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Maik Veste
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Student works and thesis
ANFOREK VII 2017/2018 - Applied research for reclamation of post-mining sites in the Lusatian lignite mining district
PI, funded by LEAG - Lausitzer Bergbau AG, Cottbus (2017-2018)
Future Landscapes - Integrated landscapes to promote ecosystem services and sustainable land-uses in agriculture, forestry and natural ecosystems in Southern Africa
funded by Volkswagen Stiftung: Initiative Knowledge for Tomorrow – Cooperative Research Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa (2018)
AgroSolarSystems - An integrated Agro-Forestry-Energy approach to land use in the Western Cape, South Africa
CI, cooperation with Stellenbosch University, Department of Forestry and Wood Sciences, funded by National Research Foundation South Africa and Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery, 2014-2017
Development of biocrusts on temperate sand dunes and post-mining sites and their application in restoration ecology
PI, funded by Geschwister-Stauder-Schenkung, University of Hohenheim, 2016-2017
Ecophysiology and carbon fluxes in agroforestry systems in Brandenburg
Funded by University of Hohenheim, Institute of Botany, 2013-2018
Development of an automatic minirhizotron system for root investigations
PI, in cooperation with Umweltanalystische Produkte GmbH, Cottbus, funded by Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Land Brandenburg, 2012-2013.
BioSida - Cultivation of Sida as a new crop for bioenergy and reclamation of degraded landscapes
CEBra, AiF - Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, 2011-2013
Production ecology and ecophysiology of Igniscum - a new bioenergy crop
CEBra, Conpower Rohstoffe GmbH, Oldenburg, 2010-2013
COST Action FA 0901 "Putting Halophytes to Work. From Genes to Ecosystems
fundet by 7. FP EU, COST Action FA 0901, 2010-2014
Climate change and its implication for ecosystem dynamics and functioning
ZiF - Working group, funded by ZiF - Zentrum für interdiscziplinäre Forschung, Universität Bielefeld, August 2008
COST Action E52: 'Evaluation of Beech Genetic Resources for Sustainable Forestry'
Research funded by EU 7th FP, 2005-2008
Ecophysiology of bipolar lichens from the martime Antarctic
Research associate, University of Bonn, Nees-Institute for Plant Biodiversity, funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), 2005-2007
Biodiversity and its role for ecosystem functioning and services in drylands
Sino-German Workshop im Urumqi, in cooperation with Beijing Forestry University, funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Chinesisches-Deutsches Zentrum für Wissenschaftsförderung, Oktober 2006
Gradients in drylands - linking pattern and processes and their consequences for biodiversity
ZiF - Working group in cooperation with Christian Wissel (UFZ -Umweltfoschungszentrum Leipzig), ZiF - Zentrum für interdiscziplinäre Forschung, Universität Bielefeld, 2005
Restoration and stability of ecosystems in arid and semi-arid areas
Sino-German Workshop im Beijing, in cooperation with Beijing Forestry University and University of Bielefeld (Prof. W. Beyschlag), funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Chinesisches-Deutsches Zentrum für Wissenschaftsförderung, September 2004
Optimization of water use of crops under irrigation in arid regions
University of Bielefeld (Prof. Breckle,PI, M. Veste, CI), Tel Aviv University (Prof. Waisel), Arava Agricultural Research StationYotvata (Dr. Shani), Environmental Consultants (M. Abu-Taleb), Amman; Aswan University, Egypt (Prof. I. Springuel), funded by BMBF - Bundesminsiterium für Bildung und Forschung, 1996-2000
Nizzana II - Ecosystem processes in desert sand dunes of the NW Negev
University of Bielefeld (Prof. Breckle,PI, M. Veste, CI), in cooperation with Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Aird Ecosystem Research Center, funded by BMBF - Bundesminsiterium für Bildung und Forschung, 1995-2000
Nizzana I - Ecophysiology of halophytes in desert sand dunes of Nizzana
University of Bielefeld (Prof. Breckle,PI, M. Veste, Researcher), in cooperation with Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Aird Ecosystem Research Center, funded by BMBF - Bundesminsiterium für Bildung und Forschung, 1992-1994
Ecological problems of sustainable land use in deserts
Workshop in Königswinter, University of Bielefeld, in cooperation with UNCCD - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, funded by BMBF - Bundesminsiterium für Bildung und Forschung, 1999
Sustainable land-use in the arid and semi-arid Middle East
University of Bielefeld, International workshop in Bielefeld, funded by BMBF - Bundesminsiterium für Bildung und Forschung, 1994-1995
Ecophysiology of succulents and desert plants in the Succulent Karoo and Namib desert (South Africa, Namibia)
Research grant, University of Stellenbosch, Department of Botany, South Africa, funded by DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, 1990-1991
Research fellowships and travel grants for international cooperations
2016-2017 AgriWaterSystems - Optimization of irrigation and evapotranspiration in agriculture in the Western Cape (South Africa)
Cooperation with University of Stellenbosch, Department of Forestry and Wood Science, South Africa, funded by BML - BLE
2014 Ecophysiology of fast-growing trees in agricultural landscapes (South Africa)
Visiting scientiest, University of Stellenbosch, Department of Forestry and Wood Science, South Africa (Dr. B. du Troit), funded by DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, 2014
2011 Functions of biological soil crusts in the drylands of the Negev (Israel)
Visiting scientist, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (Prof. Dr. Aaron Yair), funded by funded by DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
2010 Biological soil crusts in drylands (South Africa)
Visiting scientist, University of Stellenbosch, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa (Prof. K. Esler) funded by DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, 2010.
2007, 2008 Photosynthesis and physiological activity of European beech genotypes (Italy)
Visiting scientist, Plant Genetics Institute, National Research Council, Florence, Italy, funded by STSM grant - EU COST E52
2006-2007 Ecophysiology of Nothofagus under climate change (Chile)
Visiting scientist, in cooperation with University of Valdivia, Department of Forestry, Valdivia, Chile (Prof. C. Ramirez), funded by BMBF - Federal Ministry of Education and Research and CONICYT, Chile, 2006-2007
2006-2010 Design of sustainable shelterbelts (China)
University of Hohenheim in cooperation with Beijing Forestry University, funded by BMBF - Federal Ministry of Science and Education, 2006-2010
2004-2005 Water use of trees in Inner Mongolia (China)
Visiting scientiest, Beijing Forestry University (Prof. Jiarong Gao), funded by BMELV - Bundesministerium für Enährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz, 2004-2005
2004-2005 IMPETUS - Spatial variability of water availability in drylands (Morocco)
Visiting scientiest, as part of the IMPETUS-Project University of Bonn and Cologne, by BMBF - Federal Ministry of Education and Research, funded by 2004 and 2005
2001, 2002 Ecology of desert plants in the Succulent Karoo (South Africa)
Visiting scientiest, as part of the BIOTA-Africa Project, funded by BMBF - Federal Ministry of Education and Research,
2000 Combating Desertification in the drylands of Inner Mongolia (China)
Visiting scientiest, Beijing Forestry University (Prof. Sun), funded by BMELV - Bundesministerium für Enährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz, 2000
ELKE - Development of extensive land use systems for the production of renewable resources as a possible mitigation and compensation measure
in cooperation with Anna Ślązak, Christian Böhm, Dirk Freese (PI), BTU Cottbus), funded by FNR - Fachagentur für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe, 2010-2013
Study on Combating Desertification in Central Asia
in cooperation with GTZ - Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, 2000
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DA Gascon Honors Those Who Helped Close High-Profile Cases
blessing scam Gascon by Bay City News | April 10, 2014 10:01 pm	| in Crime | 0
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon honored victims, prosecutors, law enforcement officials and others who helped seek justice in high-profile cases from the past year at the 10th annual Justice Awards this afternoon.
The midday ceremony at the State Building recognized the work and bravery in three cases from last year that the district attorney office's victim services division worked on.
One was the "blessing scam" that preyed on older Chinese-speaking immigrants, as part of a worldwide con.
In exchange for valuables, such as jewelry and cash, a scammer offered services to protect the victim from ghosts and other misfortune.
One victim in SF included Peiyee Lam Zhao, who was scammed out of $1,800 and a pearl necklace. Five days after she realized she had been duped, she saw the suspect on the bus and confronted the woman.
Through Zhao's efforts to detain her, investigators were able to get information about the suspect and ultimate identify her and arrest her.
In the city there have been 50 similar cases totaling losses of more than $300,000 worth of jewelry and $1.2 million cash.
Another case highlighted today was the conviction of Anthony Taylor last May for two separate shootings in 2009. Taylor and another defendant were believed to be members of the Hunters Point Westmob street gang.
Taylor had gone after a victim and his brothers because he was believed to be a "snitch." The victim was shot nine times, but survived the shooting.
The district attorney also praised the work of prosecutors in the conviction of Mia Sagote for the kidnapping and murder of a woman from the Tenderloin in 2007.
Sagote dumped the victim at Candlestick Park, doused her in gasoline and lit her on fire.
According to the district attorney's office, 5,892 victims and witnesses worked with the District Attorney Office's victims services division in 2013, a 9 percent increase from 2012.
A partnership with the Glide Foundation allowed the office to start holding office hours in the Tenderloin neighborhood in addition to sessions in Chinatown, the Mission and the Bayview neighborhoods, to help victims find services, such as physical therapy or mental health care, and funding for medical needs or burial expenses after a crime.
Sasha Lekach, Bay City News

