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Culture in the Anteroom introduces an English-speaking readership to the full range of Siegfried Kracauer's work as novelist, architect, journalist, sociologist, historian, exile critic, and theorist of visual culture. This interdisciplinary anthology—including pieces from Miriam Bratu Hansen, Andreas Huyssen, Noah Isenberg, Lutz Koepnick, Eric Rentschler, and Heide Schlüpmann—brings together literary and film scholars, historians and art historians, sociologists, and architects to address the scope and current relevance of a body of work dedicated to investigating all aspects of modernism and modernity. The contributors approach Kracauer's writings from a variety of angles, some by placing them in dialogue with his contemporaries in Weimar Germany and the New York Intellectuals of the 1940s and '50s; others by exploring relatively unknown facets of Kracauer's oeuvre by considering his contributions to architectural history, the history of radio as well as other new media, and museum and exhibition culture.
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Buses and Retreaded Tires
With advances in technology, materials and manufacturing, today's bus tires are tougher than ever before. Bus tire manufacturers design their tires for multiple lives, meaning the tires are designed to be retreaded This article by the Tire Retread Information Bureau (TRIB) - a non-profit, member-supported industry association dedicated to the recycling of tires through retreading and repairing - explains how through retreading tires, bus fleets can add thousands of dollars annually to their bottom line, and at the same time, help reduce the scrap tire problem and conserve oil.
Bus fleet operators have an inherent tire operating problem: the drive tires on buses often face hot operating conditions that can shorten their tires' tread life expectancies.
The problem is caused by the traditional configuration of bus bodies. Usually, drive position tires are shrouded by sheet metal, which has been formed to create a rear wheel well that is almost completely enclosed. The design restricts the airflow around the tire and actually encourages heat build up. Heat is a tire's single greatest enemy.
The higher operating temperatures found in many bus tire applications require special compounding and casing constructions to improve the usefulness of these tires.
Most tire manufacturers design and manufacture bus tires using the same advanced technology that goes into truck tires for linehaul service. When fitted to trucks and trailers, linehaul tires are generally in the open, operating with plenty of air circulation to help moderate temperatures. For tires built for bus operation, construction changes are made to afford better heat dissipation from the tread area and to improve sidewall resistance to scuff and curb damage.
IMPROVING THE BOTTOM LINE
Retreading of bus tires can improve the value of these tires in any operation by reducing overall tire costs.
A properly constructed and well-maintained retreaded bus tire will provide at least as many miles of use as it did when new. The more expensive the original new tire, the greater the retread savings.
All bus tire manufacturers design their tires for multiple lives, meaning the tires are designed to be retreaded. Therefore, to discard a worn tire without retreading is to lose much of the tire's value. This is a wasteful and unnecessary expense.
THE IMPORTANCE OF TIRE MAINTENANCE
To ensure that tires can be retreaded for at least one more lifecycle, and perhaps even a second, bus operators need to do several things:
- Follow good bus maintenance practices.
- Closely watch tire air pressure by checking air pressure regularly using a properly calibrated tire gauge. It is important to break bus drivers of the habit of thumping a tire to determine air pressure. Doing so is as effective as trying to determine if a bus needs oil by thumping its hood.
- Load vehicles properly and do not overload.
- Teach bus drivers to make turns carefully to avoid excessive scrubbing of the tire tread surface on the pavement. Because of the longer chassis of most buses compared to conventional trucks, tread scrubbing is almost inevitable, but cautious turns will reduce the wear rate.
Vehicle handling can be improved by maintaining correct air pressure in tires. Avoid running tires at low pressures.
When a tire is underinflated, most of a vehicle's weight is concentrated on the tread located just under the sidewalls, rather than being spread out evenly across the full width of the tire. As such, as the tire rolls, the sidewall gets continually overflexed and heats up, creating destructive temperatures and faster tread wear. This affects both performance and safety.
Problems also result from too much air pressure. Overinflation causes tires to wear excessively at the center of the tread because it will bear the majority of a vehicle's weight, with little wear on the outer edges of the tire. This causes reduced traction, handling problems, a harsher ride, and increased and uneven wear.
RETREADING MAKES GOOD ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL SENSE
Not only is tire retreading an economic positive, it is also environmentally responsible. Retreading helps reduce the scrap tire problem and saves oil.
Bus tires are basically petrochemical products. It takes approximately 22 gallons of oil to manufacture one new bus tire. Since most of that oil is used in the tire casing, which is reused in the retreading process, only 7 gallons of oil is required to retread that same tire. Consequently, each time a tire is retreaded, approximately 15 gallons of oil are saved. Considering that the overall tire market for transit and commercial buses is about 430,000 to 470,000 units annually, retreading conserves millions of gallons of oil every year.
The approximately 500,000 private commercial truck owner- operators and commercial truck fleets in the United States have discovered that truck tire retreading makes them good environmental citizens and smart business operators. Bus fleet operators are making the same discovery.
Increasing numbers of highway users, concerned citizens, government agencies and drivers recognize that a retreaded truck or bus tire is a tire that is not part of the solid waste stream.
RETREADED VS NEW TIRES
The basic difference between a retreaded tire and a new one is that a retread has new tread rubber added to a previously used casing that has been designed for a multiple life. Retreads enable the bus operator to keep costs down, improve profit margins and increase the value received from tires.
The foundation of a successful retreading program starts with good tire casings. Structurally, new and retreaded tires are virtually the same. With proper care, commercial bus tires can be retreaded two or three times, providing hundreds of thousands of miles of additional tire life.
The tire casing will eventually wear beyond retreadability, but collecting that many miles takes a long time, and during this time, the tire being kept in use as a retread reduces the scrap tire problem and saves the bus fleet operator money.
Although tires are highly complex structures - among the most durable objects the rubber industry has ever created - bus operators are not overly fascinated by tire complexity. They simply demand that a tire support the bus and carry its "cargo" over the road surface with relative smoothness, and do those things for a long time with no trouble.
However, when thinking retreading, it helps to know what's in a tire and how they're made.
A new bus tire begins life as a mixture of natural and synthetic rubbers, oils, carbon black, pigments and other additives, each contributing certain properties to a rubber compound.
The tire's components - sidewalls, tread rubber, chafer and apex strips, innerliner and reinforcing body fabric and steel plies - are all assembled in a shape that resembles a doughnut. The tire industry refers to this as a "green" tire.
This assembly is placed in a tire curing press where, under extreme heat and pressure for specific time periods, the doughnut is molded into a conventional tire shape. These same forces are used in retreading previously used tires.
After the new tire is removed from its mold, it should have a routine, original life expectancy of hundreds of thousands of miles, given proper attention to inflation pressures and avoiding collisions with curbs, potholes and other hazards.
WHEN TO RETREAD
The time to retread, tire experts say, is when a tread measurement shows at least 4/32" of tread remaining on the tire casing. They strongly advise against waiting until the tread wear indicators show in the tire. This delay could cause the casing to be wasted from a retread standpoint. Some of the old tread rubber base is needed for good adhesion of the new tread, which is why it is a good idea to pull tires early. It can be a false economy to wait until the last minute.
If the casing is in good condition, retreading can extend the useful life of the tire by another hundred-plus thousand miles. And often, the process can be repeated a second and third time.
THE RETREADING PROCESS
During the retread process, only the tread rubber on a tire is replaced. The tire casing is usually untouched except for buffing, unless there is some needed section or nail-hole repair required. Buffing is the process where a tire has its old tread mechanically removed by a specifically designed lathe-type machine.
The first step in retreading is a thorough visual inspection of the tire to be retreaded. Inspectors typically also use various high-tech, non-destructive inspection equipment to uncover damage invisible to the naked eye. These inspections look for manufacturing defects, signs of impact that might have broken the casing, repairable damage, non-repairable damage and excessive aging.
Once a tire casing passes the inspections, it has most of its remaining tread rubber buffed off with a specifically designed buffing machine. Using template guides for accuracy and consistency, this machine removes the worn tread to the correct shape, size and texture, preparing the casing surface to receive a new tread. At this point, highly trained and skilled professionals repair any injuries remaining in the tire casing.
The next step in the retreading process is the application of the new tread. Because proper alignment is critical for tire life and performance, a device known as a tread builder centers and aligns the new tread rubber on the buffed casing. The tire is then ready for tread curing (also called vulcanizing) - the step that bonds new tread rubber to a previously used tire casing.
Two types of processes are used in bonding tread rubber to the tire casing: mold cure and precure. Simply put, with the mold cure process, uncured tread rubber is applied to the tire casing after which it is placed into a rigid mold, which contains the tread design. The mold is heated and the tread rubber takes on the tread design.
In the precure process, the tread rubber that is applied to the tire casing has already been molded with a tread design. A thin layer of cushion gum bonding is applied around the tire casing after which the precured tread is applied. The tire is then placed in a chamber where pressure and temperature adheres the tread to the tire.
Following the curing comes the last step in the retreading process: final inspection. All retreaded tires are rigorously inspected to ensure a quality, safe and attractive product. Once inspectors approve the tire it is then painted and labeled for a like-new appearance, ready to return to full service and a second (or third) life as an economical alternative to higher-priced new tires.
A single principle governs the selection of a retread process: the correct tread design and compound must be selected for the bus operators' intended use.
Retreaded tires are a viable alternative to new tires. The more times a tire casing is retreaded, the lower the cost-per-mile of operation. The result is an improved financial picture for bus fleets, and a tire that is kept out of the solid waste stream for a longer period of time.
NOTE: Retreaded tires may not be used on the steer wheel positions of buses.

