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ALBUQUERQUE - Several candidates seeking public office will appear at a Job Interview BASH (Business and Social Hour) at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum on Thursday, Aug. 25.
November candidates to 'interview' in Las Cruces ALBUQUERQUE - Several candidates seeking public office will appear at a Job Interview BASH (Business and Social Hour) at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum on Thursday, Aug. 25. Check out this story on lcsun-news.com: http://lcsun.co/2aZP3MR
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The event, presented by the New Mexico Business Coalition, will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the museum, 4100 Dripping Springs Road.
"It's an opportunity for the 'boss,' the New Mexico voter, to find out where the candidates stand on important issues that impact our state," said Carla Sonntag, president and founder of NMBC. "Many important issues affecting New Mexico, its economy and its regulations will be discussed."
Candidates will be interviewed one at a time without knowing the questions in advance. Radio personality Eddy Aragon, New Mexico's 'Rock of Talk,' will ask the questions.
The following candidates have confirmed their appearance: Secretary of State, Nora Espinoza and Maggie Toulouse Oliver; New Mexico Supreme Court, Judith Nakamura and Michael E. Vigil; New Mexico Court of Appeals, Stephen G. French and Julie Vargas; New Mexico Senate District 37 William Soules and Ceil Levatino; and Doña Ana County Commission District 5, Kim Hakes and John Vasquez (invited).
Tickets are available at www.nmbizcoalition.org/events/job-interviews. A food and cash bar will be provided.
For information, contact NMBC at 505-836-4223 or nmbiz@nmbizcoalition.org.
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La estética de uñas es la continuación artificial y la extensión de la uña mediante escultura u otro medio artificial auxiliar.

Procedimiento

Tiene su origen en la medicina. Las extensiones de uñas eran originalmente prótesis que debían sustituir pérdida de uñas con otras artificiales en lugar de las que ya no funcionaban. Al cliente se le lima el borde de la uña, alrededor de la extensión se pone el pegamento, siendo este de material sintético y se adhiere sobre el diseño de la uña, un trabajo que se hace con una plantilla auxiliar, se pone debajo de la natural para realizar posteriormente la continuación de la otra.

El tratamiento y el material

Los materiales con los que se esculpe la uña principalmente son: acrílico, gel, acrilgel y ocasionalmente fibra de vidrio o de porcelana.

Acrílico
Sistema de uñas también llamado uñas acrílicas. Es una derivación del sistema de uñas de porcelana.

Este tipo de uñas se construye mezclando dos componentes acrílicos, un líquido (monómero) y un polvo acrílico (polímero).
Al mezclar estos dos componentes se hace una pasta que se endurece o fragua al contacto con el aire, formando una capa que se adhiere de inmediato a las uñas, blanqueándolas del desgaste constante que reciben al estar expuestas a todo tipo de agresiones externas.

Existen diferentes métodos para el esculpido con acrílico. La más moderna y la que supuestamente da mejor resultado es el método de las perlas: se arman perlas con un pincel especial y se aplican sobre la uña en diferentes zonas.

Este material se distingue por tener una gran dureza.

Forma Gel en 3D
Conocido como "uñas de gel" se hacen las uñas a partir de un gel acrílico UV reactivo que se endurece bajo luz ultravioleta. La esculpidora posee el dispositivo de endurecimiento (lámpara ultravioleta) en la que el cliente introduce su mano una vez colocado el gel en las uñas. Tales geles pueden ser de diferente color y densidad y se utilizarán unos u otros dependiendo del trabajo que se vaya a realizar.
Si útilizamos tips nos permiten extender el largo de la uña natural gracias a los tips conseguimos darle el largo deseado a la uña de la clienta haciéndolas ver mucho más esteoizadas que la uña natural.
O como también podemos utilizar molde el gel se coloca desde el molde,cuando se encuentra endurecido se retira el molde quedando la extensión de la uña en el aire .
El efecto 3D es una de las tendencias con más fuerzas en el diseño de uñas
Consiste en que el diseño se lleva sobre la uña de gel terminada es decir el diseño no se encapsula para protegerlo.

Fibra de vidrio
Hoy apenas por lo general la fibra de vidrio se refuerza con una fibra textil, y tal fibra por lo general es de cristal o de seda, en varios movimientos son reemplazados y sellados. Sin embargo, este método es a veces necesario para reparar uñas naturales rasgadas y darles la estabilidad necesaria.

Tips
Los llamados tips permiten extender el largo de la uña natural. Son pequeñas extensiones de plástico de diferentes colores: natural, transparente, blanco radiante o colores de fantasía.

Cada tips sirve para una aplicación en concreto. Los naturales sirven para crear uñas que parezcan naturales como el nombre indica, los de francesa de colores para crear blanco o colores de fantasía, etc.

Los tips sirven para la aplicación de uñas de gel, de acrílico y de fibra de vidrio. El largo ideal para lucir uñas femeninas es cuando apenas pasan la punta del dedo.

Gracias a los tips conseguimos darle el largo deseado a la uña de la clienta, haciéndolas ver mucho más largas o estilizadas que las uñas naturales.

Moldes
Los moldes para el esculpido de uñas son, en realidad, una pegatina que se coloca en el borde de la uña para realizar su alargamiento. El material acrílico o gel se coloca desde el molde, cuando se encuentra endurecido se retira el modelo quedando la extensión de la uña en el aire.

El nail art, traducido literalmente como arte en uñas, se refiere a la decoración de las uñas. Hasta poco el nail art se refería solo a las uñas esculpidas, pero en la actualidad se amplía a los diseños que también se hacen con esmaltes.

La decoración de las uñas esculpidas abarca desde los encapsulados (pedrería o figuritas minúsculas que quedan dentro del acrílico o gel), hasta decoración con dibujos realistas o pinceladas, piercing de uñas y otros muchos tipos de diseños.

Hay varios sitios donde se pueden comprar plantillas para decorar, conseguir un estilo profesional y diferente para las uñas.

Francés semipermanente

Es una variante de nail art, es la manicura francesa con el extremo de la uña puede ser el color blanco natural o el blanco radiante, el resto se pinta con material transparente o un poquito lechoso.

Efectos sobre la uña
Las uñas naturales puede verse afectadas debido al uso de las adhesivos empleados para fijar a las postizas, o también debido a limpieza deficiente que favorece el crecimiento de hongos.  Después de quitar una uña postiza, la uña de natural es más fina, y queda por debajo de ella y se suaviza porque la queratina de la uña postiza no tiene ningún contacto con el aire para endurecerse, además, la uña anterior al proceso puede fácilmente debilitar las uñas finas de todos modos. Sin embargo, la siguiente uña no ha sido cambiada por la nueva uña postiza, después de aproximadamente 3-4 meses la uña ha alcanzado la condición de antes al proceso de manicura estética completamente.

Peligros
En un centro estético poco higiénico es posible contraer una infección en la  uña si los dispositivos aplicados no fueron desinfectados o cambiados. Por lo tanto, la higiene para cada estudio de uña es la obligación más importante.
Un/a Manicuro/ra que realice una labor negligente puede ocasionar una gran molestia en la uña del cliente (reconocible en sitios rojos de la uña) que es muy doloroso y también puede conllevar infecciones si es postiza (limada) atraviesa a la natural.

El cliente puede dañarse su propia uña al intentar extraerse la postiza. Esto puede pasar en muy raros casos, si el avance de la uña se ve perjudicado (crecimiento ondulado) la alta palanca, fuerza la zona de ese crecimiento. Un lifting rápido en la uña, puede ser perjudicial porque la humedad se junta y puede desarrollar un ambiente húmedo favoreciendo el incremento de gérmenes y hongos.

En los últimos tiempos se han dado diversas contraindicaciones, que debe de consultarse, una de las más peligrosas es el uso de lámparas de secado UV, por los problemas asociados de cáncer de piel.

