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Will Google Be Able to Trademark the Word Glass?
Google's rollout of one of the first mainstream wearable technology devices – Google Glass – made a big splash in the technology sector. Generally, in the media and everyday conversation alike, it was referred to by that full name: Google Glass. Google, however, has made a contention, by filing an a trademark application through the United States Patent and Trademark Office, that the word "Glass," alone, should also be protected to be used to refer to their technology.
Google's trademark application for the word "Glass" has been in progress for nearly a year. The reason for the delay beyond the typical six to eight month waiting period? The application for "Glass" met, at various points in the process, with opposition and questioning not only from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, but also from two other companies. However, Google appears to have resolved the issue with the other two businesses, leaving only the approval of the USPTO in the way of a successful trademark registration.
Let's take a look at some of the key factors of trademark law that play into Google's contention that their trademark application for "Glass" should be successful, and some of the reasons for the delay.
Trademark law is predicated on the need to prevent confusion among similar products. At the time that Google submitted its application for Glass, two companies already held similar trademarks in the technology sector – not for the word "Glass," alone, but for software featuring the word Glass. Since these marks had been filed and approved prior to Google's application, the United States Patent & Trademark Office viewed them as having priority of usage for the term, and delayed Google's application on the grounds that the word "Glass" could be mistaken to have a connection to these two pre-existing marks.
Google, for its part, held that the two pre-existing marks should be cancelled, most likely for a lapse in use in commerce. The issue of priority becomes moot if a mark is not in active use. Eventually, the three parties came to an agreement separately from the USPTO, with the other two companies apparently ceding ownership of their trademarks to Google.
A secondary concern of the USPTO is the generic nature of the word "Glass." In the vast majority of cases, a word or phrase that can be considered "merely descriptive" will be turned down by the USPTO – its not distinctive enough to differentiate a product or service from generally used terms that should be available to describe that product or service. "Glass," for instance, would probably not be allowed to name a window or a mirror company. It's a term that needs to be available to other companies in the same industry to accurately describe their product offering.
In the hierarchy of preferred trademarks, according to the USPTO, "unrelated" words or phrases are preferable to "merely descriptive" ones. Google contends that in the context of Google Glass, the word "Glass" is an "unrelated" term. Their reasoning: the product is not actually made up of glass at all, but rather metal and plastic. Google is implicitly contending that despite the resemblance of the product to a pair of eyeglasses, it has nothing to do with its function as a technology device – they aren't corrective lenses, or protective in the vein of sunglasses. They two divisions of products, according to Google, are completely separate – one is technology, the other medical.
Furthermore, Google is supporting its right to trademark "Glass" by asserting that the word has attained a unique connection with its product. When you say "Glass" while referring to wearable technology, according to this contention, you would think of another company or product – you'd think of Google. Although Google's trademark application has not yet been completed, this is a similar principle to the existence of the USPTO Supplemental Register, where "Glass" may eventually end up. If a mark goes on the Supplemental Register and stays there for five years without a successful trademark challenge, it can then move to the principal register, meaning that the trademark owner receives full protection.
Keep in mind that trademark registration does not preclude usage of a mark, or even certain protections. By establishing and using the mark "Glass," alone, with the distinctive font that Google has adopted for the product, Google has already achieved a step in establishing priority for trademark protection, even without registration. If another business came along with a similar font and name, Google could conceivably challenge them on the basis of prior usage, regardless of the outcome of its application. But it would be preferable for Google to achieve a successful trademark registration to give it the presumption of national validity on the trademark.


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John Mayall comes to The Lyric - October 14th!
The "Godfather of British Blues" will grace the stage this season at The Lyric Theatre with a night of soul-quenching sound. A pioneer of blues music for over 50 years, John Mayall and his original band, the Bluesbreakers, featured some of the greatest musicians of all time, including Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, and Mick Fleetwood to name a few. With hits such as "All Your Love", "Hideaway", and "Crocodile Walk", John Mayall has earned his place as one of the most influential blues musicians of all time.
Born in 1933, John Mayall grew up in a town outside of Manchester, England. Inspired by his father's extensive record collection, Mayall fell in love with the blues. At age 14, the aspiring musician went to Manchester's Junior School of Art where he continued his musical education, playing the guitar, piano, and harmonica. Taking inspiration from the sounds of Leadbelly, Albert Ammons, and Pete Johnson among others, John Mayall devoted himself fully to the blues.
However, it wasn't until 1962 when Mayall heard that a club was opening up in Ealing,dedicated to blues music, that the musician finally found his calling. Mayall moved from Manchester to London and started the Bluesbreakers. With their fresh sound and raw talent, the Bluesbreakers quickly rose in popularity, and soon John Mayall would be backing John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, and Sonny Boy Williamson in their first tours through England. In 1966, Mayall teamed up with the ex-Yardbird guitarist Eric Clapton for a ground-breaking album that was named one of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" by Rolling Stone magazine.Although Clapton left to form the band Cream shortly after, John and the Bluesbreakers continued their success, releasing a unique drummer-less live album in 1969 that immediately achieved gold status.
In the 1970s, John Mayall moved to California where he continued working with some of the greatest contemporary recording artists. A decade later, moved by nostalgia and fan support, Mayall decided to reform the original Bluesbreakers, joining with John McVie, Mick Taylor, and a new drummer, Colin Allen, for a few tours and a video concert called Blues Alive. After receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback, John decided to permanently bring the Bluesbreakers back, and after a long search process, launched the new Bluesbreakers band in 1984, featuring Coco Montoya and Walter Trout. By 1993, Texas guitarist Buddy Whittington had joined, making his recording debut on the album Spinning Coin.
In 2005, after nearly 50 years of playing the blues, John Mayall was awarded a prestigious OBE by The Queen's Honour list. Although Mayall permanently retired the Bluesbreakers band in 2008, the veteran blues musician couldn't stay away from the stage for long, and in 2009, Mayall put together a new band to record an album with Eagles Records. His latest studio album, Find a Way to Care, is a testament to his enduring legacy in the world of blues. With the recent release of Live in 1967 Volume II and a brand new studio album in the works, John Mayall continues to reign as the Godfather of British Blues. Don't miss John Mayall this season at The Lyric Theatre.
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class Product < ActiveRecord::Base

  before_create :generate_token

  def to_param
    token
  end

  private

  def generate_token

    self.token = loop do
       random_token = SecureRandom.urlsafe_base64(10, false)
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    end
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end

My routes looks like:
get "products/:token" => "products#show"

and my controller looks like:
def set_product
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end

But I get the error: Unknown key: token, even though the token is definitely getting created (it shows in the url)

A: Use:
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find method always expects id.