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Activists and the family members of political prisoners in Saudi Arabia have held a protest rally in the capital, Riyadh, to renew their calls for the release of the political detainees in the Arab kingdom.
In a gathering outside the Attorney General's office in the capital on Monday, they also demanded the release of political activists held in Saudi jails without trial.
"My brother told me he was taken to court last year but it was a secret trial and they didn't let him choose his own lawyer. It's been over a year and we still don't have the result of the trial. In my opinion, this trial is nothing but a show," said a protester.
Saudi Arabia has been under fire for its human rights record especially for the detention of many anti-government protesters since the onset of a popular uprising last year.
Rights activists say hundreds of political prisoners remain locked up in Saudi jails under harsh conditions and without access to a lawyer.
People are randomly arrested by the Saudi police just for looking suspicious, and are held behind bars for years before they are even charged.
The oil-rich Eastern Province has been the focal point of the anti-regime protests in Saudi Arabia.


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Perhaps unsurprising it's an online course but it is described as enabling you to teach.
Would you like to do a class taught by a teacher who's teacher training was entirely online and was only an investment of £12? I'm not sure I would.
I know that some teacher training courses aren't great anyhow and some teachers are great despite it. However it worries me that with just online training and no in person requirement people can get qualified and insured to teach.
I'm not 100% convinced about requirements to sign up for Yoga Alliance or other training bodies but at the same time it gives some certainty around what training a teacher has had.


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Given the Chance: From Refugee to Personal Care Assistant
By HelloCare - Journalist Team. Jan 19, 2017
I was born in February 1972 in my hometown Oghada, Nigeria. When I was six years old, I lost my father so I was taken to Lagos in 1978. I went to school there, both my primary and secondary school, and completed my HSC in Maths and Statistics.
I then went to university and did my Bachelors in Environmental Science. While I was at university we had problems with Muslim extremists who had a connection to the Boko Haram extremists from the north.
That lead me to flee to Australia in 2013. I arrived in Australia July 24th and immediately I had to apply for a Protection Visa with immigration. My request was granted and the processing of my visa was in progress.
During that process I was very isolated in the job market in Australia. I found that my education, certificate and training in Nigeria were not compatible with the working environment in Australia.
I was advised to undergo any certificate course which could give me an upper-hand in the job market here. And that led to my aged care Certificate III course. Afterwards, despite being a new graduate, it didn't really give me the advantage in the job market that I had been hoping for. The biggest challenge was my lack of experience.
Most of the other employees I knew here had gone through agencies to secure a job. But the difference was that they already had experience, that pushed me into a corner where I considered "not useful" due to my inexperience in the field.
Given the Chance
That was until I was able to have a connection with Brotherhood of St Lawrence because they operated an sort of "unemployment program" then called Given the Chance. So in 2015 I became one of their unemployment graduate program applicants there.
I was very fortunate that that was the period where the Brotherhood of St Lawrence was trying to create an affiliated employment program with Benetas, an aged care provider. I think I was one of the first there who was trialled as a sort of litmus test for the program – to see if it could really work.
We were brought to Benetas in September 17th, 2015. The condition was, since experience wasn't a requirement, that I would have to go through a probationary period of 6 months for them to brush us up to their own standard. It was also for them to also see if I had a personality that fit well in their facility, something that would really attract them to give me full employment.
It was during that period that I was able to prove myself and fortunately on March 17th, which was the last day of my 6 month probationary period, I was accepted and taken in as full time employee at the Gladswood Lodge facility in Brunswick West.
Caring for the Elderly: Things that bring me Joy
I feel great now as a Personal Care Assistant. It's important for me that whatever I do gives me joy. That is where my area of interest is – things that bring me happiness.
My advice for young people and young refugees is to look for opportunities like what I found. When you have an opportunity like this, it gives you an chance to showcase some of your your talents and skills that may have been hidden before. That is what will give you a chance. There are refugees and migrants that are good people and that are talented, but the chance hasn't been given to them.
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HelloCare - Journalist Team
HelloCare is Australia's premier source of aged care content and daily news crafted specifically for the Australian senior audience. We produce fresh content on a daily basis across all forms of media, covering a wide variety of topics that resonate with our audience, shining a light on elderly issues with expert opinions from those within the industry. Here at HelloCare we believe that self-worth is derived from the value that others place on you and your issues, and we are committed to ensuring that elderly Australians and those within the aged care industry have a reliable and trustworthy hub for online news, education and entertainment. We believe the elderly are undervalued, and we are doing everything we can to change that perception.
By Caroline Egan Jan 19, 2017
Why are aged care staff paying expenses out of their own pockets?
Aged care staff are paying for work expenses out of their own pockets, despite it being a widely acknowledged fact they are underpaid. All too often home care staff will pick up the tab for an outing with a client, paying for their client's coffee or movie ticket on a day out. On their own, each outing might not seem like a large expense. Warm-hearted staff might think it's worth the cost to see their client smile, but over...
By HelloCare Mail Jan 19, 2017
Staff and residents chose to stay as fire turned on Omeo nursing home
When Ward Steet, the CEO of Omeo District Health, was told that wind conditions had changed and an approaching fire was now expected to reach Lewington House nursing home from the opposite direction they were expecting it, he made the devastating decision to evacuate. With 14 residents, most in their 80s and 90s and four very frail, he knew it was a significant call. However, only minutes later, local CFA members reassured him. They said the facility was their...
By Sean Rooney Jan 19, 2017
LASA calls for caution and cash saving commitment to cut appalling home care queue
Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), the voice of aged care, says all cash savings from a Commonwealth plan to change home aged care administration must go straight to reducing the nation's unacceptable home care queue. Commenting on the release of an Aged Care Financing Authority (ACFA) report into the proposal, LASA CEO Sean Rooney said the changes could deliver a one-off Government saving of hundreds of millions of dollars. "The current queue is appalling, with over 112,000 older Australians...
Caroline Egan Jan 19, 2017
By Jakob Neeland Jan 19, 2017
Aged Care Staff Need To Be Careful About What They Say Online
While there is no doubt that the internet has enhanced our ability to access information and communicate with those we love, giving everyone the ability to speak to the masses is not a privilege without complications. The vast majority of Australians have personal social media accounts, and it is not uncommon to see posts from friends and family members who take the opportunity to vent their frustrations publicly. The last three years have seen a surge in the number of...