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In this segment, he explains how to inspect the framing for trouble. Sheetrock installation techniques. USG Sheetrock Brand Ensemble™ Panels. They both are easy to work with have a shelf life at room temperature of about nine months. Apply second and third coats.
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Even techniques when using similar techniques, two different tradesmen can produce very different drywall texture styles. Drywall textures are primarily used to add character to. Sheetrock is the brand name for sheetrock gypsum wallboard product produced by United States Gypsum Company. sheetrock Use a drywall lift drywall jacks to place , hold a sheet for ceiling installation to place heavier sheets. USG Ensemble® Spray- Applied Finish. How to Hang Sheetrock. There are 5 levels of drywall finishing each of which is techniques appropriate given a room' s eventual wall coating use.
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Drywall panels cover most walls and ceilings built over the last 40 years. Drywall can also be called sheetrock, wallboard and gypsum board.
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There is nothing worse at that point in your life than having an important transaction delayed or even destroyed by a realtor who simply doesn't seem to know what they are doing or, worse yet, simply doesn't care.
Here we will take a look at a few of the tell-tale signs that you are working with someone that isn't up to the task. If you notice any of these in your current realtor, it may be time to start searching for a new one.
While you should understand that your agent is always going to be working with multiple people at any one time, they also have a duty to you to respond to any queries or issues that you have in a timely fashion. If you find that the questions you ask take days to answer or, even worse, simply don't get answered at all then you may need to move on to somebody that is going to care a little bit more about getting the deal done.
On the surface of things it's quite nice to have somebody agreeing with us. It makes us feel like our opinions are completely correct and it makes most people feel happy. It's also something that you should not be looking for in your realtor. If the person you are working with simply agrees with everything that you say, instead of offering other suggestions or using their knowledge to point you in the right direction, then you are working with somebody who is just trying to make you happy and isn't going to have what it takes to do what you need, rather than what you think you want.
On the flipside of things, you also don't want your agent to be so wrapped up in their own opinions that they completely fail to take what you have to say into account. If you find that the person you are working with seems to brush past the things that you say without really paying attention to them, then it may be time to look for somebody else. After all, if they don't listen to you, how could they possibly no what you want from the transaction?
Whether you are buying or selling a home, you will want the person working with you to take advantage of every resource that is at their disposal to get the job done. In today's marketplace that means using the internet, whether it's to list a property or to peruse an online database. Any realtor who has still not joined the online age is one to be wary of. They are a long way behind the curve and aren't going to be able to give you all of the help that somebody who is more tech-savvy would be able to. You don't want to miss out because they don't want to adapt.
Once you master these sequences, you may advance to more intricate steps.
Grooves are basic moves that form the foundation. Once you master these steps, you will be able to combine them to create different routines. While you stand in front of a mirror, you will watch your teacher perform grooves. After watching, you will have an opportunity to practice them. Watch yourself in the mirror to see how well you are matching rhythm and movements.
After learning a few grooves, you will become ready to progress to simple choreographed routines. Your teacher will begin teaching you a routine that features steps you have mastered. Watch and listen to your teacher closely during the demonstration, so you can repeat it when the class begins practicing.
Learning grooves and remembering them is known as "pickup" in hip hop dance classes. The more you practice and dance, the better you will learn the moves.
Students also need to become adept at transitions, which involve changing between sets of eight counts. This transition typically involves a small movement, often not discerned or noticed by new students. Once you learn this skill, you will move more gracefully through a routine.
After you learn the basics of a new routine, your teacher might switch to practicing with music. Rhythm often increases with music, so expect to dance faster once a song begins. If the class has difficulty keeping up with some songs, the teacher might switch to songs with slower tempos. It is often useful for students to learn how to groove at a variety of different music tempos for flexibility.
Have fun in your hip hop dance classes. With continued effort and practice, you will soon become an experienced dancer.


