursday evening, and after registering, went to my room for a relaxing night of reading, watching TV and sleeping without being sandwiched between two dogs. I set my clock for 7 a.m. – plenty of time to be ready for the 8 a.m. start of the conference. I slept well, and was awakened by what I first thought was the most obnoxious alarm clock I'd ever heard. It was not: It was, in fact an actual fire alarm accompanied by the directive to proceed to the nearest stairway and exit the building.
Believing this was a true emergency, I ran down the seven flights of steps in my (very modest) men's PJs topped by the very stylish terry cloth hotel robe found in the closet. I had the presence of mind to grab my purse, but not to put on the pair of flip-flops I practically tripped over leaving my room. In my bleary-eyed, semi-awake state, I failed to notice until I got outside the hotel, that every one of the 300+ conference participants was bright-eyed, busy-tailed and FULLY DRESSED. Why you may ask? Please, let me tell you. It is because it was 8:45 and all of my peers had been at a workshop for a full 45 minutes. I later discovered that my alarm hadn't gone off because I had inadvertantly set it for 7 p.m. instead of a.m. (I am currently writing what I hope will become law, that all alarm clock manufacturers must comply with having the "lightdot" correspond with p.m. and leave the a.m. dot-free as God and nature intended).
The next five minutes were garishly real and yet I hoped against hope that maybe I really was in some sort of wierd dream-state. I tried as best I could to hide my face and begged the people around me to look away, for my unedited morning state is not how I wanted to introduce myself to this NARTS group that would become my family for the next five days. When the all-clear was announced (someone apparently pulled the fire alarm as a prank), I took the elevator back to the 7th floor, head down the whole way, only to discover I had locked my room key in the room.
There was absolutely no way I was going back downstairs, and fortunately, the two women staying in the room next door let me use their phone to call the front desk. I use the word "fortunately" lightly; turns out these two women were two of the conference leaders who couldn't even keep a straight face as they promised me this incident would not become NARTS legend.
Finally relaxing, I took out my notebook and pen, anxious to get on with the learning. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed the women on either side of me smiling, pointing and nodding their heads in my direction. Soon, people throughout the room were casting glances my way, not even trying to hide their smiles and — it seemed to me — looks of pity. In situations like this, a person can do one of two things: ignore it and let it die a natural death, or look the tiger in the eye.
I am a tiger-looker. Call it stupidity, call it bravery, call it experience: I usually choose to accentuate the obvious and put everything on the table. Raising myself slightly out of my chair (in case I was misreading the situation), I put my hand in the air and was acknowledged by a small groundswell of laughter, cheers and applause.
I am now part of the NARTS legacy, forever to be known as the woman in the pajamas. I also became incredibly popular: for the first time in my life, people were asking me to join them, to be part of their group, to be their friend. And what friends I made! Watch for Part II to see why you are never too old…to be young again.
Easy enough. When my turn came, I went into the booth, changed into shorts and a tank, put my goggles on and pushed the button. As I said, I have never been in a stand-up tanning booth, so I didn't know what to expect. As the room began to heat up, I was puzzled by the lack of direct light. Not sure how the tanning rays were reaching my body, I decided my best course of action was to expose as much skin as possible by assuming a straddle position with my hands on my hips in a sort of super-hero pose. At this point, I was beginning to think mayber the tanner was broken, but I assumed maybe it was new technology that used some sort of indirect rays. For 12 minutes, I stood facing the mirror — fists on hips, goggles in place — and sang all the words I could remember to the "Mighty Mouse" theme song: "Here I come to save the day! That means that Mighty Mouse is on his way!" I felt ridiculous, but was rewarded by Paige telling me when I came out that she thought I looked like I gotten some color, or at least that my face was really red. Fast forward to a week later.