Referencias

Bibliografía

Enlaces externos

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Scaper of the Week 17 - Jim!
Sorry for the delay in this blog feature. A broken snow chain for our van had us stranded in the mountains for another week.
This SotW was supposed to appear December 27, but has been delayed until now. My apologies to Jim, our latest Scaper of the week, chosen by SkyKnight, our previous honored member.
This is a special event for me too as Jim is the first SotW I've actually met in person.
He was in the San Francisco bay area years ago (2005, I believ) and looking to play Scape. I invited to my house to play a few games.
As you probably all know, he's a very cool and generous person who's definitely worthy of the spotlight!!!!
Global Concept Specialist. In English, that means that I keep track of ideas and products that come into our company.
What makes you so generous?!?
I believe that when you give something away, it creates a space for something else to come into. Plus, I like to help out if it is within my means. And who knows, with any luck someone might "do unto me as I have done unto others."
This is a tough question, because I don't usually make any one general the focus of an army. That being said though, I tend to lean toward Jandar because as others have noted, he is the good guy. But that certainly won't stop me from running with the bad guys.
My wife Celina and two other friends were all co-owners of a comic book shop after taking it over from the previous owner. Celina was running weekly game demos and I would help her with that. One week, she had scheduled a demo of some game called HeroScape, and it would be demoed by one of the designers, since they lived nearby. I came in and Craig Van Ness was setting up a couple of maps. This was about a week before Christmas, and Wave 1 had just been released. Craig taught us how to play and passed out a complimentary booster to each person playing. After the first round of games were finished, I was standing by the map I had played on (and won) against one of the comic store's other regular customers. Craig had us start another game and then said he'd make it more interesting and the winner would get the Master Set we were using to play. I don't remember the specifics, but at the end it came down to my DW9000 against one other guy, and in soon to be typical DW9K fashion, no shields came up against one skull. I did receive the remainder of the wave 1 boosters as consolation prize though. I bought a Master Set from the store the next day and we had a giant HeroScape map set up on the floor running around the Christmas Tree that weekend. It hasn't stopped since.
Perhaps only because he helped a lot with my first win, but Deathwalker 9000 holds a special place in my heart. Sure he has a jaw of the most fragile glass ever, but what would any of us be without our flaws?
Izumi Samurai. First appearance of Counterstrike.
Templar Cavalry. They just look so cool.
Favorite ability or special attack. Why?
I like Bonding because it lets you have another turn within your turn. Used properly, that can really help you out in a game.
Anything you'd change about the game?
Anything I had thought about changing the game wouldn't really be for the better. An occasional house rule or variant would be a better use of those ideas. I think the game is good as it is. There is just the right amount of detail without going overboard.
The members. I've never been a part of an online community that had so many members that I would actually want to spend time with in person (or prison, but let's not go there). I don't think I'd have driven five hours with a car full of people to spend a weekend at someone's house playing games if it were members of anywhere else.
Most memorable moment playing Heroscape?
Besides coming in dead last in the first Beantown Beatdown?
Maybe you're excited about the Wave 9 news?
Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. What's it to you? Actually, I am totally stoked for Wave 9. Coming from nowhere, this sounds like it will be a very fun and exciting wave.
I have met quite a few of you already. I'd love to be able to meet some of the creative types. Malechi and Cavalier come to mind immediately, though there are many more that I'd want to meet.
Battlestar Galactica. Six players struggling to save what's left of humanity while facing crisis after crisis...and some of you may be cylons. This is an incredible game. IT grabs you by the feet, yanks you upside-down, shakes the living stuff out of you, and drops you on the ground. Then you get up, take a deep breath, brush yourself off, and want to do it all over again. Not knowing if any of your fellow players is secretly undermining your work to win is a great game mechanic. If you are a cylon, lying and tricking your way through a game, shifting blame and slowly killing off resources is just something to be experienced. And of course, playing as a human and halfway through finding yourself on the other side is another cool aspect of it. If you haven't tried the game, you owe it to yourself to try it. Previous knowledge of the show isn't even necessary.
1. I'm on the cover of a Star Trek book.
A friend that I've known for years, and who lived about a mile from where I grew up, is an artist. I had purchased several of her prints, and loaned her my Millennium Falcon model to use as reference for a Star Wars plate that she painted. She started being commissioned to paint covers for DC Comics and for some Star Trek books, and she got a description of a cover that I matched. So I now on the cover of "Star Trek: The Best and the Brightest."
2. My name is an Easter Egg in the computer game "Lemmings".
A good friend of my family lives in England, and their son was a game programmer. He snuck people's names into his games, and my family got put into "Lemmings." My birthday is April 2, so if you are on level 42 (4/2) and blow up every 4th lemming, the end of level screen says that you "failed to complete the level, but Jim M. was successful."
3. My name is listed in the Acknowledgments of the Star Wars Technical Journal Volume 3.
I had been exchanging e-mails with the author, and he had planned to write a guide on Space: 1999. He needed some reference work, and I had the entire series on laserdisc, which was the best quality at the time. I let him use them, and as thanks he listed me in the last volume.
4. I was an extra in the movie "Sweet Liberty".
Alan Alda wrote, directed, and starred in this comesy about an author who wrote a book about the revolutionary War. Hollywood buys the rights, comes to his town to film it, and completely messes everything up. My family was in a group that did Revolutionary War re-enactments, and the entire group was offered the opportunity to go to Long Island and be extras in the movie because everyone already had their own costumes and equipment. I can be seen, and if you turn up the volume, you can hear me say "No way."
Board games, upgrading the parts that come with some games, science fiction, occasional model building, building my DVD collection, traveling (but not as often as I'd like), cooking, rare bursts of creativity, and generally having fun.
When will you return to the bay area?
I won't be back there until shortly after I arrive. But isn't it your turn to head to the East Coast?
Have fun. Every moment you have is a choice. Be sure to choose well. You can choose to be miserable, or you can choose not to. Suffering is optional.
There are many people here that I'd like to know more about, but I think there's one that we need to know more about. There's something about llamas and llipstick, standing upside-down all the time, talking funny, and toilets that go 'round the wrong way... The stuff that legends are made from, whitestuff!
I'll add this image of the map I made in honor of Jim when he journeyed to my house for some Heroscape.
Good to get to know you Jim! You are more fearsome in semi-person than I had previously imagined. I now know why I should fear and respect the omnipresence of JIM!
But Jim, if H_E_H goes to visit you, what will I do ?
Congratulations, Jim. Now I've got a face behind the mask.
Jim lives the life, that is for sure!
Sweet! A awesome scaper of the week.
Besides being on the cover of said ST book, it's a little known fact buy Jim is the Lesbian Hero in said Novel.
Jimbo is so generous, that in addition to giving you the shirt off his back he will also throw in a kidney.
Hahn, that reminds me... are you ever going to give me my shirt back?
S1R_ART0R1US: If H_E_H comes here, you'll have to figure it out on your own.
Skyknight: You're supposed to come this way, or send a helicopter to collect us.
Hahn: Darn you and your "I just want to borrow the shirt" tricks. Cylon!
The feeling is mutual, Jim!
I had the pleasure of meeting Jim at the Beantown Beatdown IV this past summer. Thanks again for picking up that Marvel set for me Jim, my son plays with the figures endlessly.
Nice insight into Jim, but I can't figure out which one is the lie. They all sound fantastic.


Be calm... cease stressing... embody the universe... test yoga... Be fulfilled... we are beaten with those different types of instructions, and we regularly torture ourselves to "try harder," but by some means we by no means consider we've got performed rather sufficient. it truly is approximately time we cease pushing ourselves to do what we expect we are supposed to do, and as an alternative easily enable ourselves to be indignant, be drained, be foolish, be passionate - to provide your self a holiday, and simply be.
In C'est los angeles Vie, Midal deals us a brand new way to the perennial challenge of our an excessive amount of, too quick smooth lifestyles. it is okay, he urges us, to assert no. it truly is superb to hand over the issues that do not make you content. it is necessary, in reality, to offer your self a holiday if issues do not pass your approach and say, easily, C'est los angeles vie. Midal offers every one people permission to forestall doing the issues that do not make us happy...so we've got room in our lives for the issues that do.
In 2014, a brand new Western Mysteries magical education path was once introduced on-line, at no cost, through British adept Josephine McCarthy and German adept Frater Acher. The path was once named Quareia - the quarry; a self-study path the place the apprentice is slowly and punctiliously cast right into a magical adept. The lesson modules have now been made to be had in paperback shape, because of well known call for.
In 'There is extra to lifestyles' David describes his lifestyles trip from the popularity hugely profitable company profession had no actual which means, to the invention of the reality of what we actually are and what the West has turn into. David all started having non secular stories while he was once 5 years previous, notwithstanding those have been suppressed as he conformed to Western societies schooling structures and values.
THE overseas BESTSELLERBe calm. .. cease stressing. .. embody the universe. .. try out yoga. .. Be fulfilled. .. we are crushed with those varieties of instructions, and we frequently torture ourselves to "try harder," but by some means we by no means believe now we have performed really adequate. it really is approximately time we cease pushing ourselves to do what we predict we are presupposed to do, and in its place easily permit ourselves to be offended, be drained, be foolish, be passionate - to offer your self a holiday, and simply be.


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\section{Introduction}
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In late 2017 the DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) announced the detection of a break in the spectrum of cosmic-ray electrons/positrons~\cite{dampe}. This spectral break was accompanied by a significant excess of electrons/positrons above the expected backgrounds at energies around 1 TeV. This excess has been the source of some speculation in the literature with several Dark Matter (DM) models proposed to account for it \cite{dampedm1,dampedm2,dampeucmh,dampedm3,dampedm4}. What these models have in common is that they feature a large mass $m_{\psi} \gtrsim 1$ TeV WIMP particle $\psi$ which interacts with leptons in the Standard Model via a mediator boson of larger mass than the WIMP. Another commonality is necessity of some form of annihilation enhancement in order to simultaneously explain the excess and satisfy relic population limits. The works cited above utilise a local over-dense sub-halo of DM to produce this boost in annihilation rates. It has already been shown that such a local sub-halo would not be visible to Fermi-LAT \cite{dampedm1,dampedm2}. However, it may be possible to rule out the presence of such an object by other means. In particular we will determine in this work whether the upcoming Cherenkhov Telescope Array (CTA) or the KM3NET neutrino telescope will be capable of ruling out the presence of a local DM sub-halo across the allowed parameter space of models designed to explain the DAMPE excess. This work forms a complement to earlier work by the same authors where we studied the DAMPE parameter space using radio observations of target DM halos~\cite{gs-saip2018}.

