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Ariana Grande Casually Tosses Out Two New Songs and a Video
She looked in her rearview mirror and it seems to make a lot more sense... to start a Soundcloud!
By Winston Cook-Wilson
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With the simple and customary declaration of love you," Ariana Grande announced a new Soundcloud page yesterday on Twitter, and then casually released two new songs on it. Despite the fact that she's a Grammy-nominated artist, Grande clearly isn't afraid to live like an aspiring pop musician hustling on Soundcloud. Her new page came stacked with two previously unreleased recordings, "Voodoo Love" and "OG Honeymoon Avenue."
As with any selection of Ariana songs, her influences are all over the place. The first track is a particularly shameless slice of time-capsule 90s pop, with prismatic, glittery synths, toy-keyboard piano hits, and a breakbeat that can most accurately be filed to "Mandy Moore's debut album."
I love Mandy, but Ariana has at least three times her voice; her typically breathy, intimate delivery on the verses bridges beautifully into the kind of soaring chorus that Grande requires on any track she takes on these days. In some ways, the song itself is nothing particularly distinctive, feeling a bit like a loose B-side that Ariana just wanted to purge from her archives. But her performance gives it shape and form, molding it into something that feels, a few listens in, like it could be a radio staple.
Those partial to Ariana's first album Yours Truly will be surprised and delighted to discover that OG Honeymoon Avenue is just a driving Back to Black-ish retake on the album's opening power ballad. The horn-studded instrumental comes courtesy of the Dap-Kings, backing band for beloved NYC vintage-soul revivalist icon Sharon Jones, and if it wasn't them, one would have thought it was. It's less emotive and (certainly) tearjerking than the original, but the unlikely, uptempo treatment is an inspired experiments — and years and many smash singles later, the song is still one of her best.
Ariana seems to be just having fun at the moment, or perhaps she's getting bored. Her May album [Dangerous Woman[(https://www.inverse.com/article/15958-ariana-grande-s-dangerous-woman-has-a-ton-of-bangers) continues to hang just outside of the Top 10 on the pop album charts, and her sensual dance creeper "Into You" gradually garners more radioplay. She also released an a capella version of "Into You," with a blurred-out lyric video.
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When Gina Sweat joined the Memphis Fire Department in 1992, she was the fourth woman to do so, with a fifth just behind her.
She graduated from the fire academy and passed all the tests required of her. She did so by reaching the same criteria required for male firefighters. She was assigned to Fire Station #1 on Jackson.
Yet when she responded to her first fire, a blaze in a convenience store, she was working so hard that her lieutenant asked her to step out and take a break. Then she overheard one of the commanders on the scene ask, 'Where's that girl?'
'I turned around and came back inside and started working some more,' said Sweat, 49. 'My lieutenant got on to me because I was still trying to prove myself.'
Such slights, Sweat said in a recent interview, were one of the many hurdles she overcame to be named the city's first female MFD director. Mayor Jim Strickland appointed Sweat to replace the retiring Michael Putt, and she took over on Jan. 1
'It's a huge change. I think it's a progressive change,' she said, but soon acknowledged that such a role also carries with it an additional burden.
'As if being the fire director is not a huge enough responsibility, you feel like there is some burden to make sure that you do a good job, so it's not somehow related to me being a female if I stumble. That's a huge responsibility,' Sweat said. 'I take the responsibility very seriously. I want to be a good role model.'
At least two former fire directors recommended Sweat for the job, and they have no worries.
'I thought she'd be a good choice,' Putt said. 'She has good values. She loves the city. She's got what it takes to be a director.'
Former director Alvin Benson, who retired in 2014 to take a similar job with the county, spent a lot of time with Sweat during his tenure.
'I've seen what she's made of. Every day on the job, Gina came to work ready to do work. She had the tools. She had the skill set. She has the temperament. Really, she has what it takes to be successful as a director,' Benson said.
She also received praise from the head of the firefighters union, who particularly noted that she was one of the department's own.
'She came up through the ranks,' Thomas Malone said. 'She's been in the field. She knows the feel of the rank and file. It's not like she's been administrative all her life. She's understanding of the issues.'
Sweat was raised in Middleton, Tennessee, a small town in Hardeman County. So tiny, Sweat said, that families 'always kept at least a half a tank of gas in case somebody had to go to the hospital.'
She played forward and guard for the Middleton High girls basketball team, then signed to play hoops at Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tennessee. She graduated with a business degree in 1988, but wasn't really sure what came after that.
So she moved to Memphis, always the big town for those in Middleton, and began working as a property manager overseeing a few apartment complexes. She didn't love it.
'The property manager thing, I wasn't crazy about it,' Sweat said. 'A friend told my dad that at that time they'd just started hiring females at (Memphis Fire). My dad mentioned it to me. It sounded like a crazy idea at the time. I never even thought of women being firefighters, especially coming from a small town.'
So she applied in 1990, but wasn't officially accepted to the fire academy until May 1992. She spent several months there, then joined her first fire house in the fall.
She uses a basketball metaphor to describe how she found her place in that first station, one of the few women in what many still considered a man's job.
'Everybody can't be the point guard, everybody's not the shooter, some people are better at defense,' Sweat said. 'My strategy was to figure out my place on the team, what I can contribute. Some things I was better at, some of the things the guys were better at. I found if they saw me trying as hard as I could, they picked up my slack and I picked up theirs.'
She began her rise up the ranks with a promotion to driver in 1995, then to lieutenant in 1998, battalion chief in 2001 and division chief in 2008. That last one brought her to division headquarters on Front Street, and helped position her for her current job.
'It's been talked about for several years probably, that this may be something that would be in my future. Quite honestly, I just kept trying to learn the role that I was in,' she said. 'I think I just proved myself over the years to being somebody that they wanted on projects.'
Although it's early in her tenure, Sweat already has a few changes she's considering. One of those is to cut down on the non-emergency calls that take up time and resources.
'We're looking at everything, including using nurses in our dispatch center to triage calls, the ones that don't seem to rise to be actual emergency calls,' she said. 'We're looking at a community program where we go out and look for ways to help people who frequently use the 911 system, see if we can come up with other alternatives.'
Sweat also plans to ask the more than 1,500 firefighters under her command what they think.
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Sweat noted that there are more than 50 women in the department now, several in high-ranking roles. She'd like to see those numbers grow, as well as the department's minority recruitment in general.
But there's also one thing of which she's certain, now that the city has hired its first woman to lead the department.
'I just happened to be the first,' she said. 'I don't think I'll be the last.'