I was driving Paige somewhere with one of her countless friends in the car, when I mentioned that I probably wouldn't tan again since I didn't see the slightest evidence of anything close to a tan. "I really think the thing was broken," I said to Paige. "There was no light in the room, except what was coming through the little slats on the back wall of the booth." Paige paused before asking me this question: "Mom, was there a door in the tanning booth?" "There was a bench, and a mirror," I said, "and I think maybe a door leading to a closet or something." At this point, Paige and her friend began laughing so hard, it took several minutes for her spit out the following words.
I am honored. I am humbled. Oh, let's face it: I am hooked. Really? Did it really only take four comments — from friends and family, no less — to turn me into a blogabishonist? Am I that shallow, that hungry for praise and accolades, that…vain? Yes! Yes! and Yes!
Perhaps there's another way to look at this. Maybe blogging from time to time (okay, so this is my second post today, but it's opening day, right?) will allow me to free my mind of my own frivolous blather, thereby leaving more room to listen to others. And I do sometimes make myself laugh with my own foolishness (aka idiocy), so maybe I can also bring a smile to somone who needs it. I am a firm believer that laughter really is the best medicine, even when you don't know what needs to be cured.
On that note, let me just say to all my fans, "You like me! You really like me!" Also a shout-out from Paige, who will be mortified when I tell her I used the word "Shout-out." Maybe my next post (if I can gather my courage, because this one, gentle readers, may well take the blue ribbon in a long history of prize winning stupid Linda stories) will tell the tale of the tanning booth, the goggles and the super hero pose. Stay tuned, and keep the love coming at me.
Okay, let's set the record straight from the beginning. I am being thrust into blog world by my beloved daughter, Jodi, who — despite her very busy life as wife and mother of my three very beautiful granddaughters (all 3 years and under!) — has found that blogging greatly enriches her life. I have no such expectations. In fact, were I not right now tied to a chair in Jodi's dining room with my fingers superglued to the keyboard, this entry would never be taking place.
Lest you get the wrong impression, let me tell you that I am not against journaling, and understand why so many are drawn to putting their innermost thoughts and dreams to paper (er, screen). In fact, as a former newspaper reporter and writer, I have always loved the feeling of finding exactly the right words to say what you want to say. There is also frustration, as I just recalled vividly after erasing the last five l lines I wrote.
I can even imagine the fun it would be to have someone – a stranger to whom you've given a fleeting glimpse of your soul through something you've written — give feedback (hopefully, something positive) to what you've said. As a writer, seeing my by-line was always a thrill, but the greater pleasure was having a reader drop me a note to comment on a story.
If I'm being honest (to quote my hero and secret crush, Simon Cowell), my problem with blogging is born of the fear that, like my beloved Jodi, I too will become obsessed (sorry Jodes), leaving me with an even greater time deficit than I have now.
So this, my maiden voyage into blogland, may also be my last for quite a while. In fact, I'm practically certain I may never blog again. Except that who else but me has my perspective on life. And mightn't it even be considered selfish for me to keep all my quirky thoughts on life to myself? In fact, what kind of a human being would I be to leave so much unsaid.
Like I said at the beginning. I love to blog. I was born to blog. And God willing, this will be the first of many. Now Jodi, will you please untie me and pry my fingers loose?


Copyrights are assigned for various years to Davis Publications, Inc. (there's no copyright for the german original item to be found).
Apparent first printing ("Printed in Germany 1986" is stated on the copyright page).
Month of publication from Science Fiction Media, #33 (February 1987).


When push-ups are mentioned, first thing that comes to mind is probably chest training. Push ups are primarily a chest exercise, but with a little modification they can become a very good exercise for your arms and shoulders.
Regular pushups do work your arms to a lesser degree, but push up variants such as the biceps push up or the diamond pushup target your triceps and biceps more.
Do these two exercises 2 to 3 times a week to build your arms.
1. Place your hands shoulder-width apart on the floor. Drop to your knees or support yourself on your toes. Bring your right hand in 3-5 inches toward your left hand. Bring your left hand in 3-5 inches toward your right hand to do inside pushups.
Now your hands should be about 2 inches apart. Diamond pushups will hit your triceps harder.