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Former AG Barr told Trump claims of a stolen election were 'bulls**t'
John Sexton Jan 18, 2021 12:45 PM ET
About six weeks ago Bill Barr gave an interview to an Associated Press reporter in which he said, "To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election." Barr was summoned to the White House that day and, as you probably could have guessed, the president was not happy about his comments. But when pressed, Barr refused to back down and told Trump the election fraud allegations were BS:
Trump had seen Balsamo's story, and he was fuming. "Why would you say such a thing? You must hate Trump. There's no other reason for it. You must hate Trump," the president charged, speaking about himself in the third person.
"These things aren't panning out," Barr told the president, standing beside his chief of staff Will Levi. "The stuff that these people are filling your ear with just isn't true." Barr explained that if Trump wanted to contest the election results, the president's internal campaign lawyers would have to do it.
The Justice Department, he continued, had looked at the major fraud allegations that Trump's lawyers had leveled. "It's just bulls**t," Barr told the president. Cipollone backed up Barr by saying the DOJ was investigating these claims…
"I'm a pretty informed legal observer and I can't f**king figure out what the theory is here," he added. "It's just scattershot. It's all over the hill and gone."
"Maybe," Trump said. "Maybe."
As Axios describes it, Trump and Barr had been at odds for months before this moment. Trump wanted a stronger federal response to the rioting in Portland and Seattle and Barr advised him this would escalate the tensions. But the argument over the election was the last straw.
Two weeks later, Barr returned to the White House and had a private meeting with Trump in which he announced he would resign before their disagreements escalated into a more public blowup. Barr's resignation was announced the same day, Dec. 14, but would become effective on Dec. 23.
As we all know, Trump kept pushing the stolen election theory past that date and on Jan. 6 his supporters rioted at the Capitol in an effort to "stop the steal." The following day former AG Barr spoke to the Associated Press again and blamed Trump for "orchestrating a mob."
Former Attorney General William Barr says President Donald Trump's conduct as a violent mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol was a "betrayal of his office and supporters."
In a statement to The Associated Press, Barr said Thursday that "orchestrating a mob to pressure Congress is inexcusable."
It sounds like Barr pushed back on the election fraud claims as strongly as he could and when that failed he resigned. But Trump kept pushing it until the riot. The same day Barr criticized him was the day Trump issued a statement about a "seamless transition."
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12-year girl, Harpist with Columbus Symphony Cadet Orchestra
By Kimberly Jenkins - kjenkins@aimmediamidwest.com
Tehya Hazelbaker, Harpist with the Columbus Symphony Cadet Orchestra 2019-2020.
Tehya Hazelbaker with Dr. Mark Sholl, Conductor of the Columbus Symphony Cadet Orchestra
Tehya Hazelbaker(far right) Harpist and the rest of the Columbus Symphony Cadet Orchestra
Many people know very little about the harp, especially the pedal harp, but one young lady, 12-year-old, Tehya Noel Hazelbaker, not only knows quite a lot about this harp but is a very talented pedal harp player. Her talent and knowledge on this harp have helped her to achieve something quite rare, as Tehya Noel Hazelbaker will be the Harpist with the Columbus Symphony Cadet Orchestra for the 2019-2020 concert season.
The concerts will be held at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, under the direction of Dr. Mark Sholl and Dr. Jim Bates, Assistant Conductor. The first of four concerts will be November 9, 2019, at u7:00 p.m. The Cadet Orchestra is one of four Youth Orchestras with the Columbus Symphony.
When asked why did you want to play the harp? Tehya Hazelbaker said, "Because it was a very beautiful and graceful looking instrument and I thought it would be fun to play, and it is fun to play and I really love it."
She also said that no one or thing interested her in the harp she said, "I just got interested myself, I started playing two years ago with the lever harp."
Tehya Hazelbaker now has a pedal harp which according to her mother costs over $20,000 and Tehya Hazelbaker says, "My new harp is a pedal harp, because the lever harp is so limited as far as repertoire, you can't play in an orchestra with a lever harp and with the pedal harp, you can play so much more."
When asked what it was like to be chosen to be in this orchestra, Tehya Hazelbaker says, "It's an awesome opportunity, it will really help with me playing in front of big audiences. I go up to Columbus weekly to practice with the 91 people in the orchestra. I'm kinda excited to play in the orchestra and I'm the only harpist in the orchestra. "
Speaking with Tehya Hazelbaker, have you always been interested in music as a whole? She said, "Yes, since I was five. I play the piano and still do." And as for what she sees in the future for herself and the harp, "I would probably go to college to study music and harp at Ohio State University."
Tammy Hazelbaker stated, "Harp is very competitive, especially as you get older because they are so expensive there are less people that get into it, but by the same token, they don't need as many harps as they would other instruments. When you try to get into an orchestra, it's competitive because there are only two harps in a full orchestra."
Tammy Hazelbaker also said that she wanted to pay homage to the supporters in our area. She especially mentioned the Summer Enrichment programs that are ran through the Scioto County Education Service Center. She said that Tehya was awarded state and county scholarships, where she can do these harp camps like this summer she went to Ohio State and Kenyon College. She added that Tehya can participate in that up until she's a junior, her junior summer, because of her gifted status. She said that the availability of such programs is essential and greatly appreciated.
Speaking with Tehya's music teacher, Mrs. Jeanne Norton, one of Ohio's leading harpists and a faculty member at Ohio State University and she had this to say about Tehya and her talent, "She got into that orchestra, she'd only studied with me for three months. She had not been playing on a concert harp, she'd only been playing on a small harp. It was all very quick, she did a very good job, left She did her audition on it and she made the orchestra which is pretty unusual for someone. Usually, they study for a year or two before they get into middle school and high school orchestras. Tehya has a lot of ability and a desire to learn and she's catching on very quickly. I'm really happy with her progress. She's gonna have a sizeable;e solo with a flutiest in one of the movements in the Carmon Suite and she's doing it beautifully. She has caught on quickly, and I think the reason is the desire is there. She likes her music and she's also a dancer and plays the piano also, and the piano really helps in studying the harp."
Tehya Hazelbaker also participates in the Harp Ohio Ensemble which is under the direction of Mrs. Norton. The Ensemble performs for various events in the Columbus area. "She said, "I am new to the HarpOhio Ensemble, we recently performed during the 30th Annual Benefit Concert for Nationwide Children's Hospital. It was such a wonderful evening."
Norton continued, "She just took to it(the harp) like a duck to water, and I'm not afraid to challenge her and she's not afraid of the challenge. She went to camps that had harpists playing at a higher level and I could see her determination, she'll be playing with orchestras very quickly." Norton added, "She is such a great kid and such a great young lady."
Norton is an Ohio State faculty member on the western harp, but she is also the principal harpist for the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus and substitute principal and second harpist with the Columbus Symphony. Tehya Hazelbaker has an opportunity to study under what appears to be one of the best harpists in Ohio and with her talent, this should help her attain every goal that she sets for herself on the harp.
Not to be forgotten, Tehya Hazelbaker is also a gifted pianist studying under Mr. Justin Wiget. Tehya Hazelbaker is a 12-year-old 7th-grade student at Portsmouth West Middle School and she is the daughter of Todd and Tammy Hazelbaker. This young lady has set high standards for herself and has the talent, determination, and the desire to someday be in some of the greatest orchestras in the country.
https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2019/10/web1_HarpTehya2.jpgTehya Hazelbaker, Harpist with the Columbus Symphony Cadet Orchestra 2019-2020. Submitted Photos
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Elizabeth Warren Claims Trump 'Is Truly A Danger To Our Democracy' As She Celebrates Facebook Ban
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Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) spoke out on Thursday to celebrate Facebook upholding its ban on Donald Trump, going so far as to say that the former president is "truly a danger to democracy" because he spreads "lies."
Warren Blasts Trump
"I am much happier with Donald Trump off the air, off Facebook," Warren said. "I don't like having to get up every morning and go through what he's done. I think he poses a lot of risk. I see this and think about the amount of power that Facebook has."
"Do you think former President Trump should be treated like an ordinary American?" asked congressional correspondent Jacqueline Alemany.
"I think He poses much more risk than an ordinary American," Warren replied. "I think the risk he poses is he spreads lies. Indeed, he is now forcing, evidently, everybody else in the Republican Party or the leadership of the Republican Party to agree to say the lie out loud. He spreads misinformation. He is truly a danger to our democracy."
"So would you call for a forever ban on him then?" Alemany pressed on, to which Warren responded, "Yes."
Schiff Goes After Trump
This comes after we reported that House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) celebrated the Facebook ban by saying that Trump is "pathologically" continuing to "endanger our democracy."
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"The First Amendment protects Donald Trump and every American from the government regulating speech," he said. "It doesn't say that private companies need to use their platforms to air patent falsehoods that endanger the country that incite insurrection. So no, I think Facebook is trying to have a consistent policy. At least its oversight board is trying to make sure that it is consistent in how it treats people."
"The President here is continuing to go out and push the big lie about the election, continuing, I think, to endanger our democracy by doing that," Schiff added. "So he continues to make the case that he would violate the policies if they readmitted him."
"And I think frankly, pathologically, he is incapable of changing. So this is a temporary ban. It will likely be, if we are fortunate, a permanent ban because the president will not stop the lies about the last election or lies about the next one," he concluded. "He will incite people if that's what's necessary to suit his narrow personal interests. And that should violate any good corporate citizen's policies."
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Until further notice, the United Kingdom will leave the European Union on a date that still needs to be determined. General consequences for the application of EU Regulation 1107/2009 for plant protection products are detailed in the "Questions and Answers (Q&A)" by the European Commission.
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Resolutie 1017 van de Veiligheidsraad van de Verenigde Naties werd unaniem door de VN-Veiligheidsraad goedgekeurd op 22 september 1995.