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Furnace Manufacturer Uses ESOP to Solve Business Succession
Employees at Onex Inc., an industrial furnace manufacturer in Erie, Pa., always looked forward to hearing about the company's latest developments, both immediate and long-term, at weekly meetings.
The husband and wife team now running Onex, Drew and Ashleigh Walters, lead those meetings. Drew held a 20% stake as vice president since 2012, and Ashleigh ran day-to-day operations as general manager since 2013. In 2018, Drew and Ashleigh acquired a majority, controlling interest in Onex from Drew's father. Despite these changes at the top, employees had come to rely on the couple's leadership style.
Onex employees have always known Ashleigh and Drew had their best interests at heart ... even during a pandemic. Ashleigh and Drew have also known, when push came to shove, they could always count on Onex employees owning up to their mistakes as a way of taking ownership of their responsibilities to the company. As Ashleigh says, this is an "ownership culture" that fosters trust in a close-knit, family-oriented environment.
Ashleigh and Drew wanted to continue this culture in their planning for business succession. As Generation Xers, they did not want to wait much longer to put a succession plan in place that would ensure continuity for Onex and the community at large. They also weren't convinced their two young sons would be interested in
taking the reins when it came time for them to retire, especially since the odds are stacked against passing ownership to a third generation. Decision time was upon them.
"Tears filled the room when the announcement was made," Ashleigh said. How was this even possible? It sounded too good to be true, but it wasn't. Through the adoption of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) on July 15, Ashleigh and Drew had headed off their succession challenge – the very challenge they saw Drew's father wrestle with some years earlier.
Too many businesses fail to plan their succession, whether it's a matter of time or a matter of complexity. Whatever the reason, it sneaks up on them. When succession plans are even discussed, ESOPs are often a last resort. They shouldn't be. They should be considered right alongside other options. In fact, when compared to other options, ESOPs often come out on top when factoring in all the pros and cons of each approach.
What often stands out during these discussions is the owners' desires to preserve the legacy they have built. Who do I want owning my family business? Will some other buyer move the business out of state or, worse, out of the country? Will they lay off employees? Will they sell off assets to another party? When considering all these factors, an ESOP, which Congress has favored with exceptional tax benefits, is more often than not a company's best option, especially a family-owned enterprise like Onex. More about Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) The sale is financed by tax-deductible annual cash contributions to purchase shares for the ESOP trust or, more commonly, a bank loan and/or seller note the ESOP can use to buy a block (or all) the shares. Purchases can be all at once or gradual, for as little or as much of the stock as desired. For the employees, no contributions are required to purchase the owners' shares. The owner can stay with the business in whatever capacity is desired. The plan is governed by a trustee who votes the shares. The board appoints the trustee, however, so changes in corporate control are usually nominal unless the plan is set up by the company to give employees more input at this level.
Stock is held in the trust for employees until they leave. At least all employees with 1,000 hours or more in a plan year must be included. Their accounts vest over up to six years. Contributions allocated to employees are based on relative pay or a more level formula and then distributed after the employee terminates. ESOPs cannot be used to share ownership just with select employees, nor can allocations be made on a discretionary basis. They only work for profitable businesses, and they work best in companies where owners really value their employees.
For many companies, ESOPs are the perfect fit. Source:
Adams, J. (2020, October 19). Furnace Manufacturer Uses ESOP to Solve Business Succession. Retrieved November 5, 2020, from https://www.forgemag.com/articles/85098-furnace-manufacturer-uses-efsop-to-solve-business-succession
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Open and Networked Initiatives and the Digital Transformation of Academic Publishing in China
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Open and Networked Initiatives and the Digital Transformation of Academic Publishing in China Xiang Ren A dissertation presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Queensland University of Technology Creative Industries Faculty March 2013
Key Words Academic Publishing China Open Access Digital Social Media Preprints Open Science Convergence ii
ABSTRACT Many aspects of China's academic publishing system differ from the systems found in liberal market based economies of the United States, Western Europe and Australia. A high level of government intervention in both the publishing industry and academia and the challenges associated with attempting to make a transition from a centrally controlled towards a more market based publishing industry are two notable differences; however, as in other countries, academic communities and publishers are being transformed by digital technologies. This research explores the complex yet dynamic digital transformation of academic publishing in China, with a specific focus of the open and networked initiatives inspired by Web 2.0 and social media. The thesis draws on two case studies: Science Paper Online, a government-operated online preprint platform and open access mandate; and New Science, a social reference management website operated by a group of young PhD students. Its analysis of the innovations, business models, operating strategies, influences, and difficulties faced by these two initiatives highlights important characteristics and trends in digital publishing experiments in China. The central argument of this thesis is that the open and collaborative possibilities of Web 2.0 inspired initiatives are emerging outside the established journal and monograph publishing system in China, introducing innovative and somewhat disruptive approaches to the certification, communication and commercial exploitation of knowledge. Moreover, emerging publishing models are enabling and encouraging a new system of practising and communicating science in China, putting iii
into practice some elements of the Open Science ethos. There is evidence of both disruptive change to old publishing structures and the adaptive modification of emergent replacements in the Chinese practice. As such, the transformation from traditional to digital and interactive modes of publishing, involves both competition and convergence between new and old publishers, as well as dynamics of co- evolution involving new technologies, business models, social norms, and government reform agendas. One key concern driving this work is whether there are new opportunities and new models for academic publishing in the Web 2.0 age and social media environment, which might allow the basic functions of communication and certification to be achieved more effectively. This thesis enriches existing knowledge of open and networked transformations of scholarly publishing by adding a Chinese story. Although the development of open and networked publishing platforms in China remains in its infancy, the lessons provided by this research are relevant to practitioners and stakeholders interested in understanding the transformative dynamics of networked technologies for publishing and advocating open access in practice, not only in China, but also internationally. iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................................. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................ vii STATEMENT OF ORIGINAL AUTHORSHIP................................................................................... ix List of Figures .............................................................................................................................. x List of Tables ............................................................................................................................... x Chapter 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Digitising Academic Publishing in China .......................................................................... 1 1.2 Research Questions and Significance ............................................................................ 24 1.3 Research Design ............................................................................................................ 27 1.4 Chapter Outline ............................................................................................................. 43 Chapter 2 Open and Networked Models Meet Academic Publishing: A Literature Review ... 46 2.2 Open and Networked Initiatives ................................................................................... 47 2.2 Academic Publishing as a Social and Economic System ................................................ 55 2.3 Critical Understanding of the Dynamics ........................................................................ 71 2.4 What about China? ........................................................................................................ 77 Chapter 3 The Context of Chinese Academic Publishing......................................................... 80 3.1 The Chinese Academic System ...................................................................................... 82 3.2 The Chinese Academic Publishing Industry ................................................................... 98 3.3 The Difference of Chinese Academic Publishing ......................................................... 115 Chapter 4 Science Paper Online: A Case Study ..................................................................... 119 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 119 4.2 Innovations of SPO Model ........................................................................................... 124 v
4.3 Operating Strategies .................................................................................................... 144 4.4 Influences and Constraints .......................................................................................... 157 Chapter 5 New Science: A Case Study ................................................................................... 163 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 163 5.2 Innovations .................................................................................................................. 166 5.3 Operating Strategies .................................................................................................... 175 5.4 Usage, Influence, and Constraints ............................................................................... 186 Chapter 6 Innovations and Impact ........................................................................................ 193 6.1 Formal and Informal, Public and Private ..................................................................... 194 6.2 The Potential of Creative Destruction ......................................................................... 207 6.3 The Democratization of Science .................................................................................. 221 Chapter 7 The Networked Future of Academic Publishing ................................................... 229 7.1 The Emerging and Traditional Publishers .................................................................... 231 7.2 The Selection by Academic "Market" .......................................................................... 245 7.3 The Influence of Policy ................................................................................................ 255 7.4 Conclusions and Implications ...................................................................................... 262 Appendix 1: Sample of Interview Questions ......................................................................... 273 Appendix 2: List of Interviewees ........................................................................................... 275 Reference .............................................................................................................................. 276 vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would firstly thank all the interviewees in this research. They not only generously share their insights on Chinese academic publishing with me, but also help me a lot in the research practice. Many of them value this research for its meaning in the complex and difficult transition of Chinese academic publishing toward an open future. They encouraged and stimulated me all over the research process. I owe a big thank you to my principal supervisors: Prof. John Hartley and Dr. Lucy Montgomery. It is my great pleasure to have been supervised by you both successively within one PhD journey. In the first two years, Prof. John Hartley contributed valuable wisdom and a formidable intelligence, acting as a kind and expert guide in my academic adventure. Dr. Lucy Montgomery took over my principal supervision in the second half of PhD candidature. Before this, she spent much time and energy on this research as associate supervisor. Her supervision has greatly improved the overall thesis and helped me to prepare for a future academic career. I am also very lucky to have a "dream team" of associate supervisors including Deputy Vice Chancellor Professor Tom Cochrane, Professor Stuart Cunningham and Associate Professor Jason Potts. I deeply appreciate the depth and variety of the expertise and the time and patience that you have brought to this project. As an experienced publisher but an emerging academic, I have learnt a great deal from this all star team of supervisors. I should also say "thank you" to a large group of people in Australia and China, including Professor Michael Keane, Dr. Cheryl Stock, Professor Collin Steele, Dr. vii
Sue Carson, Dr/Prof. Li Zhimin, Prof. Wu Yishan, and many lovely fellow PhD students at my hosting centre CCI, QUT, and other universities. Finally, I would like to thank my wife and my son. Without your support and encouragement, it would have been impossible for me to complete this research from Australia. This thesis is especially for you, my beloved family! viii
STATEMENT OF ORIGINAL AUTHORSHIP The work contained in this thesis has not previously been submitted to meet requirements for an award at this or any other higher education institution. To the best of my knowledge and belief, the thesis contains no material previously published or written by another person except where due reference is made. Signature Date: 03/07/2013 ix
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I'm interested in projects that study fungal ecology. In particular, I will be working with Dean Malvick and Kathryn Bushley looking at the ecology of "Fusarium virguliforme" in hopes to better understand the effects of the pathogen on our environment and vice versa.
Plant pathology is our ability to understand how plant diseases impact our agriculture and ecosystem in general.
Why did you decide to attend graduate school at the University of Minnesota? Tell us about your path to Plant Pathology.
My first exposure to fungi was through a Mycology course at my undergraduate university, where I picked up a research project studying the effects of acid mine drainage on fungal diversity and heavy metal absorption. After this project, I was selected as an undergraduate research intern at Cornell University, where I worked with "Erysiphe necator". Since then, I have struggled to find the right graduate program. I chose the University of Minnesota because the program allowed me to design and research a project that geared more towards my personal interests.
I hope to learn as much as possible about the realm of plant pathology that I can pass on to future generations as I pursue my goals of becoming a professor. I also hope to apply my knowledge from the University of Minnesota to study the possibilities of using mycoremediation in the future.
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Canada must protect its biodiversity
A new report from the environmental group CPAWS points out that Canada has fallen shamefully behind on a UN agreement to protect its lands and waters from development.
By Star editorial board
Mon., July 24, 2017timer2 min. read
It's tempting to sit smugly back and wag a finger at Donald Trump's America for being dangerously backward on environmental issues.
But according to the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society's (CPAWS) annual report, Canada, too, has cause to hang its head in shame.
Apparently, this country — home to 20 per cent of the world's forests and 24 per cent of its wetlands — is a world-class laggard when it comes to protecting its lands and fresh waters and, as a result, its biodiversity.
Under the 2010 United Nations Convention on Biodiversity, Canada promised to increase the 9.6 per cent of lands and fresh waters that were protected at that time to 17 per cent by 2020. Now, a mere three years away from that deadline, we have managed to increase the proportion of protected land and water only to a piddling 10.6 per cent.
That's the lowest of all the G7 countries (in Germany the figure is a healthy 37.8 per cent). Indeed, Canada is sadly below the world average of 15 per cent.
If there is any good news in the CPAWS report it is that in the last 18 months, the Trudeau government has taken welcome, though modest, steps to address this environmental disaster-in-the-making.
This year, for example, federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna held a meeting with her provincial and territorial counterparts to discuss how to reach the 2020 goal. And under its new "Pathway to 2020" process, the federal government established a national panel that will counsel governments on how Canada can achieve its target and an Indigenous Circle of Experts to provide advice on conservation.
Such collaborative efforts are crucial. As CPAWS notes: "With 90 per cent of Canada's land and 100 per cent of inland waters managed by governments, all jurisdictions need to work together to achieve our conservation commitments."
But talk alone is clearly not enough. If the government is going to meet the 2020 target - and the CPAWS report suggests that's still possible - it will have to take decisive action now.
In particular, the report recommends, governments should fast-track safeguards for 13 areas where environmental protection work has already been done, including the North French River Watershed in Ontario.
Other sensible suggestions from CPAWS include banning permits for industrial development in areas identified for permanent protection by Indigenous governments; and protecting more land and waters rather than simply "amending the accounting system to incorporate more existing conservation areas."
Such efforts are important not simply to conserve wildlife and wilderness. The human-driven destruction of biodiversity poses a threat to our food, water, the health of our economy and the sustainability of our planet. In Canada, by virtue of our vast wilderness, rich wildlife and enormous holdings of fresh water, we have a special responsibility to conserve. It's past time we stopped shirking.