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THOMAS W. CAREY–is the founding partner of the Clearwater firm of Carey & Leisure, Co- Founder, CEO of Client Legal Funding. Mr. Carey received his A.B. degree from Georgetown University, his Juris Doctorate degree, cum laude, from Suffolk University in 1977, and his L.L.M. degree from New York University Law School in 1979 on full Academic Fellowship. In 1977 he was admitted to the Rhode Island Bar and the Massachusetts Bar, and in 1978 he was admitted to the Florida Bar. He is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Lawyer by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education and as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (currently known as The Florida Justice Association) from 1987 to 1997. He served as a State Representative for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (currently known as The American Association for Justice) from 1991 to 1994 and was the former Litigation Chair of Funeral Services and Cemetery Malpractice.
Following the tragic loss of his wife, Joni, to a drunk driver, Mr. Carey served as the State Chairman for Mothers Against Drunk Driving in 1986 and was the Pinellas County President from 1984 to 1985. He continues to be actively involved in the organization and was co-founder of RID (Remove Intoxicated Drivers) in the Tampa Bay area. Mr. Carey served on the Board Committee of Morton Plant Hospital from 1992 to 1994, on the Board of Directors of the Pinellas/Pasco Boy Scouts of America from 1992 to 1994, on the Pinellas County Civil Service Board in 1991, and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Pinellas County Center for Crime Victims.
Mr. Carey has been an adjunct professor of Trial Practice at Stetson University College of Law and has lectured on Funeral Home and Cemetery Malpractice, the Dram Shop Act, and other topics. He is the author of Florida Personal Injury Practice Forms, 1994, West Publishing Co. and Co- Author of "A Conversation With Our Clients", 2012 (self-Published). Mr. Carey has litigated complex liability and medical issues in courts throughout west Florida and has been lead counsel in a large number of cases involving victims of drunk driving. He practices primarily in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, and cemetery and funeral home malpractice.
Board Certified in civil trial law by The Florida Bar (since 1988)
Board Certified in Civil Trial Practice by the National
Board of Trial Advocacy (since 1992)
Board Certified Civil Pretrial Practice Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (since 2013)
Listed in the Miami Herald's Super Lawyers 2006 – 2014
Listed in the 2007- 2014 Editions of The Best Lawyers in America
Listed in the 2006 – 2014 Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
Named #1 in the July/August 2008 edition of Tampa Bay Magazine under Tampa Bay's Best Lawyer Personal Injury Litigation
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Expression of transduced HSP70 gene protects chondrocytes from stress
T. Kubo, Y. Arai, K. Takahashi, T. Ikeda, S. Ohashi, I. Kitajima, O. Mazda, M. Takigawa, J. Imanishi, Y. Hirasawa
Objective. To investigate the efficacy of adenovirus vector mediated transduction of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) gene to human chondrocyte-like cell (HCS-2/8) against heat stress. Methods. Two adenovirus vectors that contain wild-type (AxSHEwt) or mutant-type (AxSHEmt) HSP70 gene, and that are regulated by SRα promoter, were constructed. The mutant-type lacks the area that expresses stress durability. One of the 2 adenovirus vectors was added to the cultures of human chondrocyte-like cells (HCS-2/8). Heat stress (48°C) was applied to the transduced cells for 2 h, and the efficacy of adenovirus vector mediated transduction of HSP70 gene against heat stress in the chondrocytes was investigated using alamar blue assay and MTT assay. Results. Absorbance levels at 48°C were 300.3 ± 51.9 and 1.173 ± 0.011 in the controls, 278.5 ± 33.8 and 1.217 ± 0.018 in the AxSHEmt transduced cells, and 349 ± 14.7 and 1.371 ± 0.033 in the AxSHEwt transduced cells. The level in the AxSHEwt transduced cells was significantly higher than in the other 2 groups (p < 0.05). With 37°C treatment, no significant difference was observed. Conclusion. Chondrocytes to which HSP70 gene was transduced had a significantly higher metabolic activity and viability under heat stress.
Journal of Rheumatology
Adenovirus vector
Chondrocyte
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Kubo, T., Arai, Y., Takahashi, K., Ikeda, T., Ohashi, S., Kitajima, I., Mazda, O., Takigawa, M., Imanishi, J., & Hirasawa, Y. (2001). Expression of transduced HSP70 gene protects chondrocytes from stress. Journal of Rheumatology, 28(2), 330-335.
Expression of transduced HSP70 gene protects chondrocytes from stress. / Kubo, T.; Arai, Y.; Takahashi, K.; Ikeda, T.; Ohashi, S.; Kitajima, I.; Mazda, O.; Takigawa, M.; Imanishi, J.; Hirasawa, Y.
In: Journal of Rheumatology, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2001, p. 330-335.
Kubo, T, Arai, Y, Takahashi, K, Ikeda, T, Ohashi, S, Kitajima, I, Mazda, O, Takigawa, M, Imanishi, J & Hirasawa, Y 2001, 'Expression of transduced HSP70 gene protects chondrocytes from stress', Journal of Rheumatology, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 330-335.
Kubo T, Arai Y, Takahashi K, Ikeda T, Ohashi S, Kitajima I et al. Expression of transduced HSP70 gene protects chondrocytes from stress. Journal of Rheumatology. 2001;28(2):330-335.
Kubo, T. ; Arai, Y. ; Takahashi, K. ; Ikeda, T. ; Ohashi, S. ; Kitajima, I. ; Mazda, O. ; Takigawa, M. ; Imanishi, J. ; Hirasawa, Y. / Expression of transduced HSP70 gene protects chondrocytes from stress. In: Journal of Rheumatology. 2001 ; Vol. 28, No. 2. pp. 330-335.
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Q: Accept() in a thread to avoid "blocking" socket I'd like to handle the accept() method in a separate thread, to avoid the general freeze while it waits for a connection.
The code (*server only! *):
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  int sockfd, newsockfd, portno;
  socklen_t clilen;
  char buffer[256];
  struct sockaddr_in serv_addr, cli_addr;
  int n;

  sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);

  bzero((char *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr));
  portno = atoi(argv[1]);
  serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
  serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
  serv_addr.sin_port = htons(portno);

  bind(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr));

  listen(sockfd,5);
  clilen = sizeof(cli_addr);
  newsockfd = accept(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &cli_addr, &clilen);

  bzero(buffer,256);
  n = read(newsockfd,buffer,255);

  n = write(newsockfd,"Message : ",18);

  close(newsockfd);
  close(sockfd);
  return 0;
}

How can I create a separate thread within this code, preventing the accept() call to freeze the program. As a bonus, I'd like to handle multiple accept() (so the socket does not close itseld after the message is received, but continues to listen and accept requests).

A: You can use select to know if there's a connection waiting that can be accepted, but my approach would be to put all the socket/bind/listen/accept in a thread, put the accept into a loop, and spin off new threads with the connections as they arrive.