Achtergrond
Begin jaren 70 ontstond een conflict tussen Spanje, Marokko, Mauritanië en de Westelijke
Sahara zelf over de Westelijke Sahara, een gebied dat tot dan toe in Spaanse handen was. Marokko legitimeerde zijn aanspraak op
basis van historische banden met het gebied. Nadat Spanje het gebied opgaf bezette Marokko er twee derde van. Het
land is nog steeds in conflict met Polisario, dat met steun van Algerije de onafhankelijkheid
blijft nastreven. Begin jaren 90 kwam een plan op tafel om de bevolking van de Westelijke Sahara
via een volksraadpleging zelf te laten beslissen over de toekomst van het land. Het was de taak van de VN-missie
MINURSO om dat referendum
op poten te zetten. Het plan strandde later echter door aanhoudende onenigheid tussen de beide partijen waardoor
ook de missie nog steeds ter plaatse is.

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Waarnemingen
De Veiligheidsraad herinnerde aan de criteria voor stemrecht en het voorstel van de secretaris-generaal voor de interpretatie ervan. De secretaris-generaal rapporteerde dat slechts 2 van de 8 identificatiecentra in werking waren. Om vooruitgang te boeken moesten beide partijen een visie hebben voor de periode na de
volksraadpleging. De Raad betreurde dat de doorlichting van Marokko van de 100.000 aangemelden die buiten het territorium (de Westelijke Sahara) wonen het tijdschema van MINURSO vertraagde, en betreurde dat Polisario weigerde deel te nemen aan de identificatie.

Handelingen
Nog steeds moest er een vrije, eerlijke en onpartijdige volksraadpleging over zelfbeschikking
worden gehouden in de Westelijke Sahara. Sinds resolutie 1002
hadden de partijen te weinig vooruitgang geboekt bij het identificatieproces, de gedragscode, de vrijlating van
krijgsgevangenen, de inkwartiering van Polisario-troepen en de vermindering van het aantal Marokkaanse troepen.
De partijen werden opgeroepen samen te werken aan het VN-plan en de secretaris-generaal gevraagd om voorstellen te
doen om de problemen op te lossen. Het mandaat van MINURSO werd verlengd tot 31 januari 1996. Als
dan de nodige condities om de overgangsperiode - die normaal op 31 mei 1996 moest beginnen - te beginnen
niet aanwezig waren zou MINURSO mogelijk teruggetrokken worden. Ten slotte benadrukte de Veiligheidsraad dat er niets
aan de financieringsmethoden van MINURSO zou worden veranderd.

Verwante resoluties
 Resolutie 995 Veiligheidsraad Verenigde Naties
 Resolutie 1002 Veiligheidsraad Verenigde Naties
 Resolutie 1033 Veiligheidsraad Verenigde Naties
 Resolutie 1042 Veiligheidsraad Verenigde Naties (1996)

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d a n i e l l e b u r k l e o : three!
our girl is THREE months old already!
time to get pregnant again!
three months is such a good age. i mean, it's not as good as seven months but i'll take it over one month. what what. we have moved out of the screaming bloody murder stage and onto the sleeping through the night stage, which means i can resume being a somewhat normal mother again. somewhat.
she holds her arm like this below picture all.the.time. she's like what, mom? i'm pretending to carry a tray and it's totally comfortable to bend my arm like this every day. i wanna be a waitress.
can you handle the cuteness? me either. every day she changes. some days i think she looks like me, some days she looks like my husband, some days she is brody's mini me, and some days still, she is foster's mini me. i need to get my act together and scan some baby pictures of caleb and i, someone remind me of this next week. she smells sweet even when she stinks. which is really hard to do, so i give her a lot of credit for that. i love nuzzling my face into hers. i talk to her in this high pitch, really, really awful voice but she loves it. she loves it so much. she giggles and laughs and coos for me like she does for nobody else. mama is her very favorite and that is the straight up truth. and i should be, no? i am the only one who leaks milk out of my chest at my hair appointment while she doesn't want to take the bottle at home. i am the only one who gets an anxious, achy feeling in my heart when i am gone from her longer than an hour. she needs me. and truth be told, i need her too.
"praise Him on high. Him up there in Heaven. uh huh. uh huh. amen."
"wasn't me. it was him" said in a deep voice, naturally.
for some reason i add "a" which is pronounced "uh" onto every nickname i give her. so when i am talking to her and nuzzling my face into hers, i say, uhpunkingirl, uhpunkinlove, uhlovalove, uhberrygirl. and so on and so forth. she loves it and always will, i'm sure of it.
and for all of you who need a ruffle onesie like story's on your baby, which is all of you, get yours here.
happy three months baby girl. can't wait to cuddle you in the morning.
Story is so darn cute. I think she is 100% Foster's mini me. It's so adorable.
You're such a great mom. It's kind of amazing how high and crazy our voices get when talking to babies, huh?
girl i feel ya!! when brody was five months i was toats ready to get pregnant again..and was by the time he was 10 months.
but now, our next baby will be through adoption. that is the plan!
Oh my word..I totally relate with you about 7 months being better than 3 and that 3 is def better than one!! Newborn stage is rough not gunna lie. She is beautiful!
it is so so good to be out of the newbie stage!!
thank you so much! i am and so grateful!
Great.... now I'm missing my almost 3 month old little guy!!!
Know what you mean about leaking!!! AND not taking a bottle! My little man loves him some Mama too!!
Ok...when I 1st looked at this post my phone froze on the words "pregnant again"...I totally freaked out! Hilarious!
these pictures are beautiful...what a precious little girl you have there!
oh my word. she is adorbs! happy 3 months story!!
Ok...when I 1st looked at this post my phone froze on the words "pregnant again"...I freaked out! Hilarious!
I was lauging at your captions and smiling at the love.
dannie girl she is so stinking cute. love it.
i am smitten with this girl. precious, happy face!
You are doing a great work,keep on going!God bless you and your family!
oh my cuteness. oh my. :) shes so precious Danielle. and thats right...we need them like they need us. :) hope our girlies can meet someday!!
i love this post so much. i must've been doing memorial day stuff when you posted it. you are a hoot and a half.
i feel like story (my story) could also smell good even when she smelled bad. must be a girl thing.


While there seems to be a fair number of surviving Top 40 station tapes all these years later, other formats didn't get quite the same amount of attention. Any number of reasons could be a factor in this, not the least of which is lack of interest. With that background, here's an unlikely format to have been captured: Easy Listening. Often referred to as "Beautiful Music", these stations played popular music that was re-recorded by lesser-known (usually) groups, and quite often were simply instrumental versions of the original hits.
You'll notice one thing right off about this recording. The quality of what came out of the FM receiver is stunning. It is in mono, but you'll hardly notice. This aircheck is 46 years old and sounds better than most FM stations do today – of any format.
If I were still teaching announcing courses I would make the students re-create a WLRW aircheck. Once they correctly pronounced the call letters W-L-R-W they would pass the course.
Looks like the announcer was wearing a suit even. I can't remember such formal type attire at any station I worked for in the 70s or 80s. Maybe the sales guys would be well attired, but the jocks, never. Casual to the max. Nice that some places strove to reach a higher plane. Or maybe it was just for the picture.
Thanks for posting this aircheck. It is indeed a great example of how diverse radio was in its glory days.
I am pretty sure some on-air personalities dressed in business shirt and tie (sans jacket) in the '50s and '60s. It was simply standard practice in many professions that have gradually become more casual with time. I agree that it added a degree of class.
As the announcer in this aircheck was female I wonder what she was wearing?!
I agree, as many professions have become much more relaxed since that period. Guess we'll never know what she was wearing. I'd imagine, though, a dress might have been considered appropriate in that framework. Thanks for your response to my comment.
An interesting air check to read about. Made me wish it was available to listen to!
instrumental theme that I have never been able to identify.