We demonstrate that KM3NET shows the potential to probe a  large region of the allowed parameter space, possibly ruling out the presence of the sub-halo needed to explain the excess. This is based on preliminary estimates for the sensitivity of KM3NET to extended sources including only muon neutrino detection, these sensitivities are expected to improve with the inclusion of the other two species of neutrino~\cite{Ambrogi:2018skq}. Based on the same work we use CTA sensitivity to extended sources to show that the CTA will be largely unable to probe the DAMPE excess parameter space. With the exception of when the local sub-halo is an exotic object like an Ultra-Compact Mini Halo (UCMH) as suggested in \cite{dampeucmh}.

We also study whether any existing or potential non-observation constraints can probe the DAMPE parameter space. We show that KM3NET may have a limited ability to do so with the galactic centre as a target source.

This work is structured as follows: in section~\ref{sec:dampe} we elaborate on the DAMPE excess DM models we will study. In section~\ref{sec:dmann} we detail the annihilation formalism employed here and the emissions produced in section~\ref{sec:emm}. The results are presented in section~\ref{sec:res} and are discussed in \ref{sec:disc}.

\section{Dark Matter Models for the DAMPE Excess}
\label{sec:dampe}

The DM models considered are heavy leptophilic WIMPs $\psi$ that couple to the Standard Model particles via a heavy mediator that is too large to allow for the decay of the WIMP~\cite{dampedm1,dampedm2,dampedm4}. Hence only annihilation will be considered here. We will consider the following ranges from the models listed above: $\psi$ couples to muons and electrons and spans a mass range around $1.4$ to $1.7$ TeV with cross-sections ranging from $3\times 10^{-26}$ to $5\times 10^{-24}$ cm$^3$ s$^{-1}$ in accordance with \cite{dampedm1}. The emissions stem from a DM clump of mass $10^6$ M$_{\odot}$ within a distance of $0.1$ kpc \cite{dampedm1} or a Ultra-Compact Mini-Halo (UCMH) of mass $\sim 3$ M$_{\odot}$ within a distance of $0.3$ kpc~\cite{dampeucmh}. For details of the UCMH formalism we refer the reader to \cite{ricotti2009,bringmann2012}.

The second set of models considered has $\langle \sigma V \rangle  = 3 \times 10^{-26}$ cm$^3$ s$^{-1}$ with the electron only coupling ($e^+e^-$) and three lepton democratic coupling ($3l$) cases. For the $3l$ case we will work in the scenario of a DM clump situated at $0.3$ kpc with a mass of $2\times 10^8$ M$_{\odot}$. For the case of coupling to electrons only we use a halo with mass $8.0\times 10^{7}$ M$_{\odot}$ within a distance $0.3$ kpc.

The distance and mass choices are representative of the models as a whole, as the distance and mass must co-vary to maintain the same flux in accounting for the excess observed by DAMPE. Non-UCMH clumps are considered to have Navarro-Frenk-White (NFW)~\cite{nfw1996} density profiles with concentration parameters calculated according to \cite{prada2012}.

\section{Dark Matter Annihilation}
\label{sec:dmann}

The source function annihilation of WIMPs $\psi$ into final-state photons/neutrinos with energy $E$ at halo position $r$ is given by
\begin{equation}
Q_i (r,E) = \langle \sigma V\rangle \sum\limits_{f}^{} \td{N^f_i}{E}{} B_f \left(\frac{\rho_{\psi}(r)}{m_{\psi}}\right)^2 \; ,
\end{equation}
where $i \in \{\gamma,\,\nu\}$, $\langle \sigma V\rangle$ is the non-relativistic velocity-averaged annihilation cross-section at $0$ K, $B_f$ is the branching fraction for intermediate state $f$, $\td{N^f_i}{E}{}$ is the differential photon/neutrino yield of the $f$ channel, and $\left(\frac{\rho_{\psi}(r)}{m_{\psi}}\right)^2$ is the number density of pairs of WIMPs.

The functions $\td{N^f_i}{E}{}$ will be sourced from \cite{ppdmcb1,ppdmcb2}. We will follow the standard practice of studying each annihilation channel $f$ independently, assuming $B_f = 1$ for each separate case (an exception is the $3l$ case where we weight each lepton channel equally). The studied channels will all be leptonic: $\tau$ leptons, muons, and electrons/positrons in accordance with \cite{dampedm1,dampedm2,dampeucmh}.

\section{Gamma-ray and Neutrino Emission}
\label{sec:emm}
For the DM-induced $\gamma$-ray or neutrino production, the resulting flux calculation takes the form
\begin{equation}
S_{i} (E,z) = \int_0^r d^3r^{\prime} \, \frac{Q_{i}(E,z,r^{\prime})}{4\pi D_L^2} \; ,
\end{equation}
with $Q_{i}(\nu,z,r)$ being the source function for energy $E$ and position $r$ within the given DM halo at redshift $z$, and $D_L$ is the luminosity distance to the halo.
The spatial integration over the source function $Q$ will be summarised in the astrophysical J-factor of the target halo:
\begin{equation}
J (\Delta \Omega, l) = \int_{\Delta \Omega}\int_{l} \rho^2 (\v{r}^{\prime}) dl^{\prime}d\Omega^{\prime} \; , \label{eq:jfactor}
\end{equation}
with $\rho (r)$ being the halo density profile, the integral being extended over the line of sight $l$, and $\Delta \Omega$ is the observed solid angle.
The flux can then be written as
\begin{equation}
S_{i} (E,z) = \langle \sigma V\rangle \sum\limits_{f}^{} \td{N^f_i}{E}{} B_f J(\Delta \Omega,l) \; .
\end{equation}

\section{Results}
\label{sec:res}

Here we present the results of calculating both the impact of existing limits from Fermi-LAT~\cite{Fermidwarves2015} and projected limits for CTA and KM3NET. There are two approaches used. In the first we determine which cross-section values may be ruled out through non-observation of a local sub-halo using either CTA or KM3NET. In the second approach we determine how much of the parameter space could be constrained through non-observation of neutrino fluxes from the galactic centre (with halo parameters from \cite{fermigc2015} ). For all these applications we use extended source sensitivities as calculated by \cite{Ambrogi:2018skq} (see also \url{http://www.cta-observatory.org/science/cta-performance/}).

In figure~\ref{fig:dampe1} we display results super-imposed on the contours from \cite{dampedm1}, these take into account direct detection, CMB constraints, the DAMPE excess, and thermal relic population limits. Both CTA and KM3NET can rule out the presence of the sub-halo when it is in the form of a UCMH for both electron and muon couplings. When the object is a more extended NFW~\cite{nfw1996} sub-halo we find that neither CTA nor KM3NET can provide any constraints. Projected limits from non-observation of galactic centre (labelled with GC in the figure) neutrino flux with KM3NET are able to probe about half-way into the parameter space, but only in the case of muon coupling. Best-case CTA observations of the galactic centre cannot provide meaningful constraints.

\begin{figure}[htbp]
	\centering
	\includegraphics[scale=0.6]{sigv_dampe_nfw_HEASA2018}
	\caption{Parameter space for models from \cite{dampedm1} and \cite{dampeucmh}. Lines labelled with GC refer to galactic centre projections while UCMH and NFW lines refer to direct sub-halo searches with UCMH or NFW profiles respectively. Red lines display coupling to muons only while blue lines show those for electrons.}
	\label{fig:dampe1}
\end{figure}

In the case of the democratic $3$-lepton model or the electron-only case from \cite{dampedm2} (which have only a single provided cross-section value) we cannot probe down to the relic level in any case (barring the unrealistic point-source (PS) CTA projections).

\begin{figure}[htbp]
	\centering
	\includegraphics[scale=0.6]{sigv_dampe_3l_ee_nfw_HEASA2018}
	\caption{Parameter space for models from \cite{dampedm2}. Lines labelled with GC refer to galactic centre projections while the displayed CTA lines are for point-source (PS) and extended (Ex) sensitivity searches for the sub-halo. Black lines show the electron only case while yellow lines show the $3$-lepton case (both models from \cite{dampedm2}).}
\end{figure}

\section{Discussion and Conclusions}
\label{sec:disc}

In previous work~\cite{gs-saip2018} these authors had shown that muon neutrino fluxes inferred from galactic centre gamma-ray fluxes following \cite{gcneutrino} could place limits upon muon coupling of the proposed DAMPE models. In addition to this, the SKA was shown to be able to probe the entire parameter space in hunting the local sub-halo, even when making some accounting for the angular extension of the object. Here we show that even the upcoming CTA is unable to rule out a local sub-halo unless it has an ultra-compact density profile, this is largely due to the comparative angular extension of less exotic density profiles. However, it is established that CTA is substantially better at probing large mass WIMP models than Fermi-LAT. In the case of KM3NET, even with the conservative sensitivity employed (it considers only muon neutrinos), we find that it can also only detect an ultra-compact local sub-halo. Despite this, KM3NET could probe about half of the suggested DAMPE parameter space (for muon couplings only) via non-observation constraints on an extended-source flux from the Milky-Way galactic centre.

