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ranking the "prestige" of a decently sizable list of illnesses, disorders and injuries. Heart attacks and leukemia are apparently the most prestigious. Mental illnesses are, as you might expect, grouped at the bottom, with anorexia and schizophrenia squeaking in just under AIDS, and fibromyalgia last. The abstract of the original study notes that this might have some effect on what specialties prospective doctors choose, which patients get treated–and, I would think, what gets research money and probably also a factor in how patients are treated?
I'm a bit confused by the study because I have no idea how they're defining prestige. And who on earth thinks of prestige when they think of medical conditions anyway? Is prestige supposed to be some combination of the severity/potential life-threatening nature of a disease? Or it is supposed to imply that doctors who specialise in certain things are more flashy than others?
I'm not sure exactly what "prestige" means, either, but I'm guessing it means something like that doctors who treat certain diseases are considered more important? Anyway, looking at that list, it seems like the ones at the top of the list are generally potentially fatal, and the usual treatment for them is either surgery or something intensive like chemotherapy or radiation. The ones toward the bottom of the list are more likely chronic diseases that affect quality of life but generally aren't fatal, and the few that are fatal are the ones that are incurable — the ones at the top of the list are things like cancer, where someone can be declared cured after being cancer-free for a certain period of time, or things like appendicitis that require emergency surgery and then the patient is better, and the doctor is a hero. The bottom of the list has a lot of things like arthritis and AIDS and MS, where the doctor might be able to prescribe drugs or therapy that make the patient feel better or live somewhat longer, but the doctors don't have that same "I cured him/her" ending that they'd get with the others.