These pages are dedicated to use, service and repair of Nikon Coolsan scanners, in particular the IV, 4000, V, 5000, 8000 and 9000 models.
Over the years I had to repair / modify many of my scanners. I had found some very useful information in internet groups: Nikon 8000/9000 group, Nikon 4000 group, and Minolta Multi Pro group.
They have tons of useful stuff there thanks to dedicated enthusiasts.
There is also a fairly active (as of 2019) Nikon Coolscan group on Facebook, if you have more questions, you may consider posting there.
I am not affiliated with Nikon or any other photography/optics/scanner company.
I will not assume any responsibility for any damage that may occur to your scanner if you try to follow the procedures posted here. I may be able to help you if you mess up, but I will not do this for free.
Some of the procedures listed here were not developed by me. I found them on the web, in some cases modified them. I am not trying to take any credit for them, I am reproducing them here as a compilation of all service/repair protocols and modifications in case they disappear from the original forum boards etc. I had tried to cite the original sources I used, but I may have missed some inadvertently.
After I created these pages, I had many requests of service/repair. (In May of 2016 Nikon stopped servicing any Nikon Coolscan scanners).
1. I do perform repairs on Nikon Coolscan scanners.
2. I have taken accurate measurements of most plastic parts that are prone to breaking in Nikon Coolscan scanners and had them 3D-printed.
3. I have taken accurate measurements of the masks for FH-869G and FH-869GR glass film holders and have cut the replicas from 0.01" black styrene sheets on high precision cutter.
If you are interested in either of these, write to me .
Some years ago I decided to digitize my fairly extensive film collection. I only shoot 35mm, but have some medium format shot by others. I had spent some time researching the film scanners, and found Ken Rockwell's site particularly informative.
Over years I had tried Minolta Dimage Scan Elite 5400, Minolta Dimage Scan Elite 5400 II, Nikon Super Coolscan 4000, 5000, 8000, and 9000.
Some people say that Minolta scanners produce marginally better images. I am not convinced in this, I do not think the 5400dpi is needed, and that is the only advantage of Minolta scanners over Nikon Coolscan line.
All above models have been discontinued, both Minolta and Nikon exited the scanner market. The only manufacturer that makes reasonably performing film scanners nowadays is Plustek, and I had heard a lot of complaints about Plustek scanners. Of course there is Hasselblad Flextight line, but those are very expensive.
- There are lot more of Nikon Coolscans then Minoltas, so in the future it will still be easier to repair/replace broken parts.
- In my experience, Nikon scanners are more reliable and much easier to repair.
- Another great advantage of Nikon 4000 and 5000 over Minoltas is a wide range of adapters, including a full roll adapters and mounted bulk adapter. I would say that if you have a large collection of 35 mm negatives/slides, and you want to digitize them fast, then Nikon 5000 is by far the best choice. If you are really on a budget, Nikon 4000 will do, but will take substantially longer.
I would recommend getting Nikon 5000 (or 4000) if you have only 35 mm or Nikon 9000 (or 8000) if you want to do 35 mm AND/OR medium format. The older models (Nikon 4000 and 8000) are cheaper, but noticeably slower than the newer ones (5000 and 9000). The older models also have 14-bits of ADC vs. 16-bits in newer models, hence maximum Dmax is also lower, but I have never seen an image where it did really matter.
Good luck and happy scanning!
(My own) considerations for optimization of the performance of Nikon scanners (when running Nikon Scan software).
This is a re-write of the procedure I had found here. I run all my Nikon Coolscan scanners using Windows 7 (x64) computers. The software (Nikon Scan) was released to work under XP but a simple modification will make it work under Windows 7. It also works for Windows 8 and 10, but you would need to do another trick to install "unsigned driver". See more details here. If all fails, as well as for Mac users, I would recommend using VueScan.


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Christ… suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: "who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth"; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously. § Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.
In their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault before the throne of God.


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Q: Can a Norm be Induced by two Different Complex Inner Products? Let $(X,\|\cdot\|)$ be a normed vector space over $\mathbb{C}$.

If $\|x\|=\sqrt{\langle x,x\rangle}$ and $\|x\|=\sqrt{\langle x,x\rangle'}$ for all $x\in X$ where $\langle,\rangle$ and $\langle,\rangle'$ are complex inner products, then must we have $\langle,\rangle=\langle,\rangle'$ ?

If $X$ is a vector space over $\mathbb{R}$, I think the answer is yes. Indeed, since
$$
\forall x\in X:\|x\|=\sqrt{\langle x,x\rangle}=\sqrt{\langle x,x\rangle'}\implies\forall x\in X:\langle x,x\rangle=\langle x,x\rangle'
$$
then for $x,y\in X$ we have $\langle x+y,x+y\rangle=\langle x+y,x+y\rangle'$ and expanding we see that $\langle x,y\rangle=\langle x,y\rangle'$.
But, in the complex case, I can only get $\Re\langle x,y\rangle=\Re\langle x,y\rangle'$ with this argument.


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The monumental Louisa County Courthouse is a symbol of the civic pride that permeated many rural counties across America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. For many such counties, the courthouse was the county's only significant work of architecture. The porticoed structure was built in 1905 and is the third courthouse associated with the site, replacing a courthouse of 1818. Its architect, D. Wiley Anderson of Richmond, specialized in monumental classical designs, and gave the building prominence through the use of a large octagonal dome. Typical of Anderson's works, the courthouse has an exaggerated verticality, emphasized by unusually slender Ionic columns. Other buildings in the complex include the old jail now a county museum and the R. Earl Ogg Memorial Building, formerly a bank and now seat of the General District Court.


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Q: vimeo embeds: best practices for facebook sharing? We're embedding Vimeo iframes on our site, and we want people who "Like" these pages on Facebook to have the video play inline in the Newsfeed.
By default, this doesn't seem to happen.
Do we have to manually populate og:video tags? My initial strategy would be to just copy the tags from the public Vimeo video page... but this makes embedding the videos much more difficult.
Are there any best practices here?

A: Facebook is continually changing its policies around which videos play inline - and they have specific limitations on brands and promotional videos.  Even with perfect metatags, as indicated by https://developers.facebook.com/tools/lint/ , our videos sometimes do not play inline.
Facebook caching is also sometimes a problem, if your first attempt at posting does not have the right metadata.


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Researchers show that metal foam can block radiation
Dr. Afsaneh Rabiei, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and her colleagues are working on research that shows lightweight composite metal foams are effective at blocking X-rays, gamma rays and neutron radiation, and are capable of absorbing the energy of high impact collisions.
"This work means there's an opportunity to use composite metal foam to develop safer systems for transporting nuclear waste, more efficient designs for spacecraft and nuclear structures and new shielding for use in CT scanners," said Rabiei.
She first developed the strong, lightweight metal foam for use in transportation and military applications, and later, she wanted to determine whether the foam could be used for nuclear or space exploration applications, where it could provide structural support and shielding against high impacts and radiation.
Rabiei and her colleagues decided to conduct multiple tests to see how effective the foam is at blocking X-rays, gamma rays and neutron radiation. The material's performance was then compared to the performance of bulk materials that are currently used in shielding applications by the use of samples of the same areal density – meaning that each sample had the same weight but varied in volume.
The most effective composite metal foam against all three forms of radiation is called "high-Z steel-steel" and was made up largely of stainless steel but incorporated a small amount of tungsten. However, the structure of the high-Z foam was modified so that the composite foam that included tungsten was not denser than metal foam made entirely of stainless steel.
Through testing on various kinds of gamma radiation, researchers found that the high-Z foam was comparable to bulk materials at blocking high-energy gamma rays but was much better than bulk materials – even bulk steel – at blocking low-energy gamma rays and it outperformed other materials at blocking neutron radiation. Though when it came to blocking X-rays, it still could not beat lead.
"However, we are working to modify the composition of the metal foam to be even more effective than lead at blocking X-rays — and our early results are promising," said Rabiei. "And our foams have the advantage of being non-toxic, which means that they are easier to manufacture and recycle. In addition, the extraordinary mechanical and thermal properties of composite metal foams, and their energy absorption capabilities, make the material a good candidate for various nuclear structural applications."


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package io.shardingsphere.core.merger;

import io.shardingsphere.core.constant.DatabaseType;
import io.shardingsphere.core.merger.dal.DALMergeEngine;
import io.shardingsphere.core.merger.dql.DQLMergeEngine;
import io.shardingsphere.core.metadata.table.ShardingTableMetaData;
import io.shardingsphere.core.parsing.parser.sql.SQLStatement;
import io.shardingsphere.core.parsing.parser.sql.dal.DALStatement;
import io.shardingsphere.core.parsing.parser.sql.dql.select.SelectStatement;
import io.shardingsphere.core.rule.ShardingRule;
import lombok.AccessLevel;
import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;

import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Result merge engine factory.
 *
 * @author zhangliang
 * @author panjuan
 */
@NoArgsConstructor(access = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
public final class MergeEngineFactory {