2. Straighten your spine and tuck your hips. Your torso should be parallel to the floor with your arms perpendicular to your shoulders. Squeeze your abs to stabilize your torso.
3. Rotate your elbows so that they are pointing toward your feet. Bend your arms and lower yourself toward the floor. Keep your elbows pointing backward so they brush your sides as you go down.
4. Press your arms straight again and raise your body up again. Do 20 to 40 push-ups, rest for a minute, and then do a second set.
1. Get in a regular push up position. Your legs should be straight and you should support yourself on your toes.
2. Point your hand fingers outwards to an angle of about 45 degrees.
3. Lower yourself while squeezing your biceps and come back up. Exhale on your way up.


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At the end of UFC 155, we had a brand new UFC heavyweight champion that looked like he had just finished a few rounds of sparring, whereas the former champ barely even resembled what he'd looked like before the bout.
Cain Velasquez put a beatdown on Junior dos Santos, the man who beat him to win the title in November of 2011. The Brazilian not only suffered his first loss inside the Octagon, he also lost his world title along with any chance at an immediate rematch.
Following their first meeting, there were plenty of fans backing Velasquez for a rematch right away due to the "lucky punch" argument. Velasquez admittedly came into the bout hurt and believed he wasn't himself. It sure looked that way as Velasquez was very tentative and it allowed dos Santos the opening to land a thundering overhand right.
It was a convincing victory for dos Santos, but as is the case with any quick knockout, the term fluke suddenly pops up in more discussions. Despite the fact that dos Santos has knocked out every opponent he's faced outside of Roy Nelson and Shane Carwin, fans still believed his victory over Velasquez was nothing more than just a fluke.
Coming into UFC 155, dos Santos looked to dispel that theory but instead found himself standing in front of a buzz saw. Velasquez came out aggressive from the start and even scored a knockdown of the champion in the first five minutes.
The dominance wouldn't end there as Velasquez continued to push the pace each round en route to a dominant unanimous decision victory against dos Santos. Velasquez kept the pressure on dos Santos throughout the contest and the Brazilian was left with nothing but the hope of a lucky punch ending the night.
But now that Velasquez is champion once more, where does the UFC go from here?
UFC President Dana White seemed against giving dos Santos an immediate rematch and I agree with him. Dos Santos was controlled in every facet of the game from bell to bell. It seemed as if he didn't respect Velasquez's striking, as he came out with his hands low and was knocked down after a huge right hand. As the minutes wore on, dos Santos' face began to swell more and more, yet he kept looking for the lucky punch. That punch never came as Velasquez would either hold him against the cage or take him down.
With no answers for Velasquez's offense, dos Santos will need to impress in his next outing if he wants to receive a quick rematch. It would be a tough sell for the UFC if dos Santos doesn't look dominant in his next fight. White and UFC matchmaker Joe Silva are likely hoping Alistair Overeem makes it past Antonio Silva at UFC 156 so they can avoid having to make a decision about a rematch.
Overeem had actually already earned a title shot due to his win over Brock Lesnar, but a failed drug test caused him to be placed on suspension. It will be Overeem's first time in the Octagon since December of 2011, and as long as he makes it past Silva, there should be no doubt about who the No. 1 contender is.
Even though dos Santos will need some time to mend from his injuries and win his next bout, he won't be removed from the title picture, especially if Velasquez drops the title. Even with Velasquez as champion, dos Santos eventually will get a rematch and a chance to win his belt back. After all, Velasquez got his after winning one bout, and he only lasted 64 seconds the first time out; dos Santos at least made it through 25 minutes of getting his face pounded in.
Photo: Cain Velasquez (L) dismantled Junior dos Santos at UFC 155 (Esther Lin/MMA Fighting)
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It's been a quarter of a century of travel, adventures, thrills and spills! "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness. Broad, wholesome, charitable views cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime," Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, 1867.