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The Final Rockefeller Commission Report, June 1975
By John Greenewald December 29, 2020 1 Min Read
The United States President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States was set up under President Gerald Ford in 1975 to investigate the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency and other intelligence agencies within the United States. The commission was led by the Vice President, Nelson Rockefeller, and is sometimes referred to as the Rockefeller Commission.
The commission was created in response to a December 1974 report in The New York Times that the CIA had conducted illegal domestic activities, including experiments on U.S. citizens, during the 1960s. The commission issued a single report in 1975, touching upon certain CIA abuses including mail opening and surveillance of domestic dissident groups. It publicized Project MKUltra, a CIA mind control study.
It also studied issues relating to the John F. Kennedy assassination, specifically the head snap as seen in the Zapruder film (first shown on television in 1975), and the possible presence of E. Howard Hunt and Frank Sturgis in Dallas, Texas.
Below you will find the full report, as obtained from the President Gerald Ford Library.
The Final Rockefeller Commission Report, June 1975 [303 Pages, 17MB]
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Understanding Natural Order and Environmental Chaos via Photography
by Alexandra Garcia
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Last December, world, corporate, and environmental leaders from around the globe met in Paris for COP21. Together, they sought to create some sense of order amidst the chaos humans have engendered because of our dependence on fossil fuels with an agreement that lays the groundwork for international cooperation on addressing and mitigating against climate change. As aspirational as this document is, I believe that its long-term successful implementation will be in great part due to the contributions of conservation photographers from around the world who strive tirelessly to document the state of our planet. How can this be?
Well, we know for a fact that the average person is not going to wade through dense reports analyzing years of rising CO2 levels. Because let's face it, though they are critical for providing scientific proof of climate change, they are not exactly thrilling reading for most of us. And yet, successful conservation depends on humans changing their behavior, and change at a scale large enough to have any real impact on climate change is going to take action by millions of everyday people – folks like you and me who aren't likely to read those reports.
So how can we best educate global audiences about the chaos we are imposing on the beautiful, complex, and inherent order of nature? Whether on the web, television, or in print – it is only through still and video imagery that people can best understand what is happening to our planet.
This is where the International League of Conservation Photographers comes in. Our league comprises an elite international cadre of wildlife, nature and culture photographers, each of whom has demonstrated a deep commitment to saving the special species and places that grace our planet.
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This is where the International League of Conservation Photographers comes in. Our league comprises an elite international cadre of wildlife, nature and culture photographers, each of whom has demonstrated a deep commitment to saving the special species and places that grace our planet. We believe that the best way to understand the extent of desecration of forests by clear-cutting in places like southwest Oregon is through an extraordinary aerial image.
Similarly it is only through macro photography, an extreme close-up technique, that we can show the fragile interdependence between the tiny and highly threatened rusty-patched bumblebee and the plants that depend on it for pollination. Whether at vast or minuscule scale, the natural world relies on a system that has taken millennia to develop, and photography is one of the best tools to help us appreciate the important role of each creature and place in it.
Of course, our photographers also point their lenses to the beautiful order of nature as it exists in places that we have not yet damaged or that have been protected through sound conservation practices. Who of us could imagine the fantastical beauty of mangroves below the water's surface? After all, most of us will never snorkel amongst their tangled roots to witness the incubation of thousands of baby fish or how mangroves protect seashore communities from the ravages of violent tropical storms.
iLCP is best known for our Conservation Photography Expeditions, which we undertake with local, national and international conservation organizations to produce images that fully capture the threats and opportunities faced by communities whose environments and cultural traditions are in peril from activities like mining, clear-cutting, poaching, overfishing, or any other behavior that is ruled by a basic disregard for the fundamental order that exists in the natural world. Our partners use these images to communicate the need and value of their efforts to donors, funders, beneficiaries, local communities, and the general public.
There is no doubt that politicians and policy makers must lay the groundwork to enable all of us to cope with, adapt, and address human impact on a large scale. In the end, however, it is everyday people who are going to have care enough to do the heavy lifting. But, as it is really hard for most of us to care about something we don't know – and we can't know everything firsthand—we must rely on images to help us grasp what is at stake, whether in our immediate neighborhood or somewhere on the other side of the world.
iLCP ensures that conservation imagery can be used to inspire caring and even more importantly, action. We do so not only through our Expeditions, but also with our Image Licensing Services and with WiLDSPEAK, an annual symposium in Washington, DC, which explores how extraordinary visual media can contribute to impactful science communications and positive conservation outcomes.
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Q: Data Entry stopped by Hibernate Constraint Violation exception I have an application developed in jsf 1.2 , rich faces 3. Oracle 11gR2 is holding the schema. Deployed on Websphere 7. Application is centrally deployed and several users access it across a WAN. The problem is…all of a sudden data entry stops…Websphere logs give me following:-
When I restart application on websphere, data entry again starts and then stops again arbitrarily.
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00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.hibernate.exception.SQLStateConverter.convert(SQLStateConverter.java:94)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.hibernate.exception.JDBCExceptionHelper.convert(JDBCExceptionHelper.java:66)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.insert(AbstractEntityPersister.java:2285)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.insert(AbstractEntityPersister.java:2678)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.hibernate.action.EntityInsertAction.execute(EntityInsertAction.java:79)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.hibernate.engine.ActionQueue.execute(ActionQueue.java:279)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.hibernate.engine.ActionQueue.executeActions(ActionQueue.java:263)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.hibernate.engine.ActionQueue.executeActions(ActionQueue.java:167)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractFlushingEventListener.performExecutions(AbstractFlushingEventListener.java:321)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultFlushEventListener.onFlush(DefaultFlushEventListener.java:50)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.flush(SessionImpl.java:1028)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.managedFlush(SessionImpl.java:366)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.hibernate.transaction.JDBCTransaction.commit(JDBCTransaction.java:137)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.dal.EmployeeDetailDal.insertRecord(EmployeeDetailDal.java:122)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.bll.EmployeeDetailBll.insertion(EmployeeDetailBll.java:24)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.ui.beans.EmployeeDetailBean.save(EmployeeDetailBean.java:384)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor11791.invoke(Unknown Source)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:600)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.apache.el.parser.AstValue.invoke(AstValue.java:159)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.apache.el.MethodExpressionImpl.invoke(MethodExpressionImpl.java:276)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.apache.jasper.el.JspMethodExpression.invoke(JspMethodExpression.java:67)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at javax.faces.component.MethodBindingMethodExpressionAdapter.invoke(MethodBindingMethodExpressionAdapter.java:88)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.sun.faces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:102)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:387)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processEvents(AjaxViewRoot.java:324)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.broadcastEvents(AjaxViewRoot.java:299)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processPhase(AjaxViewRoot.java:256)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.ajax4jsf.component.AjaxViewRoot.processApplication(AjaxViewRoot.java:469)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.InvokeApplicationPhase.execute(InvokeApplicationPhase.java:82)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:100)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:118)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:265)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1657)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1597)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:131)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:178)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.handleRequest(BaseFilter.java:290)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.processUploadsAndHandleRequest(BaseFilter.java:388)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:515)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:188)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:116)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at restricted.AuthorizationFilter.doFilter(AuthorizationFilter.java:188)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:188)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:116)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain._doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:77)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.doFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:908)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:934)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:502)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.handleRequest(ServletWrapperImpl.java:179)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.handleRequest(WebApp.java:3826)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebGroup.handleRequest(WebGroup.java:276)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:931)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WSWebContainer.handleRequest(WSWebContainer.java:1583)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:186)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:445)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:504)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.processRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:301)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpICLReadCallback.complete(HttpICLReadCallback.java:83)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:165)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:138)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:204)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:775)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:905)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1563)
00000096 SystemErr     R Caused by: com.ibm.websphere.ce.cm.DuplicateKeyException:  ORA-00001: unique constraint (EMP_SCHEMA.EMPLOYEE_DETAIL_PK) violated
00000096 SystemErr     R
00000096 SystemErr     R     at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:44)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:516)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.websphere.rsadapter.GenericDataStoreHelper.mapExceptionHelper(GenericDataStoreHelper.java:605)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.websphere.rsadapter.GenericDataStoreHelper.mapException(GenericDataStoreHelper.java:667)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.AdapterUtil.mapException(AdapterUtil.java:2111)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.jdbc.WSJdbcUtil.mapException(WSJdbcUtil.java:1034)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.jdbc.WSJdbcPreparedStatement.executeUpdate(WSJdbcPreparedStatement.java:826)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.hibernate.jdbc.NonBatchingBatcher.addToBatch(NonBatchingBatcher.java:46)
00000096 SystemErr     R     at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.insert(AbstractEntityPersister.java:2265)
00000096 SystemErr     R     ... 64 more

   ….

The hbm file for EmployeeDetail is as under
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC
"-//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 3.0//EN"
"http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-mapping-3.0.dtd">
<hibernate-mapping>
<class name="org.dao.EmployeeDetail" table="EMPLOYEE_DETAIL">
<id name="id" type="long" column="EMPLOYEE_ID">
<generator class="increment"></generator>
</id>
....
</class>
</hibernate-mapping>

While insert function is as follows:-
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EmployeeDetail empDet = new EmployeeDetail();
session = sessionFactory.openSession((Interceptor)localInterceptor.get());
session.setFlushMode(FlushMode.COMMIT);
Transaction transaction = session.beginTransaction();

    try {

            empDet.setEmpName (empDetBean.getEmpName());
                                               ….
            session.save(empDet);
            transaction.commit();
            session.flush();

    } catch (Exception e) {

        transaction.rollback();
        e.printStackTrace();

    } finally {
        session.close();
    }

Please suggest me measures. So far I have tried different settings with in Websphere like session management and Data source connection. Similarly have applied stringent check on hibernate session with in code. Closed the sessions where ever I have opened them explicitly but no success.
Thanks in advance.