    /**
     * Create merge engine instance.
     *
     * @param databaseType database type
     * @param shardingRule sharding rule
     * @param sqlStatement SQL statement
     * @param shardingTableMetaData sharding table meta Data
     * @param queryResults query results
     * @return merge engine instance
     * @throws SQLException SQL exception
     */
    public static MergeEngine newInstance(final DatabaseType databaseType, final ShardingRule shardingRule,
                                          final SQLStatement sqlStatement, final ShardingTableMetaData shardingTableMetaData, final List<QueryResult> queryResults) throws SQLException {
        if (sqlStatement instanceof SelectStatement) {
            return new DQLMergeEngine(databaseType, (SelectStatement) sqlStatement, queryResults);
        }
        if (sqlStatement instanceof DALStatement) {
            return new DALMergeEngine(shardingRule, queryResults, (DALStatement) sqlStatement, shardingTableMetaData);
        }
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException(String.format("Cannot support type '%s'", sqlStatement.getType()));
    }
}


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'Archangel' charged with sex abuse freed from pre-trial detention
By Claire Giangravè
|Faith and Culture Correspondent
(Credit: Donald Tong from Pexels.)
ROME – After six months in a Sicilian prison, the leader of a lay Catholic association charged with having sexually abused at least six underage girls has been released and allowed to await trial under house arrest.
In previous reporting, Crux has followed the story of Piero Alfio Capuana, a banker turner charismatic religious leader of the "Catholic Culture and Environment Association," or ACCA, a lay association not officially recognized by the Church, that counted more than 5,000 members in the highly devout Sicilian inland near Catania.
Over the span of 25 years, Capuana, 73, who was regarded as an incarnation of the Archangel Gabriel by his followers, now stands charged with sexually abusing young girls between the ages of 11 and 16 with the help of three of his "Apostles," meaning aides, who allegedly coaxed victims into interpreting his sexual advances as "pure love" and "love from above."
In August of last year, an investigation conducted by the Italian police led to the arrest of Capuana, who was kept in isolation inside the Cavadonna prison in Syracuse until a review court found Feb. 8 that there are insufficient requirements for his remaining behind bars awaiting trial.
Capuana is now back home in the small provincial town of Motta Sant'Anastasia.
"I wouldn't want the concession of house arrest to be interpreted as the innocence of this person," said Tommaso Tamburino, the lawyer representing four of the six alleged victims in the case, in an interview with Crux.
"If he's out right now, it's because the tribunal evaluated that a person of his age, and with his ailments, should justly not be in jail, especially after having already spent six months there," he added.
Earlier court rulings had confirmed the incarceration for Capuana ahead of his trial. Preemptive incarceration in Italy depends on the gravity of the crime and other factors, such as the likelihood that the accused might commit a crime again or corrupt the evidence.
At this stage, there's no risk of evidence contamination since the preliminary hearings in the case have already taken place. In the Italian judicial system, those hearings establish which evidence can or cannot be admitted in court, meaning it cannot be altered now.
Since the very beginning of the case, the defense has been insisting that Capuana is too sick – he suffers from diabetes – and too old to be in prison, and should be placed under house arrest.
On Tuesday, Italy's highest court of appeal, the Cassation court (which reviews cases based on the already existing evidence and the law), annulled the local court's pre-trial detention order for Capuana, paving the way for his release by the review court.
The two court decisions were made independently from one another. According to Mario Brancato, the lawyer for the defense, "they opened a highway for the defense."
"If the Cassation annulled for such serious crimes, it's because the proof is insufficient," Brancato told Crux in a phone interview.
While deciding that Capuana could not continue to be held in prison, the Cassation court did not release an explanation as to why, which will be published on a later date that can be between one month and 40 days from the original decision.
The lawyer for the accusers said "there's nothing surprising" about the two recent rulings.
"I spoke about it with the girls [the alleged victims], because I saw that they were upset and wondering what all of this meant," Tamburino said.
"I want to make it clear that all of this has nothing to do with his being innocent or not," he added, "we will have to await the motivation behind the Cassation's decision."
Tamburino explained that in the Italian judicial system, a case such as this one can go on for more than five years, and it would be naive to assume that Capuana would have been held in prison for all that time.
"Beyond his deserving it or not, as the girls say, we must wait for a sentence," Tamburino added.
On many occasions, Capuana has declared himself innocent of the accusations, which he has dismissed as slanderous and part of a conspiracy against him in order to extort money.
Three female associates of Capuana – Rosaria Giuffrida, Fabiola Raciti and Katia Concetta Scarpignato, who organized so-called 'schedules' when the young women would be called to the Archangel's house and were allegedly sexually abused – currently remain under house arrest and await trial.
Three more people involved in the case have been charged with aiding and abetting Capuano but have not been arrested: A local politician named Domenico Rotella (husband to Giuffridda); a former president of ACCA, Salvatore Torrisi; and Father Orazio Caputo, who allegedly informed members of the organization that they were being investigated by the police.
The diocese of Acireale, led by Bishop Antonino Raspanti, is the ecclesiastical authority in the area, and has stated in two separate press releases that the nature of the ACCA association is "civil" and therefore not under its jurisdiction.
Nonetheless, Raspanti has created an ad hoc commission to examine all "ecclesiastic, moral and doctrinal" aspects of the matter, charging it with "protecting all the faithful who were damaged or denied their rights."
So far, the commission has released no statement, and Caputo has been placed in a monastery under the strict supervision of the diocese and has not spoken publicly about the case.
If it may take five years for the Italian justice system to determine Capuana's fate, no timetable yet has been established for the diocesan commission to complete its review of the Church's own role and responsibilities in the case.
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A rendering of H-E-B's future rebuilt store on South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas.
News>Store Design & Construction
H-E-B has new vision for oldest store in Austin
62-year-old location to be razed, rebuilt into "world-class grocery store"
Russell Redman 1 | May 29, 2019
H-E-B plans a transformation of its longest-standing supermarket in Austin, Texas, that will turn the location into a "creative, world-class grocery store" and community gathering place.
In a two-year project, the store will be completely rebuilt and enlarged to more than 100,000 square feet, H-E-B said yesterday. The 2400 South Congress Ave. H-E-B originally opened in 1957 at 25,000 square feet and in the decades since has undergone remodels that expanded its footprint to its current 69,000 square feet.
Related: H-E-B unveils latest grocery experience in Houston
The plan marks the first time the supermarket will be reconstructed from the ground up, H-E-B noted, adding that the store will be one of its most innovative companywide at its projected opening in 2022.
"We are thrilled to share the news about our vision for this store with our neighbors. Our goal is to represent their needs and greatest wishes for their neighborhood grocery store while keeping with the personality and vibrancy of the South Congress community," Jeff Thomas, senior vice president and general manager for H-E-B's Central Texas region, said in a statement. "We still have a year of planning ahead of us before we begin construction, and we're excited to use that time to listen to community members and gain their valuable feedback on how the new store can best serve them."
Related: H-E-B opens new Joe V's Smart Shop
Serving neighborhoods around South Congress Avenue and Oltorf Street, the store will display murals and artworks by local artists and carry "an overall vibe that reflects its iconic South Congress location," H-E-B said. Elements slated to create a community-center feel — with "influences from across the world" — include an "eclectic" food hall with indoor and outdoor dining areas, the chain's first-ever beer garden and a pedestrian-friendly perimeter with wide, tree-lined sidewalks to encourage people to walk and bike to the store, according to the retailer.
Other features include two-level underground parking; more vibrant signage and natural light throughout the store; a wide selection of fresh, organic and prepared foods plus bulk items; and a full-service pharmacy. Upon opening, the store also will offer the H-E-B Curbside and Home Delivery online grocery services.
H-E-B said it expects the permit and planning process to run until mid- to late 2020, and the store will remain open and fully operational during that time. Plans call for a temporary store to be opened at the adjacent Twin Oaks Shopping Center upon the start of construction, which is expected to take two years to complete.
"We have spent years exploring options for how to address the needs of this community as it continues to grow while ensuring we could maintain the everyday low prices and outstanding customer service our shoppers expect," stated Leslie Sweet, director of public affairs. "We have a long, exciting road ahead of us."
H-E-B has announced a couple of other store projects for this year. The company said it plans to complete a "wall-to-wall remodel" of its 54,259-square-foot store at 2701 East 7th St. on Austin's east side by midsummer, and in February ground was broken for a new 90,000-square-foot store in Houston's Third Ward-Riverside community that's slated to open in late 2019.
New locations opened this year by H-E-B include a 92,000-square-foot supermarket in Houston's Heights section at the end of January and an 80,000-square-foot store in the North Texas community of Hudson Oaks earlier this month.
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Add a little decadence – serve champagne with your finger sandwiches…or any sandwich for that fact!
Not only is egg salad good for just about any day, but it's also perfect for picnics (keep chilled of course – sandwiches and champagne) and meals on the go. It's inexpensive (even with organic eggs), requires little time and the ingredients are common to most.
Get the kids involved. Peel, smash, enjoy.
7-8 eggs, hard boiled and peeled.
Smash eggs with masher (this makes them super fluffy).
Serve on sliced bread, rolled in a tortilla or on a Portuguese roll.
Don't forget to include fresh greens too!
Now, where is that champagne?
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Love egg salad! I think this makes recipe number 4 for this standard with different ingredients. I just love simple things like this that you would think everyone would make the same–but it goes back to family, I think. We put in sweet pickle relish and yellow mustard. I'm gonna try yours, though. The English mustard sounds intriguing.
Glad to know another lover of egg salad…its simplicity is what makes it so good, isn't it?
I thought about adding a list of 'additions' and pickles were one of them as well as relish…not that I add them, but I know others do – most definitely a family influence, I agree. Let me know what you think of the English mustard…I'll have to try adding sweet pickle relish and yellow mustard!