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Precision health promises to transform the way Canadians receive medical care. In the near future, doctors may be able to precisely diagnose symptoms based on a patient's unique genetic makeup and offer them tailor-made treatments that can save the patient's life.
To help make that possibility a reality, the Government of Canada announced two new major investments in genomics research totalling $255 million from federal and provincial governments, as well as research institutions and private sector partners.
The federal Minister of Science, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, made the announcements at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, where she highlighted a $162 million investment through Genome Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and co-funding partners, in 15 genomics and precision health projects across Canada.
The projects funded at SickKids will provide targeted treatments for children with brain cancer and will transform treatment for children living with arthritis. The funding also supports a targeted initiative to address health challenges facing Indigenous populations, improving diagnostic outcomes for Indigenous children that have genetic diseases.
Minister Duncan also announced a second major investment to support advanced genomics technology platforms across the country. These technology platforms support the development of improved technologies that underpin research advances in health, agriculture and natural resources. A total of $93 million is being invested in 10 platforms nationwide, with $45 million in federal funding through Genome Canada and an additional $48 million from other sources.
The combined totals of these two investments will provide researchers with access to cutting-edge tools, technologies and services while furthering the Government of Canada's goal to strengthen and support the country's scientific community.
The precision health project teams represent the successful applicants of Genome Canada's 2017 Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition: Genomics and Precision Health, a partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
The genomics technology platforms investments are the result of Genome Canada's 2016 Genomics Technology Platforms – Operations Support and Technology Development Funds competition.
Research that examines the science from the perspective of social sciences and humanities is a key component of every Large- Scale Applied Research Program project. This essential research element is designed to support the development and application of genomics research that maximizes benefits for patients and minimizes risks.


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Study Suggests Acupuncture May be Better Than No Acupuncture, Sham Acupuncture for Treatment of Chronic Pain
Written by JAMA Report
Published in Acupuncture
The treatment of chronic pain
An analysis of patient data from 29 randomized controlled trials suggests that acupuncture may be better than no acupuncture or sham acupuncture for the treatment of some chronic pain, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.
Acupuncture, the practice of inserting and stimulating needles at specific points on the body, is widely used for chronic pain, although controversy remains about its value, according to the study background.
The individual patient data meta-analyses conducted by Andrew J. Vickers, D.Phil., of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, and colleagues used data from previously published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with a total of 17,922 patients from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and Sweden. Researchers sought to determine the effect size of acupuncture for some chronic pain conditions.
"We found acupuncture to be superior to both no-acupuncture control and sham acupuncture for the treatment of chronic pain," the authors comment. "Although the data indicate that acupuncture is more than a placebo, the differences between true and sham acupuncture are relatively modest, suggesting that factors in addition to the specific effects of needling are important contributors to therapeutic effects."
Sham acupuncture in the trials included needles inserted superficially, devices with needles that retracted into the handle rather than penetrating the skin, and non-needle approaches such as deactivated electrical stimulation or detuned laser, according to the study.
The authors report that patients receiving acupuncture had less pain with scores that were 0.23, 0.16 and 0.15 SDs (standard deviations) lower than sham controls for back and neck pain, osteoarthritis and chronic headaches, respectively. The effect sizes in comparison to no-acupuncture controls were 0.55, 0.57 and 0.42 SDs, according to the study results.
"Our results from individual patient data meta-analyses of nearly 18,000 randomized patients in high-quality RCTs provide the most robust evidence to date that acupuncture is a reasonable referral option for patients with chronic pain," the authors conclude.
The Acupuncture Trialists' Collaboration is funded by an R21 (AT0041891 from theNationalCenter for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health to an author) and by a grant from the Samueli Institute.
Commentary: Needling the Status Quo
In a commentary, Andrew L. Avins, M.D., M.P.H., of Kaiser-Permanente, Northern California Division of Research,Oakland, writes: "The relationship between conventional allopathic medical care and the world of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) remains ambiguous."