Being born in a city near the sea makes one experience the horizon in a daily presence. In my paintings I return to the seas of my childhood. Shores and sleepless oceans where the landscape is an awe inspiring experience. And now, the grasslands of the steppe, the wind, like water and sky, as a constant flow. All is beginning, motion, emotion and transformation. Intensity and bareness.


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Airshow China: A Thieves' Bazaar
Anders Corr Former Contributor
The J-20 directly competes with the U.S. F-22 Raptor, and appears to be influenced by U.S. technology stolen from Lockheed Martin Corporation by Chinese hackers.
China is rapidly gaining on the U.S. in aeronautics technology
On November 1, Airshow China in Zhuhai unveiled what appears to be stolen technology from at least one U.S. company. In a marquee spectacle that underwhelmed viewers, Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) revealed its J-20 stealth fighter for the first time to the public. The J-20 directly competes with the U.S. F-22 Raptor, and appears to be influenced by U.S. technology stolen from Lockheed Martin Corporation by Chinese hackers.
A J-20 jet performs at Zhuhai Air Show in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong province on November 1,... [+] 2016. Two of China's secretive J-20 warplanes swept over a crowd at the Zhuhai air show on Novembert 1, potent symbols of Beijing's aspirations to military might. STR/AFP/Getty Images
Other U.S. companies have seen their technology adopted by Chinese aero-defense designers. In 2008 the U.S. sent two Boeing C-17 cargo planes to China with relief supplies after an earthquake. In 2013, China unveiled the Y-20, a similar-looking cargo plane that also flew in Zhuhai this month. The Y-20 has likely supplied China's illegal island-building in the South China Sea. In 2016, China built hangers on its militarized islands capable of accommodating the Y-20.
Peter Fallon of Sensata Technologies in Massachusetts partners with Chinese companies. He saw signs of his sensing technologies in the WS-10 turbofan aviation engine, used in the J-11 and J-16 Chinese fighter jets. In May, Chinese J-11 planes intercepted U.S. Navy surveillance planes and a U.S. Navy destroyer in the South China Sea area.
China's J-20 development is behind the Raptor by at least 10 years, and the J-20 maneuvers in Zhuhai were lackluster. But China is rapidly gaining on the U.S. in aeronautics technology , has more advanced stealth aviation technology than does Japan and South Korea, and could overwhelm the U.S. and its Asian allies with novel military aviation swarm tactics that pit large numbers of Chinese fighters, drones, and inexpensive missiles against a smaller number of more sophisticated allied fighters. While the U.S. is also developing this technology, China's strong and increasingly idled manufacturing base could out-compete the U.S. in the number of units created. China is developing similar naval swarm tactics that will doom U.S. aircraft carriers in the event of a China-U.S. naval conflict in Asia.
ZHUHAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 29: The Y-20 strategic transport plane flies ahead of the 11th China... [+] International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition on October 29, 2016 in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province of China. The Y-20 is China's first domestically developed heavy-lift transport jet and appeared at the 11th China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition which ran from November 1-6 in Zhuhai. VCG/Getty Images
The U.S., Japan and South Korea are playing by the rules, and painstakingly developing their own technologies. While these three democracies are trusted allies in Asia, much of this development is in isolation. The U.S., Japan, and South Korea, united by common values, should increase technical, economic, defense, and political cooperation in order to keep China and North Korea from expanding territory and influence in Asia.
China has already built a navy and air force capable of intimidating the U.S. and our allies in Asia. We are not effectively defending the global commons against Chinese naval and air force enclosure in the South and East China Seas. We have not stopped the threats of China's client-state, North Korea, against its neighbors. Nor have we stopped North Korea's deprivation of its own people. China and Russia are harassing Japan's airspace, and jointly patrolling the South China Sea. China's yuan is now part of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) currency basket. Today, China's Vice Minister of Public Security was elected to head Interpol, the international police organization. Democracy is losing ground.
Rather than increasing democracy in Asia, Obama's pivot tripped on increasing Chinese influence in Asian and global politics. That influence supports authoritarian politics, not democracy. The pivot was unschooled and half-hearted. China's checkbook diplomacy has been more effective, at least in the short term, at winning it friends in Asian leadership positions.
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has noted that the U.S. is in a great power competition with China. The Pax Americana in Asia from the 1970s to the present was based on U.S. economic and military power that compared favorably to that of China. That peace is now threatened by a China that is rising economically and militarily, and largely because of trade and technology served up on a silver platter by the United States and allies.
The U.S. and allies, therefore, need to get much smarter in terms of limiting China's access to Western markets, technologies and development. This includes greater use of economic sanctions to pressure China on issues such as North Korea, the South China Sea, and the East China Sea. It includes better cyber-security, and greater limits on China's ability to acquire or partner with U.S. and allied companies holding or developing sensitive technologies.
As much as we would like to dream that China is engaged in a peaceful rise, and that it will one day democratize, that rise does not look peaceful from the perspective of Asian citizens in North Korea, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and Brunei, where China-allied authoritarian leaders are knuckling under to China's demands in exchange for China's funding, markets, and support for authoritarian domestic policies. Their halfway alliances with the U.S., Australia, Japan, and South Korea are alliances of convenience, not values. Neither does China's rise look peaceful to citizens in democracies such as India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines. These countries are being impinged upon by Chinese and North Korean military and territorial expansion, and do not have the means to defend themselves.
A spectator poses with US Air Force members in front of a US transport plane at the Airshow China... [+] 2014 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong province on November 12, 2014. The 10th Airshow China 2014 took place from November 11 to 16, 2014. JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images
As a non-democracy, China cannot be trusted to be peaceful towards these or other democracies. China's democratization has been in reverse since 1989 when China's leadership took an authoritarian turn and killed over 500 of its own democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square. Xi Jinping, the "Chairman of everything," is one of the most authoritarian leaders in Communist China's history. We must recognize that U.S. engagement with China has failed, and that U.S. and allies, if they value democracy, must stop their losses.
This applies, above all, to the field of aeronautics and defense technologies. Most aeronautics technologies have dual-use military aviation applications. China's theft of the F-22 designs are an obvious hit to democracy. Less obvious is when Boeing and Airbus trade technology for market access to China. When U.S. and allied politicians, communities, aeronautics companies, and even a U.S. government laboratory welcome Chinese aeronautics partnership and investment, they are likely giving away technology that will be used against the industries and militaries of the U.S., Europe, and Asian democracies.
Our attempts at friendship with China have failed. It is now time to more carefully guard against the theft or acquisition of sensitive technologies that rightfully belong to the citizens of democratic states. It is time to apply economic pressure to improve China's compliance with international law and human rights. We must now, regretfully, obtain peace through strength.
Anders Corr
I worked in military intelligence for five years, including on nuclear weapons, terrorism, cyber-security, border security, and counter-insurgency. I covered and visited...