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FETL´s 2018 lecture focused on whistleblowing and the obligations of ethical leadership. Professor Mark Stein challenged leaders to think differently and positively about whistleblowers, seeing them not as a threatening 'other' but rather as part of the 'good self' of organisations and their staff. Dame Ruth Silver reflects on the event.
Leadership and learning are inextricably linked. It is part of the skill set of effective leaders to lead the learning of staff and to set an example to staff by being prepared to learn and adapt themselves. Strong leadership should not be conflated with inflexibility and intransigence. A key dimension of effective, forward-looking leadership is a willingness to be confused and confounded, to reflect critically on what you have done before and, if necessary, to rethink and unlearn attitudes and approaches that do not work.
This kind of challenge is what I hope the Further Education Trust for Leadership's lectures will provide. While a willingness to learn and be critical is a key component of all leadership, it is especially important to leadership in education, and not least in a sector which exists at the shifting interface between communities, government and industry.
The 2018 lecture provided such a challenge and much more besides. It was given by Mark Stein, Professor of Leadership and Management at the University of Leicester, and one of the most interesting and original thinkers on leadership issues around.
Mark's theme was 'Whistleblowing and the loss of the good self'. Whistleblowing is, of course, a hugely topical issue, which speaks directly to the need for leaders to learn and to lead learning organisations. Mark's focus was on the stigmatisation of whistleblowers and the relationship between whistleblowers and their organisations. He argued that whistleblowers are vilified not merely because they are perceived as the despised 'other' at odds with colleagues and the organisation but also because they represent a 'lost, good part of the self of staff members'.
What this means is that while, on one level, whistleblowers appear to be despised because they set up 'in opposition' to their organisation, at a deeper level something quite different is happening. By having the courage to say something that other staff did not, whistleblowers confront colleagues with the uncomfortable truth that they have failed to call out unethical or illegal conduct and have, in a sense, colluded in it, thus failing to live up to the ethical imperative of their work. The way in which they deal with this is by 'turning to hatred'. As Mark noted, 'the instinctive cultural reaction is to shoot the messenger', which helps explain the really appalling treatment meted out to whistleblowers by staff (everything from shunning and character assassination to attacks on property and threats to life).
It is, of course, part of the role of leaders to find ways to prevent this, both by setting up systems and establishing a culture that prevent things going bad, and by creating conditions in which staff feel able to speak up and call out bad and illegal behaviour. This was a key theme of the discussion that followed Mark's lecture. Anthony Painter, from the RSA, for example, asked how leaders can encourage 'authentic leadership' at different levels of an organisation to ensure whistleblowing does not become necessary, while James Kirkup, from the Social Market Foundation, wondered what role leadership had in creating a culture within which whistleblowing is easier. Another speaker questioned the perverse system of incentives which leads organisations to put targets above core values.
There is an important cultural issue here. While process is important it should not always be our first recourse. Leaders should seek dialogue first and not simply resort to process. That is one of their responsibilities. Organisations also need strong, objective internal voices which can highlight when things aren't functioning as they should. As leaders, we should not be frightened by bad news but see it as an opportunity: thank you for the bad news, now let's see how we can improve matters. Genuinely open, human leadership not only vouchsafes organisational values but can prevent division and fragmentation when things do go wrong.
The audience heard from whistleblowers who spoke not only about terrible consequences for them personally, but also the failure of processes put in place to support whistleblowing. Bernie Rochford, a clinical commissioner who highlighted a lack of basic controls at Southwark Primary Care Trust, talked of being 'threatened, bullied and intimidated'. Her concerns were subsequently considered at multiple layers of NHS management without being resolved. She described this as 'wilful blindness'. 'Before people can speak up they first have to see what is going on,' she said.
This chimed with the experience of other whistleblowers. As Mark pointed out in his lecture, Helene Donnelly, a nurse who blew the whistle on appalling practice in the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust, made more than 100 attempts to raise concerns about the standard of care at her hospital (leading to threats to her life). Psychologist and Working Well consultant Gabriele Braun suggested that in such cases even the local community can turn against the whistleblower, faced with a truth 'so appalling' it is unbearable to contemplate.
I was delighted to hear contributions from people from such a diverse range of backgrounds. For me, creating this kind of space, in which individuals who do not meet in the ordinary course of their work can come together, share experience and expertise, and, crucially, learn, is what FETL is all about. In that same spirit we will shortly share a film of Mark's lecture online and publish a transcript. Mark will also soon take part in a webinar on the issues raised. Watch this space!
As always, our aim is to ensure ideas have a life off the page and outside the lecture theatre. We very much hope you will join in and continue this fascinating discussion.