"At the end of the day, our patients seek our help to feel better and lead longer and more enjoyable lives. It's ideal to understand the mechanism of action, which carries the potential for developing more and better interventions. But the ultimate questions is: does this intervention work (or, more completely, do its benefits outweigh its risks and justify its costs)?" Avins continues.
"At least in the case of acupuncture, Vickers et al have provided some robust evidence that acupuncture seems to provide modest benefits over usual care for patients with diverse sources of chronic pain. Perhaps a more productive strategy at this point would be to provide whatever benefits we can for our patients, while we continue to explore more carefully all mechanisms of healing," Avins concludes.
Source: The JAMA Report
treatment of chronic pain
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We're pleased to welcome Sue Maxwell to our team. She has been a customer here almost from the day we opened and decided to step out of retirement to work with us three days per week. Sue quilts, knits, and crochets. She'll be working mainly in the Yarn Shop and also helping out in the front of the store.
Sue and her husband Mike live on Summit Ridge. They have two grown children and recently adopted Jack, an eight-year-old Boston terrier.
It doesn't seem like a full year has gone by, but our Yarn Shop will celebrate its one-year anniversary on Saturday, April 1. Save the date! We'll be celebrating from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. with demos, a free class, door prizes, an Intermediate Knitting class reunion (bring your completed afghans in at 12 noon), special sales, and more. Look for more details in next week's newsletter.
This pretty collection arrived in time for the first day of Spring. It includes fat-quarter bundles, charm packs, and jelly rolls.
This is one of the latest By Annie patterns, and we all know how much fun her projects are to make. Judy Bryan will teach this two-session class on March 24 & 25. On Friday, you'll cut, quilt, and begin assembling this handy zippered bag. On Saturday, you'll finish the project which features inside mesh pockets. Great for sewing notions, cosmetics, small knitting projects, and much more.
This class builds on what students learned in Knitting 101. Now you take your craft to the next level by learning how to increase and decrease. Bring needles and any leftover yarn from Knitting 101. If you are already proficient in casting on, binding off, and doing knit and purl stitches, you may be admitted directly to Knitting 102. Limited to four students; youth and adults welcome. Anne Worthington will be the instructor.
Learn how to knit small islands of color without having to strand. Usually worked in flat knitting, this technique allows you to incorporate different colors and shapes into your knitting.
Software 8 can be used to efficiently create a quilted project. It's so quick and easy to add quilting stitches around designs that are perfectly placed. Our Software 8 video will be followed by a lesson in Software 7. Bring show and tell, a USB stick for a copy of the lesson, and your computer loaded with BERNINA software to create a design.
Through March 31 we are offering VERY special pricing for anyone who wants to purchase DesignerPlus Version 8 or update from DesignerPlus 7 to 8. Talk to Cindy for details.
This handy cell phone holder is made entirely in the hoop. Choose from two sizes. There is a pocket on the back to hold your charging cord. Cindy made this sample using Kraft-Tex and added a free-standing lace butterfly. Very stylish! Cindy will teach this class. Sign up today.
• Minor fixes to some existing stitches.
Not all models have all of these updates. Visit the BERNINA site (support page) and click on your machine model. There you'll find information on what the update for your machine includes (release notes) and how to install the updates (download instructions).
It's recommended that everyone who owns a 7 or 8 series machine install the updates, and it is especially important for owners of 710, 750, 780 and 880 models and any 7 or 8 series machine purchased in 2014 or prior.
If you would prefer to have one of our certified technicians do your update for a fee of $25, please call 970-565-7541 to schedule a time for you to bring in your machine. Note: Our technicians always check for and install the latest firmware when servicing machines.
Please plan to pay by cash or check directly to Columbine Sharpening when you pick up your scissors. Thanks!
Happy first day of spring! Before you get busy in your garden, gather up all of those large quilt tops you've been meaning to turn into actual quilts, purchase 108" wide backing, and save 20% . . . this week only!
Offer expires on Saturday, March 25 at 6 p.m. Limited to stock on hand. No phone orders. You must mention that you saw this offer in the Quiltzette to receive the discount.