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9 of the Best Science-Related YouTube Channels
If you are a science enthusiast, here are some great science-related YouTube channels to binge-watch.
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If you live and breathe science, you might want to consider checking out some of the following great science-related YouTube channels.
We've got a few other dedicated lists for specific disciplines like chemistry, biology, and physics if you prefer to check those out.
We also have included some suggestions for other non-science related channels in case you fancy something different.
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Which is the best channel on YouTube?
This completely depends on your tastes and interests. But, that being said, there are some very popular channels on YouTube with enormous subscriber bases.
According to sites like blog.hubspot.com, there are some of the most popular YouTube channels as of 2018:
The King of Random (10.4 Million Subscribers)
National Geographic (9.7 Million Subscribers)
Crash Course (8.5 Million Subscribers)
Ted-Ed (7.8 Million Subscribers)
Matthew Santoro (6.2 Million Subscribers)
Alltime10s (5.5 Million Subscribers)
SciShow (5.3 Million Subscribers)
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What are the best history-related YouTube channels?
If you love a little bit of history, there are some great YouTube channels out there. Some of these include, but are not limited to:
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Simple History
History Buffs (Author's personal suggestion)
Mystery History
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Feature History
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What are the best educational YouTube channels?
We have already covered some of these above, but there are many other educational YouTube channels that are also worth considering.
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Some great science-related YouTube channels
But if science is your bag, here are some great suggestions for you to get your daily dose of sciencey-stuff.
1. Interesting Engineering, of course!
What better source for your YouTube viewing pleasure than our very own YouTube channel! Packed with all the great content you'd expect from one of the best engineering and science sites on the web, you're bound to find something of interest.
Our channel started in 2015 and has since grown exponentially to a whopping 80K following. To date, we have racked up well over 7.5 million views and publish new stuff several times a week.
Keep up to date with the latest goings-on in Science and Tech by subscribing (plus clicking the little bell symbol), and binge-watching our marvelous material.
We would say this, of course, wouldn't we?
2. Cody's Lab is pretty great
If our channel is not enough to feed your appetite, you might want to also consider checking out Cody's Lab. His channel is one of the more popular on YouTube and has managed to collect 1.8 million subscribers since 2011.
In his own words, "I simply post videos of the (sometimes crazy) things that I do; this includes science, bees, and anything else that I am working on. Enjoy!"
So, if that sounds up your street, head over to his channel and check out his great material. You will not be disappointed.
3. Kurzgesagt — In a Nutshell (bringing science and cut animated birds together since 2013)
Kurzgesagt - In A Nutshell is, hands down, one the best general science and technology YouTube channel around. The channel was founded in 2013 and has since grown to well over 9.5 million subscribers.
Each and every video is incredibly well researched and produced. Content covers many aspects of science and technology, which are presented in a fun and entertaining format.
But be warned, you will quickly fall in love with their cute animated birds, which will keep you glued to the screen for hours on end! Forewarned is forearmed, as they say.
4. The Royal Society of Chemistry is a great resource
The Royal Society of Chemistry is your one-stop-shop for the latest information for all things chemistry. The channel started in 2008 and has since garnered an impressive 52K subscriber base.
"The Royal Society of Chemistry is an international, non-profit organization that connects chemical scientists with each other, with other scientists, and with society as a whole."
They were founded in 1841 in London and are today one of the most well-respected scientific institutions in the world.
5. Mental Floss is another great science-related YouTube channel
If you have never watched any of Mental Floss' material, you really should hang your head in shame. This channel is another of YouTube's most popular channels for feeding your curiosity.
It started in 2011 and now has a whopping 1.3 million subscribers to its channel. Their content covers a wide range of topics, but they do have a very good collection of science-related videos for your consideration.
Do yourself a favor and check out their channel today!
6. NurdRage love all things science
With over 735K subscribers since its launch in 2008, NurdRage is another of YouTube's most popular science-related channels.
In their own words they are, "[a] channel run by science nerds for science nerds hailing from the country of Canada. We demonstrate science experiments for all levels, from kitchen chemistry to advanced synthesis."
If this sounds like its "up your alley," check them out today!
7. Veritasium is one of the best around
Veritasium launched in 2010 and is, today, one of the most popular science-related YouTube channels around with over 6.3 million subs. And, for a good reason.
The channel is hosted by Derek Muller whose narrative skills are unparalleled. Veritasium's name is derived from Latin for truth or "Veritas," to provide a name for a fictional element.
The channel is packed with high information density videos on many aspects of science, but the content is primarily Physics-related.
That being said, it is definitely worth checking out if you have some spare time.
8. Vsauce is a must watch!
Vsauce is another great informative and entertaining science-related YouTube channel. It launched in 2007 and has well over 14 million subscribers today.
The channel's content covers many aspects of science but does tend to focus on the more theoretical aspects of it. Vsauce's channel's presenter, Michael Stevens, has a great style that will keep you engaged from start to finish.
The channel also often collaborates with other YouTube channels, like Veritasium, so keep on eye for those.
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Minutephysics, created by Henry Reich in 2011, is another popular and great science-related YouTube channel. Since then, it has managed to nurture an impressive 4.7 million subscriber base.
The channel mainly focusses on physics-related subjects in a fun and educational format. In their own words:
"simply put cool physics and other sweet science."
Subjects covering include things like entropy, astronomy, quantum teleportation, and many other subjects. Each 5-minute video breaks down these topics into easy-to-understand videos with great graphics and narration.
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Tiangu Research Institute was founded in January 2018. Zhang Qifa, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Zhang Guokun, director of Shanghai Agricultural Committee, unveiled the Academy. Dr. Luo Lijun, chairman of the company, is the president and chief scientist of the Research Institute.
Tiangu Research Institute is a research institution established by the company on the basis of Green Super R & D center. It deepens the functions and functions of the original R & D center, establishes the company's commercial breeding system, and further studies the whole process solution from sowing to harvesting of water-saving and drought resistant rice.
The company signed an "academician workstation" with academician Zhang Qifa, and built "production, teaching and research base" and "teaching practice base" with Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University and Anhui Agricultural University.
The Research Institute will apply to become a national "post doctoral workstation" and a joint training center for doctors and masters, strive to become a municipal and ministerial key laboratory as far as possible, and gradually develop into a national key laboratory.