The ISS is going to need space traffic control!
So far there are three supply ships at the ISS at the same time. The Russian Progress docked yesterday, bringing a couple of tons of equipment and consumables and a ton of propellants. There is already a Progress docked that arrived in September, and two Soyuz lifeboat capsules are docked that remain there permanently for the crew.
The Japanese HTV-2 automated supply craft arrived on January 27. Unlike the Progress, it had to be captured by the Canadarm and attached to the Harmony module by the crew. The Progress is controlled from the ground but executed the final 11-minute docking procedure automatically, connecting to the Pirs module. It was the 41st Progress module to supply the station in the last 11 years.
The first European ATV, or automated transfer vehicle, the Jules Verne, was docked to the ISS for six months in 2008. The second, the Johannes Kepler, is to dock with the ISS within the next few weeks. The ATVs are built by EADS and have a cargo capacity of eight tons, or over two and a half times that of the Progress vehicle. They are also said to be man-capable.
Eventually the last shuttle mission will fly this spring as well. And soon, the SpaceX Dragon commercial spacecraft will be flying resupply to the ISS. Shortly after that with a bit of luck the man-rated version of the Dragon will be flying passengers to the ISS.
Now that's what I'm talkin' about! Let's make it busier up there! Now add to it the fact that NASA is talking to Bigelow Aerospace about using their inflatable habitats to increase living room on the station, and we could really have a party!
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Apple Inc.'s relentless effort to metamorphose the sleek and curvilinear iPhone 3Gs into a more pragmatic and sophisticated Smartphone seems to have finally found ground on June 5, 2010 in the US after months of speculation, hype and anticipation from Apple's loyal fan base and the Media. Over hundred 'Apple – maniacs' stacked up outside stores in Europe and USA in their bid to get hold of Apple's latest release, iPhone 4. Can Apple meet the expectations of millions and stay ahead of its competitors Nokia, who are already feeling the heat after their Smartphone plans wobbled into a no–hope zone, and Blackberry makers, who have started steeping into dormancy according to latest reports? Let's find out.
Something that distinctly differentiates iPhone 4 from iPhone 3Gs is its body that Steve Jobs earlier likened to "a beautiful, old Leica camera". Apple, it seems, may have rethought the body structure sans the body weight which still remains 136 grams. Visible changes from the previous generation iPhone are its width, which has been kept at 0.37 inches as compared to 3Gs's 0.48 inches, its 'thickened Credit card' like structure and a detailed casing instead of a curvilinear body shape, circular volume clickers that display clear + and – signs in place of rockers.
The all new iPhone 4 can be segregated into three parts namely; the face, the back and the four sides draped with stainless steel. The face, which is made of strong glass that is apparently 30 times stronger than plastic, has a display, a front–facing camera and a slot for the earpiece ingrained above the display, and the customary home button housed below the display. The backside of the phone, made of strong glass similar to the one on the front, flaunts a five megapixel camera accompanied by an LED flash.
The left-hand side houses the new mute switch and volume buttons, the latter below the former, whereas the right-hand side is home to a Micro SIM slot. On the top one can find the power / sleep button, headphone jack, and new noise-canceling microphone, whereas, on the bottom there's the speaker, the microphone and the 30-pin dock connector port.
On the whole, Apple has given iPhone 4 an altogether new look that is compact, looks sophisticated and exudes class.
iPhone 4 also speaks volumes about the strategy Apple has implemented for the phone's interior in order to make it crispier than 3Gs. This is evident from the processor and RAM configurations that have been tweaked in order to give this new launch an edge over others. The battery slot too has been enlarged to give way to a larger lithium–ion battery that will boost up battery performance. This generation also helps the user garner better reception from the antennae due to their locations on the phone.
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs during his keynote made a pertinent point about the technology used behind the ace up iPhone 4's sleeve, Retina Display–a name coined by Apple for its LED backlit 960 x 640 IPS 3.5 inch screen because of its high resolution and pixel density. He said that the resolution of the phone, which flaunts a display that can manage an awesome 326ppi (pixel per inch) pixel density along with a contrast ratio of 800:1, essentially tops what is perceivable by the human eye.
This is what imparts superiority to iPhone 4. On scouring through the details of this feature, one cannot but appreciate its deep and rich colours, and clarity in text rendering. Even microscopic text on being zoomed in is perfectly readable, which, fortunately for Apple, may not be the case with other phones, where no sooner you zoom in, the clarity disappears leaving behind a geometry of pixels.
Owing to its reliance on IPS and LED technology for its screens, iPhone 4's screen performance and visibility in sunlight does not get affected.
The five megapixel camera accompanied with LED flash can serve as a perfect substitute for a stand–alone camera. The built–in LED flash makes its presence felt when the brightness level dips. Through the 5x zoom facility that produces digital zoom like results, one can bring action closer without worrying about a diminished picture quality.
Video recording in high definition with illumination sensors providing support in low–light conditions is also something to look out for. However, what places the phone a notch above others are extra features like video editing, movie making using iMovie applications, video sharing and video zooming facilities.
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs in his keynote speech underscored the importance of the innovative technology behind the camera that focuses not just on elevating the camera's megapixels but also banks on increasing the photon count; let more light in is the thought behind the idea. The technology worked out well for iPhone 4.
This feature is a chip off the old block, iPhone 3Gs, but with a few additions. However, something that wraps iPhone 4 in a layer of praise and keeps it ahead of the pack is the fact that it does not compromise on application and battery performance, speed and ease while the user is switching between applications. A double–click on the Home button brings out recently used applications and a tap on one takes the user back to where he/she left.
Other benefits of multitasking on this phone are that it allows third party audio applications and GPS applications to keep running in the background, and keeps VoIP connections on hold while the user switches to other applications. GPS applications can also provide vocal directions to the user even with an audio stream running in the background; the music volume lowers automatically while the GPS application plays vocal directions.
Video calling isn't exactly Apple's invention, for it is a commonplace in many countries in Europe. But still one can't be blamed for crediting Apple with bringing science fiction to life through Facetime purely because iPhone 4 makes video calling a possibility not just for a select few but for the hoi polloi.
Facetime has also earned critical acclaim because of its user friendly nature and seamless process. All a person needs to do is tap the Facetime button on the phone screen while calling or while talking. It is indeed an 'Apple of the eye' for Apple, its fans, Gadget bazaars all over the world and most importantly, the common man.