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Q: Joomla - PHP session in joomla disappears I have a problem, I hope that you can help me:
I programing a litle component and module in Joomla.
This component and module read a variable of php session (this variable is set before for external php script).
External php script:
define( '_JEXEC', 1 );
        define( 'JPATH_BASE', realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/..' ));

        require_once ( JPATH_BASE. '/includes/defines.php' );
        require_once ( JPATH_BASE. '/includes/framework.php' );
        $mainframe = JFactory::getApplication('site');
        $mainframe->initialise();

        //session_start();
        $session = JFactory::getSession();
        $session->set('namevar', base64_encode('message'));

Joomla's module and component (have the same code):
$session = JFactory::getSession();
$mymessage = $session->get("namevar");
echo $mymessage ;

The curious thing is that:
-The module works fine.
-The component not works (and if I do a var_dump($mymessage) it shows NULL).
Moreover, this code works time after :S
Any idea?
A lot of thanks!


http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838424 First up I'll say that I'm not incredibly familiar with Galaxy S firmware changes/modding, and this mostly builds on work done in these areas, so not all these steps may be necessary but they worked for me. If someone can suggest a faster way to do this/unnecessary steps then please go ahead and reply with them!
This unlocked my Network Locked Australian Galaxy Tab and so I assume should work for others.
You should back up your /efs/ folder before you proceed as you may need this to undo if something goes wrong.
ShootMe allows you to take screenshots of your device. Just fire up ShootMe and give a good sustained shake or shout to take a screenshot. If present, the light sensor can be used as well.
Use MENU to toggle the trigger/mode.
V1.1.0 : Will now open the application settings page if USB debugging is not enabled.
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English painter Turner to be on Bank of England note
By Arthur L. Friedberg
Published: May 3, 2016, 10 AM
Nineteenth century English painter J.M.W. Turner is the Bank of England's selection as the subject of the back of the £20 bank note scheduled for release in 2020.
Image courtesy of Bank of England.
The bank's April 22 statement said that Turner prevailed over a field of 590 names nominated in 29,701 public submissions. It is the first time the Bank of England used a system set up two years ago in which a Banknote Character Advisory Committee oversaw the selection process. First it determined that the subject would represent the visual arts. Then a two-month nomination period resulted in the list of candidates. The committee conducted focus groups and came up with a short list of five that it gave to the bank's governor, who made the decision.
A concept note provided by the bank includes the following features: Turner's self-portrait, painted circa 1799 and currently on display in the Tate Britain museum in London; Turner's painting The Fighting Temeraire, a tribute to the ship HMS Temeraire that played a vital role in Adm. Horatio Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and which was voted Britain's greatest painting in a 2005 BBC poll; a quote, "Light is therefore colour," from an 1818 lecture by Turner referring to his innovative use of light, shade, color and tone in his paintings; and Turner's signature from his will, in which he gave many of his paintings, including The Fighting Temeraire, to the nation. The final design and its security features will be revealed at a later date.
The £20 bank note will be the third denomination printed on polymer. The £5 note will be issued in September and the £10 note in 2017.
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said that Turner "is perhaps the single most influential British artist of all time." He was known as "the painter of light" because of his ability to convey the subtlest shifts in color and atmosphere, especially in his landscapes and seascapes. His later works are characterized by innovation in their focus on light and atmosphere instead of their subject. He had an influence on the French Impressionists that the bank says has "extended across continents and through time to touch the artists of the modern period."
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Прóсті́ білки́, або протеї́ни — білки, які побудовані тільки із залишків α-амінокислот (при гідролізі розпадаються тільки на амінокислоти) та не вимагають для функціонування наявності небілкових простетичних груп.

Це важлива частина харчування тварин і людини (основні джерела: бобові, горіхи, зернові, картопля, молоко, м'ясо; в меншій мірі: овочі, фрукти, ягоди та гриби), оскільки в їх організмах не можуть синтезуватися всі незамінні амінокислоти і частина повинна надходити з білковою їжею. В процесі травлення ферменти руйнують спожиті білки до амінокислот, які використовуються для біосинтезу власних білків організму або піддаються подальшому розпаду для отримання енергії.

Назва
До 1920-х років у науковій літературі українською та російською мовою прості білки часто позначалися терміном «протеїни» на противагу складним білкам, які називали «протеїдами». Наразі термін протеїни використовують для усіх білків, не залежно від їхнього хімічного складу.

Групи
Прості білки за розчинністю у воді й сольових розчинах умовно поділяються на кілька груп: протаміни, гістони, альбуміни, глобуліни, проламіни, глютеліни.

Гістони і протаміни
Вони є найпростішими білками. Характерною особливістю їх є слабколужні властивості розчинів. Це зумовлено наявністю в складі їх великої кількості діамінокарбонових кислот — аргініну, лізину і гістидину. Наприклад, гістони містять 20-35 % основних амінокислот, а протаміни ще більше (50-80 %). У зв'язку з цим протаміни виявляють більш лужний характер, ніж гістони. Характерною ознакою провітамінів є й те, що вони мають велику молекулярну масу порівняно з іншими білками.

Гістони і протаміни в значних кількостях містяться у зобній залозі, у спермі й ікрі риб, у селезінці тощо. Назва представників цих класів білків походить від джерела їх добування. Так, протамін, виділений зі скумбрії, називають скумбрином, з молок оселедця () — клупеїном тощо.
Гістони і протаміни входять до складу складних білків зокрема нуклеопротеїнових ядер.

Альбуміни і глобуліни
Ці білки дуже поширені в тваринному і рослинному світі і здебільшого зустрічаються разом. Вони становлять основу протоплазми. Їх є багато в плазмі крові, сироватці молока та різних тканинах організму.

Співвідношення між альбумінами і глобулінами у здоровому організму завжди знаходяться в певних межах і називаються альбуміно-глобуліновим (А/Г) коефіцієнтом. Альбуміни відрізняються від глобулінів як хімічним складом, так і фізико-хімічними властивостями. Зокрема, альбуміни на відміну від глобулінів, містять значно меншу кількість глікоколу і більшу кількість сірковмісних амінокислот.

Характерною ознакою альбумінів є менша молекулярна маса порівняно з глобулінами. Наприклад, молекулярна маса альбуміну плазми крові дорівнює 68 000, а глобуліну — 180 000. Глобуліни — більш грубо дисперсні і менш гідрофільні, ніж альбуміни. Тому колоїдні розчини глобулінів не такі стійкі, як в альбумінів.

Відділяють альбуміни від глобулінів висолюванням сульфатом амонію. Глобуліни випадають в осад при 50%-ному, а альбуміни — при 100%-ному насиченні розчину сульфатом амонію.

Глютеліни і проламіни
Вони є рослинними білками і характеризуються високим вмістом проліну і глутамінової кислоти. Глютеліни розчинні в розбавлених кислотах і лугах, тоді як у воді і розбавлених сольових розчинах — ні. Представниками цього класу білків є глютелін (білок кукурудзи), оризенін (білок рису) тощо. Проламіни, як глютеліни, не розчинні у воді, але добре розчиняються в 70-80%-ному етиловому спирті. До проламінів належать зеїн (білок кукурудзи), гордеїн (білок ячменю), гліадин (білок пшениці та жита) та ряд інших. Глютеліни і проламіни становлять основну масу білків зернових культур.