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TCW's holiday reads: A decadent Babylon and an explosion of evil
By Julian Mann
Metropolis by Philip Kerr (Quercus)
THE late Philip Kerr (1956-2018), whose last novel in the Bernie Gunther detective series was published posthumously this year, recounted that as a boy he rebelled against his evangelical Baptist upbringing in Edinburgh, knowing that 'Jesus and I were not going to get along'.
But Metropolis, set in Weimar Republic Berlin in 1928 five years before the Nazis came to power, could have been written only by a man brought up in a Christian home.
Kerr wrote with characteristic acerbity in the prologue: 'Like anyone who's read the Bible, I was familiar with the idea of Babylon as a city that was a byword for iniquity and the abominations of the earth, whatever they might be. And like anyone who lived in Berlin during the Weimar Republic, I was also familiar with the comparison frequently made between the two cities. At the Lutheran St Nicholas' Church in Berlin where I used to go with my parents as a small boy, our brick-faced, shouty pastor, Dr Rotpfad, seemed so familiar with Babylon that I believed that he must once have lived there.'
Anti-Semitism is an evil death rattle common to once-Christian civilisations on the brink of collapse or tyranny. Kerr superbly portrayed its terrible spectre haunting the last days of Weimar Germany in Metropolis. He had Bernie Gunther quoting a speech to the Prussian Police Officers' Association by Arthur Nebe, who under Hitler commanded an SS unit in the Ukraine that massacred 40,000 Jews: 'This government of Jews and apologists for Bolshevism does nothing but sit on its gold-ringed fingers and feed the people lies about how wonderful things really are . . . There's something sick about this city and only a strongman like Hitler, with his Nazi party, has the cure.'
Though the situations are not exactly parallel, there is a whiff of the Weimar Republic about 21st century Britain. This is a nation that has intentionally turned its back on Christianity since the end of World War II and is now looking frighteningly as if it might plunge into a Weimar-like social disaster.
Having rejected Bishop George Bell's prophetic call in the House of Lords in 1944 not to engage in the merciless bombing of German civilians, this country reaped what it had sown in the disastrous anti-Christianity of the 1960s cultural revolution.
So, even though this would not appear to have been Philip Kerr's intention, his last Bernie Gunther thriller is a powerful warning about the lethal destination to which incipient anti-Christianity leads a nation. Its evocation of a decadent Babylon on the cusp of an explosion of evil somehow gives the Book of Common Prayer Christmas Day Collect an added urgency:
'Almighty God, who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.'
The views in this book review are the writer's own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of all members of the Free Church of England.
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Q: Inserting every OTHER ROW from one table to another (VBA MS Access 2010) I am working with manually created empty copy of table Products, which I named Products_Backup. What I want to do is to insert every other row from "Spices" category of products into this empty Products_Backup table, since there would be only 6 rows from total of 12 rows, that are in Products table under "Spices" category. The problem is that I don't know how to do that. I tried to use MOD operator for newly created ProductID, but my mentor told me that it is not a proper solution, since he could easily change this ProductID's value and I would get odd rows instead of even.
    Private Sub CommandButton0_Click()
    Dim db As Database, rst As Recordset
    Dim I As Integer, s, s1 As String

    Set db = CurrentDb

    s = "SELECT Products.* FROM Products WHERE (((Products.CategoryNumber)=2));" ' This value is for Spices
    Set rst = db.OpenRecordset(s)
    I = 1
    While Not rst.EOF
      s1 = "INSERT INTO Products_Backup (ProductName, ProductID, CategoryNumber, OrderedUnits) VALUES ('" & rst!ProductName & "', " & I & " , '" & rst!CategoryNumber & "', '" & rst!OrderedUnits & "');"

      MsgBox ("Record inserted")

    db.Execute s1

      I = I + 1
      rst.MoveNext

       If I Mod 10 = 0 Then
         MsgBox ("Inserted  " & I & ".record")
       End If

    Wend

    rst.Close

    db.Close

    End Sub

So with this I can insert all 12 records into Products_Backup, with MsgBox telling me when 10th record was inserted.
But I still have no idea what to do to insert every other row into Products_Backup to get 6 records.

A: Dim booEveryOther as Boolean
booEveryOther = False

While Not rst.EOF
   If booEveryOther Then
      s1 = "INSERT INTO ...
   End If

   booEveryOther = Not booEveryOther

Just use a Boolean value that is set to Not itself with every new record.

A: i think this should do it better
While Not rst.EOF
  s1 = " INSERT INTO Products_Backup (ProductName, ProductID, CategoryNumber, OrderedUnits) " & _
       " VALUES ('" & rst!ProductName & "', " & I & " , '" & rst!CategoryNumber & "', '" & rst!OrderedUnits & "');"
  db.Execute s1

  If I Mod 10 = 0 Then
     MsgBox ("Inserted  " & I & ".record")
  Else
     MsgBox ("Record inserted")
  End If