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Q: Trouble closing CamelContext in Cucumber test The problem
The problem is somewhat small but as follows:
When having multiple scenario's in a Cucumber test, the log is polluted with the following message:
14:54:54.021 [Camel (camel-1) thread #7 - TemporaryQueueReplyManager[queueName]] ERROR o.a.c.c.j.DefaultJmsMessageListenerContainer - Could not refresh JMS Connection for destination 'temporary' - retrying using FixedBackOff{interval=5000, currentAttempts=26, maxAttempts=unlimited}. Cause: null

What am I doing
So I've got an application which produces a fat-jar. In my Cucumber test I run this jar for each scenario from its own working directory. The jar uses JMS, so I create an ActiveMQ broker in the test to do the communicating. While the jar is not using Apache-Camel, the Cucumber tests do use Camel.
At the start of each Scenario, the jar is installed, Camel context is built, AMQ broker is started and lastly the jar is started.
Then the test steps occur, both using Routes in case the jar has the initiative and using a producer in case the application I'm stubbing has the initiative.
At the end of the test I first stop the application, call stop on the CamelContext and stop the broker.
The pattern seems to be that for each Scenario in the same feature file, which is under the same JUnit run definition, the number of occurrences of the above shown error seems to increase.
My hypothesis is that something in the CamelContext is lingering which causes the message.
What I've tried
At the start of the project, Camel version 2.19.5 was selected. I've tried running it with version 2.24.3 which did not change anything.
The rest of my attempts are in this block where I stop the CamelContext and the broker:
    camelContext.getShutdownStrategy().setSuppressLoggingOnTimeout(true);
    camelContext.getShutdownStrategy().setLogInflightExchangesOnTimeout(false);
    camelContext.getShutdownStrategy().setTimeout(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(5));
    camelContext.stop();
    long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
    try {
        Awaitility.await().atMost(1, TimeUnit.MINUTES).until(() -> camelContext.getRoutes().isEmpty());
    } finally {
        LOG.info("Waited time for Camel was {}", System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime);
        startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        if (broker != null) {
            broker.getBrokerService().stop();
            broker.getBrokerService().waitUntilStopped();
            LOG.info("Waited time for ActiveMQ was {}", System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime);
        }
    }

The resulting logging was around 100ms for Camel and under 10ms for ActiveMQ.

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Communicating diagnostic uncertainty in the acute and emergency medical setting: A systematic review and ethical analysis of the empirical literature.
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Cox, CL
Kuhn, I
Fritz, Zoe
Acute Med
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Hart, J., Cox, C., Kuhn, I., & Fritz, Z. (2021). Communicating diagnostic uncertainty in the acute and emergency medical setting: A systematic review and ethical analysis of the empirical literature.. Acute Med, 20 (3), 204-218. https://doi.org/10.52964/AMJA.0865
BACKGROUND: diagnostic uncertainty is ubiquitous. Its communication to patients requires further investigation. AIMS: To determine: 1) What is known about how and why diagnostic uncertainty is communicated in acute care; 2) evidence of the effects of (not) communicating diagnostic uncertainty in the acute setting; 3) associated ethical issues. METHODS: systematic review of Medline, Web of Science and SCOPUS for (acute or emergency care) AND (diagnostic uncertainty) AND (ethics OR behaviours). Critical interpretive synthesis and ethical analysis were conducted. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Nine studies (primarily surveys and interviews) were identified. Doctors are not trained in communicating diagnostic uncertainty and perceive it to have negative effects on patients; however not communicating diagnostic uncertainty can disempower patients, resulting in delayed/missed diagnoses or inappropriate use of resource.
Humans, Uncertainty, Communication, Ethical Analysis, Emergency Service, Hospital, Surveys and Questionnaires
Wellcome Trust (208213/Z/17/Z)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.52964/AMJA.0865
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Falana neither fits into a box nor dances to the tune of any musical stereotype.
The singer, whose music has elements of poetry, jazz, soul, rhythm, and percussion, does not have a particular genre.
Some have labelled her an Afro-fusion sensation, but Falana enjoys the luxury of not being restricted by categorisation.
Like a bird, she seeks to fly and roam through the skies of sound, unhindered.
In a recent interview with TheCable Lifestyle, the singer made it known that music is her natural form of expression and revealed that her musical inspiration is basically a reflection of who she is, and the kind of music she enjoys.
"I am just trying to be myself in a very simple sense. Music that is raw and honest resonates most of me," said Falana.
Lauryn Hill and Nina Simone, she said, have greatly influenced her style of writing, and added that Frank Ocean and SIA are some of the modern artistes whose writing she admires.
Although she has a refined taste, Falana is open to all sounds of music.
Music has always been her passion and it was inevitable that she'd tow the path of the bohemian – strumming on guitar strings, writing in the dead of the night and belting out powerful tunes.
"Some people are comfortable with suppressing their passions, others aren't, I am one of those people that aren't," she said while explaining that she comes alive and becomes an entirely different person on stage.
In many music markets around the world, sounds that appeal to the mainstream audience tend to have greater commercial value.
The chances of fame are high and creative returns are much more guaranteed.
But Falana is not moved by the thought of all that, maintaining that the most successful sound is that which people can relate to.
"I am who I am…..and so I create what makes sense to me," Falana said when asked if mainstream music would ever be an option.
She believes the market in Nigeria is large enough and strongly disagrees that most Nigerians appreciate one-dimensional music.
"I think historically if we look back and we see the kind of music people listened to in the 70's and 60's that means there's a capacity for Nigerians to like diverse music", said the singer who cited Onyeka Owenu and King Sunny Ade as examples.
Falana noted that she has enjoyed positive reception thus far while narrating her most humbling experience.
It was a comment made about her music – that it's the type one listens to "when you're going through something or feel introspective and you want to indulge in your emotions".
Harping on the creative ways she expresses herself, Falana said she would like to dabble in visual arts.
She strongly opined that every creative individual has the capacity to create in different mediums, stressing that a lack of technical skills to execute isn't really a barrier because an artiste can always communicate ideas to someone who can enhance them.
Falana's first project, an EP of five songs titled 'Things Fall Together' was released in Cuba, and having been active for two years, she says Nigeria, Canada and Cuba are the countries where she has gotten the most encouraging reception.
The evolution of technology, she believes, has made it easier for music to cross borders.
"It would be silly if I were to limit myself to one place. So if I'm making music and someone half way across the world can relate to it then that's amazing," said Falana.
What keeps Falana going? TheCable Lifestyle asked.
"Self-motivation is the most sustaining form of motivation", she quipped, while attributing a chunk of the support she gets to her family and friends.