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Written by Tristan Bishop-Smith on 19 February, 2019
PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISS AREA MAY BE REVISED
A move is underway to revise plans for the development of the Diss area.
The Diss and district neighbourhood steering group is meeting today to review and refine its aims for the future. The group is now looking at making housing and business as the priorities in its blueprint, and also intends to discuss potential short-term development, rather than long-term projects.
The steering group is made up of representatives from the town council and seven parish councils around Diss.
FIRST BUSINESS AWARDS FOR SOUTH NORFOLK COMPANIES
South Norfolk's first awards presentation for local businesses has taken place.
Ten companies were given awards at the inaugural ceremony to mark the diversity of businesses in the area. Winners included the Harleston cider company for innovation in agriculture, food and drink.Waveney river centre won the award for the best visitor economy experience. The Corn Hall in Diss was also commended in this category.
INQUIRY UNDERWAY INTO FARMER'S DEATH
An inquiry is taking place into the death of an elderly man in a farm accident at Thorndon.
The 79 year old man, farmer John Edwards, fell into a grain silo on the farm at Rishangles Lodge in Hestley Green. Police and the Health and Safety executive are now investigating.
Mr Edwards has been described as a 'tremendous influence' in the community and 'willing to help anyone at any time'.
POLICE ASK FOR WITNESSES TO LINKED BURGLARIES
Police are appealing for information following two burglaries in South Norfolk. It's thought that the two incidents on late Tuesday afternoon are linked. A car was stolen at Swardeston after a break-in at a property in Wood Lane, whilst jewellery was taken in a burglary at Stevens Lane in Wreningham.
And Suffolk police are investigating a burglary at Debenham. A house in Vicarage Gardens was broken into on Wednesday afternoon or evening and a search carried out.
HARLESTON YOUNGSTERS GET READY TO GO ON-AIR
A group of pupils at a Harleston school is preparing to take to the airwaves.
Five youngsters from Archbishop Sancroft school will be putting together a series of two-hour programmes on Park Radio from early March. The group have been practising and preparing for their broadcasting stint for several months, as part of the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme.
They follow a group of sixth formers at Diss High school, who were heard on the station last year.
CANARIES GO BACK TO THE TOP OF THE TABLE
Norwich City are back on the top of the Championship. They bounced back from their midweek defeat with a convincing 4-nil away win at struggling Bolton. City are now two points ahead of second-placed Sheffield United and Leeds,who had no game at the weekend.
Ipswich Town collected a point in their second 1-1 home draw in a week. A stoppage-time equaliser saved the game against Stoke City. Town are now nine points from safety.
HARLESTON KEEP THEIR FOUR-POINT LEAD
Harleston held on to their four-point lead at the top of the table with a crushing 5-1 away win at Haverhill Borough. Second-placed Mulbarton kept up the pressure with a convincing 4-nil victory at Leiston reserves.
Diss failed to follow their fine win against Mulbarton the week before, putting in a poor performance at Downham Town, but only losing to a disputed goal, when the referee overruled an offside flag.
Meanwhile, Diss plan to revive a reserves side from next season, three years after it was dropped. It's hoped the move will help to strengthen the first team in the future
IN OTHER SPORT……
Rugby – a young Diss first team fought hard but found Southend Saxons too strong, losing away by 55 points to nil.
Motor-sport – local drivers Aaron Rix and Rob Cook finished third out of 75 entries in Class C of the fifth round of the Motorsport News circuit rally championship at Snetterton at the weeknd.


Hamilton halter in many great colors. High quality and stable stable halter from Hamilton.
Hamilton halters are constant companions, whether at home in the paddock or at the tournament.
Due to the many beautiful color combinations, this halter can be perfectly adapted to the show outfit.
The halter is made of 2.5 cm wide nylon and is adjustable in size on both the noseband and the neckband. A carabiner on the side ensures easy on and off.