  I = I + 1
  rst.MoveNext
Wend


I had to write a history paper on the vikings for school one day and at the time I found out about it I was not very thrilled.
I like writing but writing history papers isn't as fun as writing fiction.
Then I had this great idea. What if I wrote a fiction paper for the school assignment? You're probably wondering how that worked. Well, I got an A so it must have been fine.
I did write a regular history paper about the vikings, but I also wrote this for fun because who likes to read a typical essay?
My name is Cearul. I am a time traveler. I don't know exactly how I became one, but only remember someone telling me I would grow up to see things that others wouldn't. So here I am, seeing things that others can't. But I don't want it to be that way. I want you to see those things too. But the only way you can see them is by reading what I have to say. I am sorry you can't physically see what I see. I wish you could. But for some reason it is only I who am able. But even so, I am making an attempt to bring it as real before your eyes as I possibly can.
I landed from my time jump in a grove of trees. Quickly, I ran out to see where I was. I was on a Scottish island and sat facing the near Atlantic Ocean. Long wooden boats that floated gently in the waves were anchored to a rocky beach. Rain was beginning to fall. I smelled the air. It was full of a wild smell. Something exciting was about to happen. The trees where I had landed were tall and full. They swayed careless in the rolling wind that had begun to blow. Then, I heard the shrill cries of many people. A distant bell began to ring. It was deep and musical, but the way it was ringing sent my blood cold. Danger was on the move. I followed the sound back into the trees and away from the sea. Before long I came to a beautiful rolling countryside. Green fields all wet with rain housed a fortress of stone. But this fortress was not one that housed soldiers. It housed peaceful monks and nuns. I could see them milling about the grounds. I stood atop a hill that overlooked the monastery. And when I began to study the intricate shapes and curves of the building, I realized that the monks and nuns were not milling about in pleasure. They were running for their lives! I now came to the conclusion that I had suddenly appeared in the middle of one of the Viking's raids.
A fierce mob of men dressed in animal skins and wielding axes rushed towards the monastery at top speed. They came in from all directions and from the looks on their faces, they intended to strike down everything in their path. And they did. All of them were fearless. Some howled like dogs and swung their weapons about wildly to bring terror into the hearts of their enemies. At this sight, I was filed with fear for the monks and nuns and rushed to help them. But of course, like I nearly always do, I forgot the main rule of time travel.
On my rush down the hill I stopped in front of a fleeing monk. His brown robe was in his hands and he was dashing my way. Three Viking men with nasty scars on their arms were at his heels. The monk ran past me and I was left to face the Viking men. I waved my arms at them. I yelled trying to get their attention. Rain streamed down my hair and face. But no one seemed to notice me. They ran right through me like I was a cloud of dust.
You see, I get so into my time travel adventures I forget the main rule of time travel. YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE PAST. I am only there as a witness. I cannot help or worsen the situation. I can only watch and learn from what I see. (And of course tell you what I have seen.) So please forgive me If I seem forgetful and try to change the past even though I can't. I personally think that you would try and do the same if you were in my shoes. Ok now…..back to where we were…….
I left the standstill position I was in and found my way into the monastery. The Viking raiders had left a trail of mud and battle remains. I was saddened by the many lives that were lost. These Vikings were cruel. They struck down and murdered innocent monks and nuns all for the sake of what? As I carried on through the monastery walls I heard the pounding of feet. A group of six warriors began plundering everything that was of worth. Bibles decorated with gems, food, clothes, and various other items were stolen and stuffed into cloaks or seal skin sacks. Before too long, the raid ended with the smell of smoke and the sight of flames. The monastery was now a fiery tomb. I left the burning building while watching the walls crumble into heaps of cracked stone and charred wood. There was nothing beautiful left of that place.
I watched the Viking men leave swiftly, all heading back in the same direction I had come. Some of them carried monks or nuns tied tightly with coarse rope. Slaves, I thought. I scowled at their deeds and at their backs. I did my best to keep up with them. At the beach, the men loaded their plunder and slaves onto the long boats that hung back in the foaming waters. I climbed aboard like a stowaway, being secretive, though of course no one could see me. Even so, I felt the need to be like a spy. These men were dangerous and from the way they fought and fearfully destroyed everything in their way made me quiver. The boats left the shore and took to the rough ocean. A storm was beginning to quake. The sky was a sheet of grey glass all speckled with dark drops of rain. The oars of the great ship rumbled against the side as I watched the muscly arms of a nearby Viking. As he rolled the hard oars through the churning waters, a wave splashed against the side of the boat. The faces of some of the men looked drawn and hungry. Barely any of them ate. What they had plundered they took a sparse handful for a meal. While some rowed, some ate their tiny meals in silence. Then they took turns.
Suddenly, my time travel powers jumped me ahead in time. I was still in the boat in my same position, except now the sea was calm. The air was clear and sun poured over everyone's backs. There wasn't a cloud in the sky. The men now looked more ragged and drawn than ever. Their provisions didn't look as plentiful but I could tell that there was quite a bit left. I wondered why these men did not eat their fill. Why were they only eating tiny amounts and saving it?
A grating sound caught my ears. Rocks were grinding up against the bottom of the boat. We had hit a shore. The men jumped out with enthusiasm, hauling loads of rope and plunder with them. The boats were tied securely to the beach and after several moments of unloading, I could hear the excited shrieks of others on the shore. Women with long braids and scarves tied over their hair came to greet the men with open arms. Children in breeches and long dresses ran wildly with small dogs along the rocks while shouting happily. Their fathers and older brothers had come home. Abruptly, the men pulled out what plunder they had and showed it off to their wives and children. Food and clothes were passed about while the family members walked to their homes higher up and back in the forest. I followed along to watch what would happen next.
Through the trees and beside a great fjord a village of houses met my eyes. They were long houses made of bark and some had grass growing along the top. Spying one family, I followed them inside their own home. The head of the family was the very man who had been rowing the boat. He removed his iron and leather laden helmet and set it on a bench covered in reindeer skins. (In my entire travels with the Vikings, I didn't see one helmet with horns or wings on them. I still wonder who made up the whole horn thing) The sacks of goods he set down beside the doorway. A warm hearth sat in the middle of the house with a starry fire cooking food. The whole place smelled delicious. The wife whose hair was in two long blonde braids, smiled as she handed her husband a plate of nuts and cooked meat. The husband received it graciously and patted his son's head who watched curiously. While the father ate, I saw him motion to his son to bring him the bags of stolen goods. The boy who looked to be about nine, drug the bag over to the fire. His two other siblings, a boy of five and a girl of eleven eyed the bag eagerly. The dad, while chewing motioned his son to open the bags up. The wife stirred the fire then sat next to her husband. The boy opened the bag and gasped. He pulled out a bible covered in gold lettering and rich gems. He rattled on in Norse then handed the book to his mother. She ran her fingers down over the book and nodded smiling.
The father looked proud and nodded to his son to keep going. The boy pulled out hide-wrapped-packages of meat, vegetables, grain, clothes, more gem covered books, and tools. The family gathered about touching and gasping. The father looked all the prouder and then touched each of his children's heads with his hands. I could see him tell them each something in Norse with the firelight glowing in all their eyes. From where I was standing, this looked like the perfect family scene. There was a peace that wrapped around them all. And for me, it was hard to believe that this very same man had been across the ocean battling like a wild animal for all these treasures. And all of it was for his family. Later I understood. These people had to survive. Their lands were difficult for farming and for winter the food was scarce. So, the fathers and older brothers went to raid across the waters for things that would get them through the winter. After my witnessing of these events, my time was up in the Viking era. I arrived back in the present time and thought over everything I had seen. I decided that you should see what I saw. And this was the best way that you could.
I hope you understand a little bit more about the Vikings and hopefully you won't always picture them in your mind as tyrants of the sea. I had a different experience that I hope will shed a little more light on their true characters.
Till another time travel, this is your friend Cearul signing off from a Viking adventure.
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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF FAO
Tenth and Eleventh Sessions
25 October – 1 November and 13 – 14 November 1950
Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Washington, D. C., U.S.A.
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I. PREPARATIONS FOR THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE
II. ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION
1. The World Situation of Food and Agriculture in 1949/50 and the Outlook for 1950/51
2. Commodity Problems
3. Technical Assistance for Economic Development
4. Relief and Rehabilitation Activities in Korea
5. Relations with the United Nations, Specialized Agencies, and Other International Organizations
6. Long-Term Policies and Objectives of FAO
7. Article XI Reports
8. Standing Advisory Committees
III. CONSTITUTIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS
1. Establishment of Permanent Headquarters
2. Financial Matters
Action Taken in Preparation for the Special Session of the Conference
Audited Accounts for 1949
Financial Position of the Organization
Methods of Securing Payment of Arrears of Contributions
Establishment of a Special Fund
Quarterly Statement of Expenditure
Program of Work and Budget for 1951
Revision of the Scale of Contributions
Status of Original Members of the Organization which Signed the Constitution Ad Referendum and Maintain that Their Membership Dates Only from Ratification
Terms of Appointment of Chairman of the Council
Other Actions Related to Finance
Transfers in the 1949 and 1950 Budgets
Depositories for Safekeeping of Funds
Co-operative Projects Undertaken by the International Rice Commission
Rules of Procedure of the Council
Appointment of External Auditor
Receipt of a Gift
Matters Referred to the Committee on Financial Control
3. Committee Appointments
Committee on the Scale of Contributions
Committee on Nominations for the Chairman of the Council and the Director-General
Committee on Financial Control
Committee on Relationships with International Organizations
Chairman of the Appeals Committee
4. Authentic French and Spanish Texts of Constitution, Rules, and Regulations
5. Administrative Tribunal
6. Suggestion Concerning the Establishment of an FAO Week
7. Date and Place of Next Session of the Council
A. Agenda for the Tenth and Eleventh Sessions of the Council
B. Provisional Agenda Approved by the Council for the Special Session of the Conference
C. Delegation of Authority to the Committee on Financial Control
D. Representatives, Alternates, Associates, and Advisers of the Members of the Council, and Observers
The Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations held its Tenth and Eleventh Sessions immediately prior to and following the Special Session of the Organization's Conference, which was held in Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 3–11 November 1950. The Government of the United States of America lent the facilities of its Department of State for the Tenth Session, and of its Department of Agriculture for the Eleventh Session.
The main purpose of the Tenth Session was to make the necessary preparations for the Special Session of the Conference. It also considered certain substantive problems, some of which were taken up again at the Eleventh Session of the Council, meeting after the Conference.
In view of the close relationship between the work of the two sessions, the Council decided to present the record of its actions in the form of one report.
The agenda of the Tenth and Eleventh Sessions, as adopted by the Council, appear in Appendix A, page 35.
Approval of Minutes of the Ninth Session
The Council at its Tenth Session approved the minutes of the Ninth Session, held in Rome, May 1950.
Election of Vice-Chairmen of the Council*
At its Eleventh Session, the Council unanimously agreed to appoint Sir Ralph Enfield (United Kingdom) as first Vice-Chairman and U. Myat Tun (Burma) as second Vice-Chairman of the Council.
* The Special Session of the Conference had reappointed Viscount Bruce of Melbourne as Independent Chairman of the Council.