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Real‐time image processing via four‐wave mixing in a photorefractive medium
White, Jeffrey O. and Yariv, Amnon (1980) Real‐time image processing via four‐wave mixing in a photorefractive medium. Applied Physics Letters, 37 (1). pp. 5-7. ISSN 0003-6951. doi:10.1063/1.91700. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20120719-131326713
We report the application of four‐wave mixing to real‐time image processing. We constructed a nonlinear optical processor using a photorefractive medium Bi_(12)SiO_(20) and demonstrated that it is capable of convolving and correlating objects with spatial information.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.91700 DOI Article
White, Jeffrey O. 0000-0003-3109-193X
© 1980 American Institute of Physics. Received 21 January 1980; accepted for publication 14 April 1980. The authors would like to thank our colleague Y. Kubota for many helpful discussions and technical assistance. We also thank the Army Research Office in Durham, N.C. for their financial support.
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images; data processing; refractivity; photons; optical equipment; data; nonlinear optics; holography; correlations; bismuth silicates; spatial distribution
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PACS: 42.65.-k; 42.40.-i; 42.30.Kq; 42.30.Sy
10.1063/1.91700
Real-time image processing via four-wave mixing in a photorefractive medium Jeffrey O. White and Amnon Yariv, Appl. Phys. Lett. 37, 5 (1980), DOI:10.1063/1.91700


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Q: Utility class or helper function in class? I'm Working with php and we using enum's by create an Abstract class that mocking enum behavior - but my question is cross-languages.
Where all the helper functions like toString, getEnumTypes, checkValidValue, etc... should be, in a dedicated utility class: EnumUtil or in the AbstractEnum it self (all enums extends AbstractEnum so all enum have those functions)
And if the answer it in the AbstractEnum itself in which cases I should create a utility class?
P.S: This is a general question but I focused it with a real life example.

A: If the functions are meaningful for all enums, then use the base class.
"Utility classes" in general should be avoided. Or to put it another way, if you can only think of the name FooUtility for a class, then the functionality probably belongs in Foo rather than in a seperate class.
Edit: Obviously this depends on your definition of "utility class", since it is not a term with an absolute definition. But if the sole purpose of a class is to provide utility functions for operations on another class - as in your example - then the functions belongs on that class. Only justification I can think of for a separate class is utility functions for a sealed class.

A: Any and all methods which make sense to be applied directly to a enum value should be in AbstractEnum such as toString.  Static methods like retrieving a value from a string (valueOf in Java) could either be placed in a helper class or placed directly in the derived enum class (though I would avoid placing it in AbstractEnum for simplicity's sake).
Ideally, the constructor of AbstractEnum and all derived classes would be protected and instantiated only by the class itself in a static fashion, so that there's no possibility of checking equality between separate instances of the same "enum value".
However as a general rule of thumb, you should place methods in AbstractEnum only as long as it makes sense to call that method on a specific instance.

A: I would disagree with the generally accepted wisdom that utility classes should be avoided. Using Java here as an example, but I'm sure the idea applies to other languages as well.
Consider, for example, a data type of which you need both mutable (for performance) and immutable (for hash table keys, sets, other kinds of correctness problems, etc.) variants: a complex number. So, you have Complex (immutable) and ComplexBuffer (mutable). Now it would be foolish to write four versions of the subtraction fuctionality (Complex - Complex, ComplexBuffer - Complex, Complex - ComplexBuffer, ComplexBuffer - ComplexBuffer), so you will want to create a common interface ComplexNumber shared by Complex and ComplexBuffer. The ComplexNumber interface has getReal() and getImag() methods.
Now, to subtract two ComplexNumber implementing objects, you will define a class ComplexUtils and a static method public static Complex sub(ComplexNumber, ComplexNumber). So, there you have it: a problem where the best solution is to actually use a utility class. Of course, for performance you will have also ComplexBuffer.subInPlace(ComplexNumber) that creates absolutely no new objects.
So, don't follow blindly the advice that utility classes should be avoided. As John Carmack has said:

Sometimes, the elegant implementation is just a function. Not a method. Not a class. Not a framework. Just a function.