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One of the challenges we often see is organizations that suffer from "The Curse of Knowledge" — meaning the people on the inside, who work in the space every day, have become such experts in the work that they forget what it was like to not be such an expert. But usually, the audience they are trying to move is made up of non-experts. The framing process helps break the curse of knowledge by re-framing the narrative from the insider's perspective to the outsider's, which usually means not only using different language to talk about the organization's work, but thinking about the value the organization delivers in a different way.
After completing the framing process, we deliver a story summary, with recommendations on how to reframe the story, including how to effectively connect with each of the target audiences, and a strategy recommendation document, which includes specific strategies for telling this reframed story effectively, including both a long-term approach and specific tactical ideas. We then work with you to develop a narrative strategy to help you tell your story more effectively to reach your organizational goals.
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If you have data that illustrates something powerful — the impact of your work, or a challenge that calls for meaningful action — then that data can be used to tell a story. But too often, that data has meaning that is obvious to the experts, but not the audience, so simply presenting the data limits your ability to use the data to move or persuade your audience.
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To see examples of data-driven storytelling, please click to view the information graphic series we produced for Forward Through Ferguson, Seeing Inequity: Visualizing Racial Disparities in St. Louis.
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This grainy old photo of Max Rosenbaum with his cousin Irvine, taken at the close of World War II clearly shows how happy he is to be home and away from the horrors of war. In December 1944 Max was severely wounded in France but after many months in hospitals and rehab, was able to crack a great big smile. Max's story, and others, will be told through a travelogue presentation to be held at the Gathering Place, at Vermont Lutheran Church, at 7 p.m. on Veteran's Day, Sunday, November 11.