Thus, we have demonstrated the difficulty in probing DM models suggested to explain the DAMPE excess. This is despite the presence of a local over-dense sub-halo which enhances the annihilation rate of DM near the solar system. In comparison with \cite{gs-saip2018} we have established that the most promising strategy for probing DAMPE excess DM models is the use of up-coming radio and neutrino experiments. The gamma-ray options that have been explored are less promising for direct over-density detection, but, a multi-messenger strategy combining high and low energy observations is still available. Additionally, the potential of other targets, like dwarf galaxies, in high-energy DAMPE constraints will be explored in future work.

\section*{Acknowledgements}
This research has made use of the CTA instrument response functions provided by the CTA Consortium and Observatory, see \url{http://www.cta-observatory.org/science/cta-performance/} (version prod3b-v1) for more details.

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ViewRay Appoints New President & CEO; Welcomes New COO
New president and CEO Scott Drake and new COO Shar Matin come from Spectranetics.
Scott Drake (left), ViewRay president and CEO; Shar Matin (right), ViewRay COO.
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ViewRay Inc., maker of an MRI-guided radiation therapy system, announced the appointment of medical device industry veterans Scott Drake as its president and CEO and Shar Matin as its COO, effective immediately. In connection with his appointment, Drake has also been appointed to the ViewRay Board of Directors. In addition, ViewRay announced the appointment of D. Keith Grossman to the ViewRay Board of Directors.
ViewRay announced preliminary unaudited revenue of approximately $16 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018, primarily from three revenue units, and reaffirmed full year 2018 revenue guidance of $80 million to $90 million.
"We are delighted to welcome Scott as our new President and CEO and Shar as our new COO," said Daniel Moore, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ViewRay. "We believe that Scott and Shar's deep operational experience with fast-growing medical companies will be invaluable as we bring ViewRay's revolutionary technology to the fight against cancer for patients around the world."
Drake stated "I am excited to join the ViewRay team as we drive growth and innovation to benefit customers and cancer patients globally. ViewRay's MRIdian technology, team and early clinical outcomes position us well to create shareholder value."
"We are also delighted to welcome Keith Grossman as a new member of our Board," Moore continued. "With more than 30 years of leadership in the medical technology industry, we look forward to Grossman's counsel and perspective."
The company also announced the departures of current president and CEO Chris A. Raanes and COO Doug Keare. "It has been a great five years at ViewRay," said Raanes. "I am very excited about Scott and Shar taking the company to its next growth phase, and will ensure a smooth transition." Moore added: "I would like to thank Chris, who led ViewRay through the development and commercialization of the MRIdian technology. I would also like to acknowledge the extensive contributions and dedication that Doug displayed during his tenure at ViewRay."
Drake formerly served as the president and CEO of the Spectranetics Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of minimally-invasive cardiovascular devices, and grew the business from an enterprise value of approximately $200 million in 2011 until its $2.2 billion acquisition by Royal Philips in 2017. Drake currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for AtriCure, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRC), a leading innovator in treatments for atrial fibrillation and left atrial appendage management, and as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for JustRight Surgical, LLC, a medical device company dedicated to serving pediatric patients. Before joining Spectranetics, Drake served as senior vice president for DaVita Corporation, a leading provider of kidney care. He also previously worked at Covidien (now part of Medtronic) from 1992 until 2009. Drake graduated from the Miami University of Ohio with a Bachelor of Science in Business.
Matin previously worked for Spectranetics starting in 2007, serving as its COO from 2014 until its acquisition by Royal Philips in 2017. Before joining Spectranetics, Matin worked for the Guidant Corporation (now Boston Scientific Corporation) in various commercial and engineering roles from 1997 until 2007. Matin graduated from Harvard Business School with a Master in Business Administration, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with honors with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
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Antique Tsuba for Samurai Sword
with NBTHK Hozon Certificate (T-258)
INCLUDED: Wooden box, Cushion, NBTHK Hozon Certificate
Title: Gekka Shirasagi Zu
Signature: 石井 政英 (Ishii Masahide)
Age: late Edo period (1781-1867)
SKU: T-258 Categories: Animal Design, Plant, Vegetable Motif, Tsuba: Handguard, Sword Mounting, Featured Sword Mounting
Oval-shaped Tsuba made from brass. Gekka (月下) means under the moon, and Shirasagi (白鷺) is the egret. Egrets are taking rests and looking up the moon. Egret is a popular motif, especially for potteries, because of its beautiful white feathers and elegant appearance. The moon pattern is often designed as the symbol of fall. This work shows a scene of a quiet long autumn night. Egrets and plants are engraved with realistic sculptural expressions; you would appreciate this excellent piece.
Its creator, Masahide Ishii, he was one of Hamano Shozui (浜野政随, the founder of Hamano-style)'s pupils and did well in Edo (Tokyo prefecture today). Masahide also made Kozuka and Fuchi Kashira.
This Tsuba is recognized by The Society for Preservation of Japanese Art Swords, which is known as NBTHK.
The sword mountings of the Japanese sword have many kinds of decorations such as handguards (Tsuba), sword hilt (Menuki), pommel (Fuchi Kashira). The Japanese sword worked as a weapon and as an object to show who he was. For example, it shows their personalities and beliefs. You could say that it is like decorations for smartphones today. We recommend you zoom in on the pictures of the sword fittings. When you do so, you can see the skill of Japanese metal engraving techniques. They are mainly made of iron and copper with inlays of gold, silver, and bronze. When it comes to handguard (Tsuba), each one has a different outline and weight. These sword fittings that have lived with Japanese swords of the same age might be worth as much as the Japanese swords. They are inconspicuous parts of the Japanese sword. Nevertheless, if you are knowledgeable or particular about it, you will become a connoisseur of the Samurai.
Authentication Paper:NBTHK Hozon Certificate
NBTHK, also known as Nihon Bijutsu Touken Hozon Kyokai (the Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword), is one of the oldest Japanese sword appraising organizations in modern-day Japan. They authenticated the Tsuba on Mar 16th in the 30th year of Heisei (2018). They appraised it as Hozon Tousougu, the Tsuba worth preserving for Japanese society. The purchaser will receive this original certificate as well. We can also translate what is written into English and make a PDF file for your record if you request.
-Arrange in modern style
We want to propose to you the way that you could enjoy the Tsuba as jewelry. By stringing a cord into the center hole of the Tsuba, it could be worn as a necklace. This modern way would show you a new charm of Tsuba. Here are the examples of neckless.
【Give the Tsuba as a special gift】
Are you looking for a special gift for a person who is interested in Japanese culture? We recommend you to give an antique Tsuba as a present for your significant other. Tsuba is an integral part of the Samurai sword, which was once a primary weapon for Samurai. Each Tsuba is a unique item and has a different design. We hope it would be a memorable gift. Now it is time for you to share the beauty of a piece of Samurai history with your family members or friends, for instance. Also, gift wrapping is available for Tsuba; it is for free. Here is an example of wrapping. For more information, please feel free to contact us. It is always our pleasure to serve you.
Title: Nanban-style, Dragons and Treasures
Antique Tsuba for Samurai Sword with NBTHK Hozon Certificate (T-88)
Certificate: NBTHK
Title: Shoami-style, Japanese Apricot Blossoms
Title: The Pine Tree and The Hawk
6.92cm×6.2cm 0.5cm 2.7cm×0.83cm 153g