Протеїноїди (склеропротеїни)
Це білки опірних і покривних тканин: кісток, хрящів, волосся тощо. Характерною особливістю цих білків є висока стійкість проти різних розчинників. Вони не розчиняються у воді, розчинах нейтральних солей, розбавлених кислотах і лугах. На протеїноїди не діють ферменти. Тому при потраплянні в організм з їжею вони дуже погано засвоюються. Представниками склеропротеїнів є фіброїн, кератини, колаген, еластин та ряд інших білків.

Глікопротеїни
Полімерні сполуки, які містять ковалентно зв'язані між собою сахарид та амінокислотний залишок, в основному включають протеїни з оліго- й полісахаридними групами порівняно низької молекулярної маси (точного визначення границь її немає).

Протеїнова інженерія
Методи синтезу протеїнів зі зміненою чи новою амінокислотною послідовністю. До таких методів належать: хімічна модифікація протеїнів, транскрипція та трансляція, твердофазний поліпептидний синтез.

Вільна енергія білка представляє собою суму числа різних типів взаємодій, включаючи:

 контактна енергія Ван-дер-Ваальса між атомами;
 кулонівська інтеракція;
водневі зв'язки;
 гідрофобний ефект;
 молекулярні коливання;
 зміна конформації та коливальна ентропія.

Вільна енергія  множини  у образі  може бути представлена як

де  - взаємодія між амінокислотами, які знаходяться у позиціях  та ,  - функція Гевісайда.

Література
 Глосарій термінів з хімії // Й. Опейда, О. Швайка. Ін-т фізико-органічної хімії та вуглехімії ім. Л. М. Литвиненка НАН України, Донецький національний університет. — Донецьк: Вебер, 2008. — 758 с. — ISBN 978-966-335-206-0