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Posted: 10:45 AM, Apr 10, 2017
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump praised new Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch during a public White House ceremony Monday, saying Gorsuch will rule "not on his personal preferences but based on a fair and objective reading of the law."
In a Rose Garden ceremony, Trump said in Gorsuch, Americans see "a man who is deeply faithful to the Constitution of the United States." The president is predicting Gorsuch will go down as "one of the truly great justices" in the court's history.
The 49-year-old appeals court judge from Colorado was sworn in during the ceremony by Justice Anthony Kennedy, for whom he once served as a law clerk.
The president noted that the successful nomination came during his first 100 days in office.
Now, after a lifetime of preparation and several grueling weeks as a nominee, he starts his tenure as the junior-most justice. The new guy. The rookie.
Sure, his vote on a dream docket of constitutional and statutory cases will be equal to any other justice. They all wear the same black robes, after all.
But someone has to open the doors and lead the cafeteria committee.
With no time to catch his breath after meeting with more than 80 senators, enduring 20-plus hours of testimony and watching the Senate go nuclear over his nomination, he'll have to learn quickly. And even though he served as a clerk at the highest court in the early 1990s, he'll still have to adjust to the peculiar place that is the Supreme Court. It's steeped in tradition and seniority weighs heavily.
The junior-most justice starts off at the bottom of the heap, sits on a far wing of the bench and speaks last at conference.
Indeed, the conference — the regular closed-door meeting where the justices discuss cases — has an unusual tradition.
Only justices are allowed to attend. No clerks, no assistants, just the nine.
And the junior-most justice is assigned the task of answering the door. Seriously.
It's a job that Justice Elena Kagan, confirmed to the bench in 2010, is likely relieved to relinquish.
She lightheartedly described the job qualifications at a Princeton appearance in 2014.
"The junior justice has to answer the door," she began.
"I mean literally, if there is a knock on the door, and I don't hear it — there will not be a single other person who will move, they will just all stare at me until I figure out 'oh, I guess somebody knocked on the door.'"
Why might people knock on the door? "It's like 'knock knock, Justice X forgot his glasses' … 'knock knock, Justice Y forgot her coffee.'"
"So there I am popping up and down. I think that is a form of hazing, don't you?" she said to laughter.
Besides conference duties, the junior justice is also traditionally assigned to the cafeteria committee.
The court is a close-knit place, and staff and a number of the justices divide up into committees dedicated to the functioning of the institution.
One lofty assignment — often doled out to senior justices — is the budget committee.
The cafeteria committee is a decidedly less lofty assignment.
Justice Stephen Breyer served there for a near record-breaking 11 years during a stretch when the court's membership didn't change.
Gorsuch will have popular shoes to fill. Kagan gained the instant respect of colleagues, clerks and beat journalists when she spearheaded the installation of a frozen yogurt machine.
Help from your new friends
The new job comes with no handbook, no orientation sessions. Other justices in their early days have leaned on their colleagues.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor relied upon Justice John Paul Stevens to serve as a mentor in her first several weeks. In 2016, she called him her "barometer" in part because he assured her that it was okay to be a solo voice at times.
"He gave me the courage to understand that some things just have to be thought about," she said during an appearance at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Justice Clarence Thomas credited the late Justice Antonin Scalia with helping him learn the ropes. "I can honestly say that as beat up as I was when I got there with the workload, I don't know how I would have gotten through if he hadn't been there," he told an audience hosted by the Federalist Society in 2013.
In 2015, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recalled being dismayed about her first opinion assignment in 1993 because it dealt with an impossibly complicated congressional law. She thought her first opinion might be more of a softball. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor came to her rescue with her usual straightforward advice.
"Just do it," the first female justice on the bench told the second. When the opinion was released in court, O'Connor slipped her a note, Ginsburg recalled. "This is your first opinion of the court, it is a fine one and I look forward to many more," the note read.
Meet the clerks
And then there's the issue of clerks.
Interviews with several former clerks who served for first-time justices reveal that those first few weeks can be daunting.
"Justices are appointed so rarely that they are left to figure out things out on their own," said Deborah Merritt, who served as a clerk to O'Connor during her first term.
Merritt remembers an unusual situation. She said that O'Connor contacted her first four clerks shortly after her nomination. They were then hired by the chief justice on the court's general payroll to begin preparing memos and materials for the new justice.
"When the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to confirm Justice O'Connor, Court officials drove us across town so that we could meet her and deliver the memos we had prepared," Merritt said.
After her first conference on argued cases, Merritt said that O'Connor was dazzled. "She described to us how momentous it felt to sit in that historic conference room with just the other eight justices," she said.
Alexander "Sasha" Volokh served as a clerk for incoming Justice Samuel Alito. Volokh had been on the court clerking for O'Connor and says he was relieved when Alito asked him to stay on. Alito, a former appellate court judge, knew his way around a legal opinion and oral argument. But different kinds of cases come to the Supreme Court, including the sober responsibility of deciding last-minute death penalty appeals.
Volokh explained that each chamber had a clerk that stayed up late to handle any last-minute stay applications.
"My first question," Volokh said in an interview, "was 'if we need to wake you up, do we have your standing permission to do so?' Alito said 'yes.'"
When Gorsuch arrives, the eight justices might have a few cases lined up that are split 4-4.
Peter Keisler clerked for Justice Anthony Kennedy, who faced a similar situation during his first term.
"Justice Kennedy arrived at the court in February 1988, during the middle of the term. There were a couple of cases that had already been argued but on which the court was deadlocked 4-4. So the court issued an order directing that those cases be reargued," Keisler remembered.
He said that while advocates always try to answer questions as persuasively as possible, he sensed that attorneys gave "special solicitude" to Kennedy during the rearguments, knowing his would be the decisive vote.
"Perhaps, in that sense," he said, "those cases were a harbinger of things to come."
This article comprises reporting from The Associated Press and CNN.