London Men's Fashion Week kicked off the fashion 2019 calendar and we're sharing a couple of our favorite collections.
Once moving in unison, Craig Green's nomadic men have gradually begun to go in their own direction, each learning about their individual powers. In the Fall/Winter 2019 collection, numerous perspectives are taken into account and pieces of various times and cultures are recomposed, seen throughout the collection with new meanings. European style double-breasted overcoats are paired with wrapped belts and loose legged trousers, reminiscent of traditional Japanese attire. Ambiguous dress-like garments are seen in brightly colored plaid, and simple, roomy shirt and pant sets are paired with headpieces that flow behind the models, making clear that the design's influences are widespread and diverse.
For Feng Chen Wang's Fall/Winter 2019 collection, the designer drew on her challenging childhood for inspiration. As one of three siblings in China's Fujian province (when the country still held in place a one-child policy) Feng's mother often needed to hide her pregnancy with the designer, sometimes submerging herself in the river to cover her belly. Representing Feng's mother, the lotus flower becomes a recurring motif in the collection—as the lotus emerges from the mud and blooms, her mother rose from the river and gave her life. Additionally, a symbol meaning "one, two, three," appears as a print, representing Feng and her two siblings bound together in love. Earthy tones, river blues, and blossom-like pinks made a fitting palette for Feng's childhood tale, seen across a variety of trousers, shirts, and jackets, including several coats that were also fashioned after the folds and blooms of the same lotus flower.