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Eyewitnesses Describe Massacre by UN Troops in Haitian Slum
StoryJuly 11, 2005
In Haiti, UN troops launched a pre-dawn raid on Cite Soleil, one of the most economically-depressed neighborhoods of Port au Prince. Local residents say it might have been the deadliest attack carried out by UN troops since they were stationed in the country last year. [includes rush transcript]
On Saturday hundreds of Haitians gatherer for the funeral of Emmanuel "Dread" Wilme — a popular community leader who lives in Cite Soleil, one of the most economically-depressed neighborhoods of Port au Prince. Wilme was killed last Wednesday when UN troops attacked the neighborhood in a pre-dawn raid.
Although the raid has received little attention, local residents say it might have been the deadliest attack carried out by UN troops since they were stationed in the country last year.
According to residents the UN troops entered the area at about three in the morning and opened fire. Eyewitnesses reported the UN troops used helicopters, tanks, machine guns and tear gas in the operation. The UN has admitted that its troops killed at least five people. UN military spokesman Colonel Elouafi Boulbars told Agence France Presse, "The bandits tried to fight our men. They suffered serious losses and we found five bodies in what was left of a house." Local residents put the figure at no less than 20. Some estimates are even higher. Witnesses said innocent civilians were among the victims.
Witnesses in Cite Soleil describe the UN raid.
Another local resident lost her husband in the raid. She described what happened on Wednesday.
Cite Soleil resident describes her husband's death.
The United Nations has defended the operation by describing it as a necessary move to wipe out violent gang activity. Both the United Nations and the interim Haitian government have described the slain Dread Wilme as one of the country's top gang leaders. Cite Soleil is comprised largely of supporters of the Lavalas Party and ousted Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide who was overthrown in a U.S.-backed coup 18 months ago. To local residents Dread Wilme was a community leader and the attacks were seen as politically motivated.
Cite Soleil residents talk about Emmanuel "Dread" Wilme.
We are joined in our studio by Seth Donnelly. He visited Cite Soleil hours after the killings and interviewed survivors. On Saturday he attended Dread Wilme's funeral. Seth Donnelly was in Haiti as part of a human rights delegation sponsored by the San Francisco Labor Council.
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AMY GOODMAN: Witnesses said innocent civilians were among the victims.
RESIDENT OF CITE SOLEIL: A lot of innocent civilians were killed and there are even some people that they kill and just take them with them. One of the worst things that happened is that they killed like a mom with two of her children, and they are still — the bodies are still there.
AMY GOODMAN: Another local resident lost her husband in the raid. She described what happened on Wednesday.
RESIDENT OF CITE SOLEIL: I'm working at night, so when I was back in the morning, so at noon when I was back from my work, I found him just in his blood. He was the only one here. And my three children are in the countryside because I have them in countryside. And he is a very old guy. So they just get inside and pulled him out under the bed and killed him.
AMY GOODMAN: The United Nations has defended the operation by describing it as a necessary move to wipe out violent gang activity. Both the United Nations and the interim Haitian government have described the slain Dread Wilme as one of the countries top gang leaders. Cite Soleil is comprised largely of supporters of Lavalas and ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide overthrown in the coup 18 months ago, February 29, 2004, the President, Aristide, has described as a U.S.-supported coup. He said he was kidnapped in the service of a coup backed by the United States. To local residents, Dread Wilme of Cite Soleil was a community leader. The attacks were seen as politically motivated.
RESIDENT OF CITE SOLEIL: So Dread Wilme grew up with us. So, Dread Wilme is one of the guys who grow up in the community and who wanted to work for peace, who wanted to have, like, an improvement for the community, and he had, like — he had developed a good relationship with all the people in the neighborhood as a professional. So Dread Wilme was a protector for us; he was like our dad. So they keep saying that Dread Wilme was like a gang and he was involved in the killings, but we never see this. We in the community, we have seen him as a peaceful guy but never as someone who was involved in killings of people. So, we want to say thank you to [inaudible] because he was the one who make this happen.
AMY GOODMAN: We are now joined in our studio by Seth Donnelly, who went to Cite Soleil a day after the killings last Wednesday. He interviewed survivors. On Saturday, he attended Dread Wilme's funeral. Seth Donnelly was in Haiti as part of a human rights delegation that was sponsored by the San Francisco Labor Council. We welcome you to Democracy Now!
SETH DONNELLY: It is good to be here. Thank you, Amy.
AMY GOODMAN: Well, talk about what you learned, what you understand happened, what is the U.N.'s version of events. We tried to get the U.N. on. They did not respond to our calls.
SETH DONNELLY: Yeah. I'd like to start with the official version, and then we'll look at what the evidence of the massacre that contradicts the official version. I interviewed the top military command of the U.N. on Friday, July 8, with some Haitian colleagues, human rights workers. And Lieutenant General Augusto Heleno and Colonel Morano claimed that the operation was a success. They did state that about 300 U.N. troops led by a Jordanian contingent, surrounded Cite Soleil, which as you mentioned is one of the largest ghettos in Port-au-Prince. It's one of the poorest neighborhoods in the world. And it has, even before this operation, it has been sealed off. According to locals, the U.N. had put shipping freight containers blocking various entrances into the community because it's been a hotbed of support for President Aristide. It is a Lavalas base of support, and there has been ongoing conflicts with U.N. and police in that community. So, the community was already relatively sealed off. But then the 300 troops came around 3:00 a.m. July 6, and then also according to U.N. high military command, they had 18 to 20 armed personal–armored personal carriers, which are basically like tanks without treads. They have cannons. And they had those choking off entrances and exits to and from the ghetto.
And then around 5:00 a.m., they launched the attack. They tried to locate Dread Wilme and capture him. They claimed he was killed. The community is acknowledging that he was killed. But the top level military command said they were unaware of any civilian casualties during the operation. So that was sort of — and they also mentioned that there was a helicopter that flew 3,000 feet overhead just for observation purposes, but it did not shoot down into the community.
What we found actually when we went into the community the day after the operation was widespread evidence that the troops had carried out a massacre. We found homes, which when we say homes, we are talking basically shacks of wood and tin, in many cases, riddled with machine gun blasts as well as tank fire. The holes in a lot of these homes were too large just to be bullets. They must have been tank-type shells penetrating the homes. We saw a church and a school completely riddled with machine gun blasts. And then the community came out.
Once we had passed through, and we were — the community understood who we were, women, children, old and young, came out en masse and started to give us their testimony. They clearly were not being coerced by (quote/unquote) "gang leaders" or "gang elements." They took us into their homes. They showed us bodies that still remained. They gave us very emotional testimony. People were hysterical still. And they all claimed that the U.N. forces had fired into their homes, had fired into their community, and people were saying at a minimum 20, if not more, people were killed.
Then there's a Haitian human rights worker who was actually on the scene when the operation occurred and has video footage that unfortunately we cannot yet release, but there is a plan at some point for that to be released to the public, that shows people being killed during the operation quite graphically.
Thirdly, we went to the local hospital that serves people from Cite Soleil. There's one hospital in Port-au-Prince, it's Medicine Without Borders, that doesn't charge a fee so very poor people can go to that hospital. And we asked them if they would share with us their records, which they did. And we got the impression that nobody from the U.N. had spoken to them. Perhaps they did but we felt like we were the first human rights workers making contact with the hospital after the operation. And sure enough, their records show an influx of civilian casualties. Starting at 11:00 a.m July 6, there is 26 people alone from Cite Soleil that came in suffering mostly from gunshot wounds. Out of that 26, 20 were women and children. One pregnant woman lost her child. And 50% of those 26 people had serious gunshot wounds to the stomach and had to go into major surgery right away.
Now, if the U.N. was committed to finding out the (quote/unquote) "collateral damage" of their operation, they would simply need to make a phone call or do what we did, which was to go to the one hospital in Port-au-Prince that serves the people of Cite Soleil or they could have spoken to the Red Cross in Cite Soleil, which admitted that they had transported 15 people out of there on tap-taps into the hospital. So the other —
AMY GOODMAN: Those are local buses? Local buses, tap-taps?
SETH DONNELLY: Yes.
AMY GOODMAN: What did the U.N. military commander say when you were questioning him about your — the eyewitness accounts that you heard?
SETH DONNELLY: Well, the Lieutenant General Augusto Heleno initially challenged us, our delegation, as to why were we concerned about the rights of the (quote/unquote) "outlaws," the term that he used, and not the (quote/unquote) "legal force." He seemed to write off community testimony as being part of community hostility and part of these (quote/unquote) "gang attacks" on U.N. forces. In that sense, I felt like he was sort of — the subtext of what he was saying was that the community itself was an outlaw community, that the gang would presumably include all of these folks that came out to talk to us. Another — the other military commander present suggested that some of the bodies that were shown to us were actually killed by (quote/unquote) "gangs," and that we should try to have ballistics tests done on the bodies. I would be all for having ballistics tests done on those bodies, as well as getting more comprehensive forensic evidence from medical professionals.
AMY GOODMAN: Seth, you were also at the funeral of Dread Wilme on Saturday. Fears that there would be another U.N. attack?
SETH DONNELLY: Yeah. Hundreds turned out. Inside of Cite Soleil, I kept feeling like we were — it was sort of like a South African township during the apartheid days, cut off. And hundreds of people came out for this funeral. The way the community spoke about Dread Wilme — again, not just youth who, you know, often worked with Dread Wilme, but also the entire community, women and children, referred to him as a father figure or a protector. But there was twice during this funeral service where a rumor hit the crowd that U.N. troops were coming back. There was U.N. — some APCs in the distance in Cite Soleil holding off checkpoints. And twice the rumor hit that they were about to roll on the crowd, and people fled in terror, including myself. It was a stampede running with the crowd, because you didn't know what was going to happen. That also was an indicator that something was very — when you have hundreds of people fleeing in terror, it would indicate that something very wrong happened on July 6.
AMY GOODMAN: You're saying a lot of the eyewitnesses saw this as a political attack, Cite Soleil, long seen as a stronghold —
SETH DONNELLY: Oh, absolutely, the community is highly politicized, it is highly — the community views itself locked in a long-term struggle for the restoration of President Aristide and for the removal of occupation forces from Haiti, and it views — people view these attacks as part of the ongoing post-coup war on the poor majority that is occurring in Haiti, which, by the way, our delegation outside of this event in Cite Soleil found comprehensive evidence of an ongoing war on the poor majority on different levels that is being conducted by the coup regime itself, the interim government of Latortue
AMY GOODMAN: In other news from Haiti, paramilitary leader, Guy Philippe announced last week he plans to run in the upcoming Haitian presidential elections. Last year, he played a key role in the ouster of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the president. Philippe, a former police chief who was trained by U.S. special forces in Ecuador in the late 1990s, involved with and has been accused of the masterminding of deadly attacks in Haiti. We're talking to Seth Donnelly. Last comments, Seth, as we wrap up right now about the significance of what happened in Cite Soleil last Wednesday.
SETH DONNELLY: Right, I certainly want to say that it's one thing to describe this in words, but when a person actually enters Cite Soleil, and you see the open sewage streams, you see the shacks that — how people are living, and then you think about 18 to 20 armored personnel carriers with tank-type cannons and you think about 300 troops with machine guns and a helicopter, by the way, which community people are saying fired down on them, and we did see what appears to be bullet holes in the roofs. It seems to me that this really was a Warsaw Ghetto-type attack on an impoverished community. And I do think this is emblematic of the ongoing war on the poor majority that is occurring in Haiti today, and it requires people in the United States to stand in solidarity with the people of Cite Soleil.
AMY GOODMAN: The U.S. has not sent military weapons to Haiti under the democratically elected Jean-Bertrand Aristide, but was documented sending hundreds, if not a thousand rifles under the leadership, if you could call it that, of Latortue.
SETH DONNELLY: Sure, and then they froze aid to Aristide, but now the Latortue government is, you know, receiving all sorts of money from the U.S. Then you have the — you have the issue with what is the U.N. role here. The U.N. role, they're in all of the very — they're in fancy bourgeois hotels. They drive around in these fancy SUVs. they have resources but I don't see schools being built. I think it could arguably be stated that Cuban doctors sent by the Cuban government have done more for the people of Haiti than the entire administer of the U.N. mission in Haiti since the coup.
AMY GOODMAN: Well, I want to thank you very much for being with us, Seth Donnelly a member of the U.S. labor human rights delegation who has just returned from Haiti, reporting to us on what happened last Wednesday, a pre-raid dawn by U.N. forces in a very poor area of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, Cite Soleil, long seen as a Lavalas stronghold, stronghold of the supporters of the democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. It looks like at least 20 dead, according to the reports on the ground.
SETH DONNELLY: Estimates from the community are getting much higher. Yeah. The person who was on the scene has given the estimate of 30, at least 25 confirmed dead as he sees it.
AMY GOODMAN: I want to thank you very much, Seth, as we wrap up the show. Thank you.
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Washington DC was a bit of a surprise to me. In some ways, it was exactly what I expected it would be. But in other ways, it was so much … more.
East Side of the Capitol
The landmarks were familiar, of course. We see them all the time on the news when TV reporters do their standups in front of the White House or the Capitol. Lots of white marble in those buildings. And columns. So many columns.
South Side of the Capitol
It was the scale of the place that took me by surprise. I thought it would be a short walk along the Mall from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial. But with all the stops I made along the way, it took me the better part of a day to make that walk.
As I walked, I kept muttering to myself, "So this is what a world capital looks like." Later the word came to me: imperial. The place is rife with imperialism.
West Side of the Capitol
I kept comparing the buildings in DC to the ones in other world capitals I've been to (London, say, or Paris). The buildings in Europe are just as grand and just as impressive. But across the pond, there is far less open space, and the grand buildings often catch you by surprise as you turn a corner.
Washington Monument and the Mall as seen from the Capitol
In DC, you have this massive front lawn they call the National Mall that lets you take in all the key sights in one glance. From the Capitol, you look down the Mall directly at the Washington Monument. Beyond that, there's the Lincoln Memorial. When you stand at the Washington Monument, you turn one way and have an unobstructed view of the White House, but when you turn the other way, the Jefferson Memorial leaps out at you.
Washington Monument from the Jefferson Memorial
Washington DC is a city well-planned. Like other world capitals, DC was selected to be the capital of a young country some years after its founding. But what's unique about DC among world capitals is that it was built from scratch. George Washington selected Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French-born American, to design the city. L'Enfant envisioned a city centred around three points: the government house (which eventually came to be called the Capitol), the president's house (what we now call the White House), and a monument to George Washington. Grand streets and avenues intersected at grand circles and squares. The Mall, in L'Enfant's mind, would be the grandest avenue of them all. A narrower avenue (Pennsylvania Avenue) ran between the Capitol and the White House.
Visionary that he was, L'Enfant was no project manager, and he was soon fired by George Washington. He died in poverty, but eventually was honored with a re-internment in Arlington National Cemetery. His true epitaph, though, is the city he designed.
Arlington Memorial Bridge
I spent two days in DC and was able to check off most everything (but not quite everything) on my to-do list. It was the Smithsonian that caught me up; I was barely able to make a start on it.
For more on that, stay tuned.
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