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Викентий (Винцентий;  или , ; умер не позднее 578) — епископ Неаполя во второй половине VI века.

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Основной исторический источник о Викентии — написанная на рубеже VIII—IX веков анонимным автором первая часть «Деяний неаполитанских епископов».

О происхождении и ранних годах жизни Викентия сведений не сохранилось. В списках глав Неаполитанской епархии он указан следующим после епископа Иоанна II. Когда состоялась интронизация Викентия — неизвестно: в «Деяниях неаполитанских епископов» время его восхождения на кафедру ошибочно датируется приблизительно 540 годом (двенадцатым годом византийского императора Юстиниана I). В то же время в средневековых источниках управление Викентием Неаполитанской епархией относится ко временам папы римского Пелагия I. На этом основании делается вывод, что епископ должен был получить сан между 556 и 561 годами. Возможно, что восшествие Викентия на епископскую кафедру могло состояться в 558 или 560 году.

Некоторые средневековые авторы приписывали Викентию строительство или восстановление нескольких церквей в Неаполе. Однако в более достоверных источниках большинство этих деяний отнесены к попечению других неаполитанских епископов. Наиболее достоверными считаются свидетельства о строительстве по повелению Викентия второго баптистерия в находившемся в Лукулланском дворце монастыря и о возведении большой апсиды в построенной на месте языческого храма церкви Святого Лаврентия. На остатках последнего из этих сооружений сохранилось изображение монограммы этого епископа. Упоминается также о богатых пожертвованиях, которые Викентий сделал нескольким церквям своей епархии.

После завершения в 554 году Готских войн Неаполь вошёл в состав итальянских владений Византии. Новые властители Апеннинского полуострова сразу же начали восстановление сильно пострадавшего от военных действий города. Так, по приказу Нарсеса были полностью перестроены укрепления Неаполя, сделавшие тот одним из наиболее защищённых городов Италии. Переживший во время недавних войн две осады — в  и в  — Неаполь пришёл в такое запустение, что византийцам пришлось снова заселять город, отправив туда часть жителей Кум, Поццуоли, Сорренто и Нолы. Тогда же в Неаполе появилась большая община византийских греков, члены которой сохраняли не только свои бытовые обычаи, но и особенности вероисповедания. Так как в средневековых источниках не упоминается о каких-либо государственных чиновниках, управлявших Неаполем в то время, предполагается, что эти полномочия находились в руках епископа, действовавшего в согласии со всё ещё существовавшим городским советом. Известно, что в середине VI века церковная юрисдикция епископа Неаполя распространялась на бо́льшую часть Южной Италии. Среди городов, в той или иной степени подчинявшихся главе Неаполитанской епархии, были Салерно, Беневенто, Бари, Бриндизи, Таранто, Кротоне и Реджио, духовенство которых сильно пострадало от войн между византийцами и остготами. Однако с началом завоевания лангобардами Апеннинского полуострова в 568 году возможность епископов Неаполя окормлять жителей этих городов значительно уменьшилась.

Согласно «Деяниям неаполитанских епископов», Викентий возглавлял Неаполитанскую епархию двадцать три года. Дата его смерти точно не известна, но это должно было произойти не позднее 578 года. Такой вывод делается на основании упоминания Викентия как современника византийского императора Юстина II, и отсутствии свидетельств о том, что епископ был ещё жив при императоре Тиберии II. Преемником Викентия в Неаполитанской епархии стал святой Редукс, интронизация которого состоялась 5 марта 579 года.

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Remember Snatch, starring Benecio Del Toro and Brad Pitt and Dennis Farina and all those cool people? I'm sure you remember Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. Both films were directed by Guy Ritchie, and if you're a fan of his directorial resume, then prepare yourself for The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is part of America's spy character history; the original 1960s show is such a part of pop culture that I even used it as the inspiration for one of my Tyrant recaps. The film adaptation takes viewers back to the 1960s, but really gives us a glossy, extravagant view of the time. To paraphrase one of the critics, the film does give James Bond a run for its money (just the visuals alone put it up against Bond in a big way).
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Writer: Screenplay by Guy Ritchie & Lionel Wigram
Story by Jeff Kleeman & David Campbell Wilson and Guy Ritchie & Lionel Wigram
Based on the television series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
Producers: John Davis, Steve Clark-Hall, Lionel Wigram, Guy Ritchie
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Cast: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, with Jared Harris, and Hugh Grant
Action Adventure. Henry Cavill ("Man of Steel") stars as Napoleon Solo opposite Armie Hammer ("The Social Network") as Illya Kuryakin in director Guy Ritchie's action adventure "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," a fresh take on the hugely popular 1960s television series. Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." centers on CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin. Forced to put aside longstanding hostilities, the two team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization, which is bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a vanished German scientist, who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization, and they must race against time to find him and prevent a worldwide catastrophe.
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E" also stars Alicia Vikander ("Ex Machina") and Elizabeth Debicki ("The Great Gatsby"), with Jared Harris ("Sherlock Holmes: a Game of Shadows"), and Hugh Grant as Waverly. The screenplay was written by Guy Ritchie & Lionel Wigram, who previously collaborated on re-imagining the classic detective Sherlock Holmes in two hit films. The story is by Jeff Kleeman & David Campbell Wilson and Guy Ritchie & Lionel Wigram, based on the television series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." John Davis ("Chronicle"), Steve Clark-Hall ("RocknRolla," the "Sherlock Holmes" films), Lionel Wigram, and Guy Ritchie produced the film, with David Dobkin serving as executive producer. Ritchie's behind-the-scenes creative team included two-time Oscar-nominated director of photography John Mathieson ("The Phantom of the Opera," "Gladiator"), production designer Oliver Scholl ("Jumper," "Edge of Tomorrow"), editor James Herbert (the "Sherlock Holmes" films, "Edge of Tomorrow"), Oscar-nominated costume designer Joanna Johnston ("Lincoln"), and composer Daniel Pemberton ("The Counselor"). "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." will be shown in IMAX in select theaters.
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Q: Cloud Foundry multi-node environment RestClient Request Timeout during VMC push I am using VMC 0.3.18 and I set up my environment like the one discussed here: http://support.cloudfoundry.com/entries/20407923-single-multi-node-vcap-deployment-using-dev-setup
Each VM VCAP status claims their services are running (i.e. vcap_dev status) but when ever I try to push an application that I know works (successfully tested it in a single-node environment), I receive a HTTP exception: RestClient Timeout. Here is what the line looks out when the application is pushed.
root@myHome:~/Ruby/Hello# vmc push hello
Would you like to deploy from the current directory? [Yn]: Y
Detected a Sinatra Application, is this correct? [Yn]: Y
Application Deployed URL [hello.vcap.me]: hello.vcap.me
Memory reservation (128M, 256M, 512M, 1G, 2G) [128M]: 128M
How many instances? [1]: 1
Bind existing services to 'hello'? [yN]: N
Create services to bind to 'hello'? [yN]: N
Would you like to save this configuration? [yN]: N
Creating Application: OK
Uploading Application:
  Checking for available resources: OK
  Packing application: OK
  Uploading (0K): OK
Push Status: OK
Staging Application 'hello': .............................................HTTP exception: RestClient::RequestTimeout:Request Timeout