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CES 2023: Tips and tricks for the biggest in-person tech trade event
Author: Subham Published Date: December 27, 2022 Leave a Comment on CES 2023: Tips and tricks for the biggest in-person tech trade event
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I first attended the Consumer Electronics Show back in the 1990s when then-Microsoft CEO Bill Gates gave the opening keynote speeches every year. Las Vegas has changed a lot since then, but some of my advice about the show goes back to those good old days.
For instance, it's always important to wear comfy shoes. I learned that lesson after some blisters during a CES years ago. What's changed? Well, I'd recommend wearing a mask most of the time at CES 2023, which starts for the press on January 3 and then gets under way for real on January 5 and ends January 8.
Much of my advice is not rocket science, but I cooked this up with the knowledge that it will be a hybrid event — something forever changed by the pandemic that forced the show into digital form in 2021. The show took place in person in January 2022, but the Omicron wave of COVID-19 took its toll. Many people reported getting sick and only 45,000 went to the show, far below the 175,212 that showed up in 2019.
Since there are new people attending the show every year and many going back for the first time since 2020, I feel obligated to offer my tips and tricks. (But I take no responsibility for bad advice.) I also have new tips, like pointing you to the CES app, which came out just recently.
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CES 2023 is expected to draw 100,000 techies, down some from 175,212 in 2019, 171,268 in 2020 and way up from 45,000 in 2022, according to an educated guess from Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, the trade group that puts on the show. The whole event will seem a day shorter than usual, partly because New Years Day falls on a Sunday and many workers will be taking Monday off. That alone will account for fewer attendees across the entire event. But the event runs through Sunday the 8th.
CES 2020 had about 4,500 exhibitors across 2.9 million square feet of space. This year, CES 2023 will likely have close to 3,000 exhibitors across at least 2.1 million square feet of space.
Should you go?
CES 2022 show on the peak day on January 5, 2022 on opening day. It wasn't very crowded.
Well, the show is big. Last year, there were 3,100 media attending CES 2022. And they wrote 177,000 stories. CES 2020 had an estimated economic impact of $291 million in Las Vegas. Investors have contributed more than $10 billion to date to startups at Eureka Park.
Those are some decent reasons to consider the show as a must-attend for some folks. On the other hand, everyone should consider the health risks of going to a big event.
I still view CES as a bellwether for the tech economy, as no other event spans the entire tech world like it does. Companies want to create a buzz at CES, which is designed to signal products coming in the next year. I find the show a useful way to stay up to speed on the latest technology. If you find the health risk acceptable, then it can still be a valuable way to stay in touch.
Apple doesn't attend the show, but just about every other tech giant does. It's where the tech industry will be next week, though it's not so much of a game event these days. Sony, however, will be showing up and you can bet they'll talk more about PlayStation VR 2.
And while some of that can make you optimistic, the specter of tech layoffs is hanging over the show. Shapiro hasn't seen a fall-off in registration, but he acknowledges a "rebalancing in the tech community."
"Tech has been very strong for many years. But there always is a business cycle. It seems like every 10 years — the last one was 2008-2009. In a way there was 2020. Before that you had 2000-2001, and 1990-91," said Shapiro. "There are recessions. The tech industry is not immune to the impact of the economy overall. But in the long run, the tech industry, consumer technology, so many different flavors of solving human problems, has a great future."
Gary Shapiro wore his mask at CES 2022 during the Omicron wave.
This year's health procotols are different from CES 2022. Of course, the CTA will argue it's safe. And it says it will "monitor COVID and other health developments across the globe and will follow health safety guidelines from the WHO and CDC, as well as applicable federal, state and local laws."
Before you leave home, CES encourages you to get a flu shot, get up to date with your COVID vaccines and booster shots, and test regularly as the most effective way to detect COVID and isolate if you are infected.
CDC guidelines as of September 10, 2022, require international travelers to the U.S. to show proof of vaccination against COVID before boarding a flight to the U.S. CES suggests that you self-test before leaving and upon arriving in Las Vegas. You can find Las Vegas testing sites at NVCovidFighter using the zip code 89109.
CES will provide access to rapid antigen tests. If you feel ill onsite at a CES exhibit venue, the CTA will offer free testing at designated medical stations. It also will provide isolation recommendations from the CDC if you test positive. It will also provide masks. It recommends you wear a high-quality mask indoors if you are more comfortable and it asks that you "respect those around you that choose to do so."
Since 2020, CES exhibits have improved ventilation systems and increased outside air flow. They will also have reduced surface touch points in high-traffic areas. There will also be more space for social distancing. Security screening entry points will have one-way traffic flow. It suggests you avoid shaking hands and use hand sanitizer, which will be available in the venues.
Getting your badge and getting into the show
Sign at CES 2019.
You have to work in the tech industry to get into the show. It's a place for professionals, not tourists, and registration is designed to screen the tourists out.
With 100,000 people at the show, you don't want to get stuck in long lines. You can avoid the first big line by picking up your badge by showing your ID and show registration early. You can get your CES badge at the baggage claim areas of the airport and most of the venues.
There will also be lines getting into the venues. You will have to submit to a bag search at the entrance to all show venues. All bags are subject to search and metal wand screening. In addition, regular attendees can only carry two small bags, each smaller than 12"x17"x6" into show venues.
Attendees are encouraged to consider their bag type and use clear bags (mesh, plastic, vinyl, etc.) to expedite entry. Rolling bags of any size are prohibited including luggage, carry-ons, laptop and computer bags, and rolling luggage carts.
Media with an official media badge are permitted to hand-carry equipment onto show premises in excess of the two-bag restriction. This equipment is subject to search and tagged as approved for entry. If you've got a good light laptop, I suggest you bring it. And maybe bring a backup if you have one. But consider the tradeoffs of having backup stuff and a heavier bag that will kill your back.
If you do have heavier bags, you can check them at the Las Vegas Convention Center Central Plaza and West Hall exterior areas, the Venetian Expo Level 1 lobby, and the Venetian Ballroom foyer.
Peak times for CES crowds
The crowd at CES 2013.
The press events start late on January 3 and continue all day on January 4. Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, will kick off the keynote speeches at 6:30 p.m. on January 4 at the Venetian Palazzo Balloom, followed by a talk at 8 p.m. at The Pearl Theater at The Palms by BMW chairman Oliver Zipse.
The expo will start in places like the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Sands Expo on January 5, when you can expect to see the crowds showing up.
John May, CEO of John Deere, will give a keynote on the morning of January 5 at 8:30 a.m. in the Venetian Palazzo Ballroom, and the CTA's Shapiro will also give a kind of state of the union about tech during that time.
Other talks will take place at the Aria's C Space section, where speakers like Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines, Jeremi Gorman, president of global advertising at Netflix, and Francine Li, global head of marketing at Riot Games, will speak.
These speakers are more diverse than in the past. And they reflect the fact that technology is moving well beyond tech companies and all major companies are adopting it. When tech fades into the woodworks, like into the giant John Deere combines harvesting wheat, it has reached a new stage. The internet-connected tractors are all about getting more food to people in the world.
I'm not sure what to expect on Saturday and Sunday (January 7-8) at the show. CES usually doesn't last that long, but some people might be arriving on those days just to see the show without crowds.
Press days
CES 2023 will be back in person. Here's a scene from a past event.
As I mentioned, the press days will start earlier with some digital events, like Nvidia's 8 a.m. online press event on January 3 and Acer's 9 a.m. online event the same day.
At 4 p.m. on January 3, CTA vice president of research will kick off the first CES event at the Mandalay Bay in a press-only event, followed by CES Unveiled at 5 p.m., where scores of companies will be showing off their award-winning stuff for the first time at the show.
For the press, Tuesday January 4 is a kind of baptism by fire, thanks to press events starting at 8 a.m. with LG and ending with Sony's 5 p.m. press event. The opening keynote follows, and then the press moves on to the Pepcom (press only) party at Caesar's Palace. The rival Showstoppers press party takes place at the Bellagio this year on January 5.
This is the day when I need the laptop with the longest battery life. (Yes, that's still an issue).
As noted, Wednesday is when the real crowds show up, and you'll notice it in restaurants, transportation lines, convention halls, casino floors, and at the airport. Let's hope the weather will be good, in contrast to the torrential rains we saw in 2018, when blackouts took out the main show floor.
If you're leaving the convention center around 6 p.m., you can catch a bus to most of the major hotels. But that's also the busiest traffic time. You'll have to walk (perhaps a long way) to designated areas for Uber/Lyft ride-sharing pickup zones. And there's the monorail to consider as well for some hotels.
Getting lost in the maze
The lower level of the sprawling South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center #CES2014
The 2.1 million-plus square feet of exhibition space will open at 10 a.m. on Wednesday January 5.
If you're really ambitious, you could be walking 30,000 steps a day, about 3 to 6 times as much as usual. For me, exhaustion sets in around 20,000 steps. If you can cut some unnecessary walking from your day, that would be wise to do.
You can start by getting to know the locations. The LVCC Central Hall is where a lot of the big companies are, such as Samsung, Sony, Canon, Sharp, Nikon, IBM, Panasonic, LG, Bosch, and many more.
You can walk across a connector from the Central Hall to the South Hall, where there are a mix of big booths, small booths, and meeting rooms (which are way in the back).
The South Hall itself is confusing, as it has two levels. South Halls 1 and 2 are on the ground level, with booth numbers ranging from 2000 to 22999 and 25000 to 27999 on the ground level. South Halls 3 and 4 (30000-32999, 35000-37999) are on the upper level, and both are easily reached via the South Hall connector.
What's trending and what's not
A Bosch/Daimler self-driving car.
The metaverse is going to be a key theme, even though some people in the know were excited about it earlier and aren't as excited about it now that we have a downturn. But I believe there is a wave of new technologies about to hit that will spread interest in the metaverse across all industries.
Will we see evidence of that at CES this year? I honestly don't know how much of that tech will be ready. But CES is often about marketing hype, and the people who market stuff there know a catchy trend when they see one.
Some like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believe that VR will grow into something huge. But others feel like it will be a niche. Apple will likely enable augmented reality to take off on mobile. But that's not the entirety of the metaverse. Gamers are going to be in expansion mode. Hollywood will promote the sci-fi vision. The industrial and ecommerce industries will be huge. Brands will go where the people are.
Altogether, that adds up to a considerable amount of force working in favor of the metaverse. A recession will slow these things down, but I don't think it will kill the metaverse.