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Canterbury City FC Stadium plans decision coming soon
The Canterbury City Council's Planning Committee will decide on the Highland Court planning proposal including Canterbury City FC's stadium plans at The Guildhall, Canterbury on the evening of Tuesday 5th February 2019.
Being a public meeting the SCEFL Club are inviting players and supporters to the night as they try to impress upon the local councillors 'enough is enough' and that it's time that the city had it's football team back home.
The meeting starts at 6.30pm with Highland Court and the CCFC Stadium item 7 on the agenda.
On the news that decision time was imminent City Chairman Tim Clark said "I intend to address the Planning Committee on the 5th, look them straight in the eyes and tell them it's time for justice and a Yes vote. We have no Plan B and a No will see the Club collapse for the second time in 20 years. It's as stark a choice as that!
We have spent the last 2 years working on our Community Football Hub plans and the City Council have a once in a lifetime opportunity to vote on the 5th for a sporting legacy that will serve generations to come."
In an act of solidarity across the SCEFL a group of Chatham Town fans have thrown their support behind the cause and indeed they have joined together to sponsor the Challenge Cup game between the two clubs next week in order to further highlight Canterbury's Stadium quest. An open letter will be posted in the matchday programme on the night which will include the names, and clubs supported, of any local football fan that wants to get behind the bid.
It is certainly a big week in the history of Canterbury City as first up they have their FA Vase match against Leicester Nirvana on Saturday. Canterbury are the home side, which for now is at Salters Lane, Faversham with a 3pm kick-off.
For more from Canterbury City please visit their website here
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[SPOTLIGHT] Series – Introducing Michael Ng in dead was the body till i taught it how to move
Edited by Sam Kee
Words by Michael Ng
dead was the body till i taught it how to move looks into the struggles and pressures faced by our youths today. Sometimes, life throws you a curveball like the death of a family member, or at the same time, having to deal with your mental health issue and the possibility of losing the capacity to earn a living, what/where/who can you turn to?
We first met Michael Ng at the performance installation he directed, Ah Cheng, in the NUS Museum. The way he dealt with the many possible interpretations of space, identities, and the tension between these, and creating an impact within a short time, left an impression on us. In dead was the body, Michael acts as the team's anchor being their dramaturg and movement director.
We speak to Michael to find out what some things embedded in his roles mean to him.
1. What does dramaturgy mean to you?
I've encountered the term a number of times in my theatre studies classes, but this is the first time I really sank my teeth in the role. In a lot of ways, being part of this production has informed my understanding of what a dramaturg does. To me, dramaturgy is a commitment to be precise and clear about what a production wants to present to its audience. I found a neat analogy to describe this: if a production is a ship on a journey, and the director is the captain, the dramaturg maintains the compass – always pointing towards true north, allowing the crew to navigate with confidence.
Some productions are based on existing texts or source materials that can serve as starting points for a dramaturg to look into. Though this is an original work, dead was the body is no different as the 'text' in question is Dominic's identity and biography, but the challenge lies in its live-ness – a human being is not simply a written book that can be read, flipped through, and analysed with the assumption that every page stays the same every day. Dom's experience with his late father, in fact, created several psychological walls that made him unable to understand his own impulses at times. We spent a good few months just understanding certain events from Dom's perspective, recording and documenting exchanges with him, and getting his opinion on things. I guess this theatre-making process has literally contributed to a journey of self-discovery, through which Dom was able to better understand himself and his relationship with his father.
In this production, I have to constantly keep in mind issues of representation, particularly of the b-boy subculture. Not simply staying true to a generic, charted hip-hop history, but keeping it as close-to-home as possible – how a b-boy of today's generation approaches the dance and makes it a part of his life. Having lived this life for almost a decade, I was able to support the meaningful experience of mapping various aspects of local b-boy culture into the way Dom's story is presented, such as cyphers, jams, training sessions, and just…the unwritten lore that gets passed around through rumors and supper banter. Hopefully when other b-boys come to watch the show, they would be able to resonate with certain scenarios and imageries that they may find familiar.
At this final stage of rehearsals, I guess, I'm working with the rest of the core team to ensure creative decisions that we make stay true to certain ideas and principles we agreed on in the past. Devising and collective creation over a sustained period can become quite messy, and we're often compelled to revisit what we decided this show is going to be about, why we chose to even do this show in the first place, and so on. At those times I'll happily pull out a quote or two from our archives to get us back in line.
This role of mine is, of course, hard to explain to my friends and relatives who don't study theatre, so they just think I'm a choreographer of sorts, or just the 'guy that is teaching Dominic how to breakdance', or maybe even 'the guy that has to be there only because he knows about breakdance'. These assumptions are inevitable, and I take them in my stride. But I've never been clearer about the dramaturg's role in this project. It's been challenging, and has pushed my creative faculties to their limits! I thoroughly enjoyed contributing to the creative process in this capacity.
2. What does physical movement in theatre mean to you? How and why did u get interested in this aspect?
To me, movement is like a dialect. It's like everyone's unrecognized mother tongue. Everyone moves first before they begin babbling, let alone speaking. We move towards things that attract us, and are repelled by things that once caused us pain. It's hard to keep still when we listen to our favourite songs. With most theatre being narrative driven, there is definitely that compulsion for audiences to decipher what performances mean – like what is the point of whatever I'm seeing? This may make physical movements in theatre frustrating for those who are looking for a lucid interpretation of the work that they encounter.
Physical movement is so charming precisely because of how it resists being tethered to a singular meaning behind every motion. It's not like a language, which functionally tends towards a fixed, common interpretation. This is what allows a performer to pour her heart out into a set of motions that has such precise meanings to herself, without needing to be held hostage by her opinions. As a b-boy, sometimes I dance when I feel upset. My close friends will know why I'm upset, and b-boys may be able to tell how I feel through the way I perform. When watching physical theatre pieces, I sort of forge meaning behind the movement through the way it makes me feel – whether the way the performer moves, or the feeling she evokes, reminds me of events and experiences in my own life. In this respect, movement gives the space for people of different backgrounds and different languages to commune, identify, and be vulnerable with each other. In simpler terms, it allows people to express things that they rather would not say. And there are loads of things people today may feel that they would rather not say.
3. What does being a b-boy mean to you?
I think being a b-boy is about creating, owning and defending your identity. Knowing that if you don't believe in yourself first, no one else is going to believe in you. It's also about fighting the good fight to get what you want in life. At the same time, however, its about knowing that it is no less important to stay positive, spread love, and have fun.
Michael Ng finds his voice in multiple mediums: his directing credits include the performance installation Ah Cheng (NUS Museum), the theatre production Changing Landscapes (Straight Up Players), and the film Smoking Secrets (NYFA nominee; winner of Point & Shoot 2017). His involvement in this project is fueled by an interest in how movement works in performance. He recently performed the physical piece Noise in Silence (Thespis), which explored movement in a sustained process to dissect the issues and tensions surrounding sexual assault. He has also been practising b-boying for over eight years, placing fourth in the 2014 Singapore B-boy Championships. He is currently in his honours year for a double-major in theatre studies and sociology.
About Bhumi Collective
Bhumi Collective is the point of convergence for artists making art in a borderless world.
We are a producing company which believes in the lesser seen, lesser heard and the lesser talked about, at our heart. We believe in facilitating the process of art-making between artists of different disciplines, from sparking initial conversations to realising ideas on the stage. We work across genres and forms to tell stories that embrace our differences in race, religion, colour and circumstances while constantly finding commonalities that connect us.
We are creators, we are producers, we are Bhumi.
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Trotsky est une biographie de Léon Trotski écrite par l'historien anglo-polonais Isaac Deutscher, publiée en trois volumes en 1954, 1959 et 1963. Fondée sur les archives personnelles du révolutionnaire russe à l'université Harvard, le Département des Humanités de la Fondation Rockefeller lui a permis, en finançant ses recherches, de passer plusieurs mois aux États-Unis en compagnie de sa femme, Tamara Deutscher, qui lui a été d'une grande aide dans ce travail.