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# MeMapper
A Simple Generic Java Bean Object Mapper

##How to use

MeMapper is developed for a handy usage. It is as simple as this:

* Example:
> Optional<Target> target = MeMapper.getMapperFrom(source).mapTo(Target.class); //requires a public no-args constructor

* Mapping with Lists:

> Optional<List<Target>> targets = MeMapper.getMapperFromList(sources).mapToList(Target.class);

###Important points
* Source and target classes must fit with Java Bean specs.
    - **important:** do not name boolean fields starting with 'is'. (_private boolean_ _~~isActive~~_ | _active_)
* MeMapper maps fields which have the same name and type in both source and target types.
    - If target fields' type is assignable from source fields' type MeMapper will try to map the fields
        + Source field: Serializable & Target field: Integer
    - If source fields' type is assignable from target fields' type MeMapper will try to map the fields
        + Source field: Integer & Target field: Serializable
* Only those fields which have `public` getters will be used when mapping from source.
* Only those fields which have `public` setters will be used when mapping to target.

Example:

Source class:
>public class Source
>{
>
>     private String title;
>     private Integer id;
>     private List<String> list;
>
>
>     public String getTitle() {
>          return title;
>     }
>
>
>     public void setTitle(String title) {
>          this.title = title;
>     }
>
>
>     public Integer getId() {
>          return id;
>     }
>
>
>     public void setList(List<String> list) {
>          this.list = list;
>     }
>
>
>     public Source(Integer id) {
>          this.id = id;
>     }
>
>}

Target class:
>public class Target
>{
>
>     private String title;
>     private Integer id;
>     private List<String> list;
>     private Double ratio;
>
>
>     public String getTitle() {
>          return title;
>     }
>
>
>     public void setTitle(String title) {
>          this.title = title;
>     }
>
>
>     public Integer getId() {
>          return id;
>     }
>
>
>     public void setId(Integer id) {
>          this.id = id;
>     }
>
>
>     public List<String> getList() {
>          return list;
>     }
>
>
>     public void setList(List<String> list) {
>          this.list = list;
>     }
>
>
>     public Double getRatio() {
>          return ratio;
>     }
>
>
>     public void setRatio(Double ratio) {
>          this.ratio = ratio;
>     }
>
>}

Mapping:
>     Source source = new Source(1);
>     source.setTitle("title");
>     source.setList(Arrays.asList("1","2"));
>
>     Optional<Target> target = MeMapper.getMapperFrom(source).mapTo(Target.class);
>     assert target.getId() == 1; //true
>     assert target.getTitle() == "title"; //true
>     assert target.getList() == null; //true
>     assert target.getRatio() == null; //true

If Source class implements `Mappable` interface; instead of

`MeMapper.getMapperFrom(source).mapTo(Target.class);`

 you can use `source.mapTo(Target.class);`.

#For Developer
Build and generate publication.

 ./gradlew clean build generatePomFileForBintrayPublicationPublication -DbambooPublishNumber=0

### After publish to bintray

./gradlew -Pbintray-user=coskundeniz -Pbintray-key=**************** bintrayUpload -x clean


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You have to ask yourself an obvious question first: what are you trying to achieve by using face detection in Picasa?
Face detection makes sense when you want to identify faces in a photo. You simply want to say who it is in the picture. In addition, you would want to preserve this identification in the image metadata. This way you can search for pictures containing your cousin Mike for example.
It is obvious that if you take landscape photos you would not need to use face detection on them.
You would use face detection in Picasa for two things: to identify people and save this information in the picture file as metadata.
The main advantage of using face detection in Picasa is that, once trained, the face detection algorithm in Picasa works very well. It is actually awesome!
Notice the words…once trained. The biggest drawback is that Picasa face recognition needs to be trained. At first it will be overwhelming, so you might want to start with only a couple of folders and see how it goes.
The second drawback is that Picasa will find a face even if that face is way off in the background somewhere.
And as far as automatically creating keywords with your people tags, you can just as easily use keywords for the people in your pictures rather than relying on Picasa's algorithm to find them.
This feature might seem very cool to use at first but may not work well for you. So, before you jump in make sure you think about your goals.
If you have decided to give face detection a try, then read on to see how to use face detection in Picasa.
Enable face detection = this will turn face detection ON or OFF. This setting applies only to the folders where you have enabled face detection.
Enable suggestions = This is useful when training the face detection algorithm. The default value is usually fine.
Store name tags in photos = if you use face detection you should check this checkbox. This will save all the name tags to your image metadata which is one of the main reasons to turn on face detection in the first place.
Setting Picasa options for name tags.
To turn face detection on or off in Picasa, you need to use the Folder Manager function. For this you need to go to File --> Add Folder to Picasa. This will bring up the Folder Manager window.
To turn on face detection on a folder it's a bit trickier than it seems.
If a folder has face detection turned OFF, then you will not be able to turn face detection ON for ANY of this folder's sub-folder. This means that you first have to turn ON face detection in the parent folder of the folder you're interested in.
Use Picasa Folder Manager to turn face detection on.
For example, if I only want to turn face detection only for 2012-01-01-HOME-MISC, then I need to enable face detection all the way up at the My Pictures folder level and turn OFF face detection for all the other folders except the one I am interested in.
Turning Face Detection OFF in Picasa is easy. Using the Folder Manager, you just select the folder you're interested in and press the Folder Detection button. When a folder has face detection OFF it will look like the picture below.
Use Picasa Folder Manager to turn face detection off.
Should you use face detection in Picasa?
Then answer really depends on you. If you want Picasa to run as fast as it can then you should NOT use face detection (Read 3 ways to speed up Picasa). Or you can be selective on which folders you turn face detection on.
However, face detection can be very useful once trained because it identifies faces in pictures and creates keywords that get saved to those pictures. This is very useful for creating a meaningful image context for your digital photos.
I do not know of an automatic way to email based on face tags. However, Picasa does group people into albums under the people section.
I prefer Picasa over Windows Photo Gallery, because Picasa can write tags on the actual file, not in separate file, therefore using less disk spaces!
Has anyone else had this problem with Picasa? I started to identify faces on Picasa, and then after I did a couple hundred, it started recognizing them, and at least 90% of the faces were identified correctly. However, after I had identified several thousand faces, with several thousand to go, I restarted the application, it compacted the database, and now when I try to use the facial identification, it does not offer me any suggestions, or not the right suggestions, and I need to type in the first several letters of the person's name to select them. Is this a known issue?
Jeff…I have not noticed this problem. It looks like it doesn't recognize faces automatically anymore…only manually. I think you have tried restarting Picasa…then make sure that in Folder Manager all your folders have face detection turned on.
Also under Tools /options/name tags make sure Enable suggestions is checked.
David….use Folder Manager under the tools menu. Add specific folders from the drive…then you should be able to turn on face detection on those folders.
Kristi…it all depends on what folders you added in Folder Manager under the tools menu. If you have a lot of photos and have face detection turned on for all of them…then what you see is correct.
You wrote a good article about Picasa and their face recognition feature. Do you have any tips on how to share that digital file of many pictures with face recognition with other friends? I've uploaded to Picasa Web Albums and the face recognition goes there, but how do I share the PWA file without giving others my google user name and password?
Face recognition metadata is saved in the image file itself (if it is a jpeg file). See my article about Picasa metadata. You should be able to just share the image itself and face detection information should be in it. If you want to share on Google Plus I believe the others have to have an account.