I'm going to moderate a panel at CES on Friday January 6 about how gaming will lead the metaverse. It will take place at 3 pm on Friday January 6 at LVCC North / N262 and feature speakers from Area15, Upland, Holoride and Tilt Five.
The show will have a dedicated space for things like gaming again, but it will also have new areas dedicated to Web3, blockchain and cryptocurrency. We'll see a variety of immersive virtual experiences, like a project where carmaker Stellantis and Microsoft are teaming up on a showroom in the metaverse.
Sony is likely to show off its PSVR 2 product launching on February 22. Various publications have said that HTC will also show off a new headset that is a tool for gaming, entertainment, enterprise and productivity. L'Oreal will be there demoing augmented reality products. Nvidia will hopefully give us an update on the Omniverse tools for building the metaverse for engineers.
This year will feature new themes such as mobile tech focused on marine environments as well as a live demo session with the International Space Station.
The transportation sections will grow as the march toward autonomous vehicles continues. Shapiro said the show will have an "incredibly strong" health tech category.
Shapiro expects we'll see a lot of food tech, like from a company called Suvie, which cooks food while you're away and is ready when you get home.
Based on the pitches I'm getting, I think we'll see a lot of tech related to artificial intelligence, health-focused wearables, energy-saving devices, custom 3D printing, the internet of things (IoT), sleep care, elder care, mental care, smart cars, robots, virtual reality (think Sony and HTC).
As far as humanitarian issues go, CES is teamed with the United Nations and its focus on fundamental human rights, like the right to clean air and water, the right to healthcare, security and mobility.
Your CES survival tips
Intel's CES 2018 keynote had some amazing visuals on a giant screen. This image is a visualization of a trove of data.
Many of these tips are recycled from past years, but I've gone through and renewed them with my latest info. As I mentioned, it's hard to get around at CES. You should keep appointments to a half hour, but note that it takes time to walk between venues. You may encounter delays because other people are behind schedule. And you may even have trouble finding people at large booths. So it's good to pad your schedule to account for possible delays and isolate the really important appointments.
The CES badges now have photos on them, streamlining identification and making it harder for people to share badges.
On your crowded flights, try to travel light. For Southwest, I always check in ahead of boarding, setting an alarm for exactly 24 hours before my flight. Check your baggage if you don't have to get anywhere quickly. Be prepared for long cab lines and rental car check-in lines. (Services like Uber and Lyft were very useful at CES, particularly as parking is not plentiful enough and the big casinos/hotels now charge $10 per visit at their self-parking garages). I don't rent a car anymore.
I recommend sleep. If the parties are what you care about, there are often party lists that circulate. Here's one that I've seen. Those parties often require unique invitations and RSVPs. On Thursday, Dolby Labs is throwing a concert with Imagine Dragons.
Remember to swap phone numbers with the people you are meeting so you can coordinate, particularly as someone is usually held up by the crowds. Incorporate driving and eating times into your calendar, or use a calendar that does that automatically for you.
Smartphone reception is better than it used to be, but it's still probably prone to interference. Text message is usually a decent way to communicate with coworkers. We always seek out the Wi-Fi/5G havens in the press rooms or wherever we can find them.
Will the metaverse compete with physical events like CES?
But carry a MiFi or activate a personal hotspot if you can; even hotel internet connections are likely to be stressed to the limit during the show. If you're responsible for uploading video, thank you for clogging the network for the rest of us. By CES 2023, I hopefully won't have to complain about this, as 5G networks should theoretically enable faster connection speeds on cellular data.
If you collect a lot of swag, you can send it home via shipping services instead of carting it on the plane. You should print a map of the exhibit floor or rip one out of the show guide. You should also print your tickets, schedule, and RSVPs for events — or make them easily accessible on your phone. (If someone steals your primary bag, you should have backups in a second bag).
You need battery backup for your laptop or smartphone, hand sanitizer, a good camera, ibuprofen, and vitamins. I've got an HP Elitebook and a Dynabook laptop this year. Bring a backup for everything, even if you have to leave it in your hotel room this year.
I used to recommend taking business cards. But those can carry germs and who wants that now? Now you can swap your LinkedIn credentials with people via your smartphone. If you're exhibiting, wear your company brand on your shirt. Try very hard to avoid losing your phone. I wear a jacket with zippered pockets so I can put my phone and wallet inside.
Make some time to walk the show floor. If the cab/rideshare lines have you frustrated, don't think about walking to a nearby hotel. Chances are the cab line there is also bad, and the hotels are so huge that a mirage effect makes them look deceptively close. If you have a rental car, try not to get stuck in a traffic jam in a 10-story parking garage. And always mark down where you parked your car on your phone map or paper.
CES 2022 only drew about 45,000 people.
Uber and Lyft cars are really the way to travel now. But in past years I found that the pickup at the LVCC (near the Renaissance Hotel) was a traffic logjam. So it can be tough no matter what you do.
Schedule your appointments in locations that are near each other, and check exhibitor locations on a CES map. Arrive early for keynotes because the lines are long.
Drink lots of water. Get some sleep — you really don't have to party every night. Don't miss your flight on the way out. Pack up a bunch of snacks early on to avoid getting stuck in breakfast or lunch lines. Take a smartphone with a good camera because what happens in Vegas … gets shared on the internet.
As for the notion that you can experience the show in both digital and physical ways, Shapiro said, "We've learned that the digital experience complements the live experience in many ways. A lot of the most dedicated digital users of our platform were those that attended CES, who were very busy people, who couldn't get to all the conferences they wanted to or connect with all the exhibitors. We've decided to extend the platform through the end of February, so people going to the show can continue their experience for more than double the time we had in 2022. We'll also offer a remote option for those who choose not to go to CES."
He added, "What we learned in 2021 and 2022, and even going around the world and talking to our constituencies and having live events in Amsterdam and Paris and New York and elsewhere, is that people want to go and see their customers, to find new customers, to discover new things that they wouldn't be able to discover online. Serendipity is still a very important factor. The live experience, for many people, is the most important thing."
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Rats Randomly Replay Movement During Sleep
News Feb 26, 2019 | Original Press Release from IST Austria
After exploring an open environment, neurons fire in places the rat has explored, but following random trajectories. Credit: Federico Stella
Sleep is far from an inactive time for the brain: while rats (and humans) are asleep, neurons in the hippocampus fire rapidly. After a rat has repeatedly moved from one spot to another, the same neurons that fired while the rat moved "replay" this firing while the rat is asleep, i.e. they fire in the same, but much quicker, pattern. Previously, it was thought that replay patterns only correspond to trips rats had made repeatedly while awake. Writing in Neuron today, Postdoc Federico Stella and Professor Jozsef Csicsvari at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), show that also when rats roam around freely, the hippocampus replays during sleep, but it does so in a random manner that resembles the famous Brownian motion known from randomly moving particles.
Place cells are cells in the hippocampus that fire when we (or the rats performing the experiments) are in a certain location. In order to form a memory, to be able to recall it and make a decision, they need to replay the firing pattern during sleep. The replay is easy to see in the data and happens at a fast pace, Csicsvari explains: "When a rat is asleep, the hippocampus is silent. But suddenly, lots of place cells fire, then the hippocampus falls silent again. This firing is very time-compressed. One second of firing activity during wakefulness corresponds to about 10 milliseconds of firing when the animal is asleep."
Open environment replaces maze
Previous studies focused on replay after rats visited locations in a maze in a certain order. They found that the order in which place cells fire corresponds to the rat's movement, and this replay pattern was also observed during sleep. In the new study, Csicsvari and Stella instead investigated what happens when a rat moves through an open field environment, like a box. The researchers let the animals run around the environment while they dropped food rewards randomly, all the while recording how up to 400 place cells fire at the same time. They then recorded how the same place cells fired while the rat was asleep.
What they found was unexpected, Csicsvari says. "Neurons fire in places the rat has explored, but the place sequence expressed by the firing follows random trajectories. Surprisingly, these random trajectories are similar to Brownian motion, the random movement seen when particles move, collide and change direction." A precise statistic defines whether a random process follows Brownian motion or not. "When we did the stats, we found that the replay patterns follow Brownian motion. But this didn't coincide with the actual movement of the animal – the rat hadn't run about randomly. Instead, the complex circuit of the hippocampus generates a pattern that is like a simple physical situation."
Advances in measurement techniques
This new finding was possible only because of the rapid advancement of recording techniques, says Stella. "Five years ago, it was thought that when a rat runs around randomly, only single places are replayed. Now that we can record from hundreds of place cells at the same time, we can distinguish firing between cells that are located close to each other – previously mistaken as the same area firing."
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Replay is an abstraction of experience
The random replay gives researchers an insight into the circuit dynamics of the hippocampus, Csicsvari explains. "In an experimental environment like ours, in which the animals don't learn about the environment through for example hidden food rewards, the hippocampus generates firing trajectories on its own. Our work shows that the brain circuit itself has a complex dynamic, which influences how neurons fire. Experience probably acts as a constraint on what can possibly be replayed."
Stella sees random replay as an abstraction of a rat's experience. "This abstraction could be used for cognitive purposes, such as planning new behavior in the same environment, or for generalizing across different experiences." In the future, Stella plans to investigate the role of replay in the post-processing of memories as well as how rats can use replay to plan behavior. "How is randomness affected when the rat has an intention? That's what I'd like to know now."
This article has been republished from materials provided by IST Austria. Note: material may have been edited for length and content. For further information, please contact the cited source.
Reference: Stella, F., Baracskay, P., O'Neill, J., & Csicsvari, J. (2019). Hippocampal Reactivation of Random Trajectories Resembling Brownian Diffusion. Neuron, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2019.01.052
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Q: morphological processing FIT/MISS I'm learning image processing and came accross the FIT AND HIT concept using structurial element. I'm confused in regards to how it works.
My understanding is that when the highlighted pixel in S.E matches the pixel in the image it is a HIT?
And for a FIT  all the pixels in the SE should overlap  specific parts of the image?
please let  me know if i am on the  right track