Beautiful halter for special occasions. Hamilton stands for durable quality!
The halter is equipped with sturdy gold-colored buckles.


The readers of photography blog PFRE has named this image of a fantastic residence at the W in Dallas the top image for the month of August.
Posted in: Uncategorized. Tags: award, Dallas, highrise, sunset, Texas, W Residences.


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Bituminous limestone is limestone impregnated and sometimes deeply colored with bituminous matter derived from the decomposition of animal and plant remains entombed within the mass or in its vicinity.

Uses
The amount of bituminous matter or asphalt in the pores of the rock is sometimes sufficient to permit the material being used for asphalt pavements after simply powdering and heating it. Still better results are obtained by mixing it with bituminous sandstone.

Sources
In the United States, bituminous limestone has been found in Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah. Much bituminous limestone was also mined in Germany, Switzerland, and France, from where large quantities of it were exported to the United States.

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Nuit Blanche: Ce soir/Tonight: Paris Machine Learning Meetup #8: Finding a needle in a Haystack, Beyond SGD, Analyzing Wikipedia, Kolibree, Winning Kaggle "Dogs vs Cats"
Ce soir/Tonight: Paris Machine Learning Meetup #8: Finding a needle in a Haystack, Beyond SGD, Analyzing Wikipedia, Kolibree, Winning Kaggle "Dogs vs Cats"
The streaming of tonight's meetup on Google Hangout is here and it should start at around 7h30pm Paris Time. The talks will be in French this time with slides (see below in English).
The meetup itiself should start at around 6:45pm.
The idea for this series of meetup is to bring together curious people, researchers, professionals in the same room. The attendant meetup group now has more than 570 members. Let us note that there is now a Berlin ML meetup group and a Machine Learning group in Zurich led by Martin Jaggi whom we have mentioned here before.
In particular, our focus is not on the actual technology (mostly web tech) but on the underlying algorithms that are becoming central to a large section of the economy. What is fascinating are really two aspects of this phenomena. On the one hand, we are producing more data than there are stars in the universe (and this is increasing at a higher rate with the Internet of Things), on the other hand, the field of machine learning is really maturing as a consequence of this new influx of data. Tonight, Lenka Zdeborova will talk to us about some of the deep limits associated with some of the problems found in Machine Learning such as clustering and other advanced Matrix Factorizations. She and her collaborators are making significant contributions to our knowledge on what computations are feasible and those that are not feasible. In a different direction Francis Bach will show us some of the latest development on getting algorithms to perform online gradient descent, the central battery of many ML algorithms. Central to this theme is the issue of having access to the data only a few times because they are so large. In future meetups, we will have people talking to us about streaming/sketching and related issues. Pierre Sermanet will show us the strategy he used to win First Prize on the Kaggle contest on Dogs vs Cats. Here again, the deep neural networks used did not exist in this form until very recently. The level of accuracy of some of these contests make some people say that some of these algorithms are getting better than Humans. We are still at an early stage here because these deep networks require much tuning, but quite clearly, the trend is becoming clear for certain tasks. At the very least, there is this nagging question on how some of the Matrix Factorization techniques can help better understand how to tune these deep network algorithms. Loïc Cessot will talk to us about Kolibree , the world's first connected toothbrush as he is looking for Machine Learners in order to enrich the data produced by this hardware. Guillaume Pitel, will talk about how he explores Wikipedia with a specific Matrix Factorization technique of his own.
Lenka Zdeborova, IPT, CEA, How hard is it to find a needle in a haystack?
Francis Bach, INRIA, Beyond stochastic gradient descent for large-scale machine learning.
Loïc Cessot, Kolibree, The world's first connected toothbrush.
Pierre Sermanet , NYU, Winning Kaggle's Dog's vs Cats.
How many lightbulbs does it take to locate somebody ?
Webcam as a radiation sensor (Part3) , Part 2, Part 1.
Is the video going to be available after the event?
Is Bad Learning Learning ?


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