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Slice of life: the circumcision debate
My wife and I are expecting a baby boy. Soon we will face the prickly question: to circumcise or not to circumcise? As far as we can determine, the dispute has not been settled which is healthier. As youngsters we heard that circumcision fosters cleanliness. Then we heard that this argument is feeble in a society familiar with the concept of soap. Then we heard of correlations between uncircumcised penises and cancers of the prostate and vagina. Then we heard that these reports are bunk. If you can resolve these questions, great.
But it's the sexual angle that most intrigues us at the moment. Which choice is the right one in terms of the sex life of the boy and a future partner? Some argue that circumcision is cruel because a circumcised penis is less sensitive, providing the man less sexual stimulation. Others counter that this is a good argument FOR circumcision: a reduction in circumcision delays male climax, providing both partners more satisfaction. What say you, Cecil?
J.B., Chicago
I say it doesn't make much difference, on average. Which is not to say it doesn't make much difference. It's just that individual reactions to circumcision run the gamut and there's no telling how things are going to turn out for your kid.
Cecil knows this because he has been inquiring once again on the Internet — not the most scientific technique in the world, but how else are you going to find out about things like this? I turned up four men who were circumcised as adults and were thus in a position to compare. Two said sex was better before, two said it's better now. The two who bitched said that over time the foreskinless glans (the tip of the penis) became less sensitive. This may be due to abrasion from clothing. It certainly isn't because the foreskin contains the greatest concentration of nerve endings, as some circumcision opponents allege; from an anatomical standpoint, God's little mudguard is basically ordinary skin.
Of the two satisfied customers, one was circumcised because he had a tight foreskin that split and bled copiously during his first attempt at intercourse — admittedly (and mercifully) not a common problem. The other guy just didn't like the way his stalk looked. Now, he says, not only is he more sensitive, he doesn't have problems with odors, splash when urinating, or get his foreskin caught in his zipper. Your kid's prospective partners (in a moment of heterosexism, Cecil assumed they would be women) are also divided in their views; several said an uncircumcised man had more to play with, while others prefer the streamlined look.
This isn't really helping you, is it? It gets worse. One cost-benefit analysis (Ganiats et al, 1991) found that circumcision had a "net discounted lifetime cost" of $102 and a health cost of 14 hours of healthy life. In other words, you wound up poorer and sicker — but only slightly. "These results suggest that the financial and medical advantages and disadvantages of routine neonatal circumcision cancel each other and that factors other than cost or health outcomes must be used in decision making," the researchers wrote. But I guess you knew that.
In English-speaking countries routine circumcision of newborns began in the latter 19th century as a quack medical technique intended to curb masturbation and other ills. Circumcision opponents, a passionate lot, decry the practice as "ritual genital mutilation." Those unhappy with their circumcised members (a common complaint is that the skin is too tight, making intercourse and, yes, masturbation painful without lubrication) sometimes resort to "foreskin restoration," in which the skin is stretched with clamping devices. Sounds awful, but they say it works.
The medical establishment first began questioning the wisdom of routine circumcision in 1949; since 1971 the American Academy of Pediatrics has opposed it. Apart from cultures where it is done for ritual purposes, it remains common only in the U.S. but is dropping in popularity there — from 86 percent in 1975 to 71 percent in 1984, according to one study.
So chuck it, eh? Not so fast. In 1989 the AAP withdrew its opposition to circumcision because accumulating evidence suggests it does have health benefits, preventing penile cancer and reducing urinary tract infections in infants. And circumcisees do wind up with a basically maintenance free tool. Bottom line? Your kid will survive either way. Flip a coin.
Follow-up: Circumcision sucks
Your column about infant circumcision contained erroneous information. The enclosed remarks by Dr. John Taylor should clarify that "God's little mudguard" is not basically ordinary skin. It is a high specialized organ that serves several distinct and important purposes.
Arguments about penile cancer and urinary tract infections may be enough to scare American physicians into perpetuating this dubious practice, but the fact is that 85 percent of the world's males are uncircumcised. Enclosed are two articles from just 35 years ago which seriously promoted female circumcision. It will not be long before we look back with equal horror on male circumcision. Violating the genital integrity of an innocent child of either sex by submitting him or her to unnecessary surgery when s/he cannot consent is genital mutilation and a violation of human rights.
— Tim Hammond, National Organization to Halt the Abuse and Routine Mutilation of Males (NOHARMM), San Francisco
Circumcision reduces sexual sensitivity 50 to 75 percent. No one has the right to do this.
— Cliff P., Mabelvale, Arkansas
There was talk at my old job that circumcised men had something like one eighth the chance an uncircumcised man has of catching AIDS through unprotected intercourse with an infected woman. My recollection is that catching any venereal disease is less for circumcised than uncircumcised men. My own father was circumcised at eight (very painful) because of smegma, inflammation, etc. — and his was a household that was quite familiar with soap and water; this was not a hygiene problem. Suggested advice: don't be a dunce, uncover that schwuntz.
— Dave Schutz, Washington, D.C.
We do have a diversity of opinions here, don't we? To address the points raised in these and similar letters:
– The foreskin is not ordinary skin, but rather is "replete with nerve endings of sexual pleasure."
The chief evidence for this seems to be research by John Taylor. Dr. Taylor opposes circumcision, has not formally published his research, and is not a specialist in neurology. His remarks on the structure and purpose of the foreskin are highly conjectural and include such statements as, "We haven't done a strict quantitative study [but] to my mind [certain nerve endings] are rather more commonly found here in the prepuce than they are in the glans of the penis." It would be foolish on the basis of such work to make any definite statements about the foreskin's contribution to sexual sensitivity or anything else.
– The medical arguments in favor of circumcision are specious; circumcision causes more medical problems than it prevents.
Not true. Complications from circumcision are low, approximately 0.2 to 0.6 percent. A total of three deaths have been ascribed to circumcision since 1954. In contrast, more than 1,000 U.S. men develop penile cancer each year, 225-317 of whom die. Circumcision effectively prevents penile cancer. Of 60,000 cases since 1930, fewer than 10 have involved circumcised men. Circumcision also eliminates foreskin problems such as inflammation, failure to retract, etc. These persist in non-circumcising nations such as the UK despite presumed familiarity with proper foreskin hygiene.
– Circumcision is performed without anesthesia and is painful.
Anesthesia presents a greater danger to infants. Circumcised infants remember nothing of the operation later in life. There is no evidence for the claim that this early trauma conditions the infant to a life of sexual violence.
– Male circumcision is a violation of human rights comparable to female circumcision. Infants cannot give informed consent; the operation should be delayed until they can.
Female circumcision often destroys the woman's capacity for sexual pleasure; male circumcision does not. Parents routinely consent to operations on behalf of their minor children. Post-infancy circumcision is far more traumatic and expensive.
– Circumcision reduces the chances of getting AIDS and other venereal diseases.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the evidence for this is conflicting.
The gist of my original column was that no compelling argument could be made either way regarding circumcision. Having read the above, does anybody still have doubts?


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AGT: The Champions finalist Brain Justin Crum | Boyfriend & More
Brian Justin Crum caught the attention of many after he competed on America's Got Talent season 11, where he finished fourth. More recently, he competed on AGT spin-off, America's Got Talent; The Champions. He has advanced to the finals, thanks to Superfans.
Born on May 28, 1988, in San Diego, California, Brian attended the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts. He came out as a gay while he was in elementary school, which somewhat made his school life difficult. But his mom's support helped him gain his lost confidence. He was inclined towards music from a very young age and decided to take it to the stage. He started performing in Broadway shows. He has appeared in several theatrical shows, and with rave reviews, he has even won a few Best Actor in Musical Awards for his performance.
His career took a different turn when he decided to give his singing career a try and participated in AGT in 2016. Brian made it to the finals and was placed fourth with the young singer, Grace Vanderwaal winning the series. Post-AGT, he performed at several events and also took his acting career alongside.
Currently, he is competing on America's Got Talent: The Champions and his first performance was on Jan 28, 2019.
He has now made it to the AGT: The Champions finale with other 7 acts, all winners and finalists of various Got Talent franchise. He is dating Samer Fawaz, and they celebrated their first anniversary earlier this year.
Best Wishes, Brian!