These application I have been attempting to load are simple hello.rb file http://docs.cloudfoundry.com/tools/vmc/installing-vmc.html#next-steps (scroll up to see the file) and env.rb, to echo the page's environment variable  (on the bottom of the single-node\multi-node page mentioned above)
Any ideas on what I am doing wrong here? Any suggestions?

A: The documentation that you have used for your multi-node setup is very old and cloud foundry is on a rapid development phase.
Here is where you will find active conversations on vcap:
https://groups.google.com/a/cloudfoundry.org/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/vcap-dev
If you are thinking of using chef for your multi-node cf installation, would recommend you to use Andrea Campi's scripts here: https://github.com/zephirworks - note that this is an independent project. The Cloud Foundry team is moving away from dev_setup and towards both BOSH installs.


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Steve Vai Says He Inadvertently Helped Create Grunge
posted by Andrew Magnotta @AndrewMagnotta - Jul 12, 2019
If the electric guitar entirely disappeared from pop music after the '80s, Steve Vai would have felt pretty guilty.
Vai says his show-off style and over-the-top stage antics in the '80s embodied everything that bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice In Chains tried to kill the following decade.
With the benefit of hindsight, Vai tells Australia's Heavy magazine that he totally understands their point of view.
"With David Lee Roth and Whitesnake, my job was be the guy that fit the mold of the '80s," Vai explained. "The '80s was a great time for rock guitar. We were all influenced by those incredible musicians of the '70s like [Jimmy] Page and Brian May and Jeff Beck and Ritchie Blackmore."
Vai continued, noting that the electric guitar was up front in much of the pop music of the decade. But when the grunge phenomenon took hold, "the whole face of guitar-playing in popular music just changed overnight."
Guitarists who took lengthy solos or showed off too much were shown the door, seen as relics of a superficial, gilded era.
"There was a period there in the '90s for a guy like me — I was, like the poster boy for everything that was wrong about playing the guitar," Vai added. "In one decade, I couldn't [not] open up a magazine and find extraordinarily wonderful things written about me, and in the next, I could not [not] open up a magazine and see the worst things being said. But things change again, and I just kept sticking to what I enjoyed doing. History doesn't remember those times in between trends."
He concluded, saying his instincts, musically, have generally served him well.
Lately, Vai is touting the newly released live album, Generation Axe — The Guitars That Destroyed The World: Live in China.


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Each week on Ask the Doc, our host Mike White talks to doctors around town and asks them questions we are just buzzing to hear about. This week on The Buzz, Mike spoke to Patrick and Hope Basile, from Basile Plastic Surgery & Wellness. Board-certified Plastic Surgeon Dr. Patrick L. Basile was born in Bogotá, Colombia and then raised on Long Island in New York. He attended Boston College obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a concentration in Psychobiology and then completed a post-baccalaureate program at the University of Pennsylvania. He was commissioned as an officer in the United States Navy after being accepted into the Health Profession Scholarship Program offered by the Department of Defense. Dr. Basile completed medical school at the SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse NY. He remained in Upstate New York to complete his combined residency in General Surgery and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Rochester- Strong Memorial Hospital. While in Rochester, Dr. Basile was involved in research and was selected to be a Plastic Surgery Research Fellow in the Musculoskeletal Research Center at the University. He served as Chief Resident in his final year of training and was very involved in medical student education.
Upon completion of his training Dr. Basile was stationed at the Navy's Flagship Hospital, the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. The hospital then combined with the Walter Reed Army Medical Center to become Walter Reed National Military Medical Center where he was appointed as Assistant Chief of Plastic Surgery and the Director of Microsurgery. During his time at Walter Reed, Dr. Basile was a leader in wounded warrior care, helped nurture the breast reconstruction program and expanded the aesthetic offerings at the hospital. His accomplishments on both the national and international level led to faculty appointments at both the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pittsburgh. He had the privilege of being a part of the hospital's first bilateral arm transplant at Johns Hopkins and continues his collaboration with these institutions. Dr. Basile was given the opportunity to serve those with no access to hospitals in South America as the Commanding Officer for the Department of Defense's yearly humanitarian cleft lip and palate mission where they have helped thousands of patients over the last ten years. He also spent time on the USNS MERCY as the Chief of Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Basile has been recognized for many honors and awards. He has been nominated for Best Case/Best Save of the Year by the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery. He has received the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and National Defense Medal. In addition to his faculty appointments at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pittsburgh, he also has been appointed an adjunct clinical professor at the University of Florida Jacksonville campus. Most recently, Dr. Basile was announced as the Official Plastic Surgeon of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
He has been invited to lecture around the world and has many publications. Dr. Basile travels internationally teaching workshops on the latest surgical techniques. He had the amazing opportunity to speak at the International Surgery Conference in China and work with local plastic surgeons to introduce CoolSculpting overseas. Dr. Basile's work has been acknowledged in numerous magazines, newspapers, television pieces and books, including The Wall Street Journal. He has also been featured in Oliver North's book American Heroes: On the Homefront.
Dr. Basile opened Patrick L. Basile, M.D. Plastic Surgery & Wellness in 2016, two years after relocating to the Jacksonville area after his active duty time as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He currently operates out of two offices in Jacksonville Beach and Fleming Island. He lives in Ponte Vedra Beach with his wife and six children.