A: I'm not familiar with any Fit and Hit algorithm used in mathematical morphology. Possibly you mean Hit or Miss.
Hit or Miss (also Hit and Miss) transform uses composite structuring element (CSE). The common structuring element contains just foreground pixels, but CSE contains both foreground (one) and background (zero) pixels. Hit or Miss transform works like this: Does the first set fit the foreground while, simultaneously, the second set misses it (i.e. fits the background)? If yes, include the origin into the result. It means that foreground of the CSE must fit the image (pixels with value 1) and at the same time background of the CSE must fit the background of the image (pixels with value 0).
You can try Hit or Miss for yourself by running this applet. There's 3x3 CSE and you can select which pixels represent foreground and background (by selecting Any you set no restriction). The origin is in the middle of the CSE. There's also option to load another image or your own image by pasting URL (but keep in mind that only binary images will work).
Hit or Miss is generally used to find specific configurations of
pixels, such as isolated pixels or endpoints, and also for thinning and skeletonizing. For more info, read some related material, e.g. Hit-and-Miss Transform or Mathematical Morphology.


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Q: angular - custom pure pipe as singleton instance? Is it possible to have only one(!) instance of a custom pure pipe in an Angular project?
It seems to me that Angular is creating for every different component in the project a new instance of my custom pipe. It calls the constructor of my pipe for every different component I am using the pipe in.
Its about the cachability. I would love to have throughout my different components using that one pipe in their template only one instance of my custom pure pipe!

A: I have just come across this exact same issue where I wanted to use a pipe to provide temporary images while a http request was pending and then cache the result of this image in the pipe, so that next time an image with the same src is loaded it can pull straight from cache.
This is what I came up with.
@Pipe({
  name: 'examplePipe',
  pure: false,
})
export class ExamplePipe implements PipeTransform, OnDestroy {
  private subscriptions: Subscription[] = [];

  constructor(private cacheService: ExamplePipeCacheService<{ url: string }>) {}

  ngOnDestroy(): void {
    for (let s of this.subscriptions) {
      s.unsubscribe();
    }
  }

  transform(value: string, ...args: any[]) {
    if (!this.cacheService.cache[value]) {
      console.log(`>> ${value} NOT in cache << `);
      //emit one item
      const example = of(null);
      //delay output of each by an extra second
      const obs = merge(
        example.pipe(mapTo('https://via.placeholder.com/50')),
        example.pipe(mapTo('https://via.placeholder.com/150'), delay(3000)),
        example.pipe(mapTo('https://via.placeholder.com/250'), delay(4000)),
        example.pipe(mapTo(value), delay(5000))
      );

      this.subscriptions.push(
        obs.subscribe((v) => {
          console.log(`++ SET ${value} in cache ++ `);
          this.cacheService.cache[value] = { url: v };
        })
      );
    } else {
      console.log(`GET ${value} from cache`);
    }
    return this.cacheService.cache[value].url;
  }
}

@Injectable({
  providedIn: 'root',
})
export class ExamplePipeCacheService<Value> {
  public cache: { [index: string]: Value } = {};
}

It uses a singleton service to store the cache so then whenever / wherever ExamplePipe is used, it will always pull its cache from the same instance.
In this working example https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-ivy-5wwbc2?file=src/app/app.component.ts There are 3 images that load of which 2 are pointing to the same src url. You can see that the first time a unique image src is loaded, it is added to the cache, and then all following calls, using the src value as the cache key, attempts to drag the existing value from cache before making a new request.
Note that obs could be a http request, or any observable.


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Apple allows NFT transactions in App Store apps
Apple permitted apps running on its devices to carry out NFT transactions.
Glen Bledsoe
According to updated guidelines for app verification before they are published to the App Store, Apple has approved the sale of NFTs (non-exchangeable tokens) using a payment tool integrated into its smartphone apps.
The permission enables creation, listing for sale, and purchase of NFTs. Apps can display users' NFT collections as well as those of other users as long as possessing a token does not grant access to any of the app's additional features. The guidelines specify that the apps cannot have any buttons, external connections, or other features that would let users make NFT purchases outside of the app.
Apple also allows publishing apps by cryptocurrency exchanges and other programs that permit trading in digital tokens and currencies, according to the rules, as long as the exchanges possess necessary permits from the governments where the apps are distributed.
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone – Review
15th March 2013 19th September 2015 Jason Korsner
Worth seeing: for the humour that comes from the performances of Steve Carell and Jim Carrey, rather than the quality of the script or magic
Director: Don Scardino
Featuring: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Alan Arkin, Brad Garrett, David Copperfield, James Gandolfini, Jay Mohr, Joshua Chandler Erenberg, Olivia Wilde, Steve Buscemi
Length: 100 minutes
Certificate: 15
Released: 15th March 2013
As a young boy, Burt was bullied by his classmates, who told him he'd never be popular – even his mother didn't have time for him. His only friend was the sickly Anton. Their lives are changed forever when, one lonely birthday, Burt receives a magic set.
Years later, Burt (Steve Carell) and Anton (Steve Buscemi) have become global magic sensations, selling out one of the top venues in Las Vegas, night after night. But the sparkle is only skin deep and the magical friendship between Burt's self-important womaniser and his hapless sidekick has long since been showing signs of strain off-stage.
The last nail in the coffin comes when their brand of grand David Copperfield-style illusions starts to lose favour with audiences, who prefer the edginess of the David Blaine or Dynamo-like stunts, from the street-to-stage entertainer Steve Gray (Jim Carrey).
With their act in tatters, Burt and Anton go their separate ways, as they seek to restore their reputations and steal back the limelight from the newboy on the block.
Magic in the movies is always a tough one. When you watch David Copperfield, or even David Blaine, you know that you are seeing what his audience is seeing – they fact that they gawp permits you to respond likewise. But when it's in a movie, you know that they can cut and edit as required which, oddly, takes the magic out of the magic. It's only a cameo by Copperfield and his end credit for a particular trick that suggest that there might actually be something impressive to behold.
The film is certainly in love with the old fashioned illusions and disdainful of the stunt-led entertainment preferred by many younger folk – and indeed most broadcasters, if the prevalence of Dynamo-like shows over the Paul Daniels Show is anything to go by; the bad guy – Steve Gray – rises to prominence through such "tricks" as not urinating for twelve days.
But while the tattooed stuntman is clearly the antagonist, the film-makers make it hard for us to root for the so-called hero; almost immediately that we see the bullied schoolboy and his geeky friend discover the magic of, well, magic, it's revealed that Burt is a thoroughly unpleasant person – a self-important, ungrateful and thoroughly rude womaniser.
Steve Buscemi's Anton, their assistant Jane (Olivia Wilde) and the magician who was Burt's inspiration as a child (Alan Arkin) are the only truly likeable people for most of the movie, but they're not in most of the movie.
There are plenty of funny moments, but they come largely from the comic talents of Steve Carell and Jim Carrey rather than from the script or direction.
Carell becomes likeable just in time to give viewers an empathetic protagonist, although he's actually more entertaining when he's a cantankerous misanthrope. And Carrey's zaniness throughout grows tiring – it's entertaining, but no progression from the wild-and-crazy performances that made his name nearly twenty years ago in films such as The Mask, Ace Ventura and Dumb & Dumber; he shows us that he's managed to maintain an impressive physique despite reaching his half-century, but you get the impression that he was more entertaining for his co-stars than for viewers.
With a cast of this stature, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone underperforms – it's not as funny as it should be, the plot is easier to predict than any trick and the film's biggest crime is that it lacks the magic its premise promises.
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