Did you catch the Pop Up Plant-Based Boutique on The Drive for 2 weeks this past December? If not, you are in luck. They are back in this bright beautiful space for the next 6 months. The Plant-Based Boutique is located at 1206 Commercial Drive (at Williams Street) across from Grandview Park. Their focus is on health, wellness and self-care which is 100% plant-based. They have curated products from across North America which include skin care, organic oils for the face and body, candles, plant-based cookbooks, soaps and much more. They are also now serving organic tea and snacks and have added a seating space in store. You can catch them daily from Noon to 7:00 pm. Stop by and check out this great space.
If you love storytelling, whether watching or listening to them in an intimate setting, then you may wish to check out Weekly Stories at The Drive Coffee Bar, 1670 Commercial Drive located near 1st Avenue. This 1 hour storytelling show which took a hiatus over the summer is now back weekly starting Wednesday, September 19th. Weekly Stories is hosted by storyteller and organizer extraordinaire Jo Dworschak of Story Story Lie and Coop Radio's Fruit Salad. You will hear tales from some seasoned storytellers, but each week they do try and get a new face up to take a turn. The venue is a favourite of ours for the great coffee, selection of Cartem Donuts and some of the best sandwiches in the City by La Grotta del Fromaggio plus they also serve wine and beer. Event runs from 7:00 pm every Wednesday night. Admission is by donation. If you have a story to share, stop by and sign up or email Jo in advance at e: storystoryshows@gmail.com.
Back again for its 9th consecutive year, Italian Day on The Drive delighted thousands of festival attendees with the sights, sounds and tastes of Italy. From Venables Street to Grandview Cut, Commercial Drive was transformed into a lively festa – the largest one day cultural street festival in Vancouver! Home to Little Italy, The Drive comes alive annually in green, white and red with piazza style animated zones, live music, food, patios, fashion, retail vendors, vehicles, activities, children's zones and more.
Each year the festival is organized around a central theme and this year it was Musica! With three main stages spread throughout the 14 blocks, every few blocks you were greeted with a new performance showcasing local and national artists from Italy. Italy's music has traditionally been considered one of the cultural markers of Italian national and ethnic identity and festival goers could be seen dancing and singing in the middle of the street all the way down The Drive. Of course the dozens of restaurants, bakeries and beer gardens were also packed with Vancouverites devouring traditional Italian delicacies! Whether you wanted to see the brilliant performances or just kick back on a Sunday with a slice of pizza and a cannoli – Italian Day 2018 was not to be missed!
One of our favourite community events is back, Italian Day which will be held on Sunday, June 10th, This year's theme is MUSICA.
For Italian Day, Commercial Drive from Broadway to Grandview will be turned into one long piazza. Many of the restaurants will have outdoor seating areas, food trucks will be dotted along the stretch, live music will take place on several stages. As music is this year's theme, we understand there will be a concert at Grandview Park with a 12 piece celebrity artist from Italy (yet to be named). You can also expect Federico Fuoco, owner of Federico's Supper Club, to put on a show to entertain the crowds as only he can. There will be authentic Italian table food & wine samplings, European design with fashion and vehicle showcases, Little Italy Bocce court, food contests and many opportunities to experience food from a variety of countries as well as Italy.
Britannia Community Centre will be hosting an Italian Day Music Shaker Workshop in the Napier Greenway from Noon to 4:00 pm. All materials are supplied. Everyone is welcome to stop by and participate.
Italian Day kicks off at Noon and the party runs till 8:00 pm. Just a reminder that vehicle traffic on Commercial Drive is blocked off, so it is best to take transit, walk or cycle in. For those cycling to Italian Day, we expect a Bike Valet will be set up again at 1st Avenue & Commercial, but this hasn't been confirmed yet. We invite you come out and celebrate all things Italian. Italian Day represents the largest one day cultural street festival in Vancouver – and perhaps in Canada – drawing over 200,000 attendees of all cultures and ages. Stop by and see some of the magic of this great street festival.
The Britannia Community Centre, 1661 Napier Street, is hosting the 23rd Annual Stone Soup Festival on Saturday, May 12th. This annual event is a celebration of food, art, environment and community. You can expect to find a food market, local artists, community groups, talks, seed swap, net making and Metis dance workshops, live music, children's activities, free soup and much more. The Stone Soup Festival aims to bring awareness to the issues of food security, the benefits of sharing resources and eating 'local' and celebrating the diversity of food in our neighbourhood, the environment and its importance to the culture of our community. This is a free family friendly event that happens from Noon – 5:00 pm.
If you love storytelling, whether watching or listening to it in an intimate venue, then you may wish to check out Weekly Stories at The Drive Coffee Bar, 1670 Commercial Drive located near 1st Avenue. This 1 hour storytelling show is hosted by local organizer extraordinaire Jo Dworschak of Story Story Lie and Coop Radio's Fruit Salad. You will hear tales from some seasoned storytellers, but each week they do try and get a new face up to take a turn. The venue is a favourite of ours for the great coffee, selection of Cartem Donuts and some of the best sandwiches in the City by La Grotta del Fromaggio plus they also serve wine and beer. Event runs from 7:30 to 9:00 pm every Wednesday night. Admission is by donation. If you have a story to share, stop by and sign up or email Jo in advance at e: storystoryshows@gmail.com.


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Barnaby On ANZAC Day
Senator Joyce writes for the Canberra Times:
Freedoms a monument to those who put lives on the line
The focus at the centre of our major capitals is the sacred remembrance of those who offered so much for us all.
Those who walk past or make it the venue of their early morning run see the cenotaph and maybe think of why it is that we can enjoy the freedoms we do – liberty of expression, freedom of religion, rights of ownership, the benefactions of a compassionate state.
I believe that the vast majority of Australians associate the uniform of our serving members as a mark of honour.
Honour because they represent so many others who sacrifice alternate careers and place their life on the line for us and our nation.
In a time where the horrors of war are brought basically unsanitised to our living room on the nightly news there is little glamour that previous generations could weave about the engagement in active service in a foreign conflict.
The stark reality of the risk taken by our servicemen and women has of recent years made Australians more respectful of a job many would be uncomfortable, terrified or totally unable to do. It is for this reason getting up for the dawn service or going to the march is the very least we can do.
More salient is the memory of those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. People who walked the same streets, saw the same hills, loved with a similar heart and yet met a fate that they were prepared for, yet devastated those who at home waited for their return. They did it because they loved their country.
Another crucial piece in our nation's psychic riddle, a part that is a slight mystery to the foreigner who is generally engaged with the open book, friendly- look Australia, is the small-town war memorial where no battle has ever been fought and sometimes the marble monument where there is no town at all: the obelisk opposite the Walcha Road Hotel, the covered area on the side of the hill in Stanthorpe, the honour board at Woolbrook Public School.
The nation for a day is a memorial to the memory of those who have served and tragically met a fate that they knew was present.
The monument to other's sacrifice is the court, the hospital, the parliament and the vote you have to select it, our way of life, our Australian culture.
It is not the natural course that we have the life we have in Australia – it has been paid for with the greatest price of our servicemen and women and the allies who have stood beside us.
In St George, the Pilots' Memorial is dedicated to Flight Sergeant Leonard Waters, the first Aboriginal fighter pilot and Squadron Leader John Jackson, who, another nation named its international airport after. In Benalla, Edward "Weary" Dunlop, was an epitome of accomplishment. He led an exemplary life which he offered to our nation, a life challenged by the savagery and privations of the appalling conditions of being a prisoner of war.
Every town, district and suburb has their story which today is our memory and our identity. There is the iconography of the emu plumes in the slouch hat of Australian Light Horse and the Hunter River Lancers who have served Australia since the Boer War with a detachment mustered from the towns around Tamworth.
We, as a nation, are blessed that there is no fascination of the historical turmoils of a civil war, as we have remained with a peace within our shores which is a peculiarity to only a few countries and no other continents.
Families, though, treasure the knowledge of forebears who served where the requirement was to seek out and close with the enemy.
For me, my thoughts on this day naturally rest with those of my family who have served and for those on my paternal grandmother's side who have passed away.
Specifically I will also think of Corporal Scott Smith and Sapper James Martin. I will remember Private Robert Poate, Lance Corporal Stjepan Milosevic, Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald, Private Nathanel Galagher and Sergeant Blaine Diddams.
I will think of their families their partners, wives and children. I will feel a sense of guilt that they have lost but I have benefited because I stayed at home with my wife and kids.
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3 Responses to "Barnaby On ANZAC Day"
Jackson April 25, 2013 at 9:15 am #
' The Untold History of the US' by Oliver Stone is now on pay TV.It is an epic 10 part series which looks at what has been omitted from our history to cover up the truth.
The war reparations of WW1 imposed by the rest if the West drove Germany into abject poverty which in turn allowed the rise of Hitler and his aggressive nationalism.
General Smedly Butler, "War is a racket ". A few people make a lot of money out of manufacturing and selling arms, financing our Govts to fight them, as well as stealing the resources / energy.
The Blissful Ignoramus April 25, 2013 at 9:54 am #
Thanks Jackson, will chase that up. Agree completely your comments.
Kevin Moore April 25, 2013 at 12:00 pm #
I have great respect for the motives and courage of those whose heart said – I must go and fight and lay down my life possibly in defence of my country. If only those same brave people could be given the knowledge we now have and return to fight the present battle.
In THE FULFILLMENT OF THE PROPHECIES [1923]
" 7.Thanks to the terrible power of this Bank Jews have forced Christians into wars without number, culminating in the Great War. Wars have this special value for Jews that Christians massacre each other and make more room for the Chosen People. Moreover, as Werner Sombart truly says, "Wars Are The Jews Harvests." The Jews Bank grows fat on the wars of Christians…."
http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/aldous-huxley-shifting-peoples-attention-in-world-where-war-making-remains-an-almost-sacred-habit/
"…….There is also another way in which the preparation for war is useful to the holders of centralized political power. When things go badly at home, when popular discontent becomes inconveniently articulate, it is always possible, in a world where war-making remains an almost sacred habit, to shift the people's attention away from domestic to foreign and military affairs. A flood of xenophobic or imperialistic propaganda is released by the government-controlled instruments of persuasion, a "strong policy" is adopted toward some foreign power, an appeal for "national unity" (in other words, unquestioning obedience to the ruling oligarchy) is launched, and at once it becomes unpatriotic for anybody to voice even the most justifiable complaints against mismanagement or oppression. It is difficult to see how any highly centralized government could afford to dispense with militarism and the threat of foreign war."
http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/anti-war-essays-poems-short-stories-and-novel-excerpts/


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On Saturday, a beautiful summer day in Toronto, my partner and I went to the OCAP (Ontario Coalition Against Poverty) rummage sale in lovely Dufferin Grove Park. The pic above is of a lovely garden that we saw along the way. I have total garden jeaously.
The pic above is of a lonely child's sandal that I saw in someone's front yard. I couldn't help feeling a bit sad at the sight of this discarded, but beautiful, sandal.
Above is a pic of an interestingly modified stop sign.....hear hear!
The pic above is in the park itself. They have this great mushroom shaped tent structure set up, and this pic was taken while lying inside it and shooting upward. Nice.
The pic above is the same structure...I'm taking the pic from inside while my partner Chris poses outside.