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Resource Article for June: Heart and Stroke Statistics
June 13, 2008 by Raquel
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Today, let's have a look at figures and statistics on heart and stroke that we can ponder upon:
According the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), heart disease is the number one killer in the US [1].
28 % of all American deaths in 2002 were due to heart disease. More than half of those who died were women. The age-adjusted rate was 241 deaths per 100,000 population.
Heart disease doesn`t recognize ethnic differences. Your ethnicity doesn`t count. It is the top killer among whites, African Americans, Hispanics, and American Indians and second among Asians and Pacific Islanders.
The main type of heart disease that kills people is coronary heart disease, which accounts for 71 % of all deaths.
In 2006, health care cost projection for heart disease was $258 billion, which includes costs for health care services, drugs, and lost productivity.
From 1979 to 2005, there was a 484 % increase in the number of inpatient cardiovascular procedures and interventions.
There are differences in prevalence of heart diseases between states and territories. According to a survey [2] by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFFS) in 2005, the prevalence of myocardial infarction (heart attack) and angina pectoris (chest pains) were highest in West Virginia and Puerto Rico and lowest in the US Virgin Islands and Colorado. The figure [2] shows the
Self-reported prevalence of history of myocardial infarction or angina/coronary heart disdesease among adults aged ≥ 18 years – Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2005.
According to the European Heart Network 2008 cardiovascular disease statistics [3]:
Cardiovascular diseases cause over 2 million deaths in the European Union and 4.3 million deaths all over Europe. This accounts for almost half (48 %) of deaths in the continent.
More women die from cardiovascular diseases than men. Cardiovascular diseases could account for 45 % of female deaths and 38 % of all deaths in men in Europe.
Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of deaths among females in all countries in Europe. It is also the main cause of deaths among men except in France, the Netherlands, and Spain.
Death rates from coronary heart disease are highest in Central and Eastern Europe than other parts of the continent; so are death rates from stroke. The incidence of cardiovascular diseases continues to rise in these regions.
The overall cost of cardiovascular diseases to the European Union economy is estimated at €192 billion each year.
Worldwide, heart diseases and stroke are also found to be the leading causes of death. It is estimated that 7.1 million people worldwide die of heart disease each year. Researchers at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia did an extensive study [4] on mortalities worldwide. About 56 million people died in 2001. Sadly, 10.6 of these were children in low- and middle-income countries.
The researchers found that although causes of death varied depending on the countries` economic status, ischemic heart disease and cardiovascular disease were the top killers in all countries regardless of income. In low- and middle-income countries, 11.8 % and 9.5 % of mortalities were due to heart and cardiovascular diseases, respectively. The figures were slightly higher for high-income countries – 17.3 % died of heart disease and 9.9 % died of cardiovascular diseases [4].
In a commentary in the Lancet, Kim Eagle writes [5]:
"While the mortality associated with cardiovascular disease seems to be declining in western Europe and North America, the burden of cardiovascular diseases in developing countries continues to rise and is expected to be a major cause of death in adults from low-income and middle-income countries worldwide."
In particular, South Asia is of major concern. A recent BBC report warns about increasing rates of heart diseases in India. Based on a study by Canadian and Indian researchers and published in the journal Lancet [6], it is estimated that India will account for 60 % of cases of heart diseases worldwide in the next two years.
"South Asians have a greater prevalence of coronary risk factors than the rest of the world, and coronary artery disease often manifests at an early age which creates unusual pressure on society and the economy."
[1] CDC fact sheet on heart disease in the US
[2] Neyer JR, et al. Prevalence of heart disease-United States, 2005. Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report 2007; 56:113-118..
[3]European Heart Network. European Cardiovascular Disease Statistics 2008
[4] Lopez, A. et al. Global and regional burden of disease and risk factors, 2001: systematic analysis of population health data. The Lancet, May 27, 2006; vol 367: pp 1747-1757
[5] Eagle, K. Coronary artery disease in India: challenges and opportunities. The Lancet April 2008; 371:1394-1395.
[6] Xavier et al. Treatment and outcomes of acute coronary syndromes in India (CREATE): a prospective analysis of registry data. The Lancet April 2008; 371:1435-1442.
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The mainstream and right-wing press are melting down as they fumble coverage of the uncontrollable GOP frontrunner.
If Donald Trump didn't constitute, in this year's favorite word, an existential threat to American democracy, the contortions into which he has thrown the Republican Party, as they simultaneously try to thwart him while espousing his basic policies, would be hilarious.
Thanks to Trump, there are civil wars now erupting within the mainstream media between the business side and the editorial side, and within the right-wing media among the establishment Republicans, the populist renegades, and the so-called moderate, intellectual neoconservatives. What it really shows is just how craven, self-serving and self-involved our media are.
I can't recall a situation in which a network was so dependent on a candidate. Usually, it's the other way around.
Let's begin with the MSM. As I wrote here several weeks back, CBS head Les Moonves was mercenary enough to crow over how much money Trump coverage was pouring into his network's coffers. Trump is a veritable gold mine, which is one reason why the media have given him so much free coverage — by one account $1.9 billion worth, which is nearly two-and-a-half times as much as the next highest candidate, Hillary Clinton, and more than five times as much as Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz each.
In his inaugural column as the late David Carr's successor, The New York Times' new media maven, Jim Rutenberg, examined just how big a stake the media have in Trump — especially CNN, which was nearly on life support before Trump applied CPR. So far during this campaign, Rutenberg writes, CNN's prime-time ratings have soared 170 percent, and CNN head Jeff Zucker boasted to Rutenberg that on debate nights the network gets $200,000 for a 30-second ad. This gives Trump a tremendous amount of leverage, and he isn't afraid to use it to make sure he is treated respectfully. I can't recall a situation in which a network was so dependent on a candidate. Usually, it's the other way around.
Yet amid the glut of Trump coverage, here is something that has gotten far too little attention in the media, for obvious reasons. According to Kyle Blaine at BuzzFeed, Trump not only gets uncritical coverage; he has actually negotiated with the networks as to how they shoot his rallies. If you want to know why the press is kept in a pen and not allowed to mingle at Trump events, it is, according to Blaine, because the press conceded that to Trump. They are not even allowed to provide cutaways of the crowd's reaction. Again, I can't recall the press ever capitulating to a candidate in this way, but, then, there was never a candidate who gave the press as much revenue as Trump. Nixon assiduously staged his events; he didn't tell the press how it could cover them. In any case, can you imagine the howls of protest if the media agreed to the same sort of terms with Clinton or Sanders or even Cruz?
But TV reporters are not likely to put their jobs on the line to take on Trump. In the mainstream print media, where the tensions between the public's apparent desire for Trump news (and the desire of papers and magazines to satisfy it) and reporters' disdain for him are in daily full view, there's more of a full-blown war. The Washington Post, to cite one prominent example, runs dozens of Trump stories one after another, but just about every one of those stories is hostile.
Though one can only guess at motives, the difference between the generally lap-dog TV coverage (only this week did Chuck Todd finally demand that Trump no longer literally phone in his appearances on "Meet the Press") and tougher newspaper coverage may reflect several things: that print journalism, as the late media analyst Neil Postman used to say, is more intellectually engaging than visual journalism; that TV has more at stake financially than print media and is thus more cautious in attacking its golden goose; and that print media feel a moral responsibility that TV doesn't.
Trump's brand of authoritarian populism is everything these intellectual conservatives have spent their careers telling folks that conservatism wasn't — even though, truth to tell, there was always know-nothing Trumpism lurking within Republicanism.
From the decades of insipid political reporting we have gotten in magazines and newspapers, you certainly wouldn't guess that last one. But we never had a Trump before either — or, for that matter, a Ted Cruz — as a major party candidate. Some reporters, and a whole lot of pundits, evidently don't want to take responsibility for sitting back and seeing him elected president.
Finally, for all the tensions between money and duty, and between irresponsibility and responsibility in the mainstream media, it is the conservative media that Trump has really discombobulated. Just look at Fox News, which is basically the propaganda arm of the Republican Party. On the one hand, you have the network lashing out at Trump and his "sick obsession" with Fox News' Megyn Kelly, even though Trump has clearly boosted the ratings. On the other hand, you have Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly serving as major facilitators for Trump, and the network, by one count, mentioning Trump 25,000 times in the past month. Put another way, you have Ailes speaking for the GOP establishment, of which he is a member in good standing, and Hannity and O'Reilly speaking for — and to — the angry old white men who seem to comprise Trump's supporters and the bulk of Fox's viewers.
For an even more stark case of right-wing civil war, there is Breitbart, one of whose reporters was assaulted, allegedly by Trump's own campaign manager, which led the Breitbart honchos to come to the defense of… Trump! Ah, those conservatives.
But perhaps the most interesting case of internecine media warfare is that of the "smart" neoconservatives against the GOP rank and file and the media that speak for them. These folks — the David Brookses, the Ross Douthats, the Michael Gersons, the David Frums — obviously hate Trump, maybe less for ideological or even political reasons than for personal ones. Trump's brand of authoritarian populism is everything these intellectual conservatives have spent their careers telling folks that conservatism wasn't — even though, truth to tell, there was always know-nothing Trumpism lurking within Republicanism.
I was especially taken by Ross Douthat's column last weekend in which he fell back on the default position that the neoconservatives often invoke nostalgically: compassionate conservatism (as if!), the legacy of good old Jack Kemp, who was supposedly a softie when it came to poor people, and the lionization of House Speaker Paul Ryan, who, no doubt, all of them are praying will be the GOP presidential candidate at a contested convention. Gerson even wrote a piece in The Washington Post this week conceding that, given Trump, a Hillary presidency wouldn't be so bad as long as she had Ryan to spar with.
The media have always gone easy on Ryan, way too easy, treating him as if he were a real economic guru, when, in fact, no one who worships Ayn Rand as the prophet should be anywhere near government — or books. But the pining for Ryan in the "smart" right-wing media just goes to show how utterly baffled the right-wing press is.
Guys like Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush enabled them to indulge their fantasies of a smart, gentle conservatism that allegedly worked, never mind that the George W. Bush administration proved it didn't. Now Donald Trump has blown up those fantasies, and the right-wing media are as confused as the right wing itself.