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Handicraft of Odisha
Handicrafts in Odisha
Odisha, the land of dexterous artists and craftsmen, possesses a rich artistic tradition which enjoyed liberal patronage from the temples as well as the nobility. Diverse and varied, the enthralling craft-work of Odisha depicts the magic of the deft hands of these artisans and puts forth a perfect medium to get a glimpse of the spectacular world of a craftsmen's imagination.
Applique Works
An appliqué is ornamental needlework in which pieces of fabric in different shapes and patterns are sewn or stuck onto a larger piece to form a picture or pattern. This technique is very common in some kinds of textiles, but may be applied to many materials. In the context of ceramics, for example, an appliqué is a separate piece of clay added to the primary work, generally for the purpose of decoration. The term originates from the Latin "applicare" and subsequently from the French appliquer or "apply". Appliqué is a technique used to decorate an aspect of a garment or product. The technique is accomplished either by hand or machine.
Applique work in Odisha also originated as a temple art. The artisans of Pipli have their mastery in applique art. Here colored cloths are stitched in various shapes. Saris and other attires are designed with applique work, which has gained a lot of popularity in International market. Tiny mirrors are stuck or stitched by thread embroidery to create a remarkable work of art.
Brass and Dhokra Works
Dhokra or bell metal craft is a tribal craft that combines metallurgical skills with wax technique to create things of distinctive beauty, practiced for over 4,000 years. It is thus a very old form of craft that is still practiced in some parts of Odisha. These tribal crafts people express their special worldview through their whimsical creations.
Made from paper, waste cloth and different kinds of natural fibres, Paper Mache skill has been creatively practiced by crafts persons from all over Odisha since long. Masks, hand bags, toys are produced out of specially made papers in Odisha that are not only beautiful but strong and durable as well.
Bone Craft
The inception of this art has been more than a century ago and its popularity has only grown year after year. Many utility as well as decorative things are made in this form and mostly the finished products look like the Filmfare lady. Black and beautiful! The surface throws off a dark somber sheen which catches the attention of all art-lovers. Parlakhemundi and Cuttack are famous for this artwork.
Palm Leaf Ethching
This art originated when written communication began. Messages and manuscripts were written on the palm leaf to be disseminated. Gradually the trend to decorate the text with images began and that became an art in itself. It is mostly practiced by the artists primarily residing in Puri and Cuttack.
The technique of Ikat is the tie and dye process which has trickled down from the Indonesian culture. Weaving in this technology started in Odisha. Although Odisha has adopted this process yet it has its own style of designing. Manually done, the intricate method of Ikat is subject to tying in sequences and dyeing the required areas in particular colors.
Coir Craft
Among the state's greatest contributions to the arts and crafts of the country are the artefacts made from coir fibre. The lightweight, yellow coloured fibre is moulded into animal and bird designs as well as decorative items. Some of the popular animal figures include horses, crocodiles and dinosaurs.
Bottle Art
A true collector's delight, these bottles are painted in captivating Odisha art, depicting scenes from the life of Lord Krishna. Unique, with a burst of colours, they make an irresistible buy.
Terracotta Crafts
This work is traditionally done by the tribal. They use special type of clay and design to match their skills. Popular items are roof tiles and utensils such as plates, khullars or the earthen tea cups, jars and many other kitchen items. Artists prepare many items most of which they outline and highlight with colours. However, in most cases the finished is left with the natural terracotta colour. Animal figurines of bulls, elephants and horses are also elegantly molded in very natural strong forms.
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quercus suber | Thoughts On "S"
In the sixth and final season of LOST, as millions of us watched in the hopes that the mystery of the island would be revealed, a very simple explanation arose from the island's leader, Jacob. The island is a cork. It is a cork on a particular wine bottle, and this particular wine represents evil. The island's purpose is to prevent evil from spreading by blocking its escape route.
It seems J.J. Abrams is not done with the cork as a symbol for overcoming evil.
Signe Rabe was born in Perpignan, France (see p361 marginalia). The economy of Perpignan is dependent on the cork tree.
S.'s ship, in the Book of "S" on the Obsidian Island, has the word Sobreiro visible in the hull (see p292). Corks are buoyant, like the ship – they float on water.
Archimedes, the Greek inventor, was first to explain the principle of buoyancy in Archimedes' Principle. Is this a reference to Arquimedes de Sobreiro?
As S. and Corbeau leap from the mouth of the cave of the K– and plummet to the water below, S. has a memory of "corks flying on a New Year's Eve. A room full of people, of faces and bodies and spirits. A fire in a hearth. A sense of himself as—well, as someone." S. himself is a cork popping out of the cave's exit.
Sobreiro, and S., are corks – they are men who have come to prevent evil from escaping into the world. Different stories, same tradition (p404). Initially, though, S. fights evil with evil – a no-win proposition. It is only in the climax, as S. follows the monkey's example, he simply removes the cork of Vevoda's stored-up evil and returns it to the ground from which it came.
The cork material of a Sobreiro (cork tree) is harvested from the bark without harming the tree itself. Every 9 years the cork bark replenishes itself completely and it is reharvested. The tree continues to live. The cork bark is the substance from which all corks are made – whether Arquimedes de Sobreiro or S.
They all come from the same tree of life.
In Portugal, not far from Lisbon, is the largest and most famous Sobreiro of all. It is called The Whistler Tree. From this one tree, over 1,000,000 corks have come to life in its lifetime of over 200 years. It's name comes from the innumerable birds that land and sing within the tree's canopy. Our book "S." is replete with birds and sailors who whistle. Our book climaxes with S. and Sola blowing whistles with "avian warbles and trills that allow them to communicate behind enemy lines" as they approach Vevoda in the wine cellar (p416).
Sobreiro is the cork oak tree – the tree of life that contains and offers the substance from which all corks are made. The cork, whether in LOST or "S.", represents those dedicated to containing evil without becoming evil itself.
Some parts of the armature, however, are harder to see until our eyes become accustomed so well to the book and its complex story that we begin to see them emerge slowly from the text. This post is about one of these.
The Chapter 10 cipher has been solved (mostly). What is perplexing is the sixth column of letters don't make sense. There is a column of letters that do make sense (LONOE), but we have no apparent way of knowing what specific geographical coordinates should be dialed in on the EOTVOS wheel that make sense.
Sobreiro means cork oak (quercus suber) – the kind of cork that floats on water and that is used to seal wine bottles. The Portuguese word for this tree is Sobreiro. Signe Rabe was born in Perpignan, France (see page 361). The economy there depends on the cork oak tree, which grows there. More on this.
Caldeira comes from the latin caldaria, meaning a warm bath or a cooking pot. Also used to describe an active volcanic crater.
One of Jen's favorite words in "S" is palimpsest (p. 379). One of the world's most famous palimpsests is Archimedes' Palimpsest.
These elements of "S" seem to me to be puzzle pieces that form a recognizable object, or element of the armature: Archimedes' Principle. Archimedes' Principle covers water displacement and, more interesting, buoyancy.
It was seeing this subtle focus on Archimedes' Principle that led me to my own moment of Eureka!
Eric shouted "I FOUND HER!" to Jen when he discovered Caldeira ("warm bath") in Maraú, Brazil. The geographical coordinates of Maraú are 14°06′10″S 39°00′54″W. These coordinates give us the missing column of letters for the Chapter 10 cipher: LONOE.
It appears to me that FXC deliberately left one column of letters in the cipher a mystery in order to quietly announce her eventual whereabouts to VMS in case he was still actually alive and could come and find her.
I sense there is much, much more to the armature of Archimedes' Principle to help us understand Sobreiro and The Archer's Tales. I am interested in hearing your thoughts and findings as you read deeper into "S".