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Our new challenge this week is TIC TAC TOE - use the board below to choose any 3 in a row - across, down or diagonal! Di has tons of wonderful images available at DI'S DIGI STAMPS that will be great on your projects, so you will definitely want to go check it out:) Can't wait to see what you make!!
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We have another project from our February GUEST DT LUCY PATRICK and we want to say a big THANK YOU to Lucy for joining us this month as GDT. Lucy, you are welcome back anytime!!
Please remember a maximum of 3 entries per person and creations must be NEW. Otherwise, as long as you follow our theme of TIC TAC TOE there are no product or image restrictions. Remember, that if you do use an image from DI'S DIGI STAMPS you have a chance to win 2 images from DI'S DIGI STAMPS in addition to the sponsor prize. Entries must be received by 11:55pm EST on Friday, February 28, 2014! Have fun and can't wait to see what you create!!
Thanks so much for the wonderful challenges! And thanks to every designer that takes her time to visit and support our work. I am the random winner of the past challenge and I have already emailed Audrey. Thanks for that. Wish I had won one of your digis too!!! So so adorable! I'll keep participating on your challenge and of course I already submitted a card (number 18). Looking forward to try your digis too!!!
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Q: How to handle asynchronous input and synchronous output? I am currently working on a project where I have USART input and SAI(Serial Audio Interface, similar to SPI) output on an STM32 system.
I created a circular buffer which act as pinpong buffer(double buffer) structure. The input samples which received from USART are stored in this buffer where the head pointer points. When SAI peripheral requests new data, data is pulled from this buffer's tail pointer.
At the start of my code I wait until half the buffer is filled then activate SAI. SAI outputs at constant rate which is 40kHz. Input samples are received from external device's USART at approximately at same rate 40kHz.
Ideally, I expect the difference between my head and tail pointer to be constant.
I also implemented a protection mechanism which makes the Tail pointer wait and output the last sample from SAI until half of the buffer to fill when two pointers are pointing at same location.
The code works at start. The problem is when some time passes like approximately 2 minutes we see the head and tail pointers are pointing at the same location which creates discontinuity in our samples. Which means the one pointer is slow or fast than expected. I am sure of SAI protocol outputting 40kHz constantly (I checked it with scope). However, I am not so sure about accuracy of USARTs timing. I cannot modify the external USART device's code and I cannot change the output rate 40kHz it must be this value.
Is there a another way (maybe other than ping pong buffer method) to handle asynchronous input and synchronous outputs?

A: If what you are saying is you are receiving (continuous) serial data from some external device, and then you are forwarding it out some interface of your own at some rate...based on your clock.  Even if the data is the same format and the clocks are "the same", then a buffer overflow is expected somewhere.
Same thing happens with ethernet or any other source if 1) continuous at line rate 2) source for the input and source for the output are a different clock 3) there are guaranteed to be differences in the reference clocks, if the input source clock is a little faster then so long as the stream stays continuous and at line rate, then you will overflow eventually.
The clocks change with temperature and voltage so the delta can change.
Possible to even reduce the percentage of the data you output from the input and still overflow if the input is continuous.  Depends on if your output is also at line rate or of you have margin and the margin can overcome the difference in the clocks.
Also remember uarts hardly run at that exact rate, the use clock dividers and get close, you can have two computers using uarts at the same rate and the delta can be relatively large and the overflow can happen very soon.  For uart to work the clock has to only be good enough to get through one character so can be several percent off if not more than that, even if the oscillator is very good and no plls and both sides use the same reference clock (but not the same uart, clocking system, etc).
If you increase your output rate or reduce the data being output so that it is not at line rate then the problem may go away or may take hours or days before it happens...
if I have misunderstood the problem, forgive me, I will delete this answer.