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I have just finished my second book on minimalism and it has been helpful, as well as inspirational in my process of decluttering and minimising. Francine Jay walks us through four main sections in her book, starting with philosophy in part 1, continuing with part 2 where she presents her Stremaline method for decluttering. In part 3, she guides us through room by room, giving us useful tips on how and where to start, and what to be aware of in the various rooms. She introduces us to the aspects of lifestyle connected to simplifying our lives in part 4.
In part 1, she walks us through a lot of the thoughts and expectations around things, where especially two of the subchapters got to me: "You are not what you own" (Part one: chapter 2) and "The Joy of enough" (Part one: chapter 9). I think it's easy to feel that we need more things, newer things and a bigger house to accommodate all these things in society today, as images of how we "should" live our lives often appear in social media and are orchestrated by advertisers. In addition, I have tended to keep things that I feel say something about who I am (or at least, who I want to be, or in some cases, who I used to be). After starting the process of minimizing, I still want to buy new things and keep my old things, however, I feel that I now reflect more about the things I buy and I want everything I buy to last a long time and to have a purpose.
The streamline technique which is introduced in part 2 is extremely helpful when decluttering. Before I read this book, I followed these steps to a certain degree as I think many of these steps are natural in a decluttering procerss, but I have become more aware of the various ways of organising and of where clutter "lives". Streamline stands for Start over, Trash/treasure/transfer, Reason for each item, Everything in its place, All surfaces clear, Modules, Limits, If one comes in, one goes out, Narrow down and Everyday maintenance. I will not go into detail into these, some are probably self-explanatory, however, I have discovered that I have tended to cheat on the first point; Start over. Sometimes, when I have decluttered a shelf, or some drawers, I have not taken everything out. It does really make a difference, when you do Start over.
Another point which I found useful from this book are the Modules. I have organised some of our things, to a certain degree into modules before, but I have become more aware of this after reading the book. Furthermore, the Outbox is a brilliant concept as well. You place an outbox somewhere in the house to encourage family members to get rid of things. I have for a longer period of time kept an outbox to myself, but I think it will be interesting to see if other family members will make use of it as well.
If you want to go on a decluttering journey or simply minimise your everyday somewhat, I definitely recommend this book. It is easy to read and you can easily jump to the points relevant to you, if needed.
I feel inspired by reading books on minimalism and decluttering. Do you have any books or articles or blogs you would recommend, please share, as I love to learn more.
However, now it is time to get back in business and get started on my April action plan.
On my first Trash and transfer Tuesday I went to the recycling station with glass jars and metal boxes. I meant to transfer some clothes as well, but I am a bit behind on work, so had to prioritise that, which made me feel a bit unmotivated on the decluttering front.
However, I have given away the dresser which was on my list and I am planning on giving away the white shirts and black suit tomorrow (and I will perhaps see if I can find time to have a look at the kids clothes this evening). So though my first Trash and transfer Tuesday was not as spectacular as I had expected it to be (haha), I have gotten started on my plan and I will try to get into "decluttering mode" again. I always find it a bit hard to get back into it after being away and coming back, as there are always more of the usual chores to attend to when returning from holiday. However, I have complete one task and at least it is something.
I hope you have had a good holiday! Have you started a spring clean / decluttering plan?
This is my action plan to continue to declutter in April. I am a BIG fan of lists and suggestions on how to declutter, especially lists which will get you through a lot of decluttering in for instance 30 days. However, I've come to realise that we rarely manage to carry out lists like this, as we spend a lot of weekends away.
However, I do think that making a plan and having a list to cross off will help me out in the process of decluttering. Part of what I find most difficult is getting rid of furniture and larger items, and in general getting things out of the house.
The picture I have chosen for this blog post, illustrates how I feel about my home these days. Overly stuffed with things, which shouldn't be here. However, that WILL change.
To get more things out of the house, I will rename Tuesday Trash and Transfer Tuesday. On Tuesdays, I will try to gather clothes, trash and other things that needs to be moved out of the house to recycling points, second hand shops etc and actually take the time to get these things there.
Furthermore, I am considering getting rid of more dressers, or wedding china (or parts of it) and I dream of tearing down my kitchen cupboards. However, this is the more challenging tasks, which I don't think will be realistic to complete in April. But if I manage more than on the list above, that will definitely be a bonus.
Have you got an action plan for your decluttering?
I will try to post some updates on the progress as I start.
I don't manage to declutter large areas these days, but I did go through one organiser with pockets, looking like this.
Clothes, toys (and bath toys), hair product and lice shampoo and a first aid kit. All of these items have designated places and have been put in their places.
I'm left with an empty organiser and I'm wondering whether or not I should put it back up.
Part of this process of decluttering, is changing where we keep things and how many things we have. The more we get rid of – the less storage we need, which is wonderful. However, it takes time to get rid of things, and to get the things we don't want, out of our house.
I am aiming at creating a Plan of action for April, when it comes to decluttering. More on this in my next post.
Have you taken the time to declutter anything lately?
This will be a teacher related post, as I am always trying to find new and exiting ways for my lessons.
As a language teacher, I have many times thought that it would be wonderful if there had only been a place online, where teachers could find each other and get in touch, across country borders. Then I attended Bett 2018 and it turns out that such a place exists and it is called Skype in the classroom.
So I have embarked on a journey, in order to try out Skype in the classroom, in my Spanish lessons to begin with. Using Skype in the classroom will give my students an opportunity to speak in real life with students from other countries, with people who are native speakers of the language they are learning. When speaking IRL, my students will be forced to use the language they have learnt at school, in a different manner than they would in the classroom. In addition, they will also meet people of this culture, which I hope will give them more insight into why language learning is useful.
I signed up on their webpage, and started doing courses and learning about Skype in the classroom and they have got five ways of using Skype in the classroom.
Explained briefly, virtual field trips are when your class is taken on a "field trip" through Skype by an expert on a certain area, a biologist, a historian etc. Skype lessons are teachers or experts, who give lessons to your class through Skype. Skype collaboration is when teachers and their students collaborate with other teachers and students around the world, either one time or several times, using Skype. Mystery Skype allows a class to Skype with another class in the world, but not knowing where they are from. The classes ask each other yes/no questions to find out and the first one who finds out, has won. Guest speakers can be, for example authors, who speak about a book they have written.
All of the five ways of using Skype in the classroom sounded fascinating, but I decided to focus on Skype collaboration. I did some of the required courses and filled in a form to get my request on the Skype in the Classroom platform.
My Spanish students are positive towards doing Skype in the classroom with another class and I am currently awaiting a reply from some teachers to see if this will be possible (time schedules etc have to be sorted out and changed in some cases to make these meetings happen).
I will give a short presentation at a teacher meet up that we will set up later in March, but if anyone is interested, I could make a "how to" blog post on Skype in the Classroom.
I'm looking forward to trying this out and I can see myself using Skype in the classroom actively from next school year.
Have you tried Skype in the classroom? I'd love to hear your experiences with it and how your worked with it.


There was mixed post-weekend trading notes in Asia earlier with Hong Kong stocks falling modestly back after last week's robust rises. The Hang Seng was down -0.40% with Geely Automobile Holdings plunging -3.47%. However gold was on the comeback path as more North Korean tension returned. This followed cryptic comments from Donald Trump via Twitter on future military options over the weekend; gold is up almost +1% to 1,286.80.
In the UK there's concern that the Office of National Statistics may have botched under-stated inflation stats, which may see a correction shortly, according to a report from the Times. That may exert more pressure on Bank of England governor Mark Carney to raise interest rates, boosting sterling.
Just after 7am the dollar spot price was -0.05% lower at 93.75 while the pound was up +0.19% at $1.3111. The euro however was down -0.04% at $1.1738. Apart from just-released German industrial production numbers – up +2.6% in August, much better than expected – there's a dearth of meaningful UK and European announcements today; UK balance of trade and industrial production arrive tomorrow, 9.30am.
Some media outlets are reporting pressure on fashion retailer New Look. The Times claims New Look owner Brait Capital is attempting to cut the company's £1.2bn debt obligations.
New numbers from Trinity Mirror this morning: on a like-for-like basis group revenues are down -8% in the third quarter, though this is better than the -9% fall in the first half, Trinity Mirror points out.
Earlier this morning medical tech operator Smith & Nephew confirmed that CEO Olivier Bohuon will retire at the end of 2018. No successor has been appointed. Bohuon stays in the job meanwhile. Smith & Nephew shares are up +12.7% on the year, +14% year-to-date.
"I am committed to leading the Company in the meantime, as we remain resolutely focused on delivering a solid performance in 2017, while positioning the Company for further success in the future."
Lastly specialty insurer Lancashire Holdings estimates ultimate losses for Hurricanes Irma, Harvey and the Mexican earthquake is likely to come in at the range of $106-$212m. This estimate falls well within the Company's modelled loss ranges for these types of catastrophe events Lancashire Holdings said.