PORTLAND — A Piscataquis County man was cleared of assault charges Thursday when the state supreme court ruled he had been a victim of double jeopardy — being tried twice for the same crime.
Harold Derby was charged July 21, 1987, with assaulting a 14-year-old boy who lived near him in Willimantic. At his first trial, the jury deliberated on Dec. 10, 1987, from 4 p.m. until 9:35 p.m. when Superior Court Justice Eugene Beaulieu declared a mistrial over the objections of both prosecutors and defense attorneys.
Derby was tried a second time, on May 9-10, 1988, and convicted of assault, but he appealed.
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturned that conviction Thursday and ordered the superior court to dismiss the charge against him.
"Because the record does not support a finding that the jury in Derby's first trial was genuinely deadlocked, there was no manifest necessity for the mistrial declared by the court," the ruling said.
"Derby lost his opportunity to obtain a favorable verdict from the first jury and his right to be free from double jeopardy," which is being tried twice for the same crime, the court said.
"It guarantees the defendant the right to have his case determined by one jury," Murray said.
Beaulieu reminded the jury of its duty to reach a verdict and ordered them to resume deliberations.
"At 9:35 p.m., with no further communication from the jury and no inquiry, the court declared a mistrial and sent the jurors home over the objection of both the defendant and the state," the high court said.
"After a hearing before the same justice who presided over the first trial, Derby's motion to dismiss the charges based on double jeopardy grounds was denied," the ruling said.
R. Christopher Almy, district attorney for Piscataquis and Penobscot counties, said he could understand both sides in the case.


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Q: "Your security settings have blocked a self-signed application from running" with a real pfx signed jar I actually jarsign a java applet with this command :
jarsigner -storetype pkcs12 -keystore my_real_certificate.pfx my_applet.jar my_alias_certificate -storepass my_password

When I launch my applet, I get the following error :

Your security settings have blocked a self-signed application from running

When I want to verify the jar, the result appears as following :

jar verified.
Warning: This jar contains entries whose signer certificate's
  ExtendedKeyUsage extension doesn't allow code signing. This jar
  contains entries whose certificate chain is not validated. This jar
  contains signatures that does not include a timestamp. Without a
  timestamp, users may not be able to validate this jar after the
  signer certificate's expiration date (2017-05-22) or after any future
  revocation date.

For this warning :

This jar contains entries whose signer certificate's
  ExtendedKeyUsage extension doesn't allow code signing

I guess my certificate is not proper for jarsigning code. Could you tell me if this kind of warning would get me that kind of error on the client ? Or could I still use this certificate ?
For this warning :

This jar contains entries whose certificate chain is not validated.

I don't understand because my certificate was really validated by a CA (Thawte). Should I indicate to Java or into my Windows certificate manager the complete certificate chain (with CA Root and intermediate) ? If so, what happens for the users of this applet ? Should they also do this ?
Thanks in advance for your answers.

A:
I guess my certificate is not proper for jarsigning code.

Correct.

Could you tell me if this kind of warning would get me that kind of error on the client ?

Yes.

Or could I still use this certificate ?

Not for code signing.  (It could be valid for other purposes though.)

I don't understand because my certificate was really validated by a CA (Thawte).

That doesn't seem to be the problem.

Should I indicate to Java or into my Windows certificate manager the complete certificate chain (with CA Root and intermediate) ?

I don't think that would work.  And even if it did ...

If so, what happens for the users of this applet ?

They will still find that the JAR that won't run >>for them<<.

Should they also do this ?

Bad idea.  You are effectively telling them to compromise their security to run your software ... because you haven't used a valid JAR signing key.