Understanding how changes in the size or in the diversity of microbial communities producing or reducing N2O in response to environmental conditions or agricultural practices are related to N2O fluxes is key to understanding controls on process rates and the microbial source of N2O. However, until recently, diversity and activity of microbial communities involved in N-cycling were most often investigated in separate studies, which resulted in an artificial dichotomy between research on microbial processes and microbial community ecology. This gap is now slowly being bridged by combining molecular-based analysis of microbial diversity with measurements of process rates.
Only a few studies have investigated the relationships between activity and diversity of nitrifiers with any focus on nitrification rates and nitrifier-N2O production being most often neglected (Kowalchuk et al, 2000; De Bie et al, 2001). In one of the most comprehensive studies, which used molecular and cultivation-based approaches of ammonia oxidizer diversity together with measurements of changes in nitrate and ammonium concentrations, Webster et al (2005) demonstrated a direct link between bacterial community structure and nitrification activity. More recently, Avrahami and Bohanann (2009) observed a significant relationship between diversity of AOB and N2O emission rates and suggested that N2O emissions may vary locally depending on local AOB community composition. However, other studies relating nitrifier-N2O production to the nitrifier community have concluded that any change in activity, for example following addition of N, or with differing water content, was probably not the result of a major change in the ammonia-oxidizing community but of a physiological response (Mendum et al, 1999; Avrahami et al, 2002; Bateman, 2005). Bateman (2005) found changes in the AOB community structure over time after application of NH4NO3 to soils of varying WFPS, but these changes occurred after the main period of flux activity (Figure 2.4).
Relationships between denitrifier community composition and N2O production have also been suggested by Cavigelli and Robertson (2000), who found that the enzymes involved in N2O production or reduction had different sensitivities to oxygen or pH in denitrifying communities from a conventionally tilled agricultural field and a never-tilled successional field. Further studies have both confirmed and contradicted such links between denitrifier community composition and N2O production. The addition of different types of artificial root exudates to soil microcosms resulted in differences in the N2O/N2 ratio, which were not related to differences in denitrifier community size or composition (Henry et al, 2008). Similarly, comparison of agricultural soil, riparian soil and creek sediment showed that denitrifier community composition and N2O production were uncoupled across these agroecosystems (Rich and Myrold, 2004). In contrast, within these same systems, Philippot et al (2009a) found a significant correlation between the distribution of the percentage of bacteria capable of reducing N2O within the total bacterial community and potential N2O emissions, both being also strongly correlated to soil pH (Plate 2.1).
a functional community still remains a major challenge in microbial ecology (Philippot and Hallin, 2005). In the contradictory studies described above, the number of ecosystems/conditions studied is rather limited. However, relationships between microbial diversity and processes are probably very complex and interwoven with many parameters, and therefore a comprehensive understanding can only be achieved by the analysis of microbial diversity and activity under a much broader range of ecosystems or of environmental gradients using high-throughput approaches.
and AOB (Whitby et al, 2001). Unfortunately the application of 13C-SIP to identify active denitrifiers is limited by the fact that denitrifiers can also assimilate the labelled C during respiratory processes other than denitrification. The identification of active denitrifiers using 15N-SIP is likely to remain elusive since N is dissimilated. However, there is the potential for links to be made between plant-derived C flow and denitrifiers by identifying heterotrophic microorganisms capable of denitrification and utilizing the plant-C, through 13C-CO2 pulsing of vegetation (Johnson et al, 2002; RangelCastro et al, 2005). Whilst issues about turnover and recovery of applied 13C, and cross-feeding of this C (Manefield et al, 2007) pose uncertainties for this approach, there are nevertheless some exciting opportunities for further characterization of active microorganisms through the use of stable isotopes to determine microbial sources.


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I made this costume for my son Damian he is 7 years old.I got the idea from Pinterest but I decided to get a little creative and make it out of spoons to make the scallop look for the body. I first cut the spoons to then spray paint them and last hand paint the black outline in each spoon. I glued them one by one to a body suit I had made with a tail. we made the wings from wire, pool noodle and duct tape. The horns were made from cardboard and paper mache I then sowed it to a headpiece. I had a lot of fun creating this for my son to enjoy.


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Q: How to create process with Boost? I have to C++ projects and I need to join them in on module. When I ask Google "How to create process with Boost?" it gives me only Boost.process. But this library as I understood doesn't support a long time and I tired but when I include this library in gives errors in it with Boost 1_54.
I also saw boost.thread but examples that I saw create threads from functions but not process on other projects.
What I can do with it?


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BRIA - CUNTRY COVERS VOL 2
Released: 24/2/2023
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Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?
When You Know Why You're Happy
Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)
I Dream A Highway
See You Later, I'm Gone
Second EP of familiar country songs reimagined by Bria Salmena and Duncan Hay Jennings, bandmates of indie-country superstar Orville Peck and members of the Polaris Prize-listed band FRIGS.
Features modern renditions of country/Americana classics by Loretta Lynn, Jim Webb, Gillian Welch, and Paula Cole.
As its name suggested, the intimate and sultry Cuntry Covers Vol. 1 was always going to have a follow-up. Led by the brooding vocals of Bria Salmena, Cuntry Covers Vol. 2 is every bit as potent as its predecessor whose noir-inflected alternative country-rock stood in sharp contrast to the singers commanding delivery as leader of post-punk revivalists FRIGS. Debuting the project in 2021, the languid, reverb-drenched Cuntry Covers Vol. 1 saw her artfully collaborating with multi-instrumentalist Duncan Hay Jennings and reimagining a carefully picked collection of Americana anthems.
Vol. 2 pushes the envelope further and harder. Encompassing feverish takes on tracks by Gillian Welch, Paula Cole, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Robert Lester Folsom, Glenn Campbell - by way of Nick Cave - and the late, great Loretta Lynn, Bria's deliciously dark approach shimmers through these six startling songs.
Created during a break from Salmena and Jennings' work in Orville Peck's world-conquering backing band, Vol. 2 was recorded directly after Peck's second album and Bria's US tour supporting Wolf Alice. Embracing contrast, the sunny circumstances in which Vol. 1 was made were flipped on their head. Instead of a bucolic barn in the Canadian countryside, they recorded the new tracks in chilly Toronto, huddled together in their tiny makeshift home studio, with Jennings at the controls. They enlisted the help of local Toronto musicians Lucas Savatti (FRIGS), Simone Baril (US Girls, The Highest Order, Darlene Shrugg, Partner), Andrew Manktelow, and frequent collaborator Jaime Rae McCuaig.
While Vol. 1 was Bria's attempt at subverting country music's conservative roots and primarily white and heterosexual agenda, here the emphasis was on experimentation. While Vol. 2 might be less personal, it's just as idiosyncratic, with half of the reversions staying true to the originals and others taken to a different universe entirely. Building on the tried-and-true/bold-and-new duality of Cuntry Covers' first offering, Vol. 2 delivers a deeper dive into the duo's brilliant alchemy of traditional and contemporary reinterpretations. The added experimental flourishes, from dizzying electronica and pulsing bass to sax-driven soul, take Bria's new EP into previously uncharted territory, signalling a thrilling new step in Bria's adventurous evolution.
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