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Italy's populist parties reach new deal to form a government
Luigi Di Maio of the Five Star Movement and Matteo Salvini of the Lega will both be ministers in the new government (Credit: Tiziana Fabi/AFP)
Italy's populist parties were finally given the green light to form a coalition government on Thursday evening, after they backed down over their initial selection of a deeply eurosceptic economy minister.
After days of intensive negotiations and pressure from the markets, the anti-immigrant, hard-Right League party and the anti-establishment Five Star Movement agreed to a compromise.
Both parties had come close to forming a government at the weekend, only for their efforts to be torpedoed by President Sergio Mattarella, who refused to approve their controversial choice of Paolo Savona as economy minister.
Paolo Savona, 81, has called Italy's adoption of the euro a "historic error", describing the single currency as "a German cage" and calling for a "plan B" that would allow the country to exit the eurozone.
"An accord has been reached for a Five Star-League government with Giuseppe Conte as prime minister," the parties said in a joint note on Thursday night, after dropping their insistence on Mr Savona's position.
"Maybe finally we have made it, after so many obstacles, attacks, threats and lies," Matteo Salvini, the head of The League, wrote on Facebook shortly after the deal was announced.
Mr Conte, a university law professor with no political experience who was plucked from obscurity by the two parties to be prime minster, was summoned to the presidential palace in Rome on Thursday night, where he was given a mandate for the second time to form a government, expected to be sworn in on Friday.
Mr Savona is now likely to be given the consolation prize of European affairs minister. The economy portfolio could go to Giovanni Tria, a little-known economics professor.
Professor Tria has been critical of the EU's economic governance, but unlike Mr Savona he has not advocated a plan to prepare for Italy's possible exit from the currency bloc.
Instead he has called for a change in the EU's fiscal rules to allow public investments to help growth and, like many mainstream economists, has criticised Germany's persistently large current account surplus.
Mr Salvini of The League is likely to become interior minister – enabling him to start implementing his campaign pledge to expel half a million unauthorised migrants from Italy.
He has called for repatriations to be dramatically stepped up.
A few hours before the agreement was announced, he set the possible tone of his ministry by tweeting a short video of a man who he claimed was a migrant plucking a pigeon on the side of a road.
"Final hours of work to form a government, we're putting everything into it. Meanwhile the news takes us back to harsh reality, with an immigrant plucking the feathers of pigeons in broad daylight and in the middle of the street…Go home!"
Full article: Italy's populist parties reach new deal to form a government (The Telegraph)
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Q: ValueError: cannot reshape array of size 1116381 into shape (32,1) I am attempting to use the Synthetic Control package from here: https://github.com/OscarEngelbrektson/SyntheticControlMethods/blob/master/examples/user_guide.ipynb
I read in my data like this:
international_path = 'data/International/'
international_files = glob.iglob(international_path + "/*.csv")
international_df = pd.concat((pd.read_csv(f) for f in international_files), ignore_index=True)

An example of the data in one of these CSV files:

This is the code that results in error:
# To use synthetic control package, data must be sorted by the unit name and then by time
international_df.sort_values("YEAR")
international_df.sort_values("ORIGIN_COUNTRY")
# To use synethic control package, there can be no missing values in the outcome (PASSENGERS)
international_df.dropna()

#Fit classic Synthetic Control
sc = Synth(dataset=international_df, outcome_var="PASSENGERS", id_var="ORIGIN_COUNTRY", time_var="YEAR", treatment_period=2008,
            treated_unit="US",n_optim=100,pen=0)

#Visualize synthetic control
sc.plot(["original", "pointwise", "cumulative"], treated_label="US",
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I assume I need to reshape the data but I'm a bit unsure how/why. Does anyone have any insight?

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Finally, we are happy to announce the BETA-version of the polytouch® SDK!
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Tech and purpose
Tech is a tool for amplifying and accelerating progress, and can have an outsized positive impact. Commitment to purpose-driven companies has remained strong despite the macroeconomic headwinds.
Chapter: 1.2
Spotlight on deep tech and sustainability
Over our years of producing this report, we've been early in identifying the emergence of two important cross-cutting themes: deep tech and purpose-driven tech.
Additionally, we have also charted the emergence and ever-greater presence of climate tech as a core theme at the heart of the European tech ecosystem. It is a cross-cutting theme that operates at the intersection of different sectors with a clear focus on reducing carbon emissions, and is aligned with Dealroom's definition of Climate Action SDG (excludes clean energy). The trends of the past five years in these areas have once again risen to the top in 2022, setting new records in terms of total capital investment into purpose-driven tech and climate tech. Deep tech investment also reached very strong levels in 2022, though it is approximately 25% down on the record-breaking levels of 2021. This still represents, however, a near-doubling versus the levels in 2020.
Capital invested ($B) into deep tech, purpose-driven, and climate tech by year, 2018 to 2022E
Notes:Based on a set of 17,000 unique companies that raised funding between 2018 and 2022YTD. 2022 is annualised based on actuals up to October and annualised on the basis of the three months of August to October.
Sustainability and deep tech collide
The themes of sustainability and deep tech are becoming increasingly linked. In fact, an analysis of the top 10 largest deep tech rounds raised by European tech companies in 2022 shows that many of them have sustainability embedded at their core. Climeworks, for example, which is working on direct air carbon capture and storage, raised a $650M Series F round to continue to push as a global leader in the carbon removal industry.
Top 10 largest deep tech rounds in 2022
Funding round
1 Climeworks Switzerland $650M Series F Direct air carbon capture and storage
2 Volocopter Germany $352M Series E Electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles
3 Exotec France $335M Series D Industrial robotics
4 Newcleo UK $315M Early VC Nuclear fission
5 H2 Green Steel Sweden $255M Series B Production of fossil-free steel
6 Wayve UK $200M Series B Autonomous vehicles
7 Carbon clean solutions UK $150M Series C Industrial carbon capture solutions
8 ICEYE Finland $136M Series D Earth observation micro-satellites
9 IQM Finland $128M Series A Quantum computing
Notes:Based on a set of 17,000 unique companies that raised funding between 2018 and 2022YTD.
Investors are taking a long-term view when it comes to Europe's priorities.
Terese Hougaard
Partner, Venture, Atomico
The fact that ESG has continued to be a pocket of growth this year, even amid the downturn, shows that investors are taking a long-term view when it comes to Europe's priorities. The events we've seen over the past year, particularly the squeeze on energy supplies resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, underscore why sustainability must continue to be front of mind. It's essential that companies at every stage of the supply chain are supported, from producing energy, to making sure its end users are able to operate as sustainably as possible, whether that's retailers or consumers. While the big picture is critical, it's crucial that no part of the downline is left behind.
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Reuben Hoshke HaKohen (Sofer) (died 3 April 1673) (Hebrew: אברהם ראובן הכהן סופר) was a Kabalist and  rabbi of Prague.   "Hoshke," his father's name, is a Polish diminutive for "Joshua," mistaken by G.B. De Rossi and Zunz for his family name.

He wrote:
Yalḳuṭ Re'ubeni, a kabbalistic work (an imitation of the Yalḳuṭ Ḥadash) containing a collection of sayings taken from other kabbalistic works and arranged in alphabetical order (Prague, 1660)
 Yalḳuṭ Re'ubeni ha-Gadol, (ילקוט ראובני הגדול) a kabbalistic midrash on the Pentateuch arranged according to the order of the parashiyyot (Wilmersdorf, 1681)
 Davar Shebi-Ḳedushah, a manual of asceticism and repentance (Sulzbach, 1684)
 Oneg Shabbat, cabalistic reflections on the Sabbath laws, followed by an appendix entitled Derek Ḳabbalat Shabbat (ib. 1684).

References

 Its bibliography:
Lieben, Gal 'Ed, German part, p. 41; Hebrew part, p. 36;
Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 2138;
Fürst, Bibl. Jud. i. 412.

1673 deaths
Kabbalists
17th-century Bohemian rabbis
Rabbis from Prague
Kohanim writers of Rabbinic literature
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extremely expensive habit that can be hard to break when you know it's time to.
Saying no to a girl's night out does not make you a bad friend. There will be times when 'no' is the most appropriate and best response in a situation in order to prevent an even bigger catastrophe from happening. You can't say yes to everything, so getting in the habit of saying 'no' is a good one to take on—especially when it involves saving money.
Living within your means can definitely be easier said than done especially when we live in an era of flashiness, competition, and simply trying to outdo the next person—however, we should never be in a friendship group where we deem it necessary to outdo our friends. Eliminate the idea that you have to go to certain restaurants, wear certain brands, drive a certain car, or live in a certain neighborhood to project a certain status. You instead should focus on living and maintain the lifestyle that you can afford from the restaurants you eat at to the clothes and shoes you buy—this isn't a competition girl!
There are plenty of free activities to do with your girlfriends. Look at your local news boards and social media tags to find free yoga classes in the park as well as other free activities around your city. You'd be surprised just how much fun these free activities truly are—besides, when spending time with your girlfriends—no matter how much or little the activity cost—it's the time spent that counts the most!
Always, always, always be mindful of how much money you are spending—daily, weekly and monthly. This is a good habit to have even outside of hanging with your friends. Budgeting your money, holding on to receipts, and being mindful of how much you're putting out will help you realize just how much you're spending and how much you should cut back on. Don't spend more money than you make—you're only setting yourself up for failure in the long run.